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DETROIT, AUGUST 31, 1918





 





CU RRENT COMM ENT.





 





In the operation of

the selective ser-

vice draft law there

is bound to be some

difficulties in the in—

terpretations of the general rules laid

down by the government in the admin-

istration of the law by the various

local and district draft boards. This

fact was the cause of inequalities in

the classification of registrants under

the first draft law. These inequalities

were, in some measure at least, cor-

rected by a revision of classifications

in many districts so that the interest

of the law and the rules under which

it was administered have been, per-

haps, as well carried out as is possible

where its administration is dependent

upon the judgment of many (men act-

ing in the same capacity. It is a fair

presumption that the classification of

the registrants under the new draft

law will be still more equable, since

the draft boards have gained in expe-

rience, just as the selections in one

cessive drafts were more equable than

those made in the first call, before

general classification had been at-

tempted.





There are, however, many cases in



which justice seems to have miscar-

ried, particularly in the matter of de-

ferred classification on agricultural

grounds. In very many of these cases

the fault has been that of the regis-

trant in filling out of his questionaire.

Classification under the new registra-

tion will of necessity be rushed in or-

der to make available the more than

two million men needed to put our

army on the five million basis'for the

early winning of the war. It is thus

important that registrants under the

new lanexercise the greatest care in

filling out questionnaires when deferred

classification is claimed on agricultur-





Selective Service

and Deferred

Classifications.





i al grounds.





The rules governing deferred classi-

fication are intended for the protection

of essential industries. rather than the

m "enguged in. them, hence the

necessity of furnishing, all detailed in-





..





   





go butter and meat.





m_ formation tree ‘ .

claim for deferred classification is“





 





made.

" A serious condi-

The Publlc and the tion new con-

lee Stock lnduetry fronts the live

stock and dairy

interests in. America. ‘ Our supply of

meats and dairy products is dwind-

ling. Educational campaigns and pe-

triotic appeals have failed to relieve

the situation. The theory of speeding

up the farmer through appealing to his

patriotism and shame—any way to

make him produce meat and milk—has

proved disastrous. In all business cir-

cles there is a growing realization of

the fact that the farmer is as intelli-

gent about his business as is any other

kind of business man.



Many of the agricultural leaders to-

day consist of young men who have

given from two to four years’ study to

the farming business from every angle.

These farmers understand the live

stock business and somewhere near

what it will pay. They realize that

the business is a gamble, in which the

cards are stacked against them. and

that unless.they are given a square

deal they can reduce their herds and

flocks to a basis where they are sure

of a living, whether other people are

or not.



It is the public, not the farmer, that

is facing a grave meat and milk situa-

tion. It has exploited the farmer so

long that the game is about played out.

The farmer is in no position to dictate

the prices of meat and milk, neither

can he afford to conduct a losing busi-

ness any longer. The only way he can

meet present prices and conditions is

by quietly changing his plans and pro

ducing other more remuneratlve pro-

ducts for market. In the meantime the

public will find its supply of meat and

dairy products lighter and lighter.



It is a disgrace to American effi-

ciency methods that sinco.the war be-

gan producers of meat and milk have





 





but it is only patriotic and fair that

the public should be warned of the





mistake it has made in its attitude to-.'





ward the producers of meat. and dairy

products. ' -



Conditions have become so acute in

the live stock and dalrylng industries

that heroic measures must be applied

to avert a serious collapse in our plans

of food production. A deep sense or

obligation lies heavily on the public,

and it can be met only by immediate

work to avert a panic. Breeding stock

and immature animals. especially cat-

tle and swine. are being thrown on the

markets at the present time. It is a

condition unexpected and unavoidable.

If we ever needed good pastures and

bumper crops of hay, forage and corn.

for the benefit of the farmer, and the

cause of democracy which rests its

foundation on the farm. litwas in this

year of 19l8: The season in many lo-

calities has been against us. Drouth

has ruined a large portion of the crops

in many localities and farmers are

sending their live stock to market.



In order to secure aid in the present

emergency and influence government

action to avert a more serious disaster

the Federal Meat Producers' Associa-

tion met at Chicago. August 19. to de-

vise means of cooperating in everypos-

sible way with the government and

live stock interests in averting further

depletion of herds and flocks and also

in carrying out war policies in the

future. A report and some of the rec-

ommendations made at this meeting

will be found on page 174 of this issue.





In commenting upon



The Farmer Not the effort which has

a Profiteer.

farmers of the larger



wheat—growing states to secure an in—

crease? above present fixed prices for

the wheat crop, in state daily paper re-

cently sought to explain..the adminis~

tration’s attitude in maintaining the

price of wheat as at present fixed. The





 





bill now pending in congress





as possible.





inclusive, should watch closely for





where they are stopping.





 





Watch 'for Registration Day!





EFORE this issues reaches the reader the new man-power draft





Under this act the President of the United States will soon announce,

by proclamation, a Registration Day to be held as early in September





Who Must Registerz—All men from eighteen to twenty years of

age, inclusive, and all men from thirty-two toforty-five years of age,





nitely designating who must register. ‘



Where You Will Registerh—Ablebl died, resident registrants will

register in the customary voting precincts in the jurisdiction of the

Local Selection Service, or at other points to be designated. The sick

will be registered by persons deputized for the purpose. Non-residents

may register by mail through the county or city clerk of the place





The Penalty for failure to register is one year imprisonment and

no man can exonerate himself by the payment of a fine.





WATCH FOR REGISTRATION DAY!





will doubtless have become a law.





the- President’s proclamation. defi-





 





 





. had to face alternating extremes of





prices, while grain growers have been

assured of handsome profits. If the

live stack feeder and dairyman cannot

be provided with sufficient financial in-

ducement to insure him against the

risks which he assumes. then our farm-

ing will change its aspects at many

points, and all hands will be losers, the

farmers least of all.



Undoubtedly the price of wheat

shOuld have” been fixed. It was an alto-

gether rational thing to do. But it





should not have been done at the ex-'





pense of other essential branches of

food production. Will the added wheat

production atone for the'neglect of

corn and oats and the ripping up of

pastures which are supporting fine

herds and flocks? Man shall not live

by bread alone. With the bread must





issue against elny other class,





situation was described as a circle

which must be cut at some point. High-

er wheat meant higher food stuffs, and

this in turn meant higher wages and

again higher wheat, etc. The attitude

of the administration was represented

to be either irrevdcably in favor of

maintaining present fixed prices, or re-

moving all restrictions and forcing

prices still lower through the use of

the government’s power in the pur-

chase of wheat,for thearmy; and for

the Allies. The caption under which

this alleged information was published

indicated that

weak link in the chain.



It is regrettable that under present

conditions the public press should eith-

er purposely or. thoughtlessly voice





sentiments‘the lexical effect of which?





would be to array .any class of our cit~

or





 

   





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been put forth by the





“profiteering” is the'





the past.





where individual interests cannot be

perfectly hirmoniz‘ed. Reference to

the farmers of America as “profiteero”

even by suggestion displays at its best

at least a lamentable ignorance of the

actual situation on the part of the

writer. Regardless of the question of

profit. the farmers of America respond-

ed to the appeal for increased wheat

production so splendidly as to give us

a bumper crop of wheat, even under

unfavorable conditions prevailing in

many sections of the country.





Regardless of the question of profit. V





the farmers of America will do their

best. not only in wheatiproductlon but

in general food production next year

and every year until the'war is won.

But no man who assumes to criticize

the farmers of the country for asking

an increase in the fixed price of wheat

should forget that, regardless of patri-

otic effort in its final analysis. the pro-

duction of wheat and the production of





all food stuffs becomes an economic ~





question which must finally be settled

upon economic principles. It the farm‘

ers of the country are unable to pro-

duce wheat at the present-price, then

wheat production must decline. The

presenting of economic facts with re-

gard to the cost of wheat production is

not in any sense an evidence of prof-

iteering. ,_



It is a matter for national regret

that the farmers of the country are not

better organized for the collection and

presentation of economic data in all

lines of crop production. This need is

now a pressing one, and will continue

to be a vital and economic need of the

country as well as of the farm-

ers themselves during the reconstruc-

tion period following the war. A Na-

tional Chamber of Agriculture built on

the county farm bureau as a local unit

with representation through state or-

ganizations would ' supply this need.

Michigan farmers may well take the

initiative in the formatibn of such an

organization.





Next to the State Fair

in importance as an

agricultural exposi-

tion is the West Mich-

igan Fair, which will be held at Grand

Rapids on september 16 to‘ 20 inclu-

sive. Liberal cash premiums aggre-





Weet Mlchlgan

Fair.





gating 825,000 are hung up for exhib-i





its in the various departments of the

fair. ‘



For the first time in its history, fruit

exchanges will be permitted to enter

their displays, which should add inter-

est to the usually fine horticultural

show made at this fair. A special

tractor display has been staged where-

by it is proposed to show various types

of tractors in action for the benefit of

fair patrons. Every Michigan farmer

who can arrange to do so will find it to

his advantage to attend this fair dur-

ing the four days from September 16

to 20.





Many reasons have

been given in our col-

umns why every

farmer who can pos-

sibly do so should attend the State

Fair with his family. One reason not

previously mentioned is the fact that

the Railroad Administration has made

a special rate of one and a half fare

for the round trip. in addition to the

concession of returning all exhibits ex-

cept horses and automobiles free of

charge. .



Representatives of the Michigan

Farmer will be on the fair grounds

each day during the fair, and will be

glad to meet any and all Michigan

Farmer readers. Be sure and can at

the Michigan Farmer building nearthe





Meet us at the

State Fair.





cattle exhibit barns or at the Michigan ‘





Farmer “booth in the Dairy building

while on the fair- groundo. While

theretellushowwemoerveyou

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he Past, Present and Future of





03611 ’ Rye-"By F. H WILLIAMSof Allegan

.An Able Discus‘Sion of the Rye ProPoSition*onfMiéhigan’F arms





. USSIA raises riots, rebellions

R and revolutions. She also raises



oats, barley and rye. The riots,

rebellions and revolutions are ef-

fectually destroying .her future as a

nation.



Prior to the outbreak of the great

war, Russia raised one-fifth of the an-

nual world production of three billions

eight hundred millions of bushels of

wheat, one-third of the four billions of

bushels of oats, one-thirdlofpthe one

and a half billions of bushels of barley

and over one-half of the total world’s

production of eighteen hundred mil-

lions of bushels of rye. Germany at

once blocked the transportation of

these immense crops. Then by the

skillful use of her propaganda, by her

intrigues and misrepresentations, she

has practically obtained for her 'own

use the cereal products of,this.vast

empire.



With over one- -half of theIworld’s‘

supply cut off, there is abundant rea-

son for the rise in value and price of

rye. From an average price of ,40.9

cents per bushel in 1896, it has grad-

ually come up the scale a few cents a

year, until in 1915, it had reached 83.4

cents. In 1916, the average price went

to $1.22. In 1917 it touched the‘two:

fifty mark and now is_ selling on the

market at $1.75. The owner of good

rich soil has always sneered at the rye

farmer. ~The couplet of which we have

heard so much?



“Tis’ enough to‘make you cry,‘

Rye, Rye, until you die"

has been sung out in derision many}

time as the crop has been seen grow-

ing on the lighter soils. The good Lord





. must have intended this light land for





some good purpose as he made so

much of it. If rye is to prove the re-

demption of light lands, a cash crop

for the poor farmer, and a new supply





.of flour for bread, it will surely be a





great help to a class of people who

need it. Before the day of substitutes

was known in the United States, when

wheat was plentiful, rye was used prin-

cipally as a base of liquors. I have





in the summer of 1915.





was in sight.





 





 





Prof. Spragg, Our Plant Breeder, at his





known of conscientious farmers who

voted against local option, or prohibi-

tion, for the reason that the distillers

had told them that there would be no

market'forktheirmye product, if the

manufacture of whiskey should be cut

off, andtthat it would not bring even

the fifty or seventy-five cents per bush-

el, the going price for so many years.

If am the’ unfortunate owner of a

sand farmflwith strong emphasis on

the sand. We have always grown rye

on this farm‘ We had about the aver-

age yield in our good state of Michi-

gan, {which is 14.9 bushels per acre.

With a price of seventy-five cents, or

less, it is clearly evident there was no

chance for conviction for profiteering.

I was induced by Mr. Cook, then agri-

cultural agent for_ our county of Alle-

gan, to sow one bushel of Rosen Rye

This bushel

produced on about one and one-half

acres of land, forty~two bushels, much

of which I sold for $2.50 per bushel for

seed. In my wild dreams of success, I

thought the sand farmer’s millenium

I know now that it is





 





Desk Figuring Out Plant Problems.





not. There are reasons which might

be given but for fear that they may

discredit my judgment in holding onto

a sand farm, I will not explain.



Rosen Rye is a new variety for

Michigan. It owes its development to

the patience and genius of Professor

Frank A. Spragg, the plant breeder of

Michigan Agricultural College. The

public is somewhat acquainted with

his work in the development of Red

Rock wheat; but, in my opinion, he

has done a greater work in the devel-

opment of rye.



J. A. Rosen, a Russian, came to the

Michigan Agricultural College as a stu-

dent and graduated in 1908. -He at

once took up the work in this country

as agricultural agent for his govern-

ment. He imported some of the Rus-

sian rye and sent a few kernels to

Prof. Spragg. The progeny of these

kernels, in honor of this progressive

Russian student was called Rosen

Rye. I am going to let the professor

tell the story in part as he told it

to me. ,



“We planted this seed, an individual





kernel in a place, by our centgener

method in the fall of. 1909 and the next

year made individual plant sclcctions.

This we did, not realizing at first the

fact that rye is 0ch fcrtilc. Since

then We have made several sclcctions.

Selections from ryc you see are very

much like selections from corn. You

make progress slowly.



“Rosen Rye is a stiff strawed, large

headed variety which when pure, ordi-

narily has four full rows of grain on

over ninety-nine per cent of its heads.

Developing and maintaining a pure

strain of rye is onc of the most diffi-

cult problems of a plant brccdcr, for

rye, unlike most cereals, such as

wheat, oats and barley, cross fcrtilizcs,

resembling corn in this characteristic.

The Danish people grow their pure

seed on an island off the mainland. If

we expect to keep our Roscn ltyc pure,

We should grow it a quarter of a mile

from common rye.



“This variety immediately began to

show its outstanding superiority, and

after proving its ability to double the

yields obtainable with any other vari-

ety, it was distributed in a number of

counties and where kept pure is con-

tinuing to maintain the record estab~

lished on the experiment station plats.



“In 1912a bushel of Rosen Rye was

sent to Mr. Carlton Horton, of Albion.

This was sown on one acre and pro-

duced thirty-five bushels of rye of such

quality that not only that crop but

those of the following years have been

used entirely for seed. We estimate

that in Michigan there was harvested

in 1917, fifteen thousand acres of Ros-

en Rye and that there will be harvest-

ed this year 250,000 acres of Rosen or

‘close’ Rosen.



“Unfortunately, due to ' ordinary

threshing practices and the growing of '

common rye in adjoining fields, only

about five per cent of this acreage is

ninety-nine per cent pure. The other ‘

ninety-five per cent has been more or

less crossed, and though it is increas-

ing yields five to ten bushels per acre



(Continued on next page).





 





ProhJ. WINIeowon' Inspecting a Field of noun Rye.
and should housed in preference to

common rye. yet it cannot be consid-

ered as equivalent to pure Rosco. Rye.

“The farmer who grows common rye

knows that fifteen bushels per acre is

Vail he can expect in an average year.

with twenty bushels as an exception-

ally good yield. Yet the farmers who

have had experience with pure Rosen

Rye will agree that twenty bushels is

' a small yield for the variety. and forty

to forty-live bushels per acre yields

are not uncommon.”





Naturally l was puzzled to know

what Prof. Spragg meant by the cent-

gener method. and he replied as fol-

lows: “You see. in dealing with wheat.

oats or barley. we have a self-fertilised

crop. This means that nature is segre~

gating heredities and the common

commercial variety after a few genera~

tionsbecomes a mixture of a lot of

very din'erent. perhaps, but stable

strains. The problem. then, is simply

the isolation of these strains and the

testing of them against one another in

order to determine which one is the

most profitable.



“When you come to an open fertilis-

ed crop like rye and corn. the problem

is very different. it is more like the

breeding of some breed of live stock.

The inheritances are complex. - The

line of improvement passes. not

through any individual. but usually

through several. it is not practicable

in the case of rye to even seif—fertilise

plants because if you attempt it. you

will find that the wind will whip of!

the head and make a failure of the





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Past. Present and F





(Continued at... page 171).





whole proposition. It seems much bet-

ter to make what we call a mass selec-

tion and then select again and again.

each time following the generation

having the most desirable heads in or-

der to increase the proportion of these

heads or plants of the strain that is

being improved. For this reason it is

impossible to state the description of

any particular individual plant that

has been the progenitor of the Rosen

Rye. i think you will understand. The

problem is one of upbreeding and not

of isolation.



"Centgener is a word that'was coin-

ed by the people of Minnesota Station

in the early nineties. The part 'ccnt’

refers to one hundred; the ‘gener‘ to

the generation. A ‘centgener’ is a pic-





piant is homogenous and the oflspring

would be like her. pure. - ' '



“I! we are dealing with heterogynons

population. we must plant a large num-

ber of centgeners next year and save

those that come from the homogenous

parents. At times it is nec'essary to

pass through a third or fourth genera-

tion in order to get a strain involving

all of the characteristics that are de-

sired in a pure or homozygous condi-

tion. Thus you see the centgener meth-

od- of developing an individual strain

is a 'screen: through the meshes of

which only desirable strains eventual-

ly pass." _ .



An examination of the illustrations

with this article shows the length of

the head of this grain. When the





geny. an offspring of an individuaioheads are perfect. the grain shells out





where there is supposed to be one hun-

dred individuals in a progeny. This

was intended to be adhered to very

closely by the Minnesota people in the

early days. However, centgener as com-

monly employed by the experiment

stations over the country is merely a

progeny. the oilspring of an individual.

This centgener is planted so the indi-

vidual kernels of the progeny produce

individual plants. If we and diner

ences among the progeny of this one

mother. then we say that the plant has

been heterogynous in regard to certain

characteristics. It the plants are all

alike. then we say that the mother





at the business end of. a threshing ma-

chine in a way that makes the grain

carriers hustle. Yields of twentydlve

bushels to the acre are very common.

The Michigan Agricultural College in

1917. on field No. 8. raised forty-two





bushels per acre on a ten-acre tract.





A number of growers in Berrien coun-

ty have reported fifty bushels. The

highest yield reported is that of Chas.

Warren. of Three Oaks. Mich. who on

a field or thirty-live acres produced at-

ty-two bushels per acre.‘



The college is aware of the (unculty

and the necessity of keeping the seeds

pure. Last year Prof. Spragg inspect-





its Muses"





cause some . ‘

they had been contaminated with can

lenvrrom ordinary rye. While a por-

tion of my field yielded. at the rate at

thirty-nine bushels. it would not pass

the‘rigid requirements of inspection.



The Michigan Crop Improvement A34

sociation is an organisation of farmers

under the direction oi’ the college au-

thorities maintained for the express

purpose or keeping the seeds pure. The

following rules represent the minimum

requirements for inspected seed. but

the reputation and permanence of this

organisation depend largely on the in-

terest and integrity of its members, no

standards higher than these should be

maintained.





1. Pedigreed seed must be stock

descended from an individual plant

whose value has been demonstrated

and approved by the Michigan Agriculn

tural College. '



2. The grower of pedigreed seed for

distribution through the association

must renew his seed stock at least

once in five years from college plats‘

(unless his seed is pronounced by an

accredited member of the inspection

force of the Michigan Crop Improve-

ment Association, as being suitable for

continued use).



3. Improved seed for distribution

through a number ot.years of selec-

tion.



4. Printed list of names will be

made of members of the association



(Continued on page 180).





Suggestions fer Our Busy Farmers ’





DESTROYING QUACK GRASS.





 





hicles ever meet on these small bridges structure. When our car slid over





-there is little difficulty to the plan.





these planks it was like riding on a





GETTING rid of quack grass by and it helps wonderfully in preserving pavement and the bridges did not rat-





clean cultivating is an old story

to Wisconsin farmers, but getting rid

of it without losing a crop is some-

what uncommon.



Jens Uhrenholdt. of Sawyer county.

accomplished it so successfully in 1917

that not one of the farmers who visit-

ed his field recentiy could find a blade

of the grass.



After the hay was off last year. the

field was plowed. instead of plowing

deep, which would leave enough soil

on the roots that they might grow

again. the plow was set shallow. This

cut the roots close to the surface and

exposed them to the hot sun of late

summer. The field was plowed with

a tractor three times. narrowed sev-

eral times—in fact, worked thoroughly

all the rest of the fall.



“In the spring." says R. F. Murray.

assistant state leader of county agents.

“the ground was again worked well

and the field was planted to potatoes.

When the potatoes were inspected by

a group of Sawyer county farmers. not

one sign of quack grass was found.

although the owner made no claim to

completely destroying the pest.”





 





lMPROViNG BRIDGE FLOORS.

WAS down in a part of the country

recently where a little creek winds

its way through the farms, where the

roads were numerous and there were

many small bridges. One feature 1

noted particularly about the bridge

was that the floors were smooth and

the wooden planks did not rattle as

they so often do after a new floor has

been in service for a. few months.

Loose floor boards are annoying and

the looser they become the more dan-

gerous they are to traffic. especially

horses.

Eachofthebridgeslsawhadtwo

fourteen or sixteen inch planks bolted

to the floor. so that they provided a

smooth track across the floor for all

vehicles. hnving been spaced for

enough apart. so that the wheels ran

» over them in the center. All few vo-





all the bridgework.





tie out their complaint of loose iloor





The incessant rattling or vibrating boards.

of a bridge tends to weaken its whole ’ A single.wide two-inch plank is het-





 





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This Map Shows the Grinding? of the Fotato crop in the Different Counties





Michigan.

Michigan’s potato crop promises less





WHILE the present outlook for

than our farmers harvested a year ago. the estimated production is





nearly two and a half million bushels greater than the average yield for the

live years trom 1912-1910. The figures are» For 1918. 32.153.000 bushels:





for 1917. 35,010,000 bushels. and the

0 bushels. Practically all of the big

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potato growing counties show a- high.

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tor than two planks laid side by side.

Where two narrower planks are used

they are likely to spread some time

and catch a wheel between them. The

ends may be bevelled to make a

smooth approach. I! the planks are

bolted to the floor in several places

they will be secure.





MARKING SMALL FARM TOOLS.





 





N a well equipped farm shop email



tools are certain to be displaced.

Some plan of marking tools in order

to make them conspicuous is needed.

Some plans we have used may help to

show what I mean. Such tools as ham‘

mere, hatchets. chisels. etc..'which are

used outside of the shop a great deal

aré identified by painting them a

bright red color. This color is easily

distinguishable in the grass, making

a (tool painted with it conspicuous

where it would be hardly seen if it





. were the natural steel.





The paint will also preserve the

steel against rust and wood against

decay. A moderately thick implement





. paint is the best for this purpose. A.





small pint can will usually cover the

tools, but it is well to clean cit all rust

before using it. ‘

Sometimes neighbors borrow tools

and neglect to bring them back, finally

forgetting to whom they belong. It the

tools have some identification marks

on them they are much surer to come

home. A good plan is to take a sharp





' steel’ punch \and by repeated tapping





on a smooth surface the initials may

be cut into the tool in a short time on

a whole «kit of tools. A single tsp of

a hammer on the punch will make a

dot deep enough to resist the wearing

away of service and rust. It is seldom

advisable to cut the name or initials

in the wood of handles because of the

rough. surface it leaves tor‘ the hands-

‘ I recall one toolthat turned up after

being gone for five years, the man lind-

ing it recognisedthe initialsaand re-

turned it’. The return of that one tool





paid. for the time in marking a whole .

kit". There is‘alsba planiorinitipling.

.tools‘with sold. {but theaboveplans ,





 

 





 





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some mechanical imbe~





' crew is waiting for bun-





. and breakage.





'1‘ is not enough for us to know how

to make good silage. Our business

is to get out and do it. Mind and



muscle cannot be divorced when every

able-bodied man must “work or fight"

and when every bit of food must be

saved. Silo-filling season is no time

tor slackers.



It always pays to be ready before

beginning the harvest of the corn crop

for silage. Concrete and tile silos re-

quire but little attention. before filling

actually begins. Cleaning the bottom

of the tubs and putting the doors in

place. is about all one can do before a

crew arrives at the farm.





ing. The bottom should be tight, the

hoops tightened and put in their prop-

er places and the doors numbered so

that there will be no delay in fitting

them in their places while the work

of filling is in progress.



Tune up the Machinery.



Have the corn binder fixed up so

that it will go through the full sea-

son's work without delay or breakage.

'A few hours spent in tun-





Stave silos,

however, require a general overhaul-





 





Circumventing the





Present Shortage of





Hay 1n Michigan-«By LESTER J. MEREDITH





from the larger cutting outfit, and pos‘

sibly the most economical method for

the average farmer, is to Join in with

four or five neighbors in the purchase

of a cutter, and in exchanging work at

filling time. This saves a lot of ex-

pensive team work and is the only

practical solution of the labor prob-

lem. If a good threshing engine can

be hired by the day it will rarely pay

a silo-ring to buy an engine. Silo-fill-

ing, even with a small cutter. requires

an abundance of power, and it will pay

to have an engine of sufficient horse-

power to facilitate the work. Whether

changing work or hiring a full crew, it

costs from $8 to $12 an hour to keep

the business moving, and this means

that a shortage of power is an added

expense that no farmer can afford to

stand. A lot of good information may

be had by getting in touch with manu-





insures against loss of time in case

something goes wrong while the cut-

ting is under way. Have the cutter

adjusted so that the stalks will be cut

in pieces less than one-half inch in

length. The finer it is cut the more

firmly it will pack in the silo and the

less waste there will be in feeding.

Stock will not eat round lengths of

tough stalks that have not been crush-

ed during the process of cutting for

silage.



once the wheels of the cutter are

started turning the work, should be

rushed. A good cutting machine will

take the bundles as fast as two men

can place them on the tablew—fastcr

than the same two men can keep the

pace. In most sections silo-filling is a

neighborhood job. There is no danger

of too many silos to one engine and

cutter so long as added help can save





 

 





 





spaning hisYears Feed Supply





tributor so that the heavy stalks and

cars will be evenly mixed with the

leaves about the edges. It is well to

have a boy helping him in the silo to

keep the‘edges tramped evenly. This

is the great secret of packing corn in

the silo. After the silo is two-thirds

full another hand can be used to good

advantage in tramping the edges so

that there will be little loss when the

silo is opened for feeding. The many

tons of cut corn on the top of the silo

will prove more effective in pressing

the bottom two—tl'iirds than ten men

and boys tramping over the surface

while the silo is being filled. The fun-

damental problem in packing cut corn

in thc‘silo is to keep the leaves and

heavy parts of the plant thoroughly

mixed and distributed over the sur-

face; then the oven pressure of the en-

tire mass will result in the contents

settling evenly, instead of the center

remaining high and It :iving an opening

at the ed «a through will! l1 the air can

spoil the silage about. the walls.



The Time to Cut Corn for Silage.



Opinions vary widely

as to the proper time to





 





ing it up and adjusting

the parts so that each

one does its work per-

fectly will save a vast

amount of» time later on

after the crew is at work ,

on the farm. Clean and

oil the bearings, put in

new bolts and parts it

needed, set it' so that it

makes bundles of the

right size and ties a

strong knot, adjust the

draft so that the horses

will work to their best

advantage. If there is

anything more provoking

to a manvthan to have





 





tinkering with a

when the





cile

Corn-binder,





dies to haul to the cut-

ting-machine, it is to

hitch on to a neighbor’s

binder, only to find it in

worse shape than is his

own. Thoughtful atten-

tion to these little ‘de-

tails of getting the equip-

ment ready before the

cutting actually begins

will save dollars in delay

The corn-

binder is a delicately ad-

justed tool and one that performs good

work only when every part does its

work perfectly.



The same line of reasoning applies

to having the silage-cutter in shape to

dd efficient work. Set the machine so

that the conductor pipe will be as

nearly upright as possible. It has tak-

en years for some farmers to learn

that the blower-pipe must be nearly

vertical if it prevents the cut corn

from hitting the sides and the force

cf the air causing it to clog the pipe

and delay the work of the crew while

it is taken down and cleaned. ,Keep

the knives sharp and always have two

sets, so that ifa knife breaks or the

set becomes dulled one man can grind





them’ without shutting down the ma?





chlne.’ Grinding the sets of knives‘is

a mighty particular job, and one that

should be done by one who under-





stands the business. ,‘A lot of perfect





1y good machines: have been condem-





_ nod simply because some neighbdr- . ,

‘ hood know-all has buttedJn on the job

. 4 of 'grinding the knives and got them.

' j so uneven that they linens-miss while

revolving. -

. lengths of corn and; a loss of power.

‘ .- - corn-binder cutting a day or two be-





This results in uneven cut





 

 





facturers of these machines and ask-

ing them for advice concerning the

size and capacity of outfit needed to

meet conditions on your farm, or in

your neighborhood. They will be glad

to furnish you with this data; then

you will be prepared to make a more





 





Low Wagons Conserve the Strength of the Men Hauling Bundles





time. Rapid filling gives just as good

silage, and if the silos are refilled

there is no loss of capacity. Always

plan to have the silage distributed ev-

enly over the surface of the silo as it

coines from the cutter and keep the

edges well tread to prevent the air





 





In His





a loss of time and money through





 





A Place for Each Man and EachyiMan





IRECTING the crew so that each man fits in his place to the



best advantage is a matter of importance at silo-filling time.

On many farms young boys will necessarily be employed, and

it is wrong to allow strong, husky men to take the light jobs and

compel boys to do the heavy work. Four strong men to pitch bun-

dles in the field, four teams and drivers to haul corn, one man and

three horses cutting with a binder, two hands in the silo and an

engineer make a good crew. Fewer hands mean too hard work or





than is‘necessary when a full crew is employed.





Place





hiring the outfit for more hours





 





 





intelligent decision, both in regard to

quality as well as price.

Plans should be made to have one





fore the crew arrives at the farm.

This glyes the work a good start and





from getting under. The old idea that

a number of .men and boys tramping

about in ‘the silo results in better

packing is not founded on sound prin-

ciples. ‘ Of' course, it is necessary to

have a reliable man handling the dis-





 





bcgin cutting corn for sil-





age. Some tell us to bc-

gin cutting when the

corn is glazed; others say

when it is wollqnaturod.

These terms are too «slus—

tic, for glazed and and

well—matured a t: l d o in

mean the same to two

men. A little careful





study of the nutritiw: valv

no of tho corn plant as it





 





nears maturity is much

better tlian any specific

directions. Tii‘: «looting

oi“ tho corn until-1' nor-

mal growing conditions

marl/.5 the ideal Him: for

cutting the filial—f“. At

this time much of the

feeding value is still in

the stalk. Alter the corn

begins to dont the work

of the plant, is mainly

that of filling the lwrncls

with the starches in the

juices of lil‘: plant. Sil-





age uses tin: whole plant,

hence the best time to

cut the corn is not when

the most food is stored

in the plant alone, or in

the car alone, but when

the total of the food stor-

ed in the two is greatest, yet before

the ripening process has turned the

starches in the harder parts of the

stalks into indigestible crude fiber.

Soon after dcnting of the kernel takes

place the development of crude fiber

in the stalks results in a loss of pala-

tability and succulence that more than

counterbalances any gain in amount

of nutrition in the ear.



Conditions Not Always the Same.



Most of the unfavorable results that

have been reported from the use of sil-

age have been attributable largely to

acidity or inferiority of the materials

put into the silo. Troubles are sureto‘

ensue if the corn is siloed unwilted

when too green, too dry or several

days after being frosted. it should be

of good quality as regards both stalks

and ears when out into silage. Cut

too early it makes far less nutritious

feed, and there is more likelihood of

its spoiling or developing rank acid-

ity. Where it is necessary to silo corn

before it reaches the best stage for

this purpose the practice of successful

siloists is to allow the corn to wilt

before running in through the cutter.



A fairly good grade of silage can be

made of corn out before any grain has

formed in the car. In such cases it

(Continued on page 195).
I‘M-‘6





News Of





CANNING FACTORIES NEED HELP.





 





ANNING factories throughout the



state of Maryland are face to face

with a serious labor shortage. Volun-

teers have been called for and the

women and children are being recruit-

ed to do this work. The rule that the

industries must secure their workers

through the Federal Employment

Agencies has been relaxed as far as

canneries are concerned. The fertiliz-

er factories also feel the help strin-

gency and the Department of Labor is

handling the situation in hopes of se-

curing enough help to tide them over

the busy season so that enough fer~

tilizer will be on hand for the fall

crops of wheat.





 





PRESERVING EGGS.





 





N order to keep fresh poultry and

eggs moving from the producers to



the consumer in as direct a line as

possible, the Food Administration has

issued orders againSt resales between

the following classes of dealers; orig-

inal packers and shippers, commission

merchants and wholesalers, jobbers

and suppliers of hotels and institutions

and retailers.



Backward'movements of poultry and

eggs. will not be allowed under the or-

ders. For the present, sales between

wholesalers in different cities will be

permitted when necessary to supply

the reasonable requirements of the

buyer’s business.





CU LL YOUR FLOCKS.





 





"I‘O encourage the ‘production of bet

ter poultry, specialists of the Unit.

ed States Department of Agriculture

are now conducting a campaign urging

all poultry growers to cull their flocks

at this season and keep only the best

laying hens for next year. In this

work they are urging poultry depart-

ments of agricultural fairs, county

agents, and poultry breeders to take a

greater interest in poultry shows and

poultry displays at fairs. In the pres-

ent emergency, to use to the fullest ex-

tent the power of popular exhibitions

of poultry to create new interest, it is

.more important to have small shows

wherever an exhibit can be brought

together than to have what poultry-

men are accustomed to call quality

shows.





SELL BY WEIGHT.





 





HE New York State Association of



Retail Grocers protested strongly

against the practice of farmers selling

produce by measure while the grocery

trade must sell by weight. it was

pointed out that while frequently po-

tatoes are measured out at the rate of

twelve or thirteen pounds to the peck,

the grocer must sell them at the rate

of fifteen pounds to the peck, pocket-

ing the loss. It was argued that the

state law be changed, making it illegal

for farmers to sell by measure. It was

also demanded that a law be passed

prohibiting the sale of uncolored oleo-

margarine.





 





830,0!” FOR APPLE CROP.





 





CLARK ALLIS, of Medina, N Y.,

reports that he has closed a deal

for his entire crop of apples for $30,-

000. It is estimated that his orchards

will produce 10,000 barrels. He har-

vests and places the apples in storage.

He also sells about 1, 000 bushels of

Bartlett pears at $2. 00 per bushel, the

baskets being paid for by the buyer.

The growers in this district are rap-

. idly contracting their apples, and, are

receiving from $2.50 to $3.00 a barrel





 





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the »Agricu1tum*





as a rule, free running. Some have the elders, and to save the trouble of

their cider apples taken out and some serting





growers throw in an equalised number





of barrels per hundred to make up for sold on like terms.





Practically no two lots of apples are

Each sale has its





 





EALIZING that a condition

Rconfronts the producers of



live stock, and especially of

meat animals not anticipated by

reason of climatic conditions, we

apprehend that in the coming

months the production of an ad-

equate supply of meat will be

very seriously curtailed.



A widespread and serious

drouth over a large part of the

corn belt has produced a condi-

tion nothing short of a calamity,

and we believe that in order to

avert a shortage in meats and

animal products that the federal

government should announce a

definite policy in regard to pro-

duction. '





tions. we suggest that the Food

Adminitsration modify its regu-

lations with reference to the

feeders buying corn and other

food stuffs at market centers and

expedite shipment of the same.



If the present line of meat

prices are to be maintained for

meats, then the elements enter-

ing into production should be

given consideration. To restrict

the price of a commodity and

not restrict the price of the ele-

ments entering into the produc-

tion of that commodity seems in-

deed a short~sighted policy, and

calculated to work injury and

injustice to the country at large,

as well as to curtail production

and thus defeat the purpose and

needs of the nation. '



While this association is op-

posed to the propaganda of price

fixing as an economic principle,

still to treat one class of produc-

ers thus and not another under

the stress of war conditions, sav-

ors strongly of favoritism



The depleted conditions of

summer pastures and forage

crops, renders the future supply

of meat animals and feeding

stock especially hazardous and

uncertain. in view of. this fact

we believe that the federal and

state authorities should cooper-

ate to locate feeding and grazing

places where surplus feed or sur-

plus stock can be taken through

another season, rather than com-

pelling them to be shipped to

central markets and slaughtered

at seriously low prices.



We believe as a matter of pub-

lic policy that the meat division

of the Food Administration

should not deter the announce-

ment of putting into effect the

ratio of thirteen to one on the

production of hogs for the pres

ent year. ‘



We suggest that matters per-





live stock in transit under the

Federal Railroad Control should





 





Man Shall .Not Live

by Bread Alone '





I F our farmers are to continue to produce meats for our people

and our Allies, the elements entering into the cost of produc-

tion must be given due consideration.

Association adopts policy to encourage the live stock industry.





, feeders be permitted to buy and





In order to facilitate condi-fl





_ confine themselves to the use of





_ of live stock in order that undue





tuning to loss and damage tea





Federal Meat Producer-3'





be promptly and fairly adjusted

as formerly under private own-

ership.



We suggest as a means of

facilitating the future produc—

tion of meat that the grain di-

vision of the Food Administra-

tion modify its rule governing

shipments of grain and food

stuff to actual feeders and con-

sumers in order that they may

not be compelled to comply with

the license system and regula-

tions as now in force and that





store such amount of corn at

least six months in advance or

to cover a normal feeding period.



We recognize that the control

and proper disposition of the

packing industry of our country

is one of the greatest questions

needing careful consideration

and ultimate solution. We think

the smaller packing centers, es-

pecially, should be encouraged

and developed in order to facil-

itate transportation and that

proper restraint and supervision

of the larger packers should be

provided with the idea of obvi-

ating any imposition on the, pro-

ducer or consumer, and with the

view of developing new centers

for disposition of meat-produc-

ing animals. The profits shown

in the sworn reports of the large

packers are abnormal and the

campaign of advertising conduct- '

ed by them‘is calculated to blind

the public to the menace of this

monopoly. The control by the

packers of many food products

not allied to the slaughter of an-

imals carries with it ,a power

control of these industries and

should be subjected to the most

severe investigation with a view

of eliminating any imposition

upon the consuming public.



The suggestion may be oppor-

tune at this time to producers

generally that we use extreme

caution in future operations.

Conservative producers should





material on hand and by the ad-

dition of suitable concentrates

much may be produced in the

drouth-stricken districts and the

nation’s supply of meat thus augy

mented. Likewise many head of

young stock may be conserved

to the future needs of the na-

tion, and in this connection we

approve of the policy of the fed-

eral government in advancing

loans to feedersiand producers





sacrifices may not be entailed.

The following committee was

authorized to meet with the

Food Administration at Wash-

ington not later than September ‘

10: John G. Brown, W. H. Tom-

have and S. P. Houston. '





‘dealing in second-hand sacks.





 





 





 





 





own terms in individual cases. The





quality of- the fruit as it runs is very. -





good. Winter apples are short prac-.

tically all over the country except in

western New Yerk.





“The crop," Mr. Allis says, “in Illl‘ .

- nois will not be nearly as large as last





year on account of the heavy drop-

ping and the dry weather. There

seems to be the element of gamble or

chance in this year’s situation forlthe

buyers. It looks shine as though they

may be reckoning on the end of the

war approaching and therefore are ex-

porting their apples to Europe, thus

relieving the local market. The short-

age of sugar may knock the price off

of apples some because as sugar de-

creases in supply there will not be so





. much of the fruit cooked. Chicago re—





ports fall apples as being the, highest

ever known at $7.00 to $8.00 per bar-

rel. Peaches will doubtless go to $3.50

a bushel, as the crop is very short.

Pears also are short."





8H ORT FRUIT CROP.





 





CCORDING to the August report



of the Iowa Horticultural Society,

fruit crop conditions in this state on

August 1, were as follows:





Summer apples 25 per cent; fall 8D-'





pies 27 per cent; pears ‘1‘8'per cent;

American plums 23 per cent; domestic

plums 13 per cent: Japanese plum

five per cent; grapes 52 per cent.

“There will be about half as my





apples and” plums, and the same num- .





ber of grapes as were harvested last





year should normal conditions prevail.





until crops are gathered for market or

storage," the report states.





Lack of rain last fall and the esters .





winter was responsible for the poor

fruit conditions.





SAVE OLD SACKS.





 





N the past no special pains have



been taken to dispose of cotton

grain sacks or even burlap sacks after

they have been received and emptied.

In due time they are destroyed by

mice and in that way become a total

loss. As a result of war conditions.

bags of all kinds" have become exceed-

ingly scarce, owing to a shortage of

ships required to bring burlap from

India. It seems thatbags are used ex-

tensively in the army in fortifying

trenches so that the demand for them

is unusually heavy at a time when the

material can be transported only with





’ difficulty.





Attention has been called to the

fact that an enormous saving of sack-

ing material can be effected by fer-

tilizer dealers'shipping their produce

in two-hundred-pound bags instead of

using those of one-hundred‘pound size.





There are 'something like three milr





lion tons of fertilizer shipped annually

in small bags and ifit were possible

to use the larger bags this item in it-

self would save, it is claimed, $4,000,-

000 a year.



No more patriotic act can be per-

formed at the present time than to

gather together all the empty sacks

on the farm and ship them to seeds-

men, to fertilizer companies, or to

those who make a special business of

Com-

panies who have their sacks branded





will pay a good price for their return..





and while the revenue derived from

the marketing of'the sacks amounts 'to





something. there is a still more import- _ 1





ant reason for preventing their waste.





' namely, that the country at home. and



\ abroad is in most urgent need of this

kind. of material and it is, therefore, a‘



., helpful. patriotic act to go to a little





trouble to have sack! tetra-nod, where





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wenwwr
SIDE from the sentimental and

patriotic reasons for growing a

larger acreage of wheat and rye



there is a growing desire on the part

of practical farmers to utilize winter

.I . grains in their, crop rotations. Where

‘ ,‘ there is a chance of success from fall

. seeding, the advantages of fall-sown

‘ over spring-sown grains is so marked

that there should be no hesitation in

a ( making the decision between them.



. One of the most important factors



,' _ in favor of fall seeding is that a far



‘ : better seed bed can usually be prepar-



ed in the fall, than in the spring. Win-



} , ter rains and show have "a. tendency to

u leave the soil water-soaked, so that it





 





 





is very slow warming up and getting

into workable condition.

especially on land that has been oc-

cupied by a cultivated crop, the soil

is in ideal condition to be economical-

ly prepared for seeding. In the spring

when the rush of farm work' is press-

ing, the ground is usually hastily pre-

pared, and the Seeding rushed so that

later-planted crops may have atten-

tion at the proper time. On the other

~hand, there is plenty of time to do the

work, in the fall, and the soil is ordi-

narily in such condition that compar-

atively little tillage is required to es-

tablish anideal seed bed for winter

grains.



Another important advantage of fall

seeding, especially this year when so

many fields of newly seeded clover and

timothy have failed to make a good

stand, is the fact that a more compact

seed bed may be established for the

grass and clover crops that are seeded

with the wheat and rye crops in the

fall and spring.



In many parts of Michigan farmers

report better results seeding clover

and timothy with wheat and rye than

with spring grains. In the case of

Securing a better stand of clover and

grass, much of the suc-





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A Discussion Of These Crops from the

Broad Standpoint of; Farm-Management





for our spring-sown crops of grain.





On many farms where the fields are

rolling, the winter-grain serves as a

cover cron,and prevents the loss of

plant food by washing and leaching.





Where the ground remains frozen dur-.





ing the winter, little attention need be

devoted to sowing cover crops, but in

many sections these factors should be

considered. The use of winter grains

for cover crops is coming more and

more to. be taken into account in var-

ious parts of the country.



On many farms where live stock is

kept the growing of wheat provides an

ideal place for the farm manures that

accumulate during the summer and fall

months. Recent experiments indicate

that the returns from the use of farm

manures as a top-dressing for- the

wheat crop are larger than when used

for other grain crops. The use of the

manure in this way not only helps the

wheat crop, but it creates ideal condi-

tions for the clover and grass crops

that are seeded with the Wheat crop.



Destroying Weeds.



Fall-grown grains destroy many

weeds that are troublesome where the

spring grains are grown. The plants

having a different growing season

have an advantage over weeds that

start in the spring. A few winter an-

nuals are usually present in thin spots

and about the edges of the field, but

those which are troublesome in spring

grains seldom cause trouble in winter

grains.



One other advantage of fall-sown

grains is the fact that they may be

employed to utilize any excess plant

food that has been used to stimulate

the growth of crops having a high





 





cess is due to the fact

that the winter grain

i crops are harvested ear-

ly, thus giving the new

“ - seeding an opportunity

1 to make a vigorous

i growth, and escape the

' injuries ofdrouths,

which are so common

when they are seeded

with a crop that pumps

the moisture out of the

. soil until late in the sea-

1 , son, and leaves the ten?

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der plants, to survive or



perish in a period of



‘ dry weather late in the

’ summer.



Many farmers are





finding it important to.





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_work\ out new systems

, of crop growing to con: ‘~

‘ ‘ , ' form with their present





5 labor supply; some of

these men are finding it

possible to handle their

farms with less labor,



‘ tools, equipment, an d



i ~ \ horsepower by grow-



‘ ingfall-sown grain



in their crop rotation.

'Seeding in the {slime—

vides profitable employ-

ment for the men and

teams to fill the gap be-

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other " fall crops, while the" rush of

‘ , ,7 work in the spring is lightened. It'is

generally conceded that the- fall-sown

grains conhict less with the ether





 

 

 

 

 





~‘ grains, besides the better condition of

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grains and the corn, bean, potato and,





farm activities than the spring-sown





 





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money value. In many parts of the

oountry farmers apply an excess of

plant food to the potato and other mar-

ket crops, and sow wheat immediately

after these crops are harvested. In

some sections wheat growers often get

a crop of from forty to fifty bushels





per acre by seeding the crop as soon

as the potatoes are dug and the ground

“ thoroughly harrowed.





If it. is desired

w under the Winter grain to in-

tithe humus content of the soil,





rye is preferable to wheat because it

makes a more vigorous growth of

straw earlier in the spring.



Land that has been occupied by a

cultivated crop which has had clean

cultivation during the growing season,

can be fitted for fall seeding by har-

rowing. My practice is to sow wheat

on potato or corn ground. Where the





corn is harvested for silage one has





time to sow wheat or rye. By giving

the ground a thorough disking, and go-

ing over it with a smoothing harrow,

a good seed bed can be prepared for

the winter grains and clover and grass

crops at it minimum cost for labor and

team work.

Have the Land Drained.



Winter grains are sure to fail if the

land is not properly drained. It is

probable that two-thirds of the failures

with winter grains, especially in the

northern states, is due to an excess of

water in the soil. Another source of

failure is that of seeding the crops too

late in the fall, as is often the case

when the work is delayed to remove

the preceding crop in time to sow the

winter grain. In the case of the po-

tato crop, and the portion of the corn

crop that is harvested for silage, the

difficulty is largely overcome. I plan

to regulate the acreage of winter

grains according to the amount of land

that can be properly prepared in time

for seeding, keeping in mind that the

later seeding should be with rye rath-

er than wheat.



Good Seed Essential.



Without good seed with strong vi-

tality and germinating and growing

powers, fertility and careful prepara-

tion of the soil are practically wasted.





to pigs and calves. Unless the strong

germ is present, sending out strong

rootlets with vigorous feeding zones,

the plant starts in life poorly. Quite

as essential as a strong germ is a





large supply of starch which is con-





verted into plant food for the small

plants. This is why large grains fur-

nish a stronger growing plant than

“shrunken, immature seed, and is a

strong argument for the grading of

the seed with a modern fanning mill

or grader.

Methods of Seeding.



The use of improved grain drills as

a means of seeding has been instru-

mental in diminishing the number of

bushels of seed needed for the wheat

or rye crop, for when a man is certain

of his seed and when he knows that it

is all being placed at the uniform

depth in the ground and will grow, it

is folly to suppose that an excessive

amount will be sown, as was the case

when broadcasting was the only

means of distributing the seed.



When broadcasted and then disked

and harrowed, no matter if the work

was properly done, there was always

some seed near the top that would not

germinate and grow and still more

with so light a. covering that although

it might start it could not develop a.

vigorous plant. Not only has the

grain drill demonstrated that all the

grains may be depended upon to grow

but the uniformity of ripening is much

improved, the yield greater and the

stand of clover and grass where this

is an item is almost wholly insured,

especially where the drill rows run

north and south, thus allowing the

tender clover and grass plants to be-

come hardened to the heat of the sun

before the crop is cut, and also allow-

ing them plenty of room to develop.



How to Fertilize.



The kind and amount of fertilizer to

use depends so much on

soil conditions that one





 





 





Farm Manures Pay Double Dividends when Used for Top-dressing the Wheat Crop. Large Crops

of Wheat and Fine Seedings of Glover and Timothy Result from this Practice.





With good seed a fair crop may'be

expected, even on badly farmed land.

This brings up the question at once,

“What"is good seed?” The first re-

quisite‘ of good seed is a strong germ

which will spring quickly Iinto growth

when the seed is sown in a. warm,

moist, soil. Everyone recognizes' the

much more vigorous growth made by

a 'pig or calf that is strong and heal-

thy at birth. The same principles ap-





ply: to young wheat plants that apply





can not advise what

would be best for every

farm. As a rule, it pays

to use a very moderate

amount of fertilizer, ev-

en though the ground is

in a pretty fair state of

cultivation. It gives the

young plants a start and

helps the clever to ob-

tain a start early the

next spring. If heavy

quantities are used in

order that the land may

be seeded to permanent

pasture or meadow, it

is Well to apply a heavy

application of mineral

fertilizer to the plowed

ground and get same

thoroughly worked into

the soil before seeding

and drill in a moderate

amount of complete fer-

tilizer at the time the

seeding is done. As a

rule we use about two

hundred pounds of com~

plete fertilizer to the

acre where the wheat

crop follows potatoes in

our rotation, but we use

about eight hundred

pounds of fertilizer to

the acre for the potato

crop in addition to several loads of

stable manure. '

Green Feed for Winter.



As a winter pasture crop, rye is the

most hardy, and furnishes more graz-

ing than wheat. In the case of winter

oats and barley the possibilities of

injuries are? so great that it seldom

pays to pasture the crop very exteno

sively, unless they make a too-vigor»

ous grewth before winter sets in. .

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“Rouge. Rex” 7 '

High Cut Shoes for

Fall and Winter





“Rouge Rex” high cut shoes

will take the place of heavy

rubber footwear. They are bet-

ter than, rubbers, they are more

comfortable, give better wear,

and will be more satisfactory

than rubbers ever were. .





Your Next Pair of

, \ Shoes Should Be





“Rouge Rex”





High Cuts





Begin to prepare now for

Fall and Winter. Buy shoes

not only for a week or two, but

for permanent wear, regardless

of weather. Wear “Rouge

Rex”high cuts. You’ll find them satisfactory to an extreme. You’ll

find that heavy Artics or Lumber Jacks are not a necessity, but

simply a habit, and once you get away from them, we doubt

whether you will ever again give up “Rouge Rex” high cuts to

to go back to rubbers.



You’ll find “Rouge Rex” high cuts on sale at all “Rouge Rex.”

dealers. If you are do not know who the “Ruoge Rex” dealer IS

‘ in your town, write us for his name.





 





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Tanners and Shoe Manufacturers





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‘ NEpf the most important factors

in establishing a fruit orchard is

that of protecting the young



trees from mice and rabbits during the



winter. These pests ‘may not touch a



tree in your orchard for several sea-



sons; then, unexpectedly, they may

girdle and kill forty per cent or them.



Mice and rabbits usually damage only



small trees, although in, some cases



they attack trees from four to six inch-

es in diameter. Many young orchards





 





 





 





 





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Plan These Drills

DRILL-PLANTED fields produce greater





yields. Remember that at planting time

this year, when every bushel added to your harvest





field counts.



The use of Empire Jr, Hoosier, or Kentucky Drills means

not only more grain r acre, but better prices. Drill-plant-

ing improves the qua ity of the rain, for when seed is ropero

1y planted, at even depth, an covered as it shoul be, it

comes up all at the same time, grows, uniformly, and ripens

evenly. Such grain firades high and brings good prices.



The drill that wi do the best work or you is in one of

these lines. It is handled by some local dealer not far from



our farm where you can see it, or you can find out all about

it by writing us for drill catalogues. There are drills for



lanting every kind of grass or grain, with or without fern.

Ezer, in every kind of soil.



The dealer, or the catalogue, will tell you all about feeds,

furrow openers, bearin s, attachments, etc. All we can tell

you here is that you wi find just the drill for your work in

the Empire Jr., Hoosier, or Kentucky lines, and that Without'

any trouble or expense on your part beyond the writing of a

letter or post card. Why not write it now, before you forget?





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aged in one winter by these pests.

Mice and rabbits are more active in



'young orchards during the winter



months, when the supply 0! green food





‘in Michigan have been seriously dam-





} is limited, but if there is a mulch about





{the trees, or it cover crops grow up

|about the tree rows, both mice and

rabbits may do considerable damage

’during the tall. There is something

oabout the bark of young apple and

pear trees that seems particularly at-

tractive to rabbits. During the winter

when snow covers up the grasses and

clovers for rabbits and provides an

agreeable cover under which mice can

hide, the young trees should have some

cheap and effective protection.





The only safe means of preventing

these injuries is to provide guards for

the trees so that the animals cannot

touch the bark. Washes and paints

have been tried and recommended, the

idea being to cover the bark with sub-

stances that would prove repulsive to

the animals. But these substances

have proved ineffective in aflording the

desired protection. Such materials as

blood, liver, axle grease and other

greases have no good qualities to rec-

ommend them for protecting young

trees.



The only safe and practical means of

preventing these winter injuries is to

put wire or wood guards about the

trunks of the trees. In case you dis-

cover that serious damage is occur-

ring, and you want to stop it immedi-

ately, wash the trunks of the trees

with a lime-sulphur solution, or with

ordinary whitewash in which arsenate

of lead has been mixed at the rate of

two ounces to each gallon. This will





‘ prevent injury until the next hard rain.





Effective wood guards are made of

veneer cut from logs. by special ma-

chinery. It comes in flat packages.

crated together. and sufficient wood for





‘ each tree costs about one» cent. Be-





fore putting them around the trees

soak in water and wrap them about

the trunks of the trees and tie them

with tarred string. ‘When the wood

becomes dry it is quite hard and offers

little inducement for the mice to gnaw

through.



These wood guards are cheap, dura-

ble and effective against mice and rab—

bits, and it closely fitted and pressed

into the soil about the tree help in pre-

venting the entrance of borers and cut-

worms into the trunks of the trees.

These veneer strips come with two or

three inches ohthe end, that goes into

the ground, treated with a preserve.~

tive. This end should be set in» the

ground to prevent the worms and bugs

which crawl on the surface-from bur-

rowing in the trunk of the tree under

the ground. -



Many commercial orchard owners

object to these wood protectors be-

cause they have to be removed each

spring, on account 61? keeping the sun-

light from the trunk of the trees. If





' this is not done the constant shading





'of the trunk has a tendency to damage

the bark and cause it to blister and

check. ‘RemOving them each'spring

requires considerable time and the





tivities in the orchard demand atten-

tion. ‘





 





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ities of the. wood guards except that

they do not keep out worms and bugs.

The" greater cost is more than offset by

the fact that when once applied to the

trees they do not need to be replaced.

This is a more important item in the

commercial orchard than on the aver-

age farm where only a few new trees

are put out from time to time.



The best way to buy wire tree W

tectors is to buy rolls of proper mesh

wire sixteen inches high and cut it in

strips twelve inches wide, making a.

roll about three and a half inches in

diameter-p This makes a very desira-





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Wood Veneer and Wire Guards.





ble shield for young trees. Unless one

buys material especially adapted for

tree protectors, a few small stakes will

be needed to hold the protectors in

place.



As a rule, quarter-inch mesh wire is

preferable, for a mouse can get his

head through a larger opening and do

considerable damage. If the orchard

site is frequently covered with deep

snows it will pay well to use higher

guards to prevent rabbits from reach-

ing any part of the trunks of the

young trees. '



Even though the trees are well pro-

tected with guards it is well to keep

grasses and cover crops from settling

down close to the trunks of the young

trees, because there is always danger

of fire running through the dry grass

and leaves and burning the bark of the

trees. It is also a. good plan to tramp

the snow firmly about the, trunks of

the young trees.



Young fruit trees are too valuable

to leave unprotected during the win-

ter. 'A little thoughtful attention to

putting on these protectors in the fall

is a good insurance against winter

losses from mice and rabbits. The

value of one good tree will more than

repay the cost of time and materials

necessary to protect one ‘ hundred

young trees.





FIELD ROT OF HEAD LETTUCE.





 





“Remarkable control of this disease





was obtained by spraying the diseased ,





plants with formaldehyde, one pint to

thirty gallons of water,“ Mr. Levin

reported. “In tests in 1916 at Bay

Port, Michigan, the disease was check-

ed by this treatment in fields which

were about to be given up as a total

loss. In 1917 the rut began to become

serious during an extremely wet and

cold period in July. Spraying with

formaldehyde completely checked the

trouble. In an adjoining field the own-

er, seeing the' success of the treat-





ment, sprayed a portion of his field. In‘





the sprayed portion the disease was

checked, while in the unsprayed-por-

tion of the field the crop showed ..a





high percentage of rotting. A third '

field in the neighborhood, unsprayed”





was almost a total loss.





the" Department Tot Botany. must file:





use we.





 





Growers in quest of more detailed '.

information about the treatment are ~~

requestediby; the college toj-write, tog”; .

Wire "guards are more expensive ‘
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' IT is 'hard enough, goodness ”knows,





to raise food stuff, but the selling

' ”end is ‘quite as complex and cer-

tainly is'just as impertant. War con-

ditions and food scarcity and the im-

perative demaridson this country for

the very bread of life by the allied

natiOns lend great emphasis to this

question at‘ the present time.

The growing season opened early

and. very promising With Michigan

farmers, but frost and drouth have hit





. them hard and the 'crop returns and.

prospects for the future are not nearly-





so bright now. _ These conditions have

almost put the city markets out of

business. Attendance at the whole-

sale market in Grand Rapids has been

light, some leading growers not taking

stalls this year for the first time since

the market was opened. ' An attempt

by the city to open a retail market in

the south section of town was a fail-

ure. Consumers were on hand but

there was little stuff offered by the

growers.



Saginaw has been working hard on

a city market plan, led by the local

woman’s committee of the Counsel of

National Defense, and up to the last





. of June the largest number of farmers





 

 





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of- the vegetable wagon'stopping at his



door. ~ ’

Several years ago a report was made



on the distribution of farm products





after extensive study by an industrial r





commission appointed by congress,

and composed of five senators, five

representatives and ten laymen. Scan-

ning the report we find that conditions

have not changed much and the find-

ings in the main are applicable today.

The report reads in part: “The first

fact recognized is that the American

system of distributing farm products

is essentially a speculative system

from beginning; to end—speculative in

the sense that after products pass out

of producers’ hands and until they pass

into consumers’ control there is not a

moment nor a stage in the distributive

movement during which the one who

has legal control over the property in

question does not run the risk of a

rise or fall in the value of the prop-

erty. With the growth in volume and

scope of production and in variety and

complexity of operations involved in

the marketing of products of the farm

there have grown up gradually classes

of men and commercial methods pecu-





 





 





 





 





Gorn‘ and Silos Spell Prosperity.





shoWing up with stuff to sell any morn-

ing was four. The women had sent

out hundreds of letters to farmers tell-

ing them about the market and urging

them to cooperate, hence they were

disappointed over the results. In July

the market attendance was somewhat





better, butthe main difficulty in Sagi--





naw and elsewhere this season evi-

dently has been the scarcity of farm,

garden andorchard products.



Grand Haven opened a free-for-all

market in June, the market days be-

ing Wednesday and Saturday. A rest-

room has been fitted up there for farm-

ers, with modern conveniences. Ar-’

rangements were also undertaken for

taking care of stuff left over by the

growers: from one day to another.



We ‘hear a good deal about the suc-‘

cessful markets in Baltimore, Wash-

ington and other cities, but a closer

study shows that these cities have not

yet solved the problem fully. Recently

Chairman Johnson, of the House Dis"-

trict Committee,» in speaking of the

market bill now pending in congress,

said: “The high cost of living in

,Washington is chiefly due to the lack

of a proper market system. The Wash-

ington Market Company is the chief

source of the trouble. Big storage

and packing companies have space in

the market and they dictate what this





little fellow and that one shall sell.

,«And thexlittle ones have to do as they

are told. Otherwise, they will be froz-





en out of business.” _

The municipal market system adop-





Q ted on’an, extensive scale. in: Los An-





geles,‘ Cah, has not been entirely suc-





 





cessful to date. It is claimed that the'

peddlers who buy up oddsand ends in

like Wholesale markets.





. display ”the

goods, in the city mtail stalls the fol-

io “ " ”day? and the consumer pays“





 





 

 





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liar‘ to the purposes and conditions

which call them into existence; but in

the vast army of men and indefinite

variety of methods there is not a sin-

gle responsible agency engaged which

is not in some way required to as—

sume liability for loss or gain from

changes in value occurring in the

course of distributing farm products to

consumers. In brief, the risks of dis-

tribution are shifted by both produc-

ers and consumers upon the‘distinct

class of speculators known as distribu-

tors who make it a business to take

such risks and to divide them ,up

among themselves on the basis of net

profit on capital and cost of business

capacity. This in final analysis is the

underlying fact in the system of dis-

tributing farm products in the United

States.” .

Again the commission‘says: “Dis-

tributor and producer fail to cooperate

and the.consumer pays'part'of‘ the

cost of uneconomical methods. The

probability is that the entire business

of selling on commission is antiquated

and should have been abandoned long

ago. Cooperative methods have not

yet fully proved themselves available

as substitute methods, though the Cal-

ifornia system is successfully develop-

ing in the right direction. Any im-

provement whatever must be based

either on an aggressive organization

for producing interests or on a better

organization for, municipal distribu-

tion. A striking feature ,in the short-

comings of municipal markets is the

low proportion of cost to consumers

that goes to the producers." -. '

New distributing, methods that are

of interest are appearing in cities. At

large city markets now you will find

light delivery cars, reading “dealer in

fruits and produce,” and these middle-

men who buy of the farmers have reg:





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ALMOND GRIFFEN‘





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Holding Up the Nation’s Defense





The telephone played a tre-

mendous part in this Nation's

mobilization for war. it continues

vital to the Government's program.





At the same time it has remained

at the service of the whole people

whose demands upon it grow

apace with that of the Govern-

ment.



The public is entitled to the best

service that it is possible to render.

But the public has a partnership

in the responsibility for good tele-

phone service. "





it takes three to make any tele-

phone connection: the person

calling, the company, and the

person called. Without the co.

operation of all three the service

suffers.





The telephone company can





can be heard at one end of the

line which are not properly spoken

into the transmitter at the other.

The relation between the speaker

and the heater is the same as the.

relation between the orator and his

audience. It cannot be maintained

if the orator turns his back to the

listeners or if the audience is in:-

attentive.





Telephone traflic must be kept

moving. Speak distinctly—answer

promptly-and release the line as

quickly as possible. Don't con-

tinue reading when the bell rings.





These seem little things to ask

the individual telephone sub-

scriber, but when the individual ,

is multiplied by millions all over

this country. it is easy to see how

important it is that all should co-





malce the connection. but nowords - operate. '





One Policy





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Canadian .Crops





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When Our Owni Harvest Requirements are Completed





United States Help Badly Needed

Harvest Hands Wanted





Military demands‘from‘a limited po ulation have made such a scarcity

of farm help in Canada that the'appea of the Canadian Goverment to the





United States Goverment for





‘Help'to’ Harvest the Canadian Grain Crop of 1918

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





as our own cm is secured. ”if





The’Allied





who‘respond to this will get a





rmies must be fed and therefore it is necessa to save

every bit of the crop of the Continent—American and Canadiaiil,





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fl .. and Find Comfortable Homes

/ A‘card entitling the holder to a rate of one cent per mile from Canad-

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t“£111 be afforded for admission into Can-

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Information as to wages, railway





rates and routes, may be had from the





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small and sleepy. grocer tr, de. ‘ Some

grocers do not care to get up early in

the morning'and do their own buying,

so they pay the extra price to the new

middleman and then pass on the price

burden to the poor consumer. Huck-

sters for the most part have horse-





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drawn vehicles and confine their oper-

ations to households, while the dealer

goes from store to store with his light.





‘ truck or automobile.





Again, it is interesting to note the

new “serve-self” grocery stores that

are springing up in cities, an economi-





For many years I have read Lillie

Farmstead Notes, and have ,been im-

pressed by the practical nature of your

letters. I have a field that I have had

in corn for the last two years, last

year and this. It was broken last year,

a clover and timothy sod. Last year

this field was a partial failure because

of wireworms. The field is a sandy

loam fairly‘ well tilled and is in a good

state of fertility (had twelve loads of

manure to the acre and 125 pounds of

acid phosphate drilled with corn). I

had our county agent down last year.

He took a couple of samples of soil,

promised to have them analyzed and

write me, but have been unable to

hear from him since. Where can I

send samples of this soil to get an

analysis? Will lime stop the work of

wireworms? I have replanted this field

three times this spring and now the

prospects are for an almost total fail-

ure. I have talked with many farmers

around here but have been unable to

get any help. The field has been farm~

ed for sixty years. Never has had any

lime applied, raises good oats, fair

wheat and fair hay. Clover makes a

fair stand. We have owned the farm

tor ten years. I have followed this ro-

tation: Clover and timothy hay, corn

two years, oats, wheat, and again hay.

The field has been heavily manured

'three or four times in these years,and

fertilizer has been applied each year.

Lenawee Co. C. A.





The wireworm is a difficult pest to

deal with. The practical remedy is

prevention. If one leaves land in clo-

~ver and grass for more than one year

he is almost sure to be bothered with

wireworms. The longer meadow is left

the more serious is the damage from

wireworms, when the land is planted

with other crops. In driving about the

country one sees on every hand crops

that are damaged by wireworms. Some-

times crops of cats are practically

ruined by them and yet the farmer is

helpless. The only thing to do is to

keep the land in cultivated crops until

these insects have gone through their

metamorhphic changes and go to oth-

er fields to secrete themselves and de-

posit eggs for another crop of wire-

worms.



‘My father practiced a four-year ro-

tation-scorn, oats, and wheat with clo-

ver and timothy seeding, allowing the

meadow to stand two years. The first

year it was nearly all clover, the next

year mostly timothy. Then the land

was planted to corn again. We were

bothered more or less with wireworms

and cutworms in the corn, and some





times the oat chip was injured.





I have practically rid my land of

these pests by cutting the meadow

short one year, seeding to cloverkmow:

ing it once one year for hay and then

plowing it again. In this quick rota-

tion insects do not get a chance to es

tablish themselves and there is, little

01' no, bother from either’wirei‘rorms or





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The purchasing power of a chain of

stores is also a factor. These stores

of course, are on a strictly cash basis

and are along the line of the merchan-

dising success of the five-and-ten-cent

stores, with their many sales and Little

profits.





. Wireworms and Lime





work to do we couldn’t plow it on

time, so I am expecting losses from

cutworms or wireworms next year on

this twenty acres.



There is no known remedy. Salt

will drive them out, but if you use

enough to drive them out you will in-

jure the crop. The same way with

the eutworms. 'They live on the young

plants they find in the soil until they

mature and change to a different state

and escape to other fields, then the

proper thing to do is to establish such

a farm practice that will not enable

them to infest soil again if possible.



Lime.



I do not think it is practical to send

a sample of soil to an agricultural lab:

oratory to have it tested for acid. Per-

sonally, I don’t think much of the lab-

oratory test. You can tell yourself

better than the chemists can tell you

what your soil needs it you will only

make a few practical experiments. If

you will get some blue litmus paper





and bury it in the moist soil you can.





get an idea whether your soil is acid

or not. If there is acid there it will

change the color of the blue litmus pa-





per to red. That is what the chemists ~





would do if you sent the soil to him.





You can put a little of this soil in a '





bottle or jar, pour on it some rain wa-

ter that contains no lime, stir it up

well and then add a little hydrochloric

acid. If there is lime in this soil this

hydrochloric acid will act upon the

lime and bubbles will come from the

solution. But the best test of all for

the farmer is to apply a little lime to

the field. It takes a little longer but

it is sure. Go to your dealer who

handles building supplies and buy a

sack of hydrated lime. Go out into the

‘field somewhere after the land is plow-

ed and partially fitted and spread this

sack of hydrated lime ,say on a piece

of ground two rods square. It won’t

take you more than half an hour to do

it, then fit the ground and plant it to

crops. if your land is in need of lime





your crops will be improved where





this lime has been deposited. If you

can see no difference in the crop or

with any of the crops in the rotation

it is safe to conclude that your land

doesn’t need lime. If you can see a

benefit, it tells you better than any

chemists can tell you. And this is the

way to experiment with fertilizer also.





- Apply‘it on a portion of the field and





note results.



With the rotation you are using and

with the stable manure that you have

used, this field ought to be in condi-

tion to produce profitable crops of al-

most anything, if they are'put in on

time and the season is at all favorable:

I would suspect from reading your let-

ter that lime would be of material ben-

efit, and yet you can easily ascertain

without any _question at a very little

cost. - COLON C. LILLIE.





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If we are to continue to provide

meat for foreign people as well as our

own, every farmer must put forth his

best effort to produce more hogs. A

glance at the.prices of pork on the

leading markets in, this country and

you can plainly see that we are

slaughtering, consuming at home, and

exporting mere pork than we are pro«

ducing. Some will say that the feed is

too high to feed to the hogs, but the

price has more than doubled in the

past few years and the farmer can

make many of the waste feeds on the

farm profitable by raising hogs. You

will find many communities in this

state where the number of hogs have

decreased during the past year. What

has this caused? Look at the market

prices of pork and the question is an-

swered. These prices are high be-

cause we need more pork and now

rather than any other time the farmer

should be able to raise hogs profitably.



Increase the Fats.



We can increase the amount of pork

fats much more easily than- we can in-

crease the amount of vegetable or

dairy fats. The people can not get

along without fats as a food and be-

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endeavor to produce more fats by the

quickest method. This method is by

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A large percentage of all the meat and

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All buyers are very anxious to get hogs

because their firm badly needs them in

order to keep the markets supplied

with their manufactured ‘ meat pro-

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Profits.



The quickest and easiest way of aug-

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raising of poultry is by raising hogs,

the United States of Agriculture points

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meat and money. He requires less la—

bor, less equipment, less capital, makes

greater gains per one hundred pounds

of food and reproduces himself faster

and in greater numbers than any other

domestic animal. As a consumer of

by-products on the farm the hog has

no rival. No other animal on the farm

equals the hog in its fat-storing ten-

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.TWO FEEDING PROBLEMS.





I have forty acres of coarse gravelly

land which I am very anxious to get

seeded. It is quite rolling and a long

way from the manure pile. Have just

taken off a crop of oats. I want to use

it exclusively for pasture. Will you

please tell me best way to handle it?



Oakland Co. W. A. S.





‘ From the above description of the

land I would advise sowing a crop of

‘wheat, or rye, and seeding the same

as for ordinary crops of clover and

timothy, except that a mixture made

timothy, two





sike, two quarts of bluegrass, one

quart of orchard grass and one quart

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Corn for Silage.



I have about five acres each of dent

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all. How can I get the most feeding

value? By putting it all in or using

the dent corn for roughage? I have

very little hay or straw. Expect to

carry my stock as far as I can and

make a sale. Can young cattle be fed

on ensilage alone?



Gratiot Co. R. B. C.





From the standpoint of digestible

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most feeding value from the corn crop

by putting it imthe silo, but as a feed-

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At present prices for hay I think this





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It is a problem that must be decided

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. A ' ’ ' somewhat over one thousand, acros‘of

(Continued from page 172). pure-bred Red Rock wheat. The fields

ofleflng for sale “Inspected Seed." “In- of Rosen Rye that are eligible are few

spected 330.; must be subject to field in number on account of so much land ‘

and bin inspection by agents of the 501118 58701“ t0 the STOWth of the 0!"

association. _ ' dinsry rye. The inspectors in the field

5. Grain to be eligible for inspection in this county accepted some fields;

must be grown from “Inspected Seed” but rejected many where the farmer

except that a man whowgrows a crop had- not complied with the preliminary,-

from inspected seed may allow one requirements. -

year'wlthout his grain having been On June 3 a meeting was held all:

passed by the inspector of the as”. Lansing of delegates from the various

ciation. county associations of pedigreed grain

6. Seeds to pass inspection: growers. ’l‘he actual cost of the extra

(a) Must have been grown upon care in the “1131118 and shipment '88

ground free from quack grass and found to be ninety-five cents per bush-

mustards; and other noxious weeds, el. The delegates determined that the

such as Canada thistle, dock, etc., price of Red Rock wheat, certified. in

must have been cut or pulled_ ten bushel lots or over should be 33.25

(b) Should be the only variety of per bushel. one to nine bushels $3.50.

that species of grain grown on the Rosen Rye in ten bushel lots or over

farm, except other pedigreed varieties $3.00, one to nine bushels $3.25. The

grown experimentally. , excess price over the market being

(c) In the case of barley, wheat considered as only a fair remuneration

and oats, must be grown from seed for the extra care and labor required

stock free from smut. Must show lit— w obtain a proper cértlflcate.

tle or no smut of any kind and must The Michigan Crop Improvement As-

show less than one per cent of 10058 sociation has DUbliShed a card entitled

smut of wheat and barley. - "High Lights in Rosen Rye History.”

(d) Must germinate ninety per The statements are so concise that I

cent or more. take the lbierty to quote it in full:

(e) Must conform to the following 1909~-«Selcctlcn begun by F. A-

standards of weight per bushel: Oats Spragg, Plant Breeder 0f the Michigan

32 lbs. ; wheat 60 lbs.; spring barley Agricultural College-from a sample 013

47 lbs.; winter barley 45 lbs., rye 54 Russian rye. '

lbs. On sale the ordinary legal weight 1909-1912-—-Exh1bited a phenomenal

must be furnished, which is the same yielding ability compared to common

for cats and wheat, but for barley and rye.

rye is forty-eight pounds and fifty-six 1912.-Establlshed reputation as the

pounds respectively_ greatest single variety addition for in-

(f) Must have been cleaned with creasing production of bread crops

good mill upon the owner’s premises, that Michigan has ever’known.

unless speclal arrangement is made 1917.——Elghteen thousand bushels in-

with the consent of the inspector. spected and certified by the Michigan

Must not be taken to public elevator Crop Improvement Association. Most

to be cleaned. sold at $2.60 to $2.80 per bushel. Total

(g) Must contain less than one per of 175,000 acres sown with more or

cent of mixtures of other varieties. In less pure Rosen. Much of this is not

the case of Red Rock wheat. not over as productiye as inspected seed be—

one-half 0f one per cent 0f white cause crossed with common. ‘ Rosen

wheat is allowable. rye shipped to twenty—two other states.

(11) Must contain less than one—half 1918.—In spite of adverse weather

Of 0116 per cent 0f foreign material. conditions of past fall and winter,

(1) Must be of good color. compar- Rosen rye showing up well.

'atively free from soft, yellow berry, June 18,—Meeung of Michigan Crop

shriveled and cracked grains. Improvement Association. Price of in-

7. Inspected seed must conform to spected certified seed set at 33.00 pm-

state seed law in regard to quack bushelfor ten bushel lots or over, and

grass. Canada thistle and dodder. con- $3.25 for less than ten bushel lots, with

taining not more. than one in two thou- special quotations on car lots.

sand of these noxious weeds; and fur-

ther must contain not more than one

in 200 of other noxious weed seeds. __..__,

3- Shipping 1383 MG report post Plans are being perfected to make

cards will be furnished members hav- the National Dairy Show to be held at

1118 inspected seed for sale. One 01' Columbus, Ohio, October 10-19, of edu-

these post cards must be filled out. cations] interest to every person inter-

and returned to the secretary immedi- ested in the production, distribution

ately 011 the 8816 Of each order. and consumption of milk and its pro-

9. Members wishing to sell inspect- ducts. The Federal Food Administra-

ed seed must properly fill out the ac: tion and Department 01' Agriculture

companying application for inspection. Will cooperate With representatives 0f

10, The inspector will be a repre- the Ohio State University, in present-

sentative of the association and not of ing to the public the latest results of

the college. science a (1 practice in the prepara-

A careful reading of these require- tion of milk and cheese as substitutes

ments show how difficult it is for the for meat, and in the uses of these pro

average farmer to produce open fer- ducts in the dinner pail 0f the hardy

tilized grains which will pass inepec- worker, the lunch box of the school

ration. For that reason, it is very difli- child, and the oliice worker. It is ex-

cult to obtain certified Rosen Rye. I pected that the Bureau Of Markets

presume that I may speak with part will present interesting data regarding

donable pride of the activities of the the service which this bureau is ren-

farmers of Allegan county in the line daring to the dairy industry With ltd.

of seed improvement. Being one of market reports, quotations, consults-v

the first counties in the state to em— tions. etch

ploy a county agent, and having a num-

ber of real progressiye farmers the

results have been very encouraging.

On the eleventh of last June forty-





 





 





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Would you advise me to put a co-

ment floor in a cement stave silo on





the city of Allegan to discuss the best either case? .



means of preserving the purity of the By all means not in a concrete bot—

seeds, the restrictions which should be torn in your silo and use no straw be-..

placed upon threshers, the time and .neath the silage for, while this





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labor required for the extra care of. might result in no. spoiled silage, m ,.

such grain. the inspection and the ship- we do not recommend this practice..

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*held their ‘secbnd bi-annual picnic of





the season at the farm home of 'A. A.

Black & Sons, Tuesday, August 13.

The day was" ideal and the fine grove

in the front yard made an excellent

~ place forthe gathering. . ,.-

There were about two hundred and

fifty farmers and theirvfamilies pres-

‘ent, representing the breeders within

a radius of fifty miles. At noon every-

one enjoyed an old-fashioned basket

picnic dinner, with all the ice cream

that one could eat. Following the din-

ner Prof. A. C. Anderson, of M. A. 0.,

gave a judging demonstration, using

a prize bull calf from Mr. Black’s

herd. , _ ' .

The presidenttof the association, J.

B. Strange, called the meeting to or-

der and introduced the M. A. 0. Train-

ing Detachment Quartette. The boys

sang Several songs, and incidentally

included several solos that gave both

spice and enthusiasm to everyone

present. When the time came for the





to ,, lgan‘ ~

3 Hold Picnic





Holstein





have some severe reverses before this

war is won. He made a great appeal

for everyone to get into the game and

give his support, both morally and

financially, as it is only with this sup-





port that this war can be won and .

,won right. .



Mr. Mark Cuttler, of South Riley, -

'next rendered several songs, in which

It'was not '

long until Mr. Cuttler had most of the ,





he rivaled: Harry Lauder.





people laughing and singing,‘and one

would almost believe he was in Scot-

land. Here Miss Nancy Black added

.to the above spirit by giving the High-

land fling and the Scottish bagpipe.

These were so good that the people

insisted upon more and more, until

Miss Black was too tired to respond.

Mr. Horace Norton, of M. A. C., then

gave a brief talk, giving the breeders,

present some timely suggestions in

regard to holding a consignment sale

next winter. Mr. Norton’s one strong

point was that to have a successful

sale, only the best type of individuals





 





 





The Kind they Breed in Central Michigan.





boys to leave, they were cheered with



long calls to beat the kaiser. ‘

The next on the program was sev-



eral readings by Miss Van Sickle.





, These were especially good and every-





one was only too sorry that time Would





‘not permit hearing more. -





The president then introduced th

’speaker of the afternoon, Myles F.

Gray, who gave one of the best patri-

otic talks the‘writer has heard in some

time. He immediately made a hit with

the Holstein breeders when he said:

“This is a time of thorough-breds,

thorough-bred Americans, and this is

what you stand for in cattle, as well

as people.” Mr. Gray very emphati-

cally told the pe0ple what they must

expect in the next months, and that

they must not be too optimistic about

the present success, for we will surely





must be consigned, and more emphasis

must be put on the individual than on

the individual’s records.



Mr. Albert Jenkins, Chairman of the





Sales Association, gave a report of last .





year’s sale, which was very pleasing,

considering it was the breeders’ first

attempt. .



After a, brief discussion the breeders

voted to hold another. sale this com-

ing winter, at the time of the breeders’

meetings, and gave the president pow-

er to appoint a sales committee.



After listening to some more songs

by Mr. Cuttler, everyone returned to

their homes, after having enjoyed

one of the pleasantest picnics the Gen-

tral Michigan Holstein Breeders have

held in some time and with many re-

membrances of the day spent at the

Black farm.





Normal Milk





I am sending you..a sample of milk.

I have been getting a young cow com-

ing three years old in September,

fresh five weeks ago. My wife is hav-

ing trouble in getting her butter to-

gether. A lady told me there were

cows that would not make butter. I

have handled cows all my life and

never heard of that before. Will you

test'this milk and if,there is a reason

for this cow not making butter, would

like to know it. ‘ J. W. M.





The sample of milk duly. received.

' - and seems to be normal.





as good cream and was of good flavor





. and'this cream should churn into but-





ter if properly manipulated. My judg~

ment'is that there .Is nothing abnormal

' ' t " ' ;, the onl'y're'ason it takes



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To have butter come quickly cream

should be properly ripened. It is con

siderable bother to make butter from

one cow and do. it right because you

have to hold the cream so long in or-

der to get a sufficient amount to churn.

If the cream is separated it should be

cooled at once and stored in a cool

place until enough accumulates for a

churning. The next cream should be

cooled before it is added, and so on

until énough accumulates for a churn-

ing. Then the cream should be ripen~

ed (soured) by gradually warm‘ing’to





about seventy-five degrees and stirred '





thoroughly and allowed to stand for

about twenty-four hours. After this

it should be cooled to sixty» to sixty-

two degrees.‘ In summer if cooled to

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Slipping ’ ’ not ‘ Saving ’

"l ltept slipping back two feet every time I went ahead one.” That's





rwhat the small boy gave as an excuse to his teacher for being late for

school one winter day.





And that's iust what is happening to the cow owner who is trying

to get along without a cream separator or with an inferior or half-wom-

out machine. Like the small boy he is “slipping." He thinks he is

thrifty, but for every dollar he saves by not buying a De Laval he loses

two through not having one.





It isn’t economy to do without labor saving and money saving and

food saving machines. It isn’t economy to feed 40-cent butter to the





calves and hogs.





It is economy to buy and use only the best cream separator made—





and that's the De Laval.





Viewed from every standpoint—clean skimming, ample capacity,

ease of. operation, freedom from repairs, durability there Is no other

cream separator that can compare with the De Laval.





 





It’s real thrift and genuine economy

to buy a De Laval Separator NOW. ,





Why not see the nearest De Laval agent at once! See a new 1918 De Lava!

mchine for yourself. Try it to prove every claim made for it. If you don’t

know a De Laval agent write direct to one of the addresses below.





THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO.

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





   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 

 

 





 





 





 





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Holstein. Bulls for

Michigan



Mr. F. D. Cutler, 'of Barry county,

Michigan, recently purchased one of

the best and highest-priced Holstein-

Friesian bulls that ever came into the

state. This fine animal is a son of

Rag Apple Korndyke 8th, the most fa-

mous sire of the breed. This young

sire’s name is King Ormsby Rag Ap-

ple and Mr. Cutler .paid $10,000 for

him. His dam is ()rmsby Jane Piebe

Segis with a record of 38.17 pounds of

butter and 669 pounds of milk in sev-

en days.



M. C. Haight and F. H. Williams. of

Allegau, Mich., are congratulating .9—

themselves on the purchase of a Hol-

stein bull calf a little over a year ago.



Mr. Haight went to New York to look

over the herd of Oliver Cabana. He





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was struck by the. appearance of a calf, . , .

three-fifths white. with a black line as _ HOW |I e COlt LO hting and \ C00] . P1





straight as a rule, and contracted for

it. The price was such as they could

afford to pay for the reason that the D'fi' F q 11 O h



dam had a record of only twenty-one 1 31's rom t BI‘S

pounds of butter in a week, which is a





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





   

 

 

   

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





   





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very low “j’cord for the Pine Grove DIFFERENT: because there is nothin to get out of order—nothm' g to wear

Farms- Thls year» When the dim? 0f out. Farmers have used them or 14 years continuously, without spend-

the hull was tested at the age of elght ing a Cent for repairs. ‘ ,

years, she produced in one week, from

570.6 pounds of milk, 32.75 pounds of DIFFERENT: because it gives a soft but gwerful white light—much more

butter. This is a marvelous perform— pow than any other system. 0 matches required—simply pull

ance for a cow of her age and has nlul- 8 little switch, ‘ ~

tiplied the value of the bull many . , . . . . g

times.) The sim Rag Apple Komdyke DIFFERENT: because it is silent. If It is put in the cellar (where it canstand

8, is generally conceded by Holstein m the corner) you'vvould never hnow it was 1n the house. It works

men to be “the greatest bull in the equally welllf pntln an outbufldmg- l

world.” He Is the only sxre haying a _ DIFFERENT:- becau'se it runs itself. Beyond puttm' g in a little carbide (like

forty-two pounds, three-year-old daugh- med stone) and plain WII o a month, it .1.“ no attention . l

ter. He is the sire of the youngest The U. S. Government 1' lts the P C 'lllaqwxm'th carbide “

thirty-pound heifer. He is the only . . . . . W. ..~ “‘1

water. 70 mule .

sire having two two-year-old daugh- , 0’000 _ n mm on hams Carbide light to work 1’" .

ters whose records average 29.76 lbs. . DIFFERENT: becauseit n0t only lifhts the house and barns more rfectlythan

of butter. He and four of his sons any other system, but supp ies fuel for a genuine gas c ' range—a

have brought the fabulous amount 0f ran ewhich will cookthemealswith all the advantages of the gas ranges . ,

$152,200 at public auction. Three half— nwfi- by. millions inrthebig cm , .

brothers of the bull owned by Messrs. . . .

Haight and Williams have brought at‘ DIFFERENT: because In first coat and mmch are lower than any other

public auction over one hundred thou- SYStCm- ’





sand dollars.





NORMAL MILK. * carbide Lighting 0LTand COOklng Plant





(Continued from page 181).

sixty degrees the butter should come a

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butter, many creameries make sweet . minute whcn it WW 0'5“" 0” m"! and prefln- if to

' I all orders. Bin: t by their expen'ence. the least atten-





tion of anything





J. B. COLT COM ANY? “Wm”

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cream butter, but it takes much longer } ~m “working

to churn and the cream must be cold— , ,, _.

er when churned. I don’t think it is : WW “

practical to make sweet cream butter ‘ D. T. CENTER

with an ordinary hand churn.



I know of one instance where a cer-

tain cow produced no butter-fat what- _

ever, the milk was actually skim-milk . , ‘“ M_MM*

when it was drawn from the cow, but





this is the only instance that I ever



heard of. Nearly always when there . .



is trouble in churning it is not the

fault of the cow but the fault of the * w - . ‘

person who manipulates the cream and ‘ ' l .

the churn. COLON C. mum. in . _ l

for six months after date offered, ”WER'ZED S i

while commercial paper is dated for .. _ '

only ninety days. There have been ~ - , K L! L- N; - - a _ {x . y

numerous complaints of late that the - » . » . N...— .l..‘ 3.1%. _. p {Ln/4M} , . \ll....3 ‘ >

country banks are not handling cattle “ . “ - T" ‘

and sheep paper as freely as stockmen , . _ . \ ‘ p

desire, and this has resulted in many fl; , , . ' ._ ,, . 7. ._ .. _‘ ; ' , .

applications to live stock commission ' ‘ ‘ > » " : . ~_ . ‘ ‘

firms of Chicago and other live stock . '

markets. Farmers have no trouble in

obtaining money on cattle paper from





banks which are members 01' the fed-

eral reserve system.





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by which advances can be made to

banks loaning to stock raisers of ,the

west and southwest. The Texas situ:

ation is disastrous, and it is stated

that nearly the entire calf crop must

~ be sacrificed because of lack of feed,

unless ways are. devised for moving

them to more favored grazing districts.





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HOME BUILDERS" steaming





Next to government. or municipal bdnds,,reai estate securities are

the safest of all investments. ‘ , ‘ ' ' , . _ ,

Next to gilt edge real estate mortgages, land contracts, ,running to





city home builders, are the most generally used form of real estate _





securities.

For the individual investor they are‘ not as desirable as real es-





tate mortgages, because the payments, made on amortization plan, are.





small and frequent, thus involving more clerical attention than is the

case with real estate mortgages.





Homes are Safe Securities





But experience has demonstrated that in the “negate. the secur-

ity, when conservatively appraised, is not only ample, but that lapses

in payments are few. because each payment is a payment on a home.

and because the margin of security becomes greater with every pay-

ment.





land contracts at big discounts. because the contracting builders need-

ed the capital to continue their operations.





The Detrmt Mortgage Corporation

was organized to carry land contracts for home builders and home pur-

chasers. its large business in this line enables it to make collections

and look after the details of such a business with a maximum of

safety and at a minimum of cost. its officers and directors are sub-

stantial and well-known Detroit business men.

‘ and will stand the closest investigation and scrutiny. Its mission is to





Finance Detroit Home Builders

and at the same time offer a profitable investment in its stock sold to





provide the funds for this purpose.

More than 2,000 far-seeing and conservative investors have al-





ready become stockholders in this new financial organisation. The cor- .





poration is capitalised at $5,000,000, half of which issue is preferred

stock, with stated dividends of 7% payable in quarterly installments,

and half in common stock which will share in accumulated earnings.





Big Business Built Rapidly

From August, 1917, to March 15, 1918, land contracts were taken

over by the Detroit Mortgage Corporation totaling $724,808. These

were backed by real estate with an appraised value of $902,925. In

July of the present year, its total investments in land contracts amount-

ed to $1,139,629.07.





A War Time Essential





Under the stringent financial conditions, due to our war activities,

the opportunities offered through this corporation have been a boon to

house builders.‘ In addition a gratuitous service is offered to owners of

land contracts in the country’s service by collecting their income with-

out charge while they are following the flag.





When Peace Shall Come‘





The company- has paid its regular quarterly dividends on the pre-

ferred stock. besides showing large earnings for the common stock. It

has well served both patrons and stockholders under war comlitions.

With the coming of peace it will be able to aid both in an ever-increas-





ing degree.

'Our Booklet Tells More .

Our booklets regarding land contracts and investments will follow

your request.





DETROIT MORTGAGE CORPORATION





Third Floor Real Estate Exchange Building. Detroit, Michigan

Grand Rapids Office, Commercial Savings Bank Bldg.





JAMES F. MURPHY, President

Vice-Pres. Murphy Chair Co.

FREDERIK D. GLEASOVMN ‘





F. D. Gleason Coal Co.

‘ \BEN B. JACOB...........Vice-Pr’ee.

it . Real Estate -

I n. CHAS. J. HIGGINS ...........

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Cashier Federal State Bank

‘ HARRY J. DEAN ......... Director

x .. Pres. Harry J. Dean Co.

_ ‘ WM. M. DILLON ......... Director

A f ScottenDillon Tobacco Co.

H. I... WILTON .............. Director

Capitalist

' GEORGE F. W. REID...Dine|-.or

) The Bradstreet Company

JOHN A. RUSSELL ...... Director

Vice-Pres. and Trees. Board

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Wednesday, August 21.

The Huns fall back four miles be-

tween the Oise and Aisne rivers with

the fighting extending to the vicinity

of Seissons. Many villages are taken

by the Allies. General Haig reduces

German salient along the Lys river.

The Spanish cabinet is surnmoned to

consider-Germany’s reply to Spain’s

U.boat protest.

Canada’s quota of anthracite coal

has been fixed at 3,802,000 tons.



. Thursday, August 22.

French take Lassigny and fight way

into Noyon suburbs. To the north the

British continue to make gains and

are now reported within'three miles of

A revolt in the Polish army promises

additional trouble for the central pow.

ers on the eastern front.

Friday, August 33.



British retake Albert, while the en—

emy flees in disorder across Ancre

river. , Allies capture over 20,000 pris-

oners and 200 guns in past two days.

General Byng advances two miles on

a six-mile front. Foch plans to con;

tinue ofl'ensive attack and allow the

Teutons no time to reorganize their

scattered divisions.

in view of a dispatch from Petro-





' grad stating that members of the Bol-





shevik government had issued a proc-

lamation declaring a state of war be-

tween Russia and the United States,

State Department officials fear for the

safety of Americans in the Russian

capital.



One hundred and fifty thousand





ll‘urkish deserters set up a rule of





their own in Asia Minor, Turkey not

having sufficient troops to interfere.

Saturday, August 24.



Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria brings

forward a large number of fresh troops

in an effort to stop the Allied drive on

either side of Noyon. The result proves

disastrous to his forces. as he is not

only unable to check the Allied troops,

but also suffers extremely heavy

losses.

The lower house of congress passes

the new draft law which extends the

draft age in this country from eighteen

to forty-five years. ,



- Sunday, Au'gust 25.

It is announced that Pershing has





 





 





 





- ’ 1,200,000 men within tWenty miles of





the River Rhine near the. Swiss border.



Haig’s troops capture Thievpal. Bray

and. Miraumont are also taken by the

British, making the occupation of Ba-

paume increasingly hazardous for the

Germans. French advance toward

Coucy. ~



Military camps in this country are

being combed to secure men for ad-

vancement to positions as officers.



A shake-up in German politics has

placed Hindenburg in‘ control of at-

fairs again.



Four draft calls. issued by Provost-

Marshal General Crowder calls for

180,778 men to be in training camps be—

tween August 80 and September 0.



Fire at Owensboro. Km, consumes

43,000 barrels of whiskey valued at

$2,840,000. . .



Monday, August 20.



British cross the Albert-napeumo

road at many places. and are within

one thousand yards of the old Hinden-

burg line. Since August 21. Haig‘s

army captures 17,000 prisoners, while

the French take 13.000 in their opera-

tions between Noyon and Solssons.



United States will buy $100,000,000

of army supplies in Spain.



Coal prices at Lake Michigan and

Lake Superior ports have been reduc-

ed by the Fuel administrator.



United State District Court has ab-

solved the - Curnard Steamship Com-

pany from responsibility for the loss

of life and property in the torpedoing

of the Lusitania by German submar.

ine. Damages will be collected from

Germany after the war.



The output of passenger motor cars

for the present production year will be

but twentyoflve per cent of that for

the year 1917.



Tuesday, August 27.



Canadian troops launching a new of-

fensive east of Arms on the Swan

river, and southward to Coieui, ad-

vance full two miles, capturing a half

dozen villages. Gains are also made

by the Allies at practically all‘points

of fighting between Albert and Rheims.



The United States Senate is to vote

on the draft bill.



Last week 40,000 tons of shipping

were added to the American merchant

marine.





 





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rents make it fly,” he said. ‘ ,



"Yes, ” answered his fifteen-year-old

son, “and some houses have wings, and

I‘ve seen many a house fly.”



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maybe, son, but I always thought that

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him. He didn’t seem to get along any

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A farmer once asked the editor of

a country paper for some advice. He

wrote:



“I have a horse that at times ap-

pears normal, but-at other times is

lame to an alarming extent. What

shall I do?” . '



The reply came: “The next time

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Some soldiers back from the trench-

es were being shown, behind the lines,

a machine for sterilizing clothing, and

of course, eliminating “pets.” One of

the party was obviously quite unim-

pressed, and afterward an assistant at

the sanitary station asked him wheth-

er he did not think the machine a fine

one?"



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“But I've got a dodge ‘of my own that



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one way; then they are all inside,





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it that way. Then they’re all outside,





“Well, yes."

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again I turn it back again.”

“Well, well l” '

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the ~marching and counter-marching





breaks the little devils’ heerts, and '





It actually turns dead expense into

ment.





body.





passenger car.





money-making purpose.





a month’s time.

All this without interfering in any





engercar.





plies anywhere.





Ford back into a passenger car again.





as a new. one.





er view in the panel shows

tThhee ”oath-D UPLEX folded under

the tonneau In the lower picture

the tonneau has been removed

and the Heath-DUPLEX is being

opened out for commercial use.





   





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The Heath-DUPLEX makes a Ford touring car

do the work of both a passenger car and a truck.





The Heath-DUPLEX is a patented folding truck





It attaches permanently to your Ford touring car,

ready, m a minute’s time to be made into a truck or





It takes advantage of the wonderfully low-cost

operation of the‘ Ford and applies it to a practical,





It adds hundreds of pounds of carrying capacity to

the Ford at an exceedingly small initial expense.





On the aVerage farm it will literally pay for itself in





Ford’s usefulnesss or altering its appearance as a pass-





With the Heath-DUPLEX you have a strong, ser-

viceable truck to haul produce, machinery and sup-





In 60 seconds, and Without tools, you can turn the





The Heath-DUPLEX attaches to annld Ford as well





,; , The Work of Two Cars

1‘. 'At the Cost of One Ford





In the original installation (made by any man handy i.

with tools) the tonneau is made removable. Noth- 4





paying invest-





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The Heath-DUPLEX is never removed. It simply

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for trucking purposes. ,

The folding delivery body has a carrying spme 4 .

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labor can hardly be hired, it behooves every farmer

to see, as soon as possible, how much the Heath-'

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nearest town, who will gladly give you a demonstra-

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(Continued from last week). brought down behind our own line spent thatday was not small. I was I returned to the aerodrome it was to



We found ourselves in a very pecu- since I became a pilot. . about three miles behind the Hun lines learn that “Pizzdoodle, ” 'an old Scotch

liar situation. I was so close to him Next day I went out to get another when right ahead of me exploded a friend of mine and as fine a boy as

that I could see with the naked eye Hun to add to my collection. I was in “woolly bear.” It was all Plack smoke, ever lived, had been brought down. _

every detail of his machine. His face the act of crossing the Hun lines when with a heart of fire and ragged at the Captain AlbertBall, one of the best ;

also I could see quite clearly, even to bang! to the rlght of me came a thud, edges. , When it burst my machine pilots in the corps and with more Huns . 'l

the wrinkles around his mouth. . and my engine stopped. Revenge, I started to do a cake-walk. It seemed to his credit than anyone else, had also ‘



There was something odd in our p0. thought. I volplaned to the ground, to be out of control. The racing motor been killed. The same fate had over-

sition. .I had to smile at the thought made a good landlng in a field just be- caused such vibrations that I was taken a number of others, many of

that we were so close together and hind our lines, and ’phoning up the afraid the machine would fall to piec- whom I knew. ,

yet dared not harm one another. The squad, I then had another engine es. Ishut eff power quickly and head- I spent a great deal of time that '

Hun also smiled. Then I reached down brought out to replace mine. ed homeward, landing. in one of our night wondering whether it would be 5

5 to feel the handle on my pressure res- On my way to the squadron I Wit- advance landing grounds. my turn next. I remember looking ov-

ervoir to make sure that it was in its nessed one Of the greatest air fights I The trouble was that one- -half of 3. er my medals’and a certain peculiar

proper place, for I knew that one of us have ever seen. It t00k place above propeller blade had been ShOt away mascot of mine—a Chinese doll. Life



‘ would soon have to make a break. .the cemetery of P Otherwise the machine was unhurt I never seemed so uncertain nor so short.



I had never before met a Hun at Three Huns were aloft behind their telephoned for another propeller and I had to wait next morning for um,

' Sheh close quarters in the air and own lines, and back Of them was one was soon up in the air again. some time before I received ordegs to

though we flew parallel to one another of our patroling SCOUtS- I Wih admit that I had the greatest go on patrol In the meantime I had



‘ for only a few minutes, the time seem- The Hun does not believe in coming l‘eSDeCt for the Hun "ANNE?” batteries. learned that'the King was comin 3“)



ed like a week. I remembered some over our lines if he can possibly help The “woolly bear” they had fired at me inspect our squadron and I wondgred



of the tactics told me by some of the it. and generally he W111 manoeuvre so was something new, andflit certainly whether I would have to hie m self



older and best fighters in the corps, that any engagement will have to be did damage enough when it exploded into the blue just at that time anbtfl so



and was wondering 110w I could em- waged over German territory. .11an a machine be obliged to miss the show But luck

_ ploy them. Finally a thought occurred One of our men named Price, who EM (111th is dUtY~ was with me this time and I sta ed



to me. Two machines flying at the was coming in from patrol, was pilot After the mechanics had attached below. y



same height are not necessarily on ex- of the scout, which was flying at the the propeller I went uP again, but Presently the King drove u in a

. actly the same level, as they keep go same height as the Hun aircraft, about shrunk at least six inches when the car We were lined u and werle look-

5‘5 ,ing 111) and down for about twenty feet. 12,000 feet. Price was well behind the next “woolly bear” exploded quite close ed .over by the royal De e' The Kin 5



1' was flying between the Hun and Hun lines When they saw him, and all to me. I ducked into the cockpit, al- shook hands with the 003mmandin on:

. his own lines and I had fuel for an- three of them made forhim at once. though it is self-evident that one is no cer chatted with him.for a whileg and

‘- other hour and a quarter anyway. I I happened to be at an artillery obser- safer in the cockpit than Outside. then walked down our line. We ’W e

. wanted to make sure of this bird, but vation post, which 1 had to pass on my When the machine crashes to the presented to him one b one and fie

decided to play a waiting game. We way home, and so was able to get a ground the COCkpit goes along, since King had a kind word ashd a smile for

' continued our flight side by side. good View of the combat. no one as yet has devised any means every man



‘Aftera while, however, much sooner The foremost of the Huns made 0f anchoring it to a cloud. Though After theiKl'n had addressed th

than I expected, the Hun began to get straight for Price, and for a minute it the bus I was flying was a. fast one, man next to me gthe Win (1 e-

f restless and started to manoeuvre for looked as though he intended ramming that Hun “Archie” battery did most told him that I was a Yailfggnif5ere:

position; like myself he was utilizing him. The combatants separated again creditable work I must say that much upon the Kill shook hand ’h t'l

the veriest fraction of every little 011- and began to fire upon one another, as for the Hun though I hate him like with me andgtold me ma: 11:32:11:

‘5 ortunit in his endeavor to out-man- the tut-tut-tut of the machine guns told Poison. - . . . .

9‘ geuvre the antagonist. Finally, the me. Of a sudden one Hun volplaned, The HUDS were good ShOtS. even at ng‘l’liied the Americans in the Bmtlsh

5‘ Hun thought he had gotten the lead. while another made straight for Price. the elevation at Whieh I was flying, H .k d h I l'k d _

5‘ I noticed that he was trying to side- I wondered what Price would do, but where my machine as seen from the I toltilalf' ethm’fl hwd hide fllgng, and

. slip, go down a little, evidently for the saw the next moment that he had ground appeared no larger. than a mos- t h 1m ba 1:? t da novclance; as

purpose of shooting me from under- “zoomed” over the second Hun ma: quito. I spentavery exc1t1ng day. The 32’ lawn? e? S o own any tw ce.

neath, but not far enough for me to get chine, which just then swooped down fire 0f the Hun “Archies” had never e , 11g aug ed heartlly and remark'

a dive on him. I was not quite sure as upon them. While Price was “zéom- been as accurate as today and those ed that he. had no fear for me, that I

yet that such was really his intention, ing,” I noticed that the first Hun was "WOOHY bears” seemed to have us all seemed quite able to take care or my-





 





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but the man was quick. Before I knew falling to the ground, having either puzzled. self. He also gave it as his opinion ,.

what had happened he had managed been disabled or killed by Price’s ma- For all that, I had been lucky. When that the United States would soon be



0 put five shots into my machine, but chine gun. llllIIHIIlllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllll{lllHllllllIllll[llllllllllllNIlHMlIIIIIIIllllllHIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllll dome “new“ and swing a €00,“ ac‘



ll of them missed me.- Yet within a few moments the sec- SUMMER. count of 1tself. Then he questioned





 





I manoeuvred into an offensive posi- 0nd Hun also crashed to earth, and the . me as to my length in the serv1ce, and

ion as quickly as I could, and before third was now making for home as fast. BY L. M. TH'oRNTON. expressed the hope that we might meet

he Hun could fire again I had my ma- as his motor would carry him; but again.

hine gun pelting him. My judgment price chased and quickly caught up When the King had‘left our camp. I

must have been fairly good. with him. It was an exciting race. started out on patrol with a feeling

The Hun began to spin earthward. I Price was working his machine gun that something was bound to happen . .

ollowed to finish him, keeping in mind for all the thing was worth, and before that day. I was rather blue, but 1 If . .





 





 





hmeanwhile, that it is an old game in long the third Hun went down. made up my mind that old “Archie,”

ying to let the other man think you . Just five minutes had been required back of the Hun lines, was not going to

re hit. This bit of strategy will often for the fight, When 1 met Price later get me this time if I could possibly .

W0 an Opportunity to get into a DOSi- I congratulated him. I remember wish- help it. , « '

ion that will give you the drop on ing him all the good luck a fellow . , I went up twenty thousand feet, and. '

’5’your antagonist. The ruse is also some- could have. But that did not help, for The summer hath so man 'son 3 - soon noticed that there was a fight un- .

5.31mes used to get out of a fight when within a month he, too, came down in Of joy and hope and g1}; e' g ' der Way across the Hun dines. I want- ‘



n trouble with gun jam, or when both- a heap. . . The robins strain, the pattering rain, ed to' see what was going on and made

red by a defective motor The day following the fight I went The beech leaves rustling in the lane, for the spot, but I had not gone very





I discovered soon that th' ec - 1, d, ber- And smgs them all for me far befo e ld “wooll bear” icked us ,

IS DI‘ an out on another patro an remem And that is why through all my days r o y p





 





 





ion was not necessary, for the Hun ing what had happened on the day be- 1 chant unceasingly her praise up. Soon shells were bursting all



geDt Spinning down to the glound. He fore, I decided to go up high before around-me. ,



‘ nded with a crash. sailing over into Hunland. The Huns The summer hath such pictures fair Before long a gang of our men were . . . ,

A few minutes later I landed two were in the habit of being especially 01’ earth and sea and SkY; making for the scene of the fight and , - _ é





 

 





ds away from the wreck and ran hard on our fellows after such an ex- The sags: Of green dark hills be- this'gave the Hun “Archies” every rea-

ger to see the kill I had made. ploit as Price’s, and I knew that I The fountain’s silvery sparkling sheen, son for sending up their “woolly .

121 had hit the Hun about fifty times would have to keep all my wits about Painted to please my eye. , _ bears. ” ;

had nearly cut off both his legs at me that day. And that is reason for my love The seventh shell that exploded near



' hips. . I went up about 15, 000 feet and start- That places her all else above me sent a steel fragment into my car-

here was nothing left in the line ed across the lines. . ‘ The summer hath ‘such perfume sweet buretOr. Of a sudden my motor slow—H

uvenirs, as the Tommies had got— I had no trouble getting across Hunt Where blossomed fields unroll; . ed down, and, as usual, I had .vilens _

to” the wreck before I did. I car— land. But the day, was . fairly clear The lilies blue the buddihg yew oLhaving to make a, forced landing in

of! a piece of his props and had a and the Hun “Archies,” I soon discov- ”1303?:gg’afiggth‘ngaggf dew, Hunland. .

.ma-de of it. That night we had ered, were Working overtime. The 'And that is Cause for Dell and voice' ‘ The piece of shell ha

‘ ration over the first Hun I had amount of shrapnel ammunition they To praise and honor and rejoice. , arable ‘
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' “woolly bears" continued to stand in





 





pupand 10.1- a wheat ,esr



h'ad smashed some or mycontrol. But,

that fear was ungrounded as presently



I discovered My controls were still;



intact, and for that reason I would be



able to glide to the ground. I swung



my machine into position for a glide



towards our line, and before very long



I was at ten thousand feet, with the



Hun shells keeping close to my track.



Some of them exploded a little ahead



of me, which is always a bad sign 'for



a descending man. It shows that the



‘ “Archie" gunners have a good line on

the course of the dive, and every next



shell may be the last for the man in



the machine. '



It was bad going on this day. The





my way, and I sped through their

fumes nearly all the way down. To

this day I do not understand how I

managed to land, as I finally did, in a

convenient field.



But forced landings keep a man's

nerves on edge. With the motor dead

the pilot has lost the full power to con-

trol the machine when judging his

landing place, and generally he reach-





 





 





This American AMI-Aircraft Gun will

Make Hun Flycrs Cautious.



es the ground at too great a speed to

make a safe landing

On this occasion I hit the ground at



a speed of about fifty-five miles per

hour. and had the misfortune of being

thrown to one side by a bump on the

ground which was struck by one of the

wheels. The next instant the machine

was on its nose, and then turned over

on its back, and more or less smashed,

During the somersault I was stunned

by being thrown against the instru-

ment board. The result was that I

was bruised all over, and had my lip

cut, my eyes blackened, and my chin

knocked up quite badly. I was unable

to get out of the wreckage, and still

had to fear that the gasoline, which

was spilling from the tanks. would ig—

nite; in which case I would have met

the end which a pilot fears most.

After I had been pulled from the

wreck, I was given some badly needed





where.





comfortable.





attention by a doctor who was pass- .





ing; then I went to the nearest tele-

phone and called up the commanding

ofl‘icer, who had me brought to the

'aerodrome in a car. He also sent a

lorry for the remains of my bus.



That night we had our wing com-

mander foz a guest at dinner, and he

told me that they were .going to send

me back to England for a furlough I





wanted to stay, but he thought that it ,





was better that I should rest up a bit.

saying if I did not get out now the

Huns would soon get me for good.

Though I had raised some objection to

P being returned to England. 1 was real





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man has to fight his nerves saxmuch

as the dangers of the air and the Hun.

I have known old pilots who had been





matter to them any more. For all/that,





They were keeping up. physically well

enough, but their nerves were getting





' away from them, and the moment was





bound to come when they would not»be

able to control them any more.



That state of affairs is easily under-

stood when one stops to consider that

nine times out of ten the man going

over the Hun lines is shelled. 0n al-

most every trip he may have to fight

some “Heinie,” as we call the German

aviator. This means that the man aloft

is taking chances every minute. The

thing that keeps the man buoyed up

is the thought that he hasbecome 1n-

dispensable to the men fighting on the

ground. Without the airplane, mod-

ern military control would be impos-

sible. The men in the front trenches

rely entirely upon the observer and his

pilot for their communication during a.

fight. The flyers know that, of course,

and for that reason strain every nerve

to be of service to the boys in the

trenches. How valuable the services





of the opponent through “spotting” the

that often they succeed in cutting





‘ down by fifty per cent the artillery fire





of the opponetn through “spotting” the

friendly artillery to the batteries that

are doing the harm. ‘



I got my route orders nextrmorning

and then started for England. Some

of the boys envied me that I could go

back to old Blighty, and swore that

the next time they went out they

would take a chance on being brought

down by the Hun “Archies,” who used

the “woko bear” shells.



' I am inclined to believe that some of

them were as good as their word.

Within a short time three of them had

been brought down for good, and two

others had to land on German territory

where they were made’ prisoners of

war.





 





(CHAPTER XVIII.



Back to Blighty. ,,

PON my arrivval in England I re-

ceived a week’s leave of absence

and‘when it was over I was de-‘

“Big Smoke.” '

I My new duties consisted of having

to test‘and ferry to other squadrons

and training camps all. sorts of buses.





I enjoyed that work for a. while, but

soon discovered that it was very stren-

uous. I was almost constantly in the,

air, and the bad season was now on.

For a. while I was laid up with bron-'

chial pneumonia, an ailment which has

frequently bothered me.





 





   





 





on active duty at the front for months

. and months, and nothing ’ seemed to





they were gradually falling to pieces.





tailed to a good squadron near the {





"I made an attempt to be transferred Peeping through, "pine,

to a better climate as instructor, but_ Whisper. gpodénlght.





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there were no openings just then.“

Three weeks after my discharge



from the hospital I went to work with



a new squad. ‘ - 4





My present detail had another fea;





ture which was not welcome to me. ‘I

was expected to‘ fly every type ofmap

chine which was then, being manufac-





tured, andfthese types were not few in ’





number. The first day in camp one

of the pilots, a chap named McGurrle,





.- had engine trouble while in a Scouting





machine, and injured himself in» land-

ing. Since just then I was flying the

same type of machine I made sure that

my motor was 0. K. before leaving

the‘ ground. But despite that I had

the same sort of accident. A few days

later one of the fellows got his ma-

chine‘on its back while up in the air,





and had a hard time righting it again;





He came nearlanding on his back,

which, of c0urse, would have been the

end of him. '





It was the duty of the men in the'





squadron camps near London to par-

ticipate in the manoeuvres against the

Zeppelin iraids. Nine-tenths of the

alarms were false; but it was impossi-

ble to tell the scares from the real

thing, and for that reason we would go





up and patrol around until the “all;





 





Look Out, Mr. “Heinie,” He’s Coming.





clear” signal came out"." Usually that





led to very long flights, which was a

hardship in many cases for the reason

that we used to go up in whatever

clothing we happened to have on when





the alarm came in, no time being tak-l

When 'the alarm ',





en by us to dress.

signal came, we had to rush for our

machines, jump into them, and then

get off without delay of any sort. Some‘

of the alarms came at night, of course,

and I have seen men climb into their

machines in their pajamas. And pa-

jamas are not quite the thing for a

three‘ hours’ patrol in the air. It is al-

ways cold up there, no matter what

the season may be, and the speed of

the machine intensifies that cold many

times. Many of the men almost froze

'to death, and often they would land





because of that before the “all clear"?





signal came. .

_(Continued next week).





(Hesperus ,





 





BY F. L. WELL‘s.





Dreams ’midts the twilight glow ,

Amber the west; ‘

Birds singing soft and low

Earth sinks ‘to rest.





That took me all over Eangland rind In Dew-laden shadows creep

' some cases to France.





On lawn and stream, .

High oe’r the mountain’s peak

Hesperus gleams. ,~





Star of the twilight hour,

Sweet Hesperus. 3

Wave to my sweetheart’s bower,

Love thoughts and rest.

Tellwher love but lter, -

Soften ~thy light, ‘ ,

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Inthe July 20 issue you hays an arti-

cle, "Standardizing and Labeling Pro-

duce Containers," which is not plain

to me, and I wonder if you can give

me' the desired informationor tell me

where to obtain it. I live in southern

Michigan two and a half miles from





 





, the Indiana state line, and have an ap-





ple' orchard. A large part of my crop

is marketed to people who drive to my

orchard, buy what apples they want,

and take them to their homes_ across

the Indiana state line. They come

with boxes of all sizes and with bags

of all descriptions, and some take the

fruit loose in their automobiles. There

are times when I box and ship apples

across the line and other times when

I take them in open boxes or crates

and sell them to people in Indiana.



I have a large number of Standard

Michigan bushel boxes on hand, their

capacity is”! think, 2,342 cubic inches.

I have frequently sold apples in these

boxes, calling them one buslnl. and

on some occasions when going with

them to Indiana the grocerymen have

demanded that I weigh the apples and

give them fifty pounds for a bushel

when, as a matter of fact, 2,342-cubic

inches of apples will not weigh more

than from forty to forty-five pounds.

according to variety. Am I to under-

stand that when I sell a bushel of ap-

ples under the new law I am required

to give but 2,150.42 cubic inches, re-

gardless of. the state in which they

are sold? ‘



If I sell apples at my residence here

in Michigan, in open boxes, and the

buyer empties them into a sack or

other container to take them across

the state line, must I mark such ap-

ples for inter-state shipment? Sup-



I ship in barrels or boxes across

the line and do not mark the apples

No. 1 or No. 2, how, then, must I pro-

ceed? If I haul apples across the line

and sell to grocerymen in open boxes

or crates must I mark the grade of ap-

ples on boxes or crates and the num-

ber of pounds, etc? F. E. M.



There are at present two federal

acts covering ”containers to be used in

inter-state shipments for all kinds of

fruits and vegetables. The amendment

to the Federal Food and Drugs Act

states that food in package form

should be marked on the outside of the





package, with the contents thereof in





terms of weight, measure, or numeri-





'Unlted States Standard bushel 2,150.42





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should be in terms of avoirdupois





pounds and ounces. Statements of dry

measure should be in terms of the





 





cubic inches, and its customary divis-

ions, i. e., bushels, pecks, quarts and

pints; or "in the case of the articles in

barrels in the terms of the United

States standard barrel and its lawful

subdivisions, i. e., one-third, one-half

or three-quarter barrels, as fixed by

the act of March 4, 1915. Therefore, in

answer to your first question as to

whether you could sell a bushel of ap

pies and give but 2,150.42 cubic inches

regardless of the state in which they

were sold, it may be said that, if it

were an inter-state shipment, accord-

ing to the law, this transaction would

not only be lawful but all inter-state

shipments must conform with these

rules. ’





The first requisite is that you mark





your package plainly. If it is a bushel

box you should mark it one bushel or

else give the net weight. Boxes should

be marked conspicuously and on the

outside. If you hauled your apples

across the state line yourself it would

still be an inter-state shipment. In re-

gard to various people coming in auto-

mobiles and taking apples away with

them in all kinds of sacks and other

containers, it is not required that you

mark the containers but it is suggested

that you be sure to measure the bush-

els in a container that is plainly mark-

ed “one bushel” and also whose capa-

city is not less than 2,150.42 cubic inch-

es. The point is that, although you do

not ship the apples yourself, still in

this case they are intended for inter-

state shipment and therefore your tran-

saction would probably come under the

Food and Drugs Act. It is always well

to mark plainly the grade of the pro«

duct that you are shipping in addition

to the net contents. You may, if you

wish, mark your containers in terms

of avoirdupois pounds and this state

ment should be the net weight and not

F‘. A. B.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

   





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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HF: state has prospect for a fair crop of apples this year. The above

‘map shows the estimates made by the federal crop correspondentent in

the various counties, The most promising varieties of early sorts, as report-

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Conveniences for the Farm Home





MAN close up to the big mili-

tary machine that is being put

in motion by our great republic,

stated two days ago that the mothers

back home are the real heroes in this

great war. These real patriots can be

aided with their burdens by introduc-





,’ ing into their homes recent improve-





ments in time and energy saving.

Foremost among all the indoor con-





veniences for the farmer’s wife is a

With a generous,





good water supply.

supply of water on hand, a great deal

of housework will be lightened. In

these days when gasoline engines have

been so reduced in cost that they are

within the reach of almost every farm-

er, one may be used to pump the wa-

ter from the well to an elevated tank

from which it 'may be piped to any

part of the house or barn. Or if the

gasoline engine is not desirable there

is the wind—mill, whose main drawback

is that it is not always serviceable. As

far as the cost is concerned, there is

very little difference.



When the water is elevated, then

may be considered the manner of us-

ing it to the best advantage in the

house. In the first place a good enam-

eled sink with a back should be put

in the kitchen. The sink should have

a good trap leading into a tile drain

whose outlet should be at considerable

distance from the house on a hillside

or if the ground does not permit, in a

septic tank. From the elevated tank

the water should be brought to the

sink and controlled by means of a

faucet. Galvanized iron pipe should be

used instead of lead and then the work

can be done without the aid of a

plumber. A branch should run to hot

water boiler connected with kitchen

range and then there will always be

on hand an abundant supply of both

hot and cold w ater.



In connection with the sink, there





. should be a dripboard so that all dish-





washing may be done

with the water close at





.stairs to the cellar.





These are Not Luxuries, But Dividend-

Paying Investments---By M. R.-HODGDON





ience in the summer time is the refrig-

erator. A suitable ice house for fam-

ily use may be built at a small cost. If

the farmer does not have a large dairy,

a house 16x12 with a ten-foot wall will

hold enough ice to last all summer.

The ice may be obtained from a neigh-

boring river. or lake at an small cost.

Then in the summer it can be used in





4 Besides, these things there are the

cream separator, the churn, and the

washing machine, all of which may be

operated by the‘same gasoline engine

which pumps the water.

Separator has become a necessity on a

farm, even where only two or more

cows are kept. The use of the sep-

arator reduces the care of the milk





 





The tasks children are given





be long hours of sleep.





and character.





Don’t Overwork the Children-





I N the country and on the farm children are often required to



work in the field and gardens too long at a time, or to carry

water and other weights too heavy for their strength and often to

work under a blazing sun. Such early work interferes with growth

and development, which is the one great business of childhood.

Many men and women, whose physical strength is impaired, might

trace their ills to sickness, underfeeding or overwork during the

formative years of early childhood.





years, and varied by frequent opportunity to rest and to play. At

the same time food should be good and plentiful and there should

The harm which heavy work can cause

little children can be ill afforded at any time, and least of all now.

For the children must be kept well and strong to meet the de-

mands which will confront them when they come to maturity and

face the tasks of reconstruction in the critical years to come——

work which will demand physical well-being as well as efficiency





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the refrigerator. This can be put in

some convenient place and the milk,

butter, and other things that ordinar-

ily spoil easily can be kept in it, there-

by saving many trips up and down

Then the ice will

be found very acceptable in making

ice cream and lemonade which are

found so refreshing in hot weather.





 





hand. The sink, enamel-

ed' both inside and out,

may be procured at a.

moderate cost. This kind

is most sanitary and can

easily be kept clean and

the trap will keep out all

offensive odors. In con-

structing the drain care

should be taken to get

fall enough to carry the

water off quickly. The

outlet should be far

enough from the house

so that there will be no

danger of the waste wa-

ter contaminating the

well-water. If it is on a.

hillside there will be no

danger of the water form-

ing a cesspool and be-

coming the source of dis-

ease. If proper care is

taken that nothing ex-

cept water is allowed to

pass through the drain,

there will be no danger

from this source as the

soil will 'quickly absorb





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Another great conven-





 





vessels to a minimum. It gets all the

cream from the milk and butter made

from it is more wholesome.





ing butter the barrel churn is the best.

It is simple in construction and has no

complicated parts to wash and can

easily 'be operated by an engine. Along

with the churn should go a butter

worker, the use of which will lighten





 





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The cream,





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the labor’ of working the butter and





will necessitate the use of the ladle

only in’ packing the butter into crooks.

A wasllng machine that can be oper-

ated by an engine will make the wash-

ing almost a pleasure as it will do





away with the labOrious rubbing of-





clothes. '



This list of conveniences in the

housewife’s department can be extend—

ed almost indefinitely or until they be-

come luxuries. Along with the use of

the‘ elevated tank, the farmer may

have a bathroom where all the house-

hold may h'ave a refreshing bath after

a hard day’s work. Then there is the

question of heating the house properly.

A furnace", either hot air or hot water,

may be put in at a moderate cost. If

the farmer feels that he can afford

such a thing, he will find it a great

saving in the end. In normal times he

can purchase his fuel from the coal

dealer cheaper than he can hire a man

to cut wood. By putting in a furnace

the farmer will find that all parts of

the house can be warmed during the

winter and made pleasant and healthy.

Then, too, with a furnace, the fuel is

kept in the cellar, thereby saving the

heusewife from the dirt which must

be cleaned up when two or more stoves

are kept going during the winter.



Again, the labors of the housewife

may be lightened by the use of a more

modern system 'of lighting than the

kerosene lamp. With the use of kero-

sene goes the filling and cleaning of

lamps and chimneys which during the

winter months must be done almost

daily. By installing a gasoline or

acetylene lighting system all this may

be done away With and the farm

house furnished with a nice clear light

at a moderate cost. Or better still,





the house may be lighted by means of '





a gasoline engine, dynamo, and stor-

age batteries. This latter way is more

expensive but one has at hand in one

of these electric plants

the foundation for a very

extended service by us-

ing the electric -current

for the operation of pow-

er machinery, and for

providing heat and light.



In consideringthe

many phases of rural life

the‘ question is often

[asked why our farmers do

not have more of these

cenveniences in the

house so that the house-

work may be lightened.

A few years ago most of

these things w'ould have

been considered a luxury

and entirely beyond the

reach of any except the

wealthiest. But within

the last few years these

things have been perfect

ed and so reduced in

price that they are now

within the reach of prac-

.tically all.





ing pace with the times





. thesis time-say s

comm mafia





So the pro-p

greasive farmer and his.

wife are even now- keep- "





by introducing most of;
g . s 4 a   v-yrup“

~ ~ Sayes the Sugar

Just What!» height or the can- sort or jelly to take a prize at the

~mug sensuous»: is the paramount State Fair.



«location. We musteonserve and sub- Later I tried white corn syrup with

stitnte inevery way possible if we are blackberry and apple jelly, equal parts

to make oor’twenty-Ive pound allot- of juice. I boiled the juice eight min-

ment mt us through. and all sorts of utes, after extracting from the fruit,

suggestions are being given us as to then tried small amounts, using one-

the use of corn syrup, honey and ma- fourth syrup and three-fourths sugar,





pie syrup and sugar for canning and half-and-half, three-fourths syrup and

jelly ,making. With honey at thirty- one-fourth sugar, and all syrup. The





 





five cents a pound invthe comb, and all-syrup concoction was a flavorless ,





mph syrup all the way from $1.75-to gummy mixture. The three-quarter

$5125 a pail. row housekeepers who and halt-and—half were much alike,

would have to buy either one will use ropy but \with more flavor, ’while the

much of these sweeteners. Most of us, one-fourth syrup was a very good jelly.

however, can get the corn syrup. But It cut‘ clear as jelly should, and had

it you try it, my advice is to approach the berry flavor. .

your venturo'with bated breath and a "It may be that in the hands of an

Stern determination to be strictly a0 expert jelly-maker all syrup would

curate in measurements and time of work out satisfactorily. But I am in-

cooking. Corn syrup alone, I have clined to think that amateurs would

found not a satisfactory substitute for not be satisfied with the results they

all the sugarin jelly making. Boiled would obtain. However, if you can”

down with goooeherries for jam it was save one-fourth of your sugar in jelly-

not bad, though the flavor was not the making, you have made a. decided gain.

same as sugar fives. It may he the Corn syrup can be used satisfactor-

fault of the housekeeper that the syrup ily in sweetening apple sauce and can

did not work out right, but this is what be easily substituted for half or all the

happened. sugar in jams and fruit butters. The

A very successful extension special- white syrup gives better results than

let told me that the best currant jelly the dark. It can be bought in ten-

she ever tested was made with white pound pails for ninety cents in most

corn syrup, using cup for cup measure— places, and in some cash and carry

meats. I passed the idea on to atriend stores sells for as low as seventy-four

who was about to make current jelly, cents a ten-pound pail. This is equal

forgetting that the specialist is the to sixteen cups, and using a cup and a

most accurate of those most accurate half to replace a cup of sugar, it would

persons, while the housekeeper is one be the equivalent of ten and twothirds

of those who puts in “a little of this cups of sugar, or five and one-third

and a. dab of the. " and then “cooks it pounds. This, at the prevailing price

awhile till it’s done.” She tried the of sugar, nine and a half cents, makes

corn syrup jelly with disastrous re- the syrup cost more than sugar. But

suits. The compound might be all right with the half-pound per week limit on

for the children to spread on bread. sugar the saving effected by using

hutitismpy and sour, notatall the comeyruphalancestheextraeoet.





Two Boys Conscrvcs Fu‘cl -

' By L. M. THORNTON





Girls can learn how to conserve surely help with the conservation prob-





wheat and meat and coal and sugar. lem if they try.



They can help mother plan menus and .———————————-——-

devise means of saving fuel. But just HOME QUERIES-

how the boy is tohelp in food and fuel





 





following way: Fishnet—Reader, Saginaw County.





Even with the tireless cooker a little

heat is necessary. To build a fire

means the burning of a considerable

amount or fuel, and wood is so high in

price as to be almost prohibitive. The

boys wanted to help and one morning

after reading a newspaper article

which suggested a plan, they started

out~ bright and early and made the

rounds of a dozen houses in the neigh-

borhood. asking the housewife or maid -



' if she would be willing to save her

waste paper and give it to them if they

would call for it every other day.





water and alter tearing up the pieces with the syrup.

soaked them until they were reduced





firmly in shape- The made by vinegar bees.





pressing t

laid in the sun until





balls were th





packed away

used as fuel.





. . . Household Editor:——I would like to

conservation )5 a more difficult quee— know K I could get a recipe for green

hon. The boys I know solved it in the tomato pickles through the Michigan





The proportions of sugar, vinegar,

etc, given in the following recipe are

to he used with one peek of tomatoes:



Cut off the hard part above the stem

and a thin slice from the blossom end,

then slice about a quarter of an inch

thcik. Sprinkle with one cup of salt

and let stand over night. In the morn-

ing drain and boil fifteen minutes in

two quarts of boiling water and one

quart of vinegar, two pounds of brown

sugar and the following spices tied in a

bag: A tablespoon of white mustard

seed with two of cloves and enough

broken cinnamon bark to make up a



The boys then began collecting the cup. Let this, cook for ten minutes,

papers. 011 the mornings when collec- then add the tomatoes and let cook for

“033 were made they ”,9!de their one ~ hour. 'Remove the spices and put

mother’s washtub, partly filled it With in 'fruit jars, covering the tomatoes





. . S. B., McBain, .Michr—Write the De-

to a pulp. They themformed this pulp partment of Agriculture, Washington,

into balls about the size of a base boll, D. C., for information about vinegar





, , , , . X. Y. Z.#In using corn syrup, maple

thoroughly dry, flier which they m syrup or strained honey as a substi-

the W to be tute, reduce the liquid called for in

. the recipe, ,milk or water, one-quarter

Mother was at first skepticalbut she of a' cup for every quart of syrup or

,iound that, the pulp balls held a fire honey added. At least'one and. a half

> lenger than sticks of kindling, and that cups of corn syrup should be used for

the two little laddies, the oldest j‘hut' every cup of sugar called for. Honey

eight- years of age; furnished», her all is acid. so it you use honey add one-

the fuel she. needed except on the; one half teaspoon of, soda for every Cup.

d‘ay’a week when "it was necessary to Reduce the amount oi baking powder





 





 

 





 





 





The Fashion Center . of Detroit





Visitors to the State Fair

are very cordially invited to

make our Store their shop-

ping headquarters during





their Visit to this city.





Attractive exhibits of the

choicest foreign and domestic

merchandise will be found

‘in every department on every

floOn





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Laying the Foundation of Health.





Considering that the care of chil‘

dren’s teeth is the most valuable meas-

ure, from a health standpoint, that can

be done for children, Kent county for

two years has conducted itinerant

dental clinics during the summer

months in a number of their rural

schools, bringing expert dental care

to the rural communities and proving

that the experiment is a useful and

economic advantage to child life, espe-

cially in the earlier years when chil-





 





 





enough for the son. ”





w1iter. It leaves the wheel on a





pauses, retrogression begins.





 





Progression and Retrogressioh





T is often said that “What is good enough for the father is good

The statement is incorrect, proclaims a





slope where it cannot stand. The .-





instant it ceases to ascend it begins to slide down. As with the in-

dividual, so with communities and nations—where progression





 





dren are most susceptible to infections children who otherwise perhaps, would





and contagious diseases.



This work, financed by a private so-

ciety, was supervised by the county

nurse who made arrangements for the





clinics in the different schools, obtain- '





ed the permission of parents of each

child to attend the clinics to have

mouths and teeth efficiently cared for.



The portable dental equipment was

transported in the nurse’s automobile

and a large number of the children

also were taken to the clinic and home

in the same car.



During the summer of 1918 there

have been twenty-two clinics in four-

teen different townships of the county,

reaching one hundred and fifty-four

children in thirty-five different schools,





not have had this care.

This is one of our county activities





 





Waiting for the Dentist.





   

   

 

   





 





 

 

 





The Nurse Drives them Home.





for the welfare of our rural school

children.



Three-fifths of all the children of the

United States are in rural '



During these strenuous war times

when so many of our best men and

women are being sacrificed for the

cause of liberty, we should put forth

a great effort, as a war measure, to

conserve our child life; that every op—

portunity available should be utilized

to increase their physical strength and

health; to prevent disease and elimi-

nate physical defects, which are so

prevalent in early childhood and which

if not cerrected often become a men-

aCe to health in adult life.



Let us pull together in our rural

communities for our nation’s greatest

asset—our coming citizens.





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Tanning Rabbit Hides





N saving the hide of the rabbit for

I fur, more pains should be taken in



removing than the ordinary mar-

ket stock requires. Grasp the animal

firmly by the hind legs and give a

sharp blow back of the ears with the

edge of the hand or a short stick,

then bleed well by cutting the throat.





The skin should be removed “cased,”

hang the animal by the heel tendons,

after starting the cuts down the inside

of the hind legs, slit the legs to the

base of the tail in a straight line

across the vent and slit the tail. Many

times the tail will slip whole, but un-

less it is slit open it is hard to tan,

as liquor will not penetrate as easily

and fur will slip or fall out. If the





feet are well furred, one may have the





skin of the feet, toes and nails all left

k. on by severing each toe just above the

nail. The skin is pulled down over the





head, wrong side down out, using the





knife to cut any ligament attaching to

the flesh. Always cut towards the body

rather than the skin so that no cuts

may be made in the skin. Bits of

flesh and fat may be removed after-

wards. When the fore legs are reach-

ed they may be cut off at the ankle

joints or the toes, as desired.





, The skin should then be fleshed, re-

oving all flesh and fat, as any left

on the skin will rob the roots of the

air and cause some to fall out. After

‘salting well be sure to cover all parts

horoughly, the skin should be put in

cool place for about four days to dry



.. efore tanning.





 





When skins are ready to tan, they

should be washed in a solution of

half a tub of lukewarm water to which

has been added half of a bar of com-

mon laundry soap, one pound of sal

soda, one-quarter pound of concentrat-

ed lye and one ounce of liquid am-

monia. This removes the glue from the

pelt, then they are ready for tanning.





A formula which has been used quite

extensively and found very satisfac-

tory, consists of the following ingredi-

ents: Five gallons of water, three

and one-half pounds of common salt,

and two ounces of sulphuric acid

(fluid). Dissolve salt in water before

adding acid. It is advisable not to

lean over tub while stirring in the acid

as the fumes are not especially bene-

ficial. Always use wooden or earthen

tubs, as acid will eat metal.





Some people have an idea the hide

should not be wet on the fur side, but

this is all nonsense. Put them right

in the brine you have mixed and let

them stay well covered with the brine

from six to twenty days, when they

should be tanned. To tell when they

are thoroughly tanned, stretch a por-

tion of the hide over the knuckles and

if it shows white like rawhide, it is

tanned; if not white, put back in the

solution for a few days.



After the skin is tanned, wring out

and hang on a line in a shade, about

twenty-four hours. Do not let them

dry too muchfbut take down and pull

and stretch with the hands and rub

over edge of hardwood board, in all





 

 





directions, being careful not to stretch

in the center, as this often happens if

not pulled on all sides evenly. If they

dry too fast, roll them up for awhile

then continue the process of stretch-

ing, with occasional beating until quite

dry. Do a little each day and the hide

will be much softer when it is dry.





To clean, immerse in gasoline as

Lyou would a piece of dress goods, rub-

bing with the hands, then wring out

and rubcornstarch or Fuller’s earth in

wet fur and hang on line to dry in

su.n Beat all powder out and the skin.

will be clean and ready to make up

into garments. G. A. BOLDEN.





When Fur Bearers are Prime





HERE is only one excuse—a



poor one for all concerned—for



trapping too early. The excuse

is, of course, that some other trapper

may get ahead of'you.



But where the trapper hasn’t any

competition—on his own farm for in-

stance—or where an agreement can be

reached to wait, the taking of furs at

the right. time will bring far larger

returns.



In a great many cases inexperienced

trappers get out too early because they

are not quite sure when the various

furs are prime. Hence the following

mayrenable no inconsiderable number

of trappers to make more money out

of their work this year.



Skunk are prime in the north toward

the end of October; south, toward the

end of November. They depreciate

about the middle of March. '



Mink is best during'November to

the end of January in the north and in

December and January in the south.

The fur depreciates during February.

Muskrat is fair in the fall, when





 





trapping is, of course, easiest. But the

prime fur is taken in the period from

mid-winter to March. A good condi-

tion may be expected in the north up

to about the first of June, while the

similar date in the south is about the

first of April.



Opossum in the north becomes prime

toward the middle of November and

remains good until March. In the south

the prime" fur comes about the first of

December. It depreciates somewhat

earlier in the north.



If you are after raccoon in northern

territory, you will find the fur. prime

about November first. The time is a.

little later for the south.



Fox, speaking generally, is " prime in

northern territory from the first. of No-

vember until the middle of March. For

the south the periOd is from the last

of November to the beginning of

March. ‘



It will pay trappers handsomely to

concentrate their eflbrts upon the pe-

riods when furs are prime. Certainly





no great departures should be prae- .





 





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The Boy and the Farm





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- HAVE always been thankful be-

1 cause I was brought up on a farm.

Health hobnobs with the country

boy. He looks askance at industry

but she also dogs his footsteps, and in

after years he leoks back, and says:

“You were my best friend and I knew

it not.”





Even when it rains there is a job in

the cellar or attic or barn that just

“fits into a rainy daywthere‘are no job-

less days on a farm. But if a boy has

a good father—as I had—with a good

memory, and a great heart of sympa-

thy for a boy, a heart that never grows

old, there will be wonderful days, gol-

den days, sandwiched between the

hard-working days; days when the

brook and the river and the old woods

will be a land of enchantment to the

eager boy. A boy, and ,a willow pole,

and a cunning trout or a \nibbling

perch, spell content.





And if the country boy runs out of

hooks he will have a makeshift ready.

Necessity is the mother of invention,

and the country boy is the brother of

invention. I knew a grown-up boy

who, when he lost his labt hook while

fishing, took a safety pin from his

clothing and made from it a hook with

which he caught twelve trout. “But,”

said the young fellow, “when they hit

I had to keep them moving!"





Yes, country boys are apt to keep

things moving; would not the great

cities stagnate if it' were not for the

red, healthy tide of country blood and

industrious habits that flow into them

——life that leaps and dances and pulses

as the country brooks'leap and dance

and flow down the rugged hills and

green pastures to the sea. Yes, the

city is the sea, and the country lads

and lassies are the streamlets that

flow into it.





Pure and undefiled is the air of the

country. You have heard of the city

lad, who, when remonstrated with by

his mother for climbing a telegraph

pole. said: “Well, a fellow inust do

something to get some fresh air!” Not

a fresh air invitation, but a challenge,

were the topmost branches of the giant

maples to us. Country boys were fore-

ordained to climb trees—4t was fore-

ordained also that many of them

should climb to high position of honor

and responsibility in the land because

of their early lessons on the farm;

lessons of industry and perseverance.





There are always obstacles to con-

tend with on the farm. There arein-

sect pests, and drouths, and weeds,

and there are early frosts and destruc-

tive storms. There are the sudden

showers when the hay is ready for the

barn—and when a hard job is suppos-

ably finished who enjoys doing it over

again? There is large room on the

farm for patience and perseverance.

The farm is a character-builder, a per-

sonality-developer—you cannot run a

farm and be a nonenity. ‘



The curse of many a young life in

the city is idleness. The body grows

weak and flabby, ambition atrophies,

and all the plans for, and outlook upon

' life, are dwarfed anddistorted because

there is underneath no foundation of

industry. Such a young man would





hold. his hat under an apple tree and,

‘ wait tor the applee to fall into it. Not





' the country youth; up the tree be

M?





It was a long Walk to the old church

on the Sabbath day—a Sabbath day's

journey for me was twelve miles. It

seemed a long way, sometimes, but to-

day, when I am old and gray, my legs

are the best part of my anatomy, and

I can get up in the noon 0' the night

and walk, twenty-iivemiles when the

lure of the trout in the rushing, foam-

ing mountain streams is upon me—

yes, I am a boy still.



And there is more chance for relig-

ion in the life of the country boy.

There is less unnatural rush and ex-

citement, there is less to smother and

crowd out the natural craving of the

soul for God. And there are many

times when the boy works alone and

he has a chance to think. And there

are so many things for the country

boy to think about—the new life that

springs up like magic in the spring-

time, that courses through the veins

of every flower’ and shrub and tree;

the songs of the birds, the beauty of

the flowers, the‘responsivenes’s of the

soil. It you say, “There is no God!”

to the country boy, his heart will re-

ply, “God is here!”



The temptations of the country are

less than those of the city. Life is

more normal; there is less of apparel

and more of substance. There is more

chance that the solid virtues will have

right-of-way in the life of a boy; that

he will grow up to be useful, that he

will help cut out evil from the world

as taithtully‘as he cut out the weeds

on the old farm. that he will work with

God in making men better even as he

worked with Him in making the old

farm more valuable and productive. He

will be a lifter, not a leaner; he will

say, “Where can I serve'best today?”

instead of folding his arms and saying,

“-Here am i at the table of life; some-

body wait on me, quick.”





 





THE CHANGE.





 





BY L. M. THORNTON.





I want you here little lad on my knee,

For my lips to touch and my eyes to

see;

I want your hand in my own today,

But instead, you have scampered

outside to play.

And the house is still as I sit alone

In the silence mothers alone have

known.





I want you here little lad to tell .

You over and over I love you well.

I want the touch of your soft brown

. hair

But you’re off for a game that I can-

not share

While I wait and lonely and longing





bide

’Till the night shall bring you back to

my side.





I want you here little lad on my knee

But I’m glad you’ re sturdy and strong

hnd free,

I want your hand little lad to hold

But I’m glad you’ re fearless of storm

andc o.1d





'And I’m glad that ’tis Nature’s and





Heaven’s plan

That I've given the world a some-day

man.





WHEN FUR BEARERS ARE PRIME.





 





 





(Continued from preceding page).





ticed since the result is furs which are

of little value to the fur houses.





By having plenty of traps and mak-.





ing every possible preparation to Work

vigorously during the right season is

the way to get the most out of





J, trapping





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Fifty-Seventh semi-Ame Statement v f

‘ 01115 National {can & ’ '

' investment @m





or

Detroit, Michigan, July 15, I918.

ASSETS ~—





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





Real Estate Mortgages, Trust Deeds and Contracts ......... 83, 332,w8.57

Real Estate ................... . .......................................... 111, 886. 81

Home Office Building ..................................................... 1,20000 .00

Due on Stock .......................................................... 26, 746.45 "1

Stock Loans... ............................................................... 566.00

Furniture and Fixture ............................................. 2,200.00 :-

Unexpired Premiums, Fees and Taxes ........................... 439.93 .1

Due from Agents and others, including Advance in

Paid Stock 1n course of collection .......................... 12,043.73

Libs Bonds ........................................................... 114,950.00

ar Savings Stamps .............................. , ................ $32.00

Cash on hand and 1n banks ................. . .......................... 187,110.96

$3,808,873.45

tal S oek LIABILITIES .

Paid in .................................. $3,491, 857. 43 . i,

Undlvided Profits...“ 161, 763.30 .

“$3,653,620.73

Coupons Due and Unpaid ......................................... 4,066.06

Advance Dues and Interest ............................................ 2,094.55

Due Borrowers and Stockholders .................................... 113,421.87

Recording Fee Suspense Act .................................... 24.1!)

Special Reserve for Franchise Tax ................................. 1,8“).00

Rerserve ....... , ......................................................... 33,840.45

$3,808,873.46





3A Mutual Savings Association





Pays 5% Interest on

Savings Accounts





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mMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF ASSETS:





July 15, 1915 .............................................. $2,966,782.05

July 15, 1916 ............................................... 3,192,500.78

July 15, 1917 .............................................. 3,454,935.69





1'?" is, 1918 ............................................... 3,808,873.45

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9---.
HE unsettled conditions make it

necessary for poultry raisers to

study requirements for equip-

ment and place their orders early. In-

cubators should be ordered as soon as

possible so that there will be no de-

layed shipments next winter to inter-

fere with early hatching; brooders

should also be ordered early. The





fuel supply for both incubators and \





brooders of the coal-burning- types

should receive attention and some ar-

rangement made for procuring a sup-

ply before it is needed. Pipe for the

brooder stoves may be scarce next

spring and all orders for such acces-

sories should be placed this fall.



Old incubators and brooders fre-

quently need certain repairs and un-

settled conditions may make them dif-

ficult to obtain promptly next spring.

A delayed order may cause inconven-

iencegand result in financial loss and





a serious handicap to the season’s





work.



A large flock of poultry requires

some investment in hardware, such as

water pails, metal fountains, tin cups

for shipping 000ps, hinges for doors,

trapnest doors, etc. No poultryman

should hoard material of any kind at

this time, but it is only good business

to make a careful estimate of the abso-

lutely necessary equipment and then

place the order early to avoid the in-

convenience of delayed shipments.





Sunshine for Poultry.



A study of the habits of the farm

flock prove that they need shade and

sunshine. At times they wish to rest

in the shade when the days are hot

or hot winds are blowing. At other

times they enjoy basking and dusting

in the sunshine and these sun baths

are very essential to the well-being of

the flock.



The fact that the hens love sunshine

should be considered when building

ethe poultry house. The house in the

winter must be substituted for the‘

range in summer and thus sunshine is

a double necessity. The Windows in

a shed-roof poultry house can be con-

structed so that the sunshine will

reach all over the house and even

strike the boards beneath the roosts.

The windows in all types of houses

should be arranged to allow consider-

able sunshine to strike the inside of

the house. The sunshine keeps the

scratching, litter dry and prevents

dampness which is so unhealtht‘ul for

fowis while in winter quarters. Sun-





POultry Interests Get





ARTIME emergencies are bring-



ing about new conditions in ev-



ery line of production. To meet

these changing conditions and put his

business on a profit-making basis

should be the foremost object of every

poultryman. The recent meeting of

the National War Emergency Poultry

Federation held at Chicago was emi-

nently successful. The attendance was

large at all sessions and plans were

perfected to start a movement to inter-

est every poultryman in the country

to help “boost the industry.



The educational program was a fea-

ture of the meeting. The first day was

devotedto addresses and discussions

dealing with organization and produc-

tion questions and the problems of al-

lied industries. Moving pictures con-

tributed by the National Poultry, But-

ter and Egg Association, were extreme-

1y interesting, especially in showing

the part which cold storage plays in

insuring a uniform supply of perish-

able food products.



Dr. G. F. Warren’ s address, “Poultry





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’sumption.





 





ByR.G.





shine is the cheapest and best disin-

fectant which the poultryman can oi}

tain. The poultry house with plenty

of light will be much easier to keep in

a sanitary condition than the house

which is dark and damp.



When using a dust box in the poul-

try house it should be placed near the

window so that the sunshine will help

to keep the dust dry. It also gives the





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KIRBY





birds 9. chance to dust and sun them-

selves at the same time.

Keep the Hens Scratching.



In the early fall wh‘en‘the winds are

cold and the days are rainy, it pays to

give the hens the best possible c0ndi-_

tions for exercise. This is especially

necessary with the young pullets,

which should be brought into laying

condition before freezing weather. It





 





 





Winter Care of QUeen Bees





 





This Farmer Can Get Along Without a Government Sugar Card.





Inspectors who visit the bee keep-

ers in the spring time invariably find

a large number of dead or dying lay-

ing-worker colonies, which show the

unmistakable signs of laying-workers

in the raised and uneven surface of the

empty cells. This condition comes

about almost entirely because of the

failure of queens in the fail, or because

of their death in the winter. A large





part of the best bee keepers of the'





country never permit a queen to be-

come over two years old. While the

queens may live to be even four or

five years old, experience shows that

most of them have passed their period

of usefulness when they are over two

years old. As the death or weakening

of such colonies is largely the result of

a failing queen, it is, therefore, good

bee keeping practice to make a care-

ful examination of each colony during

August or early September to ascer-





tain whether or not each queen is do- ,





a revelation of facts and figures show-

ing how the problems of poultry pro-

duction 'have been intensified by condi-

tions brought about by the war. He

showed especiallyrof high feed and la-

bor cost'upon production, and called

attention to the fact that these must

be overcome by higher prices for poul-

try products and greater efficiency in

production.



Prof. James E. Rice showed very

forcefully the great value of artificially

illuminating the poultry house during

the winter to stimulate greater egg

production, such lighting as applied

morning and evening to lengthen the

day, thus inducing a greater food con-

The practice has proven

financially sound and will no doubt





ing her full duty. All queens which

show signs of failing either by the

presence of a large proportion of drone

brood, or by there being only a little

brood present, should be superseded at

once. The presence of a young queen

in a colony during August and Septem-'

ber guarantees that the colony will go

into the winter with a large number of

vigorous young workers. This is of

the utmost importance in wintering.

No young bees are permitted in any

normal colony in Michigan from about

the first of October until about the

first of March. In order to bridge over

this long period, and 'in order to have

in thecolony sufii'cient vitality to pro-

duce the heat necessary in the winter,

there must be a large proportion of

young bees in the winter cluster. The

presence of old queens accounts for

the death of entirely too large a num-

ber of colonies in Michigan.



Ingham Co. B. F. 'KINDIG.





 





meeting. The questions discussed in

the forum were:



1. The organization of the National

War Emergency Poultry Federation.



2. The increase or decrease in the

poultry population of the " United

States. Reports by states.



3. The importance of educating the

public to the food value of poultry and

eggs.



4. The national standardization of

poultry and egg grades.



5. The preparation and distribution

of market reports and quotations.



6. Regulation of factors affecting

the costs and profits of the production

of poultry products.



7. Regulationbf prices or profits for





come into more general use on com-, the distribution and storage of poul-





mercial egg farms.

The National Poultry Forum, which





occupied an entire morning session, ‘





was productive of valuable discussion





and thought. Each topic presented was '





prefaced by a short discussion by spe-





cially qualified “five-minute men, ” whtr





were chosen for the same at the





try products. I



8. Rulings affecting trade customs:

‘ a. Trading between dealers of the

same class.

b. Leaning money with warehouse

receipts as collateral.‘ '

- c. Fixing dates for rent val of dress:





is far better to keep the birds inside

when it. is cold and rainy, than allow

them to huddle around the range and

become chilled and catch cold. Watery

eyes sometimes seen in the fall are

nearly always due to expOsure in the

cold wind. / '



This means that some scratching

material must be provided. The .tpoul-

try houses need renovating and all Old

material should be removed. After

the harvest..it will pay to give the

hens a deep litter of clean straw. They





,will enjoy working it down and the





litter will be almost as necessary for





their momfort as in the winter when.-





no outside ranging is possible. The

straw absorbs moisture and keeps the

house in good condition so it will be

easier to clean and prepare for winter

before the birds are placed in their

winter quarters.



Some breeders use shredded corn-

stalks for poultry litter during the win-

ter and find that it absorbs moisture

and does not break up as readily as

straw. Beneath the litter it pays to

use sand. If garden soil is used the

poultry house will soon be very dusty

and whenever the birds scratch the air

will be filled with dust and this dirty

air causes watery eyes and a conse-

quent deterioration of health.



Fix Up the Roofs.



Shingle roofs are not desirable be-

cause they are not tight. .Building pa-

per carefully placed and sealed at the

seams, will stop all draughts. Repair

the roofs as soon as leaks appear and

make an inspection two or three times

each year. If the wind blows up a

small section of roofing paper, in a.

short time the tear will increase and

an entire strip may be torn from, the

roof. If small leaks appear the mois-

ture seeping between the paper and

roof Will cause rotting of the paper.



When placing roofing paper on a

poultry house the best worklcan be

done on a still warm day. The warm

sunshine makes the paper lay better

on the roof and the still air prevents





the blowing of the paper. which may'





cause tears, or at least prevent rapid

work in nailing it on. Galvanized roof-

ing nails are 'more satisfactory than

the large disks sometimes used.



In buying reofing paper to select a

good grade rather than use a light

weight inferior brand. The heavy sub-

stantial paper will last many years

without 'much attention, but a poor

grade will wear out in a short time.





ogether





d. Price fixing by gentleman’s agree-

ment.



e. Rule prohibiting the killing of

hens.



9. Closer relationship between poul»

try producers and various divisions of

the United States Government relat-

ing to production, distribution, con-

sumption and conservation of food.



10. Cooperation between the produc-

ers, distributors and consumers.





11. Standardization of methods to)





arrive at a sound conclusion regarding





actual Costs of producing poultry pro-





ducts throughout the United States“





'12. The possibility and desirability}





of, having a poultry representative on

the Farmers’

four.





13. A campaign for stimulating 'the:





consumption of poultry products.





14. The effect of various methods of ,





preparation and preservation of poul-





try prdducts upon the quality, price,





 





profits and productionr‘

15. The icing vs.

ads 0 ~‘s‘h





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, (Continued from "page 194). '

Feed Value of Eggs,” was a master ul





’ discussion and explanation of research





work-recently performed which shows

the peculiar and wonderful properties

which eggs possess as a food for hu-

mans. Eggs, he said, were'a protec-

tive food and essential in the human

diet. They contain properties which

make them especially desirable in the

feeding of the young child where a

normal growth is desired. When the

true value of' eggs is more generally

knowii then consumption is bound to

increase.



Addresses by representatives of the

various , departments of the federal

government were instructive and high-

ly appreciated, for they showed the im-

portant work under way. An address

by W. A. Brown, representing the Poul-

try Department in the Dominion of

Canada, contained an elaborate ac-





count of their far-reaching poultry pro- .





gram to meet war conditions.





The work in judging fowls for pro-

duction qualities, including illustrated





addresses and demonstrations, was of





the greatest interest and practical val-

ue. This represents a new line of ef-

fort, but one which is bound to be of

ever-increasing importance in efficient

poultry management. Culling to elim-

inate'non-productive hens is a war-

time .duty which everyone owes him~

self and his country- . . ~





A feature of the convention was the

extensive educational exhibits display-

ed by the various government bureaus

and by state institutions. These ‘con-

sisted of charts, posters, models, and

printed bulletins and circulars, and

created the greatest interest.





The business sessions of the conven-

tion were characterized by harmony of

purpose and action. The-adoption of

by-laws, national program, appropriate

resolutions, and the election of officers

were quickly and successfully accom-

plished, due to united belief that real

work was in hand and that definite

ness of purpose and harmony of ac-





easement-1px. 'bring aboutimmedi- ’5

ate resultsto promote and develop the ,





industry. _ _ - . ,



Considering the ‘unanimity of pur-

pose, the harmony of action, the high«'

ly instructive educational program of

addresses and exhibits, and the com-

pleteness [of permanent organization,

the conventionrcan, without question,

he considered one of the most memor-

able meetings ever held within the

multry industry, and bids well for the

future success of the federation idea.





 





EXPANDll—H—G' THIS YEAR'S FEED

SUPPLY.





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(Continued from page 173).

should be thoroughly wilted before go-

ing into the silo. Where the Seasons

are relatively short or where late plant-

ing has made it impossible for the

crop to reach a fair degree of matu-

rity for siloing within an abbreviated





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summer and fall, the use of immature ”





corn is unavoidable. It can be made

into a fair quality of silage, however,

if allowed to wilt, and if stored so as

to exclude air. '



In case the crop is past the stan-

dard degree of maturity for the silo—

that is, when the leaves have dried

out and the grain dented, it is neces-

sary that water be used while filling

the silo. This will improve the keep-

ing qualities of the feed and insure its

packing more firmlan the silo. Corn

siloed after~it has been frosted is like-

ly to cause trouble when fed. Chemi—

cal changes occur in the plant after





the frosts which greatly detract from '





its fitness for silage. If cut immedi--

ately after the frost it will not be so

badly affected. A good quality of sil-

age can be made only when the corn is‘

cut at the proper time, reduced to

short lengths in a standard cutter and

packed firmly in a well-built silo.

When-the silo is full 3. lot of good

feed can be saved by putting a thick

covering of weeds, straw and the like,

evenly over the top of the silage and

wet down to hasten thir decay. This

effectually seals the top and prevents

the air from coming in contact with

the surface. W.M.K





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The Condition of the ,Bean-Cropxin the Various counties of Michigan I:



‘ shown in /thc Accompanying Map.

_ While the {condition of the field bean crop in the United States is

flatly'belcw the average condition for the past five years» the crop in





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mm. The acreage‘cfith‘is c op probably varies little from the rec-

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Tractor ownership today is an absolute necessity for every farmer who is

desirous of obtaining he best results from his efforts ati‘arming with the present

dearth of efficient farm labor and it is imperative therefore in placing your ord-

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your individual requirements. .



In order to do this it is advisable that you study well the merits of the

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income in hiring igh priced expert labor to operate intricate and in many

cases \illy adapted farm machinery.



One of thea dmirable features of the “Pontiac" is its single cylinder motor

with its consequent freedom from motor troubles and its high power efficiency,

as well as the ease of accessability should any trouble of this nature develepu

.With its lar a . cylinder aggcw, 9 in. bore by 12 in. stroke, it easily develops

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ing four bottoms in any ordinary lowing or sufficient for t e ordinary thresh-

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solicited. - =





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That’sa common re ort from farmers who have tile-drain-

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the fertilizer is ma e use of—none carried away by rain.

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American Sewer Pipe Co.





Michigan Brunch Jackson, Mich.





Drain Tile

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IO 8. C. White Leghcrns; . ‘0' hate 8““‘k.



I t w R. 0. Beds and White

erel:



Bu! and White Rocks; 8. O.Black Minorou: 8.0.



and R. 0. White labor-s: 8. C. Brown horns.



We shall be pleased to describe and to quote prices



on any of this stock.



Bloomingdale Farms. Bloomingdale. Mich.





Barron English 240 in Strain.





White Lochnrns he: winter men. Largo sine and





8. 0. Black Minorcas;





v breeding

old pullers and d: old chick?“ We ship C. O. D.

m cock





guarantee results. using gives prices. d .- v

all about our farm and methods; results you on at by brood-

ing this menu. Semi for your copy now—n u (no.





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Fowler; Buff Rocks .

[or 80; 35.50 for 50: 88.00 for m.

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11‘. Best 3 iaying'i- winter an “sole 9 on i e rest ducau’hens ml {wig "00 gin-:1

Jan.24th on common tn ouwell. acted now for next wintcr. In. W LL HOdG .





and trunnested ten years. Older NOW bros ingstock Pine Crest. 3075‘ 03k. Mich.





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at our motel summer prices. 8.0m choice pallets 81.50

1 selected yearling hens at 81.25 each re-





s“ “a. air "it games am?“ ‘. use 3..th 019er .53.”? 2d Fmeds

r o s. as am- . . com . 0 oc ' ,

each order no? your o la. for Sept. delivery. Write INTERLAKN FARM. $139.9 £23m“. Mag.





"twafifififih 'finil'lhug a trauma

m m A. _ _ _ , _ 3.1M m... Rose Comb 33,, °" W"fl;“.m.e°'°"flu





White Putin Ducks 82.41) each.

BREEDING COCKEIIILS





 





 





Mrs. CLAUDIA BETTE. Hill-dole. Mich.





 





 





 





 





   





 





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Bred-to- 8. 0. White horn dBcrred Rocks. m I.-

Would adclceorderiuecrly. rice rgscncblaWriteus 8- c. Each §§EHE°$$§lmm

your wants. Sunnybtonk Poultry ram. mum.“ rmvo a 1!. n. l. Lexington. Indian

.811” nronomm, maniacs hens and a low cock- SILVER. Gold nndWhlte “’1“de

. 1 «all f ng ' Halli-III“ . unwitting-3c». lot. line lot {mourn to

mj‘é'iinufifi‘gfi'n-n, each - pmnfi-‘zeugoh, each. ' 0. W. Brawnina. R. 2.0 Portland: ”If!

’hmw. com 2mm lhabyoch r'

%&W ,..‘:.‘:m..v“".l° '°" Pullets Wanted. """

an 1.. jIOIIIBta. manhunt, - 3.1.0, « nosed. i,

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,
T M OR I

MERE Flesh—Work!





Cows, horses, mules or calves all feel the

painful sting of flies. Millions of them, in

every barn, sture, barnyard. Each takes

its drop of cod and pound of flesh.





The worried critters can 't produce more

milk, flesh or work if the fly worry is con-

stant -—all day long.





so-sg§-so





ayes mone by keeping stock quiet and

contented. lt' s a harmless, effective liquid

thatridsaockotdyworry. Sprayeddailyonstockltaaves

It slim col many times.



Geth‘anyccoddcaier‘a. Callioritbyname._ lull

nitbecamek’aamccesaforoverld _

year and backed by our moor nuance. "





 

 

 





lyonrdeaier hasn't itwriteusicr

ourapecialTrialOEet.





The H. Erkllen Mfg. 00., Inc.

Box 55 Carthage, N.Y.





 





 





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.





(hauls of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





CATTLE.





Wildwood Farms





' Breeders of Best Strains of Q





Aberdeen Angus Cattle

and Duroc Jersey Hogs





Several young bull calves on hand. three of which

are of serviceable age. out of Black Monarch 111,

three times Grand Champion. Michigan State

Fair. Also several AI Brood sows. Will be glad

to correspond with you by letter regarding

stock. Write





SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.

Wildwood Farms, {3 Orion, Michigan

W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor.





WOODCOTE ANGUS





TROJAN- ERICAS & BLACKBIRDS (BLACKCAPB)

only. The most fashionable strains of the breed.

Oreatc care gixon to maiin and pedigrees. Ever

imal BRED] THE l’l‘ PLE. Breedtrsnfisui



of Indiuy IN 1‘1"] ERNATIONAL WINNERS

WOOD O")ll< Si ‘0 ‘K I“A AMR Ionia Mich.





Good uality bulls of serviceable

“overly Angus age and youn er. Inspection imit-

Geo. Hathaway and on. Ovid . Mich.





GUERNSEYS m............. mm

few choice females of

Glenwood breeding also bulls, all stock of A. Rl b-reed

herd tuberculin tested.

fl. HICKS. -





 





Battle Creek, Mich.





 





Registered Guernseys





Two choice heifer calves, 8300. On ne bull calf with

Van!) th1s bull calf is no relation to heifer calves.

mw‘thIA North Adams, Mich.





 





 





. 45 Re istercd head all tb. tested Nora‘ s

"ms','M lng, son of I'mp. May Rose King

headsourherd, oth1a halfaisters aoldaveracinx 81 1956





at reasonable





h. His bull calves are booked ahead

9):?” Wayne, Mich.





Avondale Stock Farm.





Registered Guernsey bull cal-

For Sale .e.M.yR....... .1

JOHN EBELS, Hollan Mich.

GU ERNSEYs-REGISTERED

BULL CALVES

Conta inlng blood of world champions

HICKS'GUERNSEV FARM, Saginaw, W. S. Mich





 





UERNSEYS: Owing to ill- health Iwill sell tonm-

ported young cows, also two American bred cons.



Two of them due to freshen in Sept. Best of breeding.

G. L. WIGEN'I‘ - Waterv.liet Mich.





Guarnae s: 15 highI grade! cows

For sale and hei ere Re ay Roeeb bull

dun old and reg. cows, tubercu in J‘teated.

GILMORE BROS" - - Camden. Mich.





Real gistered Guernse bull Sequel

For sale breeding seven monthsold

PAUL RUEHS. - - Caledonia Mich.





aoce todin aynantofflnely bredre

$"Od I“. astzrgg‘ 3012:3111 bull £1111;th ualégy

bcstan a oasw inreac 0a

8.86.01) .O'LABKE. Vassar Mich





I Always Have Holsteins

To





It wanting cattle write me your wants

before placing your order elsewhere





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio .





 





HOMESTEAD FARMS





A Federation of Interests

mane: From a herd of 50 Holstein- headed by the

Bull King Zerma Alcartra Pontiac son of King Sea-

ia Pontiac Alcarta. the 850.0(1) nil, we offer a num-

ber of bred cows and heifers. younger heifers and_ on]-

ved. and young bu lla.



partlcul arty high class young bull now ready





oetfi lateins of any class. will on please

a tan; to: decor-1 Minna and photographs? -





Anus. W.“





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Letters fro





Advises Against Over-

Much Paternab'sm





ATERNAL” is defined as “The

claim or attempt to control the

business or the social or personal



affairs of a people—the public making



of such provisions for the public need

or convenience. as might otherwise be

supplied by private enterprise."



As with the child, so will it be with

the citizen if excess of caring for

wants—real or imaginary-13 permit-

ted or practiced. Proper self-reliance

ought, always, to be encouraged for,

thereby only, will the desired efficien-

cy be obtained.



Self-respect, so vitally necessary in





 





the maintaining of worthy character.-





demands that reasonable, personal ac-

tivity be exercised whereby to secure

the providing for all proper wants.



If it be true that “Worthy character

makes labor more efficient, gives har-

mony in the home, and a higher stan-

dard of citizenship in the community,”

then, indeed, ought every obtainable

means be employed to secure the pos‘

session of that worthy character, with-

out which, man, sometimes, sinks be-

low the level of the brute creation.





The recent taking over of the rail-

road properties of the entire United

States by the government, it may be,

was justified by the existing 'condi—

tions. Also the Farm Loan Act may

have been proper; yet there is, doubt-

less, danger connected therewith, lest

these acts result in the lessening of

that ve1y essential self 1eliance with-

out which leal efficiency of the citizen

is impossible.



To have an “easy time” may appear

desirable, but such is not truly to be

desired for “it is combat rather than

comfort which results In strong

character." .



The life history of the men who have

had the greatest influence in moulding

the public sentiment of their times,

proves them to have been men who

grappled, bravely, with the stern du-

ties of life which beset them, and let

us remember, even, that “it‘is the

struggle and not the attainment which

measures success.” ,



The duty of the state requires that

“the highest good, and to the greatest

number” should ever be the determin-

ing principle in all of its decisions and

acts, and this may necessitate the sub-

verting of the freedom of the individ~

ual citizen, to some extent, under cer—

tain conditions



The constitution of 0m state defines,

in a gene1a1 way, the 1elations and du-

ties existing between the state and the

citizen and our supreme court is au-

thorized to interpret the provisions of

the constitution, the correct interpre-

tation of which gives proper freedom

and assures safely to the individual,

law-abiding citizen.



But our supreme court, though con-

stituted of men of the very highest

ability and integrity, yet, as we know,

are its members divided, at times, up

on some of the deep questions which

come before the court for its discus-

sions.



And this raises the question: “Is

not our supremen court the authority

which should decide under which con-

ditions and how far, if ever, it be per-

missible for our government to go, in

being paternal?”



While it is conceded that our gov-

ernment conducts the postal service,

and to perfection, yet- this is not proof

that like success would result if the

government should undertake the con-

duct of other public utilities.



Personally, I have never favored the

governmental ownership of public util-

ities, the postal service alone except~

ed, behaving as I, do, that corporate





 





ownership under governmental super-

vision, will give the best results. _



We all are quite willing to receive

some aid as we Journey on life’ in high-

way. and the1e may be real need of





some aid, at times. but this ought nev-.





or to be carried to such extent as to

iesult in the relaxing of vigorous, {n-

dlvidual effort, which, as previously

stated, is an absolute necessity in the

maintaining of that commendable self-

respect which is a demand of our high-

er nature.





It is hoped that our government will

not undertake any tasks which should

be performed by its citizens, either in-

dividually or in a collective capacity:



The regulations, established for the

conservation of food and fuel, were in-

tended, of course, for the securing of

"The greatest good and to the greatest

numbers," and were without doubt,

necessary to the successful prosecut-

ing of the war.



The immensely added burdens, plac-

ed upon those who are responsiblefor

the right conducting of government's

affairs, in these most trying times,

since our nation has entered this world

war, brings forward many new and

complicated questions for solution, de-

manding the best thought of the best

minds, and these are the times in

which loyalty to our government is de-

manded and with added emphasis.





In this connection, these words of

our ex-President are most opportune:

“It is righteousness and not peace

which should bind the conscience for

man, or a nation, is disgraced if the

obligation to defend the right is

shirked.”



The pronounced individuality of the

average American citizen, will lessen,

doubtless, any danger which may be

feared from our government undertak-

ing that which may be deemed a Pa-

ternal Act.





Clinton Co. J. T. DANIELLS.





Suggests GrowingiSoy Beans .





WISH to say a word concerning

I soy been raising in Michigan. I



raise the medium yellow and they

get ripe early enough here in Living-

ston county.



They are not affected by the drouth.

They do not wilt when the corn leaves

roll up.



Last year frost which killed the corn

and other beans did not hurt the eoys.

They stayed green and kept growing

until we had a freeze.



Last year my crop was out in a

forty-day rain. They lay in piles on

the ground through rain and snow

Without ever being turned and they

wexe not spoiled 01 c0101 ed a pm ticle

The pods seem to be impervious to

water.



They are a sure crop. Cutworms



may cut them off, but they will come

again. Rabbits will eat them until

only the stems are “left, but they will

send out new shoots. If planted in

hills ten or fifteen in a bill they will

push their way out through any kind

of soil. "

,. They outyield other beans, and the

stalks make excellent hay besides.

Their oil will help win the war, and

they would be the most profitable crop

we Michigan farmers could raise if we

had a home-made market the same as

they have in the south.





That is why I write this letter. Why

don't somebody get a couple hundred

farmers in some community to sign

up the acreage and then club in and

get an oil press for the beans and they

could get the cake back as a stock





.food or it could be sold. The idea





needs someone to stain it and set the.

ball rolling. _ ‘

Livingston Co.





 





Wmoes‘ the Placing?





388mb! the theory I am advanc-

in; my sound narrow and «Inch.

but I think a little enumeration

will convince anyone that it is perfect-

ly straight business songs.



Prices of and products are curtailed

on all sides, yet the protest of the

farmer is invariably considered as a

blow aimed at the city consumer. The

cry is always raised that the farmer la

starving the city babies by asking for

a better mlllcprice, but suppose we

trace the price of milk to its source

and see how much of the responsi—





bility really rests with the producen:





Exhaustive investigations and experi-

ments were conducted last seasOn to

determine the actual cost of the article

and the price Was variously placed

from three to four dollars per hundred

weight, according to location and mill

feed prices.

points that it could not possibly be





produced anywhere, under the most





favorable conditions, for less than

three dollars, and it more often ran

well up toward four; but it sold last

month for $1.80, out of which the farm-

er must pay several expenses, thus

leaving him a net price of about $1.50





and a “net loss” on the cost of produc- .





tion of at least another $1. 50. I know

of milk selling to consumers for four-

teen cents per quait, or about $7.00

per hundred, and I have no idea that

I had the highest price for which It

did sell. Why should it cost fully three

times as much to carry it to the con-

sumer as it did to produce it? In Just

what way is it the farmer’s business,

if the city working man sees fit to let

the dealers and distributors fleece him

for over three hundred per cent of ‘the

value of his food? He has these para-

sites at close range; could he not deal

with them far more alvantageously

than is possible for the farmer, who is

often several hundred miles away?

And why does it concern the farmer

anyhow? Would the manufacturer of

outing flannel in the city interest him-

self in the needs of the farmer if the

merchant at the general store on the

four-corners were charging four or five

prices for winter “nightles” for coun-

try babies? Would he not consider a

person who suggested that he should

see that the farmer gets these things

for a reasonable price, a falr'candidate

for an insane asylum? Milk furnishes

only one instance, it is exactly the





. same with all farm‘ products and, be-





cause these are considered prime ee-

sentials, prices are set by law on’any

that bid fair to pay the cost of produc-

tion, though none are set on cotton or

woolen cloth, or farm machinery, or

any manufactured article whatsoever.

Is it fair? Is it not placing the farmer

in competition with big business inter-

ests and at a. fearful» disadvantage? If





these things paid as well as an equal ._





expenditure of effort in other lines,

there would be no shortage of any of

them. There are too many people who

like money for this to be an economic

possibility.

vacant' farms with good houses, and in

every factory are numbers of men who

know how to farm—indeed, many of

them have done so within a few

months,«and if it paid as well as 'the

factory job the country would soon be

deluged with a super-abundance of

food stuffs but the farmer and his’fam-





lly cannot live on patriotism alone.—





E. M. Anderson.





 





"'There is’Va reproachful old saying i ,

about “kissing. .a-eow,” but the dairy- . .





man who best succeeds must





It was conceded at all,





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very near it; He must watershed»?

' ticlpai'e her—wants suit d ‘ <





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eeps' away Worms

arms andTlcks





“ Your Flock

Needs It”





it pays to buy @113;

around keeps flock healthy and





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$5.00 box makes $60.00

worth of medicated salt-saves you

big money—~A $1. 00 trial box of

gab-Mi} by parcel post will

medicate a barrel of salt.





Write for club offer—booklet on

“Nature and Care of Sheep"





PARSONS 'I'lX-TON C0., cmd Ledgleicli.





with salt the year





stomach worms and





 





 





 





 





 





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nest Avenue.

kl

11.3.? Miriam“ 30' ”3330313313.. mun.

Shorthom 10:0 umprlica" anond Scotch Topped belie

w a. moon.“ inn-1f"o ”lhoweimmn.

5:411 12:33.1. can, heifers ”female.” “.0 two

FOR SALE 1.211%"- 3....

Dr. WM. BCHAD, - - Mofiinegflioh.

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For Sale seem 423.231.3313“ h“

EDW. GUNDEN. - - - - Pi goon. Mich.





 





HOGS





Berkshire gilte end wows for tell (arrow-

aggluadi 6 lbeen ands ring Ither 1

as no itpiii'rte.1oh.





‘ DUROC BOARS





Big‘lon. tall growthy beers. he kind that will add

also an growth to your herd. I ggestMurch {arrow-





w 1 . .

§£J§6$"§‘1“1{§H A135“ 11200 b. “gtffiiwhm. M1011.





rod. sturdy. yocn . Berkshire Bee

A FEW sale at ereeeonleble {HOO- Jfll re

McNAMABA ARMS gnace. Ich.





 





 





 





 





 





AT THE STATE FAIRS





the Aberdeen- An-





gun cet r? “.herg you Wilkins?

an no uni y e oret en 1

leadlp stock’pshow owe to In-





can 0 e.

, won at the world’s genteel: liv

stock show. nternetion



position. etch Ice .tliiou to





 





16 Esteem m mgfelnd chem ”Ion-hip; ego: e 11 'I.1n-eo¢1ml a“

wet] gran c em on s.

tic-{l letecr aural-fixed; nd chgmpins p: and ill out





"since: tezr o«fret: o hempi one med lveeofthc

breedbe . netrating their t?3by0 beet tmek-

iF‘enpeggritynh at0 s own and mark at I mm Oaned a to



ex... ofth e breed heve been getting mar-

tepfln‘fieteen et all leading markets. demonstre-

ingther ace in the winning 0! th e wer.

“Ask the men who owns some!

AMIRICAN ABElgDBEN- -ANOUS BRBBDBRS

AS OCIATION.





617-M F Exchange Ave.. Chicago.





Jack Bill





e



Wmn--Weed Herd



Registered Holsteins



. Sire in Service

Flint Maplecrest Bey



mic bad for refleJroduction his sire Mapleerest

Is one of the best bred long die-

tsnee ”has. in nifie world e or is dem are brother

or sistertosix cows with records shove 1.20011... of





buttcri 1150" e ear and ten more abovel. 000 lbs. In e



ear. l'lilsf ccreut Boys' Dalm Is Cluck Vassar Bell



30.6 ”lb of but I in'Idey. 1211M in30 dos. Butter



.kl'l. liter-Rd leaner: why tFII‘nt epletirest



o o 0 one aree es young 11 roe



None l.e'iohienfemlales are for sale until after we (est



then. Bntwe have 100! his bail celvoe from 2 to tmonths



old.wlth d I .11ng which we! :gwwciler gortitgifi

et en e 17 armor can e 0 pay. us



clam-41.31.111.11 you want.





JOHN H. WlNN, lnc.

Lock Box 249. Roecemmon, Mich.





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OAK Log! "In. Herd sire Lenewee Pontiac Celo

emith In; efler dRegistered Holstein bull eelves

dthe ebove sire whoeed em hol dI



hfi‘oob tgr record In the state of Ind. '1



eye nil k .8. buttter 6161—615 deys milk 26782.8. but-





Rt mums!!! d: SON. B. 4. Mercellus, Mich.





CLUNY STOCK FARM





iooquswaERnD HOLSTEINS--100

When you need a herd sire remember that we

heve one of the best herds in Michigan. kept un—

der strict sanitary cenditionI. Every individual

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested.

have else. cuelity. and Production records beck.

ed by the but strains 0 breeding



Wri ouorN wants.

I. IIUCI M





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.30]-

wine.

rice.

ich.





P di reeBtockFer oi'le

Perham’ s 1%.: «m. 01...: will.

extlebelline in 0%. yes 3.5m!” Egan]! Bulls belt





“Top-311th”





HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are

backed u by many generations of

large pro ucers. Buy one of these0

bulls, and give your herd a “.push’”11

Full descriptions, prices,etc. on request.





Mcl’lu'son Farms Co., Howell, Mich.

$50 “Wm. 3°33: 11..





’rendsiro lmoot 42 lb. 4 LL

emales Terms.





The Pontiac Herd





“Where the Champions come from”

%"”‘“ dllk‘éfé'fiii'a‘b‘ll'éfi'fififimflfi

W M'.



De you went e Pontieeinyecr heed: ,

Pontiac. Mich.





The Traverse Herd





 





cold grandson oi’ Pon-

rOmther menddam sister to

free tuber. v. for





MrcLanlIn. Redford, Mich.





 





 





111b_ the :hence Ken hsvebeen for:18 We

cows.

do other-she 3843.09133

fulfil? to. 11°"





prendtoown





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For





9 Granddabghters of Sprin





up to 20 lbs. 6 to 13 mont 5 old...





................ ell. nous-u...-.o-Inn.......-.......o...





.Registered Holsteins

Sale





Farm King Pontiac 6th, fromA. R. O. Dams

.............. .......Erom 8100 £001.50





5 Elxtra' good Granddaughters of King of the Pontiacs, from 9 to 14 months





. ........................... eee ...............





1 Daughter of Spring Farm King Pontiac 6th. Four months old..





3 Two-year- old Granddaughters of Spring Farm King Pontiac 6th

............................ From $150 to $200





1 Extra Fine 3-year-old son of King of the Pontiacs; 27- lb. Dam; 29- lb.

Grandam ......................................





1 Son of Aristocrat Pontiac from a 22. 50 lb 2-year-old ........................ 3400





CEO. S. BIGELOW, BREEDSVILLE, MICHIGAN.





 





................... eeeee-ese-u-sseee “-





$800 for all

3150





................................................. $800





 





Want Yearly Records?





Our new sire has too or whose semi-omcial

records are 677. 742 916 (1nd 046 pounds of butter In

one year respectively at 2 to 8 years of age. Hie dam

is e daughter of Friend Bencerveld De Koi Butter

Boy. tour of whose daughters have records over 000

pounds and she Is also a granddau hter of Pontiac

Aaggie Korndyke. with six dang tors above 1000

pounds of butter in one year.





Peeceland Stock Farm, Tlrtl Imrl, Iich.





C. L. Brody. Owner Port KurosaMioI.

Charles Peters. Herdsman





$106,000 paid for bull calf! Of course it ween





ESISHOLSTEIN





The record—breaking producsion oithie profidt:

bree ma ee recor-





brenklng prices possible.





The Holeteln-Frleeinn Aeso-

elltion of America, 30:184.

Brnttleboro, Vt.





Asl am Going Into Registered Stock.





will sell all o! my High Grade Holstein Cattle con-

sisting of eight cows 3to5 dyr. old all due to freshen

this! 1..“ Four two yr. 01 heifer dnein the spring.

Six Heifer calves six months old. ell the above.

Females are unusually well bred as I have kept

only Registered Bulls for the lest 12 years and raised

them all. Price will be right quality and breeding





considered Address

E. E. WORVIEB, - ~ - South Lyons. Mich.





Only 3 Cows Left





dtwo eix moynths eldobull calves. 850. Moheck.“

Libert Bond 00"un you your choice of eithercelf.

MAE NM - Brunswick. Mich.





 





 





 





OLSTEINBh of u.elity Bull calves from dame with

recordsh ee‘hll lbs. in I'ldeye. Aleccol lie Wpumiee.

A. HARD





elvee,% heifers. A 2 bulls 16-16ths

“013“!“ gm ks.eld beeutitully mgr’és

one h.orei’ed for shi ment anywhere. Bey only thebcet

IDGEWOOD I'AB Whitewater. Wis.





Holstein: Bull cal! born Oct. 6. A nice individual

well crown in good condition. Hie seven nearest

dams average butter 7da 23.361bs. milk. ’1331bs. Dems

record 18 lbs et 2 36 yrs. .Reader. Howell. Mich.





Merle Lane ll. of M. Jersey Herd. For sale one

Holder-yea also bull celves and heifer

calves sired hiev fiendson ot the Pegis 99th of Hood

Farm. FOX B. 6. Allegan. Mich.





 





 





TH: Wildweod Jersey Farm offers for sale choice



bull calves for fall service from R. of M. daughters

Wonder by Mejesty' e Oxford Fox. Herd



tnbercnline tested. when looking for eeire to heed our





illie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Se era] 11 I

to freshen next fall. Also a few hevifer alfdtgiislibdgl!

vce of choice breeding. Colon C. Lillie. (bopcnvilieMich.





Registered J rse ll II d

For sale Hervue 87100 gachy u s [on y for

Green Lake. Mich.





mlllnuns





6 bull calves for sale, Perfection

Fairfax and Prince Donald breeding.





ALLEN BROS.,

PAW PAW, MICH.





Polied and H moi bl d l’

hereirrdismwm ‘ ‘2?

on an r me roe oes -.

CLO E a GARDNER [finds‘om 3mm"





 





 





 





Bob l‘eirtex 464027

Herefords 0. 1m 14...... .39“:

ell egos either polled or horned. .2me.

00m 800' y Mich. B.'Aee n. Bed Axe. Mich.





BIDWELI. SHIIIITHIIIIIIS





For Beef and Milk.





Registered bulls. cows and heifers-Good Scotch and



Scetch- Topped for sale. In prime condition. Modern



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



:fiptot 1 1 hour from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile meets

ra ns.





BlDWELL STOCK FARM,





BoxB. Tecumseh. Mich.





Richland Farms





Shorthorns





IMP. Lorne In Service. Grand Chem ion Shorthorn

Bull of Mich. Weofler for sale e che co collection of

young bulls by some of the leading sires of theh h.reed

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

prices we are asking for them. We invite correspond-

once end Inspection.

0. H. PRESCOTT a SON



'erms at Prescott. Mich. Ofllce at Towns. City. Mich.





Maple Wood Shonhoms





One bull calf 3 months old roan and of best milk-

ing strain. Also Duroc Jersey Bears for fall





service.

HARTERkEASTON. - - - Jenleon.Mich,





 





ll. get e Majesty. Alvin Bel dwin. Capao. ich.

For Sale lie icrcd Jersey Cattle

of both sex. Smi bRPerker, owell. Mich





 





 

   

   

   

   

   

 





 

 





Ready for Service





aired ”by; butter bred bulls and

testing dams.





oTlIe Producin Kind





with Jersey t an capacity.



Prices reaso ie. lso e few



bred silt! (Dun-coo) and bears. __

Breakwater Farm.





Herbert W. Mumford. Din".

J Bruce Henderson. Mgr.

Ann Arbor, Mich.





 





 





illside Farm Jerseys. oflbr 6yeerlgzflbullem booked





 





Ml?“ Ind Ii edb

jetty 5 ti Ito

’Jrailr.“ 31431.31 min-.123...“ mg

new ball and bull calves for 'eele from B. at I.

letters end cone d ell

..3. lit. 3. I. seen. Mich.





 





Francisco Farm Shorthorne

We eintein one of Michi good

and lScotch Topped cattle “fillies are wellldhgdfgiac:

erly handled and price reeseneb e. no and see; we





like to show them.

Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





.P.P .,





reel-e thrthcrn bulls 10 and 11 mos.



For sale“ old.ed. red. Tittle white. Bet tee breeding. will



crate and ship, satisfaction guaren teed or money

refunded write or come and see.



m..D McMULLEN. R. 1. Adrian. Mich,





lilo Ksni to. Shorihom lmlm lsmiaiiou





are oflering some choice animals at reasonable

rices. Write our wants.

. II. LEONAR , Bee. Caledonia. Mich.





 





”Wilma Senorita"? gubgsdiggth sexes for sale.

’- B-B - Mason. Mich.





SHORTHORNS





wbeiierstiouflufls ior sale at





termers cos;

Em ieton Perms. .llcb.





Sherilmn Callie ei ”bell Sex Ier Sale

elm





W.W "A".





 





Bhorthcrneonnali





For Sale W“, opeagulmgnggnifihmm





 





 





sou





Egg.- Avondslam “tattoo ton white Ilell





nrooe. Choice 1: ring dig“? out of selected news and



sired by our bee herd re. The are oljhe

typemtronu boned.smooth and of exoe lent qu Ityebrid

Include some of the most puler blood lines such as

Orion Cherry KIng.Top Co .Defender.Brookwsteretc.

Prices reasonable. The Jenninn Farms. Bell-y. lleh.





UROO Jersey Sr ring hours for sale. Good breeding

and Inge bone ri con and deecriptionson

.0. CIA E t 80H . - - - Plainwell ieh.





 





5 ring beers sired by Orion

all!“ 1"3.’ iwng Cel. Write for prices (mam

oription. .C. AYLOR. MI lien. Mich





 





DUROCS April .111! May pi ofhoth

sexes sired by e lender

bred Lear cos etc... write



WELLS PARISH 8 flSON Allendale. Mich.





DUROG JERSEYS





.- D. HEYDENBERK. - - - Wayland. Hloh.





Clinics IIurot lsmy iii: For his.

OARBYU. EDMO NDI. - - Hastings. Mich.

J ~F llbo fth l h be ad

our” t:;:o’(;ilts fhrod :tqlgniosolils‘gpig;vb'onr 130'





June ferrn also Spring pairs not ekln.

r..J pm at ii i” Monroe, Mich.





Jer sior sale. Bred Iowa or sprin pigs both



Dm'oc will... Shorthorn mm eel-ves. milk 11.; strain.

CHAS. BRAY. - Okemes. Mich.

either sex.





Chester Whites, 3353:1311 afew pairs or





tries not akin from strictly big tyge mature stock at

reamnabie peicen. Alexen or. Veneer. Mich.





Crandell’s Big Type O. I. C’s





Champion herd everywhere shown in 1917. Herd



headed by [Ive (hampion boars. Our sews wen



Senior. Junior and brand (‘ hampion prizes at



Illinois. Missouri Ohio and Mirhigan 19l7.



Special prices on all spring pigs. Get our cata-



log it is free.



Crnndell’ e Prize Hogs, Case City, Mich.



LAST tall slits all sold. have a good lot of last spring

pigs from 3 sires good growth stock. Farm '1. mile



west of do or, Citizzens Phone 12]

01 To B .5013 Nashville, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Raise Chester Whites

Like This





If __ ’ :2 this original big producers: '





 





HAVE started them of

”coach. 1 can help you. 11;“: to one

my greet her: in every ccmmun 1' etc a y

mu” fine i do iopCD-f

ntedb 0|; Write (”my y ve magma? “tag;





from





O. 8. them R Fm D 10 Portland, Kim





 





 





I BRED GlLTS and





SERVICEABLE BOARS

J. CARL JEWE'IT, Mason, Mich.





0. l. C. & Chester White Swine





Strictly Big Type with QUALITY. Have a few spring

pigs either sex for sale hgo are 02 the right stamp.

and one 23h to be shipori C.

EWMA S STOCK 31316.11. Marlette. Mich.

’ a few choice Apr. and Ma i s



00 l. C' 8 either sex Ireading. Holstein mi: ergo.

CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. MI lch.





0' I. C‘ D. and guaranue to I

F. C. BURGESS. Menomphiitx.





BIG TYPE POLANO CHINAS





Bred Gilts and Spring Pi One a

well bred Holstein Bu Calf.





HILLCREST FARM,





KALAMAZOO, MICH.





 





 





 





 





spring pigs for sale. I ship





 





A 500 lb. Gilt '" one W0 Hold Smooth

boto

herd. Lansing, Mich 11:11:11. as. “flashy“... run





This

him for Aug. furrow “Liberty Ball's“:

It in Michigan yoneen buy her for in‘





the

Sim. Bel Tlphone.

Portland. Mich.





Large Type P. C.





Bred gilte and bears all sold nothing to cl r at

.E. LIVINGSTON. “Adm





is bred to

best





 





L i sold out. exce t th 13



0 S- P' C. .ilt reieodleet p e I‘M-no

. b d



fen-ow. H. O. WARTZ, $115,013.11? rigioh.





 





0 2.121131 boned fellows tron Iolwis areate‘

spec p“ oeson n beers on c olce bred

11.1.14 'rrrEi’vfl 30.11 Burr Oek. wee.





ypc Poland Chines. 8 ri i to sale.

Baeelthy Ilend w.growthy From .23: 113131.. Prices

right. W. Barnes and Son. Byron. Mifi.





LARGE Typed P 0. Just Soholce summer tilts bred

forn Jul fem

w. .111 lemma W. .w' @1333 31?;





B?“ WED. Maggi?“ westbound-cents:





“caused ”me. it.





Bis t





 





 





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"215191. ;;
, jabbing prices are:





 





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SECOND EDITION.





 





The markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday after-

noon, August 29.





WHEAT.





Wheat continues to arrive at pri-

mary markets in unusually large vol-

ume. The increase in the U. S. visible

supply for the past week totals 9,419,-

000 bushels, making the present stocks

in sight 42,175,000 bushels, compared

withonly 4,399,000 bushels at this date

a year ago. As a result, trading in the

grain is dull and prices are steady at

the minimum values fixed by the gov-

ernment. One year ago No. 2 red

wheat sold on the local market at

$2.17 per bushel. Present prices here





 





are:

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

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

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





CORN.





Corn values are lower. The dam-

age done during the extremely hot

weather in early August has been

found to be much less than was earlier

estimated. This caused a reaction in

prices to conform to the increased

prospects of a good crop. The move

ment, however, has been small and the

the visible supply shows a decrease of

1,230,000 bushels for the week. The

situation in Argentine is favorable to

the buying side as offerings are liberal

and demand slow. A year ago No. 3

corn sold on the local market at $1.96

per bushel. Present prices here are as

follows:





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

No. 3 yellow ............ 1.71

No. 4 yellow ............ 1.65

No. 5 yellow ............ 1.55

No 6 yellow ............ 1.50





At Chicago the decline has changed

quotations to the following: No.

yellow $1.73@1.74; No. 3 yellow $1.68

@1.701/2; No. 4 yellow $1.62@1.65;

September corn $1.60%; Oct. $1.62%,





per bushel.

OATS.





Following a long period of dullness,

eastern shippers are again taking hold

of the oat market and their help is





‘ bolstering prices in spite of the decline





in corn. There is now a liberal de-

mand from domestic users, the- govern-

ment and exporters. Receipts are gen-

erous, there being an increase of 2,918,-

000 bushels in the U. S. visible supply.

One year ago standard oats sold on the





local market at 570 per bushel. Pres-

ent prices here are:

Standard .................. 70

No. 2 white ............... 69%

No. 4 white .......... 68%

RYE.





There is very little doing in this

trade. The market is slow and prices

have declined. The local quotation for

No. 2 grade of 1918 rye is $1.65 per





bushel.

BARLEY.





Threshing is under way and the

yield is fairly good. Farmers are re-

taining the cereal for feeding purpos-

es. The grain is being neglected on

the local market with a few samples

selling at $1.98@2.10 per cwt.





BEANS.





There is little to report on the bean

situation. The market is very slow and

prices remain unchanged. The new

crop is developing nicely throughout

this state and other commercial bean-

growing sections. Harvesting will be

much earlier than usual. At Detroit

cash beans are quoted on the exchange

at $10 per cwt. The Chicago market is

confined to trading in the best grades

of navy beans. Michigan stock, choice

to fancy, is quoted here at $10.50@11





per cwt.

FEEDS.





No change in prices for feeds on the

local market is noted this week. Pric~





, es to jobbers in 100-lb. sacks are as





follows: Brand $34.66; standard mid-

dlings $36.66; coarse corn meal at $68;

cracked corn $71.50; chop feed $48@





55 per ton.

SEEDS.





'Alsike hulling is giving returns of

about 2% bushels per acre. At Detroit

Prime red clover

$17.75; October $17.75; alsike $15.25;





_ timothy $4.60. ._





 





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There has been no relief in this

market with supplies far too small to





. meet the current demand. Local pric-





es have advanced over those reported

a week ago. They are:

No. 1 timothy. . . .$26.00@26.50

Standard timothy 25.00@25.50

Light mixed . . 25.00@25.50





 





No. 1 clover 20.00@21.00

Pittsburgh.-—.—-Whi1e receipts are a lit-

tle more liberal, they centinue to be

very light and are quickly absorbed at

the ruling high prices, which are as

follows: ,

No. 1 timothy. . . . .$30.50@31.00

No. 1 light mixed. . . ., 28.50@29.50

No. 1 clover, mixed.. 27.00@28.00

No. 1 clover .......... 27.00@28.00





 





 





Live Stock Market Service





 





 





Reports for Thursday, August 29th





BUFFALO.





This market paid $20.50 for pigs;

$20.60@20.90 for medium and heavy

grades and $21 for yorkers and light

mixed hogs today. Lambs sold up to

$18 and the best calves brought $20:





DETROIT





Cattle.





Receipts 3,152. Market strong.

Best heavy steers ....... $12.00@15.00

Best hdy wt butcher strs10.50@11.00

Mixed steers and heifers 9.00@ 9.50

Handy light butchers . . . 8





Light butchers .......... 6.75@ 7.25

Best cows .............. 8.75@ 9.00

Butcher cows ........... 7.50@ 8.00

Cutters . ................ 6.50@ 6.75

Canners ................ 6.00@ 6.50

Best heavy bulls ........ 8.50@ 9.00





7.50@ 8.00

6.50@ 7.00





Bologna bulls ...........

Stock bulls .............





Feeders ................. 8.50@ 9.50

Stockers ................ 6.50@ 8.50

Milkers and springers. . . . $75@ 150





Veal Calves.





Recepits 1,128. Market steady.

Best .. .. ............... $18.50@19.00

Others ...... ' ............ 9.00@18.00





Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 3,359. Market dull; quality

very common.





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

Fair lambs .............. 14.50@15.50

Light to common lambs.. 12.00@13.00





Yearlings ............... 13.00

Fair to good sheep ...... 10.00@11.00





Culls and common ....... 5.00@ 6.00





@ 8.50 ‘





, Hogs. ‘

Receipts 2,654. Market 10@150 high-

er for good grades.

Mixed .. .................. $19.50@20.00

Pigs ......... . .......... 19.50@19.75

The large number of young pregnant

sowds should be held back; Can’t be

use . ‘ ’





CHICAGO.





Cattle.





Receipts 15,000. ‘



Steers a steady supply; butcher

stuff liberal and market is steady to

lower.



Good to prime choice steers $17@

18.90; cemmon and medium butchers

$10.75@17; heifers $7.75@14.50; cows





$6@14.25; bologna bulls $8@13.75;

canners and cutters $7@8; stockers

and feeders, good $11@14; stockers





and feeders, common and medium $8@

11 per cwt.

Hogs.



Receipts 16,000. Market mostly 10

@20c higher; low and packers’ grades.

Tops $20.10; bulk of sales $18.15@

19.90; heavy $19@19.60; mixed and

light $19.60@20; packers’ hogs $17.90

@1865; medium and heavy $18@18.90;

light bacon hogs $19.25@20.10; p’igs,

good to choice $18@18.60; roughs

$17.40@17.85.



Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 21.000. Lambs firm at 100

higher; sheep slow to lower.



Choice prime lambs $17.35@18.25;

medium and good lambs $16@17.35;

culls $10@13.50; medium good and

choice feeders $16@17.50; choice year-

lings $14.35@14.25; wethers medium to

good $11.75@12.75; calves 25c higher.





Reports for Wednesday, August 28th





BUFFALO.

Cattle.



Receipts 50 cars. The market rules

dull. Prime heavy steers $17@17.50;

shipping steers $16@16.25; plain and

coarse $13@14; best yearlings 950 to

1000 lbs $15@16; light yearlings, good

quality $13.50@14.25; best handy strs

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

12; handy steers and heifers, mixed

$10.50@11.50; western heifers $11@

11.50; best fat cows $10@11; butcher-

ing cows $8@9; cutters $6.50@7.50;

canners $5.50@6.50; fancy bulls $10.50

11; butchering bulls $9@10; common

bulls $6.50@7.50; best feeders, 900 to

1000 lbs $9.50@10; medium feeders $8

@850; stockers $7.50@8.50; light com-

mon $7@8; best milkers and springers

$70@150.



Hogs.





Receipts 10 cars; market is steady;

heavy $20@20.50; yorkers $20.75@21;

pigs $20.25@20.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts two cars; market steady.

Top lambs $17.50@17.75; yearlings $14

@15; wethers at $13@13.75; ewes at

$11.50@13. '



. Calves.



Receipts 1,500; market strong; tops



$20; grass-fed $7 @9.





CHICAGO.

Cattle.

Receipts are estimated today at

12,000,'making a total of 50,500 head

received in three days, comparing with





39,500 for the first half of last week-





The market is steady, and the 18.9.0

cattle of yesterday were followed by a

sale today’ at the same price, which is

a record breaker.

change in steer prices this :week, al-

though some undesirable lots have sold

lower. A. fair part of the steers" have

sold at reasonably. high prices, but a

large share of the receipts consisted





There is ' not much . .





 





of grassers. Fancy steers sell at $18.50

and overfand good steers sell at $17.50

and upward, with common to medium

lots at $10.75@17.25 and sales down to

$7.50@8.50 for a few little canning

steers. Butcher stock is partly 15@25c

lower this week, cows and heifers be-

ing salable at $7.50@15 and canners

and cutters at $6.50@7.45, while a few

prime veal calves sell as high as

$18.25. Fat western range cattle are

doing well, and a carload of prime

Montana 1400-lb. steers sold today at

$18, breaking all past high records.

Stockers and feeders are firm and

more active at $9@12 and a few sales

up to $13 or even higher.

Hogs.



About 10,000 hogs were received to-

day, making receipts for the first half

of the week 55,900 head, comparing

with 57,100 for the ”same time last

week. Prices are as much as a dime

hlgher than yesterday, hogs selling at

$17.50@20 and most of the pigs at $17

@1875. Prime light and medium

weight hogs sell highest.



.Sheep and Lambs.



About 22,000 head arrived on the

market today, making a total of 78,400

for three days, comparing with 68,200

for the same time last week. The mar-

ket is steady to lower, but largely on

the down grade, with range lambs sal-

able at $17.25@18.25 and culls down to

$12.50@14 while native lambs. are quot-V

ed at $14.50@17.25. Yearlings are sal-

able at $10.50@15.25, wethers at ,310@

13.25, ewes at $4.75@12.50 and bucks

at $8@950.. - . 1 g , '





 





Secretary, ,Mquoe announces , that

the war finance corporation has com-

pleted plans for making: direct loans to





thoseinterested in the raising of live t





stock, and agencies are to; be estab-

lished in Kansas City and Dallas. ',





0 .





" higher.





 





JPOTATOES. ,



With theextension of shipping to -a

large number of the commercial states

of the north, supplies, at primary. mar-

kets are being replenished and prices





are not quite as firm as they have .





been. Shipments for the country on

August 27 amounted to 464, carloads.

At Detroit prices range from .$3@3.40

per cwt. In Chicago a weaker feeling

prevails at $2.40@2.45 for the sacked





'stock. .The Pittsburgh market is well





supplied with the bulk selling at $2.80

@315 per cwt. ‘ ‘

BUTTER.



Markets for butter are steady to

Buying is on a .very liberal

scale in the majority of the markets,

and stocks are being well cleaned up.

AtvDetroit fresh ~creamery extras are

higher at 45c and do firsts at

44 cents. The New York trade ' is

also paying more‘for creamery stock,

the range there now being 45@48c.

Western creamery extra is quoted at

47c on the Philadelphia market. At

Chicago range for creameries is 41%

@451;§c. Last week’s average price at

Chicago is 44.6c, which should serve

as a. weekly settlement basis.





CHEESE. -





A firm tone prevails throughout the

cheese markets, with an occasional

point where advances are reported. At

Detroit flats are bringing 26@27c from

jobbers and daisies 26%@27c. The

New York market is firm, fresh spe-

cials selling at 26%@27c, and do av-

erage run at 26%c@261,éc. Full milk

grades are selling at 26@27c in Phil-





adelphia.

EGGS.





“Advanced prices” is the report from

the various egg markets. Supplies are

running short, while the demand is ur-

gent because of high-priced meats.

Jobbing prices at Detroit forvcandled

receipts from state are 40%cfor cur

rent run and 42c for firsts in new cas-

es. The Chicago trade is getting 38@

39%0 for firsts and 36@371/2c for ordi-

nary firsts. The New York price for

western stock ranges from 38@68c a

dozen. Advances are noted at Phila-

delphia, with western stock quoted at

$13.80@14.70 per case.





POULTRY».





There is very little business being

done in poultry these days. The fol-

lowing prices are being paid to receiv-

ers in Detroit: Broilers 29@30c per

pound for small and 33@34c for large;

hens 32@33c; small hens and Leghorns

29@30c; roosters 19@200; geese 19@

200; ducks 28@300; turkeys 24@250.





DETROIT CITY -MARKET





A lot of business. is being done at

the municipal markets these days.

Generally speaking, prices arefairly

satisfactory to the sellers. Tomatoes

are bringing $1.25@1.50; peppers $2;

egg-plant $2; cucumbers $1.25@7,‘ac—

cording to size; onions $2; cabbage

$1.90; potatoes $1.90@2.10; apples 75c

@2; crab apples $4; eggs 55c.





Yardage on cattle and horses in the

Chicago Stock Yards has been advanc-

ed to thirty cents a head, calves to

twenty cents, hogs to ten cents and

sheep to seven cents. The increase on

cattle, calves and horses is five cents

and on sheep two cents. This is the

first advance in rates made in fifty-

two years, and it became necessary be-

cause of the Alschuler decision in-

creasing the wages of employes.





 





IN NEXT WEEK’S ISSUE.





Earl W. age, Secretary of one of

the success 1 Federal Farm Loan As-

sociations, will tell Michigan Farmer

readers how this system is helping the

farmers to finance their business.»



Prof. E. C. Foreman, of M. A. 0., will

discuss the feeding of the farm flock

from the standpoint of the man who is

endeavoring to develop this branch of

his farming. ~





 





Still another high price for-fat'cattle

wasrecorded in Chicago the other-day

when a sale took place at >$18.90,=being

$2.40 above the highest; price paid . a

year, ago, With $16.50: up tq~that1date

the high record. tears selling at $16.50



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(£17.50 whichgzil'bef

e army are j ving , “sis

lightasteers selling at ,5 '





in slow,





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advice on. I" have a young





m M: nine pigs one week old. I . 2





:mg to feed oil meal, middlings,

‘lro'md oats. and out clover mixed and

steamed. In what proportion may this





The most profitably used? *Ground cats





7





are worth $2.95; oil meal,$3.30; mid-

‘dunga $3; clover is worth around $15,

:but this I haVe. Will the'teeding_va.lue

of clover .be increased by grinding? I

have a feed mill, and after harvest will

have our own oats which contain a

small per cent of peas. I am thinking

of keeping the litter of pigs over until

another se on. breeding the sow pigs

to have the tarrow in June or as near

as may be. For winter feeding there

will be an abundance of carrots and

stock beets, also sugar beet pulp if our

plan of making our own beet syrup ma-

terializes. Our idea is to grow the

9183 as cheaply as possible on roots

and clover. both n. and cut and

steamed. Is it likely to pan out well?



Emmet Co. M. N. E.



The feeds you mention are excellent

for sows and growing pigs. A ration

made up of 100 pounds of middlings,

100 pounds of ground oats and forty

pounds of oilmeal should give good re-

sults, especially if supplemented by

cut clover steamed and mixed with the

grain feed. Your idea. of growing the

pigs as quickly and cheaply as possi-

ble seems entirely practical and pos-

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There is going to be a heavy demand

for pigs another year, and I believe

that you are‘ doing the proper thing in

keeping over some young sows.



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renness.~—Early in May one of my

young cows was bitten by a rattle-

snake and a large bunch formed on the

left side of her body, in front of her

bag. At first .I applied turpentine.

then bound mud on it. This drew it to

a sort of head and developed into a

running sore which healed in a week

or so. It healed all over, but a. bunch

remained and it seems that all the pus

did not drain out. as this hunch is now

larger than a man’s list, but is soft.

It has been so hot that I feared infec-

tionif I had it lanced. She is due to

freshen the last of October, this mak—

ing her second calf. What would you

advise me to do? I have another cow

that has had three calves; she was

fresh the middle of March; since then

she has been bred seven or eight

times without getting with calf. She

does" not come in heat at regular pe-

riods. She has been a good cow and I

hate to see her go to the butcher. F.

C. R., Miller, Mich—Give your cow 1

dr. of potassium iodide at a dose in

feed or drinking water twice a day,

and if you are certain that the bunch

it not hernial, then it should be opened

for perhaps it contains serum or pus

which should be let out. Then swab

center of sack with tincture iodine oc-

casionally and the bunch will soon

subside. Now regarding your other

cow. her coming in heat oftener than

every three weeks leads me to believe

that her ovaries are in a cystic condi—

tion and doubtless she is incurable;

however, this can only be determined

by having her examined by a compe-

tent Vet. who can then ascertain by

a rectal and vaginal examination what

condition she is in. Giving or apply-

ing drugs is not considered very good

practice in these kind of cases.

Chronic Mammitis.-——I am anxious to

know what ails my cow and what to

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came fresh last January. About a

month ago her teats became sore and

after a. few days she commenced giv-

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now one-half of udder is hard and in-

flamed. The milk has a strong bad

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