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CURRENT COMMENT





HE time is not

far distant when

farming will be uni-

versally recognized as

a business. When ag-

riculture comes into

competition with all other kinds of

safe investments returning a good rate

of interest without any great require-

ments of knowledge and skill, the farm

“must pay or farming will not attract

capital and labor. Business principles

must be applied to farming and some

system of accounting must be prac«

ticcd.



The only practical way to study

farming is to keep a record of the bus-

iness and analyze the different opera-

tions. It is by considering the differ-

ent departments of the farming by



. themselves as well as in their rela-

tions to the whole general scheme that

one can determine with a fair degree

of accuracy which departments are



' paying the most profit, and weed out

or strengthen the profit-sinkers. Such

a study of the business will prove a.



Wondei-vv ciker. It may show that too

much feed is purchased, or that some

of the live stock is unprofitable; that

there should be fewer horses and more

cows; that a tractor would prove an

economic aid in cutting down the num-

ber of work teams and hired men kept

during the year; that a flock of good





The Farmer

as a Busi—

ness Man





sheep could profitably replace some of -





the poorer dairy cows and balance the

number of hands required to do the

milking and field work. Such is the

angle from which the modern farm bu-

reau aims to attack the farming prob-





lem. Their work is to be supplement?





ed by farm management experts, who,

going about with them, will gather

production cost figures in typical coun-

ties so that the farmer will have reli-

able figures and data to govern his fu-

‘ titre operations. It alSo provides data

.. for governmentcxperts to use when



‘f ”comparing the profits or farming with

Yfithose of other kinds of business. In

the and it will take the owner of the

firm into the realm of every phase of

’mdncing raw‘ materials as well as

Jaimie: a high-class manufacturing





m with the efforts of the farmer





BMW .Wifir! 5





gr 1

'- something must be done to bolster u





the selling end of his business After“

attacking the problem through the

method of direct dealing and cutting

out the middleman he has discovered

that the business of distribution should

be conducted .by those especially qual-

ified, and not by those hampered by





~ the demands of production. At the





same time he believes ' that some

means must be devised—regulation.

licensing or price-fixing ”if necessary—-

to prevent those engaged in distribu-

tion from exploiting both producer and

consumer. The farmer is in no posi-

tion to hold up prices and control con-

ditions until his products reach the

consumer. All that he can do is to

put‘his products quickly in the whole-

sale channels of trade in the best con-

dition possible. If certain individuals

in the distributing trade are exacting

too heavy tolls for the service they are

performing it is plainly to the consum-

er’s as well as the producer’s interest

to discover and rectify the evil.





Cooperative exchanges and shipping

associations have proven of great val-

ue in bringing about better grading

and packing and securing fair treat-

ment from the distributing trade. The

practices of wholesale dealers and job-

here and the delays of transportation

have compelled producers to get to

gether for mutual protetcion. Exam-

ples of successful cooperative organi-

zations are too numerous to mention,

but few of these successful organiza-

tions have accomplished more than

putting their products up in good shape

and delivering them promptly to the

wholesale dealers.



While our farming is growing more

complex than it used to be it is also

increasing in interest to the men who

have studied it as a science and as a

business. We have abandoned old

methods because new ones yielded a

more satisfactory return. We are

keeping better live stock because the

scrubs failed to pay a profit on high-

prided land, labor and feeds. We have

used improved methods of selecting

seed grains because they increased our

crop yields. Many practices have been

modified because of the advance in the

cost of operating the farms and the

difficulty of securing good"help. The

production of several kinds of crops

and the feeding of more good live

stock equalizes the farm income and

provides profitable employment for

the hired hands from month to month

and year to year. The farmer of to-

day is endeavoring to place his busi-

ness on a plane of efficiency that will

make it possible for him to count upon

cost of production plus, a sufficient

profit to maintain himself and family

in comfort and provide reinvestment

in the business to make good unavoid-

able losses and depreciation.





HERE has never

Lab“ been a time when

' - adequate equipment

Saving for accomplishing the

Equment work in hand quickly

meant so much to the



average farmer as is the case right

now. The actual saving in the use of

such equipment is far greater than

ever before because of the grainy in-





oreased wages which must be paid for





extra help where it is available.





But in the great majority of cases

extra help is unavailable at any price,

and in every such case labor-saving

equipment which enables one to ac-

complish the task in hand with the

availablev‘help is of still greater value

because it means a saving in crop val—

no. and increased production per man

unit on the 'farin. On this account it

is poor econoiny to get along with

poor equipment in order to await a





drop in the nihrket before purchasing

new equipment which may be needed





for economy of results on the farm.





With increased labor scales going into





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ery .

mediate shrinkage'in- whine! ,





featured products, 'and the use" of tam; future,





improved eduipment when it is as bad





11y needed, as is the case at the pres-





ent time, will in the majority of Cases

be worth more than any possible sav-

ing in the purchase cost where pur-

chases are delayed on account of the





present high price of such equipment.





Wherever a mechanical device can

be made to save in the number of

men or in the time required to action»





plish any task on the farm, it is bound:

.to be a good investment under present





conditions. This is especially true in

view of the fact that there is no relief





'in sight for the labor difficulties with





which the average farmer is now con-

fronted. . - .





AGAIN the conti-

nents of America

and Europe have been

linked by a new meth-

of transportation. The

birdman has travers-

ed the intervening space in a heavier-

than—air- flying machine. First, the

achievement of Commander Read and

his crew in the naval airship NC-4 has

again strikingly reduced the limita-

tions of man in achieving the impossi-





Linking

the

Continents





.bilities of yesterday. Then the heroic





and sportsmanlike, though unsuccess‘





Now the am





Captain Aieock and his navigator.

have eclipsed all previous efforts by. '

making a. Successful :1me flight





across the auntie in a trifle over oil-

teen hours. 9:11..-



These achievements are significant

cf the progress oi.“ mankind since the

first linking of the continents as a re-

sult of Columbus’ idea. followed by the





development of the modern steamship _





and later by the development of cable





communication a‘nd finally the marvel . ‘





ous achievement of the [wireless and

it is a promise for, the future, that the

wonderful developments of recent gen-

erations do not mark the limit of hu-

man achievement; and that the future





holds still greater opportunities for





the human race

But in this connection the trend of

recent events holds a lessonfor hu-





~





manity which must be heeded, .lest the. ’





fabric of enlightened civilization break

down, as it has been weakened by the

world war, through which we have just

passed, and its attendant developments

We must learn well the lesson that

might does not make right, for nation,

class or individual, and build a more

firm and solid foundation for amicable

human relations on the principle of the

Golden Rule.





New York Wheat Conference





CONFERENCE of the wheat

A trade representatives with Julius



H. Barnes, United States Wheat

Director, was held in New York City

on June 10, for the purpose of gather-

ing information and opinions which

would aid in shaping the policy of the

wheat director for the coming year.

Representatives of the different organ-

izations, including producers. dealers,

millers and bakers were present from

every part of the United States, num-

bering in all about two hundred and

fifty.



The first and chief feature of the

conference was an address by the

wheat director. --Mr. Barnes, reviewed

the Wheat situation of this country and

of the world and seemingly convinced

every interest represented that it was

not only Justice but economically nec-

essary to maintain the guaranteed

basal price of $2.26 to the farmer. He

cited history and statistics, shoWing

that agriculture is the primary indus-

try, in that one-half of our people are

directly dependent upon the prosperity

of our farming sections, and also that

‘farm products have more than once, in

the balance of exchange. saved our

whole structure of finance. He finish-

ed this thought by saying:



“I cite these facts not to establish

the right of one'class or section for

preferential treatment, but to point out

that those who would restore .the farm

prices of past years of depression in

this era of increased prices for labor,

machinery and all the supplies that

farming requires, would tend to throw

the largest basic industry of America

into confusion and demoralization that

would reach far beyond the confines

of that agricultural class alone. ”





Mr. Barnes concludes frOm the fig-

ures and estimates available that this





country will be called upon for sup-_'





plies of wheat amounting to from 410,-

000,000 to 460,000,000 bushels during

the coming year.

export movement of wheat and ilour





from America was 1914- 15, amounting,

He impressed.





to $32,000,000 bushels.

upon his hearers the‘ thought that





The largest previous





should accrue from the handling or

food.



It is proposed during the coming

year to require all handlers of wheat

and its products to enter into a writ-

ten contract with the Grain Corpora-

tion, instead of regulating the trade by

the license system as last year. None





except bakers using lessthan one hung .





dred barrels per month will be excused

from entering into- such a. contract.

The license system will be retained

but applied only where necessary and

in addition to the contract.



In response to the question from the.

director as to which is preferable, the

permit system or the declaration of

embargoes in the loading and shipping

of wheat, the producers’ representa-

tives were almost unanimously in fa~

vor of the embargo plan as being more

expeditious.



Carrying Charges.



The question of allowing a carrying

charge to farmers who hold their

wheat was considered at length. It

was agreed by all that there should be

allowed a certain amount per week or

month to cover the cost of holding and

storing wheat on the farms, else trans-

portation facilities and storage termi-

nals would be swamped after harvest,

as farmers would be inclined to mar-

ket at once. This amount,

agreed, should not be large enough to

encourage holding to the point of Spec-

ulation. The amounts suggested were

from one cent to three cents -' per

month, with the majority favoring two

cents.





seemed to favor the period between

July 1 and February 1. ' '

The spirit of the conterencethrough~'

out was most harmonious and there

was a very evident disposition on the

part of all branches of the trade to





trust the wheat directOr fully cbncern- ‘





ing the administration of the duties of

his office, seemingly convinced of the





sincerity of his purpose to carry on





the work in the spirit of the closing

sentence of his address‘





. yvk‘





those who handle the prime food of “





the country cannot absolve themselves





from the sombpublic nature of that;

business: It must not be made the;





subject. of speculation and it is up





'thinkable that large private profits





it was ,





The time over which it should ,

apply varied in the minds of the rep-'

resentatives but the weight of opinion ’
" 4 " UBING the'past spring 'andiearly

summer more interest has been.

taken in short-seasoned hay





I crops which will't'ake the place of clo-





ver hay than has occurred for a great

number of years. Farmers of long ex-

perience have Observed that more mil:





l‘et is being planted than has occupied .

“the ground for at least 'a generation.





As is the case with. most substitutes,

the vmakeshift is far removed from the





"“real thing.” 'Red clover is too well





adapted and valuable a crop to have

its place long filled by a Substitute in

Michigan if the neceésity can be avoid-

ed. Hence the abnormal production of.

such crops as millet, sorghum, soy

beans for hay, sudan grass, oat and

pea hay, etc., are employed to take the

place of red clover, though necessary

at the present time, their service will,

it is hoped, he of brief duration.



With clover seed prices sky, high,

and an insufficient amount of seed for

this year’s seeding, the acreage plant-

ed has been smaller than for a number

of years. Owing to the dry conditions

of the summer of 1918, fol-

lowed by an open winter,

clover failures were fre-

quently reported. Ordinar-

ily, an area of approxi-

mately 800,000 acres is ocj

cupied every " y e a r in .

Michigan by clover seed-

ings. .It would require al-

most double the amount of

seed produced in the state

to properly plant this vast

acreage. Last year’s pro-

duction is reported at

73,980 bushels by Secre-

tary of State Coleman C.

Vaugham, in his April 1

report giving thresher—

men’s returns. Michigan is

one'of the states depended _

upon by neighboringstatesafor clover

seed, hence the shortage in Michigan

will be felt severely in other sections.

Other states report a condition equally

as serious as that existing in Michigan,

In ordinary years clover seed can be

secured from Europe, but it may be





' some years before any large exporta-





tion of clever seed can be expected

from this source because of the great

need for seed in war-devastated areas

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duction by the war. Moreover, the im—

ported seed has never been as satisfac-

tbry .as home-grown seed. ’

In considering the. clover. shortage

most of us think in terms of hay and

the effect of such a shortage on stock

production. We cannot get along very

well without a good supply of this val-

uable legume. Great as 'the immediate

loss due to the clover shortage will be

it is as nothing compared to the harm-

ful effects which will result through a

decrease in areas seeded to clever and

hence a decrease in the following years

in the production of corn, oats, wheat,

barley, rye, potatoes, beans, beets and

other crops depending on a good ole-

ver sod. In fact, all crops will suffer

directly in proportion to the failure of

clover seedings and the decrease of

clover acreage in Michigan.



A good stand of clov'er is the key«





for clover hay in many sections may

prevent the proper handling of the

crOp for seed. Important as the need

is for forage, clover seed production

should be placed first. We should not

be guilty of “killing the goose that

lays the golden egg.” At least, it will

be a safe seed advice for every clover

grower to “grow your own.”



The early cutting of the first crop of

red clover has been found particularly

effective in many sections in increas-

ing the set of seed in the second cut-

ting,,hence clipping when the blooms

begin to brown or just before, rather

than allowing them to stand until a

large percentage is fully ripe will be

valuable in increasing the set of seed

in the second crop. Grazing the first

crop and taking the stock off before

the great injury to plants has been

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often causes great damage. The first

crOp does not as a rule seed heavily,

possibly because pollenizing insects

are not so plentiful, or because there.

is a tendency for the plant to produce

greater vegetative growth. More seeds

to the head are noted in the second

crop. There is also a difference in the

length of the pollen tubes, those of the

second crop being noticeably-shorter

and hence possibly more easily pollen-

ized by insects. Seed sets best during

sunny, dry weather. The practice of

light pasturing or clipping Will’hold

back seed development until late Aug-

ust or September, insuring develop-

ment of seed during the proper sea-

son. Clover should be cut for seed

when the heads are all turned brown

and before there is great loss through

shattering. Mowing when moist with

dew will prevent considerable loss of



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stone crop in our rotations. Unless

plenty of seed can be secured and the

proper methods employed in getting

good stands of clover, Michigan agri-

culture in many sections may suffer a

serious decline through lack of good

clover sods to turn under. It therefore

seems imperative, and warranted by

present economic conditions, to bend

every effort in‘ the coming season

which will lead toward an increase in

the production of clover sod. The need





Clover. ‘is the Mother of the Crop Rotation.





 





production of seed. Early grazing or

early clipping back is particularly ef-

fective in increasing the yield of mam-

moth seed. The pasturing and clipping

should occur previous to blooming.

The use of lime and acid phosphate

on previous crops, or when fitting the

seed-bed, or applied in spring as a top-

dressing will increase seed production.



The highest yields of seed came

from some Michigan counties where

light soils prevail, and there is great





into windrows, and cook-

ed immediately, or handled

by use of the self-rake

reaper. If cover is avail-

able the crop should be

stored under roof until

hulled. Hulling is best ac—

complished when heads

and straw are very dry.

The average yield of

seed in Michigan during

1918 was .98 bushels per





produced from 75,371

acres. The leading county

in total production was

Clinton county with 7,251

bushels from 6,729 acres,

’an average yield per

acre of 1.08 bushels. The leading

county in yield per acre, producing a

considerable amount, was Oscoda With

a total acreage. of 542 and a yield of

1,723 bushels, or 3.76 bushels per acre.



From the standpoint of immediate

profitable returns as well as from the

standpoint of continued returns from

crops and live stock in the future it

appears advisable that particular at-

tention be given to clover seed pro-

duction this season.





w Experiments in Animal Nutrition





U P until about ten years ago, pr0<

tein, carbohydrates, mineral ele-

. ments and fats were considered

, the only essential elements in a feed

ration. Dr. Babcock, inventor of the

Babcock milk tester, was one of the

few men doubting the completeness of

the above list. He questioned the abil-

ity of a chemical analysis to show‘the





, biological value of}: ration. In other

. words, he did not believe that it wOuld





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From the Addressnof Dr. McCullom,





Given at 34th Annual Meeting of the





National Holstein Friesian Association.





be possibleto show by chemical analy-

sis alone whether a feed mixture con-

tained all of the essentials of life. To

test his doubts he started a series of

experiments with young. heifers. The

experiment was laid out in three

groups. The first group of animals

was fed exclusively on the products of

the, corn plant, including the grain, the

i The second

group was fed. on the products of the

wheat plant and the third on the pro-

ducts of the cat plant, in every case in-





.cluding the grain anddodder, The





‘ combinations of grain and fodder in.

each case-were made up in such a- way

thagoach ration showed-the sanie nu-





tritivovalne by. chemical test. p





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ing lot. The heifers in each lot were

bred when of proper age. The corn-

fed lot gave very satisfactory appear-

ing calves. The oat-fed lot dropped

calves somewhat undersize, but all of

the calves were born dead. The wheat-

fed lot dropped calves very much un-

dersize and immature, and all were

born dead. The cows went into milk

and the results at the pail were very

much the same as the. relative appear-

ance of each lot. That is, the corn-fed

lot gave good returns, the oat-fed lot

only satisfactory and the wheat-fed lot

very unsatisfactory results.



' The results of this experiment led

to two general conclusions: First, that

it is impossible to make up any mix-_

ture consisting solely of seeds, tubers





or root stalks that will promote growth,





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with the addition of animal tissue that

will promote growth and maintain life.





Milk Essential.





From this point, Dr. McCullom start,





ed with his experiments in the feeding

of animals to test the‘ correctness of

this theory as applied to human be-

ings. The results of his tests have led

to the important discoveries that in or-

der to promote growth and maintain

life, seeds, stalks andtubers must be





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opportunity for further development of

seed production throughout northern‘ ,

and western .Michigan.



Early clipping of the crop aids in

controlling clover seed midge which





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potted stalks or the matured tubers

‘ plants are made up of matured or

dead cells. They are designed by na-

ture as food for the growing germ of

the plant. They are not complete food

for growing animals. The green leaves,

‘1 on the other hand, are the living labor-

story of the plant. They are made up

of growing cells, and tests show that

they are essential to the growth of an-

imals. In the same way the muscle

tissue of animals corresponds to the

matured cells of seeds, and is not suf-

ficient for the maintenance of animal

life. Milk corresponds to the leaf cells

’ and does contain the elements neces-

sary to the growth of animals.





Famous Rat Experiments.





This theory is repeatedly proven in

tests with young animals. A series of

pens of rats fed under this test was

shovm at the recent Dairy Farm Ex-

position, at New York City. There

were six pens of rats on exhibit. The

rats were all of the same age and had

all been handled in the same way ex-

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NEW ZEALAND APPLES FOR

AMERICA;





 





EW Zealand apples can be mar-



keted on the Pacific Coast in suc-

cessful competition with storage stock

grown on the Pacific Coast, according

to J. A. Campbell, assistant director of

horticulture, Wellington, New Zealand.

who is visiting the Yakima Valley,

Washington, for consultation with the

fruit experts, particularly with refer-

ence to marketing methods and organ-

ization. Mr. Campbell, as reported in

mail advices, says:



"New Zealand has no great fruit belt

to develop, but our seasons are oppo-

site to yours, and our surplus fresh

fruits could easily be marketed here

in competitiOn with the fruit which

you have carried over in storage. The

situation is such that the possibility is

apparent at once. It is more likely,

however, that we will seek to develop

markets in South America and South

Africa.” He has cover‘ed most of the

Pacific Coast orchard sections in his

travels. New Zealand, he said has

about 50,000 acres of orchards and its

standard varieties are much the same

as those grown in most of the Pacific

Coast sections, with the addition of

Daugherty, as a late keeper, to oilset

the Winesap.





A PLAN FOR FIGHTING GRASS-

HOPPERS.





 





» CALDWELL township in Missaukee

county is a good illustration of

what may be done in the way of sys-

tematizing the fight against grasshop.

,pers. Every farmer in this township,

.with only two exceptions, received a

supply of poisoned bait, and this bait

was applied on the grass land in the

township during two days. ”About

twelve hundred bushels of the poison-

ed bait was used.

The Caldwell Town Board took

. charge of the campaign against the

pests this year. Missaukee county fur-

,, nished the white arsenic free, but the

-.township paidfor the other ingredi-

‘ entsin the bait, also the cost of mix-

" 111;. The work was all done in the

town hall at Arielle, and each farmer

in the township was notified to appear

on a; certain date and take away his

‘ of the material. So impressed

' the furthers with the seriousness

s: the situation that they turned out

almost to a man. ‘

[3' he town hall the process of man-





   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 





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peas. beans, oats and :1

were small, rough and unthrifty,





,, ing that rats cannot be maintained on





seeds alone. Lot 2 was fed on Iteat.

wheat, corn,pe

and were but little better than Lot 1.

showing that rats moot live on meat

and seeds alone. Lot 3 wasted on

wheat. corn, peas, beans, oats, riceand

powdered milk and were fat and fully

matured and in splendid qonditionm

showing that seeds and milk make the

rats grow normally. 'Lot 4 was fed on

wheat, casein, milk powder, salts, dex-

trin, and butter~fat, and were the best

of the group, showing’ that excellent

growth is made on.a good feed mix-

ture. Lot 5 was fed on corn, peas and

green alfalfa and appeared much like

the rats in Lot 3, showing that leaves

combined with seeds make rats grow.

Lot 6 had been fed 7on oats, flaxseed,

oil meal, salts and dextrin and the rats

were small, rough and had developed

sore eyes, showing that immaturity

and sore eyes in rats result from the

feeding of a wrong mixture. The sore

eyes were readily cured by the addi-

tion of green leaves and more readily

cured by the addition of milk or milk

fat to the ration. The attendant told

us that in these experiments the rats





ufacturing the bait was carried out ac-

cording to a well planned system un-

der the direction of the township sup-

ervisor, Frank Bowerman. Screened

sawdust was sh0veled through a win-

dow from the wagons outside and was

measured and mixed with the dry poi-

son in five-bushel lots. After shovel-

ing the dry mixture into an old sap

pan, it was wet with molasses and salt

dissolved in water, thoroughly mixed,

and then sacked up for use. So care

fully was the work systematized that a

continualstream of sawdust passed in

through the window, through the mix-

ing boxes, and out of the door to the

waiting farmers.



Fighting grasshoppers is not an in-

dividual problem, and the method used

in Caldwell township shows how much

more effective the attack may be made

when the community meets the prob-

lem as a whole—H. L. BARNUM, Coun-

ty Agricultural Agent.





REGISTERED SHORTHORNS IN AN-

TRIM COUNTY.





 





HE last addition to the county’s



pure-bred live stock was brought

to this county by Mr. Fred Smith, of

Elk Rapids. Mr. Smith is one of the

Board of Directors of the Michigan

Live Stock Exchange and is very much

interested in the building up of the

live stock standard for northern Mich-

igan. He purchased this carload of

Shorthorns in southern Michigan and

shipped them to Antrim county. He

has placed the entire load among the

farmers here, who are getting the View

of what this kind of live stock will do

for the county as well as themselves.

There have been over fifty head of

registered cattle brought into this

county since the first of the year.





Four other farmers of South Milton-





township who have engaged in Guern-

sey breeding and had previously pur-

chased females, have purchased a

Guernsey hull of Ballard Bros, Niles,

Michigan. If this movement is kept

up, there will be such a change in the

live stock of this county that the value





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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conclusions:





whenfodulnlatSJand chutney

ment of yet-gt. .

m m at Ute.

From a multiplicity of such tests,

Dr. MoCollmn has drawn two general





First, that milk or milk

products contain an essential food ele-





ment which the doctor has character-





ized as Fat Soluble A; second, that

leaves of plants contain another essen-

tial of life which-he has characterized

as Water Soluble B. These two class-

es 'of foods are protective foods that

must be supplied to promote growth

and maintain life. gEither one alone

will serve, but at least one must be fed.



Some interesting applications of

these facts were given. For example,

the people of the Orient are essentially

leaf eaters. They eat five times as

much of the leafy portions of plants

as we do. They draw the essential ele-

ments primarily from the leaves of

plants, and while it maintains life it

shows its influence on growth of the

small, stocky statures of the Chinese

and Japanese. The people of America





News of the Agricultural





will double every two years on cattle.

Good live stock means more to this

part of Michigan than any other one

thing, from the fact that there are so

many acres of good pasture lands,

which are not valuable for cultivated

crops on account of being hilly.





SUSPENDS PU RCHASE.





 





HE Food _ Administration Grain



Corporation announced May 30 it

would make no further purchases of

wheat flour, victory flour or cereal pro-

ducts, but would re-enter the market

for flour probably early in the new

crop year. All shipments of the Amer-

ican relief administration program

have been completed, and there now is

sufficient flour contracted for and in

transit to meet other requirements, it

was stated.



“The early publication of export sta-

tistics will show the total exports of

wheat flour much in excess of the fig-

ure named as probable grain corpora-

tion purchases fer this crop year,” said

a statement. “The grain corporation

takes this opportunity of expressing

its appreciation of the cooperation and

support received from the flour mills

and cereal manufacturers who have

made these shipments possible.





MICHIGAN-GROWN ALFALFA

SEED.





 





ICHIGAN-GROWN alfalfa. seed is



appearing on the market for the

first time since the introduction of the

crop into the state. Heretofore all

Michigan alfalfa has been raised from

seed imported from other states. The

local seed is particularly valuable be-

cause of the fact that it has been. pro-

duced by plants which are winter-

hardy under Michigan conditions. The

Michigan growers of alfalfa should be

careful not to plant alfalfa seed which

has been grown in the south, as south-

ern seed will not be dependable in

Michigan. Turkestan seed, for in-

stance. will not withst Michigan

winters, while Peruvian seed and seed





shewnt‘hebest mad Wt

asbeanaoatsandfloercprcdmandecrmnl doWdfabypeoplein

, m in a small section of ms ‘

.rm City more live about nine thou- .

sand people, nearly all colored. They . I

use practically no milk and eat very .-





thewcrld.





few leafy vegetables. Nearly one hum.





dred per cent of the children‘of the

community are suffering from the dis» '





ease know as rickets.’ Pellagra is an

infectious disease that always spreads

when-and in sections where people eat

few leafy vegetables and little mllk.1n

sections where most prevalent it is no-

ticed that the disease disappears in

spring when new green vegetables





come in, and is never prevalent where,

the people use milk freely: In" this ‘





case these two groups "of foods, act as

protective foods, building the system

up to where it can throw off the dis-

ease germs.





These facts form the soundest basis





for the dairy industry. The race can:

not exist without the dairy cow, and

breeders and feeders of dairy cows

owe it to their business to spread the

knowledge of the essential qualities of

their products.





World





grown in the southwestern states is‘

also dangerous.



Only northern grown seed from the

Dakotas, Montana, and Minnesota, or

native alfalfa from the central and

.western states should be grown in

Michigan. The Grimm, Baltic and Cos-

sack are particularly hardy strains.

When Michigan growers are- produc-

ing a large amount of seed the produc--

tion of alfalfa in the state will be on

a much more dependable basis, and it

has been demonstrated that the seed

can be grown profitably in the state.





coNssnvr—z MAN-POWER.





 





E venture the prediction that be-.‘





fete next year the labor short-

age will be so great that business men

and farmers will be'scrambling for

men._ To meet this condition labor-

saving machinery should be brought

intouse everywhere and as rapidly as

possible. Household work can be less.

ened greatly by modern electric equip-

ment. Work on the farm and in the

factory still offers an almost limitless

field for labor-saving equipment to sup-

plant or supplement muscle power.



Every manufacturer should as quick-

ly as possible so improve his plant,

and when necessary so eduip' it with

labor-saving devices of every kind as

to meet a great labor sh’ortage.



With an enormous wheat cr0p as-

sured, at high prices for the farmer;

with general improvement in all agri~

cultural conditions; with highway

work getting under way on a very

large scale: with a marked revival of

general constructive activities; with a

heavy immigration, the labor situation

will soon become acute. / .



.. The wise man will be the one who

now lays out his entire campaign to

utilize to the fullest extent every labor-

saving machine available.





BUYING POISON TO KlLL GRASS-

HOPPERS.





 





The Farm Bureau of Wexfcrd conn-





ty has ordered five tone of below for.

use 11! the drive against the gramme-~-





per pest which is already beginning to

appear in that district of the state.





Tbepoisonwihbemrnishedtotlle.





farmers at cost. The formulated!!!





' the farmers of Wenord county cor» ‘

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Putting Ztnsi the Cub’s





HE Ceresco Farmers' Club, one



of the Oldest in the state, has



pulled off quite, a variety of

stunts in the way of entertainment, as

well as in good works in practical and

progressive agriculture. Besides the

officers and members believe that all

work and no play really stunts one’s

enjoyment of life; and so something

different is worked up at an occasional

meeting of the club.



The writer and his wife are-honor-

ary members of half a dozen farmers'

clubs around Battle Creek and attend

many of the meetings. Some time ago

we proposed to take some study p1c-

tures showing how some things were

done ,many years ago when the oldest

members were kids and went to the

old district school.



There are some fine actors in the

Ceresco Club, and, at the next regular





'meeting at the farm home of Mr. and





Mrs. M. Nye, we will spend the entire

day takit .g pictures of study scenes for

the Michigan Farmer. Among them

will be “The Old Country Church

Choir,” “Planting Corn," “The Old Oak-

en Bucket,” “DrOp the Handkerchief,“





An Expert’s





HE wool situation today seems;

to present a perplexing problem

to those not closely in touch

with the conditions prevailing through-





out the world. The pfoducer is in a'





quandary to.know just what the future

prospects are. He is asking, “How am

I going to market my wool and what

price will I receive?” The answer to

these questions rests entirely on what





i .. action the wool producers will take in.





marketing this season’s wool clip. It

iswithin their power to make further

progress in the pooling of their wool





'and cooperatire marketing, .or revert





to the antiquated system 'of ijividual





. 7 finale at a flat price regardless of grade





- three generations ago.





“Pitching Quoits,” “Duck on the

Rock,” etc.



Costumes have been secured that be-

longed to the ancestors of two and

A real old-

fashioned well with long sweep, weight

and oaken bucket, just as natural as

those things looked seventy-five years

ago, will be built for the purpose, just

as is done in the moving picture stu-

dios. In fact, June 25 on the Nye

farm will probably be the first stunt in

making pictures with farmers, their

wives, sons and daughters, in full char-

acteristic make—up as in the movies.



There is much interest in the com-

ing performance, and it no doubt will

be the first ever pulled off in Michigan

by real farmer folks and depicting the

scenes in olden times on the farm,

when Michigan was young and greener

than it is now.



' The accompanying pictures were

taken some time ago. The panorama

shows the members lined up just after

dinner. All had stowed away in their

tummies as much as they could, yet

not a single one looks uncomfortable.

The young folks turn out and even the





kids are on hand at each meeting when

school does not keep.



One afternoon, instead of having the

regular literary program, we posed a

bunch of the oldest members in a

game of “The Needle’s Eye.” These

grandfathers and grandmothers had

not played this game in about half a

century; but they knew‘all the kinks

in the details, and we shot them with

the camera at the moment they salut-

ed and changed partners. It is a typi-

cal scene, as natural as life, and the

crowd out of sight back of the camera

enjoyed it fully as much as the actors

in this movie.



Then another bunch of these mem-

bers, some of the most prominent

farmers in Calhoun county, were tak-

en one side and we posed them in a

pulling stunt. Supervisor Julius E.

Crosby bet he could pull up his near

neighbor with‘ one hand, almost. So

they sat down on the greensward,

braced their feet together, and grabbed

a short stout pieCe‘ of fork handle in

the attitude shown in the accompany-

ing picture.



Each contestant had his seconds and





By George T. IVi/lz'figmyre





Bureau of Markets, United States Department of Agriculture





you going to ,permit your system of

marketing and practice to be unchang-

ed, or are you going to keep abreast of

the times and enter into the spirit of

cooperation that is found everywhere:

For the past few years all branches of

the Wool industry have been profitable

and all indications point to a continu-

ation of prosperity in this line. If the

law of supply and demand regulates





prices it would seem that the great de-,





mand made upon the wool industry

during the war would be felt for some





time. Great quantities of? wool were





used to): military purposes and can





“ .365,“ be reclaimed This quantity in





normal times ' represented the 'avail-

able supply for the civilian trade. The

war has also emphasized our depend-

ence upon foreign sources for our sup-

ply of raw wool.



Increased Production and World’s



Supply



The campaign which has been wag-

ed for the past few years for increased

production of wool in the United States

has {been given new impetus, and a

program for increased wool production

in this country has become not only

desirable but necessary. What would

be theresultand how would, our army

he suflicie’ntly clothed it'we'were fore





Program





first lieutenant meters, and a big mus»

cular farmer acted as referee. He

sighted his right eye along the fork

handle and got it accurately adjusted

plumb over the toes of the star con-

testants. A shot was fired from an

adjoining battery, and the fight was on.

There was intense interest for the

next forty-five seconds and a big crowd

of Ceresco folks, of both, sexes, back

of the camera alternately held their

breath, cheered, and “sicked” ’em on

until the agony was over and one con-

testant had his record busted for a.

spell.



It was a great day at this Farmers’

Club movies, and no lives were lost.



And the next big day will be June

25 on farmer Nye’s farm just outside

the city limits of Battle Creek. The

Ceresco Farmers’ Club will put on a

big day’s work in movies that will il-

lustrate things done on the pioneer

farms during the early days in Michi-

gan. And for the first time in agricul-

tural journalism will these pictures of

real farmer movies’be shown in the

Michigan Farmer.



J. H. BROWN.





dea on the Wool OutloOk





ed into a war which might affect our

importations of wool from Australia

and the Argentine? The supply of

wool in the world is not large. This

was learned when the war ceased, and

it was later discovered that while some

countries held larger stocks of wool

than in normal times others were with-

out supplies to meet their immediate

requirements. The stocks of wool in

the world are very badly distributed.

The better distribution of these wools

depends entirely upon the success and _

continued improvement of the shipping

program. At present in this country,

with the government holding large

quantities of wool the total supply is'

not considered above normal, and the "

stock held, not including the Austral- ,;

ian and South American, is considered

of inferior class. (Con. on next page)





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21919. wool clip.





The government has





'decikd not to hold auction sales dur-

ting the period from July 1 to Decem-





ber 1.» This should give the American





"wool producer an excellent opportu-





nity of disposingof his wool and it

looks as though there would be keen





competition tor the choice, medium and





finer wools. At the recent government





auctions held in Boston and Model-





planting.





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Fancy Strawberries" for Local Markets w  ¥





VY problem has been to get the

most out of intensive fruit farm-

ing. My farm is small—a little





less than live acres, and is mostly





planted to fruit trees. After planting

the trees, I was up against the pros-

pect of waiting several years for any

large income for the use of high-priced

land near some large villages and small

cities. My land is a deep clay loam——

a brook flat well adapted to growing

small fruits. I am able to make it very

rich by applying. poultry manure from

a large hennery on my place. I had

grown strawberries for market in a

small way for many years, and had

demanstrated the possibilities of grow-

ing fancy strawberries by the hill

culture.



First, I grew one~half an acre by

this method. When placing the ber-

rice in a store in a village near by, I

was unable to supply the demand. I

have’seen peOple buy a basket of ber-

ries, and carry them along the street

showing the immense berries to per-

sons they met, advertising them for

me. I learned that people buy with their

eyes, and are willing to pay for what

pleases the eye. Last year I sold my

crop for twenty-five cents per quart,

or eight dollars per thirty-two quart

crate.



Soil and Fertilizers.



For reasons I have stated, it seemed

my best proposition to inter-crop my

young orchards with strawberries. I

had learned there are two systems of

culture that produce the large sweet

berries. The first thing to do was get

my land in condition for planting. It

had been plowed and well tilled before

planting the trees—apples, cherries,

pears and plums. In the spring all

that Was necessary was replowing. and

harrowing until the soil was finely pul-

verized. The poultry manure mention-

ed in too rich in nitrogen to be a safe

plant food for fruit to use alone. It

should be amended by frequently scat-

tering acid phosphate, and kanit, when

the latter can be economically obtain-

ed, on the dropping-boards in the hen-

nery. Any animal manure can be used.

With the soil prepared and fertilized I

was ready for setting it to strawber-

ries. ‘The only right time for planting

strawberries is in the spring when the

leaf first starts. My practice is to grow





strawberries for transplanting in a. sep-





arate propagating bed, so as not to dig

plants in the fruiting bed, so. I had

well-grown plants ready for trans-





Selecting Varieties.

Those who plan to grow strawber-





’ should understand that varieties mak-

fin; io‘ng tap roots are best. Such kinds

retool out better, and make larger hills,





and will bear very good crops for

three years or longer. Varieties I have

med in“ southeastern New York for

my years, and which I have found

as satisfactory are Marshall,



Quit and Brand 1119. Others ”I



well of m Cheapeake and Sena-

m Those are male, or we»





ual, and need no other kind to polar

ice them. They produce stamens on

the blossoms and may be called stem

inane strawberries. It is thought that

it is better to mix even the staminntes

as some are bisexual to larger degree

than others.



Those who practice the wider-ow

system, and plan to get the largest

crop possible in one or two years. will

want to plant part pistilate varieties,

as the Edgar Queen, Haverland, etc.

If these are planted, every third or

fourth now, should be the staminates,

to pollenize them.



My method of growing is by the hill

and hedge row systems. When the

soil is prepared for planting as describ-

ed, I mark it in rows eighteen inches

apart, with home-made wooden mark-





around the plants with the foot.

Cultivation.

Cultivation should begin almost the





be inflated. Rye, wheat or oatstraw





J’s-preferred, but itinerant kinds of re,

fuse snub. used that is available. I





next day after planting, or before the should have mentioned that, when set-





ground is packed by rain, or weed

seeds germinate. i use a light horse

garden cultivator, that can be narrow-

ed to less than twelve inches. When

practicable, I cultivate-both ways, so

there is but little hand hoeing. This

is not always practicable in young or

chards, but nearly so in apple orchards

with trees forty feet apart each way.

When the runners begin to grow the

plants should be hood and the runners

cut once a. week. The cultivation and

hand hoeing must be kept up as long

as the weeds grow if the hill culture

is a success



Very nearly as fine berries can be





 





 





I NTO a bushel of screened sawd





ous oxide.





the poisoned sawdust while, the m





broadcast.





three acres of ground

The best results from the use





night and will be fresh when the

morning.

If put out in piles the chances





no trouble is likely to result.





As one can readily see, the cos

little molasses and some salt.





The greatest benefit can be ob





How to T4166 Me “Hop” Out

of Grasshopper!

By Don B.





pound of poison, Paris green, white arsenic,

In a gallon of water dissolve three-fourths of a pound

of saltand add one-half of a cup of molasses. Slowly pour this into





enough water to make a. good stiff “mash."



' This poisoned bait can safely be taken in the hands and spread

It should not be left in piles around the field, but should

be well scattered. A bushel of this poison ought to cover about





when it is used late in the afternoon. Thus it will not dry out over





casualties should live stock eat 'it, but if applied as recommended—

However, it is best to salt the cat-

tle before applying the poison to their feeding-grounds, as they will

then be less attracted to the mixture.





son bait will be only the cost of the poison itself together with a

The sawdust, in regions where the

grasshoppers are worst, can be had for the asking.





ers in a community, or in a group of communities,





W'hclan





ust thoroughly mix, by sitting, a

or crude arseni—





ixture is being stirred. Then add





of this poison are to be expected

hungry hoppers go for it in the





are that there will be some





t of making a'bushel a“: this pol-





tained only when all of the farm~

work together





and spread poison on all of the grasshopper breeding ground.- One

farmer using this poison without cooperation, will get but tempor-

ary relief, and in order to protect his crops he must keep on using





from other breeding grounds.





 





it throughout the summer, for the grasshoppers are sure to fly in





 





 





 





 





or that marks several rows at a time,

making light marks. The ground is“

lined the apposite way, so the plants

can. be set in check rows by using, a.

line. The plants are set in in check

rows eighteen inches each way. The

method ot‘transplontlng is to insert a

spade clues to the line to make an

opening for the plant, while another

person places the plant in the open- '

ins, spreading out the roots, and set-

ting the crown even with we cartoon

of the m When a new is planted





 





grown by the hedge row system. It

(litters from the hill system in that the

plants are set in love about twenty

inches apart, and twentyofour mm





in the rows. Less than half the nuns:

bez- oi plants are required, and the in!





bar of transplanting is also less than





one-half as with the hill System A.





runner plant is bedded half was be-

tween the plants that are set, making





than twelve inches em in the rows.

The cultivation is practically the anthem





with both systems. may in the win-





an; the plants a plot of troundshonld

be set. three feet by'two for the props»

gating bed. and that it is well to set

another plot to plants very close to:

gethor each way to dig plants from to

fill in where plants die, or may he kills

ed by grabs.

Picking and Selling.



As very large berries solve the prob-

lem of marketing, so it does of getting:

the berries picked for those who could

not be induced to pick small berries

like to pick when not a very _' large

number is required to fill a quart has.

ket. The best pickers are woménmnd-

the same pickers have picked my, ber~

rice for several years. I can leave-

them when I have other work. In the.

rush of the season, I sometimes get

new pickers, and have to stay with

them more. Children without their

parents are often unsteady, and must

be watched. The pickers use tour

quart carriers, and are given checks

as they bring in the berries. Those

who stay all through, I have paid two

cents per quart, while those who pick

only when the pickings are the best are

paid one and one-half cents.



A large part of the berry crop has

been sold to people who come to my

place for them. Many customers from

other villages or cities come by auto

for berries, and at times I cannot sup-

ply this trade. Often the berries are

ordered by telephone for days ahead,





,and often customers cannot be sup-





plied. This is the point in the article

I wish to emphasue, that the market-

ing of the berries takes care of itself,

when cultural methods are right.~—-J.





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IOWA HA8 coon Luvs-





IflWA has repealed some of the dairy .





laws, and has gotten’her legislation

in such shape that it will be mighty

hard sledding for some of the unite.~

tion products. For instance, regarding

the sale of oleomargarine, words like

“butter,” “creamery,"_or “dairy,” cun-

nottbe "used in the advertisement or on

the label, nor can the name of any

breed of dairy cattle or illustrations of

the same. This will put a heavy hand?"

icap on the sale of. oleo in that state.

Many of the manufacturers incorpor-

ate dairy terms in their advertism‘zd





"and on their cartons, and this ’will'

» cause them to put out their product in





a less misleading manner. If the 10313-

lctors would go a step further and pro-





hibit the use of milk or cream in the? I R





manufacturing of butter subcututesf'

the business would have to stand on





its merits, and we should see what we .,

{Matias evaporated mill: 1'





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name not will attrecti

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7N possession of the very best pas-

tiire ever seen, with common cows





, averaging better than a pound of,





butter-fat a day, with a market at hand

as good as ours, it would not be very





' ‘ . strange if some reader in northern

Michigan has not seen as yet any prob:





‘ lem in summer dairying that is at all

difficult to solve. In his ‘case, summer

"is. the one time when», he positively

'knoWs that he ‘is getting more out of

his cows than it costs to feed them.

On the state farm at Chatham ’they





have forty acres of pasture that is now





carrying thirty head of cattle. A hun-

dred sheep have pastured on this area

for a month besides, and the feed is

, still very good. The cows are getting

a light feed of grain but are producing

heavily and yielding a very good re«

turn from this wonderful forty-acre

‘ pasture.



There is not much question but that

in northern Michigan the emphasis

should be placed upon summer dairy-

ing. At least, such must be the case

so long as there is much pasture going

to waste in nearly every community.

'The fact that the weather is nearly

always cool during the summer in com-

parison to the temperature farther

south, and that the rainfall is quite

equally distributed throughout the sea-

SOn, makes it pretty certain that pas«

tures will'continue good long after

they have well-night failed in the reg—

ion below the straits. Then ,too, the

winters are' long and cold, and the

feeds that grow in that section best

are more expensive than our corn en-

silage. Yes, they do grow some en-

silage corn there, but corn is not a

sure crop, and yields of ensilage are

much less there than farther south.

The state grew on the farm at Chat-

ham ten and a quarter tons of oat and

pea ensilage per acre last year. It





was even better than corn ensilage,

and the yield was considerably above

that of corn in our part of Michigan if

average yields are considered. The

corn, too, requires more labor to grow.

The only trouble about the pea and cat

ensilage is that such a crop would be

worth more if,ripened and threshed.

It does not cost anywhere near as

much as corn ensilage in that part of

the state, in fact, I'imagine it. does not

cost any more than corn ensilage in

central Michigan, but when we figure

the probable yield from a. field of peas

and oats heavy enough to cut ten tons

of ensilage, and multiply the yield by

the very high prices of these grains in

the market, it will be seen that such

ensilage is obtained by the giving up

of a very profitable grain crop.



Notwithstanding this fact, were I

dairying in the upper part of Michigan

I should ensilo oats and peas, and do

ver also. I would go very slowly in

the planting of corn, except in a few

localities, but would use clover and

oats and peas for ensilage largely in-

stead. First, because the ensilage is

better, and second, because yields of

corn are apt to be very small.



To those of us who live in the cen-

tral and southern portions of the~state,

summer dairies are problems. Now,

I am sure that most of you are think-

ing about asummer silo and wonder-

ing if there is “much to the summer

dairy problem when .one has a. good

silo, filled withcorn cut at its best?

No, such a man has provided against





the worst limitation in summer dairy-





mg.



Over a goodly portion of Michigan,

pastures 'begin to fail materially the

latter part of June, and two or three

weeks later finds them very short.

Last summer it was my privilege to



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My (neighbor and I-‘ran cut the line

between our terms two years ago, and





he wished me» to build my part. of the





fence right away, and he was to build

his part so as to use it for a. pasture.

,I built my part but he did not build

his until this spring, and then he set

it out on me about four feet from our

line, and said he agreed to my part of

the line, but not to put his part on the

line. Now what can I do about it?

Can I make him move the fence, sue

for damages, call the surveyor, and

must I pay the expenses of the survey

myself? K. M. ‘



If we are to understand that when

the line was run out stakes. were set

by the parties to mark the line as set

by them, it does not matter whether

they got the line where it should be or

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ly and finally that the line so run

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BREAKINGi-ALFALFA son.





I would like to know the best kind

of a plow for alfalfa sod. Am told that

I can easily plow it with two horses

on a disc plow. Can that be‘ done?



Allegan Co. , V. P. S.





The best kind of a plow to break

alfalfa sod is any good common plow.

with an exceedingly sharp pointx’or‘

shear. Probably the disc plow would

do the work, but disc plows are not sat-

isfactory plows. You cannot govern

the depth. They~wonlt turn the stub-

ble under; they will .roll it ‘over and

over.- On soft ground they will go in

too deep, and on hard ground they will

scarcely go in at all. If they strike

a stone they will bound clear out of

the ground. I tried to make a, disc

plow work several years ago and I





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tool. When are” plow alfalfa sod i‘





make it; anoint to be at heme and'I





keep grinding the plow points and car-





tying them to the men, getting them‘



to change their points every. hour or



so. If you don’t do it you can’tcut ‘—

the alfalfa roots, but when a point is.



sharp and ground at the right bevel.



there is little trouble in plowing alfal- .

fa satisfactorily. C. C. L.





SHEEP Ohl SHARES.





I have read with interest and amuse- ,

ment an article in steam paper ex- .

plaining how‘a city firm proposes put-

ting out sheep on shares on Michigan

farms. The said-firm to furnish the '

sheep and the farmer» to give them

good care and feed them and give the

promoter one-half of the wool and one-

half of the lambs. This, seems to me

likes. very 'one—sided division of the

income from the flock.‘ What do you

think of a farm" paper encouraging

farmers to enter into such a partner-'

ship scheme? C. H. E.





This is a modern promoter’s idea of

the old system of putting sheep out to

double. No intelligent farmer would

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of sheep during the year and giving ‘ ‘





some slick city promoter one-half of



the income from the business. It means



that “Shylock” is exacting his pound .,

of. flesh in terms of one hundred per



cent interest.‘ I am sure that a paper



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ed by men familiar with sheep farming



here in Michigan. -



If you will refer to page 350 in the

March 1 issue of the Michigan Farmer

you will find an article by E. L. Vin<

cent explaining the, old practice of

putting sheep out to double. This arti-'

cle seems to have created considerable

interest and promoters have approach-

ed us with schemes to'put out sheep

on Michigan farms on a half-and-half

basis, but we have refused to lend our

columns to such propaganda.



In a few instances breeders of reg-

istered sheep have found it profitable

to themselves and to progressive farm-

ers to put breeding ewes out on a'half-

and-half basis; the farmer feeding and‘

caring for the flock, having all of the

wool and one-half of the lambs In

suéh cases the owner usually does all

of the advertising and selling. As a

commercial proposition such an ar-

rangement is too much onesided for

any practical farmer to think of enter-

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SQWING MIL.LET TO SUBDUE

QUACK GRASS.





I have a field of corn stubble with

quack grass in. I intended to disc

until the last of June, then sow to

buckwheat and plow under before the

quack headed, but will be short of hay.

Could this be seeded to millet and cut

for hay without the quack going to

seed? If it could, when would be the

best time to seed? I know nothing

about millet.



Clinton- Co. 'J. A. W.



Millet if sowmquite thickly would

tend to smother the quack grass al-

most as much as buckwheat, although

it wouldn’t leave the ground in as mel-

low a condition'if you wanted to put

in some other crop without plowing. g



I wouldn’t advise discing this ground

to prepare it. I would plow it because

discing isn’t thorough enough; it won't ,

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from his labor.



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. methods of farming, for one man to

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large. with the help of his family. A

large number of such cases were point-

ed outlast year when the war made

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one man who put up some twenty

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One man, and his wife who drove the

horse to the carrier in the barn. While

farmers do not care to repeat the oper-

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will have learned how machinery facil-

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do with as little hired labor as they

possibly can.



With such implements as hay load-

ers. and barn hay carriers or stacking

tools it would have been impossible to

save all the hay crop last year. And

this year these tools will prove quite

as valuable‘in getting the crop in be-

fore it becomes damaged by rain or

long exposure to the sun and dew, for

long exposure to the sun and dew does

almost, as much damage to hay as a

rain.



Another thing that will return big

service is theproviding of ample con-

veniences to save time and steps at

the barn and in the field—such as an

easy and quickly adjusted bitch on the

loader, duplicate whittletrees 'at barn,

plenty of rope and a sufficient number



.. of pullies, etc.



It is pretty hard to ~hurry the curing

of hay before a coming rain without a

hay teddar. The teddar will lift the

green hay out of the stubble and leave

it in loose bunches so that any air stir-

ring wiil hasten curing or drying. This

may mean the saving of several loads

of hay before a rain or evening. The

men may also be sent to the field ear-

lier and labor used to better advan-



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fl requires considerable driving around

the field with‘ the loader hitched be-

hind the‘wagon. A great deal of turn-

ing is required to load from a windrow

made by a sulky rake and a great deal

of hay must be kept raked in advance

of the loader. When using a side-de-

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in the order named, ratify the equal

. .3 age amendment to the federal con-

3; stitution, while the governor of New

’ York state issues a call for a special

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to“ act upon the amendment—The

Methodist joint centenary campaign

Jar $105,000,000 passes its goal today.

. éLloyd-George of Great Britain denies.

that an effort is being made to form a

union of the South African states, and

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FIVE days’ additional grace is grant-

ed Germany to sign peace treaty.—

Three columns of rebel forces are re-

ported to be moving toward the border

city of Juarez, Mexico—The lower

house of congress reduces the Drapes-

ed army for the coming fiscal year

from 400,000 to 300,000 men—Belgium

entertains United States cotton deal-

ers.—-——The Detroit street railway strike

is ended by a temporary adjustment

between the city, the company and the

men—Michigan legislature will con-

sider a bill to create a commission to

investigate the old dispute over' the

boundary line between Michigan and

Wisconsin.





Friday, June 13.



APAN secures a place in what is



now termed the “council of five” of

the peace conference—The Omsk gov-

ernment is recognized by the leading

allied nations.—-—Germany Will be per-

mitted to retain her present compul-

sory military service—The preSident-

elect of Brazil will tour the ~ United

States, which will include a ViSIt to

Detroit.—-—The agitation against Japan-

ese aggression continues to grow in

China—Stockholders of the General

Motors Corporation approve the action

of the directors in increasing the capi-

tal stock to $1,000,000,000.———Missour1

calls an extra session of her legisla-

ture to consider the federal amend-

ment providing for woman suffrage.—

French marines hoist the red flag when

they fail to win orders for immediate

demobilization.



Saturday, June 14.





UAREZ is attacked by the Mexican

rebel army.——A British fleet is bom-

barding the Bolshevist base at Krohn-

stadt near Petrograd.-——Siberian troops

make advances west of the Ural moun-

tains.-Holland refuses to assist in the

allied blockade of Germany, should the

' latter country refuse to sign the peace

treaty—Honduras starts a move to

form a union of the central American

states—The Michigan supreme court

over—rules the decision against the tel-

ephone systems of the state allowing

the companies to impose increased

rates—Kansas will need 100,000 men

to help harvest her record wheat crop.

——Food prices provoke strike at Genoa:

Italy.

, Sunday, June 15.

GHTING continues at Juarez, Meir

ico, between the federal and rebel

forces—President Carranza of Mexico

-~ will not be a candidate for re-election.

Captain Alcock and Lieut. Brown,

ritish officers, cross the Atlantic from

Newfoundland to Clifton, Ireland, in

sixteen hours and twelve minutes in a

. non-stop flight, winning the $50,000

prize offered by the London Daily Mail

for the first performance of this feat.

—The workers’ beer march in Wash-

ington of 100,000 demonstrators dwin-

dles to a. march of not more than 1,500.

——United States Senate committee on

judiciary asks restrictions on speech

to protect United States against the

Bolshevist movement—The Soviet re-

public of Russia establishes its seat of

government at Bessarabia.





Monday, June 16.





HILE Mexican rebels are attach

ing Juarez, in which Americans

are killed on the American side of the

border, 3,600 United States troops are

marched into Mexico and start an en-

veloping movement to surround the

rebels—When a pleasure launch up-

sets on the Warrior river, in Florida,

nineteen persons are drowned—Gen

*m'any is to be allowed an army of 200,-

000 men for a period of three years-—

United States Senate continues in dis-

-»cnssion of the League of Nations and

Tuesday, June 17.

changes are made in the revis-

' of the peace treaty deliv-





till the federal constitution—King





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3, 5,."lofie German delegates who pre- ,





guards.—-M ‘ retrea

from the border followi the-



attack by American car ry; the B]. S.

troops have been recalled up'gn re-

quest" of the Mexican government.——,

The presidents of twenty-four interna-

tional labor organizations interested in

the steel industry are at Atlantic City

in conference on‘ a program to attempt

the organization of 400,000 steel wdrk-

ers.——New York, Ohio- and Kansas rat-

ify the woman suffrage amendment to

Albert

and the, Queen of Belgium will visit

America this coming, fall—Canada

asks for an. army of 10.000'men. ‘





TH E MARLBORO DISEASE.





_ HILE on a recent visit covering

the small-fruit farms of Berrien

county with County Agent Lurkins, at-

tention was called to a. number of dis-

eased red raspberry plants. lnvestiga~

tion showed that the disease is known

as Raspberry Curl or Yellows. Aside

from this very little can be said about

it as no definite parasitic organism is

known to be connected with it.





One particular patch visited consist-

ed of about three acres of Cuthberts

highly cared for as regards cultivation

and spraying. Early indications point—

ed to a, splendid crop of fruit. Lately

the plants have begun to take on a

“sickly look,” as the owner expressed

it. The diseased plants have a stunted

yellowish look. The leaves are small

and curled slightly downward. The

owner stated that the fruit from the

diseased vines is worthless as it usu-

ally is about half filled out and badly

shrivelled.





The history of the particular patch

in question plainly shows the infec-

tious character of the disease. Last

year at picking time the owner's at

tention was called to a few plants that

the pickers passed by on account of

the berries being small and shrivelled

to such an extent as to make them

worthless. This spring the disease is

more or less apparent throughout the

entire planting. Due to the fact that

the trouble appears to spread so rap-

idly it behooves the owners of raspber-

ry plantings to be on the alert and

stop the trouble before it ruins the

planting.



In many respects the disease is sim-

ilar to the troublesome “peach yel-

lows.” As in the case of this disease

no definite parasitic organism is

known to be connected with it. Again

as in the case of “peach yellows” no

control is known other than to destroy

all diseased plants. Growers should

be on the watch at all times for signs

of diseased plants and destroy them at

once for if the first canes are eradi-

cated the entire planting may thus be

saved. Nothing definite is known re-

garding the way in which the trouble

is spread other than that cuttings from

diseased vines carry the disease. For

this reason particular care should be

taken to observe young plantings. The

plants for setting should be taken from

marked hills that are known to be





free from disease, as healthy canes and





diseased ones" may be found in the

same stool. In addition. the disease

has been found on wild berries, hence

it is a. good plan to destroy all plants

in the immediate vicinity.



In New York the trouble has been‘

called the “Marlboro disease,” because

this particular variety appeared to be

more severely affected. Red varieties

in general are more severely affected.

In this particular instance the Cut]:-

bert was badly affected while a plant-

ing of another variety nearby showed

hardly any signs of the disease. So

far no evidence of the resistant types

in Michigan is available. Raspberry

growers pf Ohio claim that the King,

Herbert. and St Regis are not as sus-

ceptible as Cuthbert. Information from

Michigan growers regarding the sus-

ceptibility of varieties in desired.





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head erect; twice twittering woodcock

rWhlrred upwgrd, beating wings tangled

for a moment in the bitched. fluttering, ’

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(Continued from last week).

“Oh. you are quite right.” she said;





lieve it, Mr. Burleson."





ward from under their horses' feet,





harsh “squak! squads”





later he said,

liott ! ”





vety black space marked the ashes of

a. fire, which had burned in a semi-cir-

cle, then westward to the water’s edge.

“You see,” he said, “it was started

to sweep the vlaie to the pine timber.

The wind changed, and held it until

the fire was quenched at the shore "



“I see,” she said.



He touched his horse, and they

pressed forward along the bog’s edge.

“Here," he pointed out, “they fired

the grass again, you see, always count-

ing on the west wind; and here again,

and yonder too, and beyond that, Miss

Elliott~—in a. dozen places they set the

grass afire. If that wet east wind had

nothing on earth could

have saved a thousand acres of white

pine—and I'm afraid to say how many

deer and partridges and woodcock. It

was a savage bit of business, was it

not, Miss Elliott ?”





She sat her horse, silent, motion-

less, pretty head bent, studying the

course of the fire in the swale. There

was no mistaking the signs; a grass

fire had been started, which, had the

west wind held, must have become a

brush fire, and then the most dreaded

scourge of the north, a full-fledged for-

est fire in tall timber. After a little

while she raised her head and looked

full at Burleson, then, without com-

ment, she wheeled her more eastward

across the vlaie towards the pines.

“What do you make of it?” he asked,

pushing his horse forward alongside of

her mare.



“The signs are perfectly plain," she

said. “Whom do you suspect?”



He waited a moment, then shook his

head.



“You, suspect nobody ?”



“I haven’t been here long enough. I

don’t exactly know what to do about

this. It is comparatively easy to settle

cases of simple trespass or deer-shoots

ing, but, to tell the truth, Miss Elliott,

fire scares me. I don’t know how to

meet this sort of thing."



She was silent.



“So,” he added, “I sent for the fire-

warden. I don’t. know just what the

warden's duties may be.”



“I do,” she said, quietly. Her more

struck solid ground; she sent her for-

ward at a. gallop. which broke into a

dead run. Burleson came pounding

along behind, amused, interested at

this new caprlce. She drew bridle at

the edge of the birches, half turned in

her saddle, bidding him follow with a.

gesture, and rode straight into the cov-

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“let us leave whet romance there may

be in the world. My horse loves me

I am very happy to be





From the luminous shadow of her

sombrero she looked out across the

stretch of marsh. where from unseen

, pools the wild-duck were rising, dis-

turbed by the scund of their approach.

And now the snipe began to dart sky-





filling the noon silence with their

“It’s along here somewhere," said

Burleson, leaning forward in his sad-

dle to scan the swam-grass. A moment

“Look there, Miss El-





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silver-birch” which fringed the pines,

as ‘tosm hinges a green sea“. and be

fore them intend the tall timber, il-

luminated, by the sun.



In the Want green shadows

they drew bridle; she leaned forward.

clearing the thick teudrils of hair from'

her “ahead. and set stocked“ in-

tent, every exquisite has and contour

in full relief ogolnst the pines.



At am he Wt sh was listening

nerves keyed to sense sounds inaudi-

ble to him. Then, as he set, fascinated,

scarcely breathing lest the enchant-

ment break. leaving him. alone in the

forest with the memory of a. dream, a.

faint aromatic odor seemed to grow in

the air; not the close scent of the

pines, but something subtle. '



“Smoke!” he said, aloud.



She touched her mare forward, rid-

ing into the wind, delicate nostrils di-

lated; and he followed over the sound-

less cushion of brown needles, down

aisles flanked by pillared pines whose

crests swam in the upper breezes, fill~

ing all the forest with harmony.



And here, deep in the splendid for-

est, there was fire—~at first nothing but

a. thin serpentine trail of ashes

through moss and bedded needles; and

then, scarcely six inches in width, a

smouldering, sinuous path from which

fine threads of smoke rose upward,

vanishing in the woodland half-light.



He sprang from his horse‘and tore

away a bed of green moss through

which filaments of blue smoke stole;

and deep in the forest-mould, spread

ing like veins in an autumn leaf, fire

ran underground, its almost invisible

vapor curling up through lichens and

the brown carpet of pine needles. .



At first, for it was so feeble a fire,

scarcely alive, he strove to stamp it

out, then to smother it with damp

mould. But as he followed its worm—

liko course, always ahead he saw the

thin, blue signals rising through living

moss~everywhere the attenuated spir-

als creeping from the ground under-

foot

. "I could summon every man in this

town if necessary,“ she said; “I am

empowered by law to do so; but—I

shall not-wot Where could we find a.

keeper—the nearest patrol ‘2‘"



“Please follow me.” he said, mount-

ing his horse and wheeling eastward.



In a few moments they came to a.

foot~trall,' and turned into it at a can-

tor, skirting the Spirit Water, which

stretched away between two moun-

tains glittering in the sun,



“How many men can you get ?” she

called forward.



“I don’t know; there’s a gang of men

terracing below the lodge—”



“Call them all; let every man bring

a pick and shovel. There is a guard

now!” '



Burleson pulled up short and shout~

9d. “uth!”



The patrol turned around.



"Got the men who are terracing the

lodge. Bring picks, shovels, and axes,

and meet me here. Run for it!"



The fire-warden's horse walked up

leisurely; the girl had relinquished the

bridle and was guiding the more with

the slightest pressure of the knee and

heel. She sat at ease, head lowered,

absontly relying the ribbon on the hair

at her neck. When it was adjusted to

her satisfaction she passed a hat-pin

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Wt. thick hair above 1161‘ MW

straightened out, snatching her legs in

the W Then she drew as her.

ritht “outlet. and very dist-My '

stifled the aunties}: of yaw”. *



"3N. evidently don’t believe there is

much danger.” said Burleson, with a

smile which accrued to relieve the ten-

sion he had labored under.



“Yesytbereis doom.” she 89.14..



After a silence she added. “I think I

hear your men coming"



He listened in vain; he heard the

wind above filtering, through the pines,

he heard the breathing of their horses.

and his own heartbeats. too. Then

very far away 9. sound broke out.



“What wonderful cars. you hovel”

he said—not thinking of their beauty

until his eye fell on their lovely con-

tour. And as he gazed the little, clean-

cut ear next to' him turned pink, and

its owner touched her mare forwardw

apparently in aimless caprice, for she

circled and came straight back, meet- _

ing his gaze with her pure, fearless

gray eyes.



There must have been something

not only perfectly inoffensive, but also .

well‘bred, in Burleson’s lean, bronzed

face,_for her own face softened into an

amiable expression, and she wheeled

the ‘mare up beside' his mount, confi~

dently exposing the small car again.



The men were coming; there could

be no mistake this time. And there

came Murphy, too, and Rolfe, with his

great, swinging stride, gun on one

shoulder, a. bundle of axes on the

other.



“This way,” said Burleson, briefly;

but the fire-warden cut in ahead, cant-

ering forward up the trail, nonchalanb

1y breaking off a twig of aromatic

black birch, as she rode, to place be-

tween her red lips.





Murphy, arriving in the lead. scann-

ed the haze which hung along the liv-

ing moss.



“Sure, it’s a foolish‘fire, sorr,” he

muttered. “burrowing like a mole gone.

mad. Rest aisy, Misther Burleson;

we’ll. scotch the divil that done this

night’s worruk—bad cess to the dirty

scut!” ‘



“Never mind that, Murphy. Miss El.

liott, are they to dig it out ?”



She nodded.



The men, ranged in an uneven line,

stood stupidly staring at the long v15-

tas of haze. The slim fire-warden "

wheeled her more to face them, speak-

ing very quietly, explaining how deep

to dig, how far a. margin might be left

in safety, how ,manymen Were to be-

gin there, and at what distances apart.



Then she picked ten men and bade

them follow her.



Burleson rode in the rear, motionlng ,

Rolfe to his stirrup.



“What do you think of 1t 7” he asked ,

in a. low voice. ..



“I think, sir, one of those damned ~

Storms did lt—e"



“I mean, what do you think about

the chances? Is it serious. 9" ,

“That young lady ahead knows bet-

ter than I do. I’ve seen two of these

has underground fires: one was easy

killed, the other cleaned out three



thousand acres. "



Burleson nodded. “I think. ” he acid,

“that you had better so book to the

lodge and get every snare man. Tell ,,

Rudolf to rig up a. wagon and bring ra-



tions and water for the men. Put in,

something nice for Miss Elliott—see to

that, Rolfe: do you hear?”



"Yes, sir" ' ‘



“And. Rolfe, bring food for the bars ‘ i

esnand see that there are a couple of":

man to watch the house and stables—n? ‘ f

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the end of the underground fire.

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for half a mile;

ditches had been dug to cut the fire

"on? from further progress. always ahead

the haze hung .motio'niess, stretcing

away westward through the pines.





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‘*‘ enough forward this time, for there

as no blue haze visible beyond the

young hemlock growth.



The sweating men, stripped to their

undershirts, swung pick and axe and

drove home their heavyshovels. Burl-

oson. his gray flannel shirt open at the

throat, arms bared to- the shoulder,

worked steadily among his men; on a

knoll above, the fire-warden sat cross-

legged on the pine needles her straight



“ young back against a tree. On her

knees were a plate and ,a napkin. She

ate bits of cold partridge at intervals;

at intervals she sipped a glass of clar-

et and regarded Burleson dreamily.



To make certain, she had set a gang

of men to clear the woods in a belt

behind the third ditch; a young growth



.of hemlock was being sacrificed, and

the forest rang with axe-strokes, the

cries of men, the splintering crash of

the trees.



“I think,” said Burleson to Rolfe,

who had just come up. “that we are

ahead of the trouble now. Did you

give my peaceful message to Abe

Storm ?"



“No, sir; he wasn’t to home.”



The young man looked up quickly.

“What's the trouble now ?” he asked.



“There’s plenty more trouble ahead,

sir,” said the keeper, in a low voice.

“Look at this belt!” and he drew from

his pocket 3. leather belt, unrolled it,

and pointed at a.name scratched on

the buckle. The name was “Abe

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manded Burleson.



“The man that fired the vials grass

dropped it. Barry picked it up on pa-



‘ trol. There’s the evidence. sir. The

belt lay on the edge of the burning

grass."



“Ybu mean he dropped it last night,

and Barry found it where the grass

had been anre ?” I



“No, sir; that‘belt' was dropped two

hours since. The grass was afire

again.”



The color left Burleson’s face, then

came surging back through the tight-



. ening skin of the set jaws.



“Barry put out the blaze, sir. 'He’s

on duty there now with Chase and

Connor. Lord help Abe Storm if they

get him over the sights, Mr. Burlesonh



vBurleson’s self-command was shak-

en. " He reached out his hand for the

belt, flung away his axe. and walked

up "the clown! the knoll where the

fine-warden sat calmly "watching him.



For a few moments he stood before

her, teeth set, in silent battle with that

devil‘s own temper which had never

been killed in him, which he knew now

could never be ripped out and‘exterm-

.lnated,.which\most, must lie chained—

ohained while he himself stood tireless

guard, knowing that chains may break.



, After a’ while he dropped to the

ground beside her, like a man dead



tuba. “Ni me about these people,”



he said.



_ “What people, Mr. Burlesnn? My



Own?”



Her sensitive instinct had followed

the little drama from her vantagescat

n the knoll: *0 had seen the patrol

.. my the belt; one had watched the

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voiced answer..

“Yes-your own people.

what I should know. I want to live in

peace among them if they’ll let me.”



She gathered her knees in her clasp-





est. flMr. Burleson,”‘she said, “for ev-

ery mental, every moral deformity,

man isjnswerable to man. You dwell-

ers in the pleasant places of the world

are pitiless in your judgment of the

sullen, suspicious, narrow'life you find

edging forests, clinging to mountain

flanks, or stupidly stifling in the heart

of some vast plain. .1 cannot under-

stand the mental cruelty whlch con-

demns with contempt human creatures

who have had no chance—not one sin-

gle chance. Are they ignorant? Then

bear with them for shame- Are they

envious. grasping, narrow? Do they

gossip about neighbors, do they slan-

der without mercy? What can you ex-

pect from starved minds, human intel~

lects unnourished by all that you find

so wholesome? Man’s progress only

inspires man; man’s mind alone stim-

ulates man’s mind. Where civilization

is, there are many men; where is the

greatest culture, the broadest thought,

the sweetest toleration, there men are

many, teaching one another uncon-

sciously, consciously, always advanc-

ing. always uplifting, spite of the shal-

low tide of sin which flows in the foot-

steps of all progress—”



She ceased; her delicate, earnest

face relaxed, and a smile glimmered

for a moment in her eyes, in the pret-

ty curled corners of her parted lips.



“I’m talking very like a school-

marm,” she said. “I am one; by-the-

way, and I teach the children of these

people—my people,” she added, with

an exquisite hint of defiance in her

smile. ,



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ANY country housewives do not

Mhave such conveniences as gas



and electricity, so the next best

thing in our home is the tireless cook-

er. A fireless cooker eliminates the

drudgery of watching the cooking, and

at the same times keeps the kitchen

cool. Nothing ever burns, becomes ov-

er-done or boils dry; on the contrary,

food so cooked is much better flavored

than in the' usual way of cooking.



The principle of cooking by this

method is the retention of heat previ-

ously generated. The boiling hot food

is tightly covered and quickly placed

in the cooker, where the retained heat

cooks the food. The difference in size

of the various cookers now available

necessitates the careful following of

directions, but with a little experience

one can plan so that ample time is al-

lowed for the cooking of the food. Po-

tatoes, beans, peas, rice, macaroni,

etc., require only a few minutes cook-

ing before being removed to the fire

less cooker.



Oatmeal and other breakfast cereals

put into the cooker at night are ready

for breakfast the next morning, giving

the farm woman time to do many little

things around the house, or feed the

chickens before it is time to put the

meal on the table. This is quite an

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housewife, who can accomplish more





in the early morning hours while it is





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ham, lamb stew, short ribs of beef

with vegetables, beef loaf, vegetable

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UMMER came so quickly to us in



Michigan this year that canning



time was upon us almost before

the furnace fires were out. And if all

housekeepers are like one'I know,

housecleaning and canning are fight-

ing for supremacy, with the cleaning a

steady loser. For of course, we must

can. Our war lessons showed us the

desirability of taking care of our sur—

plus fruit and vegetables, and if we

lived in a section fortunate enough to

have a home agent or a, visit from a.





to us the superiority of home- canned

stuff to that put up by commercial can-

neries.





by the cold water-method, That is,

you peeled and cut the rhubarb, pack-

ed it into sterilized jars, filled the jars

to overflowing with cold water, using

new rubbers, andsealed tightly. 'Do

not forget when gooseberries _ come

along that you may can these inthe

same way, saving both time‘- and slig-

ar. And next fall if you want to ex-

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may be dene by cold water method ,

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of your favorite recipes with the cook-

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the food and the- delicate blending of

vegetable flavors with the meat.

While the fireless cooker is particu-

larly adapted to the preparation of

foods requiring long, steady cooking,

it is not in any sense a one-purpose

cook stove. _It roasts meat and bakes

pastry and cake without attention from





the water and cook down to half the

original quantity. Then add the fruit

and cook until of the desired consist-

ency, sweetening just before removing

from the fire. A pinch of soda added

while the fruit is cooking will neutral

ize some of the acid and lessen the

amount of sugar needed.



Now as to cold pack. Sin‘Ce the arm-

istice has been signed and we feel we

can speak our mind freely I have heard

a number of housekeepers say they

were not thoroughly .unvinced as to

the superiority of this method for ev-

erything. These'were women who have

been canning for years with good luck.

The girls of the canning clubs and the

younger women are, of course, strong.

ly in favor of the new method. .The





others, while admitting it is best for,





vegetables, yet maintain that .many





fruits are just as well done the fold,





open-kettle way. And many maintain

that the old way is much less work.

Berries, however, keep’ their shape

better and look better if done the cold

pack way. To make the syrup for ber-

ries allow two quarts of water-Jar ev-





ery three pounds of sugar and hail fiye 3





minutes. _‘ This makes a. medium thin





Cooking “Wh11eYou t”





the housewife, the heat radiators over



as well as under the pan distributing.

the heat evenly as in the range Oven. .

I hope many busy housewives like my- ,

self will try this simple device and :

find it as successful as I have. It net

only saves the drudgery of cooking

about a hot stove three times a day,

but it also helps to save fuel, not the





least important item.





and beef broth with barley. Try some This Cookstove Eliminates Much of the Drudgery of Hot Weather Cotiking.‘





Just to Remind You It’s Canning Time





syrup. thh and bull berries, pack in

jar, of course, jars and tops and rub—

bers must be boiled up in water, ad—

just rubbers and put on tops, turning"

down until the edge just touches the‘

rubber. Then set. in water which, is'

boiling and boil ten minutes. Remove

jars, tighten tops, invert to ,see if they

do not leak, and store in a dark place.

A good way is to save all your paper,





bags and slip each can in a bag. This I.

Raspberries‘_ 11 _





helps to keep the color.

are apt to settle a great deal. To get

around this let them stand fifteen. min-

utes after the syrup has been added,. 1.

when you will find they have settled

enough so that you may add more





The favorite method of canning

strawberres in this househoid is one

given by the bulletin issued by the 1102

partment of agriculture before the

for use in canning clubs. The

asserts that berries canned in this

will not rise to the top of the jir

is probably two when 9. 89pm“

worker can}; them, but they
with a well-fitted cover while boiling.-

“ 11m hem” cool and remain over

night in cover kettle. Pack celd ber-

, ties .in glass jars. Put rubber and cap

, in position, not fight. Sterilize for ten

minutes in hot water bath outfit; if

7. using a. water-seal outfit or a five-

': pound steam-pressure outfit, sterilize

.. six-minute's; or p ,,

\preseure-eooker outdt sterilize for four

minutes. ' Remove jars. Tighten cov-





ers Invert and cool to test the joint-





. Wrap jars with paper to prevent

" ., bleaching, and store.”

(it-course, you are going to make

some of your berries into sun pre-

‘ . ~ serves. There are several ways of do-

" ing‘thls. Here is one. Pickfthe berries

early. in” the morning, choosing weath-

er which promises tube hot and dry

' for two" or three days. Wash and bull

. ‘ berries and weigh. Allow equal quan-

tities of sugar and berries. Place the

‘ berries on a shallow platter. Make a

thick syrup of the sugar moistened

with just enough water or berry juice

to dissolve the sugar. Pour syrup ov-

er berries, cover berries with a glass

and set in the sun until the berries are

soft and the syrup has jellied. The

time depends upon weather conditions.

Then store in fruit jars and simmer for

ten minutes in hot water bath.

A second method calls for boiling

the berries before placing'in the sun.

Equal quantities of fruit and sugar are





it using an aluminum.





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Add mommies and cook fifteen mln- *

ates. Then spread on platters and put ‘

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in the sun until syrup jellies.

may then be stored as jolly. covering

the top with paraffin.



’ Raspberries, cherries and peaches

may be preserved by the. sun_method.





The cherries should be pitted before





weighing, -and ‘the peaches pared (and





cut in elghths‘ or quarters, according





to sine. Cherries are especially good.





Use the juice of the cherries to moist-





en the sugar for the syrup.



One woman always stores some

strawberries uncooked and preserved

simply with sugar. This takes a great

deal of sugar, a pound and a quarter

for every pound of fruit, but the result

is more than satisfying when winter

draws around The fruit should he mix

ed with the dry sugar and every berry

crushed. A wooden potato masher is

a good “weapon" to use for crushing

the fruit. Berries of all kinds, and cur-

rants may be kept in this way. he

jars should be filled to overflowing

and new rubbers used. 0: course, jars,

tops and rubbers must be sterilised.



It you have quantities of strawber-

ries bottle some quice to combine later

with apple Juice for jelly. Strawberry

juice itself is lacking in pectin and





will not make jelly. But mixed with





two parts of apple mice to one part

strawberry juice it makes a pretty and

delicious jelly. For raspberry jelly

use equal parts of raspberry and apple

juice.





Contributed Recipes





Strawberry Meringue Pie.



Have ready a baked crust, then wash

and sweeten thoroughly one. (pint of

fresh ripe berries. Fill in crust and

cover with the beaten whites of two

eggs, to which has been added one-

half cup _of sugar and one-half tea-

spoon of vanilla. Place in oven and



I brown quickly. This is excellent.—

H. E. M. 7

Fruit Sandwich.



A pleasing - sandwich is made by

mashing berries, adding sugar and

placing between thin slices of hot but-

tered toast. After the sandwiches are

made, place between hot plates until

the bread is allttle softened and some

of the juice absorbed—Mrs. L. M. T.



Fruit Eggnog.

For each person beat one raw egg

quite stiff, add one-half cup of fruit

" Juice and boat again, then“ add one-

' half cup of whipped cream. Beat to-

gether thoroughly, chill and serve.—

Mrs. J., J. O’.C .

Strawberry Shortcake.

To serve six, use two cups of pastry





flour in which is sifted three teaspoons,





of, baking poWder. Mix in two-thirds

of cup of lard, or one large half-cup of

sweet cream. Moisten with sweet milk,

add a pinch of salt. Roll out the dough

until it iscreamy and smooth. Bake

in two pie tins of equal size. Remove

2 from the oven when it is a golden

broWn. For the fruit filling, take a pint

of fresh hulled strawberries; crush

them and add one cup of sugar. Mix

them with a cup of whipped sweet

cream. Spread each piece of the cake

with butter and place the fruit .be-

' tween the layers. Serve while it is

warm. In the absence of strawberries

any fruit may he used. even canned

fruit-Miss Z. I. D.

Brownies.

_ 1A; cup butter,

1,6 cup sugar,

36 cup molasses,

. one egg, ,

‘1 cup pécan or other not meats,

‘1scantcupflour, .-

7, 11,1,”91 teaspoon baking poWder‘.

the butter and sugar, add mo-

mend chopped nut meats and

. mm, and baking powder airt-





fancy pans well greased. Do not have

the oven too hot.

Prune and Banana Dessert. ..

1 cup chopped, cooked prunes,

1 cup chopped walnut meats,

$4 cup sugar,

2 egos,

4 tablespoons flour,

1 teaspoon baking powder.

Mix together the eggs, well beaten,

and the sugar. Sift together the flour





and baking powder, mix them with the





nuts and prunes and add to the first

mixture. Bake in well greased and





,floured gem pans one-half hour, and





serve with a fruit sauce to which has

been added one sliced banana.

Cheese Delights.





Mix cream with grated cheese, sea- '





son with a. little red pepper or chop-

ped green pepper and spread on

rounds of toast. Place on a tin in a

rather hot oven until the cheese is

slightly melted. Served wtih a salad,

this makes an easily prepared Sunday

night luncheon.

Fish Puff.



This dish may be made from left-



over fish. Chop the fish and mix it





with an equal amount of cold mashed .





potato. Season with salt and pepper

and a tablespoon of melted butter. Add

two beaten eggs, form into cakes,

cones or sausage-shaped rolls and bake

in a quick oven until brown.



, ‘ Spiced Rolls.



Take a piece of bread dough or ball-

ing powder biscuit dough, roll ‘to one-

half inch thickness. Brush generously

with melted butter, and cover thickly

with cinnamon, fine white sugar and

raisins. Roll as you would jelly cake,

then. cut off slices one inch thick, and

lay in a pan as biscuits and let rise.

Bake twenty minutes. If baking pow-

der dough is used, bake immediately.



Prune Goodies.



Soak prunes over night in cold wa-

ter, boil until tender, not allowing

them to break, and take out the pits.





"Grate a square of chocolate, mix with





the beaten whites of two eggs and

three tablespoons of powdered sugar.

Dip prunes one by one in the mixture,

and put than,» without allowing them





to touch, one buttered tins, Bake ten I

a fifteen minutes.“ serve hot. .





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HESE are the days when the Boy

Scouts and all other boys, think

they are mighty lucky if they can get

in on a camping stunt like the one pic-

tured herewith.

Last summer a bunch of scouts~and

others in the Boys? and Girls’ Clubs. in

Calhoun County, under the manage-

ment of Secretary C. E. Ackley, of the

county Y. M. C. A. camped at, Lee

Lake.



This is an ideal place for boys to

camp out and has been thus utilized by

Boys’ Clubs and Scouts for several





The conditions are favora-

ble for the boys to get to the lake

from any point, yet it is more or less

secluded from everything that has a





seasons.





modern times’ look to it. The boys

can go into camp and look on nature

about as it was when the Indians held





DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS:



I am glad that you are taking such

an interest in this department, as the

many interesting letters we are receiv-

ing would indicate. 1 only wish there

was space here to print more of them.

I hope your interest will continue and

that you will not feel discouraged if

your first letters do not win a. prize.

But just keep trying, taking pains to

make each letter a little better and

more interesting than the last and I

am sure the prize will sooner or later

be yours.



I would be glad to have any of our

boys or girls write to me personally,

at any time, about any matter in which

you are interested.



Sincerely yours,

Editor Boys’ and Girls’ Dept.





FIRST PRIZE.





Why I Think Dad is the Best Man on

Earth.



Of course, there are hundreds of rea-

sons why Dad is the best man on

earth, but there are a. few especially

good ones, which I should like to tell

you about.



Naturally, the very first reason is





. that papa loves me very, very, dearly,





,I know; and he is so appreciative of





" everything I do for him. It has always

been that way ever since I was a wee-





mite of a girl and made little patty-

cakes for him out of mamma’ s left

over cake dough. _ . g ' -



Anather thing, papa always tries to





 





 





 





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A camplng Stunt-“33“} H. I Brown





undisputed sway in that neck of the

woods. And that is just what the nat-

ural kind of a boy wants when he

camp's out-away from home and out of

sight of his mother for a’whole week

or more. ' '

This summer there will be hundreds

of boys on Michigan farms who belong

to the Boy Scouts or the Junior A'gri-

cultural clubs, who will take a hike to

some such ‘a‘place as the picture illus-

trates. They will be in personal care

of men of the best character who have

official charge over them day and





 





night, so that their parents at home

may have nothing to worry about.

We were invited to visit this camp

at Lee Lake and stayed over one night

with the boys. The picture shows our

touring car in the background. The

writer and his wife slept in the bed in





grant my every request, if it is possi-

ble for him to do so, and if he cannot

he tells me exactly why he. cannot,

and I feel much better than if he

would say, "No! I can’t!” '



Papa always is very careful to tell

the truth, I have noticed, and he says

he feels so bad when I “story” to him.

That makes me terribly ashamed and

he forgives me. I hope this has made

me a better girl.



He has always wanted me to have a

good education, and I try to do my

very best to get good‘ marks for his

sake.



When, by means of my education I

am making money, Dad will never re-

gret the time he sent me through

school



Now, haven’t I‘told ‘you enough so

you can see what a kind, loving and

adorable daddy I have? I wish every

girl had one as kind as lie—Olive

Bees, Bronson, Mich. Age fourteen

years. ‘ ’



HONORABLE MENTION.





Why I Think my Dad is the Best Man

on Earth.



There are so many reasons why I



think my Dad is the best man on earth



that I’m afraid that I may not name





them all.





Every spring he has made us 3. Swing

out under the shade trees He takes

us trout fishing and teaches us how to

catch brook trout. we enjoy that, very

much. e , ;



Papa is very glad when other chil-





not take the interest in me that he '1. ‘





 





the car, and the little daughter had a -

fine bed on the tonneau seat. We car-





 

 





meals on the car gas. stove just as we

have done hundreds of times when

touring and camping on a trip across"

country.



That evening the boys had a camp?

fire going. In fact, it had been some-

what cool for a. few days and this fire

had been running night and day. The 1 .

owner of the farm and woodlot had

given the boys all the old stumps that

stood around in the timber and open- _

ings. These had decayed more or less '9 ‘

for years, and were easily extracted '~ ‘

by the boys themselves; they were dry

and made fine fuel. ‘ ‘ -'



As the picture shows, the boys haul- _

ed these old stumps in a farm truck . if;

by means of a. long rope, with all-the ' :

boys officiating as motive power, while , ,5 7 .

they leaned heavily and eagerly in the ‘ ' ' *'

direction they wish to get as speedily

as possible. It was surprising what a. "15:1: 1

big load these boys could haul on that ' ‘

wagon, and sometimes they changed

the transmission gear from low to

high that made the old stumps hop

around some.



That night we spent a couple of.

hours around this camp fire of old

stumps and while a. number gave little

talks on various topics under direction

of Secretary Ackley. Then we'retired.

for the night. Some boys slept in the

tents nearby while others rolled up in

their blankets and ,slept near the fire

with their feet toward the heat and

not far from it.



There were a number of tents in the

camp, good beds, good grub, well cOok—,

ed by an expert chef, fine sanitary

cenditions were maintained, and \the "





 





.boys lucky enough toget in on this





stunt had the_time of their lives. -.





Our Prize Letter Contest ‘ {





dren come to visit us, and does all he

can to help us have a good time. ' "'51



Every. year he lets us farm a piece "

of land and gives us what we earn

from it.



Papa is very much interested in our

school work. He takes us to and from

school in bad weather. He also likes

to visit school whenever he finds time

and likes to have us attend Sunday

school.



And last, but not least, because he's.

my Dad.-—Alvena Leak, Hart, Mich.

Age eleven years.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





HONORABLE MENTION.





 





Why I Think my Dad is the Best Man

on Earth. “

I used to think that my father did





did in my other four sisters. I was

the youngest, until last spring, and it:- ':

was proved to me that he was the

grandest Daddy in the world. 1 -‘ H



I was taken ill in school with acute

pleura-pneumonia. Before the second

day came I was lost in grotesque do-

lirium, due to the Severe rise. in tem—

perature. Beginning with the first





with me constantly, giving up «-

work on our lilo-acre farm, and , "‘1 1?

being the busiest time arm the , 2’ i"

The doctor advised a, the,” H .. '

and insisted on having on

having had previous '

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*2”— sire,
nigh those restless, rretiul, cob





3/: and night after night he would sit up

' until long after midnight, playing his





guitar, the only thing that would quiet





.me. During this time election was

hhid, but he did not go, and he also





- had --to cancel two or three important





speeches that he had prepared, and

above all, the work on the" farm. just

to be with me, as I could not stand

anyone else only Daddy in the room.



.80, you see, is it any wonder that I

think him the “grandest of all men,”

“for to him I owe the gift of my life,

for the doctors said that, without such

steady excellent nursing, the case

. would have been fatal.-—Evelyn Cur-

. tissuLowell, Mich.——Age sixteen'years.





HONORABLE MENTION-





' Why I Think my. Dad is the Best Man

on Earth.‘



I think Dad is the best companion



on a fishing trip or tramp you can find.



He is always full of fun and ready



to crack a joke. If a fellow is doing





something and gets stuck he is right-





there to help you out.



Where we live there is a strip of

ground on the south side of the house

that is my garden. When we first

came here my father told me if I want-

ed any manure on it he would help me

I set to work, and pretty soon father

came out and wheeled two or three

loads. I guess he forgot what he had

said in the house. In my estimation,

father is the best all-around man a boy

can have.—~Orin M. Bailey, Bad Axe,

Mich. Age thirteen years.





WA'SHTENAW COUNTY ORGANIZ-

ING BOYS AND GIRLS.





HE boys and 'girls of Washtenaw



county are very much alive these

days._ It has been a common occur-

rence during the past month to learn

Of the boys and girls meeting, together

'with their parents, for the purpose of

having explained to them, plans for

the organization of Boys’ and Girls’

Club Work. The news of the work is

fast spreading over the county, and at

present the county club leader has a

waiting list of communities where

clubs are desired. ‘



Bankers Support Movement.



The work was made possible this

year in Washtenaw county, through

the financial support of the county

bankers. The money provided by them,

_ together with the funds secured from

"state and federal sources, made it pos-

sible to employ a county boys’ and

girls’ club leader for the entire year.



Pure-bred Stock Used.



’ Ten clubs have already been organ-

ized and all of these have selected

pure-bred live stock or grain for their

‘ projects. The introduction of these

pure-bred animals and seed, will assist

very much in raising the standards of

the live stock and crops produced in

the different communities. Washtenaw

county bankers and farmers believe

their boys and girls are“ capable of

making a fine showing in club work

during the coming season. The County

Farm Bureau is having splendid coop-

eration with the schools and other rur-

al organizations, which are all working

together in promoting the county club

work. . ,.





CLUB NOTES.





, Clubs of boyh and girls have been

. fanned in Wisconsin for the purpose

of increasing the sheep industry. By

the terms of one such club of ydung

talks, at the end of four years“ the

youthful shepherd or shepherdess will

m a flock which unresents one-halt



,. ' flock, as well as



a! a. 0mm amber ‘01‘





s , " _

" county agricultural, agent or club lead-





er. The terms of the contract require





‘ alescing days, he was always there, f that the boys and girls must house and





care for the ewes they receive from

the company and to have them bred to

a pure-bred ram which the company.

furnishes. Special precautions must be

takenagainst dogs and the sheep must

be housed nightly. W. W. F.





HOW'I CARRIED OUT THE FOUR-

TRY PROJECT.





, . .



' HREEyears ago I enrolled in the

Boys’ and Girls' Poultry Club and

have been a member ever since. The

poultry club has been a great. help to

-me in. the past three Years, in that it

has given me the opportunity to be out

among other poultry raisers and learn





' their way of doing, and in keeping





records of my flock, Another great

help I received in the poultry club was

to have the opportunity to be on the

demonstrating team that won second

place at the Michigan State Fair.. In

the demonstration we told how to cull

pens of hens or how to select the lay-

ing hen from the non~laying hen and

how to select a pullet that will be a

good layer. Also how to build a feed-

hopper and how to tell the different

breeds. Our team had the good for-

tune to visit the M. A. C. poultry plant

during the summer and while we were

there we met Mr. Foreman, assistant

manager of the poultry department of

the college, who very kindly showed

us through the poultry building and

gave us some. very interesting talks on

how to cull the laying hen from the

non-laying hen.



Through my poultry work this sum—

mer I found that by working and being

with the poultry you will obtain better

results and also you will learn much

more by the practical experience,

where if you had just read about the

work out of some book you would not

have had the experience. I think an-

other year," if I joint the poultry club,”

I will try and have a more complete

report and more to tell about in “How

to Produce a Laying Strain.”—-Elon

Spotts, Hillsdale, Mich.





CUT SWEET, CLOVER HIGH AND

EARLY.





HE first crop of sweet clover must



be cut high and early if a good

second crop is to be grown. If sweet

clover is cut the way common clover

and alfalfa are cut, the second crop

will probably be seriously injured and

possibly ruined.



With a healthy, vigorous stand

sweet clover should be cut when it is

about twenty-four to thirty inches

high, and before the appearance of

any blossom buds. The second crop

does not Spring from crowns, as in the

case of alfalfa, but is obtained from

branches developed from the lower

part of the old stalk——hence the im-

pdrtance of high cutting. The length

of stubble which should be left varies

with the rapidity of growth of the

plants, but in Michigan the stubble

should usually be left from eight to

twelve inches high.



Sweet clover is proving of especial

value on run-down and infertile soils,

although it is being grown profitably

on many soils of high fertility.

an excellent pasture crop, and will pro-

duce satisfactory yields of hay and

seed, even under poor conditions which

would not give as good results with

any other legume.





There is no one thing that adds more

to the dignity and general appearance

of a farmer than to drive into town

with a. pair of large, well-matched draft

mares, hitched to a comfortable rig.

Our farming of today demands strong

prompt walking horses, and invariably





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Grade ' the Pullcts





HERE is a loss in farm poultry



flocks from keeping all of the pu1~

lets that grow instead of culling them

rigidly and keeping only the most vig-

orous of the best breeding. It will pay

to divide the pullets into three grades.

The first grade will be the birds which

have feathered early and grown rap-

idly and were hatched from the best

breeding stock on the farm. Such pul-

lets'should be suitable to keep until

they are two years old with occasional

culling to remove any birds that fall

below expectations.





The second grade of pullets can con-

tain the birds which may be satisfac-

tory to keep for eggs during their pul-

let year. They can be forced for eggs

and then sold for meat at the end of

their laying period. If any of them de-

velop unusual qualities of value they

can be advanced to the first grade and

held over another year for breeding

stock.



The third grade pullets should be

marketed the same as broilers. They

will contain the birds that feather

slowly and seem to lack the vigor that

is necessary for good laying or breed-

ing stock. They are the type of birds

too frequently saved over in the farm

flock and they seldom produce enough

eggs to pay their cost of production.

In addition they lower the vigor and

general laying average for the flock

and reduce profits and chances for

flock improvement.





The pullets of the third grade should

not be sold to beginners for breeding

stock or layers as this is very unfair.

The amateur breeder will try to be

successful with them and fail, and a.

good friend to the poultry business and





a successful breeder may be lost be-





cause of the first failure with poor

stock. Too often breeders with good

stock sell their cull puilets to amateur

breeders and it always injures their

future business and is thus as unprof-

itable to .them as to the buyer.





The pullets of the second grade may

not be good enough for the owner’s

flocks and yet be very satisfactoryto

a buyer who may wish a small flock

of layers. It is fair to sell such stock

as the buyer can often be very suc~

cessful with them. In that way a new

poultryman is made and such a man

is apt to purchase higher class birds

after enjoying some success with birds

not quite so good.



It pays to keep the best grade of pul-

lets where they can receive first-class

care. This develops them into .fall

layers and if they lay all winter with-





out too much forcing, the eggs laid'in ..





the spring can be used for hatching. Of

course, these eggs will not be as good

as the eggs laid by mature hens which

have not laid often during the winter.

However, they will produce very good

chicks. This means that the pullets

must be‘ isolated from the cockereis





and the old hens so that they can be-c

given rations which pramote a rapid;





even growth and will not be disturbed

at feeding time by other stock.

:3 .1311 the pellets 'blwuid be given





.of grain to coax them near.





feathered out so they can be 68.1311?

separated from the cockerels. This

gives the poultryman a better chance

to study the pullets on the range and

the constant observatidn enables him

to grade them ._ fairly accurately.

Strangers watching a poultry flock will

wonder how the birds can be told

apart if they are the same age and of

the same breed. The poultryman of

experience soon learns that the young

poultry have an individuality of their

own and he soon learns to watch the

progress of certain birds the same as

he would study certain calves or colts.

R. G. K.





FIGHT 'THE LICE.





HENS which are troubled with lice



are soon devitalized and this lack

of vigor soon results in illness which

might have been avoided by a. strong

bird. If a hen once becomes thorough-

ly infested with lice she seems to lose

interest in dusting and then the lice

have a better opportunity to thrive.

Many strong viorous birds seem to

keep free from lice without any treat-

ment and they do it because they dust

frequently.



However, it pays to dust birds with

some kind of insect powder or give

them the blue ointment treatment. We

like the blue ointment the best. Place

a small bit of the ointment under the

vent and rub it into the Skin and then

place a. dab under each wing and the

bird will be protected from lice for

several months. Two treatments per

year is usually sufficient. The blue

ointment. can be mixed half-and-half

with vaseline. When birds are dusted

with insect powder the operation must

be repeated in a week or ten days to

catch the additional pests that hatch

after the first dusting. As the cost of

treating for lice largely consists in the

time required to catch and treat the

birds, it seems as if the blue ointment

treatment is by far the most satisfac-

tory.



It is best to treat Leghorns at night

as the birds are easily frightened and

this causes a. reduction in egg records





and is also very trying to the kindly





disposition of the operator. Some-

times a. flock of the heavier birds like





Barred Books. will be so tame that





they can all be caught during the day

by~occasionaily throwing out handfuls

The wire

crook on the end of a, stick is a handy

implement with which 'to catch birds

when examining or treatingthem for

lice. R. G. K."





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p pf'theoie; insects; Theswings: "and leg

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callzat “the home of a successful dairy-

’ e man who keeps a fine herd of Hob



_ Totem. Some of thesecows had given

over sixtygpounds of»mllk a day ‘dur4

' I is the time when feed we'_ plentiful

" hand of :good quality. When- I called,

. ’ about the middle of August they were





a Hwy.





1 ‘: ‘eglving about fifteen pounds per day

”is? ‘ each. The tester for our cow-testing

Q5 , , associatidn. is just now in this part of-

f’ the territory and from results of tests





to: w , .

. films





A mat are being made, it appears that

- yields of milk and butter—fat have fall-

% \ on off to quite an extent during the

last three weeks.

§ There are some advantages in sum-

, _. mer dairyin'g now. Prices of dairy pro-

3%“ . ducts are nearly as good in summer as

1' "' in winter, the few weeks of pasture we

do get are most welcome, and the skim

milk helps. in the, production of pork

in the best part of the year for the

hogs to grow and fatten.

:9 The one puzzling question is, how

'- shall we feed the cows? If we answer

it in the usual way—let the cows feed

wthemselves as best they can in the

short pastures, they will fail in their

' milk flow until it will hardly pay for

1,: the trouble of caring for them. If we

I .feed expensive hay andgrain, shall

'- we get our money back? Again, if we

1. ‘ ’ donut feed liberally now, if we allow

V the cows to fail in flesh. what will be

‘ ; the elfeot upon their: production later

,T\ 9111 To put the question in a different

3.“. ‘ . ,m. is there ever a time when we can

' afford to let the cows fail in flesh on

| account of feed costs? Without doubt,

if one is to obtain the maximum pro-

duction from any cow, she must be fed

liberally every day from the beginning

' ,. of theperi'od of lactation. Irregular

feeding. sudden changes in the ration.

neglect to make the amount of feed

consumed correspond with the produc-

. ' . tion of. the cow will result in a reduc-

of} o: l.od yield of milk. 021 tho other hand,

J,"- 'if feeds cost more than the product of

( " thecow is wgrth. the more we do in

g , the dairy business the‘worse we are

.2; or, and liberal feeding will nof save

, us from loss though it will probably

. , g _‘ help matters somewhat. ~

, 3., ‘ ‘ Economy in feeding demands that at

' , least a. partof the ration be composed

of succulent feeds. The summer 3110

answers this demand. * It should be on

.-. N form whens corn enough can be

1;, m to an it. u should be made

V’ , “small enough multimeter to insure the

« hem of the. ensilage in good condi-

tion. The cows should be given all





.1.” i





i i: ‘ my will eat up clean. We need not





“M that they will fail to «eat grass

i; ‘ when turned into the pasture even if

they. have consumed a large amount of

3 ._ensllaae. They pretes- tho grass. and

lg". gym“; it if it is to be had. Give them

. ' aw mom alumnus. keep up

"the low atoms: and one high priced

312:. ll one has on a annular silo.

smoother form «at succulent rough-

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feasible. mouse! combating this diffi-





culty is to move the chicks, if possible, . l





to fields where there are few trees and

where the locusts in consequence do

not gather in numbers. Trouble also

has'been reported from mature (owls

eating the locusts in great numbers

with considerable mortality resulting.





”The Summer Dairy





(Continued from page 915).

' /





summer feeds. It is better green, but

may be fed with good results in the

form of hay. Early sweet corn will be

ready to feed throughout a large part.

of the state, by August 15. 'The amount

or feed furnished from a. given area of

Sweet corn will depend on conditions.

If the ground is but moderately fertile

the yield will be small, but if it is en-

riched with a liberal application of ma—..

nure results will-be much more satis-

factory.



The handling of any soiling crop

means labor at a time when most of

us have all we can do aside from any

extra work. The larger the yield from

a given area, the less the'labor in pro-

portion. If we must grow a soiling

crop for, the cow, let us grow it on

good soil. . Let us fertilize liberally

and give the best possible culture to it

if it is a cultivated crop. We want it

to grow just as rapidly as possible and

produce the largest possible yield. It

will do this, if the soil is rich enough

and we give the required culture.



More and more of the grains for-

merly fed to the cows are used for hu-

man food. This means that prices of

these feeds will be high and profits re-

sulting from feeding them reduced or

cut off, or even turned into losses. By-

products of the manufacture of grains

into starch, and different forms of hu-

man food, gives us quite a list of‘feeds

that are very useful in the feeding of

the dairy.





We should know as much as possi- _





ble about the real value of these feeds,

and should avail ourselves of them

whenever such investments promise a

profit. N0 manufacturing plant runs

primarily to make lay-products. If for

any reason they have accumulated in

considerable quantity, the price goes

down, because they must be sold and

gotten out of the way. If one watches

the market closely, he will find consid-

erable variation in the prices of these





feeds owing to this cause. Understand.





ing conditions, he will be able to in

vest at such times at prices which will

warrant liberal feeding. But generally

speaking, dairymen must depend to a

much greater extent upon roughage

until the demand for human food is

lessened. Until that time arrives, the

problem of the summer dairy as re-

gards economical production must be

solved by the summer silo. or by grow-

ing soiling crops on well fertilized

areas, by liberal feeding, and by'inte'lli-

gent buying and using of the by-prod-

ucts obtainable from time to time. If

it is not found possible in this way, to

produce sufllcient amounts of dairy

products to supply the demand then

prices must go up. When the public

understands the value of milk as a

food, there will be no surplus milk.

The greatest problem in the success-

ful handling of the 'dairy is that of

price. Its solution must be approach-

ed from two directions. First we must

ascertain production costs and get the

information over to the consumer;

next. we must not rest until the con-

suming public understands the Value.

ofmilltasatood. Theaverageooné

some: would be willing to pay even





’ monster fish-7 products than he is pay-





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have it all up and ready when your corn or

other silage crops are cut. .



Over 65,000 of the most successful and prosperous

farmers in the United States are owners of Indiana

Silos. Seme of them buy one after another and the

demand from them and their friends and neighbors is

so great that it is not often that we can supply you —

as promptly as we can now.



If you are going to have live stock to feed this win-

ter you need a slim-the best silo. And remember

there is no inflation in the price of the Indiana. That



rice is right. It gives you more silo service per dol-



than any other silo you can buy.





Order now and be prepared for the winter. Write ~

for my payment plan and descriptive booklet.





This tractor and one man do the



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Fuel costing $250 goes as far as



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be, if. you profit by the experience of others and choose

the machine that has stood the test of time. Buy the

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and in improvements. ’1‘ ' machine is the





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Lowdown, light draft. Loads and pulls without undue strain on

man or team. Has solid bottom with chain conveyors. Pulverizes

W and spreads overtly. 6 to 1 ft. wide. spreads from 3 to 15 leads per

acre. at your Option. by merely shifting a lever.

Drivel with heavy sprocket chain—no seats.



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device in the hopper re-



turns to the separator th

grain that would otherwise go

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three per cent more grain. Figure

what that means to you.





Get the facts from any of the makers of

North America's standard threshing ma-

chines listed below. Among these are

the builders of the leading tractors and

farm implements. All of them are pre~

pared to supply threshing machines

equipped with the Grain-Saving Stacker.

Write to any of these for automation.





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Avery Company. Peoria 11 mole.

11. D. Baker Company, éwanton, Ohio.

lav-firm Manufacturing Com ny. Toledo, Ohio.

utuvia Machine Compan atavia, New York.

Buflalo Pittcs oCompany Buflaio,N New York.

Ca Mfg.C ,Cape dirardeau, Missouri.



.Case Threshing Machine Co., Racine ,Wis.

Clark Machine Company, St. Johnsville, New





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Russell Wind StackerCompmandianapolis Ind.



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Stewarto bShea! Loader Co., Ltd.. Winnipeg.





 

   

   





Sussex ltljffiflo 60.,Ltd Sussex, New Brunswick.

Waterloo fg.do Ltd., Waterloo. Ontario.

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INSURANCE COMPANY





INDEMNIFIES Owners of Live Stock—Horses,





Against Death _by

SAGINAW





Cattle, Sheep and Hogs





Accident or Disease





GRAND RAPIDS





 





BREEDERS’ [DIRECTORY





Change of Copy or Cancellations much reach us

Ten Days before date of publication





 





 





bull calf, sired by our imported





“EDGAR of DALMENY”





recently sold in Scotland at the Perth

Bull Sale for the record price of 2,100

guineas, or $10, 584.00 in our money.





This goes to show the quality of the





ABERDEEN ANGUS I





that Mr. Scripps is breeding.





 





 





 





He enjoys see-





ing good stock on “Wildwood” and believes that





THE BEST is NONE 'l‘OO GOOD.



“Edgar of Dalmeny” won the Michigan. Grand

Championship last Septemcber at the Michxgan

State Fair and was a winner in his class at the

Chicago International last December.

“We have a few females with calves at foot and

re-bred to‘ Edgar of Dalmeny" that Mr. Scripps

has consented to sell to reduce the fast now-

ing herd. rite To





WILDWOOD FARMS

ORION, MICHIGAN

W. E. SCRIPPS. Prop.. Sidney Smith.Supt.





Bred 00 s, heife nd bull

Cloverl)’ Angus calves 0F, goo bl‘iedling





GEO. HATHAWAY dSON, Ovid, gMich.





WOODCOTE ANGUS





Established in 1960.

IROJAN- BRICAS and BLACKBIRDS (Blackcapo ).





Breeders and feeders of many Interna-

tional winners





Write For l9l9 Bull Sale Catalogue

WOODOOTE STOCK FARM, Ionia, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





of Registered Aberdeen Angus cattle.

Several choice bulls for sale.

LANG BROS.. Davlson. Mich.





Breeders





 





OMETHING EXTRA IN GUERNSEYB —-May

Rose Bull Calf. Siredb St. Austell Dreadnought

b11201: Dialvolo Oslo 1‘1?sz 1111 mm

MissB ass of Yell owd 581%]bs. ., a

EWHBBP recordfor three9 years R01510 lb. B. F. an a

calf. Also several fine A. .bulls of ser-

BALLARD 13303.34. Niles, Mi eh.





rented Bull on?

ornonths old-





”'frorn' one' to





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REGISTERED





GUERNSEYS





Just two young yearling bulls left,

ready for service. Come and look them

over quick, or write. They are the

good ones. Priced to sell.





AVONDALE STOCK FARM,





WAYNE, MICH.





 





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Reg1stered Guernseys

Yearling bull—8150. Bull calf,| three months—8100;

both nice Man Rose bulls.

WILLIAMS North Adams, Mich.





 





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blood of world champion 11.3

HICKS' GUBRN





BY FARM. Saginaw. W.S. Mich

GUERNSEYS. scanners;





Gionwood breeding also bulls. all stock of A. R. breed-

219..“ herd tuberculin tested.

IOKB. - - Battle Creek. Mich.





 





 





,GuemseysnRegistered Females For Sale

GEO. N. CRAWFORD. R. 2. Holton. Michigan.





 





 





 





Holsteins the Best

Dual Purpose Breed.





The Michigan, Iowa, and Nebraska State Ex-

periment Stations report that tin their compe.

titive tests the Holsteins made a larger gain

per steer at a less cost per gound of either

roughage or grain than any of t e 1other breeds.

As voluminous and profitable milk roducers



and Ma valuable beef animals when t eir milk-

" s are over purebred Holsteins are

firmlya established as the world' s leading dual

purpose cows. 1 u If interes ted in





HOLSTEIN CATTLE





Bend for our booklets—they contain much

valuable information.





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The Traverse Herd





We have what you want in BULL CALVES VESJhei



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V A full hour may be allowed'on the sec-





G U E R NS EYSE dfflgliliig





distended stomachimay rupture.





breathe with their compressed lung

’ tissue.



The stock owner should guard

against the bloating Of his cattle by

every precaution at his command. 010-”

ver or other green vegetation, if eaten

when wet by dew or rain, seem to be

especially liable to ferment before

leaving the first stomach of the animal

that has fed upon them. Eating excess





meal will also cause bloating. It also

» occurs in cattle as a result or beCOm-

ing choked. 'The principal cause, how-‘

ever, is overeating succulent green for-

age, such as clover, green corn, or cab-

bage.





animals should be shifted, by easy

stages, from dry or scanty feed to

abundant and luxuriantly growing fod-

der. They may be allowed to feed

from the good forage for only three-

quarters of an hour on the, first day

they are given access to such grazing.





0nd day, and by continued slow steps

and gradually lengthened stay in the

tempting feed, the danger of loss from

bloating will be largely overcome.



But in case the first evidence of a_

too protracted stay in the heavy

growth of forage should be that the

owner notices one of his animals with

sides distended, and perhaps even lift-

ed above the level of the backbone, he

must act quickly. Removal of‘the gas

from the paunch will quickly bring re-

lief. If a veterinarian is within reach

he should be sUmmoned at once. If

no surgeon is available, the owner

should immediately attempt to bring

relief to his animal.





Trocar and Method of Use.



Many cattle owners keep a tracer

and canula constantly on hand and

thoroughly understand its use. The

trocar is a sharp pointed rod provided

with a metallic sheath or canula which

leaves the point of the trocar exposed.

The spot to be selected for inserting

the trocar is a point equally distant

from the last rib, the hip bone, and

the lateral bony projections from the

spine in the region of the loins. Here

a smallgcut about three-fourths Of an

inch long should be made through the

skin with a small knife, and then the

trocar with canula attached may be

pushed through the cut into paunch.

The trocar is then removed, allowing

the gas to escape through the canula.

The canula should be retained in place

so long as any gas escapes through it.

Sometimes several hours are neces-

sary and the canula should bevfirmly

tied in place. An attendant should re-

main near the animal, if possible so

long as the canula is in the paunch. ~

Medicines that Relieve Bloating.



If the animal is not distressed by the

bloating, and the swelling of the body

is not great, or when the alarming con-

ditions have been removed by the use





ternal medicine to allay the formation

of gas. Two ounces of aromatic spirits

of ammonia in two Quarts 01’ cold wa-

ter should be given every half hour, or

half an ounce of chIOride of lime dis-

solved in a pint of tepid water may be

given every half hour until the pres-

sure 01' the bloating has been removed.

A dose of purgative medicine is usual-'

1y beneficial after the bloating has dis-

appeared. Fer this purposeone pound—

of Glauber's salts will usually prove

eirective.



care should be used in the adminis-

tratlon of fluid medicines. .. »

and do not hold the cow’s he





 





for such an accident is almost un- .

known. The pressure of the gas-dis- ’ .

‘ tended stomach, however. exerts $123211. :i



gerous pressure upon the heart and

~ lungs, with the result that animals dy-

ing from acute bloating usually die or »

strangulation through the inability to .





 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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A safe, speedy and "

positive cure for





Curb Splint, 817“”,de

trained Tendons,Fou1ider, ind ,

and all manners, from Spain, 1111mm ,

no other bony tumors Cures all skin

11mm or Parasites,p Thrush 1:, Di .

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sive amounts of middlings or of corn ,





To prevent bloating in cattle, the I





of the trocar, it is best to resort to in- - .

,Reglsteredifi‘zffiii“ $159.1...“





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HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are ' “ ,.

backed up by many generations of j; .j ‘

large producers. Buy one of these 4 , i, -

bulls, and give your herds “push” ‘

Full descriptions, prices,etc. on request-





McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Micki, A 'y '5 .

THE HOLSTEINS





At Maple Avenue Shook Farm are under Growing ‘_ .





 





 

 

 





supervision. The entire herd have just been tube



tested and not one reactor. Agood place to buy

bull you are looking for. an Ih ave two very



richly bred. and splendid individuals ready





or. any

amount of serv rv.ice I want answer any direct“ g

you may ask about them. A v ~





111.00NNELL. Fayette. 91110





CLUNY STOCK FAREI+





loom-REGISTERED HOLSTEINS--loo ‘

When you need a herd sire remember thstm we’

new one of the best herds in Michigan. kept. ’

der strict sanitary conditions. Eyeryi ndi ivldnal ..

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin too We

have size. quality. and production records back-

ed by the best strains of breeding. . , _ , ‘

Wri usiyour wants. ~;::; . ‘1

R. BRUCE M‘cPHE SON, Howell. MI? "





615 lb. milk 26 97 lb. butter '1 days aver. tori.l

dams of 4 mo. K white bull calf.

ter 1902]. lb. milk 10 mos. Also heifers bredto as

Atkin' s Mapleorest. M. L McLaulin. Redford.





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NO more bull calves to offer until next tan. 1 ‘ h 1

your order for one from next fal' s cro herd, Mi 7 “ ‘

is on the state and federal aocrfigi liege Sic

AJ’ MS. Iowogso. ;, ..





 

 





 





 





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olstein Bull dro ed M11 25-19, a beau

Hdn 2144. P c3100 sells 6 ”’2:

and breeding.





 

 





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J. Robt. Hicks. 8'81:. fights.





   

 

 





 

 

 





 





 

 

 

   

   

   

 





 

 

 

 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 





REGISTERED ’

Holstein- sFriesian Cattle

His sire is Ms leorest Kern d "a Hen . 2

three nearest dams each ovoi- milks. 3mm

days. His dam and granddamboth Mom

looki torto dol iver theg glint” 111

.80 am isG luck Vassar :{useifim »

is 101131 This looksfibolntdri” b big] organ 2“ '



a creams e ave 0 r0 '

to 12 months (El. From A. ll]. 0 die-lien?“ “

farmers price breed as considered. _

more cows freshen which means more bull ‘

Let us know telayour wants. We will unkempt



1





FLINT MAPLECREST BOY

of butter in one e.ar 11 is the y



11 days and 121111141130 mar barter

Flint Maplecrest 80, which we will sell at

approved notes





   





 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





JOHN H. WINN, Inc.





Lock Boa 249 R0 rum

Referdnoe 30000111111011 8;: 3111:?





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ing. About evenly'nnark





 

 

 





 

 





For Sale.d Bull calf born ”8231-1011;





war old;

rite Mi'or Pod





 

 

 

   

 

 





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11m 111. “awestruck?“ “5 g:





ofth ' andtrioes withrein 14111

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Randi bresdl EGIS'I‘ERED





 

   

 





liar and ball





31.311. c‘h‘hfiiflzm
liesud many

animals. Used

and endorsed since 1885 by

men. Cows live.

more milk during

i solved with





9' 2135‘?» $20





< 1: milkaa dilesh on each cow is aslngloseason. Excellent



“all! Alleys itching. Aids in healingcum and com.

lb: lice and mice: In pointy houses.



. . M .1.“ for enough 5500- Fly ”probe: 10 com 2



1' wash. also our 8-tube rarity sprayer. Money back ll



1‘ . Name :95 BookMF EE-





 





 





ii 1 31100411.? we. co.. 133m. meshes-1..





 





 





 





InIn liliitiléfifi‘





‘ urge cans to nun ecd to

euro Reeves or money to n e

-m¢. 0M sures. Cl. 15 eper can (this includes 50 we: tux)

adulen' or prepaid by parse post. Booklet.





“II MOI “Olm' cell's". Icicle. OH.





 





Unusual Opportunities





for Veterinamrgeons





‘ WAN AGRlClfi. COLLEGE





,_: offers complete veterinary course. open to high

school graduates in preparation for this work.





. eri

R. 1.? LYMAN, than?”8 Elsi Lansing. Michigan.





CATTLE.





i _ THE REEKDALE HERD

. .. mousing Holdstoln (low, due to 18%“:

mt!!! halleahaltln color. weighmout I?!)





P ll

... one. "(11>stth iiimsnéunfggié

' or re

uwidened above. isVVould





sell your daughter of 29 lb. 11

.. 4 her oi! of) b. cow due maimehenuldtJfi and





mm c. REEK, Imlay City, Michigan.





 





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3130‘“ .Jerley herd, Bull and heifer





”Sad by a. ne mfimw.0 th 0 new edWorld'd

”flifiv'm lax. Guiana. an





 





hull! was,” (or





{£51 galleria





 





was





ants of the following noted families:





pounds her best day, and av‘braged 90. 5





station, at 1:09 o 'clcck sharp.





’ s Goldwater, w





mty-oneheadotpure-bred A. no. cattle, withrecords up to 28.45 lbs.

as a three-”Mold. and 22 lbs. as tub-mold



mm at Central Wisconsin State Fair, and with association records

the herd averaged 14,180 lbs. of milk and 4'12 lbs. of'fat in 1916. One of the x ,

» champion milk and tat cow 0t Branch county last year, and "

one is the champion cow for the first six months this year. They are descend-





Klng Segis; King of the Pontiaos;Lyons;

DO K01; Netherlands Burke; Pieterje and Calamity.





38 cows and 13 Bully-3 Ready for Service





All grandsons of the $50, 000 sire, King Segis Pontiac Alcartra. One from

a 28 .45—pound three-year-old heifer; a fine individual his dam milked 99. 4





June 25, I919





cows that havb taken grand





Hengerveldt; Mutual Friend





pounds for seven days. .





All animals guaranteed tree ~from tuserculosis and contagious abortion.

Sale will he held at 590 North Chicago street, 15 minutes’ walk from the





Col W. H. Krause of Tharp, Wis. Auctioneer





E. E. Butters, Manager and Proprietor





 





The Wildwood Jersey Farm,

Builder-ale d-lm

d rte! R. or'll M. M

lzfil‘dfit?‘ ““3993; use 0.... mt

For ssalefie glstened my bulls ready

mt“ yfliiixiiiiamiciiliw Howell Mich.





HEREFORDS





 





18 bulls from ‘7 to 10 months old,

' Prince Donald and Farmer breed-





ing for sale.





. ALLEN BROS, Paw Paw, Mich.





 





Harwood’s White Faces





KEEP ON 508019

ATonBuiIl-lead datheflerd

The Met cattle of the day. Only 2 yearling

bulls left. My 1918 crop of bulls ready for sale.

Will spare a few females. You can not make

a better investment. 1 wish to thank my cus-

tomers for past favors



lonia, Mich.





JAY HARWOOD, -:





embrace Iai

[action and]: Prime Lad llii’hEB breedirlizg. PrxicesM reasonable.

COL AGALD udson.M





 





ob kFairfax lmoznthat headpootuzlard.

. e as:

for ea c e r 0 Mo OARTY,





P loedr'

r 1gb Bed Axe. Ml lhc





SBORTHORNS





BlDWELL m... M...





Moons cows and heifers. Good Scotch and

Scotch- Topped for sale. In "grime condition. Modern

unitery equl under state and federal

11:11 #2212910 minutes tromN . ”1.0. depot



lggur from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile meets all

tr no.





BIDWE 30%;. STOCK FARM





Tecumseh. Mloh.’





Slim-thorn Cattle oi boll: Sex lor Sale





W. W. KN AP'V. Howell. “Wm.





Richlancl Stock Farm





SHORTHORNS _



- HOME or THE MlCl-l. CHAMPIONS

We offer for sale a few good dual ur-

pose cows with calves at foot. lso

two three year old bulls suitable for

range purposes, We invite inspection.



.H. PRESCOTT & SONS,





Once at Towns City. Mich. Bards at Prescott, Mich.





thorium:





write W.B





Hereford:





lion-nodé gay :43.





 





 





 





Scotch and Scotch Topped cows and heif-

ers riced Come and see them or

BMpoQU UIL lob_





ii an Howell. M

01 bred V - yom~bulls

Minding Shorthorns My... mum on

DAVIDSON a HALL Tecumseh Mich.





 





 





osemary Farms. Wflllamston, Mich. youn bulls

ready for service, Sher-thorns bred for milk ee.f

Herd estab. by Prof. 0.11.3





F or Salem...“ mug?





g‘i’gln. 39:83" the! goods





,Foflec

bulls ZStemales Feb. list

Mich





$0M“; N?" “St 2"

sold. Central borthom





Breeders' Assn:1 lOscar Skinner. Becy. .. Gowen, Mich.





11W Mich. Agrl. College.





Sher-thorns of Quality Scotch and

he otA rollers





MA

Reed City, Mich.





 





Dnrnn Opportunity





What wouldtbo tboearning capacity of a Brook-

water Boar be in your herd? A mid- wastbreeder

states that the Brookwater hear he used added

from 875 to $100 to every gilt bred to him ‘

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

pay y 0“

We have several that we are ousting at priceawhich

appeal to the small breeder who must of necessity

be a conservative buyer We have a few that are

enough lobe used in high class herds at

prices in “having with their in individuality and

cosy invested in a good herd boar

very ylpeedlly increases the value not only of

what you so! but what you keep. Send tor price

list or better. visit the farm

figOOfiWATlgfiyaAFglgn Ann Arbor, Mich.

owner.

J. 3%UE" HENDERSON. Manager.





DUROC JERSEYSE





er so: also a pring airs not akin.

Shed yth: rand JChumplon and unrlor Chain ion

DBODT. R. 1. Monroe, A lcb.





EGISTERED bDUROC BOARS— We have a. choice

grim. of eprlnxb oars. sired by Michigan Changv Col

118479. TogIOber%u King J. No.1026‘i9, an 001

etend arm . eke your-selection at wean.

ing time and raise according to your own l.dea8 rite

torpedigrees. The Jennings Farms, 8.1. Bailey, Mich.





SEVERAL GOOD





Duroc sows bred to Orion’s Fancy King. Boar pigs

ready for fiervice.

NEWTON BARNHART. St. Johns, Mich.





DUROGnJERSEYS‘





E. D. HEYDENBERK. Wayland, Mich.





DUROC JERSEYS





Not thing thlth {8 1'! hour pigs for

CAREY U. D; Hastings





DUROC guts bred for A .lst and Se tember fan-ow,

slredlby Orion Oberr YVVJ) 00]. "Zn Write for de-

scription and prices. AYLO Milan. Mich.





10for DrooSowPlg. A..-O

For the Boys slilrookwéatei;l breeding Registration

papers tree D. W. Sutherland. Gd. Ledge, Mich.

8734D11ampshlres recorded from Jan. 1 to Apr. 1. '19.





Did you get one? Boar pigeon for sale now.

JOHNW WSNYDER t. lPINS. MICE.





Originators e!

the fanxioiés





 





 





 





 





sale.

Michigan.





 





 





 





 





Breed The Best





run WORLD NEEDS LARGE

FAT HOGS





Why lose money 1... ceding

andfeeding scrub hogs?

twoolou-O. l. C. flogs‘

Weighed 28 0 6 Pounds.

We are the most extensive breeders

and shippers of pure bred bogs in the world.

rite Ctoday for the true story of the real

Hogs. Al foreign shipments

1.0.5. Government Inspected

We have bred the 0. 1.0.3? since 1863

and have never lost. a ho cholera

or any other c





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WRITE

-TODAY-

FOR FREE 309‘

- "The log Iro- M’ In Sale“

THE L. B. SILVER C0.

“Sleuth Temple Bldg.

0”





.J CLEVELAND:





“RIF-baa}.





_,'vé

£39 03. BOHOLZ%.O;N: #910,“.





 





HAVE started thousands of breeders out the road to

success 1 can help you. i want so Donnell from

our! .

tedollixfieaeu fine early mdevelopen—reu-dgnfg'r- 3:3: :53

I. I. BENJAMIN: ",3 F. D ‘0 Portland, Michigan





We have been breedin Big .

For 25 Years Tm m m em... 1“.

mod blood lines Our new hard boo

ueter" is a mighty flood son of the rent

dam “‘Mouw a“ so Queenz. are





breeding! Litte of l-iJ We some sows bred

for fall arrow}. QWLERFPortland. Mich.





BEG Type Poland Chinas. A litter by Gerstdale Jones

Garter): one by Gerstdaie “Kin? (G em). AB“

Bob sow booked for service to"? amman

Mammoth Ben herd boar, unexoelled. amount]:

at )2 mos. weighed (10 lbs. Nothing for Sale. V

welcome. WESL LYE EILEB ..6 Ionla





I





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L.A§GEST Ty e P. C in Mich Nothinaathe prrsentl.

“pl-mtg pigs on young to ship. Have



which I will ofler later-.0021: and em



ereatestz boars in state; L‘ s B Orange 841end



lansman W. E.iL Par-ma. Mick.





 





THE OLD FASHIONED SPOTTED CHINA HO 0%

Gilte due to {arrow ninja“ OR JULY~$100 w

m





S rln l weenin

p 8 p as $25. WIELIAgdS. North Adams. Mich.





 





Boers all sold. A few





L. S- P- C0 bred for fall furrow





,n’. o. ewe u'iz Schoolcraft

with Bred





Big Type Palmd China; cows 8 d Get in line





to Ask an questions abou t mv breeders. G. A.

rdifiiennnulz Mid lddlevllle. Michigan.





M Poland- -Uhlnas1&ishnilred by O.A



B {ab King Joe 25 ouster Bi ABob



by Luken‘ s ling Bob 287777; Batu er Half on 2%225, by



Great B“ Half Ton 281243. Out of sows whose podi.



gree indi duality and unlit) are of equal merit as my



msh aposh-s: and tries, not. akin

OONE. Blanoliaid Mich.





aloe gil ts

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M!OH Chamlpi ion herd of Big Type P 0. Nothing for

sale but tai “if. order-3N booked for 5 ring pig gs.

ILLEO NARD, St. ouis,1 \llch.





 





8116 Type P. O boars all sold. Nothing now until full.

Ithank m ncustomers; for their patronage. Spring

pigs coming 0. E. Garnant. Eaton Rapids. Mich.





 





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

ket withbe tter than overt is full. If herd etul

counts. W. J. HA GELS AW, Augusta. Mich.





its bred for August and



Big Type GPO NC. gentember furrow.

A.A .AWOOD Saline. Mich.

Bi Type P. 0. Choice bred sows from Iowas greatest

g herds the big hone ‘pvmlific kind with size and

quality. E. J. NIAT HE SON Burr Oak Mich.





 





 





 





Big Ty pe Poland' s all sold out nothing for sale at

present Dooki orders for spring Thanking

my cuetomens. L. .Chaniberleln. arcellus, Mich





 





Poland Chinas all sold Ge 9. .11

MammOth Jones N0 son of Gorsriiddle

Jones beads our herd. (Jhde Weaver. Ceresco. Mich



Will have better males than ever





Big Type P- C‘ for fzvivll trad e. glite in season





 





 





JOHN D. VVI,LEY Schoolcraft, Mich





 





HORSES





Pure Bred

Belgian Draft Horses





We have some extra good Belgian Stallion; for

sale. coming three and four years old The} are





 





. heavy. of good comformution and sound. You

‘ can see their sires and dams.





They are raised in

Michigan and acclimated. We have no agents on

the road for which you or we would have to Dav,

You cannot buy them any better nor cheaper in

the world. Our studs and mares carry the best

blood Belgium has produced. We prove this b;

their pedigrees. We invite you to see our stoc



before buying. You can see them any day of the

week Except Sunday Write for particulars and

catalog to the OWOSSO SUGAR COMPANY.



Prairie Farm. Alicia. Mich.





 





Parchmns. Holsteins. Angus, Shropshim, Duran:

DORR D. BUELL. Elm ire. Mlchl‘nn.





 





THE WORLD’S CHAMPION





big tape 0. LG 8. Stock of all ages for sale. Herd

head by Galloway Edd. the World a 0 mpion O. I.

.boar assisted by 0. O. Bohoolmaster. rend Cham-

ion boar of‘Michigun New York and Tennessee state

airs. A180. 0.0. Giant Buster, undefeated Senior

boar pig wherever shown and Grand Chain ion of Ok-

lahoma state fair. Get our catalogue o Orandell’s

prize hogs. Cass City, Michigan.





 





KentOo. Bhorthorn Breeders have both males

and females for sale. Ask aboutt ”ml:

34. H. LEONAR DBeo.. - Caledonia. Mich.





Bhorthome of best Bates breeding and

Mm:lk‘.ing0. .sw e Bulls for sale 1 mo. to]

.UK URT.Z Mason.





8a! Be teredShorthornbulloaltGmont

lfianr-e“ 331111813th rlfghfilre .811 Dan Dam Sonsp





John T. f. Jenkon.‘

PM 881010 Two Shorthorn Bulls. and red and one

LUD. ii'lsrnloe. Napoleon. Michigan.

H005 «

- . ‘* ' ‘ ' N is

dAttention Breederssud Farmers “3'; ”5‘2;





. h Duoo Boa for tall! servicemo We hue some

t Colliers- Help: lg! l100weigh .1 July let.





goDfi‘ii’fioR. 0...... mm. Romeo. Minus-11‘





old.

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Shadowland Farm





0. I. C.’s

' 200 to 300 lbs. from price win-

Bred cuts 11ng stock A few fall year-

llngs and 2 yr. old sows. big btyge6m growthy boars

of all ages. eranteed as bree Everything

shipped C. D. Express &aid_r and registered in

buyer" 8 Dime. J. CARL JE ”Ma-on Mich.





O. I. C’s.





tarraw.





0. l. C. For Sale—S in: Pig’ 3





H W. MANN. DANS‘VILL MICHIGAN.





 





 





rvlceab eboars and





PE“ brain or July oand August

la. Mich.





 





 





I. 0. ts bredhr summer total-ma sad 1.39m Illa





0W0 “1,-m 6% $8,31h 3. Mm Mich-

o. I. c.- 2 Che... Yearling: filing





Glover beef Stout Farm, 81.





 





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Stallions and mares an. r be

Foreheronuprices; involutioninvitedfmmma l

!'.'L. KING 1 80 - htar lot-ta, Mich.





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SHEEP





TO THE KIDS





Over 300 have written me about the sheep I am

giving away. I would like to send one to each 0!

you but: two is my limit. Three disinterested in

are picking the winners. If you are not one of

lucky kids. why not save your money and buy one

next December. I will contract to buy the produce

back at. a splendid price.



Wing. Proprietor





KOPE- KON FARM S.

Goldwater. Michigan





BUYASHEEP.





Hampshires. The American Hem

t]. be kl Alth usoonflixonB wants e1:10 sendsyou a dandy lip-

e o e w o are ome near an.

rite OOMI'HI‘OR TIYLIEE, Secretary. 22 Wgod

land Am. Detroit. Mich. .





Rm ‘wrlte or'

call on





Fowlervllle; Mich.





 





 





 





For . chopaliire Yearling





ARMSTRONG 133.08., R. 3.





Shropshire:





 





Am offering 18 enrllngB rams and W3

mrll nfiews of hater-B brim-

T OMPSON, Rockfo Mich:





FOR “SALE—34 Ewes and 38 Lenka.





 





 





Million! n. n. reruns, couch Lyon. Mlohfia'n'
SECOND EDITION.





The markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday af-

ternoon, June 19.





WHEAT.





The last report of the Bureau of

,Crop Estimates places the prospective

yield of winter wheat at 893, 000, 000

bushels for the United States, and of

spring wheat at 343, 000, 000 bushels, or

total of 1 ,236, 000, 000 bushels. The Win-

ter wheat crop is eighteen per cent

,larger than the average for the past

ten years. There is a common opinion

that wheat prices will be down to the

minimum guaranteed by the govern-

ment due to this bumper crop. As a

result the .market is inactive for‘the

grain and the important wheat prod-

ucts. Users are getting on with as lit«

tle flour and feed as possible. Prices

are unchanged on our local market

from last week. A year ago No. 2 red

was quoted here at $2.17 per bushel.

Present values are.



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

No. 2 mixed ............ 2.43

No. 2 white ........... . 2.43





CORN.





The corn situation seems to be fav-

orable to firm prices. Cash corn is

scarce with a strong active demand

prevailing in the important markets.

While weather has taken a more fav-

orable turn in the southwestern por-

tion of the country, complaints contin-

ue to come forward from the north-

western districts,

damage from storms are reported. At

Chicago prices on Monday reached the

highest point for the season. Persist—

ent buying on domestic account fur-

nished the energy for this advance

Hog values going to a considerably

higher level stimulated further confi—

dence on the part of the bulls. The

American visible shows a decrease of

784,000 bushels. One year ago No. 3

corn sold on the local market at $1.50

per bushel. Present Detroit quota-

tions are:



3 .................. $1.81





N0.

N0. 3yellow ....... 1.83

No. 4 yellow............ 1.81

No. 5 yellow. ..... 1.78

No.3 white ............ 1. 84

At Chicago No.3 yellow advanced

to $1. 80112601. 83; July corn $1. 791/3;

September 31.72%.





OATS.





There is much complaint in the

states along the Ohio valley about the

damage to the oat crop. The fields are

turning yellow and in many places the

extent of the loss will be considerable.

Dealers generally are on tile buying

side of the market, and prices are ad-

vancing. The new grades fixed by the

government are now in effect, and the

old standard grade will no longer be

quoted. This grade corresponds close-

ly to the government’s No. 2 grade.

The visible supply for the country de~

creased 1,939,000 bushels for the past

week. One year ago standard oats sold

at 80c per bushel. Quotations on the

local market are:



N002White OOCIOIDOOQOOOIO74

No.3white COOOOOOOOOOIIOC73%

No. 4 white OOOOOOOCOIOOOIO72%





RYE.





There has been some demand from

abroad for this grain which has aided

in maintaining prices. At Detroit No.

2 cash is quoted at $1.48 per bushel.





BARLEY.





In the majority of the barley grow-

ing states the grain is reported in ex-

cellent condition. In Iowa, South Da-

kota and Kansas some unfavorable re-

ports due to rust and excessive rain

are coming in. At Detroit prices re-

main unchanged at $2.30@2.40 per cwt

for cash No. 3.





'- BEANS.





Business has been rather quiet in

bean circles the past week. The tone

of the market has been generally

steady with very little change in pric-

es. In New York choice Michigan pea.





 





beans are quoted at $7. 75@8; medir

, um $7 75@8; red kidney $12. 75@13.

.The Chicago market is inactive. with





('3‘, icked





easy. Choice to fancy hands

ea beans are quoted there at

zjand red kidneys at $116311. 50.



trade is slow and easy





L-fiwith immediate and prompt shipment





- as follows:





where insects and,





quoted on the exchange at $7.25 per

cwt. It is generally predicted that a

slightly smaller acreage of beans will

be planted in Michigan than last year,

although failure to get in the proposed

amout of oats may result in'some of

this land being used for beans.

Some frost damage is reported to the

Colorado crop.





HAY.





.The supply of timothy hay was small

and the demand active

quiet. Local quotations are:

timothy $38. 50@39; standard timothy

$37.50@39; No.12 timothy $36. 50@37;

No. 1 mixed $35.50@36; No. 1 clover

$32@33.



Pittsburgh—At Pittsburgh receipts

continue inadequate to supply the de-

mand, the market there being almost

bare of hay. Prices have advanced

since last week as follows: No.1 tim-

othy $42@42.50; No. 1 light mixed at

$40@41; No. 1 clover mixed $37@38;

No. 1 clover $35.50@36.





SEEDS.





Very little trading is reported in the

seed division, with prices unchanged

Prime red clover at $27;

October $22.50; timothy $5.60.





POTATOES.





There appears to be a fairly liberal

amount of old potatoes on the markets

with prices quoted as lower. At De—

troit a poor demand and weak market

is noted . and No. 1 round whites





Clover hay is”

. No. 1 -





are selling around $2 @225 per ISO-lb

sack for Michigan stock. The same‘

grade from this state sells in Cleve—

land at $3@3.25; in Pittsburgh $2@

2:50 in Buffalo $1.25 @1. 75 per cwti

in Indianapolis $1. 75; in Cincinnati at

$2; Chicag0$1.40@150. It is prediCted

that about a normal acreage of pota-

toes will be planted in Michigan. 111

Minnesota planting is completed and

the early crop is looking well.





FEEDS.





Prices have changed but little as

follows: Bran $43; standard middlings

$43.50; fin‘e middlings $53@55;coarse

cornmeal $66. 50@67. 50; cracked corn

$73; corn and oat chop $55@57 per

ton in 100~lb. sacks to jobbers. .





CHEESE.





An easier tone has taken hold of the

cheese‘ market east and west, with

prices showing a slight falling off.

Production has been liberal and export

buying as well as the domestic trade

is weaker, with the demand insuffi-

cient to absorb all offerings. Michi-

gan flats are bringing 30c from jobbers

in Detroit and single daisies 301/2c. At

Chicago young Americas are quoted at

300; daisies 291/2c, and Cheddars 290.

The Philadelphia trade quotes a lower

market, with full milk at 31%@31%c.





BUTTER.





Although stocks of butter in storage

have accumulated rapidly, and the re-





 





 





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Reports for Thursday, June 19th





BUFFALO.





On this market today pigs sold at

$20; and top hogs $21. 50. Calves were

up to $19. 50; yearlings $15. 50 and

lambs $18@19.





DETROIT

Cattle.





Receipts 1,835. Canners steady; all

other grades 25@350 lower than last

week’s close.



Best heavy steers ....... $13. 50@14. 00



Best handy wt bu steers. 12. 50@ 13 00



Mixed steers and heifers.. 11.00@12.00



Handy light butchers. . . . 9.50@10.50



Light butchers



Best cows



Butcher cows



Cutters . . . . . .



Canners ................



Best heavy bulls ........



Bologna bulls ........... 8. 00@ 19. 00



Stock bulls 7 50@ 8. 00



Feeders OOIOCOIOIOCOOOCII 10'00@11000



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



Milkers and springers . . .$ 65@ 125

Veal Calves.



Receipts 1,974. Market steady.

Best . . . . . .$18.00@18.50

Culls 7 .00@15.00





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 843. Market steady. Quo-

tations are for spring lambs.

Best dry- -fed lambs. ..$ 18. 25

Fair lambs . . . . 16. 00@16. 50

Light to common . . . . . .14. 00@16. 00

Yearlings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.00@14.50

Fair to good sheep . . 7.00@ 8.00

Culls 4.00@ 6.00





Hogs. .

Receipts 656. Pigs 25c lower; mix-

ed hogs 75c lower.





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CHICAGO.





Hogs.



Estimated receipts today are 51,000,

holdover 10,175. Market opened about

500 lower but weakening and mostly.

50@75c lower than yesterday’s gener

a1 trade; early top $20. 40. Heavy 250

lbs up, medium, good and choice at

$19. 65@20.;15 medium 200 to 250 lbs,

medium, good and choice $19. 50@

20.20; ‘light 15010 200-lbs. common,

medium, good «and, choice $19.40@

20.15; light lights 130 to 150 lbs. cem-

mon, medium, good and choice at $18

@19. 75; heavy packing sows 250 lbs

up, smooth $19@19. 50; packing news

200 lbs up, tonigh $18 .75@19: m 135)-

lbs dawn, med ium,_300d

$17018.



Cattle.





Estimatedreceipts lnday are 13,600;

beef steersand





Pigs

Mixed





$9. 50@10. 50;





0108‘

$17





to strong; calves and feeders steady.

Beef steers, medium and heavy weight

1100 lbs up, choice and prime $14.85@

16.35; do medium and good $12.25@

15; do common $10.75@12.35; light

weight 1100 lbs down, good and choice

$13@14.75; do common and medium

$10@13.15; butcher cattle, heifers,

common, medium, good‘and choice at

$7.75@13; cows, common, medium,

good and choice 37506131235; bulls,

bologna and beef $8.75@12; canners

and cutters, cows and heifers $6.25@

7.50; do canner steers $7.75@10; veal

calves, light and handyweight, medi-

um, good and choice $16.50@18; feed-

er steers, common, medium, good and

choice $9. 50@12. 75; stocker steers,

common, medium, good and choice $8

@12; stocker cows and heifers, com-

mon, medium, good and choice $7. 50@

9; do calves, common, medium, good

and choice $8. 25@12.

Sheep and Lambs.

Estimated receipts today are 20, 000;





.market slow. Killing classes 25@500





lower; top lambs $18. 50. Lambs 84 lbs

down, medium, good, choice and prime

$16@18.50; do 85 lbs up, medium, good,

choice and prime $9@15. 50; do culls

and common $12. 506121575; spring

lambs, medium, good, choice and prime

$7. 50@9; yearling wethers, medium,

good and choice $7. 50@9; ewes, cull

and common $3@7. 25; breeding ewes.

full mouths to yearlings $8@13.





BUFFALO.

Wednesday, June 18,1919.

Cattle.



Receipts five cars; 25@500 higher;

prime heavy steers $14. 50@15. 50; best

shipping steers $13. 50@14. 50; medium

shipping steers $12.50@13.25;b‘e818na-

tive yearlings, 950 to 1000 lbs $18@

13 7 5 light native yearlings, good qual-





ity $13@14; best handy steers $12@





13; fair to good kind $11. 50@12; handy

steers and heifers, mixed $12@12. 50;

western heifers $11. 50@12; 50; state

heifers $9@10; best fat cows $11. 50@

12.25; butchering cows $8. 50@9. 50;

cutters $7(a)8. 50; canners $5@6; fancy

bulls s10 56@11; butchering bills at

common“ hulls $7. 50@

8.50; best feeders 900 to 1000 lbs $10. 50

@11 50; medium feeders $9. 50@10;

stockers $9@10 light common $7. 50@

8, best milkers and sp'fifigers $100@

150; mediums $759990.



Receipts three cars





lower; heavy





ee‘ipts to date are showing t . :

ing off, the belief is that the fine

the manufacturing season has

Generally speaking,

is good and the demand is sue ~.

kee current receipts for consum .t

far y well clasped up. At Dd.

moderate business was done earl -

week, with fresh creamerie’s quoted,

49%(03501750. The Chicago trade~

settled with creamery stock Jobhin‘g hi





, 46@5117§‘c. An unsettled market is





reported in New York, where

range from 50%(60531750 for ere”

grades. Western creamery extras

53@53%c in Philadelphia.





EGGS.





., A steady feeling obtains in egg mir-

kets with prices generally , 13th

above those prevailing last Wee. 38,65

ceipts are falling 011' although thento-

tals are considerably abova those

1918. On the Detroit market extra"

firsts in new cases ' ~~

42c; fresh firsts 400;

age packed in new cases 43c.

cago firsts are quoted at 39%@40%

ordinary firsts 38@39c; storage pac,

firsts and extras at 42@43c. Near

western stock brings from 48@62c ,

New York where the market has be

somewhat irregular. A firm tradé-

reported in Philadelphia with western

stock bringing $13. 20@13. 80 per case.

00L ,, .

With the government auctions 0108?

ed for this season, the wool markets,

of the country have opened under; ‘~

conditions similar to those prevailing

before the war. A large volume pf

business has been done and prices 316:,

being maintained on a steady 119.818.,

An exceptionally good demand pref

vails for new domestic fleeCe'wools,

Medium grades in Ohio and Michigan

have sold recently at 60@65c. 175110

delaines were quoted in Philadelphia;

and Boston, June 16 at 69@730. Salesy

of colonial wools at Bradford, England“

were finished with prices being well;

sustained. Dealers anticipate an out-

lét for faulty and inferior wools iii

trade with the central empires as soon

as war embargoes are removed. ' 1





SMALL FRUITS.





Michigan strawberries are now com-v ‘

ing to market freely, and the (nullity

is generally good. The trade is active

and firm. At Detroit 24-qt. cases m,

quoted at $5. .





GRAND RAPIDS





Fa1mers in Kent and adjoining cwnf '

ties began cutting' clover and alfalfa,

last week. They report the crop as

larger than last year. The stand

timothy is better in some sec

lighter in others. The season on”

whole has been favorable to the

crop in this section of the state. P

toes sold at 60c per bushel Saturday

on the city market, a 40c drop from

the week’s opening. Hot weather

forced the strawberry crop which is 90 \

per cent full. Saturday the price was”

$1. 50@2. 50 per 16-quart crate, a cm

of $3 per crate during the week. Farin-

ers still find bay to sell but the p21

has dropped to $29 per ton, on the ci

market. Bean jobbers still pay gro

ers $6 per cwt. They report acreage

so far planted is less than a year $30..

Planting is still in progress. .





FEDERAL CROP REPORT?“





The estimated yields indicated

the condition of crops on June 1, 19' ’

and final yields in preceding year; 38;.

comparison, follow: .

Winter wht. 893,000,000

Spring wht.. 343, 000, 000

All wheat. .1 H236 000,000

Oats . . . .1, 446, 000,000

Barley . . . . . 232, 000, 000’ .

Rye 0.0.0... 197, 000:000

Apples . . . . . 166, 000, 000 .

Peaches .- ... 160 300, 000

Hay, tons. . . 116.000: 000





Charles J. Brand, chief

reau of 11111111501,l tUnited fits

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g .thosoriiLIas'tgwe'elei Receiptshave 1, . .- ,‘ 1 ,_ . o . , i - . .

.s. i'b‘eén‘verlr- high. ‘annrgximtlng 0‘19 “ . . -‘ , .Or , . . . . . .

; hundred thousand tubs and" t e - de- * * . '_ s , .

,. , imam bassoon irregular. At the close _ , . .

. ' ”for last “cougars warfwacggg 3:1: , , , , ‘ ‘ .

l _.', J livanc ‘ about 0‘, - . . , o ' . o o f;

" ‘ :z:-.§f;?§*’§§§el:ln the last two days of the. . » ‘ a 7E have a big. speClal linoney~savmg propomtlon. It is for the .

7 ‘ ‘week. On Mandaprractlcally all ,buy- , .' "‘ _ first 500 far-Sighted men who want the best kind.of 8110 at low- ‘

. . ' ins actiVitY' cegs‘i‘li'egigge 3:31 £3331; . ‘ l ' est possible cost--a silo that insures perfect, unspoxled Silage from top _ ...,

‘7 " gglatételfiglricgn eTcullelsday and Wednes- . . to bottom and lasts for a lifetime. Write for it today. ' 3’;

, _ ‘ . . _ t' 7

fl day there were declines of three quars- _ . .ff-

" ~ r 732% “whfim‘o? fiifiiafithofiefihfiot , _ ROSS ln-De-Str-Uct- 0 Metal Silos .-;

‘1 [ ‘Chahged, trade became fairly “fig: v ' Acid proof, .rust proof, and wind You erect the ROSS yourselfo-in

and it was quite apparent before tld : . of. Air t ht, ram proof, and your spare time“ No. experience ,

‘ close of the day that an advance W0“ , 4 ———~ ire proof. 'Se ected materials, best necessary. No high priced labor or

take place on FrldaY- speculative 0% _ grade construction-made to With- expenSive scaffold needed. All :5;

erato‘rs became busy on Frldfayg a111, stand any climate and every change man who can ‘0 Men a nut on a bot » , "i

purchased abOI-It 1-200 tubs 0 “0:6 . ._ in weather. Bmlt entirely of cold- can have a pe ect, air-tight, econ- . .~

“‘1’ 011 the 330119-1189 at an advance onmch rolled metal, treated to roast the ethical. and long lasting SllO that 1.,

and alhfilchg‘Illrtsfidgyr t2: ”mean: the '1 ' acetic and lactic acids found in Silage. Will meet his every need. ,.

13:“ prevai e - . 80°“ 1 1 ,

. b came active, local buy— D . , , ‘

'gggctullgllgft tlfatit was dialog” fhegn; —-—-—. Write for Specml 5110 Offer . ,

‘0 “0°“ “1" hence” °n a 3” M L f th t t r uick tion 1:

-- ds. It Be one o e men 0 ge ou q ac . , Get These no

guafnlluegxogcllgdteghgllatlhieidll/aalllce in » money-savmg offer. Bu11d any Size ou like Books

. , ‘15, 11. its ally temporary and We will I and add to it as your herd grows. _ ut do it A postcard Mm” the“

33%“; decline similar to those “which . now if you want to get the benefit of rock— iSiiJlIrxgulfiuiglfealggkrleetgfgioo.

* ' have taken place during the last two , bottom prweS- . . ...}...i: Abig Malawi... m“:

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4' ' than extras 53%(02540; rs 5 . < i field 0 '

~ 52%c;'seconds 481/2@501/2c. Tile price , Spr ng . hio

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Cheese—Receipts and reports indi-

cate that the production of cheese is

'» . greatly on the increase. Speculative

. demand has not been sufficient to care





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: ‘ - marlted break in the market, vut :he big painted basement llarli, running water house,

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cool weather which has prevailed of Made from the nutritious [senrrs of corn kernels We Have For Sale gf(3ckf_01‘1%m;clggfi 3:3





   





' , , . es ejn re- 1 . . , ~ . ) - r . _ 1 ~ , , l ,. -. " " i ' ; unimproved lands well located, easy terms. 150 acres



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are large quantities of inferior cheese IO? sample, literature and pa.“t1';‘ L1 .‘QI'S. Vl/ [1U IS 3’OUI‘ dealt“ of under line state of cultivation, 6 acres in fruit. 70 ac-



‘ _ _ b COD.- ros more of same tract brushed logged and burned:

.-. _ a; ;1n local Stores. . There has een ta Sheep gulch of 3110 acrggaaglofence ‘flwllllghwaterd 70

, _ , , -. acres 0 Duane 068. ,‘ acres 0 w 'c is n or

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. 1’ 116658 WhiCh has resulted in , :28. Shoe sheds and Barn 64x80. Tool h 6 16x32.

Space for C 170 Sllcep.pnl) this seasons Lambs We hog; 3 line





, I - I ‘ a number of cars being held at the ' 9 - ——““—‘—“—‘—‘—.‘r 06 c - ,.

‘ " ‘ , dock until refrigeration could be secfurl‘ WLOWAY 5 l DOWN ‘ glcb'l‘ulzgnsllgs'egufiaefii o:.°“di’§§§%.h nit-3&3:

» - .ed. Established quotations are as o - . . Q 1 . . . .

. lows: Average run 301/.@31c; specials v1 ‘ ONE YEAR ,. . 1 WANTEDMOwacwwfhwh- ...,“ ......l.





' _ gravelloam.slopingtorsouthorwest.

31 @311/20: common to fair ”CC—”3°C- 3253.2?“vlfifi‘fit.‘l°ll€l332.35%?“ “’ "1““ ......

‘j’.’ . 1’: s Eggs—Receipts of eggs dhave fallten N. Grant Currie, 153 Harrison A.ve.,Detroit. Mich.

' ofi considerably of late an the quo a-

- - 1600 . , ‘5 00d h d

tlon on the venous grades ofd eggs SE B 53R SA;I_.{E..f ouboggejagd l“ “0(ng W0000d”

. ' I . . ll 8 ate .. Suits 6 or arm, ranc or co onlzutlon.

as Wasawma. seeing. .222: .. .

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. decline in price during the week has 80.9. $53,133; lwe maketgdspecialémg Whitekrtngnnery Em athd Regular price, one year ........ $2.00

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fl ,1 Hole in Side of Team—Have a young y w ‘ '°°"°"' a m "M" W" t ’ u "mm” m V ”m’"'"“ Home Life ................ . . . .. .35

Ii 7’ mw three years old that freshened re- ' 8|“, To The Old RGIlIbk "DECO People's Popular Monthly. ....... .25

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rife-k . . heat. When milked, milk flows from T h e Everlastlng 8!] 0 _ 513-525 M Bids» Pin-hub PO- Regular Price, one year. . . . . . . .$1.80

- atwo openings. K. W. G., Syms, Mich. .

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yyBaII-uieed‘Knee.—I have a four-nlronth- '1 :- " success Th“ ”defined by Michl an Farmeyoi 7.1- Wk 3100 ~

5‘4». "l. " ‘11; th 1} had ft 1) ‘ ' ‘ that {met and a, civil and If you want big roflts. bu cull beans. Over 22$ 9 , , y u - - - . . . .

., . 7 61d W at as a $0 1111011 011 _ protein and all go feed. or ho sheep cattle Woman 3 World mo 50 2

l 3 1* a » e for the not six WEEKS. A few c9nsmcn°n antiwar With a and miloh cows. Our special price ill 320 ton delivered D ’ y. I ' . ' ' ' H ' ' ' ' ' . L

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Sellmg Farm Pro-

duce Direct '





E "farm family” idea

farm produce is an attractive the-

Dry; but so far as investigations in

New York cities indicate, it has not



Worked out well in practice.



-In- recent years the express compa-

nies made a systematic effort to devel»

-. op the direct selling of produce from

the farm to the city consumer. At one

time there were many community or—

ganizations and factory employes’

clubs receiving such products as but-

ter, eggs, poultry, vegetables and fruit,

through the express companies from

the producers. This movement flour-

ished. for a while and then declined.





Attempts have been made in various

cities on the part of the postal author-

ities to develop a parcel post delivery

from farm to city home. This plan has

made ‘slow progress, and has not al-

ways proved advantageous.



The responsibility for the failure of

these methods lies both with the pro-

ducer and consumer. In too many in-

stances the farmer has overcharged

for his products, asking the consumer

more than he would have to pay for

the same quality of goods at the corner

grocery. Other farmers tried to fool

the city housekeeper by shipping in-

ferior goods. And many city consum-

ers have neglected to remit to the

farmers for the goods received. Every

infraction of the golden rule on either

side has worked injury to the cause of

direct marketing.



War time brought an agitation for

farmers’ markets in the cities. Roch-

ester has long had an excellent whole-

sale market, but it is inaccessible for

retail trade, to any extent, and farm—

ers were forbidden to peddle their pro-

ducts in the streets without a buck-

ster’s license. In answer to the de-

-mands of various organizations of con-

sumers and farmers, two retail curb

markets were established in the fall of

1917, and farmers were permitted to

peddle from house, to house on pay-

ment of twenty-five cents each day at

a firehouse in any part of the city.

This,mbvement, however, has not met

the expectations of- its promoters. Dur-

ing the past two seasons not many

consumers have visited the curb mar-

kets, and few farmers have availed

themselves of the privilege of house to

house peddling. What is said of Roch—

ester applies in a "eneral way to other

cities. _



Commissioner Eugene H. Porter, of

the New York Department of

Foods and Markets, while he gives lit-

tle encouragement to the farmers’ re-

tail market project in the larger cities,

thinks that through practical coopera-

tive efforts on the part of the town

folks and nearby farmers, a farmers’

market could be established in the

smaller towns that would be mutually

beneficial to both. He reasons that

while the great middle class in the cit-

ies prefer to go to the corner grocery

because of the telephone, free delivery

and "credit system, the smaller town

people would more readily go to a



*- market and carry home their pur-

chases.





. This direct from “farm to family"

proposition is yet a difficult problem.

which is best being solved by individ-

ual effort on the part of the producer

and consumer. In every village and

“city there are opportunities for the

.. farmer. who has good products, attrac-

V may packed, for sale at reasonable

. prices, to develop a permanent retail

trade, dealing direct with the consum-

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PLATFORM—with extension side boards. Suitable

for hauling baled hay. grain in bags, craves, etc.





 





 





——lowest in price.

—easiest to handle.





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PLATFORM HAY RACK—suitable for hauling hay.

wheat. oats. corn stalks, etc.





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Model 10: 1 Ton, withExpress

body. .....................”$1535





Mode111:1% Ton, chassis}... 1885

Model 12: 2 Ton. chassis...... 2275

Model 19: 2-236 Ton. chassis. 23.95

Modelzo: 3% Ton. chassisu“ 3450





.41: Prices F. o. B. Alma. Michigan ‘





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REGULATION WAGON BOX—with removable sides

and end gate for hauling dirt. grain. etc.





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THREE SECTlON TIGHT REMOVABLE SIDE





BOX-blos- hauling burn yard f ertilizer. ns.

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COMBINATION STOCK AND BASKET RACK

BOX— for hauling hogs. sheemetc .





 





 





 





 





The Torhensen Interns! Gear Drive—used in

all Republic'l‘rucks delivers 92% o! the motor

power to the wheels. We know of no other

type of drive that. delivers as much. The

P0 WRLOK prevents stalling when one

wheel loses traction. - p .





CATTLE RACK—toq'h‘wiing cattle; a» transpon-

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A Perfect Working Self—

Feeder For Hogs

A 100- lb. pig pays for it. Saves on

purchase price, time, floor space, re-

pairs and feed. Will feed 40 hogs.





: Sold direct from factory to consum-





: perfectly satisfied.





$18. 50. Money returned if not

Further infor-





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mation supplied upon request.

THE ECONOMY FEEDER CO.





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