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farm homes has been design

. Which presents so many advan-

tages over those commonly in vogue as





.t9 merit a Wide adoption, and to re—1





Ineve the excuse that home‘s lack com-

forts b‘éCause of the expense or labor





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The Illustration shOWs how the tank

is constructed being made of two col-

umnsgot twenty-feur-inch vitrified pipe,

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tionfs‘

' Am pgithe numerous advantages of

this flaign are: It is made entirely of

‘v1trified pipe, shapes of Which can eas-





ling A dosuig'chamber has beemcon-

‘ tru tedmf a twenty-tour-inch double





right column of twin

ty-foureinch, _pipe, act

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tion for the main portion of the tank

enema be abOu‘t eight feet below the

floW line and sufficiently large to admit

both columns and affOrd working space

besides.



The concrete bottom is first poured

for the two columns, and the two low-

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short section of six-inch vitrified drain

tile or‘sewer pipe shortened for that

purpose.



The joint should preferably be of

bituminous compound, poured with

flex-form mold. In joining: the larger

sections of pipe, the upturned bell of

the lower section can be filled either





 





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placed» upon this concrete with a slight

bevel around the bottom inside and

out to insure tightness. The two sec-

tions next above contain six-inch “T”





branches, and should be so placed as





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with Portland cement or a mushy con-

sistency or bituminous compound, bev-

eled as in the design. The two‘sec—

tions of large pipe next put in place

also contain six—inch “T” branches, but

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that the inlets come opposite to each

other. The upper sections are plain-

twenty-four-inch pipe.



The illustration assumes a ground

level that is only about six inches

above the flow line. In case the ground

level is higher than that assumed in ’

thiscase, the columns can be extended

up to the ground level, or no harm

would result if earth were filled in"

above the plank covers, provided it

was so located that it could be remov-

ed once a year for the purpose of

pumping out and cleaning.



The design of the inlet and outlet is

sugciently indicated in the illustration.

The pieces required in each case are

a‘quarter bend of'six-inch pipe with a

six-inch “T” above it. There is per-

forated vent cover at the top of this

“T.” In case of greater depth, it might

be necessary to add one or two sec-

tions of pipe above the “T,” in order

to bring the vent to the surface.



All joints in the smaller pipe should

be made preferably with the flex-form

apparatus. The dosing chamber is a

single section of twenty-four-inch pipe

provided with double “T” branches and

with a Miller siphon at the bottom e11»

cased in concrete. The vent, overflow

and outflow are of six-inch pipe, reduc-

ing to a four-inch sewer extending to

the disposal field.



A person ordinalily skillful in the

use of building mateiials should easily

be able to construct this tank, if they

adhere closely to the design. .The dif-

ficulty will come in attempting varia-

tions. There is a special danger in the



omission of the requir-

ed vents, as they pro-

duce an air-bound job

that will not operate

satisfactorily. It also

is very important that

the siphon in the dos-

ing chamber be install-

ed with precision and

full knowledge of how

it works. The siphon

is so constructed that

when the fluid rises to

a certain height above

. the bell the weight'of

water pressure forces

an air seal in the siph-

on, and the entire con—

tents are’ discharged.

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essential that the size





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in the case of a three-

inch siphon, the re-

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the lip of the bell. In, .

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CURRENT COMMENT





' ESPlTE the atti-

tude of wool job-

bers regarding the fu-

ture wool market out-

look, the recent Lon-

don sales indicate that

their apprehensions are not well found-

ed. The London auctions held last

week developed a strength for good

wools which should encourage every

wool grower to anticipate a better fu-

ture wool market. The fact that the

British government upset price had

been reduced by seven and a half per

cent was emphasized by wool jobbers

last week, but the prices at the recent

London sale averaged from ten to fit—

teen per cent above the new g0vern~

ment upset figure. A marked improve-

ment was shown in the prices of low-

grade wools at this sale as will be not-

ed from a report of same published in

another column of this issue. The same

‘was true of last week’s Boston sales.

The clearing up of the situation with

regard to an importation of wool from

Australia and New Zealand has also

steadied the market. It has become

definitely known that this shipment of

300,900 bales of wool is on a contract

previously entered into by the govern

nient which it has been determined to

complete. This wool is said to’be of

high sorts which are relatively scarce

in this country, and is expected to de-

velop sharp competition when ofiered

for sale here.



Altogether the situation is one which

should favor the holding of wool by the

growers until market conditions he-

, come better established. Growers

should remember that the apparently

_ lame stocks of wool held by our own



and the British government repmsent





Wool

Market

Prospects





"5mg; all the available world My;

* ’1‘.th war materially increaselm W as the m II mm mm ,.





wounded thus reducing the and

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may has reduced the value of a”





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Whig 9mm above the sub

ernmt Warm mice. M bookie

cases a mm show their cost

the We of Inst pearls M price.

When this condition obtains, fanners

should be slow to sell their good wools

at a price ranging around twenty to





' twenty-five cents per pound below last-





year’s prevailing values, simply be-

cause low 1grade wools have sold cheap-

ly at some recent government auc-

tions. This is particularly true in view

of the firmness of the London market

on which our own government with-

drawal price is based.



The most accurate obtainable .in-fior-

mation with regard to wool market

conditions will be given in these col-

umns from week to week.





HE trend of food



stuffs markets in

recent weeks has been

such as to inspire

general cap-tin i sm

among the farmers of

the country. With the wheat market

holding steady at .a point away above





The Food

Price ‘

Outlook





the government guaranteed price; with





the hog market at the highest point

ever reached and nearly fifteen per

cent above the controlled price, and

with the price of other food stuffs gen-

erally keeping pace, there seems every

assurance that there is no great. do-

mestic surplus of food products, while

the demand from a hungry world

seems likely to hold prices at a point

which will be compensatory to produc-

ers during the coming year at least.



This practical assurance will prove

an important factor in stimulating pro-

duction, notwithstanding the constant

agitation for cheaper foods. As time

passes it is continually becoming more

evident that any post-war lowering of

values, must be general, rather than

in spots. Due partly to the diversion

of industry to war production, and part-

ly to the lowering of money values due

to war inflation, prices of all other

commodities, as well as of food stuffs

have attained an abnormal and in some

cases, an unprecedented level. We are

simply living in a-period of higher val-

ues all along the line as measured by

currency. With the settlement of pres—

ent world conditions and a general re‘

turn to peace conditions, there will be

a gradual readjustment of values, but

with a world shortage of food stuffs

this downward revision of values can-

not apply to food products alone.





INCE early in the



present legislative

session, there has

been pending in the

legislature a proposed

amendment to t he

constitution providing that state funds

to the extent of $5, 000, 000 may be used,

under legislative enactment, for the

building of terminal warehouses to be

operated under state control. as a

means at aflording better and cheaper

distribution of food products from the

farms oftheswetotbeemm 11

our large cities. The Wine! m

if“; £01- .tbe submission all!!! W

posed amendment was endorsed by we

joint committee of Elohim timers

organisations and was passed by we

senate several weeks us. Since that

tiniest has regional in the We con-

mitteav Whether it willie meteor be

submifledtothebouseiaitsprew

or an unseeded torn: must be quickly





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The Only practical way to settle the; ‘.





question of its value of state-owned

and operated warehouses to 111m

producers and consumers or tool state

is to try it out, in a. conservative my

at least. And if a majority of the pit-

ducers and consumers of the state so

desire, they should have an opportu-

nity to try the plan But in order to





make this newbie it is necessary to.





amend the constitution and the legis-

lature should not hesitate to submit a





' proposed amendment to that and as a





means of getting a fair judgment from

the peeple of the ntate as to weir ap-

proval or disapproval of the $311.12!

this end the proposed amendment

should be submitted to the voters, who

will have plenty of time to render fair

judgment as to its adVantages before

the next general election. If, in them

judgment of the legislature, the plan

could be given a fair trial by limiting

the appropriation tor the experiment

to a smaller sum than that named in

the proposal as it passed the senate, a

reduction in the limit would be preter-

able to the killing of the proposal.



If the proposal were submitted in a

form which would provide for the es-

tablishment of suitable experimental

warehouses in, say, our two largest cit-

ies, this would, in case of its approval,

give the plan a fair trial which would

enable the people of the state to bet-

te1 judge of its advantages and the de-

sirability of its extension, hence the

above suggested solution for the appar-

ent legislative deadlock on the pro-

posaL





HE death of Wil-





Deathof

W. R.

Goodwin





managing editor of

the “Breeders’ Ga-

zette” of Chicago, re-

moves one of the most

familiar figures in the pure-bred live

stock industry in the United States:

Mr. Goodwin had spent thirty years of

active service with the “Gazette.” His

sympathies and interests lay largely

with the improved live stock industry

and his pen pictures of great animals

and vigorous writings on better herds

and flocks have been a big factor in

influencing American breeders to

practice constructive methods.



Among the many positions of honor

which he held at the time of his death

were vice- -p1esident of the American

Saddle Home Breeders’ Association

and president of the National Society

of Record Associations. He was also

head of the American Cat Association

and director of the National Dariy

Show Association. For many years he

had been closely identified with the

International {Jive Stock Exposition As-

sociatlo'n. \



A native of indium, and born at the

town or Bmokvme, August 19, 1883,

the deceased on attaining schwl age



entered the Indiana. ”bury Universiti‘

and was graduated in 1883 In 1889 be”

W the mom stat of the “0!»

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, peace act by May!

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“anwmmlssbn of the supreme '

council With German financial dele

gates takes pm. +Neflfly five thou-





sand Michigan eo‘idiers dock at New





York City.——~€Rioting continues in Kor-

ea. —-—American cavalrymen attack Mex‘

lean bandits and 1511! five.

Friday, April 4.



ENGLAND is rushing troops to aid



mmmmm' the Bel» ,

sheviki in northern Russia. ——The ener-.

getic action of German troops ends





strikes at Stuttgait and in the Ruhr ‘





district. and also halted a “Red” drive





in east Prussia. «Over 1,500 members





of the 35th Division land in New York.

More than $37, 000, 000 f01 building con-





struction and extension of plants is to .





spent in carrying out the plans of

”General Motors Corporation. —It

is predicted that the Canadian govern-_

ment will secure possession of the

Grand Trunk Railway system. -—The

perfection of a trolleyless street car

by the Henry Ford interests is an-

nounced. —~—Count Karolyi, head of the

socialistic government of Hungary is

reported to be fleeing into Switzerland

from Budapest.



Saturday, April 5.

DDITIONAL evidence of the dan-

gerous positions occupied b'y the



allied troops in northern Russia is

flashed to Paris and Washington——

King Albert of Belgium warns that

promises can no longer sustain his

country while the Peace Conference is

delaying its decisions. ——Berlln will op-

en the way for Polish troops to land at

Danzig. —.Charles R. Page of the Unit-

ed ess Shipping Board resigns.—

Prices on steel for shipbuilding ,pur-

poses will be cut. —-—The California leg

islarture asks the federal state deparb

'ment whether the discussion of anti—

Japanese legislation by the California

legislature at this time would embar‘

rass the president and other represent

tatives at the Peace Confeience.





Sunday, April 6.





N attack by Bolsheviki forces on

Allied troops in northern Russia is

repulsed with heavy losses. «Minister

Lennie of the Russian gavernment an—

nounces that he is anxious for peace.

-—Plans for an uprising and the estab-

lishment of a Soviet government in

Berlin are uncovered and drastic ac-

tion is to be taken to suppress the

movement. ”Polish troops in France

will leave April 15 for Poland; they

will pass through Danzig under 111'

rangements made with Germany ‘by

Field -Marshal Foch. whol‘ivia makes a

proposal to peace conference which it

is believed will end the dispute Ibe-

tween Chile and Peru. .——The Omzk gov-

ernment in Russia is steadily extend~

ing its control and limiting the terri

tery of the Bolsheviki government.—

Final figures on the total force of the

central powers on November 11 show

ed 7 339.000 troops under arms as

against 13, 366, 000 of allied troops.

Monday, Anni! 7.

RE «United States sends one hun-

dred ice breakers to open the way

for aid to the Allied troops in northern

Russia. ———Premier Lloyd-George of

Great Britain states that the Allies will

the central powers to high the .

~15?”th Wil-

hea with a se-

vere cell. —A British aviator flies over

the Andes mountains at a height of

18,000 feet. ——-Rumors have it that the

Hungarian Soviet government has

been overthrown. ”Serbia is stated to

harm martial 1anr.—-,K1'ng Albert of

Wm has not been heard from

“we having Paris yesterday, in an

for Enamel? w-Sx.%cretary of ,

fin aster takes passage for Fiance.

Tuesday, MM 3: p ‘

LATEST news from Paris instances

that President Wilson intends to _

mongol {the Peace conference to make -

pence immediately upon1 terms airmen

2%? ”flimet‘imm” ‘

or 113 n

”on. flat the finite} States mam -

mi units oreiga antral?! 313m
. EVER in the h ory of M1chigan

’ . N agriculture be there been a

' 2 time when the study of crap

7 plants in relation to their environment

woiffd prove of as great value to farm-

ers as at present: Every practical

farmer realizes that there are differ-

ences‘1nvth‘e requirements of different

crops and different varieties worth

recognizmg if he would get the best

' results from his soil and climate.

Among" the important things in the en-

vironment of plants are soil*,'moisture,

temperature and light. How these

things determine the presence and suc-

~ cess of different species and varieties

of ‘plants‘are some of the things the

study of this’ subject should determine.

Plants do not grow indiscriminately in

different areas regardless‘of one an-

other or of conditions for growth. Each

hillside, prairie and .swamp contains

an association of plants which charac-

terize it. Into each of these groups

of plants certain plants thrive and





from each group certain plants are





crowded out. That is, certain plants

are naturally associated because they

grow in the same conditions of soil,

moisture, temperature and light.



The adaptation of plants and varie-

ties to peculiar soil and climatic con-

ditions is one of. the most subtle of

nature’s many adjustments. This sug-

gests the possibility of farmers increas-

ing the yield of farm crops by getting

in harmony with nature and fitting

their farm crops and special varieties

to different conditions of soil and cli~

mate.

habit to cultivate the same crops on

different soil types regardless of the

conditions for growth. Poor crops of

cornaregrown in 'many fields that are

naturally adapted for grass because it

has become a habit to break up sod

land and grow corn; and the same ap-

plies «to every crop. 'As a result the

total yield of farm crops is not the

maximum yield from each field, but the

average yield of good and bad fields.



The study of plant environment, or

adaptability, shows that for each kind

of farm cropthere’ are favorable cli-

matic and, Soil conditions, in which .the

yield is largest; A poor field for corn

may be ideal for grass. Land not suit-

able for. wheat may yield a bumper

crop of cats. A field that Will yield a

large crop of alsike clover may. fail to

yield a good crop of red clover.

further study of the_ adaptability of

crop plants will include much mere

than soil conditions, which may be

”controlled to some extent, for we must

reckon also with the peculiarities of:

climate. A locality ideal for wheat,





It has become too much of a‘





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A Practical Journal





919 Crops to Farms





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By Lester f. Meredit/z.





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“ . Year ’s Field Crops.





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oats and cloverinay have frosts too

early for the corn and bean crops to

mature successfully. When. every field

is planted with crops, or varieties, that

it can produce best the total yield of

farm crops will be increased immense-

ly. It will pay every farmer to deter-

mine experimentally what crops and

varieties give the best returns on cer-

tain fields, and not follow blindly the

selection of crops, or rotation of crops,

that might prove very appropriate on

some other farm.





The field upon which crops are

grown offers conditions for growth

which may be likened to an extensive

bill—of-fare. The more nearly related

plants are identical in their demands

upon the bill-of-fare, therefore compe-

tition is so keen for certain kinds of

food that some of the plants do not get

enough to make satisfactory develop—

ment. On the other hand, plants that

are not nearly related make somewhat

different demands upon the bill- of— fare

without using up the kinds of food

needed by the other crop plants.





This explains why crop plants that

make avaried demand for their food

are an economic aid-in securing large

crops- and also in leaving an abundance

of plant food for suceeding crops when

grown/in proper rotation,. or associa-

tion, with one another., No two crop

plants root at the same depth. Wheat

is shallow rooted. ‘Corn is deeper root—

ed than wheat, and clover is still deep-

er rooted. Each feeds upon an area

of its own. Then theroots of most

crop plants feed other plants. Each





crop has its peculiar‘ way to gather





nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

In the decay of the roots of a plant

that can—get potassium easily, another

plant that cannot so acquire it will find

it prepared at hand. Clover affords

an excellent example of helpfulness in

supplying nitrogen to other plants that

do not possess the ability to get it from





the atmosphere. Different plants de-

mand different amounts of the mate-

rials needed for growth from the soil

and atmosphere. Where potatoes take

thirty-five pounds of potassium they

use but eleven pounds of phosphorus.

Yet the wheat crop removes more

phosphorus than potassium. If pota-

toes follow potatoes 'the soil will be

quickly depleted of potassium. A ju-

dicious alternation of crops exhausts

the soil equitably of the plant food.

Closely associated with the problem

of growing crops that will use up the

supply of available plant foods evenly

and leave the soil in good condition for

succeeding crops is that of keeping up

an adequate supply of organic matter,

or humus, in the soil. Organic matter

is the life of the soil. Some crops pro-

duce humus, others consume it. The

grasses and cloVers belong to the for-

mer class, and most field crops and

grains to the latter. These two class-

es of crops should therefore be alter-

nated in the rotation. The use of ma-

nure, either plowed under or as"a top-

dressing, also helps to maintain the

supply of organic matter. On sour soils

plowing under organic matter and ma-

nures will not improve conditions ma-





terially unless lime is plowed under to,





'correct soil acidity and aid in .mak~

ing the plant food in the organic mat-

ter into a form available for the grow-

ing plants. The increasing of the ‘or-

ganic matter'in well—sweetened soils,

also increases the amount of available

plant food. For this reason it is well

to follow the grasses and clovers with

vegetables and grains which are not so

naturally fitted to gather their supply

of food under the more unfavorable

conditions as are the stronger feeding

sorts. Giving the potato, corn, bean

and vegetable, crops the favored places

in the crop rotation—after the plowed-

in crops and manure—will greatly in-

crease the returns without affecting to

any extent the yield of small grain





this





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crops, so long as sufficient organic

matter is plowed under to last well

through the alternation of cultivated

crops.



The adaptation of crops to the soil

types and crop rotation practiced will

not only aid materially in producing

larger crops for the one year, but it

will leave the soil in better physical

and chemical condition for the succeed-

ing crops.



After deciding what crops are best

adapted to the soil and climatic condi-

tions of the farm the next question is

that of the adaptation of varieties. The

farmer cannot change the character of

his soil or modify the. climate, but he

can increase the yield of his farm

crops by selecting varieties adapted

to his soil and climate. There are two

ways of doing this; by breeding hardy

and early maturing crop plants and by

the introduction of new varieties adap-

ted by nature to the new locality. This

serves to emphasize a truth which we

are sure to realize more fully as we

reach an agricultural maturity; that in

all crop plants market varieties must

be adapted to local environment. If

is true then there is need for

farmers to make careful study of some

of the best varieties already at their

doors; those which haxe been grown

so many years that they have adapted

themselves to that particular locality.

It is such varieties that should be im-

proved and developed until they are

superior to varieties imported from

other localities. '



The difiiCulties of adapting crops to

climates increases as we proceed from

south to north, for the length of the

season for growth diminishes, so that

farmers in the north must select only

early varieties that will mature before

cold weather comes and checks their

growth. The work of the experiment

stations and of individuals in breeding

grain, forage and vegetable crops and

in perfecting fruit plants has been of

great benefit to farmers in the north-

ern states. However, the workers in

this field are just skimming the sur-

face, touching the high places, while

the fertile valleys yet to be developed

are the farms of the better class of

farmers the country over. To secure

maximum benefits from these experi-

ments and investigations one must

make a close study of plants that are

adapted to soil conditions and climate

of his farm, and by careful selection

of nearly perfect plants, intensify the

early-maturing tendencies until he has

plants that will mature a good crop

during the normal growing season in

his locality.





—-_—I
HE demand for food products

does not end with the war. The

question of supplying the de-

mand at home and abroad during the

next few yeais will be even greater

than it has been during the war.

Fighting between the opposing forces

may have ceased, but hunger grants

no armistice. It is going to take time

for Europe to get busy—and even then

there will be many things produced at

a disadvantage—especially dairy pro-

ducts and meat. In the meantime

there is sure to be a demand for these

products f1om America, and our peo-

ple must compete with the people of

.European countries in the purchase of

these products.



Now, the1e is no longer the excite-

ment and stimulus of war and patriot-

ism—nothing but the question of prof-

it. The farmer has the right to de-

mand the figures of cost production

gathered by the ag11cultu1a1 experts of

the country to tell him which crops

and products will give him the best re-

turns A comparison of the cost pro-

duction figures on different crops and

finished pioducts will give him a gnod

idea of how to plan his crop rotations

and stock feedingfiuring the recon-

struction period. These figures, from

the standpoint of food production

alone are vitally 1mp011ant at the pi es-

ent time. Why should the great Unit-

ed States Department of Agriculture

withhold them from the farmers?



Another reason why the farmers of

this country should have these cost of

production figures at the present time

is because of the fact that the idea of

cost 01‘ production plus a reasonable

profit, put into operation during the

war, worked so satisfactorily for other

industries that it is going to be contin-

‘ ued in force during the period of indus-

trial reconstruction. Every industry,

except agriculture, is presenting its

cost of production figures to the Indus-

. tiial Board of Commerce so that intel-

ligent action may be taken on the p10-

posed reduction of prices on a number

of raw materials such as steel food

stuffs, building mateiials, fuel and the

like. There is no doubt but what there

is a demand for certain reduction in

prices all along the line and if certain

products from ou1 fa1 ms are selling at

prices far above cost of production

. plus reasonable profit, the farmers are

willing to contribute their share to-

wa1d the general prosperity of the

country. But how can justice be hand-

ed out in the matte1 of fixing food

prices by any boaid composed of a rep-

resentation made up of capital 6, labor

1, agriculture 0, and with no commit-

tee, backed with adequate production

cost figures to enforce their claims for

fair prices? Other interests have fig-

ures and data to back up their claims

of fair prices, while agricultural pro-

duction cost figures are locked up at

Washington where the farmers cannot

make use of them.



Committees representing a dozen dif-

ferent industries have conferred with

the board during the past few days. In

practically all instances the commit-

' tees came fully fortified with data

tending to show that present prices

represent butlslight margins above the

, cost. Sympathy with the general

scheme invariably has been expressed,

but each industry has wanted the 0th?





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followed its work from the beginning

and feel that now is the proper time

for the farmers to claim 1ep1esentat1on,

on the Industrial Board of Commerce

and have the opportunity to present

reliable facts and data upon the cost

of production of staple food crops.

Close observers of American indus-

trial and agricultural conditions have

for the past two years or more felt

confident that upon steel and food pro-

ducts are based prosperity and active

business conditions. These two branch-

es of-industry are regarded as funda-





the farmer, and let the other industries

bear their portion of the loss. they

claim is ‘so essential, to reduce food

prices and restore industrial equilibri-

um. if, then, some reasonable ar—

rangement can be made by which the

farmer can market his produCts at the

normal price, the government- and in-

dustries to make good the difference

between fixed; price and the'actual cost

of production, a normal market will be

established and the business of the

country can go on unhampered by the

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Farm B ureau Movement





TIME past has taught us that indi-

vidual effort is gone forever. When

President Wilson in his message to

congress on the points of reconstruc—

tion failed to 1ecognize the greatest of

all industries—eagriculture—nt is time

for us, as the active ope1 ators of this

1ndust1y, to determine why these con-

ditions exist.



“People have criticized the President

for this untimely omission. But we

must remember the chief executive of

a count1y like ours must deal with or-

ganizations, not individuals. As we

have had no such organization in the

past to adequately represent our inter-

ests, no one is to blame for this de-

plmable condition but ourselves.



“Since, we must acknowledge, these

conditions exist, it is time for the

farmers to awaken to the fact, in order

to get the 1ecognition we desire,

stiengthen agriculture in general, help

solve 0111' lab01 situation, whinh at the

present time is serious. Save our farms

from name depletion, it is the duty of

every citizen interested in the welfare

of our country to get behind this move-

ment and help complete an organiza-

tion that will be representative of Am-

erica ’13 greatest industry.



“It has been suggested that our De-

partment of Agriculture at Washing-

ton. D. C., was representative of our

agricultural interests. It is politically,

but we can never be properly recog-

nized by politics.



“What we need is such representa-

tion as the present Farm Bureau sys-

tem, composed of farmers whose gov-



erning officeis shall be ”men or women

actively engaged in the raising of ag-

ricultural oi horticultural products;

citizens who can keep themselves.

abOVe the petty policies of greed and

graft, be broad-minded in their views,

and solicitors of the welfare of their

fellow men.



“What we need most at the present

time is the support of every person

actively engaged in the raising of the

food products of this country. If one-





half of the people who are farming on

fmty acres or more could be made to

see where the benefits were to be de-

1ive from such a movement, and sup-

port the same with a stipulated mem-

bership feet of, say, $1.00 per year,

which would in reality be an insurance

on their business, our problem of

financing such an organization would

be solved. 1



“The gieatest difficulty is, we are

Cooking for miracles, 101 some Moses

to lead us out of the wilderness. 'We

must learn that our community prob-

lems are different. One section of coun-

ty or state do not understand just what

the ploblems are or remedy should be

for those problems which exist in the

other section.



“Everyone seems to imagine their

own difficulties are the very worst. It

is therefore, necessary that every com-

munity organize as some definite cen-

ter, where their particular troubles and

difficulties can be taken up among

themselves. First to be analyzed and

such remedies suggested as they, them-

selves think practical. In this way we

can get at the fundamental principles

of reconstruction. They can be brought

together by our county Farm Bureau

organization, with a good live practical

man as county agent in every county

of the state working for the better ag-

ricultural condition, we would soon be

in shape to complete our state and na-

tional organizations. Thus being able

to get in touch with every phase of

country life. ‘



“It has been said, and justly so, that

the farmer has never received his

share of the wealth he assisted in cre-

sting. He has worked early and late

taking what was offered and paying

the price that was asked, having no

other choice it was the best he could

do. The tanner is up against the labor

situation because he cannot complete

with the manufacturer who has a set

price on his finished product, knowing

exactly what it costs to produce the



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other interest claiming fair prices and





government aid, except agriculture,

and an Industrial Board made up of





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ing the price tinkering.





Price fixing is only one of the many -





vital problems confronting the Amer-

ican farmer. T are are other equally

important probl s which cannot be





neglected if. the farmer is to do justice -

to himself and to the people he is sup- .





plying with food stuffs and clothing.

American agriculture is facing world





conditions, and the farmer, like the





manufacturer and the business man.





must be prepared to meet these great, --





international problems intelligently. If

he fails to take advantage of this great

Farm Bureau movement and make his

voice heard he is going to find it- im-

possible to derive the full benefits of

the new man kets that are to be opened

3111 101 his products. and to meet the

competition of foreign countries that

is sure to develop as our commerce

grows.



What about the present railroad sit-

nation? Are the railroads going to be

turned back to private ownership and

what is going to be done with them in

regard to rate control and more efli-

cient service in moving farm products

to market? How about government

1egulation of the packers? Most farm

organizations have gone on record as

favoring certain legislation. The great

mass of farm sentiment is in favor of

such regulation, but at the present

time we need some organization ”to

make a careful study of the situation,

to the end that there may be a crys-





tallization of farm sentimentin-a form .





to present to the government omcials.

In other words, the farmersth agree

among themselves before they can

come to an agreement with other in~

terests-



The farmer unless thoroughly or-

ganized, cannot go into conferences





with other interests, and stand on an





equal plane of efliciency with them

until he has worked out his problems

beforehand, formed a cleareut idea of

just what he wants, and is capable of

expressing himself in a voice that will

be recognized. At present there is too

great confusion of tongues among the





many farm organizations to present





the farmer’s side of the case.



These questiOns must be settled

within the next few months. Delay in

getting ourselves in a position to ex-





press our views vigorously and author-p





itatively as soon as we can agree what

our views are is sure to result in agri-

culture being left out of consideration

in reconstructing the great interests

of the country. How is the time for

every county farm bureau to call meet-

ings, discuss these subjects and gets.



formal expression of the farmer’s

views. As the largest producer and

shipper of the nation the farmer ought





to present his case just as soon as he





can arrive at fairly definite conclu-

sions in his own mind. ‘





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stomach two or three times a day.

Many animals may be fed from a small

feeder space, as they do not all feed

All have an equal

chance; the weak benefits as well as

the strong. '



Raising live' stock is a year-round

business, and the self-feeder works ev-

ery day of the year, making it possi~





, ble for the farmer to handle twice as





many animals as with the hand- fed

method. Therefore, the self- feeder pre-

sents the most economical and efficient

means of feeding. '



Hogs do specially well when self-fed.





Experiments comparing the self-feeder .

,. with feeding by hand have been made _ .





at a number of stations, and the ma-

jority show not. only that the self—feed-

er is a time saver, but that more

pounds of pork will be produced with

a given number of pounds of grain by

using this method. This applies not

only to the use of corn, but to ground

and mill feeds, such as tankage, shorts,

middlings, peanut meal, soy bean meal,

etc. By using the self-feeder in feed-

ing the ground and mill feeds the feed-

er does away with the“ laborious work

of feeding slop to hogs.



Young pigs from ten weeks of age

onward may be safely and economical-

ly fed with the self-feeder. Until this





'age is reached it is generally wise to





feed by hand, although experiments

have proved that even suckling pigs

may be benefited by the feeder. Shoats

of all ages, and in fact all classes of

pigs to be finished quickly for market





- may be most profitably “self-fed. ” The





young breeding stock, similarly, are

benefited, provided the ration is one

of the bone and muscle- forming type

In general, the feeder should avoid

self-feeding with aged sows, especially

as farrowing draws near.





From a. mechanical standpoint prac-





‘ tically any mixture of whole or ground





grains or other mill feeds may be suc-

cessfully fed this way. Corn, for ex-

ample, is very frequently fed alone

with alfalfa and clover pasture, for

periods. For young

pig's or .shoats any of the following ra-

tions will be found geod, provided all





hulls ~;__ are «fairly finely ground: 1.





Shorts, fine ground oats,- fine 'ground

barley, equal, parts. 2.» ‘Shorts, four

parts, either of above grains four parts,

ground peas two parts. 3. " Shorts or

wheat two parts, barley two parts,

peas one part. Skim-milk may with

profit be fed with-any of the above

to young pigs. ‘Where whole corn is

used, one pound of tankage should be

added to every five of corn.



The selfafeeder to be successful must

be cheap, strong, Capacious, portable,

easy to censtruct, weather-tight, easy

of regulation for variOus texture meals

and, most important of all, so '

arranged that the contents Win5-





.imum stoppage, caused by the

blocking of the meal in the ho

Further, the troughs: must-T;





amount of waste such





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The base rests upon two pieces 2114

running lengthwise, placed flat. These

may act as runners. On these lay

pieces of 2x4 to carry the structure.

Make the sides of 2x4 pieces, sheathed

inside by seventh-eighthvinch dressed

lumber, as shown. The ‘ illustration

shows two arrangements for the feed

gate, which is the most important part

of the feeder. To insure constant feed-

ing of the meal, some means of agita-

tion is—necessary. Otherwise the con-

tents will block close to the bottom.

-Therefore, make the iron bands (two

on a side) connecting the control slide

at the bottom, with the thumbscrew at





to carry more stock With the same 121-

bar cost. They allow their calves to

nurse their dams in the pasture in- ,





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root against, causing it to break any

meal stoppage. Possibly the first» Will

be found best for the average farmer.



The front of thefeed troughs con-

sists of one piece 414, if feeder is for

old pigs, and 2x2 for pigs. From this

front are placed 2x21nch divisions,

twelve inches apart, running up to a

1x3 piece laid along the sides as shown

in illustration. For general use, a

trough width of no more than nine

inches is best.



The roof is laid 011 1x3 battens, and

covered with ready roofing. The hing-

ing arrangement shown is simple, and

prevents leaking at the peak. A prop





 





This Self-Feeder Gave Better Pork with Less Labor.





the top, of- light strap iron one- eighth

of an inch thick by one inch wide.

When the meal ‘ceases to flow, the pigs

will naturally root or nose toward the

source of supply, and being able to

move this flexible slide, which in turn

presses upon and breaks the meal

blOckade, they are rarely left with a

“dead” self-feeder. To prevent the

pigs forcing the board too far in, it is,

of. course, necessary to place a cleat in-

side at either end of each slide. Allow

“about a quarter of an inch play be-

tween the slide and' the cleat. The

other arrangement is simple, as shown,

consisting of a section of the gate

hinging inward. This the pigs may





should be supplies to hold up the door,

'It is» best to con-

tinue the overhang of the cover so that

the drop may not affect the troughs in





or roof when filling.





wet weather.





The width is shown in the drawing.

The length will depend on the number

and size of the pigs to be fed. A six-

foot feeder, which means twelve feet

of trough, is a common length, and will

care for upwards of twenty-five pigs.

Twice as many trough feet will be





needed for older hogs.





Self feeders are adapted for use in

feeding roughage to sheep and beef

beef raisers have

adopted two methods to permit them





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stead of bringing them to the barn





lots,

from which the cattle may help them—





and stack roughages in lots

selves instead of rationing them. They

also uSe self— feeders in fattening cattle

for market instead of rationing the

feed to them once or twice a day. The ‘

various feed stuffs are therefore fed

whole instead of cutting, crushing,

grinding, etc.



The illustration shows a good type

feeding rack used by a raiser of high-

grade beef cattle. This self— feeder ac‘

complishes a double purpOse, reducing

the labor cost because the stock help

themselves, and reducing the waste

because hogs run around the feeder

and eat any roughage dropped onto

the ground.



HOUSTON DISCLAIMS' DESIGNS ON

WHEAT.





 





 





TATEMENTS appearing in daily

and grain trade papers indicating

that the Department of Agriculture is

anxious to take charge of the work of

carrying out the guaranteed price on

the 1919 wheat crop were held to mis—

r'ep1esent the attitude of the depart-

ment, according to an announcement

recently made.

“The Department of Agriculture,

after this country entered the war,

took the position that emergency food

activities of a commercial nature

should be directed by an emergency

agency,’ said a statement by the de-

p',a1tme11t “and therefore participated

in framing the food control act giving

the President power to (reate such an

agency The food administration and

its grain corporation weie set up un-





der the act, and the} 11.116 handled the ‘





wheat guarantee from the beginning.

“The Secretary of Agriculture has

assumed until recently that these

agencies would, without question, con-

tinue to handle the “heat guaranties

until the emergency passed and the

law ceased to be in operation. He still

believes that it we ould be desirable fer

the grain corpmation [0 continue the

function and close out the matter The

corporation has gained much valuable

experience du1 mg the war, and should.

be able to deal with the problem as ef~

fectively as any other establishment. ’

“The iecent wheat guaranty act

seems to c'ontemplate 1hat this agency

would continue to act. Among other

things, it authorizes the President to

use any existing agency or agencies





and to utilize any department of the ’





goveiwnment including of course, the

food administration gxain corporation.

It would be difficult 101' any other ex-

isting agency now to set up the re-

quisite machine1',y especially in view





of the short time intervening before,

the 1919 .crop n101enient begins, and,





even if it weie to undeitake to do so,

some embarrassment would undoubt-

edly result, because two agencies, over





a part of the period, would be dealing ,.





with wheat.

“The task is one of great magnitude

and the time is short. The Secretary





of Agriculture recently cabled to the,





President, pointing out the

necessity for immediate

action and urging that the

present machinery, that is,

the food administration

grain corporation, be main.-

tained and utilized. 1





matter of course, if the





culture as the agency

handle the 1919 guaran‘5

it would assume the task

and discharge it

best of its ability.





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President should designate.

the Department of, Agri,
A NEW WHEAT PROGRAM.





~ULIUS H. BARNES, president 08'





the grain corporation of the food

administration, issued recently a state-

ment in which he said he could not un-

derstand why any grower of wheat

‘ should hesitate to take advantage of

present wheat prices, ranging in some

markets from twenty to forty cents a

bushel higher than the government

price level, in view of the outlook for

an enormous new crop due to begin to

move into the markets within ninety

days.



In an effort to control the price of



‘ flour in the United States at a reason-

able level, the .grain corporation has

adopted a new program. Neutral gov-

ernments have been advised that Am-

erica will be unable to furnish any

more wheat or wheat flour to them,

but that they'iuust send their ships to

'other sources of supply for wheat. The

neutrals are free to buy of our surplus

of ye, barley and oats in our markets.



Beginning next week the grain cor-

poration will buy for shipment rye

flour, corn flour and barley flour for

the relief of liberated countries in Eu-

rope, thus reducing the corporation’s

current purchases of wheat flour.



If all this doesn’t work to control the

price of flour in this country, thereby

showing that there is less wheat in the

United States than figures apparently

indicate, Mr. Barnes says, then a move

will be made to permit the importation

of wheat and wheat flour from Can-

ada, Argentine and Australia into this

country. '



Mr. Barnes’s statement was made as

the result of opinions expressed by the

industrial stabilization board at Wash-





ington that lower food prices could be .





expected in the near future, and the

apparent contradiction presented by

the recent continuous advances in

wheat prices in western markets, with

a corresponding moderate advance in

flour prices within the last four weeks.





“It is quite true,” Mr. Barnes said,

“that in all the primary wheat markets

of the United States most varieties of

wheat are selling at premiums above

the government buying price; in some



. markets and for some varieties extend-

ing to twenty, thirty and forty cents a

bushel. The reason for this seems to

be that current deliveries of wheat



. from the farm have been insufficient

for milling needs, and, although the

Grain Corporation has resold from its

accumulated holdings within the last

two weeks virtually 40,000,000 bushels

of wheat, the price has been only mod-

erately held in check.



“It should be realized, however, that

there is no likelihood of any scarcity

of flour for use in this country and no

reason for a wise baker or dealer to

anticipate his needs beyond his cur-

rent requirements.”



SAID TO BE GERMAN PROPA-



GANDA.. ,





ABLE advises from The Hague



that five thousand tons of ‘Ger-

man potash would be shipped to this

country in the near future were receiv-

ed with feelings of’doubt by prominent

members of the potash industry in

' this city recently. There was a decid-

ed tendency to discredit reports to the

effect that the Germans were prepan

ing to send potash here, and in some

quarters these advices were regarded

as propaganda.



According to dispatches which have

been received in The Hague from

'Hamburg, the American harbor mas-

;iter. in the latter city has decided that

several American food ships now at the

semen port shall be used for trans-





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Wing five thousand tons of potash _ g





._:en-;bomewara journey. This pot-





ash is expected in Hamburg in the

near future. 5



One dealer, who is in close touch

with the potash industry, said he'did

not believe the potash would be ship-

ped from Germany for the simple rea-

son that it was not needed here.

pointed to the fact that. there are ap-

proximately 190,000 tons of potash in

storage here. This potash comes from

the mines in Nebraska,» which have

been under development for some time,

and also from California.



He said no foreign. products would be

required until next ,fall if they were

needed at all in this. country. When

asked why so much potash was held in

storage, he replied:



“The farmers have not used as

much potash as was expected for fer-

tiliser purposes and the reduction of

thecotton acreage to the extent of at

least twenty-five per cent has been re-

sponsible in a large measure for the

curtailment in the use of the domestic

potash. It is, therefore, plain that any

statement that the Germans have been

preparing to ship potash to this coun-

try must .be taken with a grain of salt.”



It was Said elsewhere that state-

ments emanating from Hamburg bore

evidence of propaganda circulated by

the German potash syndicate. It was

declared that there had been consider-

able talk since last January of large

quantities being sent from Germany,

although nothing appeared to have ma-

terialized.



In connection with this the asser-

tion has been made by a member of a

prominent potaéh house that the rea-

son there was so much potash in stor-

age was because farmers had refused

to pay six dollars a ton for the mate-

rial to be used as fertilizer. It was

added that potash interests were sim-

ply holding out with the result that

the farmers might be obliged to wait

for foreign potash.





PACKERS SEEKING NEW COM-

BINE.





T is a reasonable deduction that the



leading packing companies of Chi-

cago are contemplating a combination

of their interests in other parts o‘f the

world. They cannot combine here, ev-

en if they want to, for the government

has more eyes on them than on any

other interest in the United States. But

they hold properties in South America,

Austrilia, New Zealand and other re-

mote countries running far up among

the millions of dollars in value, and





He.





‘of leather,

.material for tanning produced in the





, ties are now becoming visible.





there might be an advantage in a com-

bination Similar to that. which~~ has been





attributed to them by their critics in





this country. “Community of inter‘

est” can be spelled out in the Spanish

language as easily as in English



One of the evidences is the reported





purchase by the Armours of a large 1 ,. g , .

- 1 GRICU’LTURAL development work





amount of Swift International stock, in

which the trading in Chicago lately has





been larger than in any other stock for’ ‘





many yea-rs. The extremely rapid de-

velopment of the Swift interests may

have suggested to the more conserva-

tive Armours that something new must

be done; moreOver, there are co1pora-

tions in the packing trade now forming

that are suggestive. The International

Products Company, capitalized in $4,-

030,060 seven’per cent bonds bought

at par by the American International

Company, $3,247,200 seven per cent





cumulative preferred and 93,579 shares .





of common stock recently thrust its

head above the surface in Boston and

is to sell its product through the Ar.-

mour Company. Its directOrate in-

cludes J. Ogden Armour, G. F. 81112-

berger, Theodore Vail, .E. J. Berwind‘

and Percival FarQuhar.





The company operates in Paraguay

and one of its principal products is

queberach‘o, a wood the bark of which

is used in tanning. Thus, the wood is

a factor in the business of companies

slaughtering cattle. The Armours, hav-

ing a large interest in the Central

Leather Company, need this material,

which is found in great quantities in

Paraguay. ,



It is claimed that there, is‘a shortage

and we all know that the





United States is a decreasing quan‘

tity. It is necessary to go to other

parts of the world, not only for meats,

but for meansflof producing leather for

our use. The packers foresaw this

years ago, and their great opportuni-

From

the day when Cody killed buffalo for

the buildeis of the Union Pacific Rail-

road to the present time the meat sup-

ply has failed _to. keep up With the Am-

erican demand. The less-developed

countries are now undergoing a care-

ful search f01 m‘ateiial to meet our

lack and the increasing European de

mand.



It would seem that something should

be done for the corn crop, out of which

meat is made, by’the government, if

that potency is to continue. its policy

regarding wheat and other commodi-

ties in the interest of the people. Corn





has sold in Chicago this week at the V





highest price on this crop and the out-

100k for the yield of 1919 is not the

best because Wheat has pro—emptied

the land.





' Phil-815698 To. HELP: ”I





throughout the oeuntry, Which'Was

curtailed by the. railroads on account

of the war, Will be resumed by the railv

road administration With the coopera-

tionof the Department of Agriculture.





With this end in view, a call has been.





issued by the agricultural section of

the railroad administration for a gen-'

eial meeting of about tWO hundred rep-

resentatives of railroads at Memphis,

Tennessee.



‘ The problems considered at the

meeting included those of marketing,

agricultural extension methods, rais-

ing of more-and better live stock and

poultry, dairying, fruit growing, infor-

mation for hornet-seekers, best methods

for assisting new settlers, farm credits

and cooperation of local organizations.





bOTASH To expoar.'7 ,





ACK of domestic demand for Am-



erican potash has left fairly large

stocks. of the product in the hands of

the manufacturers in this country, as

a consequence they are today in a po

sition to sell to foreign buyeis. Eu<

gene Suter, head of a large chemical

export concern, is enthusiastic over

the possibility of selling American:

made potash abroad.



“The progress of the American~ pot-

ash industry,” he said recently,"‘has

been so rapid» that this country is ac-

tually in a position to export potash

salts in cargo lots at short notice.



“The domestic demand for this

spring fell somewhat short of expectan

tions because of the efforts of the

planters in the cotton belt to reduce

their acreage for the next crop by

about twenty—five per cent. There is

at present enough potash in this coun—

try to take care of the requirements

for.next fall’s business; so that little

or no foreign potash need be imported

into this country. for some time to

come. ,..



“Whether or not the domestic fer-

tilizer. industrywill be able to compete

in price with the Alsatian and German

potash in six or eight months from new

remains to be seen. This’may be an:

tiroly possible for some of the domes-

tic plants that are advantageously lo-





; cated and which work at a low cost of





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New Mexico Presents i Star.—-—Last year Nay nexico was visited by a most



every known variety of Weather. from the extreme heat 053198 deals! in

the shade to a blizzard with the thermometer hovering about zero. But

even these handicaps did not prevent Rocfiette’s Princess, 11 Jersey cow,-





. Tim producing 17, 39190119115 of will: and 933





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production; Some works in California

and Nebraska, however, have recently

discontinued the production of potash.

_ “One of the'most hopeful sign-s for

the growth of American potash exports

is the inquiry which comes regularly

from foreign countries. I, believe, that

a good foreign trade in,'this product

could " be developedif ocean freight

rates ‘were brought ,down to a more

reasonable level.”





AGRICULTURAL “census.





HE government has decided to take





the fourteenth census on farms as

of January 1, 1920, instead (if collect-

ing this data as .of April 15, as was

done in 1910., The date was changed

because farmers ordinarily are busy"

with the rush of spring Work abqut the

middle of April, also because April 15.





is in the midst of the breeding season. _





when the number of young stock is m

comparable between fibrtbern





southern regions and 1111111131 W ‘i





the returns on this empire“; ’

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- ‘1" ”’A-.~V«-> ‘4 ~
‘ , HE Mjehigan potato growers are

' .muc'h: mere keenly interested in

3the subject of better seed than

they have ever been before. This is

due in a large measure to the fact that

they begin to realize that in many

cases seed which has been iised in the

past has not given good results. Dis-





eases are much more common and tak-~





111g a much heavier toll of the crop at





't11e present time than was the case





several years ago; In some or the

counties of the state in which the Writ-

or made careful field inspection last

season, it was not possible to find a

single field of potatoes which was suf-





, i - fieiently free frOm disease so that we





oar-ed to recommend the use of any of

the potatoes for seed purposes. Some

of the diseases which we doing a large





amount of damage can be controlled in ‘

' a measure at least, by seed treatment.





The Common scab, black scurf, or rhiz-

octonia, and black leg, are Controlled

to a considerable extent when the seed

is treated before planting with a solu-

tion called. corrosive sublimate. All

county agents have specific directions

for the use of this material, or, if the

growers prefer, they may secure these

directions direct from the agricultural

college.



There are many diseases which are

more or less serious in the state, which

cannot be controlled by'any form of

seed treatment. One of the most com-

men of these diseases is fusarium wilt.

This disease can. be detected by cut-

ting off the stem end 0f the potato.





_ If when this is done a broken ring- -like





marking is seen about one-fourth of an

inch beneath the skin, the disease is

present in this particular tuber. Such

tubers should not be used for seed——

at least, none of the tuber which shows

«the discoloration. The best way to

overcome this trouble, as well as mo-

saic, spindling sprout, curly dWarf, and





leaf roll, is to secure seed from healthy





productive hills.



‘ A very large number of growers

throughout the state are going to plant

seed plots the {mining season. In a

number of cases the. seed for these

.plots was selected last season from

high~yielding_hills. This his the best

way to start a seed plot, but those :who

did not hill-select any potatoes iast

season need not Wait until another





._ year before Starting this kind of work.

Select some of the best shaped tubers





from the stock on hand, treat them

before planting, and plant them on

some of the best ‘potato soil which is

available. They, may be planted in





, .the'field withthei main crop or' in a





 





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separate piece of

tion is available. It is a good plan to

plant a seed plot rather late, frbm the

middle of June with the first of July,

depending upon the section of the

state in which the farm is located. The

longer the season of growth which the

potatoes will have, the later the plant-

ing may be done. When very late

planting is practiced, of course, the

yield may not be as heavy as would





be the case with an earlier planting, .





but the quality of the seed will be su-

perior to that which is planted earlier.

It has been proven that late potatoes

which make a steady and constant

grthh until the frost kills the vines,

will be superior for seed purposes to

those the vines of which have died be-

fore the frost has occurred





Potatoes planted for seedpurpqses

may be planted much closer than is

frequently done where table stock-is

grown. On soil which is rich the hills

may be twelve to fitteen inches apart

and the rows, from thirty-two to thirty-

six inches apart.- When’ the seed plot

is planted in fields in which the pota-





. toes are rowed each way, it would not

,be practical to plant those in the seed





plot closer in the rows than the Others

are planted.





The seed plot should be given thor-

ough cultivation, and the vines should

.be sprayed to protect them from insect

and disease injury





An effort will be made duiing the

Coming season to have extension men

01: county. agents inspect as many seed

plots at least once during the season

and'as time will permit. The purpose

of this inspection will be to remove

the diseased hills from the plots. In





some cases field meetings of growers





will be held where the work is done,

in order that the growers may become

more familiar with the diseases and

methods of control. In all cases the

individuals on whose farms the seed

plot is located, will be shown the na-





ture of any disease which may be





found in their particular seed plots or

fields. At digging time an effort Will





be made to encourage hill selectiOn Of -





potatoes from the seed plots. ‘Com'par-

ative yields Will be secured between

the hill selection of potatoes from the

seed plots. Comparative yields will be

secured between the hill selection por-

tion of the field and that Which was

planted from seed which was not hill-

selected‘ When this work is recorded

for all counties of the state, a sum-

many will be made and published if the

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131 Acres $3800, with? ‘

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1 .dor, neatf .town. easy derive city 100. (fig.

' heavy crowing tillage. 23cm» pasture, mile creamery'.

11 f ti null Flood, btim 1-,tufrui berries. Golod 12.

nd t ewrltten desc ptiono excep o y urge a s, s o. granary. corn ouses. ’

MR $123202! traisi’s- of clover land in Marinette County quick 1,11%: ts equipped money.m:xmfg

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MOVING A WVE. hops having a: revolving hood, would





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unloaded similarly. With this device pipe fitted )rlth a flange and steel or

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lifting at the corona—Warner E.

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S a measure of. economy and of _ , , , 3

safety to public health, every un ’ ' ' ' . * ~ 1

derground vault in city, village; and . ' ‘ ' ' ‘ ' ' -‘ ' '



’oountry,o ought to be cleaned out slid

then filled up with clean earth, hover . ’

to be used again And when I say . . ,

“cleaned out,” I mean cleaned out, and 3 , " ' _

not filled up with earth while the j , . ' ‘. V '1‘

night‘soil remains in them Mth the ., »' ' ‘ ‘ “

underground vault, there is no escape ,

for the contents exCept to decay and

form.gases that produce a continual _ . . , . r» 1

and terrible stench, and to be carried ' I ‘ ‘ / ' p 1. . 1

down through the ground by the rain ‘ i ' - “

water that frequently ,enters the vault ,

thus almost certainly contaminating

all nearby wells, .making them obnox-

ious, if not dangerous: Even if they

are cleaned out occasionally, the dan-

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Instead of an underground vault, 3 iron plate at the end. The pipe should

be made as smooth as possible to pre—





vent blistering the hands The screws

that project through the base should

be ground off flush with the bottom.





BEST WAYS TO CONTROL HOG

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ICE on hogs can be controlled-in.



various ways,,.,but complete eradi-

catioh'is best secured by theuse of

dipping vats, experiments conducted

by the United States Department of

Agriculture Show.



Medicated hog WallOWS and rubbing

posts, the experiments showed, kept

cement vault, open at the back for the number of parasites reduced so

cleaning 01“ Wthh may be done once that they caused little or no damage, .,

01‘ tw1ce a year and With a cement but neither of these methods destroyed

bottom even with the smface of the all the bee Crude petroleum was us- ;

ground should be used. It can be ed on the rubbing posts and the wal- L , '

made 0f 8 suffic1ent height say two or lows were medicated with coal- tar. cre- . 1 :

two and a half feet, as not to need too osote dips pine tar crude petroleum -

frequent cleaning. Steps “P to the and bland oils. Crude petroleum and ’ . 1'

door would, of course, be needed; an coat- tar creosote dip‘s proved to be — ‘

a lid in the rear, lunged to the back moxe effective when applied from an





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the back 0f the vault to be raised up ed in wallows or on rubbing posts. . , '1’ _ *

whenever the vault is to be. cleaned \ , i

cut. The lower edgs of the lid may be ' '



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_ _ . , HE state law requiring. sanitary

"1 quarters for honey bees, enacted

two years ago by the state legislature

for the protection of the bee- keeping

j: ' industry, will be enforCed after July 1.

" ~ 1 After that‘ date all "announcement

‘ ‘ re“ . from the office (if Inspector Kin'dig de-

1 . ' ' clares, inspectors Will be supplied with

‘o . 3 ' ' warrants for the immediate arrest of

' ’ i‘~ individuals still keeping their bees in

box hives", log gums, skeps, or in mod- 1

reging of earths—which would also keep em hives with crossed cOmbs g“

out the wind—er by stakes or stones. “The enforcement of the law has not”

Since rain water cannot run into this been pushed heretofore, ” declared In— ,.

vault the contentsme never very wet specto1 Kindig, “because it Was assum.

and are not very disagreeable to re- ed that bee keeper'g should be allevved : ..

move and do not produce a very bad some time 111 which to" transfer their

odor. me ~ neral “contents of the colonies into ’ther equipment All the

night-mt produced annually is worth necessiary 1: cases should-be madohy

something on farm land and Should; iii . ~.

" fie allowed to go to waste; and '

vaults at this description it would

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,9 “ .111 You’ll Cet There All Right

—-W1th That Reo ' ”





A CERTAIN LADY—you know a large





percentage of Reo Owners and drivers are

women—a certain Reo Lady was making a

long, cross-country trip accompanied by

three other ladies. V' -





WEATHER WAS AWFUL—no other word

would describe it. Roads accordingly.





AT MANY PLACES there were detours

where mode rn rOads were being built.





'YOU KNOW THE KIND—a mile to the. -





, south, then a mile to the west, north a

mile again to-the main road".





' 'HEAVY TMFTC on what was never“ a

road, but only a trail, cut ruts hub-deep,





F V. “in the ,s1ippe‘ry clay and sticky mud.





"AND IN THE RUTS were chuck- holes

that, conCe‘aled from view by mud and

7 slush, had to be ever guarded against.





_ - .TO HIT ONE at speed were to throw the ‘





passengers out of the seats. ‘ To drive at

.more than a snail’s pace were to take risks.





TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, she ,:

frequently had to drive off the road and,

into the ditch in order to pass other cars , =





that were hopelessly stalled





AT TIMES OUR LADY was dismayed by

the look of things ahead, and as she plowed

through, drip- p-an awash and gears in low,‘

she would stop and ask other wayfarers

if it was any worse ahead.





INVARIABLY—so fond are most folk

of imparting bad news !—they Would say,

“Oh, yes—what you have gone through is





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good beside that next clay hill.





THEN, CRITICALLY LOOKING at the

car, the informant would exclaim confi-

dently, “But you’ll get through all right—

with that Reo!” '





EVERY ONE SHE ASKED knew the Rec



on sight—and every one voiced the con-



» viction that, with her Reo, she’d get



1 through all right regardless of how great

the distance or how bad the roads.





AND SHE DID, which is merely to chron-

icle what every Reo owner knoWs and '

every owner of every other car concedes.





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ROBABLY the most puzzling prob- ter to maintain the advantage thus



Iem on Michigan farms this spring gained. .



15 that Of seeding the clover and At present prices of red clover and

grass 01‘0113- Clover alfalfa and grass alsike less seed is required per acre;

seeds are abnormally high, as everyone red clover and more alsike than has





- who has these seeds to buy well knows been the practice in former years. On





HOW 10 11111111111111 the “31131 acreage ‘31 low lands that contain a high percent-

productive meadow lands “71111 a 111111 age of clay this will tend to improve

imum amount of these seeds is an 900- the stand and on sandy lands that are

11011110 9101119111 011 many farms. Eve1y slightly acid the alsike will succeed

farm 511011111 have a fixed ac1eage where red Clover has failed to make a

devoted ‘30 meadows and 11515111195 uniform, vigorous stand. In seeding

Valuing grass for 113 own sake 1111111 alsike less seed is requiied per acre;

out considering its incidental virtues the seeds being only about one- -half the

as a soil builder, we should try and size 01‘: the red clover Many farmers

improve 11 for hay and 93511113 1111111 claim that a good stand of alsike may

it heads the list of our reliable, money be obtained by ‘using only half the

11131111185 crops quantity of seed used in seeding red

on many farms 1t W111 1111111193110” clover, but I doubt this claim for on

ably pay to reduce the acreage ’10 be most types of soil where alsike is seed~

seeded 1111s spring 10 a “1111111111111 as ed the conditions are less favorable for

low as is consistent with real economy. the seeds to germinate Perhaps, on

BY 10111116551111; all the 01d meadows well- Hprepared mellow loam soil where

with manure and fertilizers and reduc- the small seeds find more congenial

ing the acreage 01 new seeding, one conditions the lighter seeding Would

can maintain the ave1 age p1oduct10n of give as good results. ‘

hay with a minimum expense for clo-

ver and grass seeds. If, however, the

land is deficient in humus, don’t put off

seeding it at the expense of the land.

This only increases the difficulty of

securing a satisfacotry stand of clover

and grass in the years to come. On

many farms it is advisable to shift

the rotation so as to get along with a

minimumh acreage where it can be

done without seriously interfering with

the general system of crop growing

and stock feeding being practiced. A

few such changes are much more prac-

ticable than attempting to reduce the

amount of seed an acre





In seeding grass lands, itis my judg'

ment that better and more economical





clover and timothy mixed and a110w—

ing the mixed hay crop to occupy 'the

land two or more years. In this way

we have a place for the farm manure-s

where they may serve a two-fold pur-

pose; encourage the growth of more

manurial substances to plow under and

act as a direct fertilizer to the crops.

Clover being the more active factor

in soil improvement will perform its

function the first year, and then the

timothy coming on will give us a thick:

er sod, a more substantial base of hu-

In many cases the hay crap can be mus, to work with duiing the follow-

greatly improved by more thorough ing years. Again the hay crop is one

preparation of the ground before seed- of the best crops in this latitude, and

ing By eaily plowmg and ha1 rowing heie is where the second and third cut-

several times before seeding the grain tings, which are largely timothy,

and grass CI‘ODS a fine, COIhDOSt seed comes in. The high price of clover

bed will be established If we make and timothy seed are su1e to result in

the clover and grass Cl‘ODS (10 them a smaller acreage and this fact barring

best work for us We must make the an unusually favorable season and 3.

conditions favorable for them to make yield fa;- above the average which is

good growth from start '10 fimSh unlikely because of the poor condition

Many a farmer has neglected the of present meadows and Seeding, is

grass and clover crops on account of sure to result in high prices for hay for

his soil being wet,‘ sou1, peaty', thin or the next few years Looking at it

otherwise unfit to produce profitable from any standpoint it is poor economy

crops of hay and pastuiage. Under not to keep our meadows and seeding

rigid business systemsof farming such up, to the average production of the

lands have been found just as great past few years.

sources, ofv-los's as unprofitable cows « L. J. MEREDL’I‘H.

in the dairy herd. No farmer can af- 1 -

ford to pay taxes, interest, and fence

idle land. it hehas pride‘ in his farm<





ing he will do his best to bring such , ,

What amount of pulverized lime-





unproductive land under a profitable stone should be used per acre, also the

system of crop grow1ng, and the eas- best way to spread it on land.





ieSt way to obtain these ends is to get "Wayne Co. SUBSCRIBER.

it in shape to grow crops-of clover and Not less than one ton of pulverized





PULVERIZED. LIMESTONE.





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grass. , limestone should be used at one appli-





On many fields lime is needed to put cation on land. It would be better to

the soil in condition to grow good use two tons per acre because the ex-

crops of clove1 and timothy, and se— 11'3 0051- “7011111 be little then you would





, cure maximum benefits from the ma- not have to apply lime so soon again.

nure and fertilizing materials 11391.11 The best way to apply it is With a .





the soil is thin and rather deficient in lime spreader, a machine on purpose

humus it is often necessary to in.- for distributing lime. This can be set





. crease the humus content before good to sow one ton or two tons per acre. .

crops of any kind can be grown, This Of course, if you haven’t got a lime

can be accomplished by securing a spreader the lime can be. spread by-

f, Mb of slayer, grass or any ulnar hand. Yon can do a pretty godd job.

growth by the use of manure or fertil- in spreading lime with a shovel from. ‘

; izers. If the drainage conditions are a wagon box if you have a man to

favorable the use of lime, manure and driVe, one man on therihind end of the . 1'

fertilizers W111 soon as: any ordinary load and one on either side. Drive-the? *f s

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more of cattle will find a silo an eco-

nomic equipment on his farm. It is

necessary for nine-tenths of our milk

. and cream producers to grow and"‘de-

velop their young stock and the‘silage

which furnishes the succulent ration to

the milch cows will also form the best

kind of ration for the young sto‘ck.





kind for there is no money in half feed-

ing stock. An animal must be board-

ed and if only a boarding ration be

given there is ,no profit butreally a

‘loss.

which is over and above the food of

maintenanCe, or board, 'frOm which we

derive our profit. 'On this basis, an an-

imal will earn money in proportion to

the amount of food she consumes, and

this is largely true. '

supplying animals with their required

nutriment at the lowest possible cost.

Anyone with plenty of money can feed

an animal well, but'to feed an‘animal

well and economically requires knowl-

edge of the subject. The two great

food elements which are necessary are‘

known as carbohydrates, and protein.

Corn silage is our cheapest form of

carbohydrate, and clovers, or the le-

gumes. furnish : our ‘ protein

cheapest forms.

the time they are weaned, will make a

. splendid growth and development on





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hout any grain, and this ration is a

cheap one and within the reach of

practically every breeder. ; _., , ~





The silo will prove of great economy ,1

not only in the growing and develop-

ing of young- stock but also the grow- '

. .mg of colts or maintenance I—et idle

¥ horses.

pasture and it. is Very properlfleonsidv

ered from this viewpoint what: used .

for, the growing and developing. of all .

our live stock. '





_ following clésely

endeaappmved b'





.leAcs-flé'os :YOUNG srocx.





* 'EVERAL years ago a breeder call-'





ed .my attention to the value of 1





'corn silage for. the rearing and de-





veloping of young stock. Having~two ’

farms. one equipped with silos and the

.other not, he had an opportunity to see

the advantage of silage for this pur-

pose.

the difference in size and quality of the

young Stock that w e liberally fed

corn silage with alfa afa hay.

were net only larger but were in better

condition.

silo should be used more for this pur-

p0se, and I have since that time often

found examples to prove the value of

silage for young growing animals. The

breeder of pure-bred stock, whether

dairy or beef cattle, has much need

for silage in the economic! development

of his herd. The cost of the product,

whether beef. or milk, is the principal

item of expense for the breeder to .con-

sider and in this ageof high-priced hay

and, grain, the cost of the ration be-

comes the most important item and

the one on which depends the profit

for the breeder.





I was,greatly1urprised to note





This 'convinced me [that the





Any man who keeps ten head or





Liberal feeding is {the only profitable





It is that part of the ration





Good feeding is





in the

Young stock, from





silage and clover or alfalfa hay





Silage has been liRened to





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eve





The 12 20 is a light weight. bid

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ithat instead of rusting the cooling





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danger of ,





metal. The OilPull cooling system

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All transmission gears are cut gears

-a11 shafting and parts such as the

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a guarantee of a perefecotp fit and great-

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OME very. careful estimates have

S.‘ been made covering a wide breaf

ofterritbry with regard to the cost;

of producing some Of .our stable pro;:





is estimated that on the average acre





1,1918. This is equivalent to $0 93 in

value in May, or $0 98 in Chicago in'

May, or $108 or $1. 09 in July The

1918 crop has been selling decidedly





above the cost of production until





quite recently. Now it is possible

that the pliCe may go below the cost

of production. If it is possible to force

the 1918 crop down below the cost of-

production, what will happen to the

1919 crop in case it should be a large

crop because everybody knows the

19.18 mop was a sh01t one? '

The average cost of producing an

ac1e of oats in the twelve north cen-

tral states in 1919 it is figured will be

aboutle per acre on the same basis

that corn cost $23. If the crop turns

out to be a good one this will mean a.

cost of $0.63, or about $0.65 per bushel

at Chicago. Present indications are

that grain traders are figuring on buy-

ing the new crop of oats, providing it

turns out to be a big crop up around

$0.55 per bushel at Chicago, or about

$0.10 below the cost of production. At.

the present time last year’s crop of

cats is selling below cost.



There seems to be a determination

of a few thousand men, backed by

enormous wealth, to force the price of

agricultural products down even below

cost. Presumably they feel that the

consumer should have the benefit of

lower plices, but why should the con-

sumer be benefited at the expense of

the farmer? It is sh01t- sighted policy,

because if prices are forced down so

that the farmer loses money then the;

farmer must finally turn to something

else, and the resultvwill be a lessening'

of production and this necessarily will

lead to higher prices yet. The only'

way to get the American farmer or any.

farmer, for that matter, to produce

maximum crops is to pay them a just





.price, one that gives them the cost of





production plus a profit. That is all

they ask and no one can afford to do

less. We do not ask manufacturers to

sell for less than the cost of production

and a profit, and why should the farm-‘

or be asked to, and even compelled to '21

It is absolutely ‘wrong and with prop-

er organization among the farmers it

need not happen. The trouble is that

‘we haven't got business organization

among the farmers sufficient so that

they can put a stop to such high-hand

ed measures as this. This new organ-

ization, the Farm Bureau, starting

among the farmers of a county, extend-

ing to a‘state organization and from a

state organization to a national organ-

ization of farm bureaus, if it-is band-

led on business principles, I believe

‘will be able to put a stop to" things of

this sort. This is an' organization that

will not be controlled by any fro-tor?

nity or social organization. Politics

, and religion will not figure in it. It 18

‘ly and simply ' and it must never be

anythihz else if we want to scam

plish the results that need to be ac-

complished.



One trouble at the present time is





. that this organisation is not complete,

so far as state and national organizavr





tion is concerned. Michigan has; ‘19,

state farm bureau association and if





piste an organisation 118 Michigan,

5w1th such a splendid madam man as





l these could be united into a. strong new





 





 





a farmers’ business organization pure»





every state of the Union had as con"





and,





fiscal association which 5511111 out the





llthe consumer, the high court of public x





Opinion. and then whisper back down 2

the line to all the ramificationis 0f the

national falln bureau and associations





.,ducts-—-corn and cats, for instance. It: that corn ought -not to be 'sold at lees





than such and such a price, that cats





ought not to be sold for less than such





and such a price, if the farmers got

the cost of production and a profit,

those men .who represent great wealth





and control the prices. of farmers' pro- ‘





ducts would find that they would slm~

ply be up against a stone wall. The

farmer would have control of the situ-

ation and could keep it if he did not





' ask anything only what was. right and.





just. I believe this farm bureau move:

'ment is going to‘result in just such a

beneficial business organization as this

and that the f rmels will have some-

thing to say w th regard to the price





.of food products which they produce.





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CORN PRODUCTS MONOPOLY DIS-

SOLVED.





 





ISSOLUTION of the Corn Pro-



ducts Refining Company, which is

required to sell to competitors before

1921 all but three of its manufacturing

plants, was ordered by Federal Judge

Learned Hand The decree, following

a dismissal by the Supreme Coult a

few hours earlier of the corporation‘s





appeal from a previous judgment dis-





solving the concern, was the result of

a compromise agreement between the

defendant and the government, which

charged that the cOmpany was a mo-

nopoly. ‘ '



The decree was agreed upon in or-





der to avoid long continuation of the. '





litigation, whose initial step was a de-





"cision by Judge Hand in June, 1916,





ordering dissolution of the company,

which was a melgel of sevelal inde-

pendent concerns. In view of the per-

mission to retain the Argo, Pekin and

Edgewater plants, he said, the direct-

ors considered the compromise judg-

ment “a reasonably fair settlement,"

particularly as it did not destroy the

organization not“ take from the con-

cern its trademarks.





The factories to be sold, he stated,

wouldreduce the corporation’s daily

grinding capacity by 35,000 bushels.



The company owned one bundled

pér cent of the stock of its subsidiar

ies, manufactuiers of candy, starch,

glucose, and other com products. The

merger was effected in 1906. At that





time the company’s output was more





than eighty per cent of the country's

total. but it now is only fifty- eight per

cent.



The subsidiary concerns include the

National Starch Company, at Oswego,

New, York, and the NoVeltyQCandy

Company, with plants at Chicago and

Jersey City. ‘ The other factories bear

the name of the parent company. The

original parties to the merger were the

Corn Products, New York Glucose,

Warner Sugar Refining and St. Louis

Syrup ' and Preserving Cempanies.



Judge Hand’s decree of 1916 entailed

distribution of the corporation’s prop-

erties among separate owners. in or-

der to bring about resumption of com-

petition among the several companies

which it had absorbed. The court held





. that the Corn products concern was a





combination in restraint of trade, that

it had sold. some of its products below

cost to force losses upon its competi-

tors and thht it had influenced rail-

roads to increase, freight rates on com-

modifies figuring 111 the industry, to.

the detriment of rival concerns. -’ *



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BUILDING UP PERMANENT PAS-

’ TUBES.





 





FERTILIZING pastures should be

looked upon as a permanent invest-

ment, in a class with fences and build-





:ings,‘ rather than a reason for expect— ,





ing full pay and a profit the season

they are applied, says a department

specialist. No system of farming main-

tains fertility, once in a soil, as does

grazing with beef cattle or sheep. There

are many pastures in the blue grass

region. which have been grazed contin-

uously for from fifty to one hundred

years and to all appearances are bet-

ter than ever now.



Lime, phosphates and stable manure

are the materials which give the best

and most lasting\benefits. They-are





* also the cheapest fertilizing substanc-





es. A liberal use of these at the start

is advisable rather‘than small applica—

tions at frequent intervals. Scattering

a little seed among weeds and brush is



-usually a waste of time and money.

The results obtained are not at all

comparable to those where a seed bed

with fe1t111zat10n has been prepared be-

fo1e seeding.





FERTILIZER FOR ASPARAGUS.





 





What is the best fertilizer for a four-

year>old asparagus bed. The soil is

sandy. J. A. D., Sr.





It was formerly believed that the use

of common salt had a stimulating ef-

fect on the asparagus crop. Experi-

ence has shown, however, that kanit,

the crude potash salt, which is one-

third salt, though its market price is

based solely on its potash, is the _most

economical way to apply the salt.



The use of a fertilizer containing

nitrogen, four per cent; phosphoric

acid, eight »per cent, and potash, 12

per cent, should give good results on

your. sandy soil. Such a fertilizer

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I am going to be short of pasture,

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falfa hay in a stack of that shape is to

multiply one-fourth of

(8% feet) by the width (16x8%——140),

multiplied by the length (52x140—7, 280

cubic feet).

this would equal 141/2 tons. Alfalfa hay

that has settled six months should go

450‘ cubic feet to the ton, which would

be sixteen tons.





fallowed and top—dressed with well rot-

ted manure before sowing. I would like

to get a catch of alfalfa on this. Would

it be all right to inoculate seed and

sow in the spring same as clover. then

sow lime aftei wheat is taken off? It

does not test soul.

of billion- dollar grass as a hay crop;

is it better than millet?





harvesting the wheat crop, apply the





millet as a feed for live stock.

simply an overgrown type of Japanese

millet or barnyard grass.





bushels of the mixture sowed?

{instance should the drill be set for.





, spring rains wash the seed in. or seed





 





 





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What is 'the right way to find the bunch the manure as you say.'1‘he,





 





figgrflfeglggg?s of hay in a stack by easiest way, and I think as good 3. mm

. measures fltty~two feet long. sixteen

feet wide and thirty-five feet over,

, which I Would like to know how many

tons it has in it at 512 cubic feet to

a ton. A. B. C





st 0 th t

I have a a k a as any, is to sow the seed at once and





trust to nature to cover it.





The common 'rule for measuring 111- (Continued from page 572)





same: and what the final préfit will be.»



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counties of our state last summer



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their investment and two per cent up-

keep on their farm buildings, they had

less than one and one-half cents per

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for his membership he immediately

became suspicious, and 'justly so, for

having been gold-bricked and high-

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the man fiom Missouri, you had to

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At 512 cubic feet to a ton





 





SEEDING ALFALFA.’





 





I have five acres of wheat summer-





What do you think





Hillsdale Co. F. F.

As a general proposition you will

find it safer to plow your land after





lime, give it proper tillage and seed

the alfalfa about the tenth of August.

Billion-dollar grass is inferior to

It is





 





AMOUNT OF PEAS AND OATS TO

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I am going to try Canadian field peas

and oats, mixed equal parts by weight

as he suggests, for hay How. shall I

set the drill to get two and a g‘alf



or





three bushels of cats, or how?

Eaton Co. S. K.. B.





If you will mix the peas and oats

equal parts by weight, and set your

drill to sow two and a half bushels per

acre of oats, you will get about the de-

sired amount.



To produce a good crop of hay, oats

and peas ought to be sown faily thick;

it makes better hay and you will get'a

larger yield. They ought to be a little

thicker than they would be it you were

raising them for seed. Many times

when we grow a crop and get the shed

too thick the yield of grain is limited

on that acCount, but in this instance

we are not waiting'for the. seed to

fully develop before cutting it for hay

and we can stand a heavier seeding

with profitable results. C. C. L.





 





SEEDING SWEET CLOVER WITH

RYE.





 





I would like a little advice on the

following uestion: 1 have sowed five

acres to fa! ry Now I would like to





straight and than seed and let the rlcultural structure building on a firm-

er foundation, to all other people who

have the ’vlsion of a pure democracy.

to support your community and coun-





ty organization. For, through these,





it and run it over with a' spike-tooth

drag? I thaw“ with a drag it might

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It you would sow the seed at once

before the ground stone freezing and 911. And the foundation laid for the na-

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think Ilia: is. a” mosaic my to main» man Put your mash interests one

gram seed of any road. A M my. side. whom many have lies

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seed it with SW at. clover this spring. .1 .

Have lust topdressed it by hand with We make ““5 appeal to e W farm:

stable manure Would you advise run- 9" who cares £91 better livin condi-

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figught I could plow early and put on





V ‘ 1 the seed without a drill? Is the grow-f





. and then next spring without plowing





:to alfalfa with a light seeding of bar-

‘ley. It gives the alfalfa a much better

chance if you will cut this barley early

for hay, but ordinarily you can allow '

. 'it to ripen' if you ‘wish to. Which ever i





‘tory becaUse you are getting the'beans

‘costs nothing to harvest them; they,

' prevent the beans fr'om getting a start.

acre will be about right





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was, one on ’ifof piece is a sandy





> >."~lb_'a1n and the ”other cla son and it is -

new ’9. clover sod and





difa’ifa as Soon as practical.





1126111 one to two tone of lime. Would





you advise sowing one bushel of bar- “





ley or oats to the acre and cut for hay

or grain, or would you sow the alfalfa

niche? How is the best way to sow





111g of soy beans in ensilage corn for

the silo a Success? Please publish a

little information on this matter, such

as time of planting and amount of seed

to use, etc. G. N.

I think it would be somewhat diffi-

cult to get this clever sod in good con-

dition for alfalfa this spring. Alfalfa

wants a fine seed bed but the subsoil

ought to be quite compact and there





ought to be Capillaries connected be- .





tween the plOw furrow and the subsoil.





If this field had been plowed last fall '





it would have been in better condition

in this respect.





bed leaves a too loose top sdil with a

rather faulty connection hem {the

plow furrow and the sub-soil. In other

words, it is quite a job to roll and

harrow clover sod plowed in the spring

and get perfect capillary connection

with the- sub-soil. It would take a‘ lot

of work and alfalfa needs just this sort

of seed bed. Of course, if we would

have quite a Wet summer, plenty of

.moisturc, it wouldn’t make very much

difference, but on the other hand, if

we had dry” weather, especially follow-

ing the seeding of alfalfa and barley,

I think you would stand a poor show

of getting a catch.



I would suggest that youdefer your

seeding of,alfa’lfa until another year

and I would plant this field to corn,

putting on lime” after the ground -» is

p10wed and working it in, giving it

good cultivation to destroy the weeds,





I would use the, disc and the spike-

tooth harrow and roller to make a

very fine, firm seed- bed and then seed





wa'y you do you should see to it that

the seed are thoroughly

With alfalfa bacteria.



I thinkone can safely say that the





growing of soy beans in ensilage corn“





is satisfactory but one mustn’t expect

that he is going to get as heavy a crop

of beans as he would if they were

grown by themselves. It is satisfac-





extra and if you don’t get more than

a third or half as much per acre as

you would if groWn by themselves it.

would be fully as profitable because it





are grown on the same land with the

corn and they are beneficial rather ,





 





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beans should be planted at the same: "

time as the corn. You must not allow '





 





 





 





the corn to come up and get started "

ahead of the beans because this will





Froxrhfour to Six quarts of beans per

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‘ ty taxes are now assessed 1111119 on

both city and rural communities. and





I am sure that 'the assessed valuation





be: ii” the land values only were associa-





Economic Department, M. A. .C.’, tells

us that personal property alone in 1917





_ paid over $15 000, 000 tax, and this per-





sonal tax was entirely outside and ex-

clusrye of all- improvements in both

country and city which Mr. Gage terms

“man or laborvalues,” . and which un-

der present tax‘system are now as-

sessed with the land and help to raise

our taxes, and according to Mr. Gage’ 8

statement, constitute ninety- -five per

cent of the source of all taxes now re-

ceived from real estate, as he says a

farm worth, or assessed at ”810,000 has

land value of 8500 only, or five per





ninety-five “per cent, this would more

than hold true in the city.





berta on one hundred and sixty acres

of a land value of 8500 only, who has

buildings, and equipment valued at

$18, 000, stock $10, 000, wheat crop all

leady to harvest worth $12,000, alfalfa

$2,500, and flax 82,000, or a total valu-

ation of “man or labor values” or per-

sonal property of $44,500 on land val-

ue of 8500. (In. this case, land values

represent about one ‘per cent and man

values about ninety-five per cent). And

this 'man pays a tax of $35, and re-

ceives “social service” of privileges

worth 8200. Who pays the other 8165?

Someone must, as schools, bridges,

roads, etc., are not built and maintain-

ed for nothing. In the beginning of

his article Mr. Gage says a man should

pay for,What he receives. Does this

man? No, according to Mr. Gage’s own





statement. Here is clearly a case

where a “man gets something for

nothing.” ‘ -



Now, for argument’s _sake,'-let us





agree to take ninety-five per cent of

the assessed Valuationbf rural districts

and add it to the assessed valuation of

cities and incorporated towns, (we

all agree thatwe must keep up the

total valuation, or else raise the rate),

what will “be the effect? Do we need

I will (mete Mr.





Gage again: “The high rents of our





LI cities have a ruinous effect on the city





dweller's ability to purchase farm pro-

duce in the qua ities he should, etc.

Evidently Mr. Gage'thinks that we do

need cities. Does he think that doub-r

ling or tripling city taxes will lower

rents? Would it not tend to raise rents

and still furtherimpair their ability to

buy produce? In fact, would it not

Stop the growth of cities and villages?

I quote again from 'Mr. Gagef: -“We

should raise public revenue from the

area behefited by social utilitiéé and

not from private production. If we

inllow this principle, it Will relieve the

farmers of a great burden they now

carry and make the men pay who are.

in reality best able to pay, because they

get the most from society.”.-» From this

we infer that Mr. Gage thinks that the

man in the city, who is buying» a home





4 for $4,000, owing'for the most 111,11,





working'in a factory, paying 11% cents

each way for the privilege of riding to

and from his work, and has the. bene-

fits of electric. lights, water, gas, pay.

lng, sewers, and Walks, only when he

pays fur them “at a. high price and in

addition to his regular taxes is better

able to pay, not only his 111m tax, but

also 8165 of the Alberta farmer’s 8200-





f 1111:, than the Alberta farmer is to pay

.. it himself. Do you think so? Undoubt-

= edly tile {acts are that the man in the

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”of the city at Detroit for the yean1918 ‘

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611. Mr W. O. Hedriok, head of the





cent, then the balance must represent.





Mr. Gage‘re'fers to a farmer in Al- 1 _ , , .

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pays street car fare, while the tarmac , , '





in Alberta owns his home, ’his 9.1116. 'A





his auto truck and several teams of

horses and Wagons and receives much '





more use of social service than the

city. man, and is abundantly more able





4:0. MY his. 8200 tax. ; ' 1', - '





The more I read Mr. Gage’s al‘tiélfe,





"it sounds like the arguments uSed by





certain elements found in every coin~

mnn-ity that are continually asking for

“something for nothing; ”' in some plac-

es they are called socialist, in others

anarchists or I. W W’ s, and in other _-

places Bolshevlki I do not believe the

farmers of Michigan want to be class

ed as such. If we could be shown

that a change to a single tax system~

would give us the same public improve.

ments and social service we are now

getting, at a less cost, or lighter taxa-

tion, we would all be interested in it;

but if it would not decrease the entire

cost, butsimply result in taking a part

of the expense voted by the people of

a certain community for social service

in that community and spread it upon





particularly benefited, then I for one,

feel to. be unjust and unfair and un-

Amer can and I believe it would result

only in trouble, and disappointment.





Let me quote another paragraph of

Mr. Gage’s: ~ “What is the fruit of this

evil tree that we have planted and

nourished all these years? Idle men,

and idle capital, low wages and'low inr

terest, the streets filled with beggars,

the homes of the workers with pover-

ty, the lives of business men and hard-

working farmers, with care.” Does this

describe true conditibns in Michigan

today? It does not. It was nevel more

untrue than today. Now, let us keep

the issue cleai and not become befog‘

ged by insinuations, or careless state-

ments, or inconsistent illustrations.

We as farmers do feel that Om taxes

are reaching an alarming amount, and

that they are becoming a burden hard

to bear, but is it beCause of our p1 es.

ent plan of assessing taxes? If not, i

then we will not blame our present tax

system. Is it because of the class of

oflicials whom we elect to handle and

expend large amounts of our monies

placed in their hands? Do we alv» ays

get “value received” in the expendi-

ture of our tax money for public inl—

provementS? Do we get one hundred

cents on the dollar from our public

servants in service? I am inclined to

think not, and in my judgment, these

are some of the reasons for our high

taxes.





I think I see a new day dawning for

the farmer. We are organizing and

acting concertedly more than ever be-

fore and we can do, and are doing,

greater..things in a public way, than

ever before. We can, if we will, han-





,dle this tax matter, as four- fifths or





111019 of 0111 taxes are spent right in

our own townships. We vote. them or

they would not be railsed. When We

get value received for our tax_ money

and we know it, we do not “kiok.” _,

Then, first let us know whether or not i

we are getting value received; then it

we are, don’ t kick. If we are not, let‘s

kick the right ofiicial until we do get

what we pay for and not try to shift

the burden we ale responsible to; onto

the shouldels of one not responsible,

and often less able to pay than we are. "

I do not know it this article has been .

interesting. or of any use to you, read

er; but I can assure you that the study





and 929118.th of it has firmly con- ' ’





vificed me that 1 cannot look to ,

“Single or Site run as a politics ‘

our tax burden, but I have film that



in the vérpneor future wo W ‘

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practically all plants of the potato fam-





ground cherry and jimson weed, as

Well as other weeds of this family. The

female deposits her eggs on the under

side of the leaves. These eggs are yel-

low in color and are laid on end, in

bunches. A single female is capable

of produCingV between eighteen and

nineteen hundred eggs. As soon as

these hatch the small larvae or “slugs”





when they drop to the ground and en-

ter the soil where they change to a

naked, yellowish colored pupae. With-

in a short time these pupae change in-

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out and begin eating the leaves of the

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eachyear more than one hundred mil-

lion bushels as a result of attacks by

insects and diseases. If spraying were

not practiced at all this figure would

be much larger. The total number of

bushelsJost every year to the above

two causes can be considerably 1educ-

ed by the right methods of spraying.

Nearly every community, where pota-

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either do not spray at all or else do ,





not spray as thoroughly as they should.

Think of the female beetle with her

eighteen hundred eggs and spray early

before they hatch and the young begin

to satisfy their enormous appetites-



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, The Colorado potato beetle is not a

difficult insect to control if begun in

time. The use of a good arsenical,

properly applied,‘ Will keep this pest

from doing very much damage. Spray-

ing should begin when the plants are

about six or eight inches high and

should be repeated about every two

weeks as long as the plants are grow-

ing. During the past few years arse-

nhte of lead, or lead arsenate, has been»

the most universally used poison, sup-

planting ‘Pari‘s’ green: It has the advan-

tage of containing less soluble arsenic,

and it is this latter which causes the

burning of the foliage. The lead arse-

nate will also stick much better and

be less liable to be washed off. Cal-

cium arsenate, or arsenate of lime, is

now being put on the market and is a

very good poison for the potato “bugs. "

It is cheaper than arsenate of lead and





same Work. This poison can be ap-





plied with water or else put right in ‘





the Bordeaux mixture. The Kedzie

mixture is a good reliable spray and





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TENSE silence filled the reom

when Mrs. Morrison arose and

announced that the moment‘had

arrived for the election of officers. The

other business of the Blandon Church

Ladies’ Society had been but prelimi‘

nary’ to this, the" really outstanding

event of the year. Every lady member

but two had answered “Present,” at

roll-call. No one on the listuwould

have willingly absented herself from

this annual meeting.



The exceptionally fine reports had

elicited only feeble applause, although

the Bazaar committee had out-done

previous years. Calling committee,

civics and reform, literature and tracts,

committees special and committees

standing, as well 'as secretary and

treasurer had all felt themselves hope-

lessly in the background of interest on

that day, however important at other

times. For in this meeting, as in for-

mer years, the society was to deter-

mine its leadership for the next twelve

months. ‘ .

The turn of the election meant eith-

er victory or defeat to its two well de-

fined factions, accordingly as it inclin-

ed in one or the other'direction. .No

one could have told just how the fac-

tions came to be, but as to their real-

ity all could- testify.



Ordinarily victory or defeat for eith.

er party meant little more than a new

distribution of honors or minor offices.

As a matter of fact, the Winning party

mast accept responsibility for work

done. And thus far nothing very ser-

ious had come from the strife, if,a few

“injured feelings,” or ”insulted inten-

tions,” might be excepted. But this

year it was different.



Since its history began Blandon had

boasted of but one church. The “Old

Church” had satisfied all longing

hearts and filled all prayerful aspira-

tions. The good “Old” pastor had giv-

en counsel and comfort to all, and the

activities of the “Old Church” had been

the channels through which the out-

ward expression of the religious life of





have become a barbarian, and would

probably have been considered worse

than a heathen, if he had gone else-

where. For there had been no other

place to go heretofore.





But now all was changed. A “New

Church” had come and it was easy to

“go over." Indeed, some had gone.

And the “Old” pastor had heard, with





that November day, -no matter which

way it went, would take others from

his care. ‘



At noon, the day of the meeting, Mrs.





farm-house on the ‘outskirts of the

town, in which the.annua1 meeting was

to be held, had voiced to her h‘usband

her despair ovhr the situation.



“I do wish something would turn up

to bring us to our senses today,” she

said. “But‘goodness only knows what

it could be.”



Shrewd John Brown pushed back his





answering.

“How would it do for all of you to

forgive and forget?" he suggested.

“But how could we?” she returned.

“A part of us might forgive but no-

body could, possibly forget the way

these folks have acted. Why, last

1 year—” ’

“Yes, yes, I know " said John, who





i - had heard the story many times. .And





then he finiShed rather hopelessly,

“You might begin by trying. "



Mrs. Brown said nothing. .



“At any rate I’ll put on a good fire





Work,” her-husband said, "“I must hur-

'17, too, for we must finish picking

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Brown, the mistress of the comfortable '





plate and reflected a moment before





in the furnace for you. before 1,310 to.





Obthem down to the orchard. That may





help you some.” .



Good as. his word he put an extra

shpvelful of coal into the furnace and

carefully adjusted the drafts and damp-

ers. The short days of late November

we‘re fast putting chill into the air





‘and dewn in the orchaids the frost





lingered all day.



By two o’clock the ladies had begun

to arrive. Mrs. VBrown greeted all

alike, as a courteous hostess should,

and tactfully guided those friendly to

each other to'the same upper room to

put aside wraps, and afterward (to

places congenial in the spacious rooms

below.

smoothly. She was Ia little dismayed

when she saw that Mrs. Morrison had

brought her hopeful son Jimmy, a lad

of nine years and in high reputation

for mischief. Thankfully she recalled

her husband’s invitation to send the

children down to the orchard and avail-

ed herself of it. _



And thus events had run on to the

moment announced in the filSI’. para-

graph. .



After the preliminary motion that

the society proceed with the election

of officers there came a little pause.

Mrs. Brown glanced over the assembled

company 'and noted that though the

lines of opposition were rather closely

drawnmthere still existed a little uncer-

tainty as to the result, of the voting.



Some‘old members had dropped out

during the year and several new ones

had come in. Just how these new ones

would vote no one could tell, though

both sides claimed them.



“Are there any nominations for pres-

ident?” aske‘d Mrs. Morrison, the chaif-

man, herself an active partisan. She





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A tree whose hungry mouth is

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Who intimately lives with rain.





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knew very well that she was to receive

this honor from one of her followers.

Nor was she disappointed. _ . .



But scarcely Was her name put in

nomination than a lady of the opposi-

tion named Mrs. Benjamin, her closest

rival, for the same honor. ‘ The battle

Was on.



The candidates were both estimable

women. Had not fate—or something

else—put them into rival camps they

would have been, doubtless, warm

friends and 00- workers. Each secretly

admired the other, and perhaps-417110

can tell—could prideand stubborn self-

will been put aside, each would have

gladly dropped. all differences. So near

do fine folks get to harmony and grind-

will—and yet stay so, far apart. Mrs.

Morrison and Mrs. Benjiniin hail not

worked together. fOr- years -



With nominations closed balloting

should have {allowed immediately.

Mrs. Brown prayed fervently that it

might be see Eat, 110- One of Mrs.

Meniscus swimmers claimed the.





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To her delight all went along ,.





‘fOr decorating his den.





heard that in . . . ,

Benjamin’ s faction would go over to

the “New Church” in a body. All this

was hotly denied and. Mrs. Morrison’s

good faithattacked in return.



Just as the discussion promised to

become warm there came a momentary

divérsion. Jimmy Morrison ran ex~

citely into the room with _a prize in

his hand.





Out in the orchard the men had ~

found a huge .hornets’ nest high up on

an apple t1 ee blanch and had given it

to him. More than a foot in diameter,

its cone shape, cunningly devised, had

been the home of a vigorous colony

during the summer. But‘the inhabi-

tants were now probably scattered far,

and cold and lifeless.





Now Jimmy had often heard his.

Uncle Jack, who lived in the city, say

that he would like one of these cones

He had even

offered Jimmy a dollar to find him one.



Jimmy ran straight to his mother

who stood near the center of the room.



“Here, mother,” he said, “keep .this

for me ’till we go home.”



With a sigh of relief, for she had ex-

pected some teasing request, Mrs Mor-

iison tOok the beautiful cone and held

it a moment in her hand. As Jimmy

went out she turned and hung it on the

chandelier at the side of the room.





But the diversion had had its effect.

The talk momentarily subsided an

the tellers ‘soon were busy counting

the ballot. It proved a tie. Another

ballot was ordered.





Thanks to John Brown’s furnace the

room was warm. If the ladies noticed

it, however, they gave little sign of the

fact. But up near the ceiling the warm

air pressed and there presently pro-

duced some startling effects. ‘





It is a fact in nature that hornets

and yellow-jackets are numbed by the

first cold nights of autumn. Later they ‘

revive and for a few warm days are

active. As the cold increases most of

them in a- colony die, and only a few

survive the winter to reproduce their

kind. .



In Jimmy’s cone the hornets were by'

no means lifeless, though completely

chilled. As they hung in the over-

heated atmosphere they camebback to

life—back to summer days and stirring

activities.





Had the ladies of the society been

less occupied with .other things, they

would have noted a gentle hum that

presently proceeded from the cone.

But while the tellers counted the sec-





, ond ballot the chatter of many tongues





arose.





.* “Br-r-rr, hm-m-m-m-mm.”





The tellers finished their counting

and gathered the ballots in two places.



“Buz-z-zzzzz, buzz-z—zzzzzz,”



,‘IAre the tellers ready to report ‘3"



“We are,” was the response. I



“Buzzzz—Lzzzz: : :zzz-z—zzzz,” said the

hornets.



“We will listen to the result of the

ballot,” said the chairman.





One of the tellers arose. cleared her .





throat, and began—but she never fin-

ished her report.





At that moment a ve1y much alive

yellow-jacket poised in the entrance to

the cone,.and with a note clearly audi- '

ble throughout the room launched out

toward the nearest resting place, which





happened to be Mrs. Morrison' 5 devob ‘





ed head. Other yellow streaks follow-

ed him. Hither and you they flew,

and wherever they lighted a. wild wav-

ing of hands beatthe air. Timid lad,-

ies screamed and dodged. Pandemon‘:

ium ensued. Rout indescribable fol

lowed. '



Out of the room the ladies fled, each

bent on seeking friendly enver. . : . .





 





A door in the hall stood open and .





 





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then as sitence reigned outside they

eventured‘to Vopen‘the door a‘ crackand





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peer‘out. While they hesitated valiant

Mrs. Brown, with a fly s'watter in eith-

er hand, came back to combat the hor-

nets. Others camé, too, and with win— _

dows open waged a brave fight. Pres~

ently every member was in the midst

of the conflict.



Many hornets died in battle and the

rest were driven Outside and gassed





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'When the victory was complete the

ladies looked ‘a moment at each other.

Everywhere was the disorder of strife

and here and there a swelling casual-

ty. Then someone laughed. '



A perfect storm of merriment broke

loose. .It- continued till the last‘bitter

feeling in the society had vanished.



With order restored Mrs. Morrison

made a new kind of speech. "



“Ladies,” she said, “this is the first

fight in a long time in which .we have

all been. on the same side. From now

on let’s have but one side in this so-

ciety.” ’ .





 





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‘fii,,_~.:‘.1 take my'cha

‘We clasped hands, and then, as Bar-





ed, my only thought now to do all that

I did not glance

backward, yet was aware that De Ar-

tigny was close behind. My heart beat

fiercely, but I was not conscious of

fear, although a moment later, I could

perceive the dim figures of savages.

They were but mere vague shadows in

the nigh-,t and I made no attempt to

cdunt them, only realizing that they

were there grouped together in' the

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forward, making not the slightest noise





_ and closely hugging the deeper shadow

.of the bank.





I endeavored to imitate

his every motion, alinOst dragging my

body forward by gripping my fingers

into the rock- strewn earth.



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figures. There was no alarm,

changing of places, and the success of

our approach brought'to us-new confi-

dence. Once a savage form, appearing

grotesque in its blanket suddenly stood

erect, and we shrunk close to the

ground in terror of discovery. An in—

stant of agony followed, in which we

held our breath, Staring through the

dark, every nerve throbbing. But the

fellow merely stretched his arms laz-

ily, uttered some guttural word, and re-

sumed his place.



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. from a rifle barrel as itsrowner shifted

I position; but nothing else occurred to





.halt our steady advance. We were

within a i-vesy few yards of them, so

close indeed, I could distinguish the

individual forms, when Barbeau paus-

ed, and, with deliberate caution, rose

on one knee. Realizing instantly that

he was preparing for the desperate

leap, I also lifted my body, and braced

myself for the effort. De Artigny

touched me, and spoke, but his voice





_ was so low it scarcely reached my ears





“Do not hesitate, run swift and

Give Barbeau the signal“ ”

What followed is to me a delirium of





’ fever, and remains in memory indis-

,tinct and uncertain.

touched Barbeau; I heard the suddenIs

roar of De Artigny’s voice, the sharp'

-’Ireport of the soldier’s rifle.

cut the dark as though it was the blade

1 of a knife, and, in- the swift red glare,





The flame





I Saw a saVage fling up his arms and

fall healeng. Then all was chaos,





:‘ . confusion, death. Nothing touched'me,





not even a gripping hand, but there





were Indian shots, giving me glimpse





of the hellish scene, of naked bodies,





-long waving hair, eyes mad with ter-

ror, and red arms brandished, the rifles:





they bore shining in the red glare.

'I saw Barbeau grip his gun by the





barrel and strike as he Iran. Again and

again it fell crunching against flesh. '





A savage hand slashed at him with a

gleaming knife, but I struck the red

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an fell flat, leaving ‘the way open. we

dashed through but Barbeau grasped





me, and thrust me ahead of him, and

.Iwhirled about, with uplifted rifle to aid





De Artigny Who ~faced Itwo warriors





: ‘- naked knife in hand' '





“Run Madame, ; for the fort " he





I'shouted above the Iupnoar. “To my help

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CHAPTER XXV.

Within the Fort.





- DOUBT if I paused a second, yet “ U ..

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{ina sortie by the garrison, and it Was

my ”part to give the alaim.





Even as I

sprang forward, a savage leaped from

the rock, but I esoaped his hand, and

raced up the dark trail, the one thought





urging me on. God knows how I made - "





it—to me 'tis but a memory of falls.





over unseen obstacles, of reckless run- .





ning; yet the distanpe could have been

scarce more than a hundred yards, be-

fore my eyes saw the darker shadow of

the stockade outlined against the sky.





Crying out with full strength of voice

I burst into the little Open space, then

tripped and fell just as the gate swung

wide, and I saw a dozen dark farins

emerge. One leaped forwaid and grasp-

ed me, lifting me partly to my feet.



”Mon Dieu! a woman!” 'he' enclaim-

ed in startled voice. -“What means

this, in Heaven’s name. 9”



"Quick, ” I gasped, breaking away,

able now to stand 011 my own feet.

“They: are fighting there—two white

men—De Artigny¥—’\’ .



“What, Rene! Ay, lads, to the res-

cue.

Come withme you others."





They swept past me, the leader well

in advance. I felt the rush as they

passed, and had glimpse of vague fig-

ures ’ere they disappeared in the dark—

ness. Then I was alone, except for the

bearded soldier who grasped my arm.



“Who was that?" I asked, "the man

who led. 9”



“Boisrondet, Francois de Boisron-

det.” . ,



“An officer of La Salle’s? You then

are of his company?"



“I am,” a bit proudly, .“but most of

the lads yonder belong with De Bau-

gis. Now we fight a common foe, and

forget our own quarrel. Did you say

Rene de Artigny was in the fighting

yonder?”



“Yes; he and a soldier named Bar-

beau.”



The fellow stood silent, shifting his

feet.





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“’Twas told us he Was dead," he'





said finally, with effort. “Some more

of La Barre’s men arrived three days

ago by boat, under a popinjay they call

Cassion, to recruit De Baugis’ ferces.

De la Durantaye was with him from

the portage, so that now they outnum-

ber us three to one. You know this

Cassion, Madame?”



‘ “Ay, I traveled with his party from

Montreal. "



“Ah, then you will know the truth

De Tonty and Cassion were

at swords points over a charge the lat-

ter made against Rene de Artigny——

that he had murdered one of the party

at St. Ignace ”



“Hugo Chevet, the fur trader.”



“Ay, that was the name. We of La

Salle’s company know it'to be a lie.

Sacre! I have served with that' lad





1 two years, and ’tis not in his nature to





knife any man in the back. And so

De Tonty said, and he gave Cassion

the lie straight in his teeth. I heard

their words, and but for De Baugis

and De la Durantaye, Francois Cassion

would have paid well for his false

tongue. Now you can tell him the

truth "



“I shall do that, but even my word,

I fear, will not clear fie Artigny of the

charge. II believe the IIInia.I, 3b





     





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shadowy figures, whose numbers I





until I heard De Artigny’s voice in

cheerful greeting. ' ’ '

"What, still here, :Madame, Ian-d the ,-.





hand, and lifted it to his lips. “My‘

congratulations; your work was well‘

'done, and our lives thank you._ Mad—

ame Cassion, this is my cemrade, Fran-





er more glad to hear than this night.





Boisrondet, a mere shadow in the

‘night, swept the earth with-his hat. ‘

, “I mind me the time,” he said'courte— ,

ously, “when Rene did the equal ser-

.vice." - ' - . ' ' > '



“The savages have fled?” ,



"’Twas short, and sweet, Madame,

and those who failed to fly are lying

yonder.” 1

_ .“Yet some’among’ you are hurt?",



“Barbeau'hath an ugly wound4—ay,

bear him along, lads, and have the cut

looked to—butas for the rest of us,

there is no serious harm done.”



I was gazing at’De Artigny, and

[marked how he held one. hand to his

‘side. '



“And you, Monsieur; 'you are un-





“Except for a small wound here, and

a head which rings 'yet from savage,

blows—no more than a night’s rest will

remedy. Come, Madame, ’.tis_time we '

were within, and the gates closed."



“Is there still danger then? Surely

now that we are under protection there

will be no/attack?” .



“Not from those we have passed,

but ’tis told me there are more than a

thousand Iroquois warriors in the val-

ley, and the garrison has less than fifty

men all told. It was luck we got

through so easily. Ay, Beisrondet, we

are ready." . ’ " i



That was my first glimpse of the in-

terior of a frontier fort, and, although

I saw only the little open space lighted

by a few waving torches, the memory

abides with distinctness. A body of

men me't us at the gate, dim, indistinct

-figures, a few among them evidently

soldiers from their dress, but the ma-

jority clothed in the ordinary garb of

the wilderness. Save for one Indian

squaw, not a woman was visible, nor

did I recognize a familiar face, as the

fellows, each man bearing a rifle, surg-

ed about us in noisy welcome, eagerly

questioning those who had gone forth‘

to our rescue. Yet we were scarcely



within, and the gates closed, when a

-‘man pressed his way forward through

the throng, in voice of authority bid-

dipg them stand aside. A blazing torch‘

cast its red light over him, revealing

a slender figure attired in frontier

garb, a dark face, made alive by a

pair of dense, brown eyes, which met

mine in a stare of surprise. '

“Back safe, Boisrondet,” he exclaim-

ed sharply, “and have brought in a

woman. ’Tis a strange sight in this

land.‘ Were any of our lads hurt?”

“None worth reporting, Monsieur.

The man they carried was a soldier

of M. de la Durantaye. He was struck





down before we reached the party.~





There is an old comrade here.”

“An old "comrade! Lift. the torch,

Jacques. Faith, there‘are so few left

I would not miss the sight of such a

face." - f

He stared about at us, for an instant

uncertain; then took, a quick step for-

‘ward, his hand outstretched. g





L. “Rene demagnyr- he’eried, his joy . .

~ ,1” ; ding; expression» in<.hi_s:.--face. , ,

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was not SO bad—a bit high strung, per— - “‘Sa‘int “Anne! and what means that





so ill a comrade—but there is a neW- wandering the wildernessl"





“ comer here. a popin'lay named Céssion. . He tugged at his SWord, but the am:





with whom I cannot abide. Ah, but goon caught his arm. .

you knew the beast, for you Journey: “Nay, watt, Caesion. ’TWill be best

ed west in his company Sucre the to learn the truth before resorting to

man charged you With murder and I blows. Perchance Monsieur Tonty can

gave him the lie to as teeth. Not explain clearly what has happened ”

two hours ago we had our swords out, “It is explained already," answered

but now you cananswer for yourself.” the Italian, and he took a, step forWard

De Artigny hesitated, his eyes meet— as though toprotect us. “These two,

ing mine. ‘ with a soldier of M. de la. Durantaye,

“I fear, Monsieur de Tonty," he said endeavored to' reach the fort, and were





ily made. If it were point of sword men to their rescue, and have all now

now, i, could laugh at the man, but he safe within the palisades. What more

possesses some ugly facts difficult to would you learn, Messieurs?”





explain.” Cassion pressed forward and fronted

“Yet ’twas not your hand which did him, angered beyond control. ,

the deed?” ' r , “We know all that " he reared sav-





“I pledge you my word to that. Yet agely. “But I would learn why they

this is no time to talk of the matter. hid themselves from me. Ay, Madame,

I have wounds to be looked to, and but I will make you talk IWhen once

would learn first how Barbeau fares. we are alone. But now I denounce this

You know net the lady; but of course man as the murderer of Hugo Chevet,

not, or your tongue would never have and order him under arrest. Here,

spoken so freely—Monsieur de Tonty, lads, seize the fellow.”



Madame Cassion ” . CHAPTER XXVI



He straightened up, his eyes on my In De Baugis’ Quarters.

face. For an instant he steed motion- " ‘ ‘

less; then swept the hat from his

head, and bent low.



“Your pardon, Madame; we of the

wilderness becOme’rOugh of speech. I

should have known, for a rumor reach;

ed me of your accident. You owe life,





E TONTY never gave way an

inch, as a dozen soldiers advanc~

ed at Cassion’ 8 order. _



“Wait men-".he sa1d1stcrnly. “ ’Tis

no time, with Iroquois 'abOut, to start

a. quarrel, yet if a. hand be laid on this

” lad in anger, we, who.are of La Salle’s

n0 dOUbt t0 Sieur d9 Artigny Company, will protect him with our



“Yes, Monsieur; he has been my lives—”





kmd friend ” ' ~ “You defend a murderer?”. ‘ I. -

“He would not be the one I love else ‘.‘No a comrade. Listen tome Gas





ame, and this lad hath seen years of. qui t to your dictation; but no injus-

service by my side. ‘ His hand rested tic shall be done to comrade of mine

on D? Artigny’s Shoumert .. V’Twas only save by force of arms I know naught

natural then that I should resent M. of your Quarrel, or your charges of

Cassmn’s charge of murder -”_ crime against De Artigny, but the lad



“I share your fa1th 1n the innocence is going to have fair ,play. He is no

01' M- deuArtigny,” I answered firmly courier du bole to be,_killed for your

enough, but beyond this assertion I vengeance, but an officer under Sieur



’9

can say nothing de la Salle, entitled to trial and judg-



“Naturally not, Madame. Yet we ment”

must move along. You can walk, . “He was my guide; I have“ the au-

Rene?” . ,, thority.”



“Ay, my hurts are mostly bruises. “Not now, Monsieur. 'f’l‘is true he

mg flames 11ght1ng up the scene. the voyage hither. But even in that

a, great rock, protected on three sides ject only to me‘yj

by precipices, towering high abpve the , De Baugjs spoke, his voice cold con~

river. 'Sharpened palisades 'of; logs .temptuous ,_ 1 1“,





log houses built against them, On the nor of New France?” ‘



roofs of which riflemen could stand in "‘No Monsieurj 1 am under orders



safety to guard the valley below. to obey. There will be no trouble be-

The central space was open except tween us if you are just to my men.





. for two small buildings, one from its La Barre is not here to decide this, but





shape a chapel, and the other; as I I am ” * He put his hand on De Ar-





.learned later, the guardhousep .A fire tigny's shoulder “Monsieur ,Cassion





blazed at the farther end of the en- charges this man with murder. He is

closure, with a number of men loung- an otficer of my command and I ar-

111g” about it, and illumlned the front rest him, He shall be protebted, and





- of a more pretentious building, which given a fair trial. What more can you

_ apparently extended across that entire aSk. 9” ,





end. This building, having the up “You .Will protect him! help him

pearance of a barrack, exhibited 1111- to escape. rather!” burst out Cassion.

merous doors and Windows. with a' “That‘is the scheme De Baugisf}



narrow porch in front, on which I per- "Your Words are insult Monsieur,

ceived a group of. men ,, , and I bear no more. If you seek quar-

As we approached more closely, De rel y0u shall have it; I ,am‘ your edual,





' Tonty-walk1ng\between De Artlg‘ny Monsieur, and my commxsslou comes





d myself, a soldier ran up the steps from the King. Ah; M’sde la Duran-





 





   





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mourse, gripping his companion by the »

.arm' . . ,



. "No, Francois, ’tis not worth- the



' ’ danger,” he expostulated. “There will

be no crossing-of steel. Monsieur Cas-

sion, no doubt, hath reason to be an-

gered—but not I. The man shall have

his trial, and we will learn' the right



. , . and wrong of all this presently. Mon-

‘ ' . sieur Tonty, the prisoner is left in

your charge. Fall back men—to your

barracks. Madame, permit me to,of.ter

you my escort.”

“To Iwhere, Monsieur?”

“To the only quarters fitted for your

reception,” he said gallantly, “those I

have occupied since arrival here.”

“You. vacate them for. me?" '

“With the utmost pleasure,” bowing

gallantly. “I begof you their accept-

ance; your husband has been my guest x

and will join with me in exile.”

I glanced at DeTonty, who yet stood





 





   





 





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with hand on De Artigny’s shoulder, a .

lclfgéilgogdbgfiftfi: 0?;in 1:5; 3.2232153? day work. Show me the figures your users have given you so that l may

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ered those'of the younger officer. As time costs and so. determine why l should own one of your tractors. .

' I turned away I found myself confront» . ~ ' - .

‘ :d byb Casstilon. The verydsight of hi: Here, then, 15 part of one of the large numbfl of letters constantly received

" ace roug t me instant ecision, an t . .

I spoke my acceptance before he could from famiers telling us what their Cleveland Tractors do for them.

,. utter the words trembling on his lips. ' , _- _ ‘ _

i x “I will use your quarters gladly, ' To begin With, 1 used my Cleveland Besides these thmgs,lused my Cleveland

Captain de Bangis,” 1 said quietly,“but . Tractorto plow about 305 acres during for a great many belt jobs—put in 300

l will ask to be left there undisturbed.” l9l8and used double discs, two 60 tooth tons of ensila e in 32 hours, on 30 gallons

8 I

l. , “Most assuredly, Madame—my ser- {iaraozvs and a heavy wooden drag on one oflcerosene, for instance.

' vant will accompany you.” . 0a or fitting. ‘

\ } “Then gOOd-night, Messieurs,” I fac— ' . When I plowed I covered from ei ht to I now keep six horses, instead of the

t" 1“ ed Cassion, meeting his eyes frankly. - ten acres a day with a two—bottomggang fourteen I had before ("Id need two men

\ . “I am greatly wearied, and would rest, ' d d abo t 40 ea a da with . 18331,“!!! previously.

5‘ i tomorrow I will speak with you, Mon- an covere u acr y , ,

- sieurhpermit, me to pass.” ’ the barrows. My Cleveland is in excellent condition,

He stood aside,'unable to affront me, ' I harvested I50 acres of wheat and oats ready if)! lhle hl9l‘2t season. and gaming

everything. aven spent over or





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although the anger in his face was evi-'

. 'dence enough of brewing trouble. No in July [ used the. Cleveland in loading repairs.



doubt he had boasted of me to De hay, and got in the crop from I40 acres at F. H- JOHNSON. _



' Baugis, and felt no #35:“? now to have the rate of about 35 tons a day. ‘ New Augusta, Indiana. ' 1

our true relations ex‘bosed thus pub- . '

licly. I passed him, glancing at none ' ' ' ' ' ' ’

of the others, and followed the soldier Such spec1fic, definite facts tell why the Cleveland 15 so fully Justifyin .

across the beaten parade. A moment the faith that so many farmers have placed in this compact, powerful. :1

later I Was safely hidden within a two! ' ‘ - - -

roomed cabin. - Tractor. Write today for complete information and the name of your ’



Everything Within had an appear- . nearest Cleveland dealer.





ance of neatnes's, almost as“ if a wom-





"' ' an had arranged its furnishings. I ‘ ‘

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the quality of the day’s work, com-

fortable beds for all the family should

be the care of every good housewife.

Sagged springs and lumpy mattresses

are the worst foes to bed comfort; it

deesn’t pay to tolerate them. A claw

hammer or a wrench may be all that

is necessary to tighten up that slacked

wire which plays havoc with the com-

fort qualities of your bedsprings.



The best thing for a lumpy mattress

is to send it directly to the renovator

or to the junk man. If, however, it be

but slightly uneven, a folded blanket

placed upon the springs under the de-

pression will correct the unevenness.

Good, well-made mattresses are cheap-

est in the long run. "The comfort fea-

tures of the shoddy article are short-

lived. Having invested in the good

article, the next thing is to use it well.

Turn it frequently, end for end, and if

-wool padded on both sides, turn over

as well. Don’t shake it. Shaking tears

the ticking and disarranges the pad-

ding. Puff up the mattress by gentle

“blows or bringing the ends together.





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ESTLED among the hills almost

Nin sight of the Chautauqua As-



sembly grounds is one of the

most profitable, though not the best

known or most widely advertised, buff

Leghorn plants in western New York.

It is owned and managed by Mrs. M.

E. Gifford. Several years ago Mrs.

Gifford came so near dying with plural

pneumonia that it was deemed best for

her to leave the farm, and her husband

'moved to a small village, but ‘her love

for outdoor work brought her back in

a year or two She had regained her

, health, but her lungs were too weak

. to permit a 1etu1n to steady housework

and out of these circumstances grew

her poultry industry.



She began with a very ordinary farm

flockof Buffs, but by purchasing high-

' grade cockerels from the most reliable

breeder to be found, she soon built up

a fine flock of prize stock. The first

year after introducing this breeding

stock she took several prizes on birds





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It is a good plan to cover the springs

with an old quilt or blanket,_~ that in

damp weather they may not rust the

mattress. Always use _a substantial

protector on top of the mattress, some-

thing that can be tubbed without too

much trouble yet thick enough to af-

ford satisfactory protection. The quilt-

ed ones are highly serviceable in that

respeCt. .



Remembering that your motto is

“bed comfort,” do not have your pil~

lows extremely large, nor stuffed too

full. Even goosedown pillows can be

made uncomfortably hard by crowding

too many feathers into the ticks} The

immense pillow may give the bed a

luxurious appearance, but the small

pillow which does not unnaturally‘bol-

ster the neck and shoulders is more

comfortable. It is well to enclose the

pillow tick proper in a second tick

made easily removable for laundering

——this in addition to the‘outside mus-

lin slip—«because of the difficulty of

washing feathers. The muslin slip'does

not afford sufficient protection to the





entered in the nearest county poultry

show, and the following year placed a

full line of exhibits in the Jamestown

poultry show, taking the silver cup and

innumerable blue ribbons.



Atjirst she used but one. or tWo in-

cubators, gradually increasing until

now she keeps several running at once

from January to June. She specializes

on day-old chicks and sells thousands

of them‘every year. These, when rais-

ed from her common stock, sell for ten

cents each, but those from her prize

breeding pens bring much more. Many.

of the latter are shipped to customers

all over the country, though she does

comparatively little advertising.



She has the incubator business re-

duced almost to a science, has very

few infertile eggs and consequently

wastes few, nearly always getting good

hatches. For this reason, hundreds of

baby chicks are sold right at home to





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washed, the, batting cannot» be cleaned

, and there is all the labor} of retacking

tick, which will in time become soiled. If the tacked comfdrt be used care



It is possible to Wash feathers in the should be taken to keen the top ende-

tick, but it is a tedious task to dry which is soonest soiled, coming in con-

them thus. When so waShed, they tact with hands and face—covered

should be hung on a line outdoors with a strip of white cheesecloth ex-

where the air Will circulate freely tending about eight or ten inches on

through them, and allowed to remain either side of the comfort. The cheese-

for several weeks, care being, taken to cloth can be removed when soiled





'jbring them indoors in rainy weather. washed and replaced The old quilted

Feathers Will dry more quiélfly if gwa'sh- covermt was an advantage as a Wash-





ed in a large bag, thoughéthjg m’éans able affair; but quilting is laborious

the added labor of emptying and renu- and even at best the quilt is a thin

ing the tick. In such ease the best cover.

way to transfer the feathers is to rip Blankets, wool or cotton, and as

carefully one end of the tick and sew many as the season requires, are good

the open end of the bag closely to that substitutes for the, comfort They can

of the tick No feathers will escape be Washed as often as occasion re.

in the transfer. Next rip tick and bag quires. Wool blankets should be wash-

apart and sew or tie up the bag se- ed in plenty of clean lukewarm suds—-

curely. When feathers are washed never in hot water, which brings out

and thoroughly dried replace ,by the the oil in the Wool and gives the blank-

same method and, with care, you will et a greasy feeling when dry—well

not have lost a feather. .. , f . rinsed in slightly soapy. warm soft wa-

The old- fashioned tacked comfort is ter and dried on a windy day. This





not a sanitary afl’air. It does not; ad- treatment leaves them soft and fluffy.

The cotton blanket is very satisfac-,_





mit of easy tubbing. Even though it





be ripped up and the outSid_e--covering (Continued on page 596).





oman’s Success with Poultry





By Mrs. E. M. Anderson





or left until later for'the heliday trade

if they do not get heavy enough in





less experienced neighbors, even midsummer.

though the eggs could be bought much Until this winter she has depended

cheaper than the chicks. Mrs. Gifford entirely upon several small inconven-

ships large numbers cf cockerels, pairs ient and widely separated houses for

and trios for breeding purposes, and Winter quarters for her flocks, but last

of course, sells many more that are not fall she built a fine new poultry 1109,80

shipped. twenty by one hundred feet, facing the

Her prime. object, however, is eggs, south, with nearly the entire front-o'c-

and she usually gets them in abund- cupied by windows. Several of these

ance. At present she has between five are supplied with cloth shutters on

and six hundred pullets for winter lay- hinged WOOd frames instead of 313588

ers. Nearly all her eggs are shipped to windows. All windows are covered

city hotels or otherwise contracted with wire netting. In mild weather the

ahead, the large white egg of this cloth is left down, but in colder weath-

breed hing a first-class seller in almost er the shutters are hooked above the

any market. Her locatibn so near the windows. Over each cloth window is

lake resorts assures a good Summer 3. tin awning to prevent the rain from

market at home, which is decidedly ad. beating in. At the back of the poultry





vantageous both for eggs and meat. house the whole length of the laying ,





The process of raising so many pullets pens are“ rows of roosts with tight





*of course necessitates the production matched dropping boards below and

of a good many surplus males; these nests underneath the dropping boards.





are sold to the summer resort dealers The bottom of the nests consists Of a
“Eminengrtwfii ,. ‘7 ' mg“

from rollingjout. .iThisfilayingi pen ,oe-

entries “are, entire spasm. except“ a‘ few ‘

feet atone endfo’r themed room and , 3

’a's‘imilar. s . pat thegother end for a - /-

breedingpen. ’3’!“ building is" warm



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" seem cemfortable..

Instead of commercial dry food hop-

~ ' pers Mrs. Gifford prefers shallow wood-

' ' en boxes"‘;wi3th ~narrow cleats nailed

3 around the” edge to prevent waste. ‘

‘ ' Fresh water is piped into a small reser-

voir and kept constantly available.

Cabbages, beets and numerous vegeta-

bles are left before 'the fowls, suspend-

ed by strings within easy reach. and a

supply of shells is alwaysat hand.

Oats are soaked in tubs, sprouted in

... shallow boxes and fed in small quanti-

ties every, day. Any «available mate-

rial such as chad, dry leaves, shavings ‘

' " and sawdust is used for litter.

‘ This little warmth, despite her deli-

cate‘ health, is paying for all this and

much more, with the profitsdrom her

poultry, and is doing it all simply be

cause she enjoysthe work, while her





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





health is much better than when'doing ‘ ,



housework exclusively. She never in- ' ‘c‘ , . 3 _



tends to overwork, and I do!“ think . \ “ii vol ”I, ll? , Tolheal the wlognds of1 Frazluc? and Belgium hundreds of towns and



she does. When necessary she hires l i, l V11 ages must entlre Y re ’ t‘ 3.



help. has her laundry york done. and t \3 America, more fortunate, has. only to repaint in order to remove 91



manages ‘0 haze asHlittle housework \E from her countrysides the scars of war.



as ossible to 0. er husband is a



dairy farmer with a fine herd of pure— ' Repair work and painting to protect and to~ preserve his property—vthese have had to wait through



bred Gue ys so the poultry plant is the war while the American farmer labored as never before to save the world from famine. 3 , 3

not neces sit ’ neither is it recrea- ‘ But demobilization brings an end to the labor shortqe, and on the farm, as elsewhere, recon- ii,

, a _ y, , a , , ' o struction is being pushed. With the prices of new lumber 40 per cent higher than before the war, "

“on- It means lots 0f work, but it 15 propertypwners everywhere are hasteningto save their buildings from the consequences offurther neglect.



healthful and pleasant ’WOI‘k- ‘ In the new day of victory, peace, prosperity and community pride that have arrived, grimy,





shabby, houses are not to be endured.

. RECIPES‘ Every frame building stands in a “no-man’s land,” a ready victim of decay and rot when its .,

. ' armor of paint is pierced by summer’s heat and rain and winter's snow and cold.





 





 





Stuffed Steak. Warvtime’s enforced neglect has tested and again proved the greater





 





 





( 1 pound round steak durability and weather—resisting qualities that painters have always '

l 2 cups boiled rice ~ claimed for white lead paint. ~

3 2 table§P°°ns PM???“ Para!” Do you know that the finest White Paint ever produced is simply » 1:3

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3 r ‘ Pound the steak until thin. Spread the . ' Th u t f m _ .3 , t h , 3

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3011 and tie in shape 031' fasten with . CARTER wnrrn LEAD COMPANY. izoos's.reori. se. CHICAGO. ILL.

skewers. Put in a covered pan with ’ . K

. enough water to keep from burning

‘ l ‘ and cook in the oven for thirty min- _. ' -. n- .. - .

utes. Take off the cover and'brown . , will require 25/3 yards of 44-inch mate. No. 2729——Ladies’ Costume. Cut in

before removing from the oven. Thick- MIGHIGA“ F‘RME“ PAITEflus rial. Price 10 cents. Sigven sizes; 311, 36. 38, 40, S4.2 41:8 and

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gifiiosggffe‘ffiiggstzenfi? $5151.“: ‘ Any of the patterns illustrated may sizes. 3..4. 5 and 6 yearS- Size four re- quires Six Xal‘ds 0f 444m?“ material- 3

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' . f the gravy. - Department, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Price 10 cents. 17/3 yards. Price 10 cents.

‘ . _ . . . 3 enclosing the amount set-opposite the __ No. 2724-2734~Ladies' Costume. The '

Dune Pride Ginger Cake. :: .. waist, 2724, cut in seven sizes, 34. 36,





38. 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust 'meas-

ure. Skirt, 2734. cut in seven sizes, '22,

124, 26, 28, 30, 32 and 34 inches waist

measure. To make the dress for a.

medium size will require 6% yards of

36-inch material for the entire coa-

tume. The skirt measures 17/3 yards

at the foot. Two separate patterns, 3f

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1, cup molasses

3 2 teaspoons ginger

— 2 cups flour

1 teaspoon soda

34 cup butter

89 cup sugar _

2 eggs ' »

17$ cup water.

Mix ginger and molasses; sift soda,

with flour. Cream butter and sugar,

Add molasses. Then add water and

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in bread tin in moderate oven forty t3

sixty minutes. or until cake leaves the

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six sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inch-

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' morning without. first being conscien-





UR family has pasSed through

experience similar perhaps .to.

that of hundreds of other fam-





. ilies since the “flu” began itsdevastat-





ing course across the country. Seven

of us, five children, mother and grand-'

- mother, were down .“at once and to-

geddy,” as baby says; only the good

man of the‘house escaped.



A kind neighbor came in twice a. day

and looked after us while he did the





fire, .is almost a third of a'rnile from

the house. After frantic efforts, re-

newed every day for a week, he was

able to secure a short visit from a doc-

tor, as the only two within a radius of

twelve miles were rushed to death

night and day and almost unavailable.



An experience of this kind cannot

but stir up these sluggish brains of

ours and set them to thinking along

new lines. I might write columns‘of

what it taught us of the need of neigh-

borly cooperation and thoughtfulness

at such times, for if ever families need-

ed the “sick-and-ye-visited-me” kind of

people, it has been through these last

terrible months. But just now I should

‘like to tell you of an aspect of illness

which concerns the children, and which

came to me as I lay helpless for three

weeks.



I was the first one to be taken ill,

and had been in bed for four days

when grandma and the two babies fol-

lowed my bad example. Then it was

that the three older children, a girl

seven years old and two boys ten and





tory in all ways. It is well suited to

the beds of people with sensitive skins

who cannot sleep in wool blankets and

who, yet, occupying unheated rooms,

find sheets uninvitingly cool in winter

time. It is just right in weight and

warmth for an outside covering in

summer time. It is not hard to wash

and is inexpensive.



In making a bed, the under sheet

should be tucked well down under the

head of the mattress, as all the strain

on this sheet is from the top. Tuck

the upper sheet well under the foot of

the mattress, the strain on this sheet

being from the foot. Always lay the

sheets with the wide hems at the top,

the smooth sides of hems coming to-

gether. The practice of some house-

keepers of making sheets with hems of

equal Width top and bottom is not a

good one; it admits of turning the

sheets end for end in making the. bed.

It is not desirable that the same end

of the sheet should be used alternately

next feet and face.



As with the upper sheet, the strain

on quilts and blankets is from the foot,

consequently in making the bed they

should be tucked well under the foot

of the mattress.





Elaborately embroidered pillow slips

are not the most, comfortable to sleep

on. It is best to make such creations

in the envelope style, .into which the

pillow, in a plain slip, can be tucked

during the day, the pillow being divest-

ed of its mantle for night service.





The thoroughly comfortable bed is

the well aired bed. However carefully

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tiously aired, frequently sunned. Open

wide all the windows; spread the bed-

clothes on chairs in such manner that

each piece will be expoSed to the fresh

air; turn back the protector from the

mattress”, The sleeping-porch and the

sun-parlor are ideal for such ‘purpdses. .

Where they are lacking, frequently.

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the barn and they thought the sick

people should have something to eat.

They did so want to fix and serve





things themselves, and almost quarrel-"





ed as to who should carry the toast

or tea. to the sick-room, though every

effort was made to keep them out and

away from danger of the disease.

The‘n,jtoo,r came up the,‘question of

their own meals. Oh, that first break-

fast food’! Just a? combination of warm

water and rolled oats, but father saw

that it didn’t happen a second time.

How carefully my tea was boiled!





glad day when I should be Well again,

I would teach my little people to pre-‘

pare and serve a few simple things

both for themselves and for sick folks.

Crisp toast, 3. poached or coddled egg,

3. drinkable cup of tea, good breakfast

cere’als, escalloped potatoes and per-

haps corn bread.



Of course, the girls learn these

things when they are a.- little older than

my seven-year—old girlie, but why not

the boys, too?

would never come amiss, and I believe

that all boys would. enjoy learning“.- No

more cereals served as ‘fraw material”

either to themselves or patients.





The Comfortable Bed





(Continued from page 594).





germicide and deodorizer. Mattresses

especially need to he often sunned.

This practice will be more easily car-

ried out if the two-piece kind is used.

The mattress in One piece is awkward

to lift and for that very reason gener-

ally does not receive the airing it

should have. Always select a, dry day

for putting the mattress out, and nev-

er make up the bed with‘damp mat-

tress or coverings. Not only does care-

ful attention to this detail make for

bed comfort, but neglect of it invites

serious physical ills.



Cleanliness throughout is one of the

first necessities to,th‘e comfortable

bed. Soiled pillow slips, dirty bed-

clothes; dingy spreads, spoil the' at-

tractiveness of any bed,‘ and conse-

quently detract from comfort. The.

dainty bed invites to a night’s repose.



The single bed is preferable to the

double bed. Even where there are two'

occupants of the same room, it is bet-





 





' So’

I lay on my bed and When my brain,

would werk at all, decided that on that





, need, to “go to it.”





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dren, and they will be half hoping

someone may. get1just a little sick. so

they may practice. .. They are so eager





to do, why not teach; them the right,





way?

Just another word. When we began





to convalesce, a Well-grown thirteen.





year-old~girl came in after school er.-

‘ ery night to aSk how we were getting

along Usually the dinner table stood





as we had left it, the efiort of getting.- '





the simple meal sending mother and

grandmother- to bed for a few heurs,

the flour unswept and supper, unprepar-

“e'd.**"1t never. entered this girl’s head





that she .might have offered to wash





the dishes or pick up a little bit. And

So I added another resolve, I shall

teach my children, no matter how

young they are, that ifth can see

an opportunity to help a person in

My boys shall not

be ashamed to handle a dishcloth or

broom for somebody else’s mother.

And if this experience of the past six

weeks shall be the means of instilling

a 'spirit of greater helpfulness in the

whole family, I shall feel that the good

coming out of evil was worth it all.





Mrs. B. B. L.





ter to have two cots than one large

bed. Rarely will a person be found

who can rest just as well with a bed-

fellow as he can alone; and if he can,

it is not likely that his bedfellow 'can.

Seldom will two people be equally com-

fortable under the same amount 'of bed

covering and with the same method of

ventilation; and unless committed to

the same hours of rising and retiring,

one must disturb the other.





The doctors tell us that, if we are

to have healthy bodiesrwe must sleep

eight hours out of the twenty-four.

Some few favored individuals may be

able to spend more time than that in

bed, but most of Us find it difficult

enough to allow ourselves the stipulat-

ed eight hours. Therefore, we cannot

afford to waste ‘any part of the pre-

cibus moments in sleepless unrest be-'

cause of uncomfortable beds.





Let the assertion be repeated:

see-that all the beds in the house be





made just as comfortable and as sani-

tary as circumStances will permit. -





 





 





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has its share of sickness, and let





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to form the table, will do nicely Of?

course, in this case your improvised





It is

‘the duty of every good housewife to





o -» e comfort or discomfort of the": _° '

patient may be discussed with the chilr





us hope, a. convalescent to make com- table will need a little home decoration w ,, '

Lfortab‘le. Two helps toWards the ease in the way .of lunch clOth or tray cloth '



of those who can not be about are to hide its rather inferior timber which : '

might also be painted or stained ‘ ‘ ‘





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tors in the United States in .1916

is estimated by modulacturers reports.

in: to the. Office of Farm Equipment

Control.» United States Department of

Agriéulture. The reports obtained in

a. special inquiry by the department

show a production of 132,697 tractors

in 1918. The manufacturers gave the

number of tractors of different sizes

manufactured last year and estimates

of the number of each size that will be

made this year. The figures for 1919‘,

of course, are merely estimates and

represent the aggregate of the esti-

mates submitted by the tractOr manu-

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Makers’ Rating. No. of

Belt Horse Power. Tractors.

9.10and 12 .............. ,20

16 and 18 .. . ........... . ..... 48,545

20 and 22 ..................... 157,671



#24 and 25' .................... 40,875

27. 28, 3.0 and 32 ............... 27,465

35 and 36 .................... 5,435

40, 45 and 50... ............... 1,780



. 60, 65, 70, 75 and 80 ............ 1536

Not given .................... 23,409





‘ tries of Europe while across ”the Paci.





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this year. A. summary of- these reports

fellows:





Number on hand Dec. 31, 1917 . . 15,525

Number manufactured during



1918 ............... ‘.........132,697

Number sold in United States



during 1918 ....... -. .. ....... 96,470

Number sold for export during



1918 .............. . ......... 36,351

Number on hand Dec. 31, 1918. . 15,401 '

Manufacturers’ estimate of pro.



duction for'1919 ............ 314,936





Number of’ Tractors of Different Horse

Power Manufactured in 1918.





Makers’ Rating. » s No. of

Belt Horse Power. Tractors...

9, 10 and 12 ..... ..............1,141

16 and 18 .......... . . . . ....... 20,629

'20 and 22 ............. ........72,238

24, 25 and 26 ...... . ........... 20,616

27, 28, 30 and 32 ............ _ . . . 6,959

35 and 36 ., .................... 2,212

40 and 50.....: .......... 131

60, 65, 70 and 80.........‘ ...... 913

Not given ..................... 6,658





Number of Tracts/re of Different Horse

Power which anufacturers Esti-

mate they ‘wlll Produce in 1919.





OILING THE WAY.





 





 





UEL oil is to be one of the corner-



stones of commerce. - Here and

there it forms deep pools in which the

uninitiated fish for easy money, and

sometimes are drowned. But the

search for oil continues because de-

mand calls long and loud, There are

other kinds of oil. hith’erto little ex-

ploited, of which the United States im-

ports vast quantities. Japan sends

about ten million dollars Worth every

year, mostly soia bean oil and the

Philippines more than that of cocoanut

oil alone. China is the principal pro-

ducer of these raw materials. ,Even

Japan buys from her, then presses and

ships the oil. We are constantly talk.

mg of increased exports todebtor coun-





he lies the way for increased exports

to creditor nations. But profitable ex~

ports are conditioned upon full return





cargoes. .'The Orient wants our goods. ‘ _





It‘ has unlimited supplies of‘ oilseeds.

We have 278 cottonseed mills and, the

civilized world is calling for vegetable

oil aswell as for fuel oil.“ Logic of the

situation seems to be to bring back oil

seeds, crush them here. and consume

or sell the oil and meal. Foreign trade





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of power from the toiling motor, difficult

plowing conditions quickly test the stamina

and dependability of the cooling system.





The SPIREX Radiator successfully meets these tests.





In the majority. of the higher grade tractors

manufactured for farm use, and in the army cater-

pillar tractors, SPIREX Radiators have been adepted





as standard equipment.



All conditions taxing a tractor motor to the ut-

most —-heavy gumbo. soil -hills——-a capacity load

of gang plows—merely prove SPIREX superiority in

motor cooling.



Make sure that the tractor you buy is SPIREX—

equipped. .





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their pedigrees. We invite you to see our stock

before buying. You can see them an day of the

week Except Sunday. Write for part coins and

catalog to the OWOSSO SUGAR COMPANY.

Prairie Farm. Alicia, Mich.





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a matched pair of registered Pt‘rt‘llt‘P

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old weight 8200 lbs. the 103T. old an imported runn- in

foal now and mother 0 the 5 yr. old. “ill sell





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l) One of them

was a. B. F.

Avery & Sons Leverless;

the other a well-known

' '. _ competing/cultivator.

_The opening bid for the Avery was $40.00, and

It was sold for $53.00 to Dir. Gus Biels, Whose

address iS'Station 13., Omaha, ‘Neb. The other

Cultivator was sold for $25.00.





Moral: Do .3 Mr. Biels didw—get an Avery





Leverless for this Spring’s work. If your

dealer does not carry the Avery, write .





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dOWn blockey kind, welshsfiéfl) lbs. is sound in every

way). sure foal getter and a g and stock horse. Sell

rig t for cash or will trade or good draft horse.

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arm, move your body an'sr

way, and President' 3 comfort ‘

feature adjusts 1n unison with

every movement. N o squeezed— _

in waist, no pull on shoulders

or strain 0n buttons; great for

wear; the all-bras: trimmings

will not stain or rust.





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the trade-mark on .sole.

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“" Bee Supplies





Bee Hives, Sections Comb Founda-

t,lon Smokers, etc. Send i'or catalog.

Can supply beginner" s outfitselther

with or without Circular on

request. Beeswax wanted.





Berry Baskets





Standard quart, wood berry bas~



k.ets and wax-llhed paper baskets.



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Send .2. 50 with name of your grocer md

receive a 5-lb. poll of Graces Bros. PURE

HONEY delivered at your door





BEE SUPPLIES





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' this time I do not know; but I have





of the boys and girls, this led was with .





. TELEPHONE from the house to

A‘ the barn or to some other out-



' building or to a not too distant

chum’s house, is ofttimes both a great

convenience and lots of fun. To make





 





a real telephone is a somewhat diffi-

cult task, but we can make a good

telephone which, under favorable con-

ditions will enable us to speak up to

a quarter of- a mile away, with very

Simple materials.



The materials needed include two

boards about fourteen inches-square





 





 





 





 





 





Showing Board with Bladder in Place.





and one- -half to thiee- quaiteis of an

inch thick. The boards may often be





ANY things which are rather

outside the regular work of the

farm appeal to the boy, and to

the girl as well. Trapping in winter

affords no end of pleasure, and at the

same time brings in considerable prof-

it, particularly of late on account of

the high price of all kinds of furs.

Gathering nuts and selling them is an-

other source of revenue in its season.

I might speak of a number of other

ways by which the young folks may in-

terest themselves and at the same time

gain a bit of pocket money.



It is not of these I have it inmind

to speak just now, however; but I

would like to have the many boy and

girl readers of the Michigan Farmer

think along with me of some matters

which may at first seem more serious,

andye , which concern life at its best,

and really have just as great an ap-

peal to a great many as anything that

can be done in the way of sports or

diversions out in the field.



Just why it Comes. to my mind at





been thinking a good deal fora day or-

two about a farm boy I knew a good

many years ago. That boy’s father

went into the great Civil War in our .

country and never came back.

mother was left with six little fellows,-

of which the one I have in mind was

the oldest. They had a small farm,

were in debt, and times were hard.We‘

have not known anything like the

pinch of that War in the United States

since the war in Europe began.





Naturally, because he was the oldest





His.





A Telephone You





obtained by breaking 'up an empty box

and sawing up th0 of the boards to

the required sizes. Then get a plate

about eight inches across, lay‘it face

downward in the. middle of each‘board

and mark the wood around the edge of

the plate with a lead pencil. Cut out





‘ these circles with a key-hole or fret





saw. Having done this, the. boards are

ready, and we can put them aside until

we have the other parts of the tele-

phone leady.



Now we want two fresh beef blad-

ders. .\ Blow them up hard, tie the

necks withvstring, and put away for a





 





 





 





 





This Illustration Shows. the Method of

Stretching the Biadders.





few days to stretch, but do not leave

them so long thht they get dry. When

they have stretched cut off the necks

and soak the bladders in warm water

until they are white and soft. Then

stretch evenly and smoothly over the

holes in the boards already prepared.



Take a thin leather strap or pieces

of leather, and tack firmly all around

the holes over the bladder, as shown

in illustration, next cut away the edge

of the bladder outside of the leather

strips.



Attach two buttons to thin Wires and





By E. L. Vincent





They talked of many things besides-

the farm work. The mother had been

a teacher and a young woman of a

good deal of intellect.before she was





 





 





Our Prize C enter!





0 the boy or girl writing the

best letter, of less than 250

words, on each of the followmg

subjects, the Michigan Farmer

will give a cash prize of $1. 00.

(Subject of letter to 'be mailed

by April 21):

“How i earned my first dollar. "1





(Subject of letter to be mailed

by April 28)“



“The best war story i ever

heard. ” .





,, (Subject of letter to be mailed



" by May 5): ,

“The best hike i ever took.” ,.

We desire to make this con-j;





test a permanent feature oi." our

Boys’ and Girls’ Department. A "





 





thread through the center of the blad- .





ders. Hang a weight of six or seven

pounds on each wire and place boards

in some position so that the weights

can pull' down the bladders. Leave





 





them in the sun until they are dry and

hard.



All that remains now is to fix up the

two telephones in the positions desir-

ed, and connect them by fixing a wire

to the two wires attached to the but-

tons. The wire used should be of fine

copper or tinned iron wire. If the dis-

tance is great enough so that the wire

needs to be supported, this may be

done by hanging loops of leather to the

branches of trees or poles that may be

in the way.



Then we may speak from either end

of the line and the words should be





Attach Buttons to Thin Wires.





‘heard distinctly at the other end. , Tag





ring up, tap the bladder with a pencil

or a piece of rosin drawn over a short

piece of fish line attached to the but-

ton in the bladder makes an excellent

alarm.





The Farm Boy’s Side Lines





married, and somehow the boy had in-

herited a little of this from her.

mother knew it, and one day in the

sprirTg of the year. while she. and her

boy were gathering sap for maple sug-

ar with a neckyoke, she listened to

him as he told stories “out of his own

head,” and finally said“ to him: “Keep

on writing your stories, son. When





(you are out around the farm at work,





keep thinking of them and then when

you have time write them down. I’ll

help you all I can.”





And she,did help her boy. Her en- ,





couragement kept him bound to do his

best, and the day came when he went





'aWay to work in a. newspaper office.





Then finally he went back to the farm,

and I know he has written a number

of books, good books they are, too, and





hundreds pf steries and short articles





for young folks. And those hours back

on the farm when. he was a boy gave

him the start for it all





_ Yesterday while in town I saw on _

‘_ one of the doors I passed, a. big sign,

“Division Engineer" and the name of.”





the railroad was given just below.





Quickly my mind went mekto anoth-

or farm home, where a boy not so very

' ‘- many years ago was working away





The ‘





new subject will be added eahh

week.





age, full name and address





 





his mother much out on the farm





 





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every spare hour- he had on a corres-_





, pondence course in engineering. I nev-



Eer saw a boy more interested in any



finch study than he was,”and he made



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» ,~ Address your letters to Thefl



Boys' and Girls’ Dept, Michigan-1'.

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' doing the things which never would





meats: at Washington.





have counted, but he madethe most of

his aspiration to become a» good pen-

. if The wife 'of a young farmervl know

has all the music pupils she can attend

to, just because in the .days of her

girlhood she learned to play the piano.

This was the thing she loved most to

do when a girl. Every moment she

was not busy about something else she

gave to her musical studies. And now

years afterward, she is reaping her

reward. ‘ > ‘ ‘ \

Still another girl in our neighbor-

' hood dreamed Out a plan for making

‘ herselt librarian in some .city library.

She. berrowed' every book she could





‘ that would help her; she studied the ,





languages with a farmer’s Wife near-'





ized her dream, she has been for some

years a teacher in a great city school.

It may be some day she will reach the

'goal of her ambition. ,



‘Now, some of these boys and girls

are men- and women whose homes are

not on the farm; but some of them

still do live in the country: but Wher-

ever they live, they are better men and

women, more useful citizens than they

would have been if they had not taken

up these little “side lines.” Every sub-

ject we master, no matter what it may

he, makes us better fitted for the work

that comes to us in later life, be that

life lived where it may. We are better

farmers because we know as much as

possible about things not directly re-

lated to the country. I know of men

and women who are still thinking and

studying; so that they will be as well

educated in as many ways as they can.



What are your “side lines,” boys and

girls? Is there anything you love to

think about and to do? Make the most

possible of that thing. Worklhard to

gain the mastery of it.

tell into what paths life will lead us.

That will not matterso much, for all

we learn of good will make our lives

more complete and more useful to the

world. Let’s make every hour count

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PROMOTE CALFCLUBS FOR BOYS

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MOVEMENT is afoot in Gra’nd





Traverse county for the organize-‘1





tion of calf clubs among boys and girls.

The young people are being formed

into associations, each member of

which is furnished with a pure-herd

Shorthorn calf. The idea is to interest



“’ young people in agricultural endeavor

and to build up the pure-bred live stock

industry in Michigan.



The Boys’ and Girls’ Club Depart-

ment 0; M. A. C. is cooperating with

the Shorthorn breeders in the further-

ance of the work. Twenty-five head

of. pure-bred ' stock .have- already been



placed, it is reported.





   

   





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Since the'perfection of‘the March harvester-in 1864 and the /

Appleby knotter in 1880, there has been no basic change in]

the .construction‘ol‘ grain binders. '

Today the use of Hyatt Roller Bearings throughout the]:

Mollne No. it binder_ marks the greatest improvement ini

binder construction in 39 years. “

The use of ljyatt Roller Bearings reduces friction to such an I

extent that it is possible to pull a lO-ft. Hyatt equipped binder i

with the same power that is required to pull a 6-ft. binderl

equipped with ordinary bearings. J

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, . to produce.a Billion Bushels of Wheat in 1919. ‘- With

such a crop‘the use of the Grain-Saving Wind Stacker

will save 10,000,000 bushels that would otherwise be lost

—-a cash gain to farmers of $22,000,000. .





Grain-Saving Stacker





Get your share by insisting that the

machine which threshes your grain J

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twdmwgfifl daft???- separator the grain blown to the stack

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‘ lug machines. Many of these are

also familiar to you as makers

t the leadingtractors and farm

implements. . .





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saving of at least two hours a day of precious harvesring tim‘e'.‘





Furthermore, the use of Hyatt Roller Bearings makes it pos-

‘sible to operate the binder at a higher speed. Thus, with this

. Hyatt equipped lO-ft. binder one man can cut twice as much

grain per day as with the standard 6-ft. plain bearing binder.





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the far-reaching benefits given to agri~





culture by the use of Hyatt Bearings in the construction of





And such are the qualities added to farm tractors, threshers,

plows and other fa'rm machinery in which Hyatt Non-Adjust—

able Roller Bearings arc used/f





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Itch and Mange





Long.heavy coats of hair on horses are a. nesting

place for parasites. causing' itch and mange.

which irritate the horses and keep them from

doing best work. Prevent these troubles by

spring and fall clipping with a Stewart No.1 Ball

Bearing Machine. Only $9.75. Send 32—Day bal-

ance on arrival. Write for catalog.

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Dept. A121, lzth Street and Central Ave,Chica¢o.lll.





 





 





Ford Owners Why Take Chances

At Night ll Head Light Burns Out





7 We make and sell direct to

or [S BrOken’ Ford owners a Plug which

takes the place of a. defective lamp. and is

used together with the regular lamp-bulbs.

Itlcan be used repeatedly. is unbreakable. No

Wiring to change or alterations to make. Price

with full. directions. 250; after Apr. 20'l9, 50c.

_C.& (Lilli: Co. Lock Box 302,St.Johnn,Mlch.





 





 





 





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SEED CORN.





$3.75, $5.00 and $8.00 per bu. shelled. according

to strain. All graded. germination guaranteed.





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Com Breeders, Clinton. Mich.





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Seedsman. 1 419E. Ottawa St... Lansing, Michigan.





 





ichlgnn Wonder Beans.also known as Early Ulclh

igap. and 1200 to 1. Choice hand ’cked’ free

from disease. A. JENSEN. (fieenvllle, ich.





 





 





 





 





 





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Some selected breeds ' .

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Keep Setting liens . '5

Free from lice





Put Dr. Hess Instant Louse

Killer in the nests before add-

ing the litter and eggs, then

the brood will come off free

from vermin. Put it in the

dust bath —that’s always a



good thing to do. All fowls

will sift it into the feathers and the

lice will be quickly killed. Just as

for animals as for oultry.

lth one hand stroke the air the

wron way. with the other sift in

Dr. ess Instant Louse Killer.

Es cially good for lousy colts and

c yes right now.

Th d GIUARANTBED

e on er who sell on! t t

Loose Killer is authoriieyd to iiii‘l‘n‘iild '

your money if it does not do as

claimed.





: llb.30c.2‘/albs.60c(exceptln Canada) ,

Dr. BESS & CLARK

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1Fine ”fer Little Chicks





1write for tree Poultry Book to P. J.

. 2nd so. Minneapolii. Minn.





poor layer! “OUT 0100 CONDITION’

. , .. BowdireuthaeMChi .

. E lathe best molly for allchi these ”11%;:





.Ill FroinlheSameFeell





”wt? :2; So great has been he de-

dcwlllle iii: mand for these practical,

gm°w ready-to-use caponizing





tools that most dealers exhausted





their stocks. Thefact thatthePilling

factory was working l00% on Gov-

emmen orders for surgical instru-

ments prevented us from refilling

their shelves.



311! next Spring we shall be able to





supply dealers who order early. Get

your order in now-«any poultryman with

Filling caponizing tools and our complete

illustrated instructions can make each dol- '

lar s worth of feed produce four times as

many dollars as with roosters. Capon

Book FREE.





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Prevention is better than cure. Keep

pway blight and mildew and destroy

insect pests withe





Brown’ 3 Auto- Spray

Our No.1 shown here. ogeretes by com-

pressed! air. Half a mi ion have been



use from 1:0 18 years

free Spraying Calendar & 1919 Cato. a.

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“Please send me your White Diarrhea Remedy. lused

it last year and it is line." ..C D McMurray.

Ansonvillc. Par-If you want the same kind of success.

KELLY. 55 N.



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Birds DE Better and t/ze Land Server Dozléfe Purpose





HE flocks’ of poultry which are and thus increase the efficiency of the



forced to graze on land that is spraying. In some cases where poultry



unprotected from the sun and have had the range of potato fields it

Wind. will not thrive as well as the has not been necessary to spray to con—

birds which are furnished with protec- trOl the Colorado potato beetle. Hew-

The combining of poultry and ever, the hen-s do not seem to trouble

fruit is desirable because the birds the beetles after they have developed

help the fruit by destroying insects the hard backs.

and the fruit furnishes the birds with Evergreens can be used. to adyan-

a natural proteCtion from the hot Sun tage as windbreaks for poultry yards.

of summer and the chilly winds Of fall In some sections the profit from the

and spring. ‘





dense shade around poultry houses in outside even when strong Winds are

a short time. In the fall they shed blowing. Often the sun will be warm

their leaves

strike the house during the Winter. will usually stay in the houses. They

Fruit trees are better near a poultry can stand the cold if the air is quiet

house than evergreens which keep the but if the wind blows, their feathers

sun away from the house in the winter are rumpled and blown away from the

when it is greatly needed. Peaches do skin and when the cold air strikes the

very well in poultry yards in sections warm skin, the wise hen seeks for

where they are not easily Winter-kill- shelter. and stays there. The ever-

ed. Pears are first- class for fenced- -in' green Windbreak will increase the

yaids as they grow upright and do. not number of days each year that the

take as much space as the broader poultry flocks can stay outside and

spreading apple trees Apples are not hunt for bugs and seeds in comfort.



generally planted for shade in poultry Many poultrymen raise corn on parts

yards because 0f thf‘ll‘ S10W growtr. of their poultry range and this furnish‘

However, 1f a poultry range can be 10' es shade and protection from hawks





fine, as the broad spreading trees fur- valuable feed at harvest time Of

nish abundant shade for the birds. course, it is necessary to fence the

Fruit trees should not be planted too birds away from the corn until it ob-

close t0 BOUNTY 11011595 01‘ houses b11111 tains a thrifty start. Sunflowers can

too close to large fruit trees. The trees also be planted on the poultry range

W111 have to be sprayed to insure 3- by isolating the hens from that part of

quantity 0f marketable 111111 and the the range until the sunflower stalks

appearance of the poultry building is are about one foot high Then the sun-

hOt benefited by a bath With 111119 3111' flowers will furnish shade during the

phur 8011111011 summer and in the fall the heads can

Small fruit like red raspberries of- be broken over and the poultry will

ten (10 very W911 011 21 11011111? range. harvest the seeds just at moutling time

The dense shade furnished by the When they are very desirable in the

leaves gives the birds 3. cool moist ration to help, in the growing of more

earth in which to dust and scratch ev- feathers_

on on the hottest summer days. It is

a common supposition that when a hen

dusts she seeks a dusty place such as

a dry hot road. ObserVation Will prove

that the hen likes to dust the best in

8. 1110151 garden 5°11 and SUCh are the usual amount of shells and charcoal. I

conditions in the shade of the berry can hold them at about eight eggs :1

patch. day far fifty hens but can’t increase





Poultry will not injure raspberries Whldlt 032g}; alirlzoriéiéganghae‘gaaggtngm

at marketing time as the dense foliage balance the ration?

seems to prevent the birds fIOm Seeing . Possibly the lack of animal food in

the fruit. Blackberries can be raised the ration is the main reason for low

011 a poultry lange but the berries egg production. Try feeding the hens

stand out in plain sight 0f the 110011 plenty of sour milk in clean cracks.

and some may be picked If only the If the milk is not available it will pay

young poultry range in a patch of to feed beef scrap. The beef scrap is

blackbeiries very little trouble 'seems sometimes placed in a hopper without

to result

protection from hawks for as soon as the hens have access to it at all times.

a. hawk appears the birds will scurry Other breeders use from te_n to twenty

out of sight and it is an unusual hawk per cent of beef scrap 111 the dry mash.

with the nerve to dive down into a Probably it will be safest for you to,

patch of brambles and seek its prey use the beef scrap in the mash. The

It is not the nature of the hawk to cap- folloWing dry man is first-class: Three

ture poultry in that way and so the hundred pounds of fine ground oats;

young stock will seldom suffer any cas- 100 pounds of wheat Mam-.190 pounds

ualtie‘s if they are able to find such _a. of gluten meal and 1Q0 .pounds of beef

hawk-proof shelter. +1.. scrap. Corn should be included in the

Some poultrymen have found that scratch grain along with the; cats and;

it pays to allow flocks of poultry to bpckwheat screenings - ' least half‘

range over their strawberry patches on of the .hslratclr grains liquid he .cgin

ter the fruit has been harveSte'd The at this time of yéar and. it must be fed

birds help to keep down small weeds in a deep Hitter to induce exercise. The

and grass. They gather many bugs exercise improves 1111111931111 and vigor;

and beetles and do not injure the

strawberry plants. A potato field is





 





FEEDING FOR1 EGGS.





 





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faotor in? egg production. . If plenty O‘Zf





can be used as a. poultry range. The





beetles before they grow hard backs, to stimulate maximum 111383 prom“.





 





 

 





Finds Protection Proht’ableee.





and plenty of sun can and the Wind cold and then the hens ‘—





cated in or near an apple orchard it is during the summer, and later furnishes .





wheat screenings, a little bran and the '





Berry bushes form an ideal being mixed with other material and .





of the flock and this ;is" a necessary . .





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prod his 111121?

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chickens—feed and care for the young ‘



way you Would chickens. e economical is

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Are verynhardy and not sublect to disease.



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35. 00 for 100 eggs I -



Genuine Wild Mallard Ducks

Lay 50 to 60 one per year. We mum our

stocktobethebestin the count: may

as may are entirely wild trapped Muller

and not the coarse semi‘wild strain.



00 for 15 eggs

0 25.00 for 100 eggs _

Giants Bronze Turkeys

Have a wonderful flock. headed by prize.

menm'per 55 lb. tom.





Bloomfield S. C. Rhode Island

. Red Chickens /

Fine layingfo strarin of prize birds '





15 eggs

25.00 for 100 eggs _





Get order in early and send

check with it. Send for free

booklet and instructions.

Bloomfield Farms





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flocks will be increased by protecting _‘ .

. Plums grow rapidly and form a the range so that the birds can be - '





 





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350,000 FOR 1919





By Parcel Post Prepaid. 11 Delivered To

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g chicks from pure

bred arm stock that are

hatched right. Have chicks

of Utilit fi and IIl‘xhibition

wnlity. red toL ay 8 O.

bite and Brown “Leghgms

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Chins. 87 00 to $8. 00 a 100. Combination ofler on chicks

Hovers and brooder stove Give us your order and we

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now ready. Some breeds are sold out. fora number

of weeks. Orders for chicks are still being booked for

Barred and White Rocks

Rose and Single Comb Rliode Island Reds.

White Wyandottes.

Single Comb Black Minorcaa

Single and Rose Comb White Leghorns.

Single and Rose Comb Brown Lezhorne.

Single Comb Ancouas

White Orpinntons -

. Ens for hitching '



' any ($11119 foregoing breeds far with or

. 10081111111111” for inciibators. Special price for to



eggs during season: and on eggs for broilers.

Eggs from White Pekin Ducks, and from Gray T011.

louse Geese.

Hares—Belgians and Flemish Giants.

Orders should be sent now. in advance, so that our

order will not be crowded out by orders that ave

been sent. earlier. Send for catalog.





”BLOOMINGDALE FARMS »ASSOCIATIONS,

Bloomingdale, Michigan





 





 





BABY CHICKS





The average cost of producing

a. BABY CHICK under the lien

is 22% cents. We will supply

on with the breeds listed be-

- 0w at 121/2 cents to 20 cents.

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Feeding the





some infornmtion on the

feeding - W chinks, incubator-

hatched and hen- broode‘d. How often

afid what shduld I feed them? Also,

how ”should I «see pullets until they

are ready to be placed in winter quar-

tom? What would be a good ration

t0 fdt‘ten broilers on? The following

feeds are obtainable: Corn, oats,

wheat, middlings, bran, oil meal, corn

meal, beef scrap and sour milk Am

feeding a ration for winter egg produc-

tion taken from your paper. which is

giving fine results. . ,

Leelanau Go. Mrs. L. B.

Go0d results can be obtained with

chicks by feeding rolled oats for the

first fleck, about iive times each day.

Then fine -ehick- scratch teed can be

substituted and used until the chicks

are large enough for whole wheat,

cracked corn, etc. Plenty of sour milk

induces a rapid growth. Little chicks

cannot eat too much bran and it can

be supplied to them in hoppers from

the first day. Green food is important

and can be given in the form of sprout-

ed cats or cut clover until the birds

can range and collect their own greé‘n

food. Fresh water, charcoal and grit

are needed" On stormy days a little

line chopped onion helps to stimulate

young chicks. It is difficult to briefly

outline the "best" method ‘of feeding

young chicks, .as every poultryman and;

experiment station soon develops its

own best method and most of them

give satisfaction. It pays to study ra-

tions and then through experience

work out the system that seems to give





-the,best results on the home‘ farm. We





do not like wet mashes for the young

chicks, or hard boiled eggs taken from

the incubator at testing time. We be-

lieve that rolled oats makes the chicks

grow and do not think it necessary to

bake up any of the vaiious kinds of

breads and cakes that me sometimes

Used for starting young chicks.

Pullets need a good range and plenty

of— dry mash before them at all times

so that they will make a steady rapid

growth and be “ready to lay attheir

normal time, which should be about

six months for the Mediterranean

breeds and eight months for the Am-

erican breeds. The pullets should be

separated from the cockerels as soon

as the sexes are easily determined and

pallets should not be. compelled to

range with old hens asthe hens will

drive them-from the feed hoppers and

interfere with their growth. Pullets

are raised (successfully on about the





. same rations needed for laying‘hens.





Whenwheat can be used for feeding

it'pays to use'about 1wo parts of wheat

to, one part corn in the scratch feed.

While the wheat was needed for other

purposes it was not patriotic to use it

"for poultry feeding but many poultry-

men find that wheat is of the greatest

value in' developing _the bone and mus-

cle ‘of the pullets and making them

grow rapidly, and all‘ po'ultrymen will

be glad when wheat comes ‘back as

one of our staple poultry feeds. Plenty

of sour milk helps to make the pullets

grow. ' _ - _ ’ .

Broilers can be fattened on sour

milk and corn meal mixed into a slop-

py mash. The main point is to reduce

the exercise and increase the feed that

the broilers will consume. In growing

broilers, it is important to keep them

developing rapidlyand evenly tram the

day they are hatched. Broilers cannot

be half starved until eight or ten

weeks old 'w‘ith the idea of making up

for lost time and finishing them prop-

em on a tender related or rationing.

Tyenty. to thirtygor cent of MWrap

een- used succesuully id some

tioas, USuaily broilers can

. very little fattening {r

‘heen well fed; from the





Farm Flock





hatching time and are in good flesh.

Fathening poultry at a profit requires





‘earei’ul management and good vigor-





ous young

crates.

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birds 1561' the fattening





 





DOUBLE MATING EXPLAINED.





0 NE of the most perplexing prob- '





lems confronting the inexpéflenc-

ed poultry breeder

“double mating” system used in mat-

ing certain parti-colored breeds of poul-

try. While this system is used with

several breeds,





ably serve very well’to illustrate just

what is meant by .“double mating."





“The American Standard of Perfec- .





tion,” which prescribes the require-'

ments of a perfect fowl, states definite-

ly the proper shape, size, color.‘ mark-

ings. etc., of the birds of both sexes.





Now it so happens that with the Bar- .





red Rocks and some other breeds the

more or less arbitrary requirements do

not follow the laws of nature. For in-

stance if a pen of breeding birds is

mated so that perfect cockerels will be

produced, the pullets will be far too

dark for standard requirements. Such

a mating would be called a “cockerel

mating" because its purpose is to pro-

duce standard exhibition cockerels.

The females used in this mating. and

also those produced from such a mat-

ing, are called “cockerel bred" females.



Now in case it is desired to produce

exhibition females an entirely different

breeding pen must be selected.‘ Birds

will be Chosen with wider white bars

and narrower black bars, thus making

them several shades lighter than those





in‘ the. first mating‘described above;





While the pullets produced from this

mating will meet standard require-

ments, the cockerels will—be far too

light for exhibition purposes. Such'a

mating is known as a “pullet mating”

and the-.males used in such. a mating





and those produced therefrom are





termed “pullet bred” males.



Thus it appears that the whole sys-

tem really amounts to making two

breeds within a breed. If a person

wishes to produce standard exhibition

birds of both sexes it is necessary for

him to keep both .strains and maintain





two distinct mating pens. Many breed-i





ers do not attempt. to breed both

strains but specialize in one or the; oth-

er. Thus we often see in an advertise-

ment of Barred Rocks the phrase “dark





.line only.” This means that this breed-





er keeps only the dark ’or “coclrerel

bred” birds.

At many of the larger poultry shows





after the. usual awards have been made”





for the exhibition bred birds, prizes are

also given for “cocks-rel bred” females

and, “pullet,bred” males. This really

makes two complete classes of Barred

Rocks and allows the breeder who

keeps but one strain to exhibit both

his males and females for prizes.



Such in brief outline is the system

which explains the existence of such

terms as “copkerel bred” and “pullet

bred.” This article is not a defense of

the system nor is it an attempt to

change the established order of things.

It is merbly an attempt to explain very

briefly what is meant by the term “dou-

ble mating’? and to show the utter folly





of trying to produce both exhibition





males and females from the same mat-

ing. Probably the wisest thing for the

average farmer to do is to choose the

strain which he prefers and breed that

exclusively. S M. PoWELL.





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falfa- offers little temptation to insect

ravagers and the dryest weather sel—

dom causes it to load on the job. For

these and other reasons many farmers-

are giving serious thought to alfalfa

culture and many new fields will be

seeded during the coming spring and

summer.



The 1918 hay crop in Michigan was





. very small, in fact, less hay was har-





vested than during any of the preced-

ing four years. . The 1913 Crop was

only ‘a trifle less, while the 1916 e.,-pp;

was almost twice as great and the 1917

crop was larger by more than a million





IT is a common experience that 11.}





A well established ,.

~ field of-this legume will furnish more





geod cuttings of alfalfa hay in min-

years.

c111tlva'téd crop in ”preparation 151-,

new seeding of Grimm alfalfa.



Many fields of common alfalfa ”were





 





_ killed out by 1111? Severe winter of 1917-g-

f While grasshOppers and droughts may; “





18." The picture which accompapie .





this article shows the superior hairdfo

ness ’of Grimm stock over the common ,

variety.

«ment sent Mr: l—Iul‘ljj of Dimondale, ‘





Two years ago the govern-





seed. This was planted at the si 1



afifteen—acre field of common alf fa.

all other conditions being the same.

The first yea-r there was’no-difference

apparent, but lasthsurnmer, after the

severe winter-preceding, the contrast

was so great that Several meetings of“





farmerswere held in the field'to show , ‘ '





thevdifre'rence- ,Mr. Farrand, the coun-





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1:00 P. M., FRIDAY, APRIL ‘25, 1919

King Segis Longfield Korndyke Heads the Herd ~





11 Registered Cows Giving Milk.

4 Registered Heifers 1 year old.

1 Registered Bull 1 year old.

7 Registered Heifer Calves.

3 Registered Bull Calves.

1 Registered Herd Bull 3 years old.

20 High Grade Young Cows Giving Milk.

5 High Grade Heifers 3 years old next F all to freshen soon.

3 High Grades, 2 years old next Fall.



All in Fine form and condition- The best producing herd in Gratiot

County! 60-day Retest. Inspection of Herd solicited. Terms Cash, Parties

from a distance will be entertained at Hotel Seaver, Ithaca, Mich., on the

Ann Arbor R. R Conveyance will be furnished to the farm. Dinner at

Neon. Write for catalog and information.



ARTHUR W. MUMFORD, Perrinton, Mich.





Manager of Sale





BREEDERS’ BIREC'I‘ORY





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that. Mr. Scripps is breeding. He enjoys see-

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THE BEST 18 NONE Too (Soon

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We have a few females with calves at foot and





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Gov. Chane Galden Noble .9. May Rose breed lug.

Tuberculnr tee ed by state Halcyon Sequel born 19

Grew grand son of Go v Oh one sires and grand sires

areal] R breed lug 0Price 525 F0 B Avondales

1 l7. Sire Halcyon Sequel] Dem

Gertrude of Halcyon. Farm rice 5151 F..0 B Luella' 3

Duke of AvOndale born Jan. 1918 Sire Lord Sunrlse

Dam Luella’s Maid. Prices 3101 F.0. B. Avondales

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0f“ Near Lucas,





tons. Of course, there was a well-

known reason for the reduced acreage

in 1918, but crop statistics show that

the yeld per acre in 1918 was one-third





year average and one-half a ton less

than in 1917. The short crop has re-

sulted in exceptionally high'priges for

hay and a consequent reduction in the

amount of stock kept for'winter feed-

ing. The whole situation has created

not a little uneasiness among thought-

ful farmers who _see in the shortage of

hay one of the most serious problems

in successful farming. : 71.. -





Recently a farmer with forty years’

experience remarked to the writer

that, in his opinion, the growing of

more hay constitutes the greatest prob-

lem on certain types of 'soil, referring

to the cultivated sands and Sand loams.

“With little hay,” he said, “We have

to .cut down on ,the numberof head ‘or

stock kept, and this is undesirable for

several reasons. M_ainly We need the

stock for a winter income, and more

manure is absolutely necessary on our

light soils. Red clover is becoming





seems to succeed if given half a

chance.” This farmer, with many oth-

ers, is looking forward to the day when

no other hay crop besides alfalfa, or

perhaps sweet clover, will be grown

on the lighter, well-drained soils. '





this advice to farmers who contem-

plate some change in forage crops this

spring. ”‘Dd' not hesitate aboiif‘ trying

alfalfa, thinking it a well-nlgh impos-

sible task, for it is not. 1!;- given a fair

show, it will repay any: efforts to get

it, and bne‘ will blesNhe day he decid-

ed gito‘ give ;-a:lfalfa a trial,





   





 





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of a ton less than the preceding ten-.





more uncertain every year, .but alfalfa,





Another successful alfalfa grower ln .-

the northern section of the state gave





a farmer. whose land is

11511". ’8'





ter-killed badly while the Grimm was





strong and vigorous. The picture

shows the comm'on alfalfa harely hid-

ing the feet of" Mr. Hull in the fore-

ground, while the Grimm a few feet

away is waist high on Mr. Farrand.





Dr. Eben Mumford. recently said: “IV

think that all of us who have been in '

touch with alfalfa growing in this state 3

have seen the interest in it gradually .





increase, and the\ percentage of fail-





ures is being reduced because more ,





men are complying with all of the con-

ditions of success " A few years ago





farmers in the corn be'lt were experi- .

menting With alfalfa but with poor suc- ;

cess until, through the eflorts‘ of Jos- -





eph Wing and others, the correct cul-

tural methods were discovered. Now





alfalfa is grown in great abundance. '

Mr. Rupert, a wealthy and very suc— '

cessful corn belt farmer, once told the '

writer that alfalfa Was so prolific now .'

in his section that he expected to see .





it a drug on"« _the market. Corn belt





farmers were simply complying with"

all the essentials for its successful"

growth. A few. farmers in most every ’

Michigan county have done likewise . _,:

When all 3 ' L

attempts with this crop are based on 1





With equally _good results.





a knowledge of its requirements, the

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tron W weed, has gained tav-

or on ' V VIE-arms in Michigan, where

it is now being successfully grown both

in rotation for stock feed and as a

catch crop to be plowed .under to en-





rich the soil.





-It has proved excellent for hay and

pasture and is unequaled by any other

legume as a soil improver. Mixed with





good grasses it makes a pasture (of





nearly double the carrying capacity of

grass alone. On some‘ farms, with

proper management. it is profitable.



Success with this legume is rare un-

less three essentials for its success

have been provided. They are lime,

inoculation and scarifid seed; that is,

seed which has been treated to scratch

or crack the hard coat and make it

easy for moisture to penetrate and

hasten germination. '



Probably more failures with sweet

clover can be traced directly to lack of

lime than to any other cause. * In some

sections a ton of finely ground lime-

stone or half that amount of hydrated

lime, well worked into the soil, will be

sufficient to prepare it for growing

sweet clover. But in other localities

more'may be needed: While it is true

that much of the seed raised is sown

locally without having the tough seed

coat roughened, and that good stands

are secured, generally more seed is re-

guired and the practice entails unnec-

essary risk. Scarified seed usually can

be secured through local seedmen at

a slight additional expense, or home-

grown seed can be sent to seed houses

for this treatment at’a nominal cost.



Seed May Bring Cash.



On grain or crop farms usually a



small acreage of sweet clover furnish





es all the hay and pasture needed, ,





leaving the greater part of the crop to

be plowed under to enrich the soil. Us-

ually in. the beginning it is better

practice to plow under most of the

crop rather than attempt seed produc-

tion. On combination grain and live

stock farms sweet clover serves even

a better purpose. It promotes the

keeping of live stock, because of the

hay and pasture it produces as a part

or the rotation, and as a mixed seeding

with blue grass it furnishes a pasture

with greatly increased carrying ca-

pacity.



A successful and effective three-year

rotation on a grain and live stock farm

consists of: {First year, corn; second

year, oats, barley, or spring wheat

‘with a seeding of sweet clover and

timothy; third year, sweet clover and

timothy. A good four~year rotation for

a hog farm is: Corn the first two

years; cats with a seeding of Sweet

clover, alsike and timothy, the third

year, which is left for pasture during

the fourth year. Another four-year roa

tation with sweet clover is: First year,

corn; second year, cats with a seeding

of sweet clover as a catch crap; third

year, wheat with a seeding of sweet

clover; fourth year, sweet clover for

hay and Seed. ‘





 





OPPOSES MEAT CONFERENCE.

- ENATOR KENDRICK, of Wyom-

ing, who introduced a bill at the

last session of Congress providing for

government regulation of the meat-

packing industry, issued a statement

tonight opposing the creation of a.“con—

feience committee of the live stock in«

dustry,” as has been proposed for the

adjusting of differences among pack-

ers, stock raise‘rs and the government.

“The interests of packer, producer

and consumer,” said Senator Kendrick,

“may be conserved only by legislation

which shall remove grounds for mis-

understanding. and ghre full publicity.

.“No conference committee can do-





, ,stroy the absolute control which a few,



-' ' packers now exert over the stock mar-



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STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, '

M NAGEMENT, ‘ CIRCULA ION,





E c., REomRED BY THE AC or: . 7





AUGUST 24, 1912, '





Weekly at Detroit, Michigan, for April

19 1919- ’0 ,

State of Michigan,

County «of- Wayne. ~

Before me a Notary Public in and .,

for the state and County aforesaid per-. '

sonally appeared I. R. ‘Waterbury‘, who,

having been duly

to law, deposes and says that he is the

Business Manager of the Michigan

Farmer, and that the following is to!

the best of his knowledge and belief,»

a true statement of the ownership,





management (and if a daily paper, the , =





circulation), etc., of the aforesaid pub-





lication for the date shown in the ,





above caption, required by the Act 'of'

August 24, 1912, embodied in section

443, Postal Laws and Regulations,

printed on the reverse of this form,-

to wit:



1. That‘ the names and addresses of

the publisher, editor, managing editor,

and business manager are:



Publisher, The Lawrence Publishing

Co,.Detroit, Michigan.





Editor, I. R. Waterbury, Detroit,

Mich. ,

Managing Editor, M. J. Lawrence,





Washington, D. C.. _



Business Manager, I. R. Waterbury,

Detroit, Mich. ' .



2.. That the owners are: (Give

names. and addresses of. individual

owners, or, if a corporation, give its

name and the names and addresses of

stockholders owning or holding one

per‘cent or more‘ot‘ the total amount

of stock).



M.'J. Lawrence, Washington, D. C.



Cgrrie J. Lawrence, Washington,

D. . .



P. T. Lawrence, New York City.

Olive M. Lawrence, Cleveland; Ohio.

Estate of M. L, Lawrence, Cleve-

land, Ohio.



F. H. Nance, Lakewood, Ohio. ,



Neff Laing, Philadelphia, Pa.



E. D. Pope, Cleveland, Ohio.



Nellie B. Lawrence, Cleveland, Ohio.



Citizens’ Sav. & T. 00., Cleveland,

Ohio, Trustee under the will of M. W.

Lawrence, (Beneficiaries, Nellie J.

Lawrence, Mary Lawrence and Morti-

mer Lawrence). _



Nellie J. Lawrence, Guardian, Cleve-

land, Ohio, Guardian of Gains J. Law~

rence. ‘ ,



Mrs. G. B. Rogers, Clefeland, Ohio.



Lillian Cotton, Cleveland, Ohio. ‘



R. M. McConville, Cleveland, Ohio.



Kate E. Munsell, Detroit, Mich.



J. F. Cunningham, Lakewood, Ohio.



I. R. Waterbury, Detroit, Mich.



3. That the known bondholders,

mortgagees, and other security holders

owning or holding bonds, mortgages,

or other securities are: (If there are

none, so state).



None.



4. That the two paragraphs next

above, giving the. names of the owners,

stockholders, and security holders, if

any, contain not only the list of stock-

holders and security holders as they

appear upon the books of the company

but also, in cases where the stock-

holderor security holder appears upon

the books of the company as trustee

or in any other fiduciary relation, the

name of'the person or corporation for

whom such trustee is acting, is given;

also that the said two paragraphs con-

tain statements embracing afiiant’s full

knowledge and~belief as the circum-

stances and conditions under which

stockholders and security "holders who

do not appear upon the books of the

company ‘as trustees, hold stock and

securities in a capacity other than that

of a bona fide owner; and -this affiant

has no reason to believe that any oth—

er person, association, or corporation

has any interest direct or indirect in

the said stock, bonds, or other securi—

ties than as so stated by him.





5. That the average number a; cop-

ies of this publication sold or distrib

uted, through the mails or otherwise,

to {paid subscribers during the six

months preceding the date shown

above is. (This information is requir-

ed from daily publications only).





(Signed)





I. R. WATERBURY,

Business Manager.





Sworn to and subscribed before me

this Twenty-seventh Day of March.





19.

CLARENCE E. HAMLIN.

, Notary. Public.





 





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WIISTOWN. Twilight?
On account of sickness 1n my family _I have rented my

farm and will sell Without reserve my entire herd on





MONDAY, APRIL 2|, l9l9





This herd is free from contagious abortion and tuberculosis,

tested by authorized state veterinarian under state supervision,

160 day 1‘e- test allowed -





Many world records are represented in these animals and

they are yours if you bid last.





They consist of daughters of King of the Pontiac Segis out of

Dams ranging from 20 lb two year olds up to 30 lb. cows.





20 lb two year olds up to 29. 31 lb. three year olds bred to King 2

of the Pontiac Segis





Daughters of Kin Walker Champion No, 125062, A 30 lb. Bull

out of a daughter of ..S P. Alcartra.





Grand daughters of Pontiac Korndyke out of- A. R O. Dams

up to 26. 74 bs.





Great grand daughters of Pontiac‘ Korndyke cut of A R. O.

Dams up to 26.74 lbs.





Daughters of King Lunde Pontiac Korndyke bred to King

Korndyke Orinsky Pontiac whose nearest Dams average 37. 76 lbs.





Daughters of Kin Lunde Pontiac Korndyke also grand

daughters of Sadie Vae Concordias Paul DeKol, bred to King

Korndyke Orinsky Pontiac. *





Grand daughters of Pontiac Opollo and Pontiac Nyx not bred.

Grand daughters of King Segis Champion Mobel a 40 lb. Bull.

Grand daughters of King Hengerveld Palmyra Fay11e..





Inspection invited, send for catalog, don’t get this sale con-

fused with other sales on the same date.





Farm located at Royal Oak north of Detroit Michi .,an on Pon-

tiac Trolley Line at Eleven Mile Road, also on Grand runk R.- R.





 

 





 

 





 

 

 

 





 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

 

   

   

   

 

   

   

 

 

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





S. T. WOOD,

Pedigree Expert





B. V. KELLY, C. P. S. PRICE

Auctioneers





JOHN H. McGLURE, Owner





POST OFFICE ROYAL ORK, MICHIGAN





 





MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK





1 INSURANCE COMPANY

i INDEMNIFIES Owners of Live Stock—Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs

Against Death by Accident or Disease





 





 





 





_ SAGINAW - GRAND RAPIDS

‘ CATTLE “ . ' 1 ,,

GUERNSEYSEserlsihs‘g W'““.’.3.°...d....., Herd





Oo ntaini 1n blood of world champions.

HICKS' GUERN EV FARM.





31.11.... w.s. Mich Holstein- SFriesian Cattle





 





 





 





C Grade Heifer Calves Regiztered Bull

uernseys O;alves write' our reduirem nst “as

WALT ER PHIPPS FARM, Alfred St Detroit,Mich. FLINT APLECREST BOY

llliiiesiree is blaglecrest 1111111111,?) llgengferveld. His

r e eares sins one over s o b tt

For Sale Vlgggigtered Guernsey Bu“ one dam. is dam and granddam both made ovgrlgzillhs?

GEO. W. REEVES, R. 7 Grand Rapids, Mich, of butter in one year. It is the yearly cow we are

lBooki for to (16131 ivirvthe 303211;! 3Foll171tibMaplecrest

oy s am is [no assar s o butter

1 My entire herd 0f Guam“? gttil‘l’ef‘f‘resé‘gg' iglriii‘it n 7 days and 121 lbs. in 30 da s. Iler butter fat test





be sold before May 1

JOHN





NEBELS R. 2, This looks about 1'





to the creamerv. We luv:

to 12 months old. From O.doms and sired by

Flint Maplecreet Boy, which we will sell atadairy

farmers price breeding considered. ink





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Purpose tows

The most profitable 'dual

purpose (attle are ol-

steins.11.s impartial 1n1est1-

ations. conducted by ex-

ichigan, Iowa, and Neb-

The Holsteins





Let us know your wants. We will make terms on





approved notes.

JOHN H. WINN, Inc.





Lock Box 249, Roocommon Mich.

Reference Roscommon State, Bank.





The ' Traverse. ' Herd





We have what you want in BULL CALVES the

large fine grthhy type. guaranteed right in

every Way. They are from high producing A. R.

.0. ancestorsaDam 5 records up to 30 lbs. Write

for pedigrees and quotations, stating about use

desired. .



TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL



Traverse City, Mich. >





CLUNY srocK FARM





loom-REGISTERED HOLSTEle-doo

When you need a herd sire remember that we

have one of the best herds,1n Michigan. kept un-

der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We

have size. quality, and Production records back-

ed by the best straluns o breedinc. “ ~



usiour wants.

R. BRUCE McPHE SON,





 





periment stations of

raska 'haxe tonclusively shown.

showed a greater gain per steer at a. lesscost

per pound of either roughage or grain than any





 





of the other breeds. Holste' ins‘ calves are big,

strong. and grow Q1111 klv and Holstein beef is

as fine in texture and taste as that of any cattle.

Purebred Holsteins ha1efi'rmly established

themselies 1115 the world‘ s best dual purpose breed





Ii interested in





HOLSTEIN CATTLE





Send for our booklets-they contain much

valuable information.





HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA, Box 164, Brattlsboro, Vt





“Top-Notch”

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NEW BULL FOR- .GHIN‘A.1





 





LEVEN stockmen of China. town-

ship, St. Clair Co., have united in

the purchase’of a highly bred Holstein

bull at Flint. The breeding and indi-

viduality of this young sire places him

in a. class by himseli; His pedigree

enables him to rank With, the leading





bulls of the state, being high in' week-

' Ly and yearly milk and butter records.





Five of his six nearest dams each have

semi-omcial records averaging 1,193

pounds of butter and 24,573 pounds of

milk in a year. Four of these cows

have each year produced on semi-offi-

cial test over 1, 200 pounds of butter





, and 25, 000 pounds cf milk in a year.





All have official records exceeding thir-

ty pounds of butter in a week, averag-

ing better than 100 pounds of milk

per day. ' 1 -

.The men who have taken this step

in the improvement ofthe live stock

of the ~community are Peter Distelrath,

Albert Builin, Edwin Rankin, Frank

Layle, John Reynolds, Albert Schroep-

pel, Louis 'Schroeppel, Leohard Thei-

sen, Frank Allor, Russell'Balfour and

Fred Allington. They. met at the





' - home of Mr. Distelrath, 011 Thiirsday





morning, and organized the China'Hol-

stein Breeders’ Association The coun-

ty agent submitted articles of associa-

tion and by- laws which were adopted

and the following officers Were elect-

ed: President, Jehn Reynolds; - vice-

.president, Louis Schroeppél; secretary-

treasurer, Albert Schroeppel. , ' _



Albeit Schroeppel was hired by the

association to keep the sire, and, the

members are arranging a “bee” when

they will all turn out and build a pad-

dock on the Schroeppel farm.



Not Only have these men takenone

of the most important steps for breed-

ing up the live stock of ’the county,

but also each member is planning to

buy one or more pure-bred cows, have

his herd tested for tuberculosis, and

improve his methods of care and feed-

ing in general. These results have

been accOmplished through the Com-

munity Committee of the St. Clair

County Farm Bureau appointed last





he realized by working- together.

Through this association the members

are able to secure one of the very

best bulls of the breed at an average

investment of less than forty dollars.





GRANGER—S MEET.





 





ENSURING Secretary of ”Agricul~



ture Houston for suppressing the

Spillman estimates on coat of produc

tion; discussing thoroughly and adopt-

ing by unanimous rising vote the sub-

mission of the terminal Warehouse bill

to the people, sewing carpet rags for

rugs for the county seat’s new rest-

room—attained after long and arduous





weave the rugs; taking in a. class 31‘

about a dOZen members; enjoying the

Pomona Orchestra, an’d eating Pitts-

field- Solo-Webster's sumptious 1111111131

—-thus Washtenaw’ 8 county Grange

“drove dull care away” at its March

meeting.



The program proper offered a rich

feast, well» in the shape of airaCy talk

by Mrs. Edith M. Wager? Locturer of

Wayne Pomona Grange;~ Ma‘s. Wager





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’ the city 11011311111 who “run out over the





year, and show the great good that can '





- Committees and bureaus which have





farm efforts—and collecting $10 ’to





talked in a pleasant conversational"‘



Way upon women’ 's new political duties ,,', ‘



111111 related her attitude toward them



from the standpoint at What fariner.



“Women have been doing during we

was





 

 

 

   

 

 

 





how mitny know what it costs to feed



week end ” ”That she had made an ef- ‘ ’.



fert to ascertain the actual cost of food 1 .



used in her oWn home during a. period



of one week, she Showed by quoting



costs of the various foods used during



a week of beet harvest on their farm



last fall. These meals were for three



adults—all working in the. beetfield—



and, as she was one, of the ‘three,. the



meals were hastily prepared huh-ample,



for working persons. The conclusion .



of her experiment was that it had cost



,about forty-five cents a day per per-



son, exclusive of labor and all "over.



head" charges. This raised the neat



little question of “how much is a farm 1



woman’s time worth, anyhow?” She



knows what her husband would have 1 . ,



to pay a foreigner to do the work she _ 1 -



does in the field, but ,‘what is she‘ worth » ' ' '



working in her own home? This, and



many other pointed queries, Mrs. Wag-



ar thrust upon her audience. 1Espe-



cially did she amuse themen by urg-



ing that women take the middleground _ ,



of non-partisanship. in politics for 1



awhile at least. She showed good in



both of the dominant parties, but point-



ed out, also, some tremendous weak-



nesses in both. She 111ng women to



think things out for themselves and 1



not be classified on their, husband’s .



record on party lines. Altogether Mrs.



Wagar made a. “hit” with a very atten- -



tive audience and it is hardly possible



that thoée who listened will forget all



the points that she sent home with



such delicious humor. . ,

An .unusual pleasure was granted " '



this Pomona in that two editors of the ‘ 1



Michigan Farmer were present and ' .-



made short, addresses. Both were very , .



welcome and I venture to predict that- 1 .



many wondered why we do not oftener . , ‘



have the privilege of exchanging opin‘v



ions with the leade1s of our farm pa-



pers. Certainly nothing but the best



s01t of good results can come from



such interchange of ideas and plans.



JENNIE BUELL.





 

 

 

 

   

 

 





 





 





 





 





" WOMEN JOIN FARM BUBEAUS.





 





N more than two-thirds of the states

' the farm bureaus now include wom-

en as well as men in their'member—

ship. Boys and girls also, have their

place in the county organization. As

a consequence, women are taking an

increased interest in community work.





the benefit of feminine as well as mas-

culine judgment on farm questions

have a basis for a broader vieWpoint

than do those composed of men only. '

The men are said heartily to approve;

of having the bureaus open to their

sisters 111111 wives, and in many, in-

stances they seem to be even more-

enthusiaStic than their wives are about

womenflgommg





 





 





 





-LIVE STOCK news. . -; ~





 





HE foreign demand for lard and,

cured hog meats is 1311911111,





 





.. one. and-

there is no danger of- over-production

of hogs in the United States.' During

a recent Week exports from the Atlan-

tie ports embraced 29 £701,000 pounds

0f lard, comparing LWith 3.4 441,001,)

pounds a week lie and 11,989,000-

1% évslirn'e, time





 

 

   

 

   

   





Doundé a year £189

exports 101' megs

to 69 .8150 9’ :‘pb
Frlnslan calm as





U AI swarm. April, 24, Iain III 5th





Young females. mostly fresh, bred

to 33. 34 lb, sire. Tuberculin te‘SIed.

Mostly cut of A. R. 0. dams. Free

trans. from depot.



Auct. Meckeldoumy & Luther. Wood

in Box. Write for catalog.





F. J LANCE, Sebewaing, Mich.

BULL CALVE





No. 112.849. The sire s cm st 2/ yelirs. grand-

dam at 3 years. an great grand-dam have

semi oficia records averaging 842 lb. butter in





 





Sired by

Mapleside

rndyke





ltycar. Dams of calves have A. R. 0. records up

to 19 23 1b. butter in 7 day 5. Write for breeding

and prices.





PEACELAND STOCK FARM

rec PRlvors, Mich. Chas. Peters, Herdsman

C. L. BRODY, Owner Port Huron, Mich.





Rggiste Z9 82 rcltlbsfiglsteinillzéiléacalves frgsm A. I}. gieogg u

‘ u or n ys gran one o e

o.E.o N.érs Gobleviile. Mich

F sale A fine registered Holstein bull calf from large

0"p reducing am esters. born Dec 18. 1918. Won.





makeaflnesirc for im rou LOlMIB II ngde herd. Price

reasonable. Owosso. Mich.





For Ssle Registered Holstein bull calf. born Feb. 18,

1919 mosttyp white. Dam daughter of 30 lb sire Sire

Grandson o edigree and _

price delivered. BE ohns. Mich.

aocepte in payment of finely bred rog-

R M ”his“ rodl‘lio letein bull calves. %slity

attire unity prices within reach of all. rite.

,GEU. D. Vassar. ich.





III: III III, Eggg ”we egress“ “5° 0°

BERT HICKS. St. Johns. Mich.





Pontiac Kornldlke write for

IIdIs. St.





 





:15” Refine reg. heifer two months old and one

calfonemonthold. Notsk in. Pontiac-breed-

ing. Both light colored. B. B. Reavey. Akrou,hlich.

9. Reg. Holstein Bull





W A N T E dam better than?!) lb.





PARHAM’S PEDIGREE STOCK FA RM.

Bronson. Mich.





:0 THE dollar_ mark ls psrt of 1 Jersey bo-





cuuse she' Is a real money maker. Costs less





to he. than my other cow and her milk Is worth





more. She gives the prosperous touch to your

were Jersey butter-f III: records

at or breed and you will not be satisfied with

anything but Jersey's—the profit

“More for prfices and pedigrees undid:

All w you Nimble facts, free.





3' “ERICA" JERSEY CATTLE (31.3%

West 23d Street New Yo





 





 





Lane'R. at M. Jersey herd Bull and heifer

sired by II nophevi‘ the new W'orld's





cavesl

011 ion. 80 1110's A use Al I 0.11 ede and

up 9 lII RVIN FBKR. Allegan. lch





BUTTER BRED JERSEY “Eu“





GlmAL SPRING STOCK

Sumner-00k. Alleges County.





JERSEY BULELS





rvioo FOB SAL

'ATEBMA WA AN. Ann Alli'bor. Mich.

The Wildwood Jersey Farm.





Mfor “I. am M35091: s Oxford Fox M14 and





nd-Esn

best Lodg- out of R. of M Ma-

Soot! dens. "ALVIN A DEN, Capac. Mich.





[RARE

Michigan.





 





 





 





 





L LIEI‘ crushed Jerseys. Youn bulls adv for

rviee from R. of M. cows. A few red hei ers and

cows. COLON 0. LILLIE. Cooper'svl Ho. Mich.

J roe 11 d



For sale for servlc‘: and3 bul czllvm s res y

ISMITH It PARKER. R. 4. How ell Mich.



Strong in the blood 01'



NOW“ Wm 4th. the [tram





true to types‘ miA mdomlutes the la

flows salerings 1w gountry A few hig

(Jameson. and compare.





melanin". ”ominous 29.

E. J. TAYLOR. Fremont. Mich.





HEREFORDS





Both sexes and all ”for ssie slso hornedsnd

sailed hulls laser





Governor l”by Prince

Donald Prime Lad 9th. Militant Farmer .by

In airfax Farmer by Mllitint

Farmer. Dun by Perfection Fairfax ‘ »





ALLEN wEROSJ’sw PawMich.’



endow-d degree“ new .4:

flhfir-“umzr I... -



“In... “T“ we.“ 2&m.m'





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“Mandingo





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0. Ohio. ntonobllo new?





srowsu. srocx firm,





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.2 cars of Sho rthorn year lugs to





Form -





Good h

.w Ioeto salt





”We





' ‘ ‘ ff. Shorthorns



dime of the Mich. Champions. We hove lust

purchs'sed the entire herd of Scotch cattle be

loam to the Estate of the latéA. D. Flintom.

Kansas City. Mo. About/Feb. lst. we will 0381' II

choice lot of young bulls for sale



C. 11.? PRESCOTT & SONS,



(lice at Towns City. Mich Farms at Prescott, Mich





 





 





 

 

 





ROG JERSEYS





‘ f t the he

391110“ ‘5“ pigs eltheuIFg‘fxusw 0 "V boned 155'”





rsnot a





BT01?





A few pecchoiucwilts bred to Brook.

. (A full brother to

pecaud champion sow at the





[L1, Monroe, Mich.





 





Dunc Jim”





Brook water Lass D t of}





 





International). 0”..le .Edmonds. Hastings. Mich

sows all sold. Write me your

Spring Farrow m... m





J 05 SOHUELLER. Wieldmsn. Mich.





 





Shot-thorns of Quality Scotch and

For sale Scotch To pod descendantsofArohers

Hope. Avondalo. Maxw ton Bulton and White Hall

tones the 0300 0Co. Bhol‘thorn Breeders Ass.

JOHN EMIDT. Reed City. Mich.





Stacker-s & Feeders Forb Sale





1&3 Shorthorn Steers ave. 1065l

170 Hereford Steers ave.

2 cars of yearling Heretords 3:0.- ngsom lbs.

on

These steers are dehorned and in good fieeh. Wapello

00.13.. is noted for its ngomifi. cattle. Write

JOHN OARRCI 3. ~ Ottumwa. Ie.





 





Clay bred young bulls





MIlking Shorthoms 3 to 10 months old.





DAVIDSON It HALL. Tecumseh. Mich.





 





osemary Farms Williamston. Mich. youn bulls

ready for seriice.‘lhorthorns bred for milk beef.

Herd esthb by Prof. C. H. BurgesS. Mich Agrl. College.

Shams Central Mich. Shorthorn Breeders Asso.

offer 37 bulls all ages.





sale Write Oscar Skinner. c...





Shorthorn‘BI-eeder .. m... .

CHAS. WARNER. Jr. Imlay City. Mich.

Shorthorns 100 head to select from. Write





me yIJIur saints. [Klee réaasonfiblfi.

ose ity. Ic





 





Gow en. ich.





No stock for ’sale

$-





The Kent Co Shorthorn Breeders have both males

and females tor sole. Ask about them. '

L. H. LEONARD Sec. .. - - Caledonia; Michw





 





” 311‘s.





17 females for I





F‘OIR Sgleitfuroc JeasgyAi‘of thxglbig gronedriizypc fell

pgso e ersexan a n o erg orsp ng



OH SERAY. 0kemos,1\l)ii(fil.



ed lt



Ham pshires 33%... “t ”mam” “ ”





JOHNW. SNYDER, R. 4. St. Johns, Mich.





 





-THE 0WORLD’S CHAMPION





big tJIeO IC'S. Stock of all ages for sale. Herd

by Callowayc Edd. the W orld a Champion 0.1.

(J. boar assisted byC .Soh-oolmaster. Grand Cham-

ion boar of Michigan.Ncw York and Tennessee state

Al 80. Giant Buster, undefeated Senior

boar pig wherever shown and Grand Champion of Oh-

lshoma. state fair Get our catalogue of Orendoll' a

prize hogs. Cass City. Michigan.





Raise Chester’Whites.

Like This





the original big producers





 





I HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

success. I can help you. i want to Flame“ one hogy from





at herd i I every communityw where am not

3.5.22.1 tinsel fine early devalopers~ready for marital; at 0:3;

fill all Write fox-my Dani ore Honey!





 





Sher-thorns of best Bates breeding and ”m

Milkingo. .syIine. Bulls for sale 1 mo. to l I. I. “I" R.F.D.10. Portland, Michigan:-

yeer old. 015.3 KUR TZ. Mason. Mich ‘





 





Hogs all sold. ham 3. nice Bhorthorn bull calf. six

months old goodN individual rice 51001! taken soon.

J O D. DWILE Schoolcreft. Mich.



Shor





Four Full Blood .0. .. 3°“ 3““

W. PULVER & SON. Three Rivers, 1 c .





Callie For Sale





 





 





 





Stockers a feeders. from 500 to



16000 Write your wa. n.ts



AA SHIANSTROM. Fairfield Iowa.

and Duroc





Realm?“ Red P0“ Calves Jersey pigs





for sale. “'ill Cottle. West Branch. Michigan.





Don’t Buy A Bull





But





ill» ' 'Ir

uy This 51 e

Here is a very straight 6 months old

calf out of a show cow that has an A.

R. 0. record of 27.09 lbs. butter,607

lbs. milk in 7 days and a big milker

for the year. His sire is a 32 lb.son

of the famous $50, 000 bull.





If you want a real sire that will

make you money write





LAKE SIDE DAIRY

LAKE ODESSA, MICH.





 





HOGS





.lluI-oc Opportunity





What would the earning capacity of a Brook-



wator Boar be in your herd? A mld-westbr



states that the Brookwater boar he used added



from $75 to 8100 to every gilt bred to him



it payed this man to use one of our boars it will



M! 3'0“-



We have several that we are ofleriug at priceswhlch



sppesl to the small breeder who must of necessitv



be a 001mm ative buy or We have a few that are



good enough to be used in high clue herds at



prices in keeping with their in individuality and



breeding. Money invested in a good herd boar



very speedily increases the value not only of



what you sell but whet.f yOu keep. Send for price



list or better. I isit the [m



BROOKWATER RFARM. Ann Arbor, Mich.

(WHICH





HERBERT MUMFO III')

menace HENDERSON. Manage. » -





 





DUROG Jemy' s-A fow‘ extra goodB fall boarsisiredb

Orion Cherry K Bred sows s1 ll sol

C. TAYLOR,M1lsn.Mioh.





Reglstered Duroc Gills





 





 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





‘,. Originators of

the Famous

O. l. C.

Bogs





Breed The Best





rm: woRLD scans LARGE

FAT HOGS ,.





Why lose money I: ceding

and feeding scrub hogs?

Two of our 0.111.801; '

Weighed 23 05 Pounds.

We are the most extensive breeder rs

and shippers of pure bred hogs in the world.

Writec today for the true story of the reel

Hogs. All foreign shIpments ~

U. 8. Government Inspected

We have bred the O. l C. H_o was since l863

and have never lost .a ho cholera

or my other contagious





"s





WRITE

—TODAY-

,. FOR FREE BOOK



"The I“ from Birth to Sale"





THE L. B. SILVER C0.

196 Heights Temple Bldg.

CLEVELAND. OHIO





M h and A up I II

c h este r59 paltrlisco'r tries frog]: prIziegwin-





ning stock prices roesonab c satisfaction guaranteed.

_-.V'F .ALEXANDEB. Vassar. Mich.





Shadowland Farm





I 0.1. C.’s

200 to 300 lbs. from prise win-





Bred Gllts ning stock Afew fall year-





lings and 2 yr. old sows big type. growthy boars

of all es. guaranteed as breeders. Every thing

shippe C. O. D. Express paid and registered in

buyer's name J CARL JEWETT, Mason,Mich.





0.1. C. and Chester White Smne

Strictly Big Type with QUALITY. I am Sold out of

fverI thing but fall pigs. These pigs are as good— and



think better thIInB gm IeIerb b.rod 1 run one of the



oldest breeders Big T pe in th eU. S

NEWWMAN B 8'10‘00 FARM. .Me i Mariette. Mich.

big type serviceable boars. Yearling





9

0' 1° C' 8 sows and gilts bred for spring furrow.

G. P. ANDREWS, - Dsnsville. Mich.





O. l. C. Bred WGilts All Sold

WMANN. Dansville. Mich.

O I C. 2,02??th :onths old. Large fall pigs

0. J. THOMPSON. ‘ Rockford Mich

O.Gi_lts bred for summer furrow and s fewo fall





01 boar sanI otthem EOSOdO ou htoship 0.0

' pie MBUBG 31.3. Meson. Mich.





9 ' 2 choice yearling boars. 2

ring vies

omvss LEAF S'roo‘li FARM; Monroe Mich.





o I C’ 2 last July and 4 last Sept.

0 0 - boars. good growth] follows.

Farm 96 mile west of Bonn





OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville. Mich.





isease.





 





 





 





 





. | c fall boars and gilts extra large boned Best tl'

yer rals lsed. Priced to sell. “All Tho as.

Elan? 'f‘B'lOCK FARM Dry'den. lch .





FRANCISCO FARMS





SHORTHORNS——POLAND CHINAS

These ehoi co heifers d afow young cons to 0591'.

Also line goodwgllts b for late springfarrow. Prices





tt t

are . me we P. P. POPE. Mt. Plesant. Mich.





 





 





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Ion. Chamfi IoI‘I herd of Big Type 9: ’o Noth'm





a1 ,b t I d bookedfo ri

s a u “E whoifigmnno s.“£.‘I§," Ion.





 





ig ty P. C full hours the big prolific-e kind their

B brooms trcaces to the best herd in Ill. Iona. Nob.

ARNANT. Eaton Rapids. Midi





ket wih better the mar this fall. If herd stat!

W J. HA





 





counts. ELSHAW. Augusta. Mich.

boar and bred gilte. Choice



ABig Type P' C‘ Aug pigs at a ba'uln.

A.WOOD It SON Sal ine, Midi.





 





CChoice bred sows from Iow as greatest

the big bone a'rollflc kind with size and





herds.P

E J. MA’I'IHI‘ SON Burr Oak. Mih.c





Ila ity.





 





Big TIpe Poland' 5 all sold out nothingi‘or sale at

present. BookL'uIiorders for spring pigs Thanking

my customers Chamberlain. Marcellus. Mich.

Poland Chinas allsold General

MammOthJ Jones Nu. .1729 . HIanf Gerstdalo

Jones headsourlleld. OlIde ll eaxer. Lei-Pew) Mich





 





 





 





SHEEP





 





 





 





 





MOR to the Kids of hiioh: I haie sold algm H10

(‘Vl es that I (are In sell but judging ml!

the many inquiries I thIe IeceiIeIl them are many of





' you kids who still want to get started in re interred





ewes. Now then. here is .I he“ proposition. I arose.

lected one beautiful Slopshire one. she will lamb in

the course of the next month: she is north at least

$50.00. I “ill giIe this ewe, absolutely free. to the boy

orgirl whogiIes me. in an opinion Iliébest Ieasons why

they should be the one to get her

more than on e.

S. L. W ING.





SHROPSHIRE SHEEP





We have about 501' eewes in lamb for sale. of best





I may give auay





Kope-Kon Farms. Goldwater. Mich.





 





 





breeding. Regist

ARIIY E. dSAIER. Seedsmzm.

109-111 E. Ottawa St . Lansing. Mich.

Wait a minute. bu) Hampshires. 'l he Anier'u IIII Hamp-

shire Sheep Assm iatiou wants to send Ion ii dandy lit-





Some lieu r you.





tie booklet with list of HlPGdel‘i.

212‘ \ood-





Write OOMFO O'Rl' A. Tl YLl'R. Set-Iota”

land Ave.. Detroit. Dlltll.





For Sale-





 





Bred Reg Shiop. E was at a reasonable





IiI e lillsl) one laml ).

MOUSER R. 6. Ithaca. hllch.





 





to oli‘et





ShrOPShir¢ Shenep 1.319%” une 11919.

ARMSTRONG BROS Fowlerville. Mich





POULTRY





 





 





S. C. W bite Leghorns. Penis strain

51:3 perl hundred postpuid. Safe





Baby Chicks





livery guaruIIII ed.





ChiI ken Hatchery. Frenton.l\1ich F. M

Fenton MilllkI-n. Propr leto llhl“)101lghblfld

Day Old Chicks. 2.3 for 35. 50; 50 for r810. (0: 1100 1'01 81b. (x)-

Sin le Comb W.Loghorns Tom Barron E nfiish. Strain

Wh te Bull and Ben red Plymouth Rm ks. ull ()rping_

tons. Anconas. W. Wyundottes. R I Red“. 8. Leghor us





Cockerels $4 up. Utility e s

FOWler’ 8 Bug ROCks for hLm hill 3’. ()0 101 1.3. gg

ll. B. EU“ ER, lailford liliIh.





 





 





For sale ”Buy the Best" eggs for hatI hing from 2(1)

g strain Hinged PiImoutlI Rmk $2 ()0 per In W





 





for eggs. .PROCT ()li Grand Helen. Mich)

' eggs PlImouth Rotks all Iuricties

HatChing and Amanda. Illustrated (Malog 3c.





Sheridan Poultly Yards, “.4, Sheridan. Mil-h.





 





ohn’ s Big Beautiful Barred [looks are hen hatched

quick growers. good liners 30 eggs $..‘i 100 $8 Postage

paid. CiIIulIIrI-I. photon. John Northon. Clare, Mich.





Laybilt S. C. W. Leghorn





Large. glrezit laiheisgure whites. st h'ron day -old chicks.

March 6c each prIl 3c each uuel pmtpuld





 





 





Lots of 1’35 oroIergunrantced deliIeII slim and lIIely.

Hatch ever week after Marlh 17 th No (irrular.





)RSl‘h Ionla. Mich





 





° White Orpingtons. Eg that w 11-h teh

Plne creSt good. strong chi( ks 3 sued!) dfdllars“ aper

rs L-





15. (No baby c‘hk'ks or 63 y 100).

L18 IIoUGH. PineCI-est ElImaI Oak Mich.





Rhode Island Whites





Beet them all and won cup at National Egg

Laying Contest. Get your order in early for

eggssndchicks. H.3-JUIP,



215 Prospect Blvd., Jackson. "lob

s 1.50hper 15, 88 per 100. Pékin





hinese e 40

Lscnui Cash‘s .egolism a,lc field





 





 





rBr. Le horn0 e

EM’M





 





n on Rhode Island Red eggs” 82 per dectting from grand

- ty e and colored bis- Bdrce ing ck is 83

for met 3 list.





 





Brown Leghorns25 Heavy layin t i F

S- C- range] Eggs 15 SI‘E 3082.25: 45 a la 00“”. Pm

, paid Flyo d Robertson. R 1 Lexington. Ind.





 





Anconas W.Leghorns Book orders niow

DayE 014’ Chicks and Batch in

Elm burst Poultry Farm. Eris Eton. aiming”





01'





SmC.





 





 





 





 





 





. OAKWOOD F ARM

:mI .. emmm





r





 





 





 





Big Pola'xid China .33...” “W5; "5

.Wailmm n 2. moonstone»





 





*<auI»e«I£rsssI.





 





fired fig 2 boars ready :1”um





   





 





 





We have been breedin

do?) ‘1’“‘14. ......., 9.... “if" £52,, YW‘ engage, 0.3%“... Showme F3313; “El. my.

affliction!!!” K “1&ng 0512!" gaggegg’ :6“ t Euste" :‘Ig‘lghfiét m son at 23.110 rout All prepaid. Mrs Earl Fbehnhofi Van uron. 0&

MM No- ' ‘ n ' ouws Queen

Sign?“ one T6: themost “910% 15in! yhord bonnianch- realm! hw°mfiia°d§§bm ‘1’?de 33%, ’31:}? 3:“ c. In}: $253382 .09 1.15 “flute?” e “(gm ’ ’5;

1mm. rite hr prices end tar. ff“ LLE M. M {no

arms

TEE ENNINflzm PARKS. I. I. Bailey. Mich. Big Type Poland (:hinas Shite“ Wyandottes Free ran flock so Demon's

‘ «lb. ‘1“; ypIIBsI-ling and a tow $0 lb. Apr its 15110.3st heuaetod 11:35: 823%} “Re Ital!

5 0 D U Em stu itifreilateufl.d,ud “mm aldeholors immune. red .. Wm” moons. Hummers/133;

mam nggmz‘gsnwx .. . gyms... .. we rem..- “tamer ES.” .

’ mm“ 31‘ 333.... Mich ’- old. 31.000 '5 "1:13.:th ' D '10 AV: ‘M orde 8a.. Windw-

W

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liver. Mont :Vhlte W veng‘otéos 00fro

DIODE

30.18.00,“ by.‘3?“31mwniu. Khan-Jan‘s





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for





Large Ty e P. 0. Nothing for sale now. Will be in mar-





 





 





llia ph Totten. Pitts-ford. Mu h. '





Please book order direct €50? agvi .and send orders cal 1y





.IILW LEON. Clio, Micuhd





skindufgzmeex 84.ng ”first; M

who fits all sews. éhsusmkl‘srn.
.The markets in .this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday af-

ternoon, April 10.





WHEAT.





The statistical position of the wheat

market does not portend a lowering of

values so far as the 1918 crop is con-

cerned. if we export what has been

promised by the government there will

be no reserve left in .this country by

' July 1, notwithstanding that the crop

estimators figure a slightly larger hold-

ing by growers than had been antici-

pated. The present outlook for the

coming crop could hardly be more

promising. The government estimates

winter wheat crop at 837,000,000 bu.

the estimates at 1,200,000,000 bushels.

The federal grain corporation is ask-

ing for bids on flour for export purpos-

es. American grain is also being deliv-

ered in Germany. Recent advances in

quotations have been sustained. One

year ago wheat sold on the local mar-

ket at $2.17 per bushel. The visible

supply decreased 7,465,000 bushels last

week. Present Detroit prices are:



No. 2 red ............... $2.45

No. 2 mixed 2.43

No. 2 white





CORN.





After April, 10 the government will

accept weekly bids for supplies of corn

products to be exported 10 Europe:

otherwise the movement of this cereal

has eased up a little and prices on the

local markets are off from the high

point reached last week. Shipments

from Argentine have amounted to lit-

tle thus far, however, dealers are us-

ing market “dope” from South Amer-

ica as a club to keep down values here.

As a matter of fact, the ships in Ar-

gentine ports ‘are being loaded with

wheat, leaving little or no space to

carry corn products. A year ago No. 2

corn sold on the local market at $1.70.

The visible supply has changed little

from last week. Present quotations





 





here are:

No. 3 corn ............. $1.60

No. 3 yellow ............ 1.65

No. 4 yellow ............ 1.60

No. 5 yellow ............ 1.58

No 3 white ............ 1.65





Chicago—Jl‘he corn market had a

fairly strong tone in Chicago, with the

prices as follows: N0. 3 yellow $1.601/2

@161; No. 4 yellow $1.58@@1.59; No.

5 yellow $1.55.





OATS.





The oat market exhibited independ-

ent strength, due largely to an improv-

ed demand on investment account. The

United States Visible supply decreases

1,395,000 bushels. Receipts at primary

markets have been fairly large. One

year ago standard oats were quoted on

the local market at 951/2c per bushel.

Present Detroit prices are:





Standard .................. 70

No. 3 white ............... 691/2

No. 4 white ............... 68%

RYE.

An improvement is noted in this

trade, and prices (rule above last





week’s quotations. Rye flour is want-

ed abroad. No. 2 is quoted at $1.70 a.

_ bushel on the local market.





BARLEY.





' Not only is a large amount of barley

being used for feeding, but barley flour

is in demand for export purposes. Pric-

es afie firm at $2.15°@2.25 per cwt, for





' cash No. 3. ,

BEANS.





Prices paid for beans in Michigan

producing sections have held steady

to firm during the.past week. The

prices to growers are now from $_6@7

"per cwt. The important bean. consum-

ing centers report fairly steady de-

mand and movement. There are too

few sales on the local market to es-

tablish prices. Michigan choice hand-

picked pea beans, sacked are- job-





bing at $7@8 in Boston; $775678 in

New York; $7.50@8 in Philadelphia,

rand.$7.75@8 in Chicago. 011 Wednes-





,?day, Thursday and Friday of last week

there were imported at Seattle 2,335

bus of beans ‘from Japan, of which 950

one were Kotenashis, a variety re-

.vsembling closely the Michigan~ pea





bean. ,



~ FEEDS.

lotations .remainmabout steady as

s: yBivani‘fid; ;standprd middlihgs‘





 





 





,medinm feeding steeré. $106,511 :1, '33th

- best milkers and

A Receipts





.0..-

EHI‘U‘ I'l

‘9“





 





 





$45; fine ‘middlings $50; cbarse‘com

meal $63; cracked corn at $67; chop-

ped feed ,$52 per ton in loo-lb. sacks





to jobbers.

SEEDS.“ '





Prices for seeds remain firm at the

advanced quotations given last week as

follows: Prime red clover $29.50; 31-

sike $25; timothy $5.15.





. HAY. . _



Prices continue to advance with the

situation acute, consumers jfailing" to

find enough to satisfy their needs. Quo-

tations are: No. 1 timothy $31.50@

32; standard timothy, light mixed at

$30.50@31; No. 2 timothy and No. 1

mixed $29.50@30; No. 1 clover at





"$27.50@28.





Pittsburgh—Top quotations are be-

ing realized here for the better grades.

Quotations are: No. 1 timothy $34350

((1)35; No. 1 light mixed $32@33; No. 1

clover, mixed $33@34; No. 1 clover

$31.50@32.





POTATOES.





The potato market is sharply strong-

er. Prices have generally advanced

since the public is beginning to realize

that supplies have been, gradually de-

creasing with the prospect of an ex-

tended consuming season since a short

crop from the southern states is pre-

dicted. At Michigan points prices to

growers at warehouses now range from

$1.4(l@1.62, with the bulk at $1.45@





_ sack; in '40





 





 





 





1.55: WisconSin' grovVers are receiving





 

 





from $1.55@1.65.- At Detroit, U. S. No.:_flrsts ‘aty'3'1'2.§0:per case.





1._are bringing mostly $3 per 1504b.



. ,eveland Michiganstock .of

the same-grade is quoted $3.15@3‘.25;

in Pittsburgh $3.25@3.40; in Columbus

$3.25; in'Bufta10/$2.15@2.25 per cwt;





.in Indianapolis $2.20; in Lliicago $1.7





@130. .

BUTTER,





Values are generally lower than last

week. Business, however, is increas-

ing since the decline, and the markets

are 'now reported steady. At Detroit

fresh creamerystock is jobbi’ng at 59

@600 per pound, Chicago trade is on

a lower basis, ‘with creamery 'at 5500

62c. The spread of prices on the

New York market is from 63% @661)“

and western extra creamery brings 680

in Philadelphia. , ‘



CS.





The egg market is unsettled. At

some points trading is firm, while at

other places the market is steady to

lower. At Detroit prices are unchang

ed to a fraction above those of last

week. Extra firsts in new cases are

quoted at 411/2c and fresh firsts at

401/2c, while storage packed firsts in

new cases ,now bring 431/20 per dozen.

In Chicago prices are lower, with firsts





at 39@40c: ordinary .firsts‘ 3814612

390; storage packed firsts 41%@420.





The New York trade is paying 4140

451/20. The Philadelphia trade is jobs





 





 





Live Stock Market Service





 





 





Reports for Thursday, April 10th





BUFFALO.





On this market today pigs brought

$20 and other grades of swine $20.75

@21; wool lambs brought $20; clipped

lambs $17; calves $19.





DETROIT

Cattle.





Market rules steady.

Best“ hea‘vy steers ....... $16.00@16.50

Best handy wt bu strs.. 12.50@13.50

Mixed steers and hefiers 12.00@13.00

Handy light butchers.... 10.50@11.50

Light butchers .......... 8.50@10.00

Butcher cows 8.50@ 9.50





Cutters .................... 7@ 7.50.

Canners ................... 6@ 6.75

Best heavy bulls ........ 1000571200

Bologna bulls x. .......... 8.50@ 9.50

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

Feeders ............... . . 1000401300.

Smokers .............. 8.00@10.00





Milkers and springers....$ 65@ 125

Veal Calves.





Market five cents lower; culls not

wanted.

Best .................... $18.00

Others ...... .......... . . 10.00@14.00





Sheep and Lambs.

Market dull.

Best wool lambs . .: ..... $18.50@19.00

Fair lambs ‘ 18.00





Light to common ....... 14.00@16.25

Clipped lambs .......... 15.00@16.00

Fair to good sheep ..... 13.00@13.50

Culls ............ ._ . . . . . . . 7.00@ 9.00





Hogs. ‘

Market steady; mixed hogs 10@15c

lower. .

Shippers are taking everything.

Pigs $ 19.00

MlXGd ...... ’a-o 0.0.0.0... 20-Qo@20-15





BUFFALO. .

A Wednesday, April 9.

Cattle.





Receipts ten cars; best grades are

steady; others slow. Prime heavy strs

$17@18.35; best shipping steers $156?)

16; medium shipping steers 513.5041?

14; best yearling, 950 to 1000 lbs, $15

((016; light'yearlings, good gualit ,~%14

41714.50; best handy steers - $10.5. @

14.50; fair-‘10 good kind $12@13;, handy .

steers and heifers, mixed $12@13: '

western heifers $12.50@13.50; [best fat





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cows $12@I3; butcheringcows $9-@.-.-Lambs,u





10: cutters $7@8:A‘Canners $5@6; “ran:

cv bulls; $10®10502 butchering bulls

$9@]0; common bulls $6@7; best feed-

ing steers, '900 ‘to 1000 lbs $11@12.50;





 





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Heavy $21; yorkers

pigs and lights $19.50@20. .

, Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts ten cars. Lower. Wool

lambs $20.25; clipped $17@17.25; year-

lings, clipped $15.50@16; wethers,

clipped $14@14.50; ewes $13@13.50.



Calves. .



Market is weak. Tops $19; grass



calves $5@8. ' "





CHICAGO.





. Hogs.



Estimated receipts today 32,000;

holdover 6,968. Market fairly active

and 5@10’c lower than on Wednesday.

Bulk of sales $20.10@20.40; tops at

$20.50; heavy, 250 lbs up, ,medium,

good and choice $20.25@20.45; light,

150 to 200 lbs, common, medium, good

and choice $19.80@20.40; light lights, .'

130 to 150 lbs, common, medium, good

and choice $18.65@20.~10; heavy pack-

ing sows, 250 lbs up, smobth $19.25@

19.75; packing sows, 200 lbs up, rough

$18.25@19.25; pigs, 130 lbs down, medi-.

um, good‘ and choice $17.50@18.75



Cattle.



Estimated reCeipts today 9,000;

beef steers, feeders and calves steady;

canners and cutters 15c higher; other

she stock slow. Beef steers, medium

and heavy weight, 1100 lbs up, choice

and prime $17.50@20.25;. do medium

and good $13.75@17.85; do common

$11.50@13.75; light weight, 1100 lbs.

down, good and choice $14.60@18.50;

do common and -medium $10@14.75;

butcher cattle, heifers, common, medi—

um,_ good and 'choice $7.50@14.’75;

cows, common, medium, good and

choice $7.40@14.50; bulls, bologna and

beef $8.50@12.75; canners andvcutters,

cows and heifers $5.75@7.40; .do, can-

ner steers $7; veal” calves, light and

handyweight, medium, good and choice





$14.50.@17.50; feeder steers, ,eOmmon,





medium, good and choice $~10.25.@ .~

15.25; stocker steers, common,-.m9diu;mg

good and ‘ choice , $8.25@13.50'; Stalker...

cows, and heifers, cOmmon .mediumr

good and . choice ”@1050; atgcker





calves, common; medium; 80.00. and





 

 





 





 





 

 

 

 





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Poultry 1 trading «is dull and steady, ‘

with quOtationszior live as follows:

1 springs 36@37ct stage 300;. fat hens .

40c; small hensgand Leghb'i‘ns 37 @380;

roosters 25@26c‘;j geese 27@28c; ducks

38@400; turkeys38,@40lc. ‘ ,_ .- ' ' -

DETROIT C_lT.Y MARKET

Green vegetablesv‘are in active'de-

mand at the city markets. with prices.

well maintained. A few apples are of-

fered, with prices at $1.50@4,per bush-





el; white cabbage-~.$1.50@2.50; red do. '





$1.75@2.50; potatoes 75c@$1.15 per

bushel; eggs 40@45c; country butter

60@65c;. dressed pork 23@24c; ,veal

24@25c;p live chickens ~-34c; dressed

chickens 40c. ‘-





WOOL





Every item of news, exoepting the

opinions of some buyers,.points to a

strong wool market. The London sales

just‘ held showed prices resulting from

competitive bidding to have surpassed

the levels anticipated by the most 0p-

timistic dealers.





generally been considered as being in

a statistically. strong position, but also

of the medium and lower grades where

the bears thought prices would sag

and reduce the average. The last ser—~

ies of auctions in Boston not only main-

tained prices established at. the former

government sales, but advanced the

figures to new levels. Growers are op-

timistic and are not inclined to sell at

the quotations offered by local dealers.

Sheep men should read the account of

the London and Boston sales on the»

following page, also the report of the

Detroit meeting of Michigan dealers,

and the comment on the editorial page.





GRAND RAPIDS





Hay is scarce and higher; sales on

the city market last week were $303

ton for loose timothy. Some farmers

are buying to “piece Otit”fthe spring

pasturage. In seme sections of west-





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ern Michigan indications are for a very .





short crop this season, due to light

seeding the past two years and a poor

catch of what was sown. Dealers in

hay, unable to get baled in sutiicient

quantities to fill orders are importing

from Canada, three cars arriving in

this market the past week. Potatoes

are a little higher; prices at various

shipping points being $1.35@150_ per

cwt. A. year ago the price was 60@*80c.

United States government agent re-

ports "demand brisk, deliveries- light,

shipments heavy.” There was a fairly

good. movement of Michigan pea . beans

the past week, but prices remain un- .

changed at $6.50 per cwt. There is a '

fairly good demand for farm fertilizers,

both animal and commercial. Prices

in general are higher than last season.





LIVE STOCK News.





» Shed Jambing in Idaho was_.over by

the middle of March, with about a. 100

per cent crop, most of the lambs being

dropped from the tenth of February to

the tenth of March, and the youngsters

are expected to start for market from

two to three weeks“ earlier than usual.

Earlyflhicago supplies are expected by





 





 





the middle of July, followed by a large ..





movement by August and western mar,-

kets will receive'larger. supplies than

ln--recent years, according to present

expectations. About-'two-thirds of the

lambs producedrwin, southern Idaho are

small. lambs, and a.“cr0’p of eighty per





cent is expected, breeding ewes having”





wintered ‘w'ell. -,

‘A gconsignment of seven carloa‘dszof

cattle ‘ from Idaho, arrived» infilie‘ Chi-

cago market on a recent day. Ordinar-





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coast, but market condition; in that; .»

region are reported. as ‘unaaitiéfactoryfi‘v





cameraman firsts .at sized-and .- j " ,





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true of the high grades which have ‘





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AUCTION sales inpmsress in Boo

ton and in Lond9n make a sltnaa

tion in the wool markets of the wodd

reminiscent of the distant past. The

series begun abroad on

that started in Boston yesterday [are

significant therein of progress in the

elimination of the control element in

trading. The London sale holds the

more significance as an influence noon

the world conditions in wool and the

strength of the opening was surprising

to the Boston trade.- The total moved

by the first sale was 10, 300 bales, the

attendance was large and the demand

strong. The Allies were all represent~

ed except the United States.



Prices were in some cases as high

as fifteen per cent above the govern-

ment’ 3 upset figures. The Boston

trade had been lntormed that the Brit-

ish experts were looking tor a keen

demand for all fine wools and the bet-

ter grades of cross-breds. Forty—tours

and below were expected to drag. Ca—

biegrsms show that not only were the

first grilles

strong, but that coarse wools were in

a. similar position. One message states

that. with an exeellent sele'ction of

greasy motion and cross-bred wools.

competition was extremely animated

for all grades, at prices generally

about ten per cent above the revised

issue prices. Actual Quotations were

764 for 645 to 70s, did for 58s and 38d

nor average ,465 on the clean basis. An-

other source of information says that

merino: and fine cross-breds were sold

easily at. ten to fifteen per cent Over

April government issue prices, medium

wools seven and a. half to ten per cent

up and coarse five to seven and a half

per cent shove.



B9ston’s curient series of auction

sales of government-owned supplies

opened today. with offerings of about

4,000,000 pounds pulled wool. The ser-

ies will continue to the last of next

week, but covers only six days, being

broken. Saturday’s offerings will be

16,900,000 pounds domestic fleece and

1,500,000 pounds Texas and California

wool. For Wednesday and Saturday

next week the offerings scheduled are

as follows: April 9. about 3,000,000

pounds secured and April 10 the same;





‘ April 11, 4,800,000 pounds greasy Ans-





tralian wool: 800 bales greasy Austral-

ian lambs, 250.ba1es scoured Austra1<

inn. 3.350.900 pounds South American,

”B91069 We Cape, and various lots





, of Miami wool and wool tops; April





12. 10.069300 pounds territory wool.



About eighteen per cent of the of-

terms of pulled wools made at the

opening sale were withdrawn and the

:bulk of this portion comprised 'the’ in-

terior and low sorts. ‘The bidding was

keen for all choice lots.



Shipment-8 under the agreement be-

tween the British and United States

governments for 809,000 bales of Aus-

tralian and New Zealand wool are to

continue until the whole allotment has

been received in this country. This is

the latest news concerning the consign-

mt which has «used so much occ-

«jeeture. The decision for completion

of this contract has a double reaction

——it,will have a wholesome street in

this market but oners another obstacle

to American operations at London. it

u now laurel! that buyers from this

many will not be allowed to compete

MWWI‘MWMR or May

mamas». =



On mom hand. it seems that a.

show :1 colonial wools to as

United Mos governs-ant is of hm:

class sorts. earthworm roman hers

is bassohen for them. As the United

States government is m to have

will an sates WYW you! to se-

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, A mu attended meeting of Michi- -V *





 





gal). woe! dealers was held last week . 7 1





at the Hotel Cadillac 111 Detroit. In

addition to a good attendance of Mich-





Aprl‘l 2 mmmmmmmmi





eastern and middle western wool grow-

ers. These men reviewedfthe trend or

recent auctions of government wool.

emphasizing particularly the sales of

low—grade quarter-blood and braid

wools, as well as hurry and seedy

fleeces, to illustrate their contention

that there is a much wider margin than

usual between the price commanded





'by these wools and bright fleeces 01'





higher grade. These men were very





conservative in their expressions as to .





the future outlook tor this year’s clip.

andwhile refraining from naming what

they considered a fair price for good

wools were unanimous in voicing the

opinion that fifty cents per pound. at

which the market has been stated at

several Michigan points, is not a safe





price, as measured by recent market:





developments.



The conservatism expressed by the

jobhers present was quite generally

reflected by the Michigan buyers, 3.1-.

though a number of. those present ex-

pressed the opinion that wool growers

could not aflord to sell wool for less

than fifty cents under present condi-i

tions, and expressed the hope that con-

ditions might develop which would

warrant them in buying at that figure.



Conversation with buyers from var-

ious sections of the state indicated that

early price quotations at their points

Would range from forty to forty-five

cents per pound. A number of buyers

said they would advise their patrons to





wait a few weeks until conditions .be- 3





came more settled before selling their

clip.



J. N. Weaver, of Milford, Mich, was

re-elected as president of the organiza-

tion, and Frank Knollin was made sec-

1etary.





THE new Yong:- 1131;001:135 MAR-





 





Butte1'.~—-While prices have material-

1y changed during the week the chang-

es have been less radical than those of

last week. The tendency has been to-

ward’a. rising market. Although at' the

close a marked weakness and indicav

tions all point to a decided break. The

trade has been good all the week but

there has been no marked activity.

Jobbers and retailers feel that a much

lower price will soon materialize and

consequently are curtailing their pur-

chases,‘ which has caused a. nervous

feeling.‘ At the present time it looks

that there would be a decline in price

today of about two cents. Yesterday’ s

quotations were as follows1EXtras

661/£>@67c; higher scoring than extras

87 1,2 @68c; firsts 64@68c; seconds at

62@63’/2o. '





Cheese.—The cheese market has





been .very quiet during the week.

While there has been practically no

change in values yet there has been a

lack of interest. Reports state that

many factories have opened for their

season’s make but as yet very little

addition to receipts have resulted.

There is practically no export demand,

but what there is is for cheap grades.





The general brine of current make av-‘





erage run cheese is 32 @33 Me. Specials

are selling at about a quarter of a cent

more.



Eggae-Egg receipts have been high

and as a result storage and street hold-

logs have materially increased. The



prices tor this season of the year

have caused a marked lessening of

consumptive demand. The market has

been mostly fairly active and it is expect-P

nicotine will materialize with-



in the next few days. Extra firsts are

quoted at 413%.@44.c. Storage packed

extrq. firsts are selling at half a. cent

More Good are selling readily1

star??? ogrtlrom 41%@43c. w



M ry— e was Jewi

holidays have cause an increased de-

mand tor go .





me of i



that fact, have consequence been



greater. The market is firm and pric-



es are high. FoWls find ready sale at



;g@41c; chickens of good quality are

arce but stage are quoted at 28c;“’old



roosters have advanced to 24@eSc;





so!





turk’éys are quoted at 372.@40c; ducks.





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The Keflman Pam

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Order a supply of Lorre-Feed from

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1304 Lmowo Bldc. Detroit. Mich.





 





 





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Eastern ’Market, Detroit, Mich.





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