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E who laughs last laughs best,”

i said a central sandy soilfarmer
to- me when he showed me his
eacellent corn crop. “My neighbors
told me I could not grow corn on this

poor, worn-out, sand,” 'he continued,«

“but I think' I have one of the best
corn crops inthis locality”. _ , - L
. “How did you do it?" I asked.

. “By the use of manure and com-
mercial fertilizers,” was the reply.

,.By further questioning I was told
thatthe previous crop on this field was
soybeans—a legume crop; then the
field was top-dressed with manure at.
ter a spring plowing; thelmanure was
disced in thoroughly and a 2-12-0 feré
tilizer applied on the row at one hun-
dred and fifty pounds per acre with ‘a
tel-tiliZer attachment on a corn plant~
er. The. actual yield of shelled corn
per acre was sixty-eight bushels. The
increase produced by the one hundred
'and fifty pounds of 2-12-0 fertilizer cost-
ing $3.00, was sixteen bushels per acre,
valued at approximately , $1800. We
will readily agree with our farmer
friend in saying this was a profitable
investment and the last laugh was
surely the best.

, The “Feed the Soil and it will Feed

DETROIT, MI.CH., SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1920

ile" g Brams W1th Sand
'vestoaé atta’ Systematic Alteration of Crop: will Bring
Profit: from Unprodactive Sandy Soils.

By H. W. Ullspcrger

Wisconsin’s Expert in-Sandy Soil Work

 

 

An Excellent Crop of Clover on Light Soil.

You" policy adopted by this progres- tained in a high’state of fertility, and, and moves away. The College of Ag-
sive farmer illustrates what many oth- second, sandy soil that has, been crep- riculture of the University of Wiscon-

ers are doing on (the light sandy soils
‘ in Wisoonsin—and Michigan. They are
mixing “Brains with Sand” and the re
sults in increased crop yields are very
gratifying.
Kinds of Sandy Soil.

There are three different classes of
sandy soils—«sand, fine sand and sandy
loam. Frdm the farmer’s standpoint
there are two kinds of sandy soil, first,
sandy soil in virgin condition or main-

ped and depleted and is in a low state
of fertility. The clover crop is often
considered the best fertility indicator
on these light soils. A good crop of
clover usually means a fairly good
sandy soil. No clover on a farm usu-
ally means that crop yields are becom-
ing smaller every year until a certain
limit is reached, when farming be-
comes unprofitable and the owner sells
his land for as much as he can secure

sin has taken over during the past ten
years two of these wornout farms to
determine whether they could be ren-
ovated and farmed profitably. A spe-
cial study on these farms and of suc-
cessful farmers has resulted in defi-
nitely formulating certain rules which
aid materially in producing larger
crops and farming these poor sandy
soils at a profit.

The usual practice on sandy soils

when clover fails to grow is to plant
rye, buckwheat, potatoes and corn. The
available supply of manure is applied
to the potato or corn crop. This sup—
ply of manure is small, due to the
farmer’s inability to raise sufficient
feed for stock. “No feed, no cows; no
cows, no manure,” as one man aptly
expressed this situation.
Grow Soy Beans or Cowpeas.

The feed problem can be solved by
growing either cowpeas or soy beans,
the soy beans being more hardy and
better adapted to cold climatic condi-
tions than the cowpea. These crops
may be used for a variety of purposes.
The soy bean has proven especially
valuable when used for hay, silage, a
cash crop and for building up the soil.
Even the soy bean straw after the

beans are threshed our makes LUO'J
cattle feed, being llM‘J'L‘J equal in teed
ing value to timothy lin‘ ulltl much bet,

ter than wild marsh ha;~ so frequentlv ‘

used by sandy soil farmers.

The value of soy beans. for hay is
clearly shown by statements of those
who have grown them.
Adams County, \Visconsin, stated, “Soy
bean hay when compared with tame
marsh hay increased my milk supply
one hundred per cent.” Another farm-
er stated, “Since growing soy beans I
am keeping twice as much.stock.on
my farm, and feeding them better.”

The practice of growing soy beans
with all silage corn and using the
combination for silage is becoming
universal among progressive farmers.
It means silage with a. higher protein
content.

Soy beans also make an excellent
cash crop. Yields of eight to twenty

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vowun CLiv. NUMBER TWO
DETROIT, JANUARY 10, 1920

CURRENT; COMMENT

T a farm bureau
meeting in a typ-

Farmfrs ical Michigan county.
' LOOk’ng s o v e r a l prominent
Forward falmers who were ex-

changing views, won-
dered whether or not they would find
it profitable to continue to hile farm
help and maintain their present acre-
age of farm crops in 1920. The small
company of farmers, all from the same
county, who talked things over at the
meeting all agreed that they had made
afair' profit in 1919 because the range
of prices for most of the staple prod-
ucts had been high, and most of them
agreed that the range of values could
not logically change for two or three
years, chiefly because any serious de-
cline would place the farmer who pro-
duces only average crops out of the
running. These men owned their
farms, had studied the problem and
were prepared to conduct their farm-
ing along economical lines.

One of the men sounded the keynote
of the present farming problem in
Michigan in the following words: “The
difficulty 01' securing labor for a few
days or weeks is compelling me to
change some of my operations. More
grass, small grains and the feeding of
beef cattle will about solve most of my
troubles. I figure that the man who
owns his land can make more money,
and make it with less risk and worry,
by practicing mixed farming, including
a few good beef cattle, hogs and sheep,
than by growing grain and hay for the
market, or hiring extra help needed to
conduct a dairy business. I am! not so
sure that beef cattle will return a
greater profit in a given time than will
dairy cattle or growing grain and hay
for market, but in my business I am
not so much interested in some one
kind of farming, that might possibly
outpay any other, as I am in several
lines that may be worked into a sys-
tem which gives security to the busi-
ness and provides for the maintenance
of soil fertility. A herd of dairy cattle
may be made to pay a profit on a small
farm, or even on a large farm where
the"owner has plenty of help at all
times of the year, but there are hun-
dreds of men who have large farms
and no one but themselves to take an
interest in the business. These farms
produce large quantities of feed; which
without-Alive stock, fails to yield any
profit. :1 have yet to find a' farmer
‘ who has succeeded in following a crop
'1 rotatipn‘, bawd on practical methods,
thyt keeps his land busy and produc-

team does not feed one or t"?

is too expensive and complicated to
meet our present~day labor and operat-
ing charges. so my idea is to cut down
as much as possible on hired labor, put
more land in grass and small grain
crops and feed a few good animals,
that can be properly conditioned with-
out going on the market and buying
large quantities of grain feeds and by-
product concentrates. specialties have
an impeltant place in our agriculture,
but the good, old-fashioned, self-sup
porting farming is good enough for me
until conditions again return to nor
mal. My income may be smaller, but
my farm will be richer and I can lead
a more contented and satisfying life."

This man is looking forward to the
year of 1920 in the same manner as
hundreds of other thoughtful men
whose interest in their farming is none
the less keen. Many of us have been
so afraid that the readjustment of bus-
ineSS after the war would puncture the
balloon of high food. prices that we
have been fearing the outcome, and so
certain have some of the so-called
leaders of agriculture been that farm-
ers would face ruin in the great break
in prices that they are now doing their

I best to cause unrest and make their

false prophecies come true. But fortu-

nately the thing does not seem to be

working out along prophesied lines. A

‘feeling of stability is noted in nearly

all farming communities, and the farm-
ers are making plans to go ahead along
safe and conservative lines and do
their share toward restoring the whirl-
ing, dizzy world to its equilibrium. In
the meantime a few of these radical
prognosticators are becoming alarmed
because agriculture,is coming back to
normal, and are endeavoring to create
a wave of unrest that will triumphant-
ly float their ”soviet ark" of prophecy.

HE most signifi-

Making .- cant movement in
agllcultural life today

Better is the progreSs of the
Farmers boys’ and girls’ club
work. From a. small

beginning in the southern states some
years ago the idea has rapidly spread
to all sections of the country until up-
wards of seven hundred thousand boys
and girls are acquiring an interest in
agriculture that in time will correct
the 01d idea that the farm offers no op-
portunity for advancement. The boys
and girls of today will be the farm
men and women of the country in a
few years hence, and there is every
reason to believe that they will be
more progressive and better farmers
and citizens than the generation be-
fore them.

Farm boys and girls should be en-
couraged to take an interest in the af-
fairs of the farm. It is a wise father
who in plowing, drives the team and
allows the boy to hold the plow han-
dles. It is a wise mother who, at times
pretends, illness and turns to the girl
to bake bread for the family. After a
few kindly lessons the father and moth-
er can have the joy of knowing that
there are young pilOts at the wheel,
needing only kindly direction and
counsel from time to time to bring
safely into port the ventures of the
farm. As early as the boys and girls
begin to think and reason they should
be encouraged to put their personality
into the little things'of farm life. and
given encouragement and training that
will prepare them for the larger things.

Many county agents are overlooking
their best opportunity. for service
through neglecting to take up and en-
courage boys' and girls’ club work.
Some of them‘ complain that it requires
too much hard work, and that they are
unable to interest parents and busi-
ness men to help out with the work.
01' course, it means a lot of hard work
and frequently it requires tact and
skill to create a community interest in
this kind- of work but why do we have

  

 

and train our boys and girls as well as
the old hard- heads who are h61d down
by dogmas and prejudices? Every dol-
1m» invested and every hour’s tune
spent in a plan to make better fanners
out of our boys and girls will result in

greater agricultural progress than ten
times that amount expended on a cam- .

paign to interest their parents. Boys'
and .girls’ club work, and the activities
of the county agent should have a clos-
er relationship in many counties here
in Michigan.

HE 'high prices of

- all kinds of grain
gBuyIng and by-product feed-
.Dairy stuffs is the prevail-

Feeds ing topic of conver-
. . sation among dairy
farmers. The lofty figures attained by

some of the grains in recent quota-
tions on the market have set feeders
of dairy cattle to guessing what will
happen in the next few months. The
mixing of causes creates confusion in
the attempt of the novice to analyze
the situation. Besides the normal sup-
ply and demand. there is the fixed
price of wheat, the foreigndemand and
exchange problem, as well as the fluc-
tuating prices, of meat-producing ani-
mals, all of which make it difficult to
know just what course prices will take
during the coming months.

Of one thing dairy farmers are cer-
tain in this connection, and that is that
present values of grain and by-product
feeds are extraordinarily high, and in
some cases higher than they can at
ford to pay. Who can blame the dairy
farmer for playing safe by feeding few-
er cows and making better use of his
home-grown feeds? Of course, he must
go into the feed market for consider-
able of his grain supply, and it is im-
portant that when‘ he does he should
buy wisely and have some knowledge
of the feed situation. It is this phase
of the dairy business that is disturbing
milk production on many farms. Noth~
ing can be done to bring about a sweep-
ing reduction in feed prices, but the
keen—minded feeder may profit in the
long run by studying the trend of the
feed markets, and planning his busi-
ness so that he will be ready to stock
up on grain and by-product feeds at
times when he can make judicious pur-
chases.

Another factor which has a great in—
fluence upon the price of dairy feed-
stuffs is the increasing demand from
manufacturers of mixed feeds for some
of the standard by-product feeds of
high protein content to use in mixing
with inferior materials of low protein
content. Many of these mixed feeds
have a high feeding value, but the
great trouble with some of them is
that they contain an excess of the very
elements that no good dairy farmer is
justified in buying. For this reason
the purchaser of dairy feeds, to protect
himself, must know feeds, and when to
buy them'to the best advantage.

In order to furnish reliable informa-
tion concerning the movement of grain
and by-product feedstuffs, the probable
demand and available supply, the edi—
t01s of the Michigan Farmer have ar-
ranged with the leading market expert
in America to furnish a monthly artin

cle touching upon the supply of dairy.

feeds and the probable demand from
manufacturers of mixed feeds " and
feeders of live stock indifferent parts
of the country. The first article ap-
pears in this issue ”andwe are sure
that, a, review- of the feed situation
each month 'will help our readers in
keeping down the "cost of producing
milk. 80 long as dairy farmers depend
upon purchased grain feeds to balance
up the supply of home-grown roughage
and grain feeds they must fill the wide

gap between a reusena'ble profit and?

the present small “Wine 1

 

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IT is agreed bet seen“ the Allies and

Germany that am ’t‘ernie will be
signed at Paris on January 6.41112
federal tax 001le ectodfrom the Dot troll;
district in 1919 amounted to 131863798.-
745. ——The first passenger service un-
der ’the American flag between the
United States and Buenos Aires starts.
——American bankers favor government
control of the issuance of stock and
bonds \by railroads. ——It is predicted
that Canada will electrify the railroad
yards of her government lailways.-—-

The number of Germans killed in bat- ~

tle during the recent war is now plac-
ed at 1, 500, 000.

Thursday, January 1.

HE Federal Reserve Board declares

that high wages and reduced pro-
duction constitutes a real menace to
the future of American business .—Eli-
hu Root is invited to assist in the
launching of the international supreme
court provided by the league of nail-
tions—Industries in northern France
are now about half restored as com-
pared with pro-War

issued 8.666 charters for local posts of
the American Legion.:—-Early returns

from Austrialian elections show that »

the nationalists continue in power with
thirty eight seats against twenty-seven
seats won by the labor party; the ten
seats returned by the farmers will sup:
port the nationalists.

Friday, January 2.

RESIDENT WILSON signs bill con-

tinuing sugar equilization board
for the year 1920.—The commerce of
the United States for 1919 reached new
records, exports aggregating a value of
$1. 000, 000, 000 and internal commerce
amounting to $85, 000 .000. 000. —The Hog
Island shipyards at Philadelphia have
turned out seventy- -four vessels since
August 5,1918 ——Feeling against Japan
is rapidly developing in Korea. —’1‘he
Esthonia and soviet governments of
Russia sign an armistice—Irkutsk in
Asiatic Russia is under siege. -

Saturday, January 3.

N a nation-wide raid federal agents

take 2,800 radicals into custody.—
An investigation of political conditions
in Russia is to be made by an allied
commission. —The bureau of railway
economists states that during the twen-
tyOthree months of federal operation of
railways the net loss amounted to
$548, 000, 000. ——Sweden and Germany

extend trade treaty to March 31. —-—The .

ending of the railway strike in Porto
Rico will clear the way for the early
movement of the sugar crop to this
countrwaive workmen were killed
by an explosion in a powder plant at
Wilmington, Del.——Thirty former Ger-
man’passenger ships seized at the be-
ginning of the war. will be sold at auc-
tion by the United States government
to the highest bidder.

Sunday, January 4.

OVERNMENT officials claim to

have uncovered evidence which
shows the plans of radical leaders to
have been the ultimate overthrowing
of the government through developing
the coal and steel strikes into a gen-
eral strike and finally into a revolution.
——The senate military committee rec-
ommends radical changes in our pres
ent military system.——The German gov-
ernment is facing two counter revolu-
tionswone fathered by the. royalists
and the other by the proletariata—Tho
twentieth annual automobile show up-
ens in New York City—Municipal em-
ployes of Montreal who recently struck
have had their positions filled by other
men.

Monday, January 5.

HE American food. reliéf commis-
sion who plan for feeding the un-
dernourish'ed children of Gemiany and
other European nations receive the
thanks of President Ebert. —-Violent
earthquake shocks occur in many
parts of Mexico and scores of persons
are killed .——The second pan—American
financial conference will be held in
Washington on January 19-241—Mrs.
Charles E. Townsend, wife of Senator
Townsend of Michigan, dies at the
Townsend home in Washington, follow-
ing a long illness. -—Premie‘r Nitti, of
Italy, 1311! Paris for conference with
the allies on the Flume problem—Ad-
mil-a] Kolchak head of the 011182
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T is with a'greatdeal of. pleasure

that I answer your Question, why

we are breeding Angus cattle. I
am not prejudiced, and do not think
that other breeds of beef cattle are not
valuable, as we Surely have some great
cattle among theShorthorns and Here-
fords, butnaturally I like the “bonny
blacks," because, during my early life
there were some great herds of Angus
near the place where I was born. I
will always remember the pretty pic-
[fur they made; studded over the heath-
er hills of Banffshire, especially in the

early spring months when the heather
‘was in bloom, you could see the tiny

black specks away up on the hills,

slowly but surely making money for

the man who owned them, doing their

bit at every bite.

Aberdeen-Angus cattle can be turn-
e’d out for the‘m‘Selves, with a lusty

calf at foot and one need not worry

further until it is time to bring them
up for the winter.” The calf, one can
rest assured, will be well taken care
of, not only with a generous flow of
milk, but the “mother will stand be-
tween it and every danger, for the
cows are the best .mothers of any
breed that ,I know of. , They will give
the calves a good start in life, and af-
ter that,.it is possible to carry them
along very cheaply to maturity. They
are especially adapted to the feed
grown on Michigan farms, and I be-
lieve that today we can raise a better

Angus than our forefathers. Of course,

we must consider that in Scotland the
feeds are different than we grow here,
and, I believe, their methods of feeding
can produce an animal with greater
wealth of flesh, and it can be put on
more evenly than is possible with the
feeds grown here, as our corn will
make more tallow which tends to pro-
ducea harshness to the touch, but nev-
o'rtheles the corn seems to fit the An-
gus, and today we are turning out some
great cattle. The Shorthorn and Here-
ford breeders have a wholesome re-
spect for the Angus when thEy meet
them in the show ring, as the Angus
Will invariably give them a great bat-
tle, and the only way I can account for
this is that the corn fitting of the An-
gus, with a‘ little oil meal, will put a
wealth of fleSh under the hide that the
critical judge cannot get away from,
while the other breeds with the same
amount of‘fitting will not show the
same touch, neither can they come up
with the same dressing qualities.

. Some people wonder where the Aber-
deen Angus derived their name, and
where they originated. The breed de.
rived its name from the counties of
Aberdeen and Angus. The former is
one of the largest in the northeast of
Scotland, while the other name, or

 

rccd ‘ Angus Cattle

By Alex. Mzm‘y,

Manager Woodcotc Stock Farm.

term Angus, has been obsolete so far_

as the name of the county is concern-
ed, for the territory known as Angus is
now chiefly comprised in the county
of Forfar. Due to the fact that breed-
ers in Aberdeen claimed priority in the,
development of the breed, they insist—
ed that the breed be named Aberdeen
while the breeders of Angus, being
equally confident the breed originated
in Angus, refused to ignore the term
Angus in naming the polled cattle of
their county, thus compromises were
made to the satisfaction of all breed-
er’s interested.

The modern breeder of cattle is

.more interested in securing the best

in whatever breed he is working with

 

very best cattle, as a good animal is
always as cheaply raised. It is not my
purpose to enter into any long con-
troversy over blood lineage, but I do
want to say that the man who has a
line of blood that is favorable to the
purchaser, no matter what his fad or
fancy is, he will naturally secure the
larger_price. It is a good idea to bear
this in mind when laying the founda-
tion for a herd. Always buy a few of
the best individuals and have the pedi—
grees to go along with them. It is al~
ways better to do this than to begin
with a larger heard of poorer bred cat-
tle. We can build up a herd with wise
selections of sires, but no matter how
much we pay for a sire he should come

 

 

‘ Grand Champion Cow~ at Michigan State Fair, Woodcote Stock Earm.

than he is in ancient breed history. He
can look forward to a keen demand for
the future. He is writing the most
glorious pages of all breed history. In
this country the Aberdeen-Angus have
made a very credible record by its suc-

cessful exhibits and adaptability to fit‘

into any line of general farming. They
can be carried along cheaply, are al-
ways fat and sleek, and always ready
for market, and even when the farmer
is overtaken with a dry season he can
maintain them on scant rations with
less loss than is the case with other
breeds of cattle.

The breed is finding wonderful open-
ings in our southern states and in
South America, the South American
countries being active buyers of the
best stock they can secure. If Ameri-
can breeders are to secure this new
business it will pay them to raise the

from a line of blood that has the stamp
and confromation that will niche well
with the cows that he is to be mated
with. Not that the dam is merely a
figurehead in the breeding herd, but
the sire is the one great factor in the
matter of improvement, and there
should be one great bull on every farm
where good cattle are kept, regardless
of the cost. ,

I have had buyers come to our farm
who thought! that one hundred dollars
was enough to pay for a bull. If the
breeder of today measures the value
of a herd sire by a few hundred dol-
lars one way or the other he will soon
measure himself out of the business.
It pays well to look closely into the
ancestry of the bull one intends to use.
One should look at his sire and his
dam, and if the animal-suits buy him.
You may think you have paid an ex-
tremely high price, but when the first

farming here in Michigan.

 

crop of calves appear the price will
soon be forgotten.

It seems to me that today the aver»
age Michigan farmer can handle the
beef breeds with much less overhead-
than he can a dairy herd. He can get
along with less help, which is the
greatest problem we have to contend
with. The dairy cow must be given
careful attention and milked regularly,
while the beef cow can be turned loose
with her calf, and, if given good feed
‘and a dry place to sleep. she will get
along with a little COOperation of her
owner.

We find that the Aberdeen-Angus
breed fits very well into our line of
They are
hardy and like to be out every day in
the open, no matter how cold it is,
which in a great measure keeps them
healthy and free from all ailments that
might exist if they were kept in a
close, poorly ventilated stable. If I.
were to begin the management of a
new herd of cattle I would not want to
make a change of breeds. I like the
Aberdeen-Angus breed and would nat-
urally succeed better with them than
with a breed I do not like so well. One
gets acquainted with one‘s fellow breed-
ers, and likes to meet them at the
leading fairs and exhibitions once a
year, exchange stories, and hear what
his cattle have been doing for him. An-
other thing about the meeting with
your fellow breeders, especially if you
are in competition with them, is that
you want to show them that you are
the better man, by showing better cat-
tle. This is not always easy as you
have to consider that they may be just
as skillful feeders, as good judges and
as skillful showmen. The selection of
the show herd is one of the most vital
problems for it is important that one
have a careful eye to picture what the
animal should be when finished. It is
difficult to make a selection of an ani-
mad that will condition uniformly and
not put on a little flesh here and there,
just enough to spoil the conformation
of the finished article before the be-
ginning of the show season. I do not
look at the individual alone, but keep
tab on 110w some of the near relatives
have fitted out. After some experience
with a brother or sister, or possibly
the mother had a low back, and if she
had it, it is a good idea to leave the
daughter out of consideration for all
such things transmit badly, and the
worst thing in a show ring is a weak
back. If she is somewhat slack in this
respect when in a thin condition one
can always gamble that she will be
still more so when properly fitted for
the show. Always select show animals
with nicely cut heads, so, that when
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l—IILE available feedsupplies in
the United States this year are

generally considered larger than.

a" year‘ago and above the average for
recent years, with probably more un-
even distribution, the prices on-feed
markets are close to record high lev-
els. This is not an inference that de-
mand and supply no longer regulate
the price of cottonseed cake and meal,
lin eed feed, alfalfa and cloverhay,
mill feed, mixed feeds and other prod-
ucts, for these basic factors as never
before control market values. But such
a rather anomalous condition in the
trade brings out strongly the fact that
an enormous demand has prevailed for
feed, far over-balancing the market
movement from increased production.

Bran, which is finding an extensive
outlet on the dairy farms of Michigan,
ranks among the feedstuffs command-
ing abnormal prices. Naturally, the
dairy-man is reluctant to pay the high
figures demanded for the offal of flour
mills, and his purchases are in a far
smaller volume than would be wit-
nessed at this period of the year were
offerings available at a lower level.
The dairyman is buying only sufficient
for the current requirements of his
stock, and wherever possible to substi<
tute cheaper feedstuffs and not mate-
rially affect the flow of milk, such a
method of feeding is being practiced.
The dairy trade as a whole is looking
forward to lower prices for bran, and
milk producers are regulating their
purchases in a manner which will find
them with empty bins when declines
are witnessed. '

The general position of the market:
for bran is favorable to a downward
trend of prices. There has been an
enormous production of Hour by mills
estimated at more than
70,000,000 barrels since the opening of
the crop year by the United States-
Grain Corporation. Such a total of
flour indicates the production of ap-
proximately 2.500,000 tons of bran and
shorts. The flour output ‘of the United
States since the opening of the crop
is around 11,000,000 barrels above the
total for the corresponding period in
1918, which means an increased pro-
duction of bran and shorts over a year
ago of 375,000 to 400,000 tons. Millers
of the country are generally well sold
, up on flour for the next thirty to sixty
days, and it is probable that the pro—
duction of flour will continue around
3,000,000 barrels weekly for some time
yet.~ For this reason available supplies
of bran and shorts for markets will
continue liberal.

Buying of bran has been confined
largely to the extensive jobbing inter-
ests and speculative trade on markets.
The actual consumptive demand has
not been heavy at any time during the
late fall and winter period, and deal~
,ers who specialize in sales to retail
handlers in the interior almost gener-
ally report a lack of interest among
their customers. The stocks in deal-
ers’ hands already are fairly liberal,
they having accumulated feed in the
hope of witnessing marked improve-
ment in demand from the dairy trade
with the advent of winter. Such buy-
ing, however, has not developed, with
the result .that the country trade ,_is

not absorbing bran to the extent antici-~

interests.
hold

pated by terminal market
Also, it is believed that mills

much bran in their warehouses, either

having withheld their offers from mar-
ket in the hope that further advances
in prices would be witnessed or be-
cause of inability to find an outlet suf-
fincient to absorb their production.

‘ With the first severe cold and stormy

Weather‘ of the season, in December.

 

   

By "Sander; Soy/and

 

 

es soared upward from around $36
ton, sacked, in Minneapolis and Kan-
sas City, to around $42 to $43 a ton.
On the Chicago market, values reached
a top of $45 to $46 a ton. These high
levels prevailed during the greater
part of December, though a top-heavy
condition developed in the market be
fore the close of the 1919 calendar year.
At the present writing, bran is being
offered around $40 to $41 a ton in Min-
neapolis and Kansas City for January
and February shipment. Some spec-
ulative handlers are taking hold at
these levels, .merely' as a speculation.
But conservative members of the trade
are holding off, looking forward to low-
er levels. ‘

The approaching heavy movement of
corn from the country and an almost
general belief that values for the
coarse grain will turn down rather
sharply when markets begin receiving
large supplies are bearish factors in
the mill feed market. Of course, corn
is not used to any extent as a substi-
tute for bran, yet the leading coarse
grain wields a “tremendous influence
upon the feed market, as a whole.
Shorts, which now are selling at a pre-
mium of $8.00 to $10 a ton over bran,
are expected to decline to 'within $4.00
a ton of the light offal feed. It would
not be surprising to witness a decline
in the bran market to around $38 a
ton within the next thirty to sixty
days at the principal milling centers
in the west, and close to the $40 mark

 

a ing September and Oétober

caused

heavy damage to the seed, reducing

sharply the amount available for mak—'

ing meal of suitable quality for mix-
ture in dairy feeds. An offsetting fac‘
tor in the flaxseed situation is the
large crop in the Argentine, which is
now being harvested under highly fav-
orable conditions. Much flaxseed is re-
ported to have been contracted by the
crushers of the northwest and east in
the United States, and‘somc already is
moving. Shipments from the South
American republic, however, are uncer-
tain, and the activity of domestic mills
is seriously reduced. .

Heavy sales of cottonseed meal to
mixed feed manufacturers of the east
have been made in recent weeks by
mills of the south, the commercial mix—
ed feed product, in turn, enjoying an
enormous demand from the dairy
trade. In fact, it is said in the cotton-
seed feed market, heavy buying of
mixed feeds by dairymen,.who are en-
joying relatively high prices for their
products, has been the outstanding in-
fluence in the present extraordinary
level of, cake and meal prices. The
beef cattle feeder has not been a heavy
buyer of cake and meal; in fact, the
owner of beef cattle in feedlots is tak-
ing less cottonseed feed than usual.
Rangemen of Mpntana, ff'Wyoming,
North and South Dakota, Nebraska
and other states in the northwest
some of which suffered severely from
drouth during the summer months,

 

Lulu is a Jersey,twho Produced 1,000 Pounds of Butter in One Year.

in Chicago. Weather conditions are
a factor. Severe cold which tends to
increase production, might retard the
decline, while mild weather conditions
would increase the bearish position of
the market

Unlike the position of bran market
intetests cannot claim large produc-
tion of cottonseed cake and meal and
linseed feed.. The high concentrate

feeds are seriously short, owing to a

small production of cotton and flax-
seed in the United States this year.
The final figures on the production Of
flaxseed in the United States place the
crop at 8, 919, 000 bushels, compared
with a .flhal out- turn in 1918 of 14,657.-

   

  

‘ 000 bushels, and 29 ,285, 000 bushels.the

largest crop on record in 1902. Cotton

are buying considerable quantities of
cottonseed cake for their winter needs.
But other range sections are taking
only small quantities. Oklahoma and
Texas, for instance, which states pro-
duce large amounts of cottonseed feed

and which normally are heavy consum-'

ers, are taking little this year. Some
estimatedh’e buying of Oklghoma and
Texas this year will not be a fourth of
normal. Aside; from the high prices,
which tend to reduce consumption, Ok-
lahoma and Texas have an enormous

crop of roughage, including kafir and

milo, and naturally will 1equire less of
the high protein feeds.
fMany cottonseed mills in the south

,Ward trend of values.
of flaxseed from Argentine would re<.
lieve the domestic situation to a great

. oats market

  

ing having been delayed by unfavore 1
able weather and difficulty in obtain.

ing seed. Mills had contracted for
large amounts of feed for later deliv-
ery. Also, many mills are working of

their damaged seed, which is in larg-.

er supply this year than in many seas
sons, further reducing the amount of
feed available for feeders' require-
ments. The fertilizer manufacturers
are the principal buyers of the off-
grade meal, and, while demand from
this source is enoxmous, the trade is
balking at high prices.

Cottonseed

the southeast and southwest will have
passed by the cloSe of February. No
cake or meal is being stored for later
requirements, because of the unattrac«
tive level of prices for later sale, so it
is possible suppliesmay become much
scarcer as the season advances.
there is a possibility that when mills
market their stocks of off-grade seed
and begin grinding generally on good
seed, cake and meal prices may ease
off slightly. This may be witnessed
duringthe latter part of January.

Cottonseed cake and meal of forty-
five per cent protein content is selling
around $84 to $85 a ton in Chicago or
in .the important feeding belt, $82 to $83
for forty-three per cent protein feed,
and $64 to $65 for cold pressed cotton«
seed cake. In Arkansas mills are ask
ing around $70 a ton for cottonseed
cake and meal of thirty-six per cent
protein content.

In the linseed meal market, prices
are around $82 a ton at Minneapolis,
and around$84 to $85 in the leading
feeding states. Flaxseed prices are
high, around $5 a bushel, which adds
to the strength of the feed. Seed is
moving to/market slowly, and mill ac‘
tivity is limited. Nortlnvestern crush-
ers are said to be well sold ahead,
with current demand brisk. While lin-
seed feed already is at an abnormally
high level, making further advances
improbable, the situation surrounding
the trade offers little hope for a down-
Heavy imports

extent.

While Michigan feeders are not
heavy buyers of alfalfa from the south,
west and west, dealers on the Kansas
City and Omaha markets report a

more than~normal volume of sales to.

their state. Alfalfa is selling up to $3
a ton in Kansas City, the largest hay
market in the ‘country, which is a rec-
ord figure for the crOp year. An enor-
mous demand prevails from the dairy
trade of the east and other sections of
the country despite thehigh level of
prices. The Detroit market quotes
around $28 for clover, though in the
more central markets the hay is ex-
tremely scarce, with sales well above
$30 a ton. Fairly large production of
clover is reported in Michigan this
year, which has lessened demand from
daitymen of the state.

Dairymen should follow closely the
trend of values f01 corn in January.
also oats and othei grains At this

writing corn in Chicago is selling up
to $1. 45 a bushel,. but if the large
movement materializes in January, de-
clines doubtless will be witnessed.
Data; are at the highest point of the
season and at near record heights,

around eighty-five to eighty-seven cents '

a bushel for earlots in Chicago. Short
production is the bullish factor in the
The tendency 91.0““

   

still are holilnd (in orders, as much as.

sixty «lays in instances 01‘ i
*1

supplies are dwindling
rather sharply, and it is said that the,
peak of activity among mills of both.

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"bushels have been reported. which sold
at $5. 00 to $6. 00 per bushel.

No“ grain
crop will give as large a net return
per acre.

Soy beans g10w- readily on these
light soils, reduirin‘g no special ma}
chinery, but there are certain details
in. growing the crop which must be
observed.

1. Plant seed either with a drill,
bean attachment to a corn planter, or
with a~hand~planter.

“ 2‘. Do not plant seed too deeply. One

‘ :inch‘ deep is suflicient.

3. Plant in rows, either eighteen,
twenty-four or thirty inches apart.

4. Be sure to inoculate the seed With
bacteria by using either commercial
culture or soil treatment. If you do
not inoculate do not grow this oiop.

5. Use a good weeder immediately
after planting and every week or ten
days thereafter until beans are a foot
high. Do not be afraid of injuring
the plants. They seem to thrive on
such abuse. _

The farmer 011 worn-out sandy soil
should first start to increase his crop
yields by planting soy beans on one-
third'to one—half of his farm. One
third of his soy bean crop should be
used for hay, one-third for seed or
cash crop, and one~third for plowing
under to prepare his land for corn ando
clover the following year. Thenitro-
gen and humus supplied by well inocu-
lated soy bean plants produces much
better corn and prepares the soil for
a crop of clover during the following
year. .

Growing Clover the Next Step.

“My soil used to grow good crops of
clover five or six years ago, but it

‘ does not grow any now,” is the usual

story by farmers who own land crop-
ped for a long period of years. When
these men are questioned further as to
why their clover crops fail, they will
blame grasshoppers, dry weather, too
heavy a nurse crop, poor seed, etc. All
of these factors are important but us-
ually these men do not consider soil
conditions which are the source of

' their troubles.

Mother Nature has laid down cer-
tain rules which we must follow. She
has placed a certain amount of plant
food in the soil and when this is nearly
exhausted, nature states, "you shall
take no more unless you replace a por-
tion of what you have taken.” How-
ever, nature is very liberal and has
provided ways and means of restoring
this lost plant food. Glover and other
legume crops add the necessary nitro-
gen. Immense limestone, phOSphate
and potash deposits furnished by na-
ture supply these elements; reduiring.
only human brain‘s, energy and effort
to mix these ingredients in the proper

 

 

proportion to produce a good crop.
Lime, phosphate, potash and humus
must then be mixed with the soil to
produce a clover crop which in turn
willfurnish more humus and nitrogen.

To grow clover successfully on light
sandy soils, it is necesary:

1. To plow and disc thoroughly.

2. To firm the soil with a culti-
packer.

3. To inoculate with the proper bac-
teria.

“ 4. To use lime on acid or sour soils.

5. To apply a light top-dressing of
manure.

6. To seed about one inch deep, With
a drill, preferably in early spring.

7. To use either no nurse crop ora
light nurse crop

8. To cut and leave weeds or nurse
crop on the field to protect clover from
hot sun during midsummer.

9. To apply a light dressing of straw
in fall to prevent winter-killing. ,,

These directions may appear to be

TH E;- MI C H IGAN

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available means, which will be explain-
ed later. If limestone is needed. apply
it during the early fall. During the win-
ter or early spring top dress the rye
field with ten loads of manure per
acre.

As soon as the ground is in work-
able condition in thespring disc in the
lime and manure. They must be mixed
with the soil. Do not worry about the
rye. Discing will not kill it. In fact,
this treatment has increased the yield
of rye per acre by producing larger
heads on each stalk, and also a larger
kernel.

Now the field is ready to plant to
clover. Use, preferably, a single disc
adrill with grass seed attachment and
sow about fifteen pounds of seed per
acre, one to one and a half inches
deep. If soil is too loose use a culti-
packer to firm just before seeding.

lnoeulate Seed Before Planting.

Do not forget to inoculate clover
seed before planting. Use either com-

 

 

Soy Beans Turned Under Last Year,

rather difl‘icult to follow but they do
not demand more than every man
should do for all crops. The haphaz-
ard methpd followed in planting crops
in many light soil sections is respon-
sible for numerOus failures.

Clover with Rye as a Nurse Crop.

Rye has proven to be an excellent
nurse crop for clover when the meth-
od outlined below is followed:

Plow under soy beans and disc the
land thoroughly before planting rye.
Sow one bushel of rye per acre about
September 15. Firm with a culti—pack-
er, which leaves the land rough so
blowing of sand by wind will not be a
serious menace. Then determine if
your soil is acid or sour by using blue
litmus paper, Truog tester or other

  

Rye Yielded 15 Bushels Per Acre.

mercial culture or soil. The average
farmer believes that his soil is prop-
erly inoculated for the clover crop,
but where clover has failed, inoculation
is necessary.

Mammoth Clover Best.

Mammoth clover is more hardy and
can withstand more severe winter con-
ditions; is a more vigorous grower, be-
ing able to secure its plant food more
readily. It grows about the same size
on sandy soil as medium clover does
on heavy soils.

Nurse Crop for Clover Not Always

Necessary.

Where sandy soils are not subject
to seveie erosion by winds, clover may
be sown without a nurse crop. Weeds,
however, grow up and serve the pur-

 

54-3-7

an d ’ ( C obtained from Errt Page)

pose of a nurse crop. These may be
cut with a mower and allowed to lie
on the field as a mulch for the new
clover plants.

Oats, barley and wheat when used
as a nurse crop, Should be planted-at
about one-half the usual rateso as.to’
give the clover plant an opportunity to
secure its portion of the limited amount
of plant food in the soil.

Clover Crop Important.

The value of the clover crop as a
soil builder is strikingly illustratel by
the experience of- two neighbors (farm-
ers) in a central Wisconsin commu-
nity." Both had good fields of clover.
One man was a thrifty farmer who cut
the} first crop of clover for hay and
the second crop for seed. The other
was also classed as a pretty good farm~
er but was occasionally tempted by
liquor and at times drank too freely.
It so happened that when haying time
came his crop was not cut and stayed

in the field. The followingr year both

men planted potatoes. The thrifty
farmer who'removed his clover crop
the previous year received one hun-
dred and ten bushels per acre and the
other man secured two hundred and
twelve bushels per acre, a substantial
return for his clover crop.

Moral—Grow more clover on light:
soils.

(Mr. Ullsperger will contribute other
articles on farming light soils. Watch
for them).

 

STOCK RAISED ON SHARES.

I took some turkeys of a neighbor to
feed, raise and roost on our farm and
to receive hall" of the turkeys for my
pay. There are young turkeys now
nearly grown and I think they intend
selling them and paying me nothing.
What remedy have I? SUBSCRIBER.

A person feeding or pasturing stock
for hire has a lien on the stock and
can hold it for his pay. The taking of
the stock by the owner from the pas-
tures without paying for the pastur-
age, and with intent to deprive the
pasturer of his pay, makes him liable
criminally for larceny. An action of
Trover also lies on which the pasturer
can recover the amount due him as
for conversion of his property, includ-
ing the costs. If the judgment is not
paid he can have a body execution
against the judgment debtor and keep
him in jail until it is paid, or levy upon
the debtor’s properly, any property not
exempt from execution. andsell it. His
better remedy is to retain possession,
as he has a right to do, until the
amount is paid without any legal pros
ceedings whatever, unless he gets tired
of waiting, in which case he may sue
for his dues without sending the stock
back. J. R. R.

   

 

 


 

 

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ST. CLAIR COUNTY FARMERS ARE
_STRONG FOR FARM BUREAU.

 

T. CLAIR county seems likely to

set a new record for memberships
in the Michigan State Farm Bureau,
which now has extended its campaign
into ten counties. In one St. Clair
township last week, 130 farmers out of
a total of 133 solicited signed up. The
response to. the farm bureau move-
ment in St. Clair shows better than
ninety per cent of the farmers there
in favor of it. Present indications are
that close to 2,200 farmers will be en-
rolled in St. Clair when the drive ends.
Oakland county with close to 2,000
members holds the, farm bureau mem-
bership record now.

When the drive ends there this week
the solicitors will move into Macomb
county. R. G.‘Potts, of Washington;
says that county, though smaller, will
make as good a percentage record in
members as St. Clair. Potts is the
Macomb campaign manager.

Work was resumed this week in Gen-
essee county after a lay-off over the
holidays. In the week of January 12,
these Genesee solicitors will move in.
to Tuscola, where A. N. Wilcox, W. C.
Sanson and Alex. McVittie, the county
agent, are perfecting township organi-
zations now. The campaign also start-
ed this week in Kent county and from
there will extend into Ottawa and Ba—
ton counties in that order.

At the present rate of organization.
the membership of the Michigan State
Farm Bureau by February 1 will be
close to 20,000.

 

'AN IOWA FARM BUREAU OF ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND
MEMBERs

 

HE completion of the Iowa Farm

Bureau membership campaign
shows that more than one hundred
thousand farmers have joined, and that
more than three hundred thousand dol-
lars have been contributed to the work
ing fund of the organization. It is es-
timated that about fifteen to twenty
per cent of the farmers and land own-
ers were not reached during the drive.
In some of the counties many town-
ships were hardly touched, and it is
confidently expected that by March 1
25,000 more farmers and land owners
will be in line which Will boost the
membership to 125,000. It has been
an extraordinary campaign. Nothing
like it has ever been put across and it
reflects the popularity of the farm bu-
reau movement in all localities Where
it has been put over in a common—
sense, business-like manner, rather
than appealing to radicalism and so-
cialism. The newspapers and business
men of Iowa have given the move-
ment the most loyal support and
hearty cooperation.

A NEW INDUSTRIAL CONFER-
ENCE.

 

I T is expected that definite action will
immediately be. taken by congress
authori‘ing the calling of a conference
to study at first hand some of the
problems of production and distribu-
tion of food products and other neces-
sities.
' Congressman L. J. Dickinson, ‘0:
Iowa, has drafted a resolution 011 which
an early hearing has been promised by
the house committee on agriculture.
and it is expected that immediate ac-
tion will result.
The resolution requests the Presi-

_, dent to call a conference, the delegates

Vito .wkieh shall represent amicultural
labs and capital, including stock rais-

the manufacture Of food products, deal-
ers and representatives of the consum-
ing public.

It is held that an argument between
these interests would assure the farm-
er a market and reasonable prices for
his cattle or hogs or grain or wool and
would do away with fluctuations which
work hardship alike to the producer

and the consumer.

J. R. Howard, president. of the Na-
tional Farm Bureau Federation, will
appear before the house agricultural
committee to urge the importance of
holding such a conference.‘ A resolu-
tion supporting it was introduced by
J. W. Coverdale, of Iowa, at the recent
national convention of the federation
in Chicago and was warmly received.

 

CORRELATIN‘G COOPERATIVE
WORK.

 

HE Oakland County Farm Bureau

is settling down to its new lines
of work in a business-like manner.
One of the most important undertak-
ings of the exeCutive board of that
county, which has more than 1,800
members, who have paid the ten-dol-
lar membership fee, is hiring a busi-
ness manager. His particular line of
work will be related to marketing and
the improvement of such conditions in
every sort of way. Correlating the
work of the cooperative undertakings
in the county is a task he will imme-
diately take up. It is expected that
this correlation of activities will unify
buying and selling by the assOCIations
and result in considerable saving for
their members. Several new cooper-
ative associations will be organized and
put on a working basis. This business
manager is well known in leading ag-
ricultural circles. His name is H. F.
Beach. He has served two years as
Oceana County Agent, one year as
manager of a cooperative association
at Hart, and was county agent in Sag-
inaw county when asked to take up
the new line of work in . Oakland
county.

MIDDLEMAN A MODERN NECES-
SlTY.

 

N a recent interview G. Harold Pow-
ell, general manager of the Califor-
nia Fruit Exchange, said:

"There should be the closest coop-
eration between a producers’ organiza-
tion and the wholesale and retail
trade. The latter are the distributing
agents Which bring the producer and
consumer together, and the span can
be efficiently and economically bridged
only when there is a mutual under-
standing of each other’s problems. The
producer can not deliver his fruit to
the retailer without. the jobber, or to
the consumer Without the retailer.
There are 2,500 fruit jobbers in Amerj
ica with 10,000 or more traveling
salesmen to develop a country busi-
nes, and 350,000 retail merchants who
sell the fruit to the consumer. The
producer can not take the place of
either. The riskland the cost are both
prohibitive. The jobber and the re-
tailer must both add largé margins to
the selling price of any perishable fruit
that is not standardized in grade and
supplied to them uniformly, nor can
the jobber or retailer create a. large
increase in consumption by their mer-

chandising efforts alone. The system

of trade Which gives the widest dis- ,

tribution must be based on unifiorm
supplies of evenly graded fruit backed
by national advertising to the consum~
er. Given . these conditions the trade
can then specialize on a commodity,
display it prominently, advertise it 10-
cally for immediate sales results, and
make quick turn- -overs at a relatively
low mark upon‘ the sale price, thereby
increasing distribution at a lower dis-
tributing cost to the consumer, but
with a larger annual profit to the mer-
chant. There should be no antagonism
between the producer and the trade——
rather there should be the closest sym-
pathetic understanding and a mutual
cooperation in meeting the larger
problems of distribution.”

WISCONSIN SEED POTATOES.

 

HE first car of “Badger” brand

seed potatoes-put up in one hun-
dred pound sacks bearing the A. C. A.
trade-mark was recently sold at $4.00
per cwt. The car was part of the ex-
hibit at the American Cooperative As-
sociation meeting at Milwaukee some
time ago.

Another half dozen or more carloads
of Badger Brand grade are in ware-
houses in Forest county. ' “Badger”
brand is the name of the grade estab-
lished by the Wisconsin Division of
Markets. The poa toes are screened
over a'two-inch screen for minimum
and three-inch screen for maximum
size, thereby eliminating over runs. To
make this grade the potatoes must be
absolutely mature, bright, smooth,
well shaped, free from dirt and other
foreign matter, frost injury, sunburn,
'second growth, growth cracks, cuts,
scab, blight, soft rot, dry rot or dam-
age caused by diseases, insects or me-
chanical or other means. In order to
allow for variations moment to com-
mercial grading and handling, five per
centum by weight of any lot may vary
from the range in size stated, and in
addition three per centum by weight of
any lot may be below the remaining
requirements of this brand,’but not
more than one-third of. said three per
centum, that is to say, not more than
one per centum by weight of the entire
lot may have flesh injured by soft rot.
Only potatoes coming up to these re-
quirements can be offered for sale
under the name of “Badger” brand.

ANNUAL JERSEY ~CLUB MEETING.

 

HE annual meeting of the Michi-

gan Jersey Cattle Club will be
held at the Michigan AgriCultural Col-
lege, East Lansing, January 14, follow-
ed by a banquet in the evening. The
following speakers and subjects gives
assurance of an enjoyable time:

“The Detroit Milk Commision and
the Jersey Cow,” by Prof. A. C. Ander-
son. Prof. Anderson is known from
coast to coast as an authority on milk
and milk prices. '

“Breeding and Raising the Jersey,”
by H. F. Probert. Mr. Probert has a
national reputation not only as a speak-

er but as a breeder of high—producing

Jerseys.

“The Jersely Can Not Live on Her
Past; what will You do for Her Fu
tum?" by Dr. George A. Waterman.
Dr. Waterman is a very forceful speak.

 

 

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er and Should be heard by all. .:
Other speakers of renown are Com
CfLillie, and T. F. Marston. '

 

FACTS ABOUT CANADIAN AGRI-
CULTURE.

 

HER‘E are in Canada abOut 667,000

farms, with an, average area of
seventy-five acres. growing crops. Much
additional area is devoted to pasture
and ranching. The value of the field
crop per farm is, therefore, $2,174. If
to this is added the average value of
the dairy, meat and fruit production.
another $1,000 can be added. The
dairy production of Canada is at least
$300,000,000, and the meat production
probably more. It is rather interest-
ing to note that the United States
claims this year a record production
of field crops. The value placed on it
is $15,000,000,000. This includes cots
ton, corn, tobacco. But there are in
the United States about 7,000,000 farms
of the same average acreage as in Can-
ada, and the‘value of the crop produc-
tion per farm works out at about
$2,150. Considering the great advan-
tage of a larger variety of crops, made
possible by southern fruit-growing,
and 'warm climate crops, Canada’s
farmers are holding their own fairly
well. The United States Secretary of
Agriculture claims that United States
crop production per farmer is moze
than twice as much, in value, as the
German, British or Belgian production,
more than three times as much as the
French and more than six times the
Italian. That may hold well enough,

so far as comparisons with European .

countries go, but Canada’s million
farm workers are producingan aver-
age of $2,000 each. This compares very
favorably with the average wage of
the Canadian factory worker. The 1917
census showed that the average fac-
tory wage was $775, and even if it now
is $900, the much higher cost Of living
in the cities leaves the comparison as

to net profit from labor~ clearly with

the farm worker.

 

FOREST PROTECTION POLICY.

 

ACED by the fact that New York

state is cutting from three to five
times more timber than is grown.
each year, and that the vital manufac-
turing establishments which depend
upon unfailing supplies of forest prod-
ucts are migrating to other fields, the
Conservative Commision has just made
public a rational forest policy for that
state, the adaptionoi which is urged
in order to offset the imminent men-
ace of a wood shortage.

Among the first steps advocated is
the division of the state into ten for-
estry districts, each under the super-
vision of an experienced forester. He
would act under the direction of the
Division of Lands and Forests of the
Conservation Commission in the same
way that district rangers in the forest
preserve counties now administer their
forest areas. In matters relating to
forestry, such a man would occupy a
place similar to that occupied in agri-
culture by the farm bureau agents,
whose work has-been so successful.

Through the medium of these forest-
ers an up-to-date system of forest fire
protection would be extended to all
forests throughout the state. The Con-
servation Commission’ 5 experience, in
the Adirondack and Catskill section
has proved that by the proper organi-

lzation of a fire fighting machine, forest ,
fires can he mm‘m a neg, bio

   

 

 

 


 

  
  
 

 
 
 
  
  
 
 
   
  

 

   
 
 
 

  
 
 

    

 

 

   

:fiE w6'rld wool nation today
presents a great many problems.
TIie war left tile woolen indus-

~ try in a very peculiar condition. At.
present it may be likened unto a ship

without 3!. rudder.- _ _
N6 one would Iiavé anticipated this
situation during the recenstruction pe-

'riod'. On the c6ntrary all thoughtful

“men considered that post-war condi-

I

' votive basis.

tions would be met on a very conser-
But instead it seems
that; the situation has offered oppor-
tunitles for speculation and, today,
there are differences or opinion as to
what the outcome will be. Predictions
are being made that wacl prices will
go still higher, while conflicting state-
ments are freely made that prices have?
reached the top and will very soon go
on thetoboggan.‘

' Factors Causing Uncertainty.

To illustrate the uncertainty and in-
ability to forsee the future trend, the
growers are wondering what they are
going to receive fer their next wool
clip; the manufacturers are vely much
alarmed at'the present short supply of
fine wools and are anxiousto get avail-
able suppliesKOf these grades in‘order
to meet their immediate requirements
on contracts already made. Some of
the dealers, it is ackndwledged, have
already taken their profits on their fine
wools while others are anxious to know
Whether their‘holdings of medium and
low wools will show a profit or a loss
when interest, insurance, and carrying
charges are added " to the purchase

" price.

With all this uncertainty within the

[trade it would be absurd for the writer

to. attempt to make a guess at future
developments. Every interested per-
son will have to be his own pilot and
'judge for himself from the facts he is
able to obtain.

In a publication on "Prices of Wool
and Wool Products," the War Indus—
tries 'Board points out that the prices
of commodities consumed or produced
in the woolen industry were somewhat
higher in 1913 than the average‘price of
all commodities; during 1914, slightly
iower. During 1915 and 1916 there
was a rise in wool prices much in ad-

'vance not the general rise of prices,

which may be .accounted for by the
fact that raw wool was difficult and
expensive to import.
1916 prices of other commodities had
risen to approximately the same rela-
tive position as wool. Except for the
fact that wool prices advanced a few

‘months earlier than prices for other

Commodities, the ~same relative posi-
tion continued during the first part of
1917. By August and September, 1917,
prices of some of the more important
commodities, notably coal,
Steel, and wheat had been fixed. Raw

~' 17001 prices Were not fixed until 1918

- demand throughout

' call for mediums and lows.

 

 

   
  

 

and the prices of civilian .yarns and
cloths were never in any way controll-
‘ed. The increasing scarcity of wool

"both" for military and'civilian use in
1918 caused wool prices to 1ise above.

the general average of all commodities.
World Demands Fine Wools.

The market for wool since the last
clip has been an unusual one as the
this period has
been for fine wools with practically no
This situa-
tion is not alone confined to the Unit-
ed States, but obtains throughout the

World All of the principal countries

  

in any great amount of textile ina-

ohihery are clamoring fo1 fine wools.

domain-d is so unprecedented that
_ mashing of records for lyrool pric-
' _7 ’ occurrence of
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By the end of ;

iron, and.

 

At Our Request; Graeme T. W'z'llmgmyre, Wool Spec-
' {rt/2291‘ of U. S. De'p t of Agrzculmre Prepared
‘ tfle Fol/owing Survey oft/1e W001 Situation

prices than most other staple commod-
ities. The most optimistic expectations

as to the market trend forfine wools

have been exceeded, the question of
price apparently not having much. ef-
fect upon users whose chief anxiety
seems .to be to locate suitable wools, in
Order to meet immediate requirements,
and to get guarantees for prompt de-

. liveries.

Statements have been made by many
of the manufacturers that fine wools
have gone far beyond their intrinsic
value as compared with medium grades
and that some adjustment must be
made soon to bring the prices of the
fine and medium wools more in bar-
mony. The consuming public is par-
tially responsible for the present situ-
ation and it is hoped that it will do its
Share in diminishing demand for finer
grades and thereby bring about a
change,

Fine Fabrics and the Consumer.

With the increasing public demand
for materials of high quality, goods
made from medium and low wools
have been eagerly sought and quickly
sold. There is no reason why fabrics
made from medium, and low wools
should not receive the‘attention of the
buying public, since cloth made from
theSe grades is durable and has satis-
factory heat retaining q'ualities. The
consumer's lack of interest in fabrics
made from medium wools and their
eagerness to purchase fine goods re-
gardless of price, has been the prime
reason for the high prices prevailing
for fine wools and the comparatively
low price for medihm wools. A great
difference in the prices for wool
throughout the world exists,
may be partly due to the unsettled
conditions. For instance. some time
ago a certain class of fine wools was

which

has been intimated that some of these
Wools will be exported to England for
sale there.
Trend of Prices for Fine Quarter-
Blood.
To‘ illustrate. the trend of prices in
the United States during the last six

years the average price per pound in.

the grease and the present seaboard
market price for fine and quarter-
blood wool, with the percentage in-
crease of each are given in the follow-
ing table:

A
8% *5 s”
cc ' ‘93
s..- 01m 00
QM ’10 H
>fi 0-; ’40
"l 94H

Ohio fine unwashed

Delaine .......... .23 ".89 287
Ohio 1/1-b100d comb-

ing . ......... .25 .67 168

From this it is seen thatothe fine

wool has increased 287 per cent while
that of the quarter-blood grade has in-
creased only 168 per cent. In the same
period, the general average of all the
wholesale prices has advanced about
125 per cent. The quarter-blood grade
of wool has advanced somewhat more
than the general average of priceSIof
all commodities, while fine wools show
even a greater advance. Last year
prices for these two classes were more
in harmony. The differential in price

between fine and quarter-blood is great-

er now than at any time in the past.
This great change in price differential
has occurred this year coincident with
a great demand for fine staple wools.

The prices for fine staple territory
wools in the seaboard market range
from $2.00 to $2.10 per pound, scoured
basis. The prices for territory comb-
ings, quarter-blood, scoured basis,
range from $1.10 to $1.15 per pound.
The difference in these prices is con-

 

selling in the Boston market at twenty
to thirty cents per pound less, on a
secured basis, than the same class
could have been replaced if purchased
in the country’from which it originat-
ed. This situation held with both the
crossbreds and fine wools, but was
more noticeable for the fine staple
wools.— It has been stated by a well-
known English wool merchant that Am-
erica was the cheapest market in the
world. for crossbred wools. At a re
Cents .. firemen
new:

    

 

 

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elusive proof of the scarcity of fine
wool and the gloat demand already
mentioned:

Of late manufacturers seem to be
paying more attention to the medium
wools and it would seem that in view
of the light supplies of the fines that
it will be necessary for them to turn to
the half, three-"eighths, and quarter-
bloods, of which there is considered to
be an ample supply. Whether the pric-

fies for these grades will advance or de-
action the op-:.

crease remains to be seen, but' it is

:evide‘nt that the law of supply“ and de-

It:

gxqill rogdlate' prices for medium
96113 as it did foi‘. the fine w061~s infths

i-tuation

‘ Kingdom,

 

 
  

recent past. it is thought that manu-
facturers are exerting every effort to
encourage the wholesale clothiers to
purchase lower-priced goods made
from the medium grades of wool. Sam-
ples of these materials are being sub-
mitted to the trade. If the patternand
style of these goods are attractive and
pleasing to the public, and it buys, it
will relieve to a great extent the pres-
ent demand for fine wools and will per-
mit the present rate of consumption-“of
wool to be maintained.

Large Stocks of qul in the United

States.

The stock of wool in this country at
the present time is perhaps larger than
ever before. It is estimated that there
is a sufficient amount on hand to meet
the requirements for at least one year
at the present rate of consumption. 'If
such is the case, there may be expect-
ed at the end of November next year
a surplus equivalent to the total of the
coming clip and the importations for
the next twelve months. we should
not become alarmed at this because
this country should always carry a
large supply of wool in the form of an’
available reserve stock in the event of
an unexpected demand, as was demon-
strated by the unprecedented demand
after war was declared.

Proposed Auction Here of British

Wools.

One factor in the present situation
which may have an effect upon the
market is the proposed action on the
part of the British government to send
to this country large quantities of wool
to be sold at public auction. The wool
growers are very much alarmed over
this procedure and feel that such an
undertaking would have a serious ef-
fect upon the wool growing industry of
the United States. They have made
protests to the executive officers of
the government and to their senators
and representatives against these pro-
posed importations ol' British-owned
wools. It is hoped that they will feel
that everything is being done to safe-
guard the producer’s interests, though
no law exists that would prohibit this
importation and there is no depart-
ment that has the authority to place
an embargo on wool. it will be recall-
ed that since the tariff law of 1913
there has been a free and unrestricted‘
importation of wool into the United
States, in times of peace. According
to a recent statement by an official of
the British government there are sixty
thousand bales of wool afloat to this
country due to arrive before the first of
February. It” is estimated that this ship-
ment comprises about seventy per cent
of fine and thirty per cent of cross-
breds. It is proposed to sell these
Wools by auction in Boston some time
in January or February and the results
and success of the sales will perhaps
determine whether any further ship~
ments will be made. in view of the
W001 policy outlined by the United
it is reasonable to suppose
that the British wool stocks will be
justly distributed among the Allies,
neutrals, and enemy countries as far
as p1acticable. Owing to the present
rate of exchange it \\ ould be to the
advantage of the Biitish government
to dispose of as large quantities of
wool in the United States as is possi~
ble without causing a drop in prices.

With all these conflicting factors it
will be seen that to predict accurately
the future market situation on prices
is almost an impossible task. The pub-
lic’ s demand fo1 certain grades of fab-
rics, the supply of raw inlaterial neces~
sary to produce these fabrics, the im-
portation into this country, and the
sale of Britishowned wools at
auction in Boston, all will "
fluenee upon market 11 “

   

    
    
   
  


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the most important question (61' you to consider

 

,The brakes loom up as the most vital part of an automobile,
for upon the brakes depends upon your ability to stop, slow
“'ise motorists are particular.

down, or “hold”on the hills.

about brake lininO‘. They may take a chance with other
equipment, but when it comes to the brakes,'they use

Raybestos.

 

Look for the Silver Edge

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Do your brakes “hold”? Do you feel them bite”

when you press the pedal? In other words, have you fullest
confidence in your brakes? If there’s any doubt, get Ray-i

bestos. It \VEIARS and \VEARS and WEARS.
more to the point, it’s guaranteed to \VEAR one

matter howl ar vou travel.

 

for FORD cars

Use Raybestos (without wire) for the
transmission. $2.25 per box. Raybestos
Rolled Steel Cam Brakes $2.50. Ray-
bestos External Emergency Brakes fit
drums now on your car. $10 at your
' dealer's.

 

 

 

 

If your car needs new clutc/z facing, 5e
sure to ask for Raj/fiestas Molded Dzse
Clare/z Faezng, patented and guaranteed.

THE RAYBESTOS COMPANY
Bridgeport,

 

 

Connecticut

 

 

Agricultural Representation
. In H'z3' Address tot/1e State Assoezation of Farmers’ Clubs Sen-_

ator Sen/[y Commends t/ze State Farm Bureau.

into the great. world war, the

government immediately plac-
ed a guarantee of ten per cent profit
over the cost of production for
all industrial war commodities. The
stimulant. that this action on the part
of the administration made upon pro—
duction of war essentials has been too
manifest to need further discussion.
Quite a contrast, on the contrary, the
administration’s action toward agricul-
ture. We find that prices were fixed

WHEN our country's was” drawn,

_ at $2.20 per bushel on wheat at mar“
. keting centers, also government stan<

dard of prices fixed on all leading food-
stuffs, the cost of production appar-
ently having, been given but little con
sideration to the fixing thereof. But
thank God, the loyalty of the American
farmer was placed at the breaking test
and he was not found wanting, and
true to the tradition of his profession
he toiled on regardless of profit, ever
thinking of duty to home and country,
and now that the great war is over
and the tide of industrial unrest is
waving the fiery flame of an uncertain
future over our great commonwealth,
it is my prediction that the farmers of
America will hold steadfastly the ship
of state sailing the troubled waters
through chaos to a satisfactory, well
settled and established future.

However, great centers of popula-
tion have become fearful of the future
farmer and his possible power through
organization, and have through state
and federal legislation endeavored to
usurp his powers by denying him the
right of “Collective Bargaining.’ You
can readily see what this sort of legis-
lation would mean to the organized
farmer of today. Concrete examples are
found in the indictment of the oflicers
of the New York and Ohio 'Milk Pro
ducers’ Associations. State legislation
in New York relieved the situation
there and the accused were released,
while in Ohio trial is in evidence.

In Pennsylvania and Illinois, bills
have, been passed to define the organ-
ized farmers’ status under the anti-
trust and restraint-of-trade laws, called
“collective bargaining.” It is a legisla—
tive fight for the rights of the produc-
er to sell the product/of his labor at
terms that they mutually agree upon.

Governor Lowden, of Illinois, in sign-
ing a hill just passed by the Illinois

year no llegislature applying favorably to this

subject said, “The falmeris dealing
largely with the product of his own
toil, therefore to admit the principle of
collective bargaining as applied to men
employed in other" industries and to
deny it to the farmer. is unjust dis‘

.crimination.”

The issue has also been raised in
congress. While recently in Washing
ton representing the Michigan State
Farm Bureau at a national conference
of the National Board of Farm Organ-
izations, it was my good fortune to
hear this subject ably discussed by
Senator Capper of Kansas, and the sen-
ator has since introduced an amend-
ment to the Clayton Anti—Trust Act,
which if passed will definitely clarify
the construction of the act as far as
the farmer is concerned.

The question now is,,a1‘e the farmers
sufficiently organized to back up their
demands for justice and fair repre-
sentation, in state and national affairs.

The three great farmers’ organiza-
tions in Michigan, the Grange, Glean-
ers and Farmers’ Clubs, fOr years past
have worked individually for the bet-
terment of agricultural conditions

through legislation, but couldinotrac-
complish much, However, light dawn-
ed upon the'hazy minds of the leaders
of these organizations and in the very

early part of this yeai, the legislative? i

committees of these three greatest ag-
ricultural organizations amalgamated
for united effect. 4 “Great oaks from
little acorns grow,” likewise wonderful-
ly effective results have begun to mate
rialize from this cooperative move-
ment. The leading papers of the state
through their press representatives,
dubbed this amalgamation as the “Big
Nine,” and the result of their meetings
held from time to time during the ses—
sion of the past legislature and their
suggestions and effect upon that body
were watched with eagle eyes of scru-
tiny by the press and the stories that
appeared regarding their deliberations
was accepted by the farmers of the
state as logical and constructive. All
legislation was not by any means se-
cured that was proposed or endorsed
by this so-called “Big Nine.” How-
ever, none could deny that its effect
war; not pie-eminently manifest in the
interest of agriculture throughout the
entire session and much sane, safe,
constructive legislative suggestions
were offered 'for a guide to the farmer
members of the legislature.

This, however, is but state affairs.
A national matter is quite another
question. We now have at least three
outstanding organizations of national

prominence representing farmers’ nae

lional legislative interests. First, the
National Grange; second, the National
Board of Farm Organizations, and
third, the SO—called George Hampton
organization, all with a. separate head-
quarters in Washington and all at‘
tempting to (lo a service to agriculture
and all are commendable in their etl
forts, .but lack sufficient finance to
place the great cause which they pro-
pose ,to represent upon a level With
other great industries. They' appear to
be a much needed spoke in the wheel,
but apparently lack the hub.

Why should not the farmers have an
organization that will attract the at-
tention and respect of all industries
and ally all agricultural interests un-
der one head, focus all our activities
in one headquarters and lend the ef-
fort of all subsidiary and auxiliary or-
ganizations toward this one potential
head, the same as all auxiliary indus~
trial organizations combine under the
National Board of Commerce.

At the present time there appears to
be one such organization for agricul-
tural interests, viz., the State and Na-
tional Farm Bureau. This organization
is growing at a tremendous rate and is
well past; the experimental stage in
several states. The organization is
founded on good business principles and
its members propose to support it in
such a financial maner as to do justice
to the cause which it represents.

Many do not readily ‘com-prehend
that any great industry, regardless of
what nature, can be fosteled, stiength-
ened, '01‘ even boomed, by favorable
legislation to its cause, 01 likewise
any industiy can be readily retarded,
discouraged, or even crippled beyond
rebuilding by unfavorable legislation
affecting its interests.

Such is the law of the land under
the constitution of a great republic
like ours. The existing rights of all,
individual or corporate, undisputably
far excels in favor the legal rights of
sovereignty conferred by any othei
country upon, its subjects.

 

 

 

 

 

 


       

 

  
  
 
   
   
   

Qs-oplegal paper, nor record
66 by~mywi£ep and’,’-_I hair ‘

the. money. ,The‘ board refuses t

' i. the road. Is the deed vanes—C. P.

 

 

 

 

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«It is not necessary’that‘the deed be‘
on legal blank. ”Statement of the name

,of the buyer, the seller and the loca-_

tion of» the “property and the interest
intended to pass being signedby the
seller and sealed, is sufficient when ac-

companied by delivery and possession

without witnessing, acknowledgement
or recording, and the return of the pur.
chase money after the transaction is
closed is of no consequence. Land can-
not be traded back and forth merely
by handing back the money. There
must be a re-conveyance. Moreover,
the conveyance being made to the
town for‘a road, needs no deed of any
kind, as land can be transferred to the
public for highway purposes by dedica-
tion without any writing at all. - All
that is necessary is that the owner, by
words or act, donate the property to
the public fora highWay and that the
donation be accepted by the proper
officials and possession ,of the road tak-
en by the town. .

There is, however, a point not men-
tioned by the writer, which might be
involved in this case. No transfer or
conveyance of a homestead interest is
valid in this state for any purpose oth—'
er than to secure the purchase price
unless the same be by deed signed by

the wife interested in the homestead.

(Compiled Laws 12889). J. R. R.

 

FARMING 0N SHARES.

 

I put in five acres of potatoes for,
a neighbor, each furnishing half the
seed. Nothing was said about what
share I was tohave. I dug all the po-
tatoes and put them in the barn. When
we sol‘d I went to settle up and he
wanted half the potatoes. What would
be right? .

. SUBSCRIBER.

The question speaks eloquently. It
is better to make the contract before
the work is done. Both of these parties
have a perfect right to put themselves
and the other party to the expense of
a lawsuit. Aside from that any neigh-
bor can give him as good advice as a
lawyer.

JOHN R. R001).

 

LIABILITY OF EXPRESS COMPANY.

 

If a shipment by express is not re-
ceived by the consignee, is the express
company liable for the shipment and
if so what proceedings should be talc~
en? The consignee reports never re-
ceiving shipment. I put.in a claim,
delivered them my receipt and have
had no reply: P. M.

Pressing demands through the claim
department of transportation compa-
nies is slow and discouraging, often re-
quiring a your or more and the results
are not then always satisfactory. 0n
the facts stated the expres company
is unquestionably liable, and a sum,—
mons from a justice of the peace would
be likely to produce quick results.

' I JOHN R. Roou.

REMOVAL OF ENSILAGE BY A
TENANT.

 

Has a party a right to sell fronl the
premises. ensilage, when his contract
requires all cornstalks to be fed on the
premise ?——G. - -

whether the contract can be avoided
by running the stover through an en-

~8ilage cutter into the silo. Our guess

is that it could not. J. R. R.

 

FARM LIFE. 5

 

1If a man has‘a farm—pleasant place,

" 3on road close to town—and wants to
glivecn' farm but wife Objects, on ac-

__untl'of being setup .by her folksnm
. ere awhatl can he do ?—.—F.
_. ‘ ester the question... ,

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tile soil-depth that feed your animals and bear your crops.

Your soil is your farm—and if this soil could talk to you,
the first word of its cry would be “FOOD!” Regular feeding
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. ground rye, 200 pounds of wheat bran.
Bran at $2.40 per cwt., and oats at 80
.cents’per bushel, rye at $1.45 per bush-
Can get cottonseed meal» at $4.00.
The roughage consists of .,silage,'not

y'hvery rich in corn, cornstalks, timothy

hay and oat straw. . ., , _

Allegan Co. ’ ' C. E. W.

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othy hay in the roughage I would say
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would advise that you feed two pounds
of cottonseed meal or two pounds of
oil meal per day to each cow and then
feed two pounds less of oats, rye and
bran mixture. 'A good rule is in feed
ing grain to feed a pound of grain for
every three or four pounds of milk
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of milk a day, if she gives over four
per cent milk she ought to have ten
pounds of grain, that would be two
pounds of cottonseed meal or oil meal
and eight pounds of the other mixture.

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DAMAGE BY STOCK LINE FENCE.

My neighbor’s part of the line fence
is out of repair and he has leased the
land to a tenant whose crops were 1n—
jured by my cattle getting through my
neighbor’s defective fence. The tenant
claims that I must pay him and look
to my neighbdr for reimbursement.
How is it?

SUBSCRIBER.

If there has been a proper division
of the line fence and the inquirer’s
cattle got through because the fence
was defective and through that part
which the neighbor was to repair, the
tenant is in no better position than the
man from whom be leased. If the ten-
ant has any recourse it is against the
owner. If this were not so, the line
fence law could be nullified by leasing
the land to somebody else. J. R. R.

[NCOM E TAX.

Is there any deduction on the in-
come tax for a tractor and truck
bought to help produce crops, or al-
.lowance for personal services ?-L.

The tax is on the net income, but
whether from investment or personal
services is immaterial. The income is
the amount received less the cost. and
expense, ,which would include the
amount paid for hired help, but no de<
duction could be made for the services
performed by the taxpayer himself as
that is also income. Depreciation on
the plant and cost of maintenance
could be deducted as they are part of
the expense. J. R. R.

SA‘NDUST FOR BEDDING.

I have an opportunity to purchase
sawdust. for bedding at one dollar a
load. What is your opinion of the use
of this material? Will it injure the
soil? Is the saWdust from hardwood
as valuable from a fertility standpoint
as sawdust from softwood? It is my
purpose to use the material for bed-
ding dairy cattle and horses.

arry Co. " I J. L.

Straw is the. universal litter, and
there are few better; but there are sea-
,sons in which the supply. is short and
it may then be advantageously supple-
mented with sawdust. Indeed. used
alone dry sawdust is quite satisfactory.
it is clean and easily handled) butis
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finest/items: fox limos. which. is m ~

.mad'e in 'this matter.

to three times that of ordinary straw. ,. . 1 I

it is not rich in plant food constituents}
but its subsequent decomposition in-
the soil gives rise to much humus-
forming material. It should be used in
sufficient quantity to, absOrb complete—
ly all the urine. '

There is a more or lessp.ge11eral im4 ~
pression among farmers that manure
from stables and cow barns in which
sawdust has been used‘as a litter is
injurious to the land. While we would
not say that this suspicion may not
have some foundation, we have never

been able to discover a single instance ' i

of such injury, and inquiry has been'
Such injury
could only occur on very light soils
following -very heavy applications.
Most satisfactory evidence has been.
obtained from many farms upon which
saWdust has been used as a bedding
material for a. number of years, and
upon which the soil is light and sandy.
Naturally it is on heavy soils that this
class of manure proves most effective.

One word of caution is necessary.
Horse manure from stables using saw-
dust heats very rapidly, especially if
left in the pile, and the excessive fer-
mentat’fon that. may take place will ser-
iously injure the manure. Such ma-
nure should be mixed with that from
the cow barn, which can readily be
managed when manure carriers are in-
.stalled and a manure spreader used.
Mixed manure (horse and cow) may
be handled in the same manner as that
made with straw. The. saturation of
the sawdust with the liquid excreta
promotes the ready‘decomposition of
the litter under favorable conditions of
temperature, and the best place for
this to take place, in order that the full
manurial effect may be obtained, is in
the soil. If the manure cannot be
spread at once, the heap should be
kept moist and compact, as in the case
of manure made with straw.

The sawdust of hardwoods, decom~
poses more readily and further is rich-
er in potash and phosphoric acid than
that of pines and conifers generally,
but no harm due to resistance to de'.
cay need be feared from the use of-
the latter, provided that it is not em«
ployed inlarger quantity than is suffi-
cient to absorb and retain the liquid
excreta. W. M. K.

PROMISED BONUS.

Last spring I made a bargain to
work for a man for a certain amount.
Later he said that when the hogs
weighed 200 pounds he would give me
one. Now he does not want to do it
unless I work for him for another
year, which I do not want to do as I
can get better wages elsewhere. Can I
compel him to. give me the hog?

A promise to make a gift in the fu—
ture is not enforcible. Even a promise
to pay a bonus to a man to induce him .
to perform his contract is not enforc-
able for there is no consideration to ‘
support the promise. By the promise
the promiser gets only what he was
before entitled to. J. R. R.

TOWN'S LIABILITY FOR SHEEP
KILLED. ‘

‘ so many sheep were killed by dogs
In our township last year that the mom
ey avaIIable for paying sheep ‘claims
would only pay half of the claims. Will
the town .board be compelled to pay
the balance out of the tax collected
this year? .

When claims for sheep killed are ale
lowed warrants issued on. the treasurc
er, ”the several claims are paid in pm: ‘
portion and the balance carried er .
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I have two acres of nine land that

I have ust plowed fer the rst time. I
’had thoJught of working this land thor-

Oughly in the spring until time to plant -
iate potatoes and then put it to pota-l

toes and mangels. Would you advise
growing these crops on this muck land
the first season or would some other
crop be better? If so, what crop would
you advise? This land is now plowed
about seven inches deep.

Clinton 00. ..E M.

There is a common belief that po-
tatoes will not do well on muck. The
fact is that potatoes are profitable on
well-drained and properly fertilized
muck soil The high land rules for
time of planting, of course, will not ap
ply. The best time to plant potatoes
on muck is just about a week before
the last frost is expected in the spring,
and then hope that they will make a
sufficient growth before the first frost
in the {all to be profitable. In this last
seasOn, which was quite unique as far
as freedom from frost was concerned,
large yields of potatoes were obtained
On some of our muck areas.

Contrary to the popular belief, muck
potatoes are of good quality if they are
grown on prOpeily-drained muck Of
course, they will become soggy on wet
muck land in exactly the same way
that they'will become soggy on wet
high land.

Mangels are a pretty sure first crop
on muck. I would say that the mangel
is not used enough by muck farmers.
As a feeding crop on small acreages,
carrots have been successfully grown
as a cash crop, and, of course, beets,
when the muck is properly prepared,
are especially profitable. All of the
root crops of this type are of great
value to all muck farmers. who are
troubled with frost. The mangel is es-
pecially valuable for stock feed, and
will make a veiy large tennage if given
the slightest attention.

In considering a crop for the fiist
season on muck, we try to get such a
crop which will smother out the weeds
01 which will allow f01 cultivating and
breaking up the soil. Now the man-
gels accomplish the same as a culti-
vated crop in the respect that in grow-
ing down into the ground, the mot and.
its branches penetrate throughout the
top layer of the soil and thus hasten
decomposition. The tops grow luxur-
iantly, and so smother out a great deal
of the 'weed growth. It is important
in this connection to note that at least
one careful hand cultivation is neces-
sary in order to give the mangel tops
a chance to grow well. Potatoes will
accomplish the same thing. By culti-
vating and by stirring the soil between
the rows, we hasten the decomposition
and thus prepare the muck for the
next crop, so that these are best.

Of course, mucks differ, the same as
high lands differ, and the type of muck

is very important in answering this’

question. Unless the _muck is well-
drained, I would not try these crops,
but would seed it to alsike and timo-
thy, and the outlook is for a high price
for hay 'for some time, so this would
by no means be an undesirable crop to
plant.

Some of the other things that can
be considered, provided the muck is
well-decomposed and firm, are qats,
millet, and buckwheat. Millet and
buckwheat are two of the very best

crops for subduing the muck, but, of

course, one is taking a chance With

buckwheat on muck, considering the

trust. If the muck is of the well de-

compoSed tYpe and well- drained, one

could consider corn interplanted with
2101'. the silo.

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How would you advise me to treat
.a four-year-old asparagus bed? .
' i SUBSCRIBER.
HE treatment Which will be best
' . for a four-year-old asparagus
bed depends largely upon the
former care the bed has received. The
asparagus plant will respond to very
liberal feeding and should have avail-
able an abundance of soil moisture at
all times. To supply the twb outstand-
ing needs requires a soil which is well
fitted with organic matter as well as
liberally supplied with plant food.
A four-year-old asparagus bed which
has not been well fed will need very
liberal applications of manure and
commercial fertilizer and the roots can

. ~not be brought into good productive
’ condition in one season. - -

Assuming that the bed in question,
Which is on a sandy loam soil, has had
fairly’good cultivation and feeding, the
treatment next season should include
the application of ten to fifteen tons of
well-rotted manure per acre early in
the spring. This application should be
made before any growth of asparagus
shoots start so that the manure can
be disked into the soil. {The manure
should be spread evenly over the sur—
face preferably with a manure Spread-
er. In adition to the manure from one-
half to a ton of complete commercial
fertilizer carrying two to four per cent
nitrogen, eight to twelve per cent phos-
phoric acidgand as much potash as
can be secured up to eight per cent,
can be used profitably under most con-
ditions. The fertilizer should be ap-
plied broadcast before cutting begins
and worked into the moist soil.

After the cutting season is over an-
other application of manure and com-
mercial fertilizer should be made.
There is no danger of applying too
much to a bed which needs feeding
badly. When the soil is in fairly good
condition ten or fifteen tonsof manure
and at least a half—ton of commercial
fertilizer of the formula previously rec-
ommended should be applied.

As liberal feeding as recommended
is no doubt more than most growers
in Michigan are in the habit of giving,
but growers in other states have found
it a profitable practice. When other
conditions are satisfactory for the
growth of the asparagus crop there is
no reason why the use of such quanti-
ties of manure and commercial fertiliz-
ers should not prove profitable.

When it is possible to secure suffi-
cient quantities of manure to supply
needed organic matter, as well as plant
food, the organic matter can be sup-
plied by the use of cover crops. The
cover crops which will be best to use
are those which do best in the section
in which the asparagusbeds are locat~
ed. When possible leguminous crops,
such as cowpeas, soy beans, vetch, or
mammoth clover, should be used. Oats
can be used in some cases to good ad-
vantage but should not be used when
the other crops named can be grown
successfully. The cover crops should
be sown between the rows of aspara-
gus plants after the plants have had
time to develop to full size after the
cutting is over. The seeds for the cov-
er crop should be sown early enough
to give the plants time to make good
growth before frost, but not so early
that the cover crop will rob the aspar—
agus of needed soil moisture during a
drought period'whlch frequently ocburs
in some sections during July or .Aug-
ust. The cover crop should be diske‘d
intorthe‘ soil either in the late. fall or
early spring. If weeds are permitted
to go to seed among the 'co'Ven crap
plants ., it may, be- advisable. to cut. and
messengers;«Mickie/tithe ' ’
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Year-Old Asparagus Bed

 

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lost when this is necessary, and thuS\
an effort should be made to prevent
weeds going to seed.

An asparagus bed When well located
on congenial soil and properly fed and
cultivated, should give a very good an-
nual net return for many years. 'A
poorly managed bed will give little or
no net neturn and may prove an actual
expense. C. W. WAJD.

SHREDDED CORN FODDER FOR
ROUGHAGE.

 

Please give me a ration of grain feed
to go with shredded corn, fodder. I
have ‘corn, barley, oats and wheat
bran. .

Shiawassee Co. A. B.

Shredded corn fodder does not give
a sufficient variety of roughage for
cows. You can get along without it but
yourhave got to feed pretty liberally
of grain and the grain ratios should
contain a large per cent of protein. I
would suggest that you mix .your
ground barley, oats and wheat bran in
equal parts, that is, say‘one hundred
pounds of each, and besides this you
feed two pounds of oil meal to each
c0w’per day and then feed a sufficient ,
amount of barley, oats, and wheat bran
mixture with oil meal to make a pound
of grain per day for every three or,
four pounds of milk which the cow
produces. 0.0; L.

LINE FENCE.

 

My neighbor works part of hisland
but the forty adjoining me is timber
next to the road, and unenclosed. The
neighbor gets firewood and sawlogs
from it every year, and makes sugar
from the maples there every year. Can
he be compelled to build half of the
division fence? 0. H.

There is no common law obligation
to maintain partition fences, and the
statute of this state extends only to
enclosed lands, and therefore, this sug-
ar-bush being unenclosed along the
highway, the owner cannot be compell-
ed to build any part of the line fence
adjoining. J. R. R.

SALE ON WARRANTY.

 

‘ A year ago I gave my note to adeal—
91“ for a tractor, he saying that if it did
not prove all right. he. would take it
back and give me my note. It has nev-
er given satisfaction to me anyway,
but the dealer will not take it back.
What can I do? SUBSCRIBER.

If the above statement can be prov-
ed to the satisfaction of the jury no \
recovery could be had on the notes. by
the persmi to whom they were given
nor by anyone else not a purchaser
before maturity and without notice.

J. R. R.

LAND CONTRACT.

 

A. sold a farm to 3, who paid one-
sixth of the price, the rest to be paid
in annual installments with interest.
Should B. give a mortgage in connec-
tion with his note and‘could A. sell the
mortgage?—S. A. H.

The question shows that the inquirer
contemplates drafting the papers in
connection with the sale without as-
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matters. No person can afford such a
risk for the small fee saved. Whether
a land contract without a deed, or a
deed and mortgage back are employed
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will do, but when the payment is small
alland contract is usually preferred be-

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in case-9f default. In either caLSe‘f‘the
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AND FATTENING STEERS. ment of the breed, in my judgment, no
————— attention should be paid to the white
, I have a herd of purebred Jerseys, markings, but rather to economical
.cows and heifers, cows fresh or com- production, _’and for my part I don’t
' ing in before bilew Years. higave lots object to white markings—Fthey are
;saturates,“stirs.twists

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rough feed. Have barley, oats and
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Do not ,know the price of oil meal but other families and herds have light-
’ presume it IS in proportion to that of fawn predominating as a color.

cottonseed. In feeding the roughage . . .
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You’ll feel the difl‘erence the minute you put them on.
More comfort under the arms and around the neck, better
fitting sleeves, etc.

And notice the style in the two models shown!
only possible in coats made the EllsWox-th way.
The skins we use are carefully selected and tanned by our special
recess which leaves them unusually soft and pliable; Collars are
arse and-w Choice of Wombat, Natural Muskrat,&uetrdian
can. Ellsworth cont: come in a variety of styles-
to suit your particular needs. ~ ,
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in their-herds." For the be‘st‘devemp'

and a small amount of mixed hay for have been in the hands of men like.
Phillip Dauncey who paid a. great deal .

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While the feeding

' cient in proteins.

, fact they are deficient in themselves,

: ment it would pay to buy both, espe-
j cially for dairy cows. I do not think
' a cow ought to receive over two pounds
of cottonseed meal a day and 1 would
émix wheat bran in equal parts with
_barley, oats and corn and then feed
each cow, including the two pounds of
I cottonseed meal, a pound of grain for
every three or four pounds of milk
which she produces in a day.

For fattening steers it is not so nec-
essary to limit the cottonseed meal.
You can gradually work them up to
four or five pounds of cottonseed meal
a day if you choose to do so and you
will get splendid results. Corn and
oats ground together and mixed equal
parts with cottonseed meal could be
fed very satisfactorily to the steers,
and it would be all right to add bran
and barley to this ration if it cheap-
ens it any. The steers should be grad-
ually worked up so that you can feed
them all the grain they will eat up
clean if you want to get rid of them in
March.

As your hay is limited I think it
would be better to feed a small
amount each day during the whole
winter than to feed a full ration and
‘ then have to do without it entirely, be-
cause this helps out the palatability‘ot'
your roughage rations. It is not nec-
essary to feed the shredded corn fod-
’ der or oat straw extravagantly. Feed
_' them What they will eat up clean and
‘ they Will do just as well. C. C. L.

 

COLOR OF JERSEYS.

 

Is there a distinct breed of cattle
“ known as Black Jerseys?

Osceola Co. J. H. L.
No, there is no distinct breed known
as black Jerseys. The color of Jersey
cattle is fawn and white and they vary
very much in their markings. Some
Jerseys have quite a large amount of
white; most of them, however, only
have white markings in the face. and
on the legs and belly and flanks, but
{now and then you find one with per—
haps half of the body White.

Fawn color varies much in its shade.
it is called fawn and varies from light
.ifawn to a dark, mulberry fawn, almost
a black, and yet if you inspect i‘. care-
fully you will find that black is not a
‘Jersey color—it is, dark, mulberry
fawn. Some families of Jerseys have

:beeH bred sorthat there are very few

if any white markings. For instance,

'Philip Dauncey of England was very

particular; he discar ed every animal

‘with any white and the consequence

was that after years "he produced a
herd without any:white markingspth-
breeders pay little a

     

  

 

stuff in your
roughage ration is all good it is defi-
To get the best re-
Ssults a liberal amount of protein must
:be added in the concentrate or grain
‘ portion of the ration. Barley, oats and
? com do not contain a sufficient amount
; of protein to balance this roughage, in

consequently it Would be proper for
:you to purchase cottonseed meal or
_Wheat bran or both, and in my judg- Good mixed hay,

   

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breed and known as French-Canadian
are almost invariably black or a dark,
mulberry fawn, but they are not Jerq
seys, they are French Canadian.

0. C. L.

NOT ENOUGH PROTEIN.

I want advice on feeding dairy cows.
I don’t know how to make up a balano
ed ration from the following feeds;
corn fodder an
wheat straw for roughage, and ground
corn and oats for grain. 1 feed the
difierent roughage and one pound of
grain to three pounds of milk produc-
ed by each cow, but do not seem to
get good results. What would you ad-
vise me to do to make up a. better
ration?

Mecosta Co. F. B.

You haven’t one single food in the
ration rich enough in proteins so that
a cow could do her best, without eat-
ing a sufficient amount to produce a
waste of carbohydrates. No your ra-
tion is not a balanced one.

There is no mystery about a halo
anced ration. Careful experiments in
actual. feeding tests have shown that
'a. cow giving milk should have. not only
‘11 certain amount of food ingrediénts
but that these food ingredients be in.
certain proportions.

The standard ration is two and one-
half pounds of protein, thirteen pounds
of carbohydrates and halt a pound of
either extract or fat. This. you under-
stand, is the digestible ingredients, not
the analysis of the food, but that part
of them which is digestible, and this
is a ration t‘Or 1.000 pounds live weight.
If a cow weighs more than 1,000
pounds then she should have in propor-
tion more proteins, more carbohydrates
and more fat. Now in making up ra«
tions we figure the amount of digesti-
ble products in all the different foods
that enter into the ration and add
them together. also the carbohydrates
and the fat. It“ the protein does not
amount to two and one-half pounds
per 1,000 pounds live weight, then
some food richer in protein must be.
substituted for some ofrthe other foods
in the ration so the cow may have an
adequate supply.

To one familiar in compounding ra-
tions, it is not necessary to figur‘e this
out mathematically correct in each in-
stance, because one who has studied
this subject carefully knows practical-
ly the analysis of different foods and
cantell at a glance whether certain
rations will produce the desired
amount of essential ingredients or not.

AS You do not have clover hay and '

you_feed nothing but corn and oats for
grain one can tell' at once that you-r
ration is exceedingly low in digestible
proteins. I would suggest that you feed
a pound and a half of cottonseed meal
and one and one-ha1f1-pounds of oil
meal to each cow and besides enough
of this ground corn and oats to make
the one pound of grain to every-three

pounds—ofmilk. This is quite import: '

ant because you substitute feeds Every

rich in‘ proteins for a part or o r,
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bev

, lack of mechanical knowledge has, no

doubt, caused more trouble than any
other one thing. but recently the great
amount of literature on the subject,
and the short courses in tractor work
given at our state agricultural college

. have done much to eliminate this trou-

ble, and give the operators of the trac-
tor a. better mechanical knowledge.

At present the tractor has two great
points in its favor. ‘

First. The tractor Is speedier than
the horse.

Second. The tractor is more eco-
nomical than the horse.

The tractor is summer than the
horse because it can travel along at
the rate of two and one-half to three
miles an hour, and do it consistently

Meeting Q} the State Hortiwé-

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in spite of hot weather and other ads
verse conditionss which naturally tend
to slow up the horse. The question of
speed is of great importance to .che or-
.Chardist, because orchard operations
are of: such a nature that they need to
be done as quickly as possible. Delays
are both dangerous and costly in the
orchard. ‘ '

In the second place the tractor is
more economical than the horse. Aside.
from the interest'on the investment,
depreciation, and storage, it costs prac-
tically nothing to keep the tractor
while not in operation. On the other
hand it costs nearly as much to keep
the horse when idle as when at work.
This is of great importance to the or-
chardist as the season during which
the tractor or horse is needed in the
orchard is much shorter than on the
general farm. A few idle horses will
eat up the profits in a short time.

A series of experiments carried on.
in this state and at the Ohio State
University showed that the tractor
could do the same amount of work that
a horse could do with one-half less la.‘
'bor, and nearly one-half less labor is
an item that can not be very easily"
overlooked in these days of scarce la.-
bor and high wages. .

Although I have not time to go into
the details of the proof of the various
points that I have emphasized, it might
be well to state that the Ohio State
University gathered some very inter-
esting information from eight hundred
tractor owners of Ohio. Eighty-seven
per cent of the owners declared that
the tractor had saved them nearlyone-
half in labor; eighty—eight per cent be-\
lieved that the tractor had al rays been
reliable, and eighty—nine per cent
thought that the tractor was a paying
investment. Such facts indicate'that
the tractor wisely purchased and oper-
ated with a reasonable amount of care
will do its work well and will prove to
be a paying investment for the orchard
owner.

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ONCE heard a farmer say that you

‘ will get no more sap from a maple
tree that is tapped in two places than
But if
the tree is properly tapped in two
places you will get just twice as much

sap. We make it a point to tap all the-

biggest trees in two placesand I could

never .see'that thoutree was injured
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and‘ by nine o’clock of a favorable day
the latter will begin to drop briskly.
The southeast side will drop nearly as

late in the, evening as the other unless

the temperature falls very quickly to-
ward sundown. Don’t tap the trees
more than thirty ”inches from " the
ground as the, buckets when tall, are
hard to handle. about the his m
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SELECTING SMALL FRUIT.

N buying small fruit plants it pays

to select hardy varieties which have
proven successful in the community.
By trading with reliable nurserymen,
fruit will be obtained which is true to
name and this saves much disappoint-
ment. Sometimes good plants can be
obtained from neighbors or friends in
other sections but the grower should
not accept; such plants even if they are
free unless something is known of the
varieties and health of the plants.‘ If
raspberries are obtained from a badly
diseased patch there will be but little
‘ chance of' growing them successfully.

Often a home fruit garden Will be-
come mixed when a large number of
varieties are grown in a small area.
Then it‘ plants are taken from such a.
patch the new fruit garden may turn
out to be full of mixed varieties and
this is a great handicap at harvesting
time. The different varietiesgripen at
different times and it costs money to
pick berries. If a patch is mixed and
the .fruit does not ripen evenly, most
of the profit will be used up by the
cost of labor in hunting for berries.

When the fruit is purchased from a re- '

liable nurseryman who has had experi-
ence in growing plants and controlling

insect and fungous pests, there will be

' the best chance of growing the fruit at
a profit. ’

When the fruit is to be grown com—
mercially it usually pays to select one
or two varieties rather than a large
number. Then there will be enough
fruit ripen at one time to make the
marketing profitable work and when it
is finished the grower will not have to
be bothered with small fruit again. If
there are many varieties and a few
7 plants of each kind, the grower will
constantly have a few crates ‘of this
and that to take his attention from
other work. If the small fruit garden
is only for home use it sometimes pays
to‘ select several varieties so that the
fruit will be available for' use on the
home table over a long period.

The acreage planted to small fruit
can only be determined by a study of
the labor supply and a comparison of
the time taken in fruit growing with
the time necessary for other work.
Many farmers have had a city friend
ask them why they didn’t plant fifteen
or'twenty acres of strawberries, sort
of as a side line. Only experience with
strawberries can prove to a man the
large amount of labor which can ‘be
expended on one acre of this very de-
sirable fruit. The growing 0f brambles
also takes considerable. time. The

care and pruning amount to the equiv- ‘
,alent of considerable money and the "

crop must pay the bill plus the profit.
' In selecting the small fruit plants it
pays bestto start on a small scale and
_ theh‘increasewthe plantings as the ex-
perience proves that it ‘will be safe.
Then the acreage .Can safely be in-
creased from thepla’nts grown on the
home: farm. -'Smal1 fruit thrives on a

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Practical Tractor Facts

’ I ‘HE.1920 “Ten—Twenty” that is

going to outdistance all other
tractors‘not only in the matter of
nation—wide popular demand, but also
in general satisfaction to the farmer,

is the Titan 10-20.

'In five years’ time a great many
thousands of Titan tractors have been
manufactured at the great Milwaukee
W rks, the home of the Titan.
Practically every one of these trac-
tors is in use today. They are serv—
ing not only the farmers of America,
but also thousands in Europe, re-
building the dormant war-torn acres
that are hungry for crops.

\Vith so great a number of Titan
Io-2o’s in active use—setting so

many good examples to farmers in._

need of right power—~it has been
necessary to enlarge the manufac-
turing facilities to meet the rapidly
developing demand for this most

 

Titan 10-20 Features

Wide friction-clutch pulley
Economy throttle governor

A 'ustable drawbar

S ety fenders

Comfort platform

Sixteen-tool set

Free starting-instruction service

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popular of popular tractors. The
scene at the tractor plants is one of
night-and-day activity, with 5,000
men on the job. It is probable that,
by the time this notice appears, pro-
ducing volume will have been in-
creased sufficiently to enable you to
get a Titan 10-20 for early spring
delivery If your order is placed a! once.

There has been no increase in
price. Titan 10-20 is available for
you at the 1920 price fixed last July
——-$l,000 cash, f. o. b. factory. See

your International dealer.

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The lastest of many Willard contributions to
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with Threaded Rubber Insulation—an inven-
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'plained what a pie social was, and the
1dealer shipped the piano on a contract
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LONG in the fell and winter near-
ly every issue of the country
weekly contains stories like this
from a. recent number of the Monroe

Star: .

“The pic supper given Friday night

, at the Spalding High School, where

Miss Ellen Lillis, of the Stoutsville
vicinity is teaching, was quite worthy
of notice. The proceeds amounted to
$96.75. Three pies brought $5.00 each
and were made by the Misses Virginia.
Hayes, Margarette and Ellen Lillis, and
were purcha ed by Messrs. Ray Shan-
non, Alfonso Alexander and Eales
(Tid) Bailey. The proceeds of the box

;of candy which was given to the most
‘_ popular

young lady amounted to $40
and was awarded to Miss Margaret

‘ Lou Raymond.”

O. 1.. Cross, superintendent of the
Macon. county public schools, indig-
nantly'denied the suggestion that dis-
trict school boards attached more im-
portance to a teacher’s qualifications
as a booster of pie socials than for her

- learning. But he added:

“01‘ course it doesn’t hurt if she has
some executive ability in organizing
such’ai‘l’ah's, because they are wonder-
l‘ully effective in raising money for use-
ful purposes.”

When the Grand View consolidated
high school, over in Drake township,
started the fall term, the directors 01‘-
dered a $400 piano.’

“Will the tax levy pay iti’}i asked‘the

dealer, with some hesitation.

“Oh, no," smiled the chairman. “But
we've got a live school teacher, and
Then he ex-

in six
The instrument was paid for
long before Christmas.

It takes something of a captain of
industry to bring a pie social up to the
standard of revenue possibilities. If it
was just a matter of baking a lot of
pies and selling them at regulation
prices there wouldn’t be enough' Are-
ceipts to justify the trouble. But. suc-
cess demands fifty per cent sentiments
with fifty per cent business. A pretty
girl’s pie will fetch a great deal more
than a. common-looking girl’s pie, al-
though the C. L. G. may have produced
a far better specimen. The pretty girl
has a lot of beaux, and their part in

money and bid her pic up to the limit
of their cash. The one who wins gets
to eat the pie with the girl who made
it. The unsuccessfiil bidders may look
on, if the sight interests them. But
more likely they will switch to some
other pretty girl, and keep bidding till
luck comes their way. There are gen-
erally enough pretty girl pies to clean
out. the cash of the crowd.

Generally the teacher’s pie brings
the most swag, if she is young and at-
tractive. It is considered the highest
honpr of the event to bid in the teach-
er’s pie and l-cat it with her. If the
teacher happens to be man—well, they
teacher wouldn’t know
want it if he did.

When a countiy teacher wants to
start something she invites a lot of
town boys out to her pie social. The
fun comes when the town boys and the

 

Pie Time in Missouri
By Edgar W/zz‘re

.. time.

the game is to bring a pocketful of

never have pie socials in that case, be?
. cause a man
“ how to build a pie, and nobody would

comvthset rib News. WW". “

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One night a. lot of boys went out
from the nearby town to Owl Creek
school. Eachaof'them had a big roll in
his pocket, ind when the auction was
pulled off all the pretty-girl ples were
bid in by the‘town boys, who sat down
with the pie-makers and 'had a good
The country boys silently with-
drew,'leaving the field to their hated
rivals. According to ‘their way of
thinking, those-tOWn b0ys had no more
right there than the Germans had to
invade Belgium. So they swung a red
lantern across the roadway and when
the town boys came honking along in
their auto, they slowed up for the clan-
ger signal and were greeted by a drum-
flre of tomatoes, potatoes, eggs, carrots
and dainties tossed their way by husky
arms. The town boys never made at
return trip to the pic socials.

The home-made country pie doesn't
recognize the lunch stand variety as

 

Pie Building is an Art.

in its class. There is no lack of ma-
terials on the farm to build the article
to the proper height and flavor, and
when ready for the auction it is a work
of art—~“eats good,” asthe fellow says
who‘gets it. In some cases mother
acts as advisory counsel, because her
reputation is at stake as well as her
daughter’s, and she is reckless of ex—
penditure to make the confection per-
feet.

The organization of a successful pie.

bee requires as much headwork as to
run a county democratic convention in
these restless days. Having chosen her
company of pie-makers, selected the
date and made arrangements for the
boys to fill the lamps and sweep out
the building, the teacher calls up the
rural corre::pondent and tells him to
get a good notice in the paper a week
before. Then she calls up a young
farmer and lets him know that a girl
for whom he feels tenderly is going to
bake a pie for the social Friday night.
and that she, as a friend, hopes he’ll
get that pie. Which means she wants-
him to come well heeled financially.

In' grateful tones he thanks her for
the tip, and tells her he’ll be there,
with the goods. ‘

Then she‘shamelessly calls up his
rival, andgputs'him .n‘ext. He, too, prom-
ises to go pie hunting on the eventful
night, and to bring his pocketbook
along. '

Thus the word is passed around and
when pie night comes the building
wont hold the crowd. *
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- d’Whi-le' arranging for her Qhristmas’ L '7
ple’social, Miss Susie Hartman, renew \ ..
-: er of Ten Mile, told her rural friend

that her friend from Macon was-com-
ing out to the bee, and that he was a
good spender.

“But l’ve only got. two dollars to

spare, Susie,” the country .youth warn- -,

ed .her. I "That’s all the pie’s worth
anyhow."

“See here, Tom." said the teacher,
a bit vexed at. his modest appraise-
ment, "all you got to do is to keep bid-

. ding, and when Joe (the town boy).

has gone near his limit, I’ll nod and
you quit biddingwsee.”

“But suppose you forget to signal——
remember I only got two dollars."

“Never fear,” smiled the teacher,
“i'll nod in time."

The auctioneer ran Miss Susie's pic
up to fifteen dollars and six-bits, which
was a record for the township, and at
that figure the teacher nodded—Alto the
town boy, or perhaps somebody else——
there were a number in on the. deal.
Anyhow the pie was knocked down to
the startled Tom, and the auctioneer
congratulated him on the fact that
as soon as he had paid the cashier he'd
get to eat his pie with the teacher.
Tom hurried around, to Joe to borrow
the balance to pay for the pie he had
bought.

.“I’d hand it over to you, Joe, when
I come to town tomorrow,” he said.

“Sorry, Tom," returned the town
boy, “but 1 only brought two dollars
along. She said that was all I’d need.”

.‘But for the pie bees the rural schools
would be deprived of a great many
things needed to carry on the work
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Curly returned to the Del Mar and

sent his name up to Miss Cullison
With Kate and Bob there Was also in
the room Alec Fl-andrau. . ‘
The girl came forward to meet him
with the lance straight poise thiit al-
ways seemed to him to express a brave
spirit ardent and unafraid.

“Have you heard something?" 'she
asked quickly.

”Yes. Tell me, when did your fath-

. er last meet Lute Blackwell so far as

you know?”

“I don’t know. Not for years, I
think. Why?” »

The owner of the Map of Texas an-
swered the question of his nephew.
“He met him the other day. Let’s see.
It was right after the big poker game.
We met him downstairs here. Luck
had to straighten out some notions he
had got.” '
“How?"
Flandrau, Senior, told the story of
what had occurred in the hotel lobby.
“And you say he swore to get even. ‘7”
“That’s what he said. And he look-
ed like he meant it too.”

“What is it? What have you found
out?" Kate implored.

The young man told about the let-
ters and Mrs. Wylie.

“We’ve got to get a move on us,” he
Concluded. “For if Lute Blackwell did
this thing to your father it’s mighty
serious for him.”

Kate was white to the lips, but in no
danger of b1 eakmg down. “Yes, if this
man is in it he would not stop at less
lthan murdel. But I don’t believe it.
I know father is alive. Cass Fendrick
is the man we want. , I'm sure of it."

Curly had before seen women hard
as nails, gaunt strong mountaineers as
tough as hickory withes. But he had
never before seen that quality dwell-
ing in a slim girlish figure of long soft
cu1ves, never seen it in a face of dewy
freshness that could melt to the ten-
derest pity. She was like flint, and yet
she could give herself with a passion-
'ate tenderness to those she loved. He
had seen animals guard their young
with that same alert eager abandon.
His conviction was that she would
gladly die for her father if it were nec-
essary. As he looked at her with hard
unchanging eyes, his blood quickened
to a fierce joy. in her it had known for
no other woman. .

“First thing is to search the Jack of
Hearts and see what’s there. Are you
with me, Uncle Alec“

_ “I su1e am, Curly," and he reached
for his hat.

Bob too was on his feet. “I’m going.
You needn’t any of you say I ain ’,t for
I am. ”

Curly nodded.‘
are told, Bob.”

“I will. Cross my heart. ”

“May I come too. ‘7” Kate pleaded.

She was a strong~willed impulsive
young woman, and her deference to
Curly flattered him; but he .‘shook‘his
head none the less.

“No. You may wait in the parlor
downstairs and I’ll send Bob to you
with any news. There’s just a, chance
this may be a man’s‘job' and we want
to go to it unhampered.” He turned
at the door with his warm sm'ile. “By
the way, I’ve got some news I forgot.

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MADE' a personal loan.

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men Luck paid it to would deposit it

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after the others had gone 1’ “I’m ""

going to let Bob get into danger, »

promised.

“I knew you wouldn’ t, " was her con-

fident answer.

At the corner of the plaza. Curly gave
Bob instructions.

“YO-u stay here and keep an eye on
everyone that passes. Don’t try to
stop anybody. Just size them up.”

“Ain’t I to go with you? I got a

gun.”
1 “You’ re to do as I say. What kind
of a soldier would you make if you
can’t obey orders? I'm running this.
If you don’ t like itlrot along home.”

“Oh, I’ ll stay,” agreed the crestfallen
youth.

Maloney met them in front of the"

Jack .of Hearts.

“Dick, you go with me inside. Uncle
Alec, will“ you keep guard outside?”

“No, bub, I won't. I knew Luck be-
fore you were walking bowlegged," the
old cattleman answered brusquely.

Curly giinned “All right Don’t
blame me if you get shot up.” / ,

Mrs. Wylie’ s startled eyes told tales
when she saw the thiee men Her
face was ashen.

“I’m here to play trumps, Mrs. Wy-
lie. What secret has the Jack of
Hearts got hidden from us?” young
Flandrau demanded, his hard eyes fa'st-
cened to her timorous ones. V

“l—I—I don’t know what you mean."

“No use. We’re here for business.
Dick, you stay with her. Don’t let her
leave or shout 21 Warning.’

He passed into the back room, which
was a kind of combination living-room,
kitchen and bedroom. A door led from
the reai into a back yaid littered with
empty packing cases, garbage cans and
Waste paper. After taking a look
around the yard he looked the back
door noiselessly. There was no other
apparent exit from the kitchen- bed-
room except the one by which he and
his uncle had entered frOm the shop.

But he knew the place must have a‘

cellar, and his inspection of the yard
had showed no entrance there. He
drew back the Navajo rug that cover
ed the floor and found one of the old-
fashioned trap doo1s some cheap hous-
es have Into this was fitted an iron
ring with which to lift it.

From the darkness below came no
sound, but Curly's imagination conceiv-
ed the place as full of shining eyes
glaring up at him. Any bad men down
there already had the drop on them.
Therefore neither Curly nor his uncle
made the mistake of drawings. weapon.

"lm coming down, boys,” young Flan-
drau announced in a quiet confidential
voice. “The place is surrounded by
our friends and it Won’t do yOu a whole

lot of good to shoot me up. I'd advise
you not to be too impulsive.” _
He descended the steps, his face

like a stone wall for all the emotion it .

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The two Flandmus were quite talon

’in the room. . Furniture there was a
table, a cot which had been slept in
'and not made up, and a couple of.
rough chairs. The place had no win-
dows, no means of ventilation except
-~ through the trap door. Yet there were
evidences to show that it had recently
been inhabited. Half smoked cigars
littered the floor. A pack of cards lay
in'disorder on the table. The Sentinel
with date line of that. day lay tossed in.
a corner..

The roOm told Curly this at least:
There had been a prisoner here with a
guard- or guards. Judging by the
newspaper they had been here within
a few hours. The time of sending
the special delivery letter made this
the more probable. He had missed
the men he wanted by a very little
time. If he had had the gumption to
understand the hints given by the let-
ters Cullison might now be eating sup-
per with his family at the hotel.

“Make anything out of it?” the older
Flandrau asked.

“He's been here, but they’ve taken
him away. Will you cover the tele
phoning? Have all the ranches noti—
fied that Luck is being taken into the
hills so they can picket the trails."

“How do you know he is being tak-
en‘there?"

“1 don’t know. I guess. Blackwell
is in it. He knows every nook of the
hills. The party left here not two
hours since, looks like.”

Curly put the newspaper in his pock-
et and led the way back to the store.

“The birds have flown, Dick. Made

' their getaway through the alley late'

this afternoon, probably just after it
got dark.” He turned to the woman.
“Mrs. Wylie, murder is going to be
i done, I shouldn’t wonder. And you’re
liable to be held guilty of it unless you
tell us all you know.”

She began to weep, helplessly, but
with a sort of stubbornness too. Fright-
ened she certainly was, but some great-
er fear held her silent as to the secret.
“i don’t know anything about it,” she
repeated over and over. .

“Won’t do. You‘ve got to speak. A

man’s life hangson it.”
' But his resolution could not break
hers, incomparably stronger than she
though he was. Her conscience had
driven her to send veiled warnings to
the sheriff. But for very fear of her
life she dared not commit herself op-
enly.

Maloney had an inspiration. He
spoke in a low voice to Curly. “Let’s
take her to the hotel. Miss Kate will
know how to get it out of her better
than we can.”

Mrs. Wylie went .with them quietly
,enough. She was shaken with fears
but still resolute not to speak. They
might send her to prison. She would
tell them nothing—nothing at all. For
someone who had made terror the hab-
it of her life had put the fear of death
into her soul.

CHAPTER VIII.
A Message in Cipher.

. HILE Kate listened to what
Curly had to tell her the dark
eyes of the girl were fastened

.upon thetrembling little Woman stand-
ing near the door.

"‘Do you mean that she is gOing to
let my father he killed rather than tell
what she knows?” Her voice was
sharply incredulous, touched-with a
”horror scarcely realized.

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out of it by sobbing. Yo11’ ve got to
talk ” ‘

Kate had not moved. None the less

her force, the upblaze of feminine en-
ergy in her, crowded the little store-
keeper to the wall. “You’ ve got to tell
—you’ve just got to,” she insisted. ’
The little woman shrank before the
energy of a passion so vital. No
strength was in her to fight. But she.
could and did offer the passive resist-
ance of obstinate silence.
Curly had drawn from his pocket
the newspaper found in the cellar. His
eyes had searched for the date line to
use as cumulative evidence, but they
had remained fastened to one story.
Now he spoke imperatively.

“Come here, Miss Kate.”

She was beside him in an instant.
“What is it?”

“I’m not sure yet, but-—. Look here.
I believe this is a message to us.”

“A message ?”

“From your father perhaps.”

“How could it be?"

“I found the paper in the cellar
where he was. See how some of these
words are scored. Done with a finger
nail, looks like."

“But how could he know we would
see the paper, and if we did see it
would understand?”

“He couldn’t. It would be but one
chance in a million, but all his life he’s
been taking chances- This couldn’t do
any harm.”

Her dark head bent beside his fair
one with the crisp sun-reddened curls
“I don’t see any message. Where
is it?”

“I don’t see it myself—not much of
it. Gimme time.”

This was the paragraph upon which
his gaze had fastened, and the words
and letters were scored sharply as
shown below, though in the case 61‘
single letters the mark ran through
them instead of underneath, evidently
that no mistake might be made as to
which was meant.

I. P. Kelley of the ranger force reports
over the telephone that by unexpected gOOd
M he has succeeded in taking prisoner
the notorious Jack Foster of lfitrmoulla
and the Rincons notoriety and it n__o___w
bringing him to Sagpache where he Will be
locked appending a disposition of ins case
Kelley succeeded'm surprlsmg him while
he was eating dinner at a Mexican roads
housc'just this side of the border;

“Do you‘make it out?” Maloney ask-
ed, looking over their shoulders.

Curly took a pencil and an envelope
from his pocket. On the letter. he jot-
ted down some words and handed the
paper to his friend. This was what
Maloney read:

. . luck . . .
piisonei ..of He....a
. . . . R ........ t. ..... 5 now ..........
Saguache. . . . locked up pending a dis-
position of his case. .succoeded in
surprising him ...........

coo-u-

“Read that right ahead.”

Kate, tense with excitement, took the
envelope and head aloud.

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————now Saguache ’ locked up pena-
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warm with the joy of it.
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out “ Maloney. mused.

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“Lets him out of kidnapping Uncle ' '

Luck’ but maybe not out of the “rob-
bery,” Bob amended. .

"Doesn’t let him out of either. Some-
body 'was in this with Blackwell. ‘If it
wasn’t Cass. Fendrlck th’en‘who was
it?” Kate wanted to know. .

“Might have been Soapy Stone,"
Dick guessed.

”Might have been, but now Sam has
gone back into the hills to join Soapy; ’
the gang Would have to keep it from .

Sam. He wouldn’t stand fer it”

“No, not for a minute," Kate'said
decisively. 7
~Cur1y spoke to her in' a, low voice.
“You have a talk with Mrs. Wylie
alone. We’ll pull our freights.
tell you what she knows.” He smiled
in his gentle winning way. “She’s sure
had a. tough time of it if ever a woman
had. I reckon a little kindness is what
she needs. Let her see we’re friends
and will stand by her, that we won’t
let her come to harm because she
talks. Show her we know eVery-

thing anyhow but want her to corrob-‘

orate details.”
It was an hour before Kate joined
them, and her eyes, though they were

bright, told tales of tears that had:,

been shed.
“That poor woman!

They took him away
doesn’t know where.
the warnings to Sheiiif Bolt. She want-
ed him to raid the place, but she dan-
ed not go to him ”

”Because of Blackwell ?”

“Yes. He came straight to her- as
soon as he was freed from the peniten-
tiary. He had her completely terror-
ized. It seems she has been afraid to
draw a. deep breath ever since he re-
turned. Even while he was in the hills
she was always looking for him to
come. The man used to keep her in 3.

tonight. She

hell and he began bullying her again:
So she gave him money, and he came

for ~more~——and more.”

Curly nodded. He said nothing, but
his strong jaw clamped.

"He was there that day,” the girl
continued. “She plucked up courage
to refuse him what little she had left
because she needed it for the rent. He
got. hold of her arm and twisted it.
Father heard her cry and came in.
Blackwell was behind the door as it
opened. He struck with a. loaded cane
and father fell unconscious. He raised
it to strike again, but she clung to his
arm and called for help. Before he
could shake her off another man came
in. He wrenched the club away.”

f‘Fendrick?” breathed Curly.

“She-doesn’t know. But the first

thing ‘he 'did was to lock the outer ‘

door and take the key. They carried

father down into the cellar. Before he 7

came to himself his hands were tied
behind his back”

“And then?”

“They watched him day and night.
FendiiCk himself did not go near the

place—if it was Fendrick. BlaCKwell

swore to kill Mrs. Wylie it she told.

      
  
 
  
 
   
 
      

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thinks? they were trying to get father'-
to”sign some paper." ‘ ,

“The relinquishment of course. That
means the other man was 'Fendrick." ,
’ Kate nodded. “Yes.”

Curly rose. The muscles stood out
in his jaw hard as steel ropes.

~“We’ll rake the Rincons with a fine-
tooth comb. Don’t you worry. I’ve
already wired for Bucky O’Connor to
come and help. We’ll get your father
out of the hands of those hell hounds.
Won’t we, Dick?”

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blinking as an Arizona sun and with
muscles like wire springs. His face
still held its boyishness, but it had
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few months before. She saw in mm
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lent him a charm from which she could
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there were none whose voice drummed
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CHAPTER IX.
“The Friends of L. C. Serve Notice."

\VO men sat in a log cabin on op-
posite sides of a cheap table.

One of them was immersed in a
newspaper. His body was relaxed, his
mind apparently at east. The other
watched him malevolently. His fingers
caressed the handle of a revolver that
protruded from the holster at his side.
He. would have liked nothing better
than to have drawn it and sent a bul-
let crashing into the unperturbed brain
of his prisoner.
There were reasons of policy why it
were better to curb this fascinating
desire, but sometimes the impulse to
kill surged up almost uncontrollably.
On these occasions Luck Cullison was
usually “deviling” him, the only diver-
sion that had been open to the ranch-
man for some days past. Because of
its danger—for he could never be quite
sure that Blackwell’s lust for swift. ven-
geance would not overpower discre-
tion~~this pastime made a peculiar ap-
peal to the audacious temper ol‘ the
owner of the Circle C.
From time to time as Luck read he
commented genially on the news.
“I see Tucson is going to get the
El Paso & Southwestern extension af-
ter all. I’ll bet the boys in that burg
will be right tickled to hear it. They

sure have worked steady at it. i

Blackwell merely scowled. He never
relaxed to the give and take of casual
talk with his captive. Given his way,
C‘ullison would not be here to read the
Sentinel. But' the brains of the con-
spiracy had ruled otherwise and had
insisted too upon decent treatment.
With one ankle securely tied to a leg
of the table there was no danger in
freeing the hands of the cattleman, but
his hosts saw that never for an instant
were hands and feet at liberty togeth-
er. For this man was not the one with
whom to take chances.

“Rudd has been convicted of forgery
and taken to Yuma. Seems to me you
used to live there, didn‘t you?” asked
the cattleman , with cool insolence,
looking up from his paper to smile
across at the furious convict. '

Blackwell was livid. The man who
. had sent him to the territorial prison
at Yuma dared to sit there bound and

Unarmed and taunt him with it.
“Take care," he advised hoarsely.

Cullison laughed and went back to

the paper. .

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against the wall,flwith the top half on
en and resting against. the wall. When
desired as a dining-table, Open the top
to its fullest extent, swing it around
on the pivot, until the hinged part is
at exact right angles with its original
position, the base acting as support
fonthe wide open top. _

Another type of living~room table

LWhich may be utilized when entertain-

ing is the gate-leg table. These have
the hinged top supported by legs which
swing back and give the table its name.

Have you a parlor? Few homesnow
boast such afluxury, but if you have,
and want a table for decorative pur-
poses solely, nothing is more artistic
than the console table. These come
from the, French, famous for-their rich-
ly ornamented furniture. These tables
stand against the Wall, usually now-
adays they are semi-circular in form.
The back is never ornamented, since
it is never exposed to view, but the
front and sides are usually rather on
nate. They stand under a long mirror
in most rooms. If you ask your dealer
why they are called “console" tables
he probably cannot tell you. It is be
cause the original console table was
supported by scroll-shaped brackets, or
on legs resembling brackets, similar
to the console brackets that used to
support the cornices over Grecian and
Roman doorways.

If it is a library table you need.
study your room even longer and, more
earnestly beforeyou make your selec-
tion. Decide where the table must
stand, then consider the size of the
room. Get as large a table as the room

will stand, but don’t get one out of‘

proportion with everything else. It
the chairs are rather small and insig-
nificant don’t pick out a table twhich
will dwarf them still more. And above
all, select a. table without carving or
corners to catch dust. - Get it as sim-

 

The Gate-leg Table Fits Any“ Room.

pie in line and design'as possible. Do
not buy a shiny, varnished table which
will (show every scratch and finger
mark, especially if you have children.
Select one 'with a dullfiniSh, which
will be easily kept looking nice by a
good rubbing with an Oiled cloth.
Perhaps daughter wants a dressing-
table. for her room. . .(let her one of the
white enameled tables, with bright cre-

tonne or' Chintz beneatha glass top.

Then treienamel'her old iron bed, or} if
~~11; 1.5- Of wood, take off theold‘flnisy
with. _ ,d', paper and do '

  

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‘ ‘ OW we would like to’give‘great'
H gifts to our children i _. There is '

nothing we would not endure to insure

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for them success,jor'-fame, or wealth.

But here is .a gift we maygive, if we
will make the proper eflort, that will

insure enduring sources of enjoyment. ~

It helps usto forget sorrows, losses,
disappointments, and provides us with
unending entertainment and diversion.
Many people will tell you that the
habit of observation is a gift inborn,
which is, to a certain extent, true. But
it can be cultivated, just as cheerful-
ness, truthfulness, or any of the other
desirable virtues. .

If "an individual possesses a love of ,

nature and the habit of observation,

he has within himself a source of en- ,

joyment wherever he may go, in what-
ever circumstances he may be placed.

The baby at an early age, can be
taught to observe without taxing his
brain to any great extent. He can be
shown the flowers, the birds, the trees.
and gradually he can be directed to
observe the fields, the woods, and pass-
Soon he will
begin to notice for himself, and his

outings will be of more delight to him .

and his mother.

Mothers will not find directing the
child’s powers of observation arduous,
or tedious. It is most interesting to
watch the development of his mind,
and notice how his habit of observa-
tion will increase from day to day. He
will first be attracted by the largest
objects, horses, cows, and people com—
ing in for the first attention, then
smaller animals. '

The wise mother in cultivating her

child’s powers of observation will en-

deavor to train him to see the bright,
‘and pleasant things first.

If some mother hesitates to begin to
teach her child to observe, because she
lacks the habit of observing closely
herself, let me urge her to begin to
cultivate this habit for herself. Prac-
tice it daily, everywhere you go—when
with your child, or alone. Your ef-
forts will reap a rich reward, for your
interest, and joy in life will be im-
measurably increased.

A, HOME-MAKER’S LIBRARY.

/ —..__—. I

F you could get a valuable library

for nothing would you take it? The
Michigan Agricultural College offers
home-makers a free library covering
the details of their line of work, though
instead of coming in bound volumes
this library is in the form of bulletins
which are to be asked for by name and
number "Just now the college at East
Lansing is sending out the following
ExtensiOn Course Notes to those who
write asking for the ones they espe-
cially need:- '
' iii—Eggs.

14-Beef.“

15—r—Vegetable Foods.

16——-Rules for Planning the Family
Dietary. ' '

18—~How Can I Use Less Sugar.
19~~Suggestions on Preservation of
Meat. . -

20—~-Clothing for Children.

21~~The Care of Clothing.

22-How to Know Materials.

23~~How to Buy Clothing.

24 —Home Dressmaking Patterns.

25-—Remodeling. .

27»~‘Jellies, ,Jams, Marmalades, Con-
serves, Fruit Butters, Sweet Pickles.

28-Home Canning Guide.

Bulletin No. 18—Good Health.

The following bulletins may._be ob-
tained by ,writing-the United States
Department , of Agriculture, 'Washing-

  
 

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produces the kind of bread that really satisfies.

Bread baked from LILY WHITE FLOUR is
thoroughly nourishing. wholesome, healthful, deli-
cious to taste, and a delight to particular cooks in
every respect.

More and more women are using it every day be-
cause everything they bake from it “tastes so good”
as well as looks good.

Remember, LILY WHITE FLOUR is sold under
the guarantee that your money will be refunded if

like it éetter.

VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY

GRAND — RAPl DS, MICHIGAN.

 

Farms and Farm Lands FuISaIe
BUY A VIRGINIA FARM NOW

Now is the time .to become prosperous and happy on
a farm in'Virginis. You can grow tine crops of corn—
all grain and grass crops—the best apples and other
fruits, trucks and Dairying ' is profitable. Prices
are reasonable, but advancmg. Virginia otters
more advantages to the farmers than any other
State. Why farm where you can raise only two or
three staple crops and be faraway from good inur-
kets. when you can farm a variety of crops ln_V1rgIn’ia
and near to big markets. The healthiest climate in
America. Write for Hand Book, maps. etc.

G. W. KOINER. State Commissioner, Richmond, Va.

 

 

ISO-Acre Midwest Farm,
38000; Near Thriving

Railroad town 60 acres fertile tillage. 80 additional
acres heavy producing hay meadows, balance wire-
fenced 20-cow pasture; much fruit. Relatively new
8-room house. 20-cow barn. granary. corn houses.
Owner must remove, hence sacrifices for quick sale,
. easy terms. Details page 86 Strouts Catalog
‘arm Bargains 23 States' copy free. i. A BTROUT
FARM A ENOY, 814 BC Ford Bldg, Detroit.

included. Bead care.

stock and tools _
244 Acres fully. 2 sets buildeS- Fig: “£31123?

house. Raised 20m bushels potatoeS DOT ye

and sugar trees, orchard 600 trees. .10 m;'ckbif,%¥§'
two horses. hens. h0g8. wagons. bu “35'0an $6 I
maple sugar outfit. all small too 8- nt.
$3500 cash: balance mortgage at 6 pertjfi a} once"
logue number 55. Don't fail *0 “98 thllill details‘
Write for photos and catalogue lfivlng hi 0 . ,
Owner is alone. must sell at once. Tompkinz-Jo . Y‘
HALL’S FARM AGENCYJOWGKW T108“ " ' -

' ' ' ' Bale—160 acre farm. Montcalm Co.
“fl"mslfllm : Mich. good buildings, fertile farm-
$8 lend. fruit orchards, maple sugar orchard. Farm-

by one: for over sixty years. Particulars upon re-
quest. Mrs. Maude Reed Nowell. East Lensing.Mich.

FARMS and HOMES

$131359 life id wcfi‘th living, ¥odeirstte pfl$9P3°nlgl
' _Dr0 Tl . n orma Ion WTI 6
STATE Bomii’o‘ii3 Ad'iifcurf'iunm. Dover. Del

 

200 acre Farm between Grand Rapids and Grand
Haven. on Grand Rl \‘er, 4 sets of improvements.
Will dlvvle. Write Hunter HerringfloopersvxlleJ‘ilch.
or Perk Grable 00., San Diego, Calif.

For Ssle 160 acre farm 1% miles from Orion. Mich.
Well fenced. good buildings. electric lights, tele-
phone end mail delivery. Some good lake frontage.
000d reasons for selling. O.L.Hemingway.0rion.M lCh-

' ‘ 500, terms
I“ Am Fm chhgzgliliiiiimghz‘smnllclear
property. Bennington, 2114 E. 83rd es.» Cleveland~ 0-

ln exchan e for good hardware
Fm wanted store. Bestglocation. good bUSiDOBS-
l. W. “ALTER. Helena. 0-

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MICHIGAN FARMER PATTERNS.

Any of the patterns illustrated may
be secured by sending order to Pattern
Department, Michigan Farmer, Detroit,
en losing the amount set 0D90site the

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No. 2709—Ladies’ Dress.
en sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46
inches bust measure. Size 38 requires
61/2 yards of 36-inch material. Skirt
measures about 2%. yards at the foot.
Price 100.

 

 

No. 3045—Ladies' Envelope Chemise.
Cut in four sizes: Small 32-34; medi-
um 36-38; large 40-42; extra large 44-
46 inches bust measure. Size medium
requires 2% yards of 36-inch material.
Price 100.

   

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No. 3044~—Misses‘ Dress. Cut in
three sizes, 16, 18 and 20 years. Size
16 will require 3% yards of 44inch
material. “The skirt measures 1‘-}{; yard
at the foot. Price 100.

‘ No. 3046-3048—Business Costume.
Waist 3046 cut in six sizes, 34, 36, 38,
40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure.
Size 38 will reauire 2% yards of 36-
inch material. Skirt 3048 cut in seven

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(.ut In sew-9a one-piece skirt, 2% yards of 48-inch

material it cut crosswise, and 2%, yards
ot.54-Inch material if out lengthwise.
W’Ith front and back seams—2 1/; yards
of 54-Inch material will be. required if
out WIth front edges straight, and 2%
yards if front and back edges are cut
blas. The skirt measures about 2%
yards at the foot. Two separate pat:
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No. 2657—Child’s Short Clothes Set.
Cut in five sizes, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years.
8129 four requires 31,; yards of 27-inch
material for the dress, 1% yards for
the petticoat and 2% yards for the
combination. Price 100.

.No. 3062—Boudoir Set. Cut in four
SIzes: Small 32-34; medium 36-38;
extra large 44—46 inches
bust meaure. Size medium requires
féyardkforftghze cap, and 3% yards for‘
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Sizes, 4, 6, 8 and 10 years. Size 10 re.
quires 3% yards of 44-inch material.
Price 100.

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mounds of goodness—capped with a tender,

other biscuits can compare with them—the
minute the first batch comes from your oven.

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Price 10 cents.

No. 2968—A Chic Model for a School
Dress. Cut in four 'sizes, 8. 10, 12.
and 14 years. Size 10 will require

four yards of 44-inch material. Price
10 cents. .
No. 2971—An Attractive Negligee.

Cut in four sizes: Small 32-34; medi-
um 36-38; large 40-42, and extra large
44-46 inches bust measure. Size medi-
um requires 5% yards of 44-inch mate-
rial.- Price 10 cents.

No. 2623—A Cool, Practical and
Comfortable Apron. Cut in four sizes:
Small 32-34; medium 36-38; large 40-

42, and extra large 44-46 inches bust
Size medium requires four
Price 100.

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four requires 2% yards of 27-inch ma-
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No. 2645—Child’s—»_Play Dress. Cut.in
five sizes, 1, 2,, 3.,4, and 5 years. Size
four will require 2%, yards of; 36-inch
material. Price 19‘ cen; .. ~ ' >

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VEN a company meal may have
pigs’ feet as its specialldish if they
are so camouflaged that no one recog-
nizes them as a part of that highly
prized and priced product of the Arm-
ericaja farm, the pig. If mock duck is
desired the feet become duck; if chick-
en, why chicken’ they are; if veal, extra
cooking until the pork flavor is entire-
ly extracted and plenty of seasoning
will give you veal en casserole or veal
loaf.
Chicken Loaf Fried (from Pigs’ Feet)‘.
Remove the toes from eight pigsi’
feet, wash clean and put in a strong
brine for a day, or in weaker brine for

tle of hot water, remove and scrape
until white. Put in a third dish, add a
half teaspoonful of soda, pour hot wa-
ter over them and set to soak (not on
stove), for three or four hours. Scrape
again, put over fire, and boil-until very
tender. Remove meat from bones, sea-
son with salt, pepper, a little onion
juice, a half teaspoonful of crumbled
dried celery, and put in mold, putting
weight over top for several hours. Cut
in slices, roll in flour and fry.
Turkey Soup.

Take one cupful of the liquor in
which the pigs’ feet were boiled; hav-
ing first carefully removed the surplus
fat. Add two cupsful of thin milk,
one-half cupful of tomato juice, a sea-
soning of salt, pepper, and onion juice,
and a Wee dust of sage, but not enough
to give a sage taste. Add cooked spa-
ghetti and serve.

Pigs' Feet,Salad.

Remove the meat from the bones in

as large pieces as possible. Add tart

' A Home Ma

(Continued from page 59).
817—How to Select Foods. Part 2,
Cereal Foods.
824—-How to Select Foods.
Foods Rich in Protein.
469—Fats and their Economical Use
in the Home. 1
295—Potatoes and Other Root Crops
as Food.
85——Fish as Food. -
298—F00d Value of Corn and Corn
Products. I -
565—001‘nmeal and Ways of Using.
34—Meats: Composition and Cook-
ing.
249—Cereal Breakfast Foods.
391—Economical Use of Meat in the
Home. .
363~Use of Milk as Food.
535—Sugar and its Value as Food.
712—School Lunches.
142-Principles of Nutrition and Nu-
tritive Value of Food. V
717—Food for Young Children.
653—Honey and Its Uses; in the
Home. '
413—The Care of Milk and Its Use
in the Home. ,_
183—Meat on the Farm. ‘
807—Bread and Breadmaking in 'the
Home.
162——Cooking Meat.
63—Care of Milk on the Farm.
852—Storage of Vegetables.
871—Fresh Fruits and Vegetables as
Conservers of Other Foods.
468+Potatoes and Other Root Crops.
RSI—Preservation of Foods by Fer-
mentation and Salting. '
900—Home-made Fruit Butters. _
839—Home Canning by the One-peri-
od Cold-pack Method.
841—Drying Fruits and Vegetables

Part 3,

in the Home. . . . _
.861——Removal :of Sta-111.8,,“0? Cloth!
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apples cut in squares, celery ,diced,
walnut meats, and a good salad dress-

ing. _ — -

Veal Em Casserole.

Prepare the pigs’ feet as for loaf up i

to‘the time they are moved from soda
water. Rinse, put one Can of veal
soup in kettle and after removing the
meat from the bones cook it in this
until nearly all the liquid has boiled
away. To what remains, after putting
it in an earthen dish, add a seasoning
.of salt, pepper and celery, half as much
bread crumbs as you have meat, a lit-
tle butter and a tablespoonful of sweet
cream. Fill the casseroles (individu-
al), and set in hot oven until brown.
Pigs’ Feet Pudding. I

Cook the feet until tender after they
have been parboiled and scraped. Re-
move meat from bones and to it add
the liquor in which the feet were boil—
ed, salt and pepper to-taste, add a lit-
tle tomato catsup. When again boiling
stir in slowly one-half pint each of corn
meal and flour that has been stirred
smooth in cold water. Stir cOnstantly
until the pudding crumbles away from
side of pot, when it is done. This pud-
ding is good sliced and eaten either
cold or fried.

Rabbit Pie.

Parboil the pigs’ feet, scrape until
white, and carefully part at each joint
without loosening the meat if possible.
Season with salt, pepper and a little
celery, or onion juice. Line a pan with
rich paste, put in the pigs’ feet and
enough sweet milk to make the pie of
the right consistency and dot the top
with butter. Bake until crust is well
done.

ker’s Library

487—Cheese and Its Economical Use
in the Diet.

255—Home Vegetable Garden.

154-——The Home Fruit Garden, Prep-
aration and Care.

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Household Editor.-—I would like to
ask the way to prepare beef tripe for
use. Both the way to clean, and how
to cook—H. G.

Wash the tripe in several waters,

then dust the dark inside coat with
quicklime and scrape at once. Cut in
four pieces, dip in boiling waterand
scrape until perfectly white. Then
wash in slightly salted water and soak
four or five days in slightly salted wa-
ter, changing the water every day. If
it is to be used at once, simmer until‘
tender. If to be kept, simmer for ten
minutes, cover with hot vinegar and
store in a crock. Tripe may be broiled
as beefsteak. Simm’erthe pickled trips
in water, or milk and water, until, it is
tender. Then dip each piece in melted
butter, or other fat, and broil over a
clear fire. An easier way to prepare-
tripe for serving is to cut the cooked‘
tripe into small strips, brown in two
tablespoons of butter in the frying pan
in which two tablespoons of chopped
onion have been-first cooked, then add
a cup each ,of tomato. and celery cut
into inch‘ pieces. Cook all slowly until?
tripe and vegetables are tender. Sew.
son with salt and pepper and serve on
toast. Many like jellied tripe... To"

make, cook tripe until tender, then _

pack in" a pan four inches deep—ea
bread t’in Will do——and. cock as“ the:
liquor until only enough'is left».7té‘oow I V
the meat. Add‘two tablespoons ' ‘

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friends of mine.” .
“Shut up," growled the other.
\“Sure- you’ll be shut up—when
Bucky lands you,” retorted Luck cheer.
fully. . Then, with a sudden whoop:

  

 
  
  
 
 
  
   

dress. Fine! They’re getting ready;
to round you up, my friend. Listen. "
‘The friends of L. C. serve notice that '
what occurred at the Jack of Hearts
is known. Any violence hereafter done ,
to him will be paid for to the limit. No-
guilty man will escape.’ So the boys ’
are getting busy. I figured they would-
be. Looks like your chance of knock-2 ;
ing me on the head has gone down ‘
Salt River; I tell you nowadays aman: .
has to grab an opportunity by the tail; ;
when it’s there.” ‘ . . ,
The former convict leaned forward '
angrily. “Lemme see that paper.” . , g
His guest handed it over, an index- .
finger pointing out the item. “Large: '
as life, Blackwell. No, sir. You cer-; -
tainly didn’t ride herd proper on. that: -.
opportunity." 1
“Don’t be too sure it’.' gone, Mr.
Sheriff.” -

The man’s face was twisted to an;;
ugly sneer back of which lurked cruel -
menace. The gray eyes of Cullison did- -
not waver a hair’s breadth. '

“It’s gone. I’m as safe as if I were
at the Circle C.” . 3

“Don’t you think it.” ;

“They’ve got you dead to rights.‘;»
Read that personal again. Learn it by: ‘
heart. ‘The friends of L. C. give warn-’
ing.’ You better believe they’re round; ‘
ing up‘ your outfit. They know I’m;
alive. They know all about the Jack; 1:
of Hearts. Pretty soon they’ll know;‘
where you’ve got me hidden.” § j

“You’d better pray they won’t. For, *
if they find the nest it will be empty." ‘

“Yes?” Luck spoke with ironicalj
carelessness, but he shot an alert keen?
glance at the other. ' ,

“That’s what I said. Want to know "
where you will be?” the other or :
umphed.

“I see you want to tell me. Unload _’
your mind.” , ‘

Triumph overrode discretion. “Look.
out of that window behind you.” ‘

Luck turned. The cabin was built .
on a ledge far up on the mountain. .
side. From the back wall sloped for3
a hundred feet an almost perpendicu-
lar slide of rock.

“There is a prospect hole down
there,” Blackwell explained savagely.‘
“You’d go dOWn the Devil’s Slide——
what’s left of you, I mean—deep into
that prospect hole. The timberings
are rotted and the whole top of the
working ready to cave in. When your;
body hits it there will be an avalanche
——with Mr. Former—sheriff Cullison .at
the bottom of it. You’ll be buried With-
out any funeral expenses, and I reckon
your friends will never know Where to

   
     
      
   
 
  
 
 
 
   
  
   
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
   
 
  
    
 

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Farmer boys and girls sometimes
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to help father and mother. But' the
boy I have spoken about kept his eyes
and ears open when he was around
with his father and when he heard him

speak of needing a 816 he saw a chance'

to help at ChriStmas time. So he kept
his little secret—it was not easy for
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dent purpose to add to his happiness.

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world that count for most. The other
day an old man found somewhere about
the house a paper heart out out of
something white. ' It was not more
than four inches the longest way. On
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“The clouds are very dark, ’tis, true,
But right behind them shines the

blue.”

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with a boy of his own. But that pa-
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for the father, and he now keeps the
little thing as one of his treasures.

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to do errands for father and mother,
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STORY VIII.

Spotted TaillStirs Up Revolt.

POTTED TAIL was in disgrace.

Not only had he wickedly thrown

’ Bumper into the deep water in full
view of all the others, but he had re-
fused to accept the first challenge
made to him. He knew that he could
never live down both. One was enough
to bring him into contempt, but the
two. together practically robbed him of
all further influence among his people.

But instead of accepting his disgrace
in a contrite spirit, he became moody
and sullen. When the Others, includ-
ing Fuzzy‘Wuzz, avoided him, and
passed him in silence, he gnashed his
teeth in a fine rage.

Then he very naturally laid all the
blame to Bumper. excusing
from any guilt. This did not improve
his manners any, and finally, satisfied
that he could get no sympathy in his
home burrow, he decided to seek re-
venge outside.

He would spread the tale among all

rabbit was a fraud, and that it was his
intention to make them all submit to
his rule. This would naturally .oause
general anger, and perhaps stir up a

revolt. . The coming of Bumper in the
"wands had not reached far.yRumOrs

spread vslowly unless taken up by the

. birds, and Bumper had made .110 at:
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his people in the woods that the white ,

can .9. .,
a

mind with just the thing that is to be.
done. I
been pretty poor at. doing errands
when he was a boy. At any rate,
when he got to be a man and had a

wife, "one day they went to town to- .

gether, seme five miles away from the
farm; and when the man got home at

night, it seemed to him he had forgot: ‘

ten something he ought to have done
before starting for home. Come to
find out,.h'e had forgotten all about his
wife and left her away down town all
alone. He had no swift~going,automo-
bile, for that was before the daysiof
telephones or motor cars, so he had;th
drive the slow farm team "clear back
to get mother. The boy'that thinks
carefully will not be .very apt :to .do

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such a thing as that whenuhe' gets to I

be a man.

Seeing things that need doing in the ,

house and doing them before mother
says a thing about it, makes mother’s
heart glad, and the heart of the girl
who does this work glad, too. It al-
ways brings a glow to the. heart of the
one who does a good, kind thing, be it
ever soilittle.

But I think keeping free from that
miserable thing we call a ‘fgrOuch” fOr
want of‘a better name, is about the
finest way in the World to help the
home folks. Nobody gets much com-
fort out of a growl or a scowl..The old
dog knows the difference between'a.

laugh and an angry word. So does the,

horse; and all the world is made hap-
pier when you and I keep bright and
cheery.

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Bumper the White
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leader.

SpOtted Tail decided to get ahead of
him and spread the news first, distort-
ing it to suit his purpose. He appealed.
to Rusty the Blackbird first. “Rusty,
you’ve always been a friend of mine,"
he said, meeting him one day. “Now,
will you do me a great favor?”

. "Tell‘ me what it is first, Spotted
Tail,” was the reply. , '

“It is this, Rusty. Bumper the White
Rabbit has come into the woods from
somewhere, and proclaimed himself
king of all the rabbits. He is a cruel
king, and intends to wage warfare up-
on all the burrows that do not submit
to his rule. I want you to spread the
news all over the woods, and warn all
leaders of burrows to rise in revolt.”

Rusty looked at the speaker, and
flirted his wings.
Tail,” he replied. “‘l’m no carrier of
evil messages. Besides, I’ve met-Bump-
er the White Rabbit, and I liked him.
He didn’t seem to me cruel ’or a bad
sort 'of fellow)? .

Spotted— Tail appealed next to Mr.
Wobdpecker,‘ who listened to his story
in silence, and then tapped the trunk
of a tree with his long, hard bill. “No.
no, nogi’he said, keeping time with his

taps, ,«“I don’t: believe your story, Spot-

ted Train. hampers; not that ‘kind.
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1 land. Mr. Crestede Flycatcher, and re- . . but out! 5m FREE: ”flu." ”w” Free“: YOu! Lowest Prices! ' 2
v ceived from each one the same reply. Our coupon in Dillon-om, o...- ”Mglmlfi Our 5mm i. mu." m,

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work of earring Am a revolt against \ .

‘ Bumper. ‘

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g; ens you mumv Spotted Tail»? You look black enough

to obscure the sun.” , .

It was Shrike the Butcher Bird, ‘
whose very name made him dreaded
and hated. Shrike had the unpleasant '
habit of catching insects, lizards, frogs, :
and sometimes small birds, and stick-i
ing them on thorns until he or his
mate was ready to eat them.

Spotted Tail looked up and a gleam
of hope entered his eyes. Why not ask
the Shrike to spread the mesage that

, Mall and erpress charges paid by us.

, ' ' You get the biggest net returns. quickly,

" . without waiting or delay. Send us your
~ ‘ L‘ ill-stench get

10 PER CENT MORE. CASH

More than you can~get from any other ;

house in America. Years of satisfactory '

service to trappers hIVe made usthe fore-
most fur exchange.

» ‘ 3- nucsus'r mes-
Writo at once. '

Mankind ‘ ‘ l . . 7.
' Price Reduced ?

l Geton our list and keep wtosdtw on . . .
. r latest priest-‘Pfl-celllbsfi » 31211; £03m? would stir up trouble? By so domghe 5i
l flfififiegfilyhififi' en , - ' ‘ would accomplish two things. ' He
' would get even with the birds who had . ‘ 1: WW“ DEPARTMENTS 0F . .;
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“I have enough trouble to make me I d W)- , ’ p h _ A f F
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100k blue’ ‘Spoued Tall rephed' Even 40-481HURST BLOCK INDIANAPOLIS, u. s. A.

, , , the brightness of the sun doesn’t make , _ ssuo iron 1-“: cATALoos
5 me feel happy.” -~ . - , . , ’
1 ~ “It, must be trouble indeed, then,”
- laughed the Shrike, “for it’s a beauti—

ful day, and everybody else feels hap-

Ye shank you for the confidance ‘DY- What is it?” - p . _ ,
W09 1? us- - . “Alack! And alas!” sighed the .rab- . ee ‘.
\ e realize that the better servxce we hit. “I’m afraid you won’t sympathize . :

rve you the more popular we Will with me any more than Mr. VVQOdpeck-

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bacome and the greater our busmess er or Rusty the Blackblrd or any of the . 1
Vin grow. Our effort Will be to give others. I have told my tale to them, ' ' xe 3
you every advantage in price and and they only laughed at me.” ‘

giarantee satisfaction because. we A wicked gleam (lashed from the _
Concrete improvements have saved money for. so many farm-

how It is tllc m thlflg We can do 83785 of S'hrike the Butcher Bird. “RuS’ as math.“ 513.130“ Fm Concrete Miler has become ‘5 im_ /' . I
fit you and ‘01‘ us. Send It postal ty and Mr. Woodpecker are self-cone gangstglgge :ftgrérfileeglugpgnent as (their corn shelller 1:11: culgiva.
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txjay—wrlte for the list. ceited birds, and what they thmk don’t; gmgsmmry hand and shovel method—heixnyrgm tinc‘i‘ite‘t‘ii -.
‘i - i , f _ on way and get a uniform mix every time; save labor. save
, amount to mUCh' thtle I d 02119 What time and save the cost of the Sheldon on the first job.

RObert A- Pfelfferv whey said M did", - SHELDON CONCRETE MIXER"

P . F M aha t |i ‘But they won’t carry my message,”_ a the h, h db k .300 1
r ressive ur er n , _ - i - - oea_ some 11: gm wor as a mixer yet 005% on a
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Detroit, Mich. 0f the woods from the terrible thing a ab‘whfl1%fl.?'efl"u wmnmlt' _ , l
tllat is coming to them?” M‘il coupon Today JilllllllllllllihlllINllIlIlllhllllll‘l:"Ill” :1
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i‘ ”"Si‘il uw‘eizln“.e'°”mme" begun right away, he will Win them by A Kalamazoo l
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. - _ A 3”“ terrupted him with a harsh laugh. »‘ éNflA‘gPAdN EE leOS ters, who can devote their entire time
fi'flbmhfifi “It isn’t because I like you, spotted‘ garggcigfing’sm'm' “i”o§:::'§£h§§=f:§"ia"§§§ to our work. The offer our salaried
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HE past two years have Witness-

l ed a great change in the Michi-
gan farmer. " 'He has added to

his outstanding characteristics of skill,
resourcefulness, and stick-to-it-iveness,
'a new type of managerialability and
mechanical ingenuity. He has been forc-
ed to “let the machine do it.” There
was no alternative. The hired man had
gone to war or into the industries. The
eyes of the farmer opened wide to the
necessity of training. He sent his boy
or girl to the Agricultural College for
a. two, four or eight weeks’ intensive
course in the business of farming. If
there were no children, either he or
his wife attended. And at Farmers’
Week, well—the whole \family went,

The Faremr Gees to College

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nards” oi? the farm tractor. I know
this for I am a farmer, have always
lived on a farmand besides, know
aboutvthe short courses. And our Mich
igan farmers should realize that ther
college is ready and expecting then
with open doors. .

Undoubtedly, the most enthusiasm
short course advocate has been th’a
farmer with a truck or tractor, and m
one but himself to run it. These in
tensive four weeks’ courses a’cquairt
him with not only the proper care (if
these valuable machines, but also the
prevention of break-downs and the
methods of repairingxin case of trot-
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forming the largest group of farm men
and women ever gathered together at
the Michigan Agricultural College for
a, week’s special course.

The war is virtually over, now. How-
ever, the hired man has not returned
and the farmer has decided to keep his
new iron horses and his one-man ma-
chines that were forced on him during
the great crisis. And he is again turn-
ing his eyes collegeward to learn a bit
more in the few weeks of the least
busy days at his command. He has
not forgotten those hours of congenial
fellowship with other farmers from all
sections of the state, the brisk discus-
sions of urgent farm problems in and
out of the classroom, the practical lec-
tures by sympathetic professors, the
competition of judgment in the live
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efficient corps of instructors has given
the farm enginemen the opportunity of
their lives. There are two cou‘rses‘oi-
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2, and the second on March 1. '
The growth of the Agricultural En-
gineering Department of the college
has made possible a new course—Farm
Engineering—offered for the first time
this year during the month of March.
It is to deal with the many problems ~
of building, draining, fencing, concrete~
making, etc., that puzzle the present.-
day farmer. Also, under this course a
thorough study is made of the so-called
farm conveniences, such as problems
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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY

Change of Copy or (‘ ancellations much reach on
Ten Days before date of publication

W’ildwood Farms
Ang’tw'

Bulls in service are, Black Monarch 3rd,
Grand Champion Bull, Michigan State
Fair 1914 1915,1916.

Imp. Edgar of Dalmeny, Grand Champ-
ion Bull, Michigan State Fair 1918.

President Wilson 4th, Grand Champion
Bull, Michigan State Fair, 1919.

We offer for sale 6 choice young bulls
by Black Monarch 3rd.

Edgars Calves are as yet too young
to offer for sale but are a promising
lot of calves, and are going fast.

A visit will interest you, write for part-
iculars to

WILDWOOD FARMS
ORION, MICHIGAN
W. E. SCRIPPS. Prop.. Sidney Smith.Supt.

 

 

WOODCOTE AUGUS
1919 Winning; to Date

i‘tllith. State Fair 12 lsts Schism. igd. ch.
.W est Mich “ ll 1“ 3 " 2 " :‘
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Intentional—2011112“: ineludlisxiq- the undefeated
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heifers Pric ce cowr

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Butter Flt at Lower
Cut? «'1.
No other breed can pro-
duce rich golden butter-
‘1 " {at as cheaply as tn.
cue-my. Official year-
ly records show—one
cow has giVen 24,008
lbs milk and l 0981bs.hut—
tar lat. Write for our
1399 booklets.
The American Guernse .
Ccttle Club. Box I 4 .
Domini-0.x. B.

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GUERNSEY BULLS

FOR SALE

Atta. Boy of Maple Crest born April 1919. Sire
imp. Spotswood Sequel A A..R daughters
Dam imp Albinie. price $175.00 Pride's May
King of Avondale born June 1919 Sire Notes
May King of Bailey Fells oodam Queens Pride of
Harriton A R. price $150.00 . Ma, Boy of Hal-
m on born April 1917 Sire Byron . dam Mixter

Mildred price $25000
Avondale Farms, Wayne, Mich.

1:1:1matmlllutnw

' just about as much as whole milk

-SEEDING ALSIKE AND TIMOTHY.

'would get the arm of oats Or barley

‘ seed to grass alone prepare the land

, the spring as you can get on the land
. to work. Make a good finevseed bed

 

good plan to roll the glound as soon

pounds of good fertiliZer per a'cre’be-

 

Registered Guernseys

old bull and nearly four months Id bull
Ant“ ye" 13801: Room 31.33,
Depot Bldg. .. Detroit. Mi ich.

REGISTERED summers

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key for your labor and expense this
. year It would be a splendid idea to
How much is skim-milk whey worth apply lime just before seedmg, and

for pig feed? The creamery here make ill mix
acheese of the skim-milk. I can get barrow it so that the lime ll

SKlM-MILK WHEY

 

the wheyfor ten cents a ten-gallon can thoroughly With the soil C C L’
delivered at my door. Compared to 2
other feed, is it worth anything for '

WHY WE BREED ABERDEEN-
ANGUS CATTLE.

feed? They run this down the creek
and the ten cents is for hauling.
Allegan Co. C. D. W.

Skim- milk whey ought to be worth

 

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whey. When you make cheeSe out of
whole milk‘the butterfat is all suppos-
ed to go into the cheese, if the cheese-
maker understands his business. Full
cream cheese is composed of butterfat,
casin and water in about equal parts.
Skim-milk cheese contains little or no
butterfat. It is simply casein and wa-
ter, but the mar who makes skim-
milk cheese would have no way of tak-
ing anything out of the milk that could
not be taken out in making full cream
cheese, therefore whey ought to be
equaL

Whey isn’t as valuable as skim-milk
as a food, because it does not contain
casein, one of the principal food nutri-
ents of skim.milk. But it does contain
albumen, milk sugar, ash, etc., and is
a product that ought not to be poured
into the creek. Whey is ordinarily con-
sidered to be about one- -half the food
value of skim- milk. Accmding to this
you can well afford to pay the present
mice for whey. It ought» to be fed in
connection with oil meal and a little
corn meal, equal parts, .to get best re-
sults for hogs. C. C. L.

natural way and look as though they
knew they were being shown. V,A‘
straight back line, with a prominent
loin, and free from patchiness areim-
portant "factors in selecting show ani-
mals. Another factor of importance 11's,
plenty of spread in the hind Quarters.
plenty of depth and as straight antin-

balance throughout the body‘when you
look sideways. An animal of this port
will usually turn out in a way that you
would expect. ,It is disappointing to
spend one’s time and feed conditioning
an animal that. fails to round out in
good condition for exhibition.

A good many farmers have an idea
that the Angus cattle are timid and dif-
ficult to handle, but this is not true,
for they are very docile and will learn
readily what is wanted of them, and it
p1operly handled will be as quiet as
any breed tieated unde1 the same con—
ditions.

It is asked by many farmers why the
Aberdeen-Angus does not rank as high
as some of the other breeds in the mat.-
ter of sale prices. The only solution“
I can offer is that the breeders of ether
breeds have worked together longer-
and cooperate with greater harmony.
In many instances they are men’of
Wealth and understand the real value
of cooperation in business, while the
Angus breeders have at times. been
skeptical and more inclined to paddle
their own canoes. The. Angus is essen-‘
tially a poor man’s breed because they
will do more for him with the same
outlay of capital than the other breeds.

The Angus cattle can be fed at a low
cost, and if finished, and the market
goes down, they can be held at less
cost and shrinkage than other cattle.
They can also be shipped to market
with less shrinkage and look better
when they get the requii ed fill.

I consider that the Angus have an
advantage over the other breeds be.
cause they are compact, easily filled»
out and look round and plump to the
buyer when he looks‘ them, over in-the'
pen, and they have that heavy dressing
percentage that pleases the packs!)
and for that reason will always 8911.81
little higher on this account: '1 few,
that I‘have answered your question-as
well as I can, and I know that there
are many breeders of Aberdeen-Angus
cattle in Michigan who have the same
liking for the breed.

We have at this time over fifty ac-

 

 

I have just moved onto a 160- -acre
farm, consisting of a gravelly and
sandy soil. Wishing to sow eight or
ten acres of alsike and timothy I am
wondering whether to use a field that
has been devoted to lye or one where
corn was produCed the past yea1. The
corn in places looked poor. How would
you prepare the field? Would you
spread the lime on the field before
plowing, or after?

Cass Co. ' F. S. M.

You do not say whether you wish to
sow a nurse crop with youralsike and
timothy, or not. Ordinarily people sow,
oats or barley and at the same time
seed to alsike and timbthy. They

the first season, and the next year a
crop of hay.

I would use \the corn. stubble and
seed to alsike and timothy. If you

by harrowing and disking as earl-y in

and, sow about six or eight quarts of
alsike and timothy to the acre. ‘This
should be very lightly covered with a
fine- tooth barrow and it would be a

as harrowed.

This land being .in very poor condi-
tion I would use two or three'hundred’

fore the grass seed is SOWII and ham state, more especially in the. northern
rowed into the soil. Should weeds get and eastern ' counties 'and many of
a start cf the grass clip with mowing these men are getting a good start in
machine, setting the mowing machine the business They are becoming so
cutter bar high so as to kill Weeds and numerous that we are ‘ beginning to
cut off as little as possible (if the grass feelth'e need of-a.Iregul‘anannualsale.
With a fair, season you Ought to get a ‘
good fair crop of hay late in the sea-
son. _

It yen desire to sow this field to cute an Opportunity to disnose of 9.
er barley, seed the alsik‘e and timothy thfllr'sui'llltl? animals. We plan
annual affair and find

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the «percentage of choice-fed cat-
tle altered on the market was as small
as today, nearly all of _the finished

‘beeves having been _sold some weeks

ago for the holiday, trade. A few choice
to fancy steers have been sold recent-
ly for $17.50 to $19.50 per 100 pounds,
with not much trading above $16 and

sales largely within a range of $11.50 ~

to $15.50. stockers and feeders selling
at $6.50 to $12.50. Cows at. $11.50 to

$13.50 and heifers at $12 to $14 are i

scarce, sales of cows for dressed beef
purposes being largely at $8.50 to 9.50
and heifers at $8.50 to $10.75. Can-
ning cattle are selling at extremely
low prices, cows of this class going as
low as $5.00 to $5.50. Shippers have
been in the market buying bologna
bulls around $7.50 to $8.50, with a few
heavy bulls selling at $8.75 to $9.00.
while most of the fat butcher bulls
went for $10.50 to $11.75. Steers sell-
ing for $17 to $17.50 have not been on
feed more than ninety days and show
a good margin of profit, while the $12

'to $13 offerings are apt to be losers for

their owners. The $9.50 to $12 class
of steers are taken largely by country
shippers, who figure that they will
prove profitable for finishing as beef
cattle. Most of the eastern stock feed-
ers have completed their purchases,
and Ohio and Pennsylvania feeders are
always in the habit of filling their re-
quirements before January. But ‘there
is a tendency to buy cattle for grazing
next spring ahead, and light cattle are
sold for this purpose at $9.50 to $10.50.
cattle weighing around seven to eight
hundred pounds being taken. Where
cattle are wanted for a short feed, qual-
ity is not essential, but where they are
intended for long feeding, they must
be good in quality.

 

SOME GOOD LEG BANDS.

 

N marking hens with leg bands we
have saved time by purchasing the

bands which are made for that purpose

rather than making them. Home-made
bands can be constructed of wire but
it takes time and they are usually not
as satisfactory as the commercial arti-
cle which sells at a moderate price.
We like the single coil spiral bands
which are made in several colors. They
slip on quickly and stay. The birds
cannot pick them loose.

The colored spiral bands are useful
to distinguish the pullets, the year«old
and the two-year-old hens. The early
hatched pullets and cockerels can also
be marked with the spiral bands to
separate them from stock hatched a
few weeks later. These spiral bands
are also made with a long lap at a
slightly increased expense. Possibly
they might stay on better but the sin-
gle coil with the short lap has proven
satisfactory.

The spiral bands are also made with
a double coil and these have the ad-
vantage of being more easily seen. The
aluminum bands with numbers are
handy in trap-nesting work or for des-
ignating certain hens of special value
when they are culled to find the best

egg-laying types. We like the bands .

the best that are the least complicated.
One type consists of double clinches
for looking around the fowl’s leg.
When once clamped dorm with pliers
it islnot apt to work loose. There are
adjustable bands made which are suit-
able for birds of all sizes but we do
not like them as well as the system of

clinching is more complicated and 0c-1

casionally we have had such a band

f work louse. Bands that are sealed with
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Manure Spreaders includes three
styles, each particularly _well
adapted for the work for which It
is intended. M olineWide Spread-
er No. 38 is built with 38-inch
beater for use with two horses. It
is a very handy machine and one
thatcan be handled conveniently
in tight places.

Where a larger machine is desired
there is the Moline No. so Spreader.
built with 50-inch heater and fitted
with three-horse eveners. Small farm-
ers and truck gardeners will findthe
third style very satisfactory. This is
known as the Moline Wagon Box
Spreader and is built in standard 38-
inch width for use with two horses.

   
  
  
  
 
        
      
     
     
       
 
     
 

 

 

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Lowdown, light running, .
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or write us for full information.

l/li‘
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crease in production costs. .
MANURE SPREADERS
Now is the time to see your Moline
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elections of skin or mueoue membrane.

before with obickc"—Cutly Smith. Kennett. lo

Book on treatment of dlleuel (tee with nob package.
“0. II. I.“ GO. Dept.F-39

GERMOZON E ""‘ '”‘ "'
. Stock Remedy
For Poultry, Pigeon-,Dou. Can. Rabbits. Parrots. County and
other birds or pet animals. Germosone II I unlvenel and cafe
remedy: (or colds. Inuflee. roup.core thrust. loss of voice or sing-

iu.influouzn.bovel trouble.dietomper.me eyeeoremmenlel.
fleet. lou oflu: or feathers. mo. wounds. akin discus. «or ol be:

"My hens have never doneeowell u this your and heven't
lost a single obick"-Mre. Flora chple. Walker: in. "Simply

Germoeone in cold by most drug.|eed and pouluycupply dealers.
or mailed pootplld in 25c. 78¢ and 8!. 50 package. from Omaha.

‘ chit-ks; Standard Bred S. C. White and’limwn
gfioggante all” Also English Vl’hite Leghorns. Bred to lzu'.la.rza
“Bea. e Chick- Whlte eggs. Safe arrival guaranteed. shipper! upto

on 988 ' Duel“ our door by gal-Ce] post. Free catalogue With ll‘lt.

turkeys. Hardy Fowls. Eggs and Incub ' . .. . .- - . r . , -
wreatlowestpnm_l,dmmpwu 8- OLVhslN HAHJiLRX. n.2, Aetland, l‘llch.

Farm.
Valuable poult book and catalog REE ' ‘
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EA. NEUBE 13mm MankfloJWlnn. Barred roks ills “3.55.3. 139250°§gqyorffflsrilll
per setting prepaid by P. P. Circular free.
FRED AS'l‘LlNG. Constantine. Mich.

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Gemowne enough. I use it to: chicken. neck and household" Chicks. Hi hes quality. Lowest possible cost. J - 15- BARN .\l, Lino“ (All. “who

_un. Wm. Hoenpel. Hm. Okla. ’llv bird Puppies don‘t Sand for l ustrnted book and price list. A —————-—————- ....._.,___.-..__ ._.___ ,

Inowwlm diatemper in and I never had such eood succu- mmtormation bureau free. Address Barred ROCk gang chick;- a specifalty. Vl'n nm’
()0 ing or: m" mm or lil‘JO. Apply

\ 1'88“
Nichol’s Poultry Farm. Box 28. Monmouth.lll.

for terms. H. H. PIERCE. Jerome. Mich.

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.. DAV our CHICKS lufllezhorns Zldpfiféfll-‘i‘fifiii1135;":E'.‘.‘.‘.1‘§“l2.;‘é."‘;'i.:‘.‘.’;

Guaranteed to 1.500 miles. Eggs for laying strains. Dr.“'illiuni Smith. l’t-tt-l'sl)urtz,l\’lich.
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too-clutch Broader-both only 818.50 1
' Freight Prepaid E2313 '.

  
  

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Hatching. Bar. Rocks, S. C.

._ Leg, 3. c, a; R. c, Reds, w_ Wynn. B d R k ('nr'kt‘l‘elfi. ltinglet 'strain
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and R.0. Rhode Island ltcds. Booking orders at.

S POUllI'S’BOOli :33! 2-12-11) 33355.? A!“ $14.50 per.l()0. Andrew J. Goret. n. l. Col‘unim.i\lich.

‘ 751%"; tearing. feeding and disease information:
norms-n cmcKs w.
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.. 64 BREED Most Profitable chlck- cock're's Wyandottes. szllm'ns. Spanish. ‘ Minor-
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artisan-arses-
mm In bugness ylear nigg-

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mist, "Htgv to Rdlge 43 out m" 3'"
01 50 ch ch." 10 cents. Catalog Free. Write today.
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, . 130 Egg lllcubafor $

of as. Hot wa-
tanks. double walls. 3
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25
V and Broader for 16
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ligeysl. Choice pig's-bred. lnor-theirn misled.
ow 8. eggs. ncu ators at ow pr cos. m- _ . , g .
crica's greatest poultryfarm. 27th year. Val- DANCE If "h“ and eggs are Clfl'( 15~ U
108 e b 01: and atal tre . .noth‘hwvcd “eh!- ‘ ‘~ P
liable new pug 0 c 03 9' 100000 Chlx this season e-t B‘omlul » (k c 9
. c ~ ~ . ~ A * \ u ‘\' ,l'
R.F.NEUBERJc.-ilum4 Hunk-M'W- reduced at low prices quoted. lit-levied l'tlllly,
.xhlblatlon tlgaplli‘est’fd itockb 16 vurllt-tms. Hmr'hlmg
eggs. one, no 5. ‘ur eye. 10.850. innk )(iut‘ui’dom
POULTRY early. Avoid disappointment. Slum m {twin-minted.
Beckman Hatchery. 26 E. Lyon. (iruilu. Rupidn. Mir-h.

"oflflfiél’cflffigm Fow'er’s Bu“ liststhrift:Siiéfifstiflitii

New Spring Catalog

Those who want Do} Old Chicks should order early.

There will be a big emand attain this year. With egglgs ohn's Big beautiful Barred Rocks are lieu hatched
75 cents uryour home town. .people will buy heavi y grow/muck. 800d layers. sold on Ul‘DI‘m-ul.malé‘s N
of the laying breeds. For ux weeks we have booked to 88. Circulars Photos. John Nortimn, Glare. Mich.

orders for spring delivery.
Let k »' . . ~. ,, . .. .
us. now now the breed you mil “ant. Parks S'raln Pf all‘gachnni)’l\lll30($§9l;?la'
You Will be espectally interested In the extra heavy 0. H. WRIGHT, LIB. 103 ‘ Ypsil'lnti Mil-h
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or sale . "Buy the Host" eggs for hatching from an
egg strain Barred l’l"moutll Rock. $2.00 per 13, $31!)
for 45 eggs. H. B. P131 CTUR. Grand Haven. Mich.

 

 
  
 

 

 

as heavy producers by the oultr Extension
. for rollers. Mrs. CLAUDIA BETTS, Hilisdale. Mich.

 

 

         
  

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lagging breeds: White Leghorn: ins acted and certi-

Spociallst of theMlchlgnn Agricultural ollege. O , .

Bus for Hatchin ~8ittings or for incubators, all "Chem”

breeds. ' ‘ '

Cockuels—Woetlll have a few strict] hi h uality R. C. large fan '0‘k-

(lockerele. t us_desorihe them an itfia 37?»; our RhOde [Slafld Reds? erels at 84 oahhf 9
rice: Barred. White and Bull Books; . and . . BUR'I SISSON. Imlay City. Mich

fiedeé V??? Wynndottes: S. C. Black Minorcae; W.
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and urns. both combs'ln e h. - . . .
‘° 8. G. R. l. Reds. Smaz°titzgflg:;g

‘filxn ocpkus‘.Im_s‘ 0- Brown Leghorns. One pen bred quick maturing heavy in his strain. Cooker-ole

Let us know what you will want andrenter your name Sikog‘ki’iai‘ogVPullggs 33 go to $55100“ Pen'fi 51900 t” 325“"

now for new Catalog. . - ~ . ute . Box 11;), lpsilanti. Mich.
STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION
. Kalamazoo, Mich.

  

    

 

 

 

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qua yoocereean nos. .
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D Choice Cooker-e1 and llamas Boned in mouth Rock Corherels. *r
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of world ch m long. .
mcxs'cusmi'fnv nan. sun-Hus. 111111

 

' State and Fédoral Tested.) Ypsilanti
"M "I” biichigan. Often; y wnfi sires out of
choice advanced registry dam nd ing Korndyke
Artis Vale: Own dam 34. 16 lbs. sbutterin 7 days: aver-
age" .. nearest dams 37 61. 6 nearest 33. 93. 20 nearest 27. 83

312529 Libertyh Bonds or terms gets bull calf born May
29. 95 w hits, 9 nearest dams arg.‘ 86 lb. bu

lb. milk in 7 deg. Dam gddam. of Pontiac Cornucopia
L McLAULIN, Redford. Mich.

Re stored. For Sale, 8 Mo. old
Guam), Bull1fro 81 .dam. Write for par-
ticulars. 0. A. HENNESEYR Watervliet, Mich.

Reg Guernsey Bull calf 4 1110. old for $75, deliver-

ed. Sire Deasie's May Rose of Allenwood
83278. gKiss nearest dams avoraI e 7% lbs. fat, dam of
calf Imp. n. A. BLACK, ,Howard only. did:

For 5“ Registered Guernsey Bull calms, sired by
e Starlight of Bonayre 53061. und defeated bull):
,Eolland. MlCh.

 

yet cheap. John Ebels,R

 

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Wisconsin Adds to the
Holstein Evidence

Eleven grade Holsteins proved to be
the highest producing herd tested by
the Waupaca and Butternut Ridge Cow
Testing Association of Wisconsin. They
were owned by Ira Farley, and returned
him an avera e profit of $72. 02. His
best grade Ho stem cow was Brownie,
a ten- -¥eaIr- -old, and she produced 10, 201
lbs. 0 milk during the year, yielding a
profit of $113. 54. This is but one ran—
dom instance of the profit to be derived
from rading up a herd with 3 H01-
stein ull.

Read the reports of many tests in our
free booklets.

THE. HOLSTEIIII‘s-FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION

Hudson Street
Brattloboro, Vermont

“Top-Notch”
HOLSTEINS

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 Co., Howell, Mich.

The Traverse Herd

We have what you want in BULL CALVES the
large fine growthy type. guaranteed right in
every way. They are from high producing A. R.
0. ancestors, Dam'srecords up to 30 lbs. Write
ior pedigrees and quotations. stating about age
desired.

TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL

Traverse City. Mich.

GET A BETTER BULL

WINNWOOD HERD
1111121111115 01-"
Registered Holstein - Friesian Cattle

We have bull calves ready for service and a new
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, (Inc.)
Lock Box 248, Roccommon, Mich.

 

 

 

 

record, 28. 24 butter. She is 6 daughter of Wood-9
crest Hengerveldne Koi. a son oi Hengerveld
De K01. and a sister to Nancy Lucy Henderveld. a
4) lb. cow Cali sired Nye. son ofR ppol

Korndyke 8th. Born ov.16,19418.s ion pdid

om. individual. ready fer service. Dam will on

soon and is a good 30 lb prospect. Priced very
low. Write tor full pedigree and particulars.

WAH-BE-ME-ME FARMS, , .
WHITE PIGEON. 1 MICHI‘GAN'

FOR BALE—These heifers are go! King Segis and
Pontiac Korndyke b reedi ng. All will be bred this
month to “The Milk and Butter Oham .ion" . theonl

bull in the:world whose dam is a worl‘ s record inil

cow and whose sire' s dam is a world'- record butter
cow, and both are yearLiy records. A chance to
get started right. LE. CORNELL, ayette. Ohio‘h—e

accepted in meat of 1111er bredm-
‘ a.“ "d. istorod 110133111 ball calves. %ality
of the bent. and Kat prices within reach of...“ all. rite.
GEO D0.LAR Lick

H. "0' *' Herd bull, a double rundson of De-

8 NM Roi 2.11.3611» Boy . 11 splendid in-
div1duai, kind sure server. Dams record at 6 yrs. but-
ter 7 days28.531bs.. milk 619. 255 days at 2% y." butter
802 lbs. milk 1&221b. W.B.Reader, Howell, Mich.

OLUNV STOCK FARM
A Semi-Cities] Bred Bull to Head

our on! 4

Maplecrest Application Pantigc No.132652, heads
or or

His dam' 3 record is 1344 3 lbs. butter, 23 421 2
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
can these great blood lines into Your Herd-
For edigrees and Prices writ to to
R. BRUCE McPHERSON. Howell. Mich.

HOLSTEIN BULL w 111011111110 1...
Apple the Great, the
512.5 000 bull. His dam a 19- lb. 3 year old. randdaugh-
ter of Coiantha Johanna Lad and dWor ds Record
(low, Pontiac (xlfidl, a daughter of Hengerveld De
Kol. Be “as sired hv Rag Apple Korndyke 8th. Will
i185 years old next Man-L1 Achance to get the best

blood lines at a big bargain
LB ERT G. WADE, n“ HITE PIGEON. MICE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONG DISTANCE

Holstein calms of either sex. Can spare anicely
marked heifer inuked by seven dams that average

abov‘elliiolbs, hutttr and 24000! bs. milki in one ye

Choice Duroc Sous A. F LEMING. Lake. hilch.

' BieilIl,1nicleiy marked, born
Reg. HOIStelnD 119 9 choice b1eeding,
880 Reg. and Del. J. RobDert Hicks, St Johns, Mich.

 

 

EGIS’IERED Holstein bulls sired by King Zerma
Almrtra Pontiac, son of th e ,000 bull; some from
good A. R. 1). rows. 0.11 Giddings, Goblevilie, Mich.

MICHIGAN
JERSEYS

Michigan is an ideal place for
the raising of Jersey Cattle
and there are no better cat-

 

 

 

tle for dairying than Jerseys.

Jerseys mature early, live

long, produce persistently.
give the greatest'amount of
butter-fat obtainable from ev-
ery pound of feed. They are
hardy and vigorous, always
on the job and the greatest
mortgagelifters that ever en-
tered a barn.

Michigan should have more
Jerseys and the Jersey breed-
ers of the state are anxious
to cooperate with anyone
who is interested in success-
ful dairy farming.

MICHIGAN JERSEY
CATTLE CLUB

 

 

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Moartra Pontiac Butter Boy

One of the best sons of the $50,000 bull
now has a list of Jr. two year old daugh-
ters surpassed by none.

Lucy Canary De Kol24. 78- lbs.. Lakeside
Pontiac Queen 23.12-1bs., Alcartra Pon-
tiac Elzevere Vale 22. 70-lbs., Alcartra
Pontiac Hengerveld Girl 21. 75- lbs. and
several others above 20—le.

We have for sale one of his sons ready
[or heavy service from a 24. 24 r. 4 year
old, that gave over six hundre pounds
of milk 1n 7 days. He is a splendid in-
dividual fit to head any herd. Price 8300.

9111111111111 3303., take Odessa, 11111.
GRADE UP YOUR HERD

. Farm Pontiac

 

The Wildwood Jersey Farm
Bulls for saleb Majest' sOxford Fox 134214 and Em-
inent Ladys a jestiI . and out of R. of M. Ma-
joaty dams. VIN BALDEN, Capac. Mich.

BUTTER BRED ”$5513., 29"“
CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FAR? LI
Silver Creek. Allegan County. Mlchflflll.

 

 

ll 8 Premier son of Sophie's Premier that so!
for $1750 this fall. Bill“! and bull calves.

Maplee Lane R of M. Jersey Herd. For sale Bl
R. 0.
eockerels. IR NFOX R. 3. Ailegan. Mic

 

freshen soon, heifers bred to f nno'xt fall, 8
mwsJi. 01M. bull calves. O. C. Liliie,000persvillo.Mich

ulls ready for service from our herd bull Margueritea
with A Parker.

now on test MR 1 Mich.

  

Sophie “shitload. CHAS 8.
cMimi!0311291611111, Wolds] ..-'-. id; _. " 4

  

 

28 lb. Bull Calf ‘ i

Darn. Canary Tet Household. 7 day. 4 year old ~

Seven Yearling Heifers ,

ILLIE Farmstead Jerseys—A few heifers bred to.

Premier gdsoRnaf ofP MIogss 99th of Hood “Howie?“ cows

FOR SALE 1111:3211. regs?

  
   
   
    

    
     
 
    

 

    
 

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on Your Cows
-- Register Them .'

“SCRUBS" cost more in the long run. so
_ matter how little you worry or care
about them. A pureabred cow that is
registered pays i’nany times over.
If you haveJerseys now that are purebred,
or if you Contemplate getting Jerseys, let
us mail full information and application
blanks for registering. The registering
cost is a trifle when you consider how
it adds to the value of the cow or call.
Write today for Jersey [acts and
registrating information.

I URSAWEM One 3:: Distiller . 7 "
114.17. EUBBA De sou. Ovid. Midi; ' '
gggafiAi-E 3.3.5.11: agmmrasu:
M3110 LYNCH. MayvfllqlMich.
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Registered Ber 11111151101111; read for com

{‘0'
' , 111m and cows bred to 'J i
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" Srcdandon ilteservicebl
BCrkShII'CS boars: can fupgnislT pairs or t1 ids. ’

RUSSELL BROS. R.3 Merrill. Mich.

    
 
    
     
     
 
  

 

   
 
    
      
    
 

 

   
   
 
 
   
    
 
  
  
    
  

    
  

 

 

      
  
 

‘ Berkshire bosrs,one yearll ,two sprin
fifilgtged boars priced reasonable an guaranteed

A.VEY Akron. Mich.

What would the earning capacity of a Brook-

. water Boar be in your herd? A mid-west breeder
states that the Brookwater boar he used added . z,
_ from 875 to 8100 to every gilt bred to him. ‘
HAflwoun HEBEFORDS It pay ed this man to use one of our boars it will

Day 3'0

. We have several that we are odoring at priceswhich
appeal to the small breeder who must of necessity
Young stock both sexes for sale. be laconlssrvatitige guyer dvei ili”: allow £11.; or:
.. ,, _ goo 0 our e use 11 1g cars or so
K009 On 598019 heads the herd. Write “3 prices in keeping with their in individuality and
your wants. Visitors welcome. breeding. Money invested in a good herd boar

. . very speedil increases the value not only of
JAY HARWOOD, Ioma, Mich. what you sell'but what you keep. Send for price
Farm six miles south of Ionia.

The American Jersey "
(Cattle Club
322-M West 23rd Street
New York. N. Y.

 

  
  
 
  

       
 
 
  
   
  
  
   
      
  
  
 
    
    
  
  
    
     
       
   
  
   
   
  
  
    
 
    
  
    
 
 
   
   
  
 

 

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l t or better. visit the! arm.

BROOKWAm FARM” Ann Arbor, Mich.
EBT W. HUME RIDMowner.

11:15 11121559151183 DUROC JERSEYS

Bullion t e 4th. now heads our herd. inspection CAREY U. EDMUNDS, Routines, Mich.
invited. COLE & GARDNER. Hudson, Mich- ~
. of size. quality and breeding. All are sired by State *
1 Fair IW1nners. Comes er.d
' NEWTON BARNeHART, St. Johns. Mich. .

3 Prince Donald,3 Farmer and one Poll- DUROC JERSEYS 111310th sire: 0131 am
ed bulls from 7 to 13 months old, for sale. 11. n. HEYDENBEBR. Vdiyland. Mick. ,

ALLEN BROS. Registered Duroc Bears

’ w 1. 111 1 t 1 ring boars , rod 111
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN Cheerl‘yvoCblc. gofilgflg. Trio-Jackson” Milli! €233:
HfleIOTdSom Just bani-chased 3 new herds, now haie

head our herd rices a within every farmers
we oiier you athhin desired

reach. The Jennings arms. 8 ley. Mich" R. P D No.1

either sex. hornedH or pulled any age. Price reason- Duroc Jerseys 0‘" herd won 15“
9 seconds. 3 thirds. m‘
‘ble HE McCAfiTlS' BM Axe. Mkh‘ fourths. 3 fifth- at leading Michiganb fairs including
State Fairs. We have some choice boars ready for

HEREFORDS = 3331112112? °‘ M“ ”an ”99651131111009 1911111? 11?." ““1151
RALPHS SMITH, 1111111111111, M1111 H ‘ "m” ° '

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l th 1. 10131;}ANA FAR?! has zlfew :Mood farmers 302?;
on y 9 upper- crus re- a sinner" s pr ces. so oars
"Sui.” “SM ".ld." mined, undesirables 1111- to head good pure bred Duroo herds. (get our prices
sexed. not the largest herd. but few as . Come and on bred gilts and sows. They will interest “you whether
see. Farm adjoins town. E. J. Taylor. mont, Mich. you are plannlli‘gto get ab red not.

0. . F0 TEE, M91. , whvillion. Mich.

I Two good yearlingboarsthat - 1
s"°'w"'°£“ £11591?» ”nobt‘ii his: 5'" Dumc hmwm mac-om .. 1.... .1. 1
' ' ' ' ' best herds in Michigan, also spring enough 1

Sher-thorns of and“! Se toh and gorseIrvice. Birodbitho Chang .1?“ Janiner roof.“ , .

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5“ 22.19121. T° Msmnra‘st‘ssn M °
0 . von o. ton n 11 an 1 .

Bul'ign. Model Type. by the Ouch. Co. Shorth 1101-11 Duroc Roars, €91“ng {”mggs‘bl’

“Breeders As. John Schmidt. Sec. Reed City, Mich. BOARDMAN FrAGTIMn,‘ aoha'bn. Mich.

Duro c bred sows and gilts sired b Cher?
BIIDIF1 KIiilig Oflthd” broil,I towAlolI gel. 1011 Son “1113221111..
. F" I fund Milk rat 0 use 0 , reasons. 6 ay 012M“. loll.
Registered bulls. cows and heifers. Good Scotch and DUI'OC 33.21%??? iyvififilfffnieflefiffgwmgofi:
l". R.

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our from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile insets lmall For fifi’xwmfié’gffig 13:11.6??31“ W.
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BIDWELL STOCK FARM

340:3. Tecumseh. Mich.

'Richland Stock Farrns

Home of the Michi an Champions.
Shorthorn Sires In Service:

IMP. Lorne, IWIP. Newton Champion. Storli
Supseme Why not buy a young bull tohc
our herd that carries the blood that is makin‘g
ghorthorn History. Only a tow real headers
left Write your wants.

C. H. PRESCOTT & SONS. Tawn- City. Mich.

lonia Co. Breeders Ass’ n .g.,,_-,,.,

inl‘lrgtelorJ sale Rea Shorthornshfizretgrdis, am 111' IIHA success ”papyrus inf?” 1r.
, ro n w as a .

o nis Jersey and Rsmbouillet sheep. .0 ““90““ "2',

P l l’omlChi Hampshiieo .swi ne e."
a ‘
r°fin w fimoas’ni‘no sec) R. 3. 101111. Mich.

1n.p Royal Bruce he do ' - ,
SCOtCll Show! lectherd or females 00311113117; Mm“ spring and fall 4 4‘
of the Rosewood. Lovely Orangeblossom and Roan a ther sex. THEE-1". ‘ 1,
Lady and several other good t.emales Two bulls ready won highest horiorgva 'a nut AN stronifi‘coxvnpet-M ‘clr. . _.

so i for sale also a few- femaes]
circa" “s. o 00.. BadAxe, M1011 Address , - 4- 4.4 . 4

NW“! "13'3”“ "W” _ 0. LC. and Chester Wln'te Sm
MILKING SHORTHORNS. 32:5 93511111331;me ““1 33"“ ,,,sgmg:: 331111111154

bull calves. Davidson and Hall. Tecumseh, Mich. 9‘9“, 11 few more ts nt 0present. 111111110110. 1).

i I «111111.115 1111er3.... Motlette. inch. 11 No.1. - '
lunch Crusty Farm 513,133,313; Agggflpfim I

G 1101 um b ll 3 ltan 3 Stand rd.so Sui}: Gilt-I bred tor rah and April tan-ow. goamntqodI1
madmeduiigrsneghéim “yo “fish-1113 heife¥s01 $130M MEG“; 32-9! 4 D..- r :93“ sic: and I141: unio- n.
to sell. AddressG. 11.311111 ck, gr Goldwater, 11111. A}? "I!!!" by - Alarm-R M11199! . .- - ,

nam‘w Hills Sh 1111 31.1 dedb 1 I. 0' Last boa so “ 29
M ver K111 fullbmghercblinslia;:n%:e§ 9.1 11115831} =09 #112140 of 3"“. mi"I ,H 4 T In
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Cough—Diarrhoea.-——Have mare that
, has been coughing for the past three
weeks, besidesher appetite has failed
, and the food she eats passes through
her whole. Our local Vet. prescribed
. for her, but his medicine failed to
check her securing. H. '1‘. B., Port
Huron. Mich—A case of this kind
should not be treated by mail, for the
5‘7 treatment should be changed almost
’ daily, especially if one remedy fails,
another should be tried. Give her one
pint of raw linseed oil (not boiled)”
“ »: one dose only. Also give 1/2 oz. tinc-
\ture ginger and 1/2 oz. fluid extract of
cinchona at a dose three times a day.
Scratches—Blood Purifier.—-I would
like to know what I can do for scratch-
es on a. horse. Also wish to know a
good blood purifier for horses. G. E...
McBajn, Mich—Apply one part oxide
of zinc and four parts petrolatum daily
but don’t forget to keep heels clean
and dry. A very good alterative medi-
cine for horses is potassium iodide and
it should be given in 1 dr. doses two
or three times a day. '
Spasm of Larynx—No person round
here seems to know what ails my pigs. ' . . . . ‘5 .
Immediately after the pigs go to the 1 , .
trough to either eat or drifnkl, they sudd , .-
de’nly back up, stagger, a over an H H h W o N
remain down for a few minutes. We er ealt as at I e t
feed them ground oats, barley, corn,

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)l s., Mich.———Doubtless your pigs either The cows that make the big millé recoras are
suffer from spasm 0f larynx, 01‘ Chm“? well fed and well bred. to be sure. But, above

 

i . as ”the result of filling the mouth and - - . .
throat too full of cold food or swill. It all, they fire. In the pmkpf condition. The con-
you will spread out their meal, heat itt - Etant ail-am of heavy milk production will wear
with,hot water, making it quite mois . own t e vitali of the d' ' °
you will have much less trouble with l f h ty‘ lgestlve and genital
.our pigs. Mix equal parts of ginger. organs 0 t e beshof cows, and the result is such
gentian, bicarbonate of soda and pow- ailments as Abortion, Retained Afterbirth, Bar-
dered wood charcoal together, and give renness, Scourin , Bunches -
each pig half a teaspoontul at a dose An f h cl. g and Milk Fever.
'in meal two or three times a day. Rub— y 0‘ t. ese 133:3863 can be successfully treated
hing throat with camphorated oil once anfiellmlnatlelc‘l With KOW—KURE, the great cow
3. day is good practice. me icine. e med'c' ' ' ..
Spasm of Larynx.~We have twenty mou - d t d' ‘ "ial proEerties Of thls fa
pigs ten weeks old and when they get. , § reme Y ac irect Y on t ‘5 organs 0f PTO‘
, _,. to the trough to eat, they1 suddenly ductlfin and reproduction, putting the cow's sys-
seem to take a fit. They fal over and tern ack to normal hea ' ‘
squeal and struggle for a minute or - - h . ' . 1th? action. A decnded
increase m t e milk yield 13 sure to follow.

two and seem to et entirely over it.
What can be doneg for them? G. G., ; Feed dealers and .druggists sell KOW<
Marine CitY, Mich—If you will heat l KURE; 60c and $l."20 packages. H
and moisten their feed thoroughly, also 5 Consider cow-health first and our da'
spread it out thin to prevent them i will be a leader, and a rhoney-inaker 11'}!
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from filling their mouth and throat too 0 .
full they should not choke and have ‘gljgefigfigseéow DOCTOR "
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ing some food within their reach to Will give you valuable point- K

throat trouble. I would suggest keep- ‘
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avoid their getting too hungry. l l ers on how to treat and
Bowel Hemorrhage—Two head of l prevent cow diseases. ’
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This perfect three-year-
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my young cattle are troubled with a ' Ask for our co . .
bloody discharge from their bowels. . 3: py Nothing short 0E l00% ‘:
x ' but they’have a good appetite for food. 5 Dairy health would make such a ' .
‘ ~ J- K., Wayne Co.—Change their feed. Association Co. m..." record possible i
l take cold chill off water and give 30 [4.4“va ’ Myassoélmouco L '
- . . Must.”
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times a day, the dose can be increased. , w- - - ' V . - ‘
It is considered good practice to give . ' . - . .

tannic acid, also small doses of alum, ’ ‘
but of course,. alum should be adnlin- 'I'HE FAMOUS B T P C spring Boursullsold. Una Oct. 2136. Q,
istered cautiously, as it might produce - . . - yearling hour. wgt. 425 um, as near

perfect s ' ‘ M‘:l'l . l": 113. G'lt
too much of astringent effect on the a any m m “Hgm we 3 ‘ ‘l

. ready Jam. 1. B red to a good son of $10,104) Harrison's
‘ bowels. -
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. Year Old draft COlt. and hOW Shall I | 3 0.0. eépl'lllg has“ Zl‘l‘ld gill?\rl‘lzllflt’llltl'lg/jtlyllll‘l’lfil‘i‘ilfl‘fil’l‘xg

fit it? His shoulders are unusually 5 We have the undefeated Herd of the World. and “8"“ w, Br"“""‘k“““' SW" “' .,_ ""“i”"-M“"‘
prominent and unlike other horsesll Winning premier breeder and exhibitor at P C Boars Lima “WM Maw hmwll. with ‘
This colt has not done much work but every fair shown in 1919-1918-1917, includ- auieodl l’eshffxi’i‘iil‘iifs?“iiifl‘illriif".§i'fii' 5

almost every time he is worked bunch- the followin state fairs---Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois. Missouri, .
es come on hls shoulders. Can this Tennessee, klahoma,New York,Alahama,Tri-state fair Memphis,and the Nation- Big Type P.C. Boars, 3i$Tii.x-m.l.’f§31i33g
V ’(I‘OUble be overcome. L. E. B3 0011- at O.l.C.tw1ce. Stock of all ages for sale. Registeredfree in the O.I.C.associatlon. A-AwmmasoN. Sallinu. Mich.
. nggeygglfi-Eg‘légncgllagnglalgeg I: thhfi" 3rd” now. We will ship any of our stock on a proval allow you to keep is” H, C Ch i0 . I f I
r B a 1 e y 18- Tee d3. S before 0“ have t »a r'i ._ . n our . ’ , . O esprlng roars rom owzl'sgrt‘ac;
. Siglfctéon, but have him make a collar, own farg, y 0 p y to t' You wu be your own Judge 0 y blgmneiiigilgxé. 01$.{Pole/IIfills;ifs:rlll,dBnlill~i}lr)‘a‘lithhjltigl‘:'
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Foreign Body in Mouth ——My mare CRANDELL’S PRIZE H ' Mich Big Type Poland Chinas 5 ”mi "WW "I
. . - . . . V ‘ - ILLURECT _
4. ~ -‘ seems to chew her hay, but 18 unable ' OGS’ Cass Clty’ Eiegclil'vlilili; 9411? ”frl‘ii‘iJ’y-Gmud Mm: mul'iiiii-
" to} 333%]??? ugt falfid, 0f Cgllllrs'efl dll‘opi I ‘ HIIIIA‘Iil‘ES'l‘l FA‘I‘ER‘I. Kalamazoo. Mich
mos o 1 o o ermou . 1e oca \'
Vet prescribed mm.) doses or line 0. I. C. BOARS F OR SALE TWO HERD BO ARS
ture of nux vomlca three times a day . . . . .
and advised 118 to use strong liniment _ One of the Best Herds m Michigan for sale. Ask for descrlptlon of a real boar, live 'i
on throat but it failed to help her ' w 331g tYl’e' gm‘i’thy boars Of all ages- 15h”) 0- 0- D" Pay “Press and reg‘ w‘res' l‘lsllblillbzh’flz“lilghlcllihill $351” an“ '
. v - . . ' . . ., , L. _ I i ,1, 'J'
. W. E., Eastlake. Mich—In a case of liltiliregytiirlzfrvjni‘tzmnie If you want a real chalce boar, guaranteed right W T e P l d (h‘ q l .
3 ,. , thiskind you will usually find a splin- ' ' ~ alinll’ll‘e’r [Xué'é‘col ”m‘ 3m" "y Sm"°”‘ Mm" *
_ _ . .- - . . - , ., h-Ill.(u-d . '. ..
,A ter of wood, a plece of ere or corn- JO CARL JEWETT, R0 5, Mason, MIChlgano big Wylfq' deep. 10“.“ [alldl‘l‘l £11121 alcglllzilgll‘q-‘l‘lWl33: I.
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cob fastened well. back in the mouth.
can i , v . . , __ .. _ _ urge type P. C. Spr' l . . ’ ~ . .
5 mg the animal to Splt out a whole 0. l. C.’s Have some choice sprins boarS‘and one also sows and Mg- Real Big Type Poland 511”” A150 0"“ “11““ ‘l'rlyrallllgngofltsaliilwflillliilz?
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lot of the partially masticated food I gilts- also this - ' ' ~ - .
, . year stall igs. . Chums. Bred big for rs. Sl e b M -l . ll < CLYDE Flsfilflt, R- «l. S. ' ' -
l ' advise you to be thorough in your ex-‘ WEBB“ 3303"“. 2. Phone 408. Royal (ink. Mich. an by glgnt Buslger.dlitter‘14 $11: :3: lNlouini'si miss P "1‘0““ ““h- .
~ . , '. ! ueen n . some roe n . a so ut er‘s Bi J , ' Type .0. - . _ ' - . i
l. . iglnafionh foIr this trouble must be in . O 1 C’s Service boars fall pigs no akin also wr.¥:$s‘lolilgmg:€. $112133”? iv”: er Queen? nugsafx Blg Ls Giant.Fg:lls€i’;:d h2lliifil£lfl¥0hzllclllgllzl‘ilnv .
. , . l , ur ' s ' ' ran on , ' . J. , j g ' ' -. ~ f
}_ mout . t wi 1 do no harm to write . . Buff a. okls. at $3.00 each 9. are low , j, c. BUTLER} p02; WE“; {0‘11 R ““4““. 5" me- Mmh.

 

 

again. ‘ CLOVER LEAF s'roox FARM, Monroe, Mich

Rhéumatism.—— ‘ ' . “w [k T
I have bunch 0f plgS one 18 mo. herd ‘boar. a few bred ARGE Type P. C. thelargest inMich. Spring boars e l e e no "es

s “ ’
' six months old that I am feeding all 0. l. C 5- gilts andaOhoioe lot or an L
V . - , p . .. _ _ .. pics. now ready to ship. Bo rs to th b d .
' the (20m th‘ey will eat_V One of them. ‘ > JOHN 0.WI'LK. Alma, Mich. -boars for the farmers. Corrie and so: thfieiislal'é‘; and b°l.'°"° you '50 al3°-" A few choice giltfl

‘7‘; . 4;. She. 91130 “#19353? and I gave it all, V L T . P C 1 Lo J ,‘ pgovlgth quarry. Frosflivery from Puma furnighod bred to my new boar. Mountain Jack—immune
. .. W fi 5 §€i , an , ame in one hind leg . . . . spring boar. (by nu ones)tho Fair. out 8!: .to 12th. expenses aid if not as adver- or wrlte
. 1 , - botpi o co ; so. . ' tized.W E.Livin o . P u'IlVIh. "
-‘ m Mich—Give lum- five 3:21 checkivtvith first fettelgkhrkge :oilerpfii'l‘llow ttwill _ m n "in“ w WESLEY HILE, R. G, lonla, Mich.
V V V . you you on e not on in re urn . * . .
salicylate fit a @086 'W'fi’tew “00.1.3911,“ I" h“ a tuner-’1 pflcm’_ . . _ . . _ Big Type F- C.§llt8 bred to Big Orange Model and
, a! ,1. parts .» q, a , . b to a not .8“ r '1‘ MR. P. C. Breeder if you want to zetdn the Kim: row, 0. H. s Defender. None better in State
M Q“ fifi:imfihéu la ‘ nah 1‘! ‘ ‘ . fluy A an: batik? Blflmhlifistm°$£nm§§nlfi Priced to sell. W. J. Hagelshnw, Augusta, Mich.
. . ' _ z ' ‘ " ‘ , ‘ , \ ‘ plan . , V "15'. or at . . '
_ ~ W fifi $32 We!“ 0% 9mg. natal: namely. Mich. Additional Stock Ad. on Pain 11-

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FIRST EDITION. »

 

noon, January 6.

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The markets in this edition were re-
vised and corrected on Tuesday after-

for No. 3 timothy; $28 music. 1“ mixed;
$28.50@29 for No. 1 clover mixed;
$13.50@14 for rye straw$ 13.50@14 for
oat straw in carload lots.

Pittsburgh, Pa.——Receipts of hay
have shown a slight increase which
gives the market an easier tone, but
prices are well sustained and all the
grades selling readily at quotations

another advance. Receipts in the De- which are as follows: No. 1 timothy

troit market on Monday were five cars,
against four a year ago. Shipments
2,000 bushels. Stocks are 69,000 bush-
els, against 70,000 a year ago. Demand
here is not active. Present values are
as follows: ,

No. 1 red ..............$2.49

No. 1 mixed 2.47

No. 1 “Yllite I O I O I l O i O D O I 2.47

No.21‘ed OOCOIOOOOIIDQIO 2.44,

N00 3 119d toeoeooooooooo. 2-41

CORN.

Weather conditions still interfere
with the free marketing of corn, but
there is a general feeling that prices
will come down. Immediate future
prices depend on receipts and there is
considerable uncertainty whether or
not they will be suflicient to force pric-
es much lower. In some respects the
outlook is favorable for a decline in
prices due to a disposition on the part
of farmers to sell, and the promise of
more cars to handle the grain, but cold
weather for the next few dayswill hin-
der farmers’ deliveries, and also delay
movement of cars, as the roads are
short of motive power. In Chicago
Cash No. 2 yellow corn is quoted at
$1.50. In Detroit the market is strong
and prices are:

Cash N0. 3 ...... . . . . . .$1.48
No. 3 yellow............ 1.50
No. 4 yellow............ 1.45
No. 5 yellow............ 1.41

OATS.

The oat market suffered somewhat
of a jolt last week due to reports of
active selling by exporters who claim-
ed they could do better in Argentine
where shippers were in a position to
make big sales and could find abund-
ant space to make prompt shipments.
Later reports, however, claim a million
bushels have been sold for export and
all offerings were promptly absorbed.
The market made a‘general gain. Quo-
tations at Detroit are as follows:

No.2 white ...............881/2
No.3 white ................871/2
NO. 4 White GOOD-O'ODOIOIOI8’611/2

This cereal is showing considerable
strength on account of a lively foreign
demand. The market in Detroit is firm
at $1.80 per bushel for Cash No. 2 rye.

BEANS.

The bean market is reported quiet
and price changes are unimportant.
Pea and medium beans are not in ac-
tive demand. Red kidneys are much
firmer than they have been for several
weeks. In New York choice 1919 pea
beans are quoted at $7.75@7.85; medi-
um, 1919, choice $7.75, and red kidneys
choice 1919 $14.50@14.75 per cwt. The
Detroit market is steady, but the trad-
ing is slow. Choice pea beans are sell-
ing at $7.25 per cwt.

BARLEY.

The barley market is strengthening
in sympathy with other grains. At De-
troit Cash No. 3 barley is quoted at
$3@3.20 per cwt.

SEEDS

The trend of the seed market is up-
ward and the demand is strong. Clo-
verseed is making slight advances. At
Toledo prices are quoted at about 250
higher than on the -Detroit market
where prime red cloverseed, Cash and
March, is quoted at $31.25: alsike at
$32.50; timothy $6 per bushel.

FEEDS.

Feeds, on the Detroit market, are
quoted easy at the following prices:
Bran $48@49; standard middlings $50
@51; fine middlin‘gs $600261; cracked
corn $64; coarse corn meal $606962;
corn and oat chop $53@55 per ton in
loo-pound sacks.

. The supply of hay ShOWS no mark-
ed increase and the market, continues
active and pricesfirm. At Detroit the
present values are 6305061381 for No.

o-oso, fer light imix
as,» never.

$32.50@33; standard timothy $31.50@
32; light clover mixed 831506132; No.
1 clover mixed $34@34.50; No. 1 clo-
ver $35.50@36; oat straw $15@15-.50;
rye straw $14@14.50 per ton in carload

lots.
EGGS.

Fresh eggs are more plentiful in the
Detroit markets and prices are lower.
Buyers are not active and an easy tone
is the result. The bulk of storage eggs
has been taken and prices have ad-
vanced since last week. Fresh eggs
are quoted at 68c per dozen and stor-
age eggs according to quality, are sell-
ing at 47 @51c per dozen.

BUTTER.

The butter market is slow, with the
prices a little higher. Consumers are
holding OE and receipts are only mod.
erate. Fresh creamery butter in one-
pound prints is quoted on the Detroit
market at 62@621/20; fresh creamery
in tubs 61@611,éc.

CHEESE.

The market is firm and good offer-
ings find a ready demand at the fol-
lowing values: Michigan flats, June
make 331/3c; Michigan flats, new make
32c; New York flats, June make 340:
domestic block Swiss 36@400.

POTATOES.

Supplies light. Demand and-move-
ment rather slow on account of cold
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stock in 150-poun

land the market is stronger. and de- tion of 80 cents for choice unwashed
mand and movement good. New York Ohio clothing wool. This grade is re-
round whites in 150.-pound sacks are ported to have been sold at 76 cents.
quoted at $6 per sack for U. S. grade Some choice clothing territory has
No. 1. At Chicago the demand is ac- been sold at 67 cents, the scoured cost
tive and strong with prices higher. being estimated by some factors at
Michigan round whites 'U. ‘S. grade No. well upgto $2, though the buyer figures
1 are selling at around $3.75 per 100- it at $1,90@1.95. The DOSition 01*W001
pound sack. - suitable for the French combs is tier
WOOL '

.cidedly strong.

-. For the past two weeks the Boston POULTRY

wool market has been dull as to sales“ 'POUltl‘Y is in active demand and the
but renewed activity is expected right receipts are not heavy- Chickens are
away and the market has held firm. not in sufficient Simply to meet the
The low ebb of trading has been seen, needs of the trade. Live Poultry——
in the opinion of leading authorities Spring chickens, large 33@34c; Leg-
upon conditions. The business previ- horns 28611290; hens 32(ID340; small
one to the Christmas period was heavy hens 26@27C;'I‘008t61‘5 20@220; young
enough to allow for a respite over New geese 31(612330; dlleS 38@40c; turkeys
Year's and the situation at the end of 52@54c per pound-

the year, 1919, has been considered as GRAND RAPIDS

satisfactory despite the lack of activ-
ity. Beginning 1920' the trade finds The year 1919 closed with prices for

itself with few burdensome accumula— farm products firm and “1 most "1'
tions of wool and prices high, with, the stances, higher than the year prewous.
outlook favorable. Farmers now want $2 a bushel for [Jo-7
While litte has been done thepast tatoeS- Loose hay is dull at $27 a ton.
week, that little has included some sell- teamsters preferring baled now. at $30
ing of medium woo‘l. Moderate trans- retail. More poultry was ra1sed lIl
fers of this class of wool have been western Mlchlgan than_for many years
made both in territory and fleece sorts. and growers were paid 25 per cent
A lot of 200,000 pounds three-eighths mqre than ever before. espemally for
blood territory has been distributedVat CthkeDS; The. price DOW IS 24 cents a
60 to 62 cents in the grease, or an esti- pound, live weight. Farm CI‘OPS In the
mated scoured cost of $1.35 to $1.37. main were excellent the past year, 93'
Approximately 40,000 pounds low peclally wheat, some farmers getting
quarter—blood fleece have been absorb- a yield 0f 43 bushels per acre. There
ed at 50 cents. Some Ohio three- was less. acreage of beans but the yield
eighths blood combing has been sold at was satisfactory ,and quality better
71 cents and quarter-blood has been than the year Drekus' The price now
taken to some extent. at 67 to 68 18 $6.50 per cwt to the growers. Buck—
cents. . wheat was the lightest in many sea.-
-All classes of fine wool is in an ex- sons and the price is higher than a
ceedingly strong position today. The year ago, being $3 per CWT- Clover
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$32.50@33.50 per bushel. Price of beef

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Reports for Tuesday, Januauy 6th

BUFFALO.
This market sold hogs at $15.50;
lambs at $19.50 and calves at $22 to-
day. The cattle trade is dull.

DETROIT
Cattle.

Market strong.
Best heavy steers . . . . . . .812.00@12.50
Best handy wt bu steers. . 10.50@11.00
Mixed steers and heifers. 9.50@10.00
Handy light butchers .. .. 8.50@ 9.00

IJight butCherS e o a I o e o 0 D o .50@ 8.50
Best cows .. 9.00@10.00
Butcher cows ..... . . . . . . 7.00@ 8.50

Cutters 6.00
Canners . .
Best heavy bulls . . . . . . . . 9.00@10.00
Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . 8.00@ 9.00
Stock bulls ..... . . . . . . . . 7.00@ 7.50
Milkers and springers. . . .8 60@ 125
Veal Calves.
Good grades steady; others are dull.

Best ......... .....$21.00@23.00
Others . . . . . . . ..’ ......... . 9.00@17.00
Sheep and Lambs.

Best lambs .............$ 18.50
‘Fair lambs ..... ......... 16.00@17.75

down, medium, good, choice and prime
$16.50@19; do culls and common $13

dealers in fruits and vegetables report
([919 the biggest year in business, not-
1viviitilstatnhding 1prices in most lines were
, er a ' " , ‘ -
_25c higher. Beef steers, medium and lygNorthegtSifiefifip‘fégvg‘iuglgsfie‘flffi.
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heavy weight. 1100 lbs up, ChOice and re] Baldwins $10 cabbage $5 per cwt
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prime $18-75@20; d0 medium and and onions $5.50 per cwt. ‘
good $11@18.75; do common $8.75@
11; light weight 1100 lbs down, good ,
and choice $13.50@19.25; do common
and medium $8@13.50; butcher cattle, \ , ‘ , , , . ‘
heifers, common, medium, good and If a man dies in-Ml-chl‘gan 19‘1va 11.0
choice $6.50@14.75; . cows, common, children can his people take all of 1118’
medium, good, and choice $6.40@13.50; land away from the WldOW? ' .. '
bulls, bologna and beef $7.50@‘12; can- The law of his land is governed by

 

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ners and cutters, cows and heifers at the law of the place where the land is.
If it is Michigan land the widow takes
one-third in fee as heir if he leaves
J. R. R.

$5.25@6.40; do canner steers at $6.25
@8; veal calves, light and handyweight
medium, good and choice at 816.2561) .
17.50; feeder steers, common, medium, no Wlll.
good and choice $7.50@12.50; stocker;
steers, common, medium, good and
choice $6.50@10.50; stacker cows and
heifers, common, medium, good and
choice $6.50@8.25; stocker calves, com-
mon. medium, good ,and choice $7.50
@1075. . ‘ ’
Sheep and Lambs.

Estimated receipts today are 17,000.

Lambs are 25c higher. ~Lambs 84 lbs.

 

 

@916; spring lambs, medium, good,

stronger. Michiga’fi U. S. grade» No. 1 ideas of some holders are yeryl‘bullisnii...
'sack's is quoted at concerning both fleece and territory - f ..
$5.75@6 for round whites. At Cleve- in fine sorts, as indicated bygaiquota- .

 

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culls .......... Haoogoso o e I I 4-00@ 6.00 leiwes cull and common $5@8.25; ye?!“
Market 100 lower. sffsggfggsé medium. good and chalce _ . ,I
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,Hogs. _ January‘ 5, 1920.
Estimated receipts today are 80,000; ’ Receipts 3.000; steady to 25c'highel':
holdover 9,467. Market is slow and Prime steers $16.50@17: shlppmg strs
about 35@40c lower. Bulk of sales at 3.1550(0)“; bUtCheI‘S; $10@15-50; year--
$14.65@14.80;l tops $14.90; heavy 250 lines $14@15-50: heifers at‘ $6@11.50;'
lbs. up, medium, good and choice at COWS 34-50@10.752 bulls $6.50@10.50;
$14.55@14.80: medium 200 to 250 lbs, Stockers and feeders “@1025: fresh
medium, good and choice at $14.65@ COWS and springers $55@175-~ ’ ~
14.90; light 150 to 200 .lbs. common. - . Calves. 7 . «' ,
medium, good and choice at $14,556.) Receipts 1.200; 50c.higher $6@23.
14.80; light lights 130 to 150 lbs, com- . . , om. g
‘ Receipts 11,200; are 25@50crhi her;
14.65; heavy packing. sOWS.250*lbs_r.up; heavy.“ mixed and . yorkers . $1 '

     

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The Mich. Shorthern Breeders’ Assn.

Will Hold Their Annual Sale At East Lansing, Mich.

January 16th. at One O’clock.
35 FEMALES ' 15‘ BULLS

From some of the best herds in Michigan will be sold

AT THE M. A. C. IN EAST LANSING.
Write For Catalogs Which Are Now Ready.

Andy Adams W. W. KNAPP
Auctioneer Sales Manager Howell, Mich.

  
 

   

HE present situation as regards.
the European requirements for
meats from outside sources is unpar-
alleled, there being a serious deficiency 4
as an outcome of the great war which
' , devaste‘d several countries. A few days
’ ' ago J. H. McCurdy, member of parlia— '
' ment and parliamentary secretary to.
the British ministry of food, remarked

that a scramble for meat imports ap-

pears inevitable, if European countries

have any available money to spend this

year. He said that it is a situation full

of menace. and more menacing by the

fact that a g1eat meat trust stands

. ready to exploit the position to its own
" 3‘ adVantage, a group of North American
"‘7 ’. packers already controlling a large p
part of the surplus meats of the world.
Mr. McCurdy the1eupon makes a stir-i
ring appeal to the B1itish farmers to.
produce more meats and foodstuffs and
asks for more protection for British
food producers. He says that Britain ,

‘ will need this year more than one mil-j
lion tons of meats and the remainder
of Europe three million tons, while the
exportahle surplus in Australia, New-
Zealand, South Africa and South Am- .
erican countries only amounts to 1. 219.-
000 tons. British stocks of meat-pro.
ducing animals are greatly below prer

1, war times, and the total live stock of _
_ . Hampshires Brod '11.: now ready to chi ,nlew 16.

European countries has been lowered ‘
by at least one—third by the war. It is ‘ TREAT Your Abo t. 1111 110.111.1351 Finn f“1iif’“”‘fl?”g'i?§§p22f‘fiif§fi3
certain that there is going to be a vast OwnHerd for r '0"
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- '. , farmer-stockmen to feed Europe. and. . .
i the Edge billy now a law of the United wlpe abortion oat Of Your

.3 States, promises to furnish material , herd and keep it out.
, asistance in developing the trade of
" this country with Eulope and South
American countries, European people
greatly standing in need of credit.
' Looking ahead, it looks like a great"
‘expansion of our export trade during
1920 and for years ahead. Our foam
trade for the yearanow closed reached
‘ extremely large proportions, with hog.
. products exported especially .freely,
theseshowing substantial gains over»
the preceding year.——F.

         

         
     
      
     
     
      
     
 
 
     
     
  
 

 

 

 

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Cattle Specialist with questions J

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M1. POULTRY FARMER:

We make a specialty of White Hennerv En! and

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? to delay in transit- last week 0f about . tie booklet with list of Breeders. Some near you.
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‘ nervousness in the market this week. " ’ Shi to
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- - a rial . _ cure Harbours. Thoropin, or Shoulder. Knee. 4 4 Evart Mirh

- Wlll nOt be suflfic1ent to m te 1) at Ankle. loo! orTcndon Diseue. or your money reloaded. Ship “mo“. R ' bl h R

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butter prices declined three cents dur- ngOSY CHEMICAL C0.Y HOGS. U TRY

tut. treat, Binghnmton. N . , on big typo lolund Chinas both 9 x ll
ing the week, one cent on Wednesday hf aim 311111111 .11 ‘11. e a
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extras 8%@69c; firsts 60%@67c; sec-- 3; p - 111111 (1.1.11.1, at ,9.

3 We olflnd China: sonable prices. Pigs Wh'te Wyandottes 31503131223153;

G. A. BAUMGARBN ER ' “Iii; g1lts sM ddl ll M from PM“ 1 red k m t
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lions better in ich. Write or gome 33d 881101113; N Route 3’ Box 115' - Xpsilanti, Mich.

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rent make, common t3, 700$ 29@3OC; "firmer. lmcindmiimeiximn "i1"i team“? ”I" pm” IM’W a“ dorm“ 0““ nozatorml’.
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