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N many sections it is not only the

draft that has reduced the. avail:

able supply of farm labor. Men

and boys have been drifting to the city

for ten years or more because of the





seemingly high wages that have been





paid in the factories. Some men who

would have been owners by this time

if they had remained on the farm are

now working for wages and spending

most of their income to meet the daily

bills.



A wage of $5. 00 per day looks quite

large to‘many farmers and in addition

when that wage is guaranteed, it seems

to be a doubly fine proposition. Right

now, there are some farmers who can

hardly resist selling their land, invest-

ing the money in bonds and hiring out

infactories where their income will be

guaranteed. They forget. the cost of

living in the city. It seems as if it is

good business to stick by the farm in

these uncertain times.





The shorter hours of city employ:





ment usually appeal to the farmer.

One farmer who became tired of

twelve and fourteen hours on the farm

hired out to work in an automobile fac-

tory where the men work-

ed ten hours each day. On

the farm he had worked

long hours, but the work

had constantly c h an g e d

and he never became en-

tirely sick of one job be-

fore it was finished and

.another came to vary the

'monotony. ‘



In the factory he was ..





for several weeks he made

three holes through a cer-

tain piece .of metal and

then he took another piece

and made three holes.

through that, and so on for

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This man worked on his drill press

until he realized how fine it was to

work in the fresh air and be his own

boss- and he is now making plans to

return to the farming business. It is

absolutely true that the monotony of

many kinds-‘of farm' work is nothing

compared to the drudgery of doing the

same job in a factory, day after day

without a chance of a change of work.

Farmers live near their work and

waste no time in going back and forth.

In a large “city like Detroit a great

many of the employes of the factories

’have to’ spend an' hour going to work

and an hour going home. In the win-





ter when the street cars'are crowded





and the windows closed, that hour go-

ing home from work is one of the hard-

est and longest hours of the day. The

time spent between the factory and the

home is seldom considered by the

farmer who thinks about the short

hours of city workers. '



Most good farmers enjoy live stock

and like to work with animals. They

make friends with their cows and hers-

es and enjoy the presence of the fam-

ily dog. When such men go to the city





and find that their little flat only ena-

bles them to keep a couple of goldfish

for pets, they feel’that something is

missing from their lives. A man who

has always worked with animals is

alivays lonesome without them I know

of one farmer who worked in a city for

a short time instead of farming as he

would have liked to have done. The

vaudeville shows soon became uninter-

esting, it was lonesome in the crowds

and the advantages of city life seemed

very few, but that man never tired of

stopping in front of a bird store where

they had day-old chicks, pigeons and

dogs for sale. The familiar pets which

he had owned back on the farm were

of more interest than all the diversions

which he had looked forward to enjoy-

ing in the city.



City wages are not large when the

cost of living is considered. Some men

with special training do very well in

the city and many men acquire that

training from experience but the farm-

er who knows the farming business

knows a trade that is worth money to-

day and he should try and work where

his skill will do most for the country.





 





If a man knows Where he is going to

land in the city it may be a safe ad-

venture. He may succeed and earn

more money than he can obtain on the

farm. However, this is a poor time to

speculate and the average farmer who

can make a living on his land is not.

going to gain much by going to the

city. He will not be sure of much

more than a living in the city and it.

will cost just as much effort and it

may bring a smaller return. If you

have a good farm home and a chance

to earn $150 a month in the city, just

take out the little note book and the

stub pencil. At the top of the list

mark $40 for rent. Count the kids in.

the family and consider their appetites,

Then note the prices of food stuffs

quoted in the daily papers. Figure on

more clothes for everyone in the fam-

ily. It takes more in the city. Don’t

forget the laundry bills. Electric light

and gas bills must be paid every

month, also the telephone bill. When

Cousin Bill comes in to spend a week,

he will need to be entertained. Possi—

bly he will bring his family with him

and theater tickets are sold for cash.

Then make a little allow-





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





ance for doctor bills. Many

a man picks up headaches

in the city that he never

experienced on the farm.

The automobile which was

housed in an old shed on

the farm will have to use

a rented garage in the city.

It costs money at every

turn to live in a large city

and obtain many of the

pleasures that seem to

come on a farm for prac-

tically nothing. Of course,

it costs money to live on a.

farm and it costs a lot of

work to obtain many of

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same job over and over.",

He saw a brother laborer .‘

in the next building was,

putting on wheels and

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cash. It pays to balance

up all of these things be

fore making any important

changes. The average city

man sees all of the good

things about a farm and

none of the detriments.

The average farmer notes

all of the desirable points

about city life and sees

none of the disadvantages.

By balancing these things

a farmer will see that he

should be thankful that he

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CURRENT COMMENT





N Monday last,

who the wires

flashed e welcome

news that Germany

had accepted the arm-

istice terms, offered

by the Supreme War Council through

Marshal Foch, all America celebrated

the coming of peace with victory in a

spirit of genuine and whole-souled joy.

And well might our people, who have

rendered such potent aid in the win-

ning of this great victory for humanity

celebrate the event with hilarious joy.

But with the passing of the emotions

of the hour which marked the accom-

plishment of the primary object of our

entry into the world war, the crushing

of the menace of German militarism,

the American people must apply them-

selves just as seriously and just as ear-

nestly to the solution of the problems

of peace as they have to the winning

of the war. And they must not forget

that this task may be one which will

require more patient effort than the ac-

complishment of the primary object

has taken of determined sacrifice.

Indeed, the sacrifice will not end

with the coming of peace. The lives

of our boys in France will no longer

be sacrificed to the insatiable gods of

war, but they can not be immediately

brought home. Our soldiers must aid

in long vigils of police duty. Our en-

gineers must help in the rehabilitation

of war shattered France and Belgium.

Our people must continue to bear the

financial burdens of war and war re-

,lief work for. an indefinite period, or

until the chaotic conditions in Europe

become stabilized and our great army

can be released and demobilizod. We

will not soon be relieved from the ma-

terial burdens of war, but we can hear

them with light hearts in the knowl-

edge that the horrors 01' war are no

longer being forced upon us and our

darts are directed toward healing the

wounds of mankind rather than inflict-

. . ing the scars of battle.

‘ '. Nor are the problems. of peace eon-

. hated to the Wt of the Emo-

. foetal situation to the new conditions

L"‘bmght about by the winning of the





Peace and

its

Problems





ous future for our own people than is own business. ,

the general establishment and eonser- Perhaps the most effective method

varion of human liberty to the peace of causing trouble among members of





0° and prosperity of the world at large. a shipping association, especially one





And to this problem we must devote affiliated with a central selling ex-

our most sincere and persistent effort change, is that of springing prices at

to the end that we may not experience points where they haVe worked up a

a degree at the extreme reaction in our feeling among weak-kneed members.

industrial organization which bodes so By buying a few cars of produce at an

ill for the peoples of continental Eu- opportune time and paying more than

rope in the present crisis. ~ the market will stand, an independent

From the farmers standpoint these buyer may make no end or movable

problems are the mo1e serious, be- among farmers when his only motive

cause they are added to an already ser- is to further his own interests by pock-

ious accumulation of problems, of eting a loss in order to’ create bed

which the labor problem has been per- blood between the farmers, their asso-

haps the most difficult of solution But citation and selling exchange. This is

fortunately it seems certain that the one method of attack that farmers and

ending of the war will relieve to some association managers must guard

extent, rather than increase, the farm- against. A number of independent

er’s immediate difficulties in this direc‘i buyers, each boosting prices at differ-

tion. And his continued prosperity ent stations for one or two days, find

seems assured; since the food require- it easy to stir up trouble and cause

ments will be greater than in war, as farmers to believe they are being dis-

humanitarian considerations will nec- criminated against in the matter of

essitate the aid of the. victors in alle- prices.

viating starvation in the conquered Cooperation is not a new thing.

countries and in disorganized Russia Fazmcrs have heard a lot about it for

to the fullest possible extent. So,while twenty years. The Grange started

devoting a liberal portion of their sto'res, but most of them failed. Coop-

thought to the correct solution of the erative creameries were organized but

future problems of peace, our farmers few of them succeeded permanently ’be-

will profit from redoubled efforts in cause condensaries and the city trade

the production of food with/which to took the milk. Farmers have tried co-

supplya present world deficiency. operation in other things, but mem‘

bers developed petty jealousies and the

RESPONSES toour business blew up. Farmers don't need

wire appeals to cooperation any more today than they

government ofiicials, did twenty years ago, but they realize

c 0 pie 5 of w hi (3 h more and more what it means to them.

were published in the The fact that cooperation has succeed-

last issue, indicate ed best in the newer communities

that every effort is being made to re Where the farmers had to stick to-

lieve the car shortage for the move- gether to protect themselves is con-

ment of Michigan potatoes. In this

connectiOn the car service section of

the Railroad Administration called at-

tention to the need of loading cars to

capacity in the following Wire:





MICHIGAN FARMER,

45 West Congress Street,

Detroitll



Acknowledging receipt of your wire,

First Director Genegal1 Mgedoo, regard-

in carsu l otao 03. ng, everye- . ‘ . ‘

fogt will Eel) gigde to meet all require- come back to 0“” WO’k “filth 19‘

ments. Suggest advisability of using unwed energy and V180? for m the

box cars to fullest possible extent dur- days of reconstruction that will follow

ingd present fidgll'atte Vgglfiifigra 31:; the cessation of hostilities our position

0" ing cars av a e 0 p 'n and attitude before the world will be

Total movement this season is far1 largely ,what we c it.





excess of same period last year but

regret to say shippers are not all coop- We are, and have been at all times,

eretingflbyzhmil fielafity digging 3,21? contending not for a price but for a

Eligible 11.33 mist :cctpt i‘eBPOfISibg pfingiple .That principle‘is the same

ity for any loss which may result cons1der aims for our busmess that is

CAR SERVICE SECTION. given every other industry. Possibly

In further response to information never before have we been face to face

regarding loading station car needs, with a problem whose results depends

forwarded through the medium of the absolutely upon our own endeavor

local odioe of the Bureau of Markets, more than at the present time. Don't

we one advised that Mr. ‘W L. Bones, ask yourself what someone else is do

assistant manager of the car service mg for your industry but ask what

motion of the Railroad Administra— you are doing.

tion, in charge of refrigerator ear diu- Yoursecretary is hopingthctinthe

tributlon, with headquarters in Chic» near future the man power needed to

go, wired Regional Director Smith, at carry on this work will be more eas-

New York. to furnish northern Michi- 11? Obtained. Hols hoping to carry out

gcnmcds'ithtwohnndredcamduly. some of the plans that we have lung

RegionalDireetorSmithhuclsobeen hadin minimthatmso vital to

furnished with shipping station ear the “11:104th 0! them cf Mich-

needutorpoumeceomuleduomthe ism. Thamutbemdaotme—tw

reports published in our last mile





Relief from

, Car

Shortage





E are all rejoicing over the win-

ning of the war. Now let’s





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'Risthesammfluenoesthctfloroe

nations to combine must mrm

enemies in war. Cooperation will win





in almost any fight—ct least, the odds





are always to favor of the notions that

stick together. Russia is a a pitiful

ouditionltoday, because she allowed

influences from the outside to disrupt

her organization. She is no longer a

member-in good standing of the ex-

change of nations. 'Den’t let the Bol-

shevtki disrupt your association.





IN another column

Am the of this issue will

be formd the program

' Dab? of the meeting of the

Meetmg. Michigan Milk Pro-

ducers’ Association,

which was adjourned by order of’the

State Board of, Health onaccount of

the influenza epidemic. This meeting

now called at Lansing on Decomm- 4,

is a. most important one to every Mich-

igan milk producer. Delegates from

every local milk producers' organiza-

tion and interested dairymen from ev-

ery community in the state should at;

tend this meeting, which promises to

be an epoch-making gathering in gen-

eral progress toward better methods of

selling milk in albsections of the state.

The program includes addresses

from men who have represented Mich-

igan’s dairy industry in numerous con-

ferences at Washington, where Field

Secretary Reed has been called this

week for further conference. What,

these men have to say regarding the

general situation and the value of the

work of the state and national milk

producers’ associations will be a source

of interest and profit to every progres-

sive dairyman who attends the meet-

ing at Lansing.

' This meeting is to be held in connec-

tion with the annual convention of the

Michigan Dairymen‘s Association,

which will be held at Lansing on De-

cember 3-5, inclusive. Every Michigan

dairyman who can possibly arrange to

do so should attend this convention,

and especially the milk meeting on

December 4.





AnAppeal to.Mic11igan Milk

Prod uccrs





prices are then fixed according to the

Detroit price. Consequently, the up-

state milk pmdncers are benefited by

the Detroit organized movement as

much as are‘the Detroit area produc-

ers. O n the other band, should the up-

state milk be allowed to come into

Detroit when there is a surplus, it

would destroy or destabilize the entire

proposition that we have been so anx-

iously building. -



One Big Problem to be Solved. .

Certain propositions here stand be

fore us._ First—the solidifying of thd

entire state milk organization. The

, upstate milk producers should bear

their share of the expenses of the or-

ganized movement for the benefits



they axe receiving.



We are not just certain at the pres»

out time what will be the method of

operation to bring than this remit.

but we are very sure that sometmng

of this kind must be done to steady

this Wtry in the days following the

cessation of hutiliiies. What the pe-

riod of reconstruction may bring forth

to thenations of the world we moot

tell. They must learn home a! the

food Value affinity mm. We must

bring to them the Mount the"



important [cyclist we met so

on and washer m a price «will:

the acct of m chic a pact to

mod. With at! those mm





ind-5:: may

turn with px‘l’vate shippers outwith made from the W manufacturing us we feel we have ?m w m

standing their comparatively greater picnic as to the Detroit price, and (Gilliam .. .,
degree are:

, Befkshires in the order named. Hence,





 





0 NE of theibig factorein the new





cooperative ’ movement in Michi-



gan is the new county agri-

cultural agent. These young men are

not only bringing new ideas of seed

selection, crop improvement and farm

management to the farms of their re-

apective counties, but they are render-





' ~ ing valuable assistance in organizing





the farmers to cooperate and get bet-

ter prices for what they are producing.

Natural, then, and not strange is it,

that these progressive leaders have

come in for severe criticism from men

who are promoting a kind of coopera-

tion profitable mainly to themselves.

as well as those’ to whom efficient co-

operation on the part. of farmers in

their communities means dwindling

profits.



Some or the most flagrant attacks





7 upon these county agents have come





from publiCations dominated by men





who are interested only in promoting





a kind of cooperation that has been

practiced in some communities for

years and. found wanting; Because of

their activities in organizing communi-

ties along lines calculated to bring re-

sults, and “have the'organizations kept

under control of the farmers them-

selves rather than professional promot-

ers, many county agents have been

the victims of vicious attacks. Some

of these attacks upon county agents

here in Michigan have been so plain as

to cause amusement to those who un-





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OR a number of years Canadian

F farmers have confined their efforts

in hog raising to the production of

9. bacon type. This was brought about





by a keen demand in the British mar-





ket for what is known as the Wiltshire

cut—the whole side of the hog with

the head off, and cured in that way.

While the consumer is willing to pay

liberal prices for a desirable product

his taste is exceedingly fastidious.

Therefore, the producer in catering to

this market has always found it'neces-

sary to exercise all the skill at his

command in order to hold the trade

and at the same time secure an ade-

quate profit. '



In the first place, the bacon industry

is founded on judicious selection and

mating of breeding stock. To make

Wiltshire sides a hog weighing from

one hundred and sixty to two hundred

and twenty pounds, live weight, is re-

quired. The most valuable meat is

found along the upper part of the sides

as far forward as the shoulder. When

the shoulder and the neck are reached

there is a very material drop in value.

This means that the hog with a heavy

rough shoulder produces an undesira-

ble side because it is heavy at the

cheap end. It is likewise an indication

that there should be a good length

from the back of the shoulder to the

ham, because this is the most valuable

part of a. side of bacon. Similarly, on

account of the belly meat being cheap-





er than the part above it explains why '





the bacon hog requires to have a trim





. belly and a straight underline. Also,

. the layer of fat along the back must

be of uniform thickness—frOm one and





a quarter to one and a half inches—





while the whole side throughout its





length must possess a uniformity of





.depth. The breeds from which this





conformation is obtained in the largest

Yorkshire, Tamworth and





among the producers of Wiltshire





sides practically no other class of hogs ,





1: Someone “Eboz'n‘g’j t/ze





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Various Boards of Super-





 





Let the Agent Help Farmers to Sell and Buy, then the “Interests” Get Busy.





’ derstand the selfish motives of these





professional saviors and the particular

brands of cooperation they are at-

tempting to cram down the farmers’

throats. '



So long as the county agent is con-

tent to spend his time in an office or

traveling over his county telling farm-

ers how to prevent scab in his potato

crop or improve the social status of

his school district he is looked upon

as sort of a harmless nonentity and pro-

vided with a small salary and a tin-

Lizzie from the county funds. But let

him show a little knowledge of the

fundamental factors that go to make

up/a prosperous and constructive agri-

culture and organize his community to





oping thc Bacon Hog





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such a way as to give the right qual-

ity. One of the greatest defects in

this connection is a tendency of some

sides to turn soft during the subse-

quent process of curing. The term

softness as used here does not mean

fatness; in fact, a thin side is more

apt to develop softness than a fat one.





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grow better crops, seek better mar-

kets and develop their efforts to the

highest degree of cooperative efficiency

and immediately he is branded as a

dangerous man and plans are made to

remove him from the county.



The fact that some of the most pro-

gressive county' agents in Michigan

have taken such an active interest in

organizing the farmers of their coun-

ties to buy farm supplies in large quan-





tities and grade and market their pro-





ducts in a business-like manner has

caused certain country merchants, pro-

duce dealers and political fakers to at-

tempt, through the county boards of

supervisors, to hold up appropriations

for supplies, salary and assistants so





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It is a spongy condition and varies in

degree. Only a slight tenderness will

detract considerably from the value of

aside, while the more extreme cases

will render it entirely worthless.

Experiments have shown that soft-

ness may result from a number of

causes. Perhaps one of the most com-





 





 





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that the county agent could no longer ,3»;

conduct his office along such lines as





farmers he is faithfully endeavoring to ‘55.-

serve. '



Fortunately in many counties in

Michigan, the farmers, as well as the

county agents who have succeeded in I»

getting them organized, now hold a ,

club sufficiently effective to control

the political shysters on many county

boards of supervisors and unless all

signs fail several gentlemen the writer

might mention are going to have an

interesting time explaining to the farm-

ers their motives in hampering the

work of these faithful servants of the

farmer or attempting to oust them

from office.



As a general proposition the county

agent and the successful farmers’ or-

ganization succeeds best when they re-

frain frOm mixing in politics. There ,

are times, however, when the only ef- 3.

fective way to deal with those who use ‘.

political pull to destroy such agencies 5

is to meet their attacks with organized

effort at the polls. We believe that

the farmers who belong to these coop-

erative organizations are fully capable

of dealing with these pin-head politi- 9

cians who are attempting to deal out q’

discipline to the faithful county agents.

These men are doing more to promote

the farmer’s interests and organize

them for efficient cooperation than all

other agencies combined.





 





 





 





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





men of these is exclusive meal feed-

ing, especially if the exercise is limit-

ed. Swine are grass—eating animals 33.,

and this fact must be remembered and 2% ,

acted upon in connection with any sys-

tem of feeding that may be adopted.



Then, too, the trouble is frequently,

caused by feeding, only one kind of



grain. Where corn is largely fed there



is a great tendency to softness. There



is, however, no grain grown that con-



tains all the essentials of a complete



food and it is only by mixing that any-



thing like a perfect grain may be



found. Unthrifty, unfinished and over-



done hogs also have a marked ten-



dency to softness.



It will be seen from the foregoing

that a mere gain in weight is not the

only object that the feeder must have

in mind. All the way from birth to

maturity he is aiming to build up qual-

ity in his product. He must avoid

such practices that will prove detri-

mental to it and take advantage of

those that experience has proven bene-

ficial. Starting with a litter of young ‘

sters he plans to keep them growing Y

right from the first. The early gains

are the cheapest, besides it is the .3

thrifty pig that makes the best bacon.

When they are about three weeks old 3'

they will begin to take a little feed "

other than the mother’s milk. Instead

of allowing them to eat from the

trough with the sow many feeders

have a part of the pen divided off, with 3

a small trough in it, where the little

ones can go out and in at will. A .7

handful of shorts mixed in a little new

milk gives them a start and usually

prevents any danger of scours, skim-

milk being gradually substituted. By 1*":

the time they are eight weeks old the 6

process of weaning will have been

brought about naturally with no set‘ 7..

back due toga sudden change of diet.

Until they are about three and a half

months old they should be fed well I.

with skim- milk and shorts, occasion;

ally adding a little meal consisting 6!

a mixture of peas, oats and barley.

From this on they should be allmvea .3

some green food, such as grass innum- ‘



(Turn to page 480).
T has been demonstrated in some



cases that many plant diseases can



be killed and the parent plant sav-

ed’ by the proper and timely applica-

tion of certain remedies. These reme-

dies usually consist of certain chemi-

cals, either alone or in combination,

which are sprayed or dusted on the

plant to kill the little parasite or to

prevent its growth. This remedy or

plant medicine, as it is sometimes call-

ed, is commonly known as a fungicide.

In order to have the fungicide effec-

tive, the plant must be covered a great-

er part of the growing season. This

necessarily is more difficult when we

have continued rains which constantly

y'ash ofl.’ the fungicide. For that rea.

son, during the rainy seasons it is nec-

essary to spray plants more often than

during dry weather. Rainy weather

often causes heavy infestations of cer-

tain diseases, where previously it had

not'been noticed. Such a condition ex-

isted in many localities this year. I

have in mind the leaf spot of the to-

mato. A few years ago the leaf spot

was almost unknown in some sections.

Recently heavy rains caused great

damage from it and the yields were

materially decreased. During such a

year the progressive up-to—date grower

profits from his investment on spray-

ing.



I learned from some preliminary ex-

periments in the garden and the green-

house of the value of Bordeaux mix-

ture for the controlling of the leaf

spot on the tomato. This point settled,

I determined to inaugurate a set of

field tests which might determine the

value of Bordeaux mixture as an in-

secticide for field practice.



What is Tomato Leaf Spot?



Septoria leaf spot of the tomato is

.first detected by the lowerleaves turn-

ing brown, drying up and finally fall-

ing oil. This is regarded as the first

symptom of this disease. The falling

off of the leaves greatly weakens the

plant, which in turn reduces the vigor

and materially affects the yield. The

disease usually appears after the vines

have attained somewhat their maxi-

mum size and after the older branches

have formed fruit. Occasionally. it is

found on the seedlings while they are

still in the hot-bed. The disease at

first attacks the leaves, gradually

spreading to the stems and occasional-

ly to the fruit. The. diseased leaves at

first show some small black spots

about the size of a pin head, which

gradually enlarge, killing the green

tissue. The small spots increase in

size to about one-eighth of an inch

and become circular in outline with

dark colored borders and light colored





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praymg Doubles Ylel

‘ By Geo. W. Heed





centers. This parasitic fungus having

gained entrance to the tomato leaves

extends throughout the leaf tissue, liv-

ing on the substance of the plant. In

cases where the advance of the dis-

ease is very rapid, the fungus may kill

the leaf so rapidly that the first symp-





toms noticed are the browning and





drooping of the leaves.



The growth of the disease is favored

by warm rainy weather and spreads

very rapidly but is occasionally check—

ed if a period of prolonged dry weath-

er prevails



The Plan of Our Experiment.



In determining upon a general plan

I decided to make it a comparative

test between the much advertised lime~

sulphur solution and the Bordeaux mix-

ture. Having been convinced that the

lime-sulphur solution was worthless in

controlling this disease I only used two

plats to test out this fungicide. These

plats proved ample in determining the

value of the lime-sulphur as seen in

the table.



The land selected was an acre in ex~

tent and was sandy loam in nature,





which is the soil best suited for the?





production of tomatoes. The portion

of land was divided into eight equal

parts, each plat containing one-eighth

of an acre. Every plat produced a full

stand of 340 plants. Each plat was





   





separated with several rows of green

beans. This method gave a definite

boundary line to each hill and made it

easy to apply the different fungicides,

gather the fruits and take the records.

Dinerent- strengths of the two fungi-

cides were tried as well as diflerent

numbers of applications were made.

Plats one and two were sprayed with





commercial lime-sulphur solution dilut-'





ed one gallon of the solution to thirty-

five gallons of ‘water. 011 plat one

three applications of the spray mate-

rial were made while on plat two four

applications were given.



Plats three, four and five the stan-

dard 4- 4- 50 Bordeaux mixture was used,

varying the number of applications as

follows: Plat three, three applications;

plat four, four applications, and plat

five, five applications.



Plat six served as a check.



Plats seven and eight 8. 5-4-50 Bor-

deaux mixture was used with three

applications on plat seven and four ap-

plications on plat eight. The result of

these experiments appear in the ac-

companying table.



Comparing the different plats, we

first learn that spraying at least in-

creases the yield over the check, and

that this increased yield varies with

the material used as well as with the

strength of the material. Plats one





FLA/V of SPRA mm EXPERIMENT





 





 





 





for

7041/1 TOES

PLOT I PLOT 2 PLOT 5 PLOT 4-

_LIPH‘C Sulphur Ln-‘nc Svlfliur Bordeaux MI! BordeauMaxrurc

7’0 55 1,935 ~4-4‘50- 4-4-50

55",”5 4- Sfirgys 3 Strays 4- Spry;

Aloe I'aflcre filer: @ Ac":

PLOTJ' . pLoro PLOT 7 PLOT a

BordeauzMuhre Chcck Bar-deco: Mann Borden uxMItfure

e-e—Jo 5—4—50 5-4-50

5 Sfirays J Slbrajs 4 Sprays

,‘bflcre. /a flare. .Jgiflcrc /6 Ac re.





 





 





 





 





Results of Spraying Test on Tomatoes





6:

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N r 93d

Plato Kind of Spray. 2° 3,2

' +2

1 Lime sulphur L35 3

2 Lime sulphur .. . 1-35 4

3 Bordeaux ...... 4-4-50 3

4 Bordeaux ...... 4-4-50 4

5 Bordeaux ...... 4-4-50 5

6 Check ............... .

7 Bordeaux ...... 5-4-50 3

8 Bordeaux ...... 5-4-50 4





g «a +3 - 0

£5 .93.? . . E e

,» at: m a) :4 ta 0 a:



as 33 .835 0288



.4 a. .4 n. a n. 4 .E‘. o 0 £4

1582 62 6.32 1.1

1660 66 6.62 1.4

2500 . 70 10.00 4.8

2590 100 10.35 5.16

2675 135, 10.70 5.50

1300 125 5.20 0.00

2800 125 11. 20 6.0

3125 110 12.50 7.3





' . ‘ ‘ , /

and two, Which were sprayed with

commercial Memphur solution, gave

practically negative results, that is the

yields were only increased very slight-

ly over the check and the difference

was hardly enough to pay for the time

and trouble of the application. A slight

increase is noted where an additional

spray is given but is not sufficient to

warrant the extra spray. In fact, if we

are to judge by the number of pounds

of fruit which were received from the

first picking 'we must also conclude





that the use of limesulphur is’iniuri-q





one to the plants rather than beneficial.

Plats,-three, four, five, seven and eight,

all of which were sprayed with vary~

ing strengths and different numbers of

applications of Bordeaux mixture, gave





greatly increased yields, thus demon-_





starting the value of this material‘fhr

the controluof the septoria leaf spot.

If you compare plats three, four and

five you will note that there is very

little difference in the total yield of

the three, indicating that in the case of

the 4-4-50 Bordeaux that three,applica—

tions have practically the same yields

as the four and five applications on

plats four and five. However, there is

a difference, but it is slight If you

will note the increase in tons of fruit

which varies from 4.8 to 5.16 tons over

the check, there is a decided advan-

tage in spraying. Still greater yields

were produced by spraying with a

stronger solution of. Bordeaux. On





plats seven and eight the yields were ’





still greater, reaching an increase of





~ 7.3 tons over the check. Assuming to-





matoes to seleor $12 a ton, this would

mean a clear gain of $87 per acre by

spraying the plants with the stronger

solution.' If we add to that the yield

from the check then we would have a.

total yield of 12.5 tons of good toma-

toes on the sprayed plat as against 5.2

tons on the unsprayed plat.





Spraying should be given soon after

the plants are set in the field and con-

tinued at intervals of ten days or two

weeks, depending upon the weather.

If it is very rainy and the material is

washed off, one or two extra sprayings

will be found to be very profitable to

the grower.



Summing up the results for the

spraying for the Septoria leaf spot on

the tomato the following facts are out-

standing:



1. Spraying increases the yield of

fruit.



2. Lime—sulphur solution is of no val-

ue in cont-rolling this disease.



3. The 5-4-50 Bordeaux mixture

gives the highest yield. \



4. Four sprayings are the minimum

number that should be given.





News of the Agricultural World





HOG MARKET SETS PRICE AT

$17.50.





 





HE fixing of a minimum daily av-



erage price of $17.50 for the month

of November had the effect in stabiliz-

ing the hog market. Since agreement

was made between the packers and

producers, sitting with the representa-

tives of the Food Administration, the

market has been minus the sharp ad-

vances and declines, which a short

While ago proved disastrous to many

concerned. At the present time the

.market figures higher than the set

average.





The cattle market has been subject

to sharp declines, due to the conges-

tics caused by liberal receipts. Dur-

ink the week cattle have been liquidat-

”as falsely. Quality has been very poor,

4. z‘ in; that owners are cleaning up





their feed lots before the regular feed-

ing drove is put in or prior to the ar-

rival of cold and mean weather. Com—

mon quality has predominated during

recent days and this grade of stock has





'been the hardest hit in the price re-





adjustment.





FRUIT Prrs AND NUT SHELLS

NEEDED.





 





UR production schedule for gas



masks calls for five hundred“ tons

of carbon producing materials per day.

Until we begin to receive an adequate

supply of raw materials from the Phll«'

ippines add the Eastflndies, we shall

be very much up against it for mate,

rials of this kind, which means that

we shall be compelled to use wood sub-

stitutes which produce a carbon in-

ferior in .quallty. Our only relief Will

come [from securing an (cognate sup-





ply of native fruit pits and nut shells.



If we can bring this situation to the

attention of the entire country, we can

undoubtedly collect a' sufficient quan-

tity of fruit pits, nuts and nut shells

to meet our requirements. '





We are receiving splendid coopera-

tion from the Food Administration, the

Department of Agriculture, the War

Savings Committee and such organiza-

tions as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts

and the Camp Fire Girls. The Amer-

ican Red Cross was chosen to repre-‘

sent the Gas Defense Division‘in every

city and town, arrange collection cen—

ters and make shipments. , Collections

from small towns and. communities are

shipped by the Red cm to the one

hundred and fifty large collection can

tors! in the country mm which curbed

shipments are We to our two carbon

plants. -





Althoughthc peach section is prao- .





 





tically over, considerable quantities of

pits from immature peaches, fruit drop-

ped upgn the ground or thrown aside‘

should be Collected. Also- considera-

ble quantities of prune pits, date seeds

and pits from canned fruits will be

produced'through the winter months.

But particular attention should be paid

to the collection of hickory nuts, wal-

nuts and butternuts. Large quantities

of these go to waste every year.

Boy Scouts, school boys and girls, and

especially those in the country should

makeup their minds nbt to~ let any





nuts go to waste in the woods and for— '

'Whole nuts are accep- ’





ests this year.

table. although, of course the kernels

of edible nuts should be

when possible. The outer bull or husk

is of no, value whatsoever, but can be

left on. ' .





 





The ‘





extracted. _
‘ the keeping of herd recdrds,





. QUESTION that merits immedi-



' - 'a’te'attention from the potato ex-



), sports in the employ of the Unit-

ed States Bureau of Markets is that of

establishing a greater per cent of tol-

erance for such mechanical injuries,

defects and blemishes as cuts, growth-

crack, sunburn, scab, grub-eaten, etc.





 





.The' present tolerance of five per cent





for under-sized potatoes is ample to

meet every requirement of good ‘busi-

ness sense in marketing potatoes,. but

the three per cent tolerance for other

blemishes and defects is not sufficient,

inasmuch as it is freduently the larg-

est tubers that show slight defects, and

it only requires a few, such potatoes to





. decide the fate'of an entire shipment





when subjected to government inspec-

tion. ‘



While the question of growth- -crack

does not affect the standing of potatoes

shipped from the majority of Michigan

points this year, yet the time is sure

to come when it will work hardship to

many potato growers, and we believe

that now is the time to give the mat-

ter thoughtful consideration. The fact

that so few large potatoes that, show

signs of growth-crack may weigh more

than three per cent of an entire bushel

should prompt the authorities to give

a greater per cent of tolerance.



Then the question of mechanical in-

juries due to being cut and bruised in

digging or subsequent handling should

be considered along the same lines as

growth-crack. Invariably it is the big

potatoes that are cut or slightly skin-

ned at digging time or in passing over

the grader, and here again two or three

of the big tubers in the bushel go a

long ways toward making up the ous-

tomary three per cent tolerance. In

fact, a few potato experts claim that

the average potato digger will fre-

quently damage as high as three per

cent (of the tubers in harvesting the

crop on certain types of soil. Probably

this is a rather high estimate, but nev-





er“ ~€I1





ertheless the tolerance for such blem-

ishes could well be made greater than

it is at- the present time without work-

ing any hardship to the dealers or

consumers- ’



Again, experienced potato groWers

find that during seasons when the yield

of tubers is unusually large many of

the big specimens have a tendency to

crowd themselves out of the ground so

that. one end or side is exposed to the

sun and light. The three per cent-

tolerance for all defects and blemishes

other than, size gives the city buyers

too great an advantage in crawling out

from in under the results of a declin-

ing market.



When these defects and blemishes

are added to such common defects as

scab, grub-eaten, second growth etc.,

it is apparent at once that there should

be a tolerance of, at least, ten per cent

for such defects and blemishes to pro-

vide full justice to both growers and

shippers in the matter of government

inspection.



Of course, the inspectors are not sup«





t   tolerance Net Enoug





posed to throw out all tubers that

show slight defects and blemishes in

'making up the three per cent of toler-

ance, but in many instances the line

of tolerance is so low that only an ex-

pert can make proper distinctions, and

it is hardly to be expected that the

Bureau of Markets could furnsih

enough competent men to handle the

inspection work in so short a time as

the service has been in operation. For

this reason, alone, we believe that a

tolerance of five per cent in size and

ten per cent for mechanical injuries

and other defects, blemishes and so

forth, should be allowed for the next

two years. Such an action on the part

of the United States Bureau of Mar-

ket‘s would give the growers sufficient

time to prepare to meet the perfection

required in their crops by the more

strict interpretation of the U. S. grades

and give the Bureau of Markets plenty

of time to develop men more compe-

tent to handle the'grading problems at

city terminals.



Several prominent growers and ship-





 





 





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pers are in favor of maintaining the

government grades at their present

standards, but fixing a definite penalty

of one per cent per hundred Weight

on cars of potatoes that fall below the

standard for U. S. Grade No. 1. This

would mean that a car of potatoes that»

showed ten per cent of injured or blem-

ished potatoes would net the shipper

seven per cent less than the market

price for U. S. Grade No. 1, being that

the tolerance for these defects and

blemishes is now three per cent.‘ If

more than ten per cent of the tubers

show injuries and blemishes make

the adjustment along the same lines,

except that the penalty be made more

severe as the per cent of damaged or

blemished specimens increases.

These suggestions have been made

only after making a careful study of

more than fifty cars of Michigan, Wis-

consin and Minnesota potatoes at some

of the leading potato markets in the

country, inspecting potatoes as they

were being graded and loaded at sev-

eral shipping points of Pennsylvania,

New York and Michigan, and discuss-

ing the various phases of the grading

problem with growers, shippers, gov-

ernment inspectors and wholesale po-

tato men in several large markets.

Many growers and shippers, especially

those from districts where the crop

reaches its highest degree of perfec-

tion are not in favor of making a great-

cent of tolerance for injuries,-

defects and blemishes other than size,

but for the average farmer who wants

to put his potatoes on the market so

that they will bring the most money

and get to market in good condition

the per cent of tolerance may safely

be made greater, or as suggested by

several prominent growers and ship-

pers, it may be fixed so that there will

be a more just and equitable settle-

ment based upon the actual condition





These 140 Turkeys, the Property of N. E. Ramsdell, of lonia County, were 0f the car at the time inspection is

Raised from Nine Hens.





Cooperative Testin





N increased production of thirty

A per cent in the: average yield of



milk per cow, resulting in an ad-

ded dairy production of $50,000,000, is

the result of cooperative cow testing

in Canada. The dairy farmers to the

north of us have enforced since 1914

the strictest economy in production of

all dairy products, as a war-time meas-

ure, anti by weeding out the slacker

cows from their herds are not only

able to produce more milk with less

number of cows, but to secure a higher

price for it.





When the farmers looked about them

for ways and means of solving their

War-time labor and production costs; in

no line of agricultural work did they

find a greater opportunity to increase

production than in- the improvement

of their dairy herds. The

yield of milk per cow in Canada was

at that time only about 4,300 pounds

per. year. Compare that with individ-

ual records of over 25,000 pounds of

milk in a year and herd records aver-

aging over 10, 000 pounds for each cow

down through the herd, and you have

a. picture of the achievement of these

farmers and of the wonderful possibili-

ties for the improvement of the aver-





_ age dairy herd throughout .the‘ con-





tinent.



Canadian dairy farmers have found

more

commonly known as cow-testing. the

safest and surest basis for that intelli-

gent breeding and selection which,





. with proper feeding, is sure to result

, ms,~ mirror 1319an production that:





 





Qtween the gen-





average .





By EARLE





In Canada various plans have been

tried since this work was first com-

menced under the direction of the

Dairy Branch of the Department of

Agriculture, which in 1904 started on

a small scale to promote and extend

the work of keeping herd records,

resulting finally in 1917 in the opera-

tion of thirty-five dairy record centers,

each of which was placed in charge of

an experienced man who gave his en-

tire time to the work of cow-testing

Within a limited area, and whose bus-

iness it was to see that the samples

were properly tested. There were also

a large number of small associations,

or groups, for whom the testing was

done by some individual qualified.





 

 

 

 

 





IV. GflGE





In 1917 there were nearly thirty

thousand cows under test record in

connection with the organized efforts

of this branch. There have also been

many hundreds of cows tested inde-

pendently by owners who were not

connected with any of the dairy record

centers or cow-testing associations, but

who have been interested by the gen-

eral results which they found their

neighbors achieving.



Since this work was started the av-

erage yield of milk per cow for Canada

has increased fully thirty per cent.

This means that the total value of the

Canadian dairy products was greater

by at least $50,000,000 in 1917 than it

would have been if there had been no

improvement in'the herds since 1904.

The increase in the yield of milk from

individual herds has been much more





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





 





made.





g Pays $50,000,000





striking because the general average

includes all those herds whose produc—

tion of milk has remained stationary,

or nearly so.



These farmers have not found that

the plans for improvement of a dairy

herd need be elaborate or expensive,

but should take cognizance of the fact

that there are good cows and poor

cows, judged by their milk production,

in all breeds and that it does not fol-

low because a cow may have a lengthy

pedigree that her performance at the

milk pail is up to the mark; that there

are scrub pure-breds as well as com-

mon scrubs. It requires some moral





courage to discard the expensive pure— . H





bred scrub after she has been shown

up in her true colors, but it is the

right thing to do, nevertheless.





These dairy farmers believe that

there is only one true standard, and

the test must be production. This is

not an argument against the pure-bred

animals as such, but rather an at-

tempt to place performance ahead of

pedigree. .Ancestry is an important.

consideration, but unless the record

carries with it some account of produc-'.

tion, it lacks the only important fea-

ture, and the man looking for superior

animals gets no information fromr it

that is of real value to him. He may

have personal .knowledge of the strain

in question but that is another matter.,

In war times we have learned that the

son of the millionaire has no mgre'_

right to loaf than the son of the farm"

er, which is equally true in the case

the pure- -bred cow as against the coin

mon grade animal.



Any plan which has for its obj



(Continued on page 480) -
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, ,

Potato Gmwers’ Armagnac

graded potatoes damages the potato

industry as it cheapens the potato so

that the best article is dragged down

by the lack of value of the worst. Po—

tato growers should. see to it there-

fore that whatever the Michigan po-

tato goes ‘it has on ,it the stamp of





quality so that people will want Michi-

gan potatoes wherever they can get





By A. 114. 51141771, President Mcbzgmz

» 'vHQULD the Michigan Potato Ex-



‘change adopt a grade over one



inch and threeouarters round

‘mesh screen as Michigan standard

f grade? The last meeting of the Michi-

gan Potato Growers’ Association went

on record as being in favor of such a

grade. Since that meeting several





things have occurred. Following my

visit to Washington, D. (3., last spring,





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and I do not ”share in the sentiment of

a recent article in the Michigan Farm-

er that the potato industry is threaten-

ed with ruin. I believe the reverse is

true. I believe that the outlook for the

potato industry in Michigan is the

brightest it has ever been.



As regards the matter of grading for

this year, I am free to say that after

very careful consideration of the mat-





houses, to do is to aim at high quality

both in production and marketing and ‘ ,

for such products there will be an ap:

preciative market and higher prices._._

And last, but not least, but most im-

portant, I want to mention the present

inspection system. Under this system



a car/oi potatoes which is graded U.



S. No. 1 or U. S. No 2, and sold for





 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





. the Bureau of Markets and the United

States Food Administration agreed to

allow a tolerance of an additional five

per cent of No. 2 potatoes in the No.

, 1’s, and the word was given to the



shippers that as soon as possible they





toes as possible.





ter I unhesitatingiy favormaking the

grade over the one and seven-eighth

round mesh screen and I also favor

making it as free from defective pota-





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





eighth-inch round mesh screens.





erally in use.





their agreement.

The grade made by the one an





grade has been honestly made.





ket rules, and am informed that almos





on that account.





AN INEXPENSIVE GATE.





 





set it up against a fence of the same

kind of wire, already stretched, and

carefully mark on the frame where the

end space or cross wires will reach.

Then cut the wire for the gate, taking





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t ‘l 1 ‘ ._

i: it Er





care to leave about one inch on the

outside of the space wire. Place the

frame on some suitable elevation at

both ends. Lay a plank across the

center and place weights sufficient to

spring it down in the center. Bend the

' ends of the line wires down one-half

inch, place the wire upon the frame

. and fasten it exactly where you mark-

ed it. Now drive the one-half inch

of wire which you turned down, into

the frame to make a nice smooth job

of it. Remove the weights, draw out

the plank, turn over your frame, at-

tach your brace wire and tighten it. If

you have taken pains, you will have

made a neat, light and- serviceable

gate at little cost—M. C. Delaeter.





 





HOW, TO MEND (imam BAGS.





 





. , GOOD way to mend grain bays is



“‘ to spread cold dour paste on the



patch; put. the patch inside the bag,



y a piece of brown paper over the



”and press the patch with a hot

1? .





 





should arrange to use one and seven-

I be-

lieve that such screens are now gen-





! have been unable, however, to ob-

tain from the Bureau of Markets or

Food Administration, any documentary

evidence that they have lived up to





seven-eighth round mesh screen, how-

ever, seems to be acceptable every-

where to the consumer and passes in-

spection, and I have yet to hear of any

cars being turned down where such a





I have recently learned of three cas-

es of rejections on account of sunburn,

scab, bruises, etc, exceeding the three

per cent stipulated in Bureau of Mar-





any shipment of potatoes, even though

carefully graded as to size and quality,

could be turned down by the inspector





However, if due care is exercised in

grading I do not believe there will be

much trouble over rejections this year





N making a woven wire farm gate

one should make the frame and





seven-eighth round mesh screen.





one and three-quarter-inch

d





considerable loss.





t

per bushel.





starch factories.





away. The pressure of the grain in hinges;

the bag tends to hold the patch in-





stead of pushing it off.—Paul Gorton.





 





HOW TO GIVE A HOG MEDICINE.





 





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done. Secure an old shoe and out

about an inch off the toe; put the shoe,

toe down, into the hogs mouth and

pour the medicine into the shoe. The

hog will chew the shoe. and in doing so

will swallow the medicine.—~P. G.





 





CALF STANCH lONS.





 





W’HEN calves run together in a



pasture or feed lot, a row of

stanchions should be provided in or-

der that each calf may be held until it

gets the proper quantity of feed and to

prevent it from sucking the next one’s

ears. The cut illustrates this exercise

and describes \a practical row of

stanchions for this purpose.





The bill of material is as roller :





One piece 1x5 inches by ‘12 feet;





 





As a member of the Michigan Potato

Exchange I would most strenuously ob-

ject to making a grade any lower than

U. S. Grade No. 1 made over a one and





Such a grade is practically the same

as that made over one and threequar-

ter square mesh. But I would advise

strongly against the me of the little

shaker

grader, as careless grading might cause

a rejection of a car of potatoes and





What we potato growers want to

strive to do is to put a potato on the

market which, because of its excel-

lence will command a premium. Should

one’s field-run potatoes grade out ten

'per cent he might better take for his

one thousand bushels pay for nine

hundred at one dollar per bushel than

pay for one thousand at ninety cents

He would have just as

much money for his graded potatoes

and one hundred bushels at home for

feed. Or he might sell the one hun-

dred bushels to the dehydratingor the





The marketing of quantities of un-





T is usually a rather hard task to

give a hogmedicine, but by the fol-

lowing method it can be satisfactorily





the next bar. Proce' ed in this way with

the remaining stanchions,‘ than hell

one piece 1.14 inches by 12 feet; one the two pleasant 1x8-inoh by six-foot

piece 11,4“ inches by 12 test; one tothe backolthe

piece 11,414 inches by 10{teet: 'o’nc shown,



piece 1Mx5 inches by" seven feet; one . {l‘o hold the

piece 118 inches by ”foot;

%x31;§ inches; three pair or





threebolts screw one side‘s! . ._

light strap short.ibiocka~ot’_.thewl%xi-inch pieces





them in preference to all others. ‘

grading alone. In order to grade up





from which to grade it.





then one can make a good grade.

Now, if the inspection service of th





than the small gain obtained

ing a smaller grade.

And now that there is a sale for No





2 potatoes and culls to dehydrating and

potato flour plants, I believe that it is

in the interest: of the potato grower

to make the U. S. No. 1 grade in every

sale and wherever possible either sell

No. 2’s or use them for feed and seed.



I believe the thing for all our coop—

erative associations, including Gleaner





Suggestions for the Han





two pounds of eight-penny

common nails. ,



From the piece.of'114x5 inches by

seven feet cut two pieces three feet

six inches long, and from both the 1x5

inches by 12 feet and 1x4 inches by ’12

feet cut two inches'six feet long. Then

nail the ends of the 1x4 inch by six-

foot pieces to the top of the 1%x5 inch

by three feet six-inch pieces, as shown

nailing the 1x4 inch pieces on each

side of the upright. Nail the two piec-

es of 1x5 inches by six feet in the

same way, 18 inches below the top

board. ,



From the 114ml inches by 10 feet and

1%,x4 inches by 12 feet out the stanch.

ion boards, as shown. Nail a piece of

1174x4 inch between the top and bottom

rails as shown, leaving a two—inch

space between the corner upright and

this piece. Next, space four inches

from this bar to the swinging bar, drop

the bar in place between the rails, and

With a brace and half-inch bit bore a

hole through the center of the five-

inch rail and four-inch bar and insert





 





 





 





Torn-em





White one of the four-inch bolts. Space again

pine,‘spruce or hemlock may be'r‘hsed. four inches from the bar and nail in





two end uprights, as

swinging bars in place;

the light hinge, to





 





But quality can not be secured by,





good article one must have something

So in order

to have good potatoes one must have





good soil for potatoes, good cultiva-

tion, good seed, good care, treatment

against disease, and a good season,





Bureau of Markets could be given to

potatoes graded over a one and three-

quarter round mesh screen, and Mich-

igan growers could obtain as good

prices for such potatoes as they could ‘

for the U. S. No.1 grade, then I would

say, grade according to the standard

set by the Michigan Potato Growers’

Association. But ‘they camot do that,

and moreover if they did, such pota-

toes would sell for less money than

U. S. No. 1 Michigan potatoes and the

margin of loss would be much greater

by mak-





- instructions given for reducing stock

to dimensions.

done, mark? the place for the screws

and bore the holes

pieces with the 6-32 drill.





pieces onto the ills-inch board With

games no. 1 flat ' ' - "

a half-1m hole in

beach,”





just what it is, if it is roundup to re-

quirements cannot be rejected because

the market has declined. Under the

old system many cars of potatoes of

best quality were rejected when the

market, declined and the shipper suf-

fered a loss which} eventually the“

farmer had to make up by a larger

margin on subsequent shipments. So

on the whole, it seems to me that the

present modified grading system should

be accepted and that the potatositua-

tion is fairly satisfactory, and all grow-

ers should work heartily together to

put the potato, the great money crop:-

for western Michigan“ “over the top." - »

In such an effort we need the coopera-"' ‘ ‘

tion of all potato interests, growers,

shippers, cooperative associations, the

Gleaners, every individual and concern

connected with the potato industry as

well as the hearty and constructive as-

sistance of our farm papers, which.

have already done so much for us, to

the end that we may furnish the con»

sumer the best potato to be had} in the

. market at prices that will pay cost of

production plus a reasonable profit.

And I believe the only agitation the

potato industry needs at present is

along the constructive and sane line.

which makes for better potatoes in

quality, better prices to the grower,

and more direct and economical dis-.

tribution to the consumer.





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and fasten the hinges to the top of the

bar to the right of the swinging bar in

such a way that when the swinging

bar is in closed position this block will

drop in place and hold the ban—S.

A. C. ‘

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THE BENCH HOOK.





 





A GOOD bench hook is almost as

important as a good vise and for

chiseling and sawing small stock it can “

be made use of in place of the’ vise. '

Three pieces of three-quarter-inch

stock only will be required, one 61:!)-

inch, one 1%x5-ipch, and -one 1%116-1

inch. Each of. these should be squared





 





 





 





 





 





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Vo‘t theiriproducts at the side of the.





road. Without the expense of hauling

to the city. fieme general farmers

with gills-line. crops, find that they

can sell all of theSe crops to motor-

On a recent

m6to'r trip the Writer st6pp_ed at the

farm of two young men near Detroit

who are catering to buyers that come

out from the city on pleasure trips.





' They state that they are selling the



bulk of their vegetables to travelers

‘ Who make the farm the object of

; many pleasure drives When fresh





truck is needed during the summer.

one of the men stated that this year

they would undoubtedly sell all of





their products" to “motorists with the





llaVVVByV 'HIRAM WILSON





HE use 61’. the automobile by city”

' ‘dwellers :1s giving some truck





supply their needs. Consequently there

has been a great demand for. fresh

vegetables and the farmer who can

supply them is‘assured a good price

for his products



The grower of berries finds ‘that

marketing is one of the problems 'of

the busmess, The- berry harvest of-

ten comes on with ~a rush and market-

ing takes time; Some groWers have

found that they can sell a large per

cent of their crop by advert1s1ng by

the side of the road. Many motorists

desire to can fresh berries and are





glad to stop and purchase them of the





producer while the fruit is fresh and in

much better condition than if it has

been shipped to the city and display-

ed for a day or more by the local gro-

cer before reaching the home of the

ultimate Consumer. Farmers With tel-





 





' V Here we Found the Freshest Vegetables and Fruit.





exception of tomatoes. His tomato

crop was larger than expected and he

did not believe that there would be

enough buyers of tomatoes to handle

it all and in that case some hauling

to market would be necessary. _

Several miles further along the road

we came to a boOth rigged up with

poles and canvas. Beneath the canvas

were displayed a fine variety of home-

grown vegetables. Measures were al-

ready filled” with vegetables so that

the motorist would be able to make a

purchase by spending even less time

than would have been V necessary

for such a purchase in a city store.

The booth was attended by a little

girl, too bashful to take a place in the





'picture, and yet busineSs-like enough





éo faCe every possible buyer of pro-

use and serVe them promptly and

efficiently. .At both Of these bOOths

motorists stopped-to purchase vegeta-

bles during the brief time we were‘

there and they evidently appreciated





‘ the opportunity to procure fresh Vege-





tables at a. price fair to both producer

and consumer.

Some farmers may feel that the Vin-





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ephones often receive orders for ber-

ries from City friendvaVvho Can 1110th

out in the evening to obtain the fruit.

A fine appearing crate 561d to one cus-.

tomer Will frequently bring orders

from the buyer's friends and in this

way a trade may be built up without

hauling much fruit to the city. Such

a trade is also desirable as it can be

made permanent. The satisfied buyer

this year will know where to look for

his supply of canning fruit next year

and the year after that.



In developing a trade near home the

grower eliminates much of the cost of

marketing. Many buyers are satisfied

to pay'more than aVlocal dealer will

pay for first-class fruit, even though

they make their own delivery. Qual-

ity of the product will make up for

the time in making the journey and

the buyer is uSually satisfied. It is

necessary for the farmer to make ev-

ery effort to have the packages neat

and well filled. Berry Vboxes should

be filled very full so that even after

the jostling of motoring home, the





-‘ buyer will find‘that he has a full box





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Less volatile product

raises; a new lubricating problem





RESENT- DAY gasolineis

‘ less volatile than: that for-

merly sold. It doesnot readily





saturate the air in carburetion.

Combustion of the explosive

.mixture is less complete.





This risk results: Liquid gas-

oline‘ may be drawn into the cyl—

inders and combustion cham-

bers, The use of the Carburetor

choker valVe to start the engine

aggravates the trouble.



Once in the cylinders and

combustion chambers, the gaso-

line tends to thin out the lubri—

caring oil. As the pjstons

move up and down the gasoline

tends to cut away the oil film

on cylinders, pistons and pis-

ton rings.



On the compression stroke

this liquid gasoline is forced

down past the

piston rings—into

the crank—case.



V‘The amount of

gasoline which

nacho: the crank

case and mixes

with the lubricat—

ing oil depend:

largely upon the





loci packages.





 





Mobiloils





A grade for web typc of motor





in buying Gargoyle Moblloils from your

dealer ills safest to purchase in orig-

Look for the red Gar-

goyle on the container.

haS‘not the grade specified for your

car. he can easily secure it for you





lubricating oil used. Oil must

form and maintain a thorough

piston-ring seal to prevent the

“cup: of the fuel charge and

liquid garolz'ne past the piston

rings into the crank-can.



To withstand the cutting

effect of present—day gasoline,

your lubricating oil-must be of

the highest quality and of the

correct body. The Chart be-

low specifies a grade of Gar-

goyle Mobiloils for your car

which fills both these require-'-

ments. The use of the correct

grade of Gargoyle Mobiloils will

give you scientific protection

against premature thinning out

of oil in your crank-case.



If you have not read the ar-

ticle on pages 19 and 20 of the

booklet “Correct Lubrication,”

it will pay you

to send today

for a copy. This

book contains

valuable data in

authoritative ar-

ticlcs prepared by

our Board of En-

gineers.



If the dealer





nearest branch.





 





.CORREC-T AUTOMOBILE LUBRICATION





How' to read the Chart:

. The four grades of Gargoyle Moblloils, for engine lubrication, purified to remove free





carbon, are :





Gargoyle Mobiloil “A"

Gargoyle Mobiloil “B"





Gargoyle Mobiloil “E"

Gargoyle Mobiloil “Arctic"





In the Chart below, the letter opposite the car indicates the grade of Gargoyle Mobiloils





19





that should be used. For example, “ A

Gargoyle Mobiloil “ Arctic," etc.





means Gargoyle Mobiloil “ A," “Arc‘ ' means





This Chart is compiled by the Vacuum Oil Company’s Board of Engineers and

represents our professional advice on Correct Tractor Lubrication.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





   





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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a side road dbes not have this oppor-





tunity to as large an extent but he





ean make up for it in a measure by

advertising in his local paper. Such

an advertisement should describe

briefly the. qualityof the product for

sale’ and never neglect to give short

accurate directions for reaching the

farm. In a roadside truck business

the farmer on a main traveled road

undoubtedly has a great advantage as

buyers can make purchases without

going out-of their way when they are

out on pleasure trips. ,



Of course, it takes some time to

handle a roadside business in truck

and fruit and quantity purchases

should be encouraged. The buyer who

will take one or two crates of berries

is much to be preferred to ten buyers

who purchase two, three or four box-

es. If there is a boy or girl on the

farm who can give the business con-

stant attention a profit can beimade

on the small sales. If it is necessary

for the farmer or his wife to leave

their work to handle small sales there

is not so much satisfaction in road-

side marketing. In the advertising

either on the Sign board or in the

local paper, quantity buying. should

be emphasized and encouraged. There





is no money in selling berries one box





at a time or in selling eggs by the

half dozen if the farmer must neglect

regular work in the garden or around

the poultry‘houses in order to make

such sales. If the farmer is using his

team and engagedin field work it is

almost impossible to bother with a

roadside business unless some other

member of the family is available for

handling the trade.



The poultryman can also increase

his business with motorists if he is

located on a frequently traveled thor-

oughfare and he can reduce his mar-

keting costs at the same time. The

city buyers of eggs are gradually show-





‘Michigan Crop Report ‘





Wheat.—-The condition of growing

wheat. as compared with an average

per cent is 97 in the state and upper

peninsula, 98 in the southern counties,

96 in the central counties and 95 in

the northern counties. The total num-

ber of bushels of wheat marketed by

farmers in October at 80 flouring mills

is 163,074 and at 60 elevators and to

grain dealers 103,986 or a total of 267,-

060 bushels. Of this amount 235,668





‘ bushels were marketed in the southern





four tiers of counties, 14,372 in the

central counties, and 17,020 in the

northern counties and upper peninsula.



The estimated total number of bush-





els of wheat marketed in the three R





months August-Optober is ’ 2,250,000.

Seventy-five mills, elevators and grain

dealers report no wheat marketed in

October. .



Corn.—~The' estimated average yield

of— corn, in bushels, is 23.31 in the

state, 24 in the-southern and central

counties, 21; in .the northern counties

and 17 in the upper peninsula.



Clover Seed—The per cent of the

acreage of clover seed hagtvested as

compared with average years is 73 in

the state and upper peninsula, 72 in

the southern counties, 78 in the cen-

tral counties and 65 in the northern

counties-



Beans—The final estimated average

yield per acre, in bushels is’ 7.75 in

the state, 7 in the southern counties,

8 in the central counties and upper pe-

ninsula and 9 1n the northern counties.

, Potatoes—The estimated -- average

yield per acre, in bushels is 84.42,,in

the state, 73 in the southern counties,





79 in the central counties, 87 in the'





northern counties and 153 in“ the upper





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ing more interest in the 'waterglass

method of preserving eggs for winter

and this is an opportunity to supply

them with fresh infertile eggs. Many»

consumers will not purchase eggs in

the city to use for preserving ,in wa-

terglass as they do not feel sure of

thequality. In many sections a farm~

or who can guarantee fresh infertile

eggs, will find many motorists anxious

and willing to drive into the country

to procure their winter supply.



There is also a. chance to sell poul-

try of all kinds to the motorist. Ducks

and geese will often be purchased eag‘

erly by city buyers who enjoy the nov-

elty of laying in a square meal fresh

from the farm. Of course, it is not

possible to dress a lot of poultry for

an uncertain trade from motorists. Us-

ually they will have to be sold 'llve

weight but it is surprising how many

motorists rather enjoy lugging home a

live bird with its legs tied to prevent

an escape. Dressed poultry can often

be prepared on phone orders from a

customer‘ who expects to drive out

during the evening. . ,



Sellingwto motorists seems to prove

profitable in some ~sections. ,. In other

districts it might prove a failure. It

all depends upon local conditions and

the skill of the producer in serving up

the things that the buyer is anxious

to own. A farmer can try such a meth-

od of selling without any loss of mon~

ey, as it costs practically nothing to

try. If the business is successful it

can be gradually expanded. If trade

is dull, the regular markets will still

be at hand to receive the goods. On

many farms there are"side—lines, like

berry growing, poultry raising, truck

growing, bee-keeping, etc., which

might be made more profitible if a

large amount of the quality products

could be marketed to motorists from

the city who are willing to use their

cars to help in delivering their own

food supply fresh from the farm.





mercial fertilizer on their wheat this

fall is 43 in the state, 47 in the south-

ern counties, 41 in the central coun-

ties and 25 in the northern counties.



Live Stock—The average condition

in the state, of horses is 93, of cattle

94, of sheep‘97 and of swine 96.



Grain and seed threshed in Michi-

gan up to and including October 19,

19.18, per returns of threshermen is as

follows:





Yield

Acre,

_ Acres. Bushels. Bush.

Winter wht. 639,585 8,972,940 14.03

Spring wht. 30,071 693,258 18.21

ye ....... 465,144 6,674,217 14.35

Oats ...... 1,517,545 59,892,730 39.46

Speltz ..... 8,954 247,221 27.61

Barley . . . 269,176 8,156,544 30.30

Buckwheat 16,274 154,027 9.46

Peas ....... 16,081 238,453 14.83

Seed:

Timothy. . 519 1,560 3.01

Clover 39,988 47,243 1.18

Beans ..... 90,281 790,081 8.75





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.To guard against an unfavorable ter—

mmstion or the development of one of

its numerous compliCations, horses up-

on showing evidences of' influenza

should be relieved immediately from

work. Most careful nursing is also





essential for horses affected with in-

fluenza and, likewise, skilled medical»





treatment, which can be best assured

by placing .slfected animals under the

care of a qualified veterinarian. The





spread of the infection should be pre‘ .





vented by segregating the diseased, sn~





 





imals and thoroughly cleaning mm (113:.





ecting the ',

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' have learned this, or are learning it

'fast, and some of them are past mas-





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‘ TELL you, young man,” said One of

the leading produce dealers from«

Pittsburgh, "“the real secretin sell-



ing potatoes to the best advantage is

to first have a standard grade, and

then“ put it up so; that it Appears to the

best advantage on the market. This

means unifOrm quality through the en-

tire shipment; every potato a good

one, uniform in size as possible, and

put up with little dirt. Such tubers

do not have to go begging for a mar-

ket, and the sooner the growers realize

this e sooner they aregoing to real-

ize etter profits, for the less trouble

there will be among potato growers

with wholesale distributors.





“Farmers’ shipping associations





tors in the art of putting up potatoes

and other produce in an attractive

manner. They have their manager and

local inspectors to 100k after the mat-

ter of grading and some of them have

experienced graders to sort the crop

at their warehouses before it goes into

the cars. We don’t have much trouble

or dissatisfaction in dealing with grow-

ers’ associations. We can usually move

their potatoes at a good price, and





they arecoming’ to think that we are ‘





not all crooks.





“Small shippers and the individual

growers: on the other hand, have been

slower to grasp this situation. They

seem to think that, regardless of care-

ful grading I ought to secure as good

prices for their potatoes as I do for

those put up according to standard

size and quality. In fact, there are

many of them who think that they

have made a good business deal when

they have slipped one over on me be-

cause the market was on the upgrade.

Well, they may be able to get away

with such a trick once or twice when

the market is going, up from _day to





day, but my turn comes when the





market is slumping.



“It is this'lack of proper grading and

individual honesty that makes the

trade naturally suspicious of many

carloads of potatoes, and I can’t get

the same prices for them that I can

for potatoes put up properly and com-

ing from other sources that have the

reputation for putting up a better

grade. Lots of times I lose money on

such shipments. It is for these rea-

sons that I prefer to deal with associa-

tions that have a standing in the mar-

kets. Of course, I have individual

shippers who I know put up good po-

tatoes, but their volume of tonnage is

entirely too light to meet the demands

of my trade."





 





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N response to an urgent appeal

from the British Ministry of Food

for increased shipments of butter

from Canada the Canadian govern-





butter made in the provinces -of Al-

berta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontar-

io and Quebec between September 30

and November 9 inclusive, and put the

Canadian consumers on an allowance

of two pounds of creamery butter per

person per month. Great Britain and





for many months, and although an Eng-

lishman’s allowance is only one-half

pound of butter and one pound of. also-

margarine 8. month, the government

finds it diflicult to maintain this

_meagre ration. ‘The principle of, the

Z‘Common Table” is the basis of this

order limiting the consumption cf

creamery butter'in Canada. If tonnage

permitted greater shipments of butter,

Canada would no doubt, limit home

ption still further in order to

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, i plish which demands our utmost care

j -' and thought. ‘ ,



.‘ \ At the coming adjourned annual

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sing, Representative Hall, December





I. l 4, these .very important matters will





be discussed, and we urge you at this

time to plan torsend to this meeting

two delegates from each local ,for

there will be a complete discussion of

the situation as it relates to the entire

state. Look out for the program of

this meeting in next week's issues of

the different papers of the state and

is published herewith.

The Feed Question. .



If we are to attain to the position

that we so much desire; it we are to

be recognized as real business men,

we must not only look out for a profit-

able price tor our product, but we

must study the most economic means

of production. To this end your pres-

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is such a serious one this year, and at

the price of which most of our milk

producers stagger'at the present time.



Let us for a moment consider, like

any other business man, what our sup«

ply of feed is; how much added supply

we will need for the winter; and the

methods we are going to use to obtain

this. It is a conceded fact that to ob-

tain the best results cows must‘ be lib-

What will we

need to carry our cattle through the

winter in good shape and leave them in

position to do profitable work next

year? They cannot be starved and

render. emcient service in the succeed-

ing months. .When we determine what

must be done, then the next question

is, “How are we to obtain it?” Two

methods of common practice are be-

fore us. One is to do as the best dairy-

men do, and buy a stock of needed

feeds early in the season, pay for

them when they are bought, and get

the product at the cheapest possible

point. Another method, and an alto-

gether too common practice, is to‘buy

from hand to mouth and carry credit

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time the high’price‘ andthe less profit

in the business. Every successful bus-

iness industry is more careful abéut

their buying than possibly any other

part of their business. We must learn

to do this very thing, and for the pur-

pose ot accomplishing this result your

association, through its president and

secretary, have entered into negotia-

tions with the great milking concerns

or the country, to see where we could

buy the best kind of feed in large quan-

tities, at the cheapest price, and give

this to our members absolutely with-

out profit of any kind.



We have arrangements with ceVin

milling parties at the present time

whereby we can supply our people

with a few hundred tons of feed, and

a fine saving can be made from the

regular retail'price. This will, of a

necessity, have to be worked by the

the organized movement

through your local and state organi-

zation. If buying in large quantities

is at any time of great value, then you

can see that the prospect of having a

market of possible 'fifty thousand tons

would be a decided inducement to the

dealer who is looking for large busi-

ness openings. '



We have the formula prepared for

this guaranteed food, and we will give

you prices and all details upon applica-

tion. No one but members of our or-

ganization can obtain this advantage.



Detroit Area Meeting, November 26,



at Board of Commerce.



That we may arrange for those de-

tails which pertain directly to the De-

troit area milk producers, a delegate

meeting is called to meet at the Board

of Commerce on November 26, 1918,

at one thirty p. m., local time. Ques-

tions of vital importance will here be

discussed. We urge each Detroit area

local to send two accredited delegates.

We are anxious that this meeting shall

be along the line of constructive ser-

vice, and your plans, perplexities, and

endeavors should receive considera-

tion at this meeting. Don’t forget the

time and place and your delegates.



R. C. REED, Sec’y.





Meeting of





Milk Producers ' -





The Second Annual Meetin of this

organization will be held in presen-

tative Hall, Capitol, Lansing, Decem-

ber 4, 1918, at 11:00 a. m. sharp.



The following program will be fol-

lowed closely:



11:00 A. M.—~Call to order. Address,

“Past, Present and Future bf the Milk

Producers’ Association," President N.

P. °Hull.



11:30 A. M.—-Appointment of com-

mittees~nominations, resolutions.



12:00 M.-——Dinner. .



1:00 P. M. Sharp—Report of audi-

"tors, report of treasurer, report of sec-

retary.



1:30 P. M.—-—“Milk Producers’ Asso.

ciatlon—what it has done for you.

What you should do for it,” Prof. A.

C. Anderson.



Professor Anderson’s investigations

of milk. production, manufacture, and

distribution have brought credit to our

college and state, from ocean to ocean.

You cannot estimate the value his in-

vestigations are. and will be, to hu-

manity through coming ages.



2:00 P. M.--—“Michigan’s Share and

Influence in the National Milk Produc-

ers' Campaign," Hon. Milo D. Camp-

bell, President National Milk Produc-

ers’ Federation.



President Campbell has contributed

more of means. time and ability, to put

your business on a pa ng basis. than

any one thousand of t e average milk

producers of Michigan. You owe it to

genteel! and to your {orally to get the



iration and stimulus from so great

an patriotic a citizen as is Mr. Camp-

bell. Do not fail to hear- him.



2:30 P. M.-“The Relation of the‘

Government to the Dr ized Dairy in-

dustry,” ExGoveruor ed M. Warner.



Ex-Govern'or Warner has just return-

ed from W hington and has the mos

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hold the price of our product down to

the consumer. Mr. Warner’s lace in

the hearts of the people of Mic gan is

well understood, for his service to

them has indeed been great.



2:50 P. M.———“How Can the Upstate

Milk Producers be Brought to Under-

stand their Benefit from, and Obliga-

tion to, the Organized Movement?"



Five—Minute Talks—M. L. Moon.

Jackson; W. H. Keddy, Fenton; Rob-

ert C. Blank, Perrinton. These broad-

minded milk producers will give their

viewpoint from the field.



3:15 P. M.~—“How Can we Put the

Dairy ‘Industry on a Permanent and

Profitable Oasis?” Hon. D. D. Aitken,

President National Holstein~Friesian

Association. _



In great business circles Mr. Altkin

is considered one of the most construc-

tive men of this age. His plan would

result in multiplying the consumption

of dairy products; in putting the dairy





industry on a profitable basis; in keep.





ing our boys on the farm; in making

the country the most desirable place in

which to live. Don't fall to hear Mr.

Aitken.



3:45 \P. M.——-Report o! committees

--committee . on resolutions. nomina-

tions. Election of ofllcers.



The milk buying interests are ak-

ing careful note of the. produce ' at-

titude to the Organized movement. The

price we are able to negotiate for you

will depend much upon the interest

that you take in this meeting. Then

for the sake of your business be on

hand. .



It matters but little how much you

use your . It is the man that

works with his head that succeeds. We

must use th t and organized coop-

eration-if t 1! ”tall!!! put as: safe

commercial sell. you , ‘

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' Speeding Up





HE advertising and selling cam— '





paign of the Michigan Potato

Growers’ Exohange has been

, launched. The main efforts at the

1 ~ , ~ present time are being devoted to sys-

_ . . tematizing and developing the efli-

“ 3 4. r 7 ciency of the organization and estab-

" . . , lishing a uniform method of handling



i A 7'.“ A ‘ " and billing cars.

' Along the line of markets and fac-

{ors’ that- influence prices has been the

, , movement of Wisconsin and MinneSota

' ‘ " ' potatoes. It is the custom of the grow-

' ers in these districts to unload their

potatoes as soon as possible before

cold weather sets in. The growers of

both of these states have just harvest-

ed an unusually large crop of tubers

1- this season and are short of storage





facilities and labor for putting. the





. . crop in storage.



5 The weather conditions in these dis-

tricts make it necessany to dispose of

the crop as quickly as possible. It so

happens this season that these states



' are producing far above a normal crop,

and as a result there has been a tre-

mendous movement of potatoes to the

big markets of the country, thus hav-

ing a tendency to reduce prices during

the fall and early Winter.



Another factor that has caused a

marked depression on the big city mar-

kets is the fact that a large percentage

of the produce peddlers are foreigners,

between the ages of twenty—one and



‘ thirty- one years. This has made it



necessary to handle potatoes through



» other channels in the big distributing

;- , ~ centers. These young men who start

_ out as fruit and produce dealers usu-

' ally accumulate sufficient capital to go



' into business for themselves before



they are thirty years of age and this



‘ has greatly complicated the distribut-



ing problem and curtailed, the demand

. for bulk shipments.



The present car shortage if it is im-

mediately relieved will prove a bless-

ing to the potato growers of Michigan.

because their tubers have been held

back while the Wisconsin and Minne-

sota crops have been flooding the mar-

kets. And the Michigan stock is now



‘ in the best possible condition for stor-

age. The markets are now in shape to

take on a reasonable percentage of the

crop without serious results.





One of the redeeming features of the .





Michigan potato growing district, espe-

cially the northern part, is the fact

that although quite dry during the

blooming period, causing a light set-

ting of tubers, sufficient moisture dur-

ing the latter part of the season caus—

ed the crop to be of good quality and

medium size. The lateness ot the

growing season and ideal weather con—

ditions at harvest time has resulted in

full ripeness, well- matured, smooth

stock, which is coming out of the

ground free from dirt and is command-

ing a premium in all markets.





 





MICHIGAN APPLES.





 





ERBERT G. TAYLOR, an English

buyer, representing London, Liver-





“ Coast apples in the English markets,

if the, Michigan growers would apply

systematic care in the production and

preparation of the fruit, and would

unite their interests in marketing their

goods. 50 that the foreigner would only

be obliged to. deal with a relatively





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1'--One-Pieee

—-Holdsall shafts, bearings

and gears in proper align-

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Eliminates beve gears. “

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3—Hyattm Roller Bearing:

stall linportan ”spine

4. —Cut Steel Gearing in

transmission.

5-All Cut Smel Gearing

between crank shaft

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12- Brake for belt or

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1 3—Cast Frame, 5-piece,

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l4—Sylphon Thermostat. _



l5—Centrifugal Pump.



1 6—Spiral Gear - Driven

Fan; gears enclosed.



l 7 -- Dust Proof High

Tension Magneto.



18—Speed Governor, en-

closed.



1 9 —Pistons — Diameter

856 in. Stroke 5 in.



20—Main Crank Bear-

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BOVE we show a plan view of the Case



10- 18, with an explanation of the de-



tails. Study this chassis—note its

features. »





In many ways, you will find the Case

10- 18 far in advance of today’ s usual offer-

ings. For instance,1 it is the first to offer a

one-piece main frame with a four-cylinder

motor, mounted cross-wise. This is merely

one of the dozens of betterments. The one-

piece frame casting constitutes a dust-proof

housing for the rear axle, bull pinion shaft,

transmission and the bearings for these

parts.





This type of construction brings rigidity,

reducing vibration, preventing disalignment.

Power is conserved, while we multiply

strength.





The belt pulley is mounted on engine

crank shaft, doing away with bevel gears.

It is part of the tractor—not an extra-cost

accessory.





The Case Syl-

phon Thermostat

insures complete

combustion of

gasoline or kero-

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22—Drop Forged Front

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23-Dust Proof Hubs.





26—Dust Proof Housing

for final drive.





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passing by the pistons and diluting oil in.

the crank case.



The Radiator has a cast frame. The

Core is copper—fin and tube non-clog—

ging type.



A Case air-washer prevents grit or dust

from' getting into the cylinders.



These are but a few of the greatest ad-

vancements in tractor history. Case offers

you today, NOW, what others will attempt

later on. .



The Case 10-18 is rated according to the

conservative Case policy.



It develops nearly 14 horsepower on the

drawbar and about 24 horsepower on the

pulley. Thus we insure abundant reserve.

power.





Our booklet and specifications point out

dozens of other advancements, all of





which demand your consideration before

you buy.





Write to us today

for a copy. Or visit

a Case dealer. 7





J. l. Case Threshing

Machine Compananc.

Founded 1842

1418 Erie St., Rncine.Wie.,

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SEEDS WANTED





‘ . ° , pool and Manchester, says that Michi- >

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Water and Liqhi m {/19 Home





ITHER OR BOTH





The Milwaukee Water and Light System gives

ou the same conveniences found in ci t1), homes.

A turn of the faucet brings a plentiful sup 1y 0 water—



a. turn of the switch brings a flood of lig . No run—

ning to the pump. No fussing with dirty lamps.

Only One engine required. The same en-

gine that supplies the air pressure for the water

system charges the storage batteries for

the lighting plant and furnishes power

for cream separator, churn, washer,

shop and home.

Write for Catalog. Let us tell

you how economically you can

add a lighting plant to your

water system or a water sys-

tem to yourlighting plant,

or if you have neither one let.





us tell you about both. This

ormation is free.





 





 





 





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Michigan Favorite Cow Peas.



Soy Beans. Ogemaw Manchu, Medium Green.



Ito San. Black Eyebrow.



Red Clover and Alsy ke [free from buckhom



and mustar.d]



Garden Peas and Garden Beans.

EDW. E. EVANS,



WEST BRANCH. - - MICHIGAN ff.





1; FARM WAGONS





a High or low wheels—-

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arts of fall

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Wanted Glover Seed &. Peas All Kinds





Please submit us an average sample of any quantities

you want to sell and we will tell on what it is worth

either in the dirtor clean ed. We elieve we can make

vou angles that will look attractive.



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FARWELL MILLS. Farwell. Mich. ‘





WANTED--SPRING RYE





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“ What ‘Can I Reasonably





, Expect of a Tractor?”





-. SO MANY farmers ask us this question that



' 1t deserves a pubhc answer. When you

buy an International kerosene tractor you can ex-

pect —



Plowmg, as deep as you need, as fast as good

plowmg can be done, at low cost because yo

tractor operates on kerosene. .



Good work on plowed ground. This is important. You

can use your tractor for all the seed bed work, giving your

crops a better start and a better chance. ‘



All kind-of belt work. Individual threshers, ensilage cut-

ters, feed grinders, hay presses, and many other useful, labor-

saving belt machines soon follow an International tractor

because it does good belt work at low cost.



An International will haul your crops to market, clear your

land, grade and level roads. In any size or style it is a true

“general purpose" tractor, useful for all kinds of farm power

work, built by a Company that has built farm machines and

tractors in large numbers for many years.



That is what you may reasonably expect from an Interna- _

tional kerosene tractor. The local dealer can give you any

further information you want. See him or write direct to us.





International Harvester Company of America





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w CHICAGO .





a INERNAATTIONL

LIVESTOCK SHOW





Nov. 30th to Dec. 7th -





Union Stock Yards, CHICAGO





’ A Food Production Camp in the

Service of the United States





' Daily Sales of Pure' Bred Live Stock.





RED POLLED SALE ABERDEEN-AUGUS SALE

Wednesday, Dec. 4th, 10:00 A. M. Wednesday, Dec. 4th 1:!” P. M.

For particulars write H. A. Martin, For particulars write Chas. Gray,‘



Gotham, Wis. Union Stock Yards, Chicago.





POLLED DURHAM SALE SHORTHORN SALE ,

Thursday, Dec. 5th, 10:00 A. M. Thursday, Dec. 5th, 1:00 P. M.

For catalog write J. H. Martz, For catalog write F. W. Harding,

Greenville, Ohio, Union Stock Yords, Chicago.

HEREFORD SALE.

Friday Dec. 6h, 1:00 P. M.

For catalog write R. J. Kinzer,

1009 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

A season of Instruction in the Art of Breeding

and Feeding of Live Stock Economicaly





ANSWER THE NATION’S CALL and put Into Practice

The Lessons this Expositon Teaches





Brilliant Evening Shows and A TRIP TO CHICAGO

Lowest Rates on all Railroads





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i A Milker that Never Kicks

, the Cows ‘ ‘





HEN I wrote to a friend that We

W had put ,in a milking machine,

he replied, “I'dou't know but

we shall have to come to it,” from

which I inferred that he had so far

looked upon this dairy adjunct in the

light of a doubtful piece of mechanism,

and now in the pinch in which the

country finds itself rather a necessity

than a. blessing.

So far as we are concerned, how-

ever, the milking machine has proved

itself worthy of the confidence we had

in it at the beginning. 'I know some

farmers have trouble with’it; but I am

inclined to think this is because they

either have not procured teat cups that

fit or else they have not learned'how

to operate the machine. Some care

needs to be taken to adapt the cups to

the teats of the cows. If too large or

too small, the work will not be per-

fectly done.





now to speak about is, that the milk-

ing machine never gets mad, swears or

gets up and thumps and pounds the

cows; and this I count one of the great





Movement“ In





HAT There are large opportuni-

ties in rural real estate, aside

from its worth as a strictly agri-

cultural proposition, is the opinion of

a young man who speaks out ofaprof-

itable experience. ‘



He was teaching country school,

about six miles from a fair-sized city.

Near the scene of his duties was an

eye—sore in the form of a dilapidated

old farm house. The ten acres of gul-

lied, worn-out land adjoining it were

the remnant of a good farm, the main

part having been sold off by the shift-

less owner who had inherited it. His

present holding was mortgaged, and

he wanted to sell his equity and move

to town.





In connection with this property, a

rather bold idea had developed in the

school teacher’s mind by the time his

term expired. He laid it before a bank-

er of his achaintance, with the result

of securing financial backing. The

young man bought the premises In

question. For the purpose of his plans,

he divided it into three parcels. One

contained the old farm house and some

tumble—down sheds. ' Upon possession

being gained the place was cleared of

everything except the house and a few

trees that were worth saving. By pre-

vious investigation he had found that

the framework of the house, which

was of the massive type of a former

day, was still good. _



By throwing 9. deep ‘veranda'across

the rambling front, putting on new

weatheixboarding, and a roof of stained

shingles with projecting eaves, the ar-

chitectural appearance was transform—

ed. The exterior was painted in har-

monizing colors, and the interior was

largely torn out and rearranged. The

chief attraction of the property had

been the location—not alone that it

fronted on a main pike that was in

first-class condition, but that most of

the acreage lay on a beautiful knoll

that sloped up gracefully from the

highway. The improvements ,included

grading and grass—sowing, nodding a

space about the, house and introducing

herems little shrubbery and" a flower-





_ ' ‘bed or two.





' The place was advertised as a coun-





. try home, and found a prompt custom-





er at the price asked. rBetore excava-

tion could be started on a second par-

cel, the buyer of the first had persuad-





. ed a friend to come out and be neigh-





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things in its layer. I suppose I am

getting to be something of a crank on

the matter of doing the milking stead~

ily, quietly and without loss of temper,

no matter what may. happen. 'But I

know the yalue of this sort of thing”

now, after'a good many years of expo '

rience. Nothing is more costly in the

dairy than lack of self-control. The

hired man, or the man who Is not Mr

ed but is working for himself, that has

the habit of sitting down quietly, as a.

man should, and milking from start to

finish as if he. knew and understood

that he is doing one of the most 1m;

portant jobs of the farm, is a jewel;





but he is just about as rare as most





precious gems. It is hard to find such

a hand. '



But the milking machine fills the bill

in this respect. I am sure we get"

more milk than we would if we had

to depend on harsh and ill-tempered

men. These men cause cows to shrink.

That means loss. So I say, "Three

cheers for the milking machine, the

even-tempered hired man!" ‘



New York. ‘ E. L. VINCENT.





Rural Homes





ing it between them as addition to

their grounds.



Within a few months the young man

had cleaned up several times the

amount of a year's salary at school

teaching. Several similar enterprises

which he has since put through—

though not with the same promptness

as the first—have been very profitable.



He was led to make his original ven-

ture by chance reading of a magazine

article, telling of the extent to which

wealthy people, particularly of the east

were acquiring country homes for

year-round occupancy, since the com-

ing of the automobile has made them

independent of public means of trans—

portation in going to and from the city,

where they spend their business hours.

The article insisted that there was a

general tendency, though perhaps not.

yet manifest everywhere, among city

people. to live in the country. The _in~

centlves were fresh air, the charms of -

nature, more elbow room, and the in-

terest and pride which goes with own-

ing an estate, if only of a few acres.



In the belief of the school teacher.\

who is now giving his whole time to

the business, there will be an increas-

lng demand for such property within

reasonable distance of every important

town, and that fancy prices for acreage

are to be realized; His choice is for

sites that command a good view and

which permit of pleasing effects as ob-

served from the highway—on the the

ory that the average person likes both

to see and to be seen—G. E. S.





QUALITY DETERMINES KIND OF

BEEF FOR SOLDIERS.





 





ALL future purchases of beef for

our army, navy and marine corps





and fighting forces of the Alliesshall '





be made on a basis of quality, irres-

pective of weight. The representatives

of the other departments agreed that

the Department of Agriculture shOuld

Select the meats on the battle of qual-

ity through its inspectors at the pur-

chasing markets. The arrangement af-

fected will protect the fighting forces

in the matter 'of quality of meats, and

at the same time will bring abouts.

better. balanced condition in the live

stock industry. This course of action

is in accordance with sound principles .,

of production and. conservation which

have been advocated by the Depa'rt-





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ment of Agriculture, the Food Admln~





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HE use of selfzfeeders for fatten-



ing hogs is gaining in popular-



. ity. A self-feeder is simply a de-



vice by means of which a supply of



grain or other feed is kept constantly



available to the hogs, in order that



they may always satisfy the craving



of their appetites with respect to the

kind and the amount of feed.





What the Self-Feeder ls.



Hogs in the wild state were self-fed

animals, living upon such feeds as

would satisfy their appetites, and un-

der domestication they seem to thrive

best when fed by the same principle.

The marked success of the self-feeding

system of hog raiSing is largely due to

the fact that they may eat an‘ abund-

ance of those feeds which will nourish

them to the best advantage. ,



Hints on the Use of the Self-Feeder.





The self-feeder may be adapted to



~ the use of any kind of grain or feed

although shelled grain and ground



feeds are most commonly used.’ It



may be adapted to handle ear corn,



but such a feeder must be of large size



and heavily made in order to hold suf-





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





The Carpenter Can Follow These Di-

rections in Making a Self-Feeder.





ficient grain to feed a bunch of hogs

several days without refilling.



In order that the self-feeder may

readily be adapted to different kinds

of grains it should be constructed

with some means of regulating the on

ening through which the feed passes.

For example, corn meal or barley re—

quires a smaller opening to prevent

too rapid a flow of grain than is re-

quired in the case of shelled corn. A

well-constructed self-feeder will last a

number of years, and as it may not al-

ways be convenient to feed the same

grain every season some provision

must be made to accommodate difler-

ent sizes of grains.



Care should be taken to see that the

self-feeder is always supplied with

each feed, for if one part of the ration

is missing the pigs will naturally eat

an increased amount of any other

available nutrient, and in suCh a case

will make very poor use of it. For ex-





constitute the ration, if corn were to

' become exhausted the shoats would

naturally eat a very large amount of

tankage, which would not only fail to

produce rapid gains, but would in-

crease the consumption of a very high-

priced feed. Too much emphasis can

not be placed upon, this point, for the

beginner is apt to become careless in

i the use of a device which does not re-

‘quire constant care.

' Two methods are in vogue in the

preparation of grains for the self-feed-

, er. The grain. and the protein supple-

.’ment to balance the ration may be

mixed and fed from one self-feeder, or, -

,better. the ' two or three feeds to- be

‘11 ed? may be fed sepamtely. either in

‘ t self-feeders or in difl'erent

Me or the same feeder.





 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 





 





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ample, when tankage andshelled corn'





   

   





Where the feeds are not mixed the-

pigs may balance their rations as their

appetites demand, in whichcase it has

been found that they eat relatively less

of the high-pretein feeds as they gain





in weight. This enacts a material sav- '





ing in the high<priced feeds consumed.

Permitting the hog to feed himself





does not have the drawbackato which

such a system would be liable in the ‘





feeding of other kinds of animals, for

he does not gorge himself until he be

comes sick or loses his appetite. With

the self-feeder the hog makes the most

economical use of grain in the produc-

tion of pork and gains zweight most

rapidly; he fattens more quickly, gets

to market at an earlier date, and

saves labor in his feeding and care.





The quickest, the easiest,~ and the most V

economical method of fattening pigs, ,





with the least expenditure of grain





and labor, is through the use of the j





self-feeder.





VENTILATION PROTECTS ONIONS

FROM “NECK HOT."





 





F farmers and commission men hold— I





ing onions in storage will see to it





that their stores of this lachrymal crop '_





are efficiently ventilated, the disease





called onion neck rot can be controll— ~





ed, assert plant pathologists of the

Michigan Agricultural College. The

trouble is one which annually causes

much shrinkage in the crop.





“B1 uising, which comes from top-

ping immature onions, opens the way

for 1ntect10n ” a bulletin from the De-

partment of Botany declares. “The

chief contributing factors in onion rot

are humid conditions in the store-

house.

house, with careful attention to venti-

lation, will bring a crop through safely.





“In 1915 Some storehouses in south-g

west Michigan lost almost every onion -





stored, leaving not even enough for a

seed plot. Such occurrences show the

pioblem is a serious one. Rotting in

storage must be combatted by keeping

a close watch on storage conditions."





WANT ROADS KEPT IN GOOD

SHAPE.





 





ELIEVING that the movement of



motor trucks under their own pow-

er from factory to user will be greater

this winter than ever before and that

to accomplish the successful driving

of motor trucks for hundreds of miles

without breakdowns on account of bad

roads, it will be necessary to keep

them in first-class condition, the aid of

the highways transport committee has

been asked by Col. Charles B. Drake,

of the Motor Transport Corps, U. S. A.





The state highway officials of Penn- ‘

sylvania, New York, Ohio, Illinois, In- \





diana, Michigan, New Jersey, Massa-

chusetts, Connecticut, Delaware and

Maryland, who cooperated with the

highways





ing the roads in repair, again will be

called upon to aid. Lieut.-Colonel Uh-

ler, of the Highways Transport Corps,

has outlined a plan of motor transpor-

tation over three main truck routes,

one starting from ChiCago, another

from Detroit and one from Buifalo, all

converging at Baltimore.





The cooperation of the United States '





weather bureau in forecasting weather

conditions all along the routes outlined

has been obtained, and it is hoped‘to

so anticipate heavy snowfulkas par-

tially to neutralize them by madciear—

ing methods. Activities of the high?

ways transport committee have been





enlarged in the western states to such ‘

purpose that large shipments of food-7'

formerly sent by tram now are being.





carried by motor trucks. Truck lines

for conveying food are in daily opera-

tide along the coast from Cape God to

northern Massachusetts.





 





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dollars for
CHANCE visitor entering same“

Of our rural schools just before

neon is yery likely to~get a whiff



of savory vegetable stews, or spicy hot



puddings Which are being prepared for

the noon Lunch or if he comes ten

minutes j-past twelve o ’cloCk, he is like-

1y to hear the busy scraping of spoons

on dishes, combined with lively de-





mands for another helping, for usual-1y .





the supply made up by the amateur





cooks is sufficient to satisfy the appe-'7 '

tite of the hungriest boy or gtrl in the ‘ ’

Scattered all over the state .





schOol.

you will find city- or village high





schools as well as rural schools serv»





ing some hot dish at noon, supple-

menting the sandwiches brought from

home.



A winter’ is experience has proved to





many teachers the value (if this Warm’





dish, offsetting as it does many a lunch

frozen on the way to school, or a hasty

breakfast, eaten with an anxious eye

on the clock. ‘



Because of their appreciation of the

benefit to the children from this

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Clubs of the school have undertaken to of socials and entertainments.

help the children to raise the money er districts the school boards or indi-

for the necessary equipment by means vidu’als have contributed the funds





Enjoy their Own Cooking.





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necessary for the beginning of the

project. Oil stoves have been loaned

in some cases, by women who were us-

ing their kitchen ranges for winter

cooking, and “kitchen showers” have,

many times, been the source of the

small utensils needed.



Approximately sixteen dollars and a.

half is the amount needed for the work.

The principal articles needed are: A

two-burner oil stove, dish pan, one

large and one small kettle, two paring

knives, a fork, two large spoons, as~

bestos mat, dish towels, and perhaps

a dripping pan and oven. Each child

brings a cup, spoon and deep oatmeal

dish.



Each night the materials needed for

the following day’s cooking are appor-

tioned to different children, conven—

ience being the deciding factor for

each individual. Each child contribut—

ing is credited by the book—keepers

with the amount brought, retail prices

being the basis of credit. At the end

of the week when the total cost per

child is estimated, it is usually found



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- ing now.





ORRY PHELPS gave the box

- containing his picture puzzle of

New England a parting kid: and

proceeded down stairs by way of’the





- banisters—a forbidden but exhilarat-

~ ing achievement. '





He wished someone would tell him





as Ted Miller had.

he were here.

He went into the prim darkened par-

lor and stopped in front of a photo—

graph of a keen- faced man of some

thirty-five years.

“That’s my daddy!” he said to an

imaginary companion.

now. He’s fighting Germans. By jim-

iny! but I bet the Germans'run when

they see my daddy coming!” '

He remembered the day, but little

more than a year past, when in the

house where he and daddy and mother

had lived his father had takenhim in





Daddy would, if





told him gently that mother had gene

away to Starland to be an angel. It

had been a lonesome house ,then just

as Aunt Eunice’s house was lonesome

now. ‘



“I wish my daddy would come back,”

he said to the photograph.



He walked slowly out_into the din-

ing-room. It must' be about supper-

time—anyway. he was hungry. Why

didn’t Aunt Kate and Aunt Eunice

come back from that Red Cross meet-

ing?



He decided to pretend that there

were some cookies on the table, though

he know well enough there were-none.

Then he stopped in mild surprise. Due

to some unusual oversight a tumbler

of jelly had been left on the table, set

in'the exact center of the roseleaf ta-

blecloth. And there was a spoon be-

side it.



‘Maybe his aunts had meant him to

have some, if he became hungry while

they were away. Yes, the more he

thought about it the more sure he be-

came that they did. Else why had they

left the spoon there?



He dipped the spoon deeply and rais-

ed it to his mouth. My, but peach jel-

ly. is good when a boy is hungry.



It was only “afte'r'he had taken a

second spoonful that he noticed the

wavering lines of jelly on the table-

cloth. How pretty they looked! He

believed he could write his name that

way.



Forthwith he dipped the spoon again

and began. It took several attempts,

but at length he succeeded 'in writing

in legible characters——



LORRY PHELPS.



Wouldn’t his aunts be pleased to

find that he had remembered his writ-

ing lessen so well! At least Aunt

Kate would. He was not so sure about

Aunt Eunice—she never took things





. the way he expected her to.





On second thought he was not so

sure that Aunt Kate would be pleased





With the sleeve of his white blouse





7 he rubbed the tablecloth slowly and





lpainstakingly until there seemed to be

no trace of the Writing lesson left. It

did not occur to him to note the effect

upon his sleeve. .1 .



He thought he heard his aunts com-

Some vague senée- of discre-

:tion prompted him to go back to his

room and busy himself With his pic-

ture puzzle. He. was trying to fit the





‘SOuthWestern corner of Connecticut

' , . into the middle part. of. Maine when '

' . Aunt Eunicc’ s sharp voice called him





downstairs.



Her. thin features were set in an un-

compromising frown. As was lusual

upon important occasions her hands

were clasped at her waist. Aunt Kate





 





 





 





._——as was also usual upon. inverters





why his aunts would not buy him any,

real playthl'ng‘s—like a locomotive ‘91..

A an automobile or a- wheelbarrow such





“He’s a major.





those great strong arms of his and-





either. Aunts are queer people—not

like a mother. Perhaps he held better'

erase it. ' '





occasions—blended inconspicuously in-

to the background.



‘ “Lorry!” said AuntA‘Eunice, “aid you

touch the jelly? Mercy, child, look-at

your sleeve! Kate Phelps, look'at this

boy’s sleeve.”



Kate Phelps had intended to put in

a word or two to soften the coming

punishment but the sight of that Sticky

sleeve silenced her- good intentions—-

as something or other usually did.



‘.‘I——I thought—” Lorry began, eyeing

the sleeve in surprise in wonder.



“Don’t say another Word, ” exclaimed

Aunt Eunice. “You hakve been a' bad

child. You will count beans until sup-

pertime.” ,



“Oh, please, please, Aunt Eunice!

I’d rather you would whip me. I didn’t

mean to be———”



“You will count beans,” she repeat-

ed crisply. “Kate, bring the" dish and

the beans. It is strange how" one child

can keep a household topsyturvy the

whole time.” .



“Counting beans” was an ' [ordeal

from which Lorry shrank. It censist-

ed in sitting in an uncomfortable chair

with two dishes in front of him while

he transferred beans, one at a. time,

from one dish to the other until his

arms and shoulders ached.



He felt the injustice of his punish-

ment tonight, for he had not meant to

do anything that he ought not; and he

took the situation with bad grace.

Which explains why he ”was in bed





 





 





 





 





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when “Uncle” Jim called at half-past

seven. The man was not Lorry’s uncle

at all—he was Major Phelps’s closest

friend. He had never had any children

of his own.





“I had a letter from Sam today,” Lor— '





ry heard him say. “He'asked me 'to

come over and see Lorry. He isn’t in

bed already, is he ?”



“He’s being punished,”

Eunice.





said Aunt





“Well, I’ve got a little toy here. I'll '





run up for a minute—1’



“Leave it with me and I’ll give it to

him in the morning.”



“Oh—you think he’s asleep?”

‘ “Very likely.” »



“I’m not asleep, Uncle Jim,” Lorry

called out.



There was a moment of silence.

Then Uncle Jim chuckled.



“I must see the little rascal,” he

said. “I’m writing back to Sam to-

night.” '





Without waiting for the refusal»

which probably would have come in a ,





moment, he ascended the sta1rs., He

came in on tiptoe. ' \





“Probably the chap’ s asleep,” he said:





poking a. finger into the bedclothes.

Lorry giggled.

"Don’t you tickle me, Uncle Jim, ” he

cried. “You knew I Wasn’t asleep,

didn’t you?” i ’ ’





" “Well, I did suspect you weren’t”

“I have a letter.





Uncle Jim remarked.

from your daddy.”





you think so?”





“Well—er—maybe Now, let’s have





   





 





fire-engine. It’s a his sad





 





' Kate-45nd this a Scratch?

.is! Now, Lorry Phelps, you just take

that article up to your room and put it

spray in the closet—~and stay in your ,,





“I got a letter from daddy one day—‘— .

all my ow“. "’ said Larry proudly “Only".

Aunt Eunice wouldn’t let me keep. it. ,

She says it ought to be preserved Do‘





real rubber- tires, and- it winds up and ,

goes around in a. circle.”





“Oh,- oh, 011-”. cried Lorry.

I’ll get right up and try it.”



“Well—end I wouldn’t do that,” said

Uncle Jim rather hurriedly.

you, you let me leave it here on the

table—and if you’ll be a real .good boy,

you can make it go tomorrow. How’s

that?”



“Maybe that’s better,” agreed Lorry.

“Is Europe anywhere near Starland,

Uncle Jim. ‘



“ “Starland. ?”



“Yes—where my mother has gone,



you know.” - ', '





“I guess





It was a moment before Uncle Jim-

answered, and then his voice was low_





and solemn.



“I guess, Lorry boy,” he said slowly,

“that Europe and Starland are pretty

close together.”



“People don’t come back from Star-

land, but they do come back fromEu-

rope, don’t they? Isn’t daddy coming

back? Aunt Kate won’t tell me.”



“We‘ hope he’s coming batik—but it

may be a long time. You must be pa.-

tient, my lad.” ‘



“He must come back,” said Lorry.

“I need him.”



To that, Uncle Jim had no answer.



A month went by. Then Uncle Jim’s

weekly visits stopped. Aunt Kate told

Lorry that Uncle Jim was sick.



He‘ missed Uncle Jim, but the. fire-





«engine kept him from being altogether





lonely. It was just such a plaything

as he had long wanted to have.



One day he discovered that the cir-

cular library table was just large





" enough to run it on. Of course, he had





to look out that it did not go over the

edge—but that added to the excite-

ment.



Then—perhaps he had wound it

tighter than usualwhe was a second

too late. The big red fire- engine reach-

ed the edge and plunged to the floor.



“Bang” murmured Lorry.



He went around and picked it up.



“Why, why—” he stammered.



One wheel had been bent far out of

position. Still, maybe he could straight-

en it——-of course he could.



He took it firmly in his hands and



pulled There was a sharp little snap

-——and the wheel and a part of the aide

came off in his hand.



Lorry did not move for a. minute. He

was dazed by the magnitude of the dis-

aster that had befallen him, Then,

steadying a. quivering'lip, he sought

this aunts in the kitchen and began to

tell what had happened.



“The library table!” cried Aunt Eu-

nice. “Lorry Phelps, were you running

that fire engine on my library table!

Kate, come with me—we will see it

that table is ruined!”



“It didn’t hurt the table,” Lorry has-

tened to say. “It’s got rubber tires,

you know. I thought 0f that—or I

wouldn’t have let it go on the table.”



They had reached' the llb'rary by

this time. ,



“Please, Aunt, can I have another?"

Lorry said. “I’ll be awful good. It’s





the only plaything I’ve get that I like.” I

Aunt Eunice adjusted her glasses.-





and ran a finger along the table-top.



' “I believe here’s a scratch ” she ex-

claimed after a moment. “Isn’t it,

It is—it





room until dinner time. I don’t see

why you act 50. How one child can

upset a home! Kate Phelps, What do

people do who have four, tell me‘tha "

- “I can’t—l can’t—r’,’ Lorry began. .

.*“Not another Word, child Go up-

stairs. ”.





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him. His daddy had gone to fight the

for was hopelessly broken. ‘





couldn't He have taken Aunt Katie?





Aunt Eunice—and not his daddy? -





discretion that would have done credit





window Lorry could see that the bills





feel lonesome to have all the green





hurt and that he was in the hospital

somewhere. His aunts seemed to be





was still sick-with something that

seemed as if anything with such a





have.



Once he had suggested to Aunt Kate

that when Uncle Jim got well again he

would like to go and live with him;

but the idea had not seemed to appeal





with him.

Then one morning he heard Uncle

- ~ Jim's voice. It didn’t seem as if his

. *. feet could carry him downstairs fast

\





not seem a bit the way Lorry expect-

ed it to.





tickle him or swing him ’way up, as





and his aunts both stopped talking sud-





just as if something was the matter.

Uncle Jim tried to smile. but it was

not a really and truly smile.

“Well, Lorry," he said, “want to take





deuce.”



On the way to the station Lorry look-

ed up shyly. ‘



“I’d like to come and live with you

Uncle Jim,” he said. “Till daddy comes





, > “Would you?” cried the man, with a

‘ xi little break in his voice. “Well, you

wouldn’t like it any better than I





 





‘ ’ officiating clergyman, a nervous young

minister asked: “Is it kistomary to ‘

cuss the bride?”





_; .3 So. would.”



’ g _ Uncle Jim didn’t say much after that



’i . unfiltheywereonthemin.



'1 .l “Huybe we could fix it,” he said,

suddenly then. “About your coming

to live with rm. I mean.”



‘. When they reached Providence Un-



r cle Jim led the m into the m-



“W you’d like an orange." he



suggested. “he an: of colee.‘ be ad-



ded to the vain-cos “And have it

strong.” '

“Aunt melee says mung coflce isn’t

good for you: Int-11 observed. '

“Probably she’s right.” mid Uncle



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he supposed. but it can smm’haxgd on, on a train that Was going back. .



“Why, we didn't doanythingi” said:



Germans. And the one toy he cared Lorry. “What did we come for?” 1



Uncle Jim did not hear apparently.



If God needed another angel. why He seemed to be looking for someonei



“Let’s go on into the next car,” be



And. if somebody hull» go and fight said. f‘There aren’t so many people in



Germans, why couldn‘t it have then there.” " . .



Indeed, there were very few pcopl



That night as Aunt-Kate in her prim in the next car. Near the middle of

solemn way heard his prayers and the car a lady «with a his hat was read

tucked him into bed, it occurred to ing a magazine, and just behind her,

him that he wantedfbi-s crippled the almost hidden by the hat, sat a soldier.:

engineright there in the bed with him. In spite of the hat Lorry saw the sol-g

It seemed like his best friend. With a dier right away.



. He was not a very impressivelook-

to an older mind he waited till his aunt ing soldier. His officer’s uniform was

had gone downstairs and then flowed not bright and new the way Lorry sup-



7', to the closet and got the fire-engine. posed uniforms always were. The:



With the broken toy hugged tightly man’s shoulders were thin and stooped





.i . to his side and a tear caught bait-way and he held his head rather queerly on;

3 down his cheek he fell asleep. one side.

- The days dragged along. From his And then Lorry saw his face! i





_ With a big jump he leaped forward,1

outside at the city were beginning to knocking the lady's hat far over one

grow blown and, bare. It made him ear. ’

“‘ISaddy—~dmidy!” he shouted. ,

- , leaves going away. 7 The officer opened his lips to speak

- He had. many things to be troubled —but the words seemed to stick in his

about in his boyish way. His aunts throat.

would not tell him very much about it, catch him and hold him tight, as they



but he knew that his daddy had been had used to do so long, long ago.

“Lomy—.—my boy‘l.” _

Tine lady adjusted her hat and tart»





very solemn about it. And Uncle Jim ed with an irritated frown-but sud-

denly her face softened and she turned,





Lorry could not even pronounce. It (1115031? back to her magazine. »

Major Phelps moved a little and held





name as that must be pretty bad to 011* I band *0 the other M-



“Hello, Jim!”



“Hello, Sam!”



“It’s a good old U. S. A. Jim.”

"Miglity sued. Sam!”



Lorry caught the thin band that

to her. He wished Uncle Jim would Uncle Jim had released and held if

mine so' that he could talk it over tightly in his two chubby om





enough. And then, as so often happens me a 316W filmy? The one Uncle

with what we csoecially desire, it did Jim gave me isbmken.”





Uncle Jim didn’t jump ”for him and said the officer.





he usually did. He just said, “Hellok me sometimes. Aunts don’t know how

Lorry!” in a sort of'weak solemn voice, t0 may the way daddies d0!” '





denly when they saw him coming—— good f0! anything else for a while.”





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“You bet!” cried {Jon-y. “W'hen?” behind, blew his nose—and gazed out

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three pounds more’n you-”





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Then Lorry felt the big arms





“Daddywmy daddy!” he said softly.

The train began to pull out '

After a while Lorry moved a bit.



“Dandy!” he cried. “Will you buy





The thin race bloke into a smile.

“I’ll buy you two, if you ml: the!!!”





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lHot Lunches In the Rural Schools





(Continued from page 467). '_’





that the“ article brought from home is

equivalent to the charge for the week.

If this is not the case the extra.

amount is made up the following week

by another. contribution. Thus, very

little money, if any, changes hands.

Reports from the clubs of last winter,

show that the average cost of serving

each child daily with one hot dish was

two and one-half cents. The high

school at Evart served the entire meal

daily at an average of five cents per

member.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





, The general procedure in forming a

Hot Lunch Club is as follows: The

[teacher either talks over the proposi-





with their parents concerning it, or

she may call *a meeting of the patrons

of the district, at which the project is

discussed. The home demonstration

agent, if there is one in the county,

can be of valuable assistance in pre-

senting the subject. If a favorable con-

clusion is reached, the children pro-

ceed to form a club, electing a presi-

dent, vice-president, secretary and

treasurer, and ways and means of se-

curing equipment are discussed. The

teacher usually acts as the leader of

the club. Two or three women in the





Ll ition with the“ children, who consult





district, who are particularly interest-

ed in the school are elected as an ad-

visory committee, their function being

to cooperate socially with the leader

and the club members.



Each week two girls or boys act as

cooks; two as house keepers, and two





 





HIS picture Was taken several

years ago. That day several

farmers visited a corn field

where a new-fangled corn cutting ma-

chine was trying to cut and bind corn.



The farmers decided that the thing

wouldn’t work long before they reach-

ed the field. Wind and rain had blown

the corn down badly in patches. But

the machine did cut and bind some of

the corn all right, though many stalks

could not be picked up, and many cars

were knocked off in the operation.



In those days there was plenty of

help and farmers generally agreed that

it was better to cut the corn by hand

than to buy or hire one of the new

corn harvesters.





the corn harvester has steadily Won its

way as a valuable farm implement.





proved, even in price, and it costs

quite a bit to buy one this season.





helped so much as this tall.





 





But from that time to the present -





The machine, of course, has been im-





 





as book-keepers. The work is rotated

so that each member who is old, enough

(ten to eighteen years are the ages for

active membership), may get practice

in each line of work. After writing up.

a. brief report and story of the three

weeks’ work, the member is said‘ to

have completed the project. The award

is then made upon the variety of

menus, cost per member, the report

and story.



Having the children perform the ac-

tual work of the club, leaves the teach-

er free to follow her class-room work,

and takes but little of the children’s

time, since most of» the food can be

started at recess, and finished up in

the fiveminutes allowed after dismis-

sal for the children to Wash their hands

and get their" lunchboxes. This lunch

box, by the way, need contain only

sandwiches, fruit and a piece of cake

or cocky, the hot dish being the major

part of the meal.



Primarily the object of the hot school

lunch is to preserve the health of the

children. As was hinted above, a hasty

breakfast, a cold and sometimes unap-

petizing lunch, usually compels the

child to over-eat at supper, and this,

as a rule, impairs the child’s digestive





 





The Club'of Paris District No. 11, Kent County, Serves Meals to its Members

in Cafeteria Fashion.





and nervous system to such an extent

that his work in' school falls below

standard. Teachers unanimously de-

clare that the increased vigor with

which the children attack their work

after dinner more than repays for the

small amount of supervision necessary





   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 





The Coopersville Girls Carry on their

Project by Utilizing Steam from the

Furna‘ce Boiler for Cooking.





at noon. Further than this, the vital-

ity of the children in general is raised

rather than lowered at the end of the

winter’s work in school. This explains

why many of the teachers who have

the interests of the community genu-

inely at heart continue serving soups

and other hot foods year after year.



But there are many other benefits to

be derived from the hot school lunch

in the rural school. Chief among them

is the business side of housekeeping.

Keeping the club accounts teaches the

value of money and the cost of foods

as no other teaching can. It'is the

domestic science training of the rural

school in which the girls learn to bal-

ance their diet so that they may be

well fed for very little money and a

small amount of work. They learn the

preparation cf simple, wholesome dish-

es, and, from these they get a truer

appreciation of the work their mothers

perform in getting the family meals.

As one mother remarked in this con-

nection: “You have no idea mw much

easier Viola is to live with.”



Best of all, they learn to take respon-

sibility, to work harmoniously in

groups, and they are being trained for

a future broader service to the com—

munity in which they live.



While last year there were thirty-

seven hot school lunch clubs in Mich-

igan, the number of requests recently

received for bulletins, indicates the or-

ganization of a much larger number

for this year. The work is a regular

part of the work of the Junior Exten-

sion Department of the Michigan Agri-

cultural College.





The New-Fangled Corn Cutter-431111 BROWN





 





 





fore the frost had injured it seriously.





Probably there has never been a sea- Hundreds of fields of corn were fully

son in which the corn harvester has matured and out without being touch

A goodly ed by fresh. During, a f ' 6



portion of the earn in southern 111111111 third weal: in‘that month





 





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many miles along the roads and frel-_

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the w hid icon-I or ”hired man.

He}e¢lnisuflmhllwzlttamhm

miter all the nut day got neveral

um! to help an and fill his silo.

That as; W neighbor out the

sanewayullth’natunch of m

in me some W changed

m to their mutual advantage.

There has been more changing work

this season than for over a third “of a

century. When we were young kids

on the farms in the eighties our fath-

ers changed work to haul out manure,

plant corn, draw in hey, staok wheat,

threshing, holding a. Sunday school or

harvest home picnic. cuttingandshcok-





 





 





 





Wednesday, “mm 6.





‘ LLIED forces com the Franco-



Belgian border and capture nearly

all of the Mormal forest. The French

troops gain on both sides of Le Chesne

fiver.~—Americu forces advance near

Metz and threaten Germy’s main

lines of communication with that fort.

French capture Guise and advance to

within eight miles of Maubege.——Ger-

many a to Airlines to stop air

raids on defenseless towns—Election

reports show that our next congress

will be republican. In Michigan all

republican candidates for state offices

were elected. Women suffrage also

carried in this state—Ohio goes dry~

by a substantial majority.



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. , ERMAN government sends delega-



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Foch on armistice terms.~—The ad-





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adopted, the losses have been reduced

from ten to one per cent—Recent elec-

tion returns show that out of five vig-

orously conductedstatn commigns the

Non-partisan League candidates were

successffl only in North Dakota

Friday. ‘ ,

HELD-HABSHAL NEH allows rev

resenhafives of Germany to. pass

through the fighting lines to welder

anxieties terms— _ that Ger-

many had accepted henna is My

announced to be untrae~Amefim

troops capture the knees heights «n

the House near Sedan when nutty-

eight years age Napoleon 111’s empire

mmnsnddmendmmnghthesuc-

oesschermarms.—- Mallof

the German fleet revolts and the men

are complete masters of Kiel, Wfl~

Masheven. '

Cnxhaven; ‘

marine m an all German naval nar-

bmfs have m the mvclutoi—The

United States warns Germany not to

may «coal mines in Belgium upon

emufim—Hosfile demonstrations

lave nee-med in provinces on the bor-

der between Peru and {Elma—Great

[Britain and France agree on a policy

whereby the pennies of the eastern

Wm- countries are to be

freed fronting oppression of the Turks.

\——I’he We! Administration advances

flwmfimmhnflmfi-dfle to the re-

cent mam-tam of wages to anthra-

cite miners. The production of this

grade of coal has been reduced consid-

erably by the influenza epidemic.

Safarday, November 9.

HE Bavarian Diet depose‘s its king

. and dynasty and establishes a re-

lic. This province is the second





pub

unseat in the German empim—Pms any _

and Eli-President Taft declares that»





reports state that Kaiser -Wilhelm re-

fuses to .abdicate on the ground that

‘ he must continue his film to save

Rummy. Prince mm imperial

Germ-C ' ‘ ,, ——Gennm

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no fledbor in: corn, dig“ ‘ ingpdiam can hang} “'5





ing ”(butchering hogs. .

the present-day corn harvester costs

a lot of money. And today «there are





hundreds of men; standing around in! ~





hells, fences, road sides, hacnt yards-

and barnyard; all the way from Ypsi’

mfi be Kalamazoo, and from Oshkosh

Ito ‘Timbuc’too. It would pay every

own-er of a com W in buy"

enough lumber to make a shell to thor-

oughly protect that and all his other

farm implements, even at the present l

high cost of lumber. 1





In another article we.will present a ‘





picture and proof showing it pays ey-v

ery farmer to prevent cruelty to ‘his

farm tools. . :





—British capture Avesnes and push by .





Mmbeuge.——ance appeals to Amati?

ca for 519.909.009.909 with which toa

finance the manned“); of that county.

~Turkey releases 116,915 British pris—

oners.—-Anstxian provinces are begging.

food at switnerland.—United Sit/ates

Shippinngges menseaftrueks;

formvingotfoodinthisocnnuy. ‘

Sunday. November 10.



. HE ' ' of Emperor Wilhelm:

is 0W announced and the:





is chosen Regent. Deputy melt, vice-





president of the m1 democrat party-H





and president of the min commit-bee:

of the W is to be muted;





imperial War. A Needless heave-3





lutitm is spreading over the western

provinces of Germany. Germans are

retreating rapidly along the entire

watern from. To protect her south.

ern frontier German troops are being

marched into the Austrian provinces,

of Tyre] and Stumbling—British gov-E





emment announces that Canada, Ans”





tralia and India wild be associated in.

the future discussion of peace terms.

400d Administration requests discon-

tinuation of afternoon tens, theater

supper parties and all meals except

the usual threeJa-day to conserve cer-

Leails and sugar. —Recent compilations

show Detroit to mow have a {population

of 986,699 people.

Monday, November 11.



HE world war ends at six o’clock



this m’crning, Washington time,

the German envoys having signed the

armistice terns imposed by the Allied

and American governments as follows: ,

Evacuate ' e, Belgiumy

Luxemburg, Russia. Bunnie. at once;

give up for occupation all counties on

the west bank of the Rhine; giverup

for occupation Mayence, Doblenz mud

Bologna, paint-final Rhine crossings,

and territory within a radius of thirty

kilometres about each city; withdraw

from all tendtory which belonged to





Mesh. Rummiu or Timmy“, disarm.





amy and navy, hand over» nest of

navy and quantities of war supplies;

mpgtriate allied prisoners without ire-

ciproca‘tion; . , turn enslaved civilians;

give "manner: for damage doom”





loot:



Sen posts, give $3M“;



Busch, forts and cases boning way‘

to the Cattegmt (em to the Bal-

tic); submit to allied blockade; release

own ships to cum food, return all al-

lied ships, and notify murals that the

sea is safe again. A holiday was pro-

claimed in which greet mwds gath-

ered to celebrate military victory—It

is mounted that the world we: took

48mm lives and cost sis-5,099,009,000.

The war lasted 1,598_.days.——‘Ibe for-

mer kaiser and crown prince are in

Rolland where they have been inborn-

ed. The emperor and empress of ‘Aus-

tria are said to have gone to Switzer-





land.

Tueoday, November ‘12.,





RESIDENT WILI-IO-N warns the

American people that our troops

me the German Bolsheviki forces





United States troops will he needed

abroad for probably two years he «do

policing, both ’in counties of our ene-

mies and in Russia—United States

government takes initial steps in plan-

ning for peace by eliminating over-





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To keep America’s troops supplied with rubber footwear is all—important.

Men who are fighting must have first choice. This limits home supplies ‘

but saves valuable liven overseas. ;

Our outdoor-working customers, we are sure, will cheerfully meet this I

situation. We regnet our inability to take care of eveiy demand for “U. S.

Pretend" rubber footwear. We thank our patrons and look forward to - 1

serving them again. Until then, look for the “U. S. Seal” on every pair , a





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ON’T you just get sick and tired

D of the same old thing? Of course



you do, for you are a real live

housekeeper, and live folks always do



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long for a change. Housekeepers es-

pecially, with their three hundred and

sixty-five days of cooking the same

food, washing the same dishes, sweep-

ing the same old carpets and darning





 





At Heme





MJs-VNW A. -_ “A”





it runs east and west. It makes the

room look different and you'can almost

imagine you’ve moved. Put the side-

board, if you have one, in a different

place, diagonally across a ‘corner, if

you’ve had it flat, with the wall, or flat

with the wall if it’s had a corner. Move

the serving table, too, and try the ef-

rect of a few doilies in place of the





Can You Use Your Old Furniture?





the same old clothes, just naturally

get into moods where they want to

chuck the whole thing out of the Win-

dow and jump after it. Now that war

has made it a patriotic duty to make

the same old things last a little longer

it’s going to be fearfully tiresome un-

less we make up our minds to treat it

as an interesting study in economy

and make a game of seeing how many

changes we can ring in with the same

stuff we’ve had since the year one. Sort





of like seeing how many words you





can make out of What’s-His-Name’s

Millenium Spaghetti and getting a Lib-

erty Bond for a prize. You see how

many times you can turn the sheets,

before they .get so narrow they won’t

cover the bed, and how many holes

you can skillfully mend in the rugs be-

fore they begin to look like‘ an attack

of small pox, and then yOu buy your

own Liberty Bond with the money you

save by-going without.





Anyhow, you can make it interesting

or deadly, just as you approach the

task. And one way to make it interest-

ing is to ring in some new change ev~

ery week. It’s surprising what a dif-

ference changing everybody’s place at

the table will make for a. few days.

Father has always insisted on the end

by the window where he can read the

paper where he eats. Just quietly, but

firmly—politely or otherwise, as the

case demands—shift him around to

the dark corner where he can’t read.

Shake the rest of the family up and

let them drop hit or miss, and you

will have diversion for a meal or two

at least. Besides, if father can’t read

while he’ s eating, you may get a few

words of pleasant conversation from

him, and he’ll get less indigestion from

half-masticated food. ‘



Then while you are at it. make a

few other changes in the dining-room.

Move the table half way around if the

room is large enoughI- For instance, it

it has been standing with the length





running north and mm‘chsnsoit so





 





 





spread you’ve had on it. If you have

a plate rail covered with fancy dishes,

take them down and stow them away.

Leave your plate rail bare, and at the

earliest possible chance have it torn

out. You save yourself a lot of dusting,

rid the room of its cluttered up look,

and incidentally bring your dining-

room up to the 1918 model. Plate rails

are no longer being built in modern





 





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“Ring In the New





single high window, not even its treat-

ment. The only things that seem like

this generation are the tea-wagon and

the indirect lighting.





Do you notice what the mistress of

this home has pressed into service as





a board? There are hundreds of‘those .





same pieces of furniture scattered all

through Michigan, and their owners

sighing because they haven’t aside—

board or buffet. If you have one get

it out, and if you can’t send it to a





. cabinet maker to be refinished, do it





yourself. Sandpaper off all the old var-

nish right down to the wood. Then

get the best stain on the market and

stain it and finish with a wax finish.

But be prepared to rub.and rub and

rub and rub The secret of the soft,

even finish is the rubbing.



Without a doubt you have an old

fall-leaf table, too, you could utilize as

a serving table. Of course, if it is too

large it will not do, but a. small one

could be re-finished to match your

board, and there you are. If. you have

not the time or money to make fine

runners, the Japanese runners cost lit-

tle and are pretty. Or you could make

runners of cretonne—the basket pat-

terns are nice for the dining-room—or

of checked gingham, the checks a half-

inch square in pink and white, blue and

white or yellow and white. Hemstitch

the ends and work your initial if you

like. And with the present p; ice of

gingham you will have quite a luxuri-

ous looking throw.



The second dining-room is from a.

city home. The bare table with its

lace center and bowl of narcissus and

maiden hair fern is attractive. Prob-

ably you can’t get either the narcissi

or the maidenhair, but you can get

wood ferns and if you haven’t any-

thing better, plant them -in a syrup

pail. Perhaps on the pantry shelf you





' Built-in China Cabinet and Buffet Cornbi/nedr





houses, As Ruggles says, “It isn’t

done.”



The illustrations may give you an

idea or two to adapt to your own din-

ing-room. Of course, you can’t copy





them exactly, but you may utilize some .

of your Same Old Things in a new way .





after you study these pictures. ,

One is a corner of the dining-room





in an old-fashioned house, note. the.





strip of white wainscoting and: Wall

paper without a break to the ceiling.





   





have anold bluebowl of grandmoth-

er’s» which would make, a fine jardi:

nierefor' your fernery. Ifyou haven't

one, cover ydur can 'with crepe paper

and set- it on a\ plate. .



I am Quite positive“ you have some





the built-in

have stuck aw

“old~fashioned: things”





There isn't a thins scam unearths I





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old china like the Attiree pitchers on
m "bfifilfi'flafll i'fwulflhflfie



. ‘ Grandmother win, see them and tell *-

‘i'i i. ‘you, When _ ,her,"grandmother . bought

them. and the children will get 'a peep"

into family history and the life of a‘

forgotten generation. — ' ' - \

My We’ve got to *use the “Same Old

Things" fer" some time yet. Let's go

about it in a diflerent spirit and try to

see how new We can make them





appear. . DEBORAH.

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Dear Deborah—I read about the

mother with the little ones and no one

to help her except a mother and sister

who were interested in.“war work.”

, Now I wish I lived where I could help

I p *‘ , her out, as I need the work as badly



as she needs the Worker.



Here is my problem: We have a.

farm of eighty acres, not paid for, of

course. We have bought bonds, sub-

scribed for War Savings Stamps, and

to the Red Cross, to the limit of our

ability. Now there is interest, taxes,

and payments to meet. My husband

works away from home every moment

he can spare from the farm, and with



' the crops he can take care of these by

careful management. But in the mean.

time we must have shoes, overshoes,

winter underwear, etc., as well as gro-

ceries. -



I am well and-strong and have more



. or less hours every day that I could

work if I had something to do. I have

helped every day, since harvesting be-

gan, to gather' in the crops. We have

everything taken care of now. I have

raised all the chickens I possibly could,

but lost so many hens last winter that



I must keep a large share of them to



replenish my flock. We have two boys,



one fourteen, the other twelve years of

age: The older one goes to high school

and the other one to the district school.



I have to be here nights and morn-



ings, besides doing my washing, iron~

.. _ ing, cooking and numerous other

;,~:..,'-,‘ ' things that have to be done. I can’t



go away from home to work, or I

might drive into the town, three and a

half miles, and pick beans. My neigh-

bors don’t hire their work done. But

I know there is so much work to be

done, helpers are needed so every-

where, that it seems as if there ought

to be something a bodyplike me could



" ' do to help. ‘



I have studied and thought, but have

not found any solution so far. There

must be one if I can only find the right '

person or persons. I can do all kinds

of ordinary sewing but so can nearly

everyone that has any to do. I have

patched and turned and made over for

three winters until I can do nothing

‘more with the garments.



,Everyone has her own problems and

it is selfish of me to ask anyone to

help solve mine. But if I could help

anyone in any way, by suggestion, or

from experience, I would be only too



' ‘ glad to do so, and perhaps you feel-



‘ ~ the same.





 





 





, S. B. F.

g ' Who can give this anxious woman

‘ ' help?————Ed.





 





DRYING APPLES.





 





Use winter apples, not the early

or sweet varieties. Pare, core, and cut

into eighths. Or core and slice in

rings, using» fruit or vegetable slicer.

Do not, let stand long before drying.



To prevent discoloration dip fruit, as

it is prepared, for one minute in a cold

salt bath, one ounce of salt to one gal-

lon of water. Remove surplus mois-

ture by placing fruit between towels,

or by exposing to the sun and air.

Spread thinly on trays or earthenware

plates. . ,



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Fresh Home-Made Bread

With Real Butter





Sounds good, doesn’t it? ‘

Somehow the very mention of fresh home-made bread bountifully

spread with rich golden butter touches a tender chord.





It takes us back to childhood days, back to the old home on the farm,

or in the Village; back to the time when we tugged at dear. old mother’s

apron strings and “teased her almost to death” for a slice of her won-





derful bread and, butter.





We never really forget those occasions andcit recalls to our

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LILY WHITE is made particularly for home baking, and it produces

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It is necessary now, more than ever before, to use good flour, as 25% of the amount

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such as LILY WHITE FLOUR is, to one pound of substitutes.





Besides, it is mighty convenient to have a flour in the house from which thoroughly

delicious. biscuits, rolls and pastries, as well as the best of bread, can be made.





These results are made possible by the blending of various kinds of wheat which in-

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Also bear in mind that LILY WHITE FLOUR is sold under the guarantee to

give perfect satisfaction.





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Our Domestic Science Department furnishes reci s and canning charts

upon request and will aid you to solve any other kitchen problems you may

have from time to time. Public demonstrations also arranged. Address your

letters to our Domestic Science Department.





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u change in the Fur Market. It is something more than merely

something to read." It is the adviser. friend and sign post to the

right road to reliable market information and accurate market quota-

lirrt litmus" is received by hundreds of thousands of trap-





   

 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





 





 





   





 





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amping Out

HE war had its effect on the

Boysi State Fair School this fall

during fair week at Detroit.

There was a good representation, but

it was hard work for farmer boys to

get away from the home farm for a.

whole week when there was so much

to. do and precious little help to do it.

Last year we camped on the fair

ground in the boys’ section and the ac.

companying picture is one of several

we took of the entire bunch in a group

in the lecture tent. They were a fine

lot of youths and presented an inter-

esting picture in their various drilling

stunts on the parade ground. Each





 





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1 h he Boys



A number of the boys visited our

touring camp, and we had talks about

their home life, present. prospects and

what they hopedto accomplish in' the

years to come. In later issues of the

Michigan Farmer we may say some-

thing about these talks.



It is «just a year since we took this

picture, and many things have happenv

ed during the interval. Two or three

have died, and many of- them we sup-

pose are- in the latest draft. Several

have entered the Agricultural College.

The larger number are probably at

home now working like'the dickens

trying. to get the fall work along the





 





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\. 35 -\~ 1. Quote actual market. rices.

‘v ’6‘ ' \t 2. Honest and Liberal rading.

g 3r :1, Qt. 3. _Highest obtainable values.

Q33. *3 4. GIVQ ship er the benefit. if doubtful in assortment.

G s 6‘ 5. Check mai ed promptly upon receipt of shipment.

b 0" lb V 6. All express charges paid.

Q 7. Furs he (1 separate for approval. if requested.

‘ \ 8. Goods retured, prepaid. if valuation is not satisfactory.

109.51%: comznigsiiitzn ch‘argles. d hi t

. green 3 ions a] owe mus men samountin to

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He’s the man who helped make New York the world





'5 Premier Fur Market-leader of liberal assortments—





one had uniform enough on his upper best they can. Some expect to go to

end so that he could be distinguished France yet and are really hoping they

from the common herd anywhere with- may get a chance to help kick the old

ing range of the naked eye. kaiser clear out of Berlin so far he

Mr. Sattler has done a highly com- will never see the old place again.

mendable job of it in this State Fair Looking at the picture, we wonder

school. For several years he has en- what boys are still at home working

gineered and personally managed the on the farm. It would interest us to

plan of giving .one farmer boy from hear from some of them. In the cen-

each county an entire week of study, ter of the group and back of the boys

drill and recreation that will stick for stands Mr. Sattler, wearing a soft





life in every boy 'who was fortunate wide-brim hat. He is the major-gen-





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





 

 

 





 

 

 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

 

 





 

 

   

   

 

 





of high prices~instsnt settlements—the s uars deal.n@°=llr. Pfaelzer will help you buy Libert Bonds and

WII‘ Savings Stamps by being unusually iberal for H

too small. None to large. His money awaits your Pelts. Bend for price list and ski to





M. F. PFAELZER & CO.





quick shipments. He no your furs.





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coming season.





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COLD‘NEATHER





Robe and Fur Sets in condition 00 last you the

If not.we would like to do the work for you. We Refine—Repair any kind

Ladies Furs and feline

We will gladly send samples of lining.





Write to us for an estimate.





catalogue and etc.





THE BLISSFlELD TANNERY, W. G. White Co., lnc., Blixsfield,‘ Mich.





 





 





 





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We promise you fair treatment and absolute

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One Skin or a Thousand ggdegeg

carefully and pay you full value. We charge

We do not claim to be the

largest house in the world.but our check will

convince you it is worth while dealing with us.





WRITE FOR PRICE LIST.

43 J if A .

Vreeland Fur Co. Detfoiifw" Mia;





$500,000 th 3 season.





Trapper: Guide 81

Shipping Toss

This is going to be one of the biggest

years for trappers and fur shippers ever

known. More furs needed-fewer men to

trap. Get ready early for big money.

Look over your traps and supplies now.





     

   

 

 





 

 

 

 





 





 





 





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WAR CONDITION





open 11 undreemed of advantages to ship:

fore. emand is so rest and supply is so

imited- that we are his your paying un-

heagl of prices for big or ittle sh pmentfi





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Fanny furs a specialty. infilud-



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enough to secure the privilege.





N June 25 a girl friend and I

went to Hillsdale, our county

seat, to see a demonstration giv-

en by Miss Cowles, our State Club

Leader for girls. My mother helped

her prepare the vegetables for canning,

and so we got very interested. That

day we bought some asparagus, and

the next day we bought a lard can,

pounded a kettle lid full of nail holes,

wired On some spools and this made

our canner, false bottom and all. We

had excellent luck with our asparagus.



Two other girls were interested so

we started a club of four, with Mrs.

Fast, my mother, as leader. Mr. Tur-

ner, our county leader for; Boys’ and

Girls’ Clubs, came down from Hillsdale

to help .mrgauize’. .



We canned strawberries first and

then wild greens, which were very

hard to get, it being so late. The next

thing was cherries. I got these by

picking on shares and canned them

the day before I came down with the

measles. I had three pints of raspber-,'

ries but one was sealed too tight and





broke. On that same day'- I canned

currants. I was the only one who had

these. I got them through the kind-





ness of a neighbor. I broke a jar

of beans while in the canner, and a

can of plums also broke, but I manag-

ed to save the plums and can them

over, thus only losing the syrup that





was on them. ,





Our club planned to go to the. State

Fair, but at the last minute one of our

girls failed us, sowe could not go, but

a few days after that there was a

grange fair at a little town but four

miles from Montgomery. We went and,

demonstrated two days there. We each





 





 





put fourteen of our jars-in our booth





eral, and a good one, too—J. H. B.





How I Did My Canning





and the rest on exhibit for prizes. I

got four firsts and five seconds. We

each sent six of our jars of fruit,

greens and vegetables to the county

fair. I took first in my club. We had

a school fair at which we exhibited

our fruit.



We ended our canning year by our

leader giving a little party for us, at

the end of that she gave each of us

four girls fifty cents, which was our

share of the prize given us for exhibit—

ing our fruit at our school fair.



In closing I will say that I have

gained so much in this canning that I

am sure I could do all the canning for

our family next year, and if no one

else tries to organize a canning club

next year I will.



THERESA FAST.





LEARNS To CARE‘FOR LIVE

STOCK.





 





This is little Gladys Herr, of Monroe

county, and‘her pet lamb “Timothy.”

Gladys-is certain .she knows a whole

lot about sheep and" that ‘much of this

knowledge‘ was obtained first—handed

in- caring for her pet. That, after all,

{is the best way to learn howrto shelter,

feed. and train animals, «whether, “for

profit crumm- , , . * " - ,. . -
Ania-t

“The Gileoik Till! satisfies”





Here is a money-ask“ Box-tu-

nity for every trapper to get off: value

{erbium We newt-1y also! and

save you all broker? commissions



’ and .rdddiemen‘s I. Our new

policy meme thousands of dollar.

and greater satisfaction. to trappers.

Bin-hes trapping worth while.





Get Hour “no of

these “later Prices



We have over two million dollars

waiting for furs. And leading menu.

factual-ere are asking for immediate

delivery. This makes it to your advan~

tags to act quickly. Send a trial

shipment and see what it means he

get Silbermsn's extra prices.





“The House With

A Mlllion Friends"



We have been in business for 52



care. Our liberal trcamnt and



onest prices have brought us a mil-

lion Join this array of satig.

fied shippers. Send your trial ship-

ment new. ‘



Alec send tor new gnaraeued price

list and latest fur market informa-

tion. ck on mews more

may you.





s. Sflberman & Sons

Cam‘s-l Over $2,000,000

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particular, will be interested in-

whst Tyros Raymond Cobb, the.

greatest baseball player in the world,

has to say to the aviators of the Unit-

ed States and her European Allies,

about keeping themselves in physical

condition. Here is the substance of

his message:

“To win in any game your stomach

must have the best of care. It is your





keeps you going. Now, if your stom-

ach is not properly cared for it can put

you out of business in short order.

“Here are some points that I have

observed in the care of my stomach

and they may interest you. I am sure

that they would help any fellow to be

a better winner, a better flyer, a clear-





render.



“1. Exercise is the keynote of healthy

so take some exercise EVERY day, a

and





Exercise keeps the liver clear





clear and his nerve is steady.





lunch.

If you eat before you go up I would





ter you would feel if you went up light,

how clearer your eye would be, how

much more‘acute your senses would be.



“3. I NEVER drink sweet milk be-

fore a game (it fags the eyes) and

NEVER drink coffee at night or before

a game. .



“4. Smoke NO cigarettes.”





Pigs are Pigs





CCOMPANYING illustration shows

Wildah Ferguson, Reading, Michi-

gan, doing her bit in the cause of Lib-





 





 





 





Wildah’s brother is in France with

General Pershing, and Wildah, twelve

years old, is raising the pigs that the

soldiers may have more meat. When

the pigs are marketed, the‘money is to

go for war stamps, so you see she is

being doubly helpful to Uncle Sam.



At the time the pigs were given her,

they were but four hours old and re-

quired lots of care, now they are nice

thrifty pigs and eat out of a trough.

But the care and the feeding still go

on. The day will soon come when

they will be added to the food supply

of the \nation, and a young girl ‘Will be





' glad and proud that, when brother





comes home, she can tell him how she,





' too, helped to win the great war.





Cousin Billsays: “Now that the





" warts over and the world is made safe"

' -. for Democracy, the next thing to do is.

‘ to make our Democracy sateior the‘

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y ‘ — Cobb’s? : e

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lCHIGAN young people, boys in '





power plant and the one organ that .





er visioned marksman, and a come-

back-alive hero, because any man who *

faces bullets has paid in advance for .

every service his country ever can ‘





mile walk and end up with a sprint. v

when one’s liver is O. K. his eye is I





2. Before a game I NEVER eat any *

I go in on an empty stomach. '





like to know from you how much bet- ,





erty, by caring for and feeding three, "

- little pigs, given to her by a neighbor.’:





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Are Worm Big Money



Furs will behigber than they have-overhear in tlvehistory

of the for business and the .Abraham For Go. Will again be

"the leaders in paying happens more money for their furs .

than they can get from any other fur house in the World.



We were the only large fur house in the United States

that made a grain in number of shipments received last

year; all others showed a decline. Why '.’ Because trap-

filers . have found out that it pays and pays.



'3 to chip furs to Abraham Fur-Co.



Anybogz can tell you how high furs are but we will show

yeuw' real money. Send usfiirs you have on band now.



For many years we have made a specialty of handling , ,

early caught furs and we can pay you a better price for

this classpf furs than ever before.



We will pay you more than you can gel: at home—more ,

than you can get from any other fur house and more than

you expect yourself—that’s going some, but we are in a

posdition to beat all price records for furs and we are going

to o it.





Write For Our New Book Today





——the most complete catalogue of tra-pper’s supplies carried b any



house in the United States—quality of goods guaranteed to e as



represented and prices the lowest possible. Most valuable informa-



tion for trappers ever published—will show beginners how to



be successful on the trap-line, giving roles and methods

' for trapping that never fail, contains information

for old timers that will surprise them.





1 Pictures of a Herd of Seals in beautiful colors

illustrating how the seal lives in his native state.

Freemanyone interestedin furbosiness. Write today.





Abraham Fur Company

355m Bldg” 8t. Innis, Mo.





   





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 





 





 

 





 





 





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«RAW; FURS





I need all your furs to fill waiting orders and

will pm the highest prices to get them. (loan.

skunk. uxmppossum, mlnhmuflkrat, wolf and

all others. 1"i ve percent additional on all ship-

ments over 825:. Send shipments at once;

Chocks sent some day shipment urrl ves.





BEN CORN, 2:32 SEVENTH Am.





NEW YORK, N.Y.

The Brflperafive Raw For“.





Pays You MORE CASH'





'. term: fairs. remiu promptly, and does NOT“;

can‘t-Jain. You will receive u per cent hoes

_ _ (USE from un then from any other house in“

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Carrots are one of the very best of

In food

analysis they do not differ so much





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,1 They are a little richer in protein, h3w-





THOUSANDS of farmers have opened their eyes





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flange of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





CATTLE.





Wildwood F arnis





Breeders of Best Strains of 3





Aberdeen Angus Cattle

and Duroc Jersey [logs .





Several young bull calves on hand. three of which

are of serviceable age. out of Black Monarch III.

three times Grand Champion. Michigan State

Fair. Also several AI Brood sows. Will be glad

to correspond with you by letter regarding

Itock. Write





SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.

Wildwood Farms, Orion, Michigan

W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor.





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TBOJAN- ERIOAB J1 BLACKBIRDS (BLACKCAPS)

o.nly The most fashionable strains of the breed.

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imal BR ED IN THE PU PLE. Breeders and eed-

of many IN' INERNA’IIONAL WINNERS.

WOODCOI‘E SITOCK FARM Ionia, Mich.





Good ualit bulls of serviceable

gloved)! Angus age and“ youny er. Inspect1on1nvit-

Geo. Hathaway and Son. Ovid , Mich





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Tabulations made by the U. S. Department 0! Ag ri

culture show that the average incomes over cost of feed

from one cow that produces 450l fat is equal to

the average income over cost of r from 20 cews that



reduce 100 lbs. each. The e-vqiage of all omcial

anemse‘y recordi is 4501bs. fat earn mere about

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these p ‘heT Story of the Guernse e.y'





THEIAMIRIGAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB.

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Ii him 11 months old and younger. Qrandsons of Gold-

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hb'erlih tested. or disease. “it;

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Two fine Grand DaughtersR of Pauline Bfiottswood.6-

R. 750 lbs. bred to MayR ose Bull wit flne AR

records. $550 buys this pair.



J. M. WILLIAMS, - - No. Adams, Mich.





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For Sale mmfigggsm rstrafing-av Oatte

JOHN EBELS. 11.2. Holland. Mich





Jack . Bill ,‘





Winn--Wood Herd





Registered Holsteins.’

Sire in Service





Flint Maplecrest Boy





Who is bred for real giroduction his sire Ma loci-est

Korndyke Hen ervel is one of the best bred one dis-

tance bulls in t 6 world. He or his dam are broth er

or sister to six cows with records above 1,2001bs.of



butter in one ea‘r and ten more above1.000 lbs in a



ear. Flint Ma Tecrest Boys' Dam isGluck Vassar Bell

50 .57 lbs. of butger erin 7 day. 121 lbs. in 30 da 3. Butter

fat test 5. 27. Isi there a reason why Flint aplecrest

Boy' 18 not one of Mlchigans greatest young at res

None of his females are for sale until after we test

them. But we have 10 of his bull calves from 2 to 9 months

old with A. 11.0. dams which we now ofier 1hr sale

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

us the kind of a bull you want.





JOHN H. WINN, Inc.

Lock Box 249. Roecomrnon, Mich.





“Top- Notch”

HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are

by many generations of

ucerl. Buy one of these





 





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MH- bulls, and give your herds “push”.





Full descriptions, priceaetc. on request.

McPherson Farina Ca, Howell, Mich.





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1 Always HaveHolstems

To Sell





If Wanting Watered M16111: write me your wants

placid: your order else Where.





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ever, but all of these crops are espe-





- cially valuable because they are very





appetizing and because they have a





beneficial effect upOn digestion, keep-





ing the animals in good condition. An





‘ animal will eat more dry food and Will





digest it better if a. portiOn of its ra-

tion is some root crop, and there is





. nothing better than carrots.





To get the best results out of car-

rots, hoWever, or any other root crop,

they should not befed in excessive

quantities, that is,lone should not try

to have the biggest part of the ration

carrots, because they are too bulky

and too watery, but a small portion fed

each day regularly isvery beneficial.

They are a good fOod in themselves

and besides they assist in the digestion

of other foods. A half bushel of-car-

rots a. day, feeding a peck night and

morning to a cow, will bring more

profitable results than feeding in larg-

er quantities. COLON C. LILLIE.





CABBAGE FOR DAIRY COWS.





I have a lot of cabbage on hand- I ;





wou1d like to know if cabbage is a





milk producer or not, or will it help to '





dry the cows up? I would like to feed

it. I feed ensilage, dry fodder, hay,

oats and peas ground.

St. Clair Co: A. A.- S.

Cabbages furnish a good, succulent





foodvfor dairy cows but usually they

are worth so much for human food

that it would be impracticable to. feed

them‘ to the cows. Cabbage should be

fed rather sparingly. It will not do to

give a cow all the cabbage she wants

to eat, especially at first, because it

will taint the milk and the cow will

not do well, but a comparatively small





same results with beet tops.





feed of cabbage in the morning to take



the place or roots Or Of corn silage ‘

would be very beneficial.

not Only a good food but their succu-'~ '





They are





lency assists digestion and a cow

would eat more dry food and digest

it better by including cabbage as a

portion of the ration.



If you would attempt to feed a cow

nearly an entire ration of cabbages

you would be very likely to get ex-

tremely poor results because of the

large percentage of water. There

would be so little dry matter and food





,nutriments in the cabbage that a cow





couldn’t eat. enough to prOduce a good





"flow of milk for any considerable ‘





length of time. That, I imagine, is the

reason why” some people have had poor

results with cabbage. YOu' get the

People

harvest their beets and then they turn

the cows into the beet field and if

there are plenty of beet tops they

think they don’t need hay Or grain,

but they make a sad mistake. It would

be much better to haul the beet tops

up and feed a small feed in the morn-

ing together with hay and grain, and

the same principle will hold true with

cabbage, but rest assured that if cab-

bages are properly fed ,to'dairy cows

they will not dry them up but, on the

contrary, they will stimulate the flow

of milk. COLON C. LILLIE.





VENTILATION CONSERVES THE

HEALTH.‘





,Study up a system of ventilation for





the dairy barn if it hasnone. ‘The





cows need fresh air to keep them heal-

thy. The milkis better if the barn is

ventilated and as free as possible frOm





odor. Everything that conserves the ,





health of dairy cattle should command

the attention of dairymen as there is

nothing more discouraging to peace of





'mind and profits than a sick cow. The





cattle with plenty of fresh air develop

a vigorous condition that helps them

to resist disease and produce quanti-

ties of milk.





Cooperative Testing Pays $50,000,000





(Continued from page 457).





the improvement of daiiy stock must

provide for a study, and record, of the

performance of the individual cow, as

well as deal with the management of

the herd, including its care and feed-

ing, and the breeding of animals to re-

place those which are discarded in the

“weeding out” piocess. Individuality

can only be deteimined by the weigh-

ing and testing of each cow’s milk.





It is quite practicable for individual

farmers to test their own herds, and

many in Canada are doing this, but

some form of cooperation has been

found an incentive to a .more workable

plan of community effort, thue raising

the general average yield rather than

the general individual average. The

competition for highest average pro-

duction brought about by cooperative

effort, one neigthr Seeking to do bet-

ter than his neighbor, is healthy and

conducive to the Mst interest Of all

dairy farmers. - '





The demand for this covV~testing

work has been so great that the Can-

adian Officials found themselves forced

to inaugurate a new System Starting

t-with the 1918 Woi‘k. The dairy record

Centers were abolished and the ser.

vices of cheese and buttermakers “ep-

listed, the farmers paying these. men,

or those quahfied to test the milk;





the rate or ten cents per cow tested.





This plan makes it Worth the while or



the tester, and the rate is not overly



excessive for the farmer to pay. Each

tester provides his Own outfit _ ,



The milk feetory is the natural cen-



' f5 all“ kinds





wagons, and it is likewise easy to

communicate with the farmers who

are patrons of the factory. An increase

in milk production of the herds in the

factory district means not only greater

returns to the farmers themselves, but

likewise a larger output for the cream-

cry or cheese factory, thus insuring a

larger revenue for those who depend

upon it for their profits.





W. E. Thompson, of Woodstock, On-

tario, says. “I have raised the aver-

age Of my herd from -,5 500 pounds to

10, 400 pounds per cow.” This man has

been able to nearly double his produc-

tion through cow-testing. Charles

Wilkins, of East Farnham, Quebec,

says: “In 1908 our cows gave a rev-

enue of $20 each, but now their return

is $60 a head.” This man multiplied

his returns by three.

farmers have in a single year increas-

ed their profits from thirty- three to

seventy per cent, simply by weeding

out the drones and feeding and breed-

ing up the producers. ‘





DEVELOPING THE B'AGON HOG. '





(Continued from page 455).





mer- or roots in winter so that their

ration will be about one-third grain.





The Object now is to keep them grow.-





pounds live weight whe‘15 they 311911111; _

It is desirable that they be“ f'_ '

fed [so as net €01 attain this weight », . .,

much before they are eight months Old ' ’_ ._ ‘





be :sold.





 





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CAPACITY OF SILO AND VALUE OF

' ’ ' SILAGE.





As I have a silo 10x44 feet will you

please tell me how many tens it will

hold, and what the average ensilage is

worth per ton at present prices of

clover hay? ‘



Mecosta Co. ' H. B. .



Careful experiments show thatin the

ordinary silo after the silage is well

settled that it will weigh on the av-





erage forty pounds to the cubic foot, ’





therefore, find the cubical contents of

the .ensilage in the silo and multiply

this by forty and that will give you

the number of pounds of silage. This

10x40 silo, if it was full to ’the top

with well settled ensilage would hold

over seventy tons.



' We can only get at the valueof sil-

age by comparing it with some other

food because silage is not usually

'bought' and sold on the.~market. The

analysis of corn silage doesn’t differ

materially from timothy hay and ex-

periments show that three tons of

corn silage has a food value of one ton

of timothy hay, therefore corn silage

would be worth one-third as much as

timothy hay. If timothy hay is selling

for $27 a ton then good corn silage

would be worth $9.00 a ton. That is

about as close as we can get to the

value of it. ,,





TOP-DRESSING GROWING WH EAT.





 





I have a piece of land which was in

rye, and this fall I put in wheat with

100 pounds of phosphate to the acre,

and I would like to know if I could

spread some stable manure as a light

top-dressing. when the grou (1 will

freeze, as it shows nice stand 0 wheat,

and in the spring I want to spread

about 150 pounds of complete fertilizer.

Do you think this would be goog‘f





It is a splendid practice to top-dress

growing wheat in the winter time with

stable manure. Nothing could be done

that Would improve the chan'ces of

getting a good crop of wheat than top-

dressing with stable manure. Some-

times it is diflicult to do the work. if

the winter has been open and ground

doesn’t freeze hard it cannot be done

very successfully because driving over

the field would injure the wheat. Again

if there is heavy snowfall it is almost

impossible to properly top-dress, but

when the ground is comparatively bare

and frozen so that it will hold the

team, then it can be done economically

and it will give the very best results.

It is better to put it on in the early

part of the winter rather than toward

spring because this fine covering of

manure protects the crop during the

cold weather and in a number of in-

stances has prevented winter killing.



Some people have reported excellent

results in top-dressing with commer-

cial fertilizer, especially with a fertil-





izer that contains a good per cent of '





available nitrogen, but as a usual thing

I would much prefer to use a liberal

application of fertilizer when the

wheat is sown in the fall, mixing it

with the soil, than to top-dress. In

' top-dressing with fertilizer you don't

'get the beneficial mulch effect that

you do with stable manure.

COLON C. LILLIE.





 





THE CROPS.





 





ATE crop advices to Bradstreets,

tend to enlarge estimates of all

crops, and the only crops showing any





heavy losses from a year ago are ani-_





mal feeds. Frost damage to-corn has

been negligible, and there is more good

corn in the crop than there was in the

larger crop of a year ago. Other late

\crops, and particularly potatoes, have

been fairly free of frost damage.





Dry weather is noted in west Kan-

sas, Texas, Iowa and parts of the

northwest; but the bulk of the largely

increased winter wheat area has had

a pretty good start, a feature in sharp





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Clean Up and





By DON B.





ANY of the insect pests that will



come out early next spring and



summer, have already gone into

hibernation for the winter. If one will

destroy these winter quarters before

the snow covers the "ground he can di-

rectly, or indirectly,- kill many of the

insects that would, with their offspring

exact a heavy toll from the garden or

field. Now is the vital time and the





no the I...





WHELA'N





field and in old raspberry canes, many

pests are enjoying a winter resort and





next spring will come out possessed-





With an appetite that will be satisfied

at the expense of the farmer.- Weeds

are also the friend of the insects and

are a necessary part in the existence

of many of them. Without‘them the

eggs of many of our insect pests would

not be able to pass through the winter,



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Old Cabbage Fields Afford Winter Breeding Places for Insects.





secret of success lies in the destruction

of these hibernating places. .



After harvesting'a crop there is usu-

ally some portion of it allowed to re-

main on the ground. This refuse pro-

vides a retreat for the insects peculiar

to that crop and they will be right on

hand when the crops are planted in the

spring. Under piles of rubbish or be-

neath the squash or, melon vines many

pests are seeking shelter from the cold.

On the leaves and stumps of cab-

bages, under shocks of corn left in the





and also without them the corn root-

aphis Would die befOre corn is planted





in the spring. Grass along the roads, ,

and fence rows also affords shelter fer . ‘





many insects and if burned late in‘the





fall would destroy many of them and ’





deprive others of their customary

dwellings.





- Clean up and kill the bugs now, for.





next spring after they have become ac-

tive may be too late' and “crop protec-

tion means crop production.” . Try to

get credit for What the bugs eat.





Here and There.





Ho’w MACHINERY HELPS IN MAK-

ING FUEL wooo.





00D can be made into fuel much



more cheaply and quickly by ma:

chinery than by hand. Officials of the

Forest Service, United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture, estimate that a

three-man crew will cut ten cords a

day with an outfit consisting of a gas-

oline engine of six to eight horsepower

costing $275 to $300, and a twenty-six-

inch saw with its frame, costing $75.

If a double-action 500-pound power

splitter (cost $300) is added to this

equipment, a four-man crew will aver-

age twelve to fifteen cords a day saw-

ed into sixteen-inch stove lengths and

split ready for use. This is at the rate

of three to four cords a man in a. day,

while by hand labor one to two cOrds

cut into four-foot lengths is the com-

mon average.





TREASURY ABSORBS FARM LOAN'

ISSUES.

IBERTY BONDS hereafter will

have no competition during loan

campaigns. Treasury officials have

cleared the path for all future war

loans by absorbing bonds issued by the

Federal Farm Loan Board.



The order; announcing that no more

farm Loan bonds will be offered to the

public directly, simultaneously placed

complete treasury control over every

issue of stock or bonds above $100,000.

In effect, the United States Treasury

becomes supreme, in deciding. where

the nation’s finances shall be used. Is-

sues of stock or bonds byvprivate iii-





terests have been under supervision of p





the Capital Issues Committee of the

treasury since February.

Officials of the Farm Loan Board,





stated it is not likely any farm loan»

bonds will be offered to the public. ..

, , even through the treasury '

7’ after the war ends-.3“ P’ 9.





meet loaning requirements of the

banks until after January 1, 1919.

Bonds now held by loan banks, if they

are to change ownership, will be turn-

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WHEAT ACREAGE ENOUGH.





R. BARNES, president of the

Food Administration’s grain cor-

poration, believes further extension of

wheat acreage unnecessary and un-

wise. In a lettér sent to Senator Hitch-

cock, Mr. Barnes said a fair yield from

the present large acreage, with any

peace developments opening up..new

sources of supply would necessitate a

congressional appropriation to make

effective the present price guarantee.

“I feel it to be a fact,” said Mr.

Barnes, “that the wheat acreage of this

country has already been stimulated as

far as it should soundly be developed,

and any‘further stimulation or-expan-

sion of wheat acreage is liable to be

at the expense of necessary acreage

of other crops, particularly the fodder

grains. Last year’s acreage of wheat of

65,000,000 acres was much the largest

ever sown, yet this year’s acreage

promises to‘ exceed that.- '

“A large acreage next year presentse

some problems under the price guaran-





tee given which must very probably.





be solved by congress, for with a fair





normal year on the acreage now in‘

sight for the coming crops, and with »

any developments of peace, Which re’-’ -





strains the demand upon us by throw-

ing open other sources of wheat sup





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~Buxnssevcral ysoncne



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Will last a lifetime.

advanized cutirou. Hens

must have 8 lbs. w

to I II). of Feed. Sender

Former UsesA t sOEel'

one Watererdt l “kneels.

USBY CO.

achingionJI.





 





Built Rocks. Cookerels, hens and

WLSSR up .White Holland Turkeye 85 A





allot

each.

Hart! t,ord Mich.





Fowlers

R. B. FOW





 





For sale early hatched, Barred Plymouth Rock

cockerels from trap nested 200 egg hens. P

84.00 and 85. 00 Bay Campbell, Parma,MicE





FOR SALE; 2.03.; 3233‘?” ‘“





A. J. V088. - - Waltz. Mich.





bred Light Brahma oookerels from Herve

Wood strain. to Mb. Also a few yearling

Mrs.E . B. ILL . R. 1, Reading. Mich.





 





 





Pursw





hens.





 





' White Or in test

Pine Crest awn—himfii‘ “5?.“ «32%? ”I.”

now for next winter. WLf LIE}! GR

Pl ne eCrest. Royal Oak, Mich

PULLETS at $200 each. Brown Loh

White 11 .Whi

WALTER PHIPPB rA . osrflnredtgym Detroit.





esI‘LVER. Golden and White Wyandottes, goodb

lug stooko agvter 00‘ 1st elo t of cockerels 83w

W.Browning. 6It. 2. Portland. Mic





'RhOde Island Reds '





Both combs. No stock for sale til D be .

mTEIILAKnsIrAnM. 30139.," flwmnczmfii oil.





W hits Wyandotte em ford hatchi also babyachiek





.out of choice stock. for a 8 circa)

DAVID 113mm Norris ., spasms. origins...





305E C0013 IIRIIWN lEClIIINS





argostshow l Ameri .

‘ mix-Mafia. .





‘gllorn Pellets-,0 A26“; ‘9 m





FARMS. Bloomingdale. an. “

6111:3mamqe Tana at MIo ' ‘ ’





Mrs.OLA





_§nz:finda:; $11M? Divisl'u’





yonneim

bone.





”iii“ col

{glycine Ramsgnn n "'“W
voterinary.‘ ‘





‘ umlmdmmmuummmmmmmmmg





CUDONDCTE BY w. 0 ram,





R ,tention of Urine—Have a gelding

that is troubled with retention of

urine and I would like to know what

to do for him. A. H. W., Paris, Mich.

Give your gelding a dessertspoonful of

acetate of potash at a dose in feed or

drinking water two or three times a

day until the desired effect is produc-

' ed, then give a teaspoonful at a dose



occasionally when you believe it nec-

essary. Applying hot applications to

loin will have a good effect. In apply-

lng hot cloths, be sure and wring as

much of the water out of them as pos-

sible before they are applied.

' Breeding Question—I am at a loss

to know whether or not to change the

breed of my rabbits. The stock I have

.are closely inbred and I have been

told that I should secure a male of

other blood. ONE. A., Addison, Mich.

r—You have been making the same miSo

take that a. great many breeders of

rabbits have done. Too close inbreed-

ing is usually harmful and an out-

cross should be made; therefore, you

should select males from good stock

that are not‘related to yours and re-

sults will be satisfactory. .Very close

inbreeding usually lowers the vitality

of stock; besides, they are inclined to

be small.



Diseased Chickens.—-—My chickens

are unthrift'y and out of condition, but

so far as I can tell am unable to tell

what is wrong with them. Very few

Of them are laying eggs and they have

an unhealthy appearance. P. V. H.,

Grindsto City, Mlch,—First of all,

you she clean and whitewash with

fresh limewash, your hen roost, the

roosting poll should be saturated with

kerosene and if the ground is damp, it

should be drained, and sprinkle some

airslaked lime occasionally on floor.

Mix together equal parts of cooking

soda, ginger, ground red cinchona,

ground fenugreek and ground gentian,

mix some of this powder in their mash

once or twice a day. A teaspooni’ul is

enough for six or eight full grown

hens. It is perhaps needless for me to

say that they should be fed a good

quality of food, and do not allow them

to eat decomposed meat or fish for, if

so‘they are quite» likely to suffer from

ptomaine poison, causing what is com-

monly called limberneck, leg weak-

ness, etc. . ,



Surfeit-Mange.-—I have a nine-year-

old horse that is partly covered with

small lumps, especially along his sides,

root of tail and hips. There are also

a few little lumps on each shoulder.

Perhaps I am mistaken, but I am in-

clined to believe” he has the mange. I

hesitate to put him in the stable with

my other horses for fear of spreading

the disease. J. A. T., Prescott, Mich.—

Give him 30 grains of potassium iodide

and a halt ounce of Fowler’s solution

at a dose in either feed or drinking wa-

ter' two or three times a day. Wet

itchy portions of skin with one. part

[liquor Cresolis Compositus (U. S. P.),

and 40 parts water, or apply one part

commercial coal tar disinfectant and

30 parts water once a day.



Bunches on Legs—Have some pigs

tour and a half months old that have

enlarged knees, also have bunches on

hind legs below hock joints. Would it

be all right to fatten these pigs? Would

you advise me to keep their mother

and try to raise another litter from her

next spring? G. 8., Rives Junction,

Mich.-—If your pigs are not lame, leave

them alone, if sore paint bunches with

tincture iodine three times a week. By

all means fatten them. If the sow is

a good mother and raised last litter all

right keep and breed her again. Her

next litter may be free from unsound-

ness of their limbs.



, . Impactlon.—-—I have a ram three years

old that drops food from mouth while

chewing his feed and his bowels are

*costive. L. A., Saginaw, Mlch,—His

mouth should be examined for there is

perhaps an abnormal tooth or possibly

a foreign body. His throat may be

sore. If, so dissolve a teaspccntul- of

salt in 12 ozs. of water and gargle

throat and mouth two or three. times

a day. Rub throat with camphorated





0





“oil twice daily. Give him two tam...





r.“





j 'back‘as if he was





' spoonfuls castcr oil daily, if necessary

‘ to-move bowels. ~ ‘





\Weak Heart.-——While plowing last





' summer my four—year-oldfioou seemed





to ant and tire‘ easily, "so much so that

I discontinued warning him: When

hits bed and driven,_he seeing to lag

e ' :am 11

working him, 'buthgezts well, is ted

.gatgv'and bay. 3. F. 0,, Lawton, Mich.

‘ ourhorse suffers fronrweak heart

ring him a longrest he might

Give him, drops 01,, fluid

. vc . 'a dose-in





 





 

 

 





v; Sr.





 





’l





. Mi {3 H 1- CAN 1?; CA a ‘ M m l

LansmgMieh. Wed. ”Nov. 20, 1 P. M.

COMBINATION SALE

40l-Pure-Br'ecl Holstein F emales-y-40





30 Fresh or to Freshen Soon





This herd contains daughters of Pontiac Ceres Korndyke, Sherlock Lilith

DeKol Hengerveld, Prince mea Spofiord the 4th, King Model Johanna

All of the cattle have been raised by present owners and Will be

Liberty bonds accepted. Send for Catalogue

Sale held at the farm of Edward Stoll, 2% miles from city limits

on St. Joseph St. West. Transportation provided, call Citizen phone 54.





Fayne.

given the T. B. test. 50%

R. F. D. 1.





Bell 7139F5.





EDWARD STOLL, w. K. PARKER owners.





W. A. MURRY, Auctioneer.

F. J. FISHBECK, Catalogue Reader.





 





aired b buster bred bulls and

out of lab testing dams.

The Produccng



with Jersey type and capacity.

Prices reasonable. Also a few

bred silt: (Dnrccs) and bonus.





Brookwatcr Farm.

Herbert W.Mumford. 0“".

J Bruce con.

Ann Arbor, Mich.





   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Several halter- bred

to freshen next fall..A.lso a. few heifer and bull cal-

ves of choice breedlu.‘Uolon C. Li“ lo. Coopersvlllc,Mlcll.





 





Maple Lane R.of M.Jcrccy Herd. Bulls, bull calves

and heifer calm cited by one of the boot gnnd-

sons of Pogls 99th of Hood Farm and out of R. of M.

done. 1am FOX, Allegan. Mich.





F Bale. Choice bulls from B. of. M. dams by Maj;

of est '3 Oxford Fox. average profit per head on on-





tiro mi king herd

abortion.





 





no where lin tested, and tree from

ALVIN DAL‘bEN, -. - . - Capac, Mich.

bulls,backcd





H illside Farm Jerseys. oler amen.

b tested dams. and sired bya donb grandson of

RoyalyMajesty. first prize 4‘: jun or champion at Mich.

State Fair,good individuals. 0.& O.DcaIe,Ypsiimtl, Mich





BUTTER BRED “wilful?“

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver .Crcok. Alleges County, Michigan.





Methinks Interested Owl 160.1113” hEIdl I: herd,





b ll lvcs from this t sire and out of of M.

u a“ o. B. Vilnius. Al





dams for sale. leash. Mich.





, For Sale Resislerd ”30.x, 5.9%..





of both sex. Smith .0 Parker, R. 4.





Herefords





6 Bulls 9 to 14 months old Prince Don-

ald. Farmer and Perfection Fairfax





breeding.

ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw, Mich.

Polled and Horned blood lines





Heresgl’ds efiiace Faltligur Polled‘n Per-

! Mon rimeLcd reed rocercac able.

°° 05h e GARDNER. Pads... Mich.





BlllW LL SHORTHflBIlS





For Beef and Milk.

. d heifers-Good S to) and

bulls cows an ccMod





Dootc well for cola. In rim. condition. an

unison-Tocquipment. ram’m minutes from 1!. Y. 0.

Mr; hour tron. Toledo. Ohio. “MUG moot-





clltratnc. Write





BlDWELL STOCK FARM,





Box I, Team-ch. Mich.





Richland Farm

Shorthornc





Sires in Service: Fair Acre- Goodc and IMP.

Lorne-Michigan Grand Champion Bull.

largest Herd of Scotch cattle in the State- 13qu

animal Tuberculin Tested by theS Com-

mission. Special ofier on two extra, with

bulls. The kind that [seduce roan calves.

C. H. PRESCOTT a. SON,

Herd at Prescott. lich. Office at Tawas City, Mich.





 





 





I ]

Francine F Swath both ct Scotch

. H t ’

03.5.? edit“. a are well bred. prop-

odtgmprlccreuon c. Oumccndnc;wc





W

8

Mfg chow

P. P. POPE. - ~ - ,- '- Mt. Pleasant. “lob.

ad lime to





For Sale

acute and cut, satisfaction guaranteed or money

, 'ccul Libo Bond in pm

:95 new“. m 3.1.





' . She bull 12 mono

Th". m ail finger?» br'ecdlna. wi‘ll

l"

m7 c

n. nun.





Shot-thorn Cattle cl item Sex Male

t1W. . “A". noun. mu.



' ‘ orthoc- of Old“! m a“

F" 3"“ W.mmmnma





fidmw M

_ W ska .: w e.‘





L





9 ”0.1%? 33%, : TL ,. .,





 





892.68 over cost of feed for cream





Shorthorn





A. A. PATI‘ULLO, R. 4,





cat binding





Bulls ready towervloe 0! the choic—





rlte me you wants.

kervlllc. Mich.





 





Dual 3:]!!- erd

CHAS. EBAY





For Sale





LUD HASTINGS. -





' Shorthorna





Wm. J. BELL. - .





bull. also





. .-





l Shorthorn





Shot-thorns all ages. a ton Ron 8 yr.

Duroc Hog all ages.

- - kcnmc.





Bulls

breeding and ready 1&0!-





100 head to select‘from. Write

me your wants, price reasonable.





Mich.





of the choicest

service.

con. Mich





Rose City, Mich.





 





For Sale





CLARE RIGGS.





and ycung bulls

R. 4, _





Best Bates Shorthorns; cows. helforl





rices.

lch,





at reasonable

M ason.





 





Brown Swiss Bull Calf





for sale registered. RF, Spencer, Portland, Mich.





 





shall





heed-y





Sale ' of Guernseys

Beach Farm, Coldwater, Mich.





‘Because of Feed Shortage and change of tenants, I

sell forty head of my

auction. The sale will he at t 3 Beach Farm,



water cit limits,commenc~ng at one o'clock sharp on

' ovember 26th. The choice of the herd will

be cold consisting of cow-,heiferacalvembulls of vary-

ing ages. Some of them its orted

easy terms. MILO .

“’i





HOGS





are bred Gnu-nemat—





. rare chance.

CAMP BELL.





 





Berkshire





B. B. REAVEY.





Reg. Berkshires





FAIR)! AN FARMS.





a in. priced to col





3 ring and fall pifc both cox. Pair- not





for sale.

bred cows





in stock guaranteed.

- Akron. Mich.





Service boat! and

: Plymouth, Mich.





   





— '29s-481

THE WORLD’S CHAMPION





bin 6 0.1.0 8. Stock of all» valor sale. Herd

headc y Galloway Edd, the Wcrl a Champion 0. I.

C. boar assisted by O. C. Schoolmaster, rand Cham-





gion boarot HichlgamNew York and Tenneuec state

rs.. Also, 0 0. lant Buster, undefeated Senior

boar pig wherever shown and Grand Champion of Ok-

lahoma state fair. Get our cat 0! Crandcll's

prize hogs, Cass City, Michigan.

0 i c ': I will shlfic. O. D., record free of charge

- - ' and pay t express of every service boar

Ind in November. I. C. Burgess. 11. 8. Mason, Mich.





 





 





SERVICEABLE BOARS





I. Shipped

C C. O. D. and Burgess Paid

' J. CARL JEWETT, ason. Mich.





 





 





0. l. C. & Chester While Swine





Strictly Big Type with QUALITY. Have a few spring

pigs either sex for sale. 'i‘hev an of the right stamp.

d enough to be shlped 0. . D.

EWMAN’B STOCK FARM. R. l. Mariette, Mich.

8 La]. 0. I. C. spring boars also 2 prize Jr-

ge Type vr. boar Mich. State Fm l918.

CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe, Mich.





0. l. C.‘ Serviccablc Boar:





H. W. MANN, - - . Dancville, Mich.





Registered 0.1.0. pl 8 either-em!“ II

For sale class stock at farmgrn' cos. I

JOHN 8.ANDRUB, - - - Port nron. Mich.





BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS





Spring boar and gilts. Also fall pigs.

Hillcrest Farm, Kalamazoo, Mich.





FOR 25 YEARS





This establishment has been head quarters (or Big Type

Poland Chlnas. We have a nice lot or rs and sows

of strictly big type meeting at very low price. Let

me know what you want. ell phone.

JNO. C. BUTLER, - - - Portland, Mlch,





BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS





2001b. April boars of choice breeding and choice in-

dividuals. ready to ship, (-holora immune. Prices rea-

sonable. Insgoction invited or write me.



WESLEY III E, R. 6, Ionla, Mich. '





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





P. C. Mar. and April boars ready

Large type to ship, the big bone, big litter,

biggest. kind, that go out and make good, inspec-

tion invite“; Free livery. from Patina.





E. LIVINGSTON. Puma. Mich.





 





Spotted Poland Hogs.





The Old Fashion Early fall “5.38“”th





Sex for sale 825 each, fine ones.

J. MJVVILLIAMS, - - - . No. Adams, Mich.





Smooth easy feeders. Spring boars and gilts ready to

go. One extra goodspring boar only $50. G.A. BAUM-

GARDNER. lt.2, Middleville, Barry 00., Mich.

Bl Typhe Poland (lunar-three litters of eleven



g we , one of ten, one of twelve. Bears ready





for sen-ice. Giant Buster, Gemdale Jones blood.

(LL. WRIGHT, - - - - Jonecville, Mich.





 





 





 





is type P. C. Big boned fellows fron Iowas greatest

herds,specul prices on spring boars and choice bred

gilts. E. J. MATHE SON, Burr Oak. Mich.





 





8 ring pigs for sale.





Big Type Poland Chinas.

Healthy and growthy. From arge litters. Prices





 





 





 





Pleasant View

tdv rlced ri ht.

. BUnLI





bred boar. For prices etc" write

WELLS PARISH & SONS.





I gilt-s

nspection

GAM E, - -





Du rccs Spring





Allendale, Mich.





boats and

of exceptional quali-

Invited,



- Marshall. Mich.





 





Duroc Boar





inc-s will cell. any one reqtring a good boar c ould

see this one. D. M.





decided to





Royal Volunteer No.73l93.Having





Kennedy,





30 out of the ho bus-





Algonac, Mich.





 





 





for sale.





 





 





3 Id.





 





Duroc Jerseys

Fain. Place order early,

F. J. DRODT.





Duroc Bears, 23:3 1





choicest breeding. Also an LP.

F. E. EAGEB a UN.





Duroc

E. D. B E! DEN





stored and uni-odours?“ rin Duroc

out breeding and indi ale, 55:0 815

. RAY BAYLIS, Dexter. Mich.





, R Sale :6

pigs. Excel

above pork prices.





M

Cheaters "g,





of the best blood line! obtai

F. W. ALEXANDER, - -





LAST fall slits all sold. have. good lot of last spring





pigs from 8 sites 800d grow

west of degot Citizens Phone 1

one a. charm:





I

7

.,./





spring boars sired by Orion Cherry



Duroc 13”" Ki Cal. Write for prices and des-



cription. W. C. TAYLOR, Milan, Mich.

Big heavy boned ml





3.1.





Grlltc and fall

do: Col. from

BERK.





The DUROC JERSEYS





CAREY U. EDMONDS, Hastings. M c .





boars. Sept

not skin from mature





 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Raise Chester’Whitec

Like This





the Original his produccri

, ‘. y l /





 





I

-.





 

 

 





started" We!

leanbdpyqu

inc-cry





 





 





:1ng

winner! at State and cuuty





Bic. Long

1





lgs Bind M E. D's D010 .

in The 00% dams n





nable.





t





Monroe. Mich.





. Tall. 2001b.

boars and Its of the

. . yr. Ho in bull.

- Howell. Mich.





ayland. Mich.





Nothing but

spring





pigs in pain or

stock

Vassar, Mich.





34’ stock. Farm is mile

' Nashville, Mich.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





urocs. Choice s rin igs out. of selected sows and .

Deired by our becghelglioan, They are of the bi right. I" W Barnes ”"1 Son, Byron, MiCh'

type,strong boned,smooth and of excellent quality and

include some of the most popular blood lines such as ARGE Ty P. 0. Spring boars and gilts now ready

Orion Cherry Ilng,Top Col.Defender.Brookwatcrotc. to ship. one better in Michigan. Come and so.

Prices reasonable. The Jennings Farms. Billey. lich. them. W. J. HAGELBHAW, Augusta, Mich.

‘ type Poland China 5' ring and fall i . e'th t

DU ROC BOA RS Blg sex. Shorthorn EDI and bull ('nlvgsb Hinge

Big lon‘, t8“. my boars. The kind am Wm ndd to sell. ROBERT N EVE. Pierson, Mich.

sidze iand growthtto ygllnihfitgoll 3:882? If“? f‘UO‘V‘ 3 i B 50 1 a] H

e s in coun r e . n a. ' pr u oars :- ea c, so am

N‘El TON naarlhaa . St. Johns, Mich. 3‘! T?” P- C- shire ham lambs. "

. A. A. WOOD & SON. - - - Saline, Mich.

' Aril dea i ofboth

DU R0 C S oozes sired my 2 fender Big type P. G. Boarcne yearling. Large and fine every





way 2 [all yearling 10 Apr. boars. Write for prices.

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





is type Poland .Chlna boarc, our hard won 41431:, 22

2nd ill 3rd firm“ at leading Michigan fairs 1918.

E. a. LEONAR , a. a, Box 53. 8:. Louis. Mich.

' Type Poland Chinas. Sprin b0 f l

Big Booking orders for bred gilt: 13:8 80250331

vltcd. L. L. CHAMBERLAIN, Marco lus, Mich





 





 





 





ammoth Poland Chinas. March, April, boars and

Mgilts, Choleraimmnne, double treatment. Clyde





 





Weaver, Man, Marshall, Address, Cerosco, Mwh.

' Hampshire sprin boars ' ready

RogIStered at a bargain. Bro gilt: i:(l;ec.





9‘. Johns. Mich.





 





JOHN W.SNYDER. bl. 4,

choice, large type P. C. Spring boars





A FEW and giltc, also summer pigs.





CLYDE FISHER. R. 3. St. Louis, Mic-h.





Get a boar. i fired 1, s

[33.0. I...“ 1.0.3.53“ y mooth Jumbo tho

Defender. II. 0. schoolcratt, Mich.





8:011- in the state, also by Bl.

Yorkshire Gilts





(Pigs that are Pl 3)

For full or Winter Breeding. A dress

OAKGROFT R. 7, Pontiac. Mich.





artz,





HORSES





Horses Will Be





' Horses Soon





We have on hand at all times a choice selecti

of young Percheron Stallions. Also have a few

good work horses that we are oflcring to ex-

change for young stallions.





PALMER BROS,

R. R. Orleans, Balding, Mich.





Percherons, Baggrtm and Duroc Jor-

J. M. HICKS Q 8038. R. 2. Williamston, Mich.

Hrchmnlolslms In a 8hr bir



noun D. min. gull in. ”59'” ‘





 





P Stallion: and mares of reason bl

croheron .0... m...“ , , 3 °

r.'L.KINo&soN‘.’r -' - - “037.33%... Inch.

for sale. animating one old. Mm

. l B Books ,

‘J, is A a - _ _ aileron... M





 





   

 





, macaw sacs Mo. on r... a;
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SECOND EDITION.





 





The markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday after-

noon, November 14. ’





WHEAT.





Now that the war is over and the

peace news which has so frequently

been used to bear the grain market‘is

no longer available, the trade is turn-

ing its attention to the probable influ-

ence of reconstruction conditions upon

the-market. The best opinion of the

trade is “that the foreign demand for

American wheat and other grains will

be even more urgent than in the past.

On the other hand, there is considera-

ble wheat accumulated in the southern

hemisphere that will become available

as soon as transportation is provided.

Local wheat prices Wednesday were

as follows:





 





No. 2 red ............... $2,231/2

No. 2 mixed ............ 2.21%

No. 2 white ............ 2.21%





CORN.

Corn values have responded to bull-

. ish sentiment and advanced in the 10-

cal market following the peace news.

The quotations on Wednesday wgre:





N0. 3 corn .............. $ . 5

No. 3 yellow ............ 1.40

No. 4 yellow ............ 1.33

No. 5 yellow ............ 1.28

No. 3 white ........... 1.40





In Chicago the corn prices advanced

with December corn ranging from $1.17

@119; January $1.2017é.





OATS.





A stronger feeling took possession of

the oat trade, and prices moved up-

ward in harmony with corn transac-





tions. The closing prices Wednesday

at Detroit were: '

Standard 72%;

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

No.4white ...... 71

RYE.





Rye failed to follow the lead of other

grains and quotations rule below last

week’s figures at $1.62 per bushel for





N0. 2 spot

. BEANS.





No important changes have taken

place in the bean markets. In New

York the trade is reported somewhat

unsatisfactory and very irregular. Do-

mestic consumption is reported rather

light for this season, and the export

demand is cut off by its being in the

hands of the Food Administration.

Some Michigan pea beans have arrived

in New York City and are going to

the jobbers at $11 @1125 per cwt. Sev-

eral cars in transit are offered at $11.

In Michigan farmers are bringing

beans to market in fairly liberal quan—

tities. The quality of this year’s pro-

duct is unusually good, and dealers re—

port a much better recepition by the

trade than for the 1917 crop. At De-

troit the price is quoted at $9 per cwt.

The Chicago market is showing a fair

demand with offerings of the new crop

increasing. Prices there rule about

steady, with Michigan hand-picked pea

beans, choice to fancy $9.50@10 per

cwt; red kidney $11@11.50.





FEEDS.





Local prices for feed to iobbers in

100-lb. sacks are: Bran $36.50; stan-

dard middlings $38.50; coarse corn

meal $59; cracked corn $60; chopped





$45 per ton.

HAY.





An active demand is maintaining the

high prices for hay in the face of large-

ly increased receipts. Detroit quota-

tions are:



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

Standard timothy 2850002900

No. 1 mixed 24.50@25.00

No. 1 clover .. .. 2350622400



Pittsburgh—While inferior grades

of hay are difficult to sell and can only

be moved at buyers’ figures, the better

grades sell quickly at the following

quotations:



No. 1 timothy. . .$32.50@33.00

No. 1 light mxd 30006173100

No. 1 clover mxd 30.00@31.00

No. 1' clover 29.00@30.00





SEEDS. ‘





There is a brisk demand for seeds

and reports- would indicate that the

year's- cr‘op may not be‘sumoient to go





   





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POTATOES.





Michigan is now the heaviest ship-

ping state with 121 cars starting on

Wednesday. Prices to farmers are

lower than on Monday.» On Wednes-

day r0und whites, U. S. Grade No. 1,

sacked, were selling at $1.65@1.75 in

Grand Rapids; $1.65 in Cadillac, and

from wagon loads-at Michigan country

loading points $1.10@1.35 is being paid.

The above grade isselling to jobbers

in Detroit in 150-ib. sacks at $2.50@

2.60. In Chicago the demand and

movement are good and price changes

have been small, with the best round

whites sacked, selling at $1.65@1.70.

Cleveland jobbers are paying $2@2.25

for U. S. Grade No. 1 "Michigan round

whites sacked; Buffalo $2:10@2.25; at

Pittsburgh $2; Cincinnati $2@2.10 for

bulk; Philadelphia $2@2.10. "





- " BUTTER.





"According to the report of the asso-

ciated warehouses, the stocks of but-

ter in cold storage ,on November 1

were given as 50,012,000 pounds, or

16,931,000 pounds less than the same,

houses held a year ago. It is probable

that 40 per cent of these holdings be—

long to the government, which would

leave a comparatively, small quantity

for the public market. Despte this,

the demandis rather moderate; Prices,

however, are being ‘well maintained

and some of our better markets show

a fractional advance over last week.

At Detroit the price is higher, with

fresh creamery extras . quoted at 59c

per pound and dosflrsts at 57 V40- The

New York market is firm with the

range for creamery stock from 58%@

64c, which is fmly two cents above





 





 





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Reperts fer Thursday,lN0ve_mber 14th





DETROIT

Cattle.



Receipts 2,385. Market strong.

Best heavy steers ....... $11.50@13.00.

Best handy wt bu strs. .. 9.00@10.00

Mixed steers and heifers 8.00@ 9.50

Handy light butchers . . . . 7.00@ 8.00

Light butchers .......... 5.50@ 6.50

Best cows ............... 8.00@ 8.50

Butcher cows ...... . . 6.00@ 7.50

Cutters ............. . . 5.00@ 5.50

Canners ................. 4.25@ 5.00

Best heavy bulls ........ 8.50@ 9.25

Bologna bulls ........... 7.00@ 8.00

Stock bulls ............. 6.00@ 7.00

Feeders ................. 8.00@10.00

Stockers ................. 5.50@ 8.50

Milkers and springers. ._ . . .$ 60@ 125





Veal Calves.



Receipts 1,060. Market strong. '

Best .................... $16.50@17.00

Others .................. 6.00@15.00



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 6,836. Market steady.

Best lambs ............. $ 14.50

Fair lambs ............. 13.00@14.00





Light to common la'mbs. . 10.00@12.50

Fair to good sheep ....... 8.50@ 9.00

Culls and common .. 4.00@ 6.00





Hons.

Receipts 13,937. Market steady.

Pigs .................... $ 15.2

Mixed hogs ............. 17.40@17.80





BUFFALO.





Pigs at $16.25; others $17.80; lambs

$15.50; calves $19; cattle dull.





CHICAGO.





. Cattle.‘



Receipts 18,000. Butcher cattle are

strong to higher; packers and feeders

stronger.



" Good to prime choice steers $15.75@

19.75; common and medium butchers

$9.50@15.55; hfrs $6.75@14; cows $6.35

@13; bologna bulls $7.15@12.25; can-

ners and cutters $5.25.@6.35; stockers

and feeders, good $10@12.50; do, me-

dium $7 @10. H



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Receipts 60,000. Market steady to

100 lower than yesterday.



Tops $18; heavy $16.75@17.85; mix-

ed and light $17.60@18; packers’ hogs

$16@17.25; medium and heavy $17@

17.50; light bacon hogs $17.15@17.90;

pigs, good to choice $14.50@15.25;

roughs $15@16.25.



Sheep and Lambs. .



Receipts 30,000. Market strong and

10@15c higher.



Choice to prime lambs $15.15@

15.35; medium and good lambs $13.85

@1515; culls $9@12; medium, good

and choice feeders $13@14.50; choice

yearlings $11.50@12; medium and good





5 yearlings $10.25@11.50; wethers, me-





dium and good $9@10.25.





Reports for Wednesday, November 13th





BUFFALO.

Cattle.





Receipts 50 cars; the best grades are

steady; others 500 lower.. Prime heavy

steers $15@16; best shipping steers

$l4@14.50; medium shipping steers at

$11.50@12:50; best yearlings, 950 to

1000 pounds $12.50@15.50; light year-

lings $12@13.50; best handy steers $11

@12; fair to good kinds $9.50@10.50.;

handy steers and heifers, mixed $9@

10.25; western heifers $10@10.50; best

fat co’ws $9@10; butcher cows $7@8;

cutters $5.50@6; canners $4@4.75;

fancv bulls $9@10.25; butcher bulls $8

$8.50; common $6@7; best feeding

steers $10@11.50; medium feeders at

$8.50@9.50; stockers$7.50@8.50; light

common stockers $6@6.50; milkers

and springers $65@150. .



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Receipts 90 cars;

yorkers $17.80.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 20 cars; > 500 lower; top

lambs $14.50@14.75; yearlings $11‘@

11.50; wethers $10@10.50; eWes $9@

9.50; calves steady; top $19; rough

calves $7@9. - . . 1





CHICAGO.





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are not selling much, if any, higher,

but steers good enough to sell over $10

are largely 250 higher than late last

week. The best sale‘ yesterday was

that of two loads of Choice yearlings

averaging 1,170 pounds at $19.50, and

today’s best sale is that of three cars

of fat steers averaging about 1,400 lbs.

at $19.60. Cows and heifers have shar—

ed in the advance, fatbutcher stock

being salable at $6@14.50, with few

prime animals offered, while canning

cows and cutters sell at $4.75@5.95.

Calves are 500 higher for the better

class of light vealers, with a $17 top.

Stockers and feeders, too, are largely

25c higher, with sales on a basis of

$7@12.50 and not much call for infer-

ior lots. Western range steers are

firm at $9.50@17.

Hogs.



Only about 18,000 hogs showed up

today, making total receipts of only

80,400 for the first half or the week,

comparing with 105,300 for the same





days last week. There, was’a good dev~





mand at yesterday’s small advance in

prices, with hogs wanted atm$16.50?

16.75 for‘i'ough. heaviy packers, up, 0

$17.85@18.10 for the light and .heavy





, butchers, while pigsvwere taken at $14





@1825 mostly.1,There;is a demand for

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last was. price. With the advanced





prices prevailing, a somewhat improv- , ’





ed demand for the lower grades 0f but-

ter is developing; At Chicago cream-

eries range from 53@5417§'c for seconds

scoring 83 to 87 points up to 59‘7“ for





extras. ’ .

CHEESE.





A gradual falling off in production

and a decrease in amount of cheese

held in storage incline holders to in-

sist on‘ present quotations, notwith—

standing reports that "consumptionqis

decreasing because of high-prices. . At {7

Chicago daisies are quoted at 34%

35c, and Young Americas at 35c.

Detroit Michigan flats are quoted to .

jobbers at 341;“; daisies at 36%0. 3





POULTRY.





In another column of this issue ap-

pearsa statement by the Food Admin-

istration giving the regulations impos-

ed upon the dealers i-n the handling of

immature. turkeys. Lower prices for

live poultry are quoted en the Detroit

market as follows: Springers 23@,

26c; hens 25@26c; small do. 23@24c;

roosters 19@200; geese 24@25c; ducks

29@30c; turkeys 32@34c per pound.





The New York market is reported dull. '





EGGS.





Further improvement is ngted in the

price "of eggs. Supplies are short and

the demand is fairly active, consider-

ing the prices consumers must pay.

At Detroit firsts in new cases are quot-

ed at 61c to jobbers, ordinary firsts,

candied 59c; storage stock 42@46c a.

dozen. In New York the market is

steady to firm with fine to fancy near;

by western whites quoted at 98c@$1;

do browns 70@750; mixed colors \at

60@700. «





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Following the peace celebration .

there were few farmers and consumers

on the ’marketTuesday morning. ‘ P04

tatoes sold at $1.25 ; onions $1.25; cab-

bages 55c; beets 50c; carrots 60c; pars-

nips $1; turnips $1; popcorn $2.50; ap-

ples $1@1.50; beans $7.50 per bushel;

selery‘4'5@600 per dozen. . .





GRAND RAPIDS





Rain last week prevented farmers

finishing the harvesting of the potato

crop. They are marketing the crop in

this section more closely than in pre-

vious years._ Prices $1@1.15 per bush-

el. Lack of cars has hampered move-

ment of apples, though jobbers have

shipped 18 cars the" past week. Price

to growers, $2 per cwt. Onions have

moved more freely as jabbing firms

have been filling contracts for army

cantonments. No neck rot reported.

City market prices to growers 50@600

per bushel. Milling firms are advised

that the buckwheat .crop will be light

in this section. Price not yet fixed.

Rutabaga crop is light and jobbing

firms import cars from Canada.





LAND AND LIVE STOCK CONGRESSV





The Second Annual Land and Live

Stock'Congress will be held at the

Association of Commerce, Grand Rap-

ids, Mich, on Thursday, November 21,

1918. The Congress opens at.9:30 a.

m., with noon luncheon, and the after-

noon session will clOse at 5:00 p. m.

The sessions are to be held under the

Joint auspices of the Michigan Agricul-

tural Development AssociatiOn and the

Grand Rapids Association of Com—

merce. ‘ .



The «main subjects to be considered

are: 1, more live stock, (sheep, cattle

and hogs), for Michigan. Utilization

of cut-over or logged-off land for suin-

mer grazing. Winter feeding. More

and.larger flocks of sheep among indi-

vidual farmers; 2, land for‘ the return-

ing soldier and sailor; 3, greater finan-





 





cial assistance for agricultural develq if I





opme'ntrifi, state, drainage; 5:, a land. ‘

clearing; 6, reforestation,- 7, "reclaims; “‘

ytion—jswamp land:.d_evelopment.‘ - .





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At
HE November crop report issued

sued today by Verne H. Church,

.Miehigan F1eld Agent, Bureau of

Federal Crop EStimates, shows that

the yields per acre oi! corn, bfiéli‘wheat,

potatoes and clover seed are below the

ten-year average for the state. How-

ever, the total production of corn,

buckwheat and clover seed is consid-

erably greater than that of last year.

The crops ,. of apples, field peas and

sugar beets are not only larger than

they were in 1917 but are above the

ten- -year average The quality of prac-

tically every crop is considerably bet-

ter than it was last year. The month

of October was ideal for rapid progress

in completing the season’s work. Much

corn was husked, and considerable





threshing of beans, buckwheat" and ‘





clover seed and plowing for the spring

crops Was done. Mild weather through-

out the month and good rains during

the latter half placed . the growing

crops of wheat and rye in excellent

condition.



. Corn—Based upon an estimated

yield or 29.0 bushels per acre, which is

2.7 bushels less than the ten- -year av-

erage, the total production for the

state will be 50,750,000 as compared

with 37,625,000 bushels last year. Of

this amount, approximately forty per

cent went into silos, leaving about 30, -

000,000 bushels for_feeding purposes.

The quality of this grain is far above

that of last year, being 78 per cent as

compared with only 40 per cent last

year. The amount of the 1917 crop re-

maining on farms on November 1 was

found to be only one-half of one per

cent. The estimated yield for the

United States is 24.2 bushels per acre,

which gives an approximate production

of 2,754,800,000 bushels as compared

with 3,159,493,000 last year.



Buckwheat—The average yield for

the state is estimated at 12.5 bushels,

or 3.5 bushels more than last year;

and the total production is placed at

962,500 bushels as compared-with 675,-

000 bushels in 1917. The quality is

eight per cent better than last year,

but two per cent below the average.

For the United ‘States the estimated

yield is 17.6 bushels per acre as com-

pared with 17.4 last year, and a ten-

year average of 19. 5.



Potatoes .——The yield varies greatly

in different localities, being least in

the southern part of the state where

the crop suffered severely from the

August drought. The average is 84

bushels per acre, six bushels less than

the ten-year—average and 11 bushels

less than last year. This gives a total

production of 28,875,000 as compared

with 35,910, 000 bushels last year. The

quality is up to the ten-year average.

For the United States, the production

is estimated at 389,910,000 as against

442,536,000 bushels last year.



Clover Seed—The state yield of 1.5

bushels per acre is one-tenth of a bush-

el less than the ten-year average and

last year's yield. The total production

is estimated at 140,000 bushels as

against 124,000 last seam. This is

four per cent less than the average

production. The crop is best in the

central and northern districts where

weather conditions were more favor-

able during the growing season. The

production for the United States is es-

titrated to be one- -half of one per cent

less than it was last year.



Field Peas—The state produced 14

per cent more ' than the average

amount, and 22 per cent more than

last year. .



Applets—«The total apple crop at the

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much better than last year and consid-

erably above .the ten-year average.

Pears—There was 64 per cent of a

full crop in the state, sixper cent be-

low last year and tour per cent below

an eight-year average. The 'quality

was better than that of recent years.





The crop for the United States was -





62.1 per cent or five per cent less than

the average for the past eight years.



Grapes—The estimated production

was 60 per cent of a full crop for the

state, or nine per cent below that of

1917 and 14 per cent less than the

The United States

as a whole produced 69.7 per cent of a

full crop; or 16.8 per cent less than

last year and 12.4 per cent less than

the average.



Sugar Beets. —The condition of the:

crop is 92 per cent, as compared with

87 per cent last month, 78 per cent one

year ago, and 86 per cent the ten-year

average. The condition for the United

States is 92.7 per cent, 3.5 per cent

better than a year ago, and 2.2 per

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FATTENING GEESE AND DUCKS.





 





I would like to know what to feed

my geese and ducks to make them eat

and get fat. A. M.



HEN goslings over six weeks of

age are to be fattened they can

be fed three times per day with



a ration of one part corn meal and one

part bran. Geese which have been pas-

tured through the summer can be fat-

tened on a ration composed entirely of

corn meal. This should be given over

a period of four or five weeks, depend-

ing upon the condition of the birds

when the forcing begins.



Sometimes young geese are market-

ed as “green geese.” Then the fatten-

ing process begins when the long wing

fathers have developed until they

reach the tail. The birds can be pen-

ned up and fed the following ration

with good results: Four parts corn

meal and one part beef scrap, given

three times per day. A sprinkle of

salt added to the wet mash is good for

the birds and acts as an appetizer.



Ducks fatten well on the mash com-





posed of one part corn meal and two ,





parts bran. About five per cent of

beef scrap and a little fine grit should

he added to the mash to bring. the best

results. Green food should be given

occasionally to help in keeping the di-

gestive system in good order.



In fattening both ducks and geese

the principle is to increase the amount

of food consumed and reduce the exer-

cise. Sanitary conditions in the yards

and pens are very necessary. The

profit in fattening elthér ducks and

geese can be determined by comparing

the cost of good quality corn with the

price that will be received for the

ducks. At the present price of feed it

requires more than the usual amount

of skill to fatten the birds at a profit,

but underfed birds never pay so it is

undoubtedly best to give the geese

and ducks “a. certain amount of fatten-

ing and then endeavor to place them

on a market where quality stock is ap-

preciated.-—R. G. K.





COSTLY FEEDS CALL FOR BETTER

STOCK.





 





”Due to current high prices of feed

and the present price of pork, bog men

are emphasizing the desirability of 1!-

ing good breeding stock. It is even

better, they say, to use a mediocre

pure-bred sire than a scrub of good a?

pearance. He will aid in securing

quick maturity of pigs, greater econ-

omy of gain, and more certainty of

brooding true to type.



Gflts should be at least eight months

old when bred. The sow three years

dd i better able to farrow a large

healthy fitter than a gilt.





In order that pigs may be farrmvedl





early in March, sows must be bred

between November 8 and November 15.





 





 





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amount of young ew.ee



HARRY POTT tDON, Davison, Mich.





 





Am «11111-11133 yearling rams now. Also





IlrwirOMPgofi.‘ ewes hr- December deliver.





Rockford. Mic .





 





hit. Rams“ Yearlings 6351“” Ram

I§h. D.Ko LY & DON, - - b'Ypsilanti, Mich.





OXFORD RAMS





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EARIC.M$10A.RII-g 11. 303A». lldlrgg.





lit: 3. him In: 1011th and lambs.

Prices$50 and 625. Jas. P .Gibbs t 803,11:th Mich.

fimooxford ram lambs; come by auto and 80?”).

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XFORD Down Ram lambs, also a few ewe la be.

Berkshire bot} leiea MBookirig orders for fall alga.

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Reg. Oxfords Ram Lambs.





O. M. YORK, - Millington, Mich.





 





 





Black '10 I) I 8'

1m I’OV ms to c ofaines. 1121 Reg.

:7“ TON & BLA Hill Crest. Farm, Perrinton.





1011. F am situated! Iour miles south of Middleton.





 





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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 Partner, Detroit





Good Clubbing Offer





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GAS BLAST





 





 





The Winchester system a] wedding.“ The walling expands evenly, sealing In the (as blue! all the way to the

muzzle, where H I: eluded by the choke" or eonurieflon. Shot (lunar travels on ahead unbroken. Actual rm

target, 320 pellets out o] 431, or M % of the also! charge (1% oz. 0] 7% (killed) Inside a 30-h. tirelo at 40 ’40





Effect of wedding construction on shot patterns





Poor waddz'ng responsible for more faulty patterns and

lost birds than all other gun and shell troubles combined





A strong uniform shot pattern de-

pends upon how perfectly t e wadding

in your shells controls the five-ton gas

blast behind it.





The wadding, like the piston head of

a gas engine, must give the explosion

something solid to work against so that

the shot may be pushed out evenly.



It must expand and fill the tube of

the barrel, completely scaling in the gas

behind it. No gas must escape to seat-

ter the shot.



It must ofier just the right amount of

resistance so as to develop uniform press-

ure and high velocity without danger

ofjamming the pellets out of shape at

the “choke” or muzzle constriction.





The illustrations at the top of this

a e show actual test patterns, 50% to

0 fl; faulty, the result of poor wadding.





The Winchester system





Winchester wadding is the result of repeated

experiments to determine the most efficient

control of the gas blast.



The special construction of the Base Wad

gives What is known as Progressive Combustion

to the powder charge.





Combustion spreads instantly through the

powder charge. By the time the top grains of

powder become ignited the fall energy of the

burning powder behind is at work. Though

the explosion is almost instantaneous, it is none

the less Progressive, the final energy and max-

imum velority of the completely burned powder

being developed at the muzzle, where it is most





' needed.





Meanwhile, under the heat of, combustion,

the tough, springy Winchester Driving Wad

has expanded to fill the barrel snugly all around.

No gas escapes.

The wadding pushes up the shot evenly. '





At the muzzle the shot pellets slip out with-

out jamming, while the wadding is checked for

a brief interval by the constriction of the

muzzle. It follows some distanee behind the

shot pattern. - '





The shot cluster travels on‘unbroken by- '





gas blast or wadding and makes the hard hit-





ting, unifor'm pattern for which Winchester ’





shot shells are world famous.





Fish Tail Flash All Winchester smoke-

less shells are made with the new Winchester

Primer—the quickest and moist powerful shot

shell primer made. ~Its broad fish tail flash

gives even and thorough ignition- Every grain





of powder is completely burned up before the





,shot charge leaves the muzzle.





WINKHifl‘





World Standard Guns and Ammunition





It is completely sealed in.‘





The Crimp The required degree of press-

ure necessary in seating the driving wads is

worked out in combination with the hardness

or the softness of the crimping required for any

particular shell.





Water-proofing and Lubrication ‘ In the

cold, damp air-of the marshes, or under the blaz~

ing sun at the traps, Winchester shells Will al-

ways play true. Winchester water-proofing

process prevents them from swelling 'from

dampness. SpeciaLlubrication of the paper

fibres prevents brittleness and “splitting” in dry

weather.





Uniform Shells’ From primer to crimp,

Winchester shells are constructed to insure the

maximum pattern possible from any load and

under all conditions. $100,000 is Spent annu-





{ally in the inspection and testing of finished

‘ shOt shells.





25,000,000 rounds of ammuni-

tion aretfire‘d every year in testing guns and





, ammunition. -





ii Clean hits and more of them





-To insure more hits and cleaner hits in the

old or at the traps, be sure your shells are

inchester Leader and Repeater for Smoke-

less; ’Nublack and New Rival for Black Pow-

der. " Write for ' our ,- Free Booklet on Shells.

Winchester Repeating Arms 00., Dept.





M—511New Haven, Conn. U. ,S.‘A.