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rA ‘ Cooperative 1 Farm Tenancy





HE first step toward a-profitable‘





farm tenancy is the education of





the land-owners. Every man who





owns a farm ought to have a knowl-





' edge of how it shOuld be handled. He





ought to understand the” things that





occur on a farm for which the tenant -





is in no way responsible. He ought to





’ understand the tenant’s life from the





tenant’s point of view. American land-

owners must face the problem of edu-

cating tenants in matters concerning

soil conservation. They must encour-





' age them to become stockmen as well





as tillers of the soil. Constant agita-

tion of the soil allows no. time for na-

ture’s restorative processes. We must

grow clovers and grasses ascwell as

grains. Large crops and live stock go

together. All hoofs are golden in their

effect upon yields of grain and upon

the lining of the farmer’s purse. The

by-products of the farm—the‘straw and

the volunteer growth incidental to the

raising of cash crops—may be combin-

ed with the yield of grain to produce

meat and milk and at} the same time

sustain-and increase the yield of every

crop grown on the entire farm.

Apparently the blame for the lack of

sooial and cooperative spirit in many

farming communities is determined to

settleupon the tenant farmer. These

who make a special study of rural

schools,-churches, farmers’ clubs and

farmers’ institutes, ‘continually reiter-

‘ate the accusation of the tenant for

not exerting an effort to make himself

agreeable and helpful to his neighbors.

It is not so much the tenant as the

faulty American system. Every win-

ter finds thdusands of tenants seeking

fresh farms to skim of their most

available fertility and complaining that

the farm they had the last season did

not have enough soil wealth to meet

the reckless demands of their system

of farming. March first finds these





»men with their wives and children in

‘new locations where they naturally





have little interest in anything outside

of their own households.



It is not the tenant’s fault. He would

not be restless if given real encourage-

ment to persist in one spot for a term

of years, to put something into the soil

in return for what he gets out of it and





‘ to feel the duties and responsibilities





of citizenship. Grasping land—owners

inspire greed in tenants





The Fm: of a Series 0f Artie/es Dz'rcursz'ng 4 Profit-

aé/e and Dz'gm'fied System of Farm Tenancy





ByC. B. Ford.





 





 





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The Tenant Often Comes as a Humble Suppliant and Not as an Equal.





due, no matter what happens to blight

the crops or cause loss among the live

stock, he will sooner or later see his

farm go" down,’ lose its virgin fertility,

get out of physical conditions, and be

come a disgrace to the community.

Some land-owners have experienced

great difficulty in getting at some kind

of partnership lease for renting their

farms to tenants who desired to keep

live stock and rent for a long term of

years. The most of this trouble has





been due to their wanting too much

and not being willing to wait ”two or





three years for profits. It takes time

to build up a system of profitable

stock-farming on a rented farm, and it

is'unreasonable to expect a tenant to

live and get started in less than two

or three years. Circumstances alter

cases. What might be fair in one in-

stance would not be fair in another.

How do the business men work out

their problems? Do they seek the

advice of neighbors, or do they get

right down to facts and work out what

they think is just and equitable with

their partners? In the business world





the capitalist puts his money against

the brains and labor of the business

man. The active partner carries on

the business, keeping all the accounts

straight, and open to the inspection of

the silent partner any time he wishes,

frequently consulting him and willing

to accept his advice at all times. The

need of more stock, improvements and

facilities, he sees and makes provision.

They have a mutual interest. The con-

ditions in the business world and the

proposed land owner and tenant part-

nership are in many respects analo-

gous. The land-owner provides the

capital, and the tenant the brains and

labor, yet he should be willing at all

times to have the landowner inspect

the business and consult with him.

There must be an intelligent and har-

monious cooperation on the part of the

land—owner and tenant if the farm is

kept up and put on a money-making

basis.



It requires some careful planning to

get a farm into condition to bring in

satisfactory returns on the investment

as a renting proposition.

ciding the problem one should make a.

careful study of the farm and its adap-

tability to certain crops and animals,

and work out a system of farming that

will in a measure conserve its fertility.

By making such a careful study of the

soils one is prepared to make a more

intelligent estimate of the cost of build-

ings and fences necessary to properly

conduct the system of crop growing

and stock feeding he has in mind.



One of the important things to con-

sider is the size of the farm. In many

instances the purchase of adjoining

land will make the property more at-

tractive for renting. Another import-

ant item is that of arranging the fields

so as to minimize the cost of buildings

and fences and thevexpense for main-

tenance of both. Good buildings in

which every dollar invested adds to

the efficiency of the farm for renting

should be the rule. It is best to plan

the barns and buildings so that they

may be easily used for various purpos—

es. The shifting of tenants brings up

many new problems, which can be

more easily worked out if the build-

ings can be satisfactorily and cheaply

converted to meet the requirements of

the incoming tenant.



The problem of provid-





 





by example as well as by

creating the necessity for

self-preservation. T h e

policy of exacting from

every field every year all

the cash returns of which

it is capable very rapidly

squeezes wealth from the

farm and its occupants.

It is a relentless, road,

to. the ruin of rural com-

munity , life. '



- The prosperity of the

country depends largely

upon land-owners who

are willing to take a.

broad view of the matter ‘

and work out some 31m

and equitable system of

stock-raising and feeding

with their tenants. Their





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





them to do this. If the





 





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’f farm, but exacts the





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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ing an abundant supply of

pure water is one that

should have the attention

of every land-owner. It

not only increases the

efliciency of the farm as

a renting proposition but

it adds to its value. Out-

side of the monetary val-

ue of pure water, there is

a humanitarian side of

the question that should

prompt every land-owner

to provide a clean and

healthful supply of water

for the tenant’s family

and stock.



1 If some fields are rough

and rolling it is better

that they should be

seeded with grass and

used for grazing purpos-



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DETROIT, JANUARY 25, 1919





 





 





 





CURRENT COMMENT





HIS is the day of

the pure-bred bull.





Beef In the present emer-

Cattle Im' gency beef cattle im-

provement provement must be





speeded up. A vastly

increased demand for good beef cattle,

higher cost of feeds, and an increased

necessity for the wider use of grasses,

forage crops and by-product feeds of

the farm require that mediocre and in-

ferior animals be scrapped as rapidly

as more efficient ones can be produced

to supplant them.



Cows that drop indifferent or prac

tically worthless calves to the service

of the scrub sire may be readily ad-

vanced into the ranks of bovine patri-

ots through mating with a bull whOse

line of breeding insures in his crop of

calves the tendency to produce a

Smooth, compact carcass and to lay on

flesh rapidly.



There is no reasonable excuse for a

farmer to keep a scrub bull when the

market invites his preserce at a price

that will give him more than the bull

was ever worth. A few years ago

there was some excuse for hanging on-

to a scrub sire because he was not

worth much to the butcher. But pres-

ent prices are a strong inducement to

farmers to cash in on their scrub bulls.

They can certainly get more for them

than they are worth to keep on their

farms. Now that the prices of bulls

are so high for beef and the prices of

improved blood so reasonable, the

farmer can make a fixed change in

policy by selling the old scrub bull and

reinvesting the proceeds in a young

bull which will not only get calves, but

calves that Will be worth something in

the feedlot.



Conditions were never more favor-

able to begin beef cattle improvement

in ‘Michigan than today. Every old

,scrub bull in the state should be "sent

to the shambles during the present



era of high prices and their places

filled by pure-bred and thrifty young

' "bulls which can be found in liberal

'numbersand at reasonable prices;



' The illustrated story, by Horace

,1: Norton, ,of M. A. (3;, on page five. of

7 ‘thisfliss'ue. clearly vismlizes how the





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entire Complexion ‘of the :cattl‘e'gln

generations by the use of ‘decent' bulls

of one-breed. Many thinking men be-

lieve that the time is here when our

farms must contribute more largely to

the supply of beef ,cattle needed to

furnish our rapidly growing population

with meat. Whether this is so, 0? not,





‘. it is true that any-sound system of





mixed farming in Michigan will per-





' mit of an economic place for a pure-





bred bull—one that the owner need

not feel ashamed of.



Now is the proper time to send the

scrub bulls that are isowing their seeds

of inferiority in our Michigan herds,

to the stock yards, and in their places

,put a well-selected lot of pedigree bulls

from the best herds in the state, that

are bred in the blood which has prov-

en its value wherever intelligently

handled. '





T a meeting held



last week in the

office of the Secretary

of" State, Colman C.

Vaughan, at Lansing,

plans were discussed

for securing more accurate crop re-

ports through the cooperation of state

and national crop reporting bureaus.

Under the plan discussed, these two

agencies, which in the past have col-

lected crop data independently of each

other and issued separate crop re-

ports, would cooperate in the collec-

tion of more complete and accurate

data and issue a single report under

a cooperative heading.



The plan discussed was similar to

that which has already been adopted-

in some other states, notably Wiscon-

sing and Ohio, where the work has

been previously carried .on in a man-

ner similar to that followed in Mich-

igan. Mr. W. F. Callander, of the

United States Department of Agricul-

ture, who has been identified with the

cooperative work both in Wisconsin

and Ohio, was present and explained





Cooperative

Crop

Reports





. ”"yehi‘é-i

entire herd may be changedfih four.





 





, . . rem mmwngfic

these estimates very considerably"





train the ‘ actual acreage _' as -’ determin-





ed by the succé'eding census, the fac

tor of error being more likely .to in-

crease with the lapse‘ of time. from the

period when accurate data is obtain-

able. It is obviously impossible to take

a Census each year because of the ex-,

pense involved. The plan contem-

plates acreage report by farmers se-





cured by the supervisors when the as-

sessment is taken, which is the next





best thing and should be quite as ac-

curate as census figures in this regard.

The cost of securing this data would

be comparatively small as measured

wit-h benefits which might ,be derived

from more accurate and dependable

crop reports.



The desirability of accurate and de-

pendable crop reports is not debata-

ble. Time was when there was a gen-

eral feeling among producers that

crop reports were detrimental‘ rather

than beneficial to them on the assump-

tion that the information afforded deal-

ers in food products a leverage to

keep prices at a 10W level. Farmers,

have, however, come to appreciate the

fact that it is most important to "them

to have as accurate'knowledge of crop

conditions and production as is obtain-

able by the dealers from private as

well as public sources, and there‘ is

no doubt that any plan which! would

add to the accuracy of official crop re-

ports will meet with general favor.



Under present conditions. when the

factor of error in acreage estimates is

a constant handicap in the compilation

of accurate crop estimates, the double

reporting system is an advantage in

that it provides a check as to accuracy,

but under a plan better calculated to

eliminate this factor of error, such

duplication is unnecessary. Formerly

the federal crop estimates were made

by the Bureau at Washington on re-

ports received from local correspond-

ents in each state. During recent

years the plan of state supervision has





 





 





spring election,

J'l‘dfé’ conytn‘utzon.





question to give t/zclr ‘vzewr.





Every owner of real property





 





 





SHflLL OUR SYSTEM OF TAX—

ATION BE CHA/NGED?





q] “Single Taxm” nearly {acceedcd in getting t/zcz'r plan

of taxation éeforc t/ze M z'c/zzgan Electorate

in t/ze form of a proposed ammendcnt to tlze

‘JI Believing #24! land owner: would

understand lzow ibis :yxtenr of taxation would afict tlzcz'r

intercity we have asked farmers and .rtudentr w/zo are,

lot/z experience and .rtzady qua/{fled to Jpcaé on the taxation





722th intercotz'ng series of dz'ycuuz'onr.

wzllappcar 272 next wecé’: zmue of the M zc/zzgan Farmer.





for z‘lze [-919





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in detail the methods followed in those

two states. Briefly, the method is as

follows: The supervisors are requir-

ed by law to collect data showing the

total numbers of acres in each farm,

the acreage in crops or to be planted

to crops of various kinds, and such

other information as may be desired

to secure, as statistics with regard to

land drainage, live stock, special pro-

ducts of any kind, etc. These statis-

tics would be forwarded to the proper

officials as soon as collected to be used

as a basis of crop estimates to be

made later on the reports of crop cor-_

respondents throughout the'state. ”

Under present conditions, the factor

of greatest errOr in- estimated crop

yields is the estimate onscreage de-

voted. to the several crops}: Accurate

data as to crop acreage is scoured once _

in ten years when the federal census





been followed by the Federal Depart-

ment, and this work, so far as Michi-

gan is concerned, has been under the

supervision of Mr. V. H. Church, with

headquarters at Lansing.



The federal crop report service has

become more valuable under this plan





and it seems reasonably certain that





under a cooperative plan such as was

discussed at the recent meeting, still

greater accuracy would be attained.

Under this plan the state bureau would

be of the greatest importance because

it would have at hand the machinery

for the collection" of accurate acreage

data as soon asiit could be provided





{or 'by proper. legislation, while the





federal agency Would have greater fa-

cilities tor the collection andidisseniir

nation “of data through the use of the

trunking privilegeain this work, M W‘-





is taken. Estimates,“ acreage for the which 'itiis poeflbkimflm t0; the 06191





succeeding decode must necessarily

made on the estimated! percentage~ of

increaSe err-“deerease' of area, devoted.

to, different erops in the succeeding





boJection of this data through'the'-main:





tensnce of a lace! om. forthe but."

pose: ‘ . ' -~ l»

Altogether the plan. is worthy of en-





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bills will be. _ need , the, est ,3:

three at an early date to‘proyide' for the

collection of aoreage data under this

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PrOh'bIaon ‘tures of thirty-eight

'St’n states have , ratified ‘

anIssue ‘the prohibition

' 4 amendment to the





Constitution of the United States as

submitted to the various states by con

gress some sixteen months ago. 'As

this action was necessary on the part

of only thirty-six states to incOrporate

the amendment into the federal con«

stitution, national constitutional pro-

hibition of the liquor traffic is assurel

after the lapse of one year from, the

final approval of the amendment, at

which time it will go into effect. Stats

utory national prohibition will take ef~

feet on July 1 next, ,in accordance

with an act of congress which provides

for the suspension of the manufacture

and sale of liquor u'ntil the demobili-

zation of our troops is completed. It

is thus practically certain that prohi-

bition will. be effectively

throughout the United States

and after July 1, 1919.



While Michigan was the sixteenth

state to ratify this amendment of the

federal constitution by a decisive vote

of the legislature, which action un-

doubtedly reflects the preponderance

of public sentiment in this state, it

has been discovered that an error was

made in the wording of the resolution

of ratification, and that it must be

again adopted in proper form to be-

come effective. While there is no

doubt that this action will be taken,

its necessity will make Michigan the

thirty-eighth, instead of the sixteenth

state to legally ratify the amendment.



But in spite of these significant facts

prohibition is still a live issue in.

Michigan. Our present constitution

provides that proposed amendments

to our fundamental law may be ini-

tiated by petition signed by not less

than ten per cent of legal voters of the

state. Such a petition was filed for

the submission of a proposed amend

ment at the general election held

last November, which would permit

the manufacture and sale of beer and

light wines in the state. The validity

of this petition was successfully at

tacked on the ground that it did not

contain the full text of the proposed

amendment as provided by the consti-

tution, thus preventing the submission





from





of the proposed amendment at the No- _





vember election. Petitions were again

filed by those favoring this modifica‘

tion of the prohibition law for the sub‘

mission of the same propOSed amend-

ment at the general election to be held

next April. The form of this petition

has been approved and the proposed

amendment will be submitted to the

electors of the state at the coming

April election, unless contemplated re-

straining action is successful, which

is scarcely probable.



Unless the voters of the state kill

this proposed amendment at the oils,

3. section will be read into our cghsti-

ttuion which will not only be ineffec~

tive, but at variance with a provision

of the federal constitution which our

legislature has approved in behalf of

our state.





FARMERS’ WEEK AT M. A. C.





Breeders’ and Feeders’ Assobiati n

Feélruary 5-6. ' ,0 '

ounty Farm Bureau Conference

February 4-5. ' '





in force .





P to the rpreSent

time the legisla-





Michigan Crop ImprovemennAsso‘





elation, February 4-5.

Michigan School

February 4. '

Michigan Muck Farmers"

once. February 45.





Commissioners,





Confer-





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wants what he hon-





VERY man .

estly earns, and some want more.





Fora long time there has‘been a

growing conviction that the farmer has

not been gettingbeVen what he honestly

. earns ;. hence the cry for. “foodinSur-



ance.” ’ The feeling prevails that ung

less better pricesflcan be secured for

farm products, more of our agricultural

lands will be abandoned and the nation

will go hungry. “If-you don’t want us

to leave our farms, guarantee us a liv-

ing and at least ten per cent on our

investment,” is the demand now rising

out of every rural community.



We must agree that a living and ten

per cent is none too much. It is what

every efficient manufacturer is entitled

to, whether he is a manufacturer of

machinery, clothing, food, or some oth-

er necessity. But on this word “effi-

cientf,’ particular stress should be laid.

To many it is a word with unpleasant

associations, like casitor oil, yet just

as important to our health and welfare.



If the farmer must be guaranteed for

his products a price that will put'a pre-

mium on inefficient management of the

soil under normal conditions, then

those who can see relief only in higher

prices are in the wrong. '



There is no attempt here to justify

the faulty methods of marketing and

of distribution which prevail in most

sections of the country, and which are

largely to blame for high prices paid

by the consumer and the ‘low prices

received by the farmer; that, as Kip-

ling says, is another story, and we are

making long strides in our endeavor to

correct’much of this abuse, as is evi-

dent by the increasing number of farm-

ers’ cooperative marketing asSociations

now operating successfully in various

parts of the country.



Putting aside the marketing problem

which, it must be admitted, is a seri-

ous one and discouraging to the best

efforts of many a ‘good farmer, the

question of efficiency as it applies to

farming, particularly soil management,

must not drop into the shadow. It





 





 





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Good Cattle Are a Big Factor'in Making a Living and Ten Per Cent.





must share» the responsibility that be-

longs to it for its effect upon the pros-

perity of the producer. It neetk but

little argument to prove that the man

who gets large yields per acre can af-

ford to sell his produCt for less than

the man who gets small yields. For

example, in the‘case of potatoes, a

two hundred bushel per acre crop

which many growers get quite regular-

ly can be sold at one dollar per bushel

with no question about a reasonable

profit, while the man who gets butvone

hundred bushels may scarcely break

even at one dollar.



The same may be said'in the case

"of beans. One well-known farmer in

Grand Traverse county and another in

Antrim county cleared fifty dollars per

acre on their bean crops in 1917, while

the great majority lost heavily. One

of these two successful grdwers was a

former farmers’ institute lecturer and





the other a student at Michigan Agri-

cultural College. The methods em-

ployed by both gave their crops a run-

ning jump right from the start, and in

spite of one of the most adverse sea«

sons ever known and in the face of

adverse marketing conditions, they got

paying returns for their labor.



The demand for “a living and ten

per cent,”- if it were granted to suit

the fellow who makes a practice of

running his land and wasting his re-

sources and using slip-shod methods in

general, would result in soil degener-

acy everywhere, and in time the agri-

cultural situation would be worse than

it is at present.



There is nothing to be said against

the contention that food producers

should have the same chance as any

other producer of the necessaries of

life and comfort; they should be able

to employ labor at the same wage and





 





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have a corresponding labor income for

their own efforts where reasonably effi~

cient work. is done, and some system

of food insurance should be established

to make it more certain. The farmer

who studies his business, who seeks

to obtain the best seed, who tries to

raise pure-bred live stock, who con-

serves the manure, protects the farm

equipment, and in general follows the

most approved practices, is entitled to

all the encouragement that guaranteed

profits afford. On the other hand, the

man who neglects to study his busi-

ness, who just takes a chance with his

seed, who is content with scrub stock,

who permits the manure to leach away,

who allows his farm machinery and

buildings to fall to pieces, and who

persists in following old—time wasteful

methods at every turn, should not be

given any encouragement whatever.

He is not entitled to serious considera-

tion. The sooner he finds that his kind

of farming “doesn’t pay,” why, the bet-

ter it is for the community in which he

lives and the country as a whole. Let

him keep still. He forfeits the right

to demand a living at farming, to say

nothing of the ten per cent. In the

economy of life there is a natural ad-

justment that makes it a competitive

game; always the fellow who has a.

right to be heard is the one who com-

plies with the conditions and “plays

fair.”



Leaving out the mooted argument of

supply and demand, a law little re-

spected in these days of complex com-

mercialism, the economist should judge

the price of farm products in its rela-

tion to the cost of production. In de-

termining cost of production students

of the problem are obliged to give

great weight to the question of effi-

ciency in farm management, not over-

looking the varying advantages of

widely separated areas over which the

commodity is produced. The question

for each individual farmer to settle is,

are my methods up to date? Do they

give me the right to speak?





9 How. to SucceedWith Geese





EESE have proved to be one of

the most profitable side-lines for

the farm, and the coming year,

will undoubtedly see many new breed-

ers of these fowls. To those who have

never had any experience with geese,

there will be several points to learn,

as the raising of geese is





ZBylH.Ih





The-females retain their breeding qual-

ities throughout their lives, but it is

best not to keep them’for this purpose

over eight or ten years.





Spooner





There is nothing to be said against

should be young, as they are more ac-

tive and insure greater fertility in the

eggs than old birds. They pass their





utility for breeding at five to seven

years of age. Therefore new blood

must be added and this is usually done

by discarding some of the old ones

each season and adding new ones.

Mongrel birds should never be pur-

chased for breeding purposes as the

majority lay only from





 





 





different from that of"any

other kind of poultry.



Geese for breeding pur-

poses should be selected

in the fall or. early win-

ter. 'In their natural state,

geese mate in pairs and

the best results will fol-

low if the plan of nature

is adhered to. (There are

some breeders who claim

' to have had good results

by breeding one gander

to severalgeese, but it is

a quite general opinion

that not over three fe-

males should be allowed

to one male.



The age'of the breed-

ing stock is a big factor

in securing both quality

and quantity of eggs. The

,eggs of yearling“ geese'

seldom hatch Well and it '

does not pay to bother.

with them. If they hatch

at all, the goslings, as _a. -

, rule, are small and weak.-. .. A

.Two year olds ,mayi' 50‘;



' ,. usedb’utthey reaohthelf ‘

befia’t three years or age.





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ten to twenty-five eggs

per season, while the

pure-breds lay from forty

to fifty.





The breeding b i r d 8

selected should be strong

and healthy. They should

not be allowed to get too

fat or there will be a low

percentage of fertility in

the eggs. During the

winter give them as great

a variety of food as pos-

sible. They require a.

great deal of green food .

and will do well on corn

fodder or clover or alfal-

fa hay, with cooked pota-

toes or other vegetables,

oats, corn, oyster shells,

and grit. They also re-

quire considerable exer-

cise and should have

some space in which to

run.



The laying season for

geese depends upon the

climate. In the northern

third of the United States '

they usually begin laying -

(Continued on p. 148). '





 





 





 





 





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enormous loss caused by rats.

Now let us

which works in plain sight and which‘

is passed without any consideration





by thousands 0f farmers, but which” is'

'reaching into their pockets 'eaCh‘year

'and deliberately stealing several “him-f

I speak of weeds. g ’





d1 ed million dolla1s.

Have you heard of them?





A farmer of this section could essay" .

produce sixty bushels of corn per acre. ‘

But weeds have a hold on the land and: ‘.

as a result he grows but. twenty bushw





els. The same is t1 ue of potatoes, root

creps, wheat, oats, buckwheat, barley,

rye, flax and a long list of farm crops,

the acreage production of which is

cut short by weeds in the field, while

millions of acres of pasture land are

worth but a fractiOn of what they

might be, did not weed growth flourish

there.

i There are three kinds of weeds, each

of Which is a profit absorber, the an-

nuals, biennials, and perennials. The

annual weeds are for but a year, but

they will get in some good licks and

decrease production, and unless killed

in" season will leave seed for the next

year’s crOp. These include ragweed,

"smartweed, crab-grass, etc. The bien-

- nial weeds live two years, and will self-

seed for a longer growth if not prop-

erly exterminated. These include the

thistle, wild carrot, and blueweed. Per-

ennials produce each year underground

parts which survive over the winter

and produce a luxuriant top growth

which crowds out the growing plants.

Canada thistle, bull nettle, milkweed,

JohnSon grass, quack grass, wild on-

ion, and' dandelion are the common

weeds of this class. They usually have

a large tap-root which sucks up mois-





More Milk from the Breedi





HE breeder of 1egistered dairy



I cattle who forgets that he is a



dairy farmer as well as a breed

er and depends upon the sales of stock

from his herd at high prices, will nev-

er reach the cheerful heights of pros

perity. Making the business pay is

largely a matter of increasing the pro-

duction of the herd until the ‘sale of

milk and its derivatives pays its proper

proportion of the operating charges.

There is a limit above which the new

breeder must not let his expectations

go. If his cows yield a profit above

the cost of feed and necessary labor

it can readily be seen that the profits

from the sale of breeding cattle may

warrant a liberal investment. Thus, if

a large proportion of the cost of feed,

labor and interest charges must be

charged up against the breeding end

of the business it is plain to see that

one is lost. He must keep production

as high as he can and expenses as low

as he can, and then put the figures to—

gether to see how he is likely to come

out if he does not wish to get into

financial quagmires.



The operating charges of a dairy

farm where the herd

is made up of regis-

tered cattle are

greater than where





B have been considering the.





‘COnslder, ’a thief





ture needed by the culti‘vated crop, and

a top growth which keeps sunlight

from the top of the growing plants.

When we remember that burdock,

carrot, sow thistle, and some other_

weed plants are capable of producing

as many'as twenty thousand seeds

each, we can easily see that it is more

important that the farmer have no

weeds to kill than that he kill weeds.

To do this he must not allow them to

go to seed on the farm; must not per-

mit any weed seed to be brought and

seeded with other seed, and must stop

the top growth of perennial weeds,

thus starving out the ground growth.

Weeds are a great deal like animals

and men, for the Biblical verse about

it being handed unto the third and

fourth generation holds good with the

weeds. Not all weeds germinate their

seed at once, but may delay sprouting

for a period of several years, which is

responsible for the old saying, “One

year's seeding makes seven years’

weeding.” '

Thorough tillage with a disk or

spring-tooth, or spike-tooth harrow,‘af~





 





, O - ,

ter a good job of plowing-aids in'pre-

paringthe seed bed so that weeds can-

not ma-ke an early-start. It is 'best'to

plow land early that is infested, har-

row it two or three times before seed-

ing, at intervals, thus stamping out the

weed seedlings. With a cultivated crop

keep the cultivators going and bee out

the row well, regularly to prevent the

weeds near hills from maturing seed.



Small-grain crops may also be culti-

vated to advantage in the spring with

spike-tooth harrow or weeder. This

will not injure the young plants perma-

nently, and serves to kill weeds. Grain

farmers of the upper Columbia River

basin have controlled wild mustard

by repeatedly hairowing fall-sown

wheat in the spring.



Fall plowing aids in stamping out

weeds, and when done early enough,

buries the green weed plants, which

furnish excellent humus matter for the

soil. Where grain soil is turned under,

a disk should be run over to encourage

germination of weed seeds, and when

these have grown, they should be

plowed under. But these must be turn-





By Lester J. Meredith





being p1oduced on farms wheie regis-

tered dairy cattle are kept. Good men





are attracted to a farm where good

cattle are kept, because, as a rule,





there is a more satisfactory division of

labor and the work is more agreeable

'to them than on the 'farm where the

field hands do the Chores after long

hours of work in the fields. True,

there are additional chores that breed-

ing registered dairy cattle makes nec-

essary, but it is coming to be well un-

derstood that on the breeding farm the

chores are a regular part of the farm

work and definite times alloted to'do-

ing them. What has made the chores

on a dairy farm the bugaboo of the

hired hand has been the fact that the

owner has not realized the importance

of doing them at a regular time. The

breeder ‘of registered dairy» cattle





knows that the time spent in looking

after the cattle is the most profitable

of any spent on the farm, and is com-

ing more and more to make the work

in the barns the center about which he





plans the other work of the faim. Thus .





the hired man finds the breeding farm

more attractive than the . ordinary

dairy farm.



Successful breeders are finding com-

munity cooperation one of the corner-

stones of their success in breeding bet-

ter cattle and also in finding good buy-

ers for their surplus stock. The use

of improved sires purchased jointly

permits the use of better ones, and

make it possible to keep the ones that

have demonstrated their value for a

number of years without too close in-

and-in breeding. It creates a friendly

rivalry among the breeders in a com-

munity and gives them an opportunity

to compare their animals with those of

other breeders who are working along

the same lines. Buyers from a dis-

tance visit their community and their

annual public sales furnish an outlet

for surplus animals at a minimum cost

for advertising and correspondence.



T-he highest financial success in

breeding registeied dairy cattle de-





 

 

 

 





' weeds.





/





ed under before maturing.

Early mowing of grass and- forage

crops insures the land against weeds.





‘ It is best to mow when the weeds have





reached the full- bloom stage. The pas-





vture may be mowed once or twice a

’ year,-

..multiply the forage.





which will kill out weeds and





Spraying may be used in killing out

This Will 1101: injure grain or

forage Crops, and although the appli-





. cation may not kill the weeds, it sets





their growth ,back far enough so that

they do not mature before killed by

fall frosts. This is especially good

with plants like wild mustard.‘ The

spray solutions are made by dissolving





twelve pounds of coppersulphate, one,





hundred pounds of iron sulphate, and

one hundred and. twenty-five pounds of

common salt in fifty gallons of water.

This will spray an acre of weeds.

Throw a fine mist with a power ma-

chine. The appliéation should be made

When the most advanced weed plants

me just starting to bud.





In our present wool shortage many

farmers have been successful in turn«

ing noxious weeds into profitable flocks

thus making waste material into mut4

ton and wool. Goats are also very

good in this, but with either the flock

must have access to the field early

enough to consume the weeds before

they go to seed.



Proper rotation of crops is an excel-

lent insurance against weeds, for the

longer the field is left in one crop the

more sure weeds are to get a hold.

This plan means growing clover, timo-

thy, rape, COWpeas, corn, potatoes, etc.,

which call for cultivation, or which

have plants large enough to discourage

weed growth. The forage crops are

usually out before the weedsvm‘ature.





11g Herd





pends, in a large measure, upon the

ability of the breeder to sell his sur-

pIUS cattle at remunerative prices.

Many of the best dairy animalssell for

much less than they are worth, simply





because their breeders are poor sales-





men. A high-classl-animal willbring a

good price anywhere, but if the owner

is a good salesman. the exercise of

this one talent will often result in his

securing a much larger price for the

animal. Some very successful breed-

ers are rather poor- salesmen. Some of

the most‘ prominent money-makers in

the-trade have never become promi-

nent as constructive breeders. Men

are very scarce who have achieved the

two-fold success as breeders and sales-

men. A good salesman does not allow

his commercial cleverness to dull his

moral senses and dispose of inferior

animals far above their intrinsic value,

though this -may‘ frequently result

through no studied effort of’his own.

Whilet he experienced breeder often

recognizes at once an inflated price for

an inferior animal. or a low price for

one of unusual excellence~still, the

intrinsic value of breeding animals has

been and always Will

be more or less of a

vague and intangible

quality. ' The most





 





grade cows are kept.

The barns and equip-

ment should corres-

pond With the busi-

ness and one must

keep better help to

~lqok after the cattle.

On the Other hand,

the better dairy cows

will return greater

' profits if given good

care. Much of the

ll: that is sold at:

vanced prices is





 

 

 

 

 

 





prescient of the

prophets are at sea.

when they are asked

to estimate the value

of a young dairy am

y” 1111311. In fact there

. is no way of fialling

when a seller is. se-

curing an inflated

price for the best.

class of 'ydqng ani«

mals. 0n the'otliér





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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By Horace W. Norton





“Animal Husbandry Dept, M. A. C.





Wait/2 2's t/ze' Better Type of Beef

Animal, t/ze One on t/ze Rig/1t or

t/ze One on t/ze Lefi‘? T/ze One

on t/ze Reg/2t 2's t/ze Result of Two

Crosses of Pure Blood on a Scrno





   





   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 

 

   

   

   

   

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





   





 





 





:2 .

" Cow ana’ Her Progeny.

O . .

\ Pure Bred Slres Changed the I ype 1n Four Crosses

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Two (pure-bred bull) equals Three (Vé-blood cow)

1' i

I ‘3)

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‘3

I

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plus Six (pure—bred bull)

. Seven (’Vg-biood cow _ plus Eight (pure-bred bull) equals Nine (15-16-blood cow)

’" T/zerefore, 'Fonr Crosses of Pure





Blood C/zangea” tne Type from.

‘ tats ' ' ' .

f0

_ ‘ t/zz's “— ’

Toe Pure 'B-rea’ Sire oegz'ns a Story





v‘wz'té Interest ana’ Fascination.
-Now is the Time

to Order Lime





Thousands of Michigan farmers are going

to need lime this Spring.





Last year, hundreds were disappointed——

had to plant in acid soil—because they placed

their orders too late for delivery. Don’t you

be late this year.



If you will order your lime now for January or

February delivery, we will date your invoice

April lst, extending our usual terms of 3%

for cash if received before April 10th, or the

amount in full by June 30th.





Order now—haul your lime while you have time

to haul it—pay for it when you use it.





Solvay Process Company





2091 Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan





- pULVERIZEb% I





- LIMESTONE





   

 





 





 





Agricultural News

DEVELOPING FOREIGN MARKETS, farming today is not only a service to

' ‘ / farming, but a service to the nation.





 





 





A SHIP from Australia touched at . ‘

New York recently on her way to COST OF WHE-AT GROWING.

the British army in France. She ear- ~ i

ried three thousand tons of jam made IGURES computed from surveys

from Australian oranges, berries, and made by‘the Ohio Experiment Sta-

cane sugar. This cargo promises to tion show that the, production cost of

be the first in a steady trade between an average bushel of 'wheat in Ohio is

Australia and England, giving farmers $2.12. The cost price was procured

in that far British colony a new solu- from the average cost of producing

tion of their difficult marketing prob~ crops for a ten-year period from 1906

lems. to 1915, as determined by the Ohio

Many other farm marketing prob- station, and a fair compensation being

lems in the United States and else- added for the advance since 1915 in

where are difficult .puzzles until one cost of rent, man and horse labor, ma-

applies to them the new key brought chinery, seed and fertiliZer.

by war—the merchant ship. Then ag- For the period from 1906 to 1915 the

ricultural Communities like our great labor cost per acre for wheat was

fruit raising, dairying, and live stock found to be $9.86-as compared With

sections find new outlets, not only for $15.85 to theiacre for 1918, when man

present products, but improved and labor is figured at twenty—five cents an

concentrated products which give the hour and team labor" at thirty cents an

best profit and the best balanced agri- hour. -The estimated field labor ex-

culture. Even a country so far from pended in the production of an acre of

big consuming countries as Australia, wheat was twenty-seven man hours

through the merchant ship and world and thirty-eight horse hours. U"With

trade, is able to develop intensive in- higher figures for man labor, the aver-

dustries like deciduous fruit, grapes, age being thirty-five cents an hour,

raisins, and dried fruit. the cost of wheat reaches $2.12 a bush-

Must Fill their Holds. el for the average of the state’s yield

Chairman Hurley, of the United which is placed at sixteen bushels to

States Shipping Board, is devoting at the acre.

tention to farm markets abroad in con- if one-third 0f the value 0f the CFO!)

nection with the new American mer- is set aside for the rental of the land,

chant marine. We shall presently be this amounts to $10-40 for 1918: as

turning out merchant ships ready for Compared with $4.75 for the average of

sea service at the rate of more than the ten-year period. The increase in

five hundred thousand tons monthly. the cost of fertilizers to the acre for

By this time next year hundreds of wheat has been from $1.00 to $1.60

these ships will be running on new in 1918- .

trade routes between the United States N0 allowance is made to the farmer

and Latin America, Europe, the 01.1- in these computations for his oversight

ent, and elsewhere. Ships alone can 0f the work, his time being computed

not create world trade—there must be on the same basis as that Of ordinary

teamwork between ships, banks, in— day labor.

vestors, manufacturers, and farmers.

It is essential that our farmers give LIMESTONE GETS RESULTS.

serious thought to the American mer-

chant marine now, while it is in proc- ROOME county, New York, this

ess of development. There are two year used eight thOusand tons of

general lines of interest. limestone, anincrease of three thou-

First, merchant ships can be studied sand tons over the amount used one

as transportation. Every farmer knows year ago. This increase has been due

that transportation in the form of rail- to the emphasis which the farm bureau

roads gives him access to markets; and county agent have placed upon the

that without railroads farming in many value of applying limestone to the soil.

sections would be impossible. The' One farmer applied one ton of ground

American merchant marine simply ex- limestone an acre in 1917 at the time

tends our railroads over the trade of seeding. In 1918 the limed area pro-

routes of the world, giving farmers ac- duced 5,324 pounds of hay, while the

cess to vast new markets for every plot beside it having no lime produced

product of the soil. ‘_ only 4,017 pounds, 1,307 pounds in fa-

Study Foreign Trade. vor of lime. Another farmer top—dress-

Second, merchant ships can be stud- ed hay land, that had been mowed one





ied from the community standpoint. year, With one-half ton 0f marl per

Local farmers’ organizations now can acre. Oh the limed area he secured

begin investigating local products in 4,200 pounds of hay and on the unlimed

the light of world trade, ascertaining area 2,160 pounds, a difference 0f 2:040

what the community produces that can pounds. Still another farmer “59d 0‘19

be shipped abroad, and where possible ton 0f lime an acre at the time Of

world markets are to be found, and seeding. On the limed acre he produc-

how connections can be made there- ed 5324 pounds 0f hay ahd on the hh‘

with. The government is already in- limed acre 2304 pounds, a difference

of 2,420 pounds in favor of limestone.





 





 





vestigating world markets through ,

such agencies as the Department of

Agriculture (Bureau ,of Markets), the

Department of Commerce (Bureau of .

Foreign and Domestic Commerce), the THE planting of a few black walnuts

Consular Service (Department of . in every woodlot in the state is

State),‘the United Shipping Board, the immediately necessary if the nation is

War Trade Board. etc. These agencies to be assured in the future of a SUDply





 





PLANT BLACK WALNUTS.





 





countries want, and at What seasbns, of’IbLack walnut was dangerously de—

and in what form. They can supply pleted during the war. \ "



information about world‘ markets to,‘ Black' walnut is much used for air-

.‘the American farmer. B'ut details as pfine par-ts, for.gnzn‘istccks,w and other





the United States“ can produce for egg blackxlyv‘alnut isuppli‘es hare r’iihxlow.

part must be ascertained largely hy, Inasmuéhiwfas ”it,,izequiresflhglggg;time





tention‘to the new American merchant pléhti‘n’g should'b‘e praCti‘Ced Wherever





 





 





 





marine as it bears 'upon American any black Walnut has been Wyatt:





 





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can find out what farm products other of this wood. The available reserVe.





 





to what each farming community in military purposes. Ii! eonsequence. our .





our farmers themselves} Earlieét at; foitft'hié.gtiihberi‘tfiiigirfiwi 23ml éfiihiie 1‘9‘ ,





 





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Dotted lines show how the





inside of the





“Cup”

Timken Bearing is tapered





ofa





to fit over the tapered rollers.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Bearings that Stay New





in Tractor, Truck and Motor Car





The job of tractor bearings—in

wheels and transmission, on the

pinion or worm shaft, at the differen-

tial or in knuckle heads—is to keep

the expensive working parts of the

vehicle from wearing out. Bearings

can’t do this job if they wear out

themselves, or even if they just wear

loose and stay loose. Therefore, they

should stay new -—— and Timken

Tapered Bearings do.





The tapered design enables the

bearingito resist not only up-and—

down loads, bumps and shocks, but

also the heavy side or end pressures

inevitable in tractor service.





Naturally, with this doubIed power





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Bates All Steel

Bates Steel Mule

Bean



Beltrail





Cleveland



Coleman "



Cummunity-Water

Ballast Galloway



Craig Gile



Cultxtractor Gray





Elgin

Evans





Fageol

Farmer Boy

Farquhar

Fordson

Four Drivel





Dart Harmw

Depue Hendy





of resistance to wear and tear,

Timken Bearings stand up where less

sturdy bearings would be ground

to pieces.





SecondIy——If a little wear does

occur after thousands of miles, it

can be quickly and easily corrected,

just by moving the tapered “cone”

and rollers a trifle farther into the

tapered cup. This simple “take-up

for wear” extends the life of the





bearings indefinitely.





The following list of tractors

equipped with Timken Bearings shows

how rapidly tractor owners and build—

ers are appreciating the vital im—

portance of Timken taper.





Hession R 81. P





Hood]

Illinois





Lang , Topp—Stewart

Lanson Tracklayer

Lynn





Maxwell

Moreland Vefie





National





Parrett

Post





Russell





Square Turn





Uncle Sam





Whitney

Wichita Falls

Wisconsin

Wolverine





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Canton, Ohio





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Thousands of Dollars

Added to Cattle Profits





OUT of every five bushels of whole grains fed your cattle,

one bushel goes to the manure pile without being digested and is

a total waste.



But ground feed is all digested. Feeding It. means a 20% cut in feed

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Profits





Every progressive farmer aims for '

the greatest profits. He must there-

fore be businesslike 1n his methods.

He multiplies the returns from his

labor by increasing his crops with





A-A- C- Fertilizers ‘





They have made high records in

crop production. 18 year they

should pay better than ever because

of the great demand and prospect-

ive high prices of staple farm

products. They can be bought

' wherever fertilizers are sold. f i





How to Make Money with Fertilizers





is the title of a 56 page book containing information every

farmer needs In relation to the proper use of fertilizers; it shows

where profit 13 to be found, and how to get it. It 1s different

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AVID LUBIN, of San Francisco,

founder of the International Insti-

tute of Agriculture, and the American

representative on its permanent board,

died in Rome, Italy, recently, Of pneu-

monia. His fatal illness followed an

attack of grip.



David Lubin, known throughout the





men, was born inJ’Poland of Jewish

parents in 1849. When he was a

youngster his mother—whohad remar.

ried after his father’s death—came to





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job dipping watch chain links in a plat-

ing solution. In two weeks he had in-

vented a machine which did that loath-

somely monotonous job better than he

could. In three weeks he had lost his

job, and the other fellow had patented

the machine. He hoboed to California,

and landed in Sacramento, because

there was no one at the railroad yards

to keep him out. By and by he had

enough money to rent a storeroom—

on credit—and buy a case of overalls—

also on credit. That was all he need-

ed. In a few years he was a rich man.

Most of his patrons were farmers and

Lub‘ln was disgusted with the hopeless-

ly unbusinesslike (methods of the aver-

age farmer. He buys in the highest

market and sells in the lowest. So

Lubin went to Europe to study the

practical workings of the cooperative

societies there and in England.‘

When he returned he organized the

California Fruit Growers’ Association,

which now maintains an exchange in

San Francisco. Every other coopera-

tive fruit growing association in the

westwand there are many of them—

is modeled on the plan he devised.

Then it occurred to him that the farm-

ers of the world could profitably coop-





could. He worked out a plan for such

cooperation, which is largely an. ex-

change of information, and in 1904 be-

gan traveling with his idea. '

He traveled all over the United

States and Europe, talking to promi-

nent men, leaders of thought, and poli-

ticians: He spent his own money fres-

Iy. There can be no doubt that his

plan cost him a neat fortune, although

he.died a rich man. He was not even

a delegate to the first session of the

International Institute of Agriculture.





. ,He did not attend its meetings, but re-





mained at his hotel, working out other

plans for the future.





 





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New York. Young Lubin was given a.





crate if the farmers of a community ~

have reported their success with acid





Leader





King of Italy the palace in whiCh the

institute held meetings and a $60,000

a year appropriation. Not a cent of





"this ever reached, his pocket. His work

Was wholly unselfish: ‘





“The. day that a'practical agrarian

credit system is established in the

United States, that day the cost of liv-

ingwill be lowered and the profits of

farming increased,” said Senator Dun-

can J. Fletcher some years ago. “But

David Lubin’s work has not been for

the United States only. He has tried





to better the condition of the farm and

the farmer in every country of the

world. And he has measurably suc-

ceeded.”



Mr. Lubin secured the introduction

in congress of the proposal for the es-

tablishment of an international com-

merce commission. The measure was

passed in 1914. He also fathered the

measure providing for the improving

of the parcel post service, making pos-

sible direct dealing between producer

and consumer.





MORE PHOSPHATE NEEDED.





 





HALF million tons more of acid



phosphate than is now being used

could be applied with profit to farms

in Michigan, in the opinion of Dr. M.

M. McCool, of the Department of Soils

of M. A. C.



“I am forced to conclude,” he declar-

ed recently, “that the tonnage of lime,

as limestone or marl, used as fertilizer

should be vastly incre_ased,~ and that

when acid phosphate can be purchased

at local figures, at least one-half a mil—

lion tons can be used annually with

profit. ”





In a number (if _instances farmers





phosphate where appearances were

such as to indicate a lack of phosphor-

ous in the soil. One farmer, in Ingham

county, secured an increased profit on

potatoes of ten dollars an acre, while

another in Kalamazoo county, using

three hundred pounds of acid phos-

phate to the acre secured an even

larger return.





Both these farmers discovered what

their soil lacked by sending samples





7 to the Soils Department of M. A. C. for





analysis. This service, which can be‘

secured. through the county agricul-

tural agents, is done by the cellege ‘

without charge 1' .
sourH AMERICAN MARKET FOR

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NOTHER year isexpected to find

many Virginia-grown apples being

introduced. to the markets of South

America. Some'of the fruit from that

section has been sold in Havana and

other Cuban cities for a number of

years, and in spite of war conditions

upsetting and paralyzing the export

business trade relations and corres-

pondence has been maintained with

certain interests in Havana, through

which Virginia fruit has beendi‘stribut-

ed with good results. One large grow-

er of Grimes Golden shipped practical-

ly his entire crop of that variety to

‘ ' Havana several years ago and could

have sold as many more. From Hav-

ana many of the apples found their

way to the markets of Brazil, Argen-

tina and other South American coun-

tries, and they were much in demand.

Now that Chairman Hurley, of the

United States Shipping Board, has in-

dicated that the American merchant

marine will control at least thirty-five

per cent of the world’s shipping ton-

nage, and that the South American

trade will be given more attention, pros

gressive growers of apples are await-

ing the opportunity to place their fruit

in the southern country.





 





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For the past few years it seems im-

possible to get a crop of corn. Now,





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what I mean is ears of good ripe grain,

and when we do we have to lant a

small stock variety. I have a s 10 and

it takes a-large acreage of small stalks.

The ears are soft. My cow's freshen in

the spring, so What I want is a food

that will winter them in good shape. I

read a statement in a journal lately

that said: “It cost as much to pro-

duce a pound of beef as it did a pound

of butter-fat.” What is your opinion

of this? ‘ .



Sanilac Co.” F. L. H.





We can go to extremes either way in

producing corn silage. My judgment

is that we should plant a variety of

corn that will mature for the roasting

stage or a‘little beyond. If it does

that it is in the proper condition to

put into the silo. I don’t believe we

can afford to plant a small, early va-

riety for silage; the yield per acre is

not sufficient. On the other hand, we

don’t want to get too much ear. If we

go as far south as Virginia to get seed

for silage, there isn’t One year in ten

that it will mature sufficiently to make

good silage, but if you will get a va-

riety that matures in southern Indiana

or Illinois .or Ohio, these varieties will

mature if we have an extra good corn

year in Michigan. It is risky but there

is very little danger that they will not

sufficiently mature to make good silage

and you can get very much more per

acre with this kind of seed than you

can with a variety of corn acclimated



; . in Michigan. . _

‘ There is abundant evidence from a

‘ great ' many experiment stations to



show that the food necessary to make



a pound of beef if fed to a good dairy



cow will produce a pound of butter-fat.



Of course, the labor in the production



of. a pound of butter-fat is much more

than the prOduction or beef, but you

can often make cows produce from

one and a half to. two pounds of butter-

fat in a day, a’nd more, but on the av-



erage they will only produce. about a



pound of butter-fat in a day. That is



a good average gain in weight a day



for steers. It is a splendid gain to get

one and a half pounds on the average

and it is really an exceptional gain to

get two pounds;

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The answer to the statement recorded by the

Senate Statistican of the 45th Congress that a

saving in labor of forty-five million dollars would

result to American farmers through the use of

Oliver plows is found today in theuniversai de-

mand for Oliver products.





Even as early as the 45th Congress (187 7-187 9)

Oliver quality had been proven in actual practice

and Oliver leadership in providing plows that

assured better seed beds already established.





The agricultural history of the years that have

followed has borne out the correctness of this

statement.





Oliver predominance has kept pace with the remark—

able progress of American agriculture in the past half-

century—with its doubling of farm area, its tripling of pro-

duction, its tremendous reduction of cost and human labor.





Today, as we stand just on the threshold of modern

, power farming, Oliver leadership and progressiveness are

signallized as emphatically as in the early days. A large

majority of tractor manufacturers have openly declared

their preference for Oliver plows and tractor implements

to be used in connection with their tractors.





This preference is based on sheer merit. It has been

earned by OZQver's thorough knowledge of soil conditions,

plow design, plow hitches, tractor construction and

operation. It has been held and cemented by Oliver's

country-wide service organization.





In the “Statement of Yesterday—proved by the experi-

ence of a generation—holding promise of greater achieve-

ments in this new era of American agriculture—you will

find ample justification for Oliver’s slogan: “Plow Makers

for the World." ,





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"My estimate is that for a single

year ifsll ofthe farmers in the United

States had used the Oliver chilled

plows instead of the regular steel or

iron plows, the saving in labor would

have totalled the sum of forty-five

million dollars. "



—Frem Report in Congressional

Record by Senate Statistician.

45th Congress (1877-1819).





   

 





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Here it is --the Cross-Truss-- absolutely the greatest develom

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feature that brings to perfection the hollow-walllwoocl silo and ,

makes it the strongest and most practical silo made. »





The illustration tells the story. As you can see,“ it shows a

series of trusses that unite this silo into a tower of strength.

This is a new application of bridge constrhction.





But it remained to the McClure Company to bring this prin-

ciple into silo building. By its use a rigid frame work is

secured —-nothing could be stronger.

strike one side of this silo but due to the silo Cross-Truss

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this new feature, there are many other advantages of the

Saginaw Liberty Silo with its hollow-wall, which have made

this silo popular wherever introduced. lts heavy inner wall, the

dead air space between that and the outer wall, assure perfect

insulationfl-no more frozen or spoiled silage.





The fact that this is a Saginaw silo is sufficient guarantee ofits con-

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More bushels of Apex Brand Field Seeds

will be sown this year than ever before—for.

the Michigan farmer, if he is awake {to the

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with. seeds that have proven exactly suita 1e

for Michigan’s soil and climate. That means

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Handy Farm _

Equipment

HEN there is a little spare mon-

ey to spend for equipment that

" is very useful on the farm, some

of the following articles might be con-

sidered: Four thermometers can be

used on every farm to good advantage-,2.

one for the churn, one for the cellar,.

one for the living-rooms in the house,

and one to suspend near the most fre-

quently used door-step. It~is quite nec-

essary to have a thermometer to use

in churning in order to do the most

satisfactory work. If there is any dan-

ger ’of vegetables in the cellar-freez-

ing during severe weather, the ther-

'mometer will act as an indicator when

danger approaches and immediate pro-

tection can be furnished in the nature

of lanterns or oil stoves to keep the

temperature up to a safe level.

Frequently farm homes are over—

heated and there is no attempt made

to regulate the temperature during the

winter. A thermometer to aid in keep-

ing the temperature around the com-

fortable and healthful sixty-eight de-

grees, will be very desirable for the

health of the family. There is nothing

more interesting than occasionally fol-

lowing the trail of the mercury on the

porch. In Spite of the fact that it is a

commonplace subject, there is nothing

much more important or interesting

than the weather on'a farm.

Farmers who never own an alarm

clock manage to get up early from a

force of habit, but when city helpers





‘appear on the farm a little jingling on





the gong is necessary to start business

going at the right time. The alarm

clock can be used by the hOusewife to

time the cooking and baking of various

household necessities. When running

an incubator or looking after sick live

stock the alarm clock may he need to

arouse the farmer at a certain hour

during the night when attention to the

work may be necessary to avoid ser-

ious losses.



The electric flash-lights possibly

have more practical uses on a farm

than in the city. The driver of an au‘

tomobile will never wish to light any

matches around the machine, either

in the garage or at any stop on the

road. If an examination of the car is

necessary it is very dangerous to use

a lighted match to help in determining

the trouble. The flash-light is safe

and furnishes an abundance of bright

light just where it’ is most needed.

When quick trips to the barn are nec

essary at night, the handy flash-light is

less bulky and safer than the oil Ian‘-

tern. During sickness a light may be

needed quickly in the home without

electric lights and it will save time to

have a flash-light by the bed. A sub

stantial flash-light may save serious

accidents on the farm While working

around horses at night, and it ”is a

great convenience and safeguard in the

home whenever fire or thieves are sus-i

pected. It is just one of the handy

farm helpers which are not absolutely

necessary but yet very useful.



The keeping in repair of wire fences

is necessary on the stock farm and so

the wire stretcher is a handy tool.

both in repairing and,building new

fences. Not many farmers own wire

stretchers and they would be able to





keep» their fences in better Condition





if they had ready access tothis handy

tool. .In many communities a substan-





I . ,tial wire stretcher might‘be purchased

, in cooperation with several neighbors.‘





It is not a tool that'is needed frequent“

ry and: yet it is veryneeessary in keepf





. mg the farm “fences in repair and, in,

“ ’ building newAfences. Mfs‘of’this kind





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Boy

on the Farm.

By E. V. Root





IN these days when the agitation of

“back to the farm” is so pronounc-

ed and the “keep the boy on the farm”

problem appears to be national in its





question, why the boy, leaves the farm,

and thus secure a‘working basis for

our discussion. Merely talkingof the





out the pitfalls of the city will not

solve the problem. Agricultural oours--

es in the colleges and high- schools

may'help, but they will not solve the

problem of the boy and farm relation,

and we ask the question seriously,

“Why does the boy choose to leave the

farm?” In this brief discussion we

shall try to indicate some of the caus-

es at the bottom of this movement to-

wards the city.



The boy of today, in spite of chang-

ed environment, is verY. much like the

He repeats

the experience of the race and we will

find a. time in the life-of every normal

child, when the love for adventure and

excitement, for the new and untried

are dominant influences and must have

a legitimate outlet, and if the farm life

does not furnish this outlet the rest-

less youth will look for it elsewhere.





Now, farming has shown less ad-

vancement during the past fifty years

than any other industry. To be ”sure,

the invention of labor-saving devices

and machinery has done much, but the

general methods employed on the farm

are much the same as fifty years ago

and this in the face of unquestionable

proof of the existence of better sys-

tems. The farmer as a rule is set in

his ways and can hardly be said to be

open to suggestion. Of course, there

are many exceptions and we know that

progress is being made and we see the

dawning light of better days on the

farm but'speaking in a general way

this statement is true and in this re-





other business man. In no other in-

dustry do we find the methods of half





a century ago followed today. All'





classes of business men have their

combinations and associations; they

study the market; they strive to re-

duce the cost of production; they even

attempt to influence legislation, and in

contrast to this, what is the farmer

doing? Competition in other industries

has had a stimulating effect but the

average farmer is fast asleep to his

best interests and needs a jolt to

arouse him. The multiplication of in-

sects and fungus enemies of the apple

have really had a positive benefit in

arousing the fruit grower and the pro-

gressive, wide-awake, ready-to—learn or-

chardist has reaped richer harvests

than ever before, while his neighbors

who have followed the methods of gen-

erations past have lost even their or-

ch’ards._



Now, the restless youth looks around





and finding farm life dead and mum. ' ‘





mified, uninviting and unremunerative‘,

turns to the city, which immediately

appeals to him. He likes to have a

part in a system which moves and has

a being; he likes the general air, of

progress. and the changes that bring

greater efficiency.





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Super-Six production was to have

ceasedyJanuary lst. -





Dealers, in anticipation of the months

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More than 100,000 Hudsons are already

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super-performance throughout the world.





Hudson production will be resumed as

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before we can meet the usual demand.





Hudson Motor





An interruption of at least three months

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Everyone knows the completeness of

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They Are Pattern Cars





Every Hudson model has been ad-

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similar types of other makes.





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next spring.





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in his leases that certain fields must

be kept seeded with grass. Often it

may be found practical to grow a

cultivated crop of some. kind at inter-

vals of five or six years and keep the

land in pasture or meadow‘ between

times. Fields may easily be ruined

if the tenant is always allowed to cul-

tivate them as he sees fit. As land

owners come to value their land more

highly and take better care of it, uh-

derground drainage will be more large-

ly practiced “to prevent soil erosidn.





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in many cases tile drainage is the

most effective preventative and in

the long run the cheapest. The ques-

tion of investing in tile drains on rented

farms depends in a large measure (on

the value of the land and the class of

tenants one has to deal with. If the

land is. worth one hundred dollars per

acre and the owner retains control of

the farm and is careful in his choice

of tenants, tile drainage should pay

nearly as high returns on the rented

farm as those operated by the owner.

In manyinstances draining a few wet

acres and filling in the ditches will

save sufficient fence material and cost

of maintenance to make the invest-

ment a paying one, or at least, pay a

considerable portion of the cost of the





system. But if the farm is rented for

cash or crop rent and the tenant is not

compelled to follow any definite sys-

tem of farming or keep the outlets op-

en the land-owner Will find it difficult

to realize any profit on the additional

investment.



An important item in the location of

fences is to follow the margins of soil

types, so that all the field can be work-

ed at one time. It is also important

to have the fields large enough. The

fences are a great item of expense and

it pays to have the pastures they in-

close produce profitably. The improve-

ment of pastures by reseeding, by mow-

ing the weeds during the summer and

discing and the application of lime and

phosphorus has proved profitable on

many farms. By planning the work so

that from five to ten acres may be

disced, limed and reseeded each year,

thé‘and-Owner supplying the seed and





‘ ferti izer, the tenant doing the work,





pastures may be kept in good condi-

tion. As a rule the expenditure of

forty or fifty dollars and two or three

days’ team work will help out wonder-

fully in improving the pastures. And

if only a few acres are renewed each

year, the expenditure is only moderate

and the tenant’s labor will be mere

than paid for in the benefits [he derives

from the preceding year’s work.



The problem of -fixing the proportion

of pasture and meadow land to that de-

voted to grain and money crops re-

This not only

makes it possible for the tenant to

practice a profitable rotation of crops

but it encourages the feeding of stock

and the raising of crops to‘feedout on

the farm. What is needed on rented

farms is sufficient stock to consume all





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lease should be accompapied by a map

of the farm with the different fields

numbered and should state explicitly

how many acres of sod grOund may be

broken up and how many acres of land

is to be seeded, as well as the‘ quantity

of seed to be sown to the acre. _If the

land- -owner is alive to his interests he

will plan to visit his farm at about the

time the seeding is being done to see

that it is properly sown and the prop-i

er qfiantity used.



In fixing up farms for renting the

orchards should be put in shape to pro‘

As a rule, the

fruit trees are sadly neglected on rent—

ed farms. If the land—owner puts the

trees in condition and has a clause in

the lease providing that they shall be

properly cared for from year to year

the tenant after seeing the benefits

would realize that it pays to give the

trees proper care. Another item that

is'sadly neglected on rented farms is

the planting of ornamental and useful

trees. By setting out a few trees about

the buildings and in waste places they

will grow into money and greatly en-

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Good Live Stock is an Important Factor in Encouraging Long-term Leases '

and Building up the Fertility of the Farm.





provements are costly} Therefore, it

is better to institute some fixed system

of farm management and see that it is

followed and the rotations not broken

up by some shiftless tenant who leases

the farm for one year.





' Some persons are uneasy about this

tenant system; thinking that it por~

tends the decadence of genuine inter-

est in the farm; but as a matter of

fact, farming is following the trend of

every other line of industry—the put—

ting of labor on a cooperative basis. If

we would ‘Speak of our tenant farming

as cooperative farming whereby each

man employed had an interest in the

business, thousands of the best posted

economists in the country would all

rise up at once and say it is the grand-

est thing for the laborng classes ever

suggested, and yet the principles out-

lined are strictly cooperative. It is, the

most satisfactory way of employing la-

bor when the owner cannot be on the

farm every day in the year.





However difficult it may be for the

landless to become owners, the state

of Michigan is still rich in opportunity

for good tenants to secure a foothold

in a responsive, profitable soil. Thou-

sands of farms are in need of good ten-

ants. If their owners were sure of the

character and ability of men available

as tenants, long-time contracts would

be entered into whereby the tenants

in a few prosperous years could pay

for small farms of their own. If a-

man cannot succeed as a tenant on a

good farm he“has no business going

into debt for a farm ofhis own, al-

though there are a few eccentric indi-





viduals who do not find. themselves _





until. they are free to carry out their

on Ideas. Any young man- who pre-





(Continued' on page 128)., "h
3 V . V .‘. Erad-ica'ting 1' Quack

' ' Grass





Some time ago I wrote you asking v





for instructions about killing quack

grass, and. l shortly received them by

mail. I have my ground fall-plowed

nicely, but may I ask you what you

think about planting it to corn, or sow-

ing it thickly to barley next spring?

Would either one do it as well as buck-

wheat? Of course, in either case]

shall plow again in spring after har-

rowi_ng thoroughly. If planted to eith-

er corn or potatoes would it not re-

quire very vmuch hoeing, beside culti-

‘would not barley sown





quite heavy, be more profitable?_

is clay soil good for barley; would rye

do to follow rye, and if I use commer-

cial fertilzer, how much and what kind





is best for clay?



Ionia Co. ' E. E. D.



Your plan of sowing the ground con-

tinually to barley in the spring is not

as good to overcome quack grass as it

would be to sow it to buckwheat the

latter part of June. The barley in or-

der to amount to anything must be

sown early and the quack grass has a

change to grow along with the barley.

By the other method, you have plenty.

of time to cultivate \up to the last of

June. You can eradicate a lot of the

quack grass by thorough cultivation

before it is time to sow the buckwheat,

then if you sow thickly to buckwheat,

it will smother more thoroughly than

barley would. Possibly barley would

pay better thaii buckwheat, yet this

you cannot tell. A good crop of buck-

wheat is about as profitable as any

grain at the present time.



Your opinion is correct with regard

to planting to corn or potatoes. You

will have very much hOeing to do in

order to keep this quack grass down.

It can be done but it is a painstaking,

tiresome job.



Clay Land for Barley.



There is no better land than a good,

strong clay loam for barley. Barley

wants rich land containing plenty of

phosphorous and it wants land that





will not dry out too much by summer '





conditions, and a clay loam is almost

ideal, providing, of course, it is well

supplied with vegetable matter and in

good condition.



Rye Following Rye.



It is not the best practice to have

one cereal follow itself in a rotation.

It is much better to have a rotation of

crops and have plants follow each

other that are of a little different na-

ture, but on good land this can be done

once or twice if it is necessary, or





more convenient, with the idea that'





the ground should be seeded as soon as

possible so as to get some grass roots

and sod to keep up the vegetable mat-

ter in the soil. Commercial fertilizers

would undoubtedly help the rye crop;

it does most any crop. About two hun-





dred pounds per acre is the amount -





usually used with any cereal crop. The

fertilizer for a cereal crop should have

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The annual meeting and grain show

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in connection With Farmers’ Week at

the Michigan Agricultural College,

:East Lansing, Michigan.



One of the eight large barracks to be

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- Weeks Old. “Shallhave‘June..grass pas-

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to. put— them tin- market shape about

September 1 on rye, as I have a large

acreage and have had very good re-

sults in hogging it down. However, I





' shall have to purchase most of the feed





from now until spring. Which is the





' best and cheapest ra'tion', for them and





what amount would you Consider as a

daily allowance? Corn at $2.75 per

cwt; ground barley $2.60; tankage $6;

middlings $1.70 per cwt. I also have





five brood sows and What would you.

. feed them of the above feeds?





Hillsdale Co. , L. W. M.



In this case I take it that Mr. M.

wishes to get'his pigs through the. win-

ter as cheaply as he can and then fur-

nish them with a more liberal ration

on his home-grown rye. In other

words, he wants to find a. market for

this rye through the hogs. But, in my

judgment, it will not pay to scrimp

pthem very much this winter because

they will not gain any if you do and

you are practically losing the food

which you put into them. You can get





, along by feeding a very small amount





and keep the pigs alive, but if they

make no growth you have got practi-

Cally nothing to show for the grain

which you have fed themand so I

would prefer to feed them a fairly lib-

eral ration and get a good growth

which will put them in a better condi-

tion to assimilate this rye than as

though they had been poorly wintered.



Now, a growing pig needs .a liberal

ration containing a sufficient amount of

protein to make growth. Wheat mid-

dlings alone mixed with water are a

splendid food for growing pigs. One

‘wlnter I grew them and fattened them

on middlings alone when this product

was cheap and they did nicely. It is

almost a balanced ration. You can

feed corn or ground barley with tank-

age and make just as good a ration

and perhaps better than middlings

alone. If you are going to feed mid-

dlings the ration must be practically

all middlings or you won’t have a suf-

ficient amount of protein. ”Ground bar-

ley or corn does not contain enough

protein so that you must feed tankage





 





 

   

   

   





   





with it. Either one of these rations or

a combination of them will carry the

gpigs through the winter, making a rea-

sonable growth and keep them in good

condition. They should also have a

good grain ration on the June grass

pasture.



I would advise that as early in the

'spring as possible you sow a mixture

of oats and peas and rape. This pas-

ture will come in between your June

gras and rye and will be as cheap and

really better than the June’grass. The

peas and oats will came first after the

June grass and the rape will continue

all through the summer and will make

a fine combination to give them with

the rye. I am of the opinion that it

will pay to feed a little grain and some

tankage while you are hogging down

the rye. You will get better results

out of the rye and you can probably

carry a few more pigs in this way to

utilize the rye than as though you had

nothing for them to eat but therye.

In 'other words; by-balancing the ra-

tion with a little tankage and perhaps

some middlings, you can make the ry





.. i ‘ go farther and with less waste. ‘





I don’t believe in weighing out the

ra‘tion for a bunch of pigs. I am of

the opinion that it will pay you to.

feed about what they will eat up clean

without waste. By feeding in this way

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Brood sows do not need as much

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ground barley, a little clover hay if

you wish to do so,- or you can .give

them a little tankage with the ground

barley, and feed some corn, or you can

make a slop composed of ground barley

and middlings and feed a little corn,

which will be greater variety and be





relished by the hogs.





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(Continued from page 126).

pares himself for the profession of ag-

riculture, and combines industry, hon-

esty, aggressiveness and tact with per-

sistence and patience, can graduate.

from the tenant class to that of land-

owner in a few years. It is an educa-

tion as well as an opportunity to be a

tenant on a good farm. It not, only

gives a man good training but it ena-

bles him to judge his fitness for agri-

culture. A good five years’ course of

training under an educated land—owner

would give one as liberal an agricul-

tural education as two years in a

college. ‘



I have given much study to the eco-

nomic questions involved in rural co-

operation, and I,can see no place

where they can be applied to better

advantage than in leasing farms. I

have found almost invariably that the

farmers and manufacturers who pay

the highest wages are those who in the

long run get the most out of their men

and are the most prosperous. They

get better help, and feeling that the

wages are high they make a special

efiort to do efficient work. The funda-

mental principles are the same in leas—

ing a farm. The man who is given a

good chance feels that he must manage

the farm so that the owner can afford

to bear the extra charges. It results in

a better system of farming and larger

profits to both parties.



The best remedy is square dealing

by all concerned and a liberal system

of cooperative leasing which takes in-

to consideration the building up of the

farm as well as immediate profits.

Practical stock farming 'will always im-

prove the average farm as we find it

today. The land-owner who under-

stands the situation will not only do

his part in the way of adding needed

improvements but will give the tenant

such a share as will enable him to

make a reasonable profit without rob-

bing or neglecting the property. There

is a close relationship between the ten

ant’s income and the keeping up of

the farm.



Editor’s Note—In succeeding is-

sues Mr. Ford will discuss the prob-

lem of choosing good tenants, equita-

ble division of profits, things to avoid

in entering into the different kinds of

partnerships, leases and agreements

and other. points which landowners

and tenants shOuld understand before

binding themselves to do thus and so.





We feel sure that many of our road

ers could profit by reading these arti-





cles carefully and keeping them for





reference.

Good pasture lands are the basis of

successful dairy farming. '

The herd should be taken up early

in the fall, so as-to allow the last

growth of grass to ailerd protection to

the roots during the winter. '

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Dairy F d

O havespoken of a dairy ration

two— years ago Would have been

, to remind one of grain. ,Rough-

age was so~plentiful.then and so cheap

that it gave us little concern. Today

it is different. Roughage is scarce and

quite as expensive as grain, if one

must buy it. Ensilage is the main fac‘

tor in soifar as roughage is concerned,

for hay is too high, and ‘too hard to

find to be fed in liberal quantities un-

less it is grown on the farm where the

~ cows are kept. It can hardly be possi-

ble that hay will be cheap for a year

or tWo yet,‘ and ‘I look for it to be

so’arcer next year than it is now.



' I pity the man who is trying to keep

cows without a silo. He should at

once make preparations to build one,

or sell the cows. Think what the silo

has meant to farmers in Michigan dur-

ing the past year and a half. The corn

crop of 1917 cut by the frost before it

was ripe, the crop of this year grown

from any seed that could be secured,

and only part of it matured on that

account. But the 'silorfurnished our

way out of the difficulty. Today we

are glad we planted that late corn

from the east and south. It was all

we could get, and it furnished us a lot

of. good ensilage in a year when the

feeding of it to a bunch of dairy cows

will bring larger returns than at any

other time within our recollection. _We

lare going to make our ensilage last

through until grass comes again. If

we have plenty, we will feed liberally

of it, but if otherwise, we will regulate

the daily allowance so-as to make it

last'as long as we are going to need it.



Generally speaking, we should do the

same with respect to our hay. If we

know where we can buy hay at a price

that we can afferd to pay, then we may

feed as much of it as the cows will

consume, but otherwise we should plan

to feed as nearly an equal allowance

of roughage as may be, throughout the

season.



I know one good dairyman who has

just a little alfalfa, and he has estimat-

ed the allowance of each cow at two

pounds daily. Two pounds is therefore

each cow’s portion of alfalfa in ‘the

daily ration, and it helps out. It is

much better to feed it in that way,

than to feed ten pounds for a month

or a little. more, and have none of it

throughout the rest of the winter.



Straw is bringing more in the mar-

ket this winter than it is worth to

feed, but if other roughage can not be

conveniently bought, it will be better

to feed it and save the trouble of mar-

keting it, and hunting other feed to

take its place. In times like this, one

should watch carefully and not feed

more roughage than will be “consumed

by the cows. Indeed,- our supply may

be so small that we shall have to cut

down the amount and compensate by

feeding more grain. In such a case

let us plan to feed uniformly through-

out the’winter and spring.





Coming to the matter of grain, prices .





are Certainly inspiring to those who

have it to sell. The question is, “What

shall we feed as our grain ration?

Here, as elsewhere, “circumstances al-

ter cases.” PerSonally, I would begin

withoats. For some time back, wheat

bran, if it could be obtained at the mill

where it was made, was comparatively

cheap,‘.bu,t,,a day ortWo ago, I received

’ quotations from a large company in the

, west that nearly took my breath‘away.

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Kindly advise me as to the proper

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Myertrouble with weeds coming in and

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Livingston Co. F. A. M.





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,phOSphorus and potassium is used for

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posed to indicate a venturesome

state of mind. It was not with any

conscious recklessness that I bought

'an old carpenter’s bench and chest of

tools.



Although fond of attending public

sales, I had always been proof against

the weakness of bidding in anything

for which Ihad no reasonable use. In

this instance I merely meant to en-

courage the auctioneer in getting the

stuff started. It was all grouped as

one item. He showed his ingratitude

by knocking it off to me, with very lit-

tle ceremony. Though none of it was

in very good condition, the price paid

was small, and I had the satisfaction

of knowing that it was dirt cheap, pro-

viding I had any need for it, which I

felt I had not.



However, I took it home with me, as

a matter of course. To justify myself

in the eyes of my wife, whose com-

ments on the purchase were intended

to be witty where they were not sar-

castic, I converted one corner of the

barn into a kind of shop. Further, I

professed great satisfaction over the

'esult intimating that a shop was some-

thing I had always desired. This was

wholly insincere. I had never desired

a shop. But it shows to what ends a

man will sometimes go to prevent the

companion of his bosom from getting

something on him.





My wife’s unsympathetic attitude

has not been due to the mere presence

of the bench and tools. There is noth-

ing about either of them to excite caus-

tic remark. They assumed such a. pow-

er only when coupled with the circum-

stance that their possessor in this in-

stance was notoriously iinskillful, or

at least unpracticed in the use of small

tools. There were many little evidences

of this about his premises. Usually he

had to be coaxed into making the most

trivial repairs.





Having gone so far, I could not save

my face without forcing myself to the

effort of making things. A man with

even a very small sense of humor can

see that a. shop in which nothing is

ever made is open to ridicule. Thus it

was that I started in to put my new

possessions to some, account. It was

not with very much enthusiasm, I will

admit, until, very soon, I got grasp of

a big truth, which is the point of all

that I have been trying to say. It was

that I had not had any playthings

since I was a boy, although as a man

I had needed playthings withOut know-

ing it, and now I had "found some.



To make myself fully intelligible to

the-reader, it is perhaps necessary that

I should here briefly digress. The most

of us do not make a proper distinction





between resting and rusting. When





temporarily free from the work of our

occupation we are apt todapse into a

state of mental and physical apathy.





' There are times,' of course, When the





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other. While the tired muscles and

brain-cells are being rested, others





have been woke up and are being giv-

en needed exercise.



Playing any kind of a game is a

form of work, only we never think of it

in that way. The game makes de-

mands upon our energies in some form,

just as though it was something for

which we were receiving pay. ‘ A busi-

ness man after a day of hard mental





.strain will find refreshmentin playing





golf, and a group of mill-men, follow-

ing severe physical toil, will get pleas-

ure out of playing ball on the commons.

_ It had been my custom to put in a

faithful day in the routine work of the

farm, without much thought to, any-

thing else. When’night came I was a

pretty tired white man. I would per-

haps doza for an hour or more over a

newspaper and then seek an early bed.

After I had acquired my shop I started

in to do a little tinkering, for reasons

already stated. The after-supper pe-

riod was the time I chose for it. No

one could have been more surprised

than myself when I began to enjoy the

thing.



The first piece of work I turned out





was a portable chicken-coop. Its ar- .





chitectural lines were not very true

and the workmanship was crude, but

it held chickens. I was very proud of

that coop. Although I did not have in

me the making of much of a mechanic,

I developed a certain rough skill in the

use ,of the tools, which held my inter—

est. The little wagon I made for the

youngest member of the family was

certainly a success, judged from the

pleasure it gave him, despite the fact

that the hind wheels were wobbly. I

tried my hand at a variety of articles

of a utilitarian or supposed ornamental

nature, and While I could not point

with pride to all of them, I struck a

fair average of amateur achievement.



But this was all secondary to the

entertainment I got out of it. It satis-

fied an instinct to create, and took my

mind for the time being off‘the small

vexatiOns of my regular Occupation.

Any-a kind of an innocent hobby is a.

good tonic. Mine brightened me up.

I could read my paper with greater

satisfaction, and I became more com-

panionable to my family. No attempt

was made” to reduce my shopwork to

any routine. One of the fine features

of it was that I could go in and pound

and saw to my heart’s delight, or I

could leave the shop alone, just as I

happened to feel about the matter.

There were very few days, though,

that I failed to take a. little of this

form of rest. Seeing the improvement

it made in me, my wife became a

strong champion of theshop idea,

though I never could secure her coop-

eration in the form of holding a nail

for me while I wielded the hammer.



I can imagine nothing, more interest-

ing than farm, work, but if you don’t

have some diversion always at hand

to get you out of the routine your mind

runs along in the same 61d rut. You

get stale and yOur brain becomes cob-

webby. You are happier and more cap-

able through having a. little play-spell

every.now and then. I would not rec-

ommend a shop to everyone. What is

good for me might not be best for the

other fellow, though I believe there is

SOmething universally human in the

use of tools. The nub to my argument

is that a hobby, or secondary interest,

of somekind is an element of physical

and mental health. If you do not have

some ready means for taking your

mind. off your work, you keep thinking

about the work, subconsciously or'ot-h-

er’wis‘e, with the result that instead of

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As the day grows grey and father

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After years of experimenta-





class about the rhinoceros family. , How to get such life from your



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Behind us stretched a. long space of

straight water, and one .canoe was

close, while the second was barely vis-

ible along a curve of the shore. Ahead,

however, the river appeared vacant,

the leading boat having vanished

around a wooded bend. My eyes met

those of Cassion and the sight of him

instantly restored me to a recollection

of my plan—nothing could be gained

by open warfare. I permitted my. lips

to smile, and noted instantly the

change of expression in his face.



“I have slept well, Monsieur,” I said

pleasantly, “for I was very tired.”



“ ’Tis the best way on a boat voy-

age,” assuming his old manner, “but

now the day is nearly done.”



“So late as that! You will make

camp soon?”



“If that be Cap Sante yonder, ’tis

like we shall go ashore beyond. Ay!

see the smoke spiral above the trees;

a hundred rods more and we make the

turn. The fellows will not be sorry,

the way they ply the paddles.” He

leaned over and shook Chevet. “Time

to rouse, Hugo, for we make camp.

Bend to it, lads; there is food and a

night's rest waiting you around yonder

point. Dig deep, and send her along.”

‘As we skirted the extremity of shore

I saw the opening in the woods, and

the gleam of a’cheerful fire amid green

grass. The advance canoe swung half-

hidden amid the overhanging roots of

a huge pine tree, and the men were

busily at work ashore. To the right

they were already erecting a small

tent, its yellow canvas showing plain-

ly against the leafy background of the

forest. As we circled the point closely,

seeking the still water, we could per-

ceive ’ Altudah standing alone on a

flat rock, his red blanket'conspicuous

as he pointed out the best place for

landing. As we nosed into the bank,

our sharp bow was grasped by waiting

Indians and drawn safely ashore. I

reached my feet, stiffened, and scarce-

ly able to move my limbs, but deter-

mined to land without the aid of Cas-

sion whose passage forward was block-

ed by Chevet’s huge bulk. As my

weight rested on the edge of the canoe,





the chief, and extended his hand.

“A slight spring,” he said, “and you

land with dry feet; good! now let me

lift you—so.”



I had but the instant»; I knew that.

for I heard Cassion cry out something

just behind me, and, surprised as I





Artigny, I yet realized the necessity

for swift speech.



“Monsieur,” I. whispered. “Do not

talk, but listen. You would serve me ?"



“Ay!”



“Then ask nothing, and above all do

not quarrel with Cassion. I will tell

you everything the moment I can see

you safely alone. Until then do not

seek me. I have your word?”



He did not answer, for the Commis-

saire grasped my arm, and thrust him-

self between us, his action so swift

that the impact of his body thrust De

Artigny back a step. I saw the hand

cf the younger man close on the knife

hilt at his belt, but was quick enough

to avert the hot words burning his lips.

“A bit rough, Monsieur Cassion',”;,‘I





' cried laughing merrily, even as I re-





leased my arm. “Why so much haste?

I was near falling, and it was but

courtesy which led Sieur de Artigny

to' extend me his hand. It dees not

please me for you to be ever seeking

a quarrel” _ g ,,



There must have been that in my

face which cooled him, for his hand

fell, and his thin lips curled into a. sar-





 





castic smile.





was by the sudden appearance of De.





“If I seemed hasty,” he exclaimed,

“it was more because I was blocked

by that boor of a Chevet yonder, and

it angered me tohave this young game-

cock ever at hand to push in. What

think you were employed for, fellow

an esquire of dames? Was there not

work enough in the camp yonder, that

you must be testing your fancy graces

every time a boat lands?



There was no mild look in De Ar-

tigny’s eyes as he fronted him, yet he

held his temper, recalling my plea, no

doubt, and I hastened to step between

them, and furnish him an excuse for

silence. '



“Surely you do wrong to blame the





young man, Monsieur, as (but for his-





aid I would have slipped yonder. There

is no cause for hard words, nor do I

thank you for making me a subject for

quarrel. Is it my tent they erect

yonder?”



“Ay,” there was little graciousness'

to the tone, for the man had the nature

of a bully. “’Twas my thought that

it be brought for your use; and if Mon-

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aside, it will give me pleasure to es-

cort you thither.”





~The younger man’s eyes glanced





De Artigny swung down from behind ‘from the other’s face into mine, as





though seeking reassurance. His hat

was instantly in his hand, and he step-

ped backward, bowing low.



“The wish of the lady is sufficient,”

he said quietly, and then stood again

erect, facing Cassion. “Yet,” he added

slowly, “I would remind Monsieur that

while I serve him as a guide, it is as a

volunteer, and I am also an officer of

France.”



“Of France? Pah! of the renegade

Le Salle.” _,



“France has no more loyal servant,

Monsieur Cassion in all this western

land—nor is he renegade, for he holds

the Illinois at the King’ 5 command. ”



“Held it—yes; under, Frontenac; but

not now.” '



“We will not quarrel over words, yet

not even in Quebec was it claimed that

higher authority than La. Barre’s had

led to recall. Louis had never inter‘

fered, and it is De Tonty, and not De

Baugis Who is 1n~ command at St. Louis

by rhyal order. My right to respect

6f rank is clearer than your own, Mon-

ieur, so I beg you curb your temper. "



“You threaten the?”



“No; we who live in the wilderness

do not talk, we act. I obey your or;

ders, do your will, on this expedition,

but as a man, not a slave. In all else“

we stand equal, and I accept insult

from no liying man. ’Tis well that you

know this, Monsieur.” ‘ '3



The hat was back upon his head, and

he had turned away before Cassion

found anwering speech. It was a





_ for the night.





jauntyi. careless figure, disappearing__

amid the trees, the very swing of his





shoulders a challenge, nor did he so

much as glance about to mark the ef-

fect of his insolent words. For the in-





stant I believed Cassion’ first thought





was murder, for he gripped a pistol in

his hand, and flung one foot forward,

an oath sputtering between his lips.

Yet the arrant coward in him conquer-

ed even that mad outburst of passion,

and before I could grasp his arm in

restraint, the, impulse had passed, and

he was staring after the slowly reced-

ing figure of De Artigny, his fingers

nerveless.



“Mon Dleu—no- I’ll show the pup

who is" the master," he muttered. “Let

him'disobey once, and I’ll stretch his

dainty form as I would an‘Indian cur.”



“Monsieur,” I said, drawing his at-

tentiOn to my presence. “’Tis of no

interest to me, your silly quarrel with

Sieur de Artigny. I am weary with the





boat journey, and would rest until food .

is served.” -



“But you heard the young cockerel!

What he dared say to me?”





 





"Surely; and were his words true?”



“True! what mean you? That he

would resist my authority?”



“That he held commission from the

King, while your only authority was by

word of the‘Go'vernor? Was it’not by

Royal Orders that La. Salle was reliev-

ed of command ?” g



Cassion’s face exhibited embarrass-

ment, yet he managed to laugh.



“A mere boast the boy made, yet

with a grain of truth to bolster it. La.

Barre acted with authority, but there

has not been time for his report to be

passed upon by Louis. No doubt ’tis

now upon, the sea.”



“And now for this reason to lay his

cause before the King, the Sieur de‘ la.

Salle, sailed for France.”



“Yes, but. too late; already confor-

mation of La Barre’s act is en route to

New, France. The crowing eockerel

yonder will lose his spurs. But come,

’tis useless to stand here discussing

this affair. Let me show you how well

your comfort has been attended to. "



I walked beside him among the trees

and across the patch of grass to where

the, tent stoOd against aKbackground

of Nick. The Indians and soldiers'in

separate groups were busied about

their fires, and I could distinguish the

chief, with Chevet, still beside the can-

oes, engaged in making them secure

The evening shadows

were thickening about us, and the

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across the river to the opposite shore.





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“ ’Twas brought for my own use,” he

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I did so, yet turned instantly to pre-

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La Barre.”



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He glanced about, to assure himself

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His eyes were ugly.



“You refuse that! Mon Dieu! Do

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—-or more.”



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me again this night.”



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at the entrance, and waited, watching

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to me.





 





CHAPTER .IX.

The Flames. of Jealousy

Y only faith in Hugo Chevet

rested in his natural ‘resent-

ment of Cassion’ s treachery rel-

ative to my father’s fortune. He would





ed, deprived of his rightful share of

the spoils.





Barre and his Commissaire‘, it would

have been his privilege to have hand-

led whatever property Pierre la Ches‘

nayne left at time of his death. He

would have been the legal guardian of

an heiress, instead of the provider for

'an unwelcomed child of poverty.



He had been tricked into marrying





rid himself of an incumbrance, and at

the same time gained a friend and ally





that act he'had alienated himself from

all chance of ever controlling my in-

‘heritance. The knowledge that he had

thus been outwitted would rankle in

the man’s brain, and he was one to

seek revenge. It was actuated by this

thought that I had sent fer him, feeling

that perhaps at last we had a common

cause.



Whether, or not, Cassion would take

my dismissal as final I could not feel

assured. No doubt he would believe

my decision the outburst of a woman’s

mood, which he had best honor, butt-in

full'faith that a few days would bring

to me a change of mind. The man was

too pronounced an egotist to ever con-

fess that he could fail in winning the

healt of any girl whom he condescend-

ed to honor, and the very injury which





my lepulse had given to his pride‘





would tend to increase his desire to

possess me.



However little he had cared before

in reality, now. his interest would be

aroused, and I would seem to him wor-

thy of conquest. He would never stop

after what had occurred between us

until he had exhausted every power he

possessed. Yet I saw nothing more'of

him that night, although I sat just

within the flap of the tent watching

the camp between me and the river.

Shadowing figures glided about, re-

vealed dimly by the-fires, but none of

these did I recognize as the Commis-

saire, nor did I hear his voice.



‘I had been alone for an hour, al-

ready convinced' that the soldier had

failed to deliver my message, when my

Uncle Chevet finally emerged from





”the shadows, and announced his pres-





ence. He appeared a huge, shapeless

figure, his very massiveness yielding

me a. feeling of protection, and I arose,

and joined him. His greeting proved





. the unhappiness of his mind.





“So you sent for me—why?- What

has happened between 'you and Cas-

sion?” _



“No more than occurred between us





' yonder in Quebec, when I informed





him that I was his wife in name only,”

I answered quietly. “Do you blame me

now that you undeistand his purpose

in this marriage. 7”



“But I don’t understand. You have

but aroused my suspicion. Tell me

all, and if the man is a villain he shall

make answer to me.”



"Ay, if’ you imagine youhave been

outplayed in the game, although it is

little enough you would care other-

wise. Let there be no misunderstand-

ing between us, Monsieur.- You sold

me to Francois Caesion because you

expected to profit through hi‘sinfluence

with La Barre. Now you learn other-

wise, and the discovery has angered

you. For the time being you are on

my side-but for how lo.ng 9”





 





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thick head.





returned for the this I made him prom-i '





feel that he had been cheated, dece1v-,-





The man cared nothing for me, as

had already been plainly demonstrat-‘

‘ed, yet, but for this conspiracy of La. -





me to Cas'sion, feeling that he had thus





at court, and now discovered that by-





deter. I intended to proceed ontthat





He stared at me, his sl0w wits

. scarcely translating my words. Seomg ,

ingly the man ”'had but one idea. in his -. ', f , ,j





11

you fof this wealth. 9” _

“By overbearing conversation while





A hidden behind a curtain in LE1 Barre 3'





office. He spoke freely with‘, his. aide,





and later with C'assion. It Was my dis-J .

covory there which led to the for'Ced ,





marriage, and our being Sent With this

expedition. "



“You heard alone?”



"so they thought, and naturally be-

lieved marriage would prevent my ever

bearing witness against them. But I

was not alone. ” ' *



“Mon Dleus Another heard?”



“Yes, the ‘Sieur do Artigny.’



Chevet grasped my‘ arm, 511111111111;

glare of» the- fire I could‘see his excite-

ment pictured in his face.





“Who? That lad? You were in hid-K

ing there together? And did he real-‘





ize what wassaid ?”



“That I do not know,” I answered,

"for we have exchanged no word since.

When my presence was discovered, De

Artigny escaped unseen through the





open window. I need tO‘meet him again.





that these matters maybe explained,

and that I may learn just. 'What he ov—

erheard. It was to enlist your aid that

I sent foryou.”



“To bring the lad here ?”



“No; lthat'could not be done without

arousing the suspicion of Cassion. The

two are already on the vol go of a quar-

rel. You must find some way of draw-

ing the CommisSaire aside—net to-

night, for there is plenty of time be-

fore us, and I am sure we are being

watched now—and that will afford mo

opportunity. " _



“But why may I not speak to him?”



“You-” I laughed.‘ “He would be

likely to talk with you. A sweet mes-

sage you sent him in Quebec. ”



“I was drunk, and Cassion asked it

of me. ” ‘



“I thought as much; the coward

makes you pull his chestnuts from'the

fire.’ Do you give me the pledge ?”.



f‘Ay! although ’tis not my way to

play sweet, when I should oijy to

wring the fellow’s neck. What was it

La Barre said?”



I, hesitated a moment, doubting how

much I had better tell, yet decided it

would be best to intrust him with the





facts, and some knowledge of what I ,





proposed to do. '



“That just before he died my fath-

er’s property was restored to him by

the King, but the Royal order was nev-

er recorded. It exists, but where I do

not know, nor do I know as yet for

what purpose it was concealed My

marriage to Cassion must have been

an afterthought, for he is' but a crea-

ture of La Barre’s. It is through him

the greater villains seek control; but,

no doubt, he was a willing tool enough

and expects his share.”



“Why not let me choke the truth out

of him then? Bah! it would be easy.”



“For two reasons,” I said earnestly.

“First, I doubt if he knows the true

conspiracy, or can lay hands on the

King’s restoration. Without that we

have no proof of fraud. And second,

coward though he may be, his -yery

fear might yield him’courage. No,

Uncle Chevet, we must wait, and learn

these facts through‘other means than

force. “Tis back in Quebec, not’ in

this wilderness, we will find the needed

proofs. What I ask (if you is, pretend

to know nothing; do not permit Cas-

sion to suspicion that I have confided

in you We must encourage him to

talk by saying nothing which will put

him on guard. ”



“But he is already aware that you

have learned the truth. ” ,



‘ “Of that I am not ceitain. It Was

the conversation between La Barre and

Colonel Dflelguard which gave me the

real cue. Of this Cassion may not

have heard, as he entered the room
HANDY FARM EQUTPM ENT.





(Continued from page 124)





last almost indefinitely and a farmer

with a fair-sized acreage can afford to





own one as the yearly expense of own-_

ing 15th a tool can be spread over a 1





large number of years. .

WindoWe are often broken in the





‘ho‘uSe, barn or poultry houses and if

there is no glass cutter, putty, or glue ..

zier’s points han‘dy,‘ the window may-

stay broken for a long time, even '





though there are plenty of pieces of





glass on the farm that might be cut to '





fit the space formerly filled by the

braken pane. The glass \cutter and

the putty knife are handy tools forthe





farmer “and needed at the most unex- '_





pected time at any season of the year.



Both the istep4ladder and the high

ladder are necessary equipment that

will be needed frequently. The step-

ladder will be handy in picking fruit,

pruning and repairing work around

the house and barn. The high ladder





is valuable in fire protection. If a barn1





catches on fire it is very handy to

have a quick means of getting up on

the house to protect the root from the

sparks. In case of a small chimney

fire spreading to the roof of the house,

the farmer with a high ladder avail-

able might be able to save his home

even though the house might have

burned if a trip to the neighbor’s to

borrow a ladder had been necessary.



The portable fire extinguishers are

practical and may save much trouble

due to fire on the farm. In the barn,

the auto garage or in the home they

can sometimes be used quickly to stop

a fire that might cause serious damage

to life and property. The presence of

a fire extinguisher will give an added





safety to many farm homes. There is ,





a limit to the purse and the above

mentioned articles are not absolutely

necessary but they are a practical in-

vestment and worth all they cost to

the farmer. , '

Ingham Co. R. G. KIRBY.





 





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agent originated an interesting





plan for an agricultural survey. If you .





want to locate a supply of seed corn

or cats, a grain binder a pure bred bull

or some young pigs in any community

in five counties in this state, all you

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the state librarian at Hartford, Conn.,

run a series of cards through an elec-





tric sorting machine, and, presto, you.’





have the information. Five of the

eight counties began surveys early in

March, 1918. Forty questions, under

the headings of area, crops harVested

in 1917, crops planned to be harvested

in 1918, 'live stock on hand, machinery

on hand, and employes, were included

in the survey, and a corps of volunteer

farmer census enumerators got busy.

When the survey was completed the





farm bureaus had a stack of cards con- .





taining minute information as .to the

resources and needs of every farm. An

electric sorting machine was installed

in the state library, and any fact dis-

closed by the survey can be ’made

available by throwing on an electric

switch. The survey has been invalu—

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Keep an eye open for those 19.1,.

plump, young’pigs that do hot Come 3 -_

out of their nest’ for exercise. They’ "





are the ones that are apt to have the

thumps. Give the sow and Litter free





range and allow them to exercise but ~_

of their superfluous fat oi and in The E





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Additional Stock Ads on?!” 149
Fill Idle M1nds and





ATAN finds some mischief still for

S idle hands to do,” was the maxim



which an old Scotch school master

used to hurl at our heads. Viewed

withthe judgment of maturer years

I’ve wondered much why he didn’t mull

it over to himself, and visit our homes

to impress it on our parents. For if

anyone needed the saying it was not

the youngsters who got into the mis-

chief, :but the adults who failed to pro-

vide proper fun and interesting work





 





dren who were guilty of delinquency,

only about thirteen Were, mentally de-

ficient, it was found that these normal-

ly bright children were led into trouble

because of “lack of opportunity for

moral and mental training, for recrea-





Wholesome recreation suitably sup- Y. M. C. A., with its swimming pool, .

ervised is the crying need of young basket ball, indoor base ball and game. -‘ , 1

folks, especially in the country and tables. Libraries offer books and ‘

small towns. The young folks of cities story telling hours, and churches keep

fare better in this respect than country open house with their gymnasiums.

children, in spite of the advantage of “Wholesome recreation is thus provid.



- , ed for the city child, and in addition .

night schools in winter and vacation

schools in summer offer a “variety of

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for the active children committed to

their care.

Children naturally must be busy.





By Lydia M. Thornton





~ .life so far as schOOIS can help them.





And best of' all, they are supervised.

'Instead of being left to grope in the





So well accepted is this fact that when

a child sits down quietly we instantly

decide he must be sick. And yet we

fail to make provision for this immuta-

ble law of child nature. The baby

from the time he creeps until he pass-

es out of babyhood is the most strik-

ing illustration. We say every day,

“Wouldn’t you think he would get tir-

ed and want to sit down and rest?”

But he never seems to. All day long

he trots about investigating, and moth-

ers, recognizing the principle of keep-

ing him out of mischief by keeping him

interested, coax him from the things

he shouldn’t do with a promise of a

different amusement or a new toy.

The very young child is provided for,

possibly because it takes so little to

amuse him. A string of spools or but—





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





dark, their efferts are directed by the

teachers.





Public playgrounds, gymnasiums,

swimming pools and skating ponds are

still' in‘the future for most rural chil-

dren. But conscientious parents can

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fort.’ When you give the order for



-concrete pens. for your porkers and

watering troughs for your stock, go a

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1y handled, area more paying invest-

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and pay for themselves a hundred-fold

if they help keep the boys at home and





What have I done today, now let me think,

I haven’t read the book I should have read;

I didn’t make that call on Mrs. Brink,

Nor spend the youth- restoring hour in bed.

Nor massage out the wrinkle in my cheek,

I didn’ t bake the fruit-cake, but may-be

I wrought as well—I sung my son to sleep,

Close cuddled and content upon my knee.





What have I done today, I missed the Guild

And quite forgot my shopping trip to town;

My music rack with treasure amply filled,

I left the cover of my organ down.

I didn’t sew the'new flower on my hat,

But son and I played marbles on the floor,

And there was virtue quite 'as much in that

Perchance than though I had accomplished more.





What have I done today, now let me see, ‘

I’ve put the paltry things from out my soul,



I’ve mothered Laddie and he’s played with me

And we’ve been happy; making that my goal.



I’ve learned why God, creating human kind

Made Mothers to be guarded safe from harms,





‘ fiber of stitches divis-





tons, a box of clothes pins, a spoon

and a sand pile, a ball made out of

twine, these will furnish the young

child amusement. But when he grows

older, passes into school days, learns

to read and to play with his fellows,

we lose sight of the basic principle

that he must be kept always busy un-

less he is to get into mischief, and

then mischief is indeed begun.



The Children’s Bureau of the United

States Department of Labor has pub-

lished some interesting findings on the

effect of this lack of supervision. Out

' of one hundred and eighty-five chil-





 





To train a baby’s active, eager mind,

To hold a little lad in loving arms.





 





 





 





 





 





tion, and lack of variety of interesting

occupations with promising futures.”



Few normally bright children delib-

erately go wrong. ldleness is one con-

tributing factor. They have nothing

to do and as a result drift into mis-

chief, not malicious "mischief at first,

but idle mischief which little by little

leads to deliberate wrong doing, de-

struction of property or perhaps theft.





outdoors For what is the use of the

outdoors if there is nothing to do, ex-

cept to work, from a child’s point of

view? Cities have their public play-

grounds withswimming pools, swings,

sand piles, May-poles, base ball dia-

monds, tennis courts, everything for

wholesome sports, with the added ad-

vantage of a supervisor. In winter

there are the skating ponds and the





out of mischief. Plan for games” for

long winter‘evenings. If you are op-

posed to playing Cards there are domi-

noes, checkers and chess, flinch and 3





~ dozen other games.





Recognize the fact that the child

must be amused. He must have fun

and he is going to get it some way, it.

not in a lawful way under your eyes,

then unlawfully. Keep him interested

in work or play. But above all, keep

your eye on him. Not oppressively, of

course. Don’t snoop nor spy but just

the same, know what your boy andng

are doing and who are their friends and

playmates. ' DEBORAH.





New Knitting Pattern





HEN the grim necessity of “war

URI knitting” is over, women who

have learned. the art will. turn

it to account in the making of useful

articles, and new patterns will be in

constant demand.

This design was originally used in a

knitted shawl, but it





 





 





2, purl 7 all the way across.

Third Row: Knit 6, purl 3

Fourth Row: Knit 4, purl 5.

Fifth Row: ‘Knit 4, purl 5.





Sixth Row: Knit 6, purl 3.

Seventh Row: Knit 2, purl ,7.

Eighth Row: Knit 8, purl 1.





 





can be adapted to a

variety of uses. It

would make an ex-

cellent scarf or a

sweater like young

girls are wearing.

one advantage of

this design is that

any novice knowing

the knit and purl

stitches can make it

by following the sim-

ple directions, which

are as follows:



Cast on any num-





 





 





lble by nine. First

"ROW: Knit 8, purl

1 all the way across.

' 583001111 Row: Knit





It will be noticed the number of purl

stitches is always odd, and the number

of knit stitches always even. For a

baby carriage robe, nothing could be

prettier than this design in white Ger-

mantown zephyr, with white or color-

ed crocheted border.



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Knitted Shawl.



The shawl mentioned above was

made of dark red Germantown zephyr

yarn done on medium—sized wooden

needles. As the pattern calls for

groups of nine stitches, the, number

cast on'—-.or “set up” which is the mod-



’ ern term—must be

divisible by nine. A

good number is 162,

making eighteen

_blocks of the pat-

tern. A beautiful

shawl may be made

by turning the tenth

block so that it

forms a half square

down the center of

the ”shawl To make-

this, have an even

number of groups of

nine, say eighteen _

groups or 162 stitch: - '
’é’s required" Wheth fr city or country. The user





The making of thug hen pig





verses the Work, so that instead: of; all sized by the :fact that in 1915,: for in- .





' the rows beginning with the knit stitch- stance, more than two- fifths of the in-

es, alternate rows begin with purl. fant deaths occurring in the birth reg-

Fm'thernrore, while all squares have istration alea of the United States

an even number of knit and an odd Census Bureau were from diseases di-

number of purl stitches, the alternate rectly traceab‘ c to the care and con-

rows of knit and purl in the center of dition of the mother during p1 eonancy

theobox plait all have odd nambers of and confinement.

stitches. ________.____



The directions for the work with BULBS FAIL TO FLOWER IN HIGH

box plait using 161 stitches for a basis TEMPERATURES ‘



—-—the worker reducing or adding to the . .

number by simply making the middle

stitch of the work the center of the

plaits—are as follows:



‘Knit 8, purl 1 all the way across.

(Tie a ., white thread to the middle

stitch, the 81st, so it will not be nec-

essary to count stitches on the next

row). This row will end .With eight

knit stitches.



Second Row: Purl 7, knit 2. At the

center knit 3 instead of 2, one on each

side of center stitch.





 





 





Too high temperature is responsible

'for the “blasting” of buds of such

plants as the Chinese sacred lily, pa-

per white narcissus, and hyacinth.



The serious mistake in,bu1=b culture

is to set the bulbs in the warmest and

sunniest loCationin’the house. This

'is entirely wrong treatment, for. it en-

courages rapid growth, resulting in

abundant foliage and no flowers.



The bulbs should be set away in a.

cool, dark place until they have de-





tiigferRow: Knit 6, purl 3; purl 5 veloped a goodly supply of roots. If

a . .

1 . F g _ _ , top growth starts somewhat and is

fog: ROW" 11 5 kmt 4’ kmt 7 white, the bulb enthusiast need not be

a ce . .

, _ _ alarmed, for the shoots Wlll turn green

athlfhrtePow' Kmt 4’ purl 5’ purl 9 after being brought to the light.

e '.

Sixth ROW' Purl 3 knithfi' purl 11 From four to six weeks, depending

at center ' ' ’ on the bulbs and conditions of growth,





th Row: Knit 2 purl 7. knit will be requi1ed to develop the desi1ed

root system. Even when the roots ale

developed and the bulbs aie brought

to the light, they should not be sub-

jected to too high temperatures, as

this is the cause of “blasting” of buds.

In no case should the temperature ex-

ceed seventy degrees, and sixty de-

grees is preferred. ,





Seven

13 at center.

Eighth Row: Purl 1, knit 8; at cen-

ter knit 15. This finishes the pattern.

MRS. HELEN Ooonsns.





 





HOW TO REST.





 





BY JULIA R.'DAYIS.





0 often when we lie down for a

short rest, we find ourselves un-

able to let go for the time being, the

tired strain on nerve and muscle. We

are so used up by a hard day]? work, for a long time. I know how to sym-

or from some deep mental 6.1.01‘t, or pathize a little with Debo1ah. Her

haunting anxiety, that we can not get themy is all 1i,ght but she misjudges

11d of the nerve and biain tension. us m01e calm women. I, for one, prac-

The .following remendy is a blend tice calmness. I fly to be civil to





of will power, and imagination It ever.yone We have a.right to choose

v as 1ecommended to me seve1al years ou1 friends. There come times in all

180 by one who had found it a cure our lives when we have to confide in

for tired nerves, and- I also have test- someone, and it is much more so with

ed its power to soothe. women



\Vhen very tired lay down w1th We pass through the most important

closed eyes, and let yourself how but epochs of our lives befo1e we learn

one thought—think of nothing but the what we should have known years ago

passmg Of a gentle imagmary hand I have six daughters and they are

‘9?) softly, 0"” your forehead firmly being taught more in their schools now

and tenderly smoothing out the weaiy days in one year than I used to get in

lines. You Will feel them yielding, al- two years Maybe some will call it

most unconsciously, to the lestful in- cramming, but I think most of it will

fluence. The brain knots will relax, stick by them

and in a short t1me you will lose your Now, about women working out of

strained feeling entnely. doors. I was Visiting with a neighbor



Even though the actual sleep thus the other day, and our conversation

W011 may have lasted only a few m1n- naturally led to women working out of

utes, you will rise fal better able to doors I think it is a goat piivilege

take 11D work and go on With it in a. to be able to work out in the field The

clear headed fashion neighbor was af1aid people would make

remarks. I told my neighbor that only

ignorant people would make sarcastic

remarks about a woman working out

doors. Anyway, it’s honest work. I

enjoy working with a team. I was al-

ways my father’s “boy.” He brought

me up to work with him, I had three

sisters to take my place in the house.

The hardest years of my life have been

those when I had to stay in the house

with my babies



I cannot quote Emer,son but I can

say:



“To love and labor is the sum of

living.”-——Daisy McKnight.





LETTER BOX.





 





Household Editorz—I have been a

silent reader of the Michigan Farmer





GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROVIDE

CARE FOR MOTHERS.





 





HE failure of the United States to



provide adequate care for mothers

before and at. the birth of their chil-

' dren and the great loss of maternal

and infant life which results, are cited

by Miss Julia C. Lathrop, in her sixth

annual report as (liner of the Chil-

dren’s Bureau of the United States

Department of Labor as evidence that

the United States should develop on a

national Scale facilities for. protecting

maternity and infancy and thereby for

cutting down the maternal and infant '

death rates. The English government

in August 1918, passed a measure ex-

tending local provision for the care of

mothers with government aid. New

’ Zealand has for several years provid-

ed special facilities for mothers and

has reduced its infant mortality rate

from 888 in 190“P to 48.2 in 1917—a. '

rate less than half that of the United

States. The Bureau’s studies show

. that adequate care before and at child-

birth is now available for mothers,





Instead of scouring knives, forks,

and spoons with a silver polish, fill

a dish pan half full of sour milk or





mght and wipe dry in the morning. It





been spent over the work—L. M. T.





Keep a flashlight in the dresser

drawer and when it is necessary to

have a light in a closet use it instead

of a lamp or candle.

thfi.‘ worth-while fire prevention hints.





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The woman on the farm, though she may be a born cook and a

peerless housekeeper, is sometimes handicapped by a lack of informa-

tion concerning certain new methods that have been adopted in the cities.



To some extent this has been true in the case of J ell-O, which in the

cities has for several years been the most popular preparation for des-

serts and salads.



' As rapidly as possible steps have been taken to spread among all

women complete knowledge of the subject.



In Domestic Science and Home Economics classes in city and com-

try, trained women have demonstrated the simple and economical Jell-O

way. and recipe books have been distributed with care and thoroughness.





vAs Jell-O is now sold in practically every general store in the country,





farmers’ wives are enabled to share the privilege enjoyed by their city

sisters.



The Jell-O Book, containing recipes for all kinds of plain and elabo

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to make them, will be sent free to every woman who writes and asks us

for it. It is a book which every, housewife in America should possess.



JeIl-O is put up in six pure fruit flavors: Strawberry, Raspberry.

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HUSBAND is a. great hunter and in



the winter we semetimes get tired

of eating rabbit, but with the present

high/prices of meat, I amcanning them

and When summer comes there will be

some quickly gotten and greatly rel-

ished meals at our house.



When husband brings in a big bag of

rabbits I sort them and putthe old

ones in one pile and the young ones in

another, keeping them separate when

dressed. The young ones are cut up.





' as for frying, well washed and drained





dry. They are packed in well sterilized

quart cans with new covers and rub-

bers, filling 'the cans with meat up to

the shoulder and putting one heaping

teaspoon of salt, a little dash of pepper

and a' tablespoon of grease or lard on

top. See that the can is not too full,

or juice will run over and waste.





Put cans in boiler or large kettle

with rack in the bottom, fill up to cov-

ers with cold water, bring to a. boil and

boil hard for three hours, filling in

boiling water as fast as it boils away.

Invert cans only long enough to see

that they do not leak and turn right

side up to cool, so that grease will be

on top when cooled.





Cut up the old rabbits in the same

manner, removing every bit of fat, cov-

er with cold water, bring to a boil, add

a pinch of soda, boil a minute more





- and drain, rinsing well with hot water.





Remove to stove, add a couple of slic-





HILE you are fitting up your



H’H’ home with modern labor-saving



machinery these days, why

not consider installing an ironing ma-

chine? Most housekeepers would rath-

er wash than iron. With modern meth-

ods of washing—soap powders, hot wa-

ter systems, stationary tubs and naph-

tha soaps—washing has been robbed

of most of its hard work. But ironing

day, even with electric, gas, or gaso-

lene irons means hours of standing be-

fore an ironing board and close atten-

tion to details if we are to have nice

work. It means a steady pressure to

insure smooth table linen, with conse-

quent expenditure" of muscle.

housekeepers have some kind of wash-

ing machine, if not a power washer, at

least a hand machine which small boys

may be set to working. But few have

an ironing machine of any sort, not

even a small hand mangle.



The ironing machine is as simple to

operate as the power washer, and it

saves as much work. For, while fine

waists and stiffly starched shirts can

not be done with it, practically every-

thing else may be ironed with the

ironer in about a fifth of the time re-

quired to do it by hand. Understand,

this is a hot ironing machine, not the

cold mangle which irons only towels,

sheets and other bits of “flat” work.

With the hot ironer you can iron your

table linen, cloths, napkins and doilies,

and give them as good a gloss as with

the hand 'iron. Aprons, nightgowns,

pajamas, children’s play clothes, men’s

soft shirts, handkerchiefs, dresser

scarfs, curtains and bedding may be

done easily and well. Men’s trousers

may also be pressed with the irdner.



Themachine is simple of construc-

tion and easy. of operation- The ideal

one, of course, is heated with gas or

electricity and driven by an electric

motor. But if you have no electricity

the power machine may be driven

from a line shaft. If you have neither

electricity nor gas engine, there is a

hand- -power machine to be bought,

which runs easily enough for a Child

to turn the roller while the mother

feeds the garments into the machine.

This sort of ironer would very much

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you already have a washing machine

with an electric motor. YDur ironer





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es of salt pork diced fine, covér with I





boiling Wafer, cook till water boils off

and try a light brown, seasoning to

teats. Now pack in sterilized cans, add

water to cooking dish as if to make

gravy, using only enough to cover the

meat in cans. Fill up cans and boil in

water, as described for young rabbits,

boiling hard for two hours.



When cans are opened have them

well warmed and the: meat will Come

out easily, staying in nice whole pieces

if’ carefully removed with a spoon.

Brown quickly in frying pan, make

gravy and serve. If liked smothered

in onions, fry the onions while meat

heats in oven, put together and serve.



The fried canned rabbit is also good

served with cooked rice in piles on

the platter with the meat, the whole

being covered with the browned gravy.

It may also be used for hash or meat.

loaf just the same as beef. Chopped

with a little onion or pickle and wet.

with salad mustard or: salad dressing,

it makes good sandwich filling.



“Rabbit biscuit,” as the children call

them, are made by rolling up pieces of

the meat in biscuit dough about the

size of ordinary biscuit. Stand on end

in a deep covered baking dish, pour

the well-seasoned juice around the bis-

cuit, adding a tablespoon of tomato

catsup to juice, and sprinkle in a little

flour. Bake till biscuit are well done,

about thirty minutes, basting often;

serve piping hot—Mrs. M. Kennedy.





A Power Ironing Machine





may be attached to the same motor.

:In addition to saving you labor and

time—it is estimated that the ironer

will do in one hour work that would

take five hours to- do by hand—the

ironer saves money in operating. It is

claimed that an average ironing costs

about thirty cents for fuel, if either

coal or electricity are used, while by

using an ironer, which does the work





 





in so much less time, only about five

cents worth of fuel is burned. I



Do not expect the machine to per.

form miracles, however. It will pay

for itself in time, strength and money

savedL but it will not do everything.

You can not expect toI put in fine, lace

trimmed organdie frocks and dainty

waists and lingerie and haveIthem

come out ironed as an expert hand

laundre’ss would do. But for the arti-

cles mentioned, the ironer does fine

work, leaving the worker fresh to do

the fine pieces.





HOME QUERIES.





 





Household Editor: —Can you please

give me a recipe for trying out beet

tallow so it is good for shortening? Do

you have to mix it with lard?—

Mrs. R. G. ..



Beef suet should be cut up in small

pieces and tried out like leaf lard. It





is better if cooked in a double boiler.





with about a pint of water‘added while

cooking. When all the fat is cooked

out, pour off into a crock, allow it to

cool, then-pierce the fat which has

hardened on :topuand: pour off the wa-

ter. Suet should be softened if it is





to be used for shortening by adding‘





either some lard or a, small quantity

of any of the corn oils or vegetable

oils on the market. About anemia-.111

pound of





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leaf ;ls;rd {to every three- ‘

fourths pound of snot is a. 300d propor- ’ : .

11911111111 ono cup of oil t3 every three "



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Size Price Size Pri

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10 percent dep0sit required with all C.O.D. orders





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Pays for itself many times over. On. Mon and team

opens furrow. drops seed any distance or depth. drops icr-

tilizer (if desiredr. covers up. marks next row. Auto-

matic. More accumte. dependable and quicker than hand

planting. Farrow opens sad seed drops in plain sight.

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tive freedom from weeds and annual

grasses. Then, too, a better seed bed





' can be established and frequently the





land can be profitably utilized for the

growing of some early maturing crop.

If sown early in August the plant will

make a. vigorous growth before winter

sets in, thus assuring an early and vig-

orous start in the spring, and in this

way subduing the weeds. 'In fact. the

alfalfa sown along in' August will pro-

duce as much forage the following sea-

son as that sown earlier. If the seed-

ing is done in the Spring a nurse crop

should be employed to keep down the

growth of rank weeds and grasses, but

when seeded in alfalfa needs the

moisture, plant food and sun. " If the

land is foul with weeds they should be

destroyed before the field is seeded.



Frequent failures with alfalfa are

due to the use of poor seed. Many

farmers who have met every other

requirement necessary to

with alfalfa have failed because their

seed was of inferior quality. Unless

a man is sure that his seed is pure

and free from dodder and other weed

pests he should send a sample to his





‘ eXperiment station for analysis. This





is always the best plan, for there is

no uncertainty. No matter how good





~the soil or how well the conditions





necessary to insure success have been

met, the greatest success can not be

gained without pure seed that possess

strong germinating qualities. If pos~

sible i’tfis always better to buy seed

that has been grown in the same lati-

tude or at least seed that comes from

as far north as the latitude in which

it is to be planted. It is rather of a

risky undertaking to attempt to grow





to a mild climate, in a locality where

the winters are cold and rigorous.



If the field becomes infested with

weeds' and grasses it is frequently

necessary to hold these unwelcome

guests in control until the stand

thickens and takes full possession of

the ground. The best implement to

cultivate the alfalfa plants with is a

spring-tooth harrow but the efficiency

of the implement is greatly increased

if ‘the teeth are made about three-

fourths of an inch wide at the points

and round instead of sharp Then by

trimming off the edges for several

inches back the points of’the teeth

will slip around the plants and cause

“them to escape injury. This ‘simple

implement will remove the grasses

and weeds and give the alfalfa plants

an opportunity to expand and gain full

possession of the ground. Several

prominent growers report

results from the use of this imple-

ment after trying various disk and





aging results.

spring-tooth harrow is not heavy.





ative ease.





able grasses. L. J. MEREDITH.





 





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KEEP TUBES CLEAN.





chine and I_ believe the reason the milk

spoiled was because the tubes were

not kept clean. One thing is sure, the





cry time they are used, A few min-

utes will do it alnd save several dollars

worth of milk. The can that man lost





 





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succeed }





varieties of alfalfa that are, adapted '





excellent





cutaway har'rows with rather discour-

The work with the

A

good team will handle it with compar-

The second time across

the field will give the weeds a thor-

ough disturbing and create ideal sur-

face conditions for the plants to crowd

out the noxious weeds and undesir-





‘One of my neighbors got a can of

milk back from the creamery because

it was spoiled. He had a milking ma-





tubes must be theroughly cleansed ev-





 





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ox, wide spreading machmes,

small, medium and large.

three to five minutes, in an even

the rear wheel tracks.



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Says One Of Our Customers





Any poultr raiser can easily double his pro-

fits by doubI g the ole production of his hens.

A scientific tonic has been discovered that re-

vitalizes the flock and makes hens work all the

the time. The tonic is called "More‘lflggs."

Give your hens a few cents worth of ”More





 





with results. A dollar‘s worth of“More Eggs"will

double this years production of (2335.30 if you wish

to try this great. profit maker write E. J. Reefer.

poultry expert. 9921 Reefer Bldg , Kansas City.

M0..who will send ’you a. package of “More Eggs”

Tonic for $1.00 (prepaid). So confident is MLRee—

fer of the results that a million dollar bank guar-

antees if you are not absolutely satisfied. your

dollar will be returned on request and the ”More

Eggs" costs you nothing. Send 3. dollars today.or

send $2.25 and get 3 regular $1.00 packages on

special discount for a full season's supply, or ask

Mr. Reefer for his free poultry book that tells the

experience of a man who has made a fortune

out of poultry.





One user says. “ ‘More Eggs'

supply from‘d to 117 eggs.” ‘





l0 POULTRY RAISERS





I am a poultrv dealer and sell about 6000(ehick-

- ens monthly. My business is growing fast and I

can handle double this amount. I desire direct

connection with poultry raisers. Quote best prices

and deliveries. Address M. MARTH. care of

Bank of Detroit. Delray Branch, 2260 W. Jeffer-

son Ava. Detroit. Michigan.





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aend for ginstrated catalog; Barred. W to and Bu!

ocke: R. .Rods; W. vandottea: S. .Black Min-

orcas: . C. and’R. 0. White and Brown Lecterns;

Bnfl Leghorns: Ancnnus.



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S C. Black ‘M'inorcns; 8.0. and RC. White and

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AVE stable manure. . .

Either spread it when it's

fresh and contains all its fertility, or 'pile it where

will be smallest, and spread it as soon as

Balance it with phosphate if necessary,

little on many acres rather than much on a.

don’t waste a single lump. Stable manure

With it you can get bigger,





handsome profit, probably more





Low Com King, Cloverleaf, or

20th Century Manure Spreader.





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——EGGS FROM STRAIN with

records to 80 eggs 3 year; 82 per

arcel post. prerggd. Circular tree.





15. Delivered by D

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FRED ASTLING.

Bull 0rpingions

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A few very choice. lusty cock-

erels. Price . .

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c ckerelso R. and S.C.R.I. Reds and R1. Whites.

o s ".50 1.1% good stock.satisfactlon ab "

anteed. O. E. HA LEY. ,Ludington. lob.

' We ship thousands, orders booked

ChICRs9 now for spring delivery. booklet. .

FR REPORT HATCHEIIY, Box 12, Freeport.Micll.

Cockerels. hens and uliets- ‘!

FOWICI'S M ROCkS White Holland Tonnage each. 5’1

B. B. FOWLER, Hartford, Mich. -.





 





Fon S‘LE A few more of those chose pure-bred

Light Brahma cockerels :5 each.

Mrs. E. B. WILLITS. Reading. Mich.



White Rock Cockerels for sale. 37 lbs. t09





Flne lbs. or morefiiJX) to .(l) each. rite

MraELSIE M. ROBIN ON. Peter-abuts. Mich.





OHN'S Big Beautiful Barred Rocks or. hoary-



! ched Buick growers, good layers. sold on an si

'“toSB. irculars photos. John Nor-thou. Clare. ieh.

hite Orpington greatest mpro-





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Pine creSt ducets—bens and oungstock. bu

now for next winter. Mrs. WI LI HOUGH’.

Pine Crest. Royal Oak. ioh. -





ROSE COMB BROWN LEGIIOIINS





from winners at the largest shows in Amulet" '

Mrs. CLAUDIA BETTE. Hillsdale. Mich.

cockerels lam.thflfty:





3.0. liliiliiE ISLIID BEDS pm, b... . $2.50... 35m,





BIDWELL STOCK FARM, Tecumseh. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Golden and White Wyandottes. Plenty of

Olden and White cockerels . 85. Few Ril-

W. Browning. ortland,Mieh_.





Standard Bred Cookerels. Anconas; Buil'JColum-

bian Partnd e and Silver Rocks; Rouen

Drakes. Sheridan f’oultry ards, n.4, Sheridan, Mich.

S C w Leghorn cockerels from trapnested

' ' ' stock with record up to eggs rice

32.50. L. B. FRANK 11.3. Rochesterdihch.

cocks hens.

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White Wyandottes choice stock;

one role. and pullets. Semi for eirs

oular. David . 709 Norris St... Ypsilanti. Mich-





R. I. Red Chicks and Eggs 3mg:

b. er f f I ‘A .

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Home from the





Canadian Pacific





HE Canadian Pacific Rail-



way offers you the most

wonderful opportu ity in the

world to own a farm in West-

ern Canada. It will sell you

land for $11 to $30 an acre

or $50 an acre under irrigation.





20 Years to Pay





_You pay down 10% of the

purchase price and have

twenty years to pay in full

at 6% interest.





$2,000 Loan to





Farmers

The Canadian Pacific Railway

will loan to approved settlers on

its irrigated lands up to $2, 000

in improvements with twenty

years to pay back the loan at 6%

interest.





Land Under Irrigation

In Southern Alberta, we have

developed the largest irrigation

undertaking on the Continent.



This district consists of Some of

the best land in Western Canada.

An unfailing water supply is ad-

ministered under direction of the

Canadian Government—no con-

flict of lawor authorityoverits use.

This land is offered on same easy-

payment terms as other lands.

Prices ranging up to $50 an acre.





This Is Your Opportunity





To make investigation easy, spec-

ial railway rates have been ar-

ranged. Write for particulars

and free illustrated booklets.





M. E. THORNTON

Supt. of Colonization





Canadian Pacific Railway

916 First St., E., Calgary, Alberta





 

 

   

 

   

 





 

 





 





   

   





 





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guarantees you more money as the market goes

up' . no less if the market goes down.





Prouty Needs Your Furs Now 1

BUYERS in New York are asking for all kinds of

fun toda tag and are willing to pay igher prices for

them. W en you send your furs to Prouty—one skin

or a bundred—Prquty gives you the same fair treat-

ment, the same fairg Prouty's Is the olden

most reliable flu- liouco In New York. the center 0

the world’ s f_ur wealth, where thousands of buyers

flock and prices alwa a reach their highest mark.

Prouty quotes youh highest‘ ‘spot cash" prices.

“GRANDAD SHIPPED 1'0 PROUTV"

New Guaranteed Price List. Free!

I. I.. PROUTY'S SONS INC.

wFlfifi, Ginseng Roots, Golden 81131.13“.

416- West Broadway. New York Cltl





TRAPPERS





Know the value of skins, and should

be sure they get it.





We Want Your Raw Furs





We promise you fair treatment and absolute

satisfaction whatever the size of your ship-

ment. We will spend $500,000 this season.

How much can YOU send us?





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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convince you it is worth while dealing with us.





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OST of the articles I have read

M about the room which the boy



on the farm occupies, have

come from the standpoint of the wom¥

an, and as such, have been more or

less shaded by the woman’s desire to

have things always just so—every-

thing in apple pie order. Now, we all

know that no live boy can always keep

his room sleek and clean. He wants

to move around, to use the things that

are in his room, and have a good time.

So at the risk of saying some things

which the women folks may be some-

what opposed to, let me give my idea

of what a real, up-to-date boy’s room

on the farm ought to be.



In the first place, it should be com-

fortable. You shut a boy up in a room

that is dark and uncomfortable, and he

will either climb out of the window

and take to his heels or else he will

make such a fuss that something will

be done to fix that room over. So be-

gin by making his room bright with

windows, cheery paper on the walls, a

few nice pictures, and a pretty carpet

on the floor. Put some shades up at the

windows that can be raised and low-





ered without coming down every time

they are touched, and inside of the





shades put some nice curtains, with

hooks and loops to hold them back

when m01e light is needed. The boys

like plenty of sunshine



Next, put a table in the room, with

a neat cloth over it, and don’t, for

pity’s sake, be shocked into displaying

bad temper if some day you drop in

and ‘find the boy sitting with his feet

on the top of the table. Never mind;

he will not spoil the cloth. If you look,

you will find he has a paper or some-

thing of that kind on the cloth and un-

der his heels. To go with the table,

let there be a number of chairs, one of

them a good easy rocker. And see to

it that those chairs have good stout

bottoms. Chairs sometimes come to

bear the print of a boy’s shoes. But

what are chairs made for but to be

used? In a corner of the room where

the light will be good, place a bureau

with plenty of drawers. There should

be a big glass in the top. At‘the side

of the room there ought to be a book-

case. Help your boy to get the lum-

ber, furnish him with the tools and he

will make this himself. Give your boy

as good a bed as there is in the house.

He gets tired every day~and is worthy

of a good place to sleep. Do not worry

if the spread gets soiled sometimes.

How can it be helped? Boys have to

sit somewhere.



Furnish the boy’s table with pen, ink

and paper. He will want to do some

writing now and then. By the time he

is around fourteen he will thank you if

you give him a nice diary for a birth-

day or Christmas present. On the

shelf under the table there is rodm for





.the boy’s favorite magazine. There





may be other papers in the home, but

he will be glad to have one that is his

very own. Before you put a book on

the shelf in the boy’s room, know what

that book teaches. It may take a lit-

tle time to do that, but you would look

pretty carefully that he did not get

poison from a bottle, and why not use

the same precaution as to poison from

books? Then, too, there ought to be

another set of shelves on which your

boy may place the odd things he picks





 





up about the farm, pretty stones, deer





Italian "I Ilcllgtll Farmer l'llm Writing Aheflisenlhorns, big hornet’s nests and all sorts





 





 





 





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By" E. L. Vincent





 





   

   

 

 





never forget it as long ashe lives.

It costs to do these things, and it





‘ costs to keep the room neat and attrac’





of interesting trinkets. Some day he

will have a good camera and that may

have a place on these shevles. .

Finally, visit the boy in his room of-

ten. I know a mother who went up-

stairs with her boy every single night

until he was nearly a man grown.

There she and her boy had many a

heart to heart talk before the good-

night kiss, and I am quite sure he will





tive, but it certainly costs more not

to do it. You are a good mother, and,

you want y0111' hey to look back to that

nice room away back on the farm, as

the best spot on earth, the spot to

which he would like to come back once

more, even when his head is white

with time's wintry, snows. A boy’s.

room has much to do with his char-

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A REAL LIVE “KING OF THE JUNGLE” TRAINED AS MOVIE ACTOR.





The savage lion about to sink his

fangs into his “fair victim” which he

has just “slain.” The photograph was

taken during a rehearsal of a moving

picture which may be entitled “Love

in the Jungle.’ Mlle. Ottawa is the





Club ‘





HE following statements, select-

ed at random from reports filed

with the State Leader of Boys’

and Girls’ Club Work, indicate that

gardening conducted on the club basis

has been highly satisfactory in the cit-

ies of Michigan during the past year.



One hundred and one club members

produced $1,113 worth of food stuffs.

' East Lansing boys and-girls found

gardening profitable on plots from 375

to 2,500 square feet in area. Net prof-

its varied from $2.00 to $30.



The board of education of Escanaba.

cooperated with the Department of Ag-

riculture in promoting gardening for

children. Two hundred and ninety-

seven boys and girls produced ”$2,208

worth of garden produce. Mr. R. E.

McLean furnished plowed lots to club

members ‘who were unable to procure

plots at home. ‘Banks of the city award-

‘ed each finisher a bank book and a

$1. 00 deposit. Banks in many other

cities did the same.



Theodore Terpstra won the distinc-

tion of city champion gardener of

Grand Rapids- On a garden twenty by

thirty feet he produced $110.72 worth

of’material. By practicing succession

of plantings he raised four crops’on

one space.



Out of one hundred and eight men»

'bers enrolled in the city of Marshall,

one hundred and three completed their

projects. . »,





fair “victim.” She is an animal train-

er and is assisting Capt. Jack Bona—

vista in training this lion and other

animals to act for the movies at Bos-

Lock’s Wild Animal Arena at Luna.

Park, Coney Island.





News





The 'total net profit of 1,500 club

members in Lansing was $14,490.



One thousand four hundred and twen-

ty-fou1 club members in Saginaw con-

tributed their share in “Winning the

War. ” ’



Ypsilanti, with its five clubs, made an

excellent showing.



Tecumseh returns sixty-two finishers

out of eighty enrolled.



Grand Marais reports $300 worth of

garden produce raised.



Boys’ and Girls’ Club members in

Hillsdale added $2,585 to the wealth of.

the county this past year. Ray Red—

man won the county gardening cham-

pionship for the third consecutive

time. He won fourth place in the state

last year.



Kalamazoo clubs raised- and used at

home $1,460 worth of foodstuffs.



Alma club members practiced food

conservation to the extent of canning

4,200 jars of vegetables and greens





- _1aised in their gardens.





Muskegon reports 656 members in

garden clubs, $2, 600 worth of produce

raised and 2, 500 jars canned.



Leslie clubs plan to continue their

"work this coming year. .



Club members in Big Rapids not only

found it profitable to garden, but say

that f‘the biggest returns came because

the club worked together as a whole. ”'



Grand Rapids has completed three.
iFrom‘ziinet an net!ve if - . .

' 1916 the name incrsased yto forty:





. many years before.





. that circus.





. as good for any purpd‘se.





eight in 1918. ~

Effie Dykehouse,o of Kalamazoo with





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Fifty Mice fora Circus Ticket





HEN I was a boy on the farm



my father lived in the old, old

house that his grandfather had built

There were huge

hand-hewn rafters and timbers, dark-

ened atnd stained by time, and the mice

were plentiful in the old house. And

now let me tell you how I earned my

ticket ‘to the circus.



One day father said. ~“George, if

you will catch fifty mice befo1e the

next circus comes to town, you shall

go to the circus.’



Hurrah! didn’t I get busy. Fifty

poor little mice might as well have

made their wills that day for it was a

foregone conclusion that I was going to

Wire traps and wooden





traps, spring traps and deadfalls;





traps in the garret and pantry and





cellar.



I tried my best to sleep with one ear

open, and the sound of a trap as it

sprung and ended the career of some

luck'less mouse, was sweetest music to

mylears. My dear father would some-

times get up in the middle of the night

to'take mice from the trap for me—

you see I would occasionally forget to

sleep with one ear open. Not many

years had passed since my father was

a boy, and since his heart had beat

faster at the thought of all the won‘

tiers of the circus—animals, clowns,

etc.—~and he was interested in the out-

come. ‘



Ten, twenty, thirty, forty mice were

numbered with the slain.

they were becoming wary, traps must

be set with greater *care lest they take

the bait and fail to spring the traps





But now!





and the circus be nothing but a van-

ishing dream. Did I ever count ten so

slowly? One, two, three, four; little

by little the number grew. At last the

count was full and my reward assured.



Then came the morning when some

miracle must have been wrought for I

rose before the sun without being call-

ed, and hastened down to the old turn-

pike to see the long procession wind

past. The huge elephant and the cam-

els came first, then the heavy wagons

with their mysterious contents. Here

and there a smothered roar in the

depths of some cage made my heart

beat faster at the thought that later

in the day my mice- earned ticket would

open to me a land of wonders, a world

of savage beasts, and clowns, trapeze

performers, etc.



Back home I hurried and prepared

for the journey to the city. My, how

I enjoyed that circus after working so

hard for my admission. Somehow,

father seemed to enjoy it almost as

much as I did for. he seemed to renew

his youth as we took in all the wonders

of the great show—elephants, lions,

tigers, rhinoceros, giraffe. five-legged

calf, giants and dwarfs,.what a fairy“

land of mystery and romance was op-

ened to my eager feet and eyes that

wonderful day.



Only the other day it was circus day

and I was reminded of my youth as I

heard a young hopeful say to another,

with great emphasis, “Nogsir, I’m not

afraid of Indians. Only-~ things I’m

afraid of are elephants, tigers, and

those big, fat horses that they have on

the circus wagons.”—G. W. TUTTLE.





Grow Cayenne Peppers





AYENNE peppers, or all hot variea





ties, have consdierable value out-

side the use we make of them in pickles

and catsups. They are as greatly rel-

ished by poultry as by people, and here

they are apt to do the most good. If

‘they will build up the appetite of an

old hen until she wants to beat the

pullets laying we are the gainers, and

the pullet will get an incentive to

greater eating and thus greater lay-

ing also.



Peppels have to be started early in

the spring to get the best results so

we must start the plants either in box-

es in the house or in hot-beds. The

little plants grow slowly, so they can

be started in boxes of good mellow soil

very nicely. They need more heat than

tomatoes to do their best growing,

though they will come along slowly

when grown cooler, and will make

very good plants, well hardened.



The large cayenne is a good bearer,

but the small pointed peppers used for

pepper sauce can be used for more pur-

poses about the house, and are just

They bear

enormous numbers of bright red pep-

‘pers standing straight up, and the heat

is all there. They self-sow quite often

and you will have a-lot of little plants





that come 11p later if your supply from~

, early planted seeds fail you.





_ Hens should 'not be fed peppers too

freely, for they are very stimulating

and with them, as with people, the

taste for them may cause a lack of

desire for food not so highly seasoned.

I liked to cook the peppers ‘in_ the mash

or cooked vegetables and grains. Cook-

ing the oats with a pepper or two cut





* up in fine pieces, and with a sprinkling

" -‘ of salt, will make a meal that the hens

' will eat up and call for more, and be





 





willing to shell out the eggs to pay for.

Peppers like rich soil, and hen ma-

nure is a good fertilizer to use for

them. They like a warm soil, too, so

a sandy location will be better than a

heavy clay soil. A mellow sandy soil

with plenty of manure and decaying

vegetable fiber will send them along

rapidly. L. H. Conn.

KEEPING THE BOY ON THE FARM.

(Continued from page 125).

youth in the rut of ages, so long will

he be warring against the instincts of

nature and is bound to fail, but when

he is willing to experiment, to venture

out, to give the boy a chance on some

problem that promises remuneration

for effort, as soon as hecan reduce his

farming operations to a really success-

ful business basis, then the “boy on

the farm” problem -will be solved and

as many of the boys as should remain

on the farm will be found there; for

as a matter of fact, we do not want all

of the boys to remain there, some of

them being by nature better fitted for

other callings and needed in other in-

dustries; for in spite of the seeming

educational advantage possessed. by

the city boy it is a fact that the rural

youth as a rule will 01‘tclass his city

cousin in any trade or profession, even

the merchant preferring a green coun-





 





,try boy as a clerk, as against the best»





that the city affords.‘ A merchant told

me this less than a week ago.



'The great men in all industries have

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two parts oats, mixed with bran and

oil meal inthe following proportions:

Three hundred pounds of the oat and

bean mixture, one hundred pounds of

wheat bran and the same amount of oil

meal. I empty the sacks on the ce-

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will work into the ration nicely this

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Oceana Co. W. F. TAYLOR.





 





MAKING A BALANCED R‘ATION

WITH CORN-AND-COB MEAL.





Will you please answer the follow-

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meal, and 'oats ground together equal

parts. I also have bran not mixed with

above grains. For roughage, good oats

and wheat straw, mixed timothy and

clover hay and corn fdoder. How can

I feed the above to get the best results

for milch cows? Shall I add some

other feed to make a. good ration? I

have a lot of small potatoes and car-

rots to feed.



Oceana Co. J. E.





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place. Of course, the proportions must

necessarily be changed to maintain

the balance of protein and carbohy-

drates in the ration. Oats, barley, and

beans ground together in equal quan-

tities, with three parts of the mixture

to one part of oil meal, will make a

feed that will analyze practically the

same in protein and a little more in

carbohydrates than the feed I am now

using, and. will cost considerable less

if we figure bran at the present high

price.



A fact that we must not let get away

from us is, that barley and cats are

the cheapest grains on the market and

should be fed. Cull beans when cooked

are much relished by nearly all kinds

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be impossible to balance the ration by

feeding equal parts of oats and corn-

and-cob meal. Mixing bran with this

'grain would help,,but bran is not rich

enough in protein to balance so much

carbonaceous food. To get the best

results with these foods it Will be nec-

essary to feed either cottonseed meal

or oil meal. Mix the corn-and-cob meal

and oats equal parts with wheat bran

and feed two pounds of cottonseed

meal per day to each cow and a suffi-

cient amount of other grain mixture to

give each cow one pound. for every

four pounds of milk produced per day

if the milk tests less than four per

cent. If it tests more than four per

cent one pound of grain to every three-

pounds of milk produced in a day.



If you have no silage it will be well

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_A neighbor ‘of ours tried: feeding

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GIVE COWS WARM WATER.





EVERY hundred pounds of milk con-



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cannot be of any use to the cow until

it is warmed. If it is swallowed ice

cold it must be wa1med inSide of the

body. This gives the body a severe

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gy from the food to return it to the

p1oper temperature. The cow does

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‘ FEEDING COTTONSEED MEAL.





 





I have heard quite a lot about feed-

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and would like to know which is the

best and in what way one would have

to feed oil meal to get the cows to eat

it. I have tried mixing it with other

g1ains and as soon as they smell it

they refuse to eat any, and I have

t1ied it in a mash, but they won’t eat

it that way.



Charlevoix Co. R. G.



There is usually no trouble in get-

ting cows to eat oil meal; most of them

are very fond of it. Some cows, like

some ‘people, eat nothing new practi-

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then they'soon enjoy it as well as the





‘ rest. If a cow Won’t eat oil meal at





first it can be mixed with wheat bran

or with corn meal and once they get

a real taste of oil meal there will be no

trouble in getting them to eat it. Both

cottonseed meal and oil meal are very

concentrated foods and it is best not

to feed them alone. You will get bet-

ter results if they are mixed or dilut-

ed with 'some bulkier food.



If ydu feed corn silage for instance,

:the best way to feed this highly con-

centrated food is to sprinkle it on the

corn‘ silage then none of it is wasted

and it makes the Whole ration very ap-

petizing. It is best not to feed over

two'pounds of cottonseed meal a day

to a cow as it is liable to injure her if

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ily of oilvmeal but it is usually not





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ECONOMICAL BALANCED RATION.





 





Please give me the most economical

balanced ration 1'01 Holstein cows. Am

feeding silage, deficient in corn, forty

pounds per day; mixed hay and bean





pods all they will clean up, once per ‘





day each. Have bailey at $2 per cwt;

oats at $2. 25 per cwt Can buy bran

at‘$50 per ton; 36 per cent cottonseed





meal at $65; 20 pe1 cent cottonseed .





meal at $55. Which cottonseed meal

shall I buy at the given piices?

Shiawassee Co. C.





There are no better and no more'





economical roughage foods than the

silage, hay and bean pods which you

are feeding. Of course. one improve-

ment can be made in having 'clover

hay or alfalfa in place of mixed hay.

This roughage should be fed freely;

the cows should have. all they will eat

up clean without waste.



My advice would be to buy a thiity

six per cent cottonseed meal. You

know what you are getting, but I

wouldn’t care to feed ove1 two pounds

per day per cow of cottonseed meal

and with- bran at $50 per ton, I think

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instead of bran and so I would suggest

that you feed one and a‘ half pounds

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pounds of oil meal per day to each

cow and the balance of the ration

should be barley and oats ground to-

gether equal parts by weight. The rule

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sufficient amount of ground barley and

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pound of grain per day for every four

pounds of milk produced per day.



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,ing the dairy cow. They do not realize





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remarked that the cow he was milking

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beautiful Jersey heifer which had re-

cently calved and was doing finely. We

were so pleased with her that we took

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Will you suggest‘a dairy ration for

my, cows which freshened this fall? I

am feeding bran, unshelled corn, oats,

ground, corn meal, cottonseed meal

and mangels, and for roughage corn

fodder, mixed hay and Wheat straw.



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The cows ought to do well on this

ration if it is fed in anywhere near

the right proportion. Cornstalks, mix-

ed hay and wheat straw are deficient

in protein but this can quite readily be

overcome by feeding a little oil meal

and'cottonseed meal. It is wasteful to

feed corn in the ear; ‘the dairy cows

do not prOperly masticate it and much





, of it passes through them without fur--





nishing any ‘nutriment; the same" is

true of oats. Corn and oats should be

ground for dairy cows where‘ it is pos-

sible to do so.

you to shell the corn and mix with

oats, equal parts by weight, and get

them ground. If you have only a'small





save this for Other Stock and purCha'se‘

bran to mix with the corn meal, equal

parts by weight, and have the balance

of the ration cottonseed meal and oil

meal. ~



I would suggest that you feed one

and a half pounds of cottonseed meal

each day to each cow and then feed a

sufficient amOunt of corn meal and





“. wheat bran so that you will give each

cow a pound of grain per day for ev-I





on four pounds of milk she produces

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chased-one of our barn cats thrOugh,





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Several years ago the writer had a»





I7 think it would pay





amount of oats it might be better to .





wandered into a field bf grain.

boys set a dog onto her and \it was two

days before she came back to her milk.

She was so excited and nervous that

somehow unconsciously her muscles





.contractedf in such a way that the milk ,





Would net run down.

This perhaps can be appreciated





more readily when one understands.





the peculiar structure of the udder.

Above the teat is a small milk cistern

holding about half a pint, and above-





that are little canals Or ducts, which ‘





divide and sub- divide, and at every

division there is what is called sphinc.

ter muscles. The cow has acertain

control over these muscles. When any-

thing occurs out of, the ordinary sh'e

cloSesIthose muscles and shuts olf her

milk—not all of it but some of it. Now,

when we abuse a cow, or fail to feed,

or fail to milk her,or in any way dis-

turb her nervous condition, it does

something to her which causes her to

unconsciously hold up her milk 01' a.

part of it. And that is the reason for

kindness and care and regularity in

the care and management of cows.





 

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

 

 





Regular Feeding and'Milking is Essential to Normal Milk Production.





Ground Oats and Corn ‘for CoWs





lent to feed as a. succulent food with

this ration.‘ As you only have them

in a limited quantity, I would feed

only a small amount once a day so as

to make them last as long as possible.

These beets are valuable because they

keep the cow in good condition, enable

her to consume and digest more of the

other foods in the ratiOn. As you only

have three tons of beets or one ton

for each cow, it would be better to

feed only about fifteen pounds of beets

per day to each cow, then you will

have a sufficient amount to last until

grass grows in the spring and I am

sure‘ you will get better results than

you would if you fed them more liber-

ally .now‘ and later on had none at all.

C. C. L.‘





 





RATlON FOR YOUNG PIGS.





Kindly give me a ration for young

pigs frbm eight to ten weeks old. How

should the ration be changed as the

pigs grow older? I have no skim-milk,

have corn, oats, barley and rye. Would

it pay to buy nilddlings at $3 per cwt?



Monroe 00.0. B.



It is difficult to make up a satisfac-

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has skim-milk-





the bulls), and mix with One hundred





 





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. ‘ ' "feed; "Is gsugar'beet pulp a}:

g a . g‘étegltag 'gflafgedfoi‘ dairy cows?. Is it

‘ ' as “cheap feed? (freight rates).VWhich

is best, dry Lor-wet pulp? How_could

we store wet pulp so as‘ to keep fit into

'{fie'summen would ~putting it into the





’ 54‘ . .” . . reasonable'price per ton?

‘ ' "‘ '~’ ’ 'Beet-‘pulplis not as valuable» aS'cor'n'

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" ' One-half, as much as the average corn

.. silage and'perhaps net that, so- far as

" 4 l food nutriments are concerned. But

' this class of foods has a value that is

not indicated by chemical analysis, viz.

succulency. ‘You cannot.get as good

results in feeding dairy ‘cows without

a succulent food as' you can with one,

because this succulency keeps the am

imals in good conditions and enables

; them to consume more of the dry for-

age in'the ration and to get better re-

sults from it. 'They are appetizers;

they Stimulate the flow of the digestive

fluids. Now, the b'eet pulp is just as





 





good, if not better, as a succulent foOd





than corn silage.



. ,_ The little food value which wet pulp



1.». ' contains would make it'impracticable

to ship it very far or even to haul it

very far unless one hauled 'it back

when he was delivering beets at the

factory. I ekperimented with wet pulp

once and came“ to the conclusion that

I could not afford to pay the freight on





it and draw it one and one-half miles ' '





from my station, although I paid noth-

. 1 ing for the pulp. _ You don’t have this

. ’ 9 cost with 00m silage because you raise

‘ it close ‘to the barn and the labor in

delivering it to the silo is very little

compared to hauling beet pulp, espe-



cially in cold weather.

, Of course, ton for ton, dry pulp is

* worth a. great deal more than wet pulp.

As I understand it, eighteen or twenty

‘ tons of wet pulp are necessary to make

I one ton of dry pulp so that one can

afford to pay the freight on dry pulp

l . if he hasn’t got to pay ‘too much for it.





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; silo; it will keep indefinitely when you

.i \ put it into a good silo.



3. You can find out whether you can

‘ ' buy either wet pulp or dry pulp by

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state. If you buy wet pulp, they would

simply load it into open gondola cars

and load them to capacity. If you buy



. dry pulp you will have to get now

. f_ twenty or thirty tons for a carload be-



cause they want to load cars to their

full capacity. The price of beet pulp

is fixed by the beet factories and you



will have to pay the price they ask.

Where one doesn’t have corn silage

or any roots of his own growing to

feed, he can afford to .pay more than

the food analysis of beet pulp would

warrant in order to have a succulent

food in his ration. I would prefer to

buy the dry pulp and then moisten it

for a few hours before it is fed. If

youhave a cement floor in the stable

where it will not freeze you can mois-

ten this heat pulp and it. will assume

very nearly its former condition. Beet

; pulp will absorb avast amount of mois-

*- ture and not be sloppy either, and then

" ‘ when it is fed in” this condition it

seems to be almost asval‘uable as a

succulent foodoaS-the ground, pulp and

(one canatford to add the water at

home rather than to pay the freight on



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Silo do? Where can webuy begottpulp ; ;

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many tonsin a carload‘? .Probable. and





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Water m-cmu sr’oosu .. sou: only :13. 8.





Freight, Prepaid twat}. 52333,, f .

With this Guaranteed Batchinil Outfit end ”my. ‘ '

Guidebook for setting up, and, Operating you

mount success-PI!





'13 140-12

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BelleCitylncubator g1;





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“ma Rook Cookerels. bred from prise winners,

Ml. W00





or more three dolls each. .i

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si la bi (is “two

"‘h a box,





 





\ Barred Plymouth Rock Cookarleis. fullblood85 _

. ELL. BARNUM - -





sash; rise winners for 7 rs.- \ . =

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. It!" IEGHQINS, 3113113 3.199% do 1m Eggs.

’4 mvmm 1011.





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I’ How ' to Succeed





i‘ With’Geese





., (Continued from page 117).





in March orearly April. it eggs are

laid before this time, there is no econ-

omy in setting themyas the goslings

require" an abundance of green grass

and this would not .be present until

The laying sea-

son-can be controlled to a. large extent

' by the plan of feeding. The-opening

of the season can be hastened mate-

rially by heavy feeding during the win~

ter or it can be delayed by allowing

only a small diet. From November to

February the fowls should be given

just enough to keep them in good

health. After that date, the ration

may be gradually increased.



Goose eggs are hatched in three dif-

ferent ways—by the mother goose, by

hens, and by incubatbr. Those set un‘

der mother goose have natural incu-

bation. A nest in a. quiet place where

the mother is not likely to be disturb-

ed should be provided and from ten t6

fifteen eggs placed under her. While

sitting she‘ should be provided with

plenty of green food, grain, and clean

water, placed where she may easily

reach it. Goose eggs are, extremely

sensitive to chill—therefore the moth-

er should __not be taken from the nest

to feed. If she is allowed to choose

her own time to» leave the nest, she

will cover the eggs with either down

or feathers. ' ,



On account of .the close, doWny

feathers of the goose, the eggs have

less ventilation, thus preserving more

moisture, than when set under hens.

Therefore if hens are used, some'mois—

ture must be supplied: This .may be

done to some extent by placing the





them lightly with straw. The last

week or two of incubation, bewever,

more moisture than this plan supplies

may be needed. The additional amount

‘ required may be provided by placing

a sod three or four inches thick under

the nest, covering it‘lightly with straw

and moistehingit With, warm water as

needed. A good plan is to. pour a half:

pint'of the warm water directly over

the eggs, whichwill be quickly absorb-

ed by the sod. From five to Seven eggs

are all that should be given to a hen.



The ordinary incubator is not the

most successful way to hatch goose

eggs, owing to the size of the eggs

and the thickness of the shells. Expe-

rienced breeders, however, get good

results from the incubator, but it takes

much care and attention. One of the

most practical methods is to set the

eggs in an incubator about seven days,

test out the fertile eggs, and set the

balance under hens, supplying the

moisture as before stated.



When artificially incubated, goose

eggs should be turned. three times a

day. Alternate days of the last week

a damp woolen cloth should be laid

over them to soften the Shells. The

goslings will'not leave the shells for

sometime after pipping and it may be

.necessary to help some of them out.

- Great care m'ust be used in this, haw-

ever, as the membranes are easily torn

causing them to bleed "to death.



As soon as dried, they should be re-

moved from the incubator and placed

_' in a‘brooder at a temperature ofnine-



ty «degrees, heat being gradually reduc?





,v





. eduntil at the end ofthe second week

it has dropped to Seventy degrees. The





:broode‘rs must be keptvery. clean as





 





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nests on an earth floor and/covering .
scum... ANNuAL- SALE 1 .





~ woman HORSE BREEDE.

. PERCHERONS and BELGIANS

Live Stock Pavilion, East Lansing, Mich.



' 1 OA.M., February 7, 1 9 1 9



CATALOGUE READY





R. S. HUDSON, Secy-Treas, East Lansing,.Mich.





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5 "Stallions;





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. - AGAIN WE ASK

What does it mean to you to be able to buy cattle of breeders who give

a positive guarantee and a 60 day retest with their \vcattle?

The Central Michigan Holstein Breeders Sell





. . 4 o u E A a

At Michigan Agricultural College





,East Lansing, Mich., at





9:30 A.M. Thur-s. Feb. 6, 1 9 1 9





32 Are Cows, 7 Heifers and Two Bulls

A 32.48 lb. cow (increased from 31.81 since last week) a32.36 lb. cow. a

27.3 lb. cow, a 25.6 lb cow. and her 22.2 lb. and 26.9 lb. daughters, a 25 lb.

yr. old a 201b. 2 yr. old, a 22.5 lb. daughter of a 24 lb.





more good records Will be announced



2 yr. old to 35 lb. full a e dams.

A bull calf from a 29.91 b. jr. 4 yr.



Pontiac Alcartra the 8 0,000.00 bul .





at the sale.





cow. Several on test and

Bred to bulls from 20 lb.





old sired by a 32 lb. son of King Segis

The dam looks like a sure 30 lb. cow.





Another bull calf from a 32.48 lb. cow at 9 rs. sired by a bull from a 32 lb.

son of King Segis Pontiac Alcartra out of a 1 lb. daughter of a 31.5 lb. cow.



All tuberculin tested and sold subject to a60 day retest and guaranteed

For Catalog Address





breeders if of breeding age.





 





CHAS... A. DANIELS, Sales Mgr., Okemos, Mich.





Francisco Farm Shorthornsll

We maintai :- )ne of Michigan's good herds of Scotch





 

   

   

   

   

 





 

 

 





The investment breed—

the profit reducers. Richer

milk from eeslfeed. Cheese

and butter that brin better

prices. The facts about eJersey

gnu-kn: other breads seerm ext'rv-lzs-

. “I sen em ['00.

Breed;- for pri s and pedigree:

‘I’he American Jersey

Cattle Club

346 West 23rd meet

New York





 





H illside Farm Jerseys. ofl'er 3 yesrllnlg bulls. backed

by tested dams. and sired by a doub e grandfin of

Boys Majesty. first prize A junior champion at lch.

State Faingood individuals. 0.‘ 0.Deake.Ypeilsnti.Iilch





BUTTER BRED ”wilful?“





.. CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.





JERSEY BULLS





Ready for service FOR SALE

WATEBMAN lit WATERMAN. Ann Arbor. Mich.

Jersey Cattle Breeders' names. sale dates

Palled and other information of

CHAS. S. HATFIELD. Box 57. R. 4. Springfield. Ohio





 





 





Meridale Interested Owl No.111311 heads my herd.

. bull calves from this great sire and out of R. of M.

dams for sale. 0. B. WERNER. Allegan. Mich.





 





LILLIE lli‘armsteud J erseis. Young bulls ready for

service from .cows. A few red heifers and





B.of

cows. COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.





Hereiords





5 Bulls 9 to 14 months old Prince Don-

ald, Farmer and Perfection Fairfax





breeding.

ALLEN BROS, "Paw Paw, Mich.





Michigan Hereiordsi





REPEATORS AND PERFECTIONS

Young stock for sale at all times.

80 head in herd, all a es.



Farm 5 miles south 0 Ionia. Visitors

welcome. JAY HARWOOD. Ionia, Mich.

CITIZENS TELEPHONE 122-4

Buy a Hereford Sire Improve your Stock

Polled and Horned blood lines

embrace F rfnx. Pulled Per-





~ ' si

Mlonmdmmmmn eedi p 1' reas' bl.

com a Gianni. fidabfiisniqh.” °





Bob r or" 494027 e h l d.



if“? Midi-s. existing?

0 . . - . ,



' "mdSoe'y. .B.Ass'n. Bad e ‘





_ Axe. Mich.

Herefo B





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Polled and horned. youngstook

of either sex, for sale. 19“"!

ALPE S. SMITH. Kewadin. Mich.





tulle at has“ lorSale

Ween. .' ,





 





' 5 mum" now-n n!





 





and Scotch Topped cattle.





erly handled and

like to show them





The are well bred. prop-

price reasonab 0. Come and see; we





 





P. P POPE. - - - - Mt. Pleasant. Mich.

A Seven Scotch and Scotch To b lll

Shorthom for sale. Price reasonable. pped n





W. B. McQUILLAN.





R 7 Howell. Mich.





 





BIDWEU.





- Registered bulls.

Scotch-Topped for sale.





sanlta equipment.

depot.

all trains. Write





hour from Toledo. Ohio.





Sinnlflonls





For Beef and Milk.





cows and heifers-Good Scotch and

In prime condition. Modern

Farm 10 minutes from N. Y. 0.

Automobile meets





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,





Box





8. Tecumseh. Mich.





Richland Farms





Shorthornss





Home of the Mich. Champions.





We have just





purchased the entire herd of Scotch cattle be—





longing to the





Estate of the late A. D. Flintom.





Kansas City. Mo. About Feb. lst. we will ofler a

choice lot of young bullséfor sale.





C. H.P





Oilice at Tawas Ci





RESC TT & SONS,





ty. Mich. Farms at Prescott. Mich.





 





For Sale





H Avondale.

Bulton bv the





JOHN SCHMIDT. Sec.





Shorthorns I of Quality Scotch and

Scotch To ped descendants ofArchel's





Maxw ton Sulton and White Hall





Oscola Co. Shorthorn Breeders Ass.





Reed City. Mich.





 





Shorthorn





A. A. PATTULIO. R. 4.





Bulls ready for service of the choic-

eetbreeding. Write me on wants.

Deckerv lie. Mich.





 





For Sale





behoiihom d d r m

['00 “8 an [‘8 0

LUD HASTINGS. - . - 7-3 y .- " °°





Bulls of the choicest





apoleon. Mich





 





Shorthorn





Wm. J '. BELL.





100 head to select from. Write





rice reasonable.





' me your wants.

ose City. Mich.





 





The





Kent Co. Shorthorn Breeders have both

and females for sale.

L. E. LEONARD See. - -





Ask about the .

Caledonia. Mich.





puss. was ,.Jn.._- ,7





males

in





 





For Sale





CLARE RIGGS.





Best Bates Shorthorn cows and

Mich]





heifers. Bulls allsoldfi

.- - - ason.





 





Oakwood





COLLAR BROS.





Shorthorns.

Gloster Boy4469661.9 to 12 months cl .





Three bulls sired b





R Conklin. Mich.





 





Milkin





Pres.





sex. all





Shorthorns of most no





ted

write OSCAR SKINXEB.





entral Mich. Shorthorn Ass'n.. Gowen. Mich





familes either





   





T- ‘7, ., Mash





“.r' .. .





mi king strai .





1mm our. man;





’ ' red G Bulllfi .010.

For Sale “23“?" “9”” “°





ew Bull cal es. ~

no. and, . a. av Lansing. Mich.





1—





 





 





 





.‘ "HOGS





For sale a few two year old Berkshire sews bred to

Sir King of Rudgate for March tarrow. also boar

De hire or sale. seventeen months 01 .



K. ’1‘ OMSEN. Rudgate Farm. Birmingham. Mich.





Reg. Berkshire Sowsd Boers all-ages.

For sale Priced to sel .





 





Dunc-Jersey Hogs





 





WILDWOOD FARMS





Offers one of thefGreatest Bargains yet.

20 large type Duroc -Jersey Gilts





bred for APRIL FARROWING

$75 to $100.00 each

Bred to “J. E. L. PERFECTION COL.” Great

Brookwater Bred Boar.





Weight from 250 to 275 lbs.

SEE OUR ANGUS ADVERTISMENT





Wildwood Farms, (3318,}





“LE. SCRIPPS, Prop. SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.





Duroc --.lerseys





Big e,~ s ecially fine youn boars.

best tblhod in America, . born %n Octo-

ber. 840.00 for quick sale. '





BLOOMFIELD FARMS

1730 Penobscot Bldg. Detroit, Mich.





DUROC





Bred sows and last fall boars. State Fair Champions

and winners. Down to date breeding and correct type.

Orion's FanciKing heads herd. .



N ‘VVTON BARNHART. St. Johns. Mic-h.





WE HAVE A FEW





choice young sows bred to n Defender Boar. “'9 think

this is some of the best Duroc stock in the country.

Write for information.



THE J ENNINGS FARMS. Bailey. Mich.





OAKWOOD FARM





A few choiLTe—Duronall pi s.left'. Also a fine yearling

sow bred for Mar. litter. \ rite for prices.

,RUSH BRUS.. Romeo. Mich.





 





Gilts. Big. Long. Tall. 200 lb.

Duroc Boats, April 1 bears and ilts of the





choicest breeding. Also an A B.O.l yr. Ho stein bull.

F. E. EAGER & ON. - Howell. Mich.





QDUROGuJERSEYS





E. D. HEYDENBERK. Wayland, Mich.





‘For 531;. red Shorthoru s..n‘..7....a.1o.mo.‘.cm,'





. ,e".;flf

,0. r.- c.

all ”sold. Have som



‘ OTTO





—..__M

L ' , .

0. 1. Ce w‘gfitfiififlble to registry. WEBER





BROS. Royal Oak. Ten M o Read. one half mile west

Tel. 4414. '





BRED ' cams





 





of Woodward.





O I. 0. Gilts bred for Mar. andA ril furrow afew

.good fall boar pigs about 100 lbs. ship C.O.D..pay

express.guarantee to please: RC.Burgess.R.3;nluson.mlch.





 





 





0 l C Guts to furrow in March and April. Also

-' - ' faluigs either sex.

CLOVER LE s'i‘ocn FARM. Monroe. Mich.





 





FOR 25 YEARS





This establishment has been head quarters for Big Type

Poland Chimps. We have a nice lot of boars and sews

of strictly big type breedi g at very low price. Let

me know what you~want. ell phone. .



JNO. C. BUTLER - - - Portland, Mich.





. C >

Big Type Poland Chmas

A 400 lb. Au . 29. yearling and a few 250 ibuApr. guts.

Quality. étu . registered. and cllglera immune. red



for Mar. and A r. furrow.

W ‘SLEY HILE. ll. 6. Ionia. Mich.





 





Large type P.C. Lsrgest'in Mich. Bears all sold. ‘5)

Bred gilts sired bv a d bred to the best bears the

breed can produce. wit .’ sums of equnl merit. extreme

size with quality. come and see them. free livery. ex-

penses paid it notes represented. W.E.Livingston. Pnrma. Mich.





in ty 0 Poland Chinas. Spring gilts of the best of

Bbree ing. With qgality from 000 lb. site's and

8001b.dam's. Will be rest son of the noted

88600 Gertsdale‘ Jones. Also all pigs. 0 .

W. BREWBAKER a SONS. R. 5. Elsie. Mich.





Big Poland China: “it“ q.;311:yirspriggé “‘"n'



er. a a 5. sex,

and bred sows. for sale?11 G. [A BAUMOARDNEB.

R. 2. Middleville. Barry 00.. Mich.





Bi Type Poland ilts bred to Gerstdale Superior and

fierstdale Lndqsons of Gerstdale rJones the 566(1)

boar. O. L. WRIGHT. Jonesville. Mic-h.





«Large Type PC. hours all sold. Spring gilts and young

tried sows. bred for March and pnl furrow. ree

livery from Augusta. W.J.Hagelshuw. Augusta.Mieh.





Michigan's Chain ion herd of Big Type P. C. bred

sows fol





l pi . ome and see them.

E. B. LEONAR%. 1L3. Box 53. St. Louis. Mich.

L.T.P.





 





Gilts bred for April farrow. Fall pigs

0 of either sex; inspection invited.

A. A. FELDKAMP. Manchester. MiCh.





 





B T P C lBred Gilts. the best lot over on the farm I





' at ricfls any good farmer can afford to

SR" '

0.





pay. H. Ali'l‘L. li.37. Schoolcraft, Mich.





Big Type P. C.

A. A. WOOD A: SON.

IG:'l‘ype Poland China. Get a Gilt. sired by Giant





King.bred to Monroe‘s iii 1 Jones 3rd; three bred to

'iley. Schoolcraft. Mich.





boar and bred gllts. Choice

Aug. pigs at a bargain.

- - . Saline. Mich.





 





 





Smooth Mastodon. John D.



8' Type P. 0. Choice bred sows from Iowans greatest

lg herds. the big bone )mlifie kind with size and



quality. E. J. MATHE ’SON. Burr Oak. Mich.





Big Tyre

ted. L. L. CHAMBERLA N.

Largo style best we ever owned.



P'C'Bred sows Satisfaction or no sale.

R. W. MILLS. Saline. Mich.

_ P.C. Strel-hy big' boned individuals

Mammoth 173200 lbs. 5% months’double 1m.





mune. “'rite wants. Clyde Weaver. Ceresco. Mich.





 





Poland Chinus. Spring boars all sold. Bred

gilts rcndv for sh: inlent. Inspection invi-

Murcellus. Mich.





 





 





 





nunoc urnsrvs 5:32:32 .33;





for sale. CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Mich.





‘ s ring boars at a bargain. bred

HamPShlre gilts now ready to ship.

JOHN W. SNYDER. 1i. 4. St. Johns. Mich.





 





uroc bred gilts for March and April farrow with

Dnuality and size. Full pig? both sexes not akin.

W. 0. '1A LOR. Milan. Mich.





Large heavy-boned gilts bred to

Duroc Jerseys Junior Champion boar for March

and April farrow; prices reasonable- Come and see

them. free livery expenses {mid if not as represented.

F. J. DllODT R. . Monroe. Mich.





' Raise Chester Whites





9 Like This

"2 the original big pr duceré

/ .





,K) 21A





I HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

success. 1 can help you. [want to ace one be from

In: great herd in every community where am not sire re -

rueuted b these fine early developers—ready for market at If;

months all! . rite for my plan- More Money from Hm. ’





e. s. “sum. any, n. 10'. Portland. Michigan





 





Gilts bred for March. April and Mny

Cheaters furrow from mature stock of the large

prolific kind. Satisggctionfiaranteed.



F. . AL ANDEB, Vassar. Mich.





THE WORLD’S CHAMPION





big type O.I.C'S.. Stock of all ages for sale. Herd

headed by Calloway Edd. the World a Champion 0. I.

C. boar assisted by C. C. Schoolmaster. Grand Cham-



ion boar of Michigan.New York and Tennessee state

airs. Also. C. Giant Buster. ndefeated Senior

boar pig wherever shOwn and Gran Champion of Ok-

lahoma state fair. Get our catalogue of Crandell's

prize hogs. Cass City. Michigan.





Shadowland Farm

l o. I. C.’s "





‘ 200 to 300 lbs. from prize win-

Bred Gllts ning stock. A few fall year~





Hugs and 2 yr. old sows. big type. growthy hours

of all ages. anteed as breeders. Everything

shipped C. . D. Express {Bald and registered in

buyers name. J. AR JE. ETT. MenomMich.





 





 





Scotch





sale.





Shorthorn. A line lot of





cup

Phone Pontiac 715 or rion





change. John Lessiter dSons" R. 1.,Clarketon. Mich.





Scotch





Shorthorn Bulls inclu

tive herd hes er a. grandson





a 1‘08“ year-





lin ros

ofImp.Villsgr. {Kw axon F.0TTO.Charlotte.Mich.





SHORTHORNS for milk and best are raised in the





BUTLER asap. b lie to sale.

ROSEMARY fifiré‘. Williamston. Mich.





Stockers , & Feeders For Sal

av'e., magi...





110 Hereford Stee . . .

2 rs of year in Herefords ave 750 lbs.

2 cars of Shorthorn yee‘grlings re s and roans. ,

These steers are dehorn and n flesh. Wapello

Co. Ia “33%? s cattle to





‘R. 3. ' Ottumwe. In.





ulls for

Ex-





0. l. C. and Chester White Swine





Strictly Big Type with QUALITY. I am sold out of



everything but fail pigs. These pigs are as ~and

better the anv I ever bre . I am one of the



oldest breeders of f ygein e .S.



NEWMAN'S STOO FA M. R. i. Mariette. Mich.





o. l. C.’.‘ [big type serviceable boarsa Yearling





"and its bred for spri fer-row.

0.1». mpanvifi. . ' - ,‘Dsnsvil e. Mich.





o. I. C 'Efi’ghlf gamma old. Large fall pigs

' I .

C. J. THOMPSON. - Rockford. Mich

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' The International Grand Cham'~

HamPShll'e H023 pion Hog of 1918, both sexes





 





 





 





for sale. S iring deliveries booked now,

ELI SPRU GER st SON. Saginaw. ‘5'. S.. Mich.

SHEEP





 





' of Mich. I have 73 beautiful re ister-

T0 The Kids ed Hamshire and Shropshireg ewes

that will have lambs this spring. I wish to sell them

to you and buy back the ram lambs next fall at a

mighty good price. Start now in a small way. Liberty

Bonds taken. \ rite at once for particulars.



ROPE KON FARM. S. L. \Ving. Owner. ‘

Kinderhook. Mich.





200 Bred Ewes





in lots to suit.

ALMOND B. CHAPMAN. South Rookwood. Mich,





 





Choice natives. coming two

years, bred to Shrop Rams.





 





Shropshire Rams BELLE“... 3331...?“





B.D.KELLY & SON. ~ - - Ypsdantl. Mich.





FOR SALE SHROPSHIBE LAMBS.





or rams. ewes

ARMSTRONG BROS. R 3 Fowlerville. Mich.





OXFORD Down Ram lambs. also a few ewe lambs.

Berkshire both Sexes. Booking orders for fall. igs.

CHASE STOCK FARM. R. l. Mariette. ich.





For Sale Registered Oxford Down rams and





ewes; can be seen at FAIRVIEW

STOCK FABM. Fred Wolfe. Mich.





WANTED: REG. OXFORD EWES





 





 





 





Snorer.





 





 





J.M.HICKS&SONS. n. 2. Williamston. Mich.

HORSES





 





Saginaw Valley





STOCK FARM





Belgian and Percheron Stallions and Mares

and registered Holstein Cattle. oi the best breed-





ing. for sale.



Eli Sprunger & Son, Sui-aw. W. 3.. list.

Horses Will Be Horses soon

We have on hand at all times a choice





selection of young Percheron Stallions.





. PALMER BROS., '

fielding, Mich. R. R. 0.1m...





 





 





Puchnronallolsioinaln «Jim: shim. llama

DORE D. BUR-L





L.





Percheron Sgggthmand mares of reasonable

. . pection in iced.

r. L. KING 4: son“ . . . Chgmm. M. L





For Sale Egg. BlackPercheron 3 yinold “5%





m Ire. lchl‘an.





in: mi ho . ‘ '

.lli'diiULG. Nashaiilie. Mich.





Some choice boars and .





 





. “Wffii‘fl‘. Watt-122%». . ~





 





 





 





_ colts.

v r

Se iceable be re sold. Gilts bred for f ) ‘ .

02 .19. C,- Miich nevAal-u furrow. Percheron sgiaiilgfitalii‘imud mm." “‘1‘“

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SECOND EDITION.





 





The markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday after-

noon, January 23. _. .





WHEAT.





The wheat market is quiet. Prices,

however. are maintained on- the same

basis as for several weeks past. De-

liveries at country elevators are fall?

ing off somewhat, although the visible

supply for the United States shows an

increase of 3,248,000 bushels for the

week. The flour market is dull and

mill feeds are quiet, the latter situa-

tion being due no doubt to the apid

advance in prices since the federal ban

has been removed. The condition of

the growing crop is very good. One

year ago No. 2 red wheat was selling

on the local market at $2.17 per bush-





 





' e1. Present prices here are:

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

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

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





CORN.





During the past week the change in

corn prices has favored the bears.

Receipts of corn at country elevators

have been large. The absorption by



A the trade has also been of considera-

ble volume, thus giving an increase in

the American visible supply of 965,000



‘ bushels. A feeling prevails among

dealers that the government will aban-

don before long its attempt to main-

tain hog prices on the present basis.

Should the government withdraw its

support to the hog trade, the corn

market will go to lower levels without

doubt. Very little has been said this

week about importations from Argen-

tine. One year ago No. 3 corn Was

quoted at $1.80 on the local market.

Present quotations at Detroit are as

follows:





No. 3 corn .............. $1.33

No. 3 yellow ............ 1.38

No. 4 yellow ..... ‘ ...... 1.33

No. 5 yellow ............ 1.30

No. 6 yellow ............ 1.25





Chicago prices for corn have been

on the down grade with No. 3 yellow

quoted at $1.33ra;1.37; No. 4 yellow at

$1.29@1.33; No. 5 yellow at $1.25@

1.28; May corn $1.23.





OATS.





The oat deal has been only fairly

active the past week and prices have

suffered declines largely through the

influence of corn. The demand at

present is easy, while receipts are

only in moderate volume. During the

past week the visible supply for the

country showed an increase of 1,129,-

000 bushels. One year ago standard

oats sold on our local market at 851/20

per bushel. Present prices at Detroit





are:

Standard .................. 691/2

No. 3 white ............... 69

No. 4 white ................ 58





RYE.





Nobody is asking for this grain, and

the trade is inactive with prices sev-

eral cents below the quotation of last

week. At Detroit cash No. 2 is now

quoted at $1.53 per bushel.





BARLEY.





There is no activity in this grain.

Prices are essentially nominal as fol-

lows: Cash No. 3, $2; No. 4, $1.95;

feeding barley $1.80@1.90 per cwt.





The decline last week in prices on

Michigan markets has had its influ-

ence in the east where values have

since fallen to lower levels. In New

York City the trade is very quiet with

pea beans quoted at $9.50@9.75 for

choice and medium. The demand on

the Detroit market is slow, with the

quotation remaining at $8.75 for imme—

diate and prompt shipment at shipping

points. Holders are having some trou-

ble in making sales in Chicago, where

offerings have increased. Prices there

are a little easier with choice to fancy

hand-picked pea beans at $8.50@8.75,

andthe same grade of red kidneys at.





$12@12.50. ,

' SEEDS.





There is "no change in seed prices

this.week. Quotations are: Prime

,r'edclover $25: March $25.20; alsike

' $19; timothy $5.



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Local prices have declined from $1@

3 per ton as follows: Bran $53@55;

standard middlings $51@53; fine mid-

dlings $52@54; coarse corn meal $60;

cracked corn $60; chopped feed $51.50





per ton.

' HAY.





A weaker tone prevails in the local

hay market and prices shows a de-

cline, with quotations here as follows:



No. 1 timothy. . . .$27.50@28.00

Standard timothy 26.50@27.00





No. 1 mixed 25.50@26.00

No. 1 clover ..... 23.50@24.00

BU'I'I'ER.





All our important butter markets

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of values. _Deti‘oit there is verylit-

tle life to the trade, although dealers

are far from" being; over-supplied with

the product. Prices here have de-

clined to 56@57c per pound for fresh

creamery firsts. ,In Chicago the mar-

ketis lower with the‘creamery sales

ranging from 54612571,“. New York

prices have declined to 5515661590, and

in Philadelphia western creamery ex-

.tras are down to. 58c.





EGGS. '





This trade now rules from steady to

higher. On the local market a frac-

tional gain is reported with the extra

firsts candied in‘ new cases at 60c;

fresh firsts 58c. The Chicago market

is higher with firsts at 58%@58%c;

ordinary firsts 56,1/é@57_%c. The» New

York market is firm with the western

stock ranging from 64@720. Philadel-





 





 





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Reports for Thursday, January 23rd





BUFFALO.





Today pigs sold at $14; good light

hogs at about $15; others $18@18.10;

no calves or lambs were selling but

prospects for calves were $16.50 and

for lambs $16.50. No report was made

on the cattle trade.





CHICAGO.





Cattle.



Receipts 19,000. Choice steers are

steady; others and butcher stock slow

to lower.



Good to prime choice steers $16.40@

20; common to medium butchers $9.75

@1640; heifers $8.15@14.50; cows at

$7.25@14. bologna bulls $7.85@12;

canners and cutters $6.70@7.25; stock-

ers and feeders. good $10.75@14.25;

do medium $8@10.75.



. Hogs.

55,000.





Receipts Held over from





yesterday 23,550. Market weak to 500 B





lower. Tops $17.80; bulk of sales at

$17.35@17.75; heavy at $17.70@17.80;

mixed and light $17.55@17.75; packers

l‘ogs $16.50@17; medium and heavy

$16.85@17.35; light bacon hogs $16.75

((517.55; pigs good to choice $12.50@

15; roughs $16@16.50.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 14.000. Opening strong to

150 higher. Choice to prime lambs at

$16.25@16.40; medium and good lambs

$16@16.25; culls $11.50@13.75; medi

um good and choice feeders at *$14@

15.35; choice yearlings $14.15@14.40;

medium and good yearlings $11.65@





wethers medium and good at $10.35@





11.75.

DETROIT

Cattle.





Receipts 2,193. Market strong and

25@500 higher than last week.

Best heavy steers ...... $14’.00@15.50

Best handy wt bu strs.. 10.50@11.50

Mixed steers and heifers 9.25@10.25





Handy light butchers . . . 8.25@ 9.00

Light butchers .......... 7.25@ 8.00.

Best cows ............... 9.00@10.00

Butcher cows ........... 7.55@ 8.50

Cutters . ..... . ........ 7.50

Canners .......... . . . . . 6.50@ 7.25

Best heavy bulls .. .. . 10.00@11.00

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . 8.50@ 9.00

Stock bulls ...... . . . ..... 7.25@ 7.50





Milkers and springers ..$ 60(5) 100

Veal Calves. '

Receipts 1,435. Market very dull.

est .................... $16.00@16.50

Others .................. 7.00@15.00





Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 4,976. Sheep steady; lambs

500 lower.

Best lambs ............. $ 15.00

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

Light to common lambs. . 10.00@11.00





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

Culls and common . . . . 6.00@' 7.00

Hogs; ‘





Receipts 6,640. Pigs 500 lower and

mixed hogs steady. '

Pigs " ....... ‘ ............. 14.50

Mixed hogs ............. 17.50@17.60





Reports for Wednesday, January 22nd





BUFFALO.





Cattle.





Receipts ten cars; market slow;

prime heavy-steers $16.50@17.50; best

shipping steers $14@14.50; medium do

$13@13.50; best yearlings, 950 to 1000

pounds $16@16.50; light yearlings of

good quality $13.50@14.50; best handy

steers $12.25@13; fair to good kinds

$10@10.75; handy steers and heifers,

mixed, $11.50@13.50; western heifers

$13@14; best fat cows $9@10; butch-

er cows $7@8; cutters $6.50@7; can-

ners $6@6.25; fancy bulls $10@10.50;

common bulls. $6@7; best feeding strs

900 to 1000 lbs $10.25@10.50; medium

feeders $9@10; stockers $7@8; light

common $6@7; milkers and springers

$75@150.



Hogs.



Receipts ten cars; 15@25c higher.

Heavy $18.40@18.50; yorkers $18.25;

pigs $14.50@16. .



Sheep, and Lambs.»



Receipts ten cars; slow; top lambs

$16.50@16.65; yearlings $14@14.50;

wethers $11@12; ewes $9.50@10.50.



Calves. ,



Receipts 1,500; 150 lower; tops $17;



grass calves $7. ,





CHICAGO.

Cattle.





Less than 55,000 cattle have been

received during the first. half of" the

week, counting-the run today sit-8,500

head, whereas for the same part of

last .week receipts - numbered . 76,731

head. ’The unusually mildweather for

this time of year is seriously checking

the demand for beef andother meats,

but the light receipts of cattle ., are,





:are ‘only about 10,000;.head, and, pri es





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putting more strength into prices, and

sales today look as much as 15c higher

for butcher stock in numerousinstan:

ces. Steers are certainly stronger in

price, but calves are lower, with the

choice lots at $15.50. Steers are sell-

ing mainly at $14@17.50, with occa-

sional sales of fancy lots at $19.50@

19.75, few going as high as $18. A

few little canning steers go at $8.25@

9.50. Butchering cows and heifers are

purchased at $8@14.50, canners and

cutters selling at $6.50@7.95 and bulls

at $7.25@13.

. , Hogs. '



Estimating the receipts today at 41,-

000 hogs, 137,000 have arrived during

the first half of the week, being 7.000

more than for the same days last

.week. Western packing since the

first of November amounts to 11,226,-

000 hogs, comparing with 7,643,000 a.

year ago. The Wednesday market is

overloaded, 21,500 hogs having been

carried over unsold last night, and the

prices are 1% or more lower, with' a

very had close and much of the sup-

ply unsold. Plenty of choice he s

went at $17.80 and under, although t e

early top was $17.85. Poor to good

heavy packers sold at $16.50@17, pigs

selling at $12.50@14.50. ..



Sheep 'and Lambs. ‘ “ ,



Only. about 61,700 head have been

received during f‘h‘alf _ of the week; com:

paring with 80,000 for 'the same time

last week; The Wednesdaypirecelnts.





 

 





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CHEESE.



This trade rules steady with the

supplies small. Michigan flats are sell-

ing in Detroit in jabbing lots at 380;

brick cheese at 35%c. In New York

specials are quoted at 36c, and aver-

age run at 35c. The Philadelphia trade

pays 37@380 for full milk. -





POULTRY.





The local market is reasonably :well,

supplied with poultry'and trading is an ‘

little dull. Live springers are quoted

at 25@28c; hens at 26@300; roosters

20@21c; geese 28@30c; ducks 34@

35c; turkeys 34@35c. ‘





POTATOES.





This market keeps going downward

with values. in producing sections

showing large decline. Thefavorable

weather has encouraged the movement

of stock and accumulated supplies are

being used to force lower prices.

Michigan round whites sacked U. S.

No, 1 areselling in Chicago at $1.75@

$1.80; in Cleveland $2.00@2.25; in Buf—.

falo $2@2.10; in Cincinnati $2.10@

2.15; in Pittsburgh $2@2.07; in In-

dianapolis $2.00; Columbus $3.50 per

150—lb. sack. At Detroit the demand

and movement are slow with the above

grade quoted at $2.90@3 per 150-lb.

sack. At Michigan points growers are

getting from $1.05@1.50 for U. S. No.

1 in bulk at warehouses.





APPLES.





This trade rules firm with the gen-

eral trend of prices upward. Sales

have been in small volume with a good

grade of Spies selling around $7, and

Baldwins "$6.50@7.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Over a hundred farmers offered pro-

duce on the eastern market Tuesday

morning. Supplies consisted largely

of apples and potatoes. There was a

good demand, especially for apples, on

which the prices ranged from $2;50@3

for fancy Baldwins and Greenings and

down as low as $1.60 for the inferior

grades; average sales, were around

$2.25 per bushel. Potatoes generally

sold‘ from $1.00@1.10 for good stock;

turnips at $1.25; rutabagas, 80@90c;

parsnips 90c@$1; onions $1@,1.25; car-

rots 75c@$1; cabbage, white $1@1.40;

red $1.40@1.50; beets 75@90c; celery

ranged in price from 40@75c per doz;

fresh eggs 70@750; butter 70@75c;.

live poultry 300; dressed hogs 22 @23c.





LIVESTOCK NEWS.





 





The federal sheep investigator in

South Dakota says that dogs cost

more than five million dollars a year

in that state, and his statement is

‘made the basis for legislation for pre

venting killing of sheep and lambs by

dogs. He claims-that there are 150;

000 dogs in the state, or one for every

four residents. The average dog, he

says, consumes $34 worth of food an-

nually. .



Word comes from Medford, Missouri

that few cattle are feeding, but farm-

ers are largely interested in hog rais-

ing. For the first time in years, some

farmers are grazing their wheat

fields. , '



A Boston man has, bought a farm of

four hundred acres in Jefferson, Me.,

and is devoting it ~to stock raising,

having purchased the. greatest herd of

pure—bred Aberdeen-Angus. cattle east

of the Hudson River and one of the

best east of Ohio. This is the first

time that Angus " cattle have , had ’a





trial in Maine, and farmers are watch-





ing the outcome with much interest.

ForEsperanza sixth. he paid in Iowa

$1,475 and for Black Erma he paid to

the ,Iowa owner $1,025, while for Quo—

mita he paid to the Texas owner $500.

“The leading authorities ’ favor :hog

breeding of extensive proportions. As ~

a writer. expressed the {mutter » " 7

other, ‘day, ,“there’is a beneficom '

that-,mueh more damage caii be 110118.

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.‘Argentine'haVe been, arrested 1015

lowing their—identification with: recent

strikes in which eight hundred per-

sons. were killed and five thousand an»

jured.-——The Bolshe‘vik government in





' Petro rad sends ultimatum to Switzer-r

- land tghat unless thirty Bolshevik pris-

‘ oners’ ”are released by February 1, the





e ondin number of Swiss citi-

2332 i511; Petroggrad will be shot without,

trial.———American troops in northern

Russia capture Vologda with the aid

of loyal Russians—The Ukrainian di~

rectorate falls.-



Thursday, January 16.



THE new German republic threat—



ens to fight if further dimunition

of the nation is attempted by the Al-

lies; Ebert declares that the people

are now supporting the government

policy.——Reports state that peace par-

leys are to be secret—The ratification

of the federal prohibition amendment

by the state of Nebraska makes the

necessary thirty-six states required to

place that amendment in our funda-

mental law, thereby prohibiting the

manufacture and sale of intoxicants a

year hence—The Railroad Adminis-

tration asks congress for $500,000,000

to make needed improvements in our

transportation system.—



Friday, January 17.



FIVE hundred, persons perish when



a French steamer enroute from

Rome to Marseilles-strikes a mine and

sinks within four minutes.———Pres1dent-

elect Alves,’ of. Brazil, dies after a

long illness—The demobilization of all

combat units in the United States has

been ordered, according to advices

given congress—There is fightlng be-

tween the forces of Montenegro and

Serbia, following the occupation of

Montenegrin territory by Serbian sol-

mere—Former President Taft starts

a campaign for a national congress for

a League of Nations. ,



Saturday, January 18.

M ARSHAL FOCH advises Allies to

keep control of the Rhine as an

insurance to future peace—President

Poincaire Opens the long awalted

peace conference—Peace delegates





have voted to admit representatives of,





the press to all meetings of .the full

peace conference—Germany is again

mobilizing her troops probably for the

purpose of defending the eastern fron-

tier against the Poles.—,—Russian Reds

offer to cease its world propaganda if

'the Allies will agree to enter into

peace negotiations with em.—-The

strike in Peru is ended y the es-

tablishment of an eight-hour day by

government decree—President Wilson

decorates French army heroes with the

American service cross.-

Sunday, January 19.

T is announced that among the first

issues to be considered at the peace

conference is President Wilson’s pro-

posal of a League of Nations—Three

big ships return ten thousand Ameri-

can soldiers.-—~Germans evacuate Mitau

the capital of Courland, leaving it in

the hands of Bolshevik troops—Vir-

tually the entire German mercantile

fleet is placed at the disposal of the

Allied governments to be distributed

among them according to their needs.

Monday, January 20.

GRAVE election riots are taking

place in Germany where the peo-

ple are voting to choose members of

a national assembly—Several changes

have recently been made in the ltal-

ian cabinet—Lloyd George of Eng-

land moves to stop the assemblage of

the Irish cougress.—-—Of the two mil-

lion Russian prisoners captured by the

central powers, one million have died

in captivity-4n an address before the

Philippine congress the president of

the senate declares that the Philip-

pines want complete freedom, but that

the United States has been so just and

honorable in her dealings that the

matter will not be pressed during the

present emergency. .

. Tuesday, January 21.

HE sentiment thus far expressed

‘at the peace conference is that

the leaders of the central powers

should be indicted for bringing about

'the great world war.’-—Reports are

made to the conference by special

agents that Bolshevik activity is re-

sponsible for Russia forsaking the A1-

lied cause, for sending supplies to the

Teutons and for inciting opposition to

the truce terms, and these agents de—

mand that the. leaders in this move:

ment be severely, dealt with.—’-The

Ebert party is apparently victorious in

the German elections—British govern;

ment removas the order prohibiting





_ parades in Ireland—Brazil will choose





a new president on April 13 to sue

ceed the late Dr. Ali'ees. _





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the best market in America; weekly



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ALBAUGH-DOVER co., .

2165 Marshall Blvd‘., Chleago, llllnols





Gentlemen:—Without obligation on my part. please mail me your fro. Catalog

Folder and full particulars regarding your spech easy payment offer on the New

Butterfly Cream Separator. ‘





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Think of it! You can now

get any size of the New Butterfly

Cream Separator you need direct from

our factory for only $2 down and on

a plan whereby it will earn its own





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Gets ALL ‘





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Mad. 361.39 "or. from Sam. Cows -

“We made $78.61 win-tho! butter before we had the ma-





cost and more before you pay. You area“ “sawafiggrgiarfiwu‘a





won’t feel the cost at all. Our low

prices will surprise you. For example:





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1 buysthe No.21/2 Junior. a



? light running, easy clean-



" ing, close skimming, dur-

able, guaranteed separator.



- Skims 120 (iuarts er hour.

You pay on y $2 own and



‘ ; balance on easy terms of





Only $3 a Month





You have no interest to pay. No extras. The

prices we _quote include everything. We also

l make four larger sizes of the





to pay. Every machine guaranteed a life;

time against defects in materials and

workmanship. ‘





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You can .have 30 days’ trial on your

own farm and see for yourself how

easfly one of these splendid machines

will earn its own cost and more before

you pay. Try it alongSide of any

separator you Wish. Keepit if

pleased. If not you can return it at



our expense and we Will refund-





your $2 de sit and pay the freight

charges botIhOways.





’ Galalog Folder—FREE





Why not get one of these big labor-saving, money-

making machines while you have the opportu-

nity to do so on this liberal self-earning plan?





log folder showing all the machines we make -.



and quoting lowest factory prices and easy



payment terms. We will also mail you a bOols'

of letters from owners telling how the New ut-





year extra profit from cows. ' ‘





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terfly'is helping them to make as high as $1098, ' -





number of cows.





 , New Butterfly:





Vup to our big 809 lb. capacity machine shown here

“ —-all sold at Similar low prices and on ourliberal

terms of only $2 down and more than a year





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Let us send you our big, new, illustrated cata- . :





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does not obligate you in any way. -Wti§t‘e”to§y. , 4‘





"We would not do without our Butterfly Sepa-

rator or exchange it for all the machines we have

years old. runs it like a

E. RUDE. Ashland, Wis.