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CURRENT COMMENT

S e v e r y farmer
knows, “lost mo-

Loét MOT tion” is undesirable in
“on 1" farm machinery. The
Farming mower or bin (1 e r

which is loose in all
its hearings will not do efficient. work.
The power applied to it is largely con-
sumed in the operation of the machine,
instead of being delivered where it is
needed for efficient. operation. This
lost motion also greatly increases the
wear and tear on the machine, until
it becomes a discouraging task to try
to use it and it is finally discarded.

There is a valuable lesson in the his-
tory of the old machine which has an
application to the owner’s business,
and this means every farmer. There
is a great deal of.“lost motion” in the
operation of the average farm, and
this “lost motibn" is a great factor—
possibly the greatest single factor—«in
determining the profit resulting. from
the operation of the business.

Lost motion in the operation of a
farm is of so many kinds that it is
scarcely possible to classify it, much
less to catalogue it. But with his at-
tention directed to it, any farmer can
discover plenty of it by an analysis of
his own business in the light of easily
remembered experiences.

A trip through any farming section
at almost any time during the crop«
growing season will reveal striking ex-
amples of this waste resulting from
lost motion on every hand. One farmer
will have gone to the labor and ex-
pense of preparing a field a‘hd planting
a crop, but due to the use of poor seed
gets a poor stand, thus limiting the
possibility of a profitable crop at the
outset. Another‘will have planted more
crops than he can properly care for
and is unable to till them properly
with much the same result. Others
have failed to fit the seedbed properly,
and still others have planted crops not
adapted to the soil, or on land so poor
in tilth or so poorly drained as to pre-
clude the possibility of a profit from
them. -

These are typical examples of “lost
motion" in farming which might be
multiplied indefinitely. They are wor-
thy of the careful thought and study of
every farmer. Obviously it is an irre-
parable waste to expend time, the thing
of which life is made up, in the devel-
opment of .1081: motion if it can be
avoided. .

Unfortunately all the lost motion

.cannot be eliminated in even the

most perfect running machine. But by
comparison, the well adjusted, swell

:oiled machine runs smoothly in com-
parison to the neglected and wornout

one. Nor can all the lost motion be

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seed drillclean and free from grain of

  

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There are some natural handicaps
which cannot be foreseen or easily sur-
mounted. But if all the lost motion
possible is eliminated there will be.
much.the same difference in the result-
ing efficiency—and the resulting prof-
its—~as there is in the efficiency of the
two types of machines wfith which ev-
ery farmer is familiar.

How can most of this lost motion be
eliminated? First, by careful thought
and planning in advance of the sea—
son’s campaign and second by constant
vigilance during the producing season.
In many cases a smaller acreage of cul-
tivated crops, planted on better pre-
pared and fertilized soil. using better
seed and giving better care throughout
the growing season is a step in the
right direction. This will in many
cases make time available for the im-
provement of land for future cropping,
as in the drainage of wet areas, the ap-
plication of lime or marl where these
soil amendments are needed, the grow-
ing of green manure crops to supply
needed humus, etc, all without actu-
ally reducing the current farm income
and at the same time increasing the
chance for future profits from the op-
eration of the farm. Think it over!
Plan now to cut out all the lost, mo.
tion possible in farming operations.

BOP improvement
work has made

Seed great progress here in
Gra’n Michigan. The work
Plots of the scientists at, the

agricultural college in
developing new varieties of small grain
crops has attracted the attention of
agricultural college workers from oth-
er states and added millions of dollars
to the value of the state’s production
of rye, wheat, oats and barley. Men
who are well—posted in farm crop sta-
tistics claim that the work of improve-
ment in small grain crops alone has
added sufficient net income to the
farmers of Michigan to more than pay
the annual cost of maintaining the col-
lege at East Lansing.

The future of crop improvement
work here in _Michigan depends largely
upon how the men on the farms coop-
erate with the authorities in charge of
the work. If they take advantage of
the increasing demand for pedigreed
grain seed and give their crops the re
quired attention, the field for produc-
ing seed grain offers inviting induce-
ments. One of the big problems con-
fronting farmers who grow improved
varieties of small grain crops is that of
maintaining the purity of varieties.
The seed they purchase for the origi—
nal seed plots is produced under the
most favorable conditions where ap-
proved systems of head selection have
been practiced for a series of years. If
they maintain these seed plots in prop—
er condition there is no reason why
they should not succeed in maintaining
the purity and quality of the seed used
for their field crops. By cooperating
with the field specialists in charge of
the work at the college they will find
it easy to make comparatively rapid
progress with their Work of producing
pedigreed grain for shipment to other
states. A firm foundation has been laid
and the sales organization of the Mich-
igan State Farm Bureau is making rap-
id progress in developing better main
kets for carload shipments of small
grain seeds.

One of the factors in producing pedi-
greed grains which needs to be empha-
sized is the care of the seed plot. Suc-
cessful growers prefer to seed small
plots on some of their most productive
grain land. They prepare the seed bed
as nearly perfect as approved methods
of tillage will permit, and sow the seed
at the-proper time, in most instances
as early as possible within reaSon. In
the case of some crops of small‘grain
a few days delay is desirable as a pro-
tection against destructive insect
pests. Care must‘be taken to have the

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other kinds and varieties. Some'suc—
cessful growers leave a narrow path
between each width of the drill. This
may be done by allowing the wheel of
the drill to return‘in the track made
by the wheel on the strip already seed-
ed. This leaves a fourteen-inch path
unseeded.

During the growing period all nox-
ious 'weeds and large weeds will be
detrimental to the crop and should be
removed. The path between the drill
widths is useful in that it allows ready
access to the plot with a minimum
amount of damage to the standing
grain. Weeding should be done from
time to time through the season. When
the plot heads out “rogueing” should
start. Rogueing is the process of erad-
icating the grain plants that are, off-
type, or those of other varieties: any-
thing foreign to the plot should be re-
moved. The more carefully that this
is done, the purer will be the resulting
seed. The plot should be carefully
rogued three or four times before the
harvest, and more especially should
the plot be carefully rogued the day
that it is to be cut, as at this time the
differences that have‘not shown before
may be more readily noticed.

Further operations should all be
done by hand, where possible, unless
great care is taken to see that all ma-
chinery is faultlessly clean. The binder
may be used for cutting if all adhering
straw and heads have been removed,
but preferably cut the seed plots by
hand. It is, absolutely essential that
the threshing be done by hand. The
easiest method is to use the flail; be
sure that the barn floor is perfectly
clean. When the seed plots are large,
or in exceptional cases, the threshing
machine may be used, but only when
one is perfectly certain the stray
grains have been removed, and then it
is advisable to thresh only when the
grain from the plot is of a different
nature from that which has been
threshed in the machine previously;
never thresh wheat after rye or rye
after wheat. In cleaning the seed be
absolutely sure that all foreign grains
are. removed from the fanning—mill.'
Clean all the sieves and be certain
that all parts of the machine are per-
fectly free from other grain seeds. All
growers of this class of seed are advis-
ed to maintain special seed plots where
they can do some of their own work of
seed selection and improvement. Work-
ing with the seed plots will give one a
better idea of field work and insure a
better supply of seed for commercial
crops. The secret of success is care
and thoroughness‘all the way through.

ECENT press dis-
patches from Cu-
Sugar ba indicate the proba-
and bility of that country
Beet Prices placing a temporary
export embargo on old
crop sugars. This proposed step is
said to be due to the demoralized con-
dition of the world’s sugar market and
to the contention of Cuban planters
and mill operators that they cannot
produce at present, prices. These dis-
patches state that government action
in Cuba may extend to the establish-
ment of a general sales board and the
floating of government loans to finance
the handling of the crop.

Possibly this action may benefit beet
sugar manufacturers by advancing the
market after the expiration of the pe-
riod which fixes the price for beets, as
did the criminally speculative market
of last year. Quite probably it will not
help beet growersthis year, but any
move toward stabilization of the Cuban
sugar market to prevent the violent
fluctuations which have characterized
the sugar market in the past year will
ultimately benefit them.

al‘n any event the Cuban sugar situ-
ation is the 'key to the world sugar
market and should be considered in the.
settlement of Michigan sugar beet con-
tracts. ' '

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News Of the Week ,,

, Wednesday, November 17.
FFICIALS of the Mexican govern—
ment send an earnest invitationto

PreSIdent-elect Harding to visit Mexi-
co during his present trip—Secretary

of the Treasury Houston will recom- ‘

mend to congress an'increase in the
excise tax on automobile sales—Rob
bers take over $3,000,000 from a train
near Council Bluffs, Iowa.——Sixteen
men are caught in a mine near Earling—
ton, Ky., by a fire—Under the redis-
tribution of congressmen according to
the new census, Michigan will have
seventeen members in that body in-
stead of t.hirteen.——Ukranian troops are
retreating before the Soviet forces.—
All British troops will be withdrawn
from Persia.
Thursday, November 18.

HE foreign minister of the Russian

Soviet government warns Great
Britain that the participation of the
British fleet in the evacuation of
Crimea by General VVrangel would be
construed as a hostile act—Much dam-
age is done to shipping along the At-
lantic coast by a heavy gale—The
president of the New York Building
Trades Council is indicted on charges
of attempting to extort money from
contractors.—~Three persons are killed
in street car accidents north of Flint.”
Forty thousand persons are rescued
from Crimea by United States ships.

Friday, November 19.

REAT BRITAIN is preparing ah

agreement to carry out arrange-
ments for carrying on trade with Rus-
sia—It is announced by the League of
Nations that Spain, Great Britain,
France and Belgium will send troops
to Vilna to maintain order during the
plebiscite—Retail food prices in this
country show a decline of three per
cent during the month of October.—
Sixty workmen are buried under a fall-
ing wall at Indianapolis—‘The daily
newspaper published by the Non-Par-
tisan League at Aberdeen, South Da-
kota, goes into the hands of a receiver.
#Representatives of the oil industry
in session at. Washington predict a.
supply of petroleum sufficient to take

care of the demands for several gen-.

erations.
Saturday, November 20.
ASING their action on the claim
that the allies have not kept their
agreement, Germany declares she is no
longer bound by the Versailles pact.
ceding her colonial possessions—Very

grave fears are. expresSed that thirty- ‘

two persons are lost from the Spanish
steamer Yute, off the coast of New
Jersey—Agitation against Germany
caused rioting by the Czecho-Slavs at
Prague—High officials of the United
States Shipping Board will be haled
before the congressional committee
now investigating the board’s affairs—-
The Italian chamber of deputies votes
to grant women the right of suffrage.

Sunday, November 21.
THE applications of fourteen coun.
tries, not including Germany, .for
admission to the League of Nations,
are now being considered by that body.
-—The Pacific coast leaders discredit
United States census figures on the
number of Japanese in the western
states.——VVith the 1920 deer season
drawing to a close, upper peninsula cit-
izens appear desirous of a new regula-
tion which would open and close the
deer and partridge seasons in alternate
years—Premier Meighen of Canada
declares that Canada vmust retain a

protective tariff.

Monday, November 22.

T is announced that negotiations

between Poles and the Russian Sov- -

iet delegation at Riga have been brok-
en off.~—Scores are slain and many in-
jured in wholesale massacres which
terrify Dublin—“It is announced that
republican leaders will urge upon
President-elect Harding the negotia-
tion of separate peace treaties with
Germany and Austria—The condition
of the former empress of Germany
grows increasingly serious.—~Hog pric-
es reach the lowest level since 1913.—
The League of Nations is summoned to
take immediate steps to aid Armenia.
—Armenia declines to sign a peace
treaty with Turkey.
Tuesday, November 23.

HE condition of the Crimean ref-

ugees aboard the ninety or more
ships now anchored in the Bosphorus
is appalling, these people are reported

to be facing starvation—The big pow- '

ers threaten to boycott Greece should

that country restore Constantine to the

throne.——Wholesale prices of breadde—

eline two cents in Detroit—The Ar-..

menian government has resignedz—jr
The treaty between Italy and (use:

   

 

 

 

  

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In comparing “60 pel cent” and “50 per cent’ piotein meat meal tankages,
both gioups did about, equally well, the average daily gains being practically

the same.

The feed requirement. was almost identical.

Quality and reliabil-

ity of the manufacture1 is the thing to watch in buying tankage.

Ames Tests Answer Swine Questions

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HOULD swine men buy commer-
S cial feeds? Which ones a1e the

best? Can rooting be prevented?
Is Sudan grass a good substitute for
alfalfa as forage for sows? What is
the value of corn gluten feed for fatten—
ing pigs? What is the effect of a de-
generate sire on a herd? Can orphan
pigs be saved? Which is more econom-
ical, cheap or high—priced tankage? Is
the small, medium 01' big type pig the
best to raise?

These and many similar questions
were answered, 01' partially answered,
by John M. Evyard, in charge of the
swine experimental work at the Iowa
Experiment Station, on the occasion
of the annual Iowa Swine Feeders’ Day
at Ames, November 11.

While hundreds of cadets of Iowa
State College, and thousands of veter—
ans of the world war, and visitors to
the college, were celebrating Armisrice
Day, three hundred and fifty swine
breeders, experiment station men and
representatives of farm papers were
investigating the results of the swine
feeding and breeding experiments that
have been conducted by the Iowa Sta—
tion during the past year. '

Occupying the center of the stage,
as the most extensive and complicated
of the tests, was the work with com-
mercial feeds. For several years Mr.
Evvard has been working on the prob-
lem of the merits of the proprietary
feeds as compared with the standard
corn belt ration of corn, tankage and
salt. The tests this year form a part
of the service that he is rendering to
swine by testing out. under practical
conditions, the growth-producing qual-
ities and the\comparative costs of var-

' -ious rations.

As in the past the results this year
point to a vindication of the standard
ration. But the case was not‘ so clear
as it has been in some instances in the
past, for some of the commercial feeds
eclipsed the check ration, both in
amount and economy of gain.

It is well to bear in mind, however,
in considering the results of such tests,
that the records of a single experiment
are inadequate as an absolute guide
and that, with varying factors, such as
feed costs, the results are bound to
shift somewhat from year to year.

As Mr. Evvard pointed out. the re-
sults are valuable largely as a guide.
They furnish the basis on which hog

iaisers can figtne out their own p111»
licular needs.
Two General Lines of Tests Followed.

The experiments with commercial
feeds were divided this year into two
classes, those with basal specialty
feeds—feeds which form the, major
part of the rationwand those with sup—
plemental specialty feeds—feeds which
supply nutritional deficiencies in the
major feed.

Fifteen lots of five pigs each were
used in the basal feed tests. All feed-
ing started on July 22, the pigs aver—
aging ninety pounds at the beginning
and being of the same general charac»
ter. All were pastured on rape.

The check lot were fed shelled corn,
tankage and block salt, all self—fed.
The tests ran for one hundred days, at
the end of which
time pr ic cs were not-‘
ed, the 1esults anal-
yzed and other data
secured.

The check lot gave
a final weight of 236
pounds; made a daily
gain of 1.51411011I1ds;
ate 5.7 pounds of
feed daily and requir-
ed 375 pounds of feed
to produce 100 lbs.
of gain. The cost of
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C1 ’ fientment on left versus discontent on right. it is enti1el
of baranced and adequate versus unbalanced or

a question

inadequate rations. The

smaller pig is rooting under the fence, while the other is patiently waiting

for someone to open the gate.

The cost. was $8.97, Ames lllltfPS, and
$8.72 factory prices.

t)nly one feed made a more coo/nom-
ical gain than the above. It is made
up of corn germ meal, shorts. tankagc,
corn feed meal, alfalfa. cane molasses
and salt. The cost of 100 pounds gain
with this feed came to $8. 61 for Ames
prices and $8.7 .15 for facton mices The
final weight of pig. in this 101, how-
ever, was only 221 pounds.

All other feeds ranged below the
check lot. The, poorest weight made
was 190 pounds and the highest cost
$14.85, Amos prices.

Tests for supplemental feeds were
run in practically the same manner.
The most striking result was the fact
that corn alone does not produce the
economical results. that it Deeds :1 high
protein supplement.
Pigs fed a ration of
COl'n alone weighed
out at the end of
ninety days at only
114 pounds, whereas
all of the supple-
mented rations made
higher cheaper gains.

The value of tank-
age as a supplement
for corn was clearly
demonstrated. The
corn, tankage, salt. lot
was one of the. best.

 

is of Ames prices
was $9.14 per 100 His
lbs. and $9.10 on has-

is of the prices quored at, the factory.

Three of the commercial feeds ex—
ceeded the check lot in the matter of
final weight, but only two produced
cheaper gains. In all of the, three ra»
tions which made the highest weights
hominy or red dog flour figured prom-
inently.

A‘ yellow hominy feed which showed
up well gave a final average weight, of
337 pounds. The feed consumption to
produce 100 pounds of gain was 351)
pounds. But the cost of the gain vas
higher than for the check lot, $11 at
Ames prices and $10.32 at the factory
prices. 3

The best. showing on gain, and sec-
ond best as to economyof gain, was
made by a special hominy feed com-
posed of hominy. corn, red dog flour,
corn germ meal, tankage and salt. Here
a final average weight of "57 pounds
was secured. at a feed‘consumption of
only 349 pounds for 100 pounds of gain.

 

“-11.113131 pig of the 31% received, in addition to corn, tankage and salt,

1 E or milled feed, composed of high’grade hot?-

Our Modern Swine Sprang from

Semisoiid b 11 t t. e r-
Inilk showed up well,
but, the gains were
more expensive than for tankag e. A
mineral mixture used as a substitute
for salt, made the most economical
gains of any of the feeds. l‘sed with
corn and tankage it. produced pigs that
weighed 185 pounds average at the end
of the test. at a feed cost of $6.05 Ames
prices.

Kind.

How to Prevent Rooting.

For many of the visitors the most
interesting disclosure of the day was
the effect of a balanced ration on root-
ing. In two adjoining bluegrass pas—
ture lots 1 saw two groups of five pigs.
One of the lots was torn up from end
to end. the other was smooth and un-
touched.

The secret ot' the difference was the
rations that the two groups of pigs
had received. The “non—rooters” re
ceived the. same feed but with the ad-
dition of tankage. The corn alone lot,
weighed at the end of ninety days only
109 pounds find they required 419

pounds of fee (1 to 1111‘. or. 100 pounds
of gain. The tankage iox’ weighed 171
pounds and took only 347 pounds of
feed for 100 pounds gain.

Not. only did the 111111;:1ge show bet.»
ter gains but, the pigs Were a much
better and more conwntcd looking
bunch. Mr. livyard lit-it] up this ex~
periment as an example-1 oi what tank—
age will do in the ratirm. He claims
that tankage 0' any min-r high protein
supplement. will keep hogs from. root
ing. Unless they get the protein that
they require in their ration, pigs will
do the best, they can and row, for it.

An Observation on Breeding.

Which is the lush—1’ work, breeding
up 01' breeding down '3 1111»: has only to
make the acquaintanw- 111' Sus Scrofa.
the wild boar owned lg." lo 1a State
t‘ollege. and his pi'ogci'_;..' to know the
answer to this question.

Last spring the wild boar ’as cross—
ed on :1. purebred Poland thina sow
Swine day Visitor. 1111113 given a look
at the litter that. resulted The sight

'11s grotesque but it 5111.: its moral.
None, of the pigs, alllrt'nigh they are six
months old, weigh oir-r 100 pounds.
The host gain that thcy have made is
less than half a pound a day. They
show none. of the chai 'atteristics of
their I'oland (“hina dam. but are the
duplicates in color, size and conforma—
tion of their wild sirc. Their long legs,
sharp shouts, peaked tricks, poor pas-
terns show how rapid; the breeding
work of generations may be» undone by
a single bad cross.

“We want ed to sec how fast and how
far back we. could ii); in one genera—
tion,” said Mr. Evvard. “and now we
know. With :1 single 10D cross we
have rcvcrtcd to the: primitive ances—
tor of the modern pig.”

Alfalfa Superior to Sud-an Grass for

Hogs.

in experiments «inquiring Sudan
grass and alfalfa as :1 Mirage for sows,
alfalfa came. off with dying colors.
Four lots of sons wuw used, two of
them without corn and two with. In
both cases where corn was left out of
the ration, the sows L'ost weight, the
ones on alfalfa ..122 pounds a day and
the ones on Sudan giass 7136. \Vith
corn the alfalfa sows made. a daily gain
of .159 pounds but. 1}\ en wit 11 com, the
Sudan grass lot 10st .418 pounds daily.
The addition of corn sated $3.7 2 per
sow for those that were on alfalla. and

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The pig on the left received in addition to his self-fed shelled corn and,
a salt ration, a good grade of 60 per cent prdtein ta‘nkage, but his mate on the
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THE MICHIGA

N FARMER

NOV. 27, 1920.

News of the Agricultural World

FARM BUREAU NEWS.

W. NICOLSON, secretary of the
‘1' International Crop Improvement
Association and director of the Seed
Department of the State Farm Bureau,
has mailed the program of the second
annual meeting of the International
Crop Improvement Association, which
takes place at the Stock Yard Inn, Chi-
cago, December 1.

Entries and material for the exhibit
of Michigan at the International Hay
and Grain Show to be held in Chicago
at the same time as the International
Live Stock Exchange, has been sent
by M. A. C. The exhibition will show
Michigan’s three-part program of seed
handling. Those three parts are plant
breeding, certification and marketing.
The part that the Seed Department of
the State Farm Bureau plays in Mich-
igan’s seed business will be graphically
shown.

The elevator exchange is now a
month old. It has handled one hundred
cars of grain and is composed of thir-
ty-three member cooperative associa‘
tions. An illustration of the advantage
of a private wire is embodied in a bus-
iness transaction which occurred re-
cently. A Buffalo correspondent wired
the elevator exchange, the telegram
leaving at 11:30 and being in the hands
of our sales manager at 11:38, reply
reaching Buffalo at 11:48, or a lapse
of eighteen minutes from time Ines-
sage was sent until reply was received.
Shortly after telegram of booking was
received at, Buffalo, the wheat market
declined seven cents per bushel. The
private wire operation, therefore. sav-
ed tl1e exchange and its members this
difference.

The board of directors of the ex-
change at. its last meeting, ordered that
a hay department of the exchange be
established and an experienced direc—
tor placed in charge. The principal
demand for the handling of hay comes
from the farmers of the upper penin-
sula where " ,500 cars of hay will have
to be moved this season. The Thumb
district also has a considerable quan-
tity of hay to market. Most of the as-
sociations ot‘ the exchange have signed
an agreement to handle hay as well as
grain and beans.

TO FINANCE CATTLE FEEDERS.

LANS of Chicago bankers for

financing the western live stock in-
dustry to the possible extent of $20,-
000,000 have been put into shape and
it is probable the plan will be in oper-
ation within a fortnight.

It is the proposal of the Chicago
bankers, in cooperation with those of
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Kansas City,
Omaha and other cities who are pri-
marily interested in live stock loans,
to finance the live stock growers to an
extent that wiil i‘emove the necessity
Bf dumping immatune and brieeding an-
imals 011 the market and thus safe-
guard the future meat supply of the
country. There is no intention of
financing any speculative move which
will prevent selling of live stock fit
for market in an endeavor to obtain
higher prices.

The scheme under which the banks
will operate will hold no profit for the

a ready market Such paper will beM
taken at a ten per cent interest rate
from the banks andc’ompanies tending
it. Then the corporation will issue
its own notes at eight per cent to a
trustee holding the $20,000,000 fund.
Thus the loans will be made.

The differential of two per ce-.t will
be used to cover the expenses of the
corporation and possible losses on
loans. Any surplus at the winding up
of the business of the corporation \"ill
be distributed pro rata to the banks
and loan companies which sold papei
to the corporation. Thus there will be
no profit for the corporation and its
officers will receive no salaries. The
management will be vested in an ex-
ecutive committee.

RAILROADS TO ELIMINATE SPE-
CIAL FAIR RATES.

AIR men from all over the country

will meet in Chicago December 3:
to protest against a proposed increase
in railroad rates which would double
the expense to exhibitors. George W.
Dickinson of Detroit president of the
International Association of Fairs and
Expositions, has received notice that
the railroads p1opose to do away with
the schedule which allows exhibitors
at fairs a one-way rate for the round
trip, 01 their products from farm to
fair and back to the farm. This rate
has been allowed by the railroad, said

.Dickinson, to stimulate interest in
fairs which have been recognized as
valuable factors in building up the
country. Even during wartime, the one-
way schedule was allowed to remain in
force.

Mr. Dickinson declared the proposed
change in rate would not only mean
financial loss to the fairs themselves,
but would. impose a hardship on ex-
hibitors of moderate means, and prob-
ably mean that many high- class ani
mals and farm products would not be
shown.

The fair men will also elect officers
and make general plans for enlarging
and improving fairs the country over.

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MICHIGAN TO SEND LARGE EX-
HIBIT TO INTERNATIONAL.

HE following just received from

‘Professor Cox, of the farm crops
department of the M. A. C. indicates
the part Michigan will have in the
Grain and Hay Show at the Interna-
tional:

The Michigan Agricultural College
exhibit at the Chicago International
Grain and Hay Show being arranged
chiefly by this department, will be a
much more carefully prepared exhibit
than has ever been sent up on such an
occasion by this institution.

The Crop Improvement Association,
the Farm Bureau Seed Department,
and the Potato Growers’ Association,

 

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ture delivery started on July 15. The
highest and lowest price of wheat at

the highest and lowest price for No.

hard winter wheat on the Chicago market since trading in wheat for fu-

white area shows for each day the
Chicago for the December delivery.

The lines show how erratic the market has been and that the price for the

December delivery has been below the
count on the former varying somewhat

cash price, the amount of the dis-
at different times._

WEEKLY RANGE CHICAGO C ASH PRICES N02 HARD WINTER WHEAT

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banks beyond an interest rate of eight ..

per cent on the money used. This rate
is the same as now obtained on loans
on the best commercial paper.

The banks entering into the plan will
form a corporation under the laws of
Virginia with a purely nominal capital
of $500. This, corporation will take live
stock paper from the banks and loan
companies now carrying it No new

‘ loans will be made but only outstand-'

for which there is not

_ The black area shows for each week the highest and lowest price for
No. 2 hard winter wheat on the Chicago market, The “X” indicates the date

upon which trading in wheat for future

delivery was 'resumed’. A very sharp

decline followed. This was followed later by another decline which reached

the lowest point on. Catcher 5.

. all of them cow's milk has

are cooperating in developing the cen-
tral idea of Michigan’s college exhibit
-—-Michigan mobilized for maintaining
high-quality seed-—showing the part
played by the Michigan Agricultural
College in developing varieties, by the.
Crop Improvement Association in in-
creasing varieties under inspection and
by the Farm Bureau Seed Department
in accomplishing sale. 1'
Michigan will also be represented 11:
a very large entry list in small grai.1
classes. Prof. A. L. Bibbins states
that over two hundred samples c’
small grains have been sent him to
date, many of them of a very high
quality. .

SWINE QUESTION ANSWERED.

(Continued from preceding page).
only sixty-nine cents for the ones on
Sudan grass.

Experiments with swine types indi-
cate, Mr. Evvard thinks, that the ideal
110g will be found somewhere between ‘
the big and medium types. He showed
his guests three lots, one of the large
type, one of the medium and one of
the small. The small type pigs made,
a poor appearance. They were light
in weight and especially susceptible to
110g diseases. The medium type lot
were heaviest but they had reached
the top of their stride in gaining. The
large type, although they weighed a
little less than the medium, had been
busy building bone, legs and frame and
weie rapidlv inc1easing theiI rate of
gain.

Raising Orphan Pigs.

As to orphan pigs, Mr. Evvard has
some decided opinions. In the first
place, he -does not believe that they
should be a practically dead loss to
the farmer. During the past year he
has tried several tests to determine
the best substitute for sow's milk. In
been the
basis of the feed and supplements have
been added to make it comparable to
sow‘s milk in richness and palatabil-
ity. He has found that whole milk
alone gives very satisfactory results
but that even better things can be
done if feeds high in vitamine content
are added.

To this end he has added to the
whole milk such supplements as on
ange juice, tomato juice, eggs, sugar,
cream and wheat embryo. The sugar
and cream gave disastrous results but
the fruit and vegetable juice seemed
to add to the efficiency of the ration.

His work along this line is only in
its initial stage and will be continued
during this year.

HOG PRICES HUNT FOR BOTTOM.
VERAGE hog prices at Chicago
dropped at the close of last week

to the lowest levels since January.
1917, nearly four years ago. Receipts
expanded, but still are not of excessive
volume. The top dropped to $12 at
Chicago. The sacrifice sale in cattle
and the declines in hog product values
were depressing influences in thetrade.
Pigs and light weights continue scarce
so that average weight holds up well.
Evidently farmers are less alarmed
over the hog price outlook than is the
case with cattle feeders. Few farmers
get loans upon their hogs so that pres-
sure to liquidate debts does not weigh
upon the hog market. Eastern mar-
kets did not decline as rapidly as west~
ern points, which brought in buying or-'
ders and caused a sight recovery on
the closing session.

MARKET MEN MEET.

The annual meeting of the National
Association of the state marketing offi-
cials will be held in Chicago at the
Auditorium Hotel, Monday and Tues-
day, aIdoivernber 2930 b ‘

 


"MT 1113 M1 "on I can FA R M ER

Rosen Rye onManitou Islands

Isolated Mcézgmz Island; Grow Pure R05672~By J. F. Cox Form

URING the past eight years Ros-

en Rye has practically supplant

ed other varieties in Michigan
and in other northerfi states where it
has proven to be adapted. Since 1ye
cross- -pollinates freely in the field the
original strain of Rosen Rye, distribut-
ed by tl1e Michigan Agricultmal Col-
lege, has in many localities become
mixed through cross-pollination with
common rye. Much of the rye going
by the name of Rosen is of a hybrid
type, which does not compa1e in yield
or quality with the Rosen/Rye as it
left the hands of Plant Breeder F. A.
Spragg in 1912.

The Michigan Crop Improvement As-
sociation, through registration of seed
and careful field and bin inspection,
has been able to furnish a supply of
high- g—rade Rosen, but since rye is so
easily c10ss- pollinated in the field, the
need has been felt for conditions un~
der which improved strains'of Rosen
may be developed in a large way for
distribution.

In the spring of 1919 the Fa1n1 Ciops
Department of the Michigan Agricul-
tural College made a preliminary sui-

,Ag1icultural College

fa1n1 C10ps department. As on the
mainland, the Rosen during the past
year, markedly out-yielded the com-
mon rye, producing as much as fifty
per cent more grain in yield per’ acre.

During the past fall the Michigan
made a11ange~
ments with the South Manitou Island
farmers which led to the planting of
the entire rye acreage of the island to
an improved strain of Rosen. In the
future superior strains developed by
the plant breeder will be introduced
there for the purpose of rapid increase.
An Island Chapter of the Michigan
Crop Improvement Association has
been tonned by Secreta1y A. I. Bib-
bins, and “Manitou Island Rosen” will
be distributed to farmers through the
Michigan Crop Improvement Associa—
tion and the Farm Bureau Seed De
partment. Under the isolated condi-
tions of the island, and with all island
fa1me1s having agieed to g10w no com—
mon rve and keep down volunteer 1ye,
it is easily possible to gtow a. very
high grade of puie Rosen Rye. Ar-
Iangements have been made to in-

 

 

.The Soil of Manitou is Splendidly Adapted, to the Production of Potatoes-

vey of Michigan islands for the pur-
pose of selecting'an island having the
’proper soil conditions and being tilled
by careful farmers on which improved
strains of Rosen could be planted and
increased, and other va1ieties exclud-
ed. The North and South Manitou
Islands were selected as being best
adapted to this purpose. In the fall of
1919 Mr. J. W. Nicolson, then connect-
ed with the Michigan Agricultural Col-
lege, carried enough head. selected Ros-
en Rye to the South Manitou for the
planting of an increase plat, and inter-
ested farmers of the island in the
planting of Rosen Rye on behalf of the

clude the N01tl1 Manitou also in the
plan 101 supplying Manitou Rosen Rye
Farming on the Manitous.

In the minds of many readers, the
Manitou Islands are associated with
past accounts of the wrecks of great
freighters and passenger ships which
piled up on their shores, during the old
days before government regulation and
coast guard service when ship captains
drove their vessels for record time re—
gardless of storm or ice. Few realize
that on the Manitou Island are to be
found Well-tilled farms, which are be-
ing handled by farmers of high skill
and intelligence.

Cram Department, M. A. C.

 

Adolph Beck Planting Rosen Rye on South Manitou Island.

The North and South Manitou ls-
lands are located in lake Michigan,
app1oximately ten miles from the
shoie of the Leelanau Peninsula, due
we st of hand Tlaverse Bay. They
were settled before the mainland, the
high timber having been removed at
an early date.’ The North Manitou. an
area of approximately fourteen hun»
dred acres, is for the most part, cov-
ered with excellent hardwood second
growth. Only a few farms have been
cleared on this island, one of which is
a large and successful fruit farm pro-
ducing cherries and 11111111... of high
quality. On the South Manitou Island,
the smaller of the two, (about seven
thousand acres in extent), there are a
dozen farmers who, judging from crops
in evidence, rank in ability with the
farmers of the mainland.

The soil of the South Manitou Island
is for the most part a sandy loam,
splendidly adapted to potatoes. Along
the shores most of the soil 1'» rather
light for farming and some of the older
farms have been farmed to the extent
of partial depletion. Those which have
been skillfully handled, howexei p10-
duce potatoes 0f supe1i01 quality and
of higher yields than usual on the
mainland. Corn grown on the island
is as large as that found in central
Michigan, owing to the influence of the
lake. Rye and cats are the chief grain
crops.

The isolation of the island has tend
ed in many ways toward the develop-
ment of specialized farming. Several
of the farmers, whom the yi1‘iter met,
are farming along scientific lines. For
instance, Mr. Geroge llutzler, of the
South Manitou Island, has adopted the
practice of growing sweet clover as a
green manure crop for potatoes. It is
his practice to turn under the entire
crop to prepare the way for potatoes.
Mr. Hutzler is also growing selected

Rosen Rye, carrying on cooperative
work with head selected strains with
the \lithigan Ag1icultuial College.

F111111e1's on the mainland me just
beginning to get togethe1 101 coopet— .
ative puichase and lildlktling. The
island farmers, after many years of
enforced cooperation can furnish con—
siderable valuable information along
the lines of cooperation to those on
the mainland. It is the usual custom
to make up a cargo each spring car-
rying potatoes and grains from all the
farmers of the islands to some such
point as Chicago, Milwaukee, or wher-
ever the market is best. During the
past year the potatoes were marketed
during the time in the spring of great—
est scarcity. The island grains are
known for their high quality and the
potatoes and beans for their excellence
and freedom of disease. W'ithout doubt
wonderful opportunities are offered on
these islands for the development of
the seed business.

The farms of the South Manitou Is-
land are fenced and the. remainder
the island, about six thousand acres,
is used as an open cattle range. Each
farmer marks and releases his cattle
for fattening and each year the cattle
are rounded 11p and shipped by boat to
the mainland. High power rifles over
the hearths of most 01 the houses a1e
taken down in the fall in 01de1 to
bring down the wild cattle.

The island grassfattened cattle
make excellent beef and are in high
repute on the mainland.

For 1111111 and women 01 proper tem—
perament, who are given to reflection
and thought, in addit1on to hard work,
and who can love and appreciate the
rare beauty of these isolated islands,
the, Manitous offer excellent opportm
nities for a happy and successful life.
There are still many zit-res to be clear-
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F the fall of snow two weeks ago

was a false alarm, that which de-

scended the second week of No-
vember looks like real winter. This
was hardly to be expected, however,
for the fall season had hitherto been
unusually drawn out, and the white
Armistice Day of this year is in mark—
ed contrast with the bare ground of
the two former celebrations. But we
are now on runners——inostly so—-and
we may remain there till April. But
the upper peninsula knows how to get
along with the snow. Main roads will
be cleared by tractors, plows and snow-
rollers. Railroads are equipped to han-
dle the heaviest dewnfalls. Our bunk—
‘ ers are full, or will be before naviga-
tion closes a month hence. The notion
recently published in a moving-picture
magazine that this region is absolutely
snow-bound for six months of the year
and deprived of all that makes life
worth living, without any better means
of getting about than dog—sleds and
snowshoes, is the height of absurdity.
Having spent thirty winters in the
southern peninsula and nine in the
‘northern peninsula, I face the coming
season with no bread—~with much con-
tentment of mind. We shall get on
very well.

Many of our farmers are Finns. Ones
fourth of all the Finns in the United
States, by the census of 1910, live in
Michigan, and most of them in the
counties bordering on Lake Superior.
Finland is also a country of long win-
ters. It is much more northerly than
the northern peninsula. Finland is pri-
marily an agricultural country, in
which dairying and forest industries
play the largest part. Our Finns nat-
urally, too, drift to the land, although
numbers of them still work in the
mines or dwell in town. The Finns
have a college at Hancock, primarily
established to train men for the minis-
try. There is a good reason why Suomi
College—"Suomi" being the name by
which Finns call themselves—should
give agricultural instruction, and it is
planned to feature this phase of work.
The college is handicapped by lack of
available land——rit is located on the
main street of the city, with limited
grounds; so 'its agricultural work calls
for a re—location of the institution or
the acquiring of additional land away
from the college. The agricultural in-
struction undertaken by Suomi College
this year, is necessarily of the text—
book sort and for the younger stud»
ents. President Wargelin tells me that
it is planned to expand this work as
soon as may be. The Finns“ are highly
intelligent and very educable people:
and their importance in the develop-
ment of northern Michigan is such that
anything that promises to advance
their efficiency should receive every
encouragement.

THIRD of the upper peninsula
counties maintain home demon-
stration agents under the direction of
the Michigan Agricultural College Ex-
tension Department. The central of-
fice for this work north of the Straits
is in Marquette. Miss Helen E. Simon-
son, the Dickinson county agent, re-
ports that “a milk campaign is being
carried on in the rural schools. Rec-
ords are kept for four months showing
the daily consumption of each child
and increase in weight each month. In
Breen township the superintendent has

" offered five dollars to the child who
gains the most in four months. Talks
on milk have been given to the children
1'11 twenty-two of the schools." The
Quinnesec W'omen’s Club is studying
costuming. A number of clubs have
been organized relating to the making
of garments, etc. The work of these
”H. D. Afs” covers a wide range judg-

 

THE’MICHIGA

 
       

NwraaMEsvi

By L. A. C/zase

ing by the October reports just receiv-
ed at the Marquette office. At one point
a butter-making demonstration is giv-
en. Two millinery clubs with twenty-
seven members each are operating in
another locality. At Anvil, it is stated,
the women are studying millinery in
the afternoon and dress-making in the
evening. The young women at Ram-
say, Gogebic county, have 'formed a
needle-work club. At a South Besse.
mer meeting, held by the “H. D. A.,”
thirty-five women were present, many
of whom spoke little or no English.
“The women talked very informally,”
says the report of this meeting, “and
asked many questions. Evidently all
were asking and answering among
themselves, as they would pick up the
patterns which the H. D. A. had used
for illustrations and explain them to
one another.” At Ramsay a demon-
stration of the use of the sewing-ma-
chine and attachments was given. Help
was given a fifteen-year-old housekeep-
er in buying and making curtains. Two
hundred and four people attended a
series of meetings on feeding of chil-
dren at various points in Houghton
county, it is reported. Three hundred
and seven school children were weigh-
ed and measured. A series of home
demonstration work exhibits was made
a part of the Copper Country Fair.
This illustrates some phases of the
work carried on by these home demon-
stration agents from Chippewa county

likelihood of a shortage through
drought in the summer months. A
meat market man recently placed be-
fore me two halves of sheep which he
had in stockwone home-grown and the
other imported. The contrast as re-
gards fatness was remarkable. In ad-
dition to the operations of a few large
sheep men, the district has seen the
introduction of a scheme of sheep cul-
ture whereby town-dwellers furnish the
capital to purchase sheep which are
then turned over to farmers on an
agreed basis of return to the investor
and the farmer. The plan followed
was suggested to L. M. Geismar, coun-
ty agent of Houghton county, by his
experience in his Alsatian home many
years ago, and it has worked very well
in the copper country, it is said, yield-
ing a high percentage of return all
around.

“The Herald-Leader of Menominee,
announces a disbursement of $400,000
on November 15 to the farmers who
have this season produced beets for
the Menominee River Sugar Company.
Another installment is due December
15. The factory is now in the midst of
what is regarded as a successful run
following a good beet season in its
territory. . '

ENOMINEE county maintains an
agricultural school, whose short
course, intended to serve the needs of
boys and girls who must be back on

 

 

TAKING BOOKS TO RURAL READERS

 

 

 

 

 

The Spies Public Library, of Menominee,
Since last February eleven thousand volumes

the farm folks of the county.

have been circulated outside of the city.

is rendering a real service to

There are thirteen branches in

stores mostly, but one is in an ice cream parlor, and others in a school, a
residence and a cheese factory. The board of supervisors provide for one-

half the expense of the service.

The picture shows one of the containers

filled with books being taken from the station to a branch office in a wheel<

barrow.

 

 

and Drummond Island on the east to
Gogebic county on the west in those
counties which have made provision
for this work. This work carried on in
our small towns and “locations” and
rural districts, where there are many
people of recent European origin,
should help much in the good work of
Americanization. You can’t jamb
“Americanism” down their throats, or
talk them into it. It must come about
normally through the exercise of good
will and helpfulness on both sides.

It is announced that a Chicago pack-
ing house, out of its Ishpeming office,
will put on a campaign for the greater
use of mutton in the interests of sheep
production. This should fall in line
with the efforts of the Upper Peninsula
Development Bureau to encburage the
growing of sheep in the district—ef-
forts which are by no means without
results. The natural forage grass of
the district seems well adapted for
sheep, and there is lots or it with little

  

the farm during the summer season,
will start November 29 and end April
1. The term’s course features automo-
bile and tractor mechanics, involving
valve grinding, tightening bearings,
babbitting, etc. The students live at
the school, where board and room are
cheap, and their work is directly relat-
ed to agriculture. I visited the school
last spring and observed a recitation
in one class, unlike those commonly

heard in school, which was here con-'

fined to the best method of pruning
fruit trees. The school is close to
Menominee but has a considerable
tract of land for out-door demonstra-
tion‘work. The short course students,
this winter, will be allowed a choice of
farm subjects, such as crops, dairying,
soils, poultry and animal husbandry.
The boys will get also, gas engine re-
pairing, and the girls cooking and
dressmaking instruction.

At the close of its campaign for
farm bureau members, Baraga county

 

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.vines with Bordeaux mixture and Par-

   
   

“ NOV." ”[1936; '

Farmers Active Regardless of Snow

had signed up three hundred and thir-
ty members, reports the'L’Anse Senti-
nel. This is ninety per cent of those
solicited. The county is
sparsely settled, and while it has some
excellent farming sections, much of
it is still undeveloped agriculturally.
As a result of the coming of a big
plant to Iron Mountain, that city has
a real estate boom, but the Tribune—
Gazette, of that city, states that it has

been necessary for the Michigan Sew

curities Commission to warn local real
estate operators that some of them are
not complying with the new state law
requiring that they first obtain a state
license.

The Iron River-Stambaugh Reporter
announces a recent second shipment
of cattle from the Triangle Ranch, near
Amasa, northern Iron county, to Chis
cage. The consignment was of fifteen
carloads and went by fast freight over
the Northwestern Line. This leaves
some fifteen carloads yet on the ranch
to go to market later. The Triangle
Ranch is one of the largest and new-
est enterprises of the kind in Clover.
land, having been started this spring.
A late report is that the ranch will be
giyen thirty-five miles of fencing next
spring.

Experimental farming conducted on
the Tennant Farm in Mackinac county
is reported by a contributor to the St.
Ignace Enterprise, to have led to the
following conclusions: “Clear more
land. Build up the soil of the older
farms—hogs and sheep help. Plow in
clover. Manure well. Use commercial
fertilizer, but first send sample of soil
to be planted to your county agent to
be analyzed so that exact chemicals
lacking for particular crops may be
intelligently supplied. Rotate crops.
Buy more high. grade sheep, cows and
hogs. Fatten steers of higher grade
for beef. Build up a creamery, a
slaughter-house and a potato ware-
house. Organize a farmers’ selling as-
sociation to systematize better mar
keting facilities. Treat seed potatoes
scab; spray

is green. Spray fruit trees. Tidy up
the farms. Paint up. Build hog-tight
fences in the hardwood. Clean up.”
Plant more acres is the advice. Use
machines for handling crops; summer
fallow; fall plow; cultivate more, con-
tinues the writer. Raise more poultry
and bees, he says. Farming is a busi«
ness equal to any other business. So
it is. He states that their sheep, hogs,
cows, poultry, oats, peas and potatoes
paid well this year.”

Five garden clubs with two hundred
members in Calumet township school
district No. 2 produced two thousand
dollars worth of produce this summer,
says The Calumet News. This is net
profit. The Trap Rock school is cred~
ited with changing a purely Finnish
settlement into a thoroughly American.
ized community in five years.

Schoolcraft county supervisors in ad-
dition to the one-tenth mill tax for
county fair purposes, have appropriat-
ed five thousand dollars for the erec—
tion and improvement of the stock
sheds on the county fair grounds, an-
nounces the Pioneer-Tribune of Manis-
tique. The supervisors aresaid to
have required little urging for this ap-
propriation, regarding the county fair
as one of the most important institu-
tions in the county. The board also
allowed two thousand dollars for the
continued maintenance of the county
nurse. The nurse had worked person-
ally in every township of the county
besides being accessible in her office
in the court house. Her object, it was
stated, is to prevent rather than cure

disease, and her tact is said to have

established a strong sentiment toward
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'lVi/l tee Cooperative Principles Developed 072 Me Paefie
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(Copyright 1920. Standefd Farm Papers. Inc.)

ARMERS in other states have ap-
Fplied the California cooperative

system to their own marketing
problems in a number of instances. In
several cases conspicuous success has
crowned their efforts; in others the
experiment has not as yet proceeded
far enough to insure final success.

The California idea was carried
northward over the Siskiyous six years
ago into the fruit-growmg valleys of Or-
egon. It took root slowly, for the Ore-
gon farmers remembered previous ex-
periences with cooperative movements
that did not live up to expectations.
But by heeding the lessons of the past
and using the fundamental principles
developed in California, .the Oregon
farmers finally perfected the Oregon
Growers’ Cooperative Society, which
now handles the bulk of the fruit pro-
duced in Oregon. It differs somewhat
from the California associations in that
it handles all the various kinds of fruit
produced in Oregon, but this does not
violate the rule of commodity market-
ing because of the similarity of the
kinds of fruit handled.

Success in Oregon and Washington.

The Oregon Fruit Growers’ Coopera-
tive Society has been the means of se—
c‘nring wonderfully increased prices
for the fruit of its members, and the
fruit Speculators in Oregon are oper-
ating in a restricted field. It does not
as yet command the full support of its
members, however, but its record in
two years of existence compares fav-
orably with the first two years of any
California cooperative. /

The prune growers of southern
Washington have a solid organization
which has been the means of eliminat-
ing speculators from that important
district. At Seattle the poultry produc—
ers’ association is the most potent fac-‘
tor upon the egg market of that city.
Both these organizations were pattern-
ed closely after California organiza-
tions of similar nature.

At Portland is the headquarters of
the Oregon Dairymen’s League, which
has profited by the serious mistakes
of the California milk producers and
perfected an organization that is the-
oretically the best of its kind in the
United States. 'It was launched only a
few months ago, however, and has
since been the object of powerful at-
tacks designed to wreck it.

Cooperation by Grain Growers.

Up in the inland empire around
Spokane, the wheat growers have been
forming a gigantic association to mar-
ket the wheat crop of eastern Oregon,
eastern \Vashington and northern Ida-
ho. This organization is handling close
to ten million bushels of 1920 wheat,
or one-sixth of the amount produced
in the far northwest. These wheat
growers are bound by~contract to de-
liver their grain to the association for
a period of years, and the association
pools the crop and pays each producer
the average price for his grade. At the
rate it is growing, it is expected that
this association will market forty mil-
lion bushels of wheat in 1921. The gen-
eral plan of the wheat association is
almost exactly the same as that out-
lined by Aaron Sapiro before the grain
marketing conference in Chicago on
July 23—24. ’

The plan of the Michigan Potato
GrOwers’ Exchange was taken largely
from the California Fruit Growers’ Ex-
change of Los Angeles, except that the
central exchange exercises much more
complete authority. The'Michigan po-

sts exchange is the outstanding suc-

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ing in the central west. It markets
nearly half of the Michigan potato
crop, and last year, according to the
United States Bureau of Markets, se-
cured for its members over $700,000
more than the prices offered to Minne-
sota and Nebraska potato growers.

The Michigan Farmers’ Elevator Ex-
change is organized along similar lines.
It began operating on October 25, 1920,
with twenty-three affiliated elevators.
It has succeeded in getting a premium
of several cents per bushel for grain
handled, but its success, of course, will
be determined by the future.

in the Corn Belt and South.

In the south both the peanut grow-
ers and the cotton growers are organ-
izing associations along the lines of the
California institutions. In fact, the
Oklahoma cotton association is based
almost wholly upon the prune growers’
type of organization, modified to meet
Oklahoma conditions.

A number of farm organizations, un-
der the leadership of the American

ciation should make a careful study of
the principles responsible for the suc-
cess of cooperation in California. It is
quite true that prunes do not resem-
ble wheat and that almonds are quite
unlike cotton, but the principles of co-
operation are always much the same
no matter what the product. The de-
tails of operation differ materially, but
the underlying principles are always
much the same. It is worthy of note
that the California cooperative plan
was originally adapted from the meth-
od used by the bacon-selling societies
of Denmark.

In the preceding articles of this ser-
ies, I have discussed in detail the most
important phases of the cooperative
movement in California. At the risk
of repeating some things, I am review-
ing briefly the fundamental principles
that have brought success to the move
ment in the Golden State.

Organization by Commodity.

1. Organization has been by com-

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Farm Bureau Federation, have begun
an intensive study of the grain mar-
keting situation with the idea of work-
ing a cooperative plan that will re
place much of the present surplus mar-
keting machinery and put farmers in
a position of controlling the grain mar—
ket, to some extent at least. This move-
ment is operating through the Farm-
ers’ Marketing Committee of Seven-
teen, to which several tentative plans
based on California experience have
been presented. A similar committee
of fifteen will be selected soon to study
the live stock marketing situation.

Marketing has become the vital prob-
lem in Americanagriculture. Farmers
are more interested than ever before
in efficient marketing of their crops,
and are moving to the solution of this
problem by forming organizations of
various sorts. Some of these newly-
formed organizations are based upon
the principles of true cooperation. Oth-
ers contain only a thin shred of coop-
eration and seem doomed to fail. In
still other cases, shrewd promoters are
taking advantage of the situation to
foist fake organization schemes on the
farmers in the guise of cooperation.

Review of California Principles.

I venture the suggestion that any
group of farmers forming or proposing
to form ,_a" cooperative marketing asso-

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separate marketing association for
each important l‘a‘rm product or group
of similar products. The raisin asso-
ciation sells raisins and nothing else.
The almond association sells almonds
and nothing else. Even if members of
those associations produced other
things, as prunes or oranges for exam—
ple, they Would have to seek Other
channels to market.

Similar commodities are often group-
ed together, both lemons and oranges
being handled by one association and
prunes and apricots by another. In
order for an association to successfully
handle more than one product, the
products must be similar in nature and
must seek the same general markets.

A farmer may belong to three or four
cooperative associations in California
and not feel over-organized, as each as-
sociation is concerned with a separate
product which its experts know best
how to handle for best returns.

The principle of commodity market-
ing has been generally accepted by
farmers’ cooperative movements else-
where, though perhaps not followed as
strictly as in California. There are 00- ,
operative milk-marketing companies at
the big’ cities, cotton marketing asso-
ciations in the south, farmers’ grain
companies in the central west, potato
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states, live stock shipping associations
scattered all over the country. The
rule of commodity marketing means
that wheat and potatoes could not be
marketed together to good advantage,
nor peanuts and cotton together, al-
though in each case the products are
grown in the same communities. Prod—
ucts of fairly similar nature, however,
like corn and wheat, or hogs and cat-
tle, can easily be marketed through
the same organization.

Produccrs Sign Contracts.

2. Producers sign long-time contracts
requiring them to deliver their prod-
nets to the association. This contract
is binding and provides for the pay-
ment of damages in case a growar sells
his product to an outside dealer. The
crop contract idea was borrowed from
Denmark, where it had proved success-
ful in keeping weakkneed cooperators
in line when outside dealers made a
drive on a cooperative society. It has
been perfected in California until it
has been sustained scores of times in
the courts of that state.

At first crop contracts were regarded
solely as a means of enforcing loyalty
upon the members of cooperative asso-
ciations. This, of course, is still one
of their price functions, but they have
also been found to be the key to un-
locking the. problem of financing coop-
erative enterprises. The contracts now
provide that the producers surrender
title to their products at time of deliv-
ery, the title thereupon resting With
the association. This enables the asso—
ciation to borrow money to pay ad-
vances to the growers shortly after
time of delivery. Further payments are
made during the year as crops are
sold, and filial payment at the end of
the marketing season. This enables
the association to market its crops at
the most favorable time. which it could
not do if individual growers were con-
stantly pressing it for money.

The crop contract has been used on-
ly to a limited extent by cooperative
associations outside of California.
There is no doubt, however, about it
being an absolute essential to success
on a large scale, because it insures a
supply of products for a period of years
to the association, it, absolutely pre—'
vents outsiders from breaking up an
association, and is the opening wedge
in breaking down the difficulties of
financing a cooperative enterprise.

Crops Are Pooled.

3. All products handled by the as-
sociation are pooled by grade and va-
riety, so that every producer receives
the same price for an equal quality of
product. The pooling plan is employ—
ed by every cooperative organization
in California. In some associations,
the pools are local only, each local unit
having a separate pool. Others are
state-wide and every producer receives
the average price secured for the
grade- of product he furnished the as—
sociation.

The pooling idea eliminates all com-
petition between producers for prices.
It makes it impossible for dealers or
speculators to play one group of pro-
It gives every
producer the same price per pound for
his product as every other producer
received, the only variation made be-
ing that for difference in quality.

In associations which sell their prod-
uct upon open markets and thereby re-
ceive different prices at different times
all receipts go into a common treasury.
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furnished.

The pool plan is essentially fair to
everyone concerned. It puts every pro-
ducer upon an equal basis, and elimi-
' nates any possibility of favoritism. It
gives confidence to the individual pro—
ducer because he knows his product is

handled like every other member’s.
Associations Make No Profit.

4. Cooperative associations have no
capital stock and operate without prof-
it. The most obvious advantage in
favor 'of the non-capital, non-profit plan
of organization is that it allows the as—
sociation to operate without fear of
prosecution under the Sherman anti-
trust law or state anti-trust law in
most states. There are other advan-
tages of equal or greater importance,
Which have permitted the non-profit,
non—capital organization to crowd the
capital stock corporation out of the
field of cooperation in California.

Chief among these reasons is the
fact that outsiders are easily emilinat-
ed from non-profit associations, while
they frequently cause trouble in cap-
ital stock corporations, because they
have interests that are not. identical
with the interests of the producer-
- members. Nobody but producers should
be allowed a membership or voice in
the operation of producers' cooperative
enterprises, and the easiest method of
retaining that control is by following
the non-profit, non—capital plan. When
no profits are made, there is no incen-
tive for an outsider to get into a co-
operative association.

The California marketing associa-

tions do not buy farm products from
the growers and sell these products to
the trade. They do not buy anything,
but simply act as selling agencies for
the large group of producers who are
members of the association. The mar-
keting associations in one sense are
simply commission companies selling
the products of their members; they
do not charge a fixed percentage, but
simply charge the actual cost of sell-
ing and pay the rest of the receipts
back to the producers. The non-profit,
non-capital plan of organization takes
the premium out -of capital. Farmers
receive the full selling price less the
cost of selling.

The necessary warehouses, packing
houses, and equipment necessary in
handling the crop are owned by a sub-
sidiary corporation which is controlled
by the marketing association. The
profits of the subsidiary are used to
retire the capital stock.

The non-profit plan of organization
is used only to a limited extent in ca
operative associations outside of the
Pacific Coast area. The most conspic-
uous example is the Michigan Potato
Growers’ Exchange, which has operat-
ed from the start on that basis.

Other Consideration.

These four principles—organization
by commodity, crop contracts, pooling
the crop, and non-profit organizations
~are the fundamental features of the
cooperative system in California. There
are in addition a number of important
points that have helped the coopera-
tive cause in Caiifornia, which can
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which are worth reviewing briefly for
their possible application to the coop-
erative movement in this part of the
country. - '

1. Prices of farm products are deter-
mined by the law of supply and de-
mand, which operates freely when
speculation is removed. Some associa-
tion, notably the citrus and poultry as-
sociations, sell their products on open
markets for the best prices they can
secure. If prices are not satisfactory,
they refuse to sell. The citrus associa—
tion regulates the supply of fruit on
the market by delaying picking the
fruit from the trees if necessary while
the poultry associations put eggs in
storage if necessary to improve the
market in times of plentiful supply.
These organizations market one—fifty-
second part of the year’scrop each
week, if possible, and depend upon this
stabilization to bring ‘adequate returns
for their crop.

The prune, raising and almond asso-
ciations, on the other hand, fix a sched-
ule of prices at the beginning of the
year and sell their products according
to that schedule.

In either case, however, the prices
received are determined by the law of
supply and demand, which operates
freely because speculators and manip-
ulators are eliminated from interfer-
ing with it.

2. Expert managers are employed to
direct the affairs of the cooperative
associations. The California coopera-
tive associations employ the best men
available to direct the work of selling
the crops it handles. There are sev-

   

eral $25,000 per year men on the. pay-
rolls of the cooperative associations,
and some salaries exceed that.

Some of these experts were develop-
ed from among the leaders in the co-
operative movement. Wylie Giflin, head
of the raisin association: is a notable
example of that type. Some were hir-
ed directly away from the rival com-
panies which were the worst enemies
of the cooperative movement. Some
were brought in from outside. like G.
Harold Powell, of the citrus growers.
Still others came from subordinate po—
sitions in the movement.

3. Cooperative associations take the
public in their confidence. The meet-
ings of boards of directors are open in
almost every case to anyone who cares
to attend. There are few secrets. Any
member has access to any and all rec-
ords all the time. The associations
make a deliberate bid for public favor
by asking the governor of California
to name a representative on the board
of directors.

4. Local cooperation has been sup-
planted by strong centralized organi-
zations which handle the bulk of the
crop through one channel. The history
of cooperation in California is strewn
with the wrecks of local cooperative
enterprises. California experience
teaches very definitely that cooperavt
tive enterprises that are purely local
in scope do not solve the marketing
problem and ultimately fail. When
these locals join in an overhead organ~
ization, so that they do not compete
against each other, success comes if
properly handled otherwise.

To Restore Dairying in Dcvastatcd France

American Holstein BreederrZOflEr flrrz'rtance in a Great Woré for Humam'zy

THE pitiful condition of the agri~
Cultural and live stock indus-
tries in devastated France so im-
pressed the president of the Michigan
Holstein Breeders’ Association, Dudley
1-). Waters, of Grand Rapids, who re-
cently made a tour of inspection of this
war-scarred area, that before he left
the continent plans were completed
for assisting these unfortunate but
courageous people in reestablishing
their dairy business.

As a result the Holstein-Friesian As-
sociation of America, at a recent meet-
ing in Chicago, voted unanimously to
subscribe one thousand registered Hol-
stein bulls to be placed into the hands
of the French government for the pur-
pose oi’ improving the grade of the
dairy cattle now on the farms of north-
ern France.

With letters of introduction to the
new ministry established by the French
government for the restoration of the
devastated provinces, Mr. Waters was
able to secure accurate knowledge on
the present state of affairs, and he de-
clares that the work of rebuilding the
citizenship of France has progressed
almost beyond belief. French peas-
ants are rapidly returning to their
farms where thousands are living in
cellars and in dugouts, while the proc-
ess of restoring their farms to cultiva-
tion and building barns for their ani-
mals is going on. So eager are they
to get back to a self-supporting basis
that the establishment of dwelling
places for themselves seems to be their
last consideration.

Before the war these northern prov-
inces which include the departments
of Somme, Pas de Calais, Oise, Aisne
and Marne contained about 424,000
dairy cattle. These were practically

all taken away or killed during the
war. Under the armistice Germany
agreed to return 90,000 cows, but-com-
paratively few of these have as yet
been received, and about two-thirds of
those offered have been rejected on
~ac€ount of inferior quality.
Through the cooperation of other
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countries, however, these districts—now
have about 112,000 dairy animals. Of
this number about 10,000 were shipped
by the United States, some came from
Normandy, others were imported from
Holland and England. While the aver
age of the cows is good, there are very
few sires and but few of these are fit
to use. Consequently one of the most
important requirements for building up
good herds is well-bred sires.

Mr. Waters’ plan, as adopted by the
Holstein Breeders’ Association of
America, is to ask the breeders of H01-
steins in this country to donate one
thousand bulls, six to eighteen months
of age, good individuals and free from
disease. These breeders are asked to
have the animals registered. The bulls
will be assembled in different states
and sent to seaboard to be loaded into
boats provided by the French govern-
ment. The cost of shipping the ani—
mals to the coast and of providing for
their care until delivered to the French
people will be covered by private sub-
scription.

Each breeder donating an animal
will receive a personal acknowledge-
ment from the French government.
The breeder will have the satisfaction
also, of knowing that one of his ani-
mals is going to assist in the big task
of restoring the agriculture of these
districts to normal and to aid materi-
ally in giving the child life of the reg-
ion a better chance through a much
needed increase in the milk supply.

The ownership of the animals will
be transferred to the government of
France. The bulls will be sent to those
regions where they can be of the great-
est service. Some person will be made
directly responsible to the government
for the care of each animal. The use
of the bulls will be free to the farmers.

Solicitationsof pledges of bulls has
been apportioned among the leading
Holstein states‘of the Union as fol-
lows: North and South Dakota 25.;
Minnesota 100; WisConsin 150; Illinois
50; Michigan 100; Ohio 100; New York
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-New England states 100. The field sec-

retaries of the various associations
were appointed as chairmen of the
committees of their respective states
to cooperate with the committee for
the restoration of the dairy industries
of liberated France, appointed by the
national association. The national
committee consists of Dudley E. Wa-
ters, of Grand Rapids, as chairman;
R. C. Pollock, of Chicago, and H. C.
Baker, of Tifhn, Ohio.

Already seven hundred head of ani.
mals have been offered by the various
state associations. To date Michigan’s
donations are as follows: Dudley E.
Waters, Grand Rapids, 20; Loeb Farms,
Charle’voix, 16; J. H. Brewer, Grand
Rapids, 3; B. S. Hanchett, Grand Rap-
ids, 2; Traverse City State Hospital,
Traverse City, 2; Michigan School for
Deaf, Flint, 2; Corey J. Spencer, Jack-
son, 1; R. B. McPhernon, Howell, 1;
C. L. Spillane & Son Co., Clio, 1; Dr.
T. C. Tiedebohl, Coloma, 1; John B.
Martin, Grand Rapids, 1; W. J. Gam
ble, Detroit, 1; E. A. Hardy, Rochester
1; E. W. McNitt, Grand Rapids, 1;
David H. Day, Glen Haven, 1.

The collection of donations in Mich-
igan is under the direct charge of Hor-
ace H. Norton, Jr., of Lansing, field
secretary bf the Michigan Holstein-
Friesian Association. VAny Holstein
breeder desirous of contributing to this
most worthy cause should take the
matter up with Mr. Norton.

BREEDERS SHOULD BE MORE
PROMPT WITH PAPERS.

 

E have seen many cases where

breeders neglected to turn over
certificates of registry and'transfers
promptly following sales of cattle and
in many instances serious complica‘
tions resulted.

There is no possible excuse for such
slackness, and breeders should see to
it that such matters receive prompt.
attention. It is only a matter ofa few
minutes time to make out the .neces-
sary applications and send them in to

the secretary’s office and it is very im-
portant, especially with the beginner,
who is taking his first lessons in the
purchase of registered animals, that
the papers be turned over promptly.

It always makes a good impression
on the buyer if the owner has all the
young stock registered in good shape
and it is simply a matter of good busi-
ness to do this. Some interesting data
in this connection may be found in the
recent census returns, which show that
of the 24,602 pure-bred Holsteins of all
ages reported from Michigan, 5,286, or
21.4 per cent, were unregistered at the
time the reports were filed. This is
altogether too high a percentage, and
.it would be well if the national asso~
elation would encourage early registra-
tion by amending the bylaws so as to
charge additional entry fees after six
months of age.

Delay in registration tends to in-
crease mistakes, both from loss of
identity of the animal and from loss
of records in connection with the
breeding, and with the great increase
in the Volume of the business handled,
earlier registration should be required.

In public consignment and dispersal
sales in particular, it should be a rule
that all papers be ready before the
sale. It is a deplorable fact that many
breeders selling in public sales offer
cattle over a year old and yet unreg-
istered. This condition should be rem-
cdied and-every breeder should see to
it that his cattle are registered and
transferred promptly. Twenty per cent
of all applications received at the sec-
retary’s office are returned for correc-
tion, and many of these mistakes
would be avoided if we would all take
care of such matters today instead of
putting it off until. tomorrow.

Feed the young heifer like a little
cow and on cow foods. Let calf and
stock foods alone. Feed good bran,

'_middlings, a little oil meal, clover-hay,

silage and that sort of foods, keep‘he'r
growing, always in good flesh, never.
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OR many years prominent educat-

ors have realized that country
‘boys and girls have not enjoyed
the same educational privileges as
‘their more fortunate cousins in the
town orcity. This is unfair, especially
in an agricultural state like Michigan.
For the farm boys and girls of the fu-
ture there must be justice and oppor-
tunity, according to the measure of
the times in which they are living——
opportunity to know, to live and to
seek the truth. What changes are nec-
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is as Outstanding as téc Success iii Otécr States

age of failures greater than among
pupils from the town or city graded
schools. ‘

The most complete record brought
to the writer’s attention here in Mich-
igan is a report from examinations
conducted during the second week in
May, 1919, when seventeen hundred
boys and girls from the rural schools
took the eighth grade examination.
These boys and girls wrote upon a list
of questions prepared by the superin-
tendent of public instruction, and the
same questions were used throughout

 
  

   

      
    
   
 
    
  
   
    
   
   
    
   
  

the graded school, eighty were given
diplomas, and twenty were failures.
Sixty-five from the one—room school
and eighty or more from the graded
school is the comparison. The rural
consolidated school has the same ad-
vantages as the graded school in so to standpat, but think of the boys and
far as instruction is concerned. Is it girls. V,
worth while to adopt, a system of rural
schools that will change, fifteen fail—
ures out of every hundred, which is
the difference between the product of
the graded and the onevroom district
school, to successes?

thing better than stones for the bread
they produce. It is the only way to
transmute an old standpat farming
community into one of progressiveness
with something of an apostolic soul.
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ANY people have an idea that it
matters little what. kind of school
the boys and girls attend the. first few
years of their school life. This is a

the working out of justice and oppor-
tunity between country boys and girls
and those who live in the town or city
is beyond the writer to say, but the
consolidated rural school seems the
most logical remedy.

the state.

where the pupils attended.
According to the

The same course of study
had been followed in all the schools

records approxi-
mately sixty-five per cent of the boys

Reports from other States

the pupils from the ungraded

 

Successful educational schemes al-
ways make. the greatest progress
where education is needed, not where
it is general. The consolidated rural
school has to do with the improvement
of our future generation of farmers,
and in no line of business is education
more needed than in the biggest busi-
ness of all—alarming. This is a busi—
ness that has been all .hands, and no
head. The consolidated rural school
will give the farming business a head.
When schools are organized with the
township as a unit it not Only provides
a better system of education for the
boys and girls, but it brings the whole
community into closer relationship. It
makes country life~poor and sordid as
it usually is—richer and fuller than
city life at its best. It makes the
rural school a better school than any
city school can possibly be, because it
gives the boys and girls a knowledge
of literature, history, physics, chemis—
try, botany and biology, and corre-
lates them all in the science of agri-
culture. It not only gives them oppor-
tunity to study, but to live and think,
and by their living and thinking they
are brought to an understanding of the
problems of life about them. Schools
should function quite as effectually in

and girls received eighth-grade diplo-
mas. Out of every hundred who came
to write sixty-five went away entitled
to diplomas and thirty-five went away
failures. Sixty-five was the product.
Thirty-five was waste due to various
reasons.

getting pupils to think as in giving

them pre—digested information.

In discussing the merits of the con-
solidated rural school over the one-
room district school for younger boys
and girls it is difficult for one to meas-
ure their relative efficiency without
some accurate records of the number
of pupils who take the entrance exam—
inations for high school after finishing
the one-room district school. From in,-
complete surveys in Michigan and oth-
er states we do know that the number
is comparatively low and the percent—

,HE one-room rural district school

with its limitations was the chief
offender. How do we know this? An
investigation of several graded rural
consolidated schools having a suffi-
cient number of teachers to prevent
any teacher from being required to
teach more than two grades showed
the percentage of those who sought
promotion after doing the work of the
eighth grade to be eighty and above.
Out of every one hundred Who asked
for promotion from the eighth grade of

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Consolidated School at Goodrich, Genesee County.

eighth gradeexaminations. while only
nine per cent of the pupils from the
consolidated rural schools failed to
pass the same examinations. in other
counties the results were fully as con-
vincing in favor of the consolidated
school. This is too great a handicap
to place upon children who live in the
old rural districts. Rural consolidated
schools seem the best remedy.

Considerable improvement could be
brought about through employing bet-
ter teachers and otherwise stimulating
the functions of the one—room district
schools, but such stimulants only use
up more tax money without getting at
the real root of the disease. It is time
for us to think more of the unending

generations of little boys and girls

coming on to tread the furrows of our
fields and prepare to give them some

present
even more convincing figures. In Worth
county, Iowa, seventy—four per“ cent of
one—
room rural schools failed to pass the

big mistake. The greatest period in
the pupil’s life lS’ when at five or six
years of age he toddles off to school.
The first few days there are many
frightful yearnings for home and moth-
er, but with those of his set he soon
accustoms himself to the new life and
the impressions are made, and so they
continue to be made all through the
grades. The very foundation of the
pupil’s education is made in the lower
grades, and when We, begin to give.
thoughtful consideration to the fact
that the education of so many of our
country boys and girls ends before
they have finished the eighth grade, it.
brings home to many of us the dis-
quieting fact that the scanty materials
of experience and surroundings down.
in the. oneroom school effectually
shuts off the ambition, for a higher ed-
ucation. ()r in case they do succeed
in coming through with an ambition
for a high school or college education
they find it, difficult to bridge the wid-
ening chasm between the one-room
rural school and the town or city high
schooL

“Michigan is not keeping pace with
other states in the consolidation of
rural schools,” is a. remark commonly
heard in other localities. Perhaps
Michigan should have advertised her
system of consolidated rural schools
like other states are doing, for there
is no other state going ahead with the
work on a larger scale. Most; of these
schools are in the northern part of the
state where they have, been organized
with the townships as the unit. Cer—
tain communities in the lower" penin-
sula are making satisfactory progress.
Some of these schools have been or-
ganized in communities where it had
seemed that the one—room school with
its old equipment would be the school
for the future as it had been in the
past. Present conditions and the
scarcity of competent teachers is re—
sulting in other communities taking an
interest in the problem. There seems
to be a sweeping change in the atti-
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want? Is it expensive? Is transporta-
tion practicable during the entire year?
A recent visit to Genesee county to
study the work as conducted by Coun-
ty School Commissioner J. L. Reigle
convinced the writer that the work is
a success. Mr. Reigle has three such
schools under his supervision. The
first consolidated school in the state
was organized in 1906 at Grand Blanc
when two rural districts joined togeth-‘
er and consolidated with the village
district. That was before there was
much improved road in that section.
This school proved a success from the
beginning. The children were all trans
ported from their homes to the school
in the morning and back to their
homes at night. The school board was
careful in the selection of teachers,
with the result. that the community is
well pleased with the results.

During the past ten years ninety per
cent of the eighth grade pupils of the
consolidated school passed their exam-
inations each year, as against eighty
per cent for the village schools 01' the
county. and fifty per cent in the one-
room rural schools. In the spring of
1919, when the new rural school, consol-
idation went into effect, three adjoin—
ing districts voted to consolidate with
the old school and form an agricultural
high school. In the spring of 1920 all
the school districts in the township
At

OR a number of years hairlessness
Fin pigs has been a troublesome
, condition for hog raisers in the
north central and north western states
and to some extent in the corn belt.
It probably causes greater losses in
this state than we are aware of. It is
a well—known fact that goitre in the
human is quite prevalent in the sec-
tions just referred to; Hairlessness of
an accompanying
symptom of goitre in swine. The mal~
ady appears most often in the spring
litters. The pigs are farrowed at the
termination of the regular gestation
period or may be carried over a few
days. They do not come prematurely
as in infectious abortion. Parts of lit-
ters or whole litters are :usually born
in a weakened condition and with a.

'complete or partial absence of hair.

The Weak and hairless ones die soon
and the others, if they live, usually re-
main runty. The thyroid gland in the
throat region which is enlarged in man

4 affected with goitre is likewise enlarg
;ed in the pigs but because of their

Short, thick necks the enlargement us-
ually goes unnoticed by the casual ob-
server. The glnnd in the sow that far-
rows the pigs .is likewise enlarged.

This thyroid gland has an important
function to perform. It forms a chem-
ical substance containing iodine which
it throws out into the blood stream.
This iodine compound is of the great—
est importance in the development of
the young animal. When. for some un-
iknown reason, theranimal body does
not get its required amount of this
substance as rapidly as it should, the
thryoid gland becomes enlarged so as
' to allow a greater «quantity of blood to
pass through it in a given fine. This
. enlarged condition at the gland is cell-
ed gotta-e and other symptoms" associ-
atedwfithitienewm page are
weakness and hairlessness.

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present there are about. one hundred
and ninety pupils enrolled in the Grand
Blanc school. Six teachers are/employ-
ed in the ten grades. Five of the rural
districts are being maintained at pres-
ent because of lack of room in the cen-
tral building. Children are being trans-
ported from five of the districts.

Plans have been perfected for erect-
ing a new building next year that will
accommodate all the children in the
township. The people are going to en-
deavor to make it one of the best ag-
ricultural high schools in the state.
The transportation problem has passed
the experimental stage. It has been
successful during the coldest weather.
It insures more regular attendance. It
provides more weeks of school and in-
sures a larger enrollment of boys and
girls of school age within the commu
nity it serves. ,

The Goodrich Agricultural School
was organized in the Spring of 1919
when four rural district schools voted
to join with the Goodrich village
school. In 1913 the people of Goodrich
erected a new school building which
was planned to meet the future re-
quirements of the community. There
are now one hundred and seventy pu-
pils enrolled, and six teachers are em-
ployed in handling the twelve grades.
Last August the Brigham district v0t~
ed to join the Goodrich school. Com-
pare the conditions here with those in
some of our one-room district schools
and one can better appreciate the large
factor that these consolidated schools
are becoming in the upbuilding of a
more satisfying country life.

At Gaines the agricultural school
was organized in the spring of 1919

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amount of iodine from her food. 10-
dine is usually present in the food in
sufficient amount but the manner of
feeding and caring for the hog may
make it impossible for it to take into
its system the proper amount. At the
Wisconsin Experiment Station it has
been determined .that the following
combination of factors may bring on
the goitrous condition in pregnant
sows and may result in hairlessness in
her offspring, namely: A ration high
in protein, low in roughage, a lack of
exercise with the resulting constipa-
tion. It can be easily seen that these
conditions prevail most frequently in
the winter and hence spring litters are
the ones that would be expected to be
affected. The history of the outbreaks
on the “affected” farms shows this to
be true. Fall litters on the same farms
produced by the same sows but which
have had a smaller amount of protein
food, plenty of green forage with its
accompanying laxative effect, and the
freedom to exercise, have practically
always produced pigs free from this
malady. Therefore, the thing to do, of
course, is to provide for the pregnant
sow during the winter months the
same food and living conditions, as
near as possible, as she is provided
with during the summer gestation pe-
riod. This means that the rich pro-
tein grain ration should be cut down
and roughage in the form of clover or
alfalfa hay added. The Wisconsin sta-
tion advocates feeding the hay either
in racks or chopped and added to the
grain at the rate of twenty-five per
cent of the total ration. Provide plenty
of daily exercise. The latter, with the
roughage. terms to keep the bowels in
a laxative condition. Keep the cm
ters clean and dry.

If there are soon on the farm that
produced hairless pigs inst spa-Zing
there is a possibility that they may do
so again this spring but we have, a
remedy which may. be used in conjunc—
ti n with the foregoing suggestions.

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throughlhroe rural districts joining
with the village school. it has twelve
grades and five teachers with an en-
rollment of about two hundred pupils.
in this enrollment the percentage of
pupils in the higher grades is much
greater than it is in districts where
the pupils have to go to some town or
city to attend high school. In fact, be-
fore the consolidation of the schools
in these districts but few pupils had
graduated from high schools. The
work holds their interest for a longer
period than it does where there is a
gap between the grades and the high
school course. The younger pupils
have the entire school program con-
stantly before them.

The Goodrich and Gaines schools are
organized under the Smith-Hughes act
and receive about $1,000 a year from
the federal government, besides an ad‘
ditional $600 from the state for operat-
ing expenses. There is also the allow-
ance of $200 a year for each bus need-
ed to transport the children.

These new schools are well organiz-
ed for teaching the girls how to sew
and cook; the two vocations which will
be brought more or less into constant
use by her. The boys are taught to-
build things with their own hands.
These things, properly taught, not only
increase their interest in school life,
but they bring about a reunion of the
home and school, a wide gap that must
be bridged if the boys and girls are to
appreciate the fact that country life in
many ways excels city life. Perhaps

the best result of the teaching of ag-”

riculture in the rural consolidated
school is the new attitude of the boy
toward the old farm.

Treatment for Hairless Pigs

By Dr. R. A. Karma/Zr. Department offlm'ma/ Patbo/ogy, M. A. C.

This remedy consists of supplying to
the pregnant sow the iodine which her
thryaoid gland seems to be unable to
supply. The particular iodine com—
pound that is the most satisfactory to
use is the iodide of potash. This may
be procured from your local veterinar-
ian in ten-gram (approximately one-
third ounce) doses. Have him powder
it very finely. Thoroughly mix a ten-
gram dose with each one hundred
pounds of food. Do this during the
whole gestation period. This treatment
is inexpensive and the results obtained
from it wherever it has been used have
been very satisfactory.»

. VEGETABLES THAT ARE .BEN-

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T is known by most gardeners that

cabbage, parsnips, turnips, salsify,
and carrots are not injured by freez-
ing, provided they thaw out while in
contact with the earth or soil, but it
is also a. fact that certain winter vege-
tables are not at their best until they
have been frozen hard at least once
while in the ground. Parsnips and sal-
sify especially. should stand in the
ground until there has been weather
cold enough to freeze several inches,
then the roots may be dog and stored
in an open pit and covered with diet.
The covering may be sufliciently heavy
:to prevent further freezing if it is de-
sired to go into them during the win-
ter, but it will do no harm if covered
only a few-a inches so that they will
freeze and thaw several times. ”PM
will be of better torture and flavor by
having frozen. W should not he
allowed to freeze home than once. end
cabbage also keeps best if com'ed well

after-Whom have W'ma‘

tm and thawed out milder m.
The stalks should also he meand'lth
soil when in stoi-age, as the frost will
come down them into the head if they
protrude and areallQWed to. freeze and
thaw. a numberor ttmes.-.-:—H P G '

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row—pushing it out through the
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DIVERTING SURFACE WATER.

 

I have a small field in a village. The
street above it, which has been the
main thoroughfare for fifty years, has
recently been taken over by the coun-
ty and gravelled. The watershed of
about thirty acres above the street
flows in a gutter beside the street,
then through a Culvert across the
street and through a ditch across my
[land into a mill pond. The road build-

 

‘ [ers have put in another culvert which

will discharge water and flood the best
[of the land, and it will settle there if
not ditched. I have never made any
complaint about the ditch, but flooding
the best of the land is another matter.
Can I oblige them to provide a way
to carry off the water? Have I any
'redress ?—J. K.
I Has a highway commissioner a right
Ito put a culvert across the road so as
to drain the water across the road and
wash the field full ‘of ditches. When
the road was laid there was a. hollow
filled up, and no doubt water has flow-
ed through there at some time or an-
ther, but none has flowed there for
forty years, to in) certain knowledge.
This water could have beenmcarried
down the side of the road just as well,
but the commissioner i'equed to have
this done because it would cost a little
more to do it. What are the rights of
the owner of land so flooded?—~C. H.
Nobody has a right to divert surface
water so as to cast it upon the lower
proprietor in a new place. In this re.
spect the highway commissioner has
no greater rights than any other per-
son. The injured party may abate the
nuisance himself, sue for damages, or
get an injunction. J. R. R.

 

WISHES TO GROW SPRING WHEAT

 

I am thinking of sowing some spring
wheat next Spring and would like your
advice regarding it. Would you use
commercial fertilizer? If so, when
would you apply it. and at what time
in the spring should the wheat be
sown? ~

Spring wheat is not a dependable
crop for southern and south Central
Michigan. On certain heavy, moisture
retentive soils of lower Michigan
spring wheat often gives good yields
lAlso during exceptionally wet. cool
seasons good yields are secured. Dur
ing the average season oats or barley
are more dependable spring crops, and
winter wheat or rye may be counted
on to give greater returns.

In portions of the Thumb region,
west and north of Saginaw Bay, on
adapted soils, and throughout northern
Michigan, spring wheat can be depend.
ably grown.

For best results spring wheat should
be planted as early in the spring as the
ground can be worked. April or early
May plantings are best. Plantings
made in mid-May or later are usually
severely damaged by the summer
droughts.

An application of two hundred
pounds of acid phosphate, made at the
time of planting. can be expected to
give good returns in increased yields.
Other commercial fertilizers, high in
phosphorus, are also effective.

The Marquis variety of Spring wheat
is giving the most satisfaction over
the widest area. J. F. Cox.

POTATO WART DISEASE.

 

Kindly give me information on the
potato wart disease, where it is found
in this country, and how it may be
controlled. A. S.
This potato'disease was first discov-
ered in the United States in 1918 and
is considered one of the most danger-

 

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introduced from Europe. In this coun-

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and central Pennsylvania and in West
Virginia. The disease also attacks the
cotton plant. Where found in small
isolated places the soil may be treated
with steam or formaldehyde, but gen-
erally speaking we must look to vari-
eties that resist the disease for hope
in saving the crop once the trouble be-
comes general. Fortunately some Of
our best varieties are immune, such as
the Irish Cobbler, Early Petoskey and
Sutton’s Floui'ball of the Cobbler
group; Ehnola and Extra Early Sun-
light of the Michigan group; Green
Mountain and Green Mountain Junior
of the Green Mountain group and the
Round Pinkeye of the Peachblow
group. Those interested in this disease
should Write the United'States Depart-
ment of Agriculture at W'ashington,
D. 0., for Circular III, on “Potato
Wart.”

ENSILOING DRY CORN.

 

would like to know if it is advis-
ab e to put dry cornstalks in silo
now? I did not get silo up in time to
fill when com was cut. How‘.much
water will it need? I am thinking that
the silage will rot down like a manure
heap if dry stalks are soaked with wa-

ter. 1 have.,}iusked out most of the
corn.
Kent Co. F. M. L.

It is advisable to put dry cornstalks
in silo/3ft on have the room. You can
get a much greater food value out of
them if they are ensiloed than you can
to feed them dry, because a great per
cent of them will not be eaten at all
when dry. You are wrong when you
say that these stalks put in silo and
thoroughly wetted will rot. The re-
verse is true. If you put them in dry
you will lose more of them. By wet-
ting them thoroughly they soften and
pack down, which excludes the air. If
you run them in dry there will'be air
enough mixed in with cornstalks to
develop my mold. With them thor-
oughly wetted down and out fine you
will preserve them and have good
silage. C. C. L.

CAN BUTTER-FAT BE FED WITH
MILK?

 

Can butter-fat be fed into milk. Our
condensary says that it can, also that
the weather~ conditions changes the
amount of fat in milk. E. K.

No! Butter-fat cannot be fed into
milk. This is an old question, but it
comes up for discussion every little
while. If you could change the per
cent of butter-fat which a. cow pro-
duces, by feeding, then you could eas-
ily make a Holstein cow give as rich
milkuas a Jersey. Even taking cows
of the same breeding, they vary much
in per cent of butter-fat. You can have

_two 'Wanding side by side in the
barn, 9 same breeding. They look

alike, they are fed alike, and yet one
may give considerably richer milk than
the other. It is therefore apparent that
feeding has little to do with the per
cent of butter~fat. The individuality
and breeding of the cow controls in
this matter. C. C. L.

SORGHUM FOR ENSILAGE.

 

I have sugar cane and would like to
wither it. Would it be all right to mix
with corn when filling silo?

Lenawee Co. E. E. E.

It would be much better to mix the
sorghum (sugar cane)’ with corn as
you fill the silo than it would~to put it
in alone, although sorghum makes a
good fair ensilage when used alone.
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Not once in thirty-five years has any type of
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used in the world have been made by Bowser:

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ITuberculin Test Criticised

and Defended

MILE BERLINER, president of
Ethe tuberculosis association, has

given out a statement to the press
in which he declares that the tuber—'
culin test as a means of insuring a safe
and sanitary milk supply is wholly in-
adequate. “A herd may be tested to-
day, and no reacting animal be found,
and again in six months, when one or
several animals may be discovered
with tuberculosis,” says Mr. Berliner.
“It is entirely possible that within a
month from the first test the milk from
that herd may cointain living, active,
virulent tubercle bacilli. And such
milk, if consumed in the raw state, in
particular by children, may give them
tuberculosisnotably of the intestines,
of the spine and of the glands.

“Butter made from the raw cream of
such milk would likewise cuntain the
bacilli in an active and virulent state
for at least four to five months. This
has been proved by careful tests made
at the laboratories ol‘ the United
States Department of Agriculture.

“It is easy to dope a herd with cer-
tain easily obtainable chemicals and
thereby prevent the tuberculin from
acting in a test, even though animals
in the herd are affected with open tu-
berculosis. Animals may be in excel-
lent, physical condition, giving plenty
of milk that is entirely pure and whole-
some for healthy adults, containing no
tubercle bacilli nor. other disease
germs, and yet such animals may have
a touch of tuberculosis, which would
cause them to react to the tuberculin
test.

"The monthly record of the health
officer of the District of Columbia
prove that. herds of dairies licensed by
him, because they were tuberculon
tested and inspected at the time the
issued, may yet furnish
milk at times, and which can be freely
sold in the District of Columbia, which
afterwards is found by him to rate as
low as thirtynine, and many between
forty and sixty, out of a possible one
hundred in the sanitary standards.
This by itself is proof that the tuber-
culin test and occasional inspecting is
wholly inadequate to be relied upon.

“Even slightly infected or impure
milk and cream, if continually
partaken of, will gradually reduce the
natural resistance of the human body;
if then, the disease germs should hap-
pen to enter through the air, or
through water and food, sickness will
follow, the outcome of which depends
on the degree to which the person has
been weakened and his resistance re-
duced. ‘

"These statements have been drawn
'up after consultation with a prominent
practical investigator of the United
States government, a man versed in
the subject of tuberculosis and the
conditions on which the entrance of
disease germs into milk depends. This
prominent investigator, being an em-
ploye ol‘ the government, cannot pub-
licly testify unless he is officially sum-
moned to do so,” says Mr. Berliner.

The remedy for this condition, ac-
cording to this supposed expert, is pas-
teurization of all milk. under official
supervision.

,lGURES just given out by Dr. Wil-

liam C. Fowler, District of Colum-
bia health otilcer, are somewhat at var-
iance with the assertions of the tuber-
cular association president. The Dis-
tn'ct of Columbia was one of the first
municipalities to insist on the tuber-

culin testing of dairy herds contribut- ,

ing milk to the city. Practically all the
milk received here for several years

.has been from tested cows, and quite
-. largely from accredited herds.

‘ Dr. Fowler reports “that in the last
twenty years there has been ‘a marked

 
 

increase in infant mortality, the fig-
ures showing only one child in every
11.72 dying tin 1919, as against one in
every 3.44 in 1899. There is a general
lengthening Of life here in the‘district.
Tuberculosis is rapidly decreasing in
the district. In 1919 we had feWer
cases of ttuberculosis than any other
city in the United States."

Commenting on this milk discussion,
Secretary A. M. Loomis, of the Nation-
a1 Dairy Union, says: “I know of no
reason why Mr. Berliner or anyone
else should seek to discredit milk as
food by the impressions which this
statement seeks to convey, and espe-
cially in a city where the milk supply
is so carefully watched “and the public
health guarded as in Washington. To
say the least, the authorities are far
from being in agreement that bovine
tuberculosis can be, or ever has been,
transmitted to human beings through
the use of milk as food, and I have
no evidence upon which to predicate
an opinion that Mr. Berliner’s state
ment adds anything to either side of
this question. 'The record of the de.
crease in tuberculosis in Washington
under the administration of the-pres-
ent laws would indicate that he is On-
tirely wrong in his contention. With
all that he says about the necessity for
careful and successfulpasteurization,
most authorities will agree, but not be-
cause of the reasons he advances.”

E. E. R.

Alfalfa in Cass County

q THOUSAND acres of Grimm al-

falfa, guaranteed as to variety

and place of growth, will be
grown in Cass county this year, accord.
ing to C. M. Kidman, county agricul-
tural agent of Cass county. Farmers
of that county placed an order with
the State Farm Bureau for 8,805
pounds of Grimm, and 1,852 pounds of
common alfalfa which together will
cover two-thirds of the alfalfa acreage
of the county, it is estimated.

Cass is a fairly representative coun-
ty of Michigan. Its crops being quite
diversified and its farmers being well
representative of the average farmer
in the state in point of prosperity. Ac-
cording to the State Farm Bureau it is
also a representative example of the
educational nature of the work of the
seed department of the State Farm Bu-
reau. Alfalfa guaranteed not only as

to variety but also as to place grown,
costs a little more than that for which
no guarantee is given, but Cass county
farmers have been willing to pay the
price.

Farmers know that the principle of
using good seed is sound. The actual
results of using such seed, however, is
comparatively unknown in Cass, as
well as in all other counties of the
state. Up until a year ago no organi-
zation had succeeded in obtaining
quantities of seed upon which the farm-
ers could absolutely rely. The most
convincing part of the lesson of the
value of planting-northern grown seed
will not be demonstrated until later
years, when the crop planted next
spring and grown during the summer
weathers the conditions of succeeding
winters. Two-thirds of the alfalfa
acreage of Cass county will come from
northern territory where climatic con-
ditions are similar to‘that of Cass
county, where the winters are‘as cold
and the land exposed to alternate
freezing and thawing, and the Surviv-
ing plants have to be hardy enough to.
resist these adverse conditions. One-
third will come from seed which has
been secured through the usual chan-
nels and whose source is usually un-
known to the farmer, much of it prob-
ably from the south. There isn’t any
question as to the value of the lesson
involved.

When the State Farm Bureau seed
department began its campaign for
pure seeds the farmers of Cass county
began looking on their farms for weeds
brought in adulterated seeds and they
found dodder along the fences, roads,
and ditches. The dodder did not origi-
nate in Cass county. It comes very
largely from southern Indiana and oth-
er southern sources. A‘ dealer in_ seeds
who has furnished much of the seed
for this county is understood to have
secured it from assembling stations in
southern Indiana. The farmers are
said to have surmised the connection.

This last year a consignment of June
clover was shipped into the county
from a local dealer who is quoted as
having said that it was guaranteed to
be ninety-nine per cent pure, nothing
at all said as to its place of growth,
except on general recommendation.
When the county agent had the seed‘
examined by the‘state seed analyst it
proved to contain 9.85 per cent dodder.
This seed was sold and planted in the
county. One sample of seed purchas-
ed through a local dealer sent by the
county hgent to the state seed analyst
was found to contain ten per cent of
yellowblossom annual sweet clover.
There are a number of instances on
record where seed used by the farmers

 

 

Cir/dingy Buy: New firmI Sire

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May Echo Sylvia is the only cow in

 

the warld to give 1,005 pounds of milk,

and forty-one pounds of butter in seven days. ~She has made four seven-day
records above thirty-five pounds of butter each. This great cow is owned by

A. C. Hardy, of Ontario, and when Mr.
113' he Just couldn't help buying one of
is sired by one of her best sons.

Giddings went to see this great fam-
her grandsons. Mr.'Gidding’s new sire

 
 

in the past has been condemned by the '

seed analyst.

For farmers to secure seed known to
be free from dodder and other noxious
weeds is a great opportunity. It is
putting into practice the things which
have been taught by‘ M.’ A. C. for years
but against which the farmers have
not been prepared to defend them-
selves. When the crop lives through
the succeeding winters they will have
an‘object lesson before them of not
only what it means to have fields com-
paratively free from noxious weeds but
also to have that additional attribute
of being hardy enough to be adapted
to Michigan’s climate and soil condi-
tions. In this connection it is obvious
to see they will also learn the benefits
to be derived from cooperative endeav-
ors. “No. 1” has always been the farm—
er’s lucky number. Through coopera-
tion he is learning that what is good
for his neighbor is good for the com—
munity and that it takes the commu-
nity, the county and the state as a
whole. to solve the problems which
confront him.

 

s‘rAsLE MANURE vs. COMMER-
~CIAL FERTILIZER.

How much commercial fertilizer of
so-called grade of'l-8-3 would have to
be sown per acre 'to equal ten loads; of
manure per acre, mostly stable' ma<

nure, said loads hauled on spreader,

rated at eighty bushels capacity.
Ionia Co. , J. G. S.

It is not proper to compare commer-
cial fertilizer, analysis one per cent
nitrogen, eight per cent phosphoric
acid, and three per cent potash, with
stable manure, because they are so
different in analysis. It would be about
the same as comparing corn meal with
cottonseed meal as a feed; for dairy
cows, or other live stock. The fact is,
your 1-8-3 fertilizer should be used in
connection with stable manure, be-
cause stable manure is deficient in
phosphoric acid and potash, but con‘
tains a more liberal per cent of nitr0<
gen, the amount of nitrogen, of course.
depending upon the condition of the
stable manure. Some of it would not
contain over one-half to one per cent,
and other stable manure, resulting
from richly fed animals would be much
higher. But no matter whether the
stable manure is from well-fed animals
or not, the per cent of phosphoric acid
and potash is always low, considering
the nitrogen. Consequently the 1-8~3
fertilizer would supplement nicely with
stable manure. My judgment would be
to use a. rather light dressing of stable
manure, and then supplement this with
an application of your 1-8-3 fertilizer.

C. C. L.

MICHIGAN FRUIT GROWERS MEET.

 

HE fiftieth annual meeting of the

Michigan State Horticultural Soci-
ety will be held at the Pantlind Hotel
in Grand Rapids, November 30 to De-
cember 2, inclusive.

R. V. Goff, of Sturgeon Bay, Wiscon-
sin, will handle the subject of “Market‘
ing Problems.” One 'of the big prob«
lems foremost in the minds of fruit
growers is the subject of spraying.
There are a. great many advocates of
using a dry material in the form of
“Dust,” while others maintain that
liquid sprays are the most efficient.
Prof. H. H. Whetzel, of Cornell Uni—
Versity, Ithaca, N. Y., will have some
very interesting results which he will
present to the convention. Farm financ‘
ing by communities, orchard fertilizers,
transportation problems, pruning, and
practically every subject appertaining
to the fruit industry will be forcibly
discussed. ’ ‘

The student speaking contest origi—
nated in this society some time ago,
will be featured on Wednesday morn-
ing, after which will occur the various
reports of the society, and the election
of officers for the ensuing year.

Hotel reservations are being made'

early, and every effort is being put
forth to make this semi-centennial
meeting the liveliest the society has
ever held. Further details may be se-
cured upon application to George M.
Low. Secretary, Bangor, Michigan, who
extends a hearty welcome to everyone

connected with, or “interested, in the

 

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From this herd of Shorthorns on the Prescott
Farms, International prlze winners have been
selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

How a portion of the farmers’ camp at Rogers City in Presque Isle
county, looked from above.

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Frequently nature’s efforts have been
so successful in producing Vegetation
that, a canopy of leaves covered the
roadway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The beginning of
a perfect day; the
tourists doing the

wash and powder

act preparatory
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CHAPTER 1.

AN FAILING stepped out of the
D elevator and was at once absorb~

ed in the crowd that ever surged
up and down Broad Street. Where
the crowd came from, or what it was
doing. or where it was going was one
of the mysteries of Gitcheapolis. It
appealed to a person rather as does a
river: eternal, infinite, having no con-
trol over its direction or movement,
but only subject to vast, underlying
natural laws. In this case, the laws
were neither gravity nor cohesion, but
rather unnamed laws that go clear
back to the struggle for existence and
self—preservation. Once in the crowd,
Failing surrendered up all individual-
ity. He was just one of the ordinary
drops of water, not an interesting, elab-
orate, physical and chemical combina-
tion to be studied on the slide of a
microscope. No one glanced at him in
particular. He was enough like the
other drops of water not to attract at-
tention. He were fairly passable
clothes, neither rich nor shabby. He
was a tall man, but gave no impression
of strength because of the exceeding
spareness of his frame. As long as he
remained in the crowd, he wasn't im-
portant enough to be studied. But soon
he turned off, through the park, and
straightway found himself alone.

The noise and bustle of the crowd——
never loud or startling, but so contin-
uous that the senses are scarcely more
aware of them than of the beating of
one’s own heart—suddenly and utterly
died almost at the border of the park.
it was as if an ax had chopped them
off, and left the silence of the wild
place. The gravel path that slanted
through the green lawns did not lead
anywhere in particular. It made a big
loop and came out almost where it
went in. Perhaps that is the reason
that the busy crowds did not launch
forth upon it. Crowds, like electricity,
take the shortest course. Moreover,
the hour was still some distance from
noon, and the afternoon pleasure seek-
ers had not yet come. But the morn-
ing had advanced far enough so that
all the old castaways that had slept in
the park had departed. Dan had the
path all to himself. '

Although he had plenty of other
things to think about, the phenomena
of the sudden silence came home to
him very straight indeed. The noise
from the street seemed wholly unable
to penetrate the thick branches of the
trees. He could even hear the leaves
whisking and flicking together, and
when a man can discern this, he can
hear the cushions of a mountain lion

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on a trail at night. Of course Dan
Failing had never heard a mountain
lion. Except on the railroad tracks
between, he had never really been
away from cities in his life.

At once his thoughthent back to
the doctor's words. Dan had a very
retentive memory as well as an extra
line imagination. The two always seem
to go together. The words were still
repeating ~themselves over and over in
his ears, and the doctor’s face was
still before his eyes. It had been a
kind face; the lips had even curled in
a little smile of encouragement. But
the doctor had been perfectly frank,
entirely straightforward. Dan was glad
that he had. At least, he was rid of
the dreadful uncertainty. There had
been no evasion in his verdict.

“I’ve made every test," he had said.
“They’re pretty well shot. Of course,
you can go to some sanitarium, if you
have got the money. If you haven’t—
enjoy yourself all you can for about
six months.”

Dan’s voice had been perfectly cool
and sure when he replied. He had
smiled a little, too. He was still~rather
proud of that smile. “Six months?
Isn’t that rather short ‘2"

“Maybe a whole lot shorter.
that’s the limit.”

There was the situation: Dan Fail-
ing had but six months to live. Of
course, the doctor said, if he had the
money he could go to a sanitarium.
But he had spoken entirely hopelessly.
Besides, Dan didn’t have the money.
He pushed all thought of sanitariums
out of his mind. Instead, he bagan to
wonder whether his mother had been
entirely wise in her effort to keep him
from the “rough games” of the boys of
his own age. He realized now that he
had been an under-weight all his life——~
that the frailty that had thrust him to
the edge of the grave had begun in
his earliest. boyhood. But it wasn’t
that he was born with physical handi-
caps. He had weighed a full ten
pounds; and the doctor had told his
father that, a sturdier little chap was
not to be found in any maternity bed
in the whole city. But his mother was
convinced that the child was delicate
and must be sheltered. Never in all
the history of his family, so far as
Dan knew, had there been a death from
the malady that afflicted him. Yet his
sentence was signed and sealed.

But he harbored no resentment
against his mother. It was all in the
game. She had done what she thought
was best. And he began to wonder in

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what way he could get the greatest
pleasure from his .last six-months of
life.

“Good Lord!" he breathed. “I may
not even be here to see the snows
come!" Perhaps there was a grim
note in his voice. There was certainly
no tragedy, no offensive sentimental
ity. He was looking the matter inthe
face. But it was true that Dan had
always been partial to the winter sea-
son. When the snow lay all over the
farmlands andbowed down the limbs
of the trees, it had always wakened
a curious flood of feelings in the wast-
ed man. It seemed to him that he
could remember other winters, where-

in the snow lay for endless miles over

an endless wilderness, and here and
there were strange, many-toed‘tracks
that could be followed in the icy dawn.
He didn't ever know just what made
the tracks, except that they were crea-
tures of fang and talon that no law
had ever tamed. But of course it was
just a fancy. He wasn’t in the least
misled about it. He knew that he had
never, in his lifetime, seen the wilder-
ness. Of course his grandfather had
been a frontiersman of the first order,
and all his ancestors before him—a
rangy, hardy breed whose wings would
crumple in civilization—but he himself
had always lived in cities. Yet the
falling snows, soft and gentle but with
a kind of remorselessness he could
sense but could not understand, had
always stirred him. He'd often imag-
ined that he would like to see the for-
ests in winter. He knew something
about forests. He had gone one year to
college and had studied all the forestry
that the university heads would let
him take. Later he had read endless
books on the same subject. But the
knowledge had never done him any
good. Except for a few boyish dreams,
he never imagined that it would.

In him you could see a reflection of
the boy that played beside the pond of
snow water, twenty years before. His
dark eyes were still rather large and
perhaps the wasted flesh around them
made them seem larger than they
were. But it was a little hard to see
them, as he were large glasses. His
mother had been sure, years before,
that he needed glasses; and she had
easily found an oculist that agreed
with her.

Now that he was alone on the path,
the utter absence of color in his cheeks
was startling. That meant the absence
of red—that warm glow of the blood,
eager and alive in his veins. There

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was indeed, another color, visible only
because of the stark whiteness of his
He was newly shaven, and his
lips and chin looked somewhat blue
from the heavy growth of hair under
the skin. Perhaps an observer would
have noticed lean hands, with big-
knucki‘ed fingers, a rather firm mouth,
and closely cropped dark hair. He was
twenty-nine years of age, but he look-
ed somewhat older. He knew now that
he was never going to be any older. A
doctor as sure of himself as the, one
he had just consulted‘couldn't possibly
be mistaken.

It was rather refreshing to get into
the park. Dan could think ever so
much more clearly. He never could
think in a crowd. Someway, the hur-
rying people always seemed to bewil~
der him. Here the leaves were flicking
and rustling over his head; and the
shadows made a curious patchwork on
the green lawns. He became quite
calm and reflective. And then he sat
down on a park bench, just beneath
the Spreading limb of a great tree.“ He
would sit here, he thought, until he
finally decided what he would do with
his remaining six months. '

He hadn’t been able to go to war.
The recruiting oflicer had been very
kind but most determined. The boys
had brought him great tales of France.
It might be nice to go to France and
live in some country inn until he died.
But he didn’t have very long to think
upon this vein. For at that instant the
squirrel came down to see if he had
a nut. '

It was the squirrel of Destiny. But
Dan didn't know it then.

Bushy-tail was not particularly afraid
of the human beings that passed up
and down the park, because he had
learned by experience that they usual-.
1y attempted no harm to him. But,
nevertheless, he had his instincts. He
didn’t entirely trust them. Occasion-
ally a child would come with a bag of
nuts, and he would sit on the grass
not a dozen feet away to gather such
as were thrown to him. But all the
time he kept one sharp eye open for
any sudden or dangerous motions. And
every instinct warned him against
coming nearer than a dozen feet. After
several generations, probably the
squirrels of this park would climb all
over its visitors and sniff in their ears
and investigate the back of their
necks. But this wasn’t the way of
Bushy-tail.
from the wild places. And he wonder-
ed, most intensely, whether this tall,
forked creature had a pocket full of

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nuts. He strung down on the grass
to see.

“Dan’s eyes suddenly sparkled with
‘ delight. And he forgot all about the
doctor’s words and his own DPOSWC‘CS
in his bitter regrets that he had not
brought a pocketful of nuts. Unfortu-
nately, he had never acquired the pea-
nut habit. His mother had always
thought it vulgar.

And then Dan did a curious thing.
Even later, he didn’t know why he did
it. or what gave him the idea that he
could decoy the squirrel up to him by
doing it. That was his only purpose——
just to see how close the squirrel
would come to him. He thought he
would like to look into the bright eyes
at close range. All he did was sudden-
ly to freeze into one position—in an
"instant rendered as motionless as the
rather questionable-looking stonezstork
that was perched on the fountain.

The squirrel was very close to him,
and Dan seemed to know by instinct
that the movement of a single muscle
would give him away. So he sat as if
he were posing before a photograph-
er’s camera.-

After ten seconds had elapsed, the
squirrel stood on his haunches to see
better. First he looked a long time
with his left eye Then he turned his
head and looked very carefully with
his right. Then he backed off a short
distance and tried to get a focus with
both. Then he came some half-dozen
steps nearer.

All the time, Dan was sitting in per—
fectly plain sight. It wasn’t as if he
were hiding. But the squirrel had
learned to judge all life by its motion
alone, and he was completely at a loss
to interpret or understand a motion~
less figure.

Bushy—tail drew off a little further,
fully convinced at last that his hopes
of a nut from a child’s hand were
blasted. But he turned to look once
more. The figure still sat utterly in.
ert. And all at once he forgot his de-
vouring hunger in the face of an ov-
erwhelming curiosity.

He came somewhat nearer and look-
ed a long time. Then he made a half—
circle about the bench, turning his
head as he moved. He was more puz-
zled than ever, but he was no longer
afraid. His curiosity had become so
intense that no room for fear was left.
And then he sprang upon the park
bench.

Dan moved then. The movement
consisted of a sudden heightening of
the light in his eyes. But the squirrel
didn’t see it. It takes a muscular re-
sponse to be visible to the eyes of the
wild things.

The squirrel crept slowly along the
bench, stopping to sniff, stopping to
stare with one eye and another, just
devoured from head to tail with our-
iosity. And then he leaped on Dan’s
knee.

He was quite convinced, by now,
that this warm perch on which he
stood was the most singular and inter-
esting object of his young life. It was
true that he was faintly worried by the
smell that reached his nostrils. But
all it really did was further to incite
his curiosity. He followed the leg up
to the hip and then perched on the el-
bow. And an instant more he was
poking a cold nose into Dan’s neck.

But if the squirrel was excited by
-all these developments, its amazement
was nothing compared to Dan’s. It had
been the most astounding incident in
the man’s life. He sat still. tingling
with delight. And-in a single flash of
inspiration he knew he had come
among his own people at last.

His own grandfather had been a
hunter and trapper and frontiersman
in a certain vast but little known Ore-
‘gon forest. His son had moved to the
, eastern cities, but in‘Dan’s garnet there
used to be old mementoes and curios
from these savage days—Fa few” claws
and teeth, and armament of an old
adiary. The call had come to him at

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lust. Nuderfoot though he was, Dan
would g6 back to these forests, to
spend his last six months of life among
the wild creatures that made them
their home. ’
CHAPTER II.

HE dinner hour found Dan Fail-

ing in the public library of Gitch-

eapolis, asking the girl who sat
behind the desk if he might look at
maps of Oregon. He got out the whole
question without coughing once, but in
spite of it she felt that he ought to.
be asking for California or Arizona
maps, rather than Oregon. People did
not usually go to Oregon to rid them-
selves of his malady.

He remembered that his grandfather
had lived in Southern Oregon. He
looked along the bottom of his map
and discovered a whole empire, rang-
ing from gigantic sage plains to the
east to dense forests along‘the Pacific
Ocean. Those sage flats, by the way,
contain not only sage hens as thick as
poultry in a henyard. and jack rabbits
of a particularly longlegged and hardy
breed, but also America’s one species

'of antelope. Had Dan known that this

was true, had he only been aware that
these antelope are without exception
the fastest-running creatures upon the
face of the earth, he might have been
tempted to go there instead of to the
But all he saw on
the map was a large brown space
marked at exceedingly long intervals
with the name of a fort or town. He
began to search for Linkville.

Time was when Linkville was one
of the principal towns of Oregon. Dan
remembered the place because some of
the time—yellowed letters his grand-
father had sent him had been mailed
at a town that bore this name. But
he couldn’t find Linkville on the map.
Later he was to know the reason——
that the town, half-way between the
sage plains and the mountains, had
prospered and changed its name. He
remembered that it was located on one
of those great fresh-water lakes of
Southern Oregon: so. giving up that
search, he began to look for lakes. He
found them in plenty—«vast, unmeas-
ured lakes that seemed to be distrib~
uted without reason or sense over the
whole southern end of the state. Near
the Klamath Lakes. seemingly the
most imposing of all the fresh-water
lakes that the map revealed. he found
a city named Klamath Falls. He put
the name down in his notebook.

The map showed a particularly high,
far—spreading range of mountains due
west of the city. Of course they were
the Cascades; the map said so very
plainly. Then Dan knew he was get-
ting home. His grandfather had lived
and trapped and died in these same
wooded hills. Finally he located and
recorded the name of the largest city
on the main railroad line that was ad-
jacent to the Cascades.

The preparation for his departure
took many days. He read many books
on flora and fauna. He bought sport-
ing equipment. Knowing the usual ra-
tio between the respective pleasures
of anticipation and realization, he did
not hurry himself at all. And one mid-
night he boarded a west-bound train.

There were none that he cared about
bidding good-bye. The sudden realiza-
tion of the fact brought a moment’s
wonder. He had not realized that he
had~led such a lonely existence. There
were men who were fiitted for living in
cities, but perhaps he was not one of
them. He saw the station lights grow
dim as the train pulled out. Soon he
could discern just a spark, here and
there, from the city’s outlying homes.
And not long after this, the silence and
darkness of the farm lands closed
down upon the train.

He sat for a long time in the vesti-
bule of the sleeping-car, thinking in
anticipation of this final adventure of
his life. It is true that he had not
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., read of the exploits of other men. He

was rather tremulous and exultant as
he sank down into his berth.

He saw to it that at least a. measure
of preparation was made for his com-
ing. That night a long wire went out
to the Chamber ‘of Commerce of one
of the larger Southern Oregon cities.
In it, he told the date of his arrival
and asked certain directions. He want-
ed to know the name of some moun-
tain rancher where possibly he might
find boardand room for the remainder
of the summer and fall. He wanted
shooting, and he particularly cared to
be near a river where trout might be
found. They never came up Gitche-
apolis River, or leaped for flies in the
pond back of the courthouse. The
further back from the paths of men,
he wrote, the greater would be his
pleasure. And he signed the wire with
his full name: Dan Failing with at
Henry in the middle, and a “III" at
the end.

The Chamber of Commerce of the
busy little Oregon city was not uéually
exceptionally interested in stray hunt-
ers that wanted a boarding place for
the summer. Its business was finding
country homes for orchardists in the
pleasant river valleys. But it happen-
ed that the recipient of the wire was
one of the older residents, a frontiers-
man himself, and it was one of the
traditions of the ,old west that friend-
ships were not soon forgotten. Dan
Failing I had been a legend in the old
trapping and shooting days when this
man was young. So it came about
that when Dan’s train stopped at Chey-
enne he found a telegram waiting him:

“Any relation to Dan Failing of the
'Umpqua Divide ?”

Dan had never heard of the Umpqua
Divide,» but he couldn’t doubt but that
the sender of the wire referred to his
grandfather. He wired in the affirma-
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Commerce received the wire, read it,
thrust it into his desk, and in the face
of a really important piece of business
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was that at a meeting of a certain
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crossed trails with the Frontier in the
person of another old resident who
had his home in the farthest reaches
of the Umpqua Divide. The latter ask-
ed the former to come up for a. few
day’s shooting—the deer being fatter
and more numerous than any previous
season since the days of the grizzlies.
For it is true that one of the most
magnificent breed of bears that ever
walked the face of the earth on/ce left
their footprints, as of flour-sacks in
the mud, from one end of the region
to another.

. “Too busy, I’m afraid,” the Chamber
of Commerce had replied. “But Len-
nox—that reminds me. Do you remem—
ber Old Dan Failing?”

Lennox probed back into the years
for a. single instant, straightened out
all the kinks of his memory in less
time than the wind straightens out the
folds of a flag, and turned a most in-
terested face. “Remember him!” he
exclaimed. “I should say I do.” The
middle-aged man halficlosed his pierc—
ing, gray eyes.

“Listen, Steele,” he said. “I saw Dan
Failing make a bet once. I was just a
kid, but I wake up in my sleep to mar-
vel‘at it. We had a full long glimpse
of a black-tail bounding‘up a long slope.
It was just a spike7buck, and Dan Fail-
ing‘said he could take the left-hind
spike off with one shot from‘his old
Sharpe’s. Three 'of us bet bimethe
whole thing in less than two seconds.

and your mum. at. u.- care of new some: l With the next shot, he’(Lge.t}_i;he' deem;

    
  

"get Dan Failing, I want to die."

”You're just the man I’m looking for. 1 I
then. You're not going out till the day

after tomorrow ?"

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“0n the limited, hitting here tomor-
row morning, there’s a grandson of
Dan Failing. His name is Dan Failing,
too, and he wants to go up to your
place to hunt. Stay all summer and
pay board)?

Lennox’s eyes said that he couldn't
believe it was true. After a while his
tongue spoke, too. j‘Good Lord/{he
said. “I used to foller Dan around——
like old Shag, before he died, followed
Snowbird. Of course he can come. But
he can’t pay board.”

It was rather characteristic of the

mountain men that the grandson of Dan
Failing couldn’t possibly pay board.
But Steele knew the ways of cities and
of men, and he only smiled. “He won't
come, then,” he explained. “Anyway,
have that out with him at the end of
his stay. He wants fishing, and you’ve
got that in the North fork. He wants
shooting, and if there is a place in the
United States with more wild animals
around the back door than at your
house, I don’t know where. it is. More-
over, you’re a thousand miles back—"

“Only one hundred, if» you must
know. But Steele—do you suppose he’s
the man his grandfather was before
him~that all the Failings have been
since the first days of the Oregon
trail? If he is well, my hat’s off
to him before he steps off the train.”

The mountaineer’s bronzed face was
earnest and intent in the bright lights
of the clubs Steele thought he had
known this breed. Now he began to
have doubts of his own knowledge.
“He won't be; don’t count on it,” he
said humbly. “The Failings have done
much for this region, and I’m glad
enough to do a little to pay it back,
but don’t count much on this eastern
boy. He’s lived in cities; besides, he’s
a sick man. He said so in his wire.
You ought to know it before you take
him in.”

The bronzed face changed; possibly
a shadow of disappointment came into
his eyes. “A lunger, eh?” 'Lennox re-
peated. “Yes—it’s true that if he’d
been like the other Failings, he’d never
have been that. Why, Steele, you
couldn’t have given that old man a
cough if you’d tied him in the Rogue
River overnight. Of course you couldn’t
count on the line keeping up forever.
But I’ll take him, for the memory of
his grandfather.”

“You’re not afraid to?”

“Afraid, no! He cant infect those
two strapping children of mine. Snow-
bird weighs one hundred and twenty
pounds and is as hard. as steel. Never
knew a sick day in her life. And you
know Bill, of course.”

Yes, Steele knew Bill. Bill weighed
two hundred pounds, and he would
choose the biggest of the steers he
drove down to the lower levels in the
winter and, twisting its horns, would
make it lay over on its side. Besides,
both of the men assumed that Dan
must be only in the first stages of his
malady. ‘

And even as the men talked, the
train that bore Dan Failing to the
home of his ancestors was entering for
the first time the dark forests of pine
and fir that make the eternal back-
ground of the northwest. The Wind
came cool and infinitely fresh into the
windows of the sleeping car, and it
brought, as'camels bring myrrh from

 

the east, strange, pungent odors of bal- .

sam and mountain flower and warm

earth, cooling after a day of blasting .

sun. And these smells all came straight
home to Dan.

sensation that in his dreams he had,

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CHAPTER III.
AN didn’t see his host at first.
For the first instant he was en‘
tirely engrossed by a surging

. sense of disappointment—a feeling that

he had been tricked and had only come
to another city after all. He got down
on to the gravel of the station yard,
and out on the gray street pavement
he heard the clang of a trolley car.
Trolley cars didn’t fit into his picture
of the west at all. Many automobiles
were parked just beside the station,
some of them foreign cars of expen~
sive makes, such as he supposed would
be wholly unknown on the frontier. A
man in golf clothes brushed his arm.

It wasn’t a large city; but there was
certainly lack of any suggestion of the
frontier. But there were a number of
things Dan Failing did not know about
the west. One ‘of the most important
of them was the curious way in which
wildernesses and busy cities are some-
times mixed up indiscriminately to-
gether, and how one can step out of a
modern country club to hear the coy-
otes wailing on the hills. He really
had no right to feel disappointed. He
had simply come to the real west—-
that bewildering land in which Tomor-
row and Yesterday sit right next to
each other, with no Today between.
The cities, often built on the dreams
of the future, sometimes are modem
to such a point that they give many a
sophisticated eastern man a decided
shock. But quite often this quality ex-
tends to the corporation limits and not
a step further. Then, likely as not,
they drop sheer off, as over a precipice,
into the utter wilderness of the Past.

Dan looked up to the hills, and felt
better. He couldn’t see them plainly.
The faint smoke of a distant forest fire
half obscured them. Yet he saw fold
on fold of ridges of a rather peculiar
blue in color, and even his untrained
eyes could see that they were clothed
in forests of evergreen. It is a strange
thing about evergreen forests that they
never, even when one is close to them.
appear to be really green. To a distant
eye, they range all the way from laven-
der to pale sort of blue for which no
name has ever been invented. Just
before dark, when, as all mountaineers
know, the sky turns green, the forests
are simply curious. dusky shadows.
The pines are always dark. Perhaps,
:Il'iel‘ all, they are simply the symbol
of the wilderness—eternal, silent, and
in a vague way rather dark and sad.
No one who really knows the moun-
tains can completely get away from
their tone of sadness. Over theheads
of the green hills Dan could see a few
great; peaks; McLaughlin, even and
regular as a painted mountain; Wag-
ner, with queer white gashes where the
snow still lay in its ravines, and to the
southeast the misty range of snow-cov-
ered hills that were the Siskeyous. He
felt decidedly better. And when he saw
old Silas Lennox waiting patiently be-
side the station, he felt he had come
to the right place.

It would be interesting to explain
why Dan at once recognizedothe older
man for the breed he was. But unfor-
tunately, there are certain of the many
voices that speak within the minds of
human beings of which scientists have
never been able to take phonographic
records. They simply whisper their
messages, and their bearer, without
knowing why, knows that he has heard
the truth. Silas Lennox was not dress-
ed in a way that would distinguish
him. It was true that he wore a flan-
nel shirt, riding trousers, and rather
heavy, leathern boots. But sportsmen
all over the face of the earth wear this
costume at sundry times. ' Mountain
men have a peculiar stride by which
experienced persons can occasionally
recognize them; but Silas Lennox was
standing still 'when Dan got his first
glimpse of him. The case resolves it-
self into a simple matter of the things
that could he read in Lennox’s face.

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“And the D00r Was Shut”

Our Weekly Sermon-—- By N. A. M chme

OT long ago I was in a. distant
N town, whei‘e the family had been

staying a few weeks. The day
before leaving for home, I went out to
make some purchases. First, I went to
the laundry. On arriving there, I read
a. sign on the door, “Closed for the
day.” That was serious, but my next
visit was more so. I'went to the bank,
for it seems absolutely necessary now
a days when you get a. railroad ticket,
to have a bit of money. But the notice
on the bank door read, “Closed at
noon.” And the grocery was next, but
that, too, was shut tight. The reason
for all this was, that the county fair
was on, and every store, bank and
place of busineSS was closed for a half
day, in honor of the‘fair. I must say
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cient impression on a lalge town, so
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iness, take thei1 families and attend,
it must be a pretty good fair. At least
it ought to be, with such loyal support.
There is hope for a community like
that, and we would that there were
more of them.’ ' ’

BUT the explanation did not help me
any. The fact that the stores and
banks were closed in a good cause did
not get my laundry, put any money in
my pocket, or any groceries in my
basket. I was shut out. I was impress-
ed with the meaning of the words:
“And the door was shut.” And then
I fell to thinking. What of the people
who are having a much more fatal
kind of door shut in their faces, be-

cause of their ways of living? Here
is a man with two little boys. He is
a very busy man, of course. Indeed,

he is so busy that his business de-
mands all his time. When he gets
home at night he is so weary he can-
not romp with his boys, or teach them
new games, or tell them stories. After
supper he is off again, to lodge, or the

chamber of commerce. Presently those

boys are in high school, and some way
dad feels that they do not have much
association with him. They seldom
ask his advice, they regard him as a
kind of outsider in their youthful af-
fairs, they make their decisions them.
selves. The door is shut between them
and father—and father is the one that
shut it.

Opportunity does not knock forever.
The door is shut, by and by. The
classic instance of opportunity neg-
lected in American history, is that of
Webster. When the crisis was on, as
to admitting slavery into new states,
Webster’s voice was the voice men
wanted to hear. And when he spoke,
it was not against slavery, but sort of
miserable compromise, that disappoint-
ed men everywhere in the north. If
Webster hoped thereby to gain the
presidency, he was to be sadly disap-
pointed. The other instance of a states-
man in his relation to-opportunity was
that of Roosevelt and the coal strike.
When he was asked to arbitrate, he
said, “This will kill me politically, but

I will do it.” But it didn’t kill him, it
made him more admired than ever.

EN cannot trifle With character.

If they are not sincere at this
point, all is lost, It is like making
clothes. If wool goes into the manu-
facture, it is a wool suit.
goes in, it is a shoddy suit. You may
lie about it, when you sell the suit, but
it will not be long before the real char-
acter of the cloth comes out. We may
lie to ourselves for a time, but by and
by our real character comes out. There
is a time in character-making when the
door is shut. One of America’s great
philosophér’s speaking of RipUVan‘ Win-
kle said: (You remember that Rip
swore off drinking, and "when he took
a. drink, he always said,-“We won’t.
count this one”). “Well, Rip may not
count it, and a kind HeavenOmay not
count it, but it is being counted just
the same. In the nerve centers, in the
habit-forming centers, it is being count-
ed every time.” As the years go on,
we become more and more ."sqt," in
our ways. What we are now, we will
be, only more intensely, after a. while.
The question is, do I intend to be,
finally, th 't of person I am now?
For that is what it means. In unex-
pected moments what we really are,
is manifest. During the war, the world
was thrilled with the way the Belgian
Queen toiled among her stricken peo-
ple. At the some time, the papers re-.
ported the Roumanian Queen ordered
one hundred and twelve cases of mil-
linery sent from Paris, so that she
might “cut a. worthy figure at court.”
Two or three years ago,,an American
millionairess died, leaving one hun-
dred million dollars to her two chil-
dren, to' spend. The same week there
died a negro mammy, aged eighty-nine.
She had worked fifty years in the same
family. She left the savings of a life
time, two thousand three hundred dol-
lars, to a colored school in the south.
It is easy to see which of these Ameri—
can women left the larger sum of mon-
ey. It is also easy to see which had
the larger outlook on life.

HE door of life is open. It is never

shut by caprice. If atrlast it is
shut in our face, it is because of the
inevitable working of cause and effect.
And the cause is the human will—our-
selves. In Kipling’s great story, the
“Light that Failed,” the artist is going
blind. But he is determined to paint
one picture before the darkness set-
tles down over him forever. He pays
Bessie, his model, five dollars, for each
sitting, and she greedily accepts the
money, but hates the artist. At last
when the finishing stroke has been
given, the artist sinks back in his chair
and closes his eyes, exhausted. Bessie
makesa agrimace at him, takes the tur-
pentine brush and rubs it over the pic-
ture until it is a huge daub, and sneaks
out. The artist’s plight is not more
pitiable than the plight of those who

shut the door between themselves and ' "

life’ 5 great possibilities.

TheVoicc of the Pack

(Continued from preceding page).

Dan disbelieved wholly in a book
that told how to read charac s at
sight; Yet at the first glance the
lean, bronzed face his heart gave a
curious little bound. A pair’of gray
eyes met his—two fine black points in
a rather hard gray iris. They didn’t
look past him, or at either side of him,
or at his chin or his forehead. They
looked right at his OWn eyes. The skin
around the eyes was burned brown by
the sun, and the flesh was so lean that

, the Lcheekv bones showed Plain??? Tl}?

mouth was straight; but yet it was
neither savage nor cruel. It was sim-
ply determined.

But the strangest part of all was
that Dan felt-an actual sense of famil-

iarity with this kind of man. To his p

knowledge, he had never known one

before; and it was extremely doubtful
if, in hiS'middle-western city, he had g
In spite of the
fact that he thinks nothing of starting?

even seen the type.

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plans to go to some great city once in
a- lifetime and dreams about it of
nights, but rather often the Death that
is everyone’ as next-door neighbor in the
wilderness comes in and cheats him
out of the trip. Few of the breed had
ever come to Gitcheapolis. Yet all his
life, Dan felt, he had known this
straight, gray-eyed mountain breed ev-
en better than he knew the boys that
Went to college with him. At the time
he didn’t stop to wonder at the feeling.
He was too busy looking about. But
the time was to come when he would
wonder and conclude that it was just
another bit of evidence pointing to the
same conclusion. And besides this un-
explainable feeling of familiarity, he
felt a sudden sense of peace, even a.
quiet sort of exultation, such as a man
feels when he gets back into his own
home country at last.

Lennox came up‘ with a light, silent
tread and extended his hand. “You’re
Dan Failing’s grandson, aren’t you?”
he asked. “I’m Silas Lennox, who used
to know him when he lived on the Di-
vide. You are coming to spend the

‘ summer and fall on my ranch.”

The immediate result of these words,
besides relief, was to set Dan wonder-
ing how the old mountaineer had rec-
ognized him. He wondered if he had
any physical resemblance to his grand—
father. But this 'hop" he shot to
earth at once. His telegram had ex-
plained about his malady, and of
course the mountaineer had picked
him out simply because he had the
mark of the disease on his face. As
he shook hands, he Med his ‘best to
read .the mountaineers expression. It
was all too plain: an undeniable look
of disappointment.

The truth was that even in spite of
all the Chamber of Commerce head had
told him, Lennox had still hoped to
find some image of the elder Dan Fail-
ing in the face and body of his grand—
son. But at‘first there seemed to be
none at all. The great hunter and trap—
per who had tamed the wilderness
about the region of the Divide—~as far
as mortal man could tame it-had a
skin that was rather the color of old
leather. The face of this young man
was wholly without tinge of color. Be-
cause of the thick glasses, Lennox
could not see the young man’s eyes;
but he didn’t think it likely they were
at all like the eyes with which the el-
der Failing saw his way through the
wilderness at night. Of course he was
tall, just as the famous frontiersman
had been, but while the elder weighed
one hundred and ninety pounds, bone
and muscle, this man did not touch
one hundred and thirty. Evidently the
years had brought degeneracy to the
Failing clan. Lennox was desolated by
the thought.

He helped Dan with. his bag to a
little wiry automobile that waited be-
side the station. They got into the two
front seats.

“You’ll be wondering at my taking
you""in a cartclear to the Divide,”
Lennox explained. “But we mountain
to drive horses any
more where’a 0211 will go. This time
of year I can make it fairly easy—only
about fifteen miles on low gear. But in
the winter—it’s either a case of coming
down on snowshoes or staying there.”

And a moment later they were start-
ing up the long, curved road that led
to the Divide.

' During the hour that they were
crossing over the foothills, on the way
to the big timbers, Silas Lennox talk-
ed a great deal about the frontiersman
that had been Dan’s grandfather. A
mountain man does not use profuse ad-
jectives. He talks very simply and
very straight, and often there are long
silences between his sentences. Yet
he conveys his ideas with, entire clear-

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Dan realized at once that if he could
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would never have to fear again the
look of disappointment with which his
host had greeted him at the station.
But instead of reaching that high place
he had only—death. He was never to
be one of this strOng breed from which
his people sprang. Always they would
a'ccept him for the memories that they
held of his ancestors, pity him for his
weakness, and possibly be kind enough
to deplore his death. He never need
fear any actual expressions of scorn.
Lennox had a natural refinement that
forbade it. Dan never knew a more in-
tense desire than that to make good
in the eyes of these mountain men.
Far back, they had been his own peo-
ple; and all men know that the uphold-
ing of a family’s name and honor has
been one of the greatest impulses for
good conduct and great deeds since
the beginning of civilization. But Dan
pushed the hope out of his mind at
once. He knew what his destiny was
in these quiet hills. And it was true
that he began to have secret regrets
that he had come. But it wasn’t that
he was disappointed in the land that
was opening up before him. It fulfilled
every promise. His sole reason for re-
grets lay in the fact that now the whole
mountain world would know of the de-
cay that had come upon his people. Per
haps it would have been better to have
left them to’their traditions.

He had never dreamed that the fame
of his grandfather had spread so far.
For the first ten miles, Dan listened to
stories~—legends of a cold nerve that
simply could not be shaken; of a pow-
erful, tireless physique; of moral and
physical strength that was seemingly
without limit. Then, as the foothills
began to give way to the higher ridges
and the shadow of the deeper forests
fell upon the narrow, brown road, there
began to be long gaps in the talk. And
soon they rode in utter silence, evi—
dently both of them absorbed in their
own thoughts.

Dan did not wonder at it at all. Per—
haps he began to faintly understand
the reason for the silence and the re-
ticence that. is such a predominant

trait in the forest men. There is a
quality in the big timber that doesn’t

make for conversation, and no one has
ever been completely successful in ex
plainiug what it is. Perhaps there is
a feeling of insignificance, a sensation
that is particularly insistent
winter snows. No man can feel like
talking very loudly when he is the only
living creature within endless miles.
The trees, towering and old. seem to
ignore him as a being too unimportant
to notice. And besides, the silence of
the forest itself seems to get into the
spirit, and the great, quiet spaces that
lie between tree and tree simply dry
up the springs of conversation. Dan
did not feel oppressed at all. He mere-
ly seemed to fall into the spirit of the
woods, and no words came to his lips.
He began to watch the ever-changing
vista that the curving road revealed.
(Continued next week).

Sunshine Hollow Items
By Rube Rulzimn

Harrison Snyder bought. Bingle Bunk
oil stock with his endowment insur-
ance money. He got. a dividend right
off quick. He said, “That shows what
a financier can do with capital and
brains if he isn’t scared of taking a lit-
tle chance.” But now the Bingle Bunk
has busted and Harrison is badly bit.
Folks say he should have paid off the
mortgage on the farm and bought a
new flivver before taking chances on
gambling.

Ima Knutt read a fiorist’s ad in the
paper which said, “When you want to
make a good impression, say it with
flowers.” When her husband, Chester
Knutt, came home he kicked because
supper wasn’t ready. So Ima grabbed
the imitation cut glass wedding vase

filled with daisys and soaked Chester. '
‘ good and proper. »

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’ HERE are ‘ many nice things
I about growing, well, not old, but
then, along where you begin to
get careless about things that once
meant life or death, like a wrinkle or
so, a few white hairs, and a suit six
months behind the prevailing mode.
Not the least of the nice things is the
fact that life is so much easier after
you get over caring about. trilles. But
that isn't the one 1 had in mind when
I started to philosophize on the com-
pensations of that age known to some
ilippant pe1sons as “the sore and yel-
low’

The thing I had in mind was that we
get over making the. snap judgments
of youth. Youthful judgments are al-
most a ways based on appearances.
Somehow young folks never can seem
to get over judging by looks, whether
it is a person, :1 house or a pullct.
They have 10 be taught to look for the
points that really count when judging.
And when folks are 11p l'or considera-
tion they are much more apt to judge
nails. care of the
hair and cut of the coat than by any
points of character.

It is only after several sorry mis~
takes that we learn to look beyond 1l1e

surface. Some of us have 10 lend mon-
ey three times to promising looking
new friends before we. get our eyes
opened. ()lhers lcurn after they lose
the first ten dollars. And it is nice to
reach the stage where we pick our
friends for their wearing qualities,

when we learn not to imputc 111o1ives.
Then we really begin to get the most
out of folks.

Long about that time we begin to
stop criticising. That’s mighty hard
for a lot of 11s women, but there comes
a time, though, when we do get over it.
My! Don’t we just love to do it, at
certain periods of life. What a lot of
fun it is for a bunch of us to get to-
gether and pick the ones who aren’t
there, to pieces. “Why doesn’t some-
one tell her how awful she looks in
that. hat?” “My dear, did you ever see
anyone so stuck up over a little bit of
money?” “No wonder he never- stays
home nights; [she‘s continually nagging
him,” etc, etc.

But why go on. We've all been in
on them, and we've all been out of
them. And the funny thing is, that
when our tongues are running fastest,
we never 1hink it may be our turn
next. In fact, down in our heart of
hearts we feel quite sure they wouldn’t
talk so about us. Why, there isn’t
anything about us to criticise! They
wouldn't? And there isn't? Well, if
you could just place a dictagraph in
the room next time you were to be
among those absent you’d get an awful
shock. And the funny thing would be
that they criticise you for traits which
you count as your virtues.

It’s so easy to pick flaws. And often

so unjust. There’s a certain public
entertainer who is extremely popular
in her home town. Her friends know

her as an unusually brave woman who
has worked her way well toward the
top in. the face of ill-health, and with
the. added burden of two children to
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women would‘simply wilt under, and
now that the children are self—support-
ing, she still works on, though every
moment of her life is filled with physi—
cal pain. She is always smiling, but
not always dressed in the very latest
mode. ‘ ‘

Not long ago as she arose to sing
two young giils tuined their guns on
her.

“I don’t see what there is in her to
rave about Who ever told her she
could sing?” “If she's doing it for me,
she can sit down. I can’t hear her
anyway. Always grinning and Simper-
ing.” “Where did she ever get that
dress? If I was going to appear in
public, believe me I’d have some de-‘
cent clothes.”

Further remarks were given in
smothered tones, because of the bat-
tery of indignant glances directed to-
wards them by folks who were trying
to listen. It was all so unjust. I
wanted to tell the girls that the smiles
which they objected to were forced to
cover actual pain. That the money
which might have bought a smarter
frock had gone to the anti-tuberculosis
society. I wanted to slap them, as a.
matter of fact. But I didn’t do any-
thing, because they were young and
thoughtless. I couldn't help a few
stabs of conscience, too,‘as I thought
of the many cutting things I’d said
about other folks, and no doubt all of
it as unjust as this.

A certain sort of criticism has its
place. But, it’s the face to face sort.
If you wouldn’t say that to your neigh—
bor, don’t say it about her. DEBORAH.

Pr€V€flthn 0r CUTC P—By Margaret .4. Bartlett

RS. BROWN is one of the com-
D/I parativcly few women who takes

a cold seriously. She believes
that one can never tell where :1 cold
is going to end. nor into what it is go-
ing to turn. liven though 1111: cold re-
main “just a cold." she, doesn‘t believe
in having one merely because every-
one around her has one. Neilhcr does
she believe in lel1ing her children run
about among people who have bad

colds, thus exposing them to the cold,

germs.

lier children are, strong, healthy, ro—
bust. They sleep in unheated rooms
with windows open wide, winter and
summer. They eat only plain, nourish-
ing l'oods——good bread and butter and
milk, finits and veg cl 1:1blcs, well~cook-
ed meat of the nongwasyv v.11iety—~and
thus never have indigestion. They
play out of doors in all sorts of weath-
er, and when they are in the house in
winter, they are in rooms which are
aired frequently and which are never
overheated? Neighbors “hug the stove”
when they come to call: they wonder
why the whole family doesn’t
its death of c011: ” they shiver in a
temperature which in summer they
would have called “very y'var111"——and
go home'and bake in rooms heated to
eighty degrees or more, rooms which
have not been thoroughlv ailed since
the first freeze of the season. These
neighbors and theii children have
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family coldless for month after month.

Some there are who call Mrs. Brown
:1 cold—crank. Although she. is a very
swoet, gentle woman, one always
ready to do good, and one who never
speaks ill 01‘ neighbor or acquaintance,
she has, nevertheless, many who are
by no means her friends, in the neigh-
borhood, all on account of the way she
feels about colds. On several occa-
sions she has sent children who have
come 10 play, home because they bore
unmistakable evidences of bad, con-
tagious colds. True, by so doing, she
once side-stepped the whooping—cough,
and again kept her children from hav-
ing scarlet fever. The mothers of the
children sent home knew that, and yet
they were angry at Mrs. Brown for not
letting their children remain to play.

It is hard to have these people an—
tagonistic; it is decidedly unpleasant
to know they are using uncompliment-
aiy teims in discussing her with other
acquaintances. Sometimes Mrs. Brown
feels almost ready to give. up in her
fight against the cold liabitwalmost,
but never quite. She sees too many
pale~faced, washed-out looking children
about her, too many little boys and
girls suffering from adenoids and en‘
larged tonsils, which she feels sure had
their beginnings in constant colds and
their consequent irritation of the throat

and nose: she sees too many children,

with weak eyesight or impaired hear-

  

ing as a result of some children’s dig-1,,
season" till its end and they marvel " " ’

noses, and hears the outbursts from
too many irritated lungs, to make her
willing that her children shall acquire
the habit by taking cold which these
other childien have.

Mrs. Brown feels that she has work—
ed out the problem of how to keep hei'
family tree from colds. The. only dif-
ficulty she now encounters is in keep-
ing children who have colds away with-
out incurring the wrath of their par~
ents. Folks around her believe colds
to be a necessary evil, and of no great
importance, unless they “happen”. to
turn into pneumonia, or measles, or
diphtheria or scarlet fever or some
other such serious disease.’ They let
their children run at large, go to
school, and church, even when they
are sick enough with a cold to be in
a warm bed. And all the time these

children are spreading cold germs,
giving their cold to whoever will
take it. '

Mrs. Brown does not believe that is
right. She talks against the running
at large of children with colds, till
there are many who, as I said before,
call her a cold-crank. But do you not
agree with her? ’If so, see that your
children stay in their own yard when”
they have a cold; see if you can’t Solve
the problem of continuous colds by- liv-
ing the way the Brain family does,
and by all means do not be offended it
someone who is trying to keep the, old

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WENT to a meeting of the farm
bureau of my own home county yes-
terday, and among those who took part
in the discussion was a boy who is
doing big things with apples. Other
folks are having hard work to sell their
apples this year, because the trees are
loaded, but this boy stood up before
the older men and said, “Let me tell
you this is a goodmarket for apples.
We are bringing in a. truck load every
day and selling them for $1.00 to $1.50
a. bushel.” Then he went on to tell
them that you have to grade your ap-
ples up nice and make them look good.
This boy’s father before him was a
fruit man. but; he died and then the
boy took up the work and is carrying
it on very successfully. One thing he
thinks, and that is that irees which
were injured by the severe winicr two
years ago cannot, be saved. They might
as Well be blown out wiih dynamite
and new trees set in iheir places. I
think so, 100.

A Boy Poultryman.
The failiei‘ of a. boy I know told him
if he would lake care oi" the hens and
(10 it right, he should have a share in

Lthe eggs. it, did noi take Ilic boy long

to accept that Ill‘ODOSilion. He had to
go to school ncurly a mile: from home
and that means that he must get up
pretty early in the morning some sea-
sons of the year; but he kepL it up,
saving his money until he was ébLe to
invest some in land of his own; and
today he is one of the most well-io-do
farmers of the part of the country in
which he lives. Several things follow
from a work 01' that. kind. The boy be-
comes prompt, he gets 10 be regular in
his habits, and he studies the needs of
his hens.

Whittled Himself Into a Fortune.

You might not think your jackknit‘e
could be a helper in winning success;
and yet, one lad I know of used his
knife so skillfully that it brought him
a good trade and finally a comfortable

8 a. club member it has been

brought to my attention, that sev-
eral of those who are starting in as
members of live stock clubs are start-
ing with grade stock.

Why this is so I am not able to say
definitely, but there must be a reason.
Is it because the new recruit must first
make his money with grade stock be-
fore being able to start with pure—
breds? Why should he entertain this
idea? For is it not the pure-bred ani-
mal that tops the market the highest
number of times, or makes the world’s
récord, and with the same feed as the
grade? Then it would be foolish for
us to think for one moment that it
would be necessary for him to first
make his money, when banks come for»
ward, ready and willing to lend the
necessary funds; Then he could start
in with a pure-bred animal at first and
with the same feed and labor, add from
one to an unlimited number of dollars
more to his profit in the same length
of time, above that from the grade.

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value of pure—bred stock? If this is the

By Uncle Ea’ ,

living. He began by whiuling out pret-
iy ihings in odd moments. Sometimes
he got, so interested in his whittling
that he could not keep his knife in his
pocket while at school, but took it
out now and then to shape out some
puzzle or 01 her hit of a toy which came
into his mind while he was buSy over
his books. But the time came when
somebody was attracted 1'0 his little
jobs of whittling and gave him a place
in his shop, where he soon made good
and was given the work of drawing
ilie designs for iron patterns and carv-
ing them out, with the tools which by
this iime took the place of his knife
10 some extent. From this beginning
he kept, on uniil he at last, became
known as an inventor and a. practical
designer. _lle (lid it all himself.
Be Careful, Please.

In all iliese things we need to keep
one thing in mind. The best success
is not the success which brings one in

When Boys and Girls Entcrthc Field

the most money, necessarily. A man
may have plenty of money, and Still he
so selfish that no one wants anything
to do with him. Guard against selfish.-
ness as you would a plague in the
neighborhood. If there is an‘ybne' the
world loves it is a frank, manly,”open.—
hearted boy or girl. A woman I know
says, “I like to give things to those I
love. If I did not give, I would not
have anything myself.” That may
seem a queer way of looking at it, and
yet, there is more truth than a. little
in it. Unselfish living does bring back
cargoes of blessing of one kind or an-
other. Give freely, and others will give
to you. Pinch and save unreasonably
and you establish a reputation for be-
ing close and mean, and sometimes
this will cling to a man as long as he
lives. If father or mother take you in
as their partner, guard against over—
reaching. De true to the old folks and
never hurt, them knowingly. V

 

None of the Fine Points Escape a Boys’ and Girls' Club Judging Team when
Scoring Dairy Animals. ' .

case no one need fear for him, for in
the club activities and through the con-
tests, demonstrations, and so forth, he
will see for himself the value of pure
blood and likely become in the end a
more enthusiastic supporter of regis—
tered animals than if he had started
in with a pure-bred at first. To the
fellow who starts in with pure-bred
stock the opportunities are unlimited.
To be sure, he must not think ‘just
because he is raising pure-bred ani-
mals he need not work. The reverse
isitrue, as he should give the pure-bred
animal better care than if it were a
grade.

Riding along the road one can, from
the appearance of a farm and the build-
ings tell whether the owner breeds
registered stock. How many times do
you find the successful breeder“ doing
a profitable business and with haphaz-
ard methods. So improvements in the
live stock need not necessarily. be the
only place on the farmwhere improve—

ments-hall be made- With the, better»
stock comes the onward advance of im-'

provement in fences, buildings, tools,

  

Don’t Start'With Scrub Stock."

By Donald H. S/zepam’, flmt/zer Mic/219472 Boy W/zo W072 a Trio
to t/ze International Live Stocé Exporz'tz’orz, C/zz’cago

harnesses, and any and everything us—
ed on or about the place.

The men connected with thé pure-
bred business as a rule, due chiefly to

the nature of their'business, are of a -

disposition and caliber which everyone

likes to know, and to the club member *

who has registered animals there is
bound to be a. more or less pleasant
relation between him and the register-
ed breeder, which will be of inestim-
able value to the club member.

The regular ,routine of farm duties
grows monontonous and the keeper of
scrub stock (not grade) usually has
little to pride himself with and show

his friends when they come for a visit,

This tiresome life becomes a pleasure

to the keeper of pure-bred istock, in his '

love_for his animals and eagerness in
waiting for matings to mature. ,
Then, again, everyone likes -to see
uniformity in a herd, stud, or flock. is
this to be found where grades are

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sure. he Would be better off should he
start with grades than none at all, but
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HOW I RAISED MY POTATOES.

 

BY WALTER MARCHING.

Y piece of ground is black, sandy

loam. It had hay on it last year.
I .spread four loads of manure on it
during the last part of March; then I
plowed seven inches deep, rolled it and
went over it with the harrow once each
way; then I waited two weeks because
it was too early to plant.

I sorted my seed and dipped them
for scab in thirty gallons of water and
one pint of formaline, leaving for two
hours. I cut the seed, leaving two eyes
on each piece. I harrowed the field
over twice and it was in good condi-
tion; then I marked it with a one-
horse marker, marking two rows at
one time, each three feet apart. I
dropped the potatoes eighteen inches
apart and covered them with a one-
horse cultivator and then went over
them with a roller; they came up nice.
There were about four or fiVe hills in
a row missing, which I planted by
hand. Then it was one hundred per
cent of a stand. I cultivated them five
times. The first time as soon as they
were up; the other times shallow hill-
ing them up. The last time to pre-
vent sunburn.

The potato beetle was quite thick on
account of being planted early. I spray-
ed two times with Bordeaux mixture
and arsenate of lead. About the mid—
dle of August the wilt commenced.
about one hill every five rods. The
leaf—hopper was quite bad the last of
August, but the potatoes were so near
ripe I didn’t think they would do much
damage, so I didn’t spray with tobac-
co. They were ripe about September
20. I dug them October 3, with a two-
horse potato digger, digging one row
and putting crates in the plowed row,
about twelve feet apart, so it was easy
to pick them up; then I dug the row,
one each side of the row of crates,
making three rows of potatoes to a
row of crates; then onto the new three
rows and so on till all were dug. Then
I put them in the cellar. I got eighty-
one bushels of good, marketable pota-
toes and eleven bushels of culls. Ex-
penses were $27.65 and I received
$155.70 from the half—acre. The net
profit was $128.35. The cost of raising
a bushel of potatoes is thirty cents.

I exhibited my potatoes at the Dav-
ison Fair and sold some for $1.80.

MICHIGAN'S 1920 CROP REPORT.

 

HE joint crop report for Novem-

ber 1, issued by Coleman C.

Vaughan, secretary of state, and
Verne H. Church, agricultural statis-
tician, United States Bureau of Crop
Estimates, indicates an increase over
earlier estimates in the volume 01" the
corn crop, and a slight decrease in the
potato, clover seed and buckwheat
crops. The month of October was ex-
ceptionally favorable for harvesting
the late fall crops, and the greater part
of lthe work is completed. There is
considerable corn yet to be hushed
and some fall plowing and threshing
to be done. Recent rains are aiding

  

erage yield being 7.8 tons of silage per
acre. The quality is unusually good,
being ninety two per cent, or fifteen
per cent better than the average of
the last ten years. Eighty-five per cent
of the crop is estimated to be of mer—
chantable quality. The amount of last
year’s crop remaining on farms is 3.5
per cent.

The estimated amount of wheat mar-
keted at mills and elevators in the
state during October is 1,270,000 bush-
els, and the total amount since August
1, 4,999,000 bushels.

The yield of potatoes‘is found to be
one hundred and seven bushels per
acre. This is the largest yield per
acre since 1914 but, owing to a consid
erably less acreage, the production is
about 10,000,000 bushels less than in
that year. The yield is variable. Some
counties in the western half of the
state reported as low as eighty bush-
els per acre, while some eastern and
upper peninsula counties averaged as
high as one hundred and fifty and one
hundred and seventy-five bushels per
acre. The quality is generally good,
the average being ninety-four per cent
against a ten-year average of eighty-
seven per cent. The United States crop
is placed at 421,252,000 bushels, the
largest crop on record with one ex-
ception.

The yield'ot' buckwheat is sixteen
bushels per acre, making a total crop
of 672,000 bushels or slightly more
than was produced in 1919. The qual»
ity is ninety-two per cent, four per
cent above the ten-year average.

The clover seed crop amounts to
122,000 bushels, a reduction from last
month’s estimate of 20,000 bushels.
Later threshing returns show a mark-
ed falling off in the average yield. The
quality is very good. There is con-
siderable seed yet to be threshed.

Michigan's production of pears,
grapes and apples proved to be exceed-
ingly large, the percentages being one
hundred, one hundred and four and
one hundred land six per cent respec-
tively. The quality was generally good
except that apples were severely at-
tacked by scab in some northwestern
counties, and by sideworms in some
of the southwestern sections. The
quality of grapes has probably never
been excelled, and the prices obtained
were very satisfactory. On the other
hand, the prices offered for apples and
pears were very low in comparison to
the cost of picking, packing and mar-
keting, and considerable quantities
were allowed to go to waste in some
orchards.

The harvesting of sugar beets is
nearly completed. The lifting and haul-
ing of the beets was done with unusu~
a1 speed because of the favorable
weather conditions that prevailed dur-
ing the .‘time. The condition of the
crop at time of harvest was ninety-
three per cent as compared with a
ten-year average of eighty—six per cent.

A special inquiry relative to the
quality of the bean crop shows the
average to be ninety-six per cent, and
that the average pick is 3.5 per cent,
which is equivalent to 2.1 pounds per
bushel.

The amount of grain and seed thresh- ,

ed as reported by threshermen up to
and including October 23, 1920, is as
follows:

 

 

the growth of fall-sown wheat and Crop. Bushels 1318335
rye. pastures and seeding. Winter wheat ....11,950,540 15.5
The estimated yield of corn is forty 18‘1““ng wheat ----- 325.830 105'
b S] 818 e . h' ' \ye .............. 7,403.606 14.6
“_ 1 P 1” acre. T IS IS one Of the Oats ............. 42,422,140 39.61
lax gest yields on record and one bushel Spelt ............. 151 364 28 2
more than last year. The total crop Barley ............ 3,441I049 25:2
for the state is 66,000,000 bushels, and Buckwheat ------- 157.452 14.6
for the United States 3,199,126,000 Peas ............. 268,142 16.7
. ' Timothy seed ..... 3,578 3.3
bushels. Thirty-four per cent of the Clover seed . ...... 81873 16
state’s acreage went into silos, the av- Beans . . . . . . . . . . 1,077:119 130
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Prices quoted on application Baby Chicks and
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Fowler’s Buff ROCkS (lockerels. hens and pul-

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R. B. FOWLER, Hartford, Mich.
' ckls.. fine stock $5 and $8. 2 good
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We are. now offering 500 more fine 5. C. White Leg-
horn Pullets lire months old and about ready to lay.
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birds. A few 4 mo. pullets also of the same stock.

If interested write us at once for description (Hi the
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for sale, order ahead.
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Single Comb White Leghoins

Cookerels from our exhibition matings Ap‘rilhalch-
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By R. G. Kit—5y

 

eggs centers in the making of that places them in a condition where?

possible in the winter laying-house. (.10 eat.

winter range of the hen and there she made to pay at all. The dry mash in
must find conditions conducive to a hopper insures a plentiful supply 01’
health, and food for egg production,ror feed containing the elements of egg
she cannot lay.‘ productionThis is supplemented each
First, earn-hatched pulléts are nec— day with the grain ration fed in the lit- ‘
essary for the best results. They are ter and any table scraps which may be-
the best machine for turning out win- available. Then the birds are sure of
ter eggs. Then the ration must 0011- enough to eat of a balanced ration and
tain animal food. This can be supplied this means that they will not overeat
by using beef scrap in the my mash 01" of any one food and they will keep in
by feeding plenty of sour milk. Green healthful condition.
food is a tonic for the birds and needed
to keep them in the right condition for the hens in the laying-house. It is es-

Of mangels, Cllt clover, cabbages 01‘ tion for pullets that are forced for eggs
sprouted oats. At the present price of is too fattening for old hens that are
oats, the mangels are the most eco— to take a. rest so they will be in the
nomical as a source of green feed. If right condition tolay hatching eggs in
cabbages and mangels are used the the spring. In some large laying-hous-
cabbages can be fed fil'St as the man— es a partition of poultry wire might be
gels keep the best. .. used to divide the pullets from the
Charcoal. oyster shells and grit must hens. Vigorous pullets can stand heavy
be supplied in hoppers to help out in feeding and pay for it and they should
producing these Spring - 3CODditi0DS be given every chance to turn out win-
Which are needed. The charcoal is ter eggs so that their winter feed bill
good 1701‘ the digestive System when the will not be a loss to be charged against
birds are eating heavily to obtain the the spring and summer profits.

ingredients necessary to make eggs.
The oyster shells furnish lime to make
strong egg shells. The grit is needed
by the hen to grind her food. There
are many farm flocks that suffer dur-

LIVERS ENLARGED.

Some of my White Leghorns have‘3
died. I found by dissecting one that
. . . . the liver was ten times normal size,
mg the Winter for a wok 01 grlt' and the heart was also somewhat en-
A clean dry litter iS important. larged. Tile comb changes from bright
There the farmer throws the scratch red to a dull COl9I‘. and hen dI‘OQDS a.
grain to make the birds exercise. The few days, then dies suddenly. Kindly

. . give cause and cure.
scratching for grain helps to keep E. D. T.

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them warm on com wmlel‘ days and The hens are suffering from diseased
tones up their physio

31 being in the livers because too much fat has been
same manner that_ they are stimulated stored up in the livers to permit them
when scratching on the grassy range to function properly. This is caused
during the spring and summer. Straw in most cases by feeding- too heavily
makes a good litter and it should be on carbohydrates without giving the
dry and (1999- A sunny poultry house birds enough exercise. Hens that are
gives the litter a chance to keep dry. fed too much corn on the ground are
A dark and damp poultry house means able to pick up a good living Without
that the litter will be damp and the work and are more apt to have liver
birds Will “0t enjoy working for grain trouble than birds that have to scratch
in SUCh a mixture. in deep litter for a. winter ration con-
Lice and mites can lhere even in sisting of scratch feed containing half
the winter and must be controlled if wheat and half corn. And a dry mash
winter eggs are expected. Colds must containing the elements for egg pro-
be prevented by keeping the birds vig- duction can be given in a hopper.
orous and isolating any individuals Then the hens will have enough to eat
that show signs Of “Old by the eyes but there will be less danger of liver
becoming swollen. trouble.

The water SUDDIY ShOUId be watched Occasionally a hen managed under
in the winter. Galvanized pails placed ideal conditions might break down un—
on wooden stands make a clean source del' heavy feeding for egg production.
of supply as they are not scratched full Poulti‘ymen figure on a certain per
0f litter. Empty them 9"91'3' night SO cent of loss when forcing a large flock
they will not freeze over and spring a of birds for eggs. Treatment for liver
leak. Change the water frequently trouble is not satisfactory. It must be
enough to keep the pails free from ice. controlled by preventive measures.
Some poulti‘yiilen give warm water to Hens that become oveI-fat can be cull-
the birds in the winter while others ed out. Then breed from the vigorous
use water as it comes from the well. alert birds that scratch and sing and
Both seem to have success if the war lay. That will help to, eliminate the
ter is clean and changed often enough drones from the flock that are the most .
so that the birds always have a fresh apt to have liver troubles—K.

supply before them. 3
The best grain ration we have used THE CAUSE OF TUBERCULOSIS.

in the winter consists of equal parts of ——-————

corn and wheat. When this is fed in HE cause of tuberculosis in poultry
a deep litter the birds will swarm after is an extremely small bacterium or
it and it is good for egg production to germ, the tubercle bacillus, which
keep them scratching for a couple of closely resembles the germ responsi—
hours every morning and to send them ble for tuberculosis in man, cattle, and
to bed each night with full crops. Oats hogs. This organism is so small that
are a good egg feed but the birds do it can be seen only with the aid of a.
not like oats as well as wheat. They high power microscope.

will eat more oats if they are boiled The germs cannot grow outside the
or soaked over night and placed in the body, but once they become implanted
poultry house in galvanized pails. in the body, they multiply rapidly,
The amount of feed to give poultry causing the formation of small-nodules
in the winter is only limited by the or tubercles; hence the name, tuber;
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laying. It can be supplied in the form sential for the best results as the ra— '

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. Poland China Sales

N spite of the cold, rainy weather

two hundred breeders and farmers

attended Wesley Hile’s Poland Chi-
na'sale, Tuesday, October 26. The fit-
teen top animals listed in the report
sold for $1,488, an average of $99.20.
A number of the animals sold for con-
siderably less than they were worth,
but the sale, as a whole, was far from
discouraging.
The cold, disagreeable weather kept
down the attendance at the Boone-Hill
sale Wednesday but the crowd kept in
good humor and the good animals
changed hands at fair prices. A few
young things that ought not to have
been preSented kept down the average.
The tops of the sale made an average
of better than $70. This was a good
average considering the bad weather
and sales conditions. Being a. disper-
sion sale Mr. Boone entered a number
of young animals in order to make a
general clean—up. Otherwise a better
average would have resulted.

The cold weather continued, but the
rain. let up during the Leonard-Fisher
sale at St. Louis on Thursday. The
sixteen animals listed in the report
sold for $1,335, or an average of about
$84. The entire offering was made up
of young stuff. The young gilts were
presented in fine condition‘ and the
average for the entire sale was $58.

At the Charles Wetzel & Sons’ sale
at Ithaca on Friday the entire offering
made a low average, but this firm had
made no plans for a big sale this year.
They are new breeders and this year’s
sale, together with their many liberal
purchases of top stuff at other sales is
going to put their herd in a strong
position for next year.

Weather conditions were more favor-
able Saturday and W. Brewbaker &
Sons, of Elsie, presented a splendid
offering, including several mature sows
and two outstanding boar prospects.
The eighteen head listed in the report
sold for $1,820, an average of $101.

While the prices as a whole were
somewhat discouraging to a number
of the breeders, yet the tendency of
all farm prices to seek lower levels
and the general feeling of uncertainty
at the present time makes the prices
look all the more attractive to farmers
who have grade hogs, or who are Sell-
ing their grain crops. Several new
breeders are going into the Poland
China business next year, and they are
buying the right kind of animals to go
on and make good in their herds. The
reports of three sales are as follows:

Wesley Hile, Ionia, Michigan.

No. 1, sow, to W. I. Wood, Birming-
ham, Mich., $147.50.

NO. 2, sow, to F. H. Sanders, Eaton
Rapids, Mich, $175.

No. 3, sow, to George Aldrich, Ionia,
Mich., $95.

No. 4, sow, to F. H. Sanders, Eaton
Rapids, Mich., $57.50.

No 6, sow, to Gillies, Post & Haire,
West Branch. Mich., $77.50.

No. 14, sow, to George Brown, Dixon,
111., $200.

No. 23, sow, to George Aldrich, Ionia,‘

Mich., $90.

No. 26, boar, to Amos Welch & Son,
Ionia, Mich., $80. '

No. 27, boar, to F. H. Sanders, Eaton
Rapids, Mich., $200. '

No. 28, boar, to C. S. Langdon, Hub-
bardson, Mich., $75. '

No 29, sow, to W. J. Clarke, Eaton
Rapids, Mich, $57.50.

No. 30. sow. to W. J. Clarke, Eaton

Rapids, Mich, $57.50.

No 31, sow, to Glenn Stokes, Green-
ville, Mich., $57.50.

No. 32, sow, to.John McKendry, Ion-
ia, Mich., $60.

No. 41, sow, to Charles Swartz, Lake
View, Mich., $60.
Leonard &. Fisher, St. Louis, Michigan.

No. 1, sow, to A. A. Feldkamp, Man-
chester, Mich., $200.

No. 2, sow, to A. A. Feldkamp, Man-
chester, Mich., $125.

No. 3, sow, to Dorus Hover, Akron,

’ ' , Mich., $130.

No.4, sow, to A. A. Feldkamp, Man-

' chester, m, $80.

    

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No. 6, sow, P. P. Pope, Mt. Pleasant,
Mich., $65.

No. 7, sow, W. J. Clarke, Eaton Rap-
ids, Mich., $65.

No. 8, sow, A. A. 'Feldkamp, Man-
chester, Mich., $55.

No. 9, sow, S. M. Leonard, St. Louis,
Mich., $55.

No. 11, sow, W. B. Ramsdell, Han~
over, Mich., $60.

No. 12, sow,rto A. W. Humphery,
Ithaca, Mich., $50. ' -

No. 1.3, sow, to Young Bros, Niles,
Mich., $50.

No. 18, sow, to Charles Wetzel &
Sons, Ithaca, Mich., $130. ~ .

No. 21, sow, to A. A. Feldkamp, Man-
chester, Mich., $57.50.

NO. 26, sow, to P. P. Pope, Mt. Pleas-
ant, Mich., $57.50.

No. 45, sow, to P. P. Pope, Mt. Pleas-
ant, Mich., $80.
W. Brewbaker &. Sons, Elsie, Michigan.

No. 1, sow, to E. F. Goodfellow,
Ovid, Mich., $95.

No. 2, sow, to Clyde Fisher, St.
Louis, Mich., $100.

No. 3, sow, to W. H. Lind, Alto, '

Mich., $197.50.

No. 4, sow, Bert Wright, Perrington,
Mich., $85. ,

No. 5, sow, to P. P. Pope, Mt. Pleas.
ant,‘Mich., $100.

No. 6, sow, to ‘I. M. Kyle, Sabula,

Iowa, $95.

No. 7, sow, to, I. M. Kyle, Sabula,
Iowa, $85.

No. 8, sow, to A. D. Gregory, Ionia,
Mich., $80.

No. 9, sow, Charles Wetzel & Sons,
Ithaca, Mich., $260. .

No. 10, sow, to Wesley Hile, Ionia,
Mich., $100.

No. 12, boar, to Archie 'Ward, Breck—
enridge, Mich., $115.

No. 14, boar,
Fowlerville, Mich., $52.50.

No. 15, sow, to Wesley Hile, Ionia, V

Mich., $202.50.

No. 21, sow, to Edgar Burke, St.
Johns, Mich., $52.50.

No. 18. sow, to John Burke, Elsie,
Mich., $50.

No. 11, sow, to P. P. Pope, Mt. Pleas-
ant. Mich., $50.

No. 22, boar, to George Loomis, St.
Johns, Mich., $50.

No. 23, sow, to A. D. Squires, Car-
land, Mich., $50.

 

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DEHORNING BULL CALF.

 

Would you advise dehorning a Jer-
sey bull calf five months of age? If
so, what time? '

Gladwin Co. F. J. F.

I would not advise dehorning calves
at this age. Undoubtedly the best way
would have been to have dehorned him
by using caustic potash when he was
one or two-weeks old, by rubbing this
over the base of the born. but now I
would leave him until the horns were
fairly well developed, then you will be
sure they will not grow out again; and
probably cutting his horns of! after he
is matured will have a wonderful ef~
fect upon preventing a bull. from get-
ting vicious. My plan is to leave the
horns on until a bull does show some
signs of being vicious, then if you de-
horn him he is pretty well subdued and
will be manageable probably for the
balance of his life; but if you cut the
horns off now it will not have that
effect.

I never put a ring in a bull’s nose
until he begins to act a little vicious,
then the ring steadies him up a little,
and later on if he shows too much
spirit then I cut Off his horns. We nev-
er have any trouble in managing bulls
this way and never have had anybody
injured in handling bulls. C. C. L.

SMALL ‘STOCKS OF HOG PROD-
ucrs REMAIN.

 

LTHOUGH packers report that a

healthy and steady demand for
pork fats and some meat products cons
tinues from foreign countries, prices
have declined but have shown a ten-
dency to become steady upon the low-
er level. Packers are reported as hedg—
ing in the provision pit, which would
indicate a falling off in export orders
in spite of their statements to the con-
trary. The report of stocks at Chicago
showed a decrease of 46,000,000 pounds
of lard, or 73 per cent below the Oc-
tober 1 supply and a 33 per cent de
crease in cut meats for the month.

to Armstrong Bros,

 

 

   
  

The country seems to be
experiencing ,a healthy
and general read:
justment of prices.
Prices in many
.lines seem defi- /

nitely to be

coming down—

nnd the pur-

chasing power

of the dollar

to be going up.

V However, milk rices

for October held c osely

to the September price,
which was at a high

 

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evel. The October milk price

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was about 30% higher than the May price. Our price on
BUFFALO CORN GLUTEN FEED declined some 35% since May.

has had a

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CORN GLUTEN FEED

In this general decline of prices,

the feeder of BUFFALO ‘1

distinct advantage in the shape

of our guarantees against decline in our price.

With these guarantees on BUF
has been able to rewrote Ins

with the declinesyand the dairy farmer,
the same protection, 03 able to mark

. way.

FALO CORN GLUTEN FEED, the dealer

rice from time to time, and kee current

who has bought this eed with
down his costs in the same

A grain ration with a liberal proportion of
BUFFALO CORN GLUTEN FEED can be made of:
——(m account of these guarantees—at a muc

. lower cost than with other concentrated feeds.

 

 

To

FEED UP! _
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Corn Products RefiniiguCo.
cage,

”You'd:

Write to

National Starch Co., 606 Ford Bldg., Detroit, Mich.

 

BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY

Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us
Ten Days before date of publication

Wildwood Farms
Anguw

Effies Lass 288203 sold on May 6th for
$7100. She was sired by Black Mon-
arch 3rd. We are offering for sale Ed-
itor of Wildwood 295059 a full brother
in blood lines to Effies Lass also four
more choice bulls which are old enough
for service and sired also by the cham-
pion show and breeding bull Black
Monarch 3rd.

Our herd is under State and Federal
Supervision.

WILDWOOD FARMS
ORION, MICHIGAN
Sidney Smith.Supt.

 

 

W. E. SCRIPPS. Prop.,

 

WO0DCOTB ANGUS

‘ Imported Herd Bulls
ELCHO 0F HARVIES’I‘OUN (45547)

by Jason of Ballindalloch (390-18)

EDGARDO OF DALMENY (45501)
by Escort of Hurviestoun (360115)

Woodcote Stock Farm,

Ion in. M l(‘ll.

 

Having decided to sell part. of my hard
For Sale of pure bred Aberdeen Angus cattle.
consisting of males and females of dlfierent ages.

ANDREW P. EITEL, Vermontville, Mich.

out of Adv. Reg. dams.
Four Guernsey Buns One month old to ser-
viceable age. Alsotwo heifer calves three months old.
All by prize winning May Rose sire. Special prices
If two or more are taken. write or visit.
ST. AUSTELL FARMS. PAUL LOVE.

J aokson, Mich.

 

 

Rusto of
Feb. 2nd. 193)

Smallidgle Farm. born
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the Ridge. who's dam Trlxey of the Ridge holds

Guernsey Bull 8 36“,, of

first place in class ICE. ,in “minimum Granddam
Abbie of Riverside is championof Mich. Dam May
Kings Endiaof Eon Clnlre an A. R. cow.

E. J. SMALLIDGE. Eau Claire. Mich.

 

UEBNBEYS—Federal Inspected. Headed, by only
7 can of Carrie of Hillhnrst. excham lon' of A. A.
elm. 5 bulls under 10 1 a dand dam in

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G U E R N S E Y f-‘YU‘ GAIL?“ “‘5‘"
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19,400.20 milk, 909.05 fat. Their th ' '
made 15,109.10 milk. 778.80 fat. m” M 8 at“) 8 am"
T. V. HICKS. Battle Creek. Mich.

 

Registered Guernseys

a 6 months old hull (100%) satisfaction for 810.). A

nice heifer calf 31.30.
J. M. WILLIAMS, North Adams, blich.
«REGISTERED

G U E R N S Ev s BULL CALVES

Containing blood of world vhampio .
HICKS' GUERNSEY LFARM. Slglnnw, We. Mich
2 Registered Guernsey cows 5 register-

For sale ed bulls ready for service,call or write.
JOHN EBELS, R. 2. Holland, Mich.

 

 

 

 

Holstein-Friesian Cows

Produce Mart Mill>
Prat/are M art Butter

They hold all World’s Records for pro-
duction. Champion yearly butter re-
cord, 1,5061bs. Champion yearly milk
record, 33,425 lbs.

Ask for Free Illustrated Booklets.
THE HOLSTElN-FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION

164 Hudson Street
Brattleboro Vermont.

A Registered Holstein Sire

will increase the production of
your grade herd by 100 per cent.

It can be done in two generations,
and we can supply the bulls.

Write Us.
lhe Michigan Holstein-Friesian

Association
II. I. lllllllllll, in, Field Secretary,

 

 

Old flail Block, Lansing, Michigan
' \ H O L S T E I HS.
Long Distance gage, 3,,8 I BE
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Five dams av 1186 lbs. butter and 24771 lbs. milk in

l r.Bull au'id. em d ed us .
.’ ‘ “l it’iiimiixx’é. ‘il’he. Mich.

 
 

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".50....
N 0 T "I C E
The Winwood Herd

on Nov.‘ lst will move their Herd of
Pure Blood Holsteins to their new
home, 1% miles south of Rochester,Mich.
and for the next 30 days we Will sell
what bull calves we have cheap as we
will be unable to get our buildings com-
plete before winter. Son/get busy if on
want a son of Flint aplecrest oy
at your own price.

JOHN H. WINN, (Inc.)

Roscommon, Michigan

OUR HERD SIRE
Model King Segis Glista

30 lb. son of Lakeside King Segis Alban De Kol.
fiisadam Glista Feiielle 32.37 lbs. Her dam (ilista Er-
nestine 3.3.96 lbs. His three nearest dams average over
38 lbs and his forty-six nearest tested relatives aver-
age over 30 lbs. of butter in seven days. Write for pri-
ces on his sons. *

Grand River Stock Farms
Cory J. Spencer, Owner Eaton Rapids. Mich.

The Traverse Herd

We have what you want in BULL CALVES, the large.
tine growthy type. guaranteed right, in every way.
They am from high producing A. R. 0. ancestors.
Dam’s records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigrees and
quotations. stating about age desired.

TRAVERSE ClTY STATE HOSPITAL

Traverse City, Mich.

 

 

Superior Holsteins

Bulls all sold but are now booking orders for our
expected fall crop of

Bull Calves
sired by my new herd bull, a grandson of
May Echo Sylvia

My sire's two nearest darns average over 35 lbs'
butter and 800 pounds milk in seven days.

A. w. COPLAND .
Birmingham, Mich.
Herd under state and federal supervision

 

' Friesiun heifer and bull calves, purebred
"ohlem registered and high-grade. Price $20 up.
Splendid individuals and breeding. rite us your re-
quirements. Browncroft Farms, McGraw, N Y

Segis Pietertje
Gilt Edge Ormsby

Born Aug. 9, 1919. Every dam in the

 

. first 4 generations has a good 7 day re-

cord and each of these, excepting two
in the fourth generation has a good
yearly record. Three WORLD re-
cords. If you want individuality, and
breeding, backed by both long and
short time reCords, don’t look farther.
And he is some bull too. Herd under
Government Supervismn.

L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio

Holsteins of Quality

for sale. Heifers from 8 MN mono: old. All regis-
. , - id is b'e 't. to tubercu in est.
tercd andso u 1E: A. HARDY. Rochester. Mich

 

 

    

 

The. Frankeninutb Spotted ' Poland as... 73.4.... Associafion ', :i

of Frankcnmuth Twp., Saginaw County, Mich., will sell at

UBLIC AUCTION ~

‘ ON DEC.

3rd, 1920

on Alfred Grucber‘s Farm, two miles east and two miles north of Frankenmuth Junction

at 12 o’clock noon.
open and bred gilts and a few boars.
alog will be sent free upon request.

40 head of Registered Spotted Poland China Hogs, tried and bred,
The tops of 3 herds will be sold at this sale. Cat-

ALFRED GRUEBER, Seeretary

R. 2,

Frankenmuth, Mich.

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0.1. c. BOARS

Choice individuals; ship ed to you c. o. d. express paid and guaranteed
right or your money re unded. All stock registered in buyer‘s name.

J. CARL J EWETT,

Mason, Mich.

 

 

 

An Introduction

Mr. Dairy Farmer. Mr.‘liolsiein Broader Meei
Klliii Fill"

ALL THREE are working to a common purpose-tom-
crcase the production of Michigan Dairy herds. .

We believe all three should work together.

We feel sure that no Michigan bull has ever been better
equipped for the work.

We have it on high authority that there are none better
individually. _ ’

His three nearest dams each averaged to produce 100 lbs.
butter and 2100 lbs. milk per month for a full lactation per-
iod with an average of 3.8% (at.

His dam is one of Michigan's greatest family—three full
sisters that have produced over 301bs'. butter in seven days.
two of them producing over 700 lbs. milk. and two of them
producing more than 1000 lbs. butter and 21000 lbs. milk in
ten months.

His sire is the direct descendant of three onero-
tions of 30 lb. cows and two generations of l
yearly record cows. .‘

His first three sisters to enter yearl test. w'll each
produce more than 800 lbs. butter an 170001 3. milk
as heifers.

Let King Flint Help You improve Your Hard Through
One Of His Sons

A son of this great young sire suited to head any
herd in Michigan. grade or purebred. can be secured
in Genesee County and we want them all to stay in
Michigan.

Write us about your herd. tell us what you need and
what you feel you can afford to pay and let us help
you find just what you want in Genesee County. the
center of Michigan's long distance dairy cattle.

lienrida Farm Elmcrcsl Slook Farm
Walter T. Hill 6. l. Spillane 8. Son 00.
Davison, Mich.’ Clio, Mich.

illuny'Sinck Farm

Offers the best. selection of young bulls from 8 to
12 months we ever raised; out of dams up to 29.76
for aged cows and over 26 lbs. for 2 fir. olds.
Yearly records up to 24000 lbs. milk and 000 lbs.
butter. Sired by our Senior Herd Sire. Maple-
crest Application Pontiac. whose dam made 35
lbs. butter in 7 days and 1344 lbs. butter and
23421 lbs. milk in a. year. or by Dutchland Kon-
igen Sir Rag Apple. our Junior Herd sire, whose
dam is a 30 lb. 10 yr. old maternal sister of Dutchland
Colantha Denver who made 36 lbs. in"! days and 1315
lbs. butter and 25431 lbs. milk in 1 year. Several carry
the blood of both these sires.

They are extra. well grown. straight and right. One
of these at the head of your herd is bound to increase
production.

Bend for pedigrees and prices.

Ii. Bruce McPherson, Howell. Mich.

 

 

“Top Notch” Holsteins

Buy a “milk” Bull of Quality from the Breeders
(if llli‘ world‘s only cow n produce 800le. milk in 7
days, having an 800 lb. daughter.

(i-ir advertised bulls are selling fast.

Here are two good ones:

No. 1. King Vale Colantha De Kol, No. 307701'
Horn Oct. 1]. 1919. .

A "TOP NOTCH” individual. backed by fifteen
dams \\ ho :ncrage 30.73 lbs. butter in 7 days.

Price 5617.1001‘. o. b, How-ll
No.2. Cornucopia Wayne Segis King, No.318409

Born “ML 6. 1%]? l 7 d

“is .i no; rest dorm." 'er' .. . "'32., 'w )utter in are.
lmurs, :1 21" ll). cow wit 1 .1" iti'i‘ifzhtei who produced 38..
7441i»; milk and 1543 lbs, butter in two consecutive
yczm. Price 5125.001 0. b. Bowel].

No, l Hull about. one .,.mnrh , bitt
No, L‘ liull abom. half 1."

McPhei‘son Fa.:ns Co." " Howell, Mich.

Our herds under U. S. Supervision.

Hatch Herd
Ypsilanti, Mich.

(In (iowrnnicnt Accredited list) offers young reg-
istered sons ironrl34 lb. King Korndyke Sadie
Vale bull [or $l50 to $250. .

 

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accepted in payment of finely bred reg-
“ 600d "ole istered Holstein bull calves. Quality
of the best. and at. prices within reach of all. Write,
GEO. I). CLARKE. - - - - Vassar. Mich.

 

‘ For Sale. A few choice cows
Reg' HOIStelns and heifers. 2s.3w St.Johns
J. it. HICKS, St. Johns. Mich:

 

$533,521., Herd Bull For Sale
Old enough for service. Dams recordsfl dn. milk 467.80,
butte 0.8"). 305 da. milk 16.1153. butter 648 She has 2
AIR. . daughters. His sire a 24 lb. grandson of Col-
antha Johanna Lad. Prlce . Write for partic-
ulars Vernon Clough. Puma. Mich.

$100

Registered Holstein Bulls

Best blood in America. Read for ser-
vice, grandson of King of the ontiacs.
Herd sire King of the Pontiac Segis.
Herd under State and Federal Supervision.
JAMES B. JONES FARMS
ROMEO, MIOH.

 

- ' Born Dec. , l . '
Registered Holstein Bull .. .m. or xii... iii... 5a:
dam is a 2] lb. daughter of a211b.cow. Price$90
delivered your station. Write for pedigiree.

EARL PETERS. N. radley, Mich.

 

37 gets 6 weeks old gdson of Maple Crest Koru.Heng.
and Flint Iieng. Saline 27.09 butter 561.2 milk

in 7 days. Calf‘s dam is my best untested cow. Terms.
M. L. McLAULIN. Redford, Mich.

 

Re Holstein-Friesian Bulls readv for service
g' and priced to sell. Light in co or and richly
bred. B. B. IKEAVEY. Akron, Mich.

 

' of 20 high gr. do 0 n ‘ Holst 1
Your Chorce ‘ 1y “ g ‘ e“

cows due this to l and winter.
HARRY E. COVERT, Leslie. Mich.

 

Double Disturber bull at. head of herd,
ngefords Oll'cr :3 2-yr olds. bred, 9 yearling and 5
heifer calves. Fairfax breeding. Bulls any age.

LA 1:1. 0. hicCAltTY, Bud Axe, Mich

ereford bull for sale Woodland 2nd.. 495678. De-
cended from Dale and other first. class stock. A
ood Sized bull. a sure breeder and priced to sell J.C.
‘hornas. Silver Birch Ranch. \Vest Branch. Mich.

The Wildwood Farm

Jersey Cattle. Majesty strain, Herd on State accred-
ited l st. R. of M. testing constantly done. Bulls for
sale. ALVIN BALDEN, Phone 143-5., Capac. Mich.

BUTTER BRED ”E’irsdiisriiiua
CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.
Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.

 

 

For sale Jersey bull calves of Majesty breedingfrom
good producin stock. Herd on Govern-

ment “Accredited List." rite torfirloe and pedi ree

to O. A. TAGGETT. R. 2, ajrgrove. Mic .

 

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lillie Farmstead Jim 3 13.333532: .‘i‘ii'riiiim
C. 0. LI LIE, Coopersville. Mich.

 

NOTTE FARM. Grass Lake, Mich.

 

Jerse bulls for' sale: From Marguerite's Premier.
y a randson of P0 s 99th and B. of M. dams.
MITH & PAR ER. R. 4. Howell. Mich.

Claradale Milking
Shorthorns

Are Officially Supervised b Michigan Agricultural
College. The two year old ancy Duchess Maid 8.836
lbs. ilk, 378 lbs; fat. 4.56 percent average. Rose Mist
8.709 bs. milk 420 lbs. fat. 4 75 percent average. Fancy
Ring 772.6 lbs. milk 267 lbs. fat 8 mo’s. Peri Duchess
27th 6964 lbs. milk 292 lbs. {at percent 4.2]. 2‘d calf.
We have other good cows under state supervision. our
records are made under every day farm pasture con-
ditions twice a day milking only. We can price you
bulls from 2 months to two year olds. Sired b the
the Great Bulls Lord Burrington 5th. and reen
Leaf Master Imp. Your success is our success. Come
and see us. or write your wants to

F. W. JOHNSON, Box 26. Custer. Mason 00.. Mich.

BIDWELL Snorruonus

BUY_ A BULL

that. will put weight on your dairy calves —the dili-
erence will soon pay for the bull. Now selling good
Scotch and Scotch-topped yearlingsmeasonably, riced.
We guarantee every animal to be a breeder. Flederal
Test. One hour from Toledo. Ohio, N. Y. C. B. R.

BIDWELL STOCK FARM,
Box D, Tecumseh, Michigan

The Maple’s Shorthorns

Kirklevington'Lad, by Im . Hartford
Welfare. In service bulls, ibr sale.

J. V. WISE, Gobleville, Mich.

 

 

 

 

- . snonrrnomvs. or. bred b u L
Mllkmg Herds under Federal §upervisio‘d. calves

Davidson & Hall, Beiand a Beland. Tecumseh. Mich~

 

Richland Shorthorns

Imp. Lorne, Imp. Newton cham ion and
Sterling Supreme .111 SerVice. e offer
for quick sale: Five Scotch Bulls, best
of breeding. Three whites at $1000 each‘ One
roan at $500. one red “8400. No females for
sale. Public sale Chica 0 Oct. 28th.
C. H. PRESC TT 8: SONS,
Tawas, City, Mich.

BRANCH COUNTY FARM

Breeders of

American Polled Shortliom Cattle

For Sale two splendid bulls now ready for service.
and two younger ones that; will be ready for light. ser-
vice Jan. 15th. We also are ofl'ering at this time a few
bred cows and heifers. Herd headed by Victor Sultan
and Sultan’s Gift. Prices very reasonable, write your
Geo. E. Burdick. Mgr.. Goldwater. Mich.

Vfi

Maplewood Shorthorns
Two bull calves of good milking dams and sired by
our herd bull. Maplewood Jeweller, both calves are
splendid individuals. Harter &. Easton, J enison,Mich.

 

wants.

 

 

G d Scotch b edb ll.,
Shorthorns hgiiers pric edrrigh‘t], g cows and
W. B. McQUILLAN, R. 7, Howell. Mich.

 

MEADOW Hills Shorthorns. Herd headed by Si].
ver King. full brother of Lavender Sultan Pur-
due Universrty's great sire. For sale females of all
ages. a few young bulls. Geo. D. Doster. Doster. Mich.

 

' ' Shorthorns of best Bates breedin ,
Mllklng bulls 6 to 8 mo. old for sale. 8
E H. KURTZ. Mason, Mich.

 

 

Milking Shorthorn 3 mosheifer calf 8125 bred heifers
and serviceable bulls at farmers' prices. ntral

‘ Mich. Shorthorn Asso. Oscar Skinner Sec.Gowen.Mich.

 

Red Polled'cnttle for sale bulls from 4 to 18 mosalso
cows With calves by side and heifer’s.
G. A. CALHOON. Bronson, Mich.

 

no" "u, 90"“. cattle choicgayxgung bulls from}; to 18

mo. old for
FRANK KEBLEB, R. 1. Grand Ledge, Mich.

 

 

JERSEY BULLS raisin” 83a...-

Lad. Majesty breeding. Meadowland Farm. Water- '

 

man dr Waterman, Packard Bd.. Ann Arbor. Mich.

' an 1‘! 1.1‘ 3‘.'ro
"cg-M Pills“seriousness:
IO 0 firmer n ama- on m I F
3'33. n . wwrnnoox sacs regression.

    

" ‘ e . ' ’ 0
Quality Berkshires.
2BOARS, 4 SOWS. May furrow. Litt '
sired by Prince of Rodent: (2.16191) random:
armor.“ use)?“ m... s... a. ‘ «

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should beinthe hmdsogsgme Berkrhire bleed-- ,‘
erorfrmmrwheietheywillhaveachsncew "
make good. Write or visit farm. ’

WILLIAM ROBERTS
Lone Pine Road, Birmingham. hflich.l

 

Registered Berkshires. Gilts, and Bow- bred for April 9
, May and J 11116 (arrow. A yearling Beer and n 0',"
youngerfiprlng pigs. Chase Stock Farm.Mnrletw.lich.

F“ ' Berkshire pics for sole.
me Registered ,0]... , um... .
o. H. wnfrnnir‘f‘ "mi-mi, Mich. « ”

Brookwaier Dumo Jerseys
BOARS—Ready for Servicg

Big typedarge bone and ruggedmtbpleutyof . L
ity. This is your chance to’buy high‘clala mixi-
uals at reasonable prices. ‘ ‘ ., j

 

. ' "-45
Open Gilte » - -. . . x ‘ \
of choice breeding and right type. Panama Sm]. ~. 2
The Principal 4th. Orion Cherry. King.“ and ‘ t

Orion families. Now is the. ime'vto buy before the , .
demand takes all of the good ones.

Write us for Prices and Pedigrees
Mail orders a Specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed.

BROOKWATER FARM

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
H. w. Mémrord, Owner J. n. Andrews, Mgr.

DUROC JERSEY SWINE 4 .3

for sale, 2 yr. old herd boars. warlingbboars and boar
pigs. also bred sows and ilts. rite to: pedigrees and
prices. game and see t em

 

nos. UNDERHILL to son, siren. men.

 

Sprin pigs by Walt's
Orim, irst Sr. Yearling
Detroit. Jackson,Gd. Rapids and Saginaw 1919 _

Phillips.Bros,Riga,Mich.q

Duroo Jerse s of the biz heav
For sale boned type. y y
CHAS. BRAY. Okemos. Mich.
sows and ilts bred to “alts King 29499
DUI‘OC who has siged more )st and 2nd grim pigs

at the State Fair in last 2 years than any ot or Duroo
boar. Everyone will be a money maker for the

h . . Cat. and rice list. >
N‘iiisiron BARNH RT. so. Johns. Mich.

' . A" f l
DUROCS unannounsgz anus:
W. O. AYLOR. M inn. Mich,

 

 

 

read for servi e. Sir-ed
Duroc Boars b 8.... 0...: 0......
King number 169259 son 0 the $10,000.000 ampion

Jocks Orion King 2ndlall large type and heavy bone
out of good sows.
THE J ENNINGSFARMB. Bailey, Mich. _
, ' Bears of the large heavy
Duroc Jerseys Bears .0... m... .. mama...
prices. Write or better come and see
F. J. DRODT, Monroe, Mich.

 

' ' ‘Farm Durocs. Service boars and

TMhIChIgalrha opesn tgilém fer sale at 840 and 850.
0 . a. 18 80 ion guaranteed. ’

a” are gah‘. FFOBTER. Mgr.. Pavilion. Mich

 

‘hf ' at. once I have just what you want

rite “get heavyi bone registered Duroo Jgr-
b re or serv ce.

5” 0” vi. ya. nuns, L. B. .505. Durand. Mich.

Bears sired b Ed's Defender

2“: 0C 10"ng 004.36d'1‘hori‘n’ Ap le Col. The
e o r non's one 11 .

”9’ “r g nimii sacs. odedoiha. Mich.

uroc Jersey boars from 6 mo. to 1 yr. old. Young
sows old enough to breed for sprin litters all in
good condition and at fair lprices. S e deliverv ar-
anteed. W. E. ARTLEY, Alma. ch.

.DUROG JERSEYS
Carey U. Edmonds, Hastings. Mich.
DUROC JERSEYS Scandals
finder. E. D. HEYDENBEBK. Wayland, bitch.
LEASANT View Durocs. Choice spring boars and

gilts. Come and see or of. our price before buyin .
W. C. BURLINGAMTJ dz SON. Marshall. Mic . . -

 

 

 

 

 

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. Like This

., ‘1 ’(Ife'bflginal big prod
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HAVE started thousands of breeders on the man no

success. I can help you. [want to Place one h from
my grenfiherd in every community where .
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men ol rite gormyolan—‘Mora

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SPECIAL anchorwoman»- r

WEBER sires, n. 2. RoyalOnk, Mich

. . , \.
Big Type Chester Whites EF'iini’ififhd'fi' lv': 2
2nd. Hill's 8' Bone Col. Wykoff. Smith’s'Giant and =7
Champion X r. an out of good bi 'dunis Oho era
immune and satisfaction guaranteecf Also fali‘ p
either,sex. not related. _ - ‘

, N. L. HILL. Jr.. Mackinaw. Ill. Insane". 00... .7
o ' ' choice spring i either sexEBookiiig orders“

- .0 8 for fall i s. 9 re tater treei'andshi 0.0.

n. A. .1. Brianna a. 30:1, sermonspi‘flnh.

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Indigestion—Have a young cow that
was hlways, well up to two months
ago. Since then she has occasionally
had sick spells. Bowels were costive;
I changed her feed. Her throat appear-
ed to be sore, but in a week she was
well. She has no fever and is giving
about four quarts of milk a day. Our
local veterinary is treating her; he
believes she has eaten some infected
food. I have been milking her since
July 10, 1919. E. E. L., Mendon, Mich.
——Her bowels should be regulated by
feeding food that has a laxative ten—
dency. Of course, a little salt added
will increase her thirst, consequently
she will drink more water and this
will loosen her bowels; besides, she
should have walking exercise. Mix
equal parts of ginger, gentian, red cin-
chona, bicarbonate of soda, powdered
sulphate of iron and salt together and
give her a tablespoonful or two at a
dose two or three times a day in feed.

Nasal Caial‘rh.—My flock of fifty
.sheep are troubled with snuffles and I
would like a sure cure for this ail-
ment. E.E. IL, VVilliamston, Mich.—
Treatment usually consists in remov-
ing the cause, but as we have had no
cold damp weather you had better in-
crease their grain' ration, also give
them equal parts of sulphur, salt and
sulphate "of iron. A teaSpoonful is
dose enough for three or four sheep;
medicine should be given twice a. day.

Worms—We have a cat that is trou-
bled with worms; the long slim vari-
ety. Cat is about twelve months old.
J. .B. V. H., Hamilton, Mich.’——For ev-
ery pound the ‘cat weighs give one
grain of powdered areca nut in sweet
milk three times a week, or until the
cat is well. If the bowels are costive
give castor oil.

Vertigo Stomach Staggers.—I have
a. twelve-year-old mare that occasion-
ally falls down. Preceding these at-
tacks she is rather dull and drowsy. It
is now more than two years since she
had the first attack; this summer the
attacks seem to be more frequent, but
don’t last any longer. N. H.. Alto, Mich.
—A case of this kind will not be bene-
fit much by giving drugs; however, if
the bowels are kept open and active,
and if the collar fits properly she may
not be bothered much with dizziness.
Give her one dram of potassium iodide
in feed or in drinking water three
times a day.

Enlarged Throat—Have a cow with
large bunch in throat, which makes
breathing somewhat difficult. What is
the remedy? E. L. W., Howell, Mich.
Clip off hair and apply one part
red iodide of mercury and six parts
lard once a week.

Garget—Infected Udder.—Our four-
yearold cow is troubled with garget
and three of the four'quarters seem to
be infected or diseased. C. F. F., Met-
amora, Mich—Give her half ounce of
fluid extract of poke at a dose three
times a day, apply iodine ointment to
caked portion of udder once a day. If
her bowels are costive give epsom
salts to open them.

Lame Ca1f.—I have a five-month-old
calf that has been lame for the past
two months in left fore leg, no partic-
ular heat or SWelling. H. 0., Gregory,
Mich—It is considered bad practice to
either treat or prescribe a remedy for
lameness. until you have located the
lameness. Hand-rub leg.

Imperfect Udder.——I have a heifer
that came fresh on June 2. She gives
very little milk from forequarters. She
has shown no symptoms of sickness,
but the fore part of udder swelled be-
fore she came fresh. Do you believe
she will be all right when she freshens
again? E. 0., Rock, Mich. It might
help her some if the udder was gently
hand-rubbed twice a day, but waiting
twelve months is too long for uncer-
tain results; therefore. I advise you to
dispose of her for beef.

Difficult Breathing—We have a pig
that breathes with difficult , making a
wheezing noise and seem unable to
open its mouth wide enough to eat
carrots and other solid food. Can you
suggest a cause" and remedy? ‘0. W.
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!DR. H. W. NOBLES,
Sales Mgr. Coral, Mich.

' Strictly Big Type with
For Sale 0. I. C. SWlne, quality. Have a few
good boars and gilts left of same type and blood lines,
that won for us at Ohio and Michigan Stuto Fairs.
Priced very cheap. Write us before you buy.
R 1 NEWMAN'S STOCK FARM

MAHLETTE. MIOH.

O I. C‘s. One last full hour wgt. 4‘35. two last full
- gilts. bred lots of spring pigs and this fall pigs
either sex. good growthy stock 36 mile west of Depot.
Oitz's. Phone 1254. Otto B. Schulze. Nashville. Mich.

O I. 0’s June and July boars and open gilts. Record-

ved and express paid for next 30 days ouch one a

guaranteed feeder. 1“. O. Burgess, 8.3. Mason, Mich.

O I C Serviceable boar's. A few extra
0 O 0 good boars at farmers' prices.

H. W. MANN. Dansville, IMlch.

BigType P. 0. Brad gilts. Fall yearlingls. prize win:
nera. out 1100 lb. sire and mnmmot Hows from
Iowa's greatest herds F..J . M athcwson, Burr Oak,Mich.
Closing out sale of blgtype Poland China hogs. which

/ represents the work of 25 years of constructive
breeding. Everything goes; including our three great
herd boars. "Mich.Buster" by "Giant. Buster", “A
Giant" “Butler's Big Bob," Two of the host yearling

rospects in Michigan great length, big bono.
game got your pick. J no. 0. Butler. Portland. Mich.

La expo Poland China’s spring boars ready to
I! l . Everything immune from Cholera.
. FEL KAM I’, ll. No. 2, Manchester. Mich.

round Chinas

Spring boars and gilts from the Sr. Champion
boar at the State Fair at Detroit this year also
Grand Champion at West Mich. Fair at Grgmd
Rapids weighing 1025 lbs.

If you want something that will give you sat-
isfaction let us sell you a boar or gilt.

ALLEN BROS., Paw Paw, Mich.

L. S. P. C.

Everything sold previously ad. 25 spring pigs
placed on the bargain counter for mo. of Sept.

pairs or trios not akin.
H. O. SWARTZ, Shoolcraft, Mich.

Big Type Poland Chinas

Our_herd is representative of the best
in Big T es. Chmce boars for sale
now. esley Hlle. R. 6, Ionia, Mich.
Poland China E?§§l“'llé‘-§.“:i;‘l first:

best sows are the best we ever offered. Write for
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Price and 50 fall pigs send orders now.
0. E. GARNANT. Eaton Rapids. b’lich

I am offering Large Type Pol and China, Sows. bred
. to F's Oran e. at reasonable rices: also fall p188.
Write or call lydo Fisher. St. ouis. Mich. il.R.3.

My! Oh My! 'What An Opportunity

We are now oflerin a few choice big type Poland
Ohinn Bom,from Big mooth J onesone of the breeds
best sires. from dams by such noted sires as Grand
Master. Hillcrest Wonder. Mastadon Wonder and
Hillcrest Bob. ‘

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will please 0 . Price , g
HILLOREST FARM. Kalamazoo. Mich.

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70 head of Poland Ohlnas at private sale. Am ofloring
8 ring boars from $40 to $50 and gilts the same price.
ummer and fail pl mouch. T s first check will
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of both sex. and bred sows and gilts.

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8 YD some {all boar pigs good enough to llt‘all any
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price. “7. J . HAGELSHA“'. Augusta. Mich.

Edgewood Hampshires
All bred gills sold. Now booking onlom for gilt-l bred
for fall furrow. and pigs for in club work only.
Depew Head. lCdgommd 'arm, hinrlon, Ohio.

H‘MPSH'BES :priliig boars allul fall pig; at a bargain.
. goo your orcer now or bred gllts.
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‘ Ruins B. (ll 0. type. having size. ' l't .l
Delame of breeding, priced to sell. w (213.1” l y ’88:
S. H. SANDERS. li.2. Ashtobula. O.

WHITTUM FARM SHROPSHIRES

A line lot of impor'red and house bred yearling ewes
and rams: for sale. A fine chance toslnrt u now flock
or improve the old one call at the farm or write

for Just. what you want.
0. H. VVH ITTUIW, Futon Rupids, Mich.
FOR SALE 35 Registered Shropshire
yearling mum and rum lambs.

Also some choice Duroc Jersoy boars and gilts.
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sired by Imp. Berry No. 163 for sale. Also a few Ewes.
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ono‘J yrs. old. priced
illnlon Rapids. Nlich.

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right. CARI. ’l‘Olv’Ll Fl“,

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and rams. Jno. Grieve. il. 3, Fowlerville, Mich.
SH ROPSHI RE deiiili’egunii‘fiisapié‘?‘

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og. Hampshire Down ram lambs. one re ‘st
RShorthorn bull calf. ‘lzmouspring and fall fgxrmem
, 0 03300, Mich -

Oxford ram lambs re ist .d
For sale delivered $25.00. Guargnteeellf. and
GEO. T. ABBOTT. Palm. Mich.
OXFORD Rams. all ages $20.00 to $25.00
ewes chenperbroeding the best.
0. M. YORK, Millington. Mich.

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HORSES
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960le. out be sold at once come and see her or

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS
November 23, 1920.
Wheat.

Detroit.-—Cash No. 2 red $2; Decem-
ber $1.91; March $1.89; No. 2 white
and N0. 2 mixed $1.98. .

Chicago.—No. 1 hard $1.681/2@1.721,é
per bushel; December $1.68; March
8.63%.

Corn.

Detroit.-—Cash No. 3 yellow,
870; No. 4 yellow, new 83c.
Chicago.~No. 2 mixed 71@720; No.
3 yellow 67@68c.
Oats.
Detroit—Cash No. 23hitg215/é6c; No.
bite 541 c; No. 4 w ite c.
3 ‘thicagor/ENO. 2 white 47%@49%c;
No. 3 white 45%@46%c.
Beans.
Detroit—Immediate and prompt are
lower at $4.30@4.40 per cwt. _
Chicago.——Market steady. Hand-pick-
ed beans choice to fancy $4.75@5; red
kidney beans $9@9.50 per cwt.
New York.—_Market continues dull.
Choice pea $5.75; do medium $5.75@6;
red kidney $10.50@11 per cwt.

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Rye.

Detroit—Cash No. 2 rye $1.55.
Seeds.
Detroit.—Prime red clover $11.25;
December $11.50; alsike $15.50; time-g

thy $3.40.
Toledo—Prime red clover, cash and
December $11.65; alsike $15.15; timo-

thy $3.30.
WHEAT

The condition of the new winter
wheat crop is relatively high, probably
around 90. compared with 85.2 last
year. There are a few sections in Kan-
sas where more moisture would be
beneficial. Canadian wheat continues
to be sold to come into the United
States but business is greatly hamper-
ed by the fact that Canadian growers
own practically all of the wheat In
store at Fort William and Fort Arthur.
around 15,000,000 bushels, and refuse
to sell, holding for higher prices. As a
result Duluth sold back to Canada
100,000 bushels of wheat recently
brought from there. Canadian flour
which was recently offered at $1.50@2
per barrel under domestic at Chicago
is now around the same price to 500
per barrel premium. The foreign de-
mand for cash wheat has been very
brisk at times with the continent the
best buyer. A move: is under way
whereby the Germans will be given
$250,000,000 to $750,000,000 held for
them by the alien enemy property cus-
todian in this country and it is expect—
.ed that an immense export demand
will be reported for grains and hog
products if this plan is carried into
effect. The flour demand has shown
some tendency to increase but buyers
are still cautious.

CORN

The decline in corn has been almost
continuous for 75 days during which
period the December has dropped
around $1 per bushel and the price has
been more than out in half. Even the
most hardened speculators are com-
mencing to complain about the per—
sistent decline, admitting that the en-
tire prosperity of the country depends
on stabilizing prices. At week’s close
there was a disposition to turn to the
constructive side of the market and a
sharp upward swing may come at any
time. The one great feat that the
break has done is tosolidify the farm-
ers’ organizations such as nothing else
could have done. The holding tenden-
cy on the part of producers continues.
The movement of new corn has in-
creased rapidly and the bulk of the ar-
rivals at Chicago are now from the
1920 crop. Very little grain is grading
below No. 4, with a fair sprinkling of
the No. 2 grades, something most un-
_ usual at this season of the year.
corn premiums have eased off around
three cents the past week, with the in-
dustries the best buyers.

FEEDS

Although mill feeds are practically
unchanged for the week, cottonseed
meal and linseed meal declined, reflect‘
ing the lack of confidence among cat-
tle producers as their financial difficul-
ties. Fresh declines in feed grains are
offsetting any seasonal increase in de-
mand for foodstuffs. Latest quotations
per ton (1001b bags), in cariots -are:l

 

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Chicago.-—Bran $37 ; standard mid-
dlings $40; flour middlings $42; cot-
tonseed meal, 41 per cent $48; cotton-
seed meal, 36 per cent $42; gluten feed
$45; hominy feed $42; old process oil
meal $61; tankage $80@90. Detr it.
——Bran $43; standard middlings $45;
flour middlings $54; coarse corn meal
$44; cracked corn $47; chop $33.

SEEDS

_The declines affecting all commodi-
ties caused clover seed prices to reach
new low prices. In the absence of con-
sumptive demand and with speculative
buying restricted by business liquida-
tion and tight money all other factors

are ignored.
BEANS

Although the market is dull, with
buyers following the hand to mouth
policy in their purchases, prices have
held during the week reasonably well
in view of the sharp declines£i other
farm products. The ruling pri at the
close of the week per 100—lb sack f. o.
b. Michigan shipping points, was $4.60,
a decline of ten cents for the week.

HAY

High freight costs serve to prop up
hay prices to consumers, although the
producers are getting but small re-
turns. Values are high compared with
corn, oats and by-product feeds and
show but little change, although a
weakening tendency is noticeable.

Detroit—No. 1 timothy $296030;
standard $28@29; light mixed $286029;
No. 2 timothy $276028; No. 1 mixed $26
(027: No. 1 clover $26@27; rye straw
$14.50@]5; wheat and cat straw at

$13.50@14.
BUTTER

Scarcity of finer grades kept eastern
butter markets firm with prices prac-
tically unchanged, but eastern buyers
have ample stocks and did little buy-
ing at Chicago, making that market
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vous. Prices are high compared to
many other products, no one is anxious
to stock up for distant requirements,
and foreign producers continue to of-
fer butter in our markets. Storage
holdings on November 1, as shown in
the final report, were 101,726,000 lbs,
a decrease of 12,650,000 lbs.. during
October, whereas last year the corres-
ponding decrease was about 21,300,000
lbs. Storage stocks are moving slowly,
and operators are complaining of loss-
es. Prices on 92 score butter on No-
vember 19 as quoted by the bureau of
markets, were: Chicago 610; New
York 65c; Boston 61c; Philadelphia
650 per pound.

EGGS AND POULTRY

Egg markets continue to show sur-
prising strength in view of the weak-
ness of numerous other foods. Prices
generally were higher the past week,
Chicago reaching a new altitude for
the season. While the supply of eggs
is inadequate, the price looks top-heavy
and a reaction would occasion no sur-
prise. Poultry prices were irregular,
Thanksgiving trade not bringing uni-
form strength. Detroit.-—Eggs, fresh
candled 72@fl3c. Live poultry, spring
chickens 26@27c; Leghorns 20@22c;
hens 24@25c; small hens 18c; roost-
ers 18; geese 250; ducks 30@320; tur-
keys 37@38c.

CHEESE

Cheese distributing markets were
steady to firm the past week. The
slight price advances did not reflect to
the full extent the sharp advance in
country markets. Demand was limited,
and buyers continue to economize on
storage space by purchasing in small
lots. There is almost no trading in
a Wholesale way. Fresh cheese is none
too plentiful but prices hold firm large-

ly because there is but little pushing \

of sales. Storage holdings decreased
about 6,000,000 pounds during October
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Markets for November 24.

DETROIT

Cattle.
Market dull but steady.
Best heavy steers ....... $ 10.00
Best handy wt bu steers 7.50@ 8.50
Mixed steers and heifers..7.00(ii) 7.25

Handy light butchers . . . . 6.0061} 6.50
Light butchers . ......... 4.00@ 5.50
Best cows ..... . ...... 6.25@ 7.00
Butcher cows ........... 5.0060 6.00
Common cows 3.75@ 4.00
Canners . ................ 3.00@ 3.50
Choice bulls .......... 6.50@ 6.75
Bologna. bulls . . ......... 5.75@ 6.25
Stock bulls . . . .. ......... 4.00@ 5.50
Feeders . . . . .......... 7.00@ 9.00
Stockers . . . ............. 4.00@ 6.75
Milkers and springers. . . .$ 65@ 100
Veal Calves.
Market very dull.

Best ..... ' ...... , .......... 13.00
Others ......... . . . . . . . . . 4.00@10.00
Hogs.

Market steady.
Mixed hogs ....... .............$10.00
Pigs and yorkers ......... . . . . . 10.25

Sheep and Lambs.
Sheep steady; lambs 250 higher.

Best lambs .............. $10.25@10.50
Fair lambs ............. . 8.00@ 9.50
Light to common ........ 4.006}- 7.25
Fair to good sheep . . . . 3.50@ 4.00
Culls and common ...... 1.00@ 3.00
CHICAGO
‘ Hogs.

Estimated receipts today are 23,000;
holdover 14,356. Market 10@15c low-
er. —Bulk of sales $9.60@9.90; tops at
$10; heavy 250 lbs up medium, good
and choice $9.60@10; medium 200 to
250 lbs medium, good and choice $9.75
@10; light 150 to 200 lbs common, me
dium, good and choice $9.50@9.90;
light lights 130 to 150 lbs common, me-
dium, good and choice at $9.60@9.90:
heavy packing sows 250 lbs up smooth
$9.10@9.50: packing sows 200 lbs up
rough $8.90@9.10; pigs 130 lbs down,
medium, good aiédtc'hoice $9.25@10.25.

L a e-

Estimated receipts today are 10,000.’
Fat natives are 25@50c higher; others
steady to strong; calves 500 lower.

 

Beef steers, medium and heavy weight
1100 lbs up choice and price $15.75 ,
18; do medium and good $9.75@15.75;
do common $8@9.75; light weight 1100
1100 lbs up choice and prime $15.75@
17.65; do common and medium $7.25@
12.35; butcher cattle heifers, common,
medium, good andchoice $4.50@12.50;
cows common, medium .good and
choice $4.50@10.50; bulls, bologna and
beef $4.50@9.40; canners and cutters
cows and heifers $3.25@4.50; do can-
ner steers at $3.75@5.50; veal calves;
light and handyweight medium, good
and choice $12.50@13.75; feeder steers
common, medium, good and choice at
$7.50@10.75; stocker steers, common,
medium, good and choice $4.25@8.75;
stocker cows and heifers, common, me-
dium, good and choice $47177; western
range cattle beef steers, medium, good
and choice $8.50@tl2.25: do cows and
heifers medium, good and choice $5.25

@950.
Sheep and Lambs.

Estimated receipts 14,000. Market
steady. ~ Lambs 84 lbs down. medium,
good, choice and prime at $10®11 25;
do culls and common at $7.50@9.50;
spring lambs medium, good, choice and
prime $7.75@9; ewes, medium, good
and choice at $4@4.65; ewes cull and
common $2@3.50; breeding ewes full
mouths to yearlings $4.50@6.50; year-
ling wethers medium, good and choice
$10@10.50.

BUFFALO - ’-
Cattle.

This market is very slow. Prices sag-
ged 25@50c on Monday and there has
been no recovery. Prime steers and
shipping steers $12.50@13.50; butchers
$8.50@12; yearlings $13.50@14; heifers
$5.50@10; cows $8@8.75; bulls $5@
8.75; stockers and feeders $5.50@8.60;
fresh cows and springers 50c@'$1.20.
Calves $1 lower at $4@16.

Hogs.

Prices have declined to the pro-war
level. Pigs and lights bring $11@11.50:‘
others $10.50@10.75. ' .

Sheep and Lambs. .

Everything except yearlin ‘ a ,. ..

$1036. Best lambs bmught 530.758

     

  
  

  

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rather nervous. Prices 1‘. o. b. northern
shipping points declined to $1.75@2
per 100 lbs sacked. Most midwestern
markets are steady, but Chicago de-
clined slightly. Shipments from the
northern producing sections are falling
off. Chicago—Northern whites $1.90
@2 per 'cwt. Cleveland—Ohio and
New York round whites, No. 1 $3.60@
3.75 per 150-lb sack; Michigan round
whites $3.50@3.75. Detroit—Michigan
$3.50@3.75 per 100-lb sack. \

APPLES , ‘ >

\Cold storage holdings of apples on
November 1 were 3,256,355 barrels, as
compared with 3,108,246 on the same
date last year, and 2,914,828 barrels
two years ago. Boxed apple holdings
were 2,716,734 boxes, compared with
2,244,245 last year and 2,512,541 in
1918. Shipmentsof both barreled and
boxed apples as well as receipts at
eastern country shipping points are
falling off. Values are steady to slight-
ly higher. Baldwins A295 are still at
$4.25 per barrel at New York shipping
points, but range slightly higher in
consuming markets at $4.50@6.

ONIONS
Shipping point prices for onions are
a shade lower at $1.20@ll.35. Consum-
ing markets are irregular at $1.25@1.75
but most of them show advances. Ship-
ments are declining.

. CABBAGE

Cabbage prices practically steady at
country points but consuming markets
in the east are $4 per ton lower. Ship-
ments are falling off. '

DETROIT CITY MARKET

These markets are well supplied

with produce, but trading is very slow . ,

on most offerings. Poultry moved fair-
ly well except turkeys which were
slow sellers at 45 cents per pound live
weight: Geese and ducks moved fast
at 32c with the prices ranging from
230 to 32c a pound. No pork er veal
were offered. Carrots moved very well

(63’ but the majority of vegetables were

slower movers. An abundance of kale
was offered but the demand was very
light for this green. Most potatoes
sold at $1.30@1.45 with most sales
at $1.40. .

 

 

FEEDERS DON’T GET FULL DE-
CLINE.

 

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The big run of stock furnished feed-
er buyers an opportunity but the full
amount of the decline was not passed
on to them. The spread between prices
for steers taken for slaughter, and
prices for feeders in the yard traders’
hands was ‘not as wide as it should
have been. However, enough country
buyers were attracted by the lower
prices to start the trend upward again.

 

PROVISION MARKETS DECLINE.

 

In line with all other speculative
commodity markets, prices for cured.
hog products declined during the past
week. Lower prices for hogs also
tended to lower provision values and
lower prices upon these tended in turn
to bring fresh declines in hogs.

Reports of total storage holdings for
November 1 show a big decline in lard
stocks to 47,795,000 pounds compared
with 109,258,000 pounds a month ago.
and 66,936,000 pounds on November 1,
1919. Since Chicago stocks also de-
clined during the first half of Novem-
ber it is safe to infer that the total re-
maining supply is comparatively small.
Stocks of frozen, salted and pickled
pork also declined materially during
October. ,

 

The p001 of banks to provide $25,000,-
000 for carrying cattle loans which are
now being called ,is rapidly taking

shape but it remains to be seen how ‘

much it will influence market values,

 

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assesses,
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remaining on November 1 was about '- "
two-thirds as large as last year. "

POTATOES .

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pecially severe in the textile trade con-
market in

tinues to hold. the wool .

check. Buying remains limited to ac-
tual requirements for immediate use.
Wool stocks are large as the reduced
consumption during the last six
months has added to the present avail-
able supply. With so much of‘this
year’s clip still in growers’ handsnthe
new clip approaching and Amer1can
buyers at Australian sales, the outlook
does not encourage belief in much
’higher prices, although the market
must be near the bottom. At the latest
- Australian sales lower prices were. en-
forced. At London’s latest auctions
fine wools'were in demand but coarse
grades were lower and many were
withdrawn. Quotations remain mostly
nominal.

 

STATE FARM BUREAU MARKET
, . REPORT.

 

Farmers are not selling wheat. In
one week it reached the lowest in four
years, declining 24 cents a bushel. The
millers ,find no demand for flour. Corn
declined 10 cents, no demand what-
ever, either for new or old. Large
crops would warrant still lower figures
although western reports say farmers
are building cribs to hold corn, their
only salvation. Very little oats now
moving to elevators. They are cheap-
est feed farmers can now use, as ele-
vators report only paying one cent per
pound fer the commodity, which six
months ago was four cents per pound.
The rye market declined 14 cents.
Many consignments of clover arriving
at seed department. Due to low mar-
ket many consignors are giving in-
structions to hold. The demand from
northern counties is becoming brisk.
There is a bumper crop of White Blos
som sweet clover, with market dull.
Little change in timothy. Soy beans
looking better as demand increases.

 

STATE ASSOCIATION OF FARM ERS’
CLUBS MEETS AT LANSING.

 

The annual meeting of: the Michigan
State Association of Farmers' Clubs
will be held in the Capitol Building,
Lansing, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
December 7-8.

Every Farmers’ Club is asked to
send at least two delegates to this
meeting and all persons interested in
agriculture are asked to attend if pos-
sible, as a program of interest and in-
structiveness is being planned by the
executive board—Mrs. I. R. JOHNSON,
Secretary.

 

TD VISITORS AT INTERNATIONAL.

 

We have recently been advised by
the management, of the International
Live Stock Exposition at Chicago that
the Chicago Association of Commerce
will maintain a rooming bureau
throughout the entire period of the
show. Anyone in need of a room may,
upon arrival at Chicago, telephone the
hotel information bureau of the Chica-
go Association of Commerce, Main
4808. The service of the bureau is ab-
solutely free. -

RECENT HOLSTE lN SALES.

 

Central Michigan Sale.
OLLOWING the Jackson sale, re.
ported last week, came the Central

Michigan Breeders’ Third Annual Sale,
October 20, at East Lansing, which in-
cluded too many consignments that
were poorly fitted. In fact, only a few
animals in the sale gave evidence of
any extra feed and care to put them in
shape. This is a great mistake on the
part of contributors to a public sale,
for the extra feed and care necessary
to put cattle in proper condition will
bring greater returns on the invest-
ment than anything else in connection
with the public sale.

Fifty-eight animals brought $11,960,
an average of $206.20 per head. Thir-
teen animals sold for $300 or more,
and the top price, $450, was paid for a
ten-months-old bull calf from a thirty-
pound dam. This calf was in the con-
sxgmnent of C. A. Daniels & Son, and

,was. purchased by J. B. McCallum, of
Hart, Michigan. Mr. McCallum was
the heavrest buyer, taking eleven head
for $2,57 5. Colver Farms, Colver, Penn-
sylvania, were the only out of the state
buyers,_taking six head at $1,455.

Shiawaseee County Sale.

The Shiawassee Conn Breeds '
Sale at Owosso. October 2‘1y was a s:-
istactory sale and a larger crowd was
in attendance. This was the first con-
signment sale ever attempted in Shia-
wassee county. and breeders should

the, complimented upon the._quality and

ml was in good condition and well
trimmed and groomed and if the breed-
ers keep up the pace they set in their
first sale, they will have one of the
best‘ sales in the state.

Prices were not high, but were fairly
satisfactory, considering existing con-
ditions, and'only a few of the animals
offered had much immediate official
record backing.

The top price was $1,000 for the
tliirty-one-pound cow, Rosie Mercedes
Butter Boy, consigned by H. A. Smith
of Wixom, Michigan. She was pur-
chased by the G. L. Spillane & Son
Company, of Clio, Michigan, and will
probably be put on yearly work with
the rest of their herd.

J. E. McWilliams, superintendent of
the Detroit Creamery Company, at
their Mount Clemens plant, bought
four fine ones for $1,870; M. J. Roche,
of Pinckney, took five, and James B.
Jones. of Romeo. and Floyd Pierson, of
Flint. each took home four. Baldwin
& Nowlin, of Bennington, Michigan,
were the heaviest purchasers, with
eight head at $2,265. .

Tw‘enty head in this sale sold for
$300 or over, and the entire number,
eighty head, brought $19,290, an aver-
age of $241.12 per head.

RAMSDELL’S POLAND CHINA
SALE.

 

T Hanover. Michigan, November 10,
Barney Ramsdell sold twenty P01-
and China. hogs for an average of more
than $92. The entire sale offering made
an average of better than $80. Every-
thing passed off without a slip. The
hogs were in good condition, possessed
popular blood lines and the sale was
one of the best conducted ones held
this year. Colonel Billy Vl'affle, of Cold-
water, looked like a.“million dollars”
in the box, while Colonel Jim Post, not
related to the Outpost, and Colonel
John Hoffman certainly kept the crowd
on their toes. Every hog in the sale
was double-immuned and a certificate
went with the sale. The following
twenty animals sold for:
No. 2, sow, to W. E. Livingston, $140.
No. 3-sow, to Thomas Tryon, $65. *
No. 4, sow, to George Church, $118.
No. 5 sow, to James Mygrant, $115.
No. 8, boar, to Howard Kerr, $78.
No. 9. boar, to George McKibbon,
$67.50. ‘
No. 11, gilt, to Bert Sanderson,
,$97.50.
1 , gilt, to Levi Kesserling. $80.
. 15, gilt, to F. E. Haynes, $227.
. 00, gilt, to Ralph Butler, $127.50.
. 16, boar, to Fred Baker, $67.50.
. 17, gilt, to A. D. Gregory, $110.
. 18, gilt, l. K. Maystead, $68.
. 19, gilt, Wm. Reynolds, $102.50.
. 20, gilt, to I. K. Maystead, $69.
. 22, gilt, to Jesse Fogg, $91.
. 21, boar, to Harry Kelly, $60.
. 14, boar, to Wm. Reynolds, $61.
. 10, gilt, to I. K. Maystead, $59.
. 12, gilt, to I. K. Maystead, $52.50.

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AGRICULTURAL NEWS.

 

Notwithstanding the efforts being
made to increase foreign trade, the
federal reserve banks reports show a
further decline in export demand, for
American products, and lack of new
orders. This is due, the banks say, to

the fact that the fall in prices of many.

commodities in foreign as well as do-
mestic markets, with the attendant
financial strain abroadfhas reduced
buying power and caused a slackening
in demand.

If the statement given out by the
institute of American meat packers is
correct, there was a decline in whole-
sale prices of beef and pork during OC-
tober. The statement says the “selling
prices of carcass beef throughout the
country showed an average decline of
thirteen per cent at the end of Octo-
her, as compared with the first week
in September. Fresh pork declined
heavily. In‘ the domestic trade from
October -2 to October 26, the wholesale
prices of light pork loins declined
abouttwenty-one per cent. During this
time pork shoulders declined ten per
cent, and smoked hams and standard
bacon fell slightly ' less than ten per
cent.” .

The nineteenth annual chrysanthe-.

condition of theotferings. Every aniw

 

 

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mum show of the department of agri-I .

culture, last week, was a delight to
flower lovers. A dozen or more new
varieties of Chrysanthemums were
named during the show, among them
being the “Lambert Jones,” “Hedweg
M. Slater," “Mrs. John G. Slater,”
“Francis G. Williamson,” and “Dorothy
Gorges.” E. E. R.

REINFORCING FARM MANURE.

 

HE field was covered with twelve

loads of stall manure per acre, re-
inforced with 300 pounds per acre of
sixteen per cent acid phosphate, except
a check strip thirty feet wide across
the field, which received the manure
but no acid phosphate.

One average row across the field
gave 860 pounds of ensilage com. This
row when husked out gave six baskets
of corn, from which half a bushel of

choice seed ears were selected, and.

about one-third of a bushel of soft
corn.

Row in check strip receiving the ma-
nure but no acid phosphate gave 740
pounds of ensilage corn; but when
husked gave only four and a quarter
baskets of ears, from which only seven
seed ears were selected, and one full
basket of soft corn.

The difference, therefore, between
the gross weight of the corn as cut
does not represent the true value of
the crop furnished by the acid phos-
phate. The difference per row of one
hundred and twenty pounds for the
acid phosphate would equal 2,376
pounds per acre. The acid phosphate
at $32 per ton, cost $4.80 per acre, and
the value of the ensilage produced, at
$8.00 per ton, would be $9.50, leaving
a balance in favor of the acid phos-
phate of $4.70. This, however, would
be increased by the greater value of
the ensilage from the fertilized corn.

Or, to reckon it in baskets of corn—
one and three-fourths baskets per row,
or thirty baskets per acre, could have
been picked off and still leave the val-
ue of the fertilizer corn equal to the
corn in the check strip. Giving the
thirty baskets a value of $15, and sub-
tracting the $4.80, we have $11.20 net
profit from the use of phosphate, less
labor to apply. Even this does not
show the entire gain, as the fertility
added by the phosphate which the corn
did not use, will increase the growth
of the rye and vetch crop following the
corn, enough probably to pay the en-
tire fertilizer bill.

Results in this particular case are
154 tons of ensilage, containing 1.994
baskets of ears, less the ten rows husk-
ed for the purpOse of securing the
above figures; all from 20.15 acres of
land which a few years ago would
raise six bushels of rye per acre. Next
spring, figures can be given 9n the
number of pounds of beef produced by
this ensilage, fed with sufficient pro-
tein feed to make a balanced ration.

Charlevoix Co. B. E. WATERMAN.

SHORTHORNS SELL WELL.

 

At the recent Shorthorn sale at Chi—

cago the firm of Prescott & Sons, of M

Michigan, sold thirty-nine head of cat-
tle for a total of $41,000. One cow
brought $3,500, and a number of others
sold at prices around $2,500.

COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.

 

Poland China—December 3, Alfred
Grueber, Frankenmuth. Michigan.

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Vetch
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Wheat
Rye
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Agents Wanted

We want an agent in every coun-
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states for this wonderful tonic.
' conditioner and worm cxpcllcr
for run down or worm infested
cattle, horses, bogs or sheep.
W'ritc for our proposition.

Eastman Salt Products Co.
Saginaw. Mich.

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Mr. POULTRY FARMER:

We make a specialty of White Hennery E335 and
have created a profitable market for yOur eggs the
year around. We pay the highest premium for your
Hennery Whites—We remit same day shipments
arrive. Ship Often--Shlp by Expreu
GEO. R. ELDRIDGE CO.
494-18!!! Street. Detroit. Mich.

Rememberl We guarantee you sou-faction with every ohlpmenl

Holmes,Sluwe Co., 445 Riopelle Si.

Commission Merchants. Dressed Beef. Hogs. calves.
Poultry. Live a. Dressed. Provisions, etc. Correspon-
dence BolIcIted. Ref. Wayne County l Home Savings

Bank, Bradstreet. Detrort, Mich. Cad.288‘l
Daniel Mc Cuff ey’s Sons,

HA 621-625 Wabash Bldz.. Pimburg. Pa.
Cotton Seed Meal

850.00 per ton, sacks included. Instant shi ment.
GEORGE W. YOUNG 00.. Owglso. Mich.

Farms and Farm lands For Sale

Attention Farmers!

If you want to sell or exchange, your
farm for Detrort city property, write
to us for quick results.

.I. F. llinlz lleal Eslale 60.,

786 Milwaukee Ave... E. Detroi M'c ' .
Phone Melrose 281._ t, l higan

Members of the "Detroit Board of Com '°
and "Detroit Real Estate Brokers Auociz'teiroie.“

City Owner to Sell
40—Acre Michigan Farm for

$1,250 with horse. cow and calf, wagon. harness

tatoes, oats, hay; just 011' Dixie Hi hway. on improyood
road. mi. RR'town; loamy tillage. large pasture.
woodlot; finely situated house, southern exposure.
barn, etc; only cash. balance eas tonne. De~
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Strout c'BiIisIllust'rated Catalog Farm Bargains Mich-
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wn alarm near Detroit.the automobile center of the
Oworld. Where land will double in value, 60 min-
utes to City, hard surface and state roads cit. people
pay cash at your door for your products. {farmers
making money selling milk. neighbor purchased farm
8 years ago With storm-fruit and cows paid for it and
so d last winter for truce what paid.Had auction 370(1).
A few fine farms good buildings. $125 per acre for
quick sale. J. W. SALIARD, Romeo, Mich.

FIRMS Fllll SllE lll NEW YORK STATE

All kinds of farms at bargain prices. “00 E t
on" to the land of his values for low 3003.011”
Satisfied Customer" is our motto. Write or our cat-
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Fflm: many I have listed; 80 acres. slightly rollinh:
clay loam soil._good house, basement barn, silo, winds
mill. woven Wire fences, about 350 fruit trees. 6 not“
pasture. 5 acres sugar bush, very productive soil. Near
school, 4% miles from town. Only $6500. .1500
Will bu it. Write or phone for full rticularu.
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shady lawn. good barn. other farm bldgs. , also fins
80 A. with 19 A. timber near by. equipment if desired.
Write WILL TREGO. B. 3, Hastings, Mich.

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any recommend it. Why? Because it
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I am in the saw mill business and keep from
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Clarence J. Henley, Maplesyillc, Ala.

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Caustic Balsam. I have cured bOWed tendons,
capped hock , splints, ringbone, sidebone, shoe boil,
quitter, poll-evil, fistula of withers and many other
long standing cases. It is either a mild blister or
a fine counter irritant; does away with firing.

E. L. Seltzer. Shelltown. Md.

Twenty Years Success With Caustic Balsam

After using Gombault's Caustic Balsam for
twenty years I can say it has never failed to do
all you reeommend it to do. While it seems high
to one that has never tried it. once 9. customer al-
ways one. I have used it for twenty years and
use no other but. it. W .A.McCaulcy, Malone,Tex.

Good For Any Cut or Bruise

I recommend your Caustic Balsam for any kind
of rusty nail or barb wire cut and has also cured
bad cases of blood poisoning. I am a veterinarian
and surgeon and I recommend to any man this
Caustic Balsam as a. cure of what I said.

F. Max Scheibc, V.S., Dulce, N. Mex

Caustic Balsam Does More Than Guaranteed

I have used Caustic Balsam for the last seven
years and found it just as it was recommended,
and even more, because it will cure where other
medicine fails and I can rove it. I can certainly
recommend it. J. . Sullivan, Chebanse, Ill.

 

 

 

Gomhault’s Caustic Balsam
As a Liniment for the Human Body has no Equal ‘.

A Liniment that benefits; it kills pain. A home remedy for the Human Family

ALL TESTS prove the wonderful efficiency of Gombault’s Caustic Balsam
in relieving human ailments, such as Rheumatism,Neuralgia,S rains,Sore Throat,
Sore Lungs, Chest Cold, Backache, Lumbago, Diphtheria, all tiff Joints. It“ is
penetrating, soothing and healing, and for Old Sores, Bruises or Wounds, Felons,
External Tumors,Cancers,Boils,Corns orBunionsCaustic Balsam has no equal.
It removes the soreness and strengthens the muscles—in fact aids all
troubles where an external application is necessary. We would distinctly say

to all who buy it that it does not contain a particle of poisonous sub- '

stance, and therefore no harm can possibly result from its use.

THIS GREAT REMEDY literally works wonders! ‘ It removes
bunches on horses and other livestock, thereby increasing the
value of the animal fully 50 percent. ' A successful treatment for
Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder,
\Vindpuffs, all Skin Diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria,
Pink Eye, and Lameness from Spavin, Ringbone, and other Bony
Tumors; also all obstructions in circulation, and imparts new life
and vigor. It is a peerless remedy for all Throat and Bronchial

Troubles.
one with safety, will do its Work well and in no

a I. . way injure the horse, while other blisters need

daily attention and care and then are liable to leave a. blemish.

 

Because Caustic Balsam can be applied by any-

 

If ”u have a lame or unsound horse, YOU CAN WELL AFFORD TO
TRY A REMEDY THAT IS SO HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Information on special cases freely given on request. .

It is FAR SUPERIOR, MORE ECONOMICAL, and a PERFECTLY
SAFE, RELIABLE and PROMPT Remedy to use as compared with
any other remedy used for like purposes. .

The demand is produced strictly by its merits. ’

IT SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY OR FIRING

IMPOSSIBLE TOPRODUCE ANY SCAR OR BLEMISH
IT IS THE SAFEST AND BEST BLISTER

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CAREFUL FARMERS
usr. CAUSTIC BALSAMN‘ ‘
A Safe and Reliable Anticeptic

Do you‘turn your horses out for the winter? If
so, we want to call our attention to a very im-
portant matter. . orses which have been used
steadily at work. either on the farm or road, have
quite likely had some strains whereby lameness or
enlargements have been caused. Or perhaps new
life is needed to he infused into their legs. Gom-
bault's Caustic Balsam, up lied as per directions,
just as you are turning the liorses out, will be of
great benefit; and this is the time when it can be
used very successfully. One great advantage in
using this remedy is that after it is ap lied it needs
no care or attention. but does its worfi well and at
a time when the horse is hayinga rest. of course,
it can be used with equal success while horses are
in the stable, but many people in turning their
horses out would use siistic Balsam if they were
remanded of it, and this article is given as a. rem
min er.

Found Nothing That Equals Caustic Balsam

. Kindlé' permit me to express my dee apprecia- ‘
tion_of ombault’s Caustic Balsam. I ave cured
sprains, ringbone. strained tendons, sweeny, poll-
eViI With it in fine shape and do not see how a
. I have
used many things for removing puffs from horses
but have never ound any that would e as] Caus-
tic Balsam. I also had a cow that had my Jaw.

I used Caustic Balsam and cured it.
John H. Wallgren, Logan. Kansas

Bunches on horses or any other livestock
are unsightly. ,

caustic Balsam Prevents Blood Poison

We have used Caustic Balsam for several years
and have found it to be unequaled for horses or
peo 1e. ' My husband ran a rusty nail in his hand
an blood poison set in. We used two applica-
tions of Caustic Balsam and the swelling and fever
left his hand and arm and it healed up without
any more bothen It is also as efficient for snake
bites and we would not think of being without it.

\ L. H. Globe, Forest rove. Mont.

Caustic Balsam is
fooling after basebal

A Splendid Human Remedy T

I think your Caustic Balsam s splendid human
remedy. e use it for cuts, burns. sores, swell-
ings, sore throat and lameness and find it very
beneficial. We expect to keep it on hand ready
for any emergency. _ .

Mrs. Robt. B. Newton. Columbus. Miss.

Igood for that sore
or football games.

The world’s greatest and surest veterinary
and human remedy. Has imitators, but
no competitors. .

Worth Its Weight In Gold

I have used Gomboult’s Caustic Balsam for my
own horses and for others, and it. has never failed
t. My little girlhad rheumatism fora. Ion time.
Nothing did her any good until we.uud auntie
Balsam and she is all right. My Wife had throat
trouble and used Caustic Balsam With great re-

sults. It is worth its wei ht in gSoId.
Dr. Ira Le Dun up. V. .. Rochester. Pa.

 

 

   

 

 

 

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