- vo L'. CLI: No. 16 \ -....._..',.“.._-.__,...‘A w... Whole Number 4015 _ 'izes the value of some kind of shelter planting to protect his home grounds and feeding yards from cutting winds. Yet, it is doubtful if he could make any investment that would pay better, even if the original cost was considerable; for a wind- break makes the house more habitable and comfortable and gives the animals a chance to enjoy the winter sunshine without being exposed to the chilling winds. It adds to the value and sala- bility of one’s farm—to say nothing of the beauty of the trees. In years past shelter planting has been looked upon as a rich man’s fad ——that costs a mint of money to main- tain and which .runs down in appear- ance and value as soon as the trees are neglected for a few years. How- ever, we are beginning to appreciate more and more what it is to combine the beautiful with the useful, and that we can make it of account in our ev- eryday lives. Practical farmers are slow to be influenced by artistic val- ues, therefore, I shall discuss only sub- tantial shelter planting which increas- es in value yearly, and which costs far less to maintain than foul weed patch- es and unsightly back yards. What the Wind Does. What does the wind do? Have you ever studied the" problem? If not, let us suppose that we are behind a clump of trees where the wind is blow- ing two miles an hour. Go out a little way and find where it is blowing four miles an hour. Did you ever stop to think that while the thermometer will show no difference it is really twice as cold there? That is, the increased ve- locity of the wind will take away twice as much of your body heat, or the body heat of your horse or cow, where the wind is blowing at the rate of four miles an hour as where it is blowing but two miles. This is a modest claim. Many of the most thoughtful scientists claim that the ability of the wind ”(6 cool things increases with the square of its velocity. Have you ever thought of that? Probably not, and if you did N OT one farmer in ahundred real- The Only Weekly Agricultural, 'Hon’ticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State. DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1918 a 1.00 A'. Y EAR .00 FOR 5 YEARS ' Shelter Planting forthe Farm [Vow is tfle Time to Make Plans for Moot Sprz'flg’y Planting." C. B. Ford it never occurred to you that there was anything you could do about it. But there is something to be done. You can plant trees to take the place of the forests and break the winds of winter, and some day make good tim- ber on the farm. The kind of trees to be used for breaking the force of the wind is of great importance, and it is a local problem. Before deciding it, a man should study the best native trees of his locality, consult his neighbors and send a description of his soil with a diagram and full details of his place to his nearest nurseryman. In this cli- mate of Western Michigan, the ther- mometer frequently drops to twenty degrees below zero and the winds are streng enough to break big limbs out of fruit and shade trees, if they have no shelter. Consequently, a dense, hardy evergreen is the proper thing, and the trees should be planted far enough apart, so that their lower branches will be retained, both for shelter and symmetry. If they are naturally of pyramidal habit, it may be" well to plant some tall—growing decidu- ous trees among the evergreens so that the broad tops of the deciduous ones may fill out the spaces between the pointed tops of the conifers. Some Excellent Species. Three excellent species used for windbreaks in this latitude are the Austrian pine, the white pine and the white spruce, the last being considered the best of all. The Austrian pine is a coarse, heavy-foliaged tree which makes a thick-set branching tree, but is rather short-lived. The Scotch and pitch pines are of similar value and character. The Austrian pine is the dominant tree in many windbreaks, and attains an average height of twen- ty-five feet after being planted fifteen years. The white pine is lighter in color'and general appearance than the Austrian, and therefore more” accepta- ble on the sides toward the house. One of the most attractive trees in the whole list is the Colorado spruce. (Continued on page 364). ; “1:: iv The, Mi " ’ Former- Pllbm WNW w W!” The Lawrence Publishing Co. Editors and Proprietors 89 to as Come-a St. West. M We mm “All 45. N" YO RX OFFICE—381 FourihA RICA ~111W .an ntS t.i‘oet CL GOSFFgFFICE— 1011- 1015 Oregon Ave. .. NE. 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Under the Act of March a. 1879 NUMBER SIXTEEN 1918 VOLUME CLI. DETROIT, OCTOBER 19, CURRENT COMMENT HE reply of the d German Chancel- Sp’ef Ior to. President Wil- .t e son’s questions, and Victory the President’s reply to the original Ger- man peace note, have served to clarify the situation to the general satisfac- tion of the rank and file of loyal Am- ericans. Whether the German reply to the President’s questions is wholly sincere in unconditionally accepting Presi- dent Wilson’s program as a basis for peace, or whether it is merely a back- ground for their plea for an armistice to save their battered armies from a military disaster and give them van- tage ground for negotiations looking toward a “German” peace, the Presi- dent’s reply is a satisfactory answer. This reply plainly points out that any armistice which may be declared must be left to the judgment of the military advisers of the United States and Allied governments, and must safeguard the present military suprem~ acy of the armies . of the United States and the Allies in the field. To the lay mind this menus that the only practical road to peace for Germany is the laying down of arms, which is another term for the unconditional surrender which was imposed on Bul- garia. The President’s answer makes it equally clear that no armistice will be considered so long as the armed forces of Germany continue the illegal and inhuman practices in which they per- sist, such as the sinking of passenger ships and even the boats in which pas- sengers and 'crews seek safety, and the burning and looting of cities and villages during the enforced withdraw- al of troops from Belgium and north- ern France. ‘ Still further, to the end that there may be no possibility of misunder» standing the reply points out that one of. the terms which the German note accepts. contained in the President’s address at Mt. Vernon on July 4. pro— . vides for “The destruction of every ar- binary power anywhere that can sep- stately, score or, if it cannot be presentl’rdcstroyed, at least its reduction to virtual impo- tency.” The note states clearly that f‘the power which hitherto, has con- trolled the German nation is of the sort” here described,” and that “it is within the choice of the German peo- ple to alter it.” Pla'inly the Presi- dent’s reply indicates that peace terms will not be concluded with a. govern- ment which looks upon an agreement between nations as “a scrap of paper.” ' Unless the people of Germany rise to their opportunity to sue for peace on the terms so clearly outlined in the official reply to the German peace plea, the war must continue until compli- 'ance is forced, and all plans must be made on that basis. This will entail fresh sacrifices on the part of our peo- ple, due to the fact that our military success at the front has created larger demands for men and materials of all kinds, that these advantages may be followed up and the day of final vic- - tory speeded. These sacrifices should and will be cheerfully made for the support of our boys at the front. In the meantime the President has well said in a plea addressed to the American people that “neither the re- ply nor any other recent events have in any way diminished the vital im- portance of the Liberty Loan. Relaxa- tion now, hesitation now, would mean defeat when victory seems to be in sight; would mean years of war in. stead of peace upon our terms.” SPEED THE VICTORY. 's' TRONG effort Federal appeags t: have been ma. 9 y e Farm Farm Mortgage Bank- Loans ers’ Association of America to discredit the federal farm loan system by mak- ing it appear that rich investors would profit and the government would lose because of the tax-free features of the federal farm loan bonds. In this con- nection the claim has been made that the farmers borrowing through the fed- eral farm loan bank benefit only one- half per cent in interest rates, or $5.00 ‘ per $1,000, While the investor in the farm loan bonds would profit $31 by the tax exemptions enjoyed through the purchase of the bonds. There are several defects in this ar- gument, not the least of which is the statement that the borrower saves only onehalf of one per cent. Any Michigan Farmer reader can prove this for himself by seeking a loan at his local bank which more than likely will ask him the full legal rate of seven per cent, and possibly seek to get usurious interest through a bonus or other evasive arrangement. As a mat- ter of fact, also, the first $30,000,000 of the federal farm loan bonds were pur- chased mainly by small investors, the average purchase being about 85,000. Figures for later issues are not yet available, but these bonds are issued in denominations ranging from $25 up, so that the small investor may avail himself of this safe investment at a fair rate of interest. Experience shows that in many lo- calities the federal farm loans have been the indirect means cf lowering the interest rate charged on mortgage loans in the communities where feder. all farm loan associations have been organized. It Would seem obvious to the casual observer that an attack on the system is an effort to remove this competition, by money loaning , in- terests. ' If the system is in any way defec- tive, and (experience will doubtless show that it can be improved in vari-' ous lays, the proper course is through an amendment ,of the act in accord- ance with recommendation of the Fed.- ersl Perm Lou: Beard, rather than up- on the recommendstionsof competing. bankers or money loancrs.’1'be Ped- ersl Film Loan system has been an , >\ , . . ‘. _, an of its single _ choice disturb the peace of the world its mission in this direction has»! only lost begun The system has undoubt- edly conic to stay, as its opponents will ultimately learn. ' ‘ HE reason for the inability of the Wheat government to ‘ clear Pl'i wheat as rapidly as it ces arrives at seaboard terminals, is ,, given the statement of the Food Administra- tion published in another column. Wheat growers will be able to market their crop at the guaranteed price as rapidly as\this situation can be over- come. In the meantime an order has been issued to all Michigan mills and elevators by Food Administrator Pres- cott, requiring that they pay to farm- ers delivering Wheat at their plants not less than On the following basis: $2.13 per bushel for No. 1, and $2.10 per bushel for No. 2 Red Winter Wheat, based upon the Grand Rapids freight rate to seaboard, other grades according to differentials established by the Grain Corporation. VERY milk pro- Attend ducer in Michigan h M7k should attend the t e .7 meeting of the Mich- Meeting igan Milk Producers’ Association called for October 22, at the, Capitol Building, at Lansing. The program for this meet- ing, which was published in our last issue, will prove of exceptional inter- est to milk producers of all sections of the state. Aside from the reports of the officers of the association, which will illustrate the important nature of the work already done, and the results secured by the organization, the ad- dresses and discussions will give those present a first-hand knowledge of na- tional and local conditions affecting the dairy business. There are no oth- ers in the country better able to speak with authority on these subjects than Prof. Anderson, whose investigations in the cost of milk production have won him deserved national fame; Hon. Milo D. Campbell, National Milk Producers’ Federation, who has been faithfully representing the dairy interests at Washington; Ex~Governor Warner, Who was in at- tendance at the recent dairy confer- ence at Washington, and Hon. D. D. Aitken, President of the National Hol- President of the. tion. . Secretary Road has well said that this is a critical time for the dairy in- dustry of Michigan and that compre- hensive organization is imperative to insure its prosperous future. Every local organization should send the four delegates to which it is entitled, to this meeting, and progressive dairy- men in communities where no organi- zation exists, should attend to acquaint themselves with the advantages of such an organization. ,LAS TING peace Our; . ' guaranteed by the -1 JOlIlt power and action €11? e of of a League of Na- : “we. tions is the big idea of the hour. When the war broke out this idea was mere theory. Since then its growth has been phenomenal and today the lead- ers of every nation dare not speak against this practical political ques~ tion. With us Americans it is the very soul of our foreign policy. Our soldiers are imbued with the idea and it furnishes them with a zeal not to be compared with the ,spil‘lt of conquest, and again one that even surpassed the high religious motives of the old cru- saders. There is everywhere a deep conviction that our victory will be a mere camouflage unless it means two things, namely~—the unquestionable defeat and discredit of Prussian mili- tarism, and the establishment of a league of nations to enforce and pre- serve peace after it is Won. CALIFORNIA BEAN CROP SMALL- ER THAN EARLIER ESTIMATES. HE rain has. had a bad effect on the bean crop of California, which promised to be the greatest the state ever grew, according to the statement of G. A. Turner, president and manag- er of the California Bean Growers’ As- sociation, whose central headquarters are at Stockton. 7 Information comes that beans in many places where the effect of the drought prior to the rain had been particularly noticeable have started to grow again and that they cannot ripen before frost. How greatly this will cur- tail the crop naturally is a matter that cannot be“ ascertained for some time. Keep Your Wheat for Michigan; To the Farmers of Michigan: The following telegram was received from Mr. Hoover under date of Octo-’ her 7: “Please give wide publicity to the following: Enlarged demands by Gen- eral Pershing for material resulting from progress on the western front has necessitated temporary diversion of grain ships to his service. This temporarily curtails wheat movement from seaboard and has filled our sea- board and terminal elevators» and thus checks movement. It is reported that some farmers have become panicky and are selling wheat at less than govern- ment prices. No occasion for this if holders will have a. little patience. Wheat will be moved and full price as- sured to every grower." The State Food Administration is aware of the fact that the marketing of wheat in Michigan has been unusu- ally freerthis' fall "and that local mills and elevators have. not been able to hold the wheat thundered them. Mich- igan has only about fifty per cent of the normal crop and if this movement continues, Michigan mills will be com- pelled to run onshbrt time and my of them will close down entirely. The shipping out of the state of Michigan wheat will result in a serious shortage d! mill feeds and consequent higher prices, resulting trim the ship- ment of mill feeds from western m mwmmgflflbmenfs are, W Wwolthmdso! can _ under present congested traffic condi- tions and if the mills of Michigan are to operate after the first of January, thousands of other cars will be requir- ed t'o ship wheat in under unfavorable weather conditions. An appeal is therefore issued that Michigan farmers, where they are financially able to' do so, hold their wheat until a later date, thus assuring the grinding of this wheat by local mills and retaining the mill feeds, to a very great extent, for use in the state. This will work to the advantage of the farmer in two ways, he will secure a higher pf'ice for wheat than is now ruling and will be able to purchase his mill feeds at the low price established ' in the fair price schedule for mills. Do not market your wheat faster than Michigan mills can mill it, other- wise much of it will be shipped out of the‘ state, thus increasing the shortage of mill feeds. The Food Administra- tion of Michigan does not want» this to happen and the Michigan farmer cannot . afford to have it happen. A bulletin has been inned to all mills and elevators in Michigan establishing a price for No. 2 Red ”Winter wheat of 82.10 per bushel, based on Grand Rap- ids freight rates to seaboard. .Your hearty camper-sues in this mat- ter will result in the mutual advanuge otthefarmerxew‘elluthe milling interests. " - ‘ Geo. A. Paragon Elohim dai-i‘ynien need no introduc- a; Adi..- .— :w—‘r—v— A A...____~" in grape production, it will no doubt, interest Michigan farm- M ICHIGAN being the third state‘ ' ers to know that the only experiment on record in the advertising of grapes through the use of strictly up-to-date‘, 'tWentieth century methods, pi'oved eminently successful. The campaign . in question was conducted over a pe- rlOd of six months, in newspapers of three cities, Chicago, New York and Boston, by the California Fruit Distrib- utors, on its “Garden of Eden” grapes. Circumstances which had no bearing on the merit of the advertising caused the discontinuance of the campaign, but it centinued long enough to dem- onstrate the practicability of advertis: ing grapes in the same way that or- anges, apples, cranberries", walnuts, and other products are being advertis- ed by other organizations- Thirty thousand dollars was expended - for newspaper advertising, in the period mentioned, advertisements ranging in size from six full newspaper'columns (nearly a page), down to two columns by eight inches. The campaign caused an active consumer demand and a de- cided preference for the brand by the trade, with the result that Garden of Eden grapes secured an average price during the season in the three cities of twenty cents a crate better than similar. grapes which were unbranded and not guaranteed and for which no consumer desire had been created. The campaign followed the general methods of other big fruit campaigns. It advertised new and tempting ways of serving grapes, offerings recipes to those who would write for them. “New handy-sized baskets” were a feature, and each basket bore a tag represent- ing six coupons, these coupons being redeemable for Rogers silverware, silk hose, andcut-glass. ’ H ° h HE only true method of ascer- taining the digestibility of dairy feeding materials is to feed them to the cows and note results, rather than base their value upon chemical analysis entirely. The chem- ist can tell how much crude protein, fats and carbohydrates a feed may car- ry but he cannot tell until after defi- nite experiments with his animals how much of these are available for nutrition. We should not only know the compo'sition of a feeding material, but we should know how it nourishes the animal.‘ Many claim that alfalfa is fully as valuable, pound for pound, as wheat bran, because it carries about as much protein as we find, or should find, in a ton of bran, and that it may be used to take the place of bran and other concentrates that carry a like quantity of protein. This is a proposi- tion that is not true in feeding dariy cows. A comparison of closely allied feeds is a fair. measure of their com- parative values, but it is not when one is comparing the different kinds and classes of animal foods. Alfalfa and wheat bran ,carry about the same .per- centages of protein, but in wheat bran eight-tenths of the protein is digesti- ble, while less than seven-tenths of the protein in the alfalfa is digestible. Pro- tein in oat hay is not the complete finished protein in grain oats. Protein in corn stover is not as nutritive as the protein in the grain of the plant.‘ .The chemist tells us that corn silage . and alfalfa will make a balanced in; - tion and that the milk yield should be . satisfactory. But practical feeding exv . perience proves that the milk yields ‘ can be very largely increased by feed- . a ,1?” ’poungs of concentrates. Few People Appreciate tee Heel/té- Giving Properties of this De/ieioiir Fruit. By CHILTON GANO A health appeal was also featured, one advertisement saying, “They satis- fy the “sugar hunger’ of childhood and give the fruit-acid needed at this time of year. So let your family eat grapes for healt .” The Garden of Eden brand has been retained, and the advertising will no doubt be resumed in time. Many fac- tors enter into the subject of advertis« ing advisability. This season, for ex- ample, at least three established [fruit advertising campaigns have been cut down practically fifty per cent because of the condition of supply. The California Fruit Distributors is one of California’s dozen or so huge fruit associations, and has handled at times as high as seventy-five per cent of the small fruit tonnage of Califor- nia, confining its membership'to grow- ers of deciduous fruits exclusively. It was formed in 1902, when less than one hundred markets were taking Cal- ifornia deciduous fruits in carioad lots. Its aggressive sales policies have been ,.'{OOI~’ *ffi*“*” fit‘ki**" vies-11's» 19700,, e o a a a e a b A Michigan Rural School Display—The Teacher and Scholars of this District Are Certainly on the Job. Production at Low Cost Tee Sueeerrfu/ Dairy Farrier Must ée a MasterofFeee’smfi} as lVe/[as Dairy C 0w: with corn silage, alfalfa and clover hay when the cows can utilize them to. advantage. For the Cow’s health and economical production one should feed twice as many pounds of roughage as grain. If one feeds twenty pounds of roughage to ten pounds of grain there is little danger of overfe‘eding. When feeding corn silage it is customary to figure that three pounds is equal to one pound of dry roughage. The great danger in forced feeding-consists in feeding an excess of concentrates, and not enough roughage. In making up rations for heifers and dry cows, one should feed a variety of grains and roughage. Various kinds of feed furnish the elements needed to build up the animal’s system and sup« ply'the unborn calf with proper nour- ishment. If the calf is raised one can not afford to cut down the cow’s food or compel her to exist on too narrow a ration. How much to feed and the kinds of grain and coarse feeds must be worked out according to the condi‘ tion of the animals and the supply of feed stuffs at hand. Some dry cows need nearly as muchyfood as they do when giving milk; others will keep in Methanflme'fluitdred Braids" of Registered Jersey Cattle. Eat Grapes a great factor in improving the situa- tion, and today probably three hundred markets are ordering by the carload from this association. In addition to grapes, it handles cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, and pears. While Garden of Eden Grapes are the red and white California grapes, and Concords have never been sold under the brand, there is little ques- tion that Concord grapes, such as com- pose probably ninety per cent of Mich- igan’s grape crop, if properly graded and packed, branded and advertised, would command a premium at market. The trade know from experience, the value of advertising, and the rule has held good in the case of oranges, lem- ons, cranberries, walnuts, and apples. The attractive picturing and descrip- tion of any edible product whets the public appetite for it; and people al- ways prefer a brand that they have read about and that they have been told is extra quality and also one that is guaranteed. To the writer it seems that Michi- gan grape growers, already so well or- ganized, have, in advertising, a won- derful potential opportunity. There is a great potential demand for the pro- duct. If the growers would follow the recent example of Michigan maple sugar producers, for instance, and adopt one single uniform label for all first-grade grapes, and a dependable system of grading and inspection, so that all fruit bearing the label could be safely guaranteed—this alone would surely prove a big step in the right direction. If then a very small tax per crate were voted for advertising purposes and a campaign tried in a single city, the experiment, judging from experience, would have a ninety- nine to one chance of proving a success. a vigorous condition with plenty of roughage and a very little grain. The dairy cow goes dry that she-may build _ up her system and that of her unborn calf. If she gains at this period one need not be alarmed, for if she is a good milker, she will convert part of the flesh from her body into milk after she freshens. If she does not do this she is not as good a cow as she ought to be. It is very important that one have dairy heifers and dry cows in a. vigorous, flesh-gaining condition be- fore they begin their milking period. Some may say there is more danger of milk fever if the cows are in good condition. Perhaps there is, but if one has an outfit for treating milk fever, as every breeder of dairy cattle ought to have, there is no need of worrying. As a rule, it can be prevented by giv- ing the animal the right kind of care. About one month before it is time for calving leave out the heat-forming feeds and give her a ration of clover hay, bran and oats, which are rich in minerals and bulky. Feed a moderate amount of good corn silage and roots with the dry roughage and grain feeds, because they are naturally laxative and help to keep the cows in a good, thrifty condition. Heifers and dry cows should not be half starved to prevent milk fever, it is well to take precautions by withholding heat-form- ing foods for a few days or weeks be- fore freshening. Just after the cow freshens continue the same ration as fed a few days pre- vious to calving. A drink of warm wa- ter, some, warm oats and a bran mash» will do the first day. A few roots will help to keep her bowels in good condi- tion. It is safer to continue the bran, oats and clover hay ration for a few (Continued on page .369). OBABLY no department of the Food Administration came in for more severe [criticism from the Michigan growers and shippers than my bean division. First, on account of the assistance given the farmers of Colorado to market their crops, and second, because we refused to make large purchases of Michigan wet stock for army, navy or allied requirements. A brief statement of the Colorado situation is in order. That section nor- mally raised about five hundred cars of beans. The farmers as a rule are ‘ not well-to—do, as we consider in this state, but they are just as loyal as the farmers of this state. At the request and advice of the Department of Agri- culture, county agents and their news papers, that it was the patriotic thing to raise their limit of war food beans, they went to their banks and borrowed money at fifteen to twenty per cent, and even higher rates of interest, to buy seed (the western bankers don’t need lessons from some of our banks on getting mortgages on land, build- ings, machinery and stock). They rais- ed a crop of'approximately three thou- sand cars and found themselves with a good food but no market, and banks threatening foreclosure. The case was submitted to the Food Administration by their senators and representatives, if they could not realize on their crop, they would lose their land, and cer- tainly they could not grow another crop; they promised if assistance was given them, to raise an equally large crop this year. The Food Administra- tion, realizing the necessity of main- taining production, moved the crop— and the farmers, even with the same labor troubles as yourselves, kept their promise. The shippers of this state charge that the advertising of this pur‘ chase and its movement to eastern ter- minals was the main cause for the slump in prices of Michigan beans and the cause for the carry-over of wet stock. We maintain that if this crop had not been purchased it would have been forced on the country at prices as low as three and four cents per pound, which prices were bound to compete with Michigan rain-damaged beans and force even lower levels than resulted, and. further, this country "Kins... Talk. a H oo‘ver’: Representative Promzire: No Ot/ier State 1731/ Receive Preference Over Mic/222472 tfiz’r Year. 0 would have had a very short Colorado crop this year. We maintain further thatthe slump in Michigan demand was caused primarily by the quality and moisture content of the choice hand-picked article which our state elevators and jobbers were unloading on the unsuspecting grocer and can- ner—~a quality which they now admit they knew would not keep without get- ting musty. . Answering Michigan’s second criti- cism, that we refused to make large purchases of wet stock, a brief state- ment of the situation devolves this fact. Last year Michigan, as a state, had the poorest quality of beans in the United States and asked the highest prices. I knew what would happen-to our half-matured wet stock if it was shut up close and shipped in the holds of vessels to Europe. The facts which are on file in my office show the cor- rectness of this knowledge. There is not a market in the United States that purchased beans last year from Michi- gan that did not have musty stock this summer—one large market paid a dray- age company for hauling out and dump- ing several cars that completely spoil- ed, and hundreds of cars were shipped back for reconditioning. We are glad and believe that you are glad that no musty stock ever got to our soldier boys. We do claim that we gave Mich- igan the only real assistance that was available. We put the canning of dry beans under embargo in every state and gave permits and priorities on cans for the canning of wet beans. Our records show that we issued per- mits for canning 1,988 cars of wet stock and 989 cars of so-called dry stock, and as the cars averaged in ex- cess of one thousand bushels each, a total of three million bushels went into the tins. Canners located in the far eastern and western territories charg- ed the writer with giving the Michigan and middle west canners a preference. They were undoubtedly right, as we know of two cars shipped from Alma. Michigan, clear to San Francisco, but we felt that the conservation of wet stock was more important and we held to our rules—even as we did in the Colorado case. We must use our best judgment froma world standpoint as we are given to see the right. We are only human , as you are. We many times make mistakes, but we consci- entiously try to do the right, and if you can show'us where conditions can be improved, we will appreciate your ef- forts and try to carry them out. Regarding the Situation This Year. Early indications pointed to a twen- tycmillion-bushel crop; a normal crop in pro-war times was ten million bush- elslfor the United States. Early pre- dictions in the big bean-growing states will undoubtedly“ be cut down, but ev- en then we will have the largest crop on record. It speaks well for the pa- triotism of our farmers. Our domestic consumption is about ten million; so we are anexporting nation. We can build a fence around the United States and prevent cheap dompetitidn from the Orient and South America, but when we have to go out into world markets and sell nearly half our crop, we must meet world prices. I wanted to tell the farmers that last year when they set a price of $8.00 per bushel, or thirteen and one-third cents a pound, but I was a shipper in the state that year and you would have questioned my sincerity. I got my start on the farm and helped pay off the mortgage on a farm near Jackson, with beans at $1.50 per bushel, or two and a half cents perpound. I planted one hun- dred and two acres in northern Mich- igan last year that cost approximately $3,500; all told, my expenses. should be higher than yours, because I had to pay rent for the land and hire every— thing done. I sold the crop after the frost and rains, for $291. On the basis you figured last year I would have to have received 848 per bushel to break even. This year my expense per acre was $37 per acre and the yield seven- teen bushels per acre, or a cost of $2.18 per bushel to grow the crop. I 1c Bean price you shall sell your crops. Con- gress fixed the price bf wheat and at the same time they exempted farmers and growers from any rules of the Food Administration. Production mat- ters all come under the Department of Agriculture. we only take control of your products after you have sold them and try to get them to the con- sumer without\unfair profits being tak- en by the distributors. At the' same time, I feel, as a grower, you should appreciate the situation as we see it. When I entered the bean business in 1901 Michigan produced sixty-five per - cent of the white beans grown in the United States. New York and Califor- nia only produCed a small percentage of the crep. This fall I left Washing- ton for a trip to the coast. I passed through nineteen states, going and coming, and found large bean fields in every state. In other words, the high prices of beans have encouraged com- petition in growing“ beans from nearly every state in the Union. We must, as farmers, determine what it costs to grow beans under an average yield basis, and if our expenses are too high compared to the income we can secure from other crops of equal food value, we must plant and sell accordingly. Today, Japan under an average daily wage of less than thirty cents per day can lay beans in the United States at three cents per pound and make mon- ey. I would like to see them shut out, but just now we need Japan’s assist- ance in winning the war. Politically, “it can’t be'done” this year, but we must take .even that kind of competi- tion into consideration, and I hope in fixing your price this year you will not place it so high, that Michigan holds the umbrella for all other states to get out and leave her with a car ry-over. I promise you this from the Food Adminisn‘ation, that we know you have had three years of hard luck in bean production. You will receive every consideration possible in moving this crop and no other state will receive any preference over Michigan. CrOp Estimates and Other Spud News How the Potato Crop Looked Oct.01 THE most reliable reports from the potato growing states of the country indicate a general im- provement in the condition of the po- tato crop during the month of Sep- tember. This statement is borne out by the United States Agricultural De- partment report which shows an esti- mated increase in the 1918 potato yield of 6,750,000 bu. for month mentioned. With the exception of Wisconsin, Min— nesota, and Iowa all the important pro- ducing states are included in those showing an increase. Michigan’s con- tribution increased over 1,500,000 bush- els for the month. The total estimat- ed yield for the United States is plac- ed by the federal crop reporters at 391,279,000 bushels, against 384,529,000 bushels, as estimated on September 1, and compared with 442,536,000 bushels for the 1917 crop, and 361,753,000 bush- 'els as the average for the five years from 1912 1916‘ The four heaviest producing states are: New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota. The estImated yields in "these states are close together, ranging 5" mm 30,000,000 to 33,000 000 bushels .iRere are given the forecasted yields *0: the twelve leading northern com- . "mercial potato growing states as of " October 1, and compared with the ilnal . estimate of 1917 and the five-year av- ” erase: ~ Oct. 1. 1917. 5-yr. Av. Maine ................... 24,246,000 20,250,000 28,561,000 New York ............... 32,646,000 38,000,000 32,485,000 Pennsylvania ............ 23,034,000 29,532,000 23,909,000 Ohio ........... . ......... 11,284,000 16;000,000 12,834,000 Illinois .................. 11,574,000 13,500,000 9,627,000 Michigan ................ 30,287,000 35,910,000 30,140,000 Wisconsin ............... 31,379,000 34,998,000 28,865,000 Minnesota ............... 32,031,000 33,600,000 28, 223, 000 Iowa .................... 10,539,000 13,110,000 11,248, 000 Nebraska ................ 8 9 1,000 12,495,000 8, 752, 000 Colorado ................ 8,140,000 9,310,000 7,466,000 California ............... 11,904,000 15,225,000 9,859,000 391,279,000 442,536,000 361,753,000 The average jobbing price being paid for potatoes in the various mar- kets‘of the country on October 1, was $1.44 per bushel, as compared with $1. 22 a year ago, or an advance of twenty-two cents. The price in Mich- igan on October 1 averaged 81. 46 per bushel as compared with $1. 04 on the same date in 1917. These are jabbing prices as gathered by the represents-- tives of the Bureau of Markets. POTATO FLOUR MILL. AT may usher in a new and im- DOrtant industry for .mchigan are the efforts that are being made to establish potato flour mills at Green- ville, ,It'eed City, and Cadillac. ‘Thé.’ Cadillac proposition is almost sure to go through, we understand, it having the backing of Cadillac’s leading bus- iness men. ”Try It Yourself N common with other Michigan pc- I tato growers the writer was very sore on account of the potato grad- ing rules enforced, by the Food Admin- istration last year. Although my pc- tatoes were dug and marketed before the rule was enforced, I got the idea from what I read and heard, that if. this had not been the, case I would have been obliged to sell about half of them at a yery low price or not at all. When I began to “dig this year’s crop tL; I determined to- find out just what I was up against. I learned that the re- quirements for U. S. Grade No. 1, were for potatoes not more than five per cent of which would pass through a 17/8-inch round-mesh screen and not more than three per cent of which were defective, and sorted them by trying toput all of the small ones through the hole in the pasteboard. All that would go thrbugh and were not rough or damaged were put into one crate and the discards into anoth‘ er. Then I weighed up three pounds of the small ones which might'be in— cluded in No. 1 stock, and what rough ones there were (only one pound). To say that the resuit was a sur- prise is putting it mildly. I quickly concluded that I had always sorted my potatoes to the present official grade, without knowing it. My potatoes are Petoskey’s and yield a little better than one hundred bushels per acre. They are free from scab and oi good quality, but only of fair size—:just a good average crop. I have concluded that where the sort was heavy, as reported in many cases last year, the dealers must have talk on an unwarranted advantage of the growers. My advice to every grower . m try wilds experiment for himself, _ he 11 lie-able tamer”: 7. hisspudsarewry " * rowers tell you this that you may know I’ve had some experience and realize your troubles. The Food Administration has no right to dictate to you at what ‘3’}, .. ,. 1 1: ; \ 1*. .. a: ,a‘m' x’kt HERE may be better varieties of strawberries for the hill and Brandywme, , opinion of the Chesapeake. I want a plant that has a large tap root, so it- ' will stool out and become well estab- lished and bear good crops for three or. four years, and produce fruit of quality. I have not been able to get maximum crops with the hill system, unless the plants are as close togeth- er as sixteen inches each way, or with the hedge row system, unless the rews are eighteen inches apart, and the plants one foot apart in the row. The plants can be cultivated with a horse cultivator that closes up to one foot, with either system, and the results are practically the same with either. The strawberries mentioned are staminate, or bisexuals. The yield is not as large as with the best of the pistillates, but the berries are larger. My crop this year was very close to two thousand five hundred quarts per acre. The plants were mown in July, and then by August we were weeding them. We try to keep the beds clean, and keep ahead of the weeds. The new beds are hoed about once a week; this keeps the runners cut off, and destroys weeds. On the richest portions of/the beds where the growth was the largest, and many strong run- ners were thrown out, we bedded them to grow plants for setting this fall. I do not usually advise fall-set- ting of strawberries. The only way it can be made profitable is to set plants . enough to make a crop next year. This means they must be at an average dis- tance of not much more than one foot «X‘erlence 1n Growmg A Successful Frazt Grower Miles of £125 ' It in h 1 loam, fiffiefiilfiiumivm. $33 2:13 Experzmce 122 Prodaemg Frazt for Mantel but I have not feund ‘ .them, although I have a very good- By W H. JENKINS A Convenient Spraying Outfit Used by Friend Kirby, of Ing'ham County. apart. I set in rows sixteen inches apart, and about eight inches in the row. This .enables me to cultivate with a horas one way. The plants be- ing in young orchards it is not prac- ticable to cultivate both ways or I should plan to do so when setting. The plants will be set in September, or early in October, on ground where early potatoes have been grown. The ground is rich, and the plants will be cultivated until winter, so as to start growth in the fall. The new roots will help hold the plants in place, and they should be well mulched. The later the plants are set the better should be the covering to prevent them heaving out. There is only one thing in the way that makes my getting a fine fruiting bed of strawberries doubtful, and that is grubs. If the soil is full of them, one is helpless, and he may see half his field destroyed, and can do noth- ing. Liming the land the previous year, and giving thorough \cultivation with some cultivated crop, are the only preventive means I know. There is much hard, disagreeable work connect- Fruit ed with strawberry culture, but when weather conditions are favorable they are the most salable, and profitable crop I grow. Raspberries. . We grow about all the fruits at Gar- den Place adapted to the climate, but the cane fruits we grow in small quan- tities. We have tried a wide list of raspberries, and have settled to a few varieties. Of the blackcaps, the Plum Farmer meets all the requirements, as does Columbian of the purples, and Cuthberts of the reds. It pays well to lay down raspberry canes in our New York climate, especially the reds. There is no winter-killing then, and full crop is obtained. It also pays to thin the canes in the rows to an aver- age distance of one foot apart, and have the rows five to seven feet apart, according to variety. In some way support the canes, make the soil rich, give good cultivation until July, then mulch heavily. This culture will pro- duce the kind of berries that have been selling in New York for $10 fora thirty-two quart crate. Blackberries. What is said about the culture of raspberries will mostly apply to black- berries. I have the Snyder and Eldor- ado, which are the earliest kinds, and the Rathburn, which is later and larg- er, and full better quality, but no one can rightly judge the quality of black- berries until they are ripe. Most peo- ple who buy them do not know how delicious they are when they are left on the canes until they are nearly ready to drop off. Only the Eldoradoes and Snyders are bealing this year, ex- cept a few of the Rathburns which were laid down. The Rathburns will (Continued on page 365). The “WOrking-Together” Idea Takes onNeW Life---By1ENNIE Bum. ' tion this day, I believe, .is destined “to be as membrable as is now the date of the founding of English coop- oration!” So declared Duncan McDon- ald, Secretary of The Cooperative League of America, in the closing hour of a convention that had organized a IN the‘annals of American coopera- _ National Cooperative Society and pro- vided for an American Cooperative Wholesale You remember, perhaps, that it was in 1843, at Rochdale, England, that twenty-eight poor weavers organized a cooperative society to keep themselves from the poorhouse? That pioneer ef- fort resulted in what today is known as “true cooperation, ” or one-man-vote and dividends on patronage basis. It Was on September 25-27, 1918, at Springfield, Illinois, that there was held the first United States coopera- tive convention. The one hundred and sixty-two delegates who attended this meeting by common cons‘eht agreed that this American date will; become historic as has the English date, made famous by the Rochdale'weaver’s. Leaa’ers T/zemse/ves are A mazea’ at t/ze Strides of C aoperan've Associations 222 Recent M oat/2s. The call for this convention was made by the CoOperative League of America, a non-profit, propaganda or- ganization, formed within the past two years with headquarters at New York City. .The object of the league is to encourage the hundreds of existing co- operative associations of various kinds and among many classes of people to unite in a strong national body. The president of the league is James P. Warbasse, who presided over the Springfield convention in a masterly . manner. Cooperative societies in widely sep- arated sections must have felt the need of a closer bond and for machinery for more powerful activities. The national gathering immediately folloWing the annual meeting of the Central States Society was composed mostly of miners who are rapidly establishing coopera- tive stores for their own patronage. Besides these delegates from the Gen- tral States Association there came representatives from several other in- teresting groups. The Tri-State Co- operative Association Wholesale, cen- tering in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sent its bright young president, Dalton T. Clark. The Finns of northern Min- nesota and Michigan, having twenty thousand members and one hundred and fifty federated societies, were rep- resented by two experienced coopera- tives who told us of the one hundred per cent efficiency of their people in working together. Carl E. Lunn, of Seattle, represented a hustling group of cooperators in the Puget Sound sec- tion who are branching out beyond co- operative stores and have cooperative- ly taken over several shingle mills, a bakery, a large laundry, a milk con- densary, a cannery and a slaughter and meat-packing business. There came Ernest O. F. Ames, from San Francisco, to tell how they have es- tablished a Wholesale Association for the local cooperative wholesale socie- ties of California. Two delegates of a big cooperative wholesale enterprise, selling grain, wool and live stock, at St. Paul and Chicago, were present; another man from a similar business located in Milwaukee was present; a young Pole who said he had never spoken to an audience in English be? fore, told of a wonderful cooperative movement that has rapidly developed among his people in Chicago in the past eighteen months—now having two thousand members and expecting to double that number in another six months. George Keen, Editor of Can- adian Cooperator, was a valued advisor throughout the session. In fact, every delegate, from What- ever locality and no matter what lan- guage was native to him, told as best he could of growing cooperative inter- est and activities. Even those closest to the movement in our country were (Continued on page 363). * Boon Growers’ Annuals scoring % ULLY two hundred representative clared it impracticable, since neces- and navy purchasing boards as a basis ministration and the'S-tate Food Ad- bean growers gathered for the first sary divisions of farm products now for price stabilization as noted in the ministrationoand hereby OXDress our session of the bean growers’ meet- taxed the capacity of ‘every elevator "in resolutions adopted by the convention, $33133??? 3111‘? 31:11:33 tSotalilels K15; Pl ing at Saginaw on October 10.. In this regard. published hereWith. 4 Administration and Hon. George A. his opening address President A. 13- Following Mr. Hart’s talk the mint The Food Administration's Position. ' Prescott, State Food Administrator for Cook called attention to the fact that was made by Mr. C. H. Bramble, that Mr. K. p_ Kimball; chief of the bean attendance at this meeting , ., this is a critical period for the Michi- the discussion had brought out the ap- section of the Food Administration ad- Whereas, the; exigencies of war have I: gan bean industry. Three years of parent fact that the system in vogue dressed the convention on Friday 10113333111 ggfiggtgfifgflgg aggegisggme. low yields, With mounting production operates to the disadvantage of the morning. His address is of special in- inatibn of information relating to 88‘- costs due to war conditions. have caus- grower who is unfortunate in having terest to bean growers, in view of his ricuiture, and particularly to produc-‘ ed Michigan growers to seriously con- beans which pick heavily, as compared responsible position as head of the 2;): costs fof food stuffs grown upon sider whether it would not be more with the grower who has a clean sam- bean section, and is reproduced in full ing egldii‘i‘llilc $331,023.13 aflfieaigopérggzlott profitable to materially reduce the pie. He thought this fact and the gen— in another column. control along fair, Just and equitable bean acreage and turn their attention eral dissatisfactiou expressed’ by the In connection with the action taken lines, and ' to other crops, unless they can get a growers made it most desirable that to secure an investigation of- bean tWh;reag;,fln the pleriod. oih recon; price for their product which will cov~ an impartial ofl‘icial investigation of handling methods by the Federal Trade 3 frgcpiflfi’icoinggrigi tio 1‘1} £512,309 :tnteheis er the cost of production and yield a. the practice he made. To that end he Commission, Mr. Kimball assured the character will be immeasurably we“. small profit to which they are entitled. presented the following motion, which growers present that he would gladly er, in view of the_neeeegary determina- The first session, held on Thursday W38 unanimously adopted: second their request to that body.. 3131?)131211;!telegcciesAvggfiigazigggiecgf afternoon. was devoted largely to an The Officers of this aSSOCiafion are Indoroe Chamber of Agriculture. ture as to American industry; be it informal discussion of production and hereby instructed to lay before the Upon. request; I. R. Waterbury, of therefore the .\ , production costs, as compared with £3333} £31233 ignfiingfigffifin dizdmetn the Michigan Farmer, spoke briefly Mildfiiogie‘ilf rthagsstginelbbeggaggovzggs (:‘f last Yeah The reports from growers ods and practices of those engaged in upon the advantages which would so ganizagtion fifea. Natioifal Chalmber 001. present, covering all of the more im- buyihg beans, wheirebg' $113 31111031603? crue to the country’s agriculture from Agriculture, to be an affiliation of state portant bean-growing counties of the ggrpaligldugaglfgizswgrkavfithout regard the organization of a National Cham- organizations of like character, said . state, indicated a wide variation in the to the saving that ensues by machine ber of Agriculture along the lines re- zatretborggrn "pages: :38 bgsbzligggl 0111111 Eh: , yield 0f the early harvested crop. While work over that paid for hand labor, and cently advanced through these col- Be it further - ' a number. of crops yielding around in addition retain the cull beans :vhich umns and called attention to the need Resolved, that a committee, compos- twenty bushels per acre were reported, have da value of at least two con 5 per for a farmers' organization with no ed of the president of this .Org‘mim‘ the average of these reports showed poun ' Production Costs. other aim or object‘ than to speak for 3311113? figuraxfigfifigas :3 :edstialllec‘tfig the beans already threshed to be The figures presented by growers re- the farmers of the country during the promotion of such an organization in around ten bushels per acre, with far latingto production costs, were largely reconstruction period followmg the this state. lower yields in prospect for the late comparative, as related to labor and war. This plan was later endorsed by . —____..__.._..... beans. The quality of the early crop threshing costs the reports showed the the convention, in one of the resolu- GOOD POTATO CROP IN CANADA. was generally reported as excellent, prevailing day wage to be $300 per tions' adopted, and a committee was _ while frost damage is almost universal day with board. Threshing charges appomted to serve with President A. THE official report from Canada with the late beans. vary greatly from the reports made, B. Cook as chairman, to promote such shows the present potato crop to t The Picking “System." ranging from ten to twenty-five cents an organization in this state. The be a very good one. The estimated 3 These reports revealed very general per bushel, fifteen cents being the fig- members appomted were I. R- Water- total for that oountl‘y is placed above dissatisfaction with the system used ure most generally reported. bury, 5- S- Smith, 1‘1 Snyder and C- H- the final estimates of 1917.. The in- by bean dealers in buying beans on a Some growers, however, presented Bramble. B D' creases are—most apparent in the pro- hand-picked basis, docking the price in definite cost figures, The itemized cost 03" iseaeeS- ducing sections of New Brunswick, accordance with the pick with the cost sheet presented by Elmer McKinley, of Bean diseases and their control was Prince Edward Island and Manitoba. of hand-picking the total amount and Newaygo county, was submitted to the the subject of an instructive talk by In other Provinces the yields are fair . keeping the cull beans in the bargain. meeting by State Market Director Mc- gr. Lieckatrithf, giggheltUnited hStages t0 800(1- 43, his discussion revealed three main Bride, and the items were generally epar men 0 cu ure, w o e- . ,- g‘oints of dissatisfaction with the sys- approved as representative costs by scribed the methods used in the pro- GUARANTEES FARM-GROWN SEED i tem in vogue, viz., the retention of the the growers present, This itemized duction of disease resistant strains of POTATOES. cull beans, without compensation to cost sheet follows: _ beans, along which line gratifying pro- , the grower, the handopicking charge Cost of Growing One Acre of Beans. gress is being-made. HeinVited bean FARMERS of Chautauqua county, N. for the full Dick, notwithstanding the " growers to V15“ the experimental farm Y» having three acres or more Of ' ........... 3.00 . . , _ fact that a large proportion of the cull gmghlgg’ogzlfhggg ................... $ 60 near Saginaw, where this work is be- one variety of potatoes from which beans are removed at low cost by me- Dishing, two and a half hours. . .. 1.50 1118 done. they expect to offer seed for sale may 5 chanical pickers, and the closer pick- Harrowing, five hours, (four times 323 . The last, but not the least, interest- take advantage of the offer of the farm \ ing of the sample as compared with g'gégnbgéagge dinoeulbushel' at$8:::.: 8:00 lng address on the program was given bureau. arranged by special coopera- the choice hand-picked product sold by Planting, one and a half-hours. .. .90 by Ezra Levm, of the ExtenSion De- tion With the New York State College the dealers. Cultivating, one day (three times) 6.00 partment 0f M. A- 0- SO greatly was Of Agriculture to inspect potato fields Federal Trade Commission Asked to Hoeing and weeding, one day. . .. 3.00 this address appreciated that its pub- with the view of issuing a list of grow— ». investigate. figgé’fitfilé’nfiafingafi quart“: hours 1:;3 lication was requested by the conven- ers whose potatoes may be recom- 1 While the dealers and the system Turning, half day (fi'éé times) . .. 1.50 tion and it will appear in an early 15‘ mended for seed. This inspection takes ‘ found champions in a few of the speak- Drawing, one and a half hours, sue of the Michigan Farmer. into consideration the yield, purity of ' ve ex ressed (two men) .. .-. ............... » 1.35 The bean growerswere disappointed the variety, and freedom from disease. :2; 2136;22:13 etrhtat ibiommitie was Thfigghihgévégrfiéggaf’tehh ”of. "1.1.1 3-15 in not hearing State Food Adminis- Any grower who receives the recom- appointed by the chair to interview 10_ Boarding crew . ........... 1'00 trator Prescott, who attended the mendation of the county farm bureau cal members of the Bean Dealers’ As— Threshing bill, seven bu. at 15c.. 1'05 morning session on Thursday, but for his seed potatoes will be greatly sociation to get their vieWpoint and gait; of land .................... ggg :ould not remain for the afternoon :idedini selliéigBthei: at prices 1suitable ' m come a u. oooooooooooooo : ooooooooooo . eSSIon. 01‘ goo see . y is means t 8 arm 2:13;: Shel)infiltigitgmadldwgeggnt it in fizpiictiligonofmachinery :33 President A. B. Cook and Secretary bureau is able to determine which person. At a later session Mr. M. H. Alex. Pullar were unanimously reelect- farmers are growing a crop which has Hart was present and at the invitation Total ........................ $49.06 ed. S. Snyder, of Montcalm county, merit for seed purposes, and then to . . of President Cook spoke on this sub- Mr. Graves, of the Farm Manage- waqs.h:le;1t:;luti:a:;1;:r. djour ed ith let everybody know who these men are. . 'ect from the dealer’s standpoint. 131- ment Bureau, addressed the meeting ' n a n W ———-——— in stating that the dealers as well as on the subject of production co ts, em- the understanding that the bean price AVERAGE PRICES PAID FOR' POTA- the growers have their problems and phasizing the fact that estjm s are committee appointed at the first 868- TOES BY ARMY. last year had their loSses, which he es- of little value, as compared» with ac- Slon would be convened by the presl- . timated in millions of dollars, Mr. tual production costs, studied in rela- dent it thought desirable after the pro- THE average price paid for potatoes 1 Hart referred to the invisible loss in tion to the general farm business. He duction cost figures had been present- for October army requirements ' handling beans which he declared stated that in the time given to the ed to the government authorities. was $2.68 per cwt. delivered, compared would amount to one or more cars in study of this problem he had been un- Resolutions Adopted. With 32-70 1701‘ September, $3.01 for the 0011138 Of a season in any elevator able to get actual figures on a suffi- ' Resolved, that it is the 861186 Of this Angus? and $2.84 for JUIY. doing a good-sized business. One fea- cient number of farms to make the fig- meeting that Mr. Graves, of the Farm . ture of this invisible loss he declared ures of great vamp, but from the data gfigigéfigngugigggfie giéeggiifgiog DA‘IRYMEN MEET AT LANSING, to be in the good beans WhiCh the me- at hand be estimated the acre cost of of bean production in this State, and ' . . chanical pickers put into the culls, production of beans for this year to be that the president of this organization DiAt ?' recent meetingof the Board 913 which he declared to be a very consid- some cents over $46 per acre. He or. and the State Market Direcmr be re- rec are or the Michigan Dairymens . . Association it was decided to hold mm m... Mo H... to ooooooto w... Morocco boon thatstrengthensits coco ccococoo coo .. nosing, . mechanical pickers were used, not so growers in making actual cost figures“ the army purchasing board, with the in the Capitol Building on December ‘ . much because of a saving in cost as 'on next year’s production, urging them request that the market be stabilized 3' 4 and 5' ' because of the greater speed with to take the matter up with their 'coun- on a fair production cost basis. - mThisxconvention will include all the _ ‘ a ed associations. T ese allied asso- which the beansvcan be handled by its ty agents who would be supplied with . “if P633311“ 0115‘ patriotic. purpose ‘0 ciations will hold 10 t meetings as use. thus doubling the capacity of an the necessary blanks for the data. Lat- 0°“ ““9 t e 1’” “cm“ 0‘ “’0“ ““53 well as individual meetings at this , . to th 11 1 I Hi ' elevator during the marketing season. er Mr. Graves agreed, upon request of this glam fiefiggfifi’, ttoy 3261233092: 31111;: taggvét one: 101238 88 $311311 we ' In passing, he also noted the cost of the convention, to collect data upon support of our boys at the front and tact, the largest ogonvzfihfi Whicllligha: _ the equipment and its maintenance as which an accfirate estimate of produc- the maintenance Of our. people and the ever been held in Michigan. The ob- a factor of no small moment. Being tion costs for this year could be made, people of our European, allies “d the 19“ 0f holding our meeting in Decem- «- , winnin of the war for univ m lib- asked as to the practicability of hand- which estimate the officers of the as— er‘ty 3,11% a just and lasting 90:06.1 ’ " .Egflssifiafig‘mm ggeidbgwdefillfg" ' . V. an; individual crops separately and sociation were instructed to present to Resolved. that we commend the which when had to co tendrmth in .preturning cthe culls, ’thehspehker de; the Food Administration and the army work of the United ”States Food Ad; mt rem. . .. - s . , - y w . «use . .7 c' ' ‘ments. confisk-PRAQTI’GAL TESTS. . ’ svaNTY—EIGHT different his of' seed grain were treated with cep- per sulphate, formaldehyde, and hot . water, and 8,500 germinationtests have been made by federal experimenters to, determine the resultant injury. It has been found that of all the small grains, barley is the least susceptible to injury by any of the standard treat- Oats may be'injured in many cases, .though not always, by copper sulphate, but seldom by formaldehyde or hot water. Wheat and rye are con- siderably injured by the hot-water - treatment and the longer method de- scribed in department bulletins is rec-' ommended. Copper sulphate is the only fungicide showing a marked ten- dency to injure seed grain, though lim- ing prevents this injury to a large ex- tent. Holding, seed after treatment by any of the methods recommended and practiced does not have any appreci- able bad effect on the germination, but it is advisable, the specialists say, to sow immediately after treatment with, formaldehyde and copper sulphate. _ SHEEP CLUBS IN THE SOUTH. FOUR sheep specialists of the Unit- ed States Department of Agricul- ture are cooperating with colleges in the southern states in organizing sheep clubs. This year 1,263 boys were enrolled in sheep clubs in seven south- ern states, and in other parts of the south the sheep industry has made substantial progress. According to the August report of the Bureau of Crop Estimates, the percentage of sheep in the fifteen southern states on August . 1, 1918, as compared with the same date in 1917 was 118.4, while that of the entire United States was 116.5. , ’ EVERY COUNTY ORGANIZED. ,ITI—I an organization in every county planning a food-produc- tion campaign in harmony with the na- tional agricultural program, Iowa is , now a one hundred per cent state in farm bureaus. On July 1‘, 1917, there were twenty-nine farm bureaus in Iowa. The remaining sixty-eight coun- ties have been organized as a result of the provision for emergency agricul- tural extension work. FIBER CONTAINERS MAY SAVE TIN. XPERIMENTS having in view a. general substitution of wood fiber containers for tin are to be made by the Forest Service. Relief for a de- cided stringency in the tin-can market seems possible only through restrict- ing the use of tin tocontainers of commodities that can not be satisfac- torily packed otherwise. ~ ORDERED NOT TO BUY IMMATURE TURKEYS. ' HE United States ,Food Adminis- tration has issued the following, notice to produce buyers: “In Order to discourage the marketing of imma- ture ' turkeys, it is desired that until November 1 country dealers and ship- pers'will not purchase pf farmers and dealers in the markets will refuse to handle young hen turkeys, weighing less,- than seven pounds, and young experienced sales manager. toms weighing lessthan ninenounds, liveyeisih‘trf. ’- ‘ ,. , y. a “sales, FOR ’ADW‘RflQ- ; , 7 at. - , s . havefsetV-labout it to build ships 6: their own..., They are developing their iron‘ ore and limestone quarries, and expect to build steel, concrete and wooden ‘ veSsels rat » three . different griCultural ‘3 world It is hard to say just how long it will take for. them to get their ship- building program under full headway; but they are an energetic people, and with several hundred million bushels lation of‘ fresh beef, and that Great Britain has advanced in the neighbor- hood of fifteen million dollars to help care for this meat, with the expecta~ tion of getting it as quickly as ship— ports. They have found petroleum in New South Wales, and are drilling elsewhere. Their. zinc, copper and gold mines are being developed. of wheat piled up waiting for the mar— ping conditions will permit. ket, no doubt they will use all due Perhaps this is one of the reasons diligence. It is stated further that in why Mr. Hoover intimated in his Lon- New Zealand there is a vast accumu- don speech that he was not worrying about a beef shortage; and perhaps the hope of tapping the supplies of M iCh iga n POtatO Growe rs, EXC h an ge grain in Australia and South America HERE is just one way for the potato growers to care for their business, and that is through cooperative marketing associations managed by the growers themselves. The farmers of northern Michigan, with their backs to the wall, have de- is one of the reasons why there has Elmira, as president and general man— been such determined and insistent ager; H. Curtis, of Jennings, as vice- opposition against increasing the president, and A. P. Large, of Bellaire, wheat price in the United States. assecretary-treasurer, is going to have a lot of business to do. It is conserva- tively estimated that the growers now organized will have not less than two RELI‘EVES HAY SHORTAGE. RECENT hay shortage in Wil- liams county, North Dakota, was handled successfully with the aid of the county farm bureau. Aware of the county’s need, the chairman of the sec- tion of the farm bureau on pastures and winter feeds called together the chairmen of the local committee and 'l i CR _r MAN/57"; W ft ‘ R05C 75560 I took up with them the needs of each section of the county. These commu- nity chairmen then made the rounds of their townships and in some cases called meetings where they secured es- timates of the amount of hay that the farmers will need for next winter. A member of the bureau was delegated to visit northern Minnesota and other ALPENA% o A ascooA ALCONA OGEMAW [0560 x- -_. ail...“ NEWIYGO ‘M & 44kt . LA CLARE GLADW/N ARC/VAC ISAOIAM mun sections to see where hay could be se- cured. Through the cooperation of the farmers in securing information re- garding the shortage and in locating hay, sufficient hay was obtained at a reasonable price to carry Williams county over the winter. - #0110” YUSCOLA SAN] AC IféNT MONTCIILM GRATIOT $1 GINA" up: COMMUNITY MARKETS PREVENT “”5555 FOOD WASTE. ' s'cum IONIA “C L I N TON JIIIADISSEE ’ ORTY community markets have been organized and are in opera- 1 NICO". mwm an RV EA ON uv n M [IV/mm oaszA/a tion in Massachusetts. By means of ,0, these markets large quantities of veg- etables and fruits which might other- VANJUFEN A'AlMMZOO CALHOUN JACKJOM wise be wasted are utilized and towns- people can obtain the products while fresh and at a comparatively low cost. VHS/ITt/VA W WA YNE \ cams/a CASS ’6‘ S'JWIPH 8W6]! IIILLSOAL‘" LENAIWEE In most towns where the markets have. been established old buildings central- ly located have been utilized and fur- ...__.J nished at little cost. In many of the MON/305 ' This-Map Shows the Location of the Michigan‘Potato Growers' Exchange and their 'Relation to the Central Office at Cadillac. cided that the only hope they have of making the potato industry permanent is through their own cooperative or- ganization. Their faith in this course is shown not by words but by deeds. They have organized forty-three local associations. These locals have an av- erage membership of about 125 grow- ers, making in all over 5,000 members living in fourteen counties who have affiliated themselves in this business enterprise. These potato growers are not allow- ing themselves to be led by sentiment- al opinions. They are rather follow- ing the best business principles. They selected high-class business farmers as their board of directors; accepted the very helpful assistance of Mr. Tenant, of the Bureau of Markets, because of his experience in building sound or- ganizations; put the responsibility of marketing for all the associations into the hands of the central office and then voted a substantial sum to get an In this regard the-“board"‘of directors is cer- tainly carrying out the wishes of the best bfisinesstmen among the growers} 7in. the selection. of Mr. George Prater, p . . ,. of Benton Harbor, as sales manager. Information {MAhett‘al- 1 Mr. Prater has been with the North .ésifthat “is Specimehmérioen. Fruit Eschanae. for nearly a pose tel, told their ’score--of,years,_and1has spent practi- ‘ 333199 , . rmnsyseilins of :famprdducts; __ , " The Exchange with Dorr.D.' Buell, 'of callyjhis whole‘life. in the buying and markets canning kitchens are conduct- ed and friuts and vegetables not sold in the first state are canned, either for the owner at cost or to be sold later. Forty-three Local Associations of the million five hundred thousand bushels of potatoes to market this fall. In or- der that this marketing may be record- ed in a strictly business manner, Mr. Barfield has been called here from the - . - - Bureau of Markets, Washington, D. C., Iagoggimgcgrrgijéon $721113: $1211.22; to install an accounting system for the counties in New York state marketed central exchange and the various local 456,766 pounds of wool cooperatively organizations. Mr. Barfield has been through county wool associations at busy at thls work now for the past full government prices. Farmers say two weeks. . they have saved from five to seven Mr. Buell tells us that a deduction cents a pound by pooling their wool, 0f three cents W1“ be taken from the and it is thought possible that next sale 0f every hundred weight 0f pota- year the county associations will fed- toes, one cent 0f WhiCh is _to_ be used erate into a state organization, with for educational and pub11c1ty work, all the wool being sold through a sin- and the remaining two cents to go into gle committee. OffiL‘ial government a Slnkmg fund to care for losses that graders visited the counties and fixed are sure to occur in the transaction of in the minds of the farmers a stan- business. Whatever remains of this dard toward which to work as well as sinking fund at the close of the season demonstrating the value hf keeping will be redistributed to the growers high-grade‘stock. on a patronage basis. The board of .directors who are in charge of the Exchange consists of the following business farmers: E. H. CALL has been sent out by the Wilce. Empire; D. D. Buell. Elmira; Farm Labor Sub-committee of the C. A Wood, Kingsley; A- 1’. Large, Monroe County Defense Committee Bellaire; H Curtis, Jennings; E. J. for ten thousand apple pickers to help Smith, Cheboygan,‘and H. A. Arnold, in the Western New York apple har- Boyne City. The efforts Of- these men vest. Steady work is promised from Will be .watched closely, not alone by now on until November 1. The aver- potato growers hilt ,by all Michigan, age pay is tWenty cents a barrel, with farmers who, feel that the marketing board. It is said that an inexperi-A end of their business is not returning enced man can pick as many as thirty, them whatvit should. It is Michigan’s barrels a day and as he proceeds his I flrskblg. purely cooperative effort. average increases. ' NEW YORK FARMERS IN WOOL POOL. APPLE PICKERS WANTED. 1 w HE farmer possesses no regula tory powers over the weather; but he can at least fortify him- self against crop losses which often oc- cur as a. consequence of inadequate equipment and shelter. W'ith grain dirt cheap any sort of a make-shift crib or bin was satisfactory as storage for the grain crops. Many farmers reckoned they could stand the losses of a few bushels of grain better than they could afford the cash outlay for the construe tion of dependable storehouses. The prevalent high prices of grains are pushing the props from under this out- worn theory. The loss of several tons of corn or wheat, in view of present prices, mounts into the threecolumn figures, and it doesn’t take many such losses to make this waste loom large as a mountain. A highly efficient and relatively in- expensive crib and granary which mer~ its the investigation of every grain farmer has been devised by the De partment of Agriculture. This storage has made a hit with practical farmers who have subjected it to extensive use under a wide range of conditions. It is adapted for the general purpose farm and furnishes ideal conditions for drying, curing, and the storage of grains. It. minimizes hand—labor in handling the crops, is free of waste space and equipped with detachable safeguards for protection against dam- aged grain in the way of ventilators and drying racks which can be remov- ed when unnecessary. Prevents Spoiled Corn. Investigations have shown that corn which seems well matured at husklng time may'contain as high as thirty- three per cent moisture. If this corn is heaped together in unventilated cribs, it will rot and mold. On the oth- er hand, if properly stored in ventilat- ed cribs, most of the excessive mois- ture will evaporate in a few days. In order to facilitate the proper curing of the corn, as well as to permit of hand- ling the grain in large quantities, spe- cially planned drying racks are used. This crib and granary is twenty-six Combmcd by thirty-six feet in floor dimension. with a capacity of 3 810 bushels of small grain and 3,640 bushels of corn. The overhead grain bin occupies space which otherwise would be wast- ed in an average crib. To give the building proper height and pitch of roof to favor the efficient use of either a stationary or portable elevator. this otherwise surplus space is necessary. It is occupied by the overhead wheat "- Bar FLU;_'§ "W‘ :'_' l g a s g ~ §= lei Brig-”E '. i=1": : E ' b)_§:""‘ § : E ' H3 so a 4-4:}: = 5% a ._ g . 6- Q, -\__q% ”E é: :gE‘W - '1 : 531 g: i=5 3:}le - 5‘53 1 ‘ 1 1.2. E Ground Floor Plan. '4 How it Appears When Compete. " 1‘ ranary and Tim Meet: Me Present Day Conservation Requirements. ' , ‘ . ‘ bin. Economical construction necessi~ tates the use of high studding in wood on structures rather than long,_ slop- ing roofs. . Aspecial feature which has been de- vised consists of drying racks. situated near the top of the crib where the corn can be suspended for from three to ten days before being dumped into the crib proper. On theseracks conditions are favorable to the proper curing of M Vrnf ! A ‘ bum-A : Front Elevation. ‘“**0m the corn. Furthermore. the crib is pm- vided with removable ventilators which supplement the shelling trench in the floor. to provide a correct system of air drainage; this combats the tender: cy of moist, damp corn to damage in the crib. As the corn is dumped from the drying racks it falls in conical piles in the crib. where it is exposed to thorough ventilation and drying be- fore more corn is dumped on top of it. These racks do not interfere with the maximum filling as the outer rack may be fastened back on the. rafters while the inner rack can be raised and the space below filled. The Shelling Trench. The shelling trench in the floor of the crib is another labor‘saver because one man with a long-handled rake can roll the grain from the top of the crib into the drag as fast as the sheller can handle the grain. .In this way he is able to prevent corn slides and jams in the drug. The bottom of this drag is at ground level and is smooth. so that the drag can be easily pushed under the corn. This trench is used as an inlet duct in the ventilation system by screening its ends to keep out rats and other" rodents. At regular inter- vals tile extends from the shelling trench through the wall to provide for a cross draft of air into the trench. These suggestions may be incorpor- ' ated into any crib -of similar design. The expense would be repaid in one or two seasons of damp grain. The ven- tilators are ‘readily removable while the drying racks are hinged so that they can be drawn back out of the way. The grain bins are easy to in- stall, occupy what was formerly waste space in cribs with steep roofs and high peaks. Furthermore, a concrete feeding floor on which corn may be fed to hogs can be installed at the op- tion of the owner. Complete plans and bills- of material for this granary and crib will be furnished to any farmer who will direct a request for them to the Chief, Division of Rural Engineer- ing, United States Bureau of Public ~ Roads, Washington, D. C. Some Ideas fer the Handy Man VALVE IN WATER PIPE Y well being a long distance from the pump in the house, the water would not hold on continuously. Therefore it required a foot—valve on the bottom of thepipe in the well. cock and let the water run oil.‘ from the pump and after the water had drained off thus over the valve, the water would fall from the valve down. tPuMD wan TOP . ’f . .2; J; I 5 65": , 'Pl‘l' coex' . VcELLAR This was all rig t, but in the Winter there was no way tolet the water out in the coldest of weather. At the top of the pipe in the well where it turned to go to the house I placed in a swing check valve and a tee‘. 0n the tee I screwed a small cock. I connected 8, rod with the handle of the cock with the end of it projecting cut of the ' well. NVith this rod I could turn the Also by placing a small pet-cock in the pipe in the cellar I could let the . water off from the pump ‘when the weather wasnotcxtremely cold.‘ I let the water drain into, a pail—C. R SAW-BUCK WEIGHT. DURING“ the past winter many “saw-buck clubs” were formed and they were a mighty fine thing. too. With winter rapidly approaching and the authorities advising the use “of secure a. pibce of rope mg aster: ' t more wood as fuel so as to conserve the coal "supply, it will be atrue that the saw-buck will be used more than ever. I have just been using one and find that the most aggravating thing about them is the stick of wood roll- ing over while sawing. We also find that to overcome this it is only neces- sary to" fasten one end of a short chain to the middle of one side of the “buck” and fasten a heavy weight to the other end. When your stick of wood is ready, throw the weight over it and “go to it." It will lie still—4W. F. PlG TROUG-H HO'LDER. VERY frequently pigs root over their trough and it becomes a prob- lem to keep it in its place. To over- come this, allow the and pieces to ex- tend some suitable length (according . to the place where you wish to use it). over one side. By tapering the end, you will be able to stick this extension under the fence or other suitable place. and your pigs will be unable to turn over the trough, and yet be able to get both sides for their fecd.~‘—' Warner E. Fewer. . A'u'roMATl'cjoon ”OPENER. H ErRE- is a very convenient ‘sliding door which is easily made Flrst' allowi i that I is. ”(1.66 , W ‘ one end of the door,‘~in the middle, so it will pull straight (A). Next run it through pulley (B) and fasten a weight ' to the end of the rope (C). Second, secure a catch made out of any wood or iron so as to hold the door when not in use. D gives an idea how to make it. After the catch is made, fasten a. rope to it and run it through the pulley (E). Next, dig a small hole in the road, stretch the rope over this and fasten the rope in the peg. F shows hole and G shows peg on .r, which the rope is fastened When a vehicle of any kind passes (it this rope. it we the catch from: I .. l; “N W ',’,,.‘m.lm , ;th“?§li’lli;lh*gm‘ ‘ Mn? -E‘~";Ai EI£I$23 4A'Worm ' that Helps the Hun A Ward Map of the Enemy’: Strong/told: and How #13 Farmer M ay M aée $11666:qu Attach. ARLY in the present season it was discovered that the joint-worm was present in large numbers in Michigan wheat. Later developments show that another species, more de- structive than the common wheat joint worm, is also present in restricted areas. The work of the joint~worm is al- most universally confused by the grow- er with that of the Hessian fly. Both the joint-worm and Hessian fly cause wheat to lodge or go down, although in the case of "the joint-worm a much smaller percentage of infested straws lodge than in the case of the “fly.” The insect works primarily in wheat, although it is found also in rye, barley, and some grasses, the damage to the wheat being anywhere from less than one per cent up to almost total infesta- tion. The damage to rye is usually very small except that sometimes vol- unteer rye may suffer quite severely. The damage done by the common wheat joint-worm is generally limited to the lodging of part of the plants and to shriveling of the wheat berry itself. The grain that is lodged is, of course, lost to the reaper and the berries fail to fill properly. Usually Controlled by Parasites. Fortunately, outbreaks of joint-worm in the past have come to Michigan only at long intervals, periods of from ten to twenty years usually elapsing betWeen- serious invasions. In the meantime it is held in check by para-- sites. It is only when the parasites for some reason or other, become thin- ned out that the pest is able to multi- ply and produce a destructive out- break, and to judgeby past experi- ences and former outbreaks, we Vmay confidently expect the,parasites to gain control of the situation in the ecurse of a season or two, after which we probably forget what the joint-worm looks like until what we hope will be the far future. The work of the common joint-worm manifests itself in the straw, short sections of which become thiCkened and woody in texture, inclosing in the wall small cavities, eachof which is inhabited by a tiny grub. The woody ‘two inches long, coming out with the sections are very brittle and easily break out at threshing time, where they appear as pegs from one-half to grain and being separated from the wheat by the sieves. Many of these sections do not break out but remain in the straw. Most of the grubs, bew- ever, in the pegs and in the straw are killed by the violent blows of the con- caves in the separator so that compar- atively few grubs winter over in the straw itself or in the pieces broken out. Eggs Laid in Straw. The eggs of the creature are laid in the straw itself just after the plants begin to lengthen out in the spring. The eggs are deposited in holes pierc- ed in the straw itself by the ovipositor of a wasp-like little insect which is shiny black and considerably smaller than a mosquito. The grubs which hatch out from these eggs cause the wall of the straw to become thickened and distorted. They interfere“with the proper pas- sage of sap up the straw to the head which is forming above. This results in poor nutrition and the forming wheat grains in the heads never be- come quite as large as they otherwise would. There is only one generation each year and the insects live over in the unplowed stubble. In the follow- ing spring the grubs in this stubble change to little wasp-like insects re- sembling the ones that originally laid the eggs in the straw and fly away in search of the new crop of wheat which is just beginning to nicely lengthen out. They 'will fly to some distance in this search, at least half a mile and perhaps farther. The custom of using wheat for clover seeding makes us hesitate to plow under the stubble which would otherwise dispose of the adults. The greatest danger comes from putting new fields of wheat near old unplowed stubble when the stubble is known to be badly infested with these joint-worms. Two Kinds of Worms. Besides the common joint-worm just mentioned there is another one far less (Continued on next page). . l 'J‘HH .llllll‘ ill H,‘ >‘Hlllllll'li‘"lllllllllillllllll1l \ - , ___-. - . .. , IhtemaLGeaI-‘Drive . Farmers who own Republic Trucks don't have to depend on extra teams ‘ to help them out when the rush of ; getting fall crops to market is on. 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' In this species the leaf sheath be comes involved in the swelling and the sections have a wrinkled, gnarled and knotty appearance. Plants attacked by'this rarer species of-joint- worm often fail to fill out at all. The heads sometimes fail to come out, or if so they usually contain nothing. The principal source of infestation is the nnplowed stubble which is left unplowed because of the seeding of clover. It is desirable to put new wheat as far away from such stubble as may be. When the infestation of the common tritici involves more than half 'the wheat plants, it may be well A Glance at T he Bzg Movement of Crop; Potatoes Continue Weak But Ship- ments Are Now Declining. per day, last week. es at some points are not far ivalues ranged at $1.97((i:12.01. kets. in carlot markets, closing at $1.90@ Waupaca, Wis, cwt. sacked, cash track-side. track at Greeley. No. 1 white stock ruled $1.25 track-side, Idaho Falls, Ne- braska, shipping points declined ten cents, ruling $1.50 per cwt. in bulk from wagons. New Jersey Giants rang- }ed slightly lower in consuming mar- kets at $2. 60@2. 70 per cwt. at the corresponding time the range was $2. 67@2.83 per cwt. Onions Again Lower. dlewestem yellow stock wider and weaker range at $1.55@2.25 per cwt. Rochester, N. Y., quoted ten to twenty cents lower, closing at $1.60 @1.65 per cwt, sacked, f. o. b. Califor- nia Australian Browns declined about twenty cents, closing at $1.20@1.z5 per The Crop Reporting Board of the following estimates from reports of United States Crop Bea-n3 0"I‘OOUIQIOI00 l UPPLIES are still liberal as the result of the heavy movement of the past few weeks, but shipments ap- pear to have reached high point and are declining with 5,726 cars this week compared with 6,897, nearly 1,000 cars Prices averaged lower than last week the declines hav- ing extended to eastern markets. Pric- from those prevailing at the corresponding Maine Cobblers and Green Mountains declined about twen- y'ty cents this week, 2 per cwt., track-side at Presque Isle. Last year at the corresponding time Prices declined in consuming markets, clos- ing at $2.55@2.80 per cwt. sacked. De- clines were moderate in eastern mar- Minnesota and Wisconsin sack- ed white stock lost five to ten cents closing at $1.82@ 1.95 per cwt. sacked in Chicago. Moor- head, Minn, quoted Red River Ohms firm at $2@2.05 per cwt. f. o. h., and quoted $1.80@1.90 per Colorado and Ohio shipping points ranged not Last year HE onion market continued dull and weak, with gradual declines in Eastern and mid- followed a to substitute Bosch rye'fon that part :10; ular farm. A smaller percentage of plants infested. by the more seriOns torm,_1. vagtnlcola would seem to war rant the --Subst1tutlon of rye for perhaps, ‘ a single season. It has been found that a raking of the stubble late in the full with aside- delivery rake will make it possible to collect and burn a large proportion of the infested stubble. 'clover happens to be poor it is, of course, advisable to plow the stubble early in the fall and thus do away with the danger of infestation in that par- ticular field. In no case should one sow wheatafter wheat if he hopes to gain control over these tiny pests. Our Markets fmt Now i: Depreumg Pn'c'e: cwt., sacked, f. o. b. Stockton. Ship- ments increased moderately with 1,266 cars for the week, compared with 1,183 last week. For the corresponding week last year the movement was 768 cars. Upward Price Trend of Grapes. ICHIGAN Concords advanced, reaching 35@37c per 4~qt. basket f. o. b. Benton Harbor. They sold at 35@45c in leading distributing markets advancing fully five cents in various cities. New York Concorde reached 35c f. o. b. cash track Westfield, clos- ing at. this figure. New York ancords in 2‘qt. baskets ruled 220 f. o. b. ship- ping point, and ranged 24@25c in con- suming markets. California Malaga grapes held firm at $1.75 per four-bas- ket carrier f. o. b. cash Fresno, and continued steady in eastern markets, most auction sales ranging between $1.75@2.25. Shipments were 2,076 cars compared with 2,836 last week. Apple Markets Fairly Steady. RICE changes during the week were mostly in the downward di- rection, but values in general were fairly well maintained. Baldwins, A- 215,, still ruled at $4.50 per bbl. f. o. b. Rochester, N. Y., and sold at $4.90 f. o. b. Benton Harbor, Mich. Ben Davis far from last week’s closing level. ,Sacked white stock ranged about ranged steady at $3'25@3'50 per bbl' steady at $1.35@1.50 per cwt. cash tended upward at Rogers, Ark., closing at $4.65@5.75 per bbl. bulk. Greenings and other standard varieties, A’s rang- ed generally at $4@4.50 at Rochester. In consuming markets New York and Michigan Wealthies ranged about steady at $5@6.75 per bbl., and Virgin- ia Yorks at $4.50@5.25. Fancy Illinois Jonathans exceeded $9 in a. few mid- dlewestern markets. Extra fancy north- western boxed Jonathans ranged $1.85 @215 at northwestern shipping points, and $3@3.50 in consuming markets. Extra fancy Colorado boxed Jonathans ranged at $2.25@2.40 f. o. b. shipping points and sagged to $2.75 at Denver. Apple shipments are increasing faster than for the corresponding time last year. The week’s movement was 4,858 cars compared with 3,682 last week and 3,968 for the corresponding week last year. What Federal Estimators Think of Our 1918 Crop Bureau of Crop Estimates makes the its correspondents and agents: Summary October 1. October 1, Change December Price Oct. 1. Crop. 1918, Since Estimate 1918. 1917. Indications. Sept. 1. . . 1917. Cts. Cts. Winter wheat . J. . . Bu 555,725,000 .. . . . . . . . 418,070,000 . . . .. . . . . Spring wheat ..... Bu. 363,195,000 20,340,000 232,758,000 ...... . . . . . . All wheat ........ Bu. 318,920,000 20,340,000 . 650,828,000 205.8 200.8 Corn ............. Bu. 2,717,775,000 ‘ 45,935,000 3,159,494,000 159.5 1751 ......... White potatoes" .Bu. 391, 279, 000 6,750,000 442, 530: 000 143.6 122.1 Sweet potatoes . “Bu. 85,473,000 4,457,000 81341000 . . Flax .. . . . . . . . . . . .Bu. 15,606,000 -— 99, 8,473,000 . Peaches .......... Bu. 40,185,000 ......... 45,066,000 Pears . . . . .‘ ....... Bu. ‘ 10,194,000 ~143,000 13,281,000 . ' Apples, total atop. .Bu. 198,389,000 2,561,000 174,608. 0 ‘ ‘Apples, com. «09.311. . $3,400,000 324, 000 22,159, 00 Hay (tame) . ... .1313: 71,555,000 ......... 79, .000 Hay (wild) . . . . .gons 13,222.33; ._. 2.5.0,, .0 1g.9 8 m Su rbeets..... one , .. . ga ' ‘ Bu. 17,802,000 —:2 on, 0 1,4 ”mm It the catch of ’ considerinstallind . a fig atcr System ' Harvest 18 over, crops are in— i now you have spare time to consider ways and means of me proving your farm. 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Some market milk men near our large cities prac- tice‘ intensive dairying and it would be . : ,well to visit some of these dairies, lo- cated near Grand Rapids, Detroit, Kal- llamazoo, Battle Creek, etc.,vand have a talk with the owners. You do not state whether you areto produce market milk or cream. By purchasing grain a good many cows can be kept on forty acres of land where you do not pasture them. Rev. Dietrich, near'Philadelphia, kept thir- ty cows on fifteen acres and raised all the roughage. He ,followed an early crop of rye hay with ensilage corn. With the right manager forty cows, and perhaps more, could be kept on a forty-acre farm with this sort of ar- rangement. Of course, the grain ra- tion would have to be purchased but you could raise sufficient roughage to take care of this number of animals. There will be no trouble about buy- ing alfalfa hay in carload lots from the west or southwest. You might buy it in Michigan but ordinarily alfalfa in carlots is obtained from west of the Mississippi. You should put your ensilage corn ground into rye immediately after cut- ting the corn. This rye can be taken off for hay early the following season and the ground again sowed to ensil- age corn. In this kind of farming you don’t have to keep up a rotation of crops because the manure cover will furnish sufficient fertilizer to maintain and increase the richness of your soil. - C. C. L. MAKING UP RATION WITHOUT ' HAY. I have corn silage, oat straw and barley straw for roughage; wheat bran, cottonseed meal, oilmeal and ground oats and barley. Will you please advise me how to make up my rations so that I will not have to buy hay? Mecosta 00. S. A. B. Usually it would pay to purchase hay and feed a small ration. .Hay is hard to do away with although you can make a balanced ration with straw and corn silage for roughage, but you must feed heavily of cottonseed meal and oil meal to furnish the necessary ' protein. Feed straw liberally, not mak- ing the cows eat it up clean. What they do not cat can be utilized for bedding. Make a grain ration of ground barley and oats and feed cot- tonseed meal once a day and oil meal once a day and ground barley and oats‘ twice a day. Don’t feed over two pounds Of the cottonseed meal to each crow once a day. I would feed enough of the barley and oats, ground, to make a total grain ration of‘one pound of grain per day for each pound of butter-fat produced in a week. For in- . stance, if you have a cow that pro- duces ten pounds of butter-fat in a week you will feed her two pounds of oilmeal and two pounds of cottonseed meal, then she would be entitled to six pounds of oats and barley. ~If you do ' not test your cows for butter-fat so that you know how much butter-fat they are producing then the best "thing , for these Jerseys would be to feed a pound 'of‘ grain fer every three pounds I, ' , of milk produced. . If you canpurchase . clover bay to feed once a day yoiican * , , do ’rawfay witheither the: on L meal or ' ttoneeed insurers substitute fl, electric power and light brings. . Alamo Electricity Solves Rural Problems Alamo Electricity keeps children at home. Boys now take keen interest in modern farming. Girls find the new-way housekeeping enjoyable. Older folks find relief from many daily tasks that are drudgery under old methods. 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Do your share again. Get your Spring fertilizer in your own barn NOW. Place your order TODAY. Soil Improvement Committee of the National Fertilizer AssOciation Postal Tmlwh Bldg., Chicago The Munsey Bldg” Baltimore 1/ / —/ 5.1/1" ’ f/‘kv , I»e.z;§ ,&@3_ ‘tZuelEBriklfl ' ‘1! '¥ toePCiflgpmriZuutlgheal g-u .“ " . m..'v"" ~ .. "cum. .-‘x,‘x.«“~u. ”paw” -—'»w.u" -l", - a in!“ ""V v.1 a '////{_z/z/// /// M Willi/xii»?Milli/W If / W... \ , i ”W ' ”‘7'. L H (4—1 Net ’1 \ m1 NW1? \ \.. i3§®§®i } iki J :h “in ‘:\\\\ ’- ;\\\\\\\ \\\ \ 3fi§ “m 4 . «MM 45‘) ,_r .\m «a- ‘,..._,n,(-*. ‘ “”5.“wa rm». T was ten year ago, before poison gas in warfare had been heard of on this side, that my partner, Jim Wells, and I, tried to kill allthe prairie .dogs and chipmunks in half a county with a gas of our own manufacture. "We had a little ranch back on Hat, ‘ c,reek close to the foothills. The val- ley was narrow there, but we broke out all the land that could be irrigat- ed, and planted it to cantaloupes. “It seemed right from the first that the pests from the mountains on one side and the plains on the other had conspired to devour our crop; and they _l\ept it up from the time the plants peeped above the ground till the mel- ons were ready for market. “We tried poison, but the small pests seemed to thrive on it. True, we kill- ed a few ground squirrels and an oc- casional prairie dog; but apparently a hundred others Came to the funeral of these, and stayed. "Jim, who had studied chemistry in College somewhere, finally hit upon the idea of putting poison gas into every prairie dog hole near the ranch, and stopping the hole up. You know there are numerous things that live in prairie dog holes, and he figured we would get the guilty party that way. “We had two of these compressed- air sprayers that would hold a little over two gallons apiece. Jim poured his chemicals into these, and then we would squirt a little of the spray through the short hose into the prairie dog holes, and tumble a clod. in to keep the fumes from escaping. WORLD EVEN J‘zunay President WilsOn and Mrs. Wilson and Party Arriving in New York where G 'his sister in. Denver. _ “I don’t remember just everything there» was in that mixture, but am- monia figured largely among the in- gredients. I got a whiff once or twice that nearly knocked me celd. “Though we doubtless killed thou- sands of the small pests, it was quite a while before we noticed any letup in their nightly raids on our melon vines. we determined to extend our line of operations: but all this took ammonia and carbon bisulphide, or whatever it was. ‘ ' “About this time Jim got a letter telling him of the dangerous illness of He left right away, promising to send a quart jar of ammonia out from town next day by the stage driver, who‘ came within two miles of our ranch. The next day after Jim left, I went up the creek with the sprayer and What gas mixture I had left, to doctor some dog holes in a cove, the only ones on that side between the ranch and the mountains. “It was the middle of the’ afternoon when I finished the job. I wanted to go on to the mail box and get the am- monia my partner was to have sent out. It was nearly two miles back home, and another two miles from there to the mail box. By cutting across the ridge from where I was, I could save a mile or more on the round trip. “I cut right across a high ridge cov- ered with scrub pine and jumper. It was about a mile to the valley of the next creek and the stage road. the President Opened the Liberty Loan Campaign. .1. .ja Allenby‘ Extending Across the City, Beneath Root is the Called Straight. was» fun Uadoflodd, t Underwood. low lork “There was a kind of trail, but it was all washed_ out and overgrown. I found the little old knapsack sprayer in my way, and wished half a dozen times that I had cached it in the canyon. “When I had reached the top of the ridge and started down on the other side, I noticed a place where the brush Was all mussed up, as if cattle or horses had been trampling about. “A little farther down I came to an- other place where the undergrowth Was mashed down. There were some berry bushes with all the berries, and most of the leaves chewed or stripped off; but I was too busy picking out a trail to make any guesses as to what was doing all this. “I soon came into a pretty good trail running right down the bed of a ra- vine. A little. farther along I struck a small meadow with a thicket of wild plum in the middle of it. “As I passed on one side of the thicket, I heard a commotion in the dense growth. I stopped suddenly, but had no thought of anything except the range cattle trying to escape from the flies. “When I had started on again, I heard a loud whoof; and something as large as an ox came crashing into the open not more than twenty steps in front of me. It wasn’t a cow either; it was an old, gaunt, she cinnamon bear, with a reach like a race horse. “Now, like most western men, I didn’t take much stock in the tales we read of fighting bears. I let a Whoop, H E B EA R---By H. F. GRINSTEAD and ran after the fleeing animal as I would after a scared dog, just to see her run. “That old hear was already going pretty well without any encouragement from me, and I have never fully decid- ed why she changed her mind so sud— denly. “By the time I had taken seven or eight steps, the bear had begun to put on the brakes. Having less weight to overcome, I turned a second before she did. “I have heard since that a bear can run faster up hill than down, but right then and there was no choice as to di- rection for me. I legged it right up that ravine, locking for a tree big enough to climb, with the chasing hear about four lengths behind me. “I caught sight of two trees about the same time. One was a pine of good size a little way up the slope to my left; the other was a scrubby mountain oak that grew out from the bank at an angle, and was right in my path. “I went up the tree nearest at hand. “It was pretty easy getting out on that leaning tree; but I failed to con- sider that it would also be easy for the bear. “I kept on toward the top till the limbs began to sag; even then I wasn’t over ten feet from the dry bed of the branch. “The old bear arrived about three jumps after I did. She stopped and looked up at me contemplatively, then opened her mouth in a cavernous (Continued on page 362). TS IN PICTURES When the French Discovered the Location of this German Gun, the Fi1st Shot Separated the Gun fiom the Carriage. Magnificent Metz Cathedral. M... ”-4.53: «an» a W ”In“ In Contrast to German Methods, the American Guns Bombarding Metz Avoid Destroying this Cathedral. r' and Pays the Price By MANTHEI HOWE afternoon found them at the mouth of one of the .many rivers emptying into the lake. “We go here,” said the Indian. It was the first thing he had said, and the only words until they had gone several miles up the river. Suddenly he stopped paddling and peered ahead. “Stop up there by that big log,” he ordered. Murphy, feeling queer and bewitch-' ed, did as he was told. They landed, drew the canoe up on the beach and started .» up the bank, carrying the spade and the bag for the specimens. "You wait,” commanded John. “And watch where Indian steps. Take spec- imens.” Murphy, wishing he was back at Lake Linden, stood still. A wood peck- er tap~tap-tapped on a log and a rabbit, disturbed at his munching, ran helter- skelter into the woods. Except for that, there was not a sound or sign of life. They had the forest to themselves. Indian John went stalking off to the west about twenty paces. He notched a tree with his hatchet and then veer- ing straight south walked several feet. Again he cut a deep notch in a tree. “There,” he grunted. Murphy went to the designated spots and dug and drilled. Both showed out- croppings of silver. _He‘ filled the bag with specimens from both places. Ev- en to his untrained eyes it looked like rich ore. He turned to tell his com- panion so and found that Indian John had disappeared. “Not much loss,” growled Murphy. “He isn't much company. Anyhow, he will come back at sundown.” But night came and the Indian did not return. Murphy. built a roaring fire, for northern nights are cold and a mist was rising from the river. To one side he built a smaller cooking blaze. When the coffee was boiled, the eggs fried and supper ready, he called the Indian. “Ho, John," “Supper, John.” But the silent forest boomed back the echo, “ho~per, John,” in a ghostly wail. ~ “Bad luck to you.” scolded Murphy. “I’ll cat by myself, then." He ate his own and the Indian’s share, and kicking out the big fire, banked the coals for morning, rolled up in his blankets and went to sleep in the canoe. The‘ sun shining in his face, woke Murphy. He sat up, knuck- ling his eyes. Little by little he re- membered where he was. He kicked off the blankets and stood up. The fire was still smoldering. ready for lighting for breakfast, the canoe was undisturbed, and the Indian was no- where in sight. The affair was getting on Murphy’s nerves. Though he was ravenously hungry he did not stop to cook coffee. He took down two eggs, raw, ate -a bit of bread and washed it down with water. Then with many glances over his shoulder at the shadowy woods,‘he rolled up his blankets and stowed them in the canoe. “Indian John can walk or swim, " he HIS incident had its beginning years and years- ago, just as the Civil War was drawing to a some caverns. close, Indian John and big Tim Brody were often on sentry duty at night and, as, they came to the end of their beat, they used to stop and chat. Big Tim was good natured and talkative. Indi- an John was silent like all his race but he appreciated the white man’s kindness. One night when the moon was paint- ing the encampment in fairy silver, Indian John said a most surprising thing. Tim Brody, looking at the wonderful moonlit scene, remarked: “It looks like melted silver, doesn't it, John ?” “Uh-huh!” agreed the Indian. Then his little heady black eyes twinkled shrewdly. “When we go back to On- tonagon I’ll show you a mine with more silver than you see down there.” “Where is_that mine?” Brody want- ed to know. “That's all right. My people know. I show you when the war is over.” And that was all he would say about it. Brody used to think of the mine and dream of its vast wealth. He tried time and again to get the Indian John to reopen the conversation but John only grunted, “I show you when the war is over.” When peace came Indian John went to his people in the north and big Tim Brody went back to his home in Lake Linden. Months passed and nothing was heard of Indian John. Then one morn- ing, three years later, a rap came at the kitchen door. Mrs. Brody opened it and there stood Indian John. “I'm hungry,” he said. “Sure." called big Tim heartily as he glimpsed the Indian in the door- way, “Just going to eat breakfast. And there’s enough for you, too. Help yourself." He did. He ate all the fried pork, cream gravy and potatoes. He cleaned up on the flap-jacks and cake. Break- fast finished, big Tim turned to the Indian. “You never showed me that silver mine, John. How about it?” The Indian hesitated, his eyes star- ing out the window. "Indian always keeps his promise,” he said finally. “Tomorrow morning you have canoe ready. I’ll take you.” Big Tim had work to do that he could not leave, but he got Murphy to take his place. Early the next morning they put provisions in the canoe, got everything in shape for a two or three days’ trip, and sat on the dock waiting. One hour, two, three hours passed, and no one appeared. “I guess Indian John has broken his promise,” said Brody. A hand tapped him on the shoulder. “Indian keep his word,” said a gut- tural voice. , Brody jumped. He had heard no one approach, yet his eyes told him that this was not spirit, but Indian John in the flesh. He had sneaked up quietly, Indian fashion. ter beside the boat. Murphy screamed. then blushed with shame. What frightened him most was that he could see no reason for his terror. He was just afraid! Afraid of the silence! Afraid of the Indian that had so mysteriously disappeared; afraid of the sound of the very paddle in the water. outlet of the river, he. was sweating as though he had paddled the whole length of the lake under a boiling sun. As the canoe shot, out into the lake, Murphy drew a great breath of relief. You may be sure he made quick work of getting back to Lake Linden, where big Tim Brody, dreaming of that silver mine, was impatiently wait- ing him at the dock. “Got the specimens. 9” Brody called. “Yes, ” growled Murphy, “and if I didn’t- have, you bet I’ (1 never go back after them.” “Where’s Indian John ?” Brody want- ed to know. u oe lugging the bag of specimens. plunked the bag down on the dock. “I don’t know and I don't care where he is," said Murphy. “John here,” boomed a voice. dian keep his word. mine.” , He had come up as silently as the waves lapping on the beach. Before Murphy or Brody could make their tongues reply, Indian John just as silently made off down the street. And here is the queer part of the story as one of the Northland pioneers told it to me. Brody took the silver specimens to Marquette and had them assayed. They ran $5, 000 to the ten, silver fabu- lously rich. But when Brody and Murphy tried to find the river again and those notch- ed trees on the outcropping of the sil- ver mine, they discovered that it was like hunting for a diamond in a car- load of sawdust. They went up num- berless rivers, but on none did they find the least trace of the silver mine. Murphy had been so panic stricken that he forgot to keep an eye out for landmarks or watermarks either. He had no idea whether he had passed three or four or a dozen river mouths. And the price Indian John paid? You know there is a legend in the Northland that if an Indian tells a se- cret of his people to the white man he suffers a, horrible punishment, even to the forfeiting of his life. Well, from the day Indian John left the‘ dock at Today’s Riddle, He “In. He show the he shouted lustily. awn—u...— (E was rear Quickly Murphy and John settled declared. “I don't like the looks of REE ‘ .- tLemselves in the canoe. Brody gave this wood. I'm going ” ‘ 5 15 BM. them a gentle shove. . ,g’i'Good luck,” he called. .31 “Here‘ a hoping," shouted Murphy with a grin. _ But Indian John was silent, staring soberly before him. . , -All that day they paddled. Murph’ shoulders and back ached but the g 111 Indian made no offer of stopping. Late . His hands shook. He kept peering at the forest expecting he knew not what. He was too panic~stricken to pay any attention to landmarks or to note how many smaller creeks emptied into this river. He did not remember. ' she told himself. that the river had been so hedged in with overhanfiihz trees and tangled vines. It was slur rams THATIS antenna]. in IGII‘I‘ LB‘I‘T Wm ” Indian John Keeps His-“Promise and had the, dank smell of unwhOle- A muskrat slid from the bank and went plop! into the wa- By the time he reached the » Murphy was backing out of the can-. lawyer. going to try to settle this case out of A court.” " 6y? As I have already told yen, that’s one of the best cases I ever heard.” as he hastened down the stairs, “but ' . not for me. lowfs story! ” arid thatiftheywe willow Lake hind». hefwas nev r "e on again He disappeared as completely as if the earth had Opened and swallowed him. I have not told you the real names of the white men, but you can learn them for yourself if you ever come to ‘ northern Michigan and visit at Ontona- gun or Lake Linden. Ask the pioneers about the lost silver mine that assayed $5. 000 to the ten. and about Indian John who kept his promise. They can tell you all that. but what they cannot ? tell, (and, oh! how they wish they.“ could), is the location Of those notch-; . ed trees on the river bank where the. woodpecker tap-tap-tapped and the rab-. bit ran helterskelter‘intothe woods. “By theWay” A WAR MEASURE. _...._.__. I’ve cut off devotion to Jennie Whose lunches took most of my cash; I still may be fond, but I’m buying a bond Lest the nation' 5 finances go smash. I’ve given up Frances the graceful, Her dancing was really ivine, But her circle to joint took too much of my coin And now yit is war stamps for mine. I’ve broken with Flora and Helen Their friendship I feel is a loss. But how can I spend half my dough on a friend When I need it to give the Red. Cross. Some day when the war shall be over, On every lost girl I will call, But I’ll probably find that fate's to me an k,ind And—E‘Sammie” has captured them a . ‘HE COULD LEARN. “H’mi So, you want a job?” asked the possible employer. “Did you ever tell lies?” . “No, sir,” returned the applicant hopefully, “but I can learn.” SHORT HONEYMOON. At the end of three weeks of married life a southern darky returned to the minister who had performed the cere- mony and asked for a divorce. After explaining that he could not grant di- vorces the minister tried to dissuade his visitor from carrying out his inten- tion of getting- one, saying. “You must remember, Sam, that you promised to take Liza for better or for worse."_’ “Yassir, I knows dat, boss, ” rejoined the darky, “but—but she’s wuss dan I took her for. 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Presently she shambled, over to the bank, sniffed around‘the root of the tree for a second or two. “Maybe bears don’t make a practice of climbing trees; but the next thing I knew, that old grizzly had her fore- legs up among the low limbs, and was crawling right out toward me. “It wasn’t much of a tree that I had climbed. The trunk was hollow and half dead, while the soil had been washed out from beneath its roots un- til it appeared almost ready to topple over into the ravine. “The old bear had hardly got her hind feet off the ground, when I felt the tree tremble with the “weight, and dip farther down. I knew that if she came much farther, we would go to the ground together, likely with the brute on top of me. “The cunning beast stopped and looked down uncertainly on one side then the other, much as a cat would do on a swaying pole. Then she took another short step forward and up- ward. “I saw that I must use my wits to keep the beast from coming farther. I had already tried bluffing with disas- i “She Shambled Over the Bank." trous results. Now I tbok off my hat and threw it right in the approaching animal’s face. “The bear shrank back a very little; not because she was frightened, but that she might raise her paw to cuff the offending hat into the top of a low juniper that grew a few yards from the tree I was in. “When a boy I had once read a tale of how Kit Carson had routed two bears by beating them over their nos- es. I thought I might handle one. “While the hear was watching the hat, I broke off a dead limb about six feet long and as large as my wrist. sAw YOUR w SAWS DOWN Send for Free catalo IE No.11] 44 showmg low d latest improvements. rst order secures agency. “Swiss W. 001) th s FOLDING SAWIIG IACHINR. 9 0011115 by on IAN. [- boars. Red Tip Calks Insure STRONG EVEN PULLING Q N l CY R DAB 5 PM" No Farmer can afford to l'lSk losing a. valuable °' horse through falls on icy roads fill/A?“ \ V/faxil'A V,» ‘ at low cost. 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Assn tswsntod: mmfiu. name-ammo. . h. . ‘ oRKS mention the ithn writing to advertisers Michi-r V I A V ' 009 m hustle.» dullblts. my hand. .. 2 “ma“ ”5’ “f .‘Zgg’figw ' “Thus left at a disadVantage ‘1' he» “The ugly brute regarded me sus- piciously as I stripped off some of the dried twigs and leaves; then she ten- tatively took another step forward along the sloping trunk. “My stick would scarcely reach the beast’s nose from Where I was, so I slipped down as far as I dared. “A bear’s nose is surely his tender spot. That old meddler whined like a pup when I swung my cudgel from one side and whacked her right on the end of the snout. She backed off till her feet were on the ground again. “I don’t know what would have hap- pened if I had stopped with that, but - I wasn’t satisfied with my success. I scrambled down closer, and brought the clubbed limb down across the brute’ s head with, both hands. once. The club hit her over the head leaving a short piece two feet lung in Gassmg ”t .6 Bear “I suppose I made tWo mistakes at * instead of the nose, and broke in tWO, , gan to increase the distance between ‘me and my opponent. There was not another small limb within reach, so I retreated to where I had been before. . “Either maddened by the whack ov- er the head or taking my retreat for a surrender, the bear uttered a savage growl, and again began to climb gin- gerly upon the tree trunk. “All this time I had carried the sprayer suspended over my shoulder by the broad strap. I had thought once of throwing it down, and don’t know why I didn’t. ‘ “As I hastily climbed upward, the short piece of hose attached beCame entangled in the foliage, and as I jerk- ed at it impatiently, the little automatic cock that controlled the discharge caught in something that held it open for an instant while the endiof the hose was turned toward me. “The fumes came near knocking me off my perch, and for a‘ moment I could do nothing but gasp and rub my eyes. “Ammonia is great for clearing the head. It cleared my brain then, and let in the big idea. I wasn’t unarmed at all, but carried a very effective weapon. “The bear had not hesitated this time, but came right on. Evidently it was no intention of hers to allow an- other armistice even for a moment. “It would be disastrous to let her come much farther. I still held the short stick in my hand; this I hurled straight toward her head. “I didn’t look to see if it struck; I was busy giving three or four strokes to the pump to insure air enough to throw a good stream. “I"felt the decayed tree turn slightly as if a root had given way. I expected to go crashing to the ground at any moment. “It was not bravery that made me slip down the trunk till barely six feet separated me from the open mouth of the eager beast, for I was. sick with fear. I was staking all on one move, and that was uncertain enough. “Seated astride the sloping body of the tree, with my left hand I held the short hose in front of me, the thumb of my right hand on the little contriv- ance that would release the fluid. “The huge mouth was opening in a growl of rage or triumph, the great forepaw was being lifted threateningly but a yard in front of me, when I pressed the spring that released the compressed fury. “The growl ended in a rasping cough as the ugly mouth shut with a snap, and the suffocating spray shot into the eyes and nostrils! “With massive paws clawing at eyes and nose, the clumsy beast, doubled up like a porcupine, rolled to the ground and on down into the bed of the ravine. “I ,wasn’t much longer than the bear in getting to the ground, fer I didn’t know howlong the dose would last. “The bear got in motion as soon as she stopped rolling. With my gas gun ready, I waited to see which way she was headed. “When she took off the way she had come, I didn’t yell and run after her just to see her run—she was headed in the right direction, and her speed was satisfactory. ‘ —— A FISH STORY. 1- De catfish cry, ' En de sturgeon say: “Yonder is a fishin’ man Comin’ dis way! En he’ll try fer ter git you 011 11131 ins, En he‘ll tell (is folks You wuz six-foot-nine!" . , Den de catfish soy: hi . ._._,....‘. ... ‘wf J’ffi'flm ‘fik’ ' , V t- .‘x. ,. .wuv." ' _ tarsus; cannot anbeist . "IDEA TAKES onus-wuss. ' ’ 1 (Continued from page 349)} astonished at the reports“ that were brought to this -m’eeting—-—reports of fast-growing projects that officers of the league had not heard of. There was an intense earnestness of purpose ’as delegates listened hour af- ter hour to: these reports and discuss I, sion of them that evades description. In the face of a world .war without, within this convention the bare fact of war, as such, was rarely mentioned. Yet war )with its entailing horrors were never forgotten for an instant by these people who planned for worldre- construction through people working together. ' / War has loaned the fresh incentive, the driving force, for cooperation’s-re- newed growth in this country the same as overseas. In, England one: fourth of the population are coopera- tors; for forty years the movement has been growing five times faster! than the population and during the war the increase has been ten times faster. In Belgium savings through their stores have enabled the workers to rebuild their own halls for congress and recreation, their own libraries. their own schools, etc. In Russia there are forty-seven thousand cooperative stores numbering more than thirty mil- lion members, comprising the founda- tion upon which that sorely tried coun- try must rebuild herself. In France the government hasgiven over the dis: tribution of coal,.milk and frozen meat to the cooperators; it has advanced funds to the cooperative societies, who equip and operate van's for the pur- pose of selling goods to the soldiers on the edge of “No Man's Land.” In Hol- land, Denmark and Switzerland, more than one-quarter of the population are cooperators. It was the sentiment of the convention at Springfield that the power of, this great movement, flour- ishing in Europe in spite of war, urges us to work harder for big things in cooperation in the United States. ‘ Another outstanding feature of this convention will, to my mind, be of es— pecial importance to readers of the Michigan Farmer. This was progress toward a better understanding between so-called producers and consumers who» are organized cooperatively. Again and again was emphasized the absolute need of standing together against the profiteering and exploita- tions of organized capital. Since con- sumers are dependent upon the efforts of producers, and producers in turn purchase immense quantities of the output of labor, the interests of the two groups are identical. One cannot rise at the expense of the other. In unity of action is progress and safety for both. 1 The Michigan Farmer has, in the past few years, rendered a splendid service in publishing accounts of many cooperative associations in our state. To such local associations I suggest the advantage to result from getting in touch with the larger movement which has now been formed. For that purpose, address Duncan McDonald,‘ Secretary, Springfield, Illinois. Finally, the finer aspects of coopera- , tion were not neglected at this first na- tional get-together. There was general recognition of a few fundamental co- operative principles, and these were, touched upon repeatedly by one and another speaker: wages is «not the'amonntjn the pay envelope, but what that money will buy. 2, that true cooperation means service to many rather than .. profit to a few. 3, that labor is honorable and that the parasite who lives by the toil _- 04 others and who is exalted to the high places should .be cast aside. 4, that political institutiOns that are dem- side by side with new that. are jautoj THE WORKING TOGETHER- ‘ ' 1, that the test of . of suited to the tastes of of pure wheat flour. ; The List have from time to time. letters to our Domestic Science Department. . Substitutes is a long one so that every housewife will be able to select the ones best herself and family. Corn Meal, Corn Flour, Barley Flour, Rye Flour, Buckwheat Flour, Oat Flour, Rice Flour, Potato Flour, Sweet Potato Flour, Peanut Flour, Bean Flour, Kaffir Flour, Milo Flour, and Feterita Flour and Meals may be purchased as substitutes. ' All 'of the above, except Rye Flour, must be used on too basis of at least 1 pound of substitute to every 4 pounds of pure Wheat flour. Flour must be used on the basis of at least 2 pounds to every 3 pounds Lily‘White is a 100% pure wheat flour, so it is necessary to buy substitutes with it on the above basis. However, Lily VYhite is so well milled and of such splendid quality you will not experience difficulties in usmg substitutes With it on the basis given by the Food Administration. . In fact, you will be delighted with the splendid baking results you will be able to obtain from the use of LILY WHITE FLOUR and the Substitutes. Your dealer is instructed to sell you LILY WHITE FLOUR on the Guarantee of perfect baking satisfaction or the return of your money. Our Domestic Science Department furnishes receipes and canning charts upon request and Will aid you to solve any other kitchen problems you may Public demonstrations also, arranged. Address your VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY Grand 1' Rapids, Mich. Rye MICHIGAN FARMER PATTERNS. Any of the patterns illustrated may be secured by sending order to Pattern Department, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, enclosing the amount set opposite the patterns wanted. No: 2602———Ladies’ Dress. Cut in sev- en sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. Size 38 will re- quire flve yards of 44-inch material. The dress measures about 2% yards Price 100. at the foot. No‘. 2556—2442—A Stylish Suit. Coat 2556 cut in seven sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. It uires 4%, yards of 40-inch material for a 38-inch size. Skirt 2442 cut in seven sizes, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 and 34 i ches waist measure. Size 24 will req re 2% yards of 44-inch material. The skirt measures about 1% yards ~. at the foot. T10 separate'patterns, 1,0 (“mgig‘lfxe‘lchzmlimh ., .. ~ No. 2611—Ladies’ Waist. Cut in sev- en sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. Size 38 requires 2% yards of 44-inch material. Price 10 cents. £611 No. 2607v—Ladies’ Underskirt. Cut in seven” sizes, 22, 24, 26. 28, 30, 32 and 34 inches waist measure. Size 24 requires 2% yards of 36—inch material without the flounce, or 3% yards of material, with the flounce. Price 10c. No. 2241-—Ladies’ Home Dress. Cut in seven sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. Size 36 requires 5% yards of 44-inch material. The skirt measures about 2% yards at the foot. Price 10c. No. 2582—Ladies’ Apron. Cut in four sizes, small, 32-34; medium, 36-38; large, 40-42, and extra large, 44-46 inch- es bust measure. Size medium will re- quire 444 yards of 36-inch material. Price 10c. No. 2598—Ladies’ Dress. sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, and 44 inches bust measure. Size 38 requires 71/2 yards of 40-inch material. The skirt measures about two yards at the foot. Price 10c. ‘ No. 2505-2597—Ladies’ Costume. The waist 2595 is cut-in six sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches .bust measure. It requires three yards of 36inch ma- terial fora 38-inch size. Skirt 2597 is - cut in six sizes, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 and. 33 . " inches waist measure. Size 24 requires - 3% yards of 36inch material. It meas~ urestwo yards at the foot. Two esp; me patterns, 10 cents~ for each M»: e . ‘ ~ : . , . \ . ’ I money now. . } it as soon as you can. handle. . Eroved most profitable. l small, medium and rge. the rear wheel tracks. production from any soil. get that extra profit. ought to have. ' '1 ..... A..-.A .: —-——.————-—-~ :» ff.» lfiiTI-i. «’g —. ill — \IA-Z'flIL—J IX: :- _ r“? Get That Extra Profit AVE stable manure. Either spread it when it’s \ fresh and contains all its fertility, or pile it where the losses will be smallest, and spread Balance it with phosphate if necessary, spread a little on many acres rather than much on a few, but don’t waste a single lump. Stable manure is working capital. With 1t you can get bigger, better crops off the acres dyour present help can Waste it, or neglect it, an handsome profit, probably more than enough to pay for a new Low Corn King, Cloverleaf, or 20th Century Manure Spreader. These machines do the kind of spreadin Tl: oy are all low, lig t draft, narrow ox, wide spreading machines, made in three handy sizes, a They spread a full load in from three to five minutes, in an even coat that extends well beyond Stable manure, properly handled, will increase the crop Buy one of these 8 readers and See the machine at the place of business or Write us for spreader information you international Harvester Company of America ® CHICAGO ' WW?” Ififi M711 It’s worth a lot of you are losing an easy, that has been coal dealer’ 8 Will soon be here coming season. catalogue and etc. THE BLISSFIELD TANNERY, COLD WEATHER Are your Fur Coats Robe and Fur Sets in condition to last you the If not we would like to do the work for you. We of Fur Coats or Robes make over Ladies Fur Coats,1emode1 Ladies Furs and reline Mufis and etc. Write to us for an estimate. We will gladly send samples of lining, W. G. White Co., lnc., Blissfield, Mich. Refine-Repair any kind New York is now THE WORLD’ s Fun CENTER New York, the greatest ci stlyuin the world is h center of the World r business. No :mftter where you ship 95." Raw Furs, they must eventually come to New York. W are the Fastest Growing Raw Fur House ineNew York because we always pay the highest market prices. Send for our Latest Price List. It’s free. David Blustein 8-1310. m3 West 21:31. NewYork 1r‘“> <.‘. .37., “ 1., ,,v.1~;~'1-.\.",‘ «gags; Tra ppers l Supply r gainsl Send at once for Funsten Trap rs’ Guide, Supply Catalog, list¢ owest prices on traps, market ieportsfi. guns. smokers. etc. A postal rm Ever! indication points to bigger mone totrapperst this yearthanever ore.F Fursarethe fie, man trappers heav ytero rtunit for-bee Write mfimffifiamim £3“: 3-in-1 Book, FREE, Game Laws, . . ‘ For do Newdolinofl ' Car's-1 new use Fortyle and comfort Awea HON O R BILT 5H0 ES +£23.21, Ask your dealer for Mayer ' Shoes. Look for the trade- mark on the sole. F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co. WAR CONDITION open 131 undreamod of advantages to ship‘ rel-s errand is so great and supply is so imited that we are flu is atnyg gun- heard“ of prices for big or liottlop sh pmentfl . list Your Big War Profits lippbifto obi. fur house in the bin 0 deductionmo commission-.110 ustbt’g. quick returns for k“ shipments. yawn ‘ when at war. HENEVER any serious conflict is raging in this country or oth- er parts of the world, or any great epidemic of human disease; or of grain rust, we find that observers throughout the country call attention to the wide-spread occurrence of cer- tain letters on the blades of oats and other cereals, as well as on various grasses, tame and wild. These letters are sometimes quite distinct, and are variously interpreted as B, W, M, S, etc.’ In fact, almost any letter that consists of - two similar curved or pointed parts may be read into the appearance on the leaf. These are in. terpreted by the superstitious in var- ious ways: “B” more often to mean blight; “W” to mean war; “M” in Germany to mean Mahnung (which means warning). What interpretation is put on “S” I do not know. At the time of the Civil War the occurrence of these letters was men- tioned frequently in print, and was the cause of great worry in some districts. This year, in some parts of this state, especially in the Upper Peninsula, the letters Were visible on oats, resembling rather closely “B.” Nearly every blade in the whole field throughout large dis- tricts will show this marking, causing great perturbation among those who do not know the cause of the trouble. Actually, this is not a rare phenom- enon, but one that occurs every year wherever the moisture conditions are just right. I have seen it very fre- quently the past ten or fifteen years, while we were at peace as well as Naturally, however, in times of stress, like the present, any- thing of this kind gains public notice very much more extensively than Mystenous Letterlng [Found ' on Oat Blades-"Bye: A. BESSEY‘ This is ‘ When conditions are normal. exactly like the great terror caused by the discovery of the letter “W” on the wings of the seventeen-year locust. The actual fact is that in times of peace, as well as of war, the seven- teen-year locust and its near relatives all have certain wing veins marked more strongly in the form of this let- ter, so that it means 'nothing what- soever. ‘ Now, to return to the" letter on the oat leaf. This also has a very simple explanation. All that is necessary is that the oats shall have reached a certain size and be growing in rather dry soil, the dry period being followed by an abundance of rain. This starts the leaves into more rapid growth. All grass leaves grow at the base instead of at the apex. At the point where the' more rapid growth begins there will be left a line of contrast between the older slow growth and the new rapid growth. If the oat leaf were attached to the stem squarely this line would be straight across the leaf, but it curves around the stem so that the line is curved. The middle portion of . the leaf, however, where the little ligule is biggest, does not start growth so quickly as the lateral portions 80 that the line of growth makes two curves, one on each half of the leaf. This can be produced artificially if one will have an oat plant or any oth- er grass with fairly large leaves grow- ing in a pot in the greenhouse, keep- ing it moderately dry, but not enough to entirely check the growth. .Then water the plant heavily and give it just as much water as it can stand without harming it, trying to keep the air also rather moist. Under such con- ditions the letter will appear. Shelter Planting fer the Farm (Continued from first page). These'trees grown on the'sides that are protected by other species attain nearly perfect symmetry. For shelter planting merely I should say, advising for my own latitude, that the mixture of white and Norway spruces and white pines would be very desirable. Put the Norway spruces in the interior if you like. They grow tall 3. little faster than the whites. Two rows fifteen feet apart breaking joints will make a very good center. A row of white spruces on each side, with a row of white pines on the side toward the home grounds will make an ideal windbreak. They cost a little more to buy, but one may as well save a little time and get trees about twen- ty-four inches high, unless he is will- ing to wait and has time to hoe and care for the little trees. The very small seedlings must have cultivation and care for a few years. All stock must be kept away from the‘ tree. Do not plant the trees closer in the roWs than fifteen feet. It may take longer for such a planting to become effec- tive, but it looks better and gives bet- ter results after the trees fill in the spaces. Catalpas Are Valuable. Providing a man has plenty of land to spare it will pay him to plant a few rows of Catalpa Speciosa, putting the rows about eight feet apart and the trees six feet apart in the row. Then he‘ could put the conifers on each side of that. Through such a shelter-belt no wind could ever come. Each. year it would increase in value‘and utility. From time to time the catalpas could be thinned out for fence posts. Such 4 ‘ a shelter-belt would add greatly to the - beauty and value of the farm Get the Ground Ready. When is the best time to plant‘thes'e ’ _ trees? Next spring. Plow and barrow will get firm. Set the trees as soon as the frost leaves the ground. Keep the roots moist, for evergreen trees will not thrive if their roots are dry. The only way to prevent too rapid evapor- ation of moisture and consequent in- jury to the young trees is to mulch the ground at the base of trees or plant them in sheltered and shady'po- sitions. A conifer mulches itself nat- urally by dropping dead needles, and it is a mistake to remove the carpet of old needles, as some people do. This gives the clue to the treatment of newly transplanted trees of, all kinds, mulch them plentifully with good coarse litter. Keep down the weeds and cultivate between the rows fre- quently. In a few years you will be’ rewarded by the dual purpose returns of the trees. Protection from cutting winds, and useful beauty./ If in some vision you chance to see your grand— - children playing beneath the shelter of the trees you planted away back in 1919 you will feel that you could have left no better monument than the glor- ious, lifting trees whispering always of nature’s secrets. The beauty and utility of an evergreen shelter lasts far longer than the life of the man who planted it. BOYS HELP IN NEW YORK ' Farmers of ‘New York report that members ”of the United States Boys’ “ Working Reserve increased the pro- duetive acreage of their state by 1, 620 acres this season. Three hundred and thirty-five boys cultivated 264 acres of Winter Wheat, sixty-six acres of spring wheat, fifteen acres of barley, acres of corn, 727 acres Of rye, twenty» ' six acres of beansntwenty-six acres of ' 463 I “moo-Ac . .. .. - ...cRA—\....~.-..~..~u - go through an ordinary winter without I ,the strawberries are gone, without a ,of the blight, and in the fall cleans the trees of the hold-overs, he can keep ' _ot figpoer trees, and you do not know EXPERIENCE IN GR6WING FRUIT. (Continued from page 349) injury, but the long extreme cold last winter injured the less hardy fruits. Thinning canes, cutting them back, so as to get large laterial grthh and re- moving the old canes when done hear— ing, cultivation until mid- summer, then mulching and ‘putting up good wire supports are the essentials for grow- ing the finest blackberries. Currants and Gooseberries. Our current crop was very satisfac- tory this year, asit lapped on nicely with the strawberries, so we had fresh fruit without missing a day. They will hang on bushes about a month after ripening. The fully ripe Cherry and White Grape currants even up to the first week in August are much appre- ciated. Currants require much less work than any fruit I have. We like ’ them much for jellies and jam, either alone, or mixed with milder fruit. No one need hesitate to spray the bushes with arsenate of lead, to kill worms, if done before the currants are ripe. Gooseberries make a pleasing table sauce. The Downing requires the same culture as currants, and rarely fails to bear well.‘ Grapes. I have been growing grapes in south- eastern New Yer-k, out of the New York grape belt, for many years. I can ripen a few of the early varieties with about the same certainty as flint corn. The three most dependable of these are More’s Early, Winchell and Eclipse.- The latter is a new grape that is well spoken off by all who have tried it. Worden, Moore's Diamond, and Delaware do not always fully rip- en, but they are worth taking chances on. Niagara I have to lay down in the winter to prevent killing off the canes. Strawberries are being grown as an inter crop in yOung vineyards with good results. When the grapes come into full hear- ing, the vineyard is put under a sys- tem of cultivation until mid-summer, when a cover crop is sown, preferably clover. Cherries. I grow only sour cherries, mostly Montmorency. I have tried the sweet cherries, but they are not a safe prep- osition except along the lakes. Sour cherries are a good crop to grow along with strawberries. I have a young orchard of Montmorencies, and they ripen so we can ship cherries before break in selling f1uit Dealers who sell strawberries o1der cherries, and sometimes both go in the same ship— ment. My young orchards are inter- cropped with strawberries for three or four years, and I see no bad results from the practice. Cherries are less subject to disease and winter injury than all other tree fruits except ap- ples; I wish I had planted more trees. Pears. I have been planting pears for many years, and now must say they have been a disappointment. I planned for a complete succession of the best pears as follows, named as time of rip- ening: Winler, Clapp’ 8 Favorite, Bart- lett, Bar-Seckel, Anjou, Keifer, and Winter Nellis. Clapp’s Favorite and Bartlett are almost indispensable to fill a complete succession of the best pears, but it is too big a job for most people who are not pear specialists, to grow them If one watches them every day in the week, including Sun; days, and removes the first appearance the trees bearing fairly well for many years. ‘I Shall plant mostly. Seckels hereafter. It is practically immune to blight. It is slow growing. but when you get a goodsized bearing tree you have an met you can depend on for a life time. It is the most beautiful mtammaipem rwwmwa 3 21—44366? Styléplus make both side 5 of your dollar count Good‘ resolutions for every man to make in these war times are: “I will buy only the clothes that I need. “I will pay the price that brings genuine . Quality—and not one cent more.’ . Every dollar you spend should count- Count for you and ecuntry. You will be stylish and thrifty bot/2 if you buy Stylcplus Clothes. You get reliable quality and style at a nat1onal known price—a semzble, medium przce. By making only a few standard grades in big volume 2. we reduce costs and produce clothing values justly famous , with well dressed and economical men. Correct style. Careful tailoring. Finished workmanship. Faithful wear. Known price. The best place to buy clothes IS at a store, where you can see the diflcrcnt styles, make your selection and get a good fit. I You buy with both eyes open at the Styleplus Store! Two grades 1n Stylcplus suits: $25 and $30. Thrcc grades in Styleplus overcoats: $25, $30 and $35. Sold by one leading clothing merchant in most cities and towns. Write us (Dept. H ) for Styleplus booklet and name of local dealer. HENRY SONNEBORN 8; CO., INC. Founded 1849 Baltimore, Md. 4. ~4 ‘Ivs': ' \ “"Mwéi’s‘fiia ' «we Si yleplus Clothes $25-$30-iiw35 " 'Each grade one price the nation over' Copyright 1918 “our! Bonnebon 6: Co.. Inc. Amen‘ca's only known -priced clatbes The In ternafina Fur Market The “liable Raw Fur merchants of New York, rh Fu g pég‘dgg {23:32:23}; mitigkyl cm: {131% ten are 1.1:}; 1.3?meka fiafigom orld’ s prioemar etoanafl.‘ afford. New Yo his and. mpomive to mm, 11de M! which is Iguarante: o! thohgreatest net proceeds tog??? ‘ew Yiiifk’f’sfld‘g or urs was never so great on :13 t now Your pelt: are bound to Trappers BM. Mun" y because that.“ will,“ be 4"th.seti.mc¢:ymty manufactured and sold here. cgh'l'gtligg’ dinette the market that and a square de 11.1 We co- oper-to With you. Ff“ 0“ Rem Adm.- the Secretary. mum mm mummy nsocumou. 46 West am: 31., New bun I-\'l. WWI-\'1‘\‘ Earn Big Money Cutting Wood \Wlth a Howell Drag sow Machine. Turn your timber into ca \age. The demand and‘plrnoos for fire wood are greater than evgrh' 131%ch cuts more wood in lean e and at less expense than any machine built. W “ «um «um R. R. Howall & c... Mfrs... Mlnnoapofls. "In. “'- FREE FOR FORD FOLKS! Farms and Farm Lands For Sale AND SAVES YOU DOLLARS T111. 3.21.11.11- Efifigfim‘ificfi'f $2000 Down Gets Central West k ' fibril: ‘” m°mxwfimt-°Verha°'- Farm, Stock, Tools, Crops, m ,e ”5 tact-to- Pair horses. cow, mowing machine. doulble :1 IV Yo pie... and trouble b cutlvatoréohnrrow. tong. iiisk. 9133111ch 1138 1% m. acts 311100 051.111 cla sum highs cultivation. recorn corn. rife. y I ,40 some wire- fenced posture big rd, estimated I cont wood, 50.0001n,ber much fruit Splendid hone 8 Mg rooms. as. 2 line barns. poultry hog houses.bu.ild1ngs valued 86000. On improved M." road near hustling railroad center. milk sold at door. 3 Aged widow £11 lie all 319000.32000 down. Details tfl bl [value cemr: 11 west opportunity] page 71 Strout‘l zzafllngeplzzp H A I. L y; A R K SHIRTS Your Dealer is Displaying Them _I_ E: Farm Catalo owlUTt Fxbllllevll WOW???“ copy 09. . no commmion '5‘ Dept. 101 814 Ford Bldg, ' Detroit. Mich. BADUATED Scarf space and the tie, ‘ n d ”fill!!! h" and “if: CHOICE Florida Lots and farm locations at >1 Oldomar. Florida. by Mr. R..E 0 ‘ ' . famous automobile manufacturer, 15 miles west 0 'V time and temper-saving Shield are exclusive features in all Bay. Dixie Highway ”Dellgli’tfnl clmate, tropical scenery. low m 0' W i 3 E WW “Ono am: I“ H “gm" ‘V .1113}, terms. Free booklet 6’ ' " °'”' ‘ incibg'i'mnMsco. ' Oldsmar.morlh. . '5 , Fm Forsak 95 acres near city of 60. Fruit .1“ . CO LLAPSL Wanted 1111-» M t Pm 111 m: 2,. a... m.“greater:1.s°aa8£'§i‘z’m°- t consider exchange for good city p . Ne t d 13 b [)0 31{geese eiébpiitagrs‘ an averauie1 lssmple of in: I ufintmpfi Mg” i th wee mo 6 now eings wn in prac- u wan o a wow 0 12w a war 11.3». n 9 am ettherin the am a. We lie 9 k r. A. SHOWER All, tinny every city and town in the U.S. A “1110 a Ugricce tigvorgchogk" 02km attractive e vew on ma 8 ll 7 Jmmn‘ Mich. eMimnnon. Mié'h I“ ' modern ma. steam hen Blots.“ give shrubbory ruit an shade. from CENTRAL MI IOfiIdANm NORMAL 00L V ‘ win 11 trade to 11 f . Wm E01326 lner “snefégamalogd toga?: nan-013mg: Oooper.oéo'1:i:l pggclflof‘ntm Pit-80!“. “- IEIRN "m“ m 1 d lath an. m ottoman Jul. ”IONEERING Wilfilfiell‘lgmdd either 0 06%?19118. 3111051. I or Sale 13:31:51.1; Odunty, 3 none HALL HARWELL & CO. , Mnkal,'l'roy, NJ. gaggifdo’grw tb nought?” inWWn branch . 331(1) U s wit; 0810x1316]; r ”‘9' easyhillimnbu Mini. 1% llfi’iodi.“on Ab m WE WANT “TO“. 3AM? E3 '5 nammm. cummmaim.m~_v VOWSBBD milk-uh. cor-mm 1m“... ghojunctiono! W3; nag 1W w Witt“ oxf’untm- line blunts“ londldloodv tion for 6111 _ rnfi'm '" ” “mm-iii New.” 351%; E M The V Secret Of Goad Ball of the oven of a JOY ECLIPSE range. All parts of the big oven get even heat. F ire-box ‘and flues are properly balanced in order to dis- tribute uniform heat to all parts of the oven. By means of the ‘ Eclipse housewife controls the Adiustable Damper, the oven temperature to ex- actly the heat required for sure results. Every JOY ECLIPSE range is a guaranteed baker. ranges are made from pure cast-iron and will last a life-time. There is no asbestos in the oven lining to collect moisture and rust out the body. All castings are smooth and plain. Easy to clean and good look- ing. Write us for name of the Eclipse Dealer. We will send you free illustrated book of ranges and stoves. The book will help you to select a stove for yourself. IIIE ECLIPSE STOVE 00. ~ MANSFIELD, 0qu gmmumunimmmnugmmumlwlniiimnmimm ing ‘OU can be proud of the baking you take out EruPsEi Smashing Ba For All Repairing Needs réain Pricésgiz ‘\ - / Big Savings for Michigan Farmers This is your chance to buy best quality Roofing ‘ 5 of leading makes, Asphalt Shingles, Building Papers, » Roofina Cement, Paints, Wall-board, etc., at prices that hold the record for economy. We are Michigan re resentatives of manufacturers of the best Roofing and Repairing matena s of all kinds. War has stogped big building operations, and our entire warehouse stocks are now offered meet to farm consumers at contractors and manufacturers wholesale prices. But you must act quickly. for these bargain stocks are limited. 311M now we can guarantee slid . tdifeetf'rom atrot'tat (agrarian needs. Avon disappomtment. Write for Avery Avenue and G. T. R. Dent-M. r. _ Manufacturers of Extra-Qt! es Sump WHITE STAR REFINING chPANY m «a I. Tell us your ' and prices today. alibi Motor Oil Plenty of Water stock—an abundance 0 You can easxly Install OULD Over 300 typos—ell rigid do the work for which Service . ' ’ Addres Send today for this book. for the Home that our famil en'o sthe same comfortafl’ordedtpyour' i ‘3 L See y y J y f pure fresh water at all times. I ?‘ and barns and have plenty of water with one 0 'OH ‘VIRY .‘HVIG‘ dny for our free book, “Pumps for Every , The Goulds Mfg. Co. Main Ojice & Wks: Seneca Falls. N. Y. a water system in your home 8 PUMP ly tested and guaranteed to , recommended. Writeto- / r‘ 5 Dept. 19- Go Id 121:. m4 5‘. if , ep vsell'Wor-king Bead \ will! ‘. ', \ or air pressure or ele« "’“wfiutos I mmwm systems e ‘ 5" ' Buys the New Butterfly ,7 J_unlor No. 2%. Light run- ' mng, 'easy cleaning, close skimmmg durable. Guaran- _ teed a lifetlme a ainst de‘ facts in‘ material and wor manshlp. .lhzde eéso in four larger sizes up to No. 8 wn ere ‘ F'Arn i own an :0 ms m: mu .....-.;-..... Ti": eewlu cream. Postal brin e Free catalog-folder end ‘ 'direct-lrom- I (Idem ’ ofl'er. Buy rain the manufacturer and save money. Ii-H 3 C 2165” lllivd. cmcno HUDSIERfiZ‘WEfi FREE in our home 80 days free no nutter where you u'you’i- triendhsend it back at our expense if on do no Reg. U. s. Pat.OFE pzrnouaun JELLY. vent to keep it. Illlon member-let families en yin: the ‘ - W” “2 "gyms-:5 For burns. witnesses cuts sores mam“- ck-sr - sacrall skin. "M "' ‘-“‘ 1"“ It’l’ltdtlont , on! :- ,'“w3‘£l m - ' "603133 31-0vi 00. - sums} ~ 131 ant-8t. MU- lllvmared baddes- _ Please mention; the Michigan Farmer \ when" writing toadvertisers. free on request} . Gasman-cg”. co. 2" state its»: : mm .‘J., cm 19“!“ a llllllllllllIIIlllIllIlllllIlllIII||IlfllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllll Afllfllllllflllflmlllllllllllllllllfl ' mhlimnmflmnaum ftiflfllflll lllllflllllllllllllllllllll|llIllllllllllllllllllllllIllll|||llllllllIllll|IllHIE}|IllIll||llllllfllllllfllllIlllllllllllllflfllllllfllll "mm" mmlllflmllflmfifl , Woman " and Her N .eéds i’ i Remodeling the Child’s 1' Sweater ‘ ' ‘ Sweater Before Remodeling. N nothing do we show our patriot- ism more than in our willingness to fall in line with every request of the government. One of the big- gest requests is to get along with as little wool as possible, a request which will inconvenience the folks of the northern states nearly as much as the ban on sugar. So far wool cards are in the future, the giving up of wool is simply a test of our patriotism. The illustrations show how one mother met the situation. Sweaters will wear out even on grown-ups, and when a child wears one three years it begins to look as if a new one must replace it. This sweater, a. dark blue, was worn and frayed at cuffs and col- lar. In normal times the mother would have given it to the Salvation Army and bought a new one. This year, how- ever, she decided on new collar and cuffs. For the cuffs she simply cast on thirty stitches, knitting with two need- les, and knitted back and forth until the cuffs were as deep as were needed for that particular sweater, which depth, of course, she learned by meas- uring on the child. The” collar is just as simple. Cast on seven stitches and knit across and back. On the third time across cast on two more, and on the fifth, Seventh, ninth, eleventh, etc., un- til you have twenty-two stitches. Then knit straight back and forth until the collar is of sufficient length to start the point on the other side, when nar- row on every second time across down to seven stitches. The collar is then done. The cuffs are sewed together and tacked onto the sleeve, the worn blue cuff being cut away. With the new white collar sewed in place, the old sweater has a quite dressed up look, With New Collar and Cuffs. for the simple outlay of fifty cents in money for the yarn and two after- noon’s work—Grace Smith. A War Mcasurcfor Women and ‘ ‘l 7 OMAN’S place is in the home— and you were not at home when our committee called to- day! Were you buying food? Politics controls pure food laws and market conditions. Were. you buying ready- : made clothing? Politics controls con- ditions under which clothing is made. Were you seeking a position by which you can suppdrt your fatherless chil- dren? Politics controls conditions of women’s labor.” After the above fashion runs a leaf- let now being used in the campaign for votes for Michigan women..I commend it to all thinking women who still cling sincerely to the belief that wom- an’s place is in the home. Follow back any one of the subjects mention- ed and see how far afield it takes you ——to school and cOllege, to food mar- kets, to clothing stores, factories and sweatshops where myriads of women toil for you, and to the increasing number of places where women now work for wages. ‘ Grasp, for a moment’s thought, the largeness of the “home circle” in which. you are actually living, and “home” at once takes in whatever af- fects the family’s welfare. _ This world war is leading almost everyone, of “us to work for the protection of the home r ~‘ . " wife is. agains a toe thousands of miles dis " ' ' enelghhorhood has “pd-j Men denly grown very, very big for most of us. As a war measure, the country is asking women to give service as farm- ers, mechanics, nurses and doctors, munition workers, mine workers, bell- boys, conductors, motormen—and such service is being cheerfully given by women. Over against this service, voters are asked to give Michigan women the ballot. This, also, is a war- time measure—such a. measure as nearly all leading nations have adop- ted since the big war began. Will the Michigan women get the vote, as oth- er women have done? This depends partly upon you and me. .> “But why should farm women, in particular, deserve or need the vote?” Whoever asks that question does not thoughtfully know farm life; does not recognize what women and girls on farms are doing this very day, nor what they have done this season. Who- ever wonders why the Michigan farm, woman deserves the ballot,the same as her man, has not seen her \pitch hay and wheat, drive and handle all farm machinery, milk cows, deliver milk, make. garden—and keep her household running besides. The farm wife is the partner of her husband as no other . and she, understands the (1g— 9-K; MM; , _-“‘-~.. , thickmyrupbusm \ " ' fi letteriealehpo'und of a the reinstate an; and as had:- tlon to this she, patches and" mends that her fannly may buy Liberty Bonds, eaves food to feed th'e‘army, and-knits, snipe and sews for the Red-Cross. Moreover, farm women know the in- justices which eit’i'st against agricul- ture just as ‘well as their men do; ' they know the waste that goes on be: cause of poor marketing facilities, and they know, too, sometimes better than the men, how extravagance plays hav- oc in many public places. The farm woman sometimes asks why every small town needs three or four gro« cery stores to handle food stuffs—«each with its profits to support a. family—— when one post office serves the self- same people from one building, with one set of clerks. 01', for that mat- ter, why there are two or more banks, or why it requires a half dozen dry- kets~ to clothe and feed the same folks whose mail is all handled from one building. To help change some of these things—putting life on a more com- monsense, business-like basis—the farmer’s wife could make good use of the vote. Out in Nevada a well-known young woman is candidate for the United States Senate. It is said the general sentiment seems to he, "give her a 'chance; give the women a chance, they can’t do worse than the men have done. ' Another hassaid, “Women’s coopera- tion is needed, not because they are displaying unexpected skill in knitting, or in making shells, and in nursing shell-shattered patients, but because they are partners and comrades with men in the diflicult business of life.” JENNIE BUELL. Knowing and Learning There was once a' woman who thought herself an excellent house- keeper because she did things exactly as her mother had done, no better and no worse. Then there came a guest, 3. little girl who had learned many things from reading the latest books and mag- azines a girl who was always learning. And the woman who had been satisfied with knowing found that, while a good housekeeper, she was not an excellent one, for she was wasteful of both time and strength and she had missed all the improvements that had been made on the ways and methods of a past generation. She was an 1880 model of housewife competing with the 1918 type. The little girl who read and learned mixed the lard and flour for her pie crust with a fork and used ice water instead of any kind that happened to be available, her crusts were flaky and feather light. She put her dust cloths in an old pail, poured in a. littlekero- sene oil and covered them tightly for an hour. Each cloth was as good as those the woman had been buying of an agent at thirty cents each. She washed beans, peas, berries, etc., in a sieve and the work was wondrously simplified. She kept a clean newspa- per over the kitchen table, changing papers as often as necessary and much scrubbing of the white oilcloth was saved. The woman who knew watched her with a new interest in what had be- come prosaic, dragging housework. When she suggested that boiled salad dressing could be canned just as easily as peaches the woman doubted, but experience proved that enough dress- ing to last three months could be made at one time and with a big sav- ing of time, fuel and dishwashing. The girl who read went back to school but the woman who thought she knew subscribed for three good maga- zines and set herself the task of be- coming the woman who could and would learn. HOME QUERIES. Household Editor.—-Will you please publish a recipe for making gherkins? Is there any other way of serving string beans besides milk and in suc- cotash?—~Beader. Wipe four hundred small cucumbers and soak in a brine made of two cups of salt to two quarts of boiling water for twenty-four heurs. Drain, wipe and soak six hours in one gallon of boiling water and one teaspoon of alum water. Drain and cook the cucumbers in the following mixture: Two quarts vine- gar, four red peppers, chopped, two tablespoons of mixed spices, two table- spoons whole cloves, two four-inch sticks of cinnamon broken in pieces, first boiling the mixture eight minutes. Put the pickles into crooks or fruit jars and strain the liquor‘over them. Use care in cooking the cucumbers, just let them come to a boil and skim out im- mediately. Long cooking makes them soft. ‘ ’ Instead of adding milk to the beans after cooking, leave on about a half cup of the water and add two table- spoons of butter. Many people like them with the water all drained off and butter and a half cup of vinegar added. Just let them boil up it this. Or you can cut a slice or two of bacon into small pieces, brown them, toss the hot boiled beans about inklthe spid- er with the bacon and serve. A few drops of onion juice is. an improve- ment. . Household Editor.—Wonld like to know how to dry citron peel like the gag you buy to put in fruit cake.— Pare the citron, cut in pieces of a ' convenient size; and boil in slightly salted; water until tender. Make a g one'pound or «sugar the prepared citron. Add the citron and let simmer until the syrup is near— ly absorbed, then boil rapidly, stirring constantly, until the pieces are well coated. Dry in the warming oven and store in any tight receptacle, fruit jars or pails with tight-fitting lids. CONTRIBUTED RECIPES. Barley Pudding. 5 cupfuls of milk, 1,9 cup barley meal, 1/2 cupful molasses, 1/2 teaspoonsalt, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon ginger. Scald the milk, pour over the barley meal and cook in double boiler for twenty minutes. Add molasses and other ingredients; bake two hours in a. slow oven and serve with milk or a pudding sauce. Barley Qakes. 2 cups barley flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, % cup sugar, 1,4 teaspoon salt, 1,4 teaspoon each of cinnamon and cloves, 1/, cup fat, 1 beaten egg, 2 tablespoons milk, « 36 cup chopped nuts and raisins. Combine in order named, stirring all the while. Make a dough stiff enough to be rolled, using a little more flour if ' necessary. Roll out to one-half inch thiekness;‘cut with cookie cutter, and bike in moderate oven.-——Mrs.' L. M. Thornton. , ‘ . - _ - i. "‘ .A‘ 1,- ‘1 " _' r for War uses. aiestic. , Eerie! parts made by ocelpere. Iron and steel ‘ are needed for war. ‘- ,Tlle U. 5. Government is calling ' j for the conservation of You can help by making your old range “do” a little longer. Have it repaired, if necessary. If it is past repairing, and on must buy a new range. get o It will save fuel—abso- lutely heat-tight. lt will save food'— balree right always. It will save re- 'rs— its malleable from frame is un- eakable and its charcoal iron body resists rust 300% better than steel. Sold by leading dealer: in every County of 42 States. “elastic Mfg. (30., Dept. 21. St. Louis. Mo. Caution: If your Moiutic mode new parts. set then from a Majestic dealer. _ ~ on genuine Majestic materials-not light. m- 1’! insist MICHIGAN FARMER PATTERNS. Any of the patterns illustrated may be secured by sending order to Pattern Department, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, cnclosrng the amount set opposite the patterns wanted. - No. 2601———Gir1s’ Dress. Cut in four sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. Size 10 requires four yards of 36~inch mate rial. Price 100. No. 2603~—Child’s Dress. Cut in four sizes, 1 year, 2, 4, and 6 years. Size four will require 2% yards of 44-inch material. PriCe 100. . i. .No. 2584—Girls’ Dress. Cut in four s1zes, 8, '10, 12 and 14 years. Size 12 will require 41,4 yards of 44-inch mate- rial. Price 100. “\ No. 2515—Girls’ Coat. Cut in five sizes, 6, 8. 10. 12 and 14 years. Size 12 will require 3% yards of 36-inch mate- rial. Price 100. L 1 requires 37 ards of 44411 erlal. Price leaky 2““ _No. 2435—Ladies’ Apron. Cut in four Sizes, small. 32,34; medium, 36-38 large, 40-42; extra large, 44-46 inches bust measure. A medium size requires 4% yards of 36—inch material. Price 10 cents. _ No. 2592—1.adies’ Home Dress. Cut. in seven sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. Size 38 re- quires five yards of 44-inch material. The dress measures about 2% yards at the foot. Price 100. No. 2596« Girls’ Dress. Cut in four ‘- sizes, 4, 6, 8' and 10 rs. Size six * requires 2%, yards of 6-inch material. Price 10c. ' . N9. 2604b—Girls’ Dress. Cut in four" sizes, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 12 The Perfect Home light . lights With Common Matches N0 need, now, to bother with old style oil lamps that smoke and flicker and are positively dangerous. Here's the perleel home light, that makes and burns its own gas from common gasoline and lights WWI common matches. a}... @Iemam 0 e . ll ICk'lll'G * safest lamp in the world— labsolutely no danger of fire or explosion. Fuel can’t spill- no danger if tipped over. No wicks to trim -- no . globes to wash. No dirt. grease. soot or smoke. 300 Candle Power. Brighter than 20 oil lamps. Far brighter than the brightest e is c tric ' light and 80 times cheap- er. Costs less than one- , , third of a cent per hour. l Safer than Oil lamps. Cheaper than the cheap- est candles. For sale by dealers every- where. If yours cannot lupplv write nearest ofllce for Catalog No. 29 coleman lamp (:0. Wienm, at. Paul, 'l'oledo. Dallas, Chicago. ‘ ,- MORE FOR _‘§3“‘.\“‘“"//, ‘Qilberman .- 3 lo Broker's Profits, lo Commissions Siiberman now buys direct from the trapper. Ship here and get higher prices—every penny for yourself Don't divide your fur profits with middlemen. Silberman sends "the check that satis- fies” by return mail from "the house with a million friends.” You, too, can get these extra prices. Send name and address for guaranteed pricelist had full details of the Siiberman plan. Sent tree. 8. SILBERMAN & SONS ‘ : Ospnel Over $2,000,000 1125" West 35th Street. Oblong?) LET US TAN YOUR HIDE. Horse or Cow hide. Calf or other skins with hair or fur on, and make them into coats (for men and women). robes, rugs or gloves when so ordered. Your Moss‘s wlll cost you less than to buy them and be worth more. Our Illustrated catalog gives 8. lot of information. It tells how to take of! . and care for hides; how and when we pay the freight both ways; about our ‘ sale dyeing process on cow and horse hide. calf and other skins; about the fur goods and game trophies we sell, taxidermy. etc. Then we have recently got out an- . other we call our Fashion book wholly , devoted to fashion plates 0 muffs, neckwear and other fine fur garments, with prices : also Our garments remed- ied and repaired. ; You can have either book by sending . ur correct address namingwhich. or " ” nth books it you need bot Address The Croeb Frisian m Comrny.‘ 571 Lye Ave” Rochester. . Y. MflllNE TRAETOR ’ FOR SALE Model “C”. Used Very Little. COME AND SEE IT. , GEO. S. BIGELOW, BREEDSVILLE, ' MICH. Agricultural Lime Hollow Building Tile .r Drein T'le‘ (. WAS a member of the club last year and I decided to try again with the object in view of getting all I could out of it. I got a lot of ex perience out of it last year and knew that I would get more this year. I already had my stock of eleven» full—blooded White Leghorn hens, one full-blood White Leghorn cock, and nine mixed hens that I had kept over winter and which were in good shape. Last fall I built a new poultry house 9x10 feet. The lumber cost $15 and for a roof I obtained a large number of one-gallon tin cans from which I removed the ends and opened them up on one side so that they formed ex- cellent shingles. I put these on the roof, lapping a little and painting them with a coat of tar. This formed a good and cheap roof. I made the south side mostly of windows because I think sun light is one of the essential things for the good health of the birds. I think that it may be well to give here a little sketch of my poultry house and yard. In addition to this I built another building at one end. I secured some old boards and things and used this for a. temporary scratching pen. I in- tend to remove this in the spring, buy new lumber and make a building 8x12 feet. I made the south side of this glass also and a loft overhead to store hay for winter feeding. I had quite a quantity of straw so I took some boxes and set them in a small circle, leaving it so that the hens could get back underneath. I then cov- ered the whole with a well-formed strawstack and this formed excellent nests for the summer. To prevent the lice from getting into the coop, I am building some nests for winter. They are of boxes on stakes a. little ways from the wall. I also put my roosts on stakes so that they did not touch the wall. Every week or so I spray the roosts and supports good with kero~ sene. This prevents lice and scaly feet on the birds. I obtained a thick earthenware crock and built a roof of tin on stakes for a shade and placed the water under this. This keeps it cool, which I think is very important in the growth of the poultry and I wish very muchethat I could have running water which is my ideal of a watering system. All along the south side of the park are maple, oak, poplar trees which fur- nish abundant shade for a part of the park all day. It is so situated that there is nothing to stop the breeze and it is nice and cool under these trees . during the hottest days. I set two of my hens on April 28, and one on May 24. I have found that boxes and barrels are very unsatisfac- tory for setting hens in because the chicken lice will soon accumulate in the cracks and will cause the hen to leave the nest, and often kill her. I have found what I think is a sure method of preventing this. Obtain a piece of plain tin or sheet iron, about 26x60 inches. Bend this in a large cir- cle, leaving a space of about one foot on. one side for a door. Drive stakes on each side of the door on the out- side to keep the tin in- shape and fill up on the outside and inside with two or three inches with dry dirt or sand to keep water from running in at the bottom. Secure an. old galvanized iron tub. Turn this over the bent tin so that it forms a roof and put a weight on top to hold it .down. Put in plenty of straw or bay for a nest and have a‘ ' . » . w. ROLLINSON minim roughest stag; nimolt,’ Mioh' piece of tin set up in fronttoprote'ct a How I Carried Out the ’POu/ltry’P‘roijc'ct- it from rain. In this way a service- able coop can be «built quickly with two pieces of sheet iron and an Old tub. A screen yard can be placed in front of this or it can be placed in any position desired. I came upon this idea by observing old hens that stole their nests. I found that they usually built their nests on the ground under some bush or in a hidden place and a. large per cent of the eggs always hatch. I think that this kind of a. coop comes as near as we can expect to get to nature’s methods. The eggs keep moist so that they hatch easily and the hens did not break them like in a box. ‘ By filling some loose straw in the coop it can be burned out easily, thus killing all lice and the coop will be ready for use again. After the chicks become larger they maybe transferred to larger buildings. I stored a large quantity of hay over- head of my coop and in a stack, to feed during the winter. Next year I will raise a quantity of cabbage and mangles for this purpose. I am slowly turning my breed of chickens from full blood White Leg- horns to full blood Barred Rocks by selling off all my White Leghorns and buying Barred Rock eggs. I think that the Barred Rocks lay nearly as good as the White Leghorns, eat no more, and bring a better pricezwhen‘ you want to sell them. Several of my» cockerels when I. sold them at’ the age of about four months, weighed five and a. quar- ter pounds. The people that I bought my eggs from had pullets begin to lay at the age of about six months. I think that on the whole this club work has done me a lot of good this summer and has given me some expe— rience which I shall not forget. I took my exhibit of poultry and eggs to the local fair. I received first prize on both eggs and poultry. At the county fair I received first prize on my hatching and brooding exhibit, and second on my egg and meat producing exhibit. I regret very much that I can not carry on club work next year, but shall keep on by myself and shall go into the poultry and fruit business in. earnest and shall profit by my expe- riences. E. G. BARRETT. Experiences of a Farmcrcttc By CLARA B. KINNEY- ..........x....._...............e..~.. ,..-..- .. , .. , . .. ., . .. . I Have Been Doing My Bit in the Uniform of a Farmerette. OMPANY attention; about face! C forward march! 'That’s it, at- tention, about face and forward march. Last spring when father was worry- ing about how he was going to be able to carry on our big farm of one hun- dred and sixty-nine acres, since broth- er was in France and help so scarce, then I did just that. I came to atten- tion, faced abdut and all summer long have been going forward, doing my bit, in the uniform of a Farmerette, and, oh, how proud I’ve been to do it. I never had done farm work before, my health had always been poor and the Doctor said. that I must not do heavy work. But it has done me a lot of good and now, after my sum- mer’s work is over I’m tanned, healthy and oh! such an appetite. . \ What did I do? Well, I cut and rak- ed twenty-nine acres of hay, out eight- een acres of wheat, nineteen acres of cats and nineof barley. ,' I think the binder is just great to Work with and I‘love to hear he rack-arack-rack and ’to watch the big reels revolve, bending the golden grain in a continuouswave, clipping it off so neatly and then gath- ering and binding it into bundles. " It _:~ y“: ,),~‘l. ‘ seems almost human and I and my Deering got to be great chums, though I really think I like the mower better. _ After the grain was cut I helped to load it and pitch it off into the mow. And every night after my team was unharnessed and cared for I would milk two or three cows. When it came time to put in the fall wheat father let me plow with his gang plows and tractor for two hours, just to see if I could. I also did some of the harrowing, which my little brothers finished. I am now working in Reading in a. millinery store, but must leave here in another week and help in the corn harvest. I am really looking forward to it, for I have learned to love the out-of—doors work, and also feel so proud that, though I am unable to go with my brother to France, still I can help to raise more food here, that brother and the brave boys "over there”, may not be without. The Smallest Farm- ers 1n the World WONDER how many of our boys I and girls have heard grandfather tell stories of the early pioneer days in Michigan? 0f the tedious clearing of land, and fitting it for cul- tivation? of the toil, the sweat, and the backache, which culminated in our beautiful agricultural Michigan of today? If so, you have doubtless wOndered how anyone could have the courage, the patience, and the perseverance to hew down the great trees, clear out the brush laboriously, and without the aid of mOdern machinery, to fit the farm for its present ”usefulness and beauty. ‘ l , . If all this seems strange _‘ to you, what would you think of little insects that imitate exactly the pioneers of long ago? ,. ' , _ . This little insect pioneer, the agri- cultural ant, or harvesting nut, is “a nativeof Texas. It’shabits havebe‘en closely studied byfie LI; . +~,,._.. r 5.5.. !, f the little people in their work. play! . »*”‘% .4», viii-i." and rest. and a. very interesting study it must have been. These little farmers work for" days and days clearing away grass, weeds andobstacles ‘frcmya space'of from , seven to twelve feet square. toiling ceaselessly and untiringly, biting dawn’ 'the tough stalks and grasses and car- rying them away. a tremendous task for so small a creature; for they are only about one- -half an inch long'r but they cut, pull, twist and tear, and acmetimes even, one or more will climb to the top of a stalk and bend it down with their own weight while another cuts it off near the/ground, un- til at last their little farm is cleared with the exception of a species of needle grass, called ant-rice, which they allow to grow and when the seeds are ripe, gather them and carry them to the storehouses underneath the ground. Like all good farmers, these little folk are a peaceable people, never ,quarreling among themselves, but al- ways willing to help one another out of difficulties. They work a while, rying . their loads along- their- little roads they never turn out upon meet- ing a neighbor, but walk right over , him. And as for cleanliness, they spend oh! so much time daily in washing and brushing each other. lieve, too, that “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," and attimes have regular romps and will jump, cap- er, and'dance on their hind legs. They also wrestle and perhaps this is partly "the reason for their well developed muscles, for they are very strong little fellows and a single one will carry in its jaws a burden twenty-five times its own weight. Ants use the sign language exclu- sively and when a slave-making ant is hungry it will pat its slave on the head, when the slave will at once bring its mistress something to eat. ~ The order to march is given by a tap on the side—and off will start the lit- tle company in a long file, to the field for the day's work, to their rest, or to their play, as the case may be. L. W. S. High Production at Low Cost (Continued from page 347) days until the cow regains her normal condition. Then her grain ration may be increased gradually until it is safe to bring her up to maximum produc- tion. Among the feeds commonly used in feeding for milk and butter-fat records ground oats, wheat bran, gluten, hom< iny, cottonseed meal, oil meal and mo- lasses feeds are favorite concentrates, with good corn silage, mangels and a1- falfa and clover hay to furnish the de- sired bulk and succulence. Feeding is just as important as breeding in bring- ing out a winner. Skillful feeding con sists in giving the cow just enough of what she likes and needs. Each ani- mal presents a different problem to the feeder. The ration must be regu- lated to meet the demands of her pro- duction and flesh condition from day to day. To know what each cow in one’s herd is capable of doing in one year without injury to herself is of the ut- most importance in making proper se- lections for breeding. To plan his feed- ing so that each cow will produce a maximum yield of milk and produce a healthy, vigorous calf requires skill and discriminating judgment. The question of forcing cows for milk pro- duction, that is, forcing them above their ordinary maximum flow, is one that needs earnest and careful consid- eration. Considered from the stand- point of raising strong, healthy calves, the extra cost of feeding various mix— tures of grain, and the extra care and attention required, . such as milking three'or four times a day, the loss of not breeding at the proper time, or at the time when an ordinary cow not on forced test would drop her calf, and then only for the sake of a few extra hundred pounds of milk, it is doubtful if the practice will pay during a series of years. Cows that are used natural- ly and fed so as to get their maximum natural flow of milk, with no forced feeding, meanwhile breeding them about six or eight weeks after calving, 'will produce better results, taking sew eral years’ results as a basis, than cows that are run for all they are worth. Considering the number of cows that are being forced for milk and butter-fat records is it not surpris- ing that more wonderful records are not made? 4 ‘The .agitation today is toward a more conservative method of handling advanced registry work. Some breed- . ers favor the ten- month record in or- der that the cow may complete her record have a rest and then drop her at the and ot the year. There is of also of yearly rec- ords. It is the true measure of a cow’s value, but it should be made under conditions as near normal as possible. That both long and short period rec- ords have done a lot to develop some of the great families of the dairy breeds goes without saying, yet many breeders are approaching the danger point in their efforts to produce phe- nomenal records. The breeding bull should be well fed at all times. Feed him enough to keep him strong and vigorous without load- ing him down with an excess of inside fat and outside tallow. Blood, muscle and bone are what is wanted in a breeding bull. After his maturity is reached he should be kept in about the same flesh condition throughout the Yearly Records Give a TrueMeasure of a Cow’s Value. year. This letting down and building up process is always dangerous. Avoid feeding too much silage or cottonseed meal. Give him all the clover, or mix« ed hay, he will eat with a relish, a few pounds of good roots, and from four to six pounds of bran and ground oats. Give him 3.11 the clean water he will drink at least once a day. 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C. 444‘” 'ES New York Office. 366 Broadway “no“ Warning to (In Trade—An y garment ofl‘erod co Hones wit out it is a substitute unless it bears the “Hones" label. HOGS. “STRAlGHT BROOK STOCK FARM" L S P EC all sold out, excep t the largest4' 0 Oglwt raised last year, pbred for J une farrow. WARTZ, Bhool craft. Mich. lg 12 pe P C. Bi boned fellows tron Ion as greatest “her 5 ,special pr ces Talli‘WriO boars and choice bred . Burr Oak, Mich. Big Type Poland Chinas. Spring pigs for sale. Healthy and growtby. From urge litters. Prices rihgh L. W. Barnes andBo 11. Byron. Mich. Big T ")0 P C. Bpfinmafsbs for sale.alsoBamp' A. A. WOOD I: SON. - - Saline, Mich. arge type P. 0. fall sgilts up to 366 lbs. lreadyN to s hwp bred {Cor mAu. Edan S-ept furrow. Fall sale Nov Wm. .7, Mason, Mich Hamsplres I have 22 yearllngsl 081141 20 ram lam bsort sale. Best of breeding. J. B. Wei ,.R 1.10nla, Mich. ' Shropshire yearling and ram lambs RegIStered with best of breedin and size. Prices $400 to 860 also a few bred owes at 8 H. F.M OUSER. R. 6, Ithaca. Mich. ' Am offering 8 yearlin rams now. Also 12 ShWPSlllre Vosunfi ewes Ifor Decemier deliver . C. J. THOMP Rockfor, Mich. earlings and ram lambs, one Kc ShrOPShire Ron 2 yr. old ram. All wool- mutton iiypxéo G. P, ANDREWS - Dansville, Mich ' Shropshire yearling ewes and Registered lllgISlel'ed Shropshi re yearling rams. Representa- tives of this flock have given satisfaction in manysbatefl since 1890. Priced to sell. .Lemen, Dexter, Mich FOR 25 YEARS This establishment hasbeen head quarters for Big Type Poland Ch inns. We have a nice lot of bears andsows of strictly blg type breeding at very low price. Let me know what you want. Bell phone. JNO C. BUT ER. - - - Portland. Mich. 0. Mar. and April boars ready I‘arge typep to ship, the big bone, big litter, biggest kind, that out and make good. inspec- tion invited. FreeLIviIvmgs from Parma W. E. STON, Par-ma. Mich. OLD FASHIONED gagged... egg; Gllts and Fall Gilts bred or 11ubred.Nreason:1 is. J. M. WILLIAMS ”Adams Mich Big typo Poland-China pigs, Pedigreed both sexes, Aug (arr arrow tree Certificates of Re istMery. reasonable 8prices LONE CEDAR RF R. 2, Pontiac, Mich. Big tygeP. C. Boaroneyearilng. Lar and fineevery way fall yearling 10 Apr. boars. rite for prices Satisfaction guaranteed. R. W .Mills, Saline, Mich Bl l' 0 9 Bears all ages the kind that make 173.91 P gooR Dmeet me at the fairs. LEONA - - St. Louis, Mich. P. 0, Spring boars and elite now ready 1%:ch better in Michigan. Come and see J.EIIAG LSHAW Augusta. Mich Yorkshire Gilts go that are P a) LEARGEY Ty to ship. For full or Winter Breeding. A dress ARKO RO,FT R 7. Po ntiac. Mich. Hampshires ri boarsn rea RogiStered at a bargumxlires guts inogec. dy JOHN W. SNYDER. oths. Mi oh. Brookside g‘agmfigggahhropshires of quality. 10 DAI‘LBUUHER R. 4, Evart, Mich. ' 15 yearling ramsSO ram la th5 Shropshires ewes 30 ewe lambs. Prioeder'Iifht. B. D. KELLY & SON, - - - Ypsilanti. M h. H ave a few good yearling and ram lambs Also a limited amount of 01111 owes. HARRY POTTER 61 Si 4.N gavisgn Mich. FOR SALE Shorpshire Ram lambs 10 bred owes and 14) Ewe lamb ARMSTRONG BROS. R. 3. Fowletvilla. Mich. ' Shropshire yearling rams. also D - . RegIStered roc J81 sfiy hogs at farmers rice: B A. MARSHALL, Masonlgdloh. For Sale Oxfords 1-2 year old ram beauty, 3 good yearling rams at farm- ers prices, also low good ewes, Can breed to our Cana- glgbra’lm 2an shiin Dec 184.. if desired. BBQ T, - — - Palms, Mich. OXFORD RAM'S l 2 year o.ld 3 \earlings and 6 lambs. All EAR.LC Mct‘Alt".lY - Bda Axe Mic . Oxford ram lambs; come b auto and t k I‘choicleC at 8380 and $35 fine stock. y2 B. 3 W. St 21311213; St. Johg Mi 12‘ Choice leord Yearling 44am: For 84140 H. B. PETERS - Clarand. Mich. XFORD Down Ram lambs alsoafew ewe lambs. Berksh1re bothfiexes. Bookl d CHASE s'ioox FARM Raf or 335$:an ic FOR SAL Oxford Sheep. You-ling H. w MANN. . ".d '3'“ $334141. inch OXFORDS LAMBS and yearling rams. 0. M. York, Millington. Mich. SHEEP Hampshire Shropshire and Oxfords. penile: sex. send for cir- II J i305? x891 FARM Kind-their Mich. Hampshires if.” dating“? 11;“ m yearling F. A. more, Wrd. Mich and Dehinee having-lie. covering, oily mm?“ 1am”: {whom-.34. Improved 44335...“ 0.3%“? 5“" 3" NEWTONABLANK Hill Crest arm, Paulina. Mich. Farm gituatod four miles south of Midfifix LINCOLNS Lin ooln rams and: Good bred if desired for sale. E. Knight, mammwfiwm- Cotswold,‘ olanraTflirninEaman with each. d faul'hllifi'm “‘23:... m , I — “921;; wrung» m«£&<‘a."~i&e"«b:¢qbf‘ < 1 .csM:b..;* . ; ,‘ ~ 1". £73“? I not only promise that I’ll help, but I’ll guarantee to . ' make good. guarantee to fatten your hogs in quicker time—I’ll guarantee to make your hens lay more eggs—1’ ll guarantee to increase the milk yield of your cows —and the 1ncrease will be a big one. Your horses will keep in good condition on much less grain. I Make the Feed Count—All "of It Make It Produce Pork, Beef, Eggs, Milk I’ll stop that frightful waste. I’ll save you the 20% of the grain that now goes to the manure pile. How? By helping the animal digest ALL the feed. That’s exactly what 1s done by feeding Wilbur’ 5 Stock Food Tonic. That’s exactly why Wilbur’ 5 users get such results as: “Am getting 20 to 30 eggs a day when my neighbors are getting one; ” "Cows give more milk and richer milk; ” “It starts hens lay- ing quicker and keeps them laying longer;” “It fat- tens my hogs in less time on less grain.” You Can Produce More Food and Make Twice as Much Money This Winter and I’ll Prove It At My Expense Use the coupon. Tell me how many horses, cows, chickens. hogs you have. And I' ll make you an offer that puts it right up to Wilbur' 3 Stock Food Tonic to show results or leaves me in the hole at no cost to you. 1’ ll tell you part of my offer. I’ ll send you 60 days’ supply of Wilbur’ 5 Stock Food Tonic suited to your different animals. With the food I’ ll send along a guarantee that says. “You’ll get more eggs, more pork, more milk, or no pay. I also have somethings ecial for you that I’ 11 write you about when Isend you my 0 er. Don' t wait. Don’t put off send- ing coupon and forget. It' 5 too important—too 1mportant to Uncle Sam—too important to you. E. B. Marshall, Pres. E. B. Marshall Co. 155-9 Huron Street, Milwaukee, Wis. Patten Hoqs Quicker E. B. Marshall Co., 155-9 Huron St., Milwaukee, Wis. | Dear Mr. Marshall: Send me full particulars .of 1your 60‘ | day offer of‘ ‘More Food Production or N o P.'ay do .not agree at this time to accept same, but will give it consideration. I I Name ............................................. . ........... . I I Ps0 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OIIOOIOOIIO ' ' R. FOD ooooooooooo 0......000 000000000 State ...... .II ..... 0...... E ' 'i .aufhoritative farm papers of their individual I " mg 111 Re resentstive, 1341 Conwa Bi ., -:‘j W " - pcnlc y d, Wa wanted to give satisfaction. BEST FOR THE READER rnnnnrons BEST FOR THE ADVERTISE R Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich. (Rate 450 per line.) Guaranteed Rate Per Circulation Agate Line GOMBAULT’S CAUSTIC BALSAM Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, Ohio, 260.000 81.30 A safe. speedy and (R1111 65c per line. ) positive cure for Pomiulllnm Firm" Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Ca 11 Bock, R t I351 11 I. 1‘.‘ Strained Tendons, Founder, ind Puffs, 1' 0 '~ P" ‘09-) and all lameness from Spsvin, Ringbone The Progressive and other bony tumors. Cures all skin Farmer 180,063 90 diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or 31min hem—Raleigh ' Dallas—{Mornpls his. Cattle. Breeder’s Gazette, 90,000 .70 As a HUMAN REMEDY for Rheu- Chicago, "1 Eagl’mnlkbfiuralns, Sore Throat, etc., it Prairie-F‘fmor 113,500 .60 Every bottle of Caultlc Balsam sold II Warranted to give satisfaction Price $1.73 Chicago. per bottle. Sold by dru or sent by ex- floafd’s Dan-yum“, 67’866 s .45 press, charges paid, yivlth full 8directions for its Ft. Atkinson, Wis. as 3:13.18 233 nd 13; I.glgisscriptlre circulars, testimo- Wisconsin Agri- m “warren-mums 001111111. Glsvslsnd. Ohio. culturist, 62,000 .35 Resins, Wis. The Farmer, 140,000 -- (.70 St. Paul. Minn. The Farmer’s Wife 750,000 3.00 ‘ St Paul. Minn. Wallace’s Farmer, 71,000 .45 lies Moinss, is. Pacific Rural Press 28,689 .17} sun Franclaco. owninmk.w1$ukmfflcgntwtoru I ._...___. as n 1,753,055 33,721s1m1uiunri'1'n 10.. 468 min 111.. mimosa. h- ‘ These publications are conceded tobe bethe Bone S avin Nomtterhowoldthe’one , ’ horsemrwhstodlertrsstnientfslled.” ' Flemin 's Spsvin and ' s. AGO. ILL. :ingbono sets. 62 a Bottle . "' 'WALLlicB c. Rtlttzil'iAkbi'pN. ln‘c. ‘ m 6 8561! I V9.38]. earth '0- I" m film 0111: crrx. q (is. For fin-ther information address ‘ STANDARD FARM PAPERS, inc. 11' Witt-fig to' Advertisers Please j nAd. in The ichigsn ' WANTED: MORE save OF THE SAME KIND. - This boy made good at his job. He learned how to do farm wOrk at the‘ same time. The farmer is well satis- fied. Read his letter to the Boys’ Working Reserve office at Detroit: Dear Sirz—In May you sent me a young boy from Chicago, sixteen years of age and inexperienced in all lines of farm work. This week his time is up, as he wants a couple of weeks va- cation before starting in school. Mr. Parcells, this boy has proven to be a great success. He was willing and ambitious, . very courteous and mannerly. Has learned to handle a seven-horse team, milk, and every- thing there is to do on a dairy farm. If there is anything needed in the way We Found City Boys Good Help at Threshing Time. to help advertise this, we have some cuts we would gladly furnish for the farm papers. I now hope you can send me another man. I need one immediately. Could you send me a single man, and a mar- ried man for the year? I want them immediately. Tlrusting to hear from you by return mai . (Signed) Yours truly, R. B. PARHAM. HARVESTING SORGHUM. BY M. B. COBB. The harvesting of sorghum is much different than that of corn. Frost will ruin sorghum and it must be harvest- ed as soon as frost threatens. The tops should be cut off a foot below the head as the upper part contains no sugar. The blades are easily struck off by strippers, a home-made wooden sword, one is used in each hand, necessarily the swords are light. . After stripping the cane is cut close to the ground and the stalks are piled Here and There Among OUr Farmers horizontally. The stalks are not plac- ed in the standing position as the ends are likely to be dirty and the cane drys out readily, changing the sugar into an unavailable form. The pile ’of cane should be covered with the trips or straw to protect the rapid- drying. The cane can be hauled to the mills as soon as conVenient. The mills are simple affairs consist- ( ing of rollers and shallow evaporating pans similar to those used in making maple syrup. Mills are to be found in many Michigan cemmunities or can be purchased for $50 to $75 and run by- a gasoline engine. The whole operation of raising and making of sorghum syrup is simple and one can readily produce a syrup that rivals honey in color and is de- -'lightful to the taste. HARD TO BEAT. Here is another farmer who is con- vinced that city boys can do farm work satisfactorily. His letter to the local office of the Boys’ Working Re- ' serve would indicate that he is quite enthusiastic over the matter. Dear Sim—Frederic Stanton has been working on my farm from March 28 to August 27, during which time his work has been of the most satisfactory nature, and for grasping the details of the work and doing what he was told, he is hard to beat. In general, he far exceeded my expectations regarding city boys. Very truly figure, (Signed) HERMAN. DISEASES OF MICHIGAN BEAN CROP. A new bulletin dealing with the re- sults obtained by the experiment sta- tion of the college during the course of five years’ work in studying the dis- eases of beans, is being issued by M. A. C. The publication, which can be had by interested individuals who will write to the experiment station of M. A. C. for “Technical Bulletin No. 38,” contains much information of value to every bean grower in the state. Michigan produces forty-six per cent of the maple, twenty-one per cent of the beech and fifty-one per cent of ' the birch lumber of the country. act reads: the discretion of the court. mining the 11:11 by difference. Michigan’s Style OfButter TTENTION is called to the law ‘on butter. “No person shall offer or expose for sale, have in his possession with intent to sell, or sell as butter, any product which contains less than eighty per cent of milk fat, and which is not made exclusively from milk or cream or both, with or with- out common salt, and with or without additional coloring matter.” Section 2 contains the following proviso: of this act shall not be deemed to apply to any person not a. man- ‘ ufacturer—who has bought the product mentioned for resale, but when found to be under the standard prescribed, shall furnish in- formation from whom said product was received.” Section 3 provides a'penalty for violation of the provisions of this act, of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than ninety days, or by both, such fine and imprisonment in Strict compliance with the provisions of the law above quoted will be insisted upon, effective" at once. have been instructed to obtain samples for the purpose of analy- sis and where butter is found to contain less than eighty per cent of milk fat, prosecution will be instituted. ' Butter made according to good commercial practice and with— . out any design to incorporate abnormal quantities of water, salt, or curd, will, in practically every instance“ contain not less than the _ per. cent of butter-fat specified. The composition Of butter may, . , therefore. be determined quite accurately by making an analysis 1 .- for moisture and salt, estimating the curd one per cent, and deter- H. D. WENDT, Section 1, of this “That the provisions Department inspectors In Charge '01 Dairy Division. 7 19114161 . .1 _ . .p—v».,.—. ... -..... ByR..G .Thc Peultry Yard Bulletin KIRBY Big and Little Prod/em: tfiaz‘ t/ze Farmer Poultry Keeper Meet: HE big turkey harvest should be planned just before Thanksgiv- ing time as prices are highest at that time because of the popularity of the Thanksgiving turkey dinner. However, birds ,that are thin and un- finished at Thanksgiving time should . not be dumped on the. market then but .. held for the Christmas market. The shipping. of scrawny. underfed turkeys does not pay at any time and their appearance on the market never en- courages sales. In the final analysis every farmer’s success depends upon his skill in pleasing the ultimate con- sumer, the man who earns the money to buy the turkey. Often farmers for: get the consumer and think if they can get their products into the hands of the middleman that the deal is done but in the end it is the opinion of the consumer which enables the middle- man to pay good or poor prices for the poultry products from the farm. Never kill turkeys until they have fasted at least thirty hours to remove the food from the crop and entrails. A dressed turkey with a full crop does not look good to the buyer and in ad- available they will enjoyhunting in the water and they will pick up consid- erable food in their foraging. 'A pond is not necessary but the birds some- times seem to lay eggs that are more fertile if they have access to a pond or running water. To start a flock of ducks buy one drake and about four or five females. This will give enough foundation stock to raise quite a flock and with good luck, twenty to thirty ducklings can be raised from each mature breeder. It pays to buy pure-bred stock and have the chance to sell surplus stock as breeders in future years. The Pekin and the Indian Runner ducks seem to meet with the most favor with farmers and they are hardy breeds and do well under ordinary farm conditions. When ducks are given free range they should be fastened in at night and allOwed to remain in the duck house in the morning until the eggs are laid. If they are allowed to range early in the morning the eggs may be dropped all over the poultry yard and in the grass near the pond and many of them will be lost. Sanitation is im- Turning Grasshoppers Into Dollars. portant in the duck house. ter should be supplied out of which they can gather the corn. Fresh clean water is as necessary as with all kinds of poultry and the water dishes should dition, experiments have proven that there is a risk of the meat being spoil- ed by such methods. In preparing turkeys for market do not take out the entrails or cut off the head and feet. Study the turkeys on a first-class Thanksgiving market and note how clean legs and feet effect the appearance of the bird. A turkey without the head and feet would scarcely look like a turkey and it is something of an event for a family to buy a turkey these days and they all wish to see the whole show. To kill a turkey suspend the bird head down and make the incision the same as for chickens. Cut the veins inside the mouth near the skull and then pierce the brain, which will cause a convulsion of the muscles and a loos- ening of the feathers. Then the bird should be dry-picked. Amateurs should plan plenty of time for the dry-picking as it is often not as easy as it looks and if the job must be done in a hurry there is danger of tearing the skin and this gives the bird a very bad appear- ance on the market. There is no trouble in selling tur- keys as the production is much less than the demand but in some sections better prices can be obtained by ac- cepting orders from private customers to be delivered the day before Thanks- giving. In some farm homes on Thanks- giving day the reasons for being thank- ful have been doubled because of the turkey money received during the pre- ceding week. The farmer who can raise good turkeys and market them in fine condition is a real poultryman be- cause the work requires skill and per- severance. Ralse a Flock of Ducks. The value of roast duck on the home table is not appreciated on some farms because no ducks are raised on the farm and they seem too expensive to buy on the local market. Ducks re« quire care and feed. They do not raise themselves but on a farm 'where suffi- cient range is provided they can be raked at 1 a profit If a small pond is .5.- Clean lit- be scalded at intervals. A mash which is highly recommended for ducks con- sists of corn meal, three parts; bran, two parts; alfalfa. meal, two parts; middlings, two parts. and beef scrap, one part. A little grit and oyster shell can be added to the mash and occa- sionally a little'flne charcoal. This mash can be mixed with par- ings or cull vegetables to keep the di- gestive system in good order and re- duce the cost of the ration. Boiled oats can also be incorporated in the mash. At the present price of feed it is difficult to‘make a‘ profit unless great care is used‘ in feeding. This means giving enough feed to enable the ducks to lay, and also promote a steady growth of the young. Over- feeding should be avoided. Never leave any feed on the ground to sour after the ducks have eaten their fill and started back to the range. A little experimenting soon proves how much the birds need to keep them in condi- tion. The mash may be given twice each day. Feed corn at noon, especil- 1y during cold weather when the birds are confined to their heuses. Frequently ducks are seen confined in small muddy yards‘ without much green feed. This is not usually neces- sary on the farm and the ducks will be more profitable if they are given range. On many farms there are undrained spots not far from the farm buildings M“, where ducks can hunt a part of their food. These water holes and low, un- drained spots should be izicluded in the duck range Whenever possible. Hens, Plums and Corn. On a restricted poultry range it is necessary to use the land to the best advantage, and even on the farm there is nothing gained by wasting acreage when it is. more profitable to use it right. Hens need shade and so the poultry range should be properly pro- Ten Million People lool: for the Red Ball Trade Marl: when they buy rubber boots, arctics, Coontail knit boots. light-weight rubbers. etc. The Red Ball means More Days Wear. lt 13 in plain sight on every “Ball-Band" boot. Look for it. 4“ A”! “BALL<@)BAND” ‘M 11$ Ask your dealer for a pair of 8311- Band" light-weight rubbers. They are of the highest quality and come in sizes for men, women and children. Over 60,000 dealers in the United States carry "Ball- Band" Rubber Footwear. Ask your dealer. Write for our free illustrated booklet. " If your dealer' 13 not able to supply you promptly with the particular type of Ball-Band" Boots or Arctics you desire. we can only ask you to be patient. Many of our boys 1n France are wearing “-35“ Bond" Rubber Boots and Auction. Meantimo we’re doing our uhnost to supply, as quickly and as fully as possible. tho wants of 'Ball-Bnnd” wearers at home. MISHAWAKA wooum MFG. ca, 319 Water St.. Mishswaka, Ind. "The House That Pay. Millions for Quality” ‘r'USE NATCO DRAIN TILE Farm drainage demands durable tile. Our drain til best Ohio clay. thorough], hard burned care madeof the —ovorlnctin¢. You don‘t have to dig' em up to be replaced every few years. Write for prices. : saturate. . c A 1 o. om rib.NATCO Build n Til d N Sewer Pipe. dead for the new edition ofourbook. l‘ e an ATCO National Fire Proofing Company, We are also manufacturers of the famous atco on theFerm” . 1115 Fulton Building, Pittsburgh. Pa. We Want More Fresh Hennery EGGS Write Us For Prices ' F. J. Schaffer 8. Co. _ Eastern Market, Detroit,Mlch. GlllllKEIS SIGK? §.?%21°°é3‘m%i2fi.°é Limberneck. .Sorehead. etc the best remedy is always GERMOZONE. At most dealers or 75c post.- . R andBWORI Redo andBJ. Whites. cognkenlb” 1350 Keep“ good stock satisfaction guar- Ludington. Mich. layin strain. trapncsledo years. recol- from 00 to 264 cg our cial summer price: on year Igng heGns, ing males. eggs for hatching. 8- week- We ship C. O. D ‘ old pullers and da old chicks. slalog gives prices; describes stock; tel . ode; mulls you can gel by breed- ing this strain. Send lot your copy now—1: us free. GEORGE E. mats Ml Union. Grand Rapids. - paid withs book ultr librar f But! Rocks Cookerels hens nd lea cs0. H. La co.. ”Bunyan. 1133.. Not. 9;".93'3 gagg- Wh'twollwdll‘meggg ”33:. .11 th hb B POULTRY FOR SALE "rt-ma. teamma- HOMESTEAD FARMS A Federation of Interests 5. White Leghorns—lw is in hens r d f i - mediate delivery: these honey urge of 3:33 ysiggagld strong layers P911236, 12.. dal. Cocks: elute——Whi 116,011. 311113ka 8. c 131.01: Min- cross a. 0 Rhode IsllsndB caught: and R. 0. White Leghoans Brown and Bufl’ Leghocrns. ' 2 yearling B.C .hl lock Mlnoron OookB l.rds rk Duckl— White Holland Tum . laréemriftym highlyr bmd pure white birds: Bou rbb. ReTurkoys: Gray olouse Geese; White Pekin Ducks. Please write for description and prices. Blooming“ Forms. Bloomingdale, Mich. BAIRON ENGLISH 240 EGG STRAIN White ghorne most profitable poultry known Slade nadeop bodies and fidm combsf 0in every hwsylo tplcal eu- -b Le urns. ake big profitswi hour arron heavy ving train. Order b gstook W. Pens mated for on for cults. T2 you-lingo hens and one ekl. for 18. 24 hensre two ckls at!“ ialogrice on quantity of 60 or more hens at 81.3 as or over orders Liberty EB. PBOCTOR Grand Haven, llloh ' White Orplngton greatest e ro- P‘ne crOSt ducers—hens and mm ”05:3": now for next winter. Mrs W LL HOUG . Pine Crest. Royal Oak. Mich. ruuns star .1... as e ... he" 0 one 0 - WALTER PHIPPB FAR 80 Alfred 81:. ”Hull. Rhode Island Reds Both co No stock for 1 ti] D mrnnfinnsl FARM. 3018930 “mono? 5111):; Rose Comb ”n Whom WkONIDII-Ooesoh. from best li White Pekln Ducks 32.00 each. n" “‘ A”“°°~ Mrs. CLAUDIA BETT‘S. Billsdsle. Mich. SILVER Golden and White Wyandottemgood breed ing stock after Oct lst. tine lot of cockerels 8M to: O. W. Browning. 11.2. Portland. Mic Wont hits Wyudotte e for hatohi also baby-chick ofc ho lceetoc ”end for a minimal tool.“ DAVID RAY. MNorrls St . Ypsilanti. Michigan. ends taken for each face val ue. breedlncckh “31.60 .60.th Write us your wants or or» do: direct from Adv. Denies Leghorn Farms. Box 222. inland. Mich. IIEEDING COCKIIIELS em and Barred Rocks. Bredoto- la Would advl'ceso orderlnwglegrly. loot-ease n.able Write In your wants. brook Poultry Farms. mind-lo Ilall. Barred leeks‘“ 1"“ "3““ "M as rm 8290: Wm bar-r16 m flatmates. m Now is the time to pl your saustock Ila-W Singer?" ates-sous. lob. Salesman Wanted We pay salary to good subscription get- ters, who can devote their entire time to our work. The offer our salaried men handle is especially attractive to farmers. Address The Michigan Farmer, Detroit ”'t . pv- 2. ”t”: ."1 Don’ t wait until another year. tions are in your favor. PRATTS ANIMAL REGULATOR The Original Guaranteed Stock Tonic and Conditioner will quickly put your horses, cattle, sheep and swine in perfect physical condition, able to do more, to earn, more dollars for you. today, with any kind of live stock, at our Pratts Animal Regulator brings strength and vigor. of tonics and conditioners used with the regular ration. It improves. appetite and digestion—prevents feed waste—regulates the bowels -—purifies the blood—puts pep” into stock of all kinds. 1 . regular use prevents loss, increases production, 1nsuresprofi ..~ Our dealer In your town has instructions to supply you with Pratt: Preparations under our square-deal guarantee—- “Your money back if YOU are not satisfied' '—the guarantee that has stood for nearly 50 years. Write for big Stock Boole—FREE PRATT FOOD COMPANY Philadelphia Chi cago Speed up your stock now—sell more products on the preseni high market. Cash in while market condi- Toronto 3 tested and there is nothing that grows Test it It is a combination " 1 BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY. Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us Ten Days before date of publication. CATTLE. Wildwood Farms Breeders of Best Strains of Aberdeen Angus Callie ' and Duroe Jersey Hogs several young bull calves on hand, three of which are of serviceable age. out of Black Monarch 111, three times Grand Champion, Michigan State Fair. Also several Al Brood sows. Will be glad to correspond with you by letter regarding stock. Write SIDNEY SMITH, Supt. Wildwood Farms, Orion, Michigan W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor. fiwoon COTE ANGUS TROJAN- ERIOAS & BLACKBIRDS (BLACKCAPS) only. The most fashionable strains of the breed. Great care given to matin and pedigrees. Ever an- imal BRED IN THE PU PLE. Breeders and ced- ers or man 11 INTERNATIONAL WINNERS woopcorn srocx FARM Ionia Mich. Good uality bulls of serviceable calo'erly Angus ageanii youn er. Inspectioninvit- Geo. Hathaway and n, Ovid, Mich. GET GUERNSEYS Tabulations made by the U. S. Department of Agri- culture show that the average income over cost of feed from one cow that produces 450 lbs. fat is equal to the average income over cost of feed from20 cows that reduce 100 lbs. each. The average of all official guernsey records is 450 lbs. fat. Learn more about these profitable cows. Ask for our free booklet he Itory of the Guernsey." THE AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB. Boxl . Petal-bore, N. H. GUERNSEY BULLS Eighteen months old and younger Grandsons of Gold- en Noble free from disease Guaranteed in every articsular and at. farmers’ prices. 3.2L SNY - East Lansing, Mich. GUERNSEYS must reduce herd. soofi'er a few choice females of Glenwood breeding also bulls, all stock of A. R. breed- i herd tuberculin tested. W. HICKS. - - - - Battle Creek, Mich. a £5 Registered head. all tb. tested. Nora's "STRSSIEM Mangin'g, son of Imp May Rose King heads our herd of his half sisters sold averaging $1950 each. His bull calves are booked ahead at reasonable prices Avondale Stock Farm, Wayne. Mich. G U E R N S E Y 8333:? sites.) ointa nin blood of world champions. HICKS' OGUBRNEBY FARM, Saginaw, W. S. Mich ’ Guernseys— that last heifer wins Reglstered sold in first issue. went to Oh Another just as ood, will freshen this fall—8386 will buy her—s e is worth more. 4 years old. Right in ever way. J. .WILLIA B, - - - No. Adams, Mich. Entire herd of Registered Guernse For sale cattle 30 head May Rose Breeding}: JOHN EBELS. B. 2. Holland. Mich. accepted in payment of finely bred re - ‘ 600d "Ole istered Holstein bull calves. Qual ligy of the best and at prices within reach ovf all. Write GEO. D. obs ARKE. - Vassar. Mich. FOR' SALE young Guernsey cow, will freshen Nov. 1st popular blood lines. Also young bull. pleas- ing pedigree. Lo Dygert. Alto. Mich. I Always Have Holsteins To Sell It wanting Registered cattle write me our wants before placing your order elsewhere. y L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio AK Leaf Farm. Herd sire Lenawee Pontiac Cal- ()simityR King ofler Registered Holstein bull calves 11.0. cows and the above sire whose dam holds milk and butter record in the state of Ind. 7 7s milk 796. 3, butter 8251—315 days milk 28782 3. but- 776 E. GEAREABT & SON. B. 4, Marcellus, Mich. Bondgetslmo. old nofM corest 433.31“: lb nifi asns are I”unread $333116"!!! a: ' weflfl‘im Redford, ran A. ' 7 and 110. 85 in 30days. Jack Bill Winn--Wood Herd Registered Holsteins Sire in Service Flint Maplecrest Boy Who is bred for real (production his sire Maplecrest Korndyke Hen ervel is one of the best. bred long dis- tance bulls' 1n t a world. He or his dam are brother or sister to six cows with records above I 200lb s. of butter in one year and ten more abovel 000 lbs. in a ear. Flint Maplecrest Boys' Dam' is Gluck Vassar Bell g0 .57 lbs of butter in 7 day, 121 lbs. in 30 da 8. Butter fat test 5. 27. Ifith are a reason why Flint. aplecrest Boy is not one of Michigans greatest ung sires. None of his females are for sale until a ter we test. them. But we have 10 of his bull calves from Zto 9 months old with A.R .0 dams which we now offer for sale at prices any dairy farmer can afford to pay. Just tell us the klnd of a bull you want. JOHN H. WINN, Inc. Lock Box 249. Rosccmmon, Mich. “Top-Notch” HOLSTEINS The young bulls we have for sale are backed up by many generations of large producers. Buy one of these bulls, and give your herd a “push”. Full descriptions, prices,etc. on request. McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich. The Traverse Herd This is the chance you have been looking for. will sell a few. good cows. One with 27 18W in hree others above 211m. Come and see them or write or descriptions and prices but hurry for they will go quickly. Also a few bull cal- ves for sale, the kind you will be proud to own. Pedi- rees and aims on 5? licsatioAnT State Huge desired. EI‘RAVE SE C! PITAL Traverse City, TMichigan. The Pontiac Herd “Where the Champions come from” Offer Bull Calves sired by sons of Pontiac Korndyke. Hengerveld DeKolJ’ontlac Dutchland.or Admiral Walker Pletertje. Do you want a Pontiac in your herd? Pontiac, Mich. Pontiac State Hospital, HOMESTEAD FARMS A Federation of Interests Holstelns: From a herd of 50 Holsteins headed by the Bull King Zerma Alcartra Pontiac son of King Seg- is Pontiac Alcarta. the $50,000 Bull, we ofler a num- ber of bred cows and heifers, younger heifers and cal- ves, and young 11s. One particularly high class young Ills“ now ready for service. If you want Holsteins of any class, will u please rte to us for descriptions and photographs? Every animal gua ant.eed BLOOMINGDALE FARMS, Iloomlnsdsls. lieu. CLUNY STOCK FARM loo-JREGISTERED HOLSTEINS-400 When you need a herd sire remember that we have one of the best herds in Michigan. kept un- der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin We have size. quality. and roduction records back- edb yth ebeststrains o breedlns Write us our wants. 1:. mice Wrenches, . 1-1....11, Mics Parharn’ s 5..., a,“ 3%?” “wk?“ no, extra but“! in “a". B‘T‘igfimfi “Bronson. lch. For Sale 33.1%" 211nm 3:10)... wmbomgi f 3.81 Are!!! _ . lyesrsold ans. alfsoaewfe my ,( ,are all ranging together. more rapidly and furnishes a more sat- isfactory shade than plums. In be-' tween the rows of plums, corn can be ‘ started in the spring and the hens fenced on a different part of the range until the corn is started. It pays to have a .double yard so that‘the birds can be - placed in one section while green crops are starting in another. This can often be done by a very small additional investment in fencing. When the days become hot and long the combination- of plums and corn in the poultry yard will furnish an abun- dance of shade and if young stock are ranging where such protection is avail- able there will be very few losses from hawks. In poultry farming it pays to use the land for other crops whenever it is possible. The poultryman who manages his land in that way has less worry about feed bills and seems to know how to stay with the business, even when feed bills have reached the present high level. Of course, there is little time for crop raising and fruit spraying on the large commercial, poul- try farm but the farmer-poultryman has the equipment and can use all of his poultry ranges to the best advan- tage and also using them for crops. Mark the Breeders. Every farmer desiring to keep- ac- curate records of his poultry should own a. toe-punch and a few hundred leg bands. When the young chicks are hatched in the spring a tiny punch in the web of the foot will indicate the source of the'eggs and the date of hatching. If eggs are bought from an- other breeder it will be very useful to mark the chicks and thus be able to determine the quality -of those chicks as compared with the birds hatched from the breeding stock at home. Many combinations of marks can be made in the web to assist in the record-keep- ing, but usually only a few will be nec- essary with the average farm flock. When the birds are mature it pays to use leg bands so that the age of the bird can be told at a. glance. Number- ed bands are used with hens that are to be trap—nested. Sealed bands are sometimes used to mark valuable lay- ers so that there will be no danger of the band slipping off and thus confus- ing the records. In culling the farm flock much un- certainty is eliminated by the use of bands. Usually the old hens will be marketed first but after a pullet has started to lay it is sometimes quite dif- ficult to tell her from an old hen. For many weeks she has been looking dif~ ferent and then suddenly she seems to take on maturity and it is difficult to pick her out from the old hens if they The use pf bands prevents selling pullets that should be retained in the flock» and also keeps the farmer from saving over old hens that have passed their most profitable periodn Much’ improvement can be made in a few yearsby care- fully marking all' of the birds. Then only the best can be used in the breed- ing pens. ‘ Pest Prevention Pays. , The cost of feeding poultry is 1111-, ,h, doubtedly increased on many terms be- ,1 'A Dry, Sunny Slope Furnishes ideal I tary engineer in place of Dr; E. n. . ' , I? that feed With th birds and then clean up every particle that is left when the chicks are partially through feedingg One form of prevention is to exclude them from the poultry houses.‘ If the quarter-inch mesh poultry wire is used - on the windows it will keep the spar- rows out. If large wire is used many sparrows may learn to roost and even nest in the houses. By keeping the sparrows from breeding on the farm there Will not usually be many of them to feed. Feeding poisoned grain to sparrows T is dangerous on a poultry range even if the grain is placed. in boxes on top of the poultry houses where the fowls rareunot supposed to have access to ”it. We think it is better to givethe' spans rows 8. dose of the shotgun at inter- vals and keep them from breeding on Surroundings. the farm by breaking up the nests and preventing them from getting into the poultry house to eat scratch grain or feed from the hoppers containing dry mash. With rats, weasels and mice, a large part of the control should be through preventive measures. Stone piles and heaps of scrap lumber form a breeding place for these pests. A good rat dog will not only kill such pests but its presence on the farm seems to have an influence toward keeping the pests away. Poison baits are very danger- ous and should not be used except with great precaution. WHAT IS A STORAGE EGG? CONSTRUCTION has been made by the Food Administration in ref- erence to the question of just what constitutes a cold storage egg. The rule is, an egg held in a cold storage house at a‘temperature of for5 ty-five degrees or lower for a, period of thirty days or more. It has ruled that the temperature is not the material point, but the time of holding is the deciding factor. , ~ SING AND SHOCK WHEAT. IXTY business men of Worland, Wyoming, and the marching song, “Where Do We Go From Here, Boys,” are held responsible for the expedi- ti‘ous shocking of two hundred acres of wheat near .Worland in one recent ev- ening. In the afternoon a farmer ask- ed the county agent to furnish tWenty volunteers. The county agent called on the Alfalfa Club, which had promis- ed to help out any farmer behind in ' his work, and sixty men responded. The farmer’sone hundred acres seem- ed no job at all to the enthusiastic sixty, so, they began singing the song. Whenrthey finished singing two other farmers found their wheat had been shocked, and that town help had piled more grain in the balance against the kaiser. ECK‘ERT Su‘ccssos 12101-1. .1 ' -0.—- O TTO J. ECKERT, of Saginaw, has been appomted acting state sanir _ hummus" Veterin CONDUCTED v Catarrh.--—I have a flock of turkeys, two or them have a swelling under their eyes and pus or mucus seem to Come from the nose. What do you recommend for thisailment? Mrs. H. McB., Bradley, Mien—Dissolve a ta- blespoontul of bicarbonate of soda in a pint or clean boiled water, immerse the beak a few times in this solution which will clear the nostrils of mucus, then dip beak in peroxide of hydrogen a time or two. - Chronic Cough.-—-I have shame that coughs almost continually. He is a great eater, also drinks large quanti- ties of water. So far as I can tell he does not show all the symptoms of heaves, and I might add that our local Vet. has been unable to relieve his cough. J. L. M., Freemont, Mich.~ Give him 1 dr. fluid extract of lobelia and 1,‘ oz. of Fowler’s solution at a dose in feed or drinking water three times a day. Rub throat with cam- phorated oil once a day. Barren Cows—As I have been a reader of the Michigan Farmer for several years and had valuable advice through the veterinary column, I come to you again as I want to know what can be done for my two cows. These cows are six and nine years of age, come in heat regularly and fail to get with calf. So far as I can tell these two cows are in Splendid health. I also have a heifer that has been bred three times, but fails to get with calf, This heifer went four Weeks between her two last heat periods. J. J. W., Standish, Mich—«Doubtless all three of your cattle suffer from a cystic con- dition of the ovaries, and perhaps none of the three will get with call. I advise you to have them examined by a competent Vet. who will perhaps crush the ovarian cysts, then the cows may breed. Giving them drugs will not do them much good. Cow-pox.—I am anxious to know what is wrong with my cows. At first a small lump appeared on one of the teats; this scabbed over, soon after this the other three teats became cov- ered with scabs. Of course, milking breaks the scabs open, this keeps the sores from healing. There is a yel- lowish colored thin fluid underneath the scab. The cows are on woods pas- ture and are healthy in every other way. Three out of the four head are diseased J. L. S., Mattawan, Mich.— I am inclined to believe that your cows suffer from chicken-pox which is by no means a serious ailment; besides, there is no very good reason why the milk is unfit for domestic use. Dis- solve six ounces oi‘ hyposulphite of soda in half agallon of clean water and wet sores on udder twice daily after she is milked. When the sores heal and a hard dry scab forms, apply one part oxide of zinc and five parts petrolatum daily. No internal treat‘ ment is necessary. Cow Fails to Come in Heat—Would like to know what to do in order to induce a cow to come in heat. This cow calved about two months ago, is only four years old, but shows no signs'oi’ coming in heat. She is in good condition, in perfect health, and is an excellent milker. She was left in my care by a young man who has gone to the army, and I wish to do the best I can for her. F. LaP., Me- nominee, Mich.——-Give your cow 1 dr. of ground nux vomica, 2 drs. of pow- dered capsicum and 1 oz. of powdered licorice at a dose in feed twice a day. Shy Breeder.—I have a cow eight years old, apparently in good health but fails to come in heat. Is there anything I can do to induce this con- dition? C. U., Bellaire, Mich.— Give her 30 grs. of ground nux vomica, 1 dr. powdered capsicum, 2 drs. gin- ger and 1 oz. of powdered licorice at a dose in feed night and morning for thirty days. Dog Has Worms—I have a Collie dog eighteen months old~that is very thin, although he is well fed three times a day. The hot weather seems to be hard on him, as he has a heavy coat. I feed him separator milk and table scraps. but am inclined to be- lieve that he needs a tonic. C. F.. Owosso, Mich.——Give your dog 1 gr. of powdered areca nut for each pound of body wei ht in 1 oz. of castor oil, but before ving him this medicine, he should be dieted. Then give him 2 grs. of quinine and 60 drops of. tincture gentian at a dose twice a day. It is . perhaps needless for me to say that this dog should be well fed and bowels kefiopen. ’If his kidneys do not act enough. occasionally give him 5- grgdos‘es ‘of acetate of potash or five um ct fluid. extract of buchu. . \‘ . BY W. C. ., .s, ‘oct'zzi 11918 -‘~hursday . Oct 24 1918 Howell Sales Co. of Livingston County 7 ' 5th ANNUAL SALE 90 heed good ulls. We will sell: At Sale Pavilion, Howell, Mich. of Registered Holsteins 90 fresh cows or cows soon to freshen, a few good heifers and calves, 3 A 27.64 lb. Jr. four yr. old; A 26.78 1b. three year old and her two year old dau hter sired b Beauty Walker Pietertje Prince. A 24.78 lb. daughter of Vale Ezevere De 0] 2nd; A 24.901b. Grand daughter of Johanna Korndyke De Kol. Others with good records. Reference Sires; A son of a 45 lb. cow and sired by a 32 lb. son of Rag Apple Korndyke 8th, a son of King of the Blacks and Whites and a 28 lb. cow. A son of King of the Pontiacs and a 31 lb. cow; A son of King Segis Champion Mabel; A son of a 32 lb. cow; A son of 29 lb. Granddaughter of Pontiac Kornd ke. All cattle are consi ned by Livingston county breeders and are tuberculin est- ed either by feder veterinary or state approved vet. . Auctioneers: Mock, Perry. Send For Catalog JAY B. TOOLEY, Secy. AUCTION SALE Tuesday, Oct.29th 1918 At The Farm ’7 Miles East of M. A. C. 15 head Reg. Pereherons 9 head Reg. Scotch & Scotch Topped Shorthorns 16 head of grade cows and heifers 25 head Reg. Duroc Jersey Hogs 100 head of high grade breeding ewes For Sale list write J. M. HICKS & SONS WILLIAMSTON, MICHIGAN - LARGE SIZE W [N cows Is favorable to economical yielding of milk. The food of support in comparison to size is much less in large cows than in small ones. and for this reason the IIolstein-Friesian cow returns a greater net profit on the total amount 0 food consumed. If interested in HOLSTEIN CATTLE Sand for our booklets—they contain much valuable information. ' HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION or AMERICA, Box 164, Inttlobm, Vt. ’\ l Sir-ed b butter bred bulls and out of igh testing dam. The Producing Kind with Jersey type and capacity. Prices reasonable. so a few bred gum (Durocs) and boars. BrookWater Farm . Herbert W.Mumford, Own“, J Bruce Henderson. Mgr. Ann Arbor, Mich, I Ballard . was. Tho lent co. Shorihorn lmdlr: Association as? clot-inc some choice animals at reasonable f‘l‘ cos. Write our wants. . Caledonia, Mich. K. LEONAR , Sea, ‘SHORT ORNS sale t annex-swear. Commons-ac bulls herd male. mulled . Hmieton manna-mulch. Shorlhorn Cattle oi bolll Sex for Sale W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan. Shorthom isms?°°$§ltealfa§o°éfitlf°p”d ”“m R. 7. Howell, Mk1): W. B. McQUILLAN. Bulls ready ior service of the choic- Shorthorn at breedins. Write me on wants A. A. PATTULLO. R 4. Deckerv lle. Mich: Shorthorns of Quality Scotch and For sale Scotch ’l‘ pod descendentsofArt-hers H Avondfllqu Maxzomrsihslutlfion arglrwtliii‘te 25.11 I h m . ooh. . 0 0m ea c s as. 355’»? sérmimr. Soc. Reed City, Mich. P rposc Shorthnrns all ages. a ton Noon 3 yr. Dual 011d herd bull. also Duroc H08 all ages. CHAS. BRAY. - - - lemon. Mich. l Scotch heifer coming 8 years old. with For 5‘10 the best of Scotch breeding. Also some very nice Dairy bred Shorthorns or both sex - i .T. I. MARTIN, R. l. lonla, Mich. 7 head reg. Dnrhams. cows and heif- For sale or» and one choice young . S. A. DUB ENDOEF. It. 8. Goldwater. Mich. GUERNSEY SALE OCTOBER 26, 1918 Commencing 1 o'clock. 45 head registered Guernseys. Sire Imp. Nelle's Prince Jewell (176%). cows and heifers, bulls all diflerent breeding. Tnberculln tested. Terms made known day of sale. C. D. SCHLABACH LAKE, OHIO Located between Canton and Anemone mile west of Hartville, Ohio. F. W. Andrer. Auctioneer, Farm Guernseys. 40 head. May Rose and other popular lines of breeding State Ouborlin tested, free from disease. Herd bull. son of Don Dlavolo of Linda Vista greatest bull of lvroed.A. . Cows. bred heifers. heifer calves and bulls from All. dams. A price on each individual, tako your choice. BALLARI) BROS, It. 4, Niles. Mich. HOGS Dun-cos. Choice spring pigs out of selected sows and sired by our best herd boars. They are of the bi type,strong boned,smooth and of excellent quality an include some of the most popular blood lines such as Orion Cherry KingTop Col.Defender.Brookwateretc. Prices reasonable. The Jennings Farms. Bailey, Mich. DU ROC BOA RS Big long. tail. growthy boars. The kind that will add size and growth to your herd. Biggest March farrow- ed pigs in country. Wei 200 lbs. not fat. NEWTON BARNHAB , St. Johns. Mich. UROG Jersey Spring boars for sale. Good breeding and large bone. Prices and descriptions on request. ' J. D. CRANE cit SON. - - - lainwell. Mich. .- ring boars sired by Orion Cherr n'roc Jane, 15mg Oal. Write for prices and den! W. . TAYLOR. Milan. Mich. crlption. DU ROC S April and May pigs of both sexes sired by a Defender bred boar. For prices etc., write WELLS PARISH & SONS. Allendale. Mich. Want Yearly Records? Our new site has four sisters whose semi-official records are 677. 742, 913 and 946 pounds of butter in one year respectively at 2 to 3 years of age. is dam is a daughter of Friend Hengerveld De Kol Butter Boy. four of whose daughters have records over 1000 poun a and she is also a sranddnu liter of Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke. with six daug tars above 1000 pounds of butter In one year. Peaceland Stock Farm, Thm Rivers, filth. C. L. Brody. Owner ’ Port Huron,Mlch. Charles Peters. ,Herdsman DO YOU WANT A Holstein Bull calf ready for ser- vice with exceptional breeding? Write HILLCREST FARM, Kalamazoo, Mich. Registered Holstein Cow o ears For sale good size 6: color easy mllkerygentlemg kind. Fresh Se v.24 with heifer 0811de by grandson of King Fayns is. \Slro of 50 lb. cow) Price oi both 8250. Also ,2 ere sired by above bull soon be2 years old good size and color. Bred to 30!b.bull. Dams good A. R. O. cows. write for prices. WALNUT STOCK FARMS Clio, Mich. R. 1 L. J. Benjamin 4: Son, Prop. 'HOLSTEINS 5 yeuli bulls from AB. 0. do an". of I.“ Bantams Lad. son of Henggrvclld De Kol. Jo for ht service this fall. rice '15 to 8125. Gonri . '1‘. Hill 8.0, Flint, Mich. OLSTEIXS of sllty. Bull cal as f d ' records hi hu‘h lbs. in 1 days. beans? ‘3 LEA . - - - Bochocber. flick. a Farms. REG. Holstein: Bull calf born Dec. 28,1917. a s lend- .. “ straw ream W. . x “is . ares ms vo . . r b 7 snazzziibsmuksmgi W£.Bosdor.allg:?l(l.lllitzllf Th Bo l lo! For Sale “assist“ i... .fi“:.”'°°fi‘“ . 3 eg- lotored . olstnin Bull. For ml . l earn. our. Sea, a. 1. 9 53.31.13“ ii? For Sale m HOMOin ball “If. s mo. old, weight350lbo. s an Aa'rnoa swam as. beenllii'fe. Mich. illla Farmstead J are. Cattle. 8 al h if Lto freshen next fall. loo a few haggar- oxfd $311153: vol of choice brooding. Colon O.I.llllo. ”much. I OhoiceJev-se bull re site d. 22 '33: 32.1%: traits ems» , . . M sale. ted or. onxue and switch. to s . FARM. 3.7. Pontiac. Hick. 101.71“ M JERSEY . “BULLS warnanm‘W / gonglfi‘m Blob. 30% Maple Lane [Lot M.Jersey Herd. Bulls. bull calves and heifer calves sired by one of the best grand- sons of Posts 99th of Hood Farm and out of R. o! M. dams. IBVIN FOX. Allegan. Mich. For Sale Registered Jersey Callie of both sex. Smi a: Parker. ll. 4. Howell. Mich illslde Farm Jerseys. offer 3yearlin bulls b k H b tested dams. and sired by a doublge grandgneo‘l Roya Majesty. first prize & junior champion at. Mich. State Faingood Individuals. OJ 0.Deake. Ypsilanti. Mich eridalo Interested Owl No.111311 he d. M bull calves from this rest sire and onat ding Slug, 0. B. WERNER, Allegan. Mich. HEREFORDS 3 Extra nice you] inn heifers. 3 extra nice heifer cal- ves old encugh to wean,4 extra nice bulls {1'0th0 12mm old not related to heifers. Prince Donald. Farmer and Perfection Fairfax breeding. If interested come and see them. ALLEN BROS., Paw Paw, Mich. Pollod and Horned blood lingo Herefords embrace Fairfax. Polled P faction and Prune Ladilth brocdin . Prices mas COLE & GARDNER. udson. Mich. BIDWELI, summons Paw-Mm Registered bulls. cows and heifers-Good Scotch and Scotch-Topped for sale. In prime condition. Modern aanittar hoqmptmentT l3:,1‘slrlnolilnmimites from N. Y. 0. epo , our ram 0 o. . t all trains. Writ. o u omobllo meets BIDWELL STOCK FARM, dams for sale. Box B. Tecumseh. Mich. DUROC JERSEYS E. D. EEYDENBERK. - Wayland. Mich. Salt. Choice Duroc .lcmy Sills For DB - - Hastings. Mich. CAREY U. EDMON . Bl heav [)0 d H b Duroc Jerseys min... i. slfteslnd“ém?:{: Fairs. Place order early. F. J. DRODT. R. . Mich. Crandell’s Big Type O. LC’s Champion herd everywhere shown in 19l7. 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. Crnndoll’s Prize Hogs, Cass City, Mich. Monroe. Raise Cheater Whites i 7/ the original big prod ucers‘ I soccer. 1 can help you. Igor}: to Placeo‘ne from m C“ In Ivory comm W are no sci “in “W I “anemia are...“ I. I. “Kim, B. F. p, 10. Portland. my fits for my plan-— ' May boars. Sept 1 in pairs or Sggfigfir‘: trim;i not t:tlxiin god): 83......» stock s end nos 0 e. r. w. ALEXANDER, . a.“ - Vassar. Mich. Richland Farm Shorthoms Sires in Service: Fair Acres Goods and IMP. Lorne-Michigan Grand Champion Bull. Attend the Shorthorn Sale gt Lansing Oct. 9th. We in- vite on to inspect the cows and heifers we have listed in this . . RESCOTT &SON. " Hard: at rescues. Mich. 015cc at Towns Ofifllcb. Francisco Farm Shorthorns We alntalnonoof lllelim' good berth Boots andnScotcb Topfid cattle. '1‘ ' no well brcefd. pro: rly handled to price mob . Como and-ea; wo g; _ ‘-- - '- ~ ‘ItJ’h-sanhmol, / AB'I‘ fall tilts all sold. have a mood lot of last sprln Lpifi gel-0:11, 3&5“ moghnmwfzh‘ty stock. Farm 5!, mil: MOB.g l sens . one . OTT Nashville. Mich. . BRED GILTS and (1,:- SERVICEABLE BOARS ' J. CARL JEWETI', Mason, Mich alas-gs. mummy?! 333i??? canalafitg‘lvfig . O. I. C. “GMSMAmo—hmusu'm I. O. 3080“. ,SECOND EDITION. The markets in this edition were re- vised and corrected on Thursday after- noon, October 17. WHEAT. The demand for wheat is uniformly active and the market is now in a firm position with the trade absorbing lib- eral quantities of the enormous re- ceipts from country elevators. The grain is wanted for export. The vis- ible supply of the United States for the past week shows an increase of 7,608,000 bushels. One year ago the price paid for No. 2 red wheat on the local market was $2.17 per bushel. Present prices here are: No. 2 red wheat ....... . .$2.221/2 No. 2 mixed ..... . ...... 2.20% No. 2 white ............ 2.201/2 CORN. Two things happened recently which caused corn prices in our big markets to make a long and sudden advance: President Wilson’s reply to the Ger- man peace note put the possibility of immediate peace out of present consid‘ eration. The other bullish item was the announcement by the Food Admin- istration that the government would be in the market for the purchase of corn to supply its needs for Novem- ber and December. In Chicago prices advanced over 10c at the opening this Week and nearly that much more since. The Detroit market, however, having large stocks and no direct de- mand failed to change prices to cor- respond with those in Chicago. There is considerable discussion as to the influence peace would have upon corn prices, many contending that it would put marketing on an entirely lower basis, while others feel that the de— mand from the Central Powers, which is certain to follow the signing of peace terms, should tend to increase rather than decrease the price of corn and other cereals. One year ago corn sold on the local market at $1.98 for the N0. 3 grade. Present prices here are: No. 3 corn .............. $1.35 No. 3 yellow ............ 1.40 No. 4 yellow............ 1.32 No. 5 yellow ..... .. ..... 1.22 No. 3 white............. 1.40 On the Chicago market No. 2 yellow corn advanced to $1.48; No. 3 yellow $1.37@1.40; No. 4 yellow $1.27@1.33; November $11794; December $1.141/2 per bushel. OATS. There appears to be no independent action in the oat trade, prices here following the fluctuations in corn cir— cles. The demand for domestic con- sumption is of unusually large volume, as shown by the United States visible supply, which indicates a decrease of 764,000 bushels during a time when marketing by farmers is heavy. Stan- dard oats a year ago sold on the local market at 61%0 per bushel. Present prices here are: Standard .................. 72 No. 3 white ............... 71% No. 4 white .............. 701/2, RYE. Nothing new has transpired to change the sentiment of dealers in this market and t e price holds steady with last week a $1.63 per bushel. BARLEY. The course of this trade has been uniformly dull with a very few tran- sactions made by sample at prices ranging from $1.95@2.05 per cwt. BEANS. Threshing beans is well under way in Michigan and New York states. Farmers are marketing quite freely with prices at country elevators rang- ing from $7.50@8.50 per cwt. The gen- eral quality of the crop is good. De- troit continues to quote at $9 per cwt. for hand-picked navies. Trade is easy at Chicago where the new crop is now arriving. Michigan hand-picked stock is bringing $10.50@10.75 from jobbers at that point. New York re- ports liberal receipts again, with the majority of the shipments of foreign stock. The pea bean market is about steady, with the best grades fetching $11@11.25 per cwt., and common to fair $10@10.75. POULTRY. ' .The‘ demand for most classes is fair . ffiith Detroit. jabbing prices as follovts; 0., afifimrbsns 28@29c; small hens and . ii..- mmmnm m 1, springs 27@28c; small springs. 9; 5!". “iii fl ' (r _ Iii-r. Leghorns 25@26c; roosters 19@20c; geese 24@250; ducks. 28@29c; turkeys 35@36c per lb. The New ‘York market is firm. Live chickens bring 35c per lb; fowls 36c; old roosters 26c; tur- keys 30c. ' POTATOES. Markets are a little irregular. At Detroit the demand and movement is moderate, with practically no change in prices. Michigan stock is selling here at $2@2.10 per cwt. in bulk for the best offerings. About the same conditions prevail at Cleveland with Michigan round whites, sacked, U. S Grade No. 1 bringing $2.10@2.25; at" Buffalo $2.25@2.35; at Pittsburgh $2.25 @235; at' New .York $3.15@3.25‘ in 150-lb. sacks; at Cincinnati $2.15@ 2.25 per cwt. in bulk. Maine farmers are receiving for their Green Mountains $3@3.15 per bbl. at side track. In Wisconsin the trade is weakening with the price at $1.45@1.50 per cwt. sacked on cars. In Minnesota there is a slight recovery since last week. The general trend of the market, however, has been down- ward. ~ APPLES. This crop is moving in considerable volume at'the present time. Much poor stock is now coming to the mar- kets and this is a little depressing to the trade. Chicago prices for best Michigan stock are: Greenings $4.50 @475; Snows $5.50@6; Wealthys at $4.50@5., At Detroit Michigan Jona- thans of a good quality are selling at \$1.50@1.65 per bushel. The market here is slow and draggy this week. HAY. , A steady trade prevails with prices firm as follows: No. 1 timothy...$29.50@30.00 Standard timothy 28.50@29.00 No. 1 mixed 24.50@25.00 No. 1 clover 23.50@24.00 Pittsburgh—An excellent demand prevails with receipts extremely light. Live Stock Market Service Reports for Thursday, October 16th BUFFALO. Pigs $17.75@18; others $18.75@ 18.90; lambs $17.40; calves $19; cat- tle weak. CHICAGO. Cattle. Receipts 15,000. Better grade of beef steers strong to 25c higher; com- mon grade steady. Good to prime choice steers $14.35@ 19.40; common and medium butchers $9@14.35; heifers $6.65@13; cows at $6.75@12.50; bologna. bulls $12.25@ 13.50; canners and cutters $5.756!) 6.75; stockers and feeders, good $9.75 @1250; do, medium $7@9.75. Hogs. Receipts 31,000. Market 10@200 lower than yesterday. Tops $18.60; heavy $18.30@18.55; mixed and light $18@18.65; packers’ hogs $15.50@17; medium and heavy at $16.75@17.50; light bacon hogs $17.50 61718.50; pigs, good to choice $15.25@ 16; roughs $16@16.50. Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 29,000. Market is slow to 25c lower. Choice to prime lambs $15.50@15.75; medium and good lambs $13.50@15.50; culls $8@12; medium, good and Chelce feeders $11.50@14; choice yearlings $11.75@12.25; medium and good year- lings $10.75@11.25; wethers, medium and good $9.75@12. DETROIT Cattle. Receipts 4,487. Market very dull, and 75c@$1 lower than last week; light thin grades almost unsalable. Best heavy steers ....... $12.00@13.50 Best handy wt bu steers $10.00@10.33 Mixed steers and heifers 8.50@ 9 Handy light butchers.... 7.50@ 8.00 Light butchers .......... 6.50@ 7.00 Best cows ............... 8.50@ 9.00 Butcher cows .......... 7.00@ 7.50 Cutters ................. 5.75@ 6.25 Canners ............. .. 5.00@ 5.50 Best heavy bulls ..... 8.75@ 9.00 Bologna bulls .......... . 7.75@ 8.00 Stock bulls ............. 6.00@ 6.50 Feeders ................. 9.00@10.00 Stockers ................ 7.50@ 8.50 Milkers and Springers $60@ 125 Veal Calves. Receipts 1,099. Market dull. Best .................... $16.50@17.00 Others ................... 7.00@13.50 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 7,790. Lambs 250 higher; sheep steady. Best lambs .............$ 15.25 Fair lambs ............. 13.75@14.25 Light to common lambs. . 10.00@13.25 Fair to good sheep ...... 8.50@ 9.00 Culls and common ...... 5.00@ 7.00 Hogs. Receipts 6,914. lo‘wer. Pigs ......... ...........$ Mixed hogs ............ . Market is 10@15c 17.25 17.50@17.65 Reports for Wednesday, October 15th CHICAGO. Cattle. Today’s receipts are estimated at 14,000 head, bringing the receipts for three days up to 65,700 head, compar- ing with 64,591 for the same time last week. There is not much change in the day’s prices, but the market is considerably lower for the week, with the best class of long-fed steers selling $ @ at $l9@19.35, whereas heretofore the top was $19.60. Steers sell largely at $12.50@15, and stockers and feeders are off to $6.75@12.40, while butcher stock is mostly 50c lower for the week, with cows and heifers selling at $6.50@14.25, and canning cows and cutters at $5.40@6.45. Bulls sell at $6.25@12, and western range steers are taken at $9.75@16.25. The calf market is off, with sales at $6.50@ 16.50. Hogs. Wednesday receipts are, in the neighborhood of 18,000 hogs, making receipts for three days of 81,900 head, comparing with 73,477 for the same time last week. Prices cover about the same range as yesterday, ‘hogs selling at $16.25@18.75 for the rough heavy packers to prime light butch» ers, while» most of the pigs are selling at $11_@16.50. The eastern gshipping demand this week has been hardly worth mentioning. The bulk of the hogs are selling .at,$_17.25@18.‘60. _ . Sheep and Lambs:- ' Wednesday receipts are about 91m I ,*,!ie.ad..msnsa-iow «ti-mm .5... first half of the week, comparing with 139,965 for the same time last week. Prices are firmer to 25c higher for the best offerings today, with range lambs going at $16 for the best down to $12.50 for common, while native lambs are salable at $10@15.75. Most of the feeding lambs are taken at $12.50@ 14.25. Yearlings are salable at $9.25 @4121 wethers at 1$9@11 and ewes at BUFFALO. Cattle. Receipts 30 cars; market is slow. Best heavy steers $15@16.50; ship- ping steers $13@14.50; fair to good $13@13.50; best handy steers $13.25@ 13.50; best yearlings $13.50@14.50; fair to medium butcher steers $10.50@ 11; best butcher heifers $10.50@11; fair. to medium, $9.50@10; best fat cows $10@10.75; medium to good $9@ 9.50; fair to medium $7.25@7.50; cut- ters $6@6.50; canners $5@5.75; best .heavy bulls $10.50@11; sausage bulls at $9'.50@10; light bulls $7.50@8.50; best feeding steers $9.50@10.50; commons to fair $8@9; best stockers . ‘$8.75@ 9.25; fair to good $8.25@8.75; common $7@8; milkers and springers $65@150. Hogs. - . "Receipts 10 cars; market is steady; heavy and yorkeis$18.75; pigs $18. . , , . Sheep and Lambs. ‘ , . Receipts two. cars; market steady; top 1 lambs $17.25; yearlin s. $12@13; -1 wethers $11®1L50z ewes: ga-Ql ‘ “may: - 1 .. 3. I “if v M rm Top prices are being realized. Quota- tions are: " ' ‘ 93":_7 th No. 1' timothy. . . .$34.50@35'.00v No. 1 light mixed 32.00@33.oo _ No. 1 clover 31.00@32.00 SEEDS. Seeds are irregular with red clover higher and alsike down. Detroit quo- tations are: Prime red clover, cash and March $2250; alsike $17.75; timo- thy"$5. FEEDS. Prices are steady at the advanced quotations of last week. In 100-lb. sacks to jobbers bran now brings $35 @3550, standard middlings $37@37.50, coarse corn meal $60, cracked corn $61, chop feed $45@48. ' BUTTER. ‘ Local butter prices show little im- provement since a week ago. Con- sumption has shown some decrease since the recent jump in values. Fresh creamery extras are now selling to jobbers at 56@56%c, and do firsts at 551/2@560. At Chicago the range for creameries is 51@57c, and at New York 581/2@61c. Western creamery extras sell in Philadelphia at 610. CHEESE. Brick cheese is quoted to jobbers on the local market at 37c, and Daisies at 34c. On the New York market fresh specials sell at 33@331/zc, and do average run at 321/30. Full creams are quoted in Philadelphia at 32@ 331/20. ' . EGGS. A fractionhas been added to local egg quotations. Michigan candied stock, current receipts, are sold to the jobbers at 481/20; do firsts in new cas- es 500. The best storage packed goods bring 42@431/zc. Nearby western of- ferings are quoted in New York at from 50@800, depending on the color, grade and size. In Philadelphia west- ern extra and firsts are selling to job- bers at $15.90@16.50. DETROIT CITY MARKET Large quantities of farm produce are moving through the city markets at fairly satisfactory prices. Potatoes are selling at $1.35@1.40; tomatoes at $1.50; cabbage (white) 40c; onions at- '~$1.50; apples $1.50@2.50; pears $1.25 @250; turnips $1; eggs 70c; hay at $28@35 per ton. GRAND RAPIDS - Fine harvesting weather the past week enabled farmers to market a. large amount of potatoes and apples. Much of the potatoes brought on the market were too green for cellar stock or shipping and met with slow sale. Fully ripe stock was in good demand. The tendency of the market was to a lower level. At this week’s opening the price dropped to $1.10@1.20 per bushel by the load and fully cured $1.25. Indications are for heavy offer— ings this week and further decline in price. Apple harvest is in full swing and car shipping a feature with-jobbers, ‘both fall and winter varieties. The spread in price is $1@1.25 as to vari- ety and quality. . The onion crop in western Michigan is the finest in years and is quoted by Jobbers at 600 per bushel. Considerb able number of cars have been shipped the past week. . The. bean crop is better in quality (than last season, is'larger and a con- srderable quantity is moving into the elevators. Jobbers’ pricesto farmers is $8.00 per cwt. for the Michigan pea and red kidney. The trend of price is not to a higher level. THEY LIKE IT. ' . ‘. we have found at Evart what is ’ known as the Evert Cooperative Ship~ - pers’ Association. Have sent so far. fifteen , earloads‘i" of ‘ cattle. hogs and sheep,and most everyoneis very'muoh. pit-18.89:}. ~ We will also handle our own? ‘- beans andpotatoesandflildvréut. if our 9.1m“ will 39313438 118W all!!!" in“ " ' ‘f m t a“ . . _w.~.~\__ A S. orthrn“ Sale at M. A. C HE first fall sale to be held by Michigan Shortlibrn Breeders, at East Lansing, October 9, was a gratifying success The attendance was not large, but most of the men present came with the intention or buying, so that the bidding was unus- ually brisk. From the time Col. Carey M. Jones, assisted by Col. Adams and 'Col.’ Hoopingarner, opened the sale, until the last animal was sold, every- thing passed oi! Smoothly and satis- factorily. A good offering was cashed at values that will make money for their new owners. Few consignments to Michigan Shorthorn sales have gone through the ring in better condition or showed evi- dence of greater usefulness than Pres- cott & Sons. Thesa men are improv- ing their opportunities in the business of raising good Shorthorns. At the outset they knew many of; the princi- ples that stand for success, and they applied them with marked intelligence. The use of great sires attracted atten- tion to their first efforts, and as time goes on the herd is rapidly taking its place among the leading ones of the country. Special credit is also due to W. B. McQutilan & Son, of Howell, for the class of animals they consigned to this sale. These men are gradually building up one of the best small herds in Michigan. The following animals sold for above $200 a he'ad: Chas. A. Prescott &. Son, Tawas City, Michigan. Fairfleld Countess, to Jay Smith, AnnArbor........... ........ $30 Fairfleld Gloster, to W. J. Bell, 500 RoseCity...... ............. 2 Fairfield Victoria, to Jay Smith, Ann Arbor ................. . . . Iris, to W. J. Bell, Rose City“ 225 Rosewood Maid. to A. L. Pant & Son, Lowell .................. 200 Fairfleld Mazurka, to A L. Pant & Son ...................... 275 Carrie 7th, to W. J. Bell, Rose City ......................... 235 Crest's Model, to All. Butler, Al- bion ......................... 315 Esterville Rosa, to E. O. Ouston, Plymouth Gloster Rose, to Thos. Smith, Dexter ....................... Fahidliflem Bell, to H. J. Fowler, oooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooo Lady Bly, to W. J. Bell, Rose Cit ty ........................ . 235 Pearl, to Chas. Bray, Ohemos“ 205 Richland Lassie, to Jay Smith, Ann Arbor ................... 235 Richland Mary, to W. B. 1110qu- lan, Howell .................. 290 Richland Mary Ann, to W. J. Bell, Rose Cit ty .................... Richland Rose 2nd, to Chas. Wet- zel, Ithaca ............ . ...... 410 Richland Semptiess, to A. L. Pant & Son, Lowell .......... 545 Rosella, to A. L. Pant & Son, Lowell ....................... 295 Victoria Maid, to Jay Smith, Ann Arbor ........................ 255 W. B. McQuillan, Howell, Mich. Lady Madge 17th, to C. A. Pres- cott & Sons, Tawas .......... 470 Royal Butterfly, to Sam Jones. 300 ..J Baird, Dewitt, Mich. Beauty)”, to Ira Zimmerman, Di- mondale ..................... 215 Chas. R. Horrle, Hart, Mich. Milliec M, to S H. Aldrich, Sar- aan 0 Star, to J. B. Simpson, Charlotte 240 Michigan Crop Report HE estimated yield of wheat in the state is 14. 29, in the southern counties 14. 06, in the central counties 12. 95, in the northern counties 13. 08 and in the upper peninsula 21. 58 bush- els per acre. The per cent of acreage sown this tall as compared with last year is 97 in the state, southern and northern counties, 95 in the central counties and 101 in the upper peninsu~ 1a. The average date of sowing wheat in the state is September 18, in the southern counties the 19th, in the cen- tral counties the 17th, in the northern counties the 16th and in the upper pe- ninsula the 12th. The total number of bushels of wheat marketed by farmers in Sep- tember at 105 flouring mills is 173,121 and at 70 elevators and grain dealers 90, 443 or a total of 263, 564 bushels. Of this amount 176,825 bushels were marketed in the southern four tiers of counties, 60,297 in the central counties and 26, 442 in the northern counties and upper peninsula. The estimated total number or bushels of wheat marketed in the two months August-September is 1,500,000. Fiftyeflve mills, elevators and grain dealers report no wheat marketed in September. Rye. ——The per cent of acreage sown this fall as compared with last year is 99 in the state, 96 in the southern coun- ties, 103 in the central counties, 107 in the northern counties and 95 in the Barley. —-The estimated average yield per acre in the state is 29. 43, in the southern counties 28.57, in the ceni’ tral counties 32. 72, in the northern counties 25.80 and in the upper penin- sula 30.55 bushels. Oats. —The estimated average yield per acre in the state is 39. 52, in. the southern counties 41. 44, in the central counties 41. 63, in the northern coun ties 36.20 and in the upper peninsula 39.09 bushels. Corn. —The estimated average yield per acre in the state is 20. 91, in the southern counties 21.35, in the central counties 20. 83, in the northern coun- " upper peninsula. , ties 19.57 and in the upper peninsula 20.00 bushels. Potatoes—The estimated average yield in the state is 78.67, in, the south- ern counties 72.02, in the central coun- ties 78.42, in the northern counties 74. 58 and in the upper peninsula 117.69 bushels per acre. Beans.—The estimated average yield in the state is 9.23 in the southern counties 8.29, in the central counties 10.12, in the northern counties 10.35 ' and in the upper peninsula 16.00 bush- els per acre. ‘ Sugar Beets. ——The' estimated aver- aget yield in the state is 9.26, in the gout horn, counties 9. 28, in the central '» 9. 60, in the northern counties 4 8.26 and in the upper peninsula 10.33 tons per acre. Buckwheat—The estimated average yield in the state is 12.00, in the south- ern counties 12.03, in the central coun- ties 10.98, in the northern counties 11.73 'and in the upper peninsula 24.00 bushels per acre. Grain and seed threshed in Michigan up to and including September 14,‘per returns of threshermen is as follows: Yield per Acres. Bushels. acre, « bush. 7,666,413 14.18 405,020 19.01 Winter Wht. 540,754 Spring Wht. 21,308 Rye ....... 366,193 5,325,348 14.54 Oats ...... 1, 134, 867 45,823,029 40.38 Speltz . . . . . 5, 991 166,388 27.77 Barley . 214, 875 6,513,587 30.31 Buckw’ht .. 153 2,677 17.50 Peas . . . . . . 5,314 79,077 14.88 Seed: Timothy 245 1,012 4.13 Clover . . 6,223 16,498 2. 65 Beans . . . . . 754 7,072 9. 38 Ditch Before Winter Rains 'III’IM' 111on by woo-in wan; sanding on had in winter. Can work land ear. lie: in spring. Add 2 to 3 weeks to grow- ing season. Do (arm tenacing now. Get For. moi r" R0“ “or adjustable, reversible, no wheels, levers or can to get out of fix. Cuts new farm ditches or cleans old ones to 4 feet deep; builds (arm terraces, Mould levees , grades roads. Does the work 0‘ M Inch. Every iann needs one. Send ybux some it Free Book and Special Introducm War. Owen eboro Ditchor I Grader Company, Inc. Box 515 onshore. 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We handle only 011 commission. No merchandise competition with your goods. Highest prices pos- sible obtained on anival, and you don’ t have to wait for your money. Reference Peninsular State Bank. H Ship To The Old Reliable Hons. A Daniel McCatfrey's Sons. 613.65 Wnbuh Bldg. Pimturgh Pu. BEE SUPPLIES, BEESWAX, BER- RY SUPPLIES, AND HONEY. M. H. HUNT 8: SON, CRATES Slightly soiled Butcher Folding bushel crates. for shipping and storage. Excellent condition 240 deliv. ored' in Ml chigan. Cash with order. immediate shipment. A.M. TODD 00., Mentha,Mloh. Married, no children. to take Farmer WW are of country home. Good as l ary and profit sharing proposition to intelligent, res- pondblo .Kouse with all modernim m e e to. turnfloraix S 19. Michigan Farmer Darrell, $1311. D008 Sole mot Be Pooch, B 11 Auction» . allotment: on Tues sale list. J. Mm Hicks 1t Eons. R .2, Willismston. Mich. w ’ W. Ewult Mt. Clemens. Mich. to "ten Pure-bred sootoii 00111 0 P11 1 ' heelbn from trained stock on Ewalt' {mklistural Lancing, Mich. SECOND EDITION. The markets in this edition were re- vised and corrected on Thursday after- noon, October 17. WHEAT. The demand for wheat is uniformly active and the market is now in a firm position with the trade absorbing lib- eral quantities of the enormous re- ceipts from country elevators. The grain is wanted for export. The vis- ible supply of the United States for the past week shows an increase of. 7,608,000 bushels. One year ago the price paid for No. 2 red wheat on the local market was $2.17 per bushel. Present prices here are: No. 2 red wheat ......... $22214 No. 2 mixed ._ ........... 2.20% No. 2 white . . . .. ....... 2.201/2 CORN. Two things happened recently which caused corn prices in our big markets to make a long and sudden advance: President Wilson’s reply to the Ger- man peace note put the possibility of immediate peace out of present consid- eration. The other bullish item was the announcement by the Food Admin- istration that the government would be in the market for the purchase of corn to supply its needs for Novem- ber and December. In Chicago prices advanced over 10c at the opening this week and nearly that much more since. The Detroit market, however, having large stocks and no direct de- mand failed to change prices to cor“ respond with those in Chicago. There is considerable discussion as to the influence peace would have upon corn prices, many contending that it would put marketing on an entirely lower basis, while others feel that the de- mand from the Central Powers, which is certain to follow the signing of peace terms, should tend to increase rather than decrease the price of corn and other cereals. One year ago corn sold on the local market at $1.98 for the No. 3 grade. Present prices hfirg are: No. 3 corn .............. . 5 No. 3 yellow ............ 1.40 No. 4 yellow. . . . . . . ..... 1.32 No. 5 yellow ..... 1.22 No. 3 white ....... . . . . . . 1.40 On the Chicago market No. 2 yellow corn advanced to $1.48; No. 3 yellow $1.37@1.40; No. 4 yellow $1.27@1.33; November $11794; December $1.14% per bushel. OATS. There appears to be no independent action in the oat trade, prices here following the fluctuations in corn cir- cles. The demand for domestic con- sumption is of unusually large volume, as shown by the United States visible supply, which indicates a decrease of 764,000 bushels during a time when marketing by farmers is heavy. Stan- dard oats a year ago sold on the local market at 61%c per bushel. Present prices here are: Standard ............ . ..... 72 No. 3 white ............... 71% No. 4 white ........ . ..... 701/2 RYE. Nothing new has transpired to change the sentiment of dealers in this market and t e price holds steady with last week a’ $1.63 per bushel. BARLEY. The course of this trade has been uniformly dull with a very few tran- sactions made by sample at prices ranging from $1.95@2.05 per cwt. BEANS. Threshing beans is well under way in Michigan and New York states. Farmers are marketing quite freely with prices at country elevators rang- ing from $7.50@8.50 per cwt. The gen- eral quality of the crop is good. De- troit continues to quote at $9 per cwt. for hand-picked navies. Trade is easy at Chicago where the new crop is now arriving. Michigan hand-picked stock is bringing $10.50@10.75 from jObbers at that point. New York re- ports liberal receipts again, with the majority of the shipments of foreign stock. The pea bean market is about steady, with the best grades fetching $11@11.25 per cwt., and common to fair $10@10.75. POULTRY. ' The demand for most classes is fair with Detroit jabbing prices as folloys: No.1 springs 27@28c;small springs _ Mm; hens 28@‘29c;1 small hens and hogs are Leghorns 25@26c; roosters 19@200; geese 24@25c; ducks 28@29c; turkeys 35@36c per lb. The New 'York market is firm. Live chickens bring 35c per 1b; fowls 36c; old roosters 26c; tur- keys 300. POTATOES. Markets are a little irregular. At Detroit the demand and movement is moderate, with practically no change in prices. Michigan stock is selling here at $2@2.‘10 per cwt. in bulk for the best offerings. About the same conditions prevail at Clevelandwith Michigan round Whites, sacked, U. S. Grade No. 1 bringing $2.10@2.25; at Buffalo $2.25@2.35; at Pittsburgh $2.25 ' at New .York $3.15@3.25‘ in 150-lb. sacks; at Cincinnati $2.15@ 2.25 per cwt. in bulk. , Maine farmers are receiving for their Green Mountains $3@3.15 per bbl. at side track. In Wisconsin the trade is weakening with the price at $1.45@1.50 per cwt. sacked on cars. In Minnesota there is a slight recovery since last week. The general trend of the market, however, has been down- ward. - APPLES. This crop is moving in considerable volume at ‘ the present time. Much poor stock is now coming to the mar- kets and this is a little depressing to the trade. Chicago prices for best Michigan stock are: Greenings $4.50 @475; Snows $5.50@6; Wealthys at $4.50@5. At Detroit Michigan Jona- thans of a goodrquality are selling at $1.50@1.65 per bushel. The market here is slow and draggy this week. HAY. . A steady trade prevails with prices firm as follows: No. 1 timothy. .-.$29.50@30.00 Standard timothy 28.50@29.00 No. 1 mixed 24.50@25.00 No. 1 clover 23.50@24.00 Pittsburgh—An excellent demand prevails with receipts extremely light. Live Stock Market Service Reports for Thursday, October 16th BUFFALO. Pigs $17.75@18; others $18.75@ 18.90; lambs $17.40; calves $19; cat- tle weak. CHICAGO. Cattle. Receipts 15,000. Better grade of beef steers strong to 250 higher; com‘ mon grade steady. Good to prime choice steers $14.35@ 19.40; common and medium butchers $9@14.35; heifers $6.65@13; cows at $6.75@12.50; bologna. bulls $12.25@ 13.50; canners and cutters $5.75@ 6.75; stockers and feeders, good $9.75 @1250; do, medium $7@9.75. Hogs. Receipts 31,000. Market 10@200 lower than yesterday. Tops $18.60; heavy $18.30@18.55; mixed and light $18@18.65; packers’ hogs $15.50@17; medium and heavy at $16.75@17.50; light bacon hogs $17.50 @18.50; pigs, good to choice $15.25@ 16; roughs $16@16.50. Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 29,000. Market is slow to 250 lower. Choice to prime lambs $15.50@15.75; medium and good lambs $13.50@15.50; culls $8@12; medium, good and chOlce feeders $11.50@14; choice yearlings $11.75@12.25; medium and good year- lings $10.75@11.25; wethers, medium and good $9.75@12. DETROIT Cattle. Receipts 4,487. Market very dull, and 75c@$1 lower than last week; light thin grades almost unsalable. Best heavy steers ....... $12.00@13.50 Best handy wt bu steers $10.00@10.50 Mixed steers and heifers 8.50@ 9.00 Handy light butchers.... 7.50@ 8.00 Light butchers ....... 6.50@ 7.00 Best cows ............... 8.50@ 9.00 Butcher cows . ......... 7.00@ 7.50 Cutters ..... . ........... 5.75@ 6.25 Canners ........... . ..... 5.00@ 5.50 Best heavy bulls ...... . . 8.75@ 9.00 Bologna bulls 7.75@ 8.00 Stock bulls ............. 6.00@ 6.50 Feeders ................. 9.00@10.00 Stockers ................ 7.50@ 8.50 Milkers and springers . . . $60@ 125 Veal Calves. Receipts 1,099. Market dull. Best .................... $16.50@17.00 Others ................... 7.00@13.50 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 7,790. Lambs 250 higher; sheep steady. Best lambs . . . . ....... . .$ 15.25 Fair lambs ............. 13.75@14.25 Light to common lambs. . 10.00@13.25 Fair to good sheep ...... 8.50@ 9.00 Culls and common ...... 5.00@ 7.00 Hogs. Receipts 6,914. Market is 10@15c lower. Pigs ......... ...........$ 17.25 Mixed hogs ........ . . . . . 17.50@17.65 Reports for Wednesday, October 15th A CHICAGO. Cattle. Today’s receipts are estimated at 14,000 head, bringing the receipts for three days up to 65.700 head, compar- ing with 64,591 for the same time last week. There is not much change in the day’s prices, but the market is considerably lower for the week, with first half of the week, comparing with 139,965 for the same time last week. Prices are firmer to 25c higher for the best offerings today, with range lambs going at $16 for the best down to $12.50 for common, while native lambs are salable at $10@15.75. Most of the feeding lambs are taken at $12.50@ 14.25. Yearlings are salable at $9.25 @1121; wethers at $9@11 and ewes at the best class of long-fed steers selling $ @ at $19@19.35, whereas heretofore the top was’$19.60. Steers sell largely at $12.50@15, and stockers and feeders are off to $6.75@12.40, while butcher stock is mostly 50c lower for the week, with cows and heifers selling at $6.50@14.25, and canning cows and cutters at $5.40@6.45. Bulls sell at $6.25@12, and western range steers are taken at $9.75@16.25. The calf market is off, with sales at $6.50@ 16.50. Hogs. Wednesday receipts are. in the neighborhood of 18,000 hogs, making receipts for three days of 81,900 head, comparing with 73,477 for the same time last week. Prices cover about the same range as yesterday, ‘hogs selling at $16.25@18.75 for the rough heavy packers to prime light butch- ers, while most of the pigs are selling at $11 @1650. The eastern; shipping demand this week has been .jhardly worth mentioning. The bulk of the selling at $17.25@18.60. . Sheep and Lambs: Wednesdayvreeeints are about): "1 ‘ w ‘ 407.990 ”9 lied. mm” is 4' setters sirens): BUFFALO. Cattle. Receipts 30 cars; market is slow. Best heavy steers $15@16.50; ship- ping steers $13@14.50; fair to good $13@13.50; best handy steers $13.25@ 13.50; best yearlings $13.50@14.50; fair to medium butcher steers $10.50@ 11; best butcher heifers $10.50@11; fair, to medium. $9.50@10; best fat cows $10@10.75; medium to good $9@ 9.50; fair to medium $7.25@7.50; cut- ters $6@_6.50; canners $5@5.75; best . heavy bulls $10.50@11; sausage bulls at $9..50@10; light bulls v$7.50@8.50; best feeding steers $9.50@10.50; ' commons to fair $8@9; best stockers . $8.75@ 9.25; fair to good $8.25@‘8.75; common $7@8; milkers ail-1d springers $65@150. . , ogs. . . p "Receipts 10 cars; market is steady; . heavy and yorkers_ $18.75; pigs $18. ,, , Sheep‘andLamh’s." .. Receipts two». cars; market steady: tap lambs $17.25; yearlings ewes; m ' _,19.50 as m,_ s ens, .eent, per , 6.“me ti! @7971?“ Top prices are being realized. Quota- ,tions' are: ” '- No. 1 timothy. . . .$34.50@35.00* No. ,1 light mixed 32.00@33.00 No. 1 clover, 31.00@32.00 SEEDS. Seeds are irregular with red clover higher and alsike down. Detroit quo- tations. are: Prime red clover, cash alrlid $1\5€[arch $22.50; alsike $17.75; timo- t y . . ' . . FEEDS. Prices are steady at the advanced quotations of last week. In 100-“). sacks to jobbers bran now brings $35 @3550, standard middlings $37@37.50, coarse corn meal $60, cracked corn $61, chop feed $45@48. ' BUTTER. Local butter prices show little im- provement since a week ago. Con- sumption has shown some decrease since the recent jump in values. Fresh creamery extras are now selling to jobbers at 56@561/2c, and do firsts at 551/2@56c. At Chicago the range for creameries is 51@57c, and at New York 581/2@61c. Western creamery extras sell in Philadelphia at 610. CHEESE. Brick cheese is quoted to jobbers on the local market at 37c, and Daisies at 340. On the New York market fresh specials sell at 33@331/zc, and do average run at 321/20. Full creams are quoted in Philadelphia at 32@ 331/20. . - EGGS. A fractionhas been added to local egg quotations. Michigan candled stock, current receipts, are sold to the jobbers at 481/120; do firsts in new cas- es 50c. The-best storage packed goods bring 42@431/éc. Nearby western of— ferings are quoted in New York at from 50@800, depending on the color, grade and size. In Philadelphia west~ ern extra and firsts are selling to job bers at $15.90@16.50. DETROIT CITY MARKET Large quantities of farm produce are moving through the city markets at fairly satisfactory prices. Potatoes are selling at $1.35@1.40; tomatoes at $1.50; cabbage (white) 40c; onions at. $1.50; apples $1.50@2.50; pears $1.25 @250; turnips $1; eggs 70c; hay at $28@35 per ton. > GRAND RAPIDS - Fine harvesting weather the past week enabled farmers to market a large amount of potatoes and apples. Much of the potatoes brought on the market were too green for cellar stock or shipping and met with slow sale. Fully ripe stock was in good demand. The tendency of the market was to a lower level. At this week’s opening the price dropped to $1.10@1.20 per bushel by the load and fully cured $1.25. Indications are for heavy offer- ings this week and further. decline in price. Apple harvest is in full swing and car shipping a feature with-jobbers, ‘both fall and winter varieties. The spread in price is $1@1.25 as to vari- ety and quality. . The onion crop in western Michigan 1.3 the finest in years and is quoted by Jobbers at 60c per‘bushel. Consider- able number of cars have been shipped the past week. The bean crop is better in quality than last season, is larger and a con- siderable quantity is moving into the elevators. Jobbers’ pricesto farmers is $8.00 per cwt. for the Michigan pea and red kidney. The trend of price is not to a higher level. ' THEY LIKE IT. ', We have found at Evart what is " known as the Evart Cooperative Ship- pers' Association. 'Have sent so far. " fifteen. carloads of cattle; h0g5 and sheep, 31,14,11103tfevery0n943 very much pleased. ,. We will also handle our mini, ‘ ‘ beans- and..pétatoes and findaout if our spuds will not bring usinore’ than" mist ‘ MM “ ’ " " 1n ' Shorh ' upper peninsula. HE first fall sale to be held by Michigan Shortlibrn Breeders, at - East Lansing, October 9, was a gratifying success. The attendance was not large, but most or the men present came with the intention of buying, so that the bidding was unus- ually brisk. From the time Col. Caney M. Jones, assisted by Col. Adams and Col.’ Hoopingarner, opened the sale, until the last animal was sold, every- thing passed oi! Bmoothly and satis- factorily. A good offering was cashed at values that will make money for their new owners. Few consignments to Michigan Shorthorn sales have gone through the ring in better condition or showed evi- dence of greater usefulness than Pres- cott & Sons. These men are improv- ing their opportunities in the business of raising good Shorthorns. At the outset they knew many of the princi- ples that stand for success, and they applied them with marked intelligence The use of great sires attracted atten- tion to their first efforts, and as time goes on the herd is rapidly taking its place among the leading ones of the country. Special credit is also due to W. B. McQuiilan & Son, of Howell, for the class of animals they consigned to this sale. These men are gradually building up one of the best small herds in Michigan. The following animals sold for above $200 a he’ad: Chas. A. Prescott &. Son, Tawas City, Michi gan. Fairfleld Countess, to Jay Smith, AnnArbor............. ...... $300 orn’Salc at M. A C. Fairiield Gloster, to W. J. Bell, 4 500 Rose City ........... . ...... :, Fairfleld Victoria, to Jay Smith, Ann Arbor ................. . . , Iris, to W. J. Bell, Rose City.... 225 Rosewood Maid, to A L. Pant & 8011, Lowell ............... 200 Fairileld Mazurka, to A L. Pant & Son .................... 2. . 275 Carrie 7th, to W. J. Bell, Rose- City .......... 235 oooooooooooooo bion ......................... 315 Esterville Rosa, to E. O. Ouston, Plymouth -------------------- Gloster Rose, to Thos. Smith, Dexter ....................... Fairneld Bell, to H. J. Fowler, Milo . ........................ Lady Bly, to W. J. Bell, Rose Cit ty ......................... 235 Pearl, to Chas. Bray, Okemos... 205 Richland Lassie, to Jay Smith, Ann Arbor ................... 235 Richland Mary, to W. B. McQuil- lan, Howell .................. 290 Richland Mary Ann, to W. J. Bell, Rose Cit .................... Richland Rose 2nd, to Chas. Wet- zel, Ithaca Richland Sempt1ess, to A. L. Pant & Son, Lowell .......... Rosella, to A. L. Pant & Son, Lowell Victoria Maid, to Jay Smith, Ann Arbor W. B. McQuilIan, Howell, Lady Madge 17th, to C. A. Pres- cott & Sons, Tawas .......... Royal Butterfly, to Sam Jones. W. J. Baird, Dewitt, Mich. Beauty, to Ira Zimmerman, Di- mondale Chas. R. Horrie, Hart, Mich. Millniec M, to S. H. Aldrich, Sar- ....... ....................... ..................... 2 Stag, to J. B. Simpson, Chailotte 240 Michigan Crop Report THE estimated yield of wheat in the state is 14. 29, in the southern counties 14. 06, in the central counties 12. 95, in the northern counties 13. 08 and in the upper peninsula 21. 58 bush- els per acre. The per cent of acreage sown this tall as compared with last year is 97 in the state, southern and northern counties, 95 in the central counties and 101 in the upper peninsu- la. The average date of sowing wheat in the state is September 18, in the southern counties the 19th in the cen- tral counties the 17th, in the northern counties the 16th and in the upper pe- ninsula. the 12th. The total number of bushels of wheat marketed by farmers in Sep- tember at 105 flouring mills is 173,121 R and at 70 elevators and grain dealers 90,443 or a total of 263,564 bushels. Of this amount 176,825 bushels were marketed in the southern four tiers of counties, 60,297 in the central counties and 26, 442 in the northern counties and upper peninsula. The estimated total number or bushels of wheat marketed in the two months August-September is 1,500,000. Fifty-five mills, elevators and grain dealers report no wheat marketed in September. Rye.—~The per cent of acreage sown this fall as compared with last year is 99 in the state, 96 in the southern coun- ties, 103 in the central counties, 107 in the northern counties and 95 in the Barley. ——The estimated‘ average yield per acre in the state is 29. 43,. in the southern counties 28. 57, in the cen~ tral counties 32. 72, in the northern counties 25.80 and in the upper penin- sula 30.55 bushels. Oats—The estimated average yield per acre in the state is 39.52, i the southern counties 41.44, in the central counties 41.63, in the northern coun- ties 36.20 and in the upper peninsula 39.09 bushels. Corn. —The estimated average yield per acre in the state is 20 91, in the southern counties 21. 35, in the central counties 20. 83, in the northern coun- ties 19.57 and in the upper peninsula 20.00 bushels. , Potatoes. —~'1‘he' estimated average yield in the state is 78. 67, in, the south- ern counties 72.02, in the central coun- ties 78. 42, in the northern counties 74.58 and in the upper peninsula 117. 69 bushels per acre. Beans. -—-The estimated average yield in the state is 923, in the southern counties 8. 29, in the central counties 1012, in the northern counties 10.35 and in the upper peninsula 16. 60 bush- els per acre. , Sugar Beets. ——The‘ estimated aver- .age yield in the state is 9.26, in the . synthem; Counties 9. 28, in the central “Wit . '9‘60’ in the northern counties 8.26 and in the upper peninsula 10.33 tons per acre. Buckwheat—The estimated average yield in the state is 12.00, in the south- ern counties 12.03, in the central coun- ties 10.98, in ,the northern counties 11.73'and in the upper peninsula 24.00 bushels per acre. Grain and seed threshed in Michigan up to and including September 14,'per returns of threshermen is as follows: Yield per Acres. Bushels. acre, bush. Winter wht. 540,754 7,666,413 14.18 Spring wht. 21,308 405,020 19.01 ye ....... 366,193 5,325,348 14.54 Oats ...... 1,134,867 45,823,029 40.38 Speltz . 5,991 166,388 27.77 Barley 214,875 6,513,587 30.31 Buckw’ht 153 2,677 17.50 Peas . . . . . . 5,314 79,077 14.88 Seed: Timothy 245 1,012 4.13 Clove1 . . 6,223 16,498 2.65 Beans . . . . . 754 7,07 9.38 Ditch Before Winter Rains ‘ lie: in spring. Add 2 lo 3 weeks to grow- ing season. lam: tenacing now. All- steel, adjustable, reversible; no wheels, levers or cogs to get out of x Cuts new farm ditches or cleans old ones to 4 feet deep; builds farm terraces. Mesa-:1 levees; grades roads. Does the work oi no men. Every iann needs one. Send ybu: name It Free Book and Special introductory Ola. Owensboro Ditcher I Grader Company. Inc. Box 515 when. Ky. “ l 9’ saw 001! to saw WOOdl saw wvbod tor gourmlielgh- boss saw wood for the Govern mment, saw wdoodor freeze. Use a ”dinning-aw that will one work of ten In real Look khghr‘ “Whom Michigan We are in the market for Seed Whe CARLOTS MAIL SAMPLES Farmers Elev. t Pro. Company, Bad Axe, Mich. \ . LR. R. 01km, ........................................................................................................ ivgguflé‘m.‘ ividual K- W... 33‘3“ I" O “manganese 72’ ’5; Mf‘w’b strains f 9% “WWW ..... ‘\ 73,—"- foundsfion g 1 00 Animals in HULSTEINS MW” “rm am... ow % In Animals 5 October 30th at... A RD.COV3 1;; 9|"! 00cm 1 . Howell, Mlch. wiry-«m . 0F 2 ”MM“. . 25-51 lb. A.R.O.Cows 2 Incl": Bulls-— ..;.~:r‘_' ‘mlflml ‘ =..::.—==.=.:= '° 4 ~ 4? Sale 90. w . .hw“. ,. .4; l FodrrolAM‘ "93% g H. MINT”, Jr., "08"”! ,i a 1 "WW” Wm mamas. . __-————/ East Lansing, Jinn. \———-—: In the first line trenches, the doughboy. with this situation. Rubber Footwear at the “Front” where the need 19 greatest, rubber footwear Is helping to make life more livable for Men In the trenches are being supplied before civilians at home. This means limited supplies for outdoor workers. Our customers, we are confident, will cheerfully bear We regret our inability at present to meet every demand for “U. S. Protected” footwear. Until U. S. Rubber Footwear is again avail- able in large quantities, we ask patrons to re- member the name and look for the “ U. S. Seal" on every pair. ”hind States Rubber company Tucson-“roe:- HORSES Horses Will Be Horses Soon we have on hand at all times a. choice selection of young Percheron Stallions. Also have a few A good work horses that we are offering to ex- change for young stallions. PALMER BROS, Belding, Mich. Pmlnmns, llolsloins mlnggfl,‘ groaning 01111:: Pan Emmi-"and marns oiieréeasonablo , pegtion nv 17.11.. me: so? . Charlotte. M101. . :fx.ato'theflgl1-t riceysorglglsdmi bites-e E. J. ALDRICH. p e konsha. oMtlch Auction!) Sale of Reg. Perch" yItal. Shorthorns and H Tue-01L. sale 1m. .1. 11.111113? son-.112. mum 13115113 If You Want A Square Deal t of ship- and your money on recei eal 8c Hogs ment send your Poultry, ‘to J. W. Keys Commission Co., 470 Riopelle 811., East. Market Detroit, Mich. the best market in America, weekly market circular on request, please mention this papeI. Are you doing your bit? Buy War Stamps. Mr. POULTRY FARMER : We make a specialty of White Hennery Eggs and have created a profitable market for your eggs the eararound. We pay the highest premium for your ennery Whites—We remit same day shipments ve. Ship tennShip by Express GEO. R. ELDRIDGE CO. 494-18“: Street, Detroit. Mich. Remember! We guarantee you satisfaction with every ship-ant. CULLOTTA & JUELL Eastern Market, Detroit, Mich. We handle only on commission. No merchandise competition with your goods. Highest prices pos- Siblc obtained on arrival. and you don’t have to wait for your money. Reference Peninsular State Bank. 5‘3;an To The Old Reliable Hons. anieI’McCafirey s Som. 623325 Wabash Bldg. Pittsburgh Pa. BEE SUPPLIES, BEESWAX, BER- RY SUPPLIES, AND HONEY. M. H. HUNT & SON, Lansing, Mich. CRATES Slightly soiled Butcher Folding bushel crates. for shipping and storage. Excellent condition 240 dolly. ered' in Michigan. Cash with order. immediate shipment. A. M. TODD 00 . Mentha, Mich. Married, no children. to take Fauna Wm care of country home. Good so} aryn‘ and “.th sharing proposition to intelligent, roe- .House with all modern improve enta tum Box 8-19,Michlgan Farmer. Detroit, oh. D008 w. E it. in. Cl M Wflten Pure-bred 3.3.2.1; Collie ‘33:.31... Halli heelbrs from trained stock on Ewalt‘s Stock Farms. *5." / .g: “ Costly parts War times demand that you protect them from undue wear. Three suggestions. There is a serious shortage of automobile repair men. You are going to find more and more diffi— culty in getting repairs made. And you are going to pay more or repair service. Labor charges are up; prices of parts are higher and still on the rise. Meanwhile many motorists are as unconcerned as ever about their cars. The needless Wearing out of engine parts goes on. Why? Incorrect oil—incorrect use of oil-— or both. . Here are three points which should be ob- served by every motorist: (I) Get the correct oil. You should use an oil of high quality and of the correct body to suit the lubricating re— quirements of your car. The use of such an oil is the first and most important step in the protection of your engine parts. (2) Maintain at all times an adequate supply of oil in the oil reservoir. Lack of attention to this may result in insufficient lubrication, premature wear, and in extreme cases—burned-out bearings. (3) Drain old oil and replenish at proper inter- vals. If your instruction. book advises fresh oil eVery 1,000 miles, do not run 1,500 or 2,000 miles before replacing. Oil gathers impurities and thins down in use through condensation of the fuel mixture. Running on such “oil” means premature Wear to parts. It will pay you to send for the booklet, “Correct Lubri- cation” and read the article beginning on page 3. This book treats this and other subjects with authority and clearness in articles prepared by Our Board of Engineers Address our nearest branch. ' obiloils + A grade for each type of motor In buying Gargoyle Mobiloils from your dealer, it is surest to» purchase hr original packages. Look for the red Gargoyle on the container. If the dealer _ has not the grade specified for your car, ’he can easily secure “for you. . VACUUM .OIL COMPANY, New York, U.S.A. Specialists intitho manufacture of hills-erode lulu-fiestas: for . . every class of machinery. Obi-halal. oyopvhorelnthevorld Domestic. Boston Kansas City. Kan. Paledelphla‘ ’Mlniieagolle ' mama; Branches: Detroit ‘New Vote. C ., make-ad ,mdel at tractor;- ~ cue» p ’ lulsnsoolli th'mlm" Correct Automobile Lubrication How to read the Chart The four grades of Gargoyle’Mobiloils, for engine lubrication, purified to remove free carbon, are : Gargoyle Mobile“ “A" Gargoyle Mobiloil “B" Gargoyle Mobiloil “E" Gargoyle Moblloil "Arctic" In the Chart below, the letter opposite the car indicates the grade of Gargoyle Mobiloils that should be used. For example, “A" means Gargoyle Mobiloil “A," "Arc” means Gargoyle Mobiloil Arctic, etc. The recommendations cover all models of both passenger and commercial vehicles unless otherwise noted. This Chart is compiled by the Vacuum Oil Com- pany's Board of Engineers and represents our pro- fessional advice on Correct Automobile Lubrication. 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