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We like » to Call attention to the fact that the Samson is so simple that the tool

kit contains three box wrenches—and nothing else.





We like to talk about the safety of the Samson—safety absolutely assured by ’

a uniform distribution of weight. ~ . '





We like to call attention to the fact that you can throw away jour oil can——

that you don’t need it with the Samson. because the oil is applied at only two

. points, and distributed from these points to all moving parts.





We like to talk about the fact that the Samson (Model M) will pull two 14—inch

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We like to talk about the fact that all movin $3115 on the Samson are

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get together in variohs neighbor-



hood- gatherings, farmers’ clubs

and grange meetings, we sometimes

talk over the days when we went to

the old district school. And frequently

an old farmer declares the country

schools are not as good as they used

to be. Sometimes there is consider-

able truth in the claim, depending on

the location and progressiveness of the

school district under consideration.



During these days in the majority of

district schools in southern Michigan

there is a decided improvement in the

equipment and methods of teaching

Many of the houses were built years

ago and have deteriorated more or

less, unless the school board has taken

interest enough to keep them in good

repair and well painted, inside and

out. But we have visited several

schools in Calhoun and other counties

wherein the interiors of old-time struc-

tures were a revelation to the visitor,

largely due to the interest and ability

of the teacher. Such schools we found

well furnished with modern seats,

desks, blackboards, globes, charts, dic-

tionaries, book cases well filled with

good literature, framed pictures on the

walls, organs, phonographs, etc. The

walls and ceilings were painted and

papered, good heating stoves or fur-

naces provided and Windows all well

screened with shades and curtains.



A good teacher is a treasure in a

good district school, provided the

school board and patrons become

aware of the fact in time to appreciate

and retain such a teacher for several

terms, and even years of service.

Sooner or later there will be some do-

ings in such a country school house

and the folks thereabouts will eventu-

alliy hear about it. If the patrons take

enough interest and join the teacher

and pupils in keeping the “doings" go-

ing from one week end to another, in

time, and as sure as fate, that district

will have a porcelain enamel plate

tacked up over the front door proclaim-

ing to the passer-by that it is a “Stan,-

dard School.” '



The accompanying picture is an in-

stance. There are but three “Stan-

dard” rural schools in Calhoun county.

This school is about three/miles north

of Battle Creek and has been taught

by Miss Pearl L. Ford for the last four

years. And she is all that the term

implies. After she had been teaching,

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Five “Old Boys" Visit their Old District School.





happening until the culmination was

the tacking up over the front door of

the sign that proclaimed to all the

world that “we did it!” and now “we’ve

got it!” We took this picture just af-

ter the celebration of the achievement

one pleasant day. A program had fol-

lowed a fine dinner served in a farm

house near by. Then we all stepped

outside and watched the school direc-

tor, W. S. Fruin, put up the plate. The

picture showsthe teacher, officers, pu-

pils and patrons with bright and happy

faces, posed on the front steps.



The next view is of one corner of

the school room during the noon hour.

Warm lunches are served during the

cold weather of winter and this plan

has been very successful. The teacher

and school board purchased a complete

equipment of large oil stove, oven,

cooking utensils, knives, forks, plates,

Spoons, cups, etc. Everything is first-

class and complete in detail. There is

room provided for keeping all this

equipment and it is cared for by the

pupils with great pride and satisfac-

tion. The picture shows lunch warmed

and ready to serve on the self-serve

plan.



The girls enjoy this innovation and

they are taking up many fine ideas in





the way of becoming more or less ex-

pert in domestic‘science. The day we

visited the school we found everything

scrupulously neat and clean and‘every-

thing in its proper place.



This school house is not new by any

means, but it looks fine inside the

school room. The walls and windows

are decorated and screened, the desks

and seats shine from being kept clean

and polished. Patriotism is sticking

out on all the walls and is expressed

in the feelings of the pupils. Sanita-

tion is vigilantly maintained. There

are individual drinking cups and paper

towels, and frequent talks on detailed

methods of maintaining good health

and cleanliness. The very neat and

clean appearance of the pupils proves

that they practice what is preached to

them, and the habit has become second

nature. '



The third picture is a study; and

there are hundreds of farmers and

their wives, well along on the shady

side of life, who will look at it with a

personal interest and exclaim, “I’ve

been there,” and “Now, don’t that look

natural?” '



One day a newspaper man and a

state senator asked the writer to ac-

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country school house where they went

to school long before the 'Civil War.

When we reached the old building we

found five old boys of about the same

age who had gathered to have their

pictures taken. Their idea was to

pose in a sort of stiff position that.

would show all the dignity they had ac-





quired in the long years since they





used to cut up tricks on the teacher

and each other. They'wanted to stand

up in a row beside the old brick wall

and have a picture that would show

them together at the old district school

once more. I





But we made an entirely different

proposition to them, and they hit at

the bait immediately. So we placed

them in the position shown at the en-

trance of the 01d entry door right

where they used to sit and play. For

ten minutes or more we tried to get

these old boys to act natural. The

senator sitting in the chair tried to

brush off his coat lapels and sleeves a

dozen times and smooth out the hairs

in his beard. The bald-headed man

at the right wanted to keep his hat on,

we suppose because his head looked}

different from what it did when he

came to school swinging his tin dinner

pail nearly sixty years ago.



Finally we told the boys that we

would not take the picture until they

had told some stories to each other,

and then we gave the senator a jack

knife and pine stick to whittle. Sud-

denly we told them it was all over and

they were surprised to find they had

been “took” unawares. They wanted

us to take another, for fear the first

one would not be good. When we had

finished up the picture they were so

“tickled” over it they wanted a dozen

or more apiece.





Later on we found that the senator

was telling a snake story when we

snapped the shutter. The newspaper

man sitting in the entry way had help-

ed the senator carry the snake right

through those doors and they fright-

ened‘ the teacher nearly to death. And

we may be sure those boys had to call

it a day when that job was done and

the teacher got through with them.





Such a picture as this has more life

to it than posing in a dignified row “up

agin’ a brick wall.” Those old-time

boys greatly treasured that picture”.

Three of them have since died. The

scene is one that will bring thoughts

of old school days to many of the read-

ers of the Michigan Farmer.
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VOLUME CLII. NUMBER TWO





" DETROIT, JANUARY 11, 1919





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CURRENT COMMENT





OLONEL ROOSE-





America’s VELT, whose sud-

F. den death startled the

"r“ nation on Monday last,

Citizen well earned the great





distinction of being

remembered as America’s first citizen.

Colonel Roosevelt was so well known

and the important phases of his career

so familiar to the average American

as to make a biographical review of





 





 





' his life superfluous. In addition to be-

ing properly designated as America’s



. ‘ First Citizen. Colonel Boeseveltenjoy—

j‘ed a'world-wide fame attained by few

men. As soldier, statesman, writer,

traveler, explorer, hunter and fighter,





 





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lasting fame. His rugged and vigorous





personality which won for him a larger.





personal following in the Uniwd States

than was ever attained by any other

citizen, also earned him many bitter

and powerful enemies, but his vigorous

Americanism ever prevailed .to main-

tain his position as America’s First Cit-

izen in the great heart of the American





-people. 'Of the host. of good things





which might be said of Colonel" Roose-

velt and his accomplishments in public

life, perhaps the greatest is an ac-

knowledgement of his influence it!“

arousing the great public conscience

of America, through his efforts as the

exponent of agsquare deal. It is but

fitting tribute to Ell-President Roow

velt to say that because of the influ-

ence of his life our public and private

ideals have been raised to a higher

plane; our politics made cleaner; our

business more honest, and our lives as





l citizens more purposeful;





' N another column





1303ng of this issue, page

the 44, will be found what

may prove a well.



_State founded protest





against the perpetua-

tion of the state constabulary. There

is no doubt at all that the cost of maine

taming this small force of mounted po-

lice is high. It is said that the plans

were first made for a much larger

force than was established, and that

part of the eduipment for a larger

force was purchased, but that when

the members of the state War Prepar-

edness Board figured on the cost of

maintenance the original plans were

severely pruned. To the end that our

readers may be fully informed on all

phases of this proposition, we have

asked the auditor general for a state-

ment of the cost of maintaining the

state constabulary and his reply will

be published at an early date.



In a recent issue we commented on

the activities of this state police force

during the past year. This review of

their activities showed their principal

usefulness to have been in the appre-

hension of draft evaders and of liquor

runners at the state line. They also

did patrol duty at the docks, elevators

and warehouses for the protection of

war materials and food stuffs.



The first and last mentioned of these

activities were wholly related to the

war and are no longer necessary. The

enforcement of the prohibition law is

still a proposition to be considered,

but with Ohio going into the dry col-

umn and national prohibition coming

next July, until demobolization of our

troops has been completed, the useful-

ness of the state constabulary in this

direction will scarcely be .as great af-

ter that date as it has been in the past.

There remains to be considered the

possible usefulness of such a force in

case of strikes or other internal trou-

bles of. a similar nature. The other ac

tivities of these state police are of less

importance and could be largely ac-

complished by local peace emcers.



A thorough investigation and study

of this proposition is most opportune

at the present time, and we shall be

glad to present all obtainable facts re-

garding it to our readers at the earliest

possible date.





- AIRYMEN in the

The Milk





Detroit area, who



Commission a re contributing to

F5 "‘1’. the city’s mill: supply,

1193 may be disappointed"





at the prices fixed for

the next two months. which are less

than the December price, notwithstand

ing the increased cost of feeds: 'But

in making these present prices the

commission has provided for later com-

pensation, as well as for the establish

ment of-a principle Which its experi-

ence has "indicated as. just». i. ' 6., that

milk prices should be _.hlgher during

the summer months ‘of-vshort produc-





 





   

   

 

 





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jIn thus serving notice as to item-

ture policy the milk commission is giv-

ing producers an opportunity to pro-

vide for higher production during the

spring and summer months, when pro-

ducers will be compensated for the

necessity of lowering prices at the

present time to preserve a market by





inducing maximum consumption during





the period of high production, and thus

avoid the perplexing problem of a large

surplus. This establishment of a defl-

nite plan ‘of future action will give

dairymen contributing to the Detroit

supply an opportunity to make effec-

tive plans for the maintenance of a.

good flow of milk throughout the sum-

mer, especially by the sowing of soil-

ing crops which will insure a supply

of succulent forage, againstthe failure

of pastures from midsuMer,di-ought.



In- his message to the dairymen in

the Detroit area, published, in another

column of this issue,» Field Secretary

Reed, of the Milk Producers’ Associa-

tion, has well said that the establish-

ment of the principle of a compensa-

tory market is of greater importance

than the present maintenance of a

compensatory price, and the serving of

notice by the commission that the pro-

ducers will be later compensated for

the present need of moderate price re-

duction is a definite establish:hent of

that principle. »





HE feed problem

Keep the » is a serious one

Best for many Michigan

, ' f a r m e r 5 this year.

L’ve Stoc" With some its only so-

lution seems to be a,

reduction of flocks and herds. When

this is necessary it is a serious mis-

take to sell the best individuals simply

because they are the most salable and

will bring the most money. There has

never been a better future prospect for

the live stock business in this state.

The farmer who has good foundation

stock for future production in any line

has a most valuable asset, for the rea-

son that prices for live stock and live

stock products are certain to maintain

a high level for a much longer period

than prices for grain feeds. Keep the

best of your live stoCk and be prepared

to reap a profit from this condition.





. RGANIZATION of



relief work in the

liberated sections of

war stricken Europe

is revealing a situa-

tion which seems to

indicate that the World’s food produc-

tion problem will not be immediately

solved by the ending of thewar. Re-

serve stocks of wheat in India have

not proven to be as large as had been

supposed, while a portion of the Aus-

tralian supply has been injured by the

weevil and rendered unfit for human

food. The need for food to relieve

present conditions in Europe is being





The Food

Production

Problem





emphasized as conditions in the fiber





ated sections are analyzed, with a re-

sulting stiflening of our coarse grain

market. There is also increasing evi-

dence that there will be a larger ex-

port demand for our live stock, partic-

ularly dairy cows and horses. than the

more conservative students of the sit-

uation believed, while a continued

large demand for our live stock pro-

ducts, particularly fats, is assured.

The logical conclusion is that the

world demand for food will continue to

be so great as to make-maximum food

production as profitable at least as it

has. been during the past year, and

withgovernment restrictions removed

and control measures relaxed perhaps





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even more profitable. This being con:

oeded. the labor problem again be-

comes [the farmer's most pressing prob-

lem, and the one most dialcult of solu-

tion. With the demobilization of the

boys/“inherit; and. of many returned





 





 

 





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av’ailoflehmdabor and still need . V hr

the employment of boys and ten- the

distribution of mm labor which my

be available in Cities duringthe trans-

itiod period to a.peace basis. There





will also continue the need for the in- .





creased " utilization of labor-saving

equipment on every farm. This should

be provided for on a community coop-

erative basis where‘ beyond the reach

of the individual farmer, and it is not

too early for neighborhood planning to

this desirable end. The coming year

will be a big year for American "agri-





culture, and the progressive farmers





who best plan to avail themselves of

the opportunity for a profitable season

will reap the largest dividends.





. E have. learned

A Farm - With 91835111? Bf

Who the action of theme}:-

- - . igan senate. in choos-

'Can He)? King Hon. Charles B.

, Scully, of Lapeer

county, as president pro tem of that

body. This is a just tribute to a war-

thy man. This is Mr. Scully’s second

term as senator and he previously

served in the other branch of incl-eg-

islature. Mr. Scully is one of our

young, progressive farmers who needs

no introduction to Michigan Farmer

readers. He has just served two terms

as president of the .State Association

of Farmers’ Clubs where he did ,splen‘

did work for organized agriculture.

There is generally no lack of whole.-

some and effective farmer influence in

the lower house of the Michigan legis-

lature, but there has too often been a.

lack of it in the state senate. With

well known farmers as president and

president pro tem of that body, legis-

lation of interest to farmers is certain

to receive proper and effective atten-

tion and explanation, which is a long

step toward its proper and just con.

sideration.





News of the Week





Wednesday, January 1.



PRESIDENT WILSON reaffirms his



stand for the freedom of the seas

and against the principle of the bal-

ance of power among nations—The

new German government announces

its advocacy of the iternational aboli-

tion of compulsory military service.—

Reports from London claim that Ger-

man submarines surrended to the in.

lies are being divided among the All-ted

nations—The United States transport

Northern Pacific with 2,500 American

soldiers aboard, goes aground at Fire

Island oi! New York Harbour—Three

men were killed and forty-five injured

when a troop train was derailed near

Admonton, Quebec.





Thursday. January 2.

AMERICAN troops defeat Bolshevik

forces along the Dnega river in

northern Russia, capturing Kadish and

more than a dozen villages. These

troops are new assured good winter

quarters—British .steam yacht Iolaire

is wrecked on the Scotland shore and

309 sailors drowned—President Wil-

son leaves Paris for Roma—The Am-

erican army of occupation receives

forty airplanes and 2,500 guns from

the Germans.-—-Michlgan legislature

ratifies the national prohibition amend-

ment, she being the sixteenth state to

cast her ballot in favor of a dry na-

tion—Oakland county’s sherifi is now.



being paid on a salary basis.



Friday, January 8. \



TWO thousand French soldiers enter

' Budapest, the Hungarian capitol.

-—It is announced that President Wil-

son. and Premiers Lloyd George and

Clemenceau, have agreed on the cre-

ation of a new German confederation

under the leadership of Bavaria and





to include'Posen, Siberia, Silesia and .





the Rhine- provineeawsenster cen-

nolty, of Spring Lake, introduces a me-

olntlon in the m





roams a. coastlin-





giving'the legislature authority wrote ‘





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, GRICULTURE ' is a “no-man’s



‘ land” for the sciences. Botan-



' ists, entomologists, chemists, bac-

teriologists, soil-physicists and plant-

breedersgjoin in solving its problems.

First one science and then another lets

in. light and illuminates some obscure

noOk in plant grewing. Sometimes the

discoveries proclaimed turn out to be

theories made wonderfully charming

bytheirouge of speculation; at other

times it seems that it is controversy

and controversy alone that quickens

the pulsefiof the investigator; not infre-

quently the offering of science is; an

old garment made over in anew and a

'WOnderful style. But in spite of these

defects and of such others as slowness,

uncertainty, discoveries heralded that

never put in appearance and the great

display of small truths much adorned,

the sciences are, stage by stage, cre-

ating a new agriculture. ,

There has been and is a very dis-

‘tinct ebb and flow in the activities of

the several sciences having to do with

the cultivation of the soil. Thus syste-

matic botany, in the classification of

fruits, began the construction of ra-

tional horticulture; then came chemis-

try to furnishknowledge of soils and

fertilizers; then botany again and en-

tomology, to offer aid in combating in-

numerable pests and these two branch-

es of learning now loom largest. When,

however,va disCovery is made in any

science, men are drawn to it as moths

to a light and we may feel sure that





botany and entomology are giving way





in horticulture to the sciences having

to do with plant-breeding and with

soils and soil fertility since in these

fields discovery and activity now are

seemingly, greatest. '



As we are hearing much and in' an-

ticipation that we shall hear more in

the next few years about the fertility

0f the soil, and, to lead up to the sub-

ject before you, .let us follow this ebb

and flow of phases of soil investiga-

tions. -



The first comprehensive theory pro-

claimed by science regarding soil fer-

tility came from Leibig,‘ the great Ger-

man chemist, who ‘held that since

plants absorb salts of potassium, phos-

phorus, nitrogen and other elements



.from the soil, fertility depends upon

the quantity of these several plant

foods in the soil. A natural inference

'was that the chemical{ composition of

the crop affords the necessary guide to

fertilizing. This theory, we now know,

is but a rough approximation of the

truth and is of little real value in ac-

tual practice. The misconceptions of

Liebig and his followers were largely

due to the fact that they did not recog-

nize that the average tillable soil con-

, tains from fifty to a hundred, or even

a thousand times more of the chemical





' _,_constitu'ents than any crop can possi-





_b_ly_>_extract from it. Unfortunately,

this old hypothesis that fertilizing con-

sists only *in‘putting in the soil what

the'pl'a‘nts take out, still survives.

This pronouncement of the chem;

ists as to the fertility of land, though

all chemists now hold a greatly modi-

fied view of the relations of the chem-

icals in‘ a soil to the fertility of the

’ scil, was first, vigorously combatedby

”a theory of soil fertility, advanced by

.soil physicists.





soil isof far less importance than the

pity, of water and, that the. cum--

tbr’_s‘hduld largely devote his venerj

gees fto controlling the moisture in' the

Misc that the mineral-{salts may he





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By—-— U. P. Hedrick





HE author of this article, or





which the second part will appear





next week, has long been identified with horticultural work.

Following his graduation from the Michigan Agricultural College





in 1893 and the

institution in 1895, he

botany and horticulture





completion of his postgraduate work at the same

filled profesSorships in the departments of

at both the Oregon and Utah Agricultural





Colleges and, for a short time, the position of state fruit inspector





for Michigan.





In 1899 he returned to hisAlma Mater as assistant





professor of horticulture and three years later was made full pro-





fessor of that department. Not





long after the wide-awake fruit





men of New York state recognized the ability of Dr. Hedrick and

prevailed upon him to take charge of horticultural work at the





Geneva Sattion where he now labors.

ples of New York,” and"‘Plums of New York,”





His books entitled, “Ap-

and many bulletins,





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tility of such other physical factors as

temperature, aeration and the texture

of the soil. The most radical advo-

cates of the physical theory declare

that chemical fertilizers are of little

or no value for the food they add to

a soil.



It seems to an onlooker that the

chemists have‘not sufficiently recogniz-

ed the importance of the physical con-

dition of the soil in their teachings. At

any rate, it is now certain that in prac-

tice in every field of agriculture, fol-

lowing instruction from chemistry, far

too much importance is attached to

putting chemicals into the soil and far

too little to the physical means of mak-

ing available for food the unavailable

material now there. While many of

the difierences between chemists and

physicists are more suited to contro-

versy than to real practice in soil-fer-

tility, yet much good is bound to come

from the discussions now going on be-

tween the sciences they represent.



It is not quite a quarter of a century

since the writer received instruction in

what was called agricultural chemis-

try. The teacher, a pioneer chemist,

gave instruction regarding the fertility





of soils. He had received his light

from the flood light which began with

Liebig. .The instruction ran in brief

that chemists could provide for prac-

tically all the needs of soil fertility. To

the teacher and student of that day

the now important fields of soil physics

and bacteriology were wholly arid and

unproductive. The centuries-old riddle

of how legumnious crops fertilize land

had then 'just been solved by the dis-

covery that bacteria, the underworld

of life, take nitrogen from the air and

store it in the roots of clovers, peas,

beans and their like. This revelation,

one of the most important in all time

for agriculture, has been followed in

quick succession by one astonishing

discovery after another by the bacte-

riologist. Now it is proved that the

earth is literally alive with bacteria——

a living earth, not a dead, inert one,

an earth teeming with good, bad and

indifferent organisms. '



Now we are told that not only do

bacteria store nitrogen in the roots of

legumes but other bacteria change the

ammonia formed by the decay of plant

and animal matter into nitrates in the

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ter form nitrogen which otherwise

would have escaped into the air. Still,

"other of the soil bacteria decompose

nitrates, setting free nitrogen \ ich,

unless combined with the salt of some

mineral escapes and is lost. We are-

taught that the farmer can control the

rate of nitrification and denitrification

in the soil by drainage, aeration, culti-

vation, and by regulating the tempera-

ture of the soil. Thus, literally, bac-

teria can be domesticated and set to

work at making nitrogen for the farm.

As often‘fertility of the soil is deter-

mined by the rate at which nitrates are

formed, the regulation of the bacteria

of nitrification is an important factor

in keeping up the fertility of lands. It

becomes very necessary to keep the

soil in such condition that bacteria

will thrive and especially to preserve

the top layer of soil which, according

to present teachings, is literally the

cream of the land. The theory that the

soil which lies deep needs to be

brought to the surface has been given

many hard knocks by the bacteriolo-

gist for he has proved that the home

of bacteria is humus, the debris of de-

cayed organic matter, and surface soil

alone contains humus. Several years

ago the supposition arose that soil-

sterility is often determined by the ex-

cretions of growing plants which may

poison the land for some crops, but

which may be innocuous to other

plants that follow. While there is

much to show that plants do give ofi

harmful excretions, or in some way

cause soils to become more or less tox-

ic, yet the statements made by some

investigators that toxicity is a prime

factor in soil fertility has not yet gain-

ed general credence. The importance

of ioxicity.of soils is denied by chem-

ists in particular.



Just now the world-wide audiences

in soil fertility have closed their ears

to the arguments of chemists and phy-

sicists over their differences to listen

to the zoologist who has brought his

science into play to solve the problems

of soil fertility. According to the zo-

ologist the few inches of humusofilled

crust on the earth’s surface is verita-

bly a jungle; a jungle filled with one-

celled plants, bacteria, which are prey-

ed upon by one-celled animals, proto-

zoans. Now these voracious proto—

zoans may devour so many of the bac-

teria engaged in changing the nitrogen

of the air and soil into available plant

food that their number is lessened to

a harmful degree. The predaceous

protozoans, however, can be removed

by suitable treatment, as by chemicals

or heat to sterilize the soil so that the

protozoans but not all the bacteria are

killed. Delivered from the mouths of

their enemies, the ammonia-producing

bacteria increase with tremendous rap-

idity and a higher level of soil fertility

is quickly attained. Here at last we

have a reason as to why sterilizing the

soil, an operation practiced in one way

and another since before Christ’s time,

is beneficial to the soil—«another link-

ing of a traditional practice of agricul-

ture with a new discovery in science.

The value of soil sterilization in flower

and vegetable-growing under glass has

long been demonstrated; it is possible

that we shall sometimes use it in the

fields in our efforts to increase soil

fertility. lg .-



Even more‘ recent than the discOverfi

ies of the biological aspects of the soil I

are those which deal with the phenom- ..

enon of absorption. The classical illus-f

tration of absorption is made by pour: 1‘:

ing a solution of a dye in a long tube“, -.,



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HE great question of the day, so.



I far as the farmer is concerned, is



howto maintain the income nec-



essary to enable him to rear and edu-



cate a self-respecting family. It is-



much easier, however, to state a'wish

than to offer a solution.



It was necessary to place emphasis



on quantity during the war. Economy

was the last item considered. It had

to be so. Everyone said, and said

wisely, “Win this war no matter what

it costs, but win it!” We won because

the emphasis was placed on quantity;

quantity of men, quantity of munitions,

quantity of supplies; quantity of food.

An officer who was in the thick of the

fight at Chateau Thierry told me that

he believed that no army ever before

was so well supplied with ammunition

as was the American army, when with

our allies on July 16-17-18, the Huns

were finally started on their homeward

journey.

. Our Agricultural Mission visited the

“Landes” south of Bordeaux, Where the

French during the past century have

reclaimed that vast area of waste land

by planting Maritime pine. These for-

ests were now helping to win the war

by furnishing perhaps one hundred

million board feet a month of construc-

tion lumber and railroad ties. At the

time of our visit with the French, the

Canadian and American armies had

forestry units engaged in getting out

lumber. The French officer explained

to our party with some emphasis and

considerable elaboration that their

army used a band saw two mm. wide,

while the Americans used the circular

Saw, which was ten mm. wide. An

American doughboy standing in the

background explaimed: “If we tried

to save on sawdust we would'be here

for the next ten years.‘ Of course, we

are wasteful. Wars are always very

'wastetul!” '



Now that the war is over emphasis

must be put upon efficiency, not on

'quantity of production. The French

forester was teaching us an important

lesson for peace times. The mlllers of

France are required to pay the French

farmers $4.09 a bushel for wheat, while

the French government subsidized the

miller at a cost estimated to be 3240,-

000,900 a year in order that bread may

sell at retail at five cents a pound. A

French farmer, in other words, sells





his wheat at 6.8 cents a pound and~





buys bread at five cents a pound.

Should the world have two harvests in

succession like that of 1915, or even

approximating it, the granaries of the

world will be bursting with wheat.’



In order to salvage out of this war

benefits of the most permanent charac-

ter, it will be necessary to increase

the efllciency of production of agricul-

tural products. It is not the only way,

perhaps, but it is the most direct and

certain way to maintain the greater

prosperity which has come to thetoil—

ers of the soil and other producers of

raw materials. Certain it is that un-





giless it is done in some countries, pos-





“sibly’ in all countries, food will become

‘ in the language of H. G. Wells, “the

skimped production of a tringe of in.

letter Workers." .



No nation, using the word nation as

is. synonym for race, can long survive

{pubis new age under such conditions.

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and Director of the California Experiment Station, Berkeley.

Califomia, none of the real leaders of agricultural thought? in





America. Although a college man he has never lost sight



real problems of farming and t ‘ ,

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He was born at Ridout. Illinois,Janmy_1, 1862, and graduat-





ed from the University of





Illinois [omit Since that time he has





been connected with the University of Illinois. Ohio StateUniver-

sity, Pennsylvania State College, Cornell University and Cantor-

nla College of Agriculture. His books on crops, soils. forage crops

and rural economies are recognized as standard authority on these





subjects.





was a member of





Mr. Hunt has recently returned from Europe where he

the Food Production Commission sent by the





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the country may continue without ma— ‘





t‘erial modification, but one race of peo-

ple must continue to succeed another

unless the efllciency of production is

maintained. .



How often this rotation of races may

occur, must. of course, depend upon the

variety of forces and circumstances too

complex to permit of prophecy. In gen-

eral, however, we may not be very far

wrong in estimating the tendency at

three generations, or about once in ev-

ery hundred years. It is interesting to

note in this connection that in three

centuries, the United States has had

four groups of immigrants following

each other in rather definite successive

waves, namely: (1) English; (2) Ir-

ish; (3) Teuton and Scandanavian, and

(4) mixture of races from the Baltic

and other Mediterranean countries, in-

cluding also the Poles. It is also Sig.

nificant that while each group sought

the land, their" grandchildren occupy

the cities. The colored race has only-

been free about fifty years.





Each family must have more pro-

ducts to exchange for essential com-

modities. The family, rather than the

individual, is mentioned because it is

only as we think in family units that

we get at the essence of the problem.

While it is not an essential part of

this thesis, it should be fairly obvious

that, if in'order to ‘live decently, it is

necessary to restrict the size of the

family to a point that no longer in-

creases the population, the nation can

not long survive. '

~ The main point of this diknssion,

however, is to show that the way to

prevent the income being too small, is

to increase the efficiency of production.

It is not the only way. By means of

subsidies and prohibitive measures in’

comes may be maintained or even in-

creased. “Favored Nation" clauses of-

ten help the favored individuals if not

the nation concerned. At best, how-

ever, “Favored Nation" clauses may

change even if a war is not fought to

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However, now that the war is over

it in perfectly reasonable for the first?

or: of'the .United states to insistthat;

if emphasis is to be placed upon anon.

titrin order that other nations mi

have cheap bread, these nation should

oter smegma—ant” that they will be

able to exchange their wheat for an-

euuitabie amount of clothing and other

essentials of comfortable living. A.

man does not take a contract to com

struct a building until it is definitely

settled how much he is to receive tor

his work. Such benefits as may arise

from such contractural arrangements

can only last. however, during the pe

riod of our allies‘ needs. ‘



If a person produces more of any

goods or commodities; such as wheat.

corn, wool or cotton, he has more to

exchange for other commodities of ser-

vices which he desires. But if there is

a larger supply ct any of these articles.

will he not be required to give more

of the article for the commodities or

services he desires. This would be

true certainly if the increase in the

articles is due to more people being

engaged in producing it at the old

rate of production for two reasons:





1. There are more people \whomust

be supplied with fabricated goods, and



2. There are less peofle relatively

to make these goods by virtue of more

people havelng gone into farming.





in other words, the fewer farmers

there are and the more efficient they

become. the more commodities and ser-

vices there will be to distribute among

each of them. If,"however, the increas-

ed production is due not to an increase

in the number of people who are culti-

vating the soil, but to the increase in

the efficiency of. those already so en-

gaged, the increased production may

not lower the purchasing power of the

products produced for tivo reasons;





1. There will be relatively more peos 1





pie needing food. . ,



2. There will be more people produc-

ing the commodities which the farmers

need.



' Hence the abundance of these goods

will be relatively greater.



But if too many people are engaged

in manufacturing, will not be food sup‘

ply be deficient and famine result? If

the food supply is too small, then more

efficient methods of manufacturing and

distributing must be found, so that

some of those engaged in these indus-

tries may be released to engage in





' farming without reducing the supply





of manufactured goods. «,



If the amount of manufactured goods

is merely increased by increasing the

number of people so engaged, it will

be necessary to supply more food for

a given quantity of products because

more months were required to produce

it. The rise in the price of manufac-

tured products will prevent people

from engaging in farming.



In other words, a certain group of

individuals, or a particular nation may

thrive for ,a time by means of subsi-





dies, using the term in its broad slg-~

nihcance, but it can only thrive at the “





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enced in marketing farm pro-

ducts are the result of careless.

ness or lack of knowledge of how the





M ANY of the difficulties experi-





t' , products are handled after they reach





the city markets. The following ad-

vice from A. D. Miller, of the 'United

States Bureau of Markets, concerning

perishable products and methods of

marketing should prove of interest to

many readers who are interested in

shipping in their own produce to mar-

ket. The time is past when farmers

can afford to ship inferior and poorly





, prepared produce to market, and every





person interested in securing a larger

percentage of the consumer's dollar

must bear in mind that attractiveness,

quality and sound business practices

are necessary in securing it. Mr. Mil-

ler says;



Appearances Influences Demand.



Success in farming depends to a con-

siderable extent upon success in mar-

keting, and marketing has come to be

a highly specialized business. It in-

volves an understanding of human de-

sires. The consuming public gauges

its demand for a product according to

the degree in which that product sat-

isfies its tastes. Taste to a consider-

able 'extent is influenced by appear-

ance. This is especially true in the

case of perishable and semi-perishable

products such as fresh vegetables, ber-

ries, apples and potatoes.



Visit Wholesale District.



Competition is keen in marketing.

The farmer who wishes to sell his pro-

duct- at a high price, must learn the

demand of public tastes, and put up

his product in a way that will give the

consumer reasonable satisfaction.





Most goods sold in fairly large quan- .





tities pass through the hands of a mid-

dleman or dealer. These men because

of their constant touch with the trade

have learned the desires of consumers.





 





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077 Selling Farm Products





 





 





Good Cultural Methods Pave





Whether a farmer sells direct to the

consumer or through a middleman, it

may pay him, if he can do so, to visit

a marketing center, and spend some

time in the wholesale produce district

watching how sales are actually con-

ducted. He can then talk with dealers

about the methods of preparing prod-

ucts for market, visit their grading and

packing rooms and observe how that

process is done.

Write Dealer.



If a personal visit to the trade is too

expensive and the farmer sells through

a dealer, he should write to him, ques-

tioning him carefully about how to

sort, grade and pack a product, so that

it will bring the highest price.



ltemize Shipment.



When a shipment is made, it pays to

load goods carefully. If possible learn

from some reliable source, such as the

Bureau of Markets, how to arrange ma-

terial in cars so that it will best with-





 





the Way to Better Marketing.





stand the journey. An itemized ac-

count of the number of boxes or pack-

ages in the shipment, the different va-

rieties, and amount of each, will be a

great help to the dealer and a record

for your own use. Send this statement

to the dealer at once, together with a

letter of explanation, stating the num-

ber of the car, the date it is to leave

and the road on which it is to be

shipped.

_ Bills of Lading.



Prompt settlements usually follow

approved methods in handling bills of

lading. It is customary if goods are

sold for cash, to have the bill of lading

made out to yourself, endorse it over

to your local banker, and instruct him

to send it to his banking cor1espondent

at point of destination with attached

draft for the amount to be collected.

Upon payment of draft, the bill is sur-

rendered to the dealer. If inspection

is allowed this should be stated upon





bill of lading. If goods are sold on

time or shipped on consignment, have.

the bill of lading made out to the deal- ‘

er, and send it to him at once. When

an advance is to be made for part of

the consignment the procedure is the

same as when the goods are sold for

cash.



Combine Quality and Attractiveness.



' When putting up goods for market,

experiment upon how best to combine

quality and attractiveness. These are

potedt factors in determining price.



Shipments for Same Market.



It is not advisable, ordinarily, to ship

to several dealers on the same market

at the same time, for they may com-

pete against one another for buyers,

thus bringing your. p1oduct into com—

petition with itself, and forcing down

the price.



Know Condition of Market.



The farmer who sells to a dealer,

finds it best to cooperate with him in

handling his goods, for the more mon-

ey the dealer gets for a product the

more will he in turn be able to pay the

farmer. If you sell by that method,

communicate with your dealer regard-

ing the condition of the trade, a few

days before your shipment is ready

and learn from him whether he is able

to handle the shipment to advantage.



Forward Records Promptly.



In all cases act promptly in forward—

ing the dealer records of shipments

that he may not be delayed in getting

possession of goods. Market condi-

tions often change from hour to hour.

In a very short time a considerable

fluctuation in price quotations may

occur.



Business Cooperation.



Marketing perishable farm products

is a business in itself, and cooperation

between the buyer and seller is an

essential principle of successful busi-

ness relationship. '





Accredited Herds of Cattle





NATION-WIDE movement for

' A the early eradication of tubercu-

losis from every pure-bred herd

of cattle in the country was inaugurat-

ed one year ago at a well-attended con-

ference held in Chicago betweenofli-

cials of the United States Bureau of

Animal Industry, directors of the var-

ious cattle registry associations, state

veterinarians, and others interested. At

this meeting a committee of five prom-

inent breeders .was appointed to «meet

jointly with the Tuberculosis Commit-

tee of the United States Live Stock

Sanitary Association for the purpose

of drafting regulations for accrediting

herds. The regulations drafted by the

joint committee and later approved by

the. United States Live StOck Sanitary

Association and the Bureau of Animal

Industry provides for the annual tuber-

culin testing of herds of pure-bred cat-

tle by the various state veterinarians,

their deputies, or the federal officials

co-operating. These regulations stipu-

late that a herd can be certified as tu-

berculosis- -free by the federal and state

officials when the entire herd passes

two successful tests at an interval of

twelve months, or three semiannual

tests. If there 'are grade breeding cat—

tle on the farm these must be included

in the test as a part of the herd. '

There is published in a recent report

issued by the Bureau of Animal Indus-





! United States that are now tuberculo-





’ 815- free accredited herds. Of these, sev-

onty-five are listed from Minnesota,





forty-tour from North Dakota, thirtyd . ‘

.3. soven from Virginia, eleven from Wis-

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in was first started in the north





By-- Prof. H. R.





Smith, Author of





“Profitable Stock Feeding”





west and in the territory in the imme-

diate vicinity of Washington, D. C.

There are now thirty-three states which

are doing this accredited work and ac-

cording to the bureau report mentioned

a total of 948 herds in addition to those

already accredited have passed the

first test. Of this number 162 are in

North Dakota,‘142 in Virginia, 140 in

Minnesota, fifty-eight in Maine, fifty-





four in Michigan, forty-four in Ohio,"

forty in Vermont, thirty-eightin Wis-





consin, thirty-five in Indiana, with a

small number in other states. A large

number of herds have become officially

accredited since the list was published





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and a still larger number have passed

the first test. The work is progressing

more rapidly in those states Where ap-

propriations have already been provid-

ed with which to partially indemnify

owners of reacting cattle slaughtered,

and where the fund assigned to the

state veterinarians are sufficient to car.

ry on the testing which is usually done

free of charge.



The new federal appropriation of

$500,000 now available will doubtless

cause the work of accrediting herds to

progress still more rapidly. This ap-

propriation can be used to partially in-





demnify owners of reacting cattle





slaughtered, but in amounts not to ex-

ceed $25 for grades and $50 for pure-

breds. This is made conditidnal upon

the states at least duplicating the

amount. Several states do not as yet

have the necessary legislation to meet

the conditions of the federal appropri-

ation to make the funds immediately

available, but the necessary state ap-

propriations will doubtless be made

this winter.



Representative breeders have ex-

pressed a willingness to have their

herds tested annually if they are not

compelled to stand the entire loss on

animals which may react and are

slaughtered in consequence.



Tuberculosis usually gets into the

herd without the knowledge of the

owner and it is but fair and just that

the federal and state governments

should bear a portion of the loss. The

eradication of tuberculosis from all the

pure-bred herds will have a material ~'ef-

feet in reducing the prevalence of the

disease among grade cattle because of

the fact that 1egistered cattle are usu-

ally sold from fa1m to f? rm for breed—

ing purposes and if diseased ca1ry the

infection to new locations. With a re-

duction of the prevalence of the dis-

ease among both pure-bred and grade

cattle, there will also follow a decrease

in the prevalence of the disease among

swine as tuberculosis in swine is caus—

ed to a very large extent by infected

milk or by the droppings of tubercu- ‘

losis cattle in the feed lots. g _7



The various states have laws prohibg,”

iting the entrance of breeding cattle

unless free from tuberculosis as shown, ' 5

by an official test. A number of states



(Continued on page 64’. " '
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1TH our view of the field the

problems of the producer, the

problems of the distributor, and





the problems of that very exceptional ‘





body of individuals—~the Detioit Milk

Commission, which has se1ved us so





times, and the thing for which they

have striven more than anything else

is a fair and equitable adjustment with-

out hardship or oppression to any.





_" First, the Milk Commission: We





. have said so many times, and yet there





seems to be a misunderstanding about

the origin, authority, and compensa-

tion of this body. The Michigan Com-

mission was appointed by the governor

of the state at the request of the Pres-

ident and Secretary of the Michigan

Milk Producers’ Association. The De-

troit members, which go with the Mich-

igan Commission to make up the De-

troit Area Commission, were selected

by the Board of Commerce, represent-





; ing the financial interests; the Federa-

Ztion of Women’s Clubs, representing

j the homes; and the Federation of La-



' bor, representing the laborers of that





city. These were appointed at the re-

quest of your secretary. These indi~

viduals, outstanding in their respective

fields of private endeavor, many of

them men of large financial interests,





’have given much of their time and





their very best thought, without one

cent compensation, for the sake of the

service that they see they are able to

give to this—the most vital food indus.

try in the city of Detroit. Every milk

producer, and distributor, and consum-

er, is under great obligation to this

body of broad minded men and women

for their conscientious, painstaking en-

deavor to so stabilize and protect this

industry, first, that Detroit may have

a sufficient supply of milk at a reason-

able »price. Second, that the distribu-

tor and producer shall have a price

that they are entitled to; namely, the

cost of production and distribution plus

a legitimate profit. These propositions

have ever been before this commission

and to reach a proper and equitable

adjustment of this we know has been

their most sincere desire, and this one

thought and purpose is what has caus-

ed them to make the severe sacrifice

they have of time and energy at our





request.

To the average individual this may





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Limit :72 {fetal Prices Hal" Bees Reade-d,“

Furtfler Profits Mm! Result from

Better Management‘uk. C. Reed





"faihtfully and well, is before, me at all .





not seem vital to your success; but it

is absolutely so. The only way to

bring to any industry a stable and

equitable business is in some way to

provide a good market, and a market is

never good unless the ‘s a profit in it

to the buyer. So we are concerned

about our market. We want the De-

troit distributors to have a fair and

equitable price. We are bound to see

to it, however, that they do not have

more than this. They cannot have

less; if they do they will not stand by

the organized movement.



Your secretary has now a notice

served on him thirty days ago by the

distributors‘ organization that they

would no longer cooperate with us. It

has been our great aim and desire

that the differences should be adjust-

ed, the wrinkles ironed out, and no

open clash ma'de as a result of this de-

termination. To this end we have

worked most earnestly. Conference

after conference has been held with

the Detroit buyers; winning one and

another back to us until we felt we

were warranted again in calling the

commission together, which had so

long been delayed. .



After this most earnest endeavor

and adjustment the commission was

called and convened Friday, January

3, at the Board of Commerce. The dis—

tributors convinced the commisison

that they had been conducting their

business during the past month abso-

lutely without profit, and some of them

at such a loss as imperiled their future

prospects.





Added to this was the atti-r





tude of some of the buyers—some re,

liable and some unreliable—who were

olfe1ing more than the commission

price f01 milk in an endeavm to dis-

turb and destroy the business of their

competitors. Consequently, for the

past month we have been facing a con-

dition which bordered on piracy in the

Detroit milk area, and one little act of

indiscretion, one little spark to ignite

the fires alieady kindled, would have

brought on a disturbance and a loss

which might have cost all the princi-

ples for which we have been contend-

ing, and hundreds of thousands of dol-

lars to the distributor and producer of

the Detroit area.



We are thankful, however, to say

that it seems now that this matter has

been taken care of and that we are to

go on in the year to come in a halmon-

ious, constructive endeavor.



In all of cm endeavoi of the past

our contention has been not for a

price but for a principle, Underlying

these things, first, is the fact that the

farmer, the producer of food products,

is entitled to the sameconsideration

in the business world as the producer

of any other product. He is entitled to

a voice in fixing the price of the com-

modity he is putting on the market.





Second, he is entitled to a price for.





that product that equals the cost of

production plus a profit. Our Milk

Commission has had this always in

mind; and the president and Secretary





of your organization have in every in- ,





stance voiced this thought and this

p1inciple before the commission.





News Of " the Agricultural





LOSSES 0F BUTTE R-FAT.





OSSES of butter-fat in the process

of manufacture are estimated after





careful experiments by the Minnesota, 1





Experiment Station, University. Farm,

to be 3.17 per cent of the total receiv-





' ed in the milk by the creameries.





The results reported were obtained

"in normal operation of the creamery,

no.special effort having been made. to

reduce the amount of mechanical loss-

es. The figures arrived at are as fol-

lows:



Skim-milk retained 1.64 per cent of

the total fat received at the factory,

and buttermilk .93 per cent.



' About 0.5 or one per cent of the





\total fat received lost mechanically in





vets and pipes.

About 1.4 per cent of total butter-fat





received in cream lost in the process





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of manufacture.





When the losses were acculateiy'





" considered, the butter- fat in the milk,





v.





d termined by the standard Babcock

methods, checked with the fat in the

‘ _ am separated from it, and the but:

Mint in the cream as determined by

e‘Bahmck test checked with the fat

the butter as determined by chemi-



’ catalysis. It is clearly pointed out





in the bulletin, further, that cream

does not test the same in milk test

bottles as in cream test bottles.





COLLEGE OATS MAKE coon.





OLLEGE-BRED" cats are making



good with the farmers in Michi-

gan, according to a report fr 111 the

Department of Farm Crops of . A. C.

on yields obtained during the season

of 1918. These oats, which Were de-

veloped by the plant breeder of M. A.

C. with a view to supplying Michigan

farmers with varieties that will thrive

under Michigan conditions, in some in-

stances yielded as high as one hundred

and eight bushels to the acre.



The variety of oats'known as ”Wot.

thy,” yielded an average of fifty-five

and one-quarter bushels to the acre

all over the state. Its record yield

was one hundred and five bushels; its





‘lowest yield twenty-seven bushels On





sandy land, a second variety, known as

Alexander, averaged 34. 8 bushels to

the acre. 0n clay and clay loam, this

variety averaged sixty-five bushels to

the acre. or other varieties, Wolver-

me is leading with an average of 55.8

bushels; College Wonder is reported

at fifty-four bushels, and College S'uc~





cess- is third with 52.7 bushels per

acre. The average yield of common





, oats in the state was about thirty-two





bushels.

H068 SALVAGE DAMAGED WHEAT.





HEN a hail storm came crash-



ing through Stillwater county,

Montana, and beat 48,000 acres of the

choicest wheat into the ground just a

few weeks before harvest, it left some

discouraged farmers. It looked like a

total loss, aside from the limited state

hail insurance carried. Stillwater

county, however was fortunate in hav-

ing a farm bureau and a live county

agent. An executive committee meet-

ing of the farm ‘bureau was held at

once, and it was decided that most of

the wheat could be saved if hogs could

be secured to clean up the fields. The

county agent immediately got busy

“hog hunting" among the other bu-

reaus of the state, and the president of





the county mu ‘went to Helena tow





get the State Council of Defense to au-

thorns the advance payment of fifty

per cent of the hail insurance money

help finance the purchase of the bugs.





“ Both efforts were successful. The agent

:in SitillWat‘er county inspected and “I;





But, in order that we may have a

successful business, certain business





principles must be adhered to Which





are fundamental to any business suc-





cess. Your secretary has in-his pos-A

session a list of sixty-four Detroit dis~





tributors who have been forced out of

business .in the last two years; while

others have succeeded. »What is the

difference? The latter were Careful

about their business methods; the oth-





ers possibly, had no business meth-





,ods. This applies with equal force to

the producers of milk. No one con-





. cern is more quoted in all we hear than”





the Detroit” Creamery Company and its _

profits; and yet we are about to give

you the history of one milk producer

which is comparable to any profits of

the Detroit Creamery Campany. We

have the figures of one herd of nine

cows that, in the year 1918, sold 118,—

.575 pounds of milk, bringing in $3,481,-

,75. The owner of this herd has a farm

of seventy acres, with no unpaid help

available. The oldest of seven chil-

dren is less than nine years of age, and

we will concede that the wife has quite

enough to do without assisting with

the cows. We don’t know what the

cost of feeds has been, but we do know

something about this man’s methods.

Limited in every way ten years ago,

with no personal asset but a determi-

nation and a business sense to apply

to milk production; on a rented sev-

enty-acre farm, he has gone forward

until he owns the form he then rented;

he has also acquired a splendid herd of

pure-bred cattle, and has today in his

barn sufficient feeds to carry his cattle

through until next fall; these feeds,

bought at a time when he could take

advantage of the market, to have on

hand as the occasion required.



These are just simple business meth-

ods" applied to the dairy industry. We

believe this individual has made a

greater profit on his daily overturn

than has any distributor in the Detroit

area. What he has done can be and

should be duplicated by hundreds of

men who think their only prospect of

success is in getting a better price—

when they would be’a failure with

milk at any price. Is this a strong

assertion? Is this true? '



Let me tell you what your associa-

tion has been trying to do. We have



(Continued on page 65).





World





cepted the hogs, they were shipped di.

root to the Stillwater county farmers,

and 2,300 head were put to work sal-

vaging the damaged wheat.





MARL USEFUL IN Ammc'cwvsn.





‘IDER use of. marl, found so com-



monly in many parts of the state,



will help much to remedy acidity of



thesoil, declares Dr. M. M. McCool, of

the Department of Soils at M. A. C.



On one farm in Ingham county,

where analysis by the college of sam-

ples of soil showed it to be of a de.

pleted sandy type, use of marl increas-

ed the income from the land as much

as $15 anacre. The soil on this farm

was in, such condition that it had been

impossible for a number of years to

secure a good stand of clover from it.

Where no marL was applied, the first

cutting gave 1,648 pounds to the acre.

a large share of which consisted of

weeds. On that par_t of the farm



where marl was used, 2,764 pounds of

clever. were secured from each acre.

The second growth was allowed to ma.

ture seed, yielding about one bushel

to the acre. The profit on this m‘





from the use of marl to remedy an acid I





condition of the soil. was 316 an o
.,..





it».





Going “Over the Top’ 'nv Pdroucon for i919. ,

Protecting Newly Placed

> Concrete. '~





EWLY laid concrete must be-pro—

N tected against the elements and

against injury from other out-

side causes until the concrete has thor-

oughly hardened. In most cases this

protection need be no other than a

covering of some sort which will pre-

vent rain from falling directly on the

exposed concrete surface.

In certain climates, and in certain

seasons of most all climates, especial

precautions must be taken to protect





the concrete against freezing tempera; ‘





tures. There are various ways of do

ing this. The most effective and also

the most usual and. easily accomplish-

ed is to build a—sort of covering over

the concrete either of boards or can-

vas and place under this covering

small stoves or heaters which are kept

burning continuously until the con-

crete has hardened. The heat given

off by these stoves will be sufficient to

prevent the concrete from freezing, ev-

en though the canvas or board cover-

ing should not be entirely air tight.



In seasons of extreme heat it is also

necessary to protect the concrete

against direct rays of the sun and di-

rect exposure to the heat. Such ex-

posure will cause the water in the con-

crete mixture to evaporate or dry out

before the concrete has had an oppor-

tunity to harden, and thus an inferior

concrete will be produced, particularly

at the surface. The best way to pro-

tect the concrete against such injury

is to keep it covered with water until

it has hardened. In the case of pave-

ments or floors, this is easily accom-





plished by building little dams of clay

or other suitable material across the

surface of the concrete and keeping

the enclosed spaces filled with water

for several days, or until complete

hardening has been accomplished. In

other cases where this method is not

practicable the concrete may be pro-

tected by keeping the air in the room

in which the concrete is located satur-

ated with moisture, either by means of





escaping steam or fine spray of water. .





The presence of water or moisture

in the atmosphere will not in any way

injure the concrete, either before it

has hardened or after. Before harden—

ing has set in the presence of mois-

ture in the air is exceedingly beneficial

to the complete and thorough harden-

ing of the concrete. After the harden-

ing has been accomplished the pres-

ence of moisture in the air will not

affect it. ’





The application of paint or other

protective coatings to concrete work

before it has hardened will cause it

serious injury. This injury arises from

the fact that the hardening process

will be materially retarded by the ad-

mixture of any substance not properly

a part of the concrete mixture. The

concrete at the surface will also be

materially weakened by this applica-

tion and in all probability will peel off

after the concrete below the surface

has hardened. After the hardening

process has been completed no protec-

tive coatings of paint or other mate-

rial are necessary to protect the con-

crete from the elements or injuries.





Winter Strawberry Notes





Mulching our new strawberry bed.

was completed November 28. Although

the ground was slightly crusted it was

insufficient to bear the weight of the

team. However, the soil being well

‘ drained, no injury was done either to





the soil or plants. The materials used

were beanstraw and corn stover. Bean

straw makes an excellent mulching ma-

terial for strawberries. Being coarse

it does 'not settle closely, unduly ex-

cluding air and light. Another valua-

ble feature possessed by this material

is that it is entirely free of foul seeds.

Thisis true of corn stover also. Those’

who have had experience removing

grass'and weed growth from a fruiting

'bed of straWberry plants that was in-

troduced by way of mulching material

'used, have reason to appreciate the

value of a material free of every sort

(of seed. The corn stover used had not

reached the tasseling stage when cut,

but for all that it is too coarse for an

ideal mulch, as it will not retain soil

moisture quite as efficiently as a ma-

' te‘rial less coarse. When shredded, Corn

stover makes an ideal mulch. - . -



A year ago strawberry growers in

.‘gen'eral neglected to "apply'the winter

mulch until'snow had gone in spring,





I ‘ ,.,‘j T and ..thé?}°W temperature of last winter

y'hard .on‘unprotected strawf‘





'tectioni





berry plants. Injury from. this source

reduced yields fully one-half or more.

None of the growers in this vicinity

will be caught in this manner the com-

ing season for each bed of plants has

already received a protecting mulch.

With the exception of one row lying

next to the timber Where shade, grubs,

and tree roots combined against plant

growth, this new bed of strawberry

plants has a stand one hundred per

cent perfect. This result‘ was secured

by using pot-grown plants to fill in the

vacancies. This bed of plants is in the

twin hedge row, the style used by us

for many years. Not only are the rows

perfectly filled in, but the individual

plants are a little the finest of any

heretofore grown by us. The size of

plant crowns and vigor of their foliage

was a source of great satisfaction to

the owner throughout the fall. Hopes

and expectations were high in. antici-

pating the harvest} While the plants

were being provided with a winter pro-

With such plants as those,

and with an abundant water supply

close at hand it seems as if there is a.

good chance to'harvest one of those

phenomenal yields that we‘ have read

about but never“ as yet succeeded in

duplicating. , '





Emmet Co.“ - 7M. N. LEDeEa‘TON.





 





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or You Get Your Money Back-





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will get high prices’and help will be plentiful. There must be

no “Slacker Acres;” no crop failures, if human effort can pre-

vent it. Good seed is of first importance—proper planting

and proper care next. To be sure of the seed you plant—get ‘





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Every ounce is Guaranteed. on can have your money back i your

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policy has made more than 250,000 satisfied buyers of Isbell's seeds.





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JACKSON, MICH.
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INCE 1881 thousands of farmers have use}!

They have

proved profitable when farm products were '





Jarecki Fish Brand FertiliZers.





high and when farm products were cheap.





Farmers who grow grain for the market know that Jarecki

_ Fertilizers have often doubled their yields—~giving them double

‘ the return from the same land—labor and machinery.





Farmers who raise livestock have found that fertilizing their

. crops enables them to raise all their feed and have some to sell





at a profit, or will enable them to carry from 50%





more livestock on the same land—not to mention the added





manure.





The illustration above shows the difference between fer-

All too often oats' are grown

simply for purposes of rotation or as a nurse crop for grass and

’ But with proper fertilization this need not be so. Fer—

tilizer will enable you to grow more oats per acre and at a lower

cost per bushel—produce more energy for your horses and more





tilized and unfertilized oats.





clover.





straw for the manure pile.





Jarecki Fish Brand Fertilizers are mixed to feed

continuously. They supply every crop requirement.





than 35 years they have been used by thousands of farmers.

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HE kettle drum in the accompany?



ing drawing is a very convenient

article at butchering time for heating,

water for scolding boss or tor render-

ing the lard; it may be used in the

. sugar camp for boiling down cap or

' finishing of! the syrup, also. It re

quires a great deal less fuel “than in

the old method or the open kettle, the

kettle heats quicker, and better results

are obtained. all round. The fire can

be extinguished iristantly by simply

throwing a bucket of water in it, and

no poles are needed to support the

kettle.



The drum is made of galvanized iron

or pieces of sheet iron f1 0111 a. discard-

ed stove may be used. The kettle rests

On top ofthe drum and fits snugly

about the top. It is well to reinforce

the top and bottom of the drum by riv-

- sting rdund the edges 3. piece of strap





pense





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iron like that of a buggy tire. It

should be built high enough so that the

bottom of the kettle is raised about

ten inches off the ground; this will

provide ample space for firing. .A sec-

tion or two of stove pipe is suflicient

to provide a good draft and carry the

smoke above those working about.

The draft is regulated by a small door

that slides up and down in the front.

This door need not be more than 12x12

inches square, as no coarse wood is

burned. The finer the wood used the

hotter the» fire obtained.





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The amount of Nitrate in

the Chilean Deposits is





At present rate of world's con-

sumption, deposits will last (a





Shipping conditions are improv-

American farmers should

learn the FACTS. Write (or in.





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WORK.

MAbain garage, lawn, etc., can be

imade as follows ' Procure from trees

fifty or sixty small twigs or branches





 





three feet long. Trim them so as to

make a compact bundle and tie them

together at one end with a strong rope.

Drive the sharpened end of a broom-

stick into them, and the broom is com-

plete. The sweeping end is not trim-

med, but left irregular and the handle

is made of the desired length for con.

venient handling of broom.——P. A. G.





Tons





TO PU LL POSTS.





 





HAVE found the following a very



simple and satisfactory method of

pulling posts’:



Incline a smaller post, about two

feet long, against the one to be drawn,

in the. manner:— i111‘1strated, allowing

about two feet between the bases Of





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HIS swinging plant rack enables

.' the housewife to swing her plants

back away from the window, during

cold nights and at times when it is

desired to wash the window. The rack

is made the some size as the window,

frame and fastened with strong hinges

to a substantial timber fastened se-

curely alongside the window frame.

A strong brace extending from the bot-

tom of the upright timber 'diagonally

to the outside corner of the frame pre-

sents the sagging of the rack.

By means of a hook, either on the

window frame or on one of the shelves





 





 





 





 





the apparatus may be held close to the '





window or released so the. shelves

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is being cleaned. In the summer, when

plants are not needed in the house,

the whole apparatus may be easily re-

moved by removing the upright timber.





TIME-SAVING METHOD OF OARRY-

ING WOOD.





 





AKE a strip of burlap six by eight

feet long and sixteen inches wide

and attach lath at the ends, as shown.

A rope is then attached to each lath

as shown in the sketch, for the han-

les. Pile the wood on the burlay and





 

   

 

 





 

 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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be, easily encircledby the burlap. grasp

the' rope handles and thus carry it.u

The filling of the woodboir will not





.rsquire the usual amount of time 13*”

. this simple arrangement is used.—— ‘-

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bRCHARn‘ some AND FERTILIZER.





chalk, the clear solvent showing at the





- but also exercise selective absorption





shows that results of great practical





“beans, melons. etc., may be grown to

V, the ground should be sown and rotated





‘ .supply and: aid in holding the fertiliz-





_essential in prouning the young trees,





"of pruning.





. 'tance apart depends to a certain extent

upon how the orchard is to be cared

, for. If the trees are to be kept well

.-,pnin_ed they may be planted closer .



thanif‘tbey are to be allowed to grow





(0,011qu from page 37).





filled with chalk. The dye is separated

from its solvent and is held by the





lower end of the tube. It has long

been known that when solutions of

minerals are poured on soils, the dis-

solved salt is absorbed by the soil par-

ticles. One sees at once that the eco-

nomic use of commercial fertilizers de-

pends largely upon absorption. But

the physical- -chemist has discovered

new and even more important phases

of absorption.



It is now well demonstrated that soil

particles not only absorb substances





whereby the constituents of chemical

compounds are absorbed at different

rates. Thus, if potassium chloride be

added to a soil, potassium is absorbed

more rapidly than hydrochloric acid.

That is, the soil particles possess them-

selves of the potassium and the hydro-

chloric acid reacts with other mineral

bases. Thus not only is the potassium

made available to a plant but other

substances may be brought into solu-

tion to serve as plant foods. Again, if

more than one substancebe dissolved

in waterthe presence of one of the

substances in the solution may afféCt

the rate at which the other is absorb-

ed. As‘ap example, if kainit and ni-

trate of soda be dissolved together in

water the absorption of potassium is

reduced and less kainit remains in the

soil than would have been the case had

not the nitrate of soda been added.



I trust that this brief and fragmens

tary discussion of absorption at least





importance are bound to come from

further study of the phenomenon. What

has been ‘said, too, of the relatively re

cent discoveries in absorption may

help to demonstrate the complexity of

the- problems which must be solved be-

fore we can fully control soil fertility.



These lengthy statements introduce

you, if you are not already acquainted

with them, to some of the problems of

”soils and soil fertility. I have sought

so to show the changing attitude of

science and the repetition of discover-

ies in this phase of agriculture that no

one will think that the problem of soil

fertility is solved, nor hail thé latest

discovery- as possibly the last; that it

may be seen more clearly what a com-

plex problem of chemistry, physics and

biology the study, to get back to my

subject, of fertilizers for .fruits ‘be-

comes; how small a part of the field

the few experiments now to be discuss-

ed cover; how difficult experimental

work with fertilizers is; and how ex-

tremely cautious one must be in inter-

preting results either of experiment or

of , experience.





 





An orchard should be well cultivated

for at least five or six years after

planting, and if the ground is strong

enough, hoed crops, such as potatoes,





advantage. After-these are harvested,

‘With catch and cover crops that will

ing elements required for the young

and growing trees.





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Food! To supply enough for hungry

millions stricken by war is one of the

most vital of all the problems confronting

humanity.





Production must be tremendously in-

creased if the world is to be saved from

starvation.





Europe, despoiled and depopulated, has

:become a continent‘almost entirely of

iconsumers. ' 4





It remains for America to feed the world.





Last year, meeting its obligation, America fur-

nished to other countries almost twelve million'tons

10f foodstuffs.





But the need increases. And in 1919 America

alone is pledged to contribute twenty million tons

to hungry humanity abroad.





To accomplish the mighty task every acre must

:be made to produce its maximum capacity.





The shortage in man power and horse power

that menaces the undertaking can only be offset

by mechanical power.





We must have tractors. And with them we

must have tractor tillage implements that fit the

ground best—that have the built-in quality to with-

stand the strains of racking service day by day.





Oliver, as the world’s largest manufacturer of

plows and other tractor implements, is deeply

conscious of its responsibility in the emergency.





And Oliver will rise to that responsibility even if

it means producing a plow a minute every work-

ing day.





Oliver Chilled Plow Works

South Bend, Indiana





 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





 





 





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HAVE SEED BEANS TESTED.





 

 

 

 

 





N am'ount of bligh‘t and anthrac-



, nose sufficient to make these dis-

eases very dangerous t'o the crop in

1919 has been found in samples of seed‘

beans which within the‘ past several

weeks have been submitted to the De

partment of Botany of M. A. C. for ex~

aminatlon. Samples from ‘ Ingham,

Kent, the “Thumb" and a number of

other districts showed blight present

in as much as ten per cent of the seed.

Anthracnose, while not so widespread,

was discovered in 1.4 per cent of the;

seed. Word is accordingly being sent

out to growers emphasizing the need

for the careful selection of beans, with x t

suggestion that particular efforts be

made to see that seed is clean and free I

from diseases.‘ '



In connection with its effort to as-



sist the stamping out of anthracnose

and blight in, the state, the Depart~

ment of Botany is offering to make' , '. s

free tests for these diseases if same

ples are submitted. These samples

can be left with county agents for for-

warding to the college, or can be mail-

ed direct to the Department of Botany,

Michigan Agricultural College, East

Lansing. When inspection of the sam~

ples has been made, a report is for-

warded to farmers by the department,

informing them as to whether the seed

is safe for planting. c. ‘



“There is plenty of good seed in . 5

Michigan,” declares Dr. G. H. Coons,

of the college. “The problem before

the-farmer is simply to find this seed

and conserve it for planting purposes.”





PROTESTS AGAINST STATE CON-

STABULARY. .



Is it not about time we began to ask

ourselves where we are at and what

this all means? Taxes going up yearly ' ‘

by leaps and bounds and now a move

on foot to create a permanent constab-

ulary, which consists of state mounted

police with headquarters at Lansing,

for the benefit of who, God only knows

unless it might be for the careful pro-

tection of the capitol city, or Lansing,

and if solet them pay for it.



It is claimed the world is getting

better, and I think it is. Our county

officers are all crying because they

cannot make a living without being

put on a, salary basis where heretofore

they worked on mileage, percentage,

etc., etc.



I do not know the cost of maintain- °

ing this state constabulary but I do

know it all means a. bill of expense for



the taxpayers of Michigan.



They tell me \they have fallen in

line in other states and we should do

the same. If other states vote a big

tax on themselves is it any reason why

we should? ‘ .

Now, gentlemen, if you are not in " - . f7“?

favor of a state constabulary get busy ' ' '

and get up petitions, send them to your

representatives and senators ahd tell

them where you stand, and commence .

cutting corners at once. .

I have no axe to grind. My interests





, are all with the taxpayers of Michigan, , ‘ '\ 7‘





now and all of the time.





Montcalm Co. JOHN J, BALE. _, J 3‘: ”A:





 





The profit and pleasure“ to be deriv— . » . ,

ed from the use of horses depends up- ~‘ i :

(on how muCh they have been trained. ~

Every colt should be trained before he , ‘

is put to work on the farm. , ‘ ,



Manures, fertilizers, and crop rota-e

tion will not compensate for a ack of





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Deve10p1ng the

Peach Orchard





HE peach is a fruit that requires '





constant care or profitable crops

cannot be produced. Annual pruning

is necessary and the low-headed tree

must be developed carefully for it is a

tree of that type-which is easiest to

harvest, thin and spray. The low-head-

ed tree is less apt to break when cov-

ered with ice and snow or heavily

’loaded with fruit. The peach wood is

brittle and it long limbs are not care-

fully pruned and headed back, it is

sure to result in breakage, especially at

the crotches.

, f If a strong limb on the young peach

' tree grows in the direction of the pref

vailing winds in the section, it pays to

encourage that limb to develop and

thus prevent the tree from becoming

lop-sided. If some judgment .is not

used in heading the young tree into the

wind, an entire orchard may soon show

the unsymmetrical effect of allowing

too much of the wood to grow in one

direction.



The openacenter is necessary. The

foliage of the peach tree is dense and

peaches sell best which show a blush

instead of being dull and green. It is



' the sunshine on the fruit which makes

the blush and by so keeping the mid-

dle of the tree open, the grower is

able to bring the light to the peaches

and they are improved in appearance

and market value.



Limbs should not be allowed to

cross. If this occurs, one of the limbs

may be weighted with fruit and bear

down upon the other, increasing the

danger of breakage. Head back the

twigs with a pair oi‘hshears on a pole

and thus avoid climbing trees more

than necessary. When the twigs can-

not be cut back from the ground it is

better to use a step-ladder than to

climb into'the trees and risk splitting

the limbs or scraping the bark.



The fruit buds of the peach are

formed on the previous year's growth

of wood. In pruning 'out the new wood

be sure and leave enough to insure a

good crop. Moderate thinning of the

new wood helps to thin’the crop and

this. is a much less expensive form of

thinning than the removing of a part

of the young fruit after it has been

formed



The amateur grower can learn .a

great deal about the pruning of peach-

es by visiting the orchard of a skilled

grower and studying the symmetrical

form of the trees. '



Ingham Co.





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R. G. KIRBY.





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HERE is a general complaint in



this section, (of our ”county, at

least), on account of the shortage in

weight of shipments of poultry to De-

troit markets. I would like to know if

this is general with all parties shipping

to Detroit, and why should it be so





x ,lg' much. -We of courSe, understand there‘

,\ ‘ ‘ . is shrinkage in shipment but do not be-



“ . ' lieve there is as much as the difference

' . ,. <1. between the weight we deliver to the





express company and the returns we

get from the commission house. The

shrinkage 0n the last crop I sent to

Detroit was slightly over fifteen per

cent. I would like to hear from other

parties who ship to Detroit, also part-

ies, Onythe receiving end at Detroit, if‘

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The two plows illustrated here are particularly

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The Moline Junior Sulky 1s sold at a price in reach

But you cant do better work with

most expensive sulky. [t 18 low 1n price because

And because it is so simple it is

Just drive, and the team does

it pulls no harder than a walking plow,

does much better work, and you can. ride 1n comfort.

Read what a Moline Junior owner says.





Mr. Carl Liedlien of Saginaw, Mich. says: “I had a

field that was so hard I was unable to plow it with my

I purchased a l4-inch Moline Junior

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MlCl-HGAN JERSEY CLUB MEET-

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THE annual meeting .of the Michi-

gan Jersey Cattle Club was plan-

‘ned for January 14-15-16, but it has

been thought best to set February to

6 as the date. We hope that by chang-

ing the date the influenza situation will

be under control and that the weather

my be good and that all things will

work together for a successful meeting.

A good live program has been pre-

pared. We are to have some of our

best Jersey men as speakers and it

will be very worthwhile to all who are

interested in the dairy business to at-

tend this meeting.



There was never a time when the

outlook was better for the dairyman

than now, if the conditions are fully

considered and studied. The needs of

the world are great. The ranks of the





are great. The children of the world

must be fed and there is no food that

will take the place of milk and butter.



Are you, the Jersey people of Mich-

igan, ready to meet the confronting

situation? Are you ready to do your

share in supplying the great demand

of the nation and the world? I for one

feel that cooperation and the union of

forces is the only way in which we

may make the greatest success and

the only way that the Jersey cow may

"come into her own.” Jersey people

of Michigan! Let us get together at

the meeting at the College, East Lan~

.slng, February 4 at the banquet, and

‘Fehruary 5 at the meeting. If you

have problems bring them with you

and either at the meeting discuss them

or in private share them with those

you meet and find a solution. Let us

make this the greatest meeting the

club has ever had. Come prepared to

give something to help others, as well

as to receive. The fighting with guns

is past, but there is a great war to be

waged against hunger and desolation.

Let us do our part as befits us. Let

us do our part to show them that we

are exploiting in the Jersey the best,

most economical dairy machine living,





'now, at the time when economy is so





essential to efficiency. Remember the

date, February 4-5-6, and the place, the

College, East Lansing. Program will

be printed later._





 





LIVE STOCK MEN MEET IN FEB-

RUARY.





 





THE live stock business in Michigan

will be closely surveyed in Febrtr





ary by members of the Michigan [m-





proved Live Stock Breeders’ and Feed-





. ers’ Association, who on February 3+





5-6-7, Will meet at M. A. C. far their

annual convention. Incidentally, it is

reported that the men identified with

the producing end of the beef, mutton

and pork industry in the state, will

during their sessions give some of

their time and thought to the packers’

industry. '



The meeting of the live stock men

this Winter will be conducted at‘the

same time as farmers’ week andfihe

housewives congress is $11 W at

the college. Thistact is expected to

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scab; In fact, if scab is present thel





animals are just as liable to lose their

wool at one time of the year as at an:

other. Because sheep begin to rub





' and bite’ and pull off wool, is no evi-





dence. that they are bothered with

scab, as they will do that if irritated

with ticks or anything else. But in

order to find out what is the matter it

is well to make an examination at

once.



It may be well to give some" of the

symptoms, appearance and effect of

scab. However, the man who has once

seen its effects and has noticed it par-

ticularly, will never mistake scab for

anything else or anything else for it.

The scab insect works between the

inner and outer skin. Starting at some

point, usually in the flank, the insects

work outward from a common center

and as they thrive and multiply they

keepspreading, and some will get to

other portions cf the body and start

a new colony, as it were. Their work





 





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IVEN two cows of equal



dairy capacity, the. one con- .

ditioned as she should be, and

the other rather thin in flesh,

and the one in the best condition

will make the best record every

time. Not only this, but condi—

tion enables many breeders to

break a milk and butter-fat rec-

ord with a cow that conditioned

no better than those which she

excels, must surely have produc-

ed much less. Feeding for milk

and butter-fat records is one of

the places where brains and ex-

perience are indispensable. The

feeder must not overlook a sin-

gle factor in his work; least of

all can he afford to begin a feed-

ing test without having his cows

in as good condition as his com-

petitors, for some, if not all, of

them will put on test animals in

the best condition it is possible

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causes a yellow matter to form in

these spots and this in turn will form





into a scab. Of course, such a. scab ‘





irritates the animal and it will rub

and pull at its wool, «and whatever

scab has formed there will come off

with the wool. Even if they did not

pull or rub the scabs off, they would

fall off in time. Sheep are sometimes

afflicted with similar scabs and other

causes. For this reason, it is best to

procure a Strong magnifying glass,





7 _.—when it can be readily determined





whether the trouble is genuine scab

or not. '



Sheep scab is not a very hard dis-

ease to eradicate, as is usually suppos-

ed by those persons who have no ex-

perience with it. A couple of good dip-

‘ping's with ’a dip will‘ cure the disease

it" the dip is properly applied. How-

ever, some precauton is necessary to





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gazed in a terrible conflict between an-

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are thankful to Almighty God in vouch-



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Resolved, that the legislature be rec.

ommended to 80 amend the drain law

as to eliminate as far as possible the

expense of advertising, which now is

often from twenty-five to forty per cent





of the cost of the drains. .

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Therefore be it resolved, that she:

should haven full protection of all its:

benefits, privileges and prerogatives of

any citizen of this government.



We mafilrmour positive position in

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transfers. ‘



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Cooperation, conservation and distri—=

button in the food supply is essentially;

the problem of all the population.



Therefore, we recommend organize:

tions which can handle larger units in'

distributions according to supply and?.



' demand, and these organizations shall

; eliminate superfluous distributions and:

endeavor to distribute the exorbitant

profits of thegmiddleman to the con-

sumer. '



Inasmuch as the mortgage tax law,

is a farce and theburden of taxation:

is borne by real property, ‘ . '



Therefore, we recommend that a;

’ higher graduated income tax be levied

' ‘to meet the exigencies arising from the'

continually increasing number of indi-¥

vidunls and corporations, whose con~g

.tri tions to taxation are exceedingly

sma . ‘

We agree with Mr. Hoover that ev-;

.ery industry should be entitled to the:

cost of production plus a fair or rea-,

sonable profit; but the justice of this

’ is not seen in fixing the food produc-'

. tion of the northern farmer and allow-i

tag all manufactured products to be

sold at exorbitant prices.



Whereas, the War Board having pur~

chased tractors to be sold to the farm-.

‘ ere, such tractors being advertised by



the manufacturer as being equally.

good for belt power, and it having de-

veloped after their purchase that they

wereoseless for belt power, ,

Therefore be it resolved, that we re-

- quest the W Board to insist that the

manufacture make good to the pur-

chasers the lose they sustained. and



We recommend that this association

appoint one delegate to cooperate with

the War Board to secure such adjust

ment.



The startling success of the non-par-

tisan league in the northwest should

serve as a warning to the legislature

and business circles of the state.



The farmer is going to have a square

ideal and representation in matters af-

fecting his intsregtst ohm upheaval



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13;, aged. guinalgererlxlge‘ed 1‘3: ' a warning to those who, to promote

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the work of the Agricultural College

and its extension department and ex-

periment station.



. We. recommend a more general use

'0! the educational facilities afforded

through the institution by. the farmers

of the state, theirsons and daughters.

i We ”enthudaStlcally recommend to

the legislature that great care be eater-x

' ,cised, that nothing he done which shall





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the position taken by the, members of;





the ‘Farmers’ Clubs of the state on the

_ ‘ _ ,slonhas made its report, after a dili-





1"'ts‘tud into'll ' ’.

Whereas, one year 880 we were en‘ 3mm: y - a of our state affairs





Whereas, exerts of our ’Allies have .





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HOW DO 7 You-Stand? ,3‘

I, ERE are some issues’of import-Z





ance to- Michigan ii'ural commu-1

nities and to farmers in particus,





in any way hamperihe work or curtail

the usefulness of this institution- ,

Whereas, the last session of the leg.

islat‘ure' tor thea’ppointment'of a Bad-

.get Commission of inquiry to study

and. report upon all-of the financial

affairs of the State, and that, commis-





Whereas. by that report it is urged

that good methods of handling the pub-

lic business requires the use of the

budget system of appropriation, a com

pulsory system of uniform accounting.

adequate supervision of stateprinting‘,

and a concentration of state'pu‘rchas-

ing, and



Whereas, it is the opinion of that

commission, and we heartily endorse

the same, that much money could be

saved the taxpayers - of -Michigan, .8.

much better check could be had upon

the-public funds, and that there would

be much greater efl'iciency in the state

government, if these provisions were

enacted into law, ,



Therefore be it resolved, that it is

the sense of this meeting that the next

legislature should pass upon these sub-

jects and embody them in the laws of

this state, and be it further

Resolved, that we urge upon the

members of the state legislature elect,

their earnest eh’ortsto the end that

a budget system of appropriations be:





- came the fundamental plan‘ of our





state finance, and that,in addition the

purchasing by the state he so central-

ized and concentrated that the state

may have the benefit of the public

credit androf. quantity purchases in its

dealings for state institutions, and

that all accounts he required to be

uniformly kept so that comparisons

can be readily made, and that all state

printing be centralized in one body so

that an adequate check can be placed

upon same and someone definitely held

responsible for expenditures for that

purpose.



We recommend the work of the Hon.

George Prescott, food administrator for

Michigan He has been fair and just

toagriculture and secured justice for





the farmer where there seemed no

other remedy possible. ‘ ’ '





We believe in a State and National

Chamber of Agriculture to establish

and maintain the economic expression

of germ conditions and to interpret and

guide supply and demand based on

cost or production and ability to con-

sume, together with power to partici-

pate with other industries in readjust-

ments. a vital necessity. We therefore





' recommend that there be a committee





appointed of three members to aid in

the formation of such a body. ’





We commend the State Wa‘r Prepar-

edness Board for the faithful per-ferm-

ance of its duties and for the liberal

appropriations to agriculture for the

purpose of increasing food production

during the war. " ,



We most heartily commend the ac-

tion of Fred L. Woodworth, State Food

and Drug Commissioner. and the state

constabulary for their efforts in enforc-

ing the liquor law. ‘ ;



ereas, agricultural organization

has become the greatest need of our

country life, and whereas the farmer

only by concentrated action can bring

to agriculture a compensatory price

for labor and investment, and whereas

the welfare of our country demands

that the distributor no less than the

producer shall render a service fully

commensurate with its cost and where

as the gap between the producer and

consumer must grow steadily worse

under' existing conditions, for forces

between were never better organized

to enforce 'their pleasure. _



Therefore be it resolved, that this

State Association of Farmers' Clubs in





convention assembled, proceed at once i





to help develop in (arm organisation

that shall reach from local and country.

units on to a state and nationwide

body, that may not only give the‘pro

duoer a voice in, the councils of the.

state and nation, but shall aim to see

the farmer’s products delivered om-

ciently to the consumer at a price that

brings Justice to all.» ' .

We commend the work of State Man

ket DirectorsJ. N. McBride, and ,M

eral- Field Agent," Mr. Hale Torment;





We believe their work has benefited . '

the farmers of Michigan and'weask ‘





that there shall be a continuance of

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HADISH SEED SITUATION IN MICH-

IGAN.





FTER hearing many complaints 'of



the radish seed growers of this

part of the state, the writer is thor-

oughly convinced that the growers’

only protection is in organizing and re-

fusing to raise the seed, unless the

seed companies agree to test, weigh

and pay for the seed when it is deliv-





qered. at the shipping station.





Weanticipate all manner of excuses

from the seed companies, why they

cannot do this, but we‘have always

found, where there is a will there is a

way, and if the seed companies have

to do'this in order to get the seed,

they will find the way.



Some men will say that they have

raised seed for this company or that

company and they have always found

them to be square and they are willing

to trust them again, but let us see

what some of. these square companies

will do, if by some mistake of theirs,

they stand to lose money where there

is a chance to shift the blame on to

the grower. Example: A grower ship-

ped thirty bags of seed to a company,

on instructions given by them. It was

received and stored with a lot of seed

piled on top of it until it spoiled, and

the farmer is still looking for his pay.

We have heard others say that this

was a good company to deal with.



Another grower had the same deal

tried on him and after an investigation

found his seed and compelled the com—

pany to pay for it. Others have been

waiting eight and ten weeks fortheir





. money and some find when the check

have-





is returned for the seed, they

been docked thirty-five per cent.



When the seed is paid for, at the

shipping station, and is the property

of the seed companies, they will see

that it receivbs the proper care if it

(ices cost them a little extra money,

but if it belongs to the farmer they

will take a chance, if it does go, wrong





3 the judgment is assessed against the





farmer.



Space forbids an account of all the

troubles, but we find when the parties

can meet face to face and deal before

the property has left the hands of the





grower, there is always better feeling '





and we believe that the companies will

find that they can get more and better

seed, by meeting the grower half way

and giving him a square deal.



The farmer has the habit of chang-

ing from one company to another,

when he is dissatisfied, but we find

that this is poor conciliation when they

are all dealing on the same plan.



There is no other body of men in the

country, except the farmer, who would

ever think of doing the large amount

of work which radish seed growing

requires, take chances on the weather

and all of the other hindrancesawhich

sometimes develop, and then turn the

goods over to another, to do with as

he saw fit, and then abide by their

judgment as to what he should have.



It is time the farmers take some

definite action to let the business

world know, that they propose to look

after every detail of their business and

if others wish to deal with them, they

must do business as they do with other

busineIs men.



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in the Sunday‘school that Christmas

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among those who perhaps never hear

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delightful qualities. ‘ ~ ’



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That was also the day that the Pres-

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few words were spoken, telling of the

history of the hymn. Every hymn has

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one whose story smites like a sword.

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The Wife of Frs’ncoisOassion:

T is vague, all that transpired. ' I

knew then, and recall now, inuéh

~ ~ of the scene-yet it returns to mem-

ory, more in a' pahsing picture than an

actual reality in which I was an actor.

But one clear impression dominated

my brain—my helplessness to resist

the command of La Barre. His word





was law in the colony, and~from— it





there was no appeal, save to the King.

Through swimming mist I saw his face,

stern, dark, threatening, and then

glimpsed Ca'ssion approaching me, a

smile curling his thin lips. I shrank

back from him, yet arose to my feet,

trembling so that I clung to the chair

to keep erect.





“Do not touch me, Monsieur,” I said,





‘ in a voice which scarcely sounded like





my own. Cassion stood still, the smile

of triumph leaving his face. La Barre

turned, his eyes cold and hard.





“What is this, Mademoiselle?





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would dare disobey me: _



I caught my breath, gripping the

chair with both hands.



“No, Monsieur 1e Governor,” I an-

swered, surprised at the clearness with

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less; you have behind you the power

of France and I am a more girl. Nor

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ilege to appeal to Holy Church for pro-

tection from this outrage, but not





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’through such representative as I see





here.”



“Pere 1e Guard is chaplain to my

household." .



“And servant to your will, Monsieur.

’Tis known in all New France he is

more diplomat than priest. Nay! I

take back my word, and will make trial

of his priesthood. Father, I do not love

this man, nor marry him of my own

free will. Lappcal to you, and to the

church,‘to refuse the saction.”



The priest stood with fingers inter-

locked, and head bowed, nor did his

eyes meet mine.



“I am but the humble instrument of

those in authority, daughter,” he re-

plied gently, “and must perform the

sacred duties of my office. ’Tis your

own confession that your hand has

pledged to Monsieur Cassion.”



“By Hugo Chcvet, not myself.”



“Without objection on your part.”

He glanced up slyly. “Perchance this

was before the appearance of another

lover, Monsieur De Artigny.”



I felt the color flood my cheeks, yet

from indignation rather than embar-

rassment.



“No word of love has been spoken

Inc by Monsieur de Artigny,” I answer-

ed swiftly. “He is a friend, no more.

I‘ do not love Francois CassiOn, nor

marry him but through force; ay! nor

does he love me——this is but a scheme

to rob me of my inheritance.”



“Enough of‘this,” broke in La Barre

sternly, and he gripped my arm. “The

girl hath lost her head, and such con-

'tioversy is unseemly in my presence.

Pere 1e Guald, let the ceremony pro-

ceed. ”



“ ’Tis your order, Monsieur?”



“Ay! do I not speak my will plainly

enough? Come, the hour is late, and

our King’s business is of more import

than the whim of a girl.”



I never. moved, never lifted my éyes.

I was conscious of nothing,‘ but help-

less, impotent, anger, of voiceless

shame. They might force me ‘to go

through the form but never would they

My,

heartthrobbed with rebellion, my mind

hardened into revolt. I knew all that

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they-appertained to someone else.‘

felt the clammy touch of Cassion’s





hand on my nerveless fingers, and I

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ies ofrthe, priest, for his voice droncd

on, meaningless to theend. It was

only in the silence which followed that

I! seemed to regain consciousness, and

a new grip on my number faculties. In-

deed I was still gr‘oping in the fog, be-

wildered, inert, when La Barre gave

utterance to a coarse laugh.



“Congratulations Francois,” he cried.

“A fair wife, and not so unwilling af-

ter all. And now for your first kiss.”



' The sneer, of theée words was like a.

slap in the face, and all the hatred, and

indignation I felt seethed- to, the sur-

face. A heavy paper knife‘llay on the

desk, and I gripped it in my fingers,

and stepped back, facing them. The

mist seemed to roll away, and I saw

their faces, and there must have been

that in mine to startle 'them, for even

La Barrelgave back a step, and the

grin faded from the thin lips of the,

Commissaile. ,



“’Tis ended then,” I said, and my

voice did not “falter. “,I am this man’s

wife. .Very well, you have had your

way; now I will have mine. Listen to

what I shall say, Monsieur 1e Gover-

nor, and you also, Francois Gassion.

By right of church you call me Wife,

but that is your only claim. I know

your law, and that this ceremony has

sealed my lips. I am your captive,

nothing more; you can rob me now—

but, mark you! all that you will ever

get is money. Monsieur. Cas'sion, if

you dare lay so much as a finger on me

I will kill you, as I would a snake. I

know what I say, and mean it. You

kiss me'! Try it, Monsieur, if you

doubt how my race repays insult. I

will go with you; I will bear your

name; this the law compels, but I am





still miStress of my soul, and of my-





bOdy. - You hear me, Messieurs? You

understand ?” '



Cassion stood leaning forward, just

where my first words had held him mo-

tionless. As I paused his eyes were on

my face, and he lifted a hand to wipe

away drops of perspiration. La Barre

crumpled the paper he held savagely.



“So,” he exclaimed, “we have un-

chained a, tiger cat. Well, all this is

naught to me; and Francois, I leave

you and the wilderness to do the tam‘

ing. In faith, ’tis time already you

were off. You agree to accompany the

party without resistance, Madame ?”



“As well there, as here,” I answered

contemptuously.



“And you, Hugo Chevet ?”



The giant growled something inartic-

ulate through his heard, not altogether,

I thought, to La Barre’ s liking, for his

face darkened.



“By St. Anne! ’tis a happy family

amid which you start your honeymoon,

Monsieur Oassion, ” he ejaculated at

length, “but go youmust, though _I

send a file of soldiers with you to the

boats.

hear no more until word comes of your

arrival at St. Louis.”



We left the room together, the three

of us, and no one spoke, as we travers-

ed the great assembly hall, in which

dancers still lingered, and gained the

outer hall. Cassion secured my cloak,





and I wrapped’it about my shoulders,.





for the night air without was already





chill, and then, yet in unbroken silence





we passed down the steps into the

darkness or the street. a I‘ walked be:

side Chevet, who was growling to him-

self, scarce sober enough to clearly

realize what had occurred, and so we

followed the Commissaire down the

steep path which led to the river. .. '





I guard, or glazing torches.





Now leave me, and I would '





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fronting the. narrow passage black, 8.1-,

though a gleam or. are revealed the'

surface of the water below.- The rough

paving made walking difficult, and I

tripped twice during the descent, once

wrenching an ankle, but With no out-

cry. I was scarce conscious .of the

pain, or of my surroundings, for my

mind still stood aghast over what had

occurred. It had been so swiftly ac-





complished I yet failed to grasp the





full significance. ,

Vaguely I comprehended that I was

no longer Adele la. Chesnayne, but the





wife of that man I followed. A word,’ .





a muttered prayer, an uplifted hand,

had made me his slave, his vassal.

Nothing could break the bond between

us save death. I might hate, despise,

revile, but the bond held. This thought

grew clearer as my mind readjusted

itself, and the full horror of the situa-

tion took possession of me. ‘ Yet there

was nothing I could do; I could neither

escape or fight, nonhad I a friend to

whom I could appeal. Suddenly I real?-

ized that I still grasped in my hand

the heavy paper knife I had snatched

up from La 'Barre’s desk, and I thrust

it into the waistband of my skirt. _It

was my only weapon of defense, yet to

know I had even that seemed to bring

me a glow of courage.



We reached the river’s edge and halt-

ed. Below 118, on the bank, the blazing

fire emitted a red .gleam reflecting on

the water, and showing us the dark

outlines of waiting cances, and seated

figures. Gazing about Cassion broke

the silence, his veice assuming the

harshness of authority. V



“Three canoes! Where is the other?

Huh! if there be delay now, someone

will make answer to me Pass the word

for the sergeant; ah! is this you Le

Claire?”



“All is prepared, Monsieur. ”



He glared at the stocky figure con-

flouting him in infantry uniform.



“Prepared! You have but three boats

at the bank.”



"‘The other is below, Monsieur;

loaded and waits to lead the way.”



“Ah! and who is' in charge ?”



“Was it not your will that it be the

guidemthe Sieur dc Artigny?” ‘



“Sacre! but I had forgotten the fel-

low. Ay! ’tis the best place for him.

And are all provisions and arms aboard

yet? You checked them, Le Claire?”



.. “With care, Monsieur; I watched the

stowing of each piece; there is nothing

forgotten.”



“And the men?”



“Four Indian paddlers to each boat,





it is





Monsieur, twenty soldiers, a priest, and





the guide.” /



” ’Tis the tally, Make room for two

more in the large canoe; ay, the lady

goes. Change a soldier each to your

boat and that of Pere Allouez until we

make our first camp, where we can

make new arrangement.”



“There is room in De Artigny's.

canoe:”



“We’ll not call him back; the fellows

will tuck away somehow. Come, let’s

be oh, it looks like dawn over yonder.”



I found myself in one Of the canoes,

so filled with men any movement was”

almost impossible, yet of this I did not

complain for my Uncle Chevet was





next to me, and Cassion took place at,





the steering oar in the stern. Tobe

separated from him was all I asked,





although the very sound of his harsh-

voice rasplng out orders, as we swung

out from the bank rendered me almost 5‘

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fore what had occurred, but now. the





face in my hands, and felt tears steal-

ing through my fingers. ‘



Yet only for a moment were these

tears of weakness. Indignation, anger,

hatred conquered me. He had won! he

had used poWer to conquer! Very Well,

now he would pay the «price. He

thought me a helpless girl; he would

find me a woman and a La CheSnayne.

The tears left my eyes, and my head

lifted with determination, as' purpose

and decision returned. ‘



We" were skirting the northern bank,

the high bluffs blotting out the stars,

with here and there, far up above us, a

light gleaming from some distant win-

dow, its rays reflecting along' the black

water. The Indian ’paddlers worked

silently, driving the sharp prow of the





. heavily laden canoe steadily up stream.





Farther out to the left was the dim cut—

line of another boat, keeping pace with

ours, the moving figures of the pad-

dlers revealed against the water be-

yond.



I endeavored to discern the canoe

which led the way, over which De Ar-

tigny held command, but it was hidden

by a wall of mist too far away to be

visible. Yet the very thought that the

young Sieur was there, accompanying

us into the drear wilderness, preserved

me from utter despair. I would not be

alone, or friendless. Even when he

learned the truth, he would know it

was not my fault, and though he might

question, and even doubt, at first, yet

surely the opportunity would come for

me to confess all, and feel his sympa-

thy and protection. I cannot explain

the confidence which this certainty of

his presence brought or how gratefully

I awaited the dawn, and its revelation.



’Tis not in the spirit cf youth to be

long depressed by misfortune, and al-

though each echo of Cassion’s voice

recalled my condition, I was not indif-

ferent to the changing scene. Chevet,

still sodden with drink, fell asleep, his

head on his pack, but I remained wide

awake, watching the first gleam of

light along the edge of the cloud which

stretched across the eastern sky line.

It was a dull, drear morning, every-

where a dull gray, the wide waters

about us silent and deserted. To the

right the shore line was desolate and

bare, except for blackened stumps of

fire-devastated woods, and brOWn rocks

while in every other direction the river

spread wide in sullen flow. There was

no sound but the dip of the paddles

and the‘ heavy breathing. ,



As the sun forced its way through

the obscuring cloud, the mist rose slow-

ly, and drifted aside, giving me glimpse

of .the canoe in advance, although it

remained indistinct, a vague speck in

the waste of water. I sat motionless

gazing about at the scene, yet vaguely

comprehending the nature of our sur~

roundings. My mind reviewed all the

strange events of the past night, and

endeavored to adjust itself to my new

environment. Almost in an instant of

time my life had utterly changed—J





to a man whom I despised, and forced

to accompany him into the unknown

wilderness, «It was like a dream, a de-

lirium of fever, and even yet I could

not seem to comprehend its dread real-

ity. But the speeding canoes,“ strange

faces, the occasional sound of Gas-

sion’s voice, the slumbering figure of

Chevet Was evidence 0f truth not to be

ignored, and ahead yonder, a mere out-

line, Was the heat which contained De

Artigny What would he say, or do,





‘when' he leaned the truth? Would he

, care greatly? Had I read rightly the





message of his eyes? Could I have

trust and confidence in his loyalty?

Would he accept my explanation’ or





would he condemn me for this act in





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had been married and exiled; wedded





(Continued from page 54)





feared, as the Sieur de Artigny. What j ‘

Would be his verdict? My heart seems

ed to stop its beating,'and tears dimJ

med my ‘eyes, as I gazed across the wa- . ‘

ter at that distant canoe. I knew then

that all my courage,- all my hope, can?

tered on his decision—the decision or

the man I loved

CHAPTER VII.

The Two Men Meet.‘



COULD not have slept, although I

Imust have lost consciousness of 3



our surroundings, for I was arous-

ed by Cassion’s voice shouting some

comniand, and became aware that We

were making landing on the river bank.

The sun was two hours high, and the

spot selected a low‘ grass-covered

point, shaded by trees. Chevet had

awakened, sobered by his nap, and the

advance canoe had already been drawn

up on the shore, the few soldiers it

contained busily engaged in starting

fires with which to cook our morning

meal.‘



I perceived De Artigny with my first

glance, standing erect on the bank, his

back toward us, directing the men in

their work. As we shot forward to-

ward the landing he turned indifferent-

ly, and I marked the sudden straight—

ening of his body, as though in sur-_

prise, although the distance gaveme

no clear vision of his face. As ‘our

canoe came into the shallows, he

sprang down the bank to greet us, hat

in hand, his eyes 011 me. My own

glance fell before the eagerness in his

face, and I turned away.



“Ah! Monsieur Cassion,” he exclaim-

ed, the‘ very sound of his voice evi-

dencing delight. “You have guests on

the journey; ’tis unexpected.”



Cassion stepped over the side, 'and

fronted him, no'longer a smiling gal-

lant of the court, but brutal in au-

thority.



“And what is that to you, may I ask,

Sieur de Artigny. 7” he said, coldly con-

temptuous. “You are but our guide,

and it is no concern of yours who may

compose the company. ’Twill be well

for you to remember your place, and

attend to your duties. Go now, and

See that the men have breakfast served

them.”



There was a moment of silence, and

I did not even venture to glance up to

perceive what occur1 ed although I felt .

that De Artigny’ s eyes shifted their in- ~

quiry from Cassion’s face to mine.

There must be no quarrel now, not un-

til he knew the truth, not until I had

opportunity to explain, and yet he was

a firebrand, and it would be like him

to resent such words. How relieved

I felt, as his voice made final answer.



“Pardbn, Monsieur le Commissaire,”

he said, pleasantly enough. “it is true

I forgot my place in this moment of

surprise. I obey your orders”,



I looked up as he turned away, and

disappeared. Crassion stared after him,

smothering an oath, and evidently dis-

appointed at so tame an ending of the

affair, for it was his nature to bluster

and boast. Yet as his lips changed to

a grin, I knew of what'the man was

thinking—he had mistaken De Artlg-

ny’s actions for cowardice, and felt as-

sured now of how he w0uld deal with

him. He turned to the canoe, a new

conception of importance in the sharp

tone of his voice. .



“Come ashore, men; ay! draw the

boat higher on the sand. Now, Mon-

sieur Chevet, assist your niece for-

ward to where I can help. her to land

With dry feet—permit me, Adele. ” ' .



“It is not at all necessary, Men-





»sieur,” I replied, avoiding his hand.





and leaping lightly to the firm sand.

“I am no dainty maid of Quebec to

whom suCh courtesy is due” 'I stood





:and faced 11111.,th unpleased to mark

the anger in his eyes.





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At a country inn 8. number of farm-

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“They ate my whole crop of potatoes

in a single week,” said one.



“They ate my whole crop in two

days and then sat round on the trees

and waited tor me to plant more,” said

another.



“Well,” put in a commercial trav-

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be, but I’ll tell you what I saw in our

warehouse once. I saw four or five

beetles examining the books a week

before planting time to see who had

bought seed.”





The teacher was hearing the class in



nature. Trying to impress upon the

children’s minds the horror of cruelty

to animals she told the following

story,

. “Once a farmer went out to milk a

cow an'da little calf switched the man

' in the eye with its tail. The man took

out his knife and cut off the calf’s tail.

Now, children, what verse in the Bible

should that man have remembered?”



‘Of course She had reference to

“Blessed are the merciful," but Phillip

had another answer:



“Whom God hath joined together,

let no man put asunder."





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It’s the thing which makes the lamb

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W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor.





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sooner or later, members of the family to increase the value of his land.- The

will find their way into other industries real estate agent and the land owner

and the quantity of food will become thus had interests in common.





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other parties contending for supremacy

in that stricken country. And doubt-

less, it is a matter of some importance

which of these several parties domi-

nate the situation. But so far as the

general welfare of mankind is concern-

ed, this advantage can only be tempor-

ary unless the economic efficiency

among Russians is in some manner in-

creased.





People often wonder why if improve-





ments are made the cost of living does





not decrease. If the processes just

described go on so that the proper re-

lation exists between people engaged

in several industries, the exchange val-

ue of the different articles produced

does not necessarily change. Although,





' of course, they often do change chiefly





perhaps due to changes in quantity of

money and instruments of credits.





But what necessarily does occur is





that such persons have more goods

and, therefore, are entitled to more in





exchange for them. Under such con-





ditions more commodities and services

are exchanged and if these services

and commodities continue to be meas-

ured by~ the same standard of money,

then the cost of living expressed in

money will rise. In other words, an

increased exchange of commodities is

a factor to be sought and represents

progress.





What about service? If additional

services are secured by increasing the

number of persons employed without

increasing their efficiency, the value of

these services is not increased and

hence the compensation can not be

greater. If the amount of service ren-

dered is increased beyond certain lim-

its the time must come when there

are too many people to be supplied

with com'modities. The only way,

therefore, that salaries can be properly

increased is by making the services

more effective. For example, if a store,

factory or educational institution em-

ploys one thousand persons when the

work might be done by employing eight

hundred more efficient persons, each

of the one thousand persons must re-





ceive less because (1) more commodi-

ties must be distributed among the

thousand persons that the eight hun-

dred persons, and (2) two hundred per-





sons have been withdrawn from those

industries

modities these employes need.





In the distribution of goods there has

always been and still continue to be,

inequalities which are unjust, if not

If, however, in





criminal in character.

trying to rectify these injustices the





much greater and more fundamental

question of efficiency or production is

overlooked, the world will go back-

If this point of

view is accepted as sound then it fol--

lows that the general welfare and the

comforts of country life are not to be

promoted by increasing the number of

farmers but by increasing the output





ward and not forvvard.





of each family. As is well known, this





has been the line of progress in agri-

culture during the last one hundred





years. 4





Doubtless some temporary advan-

tags can come to a city or even astate 1 *

by obtaining much greater production -





through an increased number of farm-

ers but this advantage can only be

temporary, for if the farm family fails





which produced the com-





too small.



Brimarily, therefore, the problem is

not one of increasing the number of

persons engaged in farming, but it is

(1) to give to the young men and wom-

en such a training as will make them

efl‘icient producers of- food or fibers,

and (2) to make .this potential effi-

ciency function by the development of

wise state, national and even interna-

tional agricultural policies. The pro-

ducts of the farm both in the United

States and the countries of our princi-

pal allies have had probably a greater

exchange value during the war, espe-

cially during the past two years. Cer-

tain it is that the farm family taken

as a whole, has had more to exchange

for other commodities and equally cer-

tain that that same family has worked

harder, more efficientlyand therefore

entitled to this greater return.



If history repeats, itself this much

needed and deserved prosperity for the

farmers will continue for some years

to come. How many years, perhaps no

one is wise enough to predict accurate-

ly. The main thing to understand, how-

ever, is that if permanent benefit is to

come from this increased prosperity,

it must be by obtaining more products

per family and not by increasing the

number of farm families. Or, perhaps

it is better to say that if the number

of farm families are increased in order

to maintain the proper relation be-

tween country and city improvements

in social welfare can only result in

case the efl‘iciency of these families is

increased or at least maintained. This

is only another way of saying that

there can not be a permanently satis-

factory social order until families

which produce the food and raw mate-

rials for clothing and shelter, can ex-

change their products .for enough com-

modities to enable them to rear and

educate self-respecting families.



In this article emphasis, perhaps un-

due emphasis, has been placed upon

the general welfare as distinct from

the individual or class welfare. It is

true unfortunately, that it is to the

economic advantage of the people of

every industry that the income of their

class be high, while that of all other

industries is low. Everyone wishes to

sell in a high market and buy in a low

market, whether he sells or buys com-

modities or services. It is therefore,

very true that if anything of special

importance is to be done for the farm-

ers as a class, it will have to be done

by the farmers themselves.



It is easy for a city man to compre-

hend the importance of increasing the

quantity of food in‘order that he may

live off the “fat of the‘land,” but he is

altogether too apt to assert, as I have

often heard it asserted, that the way

for the farmer to “get by” is to save

waste and spend less, when he himself

would not do the same work for double

the compensation.



The farmers themselves have not

been altogether guiltless in favoring

policies which produce low prices. Two

Outstanding reasons for low prices_ of

food during the past fifty years have

been:



1.- The rise in value of land.



2. Cheap farm. labor.



The farmer was not only willing to

work for low wages because he would





One of the factors which tends to

inerease the price cf land'is cheap lav

her. It so happens, however, that

three-fourths of the labor on the farms

of the United- States is done by the

farmers or their families. Their labor

‘inCOme was cheapened by the labor of,

the other fourth. But so long as a man '

,was a land owner he was recompensed’ _

by the value of the land. Tenants did

not come in for any of this benefit. In

the case of tenants the benefits went.

to non-resident land owners. Thus ins

stead of helping to build homes,

schools, churches and highways in the

local community it was used elsewhere

in a more or less greater degree.



These things will right themselves

as more dependence must be put upon

the products sold 2153 source of wealth

and as farm labor reaches an eduality

with other labor. When the daughter

can earn a greater wage in running a.

milking machine in her- father’s dairy

than she can in running a typewriter

in thegcity, she will be more apt to

marry a country boy. When the 8011

can make more money running a farm

t1actor than a street car, he will be

less likely to bring his wife to town.



In the past nations and races have

thriven through the exploitation of oth-

er nations and races. Classes have

thriven through the exploitation of

other classes. It is altogether too

much to expect that such ideals, much

less such practices, will cease alto-

gether.



I write as President Wilson is being

made a citizen of France. This world

waits in breathless anticipation for the

results.of the peace conference. The

future agricultural policies of the Unit-

ed States must be predicated upon

these issues. In the meantime, only

the most fundamental principles may

be stated. 1





SPECIAL DAYS AT THE. COMMU-l

NITY CHURCH.





(Continued from page 51).

we had prayer, in behalf of the Ameri-

can forces and of the mighty cause of

justice and truth which the Allied 4

cause represented.



Watch- night can be used to good ad-

vantage, always. It need not be the

s0poriflc affair that it so frequently is.

It may be bright and lively right up to

the happy New Year. A stereopticon

lecture, the telling of a story such as

“The Man Without a‘ Country,” or “The

Man Who Was Too Busy to Find the

Child,” followed by singing, Will make‘

an ‘evening- that will be more than

worth while. A cantata by the choir

may well have a place on the program,

or the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper,

just as the old year is slipping away.



The church has often failed to ob-

serve the great festal days. And in

thus failing, she has lost much, the

people have lost much, and the entire

community has suffered. There is a

world of meaning in these anniversar-

ies, else they would have been forgot-

ten long ago.



We conduct what we call Visitation

Day, here, once a‘ year—but that is

another story.





The fellow who

tors is like 9. pr! '





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E are all seeing all sorts of

V» things that will grow out of the



war. A new civilization is to be

born, we are assured, and if we are to

believe all we read, every wrong will

be righted and peace and justice will

rule on eanth. All the problems which

distressed us prior to 1914, and even





7up to this writing, are to be solved,





and no class is to have any cause for

complaint.



Be that as it may, Undoubtedly there

will be a change in several directions,

and a few of our problems will. no

doubt be solved. We all see the solu-

tion of a. few of them, and perhaps the

most marked one to be seen settling

itself just now is the problem of what

we shall do with our aged. It is not

so very long ago that a doctor made

himself famous, or notorious, by advo-

cating the chloroforming of all men

when they reached the age of sixty

years. Employers set him the example

by retiring their help with a pension

at ages running from sixty years to

seventy-two years, and the wild clamor

for “young blood” was heard in all

lines of business.



There didn’t seem to be any place

for old folks, male or female. Nobody

wanted them in business, and at home

young folks were inclined to think de—

pendent parents or grandparents, un-

cles and aunts very much of a. nuis-

ance. They were shelved, left without

anything to do to fill mind or hands,

and of course they became a burden to

themselves and everyone else. Sons

and daughters, filled with a false pride,

refused to let mother and father do

any sort of work to earn a penny from

others, and then grumbled because

they had the old folks “on their hands.”



The problem of the aged had become

rather acute. And then came the war.

As in everything else, the cry was for

“young blood.” It was our boys with

their splendid strength and great pow-

ers of endurance who had to go across.

Millions of places which they had fill-

ed were left vacant and must be filled.

Girls sprang forward to take the place

of the boys, but still there was room.

There didn’t seem to be girls enough





S the weather grows colder the

A housewife turns her attention to-

ward more substantial dishes

than those which have satisfied her

family during the summer season. We

are coming to realize that meat once

daily is in most cases sufficient, and,

following the suggestion of those who

have made dietetics a study, are, find—

ing acceptable many dishes which do

not call for meat at all. Besides being

nourishing and appetizing, the dishes

described below are comparatively in-

expensive. All have been tested per-

sonally by the writer and called good,

although it is not claimed that all are

original.



Spanish Rice.

Cut in small pieces three or four

slices of bacOn and fry until brown.

Slice in the pan one goodeSized onion

and allow to cook 'slowly' a few" min-

utes. To this add two cups of cooked

rice and the same amount of canned

tomato. Cook together until well blend-





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to fill the places left by the young men

and» then there were great gaps where

thegirls had been which must be stop-

ped up by someone. ,



The problem of the aged solved it-

self. Thejold men eculd not go to





.war; the old women could not exactly





take the places left Vacant by‘ the

young, strong girls, but they could do





their hit, and a big bit, towards making





up the deficiency. Employers, glad to

get any sort‘of help, began hiring old

men to do certain forms of light work

which they had hired girls to do be-

fore. For the most part they were

openly delighted with the change. One

man, a job printer, declares he" will

never hire girls again; he’ll stick to

his old men.



“Girls are flighty,” was his reason.

“You were changing every month or so

and while you have them they are bob-

ing about the office instead of sticking

right at their job. They spend too

much time peeping into vanity cases





 





 





 





Tan velour makes this warm coat;

the snug collar is of beaver plush; Ve-

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Substantial Supper





By--E. E. Rockwood





red or green peppers.

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Biscuits with Cheese Dressing.



Make a white sauce and in it melt

at cupful oLcheese cut in small pieces.

Open the biscuit as above and pour

the cheese mixture over them. This

is a hearty dish and very good to taste.

Serve hot.



A few hard boiled eggs, a small can

of tuna, or dried beef added ’to the

cream sauce furnishes a pleasing varia-

tion to, the biscuit dish.



“ - Salmon with Hot Biscuits



Bake 3. tin of baking powder or. but-

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The Old Folks’ “Place In the Sun”





and powdering their! noses and-polish-

ing their engagement rings. Now my

old men are past vanity and love-mak-

ing. They stick right to business and

if ‘they aren’t so swift they get more

done by pegging along all day.”



In the kitchen, too, a change has

Women who always in-





sisted on having young, strong girl





helpers, found out, when they eculdn’t ‘





get the girls, that a'middle-aged, or

elderly woman can help a. great deal.

And sons who wouldn’t let mother

work in anyone’s kitchen before the

war, called it war work, and gave their

consent to mother’s earning a little for

“thrift stamps.” And if thrifty mother

manages to make her money buy her

shoes and stockings as well as a few

stamps, why there is no harm done.



One old lady started out mending at

fifteen cents an hour. John thought

that was all. right, sewing was a gen-

teel occupation. Mother got started,

but fifteen cents was too little for her.

She yearned for twenty-five cents. Her

employer would be glad to pay that to

anyone who would wash her dishes

and straighten up her rooms each

morning and mother couldn’t-see that

washing dishes was any more lowering

to her dignity than darning yawning

holes in stockings. So she just com-

menced to wash dishes without con-

sulting John. Earnings grew into a

dollar a day instead of fifty or sixty

cents, and when the fourth Liberty

Loan campaign was on she astonished

John by pinninga slip proclaiming her-

self a bond owner in her window, and

flourishing a paid-up bond under John’s

nose. She had solved her problem of

being old very satisfactorily, especially

as three or four women are bidding for

her services.



The problem of the aged would cease

to perplex if we would only recognize

that useful, remunerative occupation is

a blessing, not a curse nor disgrace,

and that speed is not the only thing to

be desired in employes. Age may lack

speed and endurance, but it has judg-

‘ment and experience which surely are

as valuable an asset as anything the‘

young can offer. DEBORAH.





Dishes





free it from bones and skin and add it

to a rich milk gravy or white sauce

made quite thick. Break the fish into

suitable sized pieces for serving. Open

the biscuit and arrange on a, platter,

then cover with the hot gravy and fish.

The biscuits may be buttered, but if

the gravy is rich enough, this will not

be necessary;

Egg Scallop.

Boil for ten minutes one or more





eggs for each person, and remove the '





shells. In a baking. dish or shallow





basin put a layer of. bread crumbs,‘





then one of very thick White sauce or

cream gravy well seasoned with butter,

pepper and salt. 'On this put a layer





of sliced eggs, sprinkle with salt and"





pepper, then cover with, more bread

crumbs and the white sauce, alternab

ing aécordlng to quantity and the size

of baking dish. having the top layer of

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in coldnter ‘to E Invent; adhering.

Have really a cup o‘t‘strained tomatoes

and use in ulternate’iayers in a baking

dish with the macaroni. Cover with

buttered crumbsand bake until brown,

or the dish may be served plain cover-

ed with the hot tomato which is thick

enough to cover it nicely. '

" Salmon Loaf.



Salmon is expensive compared to

former prices, yet a thirty-cent can

will make the meat dish for six. Mix

the fish with one cup of bread crumbs,

one egg and sweet milk to moisten

well, probably about one cupful. Sea-

son with salt and pepper. press into a

greased baking tin, dot with'bits of

butter and bake slowly until the top

browns,“about thirty or forty minutes.

Turn out and serve hot with the ever-

usetul white sauce.



Bean Loaf. _7



Mash slightly one pint of left-over

beans. Add one egg, one tablespoon

of , minced onion, one cup of cold’ boiled

rice, salt and pepper to suit, a little

tomato catsupalso if desired. Shape





into a loaf, put thin slices of bacon or .

salt pork on top and bake for half'an .

hour. If there is neither bacon or pork

at hand, use bits of butter for the top.

This is niCe served with tomato juice





thickened with cornstarch and well





seasoned with butter, pepper and salt. ‘





Goulash.



One—half pound of round steak; cut

in inch pieces and put in a baking dish.

Over this sprinkle salt and pepper to

taste, then a layer of raw sliced pota-

toes. Follow with a layer of cooked

rice, macaroni or spaghetti. Salt and

pepper each layer lightly, then cover

with cooked tomatoes and bake in a

covered halting dish for one and one

half hours.





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In preparing grapefruit for the table,

if it is rolled,.as one rolls a lemon, the

fruit is more juicy and the pulp is

loosened, giving a better flavor.—Mrs.

J. J. O’C. .



When baking apples try my Way:

Run the corer only part way through.

Into this little cup place the sugar,

spice and a little butter. and they will

cook into and flavor the whole apple.

The fruit will also keep in shape bet-

ter than. when the entire core is taken

out—4t. A. P. ‘



_Use a bean pot to bake your apple

sauce by cooking as you would on top

of the stove, only do not sweeten until

done, thenadd sugar and spice while.

hot. The flavor is delicious thus bak-

ed. All dried fruits are improved by

this mode of cooking.-Mrs. J. J. O'C.



Who has net opened their cream

separator in winter to find from one

to three spoons of cream sticking to

the parts and thereby wasted? I did.

until I evolved this for myself and

Would like to pass it on to the readers

of the Michigan Farmer, if any have

that trouble: After‘_the machine is in

motioxf. turn thmughe generous half-

cup of boiling water~and follow imme-

diately with the milk; then, if water

instead of skim-milk is used to flush

the bowl, have it a little warmer than

fresh milk instead of cold, as in warm!

weather. Warming the cones, etc" be-

fore screwing the bowl together, also





 





Compared with/other animals, the

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make

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How good it tastes"! _. -





And how easy it .is to make good bread from good flour compared with the

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Of course, we were all perfectly willing to use war flour as a wartime necessity.





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By J. H. Brown





’1' "he boys and gills in the junior

agricultural clubs of Calhoun



county were disappointed be-

cause they could not hold their annual

exhibition and banquet on December

21, as planned. They had looked ahead

to having anOther fine and enjoyable

gathering at Marshall, the county seat,

as has been the rule for several years

past. Influenza was to blame for the

postponement.



The postponement was thought ad-

visable by the new county Y.1M. C. A.

secretary, of Leland, Mrs. Lucia Con-

verse, and others in charge of the work

of the clubs. The exhibit was held at

the office of the county agent and the

awards made. ,



The accompanying picture we took

showing the exhibit of the clubs last

winter. E. C. Ackley, former county

secretary, stands on the right side in-

specting the corn display. In front of

him is the Kellogg corn trophy, which

was won by the Community Club. We

presented a picture of this club in the

Michigan Farmer some time ago.



The center table contains the potato

display, and F. C. Lindeman is inspect-

ing the tubers. Mr. Lindeman is well

known to every reader of this paper as

the state director of the junior agricul-





 





 





Corn, Potato and Baking Exhibits of the Calhoun County Clubs.





tural clubs of Michigan. He is now

abroad in war work and this picture,

showing him at some of his old tricks

in instructing boys how to make things

grow, will interest every reader who

has been connected with Mr. Lindeman

and the work of the hundreds of clubs

in Michigan.



On the front end of the potato table

is the large silver table cup we pre-

sented in the name of our home pa-





The Market Wagon





By Hilda





.EN congenial classmates deter-

mined to earn more money than

the average lad of thirteen can



get for his Saturday’s time, so they

started a little scheme or plan called

“The Market Wagon.” One of the

boys could get a large one-horse wag-

on and it was easy to “rent” an old

horse so the outfit was soon in order.

Very early on Saturday the boys as-

sembled with a lunch for each and

some corn for the horse, and then they

set out for the country to get supplies

for their trade.



As the season varied the tasks var-

ied. Early in the "fall they picked

peaches and pears on shares, taking

their pay in fruit. Later they picked

apples and grapes.

a'tree or a number of trees in» short

order, so many of the busy farmers wel-

comed them. Often they received a

hot dish at dinner to help- out their





Ten boys can strip .





Richmond





these things they received ten dollars

in addition to the other things they

brought in. ‘They had vegetables and

grains and pumpkins and fodder and





fruits and grasses and flowers and all ,





theolovely things the country’affords.

Sometimes tliey gathered nuts for sale





and sometimes they husked corn for a ,





farmer, taking their pay in corn which

they sold in town. ‘



Of course, it was possible to wear

out old clothes and shoes on the Satur-

day trip and this was an item to the

parents as well as the fact that the

boys learned a great deal about busi-





cold food, the good ladies roasting po- »





tatoes for them-or putting on a big

kettle of green corn. By night the old

wagon would be loaded with supplies

. ranging from vegetables to corn. On

“ Monday evening the supplies would be

" sold unless some of the things were

engaged and were delivered by hand





. on Saturday evening. All worked to- 1





. gether and everything went into the



-‘common purse.



._Very often the boys would buy up

resh eggs for particular customers,

'etting a small commission on each





Jansen, and there were often special-





orders for vegetables and even flowers.

Qnée the boys devoted a great part of





day to getting supplies for a Harvest ,





bme Festival for a church and for





pers, the Morning Enquirer and Even-

ing News, to the winner in the potato-

growing contest. It so happened that

last year the Community Club of Bur-

lington township, Calhoun county, won

both cups shown on the tables, also the

fine banner. The leading clubs last

year and this winter are the Commu-

nity, Cobblestone, of Pennfleld town-

ship, and Stanley, of Emmet township.





At the left is the display in the bak-





ness in their little transactions. They

even went so far as to ship a few of

the best things to people in the city

that they knew, getting fancy prices

for their bargains. But the best of all





was the training they received in deal-'





ing fairly with each other and with the

public. One shirk could have spoiled

it all or one boy who was anxious to

cheat a little in the produce, but they

all Worked together honestly and fair~





FRANCE TO HAVE BOYS’ AND

GIRLS’ CLUBS.





RANGE is consideringthe adoption

of Uncle Sam’s methods of teach-

ing better farming and home- making to

boys and girls. Representatives from





, boys' and girls‘ clubs





ing contest. Miss Anna Cowles, state

director of girls’» work in the clubs, is

shown instructing one of the young

girls in some of the points of making

good bread. Miss Cowles has been a

universal favorite in club work every-

where and is a high~grade instructor

and judge in her department.



Along the wall in the rear is a po-r— .

tion Of the needlework display and

some of the canned fruit and vegeta-

bles. Back of the writer while he was

taking this picture, stood the crowd of

boys and girls in attendance at the ex-

hibit. Nearly everyone was a contest-

ant, and they all wanted their pictures

taken in group.



So we went out on the front steps

and took the picture shown herewith.

They are a fine bunch of good lockers,

both male and female, and they‘are

also holders of Liberty Bonds and War

Savings Stamps. Smiling for all he is

worth, stands chief magician E. C. Lin-

deman on the 'right side of the" en

trance. Miss Cowles is in the center

of the doorway. County Secretary C.

E. Ackley, with his fur cap helmet on,

stands in front of the right hand win-

dow, and his presence had already af-

fected the frost on the glass, although

the mercury was close to zero outside.





1y with the “market wagon" for several

seasons. They earned much more than

they could have had at any other oc-

cupation and the experience was worth

very much to them later in life. The

old market wagon has fallen to pieces

and the boys are out in the busy world

but they still laugh over the good times





they had in those happy days, and they





are grateful" to that training for much

of their present success and happiness.





Club'News Items





the French HighICommission, lately in

this country, made a point of. studying

carefully the methods of the Federal

Department of Agriculture and the

state agricultural colleges in conduct-

ing boys’ and girls‘ clubs. Much of the

information thus collected, has been

widely reprinted by the French press,





accompanied by editorial comment ex-





pressing the view that the man and

woman power of iFrance having been >

depleted or disorganized by War Ser-

vice, France for some time to come

will beidependent iii—large part upon





. its younger population for its food sup-

' ply and suggesting the formation in





France of a nation-wide system of A

patterned on

those in America It is expected that

these clubs will grow staple products—‘

garden produce, wool, farm grain and

forage crops, Lpoultry and farm animals .

on farms" not devastated, the very soil

of which must firSt of all be put in con-

dition. They will stimulate. production





by the young people of France through

:organized contests not only in farming» , ,

.‘but in home enterprises such as greed ‘





' baking, garment making, cooking, and





home management.





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- these activities they are reported to





‘ notified by the dogs before our sen-





. used on the Italian and other fronts to





‘ spots otvital Suwanee have been





"izatio‘n. Neither have they overlooked

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D ' t.

~ ogs T ha Did

Their Duty

M'ONGST the~many activities of

.- the war the national service or

the brave dogs of Britain deserve

special mention. They were in use

officially for nearly two years as mes

sengers, as sentries, and as guards

for places of vital importance.



In the early months of 1917, a War

Dog School of Instruction was found-

ed by the War Office, and Lieut-Colonel

Richardson, who has devoted his life

to training dogs for military and police



» purposes, was appointed commandant.

The school started at Shoeburyness,

but was recently moved to Lyndhurst,

Hants. Gamekeepers, hunt servants,

and shepherds were called up from the

army to be instructed, and to assist in

the instruction of the dogs.



The dog recruits chieflly came from

the Battersea, Birmingham and Liver-

pool homes for lost dogs, and many a

dog has thus been saved from the

lethal chamber. Many a brave soldier

owes his life to some poor uncared-for

stray dog.



Many dogs trained at ”the school

were sent out to France to act as mes-

sage carriers in the field. The skill,

courage, and tenacity of these dogs

’has been amazing. During heavy bar-

rages, when all other communications

had been cut, the messenger dogs

made their way, and in many cases

brought messages of vital import.



Sometimes they have been wounded

and there is wonderful record of the

determination with which wounded

dogs have persisted in their duty.



During the great German assault last

year, part of our line in front of a fa-

mous town was cut off by severe en-

emy barrage. A messenger dog was



-released with an urgent appeal for re-

inforcements.

in ten minutes. A French Colonial

division was sent up and saved the

situation, otherwise there would have

been a terrible disaster. This dog was

a Highland sheep dog. ’



On many other occasions messenger

dogs have been taken up with our as-

saulting troops, and have carried back

details of the captured positions to

brigade headquarters, whereby the

state of affairs could be accurately

.gauged and acted upon without delay.

On one of these occasions a dog ran

six kilometers in twenty minutes, while

in another case a dog carried back a



~map of an important position in twen'

ty minutes when a man would have

taken an hour and a half to bring it in.

In positions. where runners have been





 





 





unable to move at all, messenger dogs .





have carried out their mission.



Sentry dogs have been employed in

the Balkans. As an example of their

vigilance, one dog gave warning of an

enemy scout at a distance of three hun-

dred yards, and on many occasions

the proximity of enemy patrols was





tries were aware of their presence.

Large numbers of dogs have been





guard valuable stores. By this means

large numbers of men have been re-

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" GRAIN WlTH CLong AND sgLAeE.





Kindly ive~me a ration for my dairy

cows. I< ave silage and clover hay

and have been feeding some oilmeal.

The cows will freshen in March. How

should I feed them now and after they

freshen” to produce the best results at

the least expense? ' .



Gd. Traverse Co. W. C. S.



Corn silage and clover hay are the

,best foods one can get as a foundation

for a dairy ration. A cow should have

one-third of ,her total ration in the

form of condbntrates to do "her best,

and so to get the best results we must

feed grain in Connection with clover

hay and corn silage. '



'1' would recommend that you also

give a little ground oats if you have

plenty of them to these ‘cows before

they freshen. There is no food that

tends to give more vigor to an animal

than oats. It is a splendid feed before





‘ the cows freshen; a little oilmeal is





alsoexcellent. This will help to keep

the cows in good condition until they

freshen, then gradually increase the

grain ration. There is nothing better

than ground oats and oilmeal after the

cows freshen; simply increase the

amount. ”



It probably would be cheaper to mix

,br-an with the ground oats, equal parts

by weight, then you could feed two

pounds of oilmeal to each cow per day

and a sufficient amount of the ground

oats and bran to give each cow a pound

of grain for every three pounds of

milk she produces if her milk tests

,better than four per cent. If it tests

less than four per cent then I would

give one pound of grain for every four

pounds of milk she produces. For in-

stance, if a cow is giving thirty pounds

of five per cent milk in a day, give her

ten pounds of grain per day. On the

other hand, if the cow is giving forty

pounds of milk testing less than four

per cent, she, too, would be entitled ta

ten pounds of grain per day.’ ~ ‘

C. C. L.





A BALANCED RATION WITH CORN

AND OATS. '





Will you please give me a balanced





' ration for milch cows?‘I have ensilage,





clover hay with a little timothy mixed

in, and can get corn, also oats. What

else do I want, or would you cut out

the corn and oats and use something

in its place? At the present prices of

dairy feeds I am up against it, so kind-

1y give me the best ration at the cheap-

est price. G. D. W.

There is nothing better for a founda-

tion ration for dairy cows than corn





farm in the form of corn silage than

with any other plant'grown in this cli-

mate. We cannot afford to attempt to

farm in Michigan without growing clo-

ver because of the fact that it is used

in keeping up the fertility of the soil

and the Clover hay is a most excellent

food to feed in connection with corn

silage because the corn plant is defi-

cient in protein while cloVer hay in

itself furnishes the food nutriments,

proteins and carbohydrates, in just

about, the right proportion for‘ a bal-

anced ration. \ Only it is so bulkythat





amount of it to produce maximum re-

sults, hence it is the duty of the farmer





‘ toadd grain .to balance the corn silage federal: appr‘opgauon:





and clover my, and since corn silage





, is deficient’i‘n protein it is-best‘i’or mm,





.120 ‘addr.:.a,.f°9<1 sarcomas. mm»

,ein "than clover haydoesa New; cdrnl





 





menace: not, balance thisw'ration'. tf





silage and clover hay. You'can pro:

duce more cow feed to the acre on a.





the cow cannot consume a sufficient





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., .

simply adds bulk, which is all right.

oats help to balance it _a little but

have not a sufficient amount of protein

to properly balance the corn silage,

hen'ce’the. farmer ought to add to his

home grain‘ra‘tion of cum silage, clo-‘

ver hay and corn and eats, some other

grain food richer in prbtein'to give the

cow the desired .amount of protein

without an excess of carbohydrates.

rYou can get this in Cottonseed meal,

oil meal, gluten feed, wheat bran. If

you feed oil meal and cottonseed meal

it only takes a small added amount to

balance the ration because they are

eXceedingly rich in protein. If you feed

wheat "bran you must feed it in large

quantities else you will not have suffi-

cient protein. -'



I would suggest that you feed allthe

clover hay and corn silage that the

cows will eat up clean, and as a grain

ration you mix corn and oats equal

parts and then add one-fifth as much

oil meal. 'That is, two hundred pounds

of corn meal, two hundred pounds of





ground oats and one hundred pounds , .





of oil meal, and feed the cow one pound

of this grain mixture for every four

pounds of milk that she produces. If

you have got a good dairy cow she will

give you good returns. C. C. L.





ACChEDITED HERDS 0F CATTLE.





(Continued from page 39).

have recently made the additional 1"





quirement that pure-bred cattle cannot

be admitted except on a sixty or ninety-

day retest, unless 'such cattle come

from a tuberculosis-free accredited

herd. All states now permit the 'en-

trance of cattle from such herds with-

out special test, the annual certificate

being sufficient. The breeder, there-

fore, who has a clean herd and certified

as such, not "only enjoys the prestige

which goes with such a herd, but he

has the farther advantage of making

interstate shipments without restric~

tions. - ' ‘



The disease is so prevalent through-

out the country that the majority of

the herds will show a few reactors on

first test. These can either be slaugh-

tered or segregated according to the

instructions of the,federal and state

officials and the herd can be again test-

ed six months later. If every individual

in the herd passes the second test and

then passes a third test six months or

a year later, the herd is eligible to be

certified as tuberculosis-free. In most.

cases if there are but few reactors on

first test and they are properly dispos-

ed of there will be still fewer or per

haps none, found on second test. After

the herd is-once clean and certain pre-

cautions are taken With respect to new

purchases it is a comparatively easy‘

matter to keep the herd clean if the





y Feeding ‘;Prob'lem3f '





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buildings are well ventilated. There is- ‘





reasbn to believe that every state in

the Union which does not already have

legislation to meet the conditions of

the new federal. appropriation will pass





suitable laws in the near future and.





greater progress than has heretofore i’





been made in the eradication of tuber-

culosis will result in the immediate

future. -





The following states already. have“





appropriations with whichftb' indemnis





fy owners of reacting cattle and can , _





immediately take advantage cf theneyv





Kentucky, Maine, I "Massachusetts . ' Mine

“'nesot'a,” Misseuri, North Mitch

.sylvanie. Barth German ‘

WAT“?! éflriUtah”





Connecticut... ; ‘ '
7 icontinueyngr years to come.) _





Dairylndustry





(Continu'ed from page 40).





been trying to bring to our members

dairy feeds purchased in large quanti-.

ties at the lowest possible price. We

have negotiated with many feed con-

cerns; finally settled on one prospect

with feed that stood the..state require-

ments and was guaranteed pure from

every adulterant. We have. been of-

fering this feed absolutely without

profit to the association, at a price

that was from $5 to $11 per ton less

than was asked for the same quality

oi: feed from the retail stores in small

quantities. Your association has spent

over $200 in the salary and traveling

expenses of a man, trying to give to

you the benefit of this one business

move. We tailed absolutely in this en-

deavor; not selling one single carload

of feed until the price went up'320 per

ton on bran; and today we are deluged

with orders by letter and word of

mouth, wanting to take our feed. You

had the opportunity to avail yourself

of this 11331111955 advantage. This has

gone by for the present, while the poor

bOy to whom I referred has his granary

stocked with feeds at the cheaper

price, and his production will be at a

larger profit because of this.





The Price and Future Prospects.





The Milk Commission has met. It

was lon'g delayed because of the uncer-

tain conditions surrounding the propw

sition of cooperation between the pro-

ducer and distributor. As indicated

above, the distributors convinced the

commission of the jeopardy in which

their business was placed by the price

for December, and with true business

instinct, the commission sought a way

to relieve this strain and loss and yet

not ask the producer to suffer.





The commission recognized the in-

justice of asking the producer to ac-

cept a less price in the face of advanc-

ing feed cost, and this was obviated

by the way of the determination

which follow: The price for January

milk is $3.88 less the regular railroad

freight rate‘from the point of ship-

ment; with the understanding that in

March and April the price should be

sufficient to compensate the producer

for the loss sustained by the January

reduction. This is on 3.5 milk, ,With

four cents a point instead of five cents

a point ab0ve or below. Last month’s

experience showed- that the great ma-

jority of milk coming into Detroit test-

ed‘ below 3.5. Consequently an ‘ in-

creased percentage price, while it help-

ed on the small amount of milk testing1

above 3.5, was an injury to the produc-

er whose milk tested below this point

and as the greatest good to the great-

est number was sought, it was decided





7 to leave it at the former.flgure of four





cents a point above or below.

Another matter of vital importance,





.and one which we think may inaugu-





rate a new era, was the arrangement

made whereby the distributors agreed

to abide by the decision of the com-

mission to pay, for the months of July,

August, September and October, possi-

bly as' high a price as milk has ever

reached, provided commercial condi-

tions in the city of Detroit remained

as they are at the present time.

sequently, we.are anticipating, under

normal conditions, 34. 00 milk for the





, months above mentioned.





We trust for your cooperation and

support that this great endeavor may





 





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“Top-Notch”

HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are





by many generations of

large prod‘iicors Buy one of these!

bulls, and give your herd a “push".

Full descriptions, prices,etc. on request.





McPherson Farms (30., Howell, Mich.

“Winwood Herd”





REGISTERED





Holstein - Friesian Cattle

Sire In Service

F LlNT MAPLECREST BOY





His strolls Mosleoreot Korndyke Household. His

three nearest ams each over 30lbs. of butter in 7

days. Hinds andgranddnm eoverlmlbs.

of butter in one year. It is the yearly cow we are

look_ls dorm deliver he goods Fntll

am is Gluok assai- Bell 30.57 lbs. Maglbuttei-

in0 days and 121 lbs. in den fiat butt tter attest

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farmers price breed ng considered. Just. think

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We will terms on





 





man who goes





Lotus know your wants.

approved nojes.





OHN H. WINN, Inc.

Lock 30: M9, Ioomnlon Mich.





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“Where the Champions come from”





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'llie Traverse ' Herdwl





We have what you want in SULLCALVES. thn

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THE HOLSTEINS





e Aienue Stock Farm are under Gm erment

oupen'gbm’l heentire herd have just been tuberculin

tested and not)“9 one reactor. place to bin that

bull .1011 are looking for Iha ave “10191“ fine.

rlchl .V bred, and splendid indliiduals ready for am

amount of son I want tto answer any question

you may ask about them.



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R Holsteind Bull Calves, can ship affine one at 850

03. Reg. and 9]. also one \r.11t

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CLUNY STOCK FARM





IOO--REGISTERED HOLSTEINS--100

When you need a herd sire remember that we

have one of the best herds in Michigan, kept on





 





der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

or er 6 mos. old regularlx tuberculin tested. We

have size. quality. and production records back-

ed by the best strains of breeding.





ourN wants

R. BRUCE 11431121330 Howell. Mich





DISPERSAL





10 A.R 0. Holstein Cows, 4 to 6:7





 





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toxins in 7 dnvs, 3 Heifers 21:08 ears 0141.4 xenr-

Llfigeslieifers from A. Ill. 0. nine. 5 eiter

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0mm all fresh since October save one. due this

winter. All under Gmernment supervision for con-

trol of tuberculosis. Herd located at Fabius Station

near Three Rivers, Michigan.





Poncelnnd Stock Farm' Three Rivers. Mich.





Ohns. Peters Herdsman F0 rbreed and rlces

Write d L. Bnon'r. Port Huron. 1113111





 





For Sale at. a bargain. A few young bull calves from

high produCi 11 stock. Buy one of these fine cal-

ves and raise;8 bull or next fall.



A. l". LOO - - Owosso, Mich.





 





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FEEDING BEEF SCRAP.



Will you please give me a ration to

feed hens to make them productive. ‘I

have barley, corn, bran and beef scrap.

Is there any other kind of grain

Should have? Will you please tell me

how much beef scrap I Should feed?



Monroe Co. , C. G.



In feeding poultry, barley ranks as

a. good substitute to corn, and in Eu-

rope many poultry flocks live on barley

much as some" farm flocks in America

practically live on corn. It would pay

you to use some oats in feeding the

birds. “Oats can be fed as a. scratch

grain with corn but they are better

when boiled and fed to the flock in

pails or troughs. Beef scrap usually

composes about ten per cent of the

dry mash and a little more can be giv-

en with safety if sour milk is not

used. We have found ten per cent of

beef scrap satisfactory when sour milk

is before the birds at all times.

barley is often fed whole to hens as a

scratching ration in combination with

other grains. We believe at the pres-

ent time a scratch ration of one-third

corn, one-third barley and one-third

cats will give satisfactory results.



, Ingham Co. R. G. K.





WHITE DIARRHEA.





Our hens have laid less and less each

year now for five or Six years, with

the same care. Last year when dress-

ing some of the older ones (two or

three years old) for the market, I

found several where the yolks in the

egg sack would be turned black and to

have formed a semi-hard lump. In

some cases there would be a double

handful altogether of these lumps. The

hens were fat and seemingly in good

health, but, of course, did not lay. Now

a. few days ago a hen had her leg brok-

en badly and we decided to kill her.

She was in the same condition, only

worse looking all through the intes-

tines. I couldn’t use her. What caus-

es it? Do you suppose it is contagious





.and are most of them liable {to he





afflicted with it, causing them not to





lay well?

Cheboygan Co. 0. D. S.





The description given of the internal

condition of _the hens killed seems to

indicate that they are afflicted with

the disease known as white diarrhea,





* which is also known as Bacterium pul-





lorum. A diagnosis for the disease in

living hens can be made by blood tests.

The’ Michigan Agricultural College has

not published any bulletins on this sub-

ject, but several have been published

by the Experiment Station at StOrrS,

Connecticut. .



The writer has seen fine appearing





, and vigorous henS' which proved to

‘ carryythis disease.





They were fat and

in some cases proved- to .be Over-fat.

The fact thatvthe flock described, has

beenfalling off. in egg production dur-

ing a period of five or .six years prob-

ably. indicates that a part oft-lichens

have this white diarrhea. Of course,

many young chicks. dig from this.tr0u-





, ‘ ble,when the eggs are laid by infected



: hens, but often oldliens develop a kind

' of, immunity;to the .vt-rouble‘aR-hqugh

y they transmit _' it. to- their onspm'ng‘ gfiy

. means of the egg; Of, course; Vas‘lthe

disease .ptbgrlesses “laiying ‘ will cease.-





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'sibly‘ the losSes’" have been due toithe .

'white diarrhea. L, ‘ ' _ ~ ‘79.; '

' ‘We would, adviSe that he sell this

flock of. hens and buy'eggs for: hatch-

ing from a br‘ed-to-lay flock. It will not

payto try to hatch chicks, from the'

eggs from h’ens that may have the trou-

ble, and if the entireWfl‘ock‘ has been

laying poorly it will certainly bergood

managementto get a new start with

vigorous birds which are not carriers

of this disease. It will pay to disinfect

the poultry house thoroughly and try

and raise next spring’s chicks on clean

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FEEDING FOR EGGS.





M.





I care for our flock of chickens

through the winter months and would

like to ask a few questions concerning

them. We have a .flock of about thirty-

five hens; they have a warm place to

stay and have plenty of corn to eat.

and active but refuse

to lay. In fee ing corn which is the

best way to feed it, on cob, shelled or

cracked? About how much should each

hen haVe? Can a hen get too fat to

lay? Howmcan you tell if a hen is too

fat for laying? What is the average

weight of a Plymouth Rock hen to be

in good laying order? Can you give

me a cheap ration to feed to make

these slackers lay?



Newaygo Co. H. P;





We prefer to feed corn, either shell-

ed or cracked rather than on the‘ cob.

The hens have to scratch longer to dig

all of the cracked corn out of the lit-

ter and so that is a little better than

.whole corn, but we have not found any

particular difference in the use of eith-

er cracked or whole corn when fed in

a deep straw litter. A flock of hens

Should receive about as much corn at

night as they will clean up and go to

bed with full crops. During the long

winter nights a full crop of corn helps

to keep them warm. About a handful

of corn to each hen is usually enough

although the amount they will eat de—

pends somewhat— on their attention to

the ‘dry mash hopper and any other

feeds that they may receive. Some

hens have a larger capacity than oth-

ers, and it pays to occasionally feel of

the birds’ crops after they are on the

roost at nightto see if they are good

feeders and are eating enough before

going to roost. .



Hens of the American and Asiatic

breeds frequently become too 'fat to

lay, especially after they are two years

old. A hen that bags down behind

from heavy feeding and lack of exer-

cise may produce soft-shelled eggs or

more frequently no eggs at all. Such

a hen Should be marketed Or isolated

and fed a ration of bran and water

until She returns to normal weight.

The -use of deep. litter in which the

birds can work for their scratch grain

is quite necessary to keep them heal-

thy and free from accumulations of

fat. The standard weights of Plymouth

Rocks are; Cocks, nine and one-half

pounds; cockerel, eight pounds; hen,

seven and one-half pounds; pullet, six

pounds. .



The Cornell whole grain mixture

which has been widely used consists

of Sixty pounds of wheat, Sixty pounds

of: corn, thirty.pounds of oats, and thir-

ty pounds of buckwheat. Since wheat

has nOt been - available for poultry,

cats have been substituted with great

success in many instances. Soaked and

boiled oats are eagerly eaten by the

hens. Good results can be obtained by

feeding boiled cats in the morning and

hard corn in the litter at night ”and

our hens have laid very well this last

year on that ration. . ' V .



A hopper of dry mash reduces the





work of caring for the birds and in this ‘- » >





mash they should obtain,much egg pro:

ducing material. The Cornell ration

consists of sixty, pounds of corn meal.





sixty pounds or wheat middlings, thir- , i r I

Lty pounds of Wheat, bran;-.tsn',pounds -_ = .

or oil meal, fifty: pounds iofboel' scrap.





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4’ ”birds When: plenty or door mill: at a: cut dover. manual. or sprouted

oats. Cull vegetables can be boiled and ,





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than and it takes has trouble to pion- they are important factors.





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BEAT care is necessary in buy-



intend storing feed for poultry,



as a large port of the success in

the business depends upon the skill in

man the feed room. Mould} feed

causes severe losses in the flocks. Ssh

vage that at one time caused great

-injury to some of the flocks in our

community. The wheat was simply

spoiled feed and nothing more“ and it,

retarded egg production in entire nooks

and killed many buds. When the corn

crop is not good there is a danger that

mouldy corn may be included in the

; ration and this must be avoided.



In buying commercial beef scrap a

“test should be made to determine its

‘ quality. Pour boiling water on a small

" pan of the scrap and if the odor resem-



bles spoiled meat, the beef scrap

should bensed to fertilize the garden

and not fed to the bowls.



It pays to buy as much oi the feed

as possible in the fall shortly after the

harvest time. Grain that is purchased

in the community does not have to be

hauled to the elevator and back again,

and this‘is a saving in the cost. The

middleman is eliminated and the poul-

tryman is able to buy grain that is

fresh and of good quality. .



In many cases it will pay to buy the

feed in the fall, even if the money has

to be borrowed at the bank. The in-

terest on the money during the aver-

age year will not correspond with the

increased price of the grain if the poul-

tryman waits until late in the winter

and begins to look for grain when his

bins are nearly empty. “



When bran and othe1 mill feeds can

be purchased by the curload it is a

great saving for the further. We should

see more cooperation along that line.

In some districts there are few farmers

that can afford to purchase a carlosd

of bran but when several of the neigh-

bors ”cooperate they are able to man-

age the transaction successfully. it is

not necessary for the couperation to be

among poultrymen alone. as frequently

a dairyman and poultryman can coop-

crate in the buying of mill feeds to the

advantage of both. _





Feed that has cost good money must

receive protection from rats and mice.

The feed room should be well sealed

against the inroads of mice. The metal

cribs and bins are fine for poultrymen

as they are practical insurance against

rats. mice and fire, and also thieves.

These cribs and bins can often be lo-

cated close to the laying-houses and

thus save time in the carrying of feed.

They are neat in appearance and add

to the looks of the entire poultry

plant



When feed is stored in a room at one

end of a laying-house the house should

have a cement foundation even if it

does not have a cement floor. The

foundation will keep out rats and mice

and help in protecting the grain.



A cat that is a good mouser will

help in keeping down the tats and

mice around the farm and a good ter-

rier will be additional insurance against

rats, weaaols, skunks, etc. It pays to

clean up all scrap andvbrush plied to

prevent the rodents from breeding oh

the farm.



‘ Many poultrymen can save money

. by carefully estimating their needs in

the fall. Then it they cannot obtain

enough grain to carry them through

the. winter it is sometimes. better to

out down the flock by rigid culling un-

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times-a flock goes on short rations

when” the groin supply runs short in

the winter and all of the feed has to





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few bags at a time. This results in a





small egg record and no profit. The

poultrymen who anticipate teed rc-'





quirements in advance are the. most

sure of success- . ,

’ ‘ ’ H. Watson.





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HEN hens steal their own nests .





in the hay and in the fence cor-

ners it will be noted that they are rath~

er shallow, possibly just curved enough

to make the eggs roll toward the cen-

ter without piling up on each other.

When nests are made in the poultry

house they should follow out that prin-

ciple as far as the litter is concerned.

Place just enough straw or hay in the

nest to make a hollow just as the hen

would make in the hay. Hay can be

knotted up and twisted into the nests

in such a, manner that it is not easily

scratched out. Frequently the hens





will scratch most of the loose straw .





out of a nest in two or three days.

The eggeating habit is largely pre-

vented by having the nests dark. The





hens then enter the nests on a track '

built at the rear and the eggs are re- 3

moved by lowering a hinged door at .





the front. Darkened nests containing

sufficient litter will usually prevent

eggeating. Some breeders place the

nests beneath the droppings boards but

this makes them more difficult to clean

and increases the danger of lice and

Nests placed

along the wall should be at sufficient

height so that the farmer can gather

the_eggs without unnecessary stoop-

ing. It pays to hinge the bottoms of

the nests so that they can be dropped

ddwn to release unclean litter. This

should be raked up and removed from





the house instead of being mixed with .





the scratching litter onthe floor. Nests

with hinged bottoms can be cleaned

and sprayed in a short time and filled

with fresh litter. There are few cracks

and crevices to act as breeding places

for mites and lice.



Occasionally hens will lay in the lit-

ter beneath the droppings boards. At

first thought it might appear best to

leave these nests in the litter in antici-

pation of finding more eggs there the

next day. However, we always destroy





such nests by raking them full of lit-r





ter to discourage the hens laying in

places where the eggs are difficult to

gather. Eggs laid on the floor may be-

come lost in the straw or they may be

broken by the birds and eaten. This

will lead to the eggeating habit. If an

egg is accidentally broken on the flour

and the hens eat it quickly it does not

follow that they are egg eaters as a

habit.

egg ravenously when they would never

think of picking open an egg with a

strong shell.





It pays to have plenty of nests for .





the size of the flock as this will pre-

vent some hens from stealing their

nests. The amateur may rejoice when

finding a large nest full of eggs in

some corner of the poultry yard, but

the practical poultryman knows that

those eggs should have been in the

poultry house. He knows that they

should have been marketed When fresh

and the eggs in the stolen nest must

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bear a rigid inspection before use.





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Seeds Wanted





Red Clover. Alsike, Sweet Clover. Rye and Vetch

mixed, Ear Corn, Peas. Sweet Corn. “White Kid-

ney Beans, some varieties of Garden Beans. etc.

Write us stating what you have. send samples

with prices. or we will make offers. Our 1919

Garden and Field Book will be ready to mail

about Jan. 1st. A request will bring you one.





The c. E. neruv co. Pontiac, Mich.





SEED CORN FOR SALE





Golden Dent long grown and acclimated in Michigan.

Deep kernels large ear and stalk. A heavy Cropper.

In car 70 lbs. £5.00 Shelled 8e: bu. s: 00

'7 ' C. B. 00 Ks

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refunded if it fai " on SPAVIN. ' bone. Thoropin.

or Shoulder. Knee. e. oof or endon Disease—

se works. Keep it on hand for emergencies. Used

and unqualifiedl endorsed by breeders. and owners

of the most v uable horses in the world. such. as

Ceers. Murphy. Cox. etc. No blistering. no firing—

thelhumane remedy for sore and lame horses.

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Sell Your Milk





1 ii ‘Don’t Feed It to Your Calves!





WHY SHEEP LOSE wooL.





(Continued from page 47).

have been rubbed off with the scabs

and wool will survive for a considera-

ble period of time and if they come in

contact with sheep they are very like-

ly to infect them again. It is very easy

to pick out a sheep that has once had

Scab, for where the scabs have. been

the wool will never grow again, no

matter~ how well the sore spots were

cured. .

It is as natural for a sheep to she



its wool when warm weather comes as

for a horse to shed its hair, although

man has removed that tendency al-

most entirely. But if sheep are not

kept in a condition of continual thrift,

the wool not being properly supplied

with nourishment stops growing. This

break in the wool may be only slight,





fleece in places or possibly all over

the animal. When the animals begin

to get more nourishment the wool will

again start to grow, but the old and





‘ the new growths are so slightly con-





nected that the old is easily rubbed off

'or even will sometimes drop off.

Overheating in any way will also

cause wool to come off. For instance,

if sheep get too much corn, especially

'if they have had none before, it will

cause a fever which will cause the ani-

mals to lose their wool. Sheep will of

course, pull and rub the wool off in

spots if afflicted with ticks or lice, but

this only affects the bunches pulled or

rubbed off and does not loosen the rest

of the fleece. Where wool is shed from

any cause except scab it will grow out

again, but in the case of scab it never

does. W. F. PURDUE.





OATS NOT A HOG FEED.





Please advise me how to feed cats

to pigs to produce the best gains.

Would you advise me to sell oats and

buy corn? C. R. A.



Hogs fed a ration consisting of oats

and tankage made slower gains and

required more feed per pound of gain

than those given corn and tankage in

feeding tests at the Ohio Experiment

Station. The use of oats is profitable

only when the grain is much lower in

price than corn. ‘



One lot fed nine parts of corn to one

of ‘tankage gained one and three-

fourths pounds a day and ate four hun-

dred and thirty pounds of feed for, one

hundred pounds of gain, while another

lot fed oats and tankage in the same

proportion gained only a pound apiece

daily and required five hundred and

seventy-one pounds of feed for one:

hundred-pounds gain. Representative

hogs of the two lots dressed 80.3

pounds and 75.1 pounds, respectively:-

which alone, if the corn-fed hogs were

worth $10 per one hundred pounds of

live weight, would give the oats-fed

hogs a value of only 9.48 in compari-

son. The pork from the corn-fed hog

contained a larger amount of fat than

that from the oats-fed hog.



Because of the coarse, fibrous nature

of cats, animal

against the feeding of this grain to‘

hogs except in small quantities and

then only when cats are cheap.





Straw from the horse stable makes

pretty poor manure to apply to land by

itself.

around, besides having small fertilizing





- value. But bY’pIitting flip the drops





back of~ the. cows and getting it well

mixed With their droppings, we can





 





 





 





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or so pronounced as to almost part the ,





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SLEEKENE



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the wet mash and you’ve a real

tonic for twenty hens. Or in

dry mash, a half a package to a

whole bushel of the feed. Do this

and as sure as healthy hens lay

more, you will get more eggs! . '





Poultry, to be most profitable,

must be given something besides

ordinary food now and then—and

most of all, when winter shuts

them off from Nature’s remedies.

When putting money into hens,

why not put in a little more and

then get all the money you can

out of them?





Use Sleekene and watch the

fineresultsl If your dealer can’t

supply you, Send his name and 50

cents and a full sized package

will be sent postpat’d.





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306 Oneida St., Syracuse, New York





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to largely a. result of a healthy

udder and teats. Any con—

dition that makes a cow

restless interferes with the

milk flow and makes milking

“hard. .

To keep the ”udder and tests

always in the pink of condition use

BAG BALM, the great healing

ointment. A sure, quick remedy

for Caked Bag through its 306th-

ing and penetrating effect on the

tissues. Great for any external

hurts cupping: cuts 01' mm.

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Everyone at good

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PUBLIC AUCTION





The Farm 2% miles S. E. of Elsie, Mich.

Ann Arbor, R. R. on





Wednesday, January .lSth; 1:00 P. M.





Rain or Shine





6~Reg. Percheron Mares—6

one and 1n good thrifty





Oxford Down Ewes—~40

,balance bred. One of the

best flock of ewes to be found anywhere.





3—-Scotch Shorthorn Bulls—3

Z mans, 1 red of great breeding and 111—





A 1 few Poland China sows will also be





This sale is held because of shorta e of

Everything will sell





H. B. PETERS Prop.





Carland, Mich.





 

 





 

 





 

 

 

 





 





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AU C T l O N S A L E

Adjourned On AceOunt of Sieknou to

Thursday, Jan. 23, l 9 1 9

Consisting of Horses, Sheep. Farm tools, and 30 head of

Pure Bred Registered Holstein Cattle.





Headed by Forest City, Pontiac Ormsby King. Purchased from Clev—

eland City Farms. Sired by Peter Smalls Senior, Sire Maple Crest Pon-





tiac Hartog with 4 yearly





testisd Daughters that have an average record





of 16 600 lbs. milk and 813 lbs. butter at the average age of 2 yr. 4 1110.,





average, M74 let.





4 Jr. 2

First ee dams of

Jr. 2- yr. old.





His dam as Jr.2





.3yr. andéyr. olds with 24lo26 lb 7dayrecords.

my sire average 27. 65 lb. butter 1n 7 days, one as





yr. old made 18370 lbs. milk 712 lbs. butter in year.





Her Dam 25823 lbs. milk 1223 lbs. butter.

Sires dam Ohio’s first 30 lb. cow who 1n turn has two 30 lb. daughters

one of which has a 1900 lb. yearly record and a. 80 lb. Daughter.





My sire is a Grand son of Pontiac Aggie Kormgke, he is 90% w

15’ cows 10 with A R





a yPerlect Individual.





ite, entle and





records from 15 to lb butter.





in 7 days.3 Grand Daughters of Pontiac Korndyke that made 16-18-19 lbs. butter in 7

days as Jr. 2 yr. olds. 8 Great Grand Daughters of Pontiac _Korndyke 3 due ri ht

after sale Large Perfect individuals. 10 will be fresh at time of sale. a 1111111 1‘





of others to freshen at once. Everything of serviceable a

4 oung Bulls nearly ready for service.





ebred to herd sire.





Herd free from eoberculosis. Also





2 s ngle unit Perfection milker used G‘only since A ril. Farm 4 mi. west 1 mi.





north from St. Johns reached byG

Free trensporstntion from St. Johns





..T R. R. an

Cattle Sale at One o’clock.





Electric line from Lansing.





MURRETT RlDENOUR,Prop., Bell Phone, RJ, St. John, Mich.





 





l'lerelords





5 Balls 9 to 14 months old Prince Don-

ald. Farmer and Perfection Fairing





breeding.

ALIEN 31108.11... Pew, Mich





Michigan Herolords





REPEATORS AND PERFECTIONS

Young stock for sale at all times.

80 head in herd,al ‘ 1

Farm 6 miles soutli o Ionia. Visitors

welcome. JAY HARWOODiéggls. Etch.





Francisco F arm Shorthorne

We maintain one of Kit “whom ”I a 1 L

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gai§ndlir $25.3“: renoub 1".0911. we .Lwdafimx





ls. Plea-mt. Mich.





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Sherlhern Cattle oilMlI Sex lorSalc

W. W KFAPP. flown-ll. Michigan.

.. 119139”)! for quicknhfflbmbo at 3125.111111‘21311Aprfioh





dun Loo)" Wood] and' hgal

I! youo want “011mm! endulots of it with seasonal





'1.le his cancel Md

EJENNINGS FARMS.e Belle). Mich.





 





W! Seven Scotch and Scotch Topped bulb

lot solo. Price1L Mfionahl

W. B. McQUILLAN. 11.7. Howell. lick.





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term-KW“ Grand champion 111111. The

largest Hut-d cl cattle,1nmthe sten-

urinel'l‘nberenhn hes-db

my . am can: on two nusmodéwblte

bulls. The that prodneeroen



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F“ 8". cm of Quality leolxb and





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A ll Soho W it. Bell

511 u bé the 090013050. Bhorthognnliroeders Ase.





JOHNS HMIDTJ dCity. Mich.





Shorthom 10! ”fit“ or t. enclo-

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A. A. PATTULLo.





 





For Sale 8110 or: Bill- of the choicest

d a r 1

no» 11111-1111 3‘31. in "5 w- m ’x°‘$.i:§“a°°mch

100 heed to select from. mm

Shorthorns a,” ....

Wu. J. BELL. we you cw?“ E'dleflihy. light





Th. Kent gaucthornth Breeders have both :eles

. M

L n.‘1.§mim obi». "wanna. Tim.





For 83!.“ Best, Bates orthornsi 00113.11an-

omn wooed mull k“ m‘u' Mina.





Shorthorns. Three b It slredb

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COLLAR BROS. .. Conklin. Mich.

m3 m of wing: not t Amaliexxell‘exbg

RM

Pros (g re loh‘flzbort born Ass‘ 11.. AGewon. Mich

on r o 3.

change. John miWns..xE$l.o 'lsrkst“ Woman”:





 





Shot-thorn Bulls l'ncl 1din a roan \ear-

SCOtChh 11ng 15],“ ve herd her: :11 grandson

ofInp. Villaglr. EP. OTTO Charlotto.Mich.





Boon Shortho Bull 1 old. 1

F0? 5‘10 calves good mll'lxkin stra’lr. a so

CHAS. WARNER. Jr.. linlrnrn City Mich.





 





 





 





 





. serviceable boars. Year-ll





 





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0.." CB0“ 14 monthsold. Luce fell pigs

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boars sold. Gllts bred for

O. 1' C's. March Ham: ‘Aprll

ANN Dansville, ..Mich





 





 





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0 l e 3 eitherwa not at! n and Host J c boon.



farm 34 mile west of Depot. O'I‘I‘OB. “I.

Citizens Phone Nashville. Mich.





816 TYPE 10111111 cums





Spring bear and gilts. Alsojall pigs.

Hillcrest Farm, Kslamam,MiclI.





FOR 25 YEARS





Th! tsblllsbme boobeen True

8 ea WC [holed nice lot 0! boon





ul might-Iv gnu! o e bingdlwnm very eloor price. ”Del

1150 new EU? 11 won Mich.





 





largest in Mich. Boers ell cold. 20



LEN d 3ig‘il.tsoui1~ed and bred to .norl best bountho

brood can produce, el ltbd dunno! merit. extreme

size with quality. come and see them. free livers. ox.

pennies paid if not as represented. W3. Liv-lepton. Perms. licll.





0 Poland Olin”. Spring its of the bed” (I

Bd‘m’lnn a. With qbelityfrou MY lb. eire'o m

..bmun' a. Will be red to a 3013““ son of the noted

I0 Gomdelo Jones.



W. BREWNAKERO 68038:” “Elsie. Mlch





Pol“ cm: with quality.“ Spring. cum-

Big m" .idnpflsl iiothidil





GA.

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Stockers & Feeders For Sale





180 Shorthorn Steers are

170 Hereford Steers are. 98) lbs.

2 cars of yearling Homfcrdl" ve.

2 cars of Shorthorn) be and

‘hese steers me dehoorned “Jud?“ good flesl1.r:W apello

tagood cattle. “'rlt

JOHN CAORBO“. ll. 3. Ottnmwa. In.





[-1065

[701- Sale Reg. Berkshire Sow: a Do"; all m





Pnced to sell

RUSSELL 131108.. R 3 Merrill Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





’ Berkshire ixs read\ to m 1111 51.310 $20

Raglstere each also t rec St r1 no boars fine 1 111111

1t.\'. FAIRMAN F AHM.Plv1nouth. llh





Dame—Jerseys

specially line gating boars,





Big ,

besttbleood in America, orn 1n Octo-

ber. $40.00 for quick sale.





BLOOMFIELD FARMS

1m Ponobecot Bldg. 0.1.011, Mich.





61113.8in“ 11.11.1001!»

Duroc Basra. 1pm. ...... 1s. .1.





hoi d1 .AlsouLllflJyr. Howhbull.

.131. ON - Howell 11:11.





DUROD-«IERSEVS





E. D. HEYWBERK. Wurland. Mich.





nunoc JERSEYS ......“ ...





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total. 0.1311111. EDMONDB. Emmi Nomi S





mmfirefidw fol?” March eXLdLLIpi-ll tori-33$“!

o 0 one 11

a b” 1931.0 11 an. Mich.





BIG TYPE DUROCSm





Unrelated Tod doe'of lull Aid” for W (1).! galefiiam

B133: 32b reed eew xcel lent ymoutb





UASLEBROS" Romeo. Mich.





 





 





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Large heavv-bnned gilts bred to

DUIOC Jerseys Junior Champion boar for March

and April to rro“ . price-1 renmnoble— Come and see

them free livery expenses {aid if not as represented

F. J. DRO Monroe. Mich.





Raise Chester Whites 3

Like This





£5 original bl: producer-3





 





 





6' Its bred for March. April and May

ChGStGl‘S fella-ow from mature“ etbck of the lat





prolific kind. Swami” fflfifih‘ Vesw M1011.





THE ()WORLD’S CHAMPION

mgr-0&1»! at all tor-ole. Hex-d

head by 01110;)”de he Worl e OgmploahO. I.

boar assi by WC. 0. bookmaker. rand om-

ion boar of Michigan.)low York orthnd Tennessee state

airs. Also. .tGisn Buster. undetected Senior

Door 9 wherever shown and Gun Champion of Olg-

laboma state fair. Get our 00%mede-

prlze hogs. Cass City. Michigan





E "’ senvrcmnu: BOARS

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C O. I). press Paid

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ALIT.Y Eaves til

aged WW3}; Th8 lbw dtherl. 0m





fi‘f‘g'ffifigll.” ILL Merlot“. Mich.





 





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ddlevllle.

' Poland Chine yearling now bred for April

C in t £11"er 351‘on sow “in: Aug?!“ nggtm furrow

t as 0 re 1v ve n

8’ ”a LO ONE chrilx'u 1.11111 (Pontiac. Mic-h.





P I; d Oliinas. Breedin ts to Bob-

go'rype 0 link b} The 2nd le‘lilobw S. C.

BB. Leghorn Oct ks and l(Cookers

.“ RIGHT. Jonernille. Mich.





forum. Free





m1\pe P C boarsM all sold.

W ...J 11.2.1131»... AugustinMich.





sows bred for!“

liven from Augusta.





1111113!th andyouhz





Michiafnn n'l p0haméiion herd of Bhig Type P C. bred





sows one and seat

ON‘AB Bo: 53. been;- Louie. Mich.





B' pePoland Chinas lwing boars for sale

‘8 Booking orders for bro lts. Inspection in-

vited. LL. 011A AhllllllllLAlet Marcellus. Mich





L T P .AC Gills bred for Avril furrow. Fall pigs

‘ of. either sex: inupe< tion in\ ited.

I'LLDKA MP. Manchester. Mich.





Big typ e P. C Big boned follows tron Iowes greatest

1.01.15. special priceeon swimmers And choice bred

J. MA Burr Oak. Mich.





 





Sale on b type full lge also crl

groin! big typeo [Elgar of exit: size foyrin an

ERT TNEVE Platoon. Mich





 





nmmotb Poland Chinas. March. April. 50an and

tilts. Cholera immune. double treatment. Mlydo

Weaver. Mun. Marshall. Address. Core-co. Mich.





choice large type P. 0.891111; boars





and giltsh als'o sum or p13:

CLYDE FISHER t. Loula.M1cb





L 8- I) ll. Get a boat pig sired by Smooth Jumbo the





largest boned boar in the state. also byB

Defender. 11.0. Bwartz. Schools-raft Mich





boar and bred ilts. Choice

Big Type P' C“ Aug. pigs at g ‘barsoin

LA. WOOD A SON - - Sell 118. Mich.





' pring boars at a lm'rgaln.‘. bred

HamPShlre P(:zilts now readv to ship.

JOHN Vt. SNXHDER R. 4. St. Johns. Mich.





'l‘h In ti 111 d .

Hampshire Hogs phi Him?“ “Mathews:

for sale. S§rl nfidelixerlesboo ed now

ELI SPRL’ Gl‘ Saginaw, W. 8.. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





SHEEP

T0 The Kidsed of \licb. I hate 75 beautiful ”alliter-





«hire and Shropshire owe-

that “ill haxe lambs this Hameprlng. I wish to sell them

m )0“ and b11_\ back the ram lambs next fell at u

might1 “Rik: Star-1110“ in a small 11 .13 “hem

Bonds tn ()an rl to at 01111 for pauticnlars.



\‘AF 8. L. “i113. Ouner.

UKindefirhook Mich





2m Bred Ewes $111235,“ bigg‘ig'fihrop Nails;





in lots to suit.





 





 





ALMOND B. CHAPMAN, South Rockweod. Mich.





 





Shropshire Rams {23335,} 533.3“

11.11.1111.“ e son. - - rpm and. 1.11.





SHROPSHI .

FOR SALE 0 rlrnms. RE LAMBS, ewes





ARMSTRONG BROS. R 3 Fowleuille. Mich.





 





 





XPOBD Down Ram lambs. also a few ewolauhs.

Sgnerhhire both Sexes. Boofilng orders for fall

TOOK FARM Marl one. if 13'





 





Registered Oxford Dow r s d

' For salee ones; can be seen at WFAIEiiiVIEqW'





STOCK FABM Fred WORD.

HORSES

Saginaw Valley





STOCK FARM





Belgian and Percheron Stallions and Mares

and registered Holstein Cattle. of the best breed-





ing. for sale.

Eli Sprunger & Son, Saginaw. '3. 111.1.





Horses wm Ba Horses 8001





We have on hand at all times a choice

selection of young Percheron Stallions.





PALMER BROS.i

M”. "the R.“ WA“-

Percheron 5 u‘ Dam 30"-

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Additional Shaikh-e Pinon





Snover. Mich.





 





 





 





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SECOND EDITION.





 





The markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday after-

noon, January 9.





WHEAT.





Food Administrator Hoover who is

now in Europe checking up the food

requirements of continental Europe for

the winter and spring emphasized in

a. recent report the urgent need of

large food shipments from the United

States to save many people from star-

vation. He also reports that the allied

nations are morally bound to assist in





 





upholding the United States guarany





teed minimum price for the 1919 wheat

crop. Further news touching upon the

economic phases of the wheat situa-

tion comes from Washington where the

house appropriations committee has

acted favorably on a bill providing

$100,000,000 to aid in feeding unfortu-

nate Europeans. These reports have

given a bullish tone to the wheat trade.

The visible supply of America shows

an increase for the past week of 2,-

486,000 bushels. One week ago No. 2

red wheat sold on the Detroit market

at $2.17 per bushel. Present prices





here are:

No. 2 red ....... . . . ..... $2.30

No. 2 mixed ...... . ..... 2.28

No. 2 khite ............ . 2.28





CORN.





The news items referred to above

had a quickening influence in corn

trading early this week and prices

jumped to new records for the season.

lf America stands behind the foreign

food program all our supplies will be

required and good prices ought to be

maintained. Receipts of corn have not

been large and there is a feeling that

farmers will cease to deliver at coun-

try points, should any material decline

take place in quotations. The Ameri-

can visible supply shows a decrease





for the week of 54,000 bushels. Usually-





at this season receipts are sufficiently

large to increase the supplies held at

primary markets. One year ago No. 2

corn sold on the local market at $1.88

per bush-e1. Present prices hselre are;





No. 3 corn .............. .53

No. 3 yellow ............ 1.58

No. 4 yellow ........... 11.53

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

No.6 yellow 1.44

No. 3 white ............. 1.58





The market in Chicago is firm with

No. 4 yellow $1.47; January $1.48;





May $191114.

OATS.





This cereal is higher with corn and

wheat. The change is largely due to

the influence of the other grains, al-

though small receipts have given the

trade a firm tone on its own account.

The United States visible supply shows

an increase of 819,000 bushels. The

demand is normal with millers buying

in only a small way here on the local

market. One year ago standard oats

sold at Detroit at 831/20 per bushel.

Present prices are:





Standard ......... . ......741/3

N0. 3 White .......... .....74

No.4 white ......... ......73





RYE.





No change has taken place in prices

for rye. Crop reports indicate that

the new crop is in very good condition.

The visible supply for the country

shows an increase of 432,000 bushels

for the week. At Detroit cash No. 2

is quoted at $1.62 per bushel.





BARLEY.





Transactions in barley have been

few in number and the trade is very

slow. The visible supply for the week

~ shows an increase of 482,000 bushels.

Detroit prices for cash barley are as

follows: No. 3, $2; No. 4, $1.95; feed-

ing barley $1.8‘5@1.90 per cwt.





ANS.





There has been a fair movement of

bean supplies to eastern points, and

since the demand has not revived from

the holiday season, prices there have

eased off from those reported a week

In New York choice pea beans

" are quoted at $10.25 and medium at $10

5 @1025. The Detroit market is inac-

tive: with quotations unchanged. Im-

tj mediate andprompt shipment are quot-

' ed here at $9 per cwt. at shipping

fits. - The Chicago market is in a,

‘ , position, showing improvement on

~the buying side, and firmer prices, al-

thpugh‘ oflerings are fairly large. Pea





 





 





beans, hand-picked, choice to fancy are

quoted there at $9@9.25, and the best





red kidneys at $12@12.50. '





FEEDS. '



Another advance is reported in feed

prices. Both mill and corn feeds are

up. The rapid advance-in feed quo-

tations for the past fortnight is the-

result of the withdrawal of federal

control over prices on these products.





Detroit quotations to jobbers for feeds





in 100-lb. sacks are as follows: Bran

$50; standard middlings $50; coarse

corn meal $63; cracked corn $64; chop-

ped feed $52.50 per ton. ‘





SEEDS.





There is not much doing in the seed

market, and prices are a shade higher.

as follows: Prime red clover $25.25;

March $25.50; alsike $19.25; timothy

$5.10. At Toledo prime clover seed is





 





 





 





quoted at $25.50; alsike $19.60; sno-

thy $5.10.

APPLES. ,





But few changes have been noted in

the apple market situation. The ten-

dency, however, is toward a firmer

market. The volume of this fruit be-

ing. exported gradually increases and

this is having a slightly bullish influ-

ence on the trade. Jobbers in Detroit

are paying $4.50@6.25 for Baldwins;

$6.50@6.75 for the best Kings and $7

for Yorks.





POTATOES.





Further improvement in the potato

markets is noted. The cold weather

has been an important factor in bring-

ing about better prices. Quotations

are slightly higher at Detroit this

morning with Michigan U.‘S. Grade

No. 1 round whites in 150-lb. sacks at

$3@3.15 and a few small lots at $3.25.





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Live Stock Market Service





 





 





Reports for Thursday, January 9th





BUFFALO.





On this market today pigs sold at

$18 and other grades of hogs at $18.50.

The top prices for lambs were $17.50@

17.75; calves $21.50. No cattle sales

were reported.





CHICAGO.





Cattle.

Receipts 20,000. Market steady.

Good to prime choice steers $16.40@

20; common and medium butchers at

$9.75@16.40; heifers $8.25@14.25; cows

$8@13.50; bologna bulls $8.40@12.75;

canners and cutters $7@8; stockers

and feeders $10.50@14; do medium $8

@1050.

Hogs.





Receipts 63,000. Market weak and

10c lower. Tops $17.95; bulk of sales

$17.55@17.85; heavy $17.80@17.95;

mixed and light $17.65@17.90; packers’





hogs $17@17.50; medium and heavy at B





$17.40@17.60; light bacon hogs $17.20

@1785; pigs good to choice $16.25@

17; roughs $16@16.90.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 36,000. Market slow.



Choice to prime lambs $17.25@

17.40; medium and good lambs $15.50

@1725; culls $11.75@14.25; medium

and good choice feeders $14@15.25;

choice yearlings $14.50@14.75; medium

and good yearlings $12@12.50; weth-

ers medium and good $10.75@12.25.





DETROIT ‘

Cattle.





Receipts 3,912. Prime steers steady;

all other grades steady with Wednes‘

day or 50@75c lower than Monday.

Best heavy steers ....... $14.00@16.00

Best handy wt bu steers 11.00@12.50

Mixed. steers and heifers 9.50@10.50





handy light butchers . . . . 8.50@ 9.50

Light butchers ..... . . . . . 7.50@ 8.50

Best cows ....... . . . . . . . 9.00615 9.50

Butcher cows 7.50@ 8.00

Cutters, ........ . . . . . . . . . 7.00@ 7.25

Canners .......... . . . . . . 6.00@ 6.75

Best heavy bulls ....... 9.00@10.00

Bologna bulls ............ 8.5061) 9.00

Stock bulls . ............ 7.50@ 8.00

Feeders ..... . ........... 9.00@11.00

Stockers ................ ‘ 8.00@ 9.00

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





. Veal Calves.

Receipts 1,736. Market dull.



est ...... $18.50@19.00



Others ....... . . ......... 8.00@17.00



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 8,548. Market dull.





Best lambs ....... . . . . . . .$ 16.50

Fair lambs ........ . . . . 15.25@15.75

Light to common ........ 12.00@14.00

Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 8.50@ 9.50

Culls and common . . . . . . 6.00@ 7.50

Hogs.

Receipts 11,908. Market steady. .

Mixed hogs ..... . . ...... $17.50@17.75

Pigs ............ . . 17.50





Reports for Wednesday, January. 8th





BUFFALO.

Cattle.



Receipts five cars; steady; prime

heavy steers $17@18; best shipping

steers $14@15; medium do $13@14;

coarse and common $10@11; best

yearlings, 950 to 1000 lbs, $16@17;

light yearlings, good quality $14@15;

best handy steers $12.50@13.50; fair

to good kinds $10@11; handy steers

and heifers, mixed $11.50@12.50; best

fat cows.$9@10; butcher cows $7@8;

cutters $7@7.50; canners $6.25@6.50;

fancy bulls $9@10; butcher bulls $8@

9; common bulls $6@7; best feeding\

steers $10@10.50; medium feeders at

$8.50@9; stockers $7@8; light com~

mon $6627; best milkers and springers

$10060150; mediums $75@90; common

$50@70.



Hogs.





Receipts 20 cars; strong. Heavy and



yorkers $18.50; pigs $18@18.25.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts five cars; strong; lambs at

$18; yearlings $15@15.50;--wethers at

$11.50@12; ewes $10.50@10.75. -



Calves.



Market today is steady; tops are at



$21.50; grass calves $7.





CHICAGO.



Cattle. ’



Supplies for the first-half of the

week, are 14,000 head larger than for

the same part of last week, estimating

the arrivals today at 18,000 head. Re-

ceipts for three days foot up 67,200

head. The market has been alternate-

1y 'higher’ and lower. Weakness prev

,vailed on Tuesday, following a good

Monday market, but Tuesday’s decline

was regained today, and pricesa‘verag—

‘ed higher than late last week. Some

choice weighty steers brought $19.75





 





being better in quality than any re-

cent receipts, and some prime steers

were held for $19.85@20. Sales were

made all the way down to $10.50@

12.50 for common light steers, with

scattering small sales as low as $7.60

@10 for inferior little steers. Butcher

cows and heifers were salable at $8.50

@1525, and canning cows and cutters

sold at $7@8.45, bulls selling at $7.50

@13 and stockers and feeders at $7.75

@1225, With a. few prime selected

fleshy feeders selling at, $12.50@13.50

or higher. Calves had another advance,

the better class of light vealers bring-

ing $17@17.50, sales being made down

to $16.25 for fair lots and heavy calves

gomg at. $8 and over.



Th W (1 d ”093'



e e nes ay receipts are estimat-

ed at 48,000 head, and 10,661 were car-

ried over unsold last night. Receipts

for three days foot .up 140,250 head,

comparing with 124,721 for the same

time last week. Prices are 10@150

higher than yesterday, with the bulk

of the hogs bringing $17.55@17.95 and

an $18 top, the commoner lots of

heavy packers selling at $16.85@17.20.

Pigs sold at $14.50@17. Western pack-

ing for the winter season beginning

October 27 amounts to 9,125,000 hogs,

comparing with 6,295,000 for the like

period a year ago. Last week’s west-

ern packing aggregated 977,000 hogs,

comparing with‘649,000_ awear ago. . "



E ti 'tismetg a'ii'rLa-mbs, ., ' . ‘

,s_ma ng e‘, ed esda rrval

at 20,000 head, the recé‘il'iits "r03;- fhéiflrs:

half of the week amount to 70,285 heads

comparing ,with 51,226 a .weekagm



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and today saw lambs selling at _

@1740, yearlings at .$12@1 .761 eth-





 





 





At Cleveland the same grade from this

state, sacked, brought $2.25 per cwt.

At‘ Philadelphia $2.30@2.40; at New

York $3.50@3.60 per 150-lb. sack; at

Buffalo $2.10@2.15 per' cwt; at Pitts‘

burgh $2.15@2.25;’ at Indianapolis

$2.15@2.20; at Columbus $3.25@3.40

per 150—pound sack- At Chicago the

demand and movement are good and

the prices have advanced. Michi-

gan stock is selling there at $2.10@)

2.25 for U. S. grade No. 1 round whites.





HAY.





There is a. briskdemand for hay,

and receipts continue imsmall volume.

Prices are firm with those reported

last week. Detroit quotations 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 market here shows

buyers to be getting anxious about

their supplies, while receipts have

been reduced to a. minimum. Dealers

anticipate higher prices as a result.

Current 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.





Butter prices have advanced this

past week. The markets are firm at

the new level. Receipts are running

about steady with those of last year at

the important receiving centers. Chi-

cago prices have advanced 11/2c over

last week to 59@68c for creamerieS.

The New York figures have gone up

to 701/2c, while in Detroit fresh cream-

ery firsts advanced to 641/é@651,éc.

Comparing prices with former years,

January 5, 1918, the New York price

was 520; on January 6, 1917, 400; on

January 6, 1916, 33c. ' ‘ .





EGGS.





Larger egg receipts and a small de-

mand have resulted in a decline since

early this week. At Detroit fresh firsts

are nowquoted at 610; extra firsts

in new cases 62c; storage eggs 51@

52c to jobbers. At Chicago values

are a little lower, with firsts at 60c;

ordinary firsts 58@590; at mark, cases

included-58@59c. New York price for

nearby western stock ranges from 66

@800; in Philadelphia western extra.

firsts are quoted at $20.40 per case.





POULTRY.





This year seems to be an exception

to the usual condition of the poultry

market following the holiday trade.

Practically1all of the markets are well

cleaned up, and in some instances the

prices show an advance with demand

strong. At Detroit live springers are





quoted at 28@32c; hens 32@33c; small.





hens and leghorns 28@30c; roosters

20@210; geese 30@31c; 'ducks 35@36c;

turkeys 35@360.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Comparatively few farmers have of~

fered products on the city markets

this week. The demand is brisk and

prices are being well maintained. Po-

tatoes sold at 75c@$1.15 per bushel;

apples_$1.50@2.50; cabbage at around

$1; onions 75c@$1; parsnips $1; ruta-





bagas 75c; turnips 75c@$1.25; celery





60@900 per dozen.





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FINE Flllllillll

‘- For $15.00 *





The Quality is back of ever



Fur, Coat made and Tanned by?

The BIiszieId Tannery.

Sand for our Catalogue. We





tan and make up Rabbit skins

into all kinds of Fur Garments.





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Michigan soil and climate, because

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and graded—and tested for purity and

germination by experts in our big De-

troit plant. Our 35 years’ experience

in the field seed business in Michigan

is the best recommendation you could

ask for the qualify of Apex Brand

Seeds. If your dealer doesn’t handle

them, write to us for samples and

send his name. ’





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in 1919 Sow:





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DETROIT MICHIGAN





Dairy and Hog Feed





Farmers are paying $60.00 to $80.00

ion for prepared L20% protein fwds.

Why this waste and loss?



’ Our best grade cull beans analyze

hIoisture 8.60%, Protien 23.35,

Crude Fat 1.38, Crude F jber 4.82%.





Cull Bean Pickings $42.00 ton

‘5





Cull Bean Milling. 40.

Sackslncluded. t. o. ,. Port Huron, Mich. Ten

cents each allowed on returned sacks. .





You can produce a pound of pork

cheaper on“ 01111 beans than any other

feed. , '



Mix hundred pounds middlings

with hundred pounds cooked cull

beans and reduce‘your feed per cow,

including ensilage cost, to around 400

per day, and increase your milk pro-





duction from ten to forty per cent.

Other prim as follows:





Corn and Oat Chop Feed $58.00 ton

Gluten Feed 60.00 “ '

Old Process Oil Meal , 00.00 “

Cluck Cluck Scratch Feed 70.00 “

Oyster iShells . 25.00 “

Elliiidsuei1 i'gfiicié: 1:1' 0.311? geifigmpglilrau other leads.

We save. you money.

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.Gives you a 12 h. . on no for lea than the cost of

p. 2 h.. . Ford builds this best engine'in the world-—

it Will outlast the car-:- and you might as well save

your money and use it to do all your farm work.

I? wear on tires or. tranemlaalon. Hooks-up ins

minutes. lNo permanent attachment to car. Cannot

injure car or engme-May he used on other cars.





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prisoners, despite the British

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Dutch governments have arrived at an

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" saturday, January 4. ’





INN FEIN leaders in Ireland make

a plea for the release of litical

ar aw,





former German emperor.-——Loya1 R113:





sian forces defeat Bolshevik troops on

the Perm front in northern Russia—w





Revised figures show that 60,383 Canv

adians gave their lives in the recent?

great war.—Tony Glannola, for many

years feud leader‘of Sicilians in De»

troit, is shot and killed—The announc-g

ed increase in telephone rates in 189.

exchanges in Michigan will be opposed

by patrons before, the state railroad

commission.





Sunday, January 5.

Italy, declares in favor of a world





League of Nations—The new German

foreign minister issues a statement de-





down by Premier Clemenceau of

France, are not acceptable to Ger-





many, but agrees with Wilson’s poli-





cies—Thirtyone’ American destroyErs

and seven submarines sail from Eu-

rope for home stations—President

Wilson urges American congress to





pean populations outside of Germany

that are threatened with starvation.—

Toiedo lifts ban on public meetings.





Monday, January 6.





SIX transports arrive in New York

with seven thousand troops aboard,

among whom are two hundred wound-

ed Michigan men.—~Colonel Theodore

Roosevelt, former president of the

United States, dies suddenly at his-

home at Oyster Bay at the age ol‘

sixty years. The American troops

again defeat the Bolsheviks near Ka-

dish in northern Russia—Count von

Hertling, former imperial chancellor

of Germany, dies in Bavaria after a

short illness—Continuous heavy rains

cause floods over a large portion of

northern and eastern Francer-A sur-

vey shows that influenza in this





lcountry during the latter part of 1918





caused 111,688 deaths in our forty-six

largest cities—Fourteen Protestant

church denominations are uniting in a

post-war campaign to increase effi~

ciency and to secure funds and re-

cruits for extending church work.





Tuesday, January 7.





N effort is being made by the lib-

eral and conservative parties of

Poland to secure control of the govern-

ment, so far, however, without success.

—PreSident Poincaire, of France, an-

nounces his intention of visiting the

United States in May or June of this

years—The. French envoy to Russia

and his staff have been obliged to

leave Petrograd.—Evidence is in hand

of federal agents showing that Russian

Bolshevik leaders have forwarded to





purposes—A number of wounded Am

erican soldiers including over fifty





. Michigan men, who participated in the





fighting at Chateau Thierry, Belleau

Woods, Soissons and Verdun, arrive in

New York. ‘





 





MICHIGAN WHEAT ESCAPES DAM-

AGE.





 





LTHOUGH there was no snow to

protect it during December, win-

ter wheat was not injured in Michigan

during that time, according to the crop





‘I'eport issued Monday by the secretary





of state. Of 390 correspondents, but

twenty-three report that the wheat was

injured.



The average condition of live stock

in the state is reported as follows,

comparison being made with stock in

good healthy and thrifty condition:

Horses and swine 96; cattle 95, and

sheep 97.



The average prices for the state on

January 1 of some of the principal

farm products were as follows: Wheat

per bushel, $2.10; rye, $1.49; corn,

$1.52; oats, 69c; hay, per ton, $25.13;

fat cattle, $0.33 per hundred; fat hogs

$15.94 per hundred, and dressed pork

$20.37 per hundred. '



Milch cows were Worth $84.05 per

head. Cattle other than milch“ cows

under one year old, $24.15; between





two and three years old, $64.02, and

three years old and over $81.14. Sheep

under one yearoid, $10.98; one year

and over $14.07; hogs, not fattened.

$14.31 per hundred.



The price of wheat is eight cents

and hay $5.09 higher than one year





 





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set, aside $100,000,000 to relieve Euro:





looking at them. . . . .





But you certainly can by feeding them. There’s a heap of difference





in the amount of milk you get.





You naturally would expect to get the most milk from the Buffalo

Corn Gluten Feed, because it is so highly digestible, and you know all

the time that it’s only the digestible part of feed that makes milk.





The next time' you go for feed, tell your dealer you want the best





there is.





new Your CORN PRODUCTS REFlNlNG COMPANY CHICAGO





What Do These Piles Mean?





HEY are intended to impress upon



you how important a thing the digest-

ibility of feed is. Because too many men,

usually those who can least afford to pay

for poor choices, are influenced in their

feed buying by the size of the bag.



Every dairyman must know, surely, that his

cows can make milk from only that part of their

feed which they can digest, and cannot make milk

from the part they cannot digest.



Why is it, then, that dairymen don't pay more

attention to the per cent digestible of the feed

than they do, and less attention to how feeds compare in apparent bulk?



Suppose you are at your feed store to buy feed. The dealer shows

you two piles of two difl’erent kinds of feed, and each pile weighs a

ton. But one kind is nearly all digestible and the other is not.



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Remember! We guarantee you satisfaction with every shipment.





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The trenches in Flanders are now empty and it is no longer





necessary to keep supplying the boys‘





“Protected” rubber boots.





with U. S





‘over there”





So, instead of making. trench boots almost eXcluSively as We have

been doing, we have reverted to our before-the-war manufacturlng

program, and will soon make up the shortage that exists in the Supply

of heavy-service, double- duty U. S “Protected” rubber footwear





UncleSam has furnished“ our boys’ ’with

the best rubber boots that money can buy,

and, in both the Army and Navy, there





probably are as many U. S. “Protected”





rubber boots as all other brands combined.





Outdoor workers everywhere recog-

niZe the dollar-for-dollar value of

“U. S.” quality. It means rubber boots





of the sturdiest construction, reinforced

Where the wear is greatest, yet entirely

comfortable. . Longer Wear insui'es $11?ng





of money.





Every pair of U. S. “Protected rubber

boots bears the “U. S Seal’ ’-—.t1:ad‘e- mark

of the largest rubber manufacturer in the

world. LOok for it. t It is your prptCCtion.





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New York