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DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1918





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Carrying Ideas to. Place Of Action





FEW farmers believe in the

A co'unty agent as ,a solution of all



farm problems, whereas the oth-

ers are just as sure that it is merely

a passing fad. In some of the coun-

ties where new experts have been hir-

ed, wonder is expressed that so much





. fuss should be made over something





 





that is noteven new. Someof the





How t/ze County Agent May Saccéea’ z'n Coaxz'ng'





Brown’s and Jones’ Ideas to Travel Over Me Hzg/z-

way of H aman Minds and Human Hearts and M aée

His County a Paradise of Farming as fVe/l as Friend-





[iness ana’ Enjoyment.





most prosperous farmers, point to the -





methods of efliciency‘ on their own

farms, where they have been in oper-

ation for years. So with all the ex-

planation and discussion, the subject

of county agents is surrounded by

rather a dense fog.



In these times of labor-shortage and

high prices for certain farm products

the business farmer is at sea to know

just how to, put the efficiency idea. into

successful practice on his farm. He





has to read the better class of agri?





cultural publications since the idea

became prominent. He has followed

the editorials and articles, and knows

instances where it has proved bene-

ficial, or the contrary for other farm'-

ers.

it can do in his own type of farming.

Also he‘ wants to know that if he em-

ploys an expert that he is securing an

efficient one. /



. This summer when visiting a farm

operated by a young man I ran up

against his uncle, who owned the prop-

erty. “You’re one of these farm doc-

tors, eh!” he said; and the door of his

mind seemed to shut with a snap.

"Well, some farmers may be willing to

pay you to come round and show them

how to run their farms, but I bought

this farm when it was a stumpfield

andnever had anyone come round and

tell me how to run it. If you fellows

know so much, why don’t you buy a





, farm and tend-to your own business





instead of going about the county

tending to other people’s business?

How much is there in what you claim

anyway? How do we knew how much

of it is sense and how much just

talk?" .

Putting the Idea Across.

“Welly'my friend,” I replied, “the

answer to your question depends up-

on the farmer who wants help and the





ability of the expert to. give him this '





help. No farm expert on earth can

help the farmer who does not believe

in efliciency on the farm, or who is

unwilling to give his suggestions a fair

and impartial trial before condemning

his teachings. ‘ No m'atterhow well a

prescribed

may work in, a given case, there is al-

ways the farmer at the bottom of it,

who must adjust it to his conditions

and adapt it to the means at hand.





“Systems of efficient farm management





thatwiil prove adapted to all farmsdo





[not exist. There is no universal tonic





that will help out all run-down farms.





The successful system must—be devel-





oped to meet the conditions on the





 





~ é’farm where it is in operation. ' If an





Now he would like to know what.





system of management





 





fore' making a careful study of condi-

tions of soil and climate his ability

may well be questioned. The outside

expert may be able to give sound ad-

vice concerning some particular phase

of improving a farm, such as dairy

management, poultry-keeping or lines

of specialized crop growing, but it is

a mistake for him to attempt to show

the farmers in a strange ’part of the

country how to improve their methods.



“In your own case, Mr. Brown, it is

generally conceded that you have been

unusually successful in your farming.

Your. farm: and your buildings show

that you have conducted, your business

along practical lines. You and Mr.

Jones have been recognized as the





best farmers in your respective town-.





ships. Each of you have maintained

a good plan of operation, and what I

am trying to do in this county is to

get in' an available form the best of

what you and Mr. Jones have done





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out Manning; and

tfi emaemands Skill, and the Efficient Use of

mum and Machinery. . '





with the mistakes each of you have

made so far as possible eliminated.

Then I can go over into other parts of

the county and help other men who

are conducting business in a less effi-

cient manner. Some of your methods

may be perfectly adapted to their con-

ditions and others may be quite un-

suited. So you see intelligent work on

my part will give these men access

cheaply to the dearest things in the

world; real agricultural experience. It

is wrong to deny Smith and Green a

knowledge of the good things that you

and Jones have done only a few miles

from them. My business is to spot

things that may be useful for men

like Smith and Green, rather than to

tell you and Jones how to run your

business; that gives them something

far more valuable than a general the-

ory of procedure.



“There is wisdom enough in this

country to change it into a paradise of





' In a Highly Specialized Fruit Growing Community the County Agent does

, '_ got Find: if Eany to Poi





Suggest improvements.





dairying, stoc’k raising, grain and fruit

growing, as well as a paradise of

friendliness and enjoyment, but it can

never be done unless this wisdom is

passed from men like you and Jones

down to Smith and Green. What I am

trying to do is to give some of your

and Jones’ ideas away and coax them

to travel over the highway of human

minds and human hearts to the place

of action. You and Jones owe it to

your county and to your country to

tell how you have produced more

pounds of pork and more tons of al-

falfa to the acre than Smith and

Green. It is your patriotic duty to

give your best thoughts, ideas and

plans, that working together, we shall

create in some of the less successful

farmers a working belief in their own

capacities, and a practical determina-

tion to help win the war. This is a.

part of your duty as a citizen, and as

a part of my duty as your county.

agent I am going to arrange for you

and Mr. Jones to help out our meeting

over in Clifton township by giving

short talks on pig feeding and alfalfa

culture. You have admitted your suc-

cess with pigs; Jones says that he has

no trouble securing a good stand of

alfalfa.”



“I am sorry, young man, but I never

made a public talk in my life, but if I

can tell men like Smith and Green

how to raise more and better pigs to

feed our boys over in France I’ll be

mighty glad to help them out. Jones

will be there with me to tell them

about his alfalfa. I’ll guarantee his

presence. They don’t tolerate slack-





.ers over in his neighborhood.”





Vary Systems to Meet Conditions.



In going round among farmers one

meets many different problems and

finds many sources of loss that are

consuming the profit from the other

lines of farm production. In one case

a large dairy farm, where special milk

was being produced, was buying ex-

cessive amounts of rich grain feeds.

The herdsman had personal prefer-

ences, and the owner added new kinds

of feed from time to time. Some kinds

were better than others. If a dealer

could get hold of some new kind of

mixed feed with a high-sounding name

the owner was sure to give it a trial.

The first thing to do on this farm was

to cheapen the rations. After con-

ducting feeding tests for several

weeks we revealed a source of loss of

more than $4.00 a day in feeding

eighty cows. It not only revealed the

fact that much of the purchased feed

was composed of the elements that

were contained in excessive quantities

in the home-grown feeds, but it show-

ed that the cows were being compelled

to consume an excess of crude fibre

and carbohydrates in order to obtain

the required amount of protein to pro~

duce a satisfactory flow of milk.



Home-Grown Feeds ’Valuable.

This farm furnished an abundant





supply of clever, mixed hay andcm‘n "





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





The Austro—Hungarian





Austria’s Bid government’s proposal

for Peace. for a peace parley has



been fittingly answered

by the government of the United





States. The Austrian document pre-

sented through the Swedish embassy

was a lengthy document, proposing a

secret and confidential peace parley,

without cessation of hostilities, for

the interchange of views as a basis

for peace, but without binding obliga—

tion on the countries involved. Presi-

dent Wilson’s reply, which was issued

in the form of a statement from Sec-

retary of State Lansing, was made just

thirty- -three minutes after the message

was received. This reply was brief

and to the point. Its text, containing

just sixty-eight words, reads as fol-

lows:





“The government of the United





. States feels that there is only one re-





ply which it can make to the sugges.

tion of the imperial Austro—Hungarian

government. It has repeatedly and

with entire candor stated the terms

upon which the United States would

consider peace and can and will enter-

tain no proposal for a conference upon

a matter concerning which it has made

its position and purpose so plain.”

Michigan Farmer readers will recall

the four primary requisites of peace,

as expressed by President Wilson at

Mt. Vernon on July 4, none of which

were recognized in Austria’s peace of-

In the game for world domi-

nation which is being played by Ger-

many, Austria can be viewed only as

her vassal, and the proposal of the





‘ Austro-Hungarian government can be





construed only as an “offensive” to

create discord among the allied pow-

ers who are fighting for the great

principle of human liberty with the

main object of increasing Germany’s

chance of again assuming the initia-

tive and gaining a military advantage.



Surely German militarists cannot be

"so egotistical as to believe that the

allied governments can be induced to





place confidence in even their most

solemn promises, let alone the alleged.





independent plea of Germany’s Austri-

an, ally, whose pledges she would be





 





Farmer » .





who are} fighting to subdue this man!

ster of inhumanity be deceived by'

' such a move.





   





The only basis for a

just and lasting peace is the crushing

defeat of this monster, after which the





issues of the war may be settled in a"





manner which will conserve human

liberty among all the peoples of the

world, rather than the selfish interests

of ambitious rulers or ruling classes.





Among the interesting

Motor Truck developments of the

Transport. war is the movement to

‘ increase our highway

transport resources as a means of re-

lieving railroad congestion and facili-

tating the movement of food stuffs

marketward, and at the same time the

distribution of goods to rural commu-

nities. To. accomplish this desirable

result, the Highways Transport Com-

mittee was appointed by the Council

of National Defense to promote the

idea of the, development of highwdy

transportation by the luse of motor

trucks as one of the available means

of strengthening the nation’s trans-

portation resources.



As a means of building up an effi-

cient organization, state highway

transport committees are authorized

to be appointed by the state Councils

of National Defense, and provisions

are made for county and district com-

mittees to make the Whole organiza-

tion a 'workable unit. Under this plan,

the first duty of the state committee

in each state will be to make a prelim-

inary analysis of the equipment al-

ready in the field, and to determine

what activity has already been estab-

lished for the carrying on of this much

needed work. Following this prelimi-

nary survey, bureaus will be estab-

lished in each important center of pop-

ulation for the purpose of arranging

return loads for motor truck express

lines bringing farm products into such

centers.



In addition to making more food

available for the people of such cen-

ters, this .plan will also save labor for

work on the farms because of the man

power‘released by the establishment

of efficient truck lines. This plan has

interesting possibilities in the present

emergency, and should be encouraged

wherever it is possible to economically

make use of this means of transporta-

tion. Michigan Farmer readers will be

kept advised of developments in this

service as they materialize.





The average farmer is

Plans for the kept so busy these

Future. days in, doing two

men’s work in secur-

ing his crops, because of the impossi-

bility of securing extra help when it is

needed, that he has little time to think

or plan for the future when the war

shall be over and world peace a real-

ization instead of but an indefinite

prospect.



Any sort of analysis of the situation,

however, will reveal to any thinking

man the. importance of formulating

plans for the future by American

farmers as a class. It is true that the

plans which may be made by the indi-

vidual farmer will not have an im-

portant bearing on the situation as a

whole, but thoughtful planning by the

individual must go before concerted

action by farmers as a class, hence

the desirability of devoting careful

thought to the future, so far as it may

relate to or affect American agricul-

ture. .



For the present, and until the war is

won, our firstthought must obviously

be for production if our boys in France





are to be properly fed, and the de;





mands for home conSumption‘and for

the maintenance of our Allies are to

be met. Marketing problems should,

of course, receiVe their’proper atten-





tion in the meantime, and the progress.





which is being made in the organiza-

tion Of the Michigan Potato Exchange,

in the extension of the activities of

the Michigan Milk ‘Producers’ Associa-





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' ii

that rapid progress isi’being made to-

Ward the solution or this problem

along right lines.



But there are other and perhaps

graver problems which will confront

our agriculture in the reconstruction

period following the war. Just the na-

ture and extent of these problems can—

not be’ fully determined at the present

time, for the reason that there are no

precedents upon which to .base judg-

ment in the matter. It is evident to

all, however, that normal industry is

being greatly disturbed in every line

by the necessity of diverting the ma-

jor part of our resources to war pro-

duction work. Undoubtedly there will

be a period immediately following the

war, during which our armies are be-

ing demobilized and millions of men

seeking a new place in the nation’s

industries, when our disorganized in-

dustries are. again getting under mo-

tion in their several channels of pro-

duction, and while we are still paying

the enormous costs incident to active

war, during which war-time economies

in every line of endeavor will be ‘quite

as necessary as they are at the pres-

ent time.



How great or of how long duration

such industrial depression may be, no

man would attempt to' predict at the

present time, but following this period

will undoubtedly occur a period of

great industrial prosperity in which

our goods will freely reach almost ev-

ery market throughout the world, car-

ried in our own ships, resulting in an

industrial activity the like of which

this country has never seen. While

there will undoubtedly be a very con-

siderable foreign demand for Ameri-

can farm products, particularly Amer-

ican live stock, during theyears im-

mediately following the war, there can

be no question in the mind of any

thinking man but that grave problems

will confront the farmers of the coun-

try growing out of this very condition

of industrial activity. If the agricul-

ture of the country is to be placed on

the same sound basis as our other in-

dustrial activities, it will be necessary

for our farmers to be so organized as

to be able to present their needs in a

concrete and intelligible form when

the nation’s policies are being shaped

to fit the new conditions.



This desirable result can obtain only

if the farmers of the country are ade-

quately organized for this very pur-

pose, for which there has been sug-

gested no plan which compares in

feasibility with the plan for a Nation—

al Chamber of Agriculture made up of

an affiliation of similar organizations

in each state, such organizations to be

based on the county farm bureaus as

the local unit. This is a plan which

should be given careful consideration

by every farmer, and made a subject

of discussion in farmers’ organiza-

tions, to the end that early steps may

be taken toward working it out in our

own state.





 





N cw Substltutc Ruling



NIVERSAL war bread for all na-

Utions arrayed against the Cen~



tral Powers “is provided for in

new regulations announced by Food

Administrator Hoover, under which

wheat flour restrictions in the United

States are relaxed, and the Allies giv-

en bread containing more wheat than

they have had since the early daysof

the war.‘ The regulations became ef-

fective September 1, and wheatless

meals are discontinued.



Under an international bread pol-

icy formulated by the Inter—Allied

Food Council in LondOn, all bread now

made for France England, Italy, the

United States and the other Allies, is

made of mixed flour containing eighty





per cent wheat flour and twenty per

cent substitute cereals. _ ”





The city-titty rule is withdrawn and





in its place retailers will be requiredt





to 5.911.999. nosed, of, substitute _,to,,[four





 





 





pounds of wheat flour to one pound of

substitute.

as the housewife’ 3 bread.



Householders are expected to mix at

least [twenty per cent of the substi-

tute cereals into the pure wheat flour

at. home for all uses. ’



Conservation of wheatis urged, and

the public is asked to continue using

Corn bread and other 'wheat saving

breads. A . 1



The ”retail dealer selling standard

wheat flour is required to carry in.

stock either barley flour, corn meal or

corn flour, and with every sale of

wheat flour must sell a combination

of some one or more of these in the

proportion of one-pound substitutes to

each four pounds of wheat flour. No

dealer may force any other substitutes

in combination to the consumer, and

the substitutes mustconform to the

standards fixed by the United" States

Food Administration. .



There are some localities where oth-

er substitutes are available and which

retailers may wish to carry.

to meet this situation the following





flours may also be sold in such combi-





nations in lieu of the above flours, if

the consumer so demands, at the ratio

of one pound .to each four pounds of

wheat flour, that is: Kaflir flour, milo

flour, feterita flour and meals,

flour, oat flour, peanut flour, potato

flour, sweet potato flour, bean flour,

buckwheat flour.



Pure rye flour or meal may be sold

as a substitute, but must be sold in

proportion of at least two pounds of

rye with three pounds of wheat flour.



The foregoing rules apply to custom

and exchange transactions as well as

sales of fioUr to farmers, unless modi-

fied by special announcement of the

federal food administrators of the

state where the mill is located, acting

with the approval of the zone com—

mittee.





MOVING THE WHEAT CROP.



The Food Administration is now col-

lecting data and information upon

which to base conclusions as to what

is a fair remuneration for a country

elevator, dealer or operator to receive.

In the heart of wheat producing areas

where expense of operating is low,

present conditions indicate that five

cents per bushel is an ample charge.

In other districts where facilities are

not modern eight cents is perhaps not

too much. In special cases .the mar-

gins may fall outside this price range.

Actual determination of' a fair buying

margin must depend on local investi~

g’ation.



Farmers who are able to get cars

are protected because they can ship

directly to the nearest primary mar-

ket. Where cars are unobtainable the

producer’s best alternative is to store

his‘wheat until he is offered an ac-

ceptable price.





Farmers may learn from the Fed-

eral Food Administrator in their state

what price is approximately fair and

they will not be considered unpatriatic

for holding their wheat until they are

offered a satisfactory price or can se-

cure a car in ,which to ship to the

Grain Corporation.



Avoid Mixing New and Old Crop.



When the wheat is to be stored on

farms, special care should be taken

to clean the granary and avoid mix-

ing the new crop with old grain. A





 





'clear statement entitled, “The Plan of





Wheat Flour Control for the 1918

Wheat Crop,” is now in the form of

an eight-page pamphlet which may be

secured 'by persons having difficulty

in marketing their wheat. The pamph~

let contains a list of the primary mar-

kets with fair prices gives directions

for. shipping to the Grain Corporation

and discusses wheat grades over which





the United States .Deparfment of Agriv“ . .- ,~ 1





culture has jurisdiction





Bakers breed will contaln: four





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RACTICALLY ‘au authorities ,on



_ fruit farm management have point-

ed out‘ that the commercial fruit

term doesth usually furnish econom-

ical employment for horses and the

' variety of cultural implements neces-





sary to make up proper equipment to‘





facilitate tillage operations during the

rush season. The tractor, on account

of its capacity for doing more work

with a single set of units, and well

within the time which the seasons al-,

low, is gradually working itself into

popular favor on these farms. ’

The cost of maintaining work horses

is causing many commercial fruit or-

chardists to look 'around for some

kind of power that will do the work

of plowing, harrowing and cultivating,

and at the same time not eat its head

off at seasons when it is not in use.

Whether a tractor will be a profitable

investment on the fruit farm is purely

a questiOn of how successfully it can

be used"to replace team work, and

must be worked out by each farmer

himself. Numerous influencing fac-

tors must~ be considered, such as the

cost of housmg the horses and tractor,

the cost of. the tractor and the amount

of farm land to be cultivated. The

size of the farm, while important, does

not have so much influence as the

value of the crops and the cost of la-

bor required to drive the horses.

That the smallest tractors, capable

of pulling only oneor two plows, are

of economical size for even large fruit

plantations is decidedly questionable.

They are not large enough to reduce





the man labor required in plowing—





Sineétbe Use of. M otor Tracer forHaa/ing Frait Crops





to Ma‘réett‘Har Become More General, tnere is an

Increased Demand for ngét Tractors to Replace





Homes on Fruit Farms.





intact, they require more man labor

than an ordinary horse-drawn gang-

plow, and man labor is just what the

small tractor shOuIé replace on the

fruit farm. The” three-plow tractor

may be large enough,‘b'ut the one. cap-

able of pulling four plows will not be

tOO large for the well-organized com-

mercial fruit farm of sufficient size to

make the business profitable.



‘ Light tractors suitable for heavy

horse work in the orchard can now be

bought for less than $1,400, including

plows. One of these small standard

design tractors is being used on a

large fruit farm in Niagara county,

New York, at the present writing. It

weighs about five thousand pounds,

does the work of eight horses, and

stands in the space needed for one

team, being only eleven feet long and

five feet wide. The owner claims that

he can buy the equivalent of a heavy

work horse for less than $150 in the

form of a tractor, with a much lower

upkeep and cost of driver than for a

horse.



The small tractor will turn the cor-

ners quickly and the work can be

done just as well as with a team of

good horses if care is exercised in





How t/ze Proposition Wore:

in Sotne of t/ze Fruit Growing Dzktricts.-C. B. 'Fora’.





making the turns. The plow, harrows

and cultivators may be adjusted to

run as close to the rows of trees with-

out danger of injuring them; this is a

point of great value in working around

low-headed trees.



The common practice of clean culti-

vation and the neglect to grow green

manure crops to plow. under has left

the soil in many large fruit planta-

tions in such poor mechanical condi-

tion that it is practically impossible to

muster together enough horses to do

the work in season, especially during

periods of severe dry weather. The

tractor has proved a most valuable

ally in overcoming this trouble in the

commercial orchard.



The cost of horse barns and shelter

for the tractor furnishes considerable

food for thought when a man has to

put up a set of new buildings on his

farm. The cost of building a barn

large enough to comfortably stable

eight horses and provide room for

storing the necessary supply of food

would cost more than a small tractor.

At the present time it would cost

enough to buy a tractor and erect a

building for shelter. All of these items

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especially if new buildings are put up. .



How does the owner of a commer-

cial fruit orchard get along without _

horses at harvest time? In reply. to .

my question one of the most extensive

growers of apples, pears and peaches

in western New York said: “The fact

that we had done all of our long-haul

marketing for the last five years with

a motor—truck prompted me to study

the tractor proposition. With a truck

we can haul all of our second-grade,

fruit to the city market where it finds

a ready sale at remunerative prices.

Our truck replaced two men and six

horses hauling fruit to market; he-

sides it has made it possible for us to

make prompt deliveries and put our

fruit on the market in better condition

than‘we could with horses and wag-

ons. Our tractor has just fitted in

with our truck so that we are keeping

only one team of work horses on our

three-hundred-acre farm. The truck

and tractor have replaced two regular3

men and eight horses. It would be

difficult to give exact figures as to the

saving they have effected, because we

can do marketing with the truck that

would be absolutely impossible with

horses and Spring wagons. The truck

opens up new possibilities for growers

of fruit who live within sixty miles

of large cities, just the same as the

tractor opens up new possibilities for

growers of fruit whose operations are

limited to inadequate horse power.

They so completely change the nature

of the fruit growing and marketing

business that one cannot figure their

value in dollars and cents.”





Getting the Jump on Potato Diseases





0





T is getting to be quite a common

I practice" for potato growers to save

at least a. portion of their seed for

the next year’s crop at digging time.

In years gone by a good many grow-

ers have been willing to use whatever

thappened to be on hand at planting

time for seed purposes. There are a

considerable number of growers at the

present time who follow this practice.

The writer has been inspecting po-

, tatoes in a large number of counties

in the state of

Michigan during

t’ h e l a s t t w 0

months. In some

sections of th e

state the use of

poor seed is very

apparent. The po-

tato fields where

such s‘eed has

been used show a

poor stand of

plants, there are

u s u ally w e a k

hills, and often a

number of plants

are diseased. On

the other hand,

in sections where

good seed has ,

b e e n u s e d the

stand of potato

plants in the

fields is much bet-

ter, there is a

much more uni--

form growth of

vine and diseaSes -

are not nearly so“

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in sections where someone in the com-

munity had made it a practice for sev-

eral years past to develop and distrib-

ute in his community good seed stock.

This is a strong endorsement of the

use of first-class seed for planting.

There are several ways in which

good potato seed may be secured. One

of the least expensive methods is to

rogue, or take out, from afield which

is tnuch above the average so far as

the growth of vine is concerned, all





 





 





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hills which show indication of dis-

ease. If a person is anxious to get

pure seed, free from mixtures of other

varieties, all hills which show a dif-

ference in the growth of the vine in-

dicating mixture of variety, should

also be removed. It is quite an easy

matter to detect off varieties in the

Late Petoskey and Rural group of po-

tatoes. The vines of both are very

similar, the stalks being more or less

colored with purple and the blossoms





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





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always purple. In vines the stalks of

each are entirely green in color, the

same as the other varieties. As a us-

ual thing the mixtures also show a.

lighter color of leaf and can be detect-

ed quite easily.



The diseased hills which are most

likely to be found in Michigan potato

fields are the wilt, which is indicated

by a wilting down of vines, or in the

early stages in the growth of the dis-

ease, a yellowing of the leaves to-

gether with a»

contracting i n

their development

w h i c h m a k e 3

them much more

narrow than nor-

mal leaves. By

cutting off the

stalks at the low-

er end a brown

discoloration will

be shown on each

edge of the stalk

if the wilt is pres-

ent in the plant.

The tubers from

these hills should

be removed from

the field.



Another com-

mon disease is

one known as

Curly Dwarf. This

disease results in

a v e r y m u c h

smaller growth

than normally

and the affected

plants are bunchy

and have a large

number of sec.

ondary shoots,

thrown out from:

4the axils of the

leaves. In pull-

ing it will "eh-0’





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the moat stalk. Plants affected (level-r

[ope only small potatoes. none large

enough for market and only a small





‘percentage have sufficient size for





seed purposes, although‘some growers

will, no doubt, use a considerable por-





' tion of them for seed. This disease





transfers in the seed stock, and when

small potatoes are used from a field

in which a good many Curly Dwarf

hills. are present, there are quite cer-

tain to be more such 'hills in the field

the following year.



There are other diSeases which ap-

pear from time to time but which are

not sufficiently common that a descrip-1

tion of them needs to be given in this

article. Anyone tho wishes to be-

come familiar With potato diseases

should write for Special Bulletin No.

85 of Michigan Potato Diseases, by

Dr. G. H. Coons.



Another way to secure good seed,

and one which will produce better rev;

sults than the mere roguing previously

referred to, is to hill-select from the





most vigorous vines and most produc-





tive hills. When a potato grower digs

by hand it is not a difficult matter to

hill select a sufficient number of bush-

els for the next season’s crop. This

may be done by throwing to one side,

when digging the most desirable hilis.

The grower should keep in mind a cer-

tain standard, which will depend upon

the setting and general growth in the

field. If the setting is heavy, hills

from which the seedis saved should

have a large number of tubers uniform

in size and of typical shape. It is bet-

ter not to save seed from hills which

have very many small potatoes in

them. Where a machine is used for

digging the grower can hill-select a

few bushels of seed either by setting

aside a certain number of rows or cer-

tain area and digging them by hand,

saving the best hills; or he can go

into the field a week or so before the





COLLEGE TRAINING FOR BOYS.





 





CHANCE for the farm boy of



eighteen who has a high school

education, or its equivalent, to get at

least‘a part of the freshmen year at

college at government expense is made

available through the government’s

plan to take over the colleges as a

war emergency measure. In addition

he will receive $30 a month, the pay





‘ of a private soldier,. and find excep-





tional opportunities for advancement

to the rank of a commissioned officer.



About three hundred colleges will

be utilized for training the boys in the

eighteemyear-old class. The boys will

be expected to pay their own traveling

expenses and, at the outset, tuition

and, board. About October 1,' while at

school they will be inducted into ser-

vice, but will continue at school until

ordered to duty. After being inducted

into service ”they will receive pay, a

uniform, and'be housed and fed. The

number that will be allowed to take

advantage of this opportunity will de-

pend pn the facilities and capacities of

the colleges.





GOOD HANDLING SAVES EGGS.





 





NOT long ago .four then worked half

, a day grading “current receipts”

of eggs as they were received at a

city market. They candled out $100

worth of rots, spots, and incubated

eggs.’ This loss could so easily have

been prevented if only the producer

and the country merchant had hand~

led the eggs promptly.



The hen lays a. fresh egg; the con-

sumer demands a fresh egg. Eggs are

a highly perishable product, and grad-

ually deteriorate with age. Heat is

their enemy; cold is theirfriend. The





' shorter the time and the more direct





 





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‘best,‘_\and?’save allot the" where from



such bills as shew a? gbod tuber



growth as' well. The "few. bushels



which are saved in this way should be



grown in a seed plot the following-



year, and ’this will furnish the» seed



for themain crop the second year.



The hill selection of potatoes has

been carried on .by a sufficient number

of growers and over a sufi‘iciently wide

area so that the results of such work

are known to a great many people. No

one needs 'to expect to have a perfect

crop because of the fact that the seed

has been hill-selected, but experience

has shown that where this practice

has been properly done that the

growth»of vines from such ‘.seed is

much more uniform them where no at— /

tention is given to hill selection, and

the crop/grOWn from such seed is

more productive than where hill se—_

leCtion is not practiced. Improving the

seed stock‘for the Michigan potato

crop is one way in which the yield, of

Michigan potatoes may be increased at

a comparatively small added cost. The

labor involved is not great, an in this

time of shortage of help this method

of improving the crop is one of the

best, and if practiced by large num—

bers of growers would be one of the

most far-reaching. .



After the seed has been hill-select-

ed, be sure that it is storefi where it

will not be interfered with until it is

wanted next spring. Such potatoes





 





 





.are usually of first-class appearance,





and if/they are allowed to remain

where they can be easily seen they

are quite likely to be used either for

table use, or possibly some buyer will

endeavor to purchase them at an at-

tractive price and the grower will thus

lose the benefits which otherwise

would result from his work of hill se-

lecting. ”Can we not make a drive this

fall to hill—select Michigan seed pota‘

toes for our next year’s crop?





Agricultural News .~





the smaller the opportunity for loss.



The proper handling of eggs is not a

one-man job. Many people are con-

cerned in it. Their interests are-com-

mon, and mutual understanding and

cooperation between them benefit all

alike.



The farmer’s part in the general.

scheme of good marketing is to bring

good eggs to market. To accomplish

this, he should market his eggs fre-

quently, not let them accumulate.



The dealer’s job is to keep the eggs

good. His slogan should ’be “ship

promptly and properly.” The sooner

an egg is put under refrigeration and

started for the market, the better its

quality when it reaches its final des-

tination, and the higher its value.





GRIND LIMESTONE AT HOME.





 





OMMUNITIES situated five miles



or more from the railroad, in

regions where the soil needs lime, and

where a local source of limestone is

available, should consider home grind-

ing. Those communities lying near a.

shipping point can usually ship in

ground limestone as cheaply as they

can grind it. There are large areas in

Michigan, however, which Will never

be limed until the home grinder comes

into use._



The cost of grinding will depend on

the ease of quarrying the stone, the

size of the grinder, and the efficiency

of the crew. In most cases $2.00 a ton]

is about as cheaply as it can be deliv-

ered to the farmer.



Home grinding may be done coop-

eratively, or one man in the commu-

nity may buy the outfit and do custom

grinding. Communities which consid—

er home grinding should take up the ,

matterwith the College‘of Agriculture . p,

and' have samples or the soil‘exapiined _‘
._ AUTIoN shduld =be exercisedln

C . pasturing red. clover after its



' growth “has become checked by

frost. Because many farmers have giv-



. "en their, horses and cattle free range

' of clover fields”after hard frosts in the





vlncethem that it is dangerous to util-'

ize this tempting feed. There are

many prudent farmers, however, who,

knowing the danger of pasturingfrost—

ed clover will not permit horses, cattle

or sheep to graze on it. If they do not

fear injury to the animals they have





shoe that there is no surer means of

injuring a good stand of clover than to

allow stock to graze and trample it

down. Even though the frosted clover

does not quickly injure the animals

that graze on it there is such certainty

of injury to the clover plants that it is

poor economy. to let the stand become

injured in the effort to find nourish-

, _. ment from feed of doubtful value.

' Feed Some Grain.



The extent ofinjury and 'time re-

quired for it to become known is sure

to vary with the condition of the ani-

mals given access to the frosted crop.

The stock may have a regular ration

of roughage and grain at the barn» and

no visible derangement of the stomach

or bowels result, but this proves noth-

ing as to the value of the frosted clov-





 





Frosted Clover Furnishes Poor Graz-

ing for Hogs. - »





er. It merely proves that under cer- ‘





tain conditions it is'not deadly,” and

may be used with impunity. But when

animals have f"no other feed than froz-

en clover we have conditions that will

\ be followed by derangement of diges-

tion, which may be evident from forms





in due course by scours, constipation

'or severe inflammation of the bowels.

Science has been unable to explain

just how frost affects the digestibility

of clover plants. But we do know that

when frost gets in its work, the aroma,

the juices and the gums change and

eventually disappear, leaving, only the

skeleton or woody fiber. There" is a



trapid passing of the plant from its

perfected growth back to earth and at-

mosphere, whence it originally came.

The feeding value of the plant declines

rapidly as these nutritive juices and

gums change or are dissipated.



Mature Plants Best.



The clover plant in full maturity not

only contains the largest per cent of

nutrients, but it contains them in the

form and quantity best suited to the

requirements of the animal’s digestive

system. All departures from this per-

fection of feeding value tends to de-

preciation until it arrives at a point of

decomposition, when it is no longer fit



, for f00d. The freezing of an immature,

‘ ~~ succulént plant throws the‘ juices to

~ . the surface and. asfthey carry off the





 





“7’- "~ ' gums and sugars, they are'soon wash-

; 13" ed off or change into compounds so as

. f ‘ to leave the plant reduced in palatabilk





ity and digestibility. It is poor econ-

oiny to makehorses, cattle and sheep

try to digest plants that carry so little





 

 

 

 

 





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IKE all modern agricultural equipment, electricity



I V on the farm has come to stay. It is a work-



reducing and comfort-giving necessity — an



essential utility that plays an important part in the

war work of the farm.





With ALAMO ELECTRICITY farmers now do

several hours’ extra work daily and do it easier. It

lights the house, barn, out-buildings and yards like

day. It aids men’s work by grinding feed, pumping

water, running milkers, cream separators and many

other light machines.





Woman’s Greatest Helper





The drudgery of woman’s work can be eliminated by

ALAMO ELECTRICITY. It runs her washing machine,

wringer, churn, sewing machine, vacuum sweeper, and other

labor saving devices. It heats her flat iron and makes ironing

a pleasure. An electric fan makes kitchen work comfortable.”

Electric lights relieve strain.





Low- Operating Cost





The ALAMO performs all these tasks at low cost and

requires but little attention. Its sturdy construction assures

lifetime wear. Its many exclusive features make it the

perfected unit. It requires no special foundation— install it in

the most convenient place and it will furnish ample power

and light without vibration or noise. '





A special engine was built for the Alamo—the Ide Super-

Silent Motor. This power marvel has no springs, cams or

rods to get out of adjustment. It clears itself of carbon.

Its fuel-saving carburetor makes it a wonder for economy.





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Send the coupon today for valuable information about

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UNIT. Get these facts whether you intend to buy now or

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General Offices: 1215 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.





 





 





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RMERS and feeders who have been

feeding the well known and popular

Arcady (R K D) Feeds, will be

pleased to know that the Company-

are supplying their trade in their





usual prompt and careful manner in spite of their





recent fire loss.





_ Regardless of modern fire extinguisher protec’

tion, three hours served to send up in smoke one

of the most modern and up—to—date equipped feed





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mills in America.





Poultry Feed plant, we





are glad to announce, remains in full operation

for the immediate shipment of orders.





Plans are already under way for the quick and

immediate rebuilding of the plant on even better





plans than heretofore.





Meanwhile, orders for R K D Dairy, Hog and

Stock Feeds will be shipped from associated plants

with the same painstaking care as before.





May we, therefore, ask you your continued

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average gain of farmers using Viking

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Proved by carefully kept records of

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ARMING operations in Michigan

tallied as a whole, have been fairly

satisfactory this year. There are

however, some crops and a number of

localities that Will come for from

measuring up to their normal produc-

tion. During August the southern-

counties of the state suffered from the

extremely severe drought. The north-

ern districts were not affected, timely

showers even improved the outlook for

crops in many instances over the con-

dition obtaining a monthearlier.

The Corn Cr‘op. ’



Our farmers are harvesting a _fifty

million bushel corn crop this year, if

the estimates of fed-





(lOO bushels last year and a tenqear

avprage of 30,140,000 bushels.

Beans Are Promising. . _

A ”good acreage of beans was plant-

ed last spring, and despite the lack or





moisture in many sections, cur farm- --

ers will harVest a crop nearly 1, 500, 000 . '

bushels greater than the average for.

the past ten years, or 5, 497, 000 bush- .





els, acCording to Uncle Sam’s report-

‘ers. The crop is placed at ovér 2, 000, .





000 bushels above the yield for 1917. 4





In the driestlocalities, the yield. has

been out probably one¥ha1f,.but this is

not general. Over a. large portion of

the big bean-growing counties the





 





eral crop reporters; . .-

are correct. This is l ‘

over twelve million

bushels greater than

the 1917 crop, but is

five million bushels





and bad crops. This 74

is probably. due in

part to the great va-

riety of seed corn





used. Corn from I



hom'e grown seed, '60_ 7‘

while damffged by



dry weather, is very 86





well earedin the ma- ,

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will produce from a ‘2





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has resulted, but the

com is not well eai-

ed and will need a. few weeks without

frost for maturing.



Potatoes Much Short of 1917 Crop



The state’ s potato crop is estimated

to be one mill-ion bushels less than the

ten-year average, and about seven mil-

lion bushels short of last year’s bump-

er crop. The greatest loss has been

in the early potato crop, which was

exceedingly light. Late potatoes will

also be poor in the southern counties

of the state, but there is promise of 21





Condition of Michigan Bean Crop by Counties.





fields are producing a satisfactory

crop. Harvesting began as early as

the middle of 'August and has pro—

gressed under fairly satisfactory

weather conditions. On this page is a

map giving the condition of the crop

in the various counties of the state as

reckoné'd by the federal crop report-

ing board.

Clover Seed Situation, .

The acreage of clover left for seed

this year is unusually large. The con-





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





ing uniform, but

there are a large

number of localities

where good yields

are reported. Pros-

pects are much bet-

t'er than they were

a year ago. Early

threshing returns'in-

dicate some good

yields. In the last

state crop report 7,-

740 bushels had been

reported as hulled,

showing an average

yield of 2. 59 bushels





 





 





 





 





per acre.

A Fair Crop of

‘s'cum Apples.

55 Taking the state

"m ‘ as a whole,‘ there

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northern counties

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Counties.





good yield in the commercial produc-

ing counties of the central and north-

ern parts of the state. The accom-

panying map will give the interested

reader a. general View of the outlook

for this crop in Michigan’for'1918, as

estimated by the United States crop





 





 





How Our 1918 Potato Crop Looks in the Several





 





ties. ‘In the latter

districts considera-

ble dropping result-

ed from the extreme dry and hot

weather during July and August.



A»Bumper Barley Crop.

.Michigan ,establishes a new record

in bafley production this year. The

average production for the past ten





years is 2, 334, 000 bushels, whereas the ~

reporters. They place the present crop estimated yield for the 1,1,9th year is . .

at 2&856 6019 bushels. against 3&9“). .2





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Two Cows Per Acre

Do you know of anyone who is keep-

ing two cows peracre the same as ,

J. D. Detrich, did a few years ago?

Sanilac 00.7 . F. L. M.

So far as I know, no other man has

ever accomplished such‘r’esults in the .

way of intensive dairying as Rev. J.

D. Detrich. Several men in a practical

way have succeeded in keeping a cow

per acre. They were small farmers,

and by intensive methods were able to

support a cow per acre where the

greater part of the grain was purchas-

ed. I don’t think it would be prac-

tical on a large scale to endeavor to

raise onlyroughage to feed cows, be-

cause we are not all as favorably lo-

cated as Rev. Detrich for such work.

He had a market close at hand and

could buy bedding and grow a succes-

sion of crops, many of them two crops

in a season. He did not have to de-

pend upon a rotation of crops for soil

improvement or foriarrang'ing the la-

bor problem t3 do things consecutive-

ly. On a good-sized farm, from eighty

acres up, my judgment would be that

it wouldn’t be practical to do any such

thing. In fact, very few people have

ever succeeded in keeping one cow per

acre. It would be such an intensive

business that few people would be will-

ing to manage it even after it was

worked up. For instance, supposing a





c'oWs on eighty acres of land. The

labor bill would be immense. The

business would be so intensive that

few people'would have the capacity

to do it and few who have the ca-

pacity would care to apply themselves

to details in order to accomplish such

results. Most dairymen make dairy-

ing the leading feature of their farm-

ing and find it more profitable, taking

everything into consideration. For in-

stance: the dairyman must have bed-

ding. Now, by growing wheat or oats

in the rotation ,of the crops, which-

ever crop seems best adapted to the

condition, one has the straw, practical-

ly a by-product, for bedding and if he

grows wheat the wheat can be sold to





purchase concentrated food for the ‘





cows. If he grows oats or barley, this

feed can be fed to the cows. This land

that‘grows this grain could be seeded

to élover and have a regular rotation

of crops which-conserves the labor ele-

ment on the farm and helps to keep

up the soil fertility. Of course, with

eighty cows on eighty acres, there

would be such an amount of stable

manure that the fertility problem

would bother little after one got his

business established.





But again, most people want to use‘

part of their land for pasture. This

cannot be donein real intensive dairy-

ing but it is a great relief to be able

to turn, the cows out to pasture for a

portion of the year and most people

would be willing to sacrifice some on

profits to get rid of the care for a time

of Imaintainin’g cows in proper health

and condition without any pasture at

all, simply stabling them” night and

.day the year around with perhaps lit-

tle exercise yards for a portion of- the

day. That is the way it would have to .

be" done.

ble to carry on dairying on quite an ’

intensive scale as ”intensivelyas Rev.

Detrich, but there are".few’ men who

would carei'ta givedt the ne’Ce‘ssary

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‘ 1] Mr. Carter, of Asheville, N. C., after

_ visiting the dairy sections of Ohio, Illinois and

Wisconsin to buy some superior milk cows,

' "purchased a promising young heifer at





Q} Mr. Carter discovered that], Unicorn .

Dairy Ration was being fed to nearly all record

breaking cows, and adopted it for his feed.





test at 4 years old

omdyke Queen produced

2080 lbs. Milk. She was charged 72 cents

per day for Unicorn Dairy Ration, roughage

and labor, leaving a net profit of $250 per day.





Unicorn Dairy Ration





like good cows, costs more than the inferior

article, but pays a larger profit.





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This Year—Ha die it Right!

YOUR corn has long been-a valuable crop,



but the 191.8 variety is worth more than ever.





You will want to cut it economically and save it all

in s ite of labor shortage. The Deering or McCor-





mic Husker and Shredder is the quickest, easiest,





way to.husk the corn and. it gives you the shredded

stover in fine shape for wmter feeding to boot.



The Deerrng or Me rmick, in sizes from 2 to

10-roll machines, hu'sks the corn at a rate of from

150 to 1,000 bushels per day and shreds the stalks,

leaves and husks, in addition, at a cost no greater than that of

husking alone when the work is done by hand.



Therefore, it will pay you to own one of these machines, or

to go in with some of your neighbors to buy one, even if you

have only 20 acres or corn.



Deering and McCormick huskers and shredders work fast,

shell little corn, and are safe to handle. They are eas to

handle around buildings; all parts are easy to oil. he

goeerilxlig sizes are .2, 4, and 6-roll; the McCormick 4, 6, 8, and



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be ready for the corn harvest. .





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Rosen Rye





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WANTS MORE RYE





from Michi an. Plant every available acre to Rosen

Rye this fa 1. et the pure seed town under in-

spection. We obtained a yield of 45 11. per acre this

vear indicates that our efforts to keep the strain pure

have been successful. Same field in 1915 yielded

35 bu. per acre. Field was prepared each time by dis-

cing corn ground once over and drilling with disc drill

one and a half bu. per acre together with 200 lbs. acid

phosphate about Sept.25th. Our rye has been inspected

and passed by the Mich. Grog Imp. Assn. Prices for

seed recleaned and delivers to either P. M. or G. .

d’ I. . R. 1 to 10 bu. $3.25 10 to 50 bu. $3.00. Over 50

bu. 82.75. Either send sac s or new ones furnished @

66c each. Orders filled same day received.

Maple Grove Farm, Breeders OI Holstein Cattle.

. . O. Swine, Shro shire Sheep. and pedi reed

field seeds. BOSS AN BROS., Lakeview, inch.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Red Rock Seed Wheat ,





$3.00 per bu. new 16 oz. bags 70ceach.

YOUNG-RANDOLPH SEED CO., Ovono. Iicll.





ROSEN RYE a new variety originated by

9 Michi an Experiment Station

has been heavilgzout yielding most all other varieties

of winter rye. .50 :- bu. new 16 oz. be

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CARRYING lDIEAS To use: pF.

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(Continued from first page).

silage. Careful experiments showed

that very efficient rations could be

made up by buying cottonseed and oil

meals, to be mixed with the silage and

fed not to exceed five pounds a day to

cows giving good yields of milk. To

buy a ton of wheat bran at $40 that,

it pure, contains only 240 pounds of

protein, when a ton of cottonseed

meal contains nearly 800 pounds of

protein and costs $50, is to part with

one’s money without reasoning. In

the bran the protein costs about six-

teen and a half cents. In the cotton-

seed less than seven cents. Confining

the cowsto their two and one-fourth

pounds of protein—all they can profit-

ably use, these two concentrates, fed

with silage and clover hay, fill all the

requirements of the ration, and, as

oilmeal counteracts the peculiarities

of cottonseed meal, there was no rea-

son why the owner of this farm

should continue to buy for his cows

the diluted grain feeds when they

were selling for practically the same

prices as the more valuable concen-

trates.



' Besides the fertilizing value of these

feeds must be taken into account.

When a ton of bran is fed there is a

credit as fertilizer due to it of, at

least, $7.00 to be deducted from the

cost price. In the case of a ton of oil-

meal the credit is about $10 and with

cottonseed meal about $12, the latter

being a pretty good rebate on the or-

iginal $50 purchase. Intelligent feed

buying increased the efficiency of this

farm more than $1,400 per year. Did

it pay to consult an expert to get at

this loss and put the feeding opera-

tions on an economical and efficient

basis?



Specialized Farming More Efficient.



A great many farmers have reached

a high plane of efficiency because the

very nature of their farming has made

it necessary. Their products com-

mand a high value and their farming

demands skill, and an efficient use of

labor, fertilizers and machinery. In

many sections of the country where

highly specialized truck and fruit

crops are produced the farm expert

does not find it easy to point out their

shortcomings or suggest sweeping im-

provements. Cost keeping is one of

his trump cards, but instead of finding

a lot of careless workers he will prob-

ably discover much that is new to

himself. '



Summing up the whole question of

employing farm experts we find that

no farmer can employ an expert and

depend upon his advice to run his bus-

iness. The expert may take hold of

the farm and by very simple means ac-

complish wonders, but unless the own-

er has executive ability, a knowledge

of human nature, a knack of keeping

things moving, and similar qualities

along with the scientific management

of the farm, no expert in captivity can

help him put his farming on a perma-

nently, profitable basis. Much of this

efficiency we hear so much about con‘

sists of a lot of old-fashioned common

sense, coupled with the ability to know

a good thing when one sees it. If the

farm expert’s record is good, and his

ability indicates that he can help to

increase the efiiciency of your farm-

ing, then perhaps, if you are willing to

follow his advice, he can do you some

good.





 





, If it is natural for the cow to give

milk right up to the time for dropping

her calf, it will mean a detriment to

her if she is checked in the milk flow.

'If her natural course is to go dry, it

will mean a deranged system if she is

forced to produce milk.





. The Detroit Mortgage Corporation;

located in the Real, Estate Exchange

Building, Detroit, Mich., have been ap-

pointed lower Michigan representa-

tives of the Federal Land Bank of St.

Paul, Minnesota,- to make farm mort-

gage loans. Their farm mortgage de-





 





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HERE arose a need of a winter



activity for ‘ the Potato and



Gardening Clubs, whose work

terminated in the fall of the year,

leaving no project for the long winter

months. Consequently, the Handicraft

Club was introduced last fall into thir-

teen of the rural schools of the upper

peninsula. As this section of Country

is a great lumber-producing area, this

project was welcomed with a great

deal of enthusiasm on the part of the

club members. However, some of the

leaders and other interested persons





‘were likely to regard this project' in a





discouraging light, thinking it requir-

ed a great deal of equipment, as well

as skilled leadership, both of which

are often difficult to obtain. But the

following experiences will offer ample

explanation for the objections that

commonly arise. These Handicraft

Clubs,o of course, are conducted on the

same principles as all other Boys’ and

Girls’ Club work; that is, a certain

number of articles were to be complet-

ed’ in a certain length of time, a re-

port kept and a story written.



In Foster City, the local leader could

not read English. Nevertheless, he

was competent with tools, and as the

boys read the directions, he instructed

them.



The club at Birch had no leader at

all, he having been called by the draft

after the first few lessons had been

given, whereupon the oldest boy in the

club, with the assistance of the teach-

er, took the leadership. He is shown

in one of the accompanying pictures

standing beside the work bench which

he constructed, having used a bought-

en bench for a model.





The Vulcan Club boys made their

tables and drawing boards and cam-

pletely- outfitted a room fer mechani-

cal drawing. ‘



At another school, Grand Marais,

there were forty childrén under one

local leader and he managed to-bring





thirty-six of them through with their,





five necessary exercises. This was

done by what he called the “squad

system (if Organization” and was ar-

ranged by having the boys divided in-

to the groups 'of eight. The oldest

member of each squad was the leader,

who was trained by the teacher, who

in this case was loCal leader. They in

turn took their squads to the handi-

craft workroom where instruction and

practice followed.



The only school which did not have

a set of tools furnished them by the

school board was Quinnesec. In.this

case each boy brought as many tools

as possible from home, and in this

way managed to get a complete set.

This cooperation, one with another,

seemed to work out well, as they were

“champion team” of the state. They

are seen in the picture, each boy hold-

ing the cultivator made by himself.



One of the photographs show a Big

Bay member and the articles he com-

pleted, even with the serious handi-

cap of possessing only one arm.



The Diorite school did not have an

extra room in which the club could

work, so a vise was attached to the

end of the science table and the chil-

dren worked mornings, noons and

nights after school, many of them fin-

ishing their articles at home. .



In every school, the local leadership

wastaken up by the teacher or jani-





By R. N. KEELER





 





tor of the school, or some carpenter.

The following figures will serve to

illustrate what was accomplished dur-

ing their club season.



One hundred and sixty-nine enrolled,

one hundred and fifty completed, sev-

enty-four per cent of these took up

gardening or potato growing this

spring. ’



They made six hundred and eighty

articles, some of which were:



Thirty-eight milk stools, 108 broom-

holders, 54 bird houses, 34 cultivators,

60 cribbage boards for our soldiers in

France, 23 book racks. There were

other articles made, such as grain

sack holders, wagon jacks, Ford jacks,

sleeve boards, drawing desks, library

tables, rabbit traps, skees, trap nests.

sleds, etc.



The attitude the boys take toward

this work is well expressed by the fol-

lowing story written by a member of

the Perkins’ Club, Arnold Trudell.



My Story.



“As an interested member of the

Boys’ Carpenter Club, I am anxious to

have someone else interested. If any-

one should ask me why I joined the

club and why I was so interested, I

would simply answer, ‘I am going to

be a real carpenter some day; at least

a handy man.’



“What is handier than a broom-

holder, fly trap, iceless refrigerator,

plant stand, and all these other aticles

we have made. I know not a woman

wants to be without them, but still

when she has to buy them, she has to

pay three times what we would sell

ours for. And I dare say ours are as

nice as any you can buy.



“Not any of the articles we made





are difficult after you know how to

make them. The only trouble I'had“

was after I was almost finished with

my milk stool. I tried to test it by

falling on it, and when I landed on

the floor, I realized I hadn’t made my

stool quite solid enough as I had split

the seat. But I started all over, and

now I dare the heaviest man to test it.



“We can make use 'of every single

thing we hammer on~my mother can

—and I know any boy’s mother would

greet a boy coming home with a.

broomholder or a plant stand. '



“The next things we make are go-

ing to be book-cases and chests. We

are all hoping that our present princi-

pal is back‘with us. We work only

out of school and sometimes we for—

get to go home to supper. But I

would rather go without supper than

give any hard part up as a bad job.



“Our motto is, ‘Stick to it.’ We

have the finest place to work in. Itis

well lighted, large and full of cheer.

You never see a boy in there with a.

frown or saddened face, always a

broad smile or one of those ‘Edison

looks’ when he bumps up against a.

hard job.



“If any boy wants to be a man, let

him join the Carpenters’ Club and be-

gin hammering.”



One of the first steps necessary in

the Handicraft Club is to teach the

members the care of tools. One boy’s

ability along this line is given in the

following instructions which he wrote:



The Care and Use of Tools.



“Tools, as well as other farm imple-

ments should be carefully taken care

of. It is not a good policy to buy



(Continued on page 262).





WORLD EVENTS IN PICTURES





 





 





Some of the great number of cannon AmeriCan soldiers on transport approaching a French port are in good Spir~

its as they crowd to the rail to get their first look at the country of





captured by General Mangin’s army

in the Marne battle in July.





 





Nam of khaki clad soldiers landing on French soil is our answ

We thedefiant Huns who said “it couldn't be done.” ,





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their chivalrous ally, France.





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launching of the first boat at the

Hog Island shipyards.





 





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I decided to try a little strategy on

him. I took out my notebook with a

very serious mien and asked for his

name and address. That helped. Of

a sudden he grew very cordial and ev-

en invited me to come into the house

for lunch. Being very hungry I ac~

'ceptedvthat invitation. After lunch I

repaired my motor and then got the

old fellow to hold down the tail of the

bus while I started the engine. I had

told him to let go of the tail when I

metioned, and to take the sticks from

under the wheels when I waved at him

. with my hand.





Everything progressed finely until

_the farmer went to take the sticks

from under the wheels. He managed

to get one of them away, and he was

Just starting for the other side when

the machine started to turn, pushing

the.other stick out ofthe way. As

the machine began to move the old

man began to run.



Since I was in the wind I opened the

throttle and started after the farmer,

‘who was then going at a rate of at

least twenty miles an hour and was

gaining speed with every second. Just

as I got up off the ground I took an-

other look at the old fellow and found

that he had caught his foot on some-

thing or other. He turned a somer-

sault and then measured the remainder

of his field to the fence by rolling all

over himself. I turned back over the

field and flew in a circle to see if he

was hurt, but by the time I got over

him he was on his feet again, shaking

' both fists at me. I made another flight

over the field, wondering what made

that man so mad, and then I noticed

that something else was occupying the

old farmer. The noise of the motor

and the size of the huge bird had

stampeded the cows again. Since I

did not want to torment the old man



‘ any more than was necessary I made

off for good, though I should have lik-

ed to hear what he had to say of me

after that. There is no doubt that he



‘ wished I would break my neck or do

\somet'hing similar, but I finished my

trip without further mishap.



A few days later I was to take an-

other machine to the coast for-de1iv-

ery. Three other machines were in

the group. We left about eleven o’clock



. in the morning, and we were near our



destination when I saw a flock of Huns

coming inland from the sea.



My machine had a gun, but I had no

ammunition. We were near the aero-

drome to which we were to take the

machines and dove down to it with all

possible-speed to get ammunition. The

other men had also seen the Huns and

were coming after me with all possible

speed. We had just landed in the aero-

drome and were taxiing our machines

to the shed, when a Hun bomb struck

in a nearby field and exploded with a

tremendous crash.



I had gone to see the commanding

ofi‘lcer to get ammunition when an or-

der came over the telephone that no

machine destined for the troops in

"France should go up. That order had

hardly been received when another



~, crash came, and this time we took to

our heels across the aerodrome. We



» were near the other side of the field

when a third bomb crashed to the



«ground and exploded near us; so we



'm"@ek like mad. The Huns aloft



' to have it in for us, and our



running about merely showed them



.1 their bombs were having some



ffpet. Then somebody shouted:





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caustic remarks, ”and we had hardly

obeyed it when more bombs dropped

around us. - ~



By the time that the necessary am-

munition had been issued to us and





we were ready to take up the chase of"

bombs had-been dropped fertile pur-





the Huns they were well on their way

home. This raiding party was net'er

caught by th. patrols, in England

though those in France spotted them

and gave-battle, bringing down two of





’.





that a goOd many people had been kill-

ed in Folkestone, and that consider-

able damage. had b‘een done by the

raiders. The result of our experience

was the issuance of an order that in

future all machines flying in England

or being ferried to France were to

carry ammunition. Most of the boys

were praying for a chance to get even

with the Huns. It was the first time

that Hun flying machines had made a

raid upon England and did any damage

‘in that section.





 





CHAPTER XX.

Meeting the King.

OT so very long after that some

N of us got the chance we were

looking for. Early one morning

the alarm came that the German air

raiders were coming. Those of us who





I b’lue' streaks made‘by‘the explosive lini-

riots which“? the nuns used. -' .

I decided that 1 maid have to can...

. again and try to take him unaware.





"me that pursuit was useless.





I manoeuvred upward andgot a new

position, but? before I once more came

within fairly good range of the Hun





machine the men in it drOpped all:

their bombs into the marshes along the“





coast. , /

It was necessary to act quickly if

this machine was not to get away. The





pose of making the aeroplane lighter





andenable it- to rise more easily. The





bombs had hardly exploded beneath us

when the Hun machine: started upward

in .a Spiral. When 'I thought the ma-

chine was in proper position for me I

dived under it and took it under fire

from below. I had not spent many

rounds of ammunition when I noticed

the rear gunner in the Hun machine

roll to one side; then he disappeared

in the cockpit. At the same time the

machine began' to fall. But just then

my gun jammed and before I succeed-

ed in getting it to work again the Hun

had managed to get such a start over

I was

given credit for helping to bring down

one Hun by the commanding officer of

the squadron, as someone else had

fought him at a lower level.



But I had fared much better than a

good many others. One poor little

chap who had taken to the air in a

“SOpwith pup” had gotten under the

tail of one of the Hun machines. The

man in the German machine got in his





 





In Battle Formation.





had machines that were ready went up

immediately, and others went up in

machines that were not ready, the re-

sult of which was three rather serious

accidents in which three men were

badly smashed up.



But a few of us got up and cruised

about at an elevation of sixteen thou-

sand feet. In our hurry many of us

had not taken the time to put on our

heavy flying clothing, and these men

came near freezing to death in that

high altitude. We had cruised around

for nearly an hour and a quarter when

I saw one of our machines make a

straight line for the sea. I followed,

and before long I was able to count

twenty-two Hun machinescoming to-

wards us. I recognized them as the

big bombers used by the Germans.



The Huns were a little to one side

of us, so that ‘I and the other man who

had flown towards the sea'were on

their flank. The man in the other bus

was old Ham, as I learned presently.

He had a faster machine than I had

and was endeavorihg to get above the

Hun formation. After a whilehe sue?





\ceeded, and then he dived through the





Hun machines and separated them. At-

ter that the Hans proceeded in groups

of four and five





porpose of Cooperating with Ham.

Then I picked out/another, and went

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drone...

seven thousand feet and everything .





mflwl had err--

ertaken one of these groups for the





and; tor roll





burst first and our poor chap got his in

the head and started to spin earth~

ward; I watched him until he was out

of sight in the mist. Afterwards I

learned that he .had been killed.



But the Huns got their punishment

before they left Allied territory, for

the naval gang patrolling the coast of

France mixed in with them on their re—

turn home and brought three of them

down. , .



The jamming of my gun had obliged

me to quit the fight early. I made for

the nearest aerodromet in the hope of

getting another chance at the Huns be-

fore they escaped, but the all clear sig-

nal came before I got off the ground.

As the boys came, in we heard very

interesting accounts of the fight, but





1 Ham was the only man who could be





sure of his Hun. His observer, anoth-

er man who was later





about twenty hits to my seven.

On the day following the big- raid I





was sent to the coast with a machine,





and returned early that afternoon. An-

other plane had to be taken to an aero-

I had. gotten to the level of





wwgolng along smoothly at a speed





. understand; after the first shock. was

ovfie'r was that the meter was. no longer j



running My feet had been forced oh? '- ‘

the rudder control. I ggoped, ground - ‘





 





killed, . was _

slightly wounded. Ham’s airplane had ’





to and the stick but could not find It





for a few seconds until I had gotten. .





some of the oil out of my eyes. An





examination of the various controls ; '1





showed, that the _.machine was totally

unmanageable.





seemed ’all mired, up." The machine

passed from one loop into another,

skidded sideways, then sailed on} its

tail, for a second, righted itself again,

and kept plunging-earthward luster

with every second; ‘To my own eur-

‘prise ‘my presence of mind did not de-

sert me.



(Continued on page 259).





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To show the kaiser where “he gets

off,” J . B. Lottie, a student at the Uni-

versity of California, who started for

Berlin, sent the following lines back

from an Atlantic port:





“We are coming, Kaiser William,

Ten hundred thousand strong;

Our boys are going over

To show you where you're wrong.

The laws of God and nations

You set aside andscoff;

We’ll show you, Kaiser William,

The place where you get off.





“We are coming, Kaiser William,

We warn you to beware;

Our soldier boys are eager

To meet you over there.

‘So, for the cyclone cellar

You’d better make a dive;

There’s something coming to you

As soon as they arrive.





“We are coming, Kaiser William,

To right a grievous wrong;



We are coming with the spirit

That moves the world along.



To wipe out German kultur



‘ Our boys will cross the sea,



And in its place establish

A world democracy.





“One million strong we’re coming

To end this bloody war,



And if it’s necessary

We’ll send a million more.



We are coming, Kaiser William,

To run you out of France,



80 paste this in your helmet:

You haven’t got a chance.”





SAFETY FIRST.





 





A certain (F. W.) a representative

of an agricultural paper took his fam-

ily to the State Fair, and as they were

spending t e day there, they, brought

along a we l-filled lunch basket. The

crowd became very dense, and feeling

that they would become separated, the

had of the family said: “Give me

that lunch basket, wifey; don’t you

see that we are sure to. lose each other

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that he hadn' t spoken to his wife in

five years, and the judge took a hand





from the bench in examining the wit. ‘





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said severely to the defendant, “for





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years. "’ "





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around on its own axis while describ-

ing the regular spirals or spins. ‘



I Wondered how Soon it Would be

over. . . ' 0



Another moment or two and then

the crash would come. .



I have never been much of a pray-

ing man, but then and there I said my

little “Now I lay me down to sleep.”



It was the only thing that came to



my mind.

' Then the thought oCcurred to me

that I ought to make another effort to

right that machine, but in an instant I

had discovered that it was useless.





Through my mind flashed every ex-

perience I had had, and I remembered

how the boys had‘asked me what flow-

ers I wanted for- my funeral. I was

just wondering what difference it could

make to a man what flowers he might

get, when all of a sudden the machine

righted itself and began to sail upon

an even keel. >



That fact restored me to normal. It

flashed over my mind that I had just

made a gloriOus nose dive, and I once

more sought the control. But the stick

would not move. As we say in the

service, "it had taken the bone in its

teeth,” and that being the case there

was nothing I could do to keep the ma-

chine righted. I was heading for the

ground at the rate of about one hun-

dred and twenty miles an hour, and,

strange to say, had now given up all

thought that I would be killed bythe

fall. I pictured the surgeons pulling

struts out of my back and connecting

rods from my knees. The thought fill-

ed me with a very peculiar fury. I

would not go to another hospital if I

could prevent it. No, not if I had to

break every control in the machine!



The machine was now diving toward

some trees Standing by a roadside. I

'feared that I would hit the .first of

them, but the machine just cleared

them. Just as it “zoomed” over the

top of the tree the displacement of air

from the plane waved the tree-top, so

close did it pass. I was not far from

the ground now and still going at ter~

rific speed. I would give those levers

another try, I thought. I tugged away

at them with all my might but not a

one of them responded. The machine

hit .ithe. ground and a hedge just as'I

was straining every muscle at the con-

trols. The first contact threw me out

of the cockpit. After describing three





somersaults I landed on the ground,‘





striking on my shoulders and neck. My

escape had been truly miraculous, so

much so that I began to feel myself all

over in an effort to find the bones

which I thought were surely broken. I

felt no pain, and so with that I finally

concluded that I was still whole. I lit~

a cigarette and then walked over to

view the wreck of the machine.



I saw that it could be written off the

lists. I found that a defective tappet

rod had caused the trouble, flitting the

cowl around the engine, which revolv-

ed at the rate of thirteen hundred rev-





olutions a minute, and that in some ,





manner, which will never be explained,

the propeller got tangled up with the

machine gun and that the force of this

contact strained every partof the ma-

chine to such an extent that it became

unmanageable, allowing the engine to

fall back on my,knees and push my

feet off the rudder control.



Some people came tearing down the

road in a motor car. One of them was

a doctor, who insisted that I Should

come over to his house tor an exami-

nation. I had convinced -myself'that I;





was still in working order, but I want:





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up as directed they will keep their

crispness and color.



General Directions.

Gather when in the best condition

and pack while they are crisp and

tender. Cover top with grape leaves,

or horseradish.

Weight with a clean stone resting

on an inverted plate. Do not allow

molds to form, and keep vegetables

covered with brine.

When all bubbling has ceased about

a week after packing, cover the sur-

face of the brine with cottonseed oil or

melted paraffin. Store in a cool place

and examine once or twice a week for

a month.



For the brine allow one and two-

thirds cups of salt to one gallon of

water. This is a ten per cent salt

solution. ’ -



For a salt-and-vinegar solution al-

low three-fourths of a cup of vinegar

to one gallon of above, solution.



Green Tomatoes.



Salted green tomatoes may be made

into tomato stew, stuffed tomatoes,

breaded tomatoes and salad, or con-

verted into mincemeat and chutney.





Did you ever have an accident or a

sickness which kept you in bed for

days? Do you remember how you ach-

ed just from lying in bed? Perhaps



mother or grandmother tucked pillows

around yod’ and you can recall how

those pillows eased you. If you can

you know just how the wounded sol-

diers must need pillows—hundreds of

them, all shapes and sizes. There’s

the “splint” pillow and the knee or

elbow pad with the little hole in the

center like a doughnut, and the ordi-





size—but the easiest pillow for girls

and boys to make is the “snippings”





‘: pillow. Even the small folks wholove





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to out can help make these. Use the

scraps from the handkerchiefs and

other articles you have made and the

old cloth too worn fon other use. Only

white or very light rags will do and

all the seams and tucks must be rip-

ped or cut off or the pillow will not be

soft. Now sit down with a sharp

shears, a newspaper on your lap, and a

sack—a flour sack will do+beside you.

Cut or snip the cloth into little pieces

of one square inch or less, just as





of carpet rags. These little clippings

don’t need to be. the sameshape or

size but they must be small.

put them intothe sack you will notice





they are—almost like feathers.

A “ shipping” party is lots of fun.

The boys might snip against the girls.





 





 





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though you were cuttingthe ends off .





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At Home 1 one Elsewhere





Choose well-developed green, t‘omatoes

and pack in salt solution. Green to-.

matoes packed in salt- and-vinegar so-

lution are good for salads and relishes.



When taken ,from the brine the

green tomatoes will be slightly discol-

ored but 'firm and of good quality.

Soak in cold water for two hours be-

fore using. 4

Ripe Tomatoes.



Select medium-sized ripe tomatoes

free from cracks or bruises and pack

in brine Solution. Follow directions

and your tomatoes will be firm and of

good color when removed from either

the brine or the salt-and-vinegar so‘

lution.



Ripe tomatoes preserved in the salt

solution generally require soaking for

two hours before being used. After

this soaking the skins slip off easily,

and the tomatoes can be used as





though fresh. For soups or scalloped -





or casserole dishes, soaking for one

hour is usually sufficient, for the ex-

cess salt seasons other ingredients.



Ripe tomatoes preserved in the salt-

and-vinegar solutioin require soaking

for only about thirty minutes. When

used in combination with fresh vegec

tables they need not be soaked at all.

The skins slip off easily, and the flesh

is firm. The color and the flavor of

the tomatoes are practically no differ-

ent from those of fresh tomatoes.



Stuffed Green Tomatoes.



Soak salted green tomatoes for two

hours. Remove a thin slice from the

top of each, take out the seeds, and





And don’t let dust get into the bag.

Colored material must net be used be-





 





 





HIS gown is of black satin with

the new panel effect in back and

front. Tiny self-covered buttons out-

line the panelrwhieh is finished across





the hem with heavy silk fringe; 9. fav- 111,9

Who do you suppose can snip the fast- ored trimming this season. ‘ The skirt eminent and get “mp? largo

est? Be careful about the sharp shears. is draped in soft fans at the sides of sugar weather





 





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1111 the cavity with a mixture of boiled

rice, Well seasoned with onion and~

paprika. [Place the tomatoes in a bak-

ing dish, and. add. suflicient stack to

almost cover them. ‘Cover the dish,

and bake it slowly until the tomatoes

are tender, about one hour.



Ripe Tomato Salad.



Use tomatoes that have been pre-

served in salt- and-vinegar solution.

Soak them for thirty minutes. Peel

them, and remove the stem ends and.

the seeds. Fill the cavities 'with minc-





ed green pepper that has been pre-





served in salt-and-vinegar solution and

rinsed but not soaked, and with celery

moistened with salad dressing. Place

a spoonful of the dressing on top, and

serve the tomatoes on lettuce or flnely

sliced cabbage.’

Mock Mlncemeat.



3 pounds salted green tomatoes



2 pounds apples



1 cup chopped suet



2 cups molasses



1 cup corn syrup



1 pound raisins



1 cup vinegar



”1 teaspoon cloves



2 tablespoons cinnamon



1 teaspoon allspice



1 teaspoon nutmeg.



Soak the tomatoes for two hours,

and chop them fin‘e. Chop the apples.

Add the other ingredients, and cook

the mixture until it is thick. This

mincemeat will keep for some time in

a covered jar. -——U. 8. Food Administra-

tion Bulletin. ‘





Pillows for Soldiers





cause comred lint might get into a

wound and poison it. White cotton "or

percale will makes. good tick for a

clippings ‘pillow, but regular ticking

muSt be used for feather pillows or the

feathers will come through. The ship-

pings pillows ‘must have an outside

case just like the feather pillows.

White cotton or percale will be good

for the, pillow cases. You can make

them in sewing class. Afteryou have

stuffed the ticks—not too, full or they’ll

be hard—sew them up with strong

thread and be careful to fasten all the

threads so the work will not rip. 'One

of the greatest troubles with much of

the Red Cross sewing is the ripped,

.places where the thread was not well

fastened at the beginning and the end

of a seam. Think of how ripping acci-

dents wilLbother over there where ev-

erybody is so busy—H. Henderson.





STRETCHING THAT SUGAR AL-

LOWANCE. .-





How have you solved your sugar

problem?



A great, many families have not

solved it. They haVe simply said,



“It can’t be done. We eat more than

half a pound a. person right on the ta-

ble every week, so how is a body to do.

any baking or cooking if they eat up

more than their allowance right on the

table?” . :7 _



Where sugar cards are not in force .

these earnest soulsvspend?‘ more gray ,

tter studying Way to ob ‘mth‘e. gov ‘





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arr bdwlvfor table ’use.‘ The rest is put

his jarfbr baking‘ at the end of the

week, if enough. is left. ,When the

‘sugar bowls are empty those who want

But if

they do, they getvnone of .the cake. Or

cookies which are baked from the sup-

ply of other members of the family—

the penalty'of indulgence.



Usually the half cup lasts thewhole'

Week. Thechildren have found out

that cereal tastes really better with a

half-spoonful of sugar than they did

with one and a half or two spoonsful.

Mother takes her cereal with no sugar

so as to have a spoonful ’and a. half in

her coffee, and father takes black cof-

fee and uses the sugar 0n} the cereal.

Fruit isconsumed “au natural” intead

of having all taste buried in sugar and

drowned in rivulets of cream.



Also fudge making is 'a lost art.



. It is not .a bit like last year, and

still less like the year before last. But

everyone is in good health and the





sugar regulation is observed. Best of*





all, to mother, she isn’t spending near-

‘ly so much time in the kitchen with a

hot oven going these days.





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replaceépart‘of the starch usually con-e

sinned: » ‘ / ‘ 5»



Apples_TWith Baroda-«(With crisp ba-‘

con serve apples, piping hot and burst-

ing with juice, baked .without sugar.

Or cut the apples from the core with-‘

out peeling, place in a deep pan with





a very .light sprinkling of sugar and .





half a cup of water. Cover and steam

until tender'; ‘ remove cover, sprinkle

top with brown sugar or brush with

syrup and brown in hot oven. Serve

from dish sizzling hot.‘ .



Peaches or Pears with Roast or

Steak.—-Ripe_peaches or pears steamed

until justtender through make an ap-

petizing sauce for meats. _ Peel but do

not cut. Cook in a saucepan, tightly

covered, with just enough water to

prevent burning. Allow one tablespoon

of sugar to a dozen peaches or pears.

Steam until tender and serve hot. Be

careful not .to overcook. '



Plums with Chickens—Blue plums

are especially good with chicken. Add

a very little sugar and little or no wa'

ter. Heat slowly to prevent burning

and cook until plums are broken.

Serve hot. Peaches or apples quarter-

ed and cooked clear in a syrup of wa-

ter, sugar and a bit or lemon make a

delicious accompaniment for chicken.

Serve rice with this combination.





 





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Wednesday, September 11. \

‘ Storms and a stiffening of the de-

fiense are slowing up the Allied ad-

vance asthey approach the old' Him

denburg line. The French, however,

have improved their position about

the St. Gobain forest, which 'protects

the southern end of the above line,

while the British have worked their



, way to within three miles of St. Quen-

tin—Announcement is made that reg-

istrants eighteen years old and men

thirty-seven years and over will not

be called on the next draft—Secretary

McAdoo calls on congress to reduce

the proposed tax on Liberty Bonds.~——

Twenty-nine Russian chiefs are re-

ported slain by the Bolsheviki author-

ities—Strike "of..1,000 employes ties up

Canadian-Express Company. “ . .



Thursday, September 12.

‘ British troops on the north and the

French troops to the south are in a

hard race’for the prize of St. Quentin.

Both/armies are ’making consistent ad-

vances. which movements are outflank-

ing both St. Quentin and St. Gobain.—

It is unofficially reported that the Ex—

Czarina of Russia and her four daugh-

ters have been slain by the Bolsheviki.

In round numbers 13,000,000 men in

the United States, of whom 500,000 are

in Michigan, register under the new

man-power act for government service.

Friday, September 13.



- . American troops under General Per-

shing capture eight thousand prison-

ers and smash to‘ within ten miles of

the German fortreSs of Metz in their

drive to reduce the St. Mihiel salient

east of Verdun. This fight widens ov-

er a front of fifty miles with our troops

advancing to within a mile of the Ger-

man .border.~Emperors of Germany





and Austria are in conference to presD shelling the lines. of communication





pare a new peace move, according. to

dispatches through the Scandanavian

”countries—President Wilson signs the

law creating dry zones about ship-

yards, munitions factories-r and other

war industries. ‘

Saturday, September 14. .

Americans succeed in blotting out

the St. Mihiel salient, capturing so for

13,300. prisoners. The front. line of

our troops is now facing the enemy’s





,_ border line,‘ in. spite of the order to

French,





his ps to “hold or die.”



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Sunday, September 15.



In their drive toward Metz the Am-

erican troops have already captured

seventy French towns and villages,

210 square miles of territory, taken

20,000 captives, including 5,000 Aus-

tro-Hungarians, and found great stores

of war materials. French strike a new

blow south of the St. Gobain forest,

moving forward from two to three

miles on a front twelve miles long.

Two thousand prisoners are taken.

British also advance between Cambrai

and St. Quentin.~_—The production of

coal in the United States for the year

will be 17,000,000 tons short, accord

ing to Washington estimates—Proofs

removing all doubts that Lenine and

Trotzy, the Bolsheviki leaders, are

paid German agents, are now in the

hands of the authorities at Washing-

ton. They showthese men were paid

$25,000,000 to betray Russia into the

hands of Germany. ~





Monday, September 16.





Belgium receives “a. direct offer of

peace from the Kaiser, while Great

Britain gets a note from Austria pro-

posing terms of peace. American guns

are now bombarding the German fort-

ress of Metz. Pershi’ng’s men move

forward, on a thirteen-mile battle line.

French capture 3,500 men in continued

drive along the Aisne river.—~Bol-

sheviki leaders leave Mo, because

of growing unrest in Bus , capital.





Tuesday, ’September 17.

'American troops are consolidating

their lines along the Moselle river

north of Pont-a-Mousson near the Lor-

raine border‘ facing Metz. ' British and

"American {bombing machines are





toward Metz, The British make small

game east of Ypres. French have ad-

vanced nearly a mile in the vicinity of

Laon. French cooperate with Serbs in

opening an offensive in Macedonia

against Bulgarians, with some success.

In Russia many Bolsheviki, leaders

have been executed, and Lenine, re-

COvering from wounds inflicted by a

would-be assassin” advises his asso-

ciates; to form a. defensive and offen-

sive alliance with Germany. The

Czecho-Slovaks are steadily gaining in

numbers» and, strength. Poles endeav-





orlto“ raise‘an army cf*”1,00,000 to as"

sist Serbia—President; WIISOn rejects

ce. proposal. for afipeace,





Austriafs _ pea . ,

Pa ley, submitted ”through. the [Sivedish

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HAVE been a member or the Girls’

Garment-making Club for three



. years. My mother and a neighbor

lady have been the leaders each year.





Our club was organized on June 6,

1917, with sixteen girls responding, but

only ten finished. We decided to make

the corset cover, dress, (or sport suit)

and shirt waist.





First came the corset cover for

which I crocheted a yoke. I cut the

corset cover out and sewed it up. I

next hemmed the yoke on, which was

the hardest part, made the buttonhole

for shir string and the garment was

finished.



The second garment was the dress.

First I cut out, basted it up and pre-

pared for the stitching. I had gotten

both cuffs all on when I found that I

had one of them on upside down. Of

cdurse, that meant that I had to take

it all off and fix it. I felt very much

discouraged when I found that I had

to take it off, but I did, and afterwards

was glad, because I did it better the

last time than the first.



When I came to make the skirt I

found that I did not have cloth enough

and the storekeeper that I had bought

the first cloth of had gone out of bus-

iness. I had planned to have a plaited

skirt but as it was I had to have a

gored skirt. In order to have stripes

match I sewed the gores on by hand.





My last garment was a white waist.

First I cut it out and sewed it up. I

was planning to crochet the lace for

it, but it was getting so near the time

for me to have it done, that I decided

to buy the trimming. I had every-

thing done except the lace on the fif-

teenth of September, so I thought I

would try once more and make it, so I

took it to school every day and worked

noon and recesses, set up until ten

o’clock at night and by the next Satur-





day I had it all crocheted and sew-

ed on. . _ :11” . é

We had very good times at omvclub

meetings.

pers. The last time our mothers were

invited. Mr. Turner, the county lead-

er of the Boys’ and Girls? Club Work,

came to some of our meetings and the

last pot-luck supper. The twenty-sec-

ond of September all Of our garments

went to the local fair where I received

two first prizes and one secOnd. At

the county fair I received tWo first and

one third. .. -

The object of the giris’. club Work

is to teach them to do things for them-

selves. All girls like pretty clothes,

and if they learn. to make them them-





selves, they can just get [what they-





want, and at lees expense; as ready-

made are very expensive. "Before I

began the club work I had no idea

how to sew, not even how, to hold or

use a thimble, but now I understand

sewing. I also understand the correct

way to use the sewing machine, do

hand-work, and cut and baste.





I feel that I owe a great deal to our

leaders for the interest and patience

they have taken in teaching us to

sew, also Mr. Turner for his help. .



Since I have had three years of

sewing I think next year, if conven-

ient will take up the canning project.



Written by Miss Gladys A. West-

cott,.Jerome, Mich., R. .F. D. 1, Hills-

dale County Champion, 1917, and third

place in State Contest.



I I have never done very much of it



—-at least not any more than I

could help—but I began to realize that

some day I would have to do my oWn

sewing or hire it done, which is‘not a





very satisfactory way of doing.» SO,

with the idea in mind that perhaps I





HAVE always dislikeds’ewing and





Twice we had picnic sup?





might learn by doing. and might also

enjoy setting better, Ltdok tip the pro-

iect of garment makifigi'





project was, I believe it is every girl’s



duty to learn to do, at least her own

sewing. The majority of girls are

sometime going to be wives and moth-

ers and it is their duty to fit them-

selves for this work in the best possi-

ble Way, and so 'I decided that a. pretty





good way to learn was to take up sewr





ing as a. project.





" The first thing I decided to make





wasan underwaist, and as I was not

experienced in sewing, I did not know

how much Work it would require. I

sewed on lace and. insertion until “I

could sew o'ver'and over with my eyes

shut, and the worst part-of it was, I

got one part’ wrong so that I had to

rip it off twice.

things were the buttonholes and the

first ones I made looked like oblong

holes; but at last‘ the garment was

done and it looked quite presentable,

and I had learned many things which

will never be quite as difficult as they

were the first time. '



The next garment I made was a

nightgown and there was not as much

work on this as on the underwaist so





I made it in a short time, and the good.

thing about it was, there were no but-r





tonholes to be made. I had some trou-





ble in stitching straight and one of the'





hardest things to do was to baste ev-

erything before it was stitched; but

our club leader. said that was the aonly

way to learn, and I believe it is, al-

though it sometimes seems like a big

waste of time.



I decided to make a shirt waist for

the third garment and so I began mak-

ing tatting for it. I found this to be a

very slow ’job, and I was so long mak-.

ing it that I thought I would not have





 





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We have had seine jolly goodtimes

this summer at wour meetings besides





our traihing in sewing At some of





the' meetings We had programs, which





was another Way. in which We got good

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I believe next year I could make an f





improvement i111 my garments :by mak-





ing a better looking inside to them. I '

used to think that it did not matter.

how the inside looked but I noticed .

that the judges looked at that first,





and I have also found that home-made

garments are made much better than

ready-made ones and that they are





also not as expensive, and so I think





a good\way to be economical in these

times, when we must conserve every-

thing is by making your on gar-

ments.



Written by Meriel Payne, Live- Wire

Canning Club, Hillsdale, Michigan.





 





CLUB NOTES.





 





,. BY 11.0. LINDEMANN. .

All clubs should hold their annual

exhibits as soon as possible. This





phase of the Work should follow the.





close of the ‘ season’s .work'without

loss of time. All exhibits” should be

conducted before Christmas. 'Reor-

ganization should begin in January.





Over thirty Boys’ and Girls’ Club-

Demonstration Teams competed at the _

The champion-





State Fair at Detroit.

ships Will be announced later. , .

In the State LiVe. Stock Judging

Contest the team from Clinton County

won first honors in the senior, class





and the team from Kent county Won





first place in the junior class.





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cheap tools for they will soon get worn

out. It is best to buy a good set of

tools, if you buy at all. The tools

should be well oiled so they will not

get rusty. They should be rubbed

with pulverized pumice stone, which

is sold at all drug stores, for rubbing

down to a fine finish. All tools that

have an edge should be kept well

sharpened. It will be found that much





time is wasted by using dull tools, and.





lost time is never found again.



“Care should be taken that the

edges of planes, bits, Chisels, etc., are

not dulled by using them on boards

that have metal or dirt on the surface.

All nails should be taken out and all

dirt should be brushed away. A plane

should never be used after sand paper

has been rubbed on the board, because

there are some particles of sand left

on the board and it will make the

plane dull. If the tools are dull, they

can be rubbed on an oil stone or else

on a grindstone. Saws must also be

kept sharp.”



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Wintcr Activities for Garden-

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enough importance to offer twelve tool

chests for the best- clubs in the state,

no two clubs in one county to receive

a chest. The» caliber of the work in

the upper peninsula was of such a na-





ture that five of the tWelve chests





were awarded to Alger, Delta, Dicken-

son. Luce and Marquette counties re-





. spectively. ,

Competition developed throughout





the Handicraft Clubs of the entire pe-

ninsula when itvwas announced that

the State Fair wouldpay the railroad

expenses for the two'best demonstrat-

ing teams, including local leaders, to

attend the fair. The object of the trip

was for them to demonstrate the mak-





ing of a Michigan Garden Boy Culti- ’





vator, several lower Michigan teams

competing there with Quinnesec and

McMillan teams of the upper penin-





, sula for state honors. , ,

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say in a later issue about their Detroit:





trip and their experiences at the State

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N developing flocks of farm poultry

I the bred-to-lay factor is deserving

of muCh emphasis. Several sys-

tems for selecting laying hens have

been tried with varying success but

there is no method of accurately de-

termining which hens are the best

Breeders

who have been making trap—nest rec-

ords for a long period of years have

been able to produce hens which pes-

sess a marked ability to lay eggs and

transmit the power .to their progeny.

Some breeders claim that the high

normal layers are the best breeders

and this seems sensible. The two-

hundred-egg hen may frequently be a

better breeder than the phenomenal

layer which produces nearly three

.hundred eggs. It is the flock averages

that count. Stock from a strain with

eight or ten generations of two-hun-

dred-egg hens is more reliable than

stock from tWo generations of hens

which will lay two hundred and fifty

eggs per year. The two-hundred-egg

stock bred'over the longer period is





-more apt to have the characteristic





fixed to. stay.



In selecting bred- to- -lay stock the

time that the eggs ,are produced has

some influence on their market value.





Five birds ofma prominent strain made .w





a record of one hundred and thirty-

four eggs during January in a Mis-

souri. laying contest. At a January

dozen these

eggs would have been worth $5.58, or

about $1.12 per hen for the month. In

May another pen produced one hun-

dred and thirty-three eggs, but at that

time eggs were selling for about twen-

ty-five cents per dozen. Their eggs

would only bring $2.77, or about fifty-

six cents per hen for the month. Un-

doubtedly this ability to lay winter

eggs can be developed in some strains

of fowls to such an extent that they

can be made much more profitable

than the ordinary type of farm hen.

The breeders Who develop these high-





By R. G. KIRBY .



‘ Well Bred Flock:

Uniform Products.

for Farmem to I nerewe 111.5 Value of

t/zezr Product: T wenty {we Per Cent

W zt/zout flda’zng‘ to the Cost of Pro—

duetzon T nroug/z a Better Syrtem ey’

Breeding.





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quality winter layers seem to depend

very largely upon the trap-nest to pro-

duce high records. Of course, they

also emphasize vigor which is of

prime importance in developing a flock

of birds with the vitality to lay win-

ter eggs.

Keep the Hens Busy.



Busy hens lay because exercise is

fundamental to health and the bird

that is not in ahealthy, vigorous con-

dition is not prepared to produce eggs.

Keeping the hens busy in thehwinter

also keeps the poultryman on the

jump. Plenty of clean litter must be

supplied fer seiatching. Dust baths

must be prepared and filled with clean

galden loam so thatvthe hens will

have a chance to fight pests and sun

themselves while dusting in the earth.



_It pays to have something for the

hens to peck at during winter months.

Clover can be wrapped in a small cyl-

inder of poultry wire and suspended

from the wall of the house. The birds

will 'enjoy pecking at the leaves and

blossoms and will obtain much health-

ful food by that means. Mangels plac-

ed on nails will supply green food and

help to keep the birds buSy.





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Watch'the flocks occasionally at





night and note the hens that are al-

ays willing to stop work and. go to

bed early. They are often the hens

that are peor producers and also the

ones that ,are the slowest to come

from the roost in the morning and

start scratching. The busy hen seems

to have a good disposition; she is apt

to be the bird that sings while she

hunts for feed in the litter. The lazy

hen which spends much of her time

humped up in the corner is usually a

poor layer. She may show some signs

of life at feeding time but she is more

apt to watch for the grain the other

hens scratch out rather than do her

own hunting. The busy hen is apt to

lay and pay, and during the winter

one of the poultryman’s biggest jobs

is to keep the hens busy.





Fall Ailments of Poultry





By E. C. F OREMflN

Poultry Specialist, M. A. C.





I am finding as many as five of my

chickens dumping around at night and

some of them just tip over and die.

They seem wet finder the wings with-

out a mark on them.



Eaton Co. M.'0. A.





From the description of your "trouble

namely, “wet" under the wings and

general weakness, especially among

the pullets, I do not hes1tate to say

that your stock is suffering with fall





. colds, or simple catarrh. At thissea-

son of the year especially, the young,





chickens ‘are subject to colds and ev—

ery precaution/1 should be taken to

guard against an outbreak of such.





The treatment isone of prevention





rather than cure, although it is, not a

particularly difficult problem to elim-





inate and eradicate the trouble, espe-

. eially if the stock is hardy and vigor-





1111s Weak chickens, and especially

pullets, are more susceptible, when





not commenced to roost. Cool nights





induce huddling and the weaker ones





should be provided, free from drafts.



2. Disinfect house with a five pe1

cent solution of formalin or some good

coal tar product





3. Wash heads of the affected birds

with a two per cent solutqon of potas-

sium permanganate and also put

enough in the drinking water to give

it a deep claret wine color. (Potas-

sium permanganate can be secured

from any druggist. An ounce or two

will probably be sufficient): For drink-

ing‘ purposes use about what can be

placed 011 a five-cent piece to a gallon

of water. Remove’ all other sources of

water supply.





4. Feed plenty of good wholesome

grainsand a mash, (wet) of bran mid-





dlings, corn meal and meat scraps, us-

ing about a teaspoonful 7of mustard 1)..





to each. twelve chicks. The mustard





_ the stock 13 immature and havejhas a stimulating effect, and also acts





as an appetizer.



By fellowing the above directions,

paying special attention to housing}?-

thus removing the cause, ”a speedy re-

coyery can be, looked Iorward to.,_





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Bred- to- lay S. 0 White Le horn and Barred Rocks

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your wants. Sunnybrook Poultry Farms. Hilbdolalin. .

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8. C. Black Minorcas; R. CRhodo Island Beds: 8. C

and R. C. Whi hito Loghorns, Brown and Buff Lo home.

We have a limited number of particularly his class

utility Barred Rock andB Black Minorcn cockerels:

2 yearling S. C. Black Minorca Cook Birds.

Turke a. (loose, Ducks— White Holland Turkeys.

111‘ng t rifty high] bred pure white birds. Bourbo

Turkeys: Gray olouso Goose; White Pekin Ducks.

Please write for description and prices.





Bloomingdale Farms. Bloomingdale, Mich. ‘





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red combo 61:103ng :12; gagiczleggg-brifii‘ fldhgfififi,“ “SILVER Golden and White Wyandottes,¢ood breed

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INTEROLmAKEfiFARM. B0139 Lawrence. Mich.





R086 Combtm Br. Leghorn lopggfrels 81.00 each.





in America».

White Pokln Ducks 39m (X) each.

Mrs. CLAUDIA BE‘l‘T Hillsdale. Mich.





 





 





 





C Br. Leghorn Coo kerels bred from Madi-

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of ~ the Southern “Michigan Shortliorn' Breeders" Association i



' ' Will Be Held at ‘ ' N I ,

The Hillsdale Fair Grounds { § .l - ”



Tuesday, Oct. 1, 1918, at 1 o’clock.





51 -- High- Class Shorthorns -- 51

41 -- Cows and Heifers -- 41

IO -- Extra fine Bulls -- IO





The cows are with calves by their side or nearly all safe in calf to pure Scotch bulls.

are as fine a lot of cows as ever Offered for sale in Michigan.





Hillsdale is on the New York Central R. R. with direct connections from all points.





Auctioneers: Andy Adams and O. A. Hoopingarner.





For Catalogue and particulars write





JOHN S. SOUTHWORTH, Allen, Mich.





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DISPERSl-BN SALE





OF





Registered Holsteins





At Jackson, Mich.





Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1918





Sixty young, healthy fEmales in dairy

working condition, bred to a thirty- eight

pound grandson of Pontiac Lass.



The herd bull, King Korndyke Oris-

kany Pontiac, will also be sold. He IS sired

by a son of Pontiac Lass, the 44 1b. cow,

out of a 31 lb. dam, whose milk tested 5. 52,

and who has three A. R. 0. daughters.



My son is in France and my health

will not permit me to continue.



One of the oldest and best herds in

Michigan.



No old cows, all healthy and tubercu-

lin tested.



Many A. R. 0. records.





BOARDMAN FARMS,

John W. Boardman, Prop. '





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





   

   

   





combination never before offered inaolb breeding Eight two yr. old heifers. Just ready to





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DISPERSAL SALE- *1

of THOMAS B. BUELL & SON. "





Consignments from the herds of Sidney Smith. Williamfl‘sse. John Gintling. Ray Parham

FIFTY-FIVE HEAD ' '



Herd Bull. Two year old grandson of King of the Pontiecs and Pontiac Augie Korndyke. I

freshen. sired by a. $3000 son of King of the Pontiacs.



A 24 lb. cow that made 96 lbs. milk her best day and 17. 000 lbs. in year Two of her daughters.



A daughter of 9. 261b cow.



A 22 lb. daughter of Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke. ’



Three granddaughters of Pontiac Aaggie Korndyk



All the animals in this sale are from the best blood of the breed. ontisc Korndyke. King a

of the Pontiacs. Hengerveld De K01 and King aegis. They are when 31111.th contagious .





abortion and tuberculosis for 60 days. ,

Col. B. V. Kelley, Auctioneer, S. T. Wood, Erector of Sale.





Union City is reached v is. Air Line of Mich. Central and by iitney from Battle Greek or 'ColdWster.





Sale At the Farm, Oct. 1, 1918 12 M.

Oct. 24,1918 Oct. 24,1918





5th ANNUAL SALE





At How'ell Sales Pavilion '





85 Head of Registered Holstems 85 . I 3: f





 





Mostly Milch Cows Consigned by Six-

teen Livginston County Breeders. .





Howell Sales Co., of Livingston County

JAY 13.,roouzr. Soc. . — - '. 9.1110... 0.1;. 5111.





 





   

 

 

 

 

   





. IN reply to several complaints regarding Express

7 Companies refusing to accept for shipment , _,

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a ,"the ruling dhes netapply to breeding stock If your '5

agent refwses to abcept your amma 19 fans pment ,.

,notify as W name of station where ‘
., -. , came.





ildwo- - Farms

Bradshaw Strains or '

Aberdeen Angus Cattle

andlluroe Jersey‘flogs





Several young bull calves on hand. three of whfch

are of serviceable age. out of Black Monarch III.

three times Grand Champion. Michigan State

Fair. Also several AI Broodhs‘o'ws. Will be glad

to correspond- with you by letter regarding

stock. Write . .





SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.

Wildvvood Farms, ’ Orion, Michigan

W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor.





WOOD COTE ANGUS

TROJAN-ERICAB a nascxsmns (snaggicbswrs)





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THEGUERNSEY





shade for Economical production. More

profit from'ovorg ad of food. Do you

' want cows that wi 1 improve your Deirg'i





Write for free literature.

Gucmees Came Club. .

- Box I 'Peierboro. Mi.





Registered Guernse s





A line two year old commencing to sprln wll cost

yorMust $200 don‘t wait 0 t is one Xhe is 1'! ht.

J. . WILLIAMS. — - - No. dams.M_oh.





 





GUERNSEYS recurrences





Glenwood breeding also bulls. all stock or A. B. breed.

i herd tu boron] in tested

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45 Registered head all tb. tested. Nora's

Ma in . son of Law. May Bose Kin

headlonr herd. of h s half sisters sold averaging



each. file bnll calves are ked ahead at reasonable

prices. Avcndale Stock Farm. Mich.





For Sale ves May Rose bree 11:.”

JOHN EBELB. ‘ 3.2. Holler: . Mich.





G U E R N S E Y Siddf‘gitih‘é

Containin blood of world champions.

HICKS‘GUBIIN BMFARM. Saginaw. W. s. Mich





FOR SAL Guernse Females of all





ages. C also breedi .

8t. AUSTELL FARMS. R. 3. J lch.





aokscn.



’ and . accepted in payment of finely bred reg-

‘ no" istered Holstein bull calves. %ailty

of the best and at prices within reach of all. rite.

one. D. c'LsnKE. - - - Vassar. Mich.





' I Always Have Holsteins

To Sell





If wanting Registered cattle write me your wants

0 before placing your order elsewhere.





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio





~ ' Holsteins in Sale

Extra Fine [Breeding





5 Grand“ Daughters of King of the Pon-

tiacs. 9- Grand'Dau ters of Spring

Farm King Pontiac . All above are

from 7 to 14 menths old. The best3





year son of King of the Pontiacs also

or sale:





GEO. S. BIGELOW,





Breedsville, Michigan





HOMESTEAD FARMS





A Federation 'of Interests

Holstein: From a herd of 50 Holstelns headed by the

Bull ling Zerma Aloartra ontiac eon‘of. King Seg—

g Alcarta. the 850.000 B . we alter a num-

ber o! bred com and heifers. younger heifers and cal—





and young bulls. .

M particularly high class young bull now ready





on



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iiryfiii'ivfm Holsteins of any class, will ‘2‘,- p19“.

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giegdfiiiiciiam Hiatus, lioomisgrlsh. ”M.





Wayne.

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you need a herd sire remember that we

have one of the‘best 'herdsin Michigan. kept un-

der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

oveeros. old regularly tubercuun tested. We

have also quality. :and production ,reccrds bach-

odhytheb'eststrains o breeding. . y ‘ ‘

a, .A I . Write us col-wants. ‘ _

manner. Md’,’ , _ Hon-II. Mich.





 

 





 

 

   

 

 

 





 





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Q, ‘, 'Registcred’lj-lolsteiri‘s





.Sire in Service -

Flint Maplecrest Boy





Who logo for real reduction his site Ma lecrest

Korady. as is on of the best bred ong dis-

tance builds eworldt eor m are brother

orslster tosix‘cows with records above lmOlbs. of

butter ‘in one year and ten more above 1. lbs i

yam. Flint Migrlecrest Boys' Dam is Gluok



.67 lbs. of bu er in 7 day. 121 lbs. in 30 day‘s.

fat test 5.27. Isithere a reason why Flint

Boy is not one of Michigan: greatest young sires.

None of his females are for sale until after we lest

t em.But we be e 10 of his bull calves from No 9 months

0 d. with A. R. . dams which we now one: for sale

at prices any dairy farmer can aiiord to pay. Just tell

us he kind of a bull you want. .





«JOHN H. WlNN, Inc. ,

Lock Box 249. Roacommon, Mich.





 





The Pontiac Herd





“Where the Champions come from”





erBull Calves sired by sons of Pontiac Korndyke

engerveld DeKol.Pontlac Dutchlsnd.or Admiral

Walker Platonic.

Do you want a Pontiac in your herd?





Pontiac State Hospitalp Pontiac. Mich.





“Top-Notch”

HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are

backed up by many generations of

large producers. Buy one of these

bulls, and give your herd a “push”.

Full descriptions, prices,etc. on request.





McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.





$50 Libertleond gets 1 mo. old dson of Ma lecrest

Korn. eng.dsms are grand aughtersof ontiao

Maid 30.21 lb. Heifers same alga broedin terms.

Herd free tuber. M. L. Mc aulin. Re ford. Mich.





The Traverse Herd





This is the chance K0“ have been lookin for. We

will sell a few good . R. O. cows. One w th 2"! 18 in

7 and 110.$ in hodaye. Three others above 24 lbs. Come

and see them or write for descriptions and prices but

hurry for they will go quickly. Also a few bull cal-

ves for sale. the kind you will be proud to own. Pedi-

rees and Eices on afglloation. State age desired.



RAVE SE Cl STATE HOSPITAL



Traverse City, Michigan.





Want Yearly Records?





Our new sire has four sisters whose semi-official

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

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

is a daughter of Friend Hengerveld De Kol Butter

Boy. tour of whose daughters have records over 1000

pounds and s e is also a grandda hter of Pontiac

Aaggie Korn yke. with six dang ters above

pounds efhutter in one year.





Peaceland Stock Farm, 'Ttm Rivers. Ilch.





C. L. Brody. Outer Port Huron.Mlch.

Ch rles Peters. Herdsman . and





 





 





 





 





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

well grown in good condition. His seven nearest

aw 23.361bs. milk 533 lbs. Dams



.B. Reader. Howell. Mich.





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dams average butter 7d

record 18 lbs at 2 56 yrs.





DO YOU WANT





A Holstein Bull calf ready for ser-

vice with exceptional breeding? Write

HILLCREST FARM,





Kalamazoo, Mich.





FOR SALE hangeiicifi





Will freshen within afew days. price to cell.

A. C. FROST - . - ~ Lennon. Mich.





 





 





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HOLSTEIN S





hold all records for a moh—



a month and a year.



The Holetein-Friesian Asso-



ciation of Anaerica, Box 184,

Brettleboro, Vt.





For longest rnilkihg and largest yield

Pure





Bred





 





Ten Jersey Heifers .

Due to freshen this fall. Either grade or registered.

Fred I... Bodlmer, Reese. Mich.

A Registered Jersey Bulls ready for,





For sale service £75.00 each.

NOTTEIS FARM. - - Grace Lake. Mich.





For Sale Reglslered Jerse ' Callie

of both sex. Smi a Parker. [1.4. owell. Mich

THE Wildwood Jersey Farm oll'ers fox-sale choice



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

of Majesty's Wonder byMajesty's Oxford Fox.





He

tuberi-uline tested. When looking for a sire to head or

herd. get a Majesty. Alvin Baldwin. Capao. Bligh





 





Hillside Farm Jerseys. offer 3 year-lip bulls..backed

1w tested dams. and sired by a douh e grandson of

RoynanJesty first prize Jr junior champion at Mich.

State Fai r.good indi vldunls. 0.6: O.Denke.Ypsilsntl. Mich





 





endnle Interested Owl No. 111311 heads my hard.

bnll calves from this air-oat hire and out of R. of M.

dams for sale. (.1. B. 'EHNER. Allegan. Mich.

illle Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Several heifers br

Lie freshen next fall. Also a few heifer and bull egg

ves of choice breeding. Colon C. Li llie. CoopersvilleJlllch.





 





 





a le Lane R. of M. Jersey Herd. I For sale one

cal eonf-y'eati.tr’~-olrl oow(i alsotbtililll louver-molar! fhfilfes

vssre aransono e as to 00

Farm. IiinN FOX. 11.3 8Allegan. Mich.





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Be stered Jerse Bull.three years old.

522.5% ailment; B”; 8's Bu“

08.am.u r. esegt. ea ‘ k "

Streamlsnd. P one. Ganges 7-IR. RJ. eghi‘i‘llg. Mulch:





rurrrrnrns"?





8 Extra nice yearling heifers. 3 extra nice heifer cal-



ves old enough to wean.4 extra nice bulls fromSto 12mm



old not related to heifers. Prince Donald. Farmer



and Perfection Fairfax breeding. If interested



come and see them.



ALLEN BROS., Paw Paw. Mich.

Polled and Horned blood lines





Herefords embrace Fairfax. Polled Per-





fection and Prime Lad 9th breedin . Priocs rose nable.





COLE GARDNER. udson. Mich.





 





 





ELL snun’runnrs





For Beef and Milk.





Registered bu‘lls. cows and heifers-Good Scotch and

Scotch-Topped for sale. In prime condition. Modern





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

depot. hour from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile meets

all trains. Write





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,





Box B. Tecumseh. Mich.





Richland Farm





Shorthorns





Sires in‘ Service: Fair Acres Goods and IMP.

Lome-Michigans Grand Chhmpion Bull. Attend

the Slim-thorn Sale at Lansing Oct. 9th. We in-

vite on to inspect the cows and heifers we have

liste in this sale.



C. H. PRESCOTT & SON,



Horde at Prescott. Mich. Office at ’l‘awas City. Mich.





Francnsco Farm Shorthorns

We maintain one of Michigan's good herds of Scotch

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

erly handled and price reasonab e. Crime and see; we





like to show them.

P. P. PO Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





 





 





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Duroc Jerseys 3" ”2?." ”m" “”5333;





 





 





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





wine at State and

Fairs. Pl order early.

I; J. DR DT. R. 1. Monroe, Mich.

' ri i eith so .

Chester Whites, 33.. itm'id‘mw 55.. 3'.





tries not akin from strictly

reasonable palces. F. W.





Crandell’s Big Type O. l. C’s ‘





Champion herd everywhere shown in 1917. Herd



headed by five champion boars. Our sows won



Senior. Junior and Grand Champion prizes at



Illinois. Missouri. Ohio and Michigan 1917.



Special prices on all spring pigs. Get our cats.

roe.





log it is



Crandell's Prize Hogs, Cass City. Mich.



LAST fall gilts all sold. have a good lot of last spring

pigs from 8 sires good growth stock. Farm ’4; mile





w t fde t.Cii.l e sPh ne 2

091951613. EHULZZE',’ 0 Nashville.Mlch.





big ty mature stock

Alexan er. Vassar. Mich?





 





BRED GILTS and





SERVICEABLE BOARS

J. CARL JEWETT, Mason, Mich ,





O. I. C.’s





CLOVER LEAF





0. i. C. & Chester While Swine





Strlctl Bi Ty o with QUALITY. Have a few spring

pigs eiihergsex‘ior sale. 'l‘hev arc of the right stamp.





o D

fi’fi‘v’v‘i‘i‘i‘ii’é





tobeshiped C. . .

li.l.

O. I. C.





STOCK FARM.

F. C. BURGESS.





33%.

L. S. P. C.

H. 0





farrow.





 





a few choice Apr. and May its

ither sex and 4 reg. Holstein hei ere.

TOOK FA Monroe. Mich.





Mariette. Mich.





pigs for sale. I ship

and guarantee to please.

' Mason. Mich.





all sold out. except the largest

gilt raised last year. bred for June

. SWABTZ, Shoolcraft. Mich.





lg t pe P. 0. Big boned fellows frOn Iowas greater-t

he s.special prices on swin boars and choice bred

gilts. E. J. MATHE SO . Burr Oak. Mich.





Raise Chester Whites





Like This





the original big producers

/ 'l/ v, ,

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HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

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

in every community where am not already rep-





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my great. hczg

reuntedb one fine early developers—ready for market at an;

months ol Write fc. my plan— ‘ ore Money from m





e. s. annulus, 3,11 D. 10. Portland. Michigan





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





B3 Type Poland ’Chinas. Spring pigs for ’sale.

calthy and growthy. From arge litters. Prices

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





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



for July and August farrow. Come and see them.



W. J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta. Mich.

Sprin





Big Type P' C‘ shire





A.A. WOOD dc SON.





POLAND CHINA PIGS





Bl litter kind. Brother Farmer

0 AS. STORMS dz SON.





gliloars for sale.alsoHamp- '

am lambs.

~ - Saline. Mich.





for sale. The

1000 lb. and

nit raising rants.

enterville. Mich.





 





The Kerri to. Sherihern Breeders Association

are oilering some choice animals at reasonable

rices. Write our wants.



.H. LEONAR . Sec. Caledonia. Mich.





 





my herd of Dairy Shorthorn





FOR SALE Cows for sale 0M”)-





J. B. BUMMEL. arson. Mich.





SHORTHORNS





Cows. heifersdayoung bulls for sale at farmers prices;

herd catalog mailed ee. Horrieton Farms. HurtJllch.





Sliorihom Callie ol both Sex lor Sale





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Large Type P. C.





Bred gilts and boa rs all sold nothing to offer at present.

W. E. LIVINGSTON. Perms. Mich.



arge type P. 0. fall gilts up to 365 lbs. ready to shi

bred for Auk and Sept. furrow. Fall sale Nov. .

Wm. J. CLAR E. R. '1. ason. Mich.





FOR 25 YEARS





This establishment has been head quarters ior Big Type

Poland Chiuus. We have a nice lot of boars :indsowe

of strictly big type breedl Let





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





n. isltl’ell Berkshire gilts and sows for fall farmw-

J in 3 boats and Ewing pfis. either sex.

C ASE STOC FARM. . 1. arlette. Mich.

Registered Pigs of both

sex. line ibuality.

- -_' lymouth. Mich.





 





Berkshires-





FAIRMAN FARM, ‘





 





Both sexe large





 





OLSTEINS of

records hl‘yh as

E. A. HARD . -





uality. Bull calves no... dams with

$1 Also collie pandas.

ich.





lbs. in '1 days.





Rochester.





 

   

   

 





 





, Ready for Service

Sired‘ b butter bred bulls ‘and



out of igh testing dams.

The Producing King!

Eli" “mixilfi’e.“ii£‘3‘°ie¥i "

, b guts .(Durocs) s d boars.” ,

‘~ Brookwater arm. .

. Hubert WMumford.%or.

If.





 

   

 

 

 





J Inlet Henderson.

Mich





   

 

 





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BULLS-





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rolific 8 rain.

anc ester. Mich.





Big lirovihy viverlishire Pi s.





H. Every.





 





nrocs. Choice spring pigs out of selected sows and



sired by our best herd boars. The are of the bi

type.strong boned.smoo and of exce lent quality and

include some of the most popular bloodlines such as

Orion Cherry King.’1‘op Col.Defender.Brookwater etc.

Prices reasonable. The Jennings Farms. Bailey. Mich,





DU R0 C 0A R 8

Big lo , tall. growthy boa . The kind that will add

s‘iuan growth to yO‘ur'he . Biggest March furrow-





ed 1 in countr Wei h 200 lbs. not fat. ,



NMON usurihsn'fi St. Johns. Mich.

' 0300 Jersey ring boars for sale. Good breeding

Dand larfigflbone. rices and descri ptions on reifiiest.

J. D.OBA t, SON. - -. Plainwell. lch.





nurse l‘emy

, cri‘ption.





DUROC‘S





spring boars sired by Orion Cherry

King Cal. Write for prices and dean

W. C. TAYLOR. Milan. Mich.





April a d Maypi' ofboth

sexes wig-ed by a genomic:





b ha 1-. For rices etc..'wrlte

marsalsn sorta, . Allendale. Mich.





ounce .y-cfnstvs





‘n. 1). wheeler. . wan-ins. mos.





' .1





[g at very low price.

me know what you want. ell phone.

w. w, KNAPP. no...“ Michigan. 1N0. C. BUTLER. - - - Portland. Mich.

Seven Scotch and Scotch To Spotted Poland-

Shorthom for sale. Price reasonable. ppod bu". OLD FASH‘ONED China Hogs Spring

W. B. McQUI‘LLAN. R. 7. Howell. Mich. Gilts and Fall Gllts bred or unbred. reasonable.

J. M. WILLIAMS. - - - N0. Adams. Mich

Bulls read for

Shorthorn estbreedlnyg. w?fig?§:§gge$gg=g Big ”S? 11)]. C. Bparoiig yearlibng. Lei-$9 andfflneeyery . a

A. A. PATTULLO, R, , ' way a year mg pr. oars. r! e or prices- j

4 Deckemue' Mmh- Satisfaction guaranteed. R.W.Mills. Saute. Mich. '

'— - P. c. Boers al ages the kind that make

HOGS sling. fiood. meet me a the fairs. ’

E. . E0 ARD. - - - -





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 





St. Louis. Mich.





 





HORSES





Horses Will Be





Horses Soon





We have on hand at all times a choice selection

of young Percheron Stallions. Also have a few

good work horses that we are oflering to ex—

change for young stallions.





. PALMER BROS,

R. R. Orleans, Belding, Mich.





Perchggnr, llslsieins. Angus, “martini. Dunes





 





 





 





 





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Btallions and at f

Percheron Tc... .TTTTTT’T‘LT $33...3°“°“'°'°





r. L. KING: s so . - Charlotte. Mich.





For Sa‘e gggéztgrgggmlfiacr‘o'ns. Shorthorn cat:

.1. u. mans s SONS. n. i. illiamston. Mich.-





2 m're‘ in B1 1; r 6‘

For Sale. ,9“, “031.3 ”flies. com na 2 and a;

o. savanna, n.1, Mann“. may

Percheron: for 3"" Ml” “"08 years old. ,Mare.





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SECOND EDITION.



The markets in this edition Were re.

vised and corrected on Thursday after-

noon, September 19.





WHEAT.





Wheat was quiet on the Detroit mar-

ket, and easy. There is no improve-

ment in milling demand, and shipping

is attended with much difficulty. The

price a year ago was $2.19 for No. 2

red. Local prices are unchanged from

last week.





 





No. 2 red ............... $2.19



No. 2 White 2.17



No. 2 mixed . . . ..... . . 2.17

CORN.





The demand for corn seems to be

lacking in the Detroit market, and the

result is a drop of 5c, and an easy fin-

ish. There was cold weather and some

frost, in the northwest, but aside from

this the market offered little encour-

agement to buyers. While news of

ample receipts, plenty of cons1gn-

ments were noticed, indicating a con-

tinuation of the supply and an exten-

sion ,of embargoes that have been

hindering the movement gave the

bears sufficient reasons for action. The

war news also had a weakening effect,

as it seemed to indicate an early

end of fighting. No. 3 corn sold one

'year ago at $2.13 per bushel. Present

quotations are:





No. 3 corn .............. $1.60



No. 3 yellow ............ 1.65



No. 4 yellow ............ 1.60



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



No.6 yellow 1.45



No. 3 white............. 1.85

OATS.





Active government buying and also

foreign demand has prevented a de-

cline in cats. The demand is fair

from millers and shippers and the

market shows’a gain of one to ten

cents over last week. Standard oats

sold on the Detroit market one year

ago at 621/2c per bushel. The present

prices are as follows:





Standard ................. 73 1;§

N0. 3 white .............. 73

No. 4 white ...... 72





RYE.





Rye seems to be in no demand and

the market shows a falling off of 2c

from last week. The quotations on

the Detroit market for No. 2 rye is

$1.63 per bushel.





BARLEY.





Barley is moving very slowly and

prices are unchanged from last week,

the present sales by sample are made

at $1.98@2.10 per cwt.





BEANS.





There is not much change in the

bean market. Trading in beans re-

mains ina'ctive and easy, with not

much change in price from last week,

with the quotation at Detroit at' $9

per cwt. for immediate and prompt





shipment.

FEEDS.





Feed prices are unchanged from last

week. 'The prices quoted in 100—lb.

sacks to jobbers are: Bran $34.66;

middlings $36.66; coarse corn meal

$67; cracked corn $68; chop $48@55.





SEEDS.





The seed market is quiet and firm,

with prices showing an upward trend.

The Detroit market quotations as as

follows: Prime red clover, spot and

October $22; alsike $17.50; timothy at





$5.50.

POTATOES.





Firmness continues to prevail in the

potato market. Supplies in general

are moderate and the demand is good.

At Detroit Early Ohios are bringing

$4.75 per 150-1b. sack. At Pittsburgh

jobbers are paying $3.15@3.30 per cwt.

for Cobblers, sacked. At Indianapolis

Early Ohios are now bringing $2l80 in

sacks. The demand is good and mar-

ket has an upward tendency. The Cin-

cinnati market is paying $2.75 for the

same variety ungraded. . The early;po«

tato crop was light. Late potatoes





[have suffered severely‘from lack bf . , . . .. . A . .. ,

‘moisture in the southern and central record-9f $17.50.,butcow8, “Ghana's

‘ counties, but are generally 0



’ _most of the northern counties.





89%} in





. sun-1m. :





market is”





 





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[Bulls were steady-5m at:





high price and his





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firsts are quoted at 54%@55c; extra

creamery 551,5. .In Chicago the feel-

ing continuesflrm and prices irregu-

larly higher than last week, With the

creameries ranging from 48%@57c. In

New York creamery butter is quoted

at 53@58c. '





The cheese market remainslfirm and

the offerings are light. Prices" at. De-

troit are: Michigan flats 2835c; New

York 290; brick 34c; longhorns 31c;

Wisconsin daisies 291/20; limburg‘er





 





 





Live Stock Market Service».





 





 





Reports for Thursday,gSeptember 19th.





CHICAGO.





Cattle.





Receipts 16,000. Market steady.



Good to prime choice steers $16.25

@1950; common and medium butch-

ers $10@16.25; heifers $7.65@13.75;

cows $7.60@13.25; bologna bulls $7.75

@13; canners and cutters $6.65@7.65;

stockers and feeders, good $11@14;

stockers and feeders, medium $8@11.



Hogs.



Receipts 20,000. Market slow, and

mostly 20@250 lower.



Tops $20.55; heavy $20@20.40; mix-

ed and light $20.25@20.50; packers’

hogs $19.35@19.65; medium and heavy

$19.50@19.85; light bacon hogs $20.25

@2065; pigs, good to choice $18.50@

19.25; roughs $18.50@19.25.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 23,000. Lambs strong to

higher. Sheep firm.



Choice to prime lambs $17.65@18.50;

medium and good lambs $16@17.65;

culls $10@13.50; medium, good and

choice feeders $16@17; choice year—

lings $13.75@14.25; medium and good

yearlings $13.25@13.75; wethers, me-

dium and good $12.25@13.25.





BUFFALO.





The cattle market is steady with

Wednesday. Hogs are 250 .lower,

pigs bringing $20.25; others $20.75.

Lambs are quoted at $18.50;

bring $19.50.





calves P





DETROIT

' Cattle.

Receipts 3,261. Market strong.

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

Best handy wt bu strs. . . 11.00@12.00

Mixed steers and heifers 9.00@10.00

Handy light butchers . . . 8.00@ 8.50

Light butchers ....... . . . 715061) 8.00

Best cows .............. 900@10.00

Butcher cows . . . . . . . . 8.00@ 8.50

Cutters ..... . . . . . . . 6.7

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

Best heavy bulls . . . . . 9.00@10;00

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . 8:50@ 9.00

Stock bulls 7.50@ 8.00

Feeders ............. . . 9.00@10.00

Stockers ............ . . . . 8.00@ 8.50

Milkers and springers. . . . $65@ 135

Veal Calves.



_ Receipts 804. Market 500 lower.

Best ..... . .............. $18.75@19.00

Others .. ..... 7.50@16.00





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 3,064. Market strong.

Best lambs . . . . . ........ $17.25@17.50

Fair lambs ....... ' ...... 1600601650

Light to common lambs. . 13.00@15.00

Fair to good sheep ...... ' 10.50@11.00

Culls and common . . . . . . 5.00@ 7.50

Hogs.



Receipts 6,076. 'Market.250 lower. A

igs ............ 19.7

19.70@21.40





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Mixed grades .





Reports for Wednesday, September 18th '





BUFFALO.





Cattle.



Receipts 20 cars; market 25@5OC

lower; prime heavy steers $17@17.50;

best shipping steers $15.50@16.; me-

dium shipping steers $14@14.75;

plain and coarse $13@14; best year~

ling steers 900 tol 000 lbs $15@]'6;

light yearlings, good quality $13@14;

best handy steers $12.50@13.50; fair

to good kinds $11@12; handy steers

and heifers, mixed $10.50@11.50; west-

ern heifers $11@12; best fat cows $10





@11; butchering cows $8@9.50; cut-

ters $7@7.50; canners $5.50@6.25;

fancy bulls $10.50@11.25; butchering





bulls $8.50@9.25; common bulls $7@8;



best feeding steers 900 to 1000 lbs $10



@11; medium feeders $8.50@9.50;



stockers $7.50@8.50; light common $7



@8; milkers and springers $65@150.

Hogs.



Receipts 15 cars. Market is .lower;

heavy and yorkers $21@21.10; pigs

and lights $20.50@20.75.



' Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts three cars; market'steady;

top lambs $18.50; yearlings $14@15;

wethers $13@14; ewes $11.50@12.50.



Calves.



Receipts 1200; market steady; tops



$19; others $7.





CHICAGO.

Cattle.



Best steers. sold steady and some

prime 1,480~1b. Shorthorns from an Ill~

inois feed lot made $19.50. Next best

on sale landed at $18.90, which is evi-

dence that the‘ proportion of choice

lots is falling off. Many of the offer~

ings between $15. @1750 looked 25c

lower as buyers claim they are selling

to near the better grades. The plain.

kinds, selling at $11@151 were, about

steady. Butcher stock sold about

steady but there'_,was a weak under-

tone 'to the market. Canners sold





steady and were soon bought” up. most M

of’them going “$6.50” 6.85. ”One load I t

of fancy belief-son . , esdayfjnade a





are smellingimaimr at,





 

 





call 'fo‘rgteeding Cattle at eggs» prices

Around '9‘300‘ rangers were 50!! ' ,

and a; prime class is ‘





 

 

   





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Calves continue to sell well unless

they are grassy, and prime vealers top-

ped at $19.50. Receipts are estimated

at 16,000 making 63,800 the first three

days of the week and included 25,000

rangers. Combined native and west-

ern run stood 5,000 larger than same

time the previous week and showed a

similar increaSe over corresponding

time a year ago. .

Hogs.



Wednesday’s hog receipts fell down

to 11,000 and proved much lighter than

expected, enabling sellers to check the

decline started on Tuesday. Best of-

ferings made $20.85, standing 10c un-

der the prevailing record. A. good to

prime class of butchers sold at $20.50

@20.75, while most of the choice light

sold at $20.65@20.75. Many of the

packing grades sold at $19.50@20 and

mixed grades often cleared at,$19.75

@2025 where they [did not carry too

much weight. A rough class of heavy

packers sold at $1_9.15@19.25._Sh1p-

ping demand has been light thusfar

this week but local packers have need

for choice oflerings. Quality, ‘if any-

thing, . showed ‘slight improvement

smce a week ago. Pigs were steady

and offerings score.d.$19.50.~ Pigs'“and

hogs have changed little since the fire-

v1ous Wednesday. Three days’ supply

totaled 60,100 , against 42,428 same

time the previous week and_40,673 the

corresponding, time a year ago.



_ , , Sheep- ,



Receipts of sheep were lighter than

expected. at 20,000, and priCes were

strpng to 25c higher, «'with'fe‘eders

mostly steady. Native. and range ewes

reached $12 "and a few. wethers, s'old

up to $12.7 . Range lambs‘,.f-i'n them!)-

sence of pr me stock,~topped,at"$1_8\.'25,





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





fedh'Westerns scored. "$18 {and Several

natives; sold ”up to. 117.50.





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5 ket. is quoted steady, with fresh gath-





best nominally ' worth, $18.:50.’ Some 4 stock have A-beensrincreased at twenty

different, markets . oi}- the .°°“D'§’{Y5 .7 ‘





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affidzéfio At first} Yorkestate ”gran ;





specifies. bri mes; ~. - -_

. - «downer-





, Thes‘poultryxmarket "is-feasy and dull. 2





' Offerings-5 are ‘iiatir'but-there is a li ht





deinand.’ LiVe‘broilers bring 31@ 2e ‘,

per lb. for large, and 29@30c for the '

small; hens .32@33c; Leghorns and

small hens 30@31c; geese 20c; ducks

28@30c;‘ turkeyfizm@25c.

' The demand .for ha is active and

the supply quite limite . . Farmers are

not attending to the marketing of hay.

In Detroit the prices range as follows: ,

No. 1 timothy. . .$29.50@30.00 _

Standard timothy 28.50@29.00

No. 1 mixed . .. 24.50@25.00

No. 1 clover 23.50@24.00





EGGS.





Eggs continue scarce and the price

high and firm. At Detroit Michigan

candled firsts in new caSes are selling

to jobbers at 45%0 while current re-

ceipts bring 4335c. In Chicago firsts ,. ‘ i}

are quoted at 43@431,§c and ordinary i”

firsts 40@42%c. The New York mar- fa





ered extras at 51@52c' fresh gathered I .

regular packed extra firsts 48@"50e. ' .





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Business continues brisk at the De-

troit Eastern Market. Potatoes selling

for $2 per bushel; tomatoes $2; car-

rots 75c;r cabbage 50@60c; summer

squash 50c; hubbard squash $1; cu-

cumbers from $1.75@2 for small and

500 for large; eggplant 750; onions ' ‘,

$1.75; pie pumpkins $1 ; apples range

from $1@1.50, according to quality; .9

muskmelons are selling at $2.50@2.75

per,buyshel. Eggs are bringing 60c.

The hay market remains the same as

last week,_ with prices ranging from

$27@30. .





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





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Advices from, southern Montana, and

northern Wyoming are optimistic as

crops are in‘excellent shape. While

comparatively little live stock has

been shipped from there so there are

many cattle and sheep about ready for _

market, and from now on shipments

from that part of thhe country will be

liberal, with quality said to be better

than usual. In northern Montana‘the

ranchers are not faring so well as they

passed through several dry spells

which shortened the hay crop and 0

dried the grass on the range. They .

'will either be compelled to ship hay

in for winter or ship outthe cattle,

many of which are thin and light in

weight. - “ ~- . -



Including the first week of Septem-

ber the combined receipts of cattle,

“hogs‘ and sheep at the seven principal

markets totaled 31,060,000, an increase

of 3,650,000 compared with the same

period'last year and 2,300,000, compar-

edwith the corresponding time 'two

years ago. Cattle, alone, increased Ov-

.er 1,300,000 ,while jhogs gained over

2,000,000 and sheep showed an in-

crease of 400,000. 'These remarkable

increases show what the farmers of

the country have been ., doing to fill

. the wants of the government for meat

and fortunately they are getting rea-

sonable profits for their, efforts as

prices have ruled comparatively high.



Canada is very short of live stock,

according to reports. Arnold Wes—

cott, .head hog buyer for the Western

Packing Co., at Chicago, ‘who recently

returnedfrom a motor‘ trip of 2,000

milessaid: ff‘I passed through a fine

section of the rural part of Canada

and what impressed’me most was the

scarcity of 'live stock. Hogs were ev-

ien scarcer than cattle and" I drovesev—

eral days ,without "seeing any. - One

could tell the difference upon" entering

~Michigan. Therehogs were plentiful .»

agd ,cattle.,also seemed to be numer—

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increase M'Chie o amounts

car ‘.-b1£t{,e‘xees§flgg ‘ ' ' '
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“4,836,000 _bushels. According to, “the

figures published by theSecretary' of

State, there have already been thresh»

édover 3,000,000bushels of this grain,

‘ with an average yield of 30.51 bushels

per new: While the market value «Will

undoubtedly be" affected through the}

withdrawal of demand from breweries

due to the prohibition on the manufac-

ture 'of beer after December 1, the lo-

cal needs for grains to feed will make

this big‘crop a godsend to our stock—'

men. -

‘Buckwheat Above Normal.

Some very satisfactory reports on

-this crop are being received. The es-

timated yield is placed at 1,039,000

bushels. Last year’s yield Was 670,000

bushels and the average for the past

ten years is 936,000 bushels. Here, too,

our northern counties make a better

showing than localities farther to the

south, In the latter districts the dry

weather rendered many fields prac-

tically worthless so far as seed pro-

duct-ion is Concerned. _

Pastures and New Seeding Very Poor.

The live stock industry of southern

Michigan as well as of the majority





 





of her sister states, has been jeopar-‘





dized by the failure of the pasture

lots. This, however, can only be said

of the southern half of the lower pe-

ninsula. In the southern counties be-

low the Straits and throughout the

upper peninsula rains have been suffi-

ciently frequent to maintain a fairly

good growth of grass in all sections,

with some counties having an abund-



‘ ance of feed from this source. , New

seedings are in about the same condi-

tion as are the pasture lots.





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COST OF SILO FILLING.





 





Can you tell me anything about the

cost of silo filling? What should be

the price asked for the cutter and en-

gine? I have a silo ready to erect but

the price for the work looks high to

.me. Three dollars per hour for a 13-

inch cutter, and I have to furmsh the

team, wagon and man to haul water.



- With such a small cutter it will 'take

them a 10ng.time to' fill it. The .3110 18

12x26 with a four-foot base. With all

other help I .will have to hire, (as

very few- seem to care to change

work), it is' going to bring the cost of

ensilage high.



Jackson 00. A. C.



During normal times it cost us from

seventy to ninety cents per ton to

haul the silage corn to the machine

and put it in the silo. That was on

a basis of $1.50 per hour for engine

and cutter and $2.00 per day for men

and a change of teams and wagons for

hauling. At the prices you mention

.for engine and cutter and from $3.00





to $4.00 per day for men at filling

lime, and the increased cost of feed-

ing the help at the farm, the cost

would probably range from $1.40 to

$1.80 per ton. It is simply a. question

of economics. whether you can-afford

to build a silo and fill it for feeding at

At present prices for

hay and grain feeds I do not think you

can afford to feed cattle or sheep with-





these prices.





out silage. W. M. K.





 





.. HAY ON‘MUCK LAND.





I have muck land on which I desire»

This land is not well





to grow hay.

drained. What seed should I sow?

Ogemaw Co. J. K. A.





The growing of hay on muck, land



, which is not well drained presents the

same difficulties as the growing of hay

Muck

farmers in Michigan have generally

found that alsike and timothy will be

successful. 'It should be sown in the

spring on muck which had been plow-

ed the previous fall and well prepared.



A light dressing of manure is advis-

abler,'egpeeially ifit is new muck and

not‘well decomposedfi Where muck is



. [Ewell decayed! andl'has been worked,

;;’the application of manure is not'essen-

am; but will? pay well in the produc-





on any good soil which is wet.





 





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: ,ommmrwnnr little. 'wheat is





present‘time for export, Because for.-

eign countries will use "their own V

grains. until the ‘supplieaar‘e’exhaust-

ed. Those countries are, therefore,

more anxious for our 'wheat than they

are for flour, which tri-cts our out— *

put 9f mill feeds. But even with nor-

mal production of such feeds, the de-

mand was expected to exceed the sup:

ply since the schedule of fair prices

established ‘for'this feed has made it





equal nutritive value.



There is an unusually large produc-

tion of certain coarse grain products.

Food Administration regulations pro;

vide for an extraction from barley of

only fifty~five per cent flour, leaving

nearly forty-five per cent of the bar-

ley berry for feed which is remark-

ably rich and nourishing. ’ Barley feed

in itself is not a substitute for bran,

but needs to be mixed with other light

material, such as oat feed, to give

bulk. There is an.ample supply of

oat by-products at prices averaging

less than the cost of bran.



The amounts of substitute cereals

to be purchased with wheat flour has

been modified and should increase the

output of American flour mills and re-

sult in more mill feeds.



Brewers’ and distillers’ grains have

almost disappeared from the market,

but corn by-products, though uncon-

trolled in price, are plentiful. The pe-

riod for which these conditions are

likely to prevail is undetermined, but

the situation will be materially chang-

ed when foreign orders for flour from

this country are again being filled.





 





FROM OUR CROP REPORTERS.





St. Clair Co., Sept. 14.——0ats yield-

ing about forty bushels per acre, but

beans are not yielding as well as last

year, potatoes about 50 per cent of

last year’s crop, and apples very good.

There is a great deal of corn suitable

for the silo, but no ears to mature.

Pastures haVe been very poor this

summer. There was some Spring

wheat grown in this section this year.



Allegan Co., Sept. 16.—-—The yield of

crops as compared with normal years

is as follows: Beans 45 per cent; po-

tatoes 60 per cent; corn 50 per cent;

apples 75 per cent; peaches a. very

light crop; other fruits about 75 per

cent. Pastures are improving since

the recent rains. Wheat yielded about

10 bushels; oats 40 bushels; barley 20

bushels per acre. Prices paid here

are: No. 2 wheat $2.08; oats 70¢;

barley $1; rye $1.40; hay $28; veal

calves $15; cattle $7@15; hogs $19.50;

milk $3 per cwt; eggs 46c; dairy but-

ter 43c.





 





 





 





 

 

 

   

 





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Detroit, Mich.

the best market in America; weekly

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to four years old: natives: $16.00

pel head. Henry M. Kimball. Vicksburg. Mich





 





120 grade Shropshire Ewes. l to 3 years

For sale old also one car load of yearling steers

and one c r load of'2 year old steers.



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