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VOL. CLI. No. 14

Whole Number 4018





EE-KEEPERS in this country are

B facing a critical situation.‘ The



loss of bees in some parts of the

north amounted to seventy-five per

cent last winter, and this loss has not

been made up during the summer.

Never before have bees cost so much.

In some instances, market gardeners

have paid $30 a colony for bees to use

in their cucumber houses, the price in

ordinary years being $10 or less. Much

feeding that should have been done

during the summer has been omitted

owing to the difficulty in getting sugar.

Unless considerable feeding is done

this fall, and extraordinary care given

to the wintering of the bees, the num-

ber of colonies will be still smaller

next spring. '



As though to make good the old say-

ing,»however, that there is no great

loss without some small gain, the gov-

ernment has made an important con-

cession to bee-keepers by admitting

bees in pound packages to the mails.

Two years of effort on the part of bee

men‘were required to accomplish this

result, and'the decision came when it

was hardlyexpected. The‘ bee-keep-





ers, though, had a powerful argument.

in the face that early in the spring the





postal authorities consented to the

shipping of day-old chicks by mail.

There seemed to be no good reason

why Uncle Sam’s pestal army should

not handle bees by the pound as well

as chickens by the hundred. ,



The business of sending bees from

the south to northern apiaries, includ-

ing those of Canada, has taken on

greater proportions than is commonly

realized. This year the demand has

been greater than ever before. Many

orders have remained unfilled. Bee-

keepers who had expected to make up

for their losses by the purchase of

southern bees have been disappointed.

Even when orders were filled, the bees

frequently did not arrive” at their

northern destination until July, which

was much too late for building up sat-

isfactory colonies. Furthermore, great

numbers of bees shipped by express





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5,. 1918





V . B uildiflg Up the B66 Industry





Honey Mates t/ze Best Saaytz'tute for Sugar. 'It is U 72-

fortmzate for t/ze Bee-Keepers“, as lVell as/br t/ze Paa-

[z'c, that t/ze S/zortage ofBees S/zou/a’ Come at a Time

When t/ze Demandfor Honey is 14 anorma/Zy Great.





shipments were permitted, the bees

were received in much better condi-

tion. Postal charges are much heavier

than those of the express companies,

but the prompter delivery offsets this

fact. It makes no difference how much

bees may cost if they are dead bees.



It shouldn’t be supposed that bees in

any sort of package can be shipped

through the mails. It is'specified that

the shipping packages must have dou-

ble walls so that the bees cannot sting

through. Special shipping boxes de-

signed for parcel post use have been

put on the market. It is a great help

to expert bee-keepers in the north to

be able to buy bees in pound packages

when they can get them early in the

season. If their demands had been

met promptly this year, the number

of colonies in the northern states

would have been much larger than it

is. The plan is not a good one for

amateurs who have had but little

knowledge of bee Ways. It is better

for them to stick to the purchase of

bees in full colonies.



The amateur bee-keeper, though, has

taken on increased importance in the

eyes of the government. He is being

looked to to help in resuscitating the

bee-keeping industry in sections where

it has languished. In the aggregate,

the amateur bee-keepers of the coun-

try constitute an army of honey pro~

ducers. Although they cater mostly

to the local market, they supply much

of the demand, allowing the 'crop pro-

duced by commercial bee-keepers to

be handled in a wholesale way.



Losses among amateurs are more

likely to be heavy than among more

expert beee-keepers. It is exceedingly

important that these losses be mini-

mized the coming winter. The first





\ arrived dead. As-soon as parcel post colonies to perish are naturally those





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that are weak, for even while they

may have sufficient stores, they will

not be able to generate heat enough

to keep the hive warm. For that rea-

son weak colonies should be united

before cold weather comes. During

the honey flow the inmates of two

hives can be put together without

causing any disturbance, but if this is

attempted without some preliminary





work when the bees are idle, trouble"





is certain to follow. Bees always seem

willing to fight when they cannot work

and they are quickly aroused by any

proceeding which Will make it possible

for other bees to feed on the fruits of

their labors.



Probably the simplest way to unite

two colonies of bees in the fall is to

place one hive over the other, with a

thickness of newspaper between them.

Have the hives face in opposite direc-

tions. By the time the bees have

gnawed through the paper, they will

be willing to live together in peace

and harmony.



Whatever plan may be followed, it

is usually best to kill the poorer queen

although two queens may be left to

battle for the mastery. When two

hives are placed one above the other,

it is a common plan to kill the queen

in the top hive after three days. It

may be well to kill both queens and

substitute one which is younger. In

the fall several weak colonies may be

united, one after the other, so as to

make one strong hive. The necessity

of having young queens can hardly be

overlooked. New queens will be sub-

stituted in time by the bees them-

selves. but meantime the colony is

likely to degenerate. Queen bee pricss

have lost all stability this season.

Probably a good queen, though, can be

purchased in most sections for $1.50.





3 1.00 Ar Y EAR

3.00 FOR 5 YEARS





Regardless of prcies, though, make

sure that you purchase a good Italian

queen. Black bees can be ltalianized

by using an Italian queen. Italians

have been found altogether the best

all-round bees, especially those of the

leather colored type.



It is an unfortunate fact, from the

bee-keepers’ standpoint, and from that

of the public, too, for the matter of

that, that the shortage of bees should

come at a time just when the demand

for honey is abnormally great. The

natural result has been a decided

boom in the price of honey. In fact,

honey never sold before for the prices

to be obtained now, if anyone has hon-

ey to sell. It is freely predicted that

extracted honey will be selling the

coming winter for fifty cents-a pound

or more. Last season’s crop has prac-

tically been exhausted for months. A

great amount of honey has come in

from Cuba, Porto Rico and South Am-

erica, but it is not to be compared, as

regards quality, with that produced in

this country. Nevertheless it has sold

for twice as much as prices formerly

charged for the finest American qual-

ity. Extracted honey has retailed for

about any price which the seller chose

to charge. Wholesale prices have

climbed from six to ten cents to eight-~

een or twenty cents, and even more.

Honey makes the best substitute for

sugar, which fact has stimulated the

demand. Moreover, large amounts are

being sent across the water. It is said

that three ships having honey as their

exclusive cargo have sailed from New

York within the past year. Honey is

used to a large extent in the hospitals,

and is also issued as a ration, it is

said, to some of the allied troops.



Because of the fact that extracted

honey is more economical to produce

than comb honey, the government has

asked bee-keepers everywhere to run

their bees, so far as possible, for the

extracted article. Of course, some pro-

fessional bee-keepers with extensive

apiaries, equipped wholly for the pro—

duction of comb, honey, could not read-



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CURRENT COMMENT





V E R Y Michigan

been grower who





 





The can arrange to do so

Bow: should attend the bean .

Situation growers meeting, call-





ed at Saginaw for Oc-

tober 10-11. Those who cannot attend

should communicate with the county

agent in their county, give him all





' available information regarding the





crop, including the acreage, yield and

quality, and ask him to represent

them at the Saginaw meeting.



The outcome of this meeting is cer-

tain to be most important to Michigan

been groWers. While it may not, un-

der present conditions, attempt to de-

termine the price at which the crop

should sell, it will enable the forma-

tion of a close estimate of the extent

and quality of the crop and afford an

avenue of expression, to the Food Ad

ministration as well as to the organ-

ised bean dealers of the state, on pro-

duction costs and other important

points.



In view of the trend of past events

and present tendencies, it is quite pos—

sible, if not probable, that the price of

this year’s bean crop will be determin-~

ed by the Food Administration.

through the indirect influence of pur-

chases for army use if not by direct

control measures. In this event it is

conceivable that the percentage of

profit which the dealer can take will

be fixed.



But this would not mean much if

dealers were permitted to fix handling

costs on the basis now in vogue. The

bean dealers speak loudly in praise bf





‘ what the standardization of been





grades has done for the bean industry

of the state. This is good comoflauge

for the methods of applying their sys-





tem to the bean grower, who is dock-r





ed whatever his sample picks, plus

the cost of hand- picking the number

of pounds docked notwithstanding th'e

fact that perhaps fifty per cent or more

of the: culls are removed at very low





grower is paid nothing for meson





HE present Mich-





~ ‘ igan vinegar law,”



T1}: Cvder enacted in 1913,, pro-

W video that no vinegar

.Market shall be sold or ex-





posed for sale as op-

ple or cider vinegar which is not the





legitimate product of pure apple juice. ,

This law, if adequately enforced, is v





not only a protection to consumers,

insuring them a pure irticle' in the

00purchase of cider vinegar, but as well

a protection to the apple growers of

the state by insuring them a market

for their cull fruit. It appears, how-

ever, that the letter of this law has

been violated and its spirit evaded by

the sale in this state of what is known

as skin and core vinegar, manufactur-

ed from the refuse of apple driers, re-

inforced in most cases by the addition

of acetic acid to bring the product up

to the legal strength. ‘A



Competition with ~thls product, ship-

ped into the state from eastern points,

was not a reassuring prospect to Mich-

igan manufacturers of pure cider vin-

egar and threatened to greatly curtail,

if not destroy the market for Michi-

gan cider apples this fall.





at: but , “I I _ ,

pin is adopted whereby the‘deoledkwlntbemmr obove noted. which,” from ,



are given a definite percentage of on he com regarding the on out ocneeuuhovuie precious-item,



profit. above the cost of handling, the



continuation of this practice wpuld be



still more objectionable.





this ao-colled skin and core vinegar

was being shipped into the acute and

sold as cider vinegar, the Michigan

Former appealed to the State Food

and Drug Commissioner for a. rigid en-

forcement of the law.



The commissioner at once mspond-

ed to the appeal with the statement

that in view of the favorable outlook





for the forthcoming apple crop in:





Michigan, the vinegar law would be

enforced vigorously and energetically.



With such an enforcement of the

vinegar law there should be no lack

of a good market for Michigan cider

apples this fall. In any locality where

a good market is not available indi-

vidual farmers can make their own cid-

erand .make it into vinegar. The

prohibition law permits them to so

make vinegar for sale, but where a

good market is available for the raw

material most farmers will prefer to

sell their cider apples.





its difficult situa-

tion with which





, The many Michigan farm

Lave Stock era are confronted at

Problem the present time in





the matter of forage

and grain for the maintenance of their

live stock, particularly in sections

where drouth was severe or where the





 





 





 





 





 





 





Nip the Crab





If Certain Millers in Michigan are Profiteering in

Wheat this Grab Shou7d the Nipped as Soon as

Possible; M510 D. Campbell, Michigan Mem-

ber of the Agricultural Advisory Com-

mission. Advises Farmers to Hold

their Wheat Until the Gov-





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mt Can Aid Them. ,

HAVE been astounded with— imous that the price for the 1919

I in the last few days to learn crop should be $2.46 per bushel.

the price at which farmers This'was a compromise, for it

in this community are selling was shown that the cost of pro-

their wheat. This morning I duction at present is at least

learned that the Milling Com- twenty-five per cent higher than

pany in this city is paying but in 1917 when the 1918 crop of

$2.05 for as fine Wheat as ever Winter wheat was sown. (Two-

grew in this county. It is grad‘ thirds of all wheat in the coun-

ed as No. 3 Red, however, by try being winter wheat).

the Milling Company. The President thought best.

I learn that at some nearby however, to fix the price at $2.26

points they are paying as high the same as for the 1918 crop.





Now, there is a huge swindle

somewhere between the farmer

and the consuming public that

must be hunted out.



The government that fixed the

price to the farmer for the 1918

crop now being marketed fixed

the same at $2.26 at Chicago and

increased the price farther east

until the New York price was

fixed at 52.39% per bushel.



The law reads that “he (the

farmer) shall reCeive for any

wheat produced, in reliance up-

on this guaranty within the pe-

riod, not exceeding eighteen

months,~prescrlbed in the notice,

a price not less than the gun‘-

anteed price therefor as fixed

pursuant to this section."



' Every reliance has been pluc-

ed upon this guaranty, and

there is no excuse m why

the price should not be paid 0"»

erywhero as find by the govern-

ment .



The Agricultural Advisory

Commission. consisting of twen-

ty-four members, recently spent

some days at Wublngm con-

dilating the prim tilt should be





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beans. which have a very definite uh





jg’ as under Mt conditions. This are-





nxed for the 1913 crop. Those .





He did so with the promise that

he would later further investi-

gate and raise the price if found

just to the farmer. ‘



But here is the immediate

necessity for action on the part

of the, government to see that

the minimum price he realized

by the farmer for his 1918 crap.



I am going to Washington this

week to take the matter up with l

Food Administration officials. l



A monstrous fraud is being l

covered somewhere, and to the f

advantage of some profiteering

interests, that may find the heel

of justice 3. little unpleasant to ,

bear. ' , '

There is no immediate nieces , l

city for the farmer, to sell ‘his l

wheat to these gorging pront- ,

sets at this time, for the elevat-

ors of the country are full. i



Let him wait a. few days or E

weeks if he has storage, and g

See if the government will not .

help him to realise the price. ,

promised for his 1918 crop. . , ;



I cannot yet believe that the ' i

gomrnment is deal? to on appeal 3

for justice or forgetful of its



These things are being done '

without the knowledge of the



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be solved.





Typical of this sltmtlon is a letter,





from a. loyal American format with

two sons in government service and a

third in training camp. Thurman has

twenty hood: of cattle. and faces the

prospect of buying hey at exceedingly

hlzh pm, to 'malntain them. He

hols his inability'“to"7purchaso sulfi-

clent hay to maintain this herd of cat-

tle at present prices and also'buy Lib-

erty Bonds, and is facing the alterna-

tive of sacrificing his herd orrpermit-

ting his neighbors to call him a slack-

er because he is doing all he can to

keep his” cattle for future production.



While agriculture is undoubtedly

our most essential resource for the

winning of the war, the maintenance

orally branch of agriculture which in

an individual case is not on a sound





economic basis will not in the end con- ,





tribute to the resources of the country

either in war or in peace Consequent-

ly, while it is every man’s duty to pro~

duce as much food stuffs as possible in

the present emergency, his regular

program of production should properly

be varied where necessary to fit local

economic conditions. While the live

stock industry is generally conceded

to be an essential factor in succesle

agriculture, yet as an emergency prop-

osition it may well be made a less im-

portant factor than under normal con

ditions where circumstances do not





permit it to be continued on the pres»





ent basis without serious financial loss.





N the present emer-





Deh'vering gency' producu‘m

he I) . must be speeded up

t airy on American farms.

Messaae 'The most eaecuve





way of injecting speed

and interest into dairying is by analyz-

ing the present situation and contrast-

ing one’s methods with those of the

leading dalrymen of the world»



We believe that the best method of

delivering ‘the dairy message is through

the National Dairy Show, where there

is in course of preparation such an ex-

hibition as has never been presented

to the people of America. In addition

to the features which have character-

ized former dairy shows, talented men

and women selected by the United

States government will be in charge

of exhibits and demonstrations in dairy

work, home, economics and infant wel~

fare that so couples up the dairy cow





with the great war problems of human— '





ity, as to give her products a national

standing among sanitary and health

authorities not universally enjoyed at

the present time.



Youth and maturity are both involv-

ed in the efforts to deliver the dairy

message to the people of America, so

do not deny the boys and girls the op-

portunity to visit the National Dairy

Show and .observe what is going on in





» the world about them. The quick're-





spouse of the mind of youth when once

attention is secured, is the delight of

those who have a message to deliver.

Boys and girls do not buy and equip

dairy forms, but they do understand,

and they do cherish plans that. as men

and women, they will soon bring to

realization. When it is peeslble, as at

this time, to pmoent the dairy mes-

sage in its vital relations to agricul-

ture, human health and patriotic ser-

vioe, then it tells upon productive soil.

High sounding worda'ln praise of pa-

triotism. will be mutton into plain

words about better cows, better sires,

better feeds. better equipment. better

forming. better products and all that is





implied in the message of better dairy





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We believe that every progressive





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OU Michigan dairymen who have

a lot offaith in Professor Ander-

son ask him to fix up a ration

which, besides‘being well-balanced, is

flexible enough to give the manufac-

turers a ,chance to take advantage of

fluctuations in the ' market prices of

grains and meals. Then every moth-

er’s son insist upon getting feed mixed

according to your fixed standard and

accept no other brands. ,,



For example, if Prof. Anderson sug-

gests a guaranteed analysis of twenty-

fourrper cent protein, four per cent

crude fat, forty-five per cent carbohy-

drates and not more than ten per cent

of crude fiber, the maker of feeds can

shift around within the limits shown

in the following list which goes into

the ration: One hundred to 600

pounds of ground oats; 100 to 500

pounds of ground barley, 100 to 400

pounds of corn-feed meal; 100 to 500





Balancing Supply and Demand-«m





N planning crops the farmer should

I study the law of supply and de-

mand as it applies to' the agricul-

ture of his community. Even in time

of war this law cannot be ignored. For

example a city farmer, inspired by pa—

triotism rented land and planted it to

turnips. He reasoned that in war time

every kind of food would be in great

demand. He raised a large crop of

turnips and found no demand for them

in his community; the market was sup-

plied. The grocers in the city had lit-

tle demand for- turnips. The law of

supply and demand was working and

the crop was unprofitable.

The farmer can safely base his plans

on the established practice of the com-

munity. A new idea may be fine but





,possibly it has been tried and found





unsatisfactory. Farmers who conduct

their business along established lines

will find that they are really catering

to supply and demand.





This year, wheat is a crop that a

farmer can grow with safety because

of the demand. Men who produce

wheat know that there is 'no risk in

finding a market. They know that

wheat is in demand the world over.

The growing of beans, livestock and

staple crops is safe because of the

demand.



Some farmers find it pays to grow

crops for nearby canning factories.

The demand is there and will create a

market for their crops. In a section

without a canning factory. the farmer

cannot raise a large amount of certain

crops without rick because of insuffi-

cient demand.



SOme inexperienced observers criti-

cize farmers because they follow more





or less in *the ways of their fathers: .

_. Sometimes it is called “in a rut.” More .

, often it is common sense farm manage-

meat. Many good tandem have die-





at the risks of farming are





ton notify your members.





Tfie Time is Part Wflen





 





 





Dairymm C an Depend]





Upon Hoover to Farms/2 T/zem wit/z a Road Map to





Get Tflem Out of Me Laoyrim/z of Feed Pricey.





Tfiey





Must-Blaze a Tmi/for Tfiemye/‘ves if T/zey Save t/ze

Industry flom Going on t/ze Roche-By C. B. Fora].





pounds. of oilmeal, 100 to 800 pounds

of gluten feed, 100 to 600 pounds of

wheat bran, 100 to 500 pounds of brew-

ers“ dried grains, 100 to 500 pounds of

cottonseed meal, 100 to 800 pounds of

hominy.



Of course, the price of this stan-

dardized feed will vary according to

market conditions, but your associa-

tion members will get minimum pric-

es. ,You will also be able to get stan-

dard by-product feeds, such as bran,

middlings, cottonseed meal, gluten and

hominy in whole or mixed carlots‘at

wholesale prices.



Establish a central feed office where

all formulas can be passed on and ar-

rangements'made with reliable manu—

facturers and local feed dealers who

desire to handle these feeds under the

rules laid down by your association.

Let thesemanufacturers submit prices

each week toltheir local dealers and

your central office. *Whenever the

price goes up or down fifty cents per

Then you

will be able to do just what the chain





,stores in the city are’ doing in buying





and handling food stuffs. One dairy-





man cannot make his voice heard in

talking with feed manufacturers and

dealers, but multiply this one dairy-

man’s voice by ten thousand and you

will see a different situation in Mich-

igan as regards dairy feeds. It is time

that we showed up some of these fel-

lows Who, like Big Bill of Berlin, are

attempting to boss everybody.



Let your local feed dealers act as

association purchasing agents When-

ever possible. If they refuse to coop-

erate with you give one of your mem-

bers the job. Sell to non-members,





.but charge them enough so they’ will





be glad to become members of your

association. Set a. fair maximum price

to be charged for the feed, at say $3

per ton above the wholesale price at

the time the‘purchase is made. If a

member takes a whole carload, pays

cash and removes the feed directly

from the car give him a discount of

$2.50 per ton. If he buys less than a

carload, pays cash and removes the

feed directly from the car give him a

$2.00 cut from the regular price. And

if he pays cash1and takes his feed

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after the arrival of the car, give him

$1.00 a ton off.



The scheme should be to have all

feeds shipped in carload lots to cut

down freight bills and also to make

the best use of freight cars, which are

scarce at the present time. The pur-

chasing agent should plan to order ex-

tra feed enough to keep the cars full

and have enough on hand to supply

those who happen to run short, be-

tween the arrival of carlots. Such an

arrangement would not only insure the

farmers better prices, but they would

get a guaranty that the feed manufac‘

turer is pretty sure to live up to if

he knows what is good for his busi-

ness. Feeds that meet the require-

ments of Prof. Anderson’s formula

could be made by different manufac-

turers under different' brands, but all

must bear the endorsement of the

Michigan Milk Producers’ Association.





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bred stock is playing safe if he selects

a breed adapted to his community. He

can sell his surplus easily at good pric-

es. More of his neighbors may pur-

chase a bull calf from him. The com-

munity association may hold auctions

which will bring many buyers from

distant states who will pay good prices

for animals. If he selects a breed less

popular in the community he will have

less chance to make money because

there will be less demand for his stock.

That is why certain Holstein and

Guernsey centers are prosperous and

build up national reputations. That

lemand makes the business successful.

If a breeder came into such a section

and attempted to build up a herd of a

different breed his chances of success

would be greatly reduced because he

ignored the demand for pure-bred

stock of the breed already popular in

that community.



The poultryman who specializes with

a popular breed will stand more

thance of success than one who selects

i fancy breed, seldom seen. within

miles of his home. There will be a

demand, because the breed is pOpular.

The rare breed is not in demand; con-

-equently sales of breeding stock and

hatching eggs will be difficult to ob—

tain. p



The popularity of Rosen Rye and

Red Rock wheat are examples of this

law. Farmers are learning the merits

of these varieties and consequently the

demand for them is good. Farmers

who study demand and plan to furnish

the supply, can make their farming

more profitable, while those who ex-

periment with crops of unknown value

will make little progress.





_In fruit growing the demands of the

buyers must be carefully considered.

Certain varieties of apples are in de-

mand and command good prices. 0th:

or varieties are more difficult to mar-_

ket. Mixed orchards do not attract

buyers like solid blocks of standard

varieties.





1 -
HE farmers of the country have



produced a big crop of potatoes



this year. The crop does not

equal that of last year, which broke

all records for the United States, but

it is twenty-three million bushels over

~ the five-year average of 1912-1917, ac-

' cording to the best information avail-

able at the present date. A "good

acreage was planted this year, espe-

‘ ' cially in the northern and northeast-

ern states, although the northwest

shows a decrease. The growing sea-

son has been only fair in many sec-

tions. considerable dry weather having

damaged the crop in important com-

mercial sections, but in spite of this,

it seems that we are going to have

enough potatoes to go around.



Minnesota First.





HERE is a good crop of potatoes





in Minnesota this year, according-





to growers and shippers at most of the

big producing points, although the

crop is somewhat less than last year.

Minnesota is one of the biggest potato

producing states in the country and

according to the government report

for September will have the largest

crop of any state in the Union, leading

New York slightly, which had the big-

gest crop last year.



North Branch, Minn. ——There will be

about 500 cars of potatoes for ship-

ment from here this season, the crop

being estimated at seventy per cent of

last year and thirty per cent of nor-

mal. The early crop is of fine quality.



Big Lake, Minn. ——-There will be

about 200 cars of potatoes here this

season, the crop being fully up to nor-

mal and about ninety per cent com-

pared with last year. Quality of the

stock is good.



Nashville, Minn. —The potato crop

here is about ninety per cent of normal

but is 120 per cent compared with last

year. Theie will be 250 cars for ship-

ment. The potatoes are in good con-

dition and of good quality.



Harris, Minn. ——The potato crop here

is about half as large as a year ago,

200 cars being estimated for shipping.

It is about sixty pe1 cent normal. The

quality of the early varieties is good.



Barnesville, Minn —The potato crop

here is ninety per cent of normal and

100 per cent compared with last year.

There will be 200 cars for shipment.

The quality is good and potatoes are

of average size. We will have about

an average crop, smooth but not too

large, and fine for seed stock.





New York Second. ‘





STIMATES of the condition of the

potato crop in Western New York

have been badly upset by the rather

heavy frost of September 11, which

covered a good part of the state and

varied all the way from a trace in

some localities, doing little damage,

to a "black" freeze in others, killing

the potato vines to the ground. It is

still too early to say with certainty

just how great damage has been done.

There is usually a tendency to over-

. estimate frost damage in the early fall

but even with inclination to be con-

servative, there is no denying that

the crop in this territory has been cut

short thousands of bushels by , the

frost.



There is much sentiment among the

dealers generally to grade potatoes

more carefully than last season. Fur-



‘ ther, the New York Potato Shippers’

Conservation Association, of which

Francis G. Ferrin, of Rochester, is sec-

rotary, is behind a well-organized plan

to obtain better shipping facilities. A



- special committee, including J. L.

Schultz, Skaneatles; J. H. Wayle, Cort-

land; L. J. Loomis, Sr., Victor, has

been appointed. This committee will

take the matter up direct with the



‘ Federal Railroad Administration in

Washington, asking for restoration of

fast freight service, permission to

again use perishable” freight cards,



band appointment of federal agents to

inspect shipments at point of origina-

tidn similar to the system already tried

out in Colorado, the shipper to pay the”

11mm.

- WhimN. Y.——,The potato crop here





‘Otato Cmp 1" 'Xc‘ecds'





This Year .1 Crop, However, 13‘ C onuderah/y Below





Last Year 1‘ Productzon.





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Leoo’zng Potato Growing. States- -





is ninety per cent of normal and twen-

ty per cent compared with last year’s

yield. There will be 300 cars for ship-

ment. The crop has been hurt‘bydry

weather.





Bliss, N. Y.—There will be about a

fifteen per cent decrease in the potato

crop here over lastfyear, twenty cars

being expected for shipment, which is

eighty per cent of the normal output.

Stock will be undersized.





Gainesville, N. Y.—-—The potato crop

here will be sixty- -five per cent (early

Ones), and late ones if not frost bitten

will be eighty per cent of normal. As

ocmpared with last year the crop will

not exceed fifty per cent. There will

be thirty or forty cars for shipment.

Theuquality is excellent but they are

sma .





Ionia, N. Y.—There will be about

eighty-five cars of potatoes to ship

from here this season. The crop is

sixty .per cent compared with last year

and is seventy per cent of normal. Dry

weather has cut/down the'yield.





Salem, N. Y.——The potato crop here

is fully equal to last year’s with 150

cars expected for shipment, and is

about eighty per cent of normal. Qual-

ity of the stock is good.





Wisconsin Third.





ISCONSIN is one of the import-



ant potato states. The crop al-

ways is a leading one and this year

is no exception. There will not be as

many potatoes as last year, but this

condition is shown in other states as

well, and taking into'consideration all

factors in the lead this year, a fine





out-turn is expected. The government





Hold Your





September ,report places Wis’Consin

third. in the ~-l_ist of potato yielding

states this year, only Minnesota and

New York being .put ahead.





Stevens Point, Wis—There will 'be

about 500 cars of potatoes for ship-

ment from here this season, the crop





being estimated at eighty per cent of





last year and ninety per cent of nor-

mal. Quality is very good, potatoes

are not as large as last year.



Plover, Wis. —The potato crop here

is about seventy per cent of normal

with seventy cars for shipment. Among

the late potatoes will be found stock

of good quality and some, which has

suffered from blight and green hop-

pers. The early potatoes are about

fifty per cent.



Necedah, Wis. ———There will be about

400 cars of potatoes for shipment

from this town this season. The crop

is estimated at ninety per cent or

more of normal and about the same

as last season. Crop looks good but at

this writing rain is needed.



Calvary, Wis.——~The potato crop here

is about the same as last year, 100

per cent normal, and there will be

about five cars to ship. With rain the

quality will be good. We did not ship

any potatoes to speak of last year——

only 2,000 bushels.





Michigan Fourth.

CCORDING to reports from grow~

ers and shippers, the potato crop



at many points in Michigan is smaller

this year than last. However, a pret-

ty good crop is expected, taking the

state as a whole. According to the

September government report, this





First Lines





Prer. A. M. Smith of the Potato Growerr’ Auocz'atz'on Advil-e:

the Grower: to Stick Together Until the P7 went M opement "

Develop: Into a Farmerr’ Organization ' V

of Power and Influence.





OOPERATIVE associations for

C handling the farmer’s produce



are as 'yet in the experimental

stage so far as western Michigan is

concerned. That such a. method of

handling the products of the farmer

and fruit grower have been eminently

satisfactory in southern Michigan and

in other states is a fact well known

to students of marketing methods. The

oft repeated saying, "farmers will not

stick together" is disproved today, by

the successful operation of fruit grow-

ers' associations, potato, growers asso-

ciations and grain Companies compos-

ed exclusively of producers in this and

other states.





That the new cooperative companies

organized in western Michigan and

connected with the central selling as-

sociations located at Cadillac, and

knoWn as the Michigan Potato Ex-

change, will be most successful, the

writer firmly believes, else he would

not have urged their formation by both

voice and pen.



However, there are some duties and

plans to be made ahead of us and

many obstacles to be overcome, and

I wish to point out some of them. ‘



First, each association should be

thoroughly organized and every mem-

ber it is possible to secure should be

obtained. A strong membership in-

sures a heavy volume of business nec-

essary to cover all expenses.



Then a careful estimate. of expenses

and probable volume of , business

should be taken on all transactions.

It is better to have a surplus of profits

that: a deficit, for the surplus can be

distributed at the end of the year.





whereas a deficit W and is.





discus to expound adjust.





There should also be strict economy

of administration. Under the plan to

have the central association do the

selling it is“ not necessary for each

local association to employ a high-

elass salesman, or even a specially

qualified man. A good board of direc-

tors to advise a manager and keep tab

on him is necessary, but be. careful of

employing too high a salaried manager

and assistants.





Watchfulness of the overhead ex;

penses necessary as these can be

large or small, according to the wis-

dom and business ability of the man-

ager.



Then last, but not the least, comes

the element of loyalty on the part of

members to their association. Mem-

bers are pledged to sell to their asso-

ciation and the bylaws of the associa-

tions require that they do this. But

competitors will try to get busineds

and wreck the associations and the

only way to stop that kind ofwork is

by strictest regard for the moral obli-

gation to care for one’s 'own associa-

tion and if necessary by enforcement

of by-laws by the board of directors.





Let each member of an association





remember that the association is his





association and that when he does any-

thing against it he. is working against

his own business interests as well as

against his neighbors.





Personally, I believe the farmers





will "stick," and that the. present





movement will grow into a mighty



farmers‘ organisation the character of



which will be determined by the devel-



opment of business organizations made



up of and managed by tumors. 1 ' ’

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“Other points.





 

 





state is the fourth in production this

year, standing well up with Wisconsin.





~New York and Minnesota, the only





three states which promise a larger

crop.



Cadillac, Mich. —-—The potato fields

are in excellent condition and the size

of the crop will depend upon the‘

length of the growing seasdn. The

stand is perfect and no frosts have

hurt the etc So far. Although dry

and hot west or has reduced the early

crop most of the late crop is being

benefited by recent rainfalls. Pota-

toes will begin to move quite freely 111

a week or ten days from many of th 1

shipping points in Michigan. ‘ -



Alpena, Mich.-—There will be about

150 cars of potatoes shipped from the

county this season, the crop being

equal to last year and ninety-five per

cent of normal. Quality and condition

of potatoes is good. Drought is not

serious. Little tip burn, no blight.

Yield in” some fields is cut down per< .

ceptibly by blackleg and, wilt..-



Houghton, Mich. .-—The potato crop

here is ninety per cent of nor'mal and

110 per c’ent compared with last year.

About fifty cars will be shipped out of

here. The quality is excellent and

especially free from disease.



Gaylord, Mich—The potato crop

here is about ninety per cent compar-

ed with last year and eighty-five per

cent of normal. Present estimates are

for about 230 cars for shipment. Two

more weeks of fair growing weather

will finish the crop in. fair shape.



Hamilton, Mich.—There will be

about ten cars ’ of potatoes to ship

from here this season. The crop is

not nearly as good as last year and is





about fifty-eight per cent normal. The \

«quality of the stock, however, is good.





Maine Fifth.



Reports from Maine indicate a. bet-

ter crop than last year. This is borne

out by the government September re-

port which places the Maine crop at

23,117,000 bushels against 20,250,000

bushels last year and 25,500,000 bush-'

els in 1916. Some of the reports re-

ceived from growers and shippers in

that state follow: Augusta, a normal

crop; Bradford, 20 cars; Caribou sec-

tion, 2,000 cars, better crop; East New-

port, smaller, 50 cars; Fort Fairfield,

25 per cent increase; Fort Kent, 600

cars, larger crop; Foxcroft, 75 cars,-

smaller; Goldenridge, 150 cars, in-

crease 25 per cent; Houlton, better

crop; Lincoln, better crop, 60 cars;

Ludlow, 100 cars, decrease; Norridge-

wock., 75 cars, better crop; Oakland.

same, 100 cars; Patten, better yield.

acreage less; Presque Isle, 90 per

cent of 1917 ; Ripley, 50 'per cent in-

crease; Sangerville, 20 cars, 75 per

cent better; Sherman Station 400 cars,

50 per cent better; Waite, 100 cars,

better crop; Winthrop, 25 per cent

better crop. ‘





Pennsylvania.





, Reports from growers andshippers

at various points give the ‘follovsdng

estimates: Berlin, 25 cars; Cherry-

vale, 90; Cochranton, 15 ;. Everett, five

to six; Franklin Corners, 10; Lines-

ville, 25; Slatington, 100. Reports also

are printed from Carlton, Conneaut—

ville, Sugar Grove, Penfield, Millers-

town, Newsville, East Prospect, and

The state is a big con-

sumer 'of potatoes and its shipping





. surplus to outside pOints is cut down.





an accOunt of the big population.





Ohio.



The government gives the Ohio po-

tato cropat 10,397,000_bushels on Sep-

tember 1, compared with 16,000,000

bushels last year and 6,300,000 bush-

els in 1916. Ohio consumes most of

her potatoes. The condition percent

age is given September 1 at 60 against

a ten-year average on the same date .

of 72. Some Of the reports printed

elsewhere and furnished by growers

and shippers are: Ankeytown, 12 cars

to ship; Dela, five to ten; Hoilans-

burg, five; New London, 30; Ravenna, ,

20. ‘ Reports are also printed from

Lodi, West Salem, Beverley. New Car-

llsle, Sandusky, Pembervme and oth;

er points. . ’
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CATTERED over a goodly portion



of, southern Michiga-n are old or-

chards varying in numbers of

trees, in. varieties of fruit and in con-

ditions of vigor. The greater number

of these orchards are slowly but surely

dying. Their owners .are crowded with

work, harrassed with care and dis-

couraged with the prospect of further

profits from apple trees. In fact, thou-

sands of farmers have concluded to

let their orchards die and then to dig

them out, burn them up, forget them,

and devote the land to other purposes.

The home in which there are no ap-

ples- throughout a long /winter surely

lacks something. A very little time

wisely eXpended would save orchards

from the scale and the results would

simply justify the expenditure of time

and money. Lime and sulphur can be

used effectively. If the owner of ‘one

of these infested 'orchards will ex-

spend seven dollars, he can probably

.procure a barrel next spring and if he

does not need it all he can spare it

with his neighbors. It will not be nec-

~essary to have a. power pump, a good

hand pump will answer nicely, but the

first thing to do is - to prepare the

trees for spraying. Nearly all of these

old orchards have been neglected so

long that pruning must necessarily

precede effective spraying. I am sure

it will be found impossible to spray

thoroughly to the height of more than

twenty feet ‘ This means that all the





trees higher than twenty feet must be .





cut back to that point. This also

means that a number of large limbs

will have to be removed. All cuts

should be made near the base of a.

limb in order that they may heal more

readily.



We used to think it necessary to

paint all of the larger cuts, but at





 





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/ E tiptoed into the booth where

H eleCtric light-poWer-water plants

Were being demonstrated at the

,West Michigan State Fair—a little old

man, somewhat bent and wrinkled, not

at all 1918 in his sartorial adornments,

but with a shrewd look about his kind-

ly, faded blue eyes.

“Are you the boss?” he Whispered

to the manager. “Then sell me one or

these hem outfits dwelt, and don’t you





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A Good Apple Orchard Adds to the Value and Attractiveness of Farm

' Property.





present there is an honest difference

of opinion about this matter and con-

sidering the scarcity of labor on the

farm, I would much rather omit paint-





‘ing the limbs than to neglect cutting





them back. Doubtless the top that re-

mains will be too full of brush to ad-

mit of very thorough spraying, but it

is probably unwise to prune the trees

too severely and were I obliged to cut

off many of the higher limbs, I would

omit the thinning of the top except

where branches were very dense, until

the following spring.



Many have failed to control the

scale because they have not sprayed

thoroughly enough. Scale multiply

very rapidly. If’only a few are left

alive after the spraying there will be

plenty of them by the end of the sea-

son. They are liable to be anywhere

on the limbs and the only way to make

sure work of them is to cover every





bit of the surface of the tree. Again,

many have sprayed with too weak a

solution. If trees are badly incrusted

with scale, seven gallons of good lime

sulphur mixture in fifty gallons of

spray is not a bit too much. We can-

not pass without saying that the only

sure way for the beginner to get re-

sults is to spray with the wind, spray-

ing one side of the trees first and the

other side later when the wind chang-

es. Then, too, he must not be in a

hurry; He must think while handling

that rod and be sure that the spray

penetrates every bunch of limbs and

completely covers all of the surface.

Warm days in the latter part of

March are admirable for this purpose.

If the scale are killed the trees will

live, but they will still be exposed to

apple scab and the fruit will be liable

to attack by the cbddling moth. Scab-

by and wormy apples are better than





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like slaves all our lives

and we don’t have to do it any more.

But .she can’t seemto see it. I want

to spend some money. and live' like

folks, but mother is afraid that we

are going to die in the poorhouse. I’ve

just been dying for a bathtub for

years and we could just as well have





had “it long ago as not, but my good





woman would~never hear 'to it. , Today

I give her the slip and I’ve picked out

my tub and all the fixings for the





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water before she gets onto me.





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things. If she comes along asking you

just put her off. You’ll know her. She

has on a black coat and a brown hat.”



And before the astonished manager

could even mention prices, the old

man had his checkbOok and fountain

pen out and was busily filling in the

date.



I am not about to write an article

praising the merits of this particular





dynamo, nor of any other, but rather





a brief for electricity and a hearty

praise of the man who"‘wanted to live

like folks ”

farmers like him, who are kept from





buying modern conveniences by over-.





prudent Wives. And probably more





"«'-wives who are deprived of the untold . ,





There are 'many more.





none at all, and if the orchard cannot

be given the later sprays which will

insure it against these pests, the own-

er may still have fruit, but it is always

desirable to carry out the entire

spraying program if it can be done,

and in a majority of cases the old

adage will apply—where there’s a will

there’s a way.



Apple scab sometimes prevents the

production of a crop of apples. It is

a fungous disease. The spores, which

are the seeds, lodge on the stems of

the blossom buds and on the buds

themselves, and taking root thus early

they often prevent the setting of the

fruit. Sometimes the scab developing

thickly on one side of the apple pre-

vents the growth of that side. Some-

.times it but slightly injures the growth

and again it merely makes the fruit

unsightly. It can be perfectly con-

trolled if spraying is thorough enough.

It must be admitted, however, that

there are some years in which it is

far more diflficult to control it than

others. The development of all fun-

gus diseases depends largely upon the

weather’conditions, but back for a mo-

ment to the question of the destruc-

tion of the tiny apple by the scab. I

think it is not too much to say that at

least in one year out of five the great- .

er part of the apple crop is destroyed

in this way. The only way to prevent

it, is to spray the trees just before the

blossoms open, that is called the “pink

spray.” We use a weak solution» of

lime and sulphur, generally a quart

of the concentrated mixture in ten gal—

lons of water. If it is desired to use





an insecticide with this mixture, two

pounds of arsenate of lead may be ad-

ded to fifty gallons of spraying mate-

rial when it is ready for use.



(Continued on page 309.)





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help of electricity and running water

by over “near” husbands. If either

could be made to see, not alone the





great increase in efficiency, comfort,





strength, help and leisure, but the ac-

tual saving in money by the use of

electric power more farm homes would

be fitted up with it before the winter‘

sets in. If I were asked to choose be-

tween running water and furnace heat; . .

or electric power and equipment, I’d

not hesitate a second _to choose eleCo

tricity.

carry water and fill woodboxes and

build fires, but I can’t imagine them,

ironing or sweeping or doing the fam- ~ ,

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in' harvesting them, consequently, the

farmer limits the area of crops planted

to his estimate of what can be harvest-

ed on time. If assured. of cooperation

from twonspeople at the time of har-

vesting, he can plant a: larger acreage.

For instance, a farmer and his family

with. the assistance of .a tractor to ex-

tra horsepower can plant a larger

acreage of crops than the same help

can harvest. He needs extra help in

harvesting and threshing. There is no

longer extra day labor to be found in

Michigan; they have either gone into

the army or to work in manufacturing

plants. The farmer studies the prob-

lem carefully before he decides ‘to in-

crease the area of food crops.



But if he can be assured by the bus-

iness men of his nearby town that





'chases that ought to be made at home.

If it Wasn’t for the sadness and the





horror of the casualty lists which are ”

coming back, this war would be one‘ of





-the' greatest things for unifying and

bettering the citizenship of these Unit-

ed States 'that possibly could happen.





 





(FALL PLOWING TO‘KILL WIRE- . '





WORMS.





 





Wireworms. are slender white grabs

of a yellowish white color and have

very hard bodies. They are the young

larva of the click-beetles or snapping

beetles. so-called from the fact that

upon their backs they will suddenly

bend their bodies and with a sharp

clicking sound throw themselves for a

considerable distance into the air.

They are among the most troublesome

crop pests and ,as they live under-





ground it is very difficult to combat.





them.





Many experimental measures for

killing or controlling them have been

tried in various parts of the country.

There have been many methods recom-

mended for controlling these pests, but





 





 





This StockLoading Chute is





they will assist him in harvesting

these crops, he will plant them. in

my own community this year this

proposition was successfully carried

out. A certain man in the town was

given charge of furnishing extra labor

to farmers during harvesting and

threshing. When a farmer needed any

extra help he called this man up and

stated the conditions and in numerous

instances labor was furnished and was

satisfactory. In a number of instances

duririg our pea harvest extra men were

furnished by the town, not only to as-

sist at the Vining stations but in bar-

vesting the peas. The farmer and his

boys, and in many instances, his wom-

en folks, put in the crops, but they

could not harvest them on time.



There is such a war sentiment to-

day that this idea can be depended

upon as long as the war lasts. Towns‘

people are willing to assist the farmer

to get sufficient food. It seems to me

that this spirit of the townspeople can-

not be commended too highly. It is co-

operation which is extremely patriotic

because ordinarily we would not ex-

pect the laborer or the business man

in the town to leave his business ,to

assist the farmer. Ordinarily, it would





a not be‘ good business because it would





be favoring agriculture, but now when

this industry is such an important fac-

tor he does this extra labor for the

good of the cause. The farmer is able

to produce more productswhich will





, sell for profitable prices at the pres-





ent time. but the laboring man and

the town man are willing to assist be-

cause. the food is needed for the boys

“over there." And I believe that this

broad spirit which the business man

is showing will bring about a better

understanding between the townspeé-

pie and the farmer;,and be a means of

getting together so that hereafter

there will be less complaint about the





 





 





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very few of these have met with any

success at all. The method that prov?

ed to be the most successful was by

fall plowing. The wireworms live for

three years in the larva stage and

when the fall plowing method is ap‘

plied it only kills the wireworm beetles

for the following spring. When they

are full grown they change to the soft

white pupae stage during the month of

July Of their second year of growth.

This pupae state lasts till about the

middle of August and then the insect

assumes the adult stage. When the

adult stage is reached the insect re-

mains in the ground in this cell till

the following April or May. This pe—

riod of rest is necessary in the life of

the beetle, because whenever the

ground around them is stirred the

beetles perish. By the fall plowing we

can kill the beetles and keep them

from laying eggs the following season.

After the soil is plowed, which should

be at least Six inches' deep, it should

be well pulverized by harrowing so

that an the cells of the adults will be

destroyed. In most cases it will take

three years to kill all the wireworms

because only 'the adults are killed each

fall, the larvae remaining uninjured.

Newaygo Co. A. M. PORTER.





EXPERIMENT STATION TO ISSUE

QUARTERLY FOR MICHIGAN

. FARMERS.





The first issue of a publication to

be known as “The Experiment Sta-

tion Quarterly,” made its appearance

at M. A. 0. recently. The new period-

ical, of which the experiment station

is the publisher, will contain reports

on the progress of experimental work

at M. A. C. This work consists in the

study of the many problems with

which Michigan producers have to

contend and attempt to solve.

bulletin will be mailed ., without cost

to the 40,000 tarniers whofia‘pevon the--





 





 





   





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Wing of the’ udder and teats by the

stalks and blades, the lack of nutri-





’ fields too long or make it their only





into silage 0r storing. it in shocks, and





 

 

 

 





,9 a shrink.





Cornstalks





HIS problem of turning the live



stock in the corn field after



bus-king is an old one, and has

been discussed for many years. We

find advocates on both sides, but why

not consider the subject at. this sea-

son, for certainly there is good reason

to do so. Already the cornstalk dis-

ease has claimed ‘its 'large number of

victims. Only last week I received a

letter from a man Who had lost twenty-

five head on a small patch of corn. As

he puts it, this would have purchased

”and built five silos,. or four silos and

‘ plenty, of good equipment in the way of

machinery. Thousands of men all





through this country are in the same





position. They have lost the cattle

but lack the silos. '



It is not a waste to leave some-of

these' stalks in the field, for truly,

there is very little nutriment in the

dry, hard stalks. Nine out of ten who

turn in the stalk field, leave the cattle

there too long. After the few stray

ears and nubbins have been gleaned

there is little left but indigestible fod-

der, which the animals will eat if forc-

ed to, but which does them little or no

good and often is a great detriment.



With dairy cows, we emphatically

challenge anyone to show a benefit

from this method of feeding. The ex-

posure to the cold winds, the scratch-





 





 





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Farm.





 





 





ment in the forage and the consequent

tramping over a large section tend to

shrink a cow and put her in a poor

condition for a profitable winter milker.



If you must feed down the stalks do

it with dry cows, young animals, bulls

or stock cattle, and even in this case,

do not compel them to stay on these





ration.



”Many feeders of fattening cattle

make a grave mistake by forcing their

animals to eat this food, which is an

unbalanced ration to begin with, and

which is not sufficiently supplied with

nutrients to warrant gains. This caus-

es a shrinkage in the fall and before

the animals are taken off- the stalks

the damage is done. They must then

feed a month or more to gain back

what they have lost and~ they would

have done better had' they. left the

stalks to catch the winter snows.



Tests and experiments have clearly

shown that this method of feeding is

unwise and unprofitable. Why not use

the medern way of making the corn





if you must feed down some stalks‘use

animals which will not be damaged by





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





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canal;





nd Tracxm- Co





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In spite of the labor shortage more food

must be produced—more acreage must be

put under cultivation. More work must be

done by fewer men.





There is just one solution,-—machinery

must fill the gaps in the ranks of farm labor.





Tractors must be used—thousands of

them—tractors that will actually do the

things you want a tractor to do—tractors

that will Work on practically any kind of

ground—in any part of the country.





These are exacting demands but

Cleveland tractors by the thousands are

meeting them effectively.





They are producing food —in larger

quantities than ever before—and are con-

suming none of it.





They are plowing 31/2 miles an hour,

eight to ten acres a day and under medium

'soil conditions are pulling two fourteen inch

bottoms. ‘This is equal to the work of three

men and three good three-horse teams.





And the work is not only done faster but

better with the Cleveland.





The Cleveland is an all-purpose tractor

that does a wider range of work than is

possible with other types. lt is the tractor

that works successfully on the side hill.





lt plows, barrows, sows and reaps. lt

hauls, does grading and road work, cuts

ensilage and does the hundred and one odd

jobs which are always to be done about





the farm.





it is tractor and stationary engine in one.

The Cleveland is built on the same prin-





T‘""’Clevclancl Tractor Co.





:1 9021 Euclid Avenue





The largest producer of crawler- type tractors in the world





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f‘fi'l'he Farm Labor Army decreases“

as the National Army increases





 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





ciple as the giant battle "tanks." lt crawls

on its oWn tracks, laying them down and

picking them up as it goes along. it will

work practically anywhere-over rough

ground, ditches and hummocks, close up to

fence comers, and under small trees.





With 600 square inches of traction sur-

face, it goes through sand, gravel, gumbo.

mud and even wet clay. it travels over

the newly plowed ground without packing

the soil.





The Cleveland 1s only 96 inches long,

52 inches high and 50 inches wide. lt

can easily be operated by one man and

can be housed in less space than Is required

for a single horse. It weighs less than





3200 pounds.





Yet in spite of its small size the Cleveland

develops twelve horsepower at the drawbar

and twenty at the pulley.





The Cleveland Tractor was designed by

Rollin H. White, the well- known automOa

tive engineer, and is built under his per-

sonal supervision. Only the best materials

are used throughout. Tracks and gears are

protected from dirt and dust, and the track

sections are joined by hardened steel pins

which have their bearings 1n hardened

steel bushings.





Every farmer can fill up the gaps in the

ranks of his farm labor profitably—can

help the nation meet the food crisis profit-

ably—by installing one or more Cleveland

Tractors now.





Speed up your production. Make more

money.Wr1te us for complete information and

.the name of the nearest Cleveland dealer.





Cleveland, Ohio





 





e Best Pumps 1 Ever Sa





“1 have three pumps of your make and they are the best pumps I

ever saw," writes F. M. Polk, Tobinsport, Ind. No wonder!

For they are backed by 69 year' s pump-making experi-

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soil 3. LL YOU DIRECT.

Shi mewnt fsrorn our Muskegon.

. yard. Write for sample‘





literature. analysis and price.

LAK7E SHORE STONE COMPANY,

P. 0.Box1 Milwaukee.W1s.





 





Agricultural Lime ’

Hollow Building Tile

Drain Tile





J. W. ROLLINSON,

4th Floor Penobscot Bldg, Detroit, Mich.





BARRELS





We have for sale Potato, Sugar and kAnge Barrels



snag egg crates. We buy and 99 ll all): of Burlap

Cotton Bags. Write for prices.



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Farm drainage demands durable tile. Our drain tile are made of the

7 best Ohio clay. thoroughly herd burned

‘ have to ,dlg' em up to be replaced every few years. Write for prices.

We are also manufacturers of the famous

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lell make yona g’dgfbid either claimed or in the dirt

We have cull beans for sale.

W. L. IRELAND a 00.. Grand Ledge. lion.





We are in the market for Seed Whe





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. INE-TEMGI the common ail-

ments arming dairy'ctlves should

be mended by a sensible



m «of mugmt from the time



, they are armored from the cows until

“theyareotd enough to'eat dry grain



sndhay. Somearesoanms to



' glean every cent of profit, that they



' cheat themselves and starve their



‘ other by saving the cream and then



compelling the little calves to subsist



makinmflkwhentheyareonlya

stew «days old. Some calves do not

soon be be injured by such a diet, pro-



it is fled from and warm from

the separator, but the calves a few

days old have not sufficient strength

icit digestion to digest it properly, and



. it passes through the alimentary canal



' in an undigested condition, and the so-



called white scours result.‘ The calf,



unable to digest the skim-milk, is Sim-

ply starving untfl it is a hopeless prep-

osition. Such a condition could have

been avoided by feeding the calf whole

milk a few days longer, instead of





   





Thousands oIWsterloo Boy We

are drained into service to speed up farm

Work—standing the most drastic service

tests in field and belt work.





lts three-plow pulling capacity and 25

horsepower at the belt, easy handling

and dependability give it the widest

range of usefulness on the average farm.





Stand: on the Bedrock of

Over 4Years Prov-en Suctess





mWaMooBoyt-u be since pas-edits

experimental tinge. it Lathe confidencecfth

farming world because of exceptional perform-

ance m the hands of users.



Powerful, quick-vstatting motor. perfect hero-

acne-burning manifold, automatic lubrication.

complete and easy accessibility of working parts.

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AVOlding Calf Ailments





poisoned and bacome victims of gas:

trio fever or dysentery. some thiik‘





that sour milk is all the calf needs





and by the time the calf is one month

old any old kind 0f milk they may

have or get from the creamery vats is-

fed in any quantity. Then when di»





gestion becomes impaired theyfcrowd

finds of cheese, egg shells and char-

coal down the ealf’s throat. Such kind

of treamm; may be in line with Dar-

win‘s theoryrot' the survival of the at-

test, but it seldom results in develop-

ing a good dairy cow.



Never compel the call? to nurse some

gargety cow that gives feverish and

diseased milk unfit for human use.





Feed milk from its mother or some.





other fresh cow with it is, at least.

two weeks old, then mix it with one-

third skim-milk and gradually reduce

the quantity of whole milk until the

calf is a month or six weeks of age.

Never try to feed a calf cold milk

until it is two months old. Always

warm the milk to about ninety-eight





 





   

 





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struction and numerous “photographic View: 0 Wall-

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A Size for Every , ‘ Other feeders and it too much trou-





- ble to warm the milk for calves and

Engine and Motor 1 -. ,

PM“ fin” vent out of and pcwer- as a result their stomachs become





my must at exactly 0, mmi ,We‘uon chilled so that their digestion is great-





leakazc, ”passive £11er1 and Power 1055- 1' 1y impaired, if not'ruined. Then the

The sc1'ent1fic construction of





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' owner dope‘s the calf until digestion is

. completely ruined. Others have failed

to feed regularly and as a result the

= calves get extremely hungry and when

they are fed eat so greedily and eat





 





 





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assures Ileana! pressuic-Ie all afiound the ffyfindet j



walls. ey are ma e in a sues to t every , '



model and type of engine, automobile, tractor, 2;” The Care Of the Heifer

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Your loical dealir ofr garage Ihas—I-or cfan get are bred until they drop

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will tell exactly what rings you need. ,1. ical period in the life of dairy

piste size assortment: are carried by more . ‘ - V .

than 300 jobbing and supply houses all over helfels: and In mOSt 1nStances ‘





the country from which you can be uickly ' . ' ~ '

supplied. Over 2,000 unusual sizes and1 over- they W111 thmve better If kept





. ' - . sizes—rill widths dlnd giatliagters—are kgpt . away from the older members of

constanty on Ian at t e ctory ready or - - .

Fromm shipment anywhem 1 , the herd. It 1s better to keep





‘ i 1 1 the“ r

MCQUAIYon. them by themse yes for ew





months they are with calf on ac-

. ,1 count of the danger from abor-

‘IRiNes .-,, , Ttion, either through injury by





’IA sped,“ rmg {0, e“ e, that pump oil. Used 11 the older cattle or from conta-

mtop groove only 9 pistons to control excess 1 gion, as there are very few herds

“1 “nth MCQW NW“ 3’53”“ W m I ' f dair attle that are entire!

1011’»: grooves to insure Miriam compression ' f : 0 y C , . y

and fuel economy. - . ‘ free from thls complamt. Con-

SEND FOR FREE BOOKLET '1’ ' ‘

"To Have and to Hold .._. I -_ tagiousI abortion 1s one of the

simple, clear explamuon a 1.1.1.. ,1", most serious dlseases that the





rings, their construction and operation. ii. breeders of registered dairy cat.

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- ' 1 1 1 ‘ ' ' digestion until they bloat and perhaps

D R A I N I I .l l” E - die from the, effects. Even‘ though

they survive they grow up weaklings

Whether it is a dry or wet season, the tile drained acres produce the best‘ and easy prey to other serious ail-

results. It 13 your patu'otic duty to increase iour crops.





Write today or prices and our booklet tile underdrainage. ' ments. \





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THE CADILLAC CLAY COMPANY 5°!“ think that any



1 1 Mmufncturero and mmibuun—suau... m1 rail is 50011 enough to seed the calves

no r. H ' ' m ““9"an mm. Such pails become breeding





 





 





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IW/flwywfi ' . Buildings on Charles Strickland‘s Farm, Barry County.





degrees Fahrenheit and never scald it.

If the milk is sterilized to destroy

disease germs it should be clustered

by the use of flaxseed jelly or linseed

oil meal. It is better to feed dry

grain than to mix the middlings and

ground oats with the skim-milk. Some

good-feeders pour a little oil meal and

‘middlings on top of the milk and the

calf drinks it along with the milk

more slowly than when the grain is

mixed with the milk and settles in

the bottom of the pail. '



As early as possible calves should

be encouraged to eat dry grains and

clover hay. At first light rations

should be fed and gradually the

amount may be increased until at two

or three months of age two or three

pounds per day may be safely fed.

Equal parts of cornmeal, wheat bran

and ground oats and half a part of oil

meal make an efficient grain ration

for the growing calf. When the calves

are turned out to pasture, continue

the grain ration until they are able to

eat and digest sufficient grass to make

good growth and maintain good flesh

condition. Unless the pastures are

unusually good keep up the grain ra1

tion until the end of the season. It is

the height of folly to attempt to grow

and develop good heifers on scant ra1

tions of inferior feed stuffs. There is

little danger of getting calves too fat

so long as proper feed stuffs are used.

In fact, a little fat is not at all objec-





tionable. More harm comes from feed.





ing an excess of concentrates and not

enough milk, grass and bulky feeds»

which promote digestion and furnish

bone and muscle-building nutrients in





the right proportions to maintain the 1





health of the animal. ’ W. M. K.





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It is quite unnecessary that the or~

dinary farmer should convert his

hams into breeding establishments, tie-

voting his attention to breeding is

‘fstrains” and: families of a ram m

at the expense of 111 s oghst
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. to show for it is a bump of experience





*- necessary for you to make the same .

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HERE’S a farmer in Ohio whose

name is Peter Small. Peter

Small made a mighty big mis-

take a few years ago. The mistake

cost him over $10,000. And all he has





and a lifeless hide.



Peter Small will never make the

same mistake again.



Peter Small did not swallow his loss,

and selfishly keep his story to him-

self. He was. big enough to tell the

dairy'world, so that you‘and I and

others would not lose as he had lost.



He' took his hide to the National

Dairy Show last year, and told the

story of his mistake.



In the Peter Small exhibit there

were five stalls. Four contained cows

placidly ’chewing their cuds. In the

fifth there hung the hide of the bull

that had sired these cows. He had

been slaughtered before Peter Small

knew what his daughters could do.

That was Peter Small’s mistake.



He knows now. He kept a record of

his cows after the hull was killed. He

found out that they averaged 25,210

pounds of milk, and 977.3 Pounds of





 





 





O induce the greatest possi-



ble flow of milk in the heif-

ers their calves should be re-

moved from them within three

or four days, and they should be

carefully trained in the milk-

giving habit by a skilled milker,

one who understands how to

manipulate the udder and stim-

ulate the activity of the cells.

With good care, plenty of good

nourishing food and- a careful

milker, the dairy heifer is sur-

rounded by environment condu-

cive to making'the most of the

feed given her. She is then, and

not until them, in a condition to

return a profit from her feed.





 





 





butter-fat. And he killed the bull that

had sired them! He had killed for

meat a bull that was 'worth at least

$10,000. He had found that out too late.



But the National Dairy Show gave it

to the thousands of wide-awake farm-

ers, who attended the show at Colum-

bus las-t year, for nothing.



There were many farmers at the

show last year who took the lesson of

the $10,000 hide to heart, and many a

good bull was saved to the dairy

world. It may be that there will be

something equally as valuable for you

at the show this year. You won’t get

it unless you come.



Most men learn best by experience.

But the school of experience is a long

school and a dear school. So, if you

can learn at someone else’s expense of

time and money, you’ll be that‘much .

ahead, won’t you?



. The National Dairy Show this year

will be brim full of the thousand-dol-

lar experiences of earnest men in the

dairy industry. Why should you go

over the. same costly ground over which

they have. plodded in order to arrive

at the same reSult? Why should it be





 





 





 





 





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performance of a Moline Universal tractor

9-16 3- 1’- 3eri'al No. 19002 Motor No. 10002

under test for draw baz- horse power.

conditicrs: -



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rim underneath.



Load: how. two fougteen inch plows.



Winter I att ecording



Draw Bar P1111: Kiwi-age for one minute



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fine: Recorded by dynanmem.

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that the Moline-Universal was con-

servatively rated at 9-l8 h. p. Just

how conservative is shown by the

astonishing official tests made at the

National Tractor Demonstration which

showed the Moline-Universal to have an

excess of over I l h. p. on the draw bar

and 8 h. p. at the belt.



Certainly these tests show beyond

question of doubt the efficiency of the

Moline-universal. For each I69 lbs. of

weight the Moline-Universal developed

l h. p. on the draw bar. Compare this

with the ordinary tractor which develops

l h. p. for each 250 to 300 lbs. weight—

and you will clearly realize the greater

efficiency and corresponding greater

economy of the Moline-Universal.





However, we shall continue to rate the Moline-

Univeroal at 9-18 h. p. A tractor to give satisfactory

service and stand up for years under the strain of

tractor .work must have reserve power, and the

greater the reserve the better. Under normal con-

ditiom- the Moline-Universal ho: from 50 to 100

per cent rucrvc power. Think what chic meant.





Ninety—eight per cent of its entire

weight‘ is on the two big drive wheels

where every ounce is available for traction.





IN previous advertising we have stated





The Moline-Universal is scientifically con-

structed and utilizes its weight to best

advantage. it has no dead weight.



From the above report you will see

that the Moline-Universal developed

20.05 h. p. at 3.52 m.p.h. pulling two

plow bottoms 9 to l0 in. deep in excep-

tionally hard plowing. At 2.l8 m.p. h.

it. developed 12.5 h. p. The difference

in speed accounts for the extra draw bar

pull. At 3.5 m. p. h. under average

conditions the Moline-Universal will

plow as much in a day as a 3-plow

tractor traveling'at 2.25 m.p. h.





Just the Right Size





if the Moline-Universal were built to



ull a 3-bottom plow. it would be too

heavy for light work. As the Moline—

Universal is now built it has ample

capacity for all ordinary plowing needs,

and at the same time is equally suited

for light operations such as cultivating,

haying, harvesting, etc. which require far

more work hours than your heavy work.



You are chiefly concerned in getting

your work done quicker and better than

you ever did before. You have no





fixed power requirements. One day

your work may be heavy, the next day

light—and the light work is just as

important as the heavy. Thus, you

must have a tractor which will do both

heavy and light work efficiently and

economically, and the Moline-Universal

fully meets both these requirements.

You have plenty of power when you;

need it and when you don't want it you,

have no extra expense—as you would

have with a heavy tractor for light jobs.





Remember tins—here 3 what the

Moline-Universal Tractor will do for you:





(I) Gives you plenty of power for all your work.

both heavy and light.



(2) It does all farm work including cultivating.



(3) One man operates both tractor and imple-

ment from the seat of the implement in all operations.



(4) Electric lights enable it to be worked night.

to make up for unavoidable delays.



(5) Because of self-starter,

can operate tractor successfully.



(6) So well made and has so much rceervepown;

that it will give many years of service.





non- robust labor





Send for free catalog which gives'

detailed description of the Moline-

Universal Tractor. Address Dept.42





 





   

 

 

 

 

 

 





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-Cow to Consumer--





Bossy her father and brothers—The man, woman or child who feeds and milks

here—The man, woman or child who makes her milk into butter, cheese, ice

cream, condensed milk, milk powder, or any other shape or form, and the man,

woman or child who uses her milk in any form, all the folks who make or sell

machinery and equipment she makes necessary





TO (:0 TO THE (:1 b 011'

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Where he is going to deliver to each one a great war me e on the team

work he wants to do with the dairy people and how he wants e dai people

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The President 3 Proclamation ;

GAIN the, government course to the people at the country with-

the request that theylend their money. and loud it upon a



morellberalecalothanevsrbemmlnorderthattheueatm»

for the rights of America and the liberation of the world may be

prosecuted with ever increasing vigor to s. victorious conclusion.

And it makes the appeal with the greatest confidence because it

knows that every day it is becoming clearer and clearer to think-

ing men throughout the nation that the winning of the war is an

essential investment. The money that is held back now will be of

little use or value if the war is not won and the selfish masters of

Germany are permitted to dictate what America may and may not

do. Men in America, besideS, have from the first until now dedicat—

ed both their lives and their fortunes to the vindication and main-

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Agricultural News





CARTONS' FOR EGGS.





 





HE question“ of whether cartons



for eggs should be done away with

has developed quite an argument in

the egg trade all over the country.

The proposition was submitted by the

Food Administration to the New York

Mercantile Exchange and that ex-

change started a petitionamong its

members last week. The object was

to get a line on the opinion of the

trade. The middle of this week there

were about one hundred signers on the

petition and seventy of them favored

continuing the use of cartons, while

about thirty were against it.



At first thought it seems as though

no one would suffer and a. good thing

would be done to aid in the conserva-

tion of paper and pastcboard if the

cartons were done away with, but

those who are in favor of the cartons

have an exceptionally good argument.

They say that there are hundreds of

shippers and retailers all over the

country who have spent time and mon-

ey to advertise their brands of eggs,

which are put up in cartons, and if

the cartons are done away with now,

their brands will practically go out of

existence, because they would not

have a. package in which to pack the

eggs so that that particular mark can

retain its identity. They also say that

this is a great protection to the public,

for the reason that it gets quality for

its money.





 





DRAFT HORSES AT NATIONAL

DAIRY SHOW.



N order to, emphasize the need of

draft horses in progressive agricul-

ture of today and to make clear its re-

lation to the problem of feeding the

nation during the war, an exhibition

and show of Percherons has been ad-

ded to the National Dairy Show which

will be held at Columbus. Ohio, Octo-

ber 10-19. The Eastern Percheron As~

sociation has been asked to take

charge of this feature which will cov-

er three days, beginning October 10.

This precedes the show of galted sad-

dle horses which opens on October 14.



It is expected that there will be at

least two hundred and fifty head of

this one breed of horses represented.

Breeders of Ohio, Michigan. Pennsyl-

vania, Illinois and Virginia are partici-

pating. There will be twenty-eight

classes and money trophies to the ex-

tent of $2.500 has been provided in the

way of prizes.



The show is calculated to make an

especial appeal to the small breeders

as the dealer and importer are barred.



A special feature of the class listis

a class for Percheron mares,ten years

old and over. One hundred and forty

dollars to to be divided among the six

winning exhibitors in ’ this competition

and it is expected that some otthe

best old brood mares in the stands. of

Ohio breeders win be on exhibit. ”



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considerable range characterizes the

list of awards and the prize money is

to be abundantly distributed. The en-

tries for this show close on Thursday,

October 3. The show opens Thursday,

October 10, at noon. Entries must be

made promptly in order to give time

for completion of the catalogue. En-

tries are in charge of D. R. Acklin.

Manager of the National Dairy Horse

Show, Columbus Savings & Trust Com-

pany Building, Columbus, Ohio.





IMPORTANT MEETING OF HORTO-

CULTURISTS.





 





HE forty-eighth annual meeting of



the Michigan State Horticultural

Society is to be held at Detroit, Decem-

ber 10-11-12-13. The officers have been

busy for months making plans for this

meeting and it is expected to be the

largest and most important meeting

the society has ever held.



The Michigan apple show is one of

the new features, and there will be

the biggest display of Michigan apples

ever shown in this state. The display

will represent apples from practically

every fruit-growing township in the

state. Many other new features, in-

cluding canning demonstrations, ex-

hibits by the Bureau of Markets, a

sight-seeing trip about" Detroit, and

inspection of the Eastern Market, will

make this a “Win the War” conven-

tion.



The program covers four full days

with one evening session which will

be a musing patriotic one and should

not be missed by anyone. Programs

and particulars will be mailed to mem-

bers of the society. The secretary is

George M. Low, Bangor, Mich. ‘Pro-

gram and particulars will be mailed

to anyone upon application to him.





SAVE PITS AND SHELLS.

‘HE War Department at Washing-

ton has called upon canners and

the public generally to save fruit pits

and nut shells to be used in making

carbon for gas masks. Pits of peaches,

prunes, plums, apricots, cherries, hick-

ory nuts, walnuts and butternuts are

wanted, along with some other varie-

ties. They will be collected and ship-





,ped- by the Red Cross to the gas de-





fense division of the chemical war ser-

vice ol the army. In many cities in

Texas barrels are being placed on the

public streets for the receiving of its

pits and nut shells. East Texas should

be a fruitful field for them as usually

tons of peach seeds accumulate about

the canneries. There are several large

nut shelters about Dallas and Fort

Worth that could Oder a goodly sup-

ply of shells.





 





WOU LDN'T YOU?





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CARCITY of labor and the new

responsibility of feedingthe world

during our national emergency





farmer to bring into Operation new

methods that'heretofore were not nec-

essary and possibly not advisable.





A method of this sort has been used





to quitean extent among our western





farmers and is becoming more and

more popular there. The method is

that of hogging down corn. There are

some excellent reasons for’this. name-

ly, the fact that it is the cheapest

possibel method of harvesting corn as

far as labor is concerned. Practically

the only labor involved is that of erect.-

ing and caring for fences. Experi-

ments have shown that it is the most

economical method of harvesting corn

as concerns waste. 'On some experi-

mental plots ,less volunteer kernels

were found on plots harvested by hogs

than by those harvested by the man-

labor method. These reasons alone





 





 





should start a practical farmer in ac-

tion and the most skeptical to consid-

ering. But there are reasons of lesser





importance. The fertility of the soil

is maintained with practically no la-

bor. The cornstalks are broken up

and left to rot without leaching in the

barnyard. They are evenly spread

and~the field is in condition to plow.

The manure that would leach away in

the dry lot is evenly spread. The corn

can be harvested more quickly, a fact

which makes fall plowing possible in

many instances. _



There are, however, some disadvan-

tages, the first of which is that hog-

proof fences are necessary. It is some-

times advisable to hog dewn parts of

a field at a time in order to insure

careful harvesting on the part of the

hogs. This can be done by setting

anchor posts at the ends ’of the row of

corn and tying the fence to the stalks.

This method of keeping hogs where

they belong would not keep them out

of a corn field but it will keep them in

one part until most of the corn is

cleaned up.





An early kind of corn that is sure

to get ripe, yet one that will yield well,

is best for hogging down. Soy beans

are sometimes planted with the corn,

which is an excellent practice. The

soy beans will not be harmed by

drought and will make excellent feed

for the hogs, even if the corn is ruin-

ed. If soy beans are properly inocu-

lated and supply the nitrogen through

the nodules that they are capable of,

the yield of corn should not be de-

creased. The best variety that has

been dsicovered by the writer to date~

is the Medium Green. It is an early



' variety and is well suited to. the cli-

mate of Michigan. It yields quite

heavily and it is claimed that it con-

tains a. larger percentage of protein

than most other varieties. It will pay

to make an effort to secure some seed

of this variety. Rape is another ex-

cellent forage crop that can be sown





“in the corn to be bogged down previ~ ‘

one to the last cultiVation. Rape con- ,





tains quite a percentage of protein and

all that can be fed the hogs will help





cut down the cost of tankage and 0ch:



.. er. nitrogenous feeds that are so ex- _

' pensive at this time.



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Mixed with grains, International

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HEN a farmer buys a shotgun, he buys it



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second to provide an eliective weapon for upland

game birds, prairie chickens, or ducks -- for where

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In return for his investment, the shrewd farmer

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ging at a flock of crows, he must be sure of ex-

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least the three pellets necessary to a “kill” in the

body of the fowl.





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behind it, at the range for which its choke adapts it. It

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Built in 12 gauge, weight 7% lbs.; and in 16 and 20



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countryside a blaze -of color and

the leaves making a thin blanket over

the roadside. The jays are impudently

chattering in the half-bare hickory

trees as you go with me to a Saturday

community meeting in one of Michi-

gan’s rural schools. ‘



As you approach the school, you

see a geodly crowd of youngsters and

older folk, even though the day be an

ideal one for fall work.



The interior of the school house, as

you step in, makes you wonder if this

is not the setting for Herbert Quick’s

“Brown Mouse.” One side of the room

has a row of tables filled with selected

seed corn, potatoes, beans and grains,

together with garden truck raised by

the adults of the community. The ta-

bles at the back contain the vegeta-

bles, potatoes and corn that the young-

sters have raised and selected for this

exhibit. In one corner of the room is

a table with a Babcock milk tester and

equipment ready for use, while on the

board is a carefully Worked out month-

ly feed and milk record that shows

which cows are earning their keep. A

half dozen different kinds of seed corn

drying arrangements are scattered

about one end of the room, together

with a seed corn testing box and sev-

eral rag doll testers. Evidently there

is to be no guesswork about the seed

corn planted in this neighborhood. You

have just time to begin to take in the

remainder of the room, when the

teacher, a slip of a girl from the Coun-





ty Normal, announces a song by the» the same amount of





school. After the echoes have died





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away, a victrola is started and a dozen

youngsters go through a simple folk

dance that would do justice to any

city playground.



In this county many boys’ and girls"

clubs are organized and at work and

the leader in charge of the county, a

graduate of the State Agricultural

College, gives a short talk on the work

that is being done by these clubs and

the service they are now rendering to

their government. Following this,

three boys of the school demonstrate

how to select and store seed corn. Nor

are the girls left out of this demon-

stration work, for two of them demon-

strate how to pare potatoes econom-

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are weighed and the girl who pared

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clared the winner of the contest.



The County School Commissioner

follows with a splendid talk on “The

School as a Social Center,” in rural

communities. You are beginning to

wonder as to the purpose of the oil

stove in the corner, when the teacher

announces that the pupils have pur-

chased this s‘tove for the purpose of

serving hot school lunches and will

serve' a demonstration lunch after the

next talk. This is an interesting an‘

nouncement and the applause in which

you join, is long and loud. The State

Leader for the Girls’ Garment-making

clubs gives a short talk on Girls’ Club

Work, and with the assistance of three

girls from the school demonstrates

how to draft a pattern.



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country school or a fantasy of an over-

worked imagination, caused by read-

ing too much about the new rural

school. After the lunch, a recess is

declared and the announcement is

made that the State Leader of Boys’

Clubs will assist the boys and girls,

young and old, in the playing of some

group games. “Head and tail tag,”

“overhead relay,” “handicap relay,”

“circle dodgeball,” “jump the rope re-

lay,” and other good group games are

played with much enthusiasm until a

call from the teacher announces that

the afternoon program is ready. A

good old-fashioned community song

feast is next indulged in, after which

the County Agricultural Agent talks of

newer ideas in rural education and

convinces you that the rural school is,





if gauged by this one, not a dead ill-4





stitution at all but one that is meet-

ing its needs fundamentally today. As

the applause subsides, the victrola is

again started and the boys and girls

illustrate the Shoemaker’s Dance.

Three boys then demonstrate the use

of the Babcock tester and one reads a

paper on testing and its value to the

farmer engaged in dairying. One of

the canning clubs of a neighboring

town has been busy meanwhile at the

oil stove and after a brief introduc-

tion of the “One Period Cold-pack

Method” Of canning, they proceed to

demonstrate this: Tanning cauliflow-

‘, peaches, apples and tomatoes, much

to the interest of the women assem-

bled. After all questions have been

carefully answered concerning this

method of preserving food stuffs, the

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take Selency, L'Pme de Dalian and the

village of Dallop near St. Quentin.

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Governor, E. L. Gardiner; Secretary of

State. Garrit Masselink; Treasurer, R.

S. Powell; Attorney-General, James H;

Baker; Auditor, General C. K. Jake.

way.



Friday, September 27.





THE new offensive by American and

French troops between Verdun

and Rheims results in a seven-mile ad-

vance over a twenty-mile front, the

capture of 5,000 prisoners and the tak-

ing of much war booty. Haig attacks

in the direction of Cambrai and goes

forward three miles on a thirteen-mile

front, crossing the Hindenburg line

and occupying seven miles of the en-

emy's famous defensive work. Bul-

garian troops are so demoralized that

Premier Malinofl asks an armistice

with the entente.——Chili seizes four

and possibly five, interned German

merchant steamers—Loyalist group

consisting of five members reorganizes

a provisional government in Russia—-





tion at Grand Rapids, complete their

state ticket as follows: Governor, Al-

bert E. Sleeper; Lieut.-Governor, L. E.

Dickinson; Secretary of State, G. C.

Vaughan; Attorney-General, Alex. J.

Grosbeck; Auditor-General, O. B. Ful-

ler; State Treasurer, S. 0. Odell; U.

S. Senator, T. H. Newberry.





Saturday, September 28.





HE Belgian army with British co-

operating, begin attack in Flan-

ders near the North Sea. British and

American troops continue operations

before Cambrai and to the southward

Ten thousand prisoners and 200 guns

are taken. These troops are within

three miles of their objective—Serbi-

ans capture Veles on the Balkan front

and push taward Uskub.-—The British

troops are within thirteen miles of

Stroumitza. The Bulgarian parliament

endorses Premier Malinoff’s proposal

for an armistice—War labor policies

board moves to control prices on ev‘

eryday necessities of life by govern-

mental llmltation of profits.





Sunday, September 29.





LLIED fleet attacks Ulhases as

Belgians win Passchendale rid e

and several towns on twenty-mile

front—British close on Cambrai and

take 16,000 prisoners. FrancoAmeri-

cans smash beyond the Hindenburg

line and take over 'the last natural

barriers to the foe's defense—Austri-

ans take over a section of the Knee-

donian line to assist the Bulgarians.

——-Unitod States doctors report the dis-

covery of a serum to combat the epi-

demic of Spanish influenza.





Monday; September 30.





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oupy Sofia. the capitol of Bulgaria.—

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I also met Carl Beattie in the course

of this spell of inactivity. I had serv-

ed with him in the ranks. He told me

that he was waiting for some other

friends of ours, and presently they

showed up. One of them was Scottie





Allen and theot/her Ballis.- The fora





mer, poor chap, had lost his right arm.

He had gotten into a fight with two

Huns one day and had been hit seven

times. The worst of it was that they

had gotten him while he was still an

observer; for that reason Scottie had

1 ,never known what it was to fly a ma-

chine himself. We had all served to-

. gether in a Canadian unit.

1 And we talked of the old times when

- we were in the Mechanical Transport

Section in France and breaking our

necks to get into the Royal Flying

Corps. We laughed over our efforts

to learn wireless telegraphy. We had

made ourselves wireless keys and buz-

zers and had taken the batteries of the

glorries to furnish the necessary elec-

tricity. We had also managed to get

a copy of the Morse code, as used in

France, and after we had master-

~ ed the alphabet we used to amuse

ourselves sending wireless dispatches

to one another. That kind of thing has

‘ its value. When I joined the Flying

‘ Corps I was actually able to, send fif-

teen'words and receive about ten per

minute. We also reminded one an-

other of the days when we used to

V stop our lorries near an aerodrome on

the main road to the lines. None of

us ever passed that spot Without stop-

ping long enough to see some flyer go

up or land. We thought of all the

silly questions we had asked and of

the funny replies that had been given

to us.

During this dull season somebody

decided that we ought to take a

course in aircraft construction at one

of the largest plants in England. It

was quite an interesting experience.

Much of the work was done by women,

., to release men who were fit for mili-

-" - tary service in France. I was much

, surprised at the quality and quantity

’ of the work done by the women. In

addition to stretching the fabric on the

planes, they were helping in the build-

ing of frames, and they also put on

the preparation which is used to

shrink the fabric after it is sewed on.

Some of them assisted in making pro-

.pellers, while others varnished them.



.The women of England have proven

in fact that they can do anything that

a man can do, and it is my opinion

that if they were given a fair chance

they would make just as good fighters.

They are employed everywhere. Some

of the ammunition works employ as

many as seven thousand of them. They

' are nowadays also employed in France

as motor drivers and clerks, and are

quite capable of doing such heavy

work as driving lorries. In machine

shops I saw the women handle lathes

and other machines. On the farms

’they do the plowing, and I doubt very

much if England could continue the

war without its woman labor. When

'we arrived at‘the factory there was a-

shortage in materials and for that rea-

son we could not do very much, aside

from looking over machines that were

ready. Some of my time I devoted to

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to establish what his position is in re-

lation to the horizon. He is‘likely to

come out of the clouds in almost any

position. ' In fact, the squadron comé

mandei‘, who. examined me as to my

mechanical ability when I joined the

service, came out of a cloud On his

back at a height of six or seven thou—

sand feet, to find that he had dropped

his observer out. He landed as fast

as he could and started to search for

the poor fellow, but the man had been

killed outright and half buried in

the fall.



The oddest cloud formations may

be met at times. Once I was up above

the main stratum, which. was about

three thousand feet thick, and was

broken by holes here and there. _I

had ‘climbed through one of these

holes to the top of the cloud, but when

finally I came clear the hole had clos-

ed up.



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cloud that showed no breaks of any .





sort. There were large peaks on this

cloud, and with my back towards the

sun I started to fly towards one of

them. As I came close to it, I saw on

its very side the outlines of another

airplane. I had seen no other flyers

near me and I wondered where this

one had come from so suddenly. Be-

fore long I noticed that the machine

was coming towards me. I tried to

avoid it, but found that the machine

changed its position accordingly. I

was sure that there would be a Smash-

up. I tried to get out of the way of

the machine by a sharp turn, but that

idiot of a pilot executed the same

manoeuvre. Then I climbed to get

over him and the other machine did

the same. A collision seemed inevita-

ble. I closed my eyes and waited for

the crash.



But I waited in vain. I had judged

the distance between the two ma-

chines accurately, and after I was con-

vinced that I had passed the other one

I opened my eyes again—just as my

plane was poking its nose into the

cloud peak against whose sides its

outlines had been cast by the sun.



As I rushed through the mist I was

not yet sure that this had really been

the case, so when I had emerged on

the farther side I'banked and describ-

ed a circle around the peak to find the

other machine. But there was no

doubt that the machine I had seen had

been the shadow of my own. I recall-

ed then that the contour of the other

machine had been framed in an iri-

descence showing all the colors of the

rainbow. It occurred to me that it

would be well to do it all over again,

and I did. I reached the same position

as before’ and went once more through

the sensation of a crash in the air.





On another occasion I saw a peak

that ’had a large archway in it. I

made up my mind to fly through it.

The peaks seemed quite close but I

kept on flying without reaching the

portal. What ‘I had taken for a dis!

tance of only a few hundred yards

proved ultimately to be ten miles. But

I got to the archway in the end, and

as I rushed through it the air currents

made by the propeller caused the en-





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mySelf crashing through it. In other

cases it would, be still ahead ofr’me,





to my former level close enough to the

peak to dive through it.

Most of the pilots have a. great deal





them very troublesome. Rain clouds

are generally quite black underneath},

and show ‘all sorts. of projections

which are visible from the ground.

Within the clouds themselves wind

currents of varying velocity race back

and forth. The bumps on the clouds

are generally caused by the uneven

density of the mists, and stand in di-

rect- relation to the wind currents be-

]neath and within the clouds.

plane going through a cloud of that

sort may drop from two to three hun-

dred feet at a time, without the pilot,

who sees nothing but his machine and

the vapor around him, noticing it.

Clouds of that sort have been the

cause of a good many bad spills.



l I have often been asked by friends

how one feels when up in the air some

five miles. That is not so easy to ex-

plain, for on almost every trip a man

experiences different emotions. It de-

pends very largely on the state of his

nerves and on his general physical

condition. But I may say that the feel-

ing which oftenest came over me was

that I had no business in those lofty

regions. Not having lived the life of

a saint, I could not help thinking of

the hereafter and of the supernatural

powers that are supposed to govern

it; incidentally I felt convinced that

there was a hereafter. At times it did

not affect me at all.



But finally one comes to believe that

his life is entirely within the hands of

the Supreme Power.



If that Power willed to put an end

to my life on earth, it had but to frac-

ture one of my planes or to demolish

some other part of the machine. I

wouldvcrash to earth then within a

few minutes and certain death would

be my lot.



There were times when, sailing up

in the eternal blue with the noise of

the motor the only sound to reach my

ears—and even that becomes negligi-

ble after a while through constant

hearing—I would experience a degree

of lonesomeness that is impossible to

clearly describe. Below me might pul-

sate a tremendous field of c10uds, all

gray and white, and around and above

me nothing but the blue. On the earth

it might be raining, but up there the

sun was shining.



Under such circumstances one’s life





 





 





unrolled as though it were a moving'





picture. I used to review my past

and find great satisfaction in the

thought that I had never stolen any-

thing nor killed a man in civil life. I

took it for granted that if an angel

should step out from a cloud and tell

me I had no right up there, he would

know that much about me. But at the

same time I resolved to obey his com-

mand immediately if he should order

me to the earth. ‘ ,



Sometimes I would shut the‘ engine

off for the purpose of gliding down. I

would then feel the absolute silence

all the more, untilwthe stays and wires

of my machine began to sing and

screech from the pressure while in a

nose dive. With the wires strumming

and the plane making the sound of 'a

drum whenever the machine changed

its position the veriest fraction of an

inch, new thoughts came to me. They

brought me, back to the reality of

things—the care of the machine. One

never knewrwhen apart of the con-

trivance, which had stood the strain

of the last dive, might snap. In that

case it would be all over.



Pilots and observers‘ are” a rather

queer lot while on the ground. ‘The

language they use is not always of the





 





11 y are of the bean: .





but once in a while I would come down





of fun in the clouds, but they also find-





The air-,





best, and often they do things which .

. are not exactly right; although as “a

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the course '0

very superstitious.

lieve in the queerestuthtage For in-





 

 





stance, it is abnoiutely impossible to'.





induce in aviator to be the third one





to light his cigarette from the same‘





match. Two or four will do so, but

I’ve never known a man to have the

courage to be the third. Some of

them carry their superstition so far

that they will not be the third man

even if there are four.





They used to tell a little story of a.

squadron in France three of whose

pilots were standing on the aérodrome

one day waiting to go up. on patrol.

The three of them wanted to smoke,

but had only one match between them.

Two of them lighted their cigarettes

on that match.— It so happened that

the third was not so very superstitious,

or else he wanted to smoke very badly.

He requested the privilege of‘lighting

up.- The others did not like that, for,

according to the general belief, it is

the third man who will be overtaken

by disaster. In this case the man was

very popular and his friends did not

like to see him do it. But he insisted

and they finally consented. He went

up on patrol and while fighting off a

Hun was shot down behind the Ger-

man lines. ,



The story was spread around, and

thereafter the,superstition was duly

heeded throughout the Royal Flying

Corps.



With many of the men, the mascot

was really a fetish. Some Of these

fetishes were of -a most peculiar char-

acter. The animals, which were kept

in the camps, were looked upon as har-





bingers of good luck for the organiza— _-





tion. But each man had his own little

fetish. It was known as the pocket-

piece or mascot. In some cases it

might be a dice or a playing-card. A

man who had often drawn an ace to a

full house, flush or a straight, was

bound to look upon aces in the end as

the thing that would bring him good

luck. In other cases it might be a

locket, then again a medal,- while

many of us carried little woolen dolls.

Even photographs were said to have





the quality which we expected of our \

One‘ of the men looked upon -





fetishes.

his 'pipe as a fetish, while another

cherished apiece of Chinese jade, up-

on which he counted. Another had a

knife. Many of the men wore brace-

lets on one wrist. In fact, ninestenths





of the pilots in the Corps possessed.





some queer sort of personal charm or

fetish.



Some of the men carried these

things only in their flying clothes, but

others grew so superstitious that they

would transfer them into a, pocket of

their. clothing; they refused to be

without their pocket-piece at any time.



I remember walking down the

Strand with a friend of mine one day.

We came to a ladder upon which stood

a window cleaner; inadvertently I

walked under it. That friend called

me every name he could think of for

walking under the ladder. And yet he

was the last person in whom I should

have thought to discover any supersti—

tion. He was an old miner and a wild

man besides. Later we" returned to

the aerodrome and I went up for a

’flight.

looked it over carefully before leaving

the. ground. It was all riglit then.





Before going upmy friend had warn-

ed me to be very careful, and" I re-

member that in the act of gliding to

earth I made up my mind to” tell him

that he wasjust a‘little too finicky.

about signs and omens. Butgon land-

ing I broke my under-carriage and the

machine was smashed up considerably

before it came to' a stop. I‘ changed

my mind after that, and carefully

avoided walking under more ladders.



But that is not all. Some of us ac-





quired the habit of finding omens in»

the queer contours of the‘olouds and" ' '





 





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I had tried my machine and‘
dying boys become very ~superstrillions.





'flyer who has lost ‘hls'nerve may be





their job, and one would imagine that .





“the: exact of nerve tension on a





come permanent as far as flying is

concerned. I have known men who

would gmwstck at. the mere sight of

a machine, and for this reason cease!

to be oi? any valuewhatever. Perhaps

in the end they would come back to





the man ought'to be as good as ever.

But that is not so. The thing that





brings them back to the aerodrome is . .





often a sense of duty. But the value

of the man has departed; the flyer

who loses his nerve once is lost.



It is my opinion that men so affected

have brooded too long orer the fact

that in the end the ‘ilyer is bound to

be brought down. ~ i



There is a saying among flyors:



“If you stick to it long enough you

are bound to get i .” 1



In the latter part of: September,

1917, I had to go to a hospital, being

afflicted with bronchial asthma. Ev-,

erything possible was done to restore

me, but I could feel that little good

had come of the treatment I had been

under. I was sent before a board of

medical examiners, who recommended

that I should be sent home.



I had been in Europe for thirty-two

months. and of this time I had spent

twenty-two months in France, and the

remainder in England, engaged in test-

ing and terrying work. And not a few

weeks of that time had been spent in

the hospital. Though I had been in

the service for thirty-eight months, I

was not tired of it, and if my health

had permitted it I would have gladly

continued.



Upon my arrival in Canada I was

examined again and found to be per-

manently disabled, having contracted

bronchial asthma, due to the climatic

conditions of France and England, and

the result of my old wounds. The

board ruled that I was unlit for furth-

er service in His Majesty’s armies.



While in the service I learned that

a man never knows what he can do

until he has to do it. I look upon my



participation in the European war as

the greatest honor. that can be be-

stowed upon a man.



The army is one of. the greatest

teachers of all time. Its lessons may

be costly, but they are of great value.



I cannot praise too highly the work

done by the nurses and doctors in the

Allied service in France and England,

and to me they will always be the

Army of Mercy. They are saviours of

humanity. THE END.





 





 





The management of this paper is

now in correspondence with a publish-

ing house, relative to the serial rights

of a new novel for our Magazine Sec-

tion. We have used much care and

spared no expense in selecting the

very best story obtainable fer the en-

tertainment of our readers during the

coming. long winter evenings. An an-

nouncement of the title of this new

novel and the author’s name will ap-

pear in an early issue of the Michigan

Farmer and we feel sure they will be

of intense interest to our subscribers.

Next week, October 12, we will pub-

lish an interesting travel story, “A

Visit to an Afghan Bek,’ Dr. Ernst A.

Bessey.





 





 





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ily accede to this request, yet a large

proportion of the honey being made

this year will appear on the market in

the extracted form. It takes eight or

ten pounds of honey to make'a pound

of wax. When comb honey is sold, all

the wax' is wasted. If the'bees are

run for extracted honey, on the con-

trary, there is practically no waste of

wax, as the combs are put back into

the hive to be filled again, while the

caps are melted up and sold to manu-

facturers of wax foundation. As the

government experts have pointed out

to bee-keepers in meetings held all

over the country, a. much larger





 





amount of honey is made available for

general use when it is extracted.



Many amateur bee-keepers are ex-'

tracting this year for the first time,

having always run their bees for comb

honey before. They have learned that

the bees work more quickly in ex-

tracting supers than in supers arrang-

ed for comb honey. If they desirea

little comb honey for the table, it is a

simple matter to cut it out of an ex-

tracting frame. M



In order that extracting may- be

done by people who have only a few

hives and do not feel like buying an

extractingmachine, government rep-

resentatives have made arrangements

whereby extractors can be rented or

borrowed from apiarists who own

them. Cards have been sent broadcast

asking the owners of. bees if they'will

allow their machines to be used either

at their own homes or at the homes

of others. A very large number of fav-

orable replies have been received.

_ Strong colonies with young queens

can be depended upon to go through

any winter out-of—doors if they have

sufficient stores and-are properly pro-

tected. There should be thirty pounds

of honey in every ten-frame hive. That

means that six frames should. be‘ pret-

ty well’filled. It is better to 'examine

the frames than to weigh the hives,

because old hives are cer sin to be





used only a seasOn or two, as~.tmore

wax will have been stuck onto them.





 





 





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stores

heavier than those'which have been





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“.Building Up theseefina‘ustry





= (Continued fromlfirst page).





center of the hive where the“ bees

cluster. ‘

What shall be done in case the

Theo-

retically, there‘ is an easy answer to

this question. It is simply to feed the

bees with a sugar syrup or a. fondant.

Practically the difficulty .of getting

sugar makes the'answer a more diffi-

Cult one. Last winter the government

allotted a certain amount of sugar to

the makers of beeakeeping supplies to

be used in producing a fondant. Cer-

tainly it will be the height of folly to

let the bees go into the winter with-

out having sufiicient stores to carry





 





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No Occupation is. More Interesting than Bee-keeping.





them thréugh. Amateur bee-keepers

who need sugar for feeding their bees

can obtain it,by applying to the coun-

ty food administrator, unless some

change in this ruling is made later.

Feeding sugar syrup is giving way

in some sections to the use of bee

candy or fondant. A good formula for

homemade candy is as follows:

Twelve pounds of granulated sugar,

one and a; half pounds of liquid glu-

cose, one and a quarter quarts of wa-

ter, (five cupfuls), a quarter of a tea-

spoonful of cream of tartar added

when the temperature has reached

about 230 degrees Fahrenheit; boil to

238 degrees. When the sugar has be-

gun to dissolve, the spoon or paddle

should be removed and the candy net

stirred while cooking. Cool to 125-de-

grees and stir vigorously until the

candy looks like boiled starch or paste.

A tin or paper pie plate is the best

receptacle for the candy, and when

the‘ sugar is hardened it can be invert-

ed over the frames in the hives. This

candy is economically used and can be

kept a long time. Moreover there is

no danger of inducing robbing when

feeding it. If a colony reasonably well

supplied with honey goes into the win-

ter with two plates of candy inverted

over the frames it will not lack for

and should remain strong

enough to start work early in spring.

Do not use‘brown sugar for feeding

bees, but you- can use soft su





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”if .
(Continued from page 2‘33.





application is sufficiently thorough, the

scab will generally be controlled and

the fruit will set. However, if very

_cool weather should ensue, and pre-

vent the blossoming for a Week or ten

days: it Would be well to make a sec

ond application, though this is not gen-

erally necessary.



Do not spray when the trees are in

blossom; it is strange that We have to

say that, and really, when we come to

thinkabout it the whole program has

been gone over and over in print year

after year, until it would seem useless

to write it again, but we farmers are

busy with other matters. We do not

charge our minds with things that we

can forget and the Writer is no excep-

titon to numbers of people who have

to be reminded of "things forgot.”



Now let us consider briefly the cod-

dling moth. The little fellows who

find happy homes in from sixty to one

hundred per cent of all the apples in

neglected orchards. The mother lays

her eggs at the blossoming time or a

little later, and the tiny larva soon

hatch out and find their way to the

callx cups of the little apples. is it

not strange that instinct is present in

animals so minute as these to impel





them to do the thing essential to thei





preservation of life? Once. safe inside

the calix cup, the little worm makes





itself at home and begins eating its 4





way into the center of the apple. if

we are on the ground with a spray

mixture like the one used when the

buds are in the pink with two pounds

of arsenate of lead to each fifty gal-

lons, if we have sprayed so thorpughly

as to fill all the calix cups with the

poison. the little worms will die, but

they do not all hatch out at once and

generous rains wash the poison out of

the cups so that the later worms are

not killed. It is therefore necessary

to spray again in from ten days to

two weeks, even then there always

possibilities of a few worms escaping

with the most thorough spraying.

These make it possible for other moths

to come out later in the season so

that another generation of worms may





be anticipated and a thorough spray- '





ing about the last of. July or the very

first of August is usually necessary if

the best of success is to be obtained.

It is well to add a little more of ar-

senate of lead to the mixture for the

last application, as in this case the

little worms eat into the sides of the

apples and the only chance to destroy

them is to cover the surface of the ap-

ple with a mixture sufficiently poison-

ous to kill them while eating through

the skin. There has been some ques-

tion about the comparative value of

lime and sulphur mixture and the old

Bordeaux mixture in the control of

apple scab. At the present high price

of copper, Bordeaux mixture is very

expensive. The farmer producing ap-

ples mainly for home use would not

seriously consider it at the present

price of copper sulphate and consider-

ing the many examples of perfect fruit

obtained by the use of lime and sui-

phur, it would seem to the writer that

it :Would hardly pay the "commercial

fruit grower to return to the old prac-

tice. Then, too, the use of Bordeaux

mixture often occasioned much dam-

age in the russeting of the skin of

certain varieties of apples. ’





 





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I have an old orchard that has been,

badly neglected. Some large llmbs

have been eawed on, and nothing out

over the places. This fall some squire

rel started to gnaw holes in those plac-

es and have eaten into the heart of

the trees Will you please advise me

how to fix those places? Also, some

of the true seem to have a rotten

heart.



E. B.





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Home'CALEClDE” Was





“Discovered”

A: the Remedy for Canker and Collar Blight





“Let me ‘cut down that tree, it’s not

worth saving,’ ’said our superintendent in

looking at an cightcen-year-Oid apple tree in a

newly acquired orchard. It is cankcrcd twm

thirds around the trunk and from the ground well

up to the crotch,’ 'he continued.





"No," we responded, ”we'll give it another

chance. Next spring we willicut out the canker,

disinfect and paint it. There are about four hun-

dred other trees that need the same treatment."





But "next spring” we were busy planting a young

orchard and did not have the labor or time to cut

out the canker, disinfect and paint the infected parts.

It was summer when we got ready to treat collar

blight and canker In a wholesale way And then to

our astonishment every canker and collar blight spot

was healing up and new cambium forming around

the diseased parts.





One dormant or scale spray with “5an

that spring had already done the work





That was the discovery of SCALECIDE” as the rem.





eodtz for canker and collar blight. The illustrations



e right are {romp photographs taken four years later of the

exact tree our supermten ent wanted to cut down. There it

stands today) a specimen of health and productivity, yielding

Six to eight arreis of high grade apples as Its normal crop.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Have on any valuable trees in as that tree was oin ?

Don t that cutting out and paglgtigg‘. Use “Scanning " is

a dormant or scale spray) wetting thoroughly the cankered spots.

Tyson Brothers. Flora ale, Pa, have used “SCALECIDE” for

fourteen ears. They claim to lose less than one tree out of a

thousan from Collar blight and root rot in their 325 acres of

orchards, yet the Penney vania Experiment Station states that

two apple trees out of ovary hundred in Pennsylvania (he an-

nualiy from collar blight alone. Thousands of apple growers

save money, Save time and save their trees by using ‘ 'SCALE-

ClDE" as the complete dormant spray.





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Robbing Wash Day of its Terrors.





(Continued from page 293.)





Without the aid of: an electric vacuum

cleaner, an electric iron and an elec-

tric washing machine and wringer. "I

may be wrong, but to my mind elec-

tricity is going to solve the labor prob-

lem of the future. Certainly" with the

burdens that are being laid upon wom-

en by the war, and especially farm

women, there must be some help pro-

vided. And what more elficient, pow-

erful, easier of control and cheaper

than electricity? It is clean, noiseless

and safe, and the machinery is so

simple of operation that even ten-

ycar-old children may be very quickly

taught to use it. The idea of danger

lies only in lack of understanding.

The current is confined to the wires

it can’t jump out and strike you any

more than a street car can jump off

the track and run over you. If you

respect the car and stay off its right-

of-way when it is due you are in no





 





danger. So with electricity. If you

are injured by it, it is largely your

own fault.





In many places throughout the coun-

try electricity can be bought directly

from power companies, which makes

the cost of installation very much

cheaper. For those farm homes re-

mote from power lines there are dy-

namos which will manufacture enough

electricity .from one and a half gallons

of kerosene to light a house and barn,

run a washing machine and iron and

work a pump for one week. Can you

buy light and labor cheaper? Can you

hire a woman to do a two-weeks’ wash-

ing for the small sum your electricity

would cost to run the machine for four

hours, based on the cost of one and a

half gallons of kerosene?



The initial cost of putting in the dy-

namo and batteries, with wiring, per-

haps will look large to some. But

compared with the labor-saving ma-

chinery bought for the men, is it so

much? The dynamo and batteries

complete costs $350 up, depending on

the amount of power you want, the

more expensive .ones, of course, fur-

nishing more electricity. Wiring your

house and barn will run from $35 to

$80, the. amount of wiring needed and





labor conditions. in your neighborhood _





setting the cost. Chandeliers and

household appliance will cost as much

as you want to pay. Your taste and

pocketbook will mark the limit.



With the light and power plant you

will perhaps want a pump electrically

operated. This will automatically

keep the tanks full and water at the

required pressure night and day. A

device stops and starts the pump with

out attention from anyone. When the

pressure falls too-low, the pump is

started and works until the correct

pressure is restored, when it stops au-

tomatically.



With electricity and running water

in the farm home, think of the load

which is lifted from the woman’s

shoulders. No kerosene lamps to clean





and fill, no pails of water to carry in

when the men forget them, as they

usually ‘do, no back-breaking wash



days, no’ sweltering August ironing



days when the wood-stove must be



kept going to heat" the old~fashioned



sad-irons (aren’t they well named?)



Lights that spring out at the touch of



a button, water which runs when you



turn a faucet, a machine which does



all your mbbing and wringing, and an



iron which gets hotter the longer you



use it instead of getting cold and hav-



ing to be carried back to the blazing



stove. And when, in addition, you can ’

turn your cream eparator, do your



churning and run your sewing machine



with the same power, what more can



you ask in the way of help?



What the government thinks of the

necessity of these conveniences for

farm women is shown quite clearly. It

has granted at least one firm manu-

facturing farm power and lighting

plants permission to operate as an es

sential industry and has (given them a.





priority number so that they may get





material to turn out their pumps and

dynamos.



The question of initial cost may give

you pause, and it is only right that

you should consider it carefully. But

weighed up against the gain in effi-

ciency and health and strength for the

worker the cost loses significance.



As a matter of fact most of the

electric appliances actually pay their

own cost in a short time if you have

to hire help. Based on the prevailing

cost wage of laundresses, $2.00 a day,

a washing machine pays for‘itself in

a year, the cheaper ones in less than

that. And best of all, the machine is

always on time on washing day and

always there. While the laundress

comes if no one else offers her more

money, and arrives and leaves when

she pleases.



“We pass this way but once.”



The author of those words prefaced

them to an appeal to do our bit to-

wards lightening and brightening the’

lot of others on our short pilgrimage

here below. But I insert them as a

plea to you to make yourself as com-

fortable as possible while you are

passing along. Life is hard enough,

even when eased and cushioned with

modern conveniences and comforts.

But when devoid of even the common-

est blessings of ,American inventive-

ness it isn’t life—it’s just “scrubbing

along.”





Watch for the “Children’s

Year Special”





AKE way for the Children’s

Year Special. It’s coming!

On ,October 1, the “Children’s

Year Special” interurban car will be

sent out by the Child Welfare Depart-

ment of the 'Woman’s Committee,

Council of National Defense, on a six:

weeks’ trip which will touch every

community traversed by the interur-

ban lines of Michigan. Aboard it

will be given demonstrations of Weigh-

ing and measuring children of pre-

school age.



The Michigan Railway Company, the

Detroit United Electric and the Grand

Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon

Company have donated the use of their

cars and the services of their crews

for the entire ’31:: weeks' trip. The

trip touches Detroit on the eastgand

crosses nearly 'the‘ entire southern

part of the state.‘ On the ‘north it

reaches Port Huron'and- Bay .City, and

on the west Muékegon and Holland.

The car will start. from Kalamazoo,

the state headquarters of the Woman s

Defense Committee.





The car will be divided m9 time

compartments. in one there will be a





complete exhibit of material for chil-

dren’s wear. In another there will be‘

a waiting—room in which the mothers

and their children, may await their

turn for the weighing and measuring,

and the. third compartment will be

completely fitted for weighing and

measuring children of pre-school age.

The entire car will be well heated. ,

Miss Hannah Ackerman, of Dowagiv

ac, a Red CroSs nurse, has been en-

gaged for the six weeks, and will be





‘ in charge of the weighing and measur-





ing demonstration which will be given

at each stop.



Indicative of the illuminating results

of the weighing and measuring of in-

fants and children are the findings of

the campaign recently conducted in

Dowagiac. In that city it was found

that more than half Of the babies ex-

amined had some physical defect re-

quiring attention. This proportion

holds in practiCaIly all of the locali-

ties where the weighing and measur-

ing campaign is being carried on.





 





 





 





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: Syrup fr

‘_ PPLE syrup

_ juice contains about sixty per

cent of sugar. A‘ gallon of apple

syrup made from seven gallons of ap—

ple juice has approximately: the sweet-

ening value oi." three to four pounds of

cane sugar. Write your agricultural

experiment station or state directors

of home economics for full directions

for making fruit syrups. ,



Syrup from apples, pears and grapes

can be used in cooking and on the ta-

ble to replace sugar to a great extent.

Try it with baked apples or pears. 'A

little cinnamon adds to the flavor. This

syrup is suitable for use on hot cakes

and in making gingerbread. With gin-

ger and butter it makes a flavory hot

sauce for puddings. When the family

demands sweets the inventive house-

keeper will discover many other uses

‘for her fruit syrups.



Cider Jelly.—-Sweet cider jelly can



be made without sugar. Boil apple sy-

rup until the jelling point is reached.

This jelly makes an excellent relish

with meat.

., Fruit butters can be made without

sugar. Add one quart of apple syrup

or grape syrup to one quart of fruit

pulp. Boil down to a thick buttery

consistency and seal hot. This is a

tart butter and an excellent relish. If

a sweeter butter is wanted add sugar,

sorghum or molasses when these are

available, reheat and seal. If there is

no fruit syrup on hand proceed as fol-

lows in making fruit butter: , Cook

peeled and pitted fruit in enough friut

juice to prevent scorching; press

through a ‘sieve; to each quart of this

pulp add three quarts of apple or

grape juice and to each four quarts of

the mixture add two teaspoons of

ground cinnamon and one of ground

cloves and proceed as above.



Fruit Preserved in Fruit J uice.—Any

fruits may be preserved in grape juice,

but apples, pears and sweet plums are

particularly good. Boil six quarts of

grapejuice in an open preserving ket-

tle, until it is reduced to four quarts.

Have the fruit washed and pared, and,

if apples or pears, quartered and cor-

ed. Put the prepared frtflt into a pre-

serving kettle and cover generously

with the boiled grape juice. Boil gent—

ly until the fruit is clear and tender,

then put into sterilized jars.



For preserving in cider, prepare ap-

ples and pears in the same way, cover

with boiled cider (boiled until reduced

one-half) and cook slowly until clear

and tender. .





SAVING FROSTED TOMATOES.





 





Last year a three-day rain preceded

the first frost. The ground was so wet

in my garden that I could not get out

on it without sinking to the shoe tops.

Then came a killing frost. Bright and

early I started for my garden, gather-

ed the ripe tomatoes before the sun

should strike them, and plunged them

into boiling water, then dashed the

cold water over them. There were

enough to fill four one-quart cans.

These were carefully marked, and

when opened in the winter were as

sweet and tasty as any of the canning.

——Mrs. J. A. DeG. ‘





 





MAKE CREAM CHESEE AT HOME.





 





Nufchatel and cream cheese, two of





the group known as soft cheese, now





made almost exclusively in factories

with extensive equipment, can be

madein the home.



The United States Department of

Agriculture has 'worked out a method

for their manufacture which is simple

and. does not require elaborate equip-



' ment. This method, together with

many. recipes for using soft cheese, are





_ described in Farmers Bulletin No. 960,





recently published by the Department.

The plan 08ers an excellent opportu,

nity, the bulletin says, for (he disposal

of surplus “milk on the farm, and ena-





his; farm housewives to makes, fresh,

who“; ”“3“?“ food at home





made from apple -'





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 





 





0

Taking Off

, o

the Lid

by the U. 8. Food Administration does not mean one may buy pure

Wheat flour and waste (any part of it.





It does mean the Food Administration appreciated the splendid loyalty

.of the American Housewife in living up to the Wheat flour regulations

during the past eight months, and shows an abiding faith in her.





You may now buy either pure wheat flour and substitutes,or flour already

mixed called VICTORY FLOUR, Whichever you prefer, and buy in

sufliCIent quantity to provide for nermal . requirements.





If you buy pure wheat flour ask for





Lily White





Every bushel of Wheat used in the manufacture of LILY WHITE

FLOUR is cleaned three times, scoured twice and actually washed,

steamed and tempered before going on to the rolls for the first break.





That is one reason Why LILY WHITE FLOUR is so good, and Why

it has given and is giving such splendid satisfaction.

You can conserve wheat flour by using LILY WHITE because every

atom of it is good flour, and spoiled bakings will not occur.





LILY WHITE FLOUR is sold on the guarantee that if it does not

glve satisfaction the purchase price will be returned. YOUR DEAL-

ER is instructed accordingly.





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and wears like leather. Be sure the I,

Ironclad "army” label 'and.Guaran- I

see are in every khaki work '

shirt. pants. overalls and coveralls you buy. ,

. Garments cold by dealers—everywhere

Write for free samples of Ironclad Khaki

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MICHIGAN FARMER PATTERNS. J





Any of the patterns illustrated may

be secured by sending order to Pattern

Department, Michigan Farmer, Detroit;

enclosing the amount set opposite the

patterns wanted.





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No. 2566-—Boys’ Blouse S t. Cut 1

five sizes, 6,. 8, 10, 12 and 14 years

Size 12 requires two yards for th

trousers, of 36-inch material. Pric’

10 cents. ‘ “



No. 2567—«Girls’ Dress. Cut in ion

sizes, 10,12, 14 and 16 years. Size 1

will require three yards of 36-inch ma-





 





}terial for the foundation. The ‘over





H blouse will require 2%. «yards; 10c.





, requires 3% yards 0 86-inch ma





 





No. 2416—Child’s Set of Short

Clothes. Cut in five sizes, six months,

one year, 2, 3 and 4 years. The dress

Will require two yards of 36-inch ma,-

terial. The petticoat 1% yards of 27

or 36-inch material. The drawers 1%

yards of 27 or 36‘inch material, for a

three-year size. Price 10 cents. '





No. 2437—-—Gir1s’ Dress. Cut in five

sizes, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size

eight requires 3%. yards of 44-inch ma-

terial. Price 10 cents.





   





No. 2204—Girls’ Dress. Cut in five

sizes, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. Site

eight will require 31,5 yards of 44-inch,





material. Price 10 cents.-

No. 2573—Girls' Dress. Cut in tour. ’

sizes, 4, 6, 8 and 10 ears.





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Price 10 cents.
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Ask your dealer for

Mayer Shoes. Look for

the trade-mark on sole.

F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co.

Milwaukee, Wis.





 





 

 





 





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scrubbing,

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Stop Cream Waste!





Cream Means Dollars





IT is like throwing dol-

lars away to waste

,_ cream these days. It is

" worse than waste—it is a

, crime. Yet good. rich cream

5 being fed to the pigs owing

to interior separation.

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OR a good many years I have

kept one or more swarms of bees

in my laboratory. '1 commenced

bee-keeping mainly as a factor in the

teaching of zoology to high school

students, and I have continued it both

for the sake of using the bees in my

teaching, and for the pleasure of the

bees and the honey they produce. One

year a strong swarm yielded more

than one hundred pounds; that, of

course, is much more than one‘ can ex-

pect. The average yield from a swarm





 





 





Worker, Queen, and Drone Bees, and

Comb Containing Brood.





in a city school has been from twen-

ty-five to thirty pounds.



In experimenting with the bees I

have used several forms of hives; the

large observation hives with a num-

ber of frames, the single frame obser-

vation hive, an old box hive, and per-

haps most interesting of all, one of the

old-fashioned straw hives from Hol-

land. In this the bees made over

twenty pounds of honey in one season.

They built their comb as they would

have done in a tree, fitting it so clev-

erly to the shape of the hive that

there was no waste space, and only

enough room for the bees to pass back

and forth in the winding galleries.





A swarm of bees consists of several

thousands of workers, a few hundred

drones and one queen. The queen is

a fully developed female capable of

laying egg which produce either

drones or workers. The eggs of work-

er bees are deposited by the queen in

the worker cells of the comb and are

always fertilized eggs. The drone

eggs are unfertilized—that is, they re-

ceive no male element and are there-

fore fatherless bees. They are usually

laid in drone cells, which are a little

larger than the worker cells. Normal

queens lay many more worker eggs

than drone eggs, and the queen is

probably able to control the fertiliza-

tion of the egg, and determine the sex.



Queens are reared from worker eggs

by a special process of feeding and

changing the shape of the cell which

is greatly enlarged. The special feed-

ing begins with the hatching of the

egg which occurs in from three to

four days after it is laid. It develops

the reproductive organs of the insect

which, without this would have form-

ed a worker bee. A queen bee is fully

developed in sixteen days after the

egg is laid. She appears from a long

cell usually at the side or base of the

frame. The queen is longer, has a

narrower abdomen, and if pure Italian

is very light in color. She goes about

the hive with little attention from the

bees until she is from twelve to twen-

ty-four hours old. Then, if the day is

bright, she’ takes her “wedding-flight.”

When she is ready to go she will

make one or two short flights about

the hive, apparently to get the loca-

tion. After that she flies .out into the

open to mate with a drone in the air. .



- An average queen may lay, in 'the

height of the season, more.. than three

thousand eggs in twenty-four hours

but this is done only for a. short time

and with unrestricted cell room for the





 





‘4‘va





deposit of eggs. She gradually works

up to this capacity and gradually ceas~

es. The queen is the mother of all

the bees in the colony. She is not in

any sense a ruler, as the term implies,

although the presence of the queen is

necessary to the continuance of the

hive. ‘ _



The workers determine the conduct

of the colony. It is a democracy

where government is by mutual con-

sent. The queen, like the workers,

has a. sting but she employs it only

against rival queens.





Drones normally hatch from drone

cells which are slightly larger than the

worker cells. The drone is a gentle-

man of leisure. He eats what he

wants from the honey cells and takes

food from the mouths of the nursing

workers.- On clear, warm days one

sees the drones flying from the hive,

especially between eleven and three

o’clock. It is at this time that the

virgin queens usually fly in the air to

mate. The drones pursue the queen

and the swiftest and strongest mates

with her, usually high in the air, both

fall to the ground, the drone dies, and

the queen seeks the hive which she

will not leave again except to lead a

swarm.



In late August when the honey is

getting scarcer and there is no longer





»need for the drones to fertilize the





new queens, the workers force the

drones to leave the hive and remain

outside where they soon perish of cold

and starvation. The drones resist and

buzz about but the workers are deter-

mined and as the drones cannot sting

they are at'the mercy of the workers.





The workers compose the mass of

the bees in a colony. There may be

from a few hundred to as many as

eighty thousand workers in a swarm.

They defend the hive, clean and ven-

tilate it; rear the young bees, gather

the honey and pollen, the water and

the propolis, (with which the cracks

are sealed), secrete the wax, build the

comb, and control the activities of the

hive.



Bees pass through a metamorphosis

of four stages. The first three of

these stages are spent in the comb. In

all of these stages the young are

known as the “brood.” The brood in-

cludes the egg, larva and pupa. The

egg is a tiny white mass fastened to

the bottom of the cell by its smaller





 





 





 





An Old Holland Bee Hive.





end. The larva is a white, worm-like

body, at first very tiny as it hatches

from the egg, and curled up in the

bottom of the cell. As it grows it lies

on its back with its head toward the

mouth of the cell. When it has been

fed by the workers till it his full grown,

it spins a little silk within the cell and

is sealed in by the workers. Inside

the closed cell it undergoes a great

change in appearance, develops legs

and wings, and grows into the form of

the adult. When it is fully developed

the bee gnaws away the capping and

crawls out on the comb. Young bees

can be recognized by their silvery col-

or, they are downy and seem weak.

.Old bees lose most or their hairs and

look glossy, and ‘their wings may be





By GRAZCE F. ELLIS





 





I





torn by flight. The young bees act as '

nurses to the larvae. It is two weeks

before they do any outside work al-

though they may take occasional flights

around the hive. Beside 'feeding the

larvae, they pack» and seal the honey,

secrete wax, build comb, clean the

hive, and later on they guard and ven-

tilate the hive. As soon as an egg

hatches into a larva it is fed on chyle

secreted by glands in the mouths of

the nurse bees. .The larvae are fed On

this until they are fully grown and

about to spin their cocoons. .

When the worker bees are sixteen

days old they graduate and become

foragers for honey and pollen. They

are then field bees for the rest of

their lives unless the colony loses its

nurse bees in some way. When the

honey flow is rapid the old bees die

from exhaustion after not more than

twenty-six days in the field. When

there is no honey to gather the bees

live much longer. The larger number





 





Queen Cells.





of the bees in the hive at the begin-

ning of the winter will live until the

young bees hatch out in the spring.

The average life of the worker bees

in the busy season is six weeks.

When a hive is opened in the spring

the bees which could not survive will

be found on the bottom, in the sum-

mer they drop exhausted in the fields.

The length of life of the drone is un-

certain. It would probably be several

months if he did not mate with a.

queen or were not driven out by the’

workers.



Queens have been known to live for

five years, but are at their best during"

their first and second seasons. They

may do well a third season. Bees pre-

pare to supersede a queen by building

queen cells in each of which 'the old

queen lays anegg. The young queen

mates and begins egg laying soon af-

ter the death of the old queen. Some-

times both old and young queens are

laying eggs at the same time. This

will not last long for the old queen

soon dies. Superseding is apt to oc-

cur soon after the main honey flow, in

midsummer or early fall.





 





THE NEW RURAL SCHOOL.





 





(Continued from page 301).

Assistant State Leader for Boys’ Clubs

tells briefly of the work these clubs

are doing throughout the state and ex-

plains in detail the working of the

handicraft club. This club is a farm

carpentry club for making of home and

farm conveniences. He then demon-

strates how to make a simple auto

jack. In the meantime, the products

exhibited have all been judged and af-

ter this the judges explain to the boys

how to select for fairs and exhibits,

explaining what to look for in this se-

lection. The premium ribbons are then

awarded and the meeting is adjourned.





 





cLus NOTES





.The war has called Floyd Smith,

club leader for Kalamazoo county, and

Kelsey Smith, assistant club leader

for Ingham county.

succeeds Dir. Smith at "Kalamazoo





 





 





 





 





 





Miss Ruth Cooley
l "lB'y_the Way”





ocrig 11.11. "





 





 





 





 





 





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The man who has spent his moneyf





to make others kappy'need never have; _





regrets over dying poor. , ‘





 





 





ACCORDING TC) HIS FOLLY.





 





“That handsome woman over there

is the widow of one of the

brothers.”



“Which brother is she the widow'

of?” asked his friend.



“The dead one.”





 





A FARMERETTE’S EXPERIENCE.





 





“Wkere I stayed last summer a

green hired man tried ho kiss moi-1e

said he had never kissed a girl in his

life, and—f



"What did you tell him?” .



“I 110111 him that I was no agricul»

turd experiment station.”





 





GUILTY.





“Now, sir. you say that my client

disappeared in the darkness after

hocking you down. What time of:

night was this. ”’ questioned the do?

fiendant’s attorney. E



“I can t say exactly. Your client had

my watch,” returned the complainant;





HE GOT IT.



In an examination in history a gram-f

mar school class was asked: “What'

did Patrick Henry do?” i



One little fellow answered: "Pat-p

rick Henry said, ‘give me liberty or

give me death,’ and he got both.”





 





CHEAP BABlES.





The clergyman was reading the an-' '





nouncements. Among them was a no-

tice to the effect that all mothers who

wished to have their babies christened?

should bring them to the church on

the following Sunday.



Ashe finished, the clerk. who was

very deaf, arose and added: "Those

who have none can obtain them in the;

vestry after the service. Leather bind-

ing, fifty cents each; cloth binding,

twenty-five cents each.” i



He thought the minister had an!

nounced the new hymn books and had.

not stated the price. .





OPINIONS.





Man cherishes an opinion when it is

his own and treats it with entire indif-g





femnce when it belongs to another-.3.





Because it is truly his opinion he re.

gards it as his true opinion and there

fore believes it is a true opinion. In

other words, he is simple enough to

reason that, because it is his own, he:

owns an absoluteiy correct opinion;

and Be cherishes it with a respect and!

devotion which he is entirely unwilling

to accord to the opinions of others.

Although many do not realize it,

opinions head the list of man's choicest

possessions. Many a man has mort-

gaged his home, sold his automobile,

pawnefl his watch, or divorced his

wife, and all the while tenaciously

ohms to some insignificant opinion.

herdinote fondling of an opinion ex~

' poigna- possessor‘s mind, to thei





 





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A Weatherproof Coal





In every Raynm there its a Roynster Label. That label assures

you somet’hmg more than just a raincoat.

best 111 weatherproof cleaning of all kinds. It 13 the proof of full

value for money received. .





Buy a Raynscer today and be sure the label is in it. Raynstero

are good insurance of health and doching for every member

of your family.





There are Raynscera in all styles of weatherproof clothing.

‘ The heavy rubber surfmd kind for outdoor work, cloth coats

suitable for dress or work, these are good overcoats as well as good

mincoacs; heavy discus that are warm and showeh-pmof, splendid

for driving to cold or rainy weather.

every member of the family and are priced according to matenals

and “damning: mm to produce each particular kind—the

label gumntoes who for pace-“always look for 1t. Don t buy

just any old raincoat when your dealer an get you a Raynstet.





Raynsters





It 13 the sign of the





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





are made for





Write for a Style Book showmg many Roynuer models.





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red combs in men “a1 1.1 pma egg- -bred horns.

Make big pm to with out 11an heavy laying train.

Order b1eedin stock N.OW 1' one moved for 011 for

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hens two ckls at ”’1 pet- ial price on quantum of 100

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mr special summer pnces onyea mghens

breedmg males eggs for Mlchin. 8~week~

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HEN a hen becomes crop bound

she should receive immediate

attention to avoid as much of

the devltalizing effect of the trouble

Half an ounce of sweet





ed down the throat, taking care to

keep it from the wind-pipe to avoid

strangling. Then knead the crop with

the fingei‘s to break up the mass and

loosen any bit of straw or feather

which may be responsible for the clog-

ging. In a few hours the material

should begin to pass away.- Isolate

the bird several days and place her on





, a diet of short rations with plenty of





fresh water.



It pays to kill the hen that eats eggs

unless she is valuable as a breeder

and there are very few hens that are





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valuable enough to pay for risking the

egg-eating habit in the flock. Hens





.' will imitate each other and when one





hen eats an egg it does not take long





i for some of the others to learn. How-





ever, do not condemn a hen that eats

an egg which is accidentally dropped

on the floor and broken. It does not

mean that she is the kind of hen that

would break eggs in the nest and eat

them. Almost any hen will eat an egg

that is broken on the ground.





The hens should receive oyster

shells throughout the year to insure

strong hard shells on the. eggs, but if

the supply has been neglected during

the summer it is doubly necessary in

the fall when the birds are more con-

fined to the laying houses.





Charcoal helps to keep the flock in

healthful condition at all seasons of

the year. During the summer and fall

much of the charcoal can be supplied

to the birds by burning stumps, the

prunings from an orchard or scrap of

various kinds,‘ but when the birds are

in the laying houses they should have

a supply of clean dry charcoal always





- available. The charcoal absorbs acids





and gases and helps to keep the bird

in condition when heavy feeding might

bring on indigestion. Some poultry-

men place the stove ashes in the poul-

try hoppers after they are cool and

free from live coals and from these

ashes the birds seem to get plenty of

bits 'of charcoal to keep them in good

condition.



In the gizzard of the fowl the feed

is prepared by a grinding process for





‘ further digestion. It grit is absent the

‘ gizzard cannot function properly. Many.

. farm flocks do not receive a sufficient

; supply of grit. . They cannot use their

- fond to the best, advantage and the





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been in winter quarters for several

months without grit in hoppers. They

had cleaned up all gritty substances

from the floor and were becoming de-

cidedly worried for a lack of “teeth."

We found an old broken vinegar jug

in the scrap pile and pounded it up.

In less than two minutes the flock had

eaten the jug and they picked it up

more eagerly than they would have

eaten the finest quality of corn or

wheat. The hen’s instinct is all right

even if her brain appears to be some-

what lacking. 3

In saving over cockerels for us



with the farm flock it pays to keep a.

few extrabirds to make up for any

illness that may occur or accident that

may happen. If five males will be

needed in the spring it is good judg-





 





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ment to save seven or eight and the

five that come through the winter in

the best condition can be retained for

the breeding pens. It costs money to

feed the extra males but not as much

as it costs to purchase more birds in

the spring if they are needed. Some-

times a cockerel that appears like a

fine vigorous bird in the fall will not

look as good as expected in the spring

and then it is encouraging to have a

substitute without paying five, ten or

fifteen dollars or more for such a bird.

Farmers will undoubtedly find that

good breeding cockerels will be very

scarce next spring and it will pay to

study the requirements of the home

flock this fall. '

Sunflowers for Poultry.



The large Russian sunflower is one

of our best plants for furnishing shade

in the poultry yard. Last year I plant-

ed my sunflower seed about an inch

deep in the poultry yard and they were

very slow in appearing and as they

came out the young birds immediately

devoured them. It seems that in na-

ture’s method of propagating sunflow-

ers the seeds are simply shaken upon

the ground where they receive only a

light covering of soil, just enough to

place the seed/out of sight. In two

weeks they make an excellent growth

and it is then easy to transplant them

to the poultry yard where they will





rapidly develop and form dense shade





during the summer and fall aswell-as

scatter an abundance of seed on the

ground. In many cases it is advisable

to save the seed in the fall andhstoro





it in bins for mixing withvgthe winter .

‘ ration of scratch feed.





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- Selling at wholesale and buying at

retail is one of the sure methods oil—re-

ducing poultry profits. Some poultry-

men purchase feed at the city feed





‘ store and wholesale their eggs to the





groceryman. Others buy as much of





. their feed as possible from farmers in





the fall and sell their eggs to consum-

ers who can afford top notch prices

for highicla'ss goods. The second class

of producers usually find that poultry

can be made to return a profit.



A poultry authority recently stated

that buttermilk was worth five cents

per quart to him in producing eggs. He

was purchasing it at a price of twenty

cents for ten gallons. Many farm poul-

try owners would make more from

eggs if they were able to obtain a re-

liable supply of buttermilk at a fair





. price.





It is said that the success in spe-

cialized farming depends more upon

the selling ability than the producing

ability. The egg business probably

falls in that classification. An extra

five or ten cents per dozen paid for

eggs because they are of fine quality

may mean success when the commonly

received market price would barely

pay expenses.



The poultry farmer who specializes

in egg production and succeeds seems.

to realise that, there is an unlimited

demand for his product. Nearly all

practical breeders with large flocks re-

fuse to conceal many trade secrets.





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100 Hens »-





HERE should be one hun-



dred hens on every farm in

Michigan. And we should ob-

tain one hundred eggs from ev-

ery hen. With approximately

200,000 farms, that would mean

20,000,000 hens and 2,000,000,000

eggs per year.



One hundred hens on every



farm is not a particularly big

contract. There is hardly a farm

in the state but could support

that number of hens practically

,on its waste materials and with-

out materially added cost. One

hundred hens to a farm is con-

siderahly less than the average

number of hens to a farm in

many of the better poultry-pro-

ducing sections of the county. It

is an average that could easily

be maintained in the sections of

the country where the average

per farm is now lower.

A One hundred eggs from every

hen, while far below what could

be obtained with proper encour-

agement of fowls, is‘ consider-

ably more than the average egg

production the country over.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Many of them seem willing to tell the

prices they receive for eggs, the names

of their customers and practically all

of. their discoveries which aid them in

the business. It must be that the de-

mand for high-class eggs is unsupplied

or practical breeders would have more

trade secrets. Possibly there are no

secrets to the poultry business. It re-

quires a peculiancombination of pa-

tience, perseverance and study and the





best of them never learn it all.





Guineas are almost impossible to

confine in poultry yards and some-

times they'will fly into the garden and

ruin lettuce or other tender green

crops. Their advantages are largely

in the fact that they make lots of noise

and frequently keep. hawks an’d‘crows

any from the premises, and further-

’ ev they are fine table (owls and a





can “raised at a small ex-

“momma: many of

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pasture land. They are in great de-

mand during the holiday season and

should bring extra good prices in a

year when turkeys are scarce and all

kinds of towls are in demand.





BUILDING UP THE BEE INDUSTRY.





 





(Continued from page 308‘).



ing devised» by Mr. Samuel Simmins,

a British bee-keeper, has been adopted

to some extent in this country. A di-

vision board feeder is fllled with soft

sugar, no water being added. The

bees use the sugar as they need it, but

do not store it in combs.



The common plan is to feed a. sugar

syrup, that is granulated sugar and

water, half-and-half, until the days be-

come cool. Then two-thirds sugar and





 





 





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one—third water may be used, the mix-

ture being given hot. The» earlier the

feeding can be done, the‘ better, but

be sure that the bees have accumu-

lated sufficient stores before the win-

ter season comes on.



The average farmer as well as most

fruit growers winter their bees in the

open. This can be done safely i'f ten-

frame hives are used. Eight-frame

hives are too small unless the double-

walled kind is used. Much depends

upon the location. Bees are bound to

suffer,'no matter how well packed, if

the hives are exposed to high winds.

The best place for them is the south-

erly side of a wall or a building, un-

less there is a grove of trees to

break the wind.



A good way to insulate a ten-frame

hive against the cold is to substitute

dummy frames filled with chaff for

the two outside frames, thus confining

the bees to eight frames and keeping

them away from the walls. Then the

hive may be.wrapped in building pa-

per tied in place with cord, or a light

board frame may be built around it

and the space between the hive and

the frame, filled with leaves, straw,

planer shavings, or pine needles.‘ Of

course, the opening must not be cov-

ered. Amateurs often make this open-

ing too small. The bees need fresh

air. Cold is not so detrimental as

dampness. Openings three-eighths of

an inch high are best. They may be

contracted lengthwise as seems desir-

able, preferably to five or six inches:



Probably the most important point

about protecting bees for winter is to

have them well covered. In actual

practice there is no better way than

to put on a super, over the bottom of

which a square of burlap has been

tacked. This burlap should be loose,

so that there will be ‘room for two or

more plates of candy underneath it.

After being put on the hive, the super

should be filled. with some absorbent

material. Planer shavings are about

the best, but pine needles, leaves or

hay may be used. A tight cover. pre-

ferably a telescope cover, should be

over the top. Much moisture is thrown

off by therbees, and if it can escape

the hive will be much drier than when a

tight board covering is placed on the

hive body. ‘



Bees can endure a great amount of

dry cold if the cluster/ is large, but

the colder the hive gets the more

stores they will consume.



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Editor’s Note.,——-0n page 308 will be:

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CATTLE.





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Breeders of Best Strains of





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Several young bull calves on hand. three of which

are of serviceable age. out of Black Monarch 111.

three times Grand Champion. Michigan State

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to correspond with you by letter regarding

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Wildwood Farms, Orion, Michigan

W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor.





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All 8 Good finality bulls of serviceable

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Box I " Peierboro. Nit.

GUERNSEYS t‘“§§"§i‘§&2°i§$‘i§f§i

Glenwood breeding also bulls. all stock of A. R. breed-

i herd tuberculin tested.

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45119 istered head all tb. tested. No '8

Gummy: Mafsfiing. son of mp. May Rose Kills

headsour herd. of his half sisters sold averaging

each. His bull calves are booked ahead at reasonable

prices. Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich.





Re stored Guernsey cows and

l :01” sale b 1 al M Rosebree in.

JOHN mains. in? m “hound. iiieil.





GU ERNSE Y‘ 85311331831. his)

Containing blood of world champions.

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Guernse - that last heifer was‘

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will freshen this tall— ,



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On Wednesday, Oct. 9th





Consisting of 75 head of Scotch and

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Prescott & Son, Tawas City; C. R. Hoer—

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Guernsey Females of all

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R. 3. Jackson. Mich.





FOR SALE





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A Federation of Interests

Holstelns: From a herd of 50 Holsteins headed by the

Bull King Zerma Alcartra Pontiac. son of ing Seg-

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When you need a herd sire remember that we

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have size. quality. and production records back-

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AK. Leaf_ Farm. Herd sire Lenawee Pontiac Onl-

amity King ofl'er Registered Holstein bull calves

from A. R. 0. cows and the above sire whose dam holds

the milk and butter. record in the state of Ind- 7

days milk 796.3, butter 8161—315 days milk 23782.3. but-





ter 926.775.

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! Pedigree Stock Farm oflers Reg.Hol~

Parham 8 stein cattle. Chester White Swine,

extra bargins in calves and fall figs. Bulls half rice.



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Registered Holsteins

' Sire in Service 0

Flint Maplecrest Boy





Who is bred for real hproduction his. sire Ma lccrest

Korndyke Hen one is onset the best bred ong- dis-

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butter in one ear and ten moreabove‘l. lbs. in a

£1“. Flint Mg: ecrestBoys’ Danni-Glue 'ass‘ar Bell

.57 lbs. of bu er in '1 day. 121 lbs. (1130 Better

fat test 5.27. Idthere a reason why Flint aplecrest

Boy is not one of Michigans reatost young res.

None of ’his females ‘are for so 9 until after-we lost

them.Bnt we have 10 of his bull calves from a to 9 men

old. with A. Bag. dgms-w, c w?’ 1:3“) oiler - ole-“i c

a rcesany 1'! Worms 0 pay.

us be kind or a. bull you went. . , '





tance bulls in





 

 





Opportunity t‘fcri‘Sh eep. B cedars





increase-the nee of'miitton by _the_'





N recent visits to the meat market

in the nearby city I have noted the

orders of the customers. 0n the



three last trips not_a. buyer has. order-



ed mutton or lamb in any form. Beef,

veal‘ and pork have seemed popular





with sirloin steak, pork chops and sau-





sage as the leaders. From this obser-





vation and others I have concluded

. that the ”majority of people in our

. community have not. been





frequent

buyers of mutton. People .form habits

in the ordering of meat and it seems

that the majority like beef and pork





. the best. .





At this time beef and pork are

needed for the army probably more

than mutton. This seems to be a pe-

riod when habits,_through- necessity

and education, are changing. Why is

it not a good time for the organized

sheep breeders to make ~an effort to





from the Northwest to Cheboygan

Live Stock Company.





housewives. of this country. The war

will not last forever‘and sheep breed-

ing is a permanent industry. A gen-

eral increase in the use of mutton will

be of‘ benefit to the sheep breeders fcr

many years. - '



It is frequently

breeding of sheep would be a .part of

every‘farmer’s business if it were not

for dogs. This is not entirely true as

many farmers only ceased the produc-

tion of sheep when they found that

they could make more profit by using

their land for corn andwheat and oth-

er crops. A general knowledge ofpthev





value of mutton and lamb in the ra-

tion of the laboring man Would in-

crease the demand and stimulate pro-

duction. This would be greatly to the

advantage of both the producer and

the consumer.





R. G. KIRBY.





 





This Carload of Sheep, Exhibited at the Michigan State Fair,xwas Shipped





by the Interstate





Count-y, Michigan,





 





BETTER RAMS FOR MICHIGAN.





 





An appeal to owners of sheep in

Michigan to improve their flocks by

employing a higher class of sires, is

being made this season by the Michi-

gan Agricultural College.



“Secure a ram at once if you have

not already done so, for they are likely

to be scarce and hard to find late in

the season.” -



“There are several good breeds adap‘

ted to Michigan,” declares Verne A.

Freeman, extension man in sheep hus‘

.bandry. “The black-faced, medium-

wool breeds, such as the Hampshire,

Oxford and Shropshire, are the most

popular for small farm' flocks. For

larger flocks fine wools, such.aS'the

Rambouillets and Merinos are best, if

the ewe lambs are to be saved for

breeders, because of their hardiness,

heavy shearing ability and long lives.

“But to produce the best mutton

lambs, and when we plan to market all

the lambs in the fall, it is best to use a

good mutton ram on large flocks as

well. By all means use a pure-bred

ram of the breed you are starting with

—in other words, avoid the fault of

continually changing breeds. Select a

sire that is active and vigorous,

straight and strong'in legs and body,

and with a full and even development

of all parts. He should also have a

dense even fleece'of fair length and

fineness for the breed.





 





LET THE Hoc's DO IT.





(Continued from page 299).



the stalks and after taking a bit or

two of the ear go on to the next stalk.

If some smaller pigs do not eat up

the Corn that.the large hogs leave it

is liable to sour and mold. -If there

are not enough large hogs to break

over the stalks the smaller ones will

soon, be squealing along the fence. It





so theycan eat it: Large hogs can'be

made to clean the corn‘up‘ 'by fencing

them lint smaller plots. Flt is much

more "satisfactory and 'i‘efl‘icie‘nt, y’ how;

at ‘ "

h 5‘ 3:? m





 

 

 

 





 





Joana-i; wins...





 





'7' ; .,- c.» 11.214.“ "Mm





 





 





Lasso; m.





 





nothing but small. pigs can be fed a,

few roWs can be rolled down atlatime,





9?: tarsafiagasf; .mmeetgsie 9f





hogging down corn. Theypigs should

have access to it at all times. Some

supplemental feed, such as tankage,

oilmeal, skim-milk, or wheat middlings

should be fed, if one wishes to make

the quickest and cheapest gains.

Dry feeds can be self-fed to advantage.





While hogging down corn is a great

labor-saving method, the pigs should

not be turned into a. corn field and not

thought of again. One should, be care-

ful to see that all the pigs are getting

all they want to eat and not leaving

corn lay on the ground long'enough to

ferment. The pigs should also be in-

spected to 'see that the lice are not

getting a good share of the gains.

Posts wrapped with old fertilizer

sacks and saturated with crude oil

will help the pigs fight the lice. The

utmost care should be taken to start

the pigs in the corn fieldgradually. A

pig over-fed on corn that is none too

ripe is quite apt to lose interest in a

corn field. ,A sick pig is much more

liable to take cholera than a healthy

one. His vitality is weakened as well





as his natural resistance to disease.-





If one pig in a herd falls victim to

cholera, the cholera virus gains so

much strength that they can easily





overpower the natural resistance of





the other pigs.





It would seem that a methdd so





efficient as this deserves a trial on

most farms next summer. It will save





the labor of handling the corn. It





will save the labor of ”feeding'the pigs





and maintaining the fertility of the.





soil._ It will save all the cornwpro-

duced by putting it cngthe back of a.

hog in form of fat. It isn’t too late

yet to breed one or 'two extra sows so

as to have some extra spring pigs. By

using these extrapigs in the hdgging

down method more corn can be raised

and more pork producedregardless lot

the scarcity of labor. Let the pigs

help you to ,do your bit. inthis";new'

responsibility of feedinggrhe world.“

Monroe ‘ Cc; ‘ ‘ .- _~ '0. H1. Gains;





 





stated that. the ’





 





 





 

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   





   

   

   

   

   

   





 





“wage A. _





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 





 

 

 





tions for yearn!) animals a 1; _





proximately “weal: .
“Top-Notch”





{go’fisfim “Ml: lll‘ mgiggtdegtm- elsoetz'nugmggse





Mostl

good ulls. We will sell:

and her two year old dsn





lb. daughter of Vale E zevere De

Johanna Korndyke De K111. Others with

Reference Sires; A son of a 45 lb. cow

Korndyhe 8th, a son of King of the Bio

of King of the Pontiacs and s 31 lb. cow,

Asouoia 821b . cow; A son of 29R).



All cattle are consi





ed either by fede veterinary or state





Auctioneers :





Send For Catalog

JAY B. TOOLEY, Secy.





The Pontiac Herd





“Where the Champions come from”





Olives 9| 1) f Ponelec Kornd

M"E:£1e henna-do n’u'i’cnhiuchnnsm Admire

Welker rut-coo.





you went :1 Poncho in your herd?

Pontiac State Hospital, Pontiac, Mich.





 





HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are

backedu by many generetions of

large p ocers. Buy one of these

bulls. and give your herd a ‘.‘pnsh”





Full descriptions, prices,etc. on request.





McPherson Farms Cm. Howell, Mich.





 





producflon lessens greener profits. 0!-

p1. .. 0......





3.... Holstein Cattle





produce more milk end butter day in end do

out than any other bree

Their known moneyhmking

qualities merit your investi-





ntlen. .

The l'loletein-Fsieelen Asse-

cletion of Asnerioe 3011101,

Brnttleboro, v':





 





50 leort Bond gets 1 mo. old [dson of M11 lecrest

$ Ko 1:.11 .dunssregrsnd nnghtersof ontiso

Maid 30.21 lb. enfiei itess lmealsreedinm 8150 terlms.

Herd frame. in.





The Traverse Herd





3m. §¢he t?” haveboon look- for. .Wo





h”‘0. sows. One; 41:]: 27 18 in

and-sermon: orw





 





 





ten .1 "my. 3“” 33.3 “”31” cum?

to r one one p cos



goqulokly? Also 11. few bull celi-

vos for“ a kind80 you will be ml to own. Pedi-





ll atl

’I'RAVE‘izsmé c1919? OSTOAI'I'E “Ho'gerr'rAil

Traverse City, igan.





Want Yearly Records?





lath h i-oflclsl

2:: "mg... ““2 3 a “.3... :3 031.53.89.13“ ..

one oresyeur u: too yenrsk1 o 336

is 1: daughter]: 0! 1111ng rveld eKol Butter





oscdnughters verecords over 10110

pouhds whim 1111;1 sslso gmnddsu ter of Pontiac





tonnage unable. with six dsug tors above

ponn butter in one year





Pencelondo' Stock Farm, Three Rivers. ”5:“

C. L 810113.0- Ohnrlmes Peters. nerds?“ Humid





DO YOU WANT

A Holstein Bull calf resdy for ser-

vice with exceptional breeding? Write

HILLCREST FARM,





Kelamnzoo, Mich.

olPurc Brod





FOR SALEH 3 olstoinCows-





Rhine fewdsys, rice to sell.

A. wo.h§3§.‘. p- Lennon. Mich.





 





 





 





 





lbuln days. Alsocol





OLS'I‘EINShof $3“:wa Bufi cal vos from dams with

In!

y : . - Rochester. lch.





 





2 Malachi hill 0 Elihu-lon. 23

.Kich.





Rid ”mm”? Bull eel! born Dec. mam





mil?





 





"313.3031 for





”liaison. Mich.





 





Oct‘24 1918 Thursday Got 24 1918





’1 Howell Sales Co. of'LivingstOn County "





5th ANNUAL SALE





At Sale Pavilion, Howell, Mich.





90 head of Registered Holsteins 90





fresh cows or cows soon to freshen, a few good heifers and calves, 3



A 27. 64 1b. Jr. four yr. old, A 26. 78 lb. three year old

hter sired b Beauty Walker PietertjetPrince. A 24.78

cl 2nd; A 24.90lb. Grand daughter of... -





ined by Livingston county breeders and are tuberculin test-





good records.



and sired by a m lb. son of Reg Apple

cks and Whites and a 28 lb. cow. A son

' A son of King Segls Champion Mabel;

Granddaughter of Pontiac Korndyke.





approved vet.

Mack, Perry. '





 





 





Ready for Service





Strod- bh butter bred bulls and

out 0! lg!) testingd ms.

The Producing Kind

31th mJersey ty and capacity.

. Also 11. low

bred mgiltsm (Durocs) and boars.

Brookwater Farm.

Herbert W.Mumferd, Must.

J Bruce Henderson. Mgr.

Ann Arbor, Mich.





 

   

   

   

 

   

 





 





haunt)l Lane R of M. Jersey Herd. Bulls. bull calves

and hel Ger calves siredy Fby one of the beets:- und-





 





sons of Pogis 99rh of Farm and out; ol’ 3" at I.



dams. ‘ .BI VINI FOX. Allegan. Mich.

Fer Sale [to lslered .lersc! Callie



0! both sex. Smi a: Pox-her, B. 4. owell. Mich





 





HE Wildwood Jersey lam odors for sale choice

bull cslvestortell service from B. of M. do tors

Mdesty' s Wonder by Msjesty' s Oxford Pox rd

tuberculin tested Wenh ins tor a sire to head our





rd. msMsjesty. Alvin Baldwin. (lapse. ich.





 





Hillside Farm Jerseys. 0361‘ 3 yesrllnf bulls. backed



bf' tested dams. and sired by a doub e grandson of

Boys Majesty. first prize dc 1111 or champion st, Mich.

State Fair.good individuals. .aonmk..1psnms.s1c1





 





Meridsle Interested Owl 1111.111311 heads m herd,

bull calves fromthis WTMN sire and out of Igor

dams for sale. NER. Allegun. Mich.





 





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Several heifers bred

to freshen next fall. Also 1. low heifer end bull osl-

veeot choice breeding. Colon C. Lillie. Coopenvills. Itch.





For Sale Hfifilggerggggrsegnmgl. tin-gem yesreold.





Best.Dsm.J out” Taste 15.0th to 111:30E

StresmlsndJ’ no.0“ -.IR R 1.51.1153de ling.-





HEREFORDS





and... nice yearling heifers. 3 extra nice holler cel-

ves old enough to wesn.4extrs nice bullelromdto 12111011

old not related to heifers. Prince Donald. Farmer

and Perfection Fairfax breeding. If interested





come and see them.

Paw Paw, Mich.





ALLEN BROS..

are! I'd Pulled d B nod blood oodll

tie-01th ndgrimegadsthbm atIdlbu‘izfxl Polled m

1111 e

COLEt re 1115; r cesrelssh' hoble.





Sllfllllflflfllls





BIDWEIJ. .. ..





guises cows and heifers-Good Scotch snd

toh Topped for sale. In prime condition. Modern



equipment For. 10 minutes from N. Y. 0.

down hour from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile meet

all trainer Write





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,





Box B. Tecumseh. Mich.





Richland Farm





Shorthorns





Sites in Service: Fair. Acres Goods and IMP.

Lorne Michig ans Grand Champion Bull. Attend

the Shorthorn Sale at Lansing Oct. 9th. We in-

Vite ou to ins t the cows and heifers we have





lis

RESCOTT & SON.

Herds at Prescott. Mich. Ofllce at Towns City. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Francisco Farm Shorthorns

Wei osmium one Mightgsfijsmd baffle, otdScotch

an o e. e



Ierly 11:31:15” thumping “reasonsbh%o:o our: segfowng





i he to sh

PP It. Pleesuxt. Mich.

m





The 11111.. unborn Bruins butlaiion

ore ollerl some cbgihoe animals at reasonable

My... We"



. H. LEO .. erdonis, Mich.





 





81 H 0 RT H 0 RN 8

0°“ “'13:." ”9115:3539 I'm:





 





 





 





ShOl'tl‘l Seven Scotch and Scotch Topped bulls

cm for sale. Price reasonable.

“7‘. B. MQQUILLAN. 11.7. Howell. Itch.





Bulls ready (or service or the choic-

Shorthorn esobreodlng. Write use on wants.

A. A. PATTULLO. R. 4. Deckerv e. Mich.





 





 





Sher-thorns t Qualit Scotch and

For Sale 1.1111 'l‘o nah descendgntsofArohers

Hope. Avonddle. 111ton and White tonal!

Sulboub the Oscolsaf Cor. Shorthorn Breeders

Jonu sdummr, s» Reed cm. M11311.





Six Registered





E. n. HAWLEY .1 SONS. R. 3.'





GUERNSEY BULLS





E hteen months old on younger. Grandsons of Gold-

ohleHII;f1-eefrom d sense. Guaranteed' 1n every





srticsulnr and at farmers' prices.

5.1. SNY - Esst Lansing. Mich.





Wanted (:a'ttlefi00 10 to 140 omwlg'll bred Feeders

B. O. WOODARD, - - Elsie. Mich.





 





Shorthorn bulls for

Prices right.

Stockbridge. Mich





 





 





 





HOGS





 





Duroos. Choice spring pigs out; of selected sows and

sired by our best herd boars are of the bi



type strong boned, smooth and of axes lent quality and

include some of the most popular blood lines such so

Orion Cherry Kingd‘op Col. Detention]! rookweter etc.

Prices reasonable. The Jennings Forms. lelay. Mich.





 





Large Type P. C.





Bred ts and bears all sold nothing to oiier at prose .

811.12. LIVINGSTON Pa rmn. M.l:h





 





arse pe P. 0. tell gilts n 1036511311 ready to chi

bred gr Au 11d Sept. legrow. Fall ssle Nov. ”p

m. J. CL Luifin.“ 7. Mason. Mich.





FOR 25 YEARS





This establishment has been bead quarters for Blg'l‘ype



Poland Chinss. We have a nice lot Maud



or strictly b type breedln at very low price. Let



me know who you want. ell phone.



JNO.C .LBUT - Portland, Mich.

Spotted Poland-





OLD FASHIONED cm... Hogs Spring





Gilt: and Fall Gilts bred or unbred. reasonable.

J. M. WILLI IA 8. No, Ad ums.Micb





 





 





Big thel’ 0. Boarnneyeariing. Lar eandfineevm

w..11.v fall yearling 10 Apr. boars rite for prices.

Satisfaction guaranteed. R. W. Mills. Saline. Mich.





 





Bi” 0. Boers all ages the kind that; make

Ealm £60.11) meet me at the [111.111

LEO St. Louis. Mich.





Yorkshire Gilts





Pig s that are P'

inter Breeding A dress

R '1. Pontiac. Mich.





 





For fall or

OAKOBOFT,





 





' Hampshire-p11 mmwroody

RegIStendt at. a bargain. Brgdb0 gills in Dec.





 





Big lon tall. growthy beers. The kind that will add

size on growt wth to your herd. Biggest arch furrow-

ed 11 in countr Weigh 200 lbs. not fat.

N TON BAR a... t.John8. M11211.





UROO Jersey 8 ring boars for sale. Good breeding

and la:- boneo Nrices and descriptions on rogues

J.D. ORA Ed: N. - - Pluinwell. Mich.





ring oboars sired by Orion Cherry



Burns “'3” lgiw Ola. T'A Write for prices and des-



cription. C. YLOR Milan. Mich.



April and May i of both



DUROCS sexes sblred p agefender

bred bo o.ar For prices etc., write .



WELLS PARISH & SONS. Allendale. him-h.





DUROG JERSEYS





I. D. REYDENBERK. - - - Wnyland. Mich.





 





 





 





Choice Durst Jersey Ellis For Sale.





CAREYU. EDMO NSD - H,ustings Mich.





 





Dlll' Jerseys for sale spring & {all pigs of both

0C sex also Bhorthorn bulls mflklnskstrsin

CHAS. EBAY. - - emos. Mich.





Bl heavy boned spri boars.

DUYOC J 01' seys wii‘iners at State and dnfimunty

Falrs. Place order early

F. J. DRODT. R. 1.





Ms rch l s of both sexes, sired‘ by

Durocs Defendeii ol. bred boar I

ELM WOOD FA Shelbyville. Mich.





Monroe. Mich.





 





F 8 l0 Regiseerted Duroc Jersey Pigs 2% months

in. I old either sex 315 each 15 months old boar

825. Food Shortageo makes this low price.



JOSE LAKE RA CK, South Branch. Mich.





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.





log it. is free

Crandell’s ePrize Hogs. Cece City, Mich.





 





Raise Chester Whites 3

Like This





ck original big producers





 





HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

success. I can help you. I want so lace one ho from

my great hard in every communiw wwhcre eadm notsl

develo Hadpers—r

w is any plan— ‘ More Money from Hosn'

I. I. 381"”. RF.D.10. I'm-m0“





y re .

y for market It sf;





 





 





 





 





May boars. Sept pigs in pairs or

CheSters tries not skin from mature stock

of the host blood lines obtainable.

F ALEXANDER. - [Vanessa Mich.





 





AS'I‘ full slits all sold hnve n good lot. at last ring

Lplgs from 3 sites good growthy stock. Farm 52pmile





west of de 01; Citizens Phonel

01TOB.§Ci111.Lzs 111311.111... Mich.





 





 





BRED GILTS and





SERVICEABLE BOARS

1.12.1111. JEWETT, Meson, Mich.





 





 





0 l C-’ 3 a few choice Apr. and May igs

either sex snd4reg.Holste1n heI ers.

CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM Monroe. Mich.





0. l. C. & Chester While Swine





Strictly Big Type with QUALITY. Have stew Spring

pigs either sex for sale. Th are of the right stamp.

good cum to hes shlped O. ..D



EWMA 8 STOCK FARM. R. l. Mus-latte. Mich.





 





 





 





is: for 91118.1 ship



00 10 C0 dpbmh. End usrantee to lo



1'. 0. Bonuses ‘ Mason, ”1131??

all sold out. except the lat est



Ls 8' P. C' €11: raised lost your. bred for demo



(arrow. H. 0. WABTZ, boo lemtt. Mich h.





 





13:836ka PC“ Bl boned {pillows tron 113m lweakest.

1- beers on

.'.'i. MAN'inh sniv smea°i11iaiid





if Type Poland Chlnas. 8 sin 11g up for sale.

gm 9 Prices





slthy en‘s'larowtby From I tore.

Barnes and Son. Byron. Mich.





ABGE Type P 0 Just Scholce summer it b

for J Aul Wlfi : and go :hggid





when. Mich.

.111 To... ac... misses-mew





‘o A. ‘80s: ' am Mich.





 





 





l'





R. R. Orleans,

Ws11s.h»~...1cm11e mm





P. L KING & 80 . .1





E. .1. Amsmh “"1





AM“- Shine! issuance we...“

1m. J. xm'zsesam.





JOHN W. SNYDER. R. 4. St.Jol111s. Mich.





SHEEP





Hampshire





Shropshire sued Oxfords. either sex. send for oil'-





cular and pric

KOPE KON FARMS. Kinderhook, Mich.





 





Hampshires am offering forsslo 10 yeerllnc





Rams also 5 ram lamb b.s

F. A. SMMONS. - - Bockiord. Mich.





Some Good Breeding Eve: 8“ ”9%32‘22‘32 “AM“

Bernard Sheep Bunch B. 5. Clare. Mich.





 





' Shropshire yearling ewes and Registered

Bflfilxlmd Shropshire yearling rams presenta-

tives 0! this flock have 31 ven satisfaction' in manystusefl

sincelb‘at). Priced to sell. Lemon. Dexter. Mich





Brookside Farm‘10 ofl’ers gShropshires of quality. 10

mil.





ewesio

DAN BOOHEB. Evert. Mich.





120 grade Shropshire Ewes 1 mil years



For $3130] also one our load of yearling steers

and one car loadR of 2 year old steers.



J.B .GARD..E - - Cadillac. Mich.





ad" Shropshire yearling and rum lambs

RegiSter best of breedin and size.

Prices $48 to 360 also a. blow bred ewes at 8'



E. RM R. 8 thIsca. Mich.





Shm Wile Am offering 8 yearling rams now. Also 12

in _\ oun Hg. ewes for December deliver.

0. J. THOMPS SO Rockfor. Mich





ShropshireEi';





esrlings and ram lambs. one Kope

won 2 yr. old rum-.A All wool- mutton type.

- Dnnsville. Mich.





Shropshires firsts: {$1.30 .1“ he“?





rioed n

B. D. KELLY & SON - - Ypsilanti. Mich;





Sho hi I 1

FOR SALE ewé'i’na’ii 2.331.328 1° W“

ARMSTRONG BROS. R. 3. Fowler-1 ilie, Mich.





OXFORD RAMS“





E 2 ARryee old. 3 yearlings und6 6111 b All

ARL C. MCCART g] «The. Mich.





. fig chofi Oxford ram lambs: come by auto and t





aka the

10160 at sud $35 fine stock. 2 S. 3 W. StJ has.

113” St. Johns. Mich.





Rebates Mord Yearling Isms For Sale

Csrl,and Mich.

XFORD Down Bun lambs. sleosfew ewe lambs.





Minis. bothflexes. Bookln d t

01111311: s'roox FARM. R. 1? or m or “brick.





 





Mariette.

FOR SALE 0...... 8...... 1......

and ram lam

H. W. MANN. - - - Dansville. Mich.





 





OXFORDS LAMBS





and yearling rams. 0. M. York, Millington. Mich.





Improved glfim'rop Delaines. Sixty Reg





choose from.

NEKTON & BLANK. Hill Crest. Farm. Perrinton.





Form situated four miles south of Middleton.





L l N C O L N 5

Good 1.1 ol 1

bred 11 153i": 13:31.81.“ Britaimhilbdaggi’oi 3'13:





s few good yearling and ram lambs

H a v 6 Also on limlted amount of young ones.

HARRY POTTER it 80 N Duvison. Mich.





HORSES





Horses Will Be





Horses Soon





We have on hand at all times a choice selection

of young Percheron Stallions.

good work horses that we are offering to ex-

change for young stallions.





Also have a few





PALMER BROS,

Balding, Mich.





reasonable

invlt e.d

marlotte, Mich.

for sale “Stallion three year old. M

erldstprl cote also8 9 outing,

”Totem nu
‘* =‘ ‘. ‘r





,‘e.

V. ..





W‘

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Mr;





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The markets in this edition were re-





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WHEAT.





Wheat keeps rolling into the mar-

kets. Last week there was added to

the visible supply 11,070,000 bushels.

Elevators at country points and pri-

mary markets are already well-stocked

with the grain. However, millers, af-

ter a period of inactivity, are again

buying and quotations keep a shade

above the government minimum price.

In some sections it is reported that

farmers are selling for less than this

minimum price warrants. This would

mean that middlemen are getting more

than the margin allowed them by the

food administration’s official order.

(See statement on second page of this

issue). A year ago No. 2 red wheat

sold on this market at $2.17 per bush-

el. Present Detroit prices are:



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



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



No. 2White 2.20



CORN.



' War news put a crimp in corn prices

on Monday. The Balkan situation was

taken to mean an early end to the

war and dealers thought that present

prices were too high for peace times.

So those holding the grain were ready

to sell and the price went down in

Chicago, November registering the

longest extreme break of seven cents.

In corn sections farmers are deliver-

ing the grain more freely to get their

cribs empty for the new crop and to

avoid bringing last year’s poor corn in

competition with the better grain of

this year. A year ago the price here

for No. 3 corn was $2.02 per bushel.

Present Detroit prices are:





No. 3 corn ...... $1.35

No. 3 yellow ...... 1.40

No. 4 yellow ............ 1.35

No. 5 yellow ............ 1.25

No. 6 yellow ............ 1.20





Chicago values are down as follows:

N0. 2 yellow $1.50@1.52; No. 3 yellow

$1.39@1.42; November $1.291/3.





OATS.





Of its own accord this market no

doubt would have survived the influ-

ence of the war news without a decline

but the heavy pull of lower values in

corn circles finally got oats on the

skids and lower figures resulted. To

support the market the bulls had to

show the excellent demand from mill-

ers, a large domestic consumption and

the call for this grain to be exported.

As it was, Chicago prices witnessed a

decline of less than three cents. Pres-

ent prices there are: Standard 691/2@

7015c; No. 3, 6834@701/2c; November

6894c. At Detroit the grain sold at





620 for standard a year ago. The board





now quotes as follows:

Standard .................. 721/2

No.3white.......... ...... 72

N0-4White‘OOOOIOOIIOOIODI71





RYE.





There is no life to this market. The

grain does not seem to be wanted just

now. Movement is very moderate.

During last week the visible supply

showed an increase of 947,000 bushels.

Quotation at Detroit is two cents be-

low‘ that of last week, or $1.61 per





'bushel.

FEEDS.





Feed prices are higher than last

week. The prices quoted at Detroit

for feed in lOO-lb. sacks are: Bran

$35@35.50; middlings $37@37.50 per

ton; coarse corn meal $62; cracked

corn $63; corn chop $48@50.





SEEDS.





The following prices are quoted on

a steady and moderately active mar-

ket: Prime red clover $22.50; alsike

$18.25; timothy seed $5.25.





BARLEY.





This grain is not moving.‘ The local

demand is very light. Fortunately the

shipments from the state are very

meagre. The last sales here by sam-

ple were at $1.98@2.10 per bushel.





POULTRY. ,





, Market is slow, with prices as fol-

lows: ., Live;——Broilers 24@25c for the

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Reports for Thursday, October .311!





DETROIT





Cattle. .

Receipts 3,382. Canners 250 higher;

other grades steady. <

Best heavy steers ....... $12.00@14.00





Best handy wt bu strs. . . . 11.00@11.50





Mixed steers and heifers 9.50@10.00

Handy light butchers . . . . 8.00@ 8.50

Light butchers .......... 7.50@ 8.00

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

Butcher cows ...... . . . . . 7.25@ 7.50

Cutters 6.00@ 6.50

Canners 5.50@ 6.00

Best heavy bulls . . . . . . . . 9.00

Bologna bulls 8.00@ 8.50

Stock bulls 7.00@ 7.50

Feeders 9.00@10.00





8.00@ 8.50

$60@ 135





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

Milkers and springers . . . .





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Veal Calves.





Receipts 854. Market steady.

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

Heavy ....... 7.00@ 9.00





Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 6,860. Market very dull.

Best lambs . . . . . ........ $15.25@15.50





Fair lambs ............. 14.00@15.00

Light to common lambs. . 12.50@13.00

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





Culls and common . . . . . . . 5.00@ 7.00





Hogs.

Receipts 6,189. Market very dull and





all kinds 25c lower than Wednesday.

All grades 8 7





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BUFFALO.





In the hog market the prospects are

for considerably lower prices if the re-

ceipts are fair. Pigs $19.75; others

$20@20.25; lambs are quoted at $16.50,

while calves of the best grades bring

$19.50. The cattle market is steady.





CHICAGO.





Cattle.



Receipts 15,000. Steers are steady;

butchers and canners 10@15c higher.



Good to prime choice steers $15.75@

19.60; common and medium butchers

$10@15.55; heifers $7.35@13.75; cows

$7.60@13.25; bologna bulls $8@13.25;

canners and cutters $6.25@7.60; stock.

ers and feeders, good $10.75@13.75;

stockers and feeders, medium $7.75@

10.75. Veal calves strong to 250 higher.



Hogs. .



Receipts 29,000. Market generally

25c lower than Wednesday. Tops at

$19.40; heavy $19.10@19.35; mixed and

light $19@19.40; packers’ hogs $17.90

@1835; medium and heavy $18.15@

18.75; light bacon hogs $18.75@19.25;

pigs, good to choice $17@18; roughs

$17.35@17.75. *



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 43,000. Market is slow to

lower. Choice to prime lambs $15.75

.@16.50; medium and good lambs at

$13.75@15.75; culls $8@12; medium,

good‘and choice feeders $13.50@15;

choice yearlings $12.40@12.85; medium

and good yearlings ,$11.25@12.40;

wethers, medium and good $10.50@





5 11.75.





Reports for Wednesday, October 2nd





BUFFALO.





Cattle.





Receipts ten cars. The market is

lower; prime heavy steers $16.50@17;

best shipping steers $16@16.50; medi-

um shipping steers $14@15; plain and

coarse $13@14; best native yearlings

950 to 1000 lbs, $15@16; light native

yearlings, good quality $13@14; best

handy steers $12@13; fair to good

kinds $11@12; handy steers and heif-

ers, mixed $9.50@ 10.50; western heif-

ers $10.50@11; best fat cows $10@

10.75; butchering cows $8@9.50; cut-





ters $6.25@6.75; canners $5@5.75;

fancy bulls $10.50@11; butchering





bulls $8.50@9.50; common bulls $6.50

@750; best feeders, 950 to 1000 lbs





$10@11; medium feeders $8.50@10;

stockers $7.50@9.

Hogs.





Receipts 10 cars; market is steady.

Heavy and yorkers $20.25@20.35; pigs

and lights $20.

Sheep and Lambs. .



Receipts 10 cars; market is slow;

top lambs $16.50; yearlings $12@13;

wethers $11.50@12; ewes $10@10.50.



Calves.



Market steady; tops $19.50; others



$7 @1850.





CHICAGO.





Cattle.





Today’s receipts are estimated at'





12,000 head, making 52,800 for the first

half of the week, comparing with 76,-

435 for the same days last week. The

enormous declines in prices brought





about last week by the greatly exces-~





sive supplies explain the present fall-

ing off in receipts and the consequent

rally in, prices. The advance in steers

is largely in the in-between kinds, the

best corn-fed offerings having sold at

strong prices all along. Choice to fancy

steers are bringing $19@19.60, and

good steers sell at $16.75 and over,

with sales down to $10@16.50 for com-

mon to medium grades.

' Hogs.



Today’s receipts are estimated at

14,000 head, bringing the receipts for

the first half of the week up to 66,200

head, comparing with 56,271 for the

same time last week. Today’s market

shows further declines of 15@25c, with

sales at $18@19.65 for rough heavy

packers to prime heavy butchers. '



Sheep and Lambs.



The market is in worse condition

than ever, with rapidly increasing re-

ceipts and more than can be disposed





. of promptly.





 





 





Federal Estimates of 1918 Potato crop





 

 





Condition Dec.

Sept 1. Sept. 1 Est.

10-Yr Forecast. 1917.

State. 1918 Avg. Bushels. Bushels.

Maine ............... 8 84 1 23,117,000 , 20,250,000

New York . . .. . . . . . ._ .76 74 32,680,000 38,000,000

New Jersey .......... 63 75 7,585,000 11,172,000

Pennsylvania . . . . . . 65 74 22,600,000 29,532,000

' Virginia ............. 76 80 14,382,000 19,800,000

West Virginia ........ 67 78 , 5,017,000 ' 7,475,000

Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . ._ .260 72 ' 10,397,000 16,000,000

Indiana . .- .......... 7. .70 68 . . 7,406,000 8,464,000

Illinois ............... 68 67 ‘ 11,372,000 13,500,000’

Michigan ............ 69 73 28,856,000 35,910,000 ‘

Wisconsin ...........81 .76 31,620,000 84,998.000

Minnesota ........... 87 76 32,823,000 __33,-600,000

Iowa .............. . . .72 70 11 192,000 \ 13,110,000 ‘

Missouri ........... 55 67 (£468,000 ’ 9,433,000

South Dakota ....... p.95 ‘77 ‘ ,5 9. 7,200,000

Nebraska ...... . . . . ._ .65 70‘ 8,612,000 ‘ 12,495,000

..... . . . . .' . 64. ' 4.160.000 , 4,446.090

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. BEANS.



Weather conditions this past week

have been a. little more favorable for

the securing of the bean crop. Michi-

gan beans of better quality have re-

cently been offered on eaétern markets

and these beans have been taken by

the trade more eagerly than the oil?

colored goods consumers were asked

to bid on for some months back. It

is further believed that .it will be a

distinct advantage in the marketing of

Michigan beans when the trade knows

that the new crop is of high quality.

The new crop _-of beans in this state

is leaving the farmer’s hands -on an

$8@8.50 basis, according to the reports

received at this office. Detroit’s price

is $9.25 per cwt; Chicago quotes Michi-

gan pea beans, hand-picked, at $10.50

@11, while New York reflects some

improvement in‘ the trade, with the

above kind selling by receivers, at $11

@1125 for the best and $10@10.75 for

common grades. -





POTATOES.





With the, pressure of continued

heavy receipts prices show some de

pression in a few of the markets, the

majority of the larger trade centers,

however, being about steady with last

week. At Detroit round whites in

bulk are bringing $2.40@2.50; at Chi-

cago $1.65@1.80; at Indianapolis $2;

at Cincinnati $2.50; at Cleveland

$2.85; at Pittsburgh $2.35@2.50; at

Buffalo $2.60. At western shipping

points the tone seems a little weaker

and the same might be said of the

northern shipping districts. Maine

shippers report a steady situation at

the opening this week. The daily

movement continues to total around a

thousand cars per day. '





HAY.





With the demand active and the re-

ceipts of hay showing little if any

increase, there remains a very firm

market at the following prices:



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,





Pittsburgh—Further advances are

noted because receipts are too light to

take care of the demand. Prices are:



No. 1 timothy. . . .$34.00@34.50

No. 1 light, mxd 32.00@33.00





APPLES.





The demand and movement is mod-

erate with prices little changed. At

Detroit the trade is paying frbm $5@

6-for barreled stock of commercial

kinds, although Jonathans-bring up to

$8.25. At Benton Harbor prices range

from $5.25 for, Hubbardston to $7.50

for Steele Red and J onathans. Roches-

ter, New York, market is steady ‘with

the run heavy, but meeting a healthy





demand.

BUTTER.





.Recent sharp advances to unusually

hig prices for butter- has resulted, no

dou t, in a cutting down of consump-

tion and the introduction of substi-

tutes. Partly as a result of this, and

also, it is believed, in fear of govern-

ment action, values have been marked

down during the past week. At De-

tr01t jobbers are now paying 571/2'@58c

for extra creameries and 57c for firsts.

The Chicago range is 51@580 and in

New York 581,é@620; extra creamery

brings 620 to Philadelphia receivers.





CHEESE.





With a heavy shortage and wide de— .





mand the recent advance in cheese

prices seems likely to stand. Michigan

August flats are selling at Detroit to

Jobbers for 28%,c; daisies 3364c. Chi-

cago market firm and New York trade

steady With state fresh specials at 31%

@320 and average‘run 30@31c. g





EGGS.





Another advance is here. for e ‘ ,

Michigan candied . stock, currentggg-





ceipts bringing 470 from jobbers; firsts,





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also higher, with the“ ran'ge‘at 45@





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Colorado.

The Colorado crop shows a decrease





pets as well as the government re-

port for September which makes a

forecast of 7,779,000 bushels, as com-

pared with 9,310,000 bushels last year

and 6,900,000 bushels in 1916. The con-

dition percentage is given as 84 on

September 1 compared with a ten-year

average of 81 in the same date. Ship-

pers' reports are summarized as fol-

lows: Denver shipper says 20 per

cent reduction; carbondale, 600 to 800

cars; Craig, 50; Del Norte, 375; Delta

section, including Olathe and Mon-

trose also, 1,800; Eagle, 375; Eaton, 75

per cent of 1917 ; Greeley district, all

the way from 3,000 to 5,000 cars;

Olathe, 600; Rifle, 12; Solids, 50.

The Dakotas.





There is a better crop of potatoes in

the Dakotas this year than last, espe-

cially in North "Dakota. The govern-

ment gives the North Dakota crop at

9,828,000 bushels against 3,870,000

bushels last year and 6,975,000 bushels

in 1916. Most all points reporting tell

of a better crop than last year. Some

of them are as follows: Arthur, 15

cars; Berthold, 200; Buffalo, eight;

Carrington, 50; Casselton, 15; Fargo,

better crop; Grafton, 40; Hickson, 10;

Hoople, 300 cars, better crop; Kindred,

15 to 20; Larimore, 40; Tower City,

15; Walhalla, 75 to 80; Williston, 20.



The South Dakota crop is forecasted

by the government on September 1 at

8,569,000 bushels as compared with

7,200,000 bushels last year and 4,290,-

000 bushels in 1916. The condition

percentage is placed at 95 against 77,

the ten~year average on September 1;

Reports from growers and shippers in-

dicate the following shipments: Brit-

ten, 15 cars; Bruce, 90 to 100; Clark,





‘25; Flandreau, 30; Gary, 20; James,





eight; Mellette,.15; Oidham, 20 to 25;

Raymond, 10; Renner, five; South

Falls, 50; Tripps, 15; White, 150.





Back of almost every agricultural

achievement,.'great or small, there is

a human interest story. All too often

it is the last thing which practical men

think of getting. In cases where it is

obtained, however, it is the part which

sticks in the reader’s mind and carries

the story home.





NEWS OF THE WEEK.





 





(Continued from page 302).

to happen shortly: The Hindenburg

line is rapidly crumbling with Roulers,

the German base supporting the U-

boat operations on that coast in the

hands of the Belgians; the capture of

the Wyschaete Ridge by the British,

the pushing of the American-British

line between Cambrai and St. Quentin

far beyond these objectives, the clear—

ing of the Chemindes-Dames of prac-





tically all Germans by French aggres- .





siveness and the joining of General

Gourad’s French troops with the Amer-

cans as they push rapidly to the north

in the Champaigne sector. The Ger-

man reichstag passes a resolution to

form a responsible government having

a parliament answerable directly to

the people—Stock yards at New Or-

leans are swept by fire, entailing a loss

of $200,000.





AN APPEAL FOR HELP.





 





HE Turkey Knob Orchard Com-

pany at Mount Jackson, Va., has

been making a. strong appeal for help

during the past week by inserting

large advertisements intheiocal news-





' papers, in which they offered gold and.





war savings. stamp prises to those

who would wmgk and stay on the job.

Everything possible is done to make

life at the orchards attractive. There

are moving picture shows. rifle shoot-

ing contests, games and dancing with.

mom to tarnish the music. 800:

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Important





0 YOU think of Digestibib'ty as being just a big,

vague word which has little or nothing to do

with anything in particular in your line of business.

Or do you think of Digestibility as being some-

thing which really has some difinite connection

with the amount of money to be made from the

dairy.

There isn’t a thing about the dairy business any

more important the Digestibflity. -





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CORN





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When you pay a good rice for coal

toburn in the heater, an get alot of

clinkers. you don’t think you have

gotten your money’s worth, do you?



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in feed. Feed that runs ’way down in

Digestibih'ty is just as poor a buy as

clinkery coal.



Feed has to break down and get

through the cow’s digestive tract in

order to make milk. Unless a big

share gets through, you lose.



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Pure Cider Vinegar

Market for Michigan Apples





We will buy one hundred carloads of Michigan apples this Fall

to make cider vinegar at our mill, Wiard’s Siding. .Ypsilanti, Michigan.

to comply with the Michigan cider vinegar laws.



Provided, The Drug and Dairy Department at Lansing will

enforce the Law in an intelligent and vigorous way, to prevent

the further sale in Michigan of “Skin” vinegar, which is pro-

duced from Dried Apple Skins and Cores Sulphered, and usually

reinforced by Chemical Acetic Acid. This so—called vinegar is

manufactured outside of the state and is sold here by dealers,

not manufacturers of cider vinegar, and sold as Pure Cider

Vinegar.



It is now being sold here in Michigan contrary to our State vine-

gar laws.



We believe that not only Michigan Apple growers but all consum-

ers of pure cider vinegar, produced from whole apples only, as re‘

quired and intended, should be interested in having the law rigorous-

ly enforced.





WM. w. VAUGHAN COMPANY





Sept. 22, 1918 By Wm. W. Vaughan, Pres.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Referring further to





PURE CIDER VINEGAR





We just received a letter and quote a paragraph, dated at Lan-

sing, Michigan, September 23rd. 1918. ’

“Whenall is said and done, however, there is but one

question remainingwthe enforcement of the Vinegar Law. That

will be enforced.

Very truly yours,

(Signed) FRED L. WOODWORTH,

State Food and Drug Commissioner.



Relying on this assurance, we are now in the Market for One

Hundred Carloads of Sound Fall or Winter Apples, October and No-

vember Delivery.



Dealers should advise promptly, number of carloads to be shipped,

freight rate from shipping station to our Mill, Wiard’s Siding, Ypsi-

lanti, Michigan. ' '



Spot Cash Payment. Address,





Wm. w. VAUGHAN COMPANY





Wm. W. Vaughan, Pres. Detroit, Mich. Sept. 25th, 1918.





 

 

 

 

 

   





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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