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VOLUME CLII. Nl'lllllili ()Nl‘l

DETROIT, JANUARY 4, 1919

 

 

 

 

CURRENT COMMENT

HE movement for
a definite and co-

A Land ordinated land settle-
Settlement ment policy in Michi-
POhCy gan, Wisconsin and

Minnesota is a matter
for congratulation. The men appointed
by Governor Sleeper at the request of
the Michigan Land and Live Stock
Congress, recently held at Grand Rap-
ids, to represent Michigan in formulat-
ing such a policy, have an opportunity
to render a most valuable service to
the state and community, and indeed
to the whole world in view of the pres“
cut and prospective food shortage.

Public opinion on this question is
likely to be divided, but unquestionably
the broad viewpoint is the only worthy
attitude, and the one which is certain
to prevail. The project to provide
farm opportunities for soldiers and
sailors who desire them is a worthy
one. The boys who have fought our
battles in Europe have earned a pref-
erence in opportunity, whether on the
farm or in the factory or office, and
this fact is bound to be generally rec-
ognized. Those who are most likely to
seek farm opportunities are boys from
the farms, who have a knowledge of
the business. Others may try it, but
they will be handicapped at the start
and less likely to succeed in the devel-
opment of new farms than-the farm
boys. A sound land settlement policy
will also provide opportunities for oth-
er farm boys who find it diflicult'to
start in the business in their home
communities in well developed agricul-
tural sections.

There will be some who will decry a
movement of this kind on the ground
that larger production will lessen the
opportunity for profitable production.
But increased production will be stim-
ulated by high prices for food stuffs in
any event. Production has increased
under war conditions, notwithstanding
the handicaps growing out of those
conditions. Michigan has something
~ like twelve million acres of idle land.
, Knob of this area is good agricultural
land, capable of maintaining prospec-
, one communities, which offers better
‘ “Opportunities for the settler. than do

  
  
  

an. mos in other ectlons or u: .
country. The developmefit of this land

would benefit the state at large as
compared with a. similar development

— in other sections of the country, and it

is a wise policy to insure participation
in the coming agricultural development
by a. sound and consistent land settle-
ment policy.

A list of essential factors in such a.
policy has xbeen advanced by Mr. W.
P. Hartman, one of Michigan‘s repre-
sentatives at the tri-state conference,
and well known to many Michigan
Farmer readers, which indicates pro-
gressive thought on this question as
follows:

First—Faith among the people in
the state in its future agricultural and
industrial progress and prosperity.

Second—*More capital for agricultur-
al purposes; easier credits and lower
interest charges. ‘

Third—Constructive and permanent
land settlement or colonization policies.

.Fourtli.——More and better live stock.

Fifth—Reforestation.

Sixth—Good roads.

Se'venth.~C~rcater knowledge of and
improved methods for the removal of
stumps.

Eighth—Cooperation between farm-
ers, chambers of commerce, the press,
land owners and agents, bankers, man-
ufacturers, state authorities and others.

HlLE the aver-
VP» erage farmer is

Consumers , ‘ ,1 .
Demand aware that theie 1s a
Q rt certain in a r k e t de-

ua ' y mand for standardiz-

ed food products of a
high quality, we have come to believe
that there is a very general misunder-
standing among producers regarding
the number and economic status of ur-
ban consumers who are willing to pay
the advanced price commanded by such
products. For a concrete example let
us take apples, an important product
of many Michigan faims. There is a
very general appreciation among apple
growers of the fact that fancy western
box apples are sold in considerable
quantities in all of the larger Michigan
cities, but it would be a fairly safe
wager-that the average apple grower's
first thought in connection with this
sale of fancy apples is that the demand
is confined largely to the high-class
grocery stores which cater to the weal<
thy class, and to the fruit stand and
news butcher trade, which lives on the
bounty of the traveling public. But
the facts are that these same choice.
standardized western apples are also
to be found in the chain stores which
sell to the housewives who carry their
purchases home in a market basket,
and in the cheap confectionery shops
whose customers are just average city
workers. In fact these are the only
sort of apples generally to be found in
the last.mentioned establishments, and
in volume of trade, as measured by the
returns, they vie with tile home-grown
product in even the cut-rate stores.

The reason for this fact is obvious.
The merchant and the caterer buy the
standardized western pro-ducts because
there is a demand for it and they can
resell it again at a profit. And the ap—
ples are all salable, with no waste and
no culls to be picked out and lost or
left on top of the package to spoil
future sales. Thus a standardized, at-
tractive appearing and neatly packed
product from the Pacific Coast is dis-
placing a really better home-grown
product with a very large and varied
class of city consumers, just because
its growers have realized the import-
ance of giving that product a standard
appearance of quality. V

What western growers have accom-

plished in this direction with apples

has been accomplished to a similar or
lesser degree in other lines of special
production, and there is no doubt that
it can be accomplished to a profitable
degree in many lines of staple agricul-
tural production. There is equally lit-
tle’ doubt that a ficneral carelessness
as to quality will lesgen the demand

 

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for on _ pro . 1-;

call the market history of Michigan
beans. -’Michigah beans became tam:
ous and {mind a market throughout, a
large part of the world largely because
they were for years marketed as a
standardized product, under definite
grades established by the Michigan
Bean Jobbers’ Association. Due to pc-
culiarly unfavorable weather condi-
tions the bean crop of 1917 was poor
in quality, and even the apparently
good beans contained an abnormally
high percentage of moisture. Under
the old'standards there were but very
few choice beans produced in the state.
To meet this abnormal condition the
jobbers‘ made the fatal mistake of
changing the standard by raising the
permissible moisture-content, with the
natural result that many shipments
went wrongdn transit or in storage,
and the' reputation of the Michigan

pioduct as well as the bank accounts.

of both growers and dealers suffeled
in consequence

111 most notable cases where a spe-
cial market for any food product has
been built up on standardized quality,
this result has been accomplished
through the cooperation of. the growers
of the product. Michigan grape grow-
ers have standardized their product
through careful grading methods, thus
simplifying the cooperative marketing
problem. Michigan potato growers
who are selling their product in a coop-
erative way have an opportunity to es-
tablish a good reputation for their pro-
duct by maintaining the standard of
their product, notwithstanding the sus-
pension of the giading lules feimerly
enforced by the Food Administration.

The average standard of living is
higher in America than anywhere else
in the world. This is a great factor in
making America the greatest country
and Americans the greatest people in
the world. And it may be made a great
factor in making Michigan farmers the
most prosperous farmers in the world
if they will cooperate toward the pro-
duction and marketing of standardized
quality products which satisfy present
day living standards.

wlTH so much ag-
itation in favor

Ag’tat’on of more farm flocks
for F 706k there are sure to be
Hquandry many failures among

farmers who fail to
exercise discrimination in believing all
that they read about the possibilities
of profits in the sheep industry. In-
vesting heavily in breeding stock or
attempting to make the business a
specialty should be the subject of care-
ful Consideration.

Sheep are so high in price that any
material decrease in‘values is likely to
prove a serious loss if any extensive
lyreecilzi‘;F or feeding venture is under-
taken. The new breeder must plan on
getting quick returns in wool and
lambs. He must know something about
to(\ general care and management of
sheep and plan his system of handling
them so as to keep them free from dis-
ease and parasites. Although sheep
are comparatively free from diseases,
still they cannot endure certain kinds
of exposure and neglect. Special at-
tention must be devoted to furnishing
them with proper kinds of feed if one
is to make a success of the business.

In starting a small farm flock one
should buy a few well-bred productive
ewes. Obviously the selection of ewes
having good mutton type and heavy
fleeces means large returns from both
wool and mutton. With a few good
ewes and a pure-bred ram one can
graduallygrow into the sheep business
without. too heavy an expenditure of
capital. This is the only safe way to
embark in the sheep business.

 

THE LIVE STOCK MEETING

The annual meeting of the Michigan
Improved~ Live Stock Breeders' .and
”1;;

tion toa high ideal will increase it. As "
an example of this we have only. to re-'

- postpone

“ gan ura dolls ’
Fobanary‘fi? inclusive on cocaiinnt
clded by gale executive committee to
e nee ing to. the a. v
date;- which falls during “F‘aring-girl;2
Week” at M A. C. The allied breed
organizations will hold their meeting
on Wednesday, Februay 5 and the gem

eral meeting on February 6.

..A BROWN, Seo'y.

NeWs of the Week

Wednesday, December 25.

H international organization fol.
lowing, the lines laid down by Pre-
mier Clemenceau, of France, has been
formed to secure uniformity of princi-

 

ples respecting a League of Nations.

for presentation at the peace confer-
en‘ce.~—-Prcsident Wilson leaves’ Paris
for Christmas. ceremony and address
before General Pershing’s men at
Chaumont, France. ——Seven thousand
tons of ceieal substitutes have been
purchased in this country by the Food
Administration for shipment to Bel-
gium.—Porto ,Rican troops are being
demobilized.-—Secretary Lansing de-
nies that the American peace clcgation
favors sinking the'surrenderoii Ger-
man fleet. —A blizzard interrupts rail-
load transportation over the western
and southwestern states.

Thursday, December 26.

RESIDENT W'iLSON crosses the

English channel to England—The
Allied governments have decided
against further intervention in Russia.
~—France lifts ban on gasoline, permit
ting its use on commercial automoles.
ting its use on commercial automo-
biles.+~Fi'ench mission to the people

of the Caucasus mountains has been

                                       

turn stocks taken from the banks in
northern France amounting to approxi-
mately $1,200,000.000.—Rcv. Dr. J. \Nil-
bur Chapman, noted evangelist, dies in
New York City .—An Ameiican relief
expedition carrying physiciar s nurses
and supplies will leave this country
soon to lender relief in Aimenia and
Syiia.
Friday, December 27.

HE Michigan troops fighting in

northern Russia are experiencing
great hardships due to lack of medical
help and hospital facilities—Tue im-
pression prevails that the Radicals
will make an attempt to disrupt the
present German government—British
leaders consult with President Wilson.
——Germans still hope to regain their
colonies. —Italy’s total war losses ag-
gregate 2,800,000, while the number of
French killed is 1, 07.1, 000. —Three thou~
sand American soldiers leave France
for home.

Saturday, Dccerribcr 28.

DOD ADMINISTRATOR HOOVER

lefuses emphatically to discuss
German food conditions with form r
authorities who seek a confeience.—
It is rumored that Dr. Liebknecht, the
leader of the German socialists, has
been elected president, replacing Dr.
Ebert as head of the government.—

The agricultural committee of the Iowa

or house of congress asks for $500,000-
000 to enable the government to guar-
antee wheat prices on the 1919 crop.—
Civilians are assisting the Cleveland
police in an effort to check the wave
of crime in that city—The Detroit
Board of Commerce announces that
employers of the city will show pref-
erence to Detroit laborers in choosing
help for carrying on their various en-
terprises.
Sunday, December 29.

REMIER LLOYD GEORGE makes
announcement of an greement be-
tween England and the nited States
to unify their programs at the peace
conference. —The ieport that the Ebert
cabinet of German has fallen is con-

firmed.——The coalition government of '

England won a sweeping victory in the
elections for the new parliament, as
shown by results just published. ——Ger-
"many has already paid the United
States 45,000, 000 marks, in accm dance
with the terms of the armistice—The
French soldiers now occupy Odessa on
the Black Sea—Prominent citizens of
Michigan start move to rescue soldiers

from this state who are fighting in

northern Russia.
Monday, December 30.

FRANCE announces her peace terms
to include the utmost publicity to

the proceedings of the peace confer IV. ‘1 '

ence, the adOption of the principle of
the League of Nations, and no annexa.
tions. —-Riots are reported in several
large German cities,
Dantzig Hamburg, Lubeck and Bel-ma.
—BoSton enforces the use of masks to
aid in the control of the influenza cpl;
comic. ——The business sections! Bras-
tol, Tenn"
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I mam props of our agrlculture.
\ With meat prices rapidly advanc-
1‘ . ing to a level without precedent in the
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is- history of the trade a Small flock of
‘ sheep should be kept on practically ev-
ery farm Where a diversified system of
_ agriculture is practiced. The only ar-
i’; ’ ‘ guments against the breeding and rear-
: ing of sheep are parasitic infection,
‘i losses from dogs and that sheep are
too much bother. In proportion to the
returns they grant, sheep are no more
.‘ bother than any other kind of farm
53. z stock; but they must have proper care.
They need some pampering, it is true,
I and they need adequate protection
from vermin, dogs and rain; but this
\ does not differentiate them flOIIl all
1‘, other farm animals from which the
1 '3 owner hopes to reap a satisfactory
‘ ‘ p1 ofit
‘ With relation to parasitic infection,
g' . England is just about as badly off as
,‘ American far.meis What they have .
I learned to do, American farmers can Combination Grain and Roughage Rack, Adapted to Michigan Farms.
do as well as they. Parasitic infection
I may be avoided by sub-dividing the them approximate if not complete im- ped. By putting these facts together
7' fields and pastures so that the ewes munity from the injury of parasites. we can readily see that if we change
“ and lambs may be changed frequently It costs money to change our system our pastures frequently we will lessen
to prevent the lambs becoming infect— of pasturing sheep and to divide our the danger of the lambs becoming in-
ed with the worms deposited in the pastures up into smaller lots but we fected with these worms through the
droppings of the ewes. England’s 011- must practice this method if we suc- grass that they eat. Some of the high-
mate is more favorable than that of ceed in keeping our sheep and lambs est authorities recommend allowing
America to these parasites, but by free from stomach worms. the lambs to run ahead of the ewes
providing clean forage for the lambs We know that these worms come and moving the ewes ahead one pas-
and dealing out grain when it is need- from the sheep to the lambs through ture each week, thus changing the
ed 'to promote rapid growth its flock- the wet grass that is eaten. We know ewes and lambs each week.
masters defy this menace to their that it takes a certain time for the In this manner twelve pastures will
' lambs. It is needless for farmers to pests that have dropped on the grass carry the flock through the summer
' daily with losses where sheep are kept to develop enough to get into the and the danger of the lambs becoming
in small flocks and where they have lambs. That time is estimated to be infected with these worms will be re-
, sufficient range to provide frequent from eight to twelve days. We know duced to a minimum. There is no
.' change of pasture for the ewes and that the lambs are born free from par- branch of live stock care and feeding
lambs. It has been demonstrated by asites. We know that it is quite pos- that affords a more interesting and
several experiment stations that flocks sible to keep the mothers free from .profitable field for study and practical
can be so managed as to secure for parasites before the lambs are drop- investigation than sheep husbandry,

,; Cheaper Feed and More

N view of present high feed prices '
, , I we are economizing in several ways By Brlant sando
7? ' ‘t‘ . but without in any manner lessen-
‘ '- ing the efficiency Of. 0111‘ m€1h0d5~ The Rye can also be fed to advantage at tion of the whole grain in the ration is
. r ' Cheapest ration 1n the world iS expen- present prices. Whole rye is not very essential to maintain the rugged health
J sive if it fails to produce eggs. palatable to fowls and they will seldom of the fowls, but beyond this point it
' The first step is to sort the fowls eat much of it. However, ground rye is cheaper to have the grains ground
‘ over and cull out the loafers, the poor can be added to the mash to the at a mill than to make the fowls do it.
layers, and the hens too old to be prof- amount of ten or fifteen per cent. Another advantage in the feeding of
itable. It is better to sell off part of Another means ofreducing the feed mash is that the ration can be better
the flock and give suitable rations to bills is to use dry mash more freely. balanced and thus made more nearly
the‘hens retained, than to expect a A good mash mixture costs less than one hundred per cent efficient.
large flock to produce eggs profitably whole grains, pound for pound. and The mash can be cheapened in var-
When the quality is not kept up. also goes fa1 ther because it is more ious ways, such as by the use of ground
. To cut feeding costs, wheait must be 1eadily digested by the fowls. Half of rye, an increased proportion of gluten
largely eliminated from the ration. the grain used can safely be fed in the feed and less meat scrap, and the ad-
Corn, which is much cheaper than are form of dry mash. A certain p10po1- dition of shredded or mealed alfalfa for
wheat or oats, is now being used by
most practical poultrymen in much
larger proportions than was formerly .
believed practicable.

It is true that hens heavily fed on
corn are liable to become overfat, but
this is partly because the kernels are
so large and so easily picked up that
over-eating and idleness are encourag-

, ed among the fowls. Where corn is
fed coarsely cracked and scattered in
», deep litter so that the fowls have to
scratch hard and long for all they get,
it can be fed in almost any reasonable
proportion Without bad results.
At the present prices in most locali-
_.V , » ties, barley can be economically used
. “ along .with corn as 'asubstitute for?
wheat. In some markets, a bushel of
barley. costs only about half as much
as ‘a bushel or wheat, while its feeding
value 43 only slightly less. Oats should
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on Michigan Farms

   

and no branch of stock farming that is
so little understood among farmers.
As the weather has considerable in-
fluence upon the development of these
parasites, making them dangerous in
pastures, the following taken from a
government publication is of value:

. “Infected and non-infected sheep may
.be placed together in clean fields the

last week in October and kept there
until March or even later, according to
the weather, with little or no danger
of the non-infected sheep becoming
infected. If mOVed then to another
field they may remain there very near
the entire month of April before there
is danger of infection. During May it
would be necessary to move the sheep
at the end of every two weeks, in June
at the end of every ten days, and in
July and August at the end of every
week in order to prevent infection
from the infected sheep. After the
first of September the period may be
lengthened.”

One of the assurances that sheep
are going to become popular in our .
farming is the fact that farmers are
coming to realize the adaptability of
sheep to soil tillage. The old notion
that sheep should be kept primarily
for grazing cheap pasture land is fast
giving way to the new idea of utilizing
them to graze down forage and grass
crops, clean up corn fields and convert
our farm-grown feeds into cash com-
modities and soil fertility. Sheep are
going to find new homes on many
farms because thoughtful farmers
know that the demand for wool and
mutton is rapidly increasing and that
both are profitable at present prices.
Moreover, the comparatively small cost
of maintaining a small flock of breed-
ing ewes, and their ability to clean up
weeds and undesirable grasses in his

(Continued on page 22).

Eggs

bulk. In adding the latter or any oth-
er coarse stuff to the mash, however,
remember that fowls do not digest
crude fibre and too much of it should
be avoided.

In general, it is better for the fowls
"and more economical for the owner, ,to
introduce bulk in the form of succu~
lent green stuff. Here is a chance for
most of us to make a big saving, for
twenty-five to thirty-five per cent of
the average ration can be made up of
greens, the cheapest of all foods. And
aside from reasons of economy, the
poultry ration should contain a liberal
proportion of succulent green food in
order to keep the fowls in tip—top
health. Among the best things are
mangels, turnips, Swiss chard, rape,
kale, sprouted oats and even ensilage.

()ne of the best green foods which
can be made available at any season,
is sprouted oats. A pound of dry oats
increases to three or four pounds when
sprouted, and is highly palatable to
the fowls and readily digested. A big
advantage in sprouted oats is that it
can be produced in a week’s time, and
it is not necessarv to grow any special
crops or provide frost-proof cellars or’ ‘
pits for the winter storage of bulky. '
green stuff. ‘

Sprouted oats can be fed to fowls of
all ages, and for it they will turn aWay .
from almost any other food. For small ,.
chicks, it is better to chop the sprouts, '
but the adult fowls will enjoy tearing
the matted oats apart and will clean .
up every particle of the roots as well ,
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ba’ised on this assumption. Thousands
of tions of potash and phosphorus salts
have been applied to "raw” muck with
no results.

To use the nitrogen in the muck, it
must be made available. The muck
must be in that ideal plastic condition
which will support plant growth in or-
der to make available the nitrogen in
the muck. The muck has to develop
those physical properties which form
a proper home for plants, the muck
must decay, the complex compounds
in which the nitrogen is bound must
be broken down, the unavailable nitro-
gen must be made available.

Many years ago, before bacteria and
germs were ever heard of our fore-
fathers knew that a soil, a “raw" soil,
could be prepared by applying manure,
which will cominunicate decomposition
which will introduce decay into this
muck and produce the ideal soil condi-
tion. Then, the beneficial soil germs
can work and release the nitrogen in
the muck. The experience of muck
farmers has proved that some sort of
organic fertilizer must be applied for
the best results; barnyard manure,
sheep manure, dried blood, blood and
bone, fish tankage, are common exam-
ples. In addition to the value of the
minerals these fertilizers contain they
have this important effect of communi-
cating decomposition. This matter of
decomposition is an important effect of
manure which has not been given con-

sideration in the discussion of either

 

high land or muck land fertility. ’

It is particularly [important on muck;
to a given area producing as good to
celery and cabbage trimmings applied
There are many instances of rotted
sults as manure over a. similar area.
To get the best results we supplement
this rotting With a proper balance of
minerals. In looking for a fertilizer
which has the minerals which muck
lacks let us consider stock yard or
farm manures. Barnyard manure that
is properly stored and handled con-
tains comparatively large quantities of
potash. Since 'the beginning of the
war manure from Chicago and Camp
Custer has been indispensable in- sup-
plying potash for our muck. But muck
is deficient in phosphoric acid. 'Ma-
nure does not contain the proper
amount of phosphoric acid to balance
up the nitrogen and potash it contains.
Hence. to those .who use barnyard ma-
nure we urge the application of acid
phosphate. Our muck crop demon-
strations this year showed clearly, by
the increased yields of plots of manure
and acid phosphate over manure alone,
that the muck grower should plan to
apply acid phosphate with manure.

We suggest as a complete fertilizer
for muck, barnyard manure and acid
phosphate. The amounts will vary
with the type of farming. A propor-
tion we have used successfully is two
hundred pounds to five tons of manure.

  

 

 

manure is not always available, large.
growers have used other sources for
potash. Since the beginning of; the
war, eflorts have been made to obtain
potash from other sources. I know of
some growers who are using potash
from sources which have developed in
the country since" this abnormal de-
mand for potash has arisen. While
acid phosphate is high it is still in
reach of every growel.

Many commercial fertilizers carry
the “decomposing” value which ma-
nure gives to the muck. Blood and
bone, dry blood alone, fish tankage and
similar organic fertilizers are effective
in communicating this “rotting" and
are similar to manure in this respect.
To points of. southern Michigan, ma-
nure, whorl brought from Chicago 01
Camp Custer is more desirable in pciCe
as compared with commercial fertiliz-
er. In fact, at the present price paid
for blood and bone, barnyard manure
is worth at least five dollars per ton.

It is a significant fact that wherever
manure or other organic fertilizers are
used the muck seems to hold mois-
ture and develops that ideal plastic
condition which experienced muck
growers have learned to associate
with good muck soil. This is probably
due to the decomposition caused by
the organisms intrOduced by the ma‘
nure and not to the addition of organic
matter, as is the case on high land.

Considering, of course, that barnyard

  
 

the" nitrogen in the muck is not equally
available at all times in the am.
The release? of the nitrogen in muck

'depondeop how rapidly and efficiently

the germs decompose the muck. These
germs will not work when thelsoil is

cold; they work best in the summer

weather. Consequently, in the begin-

ning of the season there is not enough

nitrogen available for early sown crops
to start well. For example, well rotted
manure, dried blood, or fish tankage
applied early for onions, espécially
when the spring is cool, will give mark-
ed results. In a warm spring when the
germs get started early, the difference
between fertilized and unfertilized
muck will not be so marked.

Thus, the addition of a nitrogenous
fertilizer in the fall on the side of the
row for celery is valuable, particularly
in a cool fall. This fall it was not nec‘
essary. But experienced growers will

agree that a nitrogen fertilizer applied ‘

to our long season muck crops in the
summer time is a waste of money. As
a rule, the complete fertilizers for
muck should have a small nitrogen

content as compared to a high potash

and phosphorus content.

This article does not take up the re-
quirements for individual crops on
muck; it is merely to give the grower
an. understanding as to the general
principles underlying fertilizer prac-
tice on muck soils. .

Suggestions for the Handy Man

AUTO-OPERATED SAUSAGE
GRINDER.

 

EREWITH is illustrated a neat

contrivance which does away with
the laborious work of grinding sausage
meat by hand and which is operated
by the power from an automobile. The
sausage grinder used is just an ordi-
nary small-sized grinder, such as is
used on the farm, but it is operated at
such a higher rate of speed than by
hand that the meat of a 250-p0und hog
can be ground in a very short
time. Thefiilan of operation is very
simple and the whole affair can be as-
sembled or dissembled in a very few
minutes.

The grinde1 is mounted on a ten- inch
board with a wooden boxing on one
end; it reaches across the back end of
the car and is secured to the bed by a
piece of small wire. The shaft is a
piece of one-inch iron pipe to one end
of which is attached the screw-shaft of
the grinder. 0n the other end is at-
tached the pulley which is set to come
in line with the rear wheel of the car
on that side. The pulley is seventeen
inches in diameter with a face of four
inches. A large pulley is needed to re-
duce the speed of the grinder.

To make the belt hold firmly an old
casing is slipped over the tire of the
wheel, and the wheel jacked up high
enough to clear the ground well. The
automobile is operated in high speed
so that the engine runs at about the
‘. same speed as when the car is run-

hing fifteen miles an hour on the road.
care must be taken to remove all
bones from the meat when preparing
or there will be danger in breaking the
grinder.

AN EFFICIENT RAT TRAP.

 

0 get rid of rats and mice a friend
used the following plan which prov-
He filled an iron

ed highly successful:

    

kettle partly full of bran and refuse
grain and placed a board in such a
way that the rats ran up it easily to
the feed. He left this for several
nights, then emptied the kettle of feed
and substituted water to the" same
depth, disguised by a little bran sprink-
led on top. This method effectually
rid his barn of the pests—H. L. S.

REPLACING DIFFICULT SCREWS.

0NE day on a certain machine
which I was using, something
went wrong, and I had to remove a
particular part, to repair. This was
easily done by removing a couple of
screws which I reached with a' screw
driver. But, when I was ready to re-

 

 

 

 

    

place the part which I had mended, I
found that I could not reach with my
hand the place where the screws were
to go in, as there were other parts in
the way. I had no screw driver with
any arrangement to hold screws on
the end while replacing, and even if I
had such, there were no openings large
enough to allow anything larger than
the screw driver blade to get tlimugh.
The only way I could see to get what

I wanted in place and put the screws
back, was to take apart a bunch of
otbeI pai ts That would quuire much
valuable time, and also woxk. Just
then a neighbox of mine came along,
and after telling him my predicament
he said that he could easily put the
screw in place. This is the way he
did it:

He got a piece of wood shaped like
a pencil. He whittled the end down
until it was shaped like a screw driver.
excepting that it was much thicker.
This he forced into the slot in the
screw. The sc1ew staid on, and then
I easily put the screw into place, being
careful not to touch it on any of the
other parts while doing this, which

might knock it off the stick. Then I
got it into place, I gave it a little turn
to secure it, and then pulled the stick
out. Then I turned the screw to place
with screw driver.

GARAGE, WASH-ROOM AND LIGHT-
ING PLANT IN ONE.

 

BY a little planning, the garage can
be constructed in such a way as to
serve a number of purposes very nicely
with very little additional expense. The
accompanying illustration of a con-
crete garage shows the handiwork of
one of nmy neighbors. He made the
blocks and built the ga1age himself
during spare time so the actual cash
outlay was very small The garage is
designed to 'house the automobile, the
electric lighting plant and furnish a
wash-room and store house. The wash-
room is in the back end and has a ce-
ment floor with drain and tight inner
wall so the steam will not injure the
car. Underneath the garage is a good
dry cemented basement room for the
electric light plant and enough room
for storage purposes.’——P. H. E.

 

SAVING STEPS AND TIME.

 

A hose laid from the pump to the
barn will carry water a lot easier than
you can do it. Of course, a good pipe
laid under ground out of the reach of
frost, is best, but maybe we haven’t
the money we want to lay our for that
just now, in which case the hose ans-
wers a good purpose, especially on a.
cold day.

 

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Dinner in the Field.
ARQ-UETTE county is a produc-
er of Green Mountain potatoes.
This came about after a stren-
uous campaign made through the ef-
forts of the Farm Bureau.

Three years ago last July the county
agent made a potato survey of the
county. He visited one hundred fields
to examine them for disease and varie-
ties. He found every man growing
several varieties. These varieties were
quite badly mixed. Many farmers were
interviewed who had paid as high as
a dollar and a half a peck for fancy
seed sold by some agent or seed house.
Most of this so-called fancy seed prov-
ed to be a new name for an old variety,
usually a Green Mountain or a Rural
and most of the farmers were growing
one or the othei variety or both.

A County Potato Association was
organized in August, 1915, with twenty-
two members. Sixteen of these mem-
bers had quarter- -acre plots staked and
inSpected for disease and variety mix-
tures. The diseased hills and hills not
true to type were either dug when in-
spected or staked and then dug before
digging the whole plot. This plot serv-
ed as a seed plot.

While the specialist from M. A. C.
and the county agent were making
these inspections, it was learned that
the Green Mountain potato was in. fa-
vor with the farmers and also that it
was proving to be the best grower. Lat-
er it was found to be the best
producer.

A meeting of the association was
called and the members unanimously
adopted the Green Mountain as the po-
tato to specialize on in the county.
During thevspring of 1916, six boys’ po-
tato clubs were organized and these
boys were persuaded to buy and grow
Green Mountains. These boys were
very successful. Their plots were all
well taken care of and inspected sev-
eral times during the year. Most of
the tubers produced by the boys were
sold to neighbors and friends for seed.
Many more farmers grew Green Moun-
tains in 1916 and fewer varieties were

' grown on a farm. Twenty~five seed

plots were inspected. Diseased hills
and those not true to type were treated
as the previous year. In the spring
of 1917 there was a great demand for

How to Fertilizc Your Muck Lands)

WONDER how many homes, how

many automobiles, how many years

of college education for boys and
girls, the fertilizer that has been wast-
ed on muck lands of Michigan would
have paid for? "

What kind of fertilizer shall we use
on muck? This question is being ask-
ed by grewers and our answer is based
on the experience of successful muck
grOwers in this state, both truCK and
general muck farmers.

a: IT is necessary to keep in Q5111; that

.minerals are usually deficient.

rogrcsswc Potato Growers
T/zese Spud Farmers Simply Had Confidence T/zat They Could Woré Oat
Tfiezr Proalem: and- Already T/zz'agr are Coming T/zezr Way.

By I. R. Waller, Cezmty flgem‘.

seed potatoes. The Green Mountains
were recommended by the potato asso-
ciation. A number of farmers had No.
1 seed for sale and the Green Moun-
tains spread from one side of the coun-
ty to the other. Another method of dis-
semination was through the fourteen
potato clubs organized.

From a comparatively few people
growing the Green Mountain variety
of potatoes in 1915, it has increased
until at least seventy-five per cent of
the potatoes grown in the county are
of this variety, even the city gardeners
are growing Green Mountains and pro-
nuoncing them 0. K.

Last spring! members of the associa-
tion sold potatoes into seven counties
of the upper peninsula and into several
counties below the straits, besides two
carloads into New York state.

The association has grown to thirty-
seven members. Twenty—three mem-
bers had their fields inspected this
last season. Ten carloads of pure,
clean No. 1 seed. potatoes have been
shipped into New York state and not
a word of complaint has been received
from the buyers. The producer has re-
ceived twenty-five per cent more than
the market price. Several carloads are
still retained by the growers to be sold
in the spring. More men are becom—
ing interested in the potato associa-
tion. More fields will be inspected next
year and it is expected that we will
have at least twenty-five carloads of
pure, clean, Green Mountain seed po-
tatoes for sale.

The soil and climate conditions seem
to be just right to produce excellent
crops of Green Mountain potatoes. It

twenty bushels from 1.37 acres. In or-
der to show how interested Mr. Olsen
has become and how he can produce
such a crop it will be necessary to give
a little history.

In the spring of 1917 Mr. Olsen pick-
ed out a fairly goodsized potato, true
to type and free from disease. He
planted this as an experiment on his
own initiative. He cut the timber into
eleven pieces and planted them into
eleven hills. ,He dug a peck from the
eleven hills and exhibited them at the
Marquette County Fair. He had keen
opposition but received first prize. He
gave this peck away. He later dug
two pecks more from the eleven hills.
He planted the two pecks the last of
May this year. They were frozen to
the ground on the twenty-second of
June but again came up. He dug
enough in September to select a peck
for the fair. He again received first
prize and later dug sixteen bushels.
He now has sixteen bushels of choice
seed from the one tuber of last year.
He has won two first prizes, had the
potatoes frozen to the ground and giv-
en away two pecks, of the prize tu-
bers and still has sixteen bushels. Mr.
Olsen also tried another experiment
on his own account. He saved several
bills from his crop of 1917 and planted
them by themselves in the middle of
his field. The following results were
obtained: ‘

Hill Unit Work 1918.

Planted consecutively the tubers
produced from one hill saved last year
from good producing hills of type po—
tatoes.

1. Unit (50 hills) proved to be all

 

Best Hill Yields 9 lbs. , Poorest 1.8 lbs. and Average 5.8 lbs.

is believed by the writer that the av-
erage yield for members- of the asso-
ciation where they have had fields in-
spected and planted selected seed, has
been over two hundred and fifty bush-

,el's to the acre.

One member, Rasmus Olsen of Sands
township, produced five hundred and

from our high land soils. Our high
land soils, infertile sand or the black
prairie are almost entirely mineral
with a very small percentage of or-
ganic matter. The proper handling of
these soils is almost all concerned
with increasing“ the nitrogen and or-

ganic matter contents of the soil. 0n

the other hand, our muck soils are
largely composed of organic matter;
‘ Nitro-
gen is abundant and the problem is, to
a great eXtent, one of keeping up the

Whaling-are completely ’dlxerentr ayailable mineral constituents or the

Mosaic and yielded 107. pounds, or a
yield of 2.14 pounds per hill.

2. Unit (69 hills) continuation of
row one yielded 237 pounds, or 3.43
pounds per hill.

3. Unit (34 hills) alongside of row
one yielded 98.5 pounds, or 2.9 pounds
per hill.

Don’t Handle Mae/é as. You W'oald Upland-Says Ezra Levin, Mace Specialist

soil. Consequently, on the outset, we
must recognize that we are dealing
with a completely different soil.

The study of muck soil is a‘ study of
the origin of the plants and the nature
of the decomposition in the‘formation
of our swamp areas.~ The study of
high land soils is concerned with an
understanding of the origin and nature
of the rocks from which the soil had
been formed. High land and muck soils
are completely different and must be
studied from these“ different phints of
view. To «understand a. muck soil we

acre. Bu. per
Acre.

Best yield 3. 43 lbs per hill ....... 406. 5
Poorest yield 2.14 lbs. per hill. 25.3 5
Difference .................... 153.0

     
    
   
    
    
    
    
   
   
   
   
 
  
 
  
   
   
  
    
   
    
 
  
 
  
   
    
  
   
  
  
 
   
  
   
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
    
  
     
     
   
    
     
     
      
      
     
   
   
 
 
      

 

 

Ha‘lf Bushel from Five Hills.

4. Unit (49 hills) continuation of
row two yielded 156.5 pounds, or 3.2
pounds per hill.

5. Unit (39 hills) row three, proved
to be all Mosaic yielded 90.5 pounds,
or 2.32 pounds per hill.

Comparisons of yields from best and
poorest hills is interesting. Where the
field is planted three feet by one and
a half feet, there are 7,112 hills per

The following shows the difference
in yield between the hills not diseased
and those affected:

Lbs.

Average of hills not diseased ..... 3.18
Average of hills diseased ........ 2.225
Difference .................... .955

If this average holds throughout the
acre it would amount to 153 bushels.
The best hill produced the largest to-
tal yield as well as largest average
hill yield. The Mosaic seed produced
mosaic potatoes and cut the yield. The
five-hill unit results are placed in sep-
arate bags and will be further devel-
oped next year.

The writer assisted in getting the re-
sults from this field and being curious
to know the weight of some of the hills
picked up five hills from out of fifty
dug, put them in a basket and weighed
them. He found that the five hills
tipped the scales at thirty pounds. One
hill weighed 7.1 pounds.

Mr. Olsen believes in seed selection.
Another man, John Kreiger, of Skan-
dia, increased his crop the first year
by seed plot selection just twenty-five
per cent. His son produced the larg-
est yield known in Michigan from his
club plot in 191.7, getting 142 bushels,
or at the rate of 568 bushels per acre.
This was from select seed.

Many others have received similar
results and the neighbors have notic~
ed it and. are going into the same bus-
iness of seed selection. Members of
the Marquette County Potato Growers’
Association have learned the value of
seed selection and are now starting out
in the seed potato business which we
hope will mean a prosperuos future,
f01 them.

must knOw that it is made up of a
large deposit of plant remains with the .
potash and phosphorus constituents
washed out to a great extent, so that
there is very little unavailable or avail-
able potash or phosphorus in. these
soils._ In other words, it is actually de-
ficient just exactly as nitrogen is a deE
ficient in our upland soils.

Now it seems all that is necessary is
to add potash and phosphorus salts to
muck which has been drained and w
should produce bumper crops. Many,
failures have been traced to practices,

  
 
   
  


    
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
   
  
  
 
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
   
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
 
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
   
    
    
     
     
    
      
      
    
      
   
   
     
         
       
    
       
    
    
    
    
    
    

‘- APPLES SELL WELL IN THE ENG-
LISH MARKETS.‘ '

 

\ ABLES receiVed from Great Brit-

ain dealing with the first consign-
ment of boxed apples that went across
and which have been sold on the Eng-
lish markets showed'that 29,198 boxes
all sold at the maximum price fixed by
the British government, regardless of
quality and weight. The poor apples
brought exactly the same prices as the
very finest fruit, showing that the Brit-
ish public is hungry for our American
fruit.

«There have been frequent reports
that a refund of seventy-five cents per
box on the freight was coming and
these reports appear to be well authen-
ticated, but so far exporters have not
got their hands on the coin and that is
what counts. Without this refund it is
practically a‘ euphemism to say that no
one will make any big money on the
_.,:shipment regardless of the maximum
‘ price, but if the refund comes those
' who sent over the cheaper fruit, such
as Watsonville Newtons, will make a
reasonable profit.

There has been considerable misun-
derstanding with reference to the max-
imum net weight on which sales of
American apples are made in the Brit-
ish markets. As a matter of fact, the
sales are made on a package basis,
namely nineteen shillings and nine
pence maximum for boxes and sixty-
Seven shillings and eight pence maxi-
mum for barrels regardless of the net
weight of the packages. Should a bar-
rel or box weigh less than 130 pounds
net and thirtycight pounds net respec-
tively the fruit would be sold on a
pound basis but if the weight exceeds

‘ the figures given the sales would be
made on a package basis with the limit
as stated at sixty—seven shillings eight
pence on barrels and nineteen shillings
nine pence on boxes.

Apples which were shipped on the
steamship Bohemia which sailed from
Boston on December 5, with 8.539 box-
es and 9,722 barrels, had all been dis-
posed of at the maximum price.

sic. SALE OF RABBIT SKINS.

 

IX million rabbit pelts were auc-
tioned for approximately $500,000
at a recent fur sale at St. Louis. The
top price of the sale was $2.10 a pound,
the best lot averaging seven pelts to
the pound.
The bulk of the rabbit skins sold
.. came from New Zealand and Australia,
:1“- less than two per cent being consign-
ed by American shippers. R. S. Black,
New Zealand, and L. A. Scandreth,
Sydney, represented the Australian
shippers.

New York, Philadelphia and Mil-
waukee furriers and hat manufactur-
ers were the principal buyers. The
sale was considered successful and an-
other large consignment is promised
from Australia for next April.

This was the first big rabbit-skin
sale held in this country. Heretofore
London has been the selling market

for Australian skins.

. “There has not been a big rabbit-
skin auction in London since early in
1914," said George B. Herzig, of New
York, manager of the sale. “Prices
realized at the St. Louis sale were en-
tirely satisfactory to our Australian
shippers. We believe we can retain
this, business in America.”

         
       

PIG CLUB wms A VICTORY

 

 

"EN thousand dollars to the Red
Cross and six hundred thousand
unds of pork for our soldiers over-
-is what the Red Cross Pig Club,
fiCarroll county, Miss, has contributed
‘;.t0 the. nation, according to a report re-
ceived by the dinited States Depart-

        
  
       
  
   

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
    

ment of Agriculture from O. F. Turner,
county agent. The club has three
thousand members, and will ship thirty
cars of hogs to market. “No county
in Mississippi,” says the report, “has
ever before seen such an array of
porkers as we now have in Carroll.
The whole county is spotted with hogs
of the finest type. Red Cross pigs are
on every hill and in every hollow. Peo-
ple who never had any confidence in
such things before are studying feeds
and using tankage and self-feeders.
We have pigs that weigh four hundred
pounds, with litter mates that won’t
weigh one hundred. Some of our hogs
have gained one and eighteen pounds
in one month.”

RECHICKENIZING FRANCE.

 

HE movement to restock France

with good poultry is spreading rap-
idly. M. C. Kilpatrick, who has engag-
ed in educational work in Ohio, has
resigned his position to become a mem-
ber of the Committee for Devastated
France. and is heading the movement
to raise funds with which to assist in
restocking the farms of France. In
some of the large American cities
funds are being raised for this pur-
pose. In Kansas City poultrymen are
working to get together five hundred

News of thé A griCUItili‘ 211

good breeding pullets of the American
varieties, all of which are being donat-
ed, to be sent to the people in France.
In addition to France, other European
countries, particularly Belgium, are in
need of poultry for breeding purposes.
_The poultrymen of America must sup-
ply this stOck. This foreign demand
calls for still greater production» on
the farms and in the breeding yards of
our poultrymen.

TRAINING MEN TO HANDLE TRAC-
TORS AND TRUCKS.

 

W0 courses will be offered by the

Michigan Agricultural College, the
first from January 20 to February 14,
and the second from February 17 to
March 14. They will be similar and
are arranged at different times to ac-
commodate the convenience of the stu-
dent and the facilities of the depart-
ments giving the courses.

The course is designed to train op-
erators of farm tractors, gas engines
and trucks. The requirementsof farm
conditions has guided in outlining the
courses and will govern largely in their
presentation. The work will be thor-
ough enough to give a good under-
standing of the principles and mechan-
ism of the machines studied and
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THE above map shows the number of herds of registered cattle
in Michigan. Today more attention is given to breeding and rais-

in? better live stock than ever before.

A constantly increasing de-

mand for this class of animals from breeders in other regions means
that the future of the state as a breeding ground for improved- live

stock is assured.

Livingston county, Michigan, ranks second among the-counties of

the nation in the number and size

tle. This one county contains more than 220 herds of pur ’
stein-Friesian cattle. In the past year carloads of Livingst

of its herds of pure-bred dairy cat-
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famous black-and-white cattle ”have been shipped to Pennsylvania, Del-
aware, Maryland, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Color- '
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adjustments and ordinary repairs with
intelligence and confidence. No at-
tempt will be made, however, to de-
yelop expert repair and service men
in these courses. '

DEQLARES THAT LIME AND PHOS-
PHATES WOULD HELP SOILS.

 

» 'ICHIGAN farms generally could
be improved considerably by'the
judicious use of lime and. phosphates,
according to Dr. M. M. McCool, head
of the Department of Soils at M. A. C.
“The results obtained from the pro-
per use of lime and phosphates in
Michigan have been such." he says,
.“as to force the conclusion that a much
greater tonnage of lime can be used,
and that when acid phosphate can be
purchased at normal figures, at half-
million tons more than is at present
employed could be applied with profit
to Michigan farms."

Where farmers are in doubt as to
whether lime or phosphates would help
their farms, the Department of Farm
Crops of M. A. C. is inviting them to
send samples of their soil to East Lan-
sing, for free analysis. Reports obtain-
ed by the college from farmers who
have submitted samples of their soil
for analysis, and then have adopted
such corrective measures as were sug-
gested, tell of much success in improv-
ing the yielding power of their land.
These increased have amounted to
from ten to one hundred per cent.

RADISH GROWERS' PROBLEMS.

 

N account of the many complaints

made by growers of radish seed
of the unfair dealing of the seed com-
panies for whom they raised radish
seed this year,>it is the plan of the
Farm Bureau of Antrim county to take
this matter up with the growers.

The plan is to hold meetings in the
different sections of the county where
radish seed is grown andplace an or-
ganized plan before the growers. This
plan will constitute the Organizing of
the growers and their agreement not
to raise radish seed for any company
that will not receive, test and pay for
the radish seed delivered at the grow-
er's station here in Antrim county.

Any seed company who is dealing
fair with the farmers would-not object
to settling with the growers for their
seed upon.delivery at the railroad sta-
tion. In this way, should there be any
dispute as to test or weight, the grower
would still have the seed under his
control and would be able to make a
satisfactory settlement at that time.

PRICE OF SPRAYING MATERIALS.

 

HEMICAL advice has been given

_ by the United States Department
of Agriculture to the Food Administra-
tion, and much valuable data have
been supplied to it relative to manu-
facturers engaged in making certain
types of insecticides and the import-
ance or non—importance of various in-
secticidal materials. A representative
of the Insecticide and FungicideIBoard
has attended several -conferences be-
tween the Food Administartion and
manufacturers and has been able to
supply data of value. As a result of
the activities of the Food Administra-
tion, assisted by the‘ department, the
price of arsenic asked by the producer
has been reduced from twelve and six-
teen cents to nine cents for carload
lots and nine and a half cents for ship
ments less than a carload. This pre-
sumably will lead to a reduction in, the

' price of Paris green, lead arsenate, and

other arsenical insecticides to the con-
sumer, says the Department ongIicul-
ture in a statement made pawl-cure
cently. ' ' . ‘

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HRESHED your sorghhum yet ?"

I “No, I hain’t. And more’n 'that,

I don’t know where in sam hill
to take the stuff to get the job done.”

“How big a patch of sorghum did
you raise this year?”

.“Oh, about a quarter of an acre. My
wife stuck to me last spring to plant a
piece of ground to rghum so as to
help out with the @3er of sweeten-
ing. Our sugar allowance was so small
all summer that we laid great hopes
on how much the sorghum would aid
in cooking as a sugar substitute. And
now the fighting is nearly over and it
looks as though there would be plenty
of sugar after awhile. And, after all
our trouble to raise a patch of sorghum
here I am stuck with several jags of
these canes all ready to crush, and
don’t know where to go.”

“I know a place,” replied Tom Win-
tergreen, “and it’s over on the other

 

The Sorghum Mill Over on the Other Side of Toad Hollow.

side of Toad Hollow. I was by there
yesterday and Bill Burns was running
his mill to beat the hand. There were
piles and piles of sorghum corded up
all around the crusher and crushed
stalks laid around everywhere. Bill
even used the stuff to make a shelter
over his crushing machine.”

“But it’s a long ways to haul my
sorghum from here to Toad Hollow.
It must be fourteen miles, if not more.”
Hank Parsons thoughtfully scratched
his head a minute, and said: “I might
as well get at it and have the pesky
job done with. I reckon there will be
about six loads to haul and it will take
a week’s work to get the cane to mill
and the sorghum back home. I’ll get
my _son:in-1aw to take his team and we
can. haul two~loads a day, easy, as more
than half the way is over state reward
graveled road.”

But it was quite a stunt for the Hank
.,Parsons’. family. The wife and chil-
dren helped strip the sorghum, top it,
cut it down and tie into bundles with
binder, twine. The boys and girls never
saw Sorghiununtil this season. They

   

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patch faithfully and insisted it was
nothing but corn. But when the tops
matured and no ears formed amidships
they were thoroughly convinced it was
semething different. And when it was
ready to load up for the first trip to
the sorghum thresher over in Toad
Hollow every last Parsons kid wanted
to go along.

“Why don’t Bill Burns go around

Bert Rork comes here to thresh wheat
and oats?” inquired Mary Parsons of
her father while she was helpingvload
up the first wagon.

“Oh, it’s a sort of stationary outfit,
somewhat like a cider mill, and it
wouldn’t pay to move it around very
much, especially these days,” replied
Mr. Parsons.

How different conditions are now
from what they were forty years ago
or more. We can remember when

 

 

sorghum patches were common on
nearly every farm in this section of
Michigan. The sorghum and cider
mills had all they could do for weeks
in the late fall and sometimes into the
middle of December. The cane was
crushed between heavy rollers and the
juice boiled until much of the water
was evaporated and the syrup quite
thick. The accompanying picture i1—
lustrates the modern method of crush-
ing the cane. We have, so far, been
unable to obtain any pictures of the
old-time sorghum mills that were com-
mon hereabouts.

The writer will never forget going
with his father to a neighborhood
sorghum mill on a big load oflcanes
when he was a little boy. When we
got there we found much excitement
because the owner’s oldest son had run

.his handand arm between the crusher
rolls. The arm had to be amputated

close to the shoulder. For a long time
after that we could hardly bear the
taste of sorghum on pancakes.

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for spraying is an invest-
ment to be realized in
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N preparing the .sp'raying equip-
ment much will be gained by start
ing early in the season with the
idea of having everything ready when
the day for the first application arl
rives. An order for equipment or re-
pairs should be placed several weeks

~before the first spraying for scale. At

that time the power sprayer needs a
thorough overhauling to follow up the
careful cleaning it has had or ought to
have had in the fall.

Clean up the engine and test the bat-
tery cells as there is nothing more un-
satisfactory than the engine with a
faulty ignition system when the weath-
er is right for spraying. A battery
tester is a handy device for the tool
box. When there is a broken piston
ring or leaks exist, the engine will lose
in power. Occasionally the valves
must be reground to make them fit
tightly. The timing apparatus may al-
low the spark to flash at the wrong
time and this will cause back-firing.
Carburettor troubles" cause many de-
lays in spraying an orchard.

If there is an improper mixture of
the gas and air, the explosion will fail
or not have sufficient power. Often to
insure an abundant supply of lubricat-
ing oil the operator may put too much
in the cylinder. Carbon deposits result
and this reduces the power of the en-
gine. In general the directions accom-
paning an engine should be followed
to the letter. If a large orchard is to
be sprayed and there is doubt as to the
condition of the engine it is best to
have it overhauled by an “experienced
repair man who can find the faults and
remedy them.

One of the factors in successful
spraying is doing everything at the
right time and usually the right time
lasts none too long to finish the work
when the equipment is in the best of
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worker with a gas engine will have
good success for several years, simply
by accepting the machine as it comes
from the makers and following direc‘
tions without any tinkering or needless
, experiments.

I Solutions Rot Rubber.

I The chemical mixtures necessary in
gspraying usually cause rubber to rot
lor to become hard. The pump and the
ihose must be thoroughly flushed out at
the close of each day’s work, for if the
sediment dries on the valves it will
cause them to adhere. When the bot-
tom of the spray tank is not thorough-
ly cleaned the material which accum-
ulates will soon clog the hose or the
nozzles. When a tank filler is used
special care must. be taken to keep
dirt and fine rubbish from being drawn
into the tank. A good tank filler saves
much time in filling the tank'with
water.

A long length of first-class hose is an
economy because of the action of the
spray chemical which soon destroys
cheap hose, and because the long hose
enables the worker to keep far enough
behind the wagon to do good work.
Spray nozzles that are light and sim-
ple in construction will close less fre-
quently than more elaborate makes.
The angle nozzles enable the operator
to easily direct the spray with a turn
of the wrist. This is very important
when spraying large trees as the .oper-
ator mustget in under the branches
and-be sure .to’hit all sides of every
limb with the fine mist. .. ' ‘

The hose and the equipment will
soon become covered with thespraying

 

which falls from’the trees: The hose

 

solution on the_;outside from‘the‘mist,

 

Care of Spraying Equipment

By R. G'.

KIRBY .

which has been dragged through the
grass sprinkled with the spraying solu-
tion will soon rot, become hard and
brittle, if it is not given a thorough
cleaning before being stored. I

THE VALUE OF MANUR'E.

 

What is the cash value of well rot-
ted manure, by the manure spreader
load, allowing seventy bushels for a
load? This being well rotted stable
manure. W. S. R.

On account of fluctuating prices of
commercial plant foods and the scar-
city of potassium in all commercial
fertilizer mixtures it is difficult to give
accurate figures. At present prices of
purchased plant foods, good manure
has a value of at least $4.00 per ton,
and this value for crop production may
be increased fifty per cent by the use
of proper supplements, such as ground
rock phosphate or acid phosphate.
These figures do not take into account
the cost of hauling and spreading the
manure. W. M. K.

HOW TO ERADICATE QUACK
GRASS.

Will you please advise me how to
destroy quack grass?
Sanilac Co. M. F.

Quack grass sprouts by an under-
ground root stalk that runs along un-
der the ground and at every joint 3.
sprout may come up and grow. When
you cut this off you don’t injure the
underground root stalk much; it keeps
on growing and producing new plants,
consequently it is something of a job
to eradicate it, but it can be done.

If you only have a small patch of
quack grass, the ‘best way would be to
dig it out, root and branch. This can
be done with a root book like a potato
hook. Take out all of the root stalks
and they can be burned or laid to dry
up and be destroyed. Or with only a
small patch they can be covered deep-
ly with anything that will smother
them. Plant to potatoes next year and
then cover six or eight inches deep
with straw. This Will smot’her the
quack grass and allow you to produce
a crop of potatoes which will come up
through the straw.

If you have a large area of quack
grass it is not practical to destroy it
in either of these ways. Thorough
cultivation will destroy any plant, con‘
sequently if we can keep the land well
cultivated it will die. These under-
ground root stalks possess great vital-
ity and cutting off the Sprouts alone
once or twice will not destroy them,
but if you keep it up for one season
there won’t be much quack left. Peo-
ple who practice this system of eradi-
cation do not do it thoroughly enough;
they allow some plants to live and de—
velop underground root systems and
have quack grass with them again.

If you will plow this fall two or
three inches deep, many of these roots
will freeze during the winter. Next
spring you can either summer fallow
or plant it to some hoed crop, like
sugar beets, beans, corn or potatoes. I
would plow it' again in the spring a
little deeper and give it such thorough
cultivation that no quack grass is al-
lowed to breathe above ground. You
cannot accomplish this with a. culti-
vator alone; you must follow the cul-

tivator with a hoe and take every plant.

.that the cultivator leaves. Do not al~

.low the plants to remain long above .

ground before they are cut 011?, because

this keeps the! underground root'stalk 3.
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AST spring I Was very anxious
and worried some about the labor
problem. We wanted to produce.

more food. if possible, and yet there

seemed to be a shortage of labor and
, ' l was fearful that it would be impos-
‘ ' sible to take care of the crops and har-
vest them without considerable loss,
but it proved that the anxiety that I
felt was uncalled for, nature helped
out remarkably by having a dry sea-
son. The same number ofvmen could
do more this year than they could last
because they could work every day. A
year ago, for days nothing could be
done on account of the wet weather.
This year we had to utilize the help of
some small boys and some old men
part of the time, but we got the crops
all harvested without loss. Of course,
our own threshing machine helped out
very materially because we could
thresh with less than a full gang, and
the weather was so favorable that we
got all the threshing done without any
loss whatever.

This dry weather had its disadvan-
tages, however. The corn didn’t make
a normal growth. If we could have
had one good, soaking rain in July, I
probably would have been a thousand

' dollars ahead on the corn crop. The
lima beans also were a failure, but out-
side of that the crops this year were
fully as good, if not better, than nor.-
mal. 1 never saw a wheat crop turn
out better from its appearance in the
spring than the wheat crop this year.

' I can hardly understand where all the
wheat came from, because it was very
~thin on the ground, on one large field
particularly, and yet we had a very
good yield of wheat and it was of a
splendid quality. Our clover hay this
year was the best we have raised in
years. We have to cut the clever hay
early and cock it up and haul it in the
best we can, because the pea harvest
comes right along with the clover hay.
.- Here again, we were very much fav-
ored by the season and while this hay
had to remain a long time in the cock,
none of it was injured by the rain and
we have the greatest quantity and the
best quality of hay in my recollection.

.7)

The dry weather, of course, out
down the pasture very materially. The
consequence is that our young cattle
are not in as good shape as they usu-
ally are and itwill take more food this

. winter to get them back into condition
than it would in a normal season, but
when We consider how the season fav-
ored us with other work,'we are not
disposed to find very much fault with
the weather the past year.

All the straw, wheat, barley and oats
was of excellent quality. We succeed-
ed in getting every bit of it under cov-
er and we are making the cows eat one
feed of straw a day, also the horses
and young cattle. This will help out
the hay. Not only that, but the ani-
mals don’t seem to object to a feed of

straw once a day. At the present price
. f straw it is not a very cheap food.
ome of my neighbors have been sell-

ing their straw in Grand Rapids for
$16 a ton, which is more than good
hay ordinarily brings, and yet, when
hay is worth from $28 to $32 a ton. one
feels that he is economizing some if
he can get the animals to eat a feed of
straw a day.

Our oat crop was of excellent quality
and a good, fair yield. We are feeding
the cows ground oats and a little oil

7 . meal. They also get pea vine silage
and clover hay besides the feed of
straw. They are doing fairly well with
this feed. The extra quality of the
hay this year I figure takes the place
or some grain. We are in hopes if we
take advantage of everything we can
to make the cows to pay out even,

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Paris green, 3 pounds; bran, fifty
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lon; water, five gallons; lemons, ten.

Mix thoroughly the bran and Paris
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in the water, squeeze the lemons into
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and add them also; then pour this mix-
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stir so as to dampen the mash thor-
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as possible where the hoppers are
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and above the borders of the field. The
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White arsenic may be used in place of
the Paris green when it can be obtain-
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COLD WEATHER MOTORING.

 

E have found that our car can be

uSed to advantage“ during the
winter even when there is consider-
able snow on the ground. We use four
chains on the Wheels when the ice and
snow make skidding dangerous, and
have had no trouble in traveling over
the frozen roads. After a heavy snow
when the teams have broken a track
we find that riding over the snow is
often smoother than duringthe sum-
mer. The snow packs firmly into the
ruts and makes a solid track for the
wheels of the car.

To prevent the radiatOr from freez-
ing, some farmers use kerosene and
others buy commercial anti-freeze mix-
tures. W'e have found that kerosene
oil is not good for the cooling system.
A cold engine is hard to start so we

ever the car is used and then empty
out the water on returning to the farm.
This saves wear on the cooling system
and makes starting easy. The radiator
can be covered with the auto blankets
when the machine is stopped for an
hour 01‘ more and this will prevent
freezing. If the car is allowed to stand
during extremely cold weather it will
be safest to empty the radiator unless
the stop is a short one. This is rather
inconvenient but the satisfaction of us.
ing the car in Winter more than makes
up for the trouble.

When traveling on drifted roads it
pays to have a scoop shovel in the
back of the car during the winter for
a trip that would otherwise prove im<

possible. R. G. K.

THE cow AND THE MAN. ,.

 

A cow that is all the time kicking up
a muss in the barnyard might better
walk the plank right straight. The
room of such a cow is much better
than her company.

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about one— —fourth in the quantity of
milk they gave afte1 certain milkers
were 1ep1aced.
Ipatient man to milk a cow right. Only
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Can you give me a balanced ration

IVATING IEV

for my COWS? I have" alfalfa hay. corn . ’ agililwimfl “There is nothing that Will beat the Moline-Universal Tractor It will work
‘ 7i . stover put into the silo, C9ntalnlng llt‘ ' ‘3‘». 5.3" \f- —~ . wherever hitched For plowmg and discing it is fine. beats anything I ever saw
tle corn, but cured out nicely. COtton' *4 ,kkt’. ‘3’ for cultivating. Just the thing for the binder and one man can handle all." Thus

A. C. Paul of Middletown. Ohio, sums up in a few terse words the great advan-
tages of his Moline-Universal Tractor,

This is not the opinion of iust one exceptional indIVidual, but is a typical '
expression of Moline-Universal owners.

seed meal, 36 per cent protein, oats,
corn, barley and bran. , ‘

Eaton Co. J. A. M.

Alfalfa hay and corn stover silage
furnish very good roughage for dairy
cows. You should feed more grain
with stover roughage than with silage
made from the whole corn plant. I
would want to feed as much corn meal

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Before designing the Moline—Universal Tractor. as manufacturers of farm imple—
ments. we knew a tractor would be of little value to the majority of farmers of the
United States unless it would cultivate row crops. If a farmer lS forced to keep his
full number of horses for cultivating there is small economy in owning a tractor.
Therefore the Moline-Universal was desiigned to cultivate as well as do all other.
work. We reproduce a few expressrons from Moline-Umversal owners to show
Just how well it has succeeded in cultivating and what bearing the cultivating fea-

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ley equal parts by weight, and flux i th: tiractor the front wheels and the cultivator the rear I Universal for cultivating and says .1 dont think summer. ‘1'
.» them equal parts by weight With bran. l 3 cc 1; he operator “t. on the cultivator on h": "I‘h we could farm again without the Moline " * >I< * “
. _ . . e rig i drive .wheel of the tractor. where he has a clear. Ch w Ik {B} 5 Cal ' d 80 f
NOW feed enough Of thlS letllI‘e 0f unobstructed View of the row ahead. This is of the utmost * * * "5- a U 0 3" C. .. "1|” an“ 0

 
   

' four per cent milk.

" f_,,tlie>;mot¥her slipping-while she is carry-

at least as would be furnished if all the
corn had been on the stalks put into
the silo.

I would recommend as a grain ration
two pounds of cOttonseed meal per day
for each cow, feeding a pound night
and morning on the corn silage. In ad-
dition, I would grind corn and oats
equal parts by weight, or corn and-bar-

grain, together with two pounds of cot-
tonseed meal to furnish a pound of
grain per day for each cow for every
three pounds of milk produced in a
day if the milk is richer than four per
cent. If it is less than four per cent
milk then one pound of grain per day
for every four pounds of milk produced
will make a splendid ration. C. C. L.

 

DISCUSSING THE MILK YIELD.

I have just started to work on a
dairy farm, which is run by a lady,
and do not feel satisfied with the pres-
ent production of milk, and would like
any suggestions you could give to help
increase the supply. Now, we are feed-
ing clover hay and silage for roughage.
The hay is not extra good, however,
but the silage is in fine condition, the
corn being cut in good shape and got-
ten in green, but there is very little
corn itself in it. For grain we are
feeding bran and cottonseed meal in
the proportion of one of the meal to
two of the bran. \Ve figure on feeding
about thirty pounds of roughage per
day for each milking cow. We feed
about six quarts of grain per cow per
day, the weight of which I have not
determined as the grain is not what I
should use if I Were running a dairy.
However, the cows look good and eat
well, but there is not enough milk to
my way of thinking. Is there a better
grain ration at as low, or very little
greater, cost?

Oakland Co. G. ‘P.

This ration ought to produce a good
flow of milk. The ingredients are all
good dairy feeds. If I were to criticize
I would say that you are feeding too
much cottonseed meal in proportion to
the bran and yet I know that in the

hands of a careful and skillful feederl
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who gradually increases the cottonseed
meal in the ration that probably no
harm would result. I Would prefer,l
however, to limit each cow to two!
pounds of cottoseed meal each day—l
no more, and I would suggest that you
feed cornmeal and bran, equal parts
by weight, then you will have sufficient ;
protein in the ration. You cannot tell

very much about a ration when you es- ‘ ,

timate in quarts; it ought to /be by
pounds. I would suggest that you feed
two pounds of cottonseed meal, one
pounds night and morning, on the en-
silage, then in addition you feed a suf-
ficient amount of the cornmeal and
bran‘so that each cow gets a pound of
grain per day for every four pounds of
milk produced if the milk is less than
If it is more than
four per cent milk, the cattle should
have a pound of grain for every three
pounds of milk produced.

 

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It pays better to drain the cow yard .

than to stand- loss of calves through

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It’s Easy and Practical

“I was agreeably surprised at the ease with which we

could cultivate corn with the Moline-Universal." says Miles ‘

Kinnick of AdeL Iowa. This is the usual expression from
every one who has used the Moline-Universal for cultivating.

The Moline-Universal Tractor straddles the corn row and
has as much clearance as the‘ordinary cultivator, so corn
can be cultivated in all stages of growth. The tractor is
attached to the cultivator and forms one complete unit—

importance for good work.

In cultivating. you follow the same rows as planted by a
two-row planter. As hills in these rows are exactly the
same distance apart. only one row need be watched.

The Tractor is easily held to its position. and by keeping
the right drive wheel. which is in line with the operator's
eyes. a certain distance from the outside com row, the only
other attention the outfit needs is an occasional shifting of
the gangs by the operator's feet.

The cultivator is extra heavy and holds to its work when
the cultivator gangs are shifted The electrical governor
control within easy reach of the operator enables the tractor
to be slowed down to as low as one-half mile per hour.

Injures Less Com Than Horses

By using care in turning at the ends of the rows less corn
will be injured than with horses.

"I have often. without hesitation, angled into sition and
proceeded toward the other end of the field withgut hitting
a hill." says W A. Marker of Van Wert. Ohio, who owns a
Moline-Universal cuItivatin outfit and farmed 80 acres
with it, living in town 8 mi es away. devoting part of his
time to other work. He goes on to say: “Practice soon
Will make you expert if you will but consistently study the
game.

“This cultivator, I feel. more than paid for itself the first
season through increased yield due to timely cultivation."

 

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ture has had on their farming operations as a whole.

Harley A. Mishler of South Whitley. Ind, farms
I85 acres. The Moline-Universal enabled him to
dispose of Iour horses He says. "For cultivating
a Moline-Universal Tractor is better than horses a
dozen times It is steady and stands the hot
weather It does not stop and swuch the. but
gors fast or slow mat to please you."

* * *
C. R. Barr of Wyaconda. Mo.. last summer had

I30 acres in corn and 75 acres in oats and wheat
Since using the Moline-Univeisal he keeps only
one team of horses. He used the Moline-

Ed. Finnegan of Bradford. "L. says: "I culti-
vated and tended. from the time corn came up
until it was laid by. 80 acres of corn In gomg
over the corn for the first time you can throttle
the motor down slow and not cover up any hills.
After I bought m Moline—Universal I rented 35
acres more groun and the crops from this extra
land paid for my tractor "

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Another remarkable instance is furmshed by
E. E. Fletcher of Krum. Texas, who farms 500
acres—I00 in cotton—41nd all the work is done by
two Moline-Universals—not a single horse ll used.

Even on the small Iarm the Moline-Universa! is
a profitable investment. Mr. Edward Belshas.
Framingham Center, Masa.. who farms 73 acres.
says, “the Moline-Universal saved a whole lot
of time, as 20 per cent tractor field work was
spent in cultivating."

* * *
Fred Pabst of Oconomowoc. Wis., farms I400

acres. He used his McIine—Universal for a great.
variety cf work including cultivating and says:
“That the tractor was satisfactory is indicated by
the fact that we ordered a second one during the

cotton without a single horse He says: "I think
the Moline-Universal is the only tractor built that
is practical for general farm work on account of
its ability to cultivate. Iwould not farm in this

country without a tractor. and it is needless to .

say that the tractor is a I‘ficline.'
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Remember the Molina—Universal does all farm

work including cultivating and one man operates

both tractor and imp ement.

Our tractor catalog gives full information.
Write for free copy and name ’of your nearest
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And for this reason, look well
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The radiator is the safeguard
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CORN

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Write C. FRANCIS, 909 Ford Building, Detroit

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Marketing at the

Farm

'OME farmers living on main trav-

eled roads take advantage of the

trade that is continually passing in
order to dispose of produce raised on
the farm. To many, however, the high-
way in front with its incessant hum-
ming of wheels and purring of engines
is like a lost opportunitywlost because
it is never used.

I was driving through southwestern
Michigan in an endeavor to locate
pears, peaches and plums for canning.
Many products were on sale by the
roadside but there was seldom any no-
tice calling attention to the stuff for
sale. As a consequence, we stopped
at a large number of these roadside
tables before we found what we were
after. Short hauls do not please the
motorist, he wants to know what he is
stopping for before he stops.

In our journey, we found only one
man who knew how to advertise for
motor trade and he was a Greek. The
place was between Watei'vliet and Ben-
ton Harbor. Reduced to brass tacks,
the devices he used were two A—shap-
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rods each side of the selling tent. A
placard for “pears,” “plums,” “peach-
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of each placard had two eyelets punch-
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hung on the signboard. Then above
each signboard, an American flag was
waving. From observation, something
moving will attract attention more
quickly than will a still object. The
signboards were placed so that the

. driver had time to slow down before

coming to the tent. The products be—
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sized tent with a table across the
front. The tent was neatly decorated,
the attendant was very pleasing and
the products were prime and packed to
stand a long motor trip. Really, from
observation and counting the number
of people who stopped, this Greek had
hit upon a combination which attract~
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CAN AMERICA PRODUCE POTASH?

 

PJ‘EW light is thrown on this inter-
esting question by facts and fig—
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of the Bureau of Soils of the United
States Department of Agriculture.

Bulletin No. 572 gives a careful an-
alysis of the probable potash supply to
be had from the cement industry when
apparatus for its recovery has been
universally installed.

On the basis of an average produc-
tion of ninetir million barrels of cement
the total potash escaping at present
amounts to about eighty-seven thou-
sand tons annually. It has been dem-
onstrated commercially that ninety
per cent of this potash is recoverable
and experiments show that ninety-five
per cent of this amount is in available
form or may readil‘},r be made avail-
able. On this basis we would have a.
production of approximately seventy-
five tons of available potash each year.

Since only about fifty per cent of the
potash in the raw material is ordinar-
ily 'volatilized in the process of making
cement, as handled at present, there is
a prOSpect of still further quantities to
be made available from this source.

 

The present. high prices of potash

are encouraging installation of collect-

ing apparatus and when once installed
the cost of potash recovery is small.

 

It is not all in filling cows up. They
must have :feed that has mil: in it or
they will not make milk of lt.‘ They
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Feeding Problems

CALF NOT DOING WELL.

 

Can you tell us what to give a calf
with a feeble appetite? It is nearly a
month old, was a nice big calf when it
came, from a big cow. We are giving
it whole milk at present but it don’t
seem to care much about eating. It
has a very poor appetite for whole
milk or anything else.

Gladwin Co. W. S.

Usually the very best medicine that
can be given a young calf is the whole
milk of its dam, yet sometimes the dam
is not in good, healthy condition and
the milk doesn’t agree with the calf.
I would advise that you change to the
milk of another cow and see what ef-
fect that has. «If the condition of the
calf does not improve, then I would
give it castor oil or some other laxa-
tive; usually there is nothing better
than castor oil for young calves. This
may stimulate the secretive organs
and bring about a better condition. It
sometimes happens, however, that the
calves are not born right and nothing
that can be done will enable one to
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Will you please give me a balanced
ration for a dairy cow? I have ensil-
age, corn fodder, corn and oats. I can
buy bran and cottonseed meal. Will
same ration do for fattening cattle?

Kent Co. W. L.

As the roughage of your ration is
composed of corn silage and corn fod-
der it will be necessary to have, more
protein in the grain part of the ration
than you would if you had clover hay
in place of the corn fodder. In order
to have a sufficient amount of protein
for a balanced ration it is necessary to
feed other grain. As corn and oats do
not contain a sufficient amount of pro-
tein to balance corn silage and clover
hay even, and the'corn fodder having
much less protein than clover hay, it
will be necessary to feed in connection
with your corn and oats a concentrat-
ed food rich in protein. For the dairy
cows I would suggest that you feed
one and a half pounds of cottonseed
meal and one and a half pounds of oil
meal per day per head, feeding it on
the ensilage night and morning. You
could feed the‘one and a half pounds
of oil meal at one feed, making three
pounds per day. Then I would mix
wheat bran with the ground corn and
oats, equal parts by weight, and feed
a sufficient amount of this so that each
cow will get with the three pounds of
cottonseed meal and oil meal, one
pound of grain per day for every four
pounds of milk produced in a day, if
the milk is less than four per cent
milk. If it tests more than four per
cent, then one pound of grain per day
for every three pounds of milk per day
should be given. Of course, you are to
feed the silage and cornstalks liberally,
giving them what they will eat up
clean without wasting.

For fattening cattle this would make
a very good ration, although you could
without
any danger as the fattening cattle are
only fed for a short period. You could
do away with the bran and the oil
meal if you should choose to do so,
and feed simply corn and cottonseed
meal. Begin by feeding one pound of
cottonseed meal at a feed and gradu-
ally increase until the cattle are con-
suming as high as. four or five pounds
of cottonseed meal. This will probably
cheapen the ration a little and will be
Very satisfactory for fattening cattle.

C. C. L.

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I am feeding bean pods to my stock
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MORE PROTEIN NEEDED.

What changes should be made, if
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do not do as well as they should I
am feeding ensilage and stxaw night

and m01ning, with about half a bushel;

of tu1nips and nine pounds of oat and
bailey chop, equal paits, and mixed
hay at noon.

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deficient in protein and you cannot bal-
ance this ration and give the cows a
sufficient amount of protein by feeding
oat and barley chop. You must put in

a food like cottonseed meal or oil meal '

or gluten feed or wheat bran in order

to get a sufficient amount of protein to ‘
offset the carbonaceous food in the I

roughage. I would recommend that
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and straw and your mixed hay. liber-
ally, all the cows will eat without wast-
ing, then you grind your oats and bar-
ley and mix them equal parts with
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chase either cottonseed meal or oil:

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each cow. I prefer to feed a pound
night and morning on the ensilage.
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grain for every four pounds of milk
she produces, if she produces less than
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you think it would be a good idea to
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done the silage does not pack down
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portions of dry corn fodder causes the
silage to heat and mould. If you had
run a stream of water in the loWer part
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could have been avoided.

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is to drench your silage with water,
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silo and the silage. This will exclude
air to a certain extent but I doubt if
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be impossible to get water in there

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along toward manhood: “What
shall I give my boy that will better fit
him for the life he is facing?" And
two or three things come first in the
minds of most men. _ One is that they
ought to place at the command of their
boys as much of material goods as pos-
sible, reasoning that without these
he will begin his career handicapped.
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ashau 1 Give My B...

By Edgar L. Vincent

to inherit. No man can pass his good
name on to a son that does not appre-
ciate integrity to the fullest possible
extent. That is, a man is what he pos-
sesses himself of real worth. The mon-
ey or the farm or the good standing in
society count only as adjuncts to the
success of the son. What can a farmer
do, then, that will work into the very
warp and woof of the boy’s life and
start him on the road to upright char-
acter and make him the best possible
citizen?

One thing to begin with, every fath-
er may give his son. That is, a chance
to know all he himself knows about
farming. It is a great thing in these
days to be a good farmer. No‘ longer
is it safe to say, if it ever was, “He
does not like anything else, so we will
make a farmer of him.” To be a good
farmer, the boy ought to have just as
much ability as if he were to be a doc-

tor or a lawyer. It ought to be the
pride of every farmer to find out all he
can about the soil of his farm, how
best to get the most out of it and to
let his boy have this information at
firSt hand. He cannot get from a book
or from the lips of any teacher in a
school room, apart from the farm, the
actual, first-hand knowledge that will
enable him to take a farm and operate
it successfully. The farm, under the
teaching of the father, is the best place
in the world to learn farming. Books
and schools will supplement the home
training, but that is all. They cannot
take the place of it.

And then, the farmer may give his
boy all he knows about the care and
keeping of stock. To do this to the
best possible advantage, he should
study horses and cattle himself. Ev-
ery farmer must of a necessity, be
something of a veterinarian. He must

 
   

understand the stock he handles well
enough to feed them to the best ad-
vantage, he must have a fair knowl-
edge of the effects of certain simple
remedies and be ready to apply them
when needed. These things he ought
to pass on to his boys.

Right in line with this, the farmer
may tell his boy how to grow every
crop that is native to the part of the
country where he lives and lead the
way to its successful marketing. We“
are laying out here a big life for the
farmer who is a father, and that is
what we hold every farmer is worthy
of doing and being. There is no great-
er work than that of being a fine, all-
round farmer; and the father who asks
himself what he can do for his boy
can make no more satisfactory answer
than to say, “I will help him to know
the farm from beginning to end.”

Finally, the farmer who wants his
boy to win out and love the farm can-
not do bettcr than to give him a chance

(Continued on page 24).

WORLD EVENTS IN PICTURES

 

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King George Visits

Paris—Royal Pro-

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ing Hill, of the 601st Engineers,
, g1ves an interesting description of
1‘ French agricultural methods:

"They can’t take us out of this coun-
try and back to the states any too soon
to suit me. I haven't seen only a small
part of this country, but I can’t imag-
ine what there was over here to at-
tract people across the ocean for pleas-
ure. I thought I was going to see some-
thing over here. We arrived in France
last July, just about when their wheat
and oats. began to ripen. In a trip
across the country on the train I saw
lots of grain, mostly wheat, just ready
to be harvested. As the train carried
us along we saw old men, women and
children in the fields, with sickles, just
beginning the task. Once in a while
We. would see a mowing machine or an
old-fashioned McCormick grain binder,
but that was all.

_: j I was roaming around the farming

" untry all the time and it was about
t e first of September When they fin-
ished harvesting. The wagons they
use for hauling grain and other things
are very clumsy things, having only
two high wheels, and thills instead of
a tongue. When they hitch up two or
three horses they hitch them one
ahead of the other. Their wagons will
hold about half as big a load as an
ordinary hay rack.

' “When the grain was all drawn in
they began threshing. You have heard
how these French people all live in lit-
tle villages with houses and barns
right close together. They are built of
stone and one stone wall serves for the
home and barn both. Every bit of
grain is put inside these stone barns
in the village. Some of them thresh
With a flail on the barn floor. There
are no threshing machines that go
around the village, but most of them
have a threshing machine built right
in the barn. It is always on a scaffold
over the barn floor. About all there is
to it is a big cylinder four five feet
wide, with a simple fan below which
blows the dust out as the grain drops
down. The straw drops down on the
barn floor and they tie it up in bun-
dles and put it back in the barn. All
the threshed grain I saw was of a poor
quality.

“When it comes to plowing, the
French people hitch their horses side
by side, but I never saw them using
more than two on a plow. They plow
very shallow. In most' places they
have to because solid rock is only a
few inches beneath the surface.”

A ing at Dyon, France, written to
her American correspondent Miss

Elsa Clark, of Owosso, Mich:

.My Dear American Friend:

Your most welcome letter from Sep-
tember 17th is arrived to me this morn-
‘ing. How happy I am, and to prove
you my happiness I will answer to you

LETTER from a French girl liv-

HE community fair is a minia-

ture-county fair conducted by

people of a community to pro-
mote social and economic life. It
arouses interest and pride in local
achievement by affording an opportu-
nity for the exhibition of the best pro-
ducts of the community, fosters the
spirit of cooperation by bringing the
peopleptogether in friendly rivalry, and
waffords an opportunity for wholesome
community recreation.
These'fairs, says J. Sterling Moran,
the Department. of Agriculture, are
old Quite generally throughout” the
sountry and are known in different 10-
ves its community fairs, district
township fairs, school fairs,

  

  

nterestmg Letters

today. How it is good to me to think
I have a dear American friend now!
We love so much your dear country
and people. We are thinking you are
for us, brothers and sisters, and like
an America lord said last Sunday in a
bright conference, “Now America and
France are betrothed! Work together,
and do not forget we are fighting for
the liberty for the world!” It is splen-
did, and I feel in my heart a so deep
admiration for the brave, noble people
saving us.

Friend dear, will you I call you my
sister? My unknown sister, across the
sea, my beloved sister! I am so thank-
ful to Dora to have given you to me.
I envied also Suzanne to have an Am~
erican friend. Dora is quite a nice
girl, and we all likes her. Her letters
are read at loud voice by Suzanne, and
our dear people is very fond of them.
I did so this morning with your so kind
letter, and my mother, brother, sisters
were delighted and said me to send
you their kindest regards and wishes.

I will speak to you about me a little,

see her a day. Lily,- my little brother,
is studying to be a sailor, and go to
America. Lily will write to you. To-
day he cannot-because atschool. Ev-
ery day he goes to school from eight

a. m. until seven at night. He is work-‘

ing hard. He is twelve and a nice boy.
He is fond of music, and we all also.
Lily is playing “violin;" it is nice. I
am glad you are loving music, I also.
In France we have often beautiful con-
certs, and the money is given to patri
otic works, wounded soldiers, prison-
ers, poor orphans.

Last Sunday we have had a splendid
conference by an American people,
with moving about America. We have
admired the “Liberty” lighting the
world at New York, and many beauti-
ful views of your dear country. We
have also had a nice concert by same

artist. We have heard “Lakme,” “Li.
gurd Patrie.” Do you know these
operas?

I will continue to explain to you my
family. My sister Jane or Jeanne is
twenty-two. She is tall and strong,

 

Birds-eye View of a

and beg you to excuse my poor Eng-
lish. I am writing so badly! Do you
not know the French? It would be so
nice if you can Write to me in my own
language, or if I could write to you in
French. It would be easier to me to
express my feelings. I think it is quite
difficult to write in another language.

I am just twenty-three for few
weeks. I am little and thin. My hair
is auburn (like yours), my eyes are
brown, .my complexion is light and
rose. I will send my picture and my
picture’s people as soon as I can, and
I shall be glad to receive yours. I live
at home with my dear mother, three
sisters, one brother. My dear father
is dead five years ago in a dreadful
accident, the day before Christmas.
Oh! the sad Christmas to us, and What
great lost we did. Our dear father
was a sailor. He visited your Amer-
ica, and often spoke to us about her.
He loved her and said us how she is
a nice country. How I should like to

 

Typical French City.
4

with curly auburn hair and blue eyes.
All my sisters have blue eyes except I.
Germaine is twenty-one, little, merry,
always smiling! She is dactylographe
in an office. Suzanne is seventeen.
She is Dora’s correspondent. She is a
nice girl with her hair on her shoul-
ders, though she is seventeen! She
has just finished her studies this year,
and she takes a rest now. She is our
“baby.” She is better now, I thank
you my friend! Our holidays are spent

.in the country have done us stronger

and better.

I have taken again my school now,
and I am so glad you are teacher
school, too, also dear! Your photo-
graph of the school has interested me,
very very much, and I should like to
send you one of mine, but I have none.
I have twenty girls, about nine, ten,
eleven, twelve years. They are nice,
and I like them all so much. I taught
them mathematics, geography, gram-
mar, history, and I try to do the love

 

of France by them, and the so brave

and kind allies who are helping us in

this war. Oh, we are all hoping in the
Victory very, very soon! The neWS of
war are every day splendid, and Ger-
man people will be heated by our dear
soldiers!

How it is sad to have dear ones in
the“ war! We have also many dearest
friends, cousins in the trenches, and
in praying for mine I will pray God for
yours and Dora’s ones. We have many
cousins killed,some prisoners, it is sad
also to be prisoner! Exile is hard.

Here in France we have no flags in‘
the windows, but in every church there
is a picture with all names of the boys
started in the war and killed on the
battlefield. And the people who have
lost a dear son, husband,” 0r brother,
wear a black “brassard” with one tri-
color “blue, white and red” ribbon for
every dead soldier.

I wish send you some pictures of
war in next letters if that can be a
pleasure to you. Be sure and tell to
Dora that Arthur, George, and Roy will
be welcome at home, if they have their
furlough. We shall be quite glad to
receive noble sons of great America,
and give them home a little. It is so
sad to them to be so far from. I often
think of the little poetry, you know.
“Home! Home, Sweet Home. There
is no place like Home. ” It is true, but
after the war how it will be good to
live again with all dear ones a free, a
better life, our sacrifices will give us.
Do you not think, dear sister, it will be
good to say, “During the war, I' have
suffered, I it is a so great sacrifice to
give ones) I done sacrifices, I' prayed,
I have contributed for a little part also
to the Liberty in the world.’&

I should like also to be a nurse, but
I am so busy with my pupils, then ev-
ery Thursday I go to an hospital to
give lessons Braille and dactylography
to po‘or blind soldiers. Oh! my dear,
it is the saddest thing, and my boys
are courageous cheerful, it is admir-
able. What sacrifice they have offered
to our dear France! The light! Oh, I
do hope all these sacrifices will give us
the great Victory.

I have put in my letter some cards
of nrv country, and I should be glad to
receive some of yours. In it also you
will find a little‘ branch of “bruyere”
(I do not know the name in English).
I have'picked it during my holidays in
the country. It will bring you with my
true friendship the salute of France
to the noble America.

I hope to hear from you very soon
again. It is late now, and I must close
my letter. I have many, many things
to say to you, but it will be for the
next time. Tell to your parents, broth-
er, Dora, all your people, our salute,
our love, our very best wishes, and
keep for you,.my dear Elsa, the very
best thoughts and feelings from

Your true French friend,
MARIE LOUISE TRIPIER.

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The community, township, or district
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The Order of La Barre.

DID not recognize the voice speak-

ing—a husky voice, the wordsiin-

distinct, yet withal forceful—nor
do I know what it was he said. But
when the other answered, tapping on
the desk with some instrument, I knew
the second speaker to be La Barre, and
leaned back just far enough to gain a
glimpse through the opening in the
drapery. He sat at the desk, his back
toward us, while his companion, a. red:
faced, heavily-moustached man, in uni-
form of the Rifles, stood opposite, one
arm on the mantel over the fireplace.
His expression was that of amused in-
terest.

“You saw «the lady?” he asked.

“In the receiving line for a. moment
only; a fair enough maid to be loved
for her own sake I should say. Faith,
never have I seen handsomer eyes.”

The other laughed.

“’Tis well Madame does not over-
hear that confession. An heiress, and
beautiful. Piff! but she might find
others to her liking rather than this
Gassion.”

“It is small chance she has had to
make choice, and as to her being an
heiress, where heard you such a rumor,
Colonel Delguard?”

The officer straightened up.

“You forget, sir,” he said slowly,
“that the papers passed through my
hands after Captain 13. Chesnayne’s
death. It was at your request that
they failed to reach the hands of Fron-
tenac.”

La Barre gazed at him across the
desk, his brows contracted into a
frown.

“No, I had not forgotten,” and the
words sounded harsh. “But they came
to me properly sealed, and I supposed
unopened. I think I have some reason
to ask an explanation, Monsieur.”

“And one easily made. I saw only
the letter, but that revealed enough to
permit of my guessing the rest. It is
true, is it not, that La Chesnayne left
an estate of value?”

“He thought so, but, as you must be
aware, it had been alienated by act of
treason."

“Ay! but Comte de Frontenac appeal-
ed the case to the king, who gianted
pardon, and restoration.”

“So, ’twasrumored; but unsupported
by the records. So far as New France
knows there was no reply from Ver-
sailles.”

The Colonel stood erect, and advanc-
ed a step, his expression one of sudden
curiosity.

“In faith, governor,” he said swiftly,
“but your statement awakens wonder.
If this be so why does Francois Casl
sion seek the maid so ardently? Never
did I deem that cavalier one to throw
himself away without due reward.”

La Barre laughed.

“Perchance you do Francois ill judg-
ment, Monsieur 1e Colonel,” he replied
amused. “No doubt ’tis love, for, in
truth, the witch would send sluggish
blood dancing with the glance of her
eyes. Still,” more soberly, his eyes
falling to the desk, “ ’tis, as you say,
scarce in accord with Cassion’s nature
to thus make sacrifice, and there have
been times when I suspected he had
some secret purpose. I use the man,
yet never trust him.”

“Nor 1, since he played me foul trick
at La Chine. Could he have found the
paper of restoration, and kept it con-
cealed, until all was in his hands ?”

“I have thought of that, yet it doth
not appear possible. Francois was in
ill grace with Frontenac, and could
never have reached the archives. If
the paper came to his hands it was by

 

accident, or through some treachery.

Well, ’tis small use of our discussing
the matter. He hath won my pledge to
Mademoiselle la Chesnayne’s hand, for
I would have him friend, not enemy,
just new. They marry on his return."

“He is chosen then for the mission
to Fort St. Louis?”

“Ay, there were reasons for his se-
lection. The company depart at dawn.
Tell him, Monsieur, that I await him
now for final interview.”

I watched Delguard salute, and turn
away to execute his order. La Barre
drew a paper from a. drawer of the
desk, and bent over it pen in hand.
My eyes lifted to the face of De Are
tigny, standing motionless behind me
in the deeper shadow.

“You overheard, Monsieur?” I whis-
pered. _

He leaned closer, his lips at my ear,
his eyes dark with eagerness.

“Every word, Mademoiselle- Fear
not, I shall yet learn the truth from
this Cassion. You suspected ?”

I shook my head.

“My father died in that faith, Mon-
sieur, but Chevet called me a beggar.”

“Chevet- no doubt he knows all, and
has a dirty hand in the mess. He call-
ed you beggar, hey—hush, the fellow
comes.”

He was a picture of insolent servil-
ity, as he stood there bowing, his gay
dress fluttering with ribbons, his face
smiling, yet utterly expressionless. La
Barre lifted his eyes, and surveyed him
coldly. ’

“You sent for me, sir?”

“Yes, although I scarcely thought at
this hour you would appear in the .ap
parel of a dandy. I have chosen you
for serious work, Monsieur, and the
time is near for your departure. Surely
my orders were sufficiently clear?”

“They were, Governor La Barre,”
and Cassion’s lips lost their grin, “and
my delay in changing dress has occur-
red through the strange disappearance
of Mademoiselle 1a Chesnayne. I left
her with Major Callous while I danced
with my lady, and have since found no
trace of the maid.”

“Does not Challons know?”

“Only that, seeking refreshments, he
left her, and found her gone on his re-
turn. Her wraps are in the dressing
room.”

“Then ’tis not like she has fled the
palace. No doubt she awaits you in
some corner. I will have the servants
look, and meanwhile pay heed to me.
This is a mission of more import than
love-making with a maid, Monsieur
Cassion, and its success, or failure, will
determine your future. You have my
letter of instruction?”

“It has been carefully read. ”

“And the sealed ordels f01 Chevalier
de Baugis. 7”

“Here, protected in oiled silk.”

“See that they reach him, and no one
else; they give him an authority I
could not grant before, and should end
La. Salle’s control of that country. You
have met this Henri de Tonty? He
was here with his master three years
since, and had audience.”

The governor leaned his head on his
hand, crumbling the paper between
his fingers.

“This young fellow—De Artigny,”
he said thoughtfully, “you have some
reason for keeping him in your com-
pany?”

Cassion crossed the room, his face
suddenly darkening.

“Ay, now I have,” he explained short-
ly, “althOugh I first engaged his ser-
vices merely for what I deemedlto be
their value. He spoke me most fairly.”

“But since ?”

“I have cause to suspect. Chevet
tells me that today ’he had conference

ticket revoked.

with Mademoiselle at the House of the
Ursulines.” -

“Ah, ’twas for that then you had his
I see where the shoe
pinches. ’Twill be safer with him in
the boats than back here in Quebec.
Then I give permission, and wash my
hands of the whole affair—but beware
of him, Cassion.’

“I may be trusted, sir.”

“I question that no longer.” He hes-
itated slightly, then added in a. lower

tone: “If accident occur the report
may be briefly made. I think that will
be all.” ,

Both men were upon their feet, and? i I

La Barre extended his hand across the
desk. I do not know what movement
may have caused it, but at that mo-
ment, 9. wooden ring holding the cur-
tain fell, and struck the floor at my
feet. Obeying the first impulse I thrust
De Artigny back behind me into the
shadow and held aside the drapery.
Both men, turning, startled at the
sound, beheld me clearly, and stared in
amazement. Cassion took a step for-
ward an exclamation of surprise break-
ing from his lips.

"Adele- Mademoiselle”

I stepped more fully into the light,
permittingthe curtain to fall behind
me, and my eyes swept their faces.

“Yes, Monsieur—you were seeking
me,were you not ?”

“For an hour past; for What reason
did you leave the ballroom?”

' With no purpose in my mind but to
gain time in which to collect my scat-
tered thoughts and protect De Artigny
from discovery, I made answer, assum-
ing a. careless demeanor which I was
far from feeling.

“Had it been so long, Monsieur?” I
returned in apparent surprise.
I merely sought a breath of fresh air,
and became interested in the scene
Without. ”

La Barre stood motionless, just as
he had risen to his feet .at the fi1st

alarm, his eyes on my face, his heavy.

eyebrows contracted in a frown.

“I will question the young lady, Cas-
sion,” he said sternly, "for I have in-
terests here of my OWD. Mademoi-
selle!’ ,

“Yes, Monsieur."

“How long have you been behind
that curtain ?”

“Monsieur Cassion claims to have
sought me for an hour.”

“Enough'of that,” his voice grown
harsh, and threatening. “You address
the governor; answer me direct.”

I lifted my eyes to his stern face,
but they instantly fell before the en-
counter of his fierce gaze.

“I do not know, Monsieur.”

“Who was here when you came in?”

“No one, Monsieur; the room was
empty.”

“Then you hid there, and overheard
the conversationbetween Colonel Del-
guard and myself ?”

“Yes, Monsieur,” I confessed, feeling
my limbs tremble.

“And also all that has passed since
Monsieur Cassion entered ?”

“Yes, Monsieur.”

He drew a deep breath, striking his
hand on the desk, as though he would
control his anger.

“Were you alone? Had you a. com- '

panion?”
I know not how I managed it, yet i

raised my eyes to his, simulating 3.,

Surprise I was far from feeling.’ ‘
“Alone, Monsieur? I am Adele I78

Chesnayne; if you doubt, the way of, '
discovery is open Without further word 1'1

from me. ” .
His suspicious, doubting eyes neVer
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left my face, and there was sneer in
his voice as he answered.

“Bah! I am not in love to be played
with by a witch. Perchance ’tis not
easy for you to lie. Well, we will see.
Look within the alcove, Cassion.“ .

The Commissaire was there even be.
fore the words of command were ut—
tered, and my heart seemed to stop
beating as his heavy hand tore aside
the drapery. I leaned on the desk,

bracing myself, expecting a blow, a‘

struggle; but all was silent. Cassion,
braced, and expectant, peered into the

shadows, evidently perceiving nothing; '

then stepped within, only to instantly
reappear, his expression that of disap-
pointment. The blood surged back to
my heart, and my lips smiled.

“No' one is there, Monsieur,” he re-
ported, but the window is open.”

“And not a dangerous leap to the
court below,” returned La Barre. “So
far you win, Mademoiselle. ,Now will
you answer me—were you alone there
ten minutes ago ?” ,

“It is useless for me to reply, Mon-
sieur,” I answered with dignity, “as it
will in no way change your decision."

“You have courage, at least.”

“The inheritance of my race, Mon-
sieur.” ,

“Well, we’ll test it then, but not in
the form you anticipate.” He smiled,
but not pleasantly, and resumed his
seat at the desk. “I propose closing
your mouth, Mademoiselle, and plac-
ing you beyond temptation. Monsieur
Cassion, have the lieutenant at the
door enter.” »

I stood in silence, wondering at what
was about to occur; was I to be made
prisoner, or what form was my punish‘
ment to assume? The power of La.
Barre I knew, and his stern vindic-
tiveness, and well I realized the fear
and hate which swept his mind, as he
recalled the conversation I had over-
heard. He must seal my lips to pro-
tect himself~but how? As though in
a. daze I saw Cassion open the door,
speak a sharp word to one without,
and return, followed by a young officer,
who glanced curiously at me, even as
he saluted La Barre, and stood silently
awaiting his orders. The latter re‘
mained a moment motionless, his lips
firm set.

“Where is Father Le Guard?”

“In the Chapel, Monsieur; he passed
me a moment ago.”

“Good; inform the pere that I desire
his presence at once. Wait! know you
the fur trader, Hugo Chevet ?”

“I have seen the man, Monsieur—a
big fellow, with a shaggy head.”

“Ay, as savage as the Indians he has
lived among‘. He is to be found at
Eclair’s wine shop in Rue St. Louis.
Have your sentries bring him here to
me. Attend to both these matters.”

“Yes, Monsieur.”

La Barre’s eyes turned from the dis-
appearing figure of the officer, rested
a moment on my face, and then smiled
grimly as he fronted Cassion. He
seemed well pleased with himself, and
to have recovered his good humor.

“A delightful surprise for you, Mon-
sieur Cassion,” he said genially, “and
let us hope no less a pleasure for the
fair lady. Be seated, Mademoiselle;
there may be a brief delay. You per-
ceive my plan, no doubt.”

Cassion did not ansWer, and the gov-
ernor looked at me.

"No, Monsieur.” .

“And yet‘ so simple, so joyful a way
out of this unfortunate predicament. I
am surprised. Cassion here might not
appreciate how nicely this method will
answer to close your lips, but you, re-
membering clearly the private confer-
ence between myself and Colonel Del-
guard, should grasp my purpose at
once. Your marriage is to take place
tonight, Mademoiselle.” . '

“Tonight! my marriage! to whom?”

“Ah! is there then more than one
prospective bridegroom? , Monsieur

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Cassion surely I am not in error that

you informed meet your engagement .

to Mademoiselle la‘CheSnayne ?”

“She has been pledged me in mar-’ ‘
riage, Monsieur—the banns published.” ~

I sat with bowed head, my cheeks
flaming.

“ ’Tis then, as I understood,” La
Barre went on, chuckling. “The lady
is over modest.”

“I have made no pledge,” I broke in
desperately. “Monsieur spoke to my
Uncle Chevet, not 1.”

“Yet you were told!
refusal?” .

“Monsieur, I could not; they arrang-
ed it all, and, besides, it was not to be
until Monsieur returned from the. west.
I do not love him; I thought—”

You made. no

“Bah! What is love. ’Tis enough that
you accepted. This affair is no longer

one of affection; it has become the

King‘s business, a matter of state. I
decide it is best for you to leave Que-

bec; ay! and New France, Mademoi- '

selle. There is but one choice, impris-

onment here", or exile in the wilder-x

ness.” He leaned forward staring into
my face with his fierce, threatening
eyes. “I feel it better that you go as
Monsieur Cassion’s wife, and under his
protection. I decree that it is so you
shall go.” .

“Alone—with——with Monsieur Cas-
sion ?” _

“One of his party.
also that Hugo Chevet be of the com-
pany. Perchance a year in the wilder-
ness may be of benefit to him, and he
might be of value in watching over
young De Artigny.”

Never had I felt more helpless,
more utterly alone. I know all he
meant, but my mind grasped no way
of escape. His face leered at me as
through a mist, yet as I glanced aside
at Cassion it only brought home to me
a more complete dejection. The man
was glad—glad. He had no conscience,
no shame. To appeal to him would be
waste of breath—a deeper humiliation.
Suddenly I felt cold, hard, reckless!
ay! they had the power to force me
through the unholy ceremony, I was
only a helpless girl; but beyond that I
would laugh at them; and Cassion—if
he dared— .

The door opened, and a loan priest
in long black robe entered noiselessly,
bending his shaven head to La Barre,
as his crafty eyes swiftly swept our
faces.

“Monsieur desired my presence ?”

“Yes, Pere Ie Guard, a. mission of
happiness. There are two here to be
joined in matrimony by bonds of Holy
Church. We but wait the coming of
the lady’s guardian.”

The pere must have interpreted the
expression of my face.

“ ’Ti's regular, Monsieur?" he asked.

“By order of the King," returned La

‘ Barre,” sternly. “Beyond that it is not

necessary that you inquire. Ah! Mon-
Sieur Chevet! they found you then? I
have a pleasant surprise for you. ’Tis
hereby ordered that you accompany
Commissaire Cassion to the Illinois
country as interpreter, to be paid from
my private fund.”

Chevet stared into the governor’s
dark face, scarce able to comprehend,
his brain dazed from heavy drinking.

“The Illinois country! I, Hugo Che-
vet? ’Tis some joke, Monsieur.”

“None at all, as you will discover
presently, my man. I do not jest on
the King’s service.”

“But my land, Monsieur; my niece ?"

La Barre permitted himself a laugh.

“Bah! let the land he fallow; ’twill ’

cost little while you draw a wage, and
as for Mademoiselle, ’tis that you may
accompany her I make choice. Stand

'back; you have my orders, and now -‘
I’ll show you good reason.” He stood“?!
up,"and placed his handon Cassipnfs _‘-~_

arm. “Now my dear Francois, if you
will join the lady.” ‘
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meadows, and along the fence iows.

Canadian field peas and oats me one
of the best crops f01 eaily spiing sow-
ing, and in case the pastuies fail to
make a good growth in the spring they
will stimulate the milk flow and hasten
the maturity of the lambs. The ground
should be well prepared before seed-
ing to secure quick germination and
rapid growth. Two bushels of cats
and one bushel of peas make a desir-
able seeding. Good results follow the
mixing of the seed and drilling both
quite deep into the soil. Legunie
crops are always valuable and they
will generally pay the expense of cul-
tivation by increasing the fertility of
the land.

Rye is one of the earliest supple-
mentary forage crops within the reach
of every flockmaster, especially those
in a northern climate. Rye, of course,
is a winter crop and must be sown the
previous fall. By having a field of rye
for early grazing it is possible to de-
lay turning the flock on the pastures
until the grass has made a good start
in the spring. Many farmers who
have land from which the fertility has
been lost will find rye a. very desirable
crop to grow for sheep pastures.

There is a wide variety of suitable
crops adapted to the soil and climate
of our farms that "can be profitably
grown for grazing, and that will prm
vide a better quality of flesh and wool
than those grown on natural graSses.
Many of these crops can be sown as

catch or secOndary crops and grazed, .

immediately after the harvest of the
main crop. By giving more attention

‘to growing these crops the soil can W

    

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for sheep feed, With a given area of
productive land the farmer can sus~

tainéa larger flock of sheep and more”

other stock to convert his farm feeds
into finished products for market and
at the same time build up the- fertility
of his soil faster than by the old sys-
tem of natural grass, hay and grain
feeds.

There is little danger of the sheep
business being overdone for many
years to come. The tendency at the
present time is toward an increased
consumption of the better grades of
mutton and as soon as our people cul-
tivate a taste for these prime cuts
there is sure to be an increasing de-

 

mand for them. Then, "too, American
farmers are just beginning to under-
stand the art of growing better muta
ton. '-The large areas of western graz-
ing land thati‘are being closed is sure
to' make mutton raising more profit-
able on the small farms. Wefl finished
mutton that is bred right and fed right
will probably never be cheap again.

It is very sefirce in most of our mar--

kets at the esent time. The advan-
tages are all on the side of the Amer-
ican farmer who begins in a moderate
way to meet the demands of an in-
creasing population. It is very evident
that we need more sheep on our farms
to utilize our home-grown roughage

and grain'feeds and convert them into,

mutton and wool.

The Conservation of Farm Forces

By E. L.

ARMERS have always been con-

servators of farm forces-energy,

soil fertility, acreage under culti-
vation, power devoted to the produc-
tion of crops, everything, in fact. re-
lated to the farming business. We have
come to a time, however, when it is
more than ever necessary to prevent
losses and 'make the most of every
form of capacity. Not yet have we
come to realize the possibilities with-
in our reach.

One thing I have tried to be insist-
ent upon, anti that is that we shall not
break ourselves down under the stress
of short help and increased demand
for farm produce. ,It. is easy to work
beyond one‘s strength. Sometimes you
hear it said that work never hurts
anybody; that it is i‘ret and care that
kill. This is, in my experience, not al-
together true. I could count up many
men and women who have put every
bit of strength and energy into their
farm work, so that they have given
out and been compelled to leave the
farm. Had these men been more mod.
erate in their devotion to every-day
tasks, they might have lasted a great
deal longer. It is a distinct loss to
the nation and the world at large,
when a farmer and his wife are forced
to step down. So it is a good thing to
keep, as far as possible, within the
bounds of reason in doing our work.
My boy has always made it a point in
his farm operations to get around be-
fore sundown, chores all done and ev-
erything put in shape for the night.
This is wise. It gives him and his men
a chance to sit and read or do some-
thing else they like to do before bed-
time. The first great force to con-
serve is strength.

It is encouraging to note how much
more care our farmer folks are tak-
ing of their machinery. We have been
charged with being wasteful in this
respect. But we are being forced by
the exigencies of the times to make
our machinery last just as long as we
can. Our old mower, for example,
which we thought was worn out and
fit only for the scrap heap, has been
fixed up so that it has stood two years
more of service and there is a possi-
bility of still further use. The same
way with other tools. ’By careful us-
age and shelter we can add much to
the life of our machines.

Again, there are savings that can be
made by purchasing grain early in car-
lots. We have probably saved a hun-
dred dollars this year by buying one
kind of grain feed months earlier than
we have been in the habit of doing.
By putting their orders together a
number of farmers may buy a carload
or more of grain to be divided up as
may be needed. Some of our men are
in the habit of giving their notes in
payment for such shipments, and af-
ter paying interest they believe, with
no reason for doubt, that they save
money.

Then, too, there is the conservation
‘that' makes meadows, pastures and
tilled land produce more. Many farm-
ers are handicapped by the lack of

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good pastures. We could keep a num-
ber more cows were the brush and

stuff cut off. Every bush cut adds so
much to the productivity of our lands.
The one more cow we may keep is
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NO ARMISTICE FOR THEM.

In my yard is a henhouse.
I have a little flock

Of Leghorns white, and Cochins,
And one's a Plymouth Rock.

I watch and pet and tend the111-
They have the best. of care,

And I have built a run-way“
They walk and take the air.

I’ve long been waiting. hoping,
And watching fo1 the day

When w01k shall be rewarded,
When they begin to lay.

While eggs are high per dozen,
And going higher, too,

And corn and feed expensive,
I'm getting rather blue.

I’ve done the best for them I knew,
They’ve simply lived in clovel;

I wonder if those doggone hens
Don’t know the war is over?

N.J.S. in Grand Rapids Press

TERRIFYING THOUGHT.

 

It was in a ClllllCh yaid. The mom-
ing sun shone b.1ightly and the dew
was still on the grass.

“Ah, this is the weather that makes
things spring up,” remarked a passer-
by, casually, to an old gentleman seat-
ed on a bench.

“Hush-” replied the old gentleman,
“I’ve got three wives buried here."

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You Can Now Get a Pair!

The trenches in Flanders are empty

and it is no longer necessary to keep sup- ,

plying the boys “over there” with U. S.
“Protected” rubber boots. ’

So, instead of making trench boots al-
most exclusively as we have been doing,
we have reverted to our before-the-war
manufacturing program, and will soon
make up the shortage that exists in the
supply of heavy—service, double-duty
U. S. “Protected” rubber footwear.

Uncle Sam has furnished “our boys”
iwith the best rubber boots that money
can buy, and, in both the Army and Navy,
there probably are as many U. S. “Pro-
tected” rubber boots as all other brands
combined.

Outdoor workers everywhere recog-

The blushingbrideelect was W1, nize the dollar-for-dollar value of “U. S.”

ing the ceremony about to take place.

“I shall expect you to give me away,
papa,” she said.

“I’m afraid I’ve done it already, Car-
oline.” replied the old man, nervously.
“I told you-r Herbert this morning you
had a disposition like your mothers’.”

A, DANGEROUS JOB.

 

Groce1——“Yes. I want a smart young
man, to be paitly outd001s and partly
behind the counter.”

Applicant—“Then what happens to
me when the door slams?”

 

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Oflicer (as company is temporarily
about to vacate trench which has been
reported mined)———“You two will re-
main here, and if there is an explosion
you will blow a whistle. You under-
stand ?"

Private Spuds—“Yes, sir. Will we
blow it going up or coming down, sor ?”

Cousin Bill says: “Truth is like a
rubber bands; stretch it too far' and it
will break and become useless.

 

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quality. It means rubber boots of the
sturdiest construCtion, reinforced Where
the wear is greatest, yet entirely com-—
fortable. Longer wear insures saving of
money. '

Every pair of U. S. “Protected”rubber
boots bears the “U. S. Seal”—trade mark
of the largest rubber manufacturer in the
world. Look for it. It is your protection.-

    
 
   

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shoulder muscles, instead of chafing against
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to gallsa That’s Just what has been accom-
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does not hold heat. It absorbs Sweat and im~
purities from sores. Keeps shoulders dry, cool
and free from irritation.

Open at the Throat

The ‘open throat makes the Langford con-
form itself to the shoulders—gives pulling
muscles full play—moves with the shoulders,
instead of rubbing and chafing against them.

Easy to put on. Will not pack or harden.
Cannot sweeney. Often last three or more
seasons. Costs one-fourth as much as leather.
A collar and pad combined.

_ Try this open-throated cotton collar. Use
it on the horse with Sorest shoulders. If
it fails to heal, return collar and get your
money back. If your dealer cannot supply
you, send $2.50, -
state size, and we
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ing by experts, proper sorting and handling all mean néiore to yougnow
thin erver before. It wrllpay you to ship where these things are done —
an I )N ere prices are paid absolutely on the merits of the furs -- and in spot
cas 1. Experienced traders and trappers know-follow their lead.

Ship NOW to

Where Most Shippers Gel Mes! Money

shippers deal With us each season. We are
. _ foreign governments —- buy and sell
millions of altars worth of furs yearly—Work
to get most value for you — and send check within

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RAW FURS WANTED

Owing to scarcity of Labor.
Lists this year.

and High prices
We prefer to give you the benefit in price for your Raw Furs.which we
want badly. and will accept in any quantity. ,

We remit the day we receive your shipmen
will hold your shipment subject to approva

of Material. we issue no Price

t, We pay all Express or Parcel Post. charges;
1, or return if you so request. '

Our references are—Your own Bank. Grocer or Dry Goods Jobber. or your very neighbor,

if our shipper.

ESTABLISHED 1888

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TRAPPERS

Know the value of skins, and should
be sure they get it.

We Want Your Raw Furs

We promise you fair treatment and absolute
satisfaction whatever the size of your ship-
ment. We I ?¢nd $500,000 this season.
How much can .OU send us?

W e w il 1

One Skm or a Thousan mm mm

carefully and pay you full value. We charge

no commissions. 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.

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Saw Wood! saw wood for your neigh-

bors. saw wood for the Government. saw w or

(None. Use a gasoline drag saw that will do the

work of ten men. Write or oat-lo ue. Addie“
. N. CASTLE & OOMPA ,

Lock Box 102. Constantine. Michigan

WE WANT VETCH. SE23 Lia”.

 

 

YOUNG-RANDOLPH SEED 60.. Owouo. Mich.

Capital $500,000. First Credit

117 WEST 27TH ST., NEW YORK.

 

Send us your Raw Furs

We want all you can trap, and we’ll
pay you well for them. The oldest and
largest fur house in the world can ofier
you the highest prices. You don’t have

to wait, either. When your furs come
in, our check goes out immediately.
We pay all express and mail charges on
consignments of any size. '

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(Continued from page 15).
to operate every machine on the farm.
Boys have a natural liking for machin-
ery. It fascinates them to study and
handle tools of all kinds. They do not
like to feel that they are not permitted
to know the “feel” of the binder, the
gasoline engine or any otherTarm im-
plement. And it certainly is not the
part of wisdom to keep them in ignor-
ance of these tools; for the time will
come when the father will not be able
to do the work that needs to be done.
It may be on account of sickness or
absence from home, some crop will
need attention. The boy is there, and
ready to do what must be done; but
what if he does not understand the
workings of the particular implement
that must be called into operation? He
may think, “I can do this. I’ll try it.”
But he takes the matter up with some-
thing of fear and trembling after all.
Things start——then they stop! Some-
thing gives way. A valuable machine
is injured. it may be spoiled. A11 for
lack of the needed instruction while
father was at home or able to show his
boy what to do. Many a. fine implement

KENT COUNTY ROUND-UP.

Club leaders and club members from
all over Kent county met at the Union
School Building in Grand Rapids.
Following games in the gymnasium
and an exhibit in one othe laborator-
ies, a most excellent luncheon was
served at noon. At the close of this
luncheon, winners of county champion-
ships were announced, awards pre-
sented and talks on club work given
by Mr. T. J. Newbill, of Washington,
D. 0.; Principal Gilbert, of the Union
School; Glenn Stewart, former Kent
County Club Leader; Miss Anna B.
Cowles, and Mr. R. A. Turner, State
Club Leaders.

Calhoun county held a county
round-up on Saturday, December 21.
Muskegon held theirs during the week
beginning December 16.~ With the
holding of these round—ups or Achieve-
ment Days, club work for the year is
brought to a formal end. Many of the
summer clubs were at once enrolled in
the winter projects in handicraft gar-
ment-making and hot school lunch, and
so continue their club work throughout
the winter.

 

INDIANA CORN CLUB AWARDS
PRIZES.

The contest was won by Carl Bader,
a thirteen-year-old boy, with a yield of
73.1 bushels per acre, that cost $20.30.
The average yield of corn produced by
the sixteen members was sixty-three
bushels per acre. The average for
Jefferson county last year was twenty
bushels per acre. This in a way, shows
interest that the boys have taken and
results they have accomplished in the
growing of corn.

 

lNTER-C‘OU NTY CORN 'SHOW.

 

The Fourth Annual Corn Showof
the Farmers”& Merchants’ State Bank
of Carson City, Mich., was held Wed-
nesday, December 18, and attracted a
large attendance. Exhibitors from
,Gratiot, Clinton, Ionia and Montcalm
counties, taking part to the number of
one hundred and two. ' /
The corn judging was in charge of
J. R. Duncan, of the M. A. C., assisted

 

by Gifford Patch, farm agent for Mont-

Give My Boy '

has been thus damaged, and it may be
the boy comes in for a scolding that
will never be forgotten, but which may
lead to a lifelong estrangement. ,

Far better would it be for the father
to say, as soon as his boy is old enough
and strong enough to handle the var
ious farm machines “Hurrah, now, my
lad! Come and take your first lesson
in using this tool! I’ll show you what
to do. Climb right up on. We’ll make
it, all right.” Thus encouraged, the
boy feels confidence in himself and
takes hold of things fearlessly. Father
is near and if anything goes wrong he
will help out.
Working knowledge of the different
tools gained, but the tie of affection
binding father and son is strengthened.

I havesaid little about the things
that belong to the finer side of farm
life, such as good books, fair chance to
go to school and the many privileges
that naturally belong to the best farm
life. We need to think of all these
things. for life is many-sided and a
well-rounded character depends upon
the things the boy masters in all these
different fields.

Club News Items

calm county. Thirty-three prizes were
awarded, which were contributed by
the business men of the town. The re-
maining exhibitors were each awarded
a thrift stamp by the bank, which also
awarded, as first prize, a beautiful sil-
ver trophy cup. Several corn growers
contributed one bushel of seed corn,
each, which was sold at auction and
the proceeds given to the Red Cross

 

ENROLLMENT WEEK FOR BOYS’
WORKING~RESERVE.

In order to increase the American
production of food' stuffs for 1919,
and assist the United States govern-
ment in overcoming the serious food
shortage in Europe, the United States
Boys’ Working Reserve is planning a
national enrollment week for January
20-26, 1919. It is the purpose of the
Reserve to enlist American boys from
sixteen to twenty-one, who can serve
as emergency farm help during the
coming summer.

 

 

 

 

 

Miss Elizabeth R. Cook, who won
highest honors in judging Holsteins’in
the Students’ National Contest in judg-
ing dairy cattle at the recent National
Dairy Show, held at Columbus, Ohio.
Miss Cook ranked in fifth place in the
contest, which comprised the placing
of three classes of each of the four
leading dairy breeds and the writing or
reasons on two of these classes. She
has the further distinction of being the
first woman to participate in this con~
test. She was a member bf the Con--
nell, New York, dairy judging team. -'

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COMMUNITY FAIR. .

 

(Continued fr&1 page 16).
The fair should be well advertised

and effort should be made to secure
exhibits of exceptional quality. For
premiums ribbons are usually awarded,
rather than cash payments. In secur-
ing the exhibits the main purpose
should be to secure exhibits from as
many persons as possible. As most of
the preparation for the fair is made by
volunteer workers, the small amount
of money required for incidental ex-
penses can be raised by subscription
or by the sale of advertising space in
the catalogue or on the program.
There should be no entry fees or ad-
mission charge.

The management of county fairs are
beginning to realize the value of the
community exhibit as a factor in mak-
ing the county fair serve its purpose
as an agricultural exhibition. Liberal
premiums have been offered for these
community exhibits, either in cash or
in such form as to be of community
use, as, for example, reference books
on agricultural subjects to be kept in
the community library, a watering
trough conveniently located, or a drink-
or! ing fountain. , .

3 An interesting county fair, made up
; of seventy-two community exhibits,
F was recently held in a county in the
» middle west. There were no races or
sideshows. The ten thousand people
in attendance spent their time for two
days in visiting and inepecting the ex~
hibits and in wholesome recreation un.
der the supervision of an expert recre-
ational director from a neighboring
city. Each community had its booths
and the several communities vied with
each other in making attractive exhib-
its of the products of the farm, home,
and school.

 

 

PIGEON SAVES AIRM EN.

 

REMARKABLE instance of a R.

A. F. carrier-pigeon saving the
lives of two flying officers is reported
from Scotland.

A few weeks ago a R. A. F. seaplane
engaged upon a submarine patrol over
the North Sea was compelled to de-
scend about five miles from the rocky
Scottish coast. A heavy sea was run-
ning at the time, and the machine was
in momentary danger of being dashed
to pieces. Realizing their peril the air—
men released a pigeon at four p. m.
with an urgent message requesting im-
mediate help. Promptly at 4:22 the
bird reached its loft, having traversed
a distance of twenty-two miles in twen
ty-two minutes.

The arrival of the pigeon was the

first intimation the authorities receiv-
ed that _anything was amiss, and as—
’sistance was immediately sent, result-
.3 ing in the saving of the crew.
. When the relief party arrived the
airmen were clinging to the wreckage
of the machine, which was rapidly
breaking up.

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fat. She has been
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paye big in any can.

They need the same kind
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ness, Abortion, Scouting,

increase of milk production.

Your druggi‘et or feed dealer cells KOW'
KURE. in 60¢. and $1.20 packages.
Send for our valuable free book. ‘
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It tells how to treat all the
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and givee much valuable
general information.

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Lyndonville, Vt.

    
 
  
 
 
    
   
    

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Don’t make the mistake of overfeeding

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Your Veterinarian can stamp
them out with Cutter’s Anti—Calf
Scour Serum and Cutter’s Germ
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or Cutter-’8 Blackleg Pills.

Ask him about them. If he
hasn’t our literature, write to us for
information on these products.

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S E N D vs
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Owouo, Mich.

WE WANT VETCH.

YOUNG—RANDOLPH SEED 00..

 

For Sale Worthy Seed Oats.

$1.50 a bu. bags. included.
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WANTED:

Practical farmer capable of managing
400 acre stock farm in Wayne County.
Must be thorough, married and furnish
good reference. Compensation to be
paid according to ability.
21, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

FLOWS Plows $14.85 U?‘
Vi . H. PRAY. M .
I C TOOLS L'L‘Grungevme, N.

 

200 bushelfi feeding barley send price
wanted and sample at once to
HERMAN SALZMAN, Baldwin, Mich.

 

CLOVER LEAF

0. I. C. & Chester White Swhe

Strictly Big Type with QUALITY. Have a few spring
pigs either sex for sale. The are of the right stamp.
Emdenou h to be shiped O. . D.

EWMA '8 STOCK FARM, R. 1. Mariette, Mich.

 

 

0.1. 0. spring boars also 2 prize Jr.
8 Large Type r. boar Mich. State Fiar 1918.
OCK FARM, Monroe, Mich.

 

0. 1. C38 big typei sefgici’ealalef boars. Ygarling
sows an 5 re or spring arrow.
G. P. ANDREWS, - g - - gDansville, Mich.

 

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O I. 0's a few 250 lb. bred gilte other lighter ones;
'eervice boars sold. I ship 0.0.1). and pay ex rose
1". C. BURGESS, R. 3, Mason. ioh

Bi type A ril boars and bred In.
0' L C' witgh uualitxy3 from large litters. 8‘
W. B. McQUILLAN. - - Howell, Mich.

 

0 I C Boar. 14 months old. Large fall pill
‘ ° - of either sex.
0. J. THOMPSON, - - Rockford, Mich

O I C Serviceablo boars sold. Gills bred for
0 ' ’ March and April furrow.
H. “K MANN, Dansvillc, Mich.

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS

Spring boar and gilts. Also fall pigs.
Hillcrest Farm, Kalamazoo, Mich.

FOR 25 YEARS

This establishment has been been quarters tor Blg'l‘ype
Poland Chlnas. We have a nice lot 0! boars and sows
of strictly big type breeding at very low price. Let
me know what you want. ell phone.
INC. 0. BUTLER. — - - Portland. Mich.

 

 

 

 

Large typo P,C. Largest in Mich Boers all sold. ‘20
Bred gilts sired b and bred to the best boars the
breed can produce, wit dams of t (1qu merit. extreme
size with quality. come and see them. free livery, ox-
penses peid it notes represented. W.E.Livingston. Perms. Mich.

 

breo us. With unlity from lollillb. sire's and
lb.dnm's. Will/be red to a great son of the noted
$6600 Gertsdale Jones.
W. BREWBAKER & SONS.

Big tylipe Poland Ohinas. Spring gilts of the best of
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800

Also tall pigs.
R. 5, Elsie. Mich.

 

' ' with quality. Spring. sum-
Blg POIand Chmas mer, and fall figs, both sex,
and bred cows. for sale. G. A. BAU GARDNER,

2, Middloville, Barry 00., Mich.

 

Bi t e Poland China yearling sow bred for April
g_ YP furrow, also sow ' figs AugJind Septl’urrow.
Certificates ofL re \vi x every from

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chili; CEDAR FARM, 50mm, Mich.

 

‘ Poland Ohinas. Breedin gilts to Bob-
Blg Type o-Link. by The 211d 13%;; Bob. H. C.
B. Leghorn Cot-ks and Cookerels.

(l. L. \NRIGHT. Jonesville, Mich.

arge Type l’.(l. Imam all sold. Spring gilts and young
‘Jtrll‘lvl sows. bred for March and April furrow. Free
liver) lrom Augusta. “'.J.l'lugelshaw, Augusta,lllich.

ichlgan‘s Champmn herd of Big Type P. C, bred
sows [all pigs. Come and see them.
E. R. LEONARD, n.3, Box 53. St. Louis. blich.‘

 

Bi type Poland China s rin and‘fall pigs either
g sex. Bhorthor‘ii Bul an bull calves. Price

to sell. ROBERT NEVE, Pierson. Mich.

 

Bi Type Poland Chinas. Spring boars for sale.
g Booking orders for bred gilts. Inspection in-
vited. L. L. CHALIBERLAIN, Marcellus, Mich
L.T.P.

ig type P. _C. Big honed fellows tron Iowas greatest
_ herdsapecml prices nn H )ringhoars and choice bred
gilts. E. J. MATHE SON, Burr 031:. Mich.

Mammoth Poland Chinas. March. April. boars and
grits, Choleraimmuue. double treatment. Clyde
Marshall. Address,

Weaver, Mgr.,
A FEW choice. large type P. C. Spring boats
and gilts, also summer pigs.

CLYDE FISHER. R. 3, St. Louis. Mich.

Gills bred for April furrow. Fall pigs
' of either sex; inspection invited.
A. A. FELDKAMP, M unchester, Mich.

 

 

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L s P 0 Get a boar. pig sired by Smooth Jumbo the
- - . - largest boned boar in the state. also by Big
Defender. H. Swartz, Schoolcrai’t, Mich
' boar and bred gilts. Choice
Big Type P’ C' Aug. pigs at a'bargain.

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

 

‘ a ring hours at a bargain,i bred
HampShlre I)lts now ready to shi .
JOHN . SNYDER, 1i. 4. St. Jo‘lms, Mich.

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Shropshire and Oxfords, either sex, send for cir-

cular and prices.
KOPE KON FARMS, Kinderhoole, Mich.

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F. A. SIMMONS. - - - Rockford, Mich.
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HERE are one or two words that
I I should cut out of the English
language if by so doing they
could be removed from the conscious-
ness of the people. One of these words
is fear. Not that fear has played such
a. big part in the lives of English
speaking people as in those of some
other nations. If it had, we should not
today have democracies. Certainly it
was not fear that carried our boys
ahead on the western front. For they
did not fight either through fear of
their officers or of German kultur, but
from sheer love of liberty. And the
spirit with which our men fought ought
to show all rulers the superior value of
love to fear as a compelling motive.

But while fear of some sorts is for-
eign to our make-up, yet there are
forms of fear which play havoc with
all too many of our lives. Most of us
have a pet bogie of some sort, which,
while it seems too silly for words to
our friends, is to us a regular old man
of the sea. Don’t you know people
with comfortable incomes who are
afraid to spend a cent for fear they’ll
die in the poor house? And there are
the mothers who won’t let Johnnie go
swimming for fear he’ll get drowned,
never seeming to see that it is the boy

ally safe. And other mothers who
make Mary wear flannel summer and
Winter for fear she’ll take cold.

There are the women who are al-
ways in a panic for fear they won’t get
their work done on time, though they
always have pulled through. And the
men who are constantly stewing for
fear they’ll lose their jobs, and. the
girls who live in a state of nervous ten-
sion for days previous to examinations
for fear they won’t pass. As a matter

_ Nursing

HE time must come in the life

of nearly every woman, when

unless she is willing to Shirk the
most sacred of duties, she will be call-
‘ed upon to minister to the sick and
suffering, and when those whom she
loves will look to her for care and
comfort.

One of the first qualifications for the
position of nurse is a willingness to
yield absolute obedience to the physi-
cian in charge, and to use pains-taking
accuracy in carrying out his directions.
The patient’s faith in the doctor should
also be encouraged as long as that
physician has charge of the case, since
it has a distinct value in furthering
the recovery of the patient. A tranquil
mind being of the utmost importance
to the patient, everything must seem
to be moving smoothly and easily, no
matter what difficulties the nurse may
have to encounter. The invalid should
not be allowed to feel any responsibil-
ity whatever about his own case.

I know you will say—“Why, every-
body knows those things.” But it is
the little things that count in a sick-
room, and though everybody knows,
these simple precautions are very of-
ten neglected. . .

Too much stress cannot be put upon
the appearance of the sick-room. It
must not only be kept neat and clean,
but must be as cheerful and attractive

 

 

 

as, possible, that the eyes. of the pa-

who knows how to swim who is usur

  

of fact, the most surprised folks on
earth would be these same calamity
seekers if the things they are afraid of
should come to «pass. They know very
well things will work out all right, but
they seem to enjoy keeping in a stew.

Probably the silliest sort of fear,
though, is the kind that gets us to
spend money for things we can’t afford
for fear of what folks say. Sometimes
is is simply “being a good fellow,” and
again it is the “goOd fellow’s wife” who
spends the money for clothes or furni-
ture so her set won’t talk about her.
As a matter of fact spending the mon-
ey probably occasions more gossip
among friends than saving it would.

 

 

 

 

Tan velour delaine is used in this
decidedly novel and smart gown. Hud-
son seal forms the collar and cuffs.

the SiCk-e—By Julia Ramsey Davis.

tient may rest with pleasure upon his
surroundings. The nurse herSelf must
contribute to the agreeable environ
ment. Her dress must be simple and
tasteful, but above all, scrupulously
neat. No food must be in sight—even
medicine-bottles should not be obtrus-
ively in evidence.

Stillness has power to soothe, and
aids nature’s healing processes. So
all grating and disturbing noises must
be banished from the sick-room. The
putting of coal on the fire is often ac-
companied by nerve-racking noises. It
may be brought to the room wrapped
in newspaper, and laid noiselessly on
the fire, paper andall. _

As fresh air is said to be the best
tonic, the sick-room should be well
ventilated. An open fire is a. fine
means of ventilation. A thermometer
should be frequently used in a sick-
room. A window may be opened at the’
top on a sunny day no matter how ill-
the patient may be, if in the opening a.
wooden frame covered with flannel is
fitted.' An umbrella covered with a
shawl makes a good screen whenthe
windows are open, the patient being
shelteredby it'»as.in a tent. A room‘
a little shaded is more restful to a pa-
tientfbut a little sunshine in the room
makes it more cheerful.

The" one in charge of a sick person.
should not allow visitors to '
even though the physician

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What Arc You Afraid ’

For friends—so-called-have away of

figuring out just what you can afford g
to spend and calling you a. fool when p .
you run in debt to keep up appear-

ances keep their friendship.

I suppose this sort of fear comes .

.from not realizing that the world is a

rather large place and your own par- t
ticular set only takes a. tiny corner of
it. If you should move into the next
township the folks you have been so
anxious to please would forget you
over night. And you would find that
your town’s big man had never been
heard of in your new community. So
why take so much pains to stand in
with people? Better stand in with
your own self—respect and your con-
science. It is the best way to win the ,
respect of others.

Perhaps the most tragic fearis the
fear of death. Most of us, happily, can
put that off our minds but occasionally
we find someone who never gets away
from the thought of death. It seems
to hang over them always, even though
they are in the best of health. I re-
member one boy of fourteen and a
woman of thirty who suffered in this
way. They could never talk to anyone
for long Without referring to their hor—
ror of dying. This unnatural fear kept
them from enjoying life, and incident-
ally gave most of their friends cold
chills when they were about.

As a matter of fact, what is there to
be so afraid of—living or dying. If we
play the game square we need fear no
one while we live, and surely there will
be as little to fear when we pass be-
yond. Fear is another name for bond-
age. It has no place in the vocabulary
of free men and women, so if you have
been indulging in it, now is the lime to
cast it out. DEBORAH. ,

permission to receive callers. Neither
should the nurse talk too much her-
self. Often the patient is fatigued in
this way. Some otherwise good nurses
fail in this particular. Theyvdo not use '
discretion about when to talk and
when to keep silent.

Unless the attendant has some little
occupation to fill the odd moments of
leisure, the sick one is often unpleas-
antly conscious of being a burden to
one who may have other duties to at-
tend to. So the nurse may occupy her
hands with some bit of work that may
be readily picked up and laid down.‘
Don’t read, unless the patient is asleep.
That is too absorbing in appearance,
and the patient often hesitates to in-
terrupt. ‘

Making the bed properly is one of
the‘ necessary requisites of a good‘
nurse. Stretch the under sheet tightly
over the mattress and tuck it in firm-
ly, and much discomfort will be avoid-
ed. In order to change the sheetswhile
the patient is in bed, the under one is
rolled lengthwise from the edge‘of the
bed to where the person lies. The.
clean sheet rolled in, like manned-9'15
tucked in at one side, and unrolled
over the space from Which the first
was taken, until the two rolls are glide“ _;
by side. The patient mayathe turn 'or‘ - -‘
be lifted oven the rolls. tuft, e, clean; .. ,
sheet, , the "soiled “one is removedpvand:

 

 

        
             
       
       

    
      
       
    
  

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changes bygme
ing' an the clothesa‘t‘ the feat ot.the
bed, and Spreading a
all. over this Sheet a blanket is laid.
The clean clothes should then be tuck-
ed in securely at the foot, and the
soiled set slipped from under. Blankets
are the better for frequent airing. Pil-
lows may be comfortably arranged by
placing a large one under the back and
shoulders, and a small one under the
head, drawing the lower corners of the
latter well down so as to fit into the
nape of the neck, thus giving support
to the head. .

To raise a person in bed to a sitting
posture, when~too weak to help him-

self, have the patient put his right arm .

around the nurse’s neck while her right
arm supports his shoulders. The nurse
then leaning backward need make but
little effort, and with practice can raise
the patient with ease.

Frequent bathing is refreshing, and
acts as both cure and antidote for fev-
erish conditions. The water should be
tepid for face and hands, and warmer
for the rest of the body. The patient
should be uncovered only a little at a
time, and allowed to make no exertion
himself. A foot bath may be given un-
der the clothes to one in bed and often
induces sleep when all else fails. In
illness no detail is unimportant that
can add in the least to the comfort of
the sufferer.

 

LONG DAYS FOR HENS.

 

FFICIALS of Purdue University
0 are experimenting with electric
lights mornings and evenings, thus
lengthening the days, in order to keep
egg production at the maximum. The
following account of the experiments
during November is given by T. R.
Johnston:

“Two pens of thirty-five White Leg-
horn hens are being fed the same ra-
tion. The chickens are as near alike
as possible and have practically equal
laying abilities. One lot keeps good
hours, arising and going to roost with
other chickens on the university farm.
The other lot is being “kidded along”
with an electric light which burns
from six o’clock in the morning until
all the light the day is going to bring
is on hand. The lights are turned on
again about four o’clock .and allowed
to run until about nine o’clock in the
evening.

“This causes the chickens to arise
earlier and work later. The experi-
ment started November 1 and in the
first thirty days, birds in the lighted
pen produced 503 eggs, while the short
day advocates laid only 352. Thanks-
giving day the lighted pen yielded
twenty-eight eggs and the unlighted
only sixteen.

“A pen of twenty-five Barred Rocks
responded to the electric lights within
ten days. They were started Novem-
ber 18, laying only five eggs that day.
On November 27 they produced twenty
eggs, and have been going at that pace
since.

“ ‘The other evening I was at the
farm and saw'those in the lighted pens
still outside the house scratching in
the ground at 5:30 while the other
birds had been in bed an hour,’ said
one or the men in the poultry depart-
ment.

“The lighting costs six and a half
cents a day per pen, or $1.95 for No—
vember. The increased egg produc-
tion for that time, figuring the eggs
worth five cents each, .meant $7.55, a
profit of $5.60 for the one month
alone."

 

“Manual of Tree Diseases,” by H.
Howard Rankin, Assistant‘ Professor
of Plant Pathology of Cornell 'Univer-
sity. new will be found practical in-
formation on the identification and con-
trol of diseases common to our trees
together ‘with a lot of valuable sugges-
tions“ On woodlot sanitation and tree

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small. got handsome catalogue
and my monthly payment offer. Address
MC“ 85?me ‘30.. Box 6061 Isiah-idle. ILY.

i flyck' Cookerels. bred from rice win on,
a".d single birds “Auto or more tbrgo dollarssnoh.
A. A. WOOD & SON. - . - Saline. Mich.
DUFF [‘EGEORNS 50 nice breedin occkerels.
9 One to three do larsa loco.
Dr. WILLIAM SMITH, Petersburg. 1011.
o B. and 8.0 R.I.Redl and RJ. Whites.
COCliel‘elS. $3.50 ugofiood stock satisfaction HIP
tinged, 0. .HA EY, tudlngmn. lob.
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Cthks’ now for? spring delivery? brmklgg ed_
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n. s. FOWLER, Hartford. Mich.

JOHN'S his Beautiful Barred Rooks are hen hat-
ched amok growers, good in ers, sold on an roval
8412088. orthon. Clare. sch.

° White Orpin n are tent
Pine Crest ducers—hena‘at:% out. «23th?
now tor next. winter. Mrs. {LL13 nova .

- Pine Crest. Royal Oak. Mich.

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from winnom at the largest shows In America.
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two to: 5.00. Al red Deiohmann. R. a. Pigeon. Mich.

hite Wyandotte 9%“ for hatofil

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THE high prices on poultry and eggs right now are sufficient to
encourage poultry raisers to strive for big production. The
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These feeds are low in price by all standards of compar-
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ORDER YOUR SUPPLY NOW—Feed will be scarce. Extraordinary de-
mands have caused a shortage. - See your dealer and tell him how many
tons you will need. Give h1m time to order a car.
the same car QUALITEED Dairy, Hog and Horse feeds.
cannot supply you, write to us direct.

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POULTRY

HOMESTEAD FARMS

A Federation of Interests

Day Old (”Hello We are now at the beginning of an-
other hatching season. ()ur new poultry catalo ,
' with illustration and full description of each bree ,
. is about ready for distribution. -
If you want. to buy Day Old Chicks this spring, write
to us so that you may learn something of our Pure
Breed Practical Poultry; each breed in a colony en-
iirely separate from every other colony, a. free farm-
range stock.
Breeds for the season are:
Barred Plymouth Rocks
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Bull Plymouth Rocks 0. White Leghorns

' R. 0. Rhode Island Beds 0. But! Leiléoms
S. 0. Rhode Island Beds 0. Brown ghorns
White Wyandottes . 0. Brown Leghorns

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Silver Laced Wyandottes O. Anconas

Sicilian Butter Oups
Bourbon Red and White Holland Turkeys: Grav Tou-
louseland White Emhden Geese; White Pekin Ducks;
‘ Guineaszllielgian Hares.
I“. Mr Hatching Fig from the fore in breeds in
uantities for incubatogr: and also in 53...; e sittings.
0 would appreciate correspondence with any person
who will need incubator eggs this 8 ring.
for early broilers also in quangitles and at low-
er prices. I '

OOOIOI'OII A few Cookerels of nearly all the forego-
‘ ing breeds. 1‘ ,

We will send illustrated catalogue and price list:
ready about January 5th.
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Now our proposition:

Chickens Sick or Not Doing Well?
An Extraordinary Offer:

where {or chicken troubles. roup. colds, cholera. swelled head.
bowel complaint. chicken pox. canker. not doing well. non-
l! no dealer there hand-

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lulled. we will send you n 750 package without a cent 'in ad-
do more!
will send free 5 poultry booklets. Write today. .
Local dealers handling Germaine will do the some.

GEO. H. LEECO.. Dept. 42‘ OMAHA. HEB.
Poultry Miami‘s...

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new pistons,
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handling pure-
vnrietiu and BABY CHICKS. Tells how to choose
. mm. mm. Hailed for 10 cents.
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(Continued from page 7).

one afternoon by Edward Badger, a
Calhoun farmer, who ’phoned us that
he had threshers at his place, and he
wished he would drive out and take a
picture of the scene. He was quite

might need help of some kind. So we
took an emergency kit along prepared
for the worst. ‘

When we reached the scene our
fears were quickly allayed. Mr. and
Mrs. Badger had been‘ looking for
threshers for several days; ‘and they
finally got them. They saw a smoke
up over the hill and in a few minutes
a regiment came along. The-major

a picture thereof, we were informed

anxious about it, and we feared he-

 

We ' Raise
pitchfork' as the separator began to
hum once more. . ' - .

The other man. with his hat on felt
above ‘all the rest of the bunch, but
that was not the reason he kept his old
felt hat pulled down tight over his
cranium. He was not an, aviator, but
a farmer devotedly attached to the
soil. High elevations on his part were
very brief stunts, and so he froze to
the silo roof peak for fear his native
soil might fly up and hit him.

Really, this is a very unusual pic-
ture. There are precious few farmers
in Michigan who ever entertained or
saw two complete thresher gangs
around the same farm barn at the same
time. One gang is threshing wheat'in

 

Two Complete Threshing Outfits

was at the head giving physical orders
to a steam tractor in place of a tank.
One company turned in toward the
barn and saluted the double roller
doors. The password was “Open Ses-
ame~” The doors rolled aside and a
big threshing separator was backed in
on the double quick. The second com-
pany wheeled to the right, broke ranks
and shoved the eating end of a big
corn shredder right pp against the
butt end of the silo.

And so it came to pass that Mr. and
Mrs. Badger had threshers at last. And
Mrs. Badger is one of the farmers’
wives of Michigan who has had the
honor and the big job of furnishing
dinner to two complete sets of thresh-
ers at the same time and getting away
with it. 'The threshers also managed
to get away, and they agreed it “was
one of the best dinners they ever put
inside to carry outside of any farm
home dining-room in all their born
days.

The accompanying. picture shows
just what we saw when we reached
the scene. We drove our car up be-
tween the two outfits, while a long ex-
tension ladder was raised, as we direct-
ed, up and over the house roof. While
two men steadied the ladder we climb-
ed to the top with our camera. We
shouted to the men to raise their hats
and cheer for Liberty, and shot them
on the job. And you will notice the
picture is proof that nearly every last
one of these threshers are patriots of
the first water and would fight clear
over the top of the last ditch into No-
Man’s Land at the drop of the hat.

The one man sitting down in the
barn doorway is no slacker, as may
appear to the casual observer. The
reason he did not stand up and whoop
it up with his hat held high,'was that
he had been pitching 5,872 wheat bun-
dles.per hour for the last thirty-seven
days, more or less, and this was his
first chance to sit down since the last
change of the moon. He was almost
asleep ’agln the barn door when we
took aim and fired. As we, came down
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salute. and $1710le~r§lfiéfarbnndhla£§®iné¢ifisfih

on One Farm at the Same Time.

the barn, while the other is threshing
corn and filling the silo. And these
two pictures fully illustrate ways and
means of threshing sorghum, wheat
and corn.

POU LTRY NOTES.

It pays to band the hens that are to
be held over for breeders so that the
next year they can be distinguished
from the pullets. Otherwise. good pul-
lets may be marketed for old hens and
some of the old hens mayflbe retained
for a year longer than it is profitable
to keep them on the farm. ,

If you are raising pure-bred poultry
and have a surplus to sell in the fall,
do not market them hastily with the
local butcher but find out if the neigh-
bors need good foundation stock of
your particular breed. Very frequently
many of the year-old hens can be sold
as breeders near home at a price twice
as high as they will bring on the mar-
ket. A sign by the side of the road
will be profitable. . If there is a large
flock to sell, advertising in local papers
and farm journals will be profitable.
When developing a poultry business it
pays to study the local. demands and
supply them whenever it is possible.

A price of $10 is not too much to pay
for a cockerel of a fine exhibition or
bred-to-lay strain. The farmer who
makes such a purchase is not only buy-
ing one bird but all the skill:that the
breeder has used in producing it, and
also all of the improvement which can
be made in the home flock during the
next two or three years. 5"

Farmers ' buying fine cockerels for
breeding purposes should strive to save
the best of the year-old hens to use in
the next spring’s matings. . Too much
emphasis cannot be placed on the val-
ue of a good male but at the same
time it is the hens that lay the; eggs
and they should be vigorous birds of
excellent producing ability. It hardly
pays to buy a good ceckerel and‘fise it,
with hens lacking in vigor. ’
much ’better 'to' give the male the’}b¢st,
possible chance to produce 300d results
andthus his series mam. '

     
  

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A Michigan organization to afford protection to Michigan live stock owners.

We have paid over
5th, 1917. .
'15 there any stron

of losses on 81,500. of business?

817,000 in death losses since we began business July

er argument for this class of insurance than 817,000

Your animals are well and sound today but tomorrow some of them are

Insure them before it is too

dead.

by socident and disease.
See our agent in your vicinity.

Colon C. Lillie, Pres.
319 Widdicomb Bitch. Grand Rapids, Mich.

late.

We indemnify owners of live stock—horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, for loss

Hermon J. Wells, Sec.-Treas.
Graohner Bldg., Saginaw, W. 3., Mich:

 

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Another “Black” International

Aberdeen-Angus won Grand Championships over all
breeds on SINGLE STEER. Steer HERD. CARCASS
and BOYS' and GIRLS' Calf. losing only Fat ()arlot
(first time since 1909).
pionship standing of the world's greatest show is now
11 out of 17 for Single Steer. 12 out of 15 for Steer Herd.
13 out of 17 for Fat Carlot. and 16 out of 17 for Carcass.
in favor of the Aberdeen‘Angus. Write for "Results of
Internationals."
ABERDEEN-ANGUS: First in War. First in Peace.

AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION
817 Exchange Ave., CHICAGO

The interbreed Grand Cham-

First in Reconstruction !

 

 

 

 

loco-REGISTERED cremains-.100
When you need a herd e remember that we
have one of the best herds in Michigan. kept un-
der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual
over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We
have size. quality. and production records back-
ed by‘the best strains 0 breeding.

Write l-lls lyour wan
R. BRUCE McP F. SON.

DISPERSAL

10 A. R. O. Holstein Cogs “:0 6 ears old,"records up
tom lbs. in 7 dafys, 8 elfers 03 cars old. llilyear-
Iing Heifers mm A. R. O. eifer
calves.

’Cows all fresh since October save one. due this
winter. All under Government supe i-llOl). for con-
trol of tuberculosis. Herd located at Fabius Station
near Three Rivers. Michigan.

Peacelnnd Stock Farm: Three Rivers, Mich.

Chas. Peters Herdsman. For breedin and prices
Write d. L. BRODY. Port Huron, Michigan

is.
Howell. Mich

 

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’ six registered Holstein females 3 and
For sale 4 years. Due hit of year. Good type
and right. £180 1 bull ready‘ for heavy service, mostly
white, $1M iberty Bond to es him.

J. L. ROCHE dz SON. inckney, Mich.

FOI' Sale at a bargain. A few young bull calves from
high producin stock. Dal? one of these tine cal-

ves and raise a bull or next f .

A. F. LOOMIS, . . . Mich.

$75 gets 1 mos. old granldlson of allbfour D.D.Aitkens
H

- Owosso.

Maplecrest Korn. eng, l . am of Johan
fl) lb. son DeKoi 2nd Butter Boy 3rd 19 lb.

8 . Lad;
“2 Redford, Mich.

2 yr. M. L. McLAULIN.
OLSTEINS of uality. Bull calves from dams with
records high as 1 lbs. in ’1 days. Also collie puppies.
E A. HARD . - - - - Rochester, ich.

' three mo. old. also some fe-
Relg. "018.3,“ Bu"malos.somes ringbag now‘good
0., . O. breeding. VERNOR OLOU H. Patina, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

surpass" macaroni.”

Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us
Ten Days before date of publication.

Wildwood Farms

Breeders of Best Strains of

Aberdeen Angus Cattle
and Dame Jersey [logs

Several young bull calves on hand. three of which
are of serviceable age. out of'Black Monarch 111.
three times Grand Champion, Michigan State
Fair. Also several AI Brood sows. Will be glad
to correSpond with you by letter regarding
ItOCk. Write
SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.

Wildwood Farms, Orion, Michigan

W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor.
WOODCOTE ANGUS

TROJAN-ERIC” it BLACKBIRDB (BLACKCAPS)
only. The most fashionable strains of. the breed.
Great care given to matings and pedigrees. Ever anv
line] BRED IN THE PURPLE. Breeders and cod-
era of manv INTERNATIONAL WIN E .

wooncori: S'roox FARM Ionia. Mich.

Good uality bulls of serviceable
CIOVUIY Angus can you er. Inspectioniiivit-
ed. Geo. Hut away and n. Ovid. Mich.
Abe deen Angus Bulls of Ser-

Pure Bred vicnlilo age; inspection invited.
ANDREW EITEL. Vermontville, Mich.

IE'I' GUERNSEYS

If you want to increase your dairy profits you
need to know about the cows whose average pro-
duction. under tests supervised by State Agricul-
tural Colle es. is three times as eat as the aver-
age of all airy cows in the Un ted States. Ask
for "The Story of the Guernsey."

TOO! AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB.
Box I. - - - - Peter-Doro. N. H

MAY ROSE BULLS

h I o bulls 4 to 10 months old. grand-
Augustogfonggebviauvo of Linda Vista. roateet hull of
:11 oOuernse breed. Tuberoulin tests

sense.

and free f in

ALLARD BROS, R. 4, Niles.Nfioch
W
GUERNSEYS mamas... mm
a few choice females of

GI wood breeding also bulls. all stock of A. R. breed-

W t be li taste .
'1'. . 01‘s. mu- n - - - Battle Creek.Mlch.

45 R i t red he d. ll tb. tesfied. Nora's
nlfll‘.” Ma e a 6. son of Isrp. M 7 one Kin
II

in a
hold! nrherd. cfh shslfelszsrs sold averaging
ooh. al esare book ahead at reaso able
0 . “ bnAvgndvole Stock Farm, Wayne. Mich.

GU E R N S EY Sidff‘gi‘izi‘zh?

Containing blood of world champions.
HICKS' GUEI

INSEY FARM. Saginaw. W.S. Mich
‘ t ed C ttle
For sale gadgmlgrkshireem 3533. a.
3031' EBELB. B. 2.

Holland. Mich.

BIRNSEYS Registered bulls two years old and up-

9 :- rude heifers all afismrite our requirements.
A TE .

lit in every

n ramps ran so iii-ed St. Detroit
F , 15 0. old.

my Bu“ wngaJe waits fave iculars. .

oxs. finNNESEY. stervliet. Mich.
GUERNSCV SUI-L FOR SALE

male Independence. Ne. tam Two ‘yssrs old. Sire:
a. ares. is when?» ”M “ °‘ “’-

_ ' ANSON "5. fiiscn'rEL, Caledonia. inch.

One 4 Year Old;

we. Bing: Guernsey Heifer, will freshen inside so
9 W8V .
. “‘3' Ji'iiT’WILLI'A‘mMs. North Adams. Mich.

FOI‘ 531 Holstein - Friesian Bull cm i;
6 white, large. straight a Beauty born
am A. .0. near] lfilbs.

pogo. new . b 11.
08.151315. 11193 $198233) 0% and will. weigh 1 lbs. a
. . . O 1'!-
r°§doofiaaud 5.91? Box as. Clio. Mich.

 

 

 

  
 

Holstein
Veal

No Kind or Quality of veal is so much in de.
mood as that of the Holstein-Friesian breed.
It is an important source of revenue to Holstein
dairymen,.adding an important item to the credit
Holstein

     
  
    

  

side of the dairy farmer's account.
calves weigh 100 to 135 lbs. at birth.

If interested in

HOLSTEIN CATTLE

Bend for our booklets-they contain much
valuable information.

HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA, Box 164, Braitlsboro, Vt.

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HOLSTEIN S

The young bulls we have for sale are
backed up by many generations of
large producers. Bu one of these
bulls, and give your erda “push”.
Full descriptions, prices,etc. on request.

McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.
“Winwood Herd”

newsflash
Holstein - Friesian Cattle

Sire in Service
FLINT MAPLECREST’ BOY

His sire is Magleorest Korndyke Hengerveld. His
three nearest ems each over Eloibs. of butter in '1
His dam and granddam made over 1232 lbs.
It is the yearly cow we are
he goods Flint Ms lecrest
Boy’s am is Gluck assor Bell 3057 lbs. 0 butter
in days and 121 lbs. in 30 da . fier butter fat test
is 6.27. This looks about r t tothe man who goes
to the creamer . We have ull calves from2 weeks
to 12 months od. From A. . . dams and sired by
Flint Mspleorest Boy. which we will sell atadair‘g
farmers price breed in: considered. Just think
more cows to freshen which means more bull calves.
Let us know your wants. We will make terms on
approved notes.

JOHN H. WINN, Inc.

Lock Box 24’. Roscornrnon Mich.

Reference Rosoominon State Bank.

The Pontiac Herd

“Where the Champions come from”

Oflor Bull Calves sired by sons of Pontiac Korndyke.
Hengerveld DeKolJ’ontiac Dutchiand.or Admiral
Walker PIotertle.

Do you want a Pontiac in your herd?

Pontiac State Hospital,

days.
of butter in one year.
look for to deliver

Pontiac. Mich.

’ Pedigree Stock Farm offers Be .110!-
Parham S stein cattle. Chester White

wine,
extra bargins in calves and fall figs. Bulls half rice.
R. B. PARHA . Bronson. ich.

 

‘ R Holstein bull calf born June 18-18. extra choice
eg. individual, veil"; choice breeding price £100 reg.
and del. J. BOB RT HICKS. St- Johns. Mich.

high grade unregistered Holsten heifers pas
TWO yr.old.one fresh other fresh soon. Price $100 one?
B. B. REAVEY, Akron. Mich

     
     
    
   
    
   

  

Hired by butter bred bulls and
out of high testing dams.

The Producing Kind
with Jersey type and capacity.
Prices reasonable. Also a few
bred gilts (Durocs) and hours.
Brookwater Farm.
Herbert W.Mumford, Olntr.
J Bruce Henderson. Mgr.
Ann Arbor, Mich.

  

M aple Lane B.of M.Jersey Herd. Bulls. bull calves
i and heifer calves sired by one of the best grand-
Hood Farm and out of R. of M.

sons of Poais 99th of
IRVIN FOX. Al egan. Mich.

dams.

 

F0 Bale. Choice bulls from R. of. M. dams by Maj-
I est '9 Oxford Fox. average profit per head on en-
tire mi king herd 992.58 over cost of feed for cream
alone tuberculin tested. and free from abortion.

ALVIN BALDEN, - - - - Capac, Mich.

H illside Farm Jerseys. offer 3yearlin bulls, backed
bv tested dams. and cited by a doub e grandson of
Boynanjesty. first prize it junior champion at Mich.
State Fair,good individuals. 0.61 0.Deako.Ypsilsnti. Mich

BUTTER BRED JERFTIBIQISATEJLLB

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.
Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.

' J ERSEY BULLS

Ready for service IFOB SALE
WATERMAN & WATERMAN. Ann Arbor, Mich.

Polled Jersey Cattle Breeders' names. sale dates
and other information o
CHAS. S. HATFIELD, Box 57. R. 4. Springfield. Ohio

 

Meridalo Interested Owl No.111311 heads [lg he
bull calves from “Iris WEI; sire and out of . of

dams for sale. . NER. Allegan. Mich:

For Sale Regislered Jersey Cattle

of both sex. Smi a Parker. R. 4. Howell. Mich

ILLIE Farmstead Jerseys. Young bulls ready for
service from Rot .cows. A few bred heifers and
cows. COLON C. LILLIE. ’Coopersville. Mich.

FOR S ALE Beg. Jersey bull 14 months
old it. Lambert breeding. l‘
J .lE. MORRISJ . - . Pennington. Mich.

' Hereforcls

5 Bulls 9 to 14 months old Prince Don-
ald, Farmer and Perfection Fairfax

breeding.
ALLEN BROS., Paw Paw, Mich.

Polled and Horned blood l‘ as
Herefords embrace Fairfax. Pulled iii»

 

 

The Traverse

O. ancestors. Dam’s records up to 30 lbs.
desired.

Traverse City. Mich.

super on.
tested and not e reactor.
bull you mare coking
richly b . and anion
smountof service.

 

      
      

 

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Herd

We have what you want in BULL CALVES. the
large this growthy type. guaranteed right in
every way. They are from high producing “Ag.

r e
for pedigrees and quotations. stating about age

TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL

THE HOLSTEINS

At Ma le Avenue Stock Farm are under Goverment
The entire herd have just been tuberculin
place to buy that
o . an I have two very fine.
individuals ready for any
want to answer any question

youmayaskabout em. tis h . Write
, an. comp. Fayette. Ohio. in“ Tfisfi‘nfifi'diieraams. Bailey. Mich.

emanation 2s: 3:“

feetion and Prime Lad 9th breedin . Prices reas nable.
COLE & GARDNER. udson, Mich.

H f d, Bob Fairfax 494027 at head of herd.

ere Ol' Stock for sale. eIth r so: polled or

horned any agfle. Priced right. EA LC.McCARTY.
Sec'y. .B. Ass'n. Bad Axe. Mich.

. - . _
Francisco Farm Shorthorns
We maintain one of Michigan’s good herds of Scotch
and Scotch Topped cattle. The are well bred. prop-
erly handled and price reasonable. Come and see; we

Iik$to show them. ,
P. .‘POPE. - - - - Mt. Pleasant. Mich.

Shorthorn Callie el both Sex IorSaIe

W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Miohitofl-

WPLL sell for quick sale at $125, bull calf Exper-
_ ence W7 Re ered Shorthorn calved Apri 20.
318. dam Lucy 8 out of wwiandramhome am.
If year wan‘t2 qlua ty and lots of it with some real breed-
0 no

Seven h and Scotch Topped bulls

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Registered bull sows afd heifers-Good Sec h and
Scotch-Topped or sale. n prime condition. odel'n
sanitary equipment. Farm 10 minutes from .N. Y C

depot. 1 hour from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile most;
all trains. Write

BIDWELL STOCK FARM,

Box B. Tecumseh. Mich.

Richiand Farm

Shorthorns

Sires in Service: Fair Acres Goods and IMP.
Lorne-Michigans Grand Champion Bull. The
largest Herd of Scotch cattle in the State- Every
animal Tuberculin Tested by the Sanitar ' Com-
mission Special ofier on two extra goo white
bulls. The kind that produce roan calves.

C. H. PRESCOTT & SON

Herd at Prescott. Mich. one. at Tawas City. Mich.

Shorthorns of uality Scotch and
For sale Scotch Tgfped deroendentsofArchd'n
Hope, Avondale. M'isxw ton Sulton and White Hall
Sulton b the souls Co. Bhorthorn Breeders Ass.
JOHN S HMIDT, Bee. Reed City. Mich.

Bulls r ad for service of the cholc-
Shorthorn estbreeedlnyg. Write me you wants.
A. A. PATTULDO. B. 4. Deckervule. Mich.

Pd Beef and iMiik.

 

Shorthorn Bulls of the choicest
For sale breeding and ready for service.
LUD HASTINGS. - - . Napoleon. Mich

100 head to select from. Write
Shorthorns me your wants. firice reasonable.
Wm. J. BELL. - - - - ose City, Mich.

The Kent Co.Shorthorn Breeders have both males
and females for sale. Ask about them.
L. H. LEONARD 860.. - - Caledonia Mich.

Best Bates Shorthorns; cows. heifers
For Sale and young bulls at reasonable rices.
CLARE RIGGS. R. 4. > ason. ich.
Shorthorns. Three bulls sired b
oakWOOd 3105331- Bny 4096613 to I2 months oldy.
COLLAR BROS., B. 4, Conklin. Mich.

Milk' Shorthoms of most noted familos either
"'08 sex. all a; s, write osoan SKINNICR,
Pres. antral Mich. horthorn Ass'n.. Gowen. Mich

Shorthorn. A fine lot of youn bull fo
SCOtCh sale. Phone Orion Exchange 8 s t
JOHN LESSITERSISONS. It. I. Clarkston. Mich.

Shorthonilliulls ini'liidin
SCOtCh lin Xrospectivo herd hem er a grandson.
ofImp.Villagr. WRENC l“. P.()’l"I‘O,Charlotte,Mich.

Roan Shortliorn Bi ll 1 g . id, '1
For sale calves good niilliiiil straiiln.0 a”
CHAS. WARNER. Jr.. Imlay City. Mich.

Stockers & Feeders For SaIe

18) Slim-thorn Steers ave. 1035 lbs.
170 Hereford Steers ave. 98) lbs.
" 2 can; of yearling Herefords‘hve. 750 lbs.
2 cars of Shorthorn yearlings reds and mans.
These steers are dehorned and in good flesh. Wnpollo
CO. In. is noted for its good cattle. ' 8
JOHN CARRUW, it. 3.

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HOGS
For Sale Reg. Berkshilre Sows it Bears all ages.

Priced to so I.
RUSSELL BROS. B. 3. Merrill, Mich.

 

Gilts. Big. Lon . T ll, 200 lb.

Banshee: as in“ .. so
. so an . . . . t ' .

r. E. mean a SON. - ~ "noggiif‘ialign.

DUROC JERSEYS

Bred sows and gilts and big growthv fall boars. Pairs
n8: rflaliilted. Special price onu bred sow and fall boar
n a ' n.

NEWTON BABNHART, St. Johns. Mich.

Gilts a (I fall

Duroc der Colnfrom
E. D. HEYDENBERK.

Nothing but

DUROC JERSEYS mm p, s

for sale. CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Mic .

_igs sired by E D's Defen-
lnc The Col. dams
Wayland. Mich.

 

 

Duroo bred gilts for March and April furrow with
quality and 3126. Fall 13d? both sexes not akin.
W. C. A LOB. Milan. Mich.

BIG TYPE DUROCS

Unrelated 'l‘rlOR'of fall i for $60.00lsin le 1 $21. (0
Best of breeding. A feglexoellent' Bug Plfmouth
Rock Cockercls at $3.00 ouch.

RUSH BROS.

 

Romeo. Mich.

Large heavy-boned gilts. bred to
DUIOC Jerseys Junior Champion boar for March
and April furrow; prices reasonable-
tfiheju.

. . Come and see
tree livery expenses paid if not as represented.
DRODT Ii. . lllonroe. Mich.

Raise Chester Whites
Like This

the original big producers
, ,

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.fl

    

. ,J .3» . _
I HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

success. 1 can help you. I want to lace one ho from
great hard in every community where Im not al re
3;?

resented b these fine early dovolope for
_ months ol Write for my plan» ‘ More oncy from
G. I. BENJAMIN, B.F. D. 10_ Portland. Michigan

 

LAST fall gilts all sold. have a good lot of last spring
pigs from 3 sires good growthy stock. Farm is mile
west of de ot. Citizens Phone .

OTTO B. CHULZE, Nashville. Mich.

 

I have some splendid March ilts of
CheSters the broad heavy hamed kind bged for”
March farrowingriced right.
F' W. ALEXA E8, . .

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CheSter Wh‘tes selllanlm lilieglitnilsmge n-
ders. BIKE O. MILLER, Dryden. ch'

- Vassar. Mich.

 

 

THE WORLD’S CHAMPION

big type 0.1.0'8. Stock of all star sale. He
headed by Galloway Edd, the Worlqu: Champlo 0.?
0: boar assmted by C. . Sohoolmaster. rand Cham-
pion boar of Michigan.New York and Tennessee state
airs. Also. . . Giant Buster. undefeated Senior
bOll' pig wherever shown and Grand Champion of Cl!-
lahom state air. t our catalogue of Crandell's
prize ogs. Cass City. Michigan.

SERVI CEABLE BOARS

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Sh ped
(If C. O. D. andI Express Paid
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SECOND EDITION.

 

The markets in this edition were res
vised and corrected on Thursday after-
noon, January 2.

WHEAT.

Receipts of wheat at primary mar-
kets have been unusually large of late.
On Saturday last these aggregated 1,,
748,000 bushels compared with 446,000
bushels on the same day a year ago.
Northwestern receipts were 1,109 cars
on the same day, and 201 on the same
day a year ago. In spite of this move-
ment of wheat from the farms, prices
hold steady at recent advances. Wheat
seems to be a good product to own, as
the demand for it is very general. One
year ago the local price for No. 2 red
wheat was $2.17 per bushel. Present
Detroit prices are:

 

No. 2red ...............$2.30
No. 2 mixed 2.28
No. 2 khite ............. 2.28

CORN.

Opinions are very much mixed on
the future of the corn deal. This situ-
ation is probably due largely to a lack
of information regarding the present
and near future position of the farm-
ers. Bad roads and other obstacles in
the way of marketing at country ele-
vators are certain to aid prices in an
upward trend, while good roads will
come to the assistance of the bears.
.Dealers who had sold short on this
grain were quite largely responsible
for the stronger tone prevailing on the
closing days of the old year. One year
ago No. 3 corn sold here at $1.95 per

bushel. Present prices are:
No. 3 corn .............. $1.50
No. 3 yellow ............ 1.55
No. 4 yellow .......... .. 1.50
No. 5 yellow ........ 1.44
No. 6 yellow ..... . ..... 1.38
No. 3 white ............. 1.55

Chicago.——At Chicago the bears were
obliged to give way for a fraction,
with January quoted at $1.43 and May

at $1.36%.
OATS.

Owners of this cereal are looking to
the demand from this country to sup-
port the trade, as foreigners appear to
be out of the market. The domestic
consumption is large and of late has
given this grain independent strength.
One year ago standard oats sold on the
local market at 831/20 per bushel. Pres-
ent prices here are:

Standard .................. 72
N0. 3 white ............... 711/2
No. 4 white ............... 70

RYE.

Dealers are disregarding this market
and consequently nothing has happen-
ed to change the almost nominal quo—
tations. At Detroit No. 2 cash is quot-
ed at $1.62 per bushel.

BEANS.

The usual holiday dullness prevails
’in the terminal markets for this pro-
duct. No changes in prices have been
reported. At New York Michigan pea
beans are quoted at $10.25@10.50 per
cwt., with the market rather easy. The
Detroit price remains unchanged at $9
for immediate and prompt shipment,
this being the quotation at shipping
points. The situation in Chicago is
the same as elsewhere, excepting that
dealers are looking forward to an im-
proved demand as soon as the country
has resumed regular business. Pea
beans, hand-picked, choice to fancy are
quoted there at $9429.25, and the best
red kidneys at $12@12.50.

SEEDS.

Values are unchanged in this depart.-
ment, with prime spot clover quoted
on the local market at $25; March at
$25.25; alsike $19.25; timothy $5.10.

FEEDS.

The advance noted in mill feeds last
week is held. Other feeds have ad-
vanced the past week. Detroit quota—
tions to jobbers for feed in lOO-pound
sacks are: Bran $47; middlings $50;
coarse corn meal $63; cracked corn
$64; corn and oat chop $52.50.

FLOUR.

On the local market straight winter
wheat flour is selling in paper sacks at
$10.80 per barrel, and spring wheat
flour at $10.90.

EGGS.

I The markets for eggs are steady to
, firm. At some points advances have
‘ aflbeen recorded since last week. On the

   
      
  
   

~“Dfét-roit market extra firsts in new cits.

   
 
 
     

 

es, 'candled, are now quoted at 62c.
while firsts in new cases are held at
59%0. storage egg! 50@5Zc. re-'
ports from Chicago show the market
there to continue unchanged at 5961),
600 for firsts and 56@57c for ordinary
firsts. The New York market is main-
taining a firm front, with nearby west-
ern stock selling.at 70@85c a dozen.

HAY.

A steady feeling prevails in the
trade. Moderate supplies are on hand
and the demand is fairly good. Quo-
tations are as follows: ' .

No. 1 timothy. . . .$28.50@29.00
Standard timothy. 27.50@28.00
No. 1 mixed . 25.50@26.00
No. 1 clover ..... 24.50@25.00

Pittsburgh—The volume of business
is small with the demand fairly active.
Dealers anticipate an advance follbw-
ing the holiday. Present quotations
are as follows:

No. 1 timothy. . .$30.000@30.50 .
No. 1 light mixed 27.50@28.50
No. 1 clover mxd 27.50@28.50
No. 1 clover ..... 26.50@27.50

BUTTER.

The receipts of butter are light and
’the demand is good considering the
high prices. On the Detroit market
fresh creamery firsts are quoted at 63
@640 per pound, a decline from last
week’s quotations. Last week Chicago’s
market declined but later recovered all
but a fraction of the loss. Prices there
are from 554? 66c for creamery offer-
ings. The New York trade is easy,
with creameries ranging from 631/260
681/20 per pound.

OULTRY.

The local poultry market was en-
tirely cleaned up and the current de-
mand is sufficient to take care of he
small receipts that are now coming in.
Prices for live are: Springs 25(029c;
hens 22({1'26c; ducks 34@35c; geese
2671280; ducks 346850.; geese 264i)
26@28c; turkeys 35@360; dressed hens

 

-@45c=per pound.

   

 

28@ 3.00; springs

CHEESE.

. Supplies of cheese are showing some
increasesdue largely to the lack of
business during the-holiday week. Re-
ceipts at Chicago are a little larger
than a year ago. Daisies are selling
there at 36c and young Americas at
37c. In New York the trade is firm
with whole milk flats at 37@371,éc for
fresh specials and 35@36%cfor do.
average run.

. POTATOES.

During the past week round white
potatoes advanced 100 at Michigan and
Wisconsin shipping points, the price
going up to $1.70@1.75 f. o. b. carloads.
At Chicago there was also strength
shown with Michigan round whites,
bulk, U. S. Grade No. 1 going to job-
bers at $1.80@1.85 per cwt. The Indi-
anapolis trade paid $1.90@2 for the
same grade; Cincinnati $1.90@2; Pitts-
burgh $2@2.10; Philadelphia $2@2.10;
Cleveland $2; Buffalo $2@2.15. On the
Detroit market supplies are moderate
with the demand and movement slow.
The trade here is paying $2.75 for the
best round and long whites per 150-lb.

sack.
APPLES.

New York apples from cold storage
are selling on the Detroit market at
$5@6.25 for Baldwins and $6.25@6.50
for A 21/2—inch Spies. At Chicago A
21/2-inch Baldwins and Greenings are
selling at $6@6.50; do. Northern Spies
$6.75@7.25.

DETROIT CITY MARKET

There was a large falling off in the
amount of business on the city mar-
kets following the Christmas holiday.
Apples are now selling at from $1.50@
2.25; potatoes $1.10@1.15; turnips 60
@8125; cabbage 3@10c per head and
$1.25 per bushel; onions 600@$1.40;
squash 75@90c per bushel; dressed
pigs 300; butter 750; eggs— 75@800.

 

 

Live Stock Market Service

 

 

Reports for Thursday, January 2nd

DETROIT

Receipts 2,273. All grades strong
and 50c higher than last week. '
Best heavy steers ....... $13.00@16.00
Best handy wt bu steers. . 10.00@12.50
Mixed steers and heifers. . 10.00@11.50
Handy light butchers. . .. 9.00@)10.00

Light butchers .......... 7.0061? 8.50
Best cows .............. 9.00@10.00
Butcher cows ........... 7.55@ 8.50
Cutters ................. 7.25/90 7.50
Canners ................ 6.25@ 7.00
Best heavy bulls ........ 950611-1100
Bologna bulls ........... 8.50@ 9.50
Stock bulls ............. 6.50617 7.50
Feeders .............. . . . 9.00@10.50
Stockers ............... . 7.50@ 9.00
Milke’rs and springers ..... 65(3) 125

Veal Calves.
Receipts 1,708.; Market strong.

Best ............ . . ...... $18.50@19.00
Others . ..... . 8.00@17.00

Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts 7,203. Market steady.

Best lambs ............. 16.00
Fair lambs ............. 14.00@15.00
Light to common ........ 1100631300
Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 8.00@ 8.50
Culls and common . . . . . 5.00@ 7.50

Hogs.
Receipts 14,104. Market strong.
Pigs ........................... $17.00
Mixed hogs, steady ............ 17.50

BUFFALO.

Our live stock market was steady to
slow with all grades of hogs selling at
$17.85. Lambs did not move freely and
the top price was $17.25. Calves sold
up to $22. The cattle trade shows no
change in quotations.

CHICAGO.

Cattle.
Receipts 14.000. Beef and butcher
cattle strong and 15@25c higher.

Calves 250 higher.

Good to prime choice steers $16.25@
19.75; common and medium butchers
‘$9.75@16.25; heifers $8.50@14.50;.
cows $8.40@13.75; bologna bulls $7.50
@1250; canners and cutters $7.50@
8.40; stockers and feeders. good $10.50
@1375; do medium $7.50@10.50.

Hons.

Receipts 38 000. The market opened
strong to a shade higher and closed,
steady. Tops $18: bulk of sales $17.55
@1795: heavv $17.85@18; mixed and
light. 81775421795: packers’ hogs at
$16.85@17.50: medium and heavy at
$17 45@17.70; light bacon hogs $170»
17.90;. pigs, good to choice $14.50@
15.50; roughs $15.75@16.90.‘ .

' Sher" and Lambs.

Receipts 16 000. Market strong to

25c higher. Choice to prime lambs at

$16.45@16.75; medium and good lambs
$15@16.40; culls $11@13.50; medium
good and choice feeders $13.50@14.65;
medium and good yearlings $11.50@
13.85; choice yearlings $13.85@14.25;
wethers, medium and good $10.40@
11.65.

GROWERS' MARKET BULLETIN.

The first bulletin of the daily mu»
nicipal market reporting service of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Bureau of Markets, was issued
December 23. Dolph Berli, in charge
of the service, explains the bulletin is
issued for the benefit of growers in
Wayne county and the territory de-
pending on Detroit as a market for
home-grown fruits and vegetables.

The bulletin will be issued each mar-
ket day and is intended as a guide to
the grower to inform him of the ruling
prices at which produce sold at the
previous day’s markets; also to indi-
cate which articles are abundant and
which are scarce. '

The bureau also expects within a
few days to establish a reporting ser-
vice for the benefit of the consumer.
The bulletins will. be mailed to growers
free of charge on application to the
Bureau of Markets, 314 Hammond
Building, Detroit, Mich.

“Manual ‘of Vegetable-Garden In-

sects,” by Cyrus Richard Crosby and '

Mortimer Demarest Leonard, both of
the New York State College of Agri-
culture at Cornell University. Here is
a practical treatise on the principal in-
sects that attack truck and vegetable
crops. The life history and habits of
the insects are given, their injuries
described and methods of control set,
forth. This well-printed book of 390
pages is thoroughly illustrated and can
be had of the Macmillan Company,
New York, at $2.50 per copy.

Plant varieties that have done well
in your locality. It is not the safest
plan to put our faith all in one kind of
fruit. (

 

SHEEP _

Shropshire Rams ““1““ "n" 3"”

L b of it .
3.13.112an a son. - m sYpsilSdilil. fiich.

FOR S ALE SHROPSHIRE LAMBS, ewes

or rams.

ARMSTRONG BROS. B 3 Fowlervllle, Mich.
XFORD Down Run lambs. also few owe lambs.
Barkehlmhotlv boxes. Booking cal-tan for full in.

CHASE STOCK FARM. 3.1. ' Mariette- ich.

Registered Oxford Down

 

 

 

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For Sale a. 3% "’2‘”-
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-_ you get
more for
your money

BECAUSE

they are all northern grown — just the right kind
of seeds for Michigan soil and climate. Tested
for purity and germination by experts. Backed
by Michigan's largest exclusive field seed house
.—with a reputation of over 25 years of square
dealing. Decide now to sow Apex Brand Seeds
-—the results will make you glad you did. If
your dealer doesn't handle them—write direct
and send his name.

Caughey-Jossman Co.

Department M. F.

- Michigan

Detroit,

Dairy and Hog Feed
Farmers are paying $60.00 to $80.00
ton for prepared 20% protein feeds.
Why this waste and loss?
Our best grade cull beans analyze
Moisture 8.60%, Protien 23.35,
Crude Fat 1.38, Crude Fiber 4.82%.

Cull Bean Pickings $42.00 ton
Cull Bean Millin 40.00 “’

Sackslncluded. 1.0. .Port Huron. Mich. Te'n
cents each allowed on returned sacks.

You can produce a pound of pork
cheaper on cull beans than any other
feed.

Mix hundred pounds middlings
with hundred pounds cooked cull
beans and reduce your feed per cow,
mcludin g ensilage cost, to around 40c
per day, andincrease your milk pro—
duction from ten to forty per cent.

Other prices as follows:

Corn and Oat Chop Feed $58.00 ton
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Gluten Feed 60.00

Old Process Oil Meal 60.00 “
Cluck Cluck Scratch Feed 70.00 “
Oyster Shells 25.00 “

Sacks included. i. o. b. ship ing point
Send us your order for cull

one and 'other 1
We save you money. eed”

 

 

 

Cull Beans For Sale 83%;,“

YOUNG-RANDOLPH SEED 00. Owosso. Mich.
position on a farm b.‘ ri

wanted month or year, betweenmflabwgdrdlai‘tgla:

Traverse City- farm experienced.
EDW. SOHARF, R. 2. Box 104, Sturgis, Mich.

PORT HURON STORAGE & BEAN CO.

Port Huron, Michlgiin

 

 

HORSES

Horses Will - Be Horses Soon

We have on hand at all times a choice selection
of young Percheron Stallions. Also have How
good work horses that we are ofiering to ex-
change for ybung stallions.

PALMER BROS. Balding. Mich. | R.R. Orleans.

 

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R. 2. Williamston, Mich.

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Sale

ROE. HERBERT W. MUMFORD’S

Duroc Jersey sale, held at Chicago

on December 3 under the auspices
of the American Duroc Jersey Swine
Breeders’ Association made an average
of $428 for fifty-six head, which is a
record for a bred sow sale, of the breed
and emphasizes the commanding posi-
tion in the country of one of Michi-
gan’s famous herds of Duroc Jersey
swine. _ -

Brookwater Lass D, the grand cham-
pion Duroc Jersey sow at the recent
International Live Stock Exposition,—
was included in the sale offerings and
realized $2,225—the record price for an
open sow; She was purchased by Mr.
Thomas Johnson, Columbus, Ohio.

Brookwater Lass D is by Panama
Special, the sire whose get won first
at the National Swine Show this year,
and out of a dam whose produce won
the blue ribbon at the same show. Ev-
ery individual in the sale was bred
and developed at Brookwater Farm,
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Brookwater Lass D, Grand Champion
Duroc Jersey Sow at International.

teen states divided the offerings at the
following prices:
Th-os. Johnson, Columbus, 0. . . £2,225
Peacock & Hodgs, Elko Ga. . . . . 555
Charles W. Wampler, Harrison-

burg, Va. . . . . . ................ 280
P. J. Sexton, Waukegan, 111. . . .. 275
Lugibihl Bros, Pandora, Ohio. . . 495
P. J. Sexton, Waukegan, Ill. . . . . 340
Duntreath Farms, Forest Hill,

Tennessee .................. . 380
Edw. Dimig, Atlantic, Iowa. . . . . . 325
Johnstone Bros, Bloomington, III 260
P. J. Sexton, Waukegan, Ill. . . . . 380
H. L. White, Columbia, Miss.... 465
P. J. Sexton, Waukegan, Ill . . . . . . 265
O. E. Wilcox, Deep River, Iowa. . 350
W. M. Putman, Tecumseh, Neb. . 500
P. J. Sexton, Waukegan, Ill. . . . . . 375
O. L. Reddish, Waveland, Ind. . . . 456
P. J. Sexton, Waukegan, Ill. . . ’ 300
P. J. Sexton, Waukegan, Ill.. . . . . 310
Ortell Lininger, Fairfax, Mo. . . . . 460
H. E. Labart, O‘verton, Neb. . . . . . 500
Ames Bros, Weaver, Minn. . . . . . 525
M. CcCarty, Council Bluffs, Is... 370
D. D. Clifton, La Rue, Ohio. .... 500
John Sugg, Morganfield, Ky . . . . . 400
Peacock & Hodge, Cochran, Ga. . 400
Silas 'Willard, Princeville, Ill. . 1,000
P. J. Sexton, Waukegan, Ill. . . . .. 595
John Hartle & Son, Owatonna,

Minn. 430‘
Edw. Dimig, Atlantic, Iowa. . . . . 390

Everett & McDowell, Streator,

Illinois ............ . . . . ...... . 450
Duntreath Farm, Forest Hill,

Tenn. ................. 525‘
L. F. Atwater, Bangor, Wis. . . . . . 430,
Clarence Croft, Fennimore, Wis. 310
W. H. Putman, Tecumseh, Neb. . 340
F. J. Maser, Goff Kansas ...... . . 400
Duntreath Farms, Forest Hill,

Tenn. ................ . . . . . 600

W. M. Putman, Tecumseh. bleb” 455
P. J. Sexton, Waukegan, Ill. . . 205
P. J. Sexton, Waukegan. Ill...

Coldstream Farm, Lexington, Ky. 4851
L. F. Atwater, Bangor, Wis. . . . .. $33
McKee Bros, Versailles, Ky. . . . .

James Hackett, Sycamore, 111.. ..
John Hartle & Sons, Owatonna,

Minn. .
Carl Tmugll, Danville, Ill. . . . . . . L 280
John Hattie & Sons, Owatenna,

Minn. . ..... 255
P. J. Sexton, Waukegan, Ill. . . 500
P. J. Sexton, Waukegan, 111.. . . . . ,
W. H; Garter. Washington, Ill. .. 400
P. J. Sexton. Waukegan, Ill. . . 255
Christopher Herbert, Rock Rap

Misglowa .....
PsJ.‘ Sexton, Waukegan, H1. . .
Johnstone Bros. Bloomington. Ill. 255
P- J. Sexton. Waukegan. 111.
Grunenwald Bros, Livingston,

a...¢

345i one as

corn buyer.
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During the cold, harsh, trying winter
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feed. She must maintain her bodily Vigor as
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Carpenter Grain Co.
Battle Creek, Michigan

Mr. POULTRY FARMER:

We make a specialty of White Hennery Eggs and
have created e profitable market for your eggs the
ear around. We pay the highest premium for your
ennery Whites—We remit same day shipments
arrive.

 

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GEO. R. ELDRIDGE CO.
694—182;}: Street. Detroit. Mich.

Remember! We guarantee you satisfaction with every shipment.

CULOTTA & JUL].

Eastern Market. Detroit, Mich.

We need your shipments of Poultr . Veal. Dressed
.ive Rabbits and

Game. Highest prices possible obtained on Arrival.
We can handle your Potatoes, Onions, Apples, Cobb-
and root crops. carious or less. Your shi menus
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Commission Merchants. Dressed Beef. Hogs. calves,
Peuitr . Live A: Blamed, Provisions. etc. Correspon-
dence licited. Ref. Wayne County i Home Savmgs
Sank. Bradstreet. Dotti)“~ Mich. Cad. 2078.

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Farmsand Farm Lands For lib

Valley View Farm 136 Acres
Equipped $14,000

IShow your wife the picture of the beautiful 2-story.
9-room residence and she will “out it for her home-
Picture of big modciu basement barn. silo, hennery
piggerv. etc. will please- you too. Electric lights, but
water heat, lmlh.‘telephmw, 1‘1-room tenant house.
improvedu‘(m(l,onl,\ .14; mile lode ot town, high school.
library, bank, Borden's Fctlilc 0am soil that has cut
3 tons clover ha) to acre and gum n H5 bu. oats and
bu. shelled com. This mourn-maker. in pink of con-
dition,‘,is offered for immediate sale by aged owner.
If taken emnlhe include-six rows, 12 heifers and calves.
hulls, (17 are registered Holsteins) puirhorees, poultry,
hogs, tools, wagons, machineryfi potatoes, oats. hay.
straw, ensilage, etc, etc. SI-UICO Is the low price, part
own. Pictures and details page 34 ”Btrout's Bargain
Catalogue" 17 states. Write for copy. De t. 101,
L..A’i STBOUT FARM AGENCY. Ford Bldg. troll.
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Sheep or Cattle Ranch For Sale
1022 acres. 200 acres cleared, seven miles from county
seat, Clare 00.. Mich. Two sets buildings; sheep 1m!
4’55 elevated tank; wind mill. water piped inside- barn.
Well at house furnishes water for bmh dwellings
etpck scales and sorting pens in Frost twp, all fenced
With some cross fences. free "£01986 to lake \rnterin
summer. 353 no res in Hines twphalf under fences.Very
best. of land, sandy and cl; \' oam. Terms reasonable
price Willi). J. MECMMI S. R. 2. Harrison, Mich.

 

 

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from CENTRAL MICHIGAN NORMAL OOLLEG
willeell or trade for small farm, or stock gene
merchandise. open Gave: 0 Francis, It. Plenum. Midi.

FLORIDA WINTER HOMES

141]) acre ranch 37(110. 10 acres $250,0r 40 acres saw. 55
cash. '1‘.J.

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’ ' Stock Ranches, Unimproved

lands. Many choice bargains at this time.
GLADWIN, MICHIGAN

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Stete cash price}, full rticnlars.
D. 1“. Bush, ll lnneapolis, Minn.

FEEDING CORN

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