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The Only Weekly Agricultural, Horticultural and Live Stock Journal in the State.





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Whole Number 3506





DETROIT MICH.. SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1910.





75 CENTS A YEAR

31.50 THREE YEARS





What a Gasoline Engine Will Do on the Farm.





'fmlate quite general discussion of the

advancing prices ‘of foodstuffs and the

conclusions arrived at by many of the

writers, leads one to think the reason of

it to be scarcity of help on the farm.

This may or may not be the leading

cause, but the fact remains that the

farmer seems to be coming into his own,

or, in other words, getting prices that

will pay the cost of producing and pos-

sibly enough over as a profit to make

farming slightly resemble other indus-

tries. It seems to me to be the part of

Wise men to make an extra effort to get

a share of these deserved prices by using

every labOr saving device and machine

help that we can in our endeavor to raise

larger crops, despite the scarcity of help,

and I believe one means to this end is

the gasoline engine, and for several rea-

sons which I will try to make plain.



In the first place, if we raise good crops

no one will dispute that we must have a

fertile soil which must be kept up in its

producing power, by the application of

barnyard manure. To obtain this we

must keep stock enough to consume at

least all of our rough feed, such as corn-

stalks, hpan 900.5, and perhaps a. share

or all of the clover hay raised. together

with the straw eaten and used for bed-

ding the stoek. In connectionawith this

corase forage, the grain of a good corn

crop and a part of the cats raised will,

when put on with a spreader, cover the

corn ground for the next season and

thereby insure another good crop. And

here is where the gasolcne engine comes

in—to grind the feed for the cattle and

shell the corn for the sheep and lambs

consuming this roughage, and we believe

therein lies the road to successful cattle

feeding, viz., grinding the grain fed to

them. We have fed cattle 25 years with

scarcely a miss and in none of these

years can we remember that they have

lost us money, although in a few seasons

they have run very close to the danger

line. We have also seen the merits of

ground feed verified by Our' neighbors, and

seen cases of whole grain feeding that

left the feeder at the end of the season

without profit and with a heavy load of

disgust at the business. The cOst of gas-

oline in grinding is but a trifle, less than

two cents per cwt. with a good engine

and grinder, and the time used will not

be of much greater length than that taken

to shell the corn as some do. or cut up

the ears as others do. Another point of

advantage a home grinding plant holds

is that your feed will be fresh, as you

need not grind a large quantity at once





to get sour or bitter, which cattle on full

feed are quick to detect, especially if the

weather turns warm for a few days. And

then you can mix your grain as you

please. For instance, our feeding cattle

get but one-half as many oats as our

milch cows; our horses get the same mix-

ture, but not ground as fine as for the





in the order of import-

ance, is to husk the corn with whatever

help you may happen to have. \Ve know

of at least two cases where two men ran

a. husker the past season. shredded the

stalks into the barn and secured a good

sized crop in good shape. “'0 husked our

crop of 4,000 bu, before snow came on





do on the farm,





 





Feeding Barns and Cattle on the Farm of E. &. H. Bayd.





cOWs, while the calves get clear oats

ground, and the hogs ground rye, very

fine, to mix with the milk and stops. Of

course, this could be managed when taken

away to a custom mill, but it would be

more trouble than the average farmer

would be willing to take all through the

season. We can grind graham flour, and

do occasionally, and can make it very

fine, but it lacks something to make it

equal to the graham we buy. But for

meal for family use the mill has a set

of buhrs made especially for that purpose,

and we pick out each ear and see that

it has no bad kernels and is strictly clean.

then shell, fan and grind and you have a

product that in eating causes you to for-

get many little troubles of life.



As a pumping medium a gasoline en-

gine is far in the lead of a windmill, in

our estimation, and we have them both

that work the same device. A pair of

triangles connect by wire cables the en-

gine and windmill, each about 75 feet

from the pump, and there are a great

many days when the windmill will not

pump, but no days when the engine oc-

cupies its regular stand and is not en-

gaged in other work that it has failed to

do our pumping at call in the six years

we have owned it.



The next thing a gasoline engine will





the shocks, except the last 100 bu., with

just our regular help for the summer,

three men, with an occasional fourth.

But three men make a good gang, two

to draw the shocks from the field, the

other to unload the husked corn and

level down the shredded fodder in the

mow, and it makes a great deal better

way than to have a regular husker come

down on you without regard to weather

conditions, as the quantity of the fodder

depends largely on the amount of outside

moisture 0n the stalks when shredded.

If the morning is too damp you can work

at something else until more favorable

weather conditions prevail, whereas if

you had a husking gang it would be a

difficult matter to get them to “lay off"

on expense, and, as a consequence, the

fodder would go into the mow in such a

condition as would certainly carry a loss

to you. \Ve used a 5 H. P. engine for

four years, but the last two seasons have

used an S H. P. Either engine, with a

four-roll husker, makes a, good rig, but

we think the larger engine a little the

best, as it does the work with less excr-

tion and there is no perceptible difference

in gasoline consumption. It takes about

five gallons per day of such time as we

could put in, at a cost of 65 cents. The

one thing above all others that makes a





gas engine so eminently fit for a farmer

is husking, as it is ready to start when

your load gets there, and when the load

is husked the engine is stopped and fuel

consumption ceases instantly.



And now we want to tell of another

quite unusual place where a gasoline en-

gine makes good on the farm and saves

at one hand and considerable time,

that is in putting hay into the barn with

fork or slings. “'e have a hoist

connected to engine by sprocket chain,

with sprocket gear or crank shaft of en-

gine with six teeth and one on hoist with

36 teeth, although this can be varied to

suit the user‘s idea of the speed wanted.

“'e think this gear makes the hay move

at about twice the speed a team would

take it, and yet the motion is so steady

and free from jerks and jars that it don't

seem as fast as it really is. The hoist

consists of two heavy cast iron standards

or brackets about four feet apart in which

rest each end of a heaVy shaft, which

has upon it a cast iron drum with flanges,

upon which the hay rope is wound. This

drum is loose on the shaft but is gripped

by a potverfnl iron band, or clutch, which

is operated by a lever which, when

pressed forward slightly, causes the

clutch to grip the drum, which then re-

volves and winds up the hay rope. On

releasing the lever a coil spring throws

it back, freeing the drum, which instantly

stops. ()n returning fork to load the

drum acts as a, loose spool to play out the

rope and, with a return weight on hay car

it works fine. If you want to hold the

load stationary you can do so by pressing

the lever forward just hard enough, and,

although it will show a. slightly tremulous

condition, you have Complete control at

all times. If the hay car strikes an ob-

struction of any kind no harm will be

done, as the clutch will simply slip around

on the drum as it is kept well oiled by

an oil cup. By using a rope attached to

the lever one man could easdy handle the

fork and hoist also, but we did not. as

we had the extra man with nothing to do

after the load was on, as we have a de—

vice for distributing the hay in the mow,

so he attended to the lever. It don't

seem to require very much power; a 5

II, P. engine would do it easily, and pos-

sibly a 3 If. P. would.



Then there is the wood to cut, and

nothing will buzz Wood as good and Cheap

as a gasoline engine. If We don‘t have

a great deal of standing timber the most

of us have the rail fence to move, which

always leaves quite a few broken or

partly rotten rails which, cut up into the





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proper length, make very good summer

wood. “’0 have heard of cases where

fences which seemed to have outlived'

their usefulness on the farm were buzzed

up and sold in town for enough to buy a

good new Wire fence to replace them. It

has been our experience that we have

saved enough wood by cutting up stuff on

the farm that would better be out of the

way, to pay the interest on the invest-

ment in a pretty good engine and buzz

saw.



Last spring we baled out 50 tons of hay

bale as fast as our hands, not expert at

it, could wii'emabont 25 tons per day——

and the engine did the work in good

shape.



We belt our grindstone to a pulley on

line shaft for grinding our sickles, axes,

tools, etc.; also an emery wheel for grind-

ing our plow points and other grinding of

that nature.



One of our near neighbors has a 2 II.

P. engine which he uses for running a

cream separator and washing machine,

and I believe the women have the full

management of it on washing days, and

the young lady of the family is capable

of giving many would—be experts pointers

on the art of running a gasolene engine.

The next aiid last use we will write about

making of a gasolene engine on the farm

is on a sprayer for frttit trees. and I am

sure many farmers who are in the habit

of spraying by hand, if they could see it

spray, would say it was the most helpful

of any case noted in this article, as it

does the work so thoroughly and so easily

for the orchardist. “'11 use a 1%; H. P.

and run on a pressure of about 120 lbs.,

although we can run 1111 to 200 lbs; btlt

120 lbs. enables us to spray a pretty tall

tree and do it thoroughly, standing on

the ground. “'0 have two lines of hose

(1f 25 feet each, with two cluster nozzles

on the end of two bamboo tubes 10 feet

in length, which gives a pretty good reach

into a tree, and takes a pretty

orchard to keep the rig



Eaton Co.





good size

running all day.

E. J. BOYD.





FARM NOTES.





 





Seeding Other Grasses in Clever.



I have a ifi-acre tield seeded 'to red

clover which i um going; to pasture this

summer and having no pasture for next

year would like information through The

Farmer as to what kind of seed to sow

this fall so as to have pasture. next year

on: the same field.



TVVayiie Co. C, L,



If this red clover pasture is a new seed-

ing, and is not permitted to seed this

year. a good yield of it should live over

for pasture next season, although there

is considerable uncertainty as to how

much of a, stand will remain. It is, how—

ever, a ditllcult proposition to seed any

other grasses in this with any prospect

of success. If timothy seed w11'e sown

in August with a disk drill enough might

be gotten into the ground to make a

partial stand of this grass the following

year, altliougl'i no great result could be

expected from it with the cattle pastui'iiig

on the tield during the entire sunliner.

Ilowevcr, this would be about the best

that could be done, in the writer's opin-

ion, since the prospect of having consider-

able of the clover live over winter to

make pasture next year, is a more alter-

ing one than that of sowing any other

seed this fall to make an entirely new

pasture next Season.



Methods of Handling the Clover Seed

Crop.



“lill you please inform me as to V1 lien

is the best time to cllt medium red

clover to insure the 1211 gest yield of seed?

Two years ago we pastured with sheep,

about six a1i'1s of June eloyer until the

tenth day of June, then clipped it elf

with the mowing machine. bix acres

vielded 36 bushels of seed. One of my

neighbors some years ago cut his clover

when it was just heading out lie had

a large giovxth but the grasshoppers and

110\ci inidge destroyed ncailv all of it.

1 have heard of other cases of totallail—

tire of early cut clover. My way is to

cut it when in full bloom for hay and it

it makes a crop of seed, harvest that

\Vhieh is the most profitable way?



Hillsdale (‘0. J. A. P.

Six bushels of clever seed per acre was

a remarkably good yield for this section

of the country, one which will not often

be duplicated except under very favorable

conditions. In the more northern coun-

ties better yields of clover seed have been

secured, six bushels being an ordinary

yield and as high as 12 bushels or more

per ECJ‘P being secured in exceptional

cases. Just why so much larger yields

of seed are secured in that section is not

fully explained, although some cont-end

that it is on account of the greater prey-

silence of bees which are said to be es-

sential in fertilizing the blossoms. “Un-

doubtedly where the seed crop alone is

figured on. better results will be secured

from pasturing it until about the first of





THE MICHIGEAN FARMER.





June and clipping it back with the mower, '

or clipping without pasturlng as may be

desired. However, where the value of the

product as a whole is considered, it is

probably more profitable upon the average,

farm to manage it as noted in this in-,

dairy, taking the first crop for hay and

cutting the second growth for seed. pro-w

riding it fills. However, the hay crop'

should be cut rather early for best results,

and we believe that, one year with an



other, more profitable results will be se—.

cured where the hay crop is cut during

the early part of the blooming period than

where it is allowed to stand until the

blossoms begin to turn brown, because

the earlier the second crop come on for

seed, the more likely it is to have favor-

able weather for filling in the average

season, and the clover inidge would be

no more likely to injure it than it would

be a little later. In fact, it would then





be later than the crop which is clipped--





hack for seed where no attempt is made

What to Use with Poultry Manure.

Please advise thiough The Farmer what





to mix with poultiy manure to make an





tcitilizti foi faini crops.

Maine. G. W. ABBOTT.

I’oultry manure has about twice the

fertilizing value of sheep manure. It i81

richer in nitrogen and potash than other,

manures Absorbents, such as dry earth,





111' g 3.11511ni, or better yet, floats or acid,





phosphate can be profitably applied.

COMBATING THE CUTWORM.

Noticing an article on the cutworm

problem in your issue of April 30, also a'

treatise on the same subject in a late

bulletin from the State Agricultural Col—

lege, leads me to give my experience with

this pest.





My corn last year was planted on a rich





clover sod. The soil being a rather loose

sandy loam, the ground was plowed deep,

the plow being set to run nine inches deep

when the point was new. It was also

planted unusually deep, because it was

feared chickens would help it to come up.

The corn was drilled with a two-horse

corn planter.



As soon as planting was completed we

went over it to pick off some stones and

while doing so discovered that we had a.

record-breaking crop of cutworms. Tne‘y‘

iiitist have simply swarmed over the field

at night, for in the daytime everything

that could hide them was liberally pat-

ronized. A root of clover lying on the

surface was given a shake and otlt drop?

ped nine cutworms. From beneath a

small inullcn that the plow had failed to

cover the boys and I took otit 67 lively'

cutworins. And so it Went. The liens,

that \vci'e feared, Were on hand digging

vigorously, but it was soon discovered

that they dug only where some bit of sod

or weed showed above ground, and were

hunting, not corn, but cut‘wornis. Their

work did much to help matters on the

front part of the field. ' '



The corn was cultivated before it came

up, with a two—horse cultivator, the

shileds being raised a bit -to let loose soil'

on top of the row, but keep off stones and

lumps. As soon as the corn was well up

it was cultivated a second time, and here

the work of the cutworm was very muen

in evidence. in some places for a dis—

tance of several rods every spear of corn

showing above the surface had a square

top, as though the field had been pas—

tured by sheep. lint the kennel was two

jnchcs or more below the cut and the

('01‘1’1 didn‘t seem to mind it at all. Much

of it was cut oft" a second time, yet aside

from making it somewhat later the corn

was apparently uninjured by the trim—

ming it had received, for 1 had a splendid

stand of corn and not one kernel was

rc-plantcd.



llut for the storm of wind, hail and

rain on August 29. which riddled the fod-

der and left the corn flat on the ground,

I should have had a big yield of No, 1

corn. As it was. the 18 acres yielded

2.4th baskets of cars, but owing to the

damage by the storm much of it did ilot

mature properly. Hereafter I shall sim-

ply plow deep, plant deep, be careful to

use hood seed and lose no time worrying

over cutmorms, no matter how numerous

they may be.



On a wet, heavy soil this plan might.

not prove successful, but where the land:

is high and «dry and the soil has been’

plowed deep for years the corn will be all:{

the better for being planted deep and;

neither the crow, cutworm or chicken is:

likely to do it any lasting injury E16!“

a crow gets sick of pulling where thel





MAY 21, 1910.





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MAY 21, 1910.

TAMARACK SWAMP LAND.





 





I am clearing up 600 acres of tamarack

swamp,which fire has been over. Soil is

2.1/2 to 3 ft. muck, part clay bottom, part

about a foot of sand, after that muck,

then clay. Drainage good. R. R. runs

through land, and I have my own switch

on it. Am planting five acres to sugar

beets and chickory this year. What crops

would you advise raising? ”Would it be

safe to put in rye or wheat and seed to

timothy or clover, and which would do

the best, rye or wheat. clover or timothy?

Do you consider this kind of soil good?



Bay Co. A. \V.





After these tamarack swamps are prop-

erly drained, in time they make the very

best kind of land for all kinds of agricul-

tural purposes. What this land and all

other swamp land needs is weathering.

The air has been excluded from it so long

by its being water soaked that the most

of this sort of land is not in fit condition

to raise crops at once. The way to im-

prove it is to cultivate it, to stir it, to get

the air in so that nature can take her

natural method of getting this land in

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INFERIOR MILKING EWES.





 





 





Ewes vary widely in ability to produce

a strong flow of nutritious milk during the

period they are suckling their progeny

The direct reason for this evident varia-

tion in milk flow is not easy to determine.

It is one of the initial laws of nature that

the mother should produce suificient nour—

ishment for its young to induce rapid

bone and flesh formation, but when a

number of individuals are kept together

it is self—conclusive there is a wide varia.

tion in milk production among animals of

practically the same breeding and under

similar care.



Inferior mil-king qualities in ewes may

be tractd to improper feeding previous to

parturition. Despite the fact that a ewe

may possess decp milking qualities her

feed and care during pregnancy would

strongly influence her habit to produce a

large flow of milk during the suckling

peliod. Many good milking' ewes are

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A Good Bunch of Cattle Fed by E. &





is that sugar beets will not be very rich

in sugar. Possibly the land is so raw that

they will not do well, but this can only

be told from experiments. If it is dry

enough, I think a crop of corn would be

good to put upon this land and then give

it thorough cultivation, or if it can be

plowed and worked this summer (sum~

mer fallowed), then I do not think that

there would be very much danger of put-

ting in wheat or rye. Personally, I should

prefer to put in wheat instead of rye be-

cause it is more valuable and this land

ought to be rich enough to raise wheat,

or anything else. Now I do not think

that anybody can tell just how well a

crop will do upon this land. You must

experiment. It is too raw and no one

knows just exactly what condition it is in

until you try and see what crops will

grow. Possibly the land is a little sour

and needs some lime. All of these things

must be learned by actual experience

This kind of soil is also apt to be deficient

in phosphorus, and it might be a paying





 





Some of the 1910 Pork Product on the





investment to apply phosphoric acid, and

possibly potash also. There isn't any

doubt but What there is plenty of nitro-

gen if it is only available and it will be-

come available when the land has a

chance to weather. I am positive that if

You would sow timothy this fall, after the

land has been worked this summer, you

would make a success out of a meadow.

I would not sow red clover on this land,

but if I wanted a mixed hay, I would

sow alsike with the timothv.

COLON C. LILLIE.





 





 





 





A little extra work in preparing the

corn ground properly will make the plant

food more available and kill millions of

weeds which can better be destroyed now

than later.



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H. Boyd, of Eaton County, this Year.





feeding prior to lambing. It is not in-

frequent that a flock owner on looking his

lamb crop over in the spring notices that

some ewes are nursing their young much

better than others. The ewes nursing

lambs low in vitality and unhealthy in





 





appearance may seem in good flesh but

yet lack in ability to produce the essential

nourishment to force their young forward

as rapidly as desired. EWes that have

been improperly fed prior to parturition

fail to respond to proper feeding later and‘

are generally injured permanently.



It is a well established fact that in-

ferior milking qualities in ewes may re—

sult from over-production the first season

the ewes give birth to young. I have ob—

served instances in my flock where ewe

lambs were retained from dams of ex-

cellent milking qualities and the first year

produce abundance of nourishment for

their young. but fail the second season.

I am inclined to think that twin lambs

are a serious detriment to the milking

qualities of yearling ewes and in no few





Farm of E. & H. Boyd, Eaton County.





instances directly responsible for undesir-

able conditions later. Flock owners who

have a number of yearling eyes in their

flock this season will do well to watch

them very closely to eliminate any incli-

nation to over—production caused from too

nutritious feeding. IVhen the pasture is

abundant in spring it stimulates milk

flow very strongly and unless care is ex-

ercised this may overwork the milk-pro-

ducing system.





 





In a large number of instances inferior

milking qualities in ewes is the result of

hereditary influence. Ewes transmit their

undesirable as well as good qualities to

their progeny and when animals of in-

ferior milking qualities are retained in the

flock it may be expected that the undesir- I





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qualities, but are just a little

more extreme in style.

They appeal to the young-

er man who wants real dash

to his clothes, but who at

the same time dislikes over-

done extremes. The s ring

suits and overcoats at 15.00

to $35.®0 are now being

shown by the foremost re-

tail clothiers. We will mail

our 51er book to you free

upon application.





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DGrt'ect ventilation. pericct sanitation—a result.

lnipossililo with any Wooden equipment. Yet





LOUDEN STALLS AND STANGHIONSL





are actually cheaper. Louder) stalls of heavy

tubular steel. with malleable fittings. have no

flat. surfaces for dust to accmnulate—oasy to keep

clean and almost. indestructible,



London stanchions give cows more comfort

than other makes. yet keep them perfectly lined

up. Throat chains prevent cows from lying

down when milking. Simple and very durable.

Latch easily opened or closed with gloved hand,

but (‘an’t he opened by animal. Send today

for free catalogue of sanitary. moueY-Suving

barn equipment.





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Eight out often barren mares impreg-

nated first service. Price $5. Guar-

anteed. Breeding Outfits, Service



Books, Vigor Tablets for slow Jacks,

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





HATEKIN’S 100 BU. OATS





Ratekin’s Biz Banner 100 Bushel White Oats—The biggest. prettiest, plumpest out In existence



side by side with common sorts they yield 100 bushels per acre where other sorts make but 25 to 85



bushels. strong, stiff straw: sprangled heads; ripens early; never rusts, blight: or lodges, There



I; noneAllikefithenlia.i 9.111ch when ou(:- in?” 1; ?Xhaushei1 there is no more to be had. Samples nailed

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N ICORN DAIRY RATION iii?“ iiiorféna’ii

l4.463,4 lbs. milk—466.4 lbs. fat, on a daily feeding of 12 lbs. to the

2-year-old cow “Woodcrest Meta Vernon.”





Many of my customers re ort the have t ll

UNICORhY RATION.—-J. A. AUERT. Dgerfield,i\l. Y. ac as y doubled their milk yield With





Send for booklet, particulars, etc. CHAPIN 6; CO. Inc., Milwaukee, Wis.
540 (4b





able characteristic will be perpetuated

through the offspring. I have carefully

noted individuals in my flock that give

evidence of inferior milk flow and whe‘r-

ever their ewe lambs have been retained

they have shown more or less of the same

haibit. Flock owners should carefully

study their BWes during the suckling pe-

riod and note the disposition of each indi-

vidual in this regard and when discov-

ered an inferior milker should be disposed

of as soon as possible.

Shiawassee Co. LEO C. REYNOLDS.





INDIANA CATW'LE FEEDERS' MEET-

ING.





Silage Favored as a Raughage for Feeding

Steers.



The third annual spring meeting of the

Indiana. Cattle Feeders' Association was

held in the new Stock Judging Pavilion at

Purdue University. Lafayette, Indiana, on

April 30, 1910. The attendance was ex-

ceptionally good, considering the. fact that

the meeting was held during the season

of the year when farmers are all busy

with their crops. When President Frank

DePuy, of Vl'abash, called the meeting to

order he was greeted by about 200 cattle

feeders representing practically every

county in the state and also representa-

tives from the neighbor states of Penn—

sylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and

.Kansas.



Mr. William M. Jones discussed the

cattle feeding work that has been con-

ducted on-his farm in co-operation with

the Indiana Experiment Station. He said

that this work had demonstrated the.

{practicability of feeding corn silage to

(beef cattle. Among many other things

which Mr. Jones learned from this work

is that in winter feeding it does not pav

'to give the cattle very much range. Other

things being equal the smaller the feed

.lot the better. This experimentalso dem-

onstrates that the addition of cotton—seed

meal to the ration increases the profit of

the feeding operation.



Mr. Alexander gave a short talk on the

outlook for the summer cattle market.

He said [that in spite of the fact that the

‘markct at present. is in the worst condi-

tion it has been recently, he believes that

good fat cattle will bring high prices this

summer. lite says that the ntarket has

' slumped recently because there is a heavy

:run of contract cattle. This run he thinks

is practically over and we may look for

better prices within the next few weeks.



Mr, H. P. Rusk, of the Experiment Sta-

rtion, reviewed the cattle feeding situation

in Indiana and presented the results of

tthe rpast winter‘s experimental work. He

said there is an increasing tendency to

market the crops in such a way that as

large a per cent of the fetrility as it is

possible to retain will be kept on the

farm. This tendency is clearly demon-

strated by the almost incessant demands

from the country for anything in the live

stock line that can be fattencd for mar-

ket. In the face of this demand for feed—

ers and the increasing tendency among

farmers to market their crops through

live stock we are confronted with the fact

that there has been a slow but steady

decrease in the beef cattle of this state

during the last five years. There are two

explanations of these seemingly conflict-

ing conditions; first. Indiana has ceased

to rank as a producer of beef cattle and

is turning her attention more and more to

the fattening of cattle produced else-

where; second, the farmer with only three

to five cows. who formerly had a few

yearling stockers for sale every spring, is

now vealing his calves. One of the most

adverse conditions in the Indiana beef

tattle situation is that this state is not

ptoduting beef cattle in sufficient num-

btr. to be considered as a source of

stocker and feeder stuff for he1 own feed

lots. V’Vestern steers, too, are not so

plentiful as in former years and alto-

gether the prospect for cheap feeders is

not very bright. He said this is a condi—

tion which he believes Indiana cattle feed-

ers are going to find more and more diffi—

cult to meet as the years go by and the

time is not very far distant lwhen they

will be compelled to produce their own

feeders.



He discussed the influence of the scar—

city of clover hay on the cattle feed-ing

industry during the past winter and said

that one of the best ways to guard against

such emergencies is by lllt erection of

silos. The Purdue Experiment Station

has been investigating the value of silage

as a roughage for fattening steers for

several years and enough data have been

obtained to justify the statement that

when properly supplemented with some

nitrogenous concentrate, corn silage is

one of the most economical roughages

which the cattle feeder can use. -





THE ~ MICHIGAN. ,FARME’R.





During the last winter the experiments





were carried on with three objects in





view; first, to make a further study of the-

influence of corn silage in the ration;

second, a study of the influence of dif-

ferent proportions of the supplement in

the ration; third, a continuation of a study

of long and short feeding periods. Ninety

head of steers were used in this experi-

ment, two lots of 15 each and six lots of

10 each. In every case cattle receiving

corn silage in the ration made more rapid

and cheaper gains than those which did

not receive corn silage in the ration. Of

the six lots of cattle which were fed 160

days, the lot receiving a ration of shelled

corn, cottonseed~meal and a full allow-

ance of corn silage, with what clover hay

they would consume in addition to corn

silage, made the most rapid gains. The

average daily gain of this lot was 2.63

pounds and cost $0.56 per hundred. They

returned a profit of $18.09 per steer with-

out including the pork made from the

droppings.



W'herc silage was included in the ration

two and one—half pounds of cottonseed-

mcal per 1,000 pounds of live weight (192in

proved more economical than one and

one—fourth pounds of cottonseed-meal per

1,000 pounds live weight. However, this

was not true where clover hay was the

only roughage used. Owing to market

conditions the results of the long vs. short

feeding trial were in favor of the short-

fed cattle.





NO MARKED SHORTAGE OF CATTLE.





 





The predicted shortage in market sup-

plies of cattle has thus far failed to ma-

terialize. There have been two and a

half million cattle at six markets thus

far this year, against the same number in

1909. Chicago and other points show in-

creases, but Kansas City's lessened sup—

ply serves to even up the receipts as a

whole. The cattle were in the country at

the time the predictions were 'made, and

it is but another illustration of the unre-

liability of such forecasts. \Ve are pro-

ducing live stock over a vastly wider

area; the business is in an ever increas-

ingly large number of hands. There may

be but few big growers, 'but there is a

host of smaller men whose output in the

aggregate is tremendous. Again, we have

more people to feed, and even if our ex-

port business has fallen off and Argentina.

and Australia given us some concern in

the matter of competition, we are on a

plane of high prices in every department

of the live stock business, as it affects

the consumptive demand. True. our pro-

duction is less than two years ago; in

fact, away below what it ought to be, and

what. it has been the past decade.



But our argument is this: There can

-be, in our opinion, no marked shortage in

cattle receipts this year. The Southwest

and Northwest grassers will be moving

freely marketward the next few months.

There may be less than a year ago, but

every one knows that last year’s receipts

were surprisingly liberal, and if we do

have less this year that does not essen-

tially mean a famine run. Bear in mind

the host of small rangemen. They are as

the army of Sennacherib in numbers, and

their influence is not to be regarded

lightly. They will “sweep down” in ever

111nltiplyinp,‘ phalanxes and their combined

forces will mean no inconsiderable num-

bers of cattle. There is, too, lots of na—

tive grass and cattle roaming over it, and

summer supplies of grass-fed natives will

in all probability be fairly good. So much

for supplies.



Now what of the market? Are we pre-

dicting lower prices? Not necessarily.

The market has remained upon an ex-

cellent basis the past four months. With

:1 continuance of receipts running, say

evenly, with a year ago, and our present

industrial and commercial activity, and

taking conditions the past four months as

a criterion for the next eight (a not un—

reasonable hypothesis), 'Wlly should values

decline seriously? Why should we predict

or expect lower prices? They may come,

it is true, but if the live stock industry

will be saved from the onslaughts of over

zealous investigators, yellow journalism

.rand unfair criticism and calumny we ven-

ture to say the course of the market will

be such as to yield rthe producer very fair

returns indeed—Clay, Robinson & ‘00..





 





 





In vaiious sections of the country the

spring pip; c1 op is only .moderate in size

because the high prices paid for brood

sows induced many owners to sell off their

bleeding stock.



Recently drivers and gaited saddlers

have met with a broader demand at the

Chit-ago stock yards and at the late

special sale buyers paid from $300 to $750

per head, and matched carriage pairs

were taken at $600 to $1, 000 for export to

Mexico.





KEfi‘gflfiiflgsfiéflmi





importers and breeders of





Belgian 6 Percheron





Stallions and Mares.





 





Our last Importation arrived last November, and

are in a. very good. condition and of the VERY BEST

TYPICAL DRAFT QUALITY. We have over 60

head of Stalllonu and More: from two to live years

tor sale. and we invite proapuectlve buyers to 'come

to our barns where he will find THE IDEAL

DRAFT HORSE. of both breeds above mentioned.



Our terms nrellberal. and every sale In backed up

with the best of guarantees.



Write. or better—come - and see us. Address





FM!!!- muucsn, Decatur. ludlona.

m an mew“ 9“ M “We



every Friday at 10 1.x.

Private Solos daily. A number of draft maul-m

horses always on hand "Including some city mes I





little pavement sore sultoble for farm work. All

horses sold are on re resented or money mama.





108.

473 Gm Ave.





 





 





exnlnnged. Southwest Elohim.

Aunnhtlon. R. .m,





 





.HARRIS





AND SANITARY 51m mus:

.flend 101' our new catalog which

shows photographs of some of the

most .11 4041:“ barns la the coun-

try. ou will be mvtncen that

two males the very best there is at

the lowost price.



THE ll nuns MFG. COMPANY,

816 Cleveland Aw... “lean, «om.





99911999? DREW“.

CATTLE.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd headed by UNDULA'TA ILADKDIRD

983836. one o: the but sons of PRINCE 1T0

50006. and Grand Champion Bull at the Detroit

Ind Grand Rapids Fain ol 1907,1908 and 1909.er

consists 01191-ch Blackbirds, Prldu.e c.

WOODCO'I'E STOCK FARM. Ionln. Mich.





berdeen- Angus—Males—Femoles. Pulled Dur-

ham's both sexes. Devons. male & female. Buy

quick at the Clown Bloom hm, :Pofl All-tin, flinhgon.





" r . ‘1 r

Ayrshire Bull calves. g:,gg:"efi",.h"'ém¥eg.gg,

White & Buff Orplngtons. Whlte & Barred Rocks.

Light Brahmas. White Leghoma and White Wynn.

dottea 31 per15.Mlob..Bohool tor the Deaf. ,





' Breedersaml Importem-of‘lflgb

maple mill" Farm chasGuernsavs. erbo'us :your

wants. E. a J. '1‘. MILLER. Birmingham. Mich.





FOR SALE—“”8 m .. mm

heifers. 7 yearling bulls, 8



calves—the oldest established herd In Ind.



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





TOP NW HOLSTEINS.



Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-

biningiln themselves the blood of cows which now

hold mid haven the past held World‘s Records for

milk and ybutterdat at fair prince.





M81». Haven. Mich.



mm 4“" m... 3"“

' moan by Canary

Macadamia“. WV. 3. 5m. “Grove, Mich.

. . —Eight choice Malena Holstein



For sa‘e Siren,mdy‘loroerv1ce.!l‘hebunch

at: humun. William 3.3111011. Ypsilaml.mlih.





I

5 Holstein Semen lull: for Ma.

Any one of which have breeding and individuality

that qualifies themto been any born. Bull naive:

and: dew good cows.

L. E. CORNELL. Fayette. (lilo.





HOLSTEI N flmflfifin‘m





breed. C. 11). WGODBUfiY. Lansing. Michigan.





‘ . , «~18 to .

HEREFORDS: ,0", nfim‘flfi.

China hogs. R. E. ALLEN. Paw raw. M11311.





LlLLl-E FARMSTEAD JERSEYS

We have some Splendid young bulls for sale. Some

of bhemore old enough for service. They are from

cows with records of 300 to 425 pounds of butternut



year.W1-Ite for descrl tion and prices.

()0 OLON C. LILEJE. Coopersvllle. M’lcll.





JERSEY BULL CALF born October 4th '09. Dam

gave 9 986-1115. milk in one year. test 5 to 5561;. Sire’ a

dam’ a record 10 060 lba.mllkln10}/ mouths test5 2.10

per-cent. The Murray-Waterman 00., R D. 6, Ann Arbor, ulch.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





OR SALE-12 taxi-bred Jenny Cows of St. Lumbert and

Island blood, from 2 to 10 years. ollfiroah ornenrly '0. Price

3100011311 it taken stance C. A. Brsltol, R. F. D. 5.!0nton.li1:h.





Au Chow—Cloning out Linden Lea Jersey

Herd JUN 1491!. Catalog

free. H. S. CHAPMAN, Conglopolls. Michigan.





 





 





Fan ski—Jersey Bull Calm tram 8 to .9 mos. 0111.

Fine thirtty fellows and from extra good

cows. A. Newman, Marlene. Elf-loll. R. “F. 'D. No. 1.





BUTTER BRED Jensmr BULLS





.GBY YSII‘AL SPRINGWK WARM.

Sliver Creek. Allenun County. Niobium.





 





 





 





STEEL WIN W »





WMWd dpla

1 110mm. u.wmm,ooium.mcn.





 





 





MAY 21, 1910.





R0618“! '0! H0151 mm”. amrgahgsearly





'1‘. F. MARS'I‘ON. Milky. Mlchllun.





 





11mm W5 IEB§EYS





WEI HG MI 1m Rm

Tnncomw ’I‘Es'ncn BY STATE VETERISNABIAN.

ROYCBOF'I‘ FARM. Bid-aw. Mich.





BI‘DWELL STOCK 'FARM.





 





- FDR SALE-10 lag. .Shorthom Bulls.





All good. reumd mans. from 112 to 24 months old.

from the best of breeding at 375 10312515191. Smneot

them Scotch and Scotch topped. of the herd in;





- type. Also, young cows and heifers. aliases. lfty





head in hard.





’Pnnn—l‘wo blocks from Lake Shore

Station





L. I. BIDWELL. Tecumseh. Michigan.





 





D A] RY REED SHORTHORNB—No stock

» for male at present. Visitors

' welcome. .3. HUMMEL. Mason. Mich





 





 





sump.

Oxford- Down Sheep “3.2%“





cattle for sale. A. D. &'J. A. DEGARMO, Muir, Mlch





OXFORD DOWNS 11.151333)?





sale. H. J. De GABMO. ‘B. No. l. Clyde, Mich.





PARSONS OXFORD RAMS





also legislated Hornleas Detainee grade X 315; XX

320; XX X325. Romeyn C. Parsons, Grand Ledge.

Mich. Michigan’s filament breeder of good sheep.





Will import one hundred yearling ewes and 15 ms

in June for Michigan and the name for Boise. Idaho.

Branch of this Farm. Will make a fair price on

yearling owes or mu. also on some need ewes with

lambs at side. for 60 day a.



L. S. DURHAM fiDONS. Concord. Mlollliallo





130 Reg. Bambolllet Ewes for sale. descended

from the beat flocks and bred to a pure Van



Homer “(taut-shad byn'e lllnm mmunufim—

potlad dam. .All in mm health.1n.lots zoom: buy.

ore—none reserved. J. 0.1. . Cook. Monroe. Mitch.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





552,, M Few. 15111011.: mneflumflnmmmm. 'Tbetype





mmwxmmn. VMmusundutmng

and of best blood m. sum-cum smut-ed.





fiAmmmm





of when an I! 1!



Re

Chickens Pekln Ducks. two. 0. 'HUPP, M2011;

DrawerA" Mmlmnam Minimum





mumnts Eonexeelled on breeding. Selected

Bung

F183. T. V. HICKSHI; 3223511. purifierwxfil

, . t the



BERKSHIRES 1...... 3.0:;



type andstnnlns. C. S. BARTLJEI‘I‘. Pomloc.llch.



llBllTllEllll Elli!“ ' ‘ .



ROYCRO'FT FARM.S . ch.



DAMS BROS. Lit hfleld. MI hub -



A proved Chester (While antic Tnmfm $53.12.





Pigs, .ollhor brood, 1w latmriu State lair winners. B118

B118 Wyandotto eggs at par 15;.0rplngton33 per 153”!“





 





 





 





31111:qu low choice “llama bred for early in-

rowlng and a choice lot of Spring Pigs with prices

right ondthe right brand. A. A. Pottullo, Deckerv'ille, Mich.





, —-Sows bred for Aug. mo Se

Wand che‘hrsiarrow Choice March and 113:.

inflow either sex use W. Wyondotte mu. for 16.



W.0. WI L’SON. Okemos. Mich. (30111 Phones).





MINI {QEMMGHESTEH WES





mien.“ Spring pigs for 3 le

WILL aKW. FISHER. Wuervllet. Mlchlsgn.





”“065 For file summer furrowlng. Also I

few spring pigs. M. A. BRAY. errnos, Michigan.





OUR 00 JERSEYS. fififiEYng-





Izod-cl. Mich. Nothing ferrule at present. '





11111101: 111113111 swam... Shem; D... n.





im‘ 16. 3. H. sanctum. Lu“. Mica}





WIN mm. mm Bards! Dorms. Bud I'D II“

35121:. tall Iowa, 15:01:13 doll bou- Jurla for vaV-rvholmlltclltl

spring pigstto dots. Wart-to ..C Baum, wfloldm: Mich.





0. l. (l. m ~m 19 all. $3,532

hand. GEORGE LP. ANDREWS. mm. Mich.





a. l. L—A few bred sown. mom mocked tor

Spring pigs from very onulmumok. pairs

not with. s. J. CO.W.AN Rockford, moms-1n





o I c REGISTERED PIGS S, ‘10 to 12

'0 0 e weeks hum Worlulo Fair winners.

Glenwnod Stock Faun,.Zoeland. Mitch. Phone 94.





W ‘h k I

0.. 1. c. m... 9,100.12. .21., am we





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11.; «Emmet vitality of

ms no. nos .1, mm, .111 ms

maelstrom 5 “about. fiend stamp for interma-

tlon. J. H. DUNLAP, Wllllamsport. Ohio.





HEAVY BONED POLAND CHINA PIGS at.

reasonable 11:.le Eggs from big, business Bur-

red Books 31 pet-15. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Mich.





 





 





MICIHGAN' S GREATEST HERD of big ”loud-China Hogs.

Big Boned,1.ong Bodied, Bl' Litters. Tho tumors' .1103. A

Illegal, hotter and more prolific Danni-Ohio. Write for

what you want. Bell phone. J. C. BUTLER, Bodhnd, Mich. .





0.3 SALE—4 P. C. buns ready fun-service.





. s

for hatching & prize winning Regal White (hmcggl.

umbla-n Wyunaoltes, Zach Kine. Three Onks.Mich.





. -_ —.Bom,G'lts a?!

POW 0mm of quantylnt $8 “3%:

price. B. M WING &BON,. Sheraton, Michigan.



—B kl f

mam-cums .5: salsraz’dfiié‘t





W001) tic SONS, Sallne. Mich.





 





 





 





largo Improved English Yurkshires.





The bog! that make good. fieptvmber gilt! ‘bred to



furrow next August or September. pig! of



either sex. Tetra not um. 3:11de manned.

WK 0. MIME. 0mm Allah.





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MAY 21, 1910.





CURES SCAB





A DIP THAT DOES THE WORK

WITHOUT INJURY

TO THE ANIMAI. OR FLEECE

NO BURNING or THE FIBRES:

No STAINING: No POISONING:

NO SICKENING.

WHY USE DIPS THAT HAVE THESE DESTRUCTIVE





AND DANGEROUS QUALITIES? WHY EXPERIMENT

WITH UNKNOWN PREPARATIONS?





KRESO DIP N9]





STANDARDIZED





INEXPENSIVE, EASY TO USE





PERMITTED av THE u s oEpAnTMENT or

AGRICULTURE FOR THE OFFICIAL DIPPING

or SHEEP FOR SCAB i4“





FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS

WE HAVE BOOKLETS GIVING FULL DIRECTIONS

FOR USE ALSO MANY VALUABLE HINTS ON

HANDLING SHEEP. WRITE FOR FREE comes.





PARKE, DAVIs &Co.





' DEPARTMENT or ANIMAL INDUSTRY





 





 





 





Home Owners Should Use





GOMBAULT’S

WAUSTIC BALSAM





‘The Great French Veterina Remed .

A SAFE, SPEEDY & POSITI CU .





Prepared exclusively

l‘); J. E. Gombault, ex-

eterina Surgeon to

the Frenc Government

Stud.





 

 





SUPERSEDES All. CAUTERY 0R name.





Impossible to produce any scar or blemish.

The safest best Blister ever used. Takes the



lace of all linlments (or mild or severe action.



emoves all Bunches or Blemishes from Horses

or Cattle.



As a HUMAN REMEDY for Rheu-

matism, Sprains. Sore Throat. etc., it

is invaluable.



WE GUARANTEE that one table-

spoonful of Caustic Balsam will produce

more actual results than a whole bottle of any

liniment or spavin cure mixture ever made.



Every bott e of Caustlc Balsam sold is

Warranted to give satisfaction. Price 81.50

per bottle. Sold by druggists or sent by ex-

press, charges paid, with ull directions for its

use. Bend for descriptive circulars, testimo-

nials.ete. Address





TH] LAWRIllcl-WILLILIS GOIPAIIY, Cleveland, Ohio.





 





 





 





 





NEWTON’S HEAVE

°Rli§ 'lt. Blélél'l'éil‘ C U R E

‘ The Standard Veterinary Remedy. .





20 years sale. Send for

booklet. .





 

   





   

   

 

 





   

 

 

 

 





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The first or second $1.00 can cures. The third can

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Cures Strained Pully Ankles.LymphangItil.

Poll Evil. Fistula, Sores. Wire Cuts, Bruis-

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Pain Quickly without Blistering, removing

the hair, or laying the horse up. Pleasant

to use. $2.00 per bottle at dealers or de—

livered. Horse Book 5 D iree.

, BSORBI E. JR., (mankind.$l.00 bot-

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"I‘HE MICHIGAN FARMER.





BREEDING PURE-BRED SWINE.





The Breeder as a Salesman.



The highest financial success in breed-

ing pure-bred swine depends, in a large

measure, upon the ability of the breeder

to scll his stock at a remunct'ative price.

Many of the bcst animals scll for much

less than their actual value, simply be-

cause their brccders are not first—class

salesmen. A first—class animal will sell

itself, but if the breeder is a good sales—

man the exercise of this one talent will

often result in his securing a much larger

price for the animal. Some very suc—

cessful breeders are poor salesmen. Some

of the most prominent money-makers in

the trade have never became prominent

as constructive brecdcrs.‘ Men are very

scarce who have achieved the two-fold

success as brccders and salesmen.



A good sa'lcsmun docs not allow his

commercial cleverness to dull his moral

senses and sell inferior animals far above

their actual worth, though this may fre—

quently rcsult through no studicd effort

of his own. \‘I'hilc the experienced breed-

er oftcn recognizes at once an inflated

price for an int‘crior animal or a low

price for an animal of outstanding cxccl-

lencc-still the intrinsic value of breeding

animals is, always has bccn, and always

will be more or less vague and intongiblc.

The most prescient of the prophets are at

sea v~.‘hcn thcy arc asked to estimate the

value of a young brccding animal. In

fact, thcrc is no way of tclling,r whcn a

seller is socuring {In intlutcd price for tho

best class of young brccdinar swinc, How—

ever, on the othIr hand, thcrc are many

grades of int‘ct‘lority and also ot‘ superior—

ity, and whcn thI-sc are multiplicd it is

evidcnt that unlcss the animal is :1 Hal

“Scrub" or an unmistakable winncr thcrc

can be no sot standard. which can be used

in csthnztting its actual vuluc. ()nc thing

is certain, Inorc pIIrc—brcd swinc are sold

bclow than above lhcir truc valuo. 'l‘hc

fact that scpculators can buy unintuls for

low priccs from bz'ccdcrs and scll them

for many times what thcy paid the breed.

crs for them is vcry strong evidence. that

they posso‘is‘ bcttcr :Ibility as salesmen

than thc mcn who brcd the animals.



Only a tow mcn urc natural salcsmcn,

but cvcry man can acquirc a knowledge

of selling: stoI-k that will prove of incul—

culable value to hi< business. Any man

can sell good stock for :Ibsurdly lo-.v

priccs, but it rcquires an intclligent man

who is a closo student of human nature

to get thc last dollar l‘t‘lll‘t'HClllt'd in the

value of thc animal he is sclling. Good

salesmanship can be used in compiling

catalogues and writing his advertising

matter, in corrcspondcncc and in talking

the busincss, fate to face with buyers.

You should nnlkc a study of the art of‘

selling your stock. Make a study of each

letter and ot‘ t‘ilt‘l] visitor. You will find

that fully as much of your success will

depend upon your ability to obtain good

prices lor your animals as it Will upon

your ability to produce them.



Never advertise somcthing for nothing

or quote an absurdly low pricc for good

brccding stock. Advertise persistently

and liberally as the size of your herd and

the quality of your stock will warrant.

Be bold lllltl conservative. Have exactly

what you :Idvertiso and be rcady to do-

Iivcr the stock whcn promiscd. As more

than one—half of thc, sales of pure—bred

swine are mail-order sales it is very nec-

essary that tho Iu'cctlc!‘ bc, a good lcttcr

Writcr and sond out well written letter,

reinforcod by attractive stutioncry. An-

swer every inquiry as promptly as pos—

sible. Invitc ptrsonal inspcction, de-

scribe your salc stock llt‘l‘lll'ult'ly, keep an

exact copy of every lcttcr soul. out and to

this attach the inquircr‘s lcttcr. Be brief

and concise in all of your lcttcr writing.

There is no reason why a brccdcr should

not own a typewritcr and 80‘ d out as

good appearing),r lctters as a business firm.

A pleascd customcr is a line advertise-

ment and you should try and adjust every

complaint in a satisfactory manner. even

though you may not be. entirely to blame

for the trouble. By not over-describing

the animals the complaints will be very

few and far bctwcen. Always hold a

brcd sow until you are sure that she is

safe with pig, for this is one of the most

prolific sourccs of trouble between breeder

and buyer and a matter that is always

difficult to adjust to the entire, satisfaction

of both parties.



Human nature is largely the some

Wherever we find it and in no matter

What line of business we are cngagcd. If

something is bought and good money paid

for it and it fails to turn out as the buyer

had figured it would, then he is dissatis-

fied. Dissastisfaction takes various forms

with various men. Some lose their rea-





son entirely and demand damages far be-'





yond all reason. Others get dissatisfied

and leave everything to the seller to ad-

just. ’1‘hen again, there are many honest

buyers who merely want what is coming

to them and are Willing to adjust their

troubles in a quiet way and on an equi-

table basfs. Some buyers seem to be

looking for trouble and are always claim-

ing largo damages if they do not get

something for nothing. To protect him—

sclf from such buyers the brccdcr should

fortify himsclt‘ in case such buyers make

on cl'l'oxt to impose, upon him conditions

which \vcrc not contmnplatcd when the

original dcztl wus madc. It is one thing

to l:c sccking a good burguin, but quite

another to be sccking one with the aid of

oucstionable methods.



The public sale is an cxccllcnt means

of disposing of purc-brcd brccding swine.

Tho >1th should 1:0. wcll advcrtiscd in the

best farm and live stock pupcrs circulat-

ing in your own vicinity and in adjoining

localitics. ,‘hcso papcrs havc your inter-

csts at hcart and will do cvcrything with-

in their 1)II\\’(-l‘ to make your sale a suc-

ccss. ’l‘hcy know thut if your sole is a

success thcy will bc more than repaid by

tho lurgcr amount of advertising you will

throw their way in the futurc as your

bus’ncss cxpunds. This is not a matter

of scntimcnt but hard busincss principles.

Look over the loading agricultural papers

that carry the some business advertise—

mcnts ycar :tft‘tr your and you will realize

thc important lactor thcy huvc bccn in

tho dt-vclopmcnt of practically every ad-

vcrlisor's business.



lineage a good auctioneer before. you

claim the dato for your sale; all of the





lit-st inch on» bookcd many days :Ihead.‘





’l‘hc Z‘Illl'lfflllt‘ct' must ho a man that is a

thorough judgo of individual mcrit and

also ono who is ucquointcd with tho blood

lincs of thc brccd ho is soiling. it is a

mistzlko to (Hf—£72541" a local auctioneer who

might bo :1 good srllcr in ordinltry sales

but who is not acquaintcd with the pure-

brcd salc busincss. An cvpcrt auctioneer

truvcls in all purts of tho country and has

:In d‘quuintzltice {111mm,r brocdcrs that will

provc vcry valuable in attraction to your

salc.



Combination salcs have not proven as

satisfactory as brccders' individual sales,

principally lIccquso they attract a crowd

of buycrs who :Iro looking aftcr a cheaper

class of animals. Of course, when two or

thrcu bt'ccdcrs live in one locality they

many timcs find it very convenient to

hold a combination sale. cspccially when

they have more animals on hand than

thcy dcsire to kccp ovcr.



l’I'I-sI-nt only good stock that is in good

flesh at tho public sale. Flcsh and condi-

tion in the salts ring, the sumo as in the.

show ring is an important t'uctor in show-

ing the animal to its bcst advantage.

llavc every arrangement mudc curly and

plan to kccp the crowd in good humor

and havo compctcnt ht-lp to look ctt‘tcr the

stock so that you will hIIvc time to en-

tertain your visitors to the bcst advan-

tage. chcr make a guarantee that. you

will not be perfectly willing to live up to.

Have your pedigrees ready to hand over

with every animal that is sold. If there

is any one thing that plcascs the buyer

it is to have the pcdigrce and transfer

promptly handed ovcr as soon as he set—

tls for his stock.



New York. \V. MILTON KELLY.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





 





D. Ilcrcley. of Mcllonry county. 111., is

fecding about 300 hogs and finds it highly

profitable to purchase liberal quantities

of skim-milk from thc condensed milk

factorics close by at tho low price of ten

cents per pcr (fight—gallon can, using from

240 to 400 gallons cvcry day. He mixes

heavy wheat middlings with the milk, and

results are much better than are ob-

tuincd with straight corn rzttions. Gains

in Wcight are madc morc cconomically,

cspt-cially when milk is wormed. He also

feeds potzItocs libcrully, the price having

fallen to Mo a bushel, while a your ago

it was around $1.23 a bushel. Mr. llcrolcy

last summer went to the stutthwcstern

part of Iowa, whcrc tho corn crop was

drowned out, and purchased 500 shouts

that uvcragc about 115 lbs. :11 a cost of

$7.50m.‘7.65 dclivcrcd, there bcing,r quite a.

number of sows in the. lot old enough to

breed. llc bred them and sold them to

ncighboringr farmers for Ho per lb.



In a reccnt week (“hicago received 1),-

500 culvcs. largely from dairy rcgions,

breakingr all former records. Milk is a

valuable ussct with the dairymen these

times, and calves are apt to be marketed

prematurcly. It seems a pity that the

better grades of calves should not be con-

verted by stock feeders into beef cattle,

for the supply in the future promises to

be greatly short.



Reports from Ric-bland. Iowa, state

state that because of the late spring the

preceding two years, many farmers bred

their sows later than usual this year, and

consequently the. pigs were born late. This

year March chanced to be an ideal month

for farrowmg, and farmers who had their

pigs born In that month were extremely

fortunate.





 





 





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causes 75 per cent of all fire losses

according to officral record.





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West

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The D. G: S. System

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Endorsements of leading fire insurance

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Your horse has worms

if he has any of these

symptoms: Nervousness,

Itching, rubbing tni ,

rough cont. lIlde-boun .

dandruff. unthrlfty con-

dltlon, bloating. dusty

rectum and passing

worms.





on. FIR’S mew WORM REMEDY





ls given in feed—it kills worms in two





 





 





ways; by suffocation or absorptlon, but

never hurts the nurse or brood mere.





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can work the horse in all kinds of weather. Send

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treatment. Express prepaid.





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DETROIT. MAY 2!. 19:0.





 





CURRENT COMMENT.



In the year

How Ola-Operative Organ- book of the

lzatlons ‘DeveIOp. Dcpartm e n t

of Agriculture

for 1009, which is just out; appears some

data with regard to co-operativc 'I'ai'mers'

organizations or selling assomations which

substantiates our oft repeated contention

in these columns that to ’be .most .suoccss-

l‘ul such organizations should be based

upon community production of some spcc—

ial product. As a result of the investiga-

tions of the dcpartmcnt, the fact is incu—

Lioned that such special crops as the cran—

berry, produced largely in the cast, applcs

from Hood River, Oregon, vegetablcs from

Yuma Valley, Arizona, celery from Flori-

da, cantoloupes from Tennesscc, onions

from central and western Texas, peaches

from Georgia, etc, are successfully mur-

kcted in a co—opcrative way by their pro-

ducers in these various sections of the

country. As an indication of thc develop-

ment of co—operativc selling in various

sections of the country, it is stated lhai

in the state of Colorado alone, there wcre

in 1907 at least 33 such organizations. This

data. also substantiates our contention

that such local organizations can bc fed—

erated for their larger mutual bencfit

when they become sufficiently numerous,

reference being madc to a numbcr of Cal-

ifornia associations having united to form

larger bodies through which sales are

made. while the local organizations pack

and load the produce for shipment. Rcf-

(‘l‘Oil('0 is also made to two general pro—

duce cxchangcs which have bcen conduct-

cd successfully for a number of years. by

the truck growers of the peninsula lying

betwccn lhc Chesapeake Bay and tho Ai—

lanlic ocean. Two of the numerous ud-

Vanlagcs of this method of soiling which

are emphasized in this commcnt are the

bcilcr gradc of fruit and vegetables which

are placed upon the markct and the com-

mand by thcir producers of a greater in-

fluence in ihe market on account of the

large quantities of singlc products con—



trolled by a single authority.



The assodaiions of grapc growers and

the example of the singlc producc associa-

tion for the marketing of potatoes, as

well as the co-operativc creamcries and

cheese factories now opera’tcd in Mich—

igan, demonstrate both the pram—inability

and utility of this method of marketing.

May we see, in the near future, the





THE ,MIQH MAN carom;





growth of co-operative enterprises which

has been mentioned as having occurred

in other sections of the country, in our





own good state of Michigan.





Notwithstanding the

The'Shortage of predictions which are

Beef Cattle. coming from market

centers to the effect

that sufficient fat cattle will come for-

ward during the summer and fall so that

no alarming shortage to supply the de-

mand of the trade will be felt, it is freely

admitted that there is a very considerable

shortage in comparison with recent years.

This means that consumption will be

sufficiently curtailed to make supplies

adequate to tho demand. It also means

lhat meals have become so high in price

that deficiencies in our supply may, if

necessary, be supplied from other beef-

producing countrics. It also moans that

Mac avcrhgc farmer can afford to devote

a little serious thought to the situation

and its probable future outcomc,



With the gradual limitation and brook-

lng up of the big wcstcru ranges, and the

consooucnt increase in our 'wcstcrn popu—

lation through ihc greater development

of general agriculture in that section has

come an inability on thc’ part of western

Cattle brccders to supply the cattle-feed-

ing states east of the Mississippi river

with {ceding steers at prices which they

ran afford to pay, unless record prices

for finished beef are to be maintained. At

The same time there has been a reduction

in the number of fat cattle which come

to our big markct centers from the west.

1n the light of those conditions it appears

to be fairly ccrtain that the supply of

beef from that source will not again be

sufficiently pluntiful to keep the market

price of bccf animals down to a point

which will make it unprofitable to raise

beef animals on the farm, as 'was the case

during the halcyon days of thc bonanza

cattle kings. Thus it would seem that

the question of our future bccf supply lies

with lhc farmcrs who have heretofore

.produccd it only as a side issue and be—

cause they must kccpsome cows for home

use, rathcr than as a staple product upon

which thcy figured as a source of cash

incomc.



ll‘ bccf production comes to be looked

upon as a profitable department of pro-

ductiou upon the average small farm, it

will lncan an cra of better breeding and

better fceding. Unquestionably, with bct-

tcr hrccding and better feeding as the gen-

eral rathcr than thc exceptional practice

any present m' prospective shortage in our

supply of bccf can be obviated with little

morc outlay in feed or labor and corres-

pondingly increascd profits on the aver-

age small farm. This in turn will cause

a rcvival of interest in the improved

strains of gcncral purpose and beef cattle.

'thn to these bcnefils is addcd the im—

portant consideration of conserving soil

fertility, the cattle situation becomes one

which should be carefully studied by ev-

cry farmer who is 01‘ might profitably 'be

oven :1 small producer of beef cattle.



The .old mother goose

A New Use for prophesy regarding the

Cement. wonders of modern in-

vention and development

which closcd with the couplet,

“iron on water Shall float

As easy as a woodcn boat.”

was fulfillcd long ago. Indced, iron, in

common with olhcr heavicr—than-air ma-

tcriuls nonw floats Skyward in our atmos-

phcrc, bca-ring man in bird~like flight in

thc \vondcrful acroplauc. in the moan-

l‘imc, another common material familiar

to us all has found an adaptation in the

building of boats, which not only float





upon thc wulcr, but transport heavy

loads. A reccnt dispatch states that the

Panama Canal Commission has just





launchcd a big barge built of rc—inforccd

concrclc. \Vhilc this boat weighs 60.000

pounds it is said to bc lighter than a

strongly construclcd woodcu boat and has

the advantagc of b'ci'ng 'morc durable and

better ado-pica to use in the tropics, Since

it is unaffcclcd by sea worms and .marine

vcgciation docs not adhcrc to it as to

boats built from other materials. Truly,

modcrn mcthods of construction excel in

the pcrmanencc as well as the utility of

the product.





OUR GRAND RAPIDS BRANCH.





 





As mentio-ncd in our issue of May 7,

we havo arranged with Mr. H. J. Slade to

take charge of our branch office at, Grand

Rapids, localcd at 5 and -6 New Hawkins

Building. Second Floor. Mr. Slade is in

every way well qualified to fill such a

position, having had several years' expe-

ricncc in subscription work. As manager

of our office in Grand Rapids, he will be

ably assisted by his son, Clifford. Mr.





H. J. Slade will be on the road much of

the time soliciting subscriptions, appoint-~

ing agents and local correspondents in

territory not now thoroughly covered.

With Mr. Slade’s natural ability and

that which he may acquire in working in

the interests of the Michigan Farmer, we





 





H. J. SLADE,

Manager of .Grand Rapids Branch.





know he will add a very large number of

new readers to the thousands we now

have in that territory. We trust our new

and old friends will give him all the as-

sislance in their power to make his efforts

most successful.





 





ANNUAL GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.





The third annual convention of the

Michigan State Good Roads Association

was held in Grand Rapids on Thursday,

May 12. There was a large attendance at

the convention. and it was considered an

encouraging feature. by those who arc

most interested in the cause of good roads

for Michigan, that a large percentage of

those in attendance were farmers,



After the usual opening features of such

a convention, those in attendance were

welcomed to the city by Assistant City

Attorney Ferguson. who expressed the

city’s interest in the asociation's work.

Hon. Philip '1‘. 'Colgrove‘, of Hastings, vice-

pnesident of the association, responded,

saying that what is needed is not merely

advocates of good roadspfiut men who

will do things to secure'them, who will

go home and arouse their neighbors to

action to convert the..sandy highways into

good roads that will contribute to the

farmer‘s prosperity '



President Wm. W. Todd, of Jackson,

delivered a short but pointed address in

which he called attention to the organi—

zation of .the association a little more

than four years ago, ‘and the work which

it has done .since that time. He believes

that with her natural resources of road

building material, Michigan should have

the best roads of any state in the union,

but was sorry to say that it now falls far

short of having them. He mentioned the

fact that 60 per cent of the automobiles

manufactured in the country are made in

Michigan and that we are third in the

output of other road vehicles, in view of

which he asked the pertinent question,

“Why should ’we be behind other statcs,

in building up good roads?” He com—

mended the present administration and

the recent legislatures of our state for the

laws which have been enacted for the

improvement of our highways. As a fur-

ther means of improving our highways

without increasing the burdens of taxa-

tion. hc advocated the utilization of the

prisoners at Jackson, Iouia and Marqucttc

in the quarrying and-crushing of thc rock

which is accessible from those institu—

tions. by means of which it could be sold

to cities and townships at a price which

would be cheaper than gravel, quality

considered; while, the men now imprisoned

in tho various county jails could be uti—

lized in the work of road building in those

various counties. This plan he assortcd

would not only result in a great improve-

ment of our highways, but would also

tend lo lessen petty crimcs by mcn who

think little of a jail sentence, but less of

hard labor of this character. He mcn-

tioned the desirability of road signs for

the conveniencc of travelers as one of no

small importance. In addition to the

question of state aid in highway building,

he believed that Wc should take up scri-

ously the matter of national aid in im»

proving of highways and advocated the

appointment of a committce on legislative

affairs to this end.



Governor Warner cxprcsscd his dccp

intercst in a good roads movement which

in Michigan is still in its infancy, but

growing. He mentioned the fact that in

1906 the state expended 326.000. which

sum has increased annually until this

year it reached $200,000, mogtly for

rewards for the building of good roads in

counties and townships according to state

specifications. He believes the time will

soon come when thc stat-e will spend

three or four times this amount, which

will be possible with a tax of loss than

10 cents on each $1.000 valuation. He

mentioned the. different attitudes of the

people toward good roads in different sec—

tions. noting the fact that one eastern

Michigan county this spring voted 'to bond

for $50,000 for road building, while his

own township of F‘armington voted $3,500

for the same purpose this spring.





MAY 21,. 1910.





Herbert a Knott, president of the board ‘

of trade, expressed the sympathy of the .

Oliganization which he represented, with

the movement, and favored the extension

of government aid. He also advocated the

taxing of automobiles for the purpose 0f

aiding in road building.



Herbert "F, Baker, chairman of the ex—

ecutive committee of the state grange,

said that his county of Cheboygan now

has 35 miles of good roads as the result

of agitation began eight years ago. He

approved the idca of taxing the automo-

biles and favored government aid and a

larger degree of state aid.



N. P. Hull, master of the State Grange,

dwelt upon the importance of interesting

the farmers of the state in the good

roads movement. He declared the senti-

ment among the farmers of Michigan

would be much more favorable than

formerly and believes that the time is

ripe to push the campaign among them,

since they are realizing more than ever

before how important good roads are to

them. He declared the State Grange to

be in favor of the movement and that it

is doing all it can to help it along educa-

tional lines.



Hon, ’1‘. A. 'Ely, state highway commis~

sioner, endorsed the idea of using prison

labor in road building and particularly in

crushing stone for that purpose. He stat-

ed that the applications for state aid

have come from 60 counties in the stale‘

and that slow state aid was offered, 525

miles have been built through the aid of



he state reward plan, which the com-

missioner declared to be evidence that the

present law is a good law. He predicted

that the future would see a rapid ,in-

crease in this movement.



Hon. Robt. I), Graham said that 12 to

14 miles of good roads have been built in

the Grand .Rapids district .in three years.



Representatives of the automobile in-

dustry pledged their active support and

co-operaticn to the good roads movement

and the plan of taxing automobiles took

definite form in a resolution offered by

Alvah W. Brown, purposlng to tax auto-

mobiles 25 cents pcr horse—power, the,

money to go into the good roads fund. of

the county in which it is paid. It was

pointed out, however, that such a meas-

ure would be unconstitutional as it would

be in the nature of a special tax, and the,

matter was referred to the legislative





*commit‘i-ee to see what could be done





about it.



New officers of the association were

elected as follows: President, Philip T.

Colgrove, of Hastings; vice-president, N.

P. ,Hull, of .Dimondale: secretary and

treasurer, Thomas M, Sattler, of Jackson.

Former Presidents Horatio S. Earle and»

Wm. \V. Todd will act with the officers on

the legislative and executive committees.





as.





"' HAPPENINGS or THE WEEK.





Foreign.



Col, Roosevelt arrives in London this

week where he will represent the United

States at the funeral of King Edward.

Rest has completely restored the. C onel,

of the attack of bronchitis contract d"'in"

NOI-Way_ . "7F; 7"? .-



No satisfactory reports are coming of

the trouble between Ecuador and Peru

but all news indicates that the forces of

the two countries are in the field, making

preparations for war. No engagement

of importance have taken place.



The steamer Venus, which left New

Orleans a fortnight ago with arms and

ammunition for the Madriz forces in Nic~

aragua is reported to have made harbor

and will probably be successful in deliver-

ing hcr munitions of war. An engage—

ment is expected in a ‘few days between

the provisional troops and those of Mad-

riz, the two armies now are facing each

other. Protest was made to this govern-

ment for allowing the .ship to clear harbor

at New Orleans, officials being informed

of the purpose of the trip of the vessel.



The English parliament in session last

week, paid tribute- to King England VII,

and passed resolutions 01' condolence and

congratulations to King George V.



The Canadian navy which has been in

contemplation for some time, will be built

in Canada. It is the purpose of the gov-

ernment to establish a large ship building

plant for the purpose. The navy 'will be

started by the construction of ten war

vessels.



Last Friday Thcodorc Roosevelt deliv-

ered a lccturc on “The World Movement."

at the University of Berlin in the pres-

ence‘ of Emperor William. Mr. Roosevelt

received from the, institution the honorary

degree of doctor of philosophy.





National.





James TV, Van Clcave. ex-president of

the national association of manufacturers

and famous as a fighter of labor boycotts,

died in St. Louis, Sunday.



A battery of five boilers exploded at

Chewton, Pa, killing three and injuring

six other pcrsons.



This week the United States Supreme

Court is considering a dispute over the

boundary between Maryland and West

Virginia along the Potomac river, Marv-

land claiming that the line is the high-

water mark on the south bank of the

stream, while West Virginia contends that

thc low-water mark is the proper divi-

sion. The description was written in

Latin back in 1620 and is not clear.



\V'ith the hope that business will be

well enough in hand to allow the inem-

bcrs to go home then, congress is now an—

ticipating adjournment about the first of

July; no vote has, however, been taken on

the matter to date. Plans involve the

holding of night sessions to finish the vast

amount of necessary work. No adminis—

tration bills of importance have as yet

been passed, the work thus far being

largely in the hands of the committees.



A series of earthquake shocks occurred

at L05 Angeles, Cal, and vicinitv last

Sunday morning. Damage 'to buildings

was done in many sections although the

destruction of property was not particu-

larly serious at any point. No casualties

were reported.



Counsel for the United States in a case

against Great Britain involving disputes



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VISIT TO BARBARA F RITCHIE’S TOWN.





BY T. C. HARBAUGH.





gers the boys and girls of America.



W110 have not heard of Whittier’s

war-time heroine, Barbara Fritchie. Her

name and fame have crossed the seas a d

are known wherever there is a written

language. The "Barbara Fritchie” of the

good Quaker Poet has been declaimed in

many a school and will ever be a favorite

with young elocutionists. Though she

Went to her rest years ago and sleeps in

a quaint little cemetery in her cherished

town, “green-Walled by the hills of Mary-

land,” many a tourist seeks the spot of

her sepulcher and parts the long grass in

order to read the simple inscription on

her modest headstone. There are graves

better cared for in nearly every cemetery

and loftier monuments than the one that

marks her resting place; but it is a much

sought-for place and few visit “Frederick

town” without making a pilgrimage

thither.



First, a, word about old Frederick, to

which city “dame Barbara” has given un~

dying fame. The place lies in western

Maryland, in the heart of the beautiful

Monocacy Valley and the Catoctin Moun-

tain on the west and Sugar Loaf Moun-

tain on the east. It is circled ent?ly by

mountains whose summits sta d out

against the sky, the whole forming a.

landscape fitted for the brush of the

greatest artist and the inspiration of the

finest poet. In 1745 the “Village of Fred-

erick” Was laid out by people who were

entranced by the beauty of the location

and was named for Frederick, Prince of

Wales. It was already a noted place when

General Braddock set out on his ill—fated

expedition to the Monongahela, for he

rested there a spell, or until the teams

secured by Benjamin Franklin could join

the army. Washington, then a rising

young officer of the British army, ac-

companied Braddock, and he is said to

have danced with the belles of Frederick

the night before the journey through the

wilderness.



It is 110w a city of ten thousand souls.

with modern streets and buildings and a

seat of much learning, having several

seminaries and colleges. It is a recorded

fact that prior to the Declaration of I11-

dependence the citizens of old Frederick

assembled and adopted the following reso-

lution: “That what may be recommended

by a majority of the Congress equally

delegated by the United Colonies we will,

at the hazard of our lives and fortunes,

support and maintain, and that every

resolution of the convention tending to

separate the province from a majority of

the Colonies without the consent of the

pi ople is destruction to our internal safety

and big with public 111i11 All through

the \Var of the Revolution Flederick stood

fast for freedom, sending many of her

young men into the famous Maryland

Line which, on many a hard-fought field,

met and repulsed the king's veterans with

the bayonet. As early as 1705, in the old

court house at Frederick, the odious

“stamp act” was boldly pronounced in-

operative.



Miss Barbara Hauer, afterwards Mrs.

Fritchie, grew up among scenes and times

like these which breathed resistance to

coming from good old

Pennsylvania German stock, she became

a woman of strong convictions. She loved

the Valley of the Monocacy; she spent her

girlish days among the mountains about

her home, little dreaming that she was

destined to add undying fame to the place

of her adoption.



Advancing years were kind to Barbara

Fritchie. She visited the sick and com-

forted the dying, and her gentle heart

was full of charity. Whether or no the

poet erred in ascribing to her the thrilling

heroism that breathes through his poem

matters little now. Her fame is secure





Y OU might almost count on your fm-





oppression, and,





and the young of our country take pride

in telling of her deed





“On that pleasant morn in the early fall

VV’hen Lee marched over the mountain

wall——





“Over the mountains, winding down,

Horse, and foot into Frederick town.”

The home of Whittier’s heroine has

given place to modern improvement, but

its site is still pointed out to the visitor.

Not far away runs a narrow little street

which is crossed by a mill-race, spanned

by a swinging bridge, and over this scant

way that September day in 1862 poured

“Stonewall” Jackson‘s men in gray—

"Forty flags with their silver stars,

Forty flags with their crimson bars.”

-Beyond the little bridge lies an old cem-

etery in which burials are no longer made.





It is encircled by a high wall and entered

through a dilapidated gateway. It is an

uncanny spot even in the garish light of

day, and at night it is truly dismal. The

ponderous iron key to this uninviting

“God’s acre” is kept by a sexton who

loans it to the visitor. The key is at-

tached to a cumbersome bit of board

which one has to carry with him through

the streets. One has to search a long

time for the grave of \Vhittier‘s heroine.

Rank grasses, frequently cut for hay, im-

pede progress at every step. It is almost

like hunting for the proverbial needle in

the haystack.



At last, half enclosed by a broken iron

fence, he finds the burial place of “good

dame Barbara" and her husband, John

Fritchie. If one expects to find a beau-





 





 





 





 





 





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tiful shaft marking the spot of Barbara’s

sepulcher he is doomed to disappointment,

The long grass hides everything. By dili-

gent search one is rewarded at last by

a very modest stone over which, in the

soft Maryland light, trail myrtle and hon-

eysuckles, the very flowers Barbara.

Fritchie loved and tended. The simplest

of inscriptions relieves the stone of bare—





ness and the tourist reads it at a glance:





“BARBARA FRITCHIE.

Died December 18. 1862.

Aged 96 Years.”



“Only this and nothing more!” Time

may come when old Frederick will awake

to her duty and replace that poor stone

with a fitting memorial to the woman

whose name is indissolubly linked to her

own. After all, Barbara Fritchie’s grave

lies amid scenes of beauty; her blue moun—

tains surround her, she has her myrtle

and her honeysuckle, and bird and bee

make music over her last home in Fred-

erick Valley.



Not many squares away, in the heart

of beautiful Mt. Olivet Cemetery, stands

an imposing monument over the grave

of the poet who gave us our na-

tional anthem. Francis Scott Key, the

illustrious author of ”The Star Spangled

Banner,” was a native of Frederick and

was brought here for entombment with

his fame secured by his immortal lyric.

He has been honored by one of the most

beautiful monuments ever erected to the

memory of a poet and one can stand be—

side it and almost see the neglected spot

where Barbara Fritchie sleeps. In the

same inclosure lie the remains of four

hundred Confederate soldiers who fell at

the battle of Monocacy, fought in the out-

skirts of Frederick, and they, too, are

remembered by a handsome shaft.



Frederick has still another historic plat

of ground. On one of the side streets

stands a tumble-down house which at one

time formed the headquarters of the im-

mortal \Vashington. ’l‘he patriot is thril-

led by memories of the past as he gazes

upon the old structure which long ago

housed the Father of His Country. NO

steps have ever been taken to keep the

old place in repair. It is the refuge of

the owl and the dwelling place of the

(howsy but. Its old windows with their

diminutive panes carry one back to the

“days of yore" and invest the old shack,

despite its dilapidation, with sacred mem—

orits. 1 11111 told that a movement will

soon be started to wrest from the hands

of ruin tho gravu of Barbara Fritchio

and the headquarters of “'ashington, and

restore them_ as fur us is possible, to their

original condition,



There is much about Frederick to in—

terest the visitor. In fact, there are few

places so rich in historic recollections, and

few cities so romantically situated. The

surrounding country is productive and

Well tilled. Great stone barns that have

withstood :1 century's storms dot the en-

ticing landscape, the picturesque Mono-

cacy ripples away within hearing of the

city, and around it. in season, in the

words of the Quaker port, are,



“Apple and peach trees fruitcd deep.”



More than once during the Civil War

Frederick was a place of excitement. Her

streets echoed to the tread of the Blue

and the Gray, and from her hills can be

seen the crest of South Mountain, where

brother met brother in one of the import;

ant battles of those sz‘inguinary times.

But such scenes have drifted into the

past. Frederick rchscs in a valley of

thrift and peace the golden-winged bee

seeks sweets among the wild flowers that

beautify Barbara Fritchie’s grave, and

one can say as said the loving Whittier;

‘e‘P Pace and order and beauty draw

A1011nd thy symbol of light and law;





“And ever the stars above look down

On thy stars below in Frederick town!"
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ROMANTIC LIFE of HERBERT FURLONG.





Thrilling Experiences of a Soldier of Fortune, Ranchman





and Federal





Detective.





Hale and Hearty at 89, he ls lelng the Life ~of a Recluse wlthln the Confines of

the Peninsular State.





BY J. W.





After knocking about in America for a

While I rented a small farm in New Eng-

land and sent for my family. But, being

green in the farming business, I soon

tired of that and decided to go back to

England on a visit, but before going any

further I must tell you of a narrow cs-

cape I had one day.



It was a bright morning in early June

that John, my man, hitched “Old Mor-

gan" to the wagon while I donned my

lishing suit and prepared the lunch or

rather, told the women how to prepaie it.

I had a pair of stout corduroy pants,

made on purpose for forest and river

wear, and in setting the pockets the mak-

er had so cut and inserted them that they

hung low down upon the thighs, causing

a chafing sensation from their contents,

which was anything but agreeable.



“Hello! how is this?" I cried. as I put

my spare lines into the left pocket. “I

thought you promised to alter these pock-

ets before I had occasion to use them

again.”



“W'ho knows." said my wife, “but the

depth of those pockets may be the means

of saving you something of value, which

you might have lost had I cut them off."



“All ready," shouted John at that mo-

ment, for which I was thankful. I turned

and saw Morgan‘s intelligent face peering

at the Window. John holding him by the

bit, and without further remark I packed

up and made off, only stopping to do

what I have never learned to forego—to

kiss my loved ones as the parting blessing

is whispered. It dissipates mists and

makes sunshine.



Into the wagon and away we went. Up

Swift river in the town of Albany, N. 13.,

(we started from Conway) under old

“Mote Mountain.” taking the shadow of

“Hay Stack" and “Eagle Ledge"—-these

on our right, the swiftly rolling and dash-

ing river low down on the left—in under

the grim side of Chocorna, thence over

the river, and now through a region as

wild and romantic as the most devoted

lover of the sublime in forest compass

could desire, up to the “Falls." where we

unharnessed the faithful horse, secured

him, and gave him something to eat;

and then over to the little pond under

Spruce mountain, where we caught fifty

beautiful trout. After this we ate our

lunch and then took about one hundred

and fifty of the speckled fellows from the

river. We quit fishing at little earlier than

we might otherwise have done in order

that we might keep a promise made to

the women folks. ”\Ve had, inadvertently,

let them into the knowledge of the fact

that on the way to and from our fishing

ground we passed a spruce wood. where

we observed signs of nice chewing gum,

the result of which was that we were

placed under a solemn promise to take a

long-handled chisel with us the very next

time we went up the river, and get them

a good lot of spruce gum. On this after—

noon we started 011 our return three—

quartcrs of an hour earlier for the pur-

pose of fulfilling our promise.



The spruce wood was within three or

four miles of my home, and when we ar-

rived thcrc we. secured the horse, took

our long-shafted chisel, and set forth. TVe

had gone but a short distance when we

discovered a large rattlesnake in the path

ahead of us, which John succeeded in

killing. He measured, as nearly as

could judge, from five and a half to six

feet in length—a large one with eight

rattles.



Oh, how I shudder when I see one of

those monsters! Talk of your cobras and

moccasins, and your stinging vipers. I

belieVe there is nothing of the reptile

kind more deadly than the New England

rattlesnake. I know they give token of

their presence in shrill, piercing alarm-—

no one knows it better; but annihilation

seize them! They will strike the death

blow while they do it. if they can.



I l00ked f0? gum while John carried

the dead snake to the wagon and stowed

it away under a branch of break-leaf.

W'hen he returned we talked rattle-snakes

and told each other what we had heard

and read, and what we knew of their

awful nature.



“Of course,” said John, who held him-

self an oracle in such matters, “there’s

another 0‘ them snakes not far awav.

They always travel in pairs. And he was





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GRAND.





not the first one who had declared the

same thing in my hearing. However, we

were after spruce gum, not snakes, and

we made a strike for it. I had a tree in

my “mind‘s eye." It was a stately spruce

that had been blown over by a gale dur-

ing the previous March, the top of which

had been lodged against a clump of scrub

oak that grew upon an abrupt elevation

which must have once been a bank of

Swift river; but the trunk of the tree

was so far from the ground that no

one had been able to reach a section

where a long. rich line of goodly lumps

of pure amber gum had exuded from a

seam about half way between the roots

and the top. I found the spot and eagerly

jammed my way in among the thickly

growing shrubs that extended down the

whole face of the bank, for I saw that I

could reach the big bright tears of gum

with my shaft chisel.



This bank faced west, and as I ob—

served how the rays of the declining sun

were pouring their golden sheen upon it,

I thought what a place for the lurking of

a snake. The thought thrilled me as I

approached the bank, but when I saw my

prize I forgot all but how I could best

secure it. As I have said, I jammed my

way into the shrub thicket, which was

there about breast high, never looking

down, for the cloth of my garments had

been selected to withstand such contact.

only looking up to where the gum was

within reach of my chisel. I had secured

twenty or thirty pure lumps, all within

my rcach, from two standing places, and

was pushing recklessly ahead against the

intervening shrub, when I stopped as if a

thundei bolt had l)u1st upon me from the

clcni sky above.



Readei, did you ever hear that alarm?

If not you may have heard our common

locust—the rough-hided, grey-backed, fi‘ -

ing grasshopper that sings with such a

sharp ear-piercing note. Well, strengthen

and intensify that sharp, ringing vibra-

tion tenfold, and then add to it a hiss

just as sharp and penetrating. and you

have the alarm note of the rattlesnake.



And this is what I heard, and what

arrested my steps. In starting to spring

backward my heel caught an obstruction,

'and in order to save myself from falling

I was obliged to grasp a branch of the

fallen spruce, the Only thing at hand stout

enough to support me, and in doing this

I made a slight bounce to the left. My





left foot came down on something that'





moved beneath it—moved. and struggled,

and hissed—and I felt as though ten

thousand galvanic batteries had sent

their united currents through my frame.



I cast my eyes down and saw a bright

bow, formed of two threads of light,

clearly defined amid the deep shade of the

shrub. Iknew ’twas the monster’s eyes.

flaming mad fire, drawing that curve of

light as the ugly triangular head sWept

to and fro, but swept so only for an in-

stant. My foot was upon its body not

more than a third of the distance from its

tail, so that fully two—thirds of its length

was free. and it was a large snake. \Vhat

did I do? “iliat could I do? Within one

second after I looked down the deadly

reptile was ready to strike. The head

was thrown far back, the upper jaw raised

until it fairly lay over toward the crest,

and I knew the blow was coming. I could

only throw up my hands, start backward

once more, and think of the wife and two

precious children at home. The blow came

quick and strong. striking me upon the

left thigh, and yet I forced my way back-

ward without stopping, but I looked down

and saw that the venomous reptile was

clinging to the fabric of my trousers, the

hooked fangs preventing his letting go

while I was in motion. In an instant,

however, the tail, or the lower part of the

body, caught among the shrubs and the

fangs were torn away.



Backward I staggered to the path, faint

and dizzy, knowing that I had been struck

and expecting every moment to feel the

touch of the poison upon my vitals. As

I reached the path John was by my side.

He noticed the fallen spruce and was

making for it. 1



“Good gracious! What ails you?” he

cried as he caught sight of my face.



“Bitten!" I gasped.



“A rattlesnake?" was his instant query.



“Yes." said I.





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THE " MICHIGAN FARMER.





“Where?” _



I placed my hand upon my thigh where

I still felt the force of the blown “Let's

look. We’ll cut into it, bind on a piece

of the fat from the dead one and then

put for home. Quick—where is it?"



My thigh was exposed, but there was

not a mark of poison fangs—not a scratch

or puncture of any kind.



“There‘s no bite here. master, 'not a

sign of a one.”



John’s happy, thankful smile of assur-

ance gave me strength, and my thoughts

came to my aid.



I looked where the thread of the cordu-

roy had been started up into loops by the

tearing away of the snake's fangs and

saw that it was directly over the ob-

jectionable pocket. I put my hand into

the receptacle and drew forth the only

thing it contained, the broad, flat piece

of shingle with the trout line wound upon

it. The line was new and of fine white

silk, and we saw upon the silken surface

the stains of the snake‘s deadly virus,

but we saw it more plainly upon the

smooth wood. The fangs had struck

through the pants' pocket and three turns

of the line to the wood; and we could

follow the yellowish lines where the subtle

poison had crept along the grain of the

wood as plainly as though they had been

drawn with pen and ink.



Do you w0nder that I was weak and

that I let John drive home? And do you

Wonder that my face gave token of recent

terror when I entered the house? At all

events, there was no more wonder or

marvel at that board after my story had

been told. But you can imagine that the

pocket, so condemned in the mroning,

furnished food for a very curious discus-

sion, and in the end we were all inclined

to admit that man is so far a creature

of circumstances that he hath much and

continual need of reliance upon a higher

power than his own.





(in our next Magazine Section Mr. Fur—

long will tell of an extremely perilous

hour during his experience as a mill

overseer in England—Eds.)





A FLASH FROM BLACK EMBERS.





(Concluded from last week).





In his recent visits to Evangeline the

young man had become acquainted with

certain features of Castonia that fitted

1is suddenly formulated plan.



The chief cropcf the settlement was

potatoes. The community had built a

single, frostproof repository. f.1r no house

had a. cellar. This storehouse was a cav-

ern in a hillside.



The young man gathered 11p the arms

in the warden‘s canoes, when he had

landed in the inner cove of the logan. The

warden had confiscated ammunition as

well as weapons. The girl secured the

sack that held the cartridges. And

crouching and running in the underbrush

they circled the houses and came out upon

the hill.



The evicting party was in full opera—

tion. They were piling the scant furni—

ture out of doors, preparatory to remov-

ing it to the river bank. The manager

depended on the bateau men to assist in

the job later. No eye was cast their way

when the young man and the girl stole

into the mouth of the potato cellar.



A moment later she emerged and

walked down the hill and went among

the women and children, giving them cer-

tain commands in low tones. And these

in twos and threes edged away from the

houses and went up the hill, gathering in

a group before the mouth of the cave

until all were assembled there.



The evictors glanced that way occasion-

ally with some curiosity but worked on

and were evidently glad to have the field

clear for their operations. Weeping “'0-

men and sobbing children are not com"

fortable spectacles for even a man with

the soul of a Herod.



But when a voice, tense, commanding,

and having the unmistakable note that

men fear, hailed the toilers from the emi-

nence, they stopped and gazed with some-

thing more than mere curiosity. There

was no one in sight except Nicola of the

Penobscots. erect, determined and with

his rifle in, the hook of his arm.



”I’ll give you three minutes to be in

your canoes and paddling down the river.

you white thieves.” he shouted. He

swung his rifle to his shoulder, and they

who blinked up at him saw that the pri-

mordial spirit of the savage like “a flash

from black embers." had subjugated all

that civilization had taught him.



"Come down here, or I'll shoot!" roared

Murtha, hauling out his revolver and, as

a woodsman, realizing its inefficiency as

soon as he held it in his hand and looked

up at the rifle. The sheriffs. certain that

the field was clear for them, had come





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MAY 21, 1910.





armed quite as inefficiently They tum-

bled a moment at their hip pockets and

took their hands away.



"‘I've got twelve rifles in my canoe."

c‘ried Murtha, not yet understanding the

sortie managed by the Indian.



“Your twelve guns are here and loaded

and each one is in the hands of a woman

bound to protect her home,” retorted

Nicola. Then the men saw the muzzles

shoved through the dirt walls of the

cellar.



“It will be state‘s prison for you, re-

sisting officers." cried the manager, for

Murtha seemed to have suddenly lost his

voice.



“I am an Indian," said the young man.

“I was willing to become something more.

But you would not let me. You have two

minutes left. Then I shoot to kill."



“He‘ll do it!” growled the manager

“And them '5 no knowing when one of

them women will pull too hard on a

trigger. Vt’e've got to back up."



They tried to retreat with dignity, but

when one of the sheriffs began to run the

others followed him in a rout. And the

girl came and stood by her lover's side

and watched them. ,



“We should have let them take us,

dear," she said despondently. “All the

power is with them. It will make it the

harder for us in the end ”



“I know it, little girl.” he replied; “it

has been only another sorry flash from

those dead embers that they thought they

had trampled into blackness forever. But

the old spirit blazed in me. I couldn’t

help it. I fear the past has not taught

the Indian his lesson!"



After a moment he sighed, laid his rifle

in her hands and went down the hill

without a word, following them.



The men were out upon the river when

he came to the shore but he called to

them, holding up his empty hands.



“Gentlemen, ” he said quietly, when

they were within hearing distance pad-

dling back slowly and not without sus-

picion of strategein, “It has all been a

mistake on my part. I should have made

better use of my education and remem-

bered the precepts of my church in bet-

ter fashion. But that game warden first

partook of my hospitality and then took

me by deceit and refused me the common

courtesy due to one who had tri to be

a gentleman according to “197*"

standard. I gave him fan Wain mg to e\-

pect strategy inreturn. My thoughts

were wild and my heart was bitter—and

when I arrived here I saw the girl to

whom I am betrothed insulted and cast

out of her home. I think it is all wrong

and bitterly cruel—abut what can the weak

avail when the strong are determined?"

He tossed his hands to them outspread

and smiled in wistful apology. “I do not

want to make more trouble for thesein-

nocent 13601318. They will go with you.

I will go with the warden but I will test

our legal and 0111 treaty rights in the

1111110 man’s (nuts. "



There was long silence among those in

the clustering canoes. Tlnn the canoes

drew more closely together and there was

the mumble of voices in colloquy.



At last one canoe separated from the

rest and came ashore. It brought the

manager of the pulp company. He step-

ped on shore, looked the young man up

and down for some time, his eyes pucker-

ing shrewdly, and remarked, “So you are

‘Big Thunder,’ e11. the ball player?”



“They called me that. I was earning

money for my education."



The manager surveyed him up and

down once more.



“You are no coward, young man." he

said, with simple earnestness. “\Ve’ll

shake hands 011 that Indian war that just

closed."



Nicola clasped the outstretched palm.



“I'm a business man." the manager

went on. “I've always been a business

man. I never took enough time off for

sentiment, I'm afraid. Business men are

a little ashamed of sentiment. But when

you came down to the lake shore there a

moment ago and talked I had a s01t of

illuminating flash to the effect that plain

and straight law and business demands

dont settle .111 the human rights in this

world. It was just a flash. It made me

dizzy. I don‘t want to think too much

about it. It might spoil me for a busi-

ness man. It isn't our business to leave

squatters here 011 our property—not even

though your sweetheart pleads for them.

Bul"—-he blurted out his decision in haste

that showed he feared for himself—“I

propose to let ’em stay here. My word

goes. I handle all this line of business

for the company. XVhen their men folks





come back from the woods I’ll make a

trade with them to keep within certain

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this. If I wake up in the night and

think of caving in like this, I’ll say to

myself, ‘It’s good business!’ and kind of

console myself that way. So that's all!

Tell ’em so. Good day.”



He started back to the canoe, but

whirled and looked Nicola over again.



“Let‘s see!" he mused, “you are strong,

mighty healthy, full of grit, know these

woods and waterways, have got a college

education and probably are good at fig—

ures! What kind of recommendations

can you furnish?"



“From all my teachers, from my church

fathers and from the officers of the bank

that has offered me a position.”



”Bank life would kill a hearty chap like

you,” objected the manager bluffly. He

came and pleasantly took Nicola by the roofing that has to

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In arranging your curtain use the. 1am-

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Have You Missed the

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HAT has become of the masculine

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man or a woman. Bifurcated skirts, stiff

shirt fronts. high, choking collars, plain,

hard, sailor hats and coarse, thick~soled

shoes were common articles of feminine

attire. And with this garb went a female

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pendent, aggressive creature who could

not be loved for her clinging feminine

charm nor admired for her near—mascu-

linity.



But now all is changed. This type of

woman has passed away, and even the

suffragettes are mild-mannered, graceful,

gracious, charming, feminine women. ()ur

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figure of the past. Perhaps we have the

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are. bad. Then women can never get over

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mannish woman who wears clothes 11

great deal like his own.



There were other forces at work, too.

rl‘hat woman belonged to the era when

women's highest aim yras to get rid of

home—making. Business, professions,

fame, were beckoning her and seemed to

have more force than love and baby fin-

gers. llut that period is passing away.

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and woman is again settling back into

her best work, that of keeping a hearth

bright for a happy family.



Take it all in all, the masculine woman

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was against her, and seeing the trend of

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EARLY SPRING VEGETABLES.

No. 15,





BY MRS. ALTA L. LITTELL,



First among the vegetables which the.

muscwife may call upon in the early

spring, when it is so hard to know what

o serve, is asparagus. This comes in at

hat trying season of the year when the

warm spring days make us turn from the

“winter vegetables, and as yet it is too

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Asparagus is most frequently served

with a white sauce, though the boiled as-

paragus may be simply dressed with but-

ter. In preparing it for cooking, all tough

fibrous parts of the stalk should he re—

jected and only the tender ends used.





even with the top of the upper sash and

Always remove the scales before cooking. the one for the lambrequin at the ex-

A favorite dish in many homes is made treme top of the casing. The curtains

by pouring creamed asparagus over toast. should fall straight. and the lambrequin

If the toast is very dry and hard pour should slightly overlap the top of the cur-

on boiling water to soften slightly, but tains. It may be straight across the bot-

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water and become soft. For the bedspread seam two lengths of

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dweller must content herself principally arrange for a standing heading at the

with spinach and young beet tops, white top. Join this to the top portion of the

she who lives outside, and has time, may spread. Slit the two lower corners so the

gather dandelion greens and many others flounce will fall smoothly around the posts

known to country housewives. Of course at the foot. Make or buy a bolster and

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color is made up with oil and does not

mix well with the milk. In fact, the

color adds nothing to the value of the

cheese and in many factories is not used

at all.



For ten pounds of cheese use twelve

gallons of milk. Place the milk in the

tub and warm it to 85 degrees. Remove

from the stove, add a quarter of a tea-

spoonful of the cheese color or 10 drops of

butter color, stir in well. The second day

increase or decrease the amount to get

the color desired in the cheese. Next add

three teaspoonfuls of rennet extract for

the twelve gallons of milk, or three junket

tablets to each gallon of milk. The ren-

net ..(tract or tablets must first be mixed

with a pint of water not warmer than 70

degrees. After adding the rennet to the

milk stir carefully for two minutes, then

let it stand without stirring or jarring

until the milk is firm, which will be about

25 minutes. When the curd will break

clean in front of the finger when inserted

into the curd it can be cut carefully

lengthwise and crosswise, with the wood-

en paddle. Next stir the curd with the

handle loosening it from the sides and

bottom of the vat. Now out again with

the paddle if necessary to have the curd

in pieces about half an inch square.



By this time the whey will be separat-

ing from the curd. The heating can be

done either by placing the tub over a

slow fire, or by dipping off a portion of

the whey, heating it and pouring back

onto the curd. Either way, the curd

should be gradually heated—taking about

30 minutes to 100 degrees. Hold the tem-

perature at about 100 until, when a double

handful of curd is pressed dry in the

hands and the pressure released the curd

will readily and quickly fall apart. It

will also 'have a clear squeak when

chewed between the teeth. It is now

ready for drawing off the whey. As the

curd settles to the bottom much of the

whey can be dipped off. The balance of

the whey and the curd can be dipped into

the draining pan. When the whey has

all drained out add four ounces of dairy

salt to the curd and stir well.





Lay a cloth ten inches square on a flat

board, place the cheese hoop on it, dip in

the curd, and put on pressure. After the

cheese has been in the hoop one—half hour

take the hoop off by lifting it up, and

bandage the cheese. The bandage—made

fro grease cloth—is in the form of a.

byliii. ‘ just large enough to slip over the

cheeSe and long enough to double over

an inch at each end. A cheese eight

inches in diameter and eight inches high

requires for bandage a piece of cheese

cloth 261/2x10 inches. The 26% inches

allows for seam, in dressmaker language.

On the ends of the cheese place circular

cheese cloth, return cheese to press——

other end up, and leave until following

morning. In place of the circular cloth

on ends of the cheese, at little butter or

lard rubbed on the next morning, can be

used.



The cheese should be “cured" for 15 to

30 days in a. room of about 70 degrees

temperature, and turned over each day.

A little practice will put one on the right

road to cheesemaking.



Two important rules are: Don’t let

the milk get too ripe before setting. and

don’t let the curd get too firm before

dipping.



E. A. HAVEN,

State Dairy and Food Inspector.





House Plants Bothered with Flies.





Dear Editorz—My house plants are cov-

ered with small black flies. I have done

everything to get rid of them. \Vill you

please tell inc through the columns of

your paper, what to do? Also, when the

border of a paper is a continuation of the

pattern where should the molding 'be

placed if used7—Inquirer, Clarkston.





A prominent florist advises as follows

regarding the plants: Sprinkle thoroughly

lwith water until every part of the plant

is wet; then shake over it tobacco dust,

which may be purchased at any good seed

store. This, it is claimed, will drive the

flies away. In the modern, lowccilinged

houses the molding should go to the ceil-

ing. If you have an old-fashioned ten-

foot ceiling, run the border just below

the molding. This way takes off from the

height of the room, but makes it look

larger. Tint the ceiling and drop if you

wish the latest effect.



Pork Cake.



Take one pOund of salt pork chopped

ine, 'boil a few minutes in half pint of

water; one cup of molasses, two cups of

sugar, three eggs, two teaspoonfuls soda,

:innamon, cloves and allspice to taste,

or instead of auspice nutmeg if preferred,

)ne pound of raisins chopped fine, flour to

nake stiff batter. Bake slowly.—-—Mrs. J.

3. '1‘.





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This department is opened as a

means of exchange of new and suc-

cessful ideas in homemaking. If you

have learned something in cooking,

sewing, child raising, fancy work,

economy, anything which is helpful,

and new, send it in. Twenty-five

cents will be paid for every article

used, but none will be returned. Keep

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Pour water on your onions when clean~

ing and they will not smart your eyes.—

M. G. W.



Salt thrown in the fire when burning

refuse will do away with the bad odor.—

M. G. W.



In making little girl’s dresses that will

need lengthening some time, allow for a

tu'ck on underside of hem, and run it in

by machine, using a long stitch. Then,

instead of having to let down hem and

face, it will take you but a few minutes

to take out tuck, and press.———T. F. C.



Rub a hot flat‘iron over the inside soap

wrapper. It will clean the flat nicely.—

Reader.



I find it convenient to put dry oatmeal

in a box that a cold breakfast food came

in. It is easier than leaving it in the

sack, which breaks easily. Put everything

possible in glass cans or baking powder

cans and label.—Reader. .



In washing lamp globes, if they are

first washed in warm soap and water,

then rinsed in cold water and placed on

top of the range until the moisture is

gone, they will need little polishing and

will be found to have a fine lustre. The

globes will not crack if first placed on

the back of the range until tempered by

the heat.——M. A. P.



An antiseptic and healing powder for

chapped skin is made of one tablespoon

of boric acid to three tablespoons of corn

starch. Bathe the skin. and powder on

lightly, for baby and the invalid. Boric

acid is a white powder and can be bought

of any druggist.—Mrs. M. F.



\Yhen grease is spilled on the floor try

dashing cold water over it once. It cools

the grease and prevents it spreading or

farther pcnetrating the wood—Mrs. L

M. L.



If your carpet must be patched, instead

of sewing it on make astiff paste. Paste

down the patch, after which iron slowly

with a hot iron. It will not come off and

looks much better than when sewed on.—

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Address all communications relative to

the organization of new clubs to Mrs. C.

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Associational Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.





YEARLY PROGRAMS.





 





The last yearly program of a club to

be received is the program for the lngham

County Farmers‘ Club, for 1910. Itis

more condensed than some of the pro-

grams previously described, although it is

quite complete in character, containing

everything essential to such a convenience

for reference. Aside from the date and

name of the club, the cover page bears

the announcement that the regular meet-

ings are held on the second Saturday oi

each month and that no club meeting oc-

curs in July. The inside cover page con-

tains a list of the officers. The title page

the name of the club and date. The suc-

ceeding pages are devoted to the pro-

grams for the monthly meetings, two be-

ing published on each page, the subject

of papers and discussions only being given

in the program. The farms of the mem-

bers are, many of them, named. the name

of the farm appearing with that of the

host in the announcement. The March

meeting was a temperance meeting. Sol-

diers’ and Pioneers’ day is observed in

September, while the November meeting

is designated as “\Voman's Day.” The

last page is devoted to a list of the stand—

ing committees, completing this concise.

yet convenient and comprehensive pro-

gram of the club, which has the honor of

being the oldest of any in the state.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





Adopt Yearly Program.—The East Otis-

co Farmers' Club met at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Wm. Beach, May 5. After din-

ner the meeting was called to order by

R. S. Halkins, in the absence of the

president. Mr. O. A. Nummer gave a

talk on “In what way are the labor un‘

ions beneficial to the laboring classes,”

which was discussed by those present.

Mrs. S. D. Cltickcring gave a rccitatlon

and Mrs. M, L. Howe read a paper, “Our

Friends.” Both were enjoyed by the mem-

bers. Mr. R. L. Hawkins gave a talk

on “What I saw on my travels,” which

was very interesting. He had a number

of post cards of scenes he visited on his

trip through the west last year. Pro—

grams for the year were passed out and

the meeting adjourned to meet June 2 at

9:30 a. m., at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

C. V. Cooper.——Mrs_ J. F. Kohn, Cor. Sec.

Pro Tem.



Adopt New Entertainment Plan.—.The

April club meeting of the Norvcll Farm—

crs' Club, held with C, 13.1101111es on

the afternoon of the 30th, while not

largely attended was greatly enjoyed. All

were glad that L, 1). VVatkius was able to

be present once more. President C. P.

Holmes presiding, the exercises began

with the singing of “America." and prayer

by A. R, Palmer. The matter of the

method of entertainment was taken from

the table and it was voted to adopt the

Grass Lake plan and Mrs. \Vm. Ray was

appointed a committee of one to carry it

into effect. This plan involves the divid-

ing of the membership into about five

Classes, each of which furnishes the re—

freshments about twice each year, the





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





amount and kind being prescribed by the

committee. ' '



Hard Times and the Farmer.—The

topic, “Is it necessarily hard times for

good farmers?” was taken up by C. P.

Holmes who denied that they were having

a hard time. They work hard and for

long hours truly, but many in the city do

the same. It is difficult to get good help

and we have to be satisfied with a smaller

production in consequence. It has been

suggested that it is not the high cost of

living that makes hard times for many.

If we lived as our grandfathers did and

with as little as they had, we should have

more money than we could use,



What is a “Good Farmer?”——T. B. Hal-

laday asked ”What is a good farmer?”

To be such his farm must show the re-

sults of labor and to effect this the farm-

er must keep everlastingly at it. To such

the times are not hard. To sustain the

body is so easy that We scarcely think of

it. The good farmer must conserve the

moisture which we can only do by stirring

surface soil and doing so he insures good

crops. W'm. Ray agreed that it was good

times for the farmer now. Clyde Beck-

with finds it harder work to live now

than when he was under the parental

r00 .



The Cost of Living.—A. R. Palmer

thought it true that it is the cost of high

living that makes it hard times for those

that find it so, and yet it is probably not

desirable that the standard of living be

lowered. L. D_ Watkins said that it is

what we buy that makes living hard. We

can save much in this direction if we try.

T. B. Haladay said that if it is good

times for the farmer it ought to be good

times for the other fellow. “If the farm-

er gets but 35c out of the dollar that the

consumer pays for 11s products the mid-

dleman and the transportation companies

ought to do well on what they get. I

have long thought that they were getting

more than their share. \Vorkmen who get

$3.50 for seven hours work or $5.00 per

day, as masons do in Ann Arbor. are get-

ting more than the farmer does.”





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Our Motto—“The Farmer is of more



consequence than the farm, and should be

first improved.”





 





 





THE MAY PROGRAMS.





 





Suggestions for Second Meeting.



Roll call, responded to by quotations or

remarks about the spring season.



What progress in legislation has been

made for: 1. Parcel post. 2_ Postal

banks.



Recitation.



1n the Home—III. Harmful bacteria.



Duet.



Recitation.



How market eggs to best advantage.



Songs and recitations, relating to the

spring season, in charge of Lady Assistant

Steward.





 





POMONA GRANGE FAIRS.



About two years ago an effort was made

by Kalkaska Pomona Grange to hold an

agricultural fair which, while being un-

der its immediate supervision, would be

open to any resident of the county who

cared to compete. Several very success-

ful Subordinate Grange fairs have been

held in the county, but this move was

intended to include the entire county in

the one fair.



The first year no regular premiums

were offered by the management outside

of ribbons, although many valuable spec-

ial premiums were put up by the mer-

chants of the several towns of the county.

All the departments usually found at our





county fairs were open to exhibitors. This.





first fair was such a success that, spurred

on by the enthusiasm manifested by all

those who attended, steps were imme-

diately taken by Pomona Grange toward

the holding of another fair the following

year on a larger scale.



This second fair was a grand success in

every way. With the appropriation al-

lowed the Pomona for the purpose of hold-

ing a county agricultural fair in 1909 we

were able to offer various cash premiums,

besides meeting the necessary expenses.

The photo reproduced upon this page

shows a portion of the fruit and vegetable

exhibits as displayed in a 25x100 ft. store

building which was packed the entire two

days with eager visitors. The baked

goods, fancy work and school exhibits oc-

cupied another large building, while the

live stock and machinery were exhibited

on the street in four of the large county

road tents.



“’hile Kalkaska county has not held a





county fair for several years, the showing-





made through the efforts of Pomona

Grange, and the loyal support of prac-

tically every farmer, business man and

other residents of the county would seem

to assure the continuance of this plan

and a good live county fair each year.

That the fair should be continued another

year under the management of the Po-

mona Grange was the almost unanimous

opinion of both farmers and business men

of the county. Officers were elected early

and plans have been laid for a larger and

better fair for 1910.



The smaller fairs held by individual

Granges are a fine thing, an effort along

the right line, but why not combine our

efforts and instead of several one-day or,

as is often the case, only evening fairs,

have a good rousing two or three day

Pomona fair, particularly in counties not

already supporting agricultural fairs? A

good fair of this kind held annually is one

of the very best advertising mediums

which any county can boast, and the

larger its scope the greater will be the

benefits naturally arising therefrom. It

is certainly to the interests of every

farmer to maintain such fairs, and the

Grange, moreover, should not be backward

in taking an active hand in matters that

are of such vital interest to its members.



Kalkaska Co. W. S. PALMER.





Another in Jackson Co.——Deputy John

Wilde Organized another Grange last

week, this time at the Clement school, in

the center of Leoni township, Jackson C0.

The Grange starts with 44 members and

the following officers: Master, Charles

H. Freeland; overseer, Jennie Ballard;

lecturer, Eva Cooley; steward, Floyd

Cole; ass’t steward, B. J. Freeland; lady

ass‘t steward, Grace Hill; chaplain, Pearl

Cole; treasurer, B. Hill; secretary, J.

D. Ballard; gate keeper, Jacob Cooley;

Ceres, Ivah Covey; Pomona, Catherine

Sweet; Flora, Lavina Madden,





COMING EVENTS.





 





Pomona Meetings.



Gratiot Co., with Star Grange, Satur-

day, May 21. L. W. Oviatt, state

speaker.



Benzie Co., with Thompsonville Grange,

Tuesday and \Vednesday, May 31 and

June 1.



Western (Ottawa Co.), with Conklin

Grange Saturday, June 11.



Lenawee Co., with Hudson Center

Grange, Thursday, June 2.





 





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MAY 21, 1910.





BMW-"IE GHILDBEN





The Period when the Nervous Activity

is at Its Greatest.





“Against the practice of giving tea and

coffee to children, we cannot speak too

strongly. Childhood is the period when

the nervous activity is at its greatest.

The brain is ever busy receiving new im-

pressions. Reflex action, co-ordination

of muscles, and the special senses are all

under a special course of training.



“The nervous system is pushed to its

utmost capacity, and long is the list of

Victims that follow its over-stimulation.

In these little people nothing but harm

can come from the use of such cerebral

stimulants as tea or coffee. Bad, then,

as this practice is, let us as physicians

be aggressive in its prohibition.



“Do not be satisfied by answering ‘No’

when asked as to their use, but let us

teach the families with whom we come in

contact that such practice is evil. We

speak emphatically, because not only

among the poor and uneducated, but

among the rich, who should know better,

this practice is marvelously prevalent.”—

The Home Doctor.



Children like a warm beverage for

breakfast and it is Well for them to have

it if the drink is a food and not a drug.



Postum is made to supply a rich nour-

ishing liquid food with a crisp coffee taste

for those who cannot and should not use

coffee. Analysis shows it to contain about

fourteen per cent of muscle-forming ele-

tnents and 66.11 per cent of energy and

fat-producing elements, which go to near.

ish and sustain the delicate nerve centres

throughout the body and from which the

vital energy proceeds.



The success of child or adult depends

largely upon proper sustenance for the

body. Children who depend upon the

intelligence of their elders to furnish them

with good food deserve our most careful

attention and thought.



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.





WESTERN GANAM





 





"I would sooner raise cattle in Western nadfi

than in the corn belt. of; the United States.

Feed is cheaper and climate‘ boots;-

for the purpose. Your market will

improve faster than your armor:

will produce the supplies. Wheat.

can be grown up to the 60th parallel

[800 miles north of the International

boundary). Your vacant land will

be taken at a rate beyond present

conception. We have enough people

in the United States alone who want

___~ _ homeatotake up this land." Nearly





~i 70,000 Americans





37* will enter and make their homes

* in Western Canada this car.

1909 produced another arge crop

of wheat. oats and barley. in addi-

- tion to which the cattle exports

' was an Immense item. ‘

Cattle raising, dairying. mixed farmin and

..; grain growing in the provinces of Mganl-

_ k toba.Saskatchewun and Alberta.

- ’ . Adaptablesoil, healthful climate

splendldpchools and churches. and

good railways. For settlers' rates. de-

‘ ‘ acriptive literature “Last Best West." how to

. reach the country and other particulars, write

.. to Sup't of Immigration. Ottawa. Cam. or to

. \_‘ . «' .2. the Canadian Government fluent.

-' 12:” M. Y. Mt-Innes. 176 J effort-yon Ave..

15h ‘ Detroxt, Mich; C. A. Laurier, Mar.

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year. Your property is 11- 5:03:

able to be a part of this loss :1}:

unless you insure against . {.‘c:



it by using good light- .gzlfl,

nine conductors. ,’ 29$:

Science shows that no fix.

metal (except silver) 1",»;

excels pure soft cop- 'l'l"

per in power to our of}

duct electricity. Hence. "l!!!

pure soft copper is the 15%;

only safe metal to use. {If}

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“Th. cop er. 3:33.

Laws of Every calalled begr- -,'i.‘:

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Luhtnln" $101131” 15 .guaran. trim,

Free teed to be made 3,5,.

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National cables both flat and {112’},

round—we make both—are on many 2?}.

{5391 thousands of buildings today and ‘13;

every foot is covered by a perpetual '3»...

Th guarantee in writing. Look for the 3,5",

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tz‘onal." None genuine without it. lift

23.? . If your home is already redded. '«h‘f

write anyhow tor full information M

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A Strong, Simple Mower

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The longer the lever. the heavier load you can lift.

You can liken each spoke in a mower wheel to a lever

This is the principle to which the Bath. with its high.

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ensating gears, owes its remarkab 8 light draft and-



ts tremendous cutting power.



Season in. season out it cuts over all kinds of ground

and goes through heaviest grass without choke-downs,

breakage or trouble of any kind. {the gears are com-



ensating—neither work out of mesh nor wear apart.



as the strongest braced cutter-bar. too. with a. pro—

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Is strong where others are weak. The Dain is the

only mower in which the cutter-bar can be realigned at

a moment’s notice. A monkey wrench does the business

in a jiffy.





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A boy can lift cutter-bar right from the seat by hand.

foot or both at once. Trees, stumps, stones. etc., can

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Dain Hay Tools Make

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After hay is cut with o. Dain mower, it can best be

cured and handled by Dain rakes, loaders or stackers,

because like the mower, these machines are built by

specialists who for 25 years have been making success-

lul My tools that get the biggest value out of hay.



. If your dealer hasn’t

‘ this remarkable Dain

mower. send your name.

tell what tools you are

interested in and complete

information, and a valu-

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YOUNG MEN WANTED —- To learn the

Veterinary Protession. Catalogue sent

tree. Address VETERINARY COLLEGE.

Grand Rapids. Mich. 42 LOUIS STREET.





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THE MICHIGAN ILARMER.





(Continued from page 542).



over the rights of fishermen in Newfound-

land waters, will leave Friday of this week

for the Hague where the matter is to be

presented before the Hague tribunal.

Should the Judges declare in favor of the

right of Newfoundland to restrict the

rights of aliens to fish in her territory as





" per the treaty of 1818 then that same right





will be extended to every other country

concerned in the compact, the far reach-

ing effects of which can only be conjec-

tured. Both England and America will

await the decision with concern as it in—

volves the question as to whether a

country can curtail rights conferred upon

an alien by treaty,



Sharon Springs, a small village of west-

ern Kansas, was nearly destroyed by a.





‘ tornado which swept through that section





Monday.

The extradition move on the part of the

prosecuting attorney of Hudson county,

N. J., to bring the Chicago packers before

the courts of the county upon charges of

conspiring to enhance the price of meat,

has been stalled by the refusal of Gov.

Fort of that state, to grant the requisr-

tion. The ground for the refusal is that

the evidence set forth is insufficient.



It is unofficially announced that Ex-





10 be appointed ambassador to the court

of St. James to succeed Whitelaw Reed,

present ambassador of America in Great

Britain.



The reports of the senatorial primaries

in Florida indicate that a second election

may be necessary to make a choice. The

present encumbent, Senator Taliaferro, is

leading thus far.



Much damage has already been done and

grave apprehensions are held by settlers

of northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and

Michigan, lest fires become general owing

to the dry weather prevailing. Recent

small showers huvc quieted the flames

temporarily, but cut ovcr lands need to

be sonkcd by heavy storms before danger

is past.



I‘ is asserted that New York brokers

who are defending ‘(L suit brought by the

government, have declared that they will

go to jail rather than show their books

relating to transactions in cotton, it being

alleged that the brokers were parties to

a pool organized to corner that product.



Last Thursday the warship Florida was

launched at the New York Navy Yards.

This is one of the drcndnaught type of

battleships and is the largest ever

launched in this country.



Thousands of mcn ul‘c working: in the

ruins in Costa Rica. Over 800 hodics have

been tukcn from the debris caused by the

recent earthquakes. Lighter shocks have

been felt in the past few days.



Arbitrators have awarded the employcs

0f the Michigan United Railways an ad—

vance in wages of one cont per hour.



The state has brought an action against

the VVcstcru Union Telegraph Company

for unpaid taxes, the company claiming

they have been over—assesed.



Dr. Hyde, of Kansas City, was found

guilty of murdering Col. Thomas H.

Swope by poison and was sentenced to life

imprisonment. The jury ballotcd for

nearly three days before reaching a

verdict.



The legislature of Rhodc Island has

passed a law prohibiting the employment

of any person under 16 yours of age.



In the future the qualifications of In—

dians seeking the privileges of citizenship

will be undcl‘ the supcrvisiou of a

board appointed by the commissioner of

Indian affairs.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





losco Co., May 12—May startcd in with

pleasant, sunny days and cold. frosty

nigllls. At: the prcsont writing we have

had five llcuvy frosts in May, which no

doubt will do some damage. The month

also started pretty dry. just about as dry

as we can stand it. Spring-sowed grain

all looking fine. Many furthers are on-

gaged in getting their corn ground ready

and planting. Market quotations: Eggs,

20c; butter, 250; potatoes go bcgging at

10@150 a bu.; pork, 14@15c pcr 11).; horses

and cattle vcry scarce and high.

Genesee 00., May 14.—VVeathcr contin-

ues cold and vegetation is progressing

slowly. Heavy frosts for scvcral nights

past. Oats looking well, aside from an

occasional instance whcrc. the soil is not:

drained. Grass promises heavy yield.

W'heat has not done vcry well owing to

dry weather after the snow wcnt off.

Some corn has been already planted and

many are all ready and waiting for a few

warm days before planting. Sugar beets-

thrc early sowcd, arc not doing very

well, the soil having been too cold and'

wet. Thousands of bushcls of potatoes

held over are still in farmers" hands and

the loss in this direction will undoubtedly

be heavy, as the price lust fall was much'

higher than now. Considcrable hay re—‘

mains unsold also. Priccs on nearly all

farm products lower than a few weeks

ago. Farm lands are changing lumds

freely at prices ranging from $60 to $100’

per acrc. Help as scarce as ever, and

good wages offered.



Livingston 00., May 9.——The first week

of May was very wet and cold which re-

tarded farming operations considerably.

Three heavy frosts last week damaged

fruit greatly, though probably not as

much as was at first thought. Farmers

are rushing the work of fitting corn

ground. N0 corn planted ,vcl‘. Wheat

and clover have made a good growth.

Farmers are not shearing their sheep as

early as usual on account of the cold

weather. No wool being marketed yet:

price not very satisfactory. Prices of

good farms . have advanced materially.

Several farms have changed hands at

high prices. Market quotations are:

Wheat, $1.03; beans, $1.80; rye, 730; com,

630; oats, 37c; butter. 27c; eggs, 18c,

Shlawassee 00., May 10.——Weather mod—

erate, accompanied with low temperature

at night. Frost of severe nature on low

lands. Fruit is somewhat injured. but

at present cannot be determined just how

much. Farmers are busy plowing and

preparing corn land. The late rains have





 





Vice President Fairbanks, of Indiana, is.





on account of being too Wet. Wheat is

recuperating -wonderfu:lly from the hard

setback early in the Spring. If conditions

are favorable from now on the outlook is

very good for a fair crop. Barley and

cats are doing well, but suffering some

from too much wet Weather. The usual

acreage of beans will be planted. Many

farmers have abandoned the sugar beet

crops on account of low prices paid by

factory. Potato growers are discouraged

with their crop last fall and will cut down

acreage this spring. The hay crop is

looking fine and bids fair to be the banner

crop of the season. Very few hogs in the

country. Horses are still changing hands

at good prices. Farmers are turning their

attention to dairying and consequently

good cows are, selling high.



E. Clark and West Marathon Co.’s,

Wis., May 14.—VVeathcr conditions are

not very favorable for farming since

April 16, when our summer

turned into the mid—Winter kind, doing

much damage to growing crops and es—





pecially fruit trees, and the night frosts-





since the 16th of April make gardens look

sick. Potato and corn planting is about

completed but the dry and cold weather

keeps it from coming up. Several well

improved farms were sold at prices from

$210 10 $75 per acre and auction sales are

in order. At such sales some grade Hol-

stein and grade Guernsey cows were sold

at $65; all sold above $50. Pasture is in

fair condition. Milk brings good prices.

Cheese sold at ill/go; creamcry butter,

270; dairy, 22@250; eggs, 190; wool, 25C.

FRUIT DAMAGED.



We are informed through our Grand

Rapids office that considerable damage

has been done Michigan fruit by frost

during the past few nights. Mr. Bassett,

secretary of the State Horticultural So-

ciety, states that it is impossible to say

yet the extent; of damage done, although

strawberries are known to be prctly well

destroyed. Peaches and apples are hurt

some.



Robert Graham, of Kent county, states

that lll‘zi\'_\' damage has bccu drum :1”

fruit in the vicinity of Grand Rapids. ex-

cept whcz‘o protected by favorable loca-

tions. Strawbcrl'ics urc nearly all gone.

Cherries. 75 pcr cont, killed. Pouches and

applcs arc. still hopeful. although in many

places pcucllcs are badly killml.



Dr. E, ll. Ryuo, an authority on fruit

and an Old grower, l'cporls strawberries

that blossomcd curly. null cherries, prin—

cipally lost. l’cucllcs are badly used up.

About 25 pcr cent of a crop of applcs arc

savcd.



Olllcr sources indicate gcm'ml damage

which argucs that those havingr fruit that

isf safe should take the very best care

0 it.





CATELOGUE NOTICES.





The Lcadcr Iron \Yorks. Dccatur, Ill.,

mauufaclul'crs of the Lender \Yulcr Sys-

tem, are sending out a handsomely illus-

trated catalogue fully describing and ex-

plaining the air pressure system and its

utility in the farm homc.





 





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secret and reason: I make you a price on one based

on a 30,000 quantity and pay the freight right to

your station. You only pay for actual material,

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trees and plants healthy. Easy to mix. Costs 25c.

barrel. Formula and full directions [or 81.00.

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FOR SALE—Select corn and other lands in South-

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OLD Ill PARIS FBI ‘SALE.





Send for Free illullmted Catalog. largest list in

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liciillilii FARMS—fifruifrfi'é “ting“.‘l’flf

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mile of village. clay loam



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Delaware Farms—Dellghtfull climate: productive

eoll: best markets: the ideal farming country:

we guarantee sellshctlon. Semi for free catalogue.

McDANIEL 6: MchNiEL. Dover. Delaware.





Fm SALE FARM—308 acres, 50 acres timber. 50



pasture land, balance clear.

Would make good stock and grain farm. ill-room

house. two barns. lnCass Co.. Mich. For particulars

address. Henry 1‘. Blue. Bristol, Ind., R. B. No 1.





FOR SALE—High Grade Farm Lands





in Osceola county near Town. Michigan. These are

cut over hardwood lands. without pine stumps. The

soil is graveliy or rich clay. Well settled country

with schools and good roads. Write for litera-

ture. H. W. MARSH, Manistee, Mich.





1 when you caulbuy

, the Best Land in



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near Saginaw and Bay City. Write for map and per-

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(owners) 15 .Merrill blag" Saginaw. W. S.. Mich.

ml SALE WE —TH~£ FINEST of unimproved



farm lands in Gladwin and.

Clare Counties. 25.00 acres, 40 acre tracts or more. Suitable

{or growing all the «farm crops or fruit. Fine stock lands, well





greased over, pure living water. Payments easy, 6 per cent

interest account. Write us for maps and folders.





A. J. Stevens 8: 00., Gladwin, Mich.

M l N N E S O T A





HAS 1.000.000 ACRES open for‘EOMEST‘EAD

ENTRY, otters CHEAP LANDS and farm employ-

ment. Write for literature and full information.

STATE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION.

Room 269. State Capitol. St. Paul. Minnesota.





in the fertile Saginaw



, ' Valley of Mlch. Pay for



it quick raising sugar



beets. Farmers are mak.



ing money‘nere. We’ve a good list. Write today,





UNITED llEiLll 00., cf“..°’.;‘..‘;.., Saginaw. Mich.

FOR SALE—50.000 ACRES





 





 





 





 





 





Western Florida Pine Land

in amounts to suit. Good farm land;

no swamps; railroad. Timber worth

. double price asked. Easy terms. _

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Get Some Government Land





in Britsh‘Colnmhia. Canada. along the Grand Trunk

Pacific Railroad. Level. cleared ready for the plow.

Irrigation not required. Cltlzens of U. B. may take

from 40 to “0 acres at $6.75 an acre. 61 an acre down

secures it. Address .U. S. Oflice Prince Rupert Land

Syndicate. Ltd.. 705 Marlon Bldg. Seattle. U. S. A.





 





Delaware County, N. Y.

Farms Income 84000 In 1909





208 acres. wire fenced. 45 cows. spring Watered

pasture. 100,000 feet timber, cuts 80 tons hay; new

40-cow barn, big wagon house. 1‘2-room 2-story resi-

dence; 2% miles to depot. creamery vlllage; to close

affairs quickly, if taken immcditely owner will in-

clude 30 line cows. 10 yearllugs. 5 horses. hens. tools,

wagons .and improved potato machinery; $7,800

takes all: half cash. and easy terms. For traveling

instructions see page 5, “Strout’s Farm Catalogue.

2nd Edition.” Other farmer from $1,000 to 810.000

in Penua.. Ohio and Michigan. For free copy. with

reliable information oi sales. crops, markets

throughout the Eastern States address. Station 101.

E. A. Strout. Union Bank Bldg. Plttsburg, Penna.





“The llylands oi Yamhfll”





OREGON FRUIT LANDS In large and small

racts. Nobltzzarde or crop-killing storms in

the late spring. Ten acre apple tracts in the famous

thllamette Valley at $100 to 5150 per acre. Climate.

soil. air and water drainage. unsurpassed. 50 miles

from Portland on the Baulhern Pacific also on

electric line survey. See Union Pacific for special

June rates to Oregon. Write me today.





1:. T. PBALL, 925 Board of Trade Bldg.. Portland. Ore.





Fertile Farms in Tennessee

1——$5 to $10 per acre—-





Fortunes are being made on fertile Tennes-

see farms. They raise big crops of Canta-

loupes. Cabbage. Tomatoes. String Beans.

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

Poultry and Eggs. Write me at once or Free

Literature. I'll tell you how to get one ofthese

splendid furms for 5:) to $10 per acre. Act quickly!

H, F, Smith, 'l‘ml‘. Mgr.. Nos: Si. I..lly..Depl.P.Nashvllle, Tenn.





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Cheap lands, mild climate, short winters.





 





 





 





 





 





 





and good soils. Stock raining, dairying. truck-

ing, poultry raising, fruit growing and general

farming. No droughts, no blizzards. Write for

valuable Handbook and full information to





GEORGE KOINER.





'\ Cosmiteiener of Agriculture.

RICHMOND, VA.
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MARKETS





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. May 18, 1910.

Gralns and Seeds.



Wheat.—The trend of prices the past

week was not altogether consistent with

the causes that dealers hold are respon-

sible for price changes, and the independ-

ence of the farmer is challenged as the

real factor that is interfering. Bears had

the news in their favor but they dare not

sell, they 'say, because farmers do not

have to dispose of their holdings to pay

off mortgages, meet interest, etc., as was

once the case, but are at liberty to hold

over till another year if prices are not

right. Rains have materially helped _the

spring wheat crop and in Kansas and Uk-

lahoma where considerable plowing of

wheat fields was reported there has been

a decided improvement favorable to the

crop. When satisfactory prices are of-

fered farmers of both the northwest and

southwest offer the grain liberally but

declines are met with restricted deliveries.

The Hessian fly is doing the bulls a favor.

A year ago the price for No. 2 red wheat





 





 





was $1.49. Quotations for the week are;

No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. July. Sept.

Thursday . . . .1.11% 1.11% 1.04% 1.03%

Friday ....... 1.12% 1.12% 1.051;3 1.041/2

Saturday ....1.12% 1.12% 1.05% 1.04%

Monday ...... 1.12 1.12 1.04% 1.04

Tuesday ..... 1.12 1.12 1.04% 1.03%





Wednesday ..1.12 1.12 1.04 1.02%,



Corn—Conditions have not been the

best for getting in the new crop and the

trade has felt the situation to an extent

that a material advance in values was

made. There was a substantial decrease

in the visible supply and deliveries at

local elevators are not large. One year

ago the price for N0. 3 corn was 62¢ per

bu. Quotations for the week are:





0. 3

No 3 Yellow.

Thursday ................ 65

Friday .................... 64 65

Saturday ................. 65 66

Monday ................... 6:3 66

Tuesday ................. 65 66

\Vednesday .............. . 65‘ 66





Oats—This grain, like corn, advanced

in spite of the steady condition of wheat.

The supply is restricted and the influence

of adverse 'weather conditions have en—

couraged the bulls to take a more firm

stand for better values. One year ago

the price for N0. 3 oats was 620 per bu.

Quotations for the week are:





Standard.

Thursday . . . . ..................... 451/;

Friday . . . ......................... 4.31/4

Saturday ......................... 49%

Monday .......................... 451

Tuesday . . . . . ..................... 45%

Wednesday ....................... 451/2





Beans.—-Although no transactions on tations follow:

the local trade are reported the sentiment

of the deal here is decidedly bullish owing

to the call for beans for seed and the

generally strong position of the deal com-





bined. Last year at this date the quo-

tation for cash beans was $2.52. Nominal

prices here are:





Cash. Oct.

Thursday ........ $2.15 $2.05

Friday ...... ............. 2.15 2.05:)

Saturday . . . . . . . ............ 2.20 2.05

Monday . . . .................. 2.25 2.07

Tuesday . . .................. 2.25 2.07

Wednesday . . .............. 2.25 2.07





Cloverseed.—This trade has been re-

duced to dealings in futures. The price

is about 15c above the figure of a year

ago. Quotations for the Week are: ' _



. Prime Oct.





Thursday $050

Friday ..................... 6.55

Saturday ......................... 6.55

Monday ............................ 660

Tuesday ........................... 6.60

Wednesday ....................... 6.60





Rye.—-Transactions are few.





tation.

Visible Supply of Grain.



This week. Last week.

Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.871000 24.584000

Corn ................. 7,780,000 9,300,000

Oats ................. 7,276,000 8,118,000

Rye .................. 559,000 585,000

iarley ............... 2,035,000 2,154,000





Fl0ur, Feed, Provisions, Etc.





Flour.—-—l\larket is moderately active at

prices ranging about 40c below those of





last week. Quotations as follows:



Clear ................................. $5.15

Straight ....................... 5.25

Patent Michigan .................... 5.55

Ordinary Patent ..................... 5.35





Hay and Straw.—No. 1 timothy is high-

er. Other kinds steady. Quotations: No, 1

timothy, new, 317506018; No. 2 timothy,

316601650; clover, mixed, 516601650; rye

straw, 37.50608; wheat and oat straw,

$650607 per ton.



Feed.-Bran and middlings are lower

while corn feeds are higher. Carlot prices

on track: Bran, $25 per ton; coarse mid-

dlings, $26; fine middlings, 3138; cracked

corn, $27; coarse corn meal, $27; corn and

oat chop, $24 per ton.



Potatoes—Brokers are inclincd to offer

even lower values than were given a

week ago and do not care to take the

tubers. Michigan grown are selling in

car lots at 20c per bu.



Provisions—Family pork, $286029; mess

pork, $26.50: medium clear, 626602650;

pure lard, 141/4c; bacon, 2061:21c: shoul-

ders, 14%c; smoked hams, 1860181/2c; pic-

111C hams, 13c per lb.



Hides—N0. 1 cured, 101/20; No. 2 cured,

9%c; No. 1 green bulls, 8343c: No. 1 green

calf, 150; N0. 2 green calf. 14c; No. 1

cured calf, 16c; No. cured calf, 150;





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

32.50;,sheepskins, as to wool, 5006032.





Dairy and Poultry Products.





Butter.—With no change at Elgin and

other trade centers the Detroit market





Market

firm and grain scarce. No. 1 is quoted

at 82c per bu., which is last week’s quo-





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





remains steady with last week. The de-

liveries are not heavy for the season and

demand is good. A year ago the .price

for creamery was 3c below the present

figure. Quotations are: Extra creamery,

27c per lb; firsts, do., 26c; dairy, 21c;

packing stock, 20c.



Eggs.-—Although values advanced dur-

ing the week they are a cent below last

year’s quotations for the same date. The

receipts are not heaVy and buying is

active. Fresh eggs, cases included, are

exchanged at 200 per dozen.



Poultry—There is a tendency toward

stronger prices. The offerings are very

scarce. Demand is not large but is suffi-

cient to keep values 'up and market firm.

Chickens are higher; other kinds steady.

Livc.———Broilers, 256026c; spring chickens,

18c; hens, 18c; old roosters and stags,

126013c; ducks, 156016c; geese, 12c; tur-

keys, 1860190.



Cheese—Michigan, late made, 15@15%c;

Michigan, fall made, 186018%c; York

state, 196020c; limburger, Wisconsin, 17

6018c; New York, 1860190; bricks, 1660.

161/2c; Swiss, domestic block, 21c; Swiss

loaf, 28c.



Calves—Steady. Choice to fancy, 11@

11%c; ordinary, 9@9%c.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Apples—Steady and in good demand.

Spy, $4604.50; Baldwin, $4605; Steel red,

35; Greening, $4604.50 per bbl.



Cabbage.—Selling at 32.75603 per crate

for new.



Strawberries—Per 24-qt. crate, $2.75@3.



Vegetables.——Beets, 60¢ per bu; brussels

sprouts, 25c per qt; carrots, 75¢ per bu;

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

6050c per doz; eggplant, $1.50601.75 doz;

green onions, 106012c per doz; head

letttice, 32.50603 per hamper; mint, 25c per

doz; parsley, 256030 per doz; radishes,

2061‘250 doz; spinach, 900 hamper; turnips,

50c per bu; watercress, 20@25c per doz;

wax beans, $3603.50 per bu; pieplant, 25¢

per doz; asparagus, $1601.25 per doz.





OTHER MARKETS.





Grand Raplds.



Receipts of fresh eggs are falling off a

little as the season advances, w‘hich

steadies the market and prevents any

break in prices. Eggs are still worth 19c

delivered here. Dairy butter has in—

creased in supply, but prices show no

material change, jobbers paying the coun—

try merchants 2161i22c. Creamery butter

is unchanged at 27c. The live poultry

market is 1c lower all round, which

makes quotations for stock delivered in

Grand Rapids as follows: Fowls‘ and

chickens, ducks and turkeys, 150; old

roosters, 10c. Dressed hogs are steady

at 1160111/2c. In spite of the disastrous

potato slump, the potato acreage this year

will probably be large. Seed is cheap and

some of the large dealers in the state are

offering the farmers free seed and a con-

tract price of 30c a bushel in the fall, or

the prevailing market price. just as the

grower chooses. \Vheat is 20 lower, while

corn, rye and oats are 1602c higher. Quo-





have advanced a little; white peas, ma-

chine screened, being quoted on $1.85

basis, while red kidneys are worth $250

602.75. The freeze of Friday night, May

13, caused much damage to fruit growers

in this section. Strawberries, currants

and all small fruits will be a small crop,

while cherries, plums and other tree

fruits have been hit hard.





 





Chicago.



VVheat.—No. 2 red, $1.13@1.15; July,

31.03%; September, 31.01%.



Corn—No. 2, 63%60640; July, 62%c;

September. 631/20 per bu.



Oats—No. 3 white, 4160430; May, 423/3c;

July, 4093c; September, 3854c.



Butter.—There was some recovery in

creamery values the past week but dairy

butter is lower. Quotations are: Cream-

eries, 2261/27c; dairies, 216025c.



Eggs—The demand for eggs is prevent-

ing any large accumulating of stocks.

Prices are higher. Prime firsts, 200;

firsts, 190; at mark, cases included, 1660

19c per doz.



Hay and Straw.—Market lower. Quo-

tations are: Choice timothy, $16.506017;

No. 1 timothy, $14.506015.50; No. 2 do

and No. 1 mixed, 31250601350; No. 3 do.

and No. 2 mixed, $8.506011.50; rye straw,

$06010; oat straw, $7608; wheat straw,

$6606.50.



Poatoes.—There has been a fairly good

undertone to the potato deal here this

Week and prices as given out are a little

higher. Fancy and choice stocks are sell—

ing at 286130c per bushel, while fair to

good grades are quotable at 25@27 per

bushel.



Beans—Common beans are higher

Choice hand-picked are quoted at $2.26;

fair to good, $2.20; red kidneys, $3603.15

per bushel.



Wool.——There is a little weakening in

the deal here and prices rule a little

lower. For fine unwashed delaine, 2360

250 is being paid.





New York.





Butter.—All week there has been a

firm market at last week’s figures. \Vest-

ern factory firsts, 21%61/23c; creamery

specials, 290 per lb.



Eggs—Market moderately firm with re-

ceipts large and demand liberal. Fresh

receipts are quoted at 216021%c per doz.



Poultry.—Markct easy with tendency of

prices downward. \Vestern fowls, 1560

19c: frozen chickens, 16@18c; turkeys,

166020c per 1b.





 





 





Beston.



YVooL—Brokcrs are more active and

their awakening has lent the market a

decidedly better tone. Some heavy sales

were completed during the week. There

is a good demand for delaine and medium

fleeces. While prices in the cast are

shading in favor of the buyers. the west-

ern producers are firm in their demands

and the situation appears to many to be

more hopeful than it was, although others

are weakening under the systematic cam-

paign on the part of buyers to hammer

down prices. The leading domestic quo-





W'heat, $1.06; corn, 66c;

ryc, 72c; oats, 46c; buckwheat, 55c. Beans





tations range as follows: Ohio and Penn-

sylvania fleeces—No. I washed, 36@37c;

delaine washed, 35@36c; XX, 33@34c; half

blood clothing, 31@32c; three-eighths

blood clothing, 31@32c; quarter blood

combing, 300; delaine unwashed, 2660270;

fine unwashed, 23@24c. Michigan, Wis-

consin and New York fleeces—Fine un-

washed, 22@23c; delaine unwashed, 25@

26c; half blood unwashed, 28@29c; three-

eighths blood unwashed, 3060310. Ken-

tucky, Indiana and Missouri—Three-

eighths blood, 306031c; quarter blood, 28

6029c.





 





Elgin.



Butter.—Market firm at 270 per 1b.,

which is the quotation of a week ago.

The sales for the week amounted to 592,-

400 lbs., compared with 593,400 for the

previous week.





 





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo. ,

May 16, 1910.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of sale stock here today as

follows: Cattle, 160 cars; hogs, 12,800;

sheep and lambs. 16,600; calves, 2,100.



Receipts of cattle on our market today,

160 cars. Good to best cattle, weighing

from 1,250 lbs. and up, were only steady

with last Monday, quality considered. All

the light and handy weight butcher stock

sold strong last week, and active, as did

cows, heifers and bulls, and in some in-

stances 1060150 higher. Everything was

well cleaned up by two o’clock. Stockers

and feeders full quarter lower than last

week.



We quote: Best 1,300 to 1,450-lb steers,

$7.65@8.15; good 1,200 to 1,350-lb. do.,

$7.25@7.75; 'best 1,100 to 1,200-‘lb. shipping

steers, $6.50@7.25; medium butcher steers,

1,000 to 1.100 lbs, $6606.40; light butcher

steers, 352560575; best fat cows, $6.50@

7; fair to good cows, $5605.50; common to

medium do., 33.50604; best fat heifers, $760

7.50; good fat heifers, 357560625; fair to

good do., 35.50606; best feeding steers,

$5.25@5.75; medium to good do., $4.25@

450; stockers; all grades, 33.75604; best

bulls, $6@6.50; bologna bulls, $5@5.75;

thin light bulls, $3.75@4.50; best milkers

and springers, $55@65; common to good

do., $256045.



A few extra prime bulls sold for $6.75

today. Good milkers and springers sold

strong today.



With 36,000 hogs in Chicago today, and

12,800 here, and Chicago quoting hogs

1060200 lower than Saturday’s high time,

caused a weak and bearish feeling here;

packers bidding strong 10c lower than

Saturday’s best time. Market closed

steady at the opening prices, with a good

clearance, all that got in in time for the

market. Prospects look only fair.



\Ve quote: Mixed, medium and heav-

ics and good yorkers, $9.85@9.90; a few

fancy decks of choice hogs up as high

as $9.95. Light yorkers and pigs, $99060

10; roughs, $8.80@8.90; stags, $7.75@8.50

as to quality. .



The lamb market opened slow today,

with more of the best lambs selling from

$8.85@8.90. Market closed steadyLall best

handy weight lambs selling; few coarse

and heaVy lambs unsold. Look for little

better prices balance of the week. Sheep

were very dull and 6560750 lower than last

week. Most of the best wethers selling

at 365060660; few at $6.75. Don’t look

for much improvement in the sheep trade.



Vie quote: Handy lambs, 388560890;

heavy lambs, 383560850; Wethers, 36.5060

6.65; ewes, 355060575; yearlings, $7607.50;

cull sheep, $3605; skip lambs, $5605.50;

bucks, $3605; veals, choice to extra, 38.2560

8.50; fair to good do., $7607.75; cull to

common, $6@6.75; light thin calves, $5606.





 





Chlcago.

May 16, 1010.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 22,000 38,000 25,000

Same day last year..23,011 43.244 13,903

Received last week..41.397 94,148 59,170

Same week last year.44,872 111,334 54,636



The new week opened today with a very

good cattle supply, and early dullness pre-

railed, buyers being determined upon

forcing sharp declines, if possible. After

business got wcll started there was very

good trading at average declines of 10c,

with some lots showing a break of 15c,

and butcher stock showed a greater re-

duction than steers. The unexpectedly

large supply of hogs caused a decline of

1561200. sales being active at $9.25@9.65.

Shippers and local buyers operated freely,

and the greater part of the supply was

taken, more hogs selling at $9.55 than at

any other price. As large Monday re-

ceipts are usually followed by much

smaller supplies on other days of the

week, killers were glad to have an oppor-

tunity to load up at lower figures. The

best 195-lb. hogs sold around 39.57%. Hogs

received last week averaged in weight 237

lbs., compared with 234 lbs. :1 week ear-

lier, 215 lbs. a year ago, 216 lbs. two years

ago and 236 lbs. three years ago. Lambs

declined today 25c under the unusually

large supply, clipped lots going at $560

8.85. Sheep declined 256050c, with very

little doing, being quotable at $4606.75,

with little selling above $6.60. Spring

lambs were plentier and weaker in price.

and a consignment of California grass

sheep arrived.



Cattle were in very limited general de-

mand last week. as is usual at this season

of the year, when comparatively cheap

fresh vegetables and berries always have

a tendenCy to lessen the consumption of

beef, the demand for meats of all kinds

being further checked by the unusually

high prices everywhere prevailing. The

betterment of prices that took place was

due to the declining receipts of cattle and

not to any gain in demand, either on local

or shipping account, while prices were

far too high to allow of an export trade.

The fact that corn planting was. going

forward in many sections was sufficient to

account for the smaller receipts. but it

could not fully explain why only 14,483

head arrived on Monday. The fact is

that grass is unusually good, and many

farmers are turning their growing cattle





4" ' MAY 21, 1910.





on grass, rather than part with them

now. Sales, of beef steers have been

largely at $6.85@8.10, with common to

fair light killers selling at. $5.60@6.90;

mediu grade steers at 376237-45; €100d

cattle at $7.50@7.90 and choice to extra.

heavy shipping beeves at $8@8.70.- The

top_price was 35c higher than a week

earlier, there being a great scarcity of

prime cattle. Butcher stock sold ex-

tremely well on packer and outside ac-

count, cows and heifers going at 54.2560

7.50, while canners and cutters were good

sellers at $2.50@4.20. Bulls were active

at $4.25@6.60, and the calf market was

variable, sales ranging at $3.25@7.75 per

100 lbs., while milkers and springers

moved off fairly at $306075 per head.

Stockers and feeders were in fair de-

mand, considering the extremely high pre-

vailing prices, offerings being so limited

that prices averaged decidedly higher.

Stockers sold at 34.75606 and feeders at

357560675. Corn planting kept some buy-

ers away, but the demand about equalled

the supply of desirable feeding steers.





The skirmishes between stockmen and

killers have shOWn several victories for

the former. last week’s hog supply hav-

ing continued on a much smaller scale

than a year ago, both here and at other

western markets. There was a good per-

centage at times of prime 230 to 260-1b.

offerings, and packers showed a prefer-

ence for these, while eastern shippers

took a good proportion of the hogs of-

fered, 'with a good call for choice light

hogs. Speculators purchased the best

hogs rather extensively and thereby as-

sisted in putting prices higher. The out-

look does not appear to be very good for

the packers putting hogs on a lower basis,

and unless supplies undergo a consider-

able increase and eastern shippers operate

less freely, sellers are likely to be in a.

position to maintain values. Stockmen

apear to realize the position of affairs and

are not generally disposed to market their

holdings after a sharp decline in prices.

Provisions sympathize with hogs and are

bringing high prices, the statistical show-

ing being of a bullish character. On May

1 western packing points held aggregate

stocks of 165,860,000 lbs., compared with

158,403,451 lbs. 3. month ago and 305,322,-

263 lbs. a year ago.



Sheep and lambs have sold well or oth-

erwise according to their quality, buyers

bidding up wellfor the high dressing

lambs and taking other kinds under pro-

test as substitutes. As for sheep, most lots

had to be sold lower last week, the call

being mostly for high-class lambs, which

sold higher, Colorado wooled lambs selling

at the highest prices recorded in several

weeks. Regarding the sheep and lambs

received, traders stated that many coun-

try shippers sent in holdings which they

called choice, but which were only fair,

and had to be sold below expectations.

There was a scarcity of spring lambs,

whereas a year ago supplies from Ken-

tucky and Tennessee were fairly large at

$8609 per 100 lbs. High dressing fed

flocks are becoming scarcer all the time,





and receipts are showing an increasing“





proportion of grassy stock that makes a

bad showing on the hooks. This explains

the widening out of quotations.



Horses of late have been marketed

more sparingly than earlier in the spring

and less freely than a year ago, it being

evident to country shippers that fewer

were wanted by buyers. Farm mares and

small southern chunks ceased weeks ago

to meet with a good outlet, and they have

declined largely $106015 per head. At

present the best demand is for drafters

at 5517060275 per head, with more selling

at $200 and lower than at higher prices,

as the average quality of the offerings

was not extra fine. Drivers and saddlers

have had a fair outlet at $15060300, and

big feeders are wanted at $190@225 for

shipment to farming districts in Ohio and

Pennsylvania. Wagon horses are wanted

for city delivery service at 316060210.





 





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





F. W. Walker, one of the old-time stock

feeders of Hancock county, 11)., believes

there will be a shortage of fat cattle this

year. He sticks to the business year after

year and makes it pay well on the whole,

being in the habit of feeding at least 150

cattle and 150 or more hogs every year,

and this year he will summer-feed about

100 head of each. In Hancock county

pastures are in extremely fine condition,

but cattle feeding has largely ceased, and

farmers prefer to raise corn for the mar-

ket rather than hay 0r cattle. Sod has

been broken up freely for corn, and the

corn acreage will be largely increased.

Mr. \Valker tells of purchasing the first

of this year a stack of hay that made

the grower $22 an acre.



A, _D. Fey, of Western Iowa, says farm-

ers in his region are generally putting

cattle on grass, grazing being extremely

popular, but not many are placed in feed

lots, summer fceding being out of fashion.

He reports a good “crop" of spring pigs,

favorable weather having been a great

help in farrowing. Old corn is bringing

43 to 45 cents per bushel. and farmers

have been busy of late in planting corn.



Conditions in the hog trade show no

marked changes, the great shortage being

as marked as ever and stockmen disin-

clined to market their immature holdings,

as they realize that it will pay them well

to hold to full maturity. Corn is cheap

enough to return big profits when fed to

growing hogs, and few pigs are being

shipped to market.



In recent weeks competition between

the killers and the feeder buyers has not

been. as strong as it was in the Chicago

cattle market, and on that account stock-

men have in numerous instances been in

a position to get a better selection of

feeding steers. A good share of recent

purchases went to Indiana. Ohio and nor-

thern Illinois. Buyers in these sections

were mainly after good to choice feeders.



Demand for' good milkers and springers

has been strong in the Chicagohmarket

of late. and high prices have been paid

for choice cows. Cincinnati buyers were

especially good customers.





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MAY 21., 1910.





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Thursday’s Market.

May 19, 1910.

Cattle.





Receipts, 1,322. Market dull and 25@35c

lOwer than last week.



We quote: Best steers and heifers, $7;

steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $6.25@

6.75; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000, $6@

6.50; grass steers and heifers that are

fat, 800 to 1,000, $5.50@6; grass steers

and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $4.75

@550; choice fat cows, $5@5.50; good fat.

cows. $4.50@5; common cows, $3.50@4,

canners, $2.50@3; choice heavy bulls,

$5.50; fair-to good bolognas, bulls, $4.50

@5; stock bulls, $4@4.50; milkers. large.

young, medium age, $40@55; common

milkers, $25@35. .



Bishop, B. & H. sold Schlischer 20 steers

av 762 at $6.20; to Goose 5 do av 1,050 at

$5.35; to Kamman 13 do av 858 at $6.25,

1 cow weighing 700. at $3.25, 2 bulls av

1,015 at $5, 1 do weighing 1,320 at $5.25,

4 steers av 750 at $6, 6 do av 930 at $6.75;

to Mich. B. Co. 26 steers av 855 at $6.25;

to Thompson Bros. 1 bull weighing 650

at $4, .lgcow weighing 1,000 at $5; to

Regan 3 heifers av 516 at $4.40; to Daven-

port 2 stockers av 550 at $4.50; to Sullivan

P. Co. 1 cow weighing 1,070 at $4, 3 do

av 863 at $5.50, 2 steers av 930 at $7, 1

cow weighing 1,300 at $5, 3 do av 866 at

$4.75, 1 do weighing 1,550 at $6, 1 bull

weighing 1,500 at $5.50, 3 cows av 887 at

$3.75; to Mich, B. Co. 22 steers av 1,080

at $6.75.



Spicer 8: R, sold Kull 12 steers av 927

at $6.90, 6 do av 891 at $6.90, 27 dovav

746 at $6.50, 1 bull weighing 1,160 at $5, 1

do weighing 1,390 at $6; to Sullivan P.

CO. 3 cows av 1,033 at $3.75, 6 do av 1,068

at $5.50, 1 bull weighing 1,070 at $5, 1 do

weighing 920 at $5, 2 do av 835 at $4.50;





. to Thompson Bros. 4 cows av 975 at $4.40,





3 do av 943 at $5, 6 steers av 970 at $6.60;

to Fry 11 butchers av 824 at $6.25, 2 cows

av 1,020 at $4.50; to Kamman 9 butchers

av 685 at $4.50, 1 cow weighing 850 at

$3.25; to Brown 4 stockers av 567 at

$4.50,.11 do weighing 400 at $4; to Regan

5 heifers av 510 at $4.25; to Brown 4

stockers» av 585 at $4.50, 3 do av 533 'at

$3; toGoose 6 cows av 908 at $4; to Taite

1 bull weighing 1,130 at $6.10; to Daven~

pert ,9 s-tockers av 560 at $4.50; to Kam-

man. B. Co. 28 butchers av 800 at $5.60,

11 dodavs873 at $5.75; to Ethan 1 bull

wei- "hia'galBEO at $4; to Schuader 8 steers

av 25: ah:$6.50; to Sullivan P. Go. 2 can~

nets avt755 at $3, 2 bull and cow av

5 t .50.

97110:: £40m. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 32

butchers av 750 at $5.75, 25 steers av 863

at'$6.50; to Kamman B. Co. 1.4 steers av

956 at $6.75, to Fry 1 cow Weighing 1,000

at $4.50, 4 heifers av 760 at $5.25; to Mich.

B. Co. 4 cows av 887 at $4.50, 15 butchers

av 763 at $6, 23 do av 972 at $6.50, ‘3 baby

steers av 813 at $7.50, 1 do weighing 600

at $6, 4 cows av 1,155 at $5.50.



Lowenstein sold Mich. B. Co. 10 cows

av 1,042 at $5.25.



Weeks sold Lingeman 14 steers av 900

at $6.40.



Haley & M, sold Bresnahan 13 stockers

av 48) at $4.15; to Marx 16 steers av 942

at $6.85; to Goose 4 cows av 1,037 at $5.15.

1 do weighing 960 at $4.25; to Cooke 14

steers av 944 at $6.80, 8 heifers av 775 at

$5.80, 1 bull weighing 750 at $4.50; to

Thompson Bros. 2 steers av 800 at $5, 2

bulls av 1,000 at $5.25; to Fry 4 heifers

av 700 at $5.75; to Regan 3 do av 500 at

$4.90; to Fronn 2 cows av 950 at $3.75,

1 cow weighing 700 at $3.50; to Breiten-

back Bros. 19 butchers av 842 at $6.10, 1

steer weighing 760 at $5.50; to Sullivan P,

Co. 10 cows av 982 at $5; to Rattkowsky

4 steers av 837 at $6, 1 cow weighing 990

at $4.25; to Markowitz & B. 4 do av 935

at $4.50, 1 do weighing 920 at $3.50, 3

butchers av 900 at $4.60; to Lachalt 9 do

av 750 at $5.



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 1,291. Market 750 higher than

last week. Best, $8@8.50; others, $463)

7.50; milch cows and springers steady.



Bishop B. & H. sold Friedman I weigh-

ing 240 at $8.50; to Kull 6 av 130 at $8;

to Parker, W. & Co. 29 av 130 at $8.25,

14 av 125 at $8; to Nagle P. Co, 52 av 130

at $8, 4 av 135 at $5; to Pragg 3 av 100

at $6, 22 av 135 at $8; to Broodloff 11 av

140 at $8.25; to Sullivan P. Co 24 av 135

at $8, 3 av 140 at $8; to Nagle P. Co. 54

av 140 at $8, 16 av 130 at $8, 3 av 140 511’.

$6, 16 av 125 at $7.75, 9 av 150 at $7.50.

5 av 120 at $7.75.



Spicer & R. sold Parker, W. & (‘0. 35

av 135 at $7.75, 32 av 130 at $7.75; to

Rattkowsky 10 av 133 at $7.50; to Goose

5 av 125 at $6.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 17 av

130 at $7.75, 5 av 130 at $7.75; to McGuire

7 av 140 at $7.65; to Hammond, S. & Co.

1 weighing 200 at $5, 13 av 125 at $7.25. 13

av 130 at $8; to Thompson 4 av 140 at

$7.25





Cheney & H. sold Sullivan P. Co. 32

av 135 at $7.85.



Johnson sold Schlischer 26 av 130 at

$75





. 0.



Wagn’er sold Newton B. Co. 8 av 150

at $7.75.



Long sold same 7 av 140 at $8.



Weeks Bros. sold Friedman 9 av 110

at $7.50. .



Waterman sold Hammond, S. & C0. 5

av 125 at $7.25.



Duelle sold Burnstine 25 av 130 at $8.



Roe Com, Co. sold Rattkowsky 5 av

105 at $7; to Mich. B. Co. 29 av 130 at

$77





. 5.

Haley & M. soiti Thompson Bros. 33 av

130 at $7.75, 23 av 125 at v.35; to Kull 2





Fl-‘HE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘ . (15)





av 210 at $7; to Newton B. Co. 2 av 110



at $7, 25 av 135 at $8; to Hammond, S.



& Co. 4 av 140 at $6, 12 av 130 at $7.75;



to Goose 5 av 125 at $7.75, 35 av 130 at



$7.50; to Markowitz 24 av 135 at $7.40.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 2,354. Good grades 15@25c

higher than last week. Common lambs

25c, grass sheep 500 lower and dull.



Best lambs, $8.50@8.75; fair to good

lambs, $8@8.25; light to common lambs,

$5@6.50’; spring lambs, $9@11; fair to good

sheep, $5; culls and common, 33.50604.



Bishop, B. & I-I. sold Sullivan P. Co.

4 lambs av 80 at $8.50, 9 do av 68 at $8,

4 sheep av 112 at $4.50, 19 lambs av 60

at $8.25, 4 sheep av 130 at $4.50, 6 do av

95 at $3.50; to Nagle P. Co. 607 lambs av

82 at $8.75, 112 do av 65 at $6.50; to Mich.

B. Co. 8 sheep av 125 at $4.75; to Thomp-

son Bros. 25 lambs av 60 at $7.50; to

Mich. B. Co. 81 lambs av 75 at $8.50, 4

sheep av 82 at $4.50: to Fitzpatrick Bros,

25 lambs av 65 at $7, 10 do av 69 at $8,

21 do av 55 at $7. 24 sheep av 80 at $5. 7

do av 75 at $4.21 do av 110 at $5, 29 lambs

av 72 at $8.50, 6 spring lambs av 58 at $11.



Wagner sold Newton B. Co. 4 sheep av

135 at $4.50, 19 do av 120 at $6.



Long sold same 36 lambs av 67 at $8.



Carmody sold Mich. B. Co. 11 lambs av

80 at $8.25.



W’aterman sold Sullivan P, Co. 9 lambs

av 85 at $6, 16 do av 75 at $7.50.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 21 sheep

av 85 at $5.75, 61 lambs av 58 at $7.50,

13 sheep av 110 at $4.75, 8 do av 130 at

$5.50, 7 do av 100 at $6; to Sullivan P.

CO. 4 do av 80 at $3. 12 lambs av 65 at

$4.50, 29 do av 85 at $8.75, 31 do av 68

at $7, 4 sheep av 135 at $5: to Mich. B.

Co. 5 do av 90 at $5, 4 spring lambs av

48 at $8.50, 16 sheep av 105 at $4.75; to

Eschrich 29 do av 70 at $4.50; to Mich.

B. Co. 11 lambs av 58 at $6.75.



Roe Com. Co~ sold Nagle P. Co. 5 lambs

av 82 at $8, 5 sheep av 140 at $5.



Haley & M. sold Thompson Bros. 16

sheep av 120 at $6.



Hogs.



Receipts, 4.741. Market -5@10c higher

than last Thursday.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $9.70; pigs, $9.70; light yorkers, $9.70;

stags, 175 off.



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

68 av 200 at $9.75, 299 av 190 at $9.70.

39388 Com. Co. sold same 287 av 190 at



.l .



Sundry shippers sold same 680 av 180

at $9.70.



Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. Co. 257 av

185 ‘at $9.70.



Bishop, B. & H. sold same 260 av 190

at $9.70.



Sundry shippers sold same 370 av 185

at $9.70.



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

2,019 av 190 at $9.70.





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Injured Back—For the past two months

my two-year-old stallon has traveled out

of line as though his back was weak.

This colt has not been castrated. F. K.,

Carsonville, Mich-It is possible that your

colt met with an accident and sprained

his back. Apply equal parts turpentine,

aqua ammonia and sweet oil to back ev-

ery day or two and give him 1/2 dr. fluid

extract nux vomica at a dose in feed

three times daily.





Scrataches Stocking—My four-year-

old colt's left hind leg stocks when idle,

exercise reduces it some, but still re-

mains larger than normal at fetlock

joint. The heel is cracked and indicates

scrataches, but causes no lameness. S.

J. Vl'., Litchfield, Mich—Give 1 dr. iodide

potassium at a dose twice a day and apply

equal parts powdered alum and boric acid

to sores twice a day.





Sharp, Irregular Teeth—Slavers.—Have

a horse that chews her bit and slobbers

when in harness. When in field to pas-

ture holds her head high and moves the

tongue almost constantly. She will not

eat corn of! cob and appetite is not very

good. She first commenced slobbering

in the winter and has kept it up ever

since. A. 8.. Bath, Mich—Her teeth

should be looked after by some one Who

is competent to float them. Also give 1

oz. baking sod-.1, 1/2 oz. ground gcntian and

1 dr. ground nux vomica at a dose in feed

three times a day. Dissolve 1 oz. pow-

dered alum in a quart of water and wash

mouth three times a day.





Leucorrhea.——My eight-year~old mare

was bred last year, but failed to get with

foal. During the winter she commenced

Discharging a thick white mucus and

has had more or less of it ever since. F.

G. 13., Oxford Mich.~—Dissclve 1 dr. per-

manganate potash in three quarts water

and ‘wash out vagina thoroughly once a

day until the discharge ceases. She will

not get with foal as long as she has much

discharge. Also give 1 oz. bicarbonate of

soda at a dose in feed or in water three

times a day.



Bone Spavin—Cracked Heels—I have a

mule that has a bone spavin which- I

would like to have cured. I also have a.

horse that is troubled with cracked heels.

What had I better do for him? M. F..

Detroit, Mich—Apply any one of the

spavm remedies that are regularly adver-

tised in this paper. For your horse that

has cracked heels, dissolve 1/4 lb. sugar of

lead, 3 ozs. sulphate zinc and 2 ozs. car-

bolic acid in a gallon of water and apply

to sore heels three times a day.



Cow Leaks Milk-chenied.—I have a

cow that leaks milk and I would like to

know what to do to prevent it? I also

have a horse that is badly sweenied which

I would like to know how to cure. A. .

P., Richland. l\4ich.-—By using teat plugs

it will prevent vour cow leaking milk.

The Lawrence Publishing Company can

supply you and save vou a little money.

Blister horse's shoulder with cerate of

cantharides every week.





 





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The leading Bairvmen and Best Breeders





USE THE





United Slates Separator





because they have found it to be the best in all points.





Notice the List of a few of these:





Colon C. Lillie, Coopersvillc, Mich, President National Dairy Show.



J. Gilbert Iiickcox, Trcas. Nat'l Dairy Show and Pres. \Vc.~‘t. Guernsey llrccders’ Assn.

T. F. Marston, Pres. Michigan Dairymen’s Assn. Also mcmbcr State Board of Agri.

E. S. Powers, Ravcnna, Mich., Secretary Michigan Dairymcn's Association.



Gco. McKerrow, Pcwaukce, Wise, Superintendent Wisconsin l-‘arnicrs‘ Institutes.

W. C. Bradley, Hudson, \Visc., Conductor \Visconsin Farinci's' Institutes.



F. H. Scribner, Roscndale, \Visc., Conductor \Visconsin Farincrs' Institutes.



Thomas Convey, Ridgcway, Wise, Conductor \Visconsin Farmcrs' Institutes.



O. C. Gregg, Lynd, Minn, Ex-Superintendcnt Minncsota Fanncrs' Institutes.



Lewis Wiggins, Pres. Illinois State Fair Assn., also Pres. of Ill. State Dairymcn’s Assn.

Frank H. 11311, Aurora, 111., Superintendent Illinois State I’nrmcrs’ Institutes.

Lyle Green, Dayton, 111., Secretary Illinois State Jersey Cattle Club.



F. L. Davis, White River Jct., \'t., Pres. \'t. Dairynicn‘s Assn, also State Cattle Com.

F. S. Adams, Bowdoinham, Me, Prcs. Maine State Dairymcn’s Assn. and Cattle Com,

Etna J. Fletcher, Greenfield, N. 11., Ex-Prcs. Ayrshire Brcctlcrs’ Assn. of America.

C. M. Winslow, Brandon, Vt, Secretary Ayrshire Brecders' Association of America.

C. W. VVOod, Worcester, Mass, Presidcnt Ilolstcin-Fricsian Association of America.

Harry C. Shepard, Stul'bridgc, 312155., Deputy of Massachusetts Slatc Grange.



Forest Henry, Dovcl', Minn, Associate Editor Northwestern Agriculturist.



A. K. Bush, (uses three U. S. Separators), Associate Editor Northwestern Agriculturist,

The Farmer, St. Paul, Minn. (Experimental Farm), Leading Agricultural paper.

Harry M. Wood, Orono, Me, Son of (has. I). \Vood. Director of Me. State Exper. Sta,

Wm. J. Gillett, Wisc., owner of the Vlr'orld's Record llolstcin, Colantlia 4tli's Johanna.

Chas. L. Hill, Roscndalc, \Visc., owner of the celebrated Guernsey cow, Twilight Lonan.

Reitbrock Land 8; Lumber Co.,\\'isc..owncr of world-famed Guernsey cow,Ycksa Sunbeam

A. O. Auten, Jerseyvillc, 111., owner celebrated Jcrscy cow, Jacobo Irene,



Green Mountain Stock Farm, Randolph, \‘t.. cclcbratcd Jersey Breeders.



Billings Stock Farm, Woodstock, \'t., celebrated Jersey lirccdcrs.



Quechee Fells Farm, Qucclicc, \'t., cclcbrntctl Jersey Iii-cellt-rs.



Turner Center Creamery Co., Turner (‘cntcly Maine. lcatling New England Creamery.

W. P. Schanck, Avon, N. Y., prominent Ayrshire Brccdcr,



Adolph P. Arp, Eldridge, Iowa, owncr of leading herd of Red Pollcd Cattle.



H. F. Probcrt, fickson, Mich, a prominent Michigan Daii‘yman.



Darlington Farm, Ramsey, N. J.



F. N. Doublctlay,——l)oubleday, Page 8: Co., N.Y., Pub. C’try Life in Amt. and Car. Mag.

August Ilclmont, Babylon, L. 1.. prominent New York Capitalist.



R. Colgate, Sharon, Conn, of Colgate & Co., soap and pcrfumcry manufacturers.

Chas. S. Mellcn, Stockbridge, Mass, President N. 'Y., N. H. 81 H. R. R. Co.



J. S. Williams, Glastonbury, Conn, \Villiains' shaving and Jersey cream soaps.

Reginald Vanderbilt, Ncwport, R. I.



Henry Ford, Dctroit, Mich, President of the Ford Auto Co.



Winston Churchill, Cornish, N. 11., the celebrated author,



Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Islip, N. Y., the great Railroad Magnate.



E. C. Simmons, Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, Mo,



Dr. W. Seward Webb, Sliclburne, \'t., Director N. Y. Central R, R,



Chas. N. Vilas, Alstcatl, N. 11., formerly Proprietor 5th Ave. Hotel, N. Y.



Col. Robert E. Lee,Wcst Point.\'a., Son of Gen. Robert E. Lec, Coni‘i' of Confcd. Army,

Ex-Gov. David H. Goodcll, N. 11., Pres. & Treas. Goodcll Co., Cut’y and Hard’e Mfrs.

W, D, Mann, Editor Town Topics, New York City,



E. L. Thompson, Dover, N.J., Pres. Manufacturers' Automatic Sprinkler Co. of N. Y.

Joseph Hudson, Clare, Mich, Director State School for Blind.



Mrs. Geo. Westinghouse, Jr., Erskine Park, Lcnox, Mass,



Judge Z. A. Close, Beard, Ky., member of Kentucky Legislature



Zion City Land Co., Zion City., 111,



G. I). Tilley, Darien, Conn, breeder of fancy birds of plumage.



Copley Amory, “’alpole, N. 11., Capitalist.



Hiram Ricker 8: Sons, Prop. Poland Spring House, Maine.



Hudson E. Bridge, Walpole, N. 11., of Bridge, Beach & Co.,Stove Founders,St.Louis,Mo,

City of Salem, Mass, use U. S. in Modilictl Milk Station.



Homer D. Loring, Ashland, Mass, prominent Boston Banker.



A. E. Doane, Marathon, N. Y., State Crcmnery Inspector,



Dennis Miller, Eaton Rapids, Mich, wealthy farmer.



Geo. B. Leighton, Monadnock Farm, Dublin, N. 11.



0. S. Presbrey, Port Henry, N. Y., President Clieener Iron Ore Co.



W. L. Markham, Kennedy, N. Y., State Milk Inspector.



People's Milk Co., largest retail milk Company in Buffalo, N. Y,



Vermont Marble Co., Proctor, \‘t.



Benjamin Grosvenor, Pomfret Center, Conn,





We could fill every page in this paper with names of thrifty

dairymen all over the Country who are using the United States

Separator, but the above list should be sufficient to prove our

claims, that those people who give the most attention to dairying

for profit, use the United States Separator, as well as several

hundred thousand of dairymen, who dairy for the fun of it.



You should first send for catalog 111, then join this prominent list.





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WHY MAKE BUTTER ON THE FARM?





 





There are many advantages in favor of

making butter on the farm, especially if

conditions are fairly favorable and one is

reasonably close to a market. On the

other hand, there are a few objections

and the question must be decided by each

one for himself.



It is really less trouble to make the

butter at home than it is to draw the

milk to the creamei‘y, especially if whole

milk is sent when the bulk or weight of

it must be hauled both ways. If it is





separated on the farm, it will take It‘s;

time to care for the cream and make it

into butter, than it will to deliver the





cream to the creaniei'y. It breaks up a

half day to go to the ci'eaniery, where

one has to wait in line his turn to get

the skim-milk. By the time one gets

home, his horse put out and into the

field, considerable time has been con-

sumed without any farm work having

been accomplished. The buttermaking





can generally be managed to come when

it is convenient, that is not to take. a

man from the field, and never a horse.

Better calves and hogs can be raised,

because the skim—milk can be fed when

it is sweet and ytt warm with the animal





heat, and the buttermilk I; left for the

hogs. t‘alves will not do well if frequent

changes are made from sweet to sour

milk, but this cannot be avoided very





well with the skim~milk received from the

creaniei'y. It is generally sweet for the,

morning feed but sour for the night dur-

ing but weathrr. 13y separating it on the

farm, the milk is always sweet and calves

will do far better upon it. The butter—

milk is another item to be considered. it

having a feeding 'alue for hogs or poul—

try equal to skim—inilk.



A profitable market can usually be

found for good home-made farm butter.

Some sell to creainei‘y patrons. chargingr

them the maiket price at tlic creamery.

The creamery patrons usually are glad

to buy from a neighbor making- putter

at home, because a majority of them pre-

fer it to the Creamery butter. If one has

milk sufficient to make say, fifteen pounds

of butter per day and can find a sale for

it among neighbors or at the local grocery

store at creaniery prices. he would be re—

ceiving fair pay for his time. The usual

charge for making is Bl/gc a pound. so if

the farmer made it himself, he would be

paid at the rate of from 23 to 50 cents





per hour for his time. By taking it to

the creamery, he not only loses his own

time and that of the horse and rig, but





per pound less than he

would get if he kept the milk on the

farm. There is no trouble in obtaining

creamery prices and often one can place

it at a cent or two above highest quota-

tions.



If the farmer handles it himself. he

knows that none is getting rich at his ex-

pense. Of course, most buttermakers are

honest, but there are some who cannot

resist the temptation to lay away part of

the farmei‘s butter money to make gool

measure in addition to the regular 211(-

pcr pound. This can be done very ca<ily





he receives 21/ge





and without detection unless the patron

keeps close watch.



The main objection to making tutti-r

on the farm is the work, but in reality





there is less work connected with it when

made on the farm than win-n delivered to





the creamcry. It is a simple matter to

make good butter on the farm, there is





more profit. less labor and more satisfac-

tion than there is in hiring it made at the

creamcry or factory.



Pennsylvania. L. J. HAYNES.





OVERCOMES DIFFICULTY OF

SILO PIT.





 





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In regard to Mr. .l. D. l\IeL.'s inquiry

as to a silo partly built in the ground.

I would say that I have a silo built this

way. I dug my pit the desired size and

depth and then built a stone wall about

10 or 12 inches thick. after having set a

plank door frame directly in line with

the door through the barn wall. I'Iave

top of the stone wall on a level with the

top of the door frame. I have a stave

silo and I had the door frame of the silo

proper set exactly over the door frame in

the stone wall. By this method I do not

have to use any bucket or pitch tip any

cnsilage. The bottom of my silo is a lit-

tle lower than the floor of my basement

but the floor of my cnsilage chute is on a

level with the basement floor. The door





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





for the stone wall is made in two sections

and are placed on the inside of the door

frame when the Silo is being filled and are

easily removed when necessary. After

my silo was up I had a mason plaster the.

inside of the stone wall, also letting the

plaster reach up on the inside of the

staves as far as possible. My ensilage

keeps well, only where the air is allowed

to get in. I always consider my ensilage

is better when we get down below the top

of the wall where it is impossible for the

air to enter.

Livingston C0. F. H. DURFEE.





GRADING CREAM AT CREAMERIES.





 





Just about five years ago our state log-

islature passed the present dairy law,

which broadened the scope of tlie'dairy

and road (It1)tlI'IIII\‘III and gave us the in-





SIN't'IIt‘II of t‘l‘t‘.tlll0!'it'>‘_ «‘Iit‘t'sc‘ Itlt'itlllt‘s

and dairy til‘t'i.I‘.I\iS_ It is just live years

sinct we l-tgau Iiic systenmti. iitspcmon





ta.toi‘its and

farm daiiies so far as we have been able

to do it. Uf ci‘iurse. we have accomplished

the most with creamcries and cheese fac-





of ("i taint rit s and t he». so





torics because we have given them the

most attention. Every creaineryman in





this state will, I think, agree with me

that inspection has been beneficial to the

industry. “'0 have accomplished much





in that direction. “'0 are putting on the

market a more uniform product in both

cheese and butter. And not only is it

more uniform, but it is of better quality





than it was five years ago, it is yet, how-





ever. far from what it should be and it

is not what it would have been had we





not changed largely from the whole milk

to the gathered cream system. live years

ago we. had many whole milk creameries;

today we have very few of twin. \Ve

have changed to the gathered cream sys-

tem and now we have another problem

to solve. As fast as we have improved

in buttermaking, we have deteriorated in

the raw 'material and therefore the av-

erage score is not so very much better

now than then. Nevertheless, the inspec-

tions have been of great benefit. How-

ever, it seems to me that from one stand-

point this inspection lias gone just as far

as you can go with it, so far as bettering

the product is concerned, unless you can

induce the legislature to provide more in-

spectors. \'\'e have enough to look after

the t‘l't‘ttlllCl‘ItS and the cheese factories,





Make Him





Squi'rm





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c o m m o n cream cc orator

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but we haven't the force so that private

dairyinen can well be reached under this

iiisptction.



I tried to get an agreement among the

larger creanieries as to a basis of grad-

ing cream. and there was a willingness

to do so and abide by the agreement, pay—

ing for the cream according to quality,

but in the practical working out of the

question the z grecment amounted to noth-

ing, because they Were afraid they would

lose a customer or two. Ilere is the real

problem and it is a serious one in the

way of accomplishing much of anything

in this direction under the present cir-

eunistanccs.



The great stumbling block in the way

of grading cream is that we could not fix

upon a standard that Would be agreed to

and lived up to. \Vc had no exact way

of determining what was good cream and





what was poor cream. \Vhen you say

from your sense of smell or taste that

this man's cream is bad and another





man's cream is good. when you say that

this man‘s cream is just as good as that

man's, then the man with the poor cream

(‘fil'lllS bark at you and says, “My cream

is just as good as that man’s cream, and

if you don't think so, I WIII take it to the

other creaiiicry,“ and you know what the

iwsult will be, especially if there is much

competition.



In our ci'eamet‘y the necessity of grad-

ing the cream was admitted; but we hesln

tated for we were right under the eyes

of the centralizers of Grand Rapids. We

didn't “"1111 to our customers, we

wanted their business, and we did not

want to do anything that would drive

IIltnl from us.



\Ve ran right up against a proposition,

however. that made us sit up and take

notice. A year ago we succeeded in get-

ting the contract for supplying 150,000

pounds of butter for the United States

Navy. \Vc were led to believe that we

could fill that order without any trouble.





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cubic centimeters of Mann's standard al-

kaline solution should neutralize the acid-

ity'in .50 cubic centimeters of cream, that

it was not up to standard, and a lot of

our cream was rejected. Then we saw

we were up against it. We had agreed

to fill this contract within a certain length

of time, and if we failed were to pay a

forfeit. And so this question became a

very' interesting one to our board of di-

rectors, and we resolved to grade the

cream. We were in hopes that we would

draw some of the cream that the cen-

tralizer was getting, and perhaps lose

some of the poor cream that we could

not use in filling this contract. We agreed

to pay a cent and a half more for sweet

cream than for sour cream. We were

very much concerned about this proposi-

tion, as to how it would work out, as you

can very readily see, but I am glad to tell

you that it worked very nicely.



We did not lose any customers, but on

the other hand, we gained a number and

I want to say that the effect of grading

the cream and paying a cent and a half

more for sweet cream has improved the

quality of our entire product. Then we

were getting cream that half of it would

not stand this test, and today, by contin-

uing this standard in grading cream,

practically all of our cream will stand the

test. This seems to me to be as good

proof as one could want that grading

cream can be done, and that successfully,

not only to the creamery but to the

farmer as well. So, now, I tell you. I

approach this subject with more confi-

dence than I did before I had had prac-

tical experience. We have found by ac-

tual experience that grading cream did

not drive our customers away. We got a

better quality of product and it was a

paying proposition all around. Our peo-

ple seem much better satisfied than ever

before. When people say to me that one

cannot run a gathered cream creamery

and have the cream delivered sweet, all

I say is that I know from experience that

it is not so. I know that the farmer can

keep his cream and send it in twice a

weekend deliver good sweet cream.





This cream will do to manufacture into

ice cream, if it is handled right. Do you

know that some of the ice cream manu-

facturers buy cream early to be used the

first ham spell that comes in the spring?

If they: can do that, cannot the. farmer

handle his cream so that he can deliver

it at the creamery twice a week, sweet?

The creamery managers are not respon-

sible—-it is up to the farmer, but will the

farmer do this if you pay him just as

much for poor cream or milk as for good

cream or milk? He will never do it and

we can hardly blame him if he does not.

If a man produces milk under good sani-

tary conditions and delivers it sweet, this

makes that cream worth more to you, and

you should be willing to pay more for it,

and the reason you don’t do it is because

you are afraid for the reason that you

think you will lose customers. Take my

word for it, if you do it and do it right,

you will not lose any customers, but

rather you will gain others. We know by

experience. I believe this whole ques-

tion can be solved by the crcameries and

the cheese factories. It is only a matter

of giving each man a square deal. We

have been able to sell this No. 1 butter

for enough more per pound to pay the

patrons one and one-half cents more for

butter-fat.





BUTTERMILK CHEESE.





 





As food stuffs become higher in value

new ways of utilizing by~products or mak-





ing more palatable and valuable some





ordinary food, are devised, or discovered.

From Wisconsin comes a new method of

securing the curd in the making of a but—

termilk cheese. The method was designed

to meet the difficulty which workers have

experienced in the past in collecting the

curd from heated buttermilk, since the

curd is usually so fine grained that it can

not be collected on a cheese-cloth strain—

er. To obtain the desired result a care-

ful regulation of the temperature is nec-

essary. The hutermilk is heated to 78

degrees as rapidly as possible, while it is

being stirred. The heating is then stop-

ped and the buttermilk allowed to stand

perfectly quiet for one and a half or two

hours. From this time it curdles slowly,

the clear whey separating from the curd.

The curd is then heated to 130 degrees

and stirred gently and again left quiet

for one hoUr, during which period it is

not allowed to cool. The curd settles to

the bottom of the vessel and much of the

clear whey may be poured or drawn off.

the curd and remaining whey being then

put onto cheese-cloth to drain. After





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘ . (17) 553





draining for about six hours one to one

and a half per cent of salt is added and

the buttermilk cheese is ready for use.

The cheese has a mild butter-milk flavor

and is finer in texture than cottage

cheese, so that it may be spread on bread

like butter. From 12 to 15 pounds of

cheese may be made from 100 pounds of

buttermilk and judging from the waste

of buttermilk at so many creamcries, it

offers a profitable use for buttermilk,

AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB

MEET.





 





The annals of the American Jersey Cat-

tle Club do not record a more thoroughly

representative or enthusiastic gathering

of its members than was msembled in

New York City last week.



Repeating the happy experiment sug-

gested by President Darling last year, the

annual meeting was preceded by a ban-

quet at the Manhattan Hotel on Tuesday

evening, May 3, at which the seventy

guests gathered around the tables were

delightfully entertained for more than

five hours with each other, with the menu

and with the wit and wisdom of the

speakers, among whom were included

leading breeders as well as leaders in

thought along lines of dairy production.

Professors Scovell, of Kentucky, Van-

Norman, of Pennsylvania, Wing, of New

York, Smith, of Massachusetts, and Raw],

of the government service at Washington,

were invited guests and contributed in no

small measure to the pleasure and profit

of the occasion.



The annual business meeting at the

Hoffman House on Wednesday, was at-

tended by 68 members. and 227 others

were represented by proxies. making a

total of 295, or more than two-thirds of

of the club had exceeded those of any

the entire membership.



The president reported that the year

just ended had been the most prosperous

in the entire history of the club; that

more animals had been registered, more

sales recorded, more money received,

more money spent. in the interests of the

breed and that despite the increased ex-

penditure the addition to the reserve fund

of the club had exceeded that of any

previous year; and that one would have

to go back 25 years to find the record of

so large an increase in the membership

of the club.



Naturally, all were pleased with this

showing and accepted it as indicating the

increasing favor with which the Jersey

cow is regarded throughout the country

as well as the efficient work which has

been done by the club, and by individual

members in promoting the interests of the

breed.





Among those present were one of the





original organization of 1868, several oth—

ers who have outlived the three score

years and ten, and more than a few of

those who in years past did so much to

establish the club on a sound, business-

like foundation, and mingling with them

in pleasant association the newer mem—

bcrs and younger men gathered from

widely separatedsections of the country

for the purpose of expressing and record-

ing their best views of the methods which

should be pursued to promote the best

interests of the club and the breed.



The general policy of the club as indi-

cated in its past management was up-

held by the meeting, and it was gratifying

to note the almost perfect unanimity of

those present on the main questions at

issue.



Mr. E. A. Darling was re-elected presi-

dent by a unanimous vote, made all the

more emphatic because, at the suggestion

of a leading western member, the vote

was taken by rising, in expression of the

appreciation in which Mr. Darling is held

as an officer and a gentleman. The choice

of four new directors fell upon Lyman A.

Mills, of Coniiecticut.chlings Lippincott,

of New Jersey, A, O. Outen, of Illinois

and 1). B. Lyons. of Texas, a happy blend

of men of "the old guard," and of the

younger breeders. If there had been any

thought of radical changes in the admin-

istration, the membership fee, the policy

of the club or the location of the club

headquarters, there was at no time

either expression or other indication of

any such purpose.



The character of this meeting and its

results unmistakably evidence the will of

the members in regard to some of the

changes which rumor had so generally

predicted. ,



The management now has every en—

couragement to continue its efforts for

the improvement and development of the

Jersey breed and the conservation of the

best interests of Jersey breeders.



H. N. MCKINNEY.





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The use of a De Laval Cream Separator-with even a.

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Then why not fall into the De Laval procession now?

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day of delay means just that much more waste of product,

quality and dairy comfort. Why prolong it?



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We are impressed with the utility of

local experimentation. It is not only im-

possible, but unjust, for the state to solve

every individual's problems. There are

some disputed questions that apply to

conditions throughout the state or con-

cerns the people of a large part of it.

Such questions are proper matters for tlte

state to investigate. There are other

problems of a strictly local character and

should be the object of investigation by

the members of that locality. Still other

matters are purely individual and call

upon the individual for solution.



The state investigates the matter of

soil drainage and publishes general tind-

ings regarding it. Kalamazoo county

meets certain conditions in i’tpl‘ilying those

principles to the culture of celery, Sagi-

naw and Gratlot counties must fit the

principles to their soil for growing sugar

beets. Then beyond this adjustment to

the general needs of the crop every farin-

or must meet the peculiar undulations of

his own farm, provide against quicksand

deposits, secure proper outlets, etc. The

placing of the obligation can in no case

be reduced to a nicely, but we believe the

cxample suggests that our state experi-

ment stations are not institutions for the

solution of every uncertain matter. Lo-

calities have a fairly wcll defined obliga-

tion and so have individuals.



In this regard, news comes to us of a

move on the part of public spirittd per—

sons of Muskcgon county to lcarn by sys-

tematic experimentation what kind of

treatment light, sandy soils necd in order

to cause them to produce at their maxi-

mum. Thcrc are certainly good methods

and bad methods of handling any kind of

soil in every agricultural community. Any

effort that purposes to separate the goo-l

from the bad methods and mark thcm .so

that the rank and llle of farmcrs and

fruit growers can know which is which.

must be commended. And success in

this effort is bound to add to the wealth-

producing power of the locality concerned.

\Ve believe the stcps taken by Muskcgon

county citizens can ‘bc foIIOWed in every

county of the state with profit.





SOIL MOlSTURE.



A very large per cent of the bulk of

garden plants is water—from 75 to Sit) pcl‘

cent. Much water passes through the

roots, stem and leaves and then off into

the air, being the medium that carries

raw material to where it can be manu-

factured into ready plant food and then

takes this food to all growing parts to

build tissue. From the soil about the

plants much moisture is constantly evapo—

rated. The exact amount nccdcd for

any given crop cannot be determined for

conditions vary the amount used and

wasted. But it is large. If we could know

the reason for the failure. or part failure,

of every crop that decs not yield a max-~

imum harvest and could classify those

causes we would be amazed at the num-

ber of poor crops that needed more moist-

urC. Every process of the living plant.

demands the prescnce of this universal

liquid. If in any way there is caused to

be a scarcity, then the functions of the

plants are impaired or checked. plant food

is not gotten ready fast enough to kecp

all the growing tissue supplied and the,

waste material is not well disposed of.

It is needful, therefore, to have an abund—

ance of water frotn the beginning.



The humidity of our climate gives us

plenty of water without goingr to the

great expense of constructing costly irri-

gation ditches and forever bearing a

heavy tax for maintaining them. We

need only to retain what nature has ap-

plied. And during this very season the

gardener should be wise to his possibili-

ties. A systematic culture of the garden

plot—a culture that forbids the ground

to remain long without an earth mulch

to discourage evaporation and to urge the

root systems to go deep where droug his

do little harm, is a great part of the

prudent gardener’s philosophy. It pre-

pares both the ground and the plant for

emergencieswrains are. absorbed to keep

the plants through dry times. Such a.

practice balances against each other the

extremes of weather to the good of the

crop. If the soil is furnished with a gen-

erous supply of humus the effect of the

cultivation will be augmented. Humns





Will absorb 143 lbs. of water for every

100 lbs.





of the humus; clay, 55 lbs. of





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





water, and sand only 22 lbs. The greater

the percentage of humus the larger water-

holding capacity will the soil have. A

further practice that is not overlooked Icy

the wtse gardener is underdraining. The

feeding surface of the soil is expanded for

roots can prosper down further. There

is a limit beyond which water will arrest

plant growth. \Vhen the air has been

thoroughly displaced by water, roots Will

not perform for they need the. presence of

air in small quantities to make the need-

ful chemical changes in the minerals to

be assimilated. The moisture wanted in

the soil is that which envelopes the small

gta-ins of earth; whatever more water the

soil contains is useless. Underdraining

fixes these matters as they should be for

the good of the crop; it takes away the

excess moisture but leaves the thin coat

about the little particles of sand and clay

and humus. Cultivation. vegetable tlbcr

or humus and undcrdrainage are the suit





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important thapters in the unwrit-

tcn bowl-2 of tht practical gardener. They

are important to him because experience

has impressed their necessity.





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Much trouble is experienced in some

localities through the ravages of Club—

Root in cabbage and allied vegetables.

This, is often caused by the acid state of

the soil in which the seed is sown or into

which the plants are set. Test the soil

with blue litmus paper (obtained at any

drug store) by moistening the soil and

inserting a piece of the paper. if paper

turns tcd. or a red-purple, the soil is sour

and needs an application of air—slakcd

lime, from one—half to a ton per acre.

If a crop of cabbage is to be grown make

the usual application of manure, plow it

under and harrow. Then, if possible,

apply the lime with a seed drill and work

it very thoroughly into the soil. The

plants should be obtained from a locality

known to be free from the disease and

should be kcpt in as vigorous state of

growth as possible. Great. (are must be

taken to dcstroy, by boiling, or burning

any plants of any kind which show the

least trace of club—root, as the disease is

intcctious and easily ,carricd from place

to place. Tools which have been used in

infected districts should be disinfected

bci‘oie using again. The disease may also

be spread by the drainage from one field

llowing upon another; so it will be in

order for all farmers and gardeners in

such localities to join together in a big

and united effort to stamp out the trott-

ble. Keeping the soil sweet, rotation of

crops, destruction of diseased plants and

clean tools are the best preventivcs we

know of; air-slaked lime the best remedy.



“'ayne Co. J. E. MORSE.





THE COLUMBIAN RASPBERRY.





 





Is the Columbian raspberry a good Sal-

able berry and has it a good flavor?



\\'aync Co. E. S.



This berry is a good berry, both for

kitchen and market purposes. It is pur-

ple in color, very large, round, and is an

early maturing kind. It is considered one

of the very best varieties for the north

central slates. E. S‘_ could make no mis—

take in planting it. For different reasons

11 is unwise to plant a whole patch to

a single variety; hence, we would advise

inquirer and others to plant other kinds

that the season may be lengthened and

the work of harvesting better d’stributcd.

Shaffer is another excellent variety of the

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llliln, would be a good companion sort.

STEEL RED AND CANADA RED AP-



PLES ARE DIFFERENT.





 





In Mr. (‘Iapp's article on the Steel Red

apple in a recent issue of The Farmer

he makcs no mcntion of the Canada Red,

They are. I believe, supposed to be the

same variety. Is the Steel Red he men—

tions a different apple? Please explain.



\Vashtcuaw (‘0. \Y. S. R.



The Steel Red and the Canada Rad are

two diffcrcnt varieties of apples. If Mr.

Bird or any of those who have been led

to think they are the same. let them men-

tion (‘anada Red to a well posted buyer

who is in quest of the genuine Steel Red,

and notice the look on his face, and the

dccidcd answer, which is likely to be

“No! No! don’t want them; they haven’t

got the quality.”



The branches on the Canada Red trees

are longer and larger at same age titan

they are on the Stee1.Red, and the small

stems. or fruit branches, are not so nu-

merous and well spread at the surface.

The Canada Red apples are a handsome,

deep red, with a show of greenish color

where the red does not cover the entire





surface.

tough. The tissue of the flesh is not

so fine as with the Steel Red, and while

the flavor is sub-acid, when ripened, it

lacks the exquisitely pleasant and agree-

able flavor that excites the great flow of

saliva that is experienced when one eats

the Steel Red. In shape the Canada Red

is inclined to the oblong, leading toward

the shape of the Baldwin, and not so uni-

form as with the Steel Red, nor do the

small ones possess the excellent quality

that is found in the large specimens.





One of the characteristics of the Steel

Red branches, is slow growth. The Steel





Red is usually top grafted on other varie—.





ties, and do well when set on slow grow-

ers such as the Talmon Sweet and natu—

ral fruit stalks. The twigs spread at the

surface. therefote do not require as much

pruning as most other varieties.





111 color the Steel Red is generally a,

fairly handsome red. but not such a deep.





\thre the

1rd does not extend all over the surface

of the apple, the balance is a yellowish

white. It is very flat at the stem end,

and usually thicker sidewise than from

stem to blossom end. It hasa tender skin

and is very susceptible to scab. It is a

variety that the worms from the egg

laid by the codling moth seem to take

delight in getting to. Orchardists who

raise them declare that it requires more

spraying to secure good Steel Red than

any other of the late winter varieties.

The season for the Steel Red, under ordi-

nary conditions, is from January to .lune.

As a hand apple it is a worthy‘ successor

to any of the fall varieties, and as far as

I know, is superior to any other of the

late varieties. Buyers are generally will-

ing to take the smaller ones down to an

inch and a half in diameter, as they carry

the same quality when small as do the

larger ones.

\\'aync C0. N. A. CLAPP.





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ANOTHER SUCCEEDS BY PLANTING

SQUASHES AMONG POTATOES.





 





I would like to say to Mrs. J. P., who,

in your issue of April 23, makes inquiries

in regard to raising squashcs, that we

have had excellent success and absolute

freedom from both bugs and root borers

by planting our squashes amongst pota—

toes, and this for some six or seven years

past. although previously we had fought

these two pests until we were in despair.

\3Ve discovered this method by wishing to

utilize a desirable bit of ground in the

midst of the potato field. for our Squashcs

and to our surprise they were entirely

unmolested by bug and borer. \Ve have

raised them _in this way ever since. and

our neighbors do the same. The seed can

be planted in separate hills, or inserted

in the potato hills. only be sure the

squash patch is well surroundcd with p0—

tatocs. I can give no explanation for it,

but fancy the odor of the potato vines

may be obnoxious to these pests.



Oakland Co. SUBSCRIBER.





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At the head of the list of important

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“The more freely onions are used the

less drugs are needed," is an old saying

and there is enough truth to make it

worthy of consideration. Those who re-

ject the onion because of its lingering

attachment to the breath are more nice

than wise. The growing of the odorous

vegetable has become a great industry,

and the conditions of success with it are

simple and easy when once mastered.

\thn the hot weather of July comes on,

the inclination of the onion is to quit

growing and ripen 11p. and many a man

has found to his sorrow that the bulbs

have only made half size. because their

growing season was too short. Use seed

enough, for it is better to have some

thinning to do, than to have a poor stand.

But with good care and sense you may

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POULTRY“u BEES?





PWLTM THAT THE CENSUS MAN

WEED.





 





 





Far mm pumposes a “farm” consists

of three or more acres, or a smaller piece

of ground may be- scheduled as a farm if

$250 or more was produced on it in 1909.

Under this ruling of the census act all

poultry raised rm small lots in small num—

bers by laboring men, professional men,

business men, and «many small poultry

breede doesn’t come within the census

this year and will not be censused. A

moment’s onsideration of the vast anmy

who raise from 15 to 50 or perhaps 100

head of poultry alone for pleasure and

profit will convince anyone that the value

and profit thus turned out every year ‘13

marvelous if only we could get the figures.



.I have .taken -a census of this poultry in

my election district and admit that I am

surprised, though ‘1 suspected "that much

money was secured yearly by these poul-

trymen who operate on a very limited

scale. This district has 300 megistered

voters and represents about 250 families.

In it is included about “three-quarters of

a country village of about 500 population;

the remainder is farm and dairy country.

All in all, I believe it represents a pretty

fair'average of those small poultry keep-

ers who are in tenant houses in the dairy

and farm districts and who rent or own

homes in our villages.



In this section I found 37 families who

keep poultry in lots of from seven to 57

each but which didn’t come within the

meaning of the census :act and had not

been censused. I believe this "to be an

oversight, as I believe it is the desire of

the Census Bureau to make this informa-

tion as full and complete as possible. I

certainly trust this may be rectified ten

years hence, and also that pure-bred fowls

and common or mongrel stock may be

counted separately so that we may know

what breeders of pure-bred poultry are

doing throughout the country. Our poul-

try industry stands .fourth in impertance,

considering market value alone, and these

statistics are important to the country.



These 37 families have a total of 661

heiid “6f ‘poultry—37-6 common and 285

pureillrdds. The value of the former was

given"at‘.’.fr0m 750 to $1.00 each, and the

latter from $1.00 to $10 each. From the

whole I estimate that $2.00 each is a good

fair average for the "661 head, as many of

the common fowls are good 'sized birds,

and 'will average, on market, $1.00 or more

per head. This gives a total estimated

value of $1,322. By careful inquiry I

found that these hens averaged from nine

to 10 dozen eggs each last year, besides

raising young, and the laying hens were

about the number on hand now. Allowing

100 eggs for the year to each hen of the

common stock, and figuring them at 220

per dozen for the year, we .find these hens

produced $689 in eggs alone during 1909.

The pure-breds did better than this 'be-

cause the owners nearly all sold some

eggs for hatching, a few selling their

entire «output from February to May for

hatching. Prices on these varied from

500 to $2.00 per 15. I believe a conserva—

tiv-e estimate on this is .to allow $2.50 for

hatching eggs to each of the 12 breeders

of pure stock from these 37 families. This

makes a total of $30 for eggs for hatch-

ing. These pure-bred hens averaged 11 to

13 dozen each. If we allow a half dozen

per hen for her share of hatching eggs

our hens then would average about 11

dozen each of market eggs. These, at

22c per dozen, would be $2.42 per hen, or

a total of $690 for the 285 pure—bred

hens; add $30 for hatching eggs and we

have $720 for the pune-breds, making

total egg values for 661 head $1,409.



This doesn‘t include any fowls raised or

sold. This is from a capital investment

of $1,322, plus the buildings, which may

be much or little. This is only for 37 tam-—

ilies whose poultry is too small in num-

bers to be censused, but the district taken

is only one-third of our town, and 1-57th

or thereabouts, of our county. This allows

an estimate of over $80,000 for the

county of Delaware, New York in poultry

income from uncensused poultry. No es-

timates can be secured from the enumer-

a'tors upon the farm and censused 'poultry





‘ to compare 'with this, as the census act





prohibits any information or estimates of

any kind being given out except through

the Director of the Census. However,

these figures as to fowls and values are

pretty conclusive. The estimates as to egg

values and average «per h—en may be var-

ied to suit the ‘mader’s notion. but 'I be~

have they are fairly accurate.

Delaware ‘00., N. Y. 0. F. SAMPSON.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





IN ANSWER TO iNéQU-‘IHJIES.





Raising Ducks with Hens.





Please .tell me how to raise ducks with

hens—the care and- food they need while-

young. Do you have to take them away

from the hens as soon :as hatched?



Osceola Co. E. J .



On many of the large duck farms it is





the practice to hatch ducks in large num—

bers with hens and place the young in

brooders or brooder houses :as soon as

hatched. No attempt is made to brood

them with hens for the reason that the

artificial method is more economical and

satisfactory where ducks are raised on

an extensive scale. However, it is not

practical to rpractioe artificial hatching

and brooding where only a few of these

fools are raised upon the farm. It is then

best to have the hatching done by hens.

since the (fucks will continue laying for

several months and a fairly good-sized

flock can :thus be produced from :a lim-

ited number of breeders. The hens will

.be found rather more satisfactory for

brooding the young ducks than the ducks:

themselves for the reason that they are

not .so restless and not inclined to wander

about over the farm as ducks .are. While

they require careful attention early, duck-

lings are hardier than chicks and more

easily raised. Proper feeding and a good

coop or pen having a perfectly dry floor'

in which to spend the nights, are the

main requisites. The coop or pen must.

of course. give absolute protection from

rats and other enemies of young fowls.



If the plan is to grow the ducks as

quickly as possible and market them they

.must .be fed liberally from the start. The

1big vd'uck farms claim to be able to bring

a duckling of the Pekin or other large

breed to marketable size at the age of ten

weeks. One method of feeding for this

result is, briefly, the following: During

the first week cracker or bread crumbs

and corn meal, equal parts by measure,

are mixed with about 15 per cent of their

bulk of finely chopped hard—boiled egg;

sharp sand, about 5 per cent of the en-

tire bulk, is added and the whole mixture

moistened with water or milk until.it

forms a crumbly mass. This is fed four

or five times a day, with care to have it

perfectly sweet and wholesome at all‘

times. The following two weeks the ra—

tion is made up of wheat bran, 2 parts;

corn meal, 1 part; rolled oats, 11/2 parts,

with about 5'» per cent each of sand and

beef scrap and about 10 ‘per cent of green

food. The green stuff is out fine, green

clover, lettuce, rape or tender grass, oats

or rye being used. The whole is thor-

oughly mixed, moistened as before, and

fed four times a day. During the next

three weeks the ration is practically

the same except that the rolled oats is

dropped. From then until ten weeks old

the proportion of wheat bran is reduced

one-hall and that of corn meal is doubled.

Beef scrap .is also increased to 10 per cent,

thus making a ration which will bring the

duck to this age in a fat and plump con-

dition and large enough for early market-

ing. If it is desired to keep some of the

ducks for breeders, or if it seems prefer-

able to grow them with a view to fatten-

ing and marketing when more mature, a

smaller proportion of corn meal and beef

scrap should be used. Otherwise the ra-

tion is not a bad one for growing ducks

and has the advantage of being composed,

in the main, of ingredients which should

be available upon every farm.



Food :Packs in Crops.





My little chicks are dying of bowel

trouble. Their crops seem to be full 01'.

feed but their wings droop and they die.

Have been feeding oatmeal and cooked

potatoes. Had the same trouble last year.

A little nux vomica has becn given the.

affected chicks but without results.



Huron Co. MRS. R. DnEsSLER.



The nature of the food and the fact





that you do not mention grit would seem”

to explain the trouble. Oatmeal and 130-1

tatoes are forms that pack easily and re-

quire a liberal allowance of good, fine, but"

sharp .grit, to enable the chick to handle:

:ihem. Perhaps, too, they have been eat~

.zing more of this ration at a time than'

was best for them, thus packing the crop

too full and rendering digestion more:

difficult. Young chicks should be fed

frequently but not enough at a time to

nnakc it possible for them to gorge them—

selves. If not practical to feed a number

of times during the day a portion of their

food should be given in litter, compelling

them to hunt for it, which will not only

remove the danger of overeating but will

give them exercise. They will quickly

learn to search for the food, but be sure

there is nothing in the litter that might

harm them. ,

Change your method of feeding at once,

giving a. greater variety of food. Finely

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'15 101' $1.00. 26 101‘ 31.50. 50 for ‘2 50. '100 101' 04,530.

new C. HtLIErOoopuI-ovllle. Michigan.





 





 





mil mkesaepecialty of S. C. Brown Legh orns.

Barred Plymouth Books and Pit Games.

Eggsflfio ‘per 15. Albert Keith. Wyandotte. Mich.





1 C. it. I. Beds—Stock selected from the best layers

. . for years. Great egg record. Farmmuge. Eggs

i5 81: 100 :5. F. M. Knapp, Berlin Heights, B. 1. O.

Unlunl-E H Barred Rocks. The ’Famous Winning Strain.



P33533150 per 15 from Selectmmiugs. Stock for

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40 a; 15, $1~Smith Ieloot eggs. goodmeasnre from world's

1 best strains, ELL, Wh. & Bf. Box, ll.& 8. C. Reds, S. C_

White, R. l S. C. Hr. Legh's; Pk. Dks.; bred to Win laydtpoy

Strong baby chix 15c each. Years of experience. Poultry my husi:

nos: & study. Circ. W. J. CRAWFORD, R. 4, Frazeyaburg, Ohio.





HUPP FARM EGGS.





Barred Rocks, Pekin Ducks. $1.50 per setting. selett

strains. Drawer A. Birmingham. Michigan,





“MONEY 'IN EGGS”





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

has developed layers with vigor. My eggs produce

layers, one-third iancier’s price and better layers.

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shipment. .l. E. llchR'l‘HY. Eniiold. Illinois.

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Eggs $1.50 per 16. Pure bred. free range flocks

$5 per 100. All varieties Duck and Geese Eggs,

'I‘urkey Eggs. E. J. HASKINS, Plttsfom, Mich.





0. BLACK MlNORCAS-Some choice cock-





. erels and a few yearling hens to spare. Eggs

$2 per setting of 15. R. W. MILLS. Saline. Mich.





I eggs for hatching from

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for 15. $1.50 for 26. $2.50 for 50 and $4.50 per 100.

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' ' sable with white markings thirty

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W l prevent egg production.





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ion taps, will very materially improve the ‘





ration. But, first of all, look to the sup-

ply of grit and place it where they have

constant access to it. Also provide a

supply of wood charcoal or charred bone,

as this material is a good preventive of

Ibowel trouble. When there is meat

among the table scraps chop it fine and

give an occasional allowance while it is

fresh; otherwise secure a little of the

commercial meat meal prepared especially

for poultry, or else give sweet skim-milk

as a drink, as they require some animal

food. ’



It may not be possible to save the

chicks whose crops have become packed

with food. Give a little of the charcoal to

sweeten the contents of crop. Then give

a liberal dose of sweet oil and knead the

crop with the fingers.

getting the mass to move down the diges-

tive tube or in removing it through the

mouth, follow it up with a half teaspoon—

ful of eastor oil to clear the digestive tract

and then feed carefully on soft food for

a few days.





 





CONTROLLING INCREASE IN BEES.





 





This is easily managed by using modern

methods. We can have much increase

and little honey, or much honey and little

increase, whichever we most desire. We

will suppose, first, that we wish only a

moderate amount of increase, say about

enough colonies to make up for the win-

ter losses. If we wish to run principally

for comb honey the following method will

be a good one:



As soon as the honey flow” commences

put a second hive body on the top of

each strong colony filled with drawn

combs, if you have them; if not, use full

sheet foundation and draw up two or

three frames of honey or brood from be;

low, replacing them with foundation. This

will draw the bees above. When they

have started work in good shape above

and quite a. lot of uncapped honey is in

evidence, set the colony to one Side, re-

move the upper story and place on the

stand previtmsly occupied by the colony.

Put your comb honey super on this and

shake the bees from the parent colony in

front of the old stand. leaving enough

bees to take care of the brood in the par-

ent colony. -



When you have gone through the yard

in, this manner, take your hives of brood

and stack them two or three deep. These

will make booming colonies with very lit-

tle danger of swarming that season. At

the 01d stand you have nearly the full fly-

ing force thrown into a hive filled with

uncapped honey and empty sections. The





queen, which should he with these bees,

will have no place to lay without this





honey is removed, consequently the bees

immediately begin work in the sections,

drawing out foundation, and carrying up

this honey from below.



If one wishes to avoid all increase

these hives of beeless brood can be placed

back on the new colony, over the sections

at the end of five or six days, having

first cut out all queen cells. If these

combs are dark it will not be best to

allow them to cap over the sections while

this extra hive body is on, for they may

incorporate some of the wax from these

old combs into the cappings. This can be

done by giving plenty of room or even re-

moving the sections to another colony to

he finished.



If one desires lots of increase, rather

than honey, he can secure it in the fol-

lowing manner: Pick out your best queen,

or the one having shown the best record

‘i‘or the past year. \Ve will call this col-

on_v No. 1. For colony No. 2 pick out a

strong one and remove its queen and all

brood to another stand. Now take the

brood from No. 1, shaking the bees onto

t-mpty combs, and carry the brood to No.

2. Now go to four or five other colonies

which you wish to use in making increase,

and take from each one what brood they

spare. being careful not to reduce

stock to less than four frames of

brood. Put these frames of brood in an

upper story and set on hive No. 1 and

your queen will immediately occupy them.





can

each





Leave them for nine days. at which

time hive No. 2 will have an abundant

supply of capped queen cells. Divide the

brood from this hive into two or three

Illlt‘lC‘l. Remove the brood from N0. 1,

giving it to No. 2 as before, replenishing

No. 1 from the other colonies.



Tins round can be repeated every nine

days. As soon as you get eighteen or

twenty frames of brood at a time for No.

1 use the extra ones for building up the

nuclei already started. By using this

method six or eight colonies can easily be

increased to from 30 to 40.



Meeosta Co. L. C. WHEELER.





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