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VOL. cxxxxv. No. :3.

Whole Number 3496.





f FARM NOTES.

1.- Keeplng- Up a Sandy Farm.

.,Please let me know the best rotation of

crops to keep up my land, if it can be

done without fertilizer. I have a light

sandy farm. It has been seeded to clover

and timothy but both are now run out

and the last two seasons I cut a fairly

good crop of June grass hay, so you see

it is not run and I want to keep it up.

Last fall I had 50 acres stumped and

want advice as to what crops I had bet-

ter put on same to get my stumping

money back and get it into clover as soon

as possible again. Would it do to sow

clover on June grass sod? \Vould you

advise mammoth or June clover? I

thought of putting in some sweet corn for

market, field corn to feed and a few

potatoes and seed to grass at last culti-

vation. Would you advise a nurse crop,

or grass sown alone? Which is best,

wheat or rye on light soil? How much

seed per acre of grass and grain should

I sow and when is best time to sow? .Is

clover, timothy and redtop a good mlx-

ture, and what part of each? \Vhat

depth do you advise to plow?



‘Newaygo Co. IV. J. B.



The main point to observe in planning

a crop rotation for a sandy farm is to

make the rotation at short one and pro-

Vide for the plowing down of a clover sod

as frequently as possible. The plan out—

lined in this inquiry, planting sweet corn

for market, field corn to feed and some





 





, potatoes as a cash crop, in «a good One.





In some seasons clover may be success-

fully seeded in the corn at the last culti-

vation. But unless weather conditions are

favorable at the time of seeding and con-

tinue so during the balance of the season,

success is not at all certain. On this

light ground, it is the writer’s opinion

that the safest plan is to sow the clover-

seed alone without a nurse crop in the

spring. This involves the loss of a sea-

son‘s use of the land, but as a few crops

of clover have been grown and plowed

down a spring grain crop can be added

to the rotation as the land improves in

quality, as it surely will under this meth-

odvof handling. It would be better to

grow some crop as suggested on the June

grass sod, and sow the clover the follow-

ing spring on a well prepared seed bed.

Clover and timothy would make a good

mixture to sow on this land, a little alsike

clover being mixed with the June clover

with profit. About four quarts of June

clover, one of alsike and two of timothy

would be a good mixture. 1f mammoui

clover is used, the alsike may be omitted,

but in the writer’s opinion the mixture

advised is preferable. Would prefer not

to plow this land too deep at first, in-

creasing the depth of plowing as more

humus is added to the soil through the

crop rotation suggested. It is much easier

to keep a farm of this kind in a fairly

fertile condition from the start, than it

is to bring it back when it is once badly

run. It is not suited to wheat growing,

and the rye crop is not particularly good

for this kind of land as it is a close

gleaner and appropriates a large percent-

age of the available plant food in the soil.

It may, thvever, be sown with profit af-

the the co ,1’ in the fall and pastured the

next season or cut for hay, the clover

being seeder, in the rye with a view of

removing t‘l‘; latter before it matures.

which wor‘xwgive the clover a much bet-

ter chance ‘han otherwise.

Alfalfa for Northern Michigan,





I have a piece of 13an that was cleared

last spring and a lot of timber was burnt

On it, almost covering it with hardwood

ashes. It was plowed down for potatoes

last Spring, and this spring I intend to

cover it with stable manure and plow

dawn for alfalfa. Would it be worth a

trial as far north as this. The land is a

clay, loam very rich. Also tell me the

name of the best and earliest fodder corn

for this country.



J’Dickenson Co. L. N.





Unquestionably, with the preparation

contemplated, this land should be .in ex-

cellent condition to sow to alfalfa. The





 





DETROIT MICH.. SATURDAY. MARCH 26, 1910.





hardwood ashes‘resulting from‘the .burn-

ing of tmber as mentioned, will insure an





’alkaline reaction in the soil which is fav-





orable for the growth of the nitrifying

bacteria. peculiar to the alfalfa plant.

Then the application of stable manure

will give the plant a quick start that

should make for an early and vigorous

growth, if seeded under favorable condi-

tions. So far as the latitude is concerned,

we do not believe it would be unfavorable

for the crop. At the Upper Peninsula

Experiment Station, at Chatham, the

writer saw alfalfa growing suceessfully

which had been out for some years, and

new seedings in the experiment station

plots looked well. In that locality it did

not seem to be necessary to inoculate the

soil or seed with the alfalfa bacteria for

success with the crop. However, this is

a wise precaution to take in any locality

where alfalfa has not been previously





as the ordinary kind, the seed of which

has been grown in a. latitude similar to

that in which it is to be sown. However,

if the Turkestana alfalfa endures the win-

ter in this case and gives a prospect of

a good yield, it would probably be all

right for the local conditions and might

safely be sown if further areas are to be

put out.

Selecting Seed Potatoes.

I have about 40 bushels of seed potatoes





of good shape and very smooth. They

are not hollow, but have large black





spots inside: also black streaks running

through them. Last summer the vines

were quite badly affected by blight. Does

the blight ever show in the tubers as

above described? The potatoes kept well

and are firm, have not started to sprout

and have not been frost bitten. “'ill these

potatoes make good seed, or had I better

change?



St. Joseph Co. SUBSCRIBER.



The ideal seed potato will be one of





good cooking quality. A potato which has





 





 





 





 





 





 





grown.





W'ithout question this plan is

worthy of a, trial in Dickinson county and

a successful field of alfalfa in that section

will prove a valuable object lesson _10





others. In the writer’s judgment it would

be better to plant a variety of corn which

has been grown successfully under the

conditions which obtain in that section

than to attempt to acclimate a new vari-

ety, although early varieties from further

south might be profitably tried in an ex-

perimental way.

Turkestan Alfalfa,



Are you acquainted with the nature of

Turkestan alfalfa? Will it make good

hay and will it stand drought and not

freeze out? I sowed a few pounds last

summer and got a good stand, and wish

to sow more if it will prove satisfactory,



Lake Co. SUBSCRIBER.



Turkestan alfalfa has been grown to a

limited extent in various sections of the

country, but by the best authorities on





the subject is not considered as reliable





black streaks is one which shows color

when cooked, and there is probably no

doubt that such tendencies are more or

less hereditary in potato plants. \Vhen

the seed potatoes are selected, one that

has the appearance of cutting hard, or

with a peculiar brittle sound, should be

discarded as it will not prove to be good

seed. Such tubers,.if they grow at all,

will not send up vigorous plants in most

cases. However, a smooth, sound potato

that has kept well should grow all right

and make good seed. The blight affects

the tuber as well as the vine in most

cases, but as the blight spores enter the

plant, through the leaves, instead of

through the roots, the planting of pota-

toes from affected fields is not a particu-

larly dangerous practice, although seed

from a, field which matured a healthy crop

is, of course, preferable. Much will de-

pend upon the'indlvidual judgment of the





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best it may, and the best of it used for

seed. Potatoes are plentiful and cheap

this spring, and it will hardly pay to use

seed of doubtful quality.

Fertilizer for the Spring Seeding.





I would like your advice in regard to

fertilizing rye ground for seeding to

mammoth clover. I seeded a piece of rye

ground to June clover last spring. Had

a fine catch, but the dry weather burned

it out. I put it to rye again and would

like to get it into clover. \Vould it be a.

good plan to sow on fertilizer and seed

in the rye, then harrow in with a spike

tooth barrow. The land is sandy soil.



\l'ayne Co. \V. H. S.





The use of fertilizer in seedng clover

in the spring on fall sown grain, is rec-

ommended "by some investigators as be~

ing a profitable practice. The writer has

never tried it, and can not speak from

personal experience regarding the advisa-

bility of such an applicaton. It would

seem, however, that for best results, fer-

tilizer should always be mixed with the

soil where it is used, and this would

hardly be possible, at least in a thorough

manner, when using it with grass seed

sown in the spring on fall sown grain.

However, commercal fertilizer is success-

fuly used on sod land as a top dressing,

and may be worthy of a trial at least on

grass seed sown in the spring, by apply-

ing it broadcast at the time of sowing.

But the application would not prevent

the loss of the seeding from the effect of

drought, as the dry weather would have

just as much effect where the fertilizer

is used as where none was applied.

However, if the fertilizer will en—

courage a rapid growth of the young

plants, so that they will be larger

and better able to withstand the dry

weather when it comes, than it will pay

to sow the fertilizer. This can only be

determined by a trial. In fact, the best

authority to which questions with regard

to the use of fertilizer can be put, is the

soil on one's own farm, the conditons of

which may be different than those with

which any person who might advise is ac-

quainted, and hence different results

might be secured. But the addition of

humus is the essential factor of mprove-

ment on dry soils in order to make a

catch of clover more certain, as this will

improve the mechanical condition of the

soil and enable it to better retain the soil

moisture in time of drought.



Sawdust as a Fertilizer.



\Vhat is the value of ien—year-old saw-

dust on sandy loam as a fertilizer for

raising grain and seeding clover or any

other crop? ,



Cheboygan Cr). L. H.



Sawdust has little, if any, value as a

fertilizer, and there it has lain in a pile

for some time, might do harm instead of

good because it may have fermented to

an extent which might have developed an

acid property which would be harmful to

the soil. The only proper use to make of

sawdust as a fertilizer is to use it as an

absorbent in the stable, although it might

be of benefit when applied to hard clay

spots by mechanically holding the par»

ticlcs of soil apart and preventing the

puddling and packing which sometimes

occurs on such soils, thus improving the

drainage and mechanical condition of the

soil.



Seeding Stubble Ground.

I have a field I wish to seed for pas-





ture. It was to rye and corn last ea

1 will not have time to plow it butywiii

drag and sow 18 lbs. of alsike and tim-





othy. The land is a hill. Soil is a loam

and some ' ' ’

phosphatawgifid 11131331113273?” you advise

peer Co. H. H. Swarzm.



In the writer’s opinion, some prepares;

tion should be given to the seed bed be?

fore an. attempt is made to seed this

stubble ground, as purposed. A thorough
330 (2)





disking to make a good seed bed would

probably be sufficient. A small amount

of commercial fertilizer, say 200 or 300

lbs. per acre, would undoubtedly be ben-

eficial in getting this seeding established.

The seed, of course, should be gotten in

as early as is practicable. t





Treating Seed Oats for Smut.





Will you please publish in your paper

the formula for treating seed oats for

smut, and will the same treatment do for





barley?



Genesee CO. I). P. HALL.



The best and most easily applied rem-

edy to use is the formaldehyde treatment.

Intent, which is aceomplished by mixing

one pound of formaldehyde with 50 gal-

lons of water and spraying the seed thoru

oughly, shoveling it over several times in

order that every kernel may be thoroughly

vvtt. with the solution. then cover for a

few hours and finally shovel over the seed

to dry it out sufficiently so that it will

drill well. This same treatment will also

give good results with other grains. Thc

bags in which it is put should be disin-

fected if previously used for smutty grain.



Treating Seed Potatoes for Scab.





I would like to have you advise me in

the columns of your paper how to treat

potatoes for scab. I have planted pota—

toes for several years and have been

troubled with scabby potatoes.



Kent Co. B. V.



As before noted in these columns, there

are several methods of killing the scab

fungus on seed potatoes, the most popular

of which is soaking them in a solution of

one pound of formaldehyde to 30 gallons

of water, for one to one and one-half

hours before the seed is cut. The cor-

rosive sublmate treatment is favored by

some, but 011 account of the poisonous

nature of the material has been almost

wholly superseded by the treatment above

advised. \I'here large quantities are to be

treated, formaldehyde gas is sometimes

used but for the average farmer the

int-thin] of soaking the seed in the formal-

dehvde solution is Di‘t‘ft‘l‘ill)l0.





THE SIZE OF TlLE TO USE.





 





In reading my last Michigan Farmer. I

read Mr. Lillie's writing on tile draining.

Now. I came. here from Illinois and have

had 20 years’ experience, in the drainingr

proposition in a state that has probably

more tile drain than any other state in

the Union, and I would like to have a few

words to say on the subject, as I do not

consider Mr. Lillie covers the ground

thoroughly. From his writing there is

one of two things evident. lie eithtr

never has had any very wet ground to

contend with. or his experience in tile

draining is very limited. In all of his

writings I have read I don't remember of

him advocating anything but l—iu. tile for





main drains and :i—iit. tile for laterals.

Now that is misleading to the average





man that needs tile, as a i—in. tile is prae-

tically worthless as a main and 3-in. are

worthless t'or laterals. if a man has any

water to carry. One of my neighbors

reading Mr. Lillie‘s letters, started in to

do some tiling and was going to put in a

4-in. main. lie heard I had some experi—

ence in tiling and came to see me. I ad-

vised 6-in. main, and that don't carry the

water, so where would a -i—i11. main be?





Now, what do we tile for?

1. To get surplus water off in time to





save our crops.



:1. To draw water out of the ground and

let air in to warm up our ground in the

spring. Taking the first point; suppose

you have a cat hole on your farm and

tile it. If you have corn. beans, potatoes

or any crop planted in that place and a

heaVy rain this it up in June or July. and

your tile are not large enough to get that

pond dry in about 24 hours, that crop is

gone. A 4-in, tile would eventually take

that water. but a S. 6 or 7—in. tile would

take it off in time to save the crop. and

a 4—in. tile would not.



Another thing, if you put in a 3 or i—in.

tile and there is a drop of say, one-half

or one inch. you have only a 2 or 3—in.

tile left where. in a 6—in. tile you have

5 to 51/2 inches- left, and there will be

some drops, as l have never yet seen

the man that did not or drop a

little in a long ditch some place.



So much for No. l. Now for No. 2.

The larger the tile the sooner they Will

drain our land and let the air in to warm

11p our ground in the spring; a condition

very much to be desired in Michigan. The

first cost of tile from 4 to 7-ln. does not

amount to much, as 1,000 feet of tile goes

a lOng way and it does not cost any

more to get a 6-in, tile laid than it does

a 3-in. So my friends. don't. under anv

consideration, lay less than a 5-in. main

or less than 4-in. laterals. Don’t, under

and consideration use a 3-in. tile.



Newaygo Co. A. L. MARKLEY.





raise





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





PEAS AND OATS FOR HAY.





 





I would like to hea‘r from same one that

has had experience in sowing peas and

oats for hay.' How much of each kind or

seed should one sow per acre? What is

the feeding value of the hay compared

with clover? Also, what kind of com»,

mercial fertilizer should one use on corn

on sandy loam?



Lapeer Co. J. L.



In sowing peas and oats for hay, they

should be mixed in the proportion of one

bushel of peas to one bushel of oats by

weight. That is, mix the, peas and oats

half and half by weight. If you are going

to sow them for grain. then I would mix

the peas and oats half and half by meas-

ure. For hay, sow at the rate of about

three bushels per acre. You want to get

them good and thick so that neither will

grow very coarse. Cut them when the

oats are. in the milk. They should be

green enough so that the oat berry will

not become hard after it is cut. You

want all the nutriment in the plant,

rather than in the berry. Cut the same

as you would clover hay. If possible,

rake, it up rather green and put it in the

rock to be left there until well cured.

It makes splendid hay then which will

compare favorably with clover hay.



Fertilizer for Corn.



Any good general fertilizer that con-

tains a good per cent of phosphoric acid

and with a fair per cent of potash is

.suitable for corn Soluble phosphoric acid

encourages the gtowth and development

of the nitrifying bacteria of the soil and

if you can only get them started once.

they assist very much in the growth of

the corn plants. If the land needs ma-

nuring quite badly, I would use 300 or 400

lbs. of this sort of fertilizer per acre, and»

I would prefer broadcasting it, that is,

drilling it in, before the corn is planted.

Drill it in and work it well into the soil,

and then plant the corn just as if no fer-

tilizer had been used. The roots of the

t'Ol‘il plant will find the fertilizer.



COLON C. LILLIE.





THE WH EAT CROP.





 





 





There is no question but that the wheat

crop is considerably damaged by the ice

and water. followed by freezing. thawing,

and sunshine without warm rains. The

ground is dry for this time of year, and

wheat does not seem to be holding its

own where ice lay On it and browned the

tops. We have a flat field over which

there was considerable ice, and at least

half of it looks brown now. Two suc-

cessful farmers of long experience have

examined the plants and one thinks they

will come out all right while the other

thinks they will die. My own opinion is

that a mean about midway between these

two extremes will strike it about right.

1 do not wish to be a pessimist, but the

optimistic view does not seem to be. as

Well founded as it was just after the snow

went off.





 





The plants in the field mentioned are

browned nearly or quite to the stem!

which varies in color from a fairly heal-'

thy- green to a dead brown color. The

places injured most are in the hollows,

but this is not entirely true. for there

are some bad spots on slopes where water

did not stand. This field is on a. tract

purchased a year ago, and the soil is not

in good mechanical condition, being quite

destitute of humus. A field Just across

the highway on rich soil is injured much

less. and the wheat is much larger though

sowed at about the same time. This

\vould seem to indicate that the thriftlness

oi‘ the crop and condition of the soil have

something to do with ice killing. The

latter field was somewhat protected by

trees along the highway. and appeared

to have more snow upon it which might

also have made some difference.



About an acre at the end of the first

field was top dressed with

seven loads of horse manure with a

spreader early last winter, the intention

being to plow this up for strawberries.

Later we found it advisable to change

this plan and intended to leave the wheat

but it now appears to be nearly all killed.

It may come on later but the outlook is

not encouraging for it. It does not seem

that this amount of rather coarse manure

evenly spread should affect the wheat in

this way unless it caused injury by al~

lowing the ice to remain longer. Has any

reader had a similar experience? Tne





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treatment.



We are now top dressing wheat ground

thinly with a spreader during forenoons.





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A FEW THOUGHTS ON conn.





 





A great interest has been developed in

the growth and improvement of the corn

plant in the past few years. Much has

been said about the improvement of corn

anda great deal has been accomplished.

In some instances the protein content of

corn has been increased by selection and

breeding several per cent, and also the

fat content. Varieties have been devel-

oped that bear their ears close to the

ground, and varieties have been developed

that bear their ears high on the stalk. One

man has worked in one direction and

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ear of corn. Common farmers are talk-

ing about well developed ears, the state

corn show offers premiums for the ear

that will score perfectly. At Omaha ev-

erybody was enthusiastic and interested

in the best car of corn, the one that

scored the nearest to a perfect car, and

in the ten ears that scored nearest per—

fect. and also in the bushel of ears which

contained the largest percentage of per-

fect ears. I am inclined to think we are

running this corn improvement too much

in that direction. Its like breeding do—

mestic live stock and having in view one

single purpose. We know, of course, that

the American trotting horse has been de-

veloped because speed was the principle

purpose of breeding, but the breeder of

the American trotting horse found out

long ago that he must not breed for speed

exclusively. That is, he must not breed

for speed unless he kept up the stamina

and the constitutional vigor of the horse.

Speed amounts to nothing unless the

horse is backed by constitutional vigor

and stamina. Now I believe we are mak-

ing some mistakes in breeding corn, along

this line. I have been attempting to grow

for the last few years, a variety of corn

that has succeeded in taking more prizes

almost than any other variety, and yet .'

am not pleased with this variety of corn.

I do not believe that it is the best kind of

corn for me to grow. You can find more

perfectly developed ears with this variety

of corn than with any other variety I

ever grew, I will admit that; but it seems

to lack vigor. It doesn’t grow thrifty

enough. It seems to me that the person

who has been breeding this corn has

simply kept in mind the one question of

prodUCing perfectly formed ears and he

has allowed the constitutional vigor of the

plant to deteriorate. I can raise more

food for stock to the acre with other vari—

eties of corn that I have grown where the

cars would not look well at the corn

show, than I can with this highly devel—

oped variety of corn.



Out at Omaha there was'a very inter-

esting exhibition of the growth of corn.

Hills of corn had been cut out of experi—

mental plots showing the result of plant-

ing one kernel to the hill, two kernels to

the hill, three kernels to the hi1, four

kernels to the hill and five kernels to the

hill. Now, the hills with one and two

stalks t0 the hill had splendidly formed,

well developed ears. They were beauties.

The hills containing four or five stalks did

not have as nicely formed cars, they

were not as large, the kernels were not as

deep, they were not filled in so well at

the end, and they would not make nearly

as nice 3. show on exhibition as the ears

taken from the hills with the fewer num-

ber of stalks; but the hill with five stalks.

for instance, contained four fairly good

ears, one of them was rather small, three

of them were fairly good ears and there

were five good thrifty, healthy stalks in

the hill. Now, which would be the most

valuable to me on my farm, where I

want to grow the corn crop to feed live

stock; a field of corn with two stalks to

the hill containing two nicely formed

ears, or a field with five stalks in the hill

containing four very good ears and five

stalks of corn? I have been led to be-

lieve that the stalk and the leaf of the

corn plant was 40 per cent of the food

value of the entire plant, only 60 per cent

of it being in the ear. Now, if this is the

case, and I believe it is, the hill with five

stalks is worth much more to me for stock

feeding. than the hill with two or three

stalks even though they have better ears,





THE MICHIGAN FARM





and I am constrained to believe that the

pracical farmer should put more stress

upon raising more corn to the acre, more

and better corn plants to the acre, rather

than to work entirely for a variety that

will produce show ears. It may be all

right for the professional corn breeder

to produce show ears, but for the prac-

tical farmer, he wants the largest amount

of stock food he can grow to the acre

with the corn plant.



Again, I have noticed that with pre—

mium ears of corn where the kernels were

very deep and the cob small, that this

variety of corn growing in the field had

a tendency to lack vigor. The stalks

were too small for practical purposes and

so I believe that the ear of corn which

will win the first money at a show, and

the variety of corn which it represents,

is not a true guide to the farmer in his

selection of a variety for practical pur-

poses on his farm. I would rather have

a little more cob, a little less kernel, a

more vigorous stalk, brbader, thriftier

leaves, than to have a large per cent of

the ears of a field typical ears that would

conform to a scale of points. I like to see

a pretty ear of corn just as well as any

man but I like to see a good big crib full

of it better, and best of all, I like to see

a corn field containing both ears and

stalks in the right proportion so as to get

the largest total amount of digestible food

from the acre for live stock. because that

is what I raise the corn plant for. It

seems to me that we are paying too much

attention to a scale of points in the ear of

corn, and we ought to give more to the

corn plant itself, but that is the way I

have figured it out, and I have tried to

be practical. I am not looking after the

variety of corn that will give me the larg—

est per cent of score ears. I am looking

after the, variety that will give.» me the

largest total amount of digestible food to

the acre.



COLON C. LILLIE.





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dily approaching. the adequate protection

of buildings from lightning is a subject of

vital importance to every farmer. This

question of protecting buildings from

lightning is no longer in an experimental

stage, it having been demonstrated be-

yond the question of a reasonable doubt

that when properly protected by good cop-

per lightning rods, which have a perma-

nent connection with moist carih, there is

practically no danger of the destruction

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centage of the tire losses in the country

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rural districts 2. much larger percentage

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ences may demonstrate to be just. Quite

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to expending a small sum to secure prac-

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Last winter was exceedingly favorable

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cause the snow came early before the

ground was frozen and remained on, a

perfect covering, until after the first of

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when the snow first went off. They had

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has been, however, almost continual

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on 30 acres of clover. I am not verv

fearful about this because it is pretty

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we can do other work as it comes to

hand. COLON C. LILLIE.





 





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sugar, or turnips, as well as they do car-

rots. I commonly raise carrots for my

horses and mangolds (for the cows and

sheep. I have raised the Gueronde vari-

ety of carrots, sometimes called ox-heart,

but like the Maude S. pretty well for

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the table, but they are larger and will

take some less work to tend them.

Carrots should be planted on a good,

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apart in the row; or you can put them

farther apart and use the horse culti-

vator, ' When I use the horse to cultivate

them I like to use the hand hoe once

before they get big enough to cultivate

with the horse. To harvest I take a

sharp hoe and cut the tops so that about

four rows, if close together, and two if

wide enough for horse culture, will lie

together, pulling the roots with a dull

hoe and rolling them into rows between

the rows of tops; Or I sometimes pull by

hand, throwing them into rows or bunches

and cutting the tops later with a sharp

knife. In this case the tops should be

all one way and they can be easily gath-

ered with a fork and fed to the cows.

“'hen I top with a knife I drop the roots

into crates as I top them. They may be

stored the same as potatoes but should

not be kept as warm, as they heat and

grow easily and light freezing does not





 





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figured last year, but yet would be a

considerable item when several horses are

to be fed during the work season.



Potatoes are really a more valuable

feed than carrots, containing a, little more

digestible protein and about twice the

quantity of carbohydrates and fat that

carrots contain. Carrots are generally

considered a better feed because more

generally used, especially for horses.

Horses like them and perhaps this ele-

ment of palatability increases their rela-

tive value somewhat. But horses are,

also, fond of potatoes when accustomed

to eating them, and they will be found a

valuable addition to the ration of the

work horse as pre\;iously noted in these

columns. Carrots and mangels are more

often used because they yield better and

are consequently a cheaper feed, but in

a season like, the present, when potatoes

are cheap, they can be profitably utilized

for all kinds of stock.



GROWING ROOTS FOR STOCK.



There has been a good deal said about

silos, ensilage, etc., and many are invest-

ing in them. But there are many men

who do not keep stock enough to afford

to build a silo, who could raise roots prof—

itably. I have raised roots for over 30

years, and have tried turnips, swedes

(rutabagas), carrots, mangolds and sugar

beets. I like carrots the best for horses,

though they will eat rutabagas quite well;

and they are just as good as any roots





'for cows. if sliced, but it is not safe to.





feed them whole to cows as they often

choke on them. Horses will eat them

safely whole, as they will rutabagas if

their teeth are not sore, and, cows will

eat mangolds and large turnips safely.

Sheep will do the same, but’cattle some-

times choke on roots about three to three

and one-half inches through.



Horses do not like beets, m’angold or





hurt them much. They should be planted

as early as the ground can be gotten into

first-class condition, say just before corn

planting.



I like to plant mangolds still earlier,

putting them in rows for horse cultivating

and thinning to 12 or 15 inches in the

row as soon as large enough to be out

of the way of the flea beetle. Tend them

well the same as carrots and store the

same.



Sugar beets are richer in sugar and

more fattening, but cost nearly twice as

much to raise per bushel as the mangolds

do, so I dropped them.



Rutabagas may be planted as late as

the first of June and are a cheap root to

grow if not troubled by lice. Tend and

store the same as beets. If fed in large

quantities to cows they will taint the milk

and butter and when fed to meat animals

will taint the meat. »They should be fed

to the cows after milking, so the mill:

cannot absorb odors from the cow’s

breath while she is being milked, and I

change off and feed mangolds for the

last two or three weeks to cattle I am

going to beef.



Turnips are the cheapest root to raise

and the poorest in quality of any of the

roots I have mentioned, and also the





 





 





 





worst to taint the milk or meat. They

may be sown as late as the Fourth ofl

July, if the earlier kinds are used. Tend:

the same as mangolds, only they need notl

be hoed before large enough to cultivate:

if the ground is fairly clean; or better

yet, the larger kinds, (cowhorn or globe),

can be sown with the oats in the spring

and nothing done with them till time to

harvest. My neighbors report yields

raised this way of as high as 156 bushels

per acre, sowed at the rate of one lb. Off

seed per acre, and they got them toof

thick at that. Store and harvest the

same as other roots. Feed to sheep or

other store animals, and if intended for





 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 





 





 

 

 





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meat stop feeding them three weeks be-

fore you butcher them.



The solid contents of roots is not very

great, as they are largely water, espec.

tally the turnips. But they are very

valuable to keep stock in a healthy condl‘

tion and keep their bowols loose, the

same as grass does. Many a sheep has

died with “the stretches.” (constipation).

that root feeding would have saved and

cows are lost the same way.



Ensilage will do the same thing for

cows and sheep as the roots, but is hardly

a safe feed for horses. some claiming that

a small quantity is all right for them and

others report horses killed by feeding it

to them. But roots are always a safe

feed for horses, provided that they are

not fed enough to physic them.



‘Vhen commencing to feed roots com~

mence lightly and gradually increase the

amount to a full feed. so as not to “cly

or physic them before they get used to

them. I prefer feeding roots at night to

horses that are worked. Cows or sheep

may be fed more roots according to their

size, than horses.



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DIPPING THE FLOCK AT SHEARING

TIME.





 





Many flock owners practice shearing

their sheep during the month of March

or the early days of April and consider it

advisable where lambs are expected before

the warm days of spring arrive. \Vhen

conditions are made favorable and the

weather moderates. early shearing has

numerous advantages. In the first place

it affords an excellent opportunity to dip

the flock and thus eradicate parasites be-

fore turning to pasture. When attention

has not been paid to dipping the sheep

regularly many flock owners find at shear"

ing time they have, a flock badly infested

with ticks and other external parasites.

To get rid of the post without injuring

the health of the sheep is not always an

eaSy matter to solve.



Some flock owners carry the impression

that early shearing is an effective means

of eradicating their flocks of external par—

asites. The idea is based upon the fact

that as soon as the sheep are shorn the

pest disappears. From whence came this

idea I am unable to ascertain. However,

experienced flock owners know that the

removal of the fleece simply drivos the





 





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matured pest to cover and while perhaps

it may leave the sheep temporarily as

soon as the wool has made sufficient

growth to afford protection his company

returns and continues its blood sticking

business the remaining part of the year.

To shear sheep purposely to eradicate

external parasites is imprudent and inad-

visable as the practice only affords tem-

porary relief.



VV-here the flock is badly affected with

parasitic infestation early shearing affords

an effective means of applying treatment

to destroy the post before seeking protec-

tion elsewhere. As a general rule, when

ewes are shorn early if badly infested with

parasites the pests only leave the ewes

and goes onto the young lambs and be»

cause of their tender skin readily find a.

fertile place to continue their deadly

work. The flock owner who has planned

to have his lambs come during the late

winter months or early spring should

make a careful examination of each indi-

vidual ewe and find out wht-ihcr infestcd

with external parasites of any kind. If

investigation reveals the presencc of par-

asites steps should be taken to eradicate

the pest before the lambs arrive.



\\'here slice-1) are kept in small flocks

and adequate protection afforded, dipping

is the best and most effective means of

ridding the sheep of ticks. If it is found

advisable to dip the flock before lambing

the sheep should be shorn at least two 01'

three weeks before time for the lambs

to come so that the ewes can he dipped

without causing any detrimental effect

upon the unborn progeny. If not dipped

until after lambing, the lambs as well as

the ewes should be dipped, as most of the

ticks will be found on the lambs.

Moderate weather should be selected for

doing the work. If room will permit the

dipping tank should be set in the barn.

The doors can be kept closed and prevent

cold draughts falling directly upon the

stock. It will be found, too, that it is

much more convenient to handle the sheep

in the barn than in pens outside. The dip

should be brought to a lukewarm tem—

perature. This temperature can easily be

maintained by returning a few pails to

the warming kettle and poured back into

the dipping tank, one pail at a. time. In

this way the temperature of the dipping

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point without a great deal of extra trou-

ble and materially lessen the shock on

the system of the ewes. The tank.'if of

the regular size, should be sunk into the

manure or ground, at least one-third or

one-half of its height. Long, sloping

chutes should be built forvthe ewes to

walk on in passing to and from the tank.

Every care need be taken in catching

ewes and passing them through the dip

The work should not be hurried. but done

thoroughly. After the flock has been

dipped the barn should be closed up tight

for several hours until the sheep dry'ofi’.

Shiawassee Co. LEO C, REYNOLDS.





 





AN INTERNATIONAL SHEEP FAIR.





 





There is a movement on foot to estab-

lish a. permanent International Sheep Fair

to be held in Chicago some time in Sep-

tember. or immediately after the fair cir-

cuit is over. This show is to be exclusively

for sheep. with all breeds represented.

and to‘ include goats. collie and shepherd

dogs. wool and mohair exhibits. woor

grading and sorting. sheep and goat shear-

ing contest, sheep butchering contest,

sheep dipping and a lot of other “wrink—

les” that will make it interesting and

educational. It will not be a fat stock

show, although feeding experiments will

be conducted in a limited way by the ag-

ricultural colleges. It is not intended to

compete in any sense with the Interna-

tional. In fact, a. number of prominent

directors of the International heartily en-

dorse the affair.



In conjunction with this show will be

held a combination sale for show, breeding

and earload lots of sheep. The eastern

breeders will find an outlet for their high-

class stock and also for their commercial

sheep. The rangemen will come to buy

rams and breeding stock and the big

western stud flock men will show their

sheep. as well as the eastern breeders.

The English breeders will also co-operate

in every way to make it a. success. The

Fock Register and Wool Growers' Asso-

ciation and the leading breeders and im-

porters are all enthusiastic over the

scheme. The Hon. James Wilson, Secre-

tary of Agriculture, heartily endorses the

idea and offers the co-operation and sup-

port of the government in every way. The

agricultural colleges are enthusiastic and

everybody wonders why we have not had

it before.



The goat breeders will join and establish

a department for their stock. The rail-

roads will give reduced fares and the ex-

]:zrcss companies will make special rates

for shipping out stuff that will be sold in

small numbers.





HAR'NEss HORSE NOTES.





 





M. Vii Savage is determined that there

will be a new world‘s team record before

the end of the 1910 racing season and one

that will stand for many years to come.

One of the Minneapolis horseman’s prin-

cipal objects in recently purchasing

George Gano, 2:03%, was to bring this

world's record to Minnesota and the In-

tcr‘national Stock Food Farm.



Mr. Savage has been in the habit of

getting what he goes after and this fact

will lend added interest to that part of the

campaign to be made this fall, with Minor

Heir and George Gano in an attempt to

lower the world's team record of 2:02%

now held by Lady Maud C. and Hedge-

wood Boy and to reduce this record to

two minutes.



“I believe George Gano will be the next

two-minute pacer and I also believe that

before the end of the coming season. he,

with Minor Heir, will be able to reduce“

the team record materially. I hope to

place it at the two-minute mark,” de-

clarcd Mr. Savage a. few days ago.



So fixed is Mr. Savage’s purpose to get

this record that he has already given defi-

nite orders to his farm superintendent.

Harry Hersey, to make every preparation

to reduce the team record to 2:00. Mr.

l-iersey has already made arrangements

for the manufacture of special harness

and wagon for these paccrs and during

all of the training season he will over-

look nothing that may help to prepare for

a world's record campaign. Some fair

will probably have the honor of holding

the world's team record for many years.



Minor Heir and George Gano are won~

derfully mated in size. weight, gait and

disposition. It seems almost certain that

the two speed merchants will make a

perfect going team and their phenomenal

speed will make their efforts to lower

world's records. both singly and in double

harness. a sensational feature for race

meets and state fairs. Both horses are in

remarkably good condition and horsemen

all over the country are predicting a son-

sational season for the Savage, pair.



.I)nn.Patch. champion of champions. is

wuitcrmg unusually well and with him

to Introduce this great pair of young pac.

H's Mr. Savage surely has an. attraction

that is very hard to beat.





 





_ A prominent (‘hicago live stock commis-



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become apparent to the trade that there

will not be enough cattle marketed for

the next 90 days to meet the actual beef

requirements. and as cattle prices for the

last two months have been out of line

with hog prices, further advances are ex-

pected. in spite of the fact that the great-

er part of the recent sales have been

from $1 to $1.25 per 100 lbs. higher than

during the low time in January. Predic-

tions are made by this firm that good

corn-fed cattle will sell higher the com-

ing summer and autumn than in many

years, and stock feeders are advised to

feed all the cattle they can from now on

up to next October. Grass cattle will not

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Imported and pure bred registered



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



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

Write for Art Blotter.





BURTON {'9 C0., Kenton,0hio.

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BREEDING PURE-BRED SWINE.





 





The Farm, Buildings and Equipment.

The first and foremost place for breed-

ing pure-bred swine is within the corn

belt states. However, it is fallacious to

argue that the corn belt can produce bet-

ter breeding stock than other localities.

The advantage of having an abundance

of corn to feed the hard is more than off-

set by its injurious effect upon the breed-

ing qualities and development of the ani~

mals. So readily do swine assimilate the

great American crop of corn that for

years the breeding and growing of swine

for market has been confined almost ex-

clusively to the corn belt states. The

steady advance in the price of corn and

hog products during the past few years,

together with a more intelligent knowl-

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the hog as the most economical producer

of meat and a universal consumer of the

abundance and wastes of the farm.



The location of the farm and its natural

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A farm situated in close proximity to

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pure air. More light and sunshine will be

obtained if the houses are built on a north

and south line, so that both sides and

floor will receive direct sunlight during

a part of the day. If concrete floors are

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ness. The concrete floors should be laid

close to the posts and base boards to pre-

vent the hogs from rooting and rats

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The size and shape of the farrowing

houses is largely a matter of personal

fancy, although sanitary considerations

favor a number of small houses, rather

than confining too many animals in one

building. For a herd of registered swine,

especially when large sows are kept for

breeding, the pens should be large enough

to afford plenty of room for the sow and

pigs. My experience handling large sows

during the farrowing period has been fav-

orable to a house that will accmmodato

six soxvs and their litters. This gives

plenty of room to construct large yards

outside, so that the sow and pigs may

bask in the sunshine and obtain plenty of

exercise whenever the weather is favor-

able for them to be outside. Another

point that commends the smaller house

is the fact that it is many times desirable

to build a fire in the house and keep

watch of some especially large and valu-

able sow while she is farrowing. At such

times the small house is easily warmed

and the risk from fire is much less than

when a fire is started in a larger house.



In a locality where the winters are ex-

tremely cold an excellent plan to follow

in constructing winter quarters for the

breeding herd and growing pigs is to build

a house 16 feet wide and long enough to

accommodate the number of animals that

are being kept. A building of this kind

may be provided with moveable parti-

tions, so that it can be sub-divided into

apartments of various sizes as the occa—

sion demands. The best material for the

floors will be concrete. The best Portland

cement should be used and a strong sur-

face coat applied. The pig’s feet are

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crete to be flushed with water when the

pens are cleaned. It may be built with a

shed roof and should be double boarded

with building paper between the boards.

When building it will be better if two

inch plank are used for the first four feet

from the floor on the sides that are to

serve as sides and ends of the pens. The

rear of the building will not need be

more than six fet high and the front

about ten feet high. This will afford

plenty of room for a. man to work and

be among the animals when his services

are ncedoed.



For warm weather, or for use in a lo—

cality where the winters are short and

mild, individual houses are preferable,

but in a locality where two or three feet

of snow is the rule and not the exception,

I prefer to have my herd closer together

and in more comfortable houses. I have

used the individual houses while growing

swine further south and found them very

satisfactory for that climate. Two points

in favor of these houses are the ease and

convenience of handling the herd when

a system of pasture and soiling crops is

being utilized and in case of contagious

disease breaking out in thc herd.



Yard and Fences.



The hog is a nuisance when allowed to

run about the farm as he pleases. I have

noted more failures among breeders of

registered swine that could be traced to

lack of adequate yards and fences than

to any other cause. Bra-ding animals

must be kept sccurcly yardcd if honest

and accurate records of 1110 herd are

kept. IVovcn wirc has revolutionized the

whole system of handling brooding swine

and when properly ('Onsl’l‘uctvd it can be

put in place at a moderate cost. I pl‘f’l’l‘l'

to use a 30—inch wovcn wire fcnce with

barb wircs close to the top and the bot—

mm to prevent the hogs from looking

ovcr and routing and crawling undcr.



'l‘lic yards should be sub—divided so that

the pigs of one scx, ago and size shall be

kv-pl together, for no man can feed swine

in .lll inlclligcnl manner unless the stock

arc scparniml in uniform lots, so he can

Illilll his fl‘(‘(lll g to approximate the indi-





vidual iIcI-ils of every animal under his

management.

Each sow and litter should be given





Sopul'ute yards and the pigs that are

weaned should bc divided as to sex, age

and size and placed in yards away from

the older animals. The dry sows should

have one yard 01' pasture where they may

be turned and given special care and food

for a few weeks prior to breeding for the

next litters. There should be yards for

the pigs that are unthrifty and ones that

show symptoms of disease. This may not

be necessary, but it will often save heavy

losses, when hog diseases are prevalent

in a locality.



’l‘licrn must be “system” in handling

Ih’c hvrd if the business is put on a money

making basis. Animals that are separat-

tgd into uniform lots look better, food bct~

tcr and thrive better and are more free

from lice, vermin and disease and the

smaller ones will not be injured by the.

older ones. For a herd of 100 breeding

swine and growing pigs I would recom-

mend that about 20 acres be fcum-d and

cross fenced and a system of forage crops

be provided for every month during the

whole growing season. Rye, clover, al—

falfa, peas, beans and corn during the

spring and summer, and roots and rape

during the full and winter will provide

excellent forage for the herd. Root crops

may be put in a, collar or partially har-

vested and the swine given the run of

the field for a few weeks in the fall.

Good, plain, sensible houses, yards and

fences are escntial to success and no man

should invest in pure-bred breeding swine

unless he has an equipment commensu-

rate With the needs of the business.



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Partial Paralysis in Pigs—My pigs have

recently shown some lameness in hind.

legs; now they are unable to get up alone.

ave been feeding corn. but the pigs have

got hand any exercise. 11. S. balem.

Mich—Give your pigs some air—slaked

lime in their feed. instead of feeding so

much corn; give them some oats, 011 meal

and vegetables and exercise your well

ones. Apply mustard .‘dlld water to hack

everv other day and give each full grown

hog .fii'e drops tincture_ nux \'Ollll("d. and

20 drops fluid extract ot buchu at a dose

twlltccfii; dP?t§rs¢.=s.-—-l\fy horse is 'troubled

with what our local Vet. calls itch and

he seems to be affected pretty much an

over the body. S, .E. (1., .lnson. 1\'ll(‘ll.-—-1-

Clip your horses; give them a teaspoonfuf

of sulphur. and two tablespoonfuls 0

baking soda at a dose in feed once or

twice a day; also apply one part'bichlor—

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Akron, Mich—Apply iodine Ointment (int

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filiilsnfxitlsa call a Vet. and have him cut it

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inject with one part coal tg'iirutllismfectant

2' ‘rls Waiter 1i\'ice ( _.

angoifirgflwl lllitiffi'll‘liit-lteiicdlung Shaft;

">iitloiisrrl izivc :i it ‘St‘ .

gagiliiied Lhis buck tendons three years zitgfi).

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knce which I blistcrcd and it lemme1

the soreness. but his cords shortenet all}:

his hoof contracted badly. Nowfihe \Ea‘m:

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SOl‘l‘V to inform you that a chronicqcase

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bv blistering coronet and tendons ivin

Ccrale of cantlini'ides or any other bllstt‘li'

llglitlv it will do some good. Also Stil-It'lt

the foot in wet blue clag or pack it Vii 1



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“lbl‘ltlicdrlé’lc’grt.——l\1y mare has a flat’ spread)—

in;r growth on her‘ face somewhat it;

seinbling a wart. Four years ago I his

noticed it and it was then about thesiz‘c:

of a twenty—five cent piece, now it, is

three and one-half inches ill '(‘llillllt‘lf‘L

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lac. Mich..\.pply one part salicylic acid

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-' once a tiny.

a(.il?llll(‘h on Outside of Hock Ci'zickcd

Hecls.——'l‘hci'e is kl bunch on the outside

of my gelding's hock and at fluid. oozuig

out of the heel below fetiocl-L‘ This home

is seemingly in good condition. \\. H.

C.. Freeland, Mich:»Apply one part rcd

iodide mercury and eight parts lard to

bunch every four or live days. Dissolve

one oz. sugar lead. six drs. sulphate of

zinc and one dr. (‘1ll‘ll01l0 add in a. quart

of water and apply to heel three times a

duv. Also give a teaspoonful powdered

saltpeter at a dose in feed once a day.



Blood VVart.—I would like to know how

to treat a two-year-old colt that is trou-

bled with a blood wart which is Sltlltlli’d

on the side. it is about the Size of a hick-

orv nut and growing larger. F, M_, Itha—

ca: Mich—The simplest and best method

of removing any kind of a wart is to cut

it out of the skin. leaving no portion of

the warty tissue to grow again. “After

fou remove it apply Monsell’s Solution of

iron. or equal parts powdered alum and

tannic acid.



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that freslicned Feb. 10; she did line for

four weeks and was giving six quartsat

a milking and suddenly dried_up,' giving

oniv one pint at a milking, which is quite

stringy, but the cow eats heartily _and

does not seem to be sick—D. M., Milan,

Mich—The udder of your cow has per

haps been infected. Wash her udder

thoroughly with soap and water and apply

spirits of camphor once a day. Clean

hei- stall and stable thoroughly and give

her one lb. of cpsom salts to purge her,

also give 1/3 oz. powdered nitrate potash

at Ll dose in feed three times a dziy for

a few days.



Bruised Knee—Some time ago one of

our horses slipped and fell on the frozen

ground, striking on her knees. One knee

is somewhat swollen, but did not break

the skin. I have applied arnica and sugar

of lead, but am inclined to believe pus is

forming under the skin. C‘. R. M.. Covert,

Mich—If the swelling fluctuates it should

be OD€ned, allowing Either the pus or

serum to escape. The opening should be

made with a small knife, but it should be

clean and free from infection. Inject one

part bichlorlde of mercury and 1,000 parts

tepid water twice a day, Keep he... in a

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breed. 0. D. WOODBUBY. Lansing. Michigan,

——Bo h ml

HEREFORDS: so.‘...'§.“ii.‘i.‘5.‘.im-

Chins hogs. R. E. ALLEN. Paw Paw. MIcII.





ERBEY BULL CALF born May 12. ’09. Dun

gave 10.9501bs. milk. last veer test 5%. Site’s Dani's

record )0 060 lbs. in 10% months. test 6.2;. TH!

MURRAY-WATEBHAN 00.. R. 6, Ann Arbor. Mich





Northern Grown Jerse s.

ROYCEOF'I‘ FARII. Bidnuw. Mic .





JERSEY BULLS

BUTTER BRED FOR'BALE.





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allecun County. Michigan.





JERSEY BULL 3 your: old. gentle, sure stock

getter. St. Lambert. registered,

right every way. 8. H. PIIBSON. Goodrich. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Register of Merit Jerseys. ”3.1.1.3.?”





'1'. F. MARS’I‘ON. Buy Clty. Michigan.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD J ERSEY S





We have some splendid young buns for sale. Home

of them are old enough for service. They are from

cows with records of 300 to 425 pounds of butter last

year. Write forldescrl ption and prices.



COLON O. LILLIE. Coopersvllle. Mich.





 





 





Island and at. Lambert breeding.

choice grade heifers.





DUROC JERSEY SOWS





Choice individuals and popular blood lines. Inspec-

tion invited. Full information cheerfully furnished.

If you cannot visit our farm at once write





BROOKWATER FARM. Ann Arbor. Mich.

A. W. MUIFORD. Ham.





BIDWELL STOCK FARM.





FOR SALE-40 Reg. Shorthorn Bulls.





All good. reds and rouns. from 12 to 24 months old.

from the best of breediuet '75 to .125 each. Some of

them Scotch and Scotch-topped. of theberd heading

type. Also, young cows and heifers. all ages. Fifty

need in herd. Farm—Two blocks from Lake Shore

Station. L. I. BIDWELL. Tecumseh. Michigan.





DA' RY BREDSHOBTHORRS—Noflock

for 3312 at present. Visitors

welcome. J. D. HUMMEL, Meson. Mich.





Mm Cows and Helfersln out. Also bulls

and bull calves. Milk and butter

strains. Prices low. ROBERT REV]. Pierson. Mich.





SHEEP.





mum Em—n registered Delsine ewes for we.

mto-smnm tn Imbln Ami,

cheep if taken soon. 5. J. COWAN, Rockford. Mich.





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Oxford - Down 5 been “63.13.35“

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





PAR’SOIS OXFOIDDDWHS





1150 registered Bernie's National Delsims end Black

top deislnes. Bomeyn C. Parsons. Brand Ledgedlflch





OXFORD DOWNS summm‘i





rule. K. J. De GABHO. B. 30.1. Clym. Mich.





(ICELAND FARM DELAINES—A few ewes

bred to choice runs for the 1910 trade. Prices

right. D. E. TURNER a eONs. Kosher-vac. Mich.





SIROPSHIBE Eat“. STOOK FARM





yearling ewes and 15 rams

in J une for Michigan and the same for Boise. Idaho.

Branch of this Perm. Will make a fair price on

yearling was or nus. also on some aged ewes with

lambs st side. for” days.



L. S. DURHAM fiBONS. Concord. Miohll'nn.





130 Reg. Bemboiuet Ewes for sale. descended

from the best flocks and bred to a pure Van

Homeyer and a run sired by a Gilbert ram and im-

ported darn. All in perfect health. In lots to suit buy



ere-none reserved. J. Q. A. Cook. Morrlce. Itch.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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”REE ENGLISH BEHKSHIRES.





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

for profitable pork production. Vigorouesnd strong

and of best blood lines. Satisfaction guaranteed.





 





 





 





Jersey Bulls, cows and HellerS!





F. A. “WATER. m Id.

BWES Uncxcened in breeding. Selected

boars. cows and cuts. Choice fall

plfl.‘ T. V. HICKS. B. No. 11. Bath Creek. Mich.

B BALE—BERKSHIRES-Two choice Sept.

bou pm. and a few m1 slits. sired by Handsome

Prince. A. A. PAT'I'ULLO. Melville, Mich





110ng FARM BERKSHIRES !





I 189 PRIZE IN 1909.

Stock of hot sexes end all uses for sale. header:

of Guernsey Cattle. lit. 3. Turkeys. Barred Rock

Chickens. Peklu Ducks. GEO. C. HUPP. K31.

anerA Birmingham Michigan.





BERKSHIRES inn-:2:





type andstralus. C. S. BARTLETT. Pontiac. Mich.





IOITIIEII BBB“ BERKSHIRE.





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for service. Orders taken for spring furrow.

W. 0. WILSON. Dimes. Mich. (Both Phone).





 





 





DAMS BROS. Improved Chester Whites. Liteh-

A field. Mich. won 125 premiums in '09. Booking

orders for bred sowuboara ready for lorries. Bufl Book, V.

orplngbl,'. Leghorn cock'll. Shannon buns lady for mice





 





-—Fa.ll plea of either sex for sale.

bum Jerseys also Buff Cochin chickens and





; eggs. M. A. BRAY. Okemoe. (Ingimm Co.) Mich.





DUROC JERSEYS





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hnsflnll. Mich;





UBOC-JERB EYE—50 bred and o sows nl

of growth and quality. Bonn replica? («£351.23

Prican-ight. Write J. 0. Barney. Goldwater. Mich.





3 MULE FOOTED HOGS;;“::.:°

I Largestjherd in the'U. 8. Five big herd Boers. .





OHN H. DUBLAP, Wfillamsport. Ohio

Have a few





0. l. G. bred sows all sold. .0... .m. 0..





hand. GEORGE P. ANDREWS. Dsnvlile. Mich.





REGISTERED PIGS. 10

O- l- C. weeks from World's Fnir widonenm.

Glenwood Stock Farm. Zeeland. Mich. Phone 94.

— rders booked for s _

00 l. C- from State F31: winners?!x PM!

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich.





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10 dtfl'ereut boars. WM. WA . Goldwater. Mich.





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Pm Will“ Pekin Ducks. Embden c323:

and Mini-keys. Zach Rhine. Three Oak.





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MARCH 26, 1910'.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





~ There was an interesting gathering Of

agriculturists at the recent banquet in

.Ioliet, 111., more than 450 farmers, repre-

senting average wealth of $40,000, par-

tlclpating, An important feature was the

plan of the leaders to bring about in-

creased interest in the production of corn

by offering a prize of $500 for the first

200 bushels of corn produced on an acre

of'ground in Will county. In response _to

the toast, “The Hog," Howard Francts,

a breeder of swine, responded: “It has

generally been supposed,” he remarked,

"‘that almost any old place was good

enough for a hog, but in years of expe—

rience I have found that good, clean quar—

ters are as much appreciated by the hog

as by any other animal and that it thrives

under kindly treatment. This helps in a.

material way, because the animal grows

fatter."



Charles Shurte, the widely-known seller

of sheep at the Chicago stock yards, re-

marked recently: “I never saw before

so few lambs and sheep in the near-by

feed lots at thisseason of the year, their

owners being disposed to get rid of them

whenever they are in killing condition.

It will not pay to keep healthy flocks on

high—priced feed after they are fit for

slaughter, but I advise finishing anything

in the mutton line that is not yet good.

Many northern Colorado flocks of lambs

are stopping off at the feeding barns for

shearing. They are generally good in

quality and furnish satisfaction. Thus

far lambs purchased here for shearing and

feeding have done extremely well, and it

looks as if they had been bought well

worth the money, although at the time

purchased they looked rather high. This

is the natural thing, the buyer when the

markets are going up making money as

a rule.”



Jacob Weiss & Sons, the widely-known

stock feeders of Iowa, wno market-

ed at Chicago in a recent week 16

head of fancy grade Shorthorns and Here-

fords that tipped the scales at 1,548 lbs.

at $8.10, stated that the cattle were

bought by them in the South Omaha mar—

ket last October for $5.20 per 100 lbs...

their average at that time being 1,140

lbs. Regarding the method of their prep-

aration for the market, Mr. “'eiss said:

“I started them on snapped corn, with

alfalfa and clover hay as roughness, Later

”on they were given chopped ear corn

until December, when we gradually

changed the ration to shelled corn. with

some oil meal and oats. During the last

month I changed from alfalfa to timothy

hay. The cattle were on full feed about

one. hundred days.”



Jacob A. Ryther, vice—president of the

National Live Stock Exchange Bank of

Chicago, after returning from his recent

visit to the cattle and hog raising sec—

tions tributary to the Missouri river mar-

kets, is emphatic in predicting poorly

supplied live stock markets. “I rode the

western country from St. Paul to Kansas

City,” he says, “and never before saw or

heard of such a scarcity of live stock

as now confronts the markets of the coun-

try. I saw fewer cattle and hogs than

ever before at this season, and all the in-

formation I was enabled to gather was

of the same character. Sellers have been

draining feed lots for the past three

months, and extremely little replenishing

has taken place in that time. A heavy

shrinkage in the receipts of live stock at

all western markets during the next six

months will be recorded."



A country packer living in Central Illi~

nois says: “Fifty head of 140-lb. pigs

were sold in a recent day at a farm sale

held at Griggsville for $16.50 per head.

Our buyers in Brown and Pike counties

do not remember the time when hogs

were so scarce. It is claimed that up to

next fall they will not have within 60 per

cent of the hogs to be marketed that they

had a year ago. They expect to see hogs

higher and belieVe that they will bring

over $11 per 100 lbs. before they get any

cheaper.”



The big dropin cotton prices has put

mill men in a position where they can

use more cotton and less wool, and this

is clearly a weakening factor in the wool

market. Small amounts of wool are being

contracted in Utah, where buyers are re-

ported to have paid 19@230 per lb. within

a short time, with sales chiefly at 21@22c.



Colorado sheepmen are marketing their

holdings of lambs with freedom, and ex-

tremely high prices have been paid at the

Chicago stock yards, their average quality

being extremely good. It is stated that

fully 75 per cent of their holdings con—

sist of Mexican lambs, and these will be

sold unshorn to killers, while heavy shearv

ing stock will be clipped at feeding sta-

tions.



Recent advices from Greeley, Colo.. are

that only about 40 per cent of the usual

number of sheep are being fed in that

part of the country, owing to the failure

of the hay crop last year. Nearly all the

feeding is done in the open, and very lit-

tle shearing is done, as the sheep need

their fleece to keep them warm and are

apt to die when deprived of it.



Late reports received by a prominent

Chicago live stOck commission firm from

various cattle feeding districts indicate

an unusually small number now on feed.

The reports are gathered from the main

house and its nine branches and go to

show that in most western regions there

is a deficiency of from 25 to 50 per cent

compared with last year, Kansas City

and Denver report a decrease of around

50 per cent, and the same decrease is

reported in Texas and Oklahoma. Omaha

and East St. Louis report a decrease of

25 to 35 per cent, and from St, Joseph

word comes that there are 40 per cent

less cattle on feed than a year ago. South

St. Paul reports only 50 to 60 per cent

as many cattle feeding as a. year ago,

and Sioux City states that the number

feeding is 65 to 75 per cent. of that of a

year ago. In the eastern feeding dis-

tricts a much better showing is made,





THE ,MICHIGAN FARMER. (9)





with Buffalo reporting about the same

amount of cattle feeding as a year ago.



The Live Stock Report, published at

Chicago, has the- following: “The pros—

pective supply condition is not dissimilar

from that of 1908, when liquidation was

heavy the early part of that year, the

result being a sharp upward turn in the

market the latter part of March and

April. Long—fed beeves have been con-

spicuous by their absence for many

weeks. while for several months one-half

to two-thirds fat steers have been in

record-breaking proportion to total mar-

keting. This is beginning to tell on the

supply in the feed lots, and if normal

conditions prevail in the beef trade we

should continue to see a. good, strong.

healthy trade in cattle.”



A prominent cattle seller who has re-

cently traveled extensively all over Sa-

line. Cooper and Pettls counties, three as

good cattle feeding counties as can be

found in the entire state of Missouri, re-

ports that cattle are scarcer than they

were ever before known to be at this time

of the year.



F E. Braubaker, of Richland county,

Ohio, well-known as a sheep breeder, has

what is well known as the combination

sheep, which is excellent for both mutton

and wool purposes. He says he uses the.

Southdown and Oxford breeds, switching

off to the Delaine cross as often as once

in three or four years. This has been

found a highly profitable cross, as the

sheep are extremely hardy and have an

extra heavy fleece.



A St. Joseph. Mo, stock yards official

makes the statement that there are 225,-

000 cattle down in the southwestern range

region of Texas that will be ready to ship

to the markets of the country before long.

He says reports from that region are

encouraging, cattle, having come through

the winter in good shape, and the coun-

try to the south and southwest of San

Antonio is in excellent condition. These

cattle will be shipped chiefly to Fort

\Vorth, Kansas City, South St. Paul and

East St. Louis.



Lambs dropped in February of this year

in Idaho have been greatly favored by the

weather, and the ewes have been well

cared for.



Horses had a better outlet last week on

the whole, because the supplies were kept

down to much smaller proportions than

those of a week earlier or a year ago.

Eastern shippers were spirited buyers of

fancy heavy drafters by Wednesday, pay-

ing $200fl250 per head for good to choice

ones. while the plainer ones were taken

at $1’75@195. Feeders also met with a

good eastern inquiry, sales ranging at

$165©220, while expressers and city de--

livery horses were purchased for $150@

215. There was a large sale for farm

mares at $140@175, and drivers and sad—

dlers were more active at $150©300. An

eastern shipper paid $315 for a fancy Per-

cheron 1,900-lb, chunk, and an Illinois

country shipper auctioncd off a load of

draft and wagon horses at $160@ 240, re-

ceiving $480 for a pair of matched black

Percheron geldings for eastern shipment.

Southerners purchased horses all the way

from $75 up to $200. F.





CATALOGUE NOTICES.





 





 





The Aspinwall Manufacturing Co., of

Jackson, Mich._ send circular matter de—

scribing and illustrating their new double

cylinder high pressure sprayer with

broadcast and orchard attachments for

spraying crops and trees.



The Flansburgh & Potter Co., of Leslie,

Mich., publish a new illustrated catalogue

and price list of their strawberry plants

and other small fruits. These plants are

grown by, them on their own farms.



The Harvester Vt’orld, a magazine pub-

lished by the International Harvester Co.,

of Chicago, contains in its February num-

ber some interesting articles relating to





the extensive line of business in which

this company is engaged.

Burpee’s Prize Supplement for 1910,





published by W. Atlee Burpee & Co.,

Philadelphia, Pa., is a booklet giving in-

formation with regard to prize winning

products grown from their seeds in the

several states of the country, with pho—

tographs of some of the prize winning

exhibits.



Strout‘s Farm Catalogue No. 30, issued

by E. A, Strout Co., Boston, New York,

Philadelphia and Pittsburg, is a 100—page

catalogue of large size filled with de—

Scriptions and illustrations from photo-

graphs taken on the hundreds of farms in

every section of the country that are

listed in this catalogue by the world’s

largest farm agency.



The Farmers’ Handy Vt’agon Co., of

Saginaw, Mich., have published a silo

book treating of silos and silage. and its

use for all farm animals, crops for silage

purposes, filling the silo, etc.. which will

be sent free to any reader who is inter-

csltred {)n tlheierine of silos.



air. an is, orse & Co., of Ch

have Just issued their new cataliggafig’ 1316

113. describing their 1910 line of ’two-'

cycle marine engines. Their four-cycle

heavy. duty marine engines are described

itligdBillustrehted it“ their catalogue No.



_- _ wnc con ains com : -

tioIr: coIvering this line. plete informa



. .. Farmer, the strawberr m n

ifijilgailhleiN'fiY” slend af1910 catalogxlie ligt:



\ r ne me o s '

oils/{erl speci%lties. mall fruits and



aoney wros. & Wells, nurser men 0

Dansv1lle, N. Y., growers of higyh grad:

fruxt trees, send out a new catalogue‘ fully

describing and illustrating their line.

V'ihe Racine Hatcher Co., of Racine

Wis, manufacturers of the famous Racine

hatchers, incubators and brooders send

anairggslarflof intflclirlmation fully illustrating

c (31‘! in e r c

golods. g omplete line of these



wan‘Bros., South Bend, Ind. I -

facturers of hardware, implementénagilid

tinners specialties, send an illustrated

catalogue describing their line of ditching

Egolsf and ‘Otllledi spelcliialties needed upon



e arm, men n a kni

diggers, etc. 3‘ y ves, post hole





 





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BUYS AM GIRLS!





A Shetland Pony, Bari,

Harness, Saddle, Bridle,





 





 





 





 





 





This is the Pony, Cart and Harness. The Saddle Appeared in Previous Issue.





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An opportunity to secure for yourself a





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Bridle. The best part of this is that it won’t

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lutely FREE. We are not going to sell this

Pony and Outfit, but are going to give it away.





How to Work to Win “Beauty”





If you wantthis dandy Shetland Pony and

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you can have driving to school, to the post

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pony. You must surely send us your name and

address today because we can’t give you the

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It won’t cost the winner anything but a ltitle of

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:THE DAIRY





 





 





LWM

CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.





 





EXPENSE OF MAKING BUTTER IN A

CREAMERY.





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My attention is called to an article in

the issue of February 5 entitled, "Effects

of the Oleo Law," by Mr. C. L. Ross, of

“'ashtenaw county. which on looking over

carefully I consider merits a reply. Mr.

Ross. in speaking of the excessive, price of

butter, 4th a pound to the consumer. goes

on to give the figures from :1 local cream-

cry to show that one reason why the

cost of butter is high is because it costs

so much to manufacture that butter at a

local creamcry. and says that it cost over

$5.0th to manufacture something like $42,~

000 worth of product, and this excessive

cost of manufacture must be added to

the price of butter, which makes the price

high to the consumer. Now, I do not be-





- lieve that this is a good argument, be-





cause ten years ago, for instance, it would

have cost the creamery just as much to

make that butter as it did last year and

yet ten years ago the price of butter was

considerably lower than it it now, conse-

quently, the cost of making in the cream-

cry cannot be held responsible for the

high price of butter. The high price of

butter comes largely from the law of

supply and demand, and not because of

the increased cost of production. With

the farmers’ product, the cost of produc-

tion as we all know, has very little to do

with the market price of the products

which he produces. The farmer cannot

add to the. cost of production of any given

article which he produces a certain per

cent of profit as a manufacturer does and

then ask that price for his product. As

a matter of fact, the farmer has never

had much to say about the price of his

product. He simply produced it. put it

upon the market and took what the other

fellow seemed willing to pay for it. He

had no choice, and practically nothing to

say about the price of his product.

Again, I do not think Mr, Ross does

the creamery justice when he points out

that it cost $5,000 to make $42,000 worth

of butter in a creamery. If we do not

consider this question carefully, we are

led to believe that this might be exces-

sive for the manufacture of this product,

and yet suppose we d1dn‘t have a cream-

cry. Suppose that every farmer had to

make his own butter. VVouldn’t it cost

each farmer something to do it. If all the

different patrons of this creamcry manu-

facture their own product and put it upon

the market should they not receive living

wages for the time used in manufactur-

ing it? I am of the opinion that if they

would charge a reasonable wage for man-

ufacturing their own product, and putting

it upon the market that it would cost

much more than $5,000. It is my belief

that. by the farmers co-opcrating and

takmg their milk to a central point, cm-

ploying one man to make the butter for

the whole neighborhood and having divi-

sion of labor. that their product is manu—

factured and put upon the market much

cheaper than it could he done. at home.

Of course, if the farmer allows nothing

for his time and is willing to give this

and say nothing about it. that is a dif-

ferent question. But can he afford to

do it? Ought he to do it'.’ Ought not the

consumer to pay the farmer a fair wage

for the time occupied in making this but-

ter? Is not that legitimate charge? I

know that. in the past some of the staple

agricultural products have been produced

on the farm and sold below the cost of

production. When you have to sell wheat

around 50c a bushel, taking the rental of

“1nd and wages for the farmer, the farm—

cr 1,)ructically works for nothmg and

boards himself. Now. he has done that

kind of business long enough. The time

has come when consumption has caught

up with production so that the farmer

can now begin to get something for his

labor; and it is not good argument to

claim that the cost of production in this

one instance has enhanced the value of

the finished product to thc consumer, be-

cause, as I say, in the past. or ten years

ago. there would have been practically

the same expense when th. butter was

retailing at 2? l0 25c, per 1b, NOW this

same creamcry referred to manufactured

2,617,000 pounds of milk and 41.670 pounds

of cream into butter, and manufactured

302.119 pounds of skim-milk into cottage

cheese and sold it for $42,410.66, and it

cost them $5,549.99 to do this work. It

seems to me that this is not excessive

cost for manufacturing. It includes not





 





 





THE MICHIGAN , FARMER.





only labor. but taxes, fuel, freight, and

every'other item which enters into the

manufacture and distribution of this pro-l

duct. I say again, I do not believe that

the farmers of that same community could





' have manufactured this product and put





it on the market for this amount of

money, had each charged a fair compen-

sation for his labor.





THE COW-TESTING ASSOCIATION.





 





The advantages of the Co-operative

Cow-Testing Asociation must. appear to

any one after a little thtught. It is

highly important to the man that keeps

cows and feeds them a costly ration that

he should constantly know where he is at.



Of course, he can know without testing

his cou's individually whether he gains or

loses in the whole venture, but he cannot

know what each cow is doing and this

knowledge is indispensable to him if he

Wishes to get the most out of the herd.



He may be milking only ten cows, tive

of which may yield him an annual profit

of $5.00 each above the cost of mainte-

nance, four may play even and the re-

maining one may yield him a profit of

$25 00



He has made, only $50 profit per year on

his herd If he had owned one more cow

as good as the last he could have dis-

pensed with eight and still had a profit

of $50, while, if all had been like the four

he would simply have~ found at home

market for his feed and would have done

his year’s work for nothing.



The succeSSful dairyman must know

what the individual cow is doing and he

can not know this unless he tests her.

If he desires to improve his herd bv bet—

ter breeding he must breed from his best

cows and he can not discover them with-

out using the Babcock tester.



But can he not test them himself? Yes,

he, can it‘ he will. But will he? Does he?

In almost every case, no. There is no

cause to ask why he does not but the

simple fact is conclusive proof that he

will not, to any great extent, for some

time to come. The (To—operative Associa-

tion is the only solution of the problem.

Just how we should organize it will, de-

pend somewhat 011 local conditions. If

the herds are large the man who does the

testing can sample and test the milk

from one herd per day once in each month,

but if the herds are small. containing

from five to ten cows. the work will prove

expensive unless more than one herd can

be tested each day in the month.



This matter can easily be arranged.

After a little practice any one possessing

ordinary ability should be able to sample

and weight milk correctly. If the samp-

ling and weighing be done by the dairy-

man then two or three herds can be

tested each day. This will greatly lessen

the expense of the work and make asso—

ciations possible where otherwise they

could not be formed. It may be urged

that the owner of the Cows could not be

trusted to sample and weigh the milk but

we cannot escape trusting him to some

degree even though the weighing and

sampling be performed by an outside

party. The man who does the testing

weighs the feed only one day in the

month and the owner of the dairy might.

if he chose. feed a lighter rotation on that

'day and thus deceive the public in the

rcal cost of production. But I do not

bcl'cve there is much danger along either

of these lines. The owner of the herd is

anxious to get the facts about every cow.

ll.- could not afford to dccc1ve the tester,



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cotton which collects the sediment as the

milk is poured through the tester. When

the milk from one farm is tested, the disc

may be quickly replaced by a clean one

for testing the next 10: of milk. By the

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to grade the milk of individual farmers.





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FEEDING COTTONSEED MEAL.





 





Will you give me enlightenment on how

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shouldI feed two—year-olds? How would

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or horses? Is it a better feed than lin-

seed meal?



Ionia Co. B. M.



Cottonseed meal is a very concentrated

food, and hence it is not desirable to

feed this feed alone if possible. It is bet-

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ground oats, or something of that sort.

Something to give it more bulk will give

better results. For fattening steers I

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corn-and-cob meal and cottonseed meal,

and then you could mix this equal parts

by weight, but if you have no corn, you

can mix it equal parts with bran, or in

fact, any other feed. Two pounds per

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fed with other grain and it is a most ex-

cellent feed for dairy cows. but it also

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I would not want to say that it is a better

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“’ould it be advisable to put in a

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Muskegon Co. I). G. A.



If the water power is reliable and you

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reason why you cannot operate the ma-

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just as well as any other power. But the

question of power is not so very important

in a creamery because you do not need

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site if it affected the value of a creamery

in any other way. For instance, if the

creamery had to be located off from the

public road, or too far out from a town,

I would not think of putting it there

simply because I had water power. I

would rather put the creamery where it

would be the most convenient for the

patrons and for the creamery to dispose

of their products, etc., than to locate it

where one had cheap water power. In

the creamery business you must have

steam. You must have a boiler because

you cannot clean up without having a

large amount of hot water and you must

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CO-Operative Creameries.



In a community where the farmers are

'willing to work together, a co—operative

creamery isvundoubtedly the best thing

for the farmer, but in many localities the

farmers seem to be suspicious of each

other, lack confidence and will not work

together to the best‘advantage. In such

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has hard sledding, because it is difficult





to have a. well defined policy unless the

people are willing to give up some of their

persoual ideas for the benefit of the whole.

In a community like this I am inclined

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where you reduce the number of‘stock-

holders to a few, would be more apt to

run the. business in a more business-like

way, than a whole community of farmers.

0n the other hand, if the whole com-

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BEST CORN FOR SILAGEf





 





Being quite extensively engaged in

farming and stock raising I desire to ask

your advice or opinion as to the best kind

of corn to plant for ensllage. I am think-

ing of building a silo next summer, and

knowing you have had considerable expe—

rience along this line I thought you would

be able to give me the information I am

seeking. I am not keeping cows at pres-

ent but expect to use the silage, to feed

calves and young cattle I wish to keep

over winter as stockers.



Clare C0. J. H. L.



Personally, I prefer dent corn to flint

corn for silage, and I think that the con-

current opinion of people who raise corn

for ensilage will agree with me, yet the

chemical analysis of the two varieties

seem to give flint corn a little higher per

cent of protein. Nevertheless, I belieVe

you can raise more tons of ensilage to the

acre of dent corn than you can of flint,

and I like the way it grows and handles

better. “'e want to raise as large an

amount of food to the acre as possible

with the corn plant.. in raising corn.

ordinarily, we want to feel safe in this

climate that we have an early enough

variety so that it will thoroughly mature

before frost. “’ith ensilagc we do not

have to be so particular. The corn don’t

have to be thoroughly ripe for ensilage,

consequently we can use a little larger

variety. Now, this tells the whole story.

Raise as large a variety of dent corn as

will mature in your climate sufficiently to

make good ensilage, which means that it

should get far enough advanced for the

kernels to be glazed and dented.





THE FARMER’S DAIRY COW.





 





The farmer is supposed to keep cows

for profit and one would suppose that he

would make every possible effort to in-

crease his per cent of profit, from year

to year. Such does not seem to be the

case. Statistics show that the average

yearly profit per cow is only about $7.30

There is certainly plenty of room l1erc for

an increase and such cottld be brought

about by better stock and better care

and management. It should be the aim

of every farmer to do all in his power to

(IK'UII'IDIISII this.



The real foundation of farm dairying

is good stock, and right there is where

we find room for the greatest improve—

ment. The average farmer seems to be

contented with cows “like pap had.”

Dairy products are selling at a good price

and the farmer should endeavor to in-

crease the yield of his cows and the cows

should not be what are called dual pur-

pose cows. They should be bred for dairy

cows alone.



The best cow in the world will not

make a profit for her owner unless she

has proper care. VVhiie it is not neces-

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usually find that the man with the fancy

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ing to improve. and is making money.

But, plain Or fancy, the barn should be

so constructed as to keep the cow warm,

dry and .clean. Each cow should have a

separate stall. Cement floors for the

stalls are the. best. In putting in the

stalls one should have in mind the com-

fort of the animal as well as the saving

of labor in caring for same, and construct

accordingly.



The learned ones estimate that about

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It is of great importance to feed regularly

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what makes the profit. The cow is o: a

quiet disposition and keeping her from

being annoyed by horses or‘other animals

is one of the little things. See that she

is protected from the storms and that she

has plenty of water that is not stagnant

in summer or filled with ice in the winter.

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so that some idea of the profit may be

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Ohio. S. C.





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The silo insures “home consumption”

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the manures from silage are better than

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loss from firing, molding and rot of dry

feeds is greater than that in the silo. It

replaces green pasture in winter or in

seasons of drouth.



Its greatest value is shown in dairy

lines; for fattening purposes it is not so

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however, it makes an excellent feed for

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dition of the shccp. “'hen fed for fat-

tening it must be supplemented with

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soft and sappy. For poultry silage forms

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seasons when they must be housed.



Crops that are fitted for silage: Corn

stands pro-eminently the silage crop.

To get the best results from corn it

should be cut when the. grain is going out

of the milk state and beginning to hard-

en. If out too green the silage is apt to

become too sour. 0f cut overripc too

much of the silage is hard and woody.

Au acre of good corn should yield from

13 to 20 tons of good silage.



Sorghum usually oulyiclds corn in quan-

tity per acre, and makes an excellent

silage when properly grown and cut. For

this purpose it should be sown thickly

broadcast and cut when seeds are just

turning rips. 'l‘his sorghum is an ex-

cellcnt feed for poultry, and especially

for egg production. ll‘ in drills it should

be thickly sown to prevent oversize of

any of the stalks. Small. plump stalks

is the idea kind of for thc silo.



Red clover, alfalfa and cowpeas are

somewhat juicy, but (-ons‘doi'nlilc silage

is made from these three plants. No ma-

terial should be placed into the silo that

has large, woody stems. or is hollow, as

it is very difficult to press these so as

to exclude the air.



“'hile filling the silo 2i few things mus:

be observed. The silage must be tamped

solid around the walls. Air-tight silage

is necessary for good keeping. The en-

tire area surface must be kept clean and

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the farmer need not worry about cold

weather, and dry spells as long as his

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found profitable to provide enough feed





for the entire year.

illinois. R. B. BUSHING.





SCORING TEST FOR FEBRUARY.





 





The February Scoring 'l‘est was held atl

Detroit on Friday. March ll. Mr. H. J.

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scored the butter, and Inspectors Dear

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having an average score of 94.1. The

greatest dcfect in this hit of butter was

old, stale, ovérripe cream and wintry fla—

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There are many instances where a cold

storage house on the farm may be made

not only convenient but profitable. For

the benefit of those who are so situated

1 will describe mine, which has been do-

ing good service for seven years,



As I had a building 24x30 ft., with a

good cellar under it, and an approach

graded up to it. I decided to usc it for

a sorting room and work shop in connec-

tion with the storage. I excavated thirty

inches, which was about as deep as I





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baskets and crates are stored.



could go and be sure of good drainage.

The foundations for the walls were of

crushed stone, well groutcd with thin ce~

ment, twenty inches thick, and reaching

two feet below the bottom of the cellar

and resting on a good, solid clay bottom.

On this foundation I laid the wall of hol—

low concrete blocks SxleB inches. I

realized at the time, that it would be bet—

ter to use a double wall of thinner blocks,

but they were not then obtainable. In

building again, I would use a double wall

of blocks only four inches thick, with air—

space between.



The basement is eight feet high and is

mostly used for storing potatoes. The

wall is not lined. It is banked with dirt

on outside within about three feet of the

top, and if the potatoes are piled higher

on the inside than dirt is banked on out-

side, boards are used to keep them away

from the wall. Otherwise no boards or

bins are used in the cellar, and potatoes

are stored in bulk on the concrete floor.

It has an east and west window for light

and ventilation. Both windows are pro--

vided with double sash and shutters. It

has one door, seven feet wide, into which

a team and wagon can be driven or

backed in hauling potatoes or fruit, either

in or out. It also has a door, three feet

wide, into the basement under the sorting

room adjoining] The walls of the entire

building are of hollow cement blocks

which were made on the premises by the

piece. I furnished the materials.



In the room next above the basement,

which is the apple room, there are two—

inch air chambers in the wall, made by

placing 2x2-inch \studding against the

wall, and lining with best building paper.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





Another set of studding is then placed

against these and covered with lath and





plaster. The floor is of two thicknesses

of one-and-one-fourth inch’ matched

boards, laid on joists 2x12 inches, and





16 inches apart. These joists are lathed

and plastered on under side next to cellar

to prevent warmth from potatoes affect—

ing apple room. I intended to lath and

plaster the ceiling of the apple room also,

except that portion directly under the

ice Chamber, but being unable to secure

a. plasterer at the desired time, I used

building paper instead and have never

changed it.



The apple room is 29x39 feet, inside

measurement, and fourteen feet high. It

is all in one room, and has but one door,

which is seven feet wide, through which

the team is driven with loads of apples.

It is lighted with acetylene gas piped

from my residence near by, and also by

one good—sized window with two double-

glazed sash, and close-fitting shutter. I

aimed to have as few outside Openings

as possible. In the ceiling of the room,

are six openings (three on each side).

through which the warm air at the top

of room is conveyed, by means of six—inch

galvanized iron pipes, up into.the top of

the ice room.



The story above the apple room con-

tains the ice room, which is in the center

of building, and is rectangular in form.

about 10x30 feet and eight feet high and

will. hold thirty tons or more of ice.

The sides and ends of ice room are of

Exi—inch studding set upright and cov-

ered on both sides with building paper

and matched boards, with tight door at

one end to receive. ice_ and openings along

both sides and bottom, about six inches

wide, the whole length of both sides.

Through these openings the cold air (les—

ccnds into the apple room, and is replaced

by the warm air carried from the top of

the apple room, and discharged into top

cf ice room. Small openii‘lgs are left in





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Floor Plan—XV, windows. Stairway

leads to basement. The swing doors show

drive entrance.





the gable over the ice room and as near

the roof as possible to allow for venti—

lation.



The joists over the ice room are cov-

ered with building paper and matched

boards, above and below. The space on

either side of the ice room can be used

for storage purposes. The floor of the ice

box is covered with heavy galvanized iron





 





 





 





The Successful Farm Cold Storage House of W. W. Farnsworth.





turned up at the sides to make a. pan to

hold the water from the melting ice. It

is slightly lower at one corner where a

pipe, one and one-half inches in diameter,

with trap, discharges the drip.



The sorting room is used in preparing

fruit for shipment, and for temporary

storage. Between it and the storage room

there is an intermediate room or en-

trance, 6x8 feet, in which fruit is stored

for a short time (a few hours) whenever

it is not advisable to bring directly from

the inner r00m to the sorting room; it

also prevents excessive changes, in tem-

perature in inner room.



In the spaces between the joists under

the floor of the apple room are two six-

galvanized—iron pipes, leading cold





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DOES IT PAY TO RESEED SOD?



No doubt about it at all. This work

has gone through the experimental stages

and the results show that this work, when

properly done, pays handsomely. Reseed

pastures and meadows early in the

spring, after the frost has left the ground

and the sod is wet and spongy. Clover

is one of the best natural fertilizers and

cnrichers of the soil. Many farmers there~

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or alsike. and red top. Experience shows

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into the apple room. By removing the

cap on the outer cud during the frosty

nights of October and November we can

savv consumption of icc.



\\'hcn picking. we haul directly from

orchard to storage except on warm days,

when we allow the fruit to cool over night

and store in the morning when the fruit

is cooler and when the temperature in

the apple room will not be raised so much

by admitting the outside air, which will

(ntcr to some extent, while taking in ap—

ples. “'hile driving in frmnicntly in pick-,

ing time, the temperature is usually froth

«ill to 48 de s, but after we finish hauling

in fruit it falls rapidly, and through late

fall and-winter runs from Ill. to 32‘. dogs.



SO far we have stored the apples in

bulk in bins, tiliiug them about four feet

deep for the softer varieties and live feet

for firmer ones. I am convinced, how-

ever, that it is better to store in crates,

and besides the capacity can be greatly

increased thcreby. “'e expect to be able

to store 3,004) bushels in crates and in~

itnd to secure crates the coming season.

“33 store everything as picked from the

and sort during winter when pre-

paring for shipment.



Tilc only feature of the building which

is not satisfactory, is that there is some

drip from the ice pan, or the iloor under-

neath it. At iirst we this to





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leaky joints, but have about concluded

that it is caused by condensation, and





cxpect to plaster the under side of the

joists under the floor supporting the ice

pan so as to keep the warm air at the

top of the apple room, from coming in

contact with the cold floor. Aside from

this drip, I can light a match anywhere

on the woodwork and the fruit keeps well

and is crisp and fresh.



The amount of ice required will vary

from thirty to fifty tons for the fall sea.-

son, beginning a few days before apple

picking begins. “’9 sell out before April

first, hence we do not store any ice in

the room during the winter. The ice is

drawn up at one end of the building, by

means of an elevator platform holding

about half a ton, elevated by team and

rope and pulleys to the. level of the door





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ntar the ice room. I feel that the build-

ing has more than paid for itself already.

I have a cheap home-made furnace in

one of the potato cellars. which is used

to warm the sorting room, and should it

ever become necessary the collars and

apple room could easily be warmed by it.

Ohio, \V, \V. FARNSW'ORTH.





WHY WE PRUNE THE GRAPE.





 





As far as I know the grape is the. only

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the method of pruning the grape, I shall

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All the vine should be cut aWay except.

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these canes coming from wood one year

older than themselves; and two spins of

new wood containing two buds each and

coming from as near the root of the vine

as possible. For the novice to distinguish

the fruit bearing canes it is only necessary

to remember that the large plump buds-

will bear fruit next year, also that the





“joints are short, and the canes grow out





from wood one year older rather than the

older part of 'the vine which produces

long-jointed barren canes.



No matter what method you follow.

whether the horizontal wire or posts. the

principle of pruning remains the same,

and the above paragraph is the essential

part. which may be remembered by any

one. I have heard so many ask how

much of a vine should be cut away, and

I know of no rule better than the one

given. There are various methods of

training. but the one I have found satis-

factory consists of three horizontal wires

supported by posts at convenient dis-

tances apart. The canes should be tied

to one of these wires after pruning. Any

one who will use a little common sense

and remember the second paragraph of

this article may successfully prune his

grape vines, and train them any old way

he pleases.



Missouri. H. F. GRINSTEAD.





HOW A WESTERN MICHIGAN OR-

CHARDIST PRUNES OLD APPLE

TREES.





 





This is the season of the year when

people conclude that their apple orchards

need pruning, and the way not a few go

at it is enough to make a man cry out

“don't.” Singularly enough, the branches

that are most easily reached seem

to be the ones on whichathe attack is

made without much regard for the ex-

igencies of the caste or. apparently, a very

clear idea of which ones should be taken.

The effect of this general custom is to

be seen in the greater part of the older

apple orchards one sees. where the lower

limbs are largely cut away and the tops

of the trees are run up high in the air.

Such trees are very difficult to reach with

the sprays and it is equally difficult and

expensive to gather the fruit, if by chance

any happens to mature.



These thoughts have been impressed

upon the writer's mind by a thorough ex-

perience. An apple orchard recently came

under his control that is probably 5-.“

years old or more, and in which this same

practice has been followed, so far as any

pruning has been done. Fortunately, that

work has been neglected. so there is now

a better chance to bring the tops within

a working distance from the ground. Last

fall in gathering the apples it became

necessary to lash two ladders together,

one 2i feet long and the» other ll, mak-

ing a ladder probably 33 feet high. Two

men were required to raise this into the

trees, and then only a small number of

apples could be reached before it became

necesary to move the ladder. And even

this failed to reach the tops of the trees

in many cases. Only one man could work

on it, but the time of both was required

much of the time in order to move the

ladder as needed. It cost 75 cents per

barrel to put those apples up. whereas

in other orchards where the trees were not

so high the expense was only 40 cents.

Those tall trees were partially beyond the

reach of the spray pump as well. and 1116

quality of the fruit. suffered in conse»

queuce.



Now, instead of following the common

custom, we are cutting away those upper

branches and trying to bring those tops

down where we can spray them and

where the illeCS can be gathered at less

expense. Of course, where the tops have

become too thick some of the lower

branches that have been shaded are dead

and must be cut away. but in the main

thcrc are enough thrifty limbs to make

good tops luivm' down.



A thing that should be guarded against

in these old orchards that huVe been neg—

lected, is excessive pruning. It is not the

best policy to undertake to do all ‘of the

work that may be needed in a single year.

Better take at least three years to bring

the trees into proper shape. Some kinds

of frult trees. like, peaches, seem to stand

severe pruning, but not so with either

apples or pears. I have seen pear trees

killed after grafting when the branches

were cut away to allow the scions to

grow. I once saw a job of pruning done

in an apple orchard where the lower

branches were severely cut away after

the common practice, and an old fruit

man who chanced to .be passing remarked

that those trees would stand a chance of

being barren for three or four years. His

prediction proved true. I once rented





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





an applebrchard of 160 large trees. It

was the bearing year, and as the pruning

had been neglected I argued that a. thor-

ough pruning before blossoming would

relieve. the exhaustion incident to a heavy

bloom, as well as helping the fruit gen-

erally, so we gave them a good clearing

out. Those trees blossomed well and set

a promising crop of apples, but they be-

gan to drop soon afterwards and a very

light crop matured, not enough to pay

expenses, and I lost money on the deal.

Other trees that same year that had not

been so severely pruned, though other-

wise given practically the same care, bore

a good crop. A person may, indeed, se-

cure a good crop of apples following :2

heavy pruning, but he takes chances in

doing so, and in general the trees seem to

resent such severe treatment. So it; is

wise to be moderate in this work.



Besides cutting down the tops we are

cutting back the side limbs and shortening

them in. In order to be able to reach all

parts of the tree and do a thorough job

of spraying it is necessary to keep the

trees within a reasonable compass. After

studying this matter for some time I have

concluded that an apple tree can be grown

as large us can be well handled within

a. limit of two rods and leave room be-

tween the trces for driving around. So.

in planting out new orchards I am set-

ting the trees two rods apart each way.

\\'I1ere land is valuable as orchard lands

are in these parts it is not economical to

set the trees farther apart than is nec-

essary.





Allegan Co. EDWARD HUTCHINS.





 





GROWING GARDEN CROPS OF

QUALITY.





 





Zurkc, the great English orator and

statesman, once said, “\Vhen, by a cold

pcuury, I blast. the abilities of a nation,

and stunt the growth of its active ener-

gies, the ill I may do is beyond all calcu-

lation.” ‘What he stated of a nation’s

welfare is a universay principle no less

applicable to the farmer‘s garden than to

the balanced growth of a great world

power.



\\'e want lettuce that is crisp, celery

free. from tough fibrous tissues, onions

without a leathery texture, corn that

leaves a pleasant remembrance upon our

palate and not a lasting provocation to

our teeth. We want garden crops of

quality, and it" we, “by a cold penury,”

or by negligence. fail in our duty to the

garden crops the damage thereto may be

beyond our expectation and the pleasure

and value from them greatly diminished.



"Stunt; the growth of its active ener-~

giesz" How many ways can we stunt

the growth of our ordinary garden plants?

“'e can force them to grow in a cold, wet

soil, starve the land of plant food, work

the soil when it is unfit, leave the sub-

surface in an open porous condition, have

the surface illy prepared to receive

seeds, or plants, fail to give pro-

tection from early and late frosts and

from the hot sun, use poor seeds and

plants, etc., etc.; we can do these things

and many others and thereby traverse the

interests of the plants. A good motto for

the gardener is, “Keep the plants grow-

ing.” \Vhenever there is a let up for a

day or two the tissues of the plants be-

come tough and unpalatable. To keep

plants growing all the conditions must be

present at all times. Eliminate any one

of them and the organism will be checked

in every function. Should there be a too

small supply of nitrogen for the plant

then it will be impossible to use more

than enough potash or phosphoric acid to

combine with the nitrogen for makingr

plant cells. An cxccss of potash and phos~

phoric acid would be usclt-ss. The nitro~

gen limits the growth~—stunts it.





FRUITTl—VMOTES.





As near as we can judge from present

indications the past winter has not been

a severe one on fruit in this section.

There was considerable snow most of the

time which afforded root protcction, and

the thermometer did not crccp down far

below zero, and then only for a short

time. “Thus far the spring has been fav-

orable, for, although there has been some

March weather that would soon swell the

buds it did not last long and the tender

parts are still well protected, and for the

most part seem to have considerable

vitality.



I am aware, however, that it is impos-

sible to predict what the crop will be

with any degree of certainty. There is

still a chance for many peaches or plums.

Judging from the present appearance of





no vou mun a shoot-nu Pony Carl Sod.

u, l-lu- A complete um'ml‘m.

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A Poor . ,

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patiently agonies which‘ a strong man

would give way under. The fact is women

are more patient than'they ought to be

under such troubles.





 





Every woman ought to know that she

may obtain the most experienced medical

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World’s Dispensary Medical Assoei-ation,

R. V. Pierce. M, D., President, Buffalo. N.

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last season have thrown out considerable

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clined and attempt to train them to fill

in open spaces rather than add to the

height of the tree. Many of the branches

on the three to six-year—old apple trees

have made a new growth of three foot or

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one—third and removing some of the

branches that are not needed. It is in-

teresting to note the varied manner of

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Fit the ground just as thoroughly as pos-

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In single rows two fcct apart is wide

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tage of working close to the row on both

sideswhile in the double row there is no

chance to work except with a narrow hoe

or, worse still, to weed by hand.



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pcns are up and should be continued as

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of yield.



By sowing latc in March or the first

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should be rcady for market early in

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upwards when rctailcd. These are not

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idcul shape for almost any of the above

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curly sorts may be made a week or ten

days latcr and thcy will be ready for use

by the time the others are gone and they

will fill the succession nicely until the

later sorts come on.



For the later crops the wrinkled varie-

tics should be uscd exclusively and for

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profitable us the work of trcllisiug or sup-

porting thc vincs bccomcs u St‘l'iulls mai—

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lightly along from stake to stake. An-

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ing on opposite sides of the main stalk.

Firmly set between the double rows they

make excellent supports, and if stored

away will answer for following years.



These later sorts should be sown much

deeper than first earlics in order to better

stand the hotter, drier weather which

they will encounter. The ground should

be warm, else the seed will very likely

rot. Three or four inches is not too much,

but they are safcr if covered lightly at

first and the trenches filled in as the

vines grow.



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LEADING ARTICLES OF THE WEEK.





 





A Few ThOughts on Corn.—A maxi-

mum production of feed more to be

desired than show cars .............. 331



Growing Roots for St0ck.——Some ad-

vantages to be derived from roots

and cultural methods suited to their

success .............................. 333



Breeding Pure-Bred Swine.—The equip-

ment requisite to success is de-

scribed .............................. 335



Expense of Making Butter in a Cream-

ery.——Mr. Lillie criticizes a former

discussion on high price of butter. . . .338



Cold storage for the Farm.-Illustrated

article describing a successful stor-

age that has been in commission for

seven years ......... . ............... 341



Getting the Goslings Started—How to

bring the goslings safely through the

first few weeks of life when they are

more tender than chicks ............ 346



The Newest Things in Wall Paper.——

Helpful hints to the woman who

wishes her home decorated with the

latest patterns ...................... 350



When Easter Came to BIanche.——A

well written story peculiarly appro-

priate to the glad Easter time......354





 





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





Gratiot County

Farmers’ Co-operative readers of the

Elevators. Michigan Farmer





who are interest—

ed in the promotion of a farmers’ co-op-

crativc grain elevator company at Breck-

enridge, have asked for information as to

whether there are any such organizations

in the state and for details as to how

their business is conducted. Vi'e know of

no farmers’ organization in Michigan con~

ducting a co—operative grain elevator. Tho

Greenville Co-operative & Supply Co.,

which was motioned in these columns a

short time ago, is thc'ncarest approach

to such an organization, the only differ-

ence being that its business is confincd

almost entirely to the handling of pot-,1-

toes. which is the principal cash crop

grown in that section, and in handling

supplies needed by the farmers. such as

coal and other staple articles. However,

the farmers’ co-operative elevator is not

a. new institution in the country and has

ruched a very considerable development

in some of the grain growing states, no-

tably Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, the Da-





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kotasand Nebraska. While accurate sta-

tistics are not ‘Zavallable, it is probable

that there are considerably more than

1.000 of these coéoperative grain elevators

doing buSiness at the present time in the

grain growing centers of the country.

Quite early in. the development of this

movement, we described through the

Michigan Farmer the steps taken toward

organizing one of these co-operative grain

elevators by the farmers of Christian

county, ill. This company was organized

with a capital stock of $12,000, divided into

shares of $50 each, no one person being

allowed to hold more than five shares.



The difficulties encountered in effecting

the organization and building up a busi-

ness were noted in that article, chief

among these difficulties being the efforts

of the so—called regular dealers in the

two other elevators in the town to drive

the co-operative company out of business

by raising the price of grain. However.

in this instance as an many other in-

stances which could be rccounted, the

members stuck to the organization and

the result has been that the farmers have

not only received from two to three cents

per bushel more for their grain, than was

the case under like market conditions

before the organization of the co—operative

elevator company. but at the present

time the co-opcrative company owns all

three elevators in thé town of Stoning‘on,

where the company which was described

built its plant. Something of the extent

to which the co-operative movement for

the marketing of grain has grown in Illi-

nois is shown by the fact that at the sixth

annual meeting of the Farmers’ Grain

Dealers‘ Association of Illinois, which is

a state organization of co-operative com-

panies, held at Decatur in March, 1909,

1.600 delegates were in attendance and it

was reported that the farmers' compa-

nies of that state had marketed 60,000,000

bushels of grain during the preceding

year. If it is cstimated that the farmers

who produce this grain receive two cents

per bushel more for it than they would

have received under the old system of

marketing, which is a vcry moderate es-

timate from all reports, they would have

profited by the handsome sum of $1,200,-

000 through the assistance of these farm-

ers’ elevator companies. In the state of

Iowa, where the original farmers’ co—op-

crative elevator was built, there are now

something over 300 co-operative farmers’

elevators, where five years ago there were

only twenty-one, showing the remarkable

growth of this movement in recent years.

Minnesota, the Dakotas and Nebraska

each have almost as many, all doing busi-

ness under a very similar plan and being

organized into state associations.



These farmers‘ companies have not

found it smooth sailing in their progress

of success. for the reason that the regu-

lar grain dcalcrs' asociation has fought

them at. every point and they have found

dililculty in marketing thcir grain through

commission men on account of this infiu~

once. However, this trouble no longer

exists, since the farmers‘ companies have

become so numerous that the dealers at

central points are all glad to get their

business. Now, a careful study of the

situation as it is found in these sections,

reveals some points which should not es-

capc the notice of those who would or-

ganize co-opcrativc elcvators or other

similar business enterprises in this state.

One of thcsc points is that there must be

sufficient business tributary to the point

at which the project is developed so that

a considerablc amount of business can be

done. The Grccnvillc organization, on a

small capital of less than $5,000 has done

an aggregatc husincss of between $90,000

and $100,000 per year. Some of the farm-

ers’ elcvators started on two or three

times that capital in other states have

done a business aggregating from $300,000

to $400,000 per annum. Thus it will be

noted that the volume of business done

has been no small factor in the success

of these enterprises.



Another point in the experience of these

farmers’ co-operative companies in other

states is the business policy which may

he followed by the concern. In most

cases these companies are organized pri-

marily for the purpose of getting a better

price for the grain sold, and getting the

supplies purchased at a lower figure,

rather than for the purpose of making

or paying dividends upon the capital stock.

The Greenville Company, heretofore men-

tioned, has never paid a dividend, al-

though it is gradually accumulating a

surplus which is a needed asset'in its

growing business. On the other hand,

some of the co-operative elevator compa~

nies in other states are paying annual

dividends of 10 per cent or more. In some





of. the newer companies a provi’sion,.is

made'for a distribution of the profits, in

excess of a..' certain fixed percentage

among 1hose.who market grain through

the co-operatlve elevators, thus giving

patrons the full benefit. to be derived

from the enterprise. Practically all of

these concerns purchase products and sell

supplies to both members and non—mom-

bers of the organization. Some of them,

to insure that all members will be loyal

to the enterprise, levy a. fine of a.

cent or more per bushel for all grain

marketed elsewhere than through the

company's elevator. .



The selection of a manager for such a

concern is another factor in its success

which should not be underestimated. Such

a man needs to be a born diplomat to

keep everybody good natured, both the

stockholders and patrons of the company,

aud all working for the interest of the

organization.



The need of co-operative organizations

of this kind in Michigan is unquestioned.

In the marketing of the Michigan potato

crop, if an advance over prices now se-

cured equalled that noted with the Green-

ville company, it would mean a gain of

around $1,000,000 per year for Michigan

farmers. The gain in the price. received

for grain, hay, and other products in sec-

tions where these are a large factor in

community production, as potatoes are in

the Greenville district, would save to the

farmers of the state a further sum fully

equal to the above, if not greater. The

success of these enterprises in other

states should be an inspiration to Michi-

gan farmers, and certainly the success of

the Greenville Co-operative and Supply

Company should induce them to take sim-

ilar steps in the organization of co-opera-

tive enterprises along lines of community

production.



Time has proven

More 'About Meat that the forecast of

Prices. of the probable trend

of the market for

meat animals, made in these columns

during the movement for a boycott on

high-priced meats, was based upon facts

and warranted by conditions. In our last

issue a phase of this subject was touched

upon in the figures given regarding the

stocks of hogs in the corn belt states as

indicated by figures obtained from the

most reliable sources. Another interest~

ing phase of the meat situation is re-

vealed by the report made by the

Bureau of Statistics of the Department

of Commerce and Labor which shows

that the tendency of the market on meat

and meat products exported by the princi-

pal mcat producing countries of the world

has been decidedly upward during the

last decade. This report shows an ad-

vance in price on the exports from Aus-

tralia of 3 per cent in the price of fresh

beef and practically 70 per cent in the

price of fresh mutton. New Zealand has

seen an advance of 15 per cent in the

price of its exports of frozen beef and

about 30 per cent on its exports of frozen

mutton. Argentina has scored an ad—

vance of 150 per cent in the price of

frozen beef and 100 per cent in the price

of frozen lamb, since 1897. Canada has

receivcd an additional price during the

past year of something over two cents

per pound for beef and five cents per

pound for mutton and pork over the price

which prevailed in 1898.



In like manner the meat importing

countries show a large increased cost of

the mcat products imported during the

last decade. In the united kingdom these

advances range from 52 per cent in the

case of salted beef down to a slight de-

crease in Some fresh meat products, due

largely to the better facilities for refriger-

ating meats and for transporting these

frozen products. These figures were ob-

tained by the simple process of dividing

the value of such imports and exports

by the amount of same, to arrive at the

price received or paid for the products.



These figures simply show that the pro-

duction of meat . producing animals

throughout the world has not kept pace

with the consumption of meats, and that

the rise in the price of meats which

caused such a furore in the United States

is a condition which confronts the meat

eating people of the world, and one from

which they can not be wholly relieved

owing to the increased price of the feeds

which enter ifito the making of meat pro-

ducts by the farmers of the country. Thus

it is entirely probable that the period is

passed when our intelligent breeders and

feeders will be obliged to produce meat

animals at a loss or 80 out of the busi-

ness, which has too often been the' case

and as a result of which the stocks of

meat producing animals in the country





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HAPPENINGS or THE WEEK.





Foreign.

A scheme for the regulation of aerial





 





traffic has been submitted to the minister





of public works of France. Aeroplanes

are becoming so common as to demand

rules to prevent accidents and to define

liability in aero navigation.



A protocol has been signed by repre-

sentatives of Costa Rica and Panama sub-

mitting a. question pertaining to the boun-

dary-line between the two countries. to

Chief Justice Fuller of the United States

Supreme Court for decision.



In her general attempt to gain ‘an ave-

nue of trade for her products to the water

routes of the Mediteranean and Pacific

ocean. Russia is hoping that her .Mace-

donian and Manchurian prospects will not

come to an issue simultaneously. Should

this be the case, she stands a good chance

of losing out in both cases. For this rea-

son, the Russian offlciais are somewhat

impatient over the attitude of Japan to-

ward affairs in Manchuria, where they

claim the latter government is retarding

the construction of railroads in the Chi—

nese province. England is claimed to be

supporting Russia’s interests, although it

is known that the interests of England

and Japan are closely related.



Colonel Roosevelt and family are in

Cairo, Egypt, this week where they have

been royally entertained by the govern—

ment officials and foreign citizens resident

there as well as by the inhabitants them-

selves.



The mounted police of Northwestern

British America announce that 78 Indians

of Fort Rae died during the winter of

starvation. .



The British house of lords refused to

support a resolution favoring the abolish-

ment of the inherent right to sit in that

body. The recent fight between the house

of lords and the house of commons over

the veto power of the former, is in line

with this action and the vote noted above

is consistent with the former stand of the

house of lords.



it is stated upon good authority that the

Japanese government has communicated

to her represetnatives at Washington.

proposals for an agreement between the

two nations looking toward a treaty that

will keep the “door ' of Manchuria “open"

and extend to all nations equal privileges

of trade with the people of that province.



Thru the resignation of Sir Charles

Bigham, of the high court of justice of

England. changes in the cabinet are be-

ing made. Sir Samuel ’1‘. Evans will sue-

ceed the retiring member and the place

made vacant by this promotion will in

turn be filled by Rufus Daniels Isaacs.

Elections will be held in two districts

owing to the changes. Premier Asquith

has recommended that the terms of par-

liaments be shortened from seven to five

years.



National.



An inquiry into the methods employed

by fire insurance companies of New York

state, has revealed the fact that domestic

companies raised $10,000 for the purpose

of defeating legislation at Albany and

there have been suggestions made which

intimate that" an organized system of in-

fluencing legislation throughout the coun-

try exists. The inquiry is being extended.



The United States Senate has passed a.

bill appropriating $3.600.000 for the en-

largement of the capitol grounds at Wash-

ington.



The possibility of a maximum tariff be-

tween the United Statcs‘and Canada. has

cxcited much activity on the part of mer-

chants and commercial interests along

the Canadian border. and congressmen

are now being urged by these interests to

do all in their power to prevent such an

arrangement inasmuch as it is certain

that border cities will be greatly affected

by the restricted trade that must follow

higher tariff rates.



At least 45 persons were killed and

nearly as many injured by the derailment

of a Rock Island train near Marshalltown.

13... Monday. A defect in the track is as-

signed as the cause of the accident. Two

trains were being run in a combination

and when the engine of the first train

left the track the second engine plunged

through the cars in front of it, causing

most of the horrible scene that followed.



Already 41 persons have been indicted

in connection with the bribery cases in

Pittsburg, where council members were

influenced to vacate a street.



The strike in Philadelphia is Still un-

settled. By the interference of United

States Senator Penrose, the traction in-

terests were forced to concede practically

all of the demands of the street car men.

But because the street car union was not

recognized in the proposition made by the

company. the men refused to accept the

terms. This leaves the problem more to

the advantage of the company since the

action of the car men has lost for. them

much of the public sympathy that had

been favorable to their cause, and also

the support of several other labor or-

ganizations.



The. most disastrous fire in the city of

Detroxt smce January, 1907, occurred

Monday evening when the Stephen’s Man-

ufacturing plant was consumed at a. loss

estimated to be $250,000.



A grand jury is sitting at Hopkinsviile.

Ky, listening to implications in night

rider raids in that city. Six indictments

haTvle been made}.{



1e past wee witnessed erha s

of the most strenuous fights Iéver 33.32:;

on in the lower house of the American

Congress, when, by a. combination of the

democrats and what are known as the

insurgent republicans, a change Was made

in the rules committee of that body The

former arrangement was for a committee

of five with the speaker of the house as

chairman. In the fight the insurgents and

democrats demanded the election by the

house of a committee of 10 on rules, and

that the speaker be ineligible as a mem-

ber. This proposition was finally agreed

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tul in this. a. motion was immediately

introduced, upon the invitation of Speaker

Cannon to entertain a resolution, that the

speaker's chair be vacated and that an

election to fill such vacanCy be immedi-

ately held. This latter resolution was lost

'by the same margin as the combined

force had won out, in the resolution on

rules. The fight extended over a period

of five days, the final act being the vote

to retain Speaker Cannon, taken on Sat-

urday afternoon. All Thursday night the

house was in session continuously on into

the next day in order that the republican

organization might be kept intact. The

effect of the fight is difficult to determine,

but that it-will have an influence in the

coming election of congressmen is prob-

able. How it will affect legislation during

the present is less certain.



Indictments were returned Monday af—

ternoon against the National Packing Co.

of Chicago, and ten subsidiary concerns,

by the federal grand Jury that has been

investigating alleged v101ations of _the

Sherman anti-trust law. The United

States attorney simultaneously with the

announcement of the indictments, filed a

bill asking for the dissolution of the Pack—

ing 00., the attorney behevmg that

through the instrumentality of the com-

pany, the packers were enabled to evade



i-trust law. _

th’fi‘haenttown of Messick, Mich., sustained

a loss amounting to nearly $50,000 last





Monday by a fire.





CROP 7ND MARKET NOTES.





Ottawa 00., March 21.——V‘Vheat, as a

general thing, has come through the win—

ter in fairly good shape. Some fields that

we. sowed late look rather bad, but the

roots seem to be all right, and With fav-

orable weather from now on Will no doubt

produce a fair crop. As there has been

no hard freezing weather since the snow

went off, new seeding is in good condition.

so the prospect is favorablefor a good

crop of'hay. The extraordinary warm

sunshine of the past few days, is begin-

ning to make wheat and grass look quite

green. There was over 80 days of good

sleighing during the winter. Many farm-

ers improved the time drawing gravel and

for this reason more cement work Will be

done this spring than usual. A large

number of auctions have been held lately

and everything offered has brought good

prices, especially horses, which have sold

very high. Hay and other feed is scarce

an hi h. .



gscegla 00., March 15.—The sleighmg

is spoiled and roads have been in ha

shape for some time and will be for _a

considerable time yet. At this writing it

is cold and windy; all high places on

fields are. bare, leaving the crops unpro~

tected, which is hard on grain and clover.

Farmers are commencing to get ready for

spring. Potato business very dull, not

much doing; price is so low it is hardly

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It is necessary that you be prepared with effi-

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the profit that your harvest should yield.



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ter so much which machine you need, the prin-

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You should start today to look over your equip-

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There are many points to be considered in select-

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tie and hogs continue scarce and high.

Hay is getting scarce and selling from

$16@19 per ton; potatoes, white, 20c per

l)u.. red, 2250; rye, 65c: oats, 450; com,

350 per crate; cattle, 30031/20. per lb; hogs.

dressed, 10c per 1b: butter, 22c per lb;

butter-fat, 30c per lb; eggs, 19c per doz.



Livingston Co., March 14.—We have

just passed through one of the best win—

ters. from every standpoint, for several

years. We had ten weeks of continuous

sleighing and snow has covered wheat and

clover so that if this month is favorable

they will come through in excellent con-

dition. Farmers are hustling things in

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Lapeer Co.——'Weather spring-like,

freezing hard nights. Not very beneficial

for the wheat and clover crops. We are

at a loss to know whether to sow clover-

seed now or wait until a few weeks later.

Farms are changing owners or tenants

and on our highways loads of household

goods can be seen every day. Not much

of last years’ wheat in farmers' hands

now. Buyers are after what hogs they

can find; think that spring pigs will bring

83 each this spring. As near as we can

learn. there will be a larger acreage of

potatoes, beans and oats planted this

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GIVE THE CHICKS A CHANCE.



Where the rearing of little chicks is

drudgery, not much success can be ex-

pected. It must be a pleasure to attend

to their needs, for if this is not the case

a lot of neglected chickens will be the

result. This neglect generally comes

when the newness wears away. and this

is the most important time of their lives

and when they really need the most and

best of care.



The motherly kind

flock of chicks under htr

now and then glance from

window to the (ill‘fx‘l‘t'lli

nearby. On the slightest

trouble she runs to see what is the mat-

ter, and if any help is needed. such as

liberating a chick that had entangled it-

self in the wire run, or has gotten into a.





 





 





 





 





 





who has a.

will every

kitchen

pizlt‘t‘d

indication of





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strange coop or lost its way, she gives

the needed aid with a kind smile and

heart and then goes back into the ki ~hen.





N0 drudgery here, but pleasure any kind

helpfulness, and when these are joined

with an abundance of common sense, both

men and women will be successful in

rearing little chicks into good large, prof-

itable fowls.



On our farm we have had our ups and

downs in the raising of chickens ever





GETTING THE GOSLINGS STARTED.





 





The common advice as to time for

hatching geese is that they should not

come from the shells until grass has se-

cured at good start. In other words, grass

is one of the essentials to the successful

rearing of geese. Many growers give

the goslings access to nothing but grass

for the first two days of their existence,

after which they are gradually put upon

a ration containing some grain but in

which grass is still a. prominent factor.

In this latitude, then, it is not desirab‘e

to have geese hatched before April, and

even the fore part of that month is pretty

the ground is still damp and

ctld. ‘Where hatches are brought off be-

foie conditions are right for safely lac-

ing the goslings in a movable pen upon a





early. as





good grass plot. a good way is to keep

them in warm and dry quarters for a

week or two, stu'tplying the necessary

green food by cutting,r a sod from the

grass plot and placing it before them.

Growers who practice this find it the





safer way, since freshly hatched gosling‘s

are more quickly affected by improper

conditions and ill treatment than any of





the (lliltl‘ inhabitants of the poultry yard,





a fact which it is diflicult to appreciate

for the reason that in the course of a few

weeks they become the most hardy.

After the second day a grain mixture

of one part corn meal and two parts

shorts is a favorite with some raisers.

Gznd results have also come from feeding





 





The Goslings, when once well Started, will Thrive on Free Range Alone.





since we started in the business. Even





now we make mistakes. but not the same





lightly of scalded cracked corn, with an

The





abundance of grass and good water.





THE MICHIGAN FARM-ER. ,





‘3’ The Overland’s





Ontario station reports satisfaction from

the use of equal parts corn meal, wheat

bran and middlings for the first two weeks

followed by a mixture of two parts wheat

bran and five parts middlings for the





kind we made in former days, for we have

always tried to never repeat the same

mistake, but rather to prolit by it. But

there are other things we learn as we go,

and shall expect to keep on learning and

being taught, for it is never the person succeeding four weeks. It is best to keep

who makes mistakes that stands in the them penned up for several weeks even

way of progress, but rather the man who it" hatched after warm Weather has ar-

makcs them and is unwilling to confcs; rived, and it is absolutely necessary to





 





Mamess





Texas this year takes 1,500 Overlands.

Kansas takes 1,000. Iowa 1,000. Nebraska.

750. Three towns in Kansas—“’ichita,





 





Great Bend and Sallna—each take 200

cars.

The car is but two years old. In most





of these sections it has been known but





one. year. Yet; this year's orders for

Overlands Call for $24,000,000 worth of

cars.





This uneranipled success is largely due

to simplicit, The operation is by pedal

control—a method as simple as walking.

Any nov"~'~c can run it the first time he





 





 





tries. A _-; the car (elmo ‘: cares foritself.

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For fbiyJOO

The 25 horsepower Overland sells for

$1,000. It has a 102-inch wheel base and





a possible speed of 50 miles an hour.



It is not under—sized or under~powered,

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has made marvelous records in hill

climbinG.



This is the only real automobile ever

sold for this price.



A 40 horsepower Overland, with 112-

inch wheel base, sells for $1,250.



The.





 

 

 





MARCH 26, 1910,





 





 





 





Simplicity





The four Overland factories, employing

4,000 men, turn out 125 Overlands daily.

One Overland factory—formerly the great

Pope—Toledo plant—turns out 80 of one

model per day. —



That is why Overlands give more for

the money than any other car in exists

ence. That is why these cars outsell all

others. The man who sees an Overland

wants no other car.





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This plow attachment pulverizes and levels the soil as it is fresh turned and



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It is light running and requires no more horses than

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The cutting blades are made the best plow steel. with plenty of curve



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cleaning and cornstalks or trash cannot lodge.





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them. lit/'1) them out of water for this length of

Mistakes are always excusable in ‘13:“ t‘lll", and even longcrif they were hatched

beginner and, where complete kiimx‘lc 1.x wily. Also. they must be fully protected

of conditions is lacking, an Irina: :ir-tn wrt until well feathered and even

make mistakes, but the expert :.-' 2.» n exposure, to a drenching rain will be

stakes his past exl‘wricnce against surf.“ z to prove fatal to many of them.

new kind of theory. If making “ilc'fi- \K‘Ewn two or tili‘t-t' \VPK'RS old they may

mcnts he docs so in part, so that it fail- gig. I, filnjgpl] range (m gum] gm“, but

ure is the result it at least doesn‘t Slut 13w 2min ration should be continued,

ruin, for it is folly to try any llc\\' thing tuning: often and but a little at a time.

or theory at the expense of the old tried st-yvral wwks later they should be sum-





and true system, the merit of which is





unquestioned.

This is entirely correct when preparing





the coops that are to shelter the chicks,

and allowing necessary space to furnish





them with exercise. It is always well to

select. for rearing purposes. a good mot].-

erly hen that is neither too large nor too

small. If she is too large and fat she

will be slow and clumsy in all her move—

ments and will trample a good many of

her chicks to death or make cripples of

them. If too small, shr- will not be able

to give the necessary protection, so far as

brooding goes, which in the early spring

months is as necessary as food. It is

never a wise proceeding to give the hen

more than a dozen or fifteen chicks at

this season, nor to select a hen which has

a. disposition to scratch the. litter in the

coop unceasingly, or when at liberty is

steadily dragging the life out of her flock

by excessive foraging, never keeping them

together, always far ahead of them, and

never giving them a chance to get under

her long enough to get warm,

Illinois. Mes. R. B. BUSHING.





r-icntfy hardy to be safely gin-n the, range

of the, farm. by which time it should not

be necessary to feed oftcner than twice a

day and, later. only once a day. It is

not desirable to keep them fat from the

first unless they are to be sold as green

geese. in which case they should be kept

plump from the start and sold as soon

ready for market. “'hcrc grown for

the wintcr market, or for selling as breed-

crs. howm‘er, the object in the, early part

of the season should be to get the largest

possible development of frame, and for

this purpose there is no feed that excels





grass.





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IN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES.





Fall Layers Among Geese.



“'hat is the cause of geese laying in

the fall of the year? I have the small

grey geese crossed slightly with the Tou-

louse. For two seasons they have laid

in both fall and spring. READER,



This question was referred to Mr. Has—

kins, one of the leading growers of geese

in this state, and he states that it is a





 

 





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WHY Y





Because you can set DOTS ior 039—





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Irrigation will soon be started and Yakitat

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E. B. Butler. 1172 Am. Bani: Bldg.

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Hive Sections. Foundation etc. Everything for

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BERRY BASKETS.





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M. I. IIJNT & $0N, l 10 Condlt Sh. Lansing, Mich.





. its pleasure and profits, is the

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some! Illustrated magazine. LEANINGS [N BEE

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on bees and our bee supply catalog to all who name

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Breeder and Exhibitor oi Buffdz



11' H‘ KING! White 0rpingtons.Barred Rocks.

8. 0. Elk. and R. C. white Mlnorcas. Houdans. W. C.

1!. Polish, 3. C. White Leghorns. Jan. Bantams and

Bull~ Ducks. Eggs 01.50 per 15. WillisI Michigan

— m rim-winning Single comb Brown

EGGS ngggnstrzlneas; :rices. Cocksrels. hens and cook

for sale. CHAS. W. RUFF, St. Clair, Michigan. Dept. II. F





. . if 0r ingtons—the great winter layers.

S. (Elngltlstockpsolid but? puliets weigh '7 )5 to 10 lbs.

Eggs .2 per 15. M rs. G. A. Stone, Petersburg. Mich





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“ MONEY IN EGGS

8. C. Brown Leghorns—My method and farm range

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shipment. J. E. McAR'l‘HY. Elfleld. Illinois.





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Books, Single & Rose Comb Brown Leghorns

gagllluhorns, WhitechearlGulneas. Geese eggs,

Toulouse. Embden. African. White and Brown

Chinas. E. J. HASKINB. Plttsford, Mich.





RAHMA White Wyandotte and

nglrirgd gymouth Ro‘ck Cockerels for sale. good

stock. E. D. BISHOP. Route 38. Lake Odessa. Mich.





MOTH BRONZE TURKEYS and prize-

MAwll‘nnlng BROWN LEGHOBN COCKERELS.

MRS. THOS. WYCKOFF. Orchard Lake. Mich,





I. Beds .2 White P. Rocks—Cockerels and hens

R. for sale bred from prize-winning stock. Satis-

faction guaranteed. Howard Colby, Dentons, Mich.





SIIIBLE 00"! WHITE LEGIIOIIIS.

rm 9‘ 3" recommendation

nglll'g‘aY rightist, some 1, Grand Rapids. Mich.





f hat hi

SINGLE 00MB WHIIE lEGlliiilI mugs,“ p303:

I5 for 01.00. 20 {or 01.60.50 for $2.50. 100 for 04.50.

COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville, Michigan.





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Eggs for sale—$1.50 per 15: $5 per

So 0- R0 [0 R‘ 100. Bred to lay strain. MRS. L, D.

ARMSTRONG. Bunny Spring Farm, Stanton, Mich.





— V Kulp strain. Eggs

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C. 111. Beds—Stock selected from the best layers

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S 0. BROWN LEGHORNS—Egss ior hatching,

. Write for particulars. LEWIS T. OPPEN-

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perature, at

apiary.





breeds to myth the fall. Usually they

do not lay as many eggs then as in the

spring. He regards fall laying a detri-

ment, as it undoubtedly has a tendency

to shorten the spring laying period.

Soft-Shelled Eggs.





My 100 hens laid over $150 worth of

eggs last year besides raising a lot of

chicks. I feed mixed grains at the rate

of 6 qts. once a day and 8 qts, of mid-

dlings mixed with milk once a day. They

have been laying a good many soft-shelled

eggs and some have acquired the habit of

eating eggs. ‘



Tuscola CO. H. b.





The soft shells may result from lack

of lime or calcareous matter in the ration.

You do not state what form of grit you

are using, but crushed oyster shells are

about the best source of the material

required and should be given with gravel,

coarse sand, broken crockery or whatever

other form of grit is'uscd. However, liens

have been known to lay soft—shelled eggs

even when receiving an abundance of the

proper kind of shell—forming material. In

such cases the trouble has been ascribed

to overfatness or some peculiar affection

of the egg-producing organs. If your

hens have a constant supply of good grit

it is probable that they are lacking in

strength and vigor, in which case a reduc-

tion of the groin ration, a gradual in-

crease in exercise and n liberal allowance

of whatever green food is available would

seem advisable. Some suggcstions 0n the

prevention of egg eating and on breaking

up the habit when once formed were of-

fered in our issue of Feb. 12.



Leg Weakness.



Mrs. J. B.:—The symptoms you describe

indicate leg weakness in your fowls, which

is more or less common at this season.

It generally results from heavy feeding of

starchy foods and the want of protein-

bearing foods—in other words, an unbal-

anced ration. It is likely that your fowls

have been receiving too much corn or

other grain and little or no meat scrap,

cut bone or other nitrogenous food. The

fowl system will not stand this sort of

feeding for any considerable period, es-

pecially at a. time when the chance for

exercise is limited. Loss grain, more

exercise, a moderate allowance of meat

scrap and bone meal or sliced green bone,

with a. reasonable amount of green or

succulent food should prevent further

losses.



As you have not given your method of

feeding, it is, of course, possible that the

trouble may be rheumatism, which gen-

erally comes from dampness in the poul-

try house, or from other exposure to cold

and wet. In rheumatism the lameness is

usually accompanied by stiffness and

sometimes enlargement of log joints and

contraction of toes. Removal to warm,

dry quarters and the feeding of warm,

stimulating food, including a little cooked

meat each day, will be advisable if you

find rheumatism the cause of'the trouble.





 





TIMELY HINTS TO BEE OWNERS.





 





Many of us have taken great pains in

locating the hives to secure the most

sheltered point, where the chilling wind..

of spring may be least liable to reach

them, but at the some time have allowed

the bees to go considerable distances in

quest of water, perchnnco getting it from

tanks or streams almost ice cold. They

need the water to dissolve honey which

sometimes becomes candied in the cells,

and in brood—rearing they can make but

little progress without an abundant sup-

ply of water. “'hcn compelled in curly

spring to go long distanccs. or to secure

a supply from br00ks or drains, the losses

will be beyond comprehension, and the

careful bee man rculizcs -ilmt 11c can not

spare the little water-gathcrcrs at this

season of the year. He could well afford to

lose four times their‘numbcr-a month or

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The World Cure for the Sensitive Woman.





Such Women Over-rate Themselves—The World Puts on

the True Value.





I-IILE I am a. firm believer in the



RR] home for every woman who is



financially able to stay there,

there is a class of women who. in my

opinion, would be greatly benefited by a

sharp tussle with the world. 1 refer to

the oversensitive women.



I doubt if another woman exists who is

more of a source of misery to herself and to

her friends than this same sensitive plant.

Her feelings are hurt by trifles, she sees

slights where none were intended, ima-

gines that her friends are growing cold

if she is not always uppermost in their

thoughts and is always worrying herself

and irritating her family and intimates

over things which are too trivial to be

noticed.



There are two causes for this. One is

that the sensitive woman overrates her-

self; she imagines she occupies a bigger

place in the universe than any human

being could fill, and because her own

petty wants and feelings occupy her mind

to the exclusion of everything else, she

thinks her friends should be equally con-

cerned about her person and belongings

The second reason is that she has not

enough to do to occupy her mind. She

may have housework, but to most women

housework is a monotonous proceeding

requiring very little thought, or at least

getting very little thought no matter

what its requirements. Perhaps she

hasn’t even housework to take up her

time, but must devote herself to fancy

work, calls, society or other nothings

which idle women invent to kill time.



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The result of this idleness is to force

the woman into that pernicious habit, in—

trospection. Habit, we call it, but we

might say disease, for it leads to a dis-

eased condition of mind, if it may not

be regarded as a disease itself.



For such a woman a sheltered life is

the worst possible one to live. She shrinks

more and more from others, from contact

with the rough edges of life which might

get her out of her sensitiveness. The

best cure, almost the only one, is to put

her out in the world where it is every

one for herself, and where she must swim

alone, or sink.



It is hard, cruelly hard, so hard that

we all try to save the sensitive girl from

such a life, while we are quite willing

that her sturdy sister should shift for

herself. But in reality it is the tender

one who needs the training most. The

experience of earning her living has been

the mental salvation of many a woman,

who, had she been left at home to brood

over herself, would today be in a mad-

house.



The world quickly puts you in your

place. You are of no more importance

to the hurrying masses around you than

is the telephone or the typewriter in your

office. You, like those lifeless instru-

ments, are expected to do the work which

has been assigned you. If they get 03'.

of commission and fail to do their work,

the repair man is sent for. If you fail,

you are dropped, perhaps kindly, perhaps

mercilessly. You are valuable just for

what you can do, not because you are a

girl and have. always been shielded at

home. That is a detriment rather than a

help. Six months of this sort of life be-

gins to open your eyes: a year shows you

lllflt the world is so filled with people you

couldn‘t occupy a very large space, and

two years convinces you that you are a.

mere atom in a vast universe.



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Your mind, too, has become filled with

work to the exclusion of self. Of course,

you have not gotten to the point where

you have not still a lively concern for

your own interests, but it is no longer a

foolish concern. You are not above in-

quiring for a raise of salary occasionally,

but you have got beyond the stage of

crying if your acquaintances are some-

times prcoecupicd when you meet them

and do not gush over you.



The world is the best cure for the sen-

sitive woman. but many can not take this

cure. Such should endeavor to cure them-

selves at home. If you are fooliShly sen-

sitive, look the ugly fact squarely in the

face. Stop priding yourself on your re-

fined, delicate sensibilities and look upon





them as a hindrance rather than as a

help. Do not excuse yourself by saying,

“I know it is foolish, but I an: so sensitive

I can't, help it.”





Tell yourself that you will help it. Un-

derSIand clearly that if you give up to

morbid dwelling on fancied slights that

you are weakening yourself and making

your home miserable for its inmates. Be

like a man I know of. If a friend growls

a “goodmorning” or fails even to growl,

he just says philosophically, “I guess

Brown has a headache this morning,” or,





"Bill's breakfast didn’t agree with him

I guess.” He never thinks of taking the





gruff salutation as a personal snub.

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So with you, consider that your friends

may be out of sorts or have some trouble

you do not understand, and that they

may not have you in mind at all when

they give you a frosty greeting. You

often snub other people, but you excuse

yourself by saying, ”It is only my way.

Mary will understand.” Probably that is

what she thought when you took offense

at her.



If you have a sensitive daughter, get

her out of the habit. For her sake, for

her future husband’s sake, for the world’s

sake, don’t let her grow up with such a

blight. When she has her feelings hurt,

talk to her sanely, instead of siding in

with her. Even if she is right, don’t be

too sympathetic. Talk her out of the

habit, ridicule her out of it or shake

her out of it. Any way that works best

with her is legitimate, so long as you do

not allow her to grow up a weeper.



DEBORAH.





 





Michigan Country Women as Money Earners.





No. 2.





 





How One Woman “Bought off the Heirs” by Keeping

Summer Boarders.





Reader, right here at the garden gate

allow me to introduce to you the heroine

of the very interesting sketch, Miss Ag-

nes V. Sheffer. Though there be a fence

between us and our subject, yet not for a

moment must we allow it to appear as a

barrier, for that hackneyed threadbare

expression-“typical old maid,”——surely

does not apply here, as we are dealing

with a bright, warm-hearted, up-to-date

business woman, one who constantly

keeps a thumb on the public pulse, an eye

on the world’s movements and an ear

for the calls of charity.



Miss Shcifer, like many of our best

women, started her business career as a

teacher. Being the





As a teacher, Miss Sheffer brought to

her purchase a little money that she had

saved, but by far the larger part of the

incumbrance has been lifted through fore~

sight, as the home, ideally located and

liberally supplied with beautiful trees and

shrubbery, at once suggested to the new

owner the thought of the “summer board—

er;” but before this idea could properly

be carried out, more money must be

raised in order to properly prepare the

buildings, as repairs were badly needed.

Among the improvements made were the

re-roofing of the buildings, the addition

of a fine and commodious porch, ce~

menting of basement, building of cot-





 





offspring of sturdy, re-

spectable and highly

intellectual parents she,

was at once amply fit-

ted for the struggle

that later presented

itself; for time, as it

is wont to do, had

placed the shu'ffling

tremble of age upon

her parents—the other

three children had

married and left the

home nest, and—well,

here we are, face to

face with the problem

Heirs must be satis-

fied and our dear,

faithful old people

must be cared for, and

that person, especially

if it be a, woman who

looks at the problem and hurriedly says

”I can solve it,” is entitled to really more

sympathy and public recognition than the

best printed page can give; but good, kind

words of cheer and encouragement have

many times the motive power in burden-

bearing over that of censure and adverse

criticism, and to this end are we more

titan pleased to learn that the Michigan

Farmer is to let the kindly light of pub-

.ngh-x shine on the greater struggles and

r—r.'-’:-'pri:~:es of womankind. Let that man



fails and continues to whine about

ill: inequalities of this unfriendly world,

go hide himself in shame for he will get

no compassion here.



The Shaffer homestead contains 42

acres. It was the desire of the parents

that the home be continued in the family

name, and that it be the home of said

parents as long as life was theirs; so

continued single blessedness on the part

of our heroine makes the first desire

assured, and that loving care has attended

the parents through the medium of their

dilligent daughter has also proven true—

the mother having recently passed on,

while the father yet remains. As said

before, heirs must be satisfied, and the

usual balm, being hard cash, means that

someone is going to be “hard up,” and so

it proved in this case, as the property in

question is so located as to make it very

valuable.



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Miss Shaffer made the venture nine

years ago this spring, and she happily in-

formed the writer that but one small pay-

ment is yet to be made, when the beau-

tiful home known as “Linwood Farm”

will be hers; and she hopes, with reason-

able conditions, to clean upthe debt this

season.





 





Miss Agnes V. Sheffer.



tages and bath house, planting of shrub-

bery, and many other things that con-

stantly claim the attention of the ad-

vance home builder; then, add to all this

that this lady keeps a man the year

round who looks after the farm and inci-

dently, chores during winter, while during

“summer boarder” time attends to the

conveyance of guests from steamboats

and trains to the splendid “Linwood”

home, for home it surely is to the many

who return to it year after year. We

should not fail to add, also, that a lady

assistant is kept the year round at Lin-

wood, as the mistress of the manor is 3.





MARCH 26,, i610.





literary light of no mean order, a society

woman and a faithful worker in the

church—all of which stamps culture on

the Linwood home, and marks a. busy

life, Miss Sheffer is also a lover of fine





stock, and it is here that can be found .





some of the finest Jersey cows in the

country. To these she owes much of

her success, as probably no one feature

in the summer boarder business stands

out so prominently as does good, clean,

rich milk and butter; while next to this

comes fresh eggs, fresh vegetables, good

clean beds to sleep on, fresh air and well

served meals, and above all, a, hostess

who possesses the power to charm her

guests into peace and contentment, allof

which are found at “Linwood."

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Miss Sheffer has struck the happy me—

dium in the marketing of her farm cropsr

for, like the farmer who feeds his hay

and grain to his hogs and cattle, then

sends them to market on their own legs,

so does our genial heroine feed her fruits

and vegetables, eggs and poultry and

dairy products to the city people, thus

doth she market over her own table the

products of her farm; and that, too, at a.

price that leaves a princely profit.

The lady realizes that her farm operations

are not all conducted scientifically, yet

she thinks she sees a future, “after the

debts are paid,’ when she can do, and

will do, better as a real farmer. She

further says: “I intend to make this one

of the finest farm homes in the country

before I am done with it,” and we believe

she will prove out the statement as ev-

erything at present seems to be coming

her way.



How much we hear and read now-a-

days about the renovation and redemption

of old apple orchards, the spray pump and

spraying mixtures. Linwood Farm has

its old orchard, and its governess, who is

a born horticulturist, proposes to coax

back into old time fruitfulness this relic

of better days; in fact, she is now put-

ting forth every effort to carry forth the

splendid ideas as planned by her father,

who, though unable to longer guide the

plow, is yet happy in the courage displayed

by his noble daughter; and what an em-

phasis did he put into his words when he

slapped me on the shoulder. and said:

“Keasy, she’s going to win.”



Look again at; the garden gate and be.

hold the beautiful floral array that St

rounds it; then, if you happen to be a

man, ask yourself if such a spot of beauty

graces your own home; and if not; why

not?



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The day we called at Linwood for the

pointers contained in this article, was

wash day, and a. time when good nature

is apt to be away from home; and, as

expected, we found the object of our

search engaged in "the battle of the

tub;” but she was wearing her usual

smile, however, and, after wiping her

hands on her apron and giving me a true

shake of friendship, I made known the

purpose of my visit. This was received

in a kindly way, yet with a visible trace

of doubt as to her worthiness of my pro-'-

posed sketch; but after assuring her 01'

the widespread inspiration that such a.

life story would give to countless other

women throughout our great state, and

guaranteeing to her the good standing and

wide circulation of the Michigan Farmer,

her modesty relaxed and consent was

given; thus, to the great family of rural

readers do we give due recognition to

at least one of God's noble women, Miss

Agnes-V, of “the city by the sea.”



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SHORT ctfi's TO HOUSEKEEPING.





This department is opened as ~a

means of exchange of new and suc—

cessful ideas in homemaking. If you

have learned something in cooking,

sewing, child raising, fancy work,

economy, anything which is helpful,

and new, send it in. Twenty-five

cents will be paid for every article

used, but none will be returned. Keep

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I always do my own washing for a fam~

ily of nine and sometimes more. but I

would not think of doing it without naph-

tha soap. I follow the directions, never

scalding the clothes. All white clothes I

put in a tub ‘Vltll scarcely enough warm

water to cover, then rub each piece with

the soap, roll it up and let stand for half

an hour or longer. Do the same with the

dark clothes, being careful not to put in

any colors that run. Give two rinsings.

Anyone never having tried this plan,

would not think the clothes would be

very white, but; I am particular about my

clothes, my real old ones looking almost

as white as the new.



A year ago one of'our children was

very sick. It kept him out of school all

winter. He felt pretty badly about getting

so far behind his class. He had books

and tablets, but soon tired of the same-

nesg of things. So I painted one of our

kitchen walls with black indelible paint,

about three feet above the wainscoting.

This, together with a box of chalk, af-

forded amusement for old and young, as

oftentimes when any of us wish to do a

little figuring the board is always handy.



This is the way I care for the stock-

ings for a very large family. They are

not to wear them after a hole appears

but to change at once. I‘Vhen dirty they

are laid together and tied in a loose knot.

When I wash I pin the mates together at

the top and let the pin remain until they

are in the mending basket, though I tie

them in a loose knot again when putting

them there. This enables me to see the

state of the foot without unrolling. \Vhen

I can, I have a mending stocking day

and put a great many pairs of mended

stockings of all sizes into a common bu~

reau drawer and to that drawer go the

different members and fit themselves.

This is simpler than to try to mend each

week and to put in ten different places,

for if the mending isn't done one child

can wear another's, so we have given up

having “personal belongings” in the hos.

iery line. My children do not go with

ragged stockings nor dirty feet—J. J. G.



Another suggestion for the woman who

does a big washing each week. I boil my

clothes two weeks and the next two

merely scald them. This gives each gar-

ment a boiling once a month, but saves

the tedious boiling which takes time and

strength and which seems necessary if

our clothes look as clean as We desire.

—J. J. G.





THE TRUTH ABOUT BROWN BREAD.

No. 8.





 





BY MRS. ALTA L. LITTELL,



’1‘ is a trait of human nature, perhaps

I and natural, to be glad when some-



malicious, but none the less human

thing we do not like personally, is pro—

nounced not exactly ideal by some com-

petent authority. I never liked brown

bread, or graham or entire wheat bread,

so when the fad of eating these breads

had somewhat subsided and the United

States government: pronounced after ex-

perimenting with them that they were not

so nourishing after all as white bread,‘I

was distinctly glad.



It all arose from the well known fact

that entire wheat flour contains more of

the nourishing elements of the‘wheat than

bolted flour. Everybody immediately

jumped at the conclusion that if entire

wheat flour and graham flour contained

most nourishment, that bread made from

these flours was most suited to nourish

the human system. We forgot, however.

that the nourishing of the body depends

upon what is assimilated as much as up-

on that which is taken into the mouth.

And now experiments have proven that

while brown bread contains more nour-

ishment than white bread. the bran in

the bread causes such hasty muscular

action in the alimentary canal by irritat-

ing.tlie senistive walls of the canal, that

digestion is hurried and is not complete,

and that less of the, nourishing qualities

of the wheat are actually retained from

brown bread; than are secured when we

usevwhite bread. To be explicit. when we

eat White bread the‘body assimilates 94.4

per cent of the good. while in brown bread

We retain but 88.5 per cent.





THE "MICHIGAN FARMER. - ' <21) 349





Therefore, the fad for brown bread, like

many other food fads which rise and

flourish for awhile, will no doubt soon

follow its fellows, and we lovers of a nice

white ioat‘ will be left to eat our bread

in peace.



However. brown bread has its uses. and

as it is frequently ordered in cases 0“

dieting, it is well to know how to make

it. The two rules which I give below are

donated by friends, who vouch for their

goodness. The steamcd brown bread is

a never failing part of the Thanksgiving

dinner in the home of the friend who gave

the recipe. '



For graham bread. baked, use one-half

cup of brown sugar, one cup of mo»

lasses, two cups of sour milk, three cups

of graham flour and one of white flour,

one teaspoonful of soda, one heaping tea-

spooni‘ul of baking powder and a tea-

spoonful of salt. The flour, baking pow—

der, sugar and salt should be sifted to-

gether, the soda dissolved in the milk and

added, and lastly the molasses. Bake in

a moderate oven for one hour.



The rule for steamed brown bread is

one cup each of sour milk, sweet milk

and molasses, one cup of graham flour

and two of corn meal. one teaspoonful of

soda and one-half teaspoonful of salt.

This should be steamed for three hours.



A good Boston brown bread is made by

using one cup of rye, corn meal and gra-

ham flour, two cups of sour milk, three-

quarters of a cup of molasses, a tea-

spoonful each of soda and salt. - Steam

three and a half hours.





(Mrs. Littell will gladly answer any





questions pertaining to food and dieting).





HUME QUERIES EXCHANGE.





Dear Editor:—“'ill pink be worn this

summer? Is the princess dress out of

fashion?



Yes. No, the ’one-pie-t-t- dress with a





belt seems more popular. though.



Dear Editorz—I am coming to Detroit

for Easter Sunday. Had I better Wear

a summer hat, or will my winter one do?

What are. the ladies wearing there?—

Mary S., Lennon.



Easter is so early this year, that only

a few will have their Easter bonnets. In-

deed, the craze for a new hat for Easter

is only the product of joke-writers‘ imagi-

nations, and sensible women wear what

is suited to the season and the Weather.

Of course, some have. their spring hats

already, but they are in the great minor-





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





ity, and you will be all right in your win- _





tcr hat, provided it is neat and carefully

brushed and fresliened up.



.Dear Editorz—How soon would you be-

gin to teach a child table manners? Is

my 18-months‘ old baby too young to be

taught not to eat with his fingers and

snatch things off the tablc‘I—ers. B.,

Romulus.



A baby that is old enough to be brought

to the table is old enough to be taught

how to behave. A child of 16 months

should know how to use a spoon. The

little curved handled ones are easily man-

aged by baby iingers. and they can be

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Dear Editorr—My two-months‘ old baby

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Some Artistic Papers and éorders and How to Use Them.





ILL you have to decorate this

SKI spring? “Paper," we used to

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dying pictures on our walls and ceilings.

\Vhen we consider the short life of Am-

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hearts .of' children. A charming dining

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printed to look like burlap. This comes

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article.



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change from the old borders and drop

ceilings, and saves work, which also

means money.



Of course, not every one is doing this,

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in the side wall paper; that is, instead of

being a straight even edge border put on

primly above, the border is a continuation

of the design in the paper below, of

course making it necessary to put the

molding up. Many of these borders are

in patterns of graceful clusters of flow-

ers caught together with loops and

streamers of ribbon.



The decorated frieze for a border is

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to be decorated to carry out some idea.

The subject of the frieze may be anything

you choose, some scene that appeals to

you personally. There are Dutch land-

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with deer beside still pools, roadside

scenes and scores of others. For the

nursery this frieze is covered with Mother

Goose pictures or pictures of animals,

Brownies and other things dear to the





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ished with crown borders. Oatmeal paper

is somewhat like our old friend, the in-

grain, but it is sprinkled all over with

rough white blotches which looks as

though someone had strewn rolled oats

over it while it was warm and sticky.



For a library or a large living room,

leather effects are eminently fitting. They

have the solid, substantial look that goes

with such rooms. These leather papers

come in heavy embossed patterns, one

resembling alligator skins. Others are

striped in brown, relieved by dull red,

while green leathers are lightened by

shades of lighter green.



Two—tone effects are good in other pa-

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other. Mixtures of tan and green are

good, but in choosing a determining color

remember that tan is a better color than

green this year.



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Imuch depends upon the size of the room,

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MODERNIZING A SHIRT WAIST.





 





BY ELLA E. BDCKVVOOD.





HAT details apparently slight can

I stamp a. shirt waist as unmistak-

ably a back number, no one can





deny. And there are few women who are

not willing to plead guilty to a fondness

for those which are strictly up-to-date.



For the past several seasons the prin.

cipal changes in these popular garments

have been confined to the sleeves. In the

body itself considerable latitude is per-

mined, and pleats and tucks, insertions

and other details have been left largely

to individual choice. Even neck finishings

do not belong in any one class as there

is no arbitrary rule laid down and We

find favor equally divided between collars

attached to the garment and those which

are separate, linen turn down, after the

comfortable mode of the Dutch neck, and

these which stand up. Equally wide is

the latitude allowed in connection with

the tie and all sorts of bows, string ties

and jabots are seen, accepted by Dame

Fashion.



The one arbitrary feature which, from

year to year, indelibly stamps the period

of shirt waist construction lies in the

sleeve.



If this be al la mode nothing else seems

to count. To make last season’s waists

pass even critical inspection all that is

necessary is to remodel that one part.

And this is easily done in any instance

where there is a plain material, presum--

ably white, and not a pattern weave. In

the latter case something may be done

but not so easily, since it might be im-

possible to match the fabric in new

material.



When, as with the season of 1909, the

popular demand was for tight sleeves it

was comparatively easy to cut down those

worn in 1908, adding a point or rows of

insertion if necessary to increase the

length. With 1910, however, the situation

is reversed and fewer tight sleeves are

going to be worn. The prevailing style

calls for slightly more fullness and a

rather wide cuff along the line of a modi-

fied bishop. How is this going to be man-

aged? Simply by buying enough mate-

rial to make a new pair of sleeves.



* fit *



As I have said, this is not always pos-

sible, but with the ordinary mull it is the

easiest thing imaginable. Take out the

01d sleeves and with a bit out from one

of them match it at any counter where

such goods is for sale. As a precaution

a sample may be obtained and laundered

before deciding as a closer match may





then be secured in quality and degree of -





sheerness. Get a new pattern and from

it cut a. pair of sleeves. \Vhen these

have been once laundered with the waist

to which they have been attached the

difference between the two parts cannot

ordinarily be detected. Result, a new

shirtwaist at the bare expense of new

sleeves. The trimming, such as lace or

insertion, may be transferred from the

cast-off pair which, since it matches that

on the body of the garment, heightens the

delusion that it is entirely new.



In the case of an expensive white linen

waist the saving in thus remodeling is

worth while. Many an otherwise good

garment is laid aside, or else worn with

little satisfaction because the sleeves are

out of style, This cloth can always be

matched no matter what the quality.



When white shirt waists become too

far worn to be useful in their original

capacity they make serviceable corset

covers by cutting out the neck, removing

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WISHES THE SCHOOL LAW HAD EX-

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“A father’s opinion of the School Law,”

which appeared in the Michigan Farmer

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He must consider that if he is willing and

anxious to keep his child in school and

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have children attending our schools who

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law, and boys ranging from Seven to 15

years spending the balance of their time

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2001118.



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THE INIICH IGAN FARMER. . (.23)





 





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was a boy. 45 years ago? I was t.’()lll—

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At the age of 21 I had not passed the

fifth grade and what education I got I

igot after that was in School, located in

the old home of the editor of our Mich-

igan Farmer.



My dear fathers and mothers, do your

duty in this matter, which will entitle

you to the, thanks, and our state will not

object. “Do you think they will outclass

the old—fashioned product?" Certainly

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Should this old earth stand for 50 years

it will be almost impossible to Iind a hu-

man being who can not read or write.

As to the physical ability of the child, I

consider the part taken by our doctors

‘21 protection. We have no right or part

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sible for us to dec'de in this case and

when we are as far gone as that we need

man, or body of men, to make laws and

rules for us.



Our friend seorns the doctors as he

also does the law, and seems to think

that because he is responsible for these

children coming into the world, he should

have all to say regardless of law and

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are where you should be, no man can

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you prefer to stand for right, study up a

bit on that word and you -will see that

thousands of children are protected only

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March 23, 1910.

Grains and Seeds.





Wheat—The market is. almost entirely

dependent upon the weather and prices

are changing according as conditions in-

fiuence the growing crop. During the

week prices for cash grain have fallen off

while futures are quoted at an advance.

The cash market has lost some of its ac-

tivity and receipts compare favorably

with" those of a year ago. It seems that

farmers are putting their holdings upon

the market without reserve. Millers are

taking the wheat moderately and stocks

are accumulating slowly. The visible Stip-

plv shows an increase of but a few thou~

sa‘nd bushels. Reports of damage to the

crop in Michigan are quite serious in some

sections. On Tuesday the trade was given

a bearish tone by the report from the

Missouri authorities showing that the crop

of that state was damaged to the extent

of 50 per cent, which is much worse than

the most radical bull had expressed. One

year ago the price for No, 2 red wheat

was $1.23 per bu. Quotations for the past





week are:

No. 2 No. 1 -

Red. White. May. July.



Thursday ....1.18% 1.181/2 1.19%, 1.09

Friday .......1.181/4 1.1814 1.191,; 1.09

Saturday .....1.18 1.18 1.19 1.08%

Monday ......1.17% 1.1734 1.1834 1.08%

Tuesday .....1.173.’, 1.17%; 1.1834 1.0912

\Vednesday ..1.18 1.18 1.19 1.10



Corn.—The average price for corn is

below that for the previous week. The

falling off is due quite largely to a falling

off in demand, liberal receipts and influ-

ence of the wheat trade. The weather

has been favorable for the early develop-

ment of spring forage which will diminish

the demand for stored feeds. On Tuesday

there was a stronger feeling in the trade.

One year ago the price for No. .2 corn

was 6634c per bushel. Quotations are as

follows:





No.3



No.3 Yellow.



Thursday 611/2 62

Friday 61 62

Saturday 601/2 611,5

Monday 60 61

Tuesday 61 62

“Wednesday 601/2 61%





Oats.——Here, too. there has been a slight.

decline in values although the margin b)—

twccn the high and low figures is not as.

broad as in the corn and wheat deals.

The local market is very quiet. There is

an improved demand for cash oats. One

year ago we were paying 55c, for No. 3

white oats. The visible supply shows I

slight decrease for the week. Quotations

are as follows:



Standard. No.3.





Thursday 47 7

Friday 471,4; 47

Saturday .......... 471/2 47

I\IOnday ...... 471/2 47

Tuesday .................. 471;; 47

\Vednesday .......... 471/2 47





Beans—During the week beans have

been offered quite freely upon the local

market but no buyers appear to be pres~

will and as a result nominal quotations

were reduced five cents for both cash and

April delivery. Quotations for the week

are:





Thursday 2.5 $2.17

Friday 215 2.17

Saturday 2.15 2.17

Monday . .......... 2.12 2.14

Tuesday ................ 2.10 2.12

\V’ednesday .......... 2.10 2.12





Cloverseed.——The low price was reached

in the cloversecd market last week for

the season when cash seed was exchanged

at $6.90 per bushel; since the market has

been advancing under a liberal demand

and prices are now 60c above the low

figure yet recorded. Quotations are:



Prime Spot. Mar. Alsike.

Thursday .........$6.90 $6.90 $6.90





Frida v ............ 7.10 7.10 ..10

Saturday ......... 7.10 7 10 3,17)

Monday ........... 3.20 1.20 :7;

Tuesday .......... 7.50 7.60 ‘4‘"

VVednes-day ....... 7.8.9 7.8.0 ..40





Rye.—-Market inactiVe and was}: 'No, l

is quoted .at 80c per ha. “hi it is last

week’s quotation. .



Visible Supply of Gram.

This week. Last u-rmk





..... . . . .26,7llg,(lllll 36,4111qu

Eglfiflat. . i I I. ........... 14,456,000 1:3,ss:_i.m,

Oats . ................ 9.272.000 59,201,007,

Rye . . . . . ............. 703.000 642,00u

Barley ... ............ 2.815.000 2,540,000





Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc,

Flour.—-Flour market is steady with the

values given a week ago. Quotations as





(follows ................ $320

Straight .............................. ...80





 

 





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Hay and Straw.——Last weeks .

prevail: Quotations are: No." 1 tim-

othv, new, $18; No. 2 timothy, $17: clover,

mixed, $17; rye straw, $8.50; wheat and

oat straw, $7 per ton. ,



Feed.——Prices are steady on last wuek .4

basis. Carlot prices on track: "Bran,

$27 per ton: coarse mlddlings. $21; fine

middlings, $30; cracked corn. $27; coarse

corn meal, $27; corn and oat chop, $20

per ton.



Potatoes—The stocks of potatoes are

ample to meet demands of the trade and

prices are unchanged. Michigan grown

are selling in car lots at 25®30c per bu.



Provisions—Family pork, $290330; mess

pork, $26.50; medium clear. $286029; pure

lard, 15%0; bacon. 19@200; . shoulders,

150; smoked hams, 18@181/2c; picnic hams,



1

13l-/l2icdes.——No. 1 cured. 1015c; No. 2 cured,

91/20- No. 1 green bulls. 71/20; No. 1 green

calf’14c; No. 2 green calf, 13c; N0. 1

cured calf, 14%c; N0. 2 cured calf, 131/2c,

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

$2.50; sheepskins,, as to wool, 500@$2.





 





THE MICHIGAN, FARMER.





Dairy and Poultry Products.





Button—The butter market has been

showing strength for several days past

and the trade was not surprised when

an advance of one cent was made in

creamery goods this week. The market

can not be said to be active. Extra

creamery is quoted at'32c per 1b.; do. first,

310; dairy, 22c; packing stock, 200.



Eggs—\Vhile the egg trade has been

reported easier from time to time during

the past week, there has been no change

in the local quotations and everything

offered has been readily taken by the

trade. Fresh receipts, cases included,

are. quoted at 21c per dozen.



Poultry.——The market has shown some

strength during the past week and ad-

vances are noted, especially in the chick—

en department where there is an excellent

demand and but few supplies to meet the

calls. Quotations are as follows: Live:—

Spring chickens, 17@171,éc; hens, 171/20,

geese. 1'4fflr15c; turkeys, 17@18c. Dressed.—

Chickens, 17@180; hens, 17@18c; ducks,

19’a200: geese. 15c; turkeys, 20@24c.



Cheese.—Michigan, late made, 15fdl151/éc;

Michigan, fall made, 161/2@17c; York state,

1812c; limburger. “'isconsin, 18c, New

York. 19c; bricks. 18!;(119c; Swiss, do-

mestic block. 20c; Swiss loaf. 22¢:23c.



Calves—Higher. Choice to fancy, 13@

131/2c; ordinary. 12613c per lb.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Apples.—Market steady and higher. Spy,

$4604.50; Baldwin, $350014; steel rod, $5;

Greening, $4@4.50 per bbl,



Cranberries.——Cape Cod berries selling

at $2 per bu.



Onions.—Domestic, 80@85c per bu;

Spanish, $1.90 per crate.



Cabbage.——$1.75@2 per bbl.



Vegetables.—Beets, 60c per bu; brussels

sprouts, :25c per qt; carrots. 50c per bu;

cauliflower, $2.25@2.50 per bti; celery, 45

@50c per doz; eggplant, $2fi2.50 doz;

green onions, 15c per doz; lettuce, hot-

house, $1.25 per doz; mint, 25((1930c per

doz; parsley. 257130 per doz; radishcs,

25c per doz; spinach. 900 per bu; turnips.

50c per bu; watercress. 40c per doz; wax

beans, $4.50 per bu; picplant, 45c pcr doz.





OTHER MARKE'E.





Grand Rapids.





Jobbers are paying the country trade

190 for eggs. The Easter demand is very

large. 1,)calers are paying 23'71240 for

dairy butter. Creamery is up 1c this

week, being quoted at 31c. If>rcsscd hogs

are firm. farmers getting 1.21,.434113c this

week. Live poultry continues firm at the

following prices: Turkeys. 18020c; chick-

ciis, lG’rgJTc; hens, 154(110c; ducks. 16411771

broilers, 114/712 lbs, each, 304132c. 'l‘hc

potato market continues very weak. with

prices sagging all the time. The wheat

market has slipped off lc, with other

grain steady.





New York.





bitten—Creamery goods showing more

firmness. \Vestcrn factory firsts, 2210

231/27; creamery specials, 351%(2.



Eggs—'i‘he market has reacted from

last weeks strong trade and prices are

lower. Western firsts quoted at 22(g 221,ng

pcr doz; do. seconds, 211/2c,



Poultry.—-Dressed, quiet, with prices on

a par with those of a week ago. \Vestern

chickens, broilers, 16@17c; fowls. 146)

181/§c; turkeys, 18@23c. Alive.-—Firm.

Fowls, 20c; turkeys, 13@18c.





Chicago.



“'heat.—NO. 2 red, $1.18@1.19; May.

251.13%; July, $10814.



Coin. No. 3, 586L590; May, 62%c; July,

647,57".



Oats—No. 3 white, 411,4@44%c; May,

4375A: July, 421,10



flutter. Creameries are advanced with

the general market. Dairies steady. They

are: Crcamcries, 26(032c; dairies, 2241.270



liggs.———Reccipts are liberal and prices

are a fraction below those of last week,

Prime firsts, 21c; firsts, 200; at mark,

cases included. 174/2@19c per doz.



Hay and Straw.—C‘hoice timothy is

lower while other grades and classes of

hay are on a par with last week's values.

Quotations: Timothy, choice, 5518401850;

No. 1, $170,818; No. 2 and No.1 mixed, $16M

17: No. 3 and No. 2 mixed, 5512071550; rye

straw, $8.507; 9.50; out straw, 87.50108;

wheat straw, $7€1,7.50.



Potatoes.—Market declined aboui 5c un-

der the pressure of heavy receipts. (‘hnim

to fancy quoted at 3(ifii32c per in; fair to

good, 2771280



Beans—Unchanged. Choice hand-

picked, $2.20 per bu; fair to good, $2.11;

red kidneys, 5528061310.





 





 





Boston.



\\'ool.—Shearing has already begun in

the far \vo-st. Agents of the brokers arc.

not doing an extensive amount of buying

lucause growers are holding goods at a

high figure. believing that the condition of

the market warrants their getting a

i’ll‘l'lllllllll ()\'(‘l‘ lllt‘ ]ll'it‘(‘s iif tithor yours

The following are the leading domestic

quotations for the week: Ohio and Penn-

sylvania fleeces—No. 1 washed, 4001 41c:

delaine washed. 3701387: XX, 3601370; 1/2-

blond combing, 35c: fig-blood combing, 33c;

14-blood combing. 84c; dclainc unwashed,

29c: line unwashed, 25(12072 Michigan,

\\'isc0nsin. New York fiecces~Fine un-

washed, 2407250; delainc unwashed. 28c;

ké-blood unwashed, 33012.1(}. Kentucky.

Indiana and Missouri—'i‘hree-eighths

blood, 3560360; 1,/-blood, 34fll35c.



Elgin.



Butter—Market firm at 32c per 1b..

which is 1c above the quotation of a week

ago. The sales for the week amounted to

434,900 lbs., compared with 432,200 for the

previous week.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

March 21, 1910.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central gsock Yards.

East Buffalo, , Y.)



Receipts of sale stock here today as

follows. Cattle, 180 cars; hogs, 9.600;

sheep and lambs, 13,000; calves, 2,200.



All the good prime grades of cattle





today sold strong 15@25c per hundred

higher than one week ago While the me-

dium and lowed grades sold from~10@15c

per hundred lower. In some instances

bologna bulls sold a quarter lower. The

cause of this decline on the medium and

lower grades was that all of the receipts

except a few loads were of that class.

The good prime cattle were in scant sup-

ply today. Cattle weighing below 1.200

lbs,. having the quality and fat. sold

higher today than the heavier grades.

we quote: Best export steers, $7.75@

2" best 1,200 to 1.300-lb. shipping steers,

. 3017.75; best 1.100 to 1.200-13). do.,

$7.75'd‘8.50; medium 1.050 to 1.100—lb.

butcher steers, $6@6.50; light butcher

steers, $550616; best fat cows, $5.50fi6,

fair to good (10., $4.75frii5.25; tiimmers,

$3’u3.50; best fat heifers, $6.25fri.6.75: fair

to good do., $5.506r6: common do., $4.75@

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

$550416; 800 to 900-lb. (10.. $5455.50; 700

to 750-lb. dehorned stockers, $450605; 600

to 650-lb. (10.. $4004.50; little common

stockcrs, 335060450; best bulls. $6416.50;

bologna bulls. $5715.25; stoek bulls, $470

4.50; best milkers and springers, $556165;

fair to good (10., $452150; common do,

$2507 40.



\\'itli 22.000 hogs in Chicago today and

a fair run here our market was weak and

lower than Saturday. Our packers start~

ed out this morning bidding $11.10 for the

best hogs but after a hard fight we suc-





 

 





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cecded in working them tip to $11.20. The'





market closed easy with a few loads of

the late arrivals going over unsold. This

is the last week of Lent and we look for

for rather a dull and draggy trade until

the latter part of the week.



Mixed, medium and heavy, $11.10fdll.20;

yoi‘kers, 811611.15; pigs, $10.75q110.80;

roughs, $10.35/$10.45; stags, $8.25fd8.50.



The lamb market opened active with

most of the best lambs selling at $10.65.

The market closed firm and if receipts

are not too heavy we look for steady

prices the balance of the week.



\Ve quote: Best lambs. $10.65m‘.10.70;

fair to good, $1001 10.60; culls, $9.25’ri'10.

skin culls, $7417.75; yearlings. $9.5Wr1'10,

wcthers. 38.7509; ewes, $8478.50; cull

sir-ep. $4417; best calves. 810750111; fair

10 good (io., $9.50fi10.50; cull to common,

37.50019; heavy, $4715.50,





Chicago.

March 21, 1910.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep

Received today ....21,000 35.000 14,000

Same day last ycar..15,086 41.900 13.744

Received last week ..44.691 94,597 48.110

Same week last year.54.017 174.990 04.509



A new wcck opened today, with no

heavy supplies of live stock. and there

was an active general demand for cattle,

prices ruling strong and largely 1th high-

I'l. "here was much comment on the

fail that last week‘s cattle receipts Were

the smallest for any week since the first

xvi-ck of last August. All except prime

hw-vcs are the highest in thirty years.

Hogs were 100115c lower, an early sale of

a load of prime 240—11). swine at $11 being

the only sale that high. That figure was

5.- lumw the best price of the season.

Long 'refore the close the bottom had

dropped out of the market, and $10.90 was

an outside figure. sales being made all the

way down to $10.40 for common hogs and

the best light hogs quotable at $10.80.

Stags have been selling at $11.257i12, but

clostd lower with barrows. P'gs were

salable at $9.704110.45. Sheep and lambs

were scarce and tending upward. and

Armour & Co. paid $9.50 per 100 lbs. for

abrut 400 Iowa feeder 55—lb. lambs. an

advance of 15c. They shipped these lambs

to a near—by fedeing point. Lambs were

salable at 39150011030. wethcrs at $7.737?

3.5.7. 'eWcs at $4.50mS.25. bucks and Stags

at $5417.50, yearlings at 88.5041925, clipped

lambs at $8.75W960 and feeding lambs at

$8.50fty9.50. “'ithin a week sheep and

lambs have advanced 500i75c. Last

week’s receipts of hogs averaged in

weight 219 lbs., a gain of 4 lbs. ovcr the

preceding week



(Tattle continued in meager supply for

still another week, supplies showing a

great further falling off and showing up

poorly in volume compared with former

years. As shippers secured a liberal

share of the offerings, there was lively

competition among buyers, and this gave

sellers strong control of the market, Qual—

ity considered, it was the highest market

in O\'t-l‘ a Score of years. with a marked

scarcity of choice. weighty becvcs. l‘attle

mad.» advances of 37/715043, with the bulk

of the beef steers going at $6.50’u‘810, and

ill" poorer light stccrs on the feeder or-

der selling at $5.50futi30 and choice to

fancy homes at 318.1001 8.65. No good cat-

th» ivcrc offered below $7.40, and chnly

of cattle \vcnt $1 higher than a month

ago, it being a case of scarcity. Beef of

the cheapi r grade has kept on advancing.

bring ch‘iily wanted, while prime beef

has lll'l‘ll reduced in price. n the absence

of enough sit-«rs. buyers have turned to

butcher stock vcrv largely, and cows and

heifers shared fully in the advance, sales

being made at $~l.10’u‘r7.50, whilc canncrs

and cutters sold at $2.75fi4. Bulls were

higher and active at $3.50nmo, while.

calves wvre the highest of the year at

3330711075. Stockers and feeders madt

new high records. with scanty offerings,

stockcrs selling at $4415.90 and feeders at

$58541 0.65. M‘lch cows had a good sale

at $300767) (Jacll.



Hogs were marketed here and elsewhere

in extremely small numbers last week,

compared with recem years, and a new

high record was made, with sharp de-

clines and recoveries. buyers making (19—

teiinincd efforts to put values on a lower

basis. On some days large numbers of

hogs were carried over unsold, but this

Was not due altogether to the abstinence

of the packers in buying, for plenty of

owners preferred to hold their hogs to

selling on a lower basis. The offerings

were largely good in quality, and within a





short time the average weight of the re-

ceipts has risen to 215 lbs., the heaviest

since the middle of last December, when

it was 218 lbs.

running much heavier than either one or

two years ago, but three years ago it

stood at 227 lbs. Everything has sold at





The average has been





MARog gs, 1910.





fancy prices, the common and medium

grades being taken as substitutes for

better lots, which were hard to obtain,

and even pigs sold extremely high. The

market has had a great advance for

fresh pork products. while cured Dl‘OdUClS

have experienced an extraordinary boom.

Provisions are too high to allow a normal

exportation, and England is receiving car-

casses of hogs fed on rice from China.



Sheep and lambs experienced a re-

markable boom in prices last week, their

extreme scarcity enabling sellers to 0b-

tani the highest figures ever recorded. It

happened frequently that practically all

of the supply was disposed of before noon,

and shorn flocks were much more numer-

ous titan heretofore and showed the larg-

est advances. Country buyers were look-

ing around for feeding sheep and lambs,

and paid up to $7.75 for the former

and $9.35 for shearing lambs, prices

exceeding all the past records. Breed-

ing bucks were taken out at $7.25@7.50,

with no large number offered for sale. It

is a strange fact that in spite of the un-

precedented incentives offered for making

stuck fat, some sheepmen have persisted

in marketing extremely thin lambs that

had to be closed out at a big discount.

Killers have been doing some close figur—

ing. and dressing sheets are watched

more closely than in ordinary times. Fat

shorn lambs dress high, and the high-

Driced carcasses on the hooks are the

cheapest. giving better results than fieeced

goods not properly finished,



l-lorses were in excellent general de-

mand last week, with normal supplies and

steady prices most of the time, the best

inquiry being during the first part of the

week, as usual. Small southern chunks

had a brisk demand at $75@150 per head.

and there was a large call for farm mares

and chunks at 5814049175, and occasionally

a sale at a higher figure. Medium to

choice draftcrs were in increased eastern

demand, with sales at 5517561250, while

small cotton mules were firm at $100@

1.10; _with heavy truck mules selling at

$1mfir275. Coach horses had a broader

outlet at $150fa'300, with the bulk of the

sales at 5317541225. Feeders were salable

at 3517075225, and there was a. fair demand

for cxpt‘eSsers at 3517:3(0215. Buyers are

traveling through Iowa and South Dakota.

breeding districts in search of good horses

and a good many shipments have been

made to the Pacific coast and the Cana—

dian northwest. ‘





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





Everywhere the consumers of meats are

raising strong protests against the recent

further advances in prircs for beef, mut~

ton. fresh pork. cured hams, bacon, ctc.,

ruling prices being unusually high. A

provision salesman for one of the Chicago

packing firms said the other day that.

wholesale prices for fresh pork loins at

161,.20117c per lb. and butts at 151,.4fi0151/ic

were the highest prices he had“ evér

known. He added: “The market has

simply been following the pace set in live

hog trade and as long as hogs continue

to sell close tip to $11 there is no hope of

working the product lower. Supplies are

running very light and surplus stocks are

being cut into quite materially. Tender-

loins are practically at a prohibitive price

of 30c and very few lots can be had even

at this figure.”



The big demand for beef is running on

the cheaper cuts, and this has led to a

recent lowering of prices by wholesalers

on the No. 1 ribs of beef, while N0. 1

loins have shared in the decline, with ad-

vances in No. 2 and No. 3 ribs. Chucks

and plates have been advanced on all

grades.



Miles Henline, a pioneer feeder and

stock shipper of Illinois, was on the Chi-

cago market recently with a load of hogs

of his own feeding which sold at $10.75

per 100 lbs. Mr. Henline said that be

shipped a load of hogs to the old Myrick

yards in Chicago in 1865 which sold for

$l2i90. They were raised and fed by his

tat ier.



“There is unanimous testimony of the

scarcity of hogs in all sections,” says the

Cincinnati Price Current. "and an inti-

mation of lack of plentifulness of cattle

for marketing in the near future.”



" L. Flanders, of Illinois, one of the

successful breeders and feeders of hogs in

that region, marketed a car load of 248-

lb, hogs at Chicago recently at $10.75 per

100 lbs. Shortly befoxe the quick jump to

$11. He said hogs were never scarcer in

that section than at the present time.



Nebraska importers of Percherons,

Shires and Belgians report an active de.

mand for stallions. A firm located at

Lincoln in that state sold 25 stallions dur-

ing February and imported over 100 head

from .rxugust to October inclusive.



The Pacific coast is forced to come east-

ward for fat sheep, and wethers fed in

Montana have been shipped freely of late

to Seattle. Everywhere slaughterers have

to do some lively hustling to secure

enough mutton for their customers. Chi-

cago and Missouri river markets' have

depended largely on Colorado lambs re-

cently, and after these are- all in, supplies

promise to be lighter than ever. Sheep

have wintercd poorly. owing to the un—

usually severe weather and heavy snow

storms, and all the indications are that

grass sheep will be. late in reaching mar—

ket: Texas and Arizona usually market

their flocks quite freely in April and May,

but they will hardly be fat enough to ship

before summer this year. Recent market

quotations for both sheep and lambs have

been the highest ever known.



Grass promises to go to waste in parts

of Colorado for lack of cattle, prices being

so high that land owners hesitate about

stocking up. A year ago two-year-olds

were selling for $20, while now $30 is de-

ma‘ntlied bylowners.



,0 orado- Iex can lambs ha '

prime favorites in the Chicagdemagiirg

recently, selling at the top figures daily

Shorn lambs have also been extremely

good sellers whenever they were well fin.

ished. Yearlings have been especially

scarce and extraordinarily high.



Across the Canadian border there is a

ioaiik ofhisheeéa, and tflat live wethers have

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MARCH 26, 1919'.

THIS 18 TH: 1.4.31- EDITION.





 





In the first edition the Detroit Live

Stock markets are reports of last week,

all other markets are right up to date.

Thursday's Detroit Live Stock markets

are given in the last edition. The first

edition is mailed Thursday, the last edi-

tion Friday morning. The first edition is

mailed to those who care more to get the

paper early than they do for Thursday 3

Detroit Live Stock market report. You

may have any edition desired. Subscr1b-

ere may change from one edition to an-

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Thursday’s Market.

‘ March 24, 1910.

Cattle.

Receipts, 1.208. GOOd grades 15@25°

higher; common grades 10c higher. ‘



,We quote: Extra dry-fed steers and

heifers, $6.50@7.85; steers and helfvf‘g.

1,000 to 1,200, $6@6.50; steers and heif-

ers, 800 to 1.000. 352580535; steers ran}

heifers that are fat, 500 t0 700. 347560021“

choice fat cows, $4-75@5-50; 800dr {at

cows, $4.50@4.75; common COWS. $300534,

canners, $2.75@3.25; choice heavy bulls,

$5@5,85; fair to good bolognas, bulls, $4.00

@435; stock bullS, $3.50@3.75; milkei‘s,

large, young, medium age, $40@45; com-

mon mllkers, $20@35-



Roe Com. Co. soldOHarrggnolnd. S- &_C]U-

1 canner weighing 84 at . COW welg’i-

ing 780 at $3, 2 do av 1,075 at $4.50, 3 do

av 873 at $3, l'do weighing 1,180 at $5.

2 do av 1,050 at $4; to Mich. B. Co. 1 bull

weighing 1,300 at $5.15, 18 steers av 961

at $6, 18 do av 800 at $6; to Newton B.

Co. 9 cows av 825 at $4.25. 5 steers av 940

at $6.65; to Watts 8 steers av 647 at $5.50;

to Sullivan P. Co. 1 bull weighing 1,780

at $5.50; to Newton B. CO. 5 steers av 850

at $6.40, 2 bulls av 1,550 at $5.50: to Mich.

B. Co. 21 steers av 762 at $5.50, 2 do av

510 at $5; to Rattkowsky 1 cow weighing

850 at $3.50; to Hammond, S. & C0. 17

steers av 850 at $5.75, 2 do av 660 at $5.75,

12 butchers av 994 at $4.50, 2 cows av 850

at $3.50; to Breitenback Bros. 10 butchers

av 645 at $5.25; to Hammond, S. & CO.

4 steers av 1.350 at $7.85.



Bishop, B. 8: H. sold Newton R. Co.

3 cows av 1,033 at $4.50, 9 steers av 926

at $6; to Zoehner Bros. 1 bull weighing

1,300 at $5.85; to Brcsnahan 4 butchers

av 470 at $4.50, 1 bull weighing 480 at

$4.25; to Sullivan P. Co, 9 butchers av 697

at $5.10, 3 steers av 1.040 at $7.25, 5 do

av 930 at $6.25, 3 do av 933 at $6.25, 7 do

av 1,143 at $7.25, 6 butchers av 600 at

$4.60; to Hammond, S. & Co. 2 do av 725

at $5.50, 1 cow weighing 1.080 at $4.75; to

Sullivan P. Co. do av 773 at $3.25, 6

butchers av 771 at $4.50, 13 do av 708 at

$5.30, 3 bulls av 1,283 at $5.25, 2 do 'av

1,475 at $5.25, 1 do weighing 800 at $4.75.

2 cows av 920 at $5, 4 steers av 1,162 at

$7, 1 heifer weighing 1,100 at $6; to New~

ton B. Co. 23 steers av 790 at $6.25; to

Sullivan P. Co. 2 do av 1,050 at $7.50.



Spicer & R. sold Newton B. Co. 4 steers

av 1,075 at $6.50, 21 do av 1,151 at $7; to

Heinrich 4 do av 815 at $6, 2 do av 600 at

$5; to Rehfuss 11 do av 1,002 at $6.60, 3

bulls av 1,473 at $5.50; to Rattkowsky 1

cow weighing 850 at $3.50, 4 do av 995 at

$4.25; to Goose 8 steers av 400 at $4.50: to

Sullivan P. Co. 1 bull weighing 1.320 at

$5.25, 2 do av 800 at $4.50, 1 cow weighing

800 at $4.50, 2 do av 870 at $3, 2 bulls av

1,.450 at $5.25, 3 do av 777 at $4.75; to

Watts 2 cows av 990 at $4, 1 do weighing

1,170 at $4, 3 butchers av 570 at $5; to

Bresnahan 13 heifers av 600 at $4.90; to

Newton B. Co. 1 cow weighing 990 at

$5.25, 11 butchers av 765 at $4.50.



Haley & M. sold Fronn 4 cows av 930

at $3.50; to Applebaum 1 do weighing 580

at $4, 2 steers av 800 at $5.75: to Ham-

mond, S, & Co. 1 do weighing 970 at $6.25;

to Goose 8 heifers av 421 at $4.55; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 1 cow weighing 740

at $3, 17 butchers av 820 at $6.10, 3 do

av 713 at $5.25, 1 bull weighing 1,070 at

$5.50, 1 do weighing 950 at $5.25; to Apple~

baum 1 steer weighing 690 at $5; to

Breitenback Bros. 11 butchers av 654 at

$5.15; to Schlischer 13 do av 750 at $5.10,

2 cows av 1,010 at $3.80, 1 do weighing 770

at $3; to Bresnahan 2 heifers av 450 at

$4.25, 4 do av 442 at $4.35, 3 cows av 800

at $3; to ammond, S, & Co. 2 bulls av

1,200 at $5, 2 cows av 840 at $3, 1 do

weighing 980 at $5, 1 do weighing 970 at

$3.50, 3 steers av 933 at $6; to Rehfuss 1

bull weighing 1.360 at 85.25; to Thompson

3 butchers av 760 at $4.85; to Goose 3 do

av 330 at $4.50.



Sharp sold Bresnahan 3 cows av 816

at $3.25.



Eddy sold Sullivan P. Co. 2 bulls av

2,110 at $5.75, 4 steers av 1,043 at $6.75,

10 do av 967 at $5.85.



Wilson sold same 1 bull weighing 1,790

at 85.5%, 5 cows av 1.110 at $5, 2 do av

980 at 3.50, 4 butchers av 712 at $4.75, 8

steers av 794 at $5.50.



Stephens sold same 2 cows av 1,015 at

$4.50, 2 do av 1,145 at $5.50.



Eddy sold Kamman 3 cows av 783 at $5,

9 steers av 800 at $5.50, 15 do av 857 at

$5.70, 5 butchers av 900 at $5.



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 835. Market active and 50c@

$1 higher than last week. Best, $9.75@

10.50; others. $5@9: milch cows and

springers dull. .



Spicer & R. sold Burnstlne 5 av 125 at

$9; to Newton B. Co. 4 av 130 at $9.75; to

Mich, B. Co. 17 av 125 at $10, 6 av 150 at

$9.35, 1 weighing 110 at $7.50; to Burn-

stlne- 8 av 120 at $9.50; to Breitenback

Bros. 38 av 140 at $9; to McGuire 10 av

130 at $10.



Eddy sold Nagle P. Co, 4 av 130 at $7,

9 av 135 at $9.



Weeks sold Lingeman 12 calves av 110

at 89.60.



Roe Com. Co. sold Thompson 3 av 130

at $9.50: to Hammond,. S. & Co. 24 av

125 at $9.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 av 225

at $7, 7 av 125 at $10, 10 av 120 at $9.50;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 16 av 135 at $10-10:

to Fitzpatrick Bros. 9 av 150 at $10.25.



, Haley & M. sold Thompson 5 av 140

at $10; to SullivanP. Co. 1 weighing 130

at $10; to Thompson 17 av 160 at $8.50, 2





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av 335 at $5.50; to Burnstine‘ 12 av 135

at 10.



Blshop, B. & H. sold Parker. W. & Co.

8 av 125 at $10 1 weighing 150 at $6, 12

av 120 at $10, av 130 at $10; to Mich.

B. CO. 10 av 148 at $10, 4 av 125 at $10;

to Parker, W. & Co. 21 av 135 at $10.25,

12 av 130 at $10.50; to Thompson Bros.

23 av 125 at $9.25; to Newton B. CO. 6 av

155 at $10.50, 10 av 139 at $10.50, 2 av 140

at $7, 2 av 125 at $10, 12 av 132 at $9.50;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 7 av 150 at $10.50,

8 av 145 at $10.25, 31 av 135 at $10.50, 4

av 130 at $10.50, 3 av 125 at $10.50; to

Nagle P. Co. 25 av 110 at $8.50; to Mich.

B. Co. 37 av 125 at $10.25, 12 av 130

at $10.25.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 3,577. Market 25c higher than

last week.



Best lambs, $10.25; fair to good lambs,

$9.50@10; light'to common lambs, $8.50@

9.25; spring lambs, $14; fair to good sheep

$7@8; culls and common, $4.50@5.50; chp

lambs, $9689.50.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Thompson Bros.

5 sheep av 110 at $7, 49 lambs av 57 at

$8.75, 2 sheep av 85 at $7; to Nagle P. Co.

43 clip lambs av 83 at $8.75, 57 clip sheep

:lv 90 at $6.25, 359 lambs av 75 at $9.75; to

Parker, W. & Co. 44 do av 65 at $9.50, 5

sheep av 110 at $7; to Sullivan P. Co. 8

spring lambs av 55 at $14.10; to Nagle P.

Co. 75 lambs av 77 at $10.20, 70 do av 92

at $10.20, 36 sheep av 120 at $6.75, 16

sheep av 90 at $5, 21 clip lambs av 80 at

$9, 50 do av 85 at $9. 14 do av 70 at $9.

27 do av 80 at $9; to Mich. B. Co. 59 lambs

av 67 at $9.90; to Breitenback Bros, 13

do av 65 at $9.50, 16 do av 80 at $9.50, 25

do av 85 at $9.50.



Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. Co. 2 lambs

av 60 at $9.50, 1 sheep weighing 170 at

$6.50; to Thompson 14 do av 90 at $7.75.



Patterson sold Hammond. S. & C0. 6

sheep and lambs av 100 at $8.



, Roe Com. Co, sold Fitzpatrick Bros. 96

lambs av 70 at $10, 28 sheep av 85 at $7.



Sharp & \V. sold Mich. B. Co. 30 lambs

av 75 at $10.10.



Spiccr & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 15 lambs

av 52 at $8.70. 3 sheep av 140 at $6.50; to

Breitenback Bros. 13 lambs av 65 at $9.73,

1 sheep weighing 130 at $7.50.



Vaughan Bros sold Newton B. Co. 29

clip lambs av 65 at $8.25.



Eddy sold Nagle P. Co. 13 lambs av

75 at $9.25. 104 clip lambs av 67 at $9.25.



Patteréon sold same 238 lambs av 83

at $10.25.



Sharp & W. sold Eschrich 31 sheep av

70 at $5.



Hogs.



Receipts 3,685. - Market 100 higher than

last Thursday.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ci's, $10.85; pigs, $102561, 10.50; light york-

ers. $10.70@10.75; Stags. 1,3 off,



Spicer & R, sold Hammond. S. & Co.

111 .u' 195 at $10.80, 16 av 190 at $10.75,

88 av 180 at $10.70, 63 av 150 at $10.60,

87 av 180 at $10.75.



Roe Com. Co. sold Parker. XV. & Co

35 av 190 at $10.75, 18 av 150 at $10.65.



Bishop, B. & II, sold some 703 av 180

at $10.75, 30 av 160 at $10.60, 192 av 160 at

$10.65, 440 av 175 at $10.70, 162 av 190 at

$10.80, 91 av 210 at $10.85.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 177

av 190 at $10.80,



Spicer & R. sold same

$10.80. 16] av 195 at $10.75.



Haley & M. sold same 58 av 175 at

$10.75, 110 av 160 at $10.65.



Closed 50 higher than last week.





21 av 200 at





 





ADDITIONAL VETERINARY.





 





Rickets.—I have a couple of pigs that

appear to be weak in the hind legs and

are hardly able to walk. The feet turn

up and the legs are very much like a

hoop. These hogs are very fat and are

some troubled with piles. G, E. 8., Al-

bion, Mich—The bones of your hogs are

weak and I am not sure but that your

best plan is to market the pigs, for pork

is high and in order to treat the hogs

right you should reduce them in flesh,

giving them less corn. more oats and oil

meal, also some vegetables adding air-

slakcd lime to each meal. They have

been fed too much corn and not enough

vegetables and bone—making food.





‘Veak Young Pigs.—~Can you tell me

what ails my young pigs that came weak

and all died within 12 hours after birth?

I am quite sure the sow went 17 weeks

but the young pigs had very little hair on

them. The sow had the run of barnyard

and a good place to sleep. Her pigs ap-

peared weak and disinclined to suck. Had

I better breed her again? G. R., Pontiac,

Mich.~Your sow may have met with an

accident, causing her to abort, or the

young pigs may not have been nourished

properly prior to birth, or they may have

chilled soon after they were born. I know

of no reason why you should not breed her

again.



Indigestion—I have a mare that our

local Vet. tells me has indigestion. He

floated her back teeth and I gave her a

teaspooréful (bf copperfas at a dose. in feed

once a ay, ut Sle ailed to ick u . C.

E. “K, Otsego, Mich—There 11; not 13much

wrong With your mare; she needs more

grain .and give her a tablespoonful of the

followmg tonic powder at a dose in feed

three times a day: Gentian, ginger, quas-

Sla, nux vomica, baking soda and char-





coal. thMix tl'llfse drugs thoroughly then

use em. emember, u '

weight. eq al parts b3





Strangles—~(Distemper)-—Dislocation of

Stifle.—I have a four—year-old colt that

was taken with a swelling under the

throat, and also a two-year—old that had

a swelling between the lower jaw bone

which broke. I forgot to say that the

stifle of my four-year-old slips out of

place occasionally. C. W. H.. Addison,

M1ch.—Your colts are suffering from

strangles and if they continue eating and

breathing fairly free. they will not require

much treatment. Poulticing the throat

With bran or flaxseed meal hastens the

formation of pus and when the abscess

softens and the hair 'plucks oi! easily, open

it and allow the pus to escape, then inject

with one part carbolic acid and thirty

parts water. For the stifle ailment blis-





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Deep Tilling

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restores the fertility of a

worn-out farm and in-

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good one.





ECAUSE it will plow to a



depth of 16 inches, leaving

the seed-bed thoroughly pul-

verized, and the top-soil and

sub-soil properly mixed. As

a result, moisture is preserved,

good drainage is afforded, the

cost of fitting is reduced, all

trash is buried beyond the

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ADMINISTRAToR’S SALE





ofagood 1604mm Farm, ell fenced. about 60 acres

under cultivation. good house. barns. tubular well

and wind mill, good small orchard. berries. etc.

12 mile- eut of Urayling. Sale at Good Home,





Grayling, Mich, April 2nd,

at one o’clock. p. m. Terms—95 cash, %on time.

with interest at 6 per cent. For particulars address





HUGO BCHREIBER. Administrator.

Sigsbee P, 0.. Crawford Co., Mich.





FARMS Mill FARM LANDS

FOR SALE UR EXGHANGE





G AIN AND STOCK FARM FOR

FRUIT $51.13 in Ocean: County. Wflte

C. W. MORGAN, Shelby, Michigan, for lists.





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GREAT opportunities In Washington and Oregon

Farm Lands. Write today for tree lists. Bob-

iuaou Land 00., 3-1261 Empire Bldg" Seattle, Wash.





FOR SALE—Select corn and other lands in South-

ern Michigan. Write now for list

The Ypsilanti Agency 00., Inc.,Ylelauti. Mich.





 





 





OOK—All sized (arms from 40 to 200 acres each.

At great bargalne. Low prices and long time.

Beiore buying see Edw. Wilcox, N. Adams. Mich,





‘nf 0 ~Frult and Stock Farms.

eSt MICh. For a reliable list. write

Van N ess Bros. & 00.. Fremont, Newaygo Co., Mich.





 





 





FORSALE—Cholce unimproved lands in Ogemaw

00., Mlch., for wide awake families who wish to

help build upa good neighborhood. Price .10 per

acre, HARRY 0. SHELDON, Alger, Michigan.





48% acres, clay 'loam

Farm For Sbtle soil, one mile from B. R.

Station, big barn, good house. good well, big sheep

shed 2 corn cribs, hen house. plenty of timber, place

has not been lot or run. Will be sold at a bargain,

ROBERT SHIELDS, Jr.. Holly, Oak,Co., Mich.





50 E. Z. To Get a Nice FARM IOME





in the mild climate of Virginia. May we tell you how?

CASSELMAN In 00., En. 2° yearn. Richmond. VI.





READ THIS It you with to buy Farm



Property. it will pay you

to write me for my 1910 land catalog, sent free

to any address. C. A. HAMEB, Marion, Mich,





 





 





 





 





' ' ~Frult, Grain and Stock Farms in

"MM“ Films Barry, Eaton ani Kent Co's. Big

bargains; low taxes. good schools, churches and

roads. splennii water and climate. Write for list

No. 8. BUOKLEH & MATTHEWS, Hastings, Mich.





Farm For Sale, Best Bargain in Mich.





278 acres in Mecosta 00., right at station on G. B.





 





 





 





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It will plow 5 to 8 inches deeper,

and the same or greater width than

a mold-board plow, with the same

team; and it will cut off roots and

turn out rocks and stumps, or dodge

them, without injury to the team.



Send for free book. Complete descrip~

tlon or machine and what, it will do; ad<

vantage of deep-tilllng, photographs of

machine in operation.





Address Department “8"

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Machine Company





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We went to hear from Ihipperl of Bay and Grain—Our

direct union to large eon-unor- in this district enable:

III to get top prion for good Ihipmonh. Liberal ado

unce- to con-ignore.





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Northern

Michigan on new land free item obnoxious weeds.

1 Clean and good quality. C. A. CAIN. Hillman, Mich.





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Love: series. Greetings, Birthday, Life Models, etc. ’

Cat. Also Free—Send 4c return postage and packing.

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HAY 81. GRAIN "'1





or. R. H.. About 220 acres free from atumps,20

acres timber, good bulldings.good soil, raise any-

thing that can be grown in Mich. or. is a good stock

farm. Time can be had on part oi purchase

price. Write for full description.



J. A. COLLINS. Howard City. Mich.





F011 SALE—High Grade Farm Lands





in Osceola. county near Tustin, Michigan. These are

cut over hardwood lands, without pine stumps. The

soil is gravelly or rich clay. Well settled country

with schools and good roads. Write for litera-

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Rich Saginaw Valley Farms

THE VALLE Y ofFERTlLITY and PLENTY

in the heart of Michigan. Greshplace to live and

prosper. 40 acres or more improved, low as .50

Unimproved $10. Write today.

UNITED REALTY 00.. Lock Box 343. Saginaw. Mich.





 





 





Fertile Farms In Tennessee

‘—-$5 to $10 per acre—I





Fortunes are being made on fertile Tennes-

see farms. ’l‘hey raise big crops of Canta-

loupes. Cabbage, Tomatoes, String Beans,

Green Corn etc... also Horses, Cattle. Shes , Swine.

Poultry and Eggs. Write me at once or Free

Literature. I'll tell you how to get one of these

splendid forms for $5 to $10 per acre. Act. quickly!

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220 Acres Improved.



Secretary Wilson of the U. S Dept. of Agriculture.

after a personal inspection last October, said that

Central New York farm land is fully as good as



. Western Land which sells for $125 to $200 per acre.

3, This grand farm is in Steuben County, N. Y. It

1 has 160 acres level meadows, tine pasture. over $1000

1 worth of wood and timber; only one mile to village

; and railroad over level road; 100 barrels fruit last

. season; this county is celebrated for potatoes; owner

, has other business and if taken at once he throws in

pair mules, horse, 7 cows, hogs, hens, wagons, tools,

piano, parlor suit, beds, tables, chairs, 5 stoves;just

bring your trunks, everything else is here waiting for

you. $5,500 takes land, fences. buildings and all this

personal property. Easy terms. Largo barn and

other outbuildings; for picture of the splendid two-

story house see paged "Strout’s‘Ferm CatalogiNo. 30."

It is illustrated and describes many rare bargainsin

money-making farms throughout sixteen states.

Great variety In line and price. Stock and tools in-

cluded with many to settle estates quickly. Write

to day for copy of this great book of reliable infor-

mation about Eastern soils, crops, markets. etc.. etc.

We pay buyers’ carfare. E. A. Strout 00., Station

101, 47 W. 34th St. cor. Broadway, New York.





 





 





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Coast, with shipping season commencing early in

commanding from 02.00 to

This same land then planted in sweet potatoes will yield $100 to





3 Crops a Season From Sam land





No long winters, but an average at 312 workin d a a your.

Stock needs little protection an t g I!

with an abundance of good water. Semi for our booklets and

read of the actual experiences of former Northern and Western

farmers who are re idly becoming rich of! the fertile lands 0t

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BY MRS. M. B. RANDOLPH.





Harold, the false and the fair,

Leaned on his shield;

Cuckoos sang in the gold-blue air;

. Throstle and lark were flying afield.

Over his head the clear spring light;

Like stars at his feet the daisies pale;

Coyly they smiled at his armor bright

Glancing upward at his mail.





Easter tide: the music of bells,

Chorals and anthems on the air;

Joy they brought on their silver swells,

JOy to all save the false and the fair.

Under his heel a flower he bruised;

Under his helmet a dark frown lay,

As he leaned on his shield and sullen

mused

On his coming bridal day.

Thoughts of his sweetheart vexed his

breast;

“Meek,” he muttered, “meek as a nun;

Convent aisles for her are best

And the gospel of St. John.

In Odin are life and light,” he said;

“A myth—the risen Lord;

Priests for women and prayers for the





ead,

But men for the sea and the sword.





“A daughter of the sea-kings bold

My merry bride must be;



She——poor lamb of the Christian fold——

Too tame of heart, is she.



Sweet to her, prayer bells a-swing;

Sweet to me, the hammers of Thor;



I’ve sworn by the gods on Odin’s ring,

And I’ll scour the seas for war.”





Easter tide—a year and a day;

Sweet is springtime's breath;



Fair Ethel takes the altar’s way,

The pallid bride of death;



Harold, home from the stormy main,

Lcans on his shield to weep:



“The cuckoo’s song is a haunting pain,



0 fairest of all that I have slain

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WHEN EASTER CAME TO BLANCHE.





BY FRANK II. SWEET.





Blanche Leonard had at least an idea

why her father was so silent and sad,

and why he apparently cared no more

about her than for the cook or the house-

maid. To be sure, he had given her one

little kiss on coming home from Europe

six months before, where he had lived

nearly all her short life, but he had not

seemed the least glad to see her.



“Uncle Doctor,” as she called her fath-

er‘s brother, the tall, genial man who had

been her best friend from babyhood,

would have kissed her a dozen times and

almost tossed her over his head in excess

of joy. Blanche thought she knew what

love was, after her long experience of it

from Uncle Doctor and her nurse, Ann

Maria Johnson.



This morning. when she made her great

discovery, she was out by the roadside,

laboriously patting together small snow-

balls in her little mittened hands, when

Joe Barker went by with his chum.



Now Blanche was not yet a pretty girl.

Just at present she was very thin; her

light hair was drawn so tightly back that

her eager, gray—blue eyes seemed to be

staring from their sockets, and her little

straight nose was covered with big brown

freckles.



“Turkey’s egg! turkey’s egg!” they

called until they were out of sight. “She‘s

got a nose all speckled, like a speckled

turkey‘s egg.” Then Blanche thought she

knew just why her father (lid not like

her, and she turned about and went slowly

into the house.



Not long after Ann Maria found her

standing on a chair before a mirror,

scrubbing her nose with a queer little

ball of cloth so rigorously that the tears

were running down her cheeks. She was

suffering, but not for that did she flinch.



“W"hy, bless the child!” cried Ann

Maria. “Whatever is she doin’ now.”



“I’m getting ’the freckles off,” said

Blanche, continuing to scrub.



“XVhat under the canopy are you rub-

bin’ your face with?” Ann Maria uncere-

moniously lifted the child from her perch

and unclasped the small fingers from the

little wad of cloth. “A piece of a cleanin’

rag as I’m a livin’ woman! And soap

and sand! Blanche, how did you ever

come by these?”



“Jane was scouring tins in the kitchen,”

said Blanche, holding her hand over her

nose, “and I thought if they took black

off, they’d take off freckles. So I asked

her to give me some, and she did.”



Blanche was never afraid of Ann

Maria. It was perfectly easy to explain

to anybody who might be expected to take

you up and cuddle you at any minute;

and this Ann Marie. proceeded at once to

do, after she had possessed herself of a

box of cold cream with which to annoint

the much-abused nose. ‘





THE , MICHIGAN FARMER.





“The skin’s every mite off,” she solilo-

quized, with deeplpity and some impa-

tience. “Blanche, what made yOu do it?”



“I told you,I wanted to get the freckles

off,” replied Blanche. “Do you think I’ve

done it any?” - ‘



"Of course you haven’t, you little inno-

cent. Freckles are like the color of your

eyes; they go right through. But I didn’t

know you was so vain, Blanche. What

did possess you?”



Then Blanche thought it would be well

to confide all her troubles, and see if

Ann Maria could find a solution for them.



“My papa don’t like me,” she said,

soberly. “And I guess I’m homely. And

freckles are worse than anything.”



Ann Maria stopped annointing the in~

jured nose and gave the child a quick,

keen glance. “Well, I never!” she ex-

claimed. under her breath. “Blanche,”

she said aloud, “don't you worry. It isn’t

freckles, and it isn‘t homeliness. It's what

nobOdy can help, unless you can when

you get to be a big girl and your father

sees you‘re worth something.”



Blanche had turned in the nurse's lap

and was looking her in the face with

serious gray eyes. “\Vhy don’t he like

me?” she asked. “Uncle Doctor does.”



It seemed to Ann Maria that the time

had come for telling this little bewildered

soul, the truth, and, whether wisely or

not, she made up her mind to do it.



“\Vhen you was a little mite of a baby,"

she began, rocking to and fro and speak-

ing softly, ”your mother died. It ’most

broke your father‘s heart. and he went

away to Europe and stayed'there till we

all thought he never was coming home.

But at last he came—I guess your I‘ncle

Doctor wrote him he'd ought to~——and then

it seemed as if he’d never forgot what

he‘d lost, and as if he never meant to

like anybody else." "’



Blanche was very quiet; she had almost

stopped breathing to listen. “\Vhat kind

of a lady was my mother?” she asked,

in a soft little whisper.



“She wasn't like anybody else that I

ever saw. I guess you'll look like her

when you grow up. She was always

laughing. and she could sing like a birt.”



“Did he like to hear her sing?”



”Like it? I guess he did. But she

couldn‘t do anything he didn‘t like. He

was all wrapped up in her. Now go to

sleep, and don’t think any more about

such things."



That night Ann Maria. stopped Uncle

Doctor in the passage, as he came in

from a cold drive in the country, and

told him all about the new process for

removing freckles. The doctor listened

quietly, but when he had reached his

room and was dressing for dinner he

vented his somewhat violent emotions on

his boots and hair-brush in a way that

would have astonished his patients. “It’s

a shame!” he ejaculated, parting his hair

savagely and scowling at himself in the

glass. “A burning shame! That little

starved thing! I wish she was my daugh—

ter!” Then he tied his cravat in a bellig-

erent sort of knot and went down to din-

ncr, meaning to keep up his ill—temper if

be possibly could.



\Yhen he entered, the colonel was

standing by the fire. He was a handsome.

man, with the bearing of a soldier. The

two were much alike, but Harold Leonard

was commanding where the doctor seemed

gentle; and Harold was reserved to peo-

ple in general, while his brother had a

wealth of affection ready to bestow wher-

ever it was needed.



“ lather cold tonight,” said the colonel,

as they went to the table. The doctor

tried to say “Yes" very curtly. He was

still determined to be absolutely severe

and just, but somehow his resolution

ebbcd away with his soup.



W'hen they had finished dinner and

were alone, enjoying their coffee, he

lashed himself to the point of speaking.



“Look here, Hal,” he said, bluntly.

“You ought not to treat Blanche in this

way, you know."



The father gave him a quick look. “In

what way?" he asked.



“You simply ignore her. You scarcely

give her a word from morning till night."



“Vi’ell?”



“You are merely civil to her. If she

comes into the room, you treat her with

the cool civility you would show a guest,

instead of acting as if she were a warm-

hcarted little girl, and your daughter."



The colonel did not look up, and the

hand shock with which he held his spoon.

“You know why, Will,” he said at length,

in a low voice. “You know so well that it

seems to me rather cruel in you to probe

me so. Six year ago I lost—her. It may

be cowardly, but I don’t dare to care

much for anything again. Suppose I

greatly loved this child. and then lost her?

I mean to spare myself that pain."





The doctor went around the table and

put his hand on his brother’s shoulder.

"Hal,” he said, his voice broken, “you

know I can’t talk, but you will find he:

again.”



“So they tell me, the good books and

the good people," answered the colonel,

in a dull voice, still without raising his

eyes. “But I can’t feel it. Everything

is dark.”



“But the resurrection, Hal.”



“Yes, I know; but I tell you I can’t feel

it. No miracle has ever happened to me.

Perhaps I could believe if there had."



The doetor went back to his place.

Presently he began again, somewhat

timidly: “But the Child, 1-18.]. It is ter-

rible to see her follow you about hoping

for a word or a look. She’s absolutely in

love with you.”



The father sighed heavily. “Why do

you try to waken me when I have got

myself comfortably deadened to life? I

mean to superintend Blanchc‘s education,

and see that she has every possible ad-

vantage; but if you expect me to tie my

heartstrings to her~—I can‘t, I won't.”



Blanche, silent in her little bed upstairs,

had her own thoughts about these things

and, undisturbed by the fact of her skin-

less nose, she was making new plans.

She had drawn her own conclusions from

Ann Maria’s story. Her mother sang like

a bird, and her father had liked it.



Blanche had a clear little voice and she

wondered if he could possibly be pleased

if she practiced very hard and learned

some particularly sweet songs. An Easter

hymn! For that would be most beautiful

of al. and Easter was near.



Then she began in her trembling little

seprano, “Christ the Lord is risen today."



Ann Maria came bustling in, exclaim—

ing: “Bless the child! Vt'hat‘s she up

to now? Singing in her sleep?”



But Blanche looked up at her with clear

eyes and asked: “is Easter next Sun-

day, Ann Maria?”



“Yes, it's next Sunday, and your birth-

day comes the same day this year. Now

you he still and think about it, and by

and by you'll drop right off.”



Next morning the child began her prac-

ticing very early. She went into the dim

lug-room. where no one was likely to be

at that hour, and conscientiously sang the

seale until her eager face was flushed and

her voice grew tired. Then she. began to

sing her beautiful Easter hymn, very

slowly and carefully. The library door

opened just as Ann Maria. was going

through the hall. “Ann Maria,” came

the coloncl's voice, more harsh than

Blanche had ever heard it, “will you stop

that child‘s singing or take her where I

can’t hear it.”



“‘hen Ann Maria entered the dining-

room Blanche was not there. She had

fled through another door, up the stairs

past her own little room, and into the

attic. There. beside a trunk which held

some headless dolls and wornout treasures

that were still beloved, she sat silent,

her little fingers clasped upon her aching

throat.



Blanche practiced no more, but she

went about the house very so'bcrly, so

that l’ncle Doctor was puzzled and told

her he should have to play with Belinda,

her last doll. instead of her, and that if

she did not brace up he should really

be compelled to sell her to the Shakers.

She smiled a pitiful little smile, and said

only: "I guess I’ve got a cold—or as’my,”

for the cook had asthma, and was made

very dolcful thereby.



it was the day before Easter, and the

doctor and his brother happened to leave

the house together.



Just as they were closing the hall door,

Blanche appeared behind them, mittened

and furred, and carrying a little pail.



“\Vhither away, Red Riding—hood?”

called the doctor, gaily. “To see your

grandmother and the wolf?"



"Ann Maria sent me down to Mrs.

Hopkins to take this broth,” said

Blanche, trudging out over the steps. “It’s

hot. and I‘m to be careful not to spill it.”



“Give it to me,” said the doctor, “and

you take my hand. There! I’ll carry it

while our ways lie together.”



The three set out, somewhat slowly

that Blanche’s short steps might make

the pace. The colonel did not talk, but

the doctor made up for it. He teased

Blanche, he made fun of her; before she

knew it he had wakened her to a mood

of childish glee, and she forgot that her

father walked silent on the other side.

I‘Vhen they came to Bentley’s pond the

colonel also waked up.



“See, Will!” he exclaimed, “there they

are at it, just as we were thirty years

ago. Oh, the reckless scamps!”



The ice had broken up, after a sudden

thaw, and the pond was full of great

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ing their melting rafts, were Joe Barker.

and his ever-devoted churn. Sometimes





they were on the same piece; sometimes





the ‘sprang from cake to cake, and

sometimes each would try to make his

craft bump the other. Often a piece of

ice would tip treacherously and threaten

to be submerged, and the boys delicately

balanced themselves on the opposite edge,

or leaped daringly to another piece.



“It's really dangerous,” said the doc-

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“Dangerous! of course it is So it is to

find the north pole, or the source of the

Nile, but it's real adventure, neverthe-

less. Those boys have given me more

pleasure than I’ve had in years. I feel as

if I were one of them. If we stay here

much longer I shall be navigating the open

seas myself.”



The colonel’s eyes were bright, his face

smiling, Blanche stole a glance at him,

and for a moment it seemed to her that

she hated Joe Barker, who could make

himr laugh and break up that deep VF" ikle

between his brows.



“Here, Pussy, take your pail," said

Uncle Doctor; “you turn down this cross—

road, don’t you? It's only a step from

here, you know, and be sure you say your

name’s Red Riding-hood."



Blanche made haste to do her errand,

and she was so absorbed in thought that

when deaf Mrs. Hopkins asked, “Whose

little gal are you?" she only said, “Pretty

well, thank you, ma’am.”



When the pail had been scrupulously

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anium, she hurried away on her home-

ward road.



But- she did not pass the pond. She sat

down by the shore on a fallen log, and

waited, her mittened hands folded tightly

before her and her delicate lips set. Joe

Barker and his chum had gone home

and the pond looked very lonesome with

its lines of black water between the drift-

ing cakes of ice.



The west flamed with a glowing sunset,

and still no one came. She began to grow

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Wise in her plan. But just as resolution



was failing her, the colonel and Uncle

Doctor appeared around the bend of the

road, walking fast and swinging their

arms with vigor.



Then Blanche threw all her doubt; to

the winds and rose from her seat. She

set her tin pail carefully down beside

the log, and took a timid. desperate step

on the crackling ice near the shore.



She leaped from one cake to another

in feeble imitation of Joe and his chum,

and when the two men reached her start-

ing point she was far out toward the cen-

ter of the pond.



“Who's that?" said the doetor, easily,

as he was swinging past. "‘Heaven help

us, it’s Blanche!” '



But the colonel had stayed not even for

a word. In the moment of noting the

little figure, he Was running from one

ice-cake to another, in swift pursuit.



“Blanche,” he called, “stand still just

where you are.”



It was more difficult than Blanche

imagined, and she was now balancing

uncertainly on a shifting cake. She

turned, at her father’s call, and he could

see that her face was strained and

anxious. '



“Stand still!" he cried again. But one

uncertain movement inclined the cake too

far, and Blanche had gone under.



No one could ever tell exactly what

happened ”tor that. The doctor, who

had wrenclied a pole from the frozen

ground and taken his way across the

surging lice-drift, protested that he never

knew, and the colonel, who saw a little

red hood come up between two ice—cakes

only to go under again, was sure he could

not tell. But certain it is that he was

presently in the water, angrily and in-

effectually trying to push aside the hor~

rible drift—ice, as if it were some huge

monster bent on devouring his treasure.



There was again a gleam of red, and

he clutched the child in a desperate

grasp, clambered. he knew not how, upon

an uncertain foothold, stumbled back to

land. and ran with his dripping burden,

his brother following.



“Give her to me," cried the doctor at

the door. “Don’t stand there. Ann Maria!

Hot water, blankets, brandy! Run!"



Ann Maria ran, but to what purpose?

The little dripping figure was rubbed dry

and warm, but it still lay motionless. The

doctor worked desperately. He breathed

into the mouth, he compressed the inert

lungs. All to no purpose for half an

hour. «The spirit to all appearances had

fled. ‘ ,



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onel, hoarsely. He was kneeling by the

bed, in his wet garments, but nobody

noticed. him. “She is dead. I won’t have

her disturbed," he said.



The doctor made no answer. His hand

was on the child‘s heart, and his mouth

close to hers.



“More blankets, Ann. Maria." he said

with a sob in his voice. “She is alive."



Blanche came back, and when she

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first fell upon her father. The tears

were running unheeded down his cheeks.

“My little girl," he said, over and over,

“my own little girl.”



“I didn’t think I should fall in," she

whispered, weakly. "I only meant to

make you laugh. You know you laughed

at Joe Barker."



Then, perhaps everybody would have

cried together but that Ann Maria, the

practical, came to the rescue,



“Here, colonel, you had better go and

change your wet clo'es," she said, per-

emptorily. “You‘ll catch cold yourself

and give her a cold, too. She‘ll go to

sleep it we let her alone.”



Outside the chamber, Colonel Leonard

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and her spirit came back. That other

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is awake. I will believe, God help me.”



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When she opened her eyes they bright-

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sick?"



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tired. You shall go to church with me.

and see the lilies and hear the music. and

it shall be the happiest Easter in all your

life."



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papa,” said Blanche, her eyes growing big

with impatience and joy. "Just you

hear!" And lying back in his arms, with

her head nestled where it was dearly wel-

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bits as follows: Two of them run quickly

toward each other and, when on the point

of contact, each leaps into the air,__but

one higher than the other. They come

down with their tails toward each other,

but instantly both turn and run and leap

again. This they will do a number of

times, always leaping up at the exact

moment when they would otherwise come

into collision, and one always taking the

higher leap. Another form of this game

is started by one rabbit running up,to

another that is lying crouched and jump-

ing over him. He then crouches himself,

and, after a time, the other. willing to

return a politeness, runs up to and jumps

over him.



Dancing is the principal play of many

birds. The most, remarkable dancer is

the spur-winged plover of South America,

which goes through a square dance. as

the natives describe it. The birds live

in pairs, and three birds are required to

perform the dance. First, the male bird

of one pair will leave his nest and fly to

that of another pair. where he is received

with every expression of delight. Then

the three form a procession, with the vis-

itor in front, and march away, keeping

step to a curious tune. The leader gives

forth loud single notes at intervals, while

the pair behind make, a continuous sound

like the roll of a drum, perfect time being

kept. “hen the march ceases. the leader

raises his wings while the other two,

standing abreast. stoop forward and

downward until the tips of their beaks

touch the ground in a profound bow and

their voices slowly sink to a murmur.

In this attitude the birds remain perfectly

quiet for some time. Then the perform-

ance is over and the visitor will return

to his mate.



The Cock 0’ the rock, a South American

bird, is described as the finest of bird

dancers. These birds have. regular danc—

ing places—level spots which they keep

free of sticks and stones. A dozen or

more birds assemble around this spot and

then a. cock bird, his Scarlet crest trcct,

steps into the center. Spreading his wings

and tail, hl.‘ begins the dance, at tirst with

slow and stately steps; then gradually

more and more rapidly until he is spin-

ning like a mad thing. At last, tired out,

he sinks down, hops out of the ring and

another takes his place,



'The, albatross is a good dancer. After

facing each other the birds begin by

bowing, then they rub their bills together,

meanwhile emitting a whistling sound.

Next follows a vigorous shaking of the

head and a wild snapping of the bill. All

manner of curious antics are then gone

through; the wings are lifted one by one

and tossed into the air with a groaning

Scl‘C'alll. Fluffy the birds walk around

each other for a quarter of an hour or

even longer.



Cranes are stately dancers. Two birds

will begin the dance by uttering a quick

succession of loud. rolling cries. Then

one bird will wheel about, make a low

bow and take a sudden leap into the air.

Then there will be another pirouette and

a still graver obeisance. The other bird

will go through a similar performance,

each trying to outdo the other in a series

of spasmodic jumps and ludicrously sol-

emn bows.



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former, not to mention man;~ mixers; ’I-h

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and stately and, others ludicrous and ec-

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relaxation.





 





EGGS IN ANCIENT TIMES.





 





BY FRANCIS GALBREATH INGERSOLL.





Fifteen hundred years before the chris-

tian era, eggs were objects of honor

among the Pagans. In their worship of

the god Bacchus, a consecrated egg was

the emblem used in one of their myste-

rious rites.



An egg was an emblem of the order of

Druids. and used in their ceremonies.

The egg has a prominent place in Hindoo

myths, and is represented as of a golden

color. Among the Japanese it is of solid

brass.



For cen‘uries. and even at the present

date, eggs. dyed and ornamented, are

used by the Chinese as religious symbols

at certain of their sacred festivals. The

Egyptians used consecrated eggs in their

most ancient rites.



In Germany, it was once the custom to

present a picture, or print, showing three

hens holding a basket containing three

eggs. Over the center egg was a lamb

with a chalice representing Faith, the

other two eggs bearing emblems repre-

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Are you in the Pony Contest? If not

better turn to page 337 right off and see

what we are going to give some girl or

boy free. We will tell you how you can

enter the Contest. Get someone to give

you 75 cents for one year. or $1.20 for

two years, or $1.50 for three years, or

$2.00 for five years‘ subscriptimt to the

Michigan Farmer and as soon as we hear

from you we will tell you how you can

get what we are giving away. The sub—

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BY GEORGE FREDERICK WILSON.



\Vhen Mrs. Cyrus Reitter first met her

husband he was fresh from the farm anl

struggling for a foothold in the city. Af-

ter he had amassed a fortune she made

him build a high board fence around the

little back garden in which he was so

fond of puttcring in the early morning

hours. This was because she had social

ambitions and pretended to abhor all that

pertained to toil. the soil and the plebian.



Cyrus turned the first spadeful of earth

in his little garden at five o’clock of an

April morning, and the same hour found

him there in overalls throughout the

spring, summer and autumn months. He

planted the seed and he forbade the cook

and his aides to pull any of the products

thereof, jealously reserving to himself the

task of gathering the fruits of his labor.

It was a source of annoyance to Mrs.

Reitter to see her husband go stamping

into the kitchen with a handful of vege~

tables and enthuse over their good quali~

ties with the cook or one of his aides.

Also, it visibly annoyed Mrs. Reitter when

she would come upon her husband busily

paring some of his beloved vegetables or

shelling peas. She remonstrated with him

again and again but to no effect.



Aside from the garden, Cyrus’ chief in-

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





which he had nourished from a. small

offshoot of a big branch into a system

bigger than its former parent. There-

fore, when greedy eyes were turned in

the direction of the railroad he loved so

wallpand greedy hands reached outio

take it from him, Cyrus put up a long

and bitter fight and won. He succeeded

in bringing to his standard a half dozen

faithful allies and the seven. controlling

a great majority of the stock. put the

enemy to flight. The enemy retreated at

a safe distance and held their ground in

the endcavor 'to win a. few of the seven

over to their side. But Cyrus, realizing

his loss if they should succeed, did every-

thing that man could do to hold the six

with him——and succeeded.



Returning home ‘early one afternoon

after a hard struggle to keep his panic—

stricken allies with him in the fight, thc

system having made a move which the

G. O. T. feared would swamp them if they

fought longer, Cyrus turned to his garden

for relaxation. He was pleased to dis-

cover enough young peas on the vines to

promise a fair “mess." Going into the

kitchen he got a pan and rcturncd to the

garden.



The pan was well filled when he had

plucked all the promismg pods. lle re-

turned to the house, removed coat and

hat, drew a chair out on the kitchen

porch and settled down to a few minutes

of real plebeiun cnjoymcnt in shelling the

peas.



He did not hear the footsteps coming

around the housc and looked up only as

he caught a startled exclamation from his

wife. He gazed into her suddenly flushed

face and her snapping angry eyes. Then

he realized that the two ladies with her

were the wives of twu of his asoclatcs.

He smiled embarrassingly and bowed.

Mrs. Reitter hurried them on (to the

flower gardens at the rear. which had

been their object in coming around the

house. As. Mrs. Reitter had always bccn

at great pains to inform these two ladies,

who came of distinguished families. how

she loathed all the simpler duties of life,

the situation was for her an exceedingly

embarrassing one.



Returning to the house, the ladies

shortly bid Mrs. Reltter a good afternoon

and departed in the one motor car which

had brought both.





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“VVasn’t it the funniest

one exclaimed.





thing ever!"

sinking comfortably back





into the luxurious cushions with a pc-

culiar laugh.

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how careful she has always lti’Oll to insist

upon her hatred for the common things.

Did you notice how red her face became





and how angry and startlcd her eyes

were?”

“It was very noticeable. Mr. Reitter





also seemed somewhat taken back. though

he rose to the cecasion with a. laugh and

a. bow.”



“I wonder if anything can be wrong

with them?” the other cried, some of the

color receding from her face.



“Why, what do you mean?"

panion inquired, startled.



“Listen. You remember her remark

about the maids? Of how she had let

three go out for the afternoon? Could it

have been a subterfuge to cover the ab-

sence of so many servants from the





her com-





house? It is unusual, you know, and the

place seemed so empty with a lack of

servants."



“Yes, yes, go on."





”Then we come upon Mr. Reitter doing

a kitchen girl's work, I do believe some~

thing is wrong. You know What a bitter

fight he is making and how much depends

upon his few friends staying by him. Can

he have been losing all along, and using

the wealth of your husband and mine,

and his four other partners, to return him

his losses and power? John has been so

anxious all along ovcr this fight. He's

so afraid the system will “eat them up,"

as he puts it. Only Mr. Rcitiex"s con-

tinual pleas and promises have kept him

in the fight. Can it be true. I wonder?"



“We must tell our husbands this very

afternoon.”



“Indeed, we must.”



Cyrus wcnt late to the office on the

following morning and found awaiting him

his six assoeiutes. Something in their

manner of greeting and the hard set of

their features warned him that something

had gone wrong. He anticipated another

struggle in clearing away fears which

some rumor, unknown to him, had never-

theless reached their cars and sent them

scurrying to him,



He greeted them pleasantly, called the

chief clerk and instructed against inter-

ruption, then snapped the spring look of

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FIGHTING WATER





Every month in the year your buildings—from dwelling to hen houses—have

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dial this morning: VVhat’s wrong now?

Heard some more disagreeable news from

the enemy's camp?”. , "



“Not at all,” one of the group replied.

“\Ve’ve heard disagreeable news from our

own camp."



Cyrus started, then hastily composed

himself, mentally condemning himself in

having shown even a slight lack of self-

control.



“\Vell, well, not so bad as that, I hope."



“Oh, come, come. Cyrus." the same

gentleman. evidently the chosen spokes-





_man, snapped irritably. “\\'c know the





truth. Drop this small talk and tell us

why you did it."



“Did what. gentlemen?" Cyrus ques-

tioned. his eyes glittering dangerously.



“Used us as a catspaw to retrieve your

losses." the spokesman shouted.



“Gentlemen. this insult is as unwar—

ranted as it is unexpected.“ Cyrus re-

plied, ominously calm. “Furthermore. I

don‘t understand a word of it." _



“I will explain, (‘yrus;" the spokes—

man, too, was now calm. “You have

been rctrenching in your household af-

fairs. Mrs, Reitter remarked yesterday

afternoon that three of your servants

were off for the afternoon. “'e have

nothing to do with affairs of the house

and to us an fillilOlllll‘l‘lllG‘nt of this sort

conveys nothing unusual. But our wives

tell us that a wholesale half—holiday of

this sort is a very unusual one with any

housekeeper. It is our belief, without in-

tent of insult to Mrs. Reitter—our wives

would do the same under the circum-

stances—it is our belief that these three

servants were discharged. and not merely

dismissed for an afternoon. You were

discovm'ed seated on a back porch doing

the work of a scullcry-maid. and the cm—

barrassmciit of both yourself and Mrs.

Reitter was very noticeal'ilc, very notice-

able llltltaetl.”



“And indeed it was. gentleman

rctot‘tcd. his eyes a glassy green. “And

indeed it was. My \yil‘c has always lcc-

turcd me against indulging iny pit-beian

tastes. \Viicl‘c dist-ovvry is possible. I

came from a farm and i haven't out-

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those old days. As for the servants. 1

know nothing whatever about the half~

holiday of these thrcc. as this is out of





my jurisdiction, lltlwmft'l'. as we have so

many it does not seem so strange that

three of them should have an afternoon

upon the same day. There may have

been an cspecial reason for ii—a wedding

or an afternoon party or something. i

trust I have. explained the Situation?”



“Yes, to your own satisfaction."



”GOT'lllOlllt‘ll. this is adding injury to

insult." Cyrus blazed. "I don't know

your purpose in coming hcre to insult me

this morning, but if you havc done I will

ask you to excuse me from t'tirihcr dis,-

cussion. 1 don't censure you. \\'c are

having a hard fight and nerves can not

be trusted. but now that l have cleared

your doubts as to my solvency I must ask

that you leave me to the immense amount

of work 1 have before me. If anything

of an alarming nature turns up from the

opposition. be assured I shall instantly

notify you. And now may I say good-

morning, boys?"



“Indeed, you may. As for notifying us,

as you say, it will not bc ncI-t-ssary.

\l'e'll be the first to hear of it. Believing.

as we still do. that you 't'sf-I‘f- using as

merely as a catspaw to fill‘liivl‘ your own

interests to our final harm. we ““an over

to the opposition this morning."



“You—you," gz'ispcd Cyrus, white to the

very lips. “Tell me. tell me—you haven‘t

deserted me like this?"



“Deserted. no. “'e‘ve merely taken the

to protect ourselves. The ("1.





precaution

Good





0. ‘T. is no longer in your control.

morning."



And. like a boy who has had his hard-

won marblcs stolen from him b.\' a bigger

boy, Cyrus rested his head upon his arm

—and cried.





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BY ISAAC MOTES.



The story that Rome was saved by the

cackliiig of geese may or may not; be true,

but it is well authenticated history that

the state of Texas was saved from be—

coming a vassal of France by a pig.



The year 18-12 was a gloomy one for

Texas, then a young republic scarce six

years old. it had declared its independ-

ence of Mexico. and Santa Anna, the

“Napoleon of the “'cst," had been forced





to acknowledge it by treaty after the





battle of San Jacinto. but this treaty was

never recognized by the Mexican Congress

and President, which still tried to hold

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order to do this invading armies were





 





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public and to capture its chief cities, ap-

pearing suddenly before them at a time

when the citizens least expected an en-

emy, thus forcing them to keep a volun

teer army in the field, with no means to

pay that army, as the treasury was

cnipty. Smarting from the effects of

these frequent visits of the Mexican army,

a general invasion of Mexico was talked

of. and a small but resolute volunteer

band of Texans was at this very time in

“cxico. only to be defeated later, many

of them cttt to pieces and the others cap-

tured and marched in chains to the City

of Mexico. There was no money to pay

the runningr expenses of the government,

much less to place an army in the field

large enough to defeat the Mexicans. The

people themselves were poor, and depend-

ed solely upon the products of their farms

for sustenance, and the Mexican invasions

often made it necessary for the farmers

to rush to arms, leaving the cultivation

or gathering of their crops to the women

and children.



Texas at this time was trying to gain

admission into the American Union; also

to negotiate a loan with some foreign na-

tion. Most of the nations of Europe had

acknowledged the independence of Texas,

but none were anxious to loan money to

the struggling young republic, which was

poor in everything save countless acres.

Finally, however, France was seriously

considering the matter of making Texas

a loan, taking as security a lien upon the

piiblit domain, an extent of country one-

i'ii‘th larger than the whole area of

Fiance, which treaty would have made

Texas virtually a dependent of that coun-

try. Envoys had been sent across the

Atlantic to close the treaty and secure

the much needed funds, and everything

was progressing satisfactorily until an

apparently insignificant incident occurred

at Austin. the capital of Texas. which put

an cud to all negotiations relative to the

loan. and rcsulted in the return home of

the French minister.



Monsicur M. dc Saligny, the French

cliai'gc d'afi'aircs. who had bccii fostering

the negotiations for the loan, kept a pair

of line horses. which the hostler fed on

lndian corn. Living not far front Saligny

was a man named Bullock. a hot-headed

hotel keeper. This man Bullock was the

owner of some half-grown hogs which

wciit pretty much wherever they pleased,

there being no fences to put a limit to

tlicir cucroachments. These hogs became

rcgiilar visitors at Saligny‘s stables. os~

tcnsibly to pick tip grains of corn which

fell from the feed boxes, but, hog-like,

they were not content with this small

portion. so they scrambled into the feed

boxcs and proceeded to help themselves.

So cxasperating (lid this become. to the

hostlcr that he finally ran one of the pigs

thin with a pitchfork and tossed its dead

body over the fence. This infuriated the

owner of the pig. and he proceeded to

thrash the liostler. upon which Saligny

swore out a warrant for Bullock and had

him arrested and fined. This so incensed

Bullock that a short time later, when

Saligny called to see the United States

minister, who lived at Bullock‘s hotel, the

landlord, ignoring the Frenchman’s high

official position, ordered him off the prem-

ises. The envoy applied to the govern-

ment to redress his wrongs, and, failing

to obtain satisfaction. demanded his pass-

ports and returned to France, where his

unfavorable report put an end to pending

lit‘iIIHillIltlllS concerning the loan.



Thus; the amicable relations existing be-

th-n two sister republics were dis-

turbed. and an international treaty frus-

trattd by so insignificant a creature as a

pig. hit what M, de Saligny doubtless

intended should be an injury proved a

fortunate dcliverance for Texas. They

“Wire poor, but still frecmen, and about

two years later the young rcpublic became





.one of the states of the American union.





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Address .3111 communications relative to

the organization of new clubs ,to Mrs. C.

P. Johnson; Metamora, Mich.





BOYS" AND, GIRLS' AGRICULTURAL

CLUBS.





 





A recent‘ press bulletin from the Divi-

sion of Publication of the United States

Department of Agriculture, says: “Within

recent years a new method of agricultural

education has been devised in the form

of boys' and girls' clubs. Such clubs have

various objects, but usually they provide

for prize contests among the members.

Corn growing contests are probably the

most common among the boys, although

many other crops have been tried, while

the girls compete in bread making or

sewing, or even test their skill against

that of the boys in gardening.



"The U. S. Department of Agriculture.

has information of 395 counties in 28

states in which such clubs are organized,

with a. total membership of about 144,000.

New York has about 75,000 members; Ne-

braska, 25.000, and other states smaller

numbers. One county in Pennsylvania.

has 2,000 members. In mos: cases these

clubs are organized under the auspices

of some state authority, such as the com-

misisoncr of agriculture, the superintend-

ent of public instruction, the agricultural

college, or a society, like the State Corn

Growers’ Association, of Delaware. But

in many cases the county superintendent

takes the initiative, while in many other

cases 'the rural teachers arrange contests

among their own pupils,



“The U. S. Department of Agriculture

also gives assistance through the office

of Experiment stations, by furnishing ad-

vice and suggestions. Through the De-

partment's Farmers’ Bulletins the most

practical instruction in the growing of

corn and other crops may be had by the

boys, while the girls may obtain bulletins

on bread making or gardening.



“A new Farmers’ Bulletin on Boys' and

Girls' Agricultural Clubs tells how to or-

ganize the clubs, how to conduct the con-

tests, and what publications will be useful

to‘the boys and girls. This bulletin may

be obtained free upon application to a

member of congress, or to the Secretary

of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.”



There could be no better foundation up

on 'which to build a boys’ and girls’ club

of this kind, than the local farmers’ club

in any community. In at least one local

club of the state something has been at—

tempted in the way of a junior club which

has taken up experimental work of this

kind and thus been the means of interest-

ing the boys and girls not only in the

farmers’ club as an organization, but in

agriculture as a. business. It would un-

doubtedly be a step in the right direction

if every farmers’ ‘club in the state would

organize such an auxiliary organization

for the boys and girls of the neighbor-

hood, and these publications of the De~

partment of Agriculture would be a val-

uable aid in the conduct of the work of

such an auxiliary organization. A request

addressed to either the congressman of

the district in which the club is located,

or the Secretary of Agriculture, at VVash-

ington, will bring this literature. Every

club which desires to do anything along

this line should take initiatory steps for

the organisation of junior clubs and send

at once for the literature mentioned.





 





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The second annual meeting of the Tus-

County Asociation of Farmers’ Clubs was

held in Hotel Montague, Caro,vMarch 3,»

1910. The Association comprises the Hick-





cry. Indianfields and Ellington-Almer

Clubls with a membership of about 200

m a .



The meeting was called to order by

Pres. Chas. Smith at 11 o’cloek a. in.

After a few words of welcome the pro—

gram was formally opened with a musical

selection. A paper, “The fat of the land.”

gave Miss Martha Purdy an opportunity

to show how well posted she was in the

beauties of farm life and advantages to

be gained by a proper caring of nature’s

bounties. Recitation, “Plum Creek Func-

tion,” Margaret R. Wright. Vocal

9030. Kiss Mattie Cool. “Parcels Post and

Postal Savings Bank,” by C. L. Wright.



cssiori led by tax-Postmaster Fred

Slocum. Hickory Club Quartette, in full

drgss and color, was so pleasing that a

second selectitm was called for. Willie

25:51:, .80 vhewitchitng in his first recitation.



_ upon 9 appear again. A vocal

diet by Mr. and Mn. John Mantel closed

the first half (1 the Fm. When din-

ner was announced. Ushered to their

places 1n the banquet hall or the hotel to

inqurains of most delightful music, 125

rs of the clubs partook of the

.9, m we!“ {gal/fled by Messrs. Mon-

We and son. was a pleasant feature

(1 file “flag to the banquet served





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of the entire care. »



At the conclusion of the dinner the pro-

gram Was again continued, preceded by

a short business session when officers for

the coming year were elected. Chas. \V.

Smith, president; W. F. Dowiing, vice~

president, and Mrs. C. L. Wright, secre-

tar and treasurer; while W. F. Dowling,

C. L. Wright and Robert Park were ap-

pointed a committee to draft constitution

and by-iaws to govern the Association.

It was voted to hold a union picnic in

August, instead of the several club pic-

nics. The question box was then dis-

posed of and Nelson Hatch spoke on the

“Cause and remedy for the present high

prices.” His points were able discussed

by B. L. Ransford. “My Old Kentucky

Babe," by the Indianfields quartctte in

costume, interspersed with the antics of

“Wet Nurse Smith,” who could not go

“Hamburg Steak,” was vociferously en-

cored. After a whistling duet by Mar-

garet and Hubert Wright, the program

was concluded by a. union chorus of all

the clubs.



Resolutions endorsing parcels post and

a system ‘of postal savings banks were

adopted and a copy ordered mailed to both

the United States senators and the con-

gressman from the 8th district—Mrs. C.

L. Wright, Secy.





 





,CLUB DISCUSSIONS.



Hold L0cal Option Meeting.—-—'l‘hc \Vash-

ington Center Club held its March meet-

ing on the 10th, with Mr. and Mrs. George

Hill at “Elmcroft,” with over 60 in at~

tendance. This was local option meeting

and after the usual routine of business

the following topics were taken up and

well discussed: “Has local option been

a benefit to Gratiot county?” “What has

been the effect of local option on busi-

ness, morals and the general welfare of

our county?” “Have we, as good citizens,

done our whole duty in helping to enforce

the local option laws?” These were very





interesting topics. and were well dis-

cussed. “Local option and politics” was

also touched upon. This club believes





local option has been of great value to

Gratiot county, that business and morals

have greatly improved in the last two

years. Its effect is beneficial also in poll—

tics; none but temperance men need ap-

ply for office. A humorous reading by

Mrs. Brattin, solo by Mrs. Wm. Long,

with a. duet by the little Misses Grin-

baugh, were much enjoyed. Our famous

quartette fairly excelled themselves at

this meeting, and Master Fred and Miss

Hazel Hill gave charming recitations.

“Late and early sheep shearing” was then

discussed, with the majority in favor of

early shearing. Many questions from the

question box were answered, and the club

adjourned to meet April 14, with Mr. and

Mrs. John Zigler.~—Mrs. J. Campbell,

Cor. Sec.





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Farm arithmetic problems.



In the Home—I. Common molds.



Humorous recitation.



Why is it worth while: 1. To test seed.-

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To spray for fruit?



Instrumental music.



Roll call, responded to by each member

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Music and recitation in charge of the

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(Paper presented at a meeting of Inf—l,"

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Whitlock).



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very few regions have, been visited by one

who is an expert in'some one or more

of the more difficult families." It will

never be exactly known what species grew

in large areas, since tens of thousands of

acres of the virgin wilderness have been

burned over and plowed under.



But it is probably a true statement that

no territory of corresponding size on this

continent has possessed so great an

amount of valuable timber as has Mich-

igan. Not less than 20,000,000 acres, or

one-half the area of the state was origi-

nally covered with pine. Michigan, with

much less territory than Great Britain,

has nine times the variety of trees com-

mon to the soil, Great Britain having only

10 species while Michigan has about 90.

as follows: Six maples, basswood. white—

wood, honey locust, Kentucky coffee tree,

three cherries, pepperidge. five ashes, sas-

safras, three elms, hack-berry, mulberry.

buttonwood, black walnut, butternut,

eight hickories, 13 oaks, chestnut. beech,

flour tree birches. larch, irbor vitae.

red cedar, three villain of tree size, five





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poplars, three pines, three spruce, hem-

lock and balsam flr.



The whole plant life of Michigan con-.

tains 1,634 varieties, including 165 trees

and shrubs, and at least 40 of these trees

and shrubs can be cultivated for orna~

ment. It is true that where we would

find 60 species in Michigan on corres-

ponding territory we would find over 6,000

in the tropics of South America, yet the

beauty of the tropical forest can seldom

compare with the magnificence of a. Mich.

igan white pine forest. It is a. mixture

of evergreens, deciduous trees and shrubs,

mingled with autumnal tints with here

and there a stream, hill, valley, or beau—

tiful lake, making a charming whole that

can hardly be surpassed.



The great lakes exert a strong influence

on the flora of Michigan by equalizing the

tcmperuture. The western side of the

state is warmer than a corresponding lati—

tude on the eastern side, owing to the

southwesterly winds across Lake Michigan

and therefore we find in the central and

western part of the lower peninsula trees

such as tulip trees, the coffee tree, honey

locust, dogwood, mulberry, etc., which

really belong to Ohio and central Illinois.

For the same reason the peach and other

fruit districts in portions of the state

compare favorably with districts in Del-v

aware and Maryland that are farther

south and near the ocean.



Many river valleys of the lower penin-

sula, with their sandy and stony drift.

support a heavy growth of oak often in—

terspersed with black walnut, hickory and

white ash, the margins of the rivers and

near-by swamps being well supplied with

black ash, soft maple, chestnut, oak, elm,

liackberry, sycamore and butternut. “'il—

lows, dogwoods. viburnums and button

bush are well-known shrubs of the swamp

unless it may be the viburnum. ’i‘he (lif-

ferent varieties of sweet Viburnum have





for their common name, sheep berry.

wormy berry. cranberry tree, etc., and

are small trees along the borders of

swamps.





Drier ground grows in abundance the

haze], hawthorn, wild cherry and plum,

.luncberry and witch hazel. Tamarack,

a valuable timber, is frequently found in

the swamps of the southern part of the

state, while arbor vitae, often called white

cedar, takes its place farther north. This

wood was used by the Indians to strength—

cn their canoes and for making baskets.

Its fluids are of medicinal value, and its

fresh young branches are used in broom

making.



As we move away from the streams on

to the uplands, the gravels and sands

give way to clay loam and black soil and

we find the prevailing timber to be beech,

maple, and oak in about equal propor~

tions. \‘Ve usually find the beech and

maple growing together, forming magnifi-

cent forests of great size. The beech and

sugar maple are the most common trees

of Michigan and are, found all over the

southern peninsula on the timbercd land.

As we go northward much of the maple

is of the curly, or birdseye kind, so much

used in furniture and parts of railway-

coachcs. '



“'hite oak is valuable, also white ash,

which is found in various parts and stands

without a rival for the making of farm

implements. floors. cabinet ware, and for

the finishing of churches and dwellings.

It is famous for its elasticity. strength and

beauty. It grows rapidly and ofttimes to

at large tree.



Black walnut is an indicatimi of good

soil. but it is rapidly becoming scarce.

Rock or white elm are large, perfect, tall,

straight and valuable trees. found in large

quantities in the central part of the SOUtIlv

crn peninsula.‘ The lumber from these

trees is used in making farm implements,

railway cars. etc. The black ash of bot~

tom lands is used for rails, hoops, baskets

and cabinet ware.



The Kentucky coffee tree is not common

to this latitude. It is a tree with few

limbs and wavy bark. It has a brown

curved pod two inches broad and from

six to ten inches long, containing hard

gray seeds half an inch in diameter. In

the south the seeds were once used as a

substitute for coffee. The pepperidge tree,

when grown with top well exposed, has

numerous small branches growing at

nearly right angles from a short main

axis.



(Concluded next week).





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