The Only Weekly AgricultUral, Horticultural and Live Stock Journal in the State.





 





VOL'. CXXXIV. No. 5.

Whole Number 3488.





FARM NOTES.





Fertilizing Potato Land.





1- have a. field that is rather light soil

and has been run some, not much, but

slightly.

toes if practicable. I have plenty of ma-

nure and can get some hardwood ashes

but have understood that either of them

were liable to produce scab on potatoes.

Outside of the potato crop I need lots of

feed and have been advised to sow tlns

field to soy beans and seed with a mix-

ture of clovers and alfalfa. I am ready

to plant or sow anything that will pro-

duce the most feed or roughage. Also

will buy any kind of fertilizer that would

answer on this patch. I can get a quan~

tity of hardwood ashes by hauling about

twogmiles. Will it pay to get them and

should they be sifted before spreading on

the land.



Ogemaw Co. \Y. S.





If this land is in grass, with plenty of

stable manure available. it would be a

safe proposition to cover it with a good

coat of stable manure during the winter

or as early in the spring as practicable

and plant it to po’tatoes. In this event,

the field should be plowed as early as it

can conveniently be done in order to get

the most benefit from the manure in the

potato crop. Both stable manure and

ashes are, as stated in this inquiry. said

to produce scab on potatoes. This, how—

ever, is a mistake. Sometimes the scab

.fungous may be present in stable manure,

but generally this is not the case, it be

.ing more often planted with the potatoes

_' Ashes place the soil in a ”condition to

’fmore readily harbor the bacteria which

.produces scab on potatoes because the

lime in the. ashes gives the soil an alka-

line reaction and any bacteria will de-

velop more certainly and more rapidly

in an alkaline soil. But as a matter of

fact, this does not apply to harmful bac—

teria alone. The beneficial soil bacteria.

such as the clover bacteria and many

others, also thrive much better in a soil

with an alkaline reaction. This can be

secured by applying lime in almost any

form; probably the lime contained in

ashes is in as good'a form as it is pos-

sible to secure it. Aside from this fact,

ashes contain considerable actual plant

food, generally from two to seven per

cent of potash and about two per cent

of phosphoric acid aside from something

like 30 to 35 per cent of lime. There is prob-

ably no doubt that the yield of potatoes

would be increased by the





I would like to plant it to pota—‘





DETROIT MICH.. SATURDAY. JAN. 29. I910.





 





 





Is the





described in detail





 





A FEW LEADING ARTICLES OF THE WEEK.





The Business Side of Farming.—An article of this interesting series dealing

with the‘size of farms and the cost and value of farm products ..

Fertilizing Potato Land—Description and data of experiments made to deter-

mine the kind and amount of fertilizer giving best results .. ..... 107

Reports of the Recent Breed Meetings—Brief accounts of meetings

breed organizations held in connection with the state meeting

Incubator Practical?—An affirmative argument based upon actual ex-

perience, together with timely hints on operating the machine .......... 11..

Sweet Potato CultuFe.+RO(‘1llll‘(‘nlOlltS for the

.............................................. 11';

Shall we Buy Grain for Dairy Cows? —A question of supreme importance to

the Michigan dairy farmer, intelligently handled

Set a Good Example by Respecting the LaW.’—1'It’i‘('in

occasion to touch a vital point in the training of children

Arthur’s Traps.—-'l‘he first of a short series

days as heard at Grandmother‘s kncc





 





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of the

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production of this crop are





.......................... 11:8~

Mrs. Hudspith takes

............... 121

of thrilling stories of pioneer

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the weather their value would be con-

siderably reduced. They will. however, be

well worth hauling a_ distance of two

miles and, used in connection with stabh»

manure on sandy land that is slightly run.

will help to balance up the elements of

fertility and the two will prove as profit-

able a combination as could be used.

They will prove equally as good for other

crops, provided it is desired to grow some

forage crop instead of the potatoes. But

in either event, it should be easy to g

a seeding of, clover following such an

application to the soil.

The Grasshopper Problem.



During the past season grasshoppers

-have been very numerous in this section.

and have done much damage, especially

to seeding of clover. Have they come to

stay and is there any method of destroy—

ing the pests?



Allegan Co. H. M. T.



During the past 10 years grasshoppers

have been prevalent to a. destructive de—

gree in several different sections of Mich-

igan. Something like 10 years ago. they

were so numerous in the writer's localitn'

that a great deal of damage was done to

growing crops and clover seeding was al—

most universally destroyed by them. Var»

ious remedial agencies were tried but

with no very grcat success. Fall plowing

of old sod ground in which the eggs arc

very generally deposited, is probably about

the most practical method that can be

employed. But with the changing sea-

sons, the conditions for their propagation

did not seem to be so favorable and after





c





two or three normal seasons following the

dry oncs in which the grasshoppers were

so prevalent, they practically all disap-

peared, and have not bothered any since.

()thcr sections of the state, however, have

suffcrcd (‘Onsidcrably from the pest since

thcn. The. writer spent a wcck in the

l‘ppcr Peninsula last summer looking

UVcl‘ agricultural conditions and in some

localities the grasshoppers were so thick

as to be a real pcst. At the Upper Pc-

ninsula Experiment. Station. as noted in

an article published by the Michigan

Farther last summer, Ilircctor Geismar

found that the Criddle mixture, so called,

was effectual in poisoning these pests so

as to practically exterminate them over

the area on which it was USt'd. Of. course,

this would be a better general than local

remedy in any neighborhood, but if as

successful in other places as Director

Geismar found it would pay to experiment





with it at least. This mixture is made

and used as follows: .



The mixture consists of one pound of

Paris green and two pounds of salt,

.which arc mixed with fifty pounds of

horse manure. one or two pailfuls of





water being added to facilitiate the mix~





ing. A shovelful for every four to six

rods square was found to be sufficient.

and is most effective when deposited





upon dry sandy knolls. Grasshoppers feed

upon the mixture. morc frccly While it is

moist, hence clear horse manure, free

from straw or other litter, is preferable





75 CENTS A YEAR

5|.5o THREE YEARS





on account of being more compact and

for this reason better able to retain

moisture.





THE BUSINESS SIDE OF FARMING.





 





Economical Farm Areas. -

There is a diversity of opinion as to the

farm areas which the increased demand

for agricultural products will take. The

old couplet about a “little farm well

tilled," etc, is quoted by many and ad-

vocated by economists, usually of the

transportation school. Those who see the

advantages of small farms, thickly set:

tied. the district traversed by steam or

t-lr‘cil'lf‘ roads. view the question largely

from a transportation standpoint. The

value of a franchise depends upon the

population. and profits increase with the

p.»pulation much faster than

operating exprnses. In an electric rail-

road projvct everyone from “Grandma to

the baby“ is figured in to show popula~

tion to the mile, and then comes the cows

that will furnish the milk in cans and the

chickcns that lay the egwgs all considerel

from the <tatndpoint of traffic. Magazine

articles and addresses of transportation

managers give the cue to this idea of farm

areas. “Intensive farming." “livery man

under his own Vine and fig tree,”





lllt'l‘t‘dSt‘ t'i’





etc. The

story of the Dietrich farm is quoted as a.





farm precedent to Show how far Short.

even good farming is of the ideal. The

Rev. Dictrich’s farming opt-rations were





what might H, (‘ullt‘d the limit of possibil—

ities, and even he could not keep up the

gait nor reprodum} the results.



then the question of supplying water to

some area of land under a government

irrigation project was being considered. it

was finally determined that 160 acres of

individually owned land would be the

limit. llomcstcads were 160 acres and,

while the governmcnt had acted on that

unit more from a survey standpoint, it

was found to be a suitable and generally

dcs‘il‘flblo farm aroa. Farmers had ap-

parently adjusted themselves to the quar-

ltl‘ S‘.‘Cllull as a unit and a capacity to

that unit was developed. The emanci-

paicd Negro had an or‘ginal idea of forty

acres and a mule as being about his size.

but, as a rule, his capacity was not equal

to the area. The Bonanzas in the lied

River valley in the 80's,

where thousands of acres





 





application of a liberal

coat of ashes and, pro—

vided potatoes have not

been grown upon this land

recently, such an applica—

tion would probably not

induce a serious amount

of scab if the seed pota—

toes are thoroly treated

to detstroy the spores of

the scab fungus before

the seed is planted. Pro—

vided both stable manure

and ashes are used upon

this land, however, they

should not be mixed, for

the reason that the lime

in the ashes will liberate

the ntrogen in the stable

manure and it will escape ‘

in the. form of ammonia.

gas and be lost. The ma—

nure should be plowed

doWn and the ashes ap-

plied .to the surface and

wellli'arrowed in when

the land is fitted for the

plantitigj ofthe crop. Hard

wood ashes are the most

valuable of any'and ard

generally given a valua-

tion or from $6 to $10 per

ton for application to the

some"? 5 course, if of poor

quality or somewhat.

leached from exposure to





 





More Farmers





Are Each Year Using the Power





H usker, with which





 





Stored Corn Can Be Husked in Winter.





were cropped with whe'tt

on the Dalrymple and

Cass and Cheney farms,

were found to bc unwieldy

and have hccn cut up into

smaller places. The large,

grants of land in Califor-





nia have been similarly

divided into small hold-

ings. Stock -i'at‘ms for

grazing and fattening

seem to permit largcr

holdings than w h c r e





dairying and g c n e 1‘ a1

farming is followed.



The economy of

farms in





small

superintcndcnce

and personal care is offset

by too great a proportion

of buildings, tools, teams,

ctc.,, to the acreage.

\thre market conditions

permit the application of

labor in fruits, vege—

tables, ctc., small areas

are profitable. However,

the average. American

does not take kindly to

such work and in the end

has severe competition

with the gardener of for—

eign birth. The Chinese.

and Japanese have largely

taken this line into their

exclusive care and keep-
106 - (2)





ing on the Pacific coast, and with the

same feeling 'on the part of the American

born farmer that his Michigan brother

has turned over the beet weeding to the

Slavonic people.



The difference between a machine and

a tool is that the former uses power out—

side of man while the tool is but the ex»

tension of man's physical power.



The American farmer is pre-eminently

a user of machinery, a fact which the

transportation school of writers overlook.

It is this American trait that dcmands an

acreage adapted to machinery. and the

relief from tedious toil that machinery

and power gives takes the farmer out of

the “man with the hoe" class. “A little

farm well tilled” cannot support a gaso—

line engine, grain bindcr, manure spread—

er, etc., however practical the idea may

be. No country equals the I'nitcd States

in the perfection of agricultural machinery

and. after these machines have been pro--

vide and the capacity to opt-rate thcm

has been developed, it is scarcely logical

to expect that the general run of farms.

will have lessened acreage. In fact. the

general tendency of heavier locomotives

and greater tonnage capacity of cars as a

measure of economy, simply means that

as man‘s capacity incl'cuses he cycrts

more power individually. It can scarcely

be true that an exception be madc of

the man who farms with machinery at his

command and with ability to use it. I

would regard it as a retrogression and a

calamity if the farmer were to cultivate

an acreage below the limit of thc econ-

omical employment of machinery.



Noblesse Oblige





Is a French phrase which means that rank

imposes obligation. \\'hen the farmer

takes the obligation of fccding and cloth~

lug a nation, and then sonic more. ht.

‘ might reverse the French words and say

that obligation imposes rank. Dooley told

his friend l-lcnncssy that "at .\'cwport .‘l

man 113'] to have the money. and also had

to look to have it." The farmcr must and

will, in his own way_ rise to thc occasion

of meeting the dcmainls for food aul

clothing, just as it is thc business of the

coal operators to gauge thc supply of coal

to the dcmund for i'ucl. and thc rallroai

managers to scc that thcrc is no can

shortage. And further, the t‘armcr must

have his pay, commensuratc to thc rank

of his services, a condition which is not



H'Inccdcd entirely by othcr incmbcrs of



Sociciy.



To illustrate. a bullctln from the Mich-

igan Agricultural (‘ollcgc (No. :37. (lcto—

bcl‘. 1001i). givcs sonic valuable (1:11;: on



rcrlrim: (alvcs_ 'J‘hc avm'au'c weight ol‘ ST

calycs at one year was tliill lbs. 'l'hc to—

tal average cost at onc ycar for i‘ccll was

3.4”.39, and cost pcn cwl. at on.- _\.'l*:ll’

$4.27. The lletroil markct as quotwl in

the Michigan Farmcr for January 5. shows

the following valucs:



“Steers and hcii‘cl's that arc tat. 300 to

Toll, (33.5001 4."



The prices charged for fccd which was,

catch by these calves are given in the

bulletin as follows:



Scale of Prices for Feed.





\\'hole milk ................. $1.00 per cwt.

skim—milk .20 per cwt.

\‘illtg‘e 2.30 per ton,

ll:l\' SJ!” po-r (on,

(ire-cu fccd .................. 2.0” pcr ion.

‘Ioots ....................... 2.1m pcr ton.

Dricd bcct pulp ............ l.’..oo pcl‘ ton.

('orn mcal .................. 3”.th per ton.

tats ........................ 20.00 per ton.

“'hcat bran ................ 15100 per ton.

Oil cake ....................;’.\.ml pcr ton.





These calves were stabh- fed and abso-

lutely no chargc made for labor. It is

also to be noted that thc price chargcd

for feed is very low. probably 23 pc-l‘ cent

below the present current prices. Such

bulletins are of special use. not only to

give the details of raising“ calves. but the

cost. Perhaps not consciously, as a whole.

but for the more reason that it did not

sccm to pay, there have bccn fewer calves

l'uiscd 21nd more have gone to thc block

by way of veal. Raisin: calves at lcss

than cost pricc is

tarmcrs are not doing it so much as for—

nicrly and ought not to do it at .all to sell

at the prices named. those being. after

i'rciglu shrinkage and profits of handling





llllllllSlllt’SSllliog and





are included, that much less for the

in rmcr than tllc gross stock yard.»

[ll‘ic0.





'l‘he :idvancl- and advancing prices are

in mood of no apologics. but are rather

complimcniary to the business farmer. In

January. 1908. top priccs of hogs in (TY-hi—

cago was $4.91». when thc government es-

timates Fillmllloo swine. and corn for that

same time and place was STfiGOc per bu.

January. 1010. saw hogs reach the 3910

mark with a decrease of 2.000.000 head.

"lreeding stock went to the slaughter

houses because hogs sold for less than

cost. Meats cannot be produced in a





 





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single year and are more subject to esti-

mates than grain crops, and the‘ farmer

is simply adjusting production to price

He has assumed the obligation to feed

the people; he is going‘to run a first-class

house, with the best on the table that the

season affords, and the charge is going to

be proportioned to the Service. The farm-

er has looked pleasant and acted as tho

he liked it when it required strong self

control to do so when prices for his pro-

ducts were below cost. Now. when prices

are advanced, he commends his forbear-

ance and humility to others. It is

Christian virtue to be honest, and inciden~

tally to compel Others to be likewise. 'l‘he

militant ex-presidcnt commended the idea

of walking softly and carrying a big stick.

The business side of farming will listen to

such grandiloquent expressions as “The

Farmer being the bulwark of the Nation"

and the “special depository of our nation's

virtue.” but will not forget that “produc-

tion at or below cost is neither a virtue

nor a bulwark. Steel tanks were used by

farmers to store wheat in the northwest“

so as to prevent a glut in the market.

\Vhen hog prices drop the lid is put on

as to shipments. One of the effects is to

makc the farmer a student of markets

and to pay clOSc attention to the. crop

prospects and yield.



If the agricultural department were to





issue bulletins of crop conditions. esti-

mates. reports and of animals. with a





similar drgree of publicity. that is given

the weather reports. marketing could be

done much more adviscdly. A captain of

industry who acts his picture in the par

pcrs and magazines would have little, ad«

vantage over the farmer if the figures of

production were known. I once asked a

live stock commission salesman how mar-

ket priccs were cstablished. Hc cxplaincl

that lcu'ling buyers estimated the supplv

to arrive and the market started on that

basis, to advance or recede as the esti-

‘.\'(‘l'(' Verified and as modified by

general dcmand. mThe market was slow

getting siartcd" means that conditions

are beingr studicd bcfore an absolute price

is offered. An cvcn distribution of sup-

plies. a ulnlerstamllng‘ with your





mates





close





THE [MIC‘HIGAN'V FARMERl





100 Basile





 





bankcr. flIl‘J'l‘t‘dli to carry if necessary”

together with a study of demand is the

position of rank that the business farmer

must hold when hc plays well his part as.

the national commisariat.

Shiawassee Co. .lAs. N. McRnll‘iE.





THE NEW ROAD LAW.





 





   





   





 





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UNFERTILIZ’EC





Feed your Corn

and you» will get this yield





Land must be renewc





(1 just as intelligently as





you feed your live stock, to get results.





No grain crop takes

as com.

the food it needs.





Lake ' Eri





so much from the soil





Nitrogen, phosphorous and potash are





e Guano





Fertilizer





contains all three, puts back i

make corn grow.



With Lake Erie 'Guano, onl

bushels.





get more com and better cor





filled ears, big well—developed kernels.





Remember it is easier and cheaper to keep

your soil fertile than to rebuild it once it





is gone. Write for tree'book.





 





The Jarecki Chemical Co.





SANDUSKY, OHIO





flgents [Van ted





nto the son the elements that





y fair soil will yield 80 to 100





Use Lake Erie Guano this year and





n ——'la»rgc well-





 

   

   

 

 





 

   

 

 





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For a period of two years lllv new road .

law has now lwcu tried. and so far as my ‘ ‘ - .

own judgment goes. I believe it to be a

success. ' ~

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Diamond Joe’s Big White—A strictly new variety. None like It. It In the Earnest and Best g

White Corn in the World—Because it was bred for most Big Buabels. not fancy snow points; because

grown from thoroughbred inherited stock; every stalk bears one or more good eats. because scientifically





Hi‘ coursc. my own observation has cy—

tcl‘idcd'ovcr my own community only, but

in the two years this law has been in

force I have sccn more permanent work

done upon the highways than in all thci

rcst of thc timc l have lived in this 10-.

cality. Many pieces of road havo been,

sradcll up. and many culverts ll;t\'t‘.l)'L‘9ll

put in. turning.r the water off in some

direction to [\l‘t'St'l'Vf‘ tin-





tion of the roadbct‘l. l havc ncvcr before?





seen so much concrcle work done uponl

thc highways. thc samc being used in thel





construction of culverts. small

Git“.



l'crhaps a small l'lcrccntugc of these

culverts might havc been improved upon

a little. but taken as a whole the work,

is good. and oncc thcrc and rightly con-

structed. they are thcrc to stay. and are

certainly a great improvement in any

community where thcy are made,



Of course, I know that many farmers





bridges,





things, becauSc they have been cmnpellcd

to pay the amount of thcir road Work out

in money. but 1 can not set- why this

should makc any difference to any of

them. for if they so desire. ihcy may still

do the amount of their work. and much

more besides. for there are always some

farmers who do not care to put in their

time doing road work; so long as the law

does not compel them to serve.



There is also some fault found because,

a fcw farmers can not havo road work

done just where, and just as. they would

like to see it done. but all should remem-

ber that everything can not be done in

a minute. and there is no man ever elect-

ed to office who is going to please every.

body. no matter how hard he tries or

how good a man, he may be. .



Much fault was found with the old sys-

tem of doing things. and it is quite likely

that under any system there are some

who will continue to find fault. but my

own opinion is that the new road law is a

success and I hope to see it continue. in

force.





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Write forlt today. Address





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CLOVER

S E E D





‘NIHEN we say seed is “Min—

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just what the wordsjmply. Such

secd,having been produced from



plants which have endured the cold



of winter and alternate freezing and

thawing of spring and fall, is hardy

and vigorous. By planting thls seed.

clovers may be established in north-

ern sections where until recently,



it was not thought possible for

them to survive. Another impor'

tant point is that clover grown from

Minnesota Grown Seed in sections



- further south is more productive, of

(i _ greater vitality. and of better quality

1' than from seed produced in any other

section. Order your clover seed at once.

It usually advances during the season

and the demand may exhaust. our supply.





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the 140 pages is filled with information

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NEW SEED till m m...

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Stlfl’ntnw. white berry ma big mau- My seed





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Price 01.00 per bu. Ban free with ortbn of lo bu.

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This same oats we sold last earin the

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new, clean land; no weeds. Have best

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Select. went 116 bushels to acre this year;

Early New Market. Canada’s favoriteJlo .

bushels to acre. Both of these are big,early

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change of seed. Try some of these oats.

The average oats are inbred and run out. Cana—

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Will also send you free bookletentitled “Big Money

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JAN. 29, .1910;

FERTILIZINfi'flOTATO LAND.



Last year (1909) I carried on, for my

own special pleasure and benefit a fer-

tilizer experiment in potatoes.



I am writing regarding t-hae results of

this experiment, not to tell anyone how

to fertilize their land for potatoes—no one

can. do that, but rather to suggest a

method Joy which anyone can determine

for himself just what to fertilize with.

how much fertilizer to use, and when to

apply it for the best results in a financial

way.



No person can tell any farmer, only in

a general way, .what to use per acre of

any element, because every farm will

vary in its needs and generally every

field on a certain farm. But there is a

way by which every farmer can deter-

mine to a nicety just what element and

how much of it, will give him the best

results on a certain crop in a certain

field. And this can be determined by

asking his land what it needs, what ele-

ment is lacking, by the means of plot fer—

tilizer tests.



As farmers, there is one fact we should

ever bear in mind when manuring or fer—

tilizing, that the crop can be no greater

than the element which is present in the.

soil to the smallest extent will allow

Therefore, our aim should ever be to ap—

ply to our land these elements whit-hare

needed to make up a balanced food sup—

ply for the certain class of plants which

we intend to grow. A great many farmers

say it does not pay to use commercial

fertilizers and a great many say this from

results which they have gotten in using

them.



If the facts in the case were known.

however, in almost every case the failure

to get good results could be traced to

supplying the wrong element. in the

wrong form, at the wrong time or in the

wrong‘way for the certain crop, to a lacx

of a. proper amount of humus or to im-

proper seed and cultivation. A man may

fertilize ever so heavily and if he does

not use the right thing, at the right time

and in the right way, and then do all

other things which help to make a good

crop he can not expect to get results.

Every farmer can best find out what to

use and how, when, and in what amount

by the use of the plot fertilizer test.



Right here I am going to give the re-

sults which I got this year from my ex—

periments but before doing so want to

again say that these results can be of

no value to anyone else, only in a gen—

eral way. But by showing just how any

one can do the same I hope to cause oth-

ers to consider how much every one of us

need to know for certain just what is

needed in the way of fertilizers to produce

a maximum crop with the minimum

amount of expended time, energy and

money, and as time goes on and land he-

comes valuable, our needs along this line

will become even greater than they are

today.



‘Thirteen plots, each one rod square, are

used in this experiment. Plot 1 was left

unfertilized, plot 2 was fertilized, and

plot 3 left unfertilized, and thus on thru

the plots every other plot was left as a

check plot. The sulphate of potash used

ran 48 per cent actual potash and the

acid phosphate 14 per cent phosphorus.

The fertilizer was applied broadcast about

one week before the potatoes were plant-

ed and harrowed into the soil.





remark that leads me to mention that

right here in Van Buren county, this





rods which yielded 3,920 bushels, (a little

more than 400 bushels per acre). Jay Lyle

had 2,060 bushels on six acres. Jason





Woodman had 3,400 bushels on 83-10,





acres, a little over 390 bushels per acre,

and sold and delivered on cars 3,200 bush-

els at 35 cents. “There are others,” but

these are all neighbors and I know the

grdunds were accurately measured and

yields correctly stated. And we do not

think a. yield of 320'bushels anything

uncommon around here this season,



Van Buren Co. SUBSCRIBER.



A GOOD YIELD OF CORN IN ST.



JOSEPH COUNTY.





Mr. A. M. Smith, of St. Clair county,

reports a big yield of corn in your issue

of Jan. 15, and asks others to report. This

county \St. Joseph), had a very large

crop, but there are very few farmers who

can tell just what their yield was, for the

reason that the corn is husked and cribbed

and they begin feeding it out at once and

sell what they don't need. If a few rows

are husked and weighed or measured, they

are very apt to be selected from the’ best

part of the field, and the estimate of the

average from them would be hardly fair,

altho it might not be much out of the

way. On the writer’s farm this last season

we, had two ten—acre lots in corn: one was

put out by my son. the other by a neigh-

bor. both lots 21 clover sod. My son has

just sold his half of his crop and the av-





erage per acre was 70 bushels of shelled;





eorn. The other field was a close second,

but none of it has been weighed 0r meas-

ured.





St. Joseph Co. B. Q. GOODRICH.





THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD SEEDS.E





 





The importance of good seeds is better'





appreciated on American farms today

than ever before. yet a great many farm—

ers do not attach the importance to this

factor of success which they should.





“Mother for planting farm crops, for the





garden or for the beds or borders of f10W~

crs. good seeds are the first requisite of





success and satisfaction in the results.

Good seeds must not only be true to

name, but should germinate well and

make vigorous plants with the desired





eharacteristir-s. In fact. good seeds must

be well bred seeds with generations of good

ancestors if good results are to be so-

cured from them. This is just as inl-

portant with seeds as it is with live stock,

and in some cases even more so. because

the problems of breeding for improvement

are more difficult. The reliable seed firms

of the country have experimental farms

devoted entirely to the breeding of stock

seeds for the prmluetion of improved

strains from which their

are grown. This is an extensive and im—

portant branch of their business, without

which the quality of the seeds distributed

to farmers and gardeners" thruout the

country could not be kept up to their

present high standard. Perhaps the gov-

ernment seed distribution.





sponsible than any other one thing for

the lack of progress along this line, for

the reason that the seeds distributed free

by the congressmen are generally of an





 





Results of the





 





Plat. Per Acre. Coitcpgr

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Z; .'.'.'.'1'dd'ii).éI s.P., heii'i‘tggfxiiai'.‘ ' 2315.111 .

g ....'2'0'0' his} s '1') '''''''' ' 4150: I:

é 32560112); 's'fPI,’ is'lb'uis'fLAI'PI'.’ '1'01963 II



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Sold potatoes for 2:)0 per bushel.





 





Experiment.





Yield per Gain or Loss Gain or Less

Acre. bu. lVIoney.

..185)1/3l-)ll ................. ..... ........ ..-



12913 bu ....... 423,5, loss........$12,92 less

“158% im_ ...............................

.ltlll bu ....... 01/5, loss ..... '. . . 7.78 loss

. .132 ‘m .............................. .

..ltil 1:; I‘ll ....... ll 15; gain ....... 5.83 gain

. .108 bu ............................. . .

..168 bu ....... ~11ng gain ....... 0.07 loss

”14115, bu. ...........................

. .176 bu ....... ‘18 gain ....... 4.80 ain

.lli‘éf; bu. ........................... g...

..lhtiiffw, bu. . . . . . .3634; gain ....... 0.79 loss

.linlrgbu. .........





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In my case 200 lbs. of sulphate of potash

per acre gave the greatest money return.

Why the first two fertilized plots were

fertilized at a loss is more than I can say,

On plots 6, 8, 10 and 12 I have already

received, or more than received, pay for

the fertilizer used, in the increase of the

first crop and whatever benefits to sue-

ceeding crops are received will be clear

gain, and I am sure they will be many.

Eaton Co. W. C. ECKARD.





 





‘VAN BUREN COUNTY POTATO

YIELDS.





In a recent Farmer I noticed. under





"Reading or “A Splendid Potato Yield,” 8.





statement that “this yield was said to

be the greatest of any ever known in

Southern Michigan." And it is this last





inferior .(guality and lack in the. pure—bred

characteristics above mentioned as desir-

able in the purchase of any kind of seeds.

For these reasons it will pay to be par-

ticularly careful in the selection of new

seeds for planting, whether in the field

or in the garden, and about the only safe

guide which can be employed is to Dur~

chase them of some reliable firm who have

built up a good business because. they

have placed satisfactory goods upon the

market. It is impossible to get anything

worth while for nothing, and this applies

to seeds as well as to every other com-

modity.





 





Willis S. Meade. the 'well known breed~

er of Shropshires. writes: “I am all

sold out of rams, thanks to The Farmer.

I.have always found it a valuable adver-

tising medium.”





" THE ' MICHIGAN‘ "FAliME'R‘. -

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fall, Harry Lurkins had nine acres and 79 :





 





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them are the two big,

The big, strong iron brackets oneach end

‘nection with the sills or frame is SOLID.





The FRONT END of the manure spreader





etc. It NEEDS great strength, doesn’t it!





EASE REMEMBER that every stick of





investigate and THINK before buying.

dangerous to both the man and team, so





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More Ooh, Hickory. malleable and high-grade

other spreader made. \





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big to buy the best.

If you are interested In increasing your c





Minueopolis, Minn.

Columbus, 0.





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WESTERN Spreader





This picture shows the front end of the GREAT WESTERN Manure Spreader.





It looks good, doesn’t it ?





Let’s begin at the bottom and tell you more about GREAT WESTERN construction 2-



The front axle is made of. cold-rolled steel chatting. Mounted on this is a. big, heavy OAK

axle cap clam ed on with FIVE clips. Above the axle cap is securely bolted a. great), big, strong,

16-inch lllALL ABLE circle, or fifth—wheel, braced front and back with MALLEABLE braces. These

braces are bolted solidly to the axle cap and take in the steel axle as well.

end of a. Great Western so strong that you can put on the largest load of wet, heavy manure, and

hitch on as many horses as you wish. WE GUARANTEE you can’t pull the front end out or break it.



On top of this mils-inch fifth-wheel.you will see two short OAK braces, and bolted on to



eavy, 3x6—lnch OAK BOLSTERS.





The Great Western has the only automatic oscillating fifth-wheel made. If one front wheel

drops into a. hole or a dead furrow, It opens up just; like a spring wagon and the body is not twisted

out of shape. - You can see that this twisting of the frame, going over rough ground, makes the

manure bind on the sides of the bed. That means heavy draught.





WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?





you pull from it. The spreader always carries a. heavy load, and you need the BEST material and

STRENGTH in spreading manure on frozen ground, in corn stubble, going across dead furrows,





LET US REPEAT—with the GREAT WESTERN construction you can’t put horses enough on

or load enough on to pull the front end out or break t.





PL

the 16—inch fifth-wheel and all braces and clips are the best MALL EABLE—ancl NOT cast; iron.

The Great Western is the “World‘s Best” today, and all we ask is that you make comparisons

Breakdowns with a manure spreader are expensive and

on want to buy quality.

BECAUSE of the great strength ant proved superiority of the GREAT WESTERN Spreader;

because it stands head and shoulders above all cheap imitations and light machines on the market.





It’s true, that. a high-grade machine,like the GREAT WESTERN. built out of the very best

Don‘t let anyone sell you something that Ihoy any is just as good and charge

would have to pay fora. GREAT WESTERN. Don‘t be foole . W





know for yourself what every part is made of. Take

take your rule and measure the parts; take a. sledge ammer and pound the fifth-wheel. It pays





our nearest office for our large tree Art Catalogue No. D

look for, and what construction means in a. manure spreader.





Smith Mfg. Co., 158 E. Harrison St., Chicago





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This makes the front





of the bolsters weigh 25 pounds each, and the con-





is a. VERY important part of the machine. because





 





wood shown in the above picture is OAK, and that





eotern Manure Spreader to Have





50 per cent more strength

steel; 60 per cent more wear and service than any





art with, but. it’s by far the cheapest in the end.

on as much as you

hen you go 0 buy a spreader,

our knife and see that the timber is OAK;





reps and guiding up your farm, please write us to

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THE CLIPPER PRINCIPLE IS RIGHT





Th. .

The “CLIPPER” Cleaners for doing just





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U B. Age-cultural Dept.. State Experimental Stations and all prominent seed houses use





BECAU SE their experience has provon The “CLIPPER" to be tho

most Successful Machine for Grading and Cleaning.

It is NOT a Fanning Mill, and is sold upon its merits, at a reasonable





price, with THIRTYzDAYS' FREE TRIAL, satisfaction guaranteed.





OUR REFERENCEz—U. 8. Dept. Agriculture, State Agricultural Colleges and Experimental

farms. every Seed House in the U. S. and Canada.





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is different from all others and has been

acknowledged the standard grain and

seed Cleaner for the past 15 years. It will

select and clean your grain and seed (or

lowing—just what it pays best to do.





The Most Profitable Work





That can be done on the farm



is to select and clean all seeds and grams

for sowing and planting. This will Im-

prove the quality of the need. bring it u p

to the highest standard and lit for fancy

seed lno few crops. It will increase the

yield and free yourland from foul weeds.

For this reason you should reclean all

clover and other seeds that you buy before

sowing. This is just as important on it

In to clean your seed grain from your

granary before sowing.





Any farmer knows that Lnrue. Plump.

Heavy kernels of seed. grain or corn will

produce more and stronger plants. which

will increase the yield and improve the

quality. Admitting that this will benefit

your crop 10‘. what would be your gain

for one year. To say nothing of ridding

your land of foul weeds, etc.





 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 





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Luvr: STOCK .





REPORTS OF THE RECENT BREED

MEETINGS.





 





 





The meetings of the several breed or-

ganizations which are held at the time

of the gtneral congregation of breeders

for the winter live stock meeting are an

important feature of that int-cling. The

usual number of these breed meetings

were hcld at the Agricultural t‘ollt‘aa‘e dur-

ing the annual live stock meeting held on

January 12 and 13 and we are publishing

as follows brief reports of sctcral of

them. as provided by the st-t‘l't‘lill‘ics oi'

the several breed organizations.



Michigan Horse Breeders‘ Association.



The second annual meetin:\ot lily Mich-

igan Horse Breeders“ Association was

hcld in the Michigan Agricultural College.

East Lansing, Mich. January 12. 1910.

with a large number 01‘ enthusiastic

horsemen in attendance. The lllt'etillg‘

was called to order at 2:00 p. m. in one

of the large, light. airy rooms of the

new Agricultural Building. Presidcnt Gib<

Irons presiding. As part of the program

the president gave a fine opening address.

giving: tribute to members of the equine

i'amily, followed by the secretary and

treasurer's report.



Mr. H. C. \Valdron, of Ann Arbor. gave

us a very valuable paper on thc present

status and future of draft horses in Mich-

igan, in which he placed the draft horse

king. of all horses, citylng' tltc his: “sixes"

ot‘ the international as examples for our

future work.



The light harness horse was discussed

uuitc generally. Some stig‘gcstcd that tor

intelligence, usefulness. pleasurc and

companionship, he was supretnc. A few

intimated that the allitllllttllllt- had this

class ot‘ horses going". but wt- think this

is not quite truc.



J. Al. lit-titlow, (11'

an extremely instructivc papcr in bcltalt‘

ot'the ponics, tolling ol' thcir t-dut-ational

influence on childrcn and ”it“ important

part they play in the industrial world.

’l‘hosc breeders of ponics. ospccially Sin-t-

kccping‘ lhcm purc-

lypc \vt-re





>.irminghatn. prepared





lands, who are not

lured and true to siZc and

criticised quite kccnly. as they wcrt- put—

ting on the market soon-thin: that was

ncithcr l horse nor a pony. and tints do-

in;r an injustice to themselves as wcll. its

brcctlcrs of horses and ponies.





llr. \\'. \\', ’l‘hornhurn. ot' Lansing, dis-

cussed “the bony structure ot' the horse.





bcing

\‘t'l‘y :tblC





and the dangcr of defects rt-pro—

duct-d in the offspring." in a

manner.



Mr. ll. ll. 'llinds, of Stanton. prcsidcnt

ot‘ the Michigan Live Stock Sanitary

(.‘onnnission. spoke to us on the “llualth

of Michigan horse.s and their

l'l'ttlll infectious and (‘olllauiotls (list-ewes.”

saying. that no cunal art-a (“llilil boast ot’

the hcalth of its horses as Michigan t‘ll;.

lit; attributcd this to lill' tart that the

legislature had enacted soul-“- vcry stren-





uous laws regarding glandcrs, etc., in

horses.

Dr. J, E. “'artl, of Perry. gate n.-~ son‘c





ycry valuable pointers in ituartl to arti-

tit-ial imprcgnation. sou'ucst'n: tlzw list- ur

the bull) syringc form of itnpit-anator and

stating that he had not i'outwl lbw '-rwd~

«Y's bag. [01‘ t‘llllt‘l' liltth til' i‘i‘lllttltn \Pl')‘

[Jl‘a(‘ilt‘:li. A St‘lt’llllllt‘ (lirt'lims'lirll Hi t‘llllll—

lation and iinprcmiation i‘oimttcd. in which

sonic \‘cry valuable information “as

tit-alt out to an appreciative audicncc.



Dr. [1. Bl. Illlrt, of Lansing. discussed

the proposed stallion law and its cxpcri—

cnce in the Michigan Legislature. an".

read to us a new proposed stallion bill.

statingr that nearly all nciuhhorin: states

had such laws and that it' Michigan did

not do something to rcz'ulatt- stallion

practice. etc., that our state would bc the

dumping ground for stallions that could

not pass inspection in Hillt'l‘ neighlmrinu‘

statcs.



Dr. Rcynohls. of thc Minnesota Experi—

tncnt Station. gztvc some valuable rcmarlts

along similar lines, suggesting some

citang‘cs he would lllakt' in their stallion

law if tht-y wcit- to make it over.



A committee of lhrcc was appointed by

thc chair to draft :1 bill regulating: stallion

practice in Michigan and prescnt at next

nn’cting in January following;



At about six o’clock p. in. we managed

to get down to the bottom of the pro-

:‘ram, and proceeded to the election or

officers. This was a very totict and inner-

as some one got up and

made a motion that all old officers 1,.» p..-

elected to respective Offices. somp one





supported the motion and vote was taken

which proved favorable to motion, and





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THEF MICHIGAN FARMER.





meeting- stood adjourned, ~- with r-following

officers for the ensuing year: President,

Robt. Gibbons. Detroit; secretary, J. G.

Palmer, Belding; treasurer, W. B. Otto,

Charlotte; vice-presidents, Henry C. “Yal-

dron. Ann Arbor; Geo, Ackerman, Elkton;

C. F. Rattler. Charlotte; C. C. Hoag.

Charlotte; A. P. Green. Olivet; W. W’.

Collier, Pontiac. ‘J. G. PALMER, Sec.



Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’ Associa-



tion.



In the absence of Mr. P. P. Pope, last

ycar chosen president and who has left

the state. Mr. G. F, Ottman. of Merle-

beach. vice—preSidcnt, presided and gave

.l short address. He said the Shorthorn

was popular evcrywhere; that the breed

was cosmopolitan. He thot that the

farmers in Michigan demanded a general

purpose cow. and that the outlook for

breeders of the red. white and roan was;

bright.



'The main address was by Mr. “C S.

Robbins. of .l. (.1. Robbins & Sons, Hor-

ace, Ind.. who spoke on “The Future of

the Shorthorn as a Dual Purpose Ani-

mal." He said the demand for the dual

purpose Shorthorn was increasing. The

breaking up of the vast ranges and the

taking up of the land for agricultural

purposes assured a good future for the

dual purpose cow. Wc can no longer look

to the west for our supply of feeders.

'l‘hc cattle feeder must soon raise his

own feeders. and then will there be a

great dcmanti for Shorthorns,



An intcrcsting‘ address was given by

Mr. G. A. Brown. of the College. on “The

llcvelopnnnt ot‘ the Milking Shorthorn.‘

Hr- said caterinc; to the demands of the

ranges and the show ring had injured the

dairy uualltics of the Shorthorn. In de-

veloping a licrtl oi‘ milking Shorthorns ht"

laid down three essentials:



]. Mifk your cows and keep records.

l'se the scales and the llabcock tcst. It

is not ipccssary to changc your lines of

breeding". It is more It matter of develop-

incnt than oi‘ breeding: Not ncccssary to

sch-ct rows of dairy form,

3. {HIV young stock by hand. Avoid

licavy (hashing: build up thc frames.



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producin'ri

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the cnsuinjs, ycar: .1)i't‘.\lltlt‘lll, (i. F. Utt-

ntan. Merit-beach: vicc~prcsidcnt. Alfrwl‘

Allcn. Mason: secretar).'—tt'eastn'er. Hell

Dawson, .s‘ant’lustcjg; directors. .1. F. (‘lcin-

ens. :ath: (ico. ti. ’tich. Paw Paw: tlco.

'l‘. Tullcr. liattlc t‘rcck.



A. ALLEN. St‘t'.



Michigan Guernsey Cattle Breeders’



Association.



At the meeting of the Bitchig‘an Guern-

scy Brccdcrs' Association. held at M. A.

G, on January 12. lilt‘ following otficcr‘s‘

wcrc t‘lt-t'lctl for the ensuing; ycar: l’rcsi-

dcnt. Mr. 'l‘_ V. Hicks. llattlc (f‘rcck;

sccrctary and treasurer. Mr. A. M. Brown





East Lat sing: iirst vicc-prcsidcnt. Mr.

Allin [{elscv. Lake View: second vice»

. _ ‘. .V . .‘ l

picsldcnt. Mr. .1, ll. tosema. ri't-eitioltt: ‘





third vice-president, Mr.

l‘ldgeston. l’arnia.



The program consisted of the following;

\\‘ords of welcome by Presidcnt Snyder.

a short talk by Mr. H. \V. \Vlg’lllilll, Oi‘

Lnlisiltu‘. and an address by Lil‘. C. L.

Hill. of l-‘tosenda'w. \'\'isr-onsin. on “\\'hat=

shall wt- look for in thc Hucrnscy?" 311'

Hill outlined. in a practical way.

thc t‘.s'.\"llll.tl points that go to make dc—

sirabh par—

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thosc tliinas that are not essential from

tho pl'mltil'll‘tt

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(ith-rnscy lylws. making a





lu-ularly cart-tut discrimination

st,.n«lpoinl. and titosc that

simply thc b~-anty of th. animal.

llc called particular attention to thc high





quality oi litt‘ litternsry mill-1, its marked

llavor, ind unusual high color. At’tcr thc

address Mr. Hill judgcd thc collezc (iucrn—

.stgys in :lu- litu- stock pavilion. going ovcr

lilt' essential points in t-ach animal with

consitlcral h- care. and in the presence of





a large audience. A. M. known. Sec.



Michigan Red Potted Cattle Breeders’

Association. :



’l‘hc annual mmfiting' of the Michigan“





lit'tl l’ollctl

was litlll January 1:, 1910,

in the new Agricultural Building, East

Lansing. and was callcd to ordt-r promptly

on time by l’rcsith-nt l‘I. \\'. I‘Jnglish. Af-

ter the usual routine of business the elect.

tion ot' otiiccrs was called for. which 1'9";

suited as follows: President. 1G, W. "ling-i

lish. t‘larksyillc: vicc—prcsidcnt, .7. BT.’

Chase, lonia: secretary—trcasurer, XV. \V.‘

\\’oo:lm.tn, Stanton; director, 3 years, Jasa‘

ltcynolds, Port Huron. l



The mccting‘ was full of enthusiasm,

every number on the program being car‘-

ricd out as listed, and the paper by Mr.

Reynolds. of Port Huron. “Judging Red





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Polls at the Fairs." brot out a lively dis-

cussion. The Association will ask the.





When writing, to advertisers mention The Michigan Farmer.
JAN. 29,‘ 1910. .





State Fair management to furnish them

with a special expert 511586. ‘WhiCh they

are entitled to as much as the Short—

horns, the Jerseys or the Holsteins, as

the Red P011 breeders showed the largest

number of individual herds of any breed

at the fair. '



The paper by Mr. Chase. "Red Polls

as Dairy Cows," was well prepared and

showed some startling figures of high

scoring coWs. The paper. “Feeding and

Care of Red Polls in \V'inter,” by Mr.

Ezra Brack, of Allegan. was to the point

and brot out a lively discussion, as did

the address of Prof. A. (T. Anderson of

M, A. C. W. IV. \VOODMAN, Sec.

Michigan Duroc-Jersey Breeders’ Asso-



ciation.



O\\'ing to the lateness of several of the

‘members of the Michigan Mince-Jersey

‘lreeders’ Association in reaching M. A.

C. on January 12, the meeting was post—

poned until January 13, at 9:00 a. m., at

Which time a very interesting meeting

was held, consisting of the general order

of business, payment of dues. elc. Presi-

dent C. H, Bray was elected to succeed

himself, as was also M. T. Story as sec—

retary and treasurer. After conferring

with the other swinc brccders' associa-

tions it was mutually decided to hold a

combination sale at the M, A. 0., in Jan-

uary, 1911, to which all breeders of the

several different breeds are privileged to

limited consignments, the college faculty

kindly granting the use of their elegant

new live stock pavilion for such purpose

Breeders desiring further informatimi can

obtain full particulars by corresponding

with any of the secretaries of the several

swine breeders’ associations.



The best of feeling prevailed thru all

the meetings, and the breeders were uni-

ted in voting it, one of the, most interest-

ing and profitable meetings held in late

years. After inspecting the fine speci-

mens at the college and having visions

of the 9c hog in the near future, the

breeders felt stimulated to go home and

devote a little more time and energy to

their sanitary surroumlings.



M. T. STORY, See.



The Michigan Berkshire Aseodation.



At the annual meeting of the Michigan

ierkshire Association, held at the Agri—

cultural Collcge on January 12, the fol—

lowing officers \\'('l'(: elected:



President, J. \V. illibbard. llcnningttm;

\‘icc—president,' II. D.‘ Burroughs, Mulli-

ken: secretary-treasurcr. C. B. Scully

Almont; directors, Geo. llupp, Birming-

ham; James Reynolds, Port Huron; C, I).

\\'ootlbury, Lansing; Bert Clark, Ii‘enton;

IV. H. Schantz, Illnstings.



The meeting was quite well attended

and the lboys seem to feel as any one

nautrally would when stock is high and

there is plenty of call for it.



C. S. BARTLETT, Sec.

Michigan Poland China Breeders’ Associa-

tion.



The following ofiicers were elected for

the coming year at the Michigan Polan'l

China Breeders” Association, held at the

Agricultural College on January 12:



President, A. H. Foster, Allegan; vice—

presldent, W. ‘V. \Voodman, Stanton;

secretary, John C. Butler, Portland.



The meeting was well attended and

much interest manifest. One of the im-

portant results of the n‘teeting will be a

combination sale at the. college next win-

ter, in which an invitation is extended to

breeders of other breeds of swine to take

part, no breeder to be allowed to put more

than two animals in the sale.



A. ll. Fos’rnn, Sec.

Michigan Oxford Down Sheep Breeders’

Association.



The annual business meeting of this

association was held in the‘New Agricul-

tural Building at M. A. (L. on January 12.

The old ofilcers were rc-clectcd for the

ensuing year, I. It. Waterbury being pres—

ident, and B. I“. Miller, of Flint, Mich.

secretary-treasurer. The afternoon was

taken up with an informal discussion of

means by which the interests of the breed

could be advanced in Michigan during the

coming year. which resulted in providing

for the listing of sale rams with the

secretary in order to furnish buyers from

the west with accurate information as to

the available supply.



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PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES.





Even the most successful live, stock

breeder or feeder is sure to have emer-

gency cases which require prompt. treat-

ment to save the life, or prolong the use-

fulness of some of his animals. \the

the; veterinarian may be called. yet often

he"'.can notgbe secured promptly and it

is the part of wisdom to have the stable

supplied with a medicine chest containing





 





 





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the standard remedies at least, which are

advertised in every reputable farm’ jour-

nal, for use in cases of emergency. Quite

often it will be found that the cases will

yield to this emergency treatment and

that the. professional services of the vet-

erinarian will not be needed. Of course,

there are many cases in 'which the ser-

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absolutely necessary, but there are a.

great many little ailments which ordi—

narily do not get treated at all which





could be entirely relieved by judicious

recourse to a well filled medicine chest

kept in the stable for the purpose. The

prepare: remedies which will

tions which will be a safe guide in their

use. Not only in emergency cases, but





a medicine chest be found to be of es-

pecial value. since often these chronic

cases can be relieved or palliatcd to an





extent which will not only make the Ell’ll-g





mal more comfortable. but as well more,

more profitable. as the case

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useful or

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medicine chest will be. small in compari-.





son \vth the advantages to be

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LIVE STOCK NOTES.



Missouri stockrncn report a great falling

off in cattle feeding as compared with re-

cent years. while the hog supply is much

smaller than usual. Stockmcn who are

in the habit of feeding from 200 to 3th

cattle a' year are feeding only 100 or

even less.



ltecently the average weight of the hogs

marketed at Chicago fell to 21m lbs.. the

lightest seen in any week- since early last

April. Maturcd hogs have been closely

marketed from most sections, and not

enough are coming to packing centers to

meet the pressing requirements of the

packers.



In 1“, Swift. the big packer, says the

talk about, high—priced beef is title to thc

great demand for the rib and loin cuts.

of which there are only about :16 per cent

of the total. The proper preparation an]

cooking of the cheaper cuts is being given

attention by domestic science authorities.

with a view of increasing the use of meat

that is just as nutritious as the rib and

loin cuts. thereby effecting a saving in

the cost of living.



\Vhilc the, blizzards and snow storms,

intt’lrspcrscd with extreme old weather,

lasted, inarkctings of cattle and hogs

dropped off to meager proportions. as

owners foresaw large shrinkagcs in tran-

sit, and the railroads in many instances

absolutely refused to accept consignments

of hogs. As soon as the weather mode—

rated and became mild there was a gen-

eral scramble to move delayed stock, and

for a time the Chicago market was so

glutted with cattle and hogs that prices

wcnt .down with a rush, buyers being in

a position to dictate terms.



Maryland and Virgina buyers have been

in the (.fliicztgo market recently in search

of cheap stock steers for roughing thru-

thc winter. grazing ncxt summer, and fin—

ishing off in the autumn with some corn.

marketing them when weighing around

1,230 lbs. {ecently a Baltimore buyer

lucked up about, 700 stockers that aver-

aged less than 750 lbs. at around $3.40 per

100 lbs. This is a kind of business cn—

gaged in yearly by farmers in Marvland

and the Virginias. and they usually make

it pay. There is seldom a time when

medium and plain stockers cannot be pur-

chased in the Chicago stock yards at com-

paratively low figures, the cheapest lots

having sold recently at $2.73futl, while

feeders were selling at $4.50615.;’5, accord—

ing to quality.



\Villiam Abel, of Illinois, who has large

feeding stables. says he is feeding fewer

horses this winter than in a number of

years past, as feed is too dear to make

the business a profitable one. He has

been in the habit of buying his feeders

in Minnesota, Dakota and Iowa, but rc—

ports good feeder horses much higher in

price than usual and not offered at, all

irecly by farmers. Hay that could have

been bot last September for $8 per ton

is now held at $16. Farmers who feed





 





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horses have a great, advantage over pro—

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lixptn‘lers are, not buying a great manv

cattle these times, as prices are too high

ttnstllt the foreign markets. South Am-

erica has captured the British trade, and

American exporters have become alarmed

lest England lift the embargo and admit

{H't'f Argentina cattle, as well as chilled

)t‘t’ .

cattle exports to the, United Kingdom

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of dead ballast instead of live cattle. and

the question of space rates has not been

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ing on the roof. Ask your dealer about Dickelrnnn.

Leading dealers all over the country have sold this

roofing for years. They have built their roofing rep-

utations upon it. When we mail you book and sam-

ple we will give name of dealer in your locality. .

Send us your name and address so we can mail book.





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Unexcelled in breeding. Selected





Jersey Bulls, cows and Heifers figl‘ifll‘afiseatasr.:."ss:::-c.s:.'sts





i "OI-STEIN BULL CALF WANTED,

ur an er 0 D woooncii‘iit E be in“ firm“?-

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ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





5 Herd headed by UNDUI.ATA BLACKBIRD -

, [TO 83836. one of the best sons of PRINCE 1T0





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POTATO. i and Grand Rapids Fair: of 1907. 1908 and 1909. Herd

ricns. Blackbirds. Prides, etc





 





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DUROC JERSEY SOWS type andatrains. c. s. BARTLETT. Pontiac, Mich.





Choice individuals and popular blood lines. Inspec-

tion invited. Full information cheerfully furnished.

. If you cannot visit our farm at once write

BROOKWATER FARM. Ann Arbor. Mich.

l- W- MUMFORD. Manlflor. once. Guernsey bull calves. Pokin Ducko. and





 





Boars—Berkshire—Boars





Two. weighing 400 lbs. each. one 350. good'ones. too.

and Cheap. Other smaller ones. They must go at





 





Barred Rock cockerelii. HUPP FARM. Bir-





LILLIE. FARMSTEAD JERSEYS minghnm. Michigan. G. C. HUPP. Manager.





We have some splendid young bulls for sale. Some

of them are old enough for service. They are from





 





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cows with records of 300 to 426 pounds of butter lost





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





at former at special prices. Satisfaction Guaranteed.

IF Write today ior catalog M..





SGHUFIELD &. 80.. Mfrs, Freepori, Ill.

SAVE 20% av cmnnmc





The STAR SIMPLE SWEEP '

MILL grinds ear corn or any

small grain. You get more

reading value from ground

teed and your horses do the

grinding. Profit comes to

Star owners from both ends.



Free Booklet giving prices

on Sweep and Belt Powers.



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Depot Shoot

New Lexington. Ohio





1.0.0. Percheron Stallions 1 00





 





 





 





==and Mares:





Mares trom...... . .$250 to $600.

Write for Art Blotter.





BURTON 63 CO., Kenton',Ohio.





—-Im . Block Percheron Stal-

For sale or EXClllllge lioanontcalm, 11 years old,

one of the best sires in the state. Only reason for

letting him go, too many of his colts in this locality,

A cure foal getter. Extra flne actor, sound and kind.

Weight 1,800 lbs. Priced very cheap for quick sale,

or would exchange for another good Percheron

stallion. Inspection invited. Address

H. L POLLOCK or ECK. KBEBS, Charlotte, Mich.





 





 





PERGHEROH MILLIONS. 35°si2'ii‘n31‘3 33273013522





8!, reolonoblo priced. T. M. Southworth & Son, 3.13, Allen, lich.





 





or Poultry, nearly all breeds. Sires

exchanged. Southwest Michigan Pedigreed Stock

Association. B. E. Jennings. Sec. Paw Paw. Mich.





two years old. font. F. L. KING. Charlotte. Mich.





JACKS AND MUM-IS.





Raine mules and get rich.

300 fine. large Jacks. Jen-

nies and mules. 14 to 17

hands high. Weigh from 700

to 1500 lbs. Good ones.

pay a port of shipping.

Mules in teams or car-

[Old lots. Stock gunrnnteed.

Write for prices today.

’BJACKFABM

Welt Eikton. Ohio.





KEITUBKY MAMMBTH JABKS.





Jocks. Jonnotl and Saddle Hon-sol. 280 head

to ocloot from. Tamworth Swine, all Ages.





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F0 R SAL E Ellfglfite'es'rApLLmN. l





. , . " .. PLIHTER i woooco'rn STOCK FARM. Ionla. Mich.





Thousands ofsetisfiod customers. Gold from factory iAYRSHIRES—A Dairy Breed of much merit.

.shlre Pigs. and ten varieties highbred Cockereln.





. wants. E. dt J. T. MILLER. Birmingham. Mich.





’ LONG





“if. HOLS'I'EIR





’ i _ r A

H O LST E I N S RY ‘3 2.135. ggllsBulloctlill ves





Imported and pure bred registeredi

Stallions from ........ $400 to $1200. :





. in herd.

For sale—Horses. Cattle. Sheep. Hogs. Dogs i





 





year. CWrite for description and prices





Young stock for sale—also Berk. 0L0" 0‘ ”LLIE‘ Coopereville. Mleh'





 





Eggs in season. Mich. School for the Deaf. Flint.





 





' Breeders and Importers of high

Hallie 3|ng Farm clnsaGuernseys. Write us your





 





 





 





BEACH FARM. , '



A" chi.- Register of Merit Jerseys. ”3.3.3:“?

tcred. '1‘. F. MARSTON. Bay City. Mlchicun.



YOUNG BULLS. all A. B. O. stock.$l$0 and $80: DAIRY BRED BHORTHOBNS—Only one bull





F. S. E FIELD. Au ustn. Kalamazoo Co. Mich. left. 8 months old. price 85. (good note good

K N g ( ) J. B. HUMM . Mason. Mich.





 





as cash.)





 





ROYCROFT FARM. Sidnuw. Mich.





Two Boari. do for full service. A few Giltn loft. Also a. fine

lotol foil pig: may for washing. Either no: or pair-

nozkin. A. A. PATTULID, Docket-ville, liohigon.





ADAMS BROS. Improved Cheater Whites. Litch-

field. Mloh.. won 125 premiums in ’09. Booking

order! for bred sows;bonrs ready for service. Buff Rook, W.

Orpinzton,w. Leghorn cock’ls.’ Shorthom bulls ready for service





mmvrn cutsitas. sgogggmssamm’;

open. Also choice Holstein Bull Calves. of the best of

breeding. W. O. Wilson. Okemos, Mich. Both phones.





Puritan licrd at Chester Whilu‘i‘ffiefiifffizfi’;

sows and spring guts. bred for March and April

forrowmg. WILL W. FISHER. Watervliot. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





SHEEP.

—Buil calves for sale from A. OXfO I'd- Down 3 heep “13135122?





.

HOIStelnS B. O.dams. at mite $50 each. cattle tor sale. A. D.&J. A. DEGARMO. Muir. Mich.

E. COLLIER. R. F. D. 5. Fowiorvlile. Mich.





TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS.





E. R. CORN ELL. Howell. Mich.





 





825 to $60 each.





 





 





 





‘ Mniug in themselves the blood of cows which now





PARSONS OXFORDDDWIS:





also 1' istered Hon-niece Notional Deloines and Black 2

Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com- top deel‘iiines. Bomeync. Parsons, Grand Ledge.Michfi :





cunoc JERSEY SWINE. was: 22:22 it





for 15. J. H. BANGHART. Lansing. Mich.





DUROC—JERBEYS—so bred and open sows. pieniy

of growth and quality. Boers ready for service.

Priceszright. Write J. C. Barney. Goldwater, Mich.





' -—2 choice gills. bred for March far-

Hampshu‘es row. Choice June Clover Seed guar-

teed pure. A. L. ALLIB. R. No. 1. Adrian. Mich.





 





 





 





hold and have in the post held World’s Records for

milk and butter-fat lit lair prices. OXFORD Downs deiiizmgigi

lllcPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mich. sale. H. J. De GABMO. R. No. l. Clyde, Mich.





‘ioinnmi sioci HM] Holsteincalflc. OXFORD DOWN ewes





JACKSON. MICK. bred toimported rams for sale at former: prices.



Has more. imported Holotcln-Frienlan Cows B. F. MILLER. Flint. Miclilcun.

than any farm in the Middle West. Registered

BULL CALVESof the most fashionable breeding. so Bucklind hm Belainct‘A few Choice nms for

line. registered. Duroc Jersey sows due to furrow soon. the 1909 trade. Prices

right. D. E. TURNER & SONS. Mosherville. Mich.



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HOlSteln Serv1ce Bulls 130 Reg. Ramboillet Ewes for sale. descended

- from the belt flocks and bred to a pure Van

Bull Calves. Yearling. two-year-old Heifers. bred. Homeyer and a ram sired by 3 Gilbert ram and im-





and cows. due to freshen in spring for sale. 50 hand . ported dam. Allin perfect health. In lots to suit buy.

L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio. J. Q. A. Look. Morrlce. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





l ere—none reserved.





 





 





«B l , H 3 ~17 grade breeding ewesss each a

"“3"" "“53"" ”5’3“? ‘3'? ms: 5.32.3?135fiewra. resonates:





Mercedes Royal King. W. B. Jones. Oak Grove.Mich.

SHROPSHIRE HALL STOCK FARM.





utterance—Pom imitates-r

I orsae. so oon-

. Pa Will make special prices for thirty days. on ewe:

“1"“ hon. R" 8' ALLEN‘ Paw w. Mich. from 1 tea years old. all bred to Imported Cooper.





Northern Grown JOI'SO s and Manaell rams to lamb in March and April. also

0





:in very shelf: ewao lambsttliil i: to alike room for an

. mpora on n! agong oorr ve new rig.

“0“)“on F‘BM’ sun". M“ n. s. DURHAM canons. Concord. Michigan.

ERSEY BULL CALF born May 12. '09. Dom



gave'10.950!lm. milk. [not your test 61... Bire’s Dnm's





record 10.060 lbs. in 101/. months. test 5.2g. THE "065‘

MURRAY-WATERMAN 00.. B. 6. Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Ideal 2nd, dun, Oak Grove Princess. Also Jersey

BUTTER BRED Jaggggffig‘l‘s Bull out, born Aug. 19th 1909. cited b Hood nrm

CRYSTAL SPRING men FARM; Torono. manicured FARMS, outisc, Mich.

Silver Creek. Alias-n County. Mlohilan.

Fon BALE—Jeruy Bull out. bornso‘st. 3900. Will [AHGE ENGLISH BEHKSH'HES,

register him if urchuor denim. rite at once.

CHAS. W. WELK B. B. D. No. l. Sprinsport. Mich. H." a fine lot of spring pigs. both Iexeii. The type

for profitable pork production. Vieorous and strong

Pill. 3i. lambarl JERSEY: and some “a?! p.uurg. ond of but blood lines. Sotllioctlon guaranteed.





 





 





 





 





 





either sex.

CLARENCE BRISTOL. Fulton. Mich. R.F.D.No. 5. F. A. BYWATER, Memphis. Mich.





 





ERKSHIBE BOAR FOR SALE—Sire Dorothy’s .





O. l. C. SWINE—6’32‘ésfl'EfJ





Chief. the World’s Champion and Grand Champ-

ion 0. I. 0. Boar. heads my herd. he in also 3

grandson of 'I‘utesy. the World’s Champion now. I

am sold out of spring and June furrow of both sexes.

A. J. GORDEN. R. F. D. No. 2. Don. Mich.





' i b a f A

O. I. C. GILTS nag-Mogrforrgslvl

C. J. THOMT’SON. Rockford. Mich.





O I. 0. swine of spring furrow. both sexes. Some

. Aug. and Oct. pigs. All of right type and breod-

ing.'Geo. P. Andrews. Dansville. Inghnm 00.. Mich.





' B_rood Saws. safe in pig. Also foil

POIand‘Chlna pigs and B. P. Rock cockerels.

Prices right.





ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Mlch.





POLAND—CHIN“ “smug “<1 yearling sow. bred for





spring furrow. They are ri ht

and priced right. WM. WAFFLE. Goldwater. Mam.





POUND-RM“ PIGS—Butler’s Famous Wonders-





. Sept. furrow. Big. western

type, big bone, long bodioI, big litters. The farmero' hog. Poir-

& trial. They 11 make you smile. J. 0. Butler, Pofllnnd,‘lich.





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POLAND-CHINA y::.°.°.8§..“.i‘:€y .0332?

.‘ Also sows. E. D. BishOp. B. 38. Lake Odessa. Mich.





LP. (3. sows hegemon-





WOOD dz SONS. Saline. Mich.





. C. SOWS. bred—These Iows' are of res

. ‘ . and breeding. A cw choice 8. 0.813. it‘lllgilg

l cockorels. R. w. mun. Slum. Mich.





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the most economical feeder!

now- to o Yotklhlre . . iii-$331112: r32 ’33

to be the most popular breed of the future.



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Your horse

If he has





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any of these

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Itching, rubbing tai,

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dandruff unthrifty eon-

dltlon, bloating. dusty

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Advice thru this department is free to

our subscribers. Each communication

should state history and symptoms of the

case in full; also name and address of

writer. Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

the desired information in a reply that

has been made to some one else.





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Cattle Lice.——Tell me what to apply to

kill lice on cattle. S. S. H., Dorr, Mich.—

See remedy in this column.



Indigestion—I have a colt coming two

years old that has a rough coat and is

inclined to gnaw boards. A. S. 8., Sum—

ner, Mich—Give your colt 1/2 oz, powdered

charcoal, a teaspoonful of baking soda and

a tablespoonful of ground ginger at a dose

in feed three times a day. Feed him some

vegetables,



Sore on S0w.—JI have a brood sow that

seems to be in excellent condition but is

troubled with a sore on her back. Ben-

sides, the skin is scaly and peeling off.

A. S., Brutus. Mich—Apply one part oxide

of zinc and three parts lard or vuseline to

sore part Once a day. If the parts are

suppurating apply peroxide of hydrogen

first.



Opacity of Cornea—A film covers the

eye-ball of one of my COWS; besides. the

eye is discharging a sort of pus. Our

local Vet has treated her, but with rather

poor success. N. Kent City, Mich.—

Apply equal parts peroxide of hydrogen

and clean water to clear the eye of pus,

then blow some calomel into eye once a

day, also apply borac aid once a day, after

using the peroxide. Give 2 drs. Donovan 8

solution of arsenic at a dose two or three

times a day.



Bruised Udder.—My cow has a. tender

bunch on udder as largc as a fifty ccnt

piece, that is quite lender to pressure

I have applied pine tar but doubt whether

it helped it or not. M. B. \V., Paw Paw,

Mich—Your cow bruised hcr udder. Dis—

solve 1,; lb, sugar of lead in a gallon of

water and add 1 pint tincture of arnicu

and apply to bunch three times a day.

(live four tablespoonfuls of Gluubcr's suits

twice a day.



Septic Poison—My cow droppcd hcr calf

on ,Deccmbcr 20, but has not done Well

since. I thot she cleaned all right at the

lime, but she walked as tho she was sore

inside. Has a poor appetite and is only

giving about one—half as much milk as

she should. I purchased some hypo-sul-

phitc soda and ground gentian and mide

it with feed, which she refused to eat. G.

\V. S., Milford, Mich—Give two table-

spoons baking soda and four tablespoons

of Glaubcr's salts in a quart of water as

a drcnch two or three times a day



Gai'get.—One of my two-year-old heifers

come fresh two months ago at which time

she gave a large mess of milk. Some

lime later one. side of her udder became

affected, which has gradually grown smal-

ler until now she gives very little milk.

R, S. H., Paris, Mich—The function of

her udder may be somewhat destroyed so

that she will ncvcr milk well from this

one half of the bag. Give 1 dr. iodide of

potassium at a dose in feed three times

a day, also apply 1 part tincture iodine

and 5 parts spirits camphor daily.



Stocking Nasal Catarrh.—My 10—year-

old horse urinates perhaps too often, one

hind lcg stocks, exercise rcduccs it, his

appetite is good, is fed mixed duty and car

corn. Two six-year-old horses discharge

at nose, cough some. both had distemper

a year ago. J. S. Onondaga, Mich.~llan-

dage leg in cotton for :L few hours after

he has had a drive. Give 1 dr. iodide of

potassium and a teaspoont‘ul powdcrcd

saltpeter at a dose twice at day for 10

days, then 'a dose every day or two. Hand—

rub swollen leg but don‘t apply irritating

liniments or blisters. Give your other

horses a. disscrtspoonful powdered sul-

phate of iron at a dose in feed two or

three times a day for a wcck or twu and

apply )nc part pcroxidc—hydrogcn and lwo

Sorts water to nostrils once or twice 21



av,



Rheumatic Gout in Pigs—(fun you tell

me the cause'bf stiffness in hind quarters

of pigs 41/; months old? I am feeding six

pigs one bushel of corn. three gallons of

barley meal, and about 18 quarts of milk

:1 day: their pcn has a plank floor. Do

you think that the corn has a tendency to

cause this sickncss? V, II. M.. Atkins.

Mich—In addlion to what you are l‘ccding

a few vegetables will help lhcm. Also

give, the six pigs 1/3 oz. citi'nlc of lithium

and two tablospoonfuls of air slackcd lime

in their food two or three times a day.



Liver Discase.—About ihrce wceks ago

one of my breeding cwcs quit fccding and

would stand in a position usually tukcn

by a sheep upon rising in the morning,

draw herself out as far as possible. drop

her back and swing from sidc to side,

would drink a little. Some. tcn days later

she died. I opened hcr; the liver was

dark colorcd, the gall was about 5 inches

long, 2 inches in diameter. All my ewcs

are young and fall; 1 feed clover hny, corn

fodder, good corn Silage and occasionally

a. feed of wheat straw. \thit nilcd the





 





 





sheep that died and had my other shcep

better be treated? C. C., Remus, Mich.—-

The sheep died as the result of an ob-

structed gall duct and your others showing

no symptoms of disease require no treat-





ment.





Weak Back—I have a 20—year-old mare

that is troubled with a weak back and is





'use to kill them?





     





THE MICHIGAN FAR-MEIR.





supplied with some vegetables» «When. on

foot she should have some exercise and

perhaps placed in slings for a few days to

prevent her laying down.



Lice on Calves—My calves are troubled

with large black lice. What had I better

R. C, C. Montague,

Mich—Put 5 ozs, of stavesacre seed in

a gallon of hot water, boil it gently down

to three quarts and apply to your calves

and it will soon kill the lice.



Fits—My two—months-old pigs are trou-

bled with fits but soon recover. Am feed-

ing separator milk and boiled potatoes,

some raw beets and apples with a little

sulphur. G. W. B., St. Clair, Mich—Your

pigs are perhaps not exercised enough.

Epileptic fits are difficult to treat for it

is always somewhat of a guess to know

the exact cause; it may be the result. of

Ion much food, a torpid liver, parasitic

stomach or bowel trouble or some food

impurities which are exceedingly difficult

to understand. Give each pig a dessert-

spoonful. or perhaps a lablespoonful of

castor oil twice a week, also give each pig

ihrce or four grains of bromide potash at

a dose in feed three times a day.



I'ncvcn Teeth—I have a horse that is

18 or 20 years old, a good worker, but

thin. He is fed as well as my other horses

and they are all fleshy. I had his teeth

dressed last spring, fed him worm medi-

cine and condition powders and prepared

salt. None of these rcmcdics have helped

him. \V. H. A., Fennville. Mich—I am

inclined to believe that his teeth may

need a little more attention, or they may

be in a condition making it impossible

for him to masticatc food properly. If

this be true you shall have to feed cut

fodder and ground grain. Also give a

lublcspnonful of powdered cinchona and a.

tublcspoonful of baking soda at a dose in

fccd three times a day.



Lice—One of my horses is troubled with

licc; one of my neighbors tells me they

are hog lice. 1 have applied kerosene and

other disinfectants without results. Now

I would like to know what will kill them

without injuring the horse. .1. l). M..

Pierson. Mich—Put 4 ozs. of crushed

slave-sucrc SchS in a gallon of boiling

water 11nd kecp it simmering for an hour

01' two, ihcn pour what is left 1hru a

lhccsc cloth and fill with wnlcr. making"

Ilw original quantity onc gallon. then ap—

ply nncc a day. This“ will kill thc licc.

For safety apply some of thc SillllO inedi-

tinc cvcry [cu days for thirty days. Re-

nio-mbci', that licc may bc on your brush-

on. or curry combs or about your stublc.

it" so. :ipply one part carbolic acid and'

1:1) pzii'ls wulcr, also whitcwzish stable,

using l‘i'csh'linic lo makc lhc mixturc.

Shouldcrs—-’l‘cndcr Shouldcrs—I

have a horse that I bot last summer that

has bccn troublcd with sol-c shoulders cvcr

sincc, notwithstanding I have zippiicd

ncui'ly all kinds of salvcs and gall curcs,

but have not yet succccdcd in lici’lling his.

shoulders. I would also likc to know what

to apply to it coll’s shouldci's that will

toughen Ihcm? V. V. 0., Pcnlwutcr,

Mich—The wounds on shoulders must

now be malignant. Burn the raw surface

.ightly with a rcd hol iron, or stimulate

it with crude curbolic acid or uili'utc of

slivcr 11 low limcs then apply peroxide-

hydrogcn and ten minutes later apply

cquul pail-ls oxide of zinc. calonicl zmd

lannic acid. To tougiuixn lcnder shouldcrs

(liSH)l\'U 1/5 lb, sugar load, :l 028. sulphate

of zinc. 3 ozs. of tannic acid in one gallon

of water and apply to shoulders two or

lhl'ce times a day, and I might ndd if

horses with tender shoulders wore-treated

10 or 12 days before thcy are put to Work

in the spring and an applicalion of this

kind used while they are working, most

cases of sore shoulders would be avoidcd.



Pneumo‘nia.— I hale some fall pigs that

I an) anxious to know what ails them.

During thc past six \Vccks onc quurtcr

o1 my drove of full pigs have dicd. ()ur





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'IN‘SOMNIA





Leads to Madness, if not Remedied

in Time.





 





“Experiments satisfied me some 5 years

ago,” writes a Topeka woman, “that cof-

fee was the direct cause of the insomnia.

from which I suffered terribly, as well as

the extreme nervousness and acute dys-

pepsia which made life a most painful

thing for me. ,



“I had been a coffee drinker since

childhood, and did not like to think that

the beverage was doing me all this harm.

But it was, and the time came when I

had to face the fact and protect myself.

I therefore gave up col‘fce abruptly and

absolutely, and adopted Postum for my

hot drink at meals.



”I began to note improvement in my

condition very soon after I took on

Postum. The change procccded gradually,

but surely. and it was a matter of only

a few weeks before I found myself en-

tirely relieved—the nervousness. passed

away, my digestive apparatus was re-

stored to normal efficiency, and I began

to sleep, i'estfully and peacefully.



“These happy conditions have continued

during all of the 5'years. and I mu safe

in saying that I owe them entirclv to

Postum, for when I began to drink it I

ceased to use medicines.” Read the

little book, “Tip Road to W'ellville,” in

pkgs. "Thcrc’s a Reason."





Ever read the above letter? A

new one appears from time to

time. They are genuine, true,

and full of human interest.





 





KEKIUNGA STUCK FARM





DECATUR, IND.,





Importers and breeders of





Belg‘ianéPercheron





Stallions and Mares.





 





Ourlast importation arrived last November, and

are in a very good condition and of the VERY BEST

TYPICAL DRAFT QUALITY. We have over 60

head of Stallions and Mares from two to five years

for sale. and we invite prospsective buyers to come

to our barns where he will find THE IDEAL

DRAFT HORSE. of both breeds above mentioned.



Our terms are liberal, and every sale is backed up





 





\'<’l. lhol lhcy hud bronchitis; others loll

inc they huvo tuberculosis, whilc others

lwlievc it; to be cholci‘a. 'l‘hcv ill‘(‘ in . ‘

thrifty condition up to within lhrcc or

Iour days of lhcii‘ death. I cxnmincd two

of lhcni aflcr dcath and tho only organs

I lhot dismiscd were the lungs and during

their SlClillk‘SS they show symptoms of lung

trouble. P. S., Pcwzimo, Michnelf vour

hogs died of hog cholera, or swinc 1.151ng

their bowels, kidncys and lungs \\'()l I

show llll unhealthy condition. cspcciallvl

the bowels. I am most inclined to bl-licvcl

they die of bronchial pneumonia and :ul-‘

use you to have your Vcl. treat thcm for

it. They should be kept in a drv, warm

comfortable pen that is kept clean,

Swecny ScourskHave a more that

suffers from swccny; she recovered from

the lameness but shouldcr is shrunk awrtv.

I also have a more 20 ycnl's old (hut

scours at times without any apparently

good cause. \V. .. \V.. (lroswell, Mich—L—

l-llistcr shoulder with cci‘nle of canlharides

or use any othcr good blister once u. \vock.

Sculons inserted under the skin and left

in for six weeks produce good results.

.Illi-onchilis.—I am having a lot of il‘nlllflc

with my 12 to 18 wccks‘ old pigs. They

show symptoms of asthma and chokc up

as tho they had quinsy. It is hard work

for them to breathe; poor appctile; their





 





with tne best of guaraniees.

Write. or better~come and see us. Address





FRISINGER a. SPRUNGER, Decatur, Indiana.





 





Prairie Stock Farm





The Leading Horse Importers

In the State Of Michigan.

We have opened the eyes of



all Michigan horsemen by- our



large exhibit at the State Fair‘



In the previous issue of the



Michigan Farmer they gave the



startling news of Our wonderful



success, not alone over our



Michigan exhibitors, but over



all exhibitors of the sever-iii



States that were represented in



competition. We won every prize



in the stallion and mare classes

ex cept the 4th prize in the 2-year-

old stallion class. All our horses

are now at our Barns ready for

sale for less money than a good

horse can be bought elsewhere

with a guarantee that lms stood

the test for the past 513 years.



Come and be convinced. Terms



to suit purchaser.





E. Melz Horse Importing Co,

Niles, Mich.





 





 





 





 





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“squeal” sounds like thc cry of :1 baby,

and eventually thcy die. This discnse:

seems to be contagious among the, young‘

pigs but not; among the old ones. A. M.

S. Algonac, Mich.~l am inclined to bc-

licve that your young p’gs suffcr from

bronchitis which, of course, is not a V'('I‘,\'

common ailment in the pig, but I huvc

frequently bccn called to treat cascs of il'

in shoals from six to twclvc wccks old.

and strange to say it is very oflcn fatal,

It is said that an cxccss of ozone in the

zitinosmicre causes it. which brings on;

coryza and laryngilis in pigs. 'l‘i‘catmcnl.l

In the curly stages givc a small leuspoon~





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Next large importation stallions

and mares here FEBRUARY 10th,





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   





winch, added to our present stock.

offers intending purchasers the

finest collection in America. If

you want the besihorscs, horses

with bone, quality,size. action

and best breeding, stallions or

mares; if you want fair and

liberal treatment; if you\want

lowest prices consistent ‘wirh

good merchandise, visit Oaklawnp Catalog

shows the Blace and the horses.





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. ...;_~=.-..retops Pain and inflammation !d 1 b h 1 . d h'*h 1 one grain calomcl once a (lilV for three

W.EWUIIB.P.D.F.,268TempleSt..SprInaiieId.Ilass.l 0W" 5‘9 _ “159d er 1,9“ W K has . ;. A‘ 1. ‘t .1 l , , ,

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your order at once.



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' ,1.500 lbs. and appears to be healthy. and sides daily and if the Digs Show weak- ,

[EARN VETERINARY ”ENTISTRY §G_ D., Kalamazoo, Mich—Give 1 dr. ncss give eggs and milk With some whis-i



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by 'lli'l‘émrlfi“? ad'strovgtiglgmlagfl page; “day and apply spirits of camphor to back 10 or 15 drops syrup of squills three or

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given in haltlteaspoon

doses. four times a day,

mixed in its bottle, will

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1y a month, and four bot-

tles over three months,

and will make the baby

strong and well and will

lay the foundation for a

healthy, robust boy or girl.





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Bond 100.. nine 'of paper and this ad. for our

beautiful Savings Bank and Child's Sketch-Book.

Each bank contains a Good Luck Penn).





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let Me





 





 





 





 





I am very much in earnest.

I want to send you a Queen Incubator to try.



If you'll spend a cent in writing for my Incubator

Book. I‘ll spend many times that much in furnishing

it to you.



If you‘ll say you want to try a “Queen,” I‘ll say

Go ahead and use it three months. and here it

goes. Ireight prepaid."



Then I’llgo on and say. “Examine the Queen—

compare it With all other makes—consider its high-





chicks you get—how perfectly it runs and regulates

ltselt~the Oll expense it saves you—its absolute

safety—and the 5 year guarantee I give you.

You can't fet Queen results with anvthing but a





Queen. want you to learn this at my risk.





That’s the fairest. squarest offer I know how to

make. Send the postal now that gets my Catalog

and leeral Plan.





WEISTRUM. 00ml mum lull.

flux 22. Lucas. In.





 





Incubator





Freight Prepaid

Double cases all over; best

copper tank; nursery: self-

regulating. Best

hot-water Brooder. $4.50. Ordered together.

511.50. Satisfaction guaranteed. No ma-

chines at any price are better.

today or send price and save waiting.



Belle City Incubator (30.. Box 14 Racine. Wis.





80 552E. POULTRY





Tells how to succeed will]

poultry on tlloordinary farm. B o o K





How to make a first-class

broader out of an old piano

hox. “hut breeds lay best.

Plans for poultry houses. how

to feed, breed. etc. Describes

PRAIRIE STATE incubator: and Breeders

\ You will be aurprilledni. the valuable infiormlltiou it con-

tains. It's free. Write a postal for a copy today.





Plulrig Slate Incubator 0'0.._413 Main St. Home} City. Pa.





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





from the Cyphers—atn every country and cll- -

lam—{or old-timers Ind beginners. For yau.

CYPHERS INCUBATORS '

0nd Mm". non-moisture; self-mu-

htlng; Belt-ventilating. Write for 1601).“

Catalog. Aachen Huron City.

(‘yplaen Incubator Co... Department 85

Buhlo, N.Y.; New York City; Cbloago. 111.;

Bill HAIL; Knm City, Mm; Olkluld. Cd.





Good size, color-healthy.

Bu" Rock cockerels farm raised. Price from

H.50up. WILLIS S. MEADE, Holly, Mich. R. No. 3,





The Best in Barred Rocks,





 





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





L[onlrlnrm BEES.





IS THE IN‘CUBATOR PRACTICAL?



A subscriber wants to know whether I

still use my incubator in hatching chick-

ens. He recalls my writing about pur—

chasing one some years ago, and wonders

if I still use it and consider the machine

practical for a. farmer to own. In answer

will say that I still use the incubator, not

only one, but two. and that I think more

of them every year I use them. I have

no desire to go back to the old way of

hatching chickens under llcns. As I ex-

plained two years ago, I never want any

more of that experience. Of course. it

must be understood that I never advocat-

ed the ow: of an incubator where a man

wants to raise just a few chickens. But

I believe. so far as I am concerned DEF-

sonally. that if I didn't want to raise

more than 50 chickens in a year. I would

still have an incubator. I could till-ll

llalcil the cllil-kcns all out at oncc, raise

them all ll'lgethcr and be tllru with it. al—

Iho I‘ll admit that it is not a difiivull

matter to raise 3“ or till chickens with

hens. You have to set comparatively l‘mv

hens to raise this number. and it tho hells

are given a coop or poll by themselves tlllll

are set at the sumo time. they can all

be cared for at the some time. and thus

a few chickens can in: raised without

very much ll‘llllhlt‘. But when one wants

to raise lot) to too or more chickens. the

proposition of llall'llll‘l‘." them with hens,

and having the hens care for them, is a.

serious low. at least I consider it so, :lllll

I luld pructicul cxpcrienvc alongr this Illu-

for two or throw years before I pllrcllas--.l

my lirst il'lcuhutor. 'I repeat. I do not cure,

to go thru this t.'X]lt'l‘ll‘,ll('(‘ gain.





 





 





 





Write for book ‘





S .55 Buy: Best :

7 l40-Egg '





Mil-chick '





 





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White. Silver and Gelden Wyaudottea. R. C. and S L. 3

White. Brown and Buff Lezhorns, Sliver Spangled -





Hambur a. White Guineas $1 each in lots to suit.

Bronze. off and White Turkeys. all varieties of

Geese and Ducks. largest and best collection st Stile

Fair in 1909. E. J. HASKINS. Pittaford, Mich.





[GH'I‘ BRAHMA. White Wynndotte and





Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerels for sale. wood l

stock. E. D. BISHOP. Route 38. Lake Odessa. Mich. .





 





HURRYy—You will have to hurr if you want any of tho-e

- S, C. Brown Leghorn cooker-ll. Only about 25

left now. Fag orders booked for Ipring delivery. LEWIS T.

OPPENLANDER, successor to FRED MOT’I‘. Lansing, Mich.





 





R C. R. I. Rods for rule. Cockarela $2 tosh, pullon $100 .8,

- 5|pullats and one. cockerel $10. All good Itock. EFI" in

lesson. B. A. Fralcr, Depth. 1". Fountain l‘armfloulmshJflch





:BUFF dc White Orplngtons. S. C. Mk. & R. C. W.

Minorcas. W. C. B. Polish. Handgun. B. Rocks.

9.0. W. Lezhorna. Butl'Orplnzton Ducks dc Japanese

Bantam eggs $1.50 per setting. H. H. KING, Willis, Mich.





THITE WYANDO'I‘TE cockerela 32.50.83, $350.

from heavy layers and State Fair prize win-

ners. A. FRANKLIN SMITH. Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





 





 





 





DOGS.

TRAINED FOX HOIJNDSland Hound Pups





for hunting fox and corms. Also (lollies. lactose

scent stump. W. E. LECKY. Holmellvme. Ohio





collie Puppieslle l:22.:22°2:2..222

«(the best breeding. W. J. 3088. Rochester. Mich.





 





 





 





If one exports that l'\'t'l‘y lg; put into





cst percentage of hatches and the lusiY. healthy I an incubator is “M":- m “MC-h 0'” a gm”!





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strong; l-llil'kl-n that will live to maturity.





llt‘ is dovllu-d lo lllSHlllllllllllllt-lll. lll-(‘ZHIW‘

it will l'l‘l. ll‘ onc-lrlll‘ lllt‘rt,‘}2'.2'.\‘ which

:‘l mull puts into .‘lll iul-llbutor hutch olll

good strong l-ll‘l-kwlls. which lo- rl-ars. I





collsidvr that law is having til'sl-cluss 811'—

ccss. If

that you but llllllt‘l' sitting hens. when yllll

alll‘llllll to rais.» .‘m to lot) chickens ill a





you will kcl-ll truck of llll’ l-zrus





your. you will be surprised to find how

many rants ll lakes to got ll)“ Cllir*l{l~ll.<_

11‘ you llrll'l llaVl‘ to Sl'l more tlmn goo





chickens that are stroll:

:llld lu-rllllly and [hill you can raise. tllco

can do lwllcr in the chickens busi—

IllP zl\'l'l"£t,L"€‘. than I can. Somo

will Iakcll even than this.

and so it is with incubators. lI' fill lo

pm l'l‘lll of 11m cal'ly provc fcrll'lc.

you arc doing pretty wcll. If Ell pr-l' ('I‘lll

of llll‘Sl‘ hutch good strong cllilt-kl-lls. you

arc doing; wl-ll. ’l‘lll‘ll huvl- to

on quite :l por cent of tho chillkcn; dyinr

out with llcns oi





("ggfi in gill Hi!)





you

I‘ll-HS. on





yours“ it mon-





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you l’lL’lll‘l"





\Vllt‘llll‘l' r-ll‘u



kept ill l/l'lllidfil‘s,



Mortality Not Greater But More Notice-

able Under Artificial Method.





lllcy :7: rc





Now, \\'ll(‘ll wl- begin to raise chickens

with the incubator. practicillu‘ :lrtitivitll





incubation and artificial brooding. we keno

truck of all tile losses. but when we hate“.

them under Ill-us wc do not kccp tram;

of all tho eggs. nor do we kccp ll';|('l\' o=‘

tho mortality among.r lllc chickens. 'l‘llo

chicks are left larg'cly to hustle l‘or thcm





Sl‘lVl‘HZ many of them dh and jun-





' 'lilllll attention to it, taking it as a matter-





:lt' t-l'lursc. but when we come to use 1h)

incubator we begin to count

pcl'cclltages, and we find that run

amazingly high sometimes. After we have

figures the matter over carefully. :lml

have tukC—ll everything into considcratioll.

wc sec that our losses with the incubator

.‘ll‘l‘ probably no larger. if as large as lllllg'

are when hatching in the natural way.

Now I prefer artificial incubation to ill"

llaflll'rll method for many reasons. In llll“

first plane-c. an incubator is Vr'l‘y msv to

l'nll‘l'ull'. You gel it warmr-ll no so ll"ll

tho ll-mporzltllrc stands ill allolll liltl (lo-2:9,

:llnl lll"ll put ill the eggs. Now about all





loss-vs ll.





lllf’V





Illtll is l‘lccssary is to visit llll' lll;1<‘lllll"

once a day or twice a day. till lhw lamp.

trim it so as to have a uniform blaze,





and then shift the trays car-h day and turn

the eggs. I bclil-vc shifting: tho trays is

of more importance than lurm‘ncr tho

eggs. As a matter of fact. I llayv l-nme

to believe that turning~ the (legs is of little

importa'll'f’: really I don't believe that it

makes any difference. In othcr words. I

think the chickens would hatch just as

well if the eggs were not turned over.

but it is important to change the position

of the trays. because the incubator may

not be just as warm in one corner as it

is in another. and if you shift the trays

every morning, and turn them end for





end each night, \all of the eggs will receive

the same amount of heat.



The best place to keep an incubator. is

in 'a cellar. What you want is some place

where the temperature will be quite uni-

form. If you have it in a back room or

the house, when the weather changes the

temperature of that room will change

very much and then the temperature of

your eggs- will change, because it is almogl

impossible to govern the flame of the lamp

so as to have the same temperature dur~

mg the middle of the day, when the room

is warm. and in the night, when it is real

cold. especially when a fierce wind is

blowing. Anyone can readily understand





this; but. on the other hand, if you have.





the machine in the cellar, perhaps in a

room partitioned off on pur‘pOSe for it, the





temperature of that room will change but?





little during the 24 hours. Consequently

when you get the flame of the lamp regu-

lutcd so that it will hold the temperature

at 10:) dogs,

much about the temperature. It will be

almost constant. And if the cellar is not

very well ventilated, or if it is a little

dump. do not be afraid. As a matter of

fact. I think that if the cellar is a. little

damp it is better than to have it perfectly





dry. because, with the artificial heat. the‘





eggs are inclined to get dry, and if the

atmosphere surrounding the incubator is

a little damp, all the better. ’



When the chicks begin to hatch, or the

eggs to pip. as it is called. one must

watch the temperature of too machine a

little closer. because the heat generated

by the living chickens, in connection with

the artificial heat from the lamp, will give

a temperature above l03. It is all right

to have the. incubator good and warm. say

at 105 dogs, when the chickens are hatch~





ing, but do not let it go above this. J1“





it gets above 10?», open the vents so that

hot air will escape. If it gets very

much above 105 the chicks will suffer.

After the hatch is 0\‘cl'. do not be in too

hi: :1 hurry about removing the chickens.

’l‘llcy do nor need any feed for 36 to. 18

Leave them in there. where thev





lllt“





hours.





Ill‘t‘ warm. Do not attempt to water

llu-ln. It won’t matter if the incubator

l.< .l little dark; leave the chicks there





for at least 36 hours; then when you take





1mm out you must be sure that the

Ill'oodcrs are at a temperature of 100

lll'us. II; is sudden changes that raise





llll' mischief with young growing chicks.

I's’v. if possible, a. room thnt is not influ—

t'lll't‘tl by outside temperatures. Then you

will have little trouble in controlling tern--

l'lcratures, and you will have good hatches

if the eggs are fertile. If they are not

l'l-rlile, they will not hatch in an incubator

any more than they will under hens.

COLON C. LILLIE.





 





THE STATE POULTRY SHOW.





The class of poultry seen at the annual

of the Michigan Stalc Poultry As-

Sol'izllion. held in Detroit lust wwk. was

t-l-rlainly a credit to the breeders of this

.llld adjoining states and to the industry

lll Q'l‘llt‘l'al. Detroit has never

l'lllllll as an exhibition of high—class. prac-

lll'al. common-sense poultry. \Vlth the

wxccptiOli of a few bantams. there was

Si‘ill't'Cl)’ a, fowl, among the more than 800

which filled the main exhibition room,

that would not help mightily in improving

llll‘ poultry stock upon almost every farm

in this state. It is true that in the breed-

ing of many of these fowls fancy points

had been given close consideration, but

llll‘)’ were not tanciers’ fowls. They were

lllt.‘ representatives of the various breeds

of practical, useful poultry bred to the

highest perfection.



The show was well handled, the orderly

grouping of breeds and classes giving a

favorable general impression at once,





while a closer study of the exhibits brot

recognition of their uniformly high quality

and superb condition. If such a Show

of poultry may be regarded a fair index

to the standing or popularity of the var-

ious breeds with enterprising and tlloroly

lip-to-datc poultrymen, it w uld seem

lllul tho so—callcd general purpose breeds

are steadily gaining on the special egg

and meat broods. At any rate it is inter-

csting‘ to notc that in this show the rep-

resontativcs of the American class con-

sidlr-rably outnumbered those of the Med-

lll‘l‘I‘aYlf‘lln or Asiatic classes. Despite the

occasional prediction that the old Ply-

mouth Rock is doc-lining ill popularity. this

bl‘l‘t‘d lud by a good margin at last week's

SliOVi', the more than 200 entries constitut-

ing‘ approximately one-fourth of the show,





show





The barred class contained 90 fowls and

was regarded a very strong one, T1...

buff and white varieties folloWud with

55 and 47 entries respectivcly. ’l‘lw Wy—

:lndottes were next strongest with 170

representatives. the comparatively new





Oolumbian variety leading with 69 fowls





entered. Next came the R. I. Reds with.





119, closely followed by the Leghorns' with

118. The Orplngtons were next _w1th a

total of 60. and then followed Mmorcas,

Cochlns. Hamburgs, Langshans. Polish,

Houdans, Anconas, Blue Andelusians and

Sicilians in the order named.





you need not. worry very.





soon its .





 





l Dr.

Pierce ’9 .

lFa vorite ,



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THE ADVANTAGES OF CHAFF HIVES

FOR BEES.





 





By chaff ‘hives is meant hives having'

deuble walls with a packing space be~

tween to be filled with some kind of por-

ous material, such as wheat chaff, cut

straw, 'forest leaves or planer shavings.

Best of all, in my opinion, is good dry

wheat chaff. Never use oat straw or

chaff as it draws moisture and thus dc-

feats the object of the chaff hive, which

is to keep the bees warm and dry.



Have not less than a four-inch packing

space on the sides. Overhead it should

be a foot at least, and half filled With‘

packing. In such a hive bees will wintet

safer out of doors than in. \Vhen spring-

time comes, with its rapid changes from

warm sunny weather to cold nights 01

cold rains and even snow storms, bees in;

chaff hives will build up steadily, while?

often those in the single-walled hives“

dp'indle away until what was a populous

colony, when first set out, becomes a

,mere handful of bees, an easy prey to

prying robbers. '



\Vhy this difference? Simply that the

chaff hive, with its double walls and

packing, does not feel these rapid changes

of temperature, the inside temperature

varying very little, be the weather what

it may outside. Single—walled hives on

the contrary, are affected by every little

change of temperature. At the first rays

of warm sunshine, out the bees come, of— p

ten only to be chilled or frozen by the‘:

cold winds. Only settled warm weather

will bring out those in the chaff hives to

any extent.



Again, being protected from the cold

nights and raw, chilly weather, the bees

do not need to cluster so closely and con—

sequently a given number of bees will

take care of almost double the amount

of brood as will the same number in the

single-walled hive. This of itself is a

mighty big factor in their rapid upbuild-

ing in the spring.



“’hcn the first honey flow comes on-

the bees in the. chaff hives are ready for

it. So are a part of those in the single-

vvalled hives, but part of them are not.

“'9 may put the supers on those that are '

ready, at the same time as we do those

on the chaff hives, but we do not expect

to find the bees doing good work in them

for perhaps a week later, on an average,

than those in the chaff hives. \Vhy? Be»

cause, while those in the chaff hives can

work in the super all night, drawing‘

comb and so forth, those in the single-

walled hives are obliged to go below, as

soon as it cools off in the evening, to take

care of the brood lest it chill. '



“'hen the great rush of honey making.

Is on, and we are having hot weather

night and day, there seems to be little

difference. The single—walled hives are

apparently storing as much honey as any

of them. “'hen the chilly nights begin

to come, however. along with the [buck-l

wheat flow, the chaff hives forge ahead:

again, usually producing (if run for comb‘

honey), about twenty pounds of honey,

per colony, on an average, more than the:

single-walled hives. This item alone will

nearly, if not quite, cover the extra cost

of the hive the iirst season.



“’hen running for extracted honey the

trifle smaller, but the

same advantages are there in a slightly

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A correspondent of one of the leading

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that more than 100 growers of hothous-‘é;

cucumbers in Massachusetts have found

is necessary to keep bees in their build—

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Over 1,000 colonies are now being used

in this way and in most cases it has been

found necessary to replace these colonies

each year. This has created a steadv

demand for bees, and the benefits derived

have been so apparent that this demand

promises to grow. At present, however,

an earnest effort is being made to deter- ,

mine if possible, why colonies thus kept‘

in hothouses are short lived, since the

necessity of replacing them almost yearly.

is not only very expensive but seems at

great sacrifice of the industrious little‘

insects. ,





 





The annual meeting of the Michigan

State Bee Keepers’ Association will oc-

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Wednesday and Thursday, Feb, 23 and 24.

Beginning with W'ednesday morning, five

sessions will be held, the business session

51nd election of ofllcers occurring the first

day. Details as to program and prizes

offered for exhibits of apiary products

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that said land II not exactly as represented by me or the Santa

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FRUIT GROWING IN OCEANA

COUNTY.



Those of us who attended the state

fair at Detroit, the “’est Michigan fair

at Grand Rapids, and at other places, and

saw the fine display ot‘ fruits of various

kinds, from Oceana county, must feel a

special interest in that county, and must

be drsirous‘ of knowing: something“ of the

conditions under which trait of such fine

appearance and quality is grown. \l'hilt-

other counties in 0111‘ state may be able

to produce as good fruit. the fact remains

that no other part of the state is the

home of such enterprising fruit growers

who are willing to mukt- the effort to

show their goods, and make as :Ene a dis.

play of fruits, as have the fun: grunts

ot‘ Oceana county. 'l‘o tliosr who haw

only seen Oceana county or. ::.t map. an:

formed the opinion that. i: .s ~ ~

portunt strip of country just up in 1.7-2

“neck of the woods." I wiZ; s;.}' that lim)‘

have formed an errore

a visit to that county. and stndj'm; its

capabilities, will prove l iiicztz.



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day farmers’ institutes. as

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county in circuitous routes. 1 had an op—

portunity to see this Veritable Eden. «land

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cry in its most delightful t‘orm. It was





during the last days of November and

the ilrst days of December. when nature

had stripped the trees of their beautiful

foliage, and had put on the somber ap-

pearances that are eonComitant to Indian

summer. preparatory to lit-inf: wrapped

in a blanket of snow for the winter

Slilll‘llwl‘,



The surface of the country is generally

hilly and undulatinu‘. and the scenery is

never nitnotonous. but constantly chang-

ing. while on the rits'es where there is

more or less heavy soils. tin-re is an op-

portunity to look across- the strep-hes of

line country, dotted with farm houses and

burns. with extensive orchards that are

the pride of the country. it is not. alone

apples and peat-hes that .‘tl‘L‘ grown in

areal quantities, but there are many hill-

tops and hillsides that urt- planted to

«'ht-rry trees, and tho lt'vt-E oottoms plant-

td to plum trees. The l:lllt-l' fruit has

not yet been given the important place

lunong‘ the fruits that it deserves. as it

is always a popular fund with thr- :‘Hll-

sunn-r, and with the canningr l‘acilitir s at

hand. many more plums can be raised uutr

put on the markct.

to pcrt'aiéction and are easily raised. iloth





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black and rcd raspberries do well and are

profitable. There is not much said about

pv-ars. (looseberries grow to perfection

are very productive and l-t'otlt:tl,ile.



The soil of (in-anti t‘Hlllll)’ is largely

sandy loam with a liberal percentage of





mind. it is a warm soil 'lat yidds up

the moisture and plant t'oml. readily. and

must-s .1 rapid growth or l)'\‘~‘<_ \‘lllt‘< or

plants of any kind. 'l‘hn annihilating lll~

Hut-nets of tln- great body -: .yai-z to the

west, Lake )lit~liiL‘.‘£1u. ruiu'totws 7-4..-

puraturc and shillis t!» 22‘1‘.‘ ll ms;

t’rom the frosts in th: [:12 '. :vai‘ ._- trit-

season.



\Vhile the corn crop. n~ . :23; "“‘T

is not given much prominwur-l ..:,,- r

eral crops, such as wheat. This. o'tts. fa:—





ley. peas, beans and potatoes. arr- g:'-,r\-‘l‘l,

with success. One of the st-tious prim-

lcms confronting the i‘urmt-rs is main—

taining a sufficient amount ot‘ humus in

the soils. The pea crop is grown suw~

t-essfully and will help very materially'it‘

properly handled. The crop is cut while

the pens are green. run thru a machine

called pea vincr, the peas are taken out

and sold to the eanuim:~ factory, and the

vines are cured for hay.



One source: of income. as far as fruit

and other crop growing is concerned. is

selling: much fruit and other crops to the

(dilllllllg‘ t'at-tt'iry. A large t-auuiutz‘ plant

at llnrt, the county seat. durina.r the sea-

son just closed canned Tull” cases o-“

strawberries_ 346 of black raspberries. 73o

(if red raspberries. 1,130; of uoost-lwrrit‘ls.

410 of sweet cherries. and 7.34: of sour

cherries. ’l‘hey canned lilo bushels of

plums, 6,962 bushels ot‘ l)!':l~'l!t'.< and soot)

bushels of apples. ’l‘llt'f. llnl [pp ppm:

from 4,500 acres. white Iwans from 1.5th

acres and sweet, corn from I‘..I)llo “pl-pg,

They put up 500 tons of pumpkins. and

1.186 cases of red kidney beans. ’l‘hcy paid

to the farmers and help $1,200,0(it’r



Besides selling to the canning factorv.

there are large quantities of fruits of var-

ious kinds sold to go to distant markets.

Much of the fruit is yet sold to specu-





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lators who come from the large western

cities, buy by the lump, so it is called,

and take the entire crop. Better methods

'of handling and selling the fruit will un-

doubtedly be adopted in the future. The

prices obtained for the fruit of such ex-

cellent quality. both in appearance and

palatability, has not beenv" the present

season. up to more than two-thirds the

prices that have ruled on the eastern side

of the state. The art of marketing at the

full value of the product should be ac-

quired, as well as the art of producing a

first—class article.



“'ttyne Co. N. A. CLAPP.

RASPBERRIES AS AN ORCHARD



CROP.





In the spring of 1906 we set out a quar-

ter of an acre of black raspberries, and

three—quarters of an acre of reds in a.

part of an orchard of mind apples and

peaches set the spring previous. The

ll‘t‘rs were set 18 feet each way. peaches

alternating with the apples. Two rows of

1.1spberrit-s were set between the rows of

ll‘t‘1‘5_ and a row between the trees in the

row. or rather a half row. as only half as

many plants were set in this row so as: to

avoid crowd‘ng‘ the trees.



The cost the lirst season. including $15.

for plants. was $22.33. This also includ-

ed the cultivation of the trees in the

patch. i



The second season the cost of the patch

was $271.77. This included the setting of

cedar posts and stringing of a wire along

tn- rows of blacks. also the liarvcstingl

of 3;“: quarts of berries. These sold for.

.‘f‘lll net. having- a net loss of $3.77 ‘for the.

year. and a net loss of $28.12 for the two

.‘s‘CllSHllS.



The third season the cost was $10.71,

including: the hauling of eight loads of

ashes and ten of manure. the stretching

of another wire. and two sprayings of the;

blur-ks. Nine cultivatitms were given until

the reds were hoed once. and the blacksl

{our times. (‘ost ot‘ pit-kin}: and packinu‘l

and t-ratt-s are also included. 321 quarts‘

of berries were sold. netting $67.30, which

left a protlt for tho- st-asou of $26.19. and

a net loss of $1.635! from the l_lt','-:lllllll_l,5:.



The fourth season the cost was $‘JT.lT.

including one spraying. and 177.32 for lltll“





 





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wasting.r and I):lt'l\'E|L’.'¢'S. nt- crop ot‘ abou;

1.000 oualts sold for $153.21. leaving a net

protit tor the season of Ski”. and a net

prollt from tho lit-tritium: of $Nti.ll.



’l‘ht-st- iia‘ures include the cultivation

and hot-in: given the trees in the rasp-

bt-rry patch. but not the pruning: spray-

ing: and other operations performed upon.

tln- trees. Thus it will be seen that the

raspberries hare paid for themselves and

the land they were grown upon in four

years in addition to paying~ for the culti-

vation of the orchard. The trees in the

raspberry plot have cost. during the five

seasons they have llt't‘ll set. $02.37 aside

from the cultivation. which would leave

a net profit of $212.7i to the credit of the

itt'l'(‘ ot‘ l'aFDl.)t'l‘l‘lt‘S after paying for the

orchard. if interest on the inVestment in

land, il‘Fxt‘s‘, and plants are computed it

will still leave the account a little on the

:x’uht side.



it mtg-ht be mentioned that the second

wrop. (third St-ttsnll from setttngi. was.

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o: a hard winter which i‘xozv the canes

l... ,: I"’l‘lvl('l'2'l':f,'. and a dry summer“

it .- . a: ti.-- liliil‘li‘ sl.ort. The last





w'shr: tot}. kinds had a Lgootl crop. but

t.‘ « 11.» thus especially the peach,

lu'. l4—“'Ililo- lame enough to interfere

('hlls‘lti‘l':'l.:j'. The borries should. really,

l;.t\'t wonn; out this year. but we are keep—l

in: tlr-zn another year. as the peachl

trees are going: out with the yellows. and:

the raspberries do not seriously interfere

with the apple trees yet as the. canes are

‘tept cut back to six feet or more from the

trees.



(it t-otll‘sv, the trees make cultivation a

little more difficult. and render more“

hand work necessary. and lllt' canes in-l

tt-rl‘ere with the sprayinu' and harvesting

of the peaches. lilowever. the rows are

long and We can drive down both sides

oi‘ the l).tl('ll and reach the trees with a1

Ton: line of hose without driving on the

berries. I would not_ however. advise the

growing of raspberries in a young orchard

it“ other space is available. If only apples

are to be grown it will do very well. an?

if the plants are set when the trees are

two or three crops can be harvested be—

fore they will interfere seriously with the

trees. but' there will be disadvantasres in

carim,r for them and for the trees. Of

the small fruits I would prefer strawber—

ries for the young orchard. “'9 now ltave

about 21/; acres of strawberries in this

orchard, and may give some figures on

them at a later date,



Calhoun Co. _





S. B. HAnruArt. i





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Growing the Plants, Soll, Culture of the

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Heavy, retentive soil will not grow good

sweet potatoes, either in quality or quan-

tity, and it is hardly worth while to at-

tempt thc-ir culture under such conditions.

Select rich, sandy land, or even light soil

provided it is well fertilized. There is

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crop. A high grade fcrtilizer bearing a

heavy pcrccntagc of potash will perhaps

do equally as wcll as thc ushcs; but it

will pay to use one or the other. The

ground l'(‘lllll1‘eS thoro fitting and is laid

off in ridges three feet puart, and the

plants are set two feet on the ridge. Set

on freshly worked soil and see that it is

well firmed about the plants to prevent

the air from drying out the roots. The

ground should be thoroly warm before

setting the plants and mid—May or a little

later is early enough in this latitude.



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distances it will require about 9,000 plants

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or the tubers for growing the plants can

be obtained from the same sources. The

Early Yellow JerSey is probably the best

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GROWING ONIONS AND BEETS.





 





I have somc low ground that was brok-

en up last spring and put into corn for

fodder which grew to be 10 and 11 feet

high. The soil is black loam with a blue

clay sub-soil and is well drained. What

I want to know is would it. nav me to but

some of this ground to onions and beets,

as I see the market is good for same?



Montcalm Co. E. A. SMITH.





Such land as you describe is usually

considered to be extra good for onions,

but it is not given to all to make a profit

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for a singlc scason.



This sort of soil is generally not con—

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while they will naturally grow largo. tlic‘

ln growing i





sugar contcnt will bc small.

beets we want a good lonnagc, but in»

_want boots to ‘icst 13 to It} pcr ccnt on [he

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prolilublc crop unlcss thcy do. lilt’ll,

mucky laud usuully grows cxti'a large

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lablc bccts g'owu on this ground would

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drier and more sandy soil. They would

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USE FOR OLD FRUIT CANS.





 





Old tin cans may be used for trans»

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Melt off the ends and side scams: then

they will have to bc hcld togcthcr by tie-

ing‘ a String around illcm. Fill the cans

with soil. plant lIlt‘ socd ol‘ melons. cu-

cumbcr. ctc.. in thcui and sci thc cans in

the hotbcd or it warm place in thc house.

Allow zlicm to grow. thus prolcclcd, till

it is warm enough for the plants to thrive

in tho opcn ground, lhcn sct them where

thcy arc wanted to grow. cut the string

and lift the can out lcuving all the soil.

In that way the roots are not disturbed,

and thc plants grow as if they had been

first planted \vhcl‘e thcy were to grow.

One should be careful not to rcmovo the

plants diicctly from it warm hotbed with-





out allowing thvm to 'bc llttl'tICIthl to the.

outsidc’ air by lcaving‘ tho sash or covcri





off on warm days for some time bcl‘orc

the plants are taken out.

Missouri. H. F. GRINSTEAD.





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





 





,Sonic inlercsting de-



The Boycott on vclopmcnts havc fol-



Meat. lowed thc declaration



of a boycott on meat



which started some ten days ago in

Clevcland and has spread rapidly to var—

ious sections of the country. Set-rotary

'll'ilson has announced his intcnlion to

publish a bulletin showing that thc ad-

vanée in the prices of meals during tho

past year has not been due to any similar

advance in the price of live stock. for

which reason the increased cost of mcats

can not be charged to thc farmcr or to

any increased profit the farmer has

reaped. Another result has been the or-

dering of a. long talked of prosccution of

the meat trust by the Federal Govern-

ment in which the alleged combination of

interests will be thoroly sifted. Congress

has also put in its oar by i-cporting out

of committee a. bill providing for the onu-

meration, at the coming census to be

taken this year, of all cuttlc, calves,

sheep, lambs, hogs, goats and kids

slaughtered, and also providing for a full

census for the hich of such animals to

Show the relation betwecn thc numbers

and prices and to dct~.-rmlno whether

these products are under 1lic control. of

any combination to affec1 markct prices.



Incidentally also, the agitation has had

the effect of lowering the market price

of practically all classes of live stock in

the big market centers of thc country,

with the probable result that shipments

will become restricted during future

weeks. Another natural conscqucncc has

been a slump in the price of provisions.

It has been generally conccdcd that the

provision market has bccn maintaincd at

a range of values not warranted by the

price of hogs and the effect of bringing

down the provision market to a level

which would} increase consumption was

mentioned in our first comment upon this

situation as the only feature of encour-

agement which it presented.



What the ultimate result of this gen-

eral movement will be, no man can toll.

So far as the farmers of Michigan are

concerned, they are in the best possible

situation to weather the storm without

loss, since they have a minimum amount

of live stock on feed as compared with

previous years, and we believe that no

large losses will he suffered by feeders

from this movement. But should the agi-





 





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tailor; continue, and péopie befin’ducted t9

think along similar lines. seeking for

places to economize everywhere, the mat-





ter may,” be carried to such an, extreme





point as to affect general trade, and con-

vert a condition of relative prosperity

into one of impending panic. The bright

spot in this situation. however, is that

our people are all busy. as they ever are

in times of general prosperity, and a busy

people are more generally a. contented,

people and a self indulgent people than

otherwise, so that while some apprehen—

sion with regard to the outcome of this

movement is natural on the part of pro-

ducers, it can hardly be thot probable

that this agitation will be carried to the

extreme which is pointcd out as having

such possible results as are noted above.





A map recently pub-



Some Significant lished by the Dairy

Dairy Facts. Division of the Bureau

of Animal Industry of



the U. S. Department of Agriculture,

showing the location of the creamcries

in operation in the I'nitcd States, is of

particular intcrcst not only as an object:

lesson in what community production will

do for any section of the country, but as

well in tho effectual manner in which

the farmers of sonic sections of the Uni-

ted Slatcs arc building up their soils or

conserving the fertility already in them.

This map shows that in the ['nitcd States

there arc 6,235 crcamcrics in ope-ration of

which “'isconsin has an cvcn 1.000, Min-

nesota Q38, Now York 744. Iowa 3‘32, Penn—

sylvania 461, and Michigan 300, thus mak-

ing Michigan sixth in importance in the

dairy industry judged from the number

of crcamcrics in opcration. It‘ is also of

intcrcst to note that some of these states

othcr than Iowa, locutc‘d in tho corn belt,

arc developing an important dairy indus-

try, notably Illinois with 247 crcamcrics

and Indiana with 137. Minnesota has up-

parcnily proiitcd by the object lesson

furnished by Vl'isconsin, being second in

numbcr of crcamcrics in operation not-

\\'ithst:,inding its rcputution as a whcat

slatc. 'l‘hc llukulas huvt- respcctivcly 100

and 1le crcame-rics. thus slimving that thc

hard wheat bclt is bcing rapidly invaded

by tho dairy industry. California has 25‘:

crcamcrics. \Yushinglon 245, and Oregon



25, which is proof that the Pacific Coast

farmers arc dcvcloping‘ a dairy industry

to takc care of their home market, while

practically all of the western states ap-

parently have dairy communities scattered

thru them. with crcumcries located at

many widely separate-cl points. Of our

sister states not mentioned, Ohio has

106 crcamcrics. being ahead of Indiana in

this industry. This map shows that the

crcamcrics are located in blocks in al-

most all of these statcs. Some countics

are thickly covered with them while ad-

joining countics will have few. In Mich—

igan. however, the creamcries are well

Scattcrcd ovcr thc bcticr agricultural

counties of the statc indicating that they

arc comparatively large. units and that

cach may bocomc the Center from which

the dairy industry will spread until prac-

tically the. whole state. is thickly planted

with crcamerics,



A similar map showing the location of

cheese factories is of interest in that it

shows that where the creamcrics are most

numerous there also are the cheese fac-

tories most plentiful. It is most remark-

able to nctc that of 3.846 cliccsc factories

in the country, “’isconsin has 1.7M. nearly

twicc as many as any other state in the

union. New York is second with 917,

while Michigan is third, with 233. Of the

othor stab-s, Ohio follows with 230, Cali-

fornia ncxt with 158 and Pcmisylvania

sixth with 110. The chccsc making in-

dustry, howcvcr. is also rcizitivcly strongr

in other states mentioned whcrc cream~

cries prcvuil, Minncsota having 80. Illinois

68. Oregon 66, with othi-rs mostly scat-

tered ovcr the north ccntrul and New

England statcs. but with a fcw in thc

statcs west of the Mississippi. in what

appear to bc favoraljili- localitics in their

adaptability for thc dairy business.



In this sectional dcvclopmcnt of the

dairy industry thcrc appcars to be much

of promise for the future along ugricul

tural lines. since no othcr business af-

fording a regular profit is so well adapted

to the conservation of soil fertility and

the actual improvement of the producing

power of the land on which it is carried

on. The future of the dairy business

means much to Michigan as it does to

the other states mentioned as being strong

in that department of agriculture and. to

the end that it may suffer no decline from

unfair competition with colored oleomar-

garine, every dairyman located within the





territory noted should'make it his busi-





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power, the proposed repeal or modifica-

tion of the oleomargarine law, which‘now

imposes a. tax of 10 cents per pound on

oleomarg‘arine' colored in imitation of yel-

low butter.





Still another echo re-

‘Another Echo. sulting from the agita-

tion of the subject of the

high cost of living is heard in the report

contained in the following note from our

W'ashington correspondent, who says:

From present indications Congress will

be impelled to take up in a serious way

the Question of legislation relating to the

subject of dealing in futures. President

Taft has taken a stand in favor of such

legislation, and he is conferring with men

who have given study to the existing con-

ditions and the need for remedying them,

and also to the ways in which it is feas-

ible thru legislation to undertake to rem-

cdy them. Attornoy General “'ickersham

will prepare a bill which it is hoped will

meet the situation, and there will be

hearings upon it, in ordcr that all views

may be obtained and the measure may

be strengthened as far as possible.

Those who have given the subject: study

are well aware that it presents great

difficulties when it comes to legislating

upon it in any effective way. The bill

which Representative Scott. of Kansas,

has introduced would forbid the use of

interstate telegraph and telephone lines

and the mails for thc transmission of

messages referring to futures, so-callcd,

on farm products. “'hilc such a law

would end thc business ifit could be

strictly cnforccd. it has constitutional and

othcr obstacles in its way which would

not prove cntircly easy to surmount.

There is a widcsprcad impression that

the cost of living is materially increasing

by this form of speculation. and while

not all agree on this point, the efforts

now being made by the administration

and in congress to takc hold of the ques-

tion are to be commended. They will at

least rcsult in a micro iutclligcnt compre-

hension of a system that is now but.littlc

understood by the public gcncrally as to

the effects of its operations.

A correspondent from

ANew Swindle. North Central Michigan

advises us that parties

are operating in some of ihc northern coun-

ties of this state. a schcmc which seems

to bear a c‘iOSe resemblance to thc Bohe-

mian oat swindle of a generation ago.

The scheme. as outlined in this comes--

pondent’s letter, is to make the prospec-

tive victim believe that the variety of oats

furnished by the operator. will yield 25

bushels per acre more than any other

variety when planted side by side. The

operator informs prospective customers

that only 100 farmers in any one district

(the sizc of the district not being defined).

will have the opportunity to get this seed.

each farmer being required to purchase

in four bushel lots at a. uniform price of

$4.00 per bushel. Some sort of contract

is then executed by which the promoters

agrcc to take all 1110 oats grown and for

sale at the “market price." It is also

proposed to present to the farmer having

the largest yield a new binder of any

make which he may select. Regarding

the scheme our informant further says:





It seems incredible that in these times

enough suckcrs could he caught with such

:1 st-ln-mc. to makc it profitable to the

graftcrs. Onc of thc promotors says that

it is a veritablc gold mine.



It surely is. Look at it.



100 lots of 4 bu. each in the “dis-

trict" at $4.00 per bu. ..........$1,600.00





Cost of sccd (claimed) 650 per bu 260.00

Cost of Ollr: binder. any makc.... 133.00

Freight and expenses (allowed).. 100,00



vToial ............... . .......... 3 495.00

I\ct profit on onc “district” or on



400 bu. of oats ................. $1103.00



It beats Standard Oil. Calumet & Hccln

copper, chf Trust and goldmincs to the

frayed out cdge of nothing.”



It would sccm that those old swindlos

would be worked out, but in some form

they rc-appour ycar after your and thoir

promotors Sccm to find fcl‘tilc new ground

in which to work them. “'0 are glad to

givc publicity to the cxpohurc of a

swindle which it would not seem pos-

sible. as our corrcspondcnt says. could

be successfully prosccutcd in any com-

munity. and trust that the warning may

be the means of putting the fakers who

are working it out of business perma-

nently.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.





The latest reports regarding the Eng-

lish elections show that the unionists

have‘ 221 members in the coming parlia-

ment. liberals 202 members, laborites 34.

and the nationists 69. One time it'was

believed that the unionists would have a

very large working margin in the coming





 





organization, but during the past few





days; returns have given hope a that the





liberals may not only overcome the mar—





gin. but possibly will have as large work-

ing majority as in the last parliament.

Should such be the case, the house of

lords will undoubtedly have their poWer

in legislative matters curbed. '.

Arrangements have been made for a

voyage across the Atlantic ocean in a

dirigible balloon, the trip to take place

next May. Boats will accompany the bal-

lo,no, the journey beginning from Berlin.

Damage beyond any immediate possi-

bility of accurate estimate, has been

caused in France by floods. All over. that

country, heavy rains have fallen and the

valleys and streams are filled with water.

’lhe greatest damage appears to be- in

and about Paris where the streets are

flooded and the people are being driven

from their residefices to places of safety.

Dr. Kemp, of erlin. is constructing a.

submarine boat with which he hopes to

take a trip to the North Pole. This is

not the first time the submarine idea. has

been thot of in this connection. but it

likely will be the first attempt to make.

the journey in such a manner. ‘

It was announced in the chamber of

deputies at Constantinople that the Tur-

kish government will extend to the Cre~

tans the largest measure of self—govern-

ment but will do everything in their

power to uphold the rights of the Turkish

Sultan in Crete. '

The Royal geographical society of Eng-

land at a meeting Monday, voted} to

award Commander Robert E. Peary with





a special gold medal for his achievement





in reaching the North Pole.



Four cars of a Canadian passenger

train on the- Soo branch of that line were

derailed near Sudbury, 0nt., and thrown

down an embankment into the Spanish

river. To date 37 bodies have been re-

covered from the' wreck. There were 70

passengers on the train and all but seven

were either killed or injured. The wreck

was probably caused by a broken rail and

is the most disastrous that has happened

on Canadian roads for a long time,



Two earthquake shocks were felt ,at

Kingston and Martinique last Sunday.

The inhabitants were terrified at the dis-

turbance but nodamage was done.



Japan and Russia have politely refused

to consider the proposal by United States

Secretary of State Knox, to neutralize

the Manchurian railways of China, argu—

ments for the refusal being that the

scheme would be of no advantage in

China or Japan, and that Russia feels

her political strategic. and economical in-

terest would be greatly hampered.



The Duke and Dutchess of Connaught

have left‘ London for a hunting trip in

East Africa. They will follow much thc

same route as that covered by Colonel

Roosevelt.



It is reported that Col. Roosevelt has

killed altogether, five white rhinoceroscs.



The Chamber of Deputies of France are

blaming the church for agitating tho.

school question again when it was on a





fair way toward settlement and for bring— _





ing‘, thereby, unnecessary hardship upon

the poor peeple. .



It is ascertained that a revolutionary

movement has been started in Guate—

mala. War materials in used in the re-

cent rebellion in Nicaragua are being

shipped into the other country for this

purpose.



The Chamber of Agriculture of Prussia

adopted resolutions asking the German

government not to make any concessions

toward America because of the conditions

in the Payne tariff law which advanced

duties on importations from Germany.



At a meeting of the French academy

of science it was reported that a member

had succeeded in making artificial sap-

phires from a combination of aluminum,

oxide of iron and titanium.



National.





A movement to merge all of the labor

organizations of the country into a single

organized body is under way at the meet-

ing of the United Mine W'orkers at Indi-

anapolis. «



It is expected that. the recent manipu-

lation of Hocking coal and iron stock in

the New York exchange will result in

bringing the parties responsible for tho

manipulation into court which will neces—

s1tatc investigation into the methods of

business in that organization.



Owing to the expense caused bv acci-

dents at the 800, the past summer. tho

government threatens to compel carriers

to move their boats thru the canal there.

by means of pilots.



Another $1,000,000 automobile plant has

been announced for Detroit. '



.ludgc Gage, of the Saginaw county cir-

cuit court in a long decision up—held tho.

rcccnt voting machine law passed bv our

legislature, as constitutional. I



On Monday night of this week one of

the greatest automobile shows ever held

was opened in the city of Detroit.



The New York' assembly adopted a.

resolution favoring the raising of the

Battleship “Maine,” sunk in the Havana

harbor.



The salaries of the judges of the court

of customs appeals which was created

by the new tariff law were fixed bv the

house of representatives at $7,000 ‘each.

The salaries named in the law was $10.-

000. The matter must be considered bv

the senate however, before it is finallyr

determined. I



Alvinus B. Wood, who discovered the

carbonate ores which made Leadvillc.

Colorado, famous, died in Detroit at the

age of 78.



A sensation has been caused in Huron

county by the discovery of frauds in con-

nection with milk delivered at a. local

milk condensary where almost every can

of milk inspected was found to contain

water or to have been run thru separa-

tors and partially skimmed. Scores of

farmer?) furnlishing milk for the concern



ave een ieavi tin i

courts. y ed by the local



It is expected that the Unit

Supreme Court will attempt (13:3 $121123:

the term m0n0901y in preparing decisions

in the Standard Oil or tobacco cases now

under consideration. The limitatiohs of





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CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

Osceola Co., Jan. 1T.——Snow is the order

of the day. It commenced snowing on

the evening of Dec. 5, and from then up

to date it has, snowed nearly every day

There is more snow on the ground now

than at this time of year in many years.

Roads are drifted badly. being nearly im-

passable in many places. The rural car-

riers have been unable to cover their

routes a few days. but have not missed

as many times as reported from other

parts of the state. Too much snow in the

woods to do much work. Chores are

about all most farmers have to do now.

Too much snow on fields to haul manure.

Cattle are high and scarce: buyers are

scouring the country picking up most

anything they can find. New milch cows

are high, common cows selling at $40fl‘50

each. Hogs are scarce and selling up to

101/120 per 1b., dressed. Hay is selling at

from $12@15 per ton. Potato market is

dull at 250, not many been moving for a

long time, but commencing to move a lit-

tle more now. Business is a little slack

on account of the small potato crop and

the low price.



Shiawassee Co., Jan. Ell—“'eather is

moderate with prevailing southwest

winds. Sleighing continues excellent. A

few farmers cutting logs for use in build-

ing. No timber being cut for commercial

purposes. Many farmers are finding it

less expensive to burn coal for fuel.

\Vheat is going thru the winter in excel-

lent condition. Rye is also withstanding

the weather in good shape. Potato grow-

ers are holding onto their crop expecting

a better market. Beans are being with-

held. Some farmers are disposing of the

wheat they have been holding for the

past two years. Farmers are making a

big mistake in selling their straw. it

means soil depletion. Hay is being sold

at fair prices. Farmers are slow to 13k»-

best'acreage this season. believing that.

more money should be paid for raw lllLL-

terial. A few fine horses are coming into

this locality for breedingr purposes.

Lambs are constantly being shipped in

and out to market. The feeding thus far

has been very satisfactory. No cattle on

feed. Very few hogs in the country.



Livingston Co., Jan. 19.—\\'e are hav—

ing very fine winter weather. with fine

sleighing which has now llGHH on about

rive weeks. Conditions have been fillt.

thus far this winter for wheat and clover.

Feeders marketing their lambs at $7.60

per cu‘t. Farmers holding their grain

for higher prices. Hired help is Very

scarce and farmers are now offering from

$25 U) $30 per month for help for the

coming season. Stock of all kinds doing

well. Farmers are now busy getting up

their summer wood supply.



Isabella Co., Jan. 17.—\\'heut and rye

made a good growth in the fall. was u'cll

covered with the first full of snow about

the middle of December and have been

well covered ever since. Prices for farm

produce are good. The condensed milk

factory is paying $1.60 per mvt for milk.-

wheat, $1.22; oats, 43c; beans. $1.55: hogs.

551506198; chickens, 110 lb; eggs, 280 per

dozen:



Allegan Co., Jan. 24.——Tho writer has.

had the privilege of attending a series

of farmers’ institutes in this county and

at all of them there was a good attend-

ance and much interest was taken in the

topiCs prcscnted; especially did the care

of the old apple orchard and the honest

packing of fruit receive hearty support.

:l‘here have been but few days since Dec.





n, that it has not stormed and there is .





considerable snow on the ground. “'heat

went into Winter quarters in good shape.

Stock is looking good but there 'is a

scarcity of all kinds of stock. especially

hogs and horses. A large number of hogs

have been marketed at Allegan. which

will be run down the river to make bas-

kets of. Roads are bad for hauling large

loads now. Farmers are putting their

ice and getting up wood. Considerable

corn is not yet husked.





MICHIGAN—FARNTERS’ INSTITUTES.





 





Two—day Meetings—Lake Co., Chase.

Feb. 2-3; Ionia Co., Ionia, Feb. 1—2-3; St.

Clair Co., Smith Creek, Jan. Ell-Feb. 1:

Macomb Co., Richmond. Feb, 2-1}; Lapccr

Co., Hadley, Feb. 4-5; Allegan Co., “'ay-

land, Feb. 3-4; Calhoun Co.. Battle Creek,

Feb. 3-4; Van Buren Co., Lawrence, Feb,

-l—5; Berrien Co., Eau Claire, Feb. 7-8;

(Sass Co., Cassopolis, Feb. 8-9; St. Jo-

seph Co., Constantine, Feb. fi—lU; Jackson

Co. Grass Lake, Feb. 9-10; Branch Co.,

Coldwater, Feb. 10—11; Barry Co., Has-

tings, Fcb. 11-12; Hillsdale (‘u,, .lonesvillc.

Feb. 11-12; VVashtenaw Co., Ypsilanti,

Feb, 15-10; Livingston Co., Howell, Feb.

13-16; Wayne Co.. Romulus, Feb. 16-17;

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of farming

land grow balanced rations on our own

The fact that bcttcr prices for

‘dairy products must come is Ccrtain, yet

1 when those products reach a certain price

lconsumption dccreascs. for the laboring

class. who form the larger portion of the

consumers of these products, can not

afford to pay the increased price and will





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Dairying Dependent Upon Western

Grains.

In many sections of the eastern states





jwhcre dairying is the leading branch of

‘agriculture, the plow has been largely





laid aside, the farms converted into the





‘production of hay and ensilage, the great





grain garden of the country furnishing

grain, the main product required to make

the milk. is this the type of dairy farm-

ing that Mr. Taylor would advise the

Michigan dairymcn to develop? \Yould

lthcy be content to utilize their most ex-

lccllcnt agricultural lands for the produc—

| tion of hay and cnsilagc corn, increase the

size of their hcrds and depend upon the

granarics of the west to furnish them

with a large proportion of thcfr cattle

foods? This is the problem that must

be decided upon beforc a man can adopt.

a definite policy in the development of

his dairy business.



The constantly increasing demand for

these dairy fccd—stuffs and western grain

foods is making their use actually prev

hibitive to many dairymcn. Should this

induce Michigan dairymcn to go out of

the dairy busincss in conscqucnce? It

is ccrtain to ultimately provc a blessingr

to them. Altho it may dccreasc the num-

ber of cows kcpt on many farms it is

going to open 11p to them the possibilities

now lying dormant in their sotls and be

the means of encouraging them to grow

other crops that are adapted to their soil

and climate. It is going to encourage the

growth of more and better dairy foods

and highly organized truck and market

crops that will afford funds outside of the

dairy for the purchase of the more highly

concentrated nitrogeneous foods that are

required to balance the rations of the

high producing dairy cows. I know some-

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mineral fertilizers carryinguconsiderable

potash and phosphoric "acid; you can as.

veiop a more remunerative system‘ 'of

dairy farming and crop growing «and

gradually increase the productivity of ev-

ery acre of naturally fertile soil that is

brot under this new system of dairying‘

and crop growing. ,



There is no question but what the in-

discriminate feeding of these expensive

grain foods stands as a barrier across

many a dairy farmer's path to success.

My own experience in feeding these high

priccd grain foods and my direct obser-

vation of others who have been following

the same practice has convinced me that

to feed more grain to make more manure

to grow more roughage to keep more dairy

cattle, cannot work out as a safe principle

in farm management. As a secondary

consideration. to the man who is combin~

ing his, dairy busfncss with market crop

growing it may prove very profitable.

l'nder his system of soil management,

the clover sod and the manure from the

dairy herd will provide an abundant sup-

ply of nitrogen for the corn crop, the

market crop, and the small grain crop

that is grown in the rotation and used to

seed the clchr crop with. \Vhile the phos—

phoric and and potash applied to the soil

during the rotation, in addition'to that

cmitaincd in the stable manure, will en-

able thc clover plants to do their most

thoro work at nitrogen fixation and con-

chucntly to make a better growth of

i‘oragc and bring up more mineral fer-

tility from below the depth reached by

otlh-r plants grown in the rotation.



Many dairymcn are situated in localities

whcrc market crop growing may not prove

adapted to their farms and such men

would undoubtedly find greater profits in

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other crop that is grown in the rotation.



Too many dairymen believe that feed-

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lcss of their management. They think

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fo-rtility of their farms. Dairymen very

oftcn do not know what first-class cul-

tivation is. 3y careful management and

intense cultivationui small amount of

stable manure will go a long way toward

maintaining and increasing the fertility

of the soil.



Another advantage of more thoro culti-

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required to care for the dairy and grow

the food for the cows can easily manage

another crop that can bc added to the

rotation. with a minimum of extra day

hclp. i know that this article will not





agrcc with all the views of my readers





in Michigan for it is a comparatively new

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old dalrving section for many ycurs and

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routes into the country and thc building,





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who are practicing an exclusive system

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A'Gooo HERD RECORD.





 





That farmers are improving their busi-

ness .metliods, is confirmed by the large

number of dairymen who know exactly

what they are receiving from their cow's,

In the following table are the figures

showing the number of cows giving milk

during each month of the year in the

herd of C. Ottis Brott and A. Small, of

Hillsdale county, the amount of milk

sold. gross returns and the price paid for

the milk:





 





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3 - .4 55

'5‘: ‘H as 7:“: (,- 3 _.E‘

E 3% E2 a: 3?

2 26 7‘5 L F. :—';:

Dec. .19 8,190 $1.321/é $108 50

Jan ....17 7,271 1.301,: 91.92

Feb. ...14 7.39;") 1.;‘R ‘i-lt) 94.96

Mar. ...16 10,375 1.2.". 129.68

April .. .18 9,915 1.24 122.94

May . . .17 11,960 1.19 142.32

June .. .20 16,006 1.10 176.66

July ...20 13,285 1.13 152.78

Aug. . . .20 11,660 1.26 146.90

Sept. ..19 10.765 1.431,; 156.62

()ct. . . .10 8,375 1.471.: 123.52

Nov. . . .14 5,895 1.46 86.06

Total punt)

There were 21 cows in the herd. The





calves produced sold for $120.02, making

a gross income from the cows of $1.6ti7.78,

or an'average for each cow ot' the herd

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MICHIGAN EDUCATIONAL SCORING

TEST FOR DECEMBER.





 





The December scoring was held at

Michigan Agricultural College, Cast Lan-

sing. The butter was not scored until

January 15. The principal reason for

holding the scoring test at the College

was to give the Short Course creamer):

sttfdents a practical lesson in judging

butter.



The butter had been held several days

and was practically in the same condi-

tion it would ordinarily be in upon reaeh~

ing the consumer's table. It had been

held long enough to give it a severe test.



Poor raw material was evident in many

tubs, and'there was altogether too many

iubs-‘sh‘owing moltles and wavy color.

\Vhen we consider that this defect is due

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buttermaker we can draw but one ot‘ two

conclusions; Either the Illllit'l'lilillx'tf‘l‘ was

careless, or else he did not have proper

facilities for controlling the temperature

of his cream, and butter, and wash water:

for it is quite usually believed that wavy

color comes from uneven distribution of

the salt. The butter is too cold to get the

salt evenly worked in. The result is mot-

tlcs and wavy color. For the poor cream.

the buttermaker is not entirely respon-

silde. This is up to the patron. but the

patron will never care for the cream

properly as long as he. receives as much

tor poor cream as he receives for good

cream.





PROGRAM OF DAIRY MEETING AT

DETROIT.





The annual meeting of the State Dairy-

men’s Association will be held at the

“'ayne Pavilion, Detroit, February -2-3

and 4, as announced in our last issue.

That our readers may know a valuable

and entertaining session has been planned

for them we append the program here-

with, a perusal of which should encourage

not alone those who have given this

branch of farming close attentitm, but also

those men who are undecided on entering

the business. The speakers are men of

wide experience. The subjects- are im~

portant and cover the. broad hold of in—

vestigation, from preparing the feeds to

the final consumption of dairy products.

The program is as follows:



Opening and Milk Producers‘ Session.



Tuesday, February 1, 1010, 3:00 P. M.



Music, invocation.



Address of Welcome, Mr. Philip Dreit-

meyer. Mayor of Detroit.



Response, Mr, N. P. Hull, l‘)imondule.



President's address, lion. '1‘. F. Mars-

ton. Bay City.



‘ Report of secretary and treasurer, Mr.

S. J. Wilson. Flint.



“Some problems of the milk producers,”

Dr. Geo. A. Waterman, Ann Arbor,



Discussion, Mr. Geo. A. True, Armada.



“What the public expects of the pro—

ducer and the remuneration he receives

for it.” Mr. H. B. Wattles. Troy.



Discussion, Mr, J. A. Lawson. Decrfield.



Milk Consumers’ Session.



Tuesday, February 1, 1010. 7:30 P. M.



Mustc.



.‘The consumer’s part in solving the

mllk. problem," Mr. Ivan C. \V'eld. Assist-

antm Market Milk Investigations, “'aslr-

mgton, D. C.



Discussion, Mr. Ira 0. Johnson. Detroit.



City milk inspection and its problems."

Dr, Floyd W. Robinson, State Analyst,

Lansing.“ _



Discussion, Mr. Geo. W. Towar. Detroit



“Control of city milk supply.” Dr. Guy





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L. Keifer, of the Health Department,

Detroit. ”

Discussion, C. E. Hadsell, Troy.

“Is the sanitary dairy all that the name

implies?” Dr, Ellsworth Orton, Pontiac.

Discussion, Mr. H. F. Probert, Jackson.

Appointment of Cimmittees.





Dairy Farmers’ Session.

“'ednesday, February :3, 1910, 0:30 A. M.





Music.



”Building up the dairy herd,” Mr. N. P.

Hull. Dimondale.



Discussion, President T. F. Marston,

Bay City. '



“Organization." Mr. Sam B. Shilling.

President National Dairy, Union, Chicago.

Illinois.



Discussion, Mr. D. P, Miller, Almont.



“Co-operative bull associations," Mr.

XV. F. Raven, Brooklyn.



Discussion, Mr. T. B. Crawford, Al-

mont.



Buttermakers’ Session.



“'ednesday, February 2 1910, 1:00 P, M.



Music.



“Pasteurizing gathered cream for butter

making,” Mr. E. S. PoWers. Ravcnna.



Diseussion, Mr. John Batten. Avoca.



“Starters and ripening of cream," Mr.

Simon Hagedorn, Fenton.





Discussion, Mr. J. M, Rohrer, Grass

Lake. _

“Churning, working and packing the





butter.” Mr. Frank Shaw, Goodrich.

Discussion. Mr. C. M. Partch, Armada.

“Keeping qualities of butter," Dr. Chas.

B, Marshall. East Lansing.





Discussion. Mr, B. A. Hillman, Romeo.



“Should the buttermaker be manager

of the creamery?" Mr. J. F. Powers,

Quincy.





.l.>iscnssion. Mr. John Strating. Grant.

“Resurrection of a rundown crcamery,”





Mr. L, C. \Vaite, C‘oldwater.

Discussion, Mr. Edward “'inter, Port

Huron.





ExhibitOrs’ Session.

Thursday, February 3. 1910, 0:00 A. M.

Music, followed by the election of oth-

cers under the supervision of the board

of directors in the exhibition hall.





 





Buttermakers’ Session. .

Thursday, February 3, 1910, 1:00 P. M.

Music. ,

"Creamery butter making as a busi-



ness." Mr. Ger), T. Yetter. liau t‘laire.

Discussion, Mr. S. H. Miles, Buchanan.

“\V’hole milk butter making." Mr. Chas.

R. “'ebb, t‘hesaning‘.

“Gathered ereuln

R. F. Frary, Lapeer.

Discussion. (both

Hull, (twosso,

“Should the





butter making." Mr.

topics), Mr. \Yaltcr





cream be sainplt-d and





weighed at the farmer‘s door by the.

driver?" Mr. \V. H. Bechtel. t‘aro.

Discussion, Mr. John McDonald. Ster—

ling.

“Should gathered cream or milk be





tested at (W'cl‘y delivery or by composite

samples. Mr. t‘luude A, Grove. Iiitchfield.



Discussion. Mr. \Vulter \‘ztssold, Mid-

land.



“Grading cream at the creamery and

paying ateording to quality." Mr. (‘olon

C. Lillie.



Discussion, Mr. T. C. Halpin,



Cheese Program.



Friday, February 4, 1910, 9.30 A. M.



lVIuslc.



"Difficult problems in cheese making,”

Mr. {obcrt‘ Johnson, “'oodstock, Ont.



Discussion. Mr. R, L. Ives, Greenville.



“Making a close meaty textured ched-

dar cheese. Mr. 11. A. Murray, iyron.



Discussion. 311‘. J. G. Dennis. Novi.



“\Vhat will be the difference in the

yield between 2 per cent and 4 per cent

milk made into the cheese," Mr. A. l:;.

Greer. Bluy’villc.



Discussion, Mr. G. Glasser, Bancroft.



““‘hat qualifications are necessary to

be. an up—to—date cheese maker?" Mr.

“'m. leed. Perry.



Discussion. Mr. “1 VT,

Grand Blanc.



Friday, February 4, 1910, 1:30 P. M.



“Best system for paying patrons for

milk delivered at the cheese factory,"

Mr. N. B. Horton. Fruit Ridge.



Discussion, Mr. M, B. Armstrong, Pon-

title.



"What is a good cheese.” Mr. 11. E.

Loyster. Hudson.



.l>ist'ltssloii. Mr. Chas. Dear. Novi.



“Should the patrons get their supply of

cheese from the factory at wholesale

prices?" Mr. I, E. (.‘olvin. Hudson.



Discussion, Mr. John Leidlcin, Saginaw



The program has been specially ar-

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You state that the model stall is 71/; ft.

Irmg. Is that. large enough for 1

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ctr-J? I)” your chains have a short piece

ot chain, (if so what length). between

slide bar and swivel? Or is the swivel

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lio the his in front of the hind feet in-

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heifer which came fresh about six days

ago. She has a lump in her right hind

teat. Two years ago a sister to this one

had one the same way. She gave bloody

milk after we milked her two weeks.

“'hat can I do to take the bunch away or

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have one if you wish but it would have

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gutter, as with other stalls where the D:

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I run the pipes for the water system

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the cow. It will be remembered that this

edge of the manger is only four inches

high. An inch' galvanized pipe is run

along and lays right on the edge of this

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the chain stapled on the opposite side

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stapled on the same side with the drink-

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have it removed. and this, of courseg'fi—fifiw 7' "

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repeat the process till the butter—fat is

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Some people. who have a very small

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CAUGHT AT CONFERENCE.



The Granges in southeastern Michigan

responded well to the request to send

their lecturers to the first of.the district

lecturers’ conferences authorized by State

Grange. This was at Adrian, January 18,

when sixty persons spent the day in con-

sidering ways and means to best promote

'Grange efficiency in that section. Two-

.‘ thirds of that number represented lecture

work in various Granges of seven counties.



Naturally discussions touched all

i'phases of Grange work, for the lecturer

has to deal with all. Note-books were in

evidence thruout the day and more than

one lecturer reported “a bag full of

game" at close of the conference. Past

State Master Horton sketched the broad

“and comprehensive field of a lecturer‘s

opportunity and duty in‘ the only formal

address of the day, the remainder of time

being occupied by informal discussion. in

'which every person present had a part.

The gist of‘only a few of many of the

strong points made by the speakers can

be given here: .



“Elect a lecturer to attend to the work.

If ‘he does not have a mind to do that, he

'much better resign.”



“Locate meetings as far as possible

in advance where they are held in private

'homes, and in Pomona work; then develop

assistance in the locality of the meeting

' place.”



- Annual letters, sent by the lecturer or



'other officer to every member on the roll.

'are found surprisingly effective in secur-

ing attendance and intercst. The letter

should set forth the particular needs and

aims of the local Grange for the present

year and invite co-Operation. One ("mange

reports having sent similar letters to indi-

viduals who would make desirable mem-t

bers, followed them with personal invita-

tions and harvested :1 fine class of new

members.



“If people could be thoroly COnverted

to the necessity of the Grange, enrolling

officers would not be able to take__ down

the names. Proceed to create such senti~





ment. Follow it up with personal invita-

iiOllS. Keep on thillkil'lg_ planning and

doing and ultimately your Grange will





come out right.”



The most impressn'e report of actual

work was that of the Pittsford lecturer

concerning their Juveniles. Organized a

year and a half ago, t‘hese children now

number 29; have lllaintained regular mcct—

hings, and have paid for everything they

use. including rituals and an organ: last

spring they studied Michigan birds until

they could easily identify 27. or 30 tili'ft'i‘t‘llt

ones; this year are making tilt-iiist-lvos

familiar with native trees in the same

way; have nearly doubled attcndaucc at

the subordinate and are now prcpariug to

$0011 graduate 21 class from Juvenile to

Subordinate membership.



Again and again during the conference

was heard this sensible suggestion—“Use

printers’ ink, use printers’ ink!"



JENNIE BUELL.





AGRICULTURE IN RURAL SCHOOLS.





(From State Master’s Annual Address).



Next to our homes there is nothing that

ought to be of more vital interest to the

members of our order, than the rural

schools. It is there that mest of our chil—

dren will receive an essential part of the

training that is to fit them for their life

work. There is probably nothing in which

most of us are more deeply interested

than in the welfare of our children. That

our rural schools have been. and are good

schools, we do not wish to deny. That

they might and ought to be better, we.

maintain. That our rural schools are not

better I believe as much the fault of our

farmers as of our teachers and educa~

tional leaders. It seems to me that we

have too often shown a, disinclination to

co-operate with our educational leaders

in their efforts to 'help us to better things.

I do not mean by this that. we should





adopt. wit‘hout proper consideration. all

suggestions of our educators. They are

by no means infalliblc. It sometimes





seems as tho they would like to have us'

hear the expense of experimenting with

their theories. But, as a rule, our edu—

cators are honest, conscientious. thinking

and’experienced men, and they are anx-

ious to see better rural schools. I am

Derfluaded that a little less of wholesale

condemnation of the new, a little less of





a. more earnest desire on the'part of our

farmers to know what our schools should

be, and a willingness and desire to make

them that, would bring about results that

we might all feel proud of. '



I believe that we are all agreed that at

present our schools are educating our

bright boys and girls away from the

farm, rather than toward it. How

of the boys who have graduated from our

rural schools, and our high schools, have

even had it intimated to them that there

are just as many, and just as promising.

opportunities for the use of well equipped

intellects in the management of farms as

in any other tcalllng. So long as our

school curricula are arranged solely for

fitting students for the so-called profes-

sions, so long will these students follow the

trend of their training. An education that

does not best equip a student for his life

work is not as practical as it should be.

And despite the fact that probably 40 per

cent of our Mich'gan boys and girls will

put in their lives upon farms. our schools

are doing but little to fit them for this

especial line. I believe that every boy

and girl should be taught elementary agri-

culture. For this is simply teaching

them to see, and know the things that

are immediately about them. Many of us

are going thru life seeing and knowing

not one-half of what we ought to see and

know, because We were never taught to

see, nor how to know. Our education to-

day is too much a blind acquiring of facts,

and too little a training in how to learn.

I think we have now about all the school

laws we need. “'e can divide, unite,

consolidate, or central‘ze our districts. \Vc

can build township high schools. and pre—

scribe a course of study. Or. we may

send our students to high schools already





established. “'c may continue with the

district as a unit. or we may adopt thc

township unit. It would seem that what





might be the best arrangement along

those" lines for one locality. might. not bc

the best for another. The thing for 11::

to do as Patrons is to dctcl'nlinc what wo-

want. and thcn go after it. To this end

I recommend that we invite school com-

missioners, teachers, professors and mom-





bcrs of the Department of Public 111-

struction to our meetings. that we may,

with their help. or they may with our





hclp. or all together, we may be able to





havc better rural schools in Michigan.

Many are afraid that a change of plan

would mean an added expense, and ex-

pcnse is an element to be considered,- But

with this. it is well for us to rememl'n-r.

that the best school can not well cost

more than it is worth.





ALLEGAN POMONA CONSIDERS HOR-

TICULTURAL TOPICS.





The members of Allegan Co. Pomona

Grange held a very successful

mccting at Allegan last week. The pro—

gram features were addresses by two

prominent fruit growers of western Mich-

igan, the first being by Secretary Bassett.

of the Slate Horticultural Society. His

topic was “Reclaiming (lid Orchards" or,

as he Said, making Allegan county or-

chards more fertile. He said in part:

"We have been in the forestry business

instead of the fruit business, judging by

the bushy growth of the tree—tops. “'hat

we need is knowledge of how to grow

fruit instead of trees, knowledge of the

difference between a leaf-bud and a fruit-

bud. “'e are all to blame because we

have not had more apples. The farmer

is a robber as respects his apple orchards.

He gives them nothing but expects many

apples in return. For instance. he will

sod mulch the orchard. cut off the grass.

put it in the barn, and’ then turn in the

cattle and let them take what he could

not get. “’here does the tree get any

fertilizer from such methods? Again, the

farmer will leave the orchard in sod for

many years and pay no attention to it.

“'e would not expect any other kind of

crop from such methods, why apples?

“'e need to plow our orchards and culti-

vate them shallow and often. Put on

plenty of barnyard manure and commer-

cial fertilizer. the first for nitrogen and

the second for acid phosphate. and try

to get wood ashes for potash. These

three elements are needed.



“After feeding the, orchard we need to

give some attention to the pests or in-

sects. These are of three kinds, those

that chew. those that suck. and the cod-

ling moth. A sp‘ay has (been made to

kill each of these three if used at the

right time, and here lies the need of care-

ful study on the part of the farmer.”



Mr. Rowe, of Kent county. presented

the. other address, “The Care of the Or-

chard.” being his topic. He held it to be

as necesary for the orchard owner to

know just what his orchard needs as it is

for the dairyman or stockman to under-

stand the feeding and the care of their





two-day





animals. The three particular essentials

are the man, the soil. and the location

County Secretary Angeli went before





the Pomona with pictures and reports of

the 1909 corn contest conducted by the

Y, M, C. A., and asked the co—operation

of the Grange in another contest this

year. No definite action on the part of

the Grange was taken.





THE MICHIGAN "FARMER.





\ unreasoning satisfaction with the ~ old, and





many .





 





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E FARMERS’ owns]





TION OF FARMERS’ CLUBS.

President—B. A. Holden, \‘i'ixom.





 





Vice-president~Mrs. C, A. Mathews,

St. Johns.



Secretary—Mrs. C. B. Johnson, Meta-

mora.



Treasurer—Henry T. Ross, Brighton.





Corresponding Secretary—Clayton Cook,

OwOsiso.





Directors—J11 B. Halladay. Norveil; E.





C. Hallock, Almont: A. R. Palmer, Jack-

son; “'m. H. Marks, Fair Haven; C. L.

“'i'ight, Caro; E. \Y. “'oodruft', Blan-

chard.





 





Associational Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer‘s most valuable asset.





 





Assodational Sentiment.—

The farmer; he garners from the

the primal wealth of nations.





soil





FARMERS’ CLUB INSTITUTES.





 





In the club discussions of this issue

will be found several references to insti—

tues which will be held under the aus-

pices of some local club or clubs in the

near future. Other clubs are planning to

take part in the county institutes as or-

ganizations. Plans of the kind referred

to can not prove otherwise than beneficial

to t'thclubs carrying them out. both in

the increased public interest which will

be taken in the clubs and iilt'Il' work and

in the good which will done to the

community at large. in wh'ch the clubs

are located. Some of the very best farin—

crs‘ institutes which it has bcon tho writ—

privilege and to attend.

Were lit-id under the auspices of tho local

l’armcrs‘ club in some community. It

will generally bc possible to secure stain

speakers for institutes of this kind. and

the program can be arranged with a view

to the hoods and interest of the local ”,5-

ricultural community in a way which does





In-





ens pleasul'c





not always obtain with the farmers' in-

stitute conductt-d by the state or the local

institute Society. There are in cvcry

community i'armors who excel in somc

particular branch of agriculture who

would be glad to give the bone-tit of their





experience to others at an instituto of this





kind. Tizcrc are nearly always young

pcople in every community who can on—

:t-rtain niccly in tho literary and mush-~11

numbers which should interspcrsc an in

stitutc prt‘gram. This is a plan which

would ht‘ well worthy of tln- aticnlion of

evcry t‘arincrs‘ club in thc state. and lim-

carrving out of such a plan would most

surt-ly tutuso- an increase in the club mem-

bership and an activity in club Work

which would provc most beneficial 211'.





along the line.





 





Yearly Programs and Institute—The

Hadlcy and Elba Farmers‘ (.‘iub met at

“Home Farm." with Mr. and Mrs. (‘. A.

Bullock. Nearly 80 wcrc present in spitc

of the storm and cvcry (lilt' full of enthu—

siasm over Club work for 11010. The Club

voted to have printed yearly programs. 12

meetings in the year. and an oyster din-

ner at "Hickory Ridge.“ the home of Mr.

and Mrs. tobcrt Pierson, on Feb. 17. .\

cordial invitation is extended to all for

this meeting and each succeeding one.

Arrangements were made for the Lapecr

(.‘ounty Hound-1'1) to bc hold in Hadley.

Feb. J: and 3. \Vt- hope to have a large

attendance and an enthusiastic institute

Any wishing convoyanct- from the station

communicate with T. A_ Mott, Metamorc.

chairman of transportation committee.

—~Mrs, C‘. P. Johnson. Soc.



Annual Oyster Dinner. The Hay Farm”

ers‘ Club hold their annual oyster dinner

in the hall at the Ray'L’uion Church. on

Thursday. Jan. 13. After nearly 73 peo-

ple had partaken of the oysters and other

good things. they gathered in the audi-

torium for the meeting. which was called

to order by the president. An interesting

report of the Statc Association was given

by our delcgatc. (loo. Graham. Miss El—

vira Fret-man read “Sally Ann‘s Expe—

rience." which was enjoyed by all. The

Club adjourned to mccl the second Thurs—

day in February with Mr, and Mrs. C. .I.

I‘Iartway.~lilazel M. (’lrccn, (i‘or. Scc.





 





Review and “Preview."-—’l‘he 23rd an-

nual mcciing of thc (.‘olumbia Farmers‘

(‘lub was held with Mr and Mrs. \\'ilson





Neely in the village of Brooklyn. Jan. N,

with a large attendance. The reports of

the secretary and treasurer were read,

and the following officers were clectcd:

President. C. .1. Harper: vice-in‘csidcnt.

Mrs. Sumner .add: secretary, Mrs. Flora

vining‘: treasurer. Mrs. E. N. Palmer; rc-

porter, Mrs. A. XV. Dunn; chaplain. Frank

Hall, Dr. E. N. Palmer gave a very in—

teresiingr papcr, “Review anti Preview."

In his rcvicw he recalled primitive meth—





ods of work. contrasting sharply with

those of today, and in his preview he





gave a glaring picture of the conditions

in the year 2.000. thether the prophecy

will be fulfilled is yet to be seen. Mrs.

C. H, Hewitt read an excellent paper,

“Short Sketches of the Lives of our De»

ceased Members,“ in which a glowing

tribute was paid to those of our number

who have answered the final roll call.

The program was interspersed with





 





 

   

 





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music, both vocal and instrumental. ‘A

letter was read to the Club and it was

voted that we send it; the letter is as

follows: To the board of directors of the

Michigan State Fair Asociation. Gentle—

men:~“Believing, as we do, that the

state of Michigan, with its resources of

wealth is capable of holding a successful

fair without the sale of intoxicants on its

grounds. we as a farmers’ club of this

great state. do earnestly request that you

will consider the prohibition of the liquor

traffic." Signed in behalf of the Columbia

Farmers’ Club, Jackson county. The ex—

ecutive committee will meet with Presi-

dent and Mrs, C. J. Harper to prepare the

programs for the coming year.—Mrs.

Flora Vining, Sec.



Will Hold lnstltute.—The Salem Farm-

ers' Club held the first meeting of the new

year at the pleasant home of Mr: and

Mrs. Bert Nelson. Eighty guests and

members of the Club assembled and spent

a very enjoyable day. Music. select read-

ings and recitations were given; then fol-

lowed the report of the delegates to Lana

sing, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Thompson. A

vote of thanks was given the delegates

and their report was much enjoyed. The

different points, as given, were discussed

by the Club, especially the good roads

subject. The Club will hold a temperance

day, also young peoples day. President

Ross gave the Club his annual address,

which was good and much enjoyed. The

Club voted to hold an institute in Febru-

ary in charge of Herbert Smith of the

cOunty work. Table committee, Mr. and

Mrs, Naylor and Mr. and Mrs. H. W.

Smith—H, C. Thompson, Rep.



Elect new Officers—Riverside Farmers’

Club elected the following officers for the

ensuing year: President, Geo. Detwiler;

vice-president, Clarence Case; secretary.

Mrs. C. C. Chandler; treasurer, Mrs. John

Shaffer; reporters. Mrs. Matthews and

Mrs. G. Kentfield; organist, MrS. A. C.

[)ynos, chaplain, Mr. She'ffler; program

committee, Mrs. Hensper, Mr. Shaffer,

Mrs. Sheffier; rec. committee, Mrs. Kent-

ficld, Mrs. Gerow and Mr. E. Black; sick

committcc, Mrs, Norton, Mrs. “fright.

Mrs. Schroder: flower committee, Mrs. F.

M. Crow'e, Mrs. Lefiingwell. Mrs. Law-

rcncc; chairman of question box, Mrs.

('larencc Case. The January meeting was

held at the pleasant home of Mr. and

Mrs. John Norton. After partaking of a

splendid menu, the president called the

mccting to‘ order, opening with song by

the Club. The secretary’s annual report

was read and accepted, as was the treas—

urcr‘s report. The reports showed too

Club to be in a splendid financial condi-

tion. Mrs. Chandler gave a report of the

State Association of Farmer‘s‘ Clubs

which was held Lansing, December

7—3, 1900.



Interesting Discussions—Address by

(l. A. Young, general secretary of the Y.

M. C. A. “'0 only wish that more of our

young men had heard it. “Does it pay

to achriisc?” by Mrs. .lohn Dynes. Shc

said it certainly did pay. How would We

know what the merchant "and to sell if Ito





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didn't advertise. “(flosc stabling. does it

pay‘I”. This. question was discussed at

length by the gentlemen present. “Tho

value of time," by Mrs. Charles Law-

rcncc. She stated that the value is ines-

timablo for it is the. span that links us





individuals into the great unknown, and

the inystcrious beyond. February meet»

mg will be held with Mr. and Mrs. A. DI.





Iiillinicr.—Mis. C. C, Chandler, Sec.

Much Interest in First Meeting for

1910.~'l‘hc llartland Farmers’ Club hold





its first meeting of the new year on Jan.

8, at the plcasant village home, of Mr.

and Mrs. James Brian. The day was all

one could wish for. with all nature clothed

in its robes of whitc. Farmers camo

in Sclighlcads until 30 jolly guests were

stated to partake of the bountiful repast

prepared for them. After dinner the

meeting was called to order: singing by

the (“lubz praycr was then offered by the

-chaplain, and the busith portion of the





Club work was taken up. \Ve find our-

sclvcs the happy posscsors of fifty new

chairs. A' vcry interesting report of tho

State Mcetint,r at Lansing was given by

our dclcgato, ll. \\'. Clark. An interest—

ing program was then carried out, after

which Wt» adjourned to meet with Mr.





Fred l-Iuskinson and sister, Feb. 5,

~—("or. Soc.



Add Four New Members.~Sherman

Farmers” (‘lub met Saturday, Jan. 15, at

the homo of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kemperman.

there being about 40 prcscnt. A musical

cn'tcrtainmcnt was given while dinner was





1910.





being" prcparcd. Dinner was served and

enjoyed by all. after which the meeting

was callcd to order by the president,

There being an invitation given to the

visitors to join our Club, we were glad

to welcome four new members to our

(‘lub. 'l‘ho mcctine,r then adjourned to





mcet with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hoppa on

the third Saturday of February.—Blanch

Carter, (‘or. Sec.



Have Excellent Report of State Meet-

ing—Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Hanna enter—

tained the l‘lllington-Almer Club at their

homo in Ellington, Thursday, Jan. 13, at

which a full delegation of members were

present. After the serving of dinner a

program of song and topics wa‘s conclud~

cd by the report of C. L. “’right, delegatc

to the State Convention at Lansing. Mr.

Vi'rig'ht being an exceptionally fine speak—

er and well versed in parliamentary law

gave as brilliant a report as any ever

heard in our state halls. He treated the

(‘lub to a synopsis of every resolution and

paper delivered. (without notes), and also

declared the government's stand for a

limited “Parcels Post" and defended the

untimate great need of a code of Postal

Banking deposits that will insure abso-

lute security to the depositor, as against

the lax methods of the present day and

system. The report was accepted with a

vote of thanks for the splendid record

made by Mr. Wright in behalf of the Club.

Expressions of inquiry and sympathy were

drawn up in behalf of Mr. G. S, Earle.

who has been in the hospital at Orion

for treatment—Mrs. C. L. Wright, Sec.
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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

. January 26, 1910.



Grains and Seeds.

Wheat—The liquidation which followed

the heavy receipts of a week ago, in.the

northwest and soutl'iwest wheat sections

and other bearish news, was stopped to

a considerable extent by a cessation of

offerings from farmers, the low price dis-

couraging their desire to let the wheat go

on the market. On Saturday the prices

reached were as high as they have been

this year. Adecline, however, occured at

Monday’s and Tuesday's sessions; prices,

however, were not as low as on the cor-

responding days of the week before. This

week primary receipts were much below

those of the previous week. but slightly:

larger than the Offt‘rings for the same

date a year ago. While the local mills

are temporarily supplicd with wheat, out-

side manufacurers of ilour are taking

all the cash grain they can get hold oi.

One year ago we were paying $1,071,; per

bushel for N0. 2 red wheat. Quotations



for the week are as follows:



. No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. May. July.





Thursday ....1.241/2 1.24% 1.25:); 1.04%

Friday ....... 1.26 1.26 1.26% 1051/,

Saturday ....1.27 1.27 1.27%, 1.06

Monday ......1.25'1/z 1251/2 1.26% 1.05

Tuesday ..... 1251/2 1231/, 1.261/2 1 05

Wednesday “1.26% 1.261/2 1.271,; 1 051/2





Germ—The basis for business in this

department is little changed from a week

ago. The average price is a fraction of

a cent lower. The visible supply of corn

shows a. decrease of but a few thousand

bushels during the week. The local re-

ceipts were large on Monday and Tues-

day. The demand is still strong and will

undoubtedly continue so thruout the sca—

son, One year ago No, 3 corn was quoted

at 611/20. Quotations are as follows:





No. 3



N0. 3 Yellow.

Thursday ...... . . . . . . ..... 671,4; 681/2

it‘riday . . . . ...... . ......... 68 69

Saturday ................. 681/4 691,3,

Monday .................. 671/2 681/2,

'l‘ucsilay .................. 67 11.“; 681,4

\Vedncsday ............... 671/2 681/2





Oats.—---Priccs have not varicd much in

this deal, and practically the samc basis

is maintained as prcvailed a wcck as“.

The demcnd continues strong and tho

stock of oats is limited with not vcrv

heavy receipts from farming communitics.

'l‘ransactions are small. One ycar ago

the price for N0. Tl white oats was 35c.

Quotations are as follows:





Standard.

Thursday . . . . ..................... 501,1,

Friday .......... . ................ 501/2

Saturday . . . . . . ................... 501/2

Monday .......................... 50

Tuesday .......................... 501/2

\Vedncsday ........ 501/2





Beans—The nominal qiiotaiions givon

:it the close of the bean market a week

ago have, remained unchanged. There is

no trading reported and those inquiring

about the situation are almost entirely

buyers, the sellers feeling safe in holding

their stocks for still‘ higher valucs. it is

anticipated that the dcmand for beans

will be increased by the boycott on meat.

Quotations for the week are as follows:



Cash. March,





'l‘hnrsday $212 $2.20

Friday ..................... 2.12 2.20

Saturday ................... 2.12 2.20

Monday .................... 2.12 2.20

'l‘tiesday ................... 2.12 2.20

\l'edncsday 2.15 2.20





CIoverseed.—Thc prices havc changed

during the wcck and a fair amount of

business is being done for this season.

it is expected that a littlc later demand

will increase as farmers call for seed for

early spring sowing. Quotations are as

follows:



Prime Spot. Mar. Alsike.

......... $8.90





Thursday $8.95 $7.7r

Friday ............ 8.95 0.00 7.75

Saturday ......... 8.95 9.00 7.75

Monday .......... 8.95 {1.00 7.75

Tuesday .......... 8.75 $.50 . 7.75

\Vcdnesday ....... 8.75 8.80 7.75



Rye. Market is 11,:_,c highcr. Demand





 





is moderate and sie-tlti)‘. No. 1 is quoted

at 84%c per bushel.

Visible Supply of Grain.





This week. Last week.

“'heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26.265.0110 26,248,000

(‘ol‘n ................. 0.080.000 10,142,000

Hats ................. 0.118.000 0,542,000





llyc .................. 710.000 810.000

Harley ............... 2.133.000 2,474,000

FIOur, Feed, Provisions, Etc.





Flown—Demand is active at unchanged

priccs. Quotations as lollows:





(‘lear ............... .$00(_)

Straight .............................. 6.0:.)

i’illf'lll Michigan .................... 6.25

ltrdinary Patcnt ..................... 6.1:)



Hay and Straw.~ Market unchanged.

Quotations arc: No. l timothy. new, $15.50





c1111: No, 2 timothy. $11.50/r115; clover,

1111x1211, “57:15.50; ryc straw, $7707.50,

\‘.i'li‘ili. and out straw. $050017 per ton.



Feed.—:-icady at last wcek's values.

itcmand good. Carlot prices on track:

Bran, $26 per ton; coarse middlings, $26;

tine middlings. $30; cracked corn, $28;

coarse. corn meal, $28; corn and oat chop,

$26 per ton.



POtat065.-*~N(Iiiliilg‘ of importance has

happened in this dcal. Priccs are un—

changed and the movement is slow.

Michigan grown are stillingr in car lots

at :lIlGi'Iliic pcr bu. in bulk, and in sacks

:1 3067400.



Provisionsrdt‘amily pork. $24.75fl25;

moss pork, 5524'. medium clear, $2561.26;

pure lard, 141,430. bacon. 161/271‘17c; shoul—

dcrs. 121/,_.c; smoked hams, 1513c; picnic

hams. 121,430.



Hides—No. 1 green. 100; No. 2 green,

90: No. 1 cured, 120; NO. 2 cured, 110; No.

1 bulls. 110: NO. 2 b11115, 100; N0, 1 green

calf, 17c; No. 2 green calf, 15%0; No. 1





 





cured calf, 17c; No. ‘2 cured calfulaséc;

No, 1 horsehides,,$3.50; No. 2 horsehides,

$2.50; sheepskins, as to wool, '50c@$1.50. L





Dairy and Poultry Products. '





Button—Creamery butter took a slide

onMonday when the Eight board gave out

a quotat on which was '6c below the

figures of the previous week. It is stated

that the recent high prices so restricted

consumption that some of the better

grades of butter were accumulating. The

sudden change will move quickly what-

ever stocks have piled up, as many who

have been eating substitutes will ‘now'

go back to the more palatable and nutri—

tious butter. Dairy prices are unchanged,

Quotations are: Extra creamery, 30c per

lb; first do., 29c; dairy, 25c; packing

stock, 23¢ per lb.



E gs.——Market is steady and prices are

uncianged. Fresh eggs are scarce. Cur-

rent offerings, cases Included, are quoted

at 32c per dozen.



Poultry.——The prejudice being worked

up in the large cities against the meat

packers has encouraged the use of fowl

and prices have been advanced accord-

ingly. Quotations for the week are:

Livuwb‘pring chickens, 15%@16c; hens,

146114151: ducks. 15c; geese, 14c; turkeys.

1701'18c. DrcssodL—Chickens, 16@17c;

hens, 15(1'17'16c; ducks, 17@18c; geese, 15@

16c; turkeys, 21@23c.



Cheese—Steady. Michigan full cream,

161/2c; York state. 180, limburger. 17c;

schweitzer, 210: brick cream, 180 per lb.



Calvec.—-»Clioice to fancy, 12c; ordinary,

10((1‘110 per lb.



Dressed Hogs.——Light, $11@11.50 per

cwt.; heavy. 310011050. ’

Fruits and Vegetables.

Cabbage-Steady. Home—grown, $1.75



((132 per bbl.



Onions.——Domestic offerings 70@?75c per

bu. Spanish, $1.35 per crate.



Apples.—-Spy, $3013.50; Baldwin, $2.50@

3; common, $1.506‘12.50 pcr bbl.



Cranberries—Cape Cod berries selling

at $2412.25 per bu.



Nuts.——Butternuts_ 50151601: per bu: wal-

nuts, 50@60c; shell bark hickory. $1611.50.





OTHER MARKETS.





Grand Rapids.



The widespread agitation regarding the

high price of meats and food products is

having its effect. especially on pork.

Dressed hogs were bringing 1115c last

week and are off to 10c this week. Some





of the meat dealers are not particular-





aboul buying even at that price. Beef

is not greatly affected so far and live.

poultry is unchangcd. (.‘rcamery butter

has madc a sensational drop of 5c, while

dairy is unchangcd. Storage eggs are off

1c. with fresh stock remaining the same

as last week. The potato market has im-

provcd a little, stock bringing 25@300 at

loadingr stations.



Quotations follow:



(h'ain.——'\\'heat. $1.22; oats, 490: corn,

67c; buckwheat, 60c per bu; rye, 70c.



];(‘ilns.""-\\Yhii(‘ machine screened, $1.85

€111.95; rcd kidneys, $2.65 basis.



Biillci‘; rlluying prices, Dairy, No 1.

27c; creamer-y in tubs or prints, 29c

pcr lb.



'ltlggs.—-l9‘resli, 300.



.-\pples.—-50((1‘175c.



Vtgciables.~Potatoes, 40@50c; onions,

60(- per bu; cabbage, 60c doz; parsnips,

5(1fl6ilc; beets. 50c per bu; carrots, 40c;

turnips. 40c; Hubbard squash, 2c 11); cel-

ery, 121/ch parsley, 200 doz; vegetable

oysters. 25c doz.



llogs.‘Dressed. 10c.



Live Poultry—«Fonds, 120130; roosters,

961100,; spring chickens, 13011140; spring

ducks, 154F160; young geese, 12@13c;

young turkeys, 1861:20c.





 





Chicago.



“meats—No. 2 red, $1.24@1.261/2c; ‘VIay,

311.10%; July, $1,011,111.



Corn.——No. 3, Gill/ac; May, 671/20; July,

67311.0 per bu.



Oats.»»No. 3 white, 47@48c; May, 47%0,

Jilly, 43%0.



Button—Creamery prices 4c lower than

a week ago. Market weak, with receipts

running ahead of requirements. Cream-

cries. 25fi30c; dairies, 2601290.



Eggs~Markct slow despite the fact

that best grades have declined 4fi>60 since

last week. Prime firsts, 32c: firsts. 31c;

at mark, cases included, 211,561,271/2c per

dozen.



Hay and Straw.—Hay market strong

with best timothy showing.r another good

advance. Straw steady to strong. Quo—

tations: Timothy, choice, 21115101200; No,

1. $17.50fi18; No, 2 and No. 1 mixed, $16.50

((1117; No. 3 and No. 2 inchd, $13.50m116:

rye straw. $110112; oat straw, $0.50@10;

wheat straw. $8010. '



I’otatocs.——-Snpplies liberal and demand

apparently affected to some cxtcnt by the.

crusade against high food valucs. Prim-s

have declincd 2c the past wcck. ("‘hoicc

to fancy quoted at 4841 50c pcr bu; fair

to good, 4501 17c.



Beans—Siciuly. vChoicc hand-picked,

$2.20 per bu: fair to good, $2.15; red kid-

ncys, 3.2501200,





 





New York.





Rutter—«Market declined for creamerics.

“'cslcrn factory firsts, 211(1‘251'; crcamery

specials, 2i1m‘31c.



Eggs—Prices steady. Market; strong.

1Vestern extras. 380L390; lirsls. 36.611370;

fancy refrigcrator stock, 254128c.



Poultry. — Dressed, firm. VVeStern

chickens. broilers, 15(023c; fowls, 14@

171/20; turkeys, 2265250.





 





Boston,



‘Vool.—Agents from small mills are anx-

ious for raw material, fleeces particularly

being in demand. The. very unusual oc-

currcnce of having the bins all clcancd up

before, the new clip arrives has every

prospect of coming to pass this scason.

Prices are firmly maintained. The follow—

ing are the leading domestic quotations.

Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces—No. 1

washed, 40fi'41c: N0. 2 washed, 400: de-

laine washed. 3960400; XX, 37fl38c; fine

unmerchantable, 310; halfblood combing.

3660370.; three-cighths—blood combing,

36@37c; one-quarter-blood combing, 35c;

half. three~eighths and one-quarter cloth-

ing, 28@30c; delaine unwashed, 320. Mich-





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THEMIEWGANFAfi





igan; Wisconsin and New York fleeces-—

Fine,unwashed, 25@28¢; half~blood un-

washed, 35@36c;, three-eighths-blood un-





' washed, 35@36'c; half-blood, 33@34c.





' Elgln. ' ‘-



Butter.—Market firm at 30c ' per 1b.,



which is Go below the quotation of a, week

ago.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo. '

.January 24, 1910.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards.

East Buffalo, N, Y.)





 





 





Receipts of sale stock here today as

follows: Cattle. 185 loads; hogs, 13,600;

sheep and lambs, 17.000; calves, 1,200.



The cattle trade today was the worst

we have had for some time and prices

were generally from 25@40c per hundred

lower than one week ago. There was

scarcely any demand at all for the me-

dium and heavy weight cattle and there

are a number of loads still unsold. The

agitation all over the country in regard to

the high price of meats seemed to inti-

midate the buyers. The markets all over

the country seemed to be in the same

condition. Good fresh cows and springers

today were wanted at strong prices.



We quote: Best export steers. $6.25@

6.50; best 1,200 to 1,300-ib. shipping steers.

$5.75@6; best 1.100 to 1,200-lb. do., $5.40@

5.65; medium 11,050 to 1.1.00-1b. butcher

steers, SEW-5.25; light butcher steers, $4.75

to 5; best fat cows. $475605: fair to good

do., $4@4.25; trimmers, $2.50@2.75; best

fat heifers. (few fancy higher), $5@5.25;

fair to good do., $4.25@4.50; common do.

53.75614; beSt feeding steers, 950 to 1,000

lbs. $4.40@4.6_5; best feeding steers, 800

to 900 lbs, $4634.25; 700 to 750-lb. de-

hot'ned stockers, $3.75fi 4; 600 to 650-lb.

do. $3.25ftii3.50: best bulls, $5005.35; bolog-

na bulls, $3.756”; stock bulls, $3.25fr’13.50;

best fresh cows and springers, $50@60;

fan to good do., $356145; common do.,

$3071.70.



With 40,000 hogs reported in 'Chicago

this morning and market 10((015c lower

there our packers were very bearish and

held off until late in the day. bidding

strong 20411251: lower than Saturday’s best

time. They finally look hold and bot at

156120c lower on the mixed, medium and

heavy. Pigs sold strong 25c lower than

Saturday. There were pigs on our mar-

ket today from nearly all western mar-

kcts. About e\'cl'.\'ll'iing is sold tonight

except a few late arrivals and some light

stuff.



\Ve quote: Mixed, medium and hcavv.

55865011875; best yorkcrs, 1585000860; light

yorkers and pigs, $8.25@8.35; roughs.

$8.10fa‘18.15; stags. $7017.25.



The lamb. market opened very slow.

few of the best lambs selling early at

$8.50 but thcy,closed very dull with the

tops at $8.40. \Ve don’t look for any

higher prices this week unless runs are

very light. The dressed meat trade is in

a demoralizcd condition. .



Best .lambs, $8.40@8.50; fair to good,

$8058.35; culls, $7.50@7.75; skin culls, $5.50

to $6.50; yearlings. 13150017375; .wethers.

$661625; ewes. $5,506,116; cull sheep, $3.50

(1)5; 'hest calves MOI/216010.75; fair to good

do., $8@9.50; heavy, $4@5.





 





Chicago.

January 24, 1910.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep

Received today ...... 27.000 36,000 23,000

Same day last year..16,685 40,912 10,062

Received last week ..70,151 143,141 77.137

Same, week last year.76.640 209,941 58,259



Cattle receipts last week showed up

well in numbers. if not in quality. as

compared with recent supplies, altho they

ran much behind those for one and two

years ago in volume and in average grad-

ing. The general demand was irregular,

being slow and good at different times,

but on the whole trade lacked “snap."

and buvers were disposed to make the

most of the reports of boycotts on beef

and other meats in Ohio and several

other states. This is sure to act detri-

mentally to the cattle trade, but it is be-

lieved that cattle that are made good,

but not too costly nor too heavy, will net

good returns to feeders. There is much

less feeding being carried on this winter

than usual, and this accounts for the

high prices, particularly for choice

bccvcs, which are unusually scarce ev-

erywhere. One sale was made last week

of Hhorthorns and I'Iercfords averaging

1.527 lbs. at $8.40, there being 17 head,

but the next best sale was $7.75, and the

larger part of the steers went at $52500

6.60, not much being done above $7, and

the poorer lots of ligl'it—weight steers

bringing 5542501525. The best demand is

for a pretty good class of cattle at $6471

6.50, and it dOes not take many choice

stccrs to go around. (‘ows and heifers

have sold vcry fairly at $320606. Canners

and cutters selling at $2003.15 and bulls

at 513.2001 5.40. (‘alves were taken freely

at $35001“) per 100 lbs., and milch cows

were in fair supply and demand once

more at $25fi765 each. Fair animation

characterized the trade in stockers and

feeders. the former going at $3004.40 and

the lztttcr :tt 334250015910. The general

trend of the market for beef cattle and

ordinary stockers has been in the down-

ward dircciion. ‘



Last week’s average decline of 15c in

beef cattle was followcd today by a sim-

ilar break. the general demand being ex-

tremely poor. A few steers sold up to

$7.75. Prospects for high prices looked

dis:-ouragingly.'



Hogs were marketed freely on Monday

last week, but subsequently there was

a marked falling off in the receipts, 0w-

ing to the fact that prices were headed

in a downward direction much of the

time. At first eastern shippers bot liber—

allv. but later their operations were

enough smaller to bringuabout lower

prices all along the line, and hogs cost»

ing country buyers $8608.40 had to be

closed out at prices that left them no

satisfactory trading margin. Farmers

thruout the country owning hogs of mar-

ketable size were not disposed to sell on





 





 





«





-_.A‘;' ~, ,. .. . ¥'“,. I

a louver basis thah they have been doing,“

and the optical: pointed to_sma11er sup» ~

fines for the market until-the decline. has





een regained.f Farmers have been“;ma.r-

Rating 8. large share of the recent supply,

country] shippers experiencing‘ a. great

deal of difficulty insecuring cars from





the railroads. Provisions weakened with

, hogs, but shOwed-good rallying power





later on account of the greatly reduced

hog receipts at western packing points

compared with a year ago. Heavy stags

sold at $9.25@9.75,‘ and good pig-s sold

relatively well. Hogs declined sharply

today under a very poor demand, Sales

ranging at $8.10@8.60.





Sheep and lambs brot extremely high-





prices last week, notwithstanding weak-

ness and declines part of the time, the

offerings of fat stock not being of suffi-

ciently large proportions to meet the

large local and eastern demand. Lambs

sold especially well, as usual, sellers pay-

ing $6@8.80 per 100 lbs. for inferior to

prime lots, while the few western feeding

lambs offered found ready buyers at $7@

7.65, with a few lots of clipped mutton

lambs offered at $7.50@8.20. VVethers

have been selling at $5@6.25. with a few

natives going in odd lots at $6.30@6.50,

while ewes sold at $3,256,116 and backs and

stags at $350615. Yearlings were taken

readily at $6618.25, heaVy lots selling the

lowest, while the best light lots on the

lamb order topped the market, as usual.



sheep and lambs today was very slow

at average declines of $15f‘20c.





HALF A GRAIN KILLS





One-half grain of “Rough on Rats” will





 





kill a Rat. One 25c. box of Rough on'





Rats holds at least 1,600 ' grains; this

means that at 25c. box contains enough

poison, if properly mixed with something

they will eat, to kill 3,000 or more Rats

and Mice or thousands of Roaches, Ants,

Beetles and Bed Bugs. It is not poison-

ous to handle, only so when eaten. Being

powerful, it should not be mixed too

strong. Let the food used predominate

largely, about 1 to 20. Read all directions

carefully. The one important thing is to

see it is well mixed and thoroughly incor-

porated with the food used, and change

the food used from time to time.





DO YOUR OWN MIXING



Beware of’ substitutes, the catch penny

ready—for-use things. Rough on Rats is

no expcriment. It has a. reputation, is

recognich all around the world as “the

old reliable,” the “unbeatable extermi-

nator." is being used by Cities, States and

Governments to stamp out the Bubonlc

Plague, When buying an exterminator

you want the killing merit. Every expe-

rienced. disinterested dealer will tell you

Rough (11‘, Hats has no equal. Being all

pois’cn, one 1.7c. box, our smallest size,

mixed with something they will eat, con-

tains enough poison to make or spread 50

to 100 or more little cakes or bits that

will, wncn divided, kill 500 or 1,000 or

more Rats and Mice. Not poisonous to

handle, only so when eaten. Try it for

Roaches and Beetles, mixed 1 to 30 of

mashed potatoes. Look out for imitations.

Refuse substitutes that may be offered

.vou. 15c., 25c. & 75c.. at Drugglsts.

Economy in the largest sizes. Don’t die

in the house.

E. S. WELLS, Chemist, Jersey City, N. J.





Save $10 Ton on Food.

OUDDOMEAL

A COTTON SEED FEED





 





Contains 15 to 18 per cent protein, 6 per cent fut: three





times more protein than com: 60 per cent more than

wheat bran. 1

It’s an excellent milk produclufl feed: I flesh

progggeghfg; steetgs and) sheep. 0

er [1 . l .

less than oil lineal.“ ran (cats .1 00 to 015.00 ton

E. A. Stevenson, of Port Huron, who fed one car





load of Cuddomeal last year and has bought two car-





loads so far this season says “excellent. result! are

obtained from feeding duddomenl both to milk cows

Indigo groglng steers.”



. . erce, of Tecumseh, Mich., a. sheep feeder

who tried one ton in October, then bought a full car





load, says “(‘uddomell is a itstlsfactory cheep feed.”





INVESVIGATE. Tr it. '

youlyviil buy more. y Feed one ton. then

resent price $23.00 per ton F. O. B. Jackson' 25.00

per ton freight prepaid to any town In Mlch’lgsn.

indiana, at Ohio. Mail Check or Monev Ordor for

sample ton. ‘





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Cotton Seed Products. ‘Jnokson, Mich.





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Favorite Cow Peas, Millet, Late

Petoskey Potatoes.



Growers wanted for Says and Cow Pous-





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JAN. .29., 1910.

1141613 THE Fin-s17 eon-ion.





 





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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday’s Market.



January 20, 1910.

Cattle.



Receipts, 805. Market steady

week‘s prices on all grades.



We quote; Best sit-("rs and heifers,

$5.50@5.75; steers and heifers. 1.000 to

1,200, $5.25@5.50; steers and heifers, 800

to 1.000, 34.750510; steers and heifers

that are fat. 500 to 700. $21.30014,25; choice

fat cows, $4@4.75; good fat cows, $3.50fw

3.75; common cows, $2.5lmi3.25; canners,

$2@2.50; choice heavy bulls, 54.50615; fair

to good bolognas. bulls, $::.73m4.25; stock

bulls, $3.50; choice feeding steers, 800 to

1,000, $4.50@4.65: fair feeding steers, 800

to 1,000, $4@4.25; choice stockers, 500 to

700, 33.75604; fair stm-kers. 500 to 700.

332560350; stock heifers. $3tfliL25; milk—

ers, large. young. medium age. $40@60;

common milkers. $25@35.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Newton B. (‘0.

2 cows av 865 at $3. 1 do weighing 1,080

at $4.50, 5 butchers av 810 at $4.65; to

Hupp 16 steers av 763 at $5.10; to Sullivan

P. Co. 1 cow weighing 1.000 at $3.50, 1 bull

weighing 550 at $3.50, 1 do it'cighing 1,3“)

at $4.50, 3 do av 1.243 at $4.50, 20 butchers

av 771 at. $4.75, 2 bulls av 775 at $4. 1.d0

weighing 1,220 at $4.50, 1 do weighing

1.460 at $5, 3 butchers av 916 at $4.50,

2 cows av 1,160 at $3.50, 3 do av 916 at $3;

to Mich. B. Co. 10 steers av 778 at $4.80,

10 do Av 980 at $5.60; to Newton B. CO.

3 .cows av 836 at $2.75. 18 steers av 842

at $5, 20 do av 652 at $4.50. 1 cow weigh-

ing 950 at $3.75; to Fromm 3 steers av 586

at $4.15; to Newton B. Co. 1 cow weighing

950 at $4, 1 do weighing 920 at $3. 1

butchers av 680 at $4.50: to Schuman 5





at last





- steers av 704 at $5, 1 do Weighing 1.23





at $6.25; to Thompson 1 cow Weighing

1.020 at $3.85; to Newton B. Co. 12 steers

av 1,081 at $5.50, 4 cows av 975 at $4.75.

4 do av 1.060 at $4, 1 do weighing 1.170 at

$3.25, 1 do weighing 910 at $2.50.



Splcer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 1 bull

weighing 1.200 at. $4.30. 1 do weighing

1,500 at $4.50, 1 do weighing 1.320 at $4.50.

1 cow weighing 1.090 at $4.50, 9 butchers

av 813 at $4.50; to Kull 9 stters av 9l2 at

$5.25 1 cow weighing J50 at $4, 5 butchers

av 668 at $4.50; to Cook 5 steers av 916

at $5.35; to Sullivan P, Co. 1 cow weigh-

ing 1.030 at $4, 8 steers av 900 at $5.50,

9 cows av 832 at $4. 1 do weighing 860 at

$3,» 2 do av 945 at $3.50, 5 do av 831 at

$3.25, 1 do weighing 940 at $3.75, 1 bull

weighing 1.350 at $4.75, 1 do weighing

1.040 at $4.50, 2 do av 1.325 at $4.50. 7

butchers av 615 at $4.25, 3 do av 033 at

$4.50; to Bresnahan. Jr., 8 do av ..90 at

$4.25; to Breitenbach Bros. 8 do av 700 at

$4.60, 12 do av 783 at $4.60, 1 cow weighing

980 at $3.25, 4 steers av 970 at 5.50. 1

heifer weighing 700 at $4; to “'atts 6

stockers av 555 at $4.25, 3 feeders av 766

at $4.75; to Lachalt 18 butchers av 751 at

$4.65; to Kamman 17 do av 075 at $4.50;

to Goose 1 cow weighing 1.020 at $3.80:

to Fitzpatrick Bros. 9 steers av 933 at

$5.75, 14 do av 725 at $4.40, 2 cows av 1.130

at $4.40, 3 steers av 950 at $5.40, 1 cow

weighing 1,100 at $3.50.



Haley & M. sold Kamman 9 steers av

1.076 at $5.65, 4 cows av 1,030 at $3.80 2

do av 830 at $3.25, 1 heifer weighing 300

at $4; to Fromm 1 bull weighing 660 at

$3.40; to Thompson 1 do weighing 1.350

at $4.75; to Breitenback Bros. 5 butchers

av 812 at $4.50, 10 steers av 82!; at $5; to





~Newt0n B. CO. 1 cow weighing 850 at $3,





2 do av 965 at $3.25. 3 do av 1.07:: at

$4.25, 2 steers av 965 at $5.13, 4 do av

652 at $4.50; to Sullivan P. (.‘o. 2 oxen av

1,450 at $4.25, 2 cows av 730 at $3.35, 1

heifer weighing 770 at $4.50, 1 cow weigh—

ing 780 at $3, 10 heifers av 515 at $3.90, 3

cows av 680 at $2.75.



Roe Com. Co. sold Goose 4 butchers av

1125 at $3.75, 4 cows av 950 at $3.75; to

Mich. B. Co. 1 do veighing 990 at $3, 1

do weighing 1.000 at $3; to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 4 do av 1,042 at $4.25: to Rattkowsky

2 do av 1,110 at $3.50, 1 bull weighing

1.080 at $4.75.



Carmody sold Hammond, S. & Co. 1

bull weighing 1,680 at $4.80.



. Veal Calves.





Receipts. 343. Market steady at last

week’s prices. Best, $9W10; medium and

common, '$4@8.50; niilcli cows and spring-

crs steady.



Spicer & R. sold Street 1. weighing 130

at $8.50, 5 av 125 at $9.50; to Mich. E. Co.

14 av 140 at $8.75, 8 av 130 at $9, 2 av

175 at $5.50, 4 av 145 at $9: to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 4 av 110 at $5. 8 av 125 at $8; to





‘Newton B. Co. 7 av 130 at 30





Glenn sold Street 5 av 135 at $9.



Hai‘ger & A. sold same 2 av 135 at $5.



“'agner sold Newton B. Co. 2 av 105 at

$6, 11 av 150 at $9.25.



Hertler Bros, sold Strauss & A. 4 av

15.3 at $9.40. ,



Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond. S. & Co.

1 weighing 160 at $9.50, 6 av 108 at $8; to

Breitenback Bros. 20 av 145 at $8; to

Fitzpatrick Bros. 17 av 150 at $8.25,



Haley & M. sold Burnstine 6 av 85 at

$8.50, 19 av 130 at $8.50; to Mich. B. Co.

6 av 155 at $8.80.



Mayer sold McGuire 3 av 160 at $9.25,

2 av 120 at $6.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Nagle P. Co. 6 av

l25 at $9; to Sullivan P. Co. 5 av'160 at

$9, 7 av 100 at $6; to Strauss & A. 1

weighing 160 at $10, 3 av 165 at $10. 3 av

120 at' $7; to Mich. B. Co. 12 av 125 at

$9.25; to Strauss & A. 2 av 100 at $6. 9 av

150 at $9.50, 6 av 115 at $9. 2 av 140 at

$9.50; to Hammond. S. & Co. 8 av 135 at

88-50. 1 weighing 170 at $10. 1 weighing

90 at $6, 4 av 120 at $9, 4 av .140 at $9.50,

1 Aweighinzt 120. at $8.50. ~

eep and Lambs.



Receipts, 3,308. Market 10@15c lower

than last week.





Best lambs, $8.25.@8.30; fair 'to- good

lambs, $7.50@8; light to common lambs,

$6.50@7; ,yearlings, $6.75@7.25; fair to

good sheep. $4.50@5.50; culls and com—

mon, $3.50@4. .

~ Haley 8: M. sold Mich. B. Co. 3 sheep

av 160 at $4, 18 lambs av 82 at $7.85, 4_9

do av 70 at $7.75. 20 sheep av 105 at $5,

16 do av 110 at $4.75.



McBride sold Newton B. Co. 14 lambs

av 83 at $8.20. 1 sheep weighing 110 at $4.



Carmody sold same 15 lambs av 45 at

$5, 55 do av 55 at $7.



Mayer sold Mich. B. CO. 14 sheep av

63 at $4.50. 35 lambs av 75 at. $8.15.



Groff sold Thompson S yearlings av

125 at $5.60. _



Harger & A. sold Nagle P. Co. 75 lambs





av 70 at $8. _

Same sold Hertler 34 sheep av 80 at

$4 40





Yoinigs sold Sullivan P, Co. 16 sheep

av 105 at $4.50.

Sheep and lambs closed 100 lower than





opening prices.





Hogs.

Receipts. 1.670. Pigs steady: other

grades 1tl@‘15c lower than last 'I‘hursday.





Light to good butch-

ers. $8.5061865; pigs, $8.25@8.40: light

yorkers, 384007850; slugs. 1,5. off.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 254

av 200 at $8.65, 78 av 190 at $8.60, 22 av





,.





150 at $8.50, 7 11v 225 at $8.‘





Range of prices:





0.

Haley & M. sold Parker, IV. & Co. 170,

av 185 alt $8.70, 120 av 170 -at $8.65, 89 av'





190 at .





160 at $8.60.

Spicer & R. sold same

$8.70, 150 av 173 :it $8.65.

Sundry shippers sold same

at $8.65.





450 av





Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond. S. &l———~





We will give $100.00 for





Co. 594 av 185 at $8.70. 404 av 170 at

$8.65, 54 av 160 at $8.60. 26 av 150 at $8.50.

Friday‘s Market.



January 21, 1910.

Cattle.



The market opened at the Michigan

Central stock yards Friday with a fair

run of cattle for Friday on sale, and a

fairly good trade for common grades of

cow stuff. light butchers and bulls, but

good grades selling from $3 a

upward were dull and strong

lower than on Thursday

on this class was the worst in some time



Best stcers and heifers, 35.400150;

steers and hcit‘ers, 1,000 to 1.200, $3015.40;

steers and heifers, 800 to 1.000. 34.50025;

steers and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700.

5525561425; ('llnit‘v t‘at cows, $4.50: good

fut cows. 33.50014; common cows. 553/0225:

(-aniiers. 32.50013; choice lit-:tvy bulls.

$4.5(i)(u4.75; fair to good bolognus. bulls,

$4014.25; SLOck bulls, 33.50014; choice feed-

ing slecrs, 500 to 1.000, 4014.50; fair feed-

ing steers, 300 to 1.000. 33.75714; choice





stockers, 300 to 700, $4414.25; fair stock-

crs, ‘500 to 700, $230014; stock heifers.‘

$3.500; 4; inilkcrs, In rgc. young. medium





age. Ml)@55; common mllkcrs, $254,135.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Rattkowsky 1 cow

weighing 070 at $3. 1 hull weighing 710

at $4. 6 butchers av 990 at $4.60; to Sulli-

van P. (‘0. 4 steers av 902 at $5, 13 heifers

av 777 'tt $4, 1 cow weighing 700 at $2.75,

1 bull weighing 900 at $4.25. 2 cows av

1.190 at $4.25. 7 butchers av 613 at $3.75.

3 bulls av 1.186 at $4.50. 2 cows av 965

at $3.50, 3 do av 950 at $3.50. 2 bulls 1.140

at $4.25. 1 do weighing 1,060 at $4.50; to

Johnson 9 steers av 952 at $5, 8 do av

971 {it $5.40. 4 do av 1.000 at $3.35, 1 do

weighing 1.180 at $4.50; to Heinrich 12-:

do av 960 at $5.50. 11 do av 660 at $4.25:

to Mich. B. Co. 2 do it\' 790 at $5, 5 cows

av 896 at $3.50; to McCormick 4 cows av

1.025 at $3.60. 8 steers av 91:! at. 85



Spicer & R. sold Schlischer 12 butchers

av 720 at $4.30.



Veal Calves.



The run of \‘(‘:ll

the market was full steady with ’l‘hurs-

day. Best grades. 304110; others, $3618.



Bishop. B. & H. sold Strauss & A. .3

av 125 at $7.



Haley & M. sold same 12 av 135 at

$9.25.



Spicer & R. sold same 7 av 140 at $9.50.

9 av 135 at $05.0



Bishop, B. & H. sold Nagle P. Co. 7 av

120 at $8, 3 av 140 at $7, 10 av 129 at

$9.50. 21 av 130 at $9.50.



Spicer &.1’l. sold Rattkowsky 3 av 1:10

at $7.50. 1 Weighing 100 at $7.50.



Roe Com. C‘o. sold Sullivan P. Co. 4 av

160 at $10, I: av 105 at $6.



McCormick sold same 1 weighing 160

at $4, 3 av 105 at $7.75.



Sheep and Lambs.



The sheep and lamb trade was active.

but: prices averaged 10612150 lower than

on Thursday, bulk of the good ones sell-

ing at $8418.15, with a few extra fancv

at $8.25. '



Best lambs. 38/0325: fair to good lambs.

$650017: light to common lambs. 35.50616:

yearliiigs, $7717.25: fair to good sheep,

$4715: culls and common, $250613.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 50 lambs

av 60 at $7.40. ,



McCormick sold same 49 do av 61) at





$6.75.

Bishop. R. & H. sold same 4’; sheep

av 110 at $4.35.





11§ame$mm Swift & Co. 18 sheep av

at 7'- 30 do av 115 at $7. 39 1am!

av 80 at $8.15, ) )S





l Spicei- «0013.. sold Sullivan P. (‘o 14

‘rllllJS uv 6. at $7.50. I :h ) ' '0‘" e

110 at $4. s eel u 915111113

(1th}: Com. Co. sold same 9 do av 110

r U.





Bishop. B. & H. sold Nagle P. Co. it

lambs av 75 at $7.50, 174 do av 85 at $8.25,

Iii/Saterman sold same 324 do av 80 at





Spicer & R.

77% at $8.13.

.ame sold Hammond, S. & Co. 3 .

av 100 at. $4.50. 10 lambs av 45 tithe-a!)

48Bdol av 60 at $7.50.

is top. B. & H, sold ‘7 ‘

80 at $8. . . same 51 lambs at





sold Youngs 42 lambs av





Hogs.





In the hog department the market was

5@100 lower than on Thursdav the best

bringing $8.65. I



Light to good butchers. $8.60fi8.65: pigs.





$8.25@_8.35: light yorkers, $8.5067-8.60;

stags. ‘74 off.

Bishop. B. & H sold Parker, ‘1'. 8-





Co. 290 av 190 a $8.65, 265 av 175 at $8.60





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Set good Example by. Respecting the Law.





There is no class of men in Michigan

who take a keener interest in the laws

of the state than the dwellers in rural

,districts. For years a large per cent of

the legislators have been farmers. They

have helped to pass fairly good laws. and

as a rule, have lived up to the laws they

helped to frame with better grace and

spirit than have the dwellers in cities.

They have lived up to these laws in most

cases because they were law-abiding citi-

zens, but like the rest of mankind; partly

because the law’s did not interfere with

them, and they would have done anyway

the things the law commanded.



llut one law has been recently

which has caused a great deal of dissatis-

faction among farmers. and has in some

places led to open dctlance. I refer to





passed





the compulsory school attendance law.

This law has caused llltll‘c complaints

from parents, more trouble to teachers





and more general fault finding ail around

than almost any other law of rotvnt

Mail‘s.



As it now stands the law provides that





all children bctu'ccn the ages of six and

sixteen years must attend the public





schools during the entire school year un-

less they are. in a parochial school, are

taughtby their barents at home. or have

a written expression from a physician

that they are physically unable to attend

school. The law, to make sure no one

will twice try to evade it. provides strict

penalties for any act of disobedience. Any





parent who keeps his child out of school

for more than three consecutive days is

dealt with imi'ncdiatcly. The teacher is

compelled to report such absences to the

inspector or rtm the risk of having her

certificate revoked. The inspector re-

ports to a deputy sheriff, who has been





delegated to act as truant otiiccr. and the

officer halcs the guardian into court to

icCt-ive a stiff tine.



Imagine the consternation amont.r many

fathers of husky lads of fourteen and tif-

tcen years who have been accustomed to

kepp their boys out of school to help them

in busy seasons. To many the law has

provcn an actual hardship. with help

hard to find, and sometimes money not in

sight to pay help if one cottld get it. NO





wonder there has been complaining~ and

threats of disobedience. not to mention

actual defiance. Int as the dt-liance has





usually been- promptly punished. parents

have contented themselves with condemn-

ing the law.



Teachers have been criticised harshly

before the children in many cases. with





IISt'IDIlllt'; be-

parcnt rather





a consequent weakening of

cause the child feels his

upholds him in not in dis-

obeying his teacher. And yet the teacher

has no choice btit to report absences if

she wants to continue her occupation as

pcdagogue. If the law were more thoroly

understood in this respect, as Well as in





(-enstn'ing' if





all its measures, a great deal of the dis-

like felt t’or it would pass away. For in-

stance, there is a provision which is taken

advantage 'of in some districts, and seems

never to have been heard of in others;

namely, that parents who actually need

the help of their children in the busy

season may secure a written permit

signed by two of the district officers to

'keep the child out for a certain length of

time.



lf these two provisions were fully un-

derstood, I believe half the fault finding

would pass away. But whether they are

understood or not, the law has much to

ieeommend it. In every community there

are parents who will keep their children

out of school the very day and hour the

little ones become laige enough to help

at home. They

are their own and they have a right to





do as they please with the youngsters.





Granted that the children belong to their.





parents. they belong to themselves and to

tiie eomutonwealth more, and their right

to an education takes

the parents' tight to save a few dollars.

Such parents mttst be dealt with and the

law aimed at them. Ht‘ course. it

hits other parents who are more conseien-

tious, but this can not be 'helped. Laws

must be general, and- those who are not

great offenders

with the rcllection that the law is

a terror to good works but to evil.”



Even to the parents who are-not habit-

ual offenders this law ‘

thing. There are few parents

community, city or country. who do not

allow their children to stop out of school

occasionally. Nothing is harder for the

tcachcr who is trying to keep her classes





was





argue that their childrenE





precedence 0\‘c“-.





must console themselvcsj

“not ‘





will prove a good,

in any“





up to the mark. nor more detrimental to





the pupil. A child who is allowed to ab-

sent himself from school loses interest in

his studies, and soon ceases to care

whether he keeps up or not, I believe

to this one cause may be traced half the

dislike, many children hold for school and

its duties. The child who is there every

day is almost sure to be interested. and

no matter how dull he may be he has an

advantage over the other boys, however

bright, who are, in attendance only a

part of the time.



So the law is really a wise one when it

is thoroly understood. But no mattei

what the parents' personal opinion may

be, they make a mistake in threatening

to disobey it. ("hildren are not nice (lis-

(rriminators. If one law may be disobeyed.

why not others, they argue. If we





may .





ignore this school law, let us ignore, others ‘





we, do not like. And thus

growing up with respect for the law, they





grow up law breakers. If you do not

like the law, work for its repeal. But do

not, under any circumstances. let your





boys and girls hear you say you do not

intend to obey it. DOROTHY thnsprrn.





 





 





THE SECOND OF' FEBRUARY.





 





BY EMILY L. ntisSEL.



This day has both an ewt-lt—siastir-el not

a superstitious observance. Following

closely on (‘hristmas and ltlpiphany, it I.“

celebrated in comincmoration of the pre»

scntation 01' Christ in the temple, and the

purification of the Virgin Mary.



Hue of the ancient writers says'



“The 'J‘estitlcation of Christ‘s true In—

carnation was by the Feast of the Purifi—

cation of the blessed Virgin. observed

February 2, when Jesus was presented in

the Temple. and proclaimed by Simeon

and Anna to be the Messiah. This Feast

tvas instituted by Justinian the Emperor,

.\nno Christe, 341’."



The, popular name, (:‘andlcinas. is do—

t'ivcd from the ceremony which the

t‘hureli of Ilome prescribes for this day.

the blessing; of candles by the clergy. and

.t distribution of them among the people.

At Home the pope otlicia'tes at this festi—

val iu the beautiful chapel of the vatican.



February derives its name from the

Latin verb, februo. to purify. not from

the Christian festival. but from the pagan

expiratory sacrifices the Romans were

accustomed to observe. at this season.



Many weather signs have come down

to us concerning. date. A popular

Scottish rhyme rttns thus:



“If Candlemas day be dry and fair,

The half 0’ winter's to come and mair;

If Candlemas day be wet and foul.



The half 0‘ winter’s gone at Yule.’.’





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l Home Queries Exchange

Column conducted By





Elisabeth.



Dear Editorz—‘Viil some one givc plain

directions for making a rag; carpet out

of rags of just two colors, say rod. brown

or black, grccn, etc.?—H., Holton.





Dear Editorc—VVill some of the readers

who have directions for knitting or cro-

cheting it man‘s four-in-hand silk tic.

either lhc tubular or single, that, is bolil

pretty and cosy to follow. plcasc semi

them to The Furmcr for publiculilm. and

oblige, Mrs. . H.. Big Rapids.





Dear Elisabethr—Plcuse tell me the

proper way to introducc strange-1‘s and

what you should suy.~—J. 16., Quincy.



A gentleman should always bc intro-

duced to the lady. and u younger man to

t‘he‘older man, also the younger womul':

to the older woman us, “Miss. Smith allow

me to introduce Mr. Jones." or “Mr.

Brown this is Mr, “‘llite.“ spcaking the.

older man's numc first. The Same will:

two women, as "Mrs. I}. let. mc present

my friend, Miss A."



You can procurc the song.

frOm any music dealer.





‘ 3.uinbow."





Reader, Elkton:~—.=\uy lnlt'l'C‘Sllllg games

would do for 3. valentine purtv. ['59

hearts out from red curdbmu-d to dccorale





 





’ do not





with. If you play cards usc heart-shupcd

lSCOl‘e-Cill‘ds. lllavc your l‘L‘fl‘OSllll‘lPlltS fol—

‘lmv the some Schcmc. Your cukcs cun bc

lmudc licul't—sllapcll. I'su lllc llml'l culi-

dies to ornament il. liuvc ihl- lublc dcc-

orated willl lurgc hum-ls cut from pupcl'.

and give litllc vulcnliucs ior souvenirs.

Pretty valentincs can be: givch for prizm

and comic ones for booby pl'izcs, ’l‘hc

birthstone for February is llll‘ uilll'llil'sl.





T. 8., Kingslcvz—Souk your l'iil'llS will

in hot wulcr and liil'll carefully cul'uwuy

all callous skin. rubbing: it lilllc sulvl- on

afterwards. in} this over)“ fcw iliulilx.

for a time. and il will rclievc llll‘ pulp.

For ingrowihg locuuil. kccp lhc corucl's

of the nail cut out us much us lmssiblu,

and scrupc lhc null llliu on lop. culling

u V—sllapcd piccc out of llll- ccuicr ol‘ lilo

null, at the (llll. 'l‘lllS will draw lllc

morc iou‘ul‘lls llu- (‘l‘llll'l‘ as It

grows together. ll’ your spraiucll .‘llll\’l.’_‘

does not gel stronger. ul‘lcl" so many

wccks, you had bcst hum: u doctor c.\-

amiuc it, as more may be u lcudou hurl.

chp it bundug‘cd wcll and kccp off of ii.

A punch bowl is at large glass bowl. hold-

ing; two or morc gallons. and uswi :lt

parties to some puucll from. Punch is a

drink manic from fruit juiccs. ’.l‘h-~ mura-

lcr of ccremohics' at u wedding huts lhc

entire zlrrahgcmculs in ('lllll‘gl‘. You

would lluvc to usv your own judgmcul.

about serving~ wiuc at the wcddiug. ll"

it is it rcgulur ‘fl‘l‘llll‘l'ltell wine :uld you

cxpcct mosl, of your gucsts lo bc church

membcl's, i would nol scl'vc ll, coi’r‘cc will

do as Well. l'cs. it would be served 111'?

last thing. with lhe cake, if you did usc

it. liavo lhc g‘lasscs on the table and till

from thc, bottle. The plates arc pluccl

before the gucsls and the cake passui lo

lhcm.





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MOTHER AND BOY.





 





BY GENEVA M. SEWELL.



Some mothers, especially young molh-

crs, feel that to propcrly guide and guard

thcir cliiidl'cn tll(,‘_\' must always havi-

them Willi thcm or know cxucllv whul

they are doing cvcl'y miuutc. .As lllc

children grow oldcr and l‘l‘HPlll' this con-

stunl SUDL’l‘\'l>‘l0ll. lllc mollicl'ly hoarl suf-

fers pain lo soc llll'lll scck friends and oc-

cupations in which Slll' cuu huvc no shurc.

or pci'llups cvcu opcull' coudcmhs. Sill-l1

u molhcr rcmiuds ouc of lhc hen and

duckliugs. Allolllcl‘ llililliL‘l' knows llOlll-

ing‘ of tho world in which licl‘ cllildl‘cu

liVe. If they are promptly homc at meals.

bring bad rcports from school,

and do not unduly soil their clothing. she

does not worry herself about what they

do or whom they play with. She has :1





 





serene faith in their ability to take care

of themselves. It is such mothers who

complacently talk about Robert‘s lrulll-

fulness, or Elizabeth’s unselfislmess. whilc

every other mother in Q19 neighborhood

is anxiously planning how to save lie-r

children from Robert’s and Elizabeth's

evil influences in these very respects!

But. there is a golden mean betwccn

these two extremes. We can guide our

children without destroying their indi-

viduality or becoming childish ourselves.

We are slowly learning that to find out

the laws of a child’s mind, and to work





{with them, will accomplish more than all





refinish-Ian FA R‘MER...





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' <21) 125





that the bitter struggles against these ‘ . .

laws have ever done. The laws of a The way '0 euro





child's naluro must Show plainly in his

play, for here he is most untrammeled

Begin with his play and

guide him tlu‘u it inio those lessons you





and natural.

would have him learn.

Here is a. rollicking boy, ten or eleven,





full of llCallll and spirits.





impudeul to his father as he dare be





He teases his

SlQlOl'S and tormculs the Hut, and is as





' All sun Diseases





The Prescription is Simple; Purity the

Blood by Using Stuart’s Calcium

Waters—and the Rest is Easy.





If people only realized the'utter ab-





Vl’lull shall wc do with him? Punish and surdity 0f atlcmptiug to cure a pimply.





repress him?

and sullcn or sly uud dcccilful. He is

growing. lhul is all. mcnlulll'. physicully.

morally. and that lills him with l'csilcss-

ucss.

with all his energy. Not ucccssul‘ily work

that ho likl-s; he probably at first will not

likc any stcudy work. {or boys ul'c like

unto lhc lol'dly Indian, lazl- :lnd Mic. with

spurts of industry for hunting: null tiglll-

lug. Find some work in lhc household

for him to do. suitcd to his agc and cupu-

city, and

Sil'l'llg'lll and wisdom.

more lhun to bring llic coal and Wood

for tho family lime. or to mow lllc lawn





Give him somc worthy work to do which are





'l‘hut will make him sour blolchy, unsightly complexion by means





of the many irrational and illogical mctlu

ods employed in “beauty parlors,” and

also in the boudoil', thousands of dollars

vvustcd cvcl‘y your—literally

llu'own éway—would be saved, and the

complexion rendered clear and free from

blcmishcs through constitutional lrcat<

mcut, at about one-tenlh of one pcr cent

of the cost of the “fancy" and cxcccd-

ingly expensive local “lrculmcnls.”



The idea, of massaging the checks, and





iucl‘casc it with his growiu'r ultcmpling to rub in a so-callcd “skin-

Il may bc nothing; food." is the height of nonscnse.





Nature

never intended the skin lo be fed from

lllc outside, but from the inside exclu<





or to kccp lhc wccds from (‘l‘l‘llilll purls Hivcly, and it is the blood which really





Of the gul'dcu.

All lugclllous





good at licurt can find smuclhing‘ which sccslive system.





i’ccds the skin, builds it up. and supplies





moihcl‘ with hcr boy's it with nulrinu-ut absorbcd from the di—





Thcrc is really no such





will lluE lax him SL‘VC‘l'L‘lX, and _vci bc lliiug as a “skin-food." any more than





worllly the doing. Lcl il l)('

(but oldcl' pcoplc uccd to 11:1vc done, and





thcu pu" him a rcgulal' ilxcd sum pcr The skin is u





SolilCllllllL’.‘ llli.‘l'(;‘ is a “hcui'l-l'ood,” or “lung-food,"





or a “brain—food."

walcr-proof, air-proof





\vcck for doing ii, ill; will mukc life a l‘llYlflUDO ovcr the muscular system. and

blu‘dl-u lo his molllcl' for uwhilc for llc il 11:15 no powcl‘ to absorb cold creams,





\vill formic uud sllil'k. liiul lu- must ll'zil’ll

lllul' no work brings- no pay and that poor

\vork poor p:l_v. “'hy shouldn‘t hc lcul'u

[MS in his youth, and hol \vull uuiil h.-

is l‘l‘ll‘d'lll'll lo llll‘ wall] in lull-1‘ _\'l‘€ll".\' bv

lli‘l‘l'l‘ cnmlu-liliou iu busim-ss? Now, huv-

lllu'vlll‘UVllllul sonic work for him, Willi

(‘IIIUll llczll'liucss L‘llll'l' iulo his pluv. En.

roul‘uuc his bail playing: uull olll—ol—dmw

spoils. lll‘ will do his \vol‘k lu'ompllv if

lllul bc llll‘ condition for lllc good bull

play ul‘ll-Hvul'd. 'l‘cll him lliul \vhcu hc

has suvcu a dollar lluil you will doublc

ll for somclhiu: ucw which lu- \vuuls.





ol' uuy olhcl‘ modicamculs wlicn rubbed

ovcl' ils sul‘l'acc. \Vllilc, of coursc, steam.

in}; tho face, or illussugiug with electric»

ill'. or by hand. will draw ihc blood tom-

pol'ul‘ily to tho surfucc and produce an

artificial glow, which may last half an

hour or so, but such ll‘culmcnl brings no

lusling bcuciil, uud will m-vcr curc \vl'ill-

blackheads, or





 





 





klox. pimplcs, puslulcs,

ollu-l‘ leciul lili‘llllSlll‘S.



llcsidcs lllc l‘l-l-llucnl il'culmcnt of the

skin in lilo way which “bcuuly doctors"

lluvc—illosc knwudiug, rubbing, “cooking"

nil-lilods, mulling lllc i‘ucc for lllc limo





Do llol try to kccp him sllul up in illo lu-iup; us rcd {is :l boich lobslci'. also lmvc





llousc wilh you.

boys.





Bul 1101”.-





play llllll )‘Hlll‘ llllllll'lli‘t‘ Hl‘dllilH i‘cullv l





col'l'ccl and control llu-sl- oulsidc influ-

clu-cs. if you lluvc luuulil lillll i'iglulv.





Let him llluy with lllo lllc vcl'y uudcsil'ublc ci'fccl of incrcusiug‘

’l‘llc)~ will not all be good boys. allllHll‘Ullg‘llil‘lllllg lilo li:lll'—growlll 011 the

your illilllclll'c 21nd Companiou- (‘lll-ckS.



ship comics in. You must bc so llllcl'—

crilcd m and know so much about his mid





’l‘hc only logicul ircuilm-ut in acquiring"

luuiulaiuilu;~ a pci‘fccl complcxiou,

l dcvoid of all blcmishcs. such as blolchcs,

pimples, chappiug‘,

pulclics. old, is to go al‘lcl' lllcsc il‘oublcs





rougllucss, scul)‘





at lcn or lwclvc ,vcul'x hc ought lo have from tho insidl- ~lo sll'ikc at tho i'oumla-





un ulmwspllcrc of his HVVll~Ul ll'utll. hou—

or, uprizlllncss.



luvilc his boy compuuions to your

llousc: pl'ovidc sonic simplc culci'luinmcnl

for lli'Jlll. l-ic willl lllclu yolll'Scli‘; li'c:lL

llll‘lTl \vilh llll' suml- (-oul‘lcsy you huvc

i'ol' oldcl‘ R'lll'HlS. ulld («pl-cl lllc sumo ill

ll'llll‘ll. “huh and sww whul ullrucis

lulu lll llu-sl- boys. lu-l him i'ce-l lllul you





:llNlI likn lllcul, if you possibly will. if

you must cl'iliwiw- .lud l'ol'bill. do it kindly,

lloi slcl‘lill'. ills lilolllcl“;< lll‘:ll'l}.' co—oll—





ci'allon and companionship llu'u l'\'l‘l')'—

thing will turn lllc clu-l‘u‘y lil- how new

in discomfort and miscliici' iulo llu'ifl :llul

(‘llll'l'lil‘la‘ln Try this smuc pluu will.

molliliculious, for his school work, If ho

is: sludl'iuu‘ Amcl'icuu lllslol‘v or Si'll'lll‘i‘.

lllllll\ oi‘ him in your own rcuding. (‘ut

Hui llxi‘ illlol'cslihu‘ slips i’l'olu lllc Ill-\vs-

pupcl'. _:;'i\'l- him lllc mugzlziuc willl llll‘

lllSlHl‘ll'dl SlHl')‘ or lllc vivid plclul'cs.

’l‘cll your boy i'l'uuklv lllal. hc cuu ucvol'

takc his ])lili'l' iu illc world us :11] will-

cuicd mall willioul a good (lull oi‘ Hlll'l‘l’





drudgery. No ouc c‘x'cr lualsicl'ul lllc mul-





lipliculiou tablo. or u Lullu \‘l‘l'li willloul‘





shcrc downright grind. Now will he

nil-ct ll likl- :1 man or sliil'k il llk'.‘ u cow-

:u‘d‘.’ 'J‘llcu SlllHY him how lo go :lboul it.



Do you i‘I-ul‘ illul ,vmu' bov is ll‘ui'niuu‘

lo l'l-ud poor slufif‘.’ l'lcud somu or his

books cmuc'll lo discuss lllclu \\'lIli lulu

Ask him why hc likw: lhis Hill" bcllv-l'

lllall lllEll. (ll-l llll- boy’s liliilil‘ lll‘ Vii-W.

'l‘ulk :ximul lllr- l'llfll‘:ll'll'l‘:< with him, Show

llllll lll“ fuulls. willl u discrimiuuliuu

criticism which cull soc wind is good.

()lllcl'wisc _\'Hll may ilhd lhul ho will llkc

wllul .vou coudcmll so vigorously. out of

purl- coulrai'iul-ss. Il’ lu- docs not carc

for l'culllllfd,‘ ut all. muso him by some of

the nmny good books of :HlVl’llllll‘l“. chcr

mind if ll:c_v {il'l‘ cl'udc lo your more cul-

livatcd laslc. lunch and lulk about in-





lcl'l-slius: cxlruvug‘uuccs. it will loud him‘:





to discrimiuuic iu lhc fullu'c. and he, will

choose not only what is interesting to

him but what is probable or true in pref-

el-Gncp lo the “penny drcadfuls."



How much time and tact and thot all

this costs. you say. Yes. but that is what





we are mothers for. “God could not be





everywhere so he made mothers,” says

the Jewish rabbi.





 





 





lion. lhc origin of tho con‘il)lainls—-and

llml mcuns. in olllcr words, to thoroughly

purify lllc blood, by using CTUART'S

l‘AiA‘il‘M \\'.\l<‘i'Il-l.\‘.



'l‘hl-sc powcri'ul lilllc wai‘ci's as soon :13

lukl-u iulo lhc sl'slcm. l-xcl'l lhcir wou-

dl-l'i'ul, blood—purifying ci‘l'ccls. uud lhcy

ucvcr lct up for a lll‘lllll'lll. uhlil OVGI‘_\'

atom of impurity in lllc blood is climin-

:lil‘ll. and. in :ullliliou lo llull. they also

build up ihc blood, and sll-wuulhcn the

circulation through lllc surface,

and lllus rcndci' wrinklcs und skin blcm-

islics impossiblc oi" chSll'lll‘l‘.



Sccurc u 3m- box :11 oucc from your

druu'u‘isl, and Ht'llll us your uumc and ad—

dl'ch for i‘i'oc <;Illiplc_ Addrcss 1’. A.

Sluurl C0,. 177. Stuart L‘ldg‘q Murshull,

Mich.





WESTERN (WM—Ill~





Prof. Shaw. Well—Known Agriculturlst. Says:

"I would sooner misc cattle in Western Canada

than in the (torn bolt of the United Stains.

Food ischcnpcr and climnle better

for the purpose. Your market will

improve faster than your farmers

will produce the supplies. Who“

can be grown up to ilio 60th parallel

[800 miles north of the International

boundary]. Your vacant land will

be taken at a rate beyond present

conception. We have enough people

in tho United States alone who want

homes to take up this land." Nearly





skin's





 





 





 

 





, 5‘ will entcr and make their homes

' : in Wcstcrn Canada this car.

.mflz’: 1909 produced miotllcrl'arge cro



‘ llll





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





of wheat. outs an d burlcy. in add -

, it .Q, tion to which 1. e cattle exports



2"‘1 was an immense item.



(Tattle raising. duirying. mixed farming and

grain growing in the provinces of Man!-

r. toba. Saskatchewan and Alberta.



, Adaptable soil. healthful climate

lull splendid schools and churches. and

L _‘ good railways. For settlers' rates. de-



scriptive literature "Last Best West." how to

reach the country and other particulars. write

to Sup‘t of immigration. Ottawa. Can” 0: to

the Canadian Government Agent.





M. V. McInnes. 176 Jeife ..

Detroit, Mich.; O. A. Laufigl'l. hilar-

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Arthur's Traps.



“'e children were always delighted to

visit Grandpa and Grandma Severance at

any time of the year. \'\'e, means Doro-

thy, aged ten years, Bennie. fourteen, and

lnyself-Marion, you know—sixteen years

of age.



There was always something doing on

the farm. in the spring there was sup

boiling and sugar making. 1n the sum-

‘inerA—I could not tell you half the joys of

summer time——wading in the creek, riding

on the leads of hay, goingr blackberrying

in the woodloL and ever so many nice

things all thru vacation.



In the fall there were fruits and nuts

to gather and the popcorn to husk and

put to dry. Then in winter came the

long.r evening's before the open fire. pop—

ping eorn. eating apples and listening to

Grandma's Those were

the best of all. There many

things to tell about when they iirst came

to Michigan and the state and its boys





SIOl'iCS. Silll‘lt‘s





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ant girls were young:



It became a custom for us to, each

night. gather round her eiiair in the

glt'laming‘ and listen to a story. Grandma

allowed us to take turns in choosing

what the story should be. and she was

always equal to the occasion. If there;

had been no sueh happening in her own

family, it had ot-eurretl in it neighbor's.

it seeintgd to us as if those early (lay.q

tilled with strange adventure and

romance, and we almost wished we

might have lived then instead of now.





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Mary.

who





(:lrandpa’s children were John.

and Arthur, besides our own papa,

was a baby at that time,

One night as we gathered

fireplace Grandma said. turning to

nie, "\Vell, liennit- boy. it is your turn to

story. What shall it he to-





about the





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elioose a

night?"

“Something: aboilt guns and hunting. I

guess." replied Bennie, gt’tzina~ into the

tire reflectively.

Dorothy and I looked at ("tll'll other and





exchanged smiles. \\'e almost. always

would guess beforehand what Bennie





would choose.



After a moment's thot Grandma began:

“I shall tell you how Arthur finished

earning tnough money to buy some new

traps one winter. when he was just your

age. Bennie. Arthur was fond of roam—

ing thru the woods as a boy and spent

every spare moment trapping game. The

small animals plentiful they

would eat up our t'rops unless trapped.

lie dearly loved to shoot at a mark. too.

but ammunition could not often be wast—

ed for that. lie became quite a proiicient

marksman. however. and often went out

with John or his father and brot in some

squirrels. .



“Arthur never had quite enough traps

to suit him and one day in the fall, on

going to town with his father, he saw 0.

lot of traps in the store which were

offer. d for three dollars. There were

eight good steel traps in the lot and. as

they generally eost forty rents apiece, he

ihot it it rare bargain. But money was

a very scarce article in those days. The

merchant, seeing: how much Arthur de-

sired the traps, good—naturedly offered to

put them away for him and allow Arthur

to brine; furs in payment for them.





were so





“tin Arthur's return from town he im—

mediately overhauled his traps, carried

them to the woods, baited and set them.

in two months his father would go to

town again for the winter’s supplies and

that would be his only chance to buy the

traps.



“llis ltlek in trai‘iping‘ was good, but it

took a good many coon-skins and musk—

rat hides to amount to three dollars, for

fur-bearing animals were more plentiful

then and of course not so valuable.



“\\'hen the trip was but one week dis—

't.tiit, careful estimating of the value of

his furs showed it still lacked one dollar

of being enough to buy the traps. Grand-

pa told Arthur that if they could finish

the husking‘ on '\\'etlnesday. the followingr

day they would take the guns anti go

hunting. Then whatever they shot that

was salable, Arthur should have toward

buying his traps.



“John. Arthur and their father finished

the husking of the torn by lantern light

that night. It had been arranged with

John that the next day he should do the

work at the barn so the two could obtain

an early start.





“In the morning, on arising, Grandpa

found he had rheumatism so badly in his

right arm that ‘he could not use it. Of





course we thot that settled the matter, as _

. John could not go with Arthur on account





of the work.

“ ‘I will go alone,’ stoutly asserted Ar-





thur. ‘I am not afraid and can handle a

gun all right. \Vhy, I am fourteen years

old!’ ‘





“grandpa hated to disappoint the boy

and, after cautioning him to use care in

loading and handling the gun, told him

he. might go. I prepared his luncheon,

and he set out before it was fairly light.



“It was such an event to be. allowed to

go to the woods alone with a. gun that

Arthur told us all about it on his return.

The day was just beautiful for hunting.

There was no snow on the ground for

tracking, but otherwise it was ideal. The

wind had swept the leaves into hollows

and heaped them about log piles, makinz

many clear paths where one could walk

noiselessly. The red squirrels came out

and watched Arthur with bold bright eyes

as if they knew they were too small to

waste ammunition on. The birds had left

the woods, except the partridges and





quail. As Arthur was walking quietly

along he almost stepped on a mother

partridge and three . half-grown young





ones. but in a flash they had all disap—

A little farther on he heard Squirrels chit—

peared and no amount of poking about

among,r the, leaves uncovered them: the

birds were so near the color of the leaves.

iering; alid, on coming near, discovered a

colony of grey squirrels frisking thru the

branches of (the trees. Arthur bagged‘five

of them thinking they would make good

eating.



“Nearing a beech tree. there was a

wliirr of wings and a flock of quail illtll‘

had been feeding on the nuts rose in the

air. The scattering:~ bird shot from Ar-

thur's gun brot down two of them.





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able. Arthur decided to go farther into

the woods. to a less frmluei'ited part. and

just aft-A:- noon he reaehed a place where

he expected to iind some game. lie was

\'«'i'y tired and huna‘i‘y by this time. so

he sat down on a log to eat his luncheon.





He had searet-ly taken his first mouthful,

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of food when he heard a sound.

that be a eall'.’ lie listened;

faintly but t-learly the call was repeated.

Arthur jumped to his feet.

food in his pockets and ran in the direc-

As he drew nearer he





turkey's





tion of the sound.

bet-ante more cautious and

into an open spam» and looked around.

There was nothing in sight.



“Tired and disheartened Arthur finally

deejded to sit down in a sheltered place

and iinish his luncheon. Maybe the tur—

key would eall again.



Leaning the gun against a tree, Arthur

sat down. it was warm there and after





he had eaten it seemed good to the tired.





boy to stretch his limbs for a few min—

utes’ rest. The long walk in the, open

air. combined with his early rising, made

him very sleepy.



“The next thing he knew he was awak‘

rncd by a queer flapping sound The

sun was low and Arthur hazily reCalltd

what had broi him to that spot. He

heard a scraping noise over his head and

glancing:~ thru the branches he saw at

sight tli'tt sent the blood Coin-sing thru

his veins.





to his right, was the largest wild turkey





he had (\'('l‘ seen. it had come to the,





tree to roost for the night,



"’l‘reinblinu‘ with exeitement. he care—

fully l't‘til'iit'tl for his gun, which was load-

ed. Then he haul to wait a moment for

his hand to stop shaking. 'l‘he lhoi of

what it meant tohim to shoot the turkey

steadied his careful

aim, he filed and the turkey dropped to

the ground. Arthur Illt'kt'tl the heavy

bird up. well knowing: he must arrive on

more familiar ground before it grew any

darker. '



“I thot of the lad alone iii the woods

many times that day. but pioneer mothers

had learned to be brave. \Ve sat at the

supper table that night. secretly anxious

at the lateness of the hour and Arthur‘s

tardy return. when suddenly his clear

whistle sounded outside. Mary ran to





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the door and threw it wide open. The

candle light fell upon the short stock]

figure of Arthur. with gun over one.

shoulder. the magnificent bird over the

other. its head just touching the ground.

Such a tired and happy boy!



“We dressed the turkey and hung it,l

away. The next week his father was able

to go to town and Arthur went with him,

taking along the furs and the turkey,‘

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Arthur bot his traps and had fifty cents

left. What he did with that is another

story.



“The boys made quite a sum of money

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THE WIDDER.





 





BY J. W. GRAND.



It was a cold day in the old Passadanky

country, and a manlout in the weathe.‘

wanted to be well wrapped if he cared

to be comfortable. Consequently. away

back in the eighties, as I was driving

past a bleak-looking clearing in the back—

woods, I was amazed to see, sitting on a

rail fence by the roadside. an eighth of '1

mile from the nearest house. a man in

his shirtsleeves and wearing a straw hat.

He looked disconsolate and lonesome but.

not cold. I stopped and asked him if he

wanted to ride.



“Nope!" he replied in a hopeless sort

of way. Then he squinted down the. road

and said: '



“I‘m a leetle short 0’ seein’. stranger;

an’ I'd like to as! ye if ye seen anythin’

of a tol’al;le tall woman comin’ round the

bend yonder, lookin' as if she mowt be a.

leetle sot in her ways. an' carrin' a

blacksnake whip, or mebbc a buckwhit

flail."



“There‘s no such person in sight,”

said I.



“Didn't know but what the widdcr

mowt be headed this way." continued the

man. “The widdcr-‘s been warmin' up her

household agln this mornin’. i seen her

01’ man comin’ out 0' the back door a

spell ago, with her an' the mop both artcr

him. She posh-1‘s that busbaud‘ o' hcr’n

somewhit su-prisin', the widdcr does."



It struck me :1 lilflO odd fill' 11 woynzin

to be a widow and have a husband. too,

and I told him so.



“Nalur'ly, natur'lyl" he assculcd. sti‘l

discrmsolz.n-, but beyond all question froq

proof. "I‘ll upon it up to ye. “'heu she

wuz lust married She was soon h-l’l a

Wirldcr. fort‘uilly fer the fellcl' that loft

her. "l‘wu'ul luug‘ tho, ’forc she not up

2111' got married ag'iu. an“ lhc second in-

dividjul, only three weeks urn-iwy'ds, said

that he only wanted one thing to mark"-

him happicr'n the happiest, an‘ that was

to cross llu- rolliu' Jordan, A pityin’

Providence l‘l'aPllcd down an' lifted him

Dyer the river illl‘ \'('b\‘ ucxl week. 811' the

widdcr clubbed oulo the third lamb for

the sum-uri’icc. Folks bud slurlwl out by

(“.11th her Mrs. .lchicl \\':1shbakl-r. l’ucu

the \\'l:ldcr “'ashbukcl'. thou Mrs. Sclh

Coukcr, tllcn Mrs. .labez Sowpwk. an' by

an' by the \Viddcr Sowpcck: but when

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folks see that she was prob'ly goiu' [or

keep the thing right up. au' so llu-y didn‘t

‘Mrs.’ her no more. nor call hm- tlu: Wid—

der anybody. but jest sot her down as the

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au' llu- way she dot-s wrong~ that poor





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burst ouieu a bureau knob!”



“I'lt‘llllt’i'ks him. does she?" said 1.

tucking the robes around me and pulling

my cup further down oycr my #2111“. The

discousolate ,man on the fL‘lit'l‘ shoved

his straw hat to -llu- back of his lie-ad.

and, taking; a lone; suulut down the road.

replied:



"lleupccks him? that llaiu't no word for

it. Slu- peeks him with llu- rolliu‘piu. :ln'

Sllv pvcks him with tlxc broom handli- au'

she perks him with \\'llai<‘\'cl' lays baud—

iest to her when she‘s warmiu' up ll(‘l‘

householtbAfr-om stove—wood to flat-irons.

I've kuowcd her to clutch that 01' man o‘

her‘u by the scuff o' the neck, au‘ swish

him, stranger, till he‘d kick cobwebs

“'unst

She got on the rampage so powerful that

she cuffed her 01‘ man over and 'sot on

him till shc pooh-(l a buslu-l o‘ laicrs, an’

every time lw‘d move to all a lltllc wind

she'd serum-h down on him jcsl enough

fer him {or we the goldcu shorc. but not

quite fer enough fer him to git his feet

on it. \Vlmst she made it so warm an‘

cheerful fer him that he went out an’

clum a chestnut tree. to ponder on the.

lonely lot 0‘ man cz had no boozum com-

panion to cheer him up, 2111' the \Viddcr

come out an‘ waited for him all day at

the bottom o' thc tree with a buckwhit

flail. an’ then went up the tree au‘ got:

him."



“W'hyl” said I.

terror!"



“Ye didn‘t notice anyone comin' down

yonder in the bend that looks like it

mowt be her. do yc?:’ the man on the

fence inquired.



“No.” said I. -



“Terrar. did yc say? Terrar? thv.





”This lady must bc a.





 





.llc hcurd their words. lu- saw no \Viuk.





stranger, the VVidder is what I’d call a

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an' twenty-three revolutions to the sec—

ond. That's what I‘d call the ~Widder!"

said the man on the fence. “I tell ye, it‘s

an amazin’ shame the way she pester:

that 01' man 0‘ hern'n. fer he hain‘t a

bad feilcr. It's alluz been a wonder to

me that some 0' the neighbors don’t step

in sometime an' rvsky the \Vidder's 01'

man when She‘s warmin' him up so all-

fircd pesky! But none 0‘ the neighbors

dou‘l sm’lll to have no pluck!"



I looked at the big, double-fisted. frost. .

proof backwoodsmau a moment and then

said:



“\Vhy in Sam Hill don‘t you step in and

help him? You’re big enough and tough

enough!"





 





“Sizzlin' grindsloncs, stranger!" he ex-

claimed. rising to his feet on the fence.

rail. and squintiug anxiously down the

road, “I‘m the \l'idder's 01' man!”





 





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“She boasts that she is thoroly up-to-

date."



“She isn‘t. She is eight years behind

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“Sure an' what tlu- divfl is a chafin’-

dish?" asked Pat. “\\'bis1 man,“ an-

swered Nora, “it's a frying pan that's

got into good society."





 





 





“They say." he said. more for the pur-’

pose of starting a conversation than any-1

thing Plsv. "that American girls have.

large feel."



“sz.” slu» :mswcrwl, "and it is be-

coming very well known that some of the

American boys have very small huts."





Riggs—You say Brown is enjoying verv

poor lu-allh. lmu'i you know that is in.—

corrcct.



BoggsuNot in this case. Brown is never

happy unless he has soim-tbixm~ lo uonl~

plain about.





 





(‘lvil Scryix-o l‘lxamiucr (very stcruly.

lo Erastus Smith. («Hort-d. who aspires to

the ofliw- of mail (-arricr)——"How far is it

from the earth in the moon?"



Erastus (iu l<‘l‘1‘fil‘l—"Gnlly, boss! cf

yo's e’wiuc to put uu- on dut mule l don't

wuul d" job."——Jud.:c.





’l‘bc l'lllld was four years old. logical.

[u-I‘slsli'lll and curious. The mother eu—

dvavnrcd. in all possible (‘llilSt‘lilllSilL‘SS.

m-ver to depart from auy statement oncc

madr- tlu- child as a lat-1. (me afternoon

this conversation Iu't'lll'l'l'lli



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"Mollu-l‘. dblu‘l l wuuc from heaven?”



”“l' ('I>lll':~'(-,"



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