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VOL. CXXXV. No. 4.
Whole Number 3515.

DETROIT. MICH., SATURDAY, JULY 23. 1910.

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FARM NOTES.

Late Summer Seeding of Clover.

Should the dry weather which has
prevailed for so many weeks continue
until after the harvest season, with
only such relief as local showers may
bring to favored sections, there will be
many failures in getting a catch of
clover upon Michigan farms, especially
in spring grain where the nature of the
soil or its lack of humus make: it more
than ordinarily susceptible to damage
from drought. This condition is one
which makes the consideration of late
summer seeding of clover particularly
timely just now. The loss of a clover
seeding is a serious matter, and such
losses are becoming altogether too fre-
quent upon the average farm. Such a
loss not only means the shortening of
the available hay and pasture for next
season, but it means a greater, though
less generally appreciated loss in the
maintenance of soil fertility. Generally
it means a further cropping of fields
that are already sadly in need of reno-
vation, which can be best and most
cheaply effected through the medium
of the clover crop, and a consequent
further depletiOn of the available soil
fertility in them. But probably a worse
loss than this results from the further
depletion of humus or vegetable matter
in the soil, since the mechanical condi-
tion of the soil is an important factor
in its fertility. Hence. in the event of
the total or partial loss of a clover
seeding in the grain crop, it is desirable
to at least consider the. advisability of
the late seeding of clover to offset this
loss if possible.

In this connectiOn the first question
to be decided is where this late seeding
should be done. Obviously the. innst
desirable place to do it is right in the
fields where the seeding has failed, SillC‘
this would the better maintain the reg—
ular crop rotation and afford a maximum
of profit all around. If there are good
rains which thoroughly wet up the soil
after harvest the stubblcs may be disked
over or plowed and fitted, and the clover
sown with a cover crop of some kind
as early in August as conditions war-
rant, with a fair prospect of getting a
successful seeding. Various methods
are. used to this end by farmers in dif—
ferent sections of the state. Some sow
oats with the clover for a cover crop
to protect it over winter. Other; use
buckwheat for the same purpose, and
others sow rape with the same object
in view. Still others sow the clover
with a very thin seeding of rye, and all
report success by the. use of these vari—
ous methods when the weather condi—
tions are at all favorable. Compensa—
tion seems to be a law of nature in
weather conditions as in other things,
and when we have an early summer
drought it is but reasonable to expect
that we will have more than the usual
amount of rain in the late summer. Of
course this does not follow as a neces-
sity, and even if we do get plenty of
rain it may not be sufficiently evenly
distributed to give the best results in
the growing crops, as has been the case
so far this summer, but the best we can
do is to use our best judgment in sum—
mer seeding of clover, as well as in
other problems of farm management. It
would be folly to sow the seed when
conditions were not favorable, but if it
is to be done at all such opportunities as
may come should not be neglected, as
the moisture escapes from the soil

quickly if it is not conserved by proper

tillage, and the soil Should be prepared
by thorough tllling as soon as possible
after a good rain comes if summer seed-
ing is contemplated. Upon the degree
at thoroughnws with which this work

is done will depend in no smal degree
the success or failure of. the venture,
hence it will pay to do the work well,
if at all, as a poor or indifferent job is
likely to prove a waste of time and
money. However, while summer seed-
ing of clover is perhaps never a certain
success, there are sufficient examples of
success to make its trial profitable un-
der fairly favorable conditions when
reasonably efficient methods are em-
ployed.

But the conditions may be such that
it is considered more desirable to try
summer seeding in the standing corn
than in the stubble fields. In this event
the same good “horse" sense Should be
used in watching for favorable condi-
tions and in doing the work in a manner
which will afford the greatest possible
chance of success. This method of seed—
ing can never be called reliable, and

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make it unnecessary to solve this prob-
lem in many cases, but a little thought
given to the problem at this time will
prove profitable if this should not prove
to be the case.

Paris Green Versus Arsenate of Load.

Which is the best, i, e., the most cffcc~
tual and cheapest poison for potato bugs.
Paris green or arsenate of lead?

W'ayne Co. SUBSCRIBER.

Arsenate of lead is rapidly gaining
favor as an insecticide for destroying
potato bugs, and if the application is
made at the right time it is more satis-
factory in some respects as well as
somewhat cheaper than Paris green.
Its advantage lies in the fact that it.
will stick on the leaves with sufficient
tenacity to kill the beetles for a much
longer time after the application than
will Paris green. Then there is no
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still the writer has seen some very good
seedings indeed secured in this way.
Undoubtedly this is worth a trial where
this method of seeding may be made
to supply the deficiency in available
hay 0r pasture for the coming season
if the conditions should seem to favor
the method, and the seeding of the corn
fields will not interfere too much with
the regular crop rotation. In any event,
if summer seeding is contemplated, the
seed should be at hand, and we should
be watchful in order to make the most
of favorable opportunities to do this
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It can be used

grade of lead is used.
as strong as necessary to do the work.
The usual rate of applicatiOn is eight
pounds of the lead to 100 gallons of

water. If the plants are thoroughly
sprayed with this mixture when the
eggs first hatch, the poison will remain
on the leaves until most of the young
beetles are hatched and kited. In mix-
ing the required amount of the paste.
in which form this poison usually
comes, should be weighed out and mixed
with a gallon or so of water in a pail
by thoroughly stirring. Then pour off
slowly through a strainer into the

 

sprayer or barrel. If some of the lead
in the bottom has not been mixed, add
more water and repeat the operation.
If, however, the spraying has been neg-
lected until the bugs have trimmed the
vines badly, Paris green will prove the
more. satisfactory poison, as it is quicker
in its action than the arsenate of lead.
Pasturing‘ Alfalfa.

I have a small piece of ground which
I sowed to barley last spring and seeded
to alfalfa and have got a good crop of
barlcy and a dandy catch of alfalfa; it is
a foot high on the average. Now I would
like to ask you for some advice. Had I
better turn the hogs in when the barley
gets ripe or will that be injurious to the
alfalfa? \Vould it be better to cut the
barlcy and kecp the hogs out this year?

liapCer Co. VV. P.

All things considered, it would prob-
ably be better to cut this barley for
grain and keep the hogs out of the
alfalfa until next spring. Of course if
the alfalfa should come on after harvest
and make a rank growth, it might be
pastured lightly without damag. But
this is hardly apt to be the case. The
plants have not yet become so deeply
rooted that dry weather wil not affect
them, and under average summer con-
ditions it would be better to allow them
to make a good growth for winter pro-
tection. Of course, the weather condi—
tions will materially affect this prOb-
lem, and in case there are abundant
rains the alfalfa could be pastured with
less danger of injuring the stand than
would be the case if somewhat droughty
conditions should continue to prevail
for some time after harvest. But it
would not pay to take any chances 0n
injuring the future value of this stand
of alfalfa'by close pasturing this season,
since it‘ the. plants are allowed to be-
come well established they will produce
valuable forage for the hog pasture for
many years.

Painting Roofs.

I have a lean—to roof on part of mV
house. This roof was shinglcd two years
ago with good shingles, but in case of
long or heavy rains such as we have had
the past week it will leak. The shingles
are cedar. \\'ill it help this roof to paint
it. Some tcll mc it will; others say it
will do harm. I would like some one who
has had the same experience to tell me
What to do in this case.

'l‘uscola t‘o. C. H. B.

It is a very difficult matter to stop
leaks in a rather flat roof by painting
the shingles. If the leaks can be lo-
cated they might be stopped by the use
of tin shingles, but about the most
satisfactory way of fixing a roof of this
kind is to cover it with a good grade of
prepared rooting.

LII-LIE PARMSTEAD NOTES.

All the farmers are complaining about
the dry weather. Many of them are
scared and apprehend that their crops
will be ruined. It: is dry, unusually
dry for so early in the. season. and hot.
“'ell, everyboady knows how hot it is.
The records of the weather bureau
show that it is the hottest weather that
we have had in fifteen years—that’s
enough. Personally, however, I do not
fear dry weather as much as I do wet
“'t‘flfllel'. The old saying is that dry
weather will scare you, but wet weather
will drown you. That agrees largely
with my experience. This, however, is
upon our kind of soil, which is rather
heavy and holds moisture well. A very
wet season or a very wet spell practi-
cally puts us out of commission, but if
we are up with our work, with our cul-
tivation, and have done things just
right, we can stand a long spell of dry
weather without serious loss on all cul-
tivated crops. Our pasture is, of course,
dry. I have been examining the corn
lately. The leaves do not roll except
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were too wet earlier in the season. If
we had not had too much moisture the
last of May and first of June, crops
would not suffer on these places now,
.but they were so wet that we could
not properly till. Then it came off so
dry and hot that the clay ground baked,
consequently the corn is suffering. This
is exactly the same condition in my beet
field. The beets on the clay places do
not grow at all, but I am not totally
discouraged about this, because I believe
that when rain does come, as it must
some time, these beets will-then grow
rapidly.

Our corn was all well cultivated early
and the ensilage corn, which is put in
in drills, after it had been cultivated,
was gone over with the weedcr, and
there is a fine earth mulch over the en-
tire acreage of 65 acres, and the corn is
growing nicely. Just an inch or so of
the earth on top is dry and then you
have nice moist earth. Now, in a way,
this is a great benefit to us, this dry
weather, because it is not necessary to
cultivate the corn now. This earth
mulch prevents the evaporation of mois-
ture, and the corn is doing well, while
if we have a shower every day or two.
the corn ought to be cultivated after
every shower. This has given us time
to do our haying. “'e cut, raked up and
put in cocks the entire acreage of hay,
about 38 acres, and we have it practi-
cally all hauled in, stored without being
wet a particle, today, July 9th. That is
early for us. “'e cut our clover nearer
the right stage of development this year,
that is the whole of it, I think, than we
ever did before, but We didn’t cut it
quite early enough this year. We
couldn’t get to it. But we will get our
entire hay crop of over 100 loads in
without any of it being wet. In fact,
it hasn't rained Since we began haying.
And now while we have had all the
force practically in the hay field and
doing other work, and haven't had a
chance to cultivate, neither the corner
potatoes or beets have suffered from not
being cultivated. simply because it.
hasn’t rained during that time and we
had a fine earth mulch which has pre—
served the moisture.

This year I followed Brother XYood-
man‘s advice and planted small potatoes
for seed. “'e sorted out the potatoes
about the size of a hcn's egg and above
that would go through the hand planter,
marked the ground both ways 30 inches
apart and planted one whole potato in
a hill. I have the best stand of pota—
toes I think that I ever had. There is
only occasionally a missing hill. That
was where the potato had started to de-
cay and did not have vitality enough to
sprout, and the men who planted were
not careful enough in the selection of
the seed. They look healthy and fine.
'VVe got a chance to harrow the field
both ways with a spike tooth harrow
before the potatoes came up. There are
no weeds, there is a fine earth mulch
and they are doing fine.

While I haven’t a splendid crop of
wheat this year, because I did not put it
in early enough last fall, I have a fair
crop. It was all my mistake. I had
the ground ready and could have sowed
the wheat before. Sept. 15. but it was
hot and dry and I waited for a rain.
It came; I put in the wheat. and after
that for the entire fall it was cold and
the wheat did not develop as it should.
I have held off before for the rain to
come and then had splendid results,
but it was warm weather afterward.
I used my best judgment based on past
experience. but I made 'a mistake. But
by using his best judgment in emer-
gencies of this kind one will succeed
better in the long run than by follow-
ing a set rule.

COLON C. LILLIE.
HANDLING GRAIN CROPS.

The progress in methods of handling
the grain crops, from the cradle and
rake, hand stacking and flailing, to the
modern binder for cutting, slings for
handling, and large capacity threshers
carrying their OWn crew for threshing
the grain, which has taken place in little
more than a generation, seems to be
more rapid than in most other lines of
farming. Still there are many farmers
who have not made use of the conveni—
ences now on the market for handling
the grain crops. This may be due to a
lack of barn space in some cases, but in
others it is due to negligence or to a
lack of knowledge of the labor that can
be saved by these devices.

Grain farming in Michigan now pre—
supposes that the farmer has ample barn
storage. The saving in waste and in
'labor over stacking outside will pay the
interest on the cost of a barn if much
grain and hay are grown, to say nothing

about the shelter for stock, tools, etc.
The barn should also have a track in
the ~ridge for the car which carries the
slings. This should be put in when the
barn is being built, before the roof ls
enclosed, as it can be dOne more conveni-
ently at this time, however a track can
be placed in an old barn quite easily,

and the best time is while the barn is ,

filled with hay and grain. If it has an
old style frame with timbers in the way
a little remodeling will usually allow of
using the track. In a few cases it may
be necessary to hang it beneath cross
beams some distance below the roof, but
all barns are now built with the track
in view.

If the track can not be used the barn
can at least be roped for the hay fork,

but slings are far ahead of the fork, for,.

in addition to hay they will unload
wheat, oats. straw, corn fodder, beans.
or any coarse material, and take it clean
and in fewer drafts. There is no pull-
ing to loosen the sling load from the
rest of the load as with the fork, and
the sling load spreads out better on the
mow and is more easily stowed away.
There is less danger with slings also,
as we seldom hear of accidents happen-
ing in using them. while the opposite
is the case with the horse fork. Only
last week a neighbor got both points
of a horse fork run through his back.

In handling hay with the horse fork
the draw is from the center and the
edges double under unless the drop is
far enough for gravity to straighten
them out by the more heavy center fall-
ing faster, while with the slings the
edges roll up and when the load is re-
leased they fall back flat on the mow
just as they lay on the load. This is
true as long as a load can be drawn
into the mow, while with the fork hay
is badly twisted and rolled together in
filling the upper part of the mow.

The Operation of the slings is not dif—
ficult or hard to understand. “’e use
four sets to a large load, sometimes
three if the material is light. “'ith
our low down wagon the bottom one is
laid directly on the platform. With an
ordinary rack it is best to put on a few
forkfuls of hay to lay the lower sling
on. The rest are hung on the standard
in such a way that they can be easily
spread over the load in loading. Vt'e
put two layers of bundles between each
set of slings, which makes the load
eight layers high. If a little care is
used in loading, making the load rather
narrow if the bundles are short, every
draft will be taken up clean.

Calhoun Co. S. B. H.

ALIALI'A IHOCULATIOH.

In many parts of central Michigan, I
have seen sweet clover growing wild
by the roadside. From its dark green
color and rank growth, I concluded that
the nitrogen gathering bacteria were
working in abundance upon its roots.
This bacteria working upon the sweet
clover roots is the same as that which
works upogr/alfalfa, and the neighbor-
hood tha has sweet clover growing
along the roadside need not send away
for inoculating material for their new
fields of alfalfa.

A field can be inoculated for alfalfa
by taking the soil where the sweet clo-
ver grows and sowing it broadcast over
the field at the rate of about 200 lbs.
per acre, and dragging it in. I believe
the best results will be Obtained by not
allowing the earth from the sweet clover
plot to become dry and to drag it in at
Ollt‘C.

A field that needs building up for the
alfalfa can be sown to sweet clover and
plowed down for alfalfa. Sweet clover
sccd carries much of its bacteria with
itself, but the field should be inoculated
for the sweet clover, then when plowed
down it will be thoroughly inoculated for
the alfalfa. Sweet clover makes a rank
growth of stem and leaf and root as
well as inoculating the field for alfalfa,
and, therefore, does a double service.

Sweet clover in a bi-annual; that is,
when it ripens its seed the second year,
the plant dies root and all. If one plows
down the field before any seed ripens
there will be no more sweet clover. I
believe the field should be limed when
sown to the sweet clover, and then a
top dressing of a good grade of com-
mercial fertilizer should be given the al-
falfa and success will be assured.

All that is necessary to kill the sweet
clover growing along our roadsides is to
see that no seeds ripen. Mow the plants
ripening seeds this year, then there will
be the small plants growing from seeds
ripened last year to be mown next year
to prevent their ripening seeds. and the
job will be done.

Ogemaw Co. H. B. FULLER.

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THE STALLION DURING HIS IDLE
SEASON.

The breeding season is over and it is
now time to begin to prepare the stai-
lion for a bigger and more successful
season next year. With that in view,
the owner of a stallion should aim to
bring his horse up to the next breedii g
season in the strongest, healthiestr‘and
most vigorous condition possible.

The writer is frank to confess that
he does not at present own a stallion,
but he has spent considerable time
among stallions and in importing stables
in nearly every state in the corn belt.
The past season he has been working
in a breeding stable where there are
two or three horses that are such good
examples of what not to do with them
that he feels somewhat competent to
write upon this subject.

Just about half the stallions are prac-
tically worthless after they are six or
seven years old, and after they have
had only two or three years in the stud
at best. Certainly no one can afford
to pay $2,000 or more for an imported
horse and get but a few years of service
out of him. The natural life of a horse
is twenty years or more. A stallion
ought to remain virile almost to the end
of his natural life. Other animals do,
any anyone can recall instances of stal—

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. (a) 59

Last fall, at the International, when
the champion Belgian stallion was sold,
the purchaser said, ”He is 150 pounds
too fat. We will put him to work on
our feed wagon at once and get him
may be in a knocking mood today, but
be that as it may, it is his firm belief
that failure to receive exercise is the
cause of more injury to stallions than
all others combined. Does it seem rea—
sonable that the big, masculine, virile,
energetic 2,000-pound, living engine of
a horse should be cooped up in a small
cage and left to mould? Just as fruit
or vegetables mould when not properly
cared for, does the nervous system of a
horse seem to mould when so cared for.
Doesn’t it seem as though those big.
bulging muscles ought to be drawing
the heaviest loads upon the farm? In-
stead of measuring the size of the
limbs with a tape, wouldn’t it be better
to give them an actual test for strength
and endurance by putting the horse to
a work suited to his size? Instead of
into shape for the coming season.” The
best breeder the writer ever knew was
worked every day on the streets of a
small town.

One big trouble seems to be that
men regard a stallion very much as a
wild beast. This is altogether wrong.
The sooner that men come to regard
him much the same as a gelding, to be
handled firmly, yet Without abuse, the
better it will be for both horse and
man.

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A Percheron Stallion of Good Type Owned by W. A. Martin, of Sanilac Co

lions that were successful sires at a
considerably advanced age.

The essential factors in caring for the
stallion out of season, or during the sea—
son, for that matter, are feeding, water-
ing, exercising, stabling and grooming.
Most stallions have had at least fairly
good care during the season. It is at
the close of the season, when the man
who has been handling the horse is
turned off or is put to other work, that
the stallion is apt to be most neglected.

In the matter of feeding at this time,
common sense wil suggest several
changes. The first of all is a big reduc~
tion in the amount of feed. The food
required for a comparatively idle horse
wil be only about half what it was when
he was doing heavy service. Then the
feed ought to be of a lighter nature.
more bran and less corn. more oats and
no oil meal or other heavy concentrate.
The amount of hay will need attention
also. Of course, no one will feed hay
that is bad in any respect, but any or-
dinarily generous-hearted fellow is likely
to feed too much hay. A horse that is
of a disposition that is at all active will
eat hay just to be doing something, if
it is before him. Too much hay in-
jures the digestive system, crowds the
lungs, heart and other vital organs and
reduces the general tone of the horse.
For those reasons the hay needs to be
considerably limited in quantity. As for
watering one can only repeat what every
one, knows about it. That is to give
plenty of fresh, clean water frequently.

The writer may be a “knocker” or
discussing whether the small bogs On
some horses are injurious or whether
others have curby hooks or not, would-
n’t it be better to have the stallion
on the grain wagon that is hauling the
threshed grain from‘the threshing ma-
chine to the granary?

all means give him a big lot, or better
still, a pasture to run in. If the pas-
ture is somewhat rough and rugged, so
much the better.

In the matter of stabiing, the stal-
lions as a rule have box stalls, which
are roomy and are usually kept well
cleaned, and in most cases are suffi—
ciently lighted. All this is well and
good. The most serious error in sta-
hling is in isolation. A mam will go
crazy when he is cut off from all hu—
man'society. So will a horse when he
is shut in some Out-of-the way place.
Of course no one speaks of the horse
becoming insane, but after one or two
years in such a place they invariably
speak of him as an ugly old beast that
can best be handled if one does not go
inside the stall. The stallion ought
to have his box stall in the barn with
the farm horses where he can see them.
He will not be a nuisance, but will be
quiet and orderly and a much better
horse for being so treated.

Under the head of grooming, we will
include cleaninging the body, cleaning
the leg feather and caring f0r the feet.
Not many stallions are suffering from
lack of having their coats cleaned, but
few give proper attention to caring for
the legs of those breeds that grow
some feather. The main trouble in
that regard seems to be that we Yan-
kees were raised among clean-legged
horses. However, it is usually an easy
matter with most horses to prevent
scratches. Brushing with a stiff brush
to keep the long hair thoroughly clean
will suffice in some cases. With others
that tend to gumminess, an application
of coal oil and this rubbed out of the
hair with clean sawdust will keep them
in a healthy condition. If scratches
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sulphur, after thorough cleansing, will
usually stop the trouble.

The feet need to be kept clean and
free from stall filth to prevent thrush
and on general principles of cleanliness.
Whenever the feet tend to become hard
and brittle, they should be packed with
wet clay. Shoes Should be reset fre-
quently. “'henever the heel of the
foot tends to contract, have just a clip
across the toe and about half way back.
This will allow the heel to spread to
its natural width.

There is another phase upon which
many stallion owners are somewhat
neglectful; that is in showing at the
county fair. Just as a matter of inter-
est in improved live stock every stallion
ought to be shown. It is always an
advertisement for any horse. whether
he wins or not, to have the farmers of
the county see him.

For showing at a county fair the
horse need‘not be excessively fat, just
in good thrifty condition. The tail
should be done up in some form of a
neat knot when taken to the ring. If
a. roll can be put in the mane, so much
the better, but this is not necessary.
Above all, have him clean. If he is
a Shire or Clyde, be particular to have
his leg feather in fii‘sbclass condition.
Be sure before fair time that he knows
enough, with an intelligent man held-
ing the lead rein, to stand squarely
and to be quiet. “'ith these few Simple
directions any good horse will make a
showing that will do both himself and
his owner credit, whether he gets a.
ribbon. or not.

Iowa. II. E. McCARTNEY.

 

HAULING HOGS IN HOT WEATHER.

 

Too bad to see high-priced hogs die
from over-heat while being hauled in hot
weather. Men who have hogs to market
during hot summer months should make
preparations for the luisincss in due time.
A hog will get hot and die bcfore you
hardly think about it.

There is, however. a reasonably safe
way, and there is also an unsafe way of
hauling them. One day last summer I
was going to town and met a neighbor on
the way to market a large fat hog. He
was just about half way to town and the
hog had got too hot and died before he
hardly :ealized it was suffering. It was
late in the afternoon, too, but the day
was very hot_ the hog was very fat, and
the jolling of the wagon made him get
too hot. The. hog was just lying in the
wagon bcd without anything about him
to keep him cool. The hog was engaged
to the buyer on foot. and consequently
was not sold when he died. Buyer was
very sorry, of course, but could not handle
it, and it was the last hog the farther
had. It was about night when the hog
died, and the man was away from home.
\\'hat was to be done about it? he asked.
1 could advise nothing better than to
take it back home and render it up for
soup making. which was not quite a total
loss, but nearly so. He went back home,
and I suppose did that. but there remains
the loss.

Now, I will give the plan I adopted
some years ago for hauling hogs in hot
weather. I adviscd this man to try it
the next time he started to haul any.
First, take a wagon with a good tight
bed and place an inch or two of dirt in
the bottom of the bed and pour water on
the dirt until you have. a mud. Have the
water cool, do not have the hogs worried
any more than possible when placed in
the wagon. llettcr to have a solid floor
with about six inch sides and the balance
of the body made of slats. Have the top
of rack high enough so they can stand
up straight when they so desire. In haul-
ing, drive slowly, as the jolting of the
wagon is very hard on them and causes
them to worry.

These arc points which are well worth
considering. It is folly to raise hogs, iced
them high—priced l‘ccds, get them in good
shape, and then let them die on their
way to market. Sometimes, however,
men must have an experience themselves
before they will realize it as the truth.
But be on the lookout, for you may have
some dead hogs before you know it.

Another thing can be added that will
help. Thai is a set of gi'iod bolster springs
under the wagon bed. In fact. no farmer
should use a wagon without good springs,
and especially are they valuable in haul-
ing live stock and perishable vegetables.
and fruits.

Illinois. R. B. RUSHING.

 

On July 1, Chicago warehouses held 91.-
034.712 lbs. of provisions, compared with
74,866.83? lbs. a month earlier and 12.”.—
182,072 lbs, 3. year ago. The increasing
percentage of heavy hogs marketed help
packers to increase their holdings of lard
and heavy meats.

HANDLING THE FLOCK AFTER THE
LAMBS ARE WEANED.

 

‘When my lambs are taken away from
the ewes, the latter are always put in
rather scanty pasture or given the run
of a stubble field for a short time, so as
to dry up their flow of milk as quickly as
possible. Of course, the ewes, if they
have done well with their lambs, will be
rather thin by this time, but my experi-
ence is that it is not safe to feed them
much grain until they are dried up.

When the lambs' have just been weaned
they require the best possible care and
need good pasture. Also, I always find
it best to separate the ewe and ram
lambs. I’Vhen allowed the run of the
same pasture the ram lambs will annoy
the ewes and gains will be unsatisfactory.
The wether and owe lambs in my flock
are usually allowed to run together.

In the care of the breeding ewes during
the late summer and fall it is very im-
portant to make provisions for some kind
of green fodder to supplement the pas-
tures. The condition of the ewes at
breeding time has a marked influence up-
on the succeeding crop of lambs. If the
ewes are improving in flesh and in a vig-
orous condition, the chances are bright
for a choice lot of strong lambs. I have
found it much easier to get the ewes in
the proper condition during the early fall
months than at any time later, and it is
also true that when once in that condition
they are in better shape to go through the
winter and withstand the attacks of dis-
ease common to sheep, than when allowed
to go into winter quarters in a run down
condition.

There appears to be some complaint
about getting the cwcs with lamb when
they are allowed the run of a clover pas-
ture, and therefore many think it best to
cut and cure the clover for the lambs and
provide other pasturage or soiling crops
for the breeding ewes. IVliether the
«lover has anything to do with keeping
the ewes from getting with lamb, the
practice is very good any way, for I have
found nothing to be better for the lambs
than an ample supply of good, well-cured
clover hay.

My lambs that are to be retained for
breeding purposes are not fed much corn,
as corn tends to fatten them, rather than
to give them the desired growth and de-
velopment for breeding purposes. In
feeding lambs, or in fact any young ani-
inalc, I have found it more practical. and
productive of better results, to feed them
two or three times a day and in small
amounts at a time than to allow them all
they will eat at any one time. Bran,
cats and oil-meal fed in equal parts by
weight I find in most. cases make a better
ration and is more satisfactory to supply
the needs of growth and development for
breeding purposes, than most anything
else.

Thirty—six pounds of sheep-manure is
equal as a fertilizer to 100 pounds of or-
dinary farm—yard manure, being richer
in nitrogenous substances than that of
the cow or horse, and ranking in am-
monia and richer in the phosphates than
the droppings of fowl. Then why will
farnn-rs neglect to always keep a few
sheep? Sheep also are very powerful di-
gestcrs, destroying the vitality of all
Weed—seed. not like cattle—scattering foul
seed behind them. while from the food
eaten they get more nutrimcnt than any
of our other animals. Should not every man
with fifty or more acres of land keep
some sheep? 11. B.

 

A good many farmers who have cows
are now aware of what a splendid invest-
ment of time and money it would have
been had they sown a plot of ground to
peas and oats last spring to supplement
the pasture that is now getting parched
by the cxlcndcd drought.

 

Charles Gray. the secretary of the Am-
erican Aberdeen—Angus Breeders' Asso--
ciation, says that during a recent trip
through Iowa and West of the Missouri
river he found a general awakening of
interest in breeding cattle, and men who
last year would not buy breeders are
keen buyers of bulls now. Mr. Gray was
impressed wiih the fact that the prices
paid in the recent sale were close to 100
pcr cent higher than last year. In that
sale there were 114 head of cattle auc—
tioned off at an average of upward of
$200 per head. Mr. Gray says: “keen
demand for breeding bulls is always the
first intimation of bigger breeding opera—
tions throughout the country, and I be-
lieve that the breeding industry is on the
threshold of an era of old-time prosperity.
Conditions in the west at least ppmt in
this direction, and here in IllinOis. too,
and eastern states. recent developments
have been favorable.”

Cattlemen engaged in feeding stock
have been watching weather conditions
closely. realizing that a much longer con-
tinuance of the long spell of dryweather
would force them to market their partly
fattened stock prematurely and sacrifice

THE ’MiCi-iiGAN PARMER. .

their own interests thereby. Packers
could take care of all the cattle likely to
be marketed and fill their enormous cold
storage warehouses, but they would do
this only by forcing big reductions in
prices, and cattlemen would suffer ac-
cordingly. However, it must be said that
the packers desire a normal. supply of
good beef far more than a, glut of short
weight grass-fed cattle temporarily, with
a corresponding beef famine at a later
period. Naturally, the dry weather has
had a powerful inuence in shortening the
country demand for feeder cattle, and
within a short time thin feeding steers
have been bought at the Chicago stock
yards at $5 per 100 lbs. that would have
brought $1 more in May. With every
prospect of a glutted grass cattle market
before long, prospective cattle feeders in
sections where grass is abundant have
been canceling orders to buy cattle.

David Gregory, of Indiana, says that
state is raising more sheep than ever
before and has a big pig crop. Horse rais-
ingls also carried on extensively, but less
than it should be. Sheep pay handsomely,
and a sheepman near Hartford who paid
$1,000 for a flock of feeding lambs fed
them. clipped them, and returned them
to the Chicago market, receiving $2.200
for them. He says the wool which he
still owns will pay their feed bill, and he
expects to double his money. Mr. Gregory
makes the prediction that wool will sell
around 25 cents per pound by the time
there is a free movement -marketward.
Extremely severe weather was experi-
enced up to lambing time, and the lambs
will be late in going to market.

 

for founder or core contracted
SURE CURE hoof. on horse. For :advlce
address 935 Lincoln St.,!Antl¢o. Wisconsin.

EGISTERED PERCHIIRONS For Sale—1 mare
2-yr-old dt 1 Stallion 1-yr-old. greys. Stubblefleld
Register. M. A. Bray. Okemos Ingham 00., Mich.

 

 

-Borsea. Cattle Sheep Hogs Dogs
For sale or Poultry.nehrly allbreeds.'SIrca
exchanged. Southwest MIchIgan Pedigreed Stock
Asaoclntlon, R. BI. J ennlnga. Sec.. Paw Paw. Mich.

IIEEIIEIS’ IIIIECTOIY.
CATTLE.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS.

Herd headed by UNDULATA BLACKBIRD
1T0 83836. one of the beat noun of PRINCE ITO
50006. Ind Gnnd Chumplon Bull at the Detrolt
and Grand Rapids Fair! of 1901. 1908 Ind 1909. Herd
consists of Erlcns. Blackbirdu. Priden. etc.
WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionln. Mloh.

Ayrshm Bull Balm. figggwgntmfiggoggf
White & Bufl' Orplngtona. White 6: Barred Rocks.
nght Brahmas, White Leghorns and White Wynn-
dottes .1 per16. Mich. School for the Deaf. Funt.

—Polled Durhnma. Hampshire.
Anflus Buns Cotswold. gnu South Down Rams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on sale at Clover Blossom Farm. Port Austin. Mich.

GU ERNSEYSE'Zi’dLfi. 393.2%;
tested. ALLAN KELSEY. Lnkovlew. Mich.

' Breedenund Importers of high
"an" “8' Farm classGuernaeys. Write us your
wants. E. a J. 'I‘. MILLER. Blrmlnghnm, Mich.

GHOIOELY lllElJ NOL81ElN-FNIE8IIHEE‘LE.§K,§:

prices. Cole Bros. Ypsilanti Farms, anllanti. Mich

HOLSTEIII FRIESIAN "333.???“(2333

Mercedes Royal King. W. B. J ones. Oak Grove.MIch.

TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS.

Top Notch registered young Holsteln Bulls com-
bInIng In themselves the blood of cows which now
hold and have In the past held World’s Records for
milk and butter-fat at fair prices.

McPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 Holstein flows, 6 Holstein Yearling Halters,
10 Holstein Bull Calves irom A. ll. 0. dams.

Pay your money and take your choice from my
herd of 70. L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.

H 0 L 31‘ El BULL CALF from two

best families of the
breed. C. D. WOODBURY, Lansing, Michigan.

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H E R E F O R D S: .o‘i‘Eaifif‘el‘ifi.“ 193253”.

China hogs. R. E. ALLEN. Paw Paw. Mich.

LlLLlE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS

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

COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersvllle. Mich.

JERSEY BULL CALF born October 4th ‘09. Dam
gave9,3861ba. milk In one year, test 5 to 5}“. SIre’s
dam's record 10.060 lbs. milk In 10}; months tests 2-10
par cent. The Murray-Waterman 00., R. D. 6. Ann Arbor, lich.

 

 

 

 

 

OR. SALE—12 rogiltored' Janey Cows of Sin. Lambert and
Inland blood, from 2 $010 you", all fresh or nearly Io. Price
$100 each if taken at once. 0. A. Braitol, R. F. D. 5.Fonton, Mich.

Fun s‘LE—Jersey Bull Calves from 3 to 9 mos. old.
Fine thIrIty fellows and from extra. good
cows. A. Newman. Mariette, MIch. R. F. D. No. 1.

JERSEY B
BUTTER BRED Fm. ”19,51“
CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.
Silver Creek. Alleunn County. Mlohlxnn.

Register of Merit Jerseys. “.3333“?
T. F. MARS’I‘ON. Bay City. Mlchlcan.

NORTHERN GROWN JERSEYS

WITH BIG MILK RECORDS.
TUBECULIN TESTED BY STATE VETERINARIAN.
ROYCROF’I‘ FARM. Sidnuw. Mich.

DAIRY BRED SHORTHORNS. Can spare a few
femalea. Good notes good as cash. Citizens
Telephone. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HORTHORN cattle of both sexes at reasonable
prices. I breed for both milk and beef. Come or
write. T. Ill. SOUTHWOR'I‘H, R. No. 13. Box 73, Allan, Mich

sump.
Parsons Poll Dolaine Rams

WM and to the constitution and shearing qualities
of your lambs. Grade X. 015: XX. 820'. XXX. '25.
ROMEYN C. PARSONS. Grand Ladle. Mich.

 

 

 

 

JULY 23'. 1910.

Oxford - Down 8 been ‘33.‘.’.‘.’.‘.‘.‘:‘
cattle for sale. A. D. a J. A. DEGARMO. Muir. Mich

OXFORD DOWNS fiiififii‘fi'

sale. 11. J. De GARMO. R. No.1. Clyde. Mich. l

snnorsmna mu. $100K mm

Will Import one hundrtd yearling ewes and 15 rams
In June for MIchIgan Ind the some for Belle. Idaho.
Branch of this Farm. Will make a fair prlce on
yenrllng owes or rams. also on nome aged ewes with
lambs at side. for 60 (In I

y .
L. S. DURHAM 0580118. Concord. Mlehlcnn.

130 Reg. Bumbolllet Ewes for sale. descended

from the beat flocks and bred to a pure Van
Homeyer and a ram sired by n. GIIbert ram and Im.
ported dam. All In perfect health. In lots tosult buy-
era—none reserved. J. Q. A. Cook, Morrloe. Mich.

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11068.

IIRGE ENGLISH BEHKSHIHES.
Have this lot of spring plan of both sexes. Few
young sows for fall furrow. Vigorous and strong.

the type for profitable pork production. Satlsfnc-
tion guaranteed. F. A. BYWATER. Memphlu, Mich.

HUPP FARM BERKSHIRES!
WON 189 PRIZES IN 1909.

Stock of both sexes and all ages for sale. Breeders

of Guernsey Cattle, M. B. Turkeys. Barred Rock

Chlckens,Pekln Ducks. GEO. C. HUPP, M312.

DrawarA BIrmInnhnm Mlchlnn.

U II at b dl .
BERKSHIRE mliiffioa. :..'§t....“gcniil.i°i§fi
pigs. T. V. HICKS. R. No. 11. Battle Creek. Mich.
man cuss LIIIGE ENGLISH nsnxsmn £5.32.
sex. W. J. ROSS. Rochester. Michigan.
f th
BERKSHI RES ‘lmgn-E‘fi':
typo andltmlns. C. S. BARTLETT, Pontiac. Mich.

BEBK SHIRE: A few good young boars ready for unicepowl
I bred for fall tan-ow at attractive priceu for
immediate sale. Ask for catalog. Roycrolt Firm, Sldnnw, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berkshire—A few choice fall Gfltu bred for early far-
rowlng and a choice lot of Spring Pigs with prices
right and the right brood. A. A. Pattullo, Dockorville, Itch.

DAMS BROS. thchfleld. Mich.. breeders of Im-

proved Chester White and Tamworth swine.

Pigs, either brood, by In priu Sink I'll: winnerl. Bufl Rock.
Bufl Wynndotto 9355 $1 per 15; W. Orpington $3 poi: 15.

—Sowa bred for Au . and Se .

Improved chesiorsmow. 0...... with... 13:.
furrow. either sex also W. Wynndotte Eggs '1 for 15.
W. 0. WILSON. Okemos. Mich. (Both Phones).

CHESTER WHITESISEEgfi. 3,5:

for full flu-rowing. Also Guernsey Cattle. Catalog
free. WILL W. FISHER. Watorvliet, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

—Nlne of the choicest Chester Wh
"Ifd “Bldfifj bonnmlrrowed May 1st.1910. Slred if;
“Chlef's Commander”. Grand Champion at the [not
International. Dams, "Lady Kunkn‘ku a .P’ and
“Lady Knnknkee 2nd." also Grand 0mm ' n wln-
net: at last International and may other fairs. For
price: mare-3.30111“. Brae Fm. Alanna}. ‘Mlch.

DUROC JERSEYS? ’*
CAREY u. ‘EDMONDS. nuns”. new“.
nunoc indictments;immanent
.owg, Write for particulate. J. C. BARK“. Goldwater, Itch.

nunoc JERSEY hoes :31;

for sale. Play In pain not skin. relay to uni .
Mouduwhrook Seed Furml. Wfluamspon. 8.

nunoc JERSEY SWINE. seesaw. it

for 15. .l. H. BANGHAR'I‘. Lansing. Mich.

0. l. C. bred sows all sold. b$¥°..‘...‘:,‘;
hud- GEORGE P- ANDREWS. Dnnsvllle. Mich,

O I c REGISTERED PIGS. 10 to 12
o o 0 weeks from World’s Fair winners.
Glenwood Stock Farm. Zeeland. Mlch. Phone 94.

O l C REGISTERED PIGS March and
o o - April litters. Palm not nkln.
HENRY RIGTERINK. Hamuton. Mich.

O I C -—SPRING PIGS and a few BRED
. - 0 SOWS at reasonable prices.
C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

o I c Sow pigs all sold, but 9 extra flue
I I I boar pigs for sale. Satisfaction guar-
anteed. FRED NICKEL, Monroe, MIoh.. R. No, 1.

 

OR SALE—4 P. C. boars ready for servlce. Eggs
for hatching & prize winning Regal White dz Col-
umbiau Wyandottes. Zach Kinne. Three Oaks.Mich.

LARGE TYPE POLAND-CHINAS-Largest In

Mich. Booking orders for pigs to
be shipped at 4 to 5 mos. of age. Write for welghtu
and measurements. W. E. Livingston. Parmn.MIch,

P. ll. BHUDD 80W SALE

AUGUST 3rd.

45 SOWS bred to Next In Line, Modifier and
Orient—three of Michigan’s greatest
boars. Write for catalog and arrange to come.

WM. WAl-‘Flli, Coldwatcr, Michigan.
POLAlilD-CHINAS—F‘ne '0‘ “9""8

pIgs now read
to ship. W00!) 65 SONS. Saline. Mich.y

Singly or In pairs not nkln.

PI 0- PIGS Minorcn eggs 01.50 per 15.
R. W. MILLS. Saline. Michigan.

' —Boars. G11": and Plgs

Poland Chlnas of quality at the right

price. B. M. WING & SON, Sherdian. Michlgnn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

_ ' —Lnrge atlled early spring plan, and
Poland China: older sows ‘bred. Also Shorthorn
calves. Prices right. Robert Neve. PIerson. Mich.

 

For Sale-500 32:. Yorkshire 1

Weaned P18. each $5.00. .
BROWN’S PIG FARM. Grand Rapids. Mich.

Largo Improved English Yorkshiras.

The boss that make good. September gilt: bred to

furrow next August or September. Spring pix: of

elther sex. Pairs not akin. Satisfaction guaranteed. .
COLON 0. LILLIE. 000pcrsvnie. Mich.

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

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LEASE MENTION THE MICHIGAN Ensures
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drills have been constantly used for more
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is manufactured a Buckeye drill that can
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dition anywhere in the world. The farmer
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disc drill or double disc drill—the man
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ing beets, peas, lima beans, red kidney
beans, sorghum, bearded oats, treated
Wheat, flax_ rape, millet, grasses, clover
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drill—can get in the Buckeye line the
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possible manner—in other words, do it
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HOW TO TEST CREAM.

 

Some little discussion has arisen here
concerning the testing of butter-fat in
cream, and I would be greatly pleased if
you would tell me which tester you con—
sider the standard and best to use in test—
ing cream from a small number of cows.

Allegan Co. \V. H. I).

The only machine used in testing cream

is an ordinary Babcock tester. Of course,
there are different Babcock testers be-
cause they are made by different con—
cerns, but they all involve the use of
centrifugal force. Formerly we tried
to test cream by taking a sample with a
pipette the same as you would in taking
a sample of milk, but you cannot take a.
very accurate sample of cream with a
pipette, on account of its consistcncy. It
is too thick to run out of the pipette well.
Consequently that idea now is entirely
done away with and nobody attempts to
test cream real accurately unless they
weigh the sample to be tested. A sample
of eighteen grams of cream is weighed
with a delicate pair of balances and then
it is put into a test bottle and tested on
the same principle as you test milk. \Ve
also have now special test bottles for test-
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ibre and finely graduated so that you can
read as high as 50 per cent of butter-fat
In the ordinary milk bottle, or
large

in cream.
course, the neck would not be
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RAISING CALVES BY HAND.

 

 

Of all the calves raised in the coun-
try, it is safe to assert that 80 per cent
of them are fed instead of being al—
lowed to run with the mothers. Among
dairymen it is the universal practice
to raise calves by hand. To allow
calves to run with the mother is to not
only spoil the cow as a heavy milker.
but it injures the possibilities of the
heifer calf in making a heavy milker
when matured.

“'63 sometimes forget that the dairy
cow is an artificial product, and she
has been made so by fixing the habits
of the system while young. If the.
heifer calf were to be fed on new milk
during the first six months of its life,
and allowed to fatten up to look like
a calf of the beef breed, the habits of
the system would be so fixed that tho
preinciination of the calf would be.
largely toward beef production. For
this reason we are ready to say that
it is far better to raise the heifer calves
of the dairy breeds by hand.

\Vhen the calf first arrives it is a
good plan. to let it have the new milk
right from the mother for a few days.
One can do the. way they prefer—milk
the cow and feed the calf from the,
first, or let it take the milk from the
cow until the milk is considered good
enough to save for use. 1 have prac-
ticed taking the calf away at once for
the good of the cow, as she worries
less than when the calf is either with.
her or let to her a few days.

By the time the calf is from ten
days to two weeks old, one can begin
to substitute skim milk for a part of
the new milk gixen it. Ilere comes in
an opportunity to do some careful and
accurate figuring. As fast as the new
milk is witdrawn, some other feed
should be added to take the place of
the cream that is taken from the new
milk.

“’0 will assume that 4 per cent milk
is about the average kind of milk the
cows will produce. Then we must cal—
culate that from every 100 pounds of
milk there is taken away 14 pounds
of butter—fat that must be supplied by
other feed. In feediig' 23 pounds or
121/2 quarts, we must represent a pound
of butter-fat, and as it takes two pounds
of grain, such as oatmeal and oil meal
mixed, to equal 'one pound of fat, we
must calculate accordingly.

When a calf is eating half skim milk,
and is taking a little more than three
quarts of milk twice per day, a half
pound of the scalded or cooked oat and
oil meal will be required to equal the

new milk. Then, when the calf is tak-l

'ing all skim milk, and a little more

than six quarts per day, it will require
a full pound per day of the grain feed
cooked. When the calf gets to be five
or six weeks of age and takes from
eight to nine quarts per day, it will,
take a pound and a half of the grain
mixture.

It is always best to be cautious and
not over—feed, either in quantity of
grain or milk used. The majority of
caces of diarrhea are brought on by
over—feeding the stomach with either
milk or grain when young. Better feed
a little less of both milk and grain and
keep the calf healthy and thriving all
the time until old enough to wean.

Feeding Buy.

By the time a calf is a week or ten
days old, it will begin to eat some hay
of some kind, it should then be supplied
with green cut hay of clever, timothy or
June grass. As soon as it begins to
eat hay it will begin to chew its cud.
As calves are ruminants, supply the
forage to meet their natural require-
ments, as they will not do well without
it.

\Vhen one is selling all the milk, and
desires to raise calves, they can boil
up clover or alfalfa hay, and make tea
to take the place of the milk. By sub-
stituting the tea for a part of the milk
ration at a time the calves can be
gradually worked on to the hay tea and
grain ration, and will do as well as
with the skim milk. One advantage
with the hay tea is, the calves are less
liable to get the scours than they are
with the skim milk.

Another feature in calf raising I de-
sire to emphasize: Calves kept in a
shed or stable while young. and fed
dry hay, will do much better than when
turned to grass. Mating wet; grass in
the morning or after a rain is likely
to produce scours and cause a check in
growth. N. A. CLAPP.

MIXING OAT STRAW WITH BEET

TOPS.

I intend to put up a concrete silo to
hold beet tops. \Vc purpose making it
13 ft. in diameter and :15 ft. high. HOW
much oat straw Would you put in with the
tops, and should the straw be cut? \Ve
will have from 15 to '30 acres of tops to
put in the silo. As we would only be,
hauling beets with one team, we would
have to put the tops in at different times
as the first ones would be spoiled before
We could get all the. beets hauled, \Vould
that make any difference with their keep-
ing in the silo?

Sanilac Co. J. L. l).

A silo 12 ft. in diameter and 2-15 ft. high
will be none too large to hold the beet
tops from 1:3 to 20 acres if you have a
good crop of heels. I built one last year
12 ft. in diameter and is ft. high for ten
acres and we could not get the tops all
in. Of course, 35 ft. high will double the
capacity and may possibly hold the tops
and give you sufficient capacity to put in
what oat straw you want.

Now as to the amount of oat straw.
This is a question, of course, that I have
not had experience enough to warrant me
in saying anything absolute about the
proposition. Last fall, in the first place,
we put in the oat straw about a foot.
deep. This was just nicely packed in by
leveling it off. Then we put in beet tops
about a f “t thick and then put on an-
other layer of oat straw and so on until
we found that our silo was not large
enough to hold the bent tops and then
we used less oat straw and finally did not
use any toward the top. (in feeding out
the beet top ensilage we found out that
the oat straw in the bottom was all eaten,
every particle of it, and the foot of straw
which we placed in the bottom was
prcsscd into a very thin layer. ("onse-
qucntly I would say that you could put
in twice the depth of straw that you did
of beets because the oat straw will pack
down so much when the beet tops are
put on.

I do not think that it will do to fill the
s‘llo with beet tops very slowly because
they will heat up and some of them
spoil on top. If I was hauling beets with
only one team, I would not haul the. beet
tops as fast as I hauled the beets but
would leave them in small piles about the
size of a bushel basket and wait until I
had the beets hauled before I commenced
to fill the silo with the beet tops. Then
I would make a business of it and haul
them in as fast as I could with the one
team. I had a little experience along
this lint last season. \Ve filled the 5110
full and after it settled some. we put on
more beer tops. Now, while we left the
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IN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES.

Anemia or Impoverished Blood.

_My hens are all dying. They begin ail-
ing by going lame. They then seem to
get into a sort of dazed condition and lie
about in the shade. Seemingly they are
very weak although they continue to eat
and drink. Their legs becotne bloodless
and their heads very white. At first I
thought it was cholera but, their droppings
are not watery and yellow as in cholera.
The. last day or two before death they
are not inclined to move at all unless dis-
turbed and their eyes swell and become
discolored. Only the hens are affected.

Oakland Co. E.

Your fowls have the symptoms which
go with anemia or general impoverish-
ment of the blood. The lameness would
seem to indicate that they also suffer
from a form of liver trouble which is
rather common among hens at the close
of a season of_heavy laying. especially if
they have been rather closely confined and
liberally fed on foods containing an ex-
ccssive amount of starch. such as corn.
Long continued heavy feeding. under such
conditions, of a starchy grain raaion. witlt
no effort made to balance it with regular
allowances of meat scrap or cut bone,
seems to undermine the constitution of
the fowl. The hens finish the season fat
and sluggish, and lameness, generally on
one side only, soon develops. Even at
this stage, plenty of green food to the
exclusion of all grain, free range, and :1
good tonic will sometimes ptcvent losses.

In this instance the hens appear to be
gener.tll:,' run down. Make sure that their
evident lack of vitality is not due to ex-
ternal parasites. If such posts are found,
.cithcr upon the bodies of the hens or in
their roosting place, they must be gotten
'rid of as promptly as possible. A good
tonic may be made from 10 drops tincture
of chloride of iron mixed with a teaspoon—
fttl of glycerine and added to a pint of
water. this quantity being sufficient for
20 hcns. lt’ preferred, that standard tonic.

which most pottltrymen know as Doug-
lass‘ mixture may be substituted. It con-
sists of 1 lb. sulphate of iron dissolved
in 3 gals. of water, to which is added 2
Ozs. of sulphuric at-id. An ounce of this
prcparaticn is put into a quart of the
fowls' drinking water, giving it not
oftcner than twice a. week. Give, whole-
some, nutritious food but feed very little
grain for a time. Make an effort to in-
duce the hens to exercise. either by giv-
ing a portion of their food in litter or by
spading tip a portion of their rttn. A
postmortem examination should show
whetinr the trouble had its beginning in
the liver.
Chickens for Early Market.

“'hat chicken is the best to raise in the
spring for early market and what is ‘the
right kind of feed for them after tney
are six wccks oid‘.’ Also what kind of
white ci’tickcns are best for market in the

‘. )
mil-tinsttnto Co. A READER.
\thn growing fowls expressly for mar-
ket, many poultrymcn prefer cross—breds.
For instance, many find that crossing a
\Yhite \Vyandotte on a Light Brahma hen
produces a chick which, for broiler rais-
ing, is unsurpassed. this cross giving goOd
FZZO and more rapid 'tll‘\'.(‘l(l])lll(‘lll than can
be sctorcd in the pure—bred specimens
of t-ithcr of these breeds. Others hold
that still more rapid tli-Vclopment may be.
Izad from a cross of the \Vhite Leghorn
on the “'hite \Vyandottc. while others
who make broiler raising a specialty get
good results from crossing the Brown
Leghorn on the llarrcil Rock. The Log-
ltorn-itbodc Island Red cross has also
prth-n a good one as a producer of rapid-
growing and quick-maturing market
fowls. As rapid. symmetrical develop-
mcut is: the greatest essential in succcss-
i'ttl broilcr raising. it may be safely as—
sumed that tho breeds. or (ombintttion of
brccds. which yield this desirable result
are worthy of the attention of the poul—
tryman who dcsircs to supply the market
with “'1'” dcvclopod chickens instead of
broilers. It is as difficult to name the
best IiI‘tied of i‘owls as it is to name the
lit-st brood of hogs on shccp. or the best
make of corn planter or cream separator,
bttt tin-re is no doubt that for early mar-
ket fowls one can not do better than to
crosses named above.
providing he has the foundation stock
for making such a cross. If not. we sug-
gest using pure—breds of one of the so-

 

Select one of the

called general-purpose lireedstocks.
VVyandottcs. Rhodo Island Rods or Or-
pingtons.

Just a word of caution. however, re-
garding the raising of cross—bred fowls,
Whether for market or for the production
of eggs. It is a generally conceded fact
that, judging frongthe standpoint of util-

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ity, a first cross is superior to a pure-
bred, and this holds true not only in poul-
try but. among other‘ branches of live
stock as well. However, it must not be
forgotten that this superiority ends with
the first: cross. Therefore, if cross—bred
fowls are bred for market purposes the
poultryman should see to it that they all
go to market. I’nder no circumstances
should any of them be held for breeding
as the second cress will show wide var-
iations in both size and color and from
that point to hopeless mongrelization the
road is short.

After the chicks have reached the age
of six weeks. if it is desired to finish them
for market before they have reached ma-
turity the proportion of starchy foods in
the ration should be gradually increased
and the growth—inducing or muscle—mak-
ing foods, such as hard-boiled egg, meat
scrap, cut bone and skim-milk, dimm-
ished. For a time ground oats, with the
hulls sifted out. may constitute the bulk
of the grain ration. Corn meal may be
added gradually and may be used quite
largely during the last few weeks of

feeding. Continue a liberal allowance of
green stuff without giving the chickens

more exercise than is required to keep up
an appetite.

As a general proposition, the heavy
breeds should prove most satisfactory for
fall marketing as they can be made to
rcach considerably greater weights than
the general—purpose breeds. The Brah-
mas, Cochins and Langshans are the
heavy meat‘producers. There are no
strictly white varieties among these but
the Light Brahma should meet your re-
quirements.

 

PREVENTING AFTER-{WARMS.

 

If the prime (first) swarm has issued
under normal conditions, the first after-
swarm will come forth eight days there-
after, and then an after—swarm every day
or two until the surplus of bees or
queens, or both, is exhausted. If, how-
ever, weather conditions have interfered
with the issuing of the prime swarm
the first after-swarm may issue in from
one to seven days after the prime swarm
came t'orth.

Italian bees will qttite often, espe-
cially when crowded for room, swarm
before they have any sealed queen cells.
Under such conditions the first after-

 

 

After-swarms do not settle quickly and
often alight in very inconvenient places.
This one chose a fence post.

swarm will be delayed for as much as
sixteen days. in fact. it is then very
seldom that, if after-swarms issue at
all. the first one will conic forth before
the sixteenth day after the prime
swarm left the hive, but it may happen
once in a while. it is important that
all this be known by the bee—keeper if
he intends to prcvcnt after—swarms. as
is desirable. and also prevent the parent
colony from becoming hopelessly queen—
less.

There are two ways of preventin;r
after—swarms. One is to open the hivc
from which a swarm has issued. six or

seven days after the prime swarm
came forth, and destroy all the cells
but one. In this way a surplus of

queens is prevented, and after-swarms,
too.

Destroying all but one queen cell is
easier said than done, for if the combs
are crooked and have nooks and cor-
ners some of the queen cells may not
be. found. with the result that an after-
swarm disturbs the bee—keeper’s noon
rest, or goes off to the woods, there to
store his profit in a hollow tree. If

one wants to be sure that’all but one eral times during the three weeks, I have
bees very little trouble with lice on the chicks.
When _Mrs. P. C. L.

of the cells are destroyed the
should be shaken off every comb.

THE MICHIGAN FARM-ER. ' '

the frames are removed one by one and
the bees shaken in front of the hive,’
many bees will. be reshaken, which
makes them very cross. So I have a
light box with a tight bottom. It is
made of quarter—inch lumber. If one
has not such a box, an empty hive will
do, only it is heavier and not so handy.
\Vhen queen cells are to be destroyed,
all of the frames are removed and set
into the box. One by one the frames
are shaken in front of the hive and
the queen cells broken off. The frames
are then set back into the hive. How-
ever, do not shake the bees from the
frame on which the one queen cell is
left for a queen to hatch from. for
shaking often injures or even kills the
embryo queens. Brush the bees from
that particular frame with a regular
bee brush, or with a goose or turkey
wing.

The other way of preventing after—
swarms is what is known as the Hed-
don short method. Seven or eight days
after the prime swarm has issued the
parent colony is carried to an entirely
new location. (The prime swarm must
have been hived on the old stand and
the parent colony set close beside it.

entrance facing the same way.) All of
the parent colony's flying bees, upon

finding,r their owu hive gone. will enter
the prime-swarm hive. This so de-
pletes the parent colony that, generally,
after-swarms will not issue.

Wisconsin. F. A. STROHSCHEIN.

 

FEEDING AND HOUSING MOULTING
FOWLS.

As to feed for fowls that are moult-
ing, it must be nourishing without be—
ing fattening. Consequently all such
foods as corn, or meal, rice, potatoes,
barley meal and all heating foods should
be avoided.

The best ground feed is oatmeal, and
the best grain is oats. Bttt oatmeal is
too dear and not altogether the best
by itself, so we must have something
to go with it. A very good soft food
is made by mixing oatmeal, bran and
small wheat with a little granulated
meat. Pour boiling water on this, leav-
ing in the oven over night, and mix the
next morning to bring it to a crumbly
consistency. Biscuit meal may be oc-
casionally substituted for oatmeal for
a. change.

Oats may be the principal grain, but:
a little wheat may be occasionally given
instead, also hemp seed, which is very
valuable in promoting the growth of
feathers. Green food is a necessity, so
that if the fowls are confined they ’must
have something provided, such as clover.
dandelion. lettuce or cabbage, but, of
course, those that have their liberty
will obtain sufficient green food for
themselves.

The houses and pens the fowls are
placed in should be scrupulously clean.
It is well to have the. houses previously
lime—washed and disinfected, so that no
vermin of any kind will be present. The
fowls are especially susceptible to the
attacks of vermin during moulting, and
if the vermin are allowed to infest them
the process is greatly retarded. There
should be a dust bath containing a lit-
tle sulphur in a covered shed attached
to the hottse. This will enable them
not only to keep themselves free from
vermin, but to shake loose feathers that
irritate them. l’ure fresh water should
be provided. and a little iron as a tonic
may occasionally be added to it. Grit is‘l
also necessary. tho they do not seem
to use mttch shell.

howls in confinement have a tendency
when moulting to pick feathers off each
other. This is due, to the fact that
when the old feathers begin to drop off
the fowls see the vermin. which are,
usually plentiful about this time, and
pick them off. \Vhile so doing, they
often pull out a new feather, which at
once induces them to go for Others. as
those contain much oil. The habit
spreads. and in a short time they are all
picking at each other. lt‘owls at lib-
erty, not being hrot into close contact
with each other, and always on the
move. are not liable to this. so the
remedy, or rather preventive, is to keep
the fowls from moping about by giving
them something to do.

Canada. \V. R. GILBERT.

The best way I have ever used to rid
hens of body lice before setting them, is
to apply warm lard just below the vent.
where the lice congregate. I also clip any
feathers to which nits are clinging. By

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We have a few on hand. and while
they last we are going to sell them for
60¢ EACH ”3,53%? .14;
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It contains. 10 finely - tempered steel
tools which are invaluable for every
day use: Screw Driver, Chisel, Gouge,
Bit, Tack Puller and 5 other tools.

 

This practical combination tool sent:
you postage paid for only 600. Send
all orders to

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. Detroit.

 

  

 

     

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FINELY BRED R. C. a S. C. Rhode Island Red
.Hens, .1 to .2 each. to reduce stock. Eggs $1
per 20. BUELL BROS" Ann Arbor. Michigan.
[Coopers S. C. Brown Leghorns are "Es:
Layer-3”] Hatching eggs 980 per 15; $1.40 per 30: 84
per 100. WM. J. COOPER. Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

 

FGGS FOR HATCHING—nght Brahma. White
J Wyandotte and B. P. Rock. 81 a setting; $1.60 for
2 settings. E. D. BIshop.Route 38. Lake 0deaaa.Mlcn.

WE WILL SELL a few of this year’s breeders
to make room for young stock. Write
[1. KING. Wlllls. Michigan

BIIIIIED PLYMOUTH ROCK eggs for hatching from

selected breeding pens:
01.00, 26 for $1.50. 50 for 32.50.100 for $4.50
COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersvllle, Mlchicnn.

WHITE $253.1: FOT%ES_$%% unsurpassed
181]. ggs . er [5 or 2.50
per 30. A. FRANKLIN SMITH. Ann pArbor. Mslch.

 

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1‘5 for $1.00, 26 for $1.60. 50 for .2 50. 100 fgfgfgg.
COLON C. LILLIE, Coopersvllle. Mlchlxun.

R C. WHITE LEGHORN EGGS, from hens
. bred to lay. 01 per 15: .5 per 100. Also
Collie pups. A. R. GRAHAM, Flint, Michigan.

 

 

 

ATCH your 8. C. Brown Leghorns now. E
H {1.50 pet-30 or $4 per 100. Lewis '1‘. 0p )enlimdgegrl
successor to Fred Mott, R. No. 4. Lansing. Mich:

White Wyandolie Sitti‘fifeei‘iitéhéfifisfifififi 1

for 16. $1.50 for 28, $2.50 for 50 and 04.50 er 100.

looking after the hens in this way. sev- COLON C. LILLIE. COOPOI’BVIIIC. Mic lean. .

 

  

 

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INTENSIVE GARDENING.

 

In a previous article the writer spoke
of practicing this plan with peas and
early tomatoes. Now the practice is all
right under certain conditions, but in
many cases we do it to our sorrow and
at the expense of one or other of the
crops. I had supposed that I was fairly
conversant with the growth and habits
of peas in general; but my experience in
setting tomatoes between pea rows
teaches me that I did this at the expense
of the former. The variety of peas sown
is rated as extra early and so they are
under favorable conditions; but contrary
to all past experience the vines, instead
of being half dwarf in habit, grew to a
length of five and s'x feet. The vines
were a veritable swamp and entirely
overshadowed the tomatoes and gave
very little show for their development.
They lived, but their condition at the end
of the pea harvest put them entirely out
of the race for the early crop. This ex-
perienCe with some like results in the
past somewhat weaned me from following
intensive methods too promiscuously. The
practice may be, and doubtless is, all
right to certain limits. The failure in the
present case lies chiefly in planting two
crops together that each or either would
require all the ground so nearly at the
same time. In general, I think, double
cropping seriously interferes with tillage
and lacking this, we are sure to meet
disaster before the end of the season.
Thorough tillage and just at the right
time, means days and often weeks in for—
warding a crop. It often means the dif-
ference between success and failure in the
yield.

Intensive farming means more than
double cropping. It means double tillage
as well, and then some, and the writer
need look no farther than home to see
where the lack of tilth just at the right
time would have saved much of the pinch-
ing of the present drouth, and thus have
placed the crops in doubly better condi-
tion than they are today. Circumstances
over which I had no control are, of course,
responsible for the damage; but the mis—
chief has been done and the writer must
‘fpay the fare.”

To sum up, double cropping is well
enough, provided the crops are of that
kind that the one shall not interfere with
the other. either to crowd or make ample
tillage impossible.

Wayne Co. J. E. MORSE.

HARVESTING THE PEARS.

 

The reason for a great deal of the dis-
couragement with the pear trees comes
from ignorance as to the proper method
of harvesting the fruit. To have well-
developed, carefully-pruned trees handing
you fruit that is decayed at the core is
not a condition that Will work to a high
pitch the enthusiasm that is in one. Many
have had such an experience and it would
not be impossible to find that trees have
been cut down for no other cause than
that the fruit could not be gathered in
a condition that would permit its use.

But do not blame the pear tree. Had
the fruit been properly handled the dam-
age would be greatly reduced and perhaps
altogether prevented. By picking pears
when they are yet hard this rotting at the
core is overcome, the insipid flavor that
is often present is lacking, and instead a.
delicious flavor that only a good pear can
offer is yours. Some of the most success-
ful growers advocate that the fruit be
taken from the trees fully a month before
the ordinary uninformed person would
harvest it. This will give the readers
of The Farmer an idea of how far they
have been missing the mark if they, in
the past, have expected to get good pears
by leaving the fruit on the trees till
ripened.

Under the plan above suggested the
Keiffer pear, which has receivcd perhaps
quite as much criticism as the ).en Davis
apple in the northern states, proves itself
not only a variety that will stand up
well in shipping, and please the house-
wife when she is rcady to can, but ex-
hibits to the person who would eat one
from the hand real good pear quality.
Try it on your Keiffers this fall. If you
have other varieties that are affected as
stated above, do the same with them and
then write the Michigan Farmer, telling
what the results are. Others who are not
convinced by this article may be by your
experience.

THE MICHIGAN “'FARMER.

 
   
      
   

 
 
   
 

There are many able men making automobiles, and there
are many kinds of pretty good cars.

But one of these cars—the Overland—has come to lead
all the rest. In but little more than two years—4n spite of
all competition~it has become the most popular car in ex-
istence.

Such a car, as you know, must be a remarkable car. It
is a. car which you should investigate.

Simple—Economical

The Overland has fewer parts than any other automobile.
Many experts have worked on it to remove the complexities
—to make the car trouble-protif.

\Vherever possible, they made one part to take the place
of many. They have made a car which almost cares for it—
self. Many a man has run it thousands of miles without
even cleaning a spark plug.

They devised the pedal control. One goes forward or
backward, fast or slow, by simply pushing pedals. It is so
simple, so natural that a child can master the car in ten min-
utes. A young woman is now driving one of these cars
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

They have made a car which always keeps going, regard—
less of roads or Weather. A car which has run 28 miles on
one gallon of gasoline. A car which has been operated over
thousands of miles at a cost of 04, cent per mile.

Some of Its Users

Overlands have been used for a year and a half in the
U. S. Mail service. Their daily trips are from 60 to 75 miles.
These cars have never missed a trip—never delayed the
mails for a moment. Yet at times they have run when the
snow was so deep that all other traffic was stopped.

Numerous large concerns are supplying Overlands to their
country salesmen. Among them are the J. 1. Case Thresh-
ing Machine Co. and the Altman & Taylor Machine Co.

One ranch in Texas has lately bought 15 Overlands for
the use of their cowboys. It is found that 15 men in Over-
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The Overland is selected for all of these uses because any
man can always keep it going.

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Over 20,000 people will this year buy Overlands—the simple,
trouble-proof, economical cars—the best value ever given.

 

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The 25-horsepower Over-
land as shown in pic-
ture costs $1,000. The
wheel base is 102 Inches.
Same car with single
rumble seat c05ts $1,050;
with double rumble seat,
$1,075; with complete toy
tonneau, $1,100.

 
  

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No other maker begins to give what the Overland gives
for the money. One reason is. our enormous production. \Ve
often turn out 1-10 cars per day.

 

Another reason is our extensive use of modern automa~
tic machinery. Over $3,000.000 has been invested to make
Overland cars economically.

Every part, by some special machine, is made in the most
economical way. Many are made at a tenth of the usual
cost. Yet they are made with exactness such as hand work
never gives. '

In these ways and others we have cut the cost of Overlands
20 per cent within the past year alone.

Note the Result

We are now selling a 25-horscpower Overland for $1,000.
The wheel base is 102 inches, the power is sufficient for any
road or hill, the possible speed is 50 miles an hour.

we are selling a 40-horscpowcr Overland, with single rum-
ble seat, for $1,250. The wheel base is 112 inches. Other
styles for $1,275, $1,400 and $1,500.

There are thousands of mcnmsome of them right around
you—who know that the Overland is the most desirable car
that was ever created. If you will send us this coupon we
will tell you all of the reasons. and send pictures of all of
the cars. Send it now, before you forget it.

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Toledo. Ohio
Licensed Under Selden Patent
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has none in stock accept no other. Write
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Add 150 per Bushel
Profit to Your 1910

Potato Crop

Potato growers, add 15 cents profit; per
bushel to this season’s crop by using 3. Far-
quhar O. K. Elevator Potato Digger. It gets
all of the potatoes and in best marketable
condition. It saves you hard work and
valuable time. ;Works in any soil. Easy
on your horses. Pays for itself on a few
acres. You will then have an excellent dig<
get for the rest ofyour life.

The Fnrqnhnr 0. K. Elevator Dig-
(or is our famous “ Hallock O. K.” Digger,
greatly improved. Our Success Jr. potato
digger is best. for small yields. Our Farm
Machinery Book tells about both. Write
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All Northern Grown and
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pure. Should produce hay

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ple and instructions on growing. SEED
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get. Government Tests on our samples. ‘They will interest you
Y BEANS U. S. govt. tests show that

the grain analyzes richerthan

linseed meal and tho hay nearly as nutritious as
Alfalfa; will grow on poor soil—and improve it.
Well north .1. fair trial. Write for Catalog No. 42
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from less apples than any other and is a. !
BIG MONEY MAKER .
Sizes 10 to 400 barrels daily. hand
or power. Presses for all put“
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apple-butter cookers, VlllO<
ar generators, etc. Cata-
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turers, not; jobbers.
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(Oldest and largest manufacturers of cider ‘ ‘ \l .—‘

presses in tho world.) ' '
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131 Lincoln Avenue.
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CURRENT COMMENT.

 

The report of the

Bank Deposits State Banking Commi4-

Increase. sioncr, which was madc
public on July 18, show..-
that commercial and savings dcposits

banks have incrensvd to
the amount of 33.734.383.14 over the
amount on dcposit June 23, 1909. There
nrc nov.‘ a total of 385 state banks in
Michigan, 13 new banks having been or-
ganizcd under the state law Since Jan.
1, 1910. This report is most encourag-
ing evidcncc of business prosperity in
Michigan, i'iarticularly in the rural dis-
tricts. since a large proportion of the
business of state banks comes from the
farmers of the state. This is also added
cvidcnce of the fact. which has been
commented upon in thcse columns from
How to time. that added resources in
the way of larger bank accounts give
producers a greater independence and a
relatively increased prosperity for the
reason that it enables them to market
their crops to the best advantage. The
reluctance of wool growers to part with
their scason's clip at the prices offered
by dcalcrs is nnothcr striking evidcnce
of this fact and a further proof that
the senate committee which invcstigated
the cause of the incrcascd cost of living
were right in their conclusion that in-
creased banking facilities and more
ready money in the country were promi—
nent causes of the better prices which
have prevailed for farm products in re-
cent years. The establishment of postal
saving banks under the new law rcccntly
passed by congress may provea still fur-

in thc state

     

" THE MICHIGAN -. FARMBR.

ther benefit in the same direction, and the}
outcome of the experiment will be
watched with interest. \Vhat is now
needed to further increase the agricul-
tural prosperity of the state and nation
is better Organization among producers
5110111..r lines of community production,
which will provide for the more econom-
ical marketing of farm products. and
thus give producers the benefit of a
larger share of the price which the con-
sumer is obliged to pay for his products.
There is now a greater general interest
in this proposition than ever before, and
we believe that the next few years will
see important economic development
along this line.

‘ Since the introduction
of the “Midway” idea
into the program for ag-
ricultural shows many
of the patrons of such
shows. particularly of state fairs. who
have not been attracted by or pleased
with this sort of entertainment, have
voiced the Opinion that the din of mid-
way attractions should not be imposed
upon those who come to see the fair
proper and to profit by its educational
and high—class entertainment features.
Without wasting time or money on the
cheap amusements which were too often
allowed to occupy space on the grounds.
This sentiment had the effect of bringing
about the practical separation of the
midway from the fair proper in such
a way as to make it less obnoxious to
the class of patrons above mentioned.
But in this. as well as other depart-
ments of the “show," fair managers
have in recent ycars come to a more
universal realization of the fact that
it pays to protect their patrons in'this
respect, and to combine education with
amusement or entertainment, as several
of the midway attractions announced
by Michigan State Fair manac‘crs for
this year's fair bear witncss. But with
the high-class music which will be pro-
vided and the free entertainment fea—
tures, includingr daily flights of acro-
planes, which will bc a part of the daily
programs, there will be no occaSion for
any i‘oir patron to i'cel that he is not.
getting the worth of his money in this
department. of the show. and with the
exclusion of liquor selling from the
grounds, together with the improvement
above notcd, this year's State Fair
should prove more acceptable and at-
tractive to the large class of country
patrOns'who approvc of a clcan, up-to-
date agricultural SllOW. The new build-
ing's which have becn mentioned in a
which the plans

Entertainment
Features of
the State Fair.

previous issue and for
have been compleicd, will accommodate
a larger and more attractive exhibit.
and the entries which have already been
plcdgcd give certain promise that this
year‘s State Fair will be more repre-
sentative in charactcr. as well as supe-
rior in attractive quality than any which
have piw-cdcd it, and thus worthy of
the more liberal patron. cc of the farm-
ers of ihc state.
HAPPENINGS 01‘ THE WEEK.
,4.—

foreign.
called to aid the police
at Springhall, Nova Scotia, “'llei‘elStl‘lk-
incr miners bccomc riotous when ‘t 1c 03—
crators ordered them from then \m f
and began nailing" up tho windows 0'
tho buildings. Thore are 2.000 inch out.
on the strike. ‘
\Villiam P. Pittman. _ _
who served in the foreign ii‘fl’lOl’l'Of
l-lstrada. in tho Nicaraguan rcvolution,
and who was recently capturelby Mall-
i'iz, has been removed fl‘lMIlIiilllvni'lus,
This was. done without notlcc to tho
government at “'ashington, as had bcwn
agreed to by Madrix. . _ .
”News has coiw out that an expedition
was being formcd in Alabama ‘tor n4-
sisting in the Nicaraguan rebellion. Of-
ficials at \\'ashin-.;ton lure now attcmpt—
ing to defeat the Dl‘U_l€‘('t and \‘Vlll take
what precautions are 'ncccssm-y to put
down any plan that interested parties
might attempt to launch. .
The trustees of the (‘arncgic hero
foundation have awardod to “'lth‘NS and
orphans of policcmcu, hrcmcn and other
persons who lost then-lives 111 the Tories
floods last spl‘llltt, pcnsmns varying from
. l 300. ‘
s“((‘atpotoisn Stcwart Tlolls. probably too
most scientific and pi'ornmcnt nviatmvin
England, was killed at the aviation
mect at Bournemouth. ling-land. while
riding a “'right biplane in which he re-
cently flew across ihc English channel
and back again. The acculcnt was due
to the breaking of one of theylnnes. _
The king and queen of Belgium are in
Paris enjoying the hospitality of the
-“ ca ital.
“Tilighrepgrt that Germany would send
. warshi to _
has beenpdenied by the foreign office
at Rcrliu. as it would traverse the spirit
of the Monroe doctrine. which the Ger-
man government wrslws_to respect..for
Shc wishes to foster friendly relations
' 11 America.
“igln Tuesday of this week the British
house of commons vote on a blll provid-
ing for woman suffrage. Premier As-
quith is exnected to speak against the
measure in the debate preceding the vot-
ing. while Ear1 Grey. foreign secretary,

Troops wcrc

an American

the coast of Nicaragua,

   

will argue for it. Since a number of
the representatives who voted on a sim-
ilar measure before, wianot be present.
the outcome of the balloting is aWaited
with much interest by both the English
electorate as well as foreign countries
where the question is becoming a politi-
cal issue.

Because he aspired to the presidency
of Mexico, Gen. Felix Diaz, a. nephew of
the president, has been banished from
Mexican soil.

Prince li‘uerstenbel‘g. a wealthy Ger-
man. recently purchased a publication
with which he and the German Emperor
are to fight the principles of socialism.

A monument erected to the memory
of Montcalm. the early French explorer.
at Vauvert, France, was unveiled .luly
17. The monument was built by public
subscriptions taken in France and Can—
ada. A replica of this monument will
be set up in Quebec and unveiled this
autumn.

The Japanese government is looking
to the future by subsidizing steamship
lines that will make Use of the Panama
canal as soon as it opens—the lines to
serve shippers from and to the eastern
coast of United States, Brazil and Ar-
gentine.- Another line will be run to
glifrica by way of Hong Kong and In-

a.

A German company has been organ-
izcd to construct armored dirigible bal-
loons of five—ton capacity.

National.

Speaker Cannon, of the house of rep-
resentatives, while making a speech at
\Vinfield, Kans, was overcome by heat.
He. however. rallied from the condition
and the following day was upon the
platform seemingly as well as ever.

The Grand Trunk railroad is about
to build a line from \l'innipeg to Chi-
cago. over which line it hopes to divert
much of the grain that now goes
through Canadian ports, to Chicago and
other American markets.

State officials of New York have found
brokers guilty of defrauding the state
of much revenue through the re-use of
cancelled stock stamps, the aggregate
of loss to the state being estimated at
$2,000,000 per year.

Heavy rains in the vicinity of Cincin-
nati and along the Ohio to the west oc-
curred Saturday and Sunday and did
considerable damage to property and
crops. No fatalities are reported to have
resulted directly from the storm.

An independent party is being launch-
ed in Pennsylvania for the purpose of
putting in the field an independent
ticket at the coming fall election.

The first presentation of aeroplanes
in Michigan was made last week at the
State Fair grounds, Detroit. The flights
were a success in that the aviators car-
ried out their contract to the letter and
gave the patrons the full worth of their
money. The weather conditions were
not of the best and perhaps, but for
this, new records might have been made.
\\'alter Brookins and Duval La Chap-
pelle were the drivers of the air crafts.

At 9:30 o‘clock Monday night the con-
ductors and trainmen of the Grand
Trunk railroad system walked out on
a strike, following the wishes of the
men as expressed in a vote taken the
day before, when all but about fifty of
the cmployes belonging to the union
declared for a strike, Should the oper-
ators decline to accede to the demands
of the men. Men have gone out at the
Detroit yards, Port Huron, Battle Creek
and all along the different lines of the
system. .

The promised strike on the Pennsyl-
vania lines was frustrated when the
men and the employes came together on
important matters at a conference of
representatives of both parties. ,The
agreement affects 15,000 men.

A 3200.000 fire occurred at \Vhiting,
1nd,, on Monday. when the grease plant
of the Standard Oil Company burned.

Guatemala is to be placed on a dif—
ferent monetary basis. The present
standard is paper money and is to be
changed to either silver or gold.

Five men were killed at the‘ quarry
at Nazareth, Pa, Monday, by a prema—
ture explosion of dynamite. The men
were all foreigners.

Michigan retail lumber dealers who
are in session at Detroit this week ap-
pointed a coni‘crcucc committee to mcct
with like delegations from the states of
Ohio and Indiana to form a general or-
ganization of interested men of the
thrcc states.

The unofficial announcement of the
findings of the committee which had in
charge the investigation of the Bailin-
ger—Pinchot affair states that the report
will contain a majority and a minority
issue. The majority report will exoner-
ate Secretary Ballingcr, while the mi-
nority report will declare him guilty
of the charges brought.

The official statistics of casualties on
the railroads of the country for the past
fiscal year shows that 8.722 persons
wore kiilcd and 96,626 injured on rail—
road property.

CBOI’ AND HARRIET NOTES.

Eastern Oceans 00., July 12.—Our
drouth has at last been broken by copi-
ous showers, which have fallen this
morning after the hottest Weather ever
experienced in this part of Michigan.

()ur hay crop is very light this year,,

owing to frost in April and May and dry
weather in June and July. Early peas
which are raised for the canning factory
at Hart, were almost a total failure. We
are hopeful that the late ones will be
saved by this rain. Corn has made a
very rapid growth and is now as large
as usual at this timc of year. Wheat
and rye are now ready for harvest and
promise a fair crop. Oats very short in
straw and head also. owing to the drouth
and hot Winds. Fat cattle and hogs
very scarce and high in price. Hogs.
9c; fowls. 10c: eggs, 17c: butter. 20c.
go wool being sold and no inquiry for

Lapse: 00., July 16.——The drouth still
continues and is beginning to tell on
pastures and new seeding. Early pota-
toes likely to be a short crop. Farmers
have had excellent weather to secure

 

JULY 23. 1910.

their hay crop and have now commenced ,
the harvesting of wheat and rye and :

oats will be a close second.-_ ,

bugs on hand to give growers extra
work. Many corn fields not clean of
weeds as yet. and there are also many
”missing hills, altho many fields were re-
planted. There are also many missing
hills in potato fields. Apples are drop--
ping badly, and there will be a. very
short crop of berries of all kinds, both
cultivated and Wild. No plums, cherries
or currents worth mentioning. Pigs still
demand a large rice ($8.50). Meat mar-
ket proprietors nd it difficult to secure
pork for their markets. Eggs lower
in price, while butter prices remain sta-
tionary and prices for grain are advanc-
ing. Help has been scarce this season.

West Marathon and 3. Clark 00., With.
July 14.——-Weather conditions continue
unchanged since June 14th, the ther<
momcter registering 90 in the shade
most of the time, and with no rain for
over five weeks m0st crops look very
bad and farmers are getting discour-
aged. Cut-worms are doing great dam-
age on corn and garden truck. There
are acres where every hill is destroyed,
and millet and fodder corn is being
planted. altho very little is coming up.
Considering the dry weather corn looks
good, and is the only thing farmers
figure on for some winter feed. Haying
about all done and averages about one-
quarter of a crop compared with last
year. Rye a fair crop; oats and barley
very poor and most of it will be cut
for hay. Potatoes look good and if a
rain will come soon expect a fair crop.
Cows and young stock being sold off
regardless of price. from $10.00 up. as
quite a few farmers will have nothing
to feed this winter and can hardly keep
the team. Hay sells. from the field. at
$30 per ton; dairy butter, 22 to 240;
eggs, 14c.

81:. Lawrence 00., N. Y., July 7.—-The
last month has been very dry and the
hay crop, much heavier than any for
three years, has matured rapidly, and
much has been cut. Today the drouth
is broken and a warm rain is falling.
Grain is looking fine and corn, after its
back set, is coming forward rapidly.
Potatoes that escaped the frost of May
5th are doing finely, but their foe—the

bug—keeps the farmer hustling. Last
week butter (extras) sold for 281/20;

cheese, 14c; eggs, 210. Pork very high
and young pigs selling at $3.50 and $4.

Steuben 00., Ind... July 18.—VVe have
been having very hot and dry weather.
Had a heavy rain and Windstorm last
Saturday that did some damage to the
cat crop. Wheat harvest is just com-
pleted and the threshing machines are
at work. Think the yield will be above
the average, with a little smut in a few
fields. Oats are looking well, are nearly
ready to cut and are quite smutty. The
stand of corn is very poor, but in
growth it is well up to Where it should
be. The tassels are just beginning to
show. Hay was never gotten in in better
shape. but is a very light crop. Young
clover is very small and uneven on ac-
count of the dry weather and the heavy
growth of straw. Unless we get plenty
of rain many fields will have to be
plowed up. Early potatoes are nearly
a complete failure. Wheat is selling at
900; corn, 65c: butter, 180; eggs, 15c;
hens, 11c; hogs, 8%0; sheep and cat-
tle are much lower.

West “Warren 00., 111., July l3.——The
first good soaking rain, for almost two
months came on the 9th. Wheat har-
vest, laying by corn and haying all on
at once. Harvest hands almost impos—
sible to get at $2.50 per day. Oats have
been ripening almost too fast, owing to
dry weather. W'heat the largest acrcag'e
fouyears. with prospects of a big vield-
while oats look the best for they last
three years. There will be some wheat
threshing done this week. All early
potatoes dried up and garden truck in-
jured by the long dry spell. Dealcrs pay
for. In trade, eggs, 13c: butter, 200. and
almost impossible to get. owing to the
farmers shipping their cream; corn 55c‘
oats, 40c. . '

Wayne 00., July 18.—The weather has
been very hot and dry, but we had a.
very nice rain July 15. Wheat mostly
cut and shocked up well. Haying‘ pretty
welbalong. and a good yield. Oats be—
ginning to ripen. looks as tho there
would be a fair crop. Corn is fair for
the season. Potatocs into and mostly a.
poor statngll, bteiné’; thin on the ground;
)u 01‘ si s an s at 220 3 ' l- m~r
180 per doz. let I), 809'

Gratiot (30., July 12.—Extremclv dry
weather has prevailed since early June,
and the drouth is beginning to be felt.
Corn 0n lighter soils rolls and early
potatoes seem to be little improved since
June. The lion’s share of the hay crop
was secured the week of the Fourth and
in good condition, because of the idcal
hay weather. The cut was much better
than was expected in June. Much wheat
Will be cut by July 20, and the crop is
the heavicst for several years. Beans
for the most part made rapid growth,

. but have had little attention. as the hay—

ing came on so soon after planting. Oats
have a heavy growth and are well head-
ed, but fear is expressed that the dry
weather vvill prevent their filling.

MIDSUMMER CROP CONDITIONS.

The general avcrnge condition of crop
growth in the Unite-d States on July
1. 1910, was about 5.5 per cent lower
than on July 1, 1909, 3.8 per cent lower
than July 1. 1908, and 3.4 per cent
lower than the ten—year average con-
dition on July 1. In the New England
states conditions are 3.5 per cent bet-
ter than a year ago and 4.1 per cent:
above the average. In the Southern
states conditions are about 3.5 per cent
better than on July 1 a year ago and
2.4 above the ten-year average; ‘in the
North Central states, east of the Mis-
siss1pp1 river, conditions are 8.7 per cent
below a year ago and 4 per cent below
the average; in the North Central
states. west of the Mississippi river
15 per cent lower than a year:
ago and. 12.2 per cent below the
average; in the far Western states, 3.6

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of more

Our Motto—“The Farmer is
consequence than the farm, and should be
first improved."

m Locus-r neonate.

State Lecturers Suggestions for first
Meeting.

“How can we accomplish most with
the energies and powers at hand? What
is worth while?"——-Anna R. Brown.

Song-

Three conundrums, propounded by
the Steward, and answered by mem-
bers. ‘

A five—minute_story, read. or told by
The Gatekeeper.

Things that are worth while: 1. The
crop that pays me best; 2. The animals
that bring me most returns; 3. The
hours that I spend most profitably; 4.
The things that I do that are most sat-
isfactory.

Select reading, “Which is Better?"

Roll call, responded to by each mem-
ber naming things that have been
“worth while” to him.

Fan exhibit, a surprise feature, pre-
pared and conducted by the women.

 

MAKING A SUCCESS 01' THE 00"!-
D00! “ETINGS.

 

With the approach of the annual ral-
lies and field meetings, Patrons may
profitably do a little quiet thinking on
how they may most effectually use, for
the advancement of the organization in
general, the opportunity for good work
which these occasions offer. The out-
door Grange meeting has become won-
derfully popular in recent years—so
much so that it is taxing the ability
of the State Grange to furnish the
speakers required for these meetings.
In his annual address at Traverse City,
last winter, State Master Hull SIIOVVOd
that this work is drawing heavily upon
the funds of State Grange, but he also
showed that it has unquestionably been
of great value in inspiring 'weak
Granges and indifferent members, in
adding to the membership, and in ad-
vertising the organization generally.
Master Hull believes that where the
most is made of the opportunities of-
fered by these meetings the results sel-
dom fail to justify the expense, and
he therefore sought to impress those
Gi‘ang~es"‘.\\'liicli ask for aid from the
state organization at this time with

the fact that they owe it to the Order
to make an extra effort to use that aid

to the very best advantage. He recom—
mended the short program and light re-
freshments as drawing cards, but said
that the greater factor in the success
of these meetings is personal invitation.
Where a person that We wish to reach

is given a hearty invitati0n to such a.-

meeting, by three or even more mem-
bers, he is pretty apt to be present. It
has been said that it is easy enough to
make a success of such a meeting where
the Grange is strong and enthusiastic,
but a band of not more than six mem-
bers, who are anxious to make a suc-
cess of such a gathering, can arouse all
the enthusiasm that is necessary if they
will. Supposing that all the persons
who ought to attend such a meeting
were invited and urged to come by each
of those six. They would naturally
conclude that there was enthusiasm

there, and there would be.
\__________.__.———

TEE OLDER POHONA. GBANGES.

In New Hampshire the State Grange
has established the precedent of filing,
in the office of its secretary, data touch-
ing the organization of each of the Po-
mona Granges formed in that state. In
gathering data with a view to compiling
a brief history of one of the New Hamp-
shire Pomonas, Bro. Geo. R. Drake, of
hat state, appears to have established
the fact that to the state of Illinois be-
longs the credit of having organized the
first Pomona after provision ior SUVCII
organizations had been made by the i\a_-
iional Grange. Concerning the results
of his investigation. he says:

The county, district or Pomona Grang—
cs were not a part of the original Pat—
rons of Husbandry and when. where and
by whom the first ones were instituted
is shrouded in mystery. Altlio the Na-
tional Grange did not promde plans for
the organization of Pomona Granges un-
til the famous session held. in Charles-
town, S. C., in 1874, yet Similar Granges
were instituted previous to that time.

It is maintained by Chemung Pomona
Patrons, of New York, that. theirs IS
“the first Pomona ever organized ’l’lndel‘
the laws of the National Grange, and
no evidence has been found to refute
the claim, but I have a copy of the rec-
ords, made more than nine months pre-
viously, at the organization of Peoria
Co., Illinois, Pomona and, as its number
is 33, it is apparent that similar
Granges were established in the middle
west before the National Grange prov1d-
ed for them and framed laws for their
overnment. , ,

g In procuring data for the “History of
Eastern N. H. Pomona Grange.” the fol-

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

lowing dates of organization have been
furnished by the secretaries of the re—
spective Pomona Granges:
2 ngria Co., 111., No. 33. organized June
. 1 4.

Chemung Co., N. Y., No. 1, organized
March 6, 875.
1 lilgw Castle. Del. No. 1, organized May
. 75.

Burlington Co., N. J.. No. 1, organized
May 18, 1875.

Chester and Delaware, Pa.. No. 3, or-
ganized June 3, 1875.

Berrien Co., Mich., N0.
July 11, 1875.

Androscoggin Co., Me., No. 1, organized
Sept. 28. 1875.

Chittenden Co., [Vt., No. 1,
January. 1876.

1, organized

organized

 

AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.

Voted In Improvement. ——Fa i rfi el d
Grange, of Lenawee Co., had an attend-
ance of 53 at its meeting on July 9,
and put a candidate through the first
two degrees. Grange decided to have
a new cement walk laid in front of its
home.

Charlevoix Grange: Keep Up Interest.
———The hot weather has had little effect
upon Grange attendance in Charlevoix.
Ironton Grange has just inaugurated
another contest for increasing member—
ship. At its July 5 meeting it had an
attendance of 44, and obligated two
candidates in the first and second de—
grees. Maple Grove on the same date
had an attendance of 23 and received
four new members. After a short but
entertaining program a committee was
appointed to arrange for the annual
picnic. Wilson Grange met July 9
with 25 Patrons present and enjoyed an
unusually good program, while Deer
Lake Grange received five applications
for membership at its meeting on
July 2.

 

COMING EVENTS.

Grange Rallies and Picnics.

Oceana Co,_ at Pentwater, Saturday,
July 28.

Berrien Co. Granges, at Eau Claire,
Saturday, July 30. B. E. Kies. speaker.

Lenawec Co. Pomona, with Fruit Ridge
Grange, Thursday, Aug, .

Pokagon Grange, Cass Co., at Wiest’s
Landing, Indian Lake, Thursday, Aug. 4.

Northern Lenawee Co. Grange and
Farmers' Clubs. at Sand Lake, Putnam’s
Landing. Saturday. Aug. 13.

Kent Co. Pomona, at Silver Lake. Can-
non township, Kent Co., \Vednesday,
Aug. 17.

 

Pomona Meetings.
Charlevolx Co., with Norwood Grange,
Thursday, Aug. 18.

claiming

AAAAAAAAALALALALAA LAM

 

Address all communications relative to
the organization of new clubs to Mrs. C.
P. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.

Associational Motto.—

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

NOTICE 'ro—cnun SECRETARIES.

The state secretary has forwarded an-
nual reports to the different clubs of
the state. If any club fails to receive
their package, please communicate with
the secretary. In cases where there
was no express office at the postoflice
address, the reports were sent to the
nearest express office. There are still
some clubs that have neglected to for-
ward the 1910 list of officers with ad-

dresses. Will they not do so imme-
diately and oblige?——‘\Irs. C. P. John-
son, Sec.

 

CLUB PICNICS.

The Hadley and Elba Farmers’ Club,
of Lapeer Co. will unite with the Lapeer
Co. i‘armers' picnic on August 18, in-
stead of holding a separate annual pic-
nic as was previously planned.

 

CLUB Discussroxs.

Hold Children’s Day Meeting—The
Hadley and Elba farmers held their June
meeting at \Valnut Ridge, the home of
Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Bartenfelder. This
was children's day. and the young peo-
ple furnished a delightful program. con-
sisting of songs, recitations and instru—
mental music. Prof. J. F. Reiman and
family, of Hudson, were present, and
contributed several numbers to the pro-

gram. Mr. Iteiman is thoroughly in-
terested in all matters of school and
higher education, and we congratulate

Hudson in her choice of a Hadley “boy"
as superintendent of her city schools.
The club voted to dispense with the pic—
nic July 4th and unite with the Lapeer
Co. Farmers’ Picnic. Aug. '18. The next
regular meeting will be at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith in September.
when we expect Prof. Baker of M. A.
to tell us how to care for the farm
woodlot. This will be a very interest-
ing meetings and a cordial invitation is
extended to all to come and share the
pleasures and profits of the day—Mrs.
C. P. Johnson, Sec.

Oppose Prize right Pictures.—Mr. and
Mrs. Frank S. Aldrin, daughter, Miss
Anna. and son, Fred, most pleasantly
entertained the members of the Burton
Farmers’ Club, of Shitwassee 00.. at
their hospitable home, Thursday. July 7.
Owing to the absence of the president,
C. E. Potter acted as chairman. The
club opened with an old song. “0. Come.
Come Away,” followed by the devotional
exercises conducted by the chaplain,

Mrs.'Hammond. By vote, Mr. and Mrs.
John Sherman were reinstated as mem«
bers of the club. A motiou was made
and unanimously carried that the Burton
Farmers’ Club go 011 record as opposed
to the exhibition of pictures of prize
fights in our moving picture shows.

The Best rood for Little Chicks.—
Mrs. Hammond feeds her little chicks
bread and milk for two or three weeks,
after which she gives them wheat or
cracked corn. Mrs. Garber feeds the
bread dry and gives them plenty of
water to drink fOr four weeks, then the
wheat and cracked corn. Mrs. Giles
likes the steel cut oat meal as a feed
for little chicks. .

Should Our Divorce Laws be More
Strict?——One believes if the divorce laws
were more strict, fewer couples would
get married. Another thinks the home
training should be battered and another
believes we should have strict national
divorce laws.

The Best Way to Rake Iny—“VVhich
is the best way to make hay, the old
or the new?" Mr. Aldrin thinks the new
way is the cheapest, easiest and quick-
est, hence the best. The hay is just
as good and sells for just as much. A
loader and rake will pay for themselves
in two years.

Auto Testing on Highways—“Should
the highways be used for testing autos
and auto trucks?” A most spirited dis-
cussion followed on this question, but
all doubt whether the auto or auto truck
has any right to plow up the roads and
run faster than the law allovvs when
testing their machines on our country
roads.

The Poultry House—“If you were to
build a new chicken house, which would
you build, wood or cement?" Neither
Mrs. Garber nor G. C. Potter have had
any but wood hen houses and like them
very well. Mr. Fautli told of a neigh—
bor’s chicken house which is made of
cement. It is built very nicely but
proves to be unsatisfactory because of
the dampness. Mrs. Moulton said that
they had small chicken houses built
without any floor so they could be moved
to any ficld, and had found them very
successful.

The “Fly Problem.——“How can we keep
flies from the house?” Mrs. Hammond
says we should keep every door and
Window screened and the premises round
about the house clean. Mrs. Huff says
she has read that flies would never go
where there was a hop vine growing.
Mrs. Fauth says sweet peas and sweet
clover are disagreeable to dine. After
Mrs. Fauth had announced the program
for the August meeting. the club was
adjourned to meet Friday. Aug. 5, with
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Brookins.

nutrition of Plant Life—The last
meeting of the Maple River l~‘armers'
Club was held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. \Vm. Gladden, and it proved a most
enjoyable and profitable session. “Nu-
trition of Plant Life" was the topic, as—
signed to Floyd Reynolds, who evidently
gave the topic profound thought and
consideration. Plants are very similar
to animals. The same food that goes
to compound plant structure goes also
to build up animal form. The only ap-
parent difference bctween plants and
animals is that the material utilized in
structural formation undergoes a differ-
ent chemical change. Plants have or-
gans that prepare their food for struc-
tural purposes the same as animals.
There are two sources of plant food
supply, the air and the soil. From the
air plants obtain oxygen, hydrogen and
nitrogen, which undergoes a chemical
decomposition before available for plant
consumption. From the soil plants ob-
tain oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen,
which undergoes a chemical decomposi-
tion before available for plant cousump-
lion. 171‘0111 the soil plants obtain up-
wards of iiincty different clcmcnts and
compounds of different chemical compo-
sition. Mr. Reynolds spoke of the need
of handling the soil in such a manner
as to keep within casy reach of plants
an abundance of available plant food.
The nutrition of plant life, which in
reality is the assimilation oi? plant food,
cannot be successfully carried on unless
conditions are favorable for chemical
reaction to take place. Plants with
weak assimilative organs are like people
trouble with indigestion, the food can-
not be broken down and utilized for
structural purposes. Mr. Reynolds spoke
of the vital importance of directing carc—
ful study to plant life. The growth and
development of a plant is the very best
index of its health and vigor.

The “White Plague” Problem.——“How
to Control and Eradicate the White
Plague,” was presented in an able paper
by Mrs. A. B. Cook. The white plague
is a term applied to tuberculosis. In
the past few years this disease among
the human race has made great progress,
and unless strenuous measures are
adopted to obliterate and check its
spreading, the American people face a
deplorable condition. In large cities
where the population is congested and
unsanitary conditions prevail, tubercu-
losis is fast getting a foothold. Mrs.
Cookspoke of the work that is being
done In many of the large cities to eradi-

cate this disease. In New York, Chi-
cago and a large number of other cilics
homes have been established for con-

sumptives, and are proving very effec-
tive in preventing the spread of the dis-
ease. _She also spoke of the importance
of giving more attention to the preven-
tion of tuberculosis. In the early stage
of the disease the progress of the germ
can be checked, but after the trouble has
once got a firm hold, there is no known

cure. Open air exercise is one of the
effectual means of developing strong,

vigorous lungs. Sleeping rooms that are
well ventilated and clean are vital to the
health of every person.

The Importance of Self-Control.—E. J.
Cook spoke on this subject. He believes
that there is nothing more essential in
the development of character than self-
control. One author has said that there
are two diseases of the human race that
cause undue suffering. and they are in-
flammatory temper. It is degrading as
well as demoralizing to lose control of
one’s self.

 

 

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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

July 20, 1910.
Grains and Seeds.

Wheat—The whole tendency of the
market this past week has been upward.
The dry weather was not broken until
Monday, when the trade quickly respond-
ed to the better conditions and the rap-
idly advancing market was interrupted
with a drop of a cent and a half. Both
cash grain and the futures were evenly
affected by the conditions. Spring wheat
was largely benefited in some of the
large producing sections. Farmers con-
tinue to sell liberally in the southwest
where threshing is in progress. Liver-
pool is lower. due in part to the American
weakneSS and some to improvement in
the Russian crop. Threshing will soon be
the order in Michigan where it is expect-
ed that a good crop of fine quality will be
garnered. The price for N0. 2 red wheat
on this market a year ago was $1.35 per
bu. Visible supply shows a decrease of
less than a million bushels. Quotations
for the week are as follows:

No. 2 No. 1
Red. White. Sept. 1Dec.

 

 

Thursday .. ..1.07 1.07 1.06% .
Friday .. ..... 1.08% 1.08% 1.08% 1.10%
Saturday ....1.09 1.09 1.09%, 1.11

Monday ......1.10 1.10 109%. 1.11
Tuesday ......1.081,é 1.08% 1.07% 1.09%
Wednesday ”1.09% 1.09% 1.09 1.11
Germ—This place has had a firm and
quiet corn trade this past week With
prices going up steadily. The corn is
needing rain and while some few sections
were satisfied with good showers many
others continue to suffer and the crop ap—
pears to be on the decline. The Michigan
crop appears to find favor with the weath—
er man and is growing now as well ad-
vanced as in normal seasons despite the
delay in planting. Little feeding and the
supply of other feeds makes the demand
for corn small, which causes the quiet
market. One year ago we were paying

74c per bushel for No. 3 corn. Quota-
tions for the week are as follows:

No. 2 No. 2

Mixed Yellow.
Thursday 6344 65
Friday ......... .. 63%, 65%
Saturday ......... . 64 66
Monday ....... 64 66
Tuesday . . . . . . . ........... 641/2 661/;
Wednesday ............... 641/2 66%

Oats.——The oat crop will soon be ready
for the harvester. In Illinois and Indiana
harvesting is now well under way and the
crop promises to be a good once—the
heads being long and the berry well filled.
The price is advanced for the week, due
largely to the influence of wheat and
corn. At this date in 1909 the price for
No, 3 oats was 54c. Quotations for the
week are: ,
Standard. Sept.

44

Th rsda 40
Friday y......... ....... 44 40%
Saturday 45 401,9
Monday .......... 47 4014;
Tuesday ......... 47% 40
Wednesday .............. . 471/2 40

Beans—There is a firm tone to the
bean trade. Dealers have seen fit to ptit
up the nominal quotations here to attract
the legumes to this market since the out-
side points have given the trade encour-
agement by advancing values. The crop
appears to be doing well except that in
places the ground is so dry that proper
growth is not being made. The nominal
quotations for the week are as follows:

Cash. Oct.

Thursday ............... . . .3222 $2.05
Friday ..................... 2.22 2.05
Saturday ................... 2.27 2.08
Monday .................... 2.27 2.08
Tuesday 227 2.08
Wednesday ................ 2.27 2.08

CIoverseed.——I)ry weather following
haying is always damaging to the clover
crop, especially to the June seed, and that
is the ease in many of the sections of
this state now. This condition has ud-
vaneed prices as may be set-n from the
quotations given below:

Primr- .\'p' i. for,
Thursday .................. 8:. . .5} ‘3
Friday ...................... L w: .3 \._.
Saturday ................... i .. o_4..
IVIOndziy .................... L ‘.l L 2')
Tuesday .................... L ‘1 ._ :1
Wednesday ................. . -.. . _..

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Rye.~—'l‘hc market i.~: q'iivf,’
The nominal quotation is n- pA-r i.:i.,
which is the price of a we-k ago,
Visible Supply of Grain.
This week. Last ".“Mi.

Wheat ............... 10,&‘.”.-l,l.(o ii.:;i::.wo
Corn ................. 4,740,000 4.? 13.1100
Oats ................. 3,510,006) ~l.‘ifii,|rt)ti
Rye .................. 313,000 1:61.000
Barley ............... 1,107,000 1,444,000

Flour. Feed, Provisions, Etc.
Fiour.—The flour trade is strong at_the
ruling values of a Week ago. Quotations
are:

Clear ................................. $4.60
Straight ............................. 4.80
Patent Michigan .................... v.10
Ordinary Patent ..................... 4.90

Hay and Straw.—All grades steady at
last week’s figures. Quotations on baled
hay in car lots f. 0. 1). Detroit, are: 0.
1 timothy, $17.50@18; No, 2 timothy, $15.50
((716; clover, mixed, 3315506016; rye straw,
$7647.50; wheat and Oat straw, $050607
per ton.

Feed.~All grades steady with last week.
Carlot prices on track: Bran, $23 per
ton; coarse middlings, $24; fine middlings,
$27; cracked corn, $27: coarse corn meal,
$27; corn and oat chop, $24 per ton.

Potatoes.—A steady trade prevails with
demand and supply well adusted to keep
prices firm. They are quoted at $1.50@2
per bbl.

Provisions.--—-Mess pork, $25;
pork, $25@26; medium clear, $24@26;
smoked hams, 171/2c; dry salted briskets,

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. .

bacon, 20@21c; lard in tierces, 12%0‘; ket-
tle rendered, 1394c per lb.
Hides—Steady. No, 1 cured, 9c; No.
1 green, 7%c; No. 2 cured bulls, Sc; No. 2
green bulls, 61/2c; No. 1 cured veal kip,
100; No. 1 green veal kip, 8c; No. 1 cured
calf, 14c; No. 2 kip and calf, 1236c; N0. 1
horsehides, $3.50; No. 2 horsehides, $2.50;
sheepskins, as to amount of wool. 20@60c.

Dairy and Poultry Products.

Butter.~Vaers have not changed this
past week. There is a good demand and
the output is limited by the. quality of the
pastures which have been damaged by
the continued dry weather. Recent rains
helped but not sufficient to influence but-
ter prices. The following are the quota-
tions: Extra creamery, 28c; firsts, do.,
27c; dairy. 22c; packing stock, 21c per 1b.

Eggs—No changes occurred during the
week in the price for eggs. The demand
is good and the supply fair. Fresh eggs,
case count, cases included, are quoted at
171/20 per doz., which is the price of a
week ago.

Poultry.—All the grades of poultry rule
about the same as a week ago except in
the chicken department where the im—
proved supply is pushing values down.
Demand is quiet. Quotations are: Broil-
ers, 19Qi‘20c; hens, 140: old roosters and
stags, 12c; ducks. 160; geese, 11@r13c; tur-
keys, 16@163,§c per l-b.

Cheese.—Michigan, late made, 15c;
Michigan, fall made, 17%@1Sc; York state,
18@181/2c; limburger, old, 17@18c; Swiss,
domestic block, 23@24c; cream brick,
16@16l/2c

Calves—Steady. Choice to fancy, 11@
111/20; ordinary, 101/2c.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Apples.—New apples are on the local
market. They are not plentiful and are
selling at $4.50@5.50 per hamper.

Cabbage.——Steady. Selling at $1.25@
1.75 per crate for new.

Currants.—Reds selling here at $3@3.50
per bu.

Raspberries—Offerings are in fair sup-
ply. Trade active. Reds are quoted at
33.75634 per bu. Blacks, $1.25@1.50 per
16-qt. case.

Blackberries.»Market lower; supply is
fair. Selling at $3613.50 per bu.

Huckleberries.—Selling at $4.25 per 24-
qt. case.

Gooseberries.—-—Lower. Quoted at $2@
2.50 per bushel.

Cherries.——Hard to get. Now selling at
$3.50@4 per bu. for sour. Sweet, $4 bu.

Vegetables.———Beets, 350 per doz; car-
rots, 25c per doz; cucumbers, 60@75c
per doz; eggplant. $1.25@1.50 per doz;
green onions, 10@12c per doz; head let-
tuce, 75@90c per bu; mint, 250 per doz;
parsley, 20(025c per doz; radishes, 150
per doz; spinach, 65c per bu; turnips, 40c
per doz; watercress 20@25c per doz; wax
beans, $2 per bu; pieplant, 20c per dozen.

OTHER MARKETS.

 

Grand Rapids.

The berry season is rapidly closing,
hastened by the dry, hot weather. Prices
on the city market Tuesday morning
ranged as follows: 'Red raspberries, $1.75
@2; black raspberries, $1.40er»1.60; black-
berries, $2. Cherries are higher, selling
for $4 per bu. Currants are worth $1.65
@2. The early crop of home-grown po-
tatoes have been hit hard by the hot. dry
weather, the few that have been offered
being small and inferior. First home-
grown summer squash are in market,
selling at BC per lb. Peas are worth $1.40
per bu.. butter beans, $3. The egg market
is a trifle weaker, the price to the country
trade being 17Gv171/2c. Creamery butter
is steady at 280, dairy at 22c. Dressed
hogs are bringing 111/2C. Wheat is up 3c,
N0. 2 red bringing $1.04; No. 1 white,
$1.02 per bu.

 

Chicago.

“meat—No. 2 red, $1.09%@1.10%; Sep-
tember, $1.085/8; December, $1.079;

Corn—No. 2 mixed, 62@621/2c; Septem-
ber, 607/80; December, 58%0.

Oats—No. 3 white, 401/2@42V2c; Sep-
tember, 3914c; December, 401/3c.

Button—Despite an undertone of weak.
ness last week‘s advanced prices still
rule. Quotations are: Creameries, 24@
L‘Sc; dairies, 2471260.

Eggswhiarket continues slow and easy
with lust week’s lower values ruling.
I‘rime firsts, 17c; firsts, 150; at mark,
casts included, liWiHc per doz.

Hay and Strauz—Market strong with all
:zmlts of hay showing a furthcr advance
1 1'51 per ton. Straw steady at last week’s
temps, Quotations are: Choice timothy,
’1' 'Z’vr “' To: No. timothy, $19.504L’2ti.50;
' nil No. 1 mixcd, $180119; No, 3
mixed, $14.50fri.17.50; rye
oat straw, $7048; wheat

  

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i’utatncs.wPrices are 10c lower for best
stock with lTlHl‘kr't rather easy under in-
cirasin: receipts. Choice to fancy new,
mini“- pcr bu; fair to good, 58¢160e.

iz-aiis.m.-\ll kinds higher; market firm.
(‘hwitc hand—picked are quoted at $236173
2.4“: fair to good, $2.26@2.30; red kidneys,
$3012.74» per bu.

\YHUIu-Ji‘l‘ildt‘ slow; prices show no
change. Fine dclaine, unwashed, 2(ifl22c;
fine medium, 23442»ic; medium, 23@250.

 

New York.

Butter—“Weaker; creameries 1/2c lower.
Creamery specials quoted at 283,;@29C;
DI‘OOtSS butter, 2201‘251/2c pcr lb,

Eggs.»Market firm. Nearby eggs are
quotcd zit 24Q30c; fresh gathered extras,
191/§3(u}2lc; firsts, 17(118C per dozen,

Poultry.—l\inrket irregular; fowls have
advanced while broilers are lower. Live
quoted as follows: Western fowls, 181,4;ng
19C: western broilers, 20@22c; turkeys,
1069140 per lb. .

 

Boston.

Wool.—Strong competition continues in
the London auctions now in progress, and
since Americans are buying there farmers
here think they are warranted in holding
their wool for they are still of the opinion
that the action of buyers is a bluff. Noth-

family ing would be more pleasing to the farmers

than to be able to hold out until buyers
were compelled to pay the price asked

15c; shoulders, 14%c; picnic hams, 131/,c; and most farmers are in a position to

 

do it. The following are the leading do-
mestic quotations: Ohio and Pennsylvania
fleeces—Delaine washed, 34c; XX, 30c;
half blood combing, 27@28c; three—eighths
blood combing, 27@280; quarter blood
combing, 26@27. Michigan, Wisconsin
and New York fleeces—Fine unwashed,
19@20c; delaine unwashed, 23@24c; half
blood unwashed, 26@2’(c; three-eightns
blood unwashed, 26@27c; quarter blood,
25@26c. Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri
—-Three-eighths blood, 26@28c; quarter
blood, 24@26c.

 

Eigin.

Butter.—Market is firm at 28c per 1b.,
which is last week's quotation. The sales
for the week amounted to 1,029,600 lbs.,
compared with 1,076,334 lbs. for the week
previous.

 

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

 

Buffalo.
July 18, 1910.
(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, N. Y.)

Receipts of stock here today as follows:
Cattle, 145 cars; ,liogs, 2,560; sheep and
lambs, 3,600; calves, 1,500.

\Vith 145 cars of cattle on sale here to-
day, we report all cattle from 1,100 lbs.
down, strong at last Monday’s prices, and
cattle weighing above 1,100 lbs. slow and
barely steady, and in many instances 10c
ower.

We quote: Best 1.350 to 1,500—lb. steers,
$7.75@8; good prime 1,200 to 1,350-lb. do.,
$7.25@7.60; best 1,100 to 1,200-1b. Shipping
steers, $6.50@7.25 medium butcher steers,
1,000 to 1,100 lbs., $5.50@6; light butcher
steers, $5@5.40; best fat cows, $5.25@5.75;
fair to good cows, $4.25@4.75; common
to medium do., $3@3.75; best fat heifers,
$6@6.50; good fat heifers, $5@5.50; fair to
good do., $4.25@5; stock heifers, $3.50@
3.75; best feeding steers, $4.50@4.75; me-
dium to good do., $4@4.25; stockers, all
grades, $3.50@3.75; best bulls, $5.25@5.50;
bologna bulls, $4604.50; light thin bulls,
$3.50@4; best inilkers and springers, $50
@60; common to good do., $30@40. The
good cows were $2@3 higher today; com—
mon cows steady.

Hog market opened about steady at
Saturday’s close, or otherwise 5@10c
lower than early prices Saturday morn—
ing; closing with a good clearance. Ev-
erything selling that was yarded in time
for the market.

We quote: Medium and heavy from 200
to 220 lbs., $9fiv9.10; 250 and up, $8.90@9;
yorkers, $9.25@9.40 as to weights; pigs
and lights mixed, $9.50fi9.70; roughs,
$7.50; stags, $6@6.50. Prospects look
fair for the future at about the above
prices.

The lamb niarke: opened steady and
closed a quarter higher, with most of the
best spring lambs selling at 70; few at
$7.25; yearling lambs, $5.75@6. All sell-
ing; look for steady market balance of
week. Sheep market was steady today,

and look for steady prices balance of the
week.
We quote: Spring lambs, $7607.25;

yearlings, $5.75@6; wethers, $5@5.25; ewes
$4@4.25; cull sheep, $2.50@3.50; bucks,
$2.50@3; veals, choice to extra, $9.75@10;
fair to good do., $8.50@9; heavy calves,
$5@6.

 

Chicago.
July 18, 1910.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep
Received today ...... 26,000 23,000 40,000
Same day last year..25,436 23,651 22,959
Received last week ..56,516 102.348 108,570
Same week last year.49,297 93,390 95,631

The week starts off today with full
supplies of everything except hogs, the
collapse in hog prices last week tending
to restrict country shipments. Last Sat—
urday’s hog sales Were at $7.90.u‘8.90, with
prime pigs selling at $9@9.10. On the pre-
ceding Saturday hogs sold at $8.30@
9.37%. The decreased run today made a
better outlet, and sales were at Satur-
day’s best figures, with best light iiogs
at $8.90 and some pigs at $5). The hogs
received for the last two weeks have av-
eraged 244 lbs., compared with 224 lbs. a
year ago, 221 lbs. two years ago and 236
lbs. three years ago. Cattle were rather
animated todaypgood lots running firm
and others soiling largely 10c lower.
Thirty cars of Montana range cattle ar-
rived, and further supplies are expected
tomorrow. Calves sold at $3fd‘9. The
market was glutted with sheep and
lambs, principally lambs, and the great
bulk of the offerings hailcd from the
ranges and graded poorly. Prime lambs
were up about 15c after last chk‘s dc-
cline of $1 in lambs and 50c in sheep, with
few offered, most of the lambs being in-
ferior and fit only for fcctlcrs. Sheep
were 10(1;15c lower. Lambs Wore salable
at $4606.65, wethcrs at $3013.90, ewes at
$2073.75 and yearlings at $4614.90. Feed4
or lambs were wanted at $5.50@6.

Cattle started off last week slow and
decidedly lower, a Monday run of 25,388
head being too large for a single day and
causing breaks of 1041.25c. liettcr mar—
kets were seen on other days. the next
largest receipts being 17,169 head on \Vcd—
nesday, while quite moderate numbers
showed up on other (lays. There Were
good rallies in prices for dos‘li'ublc offer—
ings, which met with a good demand both
on local and eastern shipp‘ng account,
but ordinary grassy cattle failed to sell
above the Monday decline. The bulk of
the beef steers sold during the week be-
tween $6@8, ordinary lots selling at $4.05
@0, fair killers at $6.10fi76.95; medium lots
at $7077.45, good cattle at $7.506ii7.95,
and choice to extra heavy Shipping beeves
at $8608.60. The widening out of prices
between common and prime cattle is what
is always looked for at this time of the
year_ and its continuance is almost a
certainty, for while there are plenty of
grass—fed cattle, the supply of prime
corn-fed beeves is growing smaller all
the time. Butcher stock has sold well or
otherwise according to the quality of the
cattle, cows and heifers bringing $3.856!)
6.65, while canners and cutters had fair
sales at $2.35@3.80, with sales of bulls at

$2.75@6. The stocker and feeder trade
was more animated so far as stockers
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JULY 23, 1910.

were concerned, sales ranging at $3@
5.10, but very few buyers were willing ’90
pay the high prices asked for desirable
feeders, sales ranging at $5@5.85, and
some lots selling at $4.60@4.90. The dry
spell has burned up pastures in many
places and stopped the demand for feed-
ers and forced cattle on the market pre-
maturely. Distillery-fed steers have sold
at $7.25@8.15 and Texas steers at $4.40@
6.40. A continuance of recent general
features of the cattle trade is generally
expected, with a tendency to increase
buying of fat little handy yearling steers
and heifers.

Hogs were marketed more freely last
week, particularly on Monday, when 36,-
128 head arrived, and some sharp breaks
in prices took place, the best grades shar-
ing in the declines, although the greatest
depression was sho n in rough, heavy
lots, which were discriminated against
by packers. Eastern shippers were apt
to buy more freely, and on Monday 6,389
hogs were s ipped out, lower prices tend-
ing to stimu ate buying. Shippers wanted
a good to choice grade of hogs of rather
light weight, and light hogs sold highest
of all, but strong weight pigs were higher
than matured hogs. topping the market
daily. Heavy hogs continued to make
up the great bulk of the daily offer-
ings, and the spread in prices widened
out a good deal, coarse heavy hogs selling
below $8. Quality showed a falling off,
and more thin, graSSy sows at times in—
dicated a desire to cash in everything
marketable around ruling quotations.
Prospects appear to be bright for choice
hogs, but the common heavy kinds are
likely to go much lower. Hogs for cut—
ting up into fresh pork and bacon are the
favorites.

Sheep and lambs were plentier than
ever last week, with especially liberal
supplies from the distant ranges, the first
shipments of the season arriving from
Montana, while the burned-up ranges of
Idaho forced in big numbers of sheep and
spring lambs prematurely. Great num-
bers of the range offerings were wholly
undesirable for converting into mutton,
and buyers in search of feeders had flue
chances to load up, their increased opera-
tion accounting mainly for the greatly
enlarged shipments from here. Packers
continued to have things pretty much
t'ieir own way, and further big breaks in
piices placed the market on a much
lower level than a year ago, the contin-
ued heavy shipments of southern spring
lambs from Louisville to the packers di-
rect helping them to buy lambs on the
open market here on much easier terms.
There was a growing demand for breed-
ing ewes, which sold at $4@4.75, with
prime yearling range breeding ewes sell-
ing up to $5.75.

Horses were more active part of last
week, eastern buyers from Philadelphia,
New York and other cities taking hold
with more freedom. The demand called
for drafters at $170@250 per head, with
finished 1,800—lb. animals selling up to
$285, while 1,600-lb. chunks were taken at
$190©220. A fair outlet was seen at
times for expressers at $160@210, and
wagon horses were taken at $130@175.
Drivers had a limited sale at $150@300,
while feeders were in only fair demand at
$170@225. Continued activity during the
midsummer cannot be expected. F.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Greatly altered conditions prevail in the
hog markets of the country, it having
been impossible to longer maintain the
high prices that had been prevailing.
Hogs are still extremely high as compared
with former years and are generally ex-
pected to continue to bring high prices,
but a. return to the fancy figures that
were paid so readily a few months ago is
haidly looked for, even by the most ar-
dent bulls. Eastern buyers in Chicago
and other western markets some time ago
ceased to buy with any degree of freedom,
stating that they could no longer afford
to pay ruling prices, and since then west-
ern packers may be said to have been in
practical control of the situation.

Heavy packing hogs, after a long period
during which buyers paid nearly as high
prices as were offered for the lighter and
medium weights, have had a big fall, and
there is no telling how much lower they
will go. They are placed in a weaker
position than is usual at this season of the
year because so many farmers are using
unusual pains to make their hogs good
and fat before sending to market. Corn
as compared with prices paid for hogs, is
a very cheap article, and much better re-
turns are made by converting it into pork
than by marketing the grain. Further—
more. the old sows are first fattened up
in good shape and then shipped to mur—
kct, where they have to be disposed of
at an enormous discount from prices read-
ily paid for barrows of light weight. The
loud call is for bacon hogs and pigs, while
farmers are. sending in mostly lard hogs.
It was believed some time ago that most
farmers would realize the importance of
retaining their good brood sows of known
value to be used still for breeding pur-
poses, but it is found that many farmers
take a widely different View of the matter
and are retaining only their sow gilts for
breeding. Perhaps later on they will see
that a mistake has been made in letting
the sows go.

The silage system is being tested at the
Illinois agricultural experiment station,
with a view of maintaining an average
of one cow per acre throughout the year.
This means that one acre will produce
sufficient forage to feed a cow a year and
maintain her in good condition. A suc—
ccssful working out of this scheme would
enable a doubling of the Illinois dairy iii—
dustry on the same area of land.

A great many intending buyers of feeder
cattle are waiting for thin steers from the
northwestern ianges to show up in the
markets of the west in liberal numbers,
believing that then they will be able to
get cattle at much lower prices.

Montana range cattlemen report a big
calf crop, and there are plenty of fat cat-
tle in parts of the state where sufficient
rains have fallen, but‘ the drouth in parts
of Montana has ruined the «feed and dis-
couraged new settlers. Hay is up to $20
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JULY 23, 1910.
THIS is THE LAST EDITION.“

 

In the first edition the Detroit Live.
Stock markets are reports of last week:
all other markets are right up. to date.
Thursday’s Detroit Live Stock markets
are given in the last edition. The first
edition is mailed Thursday, the last edi-
tion Fréiday morning. The first edition is
mailed to those who care more to get the
paper early than they do for Thursday’s
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Thursday’s Market.
Ju

1y
Cattle.
Market

21, 1910.

Receipts, 858. strong at last

week’s prices.
We quote: Best steers and heifers, $6;
steers and heifers, 1.000 to 1,200, $5605.50;
steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000, $4:50@5;
grase steers and heifers that are fat, 800
to 1,000, $4.50@5; grass steers and heifers
that are fat, 500 to 700. $3.75fi/425; choice
fat cows, $4.75; good fat cows, $3.75@
4.25; common cows, $3603.25; canncrs,
$2.25@2.50; choice heavy bulls, $4.25; fair
to good bolognas, bulls, $375614; stock
bulls, $3.25@3.50; choice feeding steers,
300 to 1,000, $4.25@4.50; fair feeding steers
800 to 1,000, $4@4.25; choice stockers, 500
to 700, $4504.25; fair stockers, 500 to 700,
$3.50@4; stock heifers, $3.25@3.50; milk-
$406100;

ers, large, young, medium age,
common milkers, $25@35. .
Bishop, B. sold Mich. B. Co, 3

bulls av 1.170 at $4.25, 6 do av 925 at $3.75);
to Kamman 12 butchers av 903 at $2), 2
cows av 945 at $3.50, 4 do av 930 at $4,
1 heifer weighing 750 at $3.50, 3 butchers
av 716 at $4.50, 8 do av 725 at $4.25; to
Bresnahan 7 cows av 1.004 at $3.50, 1 do.
weighing 830 at $2.50; to Sullivan Path).
6 butchers av 670 at $4.25, 1 heifer weiglh
ing 750 at $3.50, 9 stecrs av 970 at $5.50,
36 butchers av 625 at $3.85, 1 bull weigh~
ing 1,000 at $4; to Rattkowsky 2 cows av
825 at $3.40, 2 do av 805 at $3.25, 5 do av
800 at $4.25; to Goose 2 do av 920 at $3.90;
to Schlach 8 butchers av 700 at $4.50; to
Kamman B, Co. 16 do av 816 at $4.50, 5
do av 830 at $4.85; to Erban Bros. 1 bull
weighing 930 at $4; to Brcsnahan i'cpjv
weighing 1.100 at $3, 3 do av 1,053 at $3.15;
to Kamman 4 butchers av 930 at $4, _4 do.
av 716 at $4.50, 8 do av 725 at $4.25; to
Hammond, S, & Co. 4 do av 717 at $3;
to Marx 4 do av 790 at $4.75, 2 steers av
970 at $5.40; to Goose 4 heifers av 375 at
‘350; to Bresnahan 1 steer weighing 1,010
at $5.20. _

Roe Com, C0. Sold Mich, B. Co. 4 bulls
av 1,115 at $4; to Gerish 9 steers av 934
at $5.60,; to Mayor 3 feeders av 843 at
$4.65; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 cows av 1,012
att$'4.10,i.8ndo av 936 at $3.35, 2 do av 91;)
at $2.50,. 6 do av 855 at $3.75, 6 butchers av

770 at- $4.65; to Mich. B. Co. 29 do av
"60 at;t$4.30. .
‘Jilohmscm sold Sullivan P. Co._ 5 steers
av: (1.06.9!86‘ $6; 16 do a-v 908 at $5. 0
Love‘vvefl sold’same 5 heifers av 7-6
t .900"
asficerr & R. sold Breitenback Brps; 31
butchers av 800 at $4.70, 11 (10 av 715‘ at
' 30 do av 81.5 at

$4.50, 3 do av 683 at $3.50, ‘0
$4.40; to Mich. B, CO. 167 steers av 1.07..
at $5.50, 9 do av 828 at $5; to Hammond,
S. & Co. 2 bulls av 1,345 at $4.25, 2 cows
av 1,045 at $4; to Kamman 5 butchers av
794 at $4.25; to Erban Bros. 4do av 63?. at
$4 8 do av 604 at $4. 7 do av 690 at $4; to
(loose 1 cow Weighing 1,000 at $3,1_<_lo
weighing 1,020 at $3.25, 2 steers ax: 7.30
at $5, 5 butchers av 65?. at $3.50; to_§ulli-
van P. Co. 15 steers av 893 at $5.50, 3
rows av 1,083 at $5. _
Halev & M, sold Edelstein 24 cows av
964 at $4; to Mich. B. Co, 5 steers av 500
at $4.25, 28 butchers av 761 at $4; to La:
chalt 5 d0 av 754 at $4.50, 4 do av 11,025
at $4.65; to Battkowsky 5 do av 626 at
$3.85; to Applebaum 7 do av7686 at $4.15,
4 cows av 1,105 at $3.50; to Bresnahan 14
butchers av 732 at $3.75: to Erban Bros.
6 do av 546 at $3.50, 1 bull weighing 810
at $3.85; to Goose 2 heifers av 500 at $3.50;
to Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows av 1.020 at $4,
3 heifers av 593 at $3.85, 10 bulls av 563
at $3.50, 12 heifers av 715 at $4, 2 cows
av 1,030 at $4.10; to Lachalt 2 bulls av
880 at $4; to Hogan 13 heifers av 514 Lit
$3.75; to Thompson Bros. 12 butchers av
«83 at $4; to Bresnahan 12 do av 572 at
$3.75. W
Johnson sold Regan 10 butchers av 488
a 3.75.
tDaiiwning Sold Kamman R, Co. 5 cows
av 865 at $4.10. 8 butchers UV 806 at $4.50.
Johnson sold Gerish 3 steers av 843
at $5.40.
Same

$ .

sold Lachalt 4 steers av 725 at

Veal Calves.
Receipts 620. Market strong at last
'l‘hursday‘s prices. Best, $9~_Ii'.l.;i0; others,
$4608.75; milch cows and sprmgers steady:
Bishop, B. & H. sold Bront i av 16.)
at $6: to Hammond. S. 6‘; Co. 2 av i_b'd at
$6 22 av 170 at $9.25, 3 av 150 at $6.0, 13
at? 160 at $9, 1 weighing 130 at $0.51),
av 150 at $9, 2

{-4 av 180 at $6. 6 11v 113_ at
$9; to Sullivan Pa CO. 6 av 135 at, $8.25, 4
av 155 at $7, 18 av 165 at $9; to McGuire
3 av 150 at $7, 18 av 160 at $9; to Ncwton
B. Co. 19 av 160 at $9.25: to Burnstine 11
av 185 at $9.50, 15 av 175 at $9.25, 6 av
155 at $9.25; to Newton B. Co. 24 av 16.)
at $9.25.

Haley & M, sold Newton R. Co. 6 av
225 at $5.50, 6 av 135 at $8; to Sullivan 1.
Co. 6 av 190 at $6; to Parker, \V. 6.: Co.
10 av 249 at $5. 8 av 130211: $8; to Nowiskig
9 av 150 at $8.50, 4 av 225 at $5.25; to

Mich. B. Co, 3 av 230 at $5.50; 23 av 13:1
at $8.50; to Markowitz 11 av 210 at $4.50;
to Burnstine 8 av 150 at $9. 5 av _160 at
$9.25; to Markowitz 11 av 250 at $4.50;
1 Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. 1:. Co. 5 av
155 at $9; to Parker, W. & Co. 2 av_ 219
at $5, 17 av 140 at $8.50, 3 av 130 at $5, 3.)
av 160 at $8.75.

1' Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 19 av
150 at $8.75; to Mich. B. (‘0. 15 av 160 at
$8.65; to Parker, “7. & Co, 2 av 24;) at

$5, 10 av 143 at $8.50: to Bront 6 av 155
at $8.50; to Goose 6 av 230 at $5; to Burn—
utine 3 av 150 at $9.25.

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THE MICHIGAN ~ FARMER.

Belheimer sold Sullivan P. Co. 7 av 175
at $9.50. '
“Johnson sold Hammond, S. & Co. 10 av
156 at $8.50.

H N. JOhnson sold same 4 av 145 at $9.

Bohin sold same 5 av 200 at $5.50, 15
av 150 at‘$8.50.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts, 1,646. Market 50c lower than
on last Thursday.

Best lambs, $6.50; fair lambs, $5.75@
6.25; light to common lambs, $4-5U@5;
fair to good sheep, $350104; culls and
common, $2603.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co. 26
lambs av 60 at $5.75, 6 sheep av 95 at
$3.50, 12 lambs av 48 at $4.50, 49 do av
70 at $6.50, 15 do av 55 at $5, 40 do av 68
at $6.50, 17 do av 80 at $5, 13 do av 68
at $6.50, 5 yearlings av 80 at $5; to liaise
31 lambs av 55 at $6, 20 do av 70 at $5;
to Fitzpatrick Bros. 6 do av 70 at $6.50,
3 sheep av 115 at $4, 39 do av 60 at $4, 65
lambs av 67 at $6.50, 16 do av 55 at $6;
to Marx 101 do av 70 at $6.50; to Barlagc
96 do av 60 at $6.25; to Fitzpatrick Bros.
16 do av 80 at $6.25, 14 sheep av 68 at
$3.50; to Newton B. Co, 10 lambs av 70
at $6.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros, 15 sheep av
70 at $3.75, 13 do av 110 at $3.75, 26 do av
90 at $3.75; to Holloway Bros. 44 lambs
av 70 at $6.40, 64 do av 60 at $6.25.

Spicer & R. sold Stoker 2 shcep av 110
at $4, 12 lambs av 68 at $6.50; to Brant
11 sheep av 70 at $4.

H, N. Johnson sold Mich. B. Co. 24

lambs av 75 at

E. Johnson sold same 8 do av 75 at
$6.50, 10 sheep av 114 at $4.

H. N. Johnson sold same 9 do av 140 at
$3.25.

fiohm sold Hammond, S. & Co. 16 lambs
av 80 at $6.50.

sheep
50; t0
sheep
32 do
av 65
av 50
Mich.
{iv 00
lambs
65 at,
av 70

Haley & M. sold Newton B, Co. 2
av 140 at $3.50, 13 lambs av 75 at $6.
Sullivan P. Co. 11 do av 55 at $5, 3
av 135 at $3, 18 do av 101 at $2.50,
:iv 48 at $4.50; to Youngs 74 lambs
at $6.25; to Thompson Bros. 32
at $5, 17 sheep av 100 at $3.50;
B. Co, 10 do av 112 at $3.50, 29 do
at $4, 13 yearlings av 75 at $5. 47
av 77 at $6.50; to Eschrich 60 do av
$6.25; to Thompson Bros. 39 do
at $6.25.

Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 5 sheep
av 110 at $4, 76 lambs av 80 at $6.50; to
Biii'lage 6 do av 70 at $6, 26 shccp :n' 125

do
to

at $3: to Sullivan P, Co. 12 lambs av 75
at $6.50.
Hogs,
Receipts, 1.209. Market 10@15C lower

than last Thursday.
Light to good butch-

Range of prices:
ers, $89067 9; pigs, $9; light yorkers, $8.90
6129; heavy, $8.75,

Roe Coin. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 28 av
155 at $9.

Bclheimer sold same 49 av 160 at $9.

Bcrgin sold some 57 av 160 at $9.

Spiccr & R. sold l’arker, W. & Co. 151
av 240 at $8.80.

Bishop, B. & H. sold same 211 av 200
at $8.90.
llitlcv & M. sold same 187 av 175 at

$8.90, 47 av 190 at $8.85, 38 av 250 at $8.75.
Bishop, B. & S. sold Hammond, S. &
Co, 441 av 195 at $8.90, 25 av 250 at $8.75.
Friday's Market.
July 15,
Cattle.

Receipts this week. 1.67 against 923
last week; market dull at Thursday's de—
cline; several loads holding over. \Ye
quote: Best steers and heifers, $601640;
steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200 lbs..
$4.75@5.50; do, 800 to 1,000 lbs., $15060
4.75; grass steers and heifers that are
fat, 800 to 1.000 lbs.. $4.5071~l.75; do, 500
to 700 lbs. $4.25fi‘4.50; choice fat cows,
$4.25@4.50: good fat cows, $4; common
cows, $3M'3.25; canncrs, $3,506,413.75;
choice heavy bulls, $4074.25; fair to good
bologna bulls, $4; stock bulls, $3.50:
choice feeding steers, 800 to 1,000 lbs,
$4.50; fair feeding steers, 800 to
1.000 lbs” $4.25: choice stockcrs, 500 to
700 lbs. $4; fair stOckers, 500 to 700
lbs., $3.50; stock heifers, $3.250350;
milkers, large, young, medium age. $4010

50; common milkcrs, 257730.

Veal Calves.

tcceipts this week. 1.119, againstl987;
)es

1910.

9

fly

last wet-k: market 2507‘507- lower; .
grades, $8.75; others. $4708.50; milcl‘.

cows and springers steady.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts this week, 2.421, against
1.384 last week; market dull at Thurs-
day’s close. Rest lambs. $7: fair to
good lambs, $6716.50; light to common

lambs, $5475.50; fair to good sheep, $3.75

({I 1.25; culls and common, $2112.,
Hogs.
Reccipts this week, 2,162, against

3,985 last week: market steady at ’l‘liurs-
day's decline. Range of prices: Light
to good butchers, $9.056:9,10; plus. $9.15;
light yorkcrs, $9.1tlfii9.15; heavies, $8.75
019; slugs, one—third off.

MIDSUMMER CROP CONDITIONS.

((‘ontinucd from page 61).
ccnt below a year ago and
below the average.

The following tabulatiop is a sum-
111(11‘“ for the T'nited States of crop
(-onditions on July 1, with comparisons,
a4 estimated b.\' the Bureau of Statis-
tics of thc llnitcd States Department of
Agriculture:

per 4.3 per

cent

Condition July 1.

10 yr. .Tne 1,

Props 1910 1909 1903 .\v. 1910
Corn ....... 95.1 893 $28 85.1
'in. “'heat 81.5 82.4 80.6 81.3 80 0
Eng. Vthat .616 92 7 89.4 87.1 928
‘ll \that ”73.5 86.5 83,9 81.0 85.".
Oats ........ 82.2 08.9. 85.7 80,6 91,0
T‘arlcy ...... 7 ,7 90.2 36,2 88.1 89.6
Rve, ........ 87.5 91.4 91.2 90.4 90.6
F‘laxsecd . . .65.0 95.1 92.5 91.1 . . ..
149v (all) “80.2 878 92,6 86.1
Tiny. Timotliy792 97.1 00.2 85.4
”av, (‘lover .82 R 83.8 95.5 91.6 86.6
Way, Alfalfa 81.5 91.4 86.1 *894 .3.1
May, Nlillet 75," 90,0 RT R *RRJl ....
Pastures ....Ri.6 .021 91,6 91,9 83.5
Potatoes ....86.3 93,0 99.6 90.9
Apples 49.6 54.6 57.6 61.9 53.0

Peaches . . . . . 62.1. 50.0 69.7 61.4 62.0
Pears ....... 61.0 57.5 69.7 .... 63.2
Grapes ...... 80.2 90.2 87.9 88.5 . . ..
Blackberries 77.0 88.8 90.5 *90.0 80.0
Raspberries .76.2 89.5 88.4 *88.6 79.2
Tomatoes .86.1 91.6 89.4 *88.0
Cabbages 88.6 90.7 88.3.*89.4 88.5
Onions ...... 89.8 91.7 90.3 “30.6 91.1
Beans 88.4 89.1 90.0 *89.6

89.3 90.4 86.9 88.0 90.5

Sugar Beets

*li‘our-year averages.

The acreage of the cultivated crops. so
far estimated by the Bureau of Statis-
tics, is about 4.2 per cent greater than
last year.

The preliminary estimates of acreage
in 1910 and the final estimates for 1909,
ior important crops, are as follows:

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Crop 191 1909
Cgrn ........... 114,083,000 108,771,000
\\ inter “'heat 29,014,000 28.330000
Spring Wheat 19,742,000 18,393,000
Oats ........... 31,330,000 33,204,000
2ai'ley .......... 7.057.000 7,011,000
Potatoes ........ 3,521,000 3,525,000
Flax ........... 3.103.000 2.742.000
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CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR, V, S.
Impure Blood—My dog went into

water and remained in it too long last
spring: since then he has not been right.
His blood seems to be impure, for he
breaks out in sores. J. 171., Metamora,
Mich—Dust on sores equal parts boric
acid, sulphur and iodof'orm. These ap-

plications should be made daily until
the sores heal. Give dog five drops

Donovan’s solution at a dose three times
daily.

Near Sighted.—-“’e have a very intel-
ligent shepherd dog that seems to be
growing ncar sighted and gradually los—
ing vision. His eyes are prominent but

not clear. This dog has always been
energetic and may have over exerted
himself. M. 13., Dansville, Mich.—
Your dog is perhaps developing catar-

act, and if so nothing can he done for
him. except giving 10 grain doses iodide
potassium two or three times a day;
this will possibly absorb the thicken-
ing or effusion causing his trouble. Ap-
ply equal parts extract witchhazel and
water to eyes three times a (lay.

Partial Paralysis—l have a sow with
litter of pigs five weeks old that ap-
pears to be losing the use of her hind
quarters, and 1 would like to have her
treated. 0. \V., Lansing. Mich—Feed
her no corn; give her a teaspoonful air-
slaked lime at a dose in feed two or
three times daily. Also ,give 15 hrs.
salicylate soda at a dose three times a
day.

Rheumatism.—I have nine pigs 10
weeks old that ,go lame occasionally
and their joints swel; the whole trouble,
seems to be in their hind quarters, but

I might say they have been fed some
ashes, salt and, sulphur. 1t. 7... Leroy.

Mich—Give your pigs a teaspoonful of
nitrate potash in milk or water once
a day this is enough for the Whole
litter and they should be given a dose
once or twice daily,

Throat Polypus.—I have
old horse that seems to
wind, and when exerted
and falls down: he also blccds from
nose and I am at a loss to know how
to trcat a case of this kind. 1‘}. A. 7)..
‘l-Iaton ltzipids, MiclL—A surgical oper-
ation on the throat would perhaps rc-
lieve him; howevcr, 1 am inclined to
believe drugs would full. You may ti‘v
giving one dram doses iodide potassium
in feed or water three times a day.

lone Spavin. My iivc—year-old mare
has been lame all summer, caused by
bone spavin. 0111' local veterinarian
has treated her, but she is still lame
and shows no improvcmcnt. \Vhat had
l lit-tier do for lici") \\'. .l.. Cedar
Springs. Mich—“'ithoul giving a spay-
incd horse rest and keeping him quict,
treatment has very little effect, and fl
majority of cases do not. got well. If
you are obliged to use the horse, applv
tr. iodine to bunch once every dav or
two, but if you can give him rest, 'blis-
10"; using any one of the spavin rom-
odics that are regularly advertised in
this paper. if 'di‘iving' hi" hard work.
(‘RllS‘l‘s spavin lameness. it is not rea-
sonable to expect treatment to fail if
yon continue working the horse.

Scrotal llernia—S‘wecny.~—l have a
male colt that was born with a rupture

 

a 10-year-
be short of
much chokes

 

in the scrotum: he is now five days
old and seems to be doing well, I also

have a three-year-old colt that lx‘ sweep—
ied in one shoulder, but not lame. “'ill
doing light work harm the colt? A. K.,
licnion, l\lich,—T have known hundreds
of colts to come ruptured and recover
without treatment, therefore you should
give nature a. chance to effect a cure.
before resorting to a surgical operation.

Moderate work will not prevent your
swecnicd colt from getting well. An-
ply equal parts tincture cantharidcs,

turpentine. aqua ammonia and sweet oil

 

to atrophied parts three times a week.
Furl). Last spring T bought: a more
that IS not less than nine years old,

which has gone lame more or less cvcr

 

since. She has a curb on each hind lair.
but 1.: lame only in right. T have treat-
cd her for whirl—bone lameness without
satisfactory results. T find no swelling
in the, leg only on back part of hock.
0'. 11. North Star, Mich. Apply one
part rod iodide mercury and eight parts

lard to back part of hock twice, a week.
loiircr—My fiyc-ycnr-old gelding had

 

 

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BY 15. SOUTHGATE BALDWIN.

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In every cloud 0r sunbeam‘s ray; in
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A leSson learns, in
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THOSE ANTI-LAZINESS GERMS.

BY ANNA GittMt'S.

Dr. Von Spankem‘s head was not ad—
justed at the usual. "it‘s so and you can‘t
deny it" angle. The light cane he. carried
in his hand came down viciously again
and again on the spears of grass taat had
escaped the blade of the lawn mower.
The doctor had always insisted that any
being who claimed the title of man should
have will power enough to keep his mind
from dwelling on the protitless and urt-
attainablc. It would be hard to decide
which annoyed him the more, the fact
that (Jrace Englis was so often the sub-
ject of his thoughts, or that he did not
pit-Hut such thoughts from returning.

Suddenly there came the sound of pat-
tering’ fect behind him, the impact of a
rather solid body on his legs, and down he.
fell full length on the slippery cement
walk. He arose with the usual haste of
the person meeting with such an acci—
dent. licforc he had fully straightened
out his six feet of height, the subject of
his perplexing thoughts stood before him.

“tilt! is it you. ltr. Von Spankctn‘." she
induiicd anxiously. “Are you hurt?“

The doctor rtsented the tone. lie was
not so old that a little fall on the walk
should be treated as such a serious
Inatter.

“Not hurt at all." he answered checrily
as he pulled down the knees of his trou-
sers. "but was that Zip?“

"it certainly was and I am truly sorry.
Arc you sure that you are not hurt?"

Again that note, lle felt like slinging
the cane in his hand after the animal that
had caused the catastrophe. Instead.
however, he smiled his “perfectly certain,
but I never suspected that Zip possessed
such speed."

They caught a glimpse of the. pug on
the other walk, in hot pursuit of asduirrel
which could not get time to climb a tree.
The man watched the proeeeding with a.
keen satisfaction.

“I don't see what ails him latcly,‘ com-
plianed the girl. “He's not himself at
all. He‘s so nervous and active. l took
him to Iluntsmen last week. He gave

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him some soothing syrup. lot! that did no
good. He's positively :ior.‘ '3': .!:-l
you know how hard it an..- ~' 5.92;, Wm
from killing himself ‘

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was so awfully lazy. I
eyei‘ tolerate such u. liziiiilr- if z..'.-*-'.
Of all animals I do believe 'Lm- pi: ;~ ".2-
laziest, and Zip the very laziest of
kind.”

"You we, be was given to me." Hr“
defended herself. “Then you know they
say that we admire those traits that we

 

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do not possess and I have never been :ic—
cused of dignity. Zip surely is dignified
and until recently no one ever accused
him of being in a hurry.”

The doctor remembered that Fred St.
John had been the former owner of Zip.
No one would think of accusing that
young man of undue haste. IVas that
why he was in such constant attendance
at the I‘anlis home? Did Grace, who
was all energy, like that big lazy loui, be—
cause he, never was in a hurry, never
would do anything?

“I really am worried about him,‘
tinucd the girl. “He's so energetic latclv.
He chases cats. has a big hole dug in
the back yard and does all sorts of
things.”

“That’s good." The dOctor brought his
thoughts back to the dog. There was a
peculiarly satisfied accent in his voice.
“HOW did it happen?"

“The first time that we noticed any—

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con—

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

thing strange about him was the night
that he chased the burglar in the dining
room. He woke us up with his furious
barks. Father hurried down stairs to
catch a glimpse of a man crawling out
through the dining room window. Zip
stood in the center of the room viciously
tearing at a piece of gray woolen goods.
That’s a week ago. \Vhy, it was the
night after you had taken care of him
for me.” Suddenly her eyes rested search-
ingly on You Spankcnl's face. She sat
down on the nearest bench. “Sit down
doctor," she invited. “What did you give
Zip?”

Dr. Von Spankem tried to look inno-
cent, but he knew from past experience
that he might as Well tell all without de-
lay. Ile knew her since the day. long
ago, when he was not as busy as now
and she had come to him asking that he
iix hcr kiticn‘s leg like he had Uncle
Charlie's when it was broken. They had
become warm friends over that memor-
able operation.

“\Vell. Miss Gracc. since you must
know, I might as well confes‘s at once."
They both laughed merrily. For the time,
Fred St. John was not. “Zip was really
killing himself with laziness so I inocu—
lated him with a few of my new anti—
laziness germs.”

“And you never told me.‘ She stooped
to pat Zip on the head. “You poor dog—
gie." she murmured. “But it‘s a sin to
kill the pretty squirrels.”

Zip's tail, which had grown almost
straight, waggcd furiously as he laid the
pretty squirrel at the feet of his mistress
with no sign of contrition.

y

“\Yhat an odd idea, doctor." She slowly
straightened up and gazed at her com—
panion with a new interest. “\Vill those
anti-laziness germs act on human be-
ings?"

“Certainly. That's why I have been
working on the subject these past Ich
years. You see there are so many people
in this world. perfectly able to work, who
are, too lazy and who compel othcts to
work for them. Often those who labor
are, really physically unfit for the task
while some strong, healthy curmudgeon
does nothing. Like Ike \Villiams. great.
big lubber,cating the provisions that puny
Mandy earns by washing." The doctor's
tones \\'(t'e full of unutterablc contempt.
“Long ago I came to the conclusion that
such undue, laziness is causcd by some
physical defect. After careful study, I
learned that its origin is the presence of
germs in the human system, and science
demands that it be treated like any dis-
terse."

“\‘Von't it hurt the mental ability of
the patient?" Grace intuiired.

“I think not. I am certain that it will
not. Ike came for the laundry the other
morning. “'hen I asked him about his
present occupation. he complained so
much about his backache that I offered
to sec what I could do for him. He rc—
nionstratcd, but I led him to the labora-
tory_ examined his back and, before he
was aware of my intentions, had him in-
oculated. The same afternoon I saw him
at Henderson's lTlti\\'lllf_‘,‘ the lawn. He
was doing a quick, neat job of it, too.
In fact, he was hurrying so that he ran
into me and almost knocked me off the
walk."

Miss Englis's eyes shone merrily.
“Seems to me, doctor. you are getting
worst of your energy-imparting po-

Mrs shu remarked slyly. “if this
grit-s :5. complete success I suppose you
v.31 innit-«hatch inoculate, or cause to

claw-.1. all the lazy people ‘willy
z.i.l“" \‘,';.at if some deluded creature
swirl «4,5,. t '.":orouslj.".'”

"’l‘3.:,t mass of pulllle nevcr do anything
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way. just as y.»- do for smallpox. Those
l‘lZ'.‘ pmw-ns m:- a menace to society."
(21m: laughml heartily at the doctor's

vchemmir-o “lir. Von Spankem, are )‘011
perfectly certain that it will not httrt
one?”

“l’erfcr‘tly surc. Tlo you think that
you need inoculation?" lie looked at
her quizzically.

"I was thinking Of Fred St. .lohn.
You know he‘s real nice, kind, jolly,
obliging, good-looking and all that, but
he does seem to lack ambition. Of
course he is rich and it docs not matter
much. but fathcr objects to him so
strongly. Poor old—fashioned daddy in-
sists that a man who can not do a
day’s work at something has no busi—
ness getting married. Ile says he’d not
care if it was splitting wood, if Fred
only showed a willingness to work he
would remove all objection. If those
germs produce as bigr a change in the
human system as they have in Zip—-
if you could inoculate Fred?" she look—
ed anxiously at her companion.

Von Spankem ,did not flinch. So it
was all settled, and only her father’s
objections kept the two apart, and he
was to remove the cause of those objec—
tions. “But he has not asked me to
inoculate him,” he finally protested.

“Neither did Ike?” reasoned Grace.

“That's different. Fred is not depen-
dent on anyone. He can afford to be
lazy."

“Seems to me I have heard you say
that money excuses no man from doing
his share in the world's work.”

“Yes, but this is different,” he argued
weakly. “I—I don't see how I’d get the
opportunity. You can‘t very well walk
tip to a man like St. John and say,
‘Here, you lazy cuss, you need inocula-
tion.”’

“But you’d vaccinate without his con-
sent.”

“\Ycll, the law gives us the power."

Grace tapped the walk with the tOe
of her shoe. “IVe'll be a law unto our-
selves," she decided. “If Fred would
only get sick or something, then you
would have your opportunity, but he
is so horribly well. Couldn‘t you give
him something to make him sick, just
a little, make his head ache? He's a
fearful baby. If his head should ache
the least bit he‘d think he was dying."

The doctor studied her in silence.
How could she care for such an aimless
creature as Fred St. John? But she
did. and her happiness depended upon
arousing any latent ambition that that
young man might possess. And if she
cared so much for him in his present
state, what would be the result if he
were to prove himself really a man
with vast numbers of day’s work stored
up in his anatomy? On the other hand,
there was the possibility that she
would lose all interest in her lover as
soon as he demonstratcd that he pos-
sessed real energy. She had just advo—
cated the theory of opposites.

“\Vell?” she. inquired.

“I suppose it could be managed,” he
admitted.

“Of course it can if you'll help me.
lt‘red is coming to dinner this evening.
You must come. too. I'll sec that he
gets the stuff to make his head ache,
il‘ you give it to me, and you must be
there with the germs"

“Seems to me that you are rushing
matters.“

“\Vcll, what‘s the use of waiting. I
am so tired of hearing father scold.”

“If it must be, I suppose it might as
well be attended to at once." Tle arose
rath erlele and smiled grimly down
on her.

"I know you‘d understand. You’ll
give me the stuff for the head-ache
now, won't you?"

The two slowly walked through the
park and down the street to the doctor’s
laboratory.

“This is perfectly harmless,” he as-
surcd her as he measured out a White
powder, “but 1 am not so certain that
we ought to inoculate him."

“()h. I am,” she. answered energetical-
ly. “l’ll take the responsibility for the
act upon myself.”

After she had gone the doctor sat
down before his test tubes. So she
had decided to marry St. John? It was
only natural. There was about the right
difference in their ages. Ile checked
a sigh as he thought of his own fortieth
birthday, which was already appearing
above the horizon.

lrace l‘lnglis had been only a child
to him until she had returned home
from school a year ago. Then a change
crept into their relations. He had
learned that success in his profession,
and he had been very succe<sful, was
not all sufficient. There were other
things in life even more desirable. Sud-
dcnly his years became an insupportable
burden. Not that. he was weak or felt
the ravages of old age creeping upon
him. for he was as strong as a man
should be who had taken the care. to
guard his health. but (lracc was twen-
ty—four and he was nearing forty.

Putting on his hat he started for the
office. llr. Travis was there before him,
but both were busy the entire after-
noon.

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found him at his neighbor's.

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led him to the library to reveal some
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those forty years that kept him from
the young people. At dinner, however,
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last reception, for socially he was
rather a favorite with the‘ younger set,

-that he forgot birthdays.

“What's the matter, Fred,” inquired
Flora. Englis, Grace's young cousin, anx-
iously, as the family with their guests
gathered on- the porch. Dr. Von
Spankem had lingered a moment to
learn the time when Grace had given
the white powder.

“We must wait a half hour," be ex-
plained. “The effect of the stuff will
begin to wear off and he will think
that the injection is relieving the pain."

“I’m afraid that I shall be very sick,"
Fred was complaining, as the two con-
spirators joined the group. “This is
awful. I must get home. I’m in for
it, I know. Doctor, can’t you give me
something? My head! Oh, my head!
I can’t stir it hurts so.”

The doetor took the sick man’s tem—
perature, examined his tongue, counted
the pulse beats—and he took time to
do it. It gave him great satisfaction to
hear the big fellow complain like a lit-
tle child. The fact that Grace was
there to hear the moans did not detract
from that satisfaction.

“I haven’t anything much with me.”
he said, ”but I think that an injection
of this will give you relief.” He took
a tiny bottle from his pocket.

“Oh, all right! Give it to me quick.
I can’t stand this a minute longer,”
wailcd Fred.

“Now, that’s better,” he announced a
few minutes later; “that‘s great stuff.
I think that I can go home soon. Vi'ill
it be safe, doctor?"

“Oh, yes,” the man of medicine as-
sured him. “You’ll be all right by
morning.”

“Maybe you could go with me and
give me another injection if I should
need it?"

“It’s not at all
not need another."

A half hour later Fred had started
for his rooms and the doctor was say-
ing good—night to Grace. “Are you cer—
tain it will not hurt him" she inquired
anxiously. “He appeared so sick."

"‘Oh, that was the powder. He is all
over that by this time.”

.5 Later, whem he sat before the table in
his laboratory, he was not so certain.
“‘Psliaillvl” he growled at last, “it did not
hurt 3kg and it will not hurt him."
tide ‘ “u from. the drawer in the table
a neatly: prepared paper and began to
read. zit Was the report of his research-
es on the cause of laziness and its cure.
Tomori‘ow he was to read it before “The
Medical Fraternity,” and it was not
quite finished. In a moment he laid it
on the table and gazed before him. He
felt a strong distaste for his task, but
he knew that the paper must be fin-
ished, for the morning was to be a
busy one.

A test tube in the rack attracted his
attention. He shook it and watched the
rich golden globes settle slowly to the
bottom. Replacing it he turned again
to the paper, but his mind would not
be forced to dwell on it. Impatiently
he shoved it to one side, gazed at the
tube a moment, took from his pocket
the tiny syringe, filled it with the li-
quid and pressed the needle to his arm.

“Is that Miss Englis?" he inquired
weakly. He had eben awake for some
time.

“I’ll see," answered the nurse, step-
ping out into the hall.

“Yes," she reported.

“Please tell her to come up.
to see her,"

“But you are too weak.”

“I am all right now. Please tell her
to come up;" the 01d ring of authority
had come to his voice.

The other doctor gave him a look,
noted the firm voice and supported the

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command. “Glad you’re so much bet—
ter.” he congratulated his patient.
“You don’t need me any more. You‘ll

get well rapidly, but I'd advise you to
take a month’s rest. You have been
working too hard."

“Oh, but I am so glad that you are
better,” Grace murmured as she hur-
ried to the bed.

“Is that cord quite strong?‘ inquired
Dr. Von Spankem, gazing at the silk
rope to which Zip was attached.

“Yes, quite strong.”

“Then, if Zip is as lively as he was
the last time I saw him. fasten it to
that hook in the window sill."

Grace laughed merrily, but she did
his bidding.

“My, but you have given us an anx-
ious week!” She was looking down at
him.

"Was it a week?”

“Of course. Didn’t you know?"

“I’m afraid not. I became aware of
time only several hours ago when they

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

gave me medicine. I went to sleep and
woke about an hour ago. The last that
I remember is the evening at your
house." He looked hurriedly about the
room. “Are they gone?”

“Yes.”

“Are we alone?"

“Yes, excepting Zip.”

“How is Fred?” he inquired eagerly.

“Fine. He’s settled down to business
in great shape. In some way, he did
some speculating. You know I have.
no idea how such things are done. In
a few days he cleared a half million.
Father lost several hundred thousand
by the deal, but he does not care at all.
He has removed all objections and they
are to be married in June."

“They!" the doctor gazed at her
blankly.

“Why, yes. Florence and Fred, of
course. That's what I was working
for.”

“But I thought it was you. I never
thought of Florence."

Grace regarded him with the look
that comes to a woman‘s eyes when the
man she loves tries to marry her to
some other fellow.

“How should I know? YVliy Florence
appears such a child. She never entered
my mint."

“You see father is her guardian and.
although she is of age. she did not like
to oppose him," Grace continued indif—
ferently.

But the man read her face eagerly.
His thin white hand reached up to hers.
“Sit down here," he whispered. Then
the other thin hand clasped her other
hand.

“There is one thing I want you should
do for me," he begged a half hour later.
“Please go to the laboratory and if you
find a test tube full of a brdwn liquid,

" in the rack on the table in the center

of the room. empty the liquid into the
sink, turn on the water for about fifteen
minutes and smash the tube. Then
burn the manuscript that’s lying on the
table."

“All right." she assented. "but that's
not your anti—laziness serum?"

“That's it. That night after I left
you I felt as if I could not do a thing
and I had work that needed finishing,
so I inoculated myself. I have no recol-
lection of What followed. I only know
that I suffered intensely and that I
shall never use it again.”

“But you were exhausted, not lazy,"
argued Grace.

“1 might make the same mistake on
others. Please let me know when it’s
destroyed."

She went to the laboratory, but she
was spared the trouble of destroying
the liquid. The table. minus one leg,
lay in one corner. Not a whole test
tube could be found. The evaporating
dishes were tiny bits of china. The.
floor was covered with the_ manuscript
reduced to infinitesimal flakes of paper.
The fine electrical machine—the doc-
tor’s special pride, fOr it was construct-
ed according to his own model—was a
complete wreck.

She closed the door and returned to
make her report.

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“BETTER STOP YOUR KICKIN’
SMILE A BIT, INSTEAD.”

 

“Better stop your kickin’,
"l‘won’t help things a bit.

The kind of weather that you‘ve got
Is the kind you‘re going to git.”

The above is the motto of a girl whose
hard luck is a byword to all her acquaint-
ances. There isn’t a girl in her entire set
who has had so much bad luck as she,
and yet she is the jolliest girl of the
crowd and the hardships she endttres are
apparently more a source of grief to her
friends than to herself,

Within a few years she has lost father
and mother, three sisters and a brother,
the family home, two positions that prom-
ised well, besides numerous other things
which would worry most of us half to
death, but which, beside her other trials,
were really too small for her to notice.
Yet this girl always has, a smile and a
joke when in company, and no matter
how nun-h she may bewail her fate in
private no one ever hears a Word of com-
plaint.

It isn't because she is so shallow that
she does not feel her losses either. She
does feel them deeply. But she is a firm
believer in the principle of keeping your
troubles to yourself.

“ll’hat‘s the use of talking about my
bad luck?" she asks. It isn't goingr to
get me anything. Dwelling on the matter
Won‘t help me a bit and it will only make
other people uneotnfiirtable. \Yhy, if you

go round growling and fault-finding all
the time everyone gets so they don't like
you.

“There’s my sister. She hasn‘t had a
bit worse luck than I have, it has been
just about even up. But she has thought
about how hardly she was used all the
time and talked about it so much that
she has got so sour the children in the
street yell ‘Hello, lemons,’ after her.

Say, she is always kicking about some-
thing and she is losing all her friends.
“I can’t seeanything in that. I don't
want to lose my friends. too. along with
my other losses, and I soon would if I
was always complaining. Besides, I'm
not the only one in the world who has
had bad luck. .lust suppose I had lost a
leg or an arm or my sight. or had gone
and got tuberculosis? I always think of
someone worse off every time I begin to
get the blues. \\'lien I think of my poor
complexion. I always think, ‘\\'ell, thank
goodness, I don‘t have a harehp.‘

“I get a lot of fun out of life that way,
and it is a heap more comfortable than
it is to not have any fun at all. Just be-
cause I've missed some things in life I
don‘t see why I need miss everything
that is good and spend my time croaking.
I’m going to enjoy what there is left for
me, and let some one else do the grumb-
ling.

“There's working, for instance. Most
of the girls I know growl because they
have to work for a living and get down to
the office every day at eight bells. I
don't feel that way at all. Why shouldn’t
I work. I‘d like to know? If I didn’t work
for myself some one would have to work
for me and I'd rather be independent.
This sympathy for the poor Working girl
makes me tired. I don‘t want any sym-
pathy. I like to work and I'm not kick—
ing because I have to. I'm just offering
up thanks because I have a job. I fancy
that to be without one would be a lot
worse luck than it is to have one and
have to work to hold it.

“No, sir, you‘ll never hear me kicking.
I know too well itwon’t get me anything.
I'll just take the fate that is handed out
to me and grin.” DEBORAH.

 

Michigan Country Women as Money Earners.

No. 9.

 

Floral Culture Is Both EnjOyable and Remunerative.

Plainw'ell, “the prettiest village of
Michigan." boasts of a woman florist,
Mrs, Florence Foster. IIer lnautiful home
and grounds are known as [Foster I’ark.
From early spring, when the t'i'lit‘llF- peeps
up and shows its modest head. until fall,
when .Itlt'k Frost comes to destroy the
last blossoms, her lawn is a veritable
bower of beauty,

Mrs. Foster started into the business
eight years ago with only a few plants and
SCOtIS. She is a great lover of flowers and
of the beautiful. a person of discriminat—
ing taste and of great perseverance. so
that in just a few years she has built up
a business which amply repays her for
the time and labor spent. She has always
done all of the work connected with the
business except the heavy spading and
cultivating of the beds.

The first flowers which she sells in the
spring are tulips. hyacinths and daffodils,
all colors and all kinds, She se is pansy
plants and the flowers also.

Decoration Day is “Mrs. Foster‘s day”
in I’lainwell. For many days before she
is kept busy filling orders. ller telephone
rings continually. She always has one or
two large shipments of geraniums and
other potted plants front lletroit, Grand
Rapids or Kalamazoo. These she sells for
15 cents and up apiece. The geraniums
all have one large flower and a bunch of
buds. She has potted foliage plants, some
selling as low as 10 or 15 cents each,
sometimes two for 23 cents. She also has
shipments of all kinds of cut flowers and
special wreaths, etc. One may also choose
from the flowers she raises and she will
make up the bouquets, wreaths and
sprays for a reasonable price. She al—
ways has to work very hard on this day
but she is always kind and courteous to
all. She does much good with her flow-
ers. Many sick and afflicted hearts have
been cheered and comforted by her beau—
tiful offerings.

During the summer she raises nearly
every plant that one could mention. Ev-

ery available inch of her lot is utilized
for some purpose. There are beds of
color, of green, of white and green
grasses, of cannas. gladiolas, dahlias,
sweet peas, nasturtiums, golden glow,
bridal wreath, great hydrangea shrubs,
syringa and rose bushes, and many, many
others, the names of which would sound
like Greek to most of us. Perhaps the
most beautiful of her flowers are the as-

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
 

 

and delivers and arranges the flowers in
the homes or churches, wherever the ser-
vices are held. Her good taste and tact
are shown in this work more than in any
other. Occasionally she sells and arranges
the flowers for weddings, banquets, recep—
tions and other social gatherings.

Any woman on a farm can do what
Mrs. Foster has done if she has a tele-
phone and lives within a reasonable dis-
tance from a railroad station. As proof
that there is a field for such work in the
country it may be said that a goodly
share of Mrs Foster‘s patrons are people
from the surrounding farm country.

Indeed, a woman on the farm could do
even more because she could have more
ground to cultivate and more help in her
work. Most of the plants could be ar-
ranged in rows for horse cultivation. A
very small amount of money and a large
capital of energy and perseverance is all
that is needed to start into the pleasant
and paying business of raising flowers,

There are several magazines which one
might read and find very helpful. Most
of them are classed as farm papers so it
may be readily seen that floral culture is
considered a farm occupation aoinatna
considered as much a farm occupation as
a city one.

SEVENTEEN

 

CHILDREN SENT TO
COUNTRY.

Farmers Entertain City Poor for Fresh
Air Society.

Thanks to the generosity of Michigan
farmers, the Michigan Fresh Air Society
sent seventeen boys and girls to the coun-
try for a bit of vacation, within one week
after the society began its work. Out of
the thousands of children in Detroit who
need pure air and freedom, seventeen is
a tiny number, but when we stop to think
the average district school is made up of
about this number of boys and girls, it
seems quite. a respectable showing.

Of the seventeen, nine were from the
Home of the Friendlcss, an institution
which cares for many “friendless” boys
and girls. Mrs. I). J. .IOhnstone, of Flash.
ing, took 'five boys and four girls from
the Home for a week’s outing, but at
the end of that time she was so pleased
with her young guests that she wrote
in asking to keep the whole nine for
another week! So the party is still on.

The boys and girls are equally well
pleased with their outing. They have
written Mrs. Grant, matron of the insti-
tution, telling her what a fine time they
are having. One little girl was filled with
joy over a five—mile ride she had taken.

Besides the party which went to Mrs.
Johnstone, Mrs. and Mrs. A. E. McIntire,

Mrs. Poster’s Home and Gardens.

ters. She has given these special cultiva-
tion until she has two very choice varie-
ties. the Florence Foster aster and the
Royal Stripe. The latter is purple and
white, very beautiful and nearly as large
as a Chrysanthemum. She was given a
large sum of money by Chicago parties
last year for the seed of the Royal Stripe,

Her funeral work is very remunerative.
She furnishes flowers for funerals in many
of the surrounding towns and cities even.
Instead of ordering directly from the
greenhouses people order through her.
When it is possible, she goes in person

of Schofield, have taken three, Reuben
and Alice VVeitner and Bennie Flanders;
A. B. Hamilton, of Milford. has taken
Jessie and Allen Lebot, and Mrs. A. Bor-
den, of' South Lyon, is entertaining Merle
Blinn and Nellie Kirby.

Some of these children will enjoy but a
week’s vacation. Others may stay all
summer if their conduct pleases the fam-
ily that has taken them, as several of the
invitations contained a. hint that if ev—
erything was satisfactory the child might
be given a whole summer’s outing.

Anyone wishing to help in the work

JULY ‘23, 1910.

CHANGE

Quit Coffee and (lot Well.

 

A woman’s coffee experience is inter-
esting. “For two weeks at a time I have
taken no food but skim milk, for solid
food would ferment. and cause such dis-
tress that I could hardly breathe at times,
also excruciating pain and heart palpita-
tion and all the time I was so nervous
and restless. '

“From childhood up I had been a coffee
and tea drinker and for the past 20 years
I have been trying different physicians
but could get only temporary relief. Then
I read an article telling; how someone had
been cured by leaving off coffee and
drinking Postum and it seemed so pleas-
ant just to read about good health I de-
cided to try Postum in place of coffee.

“I made the change from coffee to Pos-
tum and such a change there is in me
that I don‘t feel like the same person.
We all found Postum delicious and like
it better than coffee. My health now is
wonderfully good.

“As soon as I made the shift from coffee
to Postum I got better and now all of my
troubles are gone. I am fleshy, my food
assimilates, the pressure in the chest and
palpitation are all gone, my bowels are
regular, have no more stomach trouble
and my headaches are gone. Remember,
I did not use medicines at all—just left
off coffee and drank Postum steadily.”

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should write to the Michigan Fresh Air
Society, 69 Lafayette Boulevard, Detroit.
The society pays all transportation and
expects the country folks to fur 1is'n noth-
ing but board References are required
that the society may know the kind of
homes the children axe being sent to.

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DRYING GREEN VEGETABLES.

 

BY LAVILLA. W. MACOMBER.

Many of the green vegetables such as
peas, string-beans, sweet corn, etc., are
more easily dried than canned, and more
healthful if canning-powder is to be used,
since the powder by reason of its preser-
vative qualities, renders the vegetable
more or less indigestible.

Drying Green Peas,—-After the peas
are shelled and washed. turn into a kettle
of boiling water and let boil briskly for
one minute. Pour off the water and
spread the peas on a drying—frame in the
open air or on platters to dry slowly in
the dry-oven. The one minute scalding is
an important part of the process. If the
peas are dried without scalding they will
not soak out again. When wanted for
use in winter, let the peas soak over night
in water and throw into a kettle of boil-
ing water to which has been added a
fourth of a teaspoonful of baking soda.
Let boil ten minutes to soften the skins
which have been rendered tough in the
drying, pour off water and finish cooking
in your favorite way.

Drying String Beans—Pick off only
very tender pods and snap off the ends,
breaking into inch lengths. Drop into
boiling water for one minute; pour Off
water and spread out to dry. When want-
ed in winter, soak over night and if you
do not like the “beany” taste, cook in
soda water as directed for peas; pour off
after ten minutes and finish cooking in
clear water.

Drying Sweet Corn.-The sweet corn
should be freshly picked to retain sweet-
ness. After husking and silking the corn,
throw into boiling water and cook one-
half hour. Lift to a pan and cool, score
the length of the cob with a sharp knife
and press out the kernel with a downward
stroke of the edge of the knife. In this
way the hull of the kernel is left on the
cob. \Vhen wanted for use it may be
ground into lmeal with the aid of a food-
grinder and. made into a thick soup, or
cooked whole after soaking awhile.

Drying-Okra—Use only young tender
pods and .plunge, after washing, into
boiling watér to which has been added a
half teaspoonful of salt to a quart kettle
of water. Boil one minute and split the
pods lengthwise. Dry thoroughly and
when wanted for use soak over night in
water.

A cheap drying-frame maye be made
by tacking white cheesecloth on an old
screen-door frame, spreading over it a
white mosquito bar to prevent flies from
getting in. If a storm comes up it may
be easily gathered up and the drying
process finished in shallow cloth-lined
pans in a slow oven, as, in the case of
sweet corn drying, the wet corn might
sour over night.

SHORT CUTS P03 HOUSEKEEPEIS.

 

When your feet are tired from ironing
or standing all day try Chang ing your
shoes and stockings. It is a rest.—
M. A. B.

On a busy baking day when the range
oven is full to overflowing, try putting
the gasoline oven on t0p of the stove
and see how much faster things move

Brooms weal much better if soaked in
stiong soapsuds for an hour or two while
now. Let the suds come well up 01 er the
brush. It softens the straw, and removes
some of the dye, which tends to make the
brush break easily.——Mrs. E. G.
out of the way—Mrs. F. E. F.

Common field thistle leaves steeped and
drank, will cure neuralgia—Mrs. H. G.

When frying eggs, instead of standing
by the stove to dip the fat over them,
put in a table spoon of hot water and
cover quickly for a few minutes. They
will be perfectly done without a wrinkle
in them.—Mrs. G. A. R.

The greatest help on wash day is plenty
of household ammonia. First, put some
in the warm suds in which the clothes are
put to soak; then rub soap on the extra
soiled pieces. pour on more ammonia, roll
up, and tuck down under the suds. Cov-
er the tub over closely and let soak an
hour or two, or over night, as convenient.
A little good pounding, right in the tub,
and the dirt will come out like magic.
scarcely any rubbing will be needed.
Rinse well in plenty of hot water and
hang up. No boiling. nor fussing, and
clothes as white as snow—F. R.

THOSE UNINVITED ‘GUESTS.

 

I would like the question discussed in
your columns, about uninvited company.
Yourself, or other members of your fam-
ily are 111 no way obligated to them. Is
it right or just, when you can scarcely
drag around and do your own work, over-
worked beyond the limit of endurance, not
able to hire help, even if you could get

them, is it just for company to be making

arrangements, and know they are intend-
ing to come, for several weeks, never to
inquire if it will be convenient? “’hen
the doorbell rings you are supposed to
greet them with smiles and entertain
them as long as they see fit to stay. I
enjoy company, but these “hangers-on,"
how can they have the heart to do as they
do? Nearly every family has them.
Hillsdale. TIRED MOTHER.

THE KITCHEN SLATE.

 

BY MARY ROLOF’SON.

No kitchen is complete without a slate
with pencil attached, hanging within eaSy
reach. The home-maker has so many
things to do, and many of them very little
things, that she cannot help forgetting
some of them; or if they are not entirely
forgotten they are not thought of at just
the time when it is easiest to do them.

A list of things to be bought should go
on this slate and each should be written
down as soon as the supply runs low.
This would prevent one‘s being out of salt
Or thread, or ink, or any household nec-
essity; and it would prevent the usual
eudgeling of wits and memory when the
grocer's boy comes around or when one
goes to town.

If you borrow a book or a pattern, or if
someone borrows something of you, put
that down on the slate. The article will
stand more than ordinary cliunces of be-
ing returned. A bit of mending to be
done_ outside of the regular Weekly work;
something to be hunted up, or to be put
away; reminders of a note to be written
or a call to be made—all these belong on
the slate. And as an aid to letter—writ-
ing the slate will be found very helpful.
Who has not had the experience of hav-
ing a great many things in mind to write
to a friend when a washing or a baking
was on hand and the writing could not be
attended to? Perhaps by this time you
had a chance to write the letter you did
not feel in the mood for it and could not
think of half you had wanted to say. A
few notes on the slate put down when
your mind was fresher and more active
would be a boon.

THE USE OF PARAFFIN IN CANNING.

 

1311 ELLA E. nocxwoop.

By the use of proper precautions in
preparing fruit for canning there should
be very little loss from fermentat1on.
Sterilized jars, new rubbers and perfect
fitting covers are necessary. Fruit which
is not over-ripe is another necessity, since
it is very difficult to totally destroy the
germs of fermentation once they have
formed. The rubbers, of course, are for
the purpose of excluding the air and old
ones are almost sure to cause trouble
since after one year's use they are apt
to become hardened and render the seal-
ing imperfect.

I think I am safe in saying that the
loss from fermentation of canned fruit
may he reduced to practically nothing by
observing these directions, followed by a
liberal coating of melted paraffin around
the outside of the can at the top. Since
beginning this practice I have not lost
a single quart of fruit. I fill the jars as
usual to overflowing, screw the caps on
tight, and allow the jars to stand until
cold, tightening the covers as the glass
shrinks. Then the tops of the cans are
either plunged in a cup of melted paraffin
er the latter is poured around all sides of
them with a spoon, ensuring a perfect
seal as the wax cools. Fruit sealed after
these directions will keep indefinitely.
cost of the paraffin is so slight as to be
almost nothing. It can he purchased at
any drug store for a few cents a pound.

I have found that pouring the melted
paraffin over the fruit after it is in the
cans, and then fitting on the covers does
not prevent mold from forming, but I
have never been troubled in this way
when the cans were properly filled and the
outside treated as above.

The paraffin forms a good preservative
for jelly by putting a few spoonfuls of the
melted article over the tops after the
contents of the glasses has become firm.
Jelly should always be protected from
dust while cooling as it forms an excel:
lent medium for the retention and trans-
mission of germs if left exposed for even
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.4;._ . ‘~ - Sandwich Self-Feed
c'f'. . Full-Circle Hay Press

A Fast Press Means a Fat Pocketboo
at the End of the Season’s Run! .

Baled Hay is daily becoming a more important commodity. Every hay-producing section is a profitable fieldfidrihrFan-
working Horse or Belt Power andWich Hay Press. Our presses are big. money-makers. Their great ca acity enables
owners to bale MORE TONS PER DAY than with other presses. A good live man can make a prefit of hun reds dollars
every season—and can run his outfit all winter long, at low cost fOr power and labor. We have issued a b00k, “TON TELL,”
which fully describes our presses and gives important facts, hitherto unpublished, on the Profits in Running a Baler. Send
the coupon for Free Book and Special 1910 Proposition AT ONCE, for the baling season is at hand. - f "

Enormous Baling Capacity of Sandwich Presses BIG PROFITS PROVED

The extraordinarily large capacity of Sandwich Hay Presses is due to our simplified construction and wonderfu . -
economy of power. Our presses positively bale from TWO TO FOUR MORE TONS PER DAY than ordinar hay Read What Users of Sandwlch Presses Say:
presses—requiring no more help and no greater power than small-capacity presses. “IT'S TONS THAT MAK THE Sum...“ Mm Co. Hotel Clinton
BALER’S PROFITS.” Sandwich Presses have BIG FEED OPENINGS and effective SELF-FEEDER ATTACHMENTS. Dear Slrs.‘ Clinton. Wis...Apl'il 24. 1910.
The capacity is limited only by the ability of the crew to get the hay to and from the press. In warm weather I bale an avenge of 14 to SANDWICH Mrs. 00». Sandwich. Ill.
In convenience. our presses are absolutely unsurpassed. On all but the smallest size horse press the TYER 1° ‘0“! 0' ”9“": m “’m‘e' ‘0 ‘0 13 ‘0'“. P“ De“ 00-? .
day. With two teams. two men and boy as driver. Answering yours of the 23rd in regard to ex-

atands up _to do his work; no getting down in the dust, mud or snow. They stand up on their wheels when working. No 0... m... co... $2.50. 1...; 31.00 to $1 10 per pense end profit I will state that i bought this
holes to dig! Adapted for bank barn work. bundle. which will tie 4 to 0 tons. Sandwich preee'or Andrew Bradt and have run

A Sandwich Press takes a. charge of hay twice as large as taken by other presses. Fork-feeding only. No danger— Farmers put hay to the press and take care it one month.
Now I run the above hotel and am not with

ous foot-tamping necessary. No other press can be fed with the fork as rapidly and safely as the Sandwich. They of the bales. so three of us run the press. Get
make even-sized. compact bales. which pack well in cars. 81.00 per ton tor a and aim for 3 tier. 1 figure the machine. but hire five men and a boy to
my profits about like this; drive. which coats me $8.75 and I get $1.75 per

 

   
  
 
 
 
  
 
     
 

 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
   

Winter. say ll tons per day, - $11.00 ton for bsling. I told the boys it they averaged
t t w Expenses. - - - - 4.00 ten tons per day l was satisfied. which tlhe‘y do
very only. One afternoon they pressed 1 6 ales
y es, era 9 v orse e 0 er Warm weather 15P‘rool:i:sp§:r1;i;y. :1;% that averaged 95 “’5' in ‘9‘ how“ to ”a what

. ' Expenses _ ' _ _ _ L 4.50 they could (:10 if they win-lied good ian(()i0iiiivift£1

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Most Up-to-Date, Successful and Economical Hay Presses in4theWorld H b m n w relied... e. .4 $10.50 mi 3:... .123: Sin: 53.1322... .‘i’it...’

We build Horse-Power and Belt-Power Hay Presses. wood or steel construc- (135,422)“: .8“ 1m thimhggggfm “‘ ”B'h‘u “m” be“ "mm" x(§?;:'<ili'oso E. AMOS.

tion, in various Sizes—each embodying all the requiSites of a profitable and satis- Ono dollar per year will pay all expenses to:
factory baling outfit. The complete line of Sandwich Hay Presses is as follows: repairs. .1. L. FELLOWS. . A. w. SKmNm' of “gum. 111.. my...

Sandwich Two-Hone Preu-CapaCity 12 to 18 tons per day. R' F D‘ 5' ____S£uth Haven, H‘Ch' With the Sandwich Two-Horse Press I can
American Two-Horne Steel Press-Capacity 10 to 12 tons per day. Alex. S. Gardiner; easily bale an average of ten tons per day.
Western Two-Hone Steel Press—Capacity 8 to 10 tons per day. ”9"" h‘ “r“? “emu", ”- ‘“r 8‘ “l ”Pen“ 0‘ 450 P0” ‘0“; The Price mid
......... The above presses can all be fitted with Self-Feeders. S we" Mm gumgtyltgn' 1; E} :3 :Sgra‘seafl‘fiigg ogl‘g’bo'rh” swvesfii‘esbafif

“N w " r -H H ' mi Lar e Bale Press—1% to 2% tons :- hour W - ' °" “ W” ' ' - ‘ —‘ l“- “" ° ‘“
9‘” 3y W0 0'30 _ Oflzo 8 1 De - Dear Sirs _ Wich Baler is the best press built. The presses

Sandwich Belt-Power Press—Capacity 2/2 to 5 tons per hour. The Sandwich Belt Power Press stands up to i bought in 1900 and 1902 are still 0. K.
. Sandwich Jr. Steel Belt-Power Preu— lifetworlfifolod. twhe triedtvif break 1:!lf w: could. '
*' ‘3 acit 2 to 3 tons er hour. u con 0 no mg in a way 0 rea ing it. '

' .L D y D It was always rcadytotake the hay. We pressed _ ‘ “new way”

igeét IIEJIigsseS reenlafly fitted one hole per minute—l50 lbs. to the bale. It
Wt e ' eedcrs. works so good thought I would send you my

Large Bale

" Each Of these outfits illus- check for the press. which you will please find
_;4 trated and fully described in enclosed for the amount of your bill. ' Two-Horse
" Free Catalog. This makes nine different kinds of

presses I have had and sold and this Press

a -4. j . _— _. -' _. Every Improvement Known “retardi‘hgrt‘suils
is»; ,g' 4 .. . . . ‘~ to flay Press Construction
‘ , '7 ' - " Found on Sandmch Presses

The baler’s success depends on the Press. Big capacity. economy of
power and labor. ease of feeding, perfect bales. safety. simplicity. dura-
bility. freedom from “breakdowns." and scores of other desirable features
make Sandwich Presses sure money-make".

Ask for Our Partial Payments-roller!

I
/2 to 5 Tons Per Hour We are always glad to give Hay Press buyers ample time to pay for'the out-

  

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.‘ P Belt-Power Press .
Capacity 2
fit. Thus the machine can be made to practically pay for itself. ‘

' I ' This is the opportunity you have
Farmers! Threshermen- Shippers! be... wish... .0. pie... or w...
for a baling outfit right in your locality. Our Presses will deliver e goods!
We guarantee the capacity of every Sandwich Press.

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s d h H P d M k Capaclty 1% to 2% tone per hour
own a an WIG ay r988 an ? e . Size of bale 46x23x19 Inches
$6 to $10 a Ilay This Season. . “
Read the letters from owners of our Hay Presses. prov- . N TELL”
, . . .. .— . ing the profit in billing. Does $6 to 510 ii. day clear profit ,
T- _ '— — _ T _ '7‘ ._ ”‘3‘ “iii ”$03 hléehtfié‘é’iififi’irgagrofr‘i’iiil‘fi‘rfifi‘g 35:33“ u ‘ n
B I' _
whyunzt sign?) Owners of Sandwich Presses makg big money And Care and Cure 0f Hay
year after year. _ _ _ ~ .
Sandwlch Mix. 00.. 141 Main St. Sandmcli. III.

GGt the BOOK 0“ Hay Press PrOfitS! Please send me the above Book. and Special

_ Our catalog—“TONS TELL"—will give you a wealth of valuable information in '9'0 Propo."'°n-
SNEI Be“ POWOI' PI'OSS regard to Sandwich Hay Presses; their superiority in design construction. ca. eoity, o era-

A—x tion etc. It will tell you how big. sure profits are eesil made—everything fu 1y exple nod.
capaCity 2 to 3 Tons Per Hour Don‘t delay writing. but fill out and mail coupon Rowland get posted on the proposition. Name

    
     
      
 

 

 

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