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VOL. CXXXIV. No. 7.

Whole Number 3490.





DETROIT MICH.. SATURDAY. FEB. 12. 1910.





 





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FARM NOTES.





 





‘Eradicating Wireworms.





A

well-drained muck land with a heavy

June grass sod. It had been used as a

pasture for years. Last June I turned

over five acres of it and planted to pota-

toes. There was a fine yield, all of good

size, but they were so completely filled

with wire worms I did not dig them,

merely dragged the ground over and

sowed the field to rye, intending to seed

to clover and timothy next spring. I fall

plowed five acres more, will it be safe to

plant that ground to potatoes next June?

I would like to get the whole of this 75

acres seeded to clover and timothy as

soon as possible. Think it will be too rich

to sow to wheat or cats as they would go

down. What can I do to completely

eradicate the wire-worms? \Vhat is their.

origin and length of life? Are eggs laid

by an insect and at what time of year?

Please answer in Farm Notes.”



Eaton Co. ‘C. M, BEACH.





Owing to the fact that the larvae of

the wireworm lives in the soil for two or

three years before completing its life

cycle, it is a difficult matter to eradicate

them in a single season. Fall plowing is

probably as good a remedy as can be ap—

plied, since by turning the larvae up to

the action of the elements, a good many

of them will be destroyed. Applications

of salt are also said to be beneficial, but

few will claim that the wireworms can

be eradicated by this method. Wire-

w‘orms seem to dislike some crops, and

where one is tilling the soil for the two

or three years necessary to eradicate

them, it is often more profitable to grow

some one of the crops for which they do

not seem to have a liking, such as buck—

wheat or rape, which crops are attacked

by wireworms but are not generally de—

stroyed by them. The wireworm does not

generally become troublesome except on

soils which lay in grass for a considerable

time, hence ground which is used in a

regular crop rotation is, not likely to be





infested. It would be better to crop this

land for a sufficient length of time to

eradicate the worms before seeding it





again to permanent meadow or pasture.



The adult form of the wireworm is a

click or snapping beetle which, when

placed on its back, springs into the air

with a clicking sound. These adult beetles

may be readily attracted to baits of poi-

soned clover, poisoned sweet dough, or

sliced potatoes. However, it will not be

generally. necessary to resort to such

means after the ground is tilled for two

or three seasons, as suggested, to destroy

the larvae.



Draining Springy Land.



XVill you please tell me thru the columns

of your valuable paper, what to do with

a piece of ground that is “soaky?” The

ground slopes quite a little. As the ground

below and above this soaky ground is in

good condition, don’t you suppose if a

person put a lot of straw or other coarse

matter on this ground that it would im—

prove it? What is your opinion in regard

to putting lime on this ground?



Oceans Co. P. LIPPS.





The best way to improve this land

would be to drain it thoroly by tiling

from the lower side of the wet ground,

which would not be difficult provided there

is a sufficient fall and a good outlet. The

adding of coarse vegetable matter to this

ground would not serve to get rid of the

surplus water which must be removed

before it can 'be made available for grow.

ing crops. Some lime would probably

prove beneficial to it after the draining

process, as wet land is sometimes in-

clined to become sour and the acidity

would be corrected by the addition of the

lime.



Seeding Clover with a Nurse Crop.





I have a piece of sandy loam on which

I have raised two crops of corn in suc-

cession. I would like to seed it to June

clover in the spring. How would it do to

sow oats with it as a nurse crop and then

cut~the outs for hay, since I will be short

of hay? Will oats cut green and cured

take the place. of hay as horse feed? I

would prefer a catch of clover to the oat

hay in case I could not have both. How





 





year ago I bot seventy-five acres of‘





much oats should be sowed to the acre

so as to get a fair crop of oat hay and

not injure the clover? How would it do

to sow alfalfa with the clover and how

much should be sown to the acre with

the clover?



Berrien Co. C. C. V.



Oats to be cut for hay would make a

very satisfactory nurse crop with which

to seed this land to clover. \Vhere the

cats are cut for hay it is ordinarily much

better for the stand of clover, as cats

will withdraw a good 1031 of moisture

from the soil during the ripening season.

Qats cut green make a very good hay,

bding considerably superior to timothy

hay and containing fully one—half more

protein as well as a higher percentage

of corbohydrates than timothy. It also

makes a palatable hay and a clean bav

which is suitable for horse feed. The

quantity to sow per acre would depend





than the June clover, and be a. factor in

the hay crop for several years. Some of

the most successful alfalfa growers con-

tend that there is no better way in which

to seed alfalfa than with a nurse crop

of oats or beardless barley, to be cut for

hay.

The Cement Granary.



I am a reader of The Farmer and it. is

getting better every year. I would like

some information in regard to how to

cement the inside walls of a granary, and

how to put the cement in to keep it from

frosting thru or sweating, if it can be





used at all.



Lenawee Co. C, G. MILLER,



The idea "seems to be prevalent among

many farmers that it is impracticable to

store grain in a granary with a cement

floor or walls. This, however, is not true.

There are a good many granaries in the

state having cement floors, in which grain





 





 





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upon the character of the soil, from about

11/5 to 2 bushels per acre, would make a

fair crop of hay, and should not injure the

chance of getting a seeding very mate—

rially. It would be a good idea to sow a

few pounds of alfalfa seed per acre with

your clover if it is desired, to introduce

this crop on the farm as a natural inocu~

lation of the soil with the alfalfa bacteria

will be secured in this way. If the bac—

teria is already present, it might pay to

sow more alfalfa seed, say four or five

pounds with a mixture of June clover

and alsike clover. This is said by those

who have tried it to make a very good

mixture, the June clover yielding best the

first year, before the alfalfa is well es-

tablished while the alsike will last longer





is kept thruout the year just as success-

fully as in the granaries made of lumber.

In fact, cement storage for grain has

come to be recognized as the most econ-

omical that can be provided by the large





milling and elevator companies of the

west and northwest. Not long ago the

writer ha d a conversation with a con—





tractor wbo makes a specialty of putting

up these grain pits or “tubs" as he called

them. They are simply reinforced con-

crete tubs very much like a large silo

which will hold about 75,000 or more

bushels of grain, being built from 30 to 40

feet in diameter and sometimes as much

as 80 feet high and circular in shape.

Grain is kept in them without any loss

from moisture and they are not water





 

 

 





proofed in any er, except by a. wash

of clear cement . the outside. It would?

seem to be much more practicable to build

a cement granary from the foundation

than to put a cement. lining in one already

built, altho this could. he done by the use

of metal or patent lathing upon which the

cement could he plastered. much as is

done in making a cement lined silo.

Ashes as a Fertilizer.





Kindly advise me of the best methods

of using wood ashes. When should they

be applied, and on what crop?





tixatiot <‘o. J. S.

-‘ts several times noted in these col-

tunns. the best method of using wood





ushcs is to apply them .on the surface and





burrow them in when the soil is being

third for planting or sowing. They are





applied at rates varying from 500 lbs. to

one ton per acre and will prove of most

benefit to soils that are slightly acid, since

the lime in the ashes will produce an al-

kaline reaction. They are also valuable

for soils that are deficient in potash, such

as santlv or mucky soils, and will benefit

almost any crop which they precede. Un-

leached hard wood ashes have an esti-

mated value of from five to ten dollars per

ton, based on the value of the fertilizing

ingredient which they contain. After they

have been exposed to the weather for any.

considerable time, their value will be ma-

terially reduced. Soft wood ashes are

leSs valuable but are well worth applying

to the soil as they contain a. goodly por-

tion of lime and some potash and phos-

phorous as well.



The Fertilizing Value of Common Foodn



stuffs.





.l'x'indly advise with regard to the fer—

tilizing value of a ton of the following





Clover

outs,





feeds:

bran,

meal.





hay,

corn,





timothy





hay, wheat

gluten.





meal and oil

Van Buren Co. G. H. G.

The fertilizing constituents in each

1,000 lbs. of the various feeds enumerated

in this inquiry are indicated in the fol-

lowing tablc: V





Fertilizing Constituents in 1,000 Pounds.





. Phosphoric



Nitrogen. Acid. Potash.



Rod Clover . . . .20.7 3.8 2 .

Timothy Hay .12.6 5.‘ .

Wheat Bran .26.7 28.9 16 1

()ats .. ......... 20.6 8.2 622



Corn ........... 18.2 7. 4

Gluten Meal 5.0.3 3.3 :5

Oil Meal .. . . . . .543 16.6 13.7

The commercial valuation for these fer-

tillzing substances if purchased in the





form of commercial fertilizers, would be

about as follows: Nitrogen, 15 cents per

1b., phosphoric acid 5 cents per 11)., potash

0 cents





per 11). This fact should be a.

stiflictent argument against the too com-





mon practice ol' selling grnfns and hay Off

the, farm. It should always be marketed

in the form of live stock or live stock

products, in which form only a minimum

quantity of the plant food contained in

the feeds will be removed flom the farm.

Far the larger percentage of it Will be

returned in an available form for the use

of future crops and the fertility of the

soil thus maintained and, where feeds are

purchased outside and fed upon the farm,

increased to no small degree.

Broom Corn Culture.

ox lain ' ’ a ‘

w‘lI1)at is ttllileu bets]: kigiiurgfniar3§

corn, how and when to plant

taken care (1)} cultnated, harvested and

Cass CO. C. H. S.

The best soil for broom corn culture is

a well drained rich loam. A good corn

soil would be all right for broom corn

Poor soil should be well fertilized before

undertaking to grow it. A good seed bed

should be prepared and the seed should

be sown at about the time or soon after

corn is planted. It is generally sown in

drills about 3 or 31/2 feet apart and the

plants six to eight inches apart in the

row. On very rich soils the plants should'

be twice as thick. About two quarts of

seed is required per acre and the crop





Please

your ])fl]f»t‘l

for broom

it, how it
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should have early and shallow cultivation.

It is generally harvested when the seed is

in the dough state. At harvest time the

stalks of two rows are bent together

diagonally at a point about three feet

from the ground. making a kind of plat-

form on which the heads. with about six

inches of the stalk attached, are laid

after being cut. These are .left about a

(1in to dry out. “'hen the drying is fin-

ished, they are put in a shed as the

brush is injured by rain or heavy dew.

After suitably cured. the seed is threshed

by a special machine and the brush is

baled up. It is a (‘l‘OD which should not.

be grown on a large scale unless one is

assured of a market which will make the

crop a paying one. It is not cultivated

to any extent in Michigan and would not

be a profitable crop to introduce on most

farms.





 





THE BUSINESS SIDE OF FARMING.

Standards of Operations.



One of the very difficult matters to es-

tablish is that of a standard of farm op-

erations, i. 0., production and cost, Many

years ago, during the period of the man-

ufacture of the Jackson wagons at the

Jackson state prison. it was believed that

the convict workmen were systematically

trying to establish a low standard of the

product of a day‘s labor. Outside work—

men were brot in for a period to deter-

mine this, and a new standard fixing a

day's work was made. Ht‘ten times for—

eign miners, from Austria particularly.

where labor had not been Well paid nor

well fed, rebel at the standard set by

Cornish or American born miners. In

the evolution of mine operations the able

Anglo-Saxon miners become machine

men, foremcn and ruperinteinlents. but

newer for a moment do they permit the

foreign standard of a day’s labor among

the miners to prevail. it may be a con-

tinuous fight to maintain but the deter-

mination is unrelenting. In the

Carnegie blast furnaers there strife

as to output of steel. and the ellicicncy

of labor, with the high standard of out—

put. was made part of the "litll‘llitvlls price

when absorbed by the L'. 5.

lion. And while contrary to what might

be generally supposed a

efficiency and of great

duct invariably compels





va rions





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steel corpora.-





ill—ill irradi- of

quantity of pro-

llig'll wag-«s.

“'hat is true in industry in gencrzil is

wr should be true of the business farmer.





'l‘ho perfection of American meats has

compelled the production or it different

type of animal from the razor bank lion;





Hit-rim)

wrinkly





the native cow. or the

l-emb, with its small enreass and

skin. The native half wild product has

'xiclded to a new standard. and there is

increased cost to produee and Iinisl: these

meat producing animals. expen—

ditures have been improved

sires, in newspaper advertising. and at

live stock shows. to secure and advance

these new standards. The same improve—

ment in dairy Products is also marked.

Cheese and butter are made seientifi‘ally

by trained men. and the return to the ill-

ilavored product of years past would be

an industrial sin as well as an offense

against sanitary laws. The delivery of

milk with the inspection of the dairy has

been found to be a health neeessity.

These are, some of the newer standards

which makes the farm products more de-

sirable in every Wall". lnstt-ud of increas-

ing the quantity. betterment has ap-

peared in the quality. and. as the quality

has improved, the consumption ‘has in-

cl cased.



It is a confusion and Link of knowledge

of economic laws that would try to Cli'dllg't‘

t‘viest- dondllions in the world of industries

which must include the source of all pro-





Spanish





.i lf-:l\‘,\'

made for





duelion dti‘ivativc from the soil. It can

seareely be called a crisis in farm mat-

ters. At the same time the presumption

of the ill-informed who would have the

i‘.:rmer correspond to the peasant class

:mroad. instead of sharing his rightful

toniiy in the improvements of produc-





iu-n he has made, are not a few in num-

bers. There is good philosophy in the

of the very meek and submissive

.wn whose father left him a minimum of

property. In his division was the family

Bible, his special award. which contained

a note saying. “My dear son John, there

are many good things in this world lost

by not asking for them.“ The actual

contribution of the farmer to these ad-

vanced standards of natural industrial

conditions, as in the instances noted

above, is only equaled by his patronage

of the advanced standards of the manu-

facturing. merchandising and transpor-

tation world. It is estimated. that 20 per

cent of the annual. acreage return is paid





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for transportation, 1. e., mostly to rail-

roads for hauling the crop to market and

the machinery, supplies, etc., connected

with its growth. The carrying of coal is

an immense traffic, where formerly farm-

ers provided their own fuel. A neighbor

recited a. case where a half century or

more past the total store bill in all goods

actually bot was less than twelve dollars

in one year for the family. Clothing was

spun and woven at home. Socks knitted.

hides tanned, etc. These were the con-

ditions that the men who suggest that it

would be a wise thing to lower farm pro-

duct prices would have again if economic

law was not as fixed as that of the Medes

and Persians in opposition to retrogres-

sion.



There was a little band of Mormons

came to settle Rabbit Valley and it was

an object lesson in several ways. The

valley was remote and. both by necessity





and interest. the isolation made them

self supporting. Mcager supplies from

the outside were brot' with them. Their





herds of sheep provided meat and cloth-

ing. Their cattle furnished food and the

hides leather. Tea. coffee and sugar were

not used. Honey, milk. and water took

their plat-cs. None of the current con-

tributions to the steam laundry, the

theatre or for daily papers, made any

inroads on their resources. Irrigation

ditches were made. roads built, and, in

a few years. what had been a waste of

brush desert was transformed into

comfortable homes. Orchards were plant-





Sn {:0





ed. and luccrnc fields ubounded. About

the only requisitions from the outside

world were for guns. amunition and hard-





ware.

tual





was the ac-

wit‘hin a few





What surprised one

increase, of wealth

years. Analysis showed that everyone

worked and the results of their labor

was focused in that one place. Another

visit a few years later showed an expen-

diture for pain on some. houses, several

t'tittage organs. one piano, at phonograph

screamed from a saloon and, a life insur-

ance agent. had actually written two poli‘

cies. During the period of incubation all

the growth was inside the shell. \l'hen

the shell no longer bounded the activities

the influence of the place was felt out-

side. In like manner the isolation of the

pioneer farmer made him an almost neg-

.liglble factor in the calculatit’vns of the

business world. “'hen plenteons crops

are harvested the railway manager or—

ders new equipment and the jobber in-

creases iris stock. In the role of the

new standard that has been created the

business farmer will be a dignified and

cons Arving force.



A kangaroo jumps. but not always of

necessity at a camelusion. as we often do.

in having; no well established determina-

tion of cost. The few Roman letters seen

on the price tage of a garment is the

cost price, the figures the selling price.

which includes operating expenses and

profits. It is doubtful if this determina-

tion can be made in the units of the

product of the farm so as to fix the cost

of a bushel ofwheat or a pound of pork.

but in the farm aggregate. Figure. or

calculate the items of farm investment"

at current rate of interest, losses or cost





of upkeep. labor and salary of superin—

tendence. taxes, insurance, etc. Place





the earning capacity of the farmer as a

superintendent on the same plane with

the teacher, physician or any business

employc of equal importance, anti the

problem is not beyond solution. It is not

expected that absolute accuracy will ill»

ways prevail, for it does not anywhere.

The operation of the plan will place the

farmer in the class his services entitle

him to. and will also place farming on a

calculable 'basis. A farm was being of-

fered for sale and the gross income looked

satisfactory and the farm worth the

price asked but. upon closer examina-

tion, the labor of the farmer and his

planning and superintendem-e all ap-

pcarcd included in the gross products.

The prospective buyer, a business man,

said if that was the case the farmer

have to be thrown in with the.





farm. One man is quite helpless to effect

these changes of custom in calculation





or lack of calculation but discussion and

keeping at it will effect results in the end.

These changes come when people are

ready for them and their readiness is a

question for themselves.



Shiawassee Co. JAS. N. McBnIDE.





SUBDUING A QUACK GRASS SOD FOR

POTATOES.





It is usually considered a hard matter

to raise a crop of potatoes on a quack

grass sod; but the right method will pro-

duce a bumper crop and so destroy the





quack grass that it will be several years

before it gets as had again.



- Plow_the ground as early in the spring

as possible, setting the plow very shallow,

not more than three or; four inches. Use

the disk frequently until planting time,

cutting the sod thoroly to pieces. When

ready to plant plow again, this time to a

good depth and harrow well. Then plant

in rows both ways, for you want to be in

position to give it a thorn cultivation.



Mecosta Co. L. C. WHEELER.





THE SEED CORN.





Seed corn should be considered of great

importance by all farmers. For no mat-

ter how good the land to be planted to

corn, no matter how-good the care, it is

impossible to get the best possible yield

without well—bred seed which will all

grow vigorously.



Granted that the seed corn was saved

last fall and properly stored and dried.

right now is the time to go over each

ar and select out the best for this year‘s

planting. Ears for seed should be of av—

erage size for the given variety, well ma-

tured and dried. solid and heavy. The

rows of kernels should be straight and

run clear thru from butt to point of ear.

‘he kernels should fit closely» together in

the rows; there should be no space be-

tween kcrnels in the same row next to

the cob. The kernels from different rows

should (it closely together from the cob

Oltlwal"l. lcaving but little. space between

tlu. rows. The kernels should be long,

have a large germ and show but little

starch. Also if they are a little rough

on top it is a pretty good indication that

they are long.



After We have selected our

must know that it will all grow.

there is only one way to determine

and that is to test each individqu ear.

I know some. yes. a great many, will

say this is too much work and bother.

I will say right here that, one year with

another. a farmer can't do anything

which will pay him as much for his time

as testing each ear of his seed corn.



The other day I picked up an ear of

seed corn, just an average ear. and it had

:20 rows of 55 kernels to the row, 1.100

kernels in all. There are 43.56“ sq. ft. in

one acre of land, 01" room for 3.241 hills of

corn. as we commonly plant our corn.

(3 ft. 8 inches each way). ("ounting three

plants to the hill the acre will grow 9,721.}

plants, and this one car will plant, three

kernels to the hill, over a ninth of the

acre. If the kernels from only this one

ear fail to grow or grow and DI‘OdUCt'

poor, weak plants, one ninth of what the

full crop would be is lost.



Supposing that. with a perfect stand

the yield had been 100 bu. to the acre

not an uncommon yield around here last

year, and thru the one ear failing to do

its duty. we lose one—ninth of the. crop.

what will it mean? \Ve will lose over ll

bu. of (‘tl‘ll to the acre; at 33 cents per

bu. it would be $3.85.



It does not cost any more to plow, fit,

plant and cultivate the field which yields

100 bu. per acre than it does to perform

the same operation in the field which

yields only 8ft bu. per acre. Of course. it





 





seed \y‘e

and

this





costs a little more for cutting. we will

say :3 cents per acre, and a little more





for basking and cribbing. say 50 cents

per acre, counting the extra cost of hand-

ling the larger crop but we will still have

left $3.1!) as gain over the smaller crop.



It is safe to say that any one can test

seed corn enough to plant an acre in one

hour. But we will put it high and say it:

takes two hours. and even then we are

doing only two hours work for $3.10 and

the extra fodder. 1' should say that $15.50

per day is pretty good pay for a farmer's

time in the. winter.



But some will say it probably would

have all grown if it had not been tested.

Sometimes it will and sometimes even

more than one ear in nine will fail to

grow, and this when the seed has been

saved in the fall and stored in a good

place. It is too risky to plant corn with-

out first: testing each ear, for if seed from

every' ear grows there are always some

ears which produce weak, slow growing

plants, which will never give good results.

and 'by testing each ear such cars can be

eliminated.



In the. corn states the importance of

testing each seed ear is now so well un-

derstood that it is becoming a common

practice and seed testers are manufac-

tured and put up0n the market as are

the standard farm tools. However. for

all ordinary purposes a tester can be.

made at home at a very low cost, which

will do just as well as a boughten one.

To make a tester take any box, 11,5 to 21,5,

inches deep, drive small tacks in all of





”We now have a. lot of little squares.





 





FEB. 12, 1910”.“





the edges every 1% or 2 inches apart.

take wrapping twine and string it from

tack to tack both ways across the box.



' The

tester should be filled with clean sand or

sawdust. The corn to be tested should

be placed on a corn rack or on the floor

in some unused room, anywhere where it

will not be disturbed. The ears should

lay Side by side, and in filling the tester-

four kernels, one from the butt. one a

third of the way up. one from two-thirds

of the way up. and one from the

tip. should be taken from ear No. 1

and placed in check No. 1. and so on

until the tester is filled, each time putting

kernels from a certain ear 'in the check

in the tester with the corresponding num-

ber. After the kernels are all in place

they should be lightly covered and the

tester placed where the temperature is

about 75 degrees F'. and the soil kept

moist.



The Horn will soon begin to germinate

and it will be \'l'l‘_\' interesting to note the

differen'e in the vigor of the different

lots. As soon as the little plants are

two or three inches high they can be dug

up and examined carefully, making a

record of any which grew poorly, also of

those checks which did not grow at all.

The ears,which furnished seed for. all

such checks should be fed out.



It has been my experience that some

of the best looking and largest ears are

the poorest germinators, therefore to

know for sure that we are planting seed

which will all grow. and grow vigorously,

we must test each ear. ,



Eaton Co. W. C. ECKARD.





THE—#3705 enosLEM.





“'ith the decline of our available timber

supply, the problem of a suitable fence

became such a pressing one, that the re"

sourecfnlness and ingenuity of inventors

and manufacturers were called into play

to supply this deficiency; and surely com—

petition was kecn among them judging

from the many kinds of steel wire fencing

which have been developed in recent

years. The. general demand has been for

a cheap fence which has compelled the

manufacturers gent-rally, to reduce the

Size of the wire used and to save at every

point in the, manufacture of the fence to

satisfy this demand. As a result, some





of the fences manufactured, while worth





all they cost, have not proven as durable

as some of those using them have desired.

This fact has created another demand for

a better fence which must. of course, be

sold for a higher price. In order to sat-

isfy this demand. fences have been built

of large wires. made of better steel. with

a heayier coat of galvanizing material on

them, thus adding many years to the dur-





ability of the fence as well as much

strength and stability to its Web. Thus

there is now available the high grade

fence. made of heavy wires, and the





cheaper ftnce. made of lighter material to

suit the varying needs for which wire

fencing is used upon Michigan farms to—

day. However, some discrimination should

be used in making a selection of wire

fences for many purposes. Firms who

make a specialty of manufacturing high





grade fences, and having a. reputation

along this line to maintain, can be dt.-~





pended upon to furnish the best to be had

in this line. \\'ithout question. it pays to

give it few cents more per rod for a heavy.

substantial fence that will last longer be—

fore it is attacked by rust. Modern in-

vestigation of this subject, carried on by

the government as well as the manufac—

turers themselves. has brot to, light some

of the causes of the early destruction by

rust of wire fencing. and all of the better

grades oi fencing. regardless of weight.

are certain to be improved in this respect

over those put out a few years ago when

the industry was new and the knowledge

of this phase of its was limited. The win-

fence is now practically the. only available

fence for general use and a careful study

and emnparison of the available kinds and

types would be time well spent by many

farmers. since all have need of fencing

material and desire to exercise real econ-

omy in its purchase.



Most of the large and reliable dealers

are. using space in the. Michigan Farmer

to advertise their fence and it would be

well for those thinking of using it. to

write the different firms for samples.

prices, etc.



Hls Banner Year.





H. C. Cramton, importer and

Shropshires, writes: “I am ciga‘iieefilerogi

of everything in the sheep line, except

four of my best ramS. so please change

my ad. This, has been a banner year for

me in the sheep business, and 1 Wish to

thank the Michigan Farmer for the good

results obtained thru it."





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FEB, 12, 1910.

INSTALLING A LITTER CARRIER.





 





I enclose a. diagram and two photo-

graphs of the barns and litter-car track





» on the farm of C. A.VBullock, of Lapeer





county, and as the arrangement of the

latter is different from anything ‘ordinarily





. encountered, I will describe it somewhat





in detail.



The barn was an old-fashioned barn

32x60 feet and was formerly used entirely

for sheep. In 1892 a silo 16 feet square

and a feed room' 8x16 feet were built on

the north end of the barn, the silage being

used for cattle in another barn some 5’!

yards away. In 1907 this old silo became

unsatisfactory and practically worn out.

The roof was raised, making,r it 32 feet

high, and an up—to—date stave silo 14x30

feet put inside the old one. This leaves

the new silo entirely protected from the

weather.



Some five years ago it became desirable

to convert the sheep barn into a cow stable

when a gambrel roof was put on and the

present arrangement made with the ex-

ception of the manure shed and litter car.

Then followed the building of the manure

shed and the putting in of the litter car

equipment in the stable and shed as well

as out into the barnyard and here is the

first noteworthy feature of the system.

This track is supported, not in the usual

way, by planting posts in the yard and

using cross-bars from which the track

is hung, but by rods and wires fastened

to the barn, suspending and bracing it

from above as shown in Fig. l. The ease

with which the cow stable, can be cleaned

and the manure. put direct in the spreader





«THE MICHIGAN FARM-ER.





I do not believe it; is policy, however, to

put off all the manure hauling until spring

because the spreader can not be used dur-

ing a part of the winter. The old saying,

“There's more than one way to skin a

cat,”‘ will apply to manure hauling. While

the spreader will distribute the manure

much better than it can be done by hand

it will not work at its best in the coldest

weather as the liquids freeze on the apron

and cause it to run harder. This can be

overcome if there is plenty of horse power.

and is not in itself sufiicient excuse for

not using the spreader on" cold days. The

deep snow and crust is the principal ob-

jection at present. But where the haul is

a half mile or more about as much can

be done with the sled or low down wagon





with a large platform box in hauling light ‘





manure as with the spreader, since much

larger loads can be hauled.



“'e have been cautioned against hauling

manure out in winter and spreading on

hilly ground, and this objection is valid,

but it does not apply to level ground.

Most of our ground is so level that there

is no appreciable wash. and there is a





good hard pan so there is. no leachingj

The only way that fertilizing materials





Can be lost on such land is by certain

chemical changes by which gases are re-'

leased into the air. and experiments have

shown this loss to be very small where

manure is evenly scattered over the

ground. in fact it is less than when left

in heaps in the yard. On moderately roll-

ing ground I see no objection to spreading

manure on the fields, especially if there

places in town. but as a rule the manure

from places where but one horse or cow

is a grass or other growing crop to pre-

vent washing and take up the fertilizing

materials that are released. If most of





 





 

 





 





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is here shown. In bad weather the, shed

is made use of and the manure removel

from there when time permits.



The bringing of the horse manure to

the cow stable, 8. distance of about 120

feet, was, however, very tiresome work.

especially when the snow was deep and it

was to make this work easier that the

track was continued from the Iitanitn;

shed to the horse barn. In this track we

find the second, and so far as I can learn.

an entirely new feature in suspending a

track of this kind. From the end of the

shed to the horse barn is til. feet and

there is not a single post planted in that

distance, the track being hung below a

iig—inch steel wire cable by short pim-es of

cable wire such as is used for clothes

line. (See, Fig. 2). The horse barn is on

somewhat higher ground than the manure

shed but the track has an even slope

from the one to the other and by the aid

of a small rope the car can be pulled up

and also kept in perfect control when

returning.



At the horse stable the cable is fast-

ened around the girt but as the manure

shed was only lightly built it was neces-

sary to pass the cable thru a hole in the

end of the shed, extend it to the opposite

end and fasten it to one of the beams of

the barn by means of a heavy eye—bolt

having some 8 or 10 inches of thread.



Altogether it makes a very cheap, sim

ple, and almost perfect system. as all

the manure can be handled and placed





just where desired with a minimum

amount of labor.

Lapeer Co. D. S. B.





 





MANURE HAULING IN WINTER.





 





The present winter has been less fav-

orable for the hauling of manure than

usual on aceount of the deep snow, drifts,

and cold weather which has caused much

of the manure left outside to freeze and

become mixed with snow and ice. There

have been few winters for several years

past when the spreader could not be used

most of the time, but the present winter

is an exception. “’e have not had the

spreader out for about six weeks, but

have used the platform box on a bob sled

to haul such manure as could be secured

without too much difficulty. This includ-

ed the horse manure from our stables and

those of the saw mill company which we

secure by exchanging straw, and a few

is kept is too badly frozen and mixed

with snow to allow of securing econ-

omically.





 

   





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the manure is spread at or near the tops,





of the eleyatii‘ms it will gradually wash

downward where the slope is quite steep

and fertilize the lower parts so it will

not be necessary to put much in the ho]-

lows.





Calhoun CO. S. B. H.





THE GASOLINE ENGINE ON THE

FARM.





 





 





The writer happened to call on a neigh-

bor a short time ago, at just the proper

time. to Set) the general utility of the gas-

oline engine as a power for farm uses

nicely illustrated. This neighbor had pur-

chased a small gasoline engine with which

to run his cream separator, his grindstone,

a. saw. t-nn-ry wheel, etc., in his work

shop. He is a stock feeder as well as a

dairyman and, owing to calm weather,

which had prevailed for two or three

days. the supply of water for his stock

had become low. Anticipating this trou-

ble, he had secured a pump-jack by

which the gasoline engine could be at—

tached to the pump in the well house. in

case such a contingency arose. A few

minutes labor on the morning of our call

sufficed to move the engine from its place

in the separator room to the. wellhouse

across the road and attach it to the pump

so that the supply tank could be filled,

when it was again rcmovcd to furnish

power for the separator room and work

shop. This incident will illustrate the

adaptability of the small gasoline engine

as a farm power. There are many little

tasks which the ingcnitms farmer can

turn over to his engine with just a little

planning. so that even the small gasoline

engine may be made very useful, as in

smelling corn and running the various

small machinery about the farm and

shop. Those of larger size are adaptable

to as many different kinds of heavier

work, and will prove equally or more prof-

itable upon the average farm. They will

saw the wood, grind the feed, run the

milking machine, spray the orchard, fill

the silo, cut or shred the fodder, and save

their cost in a short time for any one of

these uses. More and more farmers are

yearly learning the value of the gasoline

engine and it is annually becoming more

indispensable in the equipment of an up-

to—date farm.





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THE BUOHER It GIBBS PLOW 00-. 806 End 80th It, 04‘1"”, 0
172’ to





3m: OF TILE AND DISTANCE APART

‘ 0F TILE DRAINS.





 





I would like to get a little advice on

wide. It slopes about three~fourths of it

tothe north, one quarter to the south,

with a. slight sag to the west in the low-

(‘51; place. I wish to tile this right. It is

tile drains. I have 13 acres of land 40 rods

new ground and has a good fall. It is

a black loam with a heavy clay sub—soil,

uo springs or soft places at all. There

is the rain fall from about lth' acres of

my higher land runs in on this land. I

have a good outlet; that is. my neighbor

has a five-inch tile for me to join on.

My idea was to lay my main tile in the

low sag, and run the laterals into it. I

intend to use tour-inch for the laterals.

The question is, how far apart should the

four-inch drains be. The longest of them

would not be over 40 rods long. The

main, running a little quartrrins, may be

7M rods long. I had thot of laying a four-

inch drain every five rods. or eight of the

four-inch drains on each side of the mam.

\Yould a five—inch be large enough for the

main? I think that the four-inch Will

not run full. I thot I Could use four-inch

tile for a few rods. of the upper end of

my main drain. This land is vt-ry rough,

that is where trees have been turned out,

but it will soon work down level. Do

you think five rods is too close for the

tour-inch drains? I have not measured

the land. I thot it would take about 6.000

in all. How deep in the ground should

the tile be laid? It is a stiff clay. My

neighbor ,laid his tile 21’: ft. deep. He

says it is too deep in this (lay. it takes

the water too long to soak down to it.



Berrien Co. M. A. NICHOLS.



I think you have the right idea in

draining your land. Connect the main

drain with your neighbor‘s tire inch tilt-

and extend it up thru a portion of thc

tit-id and then run lateral drains into this

main drain on either side. i am inclined

to think that if you lit<c live-inch tile for

half the distance on your main drain and

tour-inch tile the balance of the way, it

will be sufficient because the upper t-nd

of the main drain dot-s not need as larg

:‘i tile as the lower t-nd. as all of the wat-

c-r has got to run down tlzrtt lilt' live—inch

main across your lici;i.l:ti!".\' land, Then,

if a five-inch tile is luruw nnouu‘h for the

main ditch, I am inclined to twin-v.- that

three-inch tilc will in» larci- though for

the laterals which empty into lib“ main.

lirain tile, or hollow cylinders have ca-

pacities in proportion to liit- square of

their diameters. Tlll.‘ :Hlllal‘v ot' Il\‘t'- is

twenty-live. The square of thrt-t- is nine.

’l‘hcn a five-inch tile will only have cu-

pacity to carry as much as three llll‘t"'~

inch tile. (‘onsequrtitly t‘owrt- is no use

in having four—inch tile in l'h-w latv-l'uls

when your main drain can only be five

inches.





I know from experience that a Five—inch





drain will carry ~11 lot of water, i have

drained twenty acres of land, much the

.<:imc kind of land as you det‘lliu‘. with





only a four—inch main. and it wotks pt-r—

t'vt-ily. Of course, lilt‘l'u is an advantage

in laying this large iih- and that is that:

they will not fill up so soon if properly

laid, but you don't want to tiu'tu‘t- on lay-

1.: them unless they are properly laid.

'l‘hcy ought to be laid in :: gradi- linc.

Have the bottom of the ding. Ill”: and of.

uniform grade. so that thvrc will no sedi-.

mcnt settle in the tile mini a two or live-

inch tile will carry tht- watt-1 from a large





tit-id; but on the other hind. if the bot-

tom of the ditch is not liYVVEv-J: waif-Ii

not properly trucd to u arid, L;.... 1’. 1...:t.

there are little dt'Dl't‘FFiltlt~ 11.12, f-‘t'flli-

:ncnt can settle, it will h- t:1~:-

tilled up. This, lit‘iwe\'-,-r. :~: (.1..in :1"!





occur. I am inclined to thitl: that fix

rods apart in the laterals will be sum-

«lt'llt, but. of course. this dijzul; on the

depth of the tile drain. 'l‘hi» tlt‘t‘lltl‘ a til/.-

drain is, the farther on cash side of it it

will drain the land, because water must

run down hill. I do not lll{t'- to put in

drains less than two feet and a half, and

turec feet is better. In all ordinary soils,

:ven in clay. you can put your drains

down two and a half or three feet and

they will work suificicntly quick to rid

tiit- land of excessive moisture. The phil-

osophy 0i i110 drainage is that the land

is never watt-r soaked. ’l‘ht» pores of the

»oil are always drained. holding nothing

but the soil Inoistuii-~ (it'llSt intently. when

a rain comes the pore s till up at first and

then gradually drain" ot‘t' thru the tile.

Hf course, very impervious clay that is of

very close texture. ww must conclude that

you cannot have thr- drains too deep 01‘

t-lse lllt‘ \V‘lel‘ \Vlll lui lt‘m Slow in getting

into them, but for all ordinary hind two

feet and it llalf l5 lltillt‘ it") Illw‘li, itlld if

vou put the tile drains two t‘t-w. and a

half down, it will drain two. or two and

a half rods on either side. and your plan

will be correct. Your black loamy soil

on top will hold quite a rainfall of itself

before it is full to the point of saturation.

By this time the water begins to perm.

late down'thru’ the clay and will be grad-

ually drawn off before any harm is done.

COLON C. LILLIE.





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THE MICHIGAN“ "FARMERJ‘





THE COST OF LIVING.





 





A timely editOrial in your issue of Jan.

8, is one entitled, “The Increased Cost of

Living." and to many living upon the

farms of our country today. and also to

our brothers of the city a simple warn-

ing is set forth as to the extravagant

way in which many of them are now liv-

ing. As to just why this condition exists

at the present time. I must confess that

I do not know. Like many others I have

an idea, yet I know that it may be. fari

from right. However, I have noticed in

my own community. at least, that the

movement of crops to market has been

carried on much more gradually than it

has in former years, and if this should be

the case over the length and breadth of

our country, there may be quite large

supples still in the hands of the tillers

of the soil.



But be this as it may, there is no get-

ting around the fact that we are living

in a fast age. and, as President Taft per—

tinently says: “Everybody wants the

choice cuts of beef." and we believe he

might have gone still further and said,

the most choice of everything else.



Of c0urse. to the man of money the

most choice would not be considered ex-





 





travagant. but we can not exactly under-

stand why the man who works by

the day for a living, should care to dress

and live on the same standard as the

man of wealth or money.



I presume I would be termed a crank

if I would also say that many of us are

eating too much. but many with whom l

have talked have agreed with me upon'

this sili'ijccl. and have gone still farther

and said that they also felt better and

that their heads were clearer for doing

all businrss when they ate only in mod—

crate qu: ntity. .



llut if consumption has overtaken pro“

duction. as many would have us think

at the 1il‘i'>-('lll time. then the only remedy

would swim to be in making every acre

produce twice as much. I suppose there

art- manv who will smile and say this

never can bt- done. yet facts go to prove

that it has lit-I‘ll done. and what has been

done can ln- done again, under the right

kind of management. I believe with Mr.

Lillie. that more live stock should be

lil'jli, and I am also a believer in more iii-'

tv-nsivo methods of turning, and upon the

most farms the latter «can not be done

unless loss acres are tilled or niore‘help

in employt'vtl. which is almost impossible

to be had at the present time.



My farmer friends. we have a problem

lit-fore us. and it ought to be made a sub-

,iw'l of llaot by every tiller of the soil.

\‘i'l:at can we do to better our own con-

dition and that of our brother of the city?

X‘i'hat can we do to cneapcn the cost of

producthm and at the same time leave

us in a prosperous condition? The work-

ingmun of the city must live, but he can

not buy so much with the prices too

high. .\ud with the prices still soaring

he will be able to 'buy less and less as

the months roll by. and it looks to me as;

it‘ a period of depression were inevitable?

and then who will suffer? I



There ars- prohlt-ms for him to solve

'» l' .1‘ .1 riii‘t’urvnt nuturw. llw knows at



(hr! of rack week if he could in any



rxhl apex. the cos; of his living. while

H mm: study the needs ot‘ our land and

2:" an} lizuré- out Where we can make

ta i. not:- produce more.





Montcalm CO.





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J. H. HANKS. I





 





 





SUBDUING QUACK GRASS AND MILK

WEED. i

Please advise me thru thr- columns ofj

your valuable paper how to get rid of“

quack grass and niilkweed.

Sanilac Co; S. HAYES.

In another column of this. issue will bei

found a tit-SL'I‘lllllOI’l of a plan which some?

farmers have found to successfully sub—

due quack grass. However, very thoro

cultivation, using thistle sweeps to cut1

oi‘f thcse wced pests just below the}

ground as fast as they sprout is the onlyi

method which will insure complete eradi-i

cation. No plant can lonu' survive if it,

is not allowed to develop leaves. which





 





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CHICAGO,



The third annual cement show will be

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18 to 26. inclusive. The various allied

organizations. will hold meetings during

this period, while the show itself will be

one of the greatest industrial shows of

the kind ever held. showing many novel

uses for cement as well as the more prac-

tical and common uses with which the

average person is familiar.





 





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We have been selling you farmers reliable garden and farm seed for 35 years. Now

we want you to sell us something -—a name for our “ Nameless“ Seed Corn. And

we are willing to pay you liberally for that name.





Let's everybody get together and name this new

seed com. No one can lose a penny and somebody

will get $500 in Gold FREE. It‘s a Valuable

offer, thejudges are fair and square men—and

this wonderful corn certainly deserves a smashing

good name. Do not hold back just because

yourfavorite name is not “highsounding.” If

it suggests the fine quality of the corn, it is

worth sending in. Your opinion is Wanted.





Please remember that “Nameless" Corn is not

for sale now at any price. There is but a small

amount in existence. The best anybody can do

this season is to procure a sample packet. You

will receive Salzer's big 1910 Seed Book free.

Write NOW—to-day—while we still have

samples of “ N ameless" Com left. Sample costs 4c, but you need not have

sample in order to enter contest and win prize.





SALZER’S. Big Seed Book Ready!





Bigger, better, more interesting than ever! Saizex'n 19m Seed Book is now going out

at the rate of 30,000 copies a day. Some want Seed Corn—other farmers, Oats; others,

Clover—many want garden sect ,ctc. All of them prefer Salzer'; Seed, knowing they will

reap a. rich harvest. You yourselfought to plant Salzer’s reliable seeds this spring and you

ought to have Salzcr’s Seed Book before {our eyes right now. Plan to get big crops

this year. Plant salzor's Souls, cultivate t tent and note the paying result in full cribs,

.granaries, etc. Let Salzerhclp you—let him start on right and keep you going- right.

He has been advising farmers for 35 years. Hisju gment is keen, his seed reliable. Get

Vom- copy of Salzer’s Grand Seed, Plant and Tool Catalogue now and begin thinking

about planting. Spring Will be here before we know it. Send in a corn name while you

have our address before you. Big Catalog Free. Should another offer the same (accept-

able) name as yours, the $500 prize will be equally divided.





JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO.





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SPRAY. , New Seed Outs. Blfimone in cats if

E you raise the right ind. fiere‘s your

DIG and ; chance to get them. Imported Cane.-

SORT dian Heed Oats for sale; extra. fine. Send

for free sample. It: speaks for Itself.





This same oats we sold last 'earin the

United States and proved t elr merit

and ou'r statement that the farmers

need a change of seed in this country.

We make a. specialty of growing extra.

fine seed outs on our big Canadian farm;

new, clean land; no weeds. Have best:

known varieties. Begeuerated Swedish

Select want 116 bushels to acre this year;





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Oil Cake as a Horse Feed.





“fill you kindly tell me if linseed meal

is good for horses, and what proportion

to feed? \Vould like to feed bran, oats

and linseed meal. Do not want to feed

more than enough to keep horses in good

condition.



Oakland Co. READER.





Oil cake or oil meal is an excellent feed

for horses in combination with other

grain. Linseed meal or ground iiaxsced

would not be a profitable feed as it con—

tains an excess of fat, and the value of

the oil meal lies largely in the fact that

it contains a relatively large amount of

protein to balance up the other feeds in

the ration. The pea or grain size of oil

cake is Letter as a horse feed than the

finely ground meal as it is more palatable

and mixes better with the other feeds in

the ration. It would not, however, be

needed in a combination of bran and oats

to balance up the ration and had much

better be used in combination with corn

and oats or corn and a little bran. A

mixture of say 600 lbs. of corn, 100 lbs. of

oil meal, 100 lbs. of bran and as many

oats as may be desired to feed in the

mixture, will make an'excellent feed for

horses at work or for a maintenance ra~

tion with good mixed hay. \thrc horses

are fed corn in the winter season a pound

or so of oil cake per day will prove

a profitable addition to the feed, and will

give a gloss to their coats which would

not be apparent if they were fed corn

alone.



Roots for Sheep Feed.



I would like to ask what is the best

variety of root crop to grow upon muck

land as a feed for sheep. (,‘an roots be

profitably fed off the ground, the same as

rape.



Lenawee C0. Strnscmnnn.



All things considered, probably mangcls

are as good a variety of roots as can be

grown for sheep. They should be fed

only in limited quantities, however, to add

the element of succulcncy to the ration.

Good crops of roots can be grown upon

muck land, especially if fertilizer con-

taining, potash and phosphoric acid is

used, muck soil being deficient in these

elements of plant food but containing an

abundance of nitrogen. “‘herc silage is

available, it is a. much cheaper feed than

roots for sheep, but it undoubtedly will

pay to grow them where silage is not at

hand to feed. Root crops can not be as

successfully used as a sheep feed by turn—

ing in the sheep and feeding them off the

ground as is commonly practiced in Eng-

land, on account of our more rigorous

climate. Sometimes turnips are sown in

the corn field for this purpose with suc-

cess, but ordinarily rape will make a more

profitable feed than any other crop for

this purpose.



Potatoes for Hag Feed.



I have ’been cooking some frosted pota-

toes for my hogs but do not dare to put

the water in which I boil them into the

swill. I always discard it as I have heard

it said that such water is poisonous. Now

as all the water for cooking and swi-ll

has to be pumped and carried ten rods

I would like to know if I am losing or

gaining anything by doing so. I hav«:

also heard that potatoes when fed to hogs

to any great extent, raw, will causepiles.



Calhoun Co. , I. It. B.



Cooked potatoes make a very good feed

for hogs where fed in connection with a.

grain ration. In cooking in the ordinary

feed cooker or large kettle, only a small

amount of water should be used as it

takes much less fuel to cook them with

a small rather than a large amount of

water. The water will be converted into

steam and, with the kettle covered over,

this will effectually'cook all the tubers, so

that there will not be any large amount

of water in the kettle when cooking is

finished. This will not prove injurious to

the pigs with sound potatoes. Frosted

potatoes, however, would not seem to be

a wholesome feed for pigs, since a frost-

ed potato soon decays and there is no

more unhealthful food for man or beast

than decayed vegetables.



WATERlNG, FEEDING AND CONDI-



TIONING HORSES,



Perhaps it may seem odd but the most

important item in the welfare of the horse,

his digestion and his general condition, is

not food at all, but the provision of a

plentiful supply of good fresh water,

either always at hand in the stall, or fre-

quently offered during the day, and as

late at night as the man in charge can be

induced to do it. No horse is given water

half often enough; no horse will drink

enough to injure ’him at any time, unless

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





dry and bulky food; no horse can do well,

assimilate his food properly, thrive in

condition as he should or perform all of

the work of which he is capable, unless

he is a deep and consistent drinker; no

food, be it the best in the world, and

most solicitously combined and fed, will

ever nourish. or properly fatten, or con-

dition any horse who does not or cannot

drink copiously, early, late, and often.

Therefore this detail demands consistent

and persistent attention. Let him drink

every time he has the chance, indoors or

out, and all he wants; nor will he, it

treated in this common sense way, ever

take enough at any time to do him any

harm. Of course, if he had been kept on

short allowance, and you then ride or

drive him hard and far and suddenly rc-

member to give him “all he wants" it

may not be for his best interests natu-

rally.



Ilay, in a way, is the equine. staff of

life. \Ve are disposed to attach far too

much importance to that made of timothy.

Clover mixed hay is achieving the recog-

nition it long has merited, and already

the fancy grade is bringing the top mar-

ket prices in all the eastern cities. Hays

of many grades are just as useful as the

best when properly treated. I’urc clover

hay has every advantage for horses laid

by, or on slow work. Corn blades, nicely

cured, are excellent eating and most

nutritious. Alfalfa has many merits but

it is not yet obtainable in the market in

any quantity. In any event all hay should

be moistened to lay any dust that is

in it.



To fatten a horse, one that is thin, hide

bound and generally out of condition, we

must first mash him well in his food for

two days: then give a ball of live or six

t'lracliins aloes; follow this in twelve hours

with a pint of raw linseed ”.3; see that his

teeth are not, sharp, and have him treated

if they are. Follow in two days with an—

other pint ot‘ oil; see that he is kept

warm and out of any drafts during this

period; and take the chill off all of his

water. For the next two days feed him

bran mash of. three quarts of bran, one

quart of oats at each feed. and little hay

only at night. Keep on about half ra-

tions for the two days. Next day, lessen

the bran by a quart and increase the

oats, and double the small hay allowance.

From this time on for about two weeks

feed (for the iirst two meals), two quarts

of oats, two quarts of bran, about four

quarts of cut my: all moistened. You

want to distend his stomach, and get it

working to its full digestive capacity. At

noon, throw him a. carrot or two with his

food. The warm feed comes at night and

on this much dependence is placed, and in

warm weather it should be left out about

every third day, and a feed like the other

given. This warm feed is: Four quarts

of bruised oats, three quarts of bran,

three quarts of cut hay, one pint of flax-

seed jelly; mix the whole together with

boiling water, letting stand covered for

an hour. If he is feeling strong, you may

in two wtie'ks give him this feed at morn-

ing as well as night. Occasionally give

this morning food uncooked and after two

or three weeks throw two or three cars

of corn and a. few carrots to him if he

has eaten his dinner clean. Always

promptly clear out every bit of food where

it has been before him for about an hour,

or when he seems to begin to hesitate

over it. Try him with various kinds of

hay, he will probably prefer clover, give

him the kind he likes best. Horses forced

on this moist feed will not drink so much

water as when worked and fed dry food,

and must be kept well protected.



Thirty to sixty days will, with good

care, make a horse over so far as flesh

and outward appearance go. Of course,

thoro grooming must not be neglected any

more during this period than at other

times, and this process has much to do

with securing perfect bodily condition.

All sorts of artifices must be employed

to induce “shy feeders to eat," and such

horses are always a fascinating study.

What will tempt one will by no means

attract all, either in the way of flavors,

quantity, quality, or mode of offering.

Most high—bred animals are very “lin-

icky.” Some eat only at night; some pre-

fer their grain hidden about the box;

others only feed heartily from the manger

of another whom they jealously fancy

they are robbing, some prefer it dry, oth-

ers fancy it moist—and ours the duty

and pleasure to discover and humor these

freaks of taste if we would achieve best

results. The greedy horse demands some

care that he does not over-gorge himself,

and this he is more likely to do with hay

and bedding than with grain. Such an

animal should never stand on straw, but

on other bedding materials, that his al-





lowance of “roughage” may be exactly

measured out to him. By various devices

his grain appetite may be kept in check,

the simplest being to keep two or more

fair sized stones in his manger, from

amidst which he must slowly glean his

provender. For him, as for the dainty

beast, “little and often” is the safest

method to pursue. Salt should always.

like water, be at, hand in the stall, that

the occupant may help himself.



Feeding stock of any kind is a most at-

tractive study to those who fancy the

particular variety they keep; and where

the horse is the creature at issue. one's

self interest, if not onc‘s humanity should

prompt him to see that even as his prop—

ert y is warmly housed, so it is plentifully,

wisely, and economically fed.



Berrien Co. J. \V. GRAND.





VALUE OF SALT FOR STOCK.





 





All animals naturally possess a craving

for salt. During winter when confined to

a dry ration they consume a larger quan-

tity of salt than thruout the summer sea—

son when pasturing on succulent forage.

As a. matter of fact, salt is a powerful

agent in assisting digestion of food that,

when taken into the stomach in a dry

condition, necessitates an increase in the

secretion of digestive, juices. Some au-

thorities proclaim that salt is necessary

to keep the blood in the required state

"if fluidity for active circulation and also

to aid in transforming diffcrcnt foods into

available forms to supply nourishment for

the various parts of the body. \\'hatcvcr

science l.as been able to discover in this

regard it remains no less a fact that salt

is grcctlily consumed by our stock at all

seasons of the year and consequently

serves an indisin-nsable purpose in tho

sustcnaince of health and body activity.



Animals supplied with an abundance of;

salt are less liker to become diseased.

Active circulation of the blood is abso-

lutely essential to carrying off waste pro-

ducts actumulating in the system and,

maintaining vigor and strength. \Ylien,

plenty of salt is provided, the blood never

becomes thick and sluggish. Many fe—

males, especially during pregnancy, are.

troubled with poor circulation of blood

caused largely from the lack of sufficient

salt 10 htcp the blood in a. proper con-

dition.



Gastric juice is one of the powerful

agents of the stomach which acts upon





 





all food taken into the digestive system.’

In order that this secretion be of the?





proper quality to work upon food it must

possess a. high per cent of hydrochloric

acid. To make this hydrochloric acid

there must be some source of chlorine.

Salt contains a large amount of this es-

sential element and therefore gives rea-:

son why it is so important in the daily;

ration of all kinds of live stock. In winter?

when farm animals are confined to a dry

ration the chlorine from the sale com-

bines very readily with potassium salts

instead of uniting with the hydrogen to

produce hydrochloric acid. The chlorine

that unites with the potassium salts

passes off very rapidly and consequently

a much larger supply must be taken into

the system to furnish material for the





hydrochloric acid so important in the_





process of digestion.



Salt also performs another vital pur-

pose. \Vhen sheep eat plenty of salt

they drink large quantities of water which

greatly assists digestion by softening the





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(6) 173.





PLEASE MENTION THE MICHIGAN FARMR

when you are writing to advertisers.



THE CORN PLAN'TER QUESTION.

The seeding conditions in the corn-

growing states are not all alike. Some

sections require the use of artificial fer-

tilizers—other sections do not. Some soil

requires a runner or shoe furrow opener;

other land seems to demand a single or

double disk for that purpose. Somegrow-

crs “check” the corn in hills and'othcr

men plant the corn in drills. This has

forced upon the manufacturers of corn

planters the making of many different

styles. The Hoosier Corn Planter line is

admittedly one of the most complete in

the world. Many of the most prominent

corn growers go still further and openly

declare the Hoosier Planter to be the.

most il((‘lll‘zlt€ and up-tc-date planter on

the market. There must be a great deal

of truth in it, because the demand. is con—

stantly increasing and the words of com—

mendation receivet‘t show that the Hoosier

is everything claimed by the manufac-

turers. At any rate. The American Seed-

ing-Machine Co.. incorporated. Richmond,

Indiana, fully guarantees every Hoosier

Corn I’lanter to do all that they claim

for it. "‘hcy simply must do the work

right. Send to the makers for a copy of

their Iingrosier (,‘orn Pianter catalogue.

lead it carefully. and {hill go to your

implement dealer and insist on seeing the

Hoosier.





 





 





 





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tion in the digestive system.

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made more, soluble, and is more readily

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In consideration of the numerous bene-

tits received from the feeding of plenty

of Salt to stock no flock owner should





overlook the importance of keeping a eon- NEGLECT ,

Salt islmli Ruin





slant supply before his animals.

a very inexpensive product and a. barrel,'

will last a small flock or herd nearly a'

year. In view of the fact that animalsj

conMantly demand small quantities of salt '

it is inadvisable to follow the practice of‘

many farmers of sailing their flocks and:

herds once each week. \Vhile confined toil

dry feed animals consume more salt than

when

have a regular supply constantly before‘

them. ‘

The most prudent manner of furnishing:

the iiOCk or herd with salt is to have a

salt box in the barn where the animals

can get to it at will. This method reduces

that labor and also eliminates danger of

not supplying the salt at all times. Not

infrequently when animals have not had

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of the functions of the digestive system.



They instinctively know about the quan-



tity of salt they need and it is much bet-



ter for them to eat a little frequently



than a large quantity once or twice a



week. LEO C, REYNOLDS.

PLAN OF A CONVENIENT SHEEP



RACK.





 





There are some readers who keep files

of the Michigan Farmer, as I have Just

been requested by several readers to de-

scribe more fully by means of a drawing,

the sheep rack described on page 4 of The

Farmer of Jun. ‘2. 1909. The rack de-





 





 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





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It tells all about— \





Alfalfa _ Making Hay .

Dairying ‘ Fighting Frost

Seed Wheat Silos





Cultivation



Cotton Crops'

Soil Fertility

Gasolene Engins‘

Adjusting Plows





Corn Crops



Stock Feeding

Art of Plowing

Boll Weevil

Controlling Weeds





, ..inred Help

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Your land is high priced and hired help expensive. '

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Your horse has worms

If he has any of these

symptoms: Nervous-nose,

Itching. rubbing tai ,

rouah coat. hide-boun .

dnndrufl‘ unthrifty con-

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rectum and , punch.

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writin to advertisers just say “Saw

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,scrilh-d is such as is used by most of the

ilarge sheep feeders of Eckford township,

‘:Calhouu county, the one mentioned being

‘on the farm of Herman Mahrle. The

racks in this barn are 90 feet long, there

being a row down each side about mid—

way from the side to the center. leaving

space enough between to drive thru with

the spreader in cleaning the barn. The

ends of the mangers are open to a feed

alley at each end. and the feeding is done

by walking thru the mnngers and seat-

teriur.r the grain, and from hay chutes

which Upon to the manners. 'l‘he feeder

lever steps into the part where the sheep

are confined, so there is no contamination

from walking in the manners. The sides





‘we had four pailfuls In at one time. Then





we blistered the entire abdomen with

mustard and vinegar, the clear stun well

rubbed in, and soon had the satisfaction

of seeing improvement. Excepting a.

sore stomach, he was practically well the

next day.



The next case was the hardest of all.

The most valuable brood mare on the

farm, with a 10 days' old colt at her side,

was attacked with spasmodic colic for

the first time in her life. The head of

the ranch had taken a trip across coun-

try 20 miles, four miles from a telegraph

station. I heard the sound of a terrible

struggle at the barn and found the mare

on the floor in a spasm, with bloody froth

on her lips. Before she got to her feet I

administered a dose of the homeopathic

remedy and ran for help. The new hired

man, on beginning work that day brot his

brother and an extra lantern. At my

direction they tied the mare, on the barn

floor from each side, then commenced to:

rub in the mustard and vinegar. I had‘

the fountain syringe and plenty of hot;

water ready, and we soon cleansed the:

bowels of fecal matter and started upi

action of the kidneys. but we put in five!

hours of steady work before she was per-





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





   





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





grain is being fed, then raised while the

{lamps :-at it. dropped again while the hay

:iS being l'ial'k‘tl. and raised again to allow

llhw lambs to cut it.



I presume the plan by whicha stretch of

UM ft. of fates is raised in an instant from

end of manger is the principal thing de-

sired. I think the illustration will make

this plain. It is done by means of an

iron lever, (11), and sash cord, tf). fusi-

cned to the sliding board. to). A pull on

the lev-.-r raises the board. (c), to a posi—

tion by the side of the stationary board.

(d). and a catch holds the lever in posi-

tion. thus holding the sliding board up

until the lever is released and the board

drops down. Strap iron guides. (is. hold

the boards in position. and as will be

seen from the illustration the boards. ('0),

Work independently of each other and are

separated a little at the ends to prevent

binding. Should any do SH and not. drop

down to place, a little working of the

lem-r will start them.



I do not remember the exact construc-

tion of the rack, but it is somewhat like

the illustration. Fig. 1 showing a side view

and Fig, 2 the end view of one half of the

manger. The other half is similar. (a)

lis u post. (1)) a slanting board which

:forms the side of the grain bottom, and

lie) the slanting top to facilitate putting

‘in the bay and help to keep chaff from

fallingr on the necks of the lambs.



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HOT WATER As AN EMERGENCY

REMEDY.





Living on a farm win-re large numbers

of valualic stock Were lulu before the

days of telephones, with 5 miles bel\vtwn

us and a competent veterinarian. and

the math of the house smuctimes away. it

often happened that either the mistress

had to look after the sick stock (.1' help

the master do so, or trust to careless and

incompetent help.



Early in our experience we procured

a Stock book containing prescriptions for

various diseases with symptoms of the

same. A little later a case of homeopw

uthic remedies was added to our outfit.

but required much study to deal with in-,

ternul diseases. “’e had been using in

the household {1 gallon fountain syringe

for diseases of the digestive organs. and

found quick relief, so when a valuable

gelding was given up by the Yet. to die

of enteritis, or inflammation of the bow-

els. we tried the fountain syringe, with

four pails of water at a temperature of

from 90 to 100 degrees. “’e hung up the

syringe above the stall. one holding the

lsyringe nozzle in place and the other ad-

3ding water keeping up the temperature

by adding hot from a. kettle. If it was





iexpelled we tried again and again until





 





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fectly relieved and called for her colt;

“'e washed off the mustard and rubbed

on vuseliue and had no further troublel





'l‘he colt sold for a sum of four figures!





and our confidence in the hot water

treatment increased.



In all cases where the digestive organs

are involved it can do no harm and if

tried in time will effect a cure. In all

cases of recent injury, such as sprains,

strains and lameness that is hard to lo-

(‘2llt‘, with a half hour's application of hot

water, adding hot water as often as pos—

sible and either pouring the water on with

a dipper or bathing with a large sponge,

I have had wonderful success in giving

relief.





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In the last issue we answered, in a

general way, the inquiries of a number of

subscribers who asked for information as

to the best breed of sheep to keep on

the farm. Others have asked for like in-

formation with regard to swine. ‘Vhat is

true of sheep is equally true of swine,

except that in the latter case the prob-

lem is simplified because but one end is

served in the growing of the animal, viz.,

the production of a meat carcass. Here

it is probable that the fancy of the in-

dividual can be still more safely taken as

the guide in selecting the breed [0 be

kept upon the farm. As with sheep.

lil)WL‘\'Cl', there are different types which

may be roughly divided into the litl‘d

type, the bacon type. and the type, in-

terim-dime between the two extremes.

In the corn belt the lard type is naturally

more popular, because corn is the great-

est of fat producing foods. In sections

where pcas or other foods containing

more protein are available, the bacon

type will generally be found and where at

variety of feeds are used and pasture is

made a factor in production, the inter-

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Importers and breeders of





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Our last importation arrived last November. and

are In a very good condition and of the VERY BEST

TYPICAL DRAFT QUALITY. We have over so

head of Stallions and Mares from two to live years

for sale. and welnvite prospsectlve buyers to come

to our barns where he will iind THE IDEAL

DRAFT HORSE. or both breeds above mentioned.



Our terms are liberal. and every sale In backed up

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Prairie Stock Farm





The Loadlng Hone Import-r.

In the 3k“ 0! Michigan.

We have opened tho one of



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large exhibit at the State Fair‘



In the previous Issue ot the



Michigan Farmer they gave the



startling news or our wonderful



success, not alum our our

chhigan exhibitors, but over

all oxhlhitors of tho several



States that were represented in



competition. We won ovary prize



in the stallion and more alone:

except the 4th prize in the 2-year-

old stallion class. All our horsos

are now at our Barns ready for

solo for less money than a good

horse can be bought olonhoro

with a guarantee that has stood

the test for the past 83 rs.



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note. This is partly a natural conse-

quence because any one of the breeds

kept long under the various conditions’

named will assume a character classing

with the several types as mentioned.

Thus it will depend somewhat upon the

methods found most desirable in growina‘

the pigs. what type should be c110sen.

yet it will be found that there is no wide:

difference in the cost of production of a

given weight in the different breeds.

More depends upon the skill of the feeder

than upon the breed selected. All of the

breeds are good under some conditions.

Most of them are suitable to general eon-

dltions, and there is little chance of going

astray in the selection of good individ-

uals of any of theimproved breeds for





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   





and more: here FEBRUARY 10$.

WillCh, added to our present stock.

oliers intending purchasers the

finest collection in America. It

you want the besthorses, horses

with bone, quality,size.,action

and best breeding, stallions or

mares; if you want fair and

liberal treatment; if you want

lowest prices conststent with

good merchandise, vlslt Oaklawn. Catalog

shows the Blace and the horses.





W. 3., l. ..& B. Dunham, Wayne, III.





1 0i] Percheron Stallions 100



and Mares—n— __

Imported and pure bred registered

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

Mares from.............$250to $600..

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FEB. ‘12, 1910.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





Packers’ predictions of greatly increased





fulfilled, and their hopes of seeing prices



laced on a much lower basis have not

been realized, the Nevember and Decem-

ber receipts in the western markts having

fallen far short of normal supplies. For

the first time on record, the highest prices

of the whole year were seen in December,

and January has seen continued high

prices, with limited offerings and an ac-

tive demand. In the Chicago market the

past year’s average price paid for hogs

was the highest chronicled since 1882, and

converting high—priced corn into pork

was found to be as profitable as anything

farmers could engage in. Provisions have

been too dear to export as freely as usual,

and the shipments from our shores have

undergone a marked falling off, but do-

mestic consumption has been so large

since the return to industrial activity that

extremely high prices have prevailed,

stocks being far below those of recent

years. On the first day of this month

the stocks of provisions in Chicago ware-

houses were reported as 67,304,664 lbs.,

compared with 43,006,725 lbs. a month ago

and 121,225,904 lbs. 3. year ago. Of course,

there must be some limit to the advances

in hog prices, and of late the packers

have operated in a manner that showed

they were averse to manufacturing pro-

visions from swine at ruling values. while

buying freely for the insatiable fresh pork'

trade requirements. At times activity

did not extend beyond purchases made

by the local speculators and eastern ship-

pers, and then large numbers of begs

were left unsold at night to swell offerings

the following days. Still there is nothing

in the present situation that is calculated

to discourage stockmen from finishing off

their shotes with the utmost care. and

this is what a majority of them are doing.

Strong weight pigs are commanding fancy

prices for the fresh meat trade, but much

the largest profits are derived from heavy

weight hogs.



The wool clip of the United States in

1909 is shown by a report of the National

Association of \Vool Manufacturers to

have been 287,000.000 pounds of washed

and unwashed wool and 41,000,000 pounds

of pulled wool, making a total of 323.110»

000 pounds, compared with 311,138,000

pounds for 1908, and an annual average

of 296.000.000 pounds for ten years prior

to 1909. \Vool prices last year were gen-

erally 25 per cent higher than in 1908.

altho clips in the west were unusually

large. The high price of wool adds greatly

to profits derived from the sheep indus-

try, and it is no wonder that there is such

a large demand for breeding ewes, as well

as for feeding flocks, yearling breeding

ewes having sold in the Chicago market

during the past year as high as $6.50 per

100 pounds. Wool prices in the west

were thehighest on record. and yet the

clips in many districts were larger than

ever before, but growers were more

closely banded together than in former

years.



The, average prices paid in the Chicago

market for steers in 1909 were the highest

on record, with the top figure, $9.50, the

highest since June, 1870. High corn wor-

ried the feeders, yet feeding operations

turned out to be profitable except in the

closing weeks of the year, when many

“warmed-up" cattle were dumped on the

market and .old so low that profits were

lacking in numerous instances. During

the fall short-fed cattle brot the highest

prices recorded in years. with forty to

sixty days fed steers going as high as

$7.50 per 100 lbs. The tendency these

times is wholly towards short feeding. and

a great deal of money has been made in

the production of fat little ycarlings.

“baby beef" being highly regarded. Light

cuts of beef are particularly popular with

consumers, as beef is dear, and there is

less waste than in heavy cuts.



High record prices for lambs were seen

last year, with Colorado lambs selling in

the Chicago market at $9.90 per 100 lbs.



Hides are selling high, despite the re-

moval of the duty, and packers can afford

to pay good prices for steers when the.

hides are worth lfil/éEUIBI/zc per pound. !



The Chicago horse market last year.

showed marked improvement over. the

preceding year, but country shippers com-

plained a good deal about the high cost of

horses, farmers insisting upon such good

prices that there was in numerous cases

but slender margin of profit when the

animals were sold in the market. Fewer

carefully finished horses were marketed

owing to the high cost of feed, and fancy

draft horses on the Show order sold ex--

tremely high. The demand from far west-

ern points reflected the agricultural de-

velopment of the northwest, and there

were increased orders for horses and

mules for shipment to the Canadian

northwest, while many fancy pairs of

show draftcrs were hot to ship to the

Pacific coast of the United States. Many

Show draft horses were marketed at $400

@500, and breeding horses of this type is

exceedingly profitable, as the output is

never excessive. The best thatched pairs

brot $750@1,000, and new high records

were seen at the 1909 International Live

Stock Exposition for draft stallions, Car-

not, the champion Percheron. and Riche-

lieu, the champion Belgian, bringing

$10,000 and $8,500, respectively, for breed-

ing purposes.



L, L. Richardson, of Iowa. bet some

time ago a string of western range feed-

ing lambs on the Omaha market averag-

ing 48 lbs, at $5.50 per 100 lbs. Instead

of adhering to the usual practice of feed-

ing them with corn. he tried barley, the

flock for the last six .weeks having noth-

ing but barley and alfalfa hay. \Vhen

marketed they showed average gains of

25 lbs. and sold for $7.65 in the Omaha

market. the price being extremely satis-

factory to the owner.



In a recent week Bruington & Son,

prominent cattle feeders of Illinois, mar-

keted in Chicago 15 fancy steers that av-

eraged in weight 1,513 lbs. and brot $8.40

per 100 lbs., topping the market that day

by 25c. These cattle were bot last Jan-





 





 





 





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uary, when they averaged 940 lbs., and‘

(Continued on page 177).





Stop Your Lamb Losses! -

Haven’t you lost sheep and lambs from worms? What do you do to prevent it?





Some breeders consider these enormous yearly losses unavoidable, but now

those most prominent and successful—those who know—have either eliminated these

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Lambs become infected with stomach and intestinal worms by grazing on the past-

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look owl-they an Infested. “a“ GEO men I x]

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they have a chance to re-infect your pastures this spring. The time to then my lamb; have been gbsfizge‘ie‘ffi‘egfim and ever 3m“ ‘9 'V Q

begin Is now. They will doctor themselves when they have access to attribute their satisfactory condition to tliigl‘llémrlllnxsi' I 9"? \q"

Sal-Vet... the highly medicated salt, and so destroy and expel the Worms which I keep before them all the time. I heartil $3 4‘» {V .

prevent further infection, and tone the digestive organs. so that the recommend SAL-VET to all sheep and hog menj' v y 3 09' .".

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| [ ] Manure Spreader [ ] Separator





 





I just want to caution you at this olnt a ins

CAUTION! [00K OUT! dealers, agents and imitators who,gn aoooggt o:

my tremendous success, say things that are absolutely false.

Some manufacturers who sell through dealers claim they are selling the





The Galloway machines of all kinds are sold no other way than direct.



Also look cutter concerns who call. themselves manufacturing companies

who are not manufacturers at all. This I can prove, absolutely.



There are two dliferent institutions of this kind advertising in the Farm

Papers, Who are nothing but supply houses and merchants.





WM. GALLOWAY CO. 1

649 Galloway Siailon,Waierioo.la. |

_ Here’s my name and address—Send me FREE the catalogues





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before in all history was such standard. high quality. 3

sold at such extremely low wholesale quantity rices.

one very small profit based on these tremen ous quantities: 30.000 Galloway Manure

Separators. 7,500 Galloway Gasoline Engines for this year.

can get in on a wholesale deal of this kind. Be your own dealer, buyer and agent.





0n the Galloway Spreader Is the O. K. oi 40

On my Gasoline Engine. the O. K. oi 20 000 farmers.

On my Cream Separator, the 0. K. of 2 .000 larmers.

And 15,000 on my other machines. making over 100,000 farmers who have 0. We! the Galloway Goods 0! all Klndo.





Why have imitators s rung up everywhere trying to c007

our plan, some oallin t emselves manutacturers when they

are not trying to go business on our reputation and square

deal policy!





I

l 98 per cent of all of my customers who buy once buy from





My business has grown from $100,000 a year to millions of





Get your name in tome for which one of these machines

you want and I'll guarantee you’ ll be satisfied with the big

net results each machine will give you.



Remember I make a better manure spreader than any

spreader made in the United States at any price, and sell it to comm





I make a better gasoline engine than is sold by so~called

standard companies—better, mind you, absolutely—and sell it They

to you tora halt less.



Same way on Cream Separators.





GET MY PROPOSITION FIRST “d "" ‘°“° "‘° "8‘

entirely up to you.



Send me your name now. and join our big crowd—over

100.000 strong—of satisfied customers, 93 per cent of which stay

right by us your in and year out, which is the real proof of the

merit of my way of doing business.



A farmer wrote in the other day and said that an a cut

told him it he sent his money in to Galloway and the stu did

not satisfy, he wouldn‘t get his money back.



This is a deliberate lie, absolutely.



You can get your money back as soon as you want it, it

the goods don’t please you.



Could l have ever built up a business of millions of dollars

annually on any other plani



Never in the world.





Get your name in to me new. I can do you a lot of.





I save you





   





FEB. 412.1910.





Si .lllllllSllPlllIliIllllllIS, I”

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_uperior manure Spreaders. gasoline engines and cream separators

Better machines. mind you in every wag at only actual cost of material. labor and





breeders. 14,500 Galloway Cream





Anybody might just as well have one or all of these machines when they





000 larmors.





All these things are my proof that on are not getting

farmer who buys a machine of. any kind what on are entitled to it you don't at 3'... name in to us on





threshing machine, in the dairy,





know it.





President THE WILLIAM GALLOWAY COMPANY OF AMERICA

849 Galloway Station, Waterloo, Iowa

ix Positively only successful Wagon Box Spreader





on the market today.

not slay on others.





 

 

 

   

   

     

 

   

   

   





est horse and

buy a 5 H. P.

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Drive chains will





 

 





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tively, and sell them for a halt less. list you decide this

question yourself.





Now don‘t start 1910 in without getting my proposition on

one or all of these lines, whichever on are interested in.

Remember. you are to be the ju go as to the quality and

also that I am running the biggest bunch of factories in the

United States today, right here at Waterloo, lows, in the in-

terests of the farmers of America.

You are not getting what you are entitled to and what Is duo

you. if you don't get in on this saving that i am abieto give you.

Pay no attention to what '

ssion grasping agents,

dealers and imitators tell you.

can’t equal the

deals I can give you and they





Tell me what you are in-

terested in by simply filling

yogr [1113qu in engine coupon

on c cc ng w atever ar-

ticle you want. ”van”!



In addition to the special on

catalog we willsend you on

whatever article or orticies

you are interested in, we will

send you free our big General

Line Catalog. in four colors,





to me now.





Sell your poor-





trom us, sell from one to a dozen more to his neighbors? ~ an 0



Why has Prot. Holden and the members of the Corn Grow- y these lines you are interested n.

ers’ Association of Iowa, unsolicited. O. K‘d and recommended

0“? 8N“ proposition to the tarmers or this country after per-

sonally looking it all overi





Are what count with you and every

farmer in the corn crib, at the





ve you better goods, absoluwa and posi-





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





showing how Galloway dl- mum and III

vides the melon with you. Sana-{y fnl‘ht

Get your name in pm.” Pllll





Construction 3

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AUCTION SALE (ll STUCK





at CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM, 2).; miles I

West of FLUSHING, on





Wednesday, Feb. 16m, al I p. m.





1 Elk. Reg. Percheron Stallion F9 yrs. old. wt. 1850

lbs. one of the best foal genera in slate; also 9 of his

colts coming 1. 2 and 3 years old. all good ones; 1

extra fluei.500-1b. gray mere, 10 yrs. old; 1 12-yr.-old

grey marein foal; 1 Reg. Bhorthorn bull 3 yrs. old;

:i Beg. Shorthorn cows. 4 to 10 yrs. old; 4 pure-bred

hulls 1 (it 2 yrs. old:3 do. under 1 yr. 3 pure-bred year-

Ilnghelferszil grade dairy cows; 22—yr.-old Durham

steers; 4 brood sows. due In April; 8 choice young

Berkshire sows. due In April and May: 1 choice

young Berk. boar: 1 pure-bred P. C. bear. 3 yrs. old:

32 shoals; 45 breeding ewes; 8 Shrop. rains. Terms:

310 and under. cash; over that amount9 months time

on approved. Indorsed. bankable, 6% notes. Free

conveyances from trains. Lunch provided for all

from a distance. FREEMAN dz RAINBO’M. P§psf

Col. Carton. ‘ us as. c1.

Hub. Freeman. E Auctioneers.





IMPORTED BELGIAN STALIIUN





AT AUCTION!





THE CASE CO. BELGIAN DRAFT HORSE

ASSOCIATION will sell at PUBLIC AUCTION

their famous. DRAFT HTALLION MARTIN

No. 927. at the public sale of John Arbogast. 4

miles north of Elkhart on TUESDAY. FEB.

15. 1910. For further Information, pedigrec.etc..

write D. B. MORSE, Secretary.





 





 





DAIRY Route and Farm For Sale. Only route In

city of 3.000. Fully equipped. Cement block

stable. 3|Ilos. W. H. BOARDMAN. Vassar. Mich.





Morgan, Belgian and Shire Stallions

for sale or exchange. 11. H. JUMP. Munith, Mich.





 





—Horses. Cattle, Sheep. Hogs, Dogs

For sale or Poultry. nearly all breeds. Sires

exchanged. Southwest Michigan Pediareed Stock

Association. R. E. Jennings. Sec. Paw Paw. Mich





PUBLIC SALE





___OF__._..





HOLSTEIN OOWS





Thursday, Feb. 24th, 1910.





Five. young stereo cows, all will have calves this

spring. Also 2well bred bull calves. one 4 months

old, one 14 months. Bend for Pedigree Catalog.



Dr. E. L. Wilkinson 85 8011.. Jackson. Mich





i-IOLSTEIN filil‘la €3.55 Efiflg’lt



C. D. WOODBURY. Lanslnl. Mlohllnl.

IBIEDBIS’ DIRECTORY.



CATTLE.



_ ' l Breed I Q! It.



AYRSIIRES $012:ng gorhaug—uummgglk-



r on g re ere s.



i331; tingling? tfilling.“school for the Deaf. Flint.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd headed by UNDULATA BLACKBIRD

1T0 83836. one of the best sons of PRINCE 1T0

50006. and Grand Champion Bull at the Detroit

and Grand Rapids Fairs of 1907. 1908 and 1909. Herd

consists of Ericas. Blackbirds. Prides. etc.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





' Breeders and Importers of high

maple Bldg. Farm class Gliernseys. Write us your

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

LONG BEACH FARM.



4" IIOLSTEIII "' “9“”

HEAD tered.

YOUNG BULLS. all A. R. 0. stock.$50 and 300;

F. S. KENFIELD. Augusta. (Kalamazoo Co.) Mich.



—Bull calves for sale from A.





HOISteins R. O.dams. at $25'to $50 each.

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





- TOP NOTCH I‘IOLSTEINS.





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-

bining In themselves the blood of cows which now

hold and have In the past held World’s Records for

milk and butter-fat at lair prices.



lVIcPHERSON FARMS C0.. Howell. Mich.

H 0 LSTE ' N —Bull calves. sired by grand-



son oi Worid's Champion





4-yr. old at 325 lo 350. E. B. Cornell. Howell. Mich.





BOIIIIIMIII SIOOI FIRM.



JACKSON. mm lHolsIeIn cattle.

Hus more imported Holstein-Frieslnn Cows

thnn any farm in the Middle West. Registered

BULL CALVEB oi the most fashionable breeding.





Holstein Service Bulls.





Bull Calves. Yearling. two-year-old Heifers. bred.

and cows, due to freshen In spring for sale. 50 head

In herd. L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.





IIOLSTEIII FIIIESIAII ‘fé‘JES‘Zf'cifiiig

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

H E R E F0 R D SFE‘i‘i‘dfif‘iii’.“ 133253?





China hogs. R. E. ALLEN. Paw Paw. Mich.





Northern Grown Jorse s.

ROYCROFT FARM. Bldnaw. Mic .





EY BULLS

BUTTER BRED ”333“,,E,

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Alioaan County. Michigan.





1

Fun SI. lambsrl JEHSEIS glzggfméx‘fe‘iii’ pan-lg.

CLARENCE BRISTOL. Fenton. Mich. R.F.D.No. 5.





Jersey Bulls, cows and Heifers





Island and Bi. Lambert breeding. Also some

choice grade heifers. '





DUROC JERSEY SOWS





Choice Individuals and popular blood lines. Inspec-

tion Invited. run Information cheerfully furnished.

If you cannot visit our farm at once

BROOKWATER PM”. Ann Arbor. Mich.

A. w. MUMFORD. Manager.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS





_ We have some splendid young bulls for sale. Some

of them are old enough for service. They are from

cows with records of 300 to 425 pounds of butter last

year. Write for description and prices.



COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.





 





 





 





I O 1

Register of Merit Jerseys. °“}2‘:o‘.dy.€” 5’

T. F. MARS'I‘ON. Bay City. Michigan.



AIBY BRED BHORTHORNS—Two bull calves





5 months old for sale price $50 each If taken

soon. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Mich.





SHEEP.





Oxford - Down 8 heep “3332's“

cattle for sale. A. D. &J. A. DEGARMO. Muir. Mich





PARSONS OXFORDDOWIIS





also registered Horniess National Delaiues and Black

top delalnes. Romeyn 0. Parsons, Grand Ledge.Michg





OXFORD DOWNS ‘iieui‘ivimé‘ifii





sale. H. J. De GARMO. R. No. l. Clyde. Mich.





OXFORD DOWN EWES





bred to Imported rams for sale at farmers prices.

B. F. MILLER. Flint. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





—A few choice rams for





llockland Farm Delaine: m, .909 u... , l".0...

right. D. E. TURNER do SONS. Moshervfiie. Mich.





130 Reg. Rambolllet Ewes for sale. descended

from the best hooks and bred to a pure Van

Homeyer and a ram sired by a Gilbert ram and Im-

ported dam. All In perfect health. In lots to suit buy-

ers—none reserved. J 0,. A. Cook. Morrice, Mich.





 





 





-—-17 grade breeding ewes $5 each. a

For sale few reg. Shropewes .15 each. All

good young ewes. M. A. BBAY, Okemos. Mich.





SHIIOPSIIIIIE HALL STOCK FIIIM.





 





from 1 to 3 years old. all bred to Imported Cooper,

and Mansell rams to lamb In March and April. also

on very choice ewe lambs. this Is to make room for an

importation that Is going to arrive this spring.



L. s. DURHAM do SONS. Coloord. Michigan.





HOGS.





BERKSHIRE BOAR FOB. SALE—Sire Dorothy's

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

Bull Cali, born A . 19th 1909, sired b Hood Farm

Torono. mes? Tori nuns, ontiac, Mich.





llllliE ENGLISH BEBKSHIRES.





Have a line lot of spring pigs. both sexes. The type

for profitable pork production. Vigorous and strong



and of best blood lines. Satisfaction guaranteed.

)





F. A. BYWA'I'EII. Memphis, Mich.





 





 





 





 





Will make special prices for thirty days. on ewes~





 





OR SALE—BEBKBHIRES—Two choice Sept.

boar pigs. and a few nu ma. sired by Handsome

Prince. A. A. PATTU . Deekervllle. Mich:





U II I b I . I I d



BERKSHIBES bailiff-’03:}. Sna'ifiisf’gcnfiicihfiu



pigs. T. V. HICKS. R. N0. 11. Battle CrechMich.

f V



B E R KSI‘I I R E finififinffi'é





typo andstrains. C. S. BARTLETT. Pontiac. Mich.





llOfiIllElill SHOWN BEBKSIIIIIES.





YCROF'I‘ FARIVI. Sidnaw. lIIloll.





ADAMS BROS. Improved Chester Whites. Litch~

. field. Mien. won 125 premiums In ’09. Booking

orders for bred lows;ho:irs ready for service. Bufl Rook, W.

0mington,W. Leghorn cock'ln. Shorthorn bulls ready for service





mmvrn cHEsIEns. i3°iii€t2igsiiiii£itl

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

breeding. W. 0. Wilson. Okemos, Mich. Both phones.





Punian Herd oi thsicr Wider—33.2%; “1.33.3.2

sows and spring gills. bred for March and April

iarrowing. WILL W. FISHER. Watervllet. Mich.





DUROC J ERSEYS





. CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hustlnls. Mich.





IllillOC JERSEY SWINE,%’3“1{'§€§ ‘12“ ii





for 15. J. H. BANGHABT. Lansing. Ioh.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





UROC-JEBSEYS—fio bred and open sows. plenly

of growth and quality; Boers ready for service.

Pricesfiiglit. Write J. C. Barney. Goldwater. Mich.





b I l

O. I. C. GILTS fidm.‘;'..fi§§vf





C. J. THONIPSON. Rockford. Mich.





 





 





I. C. swine of spring furrow. both sexes. Some

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

Ing.'Geo. P. Andrews. Dausvilie. Ingham 00.. Mich.





l'llUI mailing—Spring and yearling sows bred roi-





spring furrow. They are right

and priced right. WM. WAFFLE. Goldwater. Mich.





—-A 0 d t

Poland-Chins midi. submitters;





Bhorthorn cattle. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Mich.





POLAND-CHINA PIGS—Butler! Famous Wondere—





Sept. (arrow. Big. western

typo, big bone. long bodies, big litters. Tho farmerl' hog. Plain

& tries. They ll make you smile. J. C. Butler, Portluzd, Mich.





mun-cum ‘i’::i:°‘i::..‘i’.i§i so:

Also sows. E. D. BIshOp. R. 38. Lake Odessa. Mich:





P. c. sows monum-





WOOD & SONS. Saline. Mloh.





C. sows. bred—These sows are of great quality

. and breeding. A few choice ‘8. C. B. Minorca

cockerels. B. W. MILLS. Saline. Mich.





LIBS! IIPIIIIEII YORKSHIBESQ'P‘wfig'm “1;;





sex. each. Satisfaction guaranteed. If you want

the most economical feeders blo. breed your

sows to a Yorkshire boar. orkllhires are sure

to be the most popular breed of the future. '



COLON C. LILLIE. Oooporsviiie. Mich.
' salt, but they grow worse.





'6 t.- . A. ,,





   





FEB, 12, 1910.





, . (Continuedfrom age 175).. ,

were roughed thru untl about 110 days

before marketing, when they tipped. the

beams at around 1,240 lbs. They were

pastured all summer, and about Septem-

ber 1 they. were furnished a small ration

of ear corn’and clover hay, haying the

run of a blue grass pasture. They were

on full feed only about a month. These

cattle Showed a gain of 583 lbs. from their

original weight and 273’ lbs. gain during

the 110 days they were given feed.



The Retail Butchers’ Association'of.

Milwaukee, has decided that the foreign

population of this country is directly re-

sponsible because of its appetite for young

meat, for the scarcity of matured live

stock, as it prevents cattle and pigs from

growing to maturity. _



The meat agitation comes at a period

of unusual scarcity of live stock, espec-'

ially of hogs, and should it cause stock-

men to sacrifice ‘their immature stock,

there would be a rebound in all prob-

ability that would put prices higher than

ever, even admitting that consumption of

meats was materially lessened. Mani-

t‘estly there will always be many people

who will eat meats no matter how high

prices may go, and this has been amply

demonstrated in the case of fresh pork

products and cured hog meats, which

have soared to war prices at a time when

exports of provisions were greatly reduced

on account of their unusual dearness.



Short—fed cattle are being marketed

freely at Chicago and other places, and it

is this class that finds most favor with

buyers, owing to the clamor for cheap

beef everywhere. Later on the eastern

feeding districts will have longer fed cat-

tle ready for the markets of the country,

and Kansas and Nebraska are expected to

furnish fair numbers. but just now any

considerable supplies of choice beeves

would result in glutted markets and start-

ling drops in prices. Later on market

conditions will probably become normal.





 





'LEIERINARY l





“MAMA-AA

CONDUCTED BY 13R. IV. C. FAIR,

CLEVELAND, OHIO.





 





 





Advice thru this department is free to

our subscribers. Each communication

should state history and symptoms of the

case in full; also name and address of

writer. Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

the desired information in a reply that

has been made to some one else.





Colt Forges—Can you tell me how to

prevent a colt from over-reaching and

cutting her fore feet. L. (1.. Allegaii,

Mich—Increase the weight of fore shoes.

set toe calk back in order to give shoe

some rolling motion; light shoes behind

lowering the heel some and lengthening

the toe will retard the action of hind legs.

It is always a good plan to use a toe calk

set well forward. In gaiting young colts

I have often found it necessary to wear

quarter boots to protect front heels from

being cut, but later the colt changes his

gait and never strikes or over—reaches.



Hide-bound—I have a 7—year—old mare

that is hide—bound. She. is in foal and

raised a colt last season. D. J. C., Mt.

Pleasant, Mich.——~Feed her some well salt~

ed bran mashes or vegetables to keep her

bowels open and increase her food‘ sup-





ply; also give a tablespoonful of ground

gentian, a tablespoonful quassia and two





tablespoonfuls of iii-carbonate soda at a

dose in feed twice a day.



Scratches (Cracked lleclt—My horse

had scratches last winter and I gave him

Fowler’s solution. He broke out with a

rash and our Vet. said I gave him too

much Fowler’s solution, as it was too

strong for him. His heels are now sore;

our Vet. tells me that driving him in the

snow is ‘better for him than being in a

dry stable and not exercised. A.

Portland, Mich—Dissolve 1,4'lb. acetate

lead in a gallon of water, adding 2 ozs.

carbolic acid and apply to sore heels

three times a day. Also give 1 dr. Dono—

van's solution at a dose in feed two or

three times a day. The dose of arsenic

for horses is from 1 to 6 grs. Fowler’s

solution contains 4.56 grs. arsenic to each

ounce and it is very often given in 1/2 oz.

doses two or three times a day, therefore

you can readily understand your local

Vet. was mistaken when he said you gave

your horse too much.



Acidity of Stomach—My cows and heif—

cm are inclined to gnaw boards and cat

rubbish: have given them wood ashes and

\V. E. I)., Ar—

mada, Mich—Give two tablespoonfuls bi-

carbonate soda, two talilcspoonfuls ginger

and four tablespi’mnfuls powdered Charcoal

at a dose, in feed three times a day to

each cow.



(tow Keeps in Heat Continually—I have

a cow that calved on Dec. 12: since then

she has been in licat almost continually

and fails to get in calf. I). (L, Coral.

Alichs—Your cow may not have. cleaned

properly and she now suffers from a ca—

tarrhal condition of the. genital organs.

Dissolve 1 oz. acetate lead in two quarts

tepid water and wash out vagina thru a

rubber tube once a day: give 1/2 oz. nitrate

potash at a dose in feed twice a day.



Sore ’l‘ooth.-—VVe have a cow that seems

10 be perfectly healthy but when chewing

food slavers some and when eating hay

she pulls it in carefully. What ails her?

G. E., Prosper, Mich—If you will exam-

ine her teeth I believe you will discover

a diseased tooth and when it is pulled out

she will get all right, or you may find

a small splinter of wood which, when re—

moved she will soon be well.



Cows Fail to Come in Heat—One of

my cows came fresh last August, the

other in September; neither of them have

been in 'heat yet; can you suggest a tonic

or stimulant that will hasten matters?

W. F., Newport. Mich—Give each cow 15

grs. of powdered cantharides at a dose in

feed two or three times a day and it may

perhaps bring her in season.



Indigestion—My four—year-old mare is

fed eight ears corn twice daily and all

the hay she will eat. but remains thin





THE MICHIGAN FAR'MER.





No matter how much she is grooméd her

coat is rough. J. V.', Doster, Mich’.—-The

caps of grinder teeth may~need pulling

off tO/make way for the permanent teeth;

by an examination you can easily.tell.

Feed some well salted bran mashes or

vegetables to keep the bowels open and

give a teaspoonful of fenugreek,‘ a'table-

spoonful gentian and two of baking soda

at a. dose in feed three times a day.



Air Under Skin—About Goats—Air

gathered under the skin of my horse,

commencing at root of tail and extending

forward: what can be done for this trou-

ble? How long do goats carry their young

and will it be necessary to change the

male? XV. J B., Otia, Micli.——Handrub

the. parts and you can squeeze the air

out. Goats carry their young five months

and it will be necessary to change goats

every two years unless you breed the kids

to some other male.



Bog Spavin—Thoropin.-—Horse 16 years

old has either a hog spavin or thoropin,





or both. The joint is quite large. 0. M.,

Hooper, Mich.~—Blister hock joint With





cerate of cantharides once every ten days

or you can safely use any of the blisters

that are regularly advertised in this

paper.



Sprained Fore Leg—My 12-year-old

mare sprained her fore leg three weeks

ago. It is not hot or tender and the

swelling leaves when she is exercised.

M. J., Kent City, Mich—Give her 1 oz.

fluid extract 'buchu at a dose in feed two

or three times a day. Bandage leg in

cotton. ‘



Indigestion—I have a four-year-old colt

that is thin and has passed a few small

worms. H. S., Ingalls,.Mich.—Feed him

some well salted bran mashes, some car—





rots and mixed hay. if you have any. and.

give a teaspoonful powdered sulphate iron .





and two tablespoonfuls ginger at a dose

in lfleed three times a day, also groom him

we .



Calked—Swollen Legit—About a year

ago one of my horses calkcd himself; with

treatment he got over his lameness, but

the limb was left swollen. I applied a

blister, the leg has remained thick ever

since. The wound is covered with a hard

dry crust. Have had him examined by

two of our local Vets; one of them says

nothing can be done- the other advised

using bandages. V7 I'tica, Mich.—

Give your horse one dr. iodide potassium

at a dose twice a day for fifteen days and

once a day for twenty more. Bandage

over cotton, but don't apply the bandage

too tight. Blisters will do harm. Per-





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





the market. _

bottle and try it on our money back





Cass. Finally I heard of Crafts.





ing horsemen.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Horse-Back [Pit





Fever. Coughs and Colds. Etc.

nary

“The Horse, His Disease. and Treatment”

starts with Bots and ends with Shoeing—a book

you'll always preserve.





DISTEM PER GURE





is saving thousands of dollars for farmers. Contain proof thatit is the

safest. quickest cure for Distemper. Coughs. Colds,_l<‘evers. lite. on

\Ve’ll prove it for you. at our expense if it fails.





G. A. Sumner. Montague. Mich., writes:





a horse that coughed for two years.

used he stopped and is now perfectly well."





If your dealer can’t supply you send to us. 50c and $1.00.

Large size three times small Size.

Write for 3 free books today.





WELLS MEDICINE CO.

. Third Street

LaFayetto. Ind.





 





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9 They tell how to cure



all the common diseases of

horses. sheep and dogs. They

tell you what to do and when to

do it. "Dr. Crafts Advice” tells

the causes, symptoms and how to_tre_at

Distemper, Influenza, Epizootie, Shipping

“Veteri-

is full of valuable hints.





 

 

 

 

   

 





 





Pointers"





 

 





They also tell how





CRAFTS





 

 





Get a.

Just read this letter.

"i had





I tried everything without suc-

Before one~hali of a 50c bottle was





 

 





guarantee.





 

   

   

   

 

 





Endorsed by lead-





 

 

 





 





 





 





haps two or' three applications a week of‘





iodine ointment would rcducc 1h..-

(lg,

i“(‘l.‘tiillg Carrots to Horses—For many

years I have been interested in the vet-

crinary questions and answers 01" the

Michigan Farmer and would like to know

how many carrots or

can be safely fed to a horse daily. My

horses weigh 1.300 lbs. each and are

working every day, except Sunday. 8.

P.. Alinont. Micli.——I regard carrots as

bcing the best vegetable food that a horse

can be fed during the winter. For many

years when I was breeding horses on

my farm I raised from tvvelve to fifteen

hundred bushels of carrots every year

and fed them all to my hundred and fifty

inares and colts. The mares and work

horses were never fed more than a peck.

once a day, and so far as I could tell they

never proved harmful. Carrots have a

laxative effect; besides. they have a ten—

dency to destroy parasitic life and stimu—

late, the kidneys into action; furthermore





help





they produce a good effect on the blood.j





Four quarts at a feed is too

horses that are. inclined to be loose in

the bowels. or that. have kidney trouble.

You can safely feed three or four quarts

to. each of your horses once a. day. 1

might. add that I feed carrots to horses

that I keep in my veterinary hospital and

here I have an excellent opportunity to

discover if they were harmful, but I

have never noticed any bad results from

feeding them.



Suppurative Shoulder.—I recently pur-

chased a nine-year-old mare that. has a

running sore on shoulder. The man I

bot her of tells me she was wounded by

rubbing against a nail in stall; others tell

me it is a collar jam. M. F. 9., Saranac.

lVllCiLfI am still inclined to believe that

there is some foreign body in the shoulder

that is causing the discharge. Cut it

open, go to bottom of sinuse and there,

you will find the whole trouble.

time ago a two—year-old colt was

to my hospital for treatment after bcinsv

treated more than a year to H

shoulder. I removed

three inches long from under the shoulder

blade, caused by lightning striking an ap—





much for ‘





pounds of carrotsi





Some ‘

brot .





'heal his,

a piece of wood’





pic .tree when the colt stood under it.

lorcing this large piece of dead limb in‘





between the shoulder blade and ribs. Ilc

got Wcll in two weeks.



Tumor on l'ddcin—vMy cow has a growth

on udder which. when rubbed or irritated.

tilt-eds easily. “are applied carbolizcd

water. M. B. \V.. Paw Paw, Mich—Tho

bunch should be cut off. then apply equal





parts powdered alum, oxide of zinc and

tannic acid. .

Liver Disease—T am anxious to know‘





the cause of my sheep‘s death. She died

after a three days’ illness. I gave her

Glauber’s salts, castor oil and injections

of warm soap suds. On opening her we

found the gall as large as a bologna sau—

sage—six inches long. The stomach

seemed normal, but the intestines were

empty. C. . “L, Evart Mich—There

was perhaps a stoppage of the gall duct

or else a diseased condition of the liver

caused the. death of your sheep.



Brain_ Disease—I would like to know;

what alled my sheep. She first became1

dumpish, held head low, went almostI

blind, and refused to eat or drink. I

gave her a little whiskey, turpentine and

sweet milk, but it made her worse, and

some time later I killed her. cut her open.

but could see no trace of disease. W. E. -

M., Clare, Mich.——Your sheep died of con- 1

gestion of the brain. Had you given bro- i

mide of potash it might have relieved her. i

Howgver, I doubt if she could have 'beenl

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MEETING OF MICHIGAN DAIRY-MEN’S

ASSOCIATION.





 





President Marston. of Bay county,

opened the 26th annual convention of the

Michigan Dairymen's Association at De-

troit at 2:00 p. n1.. February 1. by intro-

ducing Mayor Breitmeycr. of the city,

who gave the address of welcome. A

good attendance was on hand for the

opening session, and from the start the

program and Show promised to be one of

the most successful meetings of the or-





ganization, as Mayor Brcitnicycr gave a

most cordial welcome to the dairymen.





,invited them to tnake themsrlves at home

in the city, and Stated that if anything is

found wrong to rcport same to him and

he would see that it was remedied the

next time the dairymen gathered here.

The cordial welcome of the mayor was to

have been responded to by N. P. Hull. of

Caton county who, however. was not

present and in his stead the president

made a brief response to the mayor’s

welcoming word's.

President’s Address.



'The next on the

president’s address by Hon. T. F. Mars-

ton. In his review of dairy conditions in

Michigan, Mr. Marston pointed out how

the activities in this state Werc marking

it as a leader among the commonwealths

of the country. in dairy education. Among

thr- things which stand'out particularly

strung in this rcgard are the cow testing

associations and the bull associations, the

organization of each class on the

continent having been formed in this

state. Now many of the states of the

union are cnjoying‘ thc bcnctits to be dc-

rivcd from tllcsc associations. in spite





program was the





tirst





of this progressivcncss. thc prcsident la-

mented the fact of there being sp large

a number of poor producing: cows in

Michigan. “’hile thcrc arc many cows

that producc 400 pounds of buttcr per

year and more, yet the number that do

arc but a very small fraction of a per





ccnt 0f the cow population of the state.

In order to overcome the loss from kccp-

ing so many poor cows. it will ‘be neces-

sary for dairymen to become better ac-

quainted with the requirements of their

business and he believed that in order to

hasten this day, the org





‘anization of smal-

lcr associations which would require per-





haps only a portion of a man's time to

do the testing would greatly aid in mul-

liplying the number of profitable cows

ItIltI it was his furthcr opinion that these

smaller associations would rapidly grow

into larger ones until sufficient cows were





had to require the full time of a tester.

Another suggestion was 1ch scheme of

holding ccw contcsts. basing the rewards

upon the net profits rather than upon con-

formation and type of thc cows. Some

states are now conducting such contests

with good results. He ne.\t brot attention

to the question of marketing milk where

he felt that a general plan for educating

consumers as to quality in milk should

be c’trried out by the association. in this

regard it was remarked that every case

“hete inspectors find cows kcpt under

poor conditions is reportc d in dairy papers

and consumers are cmning to believe that

no good milk is produccd. 'l‘o counteract

that sentiment, he _bclicvcd that effort

should be made to get b‘cforc the public

accounts of high—claSS dairy plantations

which would aid them in getting a correct

understanding of the situation. He be,-

.timed that since the re-organization of

the state dairy and food dcpartment a

very general improvement has been made

in the quality of dairy products put upon

the market, but this improvement is more

largely due to thc enforccmcnt of thosc

laws than to educational programs. The

food laws of Michigan were commended

as working benefits to dairy interests, es-

pecial nicntion being.r madc of the statute

providing for the use, of at least 1‘.’ per

cent of butter-fat in ice cream. which he

held was a splendid measure for prevent—

ing fraud upon lllc public by ice cream

vendors. The attempt on the part of the

packers and others to take off the pres-

ent tax on colored oleo, was censured. it

being the president‘s opinion that the gen-

eral public would suffer far more from

the removal of this tax. than would the

dairymen. Commenting upon present

prices, Mr. Marston believes that the

dairymen are today receiving no more for

their products than they should. consider-

ing the cost of labor and feeds. The ad-

dress was closed by avreferencc to the





expenses than they had heretofore.





THE MICHIGAN ,FARMER.





auxiliary meetings which apparently had

not been so popular during the past year





. as-in' previous winter's. the reason appar-





ently being that the local interests were

required to pay a larger.amount of the

The

president felt that if this rule was in any

way interfering with the usefulness of

these meetings a change should be made.



The secretary and treasurer's report

was next given by S. J. “'ilson. of Gen-

esee county. This report showed the or-

ganization to be in a thriving condition.

The legislature during its last session re-

duced the allowance of the association

from $500 to $300. The secretary believed

that $1.000 could be spent by the organi-

zation to the advantage of the dairy in-

terests of the slate. His business rela-

tions having become of such a nature as

to make it impossible to again ”become a

candidate for re-clection. Mr. “'ilson took

this occasion to thank the members of

the association for their loyal support of

his work and the honor bestowed upon

him by retaining him as their secretary

continuously for 14 years.



Some Problems of the Milk Producers.





This topic was assigned to Dr, Geo. A.

Waterman. formerly 'of theAgricultural

College and now a dairyman of \l’ashte-

naw county, and in his clear and interest-

ing style the Doctor aroused his hearers

to take an excecdingly interesting attitude

toward the topic. He believes that the

consumers of milk should be educated to

know that there are a large number of

excellent dairies thruout the state. As

the press is the best medium for present-

ing this knowledge to the inhabitants of

our towns and citics, a lilict‘al use there-

of should instruct milk uScrs of some of

thc good things about Michigan dairy

farms. Following this, the Doctor con-

fined his remarks to the sanitary Of





side

milk production. Milk must, be kept clcan

from the time it





drawn from the cow

until it is consumed. If at any time dur-

ing its voyage from the cow to consumer

it becomes contan‘tinated. it is impossible

to make that milk clean thereafter. The

first essential healthy cow. A dis—

cased cow should not used for pro-

ducing 'uilk. Another





is





is a

lit“

esscntial is a clean

stable and in this rcgard the Dovtor mcn-

tioncd that cleanliness did not always

mean expensivcncss. The cow must also

be kept clean. Light and ventilation are

important factors in accomplishing this

end. One of the points prcsscd home was

the fact that largc amount of dirt can

'be kept from the milk by simply clipping

the hair from the cow‘s udder. A vote

of the audicnce showed that five dairymen





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present Ll‘uctlt‘cd clipping as stated by

thc Doctor. A cmnputation of Posts

showed that $2.00 would cover the cost

of clipping the uddcrs of 20 cows This

is done but oncc a ycar and usually in

the fall when the cows are placed in the

stablc. It can rcadily be reasoned out





how this small expense would be scarcely

a consideration as comparcd with the

yearly output of the cows. The next

point was with regard to grooming cows

daily and a vote showed that six dairymen





present practiced it. The Doctor found

that he could givc his 20 cows a fairly





\l'ltile the

would sat-





good grooming in a half hour.

job done would not be such as

isfy many fancy breeders, yet the good

(Il'I'IVL‘d therefrom was worth while.



\\'ashin,s,r the uddcrs before milkingr

another point marlr: and. front practical

observation. the Doctor found that tin:

uddcrs of 20 cows could bc gonc occi- with

a damp cloth in 13 illilttl‘ts‘. twice tech

day, or fill ininutls. Figuring a basis

of 7,000 pound cows. this grooming and

washing cost about one—ciahth of a ccut

for each quart of milk product-d. l'ic bc—

licved, howevcr. that thc cow gave a

slightly larger amount of milk for tin-

groommg and fclt that shc will repay him

for time devoted to this operation 'l‘ln-

bcttcr quality of milk in bettcr

prices to the producer and thereby makes

these sacrifices profitable. Other things

mcntioned wcrc cow-rod milk pails. thc

rcmO'al of the milk to the milk room as

quickly as possible after drawn. and keep-

ing the milkers tidy and mat so that ev-

ery possible avenue of dirt is either on-

tirely cut off or reduced to a minimum.

He finds in working in such a dairy,

is many times rcpaid by the increased

pleasure that is associated with such con—

ditions.



The discussion of this papcr was opened

by Geo. A. True, of Macomb county. He

stated that dirt was the curse of the

dairy business, and every precaution to

eliminate it should be faithfully consid-

ered by the dairyman. Where it Is im-

possible to provide the milkers with full

white suits, he advised the use of white





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aprons. The general discussion brot out

the fact that where stables are warm,

the washing does not chafe the udders.

The water should be used at. a‘ tempera-

ture comfortable to the hands of the

washer. Dr. Waterman does not believe

that cement floors increase garget in the

cows. A number recommended that the

cows be washed immediately before milk-

ing and not all at one time, since washing

encourages the cows to give down their

milk and if not drawn at that time, some

of it is likely to be lost.-





The Consumer’s Part in Solving the Milk

Problem.



The above was the first topic taken up

at the evening session. It had been as-

signed to Mr. Ivan C. Weld, Assistant in

Market Milk Investigations, of the De-

partment of Agriculture. Mr. Weld was

unable to be present and Mr, _Gco. M.

Whittaker, 0f the Dairy Division of the

Bureau of Animal Industry, took his place.

upon the program. 0110 of the first duties

of the consumer who would aid in solv-

ing the so-called milk problem, Mr.

“'hittakcr said, is to inform himself as to

the real value of milk as a foOd. He will

find that it has a very high food value

and low money value as compared with

other food products. This latter state-

ment he undertook to prove by comparing

it with sirloin steak and chicken. From

the analysis of milk he showed that at

present prices it will furnish a pound of

food nutricnts at a cost of about 29 cents.





In sirloin steak a pound of the same food

hborhood of‘





nutrients costs in the ncig

cents. and in the form of chicken he

found it to cost about $1. He. therefore.





declared that in times of high prices it





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is really economy to use more. milk ratherI Town”, on, Winnlpo‘,cul.





than to curtail the supply.

However. it is also the duty of the con-

sumer to know that while milk is a cheap

and nttttitiotts food. it may also be a.

dangerous one. He held that the. con-

sumer should understand the dangers

from tubtrculosis, typhoid fcver, 'and

othc‘ ailments which lurk in milk, but he

deprecated the sensational methods. fre-

uucntly employed by the daily press in

bringingr these dangers to the

of the consuming public. It is

the consumer’s duty to look into

source of his milk supply and to demand

that it come from healthy animals.

this end the consumer should make

point to learn whether or not his

comes from tuberculin tested cows.





milk





is ban-lied, and the

which it is produced, since all milk be-

comcs more or less germ laden, almost

at once after being drawn. This

to the fact that the air. even in apparently

clear and pure atmospheres,

lillcd with dust. This dust, in descending.

gets into the milk and the germs at once

tzt-gin to multiply. As they

dily in warm milk, the

prompt cooling was emphasized. While

one should guard against becoming fana-

tical in this matter, he declared that the

consumer is justified in insisting upon

rcasonably clean conditions in the dairv

from which he buys milk. and that by!

thus insisting he materially assists those

who are so earnestly striving to improve

thc quality of thc product.



Then the consumer has another duty





conditions under





to perform in connection with this probs;





h-m, and that rclatcs to the care of the

milk in his own home. In the large cities

H is now required that milk be delivered

cold and in bottles. If thc consumer has

lookcd into the conditions upon the farm

whcre it is produced and thc conditions

under which it is bottled, he is rcasonably

surc of having the product a pure and

wholesome one when it comes to his door.

it is then up to him to keep it in that

mndition until consumed. In order to do

this; he must keep it at a reasonably low

u-mpcmture. He must keep the bottles

closed, or kccp it in covered vessels, and

away from vcgctablcs and such products

and odors as arc likely to taint it. The

consumer should also return the bottles

good condition. That is.

washed or at least thoroly

soon as cmptir-d,

used for any othcr purposc in the kltchcn

or about the house before being returned.

Exceptional (‘urc must be takcn in regard

to this where there is slckncss in

house, especially typhoid Icvcr or other

contagious diseases. The high mortality

among infants in large cities is charged

to unclean milk. In many cases, how-

ever, the milk is really not at fault, the

trouble being due to carelessness on the

part of the consumer. He emphasized

strongly the importance of keeping the

nursing bottle sweet and clean. declaring

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thoroly cleaned and scalded each time it

is used.



In the larger cities it is a practical im-

possibility for many of the milk consumers

to personally investigate the source of

their milk supply, and where such is the

case it is one of their duties to insist upon

having a. good health officer and to back

him up in any stand he may take in his

efforts to keep the supply up to the re-

quired standard. In doing this, they are

performing what is an important duty

to themselves and their families, and also

their duty toward the honest milk pro-

ducer who makes an earnest effort to

place his product upon the market in a

clean and wholesome condition, but it

is manifestly unfair that he should be

Obliged to compete. on even terms, with

the man who markets a low-grade milk.

In other words, they should fully under-

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from the former may be much the cheap-

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the consumer should understand that be—

cause of the dirt and disease germs which

it may carry, it may prove muco dearer

in the end than the higher priced product.



The Comparative Value of Different



Foods.



The next number on the program was

an address by Dr. Floyd KY. Robison. State

Analyst. Before taking; up his subject

proper, Dr, Robison took occasion to com—

ment upon the educational exhibit which

he has prepared and pttt in place for the

State Dairy and Food Department, with

which he is identified. This exhibit has to

do with the comparative value of food

products, animal food products only being

represented in the results which are illus-

trated in the striking manner which Dr.

l'tobison described and which is shown in

the exhibit. For purposes of comparison.

the Doctor stated that foods served the

same purposes in the human body, in tho

production of energy, that coal serves in

an engine and as a, means of illustrating

in a. simple, yet forcible manner. the rela-

tive amount of energy furnished by dif-

ferent food products, several tow trains

have been placed on a large exhibit table,

the length of which is divided into ten

equal spaces which he has designated as

caloric miles. In this illustration, a caloric

mile simply means a unit by which the

energy produced by a given food may be

measured. For the purpose of this illus-

tration, the Doctor has sought to show

the number of caloric miles that a dollar's

worth of given food product would furnish

energy to drive the train which represents

the human body.



The interesting feature of the exhibit

lies in the. fact that the three principal

dairy products are shown to lead all ani-

mal products in energy producingr power.

A dollar’s worth of cheese at :30 cents

per lb. furnishing energy to drive the.

train nearly across the table, or almost 10

caloric miles. A dollar's worth of butter

at 30 cents per lb. would furnish the en-

ergy to drive it nearly as far, while a dol-

lar’s worth of milk at 7 cents per quart

was shown to furnish nearly the same

amount of energy as the first mentioned

dairy products. Next in order came a

dollar's worth of smoked ham at :33 cents

per pound. which would furnish energy to

drive the train only about three—quarters

as far as would 3. dollars worth of chm-3.3

at 20 cents per pound. A dollar‘s worth.

of sirloin steak at 16 cents per lb. followed

next in order, while a dollar's worth of

round steak at 15 cents per lb. came

next and a dollar’s worth of leg of mut—

ton at 16 cents per lb. followed closely,

but in comparison would drive the train

only about one—half as far as a dollar‘s

worth of cheese at 20 cents per 1b., while

a dollar’s worth of eggs at 5:0 cents per

dozen would carry the. train less than

one-third the distance represented by a

dollar's worth of cheese at 20 cents per

1b., and a dollar‘s worth of oysters at :30

cents per quart, just nicely started it from

the home station, making less than two

caloric miles.



The point which the Doctor made frmn

this exhibit is that, notwithstanding the

agitation of high prices, there is no reason

to assume that dairy products are high as

compared with the price of other food—

stuffs; that, for instance, cheese would not

be high, food value considered, at 30 cents

per 1b., in comparison with sirloin steak

at 16 cents per 1b., and that butter would

not be out of proportion at close to 50

cents Der lb., or milk at 10 cents per quart

as COmDared with meat foods at the prices

noted. The Doctor stated that the value

0f dairy products are generally very much

underestimated and the value of eggs

very much overestimated as human foods.



In closing his remarks upon this educa-





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER. (11), 179





tional exhibit, the Doctor emphasized the

fact that the purpose of exhibit was not

to lead people to abandon the consumption

of eggs, for instance, in favor of butter

or cheese, but rather that they should not

abandon the normal consumption of dairy

products with the idea that they are rela~

tively high in price. A proper variety and

a proper balance in the dietary is essen-

tial, but having that variety and balance,

it is good economy to know the relative

food value of different foods in order that

the best economy may be practiced in

making up the menu for our tables. The

Doctor stated that while the exhibit, illus-

trated in the novel manner described, re-

ferred only to animal foods that charts

included in the exhibits showed also the

relative food value of other foods in a

way to be readily understood and invited

all present to take occasion to look over

the exhibit carefully while at the con-

vention.



City Milk Inspection and Its Problems.



The Doctor stated that in its work, the

state department had looked at the prob-

lem from a somewhat broader Sandpoint

than that of the city health officers, altho

he did not cast any reflection upon the

works of the city health department, for

the dcparti‘ncnt was working with them

in every possible way. The ideal. from the

health department standpoint, is certified

milk or a grade, of milk approaching it,

which, under present conditions it is not

practicable to produce in sufficient quan-

tities to anywhere near satisfy the de»

mand for milk for family consumption.

The Doctor believes, however, that the

poor quality of the milk is not always the

fault of the producer, and stated that in

a great many cases the city milk dealer

was a man who knew less about the re-

quirements of handling the product from

a. sanitary point of view than the milk

producer, and that the same might also be

said of a good many house-wives who

handle the product. improperly after it

is received. llc (‘lnDllilHth'tl the import—

ance of cleanliness not only in the hand-

ling the milk, but in the handling: of the

bottles as well. He touched upon the

benefits of thoro inspection and closed his

address with valuable hints regardingr the

handling of the milk front a. sanitary

standpoint after it leaves the producer's

hands.



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expressed his regret that Dr. Kiefcr. the

head of the department, could not be

present. He related something of his ex-

perience as a city milk inspector and told

how the city health department. tried to

remedy Conditions as they found then

when he became identified with the dc-

partmcnt. At that time milk was com-

monly sold from stores from an open pail,

and about, 25 per cent. was either adulte-

ated with water or had been partially

skimmed. An effort was made to regulate

the sale of milk on this basis, but came

to no avail and finally an ordinance was

passed requiring all milk to be delivered

in bottles, Detroit being one of the first

cities of the country to adopt such an

ordinance. The greatest trouble has been

t-xln‘n'icnccd with small milk producers or

dealers, but these have gradually been

forced to provide a proper place in which

to bottle the milk and proper equipment

for putting it up in a sanitary condition.

The city inspection extends to the source

of supply. and in a few cases the, inspec-

tors have found it. necessary to dump the

product into the sewers, where producers

did not comply with the regulations. It

has never been necessary to do this a

second thne, however, and little trouble

of this kind has been cxpcr1cnccd.



The subject was further discussed by

others. and on account of the lateness of

the. hour, the meeting was adjourned. part

of the prcg'ram going over until the TVed-

in-sday morning session.



The \Vcdncsday forcnoon session of the

convention opened with \V. 1’. Raven, of

Jackson county, in the chair. After an—

nouncements of committees by President

Marston, and other preliminary business.

the first speaker of the afternoon session,

N. 1’. Hull. of Eaton county, was called

to the floor to speak upon the topic,



Building Up the Dairy Herd.



Mr. Tlul‘, who is president: of the na-

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that" were considered 'by a. number of

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dairy sections, were fed for the purpose

of determining the net profits that each’

animal would give. It was found that one

cow which attracted very much attention

from the general public because of her

smoothness and general conformation.

produced only 80 cents worth of milk for

$1.00 worth of feed. whereas another cow

Lhat was entirely overlooked by people in

passing. produced $2.00 worth of milk 'Yor

every dollar's worth of feed consumed;

and it was found that if from this herd

of 16 head, seven of the poorest cattle

were taken out and their places filled with

seven cows like the other nine, then in

one year these cows would have brot t0

the owner thc sumo profits that the 16

cows used in the test would have given in

two years and a half. This experiment

was convincing that the dairy farmer

must know his business better in order to

attain the greatest success with his cows.

This can only be done by learning what

each cow is doing for, as was the result

in the above (:11 perimcnt. the cow that

attracts the most attention is often the

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some of the so—culled dual purpose breeds.





‘one not only loses valuable time that he





might otherwise be getting good results

from, but when he has once accomplished

his end, then be has an animal that con-

forms very closely to the present dairy

'l‘hcn it must l)? understood that

thorc are good and poor cows in every





.i1roed. The best cow is the one that will

igive the largest 11111111. not necessarily the





lurgcst amount of butter-fut. The next

step in building up the- herd is. the selec—

tion of the host culves from the best pro-

ducing cows. .\1' this point Mr. Hull re—

ferred to 1111 Ohio herd which he thot was

uniqnc in this Wizard. thc ownor starting

20 yours ago with 11 single cow. and his

present herd consistinar of 10 COWS, but

the amount of milk produced by each of

1“]ch cows rangcs from 10,000 to 14.000

ilbs. per year. The gross income varies

from $160 to $219 1101‘ head per annum and

the avcmgc fccd 1lill is around $57.00 pcr

head. In m'dor to get so remarkable 11.

showing from his herd. this 1111111 has kept

a rccord of what these cows and thcir

ancestors have donc all ihru lhc W1 vcars

of his experience- as :1 dz1i1‘yman. Tic brcd

his cows to the best sires and always

looked rather to the- pcrformanco of the

cow than her type or conformation. Thru

this means. ho. was able to attain those

results. 11' cvcry farmer of the state

[would start out with such a purpose in

Evlew. it would not be long bcforc the av-

v‘erugc production of Michigan cows could

be nearly doubled.





 





It appeared to bc the opinion of a ma—

jority of those who took part in the gen-

eral discussion that weighing every milk-

ing 1s‘p1‘ct‘cruble to the system of weigh-

in: once or twice each month. as the

milkcrs arc almost certain to got a per-

sonal intcrcst in ouch cow and should she

on any occasion fall below hcr normal

Eamonnt :1 note will be made of this and

{possibly some thrmtcnlng txoublc axoidrd





i‘ncrcby. Mr. Li-llir :uhocutcd 'lm lolca

of community brooding. as u factor in

building: up tho dairy hord. Slow. by





igrowing a large numbcr of 11111» 111-11111] of

cattle in :1 slng'lc connnunitv. it is 1-wssibln

110 deiclop the breed on a much broader

basis than where an isolatod fax'mcr is

altempiing that 0nd. Sin-s can be ex~

changed and, bccause of the lurgc number

needed, it is possible- to discovwr good ones

and their uscflnoss can bc prolonged by

exchanging from one f-rroup of cows in tho

counnnnily to anolhor. Following this

splendid addrcss :md the intorcsting dis-

cussion, Mr. \Y, F. Raven look the floor

and considered thc work of the





Co-Operative Bull Assodations.





The last census showed that in Mich-





 





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igan there was 27.000 bulls and valuation

placed upon ihcsc nninmls by tho furnnxrs

was around $3.00 per hcarl. While the

same census showed that the average val-

nation of the iwo—year—old steers in the

This is de-

plorable to say the lcust. and whcn the

matter was placed before our legislature.





‘1111 appropriation of $20.00” was mudc for





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‘ihe improvement of live stock in Michi-





gan. Mr. Raven explained clearly how

this money is being used and showcd re-

sults which convinced 'his hearers that the

appropriation was being" used to a. very

good advantage One of the ends desired

by the state board in the use of this

money is to form organizations for prof





THE M‘ICHioAN FARMER.





mating a community breeding,“thc flea





being the some as expressed by Mr; ‘Lillié .





above. The sires can be used to fatbet-





'ter advantage in the communitybreeding





plan. In organizing, the parties choose

the breed of cattle they desire. They are

incorporated for a period of 30 years and

when a community has bred a single line

of stock for 30 years, it is quite certain

that that breed will have such a holdon

the locality that the work will be contin-

ued. It is up to the discretion of the

member whether they shall have all cows





tested for tuberculosis, but it is impera-‘





tive upon them to have the sires tested.

The parties breeding alone. one line in a

particular community are divided into dif-





ferent sections, each section securing a,





sire and when one section has used ‘him

as long as they can without in-and-in

breeding, the sire is transferred to an-

other scclion and his place filled by one

from a third section, and so on. This en-

ables thc greatest economy in the way of

using animals and also provides the means

of securing the very best individuals pos-

sible.



The spirit of the talks from alarge

number of thc breeders present showed

that this service of the slate is getting

the hearty support of the breeders at

largo. The point was several times cm—

phasizcd that where a certain community

becomes generally known as a place for

breeding 11 particular kind of stock that

the gencial advertising rcsulting is of

much zuhantagc to the individual breed—

crs. I'lowcll was pointcd out 115 a splendid

example of what c1111 be done along this

line. The busincss 111011 and bankcrs of

illzlt city are cvcn cuthusiastic over the

work 1111-1 would dcprecute any attempt to

discourage it.



Buttermakers’ Session.





Both the \l'ednesdav afternoon and,

Thursday morning sessions Wore de‘voted;





to the interest of the buttermakcrs, much

of the info1n1111ion 011cm pertained larg elv

to the mechanical and scientific part of

the buttcrmukcr's business. altho some

light was thrown upon the relation of the

producer of milk to the buttermaker.

which would likely be valuable to the

former. In his paper on “pasteurizing

gathered err-11m for butter making.” E. S.

Powcrs stated that it is essential to have

:1 good connncrciul starter in order to

producc a good quality of butter by this

systcni. “'lule it is generally conccded

that a better butter can be made where

the whole milk is delivered at the factory

lit-cause the product arrives in a much

better condition than where simply the

cream is sent, farmcrs have learned that

by sopuruting the cream at home, it is a





much smaller task to deliver thc producb





than it is to take all to the factory and

draw home the skim—milk again. For this

reason,

bundle the cream: and the experience of

those 11rcscnt indicated that pusteurizing

was the best systcm for doing this. yThis

was ihc tenor of Mr. Powers and Mr.

llugcdorn's pupc . 11nd the discussions

which followed t'l cm ‘Emphasis was laid





upon the point that where swoet creami





is dclivcroa at tho factory. it is possible

for the l‘utrermakcrs to make a product

thut will soll at higlu’u‘

by mulblo 111mm to offer farmers bcttcl

pricos for tho cream. Following thcso dis

cussions, Dr. Marshall, of tlic .»\g1‘iculturul

Collcgc. was called upon to speak of





The Keeping Quality of Butter.





In a clcur manncr thc Doctor pointcdi

out thc complcx 11:1‘1111‘c of butter. To'





c111pl1aslzc this complexity he drew atten-

tion 10 how impurc lard kept in a warm

plow \vzll soon dccomposc and become

rancid. 1.1111 to Ihc (let-111111111sltion of 1mm

1mm, how that. if it is pluccd in :1 warm

l‘mnll it first begins to smcll. thou breaks

down and forms gas and mincrul salts.

cht lu- pointcd out how apple juice is

first transformcd by yeast plant into 111-





cohol :111.l thou by the acetic acid germsl





into {IL-ct'c acid or in what is more com-

monly culled vinegar. T‘hesc three kinds

of fermentation takes place in milk. that

is, the protcids. futs and sugars are all

211-th upon in differcnt ways and the com-

bination of effects from these different

changes have not yet been thoroly under-

stood. The next point was that salt when

used in sufficient quantities checks dc-

composliion. However, some kinds of

bacteria are loss affected by salt than

others. A chart giving the different





lengths of time required for fresh meat;





to decompose with different amounts of

salt added was shown. Temperature is

another factor that influences decomposi-

tion in butter. Salt combined with low

temperature gives the best results. How—

ever, there are organisms that will grow





buttcrmakcrs must prepare to'





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in salty material andthe butter might

decompose in spite of this salt. He then

mentioned that scorers'in judging butter

use descriptive terms very loosely, such

as fishy, rancid, greasy, etc., so there is

no standard upon which to base fine cal-

culations. These terms generally speak-

ingfsuggest certain conditions but the

same scorer will often use different terms

synonymously on different occasions. He

hoped that this fault would be overcome.

Decomposition is due to the incorporation

of casein, curd, albumin, and other sub-

stances in the butter all of which hasten

the time when it would be unfit for use.

He closed by stating that quality should

be the aim of every buttermakcr, both

quality in the man and in the butter.





Churnlng, Working and Packing Butter.



In considering this topic, Mr. Frank

Shaw, of Genesee county, in a. condensed

paper specified that he churned in the

winter time at a temperature of 58 degs.

with the cream testing as nearly 30 per

cent as possible. He endeavored to color

his butter the same each churning and

thereby gain advantages with his commis-

sion men. The churns are first rinsed

with hot then cold water after, which

the cream is put in amid the churn start-

ed. He cautioned about giving attention

to the proper speed of the churn. Churn-

ing takes about 4;": minutes. Do not over-

churn. When the granules are about the

size of wheat kernels, the process should

stop. He washes the butter in two wat—

ers which are brot to the same tempera-

ture as the butter. The water and butter-

milk are drained off, salt is evenly spread

over the butter, 10 lbs. of water is added

to every 1,000 lbs. of butter and working

begins. "The amount of working will dew

pend upon conditions. It should continue.

until the salt is evenly distributed, and

dissolved. The tubs in which the butter

is to be packed should be washed and

some 15 or 20 lbs. of the butter put in at

a time, and then thoroly packed.especially

about the sides of the tub. A little salt

should be sprinkled over the top after the

tub is filled, then paper put over and the

top and fasteners secured,



The last subject of this Session was a

consideration of “How to Resurrect a

Run-down Creamery,” by L. C. “'aite, of

Branch county. The audience thoroly en-

joyed Mr. \Vaite‘s humor, which was filled

with much common sense, the chief point

of which was that the creamery manager

must gain the confidence of his patrons

and since it is for the benefit of the whole

community, to have a live crcamcry, it

would seem well that patrons do what is

in their power to foster the interest of the,

concern.



The Thursday afternoon section of the

buttermakers’ session was opened by a.

consideration of the question whether

“cream should be sampled and weighed at

the farmer's door by the driver.” It ap-

peared to be the opinion of the speaker.

\V. H. Bechtel, of Tuscola county, that





the practice is not the most satisfactory.





way, in that a sample taken at the

creamery is much fairer as the milk is

better mixed there than at the house.

Many others agreed with Mr. I'lechtel's

conclusions. An obstacle with which

nearly every buttermakcr is confronted,





being that good drivers who will be care- .





ful about taking samples and weighing,

cannot be readily secured. There were

others, however, who defended the system

as a desirable one as it aided in gaining

the confidence of the patrons.





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In discussing the subject. zatliered





Cream System of Buttermaking,” Mr. R.





F. Frary, of Lapecr county, contended

that the butterinakers should do every-

thing possible to encourage those using

cream separators to do their work right.





The regular and frequent collection oft





cream should also be fostered as it is cer-

tain the business will suffer unless im—

provements are made along this line, for

a much smaller per cent of the cream

from the country is now being received

at the whole milk factories than formerly

He has a canvass for his wagons to pro-

tect the milk from ‘heat in summer and

cold in winter. Small supplies are samp~

led at the door and weight-d while those

who produce a larger amount are, pro—

vided with individual cans. These are

sampled at the factory. As to pasteuriza-

tion, he believes that bad cream can be

improved thereby. especially during the

winter season, but the improvement in

the quality of cream is of more concern.

\Vhere bad lots of cream are received, he

Would make it into butter separately and

not sell with his other product. In the

discussion, the point was made that

scores on butter from the gathered cream

plants averaged better than those from

the whole milk plants.

(Continued next week).





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MARKETING EGGS TO BEST AD-

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Since not only the newspapers but

prominent magazines are taking up that

serious problem, the cost of living, and

since it is recognized that- thc poultry

yard and dairy furnish the ncccssitics~

now considered thc luxuries—0f life, it is

well worth considering St‘i‘lOLlSLV the best

methods of handling eggs, both for our-

selves and for the consumed.



Never have prices been persistently

higher. The working.r man in the city who

oncc found :1 dish of must and cggs one

of the cheapest and most nourishing of

the 1‘1-slaul‘uni f:11‘1~.<. now tiuds it has

moved up with meat and is too high-

priced for him to consider. He is forced

to take .1 substitutc as much chcnpcl‘ in

amount of nutriiion as in rctuil price.



The cficct of this exorbitant price on

the working classes will react sooner or

later to thc detu‘iorution of the race. No

one can work well when physically

slal‘vcd, and tho prohibitory prices of

what were once acknowledged as the ne—

cessities of life are bound to work serious

havoc with our industrial classes.



However, while we get good prices for

our eggs. the Consumer is forced to pay 3.

very much greater 1111c. ‘ \\'1- are accus-

tomcd to hcui‘iug‘ that "the farmer feeds

them all.” and whilc he is over willing

and prepared to do this, it is not just fair

for the middleman to grab the larger

share of the profits. l'lcspitc the high

price of grain, the farmer will still fur-

nish the city with eggs. providing he is

allowcd to do it on terms in the least

fuil‘. 1n fact, hc has more than done this,

if we are to bclicvc tln- statement that

thcrc 111‘: now many thousand dozcu of

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city who would bc glad to huudlc a crate

of eggs for thc sake of having fresh ones

assured for family use. {any :1 family

which now uses very few would use them

freely if obtained at a reasonable figure.

Intcrdcl‘endcnce of acquaintances is not

always aovisablc. however. It is always

bcttcr. wln-n possible, to make exchanges

on :1 strictly business basis. Suppose you

writc to your city friend and tell him

what you can furnish the fresh product

for in quantity. naming a price a few

cents above local prices, yet considerably

below the retail ones in the city. Guar-

antee your product. and then make the

goods fully worthy of the guarantee.

We have been too shy of this independ-

ence of speculators tln‘u fear of breakage

in transportation. But with modern meth-

ods of packing there is little trouble. and

one within a. few hours of'the city 11ccd

have. 110 apprellcnsion. A regular ship-

ping day once a week will prove a. mutual

advantage to yourself and to consumci‘s.

and will prove an incentive toward bctlci‘

cure of the poultry as the increase in

profits is noted. But, abovc all. accent—

uate your right to be in tht inurkct by

superiority of goods. Sell only fresh eggs

of at least fair size, Cull out the small

ones, those that have bccn chillcd, or any

of doubtful quality. Stamp name and

date on every egg. and be willing to take

the credit. BESSIE L. PUTNAM.





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A subscriber from Dcfol‘d. Mich. asks

what he shall do to prevent egg eating.

It can be prow-ntcd by having the nests

in the darkest part of the poultry house

where the ll(‘liS are not likely to frequent

them except when desiring to lay; also

by taking precautions to keep the hens

busy during daylight hours; it is also nec-

essary that their ration contain certain

food elements which can best be supplied

in the form of meat scrap 01‘ green cut

bone. It is undoubtedly the lack of such

food that creates the craving, and if by

accident they learn that eggs supply

something that seems to be lacking in the

ration, the habit is quickly formed. Once

contracted it is a difficult matter to break

them of it. If it is possible to pick out

the eggeaters it is a good plan to remove





them from the flock, giving them quar-





ters wherethey can have plenty of exer— .

else. The changed conditions ands. sys-

tem of feeding which keeps them hungry

and scratching for food Will often prove

sufficient to break up the habit. If not,

try doctoring some eggs with cayenne

pepper or withsome nauseous concoction.

keeping them well supplied with these.

Meanwhile the main flock must be closely‘ ‘

watched to see that no others develop;

the habit. Clean up the nests and re-‘

move any eggs that are accidentally

broken as promptly as possible. If the

table scraps which may form a part 0!

the ration contain egg shells they should

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A LIVING FROM POULTRY. Lice and Parasites 608'





The lattcr part of November I visited . 3'15,m,ooo I Year





 





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with 412} Vl’hitc Leghorns, old and Young,1 “Signal; 3:32; lgfssdiisséasdeuecat:

on hand. The main poultry house is Hardly be esfimated ,

16x81) ft., comprising five pens, each about The cry everywhere is clean up

16 ft. square. Each of these accommo- disinfect destroy all forms of par-





dates 50 laying hens. The building is a asites,

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roofing and under the roof is a loft con- and mslnfecm

iaiuing a foot or more of straw which





rests upon slats. This is intended to {111- Deodorizes. pug-figs me air, kills all forms

Sol‘b moisture from the room and to give 0f disease germs in barns. hog pens, cow

- ~ . , . . stables, chicken yards. sinks. drains, etc,

it up on tun- duys when the small gable simply by sprinkling it eve where One

door at each end of the building is gallon ldtula‘ised {Page}? fromt sh (118:1;

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opened. lhcre is one wmdow of fun s1ze fleas. also sheep scab mange eczema anstl

111 each apartment, but the owner dc- other parasitic skin diseases. Meetst

clai‘es that the light is insufficient. The United States Government requiremenht:

. , tor official dip ing for sheep scab.

foundation and floor are of concrete. "your dea aer canistlpply you, we will.

The perches are arranged over a drop- Write 501‘ circular.

pings board, under which are the nests, DR. HESS & CLARK

elevated about a. foot from the floor. The '





hens enter the nests from the back. While

thc eggs are removed from the nests

from the front. This leaves the floor

space frcc as scratch room. Part of one

side is occupied by a little ti‘of contain-

ing, in form of dry feed, the following

inixtul‘c: 21310 lbs. wheat: bran, 100 lbs.

corn mcul, 100 lbs_ choppcd oats, 100 lbs.

wheat middlings, and 2.3 lbs. linseed meal.

Becf scrap is also kept before them, as

well as crushcd oyster shells, grit and

charcoal. ’l‘hc hcus reccivc no moist feed.

Each morning they have whole grain

scattered in the litter consisting of wheat,

outs, and buckwheat. In summer they

have wheat at night, and in winter corn.

For g‘l‘ccn feed. in winter, they receive

cabbage, and beets after the cabbage is

fed up. In summer, they have lawn clip-

pings. This would indicate that they do

not run at large in summer. The lawn

is kept in as good shape as any village_

lawn.



Beginning Oct. 1, 1907, the income from

250 hens for one year was $526.60, and

the outlay for grain, ‘etc., was $225.32,

leaving $301.28 as the net gain. From

Jan. 1, 1909. to Dec. 1, 1909. the total in-

come was $554 from the same number of

hens. The owner was receiving eggs at

the time of my visit. mainly from early

pullcls, and the last case of eggs shipped

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FEB. 12, 1910.

NEXT WINTER’S LAYERS.





 





Experience has shown that early

hatched pullets make the best winter lay-

ers, but in order to bring the heavier

breeds to maturity before cold weather

sets in the chicks must be hatched very

early. Last spring I hatched some Ply-

mouth Rocks late in April, hoping that by

crowding them along I would have them

laying in December; but, altho they re~

ceived good care thruout the season, I

have not yet—-the middle of January—had

an egg from them. \Vhite Leghorns

hatched about the same time have been

laying since December. This year I shall

start the incubators early in February

with Plymouth Rock and Buff Orpington





eggs, leaving the hatches of Leghorns

until later, thus giving time for all to

mature.





March weather is usually quite change-

able, with some quite cold days, so the

early-hatched chicks must be housed and

cared for carefully. As there is usually

difiiculty in getting broody_hens so early

in the season, the chicks may be raised

successfully in brooders, as is being dem-

onstrated by many. but it requires expe-

rience. The beginner must expect some

disappointments. Many of the leading

makes of incubators and brooders are as

near self-regulating as it is possible to

make them, but all require intelligent

handling.



Tlcleanliness is responsible for much

loss of brooder chicks. Cleaning up reg-

ularly every day should be the rule. Even

strong young chicks are very susceptible

to disease, and if filth is allowed to ac

cumulate 0n the brooder floor for even a

few days, it is sure to cause trouble. The

air is made impure, the floor damp, and

very likely some filth will be picked up

with food and taken into the chick’s stom—

ach. Sand or dry earth

floor keeps it dry. makes cleaning

and the chicks like to scratch in it.

stead of throwing feed on the iloor, shal~

low trofs should be used, and all food not





easy,

Iii—





eaten in fifteen minutes should be. re-

moved, exeep when mixed grain is kept

‘before the chicks all the time. There





should be ample floor space provided out—

side the brooder for the chicks to run

about; they will be much healthier than

if cooped up in the brooder all day. Keep

the room comfortably warm and have the

floor covered with short straw or leaves

in which some small grain may be scat-

tered to encourage scratching.



Chicks intended for layers require dif-

ferent treatment from those that are to

be marketed. The latter must be forced

to marketable size as quickly as possible.

therefore they must be fed heavily. I

feed all chicks alike the first three weeks,

giving corn and Ibran bread at the start.

gradually changing to a prepared chick

feed composed of mixed grains. There-

after chicks destined for the laying pen

are given a separate run where they have

a wide range and can get plenty of green

food. They are fed three times a day,

grain, mash and meat scraps being used.

I do not stick to any hard and fast rule

in making up the rations of these pullets,

but aim to give them a great variety in

quantity sufficient to keep them growing

steadily.



Whether the egg basket is full next

winter will be determined largely by how

well we do our part during the next few

months. Not only must the chicks be

hatched early but they must be looked

after carefully, especially during the first

few weeks. Feeding must be done intel-

ligently, and cleanliness should be the

watchword in houses, coops and yards.

Keep the chicks growing and healthy.

Give them room for exercise. Don’t force

them, neither allow anything to check

their progress. 13y next December they

should be well matured and ready to re-

pay us for our season‘s work.



Ohio. N. S. GREEN.





FOUL BROOD, AND THE BEE-KEEP-

ER’S DUTY REGARDING IT.





Destructive in the extreme, and so con-

tagious that only the most careful of bee-

keepers can handle it without spreading

contagion to other colonies, foul brood is

indeed a disease to be dreaded. Yet

strange to say, hundreds, yes thousands,

of bee-keepers have had it in their yards

and never knew it. Their bees have died,

but they thot it was only because of

spring dwindling or from the severe win-

ter, and so they bot more and put them

on the disease-laden combs, only to lose

them again. Finally they became dis-

couraged and gave up the business, leav-

ing their old combs to, be robbed out by

their neighbors’ bees. So the disease has

been spread from apiary to apiary, and





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quite, every state in the Union,

As the contagion is carried in the honey

these same bee-keepers, ignorant of the





fact that they have the disease, are

spreading contagion wherever they sell

honey. As it does not hurt the honey for





human consumption no one is the wiser,

altho many are the losers.



Then some fail to take care of the dis-

ease when they know of it, because of the

heavy expense of buying new hives and

foundation. The consequences are they

lose what they already have and many

times cause their neighbors to lose also.



There are two distinct forms of foul

brood, American, and black or European

foul. brood. Of these the American is

usually considered much the worse. Either

is a serious menace to the prosperity of

the apiarist and proceedings should im~

mediately‘ be started toward their eradi-

cation, for each day it is left makes the

cure more expensive and difficult.



Some DiagnOSis Tests and Methods of



Treatment.



The symptoms or signs are, of course,

the first thing to learn. On examination,

of the affected brood, irregular perfora-

tions will be seen in the cappings, and if

the disease is very far ad 'anced a dis-

agreeable smell emanates from the hive,

described by some writers as a glue-pot





smell, which perhaps describes it '33

nearly as possible.

Do not mistake the regular perfora-





tions in the cappings, which will be round

and smooth in comparison to the ragged,

irregular cappings of the diseased brood.

In case of disease some of the brood fails

to hatch and upon examination the larvae

will be ft‘und lying on one side of the cell.

The color of the larvae will vary. all lhe

way from a light coffee color to dark

brown aet-ording to the stage of the dis-





ease. etc. In the first stage it has been

described as the color of coffee greatly

diluted with milk, which is a very good





comparison.



Take a toothpick and run it into the

larvae. Then withdraw it slowly and the

mass will adhere to the pick about like

spittle, stretching out in a thin ropy string

to the length of a quarter to a whole inch.





 





This ropir.<-ss is the sure test for Ameri-

can foul brood, as no other disease of the ,





brood has this characteristic. European

foul brood will sometimes rope an eighth

of .an inch or less.



The McEvoy treatment is considered the

best treatment for this disease. and it is

also a safe cure for European foul brood.

Snake the diseased bees onto frames con-

taining only foundation starters, and leave

them on these frames four days. During

this time they will use up the honey they

carried with them into the hive, in comb

building, and another shaking, also onto

comb foundation, will make the cure

complete.



Mr.

sary to disinfect the hive body which he

uses to shake the bees back into.

think it necessary to





McEvoy does not consider it neces- 3





Others ,

disinfect or burn.





these bodies out before using them again. ‘

Personally I never disinfect them unless:





I find them smeared with honey or with

the excretions frmn the bees, in which

case I clean them thoroly and put them

thru a solution of napthol beta, made by

dissolving the. crystals in wood alcohol and

mixing with water, one ounce being suffi-

cient to mix with 12 to 15 gallons of wat-

er. Lesser amounts of the solution are

made in the same proportion. Carbolic

acid will also make a good disinfectant

but should not be used too freely where

bees are desired to work, as they object

to the smell.

A Much Cheaper Plan,



and, in my estimation, fully as safe, is to

treat the colonies during the early dande-

lion or apple blossom flow, or when the

honey is coming in very small quantities.

Simply shake them once onto foundation.

The, flow will be so light they will be

obliged to use up what they have in comb

building. This will save the one set of

foundation starts.



Some advocate the starvation plan to

save the one set of starts. That is, they

fasten the bees in the hive after shaking

on’foundation and keep them there till

they begin to fall from the combs from

starvation, when they are given their

liberty. In my experience, however. this

plan has been far from satisfactory, for

the bees so confined are weak and dis-

couraged and, in many instances, they

flee to the woods as soon as they are lib-

erated. Again, I have had colonies so

treated which, at the end of the first

day’s confinement, were half dead, when

three days is usually considered as short





a time as it is safe to give them in con- 1 '





finement.

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LEADING ARTICLES 'OF THE WEEK.

The Business Side of Farming.-1’>cal-

ing with a standard of opt-rations,

or fixing the cost pricc of farm pro-

ducts ........................... 170

Installing a Litter Carrier.-—lu»scrib-

ing and illustrating a 1‘u'actical, but

unusual incthod of installing this

t'OllV‘dlIlt‘lli’t‘ ......................... 17].

Watering, Feeding and Conditioning

Horses—Mothotls of {ct-ding and care .

which ilitVt‘ givon stu-ccss \ith an

cxpci'icnccd horscmun ............. .173

Plan of a Convenient Sheep Rack.—

An illustratrd and (ll‘lflllt'tl dcscrip—

tion of a popular typc ot‘ shot-p rack.174

Michigan Dairymen‘s Assodation.——-A

roport of tho lil'ttt't‘i‘tlllig‘s of thc 20th

annual mccting hold in Detroit last

w'cck ............. . ..... , ......... 1 78

Winter Pruning.~—X\'hy the farmer

should niakc good use of tho warmer

wintcr days by pruning his fruit

trees ................................ 180

Marketing Eggs to Best Advantage.

“-roduccrs may int-roast- thcir rcturns

by markoting only such cggs as thoy

are willing to guarantoc ............ 182

Foul Brood and the Bee-keeper‘s Duty

Regarding lt.—l-low to tliaanosc this

discasc and to Dl't‘y’t‘llt its sprt-z-d....183

Lime-Sulphur, the Fruit Grower’s

Friend—Shows how a slight change

in the formula has mutlc this spray

chcztpcr. morc cotivcnlcnt and just

as efiicient as the old mi\turc ....... 188

Eat Plentifully and Well.—~'l‘lic st-cond

of a sorics of articles by Mrs. Littcll

in which she contcnds that tln- fam-

ily should havc all thcy want to cat.190

A Wonderful Tree.~~lthou-stir».r de-

scription of tho cocoanut palm and

the many um-ful products dcrivcd

from it ............................. 194

The Cup and Saucer Trees-"Allfllilt‘l‘ of

tirandmoihcr's storics of piuuccr

days, thrilling and instructivt- to the

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In our issuc of January



The New Cat 20. under thc hcadlng,

“Graft.” “A New Swindlc,” we.

commcntcd on a get-



rich—quick schcmc which a correspondent

living in North Central Michigan report—

cd as being worked on the farmers of

some of the northern counties of the

state by southern Michiagn operators.





THE MiCHiGLAN FARMEE





The reader will remember, that. this

scheme, as outlined by our correspondent,

was to sell a new kind of oats, claimed to

be a superior yielding variety, for four

dollars per bushel, no one farmer being

offered more than four bushels or enough

to sow two acres. the parties furnishing

the seed contracting to take all the oats

grown and for sale at the “market price,”

and also further agreeing to give one

standard grain binder, of any make pre-

ferred, to the farmer in the district get-

ting the largest yield of this new variety

of oats, the size of the district not being

proscribed. Our correspondent had it fig-

ured out that in a "district" embracing

100 farmers who could be induced to go

into the deal the promoters would make,

after allowing the cost of the seed. cost

of the binder to be given as a prize,

freight and similar expenscs, a net profit

of $1,105.00. Ccrtainly this would be

“easy tnoncy” to the promoters if the

Scheme (culd be successfully worked out

as outlincd by our correspondent. _



Perhaps our correspondent may have

been in error touching the practical de-

tails of this scheme. Perhaps some for-

tile brain that might have been better

employed has improvcd upon it from the

promoter's standpoint. Be that as it

may, a. Bay county correspondent hasdc-

scribed to us a similar scheme which is

being worked in that section of the state,

and which, while apparently even more

profitable to the promoters. has the ad—

vantage of requiring no bash investment

on the part of the farmers who can be

induced to go into it. This last mentioned

correspondcnt has forwarded to The

Farmer a. blank contract, in which it ap-

pears that thc, promoting “Company”

agrees with whomsocvcr may enter into

the ztgt‘cemcnt with it to dclivcr to the

party of tho sccond part. on or bcforo

some date 1.) bc spt-citicd. four bushls of

sccd oats In considoration thcrcof the

contracting farnu-r agrccs‘ to sow the secd

on two act'cs of i‘ortilc land, suitablo for

such crop and properly prepared thoro-

for, harvcst them when ripe. kccp thcm

sopnratc from other ontsto' prcvcnt mix-

ingr and dclivcr to thc party Of the first

part, or its 1‘01‘.rcscntativc. onc-half of

the numbcr of bushels ot' oats so raiscd,

on or before a date to bc spcciticd. with-

out furthcr remuneration. cxccpting, that

in cousin-ration of the faithful perform—

ancc of tho contract, thc first party agrees

to form a district of not more than fifty

farmcrs in a township. to which it will

furnish sccd undcr this contract, and

further agrccs at‘tcr all contracts in said

district arc fulfillcd. to give absolutely

ircc to the farmor who raisos the best

crop from said st‘t'd. his choice of"‘The

Standard Ilatrvcstcr 'iindcr.”



Now Thc Farmer knows nothing what-

cvcr about tht- nit-rits of tho variety of

cats which arc futnishcd. Let us grant.

for tho sako of argunwnt. that they are

all that may bt- tlttllllod for them, The

fact rcmains that undt-r the terms of the

contract as it roads in blank thc farmcr

roccivcs four bushels of oats and must

i'oturn thtrcfor onc—lialf of all he grows

on two act-cs of land. If he gets 10 bush-

cls per acrc, which would seem to be a

modcratc yicld for a varicty so highly

rccommcndcd. hc would be giving just

ton bushttls for onc, which would mat-:0

thom figure a. prctty big pricc per bushel.

On the otlicr hand. tho prtunotcrs would

rct'civc, with tho yiold ’nbt-vc indicated.

23,000 bu. (f oats from the fifty farmers in

a distiict, which would bc worth about

$1.000 at prosont prit-cs. This comforts

able sum woull bc sccurod at a cost of

2:00 bu. of soul oats, and one "Standard

l-iarvcstcr l‘iilllli'l'.“ t?) provided all con-

tracts in the district are fulfilled.



It. would sci-m that it little figuring

would convincc any farmer that it would

be bcttcr for him to consult the advertis-

ing columns of his farm papcr and buy

some one of tho improvcl vurlctics of

seed oats that are thorc offcrcd by rcpu~

table farmers or well known sccdsmcn.

any of which can be secured at a cost

which will not be ten times the market

value of cats, nor anywhorc near it.



“'hcthcr such .a contract as is above

described can bc enforced is a matter

of grave doubt. It .is cleverly calculatcd

to avoid litigation in that but four bush-

els of sced are offcrcd to any farmer, and

as the product of but one acre of land is

involved it is a reasonable assumption

that no farmcr who would enter into it

would fight its enforcement. “'hlle this

point could be determined by a test case,

the object of this article is to put our

readers on their guard against smooth

promoters who offer seed oats for which

nothing is claimed in the ‘contract, but

which are highly recommended by word

of mouth, under such terms as are out-





lined above, rather than to inspire those

already “seen," to ”litigation. ' 7 -

Some interesting flg-

The Live Stock ures are to be found

Situation. in. a. report made

- public by the Bureau

of Statistics of the United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture relating to the num-

her and value of farm animals on farms

and ranges in the United States on Jan.

1 of the present year, with comparisons

for the same date- last year and averages

for previous years. This estimate illum-

inates the live stock situation and has an

important bearing upon the present agi-

tation with regard to the high price of

meats. This estimate shows that there

has been a reduction in the number of

cattle, other than milch cows of 2,100,000

‘head as compared with the same date

last year, yet the advance in value of

nearly $2 per head raises the aggregatc

value of the beef cattle in the United

States by nearly $55,000,000. In the case

of swine, the estimated reduction has

been 6.365.000 head, but again the ad-

vance .in value of more than $2.50 per

head has increased the aggregate value

of swine in the country by nearly $82,—

000,000. These figures also show that





while tht-re has been a slight increase in,





the number of shccp on farms and rangcs

sincc the same date last year, the in-

creased value has been about proportion—

ate with that of other classes of meat-

producing live stock. ‘



These figures become more interesting

for our consideration when we review

the statistics relating to the number of

meat-producing animals upon the farms

and ranges of the country in previous

years. As noted in our editorial comment

last week. there has been a gradual de-

cline in the number of cattlc, other than

milch cows, maintained on the farms and

rangcs of the United States for some

years, due to the breaking up of the

grcat ranges and a consequcntly free

marketing of range cattle. Referring to

thcsc statistics. we find that in 1.007

there y‘trc. cstimatcd to be 51,565.731

mcat—pr-nlucing cattle upon farms and

rangcs of the country as compared with

47.270000 on Jan. 1 of the present year,

thus showing" that there has not been an

incrcasc in the number of cattle main-

tained upon the farms of the country

which would offset the reduccd number

of rang-o cattlc produced. As far back

as 1901 thero wore over 45,500,000 cattle,

othcr titan milch cows, maintained upon

the farms and ranges of the country, a.

numbtr which was apparently in EXCESS

of the dcmztnd. since up to and including

the ycar 1006 the avcrago price pcr head

gradually declined until within the pcriod

it dropped nearly $3.00. For the five-year

period previous to 1901 there was (t

markcd falling off in the number of cat-

tle maintained, with a total rcduction of

more than 7,000,000, and an increase in

the average price pcr head of ncarly $11,

a fact which was accountable for thc in-

creasod number of cattle and the corros-

ponding drop in the average price per

hcad as noted above for the succeeding

iivc years. Thus it will be seen that the

average market price for meat-producing

cattle has shown a natural increase as

the available supply has bccn reduced in

formcr ycars, or periods of years, which

incrcasc in price naturally stimulatcd

production to an cxtcnt which increased

tho supply and caused markcd dcclincs.



"be same argument will hold good with

other livc stock. Thus we find that in

1001 thcrc wcrc nearly (30,000,000 shecp

upon thc farms of thc country and the

aver-ago price was not as high as at pros—

cnt into something ovcr $1.00 per hood,

and a like relation between numbcr and

price will be notcd for periods prcccding

that date. A like review of the statistics

relating to thc number and valuc of swine

upon tho farms of the country shows that

during the last tit-cadc hog valucs have

avcragcd high, with the production stay-

ing comparatively close around the num-

bcr noted for thc prcscnt year, and that

high values have obtained for most of

thc period. However, whenever produc-

tion has increased, as it did for the five-

ycur period previous to 1908_ there has

been a corresponding rduction in values.

the estimated total of hogs for 1908 being

more than 8,000,000 grcatcr than for the

present year, while the average price per

head was more than $3.00 lower.



These statistics are quoted in substan-

tiation of the argument advanced in our

comment last week, that any agitation

of the question which becomes sufficiently

general to cause a drop in the farm value

of live stock will only aggravate the sit-

uation. as permanent relief can only come

thru increased production, and such ugh

tation is not a reassuring factor for the





FEB. 12, .1910. .





breeder or feeder who is planning for the

future. However, as prophesied in these

columns at the outset, such agitation as

has occurred has not produced any

marked effeCt upon the live stock market.

The best grades of beef cattle have been

most affected, but other departments of

the trade have shown a. quick reaction

and promise well for the future,





HAPPENINGS OF' THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.



King Gustave, of Sweden. was operat-

ed upon Monday for appendicitis from

which he has been suffering for several

days. The last bulletin stated that the

operation was successful. .



Last week the streams of France sub-

sidcd to nearly their normal level but on

Monday of this week heavy rains again

swelled the tributaries and it is feared

that another flood. similar to the one Just

over. may occur.



Ninety—eight per cent of the conductors

and engineers of the National railways

of Mexico voted to go on a strike when

the roads failed to grant their demands.

However. it now appears that strong in-

fluence is being brot to bear in such fl

manner as to make it probable that an

amicable settlement might be made.



The British gtjwcrnmcnt is sending a

flt-ct of vessels to the Mediterranean

waters. the exact purpose of which is not

published. The boats will make for

Athens, Greece.



There will be two changes in the new





British cabinet at least, due to the reslg—'





nation of Vis-Count \Volvcrhampton and

the transfer of Earl Carrlngton, presi-

dent of the board of agriculture to the

governor generalship of Canada. It is

stated that a movement is on to amal-

gamutc the admiralty and the war office

in order to secure better eta-ordination

bctwccn the two services.



Turkey is prepared for war with Greece

and hcr troops arc now being given spcc—

ial training along" the Ereek frontier.

Should the Greek national assembly ac-

ccpt the I‘eprcscntativos from Crete, thorn

is little doubt but a conflict between

(Tirecce and Turkcy will take place. How-

ever. the powers are likcly to interfere

to prevent the representatives being rec-

ognized at Athens.



It is reported that an agreement has

been reached bctwccn the German and

Amcrican rcprcsontativcs on the. tariff

issuc.



Former Vice-President Fairbanks has

been with King Victor Emmanuel, of

italy, the. past wcck.



The final rcsult of the English elections

givcs the Lihcrals one more member in

the new parialmont than the Unionists.

the1 number being 27-1 and 273 respect-

ivc y.



Storms have (cased thruout Italy and

the rivers are now rapidly subsiding.



. National.



Sixty persons were entombcd in a minc

in Kentucky, on Feb. 1, by an explosion.

Ninctccn persons were taken out dead.

and 10 were rcscucd alive. It is not

known how many of the remaining men

may be alive as there is no fire in tho

mmc.



l’irc practically wiped out the town of

Murysvillc, a mining village 20 miles

northwcst of Holona, Montana, which has

a. rccorcl of mining $50,000,000 of gold.



A schooner wcnt ashore off the treach—

crous Hatteras coast last week and her

cntirc crew 01" 10 Inch pcrishcd.



Bccause no one was on hand to furnish

bail or pay tho fines of girl shirtwaist

strikors in Philadelphia, they were sent

to prison to scrvc sentences.



Dr. James B. Angel]. president emeri-

tus of the l'nivcrsity of Michigan, has

bot-n ordcrcd south by his physician, and

loaves for Florida this wock.



The federal grand jury at Chicago is

reported to have discovered startling rev-

clations with regard to the methods of

packers in handling meats. Ex~employcs

are the source of the testimony.



Sixty-eight bodies have been taken

from a mine at Las Esperanzas, Mexico,

where an explosion caused the greatest:

disustor in Mcxican mining history. Tho.

explosion was caused by the ignition of

gas from a mincr's cigarette who was

smoking contrary to rules.



The circuit judge of Van Burch countv

turned down the potition for a rc-subl

nusston of the local option proposition at

tho spring clcclion. The failure of peti—

tltillt'l'b‘ to comply with the statue was

the ground for the dcctsion.



Tho rescuing of victims in the ill-fated

mmc at Cherry, 111.. is progressing verV

slowly, duo to falling rock and excessive

gascs which have collected in the shafts

and levels.



Frank P, Glazicr. cx-treasurer of Mich-

igan. whose misusc of state funds brOt

him into the Ingham courtly circuit court.

was sentenced to Jackson prison for a.

term of from five to ton years at hard

labor. with a rccmnmcndation for the lat--

ter term, by Judge chist, last Saturdav



Different organizations are organizing

scparato expositions to seek. the south

pole under American flags, and should

the1 larcpaltl‘atllons be hastened, as is ex-

hcc c , a face i" ' ~

within a year. ytll be on their way



Forty—six lives were saved thru the

use of wireless communication on the

btcamcr Kentucky off the South Carolina

coast last Friday. A boat went to the

rescue and the captain and full crew were

taken off the sinking ship.



The meteorites brot from Greenland by

Commander Peary on his return from the

gong Pole, were sold in New York to

to merican museum of n t r ‘

for $40,000. a it al history



The United States steel corporation has

decided to do away with jobbers and sell

its product direct to users. Large hard-

ware houses will be built to carry out

this plan.



A race war is on at Chattanooga,

Tenn, where a contractor building a gov-

ernment dam appointed negro foreman

over white la’borers, the latter refusing

to work under the arrangement. Three





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FOR SALE—137 acres. 2 houses. 2barns.

three Orchards. 500 Sugar



Maples. A Harvey. B. F. D. 38. Maple R lpIdl, Mich.

FOR SALE—$9.000 [farm for 00.000. South

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Address W. A. WHITEEIEAD, Ionla. Michigan.





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CASSELMAN In co.. Est. 20 years. Richmond. Va.





chance to Gel Partly Improved Slack Farm. 05.315.’

200 acres 84,800. B. G. STONEMAN, Ashley. Mich.





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8000 Money-Making Farms

throughout to states. one acre to a thousand. $500

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water. roads and schools. Write ior list No. 4.

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It you will: to set any kind. or all kinds of infor-

mation. absolutely reliable. about Texas, every

phase or it. including detailed description of each

county. send {or a copy of the “Texas Almanac and

State Industrial Guide” to The Dallas News. Dallas.

Tex. Price 300 a copy. poatpaid. including late

map 0! Tex“.





. foa- Sale-170 acres land. 200-

MIcIIIgaII Farm ton brick silo. bank barn





117x34. complete water system in barn. cement

floors. ‘ house. mile from center of village 1000

inhabitants on two railroads. 47 miles from Detroit.

2) miles from Pontiac, 16 miles from Flint. Now

controls supply at milk to village at 14¢. per gallon

at the farm. Fine lake on farm. Reasonable price.

Would consider sale of term with or without stock

and tools with suitable payment down. Balance

long time at Slporcent. Address'owner.



C. J. LANE. 1230 E. 55th St. Cleveland. Ohio

or G. J. SMITH. Holly. Micnlgan.





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER. ' ~ an 125





hundred of the blacks armed themselves

with rifles and threatened to exterminate

the camp unless the white laborers obeyed

the order.



Major, General Wood, of the United

States army. is undergoing treatment in

a Baltimore hospital.



Commencing February 15. rural letter

carriers will not be required to collect

loose coins from rural mail boxes. In

view of the extent to which the practice

of. placing loose coins in boxes by rural

patrons has grown and the delay in the

delivery and collection of mail, and the

hardship imposed on rural carriers inci-

dent thereto. especially during cold or

stormy weather. the post office depart—

ment has promulgated the above regula-

tion. In order to aid the carrier, patrons

should enclose coins in an envelope,

wrap them securely in a. piece of paper,

or deposit them in a coin—holding recep-

tacle, so they can be easily and quickly

taken from boxes, and when thus pre—

pared carriers will be required to take

up such coins and, where accompanied

by mail for dispatch, attach the requisite

stamps.



Secretary Ballinger announces that ap-

proximately 769,000 acres of land in VVy-

oming, Montana. and New Mexico are

now open for entry under the enlarged

homestead act.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





Kalkaska 00., Feb. 2.—Farming opera-

tions are very quiet in this locality; but

very little stock fattened in the winter.

So much snow that drawing out manure

is out of the question and getting up a

wood pile is a tedious job. Have not had

a. warm enough spell to settle snow suffi-

ciently to pack good yet. Mllch cows sell

at $35fil45: dressed beef 7c; dressed pork

960100; apples 750 per 'bu; potatoes 250;

butter 250. Del“ 1b: eggs 280 doz; com 700

per bu; outs 500: buy $14.50@16.50 per

ton.



Eastern Oceana 00., Jan. 31.-—Since the

morning of Dec. 0 the ground has been

covered with a good coat of snow and as

it came after 24 hours of rain the ground

has not been frozen at any time this

Winter. For that reason wheat. rye zmd

grass. including alfalfa. are in cxm‘llvni

condition up to tho presvnt liim- with

good prospects for the future, as HIV snow

is from :3 to 21/“. ft. deep. ’l‘hru January

it hzis boon quite windy and. us a consu-

quencc. the north and south l'flllllS have

been badly drifted. The farmers hun—

kept the road open so that our rural

carrier has been able to muko his trips

very rogulurly. only missing: one or two

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as the price is so low, only 27w. that

farmers are 10111 to soil. \thl. $l.ltl;

nuts, 50(‘; rye. 7‘20: (‘tll‘ (-ni'n. lJt- ill-1'

crate; apples, 2:70: 51h". but tor, 27w: onus,





250; beef, by llli‘ (lilill'lt‘l'. (Wile: pork

out of market as the hogs were nearly

all sold in December.



Branch Co.~—le usual .luuuzu'y thaw

came on Jan. '1 this your but l‘t‘lllzlllli'll





only one day. Two other ilmws uI‘ ulmul

equal duration (-umo during lhw mouth

but noun of them dvslruyt-«l tl‘u- slrlu‘lihlu‘.

which has boon with us sium- lN-v. 23.

'but tho sledding hats lweu pour in plm-cs

much of the time. “'heat \Vi’ll (‘H\'(‘l‘i'il

with snow must of thy- monlh. but lit--





nonth tlu- snow is a coat of ir-e- and sloot

that can hardly be of benefit to llu- plant.





Less stock than usuul bolus; murkrtl-ll

21nd thuro seems to lw but :1 small sup-

ply loft among the 'i'armm's. Luis ul‘ ('Hl'll

still unhuskt-d in lllu iiuhls and lillli‘ll loss

than usual in tho cribs. lluy .\‘(‘ul‘t'i' :md

high. The mill yards Ell‘t' full of lugs.

but they :ll'(‘ mostly ilw primiv lll‘lllH'l'ly

of lllllll)t'l'lll(‘ll who haw- lml (rm-Ix of

timber and cut and huulml tlw logs. [Wu

farmers $00“) in br- gelling ulll' lllilln‘l‘





for now buildings. Many farms changing

hands all; prices above what huyv pi'c-

\‘uilvd in recent years.



Clinton Co... Fob. 5.—\Ve are ('lljnyillfl‘

the lincst winter in yours. Tho first

snow cumo Doc. 7 and We have not haul

bare ground since. with nine wovks of

the very best of sloig‘hing' and an oven

temperature. thr-ut went into \Vllllt'l‘

in good shape and with tho blunlu-t of





SHOW We are oxpm-tilig‘ ii in (-nnw will

looking well. Huy is high and Very

sr-ul‘cv; dealers All‘i‘ paying 9515”! ll l' :1'

No. 1 timothy, and do tho bulinc". (loud





horses are also yi-ry source and high

$175002?) being paid for good heavy horse's.

and the supply is not cquzil in the dw-

mund. Notwithstaudiuc.~ the high prior-

of live hogs, $8.255 per (-wi., \‘I-‘l'y i'r-w ari-

bcing “'llllt'l‘t‘d. (’lrulu is wow high; car

com, 400: whoul. $’l.3;’: bonus. $3. Sim-k

is wintui'ing \\'«All, but C‘\'0l‘)’llllll,t:‘ in tha-

wuv of feed will lw r-lounod up.



Gratiot C0,, Jan. 27. At this date we

report a relicf from the steady cold which

11st prevailed during: the mouth. TWO

days soft weather. with considerable ruin

have made the slr-lg‘hing thin but sulfi—

(-ieut is li‘ft for ordinury loads. This week

witnessed 21. good shipment of hogs and

sheep from southwest Cruiiot. Hogs at

81,110; lambs 70; old sheep at 30 and up.

There sevms to be fvw of the hog kind

in this locality. Beans are selling at

$1.95. tho sumo arc still expoctlua‘ higher

prices. Outs 47w: butter 20(52230: egg.

280. Wheat has had it good protection

since early December.



Genesee 00., Jun. :ll.-{<now still covers

the ground. Soil not dooply frnzr-u un-

derneath. Slcig‘hing.r continues Hillm‘ about

Thanksgiving, ultlm not always tlu- best.

Business good and farm prmluris high.

Agitation on high prices has not yot af-

fected the market percoptibly. Horses

remain high. An eastern buyer is here

buying Belgians. Few offered at less

than $500 a pair, some higher, Mllch cows

more plentiful. Dressed meats still com-

ing to market. showing farmers did not

dispose of all at the holidays. Market

quotations as follows: Wheat $1.23: bar-

ley $1.30: corn 680; beans $2.05: oats, 480;

butter, 28@35c: eggs 300; potatoes 356?

45c; dressed hogs $10.25 cwt.: dressed

lbeef $6.50@7.50; veal 11c; baled hay $1261)

13; loose hay $13@14: baled straw. $6.50.

New milch cows $50@60; horses $200 and

upward.





 





 





 





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WINTER PRUNING.





 





Owing to the excessive snow and cold

stormy weather we have done little prun-

ing since the middle of December, but we

are planning on a more active campaign

in the tree tops soon. The peach trees

and small apple trees will be left until

the weather is warmer, but we will try lo

get the older apple trees, especially those

that are in 2t rented orchard and have not

been pruned, cleaned up in time to get

them wcll sprayed with lime sulphur.



In the course of a. two weeks trip thru

our county attending a series of one—day

institutes I have taken particular notice

of the old orchards that have been care-

fully pruned and sprayed. and I can count

them on my fingers. I do not mean to

say that this is all there are in the

county, but it is all I have. seen on a trip

thru eighteen townships of the county.

This shows that the work of renovating

old orchards is still in its infancy in this

section. I further observed that the 01'-

churds that were well curcd for were gen-





erally in groups, there being several in a

locality under charge of one. person, 01‘ a.





neighborhood had observed that one of

their number had made. a success of car-

ing for his orchard and had followed the

example of his neighbor because the

neighbor had demonstrated that it had

paid. This is only another proof that

what the farmer needs to convince him

that there is money in caring for his or-





chord is example and not precept. In

almost every case the pioneer has been

scoffed at and considered a visionary





and crank until he has demonstrated that

his lhcm'y is practical and will work out

profitably; then the vcryoucs who Scofi‘cd

most will be ready to listen and profit by

the example and teaching. From these

facts it would seem that the policy rc-

Cently adopted by the horticultural dc-

parimcnt of the experiment station of

having a. field agent. to establish and look

after experiments in various parts of the

state is a dcsimbio one. These experi-

ments will be located where the neighbor-

ing farmers can see them and follow the

results, and they will be much more for-

cible than they Would if conducted at the

("ollcgc or sub—stations.



In several places we found Orchards

of considerable size, and in their prime

us to age. that were yielding their owners

practically nothing. One such orchard

consisted of sonic three hundred trees

about thirty years of age, mostly Spy,

Baldwin. 21nd Steele‘s Red. It was on c.

large farm in charge of a son whose

father had died a fcw years ago, and the

son stat-3d that he had no time or dispo—

sition to (are for the orchard. VAny ar-

gument to the effect that the orchuixl

could be made to yield a larger income

than the rest of the farm fell on heedless

cars. It will require some one Willi a lit-

tle faith and a lot of energy to demon-

strate to the owner the possibilities of the

orchard; in other words, it should be

lcascd to some one who will cure for it

and help solve the problem of insufficient

food production.



To return to the question of winter

pruning. I have seldom advocated it for

neglected orchards without some one rc—

plyiug that he would not have his trccs

pruned in the winter if some one would

do it for nothing. This style of argumcnt

is all very well for the specialist or the

few farmers who will take the time to





prune in the spring, but fot the av eragc

farmer who will not work at the orchuld





when there is anything else pressing, it is

ihiinous lo the orchard. It is very consol-

ing to 0. class of orchard owners as it

furnishes a good excuse for inactivity

until it is too info to clean up the orchard

this year. and the excuse will keep over

until next year and serve the purpose

beautifully again. If some writer wishes

to discuss the infinitesimal damage that

may result from pruning old apple trees in

winter let him do it thru a fruit journal

where the fellows who will prune anyway

can read it. but not try to discourage the

general farmer from cleaning up the old

chard when he has time to do it. Ex-

periments conducted by Prof. Bailey, our

highest horticultural authority, ShCW that

wounds made during every month in win-

ter healed almost as readily as those made

during the spring and summer months,

and I can cite many orehardists who

habitually prune in winter and their trees

are healthy and are bringing the returns,

which is what we are after.



I believe the tendency in pruning old

neglected trees is to bring them down





lower than formerly, so theentire tree

can be reached with the spray and to make

picking easier and lessen the loss from

drops. So many have the impression that

since the best apples in a neglected or-

chm‘d are found in the top of the tree,

the tree should be trained upward. Sup-

pose we cut off the tops of these trees.

The best: apples may still be in the top

but the top is lower. The sunlight can

now get to the, lower parts of the tree

instead of all being absorbed by what was

the top. Now thin out the remaining por—

tions so the light and air can simmer thru

1hc entire tree, and as good apples can

be grown near the ground as anywhere

else. 01‘ course, there are some orchards

where there is no room for the trees to

grow cxccpt upward. I have, in mind such

an orchard not far away where there is

not SDRC'L‘ enough between the trees to get

the brush down or set up a ladder, and

spraying is entirely out of the question.

if three-fourths of these trees were re-

moved the trees would still be loo close

if they had the. proper spread. This or-

chard is now dying from the outside with

the scale. I say from the outside. for it

seems to be. so thick that the scale can

not penetrate to its center. But laying

joking aside, it is absolutely impossible for

trees that are crowded in this way to do

anything, and to save any of them we

must: sacrifice some of them for the good

of" others. The man who sets out to clean

up an old orchard must do so with :1 dc-

11'-1'miuation to carry out the ideal in his

mind no matter what the sacrifice may

Iw. He must not spare the ax and spoil

the orchard. One tree with plenty of

room will do better than two or three

crowded ones, and be less than onc-hulf

the carc; and reasoning from the. some

basis, a tree wcil thinned out so the light

and air can penetrate it and all parts of

its framework can be sprayed is worth

more 111.111 two 01‘ three that are too thick

to bcur except on the outside. and too

tit-use to spray with effect.

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THE ART OF TRANSPLANTING.





 





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trflligcnt observation will prove more val-

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The nui'scryman 11nd gardener will

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men, while the average farmer will so

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root systems he docs well if he succeeds

in making one—half of the trees reach ma-‘

turity. The successful market gardener

will tramplunt acres of vegetable plants

with tho loss of scarcely a. single plant.



it is it simple truth that an experienced

fruit grower or gardener will make a

willow stake. grow in a place where the

average man cannot successfully trans-I

plant Ll willow tree.



It is the some with

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blackberries and ,





\Vhy .is it that a more cutting or it wil-l





low stake should be more successful in the

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hands of 2111 experienced person than a

well rooted tree in the hands of a bunglcr?

The answer is that the tree

a vessel full of water and in order to be

kept in such condition it must have an

adequate supply of water. '\\'hcn the

ruler goes out faster than the supply

comes. in, the ll'CO dies.



The gardcncr grows his plants under

glass and starts his cuttings in the same

mamncr to prevent evaporation until such

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will provide water for the portion above

ground.



This requires but a comparatively Short

time and when he transplants he takes

off a portion of the vegetable leaves to

balance the. amount of the root system

that is destroyed by resetting in order

that the water lost thru the tops will

not exceed the. water supply from below.

\Vc may safely say that whenever a tree

or plant dies, it is the fault of the planter.

unit-SS it is practically dead when it is

operated on.



Many times when a tree is half dead

and has but scarcely any roots, a judicious

system of pruning and packing of the

roots around the tree. would save it.



How much to prune plants and trees

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must be thinned out to meet the short

supply of water or the undue evapora-

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out before planting the wood must be

thinned out to meet the short supply of

moisture.



Here again the intelligence of the plant-



er is made manifest. The inexperienced

planter cuts all the branches back alike,

while the experienced planter bears in

mind that his purpose is to check evap-

oration.

- He knows that the smaller, thin

branches make the heaviest demaqu and

that the vigorous ones are more suppy.

Me cuts out the smaller thin brunchcs

and leaves the more vigorous ones. He

can give the tree a severe pruning with-

out injuring its form.



The roots should be pruned so that

they will contain no bruised roots and so

that they will correspond with the size

of the top.



The top and the roots should be cvcniy

balanced. Many trees die bccuus'c they

have too many roots, that is. they form

a thick mass that prevents the soil from

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nections with the soil.



New York. XV. MILTON KELLY.





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TO THOSE WHO FAILED WITH

SPRAYING.





We feel it an obligation upon ourselves

to speak a word to those who failed with

spraying this past season. Just how,

with results before them and the time

at hand to secure materials for the com-

ing season the value of the application

of chemicals to the trees is an important

consideration. Those disappointed in the

Outcome from the venture should not be

hasty in drawing conclusions. Spraying

is a complicated procedure and many

places are open for committing mistakes

that will almost if not entirely nullify

the use of the chemicals.



You may have securcll a poor gl'ullc of

lime, or Paris grccu that bud bccn adul-

terated. These possibililics arc us pos-

sible in purchasing chemicals for spray-

ing as deceit in buying; paint. a new kind

of oats, a registcrcd Sll't' or in trmliiu:

horses. The vcmicc must be there with

his wits and with all the knowledge he

can have of the subject he is purchasing.

These poor materials will give poor rc-

sults, even where all the operations have

‘becn perfectly performed.



A popular mistake in spraying is ap-

plying the wrong mixtui'c. The writer

has talked with mcu who have been dis—

couraged with spraying. Upon inquiry

it was fcuud that ul'scuutcs were used

for the control of the scab, or Ilonleuux

mixture for keeping down codlin moth.

It is impossible for the sprays to do any

benefit when they ‘have been uppllcd for

purposes which they are not calculated

to attain. So we would advisc thosc who

may be ready to give up Spraying to in-

quire into the nature of the pest and the

kind of mixture used. This might in

itself reveal the whole fault.



Still another feature of the work is the

manner in which the spray has been ap-

plicd. This work is uuilc an art in itself.

Not every person seems filled in do it.

One who cannot think when pcrformiug

his labor should bc sent to some olhcr

duty and confine the holding of the hose

to that person or persons who can use

his 'hands intclligcntly. One who is ail~

lllClC‘Cl to laziness 01' carelessness can

easily apply the allotted amount of spray

to a portion of the tree and leave the rc~

maindei' to light with the insects and

other enemies unaided. Every part of

the plant Should be covered with a thin

layer of the solution and unless this is

done the disease can attach to the tree

or leaves and «lo its damaging; work.

ll’hile this is cssculiully true in the up-

plication of urscnale-"L'. it is imperativelv

so in the use of Bordeaux for fuugous

diseases and lime and sulfur for thc con-

trol of the sonic. \Yiih the former mix-

ture the insects travel about and are

pretty apt to run into the poison if it has

been at all well applied. but with i‘hc last

two quite different conditions prevail.

The fungous diseases can only bc con-

trolled by preventing their getting: estab—

lished 0n the plant. If' the surfuce of the

plant is covered with the mixture the

fungus cannot get to the tissue without

coming in contact with the chemical.

So with the scale



We bring this matter to the attention





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a, binder, make good buy, pack pork or

manufacture a high grade of sauerkraut.

can offer no excuse for not spraying with

chances far in his favor if he uses the

same grade of care as is necessary for

the successful accomplishment of the

thugs ubove rci’erred to.



So coming to our lirsl premise wc would

urge upon those who may have become

discouraged with spraying from the sea-

son's work. to consider the conditions

that prevailed. Learn if it was the in-

hcrcut fuull of the spray and if so there

is good rcuson for “quilting." or. if the»

manncl' in which [110 work wus 1)v.-rformml

or the quality of the materials used is

to binmc, lli('ll there would be no justifi-

cation for giving: up the practice. Good

Oi‘ciuirdists have provcu beyond expcri-

mentaliou that the practice brings large

dividends upon the cost and expense in-

vested.





 





SOME REASONS FOR LOW-HEADED

TREES,





 





Au exposition touching upon the advan-

tages of low-headed lr‘ccs recently

reached this office from the pen of Prof.

R. S, Herrick, of the Colorado Agricultural

College. “'hilc the matter was written

for the growers of that state it has evcn

a deeper significance to Michigan orchard-

ists since here men are growing: trccs

who had their orchard training; during

a period that hia‘h hcudcd irccs wcrc ml—

vocaicd because it was Jusicr to get

about Lllt" orchard with :1 wagon and

rack. He defends his position in lhc

following; words:



“5y :1 high llcudcd ti‘cc wc mcau ouc

whose bruuchcs comc out of Lhc main

trunk four or five fccl ubovc tllc ground.

or, as the writer licurd one mun say,

‘hln‘h clung—1'11 so that you ('lill act :1 hor<e

Ciosc t0 the tifcc in culiivaling‘.‘ 3y low

headed trccs Wi‘ incau i‘rccs hcadcd hour

the ground. (Li-pending:~ somcwlmt upon

Ihc variety. Pouches in one of our luan





pcach growing scctions urc llC'rlClCll pruc-g

lically :11 lllc ground, while apples are





licudcd from 12 10 18 inches above. It is.

of courw. possible to allow the fruit. bour-





ing wood on what was ut first a low

headed tree to be scvcrul fcct frOm the

original llt‘ull. but with proper pruning

from the start this trouble can. be easily





overcome.



“An apple tree that is headed high is.

in some respects for practical purposes.

anything but high, for

chances are that such a tree will have

the lowc': branches. at lcusi, growing at.

almost right uuglcs 10 the, trunk. or in

other words. in :1 horizontal position.

\l'hcn such a trcc is bearing a heavy loud

of fruit. ihcsc limbs will bcud down and

arc \‘ci'v likciy to brcuk unless props un-

llHt'll. The use of props in an Ol'L‘liilHl is

at lcust a sign of very poor orchard man-

cement in thc past, and should be avoid—

ed. It is possible to train the liiu'h head—

ed tl'cc so that the branches will have

more of an upward growth, but it is u

recognized fact that work done several

feet from the, ground is never as satisfac—

tory as whcu done from u short ladder.

or while standing“ on the ground.





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in a low lu-adml. well trained. and





pruned 11cc we have all ihc csseuliuls

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right.

managed in regard to pruning. spraying;

thinning; and birrkiug‘.

doing [llf‘SU things is always at a pi‘c-

mium. fllld it glit's without saying: that

thc amount of time it takcs for such am

orchard is less than for a high headcd

ouc. in the second plucc it is u Wcll-

kuowu [act that low headed ii'ccs urc 1111‘

less subject to sun scald than high bemlcd

ones. And the third reason is that winch

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wcrc used. During the coldest nights

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LIME-SULPHUR, THE FRUIT GROW-

ERS’ FRIEND.





 





First used on sheep as a dip with suc-

cess, then on account of its efficiency in

controlling the ticks. the suckers. of the

sheep, it was tried on the fruit trees for

the centrol of scale, the suckers of the

sap. As a scale destroyer it was first

tried in the west with success. The

eastern authorities immediately claimed

that it. might, do in the west but it would

never do in the east. This disagreeable.

caustic, vile smelling. bothersome mixture,

however, killed the scale and is now, by

far, the best remedy for that trouble.



he formulas at the start were crude

and disagreeable to handle. They con-

tained la go amounts of lime and sulphur

and also salt or blue vitriol. The boiling

was crude and offensive and the mixture

was applied hot. But now the lime sul—

phur is almost pleasant to handle.



The latest formula is 15 lbs. sulphur.

8 lbs. lime (fresh)) and 30 gals. water.

The lime and the sulphur can be lmllt-tl

in about 8 gals. of water and you can boil

as many 50 gal. lots at one time as

your tank or kettle will coi‘ivenfently hold

8 gals. For large lots a. convenient form-

ula. would be to use as much water as

you do lime, and twice as much sulphur.

After boiling for an hour to an hour and

a half the mixture can be strained into a

barrel or tank and measured so as to get

the proper amount for each 30 gal. bar-

rel of diluted spray. Or, it can be diluted

so that there will be 10 gals, for each 15

lbs. of sulphur used ill the mixture. Then

for spraying, 10 gals. of the concentrated

mixture will be used for each .30 gals. of

spray. This formula will keep for any

length of time, provided it is kept from

evaporation. If it is to be kept. it should

be put into all air-tight barrel or if not

air—tight, the top of the mixture should

be covered with a coating of parailinc.



The new formula has great advantages

over the old in that it does not crystalize

when it gets cold and therefore can be

applied cold to the trees. It can be boiled

up at times when the Weather is not: suit-

able for spraying and will be ready. with

proper dilution, for use at any time. It

also requircs less time and fuel in boiling

because several lots can be boiled in the

same kettle at the same time that one

was boiled in before. It is easier to apply

to the trees and not as hard on the

pump.



Since this new formula has come into

vogue, lime sulphur has made itself much

more valuable to the fruit-growers be-

cause it does very good work as a summer

fungicide, a substitute for the Bordeaux

mixture. In view of the fact the Bor—

deaux mixture generally russcts the fruit.

thus depreciating its value, summer

spraying of lime sulphur is especially

welcome. It is less expensive, is just as

effective against apple fungus troubles

as the Bordeaux and does not russct the

fruit. It has not been thoroly tested

on other fruits yet. For summer spray

it is diluted five times the winter strength

or a convenient formula would be: 3 lbs.

sulphur, 2 lbs. lime to 50 gals. of water.

Enough can be boiled up in spring for

both the scale and summer spraying if it

is desired.



The lime sulphur as a fungicide should

be used in place of Bordeaux and at the

same times, which are: Just before the.

blosrsoms open, immediately after the

blossoms drop, 10 days later and about

August 1.



Results of tests at the South Haven

Experiment Station this year show that it

is safe to use the winter strength of lime

sulphur just before the blossoms open.

If so used it will do for both the scale

and the first application as a fungicide.

The summer strength is very effective

against the newly born scale and will

greatly help to keep the scale in check.



Poisons usually used with the Bordeaux

can be used with lime-sulphur but the

mixture should not be left to stand for





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





any length of time as the lime-sulphur

has a. deleterious effect, especially on the

arsenate of lead if kept together for a.

long time. The length of time it takes to

spray out a. tank full of spray after be-

ing mixed is not long enough to cause any

bad effect on the poison.



\Vith the present usefulness and its

increasing popularity, due to the eradica-

tion of its disagreeable qualities, and

the bringing out of its good, lime-sulphur

can be truly called the fruit grower‘s

friend.



So. Haven Exp. Sta.





SOM E POTATO NOTES.





F. A. \VILKEN.





 





 





As time goes on, and new experiences

come to us we are more and more con-

vinced that early blight of potatoes, at

least. if not the late disease. is largely in-

duccd by soil rather titan climatic condi~

tions. And we believe that investigation

along these lines will ere long place the

trouble in the former rather than the lat-

ter cause. Be this as it may, I think the

suggestion worthy of investigation and

while under no conditions would I ignore





spraying, I believe that, supplemented‘





with liberal supplies of sulphur at plant-

ing time, it is far more efficacious. It

seems pretty clear to me that experi-

ments upon my own grounds, at least,

bear out this statement, and an instance

in point may prove helpful to some. of our

readers. Last spring I had several vari-

eties under culture, and either most of

them were practically immune to blight

or else the sulphur treatment saved them.



My principal variety was Early Mich-

igan, but in addition there were several

new sorts as yet unnamed and one very

old variety which will be mentioned later

on. The culture was identical with all,

as was the spraying which was started

before many of them were up. and was

continued thru the season. All varieties

except Early lVlicllig‘all \verc treated lib—





erally with sulphur. but otherwise condi-'





tions wore identical. This sort was at~

tacked when in blossom and regardless

of ol‘t ‘l‘t'Dt‘tllOd sprayings was a. total

failure. not one-twentieth of a crop being

realized. Other sorts standing side by

side, were very little affected and tho





suffering seriously from drouth made a





fair crop.



The above results may and doubtless

are not proof positive that my conclusions

are correct, but to me they offer sufficient

data tliit until otherwise enlightened I

shall adhere strenuously to the practice

42f supplementing the spraying with lib-

eral applications of sulphur at planting

time.



Another argument in its favor, I do not

recall linding a scabby tuber among the

sorts treated thus and that fact is worth

bearing in mind.



New Sorts.



Thru the courtesy of an originator who

has sent out many valuable potatoes we

sat four or live kinds only the third year

from the seed ball. Two late and two

early sorts give promise of high value and

while there was not opportunity of test-

ing the latter as to extreme, earliness or

('illlrl‘WiSo. we hope next season to be able

to place them with other well known sorts

and learn something as to their merits

in this direction. As to form and quality.

they appear to be. fully up to the desired

standard and if they prove quick growers

as they now promise, we believe they

will make valuable additions to the list

of desiralle sorts.



An Old Variety Reclaimed.



Years ago, I remember to have heard

much and seen something of the Pink

Eye potato. Doubtless some readers may

recall the time when it was one, of the

leading sorts and deservedly ranked high

both as to table and cropping qualities.

‘30 had supposed that it was a thing of

the past and was extinct. as it long ago

went out of general cultivation. It was

the fortune of this same originator to ge

hold of a. few tubers of the old potato

some four or five year ago. They were

seabby and unproinising, but he suc-

ccedcd in getting a few good specimens

by treating the seed. They were let out

to a party to grow, but thru some chance

he lost the crop. excepting a very few.

and these were placed in the cellar two

years ago last fall. Last spring the writer

got hold of the remains of the box which

had lain in the. cellar for eighteen months

and all that was left was a few little

potatoes. grown out from the old ones,





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from the size of a pea to a robin’s egg. '





I planted them and by much pains got

quite a nice lot and to me. at least, they

are of much interest and I hope will prove

the means of reviving an old and highly

valuable sort.





Wayne Co. J. E. MORSE.





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A LITTLE TALK





WOMAN AND @1— ‘

' as HER NEEDS





ON HAPPINESS.





 





It is a. long time since our childhood

search for the pet of gold at the end of

the rainbow. So long'ago is that day

that we smile now at the that of it; smile

pityingly, longingly. contemptuously or

happily, according as the years have brot

us happiness, sorrow or disillusions. Tet

tho that day of actual search is gone

forever, we have been all our lives on the

search for a fleeing treasure, and that

treasure is happiness.



Everyone is looking for happiness. and

everyone is looking for it in a different

way. The sordid capitalist is looking for

it as he plans another way of wresting

poviver and fortune from his rivals and

making himself ruler of the world of

trade. Happiness to him means power,

and'when he has gained power to some

extent and is still unsatisfied. he plans

to gain more power, thinking in this way

to find the treasure he is seeking.



The miser looks for his ahppiness in

the hoarding of gold: the politician seeks

for his in fame and power; the artist

seeks for it in his endeavors to paint a

picture which shall be the greatest of his

day, if not of all time: the actor and

musician look for happiness in the plaud-

its of the people; the scholar searches for

it. in books, while the mass of folk who

have no special ambitions look for it in

the pleasures of life.



Many housekeepers look for their- hap-

piness in the possession of household

treasures. To them happiness may mean

the possession of a brass bed. a rosewood

table, a Princess dresser, a l‘iaviland din-

ner set, or a cut glass bowl. it means

happiness to them because none of their

neighbors have any of these things and

the possession of them would put the for:

Innate woman at the head of her sct. Or

possibly it is because everyone else has

these treasures that she wants them.



Whatever the reason it is probable that

their possession is the more desirable be-

cause she can not afford them. It is an

invariable trait of human nature that the

thing- we can’t have is the only thing in

the world that will make us happy, and

when we get it, we find a fly in the MM»

ment every time. I remember when l

was a child I insisted once upon the big

s’cst apple in the dish. My mother rec-

ommended a Smaller one, but I insisted





and got the prize. The first bite went

thru the thin shell of sound fruit into a

decayed center. My sister‘ who took a

small apple ate even the core.



Most of insist on the big apple, how-

ever, and we always find an unsatisfactory

center. One. bride insisted on the brass

bcd because her chum had one. Her

friend had twice the money but the bride

did not think of that. She got the brass

bed and then hadn't money enough to buy

a second bed. ‘Wheu friends came she

had to make a shakcdown on the floor.

I believe I should have preferred two iron

beds at $2.98 each.



Those women are happiest who cut

their garments according to their cloth.

If you have married a poor man. and you

knew he was poor when you married him.

why make your life. and his miserable by

fretting for things which people in better

circumstances have? Poverty isn‘t at all

comfortable nor pleasant. but it is en-

durable if you make the. best of it. It

is the fretting that makes it ugly. The

woman who takes life. as it comes and

doesn't bother about what she can't have

is the most sensible and happy.



Such women get oceans of pleasure out

of life without spending much money. If

a friend comes unexpectedly they enjoy

her and do not fuss about the food. They

do not begin to wish audibly that Mary

had come when strawberries were ripc,

or in maple sugar season. or in summer

when the house didn’t need to be kept.

warm, or in winter when there was good

sleighing. 'They think, and rightly. that

the friend came to visit with the family

and renew old times and not for what she

would get to eat or the parties that would

be given for her. So they extract all the

pleasure they can from the visit, and do

not fret because things are not different.



The constant habit of wishina' for

something we do not have is most de-

structive to happiness. A wiser writer

than I has said that "a man‘s life con~

sistcth not in the abundance of things

which he possesseth." and no more does

a woman’s. A woman's life should con-

sist in doing her duty willingly and. cheer—

fully, in making the most of the little

things which come to her hand. It is

in this way that she will find content-

ment is only another name for happincss.



DEBORAH.





 





SIMPLE YET'VALUABLE HOME

REMEDIES,





BY PANSY VIOLA vixen.



Every mother should have in store effi-

cacious home remedies to which she can

have recourse ata moment's notice. Some

of these remedies may be very simple and

yet very valuable in their effect if used

with knowledge.



In every family medicine chest there

should be a bottle of camphor. Two or

three drops of camphor on a chunk of

sugar will often quiet paroxysms of

coughing in children. A cult] in the head

can nearly always be broken up by in—

halingr the spirits of camphor. Pour it

upon a sponge and hold to the now. or

else put a tablespoonful in a tin cup and

pour boiling water over it and inhale the

steam. Equal parts of borax, powdered

camphor and salt, if snuffed up the nose,

is an excellent remedy for catarrh or cold

in the head, cleaning and clearing out the

passages in a short time. The spirits of

camphor combined with borax makes an

excellent wash for inflamed eyes. Put

one heaping teaspoonful of borax in a

pan or bowl and one teaspoonful of spirits

of camphor. Pour over all a pint of boil:

ing water and stir together; the eyes

should be bathed in this when comfort-

ably warm, and it can be bottled for fu-

ture use. If the eyes are badly inflamed

saturate a cloth with it and lay over the

eyes; the soreness will disappear. Then

cumphor has great value as an external

application in bruises. sprains, muscular

soreness and for scattering swellings.



A bottle of carron oil should be kept

in every home, since there is no better

remedy for burns. To prepare it, mix

euual‘parts of linseed oil—sweet or olive

oil can be used instead—and lime water.

Bottle and shake wellbefore using. A

burn should. be" dressed with this morn-

ing Midnight. Rounthe oil. on a piece

of lint or. old linen. and apply to' the burn,

then bandage securely. Crude petroleum





 





is another simple remedy; it is cspcviullv

cfiicacious in relieving pain of various

kinds when applied externally. II is of

great value for swellings of all sorts, in-





flammation, bruises and such like, Let

stand exposed to the air for a short

time before applying. Saturatc a cloth





with the oil and apply or rub the painful

spot with it. then cover with absorbent

cotton and oil silk. This will prevent it

from stainingr the linen.



Kerosene is excellent for rubbing the

chest and throat to relieve congestion.

and is improved by the addition of a lit—

tle camplior. turpentine, olive or sweet





oil. After rubbing well into the congestcd'





parts cover with a hot flannel cloth.



One will find many uses for spirits of

turpentine. A half lcaspoonful blended

with a teaspoonful of lard and rubbed

upon a child's throat, breast or abdomen

will act as a strong counter-irritant in

croups, colds and bowel troubles.



Olive oil is a valuable remedy in the

home. It is excellent to build up the sys-

tem. especially if there are scrofulous or

tubercular tendencies. It can be taken

in its purity or is excellent if combined

with lemon juice and honey, using about

the juice of two lemons and a tablespoon-

ful of honey to each ounce of the oil.

Shake thoroly before taking. It is not

only a nourishing medicine. but one that

will help to clear the blood and help the

stomach. Olive oil is excellent in cases

of threatened appendicitis, also in chronic

cases of this disease, and is often pre-

scribed by doctors for this purpose.

Emaciated persons can be rubbed with

olive oil; the abdomen and the soles of

the feet will absorb it more readily than

the rest of the body. It often proves ac-

ceptable where the skin is dry from fever.

Use only the purest olive oil for medicinal

purposes.



Glycerine is indispensable as an aDDli-

cation to the skin, especially in cold

Weather when the skin is apt to become

chapped; a few drops of the spirits of





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





camphor to each teaspoonful of glycerine

will add to its beneficial etfects on the

with a little water. A ta‘blespoonful ‘of

glycerine added to a cup of hot milk

will cure the most severe paroxysms of

coughing.



Carbolic acid is such a very excellent

remedy for all fresh wounds and cuts

that we do not like to omit it from our

list of valuable home remedies. yet there

have been so many serious accidents thru

its careless use that we can only mention

it with a warning. Always remember

that carbolic acid is a deadly poison, so

always keep it out of reach of children

and in a. place by itself so there may be

no mistake made. by hurriedly snatching

up a bottle which resembles some other

you want. Keep it in a distinctive bottle

and tie a small hcll around the neck as

a warning. when lifted, to stop and think

before using it. One or two drops. puro

put on a poisoned wound, will burn it

without pain. For all fresh wounds 11551»

it diluted. one teaspoonful of acid to a.

cupful of water ’thoroly stirred. Keep

he wounds covered with cloths constantly

wet with this.



The lemon has many medicinal qualh

ties. There is said to be no better rem-

cdy for persons who are troubled with

biliousness and liver complaints than

lemon juice. It is also a good remedy for

sick headaches. In such cases it should

he used with sugar. Lemon juice and

sugar mixed very thick is a good remedy

for coughs and sore throats. Lemon

juice is a good germ killer, and a litllt.

put in the water when traveling on

trains is a protection. It is also an ex—

ccllcnt wash for the mouth. and a slice

of lemon rubbed over the face after be-

ing: out in the dusty streets will kill any

disbasc germs that may have lodged

lhcl'c.





 





ST. VALENTINE’S DAY—ITS ORIGIN

AND CELEBRATION.





 





“'hcn you open your mail on the four-

teenth of February you may be annoyed

by receiving; an ugly picture with a so-

called humorous verse beneath. Or per-

haps you will be more fortunate and rc-

ccivc instead a really artistic card with

llt'zll'lS‘ and cupids galore. If you are it

girl with a bashful lover. you may be

happy enough to receive a proposal by

mail. as on this day in the year faint—

hcai‘tcd lovers are hidden to hope.



\l'liatcz'er you receive you will undoubt-

edly say: "Sure enough, this is St. Val~

cntine's Day." And then perhaps you

will wonder why a "Saint's" day is ecle-

hratcd only by sending sentimental notes

or annoying vah-nlincs. lit-gcncrncy of

the times I suppose would be the answer.



St. Valentine's day, like Christmas. was

originally a heathen festival. The early

(‘hristian churches. finding it iniposs’hlc

to stamp out those celebrations. adopted

them. gave them a new name and a re-

ligious significance and handed them on

down thru the ages to us of the twen-

tieth century. The day was first cclc-

hratcd by the church by having the pen—

plc draw slips on which were the namcs

of saints. the saint drawn being the put-





I'on saint of the person for a year. ’l‘hc

custom was modified gradually by the

substitution of names of adored ones,





until the day camp to he. looked upon as

the proper time to choose a mafc instead

of a patron saint.



Pro-eminently the day for children and

youth, they make the most of it. In

many schools the children.make, or buy,

valentines for onc another and the (-10:4—

ing hour is devoted to a little talk about

the distributit‘ui of thc valentines.



A merry Valentine party dcpcmhi-d on

the old idea of a cobweb party for flu-





chief fun. The strings were arranged so





that two of the party would t'llll their

search together. thus pairing the con;—





pony. At ends of the strings \vcrc \‘Ilil'li—

tines. one for each girl and each

The hostess. who knew where each string





luly.





ended, started the searchers and tricd

to see that each damsel secured flu»

swain she most. desired. The couples





who met at the cud of the search \vcrc

partners, for the rest of the (‘Vt'llillf—Z‘C



Of course the place cards were lit-art-

shaped. and thcrc were candy lu‘lurt‘s with

sentimental mott‘ocs. I'lcart~shaped cakes

were served with the iccs and even the

sandwiches were cut: heart-shaped.



For a part of the merry—makingr every

bOy had to write a proposal in rhyme

and every girl had to write an acceptance

or refusal, also in verse. The best ver-

sifiers received heart-shaped boxes of

candy, while the poorest were awarded

heart-shaped cookies. which had been

broken into two pieces and fastened to-

gether with frosting.





 

 

 





 





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SHORT CUTS TO 'HOUSEKEEPING.





This department is opened as a

means for the exchange of new and

successful ideas in housekeeping.

Every housekeeper is anxious to learn

the quickest and best way of doing

her work, and is constantly lookin.r

for new ideas. If you have what you

consider a good idea send it on for

the benefit of your sisters. They will

do the same by you. Please do no!

Ft-lld recipes. Every housckcepcr now

has more than she can use. But if

you tl‘ink you have the quickest and

best way of washing. ironing. sweep-

ing: dusting: or doing anything else

about the house, please write and tell

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ln turning meat balls. try using your

pancake tuincr. You can slip it under

two at it time. and work more quickly

than with a kniE'c.~.\I. 113. L., lomulus.



To save tinn- in ironing my sheets I

fold them crosswise and iron the upper

half only. Thi- lowl-r half is Never St't‘ll

and is made smooth enough by the pres-

sure it gets \vhcn the upper half is ironed.

~Mrs. 11., Ithaca.



\\'hcn you fill your salt and pepper

shakers tiy lllliuu' flu-m by lumps; of the

funnel. You can insert the cud in the

shakcrs and llll ihl-m in one—fourth the

lllllc it takes to use a spoon. and without

spilling~ the crunlinm-ztls.—~Mrs. W. A.,

i'kcmos.





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When i make toast and wish to soften

lin- haral crust I take my rolling pin and

run ovcr the slit-cs with just enough pres»

sure to crush lllI.‘ crust. This does not

take ncarly as much time as pounding:

them With a knli‘l- handle—Mrs. S. J. \\'..

New Lothrop.





 





llow nany honsclouxpcrs always make

French seams in smving'.’ I always thot

i must finish my scams that way until a

l'l'iI-nd showed int» :1 better way. It is

simply tc put your smallest hemmer on

lhc sewing: machine and run all your

scams thru it. Hr. if you have been in





flu» habit of telling (-vcry scam try my





lll'\\‘ way. You finish your Scams neatly

and withdraw cllscs and only take one

stitching. if you have never learned to





use the attachments of your machine take

the timi- at onrc lo mash-r them. Their

rlcnl use will shorten 1::crccp1ihly the time

you have been giving to sewing—XV. A.

L.. Lennon.



Try using: glass bottles lightly stoppered

for your spices. 'l‘hcn all you need to do

is («I open the door of the cupboard and

look at thcm and you SW: at a glance just

i formerly used tin

cans with the name-s on the outside but

the cans were always getting turned Willi

so I put my spices

Any





which one you \vunl.





the names out of slam.

into Stil‘ilo- baby—food bottles I had.

holtlcs would dw—li. L‘_ D.. Corunna.





THE NEW HATS ARE BECOMlNG.





‘.\'l1li the snow white on the flchls and

lln- slatt- in the slurp of a hard winter. it

bl'l'llls almost likc :I jokc to begin to tulli

of Hu'mlzn-r styles. llul lhosc busy hull—

\ltlllilIH who ill-vote- lllt'll’ Iimc to thinking

up In-w and quwvr combinations for wom-

l-u's \Vt'tll'. lia‘xc lwrn busy for wccks .lc-

filling: our l‘all- for in-xf Slilllllit‘l‘. and al-

i‘cutiy tin-y arc gradually beginning to 1’.“

us a little about what we may vvcal‘ if

“('Hl‘l't'f‘l.“





(‘tlllr‘l'if‘l‘nllflll, prob-





\\‘c wish to bc



llzlls arc the first

ably because l‘IoSlwl' l‘Hlllcs early and from

Iinu- out of memory the new liuslcr bon-

iu-l has llll'll considered a ucccssity. Ad-

vance nulls llllll’félit‘ that we arc to have

really becoming l‘ulri ouc more. instead of

the pcachbaskci .‘llul mushroom monstro-

fights of tlxc past sulsoh. ’l‘hc crowns are

sinnl'cr. and lln- brlms. instcud of being

.‘I continuation of the crown and resting

on the cars, arc rolled up jauntily, some

in front, some at the side, and

behind.



Leghorn and maline are in high favor,

and as womankiud is extremely fond of

those two materials it would seem that

this summer we are to like our hats.

There are also many pretty fancy straw

braids, and stunning toqucs and turbans

all of flowers and foliage. Speaking of

flowers, small ones are preferred to the

larger varieties.



For wear from now until Easter, some

of the stores are showing smart little tur-

bans of jet and braid. They roll up from

the fact and will be a welcome change

from the awkward things that have been

seen all winter, and which almost conceal

the pretty, girlish faces beneath.





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EAT PLENTIFULLY AND WELL.

No. 2.





BY MRS. ALTA L. LITTELL,



We all know that food is essential to

the preservation of health and life, ‘but

do we ever stop to think of its manifold

uses? “7e eat when we get hungry be-

cause if we do not, we get weak and faint

and are unable to work. Thus we see

that one of the uses of food is to furnish

energy, or working power to the body.

\Ye know, too, that we must eat in order

to keep the body in repair and in order

to grow. And it‘ you recall the comfort-

able glow you feel after a square meal you

will see that food furnishes heat for the

body. The three uses of foetl, then, are

to give the body energy, to build it up and

to furnish heat. The. cook who wishes to

do her work thoroly and at the same time

with the least expense, must know what

foods are best suited to these three ends.



Experts have figured out just how much

food, how many calories they say, is nec-

cssary to enable a man to do a day's work

of ten hours. This amount they set at

62 ounces, or 3,500 calories. llut i do

not believe the housekeeper should ever

confine herself to furnishing just stillicient

food to ktep her faintly going. Such a

regimen may do very well for exploring

parties who can not carry provisions in

large quantities. or perhaps in the army

and navy, but in the home, i am a firm

believer in giving the family all they want

to eat, and trusting to the comtnon sense

of the individuals not to overload the

stomach. Of course, this does not hold

true of young children who must be care-

fully watched, bttt adttits (an usually be

trusted to eat no more than titty need.

I hold with a doctor who, in a recent

magazine article, attacked the principle

of light eatingr advocated by so many

faddistS, and advised his readers to eat

all they could digest properly. As a prOof

of his assirtion he pointed to the lavish.

ness of nature in every other way, the

quantity of blossoms that are formed and

the many that never mature ittto fruit,

was one illustration. Nature provides

more blossoms than she needs and then

picks Ottt the best for her iinisht-d pro-

duct. 80 with eating; furnish nature

plenty of material, and leave her to select

the best and reject the rest, was his

theory.



So I atn an enemy of the fad so popular

with some, of going without breakfast.

Perhaps some can omit the morning meal

and keep healthy, but the average person

who works is better for three meals a.

day. And extremely nervous persons are

better to eat live times a day instead of

three. Of course, these meals would be

smaller than if they lived on only three.

I know stvcral women who were thin and

anaemic on three meals and who became

fairly healthy and strong whcn they

changed their way of eating, and had a

light lunch in the middle of the morning

and afternoon. So it would seem that

the housewifc‘s concern should not be to

find Ottt how little food she can serve to

her family and still keep them going, bttt

to find out what is the best quality of

food to serve.



On this latter question of quality too

much can not be said. If one wants tine

stock, he feeds them the best of food he

can obtain. So if we want tine human

stock, we must feed the best possible

diet. This does not mean fancy dishes,

rich pastries, and fruit out of season,

which last one writer calls a fad of the

vulgar rich, but it means plain. nutritious

and easily digested foods. foods rich in

those elements which are best to furnish

heat. energy and tissues for the body.

On this subject I am a faddist of the

tnost extreme type. I firmly believe that

if we ate only those foods wl "ch are best

for us and ate in digestible quantities we

would have less need for medicines. An

engine which is properly cared for has

little need for the repair man. So that

human machine, the body, will have little

need for the repair man, the doctor. if

we give it the right food with which to

repair itself, and are watchful of other

things, flesh air. bathing and plenty of

good water to drink.



I have been frequently criticised for be-

ing overcarcful in the diet of my children,

but I feel repaid for my overcarefulness.

\Vhen my children go to bed at 7 o’clock

every night I know I atn thru with them

for the night. I am not. up every night

or so doctoring fits of indigestion or

“worms,” as are so many mothers whose

children “can eat everything.” They

sleep the sleep of the just and well-fed,

and the rest of the family are allowed to

sleep in peace.



And the children never feel that they

are being stinted as to food. They get





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





plenty of good bread and butter, beef or

mutton in small quantities, ,ggs, cus-

tards, milk and cereals, with a little candy

once in a week, and then never more

than a. couple of pieces. Oranges, apples

and peaches and pears in season they

enjoy. But pies, fried cakes. greasy

gravies, tea, coffee, pancakes and kindred

abominations are rttled off their bill of

fare. Of course, it makes me more work

during the day to cook them an extra

dish, bttt I have my reward in two heal-

thy youngsters who have not seen a sick

day all winter.



(Mrs, Littell will gladly answer any

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Ilt-ar liditor:-—C‘an you tell me why

bread, when taken from the oven should

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You may cover the bread while it is

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cm] and leave uncovered. Bread should

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away as it takes odors from the cloth.

Put it in air—tight tins or crocks.



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Dear liditor:—\Vili some one please tell

me thru the columns of the Michigan

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Can they be made. without cggs?—~Mrs

G 8., South Branch.



Dear Editorz—I read about the new

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\Vifc described, and think it is a line idea,

but I do not quite understand how she

made it, as I lieVer saw one. \Vill this

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uses in this box and it they have air

tight covers? How long would it require

to cook beans or meat in this way?—Mrs.

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Dear Editor:—ln the, Home Queries col-

umn 1 saw a. receipt for making sweet

milk cheese. I would like to know how

much rennet to use to a gallon of milk,

and where to get the rennet. I have tried

to get it at tho butchers and also of the

druggist. bttt could not get it.—Mrs. A.

T., Elweli.



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tired but and dejected. Better for to

drop everything and go for the ride pro-





posed by husband than strayfat home and





spend .the hour in scrubbing the cellar

stairs; 'B'etter far‘to leave. underclo-thes,

and other pieces which really do» not re-

quire It, unironed than have the children

ask for help in their studies that mother

cannot give.



Life is short and time is fleeting, at

best we cannot hope to realize all we

wen-id. Something must be crowded out.

“‘hat shall it be? This is a question

every woman must answer for herself. It

is one upon which hinges more than she

may imagine, and few subjects are worthy

of more that. Different circumstances

and environment call for different answers

and what might be best for one would not

necessarily be for all.



I admit that it is not easy to decide

what Shall be done and what left undone,

but it is a foregone conclusion that we

cannot hope to accomplish all. If we de-

vote every energy to keeping the house

immaculate‘we have our time fully occu-

pied with that alone. If we do our duty

by husband and children. provide whole—

some food and preserve the spirit of godd

cheer and" comradeship which is their just

due, in short, make the home what it

ought to be in its atmosphere, an uplift

to those who inhabit it, it calls for more

energy and. better spirits than remain

after all else has been done.



How shall we choose? How decide be-

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tials in making up the work of the day?

How divide the time between housekeep-

ing and home-making for the best good

of all concerned? This is an important

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tell how they have done it?





THE CHILDREN’S MANN ERS.





_ BY E. J'. LYNCH.



Everybody appreciates and admires a.

“manneriy” boy or girl. yet we often fail

to give the credit for it where it belongs.

I know a woman who habitually, when

she takes ’her children away from home.

keeps saying to them. “Now. mind your

manners.” Those children arc about the

worst behaved little savages who ever

went to visit anywhere. “'hen at home,

manners are a negligible quantity. They

have no place in the daily life of the

home, and while the mother is conscious

of her neglect, and of their habitual rude-

ness, she yet wishes to give others the

impression that she is very particular

about “manners." Good manners in chil-

dren never come by accident. They are

the result of careful, systematic training.

patiently carried on from babyhood.

Thousands whom: early training in this

respect was neglected are able. when they

leave home, to shake off sonic of the bad

habits they have unconsciously fmnncd, to

copy what they admire in others and con—

form to the usages of reilned peoplc with

whom they associate.



The best of all ways to teach children

good table-manners is to set them a good

example. This alone is not sufficient. It

needs to be backed up by patient admoni-

tions as to what to do and say, and what

not to do and say. but without the ex-

ample, precepts will fail oi" the desired

cffect.



To teach children how to ask for things

politely, and express thanks for them in

a nice way, is one of the very first lcs-

sons in mannerly training. and it can bc—

gin in the very first year. It may sound

“cute" to hear a child lisp "tn ta.“ but it

is better to teach him to try to say

"thank you" from the beginning. Very

soon he will notice that ho never hears

the older folks saying “ta ta" and will

drop it with his baby talk and have no

substitute words for it which have become

a habit. So, in the very beginning teach

him to try to say, “thank youfif or “I

thank you”—a habit which he may profit-

ably carry thru life.



Another good habit which a child can-

not too early be taught is to be quiet and

gentle when strangers .are present. and

never to interrupt his e'ldcrs when they

are talking unless it is absolutely ncccs~

sary. When he must say something. let

him preface his remarks with “excuse

me” when he interrupts.



Some of the very common bad habits

which must be corrected in the very early

years, are the crowding of too much food

into the mouth. getting the chubby hands

or fingers into the food on the plate, and

noisy habits of feedingfi It may be per-

missible to give a. baby a bone to suck,

but when he is old enough to come to the

table, it is much better practice not to

give bones, or such things to him. He

will get very little real food off them, and

iii a, .1917 minutes hands. face. and prob.

ably dress and tablecloth will be in a





muss. Bone sucking at the table does not

pay for the after trouble. His meat and

food should be well out up for him. His

knife, fork and spoon should be of a size

suitable for his age, and he should be

taught proper habits of feeding from the

very beginning. If he is‘trained to use

his right hand antLto keep his left hand

in his lap when the left hand is'not actu-

ally needed, it will tend greatly to keep

the idle hand out of mischief, and Out of

the food.



NoiseleSS habits of eating and drinking

are just as easily formed as the opposite.

There is no excuse but habit for the very

uniovcly and often embarrassing noise

made in eating and drinking by those who

were allowed to grow up with such habits

uncorrected.



The habit of chewing slowly and thoroly

every mouthful of food. a habit which

means much in the prevention of digestive

ailments. can also be begun very soon

after a child is brot to the table.



The right use of the knife is another

point that should not be neglected. Once

a knife or fork has been used. it should

not again be laid on the cloth. if the

plate has to be passed for a second help-

ing, the knife and fork should be passed

with it. ,



Another bad habit sometimes observed

in otherwise refined. careful people. is the

habit of sipping the tea or coffee from

the spoon instead of from the cup. They

keep the spoon standing in the cup con—

stantly, a most inclegant habit which,

combined with the sipping from the spoon

habit, is most disgusting to well bred peo-

ple. It is no kindness to a child to lczlve

such bad habits unchcckcd and many a

boy and girl away from home has had to

be asked to refrain from this habit. much

to their own lnnniliution. In a certain

college it was customary for the lady

principal to take an hour on Saturday

morning to discuss thy- impropriclics of

this kind noticed in studcnts by the touch—

ers who presided over the sovoral tables.

It would surprise many mothers to know

how often their daughter's rudo blunrh-rs

in table manners had to be called utu-n-

tion to and corrected, becuusc of bml

habits, careless little slips that were nog-

lccted at homo.



We all admire the boy who at once re-

moves his can when he enters :1 room.

who excuses himself politely when hc

has to interrupt his mother when she has

company; who closcs doors ouictly: who

will not rudely walk immediately in front

of visitors or crowd before them; who

does not search out the best chair for

himself instead of offering it to visitors.

and who will not pcrsislenlly thrust him-

self into the present-o of (:omlmuj' when

requested to remain in another room. but

these desirable features nevcr coup» by

accident to any boy. Back of Llll' habits

we admirc arc years of patient. .visc

trainingr and correction and adnmnishing.

till such actions becomc habits.

are few boys who cannot bc lruinml along

thesc lines if the mother l'wgins curly and

continues the training daily.



The habit also of speaking i‘cspeclfullv

to those who are older. has Devil worth

a good deal to a boy when he \vcnt out

into the world to fight his own bullies.

N0 employer wants a saucy. impcrliucnl‘

employo who does not know how to speak

respectfully. it pays to give polite. civil

replics~pays in dollurs and cents. as well

as in self respect. and hclps to win favor

everywhere among relincd people. The

old~fasliioned epithets “Sir" and "Alit'zllll,”

are by no means obsolete. even tho Youn'fi:

America often forgets to use them when

he should.



The quality of self~rcstraint which is

admired wherever seen is another habit

which is the result of years of practice.

l'nless it is begun in childhoml. it is

rarely achieved. Nowhere is it more im—

portant than in spcccll. To allow chil-

dren to discuss peoplc or ‘encmn'ugc gos-

sip about them in the home will be a

detriment to the child lhru life. ‘hil—

drcn‘;-z speech. as well as thcir food, needs

wise supervision. They must curly learn

not to talk about all that they see. and

to leave alone things which do not concern

them if they are to acctmiplish the self-

control so desirable. and command the

respect of intelligent people.



There are times when a bit of slung

may be. very expressive, but coarse slang

or “Smart Aleck” replies should never

be allowed to go unchecked. To hear her

child answer "Yep" instead of “Yes sir."

when a minister inquired if he had been

at school, was enough to make almost any

mother blush, but it was her own fault.

She allowed him to answer her so, and

the habit soon formed. “Company man-

ners” are very likely to be disappointing,

and the visitor does not need any great

discerning power, to see that it is a very





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER;





thin, poor coat of polish put on over habit-

ual rudeness allowed to go unchecked.



However much practical, unpolished

people may sneer at the attempt to teach

children good manners, those who are

out in the world meeting strangers con—

stantly. know that good manners and re~

spectful habits are an asset, a help to:

advancement and good favor, by no means

to bc despised.





DECORATING THE HOME.





The art of decorating the home had its

origin away back in that remote period

when our forbcars began to live in the

calves provided by nature. The art adv

vunced with the advancement of civiliza-

tion until in the early days of the ancient

Roman Empire. the method in vogue

was to mix reddish clays with water and

brush them on the walls. giving rise to

the Pompeiian red which is still used for

coloring and from which our most l'llOLl'

crn decorative methods have been evolved.

in the centuries that followed great ad—

vances were made, but only the houses

of the wealthy and the nobility had any

pretentious decorations. During the lat-

ter part of the 17th century. the solid

colors and fresco effects became popular.

walls were often painted, but frcsuolng

became an art and mural decorations

frequent. Still greater advances have

been made in recent years. The flat cf-

fccts of coloring which are to be second

only with vvulcr colors. are most satis-

factory for house decorations. Thcsc :u‘c

now available in at variety of colors which

havc :1 soft and velvety effect in tho

decorations of house walls. The bctlcl'

g‘l'atlcs ol' tllcso llidlcl'itlls \‘rlu‘ll tl]l]illL‘tl.:

either in plain, solid colors, or st'cucilcd

in l‘uncy or sci tit-signs. add no; :1 lilth- to

thc alpl‘n'al'elncc of tin- home. \Vith them

it is easy to design El, colonial room or to

blond a gcncral color sohmnc, which gives

an artistic, simple and rich uppouruiuw

to cycn the modest homo. \Vithoul duos,

lion. with the improved modern mull-rials

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AN OLD-TIME LENTEN CAKE.





BY M.an FOSTER SNIDER.



Old—fashioned persons uscd to call thc

Sunday in mill—Loni

Mothcril‘ig' Sunday, bccausc in (illicit

times the lnarricd sons and daughters

used to mukc spx-cial visits to their moth-

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recipe is tho following:

Simncl t‘uktn—llcat six ounces of custcr

sugar and half a pound of good butu-r

with a wooden spoon until smooth and

creamy. I“ beat in thrcc fresh eggs. om-

by onc. Sift in tlii‘co—lluul'lcrs of :1

pound of flour in which hus bccn siftlnl

a pinch of salt and u tcaspoonl'ui ol‘ bak—

ing po'vvdcr and [Wu tcaspoonl'uls of

mixed spices; add the grated yellow rind:

each of cu.- ornng‘c and one lcmon. half

a pound of candied pcol cut in thin small

strips. half a pound of cleaned currunts

and t)ll'.‘-l!llill'l("[' pound of sweet almonds.

blanched and chopped fine. Mix all thor—

oly together. thcn add half :1 \\'lllt‘5:l:lSS-

fill of brandy and a little sul‘l'ron. Mix

again \'t'l'.\' lhnl'oly. and drop the dough

in ullo lump from the bowl into a round.

huttercd cake tin. ’l‘ic tightly over its

top a sculdcd and well—floured pudding"

cloth, place the tin in a kettle of rapidly,

boiling water, and let it boil steadily for:

tlircc hours. The cake must then be

carefully taken from the i‘n. \\'o_rk the

edge of the top up like a little i'cnco and

brush it all over with beaten egg. Place

it on a wcil-buttcrcd baking tin and lctl

it bakc slowly in a inoderalc ovcn unlit

the crust is hard and crisp and nicely

colored. Sprinkle powdered sugar thickly:

over it and let it. stand on a sieve until;

cold. If u handsomcr cake is dcsiredl

cover it with an almond paste and sugar

icing and ornament with candied fruits

or fancy strips of candied peel and fruit

meats. but the coke is delicious without

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E MARK ETS

DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

February 9, 1910.

Grains and Seeds.





Wheat—From the seller‘s standpoint,

the wheat market has not been as satis-

factory the last week as for former

weeks. The price ruled about 3c lower.

The bearish news which caused this

change was the heavy receipts in the

northwest, a slow foreign trade and ac-

cumulation of stocks at large foreign cen-

ters. Since Monday, however, a different

tone has crept into the trade. Conditions

in the southwest indicated that the grow-

ing crop has suffered considerable dam-

age by unfavorable weather. The bullish

trend was also affected by the continued

strong demand from millers. This season

has set a new record in the amount of

wheat used 'by domestic manufacturers.

In spite of the continued heavy receipts

which exceed those of a year ago, the Vis-

ible supply during the past week has ac-

tually fallen off nearly a million bushels

and the visible supply. a year ago was

nearly twice that given out Monday.

Large houses in Chicago are also buying

wheat and \Vinnipeg on Tuesday report-

ed an improved foreign trade. One year

ago the price for No. 2 red wheat was

$1.12. Quotations for the week are as





follows:



No. 2 N0. 1



Red. White. May. July.

Thursday . . . .1.251/2 1.251/2 1.26 1.04%

Friday .......1.241A; 1.241/2 1.25 1.04%,

Saturday ....1.231/2 1.23% 1.23% 1.0414

Monday ......1.231,.’, 1.2314 1.23% 1.04%.

Tuesday .....1.231,/;,» 1.23%; 1.23% 1.05%,

\Vednesday . .1.231/4 1.23% 1.23% 1.04%





Corm—COntinued heavy receipts were a

bullish factor in the corn deal the past

week. The influence of wheat also fav-

ored a declining market. At this season

of the year when consumption is as large

as any other season, the visible supply

only showed a nominal change from a

week ago. The local market is steady

with prices ruling from two to three cents

below the figures of a. week ago. One

year ago the price for No. 3 corn was

6329.10 per bushel. Quotations for the week

are as follows;





 





 





No. 3

‘ No. 3 Yellow.

Thursday 6414 651,11,

Friday ....... . 64 65

Saturday . . . . . . ........... 631/2 641,6

Monday ... ............... 631,; 641,4,

Tuesday ................. 6314 641,14,

Wednesday .............. 63 64





Oats.——In some sections the arrival of





 





 

 

 





”THE . IVIICHIGAN _.FARMER.





selling in car lots at 33@350 per bu. in

bulk, and in sacks at 30@40c. .



Provisions—Family pork, $24.75@25;

mess pork, $24; medium clear, $25@26;

pure lard, 1394c; bacon, 16%(0170; shoul-

smoked hams, 151/60; picnic

hams. 12140.



Hides.—No. 1 cured, 11c; No. 2 cured,

9c; No. 1 bulls, 100; No. 2 bulls, 8c; No. 1

green calf, 150; No, 2 green calf. 140; No.

1 cured calf, 16c; No. 2 cured calf, 1435c,

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

$2.50; sheepskins, as to wool, 50c@$2.



Dairy'and Poultry Products.



Butter.—The advance made in butter

last week, both at the local and Elgin

markets, was lost, and more besides. The

dealing has been a little slow, but the

users of substitutes are gradually be-

coming consumers of butter again, all

of which is improving the demand. The

supplies, however, are coming in quite

liberally for this season and traders ex-

pected the decline which took place. Quo-

tations are: Extra creamery, 29c; first

do., 280; dairy, 23c; packing stock, 22¢

per lb. .



Eggs—Southern supplies of fresh stock

are beginning to appear on the market

and prices are off. Storage men are also

endeavoring to get rid of their stocks

on hand and this has aided in cutting val-

ues down. The consumption is improv-

ing rapidly. Current offerings, cases in-

cluded, are quoted at 26%;c per dozen.



Poultry.—-The trade is enjoying a firm

tone due to the light offerings. A fair

demand prevails, and prices are advanc-

ing. Quotations are as follows: Live.—

Spring chickens, 160; hens, 16c; geese,

14c; turkeys, 180. Dressed.—-—Chickcns,

17c; hens, 17c; ducks, 18@19c; geese, 15

@160; turkeys, 20((024c.



Cheese.——Last week's advance has not

been sustained and prices are back to

their former level. Michigan full cream,

161/26017c; York state, 190; limburger, 18c.



Calves—Choice to fancy, 11(gllll/zc; 0r-

dinary, 9((0100 per lb.



Dressed Hogs—Light, $10@11 per cwt.;

heavy, $9@9.50.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Cabbage.—Steady. Home—grown, $1.75

@2 per bbl.



Onions—Domestic offerings 70@75c per

bu. Spanish, $1.35 per crate. _



Apples—Spy, $3603.50; Baldwin, $2.50@

3; common, $1.50@2.50 per bbl. _



Cranberries.,—~Cape Cod berries selling

at $2€02.25 per bu.



Nuts.-Buttcrnuts, 50c per bu; walnuts,

50c; shell bark hickory, $1.





OTHER MARKETS.





Grand Rapids.



Greenhouse people report light cuttings

of lettuce, on account of dark weather

during January. The price has improved,

growers now getting 12@121/2c. Radishes





the market is weakening. Prices lower.

Choice to fancy quoted at 38@43c per bu;

fair to good 33@35c.



Beans—Kidney beans are higher oth-

ers lower. Choice hand-picked, $2.23 per

bu; fair to good, $2.18; red kidneys,





3.10@3,





 





Baston,





Vi’ool.-———Prices are being well maintained

in the wool trade. The activity has shift-

ed from the fine wools to the coarser

lines, the amount of business in either,

however, being small. Most of the trad—

ing is with the little manufacturers. The

bidding in the West for the new crop

continues. The leading domestic quota-

tions range as follows: Ohio and Penn—1

sylvania fleeces—No. 1 washed, 40@41c;

delaine washed, 39@400; XX, 37@380; 1&-

blood combing, 36@37c; %-blood combing,

36(037c; 1/4-blood combing, 35c; delaine

unwashed, 320; fine unwashed, 27@2Sc.

Michigan; “'isconsin and New York

fleeces——Fine unwashed, 25@260; delaine

unwashed, 31@32c; 1/2-blood unwashed,

3564‘36c. Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri

-—%—blood, 34c; fi-blood, 32@33c,





 





Eigin.



Butter.—Market firm at 29¢ per 1b.,

which is 20 below the quotation of a week

ago. The sales for the week amounted

to 457,600 lbs., compared with 498,600 for

the previous week.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

February 7, 1910.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards.

East Buffalo, N, Y.)



Receipts of sale stock here today as

follows: Cattle, 75 loads; hogs, 8,000;

sheep and lam‘bs, 15,000; calves, 650 head.



With a light run our cattle market to—

day was active and prices generally 25@

35c per hundred higher than last Monday,

One load of fancy 1,400-lb. cattle sold at

$7.25. There is not much demand yet for

stockers and there were but few on the

market. Fresh cows and springers were

active at strong last week’s prices. At

the close everything is sold and we are

in better shape than we have been for

the last three weeks.



\Ve quote: Best export steers, 86.2560

6.50; best 1.200 to 1.300-lb. shipping steers,

$6606.25; best 1,100 to 1,200—lb, do., $5.60@

' medium 1.050 to 1,100—lb. butcher

steers, $5.35m'5.75; light butc'her steers,

$5.25fl‘550; best fat cows, $5fi05.25; fair

to good do.. $4.25604.60; trimmers, $527500

3; best fat heifers, $5.25d1‘5.75; fairio

good do., $4.50 to $5; common do., $4@

4.25; best feeding steers, 950 to 1,000 lbs.,

$4.40@4.50; best do., 800 to 900 lbs., $4@

4.25; 700 to 750-lb. deliorned stockers,

$3.75fi4; 600 to 650-11). do., $3.25@3.50;





 





oats has been liberal, which, with the de- and parsley grown under glass remain best bulls, $5.25@5.50; bologna bulls, $440





cline in wheat and corn, caused a weak-

ening in the tone; it, however, failed to

change the local quotation for standard

grain. This market is in a stronger posi-





about the same in price. The average

price paid for potatoes is 25c, With move-

ment light. Local buyers believe that the

price of potatoes will go still lower.





4.25; stock bulls, $3.50@3.75; best fresh

cows and springers, $556060; fair to good

do., $406045; common do., $256035,



’l‘he hog market opened 10@15c higher





tion than the Other t“‘0 O‘ang t0 the Iim- VVhth is Off 3C, Other grains practically than Saturday and closed Steady W'ith a





ited supply of grain in store. The visible

supply shows only a nominal decrease.

One year ago the price for No. 3 oats

was 541/2c per bushel. Quotations for the

week as as follows:





Standard.

Thursday ..... . . . ...... . ..... . . . . 50

Friday ............... . ........... 50,

Saturday ......................... 50

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

Tuesday . . ....................... 50

\Vednesday ...................... 50





Beans.—The bean deal is at a standstill.

No trading Whatever is being carried on

here. .The nominal quotations given be-

low were reduced during the week from

$2.18 to $2.15 for cash and a corresponding

change for March. The quotations are:



Cash. March,





Thursday . . . . -, ............. $2.18 $2.23

Friday ..................... 2.15 2.20

Saturday ................... 2.15 2.20

Monday . . ................... 2.15 2.20

Tuesday ................... 2.15 2.20

\Vedncsday ................ 2.15 2.20





Ci0verseed.—This trade is assuming

normal activity for the season. Just new

prices are on a lower basis. It is ex—

pected that the activity will continue un‘

til the late spring sci-ding is over. \Vliere

prices will go during that time is oniy a

conjecture, for it is bC']l(‘\'(‘d that farmers

have an unusual amount of seed on hand

for seeding purposes. because they were

aware before disposing of their crop last

year. that there was :i shortage and pre-

pared for the Occasion. Quotations are

as follows:





Prime Spot. Mar. Aisike.

Thursday . . ....... $8.50 $8.50 $7.50

Friday . . ......... 8.45 8.45 7.50

Saturday . . ....... 8.30 8.3( 7.50

Monday ........... 8.25 8.25 7.50

Tuesday .......... 8.37) 8.25 7.75

\\'cdncsday ...... 8.40 8.40 7.75





Rye.——Market is steady and easy. No.

l is quoted at Sill/Jo per bu., which is a.

decline of 1c.

Visible Supply of Grain.

This week. Last week.

‘Wheat ...............23231000 26.101000





(.‘orn ............ 9.500.0tm 9,754,000

Oats .......... 8,710.000 8,753.000

Rye . . . . . . ......... 770.000 785,000

Barley . . . . ........... 2,803.000 2,602,000





Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.





Flown—Demand is active at unchanged

prices. Quotations as follows:





Clear ................................. $6.00

Straight ... ............... . ........... 6.05

Patent Michigan ...... . ............. 6.25

Ordinary Patent ..................... 6.15



Hay and Straw.—Market advanced.

Quotations are: No. 1 timothy. new,





$17.50@18; No. 2 timothy, $16.50@17; 010v-

er, mixed, $16.500’017; rye straw, $8.50;

wheat and oat straw, $7 per ton.



Feed.—Bran is higher; other grades

are steady. Carlot prices on track;

Bran, $28 per ton: coarse middlings, $26;

fine middlings, $30; cracked corn, $28;

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

$25 per ton. .



Potatoes—This deal is easy and dull,

the demand being only ordinary and the

supply ample. Prices do not vary much

from last week. Michigan grown are





unchanged. Both dairy and creamery





good clearance for all that arrived in





butter are off 20, and eggs have (ll'ODD€d time for the market. Prospects look fair

30. Dressed hogs have climbed again for the near future-





to 11c, and are very scarce at that price.





Mixed, medium and heavy (mostly





In live poultry, chickens and ducks are $9.05), $3M) 9.10; best yorkers. $9609.05;





1c higher.



Quotations follow:



Grain—VVheat, $1.19; oats, 49c; corn,

67c; buckwheat, 600 per bu; rye, 70c.





Beans.-—VVhite machine screened, $1.95





basis; red kidneys, $2.65 basis._

Button—Buying prices, Dairy, No. 1.





24c; creamery in tubs or prints, 280





per .

Eggs—Fresh, 26c,

Apples.——50@75c.





Vegetables—Potatoes, 40@ 50c; onions,





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

50@60c; beets, 50¢ per bu; carrots, 40c;

turnips, 400; Hubbard squash, 2c lb; cel-

ery, 1219c; parsley, 200 doz; vegetable

oysters, 25c doz.



Hogs—Dressed, 110.



Live Poultry—Fowls, 13@131/zc; roos-

ters, 9@10c; chickens, 13%;?0141/30; ducks,

1660170; young geese, 12@13c; young tur-

keys, 18@20c.





 





New York.





light yorkers and pigs, $9@9.05; roughs,

$8.30@S.35; stags, $7@7.25.



T'he lamb market opened active, most

of the best lambs selling early at $9.25.

Market closed firm with everything sold.

Tlnless the runs are light we may get

some lower prices the last of the week.

W'e had a load of lambs today from E.

G. Head, of Ricliland, Miclr, of his own

feeding, that we sold straight at $9.40.

This is the high price for the season so

far. There are a good many half-fat

lambs coming now and about half of some

lambs have to be sold for culls.



Best lambs, $9.15@9.25; fair to good.

$8.75fi09; culls, $8@8.50; skin culls, $6.707;

yearlings, $8@8.50; wethcrs, $675607;

ewes, $ii.25@6.50; cull sheep, $3.50fl5.50;

best calves, $10fi010.50; fair to good do.,

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





 





Chicago.

February 7, 1910.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep





Buttes—Marked weaker, with prices Received today ------ 18000 3&0“) 12.000





lower. Western factory firsts, 221/2@24c;





creamery specials, 300.





Eggs.—~Prices have continued toward a





lower level following liberal receipts from

south. \\'cstern firsts. .‘lL‘c; seconds, 2960





Same day last year..22.819 43.950 23,710

Received last week..47,916158,933 60,754

Same week last year.55,532 203,018 49,434



(‘attle owners were greatly helped by

the unusually small receipts last week





291/2“; fancy refrigeratOr stock, 245.1260 that followed the recent slump in prices.





per doz.



Poultry.—Dressed, steady. iVestern

chickens, broilers, 15@23c; fowls, 14@

18c; turkeys, 22@25c.





 





St. Louis.

Grain.—\Vheat No. 2 red, $1.25@1.26;

corn, No. 2, white, 66%c; Oats, No. 2, 471,4

471/c





Hay.—Stcady. Timothy No. 1 to choice

is selling at $17fl‘18 per ton; No. 2. $1540

16; No, :3, $13; clover, No, 1. $17: No, 2,

55,16; clover mixed. 9513.506’116: alfalfa (1110‘;-

111316 at $187019 for NO. 1 and #2106117 for

Y 0





Potatoes—Receipts are coming quite

liberally and the trade is weakening with

prices below those of last week. Mich—

igan Rurals are quoted at 50@530 per bu.





 





Chicago.



Vthats—No. 2 red, $1.23@1.24; May,

351.10%; .iuly, $1.01%.



Corn.~No. 3. 631/20; May, 665/30; July,

66%0 pcr bu.



Oats—No. 3 white, 47140; May, 461/20;

July, 431/30.



Butter. Market weak, with prices off

several cents from last week. Cream-

eries, 2260260; dairies, 20Q024c.



Eggs—Trade is weak. Demand good

and supplies increasing rapidly. Prices

down. Prime firsts. 26c: firsts, 25c; at

mark, cases included, 17fi‘23c per doz.



Hay and Straw.—Market quiet; nearly

all grades of hay and straw are lower.

Quotations: Timothy, choice, $18.50@19;

No. 1, $17@18; No. 2 and No. 1 mixed,

$16@17; No. 3 and No. 2 mixed, $136015.5(),

rye straw, $10@11: oat straw, $9609.50;

wheat straw, $8@9.



Potatoes—Supplies are coming fast and





 





and while the general requirements of

the trade were scarcely any greater,

enough competition between buyers pre-

vailed to cause steers to sell 40(a50c

above the recent low level. Beef steers

went chiefly at $5.25((06.60, the poorer

ligl'it—weights bringing 5311560515 and

and the clioicer heavy shipping beeves

$6.65fi07.65. \Vhile there was a scarcity

of choice cattle. the demand was mainly

for cheap and moderate-priced cattle

capable of being converted into a fairly

cheap grade of beef. The good rally in

prices shows what can be accomplished

by stockmen when they send in stock

conservatively, and the same holds true

of last week’s hog and sheep markets.

Butcher stock rose largely 250.250 for

good lots. with a good demand, cows and

heifers selling at $3.15m‘36, with not many

sales a'bove $5.50, bulls selling at $3fi5.23

and canners and cutters at $2fr03.10. The

little reaction in prices that appeared on

Thursday was natural, as buyers had

completed their most pressing buying or-

ders. The consumption of beef is still

much below normal. and country shippers

should not lose sight of this important

fact. Calves were active and higher at

$3.50flr9.25, and there was a moderate

supply and trade in milch cows at $2500

65 per head. The stocker and feeder trade

was active at higher prices for the better

class of cattle, packers taking many of

the best feeders. Stockers sold usually

at $3@4.60 and feeders at $4.40@5.50, not

many feeders selling above $5.25. The

recent government figures show a great

falling off in the number of cattle in the

United States, and experienced feeders

believe that by next summer fat beeves

will command high prices, as no surplus

is looked for.





 





 





' FEB. 12, '1910. 7 .





Today‘s cattle receipts were remarkably

small for.M0nday, and there was a.“"good





'general demand, prices for steers and





butcher stock averaging 10@15c higher,

and some sales were claimed to be 20c

higher. Trains of live stock were very

late, and at a late hour they were still

arriving. A few choice cattle sales took

place at $7.25@7.60, and really fancy

beeves were hard to find. It should be

understood, however, that these advances

frequently do not extend to either the

poorest or the best lots. and last week

the top price paid was $7.65, or 5c lower

than the previous week, altho the general

market was much higher. The best heif-

ers are now quoted at $6.25. '



Hogs underwent daily sharp advances

last.week up to Thursday, when the first

decline was seen. Chicago packers paid

the advances reluctantly, and on some

days from 9,000 to 10,000 hogs remained.

unsold at the close, the eastern shipping

demand being the strongest factor. The

receipts showed the good results of longer

feeding, and the general quality of the

offerings was so uniformly good that on

Thursday the percentage of sales under

$8.50 was the smallest in many weeks.

The bulk of the recent sales took place

within a range of 15c, and there was a.

particularly good sale of strong-weight

lard hogs. Provisions have participated

in the advance in the raw material,

stocks being unusually light everywhere.

with a. good cash demand for both cured

and fresh meats, despite their extreme

dearness. .May pork has advanced re-

cently around $1 per barrel, and other

products show similar advances. Evi-

dently high prices for hogs and hog meats

are here to stay until a. normal “crop”

of pigs can be matured. Farmers should

go into breeding sows, for the country

is growing greatly in population and

needs far moreliogs.



The best hogs sold last week down to

$85714 and up to $8.80, and today saw a,

rise of 10675150 over Saturday’s figures,

with an active Monday trade at $8.25@

8.75, light hogs going at $8.20@8.65, stags

at $9619.75. boars at $5@5.85 and pigs at

$7608.20. Hogs sold largely at $8.55fi08.70.

\Vestern packing since Nov. 1 is 2,465,-

000 hogs less than a year ago.



Sheep and lambs made great records

of high prices last week, sheep and year-

lings, which made up but a moderate per-

centage of the offerings, selling particu-

larly high. Tops were $8.90 for lambs,

$8.25 for yearlings and $6.75 for wethers,

sheep selling at the best prices since last

June. Flocks are largely centered in

strong hands, and owners are not dis-

posed to part with their stock except at

high prices, as it is known that fewer

sheep are being prepared for the market.

than a year ago. Eastern shippers have

operated freely as a rule, and this meant

good competition. There was no abate-

ment in the demand for feeders, with

lambs of this kind scarce and salable at

$7.256i‘7.90. It looks bright for the future,

and farmers who go into breeding choice-

sheep stand a good show of coming out

well ahead.



Following last week’s advance of 50@

75c in sheep and lambs, there was a fur—

ther rise of 15617250 today, with extremely

small receipts for Monday. Lambs went

at as high prices as have been seen this

Season, the range being $6619.05, Colora-

dos going at the top. VVethers sold at

$5.75@6.85. ewes at $3.50@6.50, bucks and

stags at $4105 and yearlings at $7@8.50.

Clipped lambs are now marketed freely

and sell well. Feeding lambs are scarce

at $7.25fir8.



Horses were in good general demand

last week. but country shippers sent in

such greatly increased supplies that sell-

ers had to submit in plenty of instances

to reductions of as much as $10 per head

from former price. Farm mares were





active sellers at $125@175, and there was.





a free movement in small southern chunks

at $65fii2150, while drivers were taken on

a basis of $1606; 300 for medium to prime

grades. Heavy drafters were in active re-

quest at 9516541265, and loggers and feed-

ers had a good outlet at $170@225. The

American Ice Company not a. number of

nicely matched pairs of draft chunks that

weighed 3,000 to 3,200 lbs... at $400@500,

and about 1.000 more horses are required.

Mules weighing 1,100 to 1.300 lbs. are

wanted at $160fi230 for shipment to the

Canadian northwestern wheat region.



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The packers have coined money out

of the recent meat boycott. as they were

enabled to fill their coolers with meats

at great reductions in cost, while no cor—

responding cuts were made in their prices.

Stock feeders got the worst of it, as they

sold their cattle and hogs much lower

than before the agitation commenced, and

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In the first edition the Detroit Live

Stock markets are reports .0: last week;

all oftenmarketl are right up to date.

Thursday’s Detroit Live Stock markets

are given in the last edition. The first

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

February

Cattle.

Receipts, 879. Market active and 1571)

25c higher than last week. or steady Witli

\V'cdnesday. Closed 57110c lower, ..

“'0 quote: Best stcers and [11911918,

6; steers and he'i‘crs, 1.000 to 1,200, $.i@

1.75: steers and heifers, 800 to 1.000, $4.50

6115.25; grass steers and ll"‘ll‘(?l'S that are

fat, 500 to 700, $3.75((1>4.25; choice fat cows,

$4.75; good fat cows. $4711.5ll1‘00m‘1‘7)“

cows, $3.25@3.50‘; canners. $250613; choice

licmy bulls. $4.50fa‘475: fair to good ”1'1";

lognas, bulls, $3.75fu‘4.25; stock bulls, 511...-»

((14; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1,000.

$74.50@4.7o; fair feeding steers. 800" tp

1.000, '$4@4.50; choice stockcrs, 500 to 1_0t.,

$4@4.50; fair stockers, 500 to 700, 3152.71161)

4.25; stock heifers, $3.5i.i€1:l.75; milkei‘s.

large, young, medium age. $405,155; coni-

nion milkers, $206135. ,

Bishop, B. S: H. sold Hammond, S, &

Co. 2 cows av 890 at $2.75. 4_do av 1,017

at $3.35; to Hiipp 3 heifcrs av .00 at $4.30;

to Austin 4 stockers av :12 at $1, 2 do

av 500 at $4; to Sullivan P. (‘11. 1.8 steers

av 1,264'at $6, 2 do av $75 at $5»; to Kam—

B. Co, 1 do weighing 700 at $4.25. 9 do av

843 at $5; to Ilainmond. S. & (.‘o. :1 cows

av 1.210 at $3.60; to Mich. 1;. (‘11, 5 do av

064 at $4, 1 do weighing 1.220 at $4.75. 1._>

butchers av 747 at: $4.50, :1 do av 1.17:: at:

$4.25, 2 (lo i.l\' 1.123 at $4.23. ' do av 1.100

t. $4.25; to Sullivan P. (‘0. I: bulls av

1.050 at $4.25. 1 do Weighing 1,200 at $4.40;

to Newton B. (To. 9 cows av 821 at $3.25,

1 do Weighing 1.120 at $4.25. 4 do av 900

at $3.25. 5 do 21v 906 at $4.25, 4 butchers

21v 847 at $3.25. 2 cows av 905 at. $3.25,

2 do av 1.150 at $1.60, 2 do av 9:45 at $125;

to Hupp 7 heifers av 73.”. at $4.50: to Bur-

ton & E, 6 rows av 1.020 at $4.50, 8

smokers av 603 at $1.50: to Null 1 bull

Weighing 940 at $1.15. 1 do weighing 1.370

at $5; to Sullivan 1’. (‘0. l cow Weighing

1.050 at. $4, 2 do 11v 1.000 at -.3.50. 12

Steel's av 951 at $5.50. 1 do av 8212 :‘it

$4.85, 1 cow weighing 1.000 at $11.50.

Spicer & R, sold Sullivan 1‘. t‘o. 2 bulls

av 955 at $1.50, 1 do wt-ighing' 1.400 at

$4.65, 15 slot-"s av 1.050 at 53.00, 17 do av

1.012 at $5.6i, 2 cows av 1.015 at. $4.50;

to Gtmse 4 c i\\'s av 880 at 131.25: to Sulli-

van P. Co. '7 heifers av 740 at $4.50; to

Mich, 13. Co heifers av 390 at $3.90, 2

cows av 1,0.‘50 at $3.90; to (lilllSU ti heifers

av 386 at $4.25; to ’{eittkowsky 3 cows

av 970 at $31.75. 1 bull “wishing 550 at

$3.60. 1 bull Weighing: 1,200 at $4.75. 1

cfivv Wcighine: 1.000 at 84.25; to Breiten~

back Bros. 9 butchers av 771‘» at $4.25. 1

(MW weighing 700 at $21.77.; to Sullivan P,

Go. 3 do :’i\' 1‘73! at $3.25, 2 do av 910 at

$21.2 do av 615 at $3.

Haley & M. sold Sullivan 1". (‘0. 2 cows

:i\’ 1,000 at $l.'_’5,1.tlti\\'ci}.’.‘lillig 060 zit

175, 1 do weighing 825 at $33.25; to Mich.

‘ . 2 do av 975 at $71.25, 1 do weighing

30 at $3.25; to Kainmaii R. ('o. 5 steers

v 900 at $5.50. 1 cow Weighing 930 at

$4. 4 butchers av 702 at 84.7.11- to llam-

niond. S. 8: Po. 3 coWs av Mil; at $3337.,

1 heifer weighing 440 at 94.25; to Sullivan

P. CO. 1 bull \veigliiiig~ 1.1130 at $4,311; 1,,

Thompson Bros. 2 cows av {15:0 at $437,,

2 heifers av 870 at $5. 1. bull weiO‘hiug

1.510 at $4.60; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 1 bull

weighing 700 at $1. 22 cows av .870 at $3.

10 do av 925 at $4.50. 10 steers av 825

at $5.25.

Hall sold Sullivan P. (30.

(\70 at $5.10.

\‘Vilson sold same 1 bull weighing 1.990

zit $4.75.

Groff sold same 4 cows av 925 at $4,

1. bull weighing 1.050 at $4.27..

Lovewell sold same ti butchers av 884

at $4.50.

Gi‘off sold Schurniau 3 butchcrs av 746

:it $4.50.

McAiiiiich

at $4.90.

Love-well sold Hammond, S_

11111] weighing 1,000 at $3,111,

McAniiich sold Regan 2’.

at $4.50.





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27 butchers riv





sold Hum; 14 steers av $13





& Co. 1

heifers av 680





Veal Calves.



Receipts, 592. Market steadv at last

neck's priccs. lit-st. $0019.50: others, $4

(118; milcli cows and sin-ingots sic-adv.



Bishop, B. 8: ll. sold Naglt- P. Co. 8

;i_\' 110 at $8, I \\'I‘l,2‘lllll,¥.' 230 ill $5, 3 21V

115 at $5, 19 :1\' 125 at $\.25: to Newton

1}. Co. 2 riv 110 at $0. 9 av 145 at $0.25;

to Swift & (.‘o. 2 av 110 at $0. 5 av 130

atr$9.50, 2 av 140 at $0.



Spiccr S: R. sold Nag'le P. (‘11. 1 weigh-

ing 150 at $9.50. 2 av 1.10 at $9.50» 1

W;(:l§lilllf4‘ 120 at $9: to Mich. 1:, ("o. Giav

1.15 at $8.75: to Sullivan 1’, (‘11. 31 av 140

at $9.50: to Gousii 5 av 120 at $6.75; to

Breitcnback Bros. 5 av 125 at $7 4 av

147E111 $6. '



t-‘I'tltél' sold Nafili 5’ “ ' - . 7' -

$030. ht 1. (,ti_ 1 J\ 1.1.1 (it



Downing sold same 7 av 1.10 at $8.



Graff & S. sold samu '14 av 125 at $9

7. av 12: at $9.311, ‘ '

. Haley & M. sold Nag‘lc 1". (‘11, 1 weigh-

mg 100 at $51. 1: av 1.30 at $11.50. 17‘av

160 at $7.50, 10 av 140 at 8&75,



McAnincli sold Rarlagt- 1 weighing 170

at $4, 6 av 10.: at $7.25. ' '



Cheney 8: H. sold llurnsline 6 av 150

:it $8.60.



Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts, 7,107. Market dull at last

week‘s prices, or 256130c lower than on

Wednesday.



Best lambs, $8.25618.fl01 fair to good

lambs. $750678: light to common lambs.

316717.25; fair to good sheep. $4.75fi5.75;





culls and common, 3.50414.



Bishop, B. & I-l. sold Nagle P. Co. 429

lam’bs av 88 at $8.55; to Swift & Co. 44

sheep av 95 at $5.50: to Nagle P. Go. 224

lambs av 87 at $8.55; to Sullivan P. Co

108 lambs av 60 at $7.50; to Hammond, S.

& Co. 44 do av 80 at $8.50. 19 do av 65

at $8; to Nagle P, Co. 233 do av 75 at





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$8.25, 19 do av ‘80 at $8.25, 9 sheep av 100

at $5.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 9 lambs av 65

at $8; to Swift & Co. 71 do av 75 at $7.50,

76 sheep av 110 at $5.50; to Breitenback

Bros. 39 lambs av 60 at $8; to Newton B.

Co, 166 do av 80 at $8.25; to Hammond,

S. & Co. 112 do av 65 at $7.50; to Breitcn-

back Bros. 48 do av 65 at $7.60; to Swift

& Co. 17 sheep av 85 at $3.50, 87 do av

90 at $5.50, 13 do av 110 at $5.50; to Ham-

mond, S, & (Jo. 31 lambs av 67 at $7.75;

to Fitzpatrick Bros. 44 do av 60 at $7.75,

11 sheep av 95 at $5.25, 6 do av 100 at

$4.50; to Mich. B. Co. 97 lambs av 65 at



7.40.



Spicer & R, sold Nagle P. Co. 7 sheep

av 125 at $7.50, 75 lambs av 77 at $8.40;

to Hammond. S. 8: Co. 24 do av 80 at

$8.50. 11 sheep av 78 at $5.50; to Sullivan

P. Co. 2 lambs av 75 at $8.25; to Mich.

B. Co. 25 do av 65 at $7.30.



Bohm sold Mich, B. Co, 50

70 at $8.10.



Downingr sold same fl?» do av 70 at $8.25.



Haley & M. sold Nag‘le P. Co. 97 lambs

av 80 at $8.50, 15 do av 55 at $7, 9 sheep

av 100 tit $5. 2 lambs av 80 at $7.50.



thm sold Baker 7] lambs av 75 at

$7.50, 76 sheep av 110 :it $5.25.



aordine sold Nagle P. Co. 210 lambs av

85 :it $8.50.



Iici'tlcr sold same 174 do :iv 85 at $8.50.



lleeney sold same 101 do av 74 at

$8.25, 6 sheep av 100 at $4.50.



llcrgin & \V. sold same 6 sheep av 25

at $5, 135 lambs av 83 at $8.30.



Sharp & \l'. sold Hammond,

37 lambs av 68 at $7.60, 44

at $8.25.



Johnson sold Swift & Co. 62 sheep av

110 zit $5.50, 36 lambs av 85 at $8.25.



Roc Com. Co. sold 'I‘hompson Bros. 36

lambs av 60 at $6; to Nag-le P. Co. 181

do av 70 at: $8.15.



Groi’f 8: S. sold Barlage 12

75 at $8.



nge sold Thompson 29 sheep av 90

at 5.



Cheney & H. sold Young 6 sheep av

150 at $5.25, 57 lambs av 78 at $8.25.



Hogs.





lambs av





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do av 75





lambs av





Receipts. 2.233.

last week; steady

opening.



ltangc of priccs: Light to good butch-

ers. $8.75; pigs. 88.61.141.870; light yorkers,

$8.75; stag‘s, 1.3 off.



Spicer & R. sold Hammond, S, & Co.

94 av 200 at $8.80. 109 av 190 at $8.75, 21

av 170 at $8.70.



Haley & M. sold same 225 av 200 at

$8.50, 12:; av 1110 at $8.75.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 146

av 210 at $8.80, 10 av 195 at $8.75, 76 av

170 at $5.65, 13 av 100 at $8.60.

$8blah-y & M. sold same 220 av 200 at

' .12).



Bishop, 1%. & 11'.

at $8.80, 589 av 170 at $8.75,

at $8.70.



Same sold Parker, \V’. & Co, 285 av 170

g; _fl‘i)8.75, 68 av 200 at $8.80, 63 av 150 at."



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Sundry shippers sold same 360 av 170

at $8.75.





with \Yednesday at





Sold same 3:10 av 200

154 av 150





Friday‘s Market.

February 4,

Cattle.



The run of cattle at the Michigan Gen--

tral stock yards Friday was vcry light

and the few on sale sold at about Thurs-

day’s prices.



Best steers and heifers. 315.500.71.73;

steers and heifers, 1.000 to 1.200, $5415.50;

steels and heifers. 800 to 1.000, $1,75@

5.25: stcers and heifers that are fat. 500





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to 700, 333.7501-1; choice fat cows. $4.50@

4.75: good fat cows. $fl.50(114.25; common

cows, $212501 21.50:; crinnoi's. $2.51M'1t};





choice heavy bulls. $4.501}; 4.75; fair to good

bolognus, bulls. $4414.50; stock bulls. 233.50





(114; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1.000.

$4.50614.75: fair feeding steers, 800 to





1.000, $4614.50; choice stockcrs, 500 to 700.

Sit-1.756114%; fair stockei's. 500 to 700, $3.50

((03.75; stock heifers, $350614; milkers.

large, young, medium age, $406,055; com-





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Veal Calves.





'The veal calf trade was strong at

Thursday‘s prim-s. bis-st grades bringing

$9.50 pci' hundred. Best gr:1d<-s, $010

9.51); (itlici‘s. $1415.30. ' '



llishop, 14;. & ll. sold Hammond. S. K-





(‘1). 0 av 120 at $8, 5 av 120 at $9, 12 av

110 ill $8.





Sumt- sold Nag‘lc 1’. Co. 2 av 1:15 at

$9.50. 3 av 145 at $0.50, 1 weighing 170

at $8.





Ltickc sold Mich. R. Co. 13 a\\135 at $9.

Sheep and Lambs. ‘W



The shut-p and lziinb trade was active

and. quality considered. prices paid av-

craa'cd full steady with Thursday.



Best lambs. 88.2561840; fair to good

lambs, 87.50618; light to common lambs.

$050017: fair to good sliccp, $-1.50@5.50;

culls and common. $371750.



liishop. l>'. t\'v ll. sold Fitzpatrick Bros.

3‘» lambs av 55 at $7. I: slim-1) 21v 114 at $5;

to Strauss & A. 21 lambs av 85 at $8.25,

114 do av 85 at $8.35: to Hammond. S &

(lo. 20 do av 62 at $7.25, 3 do av 75 at

$54.25. 10 (10 av (i5 at $7.50. 5 do av 80 ill

$25; to Naglc P. Co. 21 do av 80 at.

$8.15, 1.“: sheep av 120 at $5.50; to Rarlagc

7 do av 80 at $4.50: to Haisc 28 lambs

av_ 77 at $7.75: to Swift 8: Co. 9 do av

11:» at $7.50, 102 do av 80 at $8.30, 30 do

:iv 75 at $8.30; to Sullivan P. Co. 22 do

av 00 at $7: to Hannnond. S. & C0. 9 do

av 68 at $9: to Mich. 1%. Co. 107 do av 60

at $7.75: to Nag‘lc P. (‘1). 39 do av 65 at

$8. 10 do av 61 at $7.75. 101 do av 80 at

$8.25. 144 (10 av 85 at $8.15. 38 do av 80

at $7.75; to Strauss & A. 199 do av 84

at $8.40.



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In the hog department the. trade was

very dull and 1567200 lower than on

Thursday. Sullivan hot a few extra. good

ones at $8.60. but the general market for

tops was $8.50. and every one on sale

went to the Sullivan P. Co.



‘Light to good butchers. $8.45@8.50;

pigs.f£$8@8.25; light yorkers, $8.40; stags

/3 0 '-



Bisliop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co.

159 av 170 at $8.40. 103 av 210 at $8.60,

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BY EVA RYMAN- GAILLARD.





Not one in a thousand of the people

who eat cocoanuts in one form or another

has any idea of what the tree means to

the people of countries where it is a.

“native” fruit, for if every particle of

vegetation, except the cocoanut—palm

trees, should die they would be able to

live in comfort. This tree, alone, would

furnish them with houses, furniture,

clothing, food and drink.



The people of Ceylon proudly enumer-

ate more than a hundred uses to which

the parts of the tree and its fruits are

put, and to name even a small part of

these uses is to prove the assertion that

it will provide all the necessaries and

some of the luxuries of life.



The tree has a straight trunk averaging

from forty to sixty feet in height and six

feet in circumference, surmounted by a.

crown of pinnate leaves varying from

twelve to eighteen feet in length. The

trunks of these trees furnish a timber

that is easily worked when first cut but

becomes harder, and finer grained, as it

ages, until the grain becomes such that

it takes the highest polish. This wood

is largely imported by other countries for

the manufacture of high—grade furniture.

and with such wood available for the cut-

ting it becomes evident that everything

that can be made of wood is provided for.



If, however, the people were forbidden

to use anything except the leaves they

would be able to have the thing's needed,

and for which we. cut down forests. The,

stem and mid—rib of the leaves are large

enough to serve as framing timbers for

their houses; for font-c posts; for firewood

and many other uses, the smaller leaves

furnishii'ig‘ such things as fish—poles and

many of the smaller articles needed.



A glance at the leaf shows how the

leaflets are arranged on each side of the

mid—rib. These are so large and tough

that they are used for thatching root's,

overlapped for “siding," for floors and

partitions, and, when piled up evenly, for

beds. Sometimes the leaflets are reduced

tovtibre, the finest of which is used for

making cloth, curtains, carpets and rugs,

and the coarser parts for brushes, brooms,

fodder and fuel.



Having provided the house, its furnish-

ings, clothes, and many other things,

there yet remains the task of providing

fond and drink, but, to the natives who

have coceanut—palms to go to, this is no

task at all. At the top of the tree there

is a bunch of tender leaves that may be

cooked as we do cabbage. or used like

lettuce and other salad plants. but this

is rarely used because cutting it leaves

the pith of the tree exposed and, fre-

quently, causes it to die. 3elow this

growth there are bunches that look like

immense leaf-buds, but are, in reality,

unexpanded flower spathes which yield

a large quantity of sap. At sundown men

climb the trees, gash these bunches, hang

pails under them to catch the sap, and

then gather it early in the morning. \Vhile

fresh this sap furnishes a delicious drink,

but it fermcnts in a. few hours. In the

first stages of fermentation it provides

the housewife with the finest of yeast,

but as the degree of fermentation in-

creases it becomes an intoxicating drink

that is worse, in its effects than poor

whiskey. Boiled down (as we do maple

syrup) before fermentation starts the sap

furnishes a good sugar, and by certain

methods of treating the fermented sap

is made into vinegar.



The fruit is borne in long, drooping

bunches having from ten to twenty nuts

in each, and, growing where there is no

frost, there is no particular fruiting sea-

son. It takes about a year and a half

for the nuts to grow to the stage at which

they will drop from the tree, but there

are buds, blossoms and fruit in all stages

0f development on the same tree, at all

times, so that fresh nuts are always

available.



The nuts we buy would be considered

almost worthless, 'for eating, in the coun—

tries where they grow, for there they are

eaten from the shell, with a spoon. while

not harder than a jelly. The milk in a

fresh cocoanut is very rich and nourish-

ing, but by the time it reaches our mar--

kets nearly all the nutriment has been

absorbed by the meat and it is more like

sweet water than like milk.



Where we would churn cow’s milk to

get butter, the people who have plenty of

fresh cocoanuts boil the milk found in





them and then, by skimming it, get the

fine oil that they use as we do butter.

When‘ 'the supply of this grade of milk

falls short the nuts that are too hard

to suit their taste are grated, mixed with

water, and allowed to stand for a. short

time. When strained off, the water has

taken up the milk of the nut to such a

degree that it is almost as good as that

found in the fresher nuts.



Another way of using the meat of the

harder nuts is to break it into small pieces

and dry in the sun, after which it is

known as copra (sometimes spelled cop-

perah). From this material cocoanut-oil

is obtained by pressure, or by boiling,

and, by certain treatments, the stearine

from which candles are made is also pro-

duced. With this oil a soap is made that

will lather when used with sea-water, as

well as many medicinal and toilet arti-

cles. Another food product is made by

removing the pith from the stems, eut~

ting it into short lengths, pounding and

washing several times, after which it

makes a good substitute for sage.



Before we find all the useful things

obtained from the tree we must examine

the coarse, fibrous husk in which the nut





 





THE, 1 MICHIGAN FARMER.





WHAT HE cove-ran.





BY HELENA H. THOMAS.





Those who are snow—bound for many

months of each year cannot understand

how strange it strikes an easterner, after

crossing the continent in mid-winter, to

find not only flowers galore but vegetables

at their best. The hucksters in California

are Chinamen, in the main, still there are

many American vegetable peddlers.



At first it was difficult to decide among

so many which to have for a “steady,"

but we were not long in settling upon the

youth whose musical voice could be hear.)

blocks away, as he sang out: “Nice veg.

etables, strictly fresh!” for we soon

learned that what he carried were

“fresh,” and not left-overs, as was the

case with some not to be relied upon.



So morning after morning for months

“our peddler,” as we soon learned to ca‘l

him, has supplied us with both fruit and

vegetables, and we have found him to bt-

the soul of honor, too. And so, little by

little, we have become interested in the

manly young fellow who told us at the

start that he lived with his uncle on :1

ranch, a few miles out of town, and, as





A Lusty Cocoanut Palm—An Indispensable Tree to Inhabitants of the Tropics.





is encased. These outer shells are soaked

in salt water for months and then beaten

until the fibres separate and form what

is known as “coir.” From this material

ropes and cordage, fish nets, filling for

cushions and mattresses, matting of

heavy grades, door-mats, brushes and

many other things are made.



The hard shell of the nut furnishes

many useful articles, as well as orna-





mental ones, for, in the condition in which





the natives use the nuts it is easily cut

to any shape, and as the. articles harden

they can be beautifully polished. Even

the roots furnish their share of things

needful, for they have narcotic properties

that make them valuable as medicine, and

as a luxury (?)——the men chew cocoanut

root instead of tobacco.



Does a native want a house, furnish-

ings for it, clothing, food, drink, whiskey

and tobacco he gets them all from the

cocoanut-palm. Does he want a boat and

ears, with fish-nets or poles, the same

tree furnishes them, and if bow and ar-

row is needed for the shooting of game

or enemies, they, too, are to be had from

the same source.



The people of the United States use

over 1,000,000 cocoanuts each year that

are imported from countries in which

they pride themselves on the number of

uses that can be made of them, so why

should not we know all we can of the

ways in which other people use them.



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well, that he was a Michigan boy and

had been in California only three years.





The why of his being here was ex-

plained later when, one mid-winter morn-

ing, after his customary cheery greeting,

he added: “It seems queer to think I’d

be shoveling snow, anSt likely, if I was

back east on the dear old farm, when here

the flowers and mocking birds make it

seem like a June morning, but I’d be glad

to be there, all the same, if things were

as they used to be.”



A shadow crept over the handsome face

of the youth, as, with a longing look, he

ceased speaking, and so I ventured to

ask a leading question or two which drew

out the following:



“Father died when I was a little fellow,

and mother got along with hired help

until four years ago, and then she went,

too, and as I was not old enough to run

the farm, and being the only son, my

uncle, with whom I am living here. bot it

and leased it out and then offered me a

hom with him. So here I am for the

present.”



His way of winding up was so peculiar,

however, that it led me to remark: “That

sounds as if you did not intend to make

California your permanent Lame.”



“Neither do I!” was the emphatic reply

of the one who, as he talked, was petting

the horse, which gave evidence of having

excellent care, “for this can never be

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for me now,.tho,; as things turned]? he

made haste togad‘d, ‘v‘for‘; tho uncle keeps

me at it early and late; I am learning much.





“Then, tom.” saldrhe with a hopeful air,‘





there is another ’bright side to ‘all work

and no play,’ for when night comes I am

so dead‘tired‘ that I am glad to tumble

into bed, so you see I haven‘t a chance

to come to town and blow in any of my

wages, and so my pile is growing bigger

all the time, andsome of these days—"



He did not finish. but his face became

so radiant, as he came to a sudden pause.

that the writer could not resist, “And

what then?”



“Why, then I will buy back the old

farm!” answered the boyish pcddler. in a

ringing tone. ”When it changed hands,

and my sisters were paid off. and every-





THE MICHIGAN FAR-MER.





thing straightened out, there was a thou-

sand dollars coming to me, for which

uncle pays me interest—or rather, adds

it to the principal. Then I save all I earn,

except what goes for clothes, and, at this

rate, I calculate that by the time I am

of age I will be in condition to own a.

ranch of my own. as they call them here.

for uncle got it at a low figure and says

I can have it for still less.”



“Well, well,” said I, as the beaming-

faced speaker took up the reins. “and so

you covet what so many young men are

glad to Shirk—farm life.”



"Yes. the farm. where I was born. is the

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THE DESERT SIREN.





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SMILEY.





 





 





 





 





(Concluded from last week).



Bruce struggled to his feet and looked

duily about him. The, lake had indeed

vanished from the immediate vicinity,

but some distance ahead of him it still

glimmered and tossed tantalizingly. With

a raucous scream he sprung toward it,

reaching out his arms uppealingly and

clutching at the air in his mud endeavor

to reach the life—saving fluid.



But now as he advanced the water

seemed to retreat from him and sink into

the sand, and the rippling and splashing

of the waves changed to mocking

laughter.



Then, suddenly the whole mirage van-

ished. Before him he saw nothing but

the fiery vibrating sand. the ashen sage

brush and the sombre rocks. The hot

rays of the sun struck and shriv'eled him

so that he sank to his knees with a moan

of despair.



“Where did it go?” Oh, where did it

go?” he cried, gazing wildly about. “It

was all here a moment ago! It—"



His shrunken body became alertly stiff

and his ear was directed toward the

ground. From beneath the sand he could

hear the gurglc, gurglc, gurgle of run—

ning water. ’



“Ah, ha! I’ve got it this time,” he

rasped, and began to dig desperately with

his hands.



Almost immediately he paused to tear

off his coat and cast it from him, and

then he continued to madly scoop up

handfuls of hot. burning sand. all the"

time panting and choking and mumbling

incoherently. '



After an interval he paused and bent

his ear over the hollow hole he had

excavated. The gurgle of the water had

ceased! '



For a moment he stared dully down into

the hole, and then he raised his burning,

bloodshot eyes and looked despairingly

toward the cleft in the rOcks ahead of

him. Instantly his body stiffened again.



“Isabel! Isabel!" he shrieked. stretch-

ing out his arms appealingly. “Come to

me, dearest, come—"



His arms dropped. his head wobbled

from side to side. and slowly he toppled

over on the sand and lay there. inert and

motionless.



From the cleft in the rocks advanced

the bent and grotesque figure of the des—

c-rt siren.

iigure'her wrinklcd face broke into a grin

and she cackled derisivcly.



“Ha, ha!” she shrillcd. “You‘re an-

Didn'l you know you

couldn’t do it? Thousands have tried——

ha, ha! Yes. thousands—~aII dead!"



The figure on the sand did not move.

it was apparently lifeless.



The siren glanced at the coat Bruce

had flung off. The letter and little leather

case had drOpped‘ from the DOCKCC and lay

on the sand. Slowly she shambled over





land picked them up.





First she looked at the picture of

Bruce’s sweet-heart, daily and uncompre-

hendingly. Then she slowly read the

letter.



When she had finished. she reopened

the little leather case and gazed a long

time at the sweet face pictured therein.



Chapter V.



“There, there, you musn't get excited.

You have been very ill and are still quite

weak. You musn’t try to talk until you

are stronger.” The desert siren was

speaking.



“But where am I, and how do I come

here?” Bruce cried weakly. as he lay- on

a rude-bunk. looking bewilderedly around

the rough, one ream shack.





 





As she reached the huddled.





“This is my home. and I carried you

here. You were overcome by the beat,

out in the desert. Don‘t you remember?"



Bruce CIOSed his eyes and tried to recall.

Little by little'it came back to him. The

start from Gila city, the terrible heat and

thirst, and each event up to the loss of

his burros. “'hat had happened after

that was a blank to him.



After an interval the woman came and

induced him to drink'a cup of bean por~

ridge. Not until then did he notice how

thin and white his hands had become, and

how “”3th he was.



“Have I been ill long?” he asked her.



“You have been here three weeks." she

told him gently.



“Three weeks!

that!”



“Yes. You have been out of your head

and raving most of the time. You are

better now. but you must wait until you

are stronger before you try to talk.”



Her caution was needless, for the young

man was already dozing off.



For the next week he did little except

lie weakly in his bunk, while the woman

ministered to his wants. She nursed him

faithfully. but she rcfuscd to talk much,

replying to his questions in monosylables

or not at all. '





Surely not so long as





He recuperated rapidly on the diet of-





bean porridge and an occasional bit (if

bacon. Once the woman brot in two

strange looking lizards. which she fried

for him in bacon fat. They tasted much

like the frog legs he had eaten. back east,

and in reply to his query she informed

him that they were chuckwallas. and cs-

teemed a great delicaCy among the desert

folk. ‘



In reply to questions she told him that

the shack was situated in a little gulch,

leading into the foot hills. Here the rocky

walls sheltered them from the heat of the

sun to some extent. Several springs bub-

bled up near the shack, watering the

ground thereabout, so the bunch grass and

other vegetation grew luxuriously, and

furnished food for her burros,



One evening she lit the candle and fast-

ened it to 'the post at the head of his

bunk; then drawing up a bench. she scat-

ed herself beside him. Bruce was finger-

ing the little case that held the picture of

his sweetheart.



“Are you going back to her when you

get better?” the woman asked timidly.



This was the first time she had ques-

tioned him and Bruce looked up at her in

surprise. He had told her nothing of

Isabel, nor of his reasons for coming west.



“How did you know?" he asked.



“You talked about her in your delir-

ium,” she answered gently. “You told

everything. all about ln-r father, and the

stake, and the Pegleg. over and over

again. I couldn’t help hearing you.”



Bruce was silent for some minutes.

“Then you know the reason I am here?"

he said. ,



“Yes. But you are going to give. it up,

aren't you? You are not strong enough

nor have you the knowledge necessary to

make a successful prospector. You would

only fail in the end. Give it all up and

go back to your sweetheart, boy. You

know she would tell you to, if she were

here.”



“But the stake. I’ve got to find that

stake, some way. Her father——”



“I- am going to give you the stake,”

she interrupted him gently.



She rose and took a spade and went to

the rear of the shack. where she com-

menced digging in the sandy floor. Shortly

she uncovered two stout canvas sacks.

which ‘she dragged to the side of the

bunk.



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hundred pounds of nuggets," she told

him. “They are a. wedding present from

me to you and your sweetheart.”



“But I can’t take them from you,” cried

Bruce. ' '



“You must. They are a wedding pres-

ent, you know.”



“But, what will you do?”



“I have enough left to last me as long

as 1 will need it.” ,



Bruce had many strong objections to

accepting the gift, but in the end she

persuaded him that it was the best thing

to do. She assured him that she would

never need it, and, that unless he took it

with him, it would probably never be

used.



“And is it Pegleg gold?” he asked her,

later in the evening. .



“NO, boy,” she smiled_ “The Pegleg is

nothing but a myth, I am sure.‘ 'l‘his gold

comes from a pocket that was discovered

by a friend of myrsby an old prospector.

lie took out several thousands of dollars

worth. and then covered up the find while

he. ran down to San Francisco to get some

friends to help him take out the rest. He

was taken ill there and died. He, gave

me, a. map locating the pocket before he

passed away.”



Bruce had not mentioned to her the fact

that he knew the story of her being here,

and it was evident that she wished to

conceal it from him.



‘.‘\s soon as you are strong enough we

will start for Gila Pity," she told him.

“I will go with you so that you won't get

lost again. Then you are to take your

stake and the first train cast. and go

straight back to your sweetheart—with

my blessings.”





 





Chapter VI.



'l‘wo wccks later Bruce and the woman

and the two burros, burdened with the

.u'old, drew up at llidden Springs, about an

hour before daylight. They had traveled

all night, and Bruce, nearly exhausted. at

cncc- tluug himself down in the shadow of

some mesquite bushes that grew near the

springs. The woman. however, bcgan to

prepare the morning meal.



This consisted of boiled beans. bacon

and tea. The, beans and bacon she divided

in two equal portions, handing Bruce one

of them. The young man was famished

and ate ravenously. but, the woman barely

tasted hers. \Vhen they had tlnished. she

slipped her portion back into the kettle,

unnoticed by the young man.



During the morning Kruee slept sound-

ly, but the woman wandered about among

the rocks for several hours. \thn she

returned to the springs she had two

chuckwallas, which she fried for lruce's

dinner, refusing to eat any herself, on the

plea that she was not hungry.



At supper the same thing happened, She

emptied the kettle of beans and bacon and

handed them to Bruce. but. outside of a

cup of tea, she took no nourishment her~

self.



Bruce noticed this and remmistrated

strongly.



“You have eaten nothing all day.” he

expostulatcd. “\\'c still have a long walk

before us, and you need the nourishment

to give you strength.”



"No,” she answered. smiling bravely.

“1 am not feeling quite well, and couldn't

eat. 1 will be all right, tho. 1 am used

to going hungry.”



It could hardly be expected that Bruce

should know that she bot her food supply

once a month, and then only in quantities

to last that length of time. Bruce had

been in her care for six weeks and during

that. time they had subsistcd on the wom—

an’s rations. These should have ordi-

narily lasted her, alone. but four \vceks.

but by cking them out with what f<'\V'

chuckwallas she could kill, she had inan-

agml to make the supply hold out. For

her part she had subsistcd. during that



period, principally on mesquite bcans and





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a few kangaroo mice she had managed to

capture. in consequence the woman had

lwt'll slowly starving. but this fact she

had carefully concealed from her patient.



They started away again at dusk and

made good progress for several hours.

About midnight l-h'uce noticed that the

woman was staggering. lie at once stop-

ped to ascertain the cause.



Once, more she smiled bravely, but her

voice trembled when she tried to assure

him that she was all right. lie was not

satisfied, and insisted on stopping for

rest.



He made her lie down while he brot her

water, but when he started to look for

food, she struggled to her feet, urging

they must proceed if they were to reach

Gila City before sunrise.



He still objected, but she put him off

by laughing lightly, and assuring him that

it had been nothing but a slight attack of





 





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vertigo that haOcaused her to stagger.



It must havp been-with a supreme effort

that she covered the next few miles as

steadily as she did, for when she finally

gave out, the collapse was sudden and

complete. She had been leaning heavily

on one of the burros for some time, and

suddenly she stumbled and fell forward

on her-face. unconscious.



Bruce worked with her for an hour be-

fore she revived, and then she was too

weak to stand. She urged him to go on

without her, arguing that an hour or two

of rest would give her the strength to fol-

low him, and, as she was inured to the

desert heat, she would not mind traveling

in the sun.



But Bruce would not hear of this.

Snatehing a knife from his pocket he

slashed the rope that bound the gold to

one of the burros, and lifted the, woman to

the animal‘s back. Then, supporting her

as best he could and leaving the gold

where it had dropped, they proceeded on

to Gila City.



They arrived at the hotel about seven

o'clock. Bruce called out the landlord,

and together they carried the now uncon-

scious woman inside and laid her on a

bed. A messenger was quickly dispatched

for a doctor, and while they waited, Bruce

and the landlord busied themselves ap—

plying restoratives to revive the woman.



“hen the doctor tinally arrived. Bruce,

himself on the verge of collapse, stag-

gered from the room and entered the

lobby of the hotel.



As he did so he was startled by a

scream and something came flying across

the room and flung itself into his arms.



“l-lruce! 011, Bruce!” it cried. “Oh,

I‘m so glad!"



“lsabel!” he gasped in astonishment

“How did you get here?”



",ut the girl was too overcome to tell

him.



At this juncture her father, Mr. Jen-

nings, entered the lobby from the dining

room. \thn his eyes fell on the young

couple he strode forward and seized

llruce’s hand enthusiastically.



“My dear boy,” he cried, “where have

you been?”



Bruce did not answer immediately, but

spent some minutes quieting lsabel, who

was sobbing violently,



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part the ‘woman had Played.



“And, oh, Bruce.”

he had finished, “you don't know how

frightened I was. “'cek after week went

by and not one word from you. Papa was

sure that you were all right, but I just

knew that: something terrible, was hap-

pening to you, and when I could stand it

no longer 1 just made. papa bring me out

here to find you. \Ye. arrived last night,

and when they told us that you had gone

into the desert six weeks ago, and how

your burros with your outtit packed on

their backs. came in again. two days after

you left, we gave up all hope of ever see-

ing you again. IMOh—J’ and the girl

burst into tears once more.



At this point the doctor entered the

lobby and Bruce turned to him eagerly.



“How is she?” he asked.



The doctor shook his head gravely.

“There is no hope. I fear,” he answered.

“She seems to be starved to death and we

cannot revive her. I am afraid that She





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is dying now, and that she has but a few

minutes to live."



The tears sprang to Bruce’s eyes at

this news. llo turned to 1sabel and took

hcr hand.



“Dome," he said quietly. and together

they stepped into the death chamber,

while Mr. Jennings followed close behind.



As they surrounded the bed the. wom-

an‘s cyt-s suddenly opened and she looked

from one to the other of those standing

about. pcrplexcdly. But when her gaze

tiually rested on Mr. Jennings, it became

fixed and staring. \Vith a, great effort

she raised her hand and held it out to

him.



“Jim,” she whispered weakly; “Jim.”



)lr, Jennings stepped quickly to her

side and knecled down.



“Jim,” she whispered again, “you—bless

~--'cm—too. I did—Jim.”



The hand that Mr. Jennings held be-

came suddenly limp and the jaw dropped

weakly down. The doctor made a. quick

examination. ‘



“she‘s gone." he said simply.



As Mr. Jennings rose to his feet he saw

that isabel was staring at him with Wide

eyes.



“She seemed to know you, papa,” she

whispered. “Who was she?”



“She was your mother, child,” was all

the man replied as he turned quickly

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While musing by the fire tonight.

Gay fancies riSe before my sight,

Then vanish in the waning light.





Sweet phantoms of the olden days

Their hands in merry signals raise

Along the old and well—known ways.





The thicket-road around the hill,_

Near by the crumbling, mossy null,

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Beneath a shade by alders thrown.

The boat by wecds now overgrown,

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The tree the children played around,

Is lying prostrate on the ground,

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Lics cradled in the tangled deep.





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Vl'hcrc soaring swallows skml and rise,

The vacant homestead dreaming lies.





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The rose around the robin's cage,

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The Cup and Saucer Tree.



One of the nice things about going to

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Rosabcl and Gertrude we girls share

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It was a rainy afternoon and Grandma

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It is almost as much fun setting the

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Grandma overheard us girls woudcriug’





 





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“Do tell us what you mean by a cup

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“It was an oak tree that grow a lurgc

acorn. It was in the woods on the back

part of the farm. where Grandpa had not

cleared yet. In the summer the cups and

saucers were a lovely green. In the full

they became brown, so you soc by gulli-

ering them at different seasons, they were

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the acorn grows flat, and Aunt Mary used

those for saucers. John would take his

knife and cut the taps off and cut out

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very nice cups.”



“Would they hold water?” I asked.

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the next farm, to spend the afternoon

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shade of a maple tree eaSt of the house.

After the table was set she decided that

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to tell me they were going down to the

‘cup and saucer tree’ for a new supply

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not to be late for dinner. They promised

to be back in a little while and I wool

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Arthur. _They would have looked odd to

you children if you could have seen them

today—tho boys in their long trousers and

little waists. lVIary in her sunbonnct and

full—skirted dress.”



“Here, who is talking about me," in-

terrupted a laughing voice from the door—

way.



There stood Aunt Mary. She had come

over for a little visit with all of us. After

greetings, when wraps were removed.

Grandma explained that she was just icll-

ing‘ the childrcu a story. Aunt Mary in-

sisted that she should finish it.



Grandma rcs‘umwl: “i had just 110.2111]

10 think it was limc for Ihc children's

return when liir-y rushwl in widc—cyed.

pale and brcathicss. 'l‘iu-y uli ll'l(‘ll to

talk at once. All i could makc out was

the one word. “Bears? ‘llusb. cliildi'cn,‘

I commanded. ‘Now John. you sure the

oldest. you toil it.’ ‘11‘ is Arthur‘s story;

he saw it i’il‘st.‘ ioyaliy replicll John.

‘\Vcll. Arthur. you may lcli H.“



“‘il was this way, lililllll‘i‘; we had

picked up .1 good many acorns. uml Mary

21nd .iuhu wci'c choosing" the 121131: ‘51 ones.

aml I was just throwing tlic smulicr ones

around. As I llll‘ilv'll to throw in another

direction lliL‘l‘L’ sloml :1 bigr lwur waichiug

us. I screamed and the oilu-rs looked.

’i‘hcn w:- ali ran for lmmc.‘ ‘l’vs,’ cx—

piaiiuml Marv. 'iiu- ln-nr stood right up on

his hind iV-vt :mll lookwll at us.‘



“Tho (lllldl'l'll \vcrc thoroly frightened.

Arthur bad hit his cap. So when their

father came home at night from his work

wc [Old him and the port morning Grund—

pu took his gun and visitvd the cup and

suuccr il‘l‘l‘. 'l‘hcrc were no signs of the

bcur. Hr: found Arthur's cap and brot it

buck. A few days later «mo of the neigh-

bors star-iml to come to our place to spend

ihc afternoon; she had her baby in her

arms. \Viu-n but a short distance from

hen.- .«hc saw a big bear come out of the

woods and cross the road to the other

sidc, so she went back home again.



“The mcu organizcll a search party

right away and hunted for the hour for

miles thru the woods. All they found

however, was the hour's tracks in illi",

soft sand of rho road. “'0 always thot

it was ilu- bear that Arthur saw."



\\'.- ('illllli'é‘il luul bccn loo iutcl'cslcd

iislcuvrs to imcrl‘upt with (lucstious. Now

IMI‘HUU' '51ch at (1901) sigh and askml. “Did

Aunt Mary bring lmnli: her acorns?“



"No. Dorothy, and it was quite 1L while

lM-fnl'te she went to lhc free again. She

contented licl‘Sk-lf with tho smullcr acorns

found nearer home. (luv day she cooxcd

hcr father in go to the back cud of the

farm wherc the big acorn ti'cc stood.

'l‘bwy went. but illi‘ pig‘s haul bccn there

first and bud Pilll‘ll u good slmrc 01' the

nuts. Mury gathcrcd cnougll to last lu-r

all winti for play (liSlll'H. AL (‘ln'ist’mus

time a box of things wore sent us from





tlux oust to llctroit. and in the box was 21 5





sci of dislws for Mai‘ywthe ones you used

today."





"That was a nice» story." observed Bcn- ‘

uic. “But i had rather sec the bears thru 1

the park netting w‘lu'rlz- you are expecting‘





 





to see the-m." Bcnnic decided. And we

all agreed with him.



____h__.



MY LADY.





(A Valentine).





 





RY EUGENE (‘. DOLSON.





Hers is the mystic charm of all things;

I‘ui‘c; i





And Dance and joy walk with her up

life's way:



She make-s an i‘lzll‘ll ni‘ my world of care.



My February glad with lll'l‘aiils of May.





 





ABRAHAM LINCOLN.



Safe in Fumc‘s g‘ullvi'y llu‘u all the yours. ‘

Uul‘ llczu‘csi‘ picturc hangs. your steady

fuel fzwc.

‘VllflSP eycs hold all thc pathos of the:

Film" L

Rcclccme-(l by you from SN‘Vllllth'S sud‘

lcuxs. '1





And how redeemed? “'ith agony of grief:

With ceaseless labor in war‘s lurid light: ‘

‘Vith such deep anguish in each lonely‘



night. i



Your soul sweat very blood ere came .



relief. ;





“'hat crown have you who bore that cross

below?

On faithful one. what is your life above?

Is there a higher gift in God’s pure love

Than ‘to have lived on earth as Man of

'o ‘.





 





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CUNNING OF RATS.





Rats are too cunning to be caught, lllOl‘C-

than one or two in the same trap. Tlu-y

instinctively avoid the familiar forms oi‘

ready prepared for use devices. Rats are-

smart but Rough on Rois beats the-m:

fools the Rats and Mice, but never fools

the buyer; will keep a thousand years.

unchanged in any climate. Being a dry.

odorless. tasteless powder, and all. 95%.

poison, with no cheap. inert admixture.

can be mixed such time you use it with it

different food. thus disguising it in many

ways, completely outwittiug them. Being

powerful. is betlcr not mixed too strong.

about 1 part to 20 of food used. Not poi-

sonous to handle. only so when eaten.

Roughton Rats is no experiment, has been

used all around the world 40 years by

Individuals. Cities. Institutions, States

and Governments. Equally effective for

Roaches, Beetles. Ants and Bed Bugs.

Try it for Roaches and Beetles, mixed 1

to 30 of mashed potatoes.





ROUGH ON RATS IN OUT

BUILDINGS.





In setting Rough on Rats in out build—

lugs- after mixing it well with any food

dccided upon, separate into small bits.

place on several pic-cos of boards, and put

those here and there under the floors.

(”lose up all opcuings large enough for

Dogs, CHIS or Cllll‘ki’ils to enter. but leave

sumo smull opvnlng‘s l'ol' Huts to got in

and out. ()no 23c. box of Rough on Rats.

lll'lllg nil poison. will make enough mix-

ture to char out. in om- Ul‘ two nighis'

wiliug. humlrmis (two or three thousand)

0f Rats and IVIil'l‘. Not [misouous to lulu-

(lie. only so \Vlll‘ii cutcu. it is “the Old

n-iiabic.“ tho "unimzltublc exterminator."

"Don‘t (lil‘ in liil‘ lmum-X’ Beware of im-

liiitil'lllS. i'ct'usl- substitutes upon which

:lcuicrs may mnkw :1 grcui‘cr profit. 1.70.,

‘_'.'.l-.. 75o, zit lu'uu'gisls. Economy in the

larger sizvs.



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THE HEAT PROBLEM.





 





A large proportion of the homes, -in the

country as well as in the city, are heated

by stoves. Not only the comfort but the.

health of the family demands that these

stoves should be adequate for the purpose,





.sincc a poorly heated house is as well a





poorly ventilated house. The air must be

first warmed before any provision for

ventilation will prove, efficient. for often

the old stove isonc to which the humor-

ous writing of Mr. Dooley on polar obser-

vations would apply, when he said that

his polar observations had all been taken

with his feet on the fender of a stove in

a temperature of something like 90 de-

grees in front and about 17 degrees

below zero back of him. This exagger-

ated statement too nearly describes the

condition of the air in many houses heat-

ed with stoves. But the better class of

modern stoves and ranges do not heat the

room in this way. Of course, something

depends upon the proper location of the

store as well as upon its proper construc—

tion. All of these phases of heating by

stores are brot out in an effective way in

many of the modern catalogues published

by stove manufacturers. but always the

stoves should be of sufficient capacity to

warm the rooms adequately without

crowding and so placed as to produce the

circulation of warm air and to aid the

ventilation of the rooms to be heated.

The selection of the cooking stove is also

an important problem for the housewife.

and there are many points to be consid-

ered which do not apply to the heating

stores. In this day of improvement the

purchaser should be sure that the store

which he is buying,r is adapted to the need

which he has for such an article. and

much may be learned by comparing the





principles on which different stoves are.





constructed, and studying the manner in





which they may be best installed for ef—.





fer-live work.

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SMILE PROVOKERS.



Knicker—Hcar you had an accident

your auto.



Booker—Yes, Bliss Prettygirl and I be—

came so absorbed we let it find its own

way home. It cyidently lived up a tele-

graph pole.



Callcl‘#“Sir. I am

I‘m-1's lit Spital.

thing?”



Editor 77777 “\Yith

with ambulance and 1 will

poets ready."





pleasure. t‘all

have some





Cinder (‘harlcy—I told (lat lady I was"





lllt'l't'l)’ tryin' to keep soul an‘ body to-

nether.



Hilly 'I‘rucks-\\'hal‘ did she say?



(‘inder Charley—She gate me a safety

pin.



“I never was so happy,"

bencdict. “1 tell you, marriage, has made

a different man of me."





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collecting for the;





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tonight i.





said the new?





“l’in g ad to hear it," said his rival, ”for:





l'Our wife‘s sake.”



"He‘s quite a star as an after—dinner

spcaker. i>n't he?"

lie be-





"Stur‘! He's a. regular moon.

comes brighter the fuller he gets.”

Bertie—"Arc we. any kin to chickens?”





Gertie “of course not: we‘re people."

lit'l‘lit'fl‘WVt‘ll,

wa< a mighty bad (14%

young.”





 





“Madame, would you sparc a handout





or cold bite? I was \\'it' dc man dat dis-

covered dc Pole."



"\thre‘s your prt'tot‘s‘.”



"lie prt per thing, mum. is to provide

dc banqutt. and dcn ask for dc proofs.”



“Pa, kin any little boy git to be Presi-

dent?"



."ch. Tommy.

President 1’”



“Not me. i don't want no job that all

of the other kids kin have.”





Do you wish to become





 





“So you want to marry my daughter,

do you. young man?”

"Y-e-s, s-s-i—r.”





“\Vell, can you support a family?"





“II—how many are there of you. s-sir?”





 





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Hogs thrive best on concrete feed





floors because they are clean and sanitary.

The hogs can’t make a dent in the concrete.

Concrete floors can be kept clean because

mud holes and stagnantpools are eliminated.

Clean feeding quarters mean healthy stock.





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FEB. 12, 1910...





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Wooden field troughs are often danger-

ous.

harbor decayed vegetable matter, Iron

troughs eventually rust and decay. A con-

crete watering trough will last as long as

your land.





When old they shed splinters and





 





When. planning to use concrete remember that no matter how careful your construction

may be, It IS certain to be unsatisfactory unless the cement you use is of the right quality. To

expect to make hard and durable concrete from poor cement is like trying to make a good pair





of shoes from scrap leather.





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chased 4,500,000 barrels for use on the Panama Canal.





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"Concrete Construction about the





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Home and on the Farm."





There is only one grade of ATLAS Portland Cement





It contains no furnace slag.





It contains directions for making and handling concrete.





and shows how to construct large and small buildings. There are 168 pages and over 150 illustrations,diagrams and plans.





Ask your dealer for ATLAS.

If he cannot supply you, write to





The ATLAS Portland CEMENT Co.

Dept.





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your husband is dead? You say you

haven’t heard from him for more than a

year. Do you consider that reasonable

proof that he has passed out of exist-

ence?”



“Yes, your honor. If he was still alive

he’d be askin’ me to send him money."





 

 





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Fences for Hogs, Sheep, Horses, Cattle, Lawns, etc.

Special Poultry, Garden and Rabbit proof fences

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You save money and get; a. _

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Lifting kills more farmers than pneumonia. consump-

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End your drudgery. Get. heel: of





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I’m goln to end out 55,000 of these books to

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Address FARMER JONE , Fence Man for





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AA mAAuAA‘A L’A— '



. ‘ Motto—”The Farmer is of more

'cogslgquence than the farm, and should be

first improved.’





THE FEBRUARY PROGRAMS.





 





Suggestion: for second Meeting.



the Grange.



182?)th £311 of officers. responded to by



favorite quotations from Longfellow.



Drill in Grange Ritual—1. outer and



inner deor signals; 2, outer and inner door



passwords; 3, signs of four degrees; 4, how

enter a Grange in fourth degree.



Instrumental music.



Farm Business—II. How to keep ac-

"counts. 1, with crops; 2, with animals;

3,- with the household. " .



Reading, “Family Accounts.



Exhibition and explanation of account

systems by two men and one woman who

practice keeping accounts.



Cookery—II. Fruits and Salads.



Specimens of fruits and salads, attract-

ively served, by five women who call at-

tention to special points in their favor.





 





IS THIS YOUR GRANGE?



“The Grange must get over thinking

.itself so good that peeple need to kneel

before it and beg to be admitted!” re-

cently exclaimed a loyal Patron, com-

menting on that tendency in some locali—

ties toward Grange self-satisfaction which

results in practical exclusiveness.



Is your subordinate Grange of this sort?

Are your members congenial, happy as a

family, and contented to allow member-

ship matters to take care of themselves?

Are you among those who are satisfied

to “let well enough alone?” Do you know

the inevitable outcome of such a course if

pursued for a term of years?‘ Is your

Pomona 'of the type that accepts dues

when they are offered. obligates new

members occasionally. and initiates in

form only when driven to it by some un-

usual disturbance of conscience?



A newly elected officer of one of our

Pomonas, who is also comparatively new

to Grange work and therefore sees thing;

with a less complacent eye than some of

us do, confessed this: “My own conver—

sion to the Grange principles was perfect

and instantaneous when i first heard its

ritual 'well rendered; but-my. oh—my



'I have heard those sumo wonderful pas—

sages stumbled thru. simply for the want

of reading them over or committing them

to memory on the part of the officers.

No meaning was conveyed to the candi-

dates, for the officers themselves were

not sufficiently familiar with it to give it

to another. We cannot expect to impress

new members with any sort of a 'high call

of the Grange upon their time and respect

while we indulge in such slackness."



“Much less,” the speaker continued.

“can we attract and win new members

without canvassing for them and prepar-

ing for their reception as if they honored

11s and made us glad by joining their

forces with ours.”



This burst of suppressed opinion was

followed by the unfolding of a definite,

carefully thot out plan to solicit the co-

operation of other Pomona officers in the

practice and perfection of the county ritu~

alism, with the ultimate view of reaching

and influencing the subordinate Granges

of the same county in a similar move-

ment. Are these the plans for progress

in your county or neighborhood, my

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JENNIE BUELL.





VS. PIONEER DAYS.





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At a recent meeting of an Iowa Grange

there was presented. by one of its mem-

bers, a'very interesting paper, which

dealt with the opportunities and possibil-

ities open to the young farmer of the

present day. The inducements offered

the youngvman who is willing to adopt

the honorable calling of farmer. and to

.make_it his life, work. were compared

with the conditions existing 25 to 35 years

ago, very clearly to the advantage of the

former.



“The purchasing power of our products

at that time,” said this Patron, “and the

prices we paid for the necessities in the

home and on the farm, and the rates of

interest on ‘borrowed money, all combined,

to make lfe on the farm a most serious

problem and indeed caused many a young

man to leave the farm and seek the city

in hopes that he might secure a paying

position with less effort, and shun what

to him seemed a. life of drudgery,



"Let us now make a. comparison of

prices of farm products and cost of farm

supplies,” continued the speaker. “Thirty

years ago we could, in Iowa, buy ten

yards of calico for $4, taking 40 pounds

of butter; today the same amount of but-





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ter will, buy 200 yards. Twenty-nine

years ago you paid $17 for 100 lbs. of





barbed wire, which took over 100 bushels





of cats; today 100 bushels of oats will

buy 1,200 lbs. of wire and the staples

thrown in. Thirty years ago we paid

$225:for a. harVester, taking 300 bushels

of good wheat, today the same amount

of wheat will buy several self binders.

Thirty-five years ago the wife took a

trip on the railroad a distance of 400

miles. round trip. which cost $16, which

took 300 dozen of eggs; today the same

number of eggs will carry you 3,000 miles.

with better accommodations. Twenty-

cight years ago a first—class work harness

cost $33, which took 1.000 lbs. of pork;

today the same pork will buy two sets of

the same quality of harness.



“Shoes are some higher, but you can

buy today. from the products of the farm,

three pairs where you could buy one pair

thirty years ago.



“Thirty years ago you paid for shoe-

ing a pair of horses $4. which took six—

teen bushels of corn; today the same

corn will shoe five horses.



Thirty years ago a bill of lumber of

$1,000 took_4.000 bushels of corn. The

same bill, which today is $1,500, will take

2.500 bushels of corn. leaving 1,500 bush-

els of corn to sell, bringing $900. which

you still have left after being robbed of

the $500 advance. Now. this you can

donate to the poor to buy more land.



“Thirty years ago you paid $100 interest

on $1,000 for one year. which took 400

bushels of corn; today the same corn

will pay interest on $4,800 for one year.



“I contend, all things considered, that

you can buy a farm at the advanced

price of today and pay for it easier than

you could thirty years ago.”





AMONG THE LlVE GRANGES.



East Brookfield Grange Organized—

State Deputy John \X'ilde organized a

Grunge at the Boody school in Brook-

field township. Eaton 00., Tuesday eve—

ning, Feb, 1. with the following oifieers:

Master, B. E. Shetenhelm: overseer, Tyler

Holbrook: lecturer. Frank C‘ushar; stew-

ard. Cecil Swan; asst steward, Joel \‘Val-

worth; lady ass‘t steward, Lucretia

Swan; chaplain. R. C. Reese: treasurer.

Harry \Vulworth: secretary, Hugh Swan;

gate keeper, (7. H. Roger.



Observed McKinley’s Blrthday.—The

last regular meeting of Harmony Grange,

of “'ayne Co.. was held in the Grange

hall at Romulus. on Saturday. Jan. 29.

One of the unusual features was the pre-

sentation by the secretary of an artistic

birthday book containing the Grange

birth roster. This was ordered hung in

a convenient place for ready reference.

The following varied program was list-





ened to with interest: No. 02 in Grange

Melodies: Forward. Chas. E. Downing;

recitation. Ella E. “ 00d; reading. Geo





Shook; violin solo. Fred Buckberry; talk.

David \‘i'ood. January 29 being the anni-

versary of McKinley’s birth. F. A. Mc-

Bride concluded with a splendid eulogy on

the life of “'m. McKinley. Rev. R. J.

Chase sang most effectively, “Lead.

Kindly Light." the McKinley hymn. fol-

lowing which the little flower girl dis—

tributed a bunch of carnations among the

old soldiers and their wives,





Deputy Wilde Busy in Eaton County.





Eaton county is organizing u nun'iber

of new Granges under the. direction of





Deputy John F. W'ilde, who took the

Grange into every Upper Peninsula coun—

ty last summer. Some results of his ef‘

forts are the following:



Because of misunderstanding of date.

attendance at Potterville was small. six~

teen members of Charlotte and W'intlsor

Granges being present.



On Tuesday evening.





Jan. 25, a good





list of signers was secured at district N0.‘





10. Benton. J. F, Lipsey was made tcm-

porary master and H. J. Huigh temporary

secretary.



At the Smith district, No. 14. in North

Chester. Samuel Rogers was elected tem—

porary master and “alter Randall tem-

porary secretary.



A complete organization was effected

at Chester village-Jan. 27, with following

named officers: Master, F. C. Lamont;

overseer, Lyle E. Ryan: lecturer, Edith

Rl'an: steward. Floyd Case; assistant

steward. “'ilber Lear: L. A. 8., Louise

“'right; chaplain. Ella Case: treasurer.

W, H. Holmes; secretary. Fred “Tight;

gate keeper, Clarence Claus.



At Mason district (No. l) Kalamo. after

securing several signers. Hayes Tier-he

was elected temporary master and C, N.





Leedy temporary secretary. Another

meting will ‘be held Monday evening, Feb-

ruary 14.





At the Evans school, in North Bellevue,

on Saturday, Jan. 29. A. Hamilton was

chosen temporary master and the next

meeting was set for \Vednesday evening,

Feb. 16.



At Malian school in “rest Brookfield a

complete organization was effected under

thename of Emma Grange. with the fol-

lowing officers: Master, .l. E. Sherman:

overseer. L. A_ Parr; lecturer, H. C.

Lown; steward. Jason Frost: ass’t stew-

ard. Ira. Auxter; lady ass't steward, Rena

Frost; chaplain, Mabel Lown; treasurer.

Samuel Williams: secretary. G. S. Croup;

gate keeper. Geo. McDonald. The next

i‘negtiii'zg will be held Thursday evening.



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Pomona Meetin s.

Clmrlevolx ., with Vatican. Grange,

Thursday, Feb. 17





Genesee' Co., with Flint Grange at its

hall in Flint township, Friday, Feb. 25.





 





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Address all communications relative to

the organization of new clubs to Mrs. C.

P. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.





Associationai Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer's most valuable asset.





 





Associaticnal Sentiment.—

The farmer, he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.





 





THE ANNUAL PROGRAM.





 





Washington Center Club.



The first of the annual programs for

1910 to be received at our office, is issued

by the “'ashington Center Farmers‘ Club

of Gratiot county. On the. cover page ap—

pears the namc and location of the club,

the date of the program and the Club's

motto and sentiment which upepars in

the Farmers' Club Department from time

to time. also the brief announcement that

the regular meeting ocmirs on the sec—

ond Thursday of each month. One page

is devoted to the. program of the meeting

for each month, the place of meeting be—

inf,r announced, the name of the host be-

ing accompanied in each place by the

farm name. all the farms in the Club

membership apparently being named. A

regular order of business is published. to

be followed before the dinner hour, and

quite a complete program is prepared

for the afternoon session in each case.

Quotations appear at the foot of each

program, each having an important inor-

al. Roll call is responded to by quota-

tions in some cases and in an appropriate

manner for eae'h meeting. At the Fcb~

ruary meeting, for instance, roll call is

responded to by “Things George W'ash—

ington Never Saw." that of the March

meeting by “Temperance Sentiments.”

At the April meeting provided for is,

“Our Favorite W'ork." The May meeting,

"Eminent Men of Micl‘iigan." and so on

ihruout the year. All-day meetings are

held until May when afternoon meetings

prevail until October, with the exception

of the August meeting which is a basket

picnic. A Club fair is held in October

and the program for the entire year is

Well calculated to keep the things in

Club work up to a point which will in-

sure Lhc prosperity of the organization.

The “’ushington Center Club is one of

the first in the state to adopt the yearly

printed program, and their long experi—





-ence has enabled them to determine the





features best calculated to make this

feature a profitable and beneficial one in

their Club.





Looking GlaSs Valley Farmers’ Club.



The annual program of this Farmers’

Club for 1909—1910, recently received. is

certainly an innovation in its line. It is

very simple, yet of a comprehensive na-

ture. as will be noted from the following

description. It is a simple folder of four

pages, the first of which is devoted to

the announcement of the meetings which

are held semi—monthly from November

until April, inclusive. Simply the topics

are given after the date of each meeting.

and the names of the principal speakers

so far as practicable. For instance. for

the meeting of Nov. 4, the topic was

“Care of Poultry," the speaker was from

M. A. C., followed ’by a “ tcport of Gar-

den" by three members of the Club.





whose names are. given. This idea of a

committee giving reports on different





phases of farm production is outlined in

the review of the year‘s work of this

Club, which appears in this issue, and is

an interesting diversion as well as a

profitable line of work for the Club. So

0n thru the. various meetings appears

these reports on different departments of

farm production. For instance, the No—

vember 18 meeting was devoted to the

question of Oats, the one word, followed

by the names of those who discuss and

report upon the. out crop, served to make

clear this announcement to the Club

members. Then followed the discussion

of newspapers. with provisions for the

presentation of editors' views and read-

crs’ views. For the December 2 meeting,

Cows was the subject for discussion anj

report, the Club‘s history also figured at

this meeting. At the. December 16 meet-

ing corn was the topic discussed, While

at the December 30 meeting, potatoes and

barley were the crops reported upon, and

rural schools was the topic discussed.

with both teachers’ views and parents’

views provided for upon the program.

At the first January meeting the bean

crop was reported upon and bees were

taken up, while “The Prohibition Out-





 





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look," was discussed. So on thru all the

meetings of the year the different crops

were reported upon and different depart-

ments of live stock production were in-

cluded, some of the subjects being, hogs,

sheep, clever seed, hay, wheat, etc., while

the subjects of roads and their construc-

tion, farm implements, co-operation, and

like general topics were taken up at the

various meetings. The one special fea—

ture for the season is an annual sugar

social and woman's day held in April, for

which the committees are announced in

the program. On the back page appears

the announcement of the dinner hour.

the hour for opening the program, a gen-

eral invitation to all to attend the meet-

ings, and a note stating that each mem<

her is asked to keep account of some

crop or branch of live stock production

and report the cost and the profit or losr

from such production as a part of each

program which, with the statement of the

annual dues, completes this very novel

and ingenious program which is some

thing new at this department of Club

work.





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A REVIEW OF THE YEAR.





 





_ Looking-Glass Valley Club.



This Club, only six years old, is enjoy-

ing a busy and prosperous year, \Ve

have a membership of 100, with an av-

erage attendance of 80. Meetings began

Nov. 4 and are held every two weeks

until the first of April. This year a new

plan is being followed. each member is

assigned some crop or branch of live

stock. of which he is to keep an atmunt

for the year, reporting profit or {as of

sumo at a meeting given over to this «uh

jet-i. Interesting reports have eber :;'i~'~:l

on the garden and poultry. Repoxtrz m

outs show a profit of about $13 per a' re.

corn $17, beans $16, and potatoes 3:2,21, .\

report on seven hogs gave a profit .t‘ :32!

One of the most interesting reports.

ihe year was that of the president. -\. :-

Niles, on his herd of seven Holstein t'ov. -.

These. were fed at a cost of $41'. urn;

produced 68,456 lbs. of milk, varied u-

$728.51 at Lansing condensed

prices.



other topics of interest have been

“Cure of Poultry.” by speaker from M.

A. (1.; “Newspapers.” discussed by three

live editors invited for the occasion:

“ Iural Schools.” by a principal. commis-

sioner and ex-commissioncr; “The Pro-

hibition Outlook." and “Farm Imple-

incnis;“ also a corn show in connection

with the corn meeting. Much interest

is being aroused and members are asking

for subjects for next year.



At the annual meeting Jan. 27, the fol-

lowing officers were elected: President,

A. B. Niles; vice-president, H. S Bliss;

secretary, Fred Openlandcr: treasurer, C.

N. Plowman.—l\lrs. J. J. Maier, Sec.





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CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





A Flourishing CIub.—Thc

meeting of the Dundee

was held at the pleasant home of Mr.

and Mrs. Alfred \Vright. The icy condi-

tion of the. roads kept. several away, still

a goodly number were present to partake

of the bounteous dinner, enjoy the social

part and to enter into the, spirit of the

program. it was a farewell meeting with

Mr. and Mrs. “'i‘ig'ht before removing to

their new home. near Tecumseh. Our

Club is in a good flourishing condition.

having a membership of about one hun—

dred. \Vc have recently been bereft of

one of our most efficient members. Mr.

Richard lngralium. He fell on the ice.

sustaining injuries which resulted in his

death two weeks latcr.—~Ava E. Lauten—

schluger, Cor. Sec.



Hold “Gentleman’s” Meeting—The, first

meeting in the new year of the lndian-

fields Farmers’ Club was held at the hos—

piia‘blc home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Slo-

cum. Thursday. and right royally were

the members of the Club and many vis—

itors entertained by host and hostess.



It was "lenilcman‘s Day." Charles

Smith committee and





January

Farmers‘ Club





was refreshment

the. sumptuous dinner was served on the

“self—served plan." President B, H.

Smith optncd the program. A humorous

reading, “The, Downfall of Dennis,” was

given by J. M. Miller. A paper c0nccrn~

ing the Panama Canal, by Castle Tag-

gett, followed, which was very interesting





as well as instructive. M, Anger re—

sponded and thoi he did not see much

while in the canal zone, as he did not





stay long on account of the. mosquitoes.

“Advantages of the New Highway Law "

was ably discussed by W. Eldridge who

thinks it is. as a general thing, better

than the old way. Discussion led bv i

N. Taggett, who thinks it can be ‘im;

proved. M. Anger likes the old way best.

Van Buren gave a humorous recital.

Trouble” Everywhere with a Scolding

Wife. Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet."

was sung by Dewey Smith and Claire An-

drews, and at the right moment little.

Lucy AndreWS appeared in her old ray

bonnet and helped them sing. A paper

My Neighbor’s Dog,” was read by M:

H Oakley, completing a. very pleasant

meeting. The February meeting will be

held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W EL

dridge.——Mrs. J. M. Miller, Cor Sec.
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