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National Grange---MiChigan’S Guest





By J. H. Brown





HERE is hardly a farmer and

f his family in the ‘United States

j , today who does not feel and en-

joy more or less benefit because of the

hundreds of thousands of rural free

delivery boxes scattered over hill and

dale, mountain and plain, of. this great

‘and glorious country. The farmer, his

wife, his children, the hired man (if

one is around the premises) more than

a million of them, go out to the mail





, boxes nearly every day’ and find let-_





ters, papers, magazines, merchandise,

and so forth, all delivered right at

their farm homes.



But how many of these farmers ever

stop to think how the R. F. D. was

born in this country and‘who was to

blame for its conception and final de-

livery at the farm doorstep.



If the National and [State Granges

had never done another thing in a bun-

dred years than what they did for the

R. F. D.; if no farmer could blame

them for another thing than these mail

boxes and the rural carriers who

punch them nearly every working day,

that would be both blame and glory

enough for -the National and State

Granges to wear and enjoy forever.



But that great R. F. D. stunt which

took root in 1896, in spite of the objec-

tions and doubts of congress, had trou-

ble to get swaddling clothes the first

year. The measly $40,000 was finally

given as a sort of sop to get rid of the

farmers’ importunities. It was hoped

by some senators and representatives

that the R. F.‘D. baby would die of

something or other before the first

year’s experiment Was cemplete. But

the Grange was hovering over and





0 around our biggest law-making town





and saw to it that another appropria-

tion was shelled out, though it looked

to some of us farmers to be even

worse than measly in its proportions.

‘ That is only one of the stunts that

the Grange has pulled off_ since the

close of the Civil War or since it was





organized in 1867. And in all the years '





since that time there has never been

a farmer in the United States who has





this noble Order for many things that

make life more and more ,enjoyable in

many ways.



And so we come once more to anoth-

er big day in the Grange calendar

when the National Grange, meets at

Grand Rapids to work further for the

best interests of the farmer and his

family. Master John C. Ketcham has

given us full information of the big

doings, and we herewith pass along

notice of some of the good things that

many hundreds of Michigan Grangers

are going to see and hear during the

days of November 12-21, inclusive;



Michigan is to be honored with a

visit of the National Grange this year,

and for the‘first time since 1901. Spe-

cial interest attaches to the meeting

this year because in an unusual de-

gree the same conditions prevail that

brought the Order into existence in

1867. Then the country was passing

through the period of reconstruction

following the Civil War when uncer-

tainty and unrest were as prevalent as

they "are today, and the farmers felt

the necessity of organization as keenly

then as they do in these stirring days.

Now reconstruction is upon everyone’s

tongue and the adjustments that are

being made will remain for decades.

The coming session of the National

Grange at Grand Rapids will be the

most noteworthy in years because of





not been under great obligations to the big farm questions to be debated





 





 





and the vigorous and forward-looking

plans to be adopted for putting the

farmers of the country where they

must be as an organized power to

speak the voice of agriculture and to

sound the note of progress and pros-

perity that must come to the farmers





'of this land if we are to be fed, and if





possible revolution is not to over-

whelm us.



Delegates are expected from each of

the thirty—three states of the Union

wherein the Grange has a state organ-

ization. The voting delegates are'lim-

ited to the master of each State

Grange and his wife. In addition to

the voting delegates hundreds of visit-

ors are expected at Grand Rapids from

the central west. A special train is

coming from New England. Kansas

promises an impressive delegation,

while New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,

Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, will be

largely represented. L. J. Taber, Mas-

ter of Ohio State Grange. is planning

special hotel quarters for Buckeye

Grangers.



Michigan, of course, is on a keen

edge with great anticipations over this

great gathering. For weeks the Na-

tional Grange has been a live topic of

discussion in Grange gatherings. Not

less than three thousand Michigan

Grangers are expected at Grand Rap-

ids for this meeting. '



Special sixth degree Grange sessions





are being held in many counties by the

officers of the State Grange in prep-

aration for the seventh or highest de~

gree of the Grange, which is only con-

ferred at the annual sessions of the

National Grange. Michigan Grange

leaders hope to have a seventh degree

class that will rank among the largest

ever conferred. ‘

Several counties are planning auto

trips to Grand Rapids and their lead-





‘ers are planning attractive slogans to





put on banners and streamers to be

displayed as they go overland. One

enthusiastic brother'has offered to pay

the degree fees of the members who

go from his county to Grand Rapids;

and these members propose to give

him one lesson that he will remember.



We hope to take a picture of that

brother and his delegation with their

automobiles.



Special exhibits are to .be made of

Michigan agricultural products; and

Grand Rapids and western Michigan

are to show up some industrial produc-

tions in which that section of the state

particularly specializes.





The meeting is to attract the big

men and women of the Grange organi-

zation, and all these leaders will be

heard on the big problems of the day.



The regular sessions of the National

Grange are in secret, being conducted

in the fourth degree so that all mem-

bers of the Order can attend. Both

day and evening sessions will be held





as the amount of business will be un—-





usually heavy this year. To accommo-

date the large crowds expected during

the early days of the session the meet-

ings from November 12 to 15 will -be

held in the armory. Headquarters are

to be at the Pantlind Hotel where the

sessions beginning Monday, November

17, will be held.



Reduced railroad rates have been

secured on the certificate plan and this

feature is expected to greatly increase

the attendance.

third annual session of the National

Grange and is expected to touch the

high water mark in enthusiasm and



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VOLUME CLIII. NUMBER NINETEEN





DETROIT, NOVEMBER 8, 1919

CURRENT COMMENT





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1'71 3 known that pub-

, CO?) lic opinion in America

M’ners has ever been favor-



Stflke ably inclined toward





legitimate activities of

labor unions, and at least tolerant of

many of their more radical manifesta-

tions, yet recent events indicate that

this undoubted advantage may be eas-

ily lost. Favorable public opinion is a

most potent force for progress along

any line, while adverse public opinion

is an equally great handicap. In the

case of the coal miners’ strike, public

opinion is most decidedly adverse to

the methods employed, which means

that ,the government will have the

united backing of the people of the

country in the exercise of its power to

nullify this strlke.



The coal miners have undoubtedly

made the serious mistake of neglect-

ing to take into consideration the pub-

lic welfare in their attempt to get as

great concessions as possible from the

mine operators at this most critical

period of the year. It is greatly to be

hoped that they will see their error in

this regard and return to the mines

pending an impartial investigation and

arbitration of their claims.



As ever, the public stands for a

square deal to all workmen. If the

miners have a just grievance they will

find public opinion with them for its

relief, provided they proceed to that

end in an orderly and justifiable man-

ner. They will not, however, enjoy

public confidence and approval unless

they resume their work, which is so

eSsential to the public welfare and

safety at the present time.



There is a too general tendency at

the present time for every interest to

get all they can “while the getting is

good." Undoubtedly it is a good time

to profit by honest production which

the world needs badly, but it is a poor





time to halt needed production in any

line until every resource has been ex-





hausted to get just consideration by

other means, which does not seem to

have been the case with coal miners.





,ANY of our read-





- ers are familiar

Mflk with the Chicago milk

Prad'fcers situation insofar . as

Acqwtted the prosecutibn of the





officers of the Chica-

goArea Milk Producers' Association

for conspiracy in violation of the law

is concerned. The history of this case

{has been reviewed in these columns.

The eight oifi-cers of the Milk Produc-

I! Leewietion have been under in-

t for the past two years for

lo;mise the price of milk

go consumers. Much effort has





 

 

 





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ously defended by edevofhor Deneen





of Illinois.





In this case, as in the Cleveland





case, every effort was made to secure





a jury that was not in sympathy

with the' farmers who were being crim—





inally prosecuted, notwithstanding

which a verdict of “not guilty” was

rendered in each of the eight prosecu-

tions which were being ‘conducted.

This outcome in every case where

criminal prosecutions have been





brought against officers of milk pro-I





ducers’ associations is the best evi-

dence in the world that these milk

producers’ organizations have operated

fairly and have not demanded exces-

sive prices in any case. In each of

these cases the defendants have been

able to present accurate cost data to

prove that the prices which werese-

,cured were not greater, and in most

cases were less than the cost of pro-

duction. .



While every such prosecution is a

hardship to those against whom it is

directed, yet the result of acquittal in

each case is beneficial to the dairy in-

dustry as a whole, since it gives ad-

ded publicity to the justice of the

dairymen’s price demands. Enough

such publicity should serve to con-

vince consmers that it is necessary for

milk producers to receive a price

which will cover the cost of produc:

tion if they are to remain in the busi-

ness and keep on producing milk for

city consumption.





BILL is now pend-





. ing in congress

conegt’.“ definitely legalizing

Bargammg collective bargaining

Economy in the sale of farm





products. This bill is

now in the house judiciary committee,

before which ahearing has been in

progress. Objections to its broad terms

have been made by members of the

committee, on the ground that it would

absolutely remove all restrictions from

farmers’ marketing organizations and

operate to wipe out competition.



From reports of the hearings, it

would appear that there is consider-

able sentiment among the members of

the committee toward granting the

right of collective bargaining, but the

question at issue is where the right

should stop. Representatives of farm-

ers’ organizations appeared before the

committee and made strong represen-

tations to the effect that unless more

satisfactory returns are obtained by

farmers of the United States, our coun-

try will cease to 'be self-sustaining

within a decade. This possible danger

is recognized by agricultural econo-

mists throughout the country, and its

realization would be the greatest pos-

sible blow to the safety of the nation.

Such an outcomee, which might even

cause us to lose the balance of trade

now in our favor would also necessi-

tate defensive measures to give us con-

trol of the seas in order to get needed

supplies from elsewhere. We db not

believe, however, that this emergency

will ever arise.



The economic phases of collective

bargaining in the sale of farm products

are of such importance that they can-

not well escape the consideration of

the government. The greater econo-

mies made possible by this method of

distribution will go far toward increas-

ing the revenue of producers of food-

stuffs to a profitable point without in-

curring any corresponding degree of

hardship to the consumer. In this

sense collective bargaining by farmers

is a sounder principle than collective

bargaining by workmen which oper-

ates to the protection of the work:

man’s interest only, while collective

bargaining in the sale of farm prod-

ucts operates to maintain a stable sup-

ply of madness and. to eliminate ox-

ceseive distribution costs.



It will be many years before campe-





character,

do not desire awn privileges notes-

joyed in fact by other classes of biti-

zene, neither do they want to be hand-

icapped by legal obstacles to the con-

duct of the business so as .to ena-

ble them to produce a maximum- of

foodstuffs which may be distributed to

consumers at a minimum of cost:



Congress will, we believe, recognize

the importance of. the economic phases

of the collective sale of farm products

and remove such legal handicaps to

the development of this economic prin-

ciple as now eexist, provided the mat-

ter is presented in proper light. This

is a fruitful fieldr of effort for the pro—

gressive farmers’ organizations now in

the field, including the new Farm Bu-

reau Federation.





VERY man ‘WhO



.. has occasion to



Red“? buy building material

the F "'e or employ the me-

Waste chanical labor to util-

ize it, is fully conver-

sant with the very great increase in

building costs. This is a new, and





‘ strong argument for reducing the fire





waste which is unreasonably large in

this country. This need is one Which

should appeal to farmers even more

forcefully than to city people where

fire protection is so mubh more ade-

quate.



Every farmer should take every pos-

sible precaution against fire losses.

Chimneys and smoke fiues should be

carefully and frequently examined.

Rigid rules should be followed in the

use of lanterns about the barns. Fire

protection should be given more than





a passing thought, in order that small.





blazes may be quickly extinguished in

every case where this is at all pos-

sible. This is the season of the year

when this .matter can best be given

careful attention on every farm. The

time required in taking such precau-

tionary measures could not be more

profitably employed in any way.



The great increase in the cost of

building will increase the margin of

loss to every man who suffers from a

fire to a very great extent, no matter

if his risk is adequately covered by

insurance, and in any event, a fire

loss is an economic loss to the commu-

nity and the country, even though it

be fully Covered by insurance. It is

the duty of every citizen to take ev-

ery precaution to reduce this loss to

its lowest possible minimum.





NE of the most





serious wastes in



#ake America at the pres-

ar an ent time is the waste

the Rats caused by rats. While





this waste is not pos-

sible of accurate assessment, estimates

based on a good knowledge of the sit-

uation run into many millions of dol-

lars annually. This is a waste which

begins on the farm, continues through

transportation to warehouse storage

and every step along the line of dis-

tribution of many kinds of foodstuffs,

particularly grain.



Campaigns have been organized.in

various places to conduct systematic

warfare on rats. This subdect is be-

ing given consideration by government

authorities with the idea of carrying

out a. general campaign along this line.

Strange as it may appear, the factor

of sanitation and health has had a

more important bearing On this move-

ment than have the losses occasioned

by rats. These are so large, however,

that every individual who suffers from

this loss, as , practically every farmer

does to a considerable extent, should

take the initiative in abetting the loss

on his own account. This can be done

by individual campaigns of extermina-

tion quite as well as by omcial direc





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sequent losses from these rodents

greater than ever before.





.News of the Week





Wednesday, October-29.





HE government decides on. a



drastic move to thwart the propos-

ed Walk-out of the bituminous coal

miners, While union leaders are in ses-

sion at Indianapolis preparing for the

strike.~——The steamship Crosby is dash-

ed to pieces outside the Muskegon har-

bor, with the death toll numbering

seventeen persons—Congress passes

the prohibition enforcement bill over

President Wilson’s veto—The' bodies

of 139 American scldiers who died in

northern Russia arrive in New York

harbor.——The British government re-

ceives a. vote of confidence in the

House of Commons, following its re-

cent defeat on the alien bill ——Japan

asks an extension of the Anglo-Japan-

ese alliance. ~—General Pershing plans

a tour of inspection of war industries

of this country.





. Thursday, Obtober 30.





THE population of East Galicia fac-

es extinction this coming winter

unless assistance can be provided.—

The federal government outlaws the

miners’ strike and prepares to estab—

lish a fuel administration, while the

coal miners insist that the government

lacks power to act against the men.—

For the first time in its history, the

Province of Ontario selects a farmer

as premiei E. C. Drury, of Simcoe,

being the choice of the new farmer-

labor government. “Representatives of

thirteen nations meet in labor con-

clave at Washington. —-United States

sends a new note on the Fiume ques-

tion, while foreign diplomats are striv-

ing to restore a better international

feeling. —Canada cancels licenses for

sugar exportation.





Friday, October 31.





THE federal government is prepar-

ed to fix coal prices, curtail the

supplies of industries to provide fuel

for the railroads, and orders federal

troops to go to the mines. —-The ques-

tion of teachers' salaries is an out-

standing theme at the sixty- -sixth an-

nual meeting of the Michigan Teach-

ers’ Association at Detroit. —A jury

acquits eight Illinois dairymen on trial

for combining to fix milk prices. —-—The

Michigan State Highway Department

has awarded contracts for 240 miles of

concrete and gravel construction at a

cost of nearly $3,000,000.

Saturday, November 1.





M INERS totaling around 394,000

working in ten states, walk out

in spite of the injunction secured by

the federal government against union

leaders. —+Ellis Dressel, of Boston, is

appointed to the American embassy in

Berlin when diplomatic relations are

resumed—The longshoremen’s strike

in New York has kept back food from

Porto Rico to an extent that actual

suffering from hunger has resulted.—

Seven bodies are taken from a burning

coal mine at Amsterdam, Ohio. —The

senate fails to agree on the date for

the final roll call on the adoption of

the peace treaty.

Sunday, November 2.





HE senate agricultural committee



reports favarably to continue the

United States equalization board dur-

ing 1920 and to authorize .it to buy

sugar crops next year.——-Government

plans to run mines, producing coal for

the government, with convict labor.

President Wilson asks house to take

over mines and make working agree-

ment with miners

country’s coal supply. -—The farmers”

government of Ontario is asking for

an immediate and substantial reduc-

tion of many tariff rates and that all

foodstuffs not included in a proposed

reciprocity treaty with the United

States, be placed on the free list.



Monday, November 3.





N some coal districts there is a ten-



dency among miners to call off the

strikes, while in other sections the

men .appear determined to stay out

until demands are granted .—A strong

Bolshevist position near the fortress

of Kronstadt capitulates‘ ‘to General

Yudenitch.—:-Famine is said to have

taken a toll. of 40, 000 persons in Petro-

grad. ———AI1 auto truck loaded with pas-





sengers was struck by a train at Wood-_

N. J. and eight pagans were ,





bury.

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‘ cent as compared ‘with last year.





HERE was a considerable reduc~



ion in acreage of. potatoes plant-



ed, not only in Michigan, but in

most other potato-growing , states, as

compared with 1918’. The latest esti-

mate for the production of the United

States is eighty-seven and one half per

It is

possible that this estimate will be rais-

ed somewhat in a later report. The

reason for making this statement is

the fact that the late fall was very

favorable for the deveIOpment of late

_planted\potatoes in sections where the

frost did not'kill the vines until Octo-

ber. The quality of the crop is very

good so far as Michigan is concerned.

In many sections of the east, Maine,





' parts of New York, and New Jersey,





much trouble has — been experienced

this year with late blight rot. Fortu-

nately for the Michigan growers, this

disease has not developed in this state

this season.



Marketing.



The marketing situation in Michigan

has greatly improved since the organ-

ization of the Michigan Potato Grow-

ers’ Exchange and the more extensive

operation than formerly of the Glean-

ers’ Clearing House. The competition

which has thus developed is a great

benefit to the potato growers. It is

difficult, if not impossible, to estimate

very definitely how much more the

growers realize for their potatoes be-

cause ef this competition than they

would otherwsie. There is no Question,

however, but what prices are much

better than they would bewithout this

competition.



There is another phase of market—

ing,"or transportation, which is having

a. great deal to do with the improve-

ment of the Selling of the Michigan

potato crop. in this, connection refer-

ence is made to the‘ use of motor

trucks. Potatoes are being hauled at

the present time into Detroit, Grand

Rapids, and other desirable markets

from long distances, hauls of thirty,

forty, and fifty miles are not 'unc'om-

mon. This means that the men who





‘ are situated within these distances of





the cities named are having the mar-

ket brought to their door. In View of

the fact that the car shortage problem

is still with us, the autotrucks are

proving a very important factor in con-

nectiqn‘ with the movement of the

Michigan. potato crop. That Michigan

does not show up in the carload move-

ment of the crop as well as Wisconsin,

Minnesota and Maine, is partially due

to the fact that so large a percentage

of the Michigan crop is hauled to mar-

ket by wagon, auto and truck.

Grading.



Michigan is probably sticking more

closely to the grading of potatoes In

accordance with the recommendations

of the Bureau of Markets than any oth-

er state in the Union. This is largely

due to the fact that the Michigan Po-





tato Growers’ Exchange, the.Gleaners’ .

Clearing House, and the dealers. all ‘





realize the advantage of grading when





Very little complaint is heard from the

grewers Who are selling through the

cooperative organizations. They real-

izex that the benefit 'of the grading

comes back to them direct. 4.





Growers. .

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which are not graded. The operation

in the state of the potato flour and

starch manufacturing plants has help-

ed out a great deal so far as finding

a market for the number two potatoes

is concerned. 'There are, however, cer-

tain phases of the grading situation

which always have been, and are still

unsatisfactory. For one thing, some

dealers insist on using screens which

are larger than necessary to make the

U. S. Grade No.1. Any grower who

cares to determine for himself what

potatoes are large enough for Grade

No. 1 may do so by boring a one and

seven-eighths-inch hole in a shingle or

board. The potatoes which go through

the hole of this size are No. 2 in size.

Those which will not go through are

large enough for the No. 1 grade. Any-

one who will try this experiment is

likely to be surprised at the small size

of the potatoes which go through the

hole. Of course, in the actual opera-

tion of grading it is not possible to

draw the line so closely, but in some

cases it appears that screens are used

or the method of operating the screen

is such that many potatoes which are

large enough for the first grade get in

to the No. 2 grade. , ‘

Another very serious defect in con-

nection with the grading of potatoes is

the fact that no retailer is required to

sell according to grade. As a result,

practically nothing is done on the re-

tail market to encourage the consum-

ers to buy according to grade. Then,

too, practically all of the potatoes

which are hauled into market other

than in carload lots are taken in un-

graded, there being no requirement,





nor much inducement in fact, for those'





handling the potatoes in this manner

to grade in accordance with the plan

followed by the carload handlers.

When we secure a national law com-

pelling all retailers to indicate the





'grade of potatoes which they are sell-





ing, grading will become a much more

profitable operation in connection with

the potato business than is the case at

the present time.

. The Use of Good Seed.

Perhaps the present season, more





than any- other in recent years, has

emphasized the importance of the use

of good seed. A considerable quantity

of inspected seed was distributed in

the various counties throughout the

state and as a result it was possible

to secure a. great many comparisons

between the yield of good and poor

seed. As a result of these demonstra-

tions, hundreds of growers have learn-

ed to appreciate more than ever the

advantage of good seed.



Whole as Compared with Cut Seed.



The season being unusually dry and

hot during the month of June, has em-

phasized more than ever the advan-

tage of the use of whole seed. when

planted in a dry soil or during a hot

period. Many instances of a compari-

son between whole and cut seed have

been observed. In practically every

case the whole seed gave the best

stand. The precaution which it is nec‘-

essary to take in the use of whole

seed is that it be secured from’ heal-

thy, productive fields, or better still,

hills. The danger in the use of small

whole seed is that certain diseases

which naturally cause a production of

small potatoes will be transmitted and

the percentage increased by the use

of such seed. Whole seed will usually

give a better stand also when planting

is done during cold, wet weather than

is the case with cut seed.



Late Planting as Compared with



Early Planting.



The present season was one which

will give encouragement to the late

planting of potatoes, especially in the

southern half of the state. However,

the growers should not feel that the

question of the proper time to plant

has been settled by the results of this

one season’s work. Some years when

there is plenty of rainfall up until the

middle of August the early planted po-

tatoes do as well or better even than

the late planted. Then, too, in some

sections of the state the danger of

early frost is so great that it is always

hazardous to plant potatoes late in the

season.



Feeding the Crop.

There is probably no one thing





 





 





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Potato Sltuatlon 1n Mlchlgan





which is more responsible for the high?

cost per bushel of a large percentage

of the potatoes grown in Michigan

than the fact that the crop is not suf-

ficiently well fed. Manure is not avail-

able in sufficient quantity on the ma-

jority of farms to enable the grower to

use as large a quantity as he would

like to on the potato ground. Most

growers have not as yet learned to use

commercial fertilizer to any great ex-

tent. When we realize that the potato

growers in Maine are using as high as

a ton of commercial fertilizer to the

acre, in addition to the available ma-

nure and that some Michigan growers

are using fifteen to twenty tons of

manure to the acre and others are us-

ing from five hundred to one thousand

pounds of commercial fertil1zer, it

would seem that the time has come

for Michigan growers to give more at-

tention to the feeding of the crop than

they ”have been doing in the past. It

wOuld, however, be unwise to use a

large amount of commercial fertilizer

until the grower is sure that it will be

profitable for him to do so. Demon-

strations aloug this line are one of the

serious needs. W'hen the potato crop

is fed properly much less trouble is

experienced in the control of diseases

and the cost of production is mate-

rially reduced per unit, that is, a well-

fed crop of potatoes, when accompa-

nied with good cultivation, good seed,

etc., will give a large yield per acre

and at the same time each bushel Will

be produced at a lower cost than is the

case where the plants are not given a.

sufficient amount of plant food to make

the maximum growth.

Disease Control.





One of the decided steps in advance/





which has been made by many Michi-

gan growers in the control of potato

diseases is the use of disease-free seed.

The growing of seed plots is getting to

be a common practice among Michigan

grower. Hundred of men are hill-se-

lecting at least a portion of their seed.

This means that there will be less

trouble with diseases and that the cost

of production will be lowered. As pre-

viously stated, the feeding of the crop

also has much to do with the control

of diseases. A well-nourished plant

will resist and overcome many trou-

bles which will detrimentally affect a

plant grown on impoverished soil. Seed

treatment is also becoming more com-





mon among the growers of the state





than was the case a few years ago.

This is reducing the injury from scab

and black-scurf, as well as black-leg in

some parts of the state. '

Leaf-Hoppers. _

One of the newer pests in connec-

tion with the growing of the potato

crop is what is known as the leaf-hop-

per. This is a small insect which, as

the name indicates, hops or flies quite

readily when disturbed. It is diiferent

from the aphis in appearance and ac~

tion, the aphis being more symmetri-

cal in form and not so lively. The pres-

ent season has emphasized the danger

from damage done by this insect more

The hot dry





development of this insect but at am,

same time. these conditions made the]

plants more subject to injury. The





trouble which is known as tip-bum or





sun- -,scald proves much more serious





 

   





when the leaf- hoppers are present a»





the ~plants in any considerable m

hers. Practically no fields have I“

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ElGHTY-FIVE PE-R CENT OF OAK-

LAND’S FARMERS JOIN THE

FARM BUREAU.





 





HE membership drive of the Mich-



igan State Farm Bureau came to

an end 111 Oakland county last week.

with Close to two thousand farmers

welded together ready for business.

The exact figures have not yet been

compiled. The tally will show, how-

ever, that the organization has enroll-

ed eighty-five per cent of Oakland’s

farmers.



A follow-up campaign which will be

conducted by the county organization

by townships in the next few weeks is

expected to augment this total greatly.



The State Farm Bureau drive was

scheduled to begin Monday, November

10, in Barry county, and will cover

Montcalm, Allegan and Kent counties

before the holidays. Enthusiasm over

the movement is as keen throughout

the state as it is in Barry county and

prospects are that at least one hun-

dred thousand farmers of Michigan

will be united solidly within the year.



-Already C. B. Cook, Oakland county

agricultural agent, and other leaders

in the movement in that country, are

preparing to put the county organiza-

tion 1 to work for betterment of farm-

ing conditions. One of the first steps

to be taken during the winter months

will be perfecting of marketing asso-

ciations around the county under the

auspices of the County Farm Bureau

to help the farmers in the coming year

place their products on the market

more easily and at, better prices.



But this work cannot be done by a.

few men. “Farmers of Oakland now

must realize they have an organization





‘9' ready and able to take up and solve





their‘problems," Mr. Cook said. “It is

up to them to use the organization, at-

tend meetings thatwill be called and





- assist in planning and executing move-





ments for the farmer’s benefit.”





ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN NOT GUILTY.





 





the National Milk Producers’ As-



sociation, writes us as follows re-

garding the trial in Chicago of the

eight Illinois dairymen who last Thurs-

day were found not guilty of profiteer-

ing, by a jury of eight consumers:



I have just received word of the ac-

quittal by the jury of eight farmers,

milk producers who have f0r some

weeks been on trial at Chicago.



Two years ago, nearly, they were in-

dicted for having gotten together in

the city of Chicago, at the request of

Herbert Hoover, food administrator,





PRESIDENT Milo D. Campbell, of





txand for agreeing upon what they be.





Iieved would be a fair price for their

milk for the month of October, 1917.



The price agreed as fair, was $3.42

per hundred pounds for 3.5 per cent

milk.



From that time until now the prose-

cution of these eight men has gone on

through the public press of the city of

Chicago. It took weeks to secure a

jury.



These facts should be known to ev-

ery citizen of this country, who be-

lieves in fair play: That the defend-

ants were farmers living outside of

Chicago and outside of Cook county;

that they were ‘being tried in Cook

county because their meeting was held

there; that the judge refused to order

a change ’of venue, to any other part of

Illinois. These men were tried by a

jury of consumers, who had been in-

flamed for two years, by the constant

talk of “starving babies,” “dying of

hunger for milk,” “highwaymen,”

“thugs,” and a hundred other epithets

and accusations. When the jury ‘was

selected, the prosecutor would not al—

low eny man to sit who had ever been

a farmer, who had any relatives or

friends who were farmers, who had





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any interest in a farm Br farming.





But notwithstanding all these obsta-

cles, and after the prosecutor'had raid-





ed the offices of the milk producers





and taken all their books, correspond-

ence and filesto his own office to find

proof of guilt, this jury has said

promptly that not one of these men

was guilty.



I am writing, because I cannot re-

frain from reavowing my faith in the

American people. They can be fooled,

excited and frenzied for a time, but

when the test comes they are firm in

the doctrine of justice. This ,is the

third trial by jury within the last three

months of milk producers, for having

dared to talk over with each other fair

prices for their milk—San Francisco,

Cleveland and Chicago. The other

trials were had under just as great in-

justice, and in each instance the juries

have promptly acquitted.





'How long this persecution will be

continued, is not known, but at pres-

ent there are no other criminal suits

pending. At the bottom of the whole

procedure have been two motives, and

only two. Politics within the cities,

and selfishness of the interests, who

see in the cooperation and organiza-

tion of farmers fading profits to them

selves.



The consumers of our cities will be

fair with us when we can get the truth

to them. More and more our great

metropolitan press is becoming con-

vinced of the justice of our cause, and

the advancement we are making with

sore feet and over rough ground is

marked and sure.



We are proceeding along safe roads:

we are American to the core; we ask

for no favoritism; we make no threats

of violence; we do no picketing; we

ask the right to cooperate, to collec‘

tively sell our own products; but we

do not seek to impose our cooperative

efforts on anyone with whom we deal.

We allow the purchaser to deal with

us or not, at his pleasure. In other

words, we concede to the purchasers

of our products the “open shop.” We

are against radicalism and always

have been. We believe in the God

and constitution of our fathers, and

chess are days when we should assert

the same with a voice not to be mis-

understood.





 





FARM BUREAU ACTIVITIES.





 





HE seemingly. unlimited faith of



the Shiawassee county farmers in

the Farm Bureau movement is‘Ishown

by their action at Owosso last Satur-

day to consider ways and means of

continuing the county farm bureau

work. All funds for the agricultural

agent’s work had been exhausted on

the “day of the meeting and since it

was impossible for the state organiza-

tion to make a membership campaign

in that county for several weeks to

come, something drastic had to be

done. However, the situation was met

by twenty-five farmers putting their

names to notes for $100 each, thereby

raising $2,500 on the spot. This is am-

ple for carrying the work until a mem-

bership campaign can be undertaken.

Such a campaign was unanimously en-

dorsed by the representatives present.

It is only fair'to state that the board

of supervisors of the county had for

some time been providing funds to car-

ry the work along, but that they had

gone as far as they felt was wise until

more concrete evidence of the de-

mands for the work by the farmers

themselves was at and. This meet-





'ing provided the eviden‘ce and a num-





ber of the supervisors were among

those who signed notes.



At a meeting of the executive board

of the StateJarm Bureau held in

Grand Rapids last week, a resolution





on this state's participating in. the or-





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ganization of a National Federation-bf -





Of 51,. .





Farm Bureaus at Chicago September

12, was unanimously adopted. Secre-

tary Bingham was selected as thc'vot-

ing» delegate, and Ray Potts, of Ma:

comb‘ county, Roland Merrill, of Ber-

ri‘en county, James Nicol, of Van Bur-

en county, and Fred Cornair, of Sagi-

naw county, were to act as an advis.

ory board to the secretary.



Ottawa county goes on record as an—

other of the progressive counties of

the state in voting without a dissenter,

that a. membership campaign for a

strong farm bureau organization be

started as early as it-is possible for

the state organization to reach them.

Nearly three hundred farmers attend-

ed the meeting, which was held at

Coopersville. \





 





FOR FULL FOOD CONTAINERS.





 





FFICIALS of the Department of



Agriculture appeared before the

House Committee on Agriculture in

support of the house bill prohibiting

the use of food containers of deceptive

appearance.



The bill amends the pure food act to

prohibit the use of partly filled con-

tainers or those designed in such a.

manner as to indicate that quantity or

quality is other than appears. Repre-

sentatives were present *from the Na-

tional Wholesale Grocers’ Association

and from candy and spice manufactur-

ers and others affected by the bill. It

was contended that the bill should not

be so strict as to require packages and

bottles to be filled full in all cases. It

was pointed out that in the case of

some liquids it was advisable not to

quite fill the containers.





CONDENSED MILK SCARCER.





 





HERE is a continued strong de-



mand for condensed milk, with the

supplies very short on the spot. The

sugar shortage continues to hamper

the output of the condensaries. Evap-

orated milk shares in the firmness of

the market for sweetened, and prices

on this product also are unsettled. The

market for miscellaneous brands of

evaporated are held quite firmly.





THE POTATO SITUATION IN MICH-

IGAN.





 





(Continued from preceding page).

found this season that did not have at





least a few leap-hoppers in them. They '





were the most numerous in fields in

the upper peninsula. Certain varieties

apparently are more subject to injury

by this insect than others. The Bliss

Triumph, Irish Cobbler, and Green

Mountain‘are among those which are

most susceptible. The Late Petoskey

and Smooth Rural types are less sus-

ceptible. However, no varieties are

immune to the trouble. Early planted

potatoes because of the fact that they

approached maturity during a dry por~

tion of the Year, were much more ser-

iously injured by this insect than the

latevplanted crop. Reports vary, not

only from growers, but from- patholo-

gists and entomologists in different

states as to the effect of the use of

nicotine-sulphate in control of this in-

sect. Fgr one thing, it is very diffi-

cult to apply this material in such a.





-manner that the insects will be hit





with it. Some who have used this ma-

terial claim that it has been helpful,

while others do not feel that they se-

cured ‘any appreciable results. There





have [been more reports of favorable





results secured from the frequent and

thorough use of Bordeaux than from

the use of nicotine sulphate

sect continues. to prove as serious as

it did in many places this present sea~





on, some effective means must be se~





cured to combat it.





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.Norlbem Grown Seed Ear/y.-——Prof f. F. Cox





URING the war the chief aim of

. America was . “To Make the

.World Safe For Democracy," by

hitting the line hard at the front and





by intensifying efforts leading towards





more production at home.



A number of Michigan farmers have

done their part in the way of increas-

ing production by the intelligent hand-

ling of alfalfa along with other crops.

They have proven that not only is al.

falfa a safe crop for Michigan, but un-

der proper conditions is more depend-

able than red or alsike clover.



The increased cost of clover seed,

the many clover failures and the de

mand for leguminous forage has caus-

ed widespread interest in alfalfa. A

greater lacreage has been seeded

throughout Michigan than ever before,

and the percentage of successes with

alfalfa have been noticeably more nu-

merous than previously, very likely

due to the fact that more is known

about growing the crop, and liming

and inoculation are practices more uni-

versally employed than before.



Perhaps the prime reason that suc-

cess with alfalfa has been more easily

obtained recently is due to the fact

that a larger percentage of American

grown, particularly northern grown,

alfalfa seed was planted. The importa-

tion of Turkestan seed was cut off by

the war and this variety, which does

not successfully withstand our winters

fortunately was not available. Those

intending to plant alfalfa next. year

shOuld secure northern grown seed at

an early date.



It was the writer’s good fortune to

spend a day in August with the Hon.

Jason Woodman just before he termi-

nated his many years of service as ag-

ricultural agent of Kalamazoo county.

One of Mr. W’oodman’s chief interests

was the establishment of alfalfa grow-

ing on a successful basis, and judging

by the many thrifty fields seen during

the day, his work in Kalamazoo county

will be felt for many years to come.





‘ As Mr. Woodman tersely states, in or-





der to succeed with alfalfa, it is nec-

essary to “stick to the rules of the

game,” and the rules, as Mr. Woodman

expresses them, are: First, to secure

northern'grown seed, Grimm, Baltic or

Cossack preferred, or if these varieties

are not available 00mmon Alfalfa of





.mazoo county conditions.





northern origin. Second, to lime or

marl the land six months or a year

previous to planting alfalfa for best

results. Third, to inoculate, using cul-

ture from the agricultural college or

soil from a successful field.

seed in April or early June under Kala-

Fifth, plant

on a firmly rolled seed bed.



One of the striking things noticeable

aboutthe alfalfa crops in Kalamazoo

county was that the new seedings had

withstood the summer droughts much

more successfully than had the clover

seedings. Even on very light sandy

loams, and with companion crops of

grain, alfalfa had come through suc-

cessfully. As Mr; Woodman stated it,

alfalfa is not only a very profitable

crop, but is the foundation for success—

ful potato, corn, and grain crops to

follow. Soils needing organic matter

are particularly benefited by this crop.

Should one of the old-time alfalfa en-

thusiasts, of the type that sang the

praises of alfalfa from the institute

platform, ten or fifteen years ago, come

to Kalamazoo county, it is not likely

that he would command a very large

audience. There are too many sue-

cessful alfalfa growers singing the

same song today.



(011 Mr. Woodman’s home farm in Kal-

amazoo county, his son John is prac-

ticing what his father preaches and is

following successful alfalfa stands

with notable potato crops. John says

that alfalfa is “the easiest, and surest

leguminous hay crop, if you follow di-

rections and don’t bite off more than

you can chew.” _



County Agent Eckard, of Van Buren

county, tells all those interested in

alfalfa who call on him, to “plant ear-

ly, and give plenty of plant food, and

afalfa will come through our worst

summer droughts.”



Van Buren county is the home of

Fred Wing whose performance of grow-

ing seven and one-half tons of alfalfa

per~ acre was chronicled in a spring

issue of the Michigan Farmer. As Mr.

Wing says, he did it by “using enough

lime and phosphorous and planting on

a firm seed bed.” ,



The same methods were employed

at an earlier date by Mr. William Nel-

son, of Lawton, Michigan, known as



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EVER in the past has there been

such eccentric hog markets as

those experienced in Chicago during

the present year, with high records

early in the year and a tremendous de-

cline in prices later. Conditions are

far less favorable for sellers of hogs

today than a year ago, when thetfed-

eral authorities were stabilizing hog

prices. This upholding of values is a

thing of the past, and stockmen have

to depend upon what the packers are

willing to pay them. Quite recently

the price range for hogs has been the

narrowest seen in a long time, with

the bulk of the hogs offered on the

market selling within a range of eighty

cents per hundred pounds. The mar-

keting of the new crop of hogs is in-

creasing steadily, with numerous pigs

included in the offerings, and young—

sters sell much closer to the prices

paid for matured hogs than usual.

Within a, short time the prime heavy

butchers have sold higher than prime

light butchers or the choicest light ba-

con hogs of 190 pounds or less. The

great fall in prices for hogs has helped

along the downward movement in pric-

es for prc'ovisions, as has the greatfall-

ing off in the exports of provisions

from our shores. Exports of lard and

bacon from the Atlantic seaboard for

a recent week were only 7,258,000 lbs.,

comparing with 19,245,000 pounds for

the corresponding week last year, the

strike of the longshoremen being very

largely the cause. Fresh pork has not

. been reduced in prices anywhere near

as much as cured meats, pork 10ins

making only a small part of the hog,

while the demand for them is enor-

mous. It is said by provision special-

ists that the long interest in provisions

,has been liquidated and that the mar-

ket is in better shape to respond to

any new influence. The recent rally

in hog prices which followed materi-

_a11y reduced receipts helped strengthen

prices for hog products. While no

one expects to see hogs sell as high

.as during the war, there is every rea-

son to expect that the hog industry

will continue a highly profitable one.

Prices are far higher than in pre-war

times. Three years ago hogs sold at

$9.50 to $10.35 and four years ago at

$6.25 to $7.65.





THE LAMB MARKET.





 





T seems a great pity that at a time

when fat lambs and fat yearling

wethers are'in such good demand at

comparatively high prices there should

be such a preponderance of poorly fat-

tened lambs shown in the Chicago





small percentage grade high, and they

sell at a big premium over the prices

paid for warmed-up flocks and flocks

of lambs with their fleece full of burrs.

The burry lambs are sold as much as

$1 per one hundred pounds lower than

prime fat lambs with their fleece free

from burrs. With the termination of

the season for marketing range sheep

and lambs, the western markets, in-

cluding such points as Chicago, Oma-

,ha, Kansas City, and others, have to

depend upon shipments from feeding

districts, and just new large shipments

are oeing made from northern Wiscon-

sin and Michigan. Most of these were

transferred there from the drought-

strick‘enb northern ranges several

months ago, and most of them are

shipped in' greatly lacking a finish,

causing their sales at large reductions





 





Bay City, Michigan





from the prices paid for fat stock.





stock yards week after week. Only a.‘





Many of the lambs come on themar-

ket too heavy to suit feeders and with

too little flesh to suit the killers, and

the packers get them on pretty much

their own terms. Feeding lambs have

been selling all along at good prices

when desirable, and great numbers

have gone to feeding districts from

Chicago and the Missouri River mar-

kets. The demand for breeding ewes

keeps up well, with yearlings mainly

called for, and a liberal premium is

paid for the best lots. Killing yearling

«wethers are good sellers, but lots of

ewes go extremely low, culls.selling

down to $3 per hundred pounds. In

many parts of the country farmers are

taking up sheep breeding more or less

extensively, encouraged by the high

prices paid for fat live muttons and

the high prices paid'for clips of wool.

F.





 





THE SCRUB STALLION DISGRACE

GROWS LESS IN WISCONSIN.





 





R. A. S. ALEXANDER, in charge



1 of stallion enrollment in Wiscon-



sin, has one opinion of scrub stallions.

This is the way he expresses it:



_“Sires of this disreputable and det-



rimental class will soon be a negligible



quantity in Wisconsin. In 1911, they





numbered 673; in 1917, 260; in 1918,,





213; and in 1919, 170; a decrease of

20.2 per cent for that year. It is to be

hoped that scrub sires soon will be

wholly eliminated by our leading horse-

breeding‘ counties. They are a dis-

grace to all implicated in their main-

tenance and a menace to the horse in-

dustry of the counties in which they

are used.”



Fifteen counties have no scrub stal-

lions. The number of. scrub sires has

decreased in thirty-three counties in

the last year. Nine counties increased

such sires to a total of twelve head.

In 1919, eleven new scrub stallions

were licensed in the state, as compar

ed with thirty-five in 1918.



Grant county still leads in owner-

ship of pure-bred stallions with eighty-

seven head, compared with ninety-two

in 1918, while Dan‘e county comes next

with fifty-one in 1919 compared with

fifty-two in 1918 and seventy-four in

1917. Saint Croix follows with forty-

two head, Iowa with forty-one, and

Vernon with forty. Pure-bred sires

have [fallen ofl?‘ twelve head in Wau-

kesha county and ten each in Chippe-

wa and Richland counties. They have

increased in Burnett, Douglas, Iowa,

Juneau, Marathon, and Pepin counties.

Vilas county had not a stallion licensed

in 1919.





 





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tawa has started plans for a campaign

to rise fund of $75,000 with which to

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increased use of milk and its products

as a food. The council represents the

affiliation of the organizations of pro.

ducers and distributors of milk and

dairy products throughout the D0-

minion. -

The advertising fund is to be raised

by an assessment on producers and

distributors. The council at a special

meeting passed resolutions to be for-

warded to the government protesting

against the high duty on dairy machin-

ery and bottles and the high cost of.

feed for dairy herds, stating that there

.could be no reduction in the cost of

milk and milk products until teed pric-

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HE American farmer may beat

the Hun at his own game with

the straw, millions upon millions

of tons of which have heretofore been

permitted to go to‘waste. It has been

fully demonstrated, both on our. farms,

at several experiment stations, that

spread straw replaces commercial fer-

tilizer. Had our farmeis been spread-

ing the straw they have wasted for

the past generation, less would now be

heard of the fertility shortage

Few farmers really appreciate the

fertilizing elements contained in var-

ious straws commonly produced and

wasted in this country. It is not sur-

prising that increased yields result

from spreading straw on land, when

we come to know that a ton of straw

contains the following composition and

value at present prices of nitrogen,

phosphorus and potassium:

Pounds of Plant Food in One Ton of





Straw.

Val. at

Present

Crop. Nitro. Phos. Pot. Prices.

Oats .........12 4 1.6 20.8 $ 9.62

Wheat ...... 10. 0 1.6 18.0 p 8.12

Rye . . .. ...10 0 2.6 14.0 7.06

Barley ...... 12.0 1.8 18.2 8.91

Buckwheat . .25.0 1.4 19.0 12.15





The Illinois Experiment Station has

conducted many extensive experiments

where crop residues, consisting of the

corn stover, wheat and oat straw and

clover grown on the land is returned

to the soil as a source of humus and

plant food. They report asan average.

of four-year results with wheat, a

yield of 27.6 bushels where crop resi-

dues were turned under, and 28.8 bush-

els where manure was used. In this

test the crop residues proved to be

only slightly inferior to manure. The

results of other experiments reported





were as follows: -

Crop

Value

N o. of Per

Treatment. Crops. Acre.





Lime-potassium and crop

residue 12



Lime-potassium . . . . 12 180.95



Increase for residue . . . .*. 23.93





Nevertheless, in view of the wonder-

ful fertilizing powers of various straws,

we learn with considerable consterna-

tion, that vast amounts of straw is per-

mitted each year to go to waste.

Farmers, whose fertilizer bill-s grow

larger and larger, without considera-

tion of these facts, permit large quan-

tities of natural fertilizer to go to

waste in their straw stacks.

decry the passing of the day of natural

fertility, and critics to a. day set the

hour when agriculture will fail because

of, want of German potash and com-





$204.88





-mercial fertilizers, permit their crop





residues to rot within sight of fields

needing only a coat of straw annually

to maintain their producing powers.



A 'New York dairyman, Who also

makes it a business to produce a cer-

tain amount of wheat in his rotation,

increased his wheat production by ten

bushels per acre by spreading straw

which could not otherwise be used,





. over the land. He found the oat, ,bar-





ley and rye crops, were increased from

eight to ten bushels per acre by the

same method of using straw. Straw

is invaluable during a. dry period in

the growing season. It has been found

that a ton of stzaw will absorb two





- tons of water, and deliver it to the





growing “crop when» needed.~» It'also

adds humus to the land exactly on the.





. ’ same process as a lamp wick delivers





 





oil to the flame—it keeps the moisture





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Fertilizing with Straw





By Ear/e W. Gage





Farmers ._





at the working point.- Experiment sta-

tion workers calculate that spread

straw will be worth from $2.50 to $4.00

per ton to the farmer, according to

the condition cf the soil.



If you have a light soil which is de-

ficient in organic matter, there is noth-

ing cheaper or better than straw. It

will serve to keep the soil from blow—

ing, and may thereby save. a good

crop in the start, when the Winds 'of-

ten play havoc. 'Spread straw will

hold Snow “on the ground during the

winter, and save the wheat crap from

winter-killing. Even a thin coat will

catch and hold the snow, causing it to

melt evenly, thus not only serving as

a moisture retainer for the time when

needed, but insure. the tender plants

against frostsinjury. This insures the

wheat crop at good healthy start early

in the spring, when moisture is de-

manded to insure evenfquick growth.



Spread straw, evenly distributed, is

a valuable nurse for alfalfa. The

straw protects the tender plants from

the scorching heat of the sun and acts

as an insurance against baking ground,

giving the plants a good start. It also

keeps the wind from whipping off ten-

der plants.



In general farm practice the value

of straw in the maintenance of Soil

fertility has come to be recognized by

many investigators and its use advo-





cated by'nearly all experiment sta-





tions. Dr. Russell, of the Rothamsted

Station, England, dealing in an article

with the possible sources of potash for

English farmers while the supply of

potash is cut off from Germany, rec~

ommends among other things the use

of damaged straw. In one of the ex-

periments at the English station where

wheat has been grown, continuously

for half a century, both grain and

straw being removed, the need of pot;-

ash is. becoming more marked each

year. In commenting upon this experi-

ment the Illinois station says:'



”If the Wheat straw, which contains

more than three-fourths of the potas-

sium removed in the Wheat crap were

returned to the soil, the necessity of

purchasing potassium in a good sys-

tem of farming on such land would be

at least ,very remote, since the supply

would be adequately maintained by the

actual amount returned in the straw,

together with the additional amount

which would be liberated from the soil

by the action of decomposition pro-

ducts.”



It should not be expected that the

application of a ton of straw will give

an immediate crop increase equal in

value to the cost of the plant food ele-

ments contained. This is doubtless

due to the fact that the fertility in

straw becomes available only upon de-

composition of the straw. This is dem-

onstrated by .the continually increas-

ing yields obtained by the Illinois sta-

tion by the turning under of crop resi-

dues. But the amount of plant food

that had been removed from the soil

would not have been returned had the

straw not been added.



Muck and very sandy soils are in

need of potassium more than the heav-

ier types of soil. These light sands

are also especially in need of organic

matter and therefore, it seems that

the proper place to apply straw is on

the sandy soils. This. is true when we

take into consideration the fact that

in wheat three-fourths, corn‘two-thir'de



(Continued on page 588).





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' explaining the formation of the Ameri-





‘ - tovprevent black heart in the .pbtatoes

”5:”. near the heat and frost injury in those





3‘ as. ...

KANsAs~_—‘ro' HAVE A STATE new

BUREAU.





 





EPRESENTATIVES from forty of





[ the fifty-seven farm bureaus of "





Kansas approved the formation of a





reaus in the state will be invited to

consider the ratification of the consti-

tution and become members of the

state bureau.



The movement is the outgrowth of

the county farm bureau movement in

the state. It‘ was the evident inten-

tion and feeling of the delegates that





the policies which had been in effect '





in the county farm bureaus would very

largely guide the activities of the state

association. A



W. M. Jardine, president of the ag-

ricultural college, struck the keynote

of the state bu’reau’s purpose when he

said: ' '



“Personally, and speaking as a farm-

er, I believe we ought to have an or

ganization through which all the farm-

ers of the state could speak and act.

I look to such an organization to sup-

plement the valuable work of present

farmers’ organizations.” '



Three delegates were elected to at-

tend the meeting of state farm bu-

reaus at Chicago, November 12 and 13,

when the, organization of 'the Ameri-

can Federation of Farm Bureaus will

be. organized.



Chester H. Gray. of Nevada, Mo., at-

tended the meeting for the purpose of





can Federation of Farm Bureaus. He

declared that fifteen states had asked

for'such an organization. The federa-

tion, he said, would give the farmers

an organized voice such as that long

ago perfected by commerce and labor.





 





DARK SPOTS IN POTATOES MAY

BE DUE TO FREEZING.





 





NTERNAL freezing injury, or frost



necrois, occurs when potatoes are

exposed to severe frosts, temperatures

below twenty-eight degrees F. The

tubers show dark blotches in the flesh

.when they are cut open and allowed

to stand a short time. The spots are

usually most marked at the stem end,

but they are scattered irregularly

through the outer flesh or in a fine net-

work or ring. Ordinarily the injury is

detected only upon cutting, although

the affected tubers wilt more than the

normal ones in storage.



Potatoes may actually be frozen sol-

id throughout, becoming soft and

mushy on thawing. As a result of

coming in contact with a cold wall in

storage, or being left above the ground

before digging, potatoes may freeze

on one side. Tubers injured in this

way are easily sorted out.



“Turning sweet” is due to prolonged





storage at low temperatures, twenty-

nine to thirty-fourrdegrees F., not to .5

real freezing. Tubers that have never ‘





been frost bitten may show this injury.



The prevention of all three kinds of

freezing injury is described in Circu-

lar 120 “Freezing Injuries to Potato

Tubers,” sent free on request to the

Wisconsin Experiment Station. Some

of the suggestions are:



Dig the crop before severe frosts

come.



Have a good thermometer in the

,room where potatoes are stored and

keep the temperature above twenty-

eight degrees F. . ,



When shipping potatoes during cold

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potatoes was organized at Amble cities of the east and handle many

in Montcalm 0‘”th on the sec- thousand bushels of grain, apples and

0nd day of October. Amble is one of other commodities. They also ship

the heavy P°tat0 shipping towns of many cars of live stock and buy thou-

Montsahn county and the ~ farmers sands'oi dollars worth at supplies for

there are very anxious to get into the their members. -

cooperative marketing game on the Mr. Dorr D. Buell, president of the

same basis as the other associations Potato Growers Exchange, has just fin.

0f the Michigan Potato Growers' EX‘ ished a schedule of conferences for the

change and they have hired Mr. Rush- local associations in the different parts

more for their manager. Mr. RUSh‘ of the state. These were conferences

more is a farmer who has had seVel-al of managers and directors of the locals

years’ experience in the potato hand- and were held in smaller groups so

ling business and is the right man for there would be a. larger pér cent of the

this position. men present. The first conference

The Gladwin Elevator Company is was held in Big Rapids where about

located in Gladwin. Gladwin county sixty were present and t001s part in

has been organized, with a member- the discussions. The second confer-

ship of around four hundred members. ence was held at Cheboygan on Octo-

They are preparing to handle every- ber 10 and about thirty were in attend-

thing Which the farmers of that sec- ance. These men were from Cheboy-

tion have to market. They have join- gan, Alpena and Presque Isle. counties.

ed the exchange and expect to get un- On October 11 the third conference

der operation in a very short time. was held in the library at Mancelona,

Another association has been organ- With forty present from Antrim and

ized on the 01d Mission Peninsula and Otsego countieS- The fourth come!“

they have been purchasing supplies for ence was held at Escanaba and was

some time and just recently took out attended by all of the managers of the

a. membership in the Potato Growers’ associations of .the upper penlnsula.

Exchange. 011 this peninsula the Most of the directors and all of the

farmers sold 55,000 cases of cherries county agents were present, number-

to the Case & Martin Pie Company, of ing about sixty-four. These men. took

Chicago, last summer, for $3.10 per a very active part in all of the dlscus-

crate. This sale was brought about 810118.

' through the cooperation of the farmers

and their county agricultural agent.

These farmers have several cars of

apples and potatoes to market this fall.





Alpena county has a county-wide as-

sociation which has united with the

hExchangt: andthare loading potatoes at tions of standardization of the output

fve 50m S 1n 6 county. The farmers of the locals was taken up and thor-

0 t at county have several hundred oughly discussed to the end that there





cars 0f hay t°_ sell this year, as well could be a more uniform product put

as large quantltles of potatoes. Most out by the different associations.





of the produce and hay raised in this Quality of product and pack of ship-

county will be marketed through the ment so the consumer may get more

associations. All of these associations value for his money and less waste in

m Alpena county will be managed by freight on produce/that is sure to be

one manager W119 W111 be located in Al' unsalable when it reaches the market,

pena Clty and W1“ have men in charge were some of the main items taken up.

ofrltlheloadlng at different Pfinms- Quality pack is the watchword of the

T 1e town 0f Keystone in Grand Exchange and. they never miss a.

raverse county is the point where chance to impress the importance of

the farmers ale now Olganizing anoth- high-class produce as the greatest as-

? azziciation for Grand Traverse coun- set of the associations, which will

3" , .er seeing the success 0f the ,as' mean millions of dollars for the mem-

soc1ation located in Traverse Clty, bers of the exchange who number

these farmers are planning to operate nearly 15,000 at the present time.

1n the same manner.

The Marion Elevator Cooperative

Company was organiéed at Marion on





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Court House in Traverse City and was

attended by eighty-four men from An-

trim, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse, Kal-

kaska, Benzie, Welford and Leelanau

counties.



At these conferences the proposi-





All of the managers of the local as-

sociations are very watchful when it

comes to grading of the produce which

. is packed by them, lest some inferior

Whmh is a very good number to have produce gets into the car, for they un-

lined up at the organization meeting. derstand that the farmer is now doing

They have a good prospect 0f reaching his own marketing and anything which

a. membership 0f between five and Six is not up to standard is a direct loss

hundred. They also are to join the to the farmer and member of his asso-

Potato Growers’_Exchange and are 11‘? ciation. As long as the farmer sold

gotiating for the purchase or the only to a local buyer and did not care what

elevator in the town. Marion is one Of kind or products he SOld, or care what

the very large marketing centers 0f the buyer did with them after he got

Osceola county and of northern Mich- his money, there was no reputation to

1an build which would pay him for better

Thompsonville Farmers’ Cooperative produce, but now the farmer under-

Association was organized recently stands that through these associations

with a membership of fortY-eight. and he is standing behind his produce and

expect to start business right away. so is in a position to build something

they can get the benefit of cooperative valuable for the future.‘ C. E. C.

marketing this fall. There are several __________‘-__

good live associations in Benzie coun‘ “ n ,-

ty and the farmers are receiving more Y HOLDS INTERNATIONAL CON'

for their crops by marketing their pro- ‘VENT'ON AT DETROIT

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sociation at Freemont has just recent- young men of rural cammunities con-

ly joined the Central Exchange. This siderable attention will be given to

association is one of the most succ‘ess- this phase 01' its work by the fortieth





ful associations in the BI l and will international convention of the Young

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familiar with all the rules and regula-

tions in the cities near the farm. When

ma‘ldng long trips into other states it

often saves money to inquire at the

nearest garage concerning any special

motor rules governing the motorists in

that community.



Laws sometimes seem to be a nui-

sanc’e but that is not the right attitude

“A driver

was arrested for speeding. He was

greatly incensed and blamed the police

department. Later his car was stolen

and he called on the police as his best

friends in time of need and they locat-

ed the car. Now the danger to other

drivers-was very great when he was

speeding, andylthe danger to his pock-

etbook was very great when his car

was stolen. He began to realize that

laws and policemen have their place in

all communities and soon learned to

have the greatest respect for both.

When motorists learn that. the laws

are not made for the other fellow they

will have less trouble and all travelers

of the highways will receive more en-

joyment from life.



There are also laws of common

courtesy on the road that are not un-

der police control. They are the laws

of common sense and decency and they

are deserving of much practice. A

motorist who approaches a farm wag-

on loaded with hay or milk should not

attempt to pass in a narrow stretch of

road if a few seconds of waiting will

enable the driver to pull out of the rut

and give the, motor car plenty of room.



The dimming of lights is necessary

according to law. The "careful driver

will not only dim the lights but dim

them soon enough so that the ap-

proaching car will not have to stop or

nearly stop, while waiting for them to

be dimmed. It is only courtesy to slow

down when passing a car at night, es-

pecially if it is on a narrow road. One

car must slow down or there is serious

danger of accident. Don’t expect the

other fellow to Slow down, each party

must help in making the roads safe.





When in a large city observe the

parking laws and don’t take a chance

on disobeying them just because the

officer is not present. The parking

laws are not unjust but made so that

auto driving will be safer and there

will be room for all the cars. It is only

common courtesy to park in the right

manner, even if no laws govern the

act. In some \cities laws are made

governing the amount of time a car

may be parked in‘one location. Of-

fenders are often greatly disturbed at

arrest for such a small offense. How

would it be if automobile owners work-

ing in stores and oflices all parked

their' cars all day long in front of their

places of business? There would be no

place for the shopper to leave his car

within several blocks of his shopping

place. It is surely practical to limit

.the time the car can stay in one place

because it is a convenience to the mass

of the people to be able to stop, finish

their errands in the vicinity, and move

On their way.



Itis. said that farmers are having

less accidents than city drivers. This

is the reason given. Farthers have

been in the habit of driving horses and

farm _machines. They, know that it

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is placed at 193,688,800/bushels-by

the latest bullet-in issued by the Dom-

inion Bureau of Statistics. ‘ Earlier re-

ports had indicated that. the wheat





yield would be considerably lower,but





fairorable weather and late rains in



many districts brought a marked im-



provement before harvesting began.

Although this was considered a dry





crops. Manitoba, generally had a good

year, the biggest crops being harvest-

ed in the Brandon district, wheat av-

eraging from twenty-five to- thirty, and

oats running better than sixty. In Sas-

katchewan the Regina district averag-

ed twenty~five bushels. Around Hus-

,sar, Alberta, wheat averaged from

thirty to forty bushels to the acre.



The yield of oats this-year was 399,-

368,000 bushels. Barley yielded 66,443.-

.500 bushels; rye 8,234,100 bushels.

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta

together produced 161,419,000 bushels

of wheat; 246,756,000 bushels of oats;

46,412,000 bushels of barley and 5,954,-

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and oats flve-sevenths of the potash

taken up by the plant is in the straw

or stover.



The annual waste of straw is noth-

ing less than criminal. It is a disgrace

to modern American agriculture that

it is permitted, especially in. a time

when all fertilizing elements are short.

The straw stacks of single states

which are permitted to go to watse

would winter one million head of cat-

tle. A cow will liveon a few tons of

straw during the winter. She may not

become fat on it, but she will not lose

flesh, and one of the great things to

impress upon all farmers with cattle

to winter is to always keep his stock

in flesh. A little bit of concentrates,

cake or corn, will keep an animal grow-





the winter, it they also have a straw

stack to run to.

Straw is a mighty good roughage.





will and then feed a pound or two of

cake or two or three pounds of corn 3.

day and the stock will actually gain

during the winter. Then think of the





and every pound of manure put on a

farm makes it that much more capable

of production. Straw is ayfertilizer in

"itself, but it is never so good as when

converted into manure and spread.



In England an experiment was made

of scattering a ton of straw on an acre

of ground each year. For ten years

there was not any appreciable increase

in the richness of the soil, but the

tenth year there was a very notice-

able improvement, and every year

thereafter that a ton of straw was

placed on each acre of that plot of

ground the soil improved. During the

time there was no improvement no-

ticed the soil held its own. It did not

get poorer, but it took nine years for

the straw, at the rate of a ton an acre,

to build up the soil to.a point where

it could show an improvement.



If the straw is spread direct from

the stack it is a tiresome and difficult

job. This fact has served to make

spreading straw most unpopular, and

is responsible for the lack of it in cer-

tain sections. Good straw spreading

machines are now available. They will

spread twenty acres per day, and may

be placed on an ordinary wagon, the

power being supplied by a specially

shaped iron chain drive attached to

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coming to market are fit for slaughter.



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range shipping season is drawing near ' . . .

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the range 15 in fine condition, followmg Silent Motor) the noiseless bility of overheating or burn.

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to be the best in five years at this 593’ vibration-the highly perfected plant in the world. Operates

'Bon 0f the year. During the summer pressure lubricating system so quietly and smoothly that

the range was short on grass because which positively solves the no anchoring and no special

of the drought, and lambs marketed ‘oiling problem—the auto- foundation are necessary. Will

were deficient in weight as a rule. But matic governor which gives operate under full load when “

mounted on three ordinary





tapered charge to our extra

size batteries, etc.



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little hay‘was put up, and it rose to

$30 a ton, but is now selling for $25.

In the corn belt farmers are turning

many flocks of sheep and lambs into

their corn fields, With good results, the _

prevailing custom being, to have lambs 23:: 22:23:}: and dfift- A} flee. h' .



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five lambs in eastern Iowa is following

this course, and his clip of wool this __ ,

year averaged eight pounds per head . a

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A Wonderful Response





Michigan State Farm Bureau _





Goes “Over the Top”





Never before in history. has agriculture displayed such

keen endorsement as it has given the Michigan State Farm

Bureau since the campaign for membership began.





As you already know, the campaign opened in Oakland

County on October 15th.





Solicitors entered and canvassed one township at a time.





A Record





On October 28th, reports for the first twelve days of the

campaign were telephoned and wired to the Secretary’s

office in Birmingham, Michigan. Here/ they are in brief:





Number of working days . . . . . . 12

Number of townships in Oakland County canvassed ‘0

Total number of farmers actually solicited . . 720





Total number of membership checks signed . . 634





Eighty-eight and one eighteenth per cent (88’/13%)

of all farmers Visited joined.





What Happened in the First Township





The wonderful response that met the solicitors in the first

township visited is just an example of the enthusiasm that

the Michigan State Farm Bureau organization has-awakened

throughout the state.





Addison Township was first. Just about a year ago, C.

B. Cook, Oakland County Agricultural Agent. travelled

into this same township in the northeastern corner of the

county to confer with a group of prominent farmers on the

organization of a cooperative buying and selling association.





“Nothing doing,” was the greeting Cook received. “Why

you’ll never get the farmers up here to back a proposition

like that; they’re the deadest crowd anywhere in the county.”





However, knowing this territory was virtually solidly de-

voted to agriculture, it was decided by the Michigan State

Farm Bureau Membership Campaign Organization that if

the drive were started there it would show conclusively

whether the farmers of Michigan are alive to the need of

an organization to promote and protect their interests.





Six solicitors entered Addison Township” in the morning.





When night came, ninety per cent (90%) of the farmers in “'





Addison Township were members of the Michigan State

Farm Bureau.

’ Some Examples



It is interesting to get down to specific examples and

realize theenthusiastic reception that the Michigan State

Farm Bureau solicitors received.





Some men approached wanted to pay, on the spot, for three

years’ dues. Others wanted to put $50 or $100 behind the

Michigan State Farm Bureau movement, and when told that

one $10 membership was all that a man could have, they





took out memberships for different members of their family.





Onefarmer, 75 years old, who has lived all his life on the

farm told the solicitor who visited him, “ I am glad to see

the farmers of the state waking up. It’s time.”





Some Were Missed—And 7 Why





Canvassers report thata great number of farmers were not

at home when they called. These men who were missed are

now asking for the opportunity of joining. They will be

given this opportunity at a later date by a local man in each

community.



Response is State- Wide

Every mail coming to the Secretary’s office at Birmingham

is full of letters from various counties requesting that they

be put on the canvass list immediately. Thirteen counties

are now in line for the campaign and organization plans are

being completed for them. At least a dozen others are ask- .

ing for next place on the list. '





Farmers from all over the state are writing in to the

Secretary’s office stating that they want a chance to assist

in some way to help complete this great organization.





The Michigan State Farm Bureau expects to have, within

two weeks, solicitors from the ranks of the farmers of the

state which will enable them to complete the work in each

county in at least two weeks’ time. '





From now on, the work will move rapidly. If your county

is anxious to join in with this movement right from the-

start, it islnone too early now to communicate with the

Secretary of the Michigan State Farm Bureau and solicit

his organization assistance for the earliest possible moment.





The success of the Michigan State Farm Bureau is an

assured fact. The farmers are stirred up as they never

were before. The great majority of the 200,000 farmers of

the state will soon be “Organized for Business.”





C. A. BINGHAM, Secretary





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Maynard), who W011 the Nation- Wilson as he was returning from by the Minnesota Federation of ance to Dr. Serge Veronoff, who

81 Air Derby by flying from New his Speaking tour. Women's Clubs for presidency of claims to restore youth to old by

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the Salvation Army, receivmg saved one. Edna Luikart (left) and Thomas .the “Adriatic” after a tour of Eu- ~

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Family of the late John Mitchell, the great labor ’leader.‘ Widow and Their schools reduced to ruins in the war devastated area of Locre, the





children are, left toright, Richard, Katherine, Mrs. Mitchell, James Sisters of Mercy have gathered their pupils and are teaching them in

and Robert. the open fields with the ruins of their school as seats.





 





 





 





   

   





 





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Spread Manure All Winter Long





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See your dealer now and get the facts in

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all the winter. Spread Tight over the

snow! Good results will be sure to follow.



The NEW IDEA is built low down; easy



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the acre.





NEW IDEA Dealers Everywhere





Every spot on this map represents the location of a NEW' IDEA Branch or Distributor

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SanF ranciaco.Cal. Louisville. Ky. Omaha, Neb. Pittsburghfa.

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As a fertilizer alone, your straw is w: A t

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Straw, spread properly, about 2 tons to tl

acre, is the finest prevention against wint

killing of wheat, soil blow, or washing.

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by hand, over-feeding some portions of soil and

allowing others to starve--hit-

or-miss methods such as these

invite scanty crops and soil

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Perpetuate its prosperity--and yours. Treat it right. . Begin now,

winter to spread manure direct from the stable onto your fields.



successive croppings, cannot possibly keep on feeding unless, in turn, it is fed.





and continue throughout the

For your land, drained by





[through years of accurate tests which demonstrate con-

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consult any other authority. All will tell you

that it does pay enormous re-

turns--returns so big that their

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son alone is worth far more than

the cost of a NEW IDEA.





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





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iority. He will point out the many vitally important features

re this spreader the big choice of farmers everywhere. Talk to

Ly. It will mean bigger profits for you next year. If you don’t

ho the nearest NEW IDEA dealer is, write to us direct. We

1 you his name along with a copy of our absorbingly inter-

voklet, “Feeding The Farm.” . .





Strz. w from Our Billion Bushel‘Wheat Crop?





Don’t Burn Your Straw





’ Spread your straw this. fall and see how your

winter grains thrive. Stack only what you need

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. straw, and don’t let it rot. Forget

nSt. Wmtel' - the absurdthought that burning is the way

Shmg; It to control weeds. Even if.it was, the price

sture-in the you pay is prohibitive. Either way, you

. " rob your soil and your pocketbookn-and



and more damage the ground, for months to come, on,





which your straw stack stood. »





New, Idea Straw Spreading Attachment





“Two Machines

in One"



At mighty small cost

you can get this attach-

ment for your new ma-

chine or old. Handles a big

load’; shredding the straw fine

and spreading it evenly, 8 to

10 feet wide. With this sim-

ple attachment, you almost

double your spreading profits.





Few Parts You Need This

The Straw Spreading Attach. Machine

ment consists oftwo framed sides

which rest on the sides of the If you already have a

"g“‘a' “°'°a“°""“ “We" °' NEW IDEA geta Straw





third cylinder with a chain to con-

nect it with the upper cylinder of

the manure spreader--and plates

to hold the cylinder frame in place.

A metal shield around the ends

of the topmost cylinder prevents

straw from catching in the shaft.





 

 

 





 





Spreading Attachment

and put it on--you can do it

yourself in 15 minutes. And if

you haven’t a manure sprea-

der, get the original wide—

spreading NEW IDEA

combination for spreading

both straw and manure.
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Maloney laughed "Day before yes-

terday that’s the way I’d stalked my

own self, but now I know better. What

about your little stuntt Wasn’t that

warm enough for you? Didn’t guns

pop enough? Don’t you talk about

moving pictures!” ‘



After the show there were other

things. But both of them trod the nar-





‘ row path, Maloney because he was us-





ed to doing so and Flandrau because

his experiences had sobered him.





“I’m on the water wagon, Dick.” He

grinned ruefully at his friend. “Noth-

ing like locking the stable after your

bronc’s been stole. I’d a-been a heap

better off if I’d got on the wagon a.

week ago.”



Since their way was one for several

miles Maloney and Curly took the'road

together next .morning at daybreak.

Their ponies ambled along side by side

at the easy gait characteristic of the

southwest. Steadily they pushed into

the brown baked desert. Little dust

whirls in the shape of inverted cones

raced across the sand wastes. The

heat danced along the road in front of

them in shimmering waves.



our plainsman is a taciturn indi-

vidual. Thesetwo rode for an hour

without exchanging a syllable. Then

Curly was moved to talk.



“Can you tell me how it is a. man

can get fond of so Godforsaken a. coun-

try? Cactus and greasewood and mes-

quite, and for a change mesquite and

greasewood and cactus. Nothing but

sand washes and sand hills, except

the naked mountains ’way off with

their bones sticking through. But in

the mo’ning like this, when the world’s

kind 0’ smiley with the sunshine, or

after dark when things are sorter vio-





other country on earth?"





had never put it into words.





long; see you later.”

Creek, to Soapy Stone’s ranch.





a. nester in the foothills.





say anything.

Soapy’ s ranch.





morning after breakfast.





creek, lay a ranch.





door.





looking.





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tractively.



Curly ‘took “off his dusty gray hat.

“Buenos tardes, senorita! I’ll bet I’m

too late to draw any dinner.”



"Buenos, senor,” ’she‘

promptly. “I’ll bet you’d lose

money.”



He swung from the saddle.

good hearing.-





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for the dinner bell. ”

pump. There’s a towel on the fence.”





Curly took care of his horse, washed,





 





 





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_Maloney nodded. He had felt that

emotion a hundred. times, though he





At Willow Wash their ways diver -

ed. They parted with a casual “So-

Curly was strik-

ing for the headquarters of Dead COW ,





He put up that night at the place of

His host

looked at him curiously when he men-

tioned his destination, but he did not

It was none of his busi-

ness how many young fellows rode to





Flandrau took the trail again next

About two

o’clock he reached a little park in the

hills, in the middle of which, by a. dry aren’t you?”





The young man at first thought the

place was deserted for the day, but

when he called a girl appeared at the

She smiled up at him with the

lively interest any ranch girl may be

expected to feel in a stranger who hap-

pens to be both young and rathe1 good





When afellowhas had

his knees clamped to the side of a. From his pocket he drew a copy of the

crouch for seven hours he’s sure ready





She diasppeared into the house, and





could smell potatoes trying and could.

hear the sizzling of ham and eggs



While he ate the girl flitted in and

out, soft-footed and graceful, repleno

ishing his plate from time to time.



Presently he discovered that her

father was away hunting strays on

Sunk Creek, that the nearest. neighbor

was seven miles distant, and that.

Stone’ s ranch was ten miles farther up

Dead Cow.



“Ever meet a. lad called Sam Culli-

son?” the guest asked carelessly.



curly' was hardly prepared to see

the color whip into her cheeks or to

meet the quick stabbing 1001: she fas-

tened on him.



"You’re looking for him, are you ?"

she said.



“Thought while I was here I'd look

him up. I know his folks at little.”



“Do you know him?”



He shook his head. She looked at

him very steadily before she spoke.



“You haven’t met him yet but you

want to. Is that it?”



“That’s it.”



“Will‘ you have another egg?”



Flandrau laughed. “No, thanks.

Staying up at Stone’s, is. he?”



“How should I know who’s staying

at. Stone’ 5?”



It was quite plain that she did not

intend to tell anything that would hurt

young Cullison.



“Oh, well, it doesn’t matter. I ain’t.

lost him any to speak of,” the young

man drawled.



“Are you expecting to stop in the

hills long—or just visiting?"



“Yes,” Curly answered, with ' his

most innocent blank wall look.



“'Yes which?” ,



‘.‘Why, whichever you like, Miss Lon-

don. What’s worrying you? If you

will ask me plain out I’ll know how to

answer you.”



“So you know my name?”



“Anything strange about that? The

Bar 99 is the London brand. I saw

your calves in the corral with their

flanks still sore. Naturally I assume

the young~~lady I meet here is Miss

Laura London.”



She defended her suspicions. “Folks

come up here with their mysterious

questions. A person would think no-

body lived ,on Dead Cow but outlaws

and such, to hear some of you valley

people tell it.” _



“There’s nothing mysterious about

me and my questions. I’m just a lunk-

headed cowpuncher out of a. job. What

did you think I was?”



“What do you want with Sam Culli-

son? Are you friendly to him? Or





“Ladies first. Are you friendly to

him? Or aren’t you?”



Curly smiled gaily across the table

at her. A faint echo of his pleasantry

began to dimple the 'corners of .her

mouth. It lit her eyes and spread

from them till the prettiest face on the

creek ~wrinkled with mirth. Both of

them relaxed to peals of laughter, and





She was a young person of soft neither of them quite knew the cause

curves and engaging dimples. Beneath of their hilarity.

the brown checks of Arizona was a.

pink that came and went very at- had sufficiently recovered





“Oh, you!” she reproved when she





“So you thought I was a dectective

or a deputy sheriff. That’s certainly

funny.” .





“For all I know yet you may be





answered one ” ..

your





“I never did see anyone with a dis-

position so dark—complected as yours.

If you won’t put them suspicions to

sleep I’ll have to table my cards.”





Saguache Sentinel and showed her a.





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rdr the border and the thieves-made

themselves scarce. 'It' is said that

the rustlerswere members of the no-

torious Soapy ,Stone outfit. Two of the

four were identified, it is alleged, as

William Cran‘ston, generally known as

“Bad Bill,” and a. young vaquero call-

ed “Curly” Flandrau.

“At the time of going to press posses

are out after both the outlaws and the

stolen horses. Chances of overtaking

both are considered excellent. All like-

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been notified ,by telephone wheneVer

possible.

“In case the guilty parties are ap-

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ple will be made of them that will de-

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tic that has of late been far too com-

mon. Lawlessness seems to come in

cycles. Just now the southern tier of

counties appears to be sufiering from

such a sporadic attack. Let all good

men combine to stamp it out. The

time has passedl when Arizona must

stand as a synonym for anarchy.”





She looked up at the young man

breathlessly, her pretty lips parted, her

dilated eyes taking him in solemnly. A

question trembled on her lips.



“Say it,” advised Flandrau.



The courage to ask what she was

thinking came back in a wave. “Then

I will. Are you a rustler ?”



“That’s what the paper says, don’t

it,” he replied. .



“Are you this man mentioned here?

What’s his name—‘Curly’ Flandrau?”



“Yes.”



“And you’re a rustler?”



“What do you think? Am I more

like a rustler than a deputy sheriff?

Stands to reason I can’t be both.”



Her eyes’ did not leave him. She

brushed aside his foolery impatiently.

"You don’t even deny it.”



“I haven’t yet. I expect I will later.”



“Why do men do such things?” she

went on, letting the hands that held

the paper drop into her lap helplessly.

“You don’t look bad. Anyone would

think—”



Her sentence tailed out and died

away. She was still looking at Curly,

but he could see that her mind had

flown to someone else. He would have

bet a mdnth’s pay that she was think—

ing of another lad who was wild but

did not look bad.



Flandrau rose and walked round the

table to her. “Much obliged, Miss Lau-

ra. I’ll shake hands on that with you.

You’ve guessed it. ’Course, me being

so ‘notorious’ I hate -to admit it, but I

ain’t had any more than he is.”



She gave him a quick shy look. He





had made a center shot she was not V





expecting. But, woman-like, she did

not admit it.



“You mean this ‘Bad Bill’?'.’.



“You know'who I mean all right.

His name is Sam Cullison. And you

needn’t to tell me where he is. I’ll

find him.”



“I know you don’t mean any harm

to him.” But she said it” as if ,she

were, pleading with him.



“C'rect. I don’t. Can you tell me

how to' get to Soapy Stone’s horse

ranch from here, Miss London?”





She laughed. Her doubts were van-

ishing like mist before the sunshine.

“Good guess. At least he was there

the last I heard.”



“And I expect your information is

pretty recent.”



That drew another little laugh ac-

.companied by a blush.



“Don’t you think I have told you

enough for one day, Mr. Flandrau?"





“That ‘Mr.’ sounds too solemn. My

friends call me ‘Curly’,” he let her

know.



She remembered that he was a

stranger and a rustler and she drew

herself up stimy. This pleasant young

fellow was too familiar.



“If you take this trail to the scrub

pines above, «then keep due north for

about four miles. you’ll strike the

creek again. Just follow the trail





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HE winding trail led up to the

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The prisoner_moistened his dry lips.

It was plain that he was in great pain.



The rescuer slipped the toes of-his

boots over the lower lip and caught

the upper one with both hands. Slowly

the mouth of the trap opened. Stone





drew his crushed wrist. By great good

fortune the steel had caught on the

leather gauntlet he was wearing. Oth-

erwise it must have mangled the arm

to a pulp.



Even now he was suffering a good

deal. .



“You’ll have to let a doc look at it,”

Curly suggested.



Stone agreed. “Reckon I better

strike for the Bar 99.” He was furi-

ous at himself for having let such an

accident happen. The veriest tender-

foot rvmight have known better..



His horse had disappeared, but Cur-

ly helped him to the back of Keno.

Together they took the trail for the

Bar 99. On the face of the wounded

man gathered the moisture caused by

intense pain. His jaw was clenched to

keep pack the groans.



“Hard sledding, looks like,”

sympathized.



' “Reckonfl I can stand the grief,”

Stone grunted.



Nor did he speak again until they

reached the ranch and Laura London

looked at him from a frightened face.



“What is it?”



“Ran a slrver in my finger, Miss

Laura. Too bad to trouble you,” an





 





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Curly





lips.



A rider for the Bar 99 had just rid-

den up and Laura sent him at once

for the doctor. She led the way into

the house and swiftly gathered ban-

dages, a sponge, and'a basin of water.

Together she and Curly bathed and

wrapped the wound. Stone did not

weaken, though. he was pretty gray

about the lips. 1



Laura was as gentle as she could be.



“I know I'm hurting you," she said,

her fingers trembling. '



“Not a bit of it. Great pleasure to

have you for a pause. I’m certainly in





 





'mouse.





Curly recognized him now. The man'





slipped in the wooden wedge and with- _





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the doctor would only hurry,”





Laura murmured.

He had ‘





“Yes, I know I’ m a great trouble.

Too bad Curly found me."



She was busy with the knots of the

outer wrapping and did not look up.-

“It is no trouble. ”





“I’m too meddlesome. serves me

right for being inquisitive about your

father’ s trap.”



“He’ll be sorry you were caught.” .



“Yes. He’ll have to climb the hill

and ‘reset it."



That something was 'wrong between

them. Curly could see. Soapy was very

polite in spite of his bitterness, but his

hard eyes watched her as a cat does a

Moreover, the girl was afraid

of him. He could tell that by the tim-

id startled way she had of answering.

Now why need she fear the man? It

would be as much as his life was

worth to lift a hand to hurt her.



After the doctor had come and had

attended to the crushed wrist Curly

stepped out to the porch to find Laura.

She was watering her roses and he

went across the yard to her.



“I’m right sorry for what I said, Miss

Laura. Once in a while a fellow makes

a mistake. If he’s as big a chump as

I am it’s liable to happen a little often-

er. But I’m not really one of those

smart guys.”



Out came her gloved hand in the

firmest of grips.



“I know that now. You didn’t think.

And I made a mistake. I thought you

were taking advantage because I had

been friendly. I’m glad you spoke

about it. We’ll forget it.”



“Then maybe we’ll.be friends after

all, but I sha’n’t tell you what my

friends call me,” he answered gaily.



She laughed out in a sudden bubs

bling of mirth. “Take care.”



“Oh, "I will. I won’t even spell it.”



He helped her with the watering.

Presently she spoke, with a quick look

toward the house.



“There’s something I want to say.”

“Yes.” ‘

“Something I want you to ~do for

me. ”

“I expect maybe I’ll do it.”

She said nothing more for a minute,





.then the thing that was troubling her





burst from the lips of the girl as a

flame leaps out of a pent fire.



“It’s about that boy he has up ,

there.” She gave a hopeless little ges-

ture toward the hills. .



“Sam Cullison.”



“Yes.”



“What about him?”



“He’s bent on ruining him, always

has been 'ever Since he got a hold on

him. I can’t tell you how I know, but

I’m sure— And now he’s more set on

it than ever.”





Curly thought he could guess why,





but he wanted to make sure. “Because

you are Sam’s friend?”

The pink flooded her cheeks. “Yes.”





“And because you won’t be Soapy

Stone’s friend?”



She flashed-a startled look at him.

“How do you know?”



“Jealous, is he?”



Her face, buried in the blooms she

had been cutting, was of the same tint

as the roses.



“And so he wants to hurt you

through him ?” Flandrau added.



“Yes. If he can drag Sam down and

get him into trouble he’ll pay off two

giudges at once. And he will too.

You’ll see. He’s wily as an Indian.

For that matter there is Apache blood

in him, folks say.”



“What about young Cul’lison? Can’t

be make a fight for himself?”



“Oh, you know how boysare. Sam

is completely under this _man&s influ-

ence. ” Her voice broke a little. “And

I can’t help him. I’m only'a girl. He





i won’t listen to me, Beisides, Dad won’t





let me have anything to; dowi'

because of th; w
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‘ ~ its

a rang and determine

one who is. good and the right sort of

an influence.” .



“Are you picking ,me for that respon-

sible friend who is to be such a power-





ful influence’for good?” Curly asked





with a smile.

“Yes—yes, I am.”

him confidently.

“Haven’t you forgotten 'that little

piece in the Sentinel? How does it

go? An example had ought to be made

of the desperadoes, and all the rest

of it.”

‘ “I don’t care what it says.

seen you.”

“So had the editor.”





She looked up at





I have





“She waved his jests aside. “Oh,

well! You’ve done wrong. What of

that? Can’t I tell you are a man?





And I don’t care how much fun you

make of me. You’re good too.”



Curly met her on the grodnd of her

own seriOusness. “I’ll tell you some‘

thing, Miss Laura. Maybe you’ll be

glad to know that the reason I’m go-

ing to the horse ranch is to help Sam

.zCullison if I can.”



He" went on to tell her the whole

story of what the Cullisons had done

for him. In all that he said there was

not one word to suggest such a thing,

but Laura London’s mind jumped the

gaps to a knowledge of the truth that

Curly himself did not have. The young

man was in love with Kate Cullison.

She was sure of it. Also, she was his

ally in the good cause of romance.



When Curly walked back into the

house, Stone laid down the paper he

had been reading.



“I see the Sentinel hints that Mr.

Curly -Flandrau had better be lynch-

ed,” he joered.



“The Sentinel don’t always hit the

bull's-eye, Soapy,” returned the young

man evenly. “It thinks I belong to the

Soapy Stone outfit, but we know I

haven’t that honor.”



“There’s no such outfit—not in the

sense he means,” snapped the man on

the lounge. “What are your plans?

Where you going to lie low? Picked

a spot yet?” i



“I don’t know where I'm going, but

I’m on the way,” Curly assured him

gaily. '



Soapy frowned at him under the

heavy eyebrows that gave him so men-

acing an effect.



“Better come back with me to the

ranch till you look around.”



“Suits me right down to the ground

if it does you.” .



Someone came whistling into the

house and opened the door of the

room. He was a big lank fellow with

a shotgun in his hands. “From Mis-

souri” was stamped all over his awk-

ward frame. He stood staring at his

unexpected guests. His eye, clashing

with those of Stone, grew chill and

hard.



“So you’re back here again,

you?” he asked, looking pretty black.



Stone’s lip smile mocked him. "I

don’t know how you guessed it, but I

sure am here.”



“Didn’t I tell you to keep away from

the Bar 99—you and your whole curs-

ed outfit?”



“Seems to _me you did mention

something of that sort. But how was

I to know whether you meant it unless

I came back to see?”



Laura came into the room and rang-

ed herself beside her father. Her hand

rested lightly on his forearm.



“He got caught in one of your bear

traps and this young man brought him

here to wait for the doctor,” she ex-

plained.



“Hmp!” . .



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Live up to your best. You will be hap-

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At the Genesee Couny Fair held at

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Club leaders throughout Michigan

unite in expressing their regret of the

fact that Miss Anna B. Cowles, State

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gan. Miss Cowles resigned September

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who have come to think of Miss

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Raymond C. Nesbitt, of Minnesota,

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Burton Forney, of Iowa, won second

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awarded by the National Dairy Asso-

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BY MRS. L. M. THORNTON.





The problems, oh, the problems,

That mothers haveto meet,

In training little fingers,

In guiding little feet. /

And when is sternness needed,

And when a smile or sigh,

And which is bestr to notice

Or let some fault go by.





The problems, oh, the problems

That mothers have to face,

In bringing lads and lassise

To fill life’s destined place.

For Jennie is too bashful

And Jackie is too bold,

And Bobby Boy, the loving,

Ne’er does as he is told.





The problems, oh, the problems,

That mothers have to dare,



But yet the blessed answers

That meet us everywhere.



Brave menand loyal women,

In every state and land,



For back of mother’s efforts

Was God’s uplifting hand.





 





 





The next-door neighbor looked out the

window and laughed, the children

across the street mocked him, and his

own mother came to the door and com-

manded him to stop crying and be a

man! . -



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W the proper thing to do, and at any rate,





it/was far Saner treatment than the





HAT is the hardest part of your



housework? Probably if a vote



could be cast, it would go over-

whelmingly for washing. If wash-day

could be eliminated from the calendar

the week would lose half its terrors.

Ironing and cleaning may be done a

little at a time, and cooking, while it

sometimes becomes tiresome, is not

downright hardwork. But washing

means muscular labor of the hardest

sort, lifting tubs of water, hard rub-

bing of soiled garments and a job

which should be gotten out as quickly

as possible if we are to get the best

results.



That is what washing means if you

live in an old house without set tubs,

running water and a power machine as

the great majority of the farm women

do today. For while it is all very easy

to tell women they should have all

these labor-saving devices it is quite





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little girl got. But if it was good treat-

ment for the boy,.why wasn’t it edual-

ly good for the girl? . Why teach him

to grin and bear it, and encourage her

to grow into a- cry-baby? When that

girl becomes a woman, she is going to

meet a great many bumps. Wouldn’t

it be better to prepare her for them as

she goes along, than to coddle her

through infancy and young girlhood

and then thrusther‘entirely unprepar-

ed, into a world full of hard bumps

and bruises? 'Why wouldn’t it be a

good thing to teach our girls fortitude

and physical endurance? Those attri-

butes are just as necessary in home-

making as they are in wage earning.

There would be less whining and fewer





 





 





complaints when things didn’t go right,‘





for complaining is really a sign of cow-

ardice and weakness.



Teach the girls that life is a game

of give and take. There has been too

much giving the best room to sister

and letting brother take hat he can

get. We have insisted all too long

that brother must be a gentleman and

give up to sister because she is a girl.

Let’s, make simple justice the rule in-

stead of sex. Let the girl know she

must expect nothing simply because

she is a girl. Teach her to be what

the boys call a “good sport,” to play

the game fair whether it is a child’s

game or a youth’s work. Let’s bring

her up as we do our beys, to be brave,

honest and independent, claiming noth-

ing which is not hers by right, and in-

sisting on getting what is her due.



We can’t do this by coddling, by en-

couraging her to cry when she is hurt,

mope when she has a little ache or

pain, or to take petty revenge when

she is thwarted; ' If she is to be the

sort of woman the world is suffering

for today she mustn’t be brought up

to be a "little lady.” She must be

taught, as her brotherfto take a “sport-

ing chance.” '



DEBORAH.





. , Robbing Washday of

Its Terrors





seems to flow out while it only trick-

les in. .



Even without a power machine and

running water there are all sorts of

ways to rob wash-day of many of its

terrors. First of all there is the own-

ership of a‘ bench broad enough and

long enough to hold two tubs easily

and safely. Don’t say you can't have

this, for every farm home can provide

the boards, hammer and nails to make

it. And if the man of the house thinks

he isn’t enough of a carpenter to make

it, there are ways of convincing him

that he is. Be sure" the bench is of

just the right height for you to work

easily. Don’t have it too low nor too

high. Try it out while it is-being made

and have the supports made to suit

you individually. .



Next provide yourself with a large.

long-handled basin for dipping the wa-

ter from the tubs, and a pail. not too

large lost it be tooheavyior you. Keep

these exclusivelyfor Wash-day so that

they will always be ready and always

clean. A good wringer if you ”can, a

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will make a good stick for lifting the

clothes from the boiler. It will. be

smooth and strong. -



Do as much preparatory ‘ work as

possible the day before wash-day. Sort

over the clothes and put them in to

soak, seeping the soiled spots well.

_Have the boiler full of water and the

shaved soap soaking in it. It the wa-

ter is hard, soften it with a cup of sal

soda solution made by dissolving one

pound of soda in one gallon of boiling

water. ’



Do not be afraid to use helps ft":

loosening and removing the dirt so long

as you know the thing recommended

will not injure the fabric. Perhaps the

best thing you can use is paraffin,

though this means using water as hot

as can be borne for rinsing or the par-

affin will harden and stick to the

clothes. To use it, shave and dissolve

a'. half cake of paraffin with one bar of

soap. Put the soaked clothes in the

boiler with a'cup of this solution and

boil a half hour before washing. The

clothes so treated require practically

no rubbing, but may be simply rinsed

in hot water, then in cold, blued,

s‘tarched and hung up. Colored clothes

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’ Of course, by this method of wash-

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to put in colored garments of which

the colors have not been set. The col-

ored clothes must be sorted and those

with colors which run had better be

left out of the scalding suds and wash-

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‘Garnish with parsley and serve hot.





Nut and Fruit Fudge.



Take two cups of light brown sugar,

a cupful of milk, a tablespoon of but-

ter and a little cream of tartar. Boil

until it makes a firm ball when drop-

ped into cold water, then add a half-

pound of fresh marshmellows and

beat until dissolved. Now add half a

cupful of chopped walnut meats and

a half cupful each of chopped dates and

figs. Pour into a pan and when cool,

or nearly cold, out into squares and

wrap in wax paper.



Spare Ribs.



When cooking spareribs, first boil

them, remove the scum and when par-

tially done place in a baking pan and

add salt and pepper. Bake slowly, do

not brown them. too much. Serve with

apple sauce, baked apples or a vegeta-

ble salad.



Oyster Scallop.

2 cups cooked rice.

1 pint oysters.

1 cup of chopped celery.

1 cup milk. '

1 tablespoon cornstarch.

1 tablespoon fat.

IA teaspoon salt.

.‘ ‘White pepper to suit taste.



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Add milk and cock as for white sauce.

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Roast Lamb with Pudding.



Wipe a forequarter of lamb with a

damp towel, rub over ,with salt, dust

with pepper. Put in a pan with boil;

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Bake fifteen minutes to each pound,

basting every ten minutes. For the

pudding, beat together four eggs/one

pint of milk, salt to taste and flour to

make a batter that will drop off the

spoon. Pour under the roast twenty

minutes before serving.





LIGHTENING THE HUSBAND’S

DAY.





 





EW wives but wish at one time or

another that they could help to

make the day of their husbands light-

er and more successful. Many study

this preposition and perhaps think that

when they have been out in the field





and helped to put on a load of hay or ’





grain, or done something toward the

chores, they have done their best and

all they can, and this really is a great

deal, often far too much for a. woman





to do in addition to her household '





cares.

But there is a very good way in





which the wife may help her husband ‘





aside from sharing the active work out

of doors. I mean by the work she





» does in the kitchen. Good cooking has





more to do with the farmer’s success

or failure than we are apt to think. A

man is just what his digestion makes

of him. If he has good food to eat,

eats it with a relish, digests it proper-

ly, the world has a good look to him

and he gets through the hardest kind

of work in good shape, going to his

rest at night with a clear brain and

ready for the sleep which will come

to him. ,



This makes it well worth while for

the farmer’s wife to study the food she

prepares and give its cooking the best

possible care. OftenVit is not possible

for the farmer’s wife to get just the

things she would like, especially at

some seasons of the year. This places

heavier strain upon her to see to it

that what she does have is cooked

well and served in an attractive man—

ner. Farmer folks do not need such a





great variety as may be supposed at‘





any time of the year. Good, plain,

simple food, well cooked, is enough to

give health and strength for the day’s

work. One thing above all is neces-

sary, and that is that everything shall

be cooked perfectly done. Half-cooked

food of any kind is a burden to the

strongest digestion and helps to make

work hard and disagreeable—E. L. V.





Household Editor—I have seen so

many helpful articles in the paper, and

ways to help old H. C. L. I should

like to lend a suggestion to those who,

like myself, have to buy apples and

meat for mincemeat. Now that green

tomatoes are plentiful I can them and

use about as many as I do apples for

my mincemeat, which I make when we

do our fall butchering, saving'small

scraps of pork off the neck and head.

If I have to buy any beef I prefer the

hamburg, as there is no waste and .it

saves time grinding it when there is

so much to get ready. I also use any

cans or left-over fruit that would im-

prove the flavor, and plenty of spice

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(Continued from first page) interest,

Patrons attending National Grange

should be sure to buy their transporta-

tion ticket on the certificate plan. Pay

full fare going to Grand Rapids and

get a receipt therefor. A special rail-

road agent will be present to validate

the certificates for the return trip at





' one-third the regular fare.





The Michigan Farmer will be repre-

sented at the National Grange by the

Field Editor and Official Photographer

(the writer) and he will have his head-

quarters at the Pantlind Hotel.



We are anxious to meetrthe ofllcers

of each Pomona Grange and take their

pictures in groups, each county by it-

self. Also degree teams of_ some sub-

ordinate Granges, posed somewhat





‘ like the Charlotte team shown here-





with. During the weeks and months

to come we would like to print a short

story and illustrate a few of the doings

of these Granges throughout the state.

Master Ketcham is going to help us

get these pictures, names and details

so that we may be able to print an in-

teresting and illustrated story of some

kind of Grange doings about every full

moon.



. The picture of the Charlotte Grange

and degree team was taken at the big

meeting of Calhoun County Pomona

Grange on October 17. Almost every





the father of alfalfa growing in south-

western Michigan. Mr. Nelson, how-

ever, made his seedings during the

summer Without a companion crop,

gave ample applications of marl and

devoted the spring season to thorough





farm is very light.



This article has dealt chiefly with al-

falfa production in southwestern Mich-

igan, but among the illustrations used

are pictures of John G. Krouth, stand-

ing in a very successful field in

Presque Isle county, and of Olaf Nel-

son’s alfalfa in Cheboygan county. Al-

falfa is distributed practically through-

out Michigan. {



A large part of Presque Isle is un-

der-lain with limestone and the surface

soil carries many small pebbles and

fragments of limestone. It is one of

the few counties in the state where

liming is not always needed for best

results. In the great majority of cas-

es the application of ground limestone

or marl is essential for success with

alfalfa.



The need of an increased acreage of

leguminous crops in general, and par-

ticularly of alfalfa is apparent to all

who are familiar with the crop produc-

tion problems of Michigan. Large

areas of our soils, which have been

farmed for several generations, are no

longer highly productive, owing to the

great deficiency of organic matter. On

such lands, alfalfa and the practices

necessary tosecure it, will,make pos-

sible again’ the production of success-

.ful grain and cultivated crops. In all

dounties in the lower peninsula and in

a number in the upper peninsula, farm-

ers .may be found who have demon-

strated the value and adaptation of

the crop. It costs money to establish

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Granger in the county was "present and

over one hundred took the sixth de-





gree. A fine dinner was served by





Trinity Church of Marshall. The mili-

tary formation in the street shows

what, we call the P and G Company.

Calhoun Artillery of the Michigan Di~

vision of the Grange. P and ‘G means

Pep and Go, and you see it sticking

right out on the faces of Master Ketch-

am, State Grange Chaplain Mrs. O. J.

C. Woodman, and the whole bunch.



The picture of the crowd seated on

a fine farm lawn was taken at the farm

home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Miller, Ab-

scota, Calhoun county. three years

ago. It was a typical Grange rally and

picnic and the dinner that day gave

no intimation of sky-high ‘prices and

dehorned rations. Both Master Ketch-

am and Miss Jennie Buell gave ad-

dresses that cammanded the closest

attention.



The Grange parade in Charlotte was

held several years ago and was the

finest of the kind we ever saw.



And now we are on the lookout for

more and more pictures of all sorts of

Grange doings and of those who pull

off the stunts; and the first of these

will be taken at National Grange.



And don’t forget that Michigan State

Grange will meet in December at Sag-

inaw'.





Making Alfalfa Safe





(Continued from page 581).

The following summary from Expert-r





ment Station Circular No. 97. of the

Michigan Agricultural College, serves

as a guide for those who are interested

in growing alfalfa:



Why Grow Alfalfa?



To get the largest yield of the best

hay per acre. c



To reduce feed bills.



To increase production of meat and

milk. .



To increase the humus and nitrogen

content and to improve the condition

of the soil.



To eradicate Canada thistles and

other Weeds.



How to Grow Alfalfa.



Plant only on well-drained fields.



Prepare seed bed thoroughly.



Apply ground limestone, marl. beet

factory lime, or hydrated lime.



Use acid phosphate or rock phos-

phate, and manure to increase yield.



Inoculate soil where alfalfa or sweet

clover has not been grown successfully.



Plant hardy northern grown strains.



Cut for hay when shoots show at

croWn.



Wilt in swath and cure in windmws

or cocks.





Harrow old stands after cutting t0»





retard June grass.

Where to Grow Alfalfa.





Where more leguminous hay is need-





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On any Michigan soils Which are

well drained; well supplied with lime,

and where dune grass and quack grass

are under control. -



Where Not to Grow Alfalfa. ‘*



On poOrly drained or seepy soils.



. On acid soils or soilaneeding lithe.



Where the cost of Inning, draining,

and fertilizing is too great.





.Where June grass and cute]: grass '
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This may be true but there is a great

variatiOn in the value of pure-bred pul-

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pure-bred. It is fundamental that the

birds be pure-bred as a foundation.

Then their value is built up according

to their other characteristics. ‘



One reason that some farmers are

prejudiced against pure-bred poultry is

due to some poor quality pure-breds

they have seen. Some farmers who

have culled their grade stock for years

and kept only the best will never cull

the pure—bred birds but keep them all.

A pure-bred flock should receive a cull-

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the market. Such birds are not worth

seventy-five per cent more than scrub

stock just because they are pure-bred.



When buying pure-bred pulléts we

figure the value of the birds by the

birds themselves. Some pullets are a

poor investment at any price. Others

might be a bargain at five dollars each.

There can be no set rule for purchas-

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' White Leghorn Cockerels. Fe is 2&0-

Single Comb m4 eff strain April and May rhatch.

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’ :al. A few Buff Orpington cor-hotels from the

0f - following stock: 1le cockorels. let her. 2nd

hen, 3rd hen and 1st pullet. Will consider selling

two pens of 1 cockerel and 3 pullcts each.



Mrs. H H.Moatsch. 109 N. FosterAve.. Lansing. Mich.





, . Oockerels. o kbird

FOWIe' 8 BU“ ROCkS- ullets. Wx‘fitg for p113:

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ithey are noted have been stamped on

sthem by many years of careful breed-

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produce progeny of like qualities.



A flock of pure-bredopoultry might

be carelessly bred with no effort made

to select the best and most vigorous

birds for reproduction. At the end of

a few years the stock might be pure

bred and yet worth no more than the

market value of scrub stock.



We do not like to buy pullets in

large quantities as some poultrymen

do. Usually it is the beginner who

wishes to purchase a large number of

pullets so that the dream of a large

egg production can begin promptly.

Frequently the pullets purchased do

not cOme up to expectations. It pul-

lets are purchased it is better to sac-

rifice quantity to quality and buy a

few first-class birds as foundation

stock for the larger flocks which are

to be raised at home.



The poultryman or farmer who rais-

es his own pullets can cull them rig—

idly and keep the best. The others can

be sold on the market if they are of

little value as breeding stock. It does

not pay to sell the cull pullets where

they will be used for breeders, as too

often it causes disappointment. When

buying pullets, care should be taken

not to purchase the culls from another

breeder. Examine the pullets careful-

ly. Find out their age and see if their

development corresponds to their age.

If possible study the breeding stock

from which the pullets were produced.





Pure-bred pullets as foundation

stock for poultry flocks should be

worth at least seventy-five to one hun-

dred per cent more than scrubs. But

do not stop there. It also pays to

classify the pure-breds and not buy

tundation stock just because it is pure-

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backed by generations of large produc-

ers. All tuberculin tested. Come and

look them over.





AVONDALE STOCK FARM,





WAYNE, MlCH.





 





REGISTERED GUERNSEYS





Those choice heifers we adv.have gone to good homes.

We have a fine bull calfnworth the money.

JRM. WILLIAMS, North Adams, Mich.





REGISTERED GUERNSEYS

2 bulls, 2 bull calves. Priced to sell.

F E . R 0 B S O N





Room 307, M. C. R. R. Depot. Detroit, Mich,





Guernsey Bull For-.Sja—le





Bennie of the Rid e No. 41637. His dam is Trixey of

the ltid c B. F. 5372 in class E. E. Granddam Abbie of

Rivel‘sir c 81612 ”.1“. Champion Guernsey cow of lilich-

igan. Herd of federal and state accredited list. .



E. J. SMALLIDGE, Eau Claire, Mich.





GUERNSEY FOR SALE





Our A. R May Rose Herd Sire Carries 2576 same blood

as Florham Leader that sold for 325000. One six

months old bull calf. Herd Federal T. B. tested.

Gilmore Brothers, Camden, Mich.





G U E R N S EYSEIIJ‘IFEIE’KIIERV%IS

Containln blood of world champions.

HICKS’GUERN BY FARM. Saginaw. W. S. Mich





GUERNSEYS must reduce herd. so other



a few choice females of



Glenwood breediiag else; bulls, all stock of A. R. breed-

, it bee intese.



higvhiibiils r u. . . . Battle Creek. Mich.





‘





Bulls for sale from 2 months old to year-

Guernsey lings at. prices that on can afford.

A. HATT (it SO . Napoleon, Mich.





acce ted in payment of finely bred reg-

‘ 600d "Ole latergd Holstein bull calves. Quality

of the best and at prices within reach of all. Write,

one. D. o'LARKE . - - - Vassar, Mich.





The Traverse Herd





We have what you want in BULL CALVES, “.19

large fine growthy type, guaranteed right in

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

O. ancestors. Dam’s records up to 30 lbs. Write

for pedigrees and quotations. stating about age

desired.



TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL



' Trail-rs? City. Mich.





legislated Em“





0





n: bull calf born Nov. 17. 1918.

individual strai ht and thrift .

ughtero an?“ Sires





b rm will? or at

I m

EMB,1E%owoll, Mich.





 

 





 





 

 





The young bulls we have for sale are

backed up by many generations of

large producers. Buy one of these

bulls, "and give your herda “push”.

Full descriptions, prices,etc. on request.





McPherson Farms 0)., Howell, Mich.





GET A BETTER BULL





.WlNNWODD HERD





BREEDERS or

Registered Holstein - Friesian Cattle





We have bull calves ready for service and anew

crop of baby bulls coming all of Maplecrest breed-

ing. We have one of the largest pure bred herds

in Michigan and this will be the last chance to

buy sons of Flint Maplecrest Boy. cheap. For his

daughters start to freshen this winter and they

will all go on yearly tests. We own them all and

will develop them. Don’t wait. a bankable note

is the same as cash to us and our price will be

right. Tell us your wants.





JOHN H. WINN, (lnc.)

Lock Box 248, Roseommon, Mich.





A Fine Herd of Reg. Holstein





yearlings. Consisting of 10 richly bred heifers and

the 8 months old bull,ISir JohannaZOrmsby PietertJe.

This is a great foundation for a herd and a fortune.

II also have 8 cows, two to five years old fresh or soon

due. I am fgoing to sell these before ov. 15th. It is

your move i you want them. ,



L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio.





GLUNY STOCK FARM

A Semi-Offical Bred Bull to Head

Your Hord

Maplecrest Applicaltgon Pontiac No.132652, heads





ur Herd

His dam's record is 1344.3 lbs. butter. 23.4212

lbs. milk in 365 days. and 35.103 lbs. butter and

515.6 lbs. milk in 7 days.

One of his sons from our good record dams will

carrv these great blood lines into Your Hord-

For edigrees and Prices write to

R. BRUCE McPHERSON, Howell. Mlch.





Wah-Be-Me-Me Farms





White Pigeon, Mich.





Holstein-Friesian Cattle





Herd Headed by

Segis Pontiac De Nijlander





A 32 lb. grandson of Michigan's great 35 lb. champion



cow, Pontiac De Nijlander. His darn, Oak' Valley



Korndyke Beets Segis Fan, 32.06, also a_ Michigan

rize winner on yearly production and a prize Winner



in the National Ass‘n.



Write for list of bull calves from 18lb. 2 year oldsto



over 30 1b. dams. .





HOLSTEINS OF QUALITY





Cows all sold. Have 15 choice heifers some! bred to

333 lb. and 351b.bulls. Some, open will bred anytime

to suit purchaser to a grandson of May Echo Sylvra.

Record of two nearest dams of herd sire is 35 lb. but-

ter and 812 lb. milk in 7 da



. E. C. HARDY, Rochester, Mich.





 





 





Holstein Bull calf, very lar e and rug-





ged, dam’ weig over 1500



and heavy miler, price $20.1“; big t 1

ug. pl 8, urger l ers y e c ose

Duran-Jersey 0... a. 14, two for $25, crates i. o. b.

Bankers. Satisfaction or mone back: Pedigree blanks

complete with sale. B. E. IES, Hillsdale, Mich.





(State and Federal Tested) Ypsilanti

Halcll “0rd Michigan. Offers youngK sires out 0

choice advanced registry dams and . ing Korndyke

Artis Vale: ()wn dam 34. 16 lbs. butler 1117 days; aver-

age 2 nearest dams 37.61, 6 nearest 33.93, 20 nearest 27.83.





 





 

   

 





later in buyer’s name.

every way, write-me.





ii CARL‘JEwETT.





If. you want





 

 





   





. Jim M .

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aged choice magi?” ,





 





R. 1' 5., 491330.13: 5 m (this 9,: V A an V





 





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hils readyfor'service fro our herd b Mar’gFéritu

B re i r gdso‘ ,of P0 s ref Heed arm,a cows

nogonlt‘egt liar R?ofM. mith it Parker, Hews} ,‘Edich.





H-ARWOBD -~ HEREFORDS





Young stock both sexes for sale. » '

"Keep On 508019" heads the herd. Write us

your wants. Visitors welcome.





JAY HARWOOD, Ionia, Mich.

Farm six miles south of Ionia. "

p lied d Horned blood nos

Herefords 913mm?“ Fairfax. ,: Polled or-

faction and Prime Lathh breedlrfig. Prices reasonable.

COLE b GARDNER, udson, Mich.

HEREFORDS° .0... stock 0. either

' . 0 sex for sale.





RALPH 8. SMITH, Kewadin, Mich.





Just purchased 3 new herds, now have

Herefords. 150 head: we ofier you an thi desired

either sex, horned or 1Blolled ar‘rly age.

we. THE OOART s,





Shorvlliom Callle of both Sex for Sale





. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





Bad Axe, Mich.





Bhorthorns of Quality Scotch and

For sale Scotch To pod descendentsofArchers

Hope, Avondale. Maxw ton Bolton and White Hall

Bolton. Model Type, bl: the Oscola o. horthorn

Breeders Ass. John So midt. Sec. Reed City, Mich.





BIDWELL summons





For Beef and Milk





Registered bulls. cows and heifers. Good Scotch and

Scotch-Topped for sale. In rims condition. Modern

sanitary equi ment. He under state and federal

supervision. arm 10 minutes from . . . depot.

1 our from Toledo, Ohio. Automobile meets all

trains. Write





BIDWELL srocx FARM





Box B, Tecumseh. Mich.





Richland Stock Farm





SHORTHORNS

HOME OF THE MICH. CHAMPIONS

We offer for sale a few good dual ur-

pose cows with calves at foot. lso

two three year old bulls suitable for

range purposes, We invite inspection.

C. H. PRESCOTT & SONS,





Office at Tawas City, Mich. Horde at Prescott. Mich.





° 9

Iowa Co. Breeders Ass n

Have for sale Rafi Shorthorns Herefords, Angus,

Holsteins, Jersey, ed Polls and 'Brown Swiss Cattle.

Shropshire, Ham shire and Rambouillet sheep.

Poland China an 0. I. C. swine.

FRED W. BRICKLEY, 860., R. 3, Ionia, Mich}.





f

No STOCK .mme °°~

L. H. LEONARD, Sec., Caledonia, Mich.





 





 





 





rice reason- '





sired 7' b

the Col. '6





sunbeam-Y‘s .....

D U'R'OC B O A R S





ready-tor ”Moe; co

130 lane smwthyr'k

L09! very reasonab e . ~



Oak





W004 urn. Romeo, ich.





DUROC JERSEYS





CAREY U. EDMUNDS, Hastings, Mich.





DURO’C BO A‘RS

fit sia‘evquality andbreeding. - All are sired by [State





air inners. Gorilla see he .

, NEWTO BARNHART,’ St. Johns, Mich:

- a . .





The best be in i '

Ir. Boar Bum. l. to... mull Waist?

uality and griee considered, lsatMichJ arm.

All ages. ired by Panama Special, rookwater

Orion Specialty, and the Princi 919th. Satisfaction

guaranteed. , 0. F. Foster. gr., Pavilion, Mich.





Pleasant View Durocs





Emptiness: worlds 1““ as “alrl‘ddm

. B. . .

W. 0. BURLINGAME £38" , on.lldarshall, Mich.





uroc sprin boars. Sired by Orion Che Kl

D001. 2nd, rst ageibd boar at State'FairfryThegg

e.





boars priced reasons. W. C. Taylor, Milan,.Mich.





 





Registered Duroc Boats

We have a choice lot of spring boars, sired b Mich n

Cherry Col. NS. 118479. IraJackson selected {his bohgrato

head our her . Ou r rices are within every farmers

reach. TheJennings arms. Bailey, Mlch., R.F.D.N 0.1





 





Two good yearling boars that

Duroc. J 91'395’5 are good enough to head the

best herds in Michigan, also spring boarslar eenough

for service. Siredb the Grand and Junior hampion

boars. . J. DRODT. R. 1, Monroe. Mich





 





Duroc Jerseys EEO???“ ““8“ pi“

CHAS. BRAY, . Okemos, Ingham 00., Mich.





 





‘ Raise Chester Whites

/ ‘~ _ ‘Like This

1 , ,2, .....





original big producer-i-





‘HAVE started thousands

success. 1 can help you. I want topless one

every community where am not :1





' murmur-3%: fin I dove] pen-n33!

I to OH rlto 24:95:: plan-2 ‘ More

8. I. Elihu?» R. F. D. 10-





 





M

SHORTHORNS are: some

ale. Louis Bubbitt, Wflliamston, Mich

Meadow Hills Shorthoms‘gg’”a’fflzg£2f‘“{§§

cludin one aged cow at bargain; also one roan bull

ready orservice. Geo. D. Doster, Duster, Mich.





MILKING SHORTHORNS. 3,135





bull calves. Davidson and Hall, Tecumseh. Mich.





Special Offer Shorthoms— 3333: 3.23.902:

Wm. J. Bell. Rose City, Mich.





SHORTHORN BULL CALVES



FOR SALE. Chas. Metzel a Sons, Ithaca, Mich,

o o f



Milking Shorthorns guttinfifif’id’iteflél 6.3



Band 7 months old for sale.E. H. Kurtz Mason, . ich.





Milking Shorthorns £1: 8m“ “0‘

ROSEMARY FARMS, Williamston, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





egistered Holstein heifers bred to a double grand

R son of the rest May Echo Sylvia 41 lbs. butter and

0061108. milk in days. 0. H. Giddings,Goblevilie. Mich.





$100 Liberty Bonds or terms get _6 mo. old % white



good individual gdson of Flint Heng. Sr. 27.09

lb. butter. 561 lbs. milk 'and ml. 1“. A. 20.12 b. butter

5121b. milk. M. L. McLAULIN, Redford, Mich.





$125 buys choice Reg. Holstein Bull nearly 1 yr. old.

Color 31 white; breeding. Pontiac and King

Segis. Guaranteed. B. B. Reavey, Akron, Mich

3 fl I Holstein bull calf nearlv white born Oct. 23



3a“ I ll 19, Price $75.00 regiand dcl. Better wire for

him. J. ROBERT ICKS, St. Johns. Mich.





JERSEYS





Bred heifers, bull and heifer calves of the choicest

breeding, from high producmg prize winning stock,

moderate prices.



C. S. Bassett,/Drexel Place, Kalamazoo, Mich.





ong Beach De K01 Korndyke, 85196, sire of choice

L male cult, from A. ll. 0. dam. well marked. Reg.

and transfered $100. L.A.Hawley,R.3.Ludington,Mioh.





ILLIE Farmstead Jerseys. A few heifers bred to

L freshen this fall also earling heifers; and two or

three R. of M. cows. Colon . Lillie, Coopersville, Mich.





BUTTER BRED ‘nmiii‘ciiir “:15ng

cavern. SPRING srocx 135%.!“





 





Silver Creek. Allegan County.





M l Lane R. of M. Jersey herd. Bull and heifer

3P e calves sired by a no how the new World's

Champion. Sophie's Agnes. lso R. 0. Bed 3 and

chix. RVIN FOX. Allegan, ich.





The Wildwood Jersey Farm

Bulls for sale M Majest '8 Oxford Fox 134214 and Ern-





l t L ys eject and out of R. of M. Ma-

.23? dams.‘ ALVIN hALDEN. came. Mich,





 





Jersey Bulls For Sale 3,22,? Boggy,

Lad--Raleigh--St. Lambert breeding. Meddowland

Farm, Waterman it Waterman, Ann Arbor, Mich





 

 

 





F0, . Young Jersey ballooned «by Gran son of





 





prices address F. Chapman & Son. . alto,





A”; , . . . - .. . . .,._





i.





Several choice young Shorthorn co '

For sale heifers Airdrie Duchess and Rose of Shielding

families. E. S. Batcheler, R. 6, Howell, Mich.





a d S } ‘ .

Shorthorns memcgzqgeargdgfig‘b “0““ and

W. B. MCQUILLAN, 1i. 7, Howell, Mich.





 





2 cows $300 each. 1 bred heifer $250.2 heifer calves

$100 each. Bulls all ages,$100 and up Central Mich.

Shorthorn Asso., Oscar Skinner. seo.. Gowen, Mich.





Shorthom Bull calves for _sale. 4 to_17 months old





dams are cod an era.

FRANCIS BENNE ’1‘, R. 3, Big Rapids, Mich.





Red Polled Bulls F or, Sale





also cows and heifers. G. A. Colhoon, Bronson, Mich





HOGS





 





 





egistered Berkshire Boars: read for service. A few

‘ gilts and sows bred for Ma an June farrow. Also

spring pigs. CHASE STOCK ARM, Mariette. Mich.





I l l‘ ll Berkshire boars for sale. Satisfaction

.53 ‘1 guarfiiteed also Ancona oockerels. Prices

rig 1;. J0 N YOUNG, Breckenridge, Mich.





Duran unparlu‘nily





What would the earning capacity of 3. Brock-

water Boar be in your herd?- A mid-West breeder

states that the Brookwater boar he used added

from $75 to, $100 to every gilt bred to him.

It payed this man to use One of our boars it will

pay you. .

We have several that we are offering at prices which

appeal to the small breeder Who must of necessity

be a conservative buyer. We have a few that are

good enough to be used- in high class herds at.

rices in keeping with their in individualit and

reading. ‘ Money invested in a good her boar

very speedily increases the, valuemot only of

what you sel but what you keep. Send for price

list or better. visit the farm' . . ,





 





 





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‘ s rin and 1' ll sto k f

Chester Whites, e the: sex. Aat Sagigaw Thigglv:

won highest honors against stron competition.

, F. W. ALEXAND R, Vassar, Mich.





THE WORLD’S CHAMPION





big ty 0. I. C 8. Stock of all ages for sale. Herd

headedxhy Galloway Edd, the World 3 Champion . I.

0. beat assisted by C. C. Schoolma'ster. Grand 0 am-



ion boar of .\ ichigian, New York and Tennessee state



airs. . Also, 0. O. iant Buster, undefeated Senior

boar pig wherever shown and Grand Chain ion of Ok-

lahoma state fair. G t our catalogue o Orandell‘s

prize hogs, Cass City, ichigan.





o. l. c. \and- Chester White Swine





Strictly Bl Type with uality. 8 ring of M

and April Terrow. A c oice lot 3f b05138 Will grail;

spare a few moi-egilts at present. Will ship 0. 0. D.





and record them tee.

Newman's Stock Farm. Mariette, Mich. R. No. 1.





 





 





 





' tpe O.I.C.boars of'good sie d

Blg also a few choice lts. Willzshfln dad}?

and register gee. Eim- rent Stock. arm



WIL THORMAN,Prop., Dryden, Mich.





O. l. C. 20 Choice Young





Clover Leaf Stock Farm,

0 I 9 I will shl C. O. D pay the e r

' 0 C 3' and record free f"h xp 688

sold in Oct. and Nov. F. 0. Burgegs, 3%.ng every boar





Bears and a few

fine gilts. '

B. 1, Monroe, Mich.





ason,Mich.





I. C’s. Last spri boars all sold.

0 ' good lot of last sp‘r‘lng gilts,good fallnplverlgt gill:

Good stock, re stored free.% mile west of epot.

0 TO B. SCHULZE. . Nashville, Mich.





POLAND CHINAS





Spring bears and gilts for sale siredb

boar at 24 months old and their damshvgllgthlgdg 1B:

These. are the best lot of young bears and gilts we

have ever raised.



We can furnish irs ' .

tion invited. on and tries not related, inspeo





ALLEN BROS.





PAW PAW, -





 





MICK.





oars also sows and pi . Real Bi '1‘ P

B Chinas. Bred big forgyears. Sire wild “and

ter by Giant Buster, litter 14 out of Mouw's Miss

Queen 2nd, some breeding also b Butler’s Bi Joe

b laqltieust soBlg Jets; cutout: :Vor; er Qgeon. nu said.

usy ur wan we W: a you t,

es are low. J. O. BDTI’EER. Portfihlnd?uMilci§:





SALE; 72 MEDIUM P. C.





asen‘rryp'e r. c tholargesti Mi

L now ready to ship. Boats roll-.thgh'bgge‘rdg‘r‘sboahrd





F ‘ \

tors. Look up exhibit at the i: ask son 00

Fair. Sept. 8th. to . .0 new ' ' '

tired. W. .E.’ nylogstoo. x m... W not “ “Wt"





m rs.

o with quality. roe livery hum P





, BobM f _ 1-11.3qu Goldie ‘ WBobOhampion





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All ages. NOV. 12, 1919. Tony B. Fox. Pewamo, Mich





 





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IIIIII' .in search of_feeding cattle, and there



are many stockmen who prefer to

IIIII place their orders with commission



men, the aggregate numbers purchas-

ed and shipped Out being very large.

' m. ...—5- ‘ Some former buyers say they will stay

...... , out the coming winter, regarding the

‘*‘"~'-‘ WW * .outlook as too uncertain, becal'Ise of

the great fluctuations that have taken

.place in cattle values, but it seems





. ,. GOV W *5 probable that’ as much feeding will be

5' ’ as , ortant &% carried on as usual. The average farm-



. r A , . . ‘ '. . ' if that

s . Good? Feedlfigv er who grows corn sees prices or





When a cow's milk yield the year, and he wants to convert his





. I f

{21: OK. it is infer; lliliflyhto L corn into beef and other meats, regard- The" You can Add ‘ .' if}...

a que'tion 0 eat t an ing the chances for making fair prof- v. I.,_.=:.

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cereal ruling far lower than earlier. in





“Ely make matte," w°‘:‘°' ; have considerable roughage which

M‘Ik mm a? 3‘1”“? t° 1m; ‘ helps out materially, and then there Th th 11 1

pmment ° xee't'“ an are the silos everywhere, which so 3 same power at pu s a gang p ow





of two dull bottoms will just as readily





genital organs and the. milk

pull three well-sharpened bottoms.





production i. immediately re- much reduce the cost of fattening cat-





tle for the market. 'Most investors in





 





j, . duced. .

. ”5. Met! ”a ‘ feeding stock are steering clear of buy- This has been proved at many 0f the

I: WWI-6.111 KOW-KURE. the ' ing the highest priced lots and also U. 3- experiment farms.

. mammkmzm avoiding the inferior cattle, despite A sharp plow cuts the soil with little

; mWWfim ‘2‘" 81111:: 310:: giglfsvénbzzfejdxn‘zgge 133:1; resistance, speeds up the job and saves



' ' onhand. eed dealers ' .

I; 5.11m” 60: and fill,” lots of desirable feeders have been time, £36!- land_ p132}: if}: stilt}: feat-13:;

' hum... ..., ISelling in Chicago from $10 to'$11 or Sharp g p OW p0 p ’



man job when you have a -





. luau. 1113 son cow 1101:1011".

- Dairy Association (10.,

Lyndonville. Vt.





up to $11.50, with a limited number





taken as high as $12 to $13, and poor Pedals like a bicycle. No

_ w sure 1'8 ed— W t



lots selling for $6.25 to $8. Before 09:2,“ to 60%?‘211: “:3 a“:



long the tIme for marketlng range cat- - head swivels. making the most



awkward tool easy to grind.





tle will be ended, and after that higher

prices for fair to good feeders may be HUMMER GRINDER





     

     





68 for the relatively few choice beeves cutting tools can be sharpened in a few minutes—easily and safely.

The “Hummer” is built like a cream- “separator—all metal construction—-





offered, and declining values for the be . 11'

many ordinary class of grass—fed cat- dust-proof ball ‘armgs—worm gear rive. .—





tle. As the season advances the mar— .

keting of, cattle increases in volume, SEND 25‘ FOR DIMO'GRIT POCKET HONE-





and the aggregate' receipts in the sev— Send 25c in stamps for a DIMO— GRIT pocket

on leading markets of the west, com- hone. See for vourself how quickl it putsa keen





prising Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, edge on even the dullest jack- kni' e.





h l 1 - ‘15 . . ' .

wigfilgfifmffiggw I"? 1., St. Louis, St. Joseph, Sloux City and





L wgoney and 131‘“ fl" .. St. Paul, are running greatly ahead of .

‘ y swing on - - I . . _

. drink . those for_the corresponding time last‘ I t h G d M f ‘ II

"Es-[Ell “06 . year. Fancy steers sold the other day u e r r l n e r g ° O.

on the Chicago market at $19.45, the Lar est M k - °

lh a ers of Farm Re air Tools in the orld

hamw'm‘k“ f°rth°mnds °f farmer‘- highest price recorded since last May, e g P W





Let onego to work for you. Works automatp .

teeny—saves feed. timeend trouble. while the poorest lots of canning steers Dept. 121 MlLWAUKEE, U. S. A.





Can’t Freeze $$§£3W° sold down to $8 to $9. Beef steers

lron- 11.1.1.1. walls—new. 11.110 have been selling largely at $13.75@ 11mm:IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'I III:IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII:I IIIIIIIIII' .II:IIIIII'IIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII:





otfilfing-impmvedollburner.

Money-Meter Your Around—E {shes 18. The bulk of the cattle sell much





warm watecin winter. coolwewin lummer higher than‘a year ago, and prices are \ »



mfifi? mfi’n'.y°‘g:gfgu::mfiéh° far above those in other years. Eight



FREE Write on and will do— years ago steers sold at $4.40 to $9.15 .

for 1110.111. folder, "How To





Save Feed" and our 11 .1 low mecca“. per hundred pounds—F.

MANUFACTURING CO.





WESTERN W low. ‘

51° W‘s-I m Less LIVE STOCK FROM CANADA- REGISTER OF MERIT JERSEY CATTLE





HARP curtailment .. an ......n... YPSILANTI, MlCH., FRIDAY, NOV. 21, 1919





of live stock from Canada to Amer-

ican markets is foreSeen as a result of

the repeal of the Canadian reciprocity





; looked for The DIMO- GRIT wheels of the “Hummer” sharpen twenty- -five times as

. The market for beef cattle keeps fast as a grindstone, without drawing the temper. Plow- -points, mower

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SECOND EDITION.





The markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday af-

ternoon, November 6.





‘— WHEAT.





Resales of flour and accumulations

at frontier points has resulted in an

easier tone in the wheat market. On

the other hand, rain in the southwest

has damaged 'much wheat in shock and

losses have also resulted from thresh-

ed grain being piled into _the open

waiting for cars to move 1t. Local

prices are unchanged as follows



No. 1 $2.27

No. .



No

No.

No.





CORN.





Firmer conditions in the corn mar-

ket are dependent largely upon the

scarcity of grain. The recent down-

ward shift of prices has caused farm-

ers to hold back on deliveries. The

car shortage is causing real anx1ety

among shorts. Also, farmers are busy

cleaning up their fall work. Proms—

ions and hogs have also advanced

since the recent heavy dip in prices

011 Chicago’s firm market No. 2 yellow

is now quoted at $1.59@1.62; No. 2

mixed at $1.59@1.611Ag; December

$1.39%; May $1.32%. Detroit prices

have advanced a dime during the past

week as follows:



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

No 3 yellow ............ 1.62

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

No 5 yellow...... ...... 1.59





=' OATS. —





The firmness in the corn market

has aided in advancing oat prices.

Some dealers are of the opinion that

this market will recover from its pres-

ent dullness as soon as domestic de-

mand becomes normal. On the local

market there is a short supply wlth

local and eastern buyers fairly active.

Present prices here are:



No. 2 white ......... 78

No. 3 white ......... 761/2@77

No. 4 white ......... 751/2@76





RYE.





There has been some export‘ busi-

ness to neutral countries which with

local buying has advanced prices on

this market several cents Present

quotation for cash No. 2 is $14054 per





bushel.

BARLEY.





The buying of this grain by export-

ers has developed a firmer and hlgher

market Present local quotations are

up a nickel to $2.70@2.80 per cwt. for





cash No. 3.

BEANS.





Little change is noted in the general

situation of the bean market through-

out the'past week. The trade has rul—

ed dull with the jobbing trade slow

and the export business of meagre vol-

ume. At New York choice Michigan

pea beans are quoted at $7.75 per cwt.,

do common to fair $7@7.50; medIum,

choice $7.75; do common to fair $761)

7.50. At Detroit trading is dull‘ with

some demand at $6.75 per cwt. for im-

mediate and prompt shipment. The

absence of buying orders and ample

supplies gives the Chicago trade an

easy tone. Pea beans, hand-picked,

choice to fancy, are quoted at $7.25@

7.75; red kidneys $13@13.50.





SEEDS





Clover prices show a further decline

of 500 as follows: Prime spot and

December red clover $30; alsike at

$29.25; timothy $5.50.



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PLES.





Aside from deliveries from farmers’

wagons trade is chiefiv interested in

barreled goods. The better grades are

in best demand and command steady

prices. In Chicago the best grades in

barrels range in price from $7@9.50

for various standard varieties. Mich-

igan A 21,4-inch Baldwins and Green-

ings are moving at $7@7.50 on the

Detroit market.



, EDS.





_ Wheat feeds are steady, while corn

grades show an advance on the lo-

cal markets. Pricesare: Bran $46;

stadndard ~ middlings. .161- 51450; fine





min-gs .-$61@61.50:r corn

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Trading is steady and firm. Detroit

quotations are: No. 1 timothy $28.50

@29; standard and light mixed $27.50

@28; No. 2 timothy $26.50@27; No. 1

mixed and No. 1 clover'$24@25.



Pittsburgh—Quotations here are a

little lower, although the demand con-

tinues good. Quotations are: No. 1

timothy $28.50@29; No. 1 light mixed

$27.50@28; No. ‘1 clover mixed $2962

29.50; No. 1 clover $31@31.50.





POTATOES.





The potato markets are generally

firmer throughout the country. At

Michigan loading points farmers are

receiving from wagons for round

whites U. S. grade No. 1, $1.60@1.90

per cwt., with the majority of the of-

ferings taken at $1.60@1.75 and at Wis-

consin warehouses mostly at $2. The

Detroit market early this week was

slow and dull with Michigan U. S. No.

1 stock bringing $3.75@4 per 150-lb.

sack and $2.40@2.60 per cwt in bulk.

The same grade in Cleveland is quoted

at $3.859 per 150—1b sack, and mostly

$4 in Pittsburgh, and $2.50@2.60 per

cwt. in Chicago where the demand and

movement is good and market firm.





BUTTER.





While the trade has been along nar-

row lines, yet there is sufficient de-

mand to keep the various channels

well cleaned up and to prevent accum-

ulation. Consumption has fallen off





with advanced values; Export buying

has been quiet the, past few days. The

fresh creameries are jobbing in Detroit

at 61340 and in 1-1b. bricks at 62(6)

64c. Chicago quotations are up to 52

@66c for creamery stock. (A steady

trade is reported in New York, where

creameries bring 61@701;éc. Extra

creamery is moving in Philadelphia at

70c a pound.





CHEESE.





Holdings ‘in the central ,west‘are be-

ing gradually reduced. Prices gener-

ally’are advancing as a result. In De-

troit Michigan flats of June make are

quoted at 331,4c and do new make at

31940; singlefiais‘ies 320; bricks 330.

Chicago market quotes twins at 301/2c

and double daisies at 31%@32c. The

whole milks bring 31%@34c for spe-

cials and 31c for average run in New

York. The range for the same grade

in Philadelphia is 31@321,§c.





GS. .





Continued mild weather. has main-

tained production above normal, and

receipts are somewhat larger than an:

ticipated. As a result, buyers are

somewhat indifferent and the demand

is not quite as pressing as it has been.

The big trade is in fresh stock. Stor-

age eggs have a fair movement. De-

troit jobbing. prices are around 61@

650 per dozen. The Chicago market is

steady, with firsts quoted at 58@59c

per dozen; ordmary firsts 50@52%c;

storage packed firsts 591,430. In Phila-

delphia western extra firsts now bring

$20.10 and firsts $18.90@19.50 a case.





 





 





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Reports for Thursday, November 6th





BUFFALO.





Lambs were selling here today at

$14.75 and calves at $20. 'Hog prices

ranged from $15.75@16, with the bulk

at $15.75 and the outlook promising

further declines. '





DETROIT





Cattle.





Receipts 3,010. Canners and good

cattle steady; others 50@75c lower.

Best heavy steers ....... $12.00@13.00

Best handy wt bu steers 9.50@10.50

Mixed steersand heifers 8.50@ 9.00

Handy light butchers..... .7.50@ 8.00

Light butchers .......... 6.00@ 7.00

Best cows 7.50@ 8.00

Butcher cows 6.50@ 7.00

Cutters .................. 5.50@ 6.00

Canners 5.00@ 5.25

Best heavy bulls ....... . 7.00@ 7.50

Bologna bulls ...... 6.00@ 7.00

Stock bulls 5.00@ 5.50

Feeders 9.00@10.00

Stockers 7.00@ 8.50

Milkers and springers.... 65@ 150



VeaI Calves.



Receipts 1,689. Market dull at Wed-

nesday’s close; heavy grades almost

unsalable. ,.



Best .................... $16.00@17.00

5.00@13.00

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 17,639. Market steady.

Best lambs .............. $ 14

Fair lambs ...... . .

Light to common ........

Fair to good sheep ......

Culls





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5.00@10.00

6.50@ 7.00

. .................. 3.00@ 4.50





. Hogs. «

Receipts 8.604. .All grades $15.





CHICAGO.





Hogs. .

Estimated receipts today are 43,000;

holdover 3,991. Market active, steady

to 100 lower. Bulk of sales at $14.50

@1490; tops $15; heavy 250 lbs up,

medium, good and choice $14.50@15;

medium 200 to 250 lbs, medium, good

and choice $14.60@15; light 150 to 200

lbs, common, medium, good and choice

$14.50@14.90; light lights 130 to 150

lbs, common, medium, good and choice

$14@14.65; heavy packing sows ‘ 250

lbs up, smooth $14@14.40; packing

sows 200 lbs up rough $13.75@14; pigs

130 lbs down, medium, good and choice

$13.75@14.50. '

Cattle.





Estimated receipts today are 14,000.

Beef steers and she stock are steady;

bulls 25c higher. . Beef steers,,medium

and. heavy weight 1100 lbs up. choice

and prime $17.50@19.85-

and lend "$105003;





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do.» medium. »





at $8.50@10.50; light weight 1100 ‘lbs

down, good and choice $14@‘19.75; do

common and medium at $7.50@13.85;

butcher cattle, heifers,_ common, me-

dium, good and choice $6.50@14.50;

cows, common, medium, good and

choice $6.35@13; bulls, bologna and

beef $6.25@11; canners and cutters,

cows and heifers $5.25@6.35; do can-

ner steers $5.50@7.25; veal calves,

light and handyweight, medium,’ good

and choice $17.50@18.50; feeder steers

common, medium, good and choice at

$6.75@12.75; stocker steers, common,

medium, good and choice $6@10; do

cows and heifers, common, medium,

good and choice $6.35@8; stocker

calves, common, medium” good and

choice $7.50@10.50; western range cat-

tle, beef steers, medium, good and

choice $10.75@15.25; do cows and heif-

ers, medium, good and choice at $7.50





'@12.50; _

Sheep and Lambs.





Estimated receipts today are 34,000.

Market steady. Lambs 84 lbs down,

medium, good, choice and prime at

$12.25@15; do 85 lbs up, medium, good

choice and prime $8.50@12; do culls

and common $9.75@12; feeder lambs,

medium, good and choice at $6.75@8;

spring lambs, medium, good, choice

and prime $3@6.50; ewes, medium,

good and choice $6.75@12; ewes, cull

and common $10.50@13.25. ,





BUFFALO.

November 5, 1919.



Receipts 30 cars. The market is

slow. Prime heavy steers $14@15.50;

best shipping steers $13@14; medium

shipping Steers $12@12.50; best year-

lings $15@15.50; light yearlings, good

quality $11.50@12.50; best handy strs

$11@11.50; fair to good kind $9.50@

10; handy steers and heifers, mixed

$9@10; western heifers $10@10.50;

best fat cows $10@10.50; butchering

cows $76.98; cutters $5.75@6; canners

$4.50@5.25; fancy bulls $9@10; butch-

ering bulls $7@8; common bulls $6@

6.50; best feeding steers $10@11; me-

dium feeders $8@8.50; best stockers

$7@8; 'light to common $6@7; milk

are and springers $75@150.



3 Hogs.



Receipts five cars. Market steady.

Heavies and ,vorkers $16.25; pigs and

lights $16’@16.25. _ '



_ . Sheeptand Lambs. . , - '

. Receipts five cars. Market h er.

Top lambs' $14.75; yearlin »_ $10 11: .

wethem‘59@9-50: investigas.



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Receipts 2,999.93: '

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.. , WOOL ,. v

A real .mov , pent apparently has



been started for taking care of the ac-

cmulations‘ of medium wools. Already

the market has recovered till dealers

are no longer required to make reduc-

tions to move these grades. German

agents are said to be operating in Eng-

land, South America and South Africa.

In Boston- the best fine unwashed de

laines sold ‘last week at 850. Compar-

atilvely little choice staple is now avail-

ab 6. ‘- *





DETROIT CITY MARKET





The variety of offerings is being con-

siderably reduced; Cabbage is now in

evidence, with sales generally at 75c

per bushel. Potatoes bring $1.55@

1.65; fancy apples $3@3.25; No. 1 at

$2@2.75; onions at $2.25@2.75; keifer

pears $2@2.75; live hens 26c per lb;

springers 24@27c; fresh country eggs

62@63c. *





NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.





Butter.—Receipts of butter continue

to show some decline‘but as demand

has weakened somewhat there is suf~

ficient fresh arrivals to meet it. Then,

too, held butter has been moving read-

ily and has taken the place to a great

degree of current make. It is not ex-

pected that there will be any material

break in quotations, even though there

will be fluctuations from time to time.

Export demand has been good for the

last few weeks, but at present export

trading is very quiet. Quotations are

as follows: Extras 69%c; higher scor-

ing than extras 70@701/2c;‘firsts 61@

690; seconds 55@58%c.



Cheese—The cheese market has be-

come firmer throughout the week as a

result of~ strong demand. The produc-

‘tion of cheese is declining very rapidly

at present which is the one factor

largely responsible for the increased

price. Following are the established

quotations: Common to good 29@31c;

Ergage run 31%@321/4c; specials 321/2



c. '





‘,Eggs.——Egg receipts have shown

some~ increase this week and have

been more than could be readily ab-

sorbed. In general, quotations have

declined and doubtless will continue

to do so until colder weather arrives

and curtails production. Quotations:

Seconds 54@59c; firsts 59@64c; extra.

firsts 65@68c; extras 69@70c.





Poultry.—-—Receipts have been fair

and the market has been vacillating.

Quotations: Spring chickens 23@27c;

fowls 24@27c; old‘roosters 200; ducks

30@31c; geese 250.





NEWS OF THE WEEK.





(Continued from page 578)._





killed and twenty-three injured—Riot-

ing is reported in Alexandria, Egypt.—

Labor leaders declare no general strike

will be called in support of the steel

strike.



Tuesday, November 4.





HE federal commission of concilia-



tion in the coal strike proposes

that the federal government withdraw

its injunction against union leaders,

that the men immediately return to

work, and that the pay be advanced

from fifteen to twenty per cent, begin-

ning 'with the first of November or

when work is resumed.——Senate fails

to agree on a date for the roll call on

the peace treaty.——Japan sends Kijuri

Shidehara as her new minister to the

United States—State troopers will ‘00-

operate with the sheriff of Wayne

county and the police of Detroit in an

effort to prevent criminals from escap-

ing from the city.———Railway workers

declare for. a strike unless their de-

mands are met.‘ '





. The third annual meeting of the Na-

tional Association of Commissioners‘

and departments of agricult re willbe

held in ,,Chic‘ago November 10-12. ‘





_ Feeder pigstare offered on the Chi-

cago market in increasing numbers,

and healthy ones» are having a ready

sale. Very-dime sickness: is reported

in most bogey!)



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were occasionally tw6 to three cents

below the September high level. Cress-





sorts, greasy and scoured were often

five percent higher. There was very

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A BIG FUR SALE.





HE fur exchange in New York

City startedselling a million furs

on Thursday. Following are 'the *of:

forlngs: '

Sixteen hundred“ beavers, 17,000

skunk, 5,000 marmoset, 15,000 Hudson

seal and Hudson seal plates, 5,500

minke, 5,500’nutrias, 2,000 raccoons,

16, 000 nearseal and sealines, 500 10t-

ters, 2, 500 wolves, 1,000 Wildcats, 1, 000

cat\lynx, 40, 000 squirrels, 30, 000 moles,

12,000 caraculs, 2,000 badgers 2,000 civ-

et cats, 17,000 ringtail opossum, 5,000

Australian opossum, 10,000 American

opossum, 500 martens, blue foxes,

white foxes and cross foxes, 3,500 red

foxes, 20,000 weasels, 9,000 pounds of

rabbits, 2,000 fitch, 1,000 flying squir-

rels, 1,500 greasy foxes, 2,500 Austral-

ian foxes 5,000, kolinskys, 2,500 dyed

foxes, and 3,000 rats.





 





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Weak Heart-Stocking.—-I have al





span of horses seemingly in good

health, but neither of them perspire

freely, both of them blow and puff. An-

other young mare stocks in one fore

leg. I first noticed this swelling eight

weeks ago. Our local Vet. fails to help

her. J. W. M., Yale, Mich—Give each

horse 30 drops of fluid extract of nux





vomica, and 1 dr. of muriate of ammon-;

ia at a. dose in feed three times a day..

Dissolve 14 lb. acetate of lead in one





gallon of cold water and wet thickened

part of leg thiee times a day. Give

her 1 dr. of acetate of potash in feed

twice a day.





Dislocation of Stifle. —I have blockyi





four-year-old mare, apparently sound,

but twice last summer she suddenly

went lame in one hind leg, dragged toe





.on ground and had no use of the leg,





but she soon gets over it. I might say

she is not absolutely right in either

leg. When young she had an attack

of navel disease. G. H. 11., Sand Lake,

Mich—The whole trouble is either in

stifle or in_the surrounding parts, most

likely the stifle. Apply equal parts of

turpentine, aqua ammonia and raw lin-

'seed oil to stifle three times a week:



Inflamed'Eyes.—~I have a three-year-

old filly that has sore eyes, both eyes

are inflamed, cover with a film, but

whatever the ailment is, she is worse

some days than on others. I have been

applying burnt alum and this seems to

clear the eyes but they are yet sore.

L. S. R., Yale, Mich—Dissolve 40 grs.

of boric acid and 40 grs. of borate of

soda in a quarter of a pint of water

and apply it freely to eyes twice a

day. Give her 3 drs. of Fowler’s solu-

tion at a dose in feed or in drinking

water three times a day.



Diarrhea—I have a cow that is off

her feed. When she eats oats or corn

it goes through her whole. She seems

somewhat fond of grass, but fails to

eat much of it. She came fresh about

four weeks ago, but failed- to eat much

for a couple of weeks before she fresh-

ened. She gives 12 quarts of milk

daily,.her normal yield is 28 “quarts.

G. L., Manistee, Mich.—-—Give her a tea-

spoonful of dry powdered sulphate of

iron and 1 oz. of ground gentian in

each feed, or as a drench in water

three times a day. ,



Inferior Milk.—~Just before one of

01m cows goes dry she gives lumpy.

milk. We also have another cow that

gives stringy milk at times. L. B.

Kalamazoo, Mich. —Perhaps your cow

was milked once daily or once in ev-

ery two or three days’before she went

dry. This would have a tendency to

change her milk. A change of feed is

perhaps all that she required. , Wlhen

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at Bradford, England, on . 7

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ARK that Mr. Dodge, the man

who feeds Sophie 19th of Hood

Farm,” world’s long-distance cham-

pion cow, says. the feeds cow gets is

every bit as important 'as her breeding,





Mark, also, the high-protein feed he

feeds her is Buffalo Corn Gluten Feed.





ister if they get the right kind of ra-

tion, one with plenty of Buffalo Corn





CORN PRODUCTS REFINING CO.

Write H. CHRYSTAL





Selling Representative

909 Ford Bldg.,





 





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Detroit, Mich.





 





 





 





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OLYDE F18

mm % Type Poland China boars, all ages

I boar ice at a. banain, none be . '

.Oallorwrlte, Eioonard, St. Louis, Mlchmr

d f 11111

When 1111650080111. strangeness

write W. J. HAGELSHAW, Augusta, Mich





1151: make room for brood Sows. Will sacrifice L. 1T.

P. 0. spring boarsfilced for nick sale. Fall pigs





8, St. Louis,





 





either sex. RIES, 1:. Louis, Mich.

rove Ham hires ”tQuali First” Michigan

”luG Boy, Grand hampion boar h lchlgan,





and owns by us. Many other prize winner at



Michigan Sdtatey Fair 1919. Hog’s for sale all ages, both

ooko 11t Joe' 11 $1000 boar heads our herd.



R. 1, Mai-latte, Mich.





Ham hire, boar pi for sale. Fall

Spring g1y§s mm new blood ines.

JOHN W. YDER, R. 4, St. Johns, Mich.

' ' Farms Tam“ orths. Registered

Falrv1ew StOCk saith}? pi for sale, either sex. from

massive ancestors. .imer, Concord, Mich.





HATCH HERD





YPSILANTI. MICHIGAN

Registered Yorkshires. The World's Bacon Breed.

From Imported strains.





 





 





 





SHEEP





Slim shires 50 good ones includ-

Whittum Farm in g imported ewe and ram

lambs. None better to start a non flock or improve

10 imported, one and two year old





 





the old one.

rams

TEE WHITTUM FARM Eatbn Rapids, Mich.





 





 





 





lT PAYS TO BUY PURE BRED SHEEP

. 'OF PARSONS ”The Sheep-13o





I sell»1 and nship every-

rs pn‘ex

‘ press charges will

start om mu: inane

. twp. Write for club

I“« l odor and rlmivo

. price listi Oxfords.





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Delaines.





PARSONS Grand Ledge, M1chlgan R





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Wait a mlnute.b11v Hampshires The American Hamp-

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Write COMFOR'] A. TYLER, Secretary, 22 Wood-

land A19. ., Detroit. Mich.





Shropshire and Hampshire Rams

In order to finish the ram trade quickly I will -





 





 





 





 





 





fix e you on}; choice of a dozen very good year-

11123 at

KOPE- ON FARMS, COLDWATER, MICH,





‘3. L W ING, Prop.





The lnglcside Farm, lonia,





can still furnish 211 yearling registered Shropshire

rams and 18 )1 11111151; rc g1. ~1'te1cd cues

HE BERT, E l’(lWl“LL, Ionic, Mich.





300 Breeding Ewes





Choice Michigan Natives. Black faces and delaines l

to 4 years old. Iostly 2 year olds in good (ondition

in lots of 10 to a earload. Almond B. Chapman,

South Rockwood, Mich. Telegraph Address llockwood.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Branch





Offices





 





 





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POULTRY,VEAI. andHDGS





TO





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‘ 470 Riopelle St., Detroit, Mich.





Eastern Market





You Will Get a Square Deal

and Returns Daily.





Soy Beans





I want 1919 crop soy beans. Send





samples, state quantity offered.





EDW. E. EVANS,

West Branch, Mich.





Mr. POULTRY F ARMER





We make a specialty of White Hennery Eggs and

have created a profitable market for your eggs the

year around. We pay the highest premium for yous

Hennery Whites—We remit same da shipmentr

arrive. Ship OftennShlp by xprou





GEO. R. ELDRIDGE CO.

494-18111 Strut, Detroit, Mich.





Remember! We guarantee you satisfaction with every shipment.





HOGS.





 





 





For Best Net Results

ShipIto -

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Detroit, Mich.

“Enough Said 1"





 





 





 





Albert Miller & Co.

192 N. Clark 51;. firm 210,

Chicago,





 





 





H AY Ship To The Old Roll-lilo Hons.





 





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We aim to kee our herd



Bull I’D. “laud Hints. up to- date in brood lines,

size and in unlity We lime sows sired by Big Bob,



the Yankee, erstdale Jones and Gerstdale King,

Our herd boar is one of the largest and smoothest and

of choice breeding. He is proving to be a great sire.

We like the good ofnes and belie1e you do also. We

now have a litter 0110 "Glansmans" and the darn

booked again for spring litter to the Clansman. Vis-

itors welcome. Wesley Hile, R. 6. 1011111, Mich.





Big Type Poland Chinas





Spring 1gilts and hours, we can furnish rs not re-

rize winning stock at Tusoola ounty Fair,





also fall pigs at the Uri

DO 881106311119" Akron. Michi 13am

ARGE type _.P B.0 :12 in need of a boar I have them,





d husk ky fellows. Inspection

invited. ”11.111833“ ROOVVN. R.'7 Cassopolis. Mich





8:391? $3.31??? 9111131. llmamd fol “16 a11’1011a few

r e or e vero 1- ces. 1 even



Stock Farm, F Chapman & 80:13:19”, VanaliaiMich.

is ty P. 0. Choice spring been from Iowa' 11 great-

theerds outof lbs. sire and mammoth sows:





Wk

' o R SAL E £6.10 April pigs either





ARMSTRONG 8308., R. 3, Fowlorvllle, Mich.





BIG Tvpe Poland Chlnas.1llred by Smooth Masto

don litter mate to the 111.6 rsnd Champ! on. The

deep. lon bodi kind at farmer" s rices.



a beans-me srms‘, 7111 to Pleon, Mi long

LT :wand 9 his price Sim spring boars

' ' Klongfiw glow“! be re do to 1p after Nov.

Sohoo craft. lob.





 





 





‘ Shropshire yearling rams

Idle Wild SlOCk Farms from [)llze winning stmk,

Make your selection early ClilI Middleton, proprietor.

Clayton. Mich B. 3





 





 





 





ram lambs of good qualitx and

ShrOPShireD 21km”! 911 as all legistmcd.

NBOOHE,“ ll.-,l Exzirt, Mich





 





80 Reg. Shropshire Ewes 3.351;" ”:32 ”“1

Jno.G1-ieve. Fowlerv1llo, Mich R. F .No. 3.





Wool-Mutton Shropslure Rams

For sale cheap. Royalh bred; strong, robust fellows.

Also few ewes. .H F OSTER, Allegan. Mich.





 





 





“4111119 1.111.111 Farm Shropshires. Rams and ram

lambs High b'red well 11 ooled and registered.

h. Bacon & Son 4.8heridun, Mich.





 





' Shropshire bred ew.es lto 3 years old.

ndngllred Large, healthy. well fleeced representa-

tives of this flock gave satisfaction in 15 States, last

season rams all sol Lemon, Dexter, Mich.





Registered Shropshire ”“9156 30 mm





c

HARRY POTTER & SON, Davison,“MElch.





B‘ort sale, Reg. Shropshire isms 1e11rlings and 21r. olds



$30,0ne 4 your old 111m shed by Coopers (811)).

I 1111! pay retuln express if then .1111 not as 1 represent

them. 0. V. BAG)", Ithaia, Mich.





Reg. Shropshire Ram Lambs 333$ 31325;?“

0. K. Topus, Eaton Rapids, Mich. '





 





 





 





 





llcgl. Shropshiie llama and Ilan l 1b

For sale (111111 1111' 115116 ewes 2 to 4 y.rs old. anVVElgg

11. J. .10. A. WILLIA Middle1ille, M11311.





Yearling Rams and ram lambs.

flog. ShropslngSS K'lledal price on lots of two of

more, ‘LLY dt SON. Ypsilanti, Mich.





 





25 slll'. Shire ram lambs big growthy fellows, wool-

P mutton ”AN/Bill. 30 extra good one lambs.

EWS, Dansville, Mich.





 





Registeared Oxford rams, 2 ram 1 b

For Sale. - years old, beauties. (3331.8 1‘

Abbott, Phone!1 Deckerville, ‘78 3 11.2 ,Palms, Mich.





Re 'sterd oxford Down 1'

For sale In lambs also a few chSiege!1:111:51mms

D. P. Beasore, R. F. No 1 Eaton Rapids, Mich.





Registered Oxfords M'ff’afilfggin‘g“ yearling mm





 





r1( es.

illington, Mich.





For Sale- Yearling Black Top Delaine Merino rain”

from the well- known Chas. Kleckler flock-

Prices and stock hright. See them on the farm 55

mile east of OHN WRIGGEL. -

WORTH. GEORGE GEHRINGER, Cohoctah, Mich





 





HOIOE delaine rams, also 2"B" type stock rams

of high qualityfi largo, oily fleeces. shearers, write.

8. H. BandersR N.o 2, Ashtab11la,0.





Ins Choke 2 yr. old reg. rams out ofimport-

Linea RedL stock.B 111300 50 Krefi breeding ewes.

errien Springs, Mich.





 





Polled Delaine 33:92? “1"- (100111...”

F. L.'BROKAW, Eagle, Limb.





 





and Ramboulllotb grams for sale





a 1 s.

Anaflod’iis ”0118“ Saline. 11111111.





60 Good Breeding Ewes F or Sale





‘ . Kalamgaoo. Mich.





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8 T-P lam Mic Rfeoordod griced





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MoreMilk :





Two pounds of milk may seem a

small amount, but to increase the milk

yield two pounds per cow daily, means

a large increase in the profit from any

herd. II



If you have thirty cows, ttvo pounds

more per cow daily would be sixty

pounds, worth about $2.00. During the

winter season this would total $350 or

more. _



Truly, this is an extra profit well

worth seeking, especially since there

is no expense connected with it, aside

from the small initial investment in

drinking cups. I



Water costs practically nothing and

to be able to turn water into milk with

no effort further than to keep the wa-

ter supply tank filled, is about as easy

a gay of making money as one could

as .





Hoard’s Dairyman Finds

Drinking Cups Profitable





“In the stables of - the Hoard’s

Dairyman herd are installed 42 drink-

ing cups, one for each cow. The in-

stallation of these cups providing the

cow with plenty of water whenever

she Wants it night or day has result-

ed in a perceptible increase of milk.

It reminds us of the remark made

some years ago by a Wisconsin dairy

farmer to the effect that although

Well water was about as free as air,

it was the last thing properly provid-

ed for the cow. A visit to the stable

say at 9 o’clock at night will discover

quite often a number of the cows tak-

ing a comfortable drink from their|

Water cups. We are convinced that

this is a highly profitable investment

'to make. Pure water ready at any

time and pure air are two things that

greatly promote the production of

mi] .”—Hoard’s Dairyman Editorial,

Feb. 1, 1918.



“According to tour milk records”,

says W. H. Martin, who is [herdsman

at Arcady Farm, Lake Forest, Illinois,

“James drinking cups increased our,





milk yield 4 lbs. per cow, per day.’ '





With our herd of 97 cows, the cups

save two hours daily.” '

Herman Olson, Cambridge, Wiscon-'

Sin, “Considers James Cups in rela-

tion to outside tank as the modern

silo is to the old way of feeding dry

gornstalks outside on the snow bank.”

Walter Bringold, Wanamingo, Min-

nesota, is another who puts James

cups in the same class as the silo for

milk making. “If I could have but one,

judging from my experience,” he says,

“I would rather have the drinking

cups than the silo, as I believe the

drinking cups make more milk.”





What James Cups Ac-

complished in 28 Herds





Twenty-eight dairymen who kept

milk records reported the following

results from the use of James Drink-

ing Cups: '



One had an increase of from 5 to 10

lbs. per cow per day; three an increase

averaging 4 lbs.; three had 3 lbs. aver-

age increase; six, 2 lbs.; three, 1%

lbs.; one, 5%, 1b.; one reported $8.56

average increase per cow per year;

one an average increase of $5; one,

$10; one a 3% increase; one 8% in-

crease; two, 10% increase; one,

12%%; one, 20%; and one, 33%%.



These reports covered a total of 759

cows, averaging an increase of 2.45

lbs. milk per cow per day.





The Saving in Labor





In a recent investigation of 120

herds in which James cups were used,

the owners were unanimous in stating

that the cups saved them time and

labor.



Their answers ranged from 5% min-

ute per cow, per day, to 10 minutes'

per cow, average being 10 hours saved

her cow, each year. , .





 





 





   

   

   

   

 

 





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The Calves Grew Faster





Out of 87 dairymen using James

cups in their calf pens, 80 say that

they have “observed that calves grow

better and faster by having a constant





. supply of water before them.”





Help Prevent Spread

of Disease





These dairymen were almost unani- '





mous in considering that drinking

cups help prevent the spread of dis-

ease, each cow drinking from her own

cup.



Above are a few of the facts brought

to 1i ht in this investigation of James

drin ing cups. The complete results





are set forth in Bulletin No. 4, which





will be sent on request.





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Other Work Savers and

Milk Makers





‘Such as the James litter, feed, and

milk can cariers and trucks, cow

stalls, stanchions, mangers, cow pens,

bull and hog «pens, ventilators, swill

carriers, horse stable fixtures, hog,

sheep, and beef barn equipment, are

described in the book, “The James-

way” which will be sent on request.





Barn Planning





For many years, the James Barn

Planning Department has. been help-

ing customers and others in planning

new barns and remodeling old barns.

In this work, Mr. James has associat-

ed with him a competent architect and





engineer of __unu3ual experience in ,





.E'tAtkinsenWis. Elmira“ Minn ' '





James Manufacturing Company 1‘





Makers “of Leora-smog “‘th





 

   





 





 





ventilation and construction problems,

another architect who has many ears

of experience in the lanning 0 new

buildings and remo cling of dairy

barns, a large number of experienced

draftsmen—and in the field are some

60 experts whose work takes them

dail into dairy barns in every part

of t 9 country, consulting on remod-

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on new ideas and unusual conditions.

All this experience and ability in

the (planning of new or remodeling of

(old airy barns, is at your Service.

Full information regarding the

James barn planning service and all

James equipment is given in the





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of :386 entitled “The James

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