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DETROIT MlCl‘LFSATURDAY. APRIL 16, 1910.





VOL. CXXXIV. No. 16.

Whole Number 3499.





FARM NOT ES.





 





The Spring Work.

The unusually early and favorable





" spring, following a fall in which the





weather permitted more fall plowing than

usual in Michigan, has greatly facilitated

the spring work. More oats were sown

in March than for many years, and at this

date practically all the crop is in, while

a year ago comparatively few oats were

sown at this date. This propitious start

in the spring campaign has made possible

early spring plowing for corn, potatoes,

beans, and other cash, crops grown in

Michigan, so that there is a prospect that

people who were planting corn on the first

of June last year, because of the unfavor-

able weather, may be nearly or quite as

far advanced during the early days of

May this year. Unusually early spring

plowing of sod ground is a factor in the

making of good crops of corn, potatoes,

etc.,’ and, providing the best use is made

of the time available for getting the fields

plowedvand properly fitted for these crops,

this should be an exceptionally good sea-

son for Michigan farmers. But in the

anxiety to get the plowing done early,

t'he proper tilling of the land to conserve

the soil moisture, make the plant food





available and secure a proper seed bed.





for the crop which is to be planted later

should not be neglected. With modern

tools a. good deal of this kind of work

can be done in day, consequently it will

be more profitable to harrow the fields

plowed, at least after each heavy rain,

than to neglect them until time to plant

the crop before the fitting process begins.

Quite often an early drought occurs which

makes the proper conservation of the

moisture which may fall an important

factor in the production of good crops,

especially upOn the lighter and drier soils.

The heavier soils, for best results, should

be worked only when their moisture con-

tent is such as to promote a good tilth

in the soil and avoid the damage which

may be done them by working them too

wet.~ Thus, if the harrowing is done at

such time as the soil is in ideal condition

following each heavy rain, considerable

time can often be saved just at the sea.

son when the crop is to be planted, which

is an important factor in





 





 





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Getting Started with Bees.—Begin with a few colonies and increase as knowl-





edge and practice in handling is acquired ............................... 428

Breeding Pure-Bred Swine—An interesting article in this series treating of

heredity and line breeding, important alike in herd improvement ........ 429





Breed Good Horses.——An argument for the production of good horses which

are always in demand and now bring record priccs

“Pouring” a Concrete Railroad Bridge.—Cemcnt has wrought a great change

in bridge building methods; how the

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Allan Woodrough's Experiment—Story of a. man who won by demonstrating

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Summer FOrage for the Dairy Herd.—Plan to insure against short pasture

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Large vs. Small Spraying Rigs.———Oftensn1aller rigs are preferable ............ 446





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do not favor early planting. One season,

the writer remembers planting corn dur-

ing the first week in May when condi-

tions seemed to be favorable for its early

growth. Cold, wet weather followed and

a. poor stand resulted. An early variety

of flint corn was planted in during the

first days of June, about a month after

the crop was planted, and the stand

was so poor that nearly half the corn

was of this variety, yet all ripened at

practically the same time and the field

made a very good crop. However when

conditions favor early planting, it is bet-

ter to take the chance of getting it in

too early than to wait too late, since the

early planted corn, one year with another,

will make a better crop than that planted

so late that its maturity must depend

upon a very late and favorable fall.





Fertilizer for Beans.



Will you please let me know through

your paper what kind of fertilizer to use

on clay loam? I want to plant beans on

it this spring. It is somewhat run out.



Huron Co. 1’ .



Beans being a. leguminous crop, do not

require a fertilizer containing nitrogen.

At least, it will not pay to use a very

high percentage, if any, nitrogen in a

fertilizer for beans. On clay soils in a

good state of fertility, there seems also

to be less need of using potash than on

lighter lands. Some who have experi-

mented in the use'of fertilizers for beans

upon fertile clay soils, find profitable re-





sults only in the use of phosphoric acid

and prefcr to use 200 to 300 lbs. of acid

phosphate per acre, sowing it in the row

with the seed and through two drill hoes

on either side of the row in which the

seed is dropped, where sown with a grain

drill. W'hcre a clay soil is in a poor state

of fertility, however, it might be profitable

to use a. complete fertilizer. since the lat-

ter would be better fitted to get the crop

started and would furnish available pot-

ash as well as phosphoric acid for the

development of the crop. Two hundred

lbs. of a complete fertilizer should be a

fairly liberal dressing for beans where

applied as above suggested,

Early vs. Late Plowing for Beans.





l have rented 20 acres of sandy loam

for beans. ,A light out of hay was taken

off last year and now there is a clover

and timothy sod not very stiff. Would

you advise plowing at once and keep the

ground well tilled until time to sow or

let the grass grow until the middle of

May then plow it down?



Gratiot Co. B. B. C.





Early plowing is undoubtedly preferable

for any spring crop where a heaVy sod

is to be prepared for the crop. If plowed

down early, a much better seed bed can

be prepared and the sod will become

partly decomposed so that the plant food

which is stored up in it will be more

available for the crop that would be the

case if a field were plowed late. Another

advantage is in the better conservation

of the soil moisture by early plowing. It





 





getting the crop in on

time on this kind of land.

Where this plan is not

followed, the proper fit-

ting of the soil for the

drop is often neglected

because of the desire to

get the crop in on time

when planting time ar-

rives, so that for two rea- ‘

sons it is a better gen-

eral practice to harrow

the land when in the best

condition after plowing.

than to neglect the work

of fitting until planting

time.



’The proper time to

plant corn and other

spring crops is largely a

matter of opinion which.

must be governed more

or less by local condi-

tions. These conditions

have made it impossible

to plant in reasonable

season for the last two

years, but the prospects

now are that the corn

0709 may be gotten in on

time this year. There is,

often, however, just' 'as

"111011 (Enter of planting

“90 early W'hfin Cpndltions

appear to be oxoentionally

favorable, as of planting





 





 





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sometimes occurs that there is a spring





.droug’ht so that late-plowed ground will





not contain enough moisture at planting

time to insure the quick germination of

the seed. Where the ground is plowed

early and harrowed after each rain there

is no chance of such a condition. The

thorough preparation of the ground will

also liberate considerable stored up plant

food and a better crop is thus assured

for the several reasons noted than would

be the case if the plowing were done later

in a normal season. Of course, if Weather

conditions are just right, this might not

be the case. but no one can tell in ad-

vance what the weather conditions will be

so that it is always better to prepare for





‘the worst in the preparation of the soil





for any crop. A little more vegetable

matter would be plowed down if the grass

were allowed to grow until there was,

just time to plow and fit the land, but

the advantage to be derived would not

compensate for the risks above men-

tioned.

Alfalfa and ln0culation.





I would like to ask through The Farmer

about inoculating alfalfa seed. I have

been told that I could get a preparation

from Lansing that would do the work, so

the seed would grow on ground that had

never grown it before. I intend sowing

rape with it for a nurse crop. About

what time should it be sown? How is

land plaster to put on corn or potatoes?

Should it be put on the hill or sown

broadcast?



Barry Co J. M. H.





Experience seems to demonstrate that

it is not always necessary to inoculate

alfalfa for good results; that the bacteria

peculiar to the plant is present in some

soils and “gets busy” at once after the.

alfalfa is sown. But under other condi-

tions the bacteria does not seem to be

present and, even when supplied by art1~

ficial means, the bacteria do not display

the industry above noted. Just why this

is true we are not certain, but probably

because lhe soil is not in a condition to

become a suitable medium for their habi-

tation and development. After several

trials, the writer has become convinced

that inoculation cannot be depended upon

to produce results if the soil is not in .t

receptive condition. Our best authorities

on alfalfa culture, who have had the

widest experience in growing it and il‘e

gicatest opportunities for

observing its success or

failure under varying

conditions, contend that

failure is more often due

to the absence of suffi-

cient lime in the soil.

Undoubtedly alfalfa is

partial to limestone soils,

or soils containing a rela-

tively high proportion of

carbonate of lime, and

plenty of instances are

noted by the authorities

mentioned in which the

application of lime has

resulted in the securing

of good stands and prof-

itable crops of alfalfa,

whme all other means,

in cl u d i n g inoculation,

have failed to bring re-

sults. Whether this result

was due to the fact that

the lime sweetens the

soil and gives it an alka-

line reaction favorable to

the propagation of the

bacteria or whether there

was a lack of available

lime in the soil to supply

the needs of the alfalfa

plant for this plant food

is not certain, but as lib-

'eral applications of car-

bonate of lime, or ground

limestone containing a

minimum of minerals
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other than calcium, seems to produce this





desired result in many instances it is

probably due to both cf the above causes

in some‘degree. _



Three years ago this spring the writer

sowed eight acres of alfalfa on well-pre-

pared and well fertilized soil, seeding it

in June without any nurse crop. A fine

stand was secured, most of which with-

stood the first winter, but inoculation

occurred only in places, with the result

that the stand never amounted to much

except in the few places where nodules

developed on the roots, where the plants

were strong and vigorous. This Occurred

in small isolated patches and individual

plants scattered throughout the field,

which was plowed and planted to pota-

toes last year, after there seemed no

further hope of the alfalfa making a

good stand. Last year another eight

acres was prepared and sowed in a sim-

ilar manner, except that the seed was

inoculated with a pure culture, and to

make inoculation doubly sure soil from

the vigorous spots in the former seeding

was sown on this field and harrowed in,

an area being left as a check plot. The

results on-this eight acres were practi-

cally the same as on the area first sown;

the inoculation being imperfect and scat-

tered.



These experiences have convinced the

writer that something besides proper

preparation of the soil, good fertilization

and inoculation is needed on his soil for

the successful growing of alfalfa, and

this year he will apply lime as well. The

eight acres first mentioned will again be

sown, but lime of different kinds and in

varying amounts will be used. Ground,

high-calcium limestone will be used in

amounts of from a ton to four tons per

acre on different parts of the field, and

ground, burned lime and hydrated lime

will be tried in comparison with it on a

small scale, so that next season we hope

to know more about the efficiency of lime

as a soil corrective for alfalfa and clover,

as well as other crops On which it will

be tried on a small scale.



As noted in this inquiry the Bacterio-

logical Department of the Agricultural

(hillcge has been furnishing pure cultures

for experimental or practical use at the

cost of preparing them. \V’here a suc-

cessful alfalfa held is not within reach it

is probably a wise precaution to use the

pure culture on the sccd, but inoculation

with soil from a succcssful flcld is gen—

erally thought to be preferable where

this is Ill‘acticnble The above has been

written, not with a view of discouraging

inoculation, for we IlCIleYt‘ it to be essen—

tial in many cases and it wise precaution

in any case, but simply to warn the

grower against expecting too nun-h from

it, and against attributing a possible fail-

ure of the crop to its inciiicieney. The

successful growing of alfalfa is a prob-

lem which should interest every Michigan

farmer, and all should experiment with

it, on a small scale at least, until the

problem is successfully solved under the

local conditions with which the individ-

ual has to contend. Then it should be

made a permanent factor in the produc-

tion of the farm, since no other crop can

rival it in the feeding value of the forage

produced.



Land plaster will prove of little value

on the older soils, although it has a

stimulating effect upon soils which have

been recently brought under cultivation,

presumably through the release of potash

from unavailable compOunds. On older

soils the carbonate of calcium in the

form of ground limestone, or hydrated

lime would generally be more beneficial

than the sulphate of calcium, or land

plaster. '





 





 





LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





As further evidence of the remarkable

spring I wish to offer the fact that we

have finished, on April 8, seeding 30 acres

of cats and 35 acres of oats and peas.

“'e did not start as early as we could

have done because we Were not prepared,

for such weather, and further, because

1 was afraid to start so early. We have

had our regular d-airymen‘s chores to do,

short days, and yet with all that we have

succeeded in putting in this acreage with-

out any hurrying, and putting it in in

good shape. The stones Were all picked

up ahead of- the pulverizers so that they

would do good work and the fitting of the

ground was not slighted in the least. I

think this is remarkable and probably

would not happen again in a life time.

There has been no rain to stop working

the soil, nothing whatever to hinder, sim-

ply fine, bright weather and the ground

is dry and to all appearances will con—





.THB ,MIGHIGAN FARMER : ‘





tinue dry, I am rolling an otrthe ground





after seeding.

Sugar Beets. t

We have begun to work the best”,-





ground, preparing it for beets. This





ground was fail plowed and there has“

been no heavy rains since the plowing;

and the ground .is remarkably loose and;





will need an unusual amount of rolling

and packing to get a perfect seed bed.

We





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do not intend to sow them until the lat-

ter part of this month, or,perhaps the

first of May, but we will 'work the ground

over occasionally and try and destroy all

of the weeds we possibly can. I intend

to put about 1,500 or 2,000 pounds per

acre of lime on the beet fields this year.





There was apparently such good results

last year where I put the lime that I

would seem warranted in doing this. This

field is in excellent tilth. I shall use-

about 500 pounds of good fertilizer to the

acre and with a good season from now '

on, I shall expect the best crop of beets





I ever raised.





As I have been expecting all along,~

we had two severe frosts on the nights

of April 6 and 7. On the night of the 6th 1

water froze ice one—half to three-quarters

of an inch thick. The clover field, whichi

was growing luxuriantly and was as

green as grass, could be smelled like





new—mown hay the next *day. There 'is

no question but what the frost injured

the clever severely. I have an idea that





with the right kind of weather following





and a good rain, that the effects of this

frost will be largely overcome, but I

know one year when we had frosts early

in May after clover had made some such

start as it has this year, we had a very

light crop of clever, due, I am positive,

to the injury caused by the frost. I

cannot see that wheat is injured by this

frost and some fields of cats that were

up are not seriously damaged. I am posi-

tive that very much of the new seeding

clover, that which was seeded early and

had sproulcd and come up, will be en-

tirely ruined. As I stated a short time

ago, the probability is that a goodly num-

ber of these seeds will be uninjured by





the frost if they have not yet germinated

and come up. in that case. of course

there may be a sullicicnt amount of them

left to get a good catch of clover, even

with these earlier plants destroyed by the





frost. COLON C. LILLIE.





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The improved pea or navy bean intro-

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NATIONAL CROP REPORT.





The Crop Reporting Board of the Bu'





reau of Statistics of the United States,





Department of Agriculture estimates,





from the reports of correspondents and‘

agents of the Bureau, that the average

condition of \Vinter Wheat on April 1

was 80.8 per cent of a normal. against





82.2 on April 1, 1909, 91.3 on April 1, 1908,





and 87.0 the average condition for the

past ten years on April 1. The decline





in condition from December 1, 1909, to

April 1, 1910, was 15.0 points as compared

with an average decline in the past ten

years of 4.5 points.



The average condition of rye on April

1 was 92.3 per cent of a normal, against

87.2 on April 1, 1909, 89.1 on April 1,

1908, and 89.5 the average condtion for

the past ten years on April 1.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





 





Wheat—The condition of Wheat on

April .1 in the southern counties was 82,

in the central counties and upper penin-

sula 93, in the northern counties 97 and

in the state 88.



The condition one year ago, was in the

state and southern counties 76, in the

central counties 69 and in the northern

counties and upper peninsula 83.



The average depth of snow on March

15 in the southern counties was 0.04 and

in the central counties 0.10 of an inch, in

the northern counties 5.15, in the upper

peninsula 7.57' and in the state 1.47 inches.



On March 31 correspondents from all

sections of the state report no snow in

open, level fields.



The number of days protection to wheat

by snow in the southern counties was 2,

in the central counties 4, in the northern

counties 13, in the upper peninsula 16 and

in the state 5. In answer to the question;

“Has wheat during March suffered injury

from any cause?" 210 correspondents in

the southern counties answer “Yes” and





128 “No.” in the central counties 42 an- f

swer “Yes" and 89 “No,” in the northern ,





counties 13 answer “Yes” and 108 "No"





and in the upper peninsula 1 answers

”Yes" and 19 “No.” A covering of ice,.:

especially on low land in the southern.

counties, during the latter days of Febru- .

ary and the firstwdecade-of March, caused ,

some damage to wheat and thewant- (of '





(Continued on page .432).





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A six-van" ROTATION. ‘





 





Would you consider the following as

being a satisfactory rotation on a medium

light soil which has not had the best of

care? Am able to cover one field with

manure each year for corn. Would it be

better to spread manure lighter and cover

two fields for corn and one for potatoes

and use a little fertilizer on both crops,

or put manure all on corn ground and

all the commercial fertilizer on potato

ground? Here is the rotation I had in

mind: Clover hay, first year; corn, sec-

ond year; wheat. third year; clover h_-y,

fourth year; potatoes, fifth year; oats,





~ sixth year. The fields are ,of uniform size





and while it seems like a long rotation

(six years) I thought it might be 0. K.





« as it has two clover crops in it. In such





a rotation would you plow potato ground

for oats? When potatoes freeze in the

ground, as they did last fall, (and then

all thaw out fine and are dug and stored

carefully until spring), will they make

good seed or will the freezing hurt their

germinating quality?



Hillsdale Co. L. W. M.





I think this a good rotation of crops

for a six~year one. Two crops of clover

and two hoed crops ought to keep the

land in good tilth and in good physical

condition.



I would preferto have a medium cover-

ing of stable manure and have it applied

on both fields, rather than to have a

heavy one on only one. If very heavy

there will be a loss that cannot be helped.

It will be economy to use fertilizer with

the manure. But I would put the ma-

nure on the field intended for-potatoes

early. the ’fall before or during the winter

rather than wait until spring. Fresh ma-

nure is supposed to cause, or at least

encourage, the growth of scab spores in





. the potatoes.





I do not think it necessary or advisable

to plow potato ground for oats. You can

prepare a. perfect seed bed with the disk

and cultivator. ‘



If the potatoes were chilled, I would not

want to risk them for seed. Better test

them anyway. Plant some of them in a

box in the house where it is warm and

see if they will grow.



COLON C. LILLIE.





THE COST OF THE CAT CROP.





 





I noticed, in the Michigan Farmer of

April 2, Mr. S. B. Hartman’s figures on

growing oats. I am sorry that Mr. Hart-

man does not live nearer my place. I

would give him a job fitting my 10 acres

for cats, and also to drill them in at his

figures. I can not see or understand how

Mr, Hartman or anyone else can go over

a 10-acre field with a cutaway barrow

three times for $7.50, one time with a.

spring-tooth drag for $2.50, one time with

a spike-tooth drag for $1.25, drill them

in for $2.50, or keep the labor for thresh-

ing down to $3. Also the labor expense

for drawing manure at 25 cents a load

would seem to be very low unless the

town is very close. and then I think it is

too low.



I think if Mr. Hartman will charge fair

pay and pay his team, tools and hired

help fair wages, that all of the above fig-

ures are away to low. Mr. Hartman also

forgot to mention the rent on the land,

or taxes and interest on its value.



Oats are a good crop. Everybody should

grow and improve them, but I can not

make such big profits as Mr. Hartman

attempts to show. I would like to read

what others have to say touching ex-

pense and profit from the oat crop.



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Now that the season of greatest egg

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house during the laying hours. Make a

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with a back door entrance, as anyone

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primal nature to desire a secret nest.



So I say, make lots of nests. It may

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but you will have fewer broken and dirty

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I have heard and read a lot about egg-

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‘ ‘ but let me :tell you that you will never err

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If you use hens for hatching chicks

success will be assured in most cases

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while in “public” nests it is always a.

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Of course if you have a purely laying

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A good many people do not attach

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To the old saying that if you can make

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grew before,” etc., I would add that if

you can produce two eggs where you pro-

duced one before, at present prices, the

eggs pay better than hay. Watch your

hens individually and collectively; find

out their needs and then supply them. Be

eternally on the watch for “live wires.”

and when you find them put them to

work. WM. J. COOPE‘R.





GETTING STARTED WITH BEES.





 





The cheapest way to start an apiary is

to buy a few stands of bees in old box

hives, or in trunks of trees called gums,

and transfer them to modern patent hives.

If, however, one is timid, it may be wisest

to buy the bees already in patent hives,

and gain experience before attempting to

transfer. It will be best for the beginner

to 'start with a few swarms and work up,

rather than to buy many swarms at the

start, as experience is quite necessary for

success.



Any one who will can learn to handle

bees. I do not believe that bees have a

natural antipathy for one man and a- lik

ing for another. The very fear of the

first brings upon him the wrath of the





 





face with a good bee veil,

-with canvas gloves that bees cannot sting





:can lay aside your gloves,





deliberate movements,

success. Confidence will 'come with knowl-

edge :of the "habits .of bees and with work

among them. ’While bees are quick in





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jerky, or nervous .motions.





through readily, and, armed with a bee

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and a little

later the veil.



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them to gorge, themselves wwith honey,

for bees so filled will «seldom sting, unless





pinched, when they sting for self protec-





tion. When frightened bees alwaysgorge

tunnelves, and smoke easily ms

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and repeat; ln‘a couple net .minutesmore





 





bees. Confidence in one's self, and cool.

are necessary to-





their movements, they do not like quick,_





remove the .hive cover. lift the edge of the





hive blanket blow in a littlessmoke, and

replace the blanket. In two minutes more

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self with honey and bent on self-preserva-

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about, and above all do not strike or cuff

at them. Be careful not to' crush any,

for the smell of c1ushed bees seems to

anger others. Bees that are angry give

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will subdue them. Bees are generally

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bright,-sunshiny ones. They are also

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night than in the middle of the day. Old

bees are crosser than young ones, and“

as the old bees are the field workers this

may account for these facts. The be.-

ginner should take advantage of them.

Transferring or Drumming Out Bees.

Get a good clean box, a dry—goods box

will do, that will fit the old box hive or

gum that you wish to transfer from. Go

to the old hive and, after giving them a

few whiffs of smoke, close the entrance

to the gum and tip it bottom side up.

Remove the bottom board and place your

box on so that it fits fairly well. Now





begin tapping or drumming on the side of _





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the gum. Keep this up until the bees

have all clustered in the box above. This

will take frOm a few minutes to a half

hour or more. If the bees do not cluster

readily, they may be hastened by care-

fully removing the box with the cluster

and giving the gum a few vigorous

shakes. Replace the box and proceed

with the drumming. A few bees will

nearly always be left in the old hive. But

you must be sure you have the queen

or the bees will return to the gum after

hiving and your whole work will have

to be done over again.



Now carry the clustered swarm to the

new hive which you have already pre-

pared, with full sheets of foundation in

the frame, and placed on the stand. Re-

move three or four of the frames and jar

the swarm, by a vigorous shake or jerk,

into the hive, or better still strike the

box with the bees a smart blow on the

top of the hive to jar the bees in. Re-

place the frames, put on the hive blanket

and cover, and the job’is done.





To save all the unhat-ched brood in the'





gum, nail on the bottom board, tip right

side up, and replace on the old stand.

There will be enough old bees returning

from the field, and enough young just

hatching, with those that were left be-

hind, to keep the brood warm, and to feed

the young larvae. In three weeks all the

larvae will have been hatched, and these

may be drummed out as before and united'

with the parent swarm or hived as an~~

other swarm, as you wish. Generally it;

will be best to unite with the old swarm

to strengthen it. This is always best

when honey is desired. But where in-

crease of swarms is desired, hive them

by themselves. In uniting with the old.

swarm be sure they have no young queen

with them. A good way is to place a.

small platform in front of the parent

swarm and cover with a sheet. Then

place a queen or drone exeluder at the

entrance of the old hive and jar the

young swarm onto this platform. With a.

little smoke they can be driven in with

the old swarm. The queen, not being

able to get through, can be :caught‘and

killed. The old hive or gum can now be

split open and the honey and comb re—

moved, the honey extracted or strained

and the comb melted into wax.

Ogemaw Co. H. B. FULLER.





GOOD S’l Xv-M OENTiH S’ WO'R K.





 





Having kept an egg record during the

first half of last year I am reporting re-

sults. My flock is composed of full-blood

Rocks. During the period Jan. 1-July .1,,

“>09, the number of hens averaged 33, and

the total of eggs laid was 2,489.



'Ogemaw Co. F. L.



(This is an average of a. trifle over .75'.

eggs per hen during the six months. If.

this gait was maintained thruout the clos-

ing six months this correspondent should

feel very proud of his Wflock However,

we naturally expect laying hens to do

their best work in the early part of the

year.-—Ed.)





5'My Treatment for Rheumatism is to

give a tablespoonful of baking soda in

3 qts. of drinking water every two or

three days. I have also found this a good

treatment for chicks. I have 100 Wynn-

dotte hens and have ’not lost one shine

last August. They laid all~.winter. In

January I said .56 doz eggsand in Feb-

ruary 75 dozen-4101mm County Sub—

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for muscle and brain he will heed the

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Quaker Oats is mentioned because

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Feeding farm hands on Quaker Oats





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EGG S from Ipure"l‘oulouse Geese 10 501-03 .75.

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01 Bower-15 B. 0. paint-elected winterlayers. 1 pen

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11139ng

Barred Plymouth Rocks and Pit Games.

1995581150 per 16.1mm Keith. Wynndocto. Mich.





. Rhode Island Rod

R. Guam! 5. Camp... ,5 “75,535,”,

0500 per 100. BUELL 13-808.. 1nn Arbor. Mich.

“MNMEIH Barred Rocks. The Famous Winning Strain.





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LANDER. successor to Fred 11011.1.“ng Mich





 





$2; 15, 31—81.“: select .BKI, good. measure tromwor

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.v-EGGS Idiom my prisewinnhg-iflhglsflunb B

EGGS Leghornslst cosy prices. Cocks erels, hens and 13;:





 





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‘.8 G. Brown Leghorn—My method and!



alias developed layers with vigor - ”tr-mg:

layers, one- third fancier's prlcre and bettering“,

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DEPART ME NT OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.

DETROIT,





 





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Heredity and Breeding.



After selecting the foundation stock from

some well established herd where the

tYDe and general characteristics have be-

come thoroughly fixed, the chief concern

of the new breeder is to, if possible, pre-

vent an arrest in the work of improve-

ment and development. All of the im-

proved families of a breed have been

formed by more or less close in-and—in

breeding. This close iii-breeding sooner

or later leads to loss of size, vigor and

fecundity. Hence one of the chief‘prob-

lems breeders have to face is how to

maintain the size. vitality and fecundity

of their improved families. How to secure.

an Invigoration of fresh blood and still

maintain the type and characteristics of

the family is the question that confronts

every successful breeder.



Types must be preserved and unusually

excellent types must be fixed by incestous

breeding, but the time comcs when it is

necessary to seek fresh blood in unre-

lated families that possess the same type

as his own. From the union of this un—

related blood with his own hcrd comes

the great and unusual vigor s0 charactcr—

istic of the great and famous families of

a brecd. There is no golden rule to fol—

low in bringing frcsh and unrelntcd blood

into the herd. The, brccdcr having real-

ized, if possible. in wha‘t points his ani-

mals arc beginning to show'a deficiency,

must act accordingly, always bearing in

mind that new blood is dangerous to in-

troduce into his ll(‘l‘tl until ai‘t'cr it has

become 11cutralizcd by two or more gen:

erations of line lu‘ccding, to prevent thc

introduction of an inharmonious forcc of

affinities, which arc. liable to fly off and

recognize new and dangcrous affinities and

spoil the results of years of systcnuitic

breeding to kccp in control the type or

moch of the animals he dcsircs to pcr—

pctuate in his hI-I'd. In the case of N.

H. Gentry's famous Borkshirc family of

Longfellows—thc world-bcatcrs—just sim—

ply the blood of old Longfellow over and

over again, to which has been added an

infusion of frosh blood through the oc—

casional purchase of brood sows, but the

blood of thcse sows has never taken a.

prominent place in the blood lines of the

herd until after it had been neutralizcd

by two or more generations of line

breeding. 1



It will be seen that I am a firm bclievcr

in line breeding and it will be my pur-

pose to explain what is mount by the

term. It is simply mutmg animals of the

same breeding. but having different i111-

mediate ancestors, bred with the same

Object in View. it. is not always 11cccssary

that they be bred in thc‘ same herd. but

they should possess the same character-

istics, similarity of type and come from

the same line of brccding. This, I be—

lieve to be the safest and the surest way

to obtain results and maintain a unifor-

mity of ‘type in the herd. Line breeding

is the closest that we can approach to

ln-and—in breeding, Without being in dan~

ger of impairing the size, vigor and fecun»

dity of our swine. Some of the best ani-

mals in the show rings are closely inbred,

but the great trouble with close in-breed-

lng is the fact that defects and undesir—

able qualities appearing, in the sire or

dam, or in their remote ancestors, will

be more marked, thus the breeder must

discard a larger proportion of the off—

spring from the herd, than is the case

where line breeding is practiced. There

is seldom, if ever. an animal that does

not posscss some undesirable points that

its owner recognizes. Thcre is no surcr

way to perpetuate such points than by

close in—and-in breeding. He must breed

for type, for it is the only way to main—

tain a high standard of individuality, unl-

formity and general characteristics in

his herd.



It requires less skill and success to

blend blood by line breeding than it does





_ to outcross, and concentrate it by uniting





‘ different families.





 





It requires years of

systematic and careful‘breeding to sift

out thefldesirable qualities of the differ—

ent families (If a breed and organize them

intoa single family that has a fixed type

and prepotency. The breeders who ai~

tempt to multiply variations in their herd

cannot succeed like successful breeders

who practice line breeding to keep in

control a certain type and establish pre-

pontency, all the time maintaining size,

vitality and fecundity in their herds.



I have very little patience with the new

breeder who knows it all and attempts to

improve his herd and establish a. new





type- by making two or three violent

out-crosses. Right at the very outset he

invites and. fosters the very elements that

will destroy the result of years and per—





,haps a lifetime of systematic breeding.





By mixing the blood of animals of differ-

ent families of the breed he invites a.

conflict between contending forces, the

type is lost, the principle of selection

loses the battle and heredity leads the

animal back to the scrub. This is the

result of bringing together indiscrimi-

nately the blood of different families of

the bree d. The result is more apparent

by crossing two‘or more of the different

brccds. Pigs from a Berkshire sow and

from a half Chester “’hitc and half Pol~

and China sire wcre red, spotted and

speckled. showing that the standard type

of all three breeds employed in the ex-

periment were destroyed, the improve-

mcnts in color and form lost and the re-

sult was the rcturn of the individual by

the principle of heredity to the original

scrub. The best buyers of pure—bred

swine who arc paying largo priccs for

animals that plcasc thcir fancy are close

studcnis of pcdigrce and will not buy an

animal unless it comcs from a line of

practical and systematic brceding for

years and can be relied upon to breed

uniform litters, when matcd with the

sows in their herds. 'l‘hcy understand

that a good individual without established

breeding lincs cannot be dcpcndcd upon

to bcgct uniform liticrs.



In a fcw rarc cascs :111 cxccllcnt indi-

vidual that lacks in blood lincs may be an

excellent brocdcr and mukc II name for

himself and his, owner. but only :zt'tci‘ a

systcmaiic coursc of lino brccding. or

close in—and-in brccding can his owner

reap the 1'cwurd of his succcss. The pre-

potency in his blood 1i11r-s cannot bc cs-

iablishcd until his dcsI-I-ndnnls posscss a

largo pcI'cI'ntugc of his blood. ’l‘hc most

famous sii'cs that tho country has, cvcr

produccd have not bccn upprcciatcd until

:II'Icr ihcir days of usci‘ulncss havc passcd.

lI I'equii'cs yours to dciuonsirutc u sirc's

pmvcrs of ])I't']luit'lli‘_\'. and to show that

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I'cduircs a still longer limo.



In Berkshire pcdigrccs Longfellow 10885

and Lord 1’1'cmicr Sillltll, arc morc popular

today than whcn in thcir primc. They

have sct u iixml type that can bc depended

upon to rcprmlucc itsclf. Among the

Poland Chinus we find thc some rcsult

from the old 'l‘om (‘orwins, the Pcrfcc~

lions, Tecumseh: und Blischict‘makcrs, all

more or lcss famous for having pcrpctu-

atcd their fumIly characteristics with

success.



Linc breeding couplcd with the same

uuuliiics of type» in both sins and dams

and good pedigrees accmnpunicd by good

individuals arc the most csscntiul things

for succcssful swinc l.)i'cc(liiig. The value

of undcrstanding a good pcdigrcc and

breeding his herd along family lines so 5

to fix and kccp in control a Iixcd type and

churnctcrisiics is onc of the most essen-

tial phnscs of the succcssful 21nd intclli-

gcnt managcmcnt of :1 hcrd of rcgistm‘Bd

swine, and the new IJIQOt‘thl‘ should fami-

liarize himself with it, for it is worthy of

his Iimc, :Iticniion and study, for much

if not all of his succcss as a brccdcr will

(l('I'I€ll(l upon his knowledgc of how to

sclcct and mate his animals to produce

the best results.



New York. TV. MILTON KELLY.





CHARCOAL FOR PIGS.





 





Do you think it necessary to put cin-

dcrs in the pig pen for the pigs, or to

give chancoal in then food mcasionaily?



\Vashtenuw Co. C A. P.





It is an excellent practice to feed young

growing pigs charcoal occasionally. Char—

coal is a very good substance to keep the

stomach of the pig in good condition and

prevents indigestion. Charcoal is recom-

mended to prevent indigestion. or rather

to cure indigestion in people, and it is an

excellent thing for the pigs to givc thcm

once a week a small amount of charcoal.

The Cinders from hard ('0le or soft are

of very littlc use, but hard wood ashes

containing coals, or charcoal, is an ex-

cellent thing, or you can purchase the

charcoal pure in the market. Many peo-

ple burn corn cobs into charcoal and feed

the pigs. Or you can burn basswood, or

any light wood and make charcoal of it

yourself, but it is cheaper and much more

convenient to buy this already burned, in

the market. It costs very little,



COLON C. LILLIE.





 





Chicago packers have made large re-

ductions in their working forces, as the

meager supplies of hogs have prevented





carrying on their usual operations. One





of the independent packing firms has al-

together ceased buying hogs, stating that

at ruling prices there was an average loss





of $1. 50 per head in cutting them into





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Ticks are not only distressing to

the animal but injure the fleece,

and can be speedily destroyed

with one part of





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and Disinfectant





to 80 parts of water. This prepar-

ation not only kills the ticks, but

destroys the poisonous germs of

disease. Dr. Hess Dip and Dis-

infectant is also excellent for dis-

infecting barns, cow stables, hog

pens, chicken yards, sinks, drains,

cellars, cess—pools, etc.



It also kills lice, mites, sheep

ticks, fleas and all parasitic skin

diseases, such as sheep scab,

mange, eczema, etc.



One part of Dr. Hess Dip and

Disinfectant to 70 parts of water

meets the United States Govern-

ment requirements for official

dipping for sheep scab.



If your dealer cannot supply

you, we will. Write for circular.





DR. HESS 8- CLARK

Aahland. Ohio





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FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.





 





Raising YOung Rigs on Cows’ Milk.





I would like some. advice through the

columns of The Earmeron'how to raise

young pigs by hand. I have ~tried many

times in theipnst and I have never been

able to save them by feeding them with



ood sweet milk as I would a lamb. I



ve had the finest kind of luck with

y0ung lambs but not with ’pigs, having

lost several in the past through my ig-

norance of what or when to feed them.

I have always fed good sweet milk but

they would get diarrhoea linger f01 a

few days and then die. Some have told

me that "they needed milk that was just

turning sour, but that did not seem right

to me. But I would like to lea-1n how to

handle them, especially this year when

hogs are so high, as I often have sows

tar-row more pigs than they can nurse

and have them die for lack of nourish-

men n.t



Livingston Co. SUBSCRIBER.





While it is best to avoid the exigencies

which 'make it necessary or desirable to

raise pigs by artificial means whenever

possible, yet there are cases in which it

will be necessary to so raise them or let

them die. The latter course is one which

the good herdsman would never think of

adopting from choice, hence a discussion

of this problem cannot but be of interest

to many.



Only once in his experience has the

writer found it necessary to resort to the

artificial rearing of pigs. In that case a

fine sow became seriously ill after far-

rowing, and before we were impressed

with the danger to the young pigs all

but two of the litter had succumbed to

the effect of the sow’s fevered milk.

These were promptly removed and the

Writer‘s wife took them in charge. They

were fed fresh, sweet cow’s milk, curly,

late and often, at first from a nursing

bottle which was used for young lambs,

but soon from a dish, as they quickly

learned to drink. They were healthy and

vigorous almost from the start and made

a rapid growth. In fact. they developed

into about the finest hogs we ever raised,

since being “c0ssets” they were kept in

a pen by themselves and always had the

best of food. From our experience, and

from later investigation of the subject. I

am of the opinion that our success was

largely due to the punctuality with which

they were fed at the start and to the

Mct that care was taken to have not only

the milk which they were fed, but the

bottle anddater the dish from which they

were fed perfectly sweet and clean, since

the quality of milk fed could hardly have

been better adapted to their needs than

the average farm product.

tors mentioned, however, are of great

importance. By nature, little pigs are

fed often and at first they should be fed

as often as once in two or three hours

where raised artificially, if digestive dis-

orders are to be avoided. The pigs men-

tioned were fed at frequent intervals,

day and night, -for several days, when the

time between meals was gradually length-

ened until we thought they could safely

go from bedtime until morning without a

meal. After that they were fed several

times during the day until at about the

usual age for weaning. Not less import-

ant is the other point mentioned, to have

the milk sweet and the dishes in which

it is fed clean and sweet as well. Sour

milk or sour feeding vessels are the re-

sult of bacteria. which develop in them.

Diarrhoea may be caused from the pres—

ence of unwholcsome bacteria, for which

reason sour milk should not be fed to

very young animals, and sour feeding re-

ceptacles should not be tolerated. It may

also be caused by too infrequent feeding,

which causes a gorging of the digestive

tract when the young things are fed, un-

less they are stinted, and consequent di-

gestive troubles.



'But the substitution of cow's milk for

the dam's milk for young pigs is in itself

an unnatural thing and likely to lead to

digestive troubles, hence definite knowl-

edge regarding the relative composition

of the two products will be helpful. For-

tunately such knowledge is available. At





the Wisconsin Station Professors Henry:





and Wool conducted some interesting ex-

periments to determine the average

amount of milk produced by sows and its

average composition. The analyses which

they secured are rather surprising in that

they show that sow’s milk is considerably

richer, both in fat and in solids not fat,

than cow‘s milk. The fat con-tent aver-

aged from four to 16 per cént, with an

average for all samples of 6.04 per cent,

while the average content of solids‘other

than fat was 11.41 per cent. The data

from these analyses indicates that sow’s

milk is richer in all

cuw’s milk, this being especially true as

regards fat and sugar. From this data.

it would apepar that where cow's milk

is to be fed to very young pigs as a sub-





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stunts- for. ..the .dam'st-mllk clogshmlld. he;

reimfiorged by the addition or some open.

and avery little Sugar. forebest results.

When «fed ..sufliciently .often athe.~pigs’. ap-

rpotit'e .can probably be taken as a safe:

guide as to- tho-amount which should be-

fed, although care should be taken not

to over-feed, and especially not 'to- leave

any feed before them.



But, asvabove noted, the cases in which

it is necessary to rear young pigs am:

ficially should be .m-ade as rare as post;

sible. This can be done only by the judiqv

cious and liberal feeding of the sow. The,

proper feeding of the sow during the pe-:

riod of pregnancy is important, as has

beforo'becn emphasized in these columns.~

But the proper and judicious feeding of

the dam after farrowing is, if possible“

even more important. For the first few





days after farrowing the feed should be. I





light, consisting preferably of a‘rather

thin slop made from shorts, ground oats.

and similar grains, but no corn. As the

.pigs begin to make greater demands on

the sow the feed should be correspond:

ingly increased, care being taken that its

nutrients are properly balanced for milk

production. The experiments above re-

ferred to proved that sows give as much

milk, weight considered, as the average

cow. Like the average cow their milk

producing powers will be greatly aug-

mented by liberal and judicious feeding._

Since the early gains of the pigs-are the,

cheapest gains, and since later gains are

not a little dependent upon their early

thrift, it is most important that they be

well fed through the sow, and this can-

be accomplished only by the liberal feed-

ing of a ration containing sufficient pro-

tein to stimulate a maximum milk flow,

fed in such a palatable form as will main-.

tain the appetite of the sow at its maxi-i

mum and of a physical character best.

suited to maintain her continued health.





 





A prominent Chicago live stock com;

mission firm advises cattle feeders as

follows: “Conditions are such that feeds,

crs will be warranted in replacing those

heavy cattle with lighter weights. Those

who contemplate following this plan and

wish to feed for the July and August

markets, it. would be well for them to

put in good quality, thrifty 900 to 95 0- lb.





cattle. But those who intend to feed cat-

tle for the September, October and No—

vember markets should stock up with

good quality 1,000 lb. and heavier cattle.

If these are gotten in good flesh condia





tion they .will not have to compete with.





the, western rangers, which come so plen-

tifuily at that time of the season. The

only exception to this case~is the putting

in of very choice‘ yearling and two-year—

old cattle. If these are made fat they

will also escape the above mentioned

competition.”





For a Name "





We will pay $100—._—- 00 in Gold for the best new

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guaranteed cure to: ring- Junie: 3th

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(competition is Free

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The prize name must; be one that can be

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Let no one imagine that the horse is

soon to become an object of curiosity. No

machine ever built or still uninvented

will ”Successfully dispute his reign. he





‘ has withstood the locomotive, merely per-





mitting him to do the heavy“ work, and

give him an easier life. Inventions will

crOp up from time to time, but none will

dispute his place in people’s hearts, for

always, excepting the human race, the

horse is’ the most beautiful thing made of

flesh and blood. You may‘depend on it,

good horses, especially good carriage,

draft and saddle horses, will always be in

demand. Buyers are today searching the

country for good horses of all kinds, Very

recently the opinion prevailed that the

horse industry was on the high road to

extinguishment from neglect, but while

human beings inhabit the globe, the love

of God’s noblest animal, the horse, will

continue to demonstrate itself for his

improvement.



Fashionable horse shows are frequent

all over the country, extraordinary in-

ducements being offered for fine animals,

and I see in this and other facts, signs of

increasing interest in the horse beautiful,

with an attendant interest in breeding.

Haphazard breeding has been the order

of the day among breeders; they have

been careless and bred without a pur-

pose. Those days have now passed; the

numerous stock and horse shows have

enlightened the breeders of the country

to take forethought enough to control by

proper breeding, the quality of the stock

required by the horse markets of the

world.



Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, with more

than a million horses each, lead in the

statistical tables of the agricultural de-

partment. Kansas, Nebraska, Miss0uri

and Minnesota have about 800,000 apiece

and New York is eighth with 700,000.

The number of horses in the United

States, according to the Department of

Agriculture returns, has risen from 14,-

213,000 in 1904 to 17,057,000 in 1908. In

the same time their value has arisen

from $978,000,000 to $1,000,700,000. The

greatest scarcity was in 1900 when but

13,500,000 were found. All this increase

has come in spite of the fact that about





ten years ago it was said that the cable,





the trolley and bicycle, and later, the

automobile, were destined to put the horse

out of business. Instead of the horseless

age approaching it is further off than

ever.



A visit to the great live stock markets

of the world, Chicago and New York in

particular, would be of inestimable benefit

to breeders and farmers by convincing

them that the supply of horses, especially

good ones, does not equalthe demand,

Those two markets control the sale of

250,000 horses annually and the supply

has never equaled the demand, especially

in the heavy-weight draft horses and the

stylish saddle and carriage horse. Like

produces like, or the likeness of some an-

cestor. The scrub horse will produce the

scrub horse and the scrub farmer will

have the scrub stock that will lose him

money while the progressive farmer will

produce the prize. winners which will

prove both the source of great pride and

of profit. It costs no mere to raise a good

horse than a poor one, one eats as much

as the other. Haphazard breeding is the

order of the day amongst the majority of

farmers. Too often they breed without

a purpose, not caring what is crossed with

what, so that the result is a colt which

can be marketed, and yet he persistently

neglects the one step which will bring

him good prices, and not while he does

this will he make breeding pay,



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LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





An Illinois firm of country shippers re-

cently marketed at Chicago a car load of

11-months—old hogs which tipped the

scales at 25,400 lbs. and realized $2,794, the

largest sum ever recorded for a single car

load. _ .



uNew Mex1co Will have some lambs,

but Arizona is in a. bad way.” said Louis

Trauer, the Albuquerque. New Mexico,

dealer not long ago. “They are killing

lambs in Arizona to save the ewes, and

forest reservations have been” thrown

open as an emergency measure.



A sheep dealer, who has made a motor

trip of six hundred miles through New

Mexico, says no rain has fallen in many

parts of the southwest in a year, and

there will be an absence of the usual

spring movement of sheep to Missouri

river markets this year. Wells have been

bored, and sheepmen haul water to their

flocks, grass being trampled out for miles

around the wells.



Recent advices from England state that

the English markets have'ceased tode-

pend largely on this country for hog pro-

ducts. n English letter Says: “We are

getting list as much’ from Denmark as

from America 'in the shape or long sides.

We are also getting Dutch, Servian, Rus-

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all helps to fill the gap." ,



A live stock report says: “Colorado

lambs are making big money for feeders

at current prices. It is estimated that

$8.50 per 100 lbs. will let the feeder out,

and at $9.50 and upward there is a good

thickness of velvet.”



A movement was started recently to es-

tablish a sheep fair in Chicago of na—

tional scope, the proposition being to have

it in September every year, after the fair

circuit is completed.



Western packing is running along at

the rate of only 330,000 hogs a week, com-

pared with 650,000 [a year ago, and pro—

vision 'exports for last week were only

11,132,000 pounds, compared with 19,416,-

000 pounds a year ago.



Horses are apt to sell to better advan-

tage early in the week than later, as was

the case last week, out-of—town buyers

making most of their purchases during

the first few days. Closing prices were

lower in a. number of instances, prime

animals excepted. Of late, special sales

have drawn a great many buyers.





away from that figure for prime heavy

barrows last week, while prime heavy

stags had quite a boom, selling up‘to

$12.25 per 100 lbs. Government inspection

of boars has been more severe than ever

before, and many buyers are now declin—

ing to bid for them because they have had

so many condemned recently. Warm

weather appeared, as usual, suddenly, and

it caught country shippers unawares, as

it always does, many cars being over—

loaded with fat, heavy hogs. Of course,

there were numerous dead hogs among

the arrivals, and thirty dead swine were

taken from one car load that arrived a

good deal behind time. In such cases

owners send in demands from the rail-

roads for damages on account of delay

on the road, but where cars are overload-

ed the railroads are apt to lay part of the

responsibility on the country shippers,





_Recent investigation made in the cen-

tral west indicated that in southern Iowa

there is a 25 per cent shortage of both

cattle and hogs compared with a. year

ago, while in central and west central

Illinois there is a falling off of 25 per

cent in cattle and 25 to 50 per cent in

hogs. Hay has been bringing $17@20 per

ton in both states, corn selling at 52@58c

per bushel in Illinois and at 48@54c in

Iowa.



Farmers are feeding corn to their grow-

ing hogs much more liberally than they

have been in the habit of doing in former

years, as it makes them big profits these

times. Before long the spring pigs will

be furnished their daily rations of corn,

and corn cannot be used in any way that

will produce bigger money returns.



These warm spring days many big,

lard hogs succumb and die in transit,

lots of dead hogs strewing the platforms

at the Chicago and other stock yards.

Overloading cars should be avoided from

now on, and discretion should be exer-

cised in getting swine to country ship-

ping stations. Cars should be clean bed-

ded with sand or Cinders, and plenty of

water 1should be furnished the hogs on

their journey to market, while on warm

days a. good sprinkling never comes

amiss. Avoid getting the hogs heated,

whether on the way to the cars or on

the road to market. Hogs are too valu-

able now for owners to be careless in

caring for them.



A Wyoming sheepman says he will do

well to get 400 lambs out of 3,000 ewes

this spring, his losses so far running up

to about 30 per cent, and he says plenty

of sheepmen have similar bad luck.



.Recent prices for cattle have been the

highest in some thirty years, with sales

running $1.25@1.50 per 100 lbs. higher

than a year ago, and a reported shortage

of 2a to 50 per cent of cattle on feed com-

pared with a. year ago. Never before

were such high prices for cows and heif-

ers seen as those paid in .the Chicago

market recently, while well-bred feeders

have been scarce and bringing the high-

est figures ever recorded. Cows are

wanted for making moderate-priced beef,

and steers on the feeder order are want-

ed for the same class of trade. There

has never been a time when everything in

the cattle line sold so well as now, it

being a case of real scarcity. Recently,

however, there have been days when cat-

tle were slow of sale, even at sharp de-

clines in prices, eggs having been unusu-

ally popular owing to their being cheaper

than beef, mutton and other meats.

Prime eggs have sold at wholesale in

Chicago at 211/2@221/zc per dozen.





Well-bred feeding cattle have been in

extremely large demand in the Chicago

market recently for shipment to Ohio and

Indiana, while Illinois stock feeders want-

ed all they could get hold of. Packers

have been grabbing the good feeders away

from the outside buyers, because butcher

stock was scarce and greatly needed, and

light-weight, thin steers have been used

extensively as substitutes for cows. Many

country feed lots are bare simply because

cattle to refill them are not obtainable

at any reasonable prices.



The effort that is being made to es-

tablish an annual international sheep fair

in Chicago during September after the

fair circuit is over is based on the grow-

ing interest manifested in the sheep-

breeding and feeding industry. Not for

years ’has there been so wide-spread a

desire among farmers'to own some sheep,

and there is a growing disposition to

breed sheep on the farm, instead of de-

pending altogether on purchasing sheep

and lambs for fattening.



Upwards of one hundred pure-bred

Clydesdale mares have been imported

into Iowa from Canada. during the past

three months. They Were purchased in

Ontario. .



Reports from Arizona and New Mexico

are that there is only about 60 per cent

of a lamb “crop.” and that the lambs are

badly stunted, copious rains being greatly

needed for producffiguproper feed. With-

out good rainfalls, there is bound to be

a dearth of fat lambs marketed from that

region .during the coming summer, and

such lambs ‘asare sold will be suitable

only as feeders. A few cars of alfalfa

sheep will be ready before July and Au-

gust. Practically no rains have visited

that region this year.‘





 





 





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' The Overland—hardly more than two No expert is needed. And the cost of

years old—has become the sensation of upkeep is the smallest of any capable car.

motordom. ‘

Four factories, employing 4,000 men, Then the Overland gives more for the

turn out 140 Overlands daily to meet the money than any other car in existence.

overwhelming demand. This is due to our enormous production

Texas takes 1,500, Kansas 1,000, Iowa and our automatic machinery-

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delivery. So it is in every section where Overland with a 102-inch wheel base. No

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backward to get on low speed, high speed appeal to you.

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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





Much has been said and

Parcels Post written.regarding the de-

Legislation. sirability of a more ade-

. quate parcels post and the

importance of stimulating early legisla-

tion looking toward its cstablishmcnt

through an awakened and active public

interest in the matter. But a definite,

rather than a general proposition is es-

sential to immediate and practical results

from the general cxpression of such an

interest. \Vith this point in mind, a

careful review of the nine bills now be—

fore the House Committee on Postoffices

and Postroads has led to the selection of

one which appears to be most likely to

pass, and which at the same time, with

some essential amendments, would be ac-

ceptable to the farmcrs of tho country as

a beginning looking toward a more gen-

erally adequate parcels post service. This

bill is known as House Rcsolution 16322,

and was introduced by Mr. Foster, of

Vermont. It provides for rural parcels

post only, which the farmch of the coun—

try badly need and which they can surely

get if they go after it vigorously. At the

same time the measure is sulficicntly

broad to prove the value of a parccis post

service as a revenue producer, and will

be the natural precursor of a general par-

cels post if this rural experiment is es—

tablished on a fair basis.



The Foster resolution provides speci—

fically for parcels service: “First: From

the postofficcs or stations from which one

or more rural routes cmanatc to any in—

termediate postoffice or to any patron on

any of said routes emanating from said

pOstoffice supplied by rural carrier. Sec—

ond: From any intermediate postof’fice



.. on any rural route to tho postofficc or

station from which said routc emanates.

or to any intermediate postofilce or patron

on that or any other rural route emanat-

ing from said postoffice supplied by ru-

ral carrier. Third: From any patron on

any rural routc to the postofi‘ice or sta-

tion from which said routc emanates, or

to any patron or intcrmcdiate postof‘fice

or that or any other rural route emanat-

ing, from said postoffice or station sup-

plied by rural carricr.” Then follows a

provision which we suspect will prove a

disabling feature, and which we recom-

mend for elimination. The clause reads:

"Provided, that in all cases where, un~

der this Act, it is proposed to mail par-

cels for delivery on a rural route em-





a





e





.THEt-MCHIGAN FARMER.





anaé’tingiifroni? 'a bwpc’hépd'stofllce or '~ its. -

tion, such parcels shall be offered for

mailing at such branch postoflice or sta-

tion and not at the postoffice proper; and

that on such route no parcels addressed

to such postoffice proper shall be mai‘-

able under this Act." As we understand

it, this provision would prevent a patron

living on’ a route emanating from the

postoffice proper from mailing a package

to another patron living on a route eman-

ating from a branch office unless he

traveled to said branch office to mail it;

also it would prevent a person living on

a. branch office route from mailing a

package under these rates to a person

who lives in the main office town. We

suggest that this proviso be cut out, and

that there be substituted therefor the spe—

cific provision that rural carriers be con—

stltutcd traveling postmasters with com-

misison to stamp and postmark and dc-

-liver packages under this Act, also first

and second—class mail, and to deliver

the same during the trip, on the same

route without carrying them to the dis-

tributing postoffice to be brought out

again next day, as is now required. This

bill consolidates tird and fourth-class

mail for rural route purposes, and makes

the limit of weight 11 pounds. Nothing

is said about size limit. The rates are:

For packages weighing 2 ounces or less,

4 cents; 1 lb. or less, 5 cents; over 1 lb..

5 cents plus 2 cents for each additional

pound in excess of 1 lb. These rates,

while not anywhere nearly so liberal as

those provided by the Henry bill promoted

by the Postal Progress League, are not

so high as to prevent a fair trial of the

service, and are more than two-thirds less

than the present packagc rate. Perishable

goods arc mailable under the Act, though

they must not be accepted more than

three hours before the mail starts. There

is a clause repealing the Act of April

24, 1904, which prevents transportation

of merchandise by rural carriers for pa—

trons. We do not understand why this

is inserted. With this prohibition re-

pealed there would be nothing to pre—

vent carriers from doing a private ex-

prcss busincss as previous to this 1904

prohibition. The parcel business should

bc maintained as a part of tho mail scr-

vice in order to demonstrate to the post-

oflicc authorities its value as a. revcnue



producer. .



We urge our readers to write to the

chairman of the House Postoffice and

Postroads Committee, recommending that

this Foster resolution be amended as sug-

gested above, and that it then be reported

favorably to tho House. Also write an—

other lcttcr to your own rcprcsentative

in the House, urging him to supoprt the

Foster bill, with proper amendments as

suggested abovc. An avalanche of lcttcrs

from farmers, now, will exert a big in—

fluence. The hearing before the House

Postal Committee is set for April 25,

hcncc the lcttcrs should be written at

once. The farmer who desircs the estab-

lishmcnt of the rural routc parccls post

should surely take time enough to write

and be willing to pay 2 -cents postage.

The farmer who will not thus join in

the work of popular influence does not

really deserve the great advantage that

the parcels post will bring. Address lct-

tons to “lion, John \Y. \Vccks, Chairman

of House l’ostofficc and Postroads (“om—

mittcc, \Vashington, ll. 0.,” and to your

own i-cprescntativc, “llouse of Represen-

tatives, \Vashington, l). C."



ACI'oi‘ding to a re-

cent communication

from our “’ashington

correspondent, t h o

prcscnt indications are that congress will

throw some restrictions around the cold

storage busincss as a result of the inves-

tigation of the incrcascd cost of living

which is being conducted by a special

committee of thc scnate. A bill intend—

cd to prcvcnt the holding of articles of

food in cold storage for more than one

ycar, and to roquiro thc labcling of cold

storage articles so as to indicate clearly

how long they havc bcen stored has been

introduced by Senator Lodge, chairman

of this special committce. This bill pro—

vides that an article held in cold storage

over onc year. shall be deemed adulterat-

cd within the meaning of the pure food

law, and that an article not labclcd to

show how long it has been in cold storage

shall bc deemed to be misbranded. In in-

troducing this bill, Senator Lodge de-

clared that it affected the whole question

of thc perishable food supply of the Am-

erican people, and also expressed it as

the opinion of the committee, that some

limit ought to be put on the use of cold

storage for the purposes of maintaining

advanced prices artificially. A similar

bill has been introduced in the House by





To Regulate Cold

Storage.





Representatlvp Moore, chairman qt-‘a sub—





tommlttee appointed to investigate" toad.





prices in the] District of VColumbia. This

vestlgation of increasing food prices is of

interest to the producers as well as the

consumers of the country. ~



The regulation of this business can not

be otherwise than an eitperiment, hence

its consideration at this time is of in-

terest to every citizen. Without doubt,

the development of the cold storage busi-

ness has been of great benefit to produc-

ers of perishable products. The egg busi-

ness, for instance, has been put upon an

altogether different basis by this method

of preserving them. Eggs are now going

into cold storage at 21 and 22 cents per

dozen, cases included, which means about

20 cents for the eggs. This is an indica—

tion that during the flush season of pro-

duction, eggs will be maintained at this

‘comparatively high price. A few years

ago the case was altogether different, and

during the spring months the price of

eggs went down to a very low point, while

the price during the winter season rose

to a point above the normal, although

perhaps not to a degree commensurate

with the falling of prices during the

spring and early summer. The result

was that producers were obliged to pre-

serve their eggs by such artificinls means

as were available, and that these eggs,

when put upon the market, were an in-

ferior product from the standpoint of the

consumer. While in some seasons meth-

ods now prevailing permit the dealer to

reap good profits from eggs purchased in

April and May and distributed later in

the season, yet competition takes care of

this fairly.well for a series of years and

in some years this kind of speculation

results in 105s instead of gain.



“'hat is true with regard to eggs is

equally true with other perishable pro-

ducts such as butter, apples, etc. But

undoubtedly there is a better market for

these products during the season of pro-

duction than would

cold storage were not available for keep-

ing them for an indefinite time. But, on

the other hand. from the standpoint of

the health of the consumer, as well as

his pocketbook, some kind of regulation

might properly be applied to this busi-

ness. The labeling of _the product with

the date when it was stored, thus giving

full publicity to. the purchaser,“ would

seem to be an equitable arrangement. A

limitation of the time for which a product

may be stored is difficult to fix in any

manner which would correct the alleged

evils of the storage business, and at the

same time not interfere with commercial

economy. Eggs, for instance, which are

storcd in April _or May keep much better

and may be held longer and yet reach

the consumer in better condition than

thosc stored during the summer months.

The natural cycle of prodiiction being a

year, no harm can come from the limita-

tions of the time of storage to this ex-

tent, if much good is not accomplished.

The placing of the time at six months.

as some have suggested and urged, would

seem to be too short a time to allow for

the 'storagc of some perishable commodi-

ties, but there would seem to be no ob,-

jeciion to the branding of the packages

with the date on which the articles con—

taincd thcrcin were stored, as this would

allow an educated public to use their own

discretion in fixing the relative value of

such products with fresh products when

the same may be had at a higher price.

Unqucstionably such a law would be diffi-

cult to cnforcc, yet with the co-opcration

of the public much good might result

from its cnactmcnt.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

Foreign.



Countess Amerigo Vespuci, the last

direct descendant of the Florentine navi-

gator who gave his name to America,

dicd at Florence this week at the age of

93 years.



The Persian government has directed

a communication ,to Mr. Rockefeller ask»

ing that resources be supplied for the

cstablishmcnt of a school at Tcheran.



One person was killed and 50 injured

by an explosion on the British steamer.

Ccirnrona off the coast of Dover, Eng-

land, last week.



It is estimated that $15,000,000 will be

spcnt in London to entertain Col. Roose-

velt during his stay in that city.



The electoral campaign in France has

just been opcncd and there is promise

that it will be onc or the most hotly

contested elections Franco has had for

some years owing to the rivalry between

the conservatives and the liberals.



The Albanians are reportedto be in

revolt and hope to gain the freedom of





their little territory from the Turkish

Empire.

Emperor William of Germany, has





altered plans in connection with his visit

to the southern part of‘thel Empire, so as

to be able to personally greet Col. Roose-

velt‘upon his arrival at Berlin. The Em-

peror will have Roosevelt as a personal





be the case where .





.. AP13.1_1'.. 16, 1910, ..





suest a the imperial) palace. 0n signs ‘y

(391:; Roosevelt ‘met. Mr. Pinch'ot. ‘fcrm.

Forester of the. United States department





, _ -of.agriciflturee at Porto Maurizio, .‘Italy. 1'

probable outcomeof the congressional in- ' . '





‘ National.“



The mystic Shriners are holding their

convention at New Orleans where a. large

delegation is gathered from all parts of

the country. ~ ,



. The conflict between opposing organiza-

tions who seek control of the gambling

houses of Chinatown, of New York city,

has developed into open warfare, and

last week shooting upon the streets

brought the attention of the municipal





. authorities to take a hand in the fight.





The 70,000 census enumerators begin

their work taking the census of the Uni-

ted States this week. The day scheduled

for beginning is Friday. but many of the

enum-crators who are prejudiced~against

beginning work on Friday will start Sat-

urday.

ors must be completed within 15 days,

while in the smaller towns and rural sec.

tions, 3. month will be allowed to finish

the big job. It will, however, be several

months before the result of the census

will be known.



The interstate commerce commission

has held that rates charged for Pullman

car sarvice is unreasonable in that the

same rates are made for upper and lower

berths in sleeping cars, the commission

holding that the upper berth is not worth

as much as a lower berth. The case upon

which the ruling was made was for berth

rates from St, Paul to the Pacific coast

for which a straight rate of $12 was

charged. The commission fixed the new

rate at $10 for a lower berth and $8.50

for an upper berth; '



Gov. Hughes, of New York, is asking

the New York assembly to make a thor-

ough investigation into the fire insurance

grafts recently uncovered there.



The house of representatives voted

against the amendment allowing an ap-

propriation of $2,500 each for the main-

tenance of the government automobiles

of the speaker of the house and the vice-

president.



An English syndicate has secured con-

trol of the Mexican crude rubber concern.



Pine Bluff, Ark., was wrecked by a tor-

nado Monday. Homes, stores, 'outhouses

and other buildings were demolished.



The first trip made under the auspices

of the Michigan Aero Club was begun at

Jackson, Monday,’ when a crew of five

persons journeyed from that place across

the Ohio line, a distance of 90 miles,

through a gale and rain accompanied by

lightning. The balloon used was 75 feet

in diameter and 90 feet high.



While engaged in driving a well on a

farm near Webberville, Mich., two broth-

grs were seriously injured by a dynamite



ast. -



Through a compromise of differences,

3,000 coal miners who have been out on

strike at California, Pa., went back to

work Monday. .



The number of persons killed in the

street car strike in Philadelphia. since it

began eight weeks ago is 27.



The New York Central railway has

granted a raise of 10% per cent to tele~

graph operators of that line. .



The Atlantic battleship fleet has re-

turned to Hampton Roads from the'south-

ern drill grounds of Virginia where it has

been at gunning practice.





 





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





(Continued from page 426).





moisture in March has somewhat retard-

ed the growth of the plant throughout the

entire state. The total number of bushels

of wheat marketed by farmers in March

at 111 fiouring mills is 81,069 and at 93

elevators and to grain dealers 59,726, or

a total of 140.795 bushels. Of this amount



108,329 bushels were marketed in the

southern four tiers of counties, 30,613 in

the central counties and 1,853 in the

northern counties and upper peninsula.

The estimated total number of bushels of

wheat marketed in the eight months.

August-March, is 8,500,000 and the

amount of wheat yet remaining.in pos-

session of growers, after deducting 2,000,—

000 bushels for seed and home consump—

tion is. 1,500,000 bushels. Eighty-four

mills, elevators and grain dealers report

no whcat marketed in March.



Rye—The average condition of rye is

89 in the southern counties, 95 in the

cclitral counties, 98 in the northern coun-

ties, 93 in the upper peninsula and 92 in

the state.



One year ago the conditions -was 83 in

the state and southern counties, 78 in

thc central counties and 88 in the north-

ern counties and upper peninsula.



Meadows.——The average condition of

mcadows in the southern counties is 90,

in the central counties and upper penin-

sula 94, in the northern counties 93 and

in the state 92.



The condition one year ago was 77 in

the southern counties, 83 in the central

counties, 86 in the northern counties and

upper peninsula and 81 in the State.



Live Stock—The average condition of

horses in the state is 96, cattle and swine

94 and sheep 95.



Fruit—As a result of the mild winter

and the warm weather in March, the

buds are probably two to four weeks in

advance of usual conditions at this date.

With continued mild weather and no frost

Eberte should be an abundant crop of

I‘lll .



The following table shows the prospect

for an. average crop of the various kinds

of tfruit in the different sections of the

s a c.





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(72 mo oo 20 be.



Apples . ........ 84 84 84 85 89

ears .......... 84 86 79 80- ' 100

Peaches ........ 82 83 83 81 95

ums ........... 83 8.4 78 85 .93

Cherries ........ 8 88 83 92‘ 94

Small fruit ..... 0 89 89 94 . ’94

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“Pouring” 3 Concrete Railroad Bridge.

By Buckeye Boy.





It is a. little apart from the usual idea.

of things to speak of “pouring,” rather

than building a. structure; yet, that is

what modern concrete construction stands

for. Everything which is made of this

building material, the popularity and the

uses of which are ever On the increase, is

literally “poured.” Concrete was first

employed in the foundations of buildings

and work of that sort; but now entire

buildings are constructed of the “made«

to-Order stone” and its use has penetrat-

ed almost every avenue of the building

trades.



However, bridge building is one of the

last industries into which concrete has

forced its way. Considering the length





 





prove of little interest to them. Yet the

reverse is the case. The process of con:

struction is indeed comparatively simple.



Where this last mentioned 'bridge

crosses the stream the bed of the Man-

mee river'is of solid rock, which fact has

disadvantages as well as advantages.

Another thing which the engineers have

to take into consideration is the annual

break-ups of the ice, when it gorges up

and then hurls its full force against the

piers. Few bridges 'have to contend with

such ice jams as the old Maumee develops

every springtime.



At each pier the solid rock was taken





The Forms and “False" Work for the Great Arches of the Bridge.





of time that it has been used to span

rivers, the advances made have been truly

marvelous. To see an arch curving

gracefully over a stream, as if a solid

stone, without even a trace of iron or

steel work, gives one the impression of

strength and beauty, and almost makes

one think of it as a marvel of nature.



At Fairmount Park in Philadelphia is

a single concrete arch 231 feet from abut—

ment to abutment, and 140 feet above the

water. A still longer span is being pro—

jected for a bridge at Rocky River near

Cleveland. In southern California. there

is a. structure of several spans that is 940

feet in length and one in Scotland that is

over 1,200 feet long. Yet, the longest one

that is now known in America is that

constructed by the Lima—Toledo Traction

Co., which is 1,220 feet in length, having

some twelve spans or arches, and though

only wide enough for a, railway track

represents an outlay of 16,000 tons of

concrete and about $130,000.



People are prone to believe that en-

gineering enterprises of this sort are so

technical and complicated that they will





Concrete Bridge AcrOSs the Maumee





v " ’,





 





out to the depth of three feet, and then

the sides of this excavation were board—

ed up water-tight above high water for

the mold, or “coffer-dam,” for the pier

foundation. The water was pumped out

of these coffer—dams and they became the

casing into which the concrete material

was poured and allowed to harden. But

the weight of 28,000 tons of cement, steel





and earth was not considered enough to





hold the structure against the fury of the

river, and for that reason it was firmly

anchored to the bed of the stream, as

described below.



In order so to anchor the bridge, holes

were drilled into the solid rock bed of

the stream three feet deeper than the

bottom of the coffer—dam. Numerous iron

rods were firmly imbedded in these holes,

reaching up beyond the surface of the

water. When the concrete was poured

about these rods, it so adhered to them

that when dry it was not concrete and

steel. but “reinforced concrete,” as it is

called. The cement protects the rods

from the deteriorating effects of air and

moisture, preventing rust and the like,





 





 





 





while the steel strengthens the concrete.

Thisreinforcement is used in all con-

crete work of any importance,



Everyone has seen some sort of con~

crctenvork under way. In every case,

the mixture of sand,, cement, water and

stone, usually termed “grout" is poured,

when wet, into a mould and is allowed to

“set,” after which the mold is removed.





It was somewhat of a problem to con-

struct the forms for this bridge so that

they would support the thousands of tons

of concrete in a viscuous conditions which

must rest upon them, and not give way

the smallest fraction ol‘ an inch at any

point whatever. The least variation from

exactness in the forms might mean the

success or the failure of the undertaking.



In order to keep this cement exactly

where it belonged, it was necessary to

have the molds rest upon piles. Because

of the rocky bed of the stream, these

piles could not be driven in the usual

manner. Holes to the depth of eight

inches were drilled into the rock and

into the ends of the piles; these were se-

cured to their places by putting iron pins

both up and down into the places thus





used to support the molds used in the

great arches. SO a large force of car-

penters, not machinists or metal-workers,

were kept employed.- Had it been neces.

sary to make the molds for the entire

bridge at one time it would have taken

more than twice as much lumber. How~

ever, this “false" work was removed

as soon as the cement had. “set," after

which it was put together a second time

from the same lumber.



The iron rods used to reinforce the con-

crete are everywhere present. ’l‘lu-y bend

around the arches, run crosswise through

the piers, and stand up and down on the

sides. Though these rods scemcd to be in

a hopeless tangle. each one was put in

that position where it would most effect—

ually serve its purpose. There are sev-

eral different systems of concrete rein-

forcement, some of these employing rods

with barbs, the others utilizing them in

many different degrees of crookcdness,

straightness and confusion. “'hat is

known as the rib system is used in most

bridges, though when the forms are re-

moved not a sign of a rod appears.



To carry in pails, wheelbarrows or

carts, some 16.000 tons of heavy, soft con-

crete from a few feet to over a thousand,





 





 





The Shell Ab0ve the Arches which





made for them. Great care had to be

taken to secure a perfect fit, as a very

little variation would result in an un-

stable structure.



Especially so, in the molds for the

arches, great quantities of lumber of ex—

cellent quality were used. XVhen. one con—

siders the present prices of lumber, and

particularly of good lumber, it is easy to

see why the 400,000 feet of lumber used

in the casings, formed one of the con-

tractor's chief items of expense. in ad‘

dition to this enormous amount of lum~

her, some 800 piles, each 27» feet long were





 





so. ”is.





was Filled with Gravel and Earth.





from the points at which it is prepared

would be a herculean, and moreover, an

expcnsive undertaking.



Thus it is, that in order more expedi-

tiously to handle the soft concrete. small

hand dump—cars, running on a double-

track narrow-gauge routlwziv, very nar~

row at that, with switches placed at con-

\‘cnicnt intervals, the whole running up-

on the top and across the molds, were

used. A small gasoline engine placed at

one end of the structure, supplied the

motive power for :1 cable that pulled these

cars a part of the distance. These cars





River, which is Probably the Longest Structure of its Kind in this Country.
4?;4 (10)





have a sort of hopper which is mounted

upon a pivot. When one lifts one side

of this hopper the other is lowered and

the grout is dumped. » '



It was not necessary that the tracks of

the traction company be laid in the ce-

ment. Gravel and sand come cheaper

than does cement, crushed stone and.

sand. For these reasons the part of the

bridge above the arches was nothing but

a mere shell and thls‘shell was filled with

gravel or other filling material, and the

_ tracks laid upon it.



One would think that this slell might

become filled with water, and that owing

to the solidity of the structure this water

would not drain away. However, escapes





 





were made for it. at each“ so-called“‘-ex-

pansion Joint,” and the whole road-bed

is dry ass. well tiled farm.



Everyone has noticed the expansion and

contraction of wires and other metal

work on the hot and cold days. Though

concrete does not tighten and loosen so

much as steel does, these forces are pres-

ent in a measure. and must be reckoned

with, or the bridge might be torn apart.

To counteract these forces the designers

placed so—called “expansion joints" at

each pier, at the point where the arches

come together. In cold weather, the

points where these spans come together

will be several inches apart, but they fit

perfectly during the "heat of summer.





 





ALLAN WO0DROUGH’S EXPERIMENT.





BY XENO W. PUTNAM.





The gleam of settled purpose tightened

the lines of Allan Woodrough’s face al-





though the secretive glance he gave

around revealed some measure of disap-

proval.





“It may be a foolish thing to do, at my

time of life," he said aloud, “but I never

had the chance at school I wanted, and

I’m going to take it now.”



“I suppose that means that you are

going to take up that home study course,”

said a quiet voice behind him.



Allan gave a guilty start. “Yes, I am.

I did not know that you were in the room,

wife; but it’s right for you to know my

plans. What is to hinder your joining

with me?”



The quiet little woman shook her head.

“My school days are over.”



Allan flushed a little at the implied re-

proof. “And mine. Still it is said that a

wise man will continue to learn through-

out his life.”



“That means the practical affairs he

meets on his road.” '



Allan answered thoughtfully, “Perhaps;

if that is the knowledge he is in need of.

If he is deficient in something that he

ought to have learned at school, I believe

it means that, too. It means whatever

he needs to know."



Mrs. Woodrough shook her head, uncon-

vinced, but said no more. She knew it

would be useless, though visions of neg-

lected work and shirtless

filled her with apprehension. Their farm

was in a good state of cultivation, brought





them up and name them; if something he

understood, he told them about their qual-

ities, habits, and life history. It was not

long before it was noticed at school that

the Woodrough children were uncommonly

well informed upon general topics and

possessed many original and broad ideas.

Mrs, Woodrough, too. was becoming a

soeial favorite in the village. Of its gos-

sip she was hopelessly ignorant, but, tak‘

ing her in all places and with all people,

she Was surprisingly entertaining.



“I wish you would take this plant home

and ask your father what it is,” Squire

\Velton called to the VV-oodrou'gh children

one evening as they were passing. “1

have ten acres of newly seeded meadow

nearly covered with it. Must have gotten

it in my grass seed, I guess.”



The plant was a new one to Allan but

he had no difficulty, thanks to his bot-

any, in identifying it as a very trouble-

some weed.



“Tell Mr. Welton that, if he will keep

his field mowed close and not permit any

seed stalks to mature he will be all right,

for the plant is an annual and as soon

as the seed already in the ground is ex—

hausted it will die out of itself if he is

careful not to let any more seed form.

If he doesn’t do that he has a big fight

on his hands. and so has the rest of the

neighborhood."



“That bit of





information was worth





management a good many dollars to me," the honest





old Squire acknowledged shortly after-

wards. “I would otherwise have plowed





up from one of shameless neglect by years" the field all up again, though I just had





of hard work. It was nearly paid for.

They were blessed with the comforts of





life and even indulged in some of its lux-»





uries. In her mind it was a clear case of

letting well enough alone. However, once

her husband’s mind was really made up,

she was too prudent to argue the point

further.



Allan began his course of study as

methodically as he did everything else,

by setting apart two hours of his time

for reading, followed by an hour (if care-

ful thought over what he had read while

walking about the farm noting its condi—

tion, looking up his stock, etc. Then he

put it all resolutely out of mind and only

thought about the work he happened to

have in hand.



At the end of the first week he was

surprised at the amount of time he gained

by this system of concentration. Instead

of the new study course crowding out his

farm duties it. actually helped him in get-

ting them done on time. There was no

dilly dallying over the task in hand. He

had an appointment with his books at a

certain hour and, instead of letting his

work drag along, pitched in and worked

his best, in- order to be in time for his

engagement. People said he would break

himself down in a little while, but he

didn’t. The one task was a rest from the

other and both were easier because of the

variation.



His new task, however, did cut into

one thing. He had little time for village

gossip and, as the weeks went past, lost

interest in it. His chats with the neigh-

bors were confined rat-her closely to local

crop conditions, and neighborhood mar—

ket news, such items as were valuable to

him. In Squire Welton’s quarrel with

Deacon Smith he took no interest and

had not time to listen to it.



In his home, the neighborhood gossip

was eliminated from his interest and his

evening talks with his family partook of

the more interesting topics of his study

and their application to his own life. This

gradually awakened an interest in the

some subjects among the other members

until it became quite the thing among

the children to save up the odd flower, or

stone, or bug, until time for their talk

with papa in the evening. If the speci-

mens were new to him 'he tried to look





it newly seeded and a splendid catch. By

the way, how does it come that, with all

the seeding you did last season, you did

not get a dose of the' same thing?"



“I noticed some unfamiliar seeds in the

tim’othy I looked at and put off buying

until I could learn what they were. When

I found out I went elsewhere for my

seed." I



One of the Woodrough fields had been

an eyesore to him ever since it was

cleared. It looked all right but failed to

make good. Year after year crops failed

there until Allen would have sold it, if

he could have done so, at less than half

what his other fields were worth. His

course of home study finally set him to

thinking. Year after year rank growths

of sorrel would come up there, about the

only thing, even in the weed line, that

would flourish. Through his study of hot—

any he dis‘covered that sorrel flourished

where there was an excess of acid in the

soil. Some of the commercial fertilizers

he had been using on that field at high

prices were actually making it worse, his

chemistry told him. What it needed was

lime, and a single application accomp~

lished wonders. In two years' time the

field was as good as any on the place.



Elsie Woodrough was startled one

morning, whilc passing the Fisher resi—

dence on her way to school, to hear Mr.

Fisher talking in great excitement. Hap-

pcning to see her he shouted: “‘Stop on

you way home tonight; I have something

for your father.”



The “something” proved to be a bit of

stone, weighing a few ounces. “Tell him

there are tons of it where this came from,

down near the line between us, and if he

will go in with me we will put down a

shaft at once and be rich for life. Its

gold ore of the richest kind."'



Elsie took the 'piece, though with no

great enthusiasm. Still she did not like

to tell this old man, what she very well

knew, that the stone contained no gold

whatever, nor would he have believed her

if she had. Her father examined it care-

fully, then took it to the little chemical

laboratory he had fixed up and presently

proved by chemical analysis what his

geological knowledge told him at the be-

ginning, that the gold was nothing but

iron pyrites. Mr, Fisher, although greatly





 





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disappointed, said 'quite frankly tlfl't Allin

Woodrough’s knowledge of mneraiasy

saved him a good many dollarsuselelo‘

expense.



”What a piece of foolishness it is,” re-

marked a neighbor, ‘while purchasing

commercial fertilizer, “to require the

formula printed on the bag."



The dealer explained: “That is to pre-

vent the manufacturer from filling in a

lot of useless stuff in place of higher

priced ingredients. The formula is of no'

value to the farmer except as it protects

him from the dishonesty of the manu-

'facturer.”



Allan smiled but said not-hing. In his

hand he had some slips of paper contain—

ing chemical analyses of the soil from

the different fields he was breaking up

that season; also of the grain he wished

to grow upon each. Thus, knowing the

chemicals which each crop needed in the

largest quantities, the amount of that and

of other chemicals which existed naturally

in the soil of the field, he examined one

bag after another and, by studying the

printed formula thereon, was able to pick

out the kind, of all others, which he need«

ed on that particular field to produce the

special crop he wanted.



Around the buildings. too, Allan’s in-

creasing knowledge of‘general mechanical

principles enabled him to construct many

an important labor«saving device. Water

was made to convey itself where before

it had not been deemed possible. Levers

took the place of brute lifting. Pulleys

and the farm team supplied the place of

extra men.



In the garden and orchard trees and

crops were saved from insect pests far

easier and cheaper than when no real

knowledge of the life habits of the in-

sects existed. By knowing just when and

how to strike it was found that they had

previously been killing many a gnat with

a sledge-hammer and, in some cases, had

been rendering the use of sledge-hammers

really necessary where very little force

would have been needed had it been ap-

plied at the proper time. Often local

conditions so modified causes that the

effect of treating them by some general

rule was not satisfactory. When the real

object and the why were thoroughly un-

derstood the general rule was modified

with some intelligence to meet the special

condition.



The intelligent management of the

Woodrough farm became so generally un~

derstood that, with the advent of a light-

ning-rod agent in the neighborhood ev-

eryone watched Allan Woodrough to see

if he considered rods efficacious, and

when it became known that he had or-

dered his buildings rodded, quite a local

sale was assured the agent at once.





Most of the rods were erected after

the agent's own plans and rules. Allan,

with a good general knowledge of elec-

trical principles, saw to it that the ground

connections were carried down to moist

earth; that the rods were not insulated

from the buildings but were fastened

out from them by supports which were

good electrical conductors but somewhat

inferior to the rod itself. The arrange-

ment and placing of the points received

his special attention. During the season





APRIL 16." 193$.





Abandoned"





For the Old Fashioned Coffee was

.Killing.



“I always drank coffee with the rest of

the family, for it seemed as if there was

nothing for breakfast if we did not have_

it on the table.



“I had been troubled some time with

my heart, which did not feel right. This

trouble grew worse steadily.



“Sometimes it would beat fast andat

other times very slowly, so that I would

hardly be able to do work for an hour or

two after breakfast, and if I walked up

a bill, it gave me a severe pain.



“I had no idea of what the trouble was

until a friend suggested that perhaps it

might be caused by coffee drinking. I

tried leaving off the coffee and began

drinking Postum. The change came

quickly. I am now glad to say. that I am

entirely well of the heart trouble and

attribute the relief to leaving off coffee

and the use of Postum.



“A number of my friends have aban-

doned the old fashioned coffee and have

taken up with Postum, which they are

using steadily. There are some people

that make Postum very weak and taste-

less, but if it is boiled long enough, ac-

cording to directions, it is a very delicious

beverage. We have never used any of

the old fashioned coffee since Postum was

first started in our house.”



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Ever read the above letter? A

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several of the rodded buildings were

struck, because the agent had been care-

less in erecting 0r- ignorant of the prin-

ciples to which the rods were servants.

Allan Woodrough’s rods, thanks to his

personal knowledge of electrical laws,

really protected his buildings. Those of

some of his neighbors, because of being

improperly put up, were either useless or

a positive menace; hence their cost was

worse than thrown away.





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Even in his fencing Allan’s knowledge

served him in good stead. A lot of woven

wire fencing was sold in the neighbor-

hood. Not long after it was put up

many animals standing near it were

killed by lightning. Allan Woodrough's

were entirely safe from that source. He

foresaw the danger and introduced plenty

"of ground wires.



Constantly his knowledge of mechanics

came to his aid in the temporary, repair

of machinery in the midst of a busy sea-

son; in setting up -and caring for new

machinery and in rigging up home-made

substitutes.



At the end of a few months he had not

only satisfied himself that there was

enough practical good in home study to

amply repay him for the cost and time

spent, but had convinced his wife as well:

in fact. she and the children were quite

as active students as was he. Frequently

a single instance brought in direct re.

turns that yielded a handsome profit on

the whole investment.



But after all, it was not so much from





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esthetie; that he, derived his satisfaction, thus discovering the flower attached, is

When "he came in Contact with, the out- the winner. 0r, third, each participant

side world, as all men must with ever may be given a different number, and be

increasing frequency, there was a satise guided in his search by notes placed here

faction in knowing something of what the and there, advising him to look “under





world was doing. When he took up a.

newspaper his own knowledge of political

economy was behind what he read and

gave it a, renewed interest, whether it

co-incided with his own view or not.

When he attended a, public gathering,

the certainty that he could follow all that

was said with intelligence if not with ex-

pert knowledge gave him a pleasure and

a profit not to be despised. Or if, as fre-

quently happened, he was suddenly called

upon to express his OWn views, he had

something within him worth saying.



“I am glad we undertook it, wife,” he

said a year after the experiment was

commenced. “We have learned many,

very many things of value and much from

which we have derived no end of pleasure.

But greatest of all, I think, this home

study course has opened our eyes to a.

study of the things with which we are

surrounded in our own home; to a higher

appreciation of nature; to a greater re-

spect for the Divine handiwork; to a

broader view of life; a greater confidence

in fellow man; in short, to a deeper. truer

and better life than we could otherwise

have lived.” '





A “TWO-FOOTED” TREE.





 





BY HAR'RJETTE V. DAVIS.





 





The very unusual appearing tree pic-

tured above stands upon the farm of Wal—

ter Placeway, in Shiawassee Co., Mich.

It has two distinct bases, also two trunks

which, however, unite into one at a point

about three feet from the ground. The

tree is said to have grown that way from

a small sapling. No one professes to

know just how its peculiar condition came

about but it is probably the result of the

union, either through design or by acci~

dent, of two very young trees.





HAVING FUN ON MAY DAY.





 





BY M. Y. M.



The old-fashioned method of celebrating

May Day by hanging baskets of flowers

on the door knobs of one’s friends has

fallen into the ranks of the forgotten by

a. large majority, more is the pity, for a

prettier custom it would be hard to in-

vent. However, May Days must be cele—

brated some way, and nowadays games

and sports of a more modern character

are looked for. 'Some of the following

may therefore solve the problem of enter—

tainment confronting some would-be May

Day entertainer.



Flower Hunts.



Flower hunts are not new, but they are

always acceptable, particularly for little

folks, if at the end of the hunt they are

rewarded by some prize. These hunts

may be arranged in one of several ways:

Simply by scattering a given number of

flowers through the rooms, or about the

lawn if an out—of—door affair is planned,

and allowing so many minutes for the

hunt, the possessor of the largest number





‘ of‘flowers at t'he end of that time winning





the prize, if any, or the honor, at least.

Or, second, the flowers may be tied to

strings which are then wound in devious

ways throughout the house. The party

reaching the end or his string first, and





the sofa," “behind the mirror over the

mantelpiece in the parlor,” etc. As each

note is found another only leads the

searcher deeper into the mystery, until,

when least expected, the flower itself is

discovered.



To Make a Flower Garden.



Blank pages tied together, with scissors

and floral catalogs, magazines, etc., will

serve as materials for another interesting

pastime. Provide, also, some gummed

stickers, or paste and brushes. Place the

name and date on the outside of the

booklet, each guest being provided for,

and give the subject to be covered on

each successive page, t'he title page be-

ing “My Flower Garden.” Let each cut

out and paste in the pictures which you

have culled from the publications and

assigned to each child, thus interpreting

each one’s idea of a flower garden. The

various pages might be headed in some

way, as “Where the fountain plays,”

“The Fernery,” “Where the brooklet

flows,” etc.



Flower Charades.



Another game which all will enjoy is

a version of the old-time charades, flow-

ers entering into the charades used. For

instance, take the pansy, using two pans

and a letter E to represent the flower.

Or “sweet ‘Villiam” can be represented

by a boy of that name eating candy or

other sweets. The list can be length-

ened indefinitely. If one does not care to

act out the charadcs, use objects instead

to represent the flowers, and provide the

guests with paper and pencil, numbered

spaces being allowed for as many flowers

as are represented by the various groups

of objects. Thus, a picture showing rows

of vegetables or flowws might. answer

for “rose,” while a gilded stick will do

for “goldenrod.” A picture showing

flocks of birds will serve for “phlox.” A

calendar with the month of May promi-

nent, accompanied by a small dish of

flour, or decorated with a flower of some

kind, will represent the “May flower;”

and a top dog perched upon a bit of wood

will serve for dogwood blossom.



Floral Toss and Catch,



Young people will enjoy this floral game

with paper flowers. Choose sides, and

have half of each side stand about two

yards apart facing each other. The other

side should stand in like manner at right

angles from the first lines, thus forming

a square when~all are in place. The

members of the same side, but standing

directly opposite, must keep several flow-

ers in constant motion, throwing them

from one to another, while the opposing

side endeavors to capture them as they

pass. Time is allotted, and the side hav-

ing the most flowers at the end of the

specified time is declared winner. This

becomes very exciting, and creates no end

of fun. It is understood, of course. that

the positions first taken must be retained,

and all efforts at capturing the flowers

must ,be made with the outstretched

arms.



A good test is to see who can name

the most flowers offhand in the shortest

length of time. Prizes suitable for games





of this character may take the form of

potted plants, cut flowers, baskets of Wild

flowers, candied violets, rose petals, etc.

Or jewelry in floral patterns, vases, books

on horticulture, wildflowers and similar

articles will all be found desirable.





 





TH E PONY CONTEST.





 





Boys and girls, just a word in regard

to this contest. We have watched this

contest from its beginning and, c0nsider~

ing the value of the pony and outfit, the

lack of interest shown in the contest has

greatly surprised us as every boy and

girl knows the value of a Shetland pony

and an A 1 outfit—cart, harness, saddle

and bridle. The contest ends on April

30, and some boy or girl with the neces-

sary amount of “push” is going to be the

owner of that dandy outfit, and if the

interest in the contest does not increase

materially the winner is very apt to get

the pony for a surprisingly small num-





(ID 435:





GRANDMA’S PET.





 





BY JENNIE VICKERY.





M§ grandma likes my brother besc,



ecause he is a. boy. ’



And calls him by all the pet names

Her tongue can well employ.





When grandma is at our own house,

\Vhere she comes once a day,



Then brother takes great liberties

And no one will obey.





He pulls my dollies limb from limb

And tears my books to shreds;

My flowers he jerks up by the roots



And tramples on their beds.





Yet grandma thinks this is all right,

’Cause brother is a boy,



And says, "Now don't be selfish, Sis,

He must his hands employ!”





Truth, should he think that he must have

The stars, the moon, the sun,



Our grandma‘d snatch them from the sky,

Could that by her be done. .





As to that verse ’bout the spared rod,

Which grandpa at her hurls,



Dear grandma says, “That don‘t fit boys,

'l‘hat text was writ for girls!"





 





“Seems to me ’at ‘Beauty’ Pony an’ ’at Saddle ’ud be More my Size."





 





 





ber of points. If you are not a contestant

and are desirous of becoming the owner

of the pony and outfit, and want to begin

right away, you may send us a one—year

subscription at 75 cents;'a two—year sub-

scription at $1.20; a three-year subscrip-

tion at $1.50, or a five—year subscription

at $2.00. This subscription will count in

the contest. All contestants get free

premiums or cash on all subscriptions

sent. A picture of the pony, cart and

harneSS will be found on page 437. Look

at it and see if it is not worth a little

of your time between now and April 30.





 





OPPORTUNITY.





 





B! EUGENE c. DOLSON.





Life bears us on; the seasons slip away,

One after one, in swift and silent flight;



Again and yet again night follows day,

And day succeeds the night.





Ay, time is brief allotted us by fate;

So may we strive with purpose clear

and true,

To do, ere falls that night for toil too

late,

The work we yet may do.





 





 





Genuine Kid Comfort in a Delightfully Sunny Back Yard.





 





“HAB-ENl-HAN”—A GAME FOR BOYS.





 





BY GENEVA M. SEWELL.



This is an old, old game. It dates back

to the time of Joseph, but is just as in—

teresting to the boys to play it now as

then.



For the game a target and a bow and

arrows are needed. The target should be

at least two feet in diameter, and can be

made on any light colored cardboard or

paper. Draw twelve concentric circles

on this paper at equal distances apart

To make the circles drive a tack, with

string attached, into the center of the

paper; at the other end of the string at-

tach a soft lead pencil. The string must

be long enough to make as large a circle

as possible on the paper. For the next

circle take a reef in the string for the

distance you wish the circles to be apart

and continue in this way until you have

twelve circles, each one just the same

distance inside of the one before. Then

ink them all in with black ink or black

paint, making them very clear and dis-

tinct. Number the places betwoen the

lines, calling the outer circle “one" and

increase with each one until the inside

circle is numbered “twelve." which is the

smallest one. Tack the cardboard on a

plain board and set it up in one end of

the room, or fasten it to a tree upon the

lawn, and your target is ready.



Each player should be provided with a

bow and arrow and with twelve little

circlcs of cardboard with a pin stuck

through them and with the initials of the

player printed plainly in black ink on

them: these. are the counters. \Vhen

ready to play, each one stands on a mark

and shoots at the target and sets his pin

at the place he hits if he hits within the

circle. If a player hits a black mark he

loses his turn, getting no count. If he

misses the target he is out of the game.

At the second round a player may move

his first pin the number of spaces corres--

ponding to the new strike, or he may

place a new pin in the new circle he has

made. always moving toward the center.

Suppose you struck circle two in the first

round and four in the next; you could



place your first counter within circle six,

or you could leave the first one and place

a. new one in four; if you strike a circle

near the twelve, say at ten, and next

time strike five you can move the counter

from ten to the inner circle and take a.

new one and use up the rest of t‘he count

by placing it on three, or you can carry

a pin already placed forward the three

spaces.



If one player has a pin in a circle and

another one succeeds in putting two pins
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player strikes a circle already occupied

by two plus he does not lose? his pinuurr-





less the two» belong to the same player, '





To safeguard: h-imseii' it is a good: idea. to

keep two counters in a. circle where

possible.



The game consists in a specified num-

ber of points, from twenty-five to fifty if

two players, but more than. that if you

have a number playing; a hundred makes

a good game for the evening. When one

player has lost all his pins or counters

the game is ended. Each player counts

the mimber of his pins which have reached

the center, and the number he has cap-

tured, and the one having the most adds

to his all the ones left in the circles on

the target.



The object is to protect your own pins

and capture as many of the other players‘

as possible, and to get as many of your

own to the center as you can. It waxes

very exciting and interesting at times.





 





OUR DEBT TO THE EARTHWORM.





 





BY HOOSIER LAD





Farmers owe a debt of gratitude to the

, earthworm. One enthusiastic writer as-

serts that the earthworm is more useful

than the horse, the cow or the sheep, for

these domestic animals live on vegetable

food while the earthworm is the tiny lit-

tle creature that makes vegetable food

possible. He states that it makes the

soil which produces the flowers that adorn

our gardens,

the markets, the fruits that load the

trees, as well as the grass in the field.



Although it is a low animal organism,

it stands at the head of all created things

in usefulness to man. It is not provided

with eyes, but in some way it can dis-

tinguish betWeen daylight and darkness;

it has no ears, and therefore it can not

hear; it seems to have a slight sense of

smell, while its sense of touch is very

well developed. The same writer men-

tioned above says, “The general appear—

ance of the earthworm is familiar to most

people. It is long, red and harmless.

without apparent means of locomotion.

But for so small an animal it is not a bad

traveler. It does not propel itself by a

wriggling motion like a snake; a strange

arrangement of double muscles—one set

circular and the other longitudinal—en-

ables the worm to push forward the an-

terior end of the body and then pull up

the posterior end.



“How does the earthworm bore through

the ground? It does not tunnel in railroad

fashion exactly, although there is some

similarity. The worm has a pointed head

on which are little bristles turning back-

ward. These little bristles are found in

every segment clear to the tail. These

bristles act as tiny lovers, like the oars

of a boat. The animal pushes its way

through the soft ground. but when the

ground is too hard it simply swallows it.

In this way the earthworm works and

feeds at the same time. It finds enough

nutrient matter for food in the earth

swallowed in excavating the burrow, and

when it has a load thus stowed away it

comes to the surface and dumps the de—

bris, as a tunnel workman wheels out a

barrowful of broken rock.”



And here is where its usefulness to the

farmer makes its appearance. The soil

thus brought to the surface of the ground

is “triturated and so mingled with natural

secretions of the worm that it is convert-

ed into the dark mold which gardeners

and farmers call the richest soil." This

writer should have added another merit

to his appreciation of the earthworm, one

of considerable importance—that of ren-

dering the ground porous, so as to more

freely admit the air and moisture.



It might be argued that these animals

are small and their number not very

great, and that the amount of good they

do is of an infinitesimal nature. Let: that

eminent naturalist, Darwin. who made

them a study for over thirty years, speak





in their defense: “In many parts of

England, a weight of more, than ten tons

of dry earth annually passes through





their bodies and is brought to the sur-

face on each acre of land, so that the

whole superficial bed of vegetable mold

passes through their bodies every few

years.” He further says that “archaeolo-

gists ought to be grateful to worms, as

they protect and preserve for an indefi-

nitely long period any object, likely to

decay, which is dropped on the surface of

'the land, by burying it beneath thei"

coating."



The activity of the earthworm is con-

fined to the hours of darkness, first, be-

cause it needs moisture and that is when

it is most abundant; secondly, because





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Mothers will

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The baby was his first and he wanted ‘





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claimed. “thre are the scales?"





The nurse hunted up an old-fashioned





pair and the proud father assumed charge .





of the operation.



“I‘ll try it at eight pounds,” he said,

sliding the weight along the beam. “It

won't do. She weighs ever so much

more than that.”



lie slid the

notches farther. -



“iiy George!" he said. “She weighs

more than ten pounds—ll—IZ—lil—li. Is

it possible?"



He set the baby and the scales down

and rested himself for a moment.



“Biggest baby I ever saw," he panted,

resuming the weighing process. “Fifteen

and a. half—16! This thing won’t weigh

her. See, sixteen 'is the last notch, and

she jerks it up like a feather. Go and

get a big pair of scales at some neigh-

bor’s. I'll bet a tenner that she weighs

over twenty pounds, Jessie,” he shouted;

“she‘s the biggest baby in this county—

weighs over 16 pounds.”



“What did you weigh her on?” inquired

the young mother.



“0n those old scales in the kitchen."



“The figures on these are only ounces.”

she replied quietly. “Bring the baby here,

at once, Jack.”——M. A. P.





 





It happened in Sunday school. None of

the children had studied their lessons,

apparently, and as for Johnny, the new

boy, he wasn't supposed to know much

about it, anyhow.



“Now Willie," said the teacher, “who

was it swallowed Jonah?”



“l dun'no,” giggled Willie.



“Bobbie, can you tell me who swal-

lowed Jonah?" continued the, teacher.



“You can search me,” said Bobble.



“Tommy, who swallowed Jonah?” asked

the teacher a little severely this time.



“Please. ma'um," whimpered Tommy,

“it wasn’t me.”



“Well, I declare!" ejaculated the teach-

er. ’l‘hen turning to the new boy, she.

asked, “Johnny, who swallowed Jonah?"



"[‘ll bite," said Johnny. “VVhat’s the

answer?"





 





“Gee, I wish I waz a inventor,” ex-

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Casey—Oim going to ask old man Flan-

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as she, wiped away the big tears rolling

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An Ohio school teacher tells the follow-

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and breasiworks mixed is not so bad

after all when you come to think about

it, but it is funny all the same:



Teacher—Now, Jimmie. you may tell

us about \Vashington’s journey to Fort

Necessity.



Jimmie—*Washington started across the

mountains with 150 men, watching so that

the Indians would not surprise him. He

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the French. so he went to Great Meadows,

threw up his breakfast and called it Ft.

Necessity.





 





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1. ‘What is the'common name and the

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by the above drawing? 2. Tell the sort

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it makes its appearance.



Kink [Ir-”Progressive Enigma.





It is composed of seven letters. No, 1

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society queen. Indeed, I thought so

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If you were a society queen you couldn‘t

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part in the middle, and the long braid

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alas and alack, a. look at the real stylish

heads filled me with gloom. They were

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questions in a fashionable hair shop where

I could only stand outside and flatten my

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the adjustment of the rat, which, of

course, goes all the way round. It costs

at least $8.00, but that is a mere bag-

atelle.



Then comes the coronet braid, the big-

ger and braiderier the better. This is

wound round the head, cOvering the rat





 





nected thinkingon :anysubiect, - and think-





ting precedes ‘~ definite, directed action.





Meditation is not dependent upon ones.

surroundings but upon the will of the in-

dividual, who can train hi‘mself to carry

on a. 'line of thought while physically oc-

cupied. One can think of the trees, the

flowers and all that is beautiful in “God’s

great out-of-doors,” while scrubbing floors

indoors; one can plan the next day’s pro-

ceedings while putting things away for

the night.



Much of our talk lacks the element of

thoughtful repose. We hear yards of ner-

vous, high-keyed talk to inches of quiet,

thoughtful conversation. A good many

can talk who cannot converse. Talking is

one-sided; conversation is the exchange of

thoughts and opinions. Conversation is

somewhat of a lost art, and needs to be

cultivated. Talking will fill up consider-

able time, but it leaves only the rever-

beration of its own sound behind, and

perhaps a feeling of relief.



A neighbor drops in for a little while





 





 





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in the back, and just leaving a fringe of

it showing over the forehead. Twenty

dollars and upwards for thebraid, de-

pending on the color of your hair and the

trouble Madame has in matching it.

Lastly, if you are really ultra you pin on

a bunch of two or three dangling little

curls back of each ear, and there you are,

a triumph of the hair dresser‘s art, and

a monument to the idiocy of women. The

only real hair that shows is the fringe

above your forehead, but you have the

supreme satisfaction of being strictly de

riguer.



Who wants to be a society queen, any-

way?



DEBORAH.





A PLEA for REFORM and MEDITATION





The Busy Housewife Must Learn to Drop Work for Rest.





Life is activity. This does not mean

that a whirligig beetle is more alive than

a snail, nor that a noisy, pretentious per-

son is living more keenly than a quiet,

unpretentious one; on the other hand, en-

tire absence of activity sooner or later

results in disease or death, whether of a.

limb, the lobe of a lung, or some faculty

of the mind or heart. Neither is it all of

life to live. There should be a purpose

and poise, a balance of activities.



Considerable attention is now paid in

our homes to supplying the different

members composing our household with a

variuety and balance of food elements—a

proteid, carbohydrates and fats—in the

right proportion, and served in palatable

and pleasing form. This is making pro-

gress in the right direction. We are also

being taught the value of sanitation, ven-

tilation, sterilization, ornamentation, aera-

tion, etc., as related to different phases

of home life, all of which are of inesti-

mable value when rightly applied. We

are also told that women must have busi-





ness ability, adaptability, versatility, etc.,

if she runs the machinery of the home.

But relaxation, meditation and conversa-

tion are rarely mentioned as of any par-

ticular value in the life of a home-maker,

or of the home. Here, our education is

inefficient. Some good women would feel

guilty and make due apology if by chance

they were found with empty, folded hands,

nerves and muscles relaxed, thinking, in

the midst of a busy day’s work. I‘Ve

often hear women explaining their method

of overcoming—for the sake of a few min-

utes much needed rest—the born and

bred-in habit of tenseness, sitting-on the-

edge-of—the7charitiveness. Such relaxa-

tion should require no great effort, nor

should it‘call forth an apology but should

rather be one of the habitual activities

of each day. Relaxation is not a cessa-

tion of activity, but a shifting of the load,

the .Imuscle‘s and nerves rest while the





mind thinks and the heart feels foria,’ .1 ,,

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little“ while. . - - .. . . ”y,

A meditative mood is necessary to con-





in the morning: “Say, isn’t this horrid

weather? It just gives me the blues.

Speaking of blues, you ought to have. seen

my new white waist when it came from

the laundry! It was a bright blue, and

not stretching it a bit. I called them

right up and they said to send it back and

they would bleach it out, but I wanted

to wear it to the Bijou this afternoon and

so I did it over myself and what do you

think? I scorched it'so that it is not fit

to be seen. I was trying to bake bread

at the same time and my irons got too

hot. Say, I was hot this morning. I or-

dered some New Orleans molasses from

the grocery, and they sent me corn syrup.

I sent it right back and gave the delivery

boy a piece of my mind, but I don't sup-

pose it will do any good, it'never does at

home. I have been at Johnnie for a year

to get him to hang up his cap when he

comes in, but he forgets all I say in two

minutes, and down goes his cap or what-

ever he has on, the first thing he comes

to; he is so careless. M-amie broke her

new doll yesterday, just pure carelessness.

It is enough to wear a woman to tatters

to bring up two children and do her own

work. I will be glad when they are old

enough to look out for themselves; it is

some relief when summer comes and they

can get out of doors and stay there. Well,

I must be going home and get dinner

over, or the children will eat up every-

thing I have cooked. It is like throwing

victuals do'wn cellar to try and fill them

up. Come over.” ’

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Another neighbor comes in, “Good



morning, yes, we are well. Isn't the air





line this morning?’ Thechildren are mak-





ingivalentines. I helped them get started

and ~then..0?1me 'over to ask you howuyou





'make salt-rising bread; 1: Mr. A. is so fond





of it when, homefmade. 'Yes, I under~

stand}: And you“_ke.'ep them at an' even





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no doubt it" will , come out all right- I

brought’home' your book. Yes, we finished

re‘ading it last evening. What do I think

saved John 'Barclay from himself and

utter failure? Well, I should place great

stress on the wisdom and love of God

acting through a good mother. Yes, they

need such help if any one does. Well, I

must go back, the children may be ,need-

ing my advice. ’ Come over. Good-bye.”



Which was talk and which conversa-

tion? Hours, days, yes, almost lives are

wasted in a. vain recounting of the ills,

failures, follies and foibles of humanity,

while the heart of nature and the lives

of those about us reveal . miracles of

beauty and nobility, to one who searches

for them, that might well be the subject

of admiring comment and exchange of

opinion.



in a: up



In placing such emphasis upon relaxa-

tion, I am not gainsaying the fact that a.

large part of our work in the home must

be the oft-repeated and perhaps mono-

tonous details of our daily life, but am





rather unging upon women to give a place '





to and put a higher value on the inner

manifestations of life—the beauty of love,.

friendship and companionship—and to

natural phenomena—the glory of sea,

earth and sky. Did you ever sit out in

the gathering twilight and listen to the

voices of night as they begin their songs

of praise, and watch the ‘stars as they

one by one peep through the blue canopy

above, until your mind and heart are

filled with the thought of the wisdom

and love of God? You can dam and sew

better after such a feast. You may have

wished to go abroad and see the canvasses

of great artists, and yet night after night

you let fade away into the darkness a

glorious scene of the setting sun, painted

by the greatest artist of all time, because

you are washing dishes and do not heed

the call of the children to “Please come

and see, mother!”

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The details of the day, ,with all their

vexing variety can be met and disposed

of without disturbing this balance when

it is once determined upon. One thing

must be kept in mind in balancing our

activities, and that is, that your balance

is not your neighbors, and her’s is not

yours. Each home has its own require-

ments and its own particular possibilities

and its balance is found when the right

emphasis is placed on each. Not only the

things that must be done in one home

differ from those that must be done in

another, but the other things that might

be done—the latter depending upon the

individuals. One soul may long for/a.

chance to express itself in song, another

in art, another in literature, and another

in something else, and some time should

be allowed for these activities, which not

only make more capable home~makers,

but help in building “more stately man-

sions” for each soul. Right here I might

say that I think we place too much stress

upon what. our neighbors see in our

homes, and not enough upon what they

feel; for instance, it causes us greater

concern to have a. friend drop in and find

dust on the furniture than it does to

have him feel the strain of over-wrought

nerves and crossrgrained emotions, which

We unconsciously display, and which are

the direct result Of unbalanced activities.

The spirit of ambition, the desire to

outdo some one else in the things that

show, often leads us to break in upon

our own balance of time and work. I

have ‘heard of a woman who began her

washing on Sunday so as to be the first

in the neighborhood to hang up clothes on

Monday morning; another said 'she often

took clean clothes out of their receptacle,

and wet them and placed them on the

line to be re-ironed so that her next-door

neighbor would not make a bigger show-

ing than she in this direction. These are

extreme cases, but they show what I

mean by striking our own balance and

maintaining it. When,we do this, we

rule our own province and free ourselves

from the slavery of work.

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The sweetest song of the birds is their

morning carol of praise before they begin

the sterner duties of the day—buildingP

their nests and feeding their young—and

I sincerely think that many days of hard,

prosaic labor may be made more effective

and be robbed of its dull monotony if a

few minutes of the early morning" were

spent in getting inspiration 'or giving

vent to some pent-up emotion. I would

have the senses trained to take 'in‘ what-

ever of truth and beauty was available.

and the heart. tuned to respond ‘to every
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chord of pure emotion. Then we could

say with Browning, “Norwsoulehelps flesh

more now, than flesh helps soul.”

' Mas. 1E. E. Boson.

Delivered before the Woman's Congress at

Lansing. ‘





OATM EAL'SH'OULD BE THOROUGH LY

COOKED. .

No. 11.





 





 





BY MRS. ALTA L. LITTELL.





EFORE the days of prepared break-



B fast foods, oatmeal porridge formed

the staple breakfast

countless American homes. Haste, the

American demon, demanded a quicker

meal than could be prepared if We wait-

ed for porridge to cook properly, so pre—

digested foods, flakes of all sorts, corn,

wheat and oats, were poured on the mar-

ket, and the days of oatmeal porridge

were numbered. We find it still in some

homes, and if properly prepared there is

no more delicious .food, though there may

be those more nourishing for certain in-

dividuals. The nourishing property of

foods depends as much upon what one is

able to assimilate as upon the actual qual-

ities of the food. '

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cereal in





We all recall Dr. Johnson’s definition

of oats, “A grain which Scotchmen eat,

but which Englishmen feed to their

horses.” And when we consider the

brawn of the ScotChmcn we can readily

see that oatmeal is highly nutritious for

those who can digest it. It ranks first of

the cereals in proteids, containing 15.6

per cent according to the department of

agriculture; 7. per cent fat, 68 per cent

starch, 1.9 per cent mineral matter and

7.2 per cent water. It makes an excellent

food for long, hard work, especially where

the person has a fine digestion and a good

appetite. For students, oatmeal is a' very

good food.



Rolled oats of whatever brand should

not be sent to the table unless well-

cooked. A half hour is a short enough

time, and those women who have a fire-

less cooker and can cook their porridge

over night will do well to cook it in this

way.



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Barley is used principally by the cook

in soups. Barley water is an excellent

food for babies who need a. starch with

their milk diet. To prepare it, one table-

spoonful of pearl barley is boiled with one

pint of water for two hours, «water being

added from time to time to make the fin-

ished product measure just one pint. If

cooked in a double boiler, cook for three

hours. Great care should be exercised in

beginning the use of any starch water for

babies and but half a teaspoonful to every

second or third bottle of milk should be

given at first.



Barley contains 9.3 per cent protein,

one per cent fat, 77.6 per cent starch, 1.3

per cent mineral matter and 10.3 per cent

water.



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In the character of its gluten, rye re-

sembles wheat more closely than any of

the other cereals, and so is a better grain

for bread than oats or barley. The gluten

of oats is too soft for good bread making.

Rye bread, while it is dark and heavy,

is a very popular bread with many people.

It contains 7.1 per cent gluten, or protein

nine-tenths of one per cent fat, 78.5 per

cent starch, eight~tenths of one per cent

mineral matter and 12.7 per cent water.



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The value of maize, Indian corn, as a

food, seems to depend upon whether an

English or an American writer is consid-

ering it, the former classing it as of little

value, while Americans find it a valuable

food. Corn is rich in‘ fat, and while it is

considered a good food for cold climates,

has curiously enough,. been used more in

the south of the United States than in

the north.



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Those Americans who are fond of ten-

der, young, green corn, of hominy and

“hoe-cake" will still stick to their own

belief that com is a valuable food in spite

of English writers. The government re—

port gives the following table of composi-

tion for corn lineal: Protein, 8.9 per cent;

fat, 2.2;:staroh, 75.1; mineral matter, nine-

tenths of one per cent; water, 12.9.



(Mrs. Litteil will beaglad to answer any

questionspertaining to foods and dieting.

If any recipesare requested they will be

given, but as the average housewife is

plentifullyilupplied 'with .them it has been

thought best toomit them inmost cases,

unless requested—Eds.)





 





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contain about, 87 per cent of waterand 13

per cent solids.





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IUNICS AND LOW~NECKS FEATURES

WOF FTH'E SUMMER DRESSES.





 





If you-wish to. be strictly up-to-vdate this

summer you must ha’ve at least one skirt

with a. tunic.

ters called them overskirts 20 years ago,

but of course they must have a new

name today, so tunics they are in‘the





stores and dressmakers’ establishments.





It is a good thing, perhaps, to give them

a. new name for they are of more becom-

ing out than some of the monstrosities

worn two decades ago, though, again, it

may have been the dead and buried bustle

which gave those old skirts their fearful

and wonderful look. At any rate the

tunies do add to the appearance of skirts

which have been so skimpy of late, and

when you buy your new spring dress, by

all means plan for a tunic.



The tunics are cut after many different

styles, so a chance is given each woman

to pick out the one which best suits her.

One particularly neat tunic is on a skirt

with a paneled front and back. The tunic

is only over the sides of the skirt, start-

ing at the front panel, running up over

the hips in V—shape and down to the

back panel. It is snugly fitting, and the

skirt is pleated full below in backward

lying pleats. Another tunic starts at the

sides and runs up to the plaquet, while

a style suited to a girlish figure goes

around the skirt from front to back, not

unlike a double skirt. Then there is one

much like the old models, which is short

in front and go. down to a deep point

in the back.



These tunics are shown on the separate





cloth skirts, but rarely on the skirts of ‘





suits. With suits, bands are sometimes

stitched on the skirt to simulate a tunic,

but the tunic itself is seldom used. Of

course, they come on the pretty summer

dresses of light silk, and even cotton.



The dresses this summer are in almost

endless variety both as to styles and

cloth. There are worstcds, silks and

muslins, with short skirts or with trains;

plain skirts and plain runlcs and tunics

draped with chiffon. This draping with

chiffon is a fad of the hour which the

woman with money can effect, but which

the woman without plenty of it had bet-

ter let alone, as chiffon is perishable

stuff. Of course, when you look in a win-

dow and see a handsome rose silk gown

with the bodice and tunic draped with

chiffon through which the silk glows with

a softened color you wouldn’t be a real

woman if you didn’t sigh a little long—

ineg to own that gown. But unless you

have a good bank account, be wise. Just

tell yourself that gown was meant for a

woman who spends her time going to

receptions and evening parties, and not

for one whose chief diversion is going to

church meetings and neighborhood clubs.



A cloth dress or a good substantial silk

would be much more suitable for women

of the latter class. Sergcs, shepherd’s

plaids, that is, the small black and white

checks, diagOnal cloths, foulards and

Rajahs are all good. There is avdecided

tendency to cut-out necks with yokes of

white silk, lace, net or cloth filling-in, and

three-quarter sleeves with bands like the

yokes, and ru'ffies of the cloth are goo-:1.

A very sedate dress of black and white

cloth shows a plain pleated skirt in a good

length for walking. The bodice has two

Gibson pleats over the shoulders, and

a tiny yoke and standing collar of white

net. Around the yoke, soutache braid is

arranged in a bertha effect. The sleeves

are full length. but finished at the wrist

with bands of the net and a little edging

of lace.



More elaborate is an old rose taffeta.

The skirt touches the floor all around and

shows a slight train. The tunic reaches

to the knees and is trimmed with buttons

and soutache, The bodice has the cut-

away neck with a lace yoke and collar,

the same lace appearing as bands at the

elbows of the three-quarter length sleeves,

two ruffles of silk finishing the sleeves

below these bands. Buttons in groups of

three trim the waist.



For early spring 'wear the one-piece

dresses of heavy wool are good as they

answer for dress and coat. They are

plain and snugly fitting, many buttoning

from the throat to about a foot from the

hem. A suit of this style in gray wool

is *an ideal costume for the middle-aged

woman.





M

Grandma's .Hard Gingerbread.



One and a. half cups of molasses, half

a cup. of sugar, one cup of melted butter,

one egg, two heaping teaspoonfuls of yel-

low glnger, one teaspoonful of baking

powder and just flour enough to- roll'very

thin. Roll and cut in small square..pieces;

lay them on a sheet of tin.,or on the bot,-

tom of a new. wellsgreased baking pan

and. bake “until crisp and brown, in a





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Here are a few short cuts that I have

found helpful in my housekeeping: Did

you ever notice washing the kettles and

pans first seems to shorten the dishwash-

ing? Just try it once.



Don't waste the minutes when waiting

for the men to come to meals. Sew the

missing button on Johnnie’s shirt, or

mend the small hole in baby’s stocking.

The mending will diminish like magic and

you’ll have more time for the new book

later.



Have a basket handy when going down

cellar to bring up the necessary things

for a meal and make one trip do the work

of two or three.



A newspaper laid down by the stove in

doing extra dirty work, another under the

pail when emptying pans, and still another

slightly dampened to wipe off the dust

that collects saves mopping and washing.



You who think you must iron every

stitch, try ironing towels and underclot'hes

through the wringer while they are

slightly dampened.—~Readcr. (\Vill reader

please send name and address?—-Eds.)



'To Remove Mildew—To remove mildew

from muslin and linen, I dissolve a tea—

spoonful of chloride of lime in a quart of

water, put in a tea kettle and let boil,

then put in the linen or muslin and boil

until the mildew disappears. Be very

sure to rinse thoroughly, so the lime will

not wet the fabric. I have always been

very successful with this method—M.

A, P., Illinois.



Dried Dandelions.—One of my acquaint-

ances has a way of "putting up” dande-

lion greens that is easier than any other

way that I know of, and the greens are

better, too. I do not know with whom the

method originated but the dandelions are.

simply cleaned thoroughly and then

dried. You can spread them out and dry

them Without any trouble. Put them in

paper bags after they are well dried and

keep them in the attic or some other dry

place. When you want to cook them put

them into a kettle and pour boiling water

over them. Let them boil fer an hour

then change the water and cook them

two or three hours more. They need a

good deal of cooking but when they are

done they are almost as good as freshly

dug dandelions. A piece of salt pork put

in with them after the water is changed

will give them a good fiavor.—M. C. R.



Try burning potato peelings in the

kitchen range now and then to prevent

the chimney clogging with soot.



Don’t spend hours steaming brown

bread. Bake it in tin cans with the cov-

ers on. It is just as good.



Leave the milk pail and cream cans tin-

covered when not in use. It improves the

flavor of milk and butter.



Drop a piece of white soap in the starch.

The flatiron will work smoother.



Generate the gasoline stove with wood

alcohol and you will not need to clean

the burners every week—E. L.



With a cloth holder fastened at eacn

end of a piece of tape and slipped through

your belt you can save fingers and temper

over the hot dishes.





JUST A FEW USES FOR THE FOOD

CHOPPER.





 





BY A. L. L.



We often sigh for the “good old days

of our grandmothers,‘ the days of “simple

living,” but, honestly, would you go back

to them if you could? VVercn’t they a

little too simple, especially in the matter

of kitchen helps? Would you go back

to them and do without your “food chop-

per,” for instance, you women who have

learned how handy these little machines

are, and in how many ways you can use

them?



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All thrifty housewives like to utilize

their leftovers, and nothing is of more

help in making dainty dishes of odds and

ends than that food chopper. Next time

you have a few scraps of cold meat and

a half—dozen potatoes, run the meat

through the chopper and put it on the

stove to simmer with a little water, pep-

per and salt, a bit of bay leaf and pars-

ley or little kitchen bouquet for flavor-

ing. While it is cooking put the pulverizer





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on the chopper and run, the potatoes

through. MixA thepotato with warm milk

and put over the meat as a crust. Bake

in the oven until the potato is browned

and you have a tasty shepherd’s pie.



or course, you use your chopper for

mincemeat, chow—chow, meat for hash,

vegetables for salad, and bread for stuff-

ing. Or if you have‘not put it to this last

use, do it now. Stuffing made from bread

run through the chopper is far ahead of

that made from bread simply broken and

soaked with cold water. One enterprising

woman cuts her pineapple for canning

with her food chopper. Another pulver-

izes the cheese for macaroni with her

machine, while still a third always runs

codflsh through the chopper before she

uses it in any way either for balls or in

creamed codfish. The small pieces are

more eatable than the larger bits you get

when it is simply torn to pieces.



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If you want to give afternoon guests a

treat, run a few peanuts, or almonds,

through the food choppe , of course, us-

ing the pulverizer. YouSiave a delicious

nut butter to spread on thin bread for

sandwiches. These, with a cup of tea.

or cocoa, make alunch which should sat-

isfy anyone. Herseradish, which our

grandmothers grated with many tears,

loses its sting when out with that handy

food chopper; [cracker crumbs are made

in a moment, and some women even grind

their coffee with the chopper.





In fact, there are endless ways to use

it, as every woman who owns one speedily

finds out. Since I have had mine the old

chopping bowl and knife only come out

for one thing, that is vegetables or fruit

for salad. My Ichopper presSes out too

much of the juice to suit me, but this

may be a fault of the individual chopper.

In buying one be sure to buy the best,

not the cheapest. A cheap chopper is no

labor saver, as you are always stopping

to right it in some way. Buy a good one,

one that has a record of good work done

back of it, and you will have one of the

handiest tools you can own.





LHUME QUERIES EXGHANGE.





Dear Editorz—fi'ill you please inform

me why the rabbit is pictured on so many





 





 





 





 





 





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Easter post cards? What is its meaning

or what does it signify?—Mrs. C. E.,

Blissiield.





From ancient times the hare has been

Symbolic of the moon, because it comes

out at night to feed; the female carries

her young a month; both were thought to

have the power of changing their sex, the

new moon being masculine, the waning

moon feminine, and the young hares are

born with their eyes open, this making

the hare like the “open-eyed watcher of

The date of Easter depends

upon the moon, hence the hare or rabbit

became the symbol of Easter. In Ger-

many children are told a white hare

comes the night before Easter and lays

colored eggs for good children.





IN THE KITCHEN.



If you are troubled with having pota-

toes and other vegetables burn fast to the

bottom of the kettle when you are boiling

them, buy two or three trivets next time

you go to town. These are nothing but

false bottoms for your kettles, round

pier-cs of tin with little icgs to keep them

up from the bottom of the dish you put

them in. They are full of holes so the

water gets to the bottom of the kettle.

Slip them in first, then put in your vege-

tables and if the water does boil off

there is little danger of the vegetables

burning until you discover the dry state

of the kettle.





 





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Many women like the Dover cggbeater

best, while otahers prefer the whip. As a

compromise, the stores are offering an

eggbcater with the turning wheel of the

Dover beater, but instead of the little

wheels which turn around and beat the

egg, a whip has been inserted which

works back and forth and the drive wheel

is turned.



Vanilla Custard.



Boil one pint of cream with four ounces

of sugar for a quarter of an hour and

strain through muslin. Beat well the

yolks of six eggs and pour milk over

them, placingthe bowl over a pan of boll-

ing water. Stir rapidly till, it thickens.

Let it cool gradually, then add one tea-

spoonful of vanilla and stir continually.

When cold serve in a dish covered with

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had already been driven out of



the city into the cOuntry home

where gas could not follow—so we

thought.



In those days we would have

laughed at the possibility of gas being

used for lighting and cooking in a

country home.



But like the





T WENTY years age the oil lamp





I telephone a n d

free mail delivery

gas has finally





left the city to

become a common

rural convenience.

In the year

1910, the up-to-

date villager or

farmer not only

M u lives in a gas-



" '_.jj'j:_‘j,',,.»u;;;1 lighted h o u s a

same as his city

cousin, but when

he drives home on

a cold, wet night

he actually lights

up his barn, his

barnyard or

porches on his house with this same

gas light by simply pulling a little

chain to the fifture.





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And this change seems quite like

magic when you consider that this ru-

ral gas is home-made—made by the

family right; on the premises.





Takes fifteen minutes once a month

to’ make all that can be used in a.

large house. _



The magic is all in the strangely

weird, manufactured stone known

commercially . .

as “Union J V

Carbide.” g -



This won-

derful gas

p r o d ucing

s u b s t ance

“ U n i o n .

C a r b ide,’ ’

1°01”. and cooxmc .

feels J u s t .

like crushed granite. For country

home use it is packed and shipped

from warehouses located all over the

United States in sheet steel cans con-

taining 100 pounds.



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Union Carbide won’t. burn, can ’t ex-

plode, and will keep in the original

package for years in any climate. For

this reason it is safer to handle and

store about the premises than coal.



All that is necessary to make ‘ ‘ Union.

Carbide” give up its gas is to mix it

with plain water—the gas, which-is

then instantly generated, is genuine

Acetylene.





_ __—





Acetylene makes a white light like.

sunlight and the gas is so pure that

you might blow out the light and

sleep all night in a room with the

burner open without any injurious ef--

efiects whatever.





On account of its beinghburned in

permanent brass fixtures attached to-

walls and ceilings, Acetylene is much

safer than smoky, smelly oil lamps,

which can easily be tipped over.





For this reason the Engineers of the

National Board of Insurance Under-

writers called Acetylene safer than.

any illuminant it commonly displaces.





In addition to all these advantages,

Acetylene is inexpensive.





An Acetylene light of 24-candle‘

power 'costs less than the wicks, chim-

neys, kerosene, etc., consumed by an





oil lamp of equal volume.





,As a summer fuel for light cooking:

Acetylene is very economical, consid-

ering the fact that it is delivered right-

in the cooking appliance, is con»

trolled by a thumb screw and burns.

without soot, ashes or dirt.



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Consider, this carefuly and you will

hardly wonder at the fact that there-

are today more than 176,000 town and

country homes using home-made Ac-

etylene for lighting and cooking.





Once a month some member of the

family must dump a few pounds of

Union Carbide in \17

a small tank-like ‘\ , I

machine which ’\\‘\\\\\iiii////// //

usually sets in \\\\\ // '

one corner of the ‘- \_ . . /:

basement. f'; a g\



This little tank- “é B

like machine is / -

automatic -—- it /

does all the work

—it makes no gas

until the burners

are lighted and

stops making gas

when the burners , - _,

are shut off. 'L‘LioH'l'iNc



No city home

can be as brilliantly or as beautifully

illuminated as any one of these 176,-

000 homes now using Acetylene.





Won’t you let us tell you how little

it will cost to make this time-saving,

money-saving, beautifying light and.

ideal summer fuel at your own home!



Write us today how many rooms

you have, and receive our estimates-

and free books giving full informa—

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'.: ‘ -' _J-‘-~awhile, andr most of them signified their honored repeatedly by having its mem-

' . . '4 desire for a Grange at that point. They bers chosen to office by the state asso-



. .. . '4 gave their own names and the names of elation and elsewhere and has exerted an

'- ., ‘ ' - ~ ~ some members of their families.- Avery influence that has been state wide. We

small'Grange was organized- I think Bro. have been told by high officials at Lan-





Our Mdio;"Th-e Farmer is or more Wilde went down in his own pocket for sing that if the farmers want anything

consequence than the farm, and should b9 3. dollar or two of the charter fee. The' they have only to let it be known and





 





 





 





first? improved.” prospect was not flattering, to say the they will get it. 'But the only way to

least. But today, Arcadia is one of the work together is by union and organiza-

THE APRIL PROGRAMS. best of the new Granges. The members tion. So the clubs ought to be perpetu-





are largely ymmg‘t DeowerilbrigGht. ener- ated. lBecause Tof Bmstalliling heglthh id

etic, and compe en,. ‘ie range is was fet that . , a day w o a

' SuggestIOns for Second Meeting. ‘ §0hdUCtihg a membership contest, candi- served the club as president for 28 years,

“There is a perfection 0’3 the hedgerow dates are coming rapidly, and the mem- ought not to be asked to prolong his ser-

and cottage, as well as of the forest and bership bids fair to be large in the near vice. The proposed complete change in

palace."——Ruskln. future. officers was very. soon effected. The bal-

Farm. Business—V. The coming census: At Bear Lake we were obliged to elect loting resulted in the. ch01cc of C._ P.

1. Why a farm census is good business officers throughout. Bro. A, L. Hopkins Holmes, president; Daniel 8. Fuller, Vice-

policy. 2. What questions will the gov- received every vote for master. When I president; Mrs, F. C. Beckw1tn, secre~

ernment ask? visited him at his farm and saw how tary; F. C. Beckwith, treasurer. Vlnt

Select reading, “A Tree.” very busy he w-asI wondered 1_f It WOUId Roberts and Mrs. W m. Ray were named

What kind of trees, shrubs and vines be possible for hlm to take time to be to act with the secretary. as executive

shall We plant on Arbor Day, and where master Of a Granse- BUt he has entered committee.

can they be obtained? upon this duty with the same thorough- The Care of the Farm Woodlot was the

Roll call'—How make our home and ness and enthuSiasm that characterizes subJeCt ofa paper by A_ R. Palmer. This

school grounds more attractive or health- him in the'management Of his estenswe was an abSU'aCt Of an address given by

ful this spring ' privatet lillflgessl anditthle tfirangte is to b3 Ptrhm Milimfgpg, of Ann fwbor' Amchng

- ‘ congra ua 0 - "15 e em W106. an o ers tie o owing poin‘s were ma e:

Question Box, conducted by the women. at the last meeting, 64 members were Do not pasture the woodlot unless it be

-_ . present. A load drove over from Tanner with hogs. Keep fire out. Do not cut the

GRANGE AND RURAL LEADER8.—Hl. Grange, a distance 0f eight miles, 811d underbrusli. It shades the ground, helps

tWO 01" the members 01' the Grange at Bear to retain the moisture and the leaf mulch

Lake walked five miles to be present at both of which are necdful to secure rapid





 





 





 





“Oh, but I am not a leader,” says one





and another of our farm men and women- sacrifices like these to attend Grange that will help to keep the wind from

No, perhaps not, in the sense of being meetings, we need not worry about the blowing the leaves away is sin-advantage.



bit 1 d loudl made known as such future of the order. All we need is plenty Plant the vacant spaces_ With a mat-

pu c y an y ‘ 0f hard earnest WOTk. wisely directed tO- tock or a grubhoe or even a pointed stick





WWW very small company. The meeting looked the community in many ways, socially,

like» a failure, but he talked to them.financially, intellectually, having been





 





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Many a

Clever

Housewife





Has learned that to

serve





Post

Toasties





Saves worry and labor,





the meeting. When.people Will make growth. On the windward side anything and pleases eaCh mem=





ber of the family as-few

other foods do.





POSSibly YOU can never be 3.11011 If you ward definite and desirable ends. . put in acorns or walnuts, or other kinds

try ever so hard and long. Better if you We need to be more ”diligent in bUSI- of tree seeds, and they will need no fur-



ness." We are not getting what we ther attention. The time is very near Th - d - fl ff

cannOt' should out Of our trade contracts. It is if not already at hand, when growing 6 Cl'lSp, alnty, u y





“Leadership” is a misleading term no not the fault of the contracts, either. The timber will be in demand and worth more

doubt. It is used here simply for the trouble is that_too many fail to CO~0D- than cleared fields. Grow the best kind of

f b tt I usin 't have in erate along busmess imes. We are mak- timber. For us here red oak is generally

want 0 a e er. n g‘ we mg progress In lecture work, but even best, it grows twice as fast as white oak.

mind the thought that “so far as anyone here we are living beneath our privileges. Walnut is good on good land but not any-

loves his communitv, he loves the indi- I am more and more Impressed with the where else. Harvest the crop when it is

. ' , ,, value of purposeful lecture work. Much ripe. The stumpage price for timber is

Viduals who compose it, and seeks to of our work is desultory. There is no advancing rapidly. $15 and $20 per M

help them make the most of themselves. {ielfinéte Iaim. undldso). tlittle1 is taccgmp- is paid even now and that is a price that

. 1818 . we can u reaize le usi- counts u dollars fast.

We are trying to work out the thought ness advantages that might be ours as Echoespfrom the Institute—Under this

that, in $0 far as one really promotes the members of the order. if we could realize head several members mentioned points

cause of his Grange or Club he does so howttltifi locturcr’s hotur Tighthbe Igads to made at farmers’ institutes which partic-

.. _ mee e requiremen S O eac in iVi ua ularly im iressed them. Among these one

by seeking to promote the sepaiate merri‘ neighborhood, 311d then, if we would live member srtated that the speaker at Grass

bers of that group. He delights m them according to our knowledge. the Grange Lake opposed promiscuous breeding for

individual development. He sees in each would 5"]le moreld-rgmally anld the good the dairy cow; breed for what you want

. -. - . 2100 ml? 1519 W011 e ‘Wi'oni our power and commence back about three genera“

greater poss1bilities than they themselves to measure. “r. F. TAYLOR. tions. Fer-d the young m” we“; if not

have guessed. He sees pos51bilities in well developed when young it never can





 





 





their farms, their barns, their homes, and COMlNG EVENTS- he. 1The professor altivgscd as grain feed

- ~ - —— ' or tie calf corn mca, ran, oil meal. and



in the lives of their children which they Pomona Meetings. ground oats in equal parts. It will begin

can only attain by growth in themselves. Lapeer Co., with Lapeer Grange in to eat some grain when three weeks old

SUCh a person sees larger things for his Hunter’s Creek, Thursday, April 21. and often before that. Mr- D- .5

community in a stronger neighborhood Occana (30., With WOEIFe Grange, Sat- Fuller had found'it easy to spoil a dairy

urday, April 23, cow by keeping it too fat when a calf;





feeling; he sees more interest centering Benzie 00., with Thompsonville Grange, feeds whole corn and oats and can see

in the rural school and church and 'both Tuesday and Wednesday, May 31 and no need of grinding feed for a calf. An-





bits are fully cooked—

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a ' 1’, B 1 1 - June 1. other speaker urged shelter for sheep.

11122110236. thccopdingy d 11:} 31 Of fins . W‘W It is probably not good 'for_shcep to get

1‘ e u ure epen s upon ow F ' ' 1 wet cold wet storm is likely to cause





. A

well its foundation is laid in the ability , a weak spot in thehfibre of the wool. Said

~ - i he had sheep on is farm, seven to ten

Of each member .Of the neighbornood to t A CL B years old that had never been wet and he

take and carry his part. No truly great 4 believed it paid him well to keep them in

symphony of sound is created where but LAM that way. Miss McDonald of the Agricul-





a. few fine instruments are well handled OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA- tural College, in her talk on “Sunshine in





 





 





’ i” " ed avainst too much

and where the lesser parts are rendered Presldgn'j-EI: :ARgloffs CVIQUBS' glee-E22123, asadglils supht’ things must be

in a weak or discordant fashion. Vice—pi‘eSidcnt—hlrs. 5n, A.1xl€/Iralthews cared for and kept clean and it makes



In short, Grange and other rural officers St. Johns. ‘ ’ too mUCh work.





and workers need to “write upon the Secretary-Mrs. 0- 13- 3011115011,





posts" of their halls and “bind upon their mafi'asurer—Henry T. Ross Brighton.

hands this Sign: It is better to set top OCorresponding Secretary—Clayton Cook, After dinner was served me meeting was

men at work than to do ten men’s work. “9550- .. 1 , ~1 . 1 . th 1- s 1c t Jose 111*

, Directors—T B Halladav Norvell' E talcd to 01(81 )3 e p c ii_,n, 1 T

For upon so Simple a rule as that is even C Hallock Almont' A R 15am)“, {gm _‘ Franks, and opened by singing by the

the greatest leadership based. There nced son; Wm. ’H. Marks, Fair Haven; C. . aliggugiflfi 12,190 giggilcg’fmfggfclmtlfiglersaf,

be no blustering bossing about such lead- Wright: Caro; E W- WOOdFUffv Blan‘ jects, Killc topic, “How host to ovorcomel





and Handy Farmers’ Club met. the last

Friday in March at the home of Mr, and

Mrs. C. E. Carr, with a good attendancel





 





Meta- Rural and City Cousins—The Conway.





 





 





Is an all steel fact





The most practical range for general pur-

poses Is one which burns cool or wood.





You get an even temperature impossible to

secure with any other fuel.



The Born Steel Range heats quickly and

you get the heat where you want it. [It

saves fuel and is easy to manage.





ership, either. There is no spectacular Chili?“ W ll . . . . t the Vilifl'lflenfe‘ betlycen Cigy,a§4d, coalitiyl £33323 Thigh: tggfinmzxphglovg giltXe’lllgeRq



display of generalship, nor any self-seek- colossus. .iommunicatlons relative 0 cousins, “as ta err up )y 15. .‘ BIBLEDUPLEX GRATIS thatconbe used

_ _ . ‘ the organization of new clubs to Mrs. C. Adams and Mrs. thVv. Rev. \V. G., for coal or wood. and the DOUBLE



ing as the ultimate aim. A little child P, Johnson, Metamora, Mich. Stephens was called upon for suggestions: STEEL PLATE BODY lnterllned



has often led to some of the greatest vic- on the subject. All agreed that a goodly; with asbestos board.





tories the world has ever known by its PLANNING FOR THE SPECIAL FEA- amOunt of social contact, cultivate at-'





. . tractiveness in ourselves and a faculty

power 0f innocently suggesting and awak- TURES' of putting others at ease, and to be truly





ening in men sleeping powers of thought unselfish would help to overcome this





' . ' ' T Club Discussions colum frecem difficulty. Following the completion of

and energy. The frailest Of women, “mid .. be , . ns 0 the program the club adjourned to meet

and distrustful of self, has often started Issues have contained references to plans at the home of Mr, and Mrs, Marvin Ben-





the Wheels of progress and efficiency in for several union picnics to be held as jamin the last Friday in April.





 





others simply through showing confidence special feature events during the sum— Give Old Members Farewell Dinner.——1





_ . _ _ . me '. These nion icn'c inc 0.. _ The Northeast Venice Farmers“ Club very

m their ablhty to do the tESkS set before . "I l} ., p f 1 th etings afford pleasantly surprised Mr. and Mrs. Hyney

them. Man after man. in the world s me an ODDOItUhli) .01‘ e members of on March 22 at their old home. Having

march upward, has truly ranked among two or more clubs to meet in a social sold their farm the club] thought they

._ .. . n . -._ wa ’.~ are 0t 0 1. n 3 . . _ would give tlem a arewcl dinner. The

its greatest leaders who has “Gt (1‘5 :t b :3“ 1 :1? '138t €11.10} able, bUt ladies drought well filled baskets and pre-

played himself at the forefront nor 1710-. 0110 103 db “9 t0 the members pared a lovely chicken pie dinner. Just





claimed the stars and epaulets at the fin- of each. If such a meeting is contem- before dinner the president called the





_ . l't - , meeting to order and it was opened by

ish. These things do not so much matter Dd ed It 1% none too early to get the club mémbms singing a song out of the





to the genuine leader. They are proper preliminary arrangements under way. In rural songster. After dinner a few ques-

cnough'and are prized if they come, but case the club is to hold a picnic as a. iions were discussed with Mr. Everette





. . , , . 7 , . , - ,7 - . . . in charge of the question box. One ques-



they are not the chiefest iewaids. loeilldi metting in Jul) .or August it is lion was: “What part of a highway

JENNIE BUELL. none too early to be talking over the de- should the farmers beautify?" Somcl



_____._._. tails at least, especially if the summer thoughht a] fzirrrier Sllnlllld }keep the weedsi



. -. r . . . and t is es aong tic lighway cut in



THE NEW GRANGES IN MANISTEE Dlii‘llc. is not already an established in- front of their placpg After other discus—

COUNTY. _ siltuilon in the club. Too often these sions the president of the club. in behalf





_ . special features of club work are not un- g the mletnllbersl' pgesegtedflitdr. findings.

. . a , . . . r so ( 0

It has lately been my Perlleoe t? Y‘S‘é dcrtakcn because no one takes the ini- of)l1i§:.ierreg-aa£vd.l‘nAfteI‘eLIilx mini; 50;;

four of the five new Granges organize tativo in starting them. Just mention the all departed. wishing the host and host—l

in Manistee county by Bro. John Wilde. slimmer picnics at your next club meet- css good luck and prosperity in their

m ”a...

' “—— Hartlan Farmers' Club met at the eas-,

MM M the” ”it“??? 33.2.2: CLUB DISCUSSIONS- at. hilli 2M. Starts-ceM'hMa':

a wr ng s ac . _ ______. I, D . . , . . _

“We .23.... mails l3 .2 fields? H... .9... Am... M.....g._.... 29th :zliag.oog.re..fib";other; that:

lfigliglfsrhserlvsiigsagr: storrlilgtciines held, 'in it annual meeting 0f the NONE“ Farmers' the regular business of the clhb a good

now. It makes a very fair hall, though Club, of Jackson Co., was held in Norvell program was rendered. The talk by Mr.

the dimensions are not quite ”in?” for town hall. Some 35 or 40 members were F’i'figk HaCkfi’T Chantélewgfi‘gagtarigSIFf rlll‘e

Eigfirginvgelggggdstlfgnvfil‘tigptlhth $32331; Present and the dinner served by the irllabllélgslglllifigmgream or milk. was Ivery

goodgattendance. They are beginning to Ladies' Aid was well attended. After interesting and as Mr. Hacker is a man

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DETROIT WHOLESALE ' MARKETS.





April 13, 1910.

Grains and Seeds.





Wheat.—The general improvement in

weather conditions has been the great

bullish factor in the wheat trade the past

week and prices are generally lower,

both for cash and future deals. The gov-

ernment repOrt which came out during

the week had little influence upon the

trade in as much as the conclusion

reached by the government correspond~

ents was practically what the trade had

been counting upon. The average condi-

tion of the winter wheat crop was placed

at 8018 compared with 82.2 a year ago

and 87 as the average for the past ten

years. In the past few days the winter

wheat outlook has generally improved, an

increase in the amount of spring wheat

sown is apparent from reports of condi-

tions in every section of the spring wheat

belt and the cash offerings of the grain

have been large. The cash situation is

weak. Flour is meeting with a light de—

mand which makes millers skeptical

about loading up with wheat at present

One year ago the price for No.





rlces.



2) red wheat was $1.40 per bu. Quotations

for the week are as follows:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. May. July.

Thursday ....1.14% 1.1414 1.14% 1.06%

Friday .......1.14$./.r 1.14% 1.14% 1.06%

Saturday ....1.141/4, 1.14% 1.14% 1.07%

Monday ......1.12% 1.12% 1.12% 1.06

Tuesday .....1.12 1.12 1.12% 1.05%





Wednesday ..1.11% 1.11% 1.11% 1.05

Corm—Th'e average values for corn

rule lower than last week; the margin,

however, is not so bread as in the wheat

trade. The demand for corn is steady.

Had not the weakness occurred in the

other deal it is probable that corn prices

would not «have been altered. The splen-

did weather for spring work has been a

bearish feature of the trade. The heavy

demand, however, has overcome this

bearish feature to a very large extent.

One year ago No. 3 corn was quoted at





68%0 per bu. Quotations are as folliowss:

, o.

No. 3 Yellow.

Thursday 59 60

Friday 59 60

Saturday ..... 59 60

Monday .......... ........ 58% 59%

Tuesday . . . . . . ............ 59 60

Wednesday . . ....... . ..... 59 60





Oats.-—This market is easy, there being

liberal offerings coming to the primary

elevators from farmers. 'The demand

continues normal. The conditions for the

1910 crop are excellent, .sowinghaving

progressed with less interruption than in

the ordinary season. One year ago the

price for No. 3 oats was 57%c per bu.

Quotations for the week are:





Standard,

Thursday ...... 45

Friday .......... 45

Saturday ....... 4.

Monday ............. 45

Tuesday .................. . 45

Wednesday . . ....... 45





Beans.—There was no call for beans,

and the lack of demand has given the

trade a rather weak tone. The nominal

prices which are given below show a de-

cline of one cent from the lowest of last





week. These quotations are:



Cash May.

Thursday .................. $2.06 $2.09

Friday ..................... 2.06 2.09

Saturday ................... 2.06 2.09

Monday . . . . . ..... . ......... 2.06 2.09

Tuesday ................... 2.05 2.08

Wednesday ................ 2.03 2.05





CIoverseed.—This market continues to

fluctuate, the high and low prices for

prime spot being some 75c apart. October

is more steady and alsike is unchanged.

The demand from farming sections is not

so urgent as a short time ago. Quota-

tions for the week are as follows:





Prime Spot. Oct.- Alsike.

Thursday ........ $7.75 $6.75 $7.00

Friday ........... 7.73 6.60 7.00

Saturday ......... 7.60 6.50 7.00

Monday .......... 7.10 6.50 7.00

Tuesday ......... 7.00 6.50 7.00

Wednesday . . . . .7.00 6.50 7.00





Rye.—Market dull and steady. The new

crop is looking well, the national report

giving the condition as 92.3 as compared

with a ten-year average of 89.5. No.

is quoted at 79%c per bu, which is %c

below last week's quotation.





Visible Supply of Grain.

This week. Last week.





Wheat ...............29,211,000 29,004,000

Corn . ................ 13,444,000 13,774,000

()ats ..... . ........... 10,048,000 9,915,000

Rye ..................... -. _ 607 686,000

Barley ............... 3,079,000 2,990,000





Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc,





Fiour.-—Flour market is steady with the

values given a week ago. Quotations as





follows:



Clear 530



Straight .............................. .



Patent Michigan ..................... 6.15



Ordinary Patent ..................... 5.95

Hay and Straw.~—Last week‘s prices



prevail: Quotations are: No. 1 tim-





othy, new, $18; No. 2 timothy, $17; clover,

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

oat straw, $7 per ton.



Feed—Prices are steady on last week’s

basis. Carlot prices on track: Bran,

$27 per ton; coarse mlddlings, $27; fine

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

corn meal, $27; corn and cat chop, $25

per ton.



Potatoes.—No change in conditions of

this deal and sellers have no encourage-

ment as supplies are. liberal and demand

only fair. Michigan grown are selling

in car lots at 25@30c per bu.



Provisions—Family pork,

mess pork, $27; medium clear, $28@29.50;‘

pure lard, 15%c; bacon. 19@20c; shoul-





\





ders, 15c; smoked hams, 18%c; picnic

hams, 14c.



Hides—No. 1 cured, 110;?No. 2 cured,

10c; No. 1 green bulls, 8c; No. 1 green

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

cured calf, 15c; No. 2 cured calf. Me;

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

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



Dairy and Poultry Products.



Bunch—Prices in Detroit and other

large butter centers are steady with the

prices of a week ago. The receipts are

increasing slightly but not sufficient to

crowd the trade. Extra creamery butter

is quoted at 31c per 1b.; do. first, 30c;

dairy, 21c; packing stock, 200.



Eggs.—There is no change in price.

Receipts are large, but packers are very

active buyers and prevent the accumula-

tion of supplies by taking the offerings

as fast as they come. Fresh receipts,

cases included, are quoted at 21c per'doz.



Poultry—«There is a brisk demand for

chickens. The supply is small and prices

are advanced for some grades over last

week. Quotations are as follows: Live.

——Spring chickens, 17%@18c; hens, 17%@

18c; old roosters and stags, 12@13c; ducks

1671“]7c: geese. 13@14c; turkeys, 17@18c.



Cheecc.———Michigan, late made, 15@15%c;

Michigan, fair made. 16%@17c; York state,

18%c; limburger. “’isconsin, 180, New

York. 190; bricks. 1814@19c; Swiss, do-

mestic block. 20c; Swiss loaf, 21@23c.



Calves.-—Lower. Choice to fancy, no;

ordinary, 10@10%c.



Fruits and Vegetables.





Apples.—Marketr steady and unchanged.





2 Spy, $4@4.50; Baldwin, $3.50@4; Steel red,





$5; Greening, $4@4.50 per bbl.

Onion Sets.—T0ps, 75c@$1; white, $1.75

@2; yellow, $1@1.25 per bu.

0nions.-—-Domestic, 80@85c per bu;

Spanish, $1.90 per crate.

Cabbage.—$1.75@2 per bbl.

Vegetables.——Beets, 600 per bu; brussels

sprOuts, 25c per qt; carrots. 50c per bu;

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

@50c per doz; eggplant, $2@2.50 doz;

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

house, $1.50@1.75 per doz; mint, 250 per

doz; parsley, 25@30 per doz; radishes,

25@30c doz; spinach, 900 hamper;~ turnips,

50c per bu; watercress, 400 per doz; wax

beans, $4.50 per bu; pieplant, 35¢ per doz.





 





OTHER MARKETS.

Grand Rapids.



Wheat is off 40. and other grains are

20 lower this week, quotations being as

follows: Wheat, $1.07; corn, 59c; oats,

44c; rye, 70c. White beans are also off

50, with quotations on a $1.75 basis for

machine screened, and with red kidneys

at $2.60. The live poultry market is steady

at the following prices for stock delivered

here: Fowls and chickens, 15c; old cocks,

100; turkeys, 16c; ducks, 15c; geese, 8c.

No change is made in egg quotations,

these standing at 19@2OC, but indications

point to lower prices. Dairy butter is

worth 250, 10 higher than last week.

Creamery butter unchanged at 300.

Dressed hogs are steady at 12@12%c.





 





New York.



Butter.—Market firm and active at

1c higher for creamery. Western factory

firsts, 22@23c; creamery specials, 33c.



Eggs—Market strong at last week’s

prices. Western prime quoted at 23%c

per dozen.



Poultry—Dressed. dull, with prices on

a par with those of a week ago. -Western

fowls, 15@18%c; turkeys, 17@23c.





Chicago.





 





Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.147/3; May,

$11154; July, 31.04%.

Corn.—No. 3, 56%@57c; May, 58%c;





July, 61%c.



Oats—No. 3 white, 58@59c; May, 42%c;

July, 401,40 '



Butter.—Market

with last week in both

dairy grades. Quotations are:

eries, 26@31c; dairies, 22@28c.



Eggs—Values are lower. Offerings are

heavy and market active. Prime firsts,

210; firsts, 200; at mark, cases included,

18@20c per doz.



Hay and Straw—Market is weak. Quo-

tations are: Choice timothy, $171018; No.

1 timothy, $15.5061‘16.50; No. 2 do and

No. 1 mixed, $146715; No. 3 do and No. 2

mixed, $97113; rye straw. $8@9; oat straw,

$6717; wheat straw, $6646.50.



Potatoes.——Values are on a par with a

week ago, fancy and choice stock selling

at 26(128‘c per hu.. while fair to good

grades are quotable at 224L25c per bu.



Beans—Markct is quiet and steady.

Choice hand-picked are quoted at $2.130?)

2.14: fair to gond, $2.10; red kidneys,

823561300 per bu.



\Vool.——Priccs arc maintained and trade

here is firm.





ruling about steady

creamery and

Cream~





Boston.





Wool—The cut in wool prices last

week called out manufacturels who im-

mediately put in bids for supplies, there-

by making furthcr decline inadvisable.

A number of good sales were reported

for the week. \Vcstern advices indicate

that growers are firm in their demands

for good prices and buyers appear to be

of a disposition to waive their former

declarations that they would not 'pay

what was being asked. Quotations for

the week are as follows: Ohio and Penn—

sylvania fleeces—No. I washed, 3960mm

delaine washed, 370; XX. 34Gi=35c; fine

unmerchantable, 28m‘29c; half blood comb—

ing, 3460350; three—eighths blood cloth-

ing, 3400350; quarter blood combing. 33(1)

.4c: dclaine unwashed. 28c; fine unwashed

25@26c. Michigan, Wisconsin and New

York fieecesaFine unwashed, 24(025c: dc—

laine unwashed, 27c; halfblood unwashed,

33@34c. Kentucky. Indiana and Missouri

——Three-eighths blood, 34@35c; quarter

blood, 32@33c.





 





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Butter.—Market firm at 31c per 113..

Which is the quotation of a week ago.





$28®29.50; The sales for the week amountedto 479,—.





300 'ibs.. 'com‘pared‘with 464,400 for the

previous week. . ,, -





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.THE LIVE sjrocK MAR'KETs.





Buffalo. ' - .



- . April 11, 1910.

(Special report by Dunning -& Stevens,

New-York Central Stock Yards.



- East Buffalo, N, Y.)



Receipts of sale stock here today as

follows: Cattle, 100 cars; hogs, 9.600;

sheep and lambs, 17.400; calves, 2,000.



Market opened active and full strong

quarter higher on all best grades, in fact,

the range all the way through today is

from 15@25c ‘higher. Market closed up

steady, everything sold, and'more cattle

could have been sold.



We quote: Best 1,300 to 1.450--lb.

steers, $8.25@8.65; good 1,200 to 1,350olb.

steers, $7.75@8.15; best 1.100 to 1,200-lb.

shipping steers, $7.75@8.25: medium

butcher steers, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs., $6.50@

7; light butcher steers, $5.75@6.25; best

fat cows, $5@6; fair to good cows, $4.25@

4.75; common to medium do., $3@4;"best

fat heifers, $6.50@7.25; good fat heifers,

$5.75@6225; fair to good do., $5@5.75; best

feeding steers, $5.75@6.25; medium to

good do., $5.25@5.75; stockers, all grades,

$4.50@5.50; best bulls, $5.75@6.25; bologna

bulls, $4.50@5; best milkers and spring—

ers, $55@65; common to good. $256245.



With 60 cars of.hogs on our market to-

day. market opened up about a nickle

lower than Saturday’s best time. Closed

weak with a good clearance. Prospects

only fair. .



We quote: Mixed medium and heavy,

$10.80@10.90; yorkers, $10.85@10.90; light

yorkers, $10.90@11; pigs. 11@11;10; roughs

$9.90@10; stags as to quality, $8.25@9.



The lamb market opened up slow, with

most of the best handy wool lambs sell-

ing at $10.15@10.20; one load $10.25,-and

best clipped lambs $9.15@9.25. The; mar-

ket closed firm, and about all Sold. Look

f0r strongprices balance of week, unless

we get an oversupply. Sheep were

in strong demand.



We quote prices as follows: Best wool

lambs, $10.15@10.20; fair to good, $9.85@

10: heavy lambs, $9.50@9.75; culls, $9@

9.50; skin culls, $6@7; handy clipped

lambs, $9.15@9.25; heavy do., $8.65@8.85;

clipped wethers, $7.50@7.75; clipped ewes,

$6.50@6.75; clipped yearlings, $7.75@8.25;

clipped cull sheep, $3@5; veals, choice to

extra, $8.50@8.75; fair to good do., $7.50

@8; cull to common. $6.50@7; light thin

calves, $5@6; heavy fat calves, $5@6.50.



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Chicago.





April 11, 1910.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today .....27,000 30,000 12,000

Same day last year..18,174 32.753 17,733

Received last week..28,312 70,166 52,583

Same week last year.40,296 115,884 68,345

Cattle receipts today are nearly as

large as the entire _number marketed

duling the past week, and prices suffered

declines of 15@25c for steers. with prime

beeves going at $8.50 and only a. small

decline in butcher stock. After steers

had reached a lower level trade became

animated. Hogs went all to pieces under

a good supply and a restricted local and

shipping demand, only a few local pack-

ers taking hold. Prices broke 15@20c.

with an early $10.60 top and later sales of

hogs at $10.15@10.55, the great bulk sell-

ing at $10.30@10.40, and light weights

bringing higher prices than heavier lots.

Sheep and lambs were marketed freely at

other western and eastern points, but

were in small supply here and went at





steady prices. Clipped stock sold as

follows: Lambs. $8.25@9.50; wethers, $7





@825; ewes, $6.75@8; yearlings, $7.85@

8.75. Feeding lambs were salable at $7.50

@9. Provisions suffered big declines in

sympathy with hogs. Hogs received last

week averaged 226 lbs., compared with

220 lbs, a week earlier, and 211 lbs. early

last month; 209 lbs 21 year ago; 218 lbs.

two years ago and 229 lbs. three years

ago.



Cattle last week were withheld by stock

feeders to a rather general extent, a

course that was natural following the

recent big break in prices that followed

the remarkable boom of several preced-

ing weeks. It cannot be said that the

general demand last week showed any

improvement, and the recoveries in prices

that were witnessed must be creditd al-

together to.the rarely small supplies

marketed, only 10.333 head arriving Mon-

day and only 10,382 ‘Vednesday. It is

evident that the average cattle feeder

is a believer in high prices at this time

and is not going to be stampeded into

hurrying his cattle to market after a

break in prices. He takes the stand that

there is no over supply of cattle in feed~

ing districts and that high prices will

prevail for several more months at least.

Beef steers sold during the past week

chicfiy at 666000825, with the better

class of heavy shipping cattle bringing

$8.104: 8.65, while a good class of steers

went at $775618. Common light slccrs

sold at $5.50706.75. and medium cattle

were active at $6.80@7.70. Butcher stock

was especially active and shared fully in

the good upward movement, cows and

heifers selling at $4.10@7.35, canners and

cutters at $25064 and bulls at $3.500?)

6.65. Beef that is comparatively cheap

retains its popularity, and this makes a.

much better outlet than usual for cattle

that do not cost a high price. As is

usual in the spring, calves from the dairy

sections have been in large supply, and

despite a good demand, prices are lower,

sales ranging at $3.50@8.40 per 100 lbs.

The call for stockers and feeders was

moderate, as is usual at this season. but

small offerings made firm prices, stock

steers going at $4406 and feeders at $5.60

@660. Milkcrs and springers were fairly

active at $30@65 per head, with fancy

cows» salable at extremely high figures

whenever offered.



Hogs were in a peculiar position last

week. with meager supplies here and at

Missouri River markets, while the gen-

eral demand was correspondingly small.

Eastern shippers operated sparingly near-

ly all the time, and their light purchases

helped the Chicago packers to place hogs.

on a lower scale of prices than had been

Seen in several weeks. The true inward-‘

ness of. the situation appeared to be a





smaller consumption of fresh pork, as





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‘ hams, rbsulu'nxrfwm‘their Kunusu'al, dear-

ness: and the ten they of most. eopieto'

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the weather first turns toi'erably warm.

After hogs h‘ad‘suffer'ed a 'big decline

packers began taking hold freely, it being

realized that when the country learned

that hogs were selling at the lowest fig-

ures seen in more~than four weeks, sup-

plies were likely to be withheld for a.

good rally. The demand from eastern

sthpers became larger for light hogs

than heretofore, as is apt to be the case

On the advent of warm days, and these

sold relatvely higher than prime butcher

hogs, such as local packers were buying.

Sheep and lambs continued to be mar-

keted sparingly for still another week,

with much the largest ”run" Monday.

on which day prices suffered a further

decline all along the line, the best flocks

included. Packers claimed that they were

well stocked up with mutton, and at

first their purchases were on a very small

scale, but by the middle of the week a

dec1ded reaction took place, small re-

ceipts being gobbled up quickly at sharp

advances in prices. There was genuine

competition between rival buyers, and

fat shorn stock moved off quickly with

not enough to go around most of the

time. Demand was apt to be sharpeSt

whenever the weather was colder than

usual, and permanent warm weather may

be expected to exert a depressing influ-

ence on the market, although fat lambs

will sell well, it is thought. Wooled flocks

are getting sca'rcer all the time and should

no longer be shipped to market, sheep-’

men cheating themselves by not clipping

their lambs before marketing. .

Horses of good quality have sold as

actively as ever for another week, and

prices continued to rule very much higher

than a year ago, with receipts not ex-

cessive, although plain and medium ani-

mals were too numerous and had to be

closed out on easier terms by the middle

of the week. Swift 6’: Co. paid $500 for a.

thin, gray gelding that was bred in Iowa.

by a Percheron horse out of a mare of

Percheron and British blood. The gelding

weighed close to 1,900 lbs., and it is in—

tended to place him in the show team

next fall. Drafters sold freely at $175@

275, and an occasional sale was made up

to $300. Drivers had a better salt at $150

@300, the greater part going at $175@

225, while expressers were purchased at

$175@215. Farm mares and chunks were

wanted at $140@175, but small southern

chunks were slower and largely $5@10

lower, selling at $65@140 and plenty of

them. F.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





Grade dairy cows have been in unusu-

ally large demand in the Chicago market

this spring, and the marked scarcity of

choice milkers has caused prices to ad-

vance to the highest level ever known.

Many men are preparing to enter the

dairy business, regarding it as a highly

promising field to engage in, and most of

them are bent on buying none but choice

cows of the best dairy breeds. These

men have been making visits to the var-

ious dairy districts in search of heifers

that are one to two years old, and in-

variably they have found it hard to dis-

cover just the cows they want, while such

animals are held at almost unheard-of

prices. ‘~An observer stationed at the

Chicago stock yards. writes in a live

stock journal: “Fine, big, Shorthorn

grade cows that have been milked till

profit ceased and fed for a month during

the drying-up process have been shipped

da'ly by dozens out of the Elgin district,

and these dry, fat cows have found buy-

ers at $100 per head. At sales held re-

cently cows of Holstein breed, freshly

calved, and really high-class producers,

have sold as high as $140 each. This is

a tremendous price for a grade cow. At

Wayne, some thirty-five miles from Chl-

cago, a. North Dakota buyer paid $140 for

three grade Holstein heifers not eleven

months old. They were nice calves, but

$46.66 looks lke a lot of coin to give.up

for a grade heifer not yet a year old."



Numerous buyers have been traveling

through Iowa, Nebraska and southern

Minnesota trying to purchase good mares

to ship to Alberta and Saskatchewan, and

they are reported as attending all the

public auction sales. and bidding high

prices for the best mares. Obviously,

many of the new settlers on the farm

lands of the distant Canadian Northwest

are determined to depend on their own

efforts in the future for securing their

farm horses, and it is not unlikely that

many of them will become breeders of

horses for the market. In Iowa country

districts buyers have been free purchas-

ers of the best mares to be found, and

it is stated on good authority that they

have paid in a number of instances fully

$20@25 per head more than shippers to

the Chicago market were willing to pay.



\Vooled lambs have been selling re-

cently in the Chicago market at rela-

tively lower prices than shorn flocks, and

it is clear that wooled lots and those with

short fleece have sold at prices too close

together. The packers have been obtain—

ing the wool at extremely low prices, and

it would be better for the sheepmen to

do the shearing and obtain the profits

for themselves. Colorado lambs .have been

comprising the main part of the supplies

recently. and their owners acted injudi-

ciously to say the least by all shipping

together and filling feed lots near Chi-

cago, thereby forcing declines_‘in prices.

A few weeks ago the Chicago market be-

came so demoralized that several thou—

sand wooled lambs had to be shipped

back to feed lots.



Pigs are being born

districts, and lots ofllitters numbering

from thirteen to fifteen pigs are reported;

Farmers are takng mighty good care of

their sows and pigs these times, and the

old-time practice of letting the spring

pigs rustle for a living has been aban-

doned‘ pretty generally. Under me on

system losses running anywhere from

10@25c per cent were, frequent. Hogs jars.

iatuch grelat gnoneylr-néakgeirs nowadaygtmt,



pays an somey 0 ve the' th ‘vei'y‘ “

best of care. I.“ » e~





~





in hog-raising .
mm. in. m '





- - THE LAST EDITION.

THIS '8 -—-—--‘ u m‘ 1 EM 3.85.7.5, $26930 av 1,000 at “:5, s

m M ‘ mot ' -4.at ;.

Sgt“ an We of last vow-3k; Downhig sold il‘hmnpson 3 but-chem av

all .thIr‘ when areasgh't up to -&te. us It 85, 5 steers av one at $6.50.. .

Thursday's Detroit Live Steak markets Lyman; sold Genet: 12 steers ‘W 31,01:,

are 31216an the Jail: . The first u “.75.

edition is mafldi 12.1mm. me last 811% Kundinger sold lame 6 steers av 1,080

um mm maxim. The limit cation is at $750

mailed to those who care more ‘tO B‘E’t 131,9 ‘Same sold Kanrman 13. Co. 6 steers av

paper early than they do for Thursdarys 920 at $7, 4 .50 av 790 at 3325.

Detroit Live Stock Melt report. 1011 Veal Calves.

may have any edition daue$t18flmw;b‘ Receipts, 1,100. Market steady at last

ers may Phang" 1mm 0” e ‘3“ ”rt ’1' week's opening. Best $8@8.25; will close

other by am that e co ' lower; others, $4@7.50; mllc‘h coWs and

s in ers stead .

new use emu: MARKETS. Fig.5“. 3 JH. sold Hammond, S. &

Co. 3 av 145 at $5, 11 av 125 at $8, 5 av

WWI “melt. 120 at $6, 19 av 1.25 at $8; to Parker, W.

April 14, 1910.

Cattle.





do av





 





& Co. 38 av 130 at $8; to Rattkowsky 8

av 115 at $6; to Sullivan P. 00, 15 av 100





. - at $6.50: to Hammond, S. & Co. 9 av



Receipts. 1541- Mark“ Stezgfivglfi‘: 140 at as, 16 av 135 at $7.75.; to Burnstine

Wednesday. All grades veryo still! 35 av 1.30 at $8: to Markow1tz 9 av 140 at

strong last weeks NWS- °‘V $7.60; to Newton B. Co. 29 av 130 at as;

tflfie higher. t and to Goose 4 av 115 at $7.25; to McGuire

We quote: Em‘a dry-fed 5 991‘s ms 6 av 150 at $8, 5 av 125 at $7.50; to New-

heifers. $7.25@7.50; steers and . ton B. Co. 15 av 130 at $7.50; to Burn-





. 1,200, .75@7.25; steers and hell-

«130:0,083) to 1,330, $5.75@6.50; steers and

heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $5.25@

5.65; choice fat cows, $5.50@5.75; good fat

cows, $5@5.25; common cows, 3. 0@3. 5,

armors, $3; choice heavy bulls, $5.50; fair

in good bolognas, $4.50@5; stock bulls, $4.

waters, large, young, medium age, $40

55; common unlike-rs, $30@35.



Roe Com Co. sold Newton B, 00.

steer weighing 620 at $5.25, 1 do weigh-

ing 880 at $4.50; to Mich. B. Co. 2 do av





#giiofe‘tggjg'haelggrsa‘axfegegtafsfs39080111110 ‘0 MiCh- 13- Co. 3 av 100 at $6, 22 av 135





. . at $7.85; to .Breitenback Bros. 22 av 130

w {'51}; at ”.3 1.13193: $153132... :30 9% $20 at 37-50; to McGuire 10 av 138 at $8.

$375 2110:3535 av 1,180 at $5.25, 3 do av a§Rgg5C02n$7C7051SfldBPfifer,1‘37.dz $110 3.:



. ' l’0' to Mich B. Co. 1 cow weigh- . a , - ., 0 a. 'ge‘ av



mittigfi'oat $550 19 butchers av 741 at $515, {‘23 Thorgpson 1 weighing 250 at $6.

$6. 1 ’coW weighing 720 at $4.E§()1;2totlginn. Silimo sat %V.5o,sold NeWton B. CO. 1

3:03:53. 1&07goat1378tf953111‘ ‘weighiarlig 1,200 Weighing 200 at $8.50. 1 weighing 130

at $5; to Sullivan P. Co. '7 cows av 937 a

at $4.50, 2 do av 950 at $3.50, 3 cows av

833 at $2.75 to Kamman B. Co. 18 cow_s

av 900 at $6.50., 6 butchers av 823 at $0.





stine 17 av 140 at $7.65.



Haley&M. sold Rattkowsky 2 av 125 at

$7.50. 1 weighing 120 at $7.50, 1 weighing

80 at $5; to Thompson 6 av 150 at $5, 33

av 130 at $7.50; to Nagle P. CO. 16 av 130

at $7.50.



Cheney & H. sold Burnstine 2 av 100

at $5, 10 av 130 at $7.50. '



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 16 av

185 at $8.10; to Rattkowsky 5 av 120 at

$7; to Nagle P. Co, 23 av 115 at $6.60; to

Goose 4 av 215 at $4.50, 15 av 130 at $7;





Lovewell sold same 8 av 125 at $7.50.

Carmody sold same 6 av 155 at $8.





125 at $7.50.

1 cow weighing 1.170 at $3.50, 14 steers Edd' sold S ll'van P Co. 12 av 130

av 1.050 at $7 2 steers av 1,060 at $5, 4 at $7.?”- u 1 -





heifers av 730' at $6.50, 9 steers av .888

at $6.50, 1 heiferlzvegtghing 6008a); $11.53;; to $8

uli an P. Co. eers av - a , .

Eow zveighing 1,000 at $3.25; to Hammond. _ Sheep and Lambs. .

S. & Co. 16 steers av'1.163 at $7.25, 1 do Receipts, 4,479. Market 10@15c higher

weighing 1,149 at $735" 7 cows av 846 at than last week on good grades.

$4.75 1 do weighing 1,030 at $3; to Sulli- Best lambs, $8.50; fair to good lambs,

van ’P. Co. 15 steers av 1.144 at $7.25, 3 $750608; light to common lambs, $55020

do av 750 at $5.25, 3 cows av 900 at $3.50; 6; wool lambs, $9.25@9.50; fair to good

to Hammond. S. & Co. 31 steers av 850 sheep. $6@7; culls and common. $2.50@4.

at $6.40; to Mich. B. Co. 1 bull weighing Bishop, ‘8. & H. sold Hammond, S. &

1,410 at $5.25. CO. 4 sheep av 155 at $5, 15 do av 90 at

Bishop, B. & ‘3. Bold Newtfin B. Co. 15 $6.50. 2 do av 155 at $5; to Sullivan P. Co.

steers av 950 at $6.75, 9 do av 716 at 13 do av 75 at $5, 13 lambs av 55 at $7,

$5.25, 18 do iv 1,041 at $6.80, 1 do weig'h— 93 do av 70 at $8.40, 107 wool lambs av

ing 1,270 at $7.50. 1 canner weighing 790 68 at $9.58), 5 sheep av 120 at $7. 30 do

at $3, 1 cow weighing 1,100 at $5. 8 steers av 90 at $6.60; to Nagle ‘P, Co. 188 lambs

av 881 at $6.60. 12 do av 954 at $6.50, 5 av 67 at $8.30; to Thompson 30 wool

do av 1,216 at $7.10; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 lambs av 55 at $8, 39 do av 70 at $9.40,

do av 750 at $6, 2 cows av 1,215 at $5, 5 13 sheep av 80 at $5.50; to Hammond, S.

do av 1,224 at $5.75, 7 steers av '907 at & Co. 80 lambs av 80 at $8.45; to Esch-

$6.50, 1 do weighing 1,120 at $7350, 1 bull rich 11 sheep av 85 at $7; to Fitzpatrick

weighing 850 at $4350, 6 butchers av 880 74 lambs av 70 at $8.25, 71 wool lambs

at $6.60, 2 cows av 920 at $5.50, 1 heifer av 73 at $9.35, 26 wool sheep av 88 at

weighing 760 at $6. 6 butchers av 505 at $5.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 6 wool lambs av

$4.75.; to Graves 1 bull weighing 1,280 at 80 at $9.50, 15 do av _80 at $9.50; to Nagle

$5.50, 1 do weighing 1,720 at $5.50; [-0 P. Co. 119 do av 80 at $8.25, 54 do av

Newton B. Co. '29 steers av 1,120 at 80 at $8.50.

$7.20, 18 do av 1,100 at $7.25. 16 do av 953 Sal er & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 107

at $6.75, 4 do av 1,120 at $6; to Mich. B. wool ambs av 70 at $9.50; to Breitenback

Co. 84 butchers av 753 at $6.25; to Graves Bros. 73 do av 73 at $9.40; to Mich. B.

3 steers av 1,077 at $7, ‘8 do av 1,012 at C0. 5 sheep av 80 at $5, 12 lambs av 65





Eergin & W. sold same 5 av 140 at

. 5. i





$6.75, 1 do weighing-950 at $6.25, 26 do at $7.85, 71 do av 70 at $8; to Newton B:





av 1.096 at $7.25, 3 cows av 1,177 at $5.50; C0. 33 do av 75 at $8.40, 17 do av 50 at

to Goose 2 bulls av 1,620 at $5.50; to Sulli- $6.50, 5 do av 60 at $6; to Young 10 sheep

van P, CO. 3 do av 1.100 at $5. 7 butchers av 100 at $6.50.

av 800 at $6, 9 do av 872 at $6, 11 do a-v Sharp & "W. sold Newton B. Co. 21

902 at $6, 29 do av 900 at $6.75, 2 cows lambs av 80 at $8.50.

av 950 at $3.50. . Bergin & W. sold Sullivan P. Co. 62

Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 7 steers lambs av 70 at $8.25, 5 sheep av 85 at

av 950 at $6.50, 13 do av 990 at $6.75, 9 do $5.50.

av 8’78 at $6.65, 26 do av 1,035 at $6.75; to Hauser sold Nagle P. Co. 369 lambs av

Newton 13. Co. 8 do av 925 at $6.85. 1 cow 85 at $8.35.

weighing 1,020 at $5, ‘20 steers av 1,171 at Long sold same 38 do av 70 at $8.25, 25

$7.25; to Mich. B. Co. 43 do av 900 at sheep av 85 at $7, 35 do av 85 at $6.

‘ $6.10, 6 cows av 1.029 at $5.50, 7 cows and Ho“

gruswa‘gs’i? at 31:5; 1Ccovg wteighlng 95101;: ' Receipts, 4,861. Marked opened very

; nvan . o. seersav, 1‘ , _

at $6.85, 1 cow weilglhing 11,132? att $551225 (1(2) 3:121- and 50@6()c lower than last Thurs

av 860 at $4. 2 bu S av . 0 a . ~ Range of prices: Light to good butch-

do .av 1,385 at $5.25. 1 do weighing 610 at ,eTS .' 0 , . . - . _

$74, 11 butchers av 718:1”! 35$g5got018N§Wton sta'gsfg 8A; @olfifl, pigs. 910. light yorkers. $10.

B. CD. 7 steers av a , 0 av Roe Com. . _ .

1.032 at $7, 7 butchers av 730 at $5. 6 av 190 at 318° 501d sumvan P 00 3’36

bows av 870 at $4.50; to Bresnahan Haley & M

heifers av 40013tt$4.50, 2 dsgoav 3:0; Sgt $9.95. '

$4.20; to Fry ‘ S eers 3V' at - 3 Spicer & R. sold Park , . ’

to Hammond, S. & Co. 2 do av 1,210 at av 160 at $9.90 118 av e1r80W & CO- 250

> . - . . at $9.95, 638

$7.50, 1 bull weighing L620 at $6.25, 1 cow av 195 at $10.

weighing 950 at $5.50. 6 steers av .975 at Hffley & )1, sold same 483 av 17:5 at $10.

$6.65, 11 do av 1,113 at $7.25. to Mich. B. Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond S. &

Co. 13 butchers av 920 at $6.25; to Goose Co. 1,149 av 190 at $10 182 av '175 at

5 cows av 1000 at $5; to Sullivan P; {70- $9.90, 775 av 185 at $9.95.’

17 steers av 1,060 at $7, 1 cow weighing

1200 at $4.75. ‘

’ 1e & M, sold Cooke 20 steers av _

1,0101: ay$7.25; to Mic‘h. B. Co. 4 cows av April 3. 1910-

1.072 at $5.25 to Sohlischer 2 oxen av 1.550 T Cattle- ,

at $5.44), 7 steers av 781 at $6.25; to New- he run 0f_cattle at the Michigan Cen-

ten B Co. 1 cow weighing 730 at $3.35; tral yards Friday was light and all grades

to Kainman 6 butchers av 525 at $4.25, brought strong Thursdays prices.

2 bulls av 915 at $4.50, 4 steers av 762 at M11011 COWS and Spring?“ steady,

$6.50,, 2 butchers av 500 at $3.10; to Ham- Best steers and hel‘fei's. 87.506.37.75:

mond S. & Co. 10 steers av 975 at $7.19; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $6.75@

to Sullivan P. Co. 1 cow weighing 15mm 7.25; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000, $5.75

at $3.75, 1 do weighing 1,320 at $6.50; to @6750; steers and heifers that are fat, 500

Schunm 6 steers av 1.013 at $7.75; to ‘0 700. $5.25@5.50; choice fat cows. $5@

Hammond, S. & Co. 21 steers av 1.080 at 5-25: good fat cows, $4~50@4.75_; common

$7.35 1 do weighing 930 at $6.50, 2 cows cows, $3.25@3.50; canners, $3; choice

av 875 at $550; to mmman. 1 heifer heavy bulls, $5.25@5.50; fair to good bo-

weighing 670 at $6.10; to Sullivan P. Co. lognas, buDS. $4.50@5; stock bulls, $4:

8 stockers av 540 at $4.75, 3 steers av 683 mflkers, large. young, medium age, $40_@

at $6.05. do av 700 at $6.05, 1 cow 55; common milkers. $256035.

weighin. 1,400 at $6.50: to Bram-nines Veal Calves

in 290 at $6, 2 do av The veal calf trade was more active

5 cows av 930 at $4.90; to than at the close Thursday and pr

3 mean av 817 at $6.50. were new senate higher. Bast Sim

Sims sold well. a co. 7 butchers av arses; Mei-s. not.

686 at $5.85. . Sheep and Lambs.

Sharp & W. sold same 26 steers av 960 The run of sheep and lambs was very

ht $.60, 2 rows av 1,050 at $4.75. , light, the few on sale taught steady

Weeks mid same 2 bulls av 1,165 at ‘1‘iiiursdia.y'sprimal-l

$5 2 ‘ 8-





. 5. 09



Weeks soid'Newton B.‘ Co. 2 steers av The hog trade was dull at Thmday's



910 at 81w, 7 ’do IV 1.0” ”$7. incline, a few of the best bringing $10.60.

Wilson :1 3 cows av 1.666 eS' Light to good butch—





sold same 66 av 170 at





 





Friday’s M a rket.





 





S'hlrp'aa: W. said Marx 7 steers. av 773 I





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limits av 92:; at ' 7;, 12m ers, 0.50@1f0.60.; pigs, $10.25@10.30; light

3:, film atssso. ‘4‘ . yorkers. nominee; stags, % off.





CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR.

CLEVELAND, OHIO.





Advice thru this department is free to

our subscribers. Each communication

should state history and symptoms of the

case in full; also mme and address of

writer. Initials only will be published.

Many queries are anSWered that apply to

‘the same ailments. If this column is

watched carefully you will probably .find

the desired information in a reply that

has been made to some one else.





Malignant Sore Teat.—~I have a cow that

met with an accident, receiving a barb

wire out, making a wound midway up

teat. This occurred last summer and toe

wound has never healed; what I mean is,

it never closed entirely. This crack makes

it diflicult to milk her. Kindly instruct

me what to do. D, 13., Grass Lake, Mich.

—All things considered, I believe you had

better use a milking tube and not try to

bring the edges together; in order to do

so it would be necessary to make a fresh

wound, removing both edges, then stitch-

ing the wound together and perhaps this

would prove unsuccessful on account of

the tissues not uniting readily. If you do

not own a milking tube The Lawrence

Publishing Company can supply you. A

3% inch tube costs, delivered, 35 cents;

a 3-inch, 30 cents. Be sure and measure

the teat before ordering. These instru-

ments are delivered to you by mail, but

when used should be kept perfectly clean

and inserted at each milking. Either boil

them for ten minutes. or dip them in a

solution of carbolic; this is made by mix-

one ounce of acid to a quart of water.





Feeding Vegetables to Brood Mares.—

Is it harmful to feed vegetables to a

mare that is in foal. I have been told

that it has a. tendency to weaken their

colts. R. H. 8., Halo, Mich—For 11 years

I owned 25 brood mares at my farm and

every winter every one or them was fed

carrots and so far as I could tell the

vegetables produced no harmful effects,

but I thought was a great benefit to

them. You need have no hesitation in

feeding a moderate amount of any sound

vegetables; however, carrots are prefer-

able; potatoes are almost as desirable as

carrots. although I believe fewer of them

should be fed at a. mess and not oftener

than once a day. From one to four

quarts daily will not harm horses—two or

three quarts is about right.



Scrotal Tumor.—I have a steer one year

old that I had castrated when a small

calf; has always thrived until a short

time ago. Now the scrotum is swollen

and presents the appearance of a bull;

besides, he travels stilt in hind quarters.



. M. W., Stanton, Mich.—Y0ur steer has

either an abscess r a tumor growing on

the end of cord, he result of the cord

adhering to the skin 01' scrotum. Cast

him and cut down on the parts and re-

move the bunch; if it is only a pus pocket

cut ituopen, making a good free outlet and

inject one part carbolic acid and 30 parts

water into parts twice daily.



Abscess on Breast—I have a three-

year—old filly that bruised her breast

against the manger; there has been a

sac form which is about the size of a

man's fist. What had I better do? J, F.,

Lake Odessa, Mich—Cut the bunch open

and will find it contains either serum or

pus; inject some tincture of iodine into

sac which will destroy its wall, but only

do this daily for three or four days, then

apply one. part carbolic acid and 30 parts

water twme a day and it will soon heal.



Nodular Disease—Stomach Worms.»—

Some of my sheep and lambs appear to be

very weak and unable to get up without

help, some of them appear dizzy. Eight

of them are now showing these symptoms

—what had I better do? N. T., Lewiston,

Mich—I am inclined to believe that your

sheep are perhaps troubled with nodular

disease. a parasitic bowel ailment which,

when .in the advanced stages cannot be

remedied. The dizziness would indicate

either stomach or liver trouble, or per-

haps grubs in the head. There is usually

some dscharge frOm the nostrils. For

this ailment try blowing Scotch snuff to

produce sneezing which may perhaps dis-

lodge the grubs. For nodular disease give

a te'aspooni’ul of gasoline in two 025. of

sweet oil once a week. but when drencli»

ing the sheep avoid holding the head too

high for fear of a portion of the drench

gomg down wind! pipe and bringing on

bronchial pneumonia. Also feed each four

sheep a teaspoonful divided between them

at a dose either in feed or as a drench

twice a day. some of the following com—

pound powder: Equal parts powdered





(19,-... 443‘





sulphate 4m, gentlan, ginger, fenugreek

and bicarbonate soda. It is also import-

ant that - ‘ feed them nutritious feed;

they may weak on account elf not be-

snarled a. Wanted ration.

orkhorse Pants—I have a 13-year-old

horse that had distemper in February

from Which he seemed to recover; 1 fed

him a good quality of mixed hay and

grain. Since I commenced spring work,

he puffs and breathes fast as if over-

heated, no matter how easy I work him.

Please suggest a remedy. J. 08., Glad-

win, Mich—Give 1 dr. Donovan's solution

and 1/2 dr. powdered stramonium leaves

at a dose in moist feed three times a day.

If he has a heavy coat, clip him. Feed

no clover or musty. dusty, badly cured

fodder and not much bulky food.

Wart—~1njured Coronet-My 3-year-old

colt has a wart on eye~lid of considerable

size. i also have a 5-year-old horse that

Célllied himself several months ago, caus-

ing an “uneven growth of horn which

makes the foot look badly and causes

some soreness. W. G., Rochester. Mich.

—-Apply one part salicylic acid and two

parts lard to wart once a day or apply

acetic acid to wart only daily. About all

you can do for the 5-year-old is to keep

the growth of horn cut down or msped

down to the normal size of hoof. Apply

oil of tar once a day.





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MARYLAND—410 A. no: stock. 114157,me corn.

buck wheat, clovereeed. potatoes. sweet-pota-

toes, melons, truck, strawberries. poultry. Glut

prom-Mon ”Mutant-11mg homouekot. eczema“.

Mild, healthful climate; level land. R. 0. Drew, Sellibuq,‘fld.





FORSALE—Cholce unimproved lands in Ogemuw

he! Og'fifi'm" for vgide‘gvgrl’ze familieantio Wish to



p u npagoo a orhood. 1102.10?”

acre. HARRY 0. SHELDON. Alger, Michigan.





Farm For Sale, Bcsi Bargain in Mich.





273 mesh: Macon: 00.. right at station 0116.3.

a I. R. B. About 220 acres free from stumps.”

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

thing that con be grown in Mich. on Is 1300616001!

farm. Time can be had on port of palm

price. Write for full descrl Lion.



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«0 Sit End. Farm had:





In Mboulty leu- Tania. Mulligan. Thane are

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with schools and m: undo. Write for litan-

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Your Horses





lnthe springwhen yourhorses are

soft and you put them at the hard

. sweat a. great

deal. Their heavy winter coat holds





If left to stand theytahecold easily

and at night they chill and are liable





clip them they dry off fast and there



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SUMMER FORAGE FOR THE DAIRY

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There are few years when We do not

experience a drouth, more or less severe,

at some time during the summer when

the dairy herd is out to pasture. Even

in the most favorable seasons the quantity

and quality of pasture-grass is certain to

deteriorate after the first of July.



The most practical and economical way

of maintaining an adequate food supply

during these dry times is to supplement

the pasture with some nutritious succu-

lent food. Many times it will prove prof-

itable to hold over a portion of the con-

tents of the silo to feed during the sum-

mer, rather than to grow green forage

crops to feed to the cattle.



Many supplement the pasture with a

light grain ration rather than to grow

succulent forage crops, but there is little

profit in feeding expensive grain foods

to dairy cows when the sole supply of

roughage consists of a dreuth—stricken

pasture. No dairyman can find profit in

feeding grain foods unless the cows have

sufficient grass and roughage to give the

proper stimulus of distension to their

digestive organs.



There are a number of excellent crops

that may be grown to use as supplemen—

tary foods but in actual practice I have

found it better to utilize such rotation

crops as corn, clover, alfalfa and oats and

peas to harvest green and feed to my

cows. 'There is no necessity of planning

an extensive system of summer forage

crops when we have corn, clover and at»

falfa, and oats and peas that can be flat”.

vested and fed at various times during

the summer.



Ensilage.



Corn cnsilage possesses numerous ad-

vantages for early forage, as it is at hand

many times when it would be difficult to

get spring crops available for early feed-

ing. An acre of corn will produce more

succulent food in the form of ensilage

than an acre of any other kind of forage.

The feeding value of ensilage is so well

known that it is useless to discuss its

merits.



Alfalfa.



On all farms where this crop will thrive

it will afford a maximum amount of pa]-

atable, nitrogeneous forage, oftentimes

yielding as high as fifteen to twenty tons

of green forage to the acre. All of the

crop that is not fed green can be cured

for hay. It may be cut at various times

during the summer. .until late in the fall.



Alfalfa thrives best on a warm fertile

soil with loose, gravelly subsoil. A heavy

clay or hard—pan subsofl is most unfav-

orable. While it thrives best on a rich

soil, it sometimes does well on a poorer

gravelly soil. The plants consume large

quantities of water, but will not survive

long in a saturated soil or one that is

flooded. It will be injured if water stands

on the field for any length of time.



Every dairyman who has a suitable

field should try a small patch of alfalfa.

It possesses exceptional value as a soil-

ing crop and is very suitable for hay. It

requires much time and care to cure a

crop for hay. li' handled much the leaves

drop off and if not properly cured there

is danger from mold and mildew.



Common Red Clover.



At seasons of the year when available,

red clover is a valuable forage crop for

dairy cows, but owing to its short period

of availability it is unsafe to place too

much dependence upon this crop. In

feeding value it ranks somewhat lower

than alfalfa, although it will furnish a

heavy yield of nitrogeneous forage, and it

is an excellent food for bone, muscle and

milk production, forming a well—balanced

food for dairy cows and young growing

animals. Like alfalfa, there need be no

waste for what is not cut and fed green

will make excellent hay for winter

feeding.



Oats and Peas.



Six tons of exeellent oat and pea forage

containing more than two tons of dry

matter can be grown on an acre. This

mixed crop should be sown early and at

various intervals about one week apart,

50 as to prolong its season of usefulness.

We have found it best to sow about equal

amounts of each kind of seed and using

about three or four bushels of the mixed

seed to the acre.



It is ready for feeding as soon as the

oats are in the‘ milk stage of their growth.

This mixture will also make excellent hay





if out at the right time and properly

cured. Some a’dvo'cate‘ sowing the peas 8.

week- earlier than the cats. This plan

would meet with my favor were it not

for the fact that there are certain condi-

tions over which we have no absolute

control that many times make it impos-

sible for us to sow the oats at the desired

time.

Common Sweet Corn.



In many 10calities in close proximity to

large markets and canning factories, this

crop will prove profitable for a market

crop and the stalks and nubbins will fur-

nish excellent green food for the cows for

a number of weeks, during the late sum-

mer and early fall. If the roasting ears

do not, bring a satisfactory price in the

market the whole crop may be fed to the

cows. Sweet corn does not make first

class ensilage. but for green feeding it is

superior to common field corn.



Does it Pay?



This question sooner or later comes up

in all agricultural branches: Does the

increased amount of milk pay the added

expense required to produce and harvest

these supplemental feeds?



Looked at from the standpoint of im-

mediate profits, I would say “yes,” per-

haps about three dollars a cow from Jilly

to October—but looked at from the stand—

point of maintaining the herd in a vigor—

ous condition. and having them in condi-

tion to do their best work during the fall

and winter, I would say that it amounted

to a much larger amount per cow. A milk

flow allowed to go down by default can—

not he regained until the cow again

freshens.



My figures are based upon feeding a

hcid of cows that are being milked during

the whole of the year and not allowed to

go dry in the fall. While my conclusions

have been studied particularly from the

city milk producing standpoint, yet it can

readily be seen that these conclusions if

right, would be fully applicable to milk-

production for any other person,



I believe that while feeding green soil—

ing crops we should feed a little grain all

of the time. No kind of forage plant that

we can grow will afford the same nutri—

ments as the short, tender pasture—grass.

From my experience it is profitable to

make provision ‘for the drouth—strickcn

pasture, but I do not believe in growing

a complicated system of catch crops when

we can utilize the crops that we grow

in our regular rotation. By utilizing the

rotation crops there is no loss for all that

is not fed green makes excellent hay and

ensilage for winter feeding. It is poor

economy to have a herd of dairy cows

stamping dust from a drouth—stricken

pasture in fighting flies vainly endeavor-

iug to break through a fence which sepa-

rates them from a luxuriant field of corn

that is waving its prodigious wealth of

forage to the breeze. It is also poor

economy to keep back clover and alfalfa

for hay when the cows are suffering for

want of green succulent food. A more

sensible view of the matter is to cut and

feed these crops when they contain the

greatest amount of digestible nutriments

and not subject our cattle to a loss in

production and flesh condition.



New York. W. MILTON KELLY.



THE SILO QUESTION.



The question that bothers the minds

of many dairymen now is, “Vl‘hy should

I build a silo?” The placing of succulent

iced before the animals the entire year

keeps them in better condition and en-

ables them to produce more milk. The

increased amount of food obtained from

the plant ensiloed can be counted in dol-

lars per acre for an average crop. The

large quantity of roughage stored in a

small space, the cheapness of securing the

crop into the silo. the larger number of

cows that one is enabled to provide for,

etc., all point to the conclusion that the

silo should be provided, “Because it saves

us and makes us money.” That inherent

American nature or fever or whatever it

may be, of commercialism tells men to

build silos if they keep cows. It is not

a matter of moral ditty, of ethics or eti-

quette, but a business proposition, a ques—

tion of dollars and cents. Properly hand-

led, the silo will cheapen the cost of

production and thereby give the farmer

a larger portion of the gross receipts for

the milk and cream. We kick because the

check from the creamery or cheese fac-

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Will ensilage keep first- class in a





:silo that is built next to a bank barn with

, say, six or eight feet built in the ground





of concrete, and 24 feet of stave on top 01’

this wall? Silo agents claim that the

ensilage below the level of the ground is

not of first- class quality. Does it “wear

out", a cow faster to feed her six. eight

or ten months on ensilage then dry feed-

ing winters. with pasture in theD summer?

Lemwee Co. _.McL





I can see no objection to putting a silo

down into the ground several feet, or, in

fact, all in the ground, in the form of a

pit, except that it costs so much to get

the easilage out when you want to feed

it.” The ensilage will keep in a pit if

properly cemented so as to keep the

water out and also the air. It involves

however, an immense amount of work to

get the ensilage out of a silo in the

‘ ground. You have to have a bucket and

Windlass to get it out which makes slow

work. On the other hand, if you build

your silo all above the ground, you will





the silo. The ensilage is easily blown up

there, and then when you come to feed

it, it all works down hill. But so for 8.5

subscriber is concerned, when; he wants





his basement, that would be perfectly

proper. My first silo was built in the

same way and it works entirely satisfac-

tory. I think the Size, 14 feet in diameter

and 30 feet high, will answer very Well.





capacity, you can make the silo higher

It Will be all right to build the silo just

above the ground with cement wall or

cement blocks and put the slaves on top.



I do not know of any silos being dis-

carded throughout 1110 state at the pres-

ent time. Undoubtedly there is a silo

now and then that is not in use because

cithcr the man 11st dicd, or sold his farm

and gone away. or he has given up stock

growing and conscqucntly has no use for

the silo. This occurs sometimes. I hap—

pen to know of two silos that are no

longer in .1150 simply because the men no





"longer keep live stock, but get» their i-n~





come from other kinds of farming. But

the man who keeps live stock, either

cattle or sheep. dairy cows or fattening

steers, cannot afford to be without a

silo. TlIcI‘e‘is nothing in the idea that

silage will injure cattle and that: they

will not live as long. Silage is a perfectly

healthy food and cattle do well upon it.





 





GROWING SOY BEANS WITH CORN

FOR SILAGE.





 





Would it be practical and profitable to

plant soy beans between the com hills.

planted two feet apart? The idea being

to get a larger tonnage and a bctte1 qual-

ity of ensilage. 01 could you suggest

something else instead for the purpose?

How many seeds should be used to the

hill, and when should they be planted?

Would you give preference to Canada





their mother variety of field peas? (not

called Canadian). ‘lWhat kind would you





Ottawa Co. D. H. B

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work out well because it is practically





ground at the same time. Several years

ago I got interested enough in this ques-

tion to plant soy beans and oowpens in

com, also velvet beans. to try and get I.





the ensilage richer in protein, but it was.

When you get I.

good stand of com, these other crops

cannot grow. The ground is shaded too

much and they amount to nothing. My

soy buns did not get over a foot high,

neither did the cowpeas. The velvet





and Some of them grew clear to the top

of the constants, but just as soon as

you got a little ways into the corn field

there was no Velvet beans because noth-

ing could grow, not even weeds, after the





We use Canada field peas mixed with

oats to grow this crop, either as a grain

ration, or to be used as hay. I do not

know whether they are as good as the

garden peas or not. Garden peas one





cause the seed would cost too much.

Even Canada field peas this your cost

enough. and it would add very much to

the cost of the food if you had to‘buy an

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A large number of power spray rigs are

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large and not too much driving around is

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chards are at a distance from the water

supply, but with smaller trees like

peaches and plums, and pears that are

not large, a lighter outfit that is easier

for the team to haul will be found much

more practicable. A ton to a ton and a

half is too heavy a. load for a team to

haul around as much as is needed for

spraying the smaller trees, particularly if

the ground is muddy and soft, as is fre~

quently the case during the season of

early spring.



Heretofore it has been our practice to

do this Work with a hand pump, requiring

the work of 'two men, one to drive the

team and work the pump and the other

to hold the spray rod. By using what

nozzles the pump would carry it has been

possible to cover one side of the trees

nearly as fast as a slow-walking team

would travel. Very short stops at each

tree has been sufficient. This has done

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pump to carry the liquid back into the

tafik at such time as the nozzles are

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nozzles will carry. For a person with

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considerable number of other smaller

trees this will be found a. cheaper and

altogether more satisfactory rig than a

heavier one, I am sure. These engines

with a pump attached can be bought for

$60 and an ordinary barrel used to carry

the spray liquid, but we like the rig as

we have it, as the pump is in the tank

and carries a good agitator. For larger





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trees and for full grown trees in foliage

the-‘heavy power machine is all right.



This season we are using the lime-sul-

phur mixture with a much smaller quan-

tity of lime than formerly, and this is

found to be a very great convenience, as

the question of agitation is not so im-

portant. There is also little trouble with

the liquid crystalizing if it happens to be

left standing and becomes cold. We are

using the same quantity of sulphur as

before—15 pounds to 50 gallons of Water,

but we only put in eight pounds of lime

or a little more. This makes a liquid that

is nearly clear, and if left standing for a.

day or so the crystals do not form to

cause any trouble with the pump. Per-

haps with a. poor quality of lime the case

might be different. This mixture was

tried last season and found efficient, as

stated in the Michigan Farmer a feW

weeks ago.



At this writing, April 1, the leaves of

the trees are coming out nearly a. month

ahead of the usual time. Whether pres-

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a frost may come later and kill the fruit.

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can be gone over. This season we have

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the team and holds the spray rod. This

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outfit and maintains a higher pressure

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applying the lime-sulphur utter growth

has started is also one of (-hlef concern.

We are just fairly commencing this work

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make the spraycrs work. I have seen this

spray applied to apple trees when the

leaves were some of them out a half inch

and no perceptible injury resulted. The

tips of a few of the leaves were singed

but that was hardly noticeable.

should be taken, however, about spraying

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GARDEN QU ERIES.





 





I have some seeds from last year that V





I should like to plant it they are as good,

a year old; will you please tell me what

seeds will hold their vitality? What vari—

eties of peas and Lima. beans shall I

plant for market garden? I have a good

market at a summer resort four miles

away for peas, tomatoes, eggs and broil-

ers. Lima beans sell at 80c per one-fifth

bu. basket of pods.



What disposition would you make of

night-soil? :Paiis are used in closet and

thegebfit is to dispose of it as quickly as

p *. I»dis‘J-ike to put it in compost

heafi” Ome way we have never made

muc-h'out of our compost heap. We could

have scavenger wagons emptied in our

land but I do not know how to treat me

on

rather poor light soil is 1kept up in part

by night soil from town. I wonder if you

can tell me how the white onions we buy

in bunches in" June. .are produced? We

have never tried to raise onions as our

land is light, though the Egyptian (those

that stand on the ground all winter) do

well; we have those but they do not last.



‘Van Buren Co. J. J .



Vitality of Seeds:—While it is not pos-

sible to give an eact answer as to the

length of_time different seeds hold their

vitality, the following general rule will

hold good. Beets, mungels,‘ cabbage,

cauliflower, carrot, celery, egg—plant, let-

tuce, onion parsley, parsnip and salsify

seeds are not good after the first year;

otheryegetable seeds are good for two or

more years; a good plan is to test the

seeds of which you are in doubt.



Peas and Beansz—The subject of peas

was quite fully treated of in the Michigan

Farmer of March 26. To the list given





ma :MiorquN FARMER-





 





there we might add Improved Stratagcm,1





Improved Telephone and Long Island;

Mammoth; those are all very large podded f

varieties, rich, dark grccn color, and of

Splendid quality. For Lima beans we

have had good returns from King of the

Garden and Early Sie-bert, both are of

excellent quality and very productive, at

the price mentioned there should be good

money in the crop.



The best disposition 1 can recommend

for the night soil is to empty pails on

compost hcap or pile of barnyard ma-

Good author-

ities claim there is more or less danger

of spreading discascs through its use in





 





vineyards and small fruit and vegetable

gardens; especially vegetables that are

used raw, as lettuce, onions, etc. There

could be no objection to mixing it with

barnyard fertilizer and using it in corn

ground or field crops, other than potatoes.

We have seen very good results from

plowing under garbage such as is collect~

ed in cities by drivers of garbage wagons;

this was unloaded upon the ground dur-

ing the winter and spring, a load in a.

place and just before plowing it was

spread as evenly as possible. I should

not advise having garbage spread on the

ground during the summer; the odor

would be very offensive and it would fur-

nish breeding places for flies and other

nuisances. Where one has a compost

heap at some distance fmm the house a.

limiggd' amount of the garbage could be

composted with stable manure or muck.



Bunching Onions:—F0r a crop of bunch-

ing onions this year you will have to de-

pend upon buying sets; there are several

varieties. The “’hitc Multiplier is best

of all; from a single set one will frequently

get ten or a dozen bulbs of excellent qual-





ity, from one to thrcc weeks earlier thani 7





can be grown» from other sets. If the





White ‘Multiplier cannot be obtained use “

either white, yellow or red bottom sets."





Use the best soil you have and fertilize

heavily: use only well





will release the ammonia from the poul-’

try droppings; apply each separately and

rake into the soil.

commercial fertilizers





may be used





yard or poultry manures. It is ,much:





cheaper to raise one’s own sets and to‘





do this, prepare ground the same as for

raising large onions and sow the seed

very thickly in broad drills, using about

ten times as much seed as you would for

a crop of large onions. If the seed is





sowu thin the bulbs will grow too large'





for sets nor will they be the right shape.

Seed sown for-sets may be planted later

than if for a crop of large onions. The





rotted manure, ‘

poultry manure is good, so, too, is wood '

ashes but; do not mix these as the ashes,





Any of the high-grade

in ,

place of, or in connection with, the barn-3





 





 





sets for bunching onions should be put '





out as early as the ground is in condition





to work, in rows 12 to 15 inches apartlWilliams-alumsWorld—Deanna was bred to: most Big.





- with sets two inches apart in rows.

, the amp is not: all marketed as bunchingim' ntdhabout ell-but mrm.snes,mruenondflomm





II ,

onions 'the bulbs may be left to mature a

crop oi.’ inge onions.





lene 00. J. E. MORSE.





 





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People often rely on nature unaided to

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the bottom‘ of a deal of' misery is found

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for disordered Stomach and torpid liver—"Twill avert

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Take pains, however, not to insist too

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Dr. Pick co’s Golden Medical Discovery.





Constipation is always aggravating. A costive person is hardly

fit to associate With—while free and easy bowel action tends to

make the grouchy grumbler a cheerful optimist, lovable and full

of hope. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, taken now and then,

move bowels gently once a day. That’s enough.





 





 





 

 

 





 

 





 





is being elevated and loade .,





Be is using with went 'saflslaeuon .

The NEW DEERE, '

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It's worth any farmer’s time to investigate a hay

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That will load anything from the lightest swath to the heaviest windrow —



That will pick up large separate bunches of hay. or separate sheaves of any crop,

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That works just us well on rough as on 12w! ground. and that handles hay in a. soft,

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operator, it is gradually compressed into a. narrow stream ma ing it ens to handle.



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ad. It is absolutely the only loader having both of these im-

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Early potatoes are one of the best-paying crops raised in Southern Alabama. Western

Florida.Tennessee and along the Gulf Coast. Good prices are alwaysohtainable and demand

forsamc beyond thesapply. Read what a farmer at Summcrdale. Ala.. has to say on thrscrop:



“My yield of salable potatoes this year, per acre, was 1.60 bushels. which sold readily at $1.50



per bushel,this.being the first crop on the land. I followed this crop with sweet potatoes



and sweet corn and then planted cow peas. I raised three crops on the land in one year, all



of which brought good prices." _



Sweet potatoes produce big returns and are usually planted after Irish potatoes have

boon'dug. Two to three hundred bushels an acre are produced and bring from 50 cents to

$1.75 per bushel. Let me send you our illustrated booklets and learn what can be done in a

country where fertile land can be purchased cheaply and where there are 312 working days

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