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VOL. CXXXIV. No. l8.
Whole Number 35°."

DETROIT MICH.. SATURDAY, APRIL 30, I910.

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FARM NOTES.

 

Cutworms in the Corn Field.

I have a. heavy sod which I intend to
plant to corn and would like to have you
give me some advice on how to stop cut
worms from eating up the corn. I was
troubled so badly with cut Worms last
year that I concluded I had better,ask
you, through your paper, for advrce.

Oakland Co. SUBSCRIBER.

Where sod ground is known or suspect-
ed to be infested with cutworms, fall
plowing is the best preventative of dam--
age to the crop to be planted the follow-
ing spring. But, of course, since that
cannot now be done, some other means
must be taken to keep them in check.
Two methods of preparing the soil offer
some help in this direction. One of these
consists in very early spring plowing and
thorough fitting of the soil, as frequent
stirring of the surface does not seem to
agree with these worms. Then if plant-
ing is delayed until the weather is favor-
able for the quick germination and rapid
growth of the corn plants both soil and
weather will be in a condition to favor
this desirable end, and cultivation of the
crop with the weeder and cultivator can
be begun early. This will push the corn
ahead as well as retard the work of the
worms, so that a minimum of damage
will result.

Anothermethod which has given good

”results-in some cases is to let the grass
grow -as late as possible before plowing,
then plow, fit and plant as soon as pos-
sible. The theory in this case is that
the worms will continue to work in the
tender blades and roots of the grass
plowed down until the corn gets well
started and out of their way. This plan
has a marked disadvantage over the one
first mentioned in that it does not permit
of as thorough preparation of the seed
bed and early killing of the weeds as
does the earlier plowing. However, the
policy to be pursued will depend so much
upon local conditions that it is quite im-
possible to advise intelligently as between
the two methods above noted.

Various remedieal measures are ad-
vised by different authorities. Some
farmers claim to have had excellent re-
sults through the use of salt. Others
have been able to note little if any ben-
efit from its use. Another remedy often
used by gardeners is the poisoned baits.
These baits consist of fresh, green clover,
poisoned with paris green and water,
scattered in small bunches at intervals

. of a few feet, preferably at night when

the worms are most active and when the
bait will not wilt so quickly. Bran mash
to which poison has been added is said
to be still more effective, but would be

more objectionable from the danger of
poisoning useful birds or other animals.
But as a general practice this poisoning
process will hardly be adopted upon the
farm. In such case thorough preparation
of the soil followed by early and frequent
cultivation of the crop should not be neg-
lected as it offers a maximum of protec-
tion if applied in accordance with either
of the plans above outlined.

Fertilizer for Clover.

Please advise me as to the kind and
amount of fertilizer to use on sandy sml
when I desire to make a crop of small
clover without a nurse crop.

Calhoun Co. C. C. W.

A light dressing of a complete ferti—
lizer would be sufficient for clover sown

from the use of‘ any other kind of ferti-
lizer, for the reason that in addition to
furnishing plant food the surface cover-
ing of manure prevents the sand from
blowing, which is a frequent cause of the
loss of young clover plants soon after
seeding, and also prevents soil moisture
from evaporating so rapidly from the Sur-
face, since it will act as a mulch in the
conservation of the moisture which is
needed by the young plants.

Early vs. Late Planting of Potatoes.

Would you think it advisable to plant
the main crop of potatoes in May, instead
of waiting until June as has been the
custom in recent years?

Lapeer C0. M. A. CRAWFORD.

There are advantages to be gained by

 

 

A Neighborhood Donation—Scene at a “Bee” recently held for the benefit of
an Eaton County farmer, at which his oat and corn ground was plowed and

fitted and his oat crop sown.

upon a sandy soil without a nurse crop,
say 200 lbs. per acre. While the clover
plant is able to gather its own supply of
nitrogen from the air, if it is well estab-
lished and the bacteria peculiar to the
plant have stored up this valuable ele-
mcnt of plant food in the root nodules
which they cause upon the clover roots.
But by using a complete fertilizer the
nitrogen which it contains will be valu-
able in helping to get these little clover
plants started to a point where the bac-
teria can perform this service for them.
The mineral
needed in greater abundance, but if the
clover plant attains a good development,
it reaches down into the soil after plant
food much farther than most of our crops
for which reason only a moderate appli-
cation of fertilizer seems to be necessary
to furnish a maximum of benefit to the
clover crop. On very light soil where one
can give the ground a top dressing with
stable manure after the seed is sown,
more beneficial effects will be noted than

elements of fertility arei

planting potatoes early and some success-
ful Michigan growers make a practice of
planting late varieties early in May or in
April where possible, instead of waiting
until June as has become the general
custom among a large percentage of po-
lato growers of this state. One advan-
tage to be gained is in the less damage
from late blight which will rarely be
troublesome on potatoes planted early in
the spring. Another advantage is that the
crop will mature considerably earlier and
may be harvested and marketed before
he bulk of the late potato crop is avail-
able. Quite often the price is more sat-
isiactory at this season of the year and
the crop is disposed of promptly, so that
a minimum of labor is required in its
handling. Then, too, the potatoes are
gccten off the field in time so that the soil
can be fitted and sown to fall grain,
which is not practicable in case the po-
t-(‘Loes are planted late, as is ordinarily
tie custom.

But there are as well some disadvan-

tages to such early planting which seem
to be considered to counterbalance it, by
the great majority of growers. One of
these disadvantages is the greater pre-
valence of potato bugs on the early plant—
cd potatoes. When potatoes are planted
the middle or the latter part of June, the
bugs are not a serious trouble and in
some seasons do not require any atten-
tion at all. However, this is probably
more than offset by the necessity, or at
lcast the need, of spraying as a protec-
tion from late blight where the potatoes
are planted in June. Another reason for
favoring the late planting of potatoes is
the fact that we often get a drought of
some duration in the middle of the sum-
mer extending well along into August and
if the potatoes are just coming into matu-
rity at this time, the crop is more apt to
bc. shortened ’by adverse weather condi-
tions than would be the case where it
matures the latter part of September or
the first of October, after the fall rains
have come. However, this is not always
the case and in some seasons the advan-
tage is in favor of early planting so far
as yield is concerned but the later plant-
cd potato, one year with another, will
probably give a better yield than those
planted in May, although in a normal
season the potatoes having the longest
time in which to grow and reach matu—
rity will give the better crop when our
ordinary standard market varieties are
used.

Wireworme.

»I bought a farm here last year, part
of which had lain in June grass sod for
a number of years. I planted part of it
to corn last year and this spring seeded
to oats. The oats came up fine and gave
promise of making a good crop. but the
wireworms commenced to work on it a.
few days ago and have ruined it. Could

you suggest some crop which I could put
in later that the worms would not work

on? \Vill the worms work on flax? Also
on buckwheat?
Saginaw Co. SUBSCRIBER.

Buckwheat would be as good a crop as
could be selected for use upon this land.
\Yhile wireworms attack lmckwheat they
do not generally damage it badly as, in
common with a. few other crops, it ap-
pears io be distasteful to them. Rape is:
another crop of this character although,
of course, it is valuable only for green
forage. The life history of the wireworm
is very similar to that of the white grub
which was described in the Farm Notes
column of the last issue. It is the larvae
of the click or snapping beetle and re-
mains in the ground in the larval state
for two or three years, according to the
species and the conditions under which
it develops. This makes it exceedingly
diiiicult to combat. fall plowing being-
about the only remedy which promises

 

 

Hame of W. W. Wood, of Manistee Co., which

  

 

  

 


  

  

474 (2)

early relief. The land should be kept in
cultivated crops for two or three years
until the larvae are eradicated from the
soil before it is reseeded. This question
of wireworms and similar insects is one
which is a strong argument for a short
rotation of crops since only when the soil
is allowed to lie continuously in grass for
a number of years, as is described by
this inquirer, will these pests become
prevalent or troublesome.

CORN GROWING.

 

The season for starting the corn crop
is soon to be at hand and, like horse rac—
ing, getting a good start is very import—
ant. Corn is a plant that revels in warm,
moist soil. It is a child of the tropics,
and does not take hold of life in the cold
ground like oats and barley. \N'hatevcr
merit there may be in the doctrine of
tillage being manure. there is virtue in
tillage to secure warmth and abundance
of plant food available for the corn crop.
The extra early 'bird that gets the worm
should not serve on the coat of arms as
a. model for the corn grower. There is no
cultivation of corn so effective as the
work done before planting to prepare the
seed bed. The much discussed question
of dragging corn ought scarcely ever to
be declared a timely or important subject
the ground should have been prepared so
that the necessity would rarely exist.

On a forty-acre field of corn three years
ago there was a difference of 15 days be—
tween the first and last portions in time
of planting. Early in July no difference
in the size of the corn plants was ob—
scrvablc. A year earlier than this, owing
to defective seed, corn was rcplantcd two
weeks later than a portion of the field
where the stand was deemed sufficiently
good to remain and the same observation
was made in July as was noted above.
Another season‘s observation was that
the corn plant became yellow and stunted
during a period of cold weathcr. “Amer-
icanitis" is a term used by the medical
profession to describe the haste of the
American people to accomplish some ob—
ject. A Hungarian beet weeder expressed
the same idea in saying “too much hurrv
up.” The boys used to be promised that
they could go fishing after corn planting,
which may have been too great an incen-
tive and accelerated the planting ahead
of proper preparation until it has be-
come a habit.

\Vith an edge drop planter the first
season, many years ago. I accumulated a
large, assortment of planter plates, hoping
to have the same results in dropping an
even number of grains of corn that the
machine did at the state fair exhibit.
A different set of plates was tried and
then another, and the planter seemed to
be working the shell game of now you see
it, now you don't. The number of grains
to the hill was as varicd as the reasons
for high prices of farm products. The
difficulty was not in the planter but in
the sizes of the corn grains. The remedy
was grading the seed corn, and really.
no edge drop planter ought to be used on
ungraded seed corn. I am strongly of
the opinion that more real merit in pro-
ducing the maximum bushels of corn to
the acre hes in grading the set-d corn
than there is in detasseling, or the seed
corn plot, or in many of the so~czillctl
pure—bred pedigreed corn samples. A
corn grader is an inexpensive affair and
as simple as a meal sieve. \thn the
supreme court of Michigan declared in-
valid the appropriation for the corn
growers’ association I always thought
they might have added to their decision
a few words as to the merits of grading
seed corn. It‘s good enough law, how-
C\'cr, it was ovorlookcd hy the court.

All stereotyped advice as to corn grow-
ing says a clover sod, fertilized with sta-
ble manure, and no advice could be bet—
ter. However, there are sometimes oc-
casions when the clovcr sod is lacking
and the stable manure insufficient to go
over the Iiclds as we would wish. \'lz:1t
the clover sod and inanurc calls for in
the final analysis is fcl‘lllil_\'. mainly
nitrogen and warmth. \thn the corn
plant has that dark green color that
comes from sufficient nitrogen and heat
under normal conditions a good crop is
assured. A commercial fertilizer strong in
nitrogen and phosphoric acid. makes a
valuable substitute for the ideal condi-
tion of clover sod and stable manure.
The way to find out is to try it. if one
has not the clover sod and stable ma—
nure he can buy its equivalent in plant
food elements and largely make up for
the mechanical difference in soil prepa—
ration before and after planting. The
sugar beet raisers have quite unanimously
agreed that the application of fertilizer

 

THE MiéHiGAN " 'FARMER. “

gives the beet the start‘that enables the
plant to appropriate soil plant food ear:
her than the non-fertilized beet. The
same is true of the corn plant, and it
hastens the active forces of the plant to

give it a strong grip on the soil. Cern '

seems especially partial to nitrogen, and
it is the clover sod and Stable manure
yielding the nitrogen to the plant that
gives the dark green foliage spoken of
before.

There are some special implements that
add much to the effectiveness of corn
culture. The 12—foot wheeled weedei gets
over the ground at the rate of 25 or 30
acres a day. The weeder does not sup-
plant. but complements the cultivator.
The crust on the soil can be broken with
a weedcr in one day's time while much
longer with the cultivator would be nec~
essary. The weeder gets right in around
the plants and permits reasonably clean
cultivation when the corn is planted in
drills. For large areas of cultivated
crops like beets and beans, as well as
corn, the two—row cultivator is an econ-
omy. The capacity of the man and team
is doubled and so perfect are modern cul—
tivators that equally as good work is
done as with the single-row cultivator.
As a matter of mathematics the tramp—
ling at the ends and missteps of the
horses is reduced one-half, since each step
of the team counts for twice what is
done with the single—row implement. The
speed of the wecder and two—row culti-
vator seems to hold the cut worms in
check, as cultivation seems to prevent
their ravages.

A complete chapter on corn growing is
not the text of this article, but merely
some of the results of personal experience
and observation, among which was top
dressing corn with the manure spreader
when from three to 12 inches high. Ow-
ing to dry weather the effect on the corn
did not seem marked. The manure
spreader wheels track, two rows of corn
are -manured at a time and cultivation
followed to work in the manure. The
effect on the rape seeded in the corn was
\‘ci‘y noticeable when the top dressed
area was reached. Rape in corn is always
an uncertain factor, owing to the mois-
ture content of the land. but if conditions
are at all favorable top dressing and rape
growth are closely connected. If the
corn ground is seeded to rye without
plowing the manured soil gives the rye a
strong start.

Shiawassee Co, JAS. N. MCBRIDE.
WILL FERTILIZER INJURE THE GER-

MlNATlNG POWER OF BEET
SEED?

 

Will a fertilizer containing two per
cent ammonia. seven per cent of available
phosphoric acid, and 12 per cent of pot—
ash, injure the germination of sugar beet
seed? Seed to be sown with a drill in
which seed and fertilizer drop through
same pipe, 250 lbs. to the acre. Also, is
this a good fertilizer for new marsh land
with heavy sod? (fan you give any plant
food more available on new land? Please
answer through The Farmer.

Gratiot 00. OLD Sunscimnnn.

I think that 230 pounds of fertilizer
sown directly with the seed. which an—
alyzes :2 per cent ammonia. 7 per cent
available phosphoric acid and 12 per cent
potash, would be liable to injure the ger—
minating power of the seed. It is the
potash that does it. Eighteen per cent
potash is a pretty rich potash fertilizer
and 1 would not want to mix 1‘.’ per cent
of potash direct with the seed in the soil.
\\'herc you use a fertilizer as rich in pot-
ash as this. it is much better to sow the
fertilizer broadcast and harrow it into the
soil before the bccts are sown. This will
obviate any difficulty from this cause. I
would say that this would be a good fer—
tilizcr for marsh land. Marsh land is apt
to be deficient in potash. Here we have
one very rich in potash. My opinion
would be that gypsum would do very lit-
tle. if any, good upon this sort of land.
“here gypsum or land plaster has proven
beneficial it has been upon the lighter
sandy soils and the reason probably is
because gypsum, or sulphate of calcium,
has the power of setting free some of the
salts of potash which they find in the
soil. This land is liable to be deficient
in potash, hence I think gypsum would
not be very much of a fertilizer for this
soil. I would much rather use the sul—
phate or muriate of potash on this land,
thoroughly incorporating it in the soil
before the seed is sown, and it is quite
possible that an application of lime would
be very beneficial upon this land, which
is apt to be somewhat sour. It also con-
tains a large amount of vegetable matter
which probably does not contain plant
food in a very soluble condition. The
lime will assist in setting free plant food.

COLON C. LILLIE.

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A Reo
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car for work or pleasure, or both.

Reo Runabout $500

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With the folding seat ($3 5 extra) it easily carries
four passengers. ..

 

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you. He will tell you all you want to know about Reo cars.

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Lansing, Michigan

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Reo two-passenger Runabout 5500. Top and
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Why Not Use the Home Made Fertilizer?

We use nothing but the pure plant food elements in the making of our
brands, which we obtain direct from our own Rendering Works. There-
fore if you desire a good commercial Fertilizer try our Blackman
Brands, manufactured by -

THE JAMES ROLAND RENDERING AND FERTILIZER CO.

Office 105 East Pearl Street, Jackson, Michigan.
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'APRIL 30, 1910.
A NEW PLAN FOR CURING HAY.

 

I read very carefully all communica-
tions in regard to raising and curing al-
falfa as I consider‘it the best crop we
can grow for hay where it can be grown
successfully, and I fully. agree with the
_idea. of covering with i caps in the field
While curing, but I find that a small
stack bottom for each cock of curing hay
accomplishes more than the caps and if
I could have but one I'would prefer the
bottoms three to one. They allow the
hay to cure evenly from bottom to top of
the cock and do not smother the alfalfa
roots near as badly as when the hay is
on the ground.

I make them four feet square, about
like an old-fashioned picket garden gate.
I use two pieces, 11/2x4 inches wide by 1
feet long and nail any kind of old strip,
two or three inches apart, .1 feet long,
on the edges, and brace to keep them
square. It requires about ten or twelve
feet of lumber for each bottom.

I used them for beans in the field and
by covering with a little marsh hay could
leave them in the field as long as desired.

Presque Isle Co. M. C.

THE CAT CROP.

I notice in The Farmer of April 16 that

Mr. Goyk wishes to know more about
the figures given in my article on “()ats
as a Farm Crop,” published in The
Farmer of April 2.

In the first place I wish to say that
these figures are not estimates. If they

were I would place them higher as being
nearer the average cost. They are taken
from my ledger which lies before me and
which is filled out at the time the work
was done.

The Scale of prices which we followed
in computing these figures was $1.50 per
day for a man and $1.00 pcr day for team
of two horses. The field was clean, per—
fectly level, and about twice as long as
_broad. The dishing was done with a
single action cutaway harrow, first disk-
ing around the field, lapping hall', which
counted as two tliskings, then crossing
cornerways without lapping. and harrow—
ing cornerways with a spring tooth har—
row. This was done in four days by a
man and heavy team, and is charged at
.150 per day.

The harrowing with ”(O-spike tooth har-
row, which cuts about twelve feet, was
done after a hard rain which followed the
drilling to break up the crust, and took
a half day. The drilling required about
a day.

The manure was hauled from 20 to 100
rods with a spreader. A man with three-
horse team will haul from 10 to 10 loads
per day, say 12 as an average, which
would make the labor cost of hauling, at
$3.00 per day, 25 cents per load. as stat-
cd in the account. \\’e have kept ac-
count of the expense of manure hauling
for many days and find that the average
cost varies little from 25 cents per load.
Much of this manure is secured for the
hauling, the balance for furnishing straw
for the bedding, the party hauling the
straw and we the manure; however, we
make a practice of charging the. crop with
25 cents per load for the manure, which,
with 25 cents for hauling, makes 50 cents
per load as charged.

The oats were threshed from the stack
at three cents per hushed, the thresher
furnishing all help except to take the
grain to the granary, which required two
men and a team less than a half day. so
the charge of $3.00 is ample for the labor,

though a little more should be charged
for fuel used.
It should also be understood that the

days are not six or eight hour days in
the field as are but in by some, farmers
with many chores to do at this time of
the year, but represent ten hours of work
in the field by a good man with a heavy,
well-fed team.

As will be noticed, these figures are not
intended to cover the use of tools and the.
rental of the land. or instead of the rcn—
tal the taxes and interest on the invest-
ment. A glance at the itemized state-
ment given will show that we had not in-
tended to include these. To get the real
net profit these and other things should
be figured according to local circum-
stances. VVe find it easier to figure these
things as an estimate and add to the cost
or deduct from the net profit after the
account is completed as given in the
article.

If we wish to compute the taxes and
use of tools above. We will figure the
land worth $75.00 per acre, taxes 2 per
cent, (land is in a village), or $15.00. We
will estimate rental of spreader and drill
at $1.00 per daypbinder at $2.00, disk and
harrow at 50 cents, wagon at 25 cents,

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

which gives $9.33 for a fair rental of tools

used in the work. Deductlng this and the '

taxes from the net proceeds of $172.38
gives the real net proceeds $148.05, or
nearly 20 per cent interest on an invest:
ment in land of $750. This is presuming
that the'rental of the team and tools as
charged is sufficient to pay interest on
the investment and deterioration in value,
I am of the opinion that with the present
price of horses and grain, a horse should
be charged at 75 cents per day instead
of 50 and we are considering making this
change in our accounts this year.

While the question is up, for sake or
comparison we will give a summary of
the account of the 1908 crop of oats from
714 acres.

One—third of 23 loads manure put

 

on previous corn crop, at 50c.....$ 3.93
Plowing ............................ 8.75
lilarrowing, twice with spike tooth

one (lay .......................... 2.50
Thirteen and one-half bushel seed '

oats at 55c ................. . . . 7.4.”.
Drilling ....................... 2.50
Cutting and shocking ............. 4.50
Fifteen pounds twine at $8.50 per

hundred lbs. ................... . . 1.28
Hauling to barn ............... . .. 5.30
Threshing 320 bu. oats at tic ..... . 9.60
Labor in putting in granary .. . . . . 1.5

Total $ 47.19
Five loads straw at $2.00 ......... $ 10.00
320 bu. oats at AISc ................. 144.00

Total ....................... . .$154.00

Net .............................. $106.81

If we deduct rental of tools and taxes
as in the former account we will have an
income of about 10 per cent on the in-
vestment in land at $75.00 per acre.

But after all is included that is possible
to figure in a general estimate there will
be other expenses to take into considera—
tion, which enter directly or indirectly
into the cost, of any crop. These include
the building and repair of fences, the re-
pair of buildings, tools, harnesses, etc.,
breakage, stormy days, parts of the year
when men. harness, and tools are not
profitably employed, odd jobs about the
farm which can not really be chrgcd to
account, and many things of this

Of course, these things vary with
places and circumstances. To be on the,
safe side of a complete estimate we
should do as a contractor does in figuring
a building and add 10 per cent to the cost
after everything is computed that can
legitimatly go into the account.

Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.

any
kind.

VARIETIES OF' CANADA FIELD PEAS.

\Vhat is the difference between white
(‘anada field pea and the Canada green
pea in yield of grain per acre when sown

'how

with oats? I would like to ask
Swedish select oats yield per acre?
Kent Co. SUBSCRIBE-9..

many varieties of
It is said that

There are a great
ficld peas, or Canada peas.

there are some 200 varieties that are
grown in Canada. I know but very little
about these different varieties. As a

matter of fat-t, I have t'o buy what I can
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Feeding Treated Wheat to FOwIs.

Can wheat that was treated with for-
maldehyde last fall be safely fed to chick-
ens?~ Have quite a lot of it and would
like to feed it if I dare do so.

Genesee Co. Mrs. C. L.

Formaldehyde is a gas having a sharp,
penetrating odor. While it has a very
irritating effect upon the nose, throat
and other mucous membranes. it is not
considered poisonous in the ordinary
senSe of the word. The commercial, proi
duct, generally known as formalin, is a
solution supposed to contain 40 per cent
of formaldehyde. As a matter of fact. it
usually contains less rather than more
than this amount. Some years ago the
Department of Agriculture obtained a
large number of samples of formalin in
the open market from different parts of
the country and analyzed them. All were
found below standard, the average being
approximately 37 per cent. This investi—
gation was made with a view to impress-
ing upon farmers the necessity of insist-
ing upon having a product which closely
approaches standard strength when pur-
chasing formalin.

For treating seed wheat one pound of
this commercial formaldehyde, or forma-
lin, is used in 50 gals. of water. It will
be seen that when thus diluted the pro—
portion of formaldehyde in the prepara-
tion is very small. After sprinkling the
grain until thoroughly wet. most authOri—
ties advise covering it with a blanket or
canvas, or else closing the bin tightly for
a few hours, for the reason that the solu—
tion vaporizcs rapidly. With these facts
in mind, it seems certain that grain treat-
ed last fall would now show not more
than a mere trace of the chemical. In
order to have the grain keep perfectly it
was of course necessary to dry it thor-
oughly 'beforo storing for the winter, and
this exposure to the air no doubt caused
such complete evaporation of the solution
that the grain may be fed in reasonable
quantities with perfect safety. if, how~
ever, the wheat was not properly dried
out and. has not kept well, it should not
be ”fed, this applying to all grains,
whether treated or untreated.

Rearing Young Turkeys.

An Eaton Co. subscriber asks whether
it is customary to keep young turkeys
shut up in coops until a few weeks old,
or whether it is better to set -them down
in a field as soon as hatched and let them
secure their own living. Experienced tur-
key growers believe that success depends
upon keeping just as close to nature as
possible, and some now go so far as to
practice letting the turkey hen steal her
nest. bring off her young and rear them
as best she may. The claim is that about
as many turkeys can be raised in 111's
way and it is dOne practically without
giving them any time or attention. it is
pretty sure to keep them separate from
the rest of the farm fowls a matter of
considerable moment when considered in
the light of what was said in these col-
umns some weeks ago concerning the
source of blackllcad, the disease which
appears to be threatening the future of
turkey raising.

But there are some grave objections to
the above system, and for the careful,
intelligent poultryman it is not the most
economical way to raise turkeys. It has
the effect of rendering the fowls very
wild and roving in their habits, with the
likelihood of developing into a neighbor-
hood nuisance. Then each hen will sim-
ply lay one clutch of eggs and bring off

a single brood, whereas, under proper
management, she should lay enough to
set several chicken hens beforc she IS

given a clutch herself. Thus she should
produce at least double the number of
poulls that would be possible if left to
her own inclination. The young brought
off by chicken hens are more easily con-
trolled but they lnust not be closely con—
lined. The main thing is to keep them
around where they can be fed regularly
for a few weeks. and where they will
have protection from dew and rain. A
pasture lot in which the grass has been
clipped pretty close makes an excellent
lilacc for turkey hens and their young
provided they can be. confined to it and
can have a good feeding place and suit—
able shelter. If allowed to have her wav
the turkey hen will lead her brood
through wet grass and weeds until they
are drenched. This is disastrous and

must be guarded against.
Begin feeding poults the second day
hard-boiled egg

after hatching. giving

. THE?“ MICHIGAN~ FARMER.

may be substituted for the bread. crumbs.
Some make it into-Johnnycake. but we
have had equally good 'resuitS‘from, simply
mixing it with sufficient sweet milk or
water to moisten it; it must never be fed

and bread soaked in hot milk. This diet
may be continued for several weeks, giv-'
ing milk curds occasionally for a “change,
and seasoning with pepper.’ Meal in the
form of corn bread, moistened with milk
or water, is liked by some, and meat
scraps or ground bone are substituted for
eggs after the third week. Meat and
bone are especially beneficial during the
feathering period, their need depending
somewhat, however, upon the fowls' ac-
cess to insect life. When fully feathered
they are able to take care of themselves.
Ventilating the Poultry House.

I have built a henhouse 16x30 ft., put-
ting in a ventilator at each end. One
man says these ventilators should start
just below the ceiling. I contend that
they ought to start about a foot from the
floor. Which is right?

Sanilac Co. M. H.

Your idea of starting the ventilating
shafts a foot above the floor is all right.
provided you have the proper method of
admitting fresh air to the building. You
are following the lines of the so—ealled
King system of ventilation, and this sys-
tem calls for fresh-air intakes on the
sides of the building near the ceiling. No
doubt you are familiar with this system
as it has been installed in dairy barns,
and therefore know that each intake or
wall—opening near the ceiling should con-
nect Willi an air shaft running down the
outer surface of the wall and opening at

a point about a foot or so above the
ground. The pure cold air moves up these

shafts and into the building. crowding
the impure air to the floor whence it es-
capes through the shafts which you have
described. To have this system work well
the walls of the building must be. tight:
so that air may not enter or escape from
the building except through the intake
and outlet shafts. The outlet shafts
should extend about 16 ft, above the floor
of the building and their combined capa—
city should be such as to allow about
four square inches. in cross-section, for
each fowl. In other words, a building de-
signed to accommodate 50 fowls would
require outlet fines having a cross—section
im-asuremcnt of 200 square inches, i. e..
one llix20 in. Shaft or two 10x10 in. shafts.
The aggregate capacity of the various in-
lakes should be approximately the same.
in order that tile passage of air through
the shafts may be better controlled on
very windy days, and that it may be re-
duced when only a few fowls are being
kept in the building, each shaft should be
provided with a nicely fitting cut—off so
situated that it may be easily adjusted
to suit conditions.

REARlN—éhithUBATOR CHICKS.

The batching of incubator chicks is
comparatively simple, but the rearing of
those chicks calls for more care and
brings more worry. If the first few days
can be safely passed. all usually goes well
until the gape stage is reached. Contrary
to a common belief. incubator chicks will
have gapcs if they are allowed to work in
ground infested with the pest. That they
are generally free from it is due to the
fact that they are usually kept from the
ground until past the stage for this trou-
ble to prove fatal.

Be careful not to feed too soon. Forty~
eight hours is not too long to wait before
giving them the first feed. Some sort of
brooder is necessary and it should be
thoroughly warmed before transferring
the chicks to it. Cover the floor with
sand or dry sawdust and guard carefully
against dampness. Fresh water and grit
may be given before there is an attempt
to give food. It is the disposition of a
chick to peck, so it soon learns to eat,
even if it has no mother to teach it.
(‘hicks are much brighter in this respect
than young turkeys; they will go about
with their heads in the air and must lit-
erally be shown how to eat by holding the
food before them. But the young chick
will soon find out, what the food is for.

Unless prepared chick food is used,
bread crumbs are best for the young
chick, giving only a very small amount
for the first two or three meals. When
they get to eating nicely, feed five. times
a day, giving as much as they will pick
up clean in five minutes. Some moisten
the bread with sweet milk. When this is
done, squeeze out as much milk as pos-
sible as sloppy food should always be
avoided. Give the milk in the form of
drink, but never allow anything to go
before the chicks in the form of a mash.
Hard-boiled egg is beneficial two or three
times a week. but it should not be given
oftcncr. being sometimes the cause of di-
gestive difficulties. After the first week
cottage cheese is relished and the young
chicks thrive upon it: after they are two
or three weeks old one may feed it freely.

After the first week or two corn meal

in a sloppy condition. As soon as the
chicks are large enough to eat it', wheat
and cracked corn may be given for sup-
per, the meal and cottage cheese forming
the earlier meals of the day.

Gradually reduce the times of feeding
to four and, by the time they are three
weeks old, to three feedings a day. pro-
viding the weather is such that they can
have a little range in the yard.

Young chicks are very fond of dande-
lions and it is really amusing to see two
or three squabble over a plant thrown in
for them. The bit of green is beneficial
as well. as enjoyable. One of the best
ways to free a lawn of the weed is to cut
the plants out with a sharp knife and
give them to the young chicks.

Always feed on a board. which should
be cleaned after each meal. Bits of food
left soon sour. If then eaten disease is
almost certain to ensue. therefore. be
careful to so dole out the food that it
will be all eaten; then there will be no
danger from this source. A little turpen-
tine or a few drops of kerosene in the
water will often protect chicks from
gapcs, while a bit of charcoal in it serves
to (-orrcct digestive troubles.

Pennsylvania. BESSIE L. PUTNAM.

CLIPPING THE WINGS 0F QUEENS.

 

A queen's wings can be clipped at any
time after she has commenced to lay
eggs. During fruit bloom, however, every
colony should be examined to see if the
queen whose wing was clipped the pre-
ceding season has been succeeded by a
young one. The reason it is advised that
this be done during fruit bloom is that
then the old bees will be out gathering
nectar and queens are easier found when
there are only a few bees in the hive.

Choose a warm day for this work, for
two reasons: First_ more old bees will
be out working; second, there is less
danger of chilling the unsealed brood.

Blow in a little smoke at the entrance.
Then remove the cover. Do this without
jarring the hive. for that will make the
queen run and hide, making it harder to

find her. W'hen the cover has been re-
moved blow a little smoke over the top
of the frames.

The frames must be taken out one by one
and carefully looked over for the queen.
This should be done quickly as the queen
is inclined to crawl from one frame to
the next, so if one works slowly it will be
necessary to take out every frame before
she is caught. She should be caught by
the wings with thumb and forefinger of
the right hand. Then holding her be-
tween the thumb and forefinger of the
left hand. get one wing between the scis-
sor blades and a “Ship" will shorten the
wing. Leave a stub about one—eighth
inch in length as it is claimed the queen
is hindered in walking by the entire re-
moval of one wing. '

Another thing, when the scissor blades
first touch the queen's body she will raise
one leg and may get it between the
blades. Don't snip the scissors until sure
there is no danger, for should the leg be
cut off the queen will be superseded by
the bees.

As queens are, ordinarily. not kept
longer than two years, their exact age
can be known by cutting off the right

wing in even years and the left wing in
odd years.

After a queen's wing has been clipped
and the operator releases his hold, she
will persist ill crawling up his hand. A
shake would easily dislodge her. but don’t
do this. At this time of year a laying
queen is heavy with eggs and to let her
fall only a few inches might do her in—
jury. I let her crawl onto a leaf or spear
of grass and lay this on top of the
frames. She will then soon crawl down
between the frames. The handling of the
queen, however, sometimes gives her the
scent of human’ fingers. The bees object
to this and will act angry. To make them
mind their own business and not injure
their queen I blow several good puffs of
smoke after her as she runs down among
the bees.

Of course a queen's wing should never
be clipped until after she has commenced
to lay worker eggs. If through mistake
it is done before this. the queen, being
unable to mate with a drone. will lay

eggs that produce drones only. Such a
queen is worthless and should be re-
placed as soon as possible to prevent

waste of honey in the rearing of useless
drones.

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. Write for particulars. LEWIS T. OPPEN-
LANDEB. successor to Fred Mott, Lanalnz. Mich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

u H Bur-rod Rocks. The Famous Wlnnlng Btnl .
RINGLET Egg. $1.50 per 15 from Select Mutiny. Stock 2::-
anle. Pluinviow stock Farm, J. W. Bollard. Prop. Romeo, Mich.

 

4o .2; 15, st—S-ith select our, good manure from world'-
. but strains, Bd., Wh. it Bf. Box. R.&. S.C.Bedl, S. C.
While, it, t 5.0. Br. lath]; Pk. Ilka; brodtowiu lly&PIy
Strong baby chix 15¢ each. Years of ex orience. Paultry my bud:
noel & study. Ciro. W. J. CRAWFOR ,B. 4, szoyaburg, Ohio,

 

EGGS-EGGS (from my prize-winning Single Comb Brow-
Leghornsflat easy prices. Cockorela. hens and cook
birds for n10. CHAS. W. RUFF, St. Clair, Mluhiggn, mpg, fl, 1?

 

 

HUPP FARM EGGS.

Barred Rocks. Pekin Ducks. $1.50 per setting. select
strains. Drawer A. Birmingham. Michigan,

“MONEY IN EGGS”

S. C. Brown Leghorn—My method and farm range
has developed layers with vigor. My egg: produce
layers. one-third {nuclei-’5 price and better layers.
“.50 per 30: 88 per 60: 04 per 100: 06 per 200. Prompt
shipment. J. E. McAR'l‘HY. Enflold. Illlnols.

EARNED PLYMOUTH ROCK 5558;333:331: {.333
15 for 01.00, 26 for $1.50. 50for $2.50. 100 for $4.50
COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Michigan.

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this From liasluns Busmess 335?:
White. Golden. Silver Wynndottes. Rhode Island
Beds. 8. C. and B. C. Buff. White and Brown
Leghornu. Silver Spangled and Penciled Hamburg:
Eggs $1.60 per 15. Pure bred. free range flock.
35 per 100. All varieties Duck and Geese Eggs,
Turkey E883. E. J. HASKINS. Plttufom. Mich.

 

 

 

 

S 0. BLACK MINOBCAB—Somo choice cock—
. erels and a few yearling bend to spare. Eggs
$2 per setting of 15. B. W. MILLS. Saline. Mich.

Y. B. BRAND—Baruch Villain-11):;

15: '5 per 100. C. W. YEITEB. Alto, Mlchlgnn,

 

 

 

DOGS.
TRAINED FOX BOUNDSI and Hound P

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for hunting fox and coons. Also Collies. Inclooc
2-ccnt stump. W. E. LECKY. Holmeuvllle. Ohio

' - sable with white mnrktn thi
come Puppies on n ' nu. more coming.” Wr'g
to-dny for prices. W. I. 3088. Rochester. Mich.

ALWAYS mention the MICIIGAN rm
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BREEDING PURE-BRED SWINE.

 

Developing Breeding Swine.

Good breeding supported by intelligent
feeding has effected a wonderful im-
provement in the leading breeds of swine.
Breeding and feeding are of equal im-
portance. It is true that we must have
well-bred individuals to build on, but it
is equally true that the best individual
must have proper fctd and care if it
reaches its highest and most useful de-
velopment. The term develop is often
used synonymously for fatten. This is a
mistake. A pig may be fat, yet not be
developed. The essentials of healthy de-
velopment are suitable food, regular ex-
ercise and comfortable and sanitary sur-
roundings.

Successful feeders have learned quite
thoroughly that they must feed a balanced
ration, that they must have protein for
the maintenance of growth and carbohy-
drates for the purpose of supplying heat,
energy and fat. The question is how to
supply the growing pigs with a suitable
ration that will produce maximum results
at a. minimum cost. For convenience and
economy I say iiniiesitatingl:.', that it is
best to provide. yards and ‘pasturcs suffi—
ciently large to furnish plenty of green
feed and afford the pigs an opportunity to
exercise while they are harvesting the
grass and forage crops. These forage
crops should be supplemented with grain
foods to balance the. ration and prevent
an abnorma1 development of the stomach
and intestines at the expense of other
more desirable development. The grass
fed hog, like the whey fed, pot bellied
calf, is an example of poor development.
We should avoid extremes in feeding
young breeding swine. Pigs should be
allowed to rustle some to develop stamina

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

swine and which breed possesses the best
bone. Feeding has fully as much to do
with development of the bone and ability
to stand up as breeding. The muscles
and tendons have as much to do with the
way an animal stands tip as the bone
does. The quality of the bone has as
much to do with holding the animal up as
the size of it. Forage and a small amount
of grain foods will promote an ideal de-
velopment. Corn may be fed in limited
amounts if the gilts are not making sat-
isfactory gains in flesh, but it is not nec-
essary to overfoed them with heavy fat
producing foods because they are growing
long and rangy, for then is the time they
are on the road to future utility. Try
and.maintain that kind of growth. Skim-
iniik, wheat middlings, ground oats anti
Oil meal are'excellent foods for young
sows. Many feed digester tankage and
find it an economical and efficient source
of protein. There are numerous othei
feeds that may be. profitably utilized, the
main point to avoid is putting on an ex--
ccss of fat. Cut or ground clover and
alfalfa makes an ideal bulky and succu—
lent food for winter when roots and pas~
ture crops are not available. Ground oats
'is an excellent grain food and outside of
its actual feeding value it possesses great
value as a nerve producing, energizing
force. and seems to exercise a particularly
desirable stimulating effect upon the de—
velopiiitnt of the organs of maternity. 1f
ground oats were fcd to all young swine
that are being grown for breeders there
would be little difliculty in getting the
young sows safe in pig and their organs
of maternity would be developed in a
manner that would insure their future
ability as breeders.

“’hile it is possible (and often desir—
able) to attain extremely heavy weights
at an early age, better economical results
will come if the sows are grown and dc—
velopcd upon a cheaper ration of farm
fceds. 'Zy utilizing pasture and forage
crops and feeding a small amount of grain
it is possible to obtain a weight of from

 

Utilizing a Small Flock of Ewes to Clean Up an Orchard.

(See Sheep and Waste

Feed, page 478).

and trait of character and make the, best
of their opportunities. But this does not
mean to compel them to subsist on grass
and forage alone. One extreme is almost
as injurious as the other. A good even
development of all parts of the growing
pigs is what we are striving for and this
must come about by feeding a ration that
is properly balanced. There must be a
proper relation between the protein and
carbohydrates and there must also be a
proper relation between the amount of
concentrates and bulky feeds to bring the
These relations are some-

best results.
determined

what flexible and must be
from time to time by the feeder according
to various conditions such as food values,
kinds of feed available and the conditions
under which the pigs are being fed.
Where an abundance of forage is avail—
able it sometimes pays bctter to feed bulk
and protein in some excess than to iii-
crease the cost of the ration by securing
expensive concentrated food to make a
strictly balanced ration.

Young sows that are to be grown and
developed for breeding stock should be
selected at weaning lill‘lt'. Those that
come up to the requiri d standard of ex—
cellence should be removed to a yard or
pasture away from the other swine and
fed for the development of bone, muscle
and constitution without overloading them
with an excess of fat. Much. in fact, all,
of the sow’s future usefulness as a breed-
er depends upon how she is fed and de-
veloped until she has reached the age and
size that it is desired to breed her for her
first litter.

The buyers of registered breeding swine
demand bone, muscle, and constitution as
well as color marking and breed charac-
teristics. A man can feed as well as
breed for bone and muscle. We fre—
quently hear and read much discussion
regarding heavy boned and light boned

27.0 to 5100 pounds at from nine months to
one year of age and this I consider about
all that can be reasonably expected, tin-
lcss we. overload them with fat, tfl‘lliCh
certainly does not add to their value for
breeding purposes.

In the development of young boars for
distribution among farmers and breeders
we. should not fail to give them, at the
start a liberal supply of food, so that we
can expect them to transmit easy-keeping
and early maturing qualities to their off-
spring. Tlie real and not the. fancied
wants of the farmers and breeders should
be kept in mind. for to such men it is a
living interest to secure breeding animals
that will yield large and speedy returns
upon their investment.

The young boars should be selected at
weaning time and separated from the
other members of the herd and placed
in a yard away from all other hogs. Like
the young gills they should have an
abundance of succulent foods and if pos—
sible allowed the run of a large yard
where clover, alfalfa or other good pas—
ture is available. Their yard or pasture
should be. away from other hogs Where
they will quiet down and make the best
of the situation and the danger of having
them off-feed will be greatly reduced. If
they are separated from other hogs by
a fence you will be in a worse fix than
ever. I would prefer to have them all run-
ning in one yard than to have them sep—
aratcd with a woven wire fence, for they
will run along the fence and fight through
it, stop eating and go to fretting and
chopping. “’iien they get to that condi-
tion there is but one thing to do and that
is to put them all in small pens by
themselves, away from sight and hearing
of the rest of the herd.

Many young boars are ruined by ignor-
ance in feeding or by not being properly
handled by men who buy them and take

It requires four factories. employing
4,000 meii»——turiiiiig out Ht) ()verlands daily
~vto meet the flood—like demand for these
cars. Yet two years ago a hundred rivals
had a larger sale.

The reason lit‘s largely in the car's utter
simplicity. Its able designer made it
almost trouble-proof.

He created an engine which, for en-
durance, is the marvel of engineering.

lie designed the pedal control. One
goes forward or backward, slow or fast.
by merely pushing pcdals. The hands
have nothing to do but steer.

A child can master the car in ten min-
utes. .-\ novice can drive it a thousand
miles without any thought of trouble.

The ()vcrlaiid always keeps going, and
almost cares for itself. All the usual
complexities have been eliminated.

That is why each car sells others. and
our Orders for this year‘s Overlands
amount to $24,000,000.

       

 

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is not uncommon in the Southern States and has
even been greatly surpassed in some sections. The

as any section of this country and the value of last
year’s corn crop in the South was eight hundred mill-
ion dollars.
and West valued at $200 an acre when equally as
good corn-producing land in the South can be pur-
chased at from $i5 to $30 an acre and where the
temperature in summer is no hotter than in the Mid-

another crop or two from the same land and with no
long, cold winters.

Let me _flelld you our illustrated booklets and learn what can
be done in a. country where fertile land can be purchased cheaply
azllfl where there are 312 working days a year. Low round-trlp
fares lat and 3d Tuesdays each month.

6. A. PARK, General 1nd. and lmm. Agent, Louisville 85 Nashville R. R.

 

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Jig—King 9i. Egg

No other car has so large a sale—none has made
such amazing records,

Price $1,000 up.

Another fact is that no other car gives
nearly so much for the money. This is
due to our enormous output, and the
tot-tunes invested in our automatic ma—
chiiiery. It would bankrupt a. smaller
maker to try to compete with us.

You can get a 33-horsepower Overland,
with a 102-iiich wliccl base, for $1.000.
You *an get a sill-horsepower ()vei‘land,
with a ilfl—inch wheel base, for $1,250.
The prices include lamps and in: gneto.

This car, which has captured the coun—
ll'_\', is the car you will want when you
know it.

Two Free Books

 

Nothing is published about automobiles
so interesting as the facts about Over—
laiids. They are. told in two books which
we want to send you. Every motor car
lover should have them. (‘ut otit this
coupon as a reminder to write for the
books today.

 

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Toledo, Ohio
Licensed Under Selden Patent.
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this sweat and it dries out

The Great Stewart

The price. all ooni- s
plt'lt‘. ready for
work is only .....

    
   
  

    
 

 

 

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In the springwhen yourhorses are stand on a r ‘
aw spring day or on a
soft and you put them at the hard chilly spring night with a heavy wet
spring work they sweat a great suit on.
deal. Theirheavy wintercoat holds It pays to clip them and blanket, if

It left to stand they take cold easily horses dry off much faster the

. . . vice]
and at nighttheychill and are liable better,restbetter. get moregood out
to_all kinds of complaints. If you of their food and do better work.
011D them they dry off fast and there They are better all around. Is it the
is no question but‘they stand much humane and profitable thing to do.
less chance of taking cold when dry The quickest, least expensive and
than if wet. You would not like to most satisfactory wayto clip is with

50 This machine turns easy, clips fast and will last alifetime. We
__ guarantee it for 25 years because the gears are all cut from the
— solid stcclbar. They are made tile liartl. They are cut losed
' ' and protected safe from dustantl dirtand they run in an oilhath.
Friction and wearare practically done away with. It is the only balllieariiigclipping machine

It has 0 feet-of high grade flexible sliaftantl the famous Stewart one not tension Clipping knife.
This is the noted knile that will stay sliarplonger and clip more horses than any other clip:
plug knife ever illittlc. l’ri( e ofthe complete machine allreatly to use is only $7.59. Get
One from yourdcalcr or send $2aiid we willship you a. machine C. O. I) for the balance

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BARREN MARE
IMPREGNATOR

Eight out often barren mares impreg-
nated first service. Price $5. Guar—
anteed. Breedin Outfits, Service

Books, Vigor Tab ets for slow Jacks. .

etc. Write for lb—page Stallion and Jack Journal-free.

 
        

    
 

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Dept. N, Kansas City, Mo.

    
     
 

 


 

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478 (6)
them to their farms. It requires skill to
buy a- young boar loaded with fat and re-
duce him in flesh until he is in just the
right condition for. breeding purposes. I
think that 'most breeders will agree with
me that a good, thrifty, young boar Just
out of pasture will usually give better
results than one out of the show ring at
the county fair.

The matter of sanitary conditions is of
great importance and it requires vigilance
and patience to keep the young animals
free from lice and vermin. Constant
watching and often dipping must be re-
sorted to if we keep down the lice and
vermin. Pigs that are lousy cannot make
good growth, no matter how well they are
fed. Everything must be kept clean and
no old feed allowed to accumulate. Pule
water, dry nests and protection from heat
and cold are all necessary factors in the
development of breeding swine, regard-
less of sex.

New York. W. MILTON KELLY.

 

 

SHEEP AND WASTE FEED.

 

Several years age we had 17 ewes and
just as many lambs. That year we were
short as to pasture and so we just let
them run loose on the roads. A little
grain left in a shed ‘ought them home
nights. Thus they run all summer. Not
only did they get all their pasture for
nothing but they helped to k ep the roads
clean.

I do not argue that you should follow
our example but I do say that you can
turn many bad weeds into mutton. A
bunch of sheep can get a great deal of
feed out of fence corners before the fields
are planted. Not only out of the fence
rows but out of the fields as well can they
get a great deal of feed. Then, as soon
as the hay and grain crops are out of the
way, a small bunch can keep themselves
on the average farm. I there are any
children on the farm, an immense amount
of waste feed can be secured by herding
them on the roads. Thus a small flock
can be kept during the summer for al«
most nothing, besides there is the advan-
tage of getting rid of many noxious
weeds.

Ohio. CLYDE A. VVAUGH.

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GROW THE LAMBS WELL.

 

No single part of successful sheep hus-
bandry is more vital to the financial wel—
fare of the flock owner-than the growing
of the lamb crop to maturity. Every
sheep man recognizes the fact that qual-
ity is the predominant factor in the de-
termination of market value of flock pro-
ducts. There is little difficulty in .ecur-
ing top market prices when the goods
can be delivered. Vt'hen a filmh is drop-
ped healthy and robust and sucking a
deep milking ewe there is little trouble
encountered to bring him to early market
maturity. But the hitch comes, when
adverse conditions are confronted and
prudent judgment must be exercised to
eliminate the obstacle.

Flock owners generally recognize the
importance of properly growing the lamb
crop to promote rapid gain and uniform-
ity. The market today from every view-
point is discriminating in favor of early
maturity and uniform quality. The mut-
ton maker must be alert to the demand
of the market if he hopes to produce the
quality of meat that is going to command
the most profitable prices. Improperly
grown lambs no longer have a place in
the markets of this country. There, was
:1 time when such products could be dis-
poscd of at fair prices. but that day has
gone by. The American consumer has
come to know what he wants in the pur-

chase of meat for the table and tough,
stringy meat no longer satisfies his ap-
petite. It is the tender, sweet, hne

grained mutton that is wanted and com.
mauds 1hc best price.

The proper time to begin growing the
lambs for the purpose desired is as soon
as they are dropped. The early loading
of the lamb largely determines its future
growth and development and usefulness,
either for the market or breeding pur-
poses. For the first few weeks the life.
of :1 newly-born lamb is dependent upon
nourishment obtained from its mother.
As soon as old enough it begins nibbling
on soft food, such as clover leaves an]
lender grass. This appetite for selid foods
should be taken advantage of early as the
digestive tract of the lamb will permit
and such feeds as can be readily con-
sumed placed Within easy reach, If the
grain trOugh is low enough so that the
lambs can get to the grain they will soon
learn to help themselves. It is an ad—

vantage to feed some form of ground feed

THE MICHIGAN. FARMER. I:

to the ewes if possible. such as ground
oats or bran.

The importance of directing special at-
tention to inducing uniform growth and
development in the lamb crop can not be
easily overrated. There are always a
few ewes in every flock that are poo:-
milk producers and their lambs are gen-
erally poor in flesh and make very slow
gain. If these ewes can be selected out
and placed in a small pasture lot near
the buildings where they can be given
:pecial attention a great deal can be done
to encourage bone and flesh development
in the lambs and cause them to keep well
apace with the remaining part of the
lamb crop.

Much thought and study should be
given to the production of tender, pala-
table forage for the growing lambs to
pasture upon during the summer months.
“'hile the lambs will sort out and graze
upon the same pasture that is supplied
the ewes they will not consume as much
food as they would if the feed was of a
more acceptable character. It is an ex-
cellent practice to sow. small patches of
forage crops near the main pasture so
that the lambs can get to it at any time
without leaving the ewes for any great
length of time. If care is exercised to
sow the forage crops in rotation they will
be greedily consumed by the lambs and
encourage rapid and profitable gain. It
will also lessen the draft upon the ewes

and materially reserve their physical
strength.
Lambs well started toward good de~

velopment are in good condition to reach
early maturity and command the top
market prices. It costs a great deal less to
make a. pound of gain on a rapidly grow-
ing lamb than it does on one that has
been retarded. The animal that is kept
thrifty from the day of its birth until
market is the most profitable. No flock
owner can afford to neglect his lamb crop
during the summer months. They will
come along and develop into just such
animals as his care and feed make them.
Therefore, give the growing lambs the
best the farm can afford of highly nu-
tritious and palatable food.
Shiawassee Co. LEO C. REYNOLDS.

COMBATING THE PARASITES.

 

Each year a large number of lambs are
lost from the ravages of internal para-
sites, particularly stomach worms. The
reports of the Bureau of Statistics of the
United Slates Department of Agriculture
published in the last issue shows the
mortality among sheep to have been
greater than usual last year. The pres-
ent high price of sheep makes it more
than ordinarily important to reduce these
losses to a minimum. The ravages of
stomach worms and other internal para-
sites causc the loss of many thousands of
lambs each year. The best way to insure
immunity from these pests would be to
pasture the lambs only on clean pastures.
But, unfortunately. upon the average
farm this is not practical. However, it
should be followed as largely as possible.
New seeding of clover, or rape sown for
summer forage will be practically safe
pasture for the lambs the season through.
But even these clean pastures will in
some degree become infested with these
parasites and it is always a safe precau-
tion to use other preventive and curative
measures to keep this danger at a mini-

mum. Some of the proprietary salt prep-
arations are belieied by some of the best
sheep breeders and feeders of the coun—
try to be an eillcient preventive as Well
as a good 1emerly for these parasites. At
this time of the season. whore the flock

or the pastures are infested by these par-
asites, they are multiplying rapidly and
become more destructive and more diffi-
cult to eradicate. Thus whatever preven-
tive measures are to be used should he.
adopted at once and continued throughout
the season of their growth in order lo
secure a maximum of benefit. “'hether
it be a proprietary remedy or a combina—
tion of drugs prescribed by a veterinarian
is a question which may well be debated,
but the former has the advantage of be-
ing already prepared and. if decided upon,
it will be more apt to be used regularly
than remedies which require time and
trouble to secure and the sheep will suffer
correspondingly.

 

A good deal of talk has been occasioned
by the report from the cast that Argen-
tine beef is likely to be offered on the
New York market, but dealers in beef
are not looking for any serious competi-
tion from that source. Some Australian
frozen muttom has been received at New
York, but it is adapted only for a cheap
class of trade.

“EMELM

Importers and breeders of

Belgian-t3 Percheron

Stallions and Mares.

 

 

Our last Importation arrived last November. and
are in 3 ve rygood condition and of the VERY BEST
TYPICAL DRAFT QUALI '1‘.Y We have over 00
head of Stallions and Mares from two to five years
for pale. and we Invite prospsectlve buyers to com:
to our barns where he will find TEE IDEAL
DRAFT HORSE. of both breeds above mentioned.

Our terms are liberal. and every sale is backed up
with the beat of guarantees.

Write, or better—come and see us. Address

FRISINGER a. SPRUNGER. Decatur. Indiana.

 

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Station.

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3mm JERSEYS.

Tunic "mm“ a! brown memm.

If FARM. EMU. Mich.
B‘IDWBLL STOCK FARM.

FOR SALE-~10 Reg. ”Shorthom Bulls.

All good. reason dreamt
from the-beet of momma” 075 to mi «on Some

 

themScotch and Scotch-topped. of the hard headins "
“33.1”“!

type. Also. Young cows wand heifers. Ill
herd. Fum— oblookl from Lulu Shore
L. I. BIDWELL, Tecumseh. Michigan.

 

J. B. HUM MEL. Mason. Mich.

SREEP.

 

 

 

om'd'DOW" Sheep‘fitmd'

cattle for sale. A. D. &J. A. DEGARMO. Muir. men 1

PARSONS OXFDBDIOWIS ‘

 

unregistered Hornlem National Dehlnen mum-loin
top (lemmas. Romyn 0. Parsons, Grand Ledge.Mlcn 1

OXFORD DOWNS 11.13ka

sale. H. J. De GARMO. B. No.1. Clyde, Mfch.

WSIIBOPSIIIIIE MALI. STOGK Hill

noneh und rod ylleor ngewes undid
lwn J uhe or Michigan and the same for Boise. 1112111110.
Branch of this Farm. Will make a fair price on
yearling owes or runs. also on some Iced ewes with
lambs at side. for 60 days.
L. B. DURHAM kSONS. Concord. Malibu.

 

 

 

1” HEAD of ewes and their lambs. All young ‘1

ewes. black and white faces. mixed.
Will be sold. worth the'money lfinold at once.
B. GARDNER. Lock

 

FOR SALE HORSES—Auction Sale of Home!
. every Friday at 10 A. M.
Private Sales daily. A number of draft and farm
horses always on hand including some city mares a
little pavement son suitable for farm work. All
horses sold are as re resented or money refunded.
, 08. GERO HORSE MAR
475 Gruuot Ave. Dotrolt. Mlchlzal.

 

—-Horaes.Csttle, Sheep Hogs, Dogs
For sa '8 or Poultry. nearly all breeds. Blrcl
exchanged. Southwest Michigan Pedigreed Stock
Association, R. E. Jennlngs, Sec.. Paw Paw. Mich.

IIEEDEIS’ DIRECTORY.
CATTLE.

EABERDEEN-ANGUS.

Herd headed by UNDULA'I‘A BLACKBIRD
1T0 83830.6l one of the best sons of FRI-l! NC no
50006. and Grand Champion Bull at the Detroit
and Grand Rapids Fair: of 1907 1908 and 1909. Herd
consists of Erlcas, Blackbirda, Prides.e

W00 OODCO'I‘E STOCK FARM. Ionla. Mich.

berdeen-Anxua—Mnles—Females. Polled Dur-
hams both sexes. Devons. mill & female. Buy
quick M the Clover Bloslom Farm, Port Austin, Michigan.
- Berkshire swine. Eggs for
”73h". 8"“ cm”- setting. High bred stock.
Whlte & Buff Orplngtons. White 6: Barred Rocks.

Light Brahman. Whlte Leghorns and White Wynn.
Gotten :1 per 15. Mich. School for the Deaf. Flint.

Mlph Hid" Fang Brudem Ind Imponm of my.

class Guernseya. Write us your
wants. E. a J. T. MILLER. Birmingham. Mich.

FOR SALE—Young herd of Holstein
heifers. 7yearllng bulls, 8

calves-the oldest established herd in Ind

W. C. JACKSON. 715 Rex St. South Bend. Ind.

TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS.

Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-
bining in themselves the blood of cows which now
hold and have in the past held World's Records for
milk and butter-fut at fair prices.

MePHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mich.

HOLSTEII FRIESIAI ‘3““Ca‘m- Herd

headed by Canary
Mercedes Royal King. W. B. Jones. Oak Grove.Mlch.

5 Holstein Service Bulls For Sale.

Any one of which have breeding and individuality
that qualifies them to head any herd. Bull calves
and a few good cows.

1‘. Es CORNELL. Fayette. 0.10-

BULL CALF f
H O LST El N best amllles r3? till:

breed. 0. D. WOODBURY. Lansing, Michigan.

—B th ll
HEREFORDS: .1; ..1:.*°s::,d.:..sr
Chlna hogs. R. E. ALLEN. Paw Paw. Mich.

ERSEY BULL CAL]? born May 12, ’09. Dam
gave 10,950 lbs. milk, last year test 55. Sire’s Dnm's
record 10 060 lbs. In 10}; months. test 6.2‘. THE
MURRAY-WATERMAN Co., B. 6. Ann Arbor. Mich

LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS

We have some splendid young bulls for sale. Some
of them are old enough for service. They are from
cows with records of 300 to 425 pounds of butter last
year. Certo forldeacrlptlon and prices.

OLON C. LILLIE. Cooper-ville. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pun 8t. Lambert JERSEYS 332:?maix'fe'ii? p.35.
CLARENCE BRISTOL. Fulton, Mle. R.F.D.N0. 5.
Official yearly

Register of Merit Jerseys. mom.
'1‘. F. MARSTON. Bay City. Michigan.
F0" SALE—Jersey Bull Calves from a to 9 mos. old.

Flue thlrfly fellows and from extra good
A. Newmn‘i. Mariette. Mlch. R. F. D. No. 1.

 

 

COVVB.

— f t Li
AucnoN SALE an.i.4.;h-n:...hs.hs
catalog. K. S. CHAPMAN, Casaopolls. Michigan.

BUTTER BRED ”$33.5“

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.
Silver Creek. Allecun County. Michigan.

Jersey Bulls, Bows and Heifers

Island and St. Lambert breeding. Also some
choice grade heifers.

DUROC JERSEY SOWS

Choice individuals and popular blood lines. Inspec-

tlon lnvlted. Full Inform-tion cheerfully furnished.

If you cannot vlslt our farm at once write

BROOKWATIR FARM, Ann Arbor. Mloh.
A. yv. MUMFORD. Manager.

 

 

 

 

1 30m Bambolllet Ewes for one. descended
from the best flocks nude bred to a pure Van
Homeyer and a run sired by AG llbort ram and In.
ported dam. All in perfect health. In lots tosult buy-
era—none reserved. J. Q.A

3065.

LARGE ENGLISH BEBKSHIBES.

Have a fine lot of spring plgs, both sexes. The type
for profitable pork production. Vigorous and strong
and of best blood lines. Satisfaction guaranteed:

r. A. 31mm Memphis. Mich.
HUPP FARM BERKSHIRES!

WON 189 PRIZES IN 1909.
Stock of both sexes and all ages for sale. Breeders
of Guernsey Cattle. M. B. Turks a. Barred Bock
Chickens, Pekln Ducks. GEO. . HUPP. Mn.
DroworA Bil-minimum Mlonlnn.

U lied I bnodf emu
BERKSHIRE NET... .3... mn‘cngi'é. nu
p.11! '1‘. V. HICKS. B. N0. 11. Blah Creek. 11101).
FOR BALE—BERKSHIRES—Two choice Sept.

bou- P183. and a few full guts. sired by Handsome
Prince. A. A. AT'I‘ULLO. Dookorvllle. 2mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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nonmnl '52!.!.....!5. . '

ROYCKOF'I‘F

PIIIIITAII ll!" of“ (”ESTER l“IIVMTB

for I316.
WILL W. FISHERniem Waterpvllot. Willie

DAMS BROS. thchfleld. 111011.. breeders of Im.

proved Chester White and worth swine.
Pl”, either brood, by In print State Fair wiunon. Bnfl Bock.
But! Wyandotte eggs 81pm: 15; W. Orpington 33 pl: 15.

 

 

 

 

—Sow~s bred for Aug. and Se t.

IMPNVfld Chest": furrow. Choice March and .4ng
furrow, either sex also W. Wyandotte Eggs :1 for 16.
W.O. WILSON Okemoa, Mich. (Both Phones).

—-A few fall Guts bred for
nurocs For sale summer furrowlng. Also a.
few spring pm. M. A. BRAY. Okemos, Mlchlcln.

CAREY .
ounoc JERSEYS. EDMOND};
Hastings. Mich. Nothing for sale at present.

ALNU’I‘ HILL FARM Herd of Bureau. Bred saw: all sold.

35 fine full IOWI, 15 fine fall boars ready for Iorvioo. 100
spring pigs to data. Write J. 0. Barney, Goldwater, Mich.

0. l. C. bred sows all sold. $335,313:
hand. GEORGE P. ANDREWS. Dansvllle, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

0. l c -A few bred sown. Orders booked for
- sparing pigs from very choice stock. pairs
not akin. COWAN. Rockford, Michigan

0 l C REGISTERED PIGS. 10 to 12
o - 0 weeks from World’s Fair winners.
(ilenwood Stock Farm, Zeeland. Mich. Phone 94.

0 l C —Orders booked for spring pig.
- 0 0 from State Fair winners
C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich.

30 P. c F!" Pl s—by two champion boars. Book—
: 'ug orders for weaned pigs by
10 different boars. WM. WAFFLE, Coldwnter.Mloh.

MULE room uncs-g:°;:::i.f"‘lll‘l.2§
for sale from 5 big boars. Send stamp. for Inform-
tlon. J. H. DUNLAP, Wllllamsport. Ohio.

EAVY BONED POLANDCHINA PIGS at
reasonable prices. Eggs from big, business Bar:
red Rocks $1 per 15. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

- ‘ ° POLAND CHINAB. Japanese
Prue Winlflllg Pekln Ducks. Embden Geese
and Buff Turkeys. Zach Kinne. Three Oaks, Mich.

 

MICHIGAN'S GREATEST HERD of big Poland-China Hogs.
Big Boned Long Bodied. Big Litter. The farmers' hog A
biggenbettar and more prolific Poland-Chin. “In“ for
what you want. Bell phone. J.C. UTBLER, Portland, Mich

—Bookl d
roLANn-cnmls p... assailants:

\VOOD dc SONS. Saline. Mich.

Large Improved English Yorkshires.

The hogs that make good. September gilt: bred to

furrow next August or Seotember.Sp1-lng p18! of

either sex. Pairs not akin. Satisfaction guaranteed.
COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersvllle. Mich.

 

 

 

 

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KIII the heirs
Ticks are not only distressing to
the animal but injure the fleece,

and can be speedily destroyed
with one part of

Dr.Hess Dip ‘

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
Ashland. Ohio

 

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ts use. Send for descri tive circulars,
testimonials, etc. Address k

The Lawrence-Wllliams 60.. Cleveland. 0. ’

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SOME HINTS ON FEEDING CALVES.

 

THE MICHIG.AN FARMER.

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In a recent number of The Farmer a.
subscriber tells of feeding his calves on
separator milk and reports that they did
not seem to do well. Now to raise a good
calf by hand is a particular job; one that
can not be entrusted to inexperienced
hands if one wishes for the best results.
Nevertheless it can be done, and on sep-
arator milk alone, if necessary, though

'the addition of a little grain is a great

  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 

help. In the firSt place, let us notice the
calf helping himself to his mother’s milk;
you will notice he takes little at (1 time,
but takes it often, thus allowing the
juices of the stomach to become thor-
oughly mixed with the milk. Then, when
satisfied, he lies quietly. But the poor
calf who must eat out of a pail is ex-
pected, nay forced in some cases, to put
his head in the pnil and keep it there till
the bottom is reached, and the quicker
the better so some of us think. Then
many times he is hustled around and
kept moving so he will forget to suck
some other calf‘s cars. When I first
started in to raise culvcs I did that. very
thing, never stopping to consider the re-
sult, but after some dismal failures I
started in to do better, and with much
more success. The great danger in feed—
ing calves, no matter how or what you
feed, is in overfceding. Don't do it. It’s
much better to err by feeding too little
as that can bc easily remedied, but the
calf that suffers a bad attack of scours
will be a long time in catching up. How-
ever, as soon as you detect the signs,
which many times are noticcable by the
odor before you would otherwise notice
anything wrong, cut down on the feed
Sharply, both milk and grain. Also see
if the pen is clean and dry, as a damp,
ill—smelling pcn often causes trouble,
when all else is right.

I have srnrccedt-d best when using the
following method: The culf is allowed
to stay with the cow until the ninth milk-
ing. I milk the cow at the regular time,
taking what the calf leaves. Many cows
give much more than their calf can take.
Also the cow, especially if a young cow,
becomes accustomed to having her udder
handled and relieved, and does not fret
so much when the calf is taken away.
The morning after the ninth milking, the
calf having had his breakfast is removed,
or sometimes the cow is returned to her
own stall and he is left quietly to him-
self till night, when, the milk being scp-
aratcd, a very small feed—not over a
quart is given him. Sometimes he drinks
peacefully and sometimes—that mostly
depcnds on the patience of the person
feeding him. I once had a little experi-
ence that learned me a lot. In this case
the calf, a ‘big, strong, hearty fellow, took
his milk all right but insisted on having
my fingers to help along, or else he balked
right off and vented his displeasure by
bunting everything in sight, myself in-
cluded. \Vell, he was a good calf and I
fussed with him till he was nearly three
weeks old, finally getting disgusted. I
turned the milk into a trough that hap-
pened to be fastened to the floor of the
pen and walked off. I was no sooner out
of his sight than that miserable calf fell
to drinking like an old cow. You may be
sure he got no more fingers, but never
would he drink while I rcmuind in sight.
But to go back to the fccding subject,
increase the amount fed very slowly, de-

creasing again and again until you find
what he can manage. At two weeks of
ugc‘givc him a very little grain. Be sure

it is well ground and it does not matter
so much what kind, only food sparingly
till he is five works or more old. You can
then increase to :1 fair feed, the sizc of
the feed cvcn then dcpnding 0n the calf,
some requiring more than others, but

make haste slowly. A very convenient
way to feed is to place the calf in
stanchions before giving him his milk.

As soon as he has finished his milk give
him the grain in a small, shallow box,
being careful that it is spread over the
bottom. Then he will only get a little at
a time. Some little care may be needed
to get him started outing grain, but he
will soon learn. Let: the calves stand
half or three—quarters of an hour while
you do something else before letting them
out of the stanchions and they will have
forgotten all about sucking and will go
away quietly. Now as to the froth on
separator milk. don’t feed it to anything,
except the cats. They will leave milk
every time in favor of froth. It pays
if one has much milk to have a deep can
(with a faucet near the bottom) for the
milk to run into. It may then be drawn
off at once and fed, leaving the froth
to be emptied into some dish where it

can stand five or six hours, when it will
all be turned to milk and can then be fed
to the hogs, and the can washed and
scalded ready for next time.

- Another thing must not be overlooked,
and that is all pails, feed boxes, etc.,
must be kept sweet and clean. It takes
but a minute to take the pails to the
well and thoroughly rinse and turn up
to dry, if done before the milk has time
to dry on, and the boxes should be turned
up to the sun and wind. All these are
small iicms but they have all been a
help to me. A MICHIGAN FAIRMER.

LIVE STQCK NOTES.

 

At the recent Shorthorn sale at Aurora,
Illinois, extremely high prices were paid,
fifty—six head bringing $35,995, an average
of $642, the highest average made at a
Shorthorn sale in ten years. George .T.
Sayers, of Illinois. paid $10,000 for the
three—yeur—old bull, Prince Imperial,
champion at the last Toronto exposition.
The top for females was $3.050, paid by
C. .I, MI-Musters. of Illinois.

Ohio and Indiana buyers have taken a
good many stockcr and feeder cattle of
the better class in the Chicago market
recently. Illinois buyers have purchased
a good many light stockcrs, but Ohio has
been the heaviest buyer of 700 to 000-lb.
stccrs for fattening for the future
market.

The Chicago packers have made an ad-
vance of half a cent to a cent per pound
for the bcttcr grades of dressed beef cuts
and a reduction of half a cent :1 pound in
the price of beef chucks. “Most of the
demand for beef in the cast side of New
York city, where the kosher strike is now
on. is for chucks,” said a prominent Chi—
cago ment dealer. “The agitation in the
cast against high prices will grczitly rc-

strict the consumption of this grudo of
beef. whilc it will have no perceptible
cffcct on the other grades. Apparently,

it is the purpose of the packers to force
prices of beef ribs, loins and rounds to
such a high level that local housowivcs
will be forced to use chm-ks when they
want beef, thus furnishing an outlet for
the stock that should go cost. In this
way the market will be kcpt free from
accumulations, and puckcrs will not have
to make the concessions demanded by the
New York strikers. Because of the higher
prices for other parts of beef, the pack-
crs, instead of losing by the agitation,
will come out ahead if their plans do not
miscarry.”

Seven car loads of Canadian grain-fed
stccrs were received in the Chicago stock
yards on a recent day. The consignment
consisted of 138 head, of which .124 steers
sold at $6.80, and 14 heifers brought $6.50.

Cattle receipts at the six lending mar-
kets during the first three months of the
ycur aggregated about 23,000 head over
the same poriod last year, but there was
a marked falling off in average weight,
as well as in quality.

' A. Drake, the extensive sheep and
lamb feeder, of Fort Collins, C01,, states
that no more big "runs" of lambs will be
shipped from there this scason. He says:
"A great many of the lambs cost from
$7 to $8 per head to put them on the

Chicago market, and of course it is im-l»

perativc that we get bciIrr than $8 a.
head if we are to makc any money. AS
will be seen, no ubuormul profits will {10-
crue even then. A great many of the
lambs have $3 worth of corn and $1 worth
of hay in thcm per head. 'l‘lrey cost
around $4 a head and freight shipping and

selling charges will amount to $1 per
head. I look for a rclutivcly light num-

ber of lambs to be fed in Northern Colo-
rado this coming winter. A great draw~

back is the probability of a. small crop
of alfalfa. hay. The long and severe
drought of two yours ago about ruined

our alfalfa. fields. Heavy seeding is being
done, but it is questionable when we will
be able to gct a good crop again, although
we are in hopes of realizing one at least
in 1911. Conditions are as good in South-
ern Colorado as they are bad in Northern
Colorado. However, if the lamb raiscrs
expect Southern Colorado for-dorms to stock
up heavily they will no greatly disap—
pointed. If priccs on the range are ad-
vanced vcry muc‘h feeders will simply not
take the chances."

It is stated on good authority that the
Kentucky and Tennessee "crop” of spring
lambs is from 25 to 50 per cent short.
This is cxplaincd by the fact that on ac—
count of the severe wintcr, the cwcs came
through in poor condition, and many of
them have ‘had no lambs. I‘nder those
circumstances, the lambs are expected to
bring high prices, and they will be late in
coming to market. Owing to thc drought,
Arizona. and New Mexico have small
numbers of lambs. and scvcrc wcnther
and mortality among the ewes will rcsult
in a small supply of lambs in \Vyoming,
but, Oregon and \Vushington rcport a
good lamb “crop.”

Trade in wool is everywhere very dull,
and quite a dcclinc has taken place in
prices in recent. weeks, contracting in the
west for the spring clip having practically
closed. Talk of tariff revision, political
agitation and labor troubles are charged
with much of the dullness and the break
in prices, all the foreign markets being
active and higher.

Reports from most parts of the corn
belt indicate strongly that corn tracts will
cncrouch very greatly this spring on
former pasture areas. many farmers pre—
ferring to take their chances in raising
corn. wheat and outs to posturing and
feeding Stock, arithougn therc is no rea-
son for thinking that fattening pigs for
the market will cease to render big re-
turns. It looks just now as though a
long period would elapse before the agri-
cultural regions of the I’nited States pro-
duce sufficient numbers of cattle. hogs
and sheep to place prices on as low levels
as those that have prevailed for the last
decade. Beef and mutton are likely to
be produced mainly during the winter

period. but hogs can not be reared suc-
cessfully without pasturage.

 

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A DlP THAT DOES THE WORK
WITHOUT INJURY

to THE ANIMAL 0R FLEECE-'7'?
NO BURNING or THE FIBRES:

NO STAINING: NO POISONING:
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WHY USE DIPS THAT HAVE THESE DESTRUCTIVE
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WITH UNKNOWN PREPARATIONS?

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—orat any other time,
use Kendall's Spavin -
Cure to cure that ‘
gpavig, Corgi, Ringbone, Splint,
ony row or any other lameness. ’
safest way. Keep a bottle 01' It s the

KENDALL’S
SPAVIN CURE

on hand so you can use it promptly.

“Please send me one of your books, ‘Treatlse
on the Horse.’ I have been using Kendall's
is‘pavin Cure for years and find it a. sure cure for
bpavm, Ringbone. Splint and Lameness.

W. M. Singir Perhain, Minn."

Good for man and beast. xYour druggist will
supply you. Price $1 .00 per bottle; 8 for $5.00.
Also ask him for that valuable book, “Treatise
on the liorse,“or write direct fore. copy. Address

DR. 3. J. KENDALL (20.. Enosbur‘ Falls. Vt.

  
  
  

  

     
      
      
    
      
     
          
    
   
     

  
 

 

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GRASS BUTTER APRIL 15, 1910.

 

Who ever heard of having grass suffi-
ciently in Michigan so that you could
make grass butter on the fifteenth day of
April—a month earlier than ever before.
A number of people have turned their.
cows out to pasture and the grass is
not sufficiently matured yet. But they
do do it. The cows want to get out and
people are anxious to get rid of the
chores, besides they are anxious to save
high-priced feed and they turn them out
before they ought to. Already cows in
many localities are getting sufficient grass
so that it gives the milk a grass flavor
and the grass color to butter. A number
of people have turned out their young
stock in this vicinity and if they have
sufficient rain, young stock can get along
without any other food, though I question
the propriety of turning them out so
early. Grass is very washy, immature,
and the young cattle, like the cows, are
liable to lose flesh because the grass does
not contain enough heart. It is well
enough, perhaps, to let them out day
times and put them in nights and give
them a grain ration, or a ration of corn
silage, or hay or something of that sort
to mix with this green grass; but to turn
them out now and leave them with no
other food eXCept this green washy grass
cannot but be detrimental in the long
run.

Then again, it is not a good thing for
the pasture. The pasture ought not to
be trampled on and eaten off too closely
at the very beginning of the growth of
grass. It w0uld pay well to wait a few
days until the grass has made a better
start before the cattle are turned in.
Grazing the pasture too closely now
means short pasture and insufficient food
later, while a few weeks holding back
now and feeding the winter ration until
the grass gets a good start, means lux-
uriant pasture with plenty of heart and
better conditions during the middle of
the summer.

With a splendid rain on the 17th and
18th, if the weather continues warm, it
will only be a few more days at the most
before young cattle and cows can be
turned to pasture without any detrimen-
tal results, but they better be held back
a few days longer than necessary rather
than be turned out before they ought.

SOME COW STABLE QUESTIONS.

 

 

Please answer following questions re-
garding cow stables: 1, which is the bet-
ter all steel or wood lined stanchions?
2, which do you think best, the manure
trench or an offset of five or six inches
behind the cows? 3, would you think it
would be better to put in stalls between
the cows or leave the space clear? 4.
how much of a rise from floor to bottom
of stanchion? 5, what slope and how long
should concrete floor and standing space
he? 6, how wide should manger be at
the bottom?

Gratiot Co. B. W. V.

Answering these questions in their
order:

First, I don‘t think it makesso very
much difference whether the stanchion is
all'steel or if it has a wood lining, and
yet wood against the cow's neck might
be a little bit more agreeable than the
cold steel.

Second, I prefer the butter, or manure
trench, because you can keep the pas-
sageway back of the trench much clean-
er. If you have simply an offset, the
walk back of the cows, or the driveway,
is continually littered.

Third, I believe it will pay every time
to put partitions between the cows. I
realize that cows are stabled in stanch-
ions quite universally, and very few of
them have anything between them, and
usually no injury occurs, but every once
in a while a cow has her udder stepped on
by her mate and, with a ‘good cow, one
such accident is enough to pay for the
partitions in a decently large stable. I
would by all means put in partitions.

Fourth, the rise from the floor to the
bottom of the manger ought not to be
over three or four inches because the cow
must lie down wit-h her head between the
stanchions and she can never get her
head any lower than the top of that side
of the manger.

Five, there should be at least a half
inch slope from the front of the manger
to the gutter and an inch fall will do no
harm. No one can tell definitely how far
it should be from the back side of the
manger to gutter. because this ought to
vary with the cow. A goofl plan is not

to‘lhake ‘the‘ gutter straight across the
stable where you use ‘st‘a’nchions, but to
have one end of the platform shorter
than the other, then you ‘ca‘n'arrange the
cows according to their length and halve
the longer cows stand at one end and
the shorter ones at the other end. In this
way you line them all up to the gutter
and can keep them cleaner than you could
if you had a short cow on‘a long drop.

Sixth, the manger should not be over
two feet wide at the bottom. You do not
want it so wide that the cows are con-
tinually stretching and bracing against
the stanchions to get their feed out of the
back side of the manger. Have it narrow
enough so that they won't have to lean
and push against the stanchions all the
time to get their food.

HOW TO MAKE CIRCULAR SILL FOR
SILO.

 

Please explain how to make circular sill
for lath and plaster silo and how to fast-
en same to top of eight-foot cement foun-r
dation, 12 feet In diameter. Please tell
how to make frames and doors for silo.

Huron Co. D. A.

Make a circular sill out of inch stuff.
The boards should be ten to twelve inches
wide to work nicely. If this silo is to be
fifteen feet in diameter then the radius of
the silo would be seven and one-half feet.
Now take a string or a pole seven and
one-half feet long. Fasten one end at the
center, lay down your board, take a lead
pencil at the end of a string or the end
of the board,’ and draw' it over the board
intended for the silo sill. This will give
you the arc of the circle of your pro-
posed silo sill. If your studding are two
'by tour, this pattern wants to be four
inches wide. Simply measure down four
inches on your string, or four inches on
your board, and draw another circle. Qut
these circles up into about two and a half
foot lengths and then saw them out. Lay
one circle around on the silo foundation,
and then another one top of that. break-
ing joints and nail them together, or you
can nail them together before you put
them onto the wall. There is quite a
little bit of sawing to be done and if you
have some one in the neighborhood who
has a scroll saw, it wouldn't take long to
saw them out. It doesn't take so very
much lumber and you could afford to
drive several miles in order to have this
work done. You want a plate on top of
the studding exactly like the sill,

Door Frames for Silo.

Door frames for a lath and plastered
silo are made on the same principle as
the frames for a window. Where you
want your doorway, set your studding at
the proper distance apart, three feet say,
and then three feet from the bottom put
in your first door. This frame is made
to set right in between the studding and
nailed to these two studding. It is made
so that it bevels in, the big side toward
the inside of the silo; that is, the top,
bottom and sides of the frames are bev-
eled. Then the door is made to fit just
about half way in this frame and a jamb
is nailed on the inside for the door to
set against. Now the doors can only be
put in from the inside and they cannot
press through. This makes it absolutely
tight. The doors are made double with
tarred paper between and made just to
fit. The door frames should all be made
of the same size so that the doors can all
be made alike and then if they do
happen to get mixed a little, they will
all fit. For it is certain that the doors
will become mixed and, even if they are
numbered, it is a bother to get them ar-
ranged in order and keep them so during
the busy time when the silo is being
filled. Made in this manner there will be
no trouble-

 

COOLING THE MILK AND CREAM.

 

Aside from using every precaution in
keeping the milk as clean as can be from
the time it is taken from the udder till
it reaches the table, there is another fac—
tor quite as important if the product is
to be kept in a sweet condition; it is
cooling. However well cows may be
handled and however clean the premises,
the milkers and utensils may be, there are
naturally organisms in the product which
develop and change its character. Reduc—
ing to a low temperature retards. to a.
large extent, this change. The lower the
temperature the more retardation there is,
therefore, whatever can be done to cool
the milk or cream after it is drawn is a
help in getting it to the man who c0n-
sumes it, satisfactorily. At this season
with the sudden changes of weather, its
thunderstorms and other conditions that
go to encourage the souring of the pro-

*mrHE MICHIGAN FARMER.

 

duct, the need is impressed upon us, and

many who have never given the- matter
consideration before or are starting Into

the business for the first time are casting _

about for methods. Each case presents,
a particular problem. If ice has been
stored during the winter, as a larger per
cent of farmers are doing each succeeding
year, the problem will not be difficult of
solution. If other agencies are depended
upon, the question is more complicated.

Spring water is excellent but is available -

to but few. Well water is used by many
and if properly conducted around the
milk and the accommodations are well
made, the scheme does well. Sunken
milk rooms, cement pits, etc., are also
available, as is the cellar which perhaps
serves more people than any other room.
The point is, get the milk in the coolest
clean place you have or can provide, if
you do not own the means to construct
an ideal place.

CLEAN TH E STABLES.

 

It is the practice on most farms to
leave the cows out nights as soon as tne
weather permits. This practice. if fol-
lowed with prudence, ls commendable and
no doubt contributes to the health of the
animals quite as much as the open win-
dow of the bed chamber does to the
health of the human being. In house
sanitation we are apraised of the bene~
fits, also, of airing the bedding, and we
believe that our stables, espcially if they
are constructed of wood (and there is but
a fraction of a per cent of the barns that
are not made of this material), would
continue to be better fitted to the needs
of the animals if thoroughly cleaned as

soon as the animals are not housed there- .

in. Give the air and sunshine a chance
to get into every corner. Matted straw,
manger dust, cobwebs and all deposits
of manure should be carefully removed.
The windows should be cleaned and with
the doors thrown open. After the stables
are thoroughly aired and the floors dried,
whitewash applied to the walls and cell-
ings will keep them sweet and in ideal
condition. In the spring time there is
much time to do inside jobs. The men
are hired usually for the week or by the
month. On rainy days they are available
for doing this very kind of work, and the
dairymen should in these times of high-
priced labor make full use of such as he
is able to secure. He will find that at-
tention given to the cleaning of his barns
in the springtime will help to keep them
in sanitary condition throughout the year.
A. H.

RYE FOR SILAGE.

 

What do you know about rye silage for
cows giving milk? Will it give a strong
odor to the milk? If you have had no
experience will you please ask some
reader who has had experience with it,
to testify in the case?

Kent Co. DAIRYMAN.

You can make silage out of rye just as
well as you can out of clover, or alfalfa,
or any other plant of that nature. It
will not make first-class silage because it
is not a first-class plant to begin with.
Then, too, the stems of the rye are hol—
low and contain considerable air which
will allow more fermentation than if this
were not the case. The only remedy for
this is to cut it real fine and see that it
is well packed in the silo. It would be
an excellent thing if you could have some
pressure on top after the silo is filled to
press it down as much as possible. I
would wet it thoroughly.

There is no reason why rye silage
should taint milk any more than soiling
with green rye and it will not if it is fed
judiciously. If the cows are fed a small

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amount of it in the first‘place, and grad-
ually increased until their .system be-
comes accustomed to it, thereiwill be no,
trouble about this Whatever._._1|am posi-
tive about this. Of course, rye will not
make very good silage because it is not
very good cow 'feed any way. It is a poor
plant for soiling and for hay, but it will
make silage where there‘ is nothing to
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A STAVE SILO CAV'ES IN.

.———1

I have a stave indoor silo 20 ft. in diam-
eter and 20 feet (high. Each summer when
the silage is removed the silo falls in. It
is bound with iron hoops on the Outside
but there is nothing to prevent it from;
falling in when dry. Can I keep it up by
hanging an iron rod by supports from the
top, and have it screw to enlarge instead
of tighten the staves as the outside bands
do? Will it spring in at the bottom even
if it is secured at the top? It sets on a
stone foundation. having a shelf to hold
the staves a little below the top of the
Wall supporting the staves. How can I
make it smaller? Can I build a partition
through it, dividing it into two semi-cir-
cular silos? My ten cows do not eat
enough to prevent great waste. I value
silage in my dairy and intend to keep 20
cows, but my silo does not fit my needs
and costs me about $25.00 a year to set
up. I want to build a new dairy barn and
put in a good silo, but must use this until
I can do so. Would you advise lathing
and plastering it to stay it? I have 30
tons of silage in it now but must soon
stay the top to prevent it from falling
down. Has any one else solved my prob-
lem, and found a way to stay and divide
a silo? Would be grateful for the advice

of your valued paper.
Monroe Co. MARY L. MILLIS.

YOu can prevent the stave. silo from
caving in by putting a wooden hoop
around it, either on the inside or out-
side, at the top, or one both inside and
outside. When your silo is full of en-
silage would be the best time to put it
there, because then you could work
around the top, but if it is empty, of
course you have got to build a staging.
Simply take thin stuff, half-inch stuff,
elm is the best material, but anything
that will spring around and fit the silo
on the inside will do. Tack each stave
to this strip. Put on say two strips, one
above the other and tack them on, then
put another strip over these two, lapping
over the crack and nailing on with a
little larger nail. If this does not make
a stiff enough hoop, you can put on an-
ther ’strip. This will take up no room in

,.,your(silo as it will be clear to the top of
it ahd with every stave nailed securely
' to't’his wooden hoop, there is no chance
for it to cave in and you will have no
further trouble. If it racks out of shape
at the bottom, the same can be prevented
there by putting the wooden hoop on the
outside at bottom. I would not put it on
the inside at the 'bottom because it will
prevent the proper settling of the silage
when it is filled, but when this is done,
there is no further trouble from stave
silos warping out of shape when they are
empty.

You can easily divide the silo in the
center and make two silos out of the one,
which will be much better for your pur-
pose as long as you do not have stock
enough to feed the whole silo down suffi-
ciently rapid to prevent spoiling from ex-
posure. Spike a" two by four onto one of
the staves (after you put on the hoop).
Spike this two by four up and down on
the inside of the silo and one directly op-
posite so that a partition between the
two will divide the silo into two equal
parts. Now get‘ some good stiff two or
three-inch plank. I am afraid that the
two-inch plank would spring almost too
much and if you can get three-inch plank
it will be better. Then fill up one side
of the silo first for a certain distance,
say three or four feet, putting in the
three-inch plank against the two by fours
so as to hold the ensilagc in half the silo.
Then you can fill the other half of the
silo up until you come level with these
boards and then put in some more. In
that way you can fill the silo up from top

to bottom. This will take away consid-
erable pressure on the partition and it
will be much handler filling it than it

would to fill one clear up, before you be-
gan to fill the other half. Then, of course,
when you take out your silage the pres-
sure will be less because the silage will
have settled. ' I think you will find that
this arrangement will work nicely,

A New Dairy Barn.

It is a question of some importance to
advise one about building a new dairy
barn. I am practically certain how I
would build one, but whether this would
suit any one else or not, is a question.
If anything should happen so that I
would have to build new dairy barns, I
think I should investigate the round barn,
but I do not believe this would be prac-

\ tical for a small herd of cows. You must

THE- MICHIGAN FARMER.

have a round barn of considerable siZe if
it is practical because one must have it
large enough to‘ drive around on the in-
side with a wagon. For a small-sized
herd, I would build a barn 36 feet wide,
and as long as necessary to accommodate
the number of cows in the basement and
large enough above to store feeding and
bedding material. Thirty-six feet will
give you sufficient room for two rows of
cows facing the outside of the stable with
a driveway between the two rows back
of them of such width that you can drive
through with a manure spreader, or ma-
nure truck and take the manure out, and
also give you four feet feeding alleys in
front of the cows. You want to make the
barn long enough to have in one end box
stalls for calves, or cows when they are
sick at calving time. If you wanted the
horses in the same barn, all you would
have to do would be to continue it on
longer and put one end of the barn into
a horse stable and have them stand in
exactly the same way as you would the
cows, having the driveway right through
the center of the barn. If the barn is too
long for a single driveway above, you
could easily have two driveways into the
barn above and then you can make the
bays of any desired size that you choose.
I would put in 16-foot posts above and
have a modern hip roof, and I would have
an eight-foot basement. I don‘t think
you can get any better arranged barn,
all things considered for the money than
one of this sort.

INCREASE THE PER CENT
OF BUTTER-FAT?

CAN WE

 

I wish to inquire about increasing the

per cent of butter—fat by feeding, This
is a subject of controversy.
Isabella Co. SUBSCRIBER.

This is one of those questions that will
not down. It is very much like the ques-

tion, “\Vill wheat turn to cheese?" I.
have told my opinion about it a great
many times in The Farmer. You cannot
increase the per cent of butter-tat by
feeding. The per cent of butter-fut which
a cow will give is born in her and you
cannot feed it into her, as I have ex-
plained. If a cow has never been fully

developed, always been underfed, she may
not give her normal per cent of butter-
fat. Then by increasing the feed, you
can get an increase of butter-fat up to
her normal limit, but you can‘t go beyond
that. If this was not so, then you could
feed a Holstein cow so that she would
give as rich milk as a Jersey. If you will
think about it in this way, you will see
that the proposition is absurd, because it
cannot be done. If the cow is well fed
she will give a certain per cent of butter-
l‘at and you can’t change it materially by
feed. She does not always give the same
because she is not always in the same
condition, but this is not produced by
feed.

HOLSTEIN MILK FOR CHEESE.

 

\Vould like to know if there can be
more cheese made from 100 lbs. of Hol-
stein milk, than good Durham and Jersey
milk?

Lcnawce Co. A. C. B.

You can’t make as much cheese from
100 lbs. of Holstein milk as you can from
100 lbs. of Durham milk or Jersey milk,
on the average. The richer milk is in
butter-fat, the richer it is in other solids,
casein included, consequently the richer
milk is in butter—fat, the larger amount
of cheese, you can get from a given
amount of milk. Cheese contains about
33%, per cent of fat, 33%, per cent of
water, and 331.3 per cent casein, hence
milk low in butter-fat cannot make as
much cheese as milk rich in butter-fat.
There is a certain proportion that exists
between the butter-fat

and casein in
milk. Several experiment stations have
made very graphic illustrations of this
fact. A hundred pounds of two per cent

milk, a hundred pounds of t'hree per cent
milk, a hundred pounds of four per cent
milk, a hundred pounds of five per cent
milk have all been taken and made into
one cheese; and at a number of dairy ex-
positions, at state fairs, at the National
Dairy Show, and at Dairymen’s Associa-
tions, these cheese have been exhibited
to show people that you cannot make as
much cheese from poor milk as you can
from rich milk. The per cent of butter-
fat in milk is the best gauge known to
determine its value for cheese making.

 

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Active prepara.

Preparations for the tions for the State

State Fair. Fair of 1910, which
will occur the week
of September 19 to 23, inclusive, are now
in progress and promise much for the
success of this year’s fair. Several new
buildings are to be erected, including a
new administration building which will
afford space for the State Fair offices, a
press room, postofl‘lce, bank, etc; a ma-
chinery hall, 400x70 feet with motive
power and sliafting so that machinery
cxhibitcd may be seen in operation, the
building to cost $20,000; an automobile and
electrical building 1‘35x275 feet which will
give 70,000 feet of floor space on its two
floors, the lower floor to be devoted to
the placing of a magnificent automobile
show and the upper floor to be devoted to
an electrical display, the estimated cost
of the building to be $35,000. There will
also be an addition to the dairy building
which will cost $5,000. One new horse
barn and one new cow barn will also
be erected. A tunnel will also be built
under the track and a judging ring pro-
vided in front of the grand stand which
will give the best of opportunity to see
the horses in action. Herc, also, will be
held a horse Show which will be upon a
much more pretentious scale than that
held last year. The providing of these
new buildings will make possible the use
of the old administration building for
the display of agricultural products which
have heretofore been hoascd in a very
poorly lighted structure.

Educational and entertainment features
will bc providcd at this year's fair which
will cult-lass any that has heretofore been
offered. Among the educational features
will be the building of 1,000 feet or more
of good road of several types such as
macadam, concrete and gravel. This road
will be constructed on the ground accord-
ing to state specifications and under the
supervision of an inspector from the Uni-
ted States Department of Agriculture. It
is expected that at least eight companies
who manufacture road building machinery
will participate in the building of this
road which will afford a good opportunity
for comparison. A special invitation will
he issued to the highway officers of the
state to take advantage of this new edu-
cational feature. In the way of enter-
tainmcnt, the racing program will serve
to illustrate the efforts of the fair man-

agement to provide the beet of entertain-
ments for fair patrons this year. .

Already the entries for this program
are well filled and many of the leading
lights in the light harness world are
represented. The purses aggregate about
five times the amount offered last year,
$5,000 being staked on single races in
some instances. Other entertainment fea-
tures of a magnificent character are al-
ready promised and their complete an-
nouncement will be a welcome surprise
to those who are interested in the success
of the Michigan State Fair from every
standpoint. The plans now under way
should insure a magnificent fair and the
shortening of the date to a week, every
day of which will be well filled with both
educational and entertainment features
for fair patrons, will go a long way to-
ward insuring a good attendance through-
out the week. Thcn the fact that this
date conflicts with no other big fair will
prove helpful in the way of high-class
entries of live stock. many more of which
are promised than for previous years from
outside the state. Michigan breeders
should make all preparations for exhibit-
ing, to the end that our home live stock
industry may be well represented at this
fair_ and Michigan farmers generally
should plan to patronize it more generally
than ever before.

V During the let-
The Cleo Controversy. ter part of last

week a public
hearing was held by the committee having
before it the bills providing for new leg-
islation on the oleomargarine proposition,
some of which contemplate the repealing
of the ten cent tax on colored oleomar-
garine and some of which provide for the
strengthening of the present law. It is,
of course. too early to even speculate re-
garding the outcome of that hearing so
far as the action of the committee is con-
cerned, or of congress upon the report
of that body. But unquestionably the
farmers, and particularly the dairymen,
of Michigan will be interested in what
transpired at the hearing, and Mr. Lillie,
who attended the hearing, will write of
it in a future issue.

But one thing is apparently clear, and
that is that the dairy interests of the
country need to be awake to the situation
and exercise a united influence.f0r the
maintenance of the ten cent tax on each
pound of olcomargarine colored in imita-
tion of yellow butter, and that not alone
in opposition to repealing the law but
perhaps in the intcrcst of supplementary
legislation. A recent press dispatch from
Chicago states that Commissioner of In-
ternal Revenue R. E. Cabel has made a
ruling to the effect that certain materials,
now being used to color oleomargarine, if
used in quantities sufficient to make them
a constituent part of the product, are not
to be considered as producing artificial
coloration. and therefore not subject to
the government tax of ten cents per
pound. This is rathcr a fine point for
the lay mind to grasp, but undoubtedly
the whole matter will be thrcshcd out in
the courts and more clearly elucidated
than above. But it should serve, without
such elucidation, the purpose of arousing
the dairymen of the country to the grav-
ity of the situation which confronts them.

In another column

The Value of Farm of this issue, space

Lands. is given to an arti-
cle from a Michigan

Farmer reader, living in central Michigan
in which the writer calls aitcntion to the
operations of rcal (-statc dealers in se-
curing options on lands, which are later
sold to faxincrs in other states who have
sold their farms at high pliccs and are
seeking investments in farm lands in
Michigan. The conditions which he de-
scribes merit commcnt from the, stand-
point of the real value of Michigan farm
lands. As has often been noted in these
columns. Michigan lands sell at much
lower relative prices than do lands of
similar values in any of the sister states
to the south of us, and it is but. natural
that farmers who have the opportunity to
sell lands in those states at high prices
should seek investment in good Michigan
farm lands at half their value as com.-
parcd with the sales which they are able
to 'make in their old locations.

This is a many sided question, how-
ever. and it is entirely probable that these
operations will bring about a realization
among Michigan farmers of the real val-
ue of their holdings more quickly than
any other influence could do. So far as
the real estate agents are concerned, their
business is a legitimate one so long as
they do not resort to fraudulent means
to secure the options. The option is a
commonly used instrument in the sale
and purchase of city real estate and it

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has an entirely proper and Iegittmlxe use
in the country. The man who knowingly
gives an option for the .pin‘chnse of his
mm at a. given price, has no legitimate
grievance if the party holding the option
takes the farm, any more than the party
hoiding the option has a gdemce in case
he allows it to lapse by default. Any
person who gives an option on his hold-
ings at a specified price, is at that time
certainly willing to sell them for that
figure, but that Michigan lands are often
offered for sale at a price far below their
real value for agricultural purposes is
not to be doubted. The owner of a. good
farm will do far better to err by asking
too much than too lttle for his land, since
there can be no doubt that land values
will increase in Michigan as compared
with those that have prevailed in recent
years and that at no distant date. There
is a growing appreciation, shared by busi-
ness men and city residents generally, of
the advantages to be derived from the
ownership of a good farm, an advantage
which is not always appreciated by pres~
ent owners, and without such apprecia-
tion there are bound to be many cases of
the kind referred to in the article men-
tioned. A change for the better in the
selling price of Michigan farm lands is
undoubtedly at hand. Indeed. it is now
here as this correspondent notes and is
a fact which should not be overlooked by
any owner of lands who may think to
better his condition by selling.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

Foreign.

It is stated from the Newfoundland fish-
ing banks that a sealing steamer was re-
cently sunk at the fishing grounds and
there is every reason to believe that her
crew of 187 men were drowned.

Violent earthquake shocks occurred on
Monday in the Minho valley of Portugal.
No casualties have been reported.

A decision of great Importance to Am-
erican manufacturers of agricultural ma-
chinery was reached when the committee
on tariff in the Russian duma decided to
withdraw the section in the proposed tar-
iff measure which imposed a tax upon
imported agricultural machinery. ,

The election of members of the French
chamber of deputies went off very quietly.
There was the same indifference toward
the election that has existed during the
entire campaign. The results will not be
known for a little time but it is generally
conceded that the republican majority will
be changed but little, if any. Candidates
were numerous. one district having 48
persons aspiring for election to a single
office.

Colonel Roosevelt spent Sunday in Paris
where he received the same demonstra-
tive welcome that has characterized his
entrance into all European cities that he
has visited. It is reported that the Eng-
lish Universities of Cambridge and Ox-
ford will confer degrees upon the Colonel
when he tours that country.

General Wood of the United States war
department is in Cuba where he is being
welcomed by the officiary of that govern-
ment and prominent men of the island,
showing that his activity among them ten
years ago is not forgotten.

Prairie fires are raging near Edmonton,
Alberta. Vast areas have been burned
over by the flames which are destroying
buildings and other property. The extent
of the damage is not known.

Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia,
whose husband was killed by a bomb in
1905, has declared to become a nun and
took the vows at Moscow last Friday.

Trouble is brewing in the scaling wat—
ers of Behring Sea where the Japanese
sealers are using motor boats to capture
the seals while others are unable to do
so. greatly to their diSadvantage, on ac-
count of a treaty compelling them to use
only sail boats.

National.

The contract has been let for the erec-
tion of a million dollar temple by the
Scottish Rite Masons in the city of VVash-
ington.

The plan of the navy department to
keep 17 battleships in commission all the
time on the Atlantic coast will be possible
when the two now under construction
are put in commission and four others
are overhauled. The additions will make
in all 21 battleships on that coast, which
will allow four to be on docks for repair
at any time and still 17 left for active
service.

Last week some 15,000 miners in the
Pittsburg district agreed to go back to
work under a contract that was satisfac-
tory to both the men and the operators.
Some of thc operators had not signed up
but they agreed to before the close of
the week and upon this assurance the
men are going back to work. The de-
mand for labor has been so general from
all over the country that the employers
are seemingly more willing to meet the
men at the new standard than they were
some time ago. Public opinion is also
with the men generally because of the
high price of living.

About 40 men were cntombed in a coal
and iron mine near Birmingham, Ala, by
an exp105ion which so sprung the cages
in the shafts that they cannot be used.
The explosion, the cause of which is un-
known, did not set fire to the mine and
air is being pumped to the men.

The Genessee county circuit court is
considering the question compelling a tel-
ephone company to connect with local
lines at 9. Flint station. The case, if de-
cided against the telephone concern. will
have the effect of making the companies
common carriers, in which event they
will be compelled to make connections
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is one '0: great significance and which
ever way-it is decided the.matter will be
carried to the supreme court for the de-,
claim of that 'body.

Samuel L. Clemens. Mark Twain, died
at his home in Redding, Conn, April 22.
For a long time the great American hu—
morist and literary man has been suffer-
ing. A trip tb the Bermuda Islands dur-
ing recent months failed to give relief:
this, and the recent tragical death of his
daughter so undermined his vitality that.
the question of his death was but a mat-
ter of days. He was born at Florida, a
little town in Missouri, in. 1835. Much
of his early life was spent in Missouri,
Nevada, California and the Sandwich Is-
lands where he was engaged at soldier-
mg, mining and newspaper work largely.
His reputation as a writer did not begin
until he was about thirty years of age.

Since that time he has gained the admin-1

ation and respect of America and Europe
through his books and writings, nearly
all of which are of a. humorous character
coupled with an undercurrent of sane
philosophy. He leaves one daughter.

The main branch of the New Jersey su-
preme coure sustains the decision of
Judge Sw'ayze in demanding that the
packers present their books for review
by the court in a case in which the com.
panies are defendant.

Governor Hughes, of New York, has
accepted an appointment by President
Taft to the United States supreme court
bench. He will fill the place made vacant
by the death of Justice Brewer.

Indianapolis suffered from a $100,000
fire Monday in the wholesale business
district.

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CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

Lianston 00., April 25.—-Weather cold
and wet. Oats nearly all up. Farmers
plowing for corn. Poor germination of
seed corn being reported by those that
have tested their seed. Condition of
wheat improving somewhat, but will be
far below an average crop on account of
being badly killed out by ice during the
winter. Clover looking fine and promises
to make a heavy hay crop. New seeding
has started well. From present indies.-
tions fruit of all kinds will be a large
crop unless we have an untimely frost.
Good success being reoprtcd with the
spring pig crop. Horses scarce and com-
manding prohibitive prices. Prices for
all farm produce on the decline.

Osceola 00., April z3.—Farming com-
menced early this spring; oat seeding
began in March; May weather prevailed
in March. The snow disappeared in a.
hurry with no rain. Everything seems
to be about a month earlier than usual.
but will probably be set back now. It
is very cold now, with light snow flurries
and freezing nearly all day. Early fruit
will no doubt be damaged considerably.
Clover and fall grain are looking fine yet
and have made a good growth. Oat seed-
ing about completed and plowing for
corn and potatoes the order of the day.
Some gardens are already put in and a
little corn was put in by one farmer dur-'
ing the warm weather of last week.
Quite a number of farmers are going. to
use a little commercial fertilizer this
year on different crops. Potatoes have
been moving a little lately, at ten cents.
Cattle and hogs are scarce and high and
early pigs are very scarce. There have
been a. number of auction sales this spring
and everything selling at a. fair price.
cattle and horses selling high. Fine
weather for farm work; not much time
wasted on account of stormy weather.

It was very dry up until April 16, when ‘

there was a good rain, and another one
April 22, which soaked up the ground in
fine shape.

Ottawa 60., April 18,—The long con-
tinued and unprecedented drouth, for this
season of the year, was broken by a good
rain on the 16th. Grass, wheat and oats
were at a standstill on account of the dry
weather, and nearly all cisterns were
empty, so the rain was greatly needed.
Considerable plowing for corn has been
done, and a small amount of corn has
already been planted and quite a few
early potatoes. Many gardens have lbeen
planted also, which is something unusual
so early in the season. Cherries, peaches
and plum trees are in full bloom. and the
buds on apple trees are beginning to
open, and with warm weather will soon
be in full bloom also. Such warm, dry
weather that has prevailed since the
snow went about the middle of March,
has seldom, if ever, been experienced by
the oldest inhabitant.

Lapeer C0,, April 20.—Excessive rains
for the past few days. Snow flurries _to-
dav. Farmers plowing instead of putting
inhcrops in cold ground. \Vheat is im-
proving; some out fields begin to show a.
nice green appearance. The usual acreage
of potatoes and beans will be put in as
usual. We notice in a ride through two
or three townships that stock is not in
good condition. Cows and horses rule at
high prices; spring pigs will bring $5.
Butter and eggs are awarded fair prices.
Meadows and pastures coming on finely.
Many farmers are ditching and tiling this
spring. Wheat, $1.07; oats, 400; beans,
$1.75; hay, $12@14. Hired help on farms
scarce and high.

Jay 00., Ind., April 15.—Weather has
been very dry for the last month. Ground
in excellent condition. Oats all sown and
breaking for corn about done if weather
continues favorable will commence plant-
ing soon; season is 30 days earlier than
last year. Fruit all in full bloom on the
14th, when we had a heavy freeze and it
was nearly all killed. Market prices as
follows: Wheat, $1.15; corn, 45c; oats,
47c; butter, 25c; eggs. 21c; potatoes, 300;
"baled hay. $12@14; hogs, 100; horses out
of sight.

Laporte Co., Ind., April 20.——Snow four
inches deep on Monday the 18th, but all
disappeared during the day and has been
cold ever since: 30 degrees this morning.
Oats all sown and farmers are busy plow-
ing for corn. Some expect to plant first
of May. Stock out on pasture grass 33
good. Fruit trees in full bloom, Stock
in good demand. Hogs declined 10 or
more, but few to sell.

  

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APRIL _30, I910.

MANY FARMS SOLD TOO CHEAPLY.

Within the past six months a condition
has arisen throughout the state, wher-
ever there are desirable farming lands,
which should be brought to the immediate
personal notice of Michigan farmers
through the press, farmers' clubs and
granges. _ '

Farm lands in adjacent. states, particu-
larly Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, have in-
creased in value until they have brought
prices double and often triple, that of
Michigan lands. In consequence this state
has become infested with smooth real es-
tate sharks, most of them armed with a
hard and fast form of option contract,
which they induce farmers to sign by all
manner of plausible statements, going so
far in cases of which I have known, as
to state that the “contract" was merely
permisison to bring possible customers
to look at the property and not otherwise
binding. But when the farm owners at-
tempted to withdraw their property from
these realty men’s lists, damage suits and
other litigation resulted.

The game which these realty men pur-
sue is not on the younger, more aggres-
sive up-to-date farm owners, but the
elderly men, many of whom are not
aware of the advance of nearly 50 per
cent which has taken place in Michigan
farm land values within the past year.
In consequence the options are secured
for ridiculously low figures and these
same elderly farmers find themselves sud-
denly without their land and homestead
properties and with only what is, in the
present era of high cost of living, a piti-
fully inadequate sum of money to support
them in their declining years, and when
they desire to purchase village or subur-
ban properties they are amazed to find
the prices such small parcels of land now
command, not to mention present resi—
dence values, and costs of building.

These real estate men who make most
frequent use of the ironclad contract
seem to be of the “fly-by—night” variety,
staying about six months or less in a
place, “skimming the cream” and then
departing for pastures new. They come
armed with a few letters from banks or
other alleged real estate men in the last
preceding place where they have operat-
ed but I have nver known one to show
letters from their “clients.”

I trust that the Michigan Farmer will
lendwlsome space in its widely read col-
umns t‘o sounding a warning on this sub-
ject. Doubtless the class of purchasers
which are brought in from Indiana, Ohio
and Illinois are reliable men and up-to-
date farmers who, having sold their ori-
ginal holdings at from $100 to $250 per
acre, know a bargain in Michigan land
when they see it, but the other side of
the question should engage the attention
of Michigan farm owners.

INTERESTED FARMER.

 

 

 

THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADAPTA-
TION OF THE AUTOMOBILE.

 

The wonderful development of the au-
tomobile industry is the marvel of the
present century. Fifteen years ago the
automobile was a novelty in its then
crude form. Ten years ago it had been
developed into a pleasure vehicle, which
was still more generally recognized as a
novelty than as a dependable conveyance
for either business or pleasure. In its
later and varied forms of development,
however, the automobile has not only be-
come a thoroughly practical vehicle for
both business and pleasure, but perhaps
the most marvelous thing about its de-
velopment has been its adaptation to ev-
ery man’s business and pleasure. In its
specialized types, from the modern, high-
power, heaVy touring cars, built for the
comfort and pleasure of those who can
afford them or to whose use they are
adapted, to the lighter yet equally effi-
cient types of moderate first cost and in-
expensive maintenance; from the heavy
commercial trucks to the light utility cars
which are quickly convertible from pleas-
ure vehicles and adapted to the rapid
transportation of moderate loads, the
modern automobile will provide a type
suited to every man’s needs. Likewise
during the early history of the automobile
aside from thinking it a mere plaything
the average man believed it would con-
tinue to be a plaything for city use only.
This general idea has long ago been
proven an error and today the automobile
in its various types has become recog-
nized to be as well adapted to country as
to city use and a large part of the auto-
mobile trade now has its origin in rural
districts. "

An increasing number of farmers are
buying automobiles each year and are

 
   

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finding them almost uniformly well adapt}
ted to their needs for such a vehicle. We-
,have interviewed several farmer owners of
automobiles who have uniformly declared

the machines to have been a. satisfaétory '
investment to them. While the farmers-
of Michigan have not yet purchased auto- ’

mobiles to the extent that the farmers in
the western states, where a more sparsely
settled country and poorer transportation
facilities have made them an even greater
necessity, yet the time is right at hand
when Michigan farmers will purchase
them in much larger numbers. At the
present value of good horses and an
equipment of rigs which an automobile
will largely displace, the investment rep-
resented will be but little more for the au-
tomobile and the saving of time made
possible by the automobile will go a long
way toward making the additional invest-
ment a profitable one, to say nothing of
the comfort -and pleasure which will be
derived from this means of conveyance
by the whole family.

The very number and variety of auto-
mobiles now manufactured is, however. a
source of perplexity to the prospective
auto purchaser. It is quite essential for
best results, that a type of machine adap-
ted to the needs of the user should be
selected, but the natural law of evolution
tends to simplify this complex question.
As the manufacturers of certain types of
automobiles have found their machines
to be adapted to country conditions and
to have given good satisfaction to coun-
try users, they have sought to bring them
prominently before country people by ad-
vertising them in agricultural journals.
Thus the readers of this paper will find
the types of machines 'which have given
the best satisfaction to farm users adver-
tised in its columns, so that the problem
of selection may profitably be narrowed
down to the types or makes of machines
so well adapted to farm use that their
manufacturers have found it profitable to
so advertise them, which is just another
method of saying that they combine a
desirable degree of simplicity and effi-
ciency, of moderate price and low main—
tenance cost. Undoubtedly the next ten
years will see a far greater development
in the automobile industry than has been
noted in the last decade, and an increas-
ing number of farmers will use them as
their adaptability to their needs is more
forcibly demonstrated.

PLEASE SIGN YOUR NAME.

 

W’e have recently received quite a num-
ber of communications requesting infor»
mation, without the name and address
appearing on the communications. \Ve
are obliged to make it a rule to require
the name and address to accompany ev-
ery such request, since that is the only
means we have of knowing that the ap-
plicant is a subscriber and entitled to the
time and space required in answering
his inquiry. Names will not be published
where request is made to have them
omitted, but we can not answer inquiries
where both name and address does not
appear.

 

FRUIT CROP DAMAGED.

 

We can give no absolute data regarding
the effect of the recent cold wave that
extended from the Canadian line to the.
gulf and affected practically every part
of the country, upon the fruit crop. But
reports that have come to hand are suffi-
cient to suggest that the damage is large
and the fruit which a few days ago prom-
ised not only to be coming along in large
quantities but to be here many days be-
fore it is usually on hand, will be con-
siderably dcla‘yed, if not destroyed en-
tirely. \Vhile it is true that the first re-
ports of such a disaster are apt to be
exaggerated, the records of the weather
man are incompatable with any hope of
blossoms and fruit coming through with-
out injury. Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
are all large sufferers and in the southern
part of the fruit belt of Michigan the
damage is reported large. Van Buren
county was heavily struck—the damage
there perhaps will run up to the million
dollar mark. The apples. plums, pears
and cherries of that county are all held
to be practically ruined. Peaches in cer-
tain protected localities are thought to
have passed the cold hours more or less
safely. In the northern section of the
belt the damage is claimed to be small in
lieu of the fact that blossoming is dc—
tained by the later season prevailing. It
is predicted that the fruit growers of this
northern section and indeed all growers
just above the lower counties of the state
will be greatly benefited, for‘ there is go-
ing to be a great demand for the fruit
that is matured, and the increased prices
Will more than cover the loss from damage
through the frost.

THE SHETLAND PONY CONTEST
Closes Saturday, April 30. Last subscrlp-
tions must be mailed on or before that
date. You will have time to get In one
more order if you can see them as late
as Friday or Saturday morning.

'THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

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HORIlCULTURl-ll

WORK ' WITH SMALL FRUITS.

 

We left the mulch on the strawberries
as long as we dared, perhaps a little
longer than we ought, but we did not
wish to uncover them a month earlier
than usual unless we were certain that
the weather really meant business. But
the mulch had to come off early in April
and we are now readjusting it about the
plants so as to get it as near to them as
possible and cover all the ground. After
the growth starts a few weeks one can
work the mulch up closer to the plants
than it was put when removed from the
rows; and, too, much of the weeds and
grass that are trying to struggle through
the mulch where it is thin will be suffo-
cated by covering them more deeply.
Sonic early plants on a south slope that
were not niulched are in blossom, but the
others have barely begun to push out
fruiting stalks and I hope they will keep
in until danger of frost is over.

The red raspberries 0f the Cuthbcrt
variety were killed more than usual the
past winter, as usual the larger canes
dying farthest down, and the older plan-
tations being injured worst. The rows
will not average more than two and cne~
half feet in height after the dead tops
are cut off. iVe are now ready to rake
out the brush, plow shallow with a vine-
yard plow, and cultivate and hoe.

The black raspberries and blackberries
stood the winter well and are starting
nicely. \Ve have these about ready to
clean out also. The old canes and surplus
new ones were taken out last fall and
early this spring.

The new plantations are not set yet as
we have been too busy with the, spraying,
and we now have an orchard of 1,800
trees to set. before we can get at this
work, as the plants will be set in this
young orchard. I always like to get the
planting done early in the season, before
the growth starts too much, but in this
case we must wait, as the trees are of
more importance.

Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.

TRANSPLANTI NG CABBAGE PLANTS.

 

The transplanting of cabbage plants is
an important part of the work connected
with cabbage growing. They are grown

 

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Kansas & Palmer Raspberry Plants
06.00 per 1000. W. A. ALLEN & SONS, Geneva. 0.
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Carefullv grown. Leading Sorta. Send for 1910

 

 

 

 

in beds and must be transplanted to the
large field as soon as they are of a desir-
able size and the field is ready for them,
weather conditions. time of year, etc.,
favorable.

For the late crop the plants should be
transplanted from the middle of May to
the first of July. Quite a bit depends up-
on the plants, weather and other condi-
tions. \Ve have transplanted as late as
the 15th and 20th of July with good re-
sults, but it is taking a big chance, for,
unless one has a very strong soil or is
favored by a late-growing fall, the crop
is likely not to mature before winter and
cold weather set in. It is also a mistake
to set too early so that the crop will ma-
ture too long before fall, especially if the
cab-bages are to be held for the spring
market. T‘hen sometimes the early crop
is more apt to suffer an attack of the
blight, and sometimes if they are in early
the blight does not injure them. Taking
everything into consideration, the last
week in June. is perhaps the most favor-
able time for transplanting the late crop.
For the early crop, they should be trans-
planted as soon as the plants can be
grown to a proper size, any time during
the latter part of May or first of June.

Plants for transplanting should be
stalky, bushy and strong. The exact size
is not important and may vary from three
or four to six or eight inches. If they
are grown where they are crowded for
room, they will be spindling, weak and
undesirable for transplanting; while, on
the other hand, if they are sown broad-
cast and scattered thinly and uniformly
over the ground, they will be strong and
stalky. This latter method of sowing
gives rOOm not only for stalk and leaf
development, but for the development of
a strong root System which is just as
essential. if not more, as the part of the
plant above the ground. So a desirable
plant for transplanting is one that has
a fibrous root system, a stalky, bushy
stem and is about five inches in length.
If one of these conditions are lacking, the
other is also apt to be. and in buying
plants it is wise economy to pay a little
extra if necessary to procure the best.
They should be forked from the plant
bed with a manure fork, and not simply

 

list. GEORGE E. STARR. Royal Oak. Michigan.

  

pulled out by the stem, as so many prac-

{it

THE MicinCAN FARMER.’

 
 

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tlce. When they are forked up, the dirt
around the roots is loosened and few of

the tiny rootlets are broken off in pulling.
As many of these rootlets as possible ,

should be retained, because it is only
through these that the plant is able to
take up its food and moisture. If the.
plant is stripped of these in pulling, it
has a. slim chance of recovery after
transplanting, especially if soil and
weather conditions are Slightly unfavor-
able. Pulling by the stem is sure to break
off more or less of these roots and should
never be done unless the soil is very
loose and plants uneven in size. If they
are to be pulled by the stem, grasp the
plant as close to the root as possible and
gently pull until the plant is out of the
ground. In pulling the plants should be
sorted and kept of as uniform a size as
possible. Discard all poor plants. Shake
the dirt from the roots, keep them
straight with each other and place in a
cool, shady spot until ready for the field.
They may be laid in a bushel basket,
wash tub or box with roots to the bot-
tom, the tub or box standing on its ,side
and backing the sun until full. If the
plants are to be so kept a day or so. as
sometimes one is prevented from setting
them the day pulled, keep them in a cool
cellar and the plants will be none the
worse for having been pulled a day or
two previous to transplantirg. In fact.
when properly kept, it is better for them
to have been pulled a. day or two before
transplanting.

If to be set by hand, the fertilizer should
be drilled in the ground with horse power_
and the field marked out with rows three
or three and one-half feet apart. Then
the plants should be dropped about 22
inches apart in the row. One man with
water and a small cup should go along
with the setter and when he has made
an opening in the ground for the plant
and placed it. there, a small quantity of
water should be thrown around the roots.
Then the setter brings the loose earth up
around the stem of the plant and packs
it down, leaving the plant in an upright
condition. \Vater should be kept in tne
field and the men change about in doing
the work which will make it less tire-
some and monotonous. Care should be
taken to keep the plants in line with each
other, so they will not be torn out by the
cultivator. A small cultivator tooth or
similar piece of iron with a sharp point,
is a desirable method of making the
opening in the soil for the plant. If done
by hand, one’s fingers will soon get sore.
“’lien set by hand, it should not be done
curing the heat of the day, but in the
afternoon and evening.

It is cheaper to own or hire a machine
for the work. A little experience Will
soon teach one how to handle it. The
plants should be uniform in size and
straight with each other on the lap. They
are held on an apron on the lap with
roots pointed towards the feet. While
one hand is placing the plant in the fur-
row made by the shoe, and guiding it be-
yonnd the prcssingrollers, the other hand
is separating a plant and getting it ready.
The depth to set the shoe depends upon
the condition of soil and size of]. plants.
It should be deep enough to get the
plants well down in the soil. It is very
important that the plants be placed in the
furrow and in position before the click
of the watering device. then it is not
there at the time the water is released,
the beneficial effects of the force of the
water is lost. the force of which tends to
set the roots in the fine soil. Always
have the water strike the roots instead
of placing the plant in the water before
of placing the plant in the water after
it is in the furrow. Use two or three
barrels of water to the acre and more in
hot, dry weather. See that the team
keeps a rather slow uniform pace and
that the shoe and other parts are prop—
erly adjusted. Strain the water that en-
ters the barrel or use it from a pump.
because a, small stone in the valve will
cause lots of trouble and waste of time.
A transplanter soon pays for itself, and
the cabbage grower cannot afford to do
without. one. For doing outside work,
three dollars an acre is charged, fifty
cents an acre allowed to each of the two
setters required and a dollar for driver
and team. From two to four acres per
day can be set, depending upon length
of field, convenience of water and other
conditions. L. J. HAYNES.

 

Blossoms are out, but few insects are
to be seen. What effect is this going to
have upon the fertilization of the flowers?
Will the resulting crop be impaired by
this situation? It would seem to be an
opportunity to make observations along
the line of insect benefits and the advis-
ability of keeping bees in the orchard,

 

   

- ' Arm so. 1910. ‘

KILLINGipotato

bugs, or ' destroy-
ing the parasites which
prey on your fruit
trees, is certain busi-
ness if you use the

right killers.
C. T. Raynolds Paris

Green is pure, dark, extra
strength; net poison; goes
farther and does more.

Devoe Arsenatc of Lead is
a perfect spray for all plants
and trees; doesn’t harm the
leaves. Comes in paste form,
to dissolve in water; the most
satisfactory spray known.

Ask your dealer for our goods ;
and be sure you get them. 4

Devoe & Raynolds Co.
New York

Use Devoe pure paints for house,
barn, wagons and implements

Chicago Kansas City

 

 

USE THREE DOLLARS’ WORTH

Nitrate of Soda

On an Acre and

INCREASE YOUR
CROP OF HAY
I000 POUNDS

Directions for use of Nitrate on any crop
will be sent if you will send Post Card to

w. s. mans, DIRECTOR vacuum '
7| Nassau Street, New York

 

Write to dealers below for quotation.

Nitrate Agencies Co.
64 Stone Street, New York
1204 Hartford Building. Chicago, Ill.
305 Buronnc St., New Orleans, La.
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Apples from “Deming-Sprayed" orchards are all good- ‘
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were designed by men with orchards of their own and have
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State Lecturer“: Suggestions for First
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“The kitchen and dining-room have as
much to gain from science as have the
dairy and the orchard.”—K. L. Butter-
field. '

Ten-minute song set-Vice.

In the Home—II. Helpful Yeasts.

Short dialogue.

The Halley Comet—“’here, what, when?
——-A paper, or talk.

Care of little things on the farm:—
1. Lambs. 2. Pigs. 3. Calves. 4. Colts.

Some things we can get along without.
Discussion led by a man and a. woman.

Songs interspersed throughout this pro-
gram from “School Song Knapsack,” se-
lected by a teacher or pupil of some
schooL

LECTURERS’ CONFERENCES,

 

 

The holding of district conferences for
subordinate Grange lecturers is a step in
advance, but the value of this movement
will not have been fully demonstrated
until it shall have led to lecturers' con-
ferences in every county. '

The difficulty with the present method
is that it is too expensive for the subor-
dinate Granges. It costs too much for
the Grange to transport the lecturer to
the conference. The strong Granges, or
those having the best lecturers, appreci-
ating the great value of the work, will
be represented at the conference. but
weak Granges, without any adequate ap-
preciation of the lecture work, will not
generally send their lecturers to these
meetings.

Please note that I am not objecting to
the district conference. There is not a
lecturer in Michigan so competent that
she could not be benefited by attending
a meeting of this kind. In fact, it seems
sometimes that very competent lecturers
get even more out of a conference than
those who are not so capable.

But we must in some way reach the
weak lecturer. She must understand the
bulletin. She must know something of

_ the plans and purposes of the State Lec-

a‘ tu‘rgfi tat/this great field of, work. The
com: “conference will furnish this op-
portunity. Many Patrons who are not
lecturers will attend and carry home im-
pressions that would prove very helpful
in future Grange meetings.

The weak Grange is a problem, but its
solution lies alone in work along distinc-
tive Grange lines. If the weak Grange
is to do good lecture work it must be
taught how, and if the State Lecturer is
to give assistance, the conference in most
cases must be brought closer to the
Grange. The county meeting may not be
so large nor enthusiastic as the district
meeting, but the opportunity to do indi—
vidual work will be the better. And.
after all, it is not so much enthusiasm
that is lacking in so many Granges as a
knowledge of what to do and ‘how to do
it. The State Lecturer and the subordi—
nates should be one in a common ideal
and a common purpose to realize it. This
cannot be until the work indicated in the
bulletin is thoroughly understood.

It may be urged that the county con-
ference will consume too much State
Grange money, but the State Grange can
do no better, in my judgment, than to
spend a considerable sum of money in
the development of good subordinate
Grange lecturers. For in no other way
can public opinion be so well educated,
nor so wisely directed, along Grange lines,
and in no other way can as much be ac-
complished for the good of the order
throughout the state. The money in the
State Grange treasury came originally
from the subordinate Granges, either di—
rectly or indirectly, and I cannot see that
it makes any practical difference whether
the subordinate Granges or the State
Grange bears the expense of these meet-
ings, so long as the work is done in the
most economical way. '

The county plan is the cheaper. To
illustrate: We have fifteen Granges in
Oceana county. For the lecturers to have
attended the district conference at Grand
Rapids would have cost about $70. In-
cluding the Pomona lecturer, $75 would
have been paid by our county for its
share of the benefits to be derived from
this one conference. “But, is it not worth
it?” you ask. Yes-without doubt. But
only four out'ot' the sixteen lecturers at-
tended. Had the conference been in our
own county, three times as many would
probably have been in attendance, and

the expense to the State Grange would
not have exceeded Onevthird of the cost
of sending those four lecturers to Grand
Rapids. I have favored the district plan
from the beginning, partly because of the
goodthat might result from it directly,
but chiefly because of a still better sys-
tem growing out of it.

VVit‘h a system of Grange supervision
adequate to meet the needs of the
Granges it should be possible for the su-
pervision deputy to co-operate with the
State Lecturer to the extent that the
influence he has been able to exert might
be increased in the county conference. In
some counties it might be wise to make
the conference a “Round—Up” of the de-
puty’s work. This would insure a large
attendance of Patrons and the lecturer
would have a splendid opportunity to ac-
quaint all with her plans for the year.
\Ve have thought seriously of securing a
county conference here in Oceana county
and defraying the expense ourselves, and
I believe we shall do so in the autumn
If dates were arranged consecutively and
conveniently throughout the state, a con-
ference could be held in every county at
an expense of not to exceed $600.

Whatever may be the possibilities of
the Grange as a business, social or fra-
ternal organization, its chief mission is
education. Its lecture hour is its oppor-
tunity. It is, therefore, our duty, and it.
ought to be our pleasure. to afford those
whom we have placed in charge of this
great work all possible assistance.

Oceana Co. W. F. TAYLOR.

AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.

 

New Members at Every Meeting. Iron—
ton Grange, of Charlevoix Co.. which has
rapidly forged to the front in membership
and activity the past year is keeping up
the gait. At its last meeting in March,
with air attendance of 48, it took in five
applications and initiated six candidates
in the first and 'second degrees. At its
next meeting, on April 12, degrees were
conferred upon a class of 17 in the pres—
ence of 75 members.

A New One in Jackson Co.——Anothcr
Grange has been organized in Jackson
county. It was started in Vi'est Summit
with 41 members. The following tempo-
rary officers were elected: Master, Frank
Ayers; overseer, John Burchard; lecturer.
Mrs. C. M. Brown;. steward. John L.
Hutchins; assistant steward, Byron Pet-
erson; lady ass't steward, Carrie Brown;
chaplain, Joseph Frey; treasurer, W. B.
\Vliite; secretary, Georgianna'Pratt; gate
keeper, J. William Hutchins: Ceres, Alida
Frey; Pomona, Mrs. W. B. White; Flora,
Myrtle Hutchins.

A Six Months’ Cantest.—-Horton's Bay
Grange, of Cliarlevoix Co., has just begun
a contest for new members, better at—
tendance and better lecture hour. It is
to continue for six months. with points
allowed for new members. attendance and
for excellence in program work. The
membership has been divided and tilt‘
contesting sides are known as the Reds
and the Blues. The Reds opened the
contest with an excellent program on
April 15.

A‘ilegan Pomona.—'l‘he April meeting of
Allegan County Pomona Grange was held
in W'ayland, Thursday, April 22. with a
good attendance. The morning session
was a closed business meeting with Mas-
ter L. C. Root in the chair. A resolution
was adopted after considerable diScus~
sion, calling for the establishment of a
national health bureau in Washington.
which is one of the matters being urged
by the State Grange. At noon a delicious
dinner was served by the ladies of the
Wayland Grange. The afternoon session
was open and largely attended. Mrs.
Jane Estabrook again demonstrated her
ability as a lecturer in presenting a most
interesting program. The next meeting
will be held in Monterey, June 9.

Patrons Favor National Health Bureau.

Resolutions favorable to the establish-
ment of a national bureau of health have
recently been submittea to the Granges
of the state for consideration. Reports
indicate that the proposition is looked
upon with favor by many Patrons, a
number of Granges having already adop-
ted the resolutions, which read as fol-
lows:

Resolved, That the resolutions favoring
the immediate establishment of a Na-
tional Health Bureau adopted by the
National Grange and approved by the
State Grange are hereby endorsed, and

Resolved, That we desire that necessary
legislation providing for the establish-
ment of a National Health Bureau be
enacted at this session of Congress. and
that our Congressman and United States
Senators should use all their influence to
that end. And.

Resolved, That copies of these resolu—
tions, duly signed and sealed with the
seal of the Grange, together with copies
of the resolutions adopted by the Na-
tional Grange, be sent to our Congress-
man and United States Senators for this
state, and to the local newspapers for
publication.

 

 

loomNo EVENTS.

Pomona Meetings.

Gratiot Co.. with Star Grange. Satur-
day, May 21. L. W. Oviatt, state
speaker.

Benzie Co.. with Thompsonville Grange,
Tuesday and Wednesday, May 31 and
June 1.

Western (Ottawa Co.) with Conklin
Grange. Saturday, June 11.

Lena'wee Co.. with Hudson Center
Grange, Thursday, June 2.

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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-
TION OF FARMERS' CLUBS.

President—B. A. Holden, Wixom.

Vice-president—Mrs. C, A. Mathews,
St. Johns.

Secretary—Mrs. C. B. Johnson, Meta-
mora.

Treasurer~—Henry T. ROSS, Brighton.

Corresponding Secretary—Clayton Cook,
Owosso.

Directors—T. B. Halladay, Norvell; E.
C, Hallock, Almont; A. R. Palmer, Jack-
son; Wm. H. Marks, Fair Haven; C. L.
Wright, Caro; E. W. \Voodruit, Blan-
chard.

 

Associational Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,
is the farmer's most valuable asset.
Assoaiaticnal Sentiment.—

The farmer, he garners from the soil
the primal wealth of nations.

THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA.

 

Paper read by Mrs. A. E. I-Iartshorn.
of the Maple River Farmers' Club. before
the State Association of Farmers’ Clubs.

In the mythologics of most people there
exists. a tradition of a better time, a time
when earth was common property pro-
ducing spontaneously all things necessary
for an enjoyable existence.

Poets in singing of the decadence of the
world have spoken of it as the golden,
the silver, the brass, and the iron ages
holding out at the same time the con-
sulatory hope that the pristine state of
things will one day return.

But at the words “Golden Age," one
instantly travels back through time and
space until he stands in the Imperial
City, Rome, and, forgetful of the flight
of centuries views the wonders of the
age of Augustus. Augustus who, in the
splendor of his power and the glories of
his conquests, boasted that he had made
a “Golden Age" for Rome. Indeed, look-
ing at the .mighty city we can well be-
lieve his egotistical statement to be true.

Govcrnmcntally, it was well nigh per-
fect. Roman law was and is a marvel of
completeness and endurance. Their law
was the foundation of modern continental
codes and has cxertcd a powerful influ-
ence dircctly upon England and more re—
motely upon our own United States. They
were lovers of justice and all enjoyed the
same rights, that is, the power of legal
marriage with the families of all other
citizens; power of making legal sales and
purchases and holding property: the right
to bequeath and inhcrit property: the
power of voting; power of being elected
to office.

In art and sculpture the Romans copied
mostly from the Greeks, but differing
from the Grccks they began to represent
scenes in flat paintings. The Romans
gave their arcbilcctural structures in dis-
tinct character by the prominent use of
the arch which the Grcck buildcrs seldom
employed and these lofty arches are the
most striking features of ancient Rome
today. Augustus, with truth. said. “I
found Rome 21 city of bricks, I left it a
city of marble."

Recalling the literature of this period
four namcs have cast an unfading lustre
over the time covered by the reign of
Augustus. Virgil, Horace, Ovid and Livy
——all men whose works have come down
to us.

Not all study was along intellectual
lines, but much time was used and fruit-
ful results obtained from research in phy-
$1031 and chemical lines. The Egyptian
preservation of the body coupled with the
alchemy of the Moors and the magic of
the Hindu was beginning to have its val-
uable results in the production of drugs
and medicines.

From the Greeks the Romans borrowed
all that was best or what they under-
stOOd the best to be. The Greeks had
well nigh perfected physical development
hence the Roman was taught to value
the physically perfect man. To that end
they built magnificent training schools
and wonderful baths.

To amuse the people the celebration of
many games, especially foot and chariot
races. wcre ordered. These were the days
of the gladiatorial combats. Theatres
to seat many thousands were built and
in their arenas heartrending combats took
place.

Educationally the Roman was trained
first to be a soldier~his education was
practical—rhetoric and oratory were given
special attention. The training of the
child was principally in the hands of the
father, the sons only receiving an edu-
cation.

The religion ot this period of Rome is

, _ (13) 485

familiar to us all, the time when people
stood in awe of deities who were thought
to control all events. The chief gods
worshiped were Jupiter, the god of the
sky, Minerva, the goddess of wisdom,

Apollo, the god of arts, and Mars, the

god of war.

~Th‘us as we review the “Golden Age of
Rome,” We realize it was nothing more
than a. barbarous country ruled over by
despots whose one idea was personal lux-
ury and glory.

Yet in this age of barbarous splendor
there was born in an obscure Roman
province, the humble Babe whose life
outranks all other and whose influence

has made possible our present Golden‘

Age.
(Continued next week).

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

 

The Farmer’s Wife and Her Duties.--
The Bay Farmers' Club, of Macomb Co..
met with Mr. and Mrs. W'm. Peters on
the 14th day of April. Some 45 or 50
members were present and all partook of
the dinner which was served by th farm-
ers‘ wives. After the people gathered in
the large sitting-room and parlor the
meeting was called to order by an ex-
president. Roll call was responded to by
repeating April historical events. Select
reading by Mrs. E. Frost was heartily en-
joycd by all. Mrs. R. W'. Coykendall read
a paper on “Has the farmer’s wife duties
outside the house.” It was thoroughly
discussed and finally decided that she
should be thoroughly acquainted with ev-
erything outside the house. The meeting
was then adjourned until next month
when it will be at the home of Mr, and
Mrs. R. W. Coykeudall.—Hazcl M. Green,
Cor. Sec.

Hold Last All-day Meeting of the Sea-
son.—’I‘he April meeting of the \Vashing-
ton Center Farmers' Club has held across
the river at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Zigler. It was a busy day in “fishing-
ton township, but about 40 members and
visitors responded to roll call with their
favorite work. The music was fine and
was furnished by the club. “Highway
work" was one qucstion and was an in-
teresting topic at this season. Mr. Carl
Brattin, of Ann Arbor, was present and
gave an interesting talk on his school
work. Little Marita Zigler charmed the
audicncc with a pretty recitation. The
question, “Arc our state laws what they
should be,” received considerable atten-
tion. This was the last all—day meeting
until October and the dinner was one
long to be rcmcmbercd. The next meeting
will be with Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Brattin
in May at 1:30, Thursday, the 12th

The 30y and the Farm.—T‘he Thorn-
apple Farmers’ Club was very pleasantly
entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Giles Hutton, April 7. Following the ex-
cellent dinner, came the regular business
meeting and a short literary program.
That all were interested in the question.
“Is our prcscnt educational system driv—
ing our boys away from the farm? If so.
what is the remedy?” was very evident
from the earncst discussion led by H. C.
Hclrigel. There was a slight difference
of opinion, but all agreed that a good
cducalion was essential to the success
of any vocation. environment and home—
teaching had as much influence on our
boys as the college training.

Name Favorite Birds at Roll Call.—
Tlic April meeting of the Columbia Farms
crs’ Club was held at Meadow Brook, the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Loomis. with
a very good attendance, considering the
day, which was so fine for farm work
that it was :\ tcmpctation to the men to
stay home and improve it. As they were
rather late in getting together, the fore—
noon session was short and occupied
with tho usual routine business, at the
conclusion of which adjournment was
taken to partake of a bountiful chicken
pic dinner and to enjoy a social hour.
The afternoon session was opened with
roll call. “Names of favorite native
birds.” and was well responded to, almost
everyone having some favorite among the
feathcred tribe.

High Prices and their Cause.——The sub—
.l'cct for discussion. “What is the cause
of the present high prices of farm pro-
ducts: may we look for them to be per-
manent?" was opened with an able pa—
per by Charles Hewitt. He contended
that with the cxception of meats, prices
were not high compurcd with the. wages
of laborcrs. Onc cause of the prices as
tllcy are, is that so many of the popula—
tion are flocking to the cities while the
proportionate rural population is steadily
(lccrcasing, making the consumers so
much in cxccss of the produccrs that
there is :1 prospect that present prices
will continue. The discussion of the sub—
ject was opened by L. E. Palmer and
was warmly cntcrcd into by a large num-
her. some taking one side and some the
other.

“Practical Poultry Raising" was to
have been presented by Miss Belle Weeks
but: as she was not present Mrs. Wm.
Palmer gave some hints from her own
experience. One point she emphasized
was the necessity for plenty of corn, sand
and fresh water for the young chicks.
she feeds commercial chick feed until
about six weeks old. then wheat and
cracked corn. Mrs. Hewett gave an in—
teresting paper on “Turkey Raising.“
One bit of her advice was. “don't spend
your turkey money until they are sold.”
There are so many things liable to hap-
pen to them of a disappointing nature
and yet if one makes a success of it it is
so profitable that it is worth while to
make the effort. She raises the early
ones with hens. keeping them closely
confined until they can fly over an in-
closure 3 foot high. A sharp lookout
must be kept for lice, the first symptom
being a drooping look. Her remedy is to
grease them with melted lard to which
has been added a few drops of kero-
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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

April 27, 1910.
Grains and Seeds.

Wheat—There is not much to be said
of the condition of the wheat trade this
week. Prices changed with the weather
largely, but other ne~.‘.'s was used for its
full value by both the bears and bulls.
Receipts at prim-arc points havo fallen
off heavily the past icw days and it is
generally believed that the holdings of
farmers are pretty well cleaned up.
Prices advanced with the reports that in
Kansas and Nebraska there was st'll
need of rain and in other states too
much had fallen, and, also, on account of
the recent cold wave which swept over
the country and especially threatened the
crop in the southwest where the plants
have formed joints already, making them
subject to frost. In the northwest the
germinating spring wheat crop was also
put in danger, but the market on Tuesday
did not respond to the situation which
leads to the belief that damage is not
What it was thought to be. The cash
wheat situation is not helping the bulls
for millers are allowing their mills_ in
many instances, to remain idle for flour is
not called for. The visible supply ad-
vanced a third of a million bushels. One
year ago the price of No. 2 red wheat
was $1.37 per bu. Quotations for the

week are:

No. 2 No. 1

Red. White. May. July.
Thursday . . . .1.07 1.07 1.0714 1.02%
Friday .......1.08 1.08 1.0814 1.02%
Saturday ......1.08% 1.08%. 1.09 1.03%
Monday .....1.09 1.09 1.09 1.04
Tuesday ...... 1.08 1.08 1.08 102%
Wednesday . 107% 1.07% 1.0734 1.02%

Corn.——Better prices are ruling. The
elevators report fewer receipts than they
have been getting. The demand contin-
ues steady with the past several weeks.
«The local trade is doing a fair amount of
business. The preparation of the ground
for the new crop is progressing nicely and
farmers are much ahead with the spring
work as compared with former seasons.
One year ago No. 3 corn on this market
was quoted at 731/gc pcr bu. Quotations
for the past week are:

No. 3
No. 3 Yellow.
Thursday . .. . . . . .......... 59%» 601/;
Friday .................... 59 1%; 601/2
Saturday ................. 591/2 61
Monday .................. 60 611/2
Tuesday .................. 60 61
Wednesday ............... 60%, 61

Oats—The lowest ligurc reached last
week has been maintained. Receipts of
oats have been heavier than any other
grain although the visible supply shows
a decrease. The consumption is good and
the trade is firm at the present standard.
One year ago the price paid for No. 3
oats was 571/3c per bu. Quotations for
the week are as follOWS:

Standard.
Thursday ........................ 44
Friday ........................... 44
Saturday ......................... 44
LIOnday ........................... 44
Tuesday .......................... 14
Wednesday ....................... 44

Beans—There is no change in bean
quotations as given out by the board. N0
trading is being transacted here. Pri-
mary elevators in the bean sections are
doing some business at figures which
correspond more or less closely to the
figures reported out. The following are
nominal quotations:

Cash. May.

Thursday .................. $2.03 $2.05
Friday ...................... 2.03 2.05
Saturday .................. 2.03 _ 2.05
Monday ..................... 2.03 2.05
Tuesday ................... 2.03 205
Wednesday ................. 2.03 2.05

CIoverseed.——Exccpt for a reduction of
a quarter for cash seed. prices for most
of the week were the same as last week.
The activity of this deal is on the decline
as most of the seeding has been done
and the call from the farms is almost
over. Quotations for the week are:
Prime Spot. Oct. Alsike.

$7.0 $7.0

Thursday .. ... $6.50

Friday ............ 7.00 6.50 7.00
Saturday ......... 6.75 6.50 7.00
Monday ........... 6.75 6.50 7.00
Tuesday .......... 6.75 6.50 7.00
Wednesday . . .. 6.75 6.60 7.00

Rye.—l\»larkct is dull and firm. No. 1
is quoted at 80c per bu., which is last
week’s quotation.

Visible Supply of Grain.
This week. Last week.

VVlleat ............... 29,836,000 29,495,000
Corn ................. 11,825,000 12,774,000
Oats ................. 9,864,000 9,973,000
Rye .................. 563,000 595,000
Barley ............... 2,331,000 3,236,000

Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.
Flow.-—Market is easy at last week’s
values. Quotations as follows;

Clear ........................ .........$5.55
Straight .............. 5.65
Patent Michigan .......... 5.95
Ordinary Patent ..................... 5.75

Hay and Straw—Prices are on a par
with last week. Quotations: No. 1 tim—
othy, new, 35176171750; No, 2 timothy, $16
((016.50; clover. mixed, $16@16.50; rye
straw, $7.506P8; wheat and oat straw,
$650607 per ton.

Feed.——Market steady at unchanged
prices. Carlot prices on track: Bran,
$26 per ton coarse middlings. $27; fine
middlings, $29; cracked corn, $25; coarse
corn meal, $25; corn and oat chop, $24
per ton.

Potatoes—Potato deals are quiet with
no improvement in values. Michigan
grown are selling in car lots at 2560300
per bushel.

Pravlsions.———Family pork, $27: mess
pork, $26.50; medium clear. $26 (127; pure
lard. 14%c; bacon. 19@20c; shoulders,

THE MiCHiG-A’isi FARMER-

141,§c; smoked hams, 17%@18c; picnic
hams, 140 per lb. .
Hides—No. 1 cured, 11c; No. 2 cured,
10c; No. 1 green bulls, Sc; No. 1 green
calf, 15c; No. 2_ green calf, 140; No. 1
cured calf, 16c; No. 2 cured calf, 150;
No. 1 horsehides, $3.50; No. 2 horse'hides,
$2.50; sheepskins, as towool, 5OC@$2.
Dairy and Poultry Products.

Butter.-—A general decline in the price
of creamery butter throughout the coun-
try was followed by the trade "here last
Monday and values are about 30 -below
the price of a Week ago. This is about
the margin shown in other trade centers.
Heavier receipts from the dairy sections
have warranted the lower values. Quo—
tations are: Extra creamery_ 29c per lb;
first do., 28c; dairy, 21c; packing stock,
We pcr lb.

Eggs—The adjustment of supply and
demand has effected a steady trade in
the. local market and prices are on the
same basis as prevailed last week. Other
markets are showing about the same
tone. Current receipts, cases included,
are quoted at 201/2c per doz.

Poaltry.—-Prices are generally a little
shaded from last week, but the trade
continues steady and firm in .tone. Quo-
tations as follows: Live—Spring chick-
ens, 18c; hens. 180; old roosters and
Stags, 126013c; duck5, 15@16c; geese, 12@
13c; turkeys, 1761.18c.

Cheese.—Michigan, late made, 15@151/2c;
Michigan. fall made, 1860181/20; York
state, 19@20c; limburger, Wisconsin, 17
@180; New York, 186019c; bricks, 1660
161/20; Swiss, domestic block, 21c; Swiss
loaf, 23c.

Calves.—Steady. Choice to fancy, 11@
111/2c; ordinary, 91/2@10c.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Apples.—Market easier and unchanged.
Spy, $4604.50; Baldwin, $350604; Steel red,
$5; Greening, $4604.50 per bbl. ,.

Onion Sets.—Tops, 75c@$1; white, $1.75
@2; yellow, $1601.25 per bu.

Onions—Domestic, $1.25 per bu.

Cabbage.———l-Iiglier. $3643.25 per bbl.

Vegetables—Beets, 600 per bu; brussels
sprOuts, 25c per qt; carrots, 50¢ per ha;
cauliflower, $2.25@2.50 per bu; celery, 4'.)
@50c per doz; eggplant. $2602.50 doz;
green onions, 106Dl2c per doz; lettuce. hot-
house, $1.50@1.75 pcr doz; mint, 25c per
doz; parsley. 256030 pcr doz; radishcs,
256130c doz; spinach, 90c hamper; turnips,
50c per bu; watercress, 2060250 per dog;
wax beans, $3.50 per bu; pievplant, 300
per dozen.

 

OTHER MARKETS.

Grand Rapids.

More old potatoes are moving, but
prices are no higher, running about 100
at loading stations. A few new potatoes
are coming in but there is not much call
for southern stock as yet. Great interest
is being taken in the fruit situation in
this section and while serious damage is
feared it is pretty certain that there Will
be. some fruit in spite of cold weather.
Grapes are not far enough along to be
hurt. Early peaches and cherries are
probably damaged. The bean market is
quiet. Grain prices are steady as follows:
'VVheat $1.02; corn, 61c; rye, 70c; oats,
44c. Dressed hogs are worth 1161711150.
The live poultry market is steady _at the
following prices: Fowls and chickens,
16c; old roosters, 100; ducks, 16c; tur-
keys, 16c.

 

Chicago.

W’beat, No. 2 red, $1.10@1.12; May,
1.081" July, $1.013/4.
seer/fif—No. 2, eooezi/zc; May, 591,4c;

l' 6211c.
holds—live. 3 white, 433,4@441/2c; May,
4214c; July, 4014c.

Butter.——A decline occurred here on
Monday in harmony with lower prices in
other parts of the country. Increased re-
ceipts are resulting from early.pastures.
Dairy goods steady. uotations are:
Creameries, 256129c; dairies, 2260260..

Eggs.——Prices are lower than last week.
Offerings are heavy. Prime firsts, 201/2c;
firsts. 191/2‘c; at mark, cases included,
171/1360191/2c per doz.

Hay and Straw—Market steady. Quo-
tations are: Choice timothy, $176018; No,
1 timothy, $15.50@16.50; No. 2 do and
No. 1 mixed, $13.5061l14.50; No. 3 do. and
No. 2 mixed. $961713: rye straw, $96010;
oat straw, $650607; wheat straw, $6606.50.

Potatoes—'l‘rade is steady with last
week echpt the poorer grades are in less
rcputc. Receipts are liberal but much
less than last week. Fancy and choice
stocks are selling at 226025c per bushel,
while fair to good grades are quota-hie at
186120c per bu.

Beans—rMarket is lower for common
beans. (‘lioice hand-picked are quoted
at $2.076:2.10; fair to good, $3@2.05; red
kidneys, $2.756: 3.10 per bu.

“Muir—Values are being maintained and
the trade is firm. For fine unwashed dc-
laine, 256727c is being paid,

 

New York.

Button—Increased receipts have work-
ed prices down. Vt’estern factory firsts,
22@23c; creamery specials, 296(291/2c lb.

Eggs—The market is weaker, owing
to increased receipts of fresh stock. and
prices are a shade lower. Fresh receipts
quoted at 23@24l/3c per doz.

Poultry.—Dressed. Market is unsettled.
Chickens, 156724c; western fowls, 15@20c;
turkeys, 1760230.

 

Boston.

“loot—There is a decided tendency for
buyers here to play the “waiting” game.
They do not want to stock up with wool
at prices asked by wool raisers, and by
allowing the trade to feel the, effect of
their indifference. they believe they can
cause the farmers to shade their prices.
On the other hand. there is a firming of
values for the holdings in the hands of
brokers. The manufacturers are still
after the product and the brokers are
seeing that they pay high figures for it.
The following are the leading quotations
for domestic grades: Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania fleeces—No. 1 washed 37@380‘ de-

lalne washed, 35@36c; XX, 34c; half-blood
clothing, 83@34%c; three-eighths-blood
clothing, 33@34$4c; one-quarter-blood
combing, 29@300; delaine unwashed, 26@
27c; fine unwashed, 23@24c. Michigan,
Wisconsin and New York fleeces—Fine
unwashed, 23@24c; delaine unwashed, 25
@26c; half—blood unwashed, 32@33c; three-
eighths-blood unwashed, 32@33c; quarter-
blood, 286029c. Kentucky, Indiana and
Misscurl—Three—eighths~blood, 33c; quars
ter—blood, 296330c.

 

Elgin.

Batten—Market firm at 29c per,lb.,
which is a decline of So over the quota-
tion of a week ago. The sales for the
week amounted to 537,300 lbs., compared
with 519,400 for the previous week.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.
April 25, 1910.
(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, N. Y.)

Receipts of sale stock here today as
follows Cattle, 180 cars; hogs, 10,400;
sheep and lambs, 13,400; calves, 2.800.

Receipts of cattle here today, 180 cars
All the good weight cattle of 1,200 lbs. and
up sold 25c per hundred weight lower
than last Monday. All other grades 1060
15c lower, except cows and bulls, which
sold full strong with last Manday’s prices.
Market closed active. at the decline and
about everything selling.

We quote: Best 1.300 to 1.450-1‘b.
steers, $8628.40; good 1,200 to 1.350-lb. do.,
$7.256‘D7.75; best 1,100 to 1,200-lb. shipping
steers, $6.75@7.50; medium butcher steers
1,000 to 1.100 lbs., $6.25@6.85; light butcher
steers, $550606; best fat cows, $5.50@
6.50; fair to good cows, $4.75@5.25; com-
mon to mediumdo., $3.506U4.25; best fat
heifers, $6 50607.25; good fat heifers, $5.75
60625; fair to good do., $5605.75; best
feeding steers. $5.756L'6.25; medium to
good do., $5.25@5.75; stockers, all grades,
$4.50@5.50; best bulls, $6606.50; bologna
bulls, $5605.75; thin light bulls, $3.75@4.50;
best milkers and springers, $556065; com-
mon to good do., $256045.

A few extra prime bulls sold for $6.75
today.

With 10,400 head of hogs on our market
today, the market opened about steady
with Saturday’s best time. About every-
thing selling that was yarded in time for
the trade. and a. good clearance.

We quote prices as follows: Mixed and
mediums. $9.70((r9.80; few choice decks of
Illinois hogs selling as high as $9.85,
closely sorted, Yorkers, $9.70@9.80; pigs,
5591060915; roughs, $8.806v890; stags, $7.50
61.7.75. Prospects look fair for the near
future.

The lamb market opened up slow to-
day, with best lambs selling from $963)
9.35. The market closed dull, especially
on coarse and heavy lambs. Most all the
handy lambs sold. Look for steady prices
the balance of the Week. Sheep were in
strong demand.

\Ve quote: Handy clipped lambs, $9.25
609.35; heavy do., $875609; clipped weth-
é'rs, $7.75o8; clipped ewes. $6.75@7.25;
Clipped yearlingS. $8608.50; clipped cull
sheep, $3695 50; skip lambs, $56D5.50; veals,
choice to extra, $0609.25; fair to good do.,
$825609; cull to common, $7608; light thin
calves, $5606; heavy fat calves, $5606.50.

Chicago. .
April 25, 1910.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 23,000 19,000 15,000
Same day last year..28,098 50.561 14,695
{cceived last week..59.116 90,210 55,206
Same week last year.45,768 84.22 63,733

The week opcncd today with a good
cattle supplv and a fairly active demand,
butcher stock and part of the steers sell-
ing at steady prices, but steers were
largely a dime lower. Hogs started off
about 10c higher, with sales at $9.25@
9.65, butcher weights going the highest
and speculators and shippers responsible
for the advance. Light hogs sold at
$9.256i>9.60. Local packers were slow to
operate on the new level, and later part
of the advance was lost, with some sales
10c lower. At the low time last week
hogs sold at $8.75609.l5, and sales were
largely 100 higher today than a week ago.
Hogs received last week averaged in
weight 228 lbs.. compared with 211 lbs. a
year ago, 219 lbs. two years ago and 235
lbs. three years ago. Sheep and lambs
were largely 1th lower today, following
last Week‘s decline of 15@25c. Trade was
Slow, shorn stock being quotable as fol-
lows: Lambs, $7.50609.50; wethers. $7.25
((18.10; ewes, $725616; ycarlings, $7.756D
$.10. Choice wooled lambs were quotable
at $9.906ilfl, six cars arriving.

Cattle were weakened last week by the
largely increased receipts. in spite of a
fairly active local and shipping demand,
and prices showed average reductions of
1061 20c. A good share of the beef steers
went at $7615, with inferior to fair light
killers selling at $555657 and choice to
extra shipping cattle of good to heavy
weight at $7.9541'R.50. A good class of
cattle sold at $7.506P780 and medium
steers at $7.10fi7u15. Handy—weight and
medium-priced steers were apt to meet
with the most competition from buyers,
and local killers were disposed to leave
the high-priced beevcs to the eastern
b“Vet‘s. There is a strong desire to pur-
chase cattle that can be converted into
moderate—priced beef, and this explains
the relative great strength for butcher
stock, cows and heifers having been ac-
tive. sellers recently at 3343567735, While
canners and cutters moved off free“, at
.-2.5oov4.30. Bulls were active at $4606.50,
and calves had a good demand at $3.506?
8.40 per 100 lbs, with large supplies. 8.172
head arriving on Tuesday. The stacker
and feeder traffic has been on as large
a scale as limited offerings and unpreoe-
dentedly high prices would permit, stock-
Prs selling at $4606.10 and feeders at
35.50637. few feeders selling below $6.25.
The best buyers of cattle to fatten are
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APRIL 30, 1910.

Ohio 9. good customer, and good cattle
are mainly wanted by purchasers.

Hags experienced another eventful
week, prices undergoing further big re-
ductions, with the customary reactions.
Monday saw a. large supply, 38.781 head
arriving, but the sharp break in prices
caused country shippers to send in much
smaller supplies as the week advanced.
Pigs have become unusually scarce in the
market, and this is regarded as an indica-
tion that stockmen have not abandoned
the beliefi that hog prices will remain at
a high level for some months to come.
Mixed hogs have shown the most activity
on several days lately, and on rallies they
were apt to undergo more gain in values
than other grades. The general range of
prices was unusually narrow, and the
good hogs sold within a range of 100.
Hogs have been showing remarkably good
quality, and recent gains have «been un~
usually rapid, as is natural with cheaper
corn and high market prices for matured
hogs. In the provision market demorali—
zation has prevailed, enormoustdeclines
in prices having taken place Within a.
short period, but as yet consumers are
not benefited much, and hence consump-
tion is slow in picking up.

Sheep and lambs have been marketed
for a week past in only fairly large vol—
ume, but liberal supplies at this time
would result in a heavy fall in prices, as
the continued dearness of mutton greatly
curtails its consumption throughout the
country. Colorado lamlbs have still made
up a big share of the daily offerings, and
wooled stock is scarcer as the season'ad—
vances and in poorer demand, although
buyers were readier to take it during the
recent cooler weather, and shearing and
feeding lambs have sold readily at fancy
prices. High prices for lambs and ma-
tured sheep and yearlings seem to be
practically assured for several months at
least, as there is known to be a serious
shortage everywhere. Neither is there a.
large “crop” of spring lambs, and owners
will undoubtedly be able to realize fancy
prices when they are ready to be market-
ed, While sheepmen must prepare to pay
extremely high prices next autumn for
feeding lambs once more.

Horses have been in good demand as a
rule recently, and good animals have sold
especially well, with expressers moving
off freely at 17569215 per head, while
feeders went at $1706ir225. Wagon horses
weighing 1,300 to 1,400 lbs. were good sell-
ers at $140@200, while drafters were ac-
tive at $175@275. Small chunks for
southern shipment, as well as farm mares,
were in poorer demand at irregularly
lower prices, but there was increased ac-
tivity in drivers at $150@300, the greater
part selling at $175@225. High prices are
inducing farmers to market a. good many
high-grade mares. F.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

 

A short time ago the Standard Brewing
Company, of Pennsylvania, made a stir

in the Chicago horse market at the stock y

yards by executing an order for ZSF’fiead
of select drafters, the purchase including
seven pairs of show drafters that cost
$5,390. These horses will be shown at
the eastern fairs this year, and it is
hoped that the teams will develop suffi-
cient class to .justify competing at the
International Exposition next fall. The
horses were dapple gray and black Per-
eherons of extremely heavy Weights and
splendid finish.

Exporters are buying very few cattle in
the United States because prices are too
high compared with Liverpool and Lon-
don markets. The Canadians are getting
most of this trade, as prices are lower
over there.

The industrial departments of the east-
crn railroads are sending out literature
on the subject of cattle raising and the
production of feed in order to stimulate
eastern farmers to raise and feed more
cattle for the eastern markets.

Careful investigation by a prominent
live stock commission house doing busi-
ness at ten western hog markets indi-
cates that the total number of sows bmd
is approximately 25 per cent less than a
year ago. Encouraged to breed heavily,
farmers were forced to use young sows
mainly, as the number of mature brood
sows left was unusually small. and expe-
rience shows that a small number of pigs
to each sow is the best that can be ex-
pected when gilts are farrowing. Under
these circumstances a large “crop” of
spring pigs would appear to be out of the
question. The firm making the report ar-
rivcs at the conclusion that the number
of pigs born this spring will not be in
cxcesg of 65 to 70 per cent of that of a
year ago.

A short time ago a sheep dealer of Buf-
falo, N. Y., went to Oregon and washing-
ton to btiy a trainload of ewes for dis-
tribution in Yates and Ontario counties
in New York, a region Well adapted by
nature for raising sheep. The present
time is regarded as remarkably promis-
ing for growing mutton and Wool all over
the east. as well as in the west. Never
before was there such a fine showing for
feeders of sheep and lambs as that made
this year.

Buyers in the leading western cattle
markets have been icoking forward to an
early marketing of grass—fed cattle on a.
large enough scale to bring around a.
marked decline in prices, pastures nearly
everywhere being reported as unusually
good.

Light lamb “crops” in Texas and New
Mexico are reported, and conditions in
W'yoming are. bad for a good supply this
spring, owing to the hard winter, ewes
coming through very thin, while many
died.

Now that warm weather may be ex-
pected at any time, country shippers
should use extra care in sending hogs to
market. Cars should be clean and free
of old manure. straw, bedding, etc., and
it is a good plan to place sand in the
cars. Overloading should be avoided, for
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Thursday’s Market.
April 28, 1910.
Cattle. -

Cow stuff, bulls and

Receipts, 1,207.
heavy grades

butchers’ grades steady;
25c lower.

We quote: Steers and heifers, 1,000 to
1,200, $6.75@7; steers and heifers, 800 to
1,000, $6.75@7; steers and heifers that are
fat, 500 to 700, $6@6.25; choice fat cows.
:56; good fat COWS, $5@5.50; common cows,
$3.50@4; canners, $3@3.25; choice heavy
bulls, $6; fair to god bolognas, bulls, $5@
5.50; stock bulls, $4@4.50; milkers, large,
young, medium age, $40@60; common
mllkers, $30@35.

Bishop, B. 8: H. sold Bresnahan 2 can-
ners av 815 at $3.50, 16 butchers av 553
at $5.15; to Thompson 4 cows av 925 at
$4.25, 5 do av 1,013 at $5; to Kamman B.
Co. 17 steers av 809 at $7, 1 do weighing
680 at $5.50; to Newton B, Co. 3 cows a_v
1,020 at $4.50, 5 steers av 1.150 at $6.25,
12 do av 802 at $6.85; to Graves 15 do av
900 at $7.10, 3 cows and bulls av 1,193 at
$5.25, 1 cow weighing 1,170 at $4.50, 1 bull
weighing 1,700 at $6; to Kamman B. Co.
1 heifer weighing 600 at $8, 1 cow weigh-
ing 1,130 at $6; to Mich. B. Co. 6 butch-
ers av 980 at $5.60; to Hammond, S. &
Co. 13 steers av 991 at $7.25, 1 do weigh-
ing 1,130 at $5.50, 8 do av 795 at $6.25, 4
heifers av 795 at $5, 1 bull weighing 900
at $4; to Capp 4 cows av 917 at $4; to
Sullivan P, Co. 3 bulls av 1,250 at $5.60,
3 cows av 833 at $4.50, 5 do av 1.035 at
$5.75, 2 steers av 820 at $7.75; to Gerish
Gdo av 885 at $7.15, 7 do av 850 at $6.85;
to Kamman 5 cows av 934 at $5.25, 16
steers av 902 at $7, 4 do av 1,032 at $6;
to Fry 8 heifers av 775 at $6.35, 1 cow
weighing 1.040 at $5.50; to Capp 2 do av
1,170 at $4; to Hammond, S. & Co,
steers av 610 at $6, 15 do av 825 at $6.75.

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 2
bulls av 1,580 at $6.25; to Hammond, S.
& Co. 20 steers av 987 at $7.15, 2 do av
875 at $6; to Kamman B. Co. 10 do av 973
at $7.15, 6 cows av 1,091 at $5.75, 7 butch-
ers av 603 at $5.50, 3 do av, 610 at $5.50;
to Sullivan P. Co. 1 bull weighing 1,080
at $5.50, 5 cows av 1,100 at $5.50. 2 do av
1,000 at $4.50; to Mich. B. Co. 11 steers
av 841 at $7, 3 bulls av 1,393 at $6; to
Newton B. Co. 3 steers av 1,300 at $7.40;
to Sullivan P. Co. 1 cow weighing 1,270
at $6, 1’ bull weighing 1.150 at $5.50; to
Lgich.._,B, Co. 1 bull weighing 1,460 at $6.
2 's‘éfie‘ebs av 1,047 at $7.25, 13 do av 930
at $ , 7. do av 821 at $5.50, 18 do av 1.090
at $7.25, 1 cow weighing 860 at $3.50, 1
do weighing 1,050 at $5, 4 butchers av
1,130at $6, 24 do av 893 at $7.

Spiéer & R. sold Breitenback Bros. 8
cows av 925 at $5, 2 do av 825 at $3.25,
8 do av 971 at $5, 1 do weighing 1,120 at
$4, 2 steers av 965 at $6.75, 1 heifer weigh-
ing 600 at $6.50, 1 bull weighing 920 at $6,
14 steers av 993 at $6.65, 2 do av 885 at
$6; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 cow weighing 1,300
at $4, 2 do av 1,025 at $5.75, 1 bull weigh-
ing 1,800 at $6; to Thompson 7 steers av
1,043 at $7; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows av
1,010 at $3.50, 4 do av 1,057 at $4.25, 1 bull
weighing 1,030 at $6, 1 do weighing 1,550
at $5.50, 2 cows av 915 at $4, 1 do weigh-
ing 800 at $3.50, 1 do weighing 1.280 at
$5.50, 9 butchers av 708 at $6, 9 do av
575 at $5.60, 2 slockers av 425 at $5, 4
butchers av 730 at $5.25, 5 do av 764
at $5.50, 15 do av 817 at $6.50; to Ham-
mond, S. & Co. 27 steers av 980 at $6.90.
3 Weeks sold Graves 5 cows av 1,038 at

5.65.

Same sold Mich, B. Co. 2 bulls av 1,100
at $5.50, 13 butchers av 932 at $5.75, 6 do
av 703 at $5.75, 2 cows av 1,055 at $11.50.

Same sold Newton B. Co. 2 canners av
765 at $3.50, 10 steers av 1.000 at $6.75.

Veal Calves.

Receipts, 970. Market steady at last
Week's prices. Best, $8608.75; others, $4@
7.50; milch cows and springers steady.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Nagle P. Co. 2 av
180 at $5.50, 11 av 135 at $8.25; to Sullivan
P. CO. 9 av 110 at $8.50, 3 av 125 at $8.50;
to Parker, W. & Co. 6 av 100 at $6, 20 av
140 at $8.50, 20 av 130 at $8.50, 5 av 210
at $5, 14 av 135 at $8.50, 18 av 100 at $6,
42 av 125 at $8.35; to Hammond, S. & Co.
24 av 135 at $8.75, 2 av 110 at $6, 25 av
130 at $8.50; to Strauss & A. 20 av 157 at
$8.75, 2 av 140 at $8.50, 21 av 130 at $8.25,
10 av 121 at $8; to Nagle P. CO. 127 av
130 at $8.50, 5 av 105 at $6, 23 av 135
at $8.50.

Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 7 av
135 at $8. 1 weighing 100 at $6, 7 av 160 at
$8.25, 3 av 100 at $7, 10 av 35 at $8.60, 1
weighing 120 at $7; to Brcitcnback Bros.
19 av 110 at $7.75, 3 av 150 at $8.75; to
Thompson Bros. 3 av 150 at $8.50, 4 av
150 at $6, 20 av 135 at $8.25; to Apple-
baum 1 weighing 130 at $8.75, 7 av 120 at
$7.50; to Mich. B. Co. 14 av 135 at $8.

Boyle sold Hammond, S. & Co. 4 av
95 at $6, 10 {W 163 at $8.

Taggart sold same 2 av 105 at $7, 6 av
125 at $8.

Youngs sold Nagle P. Co. 3 av 90 at
$6.50. 9 av 150 at $8.25.

Ardner sold same 20 av 130 at $8, 4 av
135 at $6.50.

Weeks Bros. sold Newton P. Co. 13 av
130 at $7.40.

Fuller sold same 4 av 140 at $8.60, 2
av 110 at $7.

Wagner sold same 9 av 115 at $8.
$8Sztsephens sold Burnstine 19 av 125 at

Duelle sold Sullivan P. Co. 24 av 130
at $8.25, 4 av 95 at $6.

Weeks Bros. sold same 9 av 135 at
$8.50. 2 av 210 at $5.50.

Waterman sold same 11 av 135 at $8.25.

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THE MICHIGAN _FARMER.‘

Haley d: M.‘ sold Hammond, S. & Co.
9 av 145 at $8.75, 1,weighing 120 at $7.

Roe Com. Co. sold Nagle P. Co. 26 av
130 at $8.25 to Rattkowsky 14 av 130 at
$6.75 to Mich. B. Co. 50 av 128 at $8.35;
to Breitenback Bros. 14 av 130 at 38.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts, 1,748. Market steady at about
last Thursday‘s prices.

Best lambs, $8.25@8.50; fair to good
lambs. $7.50@8; light to common lambs,
$5.50@6.50; wool lambs, $9@9.75; fair to
good sheep, $6@6.50; culls and common,
$2.50@4.50.

Bishop, B, & H, sold Nagle P. Co. 16
sheep av 100 at $5.75, 12 lambs av 65 at
$7.75; to Hammond, S. & Co. 21 sheep av
94 at $6; to Sullivan P. Co. 31 wool lambs.
av 95 at $9.75; to Nagle P. Co. 123 lambs
av 65 at $8.25, 110 do av 67 at $8.50, 27
do av 85 at $8.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 79
do av 75 at $8.50, 26 do av 90 at $7.50:
to Breitenback Bros. 32 wool lambs av 70
at $9.35; to Nagle P. Co. 25 do av 60 at
$7.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 32 sheep av
80 at $6.

Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 4 sheep
av 130 at $4.50, 1 wool lamb weighing 90
at $9.50, 2 lambs av 75 at $8.50. 12 do av
70 at $8.50, 10 mixed av 117 at $7.25, 2
sheep av 105 at $5.50; to Thompson 3 wool
lambs av 88 at $9; to Nagle P. Co. 106
lambs av 70 at $8.10, 1 sheep weighing
140 at $5.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 3 do av
110 at $6.40, 45 lambs av 60 at $8.25; to
Sullivan P. CO. 40 do av 75 at $8.50; to
Young 7 sheep av 55 at $6.50. 2 do av
135 at $5, 52 lambs av 65 at $8.121/2.

Waterman sold Mich. B. Co. 10 sheep
av 110 at $6.25.

Jibdele sold same 36 lambs av 75 at

8. .

Sharp & W. sold Hammond, S. & Co.
48 lambs av 80 at $8.50. 4 sheep av 90
at $4.

H093.

Receipts, 2.784. Market 15630c higher
than last Thursday.

Range of prices: Light to good butch-
ers, $9.65; pigs, $9.25; light yorkers, $9.45
@950; stags 1/3 off.

Spicer & R. sold Parker, W. & C0 80
av 180 at $9.60, 235 av 200 at $9.65.

Haley & M. sold some 65 av 190 at
$9.65. 82 av 170 at $9.50.

Roe Com. Co. sold some 179 av 200 at
$9.65, 76 av 170 at $9.60, 14 av 150 at
~Haley &0M. sold Sullivan P. Co. 47 av

9.6 .
. sold same 40 av 160 at
$9.40, 220 av 185 at $9.50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold same 64 av 120 at
$9.30, 33 av 140 at $9.40.

Sundry shippers sold same 280 av 200
at $9.65.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 1.210 av 185 at $9.60, 55 av 150 at
$53,174 av 200 at $9.65, 144 uv 170 at

.0 .

Friday’s Market.
April 22, 1910.
Cattle.

The run of cattle at the Michigan Cert.-
tral yards Friday was light and the mar-
get on all grades full steady with Thurs—

ay.

We quote: Best steers and heifers.
$7.15@7.50; steers and heifers, 1,000 to
1,200, $6.75@7; steers and heifers, 800 to
1,000,‘ $6@6.60; grass steers and heifers
that are fat, 800 to 1.000, 5.50@6: steers
and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $4.50
@650; choice fat cows, $550616: good fat
cows, $5; common cows, $3.75(giv4.25; can-
ners, $3@3.50; choice heavy bulls. $5.50@
6; fair to good bolognas, bulls, $5685.25;

stock bulls, 8.7568450; lnilkers, large.
young, medium age, $40@55; common

milkers, $25@35.

Bishop, B. & H, sold Hammond, S. 8:
Co. 21 steers av 1,005 at $7.10, 6 do av
1.111 at $7.10, 2 cows av 1,035 at $5.50,
1 cow weighing 900 at $4, 1 do weighing
1,200 at $5.70, 1 hull weighing 1.730 at $6,
1 do weighing 1.060 at $5; to Mich. B. CO.
4 cows av 1,041 at $5.50. 10 butchers av
955 at $7.10; to Sullivan P. Co. 8 do av

915 at $6.60.
Veal Calves.

The veal calf trade. quality considered,
was about the same as Thursday. Best
grades, $8698.50; others, $4@7.50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Street 1 weighing
160 at $8.50, 13 av 130 at $8.50, 18 av 135
at $8.50, 15 av 100 at $6.50, 27 av 125
at $8.40.

Lucke sold Parker, 15'. & Co. 32 av 130
at $8.50.
Sheep and Lambs.

The run of sheep and lambs was very
light and the market held steady with
Thursday.

Best lambs, $8.50; fair to good lambs,
$750608; light to common lam'bs, $5.50@
6.50; spring lambs, $116712: fair to good
sheep, $6696.50; culls and common, $2.50
@450.

Bishop, B. & H, sold Street 7 lambs
av 60 at $7, 23 do av 80 at $3.50, 10 do av
65 at $7. 35 do av 80 at $8.50. 2 sheep av
105 at $5.50. 1 do weighing 110 at $3, 9
do av 110 at $8.50.

Hogs.

The hog trade was active and all grades
were 10c highcr than Thursday. Light
to good butchers. $9.40; pigs, 35910717915;
light yorkers, $9.15@9.25; stags, 1,4, of,

Bishop. B. & H. sold Hammond. S. &
Co. 133 av 195 at $9.40, 179 av 175 at $9.35.

There have been generous rains in the
Texas Panhandle. and crop prospects
were never better. The movement of
young cattle to northern pastures began
in earnest some time ago. and several
days ago it was stated that 1.500 cars
had already 'been shipped out, mainly to
Kansas. Many more will follow, but it
is estimated that shipments will be about
25 per cent short of the normal. The
Burnett steers sold recently at $30@32.50
per head, but up to latest advices not a
great many cattle have been bought by
the far northern ranchmen.

. S. Keller, of Illinois, a promi-
nent stockman. says the unusually good
weather for the past eight weeks, to-
gether with the lower prices for corn and
plenty of it in the country, have induced
stock feeders to feed it liberally, and both
cattle and hogs are in better flesh than
usual at this season of the year on this
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Pigs Have Sore Ears—I have a sow
that has 10 pigs that are two weeks old:
nearly all of them are troubled with sore
ears and some of them have sore tails.

. F. B., Walled Lake, Mich—Dust on
borac acid and after the raw sores heal
apply one part vaseline and six parts of
oxide of zinc daily.

Barren Mare—I have a seven-year-old
mare that does not seem to get w1th
foal. \Vhat can be done for a case of this
kind" C. B., Silverwood, Mich—Try the
yeast treatment prescribed in this col—
umn, or dissolve one oz. bicarbonate of
soda in three pints tepid water and wash
out vagina once a day, but not the day
you have her served.

Acidity of Stomach—My lZ-year-old
mare is inclined to eat and drink rubbish;
what ails her? C. M., Farmington,
Mich—Give her a tablespoonful of ground
gentian and a teaspoonful of powdered
fenugreek and a tablespoonful of cooking
soda and two tablespoonfuls of powdered
charcoal at a dose in feed three times
a day.

Goitre—Indigestion.—I have a mare that
has a SWelling in throat which may rc-
quire opening. I also have a cow that
was giving ten quarts of milk daily that
is now only giving two. I am inclined to
believe she has tooth trouble as she is
only eating part of the feed put before
her. B. E. 13., Holland, Mich—Open into
swelling and allow the pus to escape,
then wash out sack. using one part car-—
bollc acid and 30 parts water tWIce a da.\'.

Hernia.——I have a three—year-old colt
that has a rupture about the size of :1
walnut; this is a thoroughbred, and I
would like to know if it will hurt her for
breeding purposes. E. P., Laingsburg,
Mich—A surgical operation performed by
a competent person will make your filly
well, however, a small hernia such as sue
has, will not injure her for either work
or breeding purposes. 7

Cows Fail to Get with Calf.-——I am ‘hav-
ing trouble to get my cows with calf, al~
though they seem to be in perfect health.
These cows have been served by different
bulls without result. M. P., Hillsdale,
Mich—Dissolve 1 oz bicarbonate soda in
three pints tepid water and wash out
the vagina daily for two weeks or cvcn
longer, but do not inject the cow closer
than eight or ten hours before service.
If this fails try the yeast treatment.

Splint—My 11—year-old hOrse goes lame
on left fore leg. The only unnatural thing
I can notice is a small hard bunch situat-
ed between the knee and fctlock. H. C..
Bravo, Mich—Your horsc has :1 small
splint. Apply one port red iodide mercury
and eight parts lard every four or five
days to bunch and he will recover from
his lameness IIowcvcr, it is best not to
drive him much on hard roads. and notice
that he does not hit his shin with the
opposite foot.

Enlarged Knee—My 10-yenr-old gelding
has a big knee. The bunch is as hard as
bone and causes some lameness; he has
been in this condition for the past two
yours. He is worse now than he was
several months ago. but is lame all the
limo. A. H. W., South llnvcn, Mich.—
A chronic ailment of this kind is incur-
able and as you are working him every
day, it is a good plan to let well enough
alone. Applications of iodine would give
better results than any other; however. I
question whether it is worth while to try
to cure him or not, as his lameness is a
mechanical trouble.

Leaking Nuvel.—-—I have a coil two
weeks old that leaks at the nnvcl. Colt
seemed to be all right until it was ton
days old; this colt came nine days too
early. C. E. B., Niles, MicleThe navel
is the natural channel for fluids to csmpe
from the body during foetal life, but
'after birth this opening should close and
should always be tied or healed as quickly
as possible for fear of the animal bccom-
ing infected. It may 'be necessary to
stitch or tie the opening, then apply
equal parts powdered alum, oxide of zinc,
borac acid and tannic acid two or three
times a day.

Worms.~I have a flock of sheep that
are unthirtfy and wormy. Several of
them have died and every one that I
have opened were wormy. N. ’I‘., Lewis-
ton, Mic'h.——Give each sheep 2 ozs. of a
one per cent solution of coal tar creosote
after the sheep has fasted for 15 hours
and repeat the dose in three days until
three doses have been given. or give a
teaspoonful of turpentine in two ozs, of
either raw linseed or sweet oil twice a
wce‘k until three doses have been given.
Feed the sheep some powdered copperas
and salt in their feed daily.

Laminitis (Foundcr).-—-Mv seven-year—
old horse was foundcred two wccks ago
and treated by our local Vet. and has rc-
covercd only partially. I am working him
but he is stiff. his feet are feverish and
I am keeping them wet with sacks, also
giving some medicine that our Vet. left
for him. Should the horse be worked?

0., Ithaca. Mich-Moderate work on
softground will do him no harm. Send
him in wet clay an hour or two daily.
Shoe him with a rolling motion shoe and
put a teaspoonful of powdered nitrate of
potash in his feed night and morning.
Bruised Pastern—Bone Spavln.—I have
a mare that met with an injury to left
pastern. I have succeeded in healing the

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oped causing her to shew some lameness.
when stepping over in the stable or when
first driven. Is there any cure for spavin
it treated early, and what should I use?
0. C. 0., Baraga, Mich—It can be safely
stated that the principal reason for fall-
ures in the treatment of bone spavin is
on account of the animal not having suffi-
cient rest after they Show lameness. It
is all nonsense to expect a recovery if the
animal is subjected to the same exciting
cause that produced this ailment. Give
your mare absolute rest and quiet for two
months, blistering the hock once a week
with one part rcd iodide of mercury and
live or six parts lard.

Contagious Abortioanuestion Regard-
ing Brecding.~ls a cow more liable to
abort at any particular time during preg-
nancy than at olhcl's. and if she is bred
to a bull that is infected with contagious
abortion, how soon after will she mis-
carry? Also, what is the best preventa-
tive treatment and how long should it be
continued? Is it advisable to breed a
12-ycar-old marc that has never been
bred? \i‘ill a cow,- nftcr a miscarriage.
give as much milk as If she carried her
calf full time? Also. would it be advis—
able to breed a more weighing 1.000 lbs.
to a horse that weighs 2.000 lbs? L. A.
G., Shelby, Mich—Tho first time a cow
alborts it usually occurs between the third
and fifth months. The following year she
may lose her calf at about seven months
and the third year she may carry it about
full time. No matter what treatment you
give or apply it is uncertain as to results.
By using disinfectants and untiseptics
about your stable and the hind parts of
your cattle you may be able to prevent
the disease from spreading. A 21/2 per
cent solution of carbolic acid will kill
abortive germs, or one to 20 parts of a
good gradc of coal tar disinfectant should
be used about your stable, besides white
washing the stable is helpful in killing
infection. Dissolve one dram permanga-
nate potash in three quarts tepid water
and wash out each cow daily for at least
two weeks. Giving one dram doses of
carbolic acid or the same quantity of
creosote at a dose in feed after being
thoroughly diluted once a day has a hen-
eficial effect and is suppOScd to prevent
miscarriage; howevcr, I doubt it some-
what. Cleanlincss and careful disinfect-
ing has a good effect. A cow that aborts
seldom produces as much milk as if she
went full time. You need not hesitate
to breed a 12-year—old mnrc even if they
have ncvcr been bred before; however, it
is not always a good plan to breed a mare
weighing 1.000 lbs, to a 2.000 11). horse;
better brced to a horse that weighs 1.400
to 1.500 lbs.

Hernia.~—I have 33 fine pure Chester
\Vhite young pigs, but several of the
males are ruptured or deformed, having
only one testicle. Can you tell me what
to do? J, B., Orion, Mich.——If you have
several hogs that are suffering from her-
nia and you do not understand operating
on them, call a veterinarian who is com-
petcnt to operate. It may be that they'
are ridglings. only one testicle having ap- ‘
poured in thc scrotum. Vcry often one,
testicle is larger than the other and the‘
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THE TWO CLOCKS. -

 

 

 

BY MILDRED M. NORTH.

A sturdy old farmer or Puritan stock
Drove into the village to buy him a clock.

The store-keeper set out his wares on a
table

Explaining their merits the best he was
able.

He showed him a round one with case

all of gold, '
A “mission” that looked to be centuries
old.
A square one that seemed to be marble
indeed,

On which there was prancing a gilt-c01-
ored steed.

Some tall and some short, some thin and
some stout,

An odd one of wood where a cuckoo
popped out.

Some told off the hours with long meas-
ured stroke,

While some at the quarters the long
silence broke.

The farmer was puzzled and shook his
gray head; _
He looked them all over and finally said:

“This little round Shiner would be drcfful
handy,

And then, I am sure it would Please my
wife Mandy.

“I’m partial to this one, it’s finer and
biwgpr—

It’s qr1§er—like to me they’re both the
same tigger.”

The store-keeper, anxious to please the
Old man,

Proposed what he thought a most excel-
lent plan.

The farmer should take the two clocks
home to try, .

And use each a week With the other
not by.

So off he drove home with the clocks by
his side, .

And showed his good wife the transaction
with pride.

They put the big clock on the sitting-
room shelf. . .
IVhile the little one ticked off upstairs by

itself.

This happened on Friday, and next
Thursday morning

The farmer appeared at the store without
.warning.

He said, “I’ve brought back this here big
clock to you,
For Mandy and I have agreed it won't do.

“For one so nice-lookin’ it’s really sur-
prisin’

What a passel of troubles it started
a-risin’.

“To start with—’twas late when I got
into bed—

I picked up the paper and sat there and
read,

“For there was that clock settin’ up on
the shelf,
A-talkin’ away kind of low to itself,

“Sayin’ over and over a sort of a rhyme,
‘Take-yer-time, take-yer-time, take—yer-
titne.’

“And then the next mornin’ of course I
slept over,

And wantin’ to cut down ten acres of
clover!

“Now my boy, Leander, I count quite a

goer,
But that day it seemed like he couldn’t
be slower.

“We lost the best part of the sermon on
Sunday;

Joe Smith’s wife beat Mandy with wash-
in’ on Monday,

“And Mandy won’t stand that, so what
does she do

But bring down the small clock before
the week's through.

“She‘d thought it the nicest right from
the beginnin’. ’ . ’
And now she decided to give it an innm .

“She set it a—goin’ and talked of its
graces

And the clock started in to show off its
paces.
”It set there as proud as the bold little

sparrow _
Who'd just killed cock robin with his
bow and arrow.

“I thought after dinner I‘d rest for a bit,
But that little clock said I’d no time to

Sit,

“For there it was ticking away on the
shelf,

Sayin‘ ‘Git-therel Git-therel’ quick to
itself.

“So I went to work, and from that time

to this
That little clock has kept us all right
to biz.

“You smile—O the fault was our own!
Yes, of course;

But then, that old clock tickin’ made it
lets worse.

“It‘s'best to keep wholesome examples in
stock

If tain’t nothin’ more than the tick of a
clock.”

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. "

IN PERIL OF FIRE.

 

BY MRS EVELYN ALLEN AITCHISON.

As the heavy open farm wagon, which
served as a stage coach between Pine-
ville and Merrill, pounded over the rail-
road crossing and lurched heavily down
into the frozen rats of the road beyond
the track, both the driver and the solitary
passenger, a mere slip of a girl, wrapped
from head to foot in a fur coat much too
large for her, looked back at the hamlet
they were leaving.

The driver’s look was the careless
glance of familiarity, the girl’s a mingling
of relief and longing. She was glad to
be out of sight of the group of idle men,
congregated to watch the departure of
the stage. \Vhen, impeded by the long
coat, she had stumbled in climbing into
the wagon, their low chuckle had been
felt rather than heard. \Vhy had her
mother insisted on lending her that coat?

But the longing in her glance came
from a far deeper cause. The tiny village
they were leaving, with its weather—beat-
en station and the long line of glittering
rails stretching into the distance, was
the last link between her and home, and
although home was only twenty miles
away, she was but a child of sixteen, tak-
ing her first step into the world of work,
and all things looked to her like the
March day and the scene around her—-
cold, hard. grey and dreary.

The driver’s drawling tones broke in
upon her tearful thoughts.

“I suppose you’re the new teacher at
Bailey's Bridge. I d’n know as I’ve heard
y're name.” '

“I am Mina Gleason,” the girl hastened
to tell him, forcing back the tears and
fetling very, very young.

“ls Bailey's Ridge as small a place as
Pineville?" she asked.

“0 bless yo’. there ain’t no town at
all. \Yhy, th‘re ain’t even a bridge th’re
now. Iligh water last spring took that
away. Th're's a good many farmers live
round near the schoolhouse though, ’an
I guess children do belong in the district
fr‘m way across the. river, though I don’t
know how they can git t’ school after the
ice goes out. unless they cross on the logs
when th're's a jam in the river, an’ that’s
p’erty risky f‘r children, even f‘r them
as has lived all their lives by the side of
the old '1‘itlabmvassce.”

“Is it all as—as dreary looking as it is
around here?" falter-ed the girl, looking
about her as she spoke, at the partially
cleared land, where only occasionally one
saw a cultivated field, and for the rest
there were blackened stumps and partly-
burucd trees, in the midst of a wild tangle
of second growth.

The driver looked at her keenly.

”Ye’ ain‘t going t‘ git homesick are
ye'?” he queried. “Ye‘ll git used t’ this.
Trouble is, its jest betwixt and between
now. The big lumber companies hev bin
through here, and they hev stripped off
the best of the timber. an’ then the forest
fires got started an’ they hev left it pcrty
sorry lookin‘. Ever see a forest fire?"
he asked.

“No,” said Mina, with a shudder.

“\Vell, I hope ye’ won’t hev the expe-
rience, though if y‘re here along in sum-
mer, an’ it happens t’ be dry, ye’ may
ketch it. Plenty of stuff t’ burn round
ilt'l'e yet.

“l)on't look much now as ’f we'd hev
any summer this year," he rambled on.
“Last ‘f March an’ everything froze up
again tight after that warm spell‘s taken
most ’f the snow off. I ain't much ’f a
weather prophet; but I b’lieve, when it
does come, it'll be a dry, 'hot summer;
‘f't is folks'd better be careful about how
they start fires round in the woods.”

In the dreary weeks that followed her
arrival at Bailey’s Bridge, Mina often
thought of the old stage-driver‘s words.
The backward spring was followed, as he
had prophesied it would be. by an in-
tensely hot, dry summer. The attendance
at school was irregular, and Mina felt
herself out of touch with the parents.
Only her great desire for a. college edu-
cation and the letters a busy mother found
time to write, enabled her to endure it.

The heat increased as the season wore
on, and became almost unbearable. Re-
ports of fires in the surrounding woods
began to be heard. The sun was con-
stantly obscured by smoke or showed
itself onlyias a ball of fire. The whole
country cried for rain and the days went
by and none fell. Water became a pre-
cious thing, for many wells had gone dry.

The river, low and muddy, and coverel
always with legs, ran sluggishly between
its hot sandy banks where, too, lay many
stray monsters of the forests left by the
early floods. Later in the year there

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would be “the drive” and these, 'the rear-
guard of the season’s work, would be
floated down to join their earlier com-
panions. »

The last day of school came and with
the near prospect of escape from her
weird surroundings, Mina. grew almost
gay. She was not seriously alarmed at
the nearer presence of the encircling
fires; not even when the low underbrush
near the log schoolhouse was found to be
on fire and school had to be hastily dis-
missed, while stolid men, hastily sum-
moned from near-by homes, beat out the
approaching flames. One more day and
she would be safely out of it all, she
thought.

It was after noon of the following day
when, the last details of reports and other
school matters attended to, Mina and Mrs.
Clark, with whom she had boarded,
strolled down the lane to the road to
await the coming of the stage. Mr. Clark
and the children, laden with her belong-
ings, followed.

As the stage drew near they saw that
the horses were plunging wildly and their
red-rimmed eyes were full of fear. The
driver presented a. strange sight. An old
blanket covered his head and shoulders.
Everything was covered with Cinders and
the blanket was burned in many places.

“The fires ’re pretty bad back here
’bout a mile," he said, reining in the
frightened team with difficulty, “I didn’t
know whether I’d make it through this
far or not."

“\Vell, Miss, so y’re going t’ git out of
this country. Don’t know as I blame y‘
much. Jump in, and we’ll see ’f we can
git t’ to the station.” ‘

As ’he spoke, suddenly a terrible, almost
indescribable change came. In one blind-
ing flash the air seemed filled with a
fiery glowing heat, like a blast from a.
monster furnace. The grey, smoke-laden
atmosphere was lit by a strange red glare,
and great blazing brands fell here, there,
eveiywhere. As they looked about them
there was no large fire in sight, only the
little brush heaps that had been smolder-
ing all day; but from far away across the
river came a sullen road, striking terror
to their souls.

They looked at one another with pallid
faces, but the stage driver’s draw] was
unchanged as he said, “\Ve'll not be able
1‘ make it now, my girl! There's no tell-
ing what lies between here an’ the rail-
road. Let me git these fool critters int’
the barn, Clark. Then I guess it's up t'
us all 1’ make a fight f‘r our lives.”

Plunging and rearing, the almost un-
manageable team was led under cover.
Then began an anxious siege of watching
and fighting the falling brands that mo-
mentarily threatened their destruction.
There. seemed no hope. The river was
full of logs. The house and other build-
ing's were dry as tinder. The little clear-
ing that reached to the road was edged
with clumps of low second growth. It
needed but a breath to set the whole
ablaze.

So the afternoon wore slowly away. To
Mina, wandering, half-hysterical, from
one to another, they seemed caught in a
fiery trap. There camepo other change.
The, falling brands continued, the sul-
phurous light, the distant roar. .

Night came and with the darkness
they saw the main body of fire advancing
toward them. Across the river that was
no barrier, it marched, like an army
spread out in battle array, an army of
fiery demons, irresistible, terrible, with
a. long banner of smoke and flames wav-
ing over it far in advance. That they
should escape such a force seemed pre-
posterous.

Still these, people fought for their home
and their lives. \Vith wet blankets they
beat out the burning pieces when they
fell on the roofs, and stamped out the
grass if it caught near the buildings.

Hour after hour passed. The line of
fire was always in sight, always steadily
advancing toward them, but with a cer-
tain slowness, as if it knew its power
and did its work of destruction too thor-
oughly to make great haste,

It was midnight, and they were nearly
worn out, when their wondering eyes saw
a great miracle. They saw the mighty
column of fire halt as at a word of com-
mand from some higher power. They
saw it turn as sharply as at a second
command, “Right Face!" It took a. new
direction and passed them this time safely
by. Nor seemed it any less a miracle
when Mr. Clark decided-that it was only
a change in the light summer wind that
had carried the danger away from them.

“I fear,” he added, "that our safety
means great danger to our friends, the
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directly toward them and must be very
near." ' .

Their relief was changed into anxiety
for the neighbor's fate. The house could
not Ibe seen from the Clark's, but from
their knowledge of its location, the dan-
ger seemed greater than their own 'had
been.

Mrs. Clark put the worn-out children
to bed, but there was no sleep for their
elders. The short summer night was
nearly over when, with solemn, thankful
hearts, they saw their second miracle.

They saw the raging fire forces cower
and fall back, utterly defeated; and the
mighty power that had conquered them
was that simple ordinary thing, the dew
from heaven. Mr, Clark assured the awe-
struck Mina that the forest fires always
died down toward morning when the dew
began to form. Their night of terror
was over and they lay down to rest with
subdued hearts.

It was good just to be alive after her
short sleep, even thoughMina found the
same smoke-laden atmosphere of the pre-
vious day. How she hurried her prepara-
tions for departure, and when, from on
board the train that was bearing her to-
ward home and safety, she waved her
last good-bye to the old stage—driver, how
she marveled at the courage and deter-
mination that held t‘hose hardy settlers
to their homes through such dangers.

This courageous spirit of the pioneer
has had its reward, for now. twenty
years after Mina’s night of terror. well-
kept farms and happy homes lie in the

midst of‘a cleared and settled country.

A HOSPITAL FOR ANIMALS.

 

BY A. A. 0.

Some cynic has said that old London
is noted for three things—society, slush
and slums. If he had' not been a cynic he
must surely have included its very nu-
merous philanthropies, for in no other city
in the world are massed together so many
institutions and agencies for the relief of
every form of human distress. London
has even gone farther, for it has now a
well-equipped and excellently managed
hospital for infirm, disabled or suffering
animals of all kinds. This new institu-
tion was opened a. few years ago. The
Duchess of Tech showed her interest in
it by being present at the formal opening
exaoi gand there ‘iss-as formidable an
array? .ar‘titled vice—presidents connected
with it as could be desired for any in-
stitution.

The demand for this form of philan-
thropy in London will be appreciated
when it is considered that in the first
month after it was opened 350 animals,
birds and fowls, received treatment.

The service of the hospital is entirely
free, but, of course, grateful owners are
frequently unwilling to accept the service
without substantial remuneration. The
great majority of the patients, however,
Ten ambulances are
kept in different sections to respond to
calls within agiven area. One or two am-
bulances are kept at the hospital. These
ambulances are rubber tired; the body is
about fifteen inches from the ground, and
has an inner shell lined with matting. and
with sides which drop down. This shell
is drawn out when a patient is about to
be put into it, and forms a. sloping gang—
way. \thn an accident happens to a
horse (and accidents are always happening
to London horses) its feet are quickly se-
cured, and the animal, placed on its side,
is speedily landed in the ambulance and
hurried off to the hospital.

The operations on horses are in many
respects more difficult to manage, than on
human subjects, and anesthetics are
rarely employed. One of the very essen-
tial points in horse surgery is to ensure
the safety of the surgeon. The patient
must be secured so that he cannot kick
or bite the operator. At the same time
he must be prevented from doing injury
to himself. In some cases. cven in the
simple sewing up and dressing of a
wound, the animal has to be thrown, but
as a rule it is possible, by a. skillful use
of straps and ropes, to bring the hind foot
so far forward that it cannot touch the
ground. With the hind foot in this posi-
tion, the patient can neither kick, strike
with his fore feet, or rear. and the opera—
tion can proceed with comparative safety.
In the case of an ordinary incised wound,
the hair is clipped close, or shaved. so
that it cannot interfere with the healing
process, and the wound is sutured with
carbolized catgut or silk. The post-0p-
erative treatment of these cases consists
of careful feeding and frequent dressing
of the wound. Carbolic acid or creolin
solutions arecommonlyused for cleans-
ing. The patient is kept in a comfortable

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stall and tied so that he cannot bite, rub,
or irritate the wound. The temperature
is taken twice a. day till the danger period
is safely passed. The charts on which
were traced the temperatures of the pa-
tients, the diet prescribed, name of owner,
date of entrance, etc., were not markedly
different from the temperature charts one
sees in ordinary hospitals. These charts
were hungat the entrance to the loose
stalls.

Each set of animals had its own ward.
and each donkey, horse, cat. dog and
bird had its own pathetic story. Evi-
dently there were no restrictions as to
discussing the discases or private affairs
of the patients. such as prevail in well-
regulated hospitals for human beings, for
the courteous matron, who would pass
anywhere as a trained nurse, gave most
interesting accounts of her charges. There
were. bunnies who had the distinction of
having had tumors removed. bunnies with
broken legs beautifully done up in splints
and bandages. bunnies that reclined
gracefully and properly on their little beds
of hay, bunnies that skipped around as
though they surely had reached the con-
valescent stage and found life worth liv-
ing once more.

As in most other hospitals. most of the
patients seemed to be surgical cases. In
the cat ward there were a number of
very beautiful and interesting animals,
and a great many forlorn-looking speci-
mens of the feline race. A number of
thrse cats had been operated on; abscesses
had been drained. growths had been rc~
moved, wounds of all kinds dressed, and
the results of the cat surgery seemed to

 

 

 

be very satisfactory. The bandaging on,
these surgical cats and rabbits was very.I
cleverly done. and was in itself well worth‘
going to see. One cut was very ill from,
influenza, and she looked as disgusted,
with life as the ordinary sufferer from;
that disease. Another cut ii as recovering
from pneumonia.

The bird ward contained a motley col-
lection of feathered pets, peacocks, and
parrots, wrcns and ro‘bins, cunaries and
oriolcs, as well as numbers of fancy and
common chickens. These birds were
from homes of the rich middle class, and
even the vcry poor tenement dwellers
seem to have their share of household
pets. Many of these bird patients, as
were those in the other words, were vis—

ited regularly by their owners, and the

keenest interest taken in their progress.
Quite a number of the birds were suffer-
ing from parasitic diseases and received
external applications.

In the dog ward. there were litile'pet-
ted pugs and large fat ugly looking pugs
that had evidently becn overfed. At any
rate, digestive ailmc'is-t were quite com-
mon among the dogs. 'i‘icrc were Scotch
terriers, and bounds, and spanicls, dogs
of all grades and sizes and breeds, dogs
with pedigrees. and dogs with no special
claims to birth or breeding or training.
This ward is always well filled. Frac-
tured legs are common. The helpless,
bandaged little patients in splints had
about them an air that was positively
pathetic, and likely to appeal to the hard-
est heart. They did want to be pelted so
badly and looked up with such appealing
eyes.

There are doubtless those who will scoff
at this form of benevolent work, and
think the money might be expended in
more useful ways, but the need is never-
theless very real, and such work is sure
to eventually be developed in all large
centres of population. There are com-
paratively few who have not felt some
attachment to some faithful animal or
household pet, and who would not have
gladly paid for such service. that suffer-
ing might be relieved or life prolonged.
Even among the very poor, and in all
walks of life, this love for animals is
found—an ennobling trait. akin to the
love of flowers and other growing things.
The bond of a common love for these
dumb friends is a very real bond. Lonely
lives either in city or country are rend-
ered a little less lonely. The sense of
companionship in some instances seems
almost human. Children find a never fail-
ing source of pleasure in their dumb pets,
and the old world would be poorer, less
worth living in and clinging to if they
were not here, and if these humanitarian
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than the other. From the time they
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one evinced a disposition to take things
easy and let the rest of the family do the
fussing; the younger, with her first tooth,
began to worry for all the relations on
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dishwashing was the first task turned
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N0w, the older sister hated to put her
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nal enough to think up anything new she
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promptly told her that hot water was
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the dishes!

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came of that class who not only ”Want
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who get what they want if it is at all
possible, and crawl out of what they don’t
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If she wanted to work, she did and
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opportunity. She broke every rule of
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hygienic rule ever made she tread upon.
Only one rule of right living should be
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things went all to smash, what of it?
She couldn’t help it, so why worry? if
work piled up in the house so that every-
one else was wondering how it could ever
be done, Big Sister didn’t bother a mite.

* * at

Little Mary, on the other hand, lived a
directly opposite sort of life. She was‘so
hygienic it made her uncomfortable. She
was always afraid of overeating or un-
dereating or of sleeping too much or of
exercising too little. And as for eating a
bedtime lunch, as Big Sister did, it was
absolutely beyond her idea of living. She
was always fussing about the work for
fear it wouldn't be done rightly, or
wouldn't be done at all. She worked from
morning until night, and explained it by
saving, “Someone must do it, you know.
The work is here and even though it isn’t
my duty to do it all. I don’t see anyone
else offering to help, so I must keep
at it.”

Now, according to theory, Mary should
reap a substantial reward for her devo-
tion to right living and duty. \Ve ought
to expect to find her in middle life a
happy, healthy, contented beautiful wo-
man, and Big Sister. who has always put
self first. should be suffering from ill
health, had complexion and discontent.
But not so. Mary is thin. fretful,
anaemic and unhappy. Big Sister is fat.
jolly, handsome and contented. No one
will believe Mary is six years the
younger, and strangers look politely in-
credulous if she casually speaks of her
“older sister."

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Big Sister is selfish, there is no getting
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thing is left for that one to do. Let each
one do a part. and there will be neither
selfishness nor overwork.
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MICHIGAN COUNTRY WOMEN AS
MONEY EARNERS.

 

Broilers at Thirty Cents a Pound Fill
Mrs. Napier’s Purse.

On the farms there seems to be two
main avenues through which women can
seek a business which they can follow
and at the same time attend to their
usual household duties. One of these ave-
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tastes and locality having much to do
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Mrs. Fred Napier,
of very many women for the reason that
it furnishes a conitnuous income through-
out the whole year.

On the Grand River road, that was
once the stage route between Detroit and
Howell, about four miles west of Novi,
lives Mrs. Fred Napier, who has proved
that women can, under ordinary condi-
tions, not only make a success of poultry
raising on the farm, but can make money
enough at it to lay by a snug sum each
year as a reward for the expense and
trouble bestowed in handling it. She
plans and «:xecutcs independently of any
outside help.

There are about 100 hens kept in the
laying flotk. 'l‘hc brccds kept at present
are the lthode island Reds and \Vhite
\Vyandottcs. She is planning to keep
only the Reds.

These hens are excellent
in summer and winter. During the past
winter they have shown their “metal”
by laying 430 eggs during the month of

layers, both

”THE MICHIGAN "FA’RTME’R.

Ianuary and 530 eggs during the month
of February. These eggs were shipped
to Detroit and sold for from 30 to 42 cents
per dozen. During the spring and sum-
mer of course the number of eggs laid
per month is much greater, and the
prices are not so high. By shipping to
Detroit in such. liberal quantities she se-
cures the highest prices for strictly fresh
eggs.

There are two incubators that are used
for hatching chicks, and Mrs. Napier
makes a specialty of raising, and shipping
broilers. These chicks are hatched and
crowded along for about eight weeks
when they weigh about two pounds each
and generally sell for from 25 to 30 cents
per pound. An annual output of 500
broilers per year in addition to the large
quantities of eggs sold, makes a liberal
income, and big dividends on the amount
of money invested in the business. Such
results offer encouragement to those who
are casting about to find something to do
that will enable them to busy themselves
about doing a business of small magni-
tude that will bring good returns.

In this case the henhouse, parks and
yards, are not any more pretentious than
can be supplied on any farm. It has of-
ten been said that a woman with a small
henhouse, a few extra boards, boxes and
barrels, a small sum of money with which
to purchase stock to begin with, will

make, in m0st cases, a greater success,»

and more money than the majority of
men can with a large sum to begin with,
and an elaborate equipment with which
to operate. N. A. CLAPP.

 

AUTOIST ANSWERS MRS. B.

 

Dear Editor:—The subject of the auto-
mobile has been brought to our notice
by Mrs. B. She asks “If the women ever
drive to town since the advent of the
automobile?”

I can answer for myself, yes, in our
auto, and I think I may safely add that
I dislike to meet horses as badly as she
does the autos. I believe, as a rule, the
autoist is very anxious not to frighten
horses or cause trouble, but he can not
always tell how to avoid it.

In meeting horses, some will prance
and dance and be very nervous but that
is all it amounts to, while others show
very little excitement, but. they would do
soxnething serious. A large amount of
fault has been found with the person
driving the auto, there are also a few
things that might be said about the per-
son driving the horse. Many people seem
to think it is not neceSSary for them to
turn out when an auto comes up behind
them and wishes to pass, so they keep
the middle of the track and the auto may
get by or not, as it can. The law says
they should turn to the right and give
Opportunity to pass;

Many times, too, the driver of‘ the horse
could select a good place to pass but
many times he does not do it. Mrs. B.
would like to make the owners of autos
willing to keep out of the way of the
horses. I for one, would be very glad to
do so, but so far in my traveling I have
not found any roads set apart for the
special use of the auto, so have been
compelled to use the public highway and
meet the teams theron.

As to relieving the situation,
rapidly being done. The machines are so
common that the horses are becoming
accustomed to them and are not easily
frightened.

But if the horse is frightened, signal
the car to stop so that you may pass.
The law is very plain on this point. Sim-
ply putting up the hand commands the
auto to stop, and any one ought to be
able to do that. I believe the relution of
the. trouble is for each driver to respect
the rights of the other.

that is

MRS. \VARD.

 

 

With this Unpretentlous Outfit Mrs. Napler is Maklng a very Liberal income.

H

I

APRIL 30, ‘1910.

Postum For Mothers
The Drink that Nourishes and Sup-
' plies Food for Mother and Child.

“My husband has been unable to drink
coffee for several years, so we were very
glad to give Postum a trial and when we
understood that long boiling would bring
out the delicious flavour, we have been
highly pleased with it.

“It is one of the finest things for nurs-
ing mothers that'I have ever seen. It:
keeps up the mother's strength and in-
creases the supply of nourishment for
the child if partaken of freely. I drank
it between meals instead of water and
found it most beneficial,

“Our five-year-old boy has been very
delicate since birth and has developed
slowly, He was white and bloodless. I bes
gan to give him Postum freely and you
would be surprised at the change. When
any person remarks about the great im-
provement, we never fail to tell them that
we attribute his gain in strength and gen-
eral health, to the free use of Postum and
this has led many friends to use it for
themselves and children.

“I have always cautioned friends to
whom I have spoken about Postum, to
follow directions in making it, for unless
it is boiled fifteen or twenty minutes, it
is quite tasteless. On the other hand,
when properly made, it is very delicious,
I want to thank you for the benefits we
have derived from the use of your
Postum.”

Read “The Road to Wellville,” found in
pkgs. “There’s a Reason.”

Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to
time. They are genuine, true.
and full of human interest.

 

 

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The most practical range for general pur-
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_ : You get an even temperature Impossible to

.' secure with any other fuel.

‘ : The Born Steel Range heats quickly and
you get the neat Where you want t. lIt
saves fuel and la easy to manage.

It has over a dozen exclusive patented
features among them the famous BEVER-
, BlBLE DUPLEX GRAT]: that can be used
for coal or wood. and the DOUBLE
STEEL PLATE BODY lnterllned
with asbestos board.
We wlll 00nd our handsome illullntod
booklel"A Glance Into an Ideal
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.‘lhe 231m Slut Bang. 60.
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Makers of the tin
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the world ’

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We relieve pain in every instance. No morphine
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and arrest of growth when too far advanced and a
cure cannot be effected.

Many physicians use the Alexander Remedy in
connection with surgery. During ten years of aucn
use. have never had reported a recurrence. '

Apparent cures—24$. Ninety per cent of the
patients no treated were pronounced lnopernblo
and incurable before taking our treatment.

Guaranteed under the "Pure Food and Drug Act.”

Fullest Investigation solicited. Furnished to and
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SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.

 

This department is opened as a
means of exchange or new and suc-
cessful ideas in homemaklng. If 'you
have learned something in cooking,
sewing, child raising, fancy work,
ec0nomy, anything which is helpful,
and new, send it in. Twenty-five
cents will be paid for every article
used, but none will he returned. Keep
your suggestions short.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Editorz—Hens don‘t like to nave
their nests robbed and Will keep you
huntting for new nests if you continue
to rob them. On the other hand. we don't
care to run the chance of breaking a bad
egg that has been left in the nest too
long. So, when mamma was baking a
cake the other day, she had me take the
half“ shells which were not too badly
cracked, wet up a little plaster paris in
a tin can, fill each half shell. Then press
together, carefully fitting the edges. I
wiped the whiting from the outside of the
shell, holding firmly in place and in a few
minutes had a bunch of very nice nest
eggs. Never mind if the cracks do show
some, for hens are not very discriminat-
ing. Mother tells me that one of our
humorists has written of a hen who sat
all summer on a White door knob trying
to hatch out a house. Five cents worth
of plaster parfs Will make several dozen
nest eggs—L. M.. Decatur.

I recently heard of a way of making
milk toast that was new to me. The
bread isn’t really toasted at all, but the
toast is good and is easier to make than
the usual kind. You put your milk on,
heat it, thicken it, and season it as for
ordinary milk toast gravy. VV‘hile the
milk is heating you put the slices of
bread into a steamer and steam them.
Then pour the gravy over the steamed
slices and your milk toast is all ready
for the table.-M. C. R.

When taking layer cake out of the
pans turn it onto a tin kettle—cover, right
side down and then onto the plate. When
remover] in this way it does not break or
crumble.——Mrs. C. L.

 

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THE IMPORTANCE OF VEGETABLES

IN THE DIETARY. - 1'

No. 13.

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BY MRS. ALTA L. LITTELL.

NLlYCKY is the housewife whose
l I family cares “nothing for vege-

tables.” And most unfortunate is
the person who is of that class, for veg-\—
tables contain certain salts which the
human system craves, and which it takes
up cheapest and best from these vege-
tables. The person, male or female, who
does not eat vegetables but confines him-
self or herself to a diet of potatoes, salt
meat and pastry, is laying up a train of
ills, which will lead to much suffering
in later life. More and more doetors are
coming to believe that much of the sick—
ness of mankind is due to improper feed-
ing, and to depend upon proper dieting to
restore health, rather than upon drugs.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure, so if you are suffering from indi-
gestion and its kindred evils, constipa—
tion, sick headaches and the like, try a
change of diet under proper medical di-
rection, and see if it will not do you more
good than medicine.

1' :8 4'

There are many vegetables which are
easily raised, and while they contain
little nourishment in the way of starch
or protein, yet fill a place because of their
medicinal value, or effect on the blood.
Squash, beets, turnips, carrots. onions.
cabbage, parsnips and cauliflower all may
be raised with little trouble, and celery
is being cultivated more and more largely
all over the country. All these vegetables
Should he used by the cook and eaten by

every adult. Children under ten are. bet- '

ter without the coarser vegetables. They
contain a substance called cellulose which
is hard to digest and young stomachs are
often injured by trying to assimilate these
vegetables. However, young children scl-
dom like turnips. carrots, squash and the
like, so mothers will have little difficulty
in keeping them away from the little
ones.

Tough vegetables are often softened
considerably by adding a bit of cooking
soda to the water. They should he placed
in boiling salted water, and if cooked un-
coveredwill keep their color better. Con-
trary to the general custom, cabbages and
onions should be left uncovered if you
wish to avoid the strong odor coconut-
ered in cooking. Cover both with boiling
water, and be sure to see that they are
actually covered and kept covered with
boiling water. Then leave off the tin

cover of your kettle and the disagreeable
odor is practically eliminated.

Celery is usually served by the average
housewife raw, and the outer tough stalks
placed with the inner tender ones. In-
stead, use the tender hearts raw and cut
the outside stalks and the roots up into
inch long pieces. Boil one hour in salted
water and serve with a cream sauce. Or
the stalks may be boiled until tender, put
through a sieve, and made into a deli-
cious cream of celery soup, The pretty
green leaves make as effective a garnish
as parsley and add a dainty touch to a
platter of cold meat.

Parsnips and carrots are usually wash-
ed, scrubbed and scraped before cooking.
If they are wilted this process becomes
difficult. Soak for an hour or two in
cold water, scrub thoroughly, and then
boil without scraping. The skins may be
removed after cooking as you remove
the skins of boots.

The strong odor of onions makes them
so objectionable to many, that some au-
thorities have gone the length of declar—
ing them unfit for food and intended only
for flavoring. Others say that onions are
nutritious, and should be eaten by every-
one. Be that as it may, onions are eaten
by many people and greatly enjoyed,
either raw, in salads, boiled, scalloped or
fried. A dash of onion flavor improves
many a dish, as the cook who has tried it
has learned. If you do not want to use
the onion directly, you can buy the juice
bottled, or extract it yourself by rubbing

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘ _ m» 491

Day After Day

One will find

 

 

 

 

   

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an onion over a grater with a rotary
motion.

The composition of all these vegetables
is shown by the following table, compiled
by W. O. Atvratcr, l’hl).

 

      

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tuft ,
Toastles
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Ma” .
/" a constant delight.
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£5.34; wholesome and so dainty
f?" and tempting, that. it ap-
” ’/ peals to the appetite all the
-. ' time—morning, noon and
» "—- night.

   

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Some folks have pro-
nounced Post Toasties the
choicest flavoured bits of
cereal food ever produced.

 
    
    
  

 

Popular pkg. 100.
Family size 15c.

“The Memory Lingers”

 

Postum Cereal 00., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich., U. S. A.

 

 

 

 

 

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Cabbage . ‘3 l .l 5.8 1.1 SM]!
Carrots 1.1 .4 9.2 1.1 88.2
Cauliflower . 1.1: .8 6. .8 90.8
Celery 1.1 .1 3. 1.1 94.4
Onions ..... 4.4 .8 .5 1.2 93.5
Parsnips 1.7 .6 16.1 1.7 79.91
Squash ..... 1.6 .6 10.4 .9 86.5
Turnips . . . . 1.4 .2 8.7 .8 88.9

penses.

age in the

Go via

‘ 828 Farnam St.

Omaha, Neb.

 

This is the average yearly income of one
Oregon farmer—over and above all ex-
It is a fair example of the good
living that can be made off of small acre- ,

Pacific Northwest

Farming, fruit raising, truck gardening—-
are enormously profitable.

Give us your name and address for com-
plete information and further examples.

Union Pacific

E. L. LOMAX, G. P. A.

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PRIVATE WATER WORKS
ECONOMY HOT AIR PUMP §S:;*,:?g,§;,p€;“::‘:::;
RUN BY

tem erature and any desired pressure the year around.

NEXT. NO EXPLOSION. N0 EXHAUST N0 TROUBLE.
N0 NOISE. A child can run it. We equip our. WATER SUP-
PLY COMPLETE with either Hot Air or E ectrlc Pump, pneu-
matic or open tank. TEN DAYS TRIAL.

THOMAS & SMITflJls Iodifltiarpenhrwflu Chicago.

 

   

   
   
 
  
 
   
 
 

 

 


  

 

 

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' 492

' “Hittite QUERIES EXBHANGE.

Dear Editor.—I haVe received some
good advice through The Farmer and
would like to ask if white linen suits will
be worn this summer? If so, what will
be the style of same? Are the plain
eleven-gored skirts fashionable?——-A. M.,
Davison.

The stores are not showing any white

linen suits so far this season, and those
which you will see worn will probably be
last season's suits. \Vhite serge suits are
good, especially when trimmed with the
“chantecler” colors, red and green. The
fashionable skirt is pleated, not gored.

Dear Editor—XVould you please tell me
through your paper, the receipt for ice
Brezém in which gelatine is used7—R.
”Ice' cream with gelatine is made as fol—

lows: 'l‘wo (Its, cream, 2 qts. milk, 11,4;
lbs. sugar, 2 ozs. gelatine. Flavor to suit.
Put gelatine in part of the milk and set
vessel in hot water over a tire until gela-
tine dissolves. Add cream. rest of [‘10
milk, sugar and flavoring. and when
sugar dissolves. strain and freeze.

 

 

 

 

THE SPRING HOUSECLEANING.

 

After the carpets have been well beaten
during the annual spring cleaning, try
this method of removing grease spots and
restoring the colors. Eight ounces of sal
soda; four’ounces of borax; four ounces
of Fuller‘s earth; one cake of white
soap; half plot of alcohol. Shave soap
thin and dissolve in one gallon of boiling
water, then add all the ingredients except
the alcohol. Add the mixture to nine
gallons cold water, then add the alcohol.
Spread the carpets out flat and scrub a
small place with the mixture, using a
stiff scrubbing brush. Then wash with
cloth and cold water, wiping as dry as
possible. Have carpets spread out and
do not put anything upon them until they
are dry.

If you have kept your woodwork in par-
lor, sittinaroom and bedromns well dust—
ed throughout the year, try the experi-
ment of not washing it with soap and
water this spring. Put a few drops of
turpentine or kerosene on a soft cloth
and wipe the woodwork with this. If you
use kerosene, be sure to rub well with a
dry cloth afterwards so that none of the
kerosene remains or it will catch the dust
and the last state of the woodwork will
be worse than the first. It‘ you do the
job carefully and rub well, you will be
rewarded by bright, shining woodwork
with less labor than washing would in-
volve.

If you have never used whiting on your
windows, do it this ytar. Make a paste
ivith alcohol, water will do. and rub over
he glass. \Vhen it is dry, rub off with
L cheese cloth and polish with old news-
)aper. Some like kerosene to clean win-
lows, a tablespoonful to a quart of water,
)ut it is disagreeable to work with. Do
lOt be afraid to rub the windows hard,
ts this is what gives the glass a good
)olish. '

If the piano case looks cloudy. wash a
tmall spot at a time with good soap and
:epid water. Rinse the soap off quickly
with clean water and wipe dry. If the
golish is scratched off anywhere, use rot—
;en stone and oil on those spots as the
soap will turn the wood dark After
washing, polish well with oil,

Olive oil is recommended as a cleaner
:‘or leather, or imitation leather furniture.
,t does tine work but as it is so expen-
-ive try a few drops of kerosene on a
doth instead.

A SUGGESTION FOR A MAY DAY

PARTY.

 

No gathering of young people is hardly
complete unless some method of telling
:‘ortnnes is devised. For the May Day
warty arrange a sheet upon the wall, and
attach to it a huge daisy cut from yellow
and brown cloth. The brown should be
used for the center, while each petal
should be of the yellow. On each petal
a fortune is inscribed with pen and ink.
’l‘hcse it‘tscriptions may include, Riches,
Fame, IIonor, Power, Love, Poverty, No-
toriety, Many Lovers. Spinsterhood or
iachel'orhood, as the case may be, Brok-
en Vows, Nisundcrstandings, etc. To
learn her fortune the guest. should either
shoot, arrows at the petals, the motto hit
being applicable to the party shooting. or
else, blindfolded, she may be turned
around two or three times and allowed
to point out the fortune for herself. Still
another way of deciding the momentous
question will be to throw a flower at the
daisy_ the petal hit in this process being

 

 

the fortune of the thrower.

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THE MICHIGAN FARM-ER

 

 

 

 

 

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B have told'you in
a straight-forward,
honest way just how
little it costs to run and main-
tain a Maxwell. We have de-
livered to . farmers this season
over 4,000 automobiles.

a Maxwell costs to run.
your order now.

 
 

 

This is because we have come 'out and shown how little

If you have not already ordered your Maxwell, place
There is a big demand for Maxwells—of course folks want to
buy the car that COSTS LEAST TO RUN.

ERE is a car for every member

of your family—the most econom-
ical car in the world‘to maintain. Think
of it—-29 cents a day, or 100 miles, at a
weekly cost of $2.05. We have pre-
pared specially to send every farmer
a beautifully illustrated folder giving a
large picture of the car in actual colors.

“ HIS big car can be run 5,000 miles
a year at an average total cost of

$3.98 a week.”

Here is our big, 4-

cylinder, 30 H. P., 5-passenger family
touring car. Think of taking 5 people
for a hundred mile trip at a total cost
of less than one cent a mile per pas-

senger. Nothing can impress

you

with the size, style and appearance of

this car as a picture of it, so we

have

prepared a beautiful folder in colors,
which we want every farmer to have.

OW is the time to order.

We have shown you how little 3 Maxwell costs to own and keep.
If not, we want to send you the two handsomely illustrated folders

read all our advertisements.

in natural colors—our latest catalogue and other valuable booklets.
may have considered—or its price, you owe it to yourself to get these folders and our literature. The

sending places you under no obligation.
booksfl’

MAXWELL BRISCOE MOTOR co.
We Want YOU to See the MAXWELL

Call at the Maxwell branch nearest you, or write the nearest branch and they will put

We have given you information'that no other maker cares to tell you.

Please address us at Tarrytown, N. Y.

 

  
  

  
  
  
 
 

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Equipped with Magneto—3 Oil Lampo—Horn—Tooln
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money 5.
PRICE, $1500

Equipped with Magneto—2 Gas Headlights and Gen-
erator—3 Oil Lamps—Horn—Tools—Tire Repair Kit. Etc.

 

 

Perhaps you have not seen or

No matter what automobile you

 

 

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Now—to-day, send us a postal. Just say “ Mail folders and 1
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Flg St., Tarrytown. N. Y. r.

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you in touch with some Maxwell dealer.

ZICENSED UNDER 51;].me BAJJEME

MAXWELL-BRISCOE McLEOD 00.. 243 Jefferson Ave., Detroit. Mich.

  
 
  
 

There is probably onc'right in your vicinity.

IrEMnERSVAuLLALM.

 

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unscrupulous.

it, see that they are there for yourself.
YOUR Protection as well as OURS.

OLDEST LARGEST

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The Potato Digger

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IS what this TRADE MARK represents

In the last sixty years, more property—live stock, grain
and buildings—and more human lives have been saved
by COLE BROS. FRANKLIN LIGHTNING ROD than by any
other Rod ever made. That is because it is a perfect
and scientific Lightning Rod, and the only Rodwhosc
efficiency has never been sacrificed or cheapened.

COLE BROS. FRANKLIN LIGHTNING R00

is the world standard of protection; not the cheapest but the best.
Its patent couplings, bronze and platinum points and ground
connections form a continuous channel, by which electricity passes
off to the earth as harmlessly as water from your roof. Every
foot guaranteed. _ '

BEWARE

of cheap imitation: and flimsy rwire substitutes offered by the
Look for the initials CBFR on every action and
for the full trade mark as above on allparkager. Don’ttake anyone’s word for

These letters are
When it comes to
protecting life and property remember that Cole Bros. Franklin Lightning
Rod has newerfailed in sixty years.

COLE BROS. LIGHTNING ROD COMPANY

310 to 320 South Seventh St., St. Louis, Mo.

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Most of your neighbors have
fence troubles. You can avoid

 

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~ Fence. Absolutely rust proof.
15 to 35¢ a rod. -Wo pay freight. ,
160 styles, from extra close 1-inch
spaced Poultry‘ : Fence, to {he
- strongest Horse, Cattle, Hog &
Bull Proof Fences. Getcatalog
_ and free sample for test.
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We pay nl lfrflght. 87 heights of farm
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