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901.. cxxxv. No. 13.

Whole Number 3514.





FARM NOTES.





Ashes as a Fertilizer





Are wood ashes of value for rye and

wheat? Would value be increased by

adding bone meal? If so, what propor-

tion? Kindly answer through your col-





umns.

Eaton C0. J. W.





Ashes, particularly hardwood ashes, is

a valuable fertilizer and would no doubt

prove beneficial to wheat or rye, especially

on a sandy or gravelly soil. Asl.es con-

tain a god percentage of available potash

and also about 30 per cent of lime, 'both of

which will be found beneficial to the av-

erage soil. By combining ashes with bone

‘meal or acid phosphate better results

would be produced, as most of our soils

need additions of phosphoric acid for best

results with grain crops. Ashes should

not, however, be mixed with stable ma-

nure or other nitrogenous fertilizers before

applying to the soil as the lime in the

ashes will tend to liberate the nitrogen

in the manure in the form of ammonia gas

and a considerable loss of valuable plant

food will result.



The Corn Crop.



In a recent trip across the southern

portion of the state, the writer noted

that only a small beginning had been





made in harvesting the corn crop. Much





“9.5.1419 corn along the way, and especially

the ensilage corn is im-

proying since the' late

rains, but a number of

fields were noted that

Were apparently ripe

enough to cut in which a

beginning had not been

made. In many cases

corn cutting has doubt-

less been delayed bv

wheat. seeding, which has

been the work of the hour

in sections where wheat

is extenschly grown, but

the general tendency

among farmers to let

their corn stand until it

matures in a normal man-

ner would seem to show

that the popular idea has

changed somewhat in re—

cent years regarding the

proper stage of maturity

to harvest the corn crop.

A few ycars ago it was a

common sight to see corn

cutting begun before the

corn was really fit, while

at present there is a gen-

(‘Jral tendency to let it

stand as long as possible,

even taking the chance of

it being caught by an un-

timely frost in ozdor to

profit by the belated

conditions which favor

the filling out of the ears.

That this general tendgn— A

cv to delay corn harvest



tntil the corn is well ripened is a bene-

ficial one can not be doubted by the care-

ful observer. \Vhere the corn is cut a

little green the yield of good sound corn

will be Shortcncd not a little. The writer

once tried a little experiment to deter-

mine this point, and found that a week

or ten days in which the corn was hard-

ening up and filling out the kernels on

the hill made a very noticeable difference

in the yield and feeding quality of the

grain. The contention that the fodder is

more valuable when the corn is cut a.

little green is not sufficiently well found-

ed to make up for the difference in the

yield of good grain in a normal autumn.

We often hear the remark that the rains

came too late to help the corn crop much,

but they have- helped it materially in keep

1113‘ the stalks green and in the normal





DETROIT, MICH" SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, I910.





ripening of the crop instead of complet-

ing the job or drying it up prematurely.

No doubt the corn harvester has been a

factor in the change of sentiment rega1d—

ing the early cutting of corn, since it

enables the grower to hustle the job along

faster when it is commenced or in case

the corn is touched by frost before cut-

ting is completed. Thus, the farmers of

the state will make all that is possible

from their corn crop this year by-allowing

it to become fairly well matured before

it is cut, and while the crop can hardly

be a normal one on account of tho handi—

cap of the drought, we believe that it

will be better than has been anticipated

on the average farm because of its im-

provement during the few weeks of fav—

orable weather since the drought was

broken.

is It Profitable to Sow Salt?





I would like information in regard to

sowing salt on crops. Is salt beneficial to

crops, and 110w heavy can it be sown

without injuring the crops? I know one

man who always sowed salt on his c1ops

in the spring and always had fine c1ops,





'one year in particular his wheat went 50





bushels to the acre.

Ottawa C0. XV, M. A.





Salt is not a fertilizer in any sense of

the word. The only legitimate claim that





can be made for its use in agriculture is

that'it is claimed to have a discouraging

effect upon cutworms and other pests of





valuable crop to grow. It should be seeded

comparatively early, using about three

peeks of seed with one-half bushel of rye

per acre, as the rye will hold the vetch

up and make this plant with trailing

habits easier to harvest. Most of the seed

is imported, which makes it rather ex-

pensive, little being produced in this

country. But on land that is in condition

to grow 30 to 35 bushels or wheat per acre

oats and peas would be a better crop to

sow for forage, since it will make as val—

uable feed and probably a better yield of

forage, and the vetch is inclined to de-

generate into a weed where given the op-

portunity on good soil.



Rye for Pasture and Green Manure.



l have a piece of heavy clay land which

was sowed to oats this year. it was also

seeded but owing to drought the seed did

not catch. The land is somewhat run out.

I am also in need of pasture, especially for

carly next spring. “’ould it be a good

plan to sow this field to rye. pasture it

a few weeks in the early spring and then

plow under and summer fallow for wheat?

“'hat is the value of rye as a fertilizer

and for pasture?



\Vayne Co. L. F.





Rye makes excellent early pasture and

where it can (be sown as a catch crop in

the corn or after any crop which will por—

mit of using it for this purpose without

too much expense in preparing the land

it Will pay to use it for the nnrnose.

Where it can be sewn comparatively early





75 CENTS A YEAR

$2.00 FIVE YEARS





which would be added to the soil for the

betterment of its mechanical condition,

since the rye will return nothing to the

soil in the way of plant food which it

does not take from it. However, the

crying need of most soils that have been

depleted in fertility is for vegetable mat-

ter and the plowing down of a crop of

rye is a good beginning to make in the

supplying of it. Then the summer fal-

lowing of this soil would tend to make

avialable some of the inert plant food

which it contains, and the chance of get-

ting a good crop of wheat and a clover

seeding with it would be improved

thereby.

Harvesting the Potato Crop.





\Vith the approach of the potato dig-

ging season, the manner in which the crop

is to be dug and handled becomes an im-

portant economic problem to every grow—

er. Becausc of economy in handling the

crop the use of crates and the platform

wagon has become general among com-

mercial growers. Of course, this equip—

ment should be in readiness for use when.

the time for digging arrives. XVlietlier the

potatoes are to be sold from the field,

stored in the callar or warehouse or pit-

ted in the hold to be handled later is an





individual problem for each grower to





decide T.ru~.1l lgnmu -nn11"‘_1klils, ":(11‘tancé

from shipping point, the price and market

outlook at digging time,





 





Neat and Well-Kept Michigan Farmstead, Home of S. A. Doty, of Hillsdale County.





the kind. This claim is made for it by

many good farmers and there may be

some truth in it. \Vhen meant in suffi—

cient quantities it also discourages plant

growth and the best authorities agree that

even in homeopathic. doses it has no ben—

eficial effect upon plant growth.

The Proper Use of Vetch.



Will you please let me know through the

Michigan Farmer or otherwise, all about

vetch, what kind to sow and when: how

much seed per acre, and if it will pay to

sow on land that will raise 30 or 35 bu.

of wheat per acre in Muskegon county. I

want to sow on corn stubble this fall for

hay next summer.



Muskegon Co. SUBSCRIBER.



Sand or winter vetch is, as has pre-

viously rbeen noted in these columns, a

valuable soil improver, and for the light

sandy lands of some portions of the state





which will not readily grow clover is a





 





it can also be utilized for late fall pos—'

ture to good advantage, which will add

to the profit derived from tho crop. since.

the spring pasturing season is limited

to a few weeks froln the nature of the

plant. Perhaps the rye could be sown on

this stubble ground with less outlay of

labor by disking the land instead of plow—

ing it. But unless the stubble is com—

paratively clean ond free from weeds this

method might involve as much labor as

plowing the field. Even then the urgent

need of early spring pasture might make

it profitable to sow the crop. Of course,

this is a problem for the grower to de-





cide, whether the pasturage derived would





repay the. labor of plowing and fitting the

land for the crop. So far as its value for

green manure is concerned, it would be

confined largely to the vegetable matter





the cellar or warehouse

storage available, and

many other factors enter

into this problem for the

consideration of the grow—

er, But whatever is done

with the crop at digging

timc. the economy with

which it is handled is an

important factor in the

profit which may be dev

rivcd from growing it.

Likewise tho method of

dig ying whether by hand

01‘ with the horse digger,

is an individual problem

with the grower, depend-

ing upon the nature and

condition of the soil, the

available supply of labor,

the weather conditions

which prevail, Mc. \Vith

tho increasul C'flltit‘m’ of

impuntd types of diggers

this nicthod of harvesting

the crop is growing in

favor. as the digging of

the, crop by hand is hard

labor at the best, and

with an insufficient supv





 





lily of labor is too slow

for tho connnorcial grow-

cr. lint whatever the





mclhod employed. thc dig-

ging should be donc be-

fore there is danger of

sevcrc freezes, especially

in a wason like the pres-

ent when there is a lix‘OSIl€<‘t 0f a short-

:40 in the crop and a correspondingly

favorable market. The writer has made

it. :1 rule to commence digging the potato

crop during thc first week in October,

and as near the first day of the month as

111 some seasons the tubers will

be pretty green at this date. and require

careful handling to prevent peeling, but

there is likely to be less real loss from

this cause than from an untimely freeze,

which in a normal year may be expected

at any time after the middle of the month.

True, the tubers may grow some after

the first of October under favorable

weather conditions, but the gain is not

worth the risk, all things considered, and

it is a safer proposition to plan on having

the potatoes all out of the ground by the

middle of October than to delay the har-





possiblc.
230 (2)

vesting of the crop much beyond that date.

Another proposition which is worthy of

the consideration of every commercial

potato grower at digging time is the sav-

ing of some seed from the best hills. to

be planted in a seed-breeding plot the





following year. The possibilities for im-

provement in the potato crop by this

rmethod of seed selection are far greater

than with most other crops, since the

parent hill alone is the ancestor of the

future product of the seed, while cross

polenization complicates the breeding

problem with most if our crops. Thus,

if a few bushels o... seed potatoes are

saved from the best hills at digging time,

and these are planted on one side of the

potato field the following year and the

seed for the next crop saved from this

plot, and seed is again selected from the

best hills in the plot for seed production

the following year, we are following a

progressive system of selection which can

not but prove beneficial in the improve-

ment of the quality and yield of future

crops. Even Where the crop is dug with

the horse digger. it will undoubtedly pay

to dig a small area by hand for the pur-

pose of carrying out this plan of seed

selection. The cost will be very small

as compared with the possible benefits

which will be reaped in future years, and

no progressive potato grower should fail

to give proper consideration to this fact

at digging time.





Pasture Grasses for Low Lands.





I have about eight acres of muck land

that furnishes some pasture and weeds.

I plowed it last spring and this fall to kill

weeds and would like to seed it for pas—

ture. The water stands on it a week or

ten days every spring. What would you

advise sowing on this land that will stand

the spring freshet?



Ionia Co. E. TV. S.





For lands that are flooded for a time

in the spring, Russian brome grass, red-

top, and fowl meadow grass will be found

to endure the hardship better than other

varieties. If the flooding is not excessive

timothy and alsike clover and some other

grasses can be added to the mixture

with profit, according to the best authori-

ties on the subject. June grass is also a.

valuable pasture plant on much of this

kind of land, but where it is adapted to

the conditions it will gradully run in un-

dq; pasturage and it will not be necessary

to sow it.



Mixing Paint.





Will you please tell me through the

Michigan Farmer how much white lead

and how much venetian red it will take

for one gallon of linseed oil to make good

paint? I have asked painters but they

differ greatly. I also want to put a wall

under my tool house, which is 22x32 with

12,-ft. posts. How deep should I dig down?

Should I go below frost?



Bay Co. SUBSCRIBER.





The reason that the painters whom this

inquirer has consulted varied so greatly

in their estimate of the amount of pig-

ment required per gallon of oil in the

mixing of paint is doubtless the fact that

so much depends upon the condition of the

surface to be painted. If the lumber is

already well covered with paint and its

surface fairly well protected from the

weather, less oil will be required than

Where the opposite is true. On the other

’hand, the priming coat should be largely

oil and where the boards have not been

painted for a long time the first coat

should be rather thin. The usual amount

of pigment used where Venetian red is

mixed with oil for barn work is from

eight to to 12 lbs. per gallon, and where

white lead is used as the pigment from

four to eight lbs. are used per gallon of

oil, depending upon the condition of the

surface to be painted. The mixing of

paint for best results requires good judg-

ment on the part of the user, and the

mixing should be very thoroughly done.

However, a little experimenting on the

part of the user and the application of

good “horse” sense to the problem will

make its solution much more simple than

would appear from the above statement.





SWEET CLOVER AND ALFALFA.





 





I will say that my experience with

sweet clover was much different from that

of Mr. Lillie. I procured last year 40 lbs.

of clean sweet clover seed from the road-

side, mixed it with red clover seed and

seeded with oats on 16 acres. I got a good

stand of both the sweet and red clover.

The sweet clover plants are of rank

growth and stand one-third taller than

the red clover and the seed seems to have

all grown.



I expect to cut this crop once for hay

next season, and plow as soon as we can,

keep worked to kill all weeds up to June

the following season, and seed to alfalfa

without nurse crop. The sweet clover

may do no good in inoculating the ground





for alfalfa, but it cost but little to try,

we may know later.

Alfalfa.



I~- will say that I have three pieces of

alfalfa. The first I seeded with oats and

cut the cats when ripe two years ago.

We cut the alfalfa three times last year

and the same this year. We got a fair

yield of hay, but plantain, which was in

the ground, seems to hold its own and the

alfalfa is not what it would be were it

not for the plantain.



This spring I seeded 'with one bushel of

oats to the acre after corn, cut the cats

when green for hay, and have a fine seed-

ing of alfalfa. I inoculated with ground

from sweet clover on about one-half of

this plot and where the earth from sweet

clover was put on the alfalfa is of decid-

edly better color, being a dark green while

the other has a brown appearance.



The last piece sown was clover sod

plowed in March, kept worked up to June

20 and seeded to alfalfa. Soil was taken

from a sweet clover bed and sown on by

hand, about 300 lbs. to the acre. This

piece looks fine in every way and has

begun to blossom. In all cases the land

is heavy clay in a. good state of cultiva-

tion.



Hillsdale Co. W. G. BOYD.





LILLI E FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





Our long continued drouth was broken

on the evening of August 23. That night,

as reported by the Grand Rapids weather

bureau, 2.8 inches of water fell. Ac—

companying the rain was a very severe

northeast wind, which in many instances

has laid the corn fiat, which will make it.

very difficult to gather with a corn har-

vester. The rain, however, did a great

deal of good. The pastures are springing

up nice and green, and the new seeding

is taking on new life, and it helped the

corn crop, though it should have come

four weeks before to get the greatest ben»

efit for that crop. Since then we have

had two lighter showers which have done

much good and yet with all this rain, the

ground is yet dry and we need a good

steady, heavy rain fall at the present

time to put the land in proper condition.



Sowing Fall Wheat.



We began sowing our fall wheat on

August 31 and finished sowing it on Sen-

tember 9. This is unusually early for me.

In fact, I never remember of having sown

winter wheat as early as this before. We

got our plowing all done during the dry

weather so that when the rain came on

the 23rd the land was in condition to ab-

sorb it all and assisted very much in fit-

ting t~he ground. It was in such nice con-

dition that I concluded I had better sow.

I remember, too, that I waited last year

until what I considered the proper time,

until moisture came, and it was so late

and there was so little growing weather

after that that the wheat made very light

growth and I did not have as good a crop

as I ought to have ‘had, although it was

fair. So this year I began sowing early.

We have it all in and in splendid shape.

At this date, September 12, the first field

is up all over the ground so that you can

see the drill marks the whole length of

the field. If we get another rain now, and

this warm weather continues it might be

possible that we would get the Hessian

fiy again, but since we have not been

troubled with this pest for a number of

years, I am in hopes that even this early

sown wheat, that it will not interfere

with the proper growth of the plant.



On one field which has never gotten in

condition since I purchased it, I used a

rather heavy application of commercial

fertilizer, some 400 lbs. to the acre. I

really think this is more than would be

profitable on the wheat only, but I am

sowing so as to get a heavy seeding of

clover following the wheat, and I am

willing to put on this much fertilizer in

order to get it. I believe in” the long run

that my investment will pay well. I am

so thoroughly convinced that fertilizer

should be mixed with the soil that I would

prefer putting on 400 lbs. now and mixing

it with the soil, rather than to put on

part of the fertilizer now and the balance

in the spring when we sow the grass

seed. The balance of the wheat field.

which is all on soil that is too far away

from the barn to receive applications of

stable manure. I put on 300 lbs. of fer-

tilizer per acre.



Clipping Clever.



I thought it would not be necessary to

clip clover this year. The long continued

dry weather had so, retarded its growth

that much of it is very small, but in many

of the moister places on the field the

clover came up and 'headed out, and the

rain started it all over in nice shape.

Some weeds, too, have begun to grow, and





THE ‘ MICHIGAN ‘FARME‘R.





in order to clean the field, clip the clever

that was high, I have clipped the entire

fields. ‘





I have taken Mr, Angevine's advice in ‘





part and haue disked part of my alfalfa

field. I wouldn’t dare disk the whole of it ,

as he recommends. It seems to me thatl

it will ruin not only the other grasses,

that were sown with the alfalfa, but the

alfalfa too. We put the best disk harrow

we had with three good horses and set it:

to dig as he recommended, and Went over

if two or three times, two strips. Half

of these strips are where other grasses

are sown with the alfalfa, and half of

them with the alfalfa alone. Now the

alfalfa and the other grasses look green

and thrifty since we have clipped them,

and since the rain has come. We. how-..

ever, have dug this up so that it is in

pretty good condition to sow to fall wheat

if we wanted to. There isn’t any living

plants to be seen after the disking has

been done and one certainly having had

no experience with this would say that

we had killed not only the other grasses

which I am sure will be killed, but the

alfalfa as well. But the only way one

knows anything about farming is to try

these experiments.

Clover Seed.



While the drouth has cut our second



crop of clover exceedingly short, and it





 

 





' is very thin in places, on the moist, low





places of the field there is a fair growth,

and the heads seem to be well filled with

seed. I am, therefore, going to save what

I can of it for seed. There was not a

sufficient stand to warrant cutting it for

'hay. We will put on our clover seed at~

tachments to the mowing machines, which

throw the clover seed off in windrows

directly behind the machine, and thus

keep it out of the way so that the

horses do not travel on the windrow and

in that way reduce the shelling of the

seed to a minimum. Some years I might

have saved a little clover seed, enough

for my own use, and this is always better

than purchased seed. at least this has

always been my experience, but I did not

do so because it was dificult to get a

clover huller in this community. Very

few people here raise clover seed and it

is not always that you can get a machine

anywhere near when you want it. Of

course, if the fall weather is favorable

it is nice to hull me clover seed out of

doors, and in the field. and on the other





 





hand, the clover chaff is worth saving.

It not only makes good bedding but young

stock get considerable food out of it. But

the trouble is to keep it until you get a

machine, sometimes way along in the

early part of the winter. Much‘pf it be-

comes wet and sometimes the stack is

frozen so that it is an awful job to thres’h

your clover seed, and I have sometimes

allowed clover seed to go back onto the

soil, or cut it for hay, that I might have

saved for seed because I did not have any

place to put the seed after it was out.

Now, however, with the new barn, I have

one bay that is not full and I can cut

this clover seed and put it into the barn

and leave it until I can get a machine and

no harm will come from it. If there is

anything that I dislike it is to grow a

crop and harvest it, and then lose_all the

profit in it by stacking it out of doors,

or for some other reason that cannot be

prevented simply because you have not

barn room or storage room to take care

of it. My observation is that many farm-

ers lose enough every year by not having

sufficient barn room to more than pay

interest on the money which would build

sufficient storage. COLON C. LILLIE.





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Most experience cattle feeders begin to

supplement the pasture with a. grain ra-

tion before or as soon as the first severe

frosts impair its nutrition, even when

pasturage is plentiful. In a season of

short pastures like the present the cattle

should be fed earlier than usual. As soon

as the corn is cut it will be found profit-

able to commence feeding the fattening

cattle in the pasture. The corn drawn

right from the shock will be acceptable

as a, change of diet, and will be con—

sumed closely in reasonable quantities.

and the cattle will make much better

gains for this supplementary feeding and

at the same time will gradually become

accustomed to the grain ration. When

managed in this way there will be no ab-

rupt change from green to dry feed, and

no shrinkage between the pasturing sea-

son and the getting of the cattle on full

feed. The feeding season will not be

found too long to get the cattle in good

market condition if grain feeding begins

early, and there is no better feed for

starting the cattle than shock corn. In—

deed, it is questionable if there is any

more economical feed for them at any

stage of the feeding period, for a part of

the ration at least, when cost is consid-

ered, than this same shock corn. \Vhen

shock corn is fed the grain is mixed with

the coarse forage and the whole mass is

remasticated in the process of rumination.

Corn fed from the shock has an aroma

that is lacking in all other forms in

which it may be fed, and the cars are

softer and much more easily masticated

than are cars fed from the crib. There

is a feeling on the part of many farmers

who have never accustomed themselves to

the feeding of corn from the shock that

it is a wasteful and extravagant method

of feeding, but experience is very likely

to change their minds in this regard, es—

pecially for fall feeding when the cattle

are being accustomed to the grain ration.



While, as above noted, the professional

feeder has learned that such methods do

all?“ pay, it is~a too common sight upon

many‘ farms to see the stock cattle and

seven those intended to be fattened for

market during the ensuing winter turned

to pasture as long as there is a spear of

grass for them to eat. even after the grass

has been frosted until it is far from a

suitable food for them as an exclusive ra—

tion, and when the cold storms make

them seek the scanty shelter of the fence

corners for protection. This, however,

is a false idea of economy. The exposure

would not be of so much moment provid-

ed the ration were made commensurate

with the change of weather and the needs

of the animal. It is a mistake to let any

young animal pass a single day of its ex--

istence without making a gain in growth

or flesh. It costs something to keep the

animal alive and keep its bodily functions

going, and unless enough feed is given to

do more than this there is an actual loss

sustained for that period of the animal's

life which must be made up later if any

profit is to be derived from it. It pays to

[feed the cattle well if at all, and they

should either be fed to do the best of

which they are capable or sold to some

feeder who makes a specialty of the

business.





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Will you please inform me through

your columns regarding the amount of

oats to feed a colt that I am just wean—

ing, in order to obtain the best results?

Would it be well to have the oats always

at hand fer it to eat at pleasure?



Kent Co. I._ l), H.





Assuming that the colt has learned to

cut oats with its dam before weaning, it

will be an easy matter to get him on a

proper grain ration after weaning. It

pays to feed colts liberally. as it does

any young animal. But it pays to be lib-

era] with the colts even better than with

other animals, since size and symmetrical

development can be secured in no other

way, and these characteristics make for

the increased value and usefulness of the

horse to a greater degree than in other

animals grown upon the farm. For best

results some bran should be mixed with

the oats for the colt’s grain ration. About

one-fifth bran by weight makes a good

combination where clover hay is fed, as it

should be with some grass, of course, at

this season of the Year. It is not advis—

able to have grain before the colt at all





‘ THE “MICHIGAN FARMER.





times as suggested in this inquiry, as bet-

ter results will be attained if the colt is

fed what it will eat up Clean at each feed

and come up hungry for more at the next

meal. Of course, this amount should be

ascertained by careful trial, beginning

with a. small amount of grain and feeding

often, and increasing the ration gradually

until the colt’s appetite is ascertained and

satisfied. The amount of grain to be fed

cannot be prescribed offhand, but is a

matter which calls for the exercise of the

individual judgment of the feeder. But

the amount of grain which will be profit-

ably consumed by the average colt is

greater than the amount which the av-

crage colt gets. The colt‘s appetite,

growth and condition is the best guide to

follow-and the care. and attention bestowed

0n the colt to keep him growing to the

limit of his ability without loading him

with an excess of fat will be most profit-

ably expended in every case.



Of course, liberal feeding should be ae-

companied with the opportunity to get

sufficient exercise. If two colts can be





 





run together in a box stall they are apt

to do better than one alone, as they will;

be company for each other and can be

turned out t gether in a shed or paddock

fOr needed daily air and exercise. They

should be watered frequently and given

the choicest hay the farm affords, with

warm but well ventilated quarters during

the winter and a good bed to lie on at all

times. With such care during the first

winter and a little grain to supplement the

pasture during the first summer, and or-

dinarily li'beral feeding afterwards the

colts Will prove a much greater source of

profit upon the average farm than will the

other live stock which is ordinarily fed

much more liberally in order to increase

its market weight.





 





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Every spring a great many farms are

short of feed and stock is turned out to

pasture before it has a fair start. As a

consequence the stock do not get enough

grass to satisfy their wants and often

become thinner in condition instead of

growing fatter. The earliest grass is

very watery and has but little real suste—

nance in it. Furthermore, when it is kept

pastured very close from the start it will

not yield as large an amount of feed dur-

ing the season as it would if it were given

a good start before being pastured. Often

some of the more tender grass'is killed

out by being pastured before it has gotten

a good start and thus makes room for

weeds.



Quite a number of farmers are prepar—

ing to meet this difficulty next spring by

sowing a patch of rye. This is a very

commendable practice and no doubt more

and more farmers will follow it in the

future. The rye will furnish some late

fall pasture if sown early as well as be

the first of all crops out the next spring

and the first to become high enough to be

pastured.



On nearly every farm there are stubble

fields that can be used for producing a

catch crop of this kind and devoted to

some cultivated crop next year. Such‘

fields could raise a crop of rye which

would furnish much needed green feed

late in the fall and early in the spring

and the fields themselves would be bene—

fitcd.



This crop of rye will not be expensive.

It will require only the preparation of the

ground, the seed, and the seeding. The

earlier it is sown the more fall pasture

it will make, but we have known it to be

sowed so late that it did not come through





 





 





 

 





 

 





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the ground that fall. This came on the

next spring and grew just about as well‘

as that Which had been sown earlier. A

bushel of seed per acre will be enough in

most cases. Sowing rye in the corn fields

is a very good system if it is not desir-‘

able to utilize a stubble field for this pur~

pose. This can be very nicely done with

a one—horse drill that will run between

the rows or with an ordinary grain drill

after the corn is cut.



Rye makes good pasturage for any kind

of stoek. It is relished by the horses. It

will stimulate the milk flow of the cows

and help to keep the calves healthy and

sleek. It is splendid for Sheep for sheep

are as fond of fresh green feed as is any

class of stock. It is as good as any feed

for the sows and pigs in early spring. It

will have a beneficial effect upon the

health and thrift of the sows and will

cause the pigs to get out for exercise and

thus prevent thumps and other disorders.



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Sold at Lower Prices Than Dealers Ask for the Ordinary Kind

Don’t buy ieIICing until you have written us n letter or a postal card and asked for a





copy of our free fencmg catalogue, because our prices on woven

wire fencing have been reduced this year owing to a new factory connection. Our woven Wire fencui

IS not the ordinary wire fencing commonly sold but a patent knot Wire forming made from hard, toug

spring steel. It is unquestionably a high grade, dependable woven Wire fencmg and our prices are so

low that you will save a great deal by ordering from us. In addition to the woven wire fencing we offer

other styles of wire! fencing. fine wrought steel fencing and everything else in. this line at extremely

low prices. Our catalogue will be sent you by mail post aid u on receipt of a. Simple request for it, and

you can’t afford to buy until you know our prices. rite t 16 store nearest you, 19th and Campbleg;





treets, Kansas City, or Chicago Avenue Bridge, Chicago.

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as possible in the spring and then plow it

under and plant the field to a cultivated

crop. As was said in the beginning, it

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vegetables. They fold flat and have no sharp edges.

Sold direct to consumers. Our catalog for the asking.





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efl ‘will come 1? om plowing under the

por ion of the rge stems that have not

been eaten off, and from the] green roots.

Stir} another 'benefit will come from the

.fact that the stock will drop manure upon

thegifield that they have made from other

feeds.





we raising of rye in this way seems to

h" us in following a more intensive sys-

t , .. of farming which experts tell us we

niffit come to since land has become so

high in price. It is raising two Crops upon

01%: field in one year, as some put it, mak-

ing two blades of grass grow where one

grow before. More than that, it will fur-

nigh succulent green feed at the two times

wfien it is most needed, late fall and

efily spring. It will give the regular pas,-

tsges time to get started in the spring

afig enable them to produce heavier pas—

ttg‘age throughout the season. It will

al§o help to keep up the fertility of the

farm. _

.‘Iowa. H. E. MCCARTNEY.

1.:As hay and similar crops are short this

year, owing to the prolonged drought,

which prevailed over a large part of the

c‘guntry, the forage supply will fall m-uch

ugder normal. This should cause farmers

t. ‘save their corn fodder carefully. Corn

f der cut at the right time and well

cfi‘red 'has a great value as a feed for

sfiock. A Chicago live stock commission

firm says in its weekly report: "The corn

should be cut just after the kernels have

become 'well dented and before the blades

have dried very much. They should be

placed in good—sized shoe/ks. so that the

proportion of the blades that are exposed

to the weather is small. Then if the fod—

der is shredded at the right time, the

shortage in hay will not be felt. Live

stock are fond of this kind of feed, and

it? is one of the unexplained problems of

agriculture that it is not given more at-

tion. The supply of fodder can be still

rther increased if a large proportion of

Qe corn crop is put into the silo. This

ought to require no argument."

It is reported that Canada is preparing

to remove, the tariff levied on live cattle,

a. string of packing houses having been

constructed stretching clear across the

DOminion. Progressive Canadians see

that by lifting the tariff the northwest-

ern states will be in a position to ship

without any bar into Canada and thereby

immensely increaserthe packing interests

over the border. About 12,000,000 cattle

are butchered annually in the United

States, and of this enormous number

bout 7,000,000 come from the northwest.

", The recent contract. made by a Chicago

packing nriu im- €ur'n'wehiug the 1%;th

army with $5,000,000 worth of canned

eats is encouraging, and it is believed

'. iat rbetter times are in store for this im~

'ortant industry. The contract calls for





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THE MICHIGAN FARMBR.‘

I ' Buy a Farm From Us. .

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to produce.

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curing this

price.

for your next year's crop.

donate sites for





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is paid we will allow 8% discount.





This Factory Guarantees to Buy All Peppers and Tomatoes Raised on Farms Sold by the Pensacola Farm Lands Company





There are thousands of people looking towards Florida today, rwith a view of making it their home.

ter section in the State than Escambia county in West Florida.

could be raised right here to supply the entire State.





schools and churches, and will assist any and all denominations.

TORY A FREE SITE. We want, and intend to have, good, industrious people who are looking for homes and are willing





We are going to dispose of 100 of these farms by October 31, at $250 each—$25 cash and $12.50 per month, or 20% cash

and balance one and two years equal payments. deferred payments to bear interest at 8% per annum, or where all cash

If you want to secure one of these farms at this price,

selection and send in your first payment.





 





 





The Pensacola Farm Lands 00.. Ponucola, Fla.





Gentlemen :—-I hereby make application for" _

Tract in Escambia county, at $250 per farm. You to furnish deed contract.



I hereby appoint you as my agent to select this tract of land for me.

but I am to have the privilege. any time within 90 days from date, of

exchanging the tract for any other of the some value remaining unsold.

provided, upon inspection. I find another which suits me better.





....... farms in your Farm





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THE PENSACOLA





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- With the productiveness of the soil, enough vegetables

There Is no limit to the value which an acre of ground may be made

This Company has closed a contract for the Red Snapper Sauce Company, a $100,000.00 manufacturing con-

Their buildings will be erected and the plant in operation by the first of January, 1911. Se—

factory enables us to guarantee you a market for all the peppers and tomatoes you can

It will 'be located on our land. thus saving you a haul to the city. We are now ready to make a contract with you

The L. & N. Railroad and the P, M. & N. 0. will afford you good Shipping facilities.





To such, we say COME. for here is all anyone could want in the

way of the best farming lands, pure water and the best; climate in the





REMEMBER. only I00 II this prlco and on receipt of first pay-

ment we will give you contract for deed. I)

you do you may not. be one of those to get one of the 100.





REMEMBER each lot has about 4.75 acres (not. uite 5 acres .

The roads take up. the difference. q )





Write us today, not tomorrow. or next day, but. today. Investigate

Write to any business firm or bank about us.

tively guarantee every farm on this plat to be high, dry land, which can

be successfully cultivated. and. except for location. one farm is practi-

cally as good as another.

advice to all through our government soil specialist.





   





 





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exchanged. .

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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEENsANGUS.





Herd headed by UNDUI.ATA BLACKBIRD

ITO 83836. one of the best sons of PRINCE 1T0

50006. and Grand Champion Bull at the» Detroit.

and Grand Rapids Fairs of 1901, 1908. and 1%!) Herd

consists of I‘Iricsa. Blackbirds. Prides. etc.



WOODCOTE STOCK FARM, Ionin. Mich.





Southwest Michigan PedifircodMiStgck

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NGUS and Pulled Durham Bulls. Hampshire down, South-

W u “we“ Ruv them at. Kalamazoo. Grand





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Rapids, h. Detroit State Fair. .llib. R HALL. run, Austin. Inch.





I want the land for (Stats WM") ______________

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Michigan Farmer.

For Sale‘.§i°i»‘§§i.§5f‘il§i.l§‘iil’n§.2 Big.





 





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Mapls Ridge Farm, 33.6.2 (Silflm‘él‘p‘x’vfig 3. yéfi.





 





‘46,000 cans. and the firm holding the

contract had to face Australian and Ar-

gentine competition,





 





wants. E. & J. T. MILLER. Birmingham. Mich.





CHOIRELY RRED HULSIElN-FRlESllN Ré‘llegilfii’g





prices. Cole Broa. Ypsiland Farms, Ypsilanti, Mich.





 





 





A GREAT onncnmi





, IN SHEEP.





3; 188 Hanipshlre Merino Ewe Lambs,

gt-rong‘iy hnarked; all should be. saved for breed-

iIig--frmn pure bred ewes and registered rams.

price $5.75 per head. 33 some kind. good for

market, price $3. 105 Wcthtr Lambs, same

breeding, good strong muttons, some extra heavy

fat (mes, $1.50, 9 cross bred Ram Lambs,

,saiiie breeding, strongly marked lianipshires

and should be saved for breeding, $5. 500 pure

Shred bnt unregistered Delaine Ewes,

.from 3 to :3 years old, all good, sound sheep, and

breeders; shear highest class wool. price $5, most.

of them worth twice the money. 25 cross bred

Hampshire-Merino Yearling Ewes to

breed this fall; all big, strong. well marked in

'llanipshire character from registered Hampshire

rams $5.33 per head, worth sin. 9 registered

:llnmpshlre Rams, from high class breeding,

$16 per head. 4 rcglltcrod Oxford Rams,

$15 per head. 8 registered Delaine Rams,

$15. All from the best Ohio flocks. 2 01‘ 3 pure

bred Dolulne Rum Lambs and one Year-

ling, $6.50 per head.



These. sheep are in Western Michigan, 75_miles

north of Grand Rapids. Owner prefers to sell

in one lot or will split in lots of :30 or 100. Can

be kept. for a month or six weeks without cost.





to buyer.

JOSEPH CARTER.

Pore Marquette Road. Walhalla, Mich.





DISPERSION SALE





Imported and Pure Scotch





SHORTHORNS





At Shinevale Farmfliinde. Huron (10., Mich.





DGIOBER l lih, l9 l 0.





18 FEMALES. 5 BULLS.





'Owing to other business and residing too great a

distance from the farm. and unable to give this grand





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HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAH ‘E‘i'ii’éi‘é‘éfifiioii‘i

King. Bulls all sold- W. B. Jones. Oak Grove, Mich.





TOP NOTCI‘I HOLSTEINS





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls oom-

biningin themselves the cod of cows which now

hold and have in the past held World's Records for

milk and butter fat. at. fair rices.





McPHbRSON FAR S CO.. Howell. Mich.





—Worth the Money—12 fine

A. R. 0. Dams for Sale young 00..., b"... .0 Jo.

hanna Concordia Champion, whose two grand dams

average 34.06 pounds butter in 7 days. He Is the rich-

est. bred butter bull in service. If you want this

kind. come quick. L E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio.





F0“ SALE—2 yearling Holstein-Friesian bulls.

pedigrees and photo on application.

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





H EREFORDS‘R?”.§R§°‘ li‘s‘i "135.13%?





China hogs. ALLEN BROS.. Paw Paw. Mich.





‘ ’ Ofl‘ical yearly

Register oi Merit Jerseys. mm... A n...

lot. of youngbulls from dams with official records

of 483 minds and upwards of butter.



ll‘. F. LIARSTON, Bay City. Michigan.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS,





We have some. splendid young bulls for sale. Some

of them are old enough for service. They are from

cows with records of 3m to 42.") rounds of butter last

year. Write for (loser-i tion an prices. _



COLON C. LI LIE, Coopers-ville, Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





0R SALEFI‘Z registered Jersey Cows of St. Lambert and

Island blood, from 2 to 10 years. all fresh or nearly so. Price

$l00 each ifztaken at once, (I. A. Bristol, R. I". D. 5.1"enimnMich





 





ERSEY BULL CALI” born Oct. 21. '09. Dam Register of Merit

Q Cow. Maternal grand dam gave 9,900 lbs [milk in one year.

520'lbs. butter fat. Sirc's darn gave 10,060 lbs. milk. test 5.2%

in 10%, Mo. Herd tuberculin tested. THE MURRAY-

WATET‘MAN (2).. R. F. I). 6. Ann Arbor, Mich.





BUTTER BRE JERSEY BULLS





FOR SALE

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.





NORTHERN GROWN JERSEYS





WITH BIG MILK RECORDS.

TUBERU‘ULIN 'I‘nsrnn By STATE Vwrnanunun.

ROYCROFT FARM. Sidnaw. Michigan.





 





 





LINCOLN SHEEP-S5352?“ fi’i’i‘fi

Lambs. Write or phone. A. H. WARRERN, Ogjid, Migh.

F O R SA L E‘Hfifiiitiifigaliéfi 2.3.1.5?

CHAS. H. LAWRENCE. B. No. 21, Augusta, Michigan.

FOR SAL ”53586333. B‘Q32l“§§§$‘$





A. L. MOORE. OKEMOS, MICHIGAN.





 





‘ —Bot,h Lambs and Yearlings. Also

LEIGSSLGI Rams one three-yenr-old flock ram. Write

for prices. Bird L. lingers, Eaton Rapids, Michigan.





Parsons Oxford Rams’i‘lffid: “33.2.32 i





reduce bi ger and better lambs. Grade X 815. .

HXX $2513. Romeyn 0. Parsons. Grand Ledge. Mich.





oxrono DOWNS scarring?





II. J. DE GARMO. R. No. 1, Clyde, Michigan.





Oxfo rd - Down 5 hee p and pone.





Durham

cattle for sale. A. D. & J. A. DE GARMO, Muir, Mich.





0XFORD RAMS And ewes from Imported Rams.

and ewes bred to same. Address



B. F. MILLER or GEO. SPILLANE': Flint, Michigan.

—-Good Yearling Field



OXford Down Sheep Rams and ewes of all ages

for sale. I. R. WATERBURY, Highland, Michigan.





 





 





 





4 RAMS and 100 ewes (re ) Itambouillets descended

from the. best flocks. Ii perfect health in lots to

suit buyers. J. Q. A. Cook. Morrice. Mich. Bell 'l‘el.





Shropshire Hall Stock Farm





Will make special prices, for thirty days, on some

choice one and two-year-old ewes, also ram lambs.





L. S. DUNHAM &. Sons, Concord, Michigan.

SHROPSHIRE _. .... groin fiend

swine. c. J. THOMPSON. Rowan. iificiiiganl

10 HIGH GRADE human is:

each. LONG BEACH FARM, Augusta. ’MJchigan.



HROPSHIRE yearling and ram lambs, the best





L of wool and mutton type from registered stock.

GEO. P. ANDREWS, Dansvillo. Inghii 1‘1. (‘0, Mich.





For Sale—— Shropshire Rams

CHAS. E. BICKEli'l‘, II. No. ‘2. Mason, Michigan.





NRLESlDE SHRlll’SHl“5813.35.33s 253.312,???“ 11333





H. E. Powell. Robt. Groves, Shepherd, Ionia, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





10R SA LIE—50 high-class Von Homeyer llam-

bouillet one year rams at half price. Thos. W'yckofl‘,

Ranibouillet U.S.A.Shcep Farm, Orchard Lake, Mich.





 





AI’LE RIDGE SHlltll’SHIRICS—Closing out sale





. choice yearling rams. Ewes all ages, wrll be sold

Without reserve. H. STEWART, Lennon, Michigan.





 





Olt SALE—7i) Good Registered Shrop Ewes, ‘20 year-

ling rams. ram lam , one 2-yr.-old stock ram

bred by Wardwell, E. E. Leland & Son. R No. 9. Ann Arbor, Mich.





HOGS.





LARGE ENGLISH BERKSHlRES





Have fine lot of male pigs about 4% months.

of large. growthy type. Also good young gilts

same age. Prices reasonable. Satisfaction guar-

anteed.



F. A. BYWATER. Momphls Michigan.





 





 





 





 





AIRY BRED SHORTHOIINS.





Can spare a few

females. Also 12 months old. ' ‘





Citizens





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,Telephone. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.





 





IIOR'I‘I'IORN cattle of both sexes at. reasonable

1 prices. I bread for both milk and beef. Como or





 





herd of foundation stock my personal attention I

am offering them at Public Auction. This will

afford agrand opportunity to get. the right. kind at l

your own price. Sale will be held at the farm. two

miles north and two miles west of Kinde, on P. M.

liy. Sale begins at 2 p. In. For Catalogue address





JOHN W. SHINE. Sault Ste. Marie. Mich.

COL. M. 01885. Auctioneer.





Auchou s‘LE 200 Reg. Shropshire Sheep,



Ewes and Rams. Oct. 18.

1910, 10 A. M. All my reserve flock, ewes bred to

choice Imported rams. flock won all first. prizes Ohio

State Fair: four silver medals. two silver cups. Michi-

gan State Fair and $119 cash rizes. one year's show-

ing. 0, H. HUTCHISON, W ite Pigeon. Michigan.





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write, T. M. SOUTHWOR'I‘H. R. No. 13. Box 73. Allen, Mich.





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FOR SALE—Registered Improved black

top delaine Merino Rams.

Address G. A. Vincent. R. F. D. No. 2. Vernon. Mich.





 





BERKSH'RE —Handsome Jewell 116314





young champion boar 0!

Michigan 1908. son of “1951.500 Handsome Lee 91407,

and a. choice lot of pigs of his not at moderate prices.

M. D. & G. B. Johnson, Plymouth, Michigan





BERKSHIRESJr‘rzsllesirilsszénc first;





fall pigs. T. V. HICKS. R. No. 11. Battle Creek. Mich.





 





 





ORTH‘ERN GROWN BERKSHIRES for sale cheap—Yearling



now with litter about ready to wean; three hours ready for

service. at about: pork prices: boar pigs, for winter service,

Need more room for fall litters, For catalog and prices

AA





ROYCROFT FARM. Sidnaw. Michigan.





 





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Hampshire Sheep Ewfifrir‘i‘a‘ie.

Prices Moderate. Comfort A. Tyler. Goldwater. Mich.





HAMPSHIRE RAH LAMBS





and several extra good YEABLINGS. All regis-

tered. C. D. WOODBURY. Lansing. Mich.





 





 





 





BERKSHIRES fifaii‘lfiul’lli‘é





type and strains. 0. 8. BARTLETT. Pontiac, Mich.





 





Berkshire—A few choice fall Gilts bred for early for-

rowing and: choice lot Spring Pigs with prices





right and the right brood. A. A. Pamuo, Dockerviilo, Michigan.





HUPP FARM BERKSHIRES!





WON 189 PRIZES IN 1909.

Stock b ofoth sexes and all ages for sale. Breeders of

Guernsey. Cattle, M. B. Turkeys, Barred Rock Chick-

ens. Pekin .Ducks. GEORGE C. HUPP. Manager.

Drawer A. Birmingham, Michigan.





DAMS BROS. Litchfleld. Mich. breeders of im-





_ proved Chester white and Tamworth swine. Pigs,

either breed by Isl; prize State Fair winners. Bulf Rock.





Bufl' Wyandotte, eggs $1 per 15; W. Orpington $3 per 15.





DUROC JERSEYS.





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings, Michlg'ah.‘





nuaoc JERSEYS—15 choice male pigs, 80 choice fall pigs,

6 sows with pigs, IO show prospects in fall

sows. Write for particulars. J. C. BARNEY. Goldwater, Mich.





DUROC JERSEY SWINE. Selig? 3%“? Ii





 





 





per 15. J. H. BANGHART. Lancing“.

Chester Whites iii}. Rotii’geifififu‘fi





change of bnisness and everything for sale before Sept.

%th. WILL W. FISHER. Watervliet. Michigan.





IMPROVED CHESTERS





Choice Pi s of March and A ril furrow either sex

w. 0. WI SON.0kemos, ich. (Both Phonesl





all ages. Sows bred.

O. l. C. H0 sMalesweighinglilélbs.

and more. H. H. JUli , Munith. Michigan.





 





 





0 I c -—For Sale a. few choice pigs of March and

' ' . April farrow in pairs not. akin. Satisfaction

guaranteed. A. Newman, Marlette, Mich, . 1". D. 1.





O l REGISTERED PIGS, 10 to 12 weeks

0 0 0 from





 





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orld's Fair winners. Glen-

wood Stock Farm. Zeeland. Michigan. Phone 94.





O. I. C. SWINE—fialilfirfig'figfii





pigs of~ pril farmw got by Grand Son of Jackson

Chief, he World’s Champion and Grand Champion

Boar. Gilts all sold. “hate for live let. live prices.

A. J. GORDEN. Dorr, R. F. D. No. 2. Michigan.





RECORDED MULE FOOTED HOGS





are said to be immune from hog cholera. Stock of all

ages for sale. John H. Dunlap, Williamsport, Ohio.





150 POLAND-RHIHA





SPRING PIGS





either sex, with size, bone and quality. Bargains

on early fall weaned pigs. I ship 0. o. d.and

furnish pedigree promptly. Write for prices.





WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater, Michigan.

0 —3 choice boars read



Po Co Bargalns for service: 1 good HOW

for Sept. furrow. Z. KINNE, Three Oaks. Michigan

POLAND CHINAS~SW ..

either sex for sale.



E. D. BISHOP, Route 38, Lake. Odessa, Michigan.

—ltoadyforscr'i e. S‘red



25 BIG BoARS a‘ $2 . by three big Eye 9 “Jest.

em I) d bears. and from big type sows. hre big for

20 y .. rs. We. are the pioneer big typo breeders of





Michigan. Pairs and trios not akin.

J. C. Blr’l‘LlGlt, Portland, Mich. Bell Phone.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Large Type Poland Chmas m... w,,d,,,.,,.,,,,,'we,g,:

from 150 to 160 lbs. at 4% months old. Will deliver

whatIadvertise. W. E. Livingston, Pal-ma, Michigan.





pound-Chinas-Em “.22.: f...





Write L.W. Barnes & son, Byron. hiawassee Co.,Mich.





P. C. BOAR S’fit-fi‘fi‘rfii’. {it





money. WOOD & SONS, SALINE, MICHIGAN.





Singly or in pairs not akin.

P. c. PIGS Minnrca eggs $1.50 per 15.

R. W. MILLS. Saline. Michigan.

I —-Boars. (‘ ilts and l"

POHand'Chlnas ofquality" at. the rigllI:

price. B. M. WING & SON, Sheridan, Michigan.

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PUlafld'chmas arges y 0 growth) springpigs, also





‘ fall "gs Send fol-snap shot. betas

and lowest prices. ’





Larges improved English Yorkshires.





The bog that makes good. Bears ready for service.

Grits bred for next spring furrow. A choice lot of

fall pigsmern not akin. Satisfaction guaranteed.

DON O. LILLIE. Coopomilla. Michigan.



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Just what the name implies—a king

among blankets. Gives genuine pro-

tection in all weathers, and shows a

wear-resisting quality that is won-

degful. No other blanket at $2.50 is at

all comparable to adsA Storm King.



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irect to dealer.

That means a less price to you. Ask

to see 5A Storm King blankets.



Buy a 5A bias girth blanket for the stable.

Always look for 5A stay under strap.





WM. AYRES & SONS. Philadelphia, Pa.





   

   

   

   





 





(Sold with or without elevate

ORUSH ear corn (with or wi trout

chucks) end GRIND all kinds of small

grain. Uee Genie-l Shape Grinders.

DIIIerem Irem ell oIhere.





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(Our Circular Tells Why.)

Heady to 0 ereIe. 10 Sizes-—

" a to 25 h. 1). no size for wind-

wheel use.

;, Also Make Sweep Grinders;

. both Geared and Plain.

D.N.P. Bowsher Go.

South Bend, Ind.





 





 





With the Rosenthal New Cyclone Corn Husker

and Shredder. Made for the individual use or

companies of farmers. requiring 10 to If) H. P. so

sum ler size rerliuiringfitoSI-I. l’. Shredded corn fodder

is the natura . wholesome winter food for stock.

Ensilage is too eagerly devoured and cattle overfeed

with the result of unhealthi‘ul condition and exposure

to tuberculosis. Write us for catalog and irices. State

how many horse power you use. SOLD bn TR .





Bosonlhal Corn Husker 80., Box. 2. Milwaukee, Wis.





 





 

 





 





Cures Strained Puiiy Ankle: Lymphangitil

e e ' .

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

u and Swellings. Lemeness. and Alloys

Pain Quickly Without Blistering. removing

the hair, or laying the horse up. Pleasant

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

livered. Horse Book 5 D free.

: ABSORB NE, JR., (iiiankiiid.$l.00 bot“

,. _,.-! tie.)For Straius,Gout,VuricoseVeins,Var-

icocele.Hydrocele, Prostatitis, kills pain.

in. F. Wills. I'.ll.r., 268 remote 31.. sprinmield. Mass.





 





 





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





Shippers and feeders of cattle, hogs and

sheep should not make “split” shipments

on the same day; that is, divide the con-

signment between two, or more commis-

sion firms. Buyers watch such shipments

carefully, keeping men at the chutes.for

that express purpose, and use. one firm

against the other in the effort to pound

prices. A leading live stock commission

firm says: “The buyers' point is Well

taken, as they are afraid to bid on divid-

ed shipments, each fearing that the other

buyer may get his’stock cheapest, in

which case the buyer who paid the most

would be open to criticism from his house.

This causes them to hold off and the own-

er suffers a. loss. On the other hand, if

one firm has an entire shipment, they

have all the buyers competing with each

other fer the same, and this enables

the salesman to raise the price. If ship-

pers Wish to divide their shipments, they

will save money by doing so on different

days.”



The recent rains that visited Michigan,

Wisconsin, northern Illinois, Indiana and

other dairy regions have restored the pas-

tures to such an extent as to greatly in-

crease the production of milk. and grass

butter is becoming plentier, but so much

is going into cold storage that prices have

advanced sharply in the markets of the

country. Cold storage warehouses are

receiving larger quantities of butter than

ever before, and butter is so dear that

many families are substituting butterine,

while more of the imitation 'butter is used

in hotels and restaurants than ever be-

fore.



Crolcker Brothers, of Chase county,

Texas, marketed a consignment of eight

cars of Panhandle spayed heifers, ma-

tured and fattened on Kansas grass, at

Chicago recently. They averaged around

930 lbs. and sold for $5.30@5.35 per 100

lbs. The Crocker Brothers own and con-

trol 60,000 acres of pasture land in the

famous big grazing region located in cen-

tral Kansas, and they report grass as

never better than now. During the sum-

mer that region handled fully 25,000 Texas

cattle. The cost of fattening the cattle

was from $4.75@5.25 per head, and both

land owners and cattlemen have realized

substantial profits. Within recent years

grazing lands have advanced steadily and

are held now largely at $20 per acre.

About half of the southwestern cattle pas-

tured in Kansas during the past summer

have been marketed.



The bright prospects for tho maturing

corn crop are stimulating the demand in

the western markets for cattle and lambs

to place in feed lots. Farmers are count-

ing on having an abundance of new corn,

and they are free sellers of their remain-

ing surplus of old corn in different parts

of the corn belt. A great deal of old corn

remains unmarketed, and many farmers

will soon have to sell off more old corn

in order to make room for this year’s crop

of corn and oats.



An epidemic of hog cholera is devastat-

ing the spring pig “crop” and assuming

somewhat alarming proportions in the

buffalo prairie country in the northwest-

ern corner of Mercer county, Illinois. Few

hog raisers have escaped losses of hogs.

Thus far the disease has been confined

very largely to a single township, but it is

spreading and causes great alarm among

farmers in the surrounding country. Be-

cause of the close proximity of the dis-

ease, a good many hogs and sheets have

been shipped from that locality. That

section of Illinois has big crops, and a big

yield of corn is promised.



The Chicago market for stocker and

feeder cattle has been animated of late,

although many prospective buyers con-

sidered prices too high, and not a few

bought commoner steers than they had

expected to. Most of the demand comes

from the east, and a good share of the

supply of light and medium weight cattle

goes to Virginia. and Maryland, with good

shipments to Pennsylvania. Most of the

buyers from Ohio and Indiana want better

cattle than the farmers who live beyond

the Alleghenies. Demand for some Weeks

has centered in high—class feeders, but

the aggregate sales have been small, 'be-

cause of the limited offerings. One great

obstacle to the purchase of good weightv

cattle is the competition from the packers

who want the cattle fOr slaughtering.

Light to medium weight steers, averag-

mg from 600 to 800 lbs. have been abuna





 





DII. FAIII’S NEW WORM REMEDY





is given in feed—it kills worms

in two ways; by suffocation

or absorption, but never hurts

he horse or brood mare.





Symptoms of Worms





Nervousness, itching, rub=

bing_ tail, rough coat, hide=

bound. dandruff,unthrift



condition, bloating, dusty rectum anh





passing worms.;

D e

60 Horse Doses sumo“ $1.00





New customers may have a regular 25c box for trial

by sending only 4c in stamps.



DR. FAIR VETERINARY REMEDY CO"

W. c. FAIR. V. 5., Prop.,



5712-14 Carnegie Ave.. Cleveland. 0.





illness at Wholesale Prices!





,4 Direct from our shops to you.

1" W FREIGHT PAID,





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Write til-day for a copy of our

HARNESS BARGAIN Catalog





Joi's' Hoursioinirss 00.. cino, MICHIGAN.

Chic'ii'fib Ssc°iiig°°Co.





ALWAYS mention the MICIIIGAN FARMER

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dent: and sales were quick where the

quality was good, but common to fair

cattle have not met with much demand.

Stock heifers have met with a strong de-

mand, and all desirable offerings Sold

readily, the greater part going at $3.50@

3.75.. A large percentage of the light

feeding steers went at $4.25@4.75, a fairly

good kind bringing $4.75@5.V



The large demand which has prevailed

this'yeai‘ for range lambs to ship to

feeding sections of the east, middle west

and .west indicates that feeders have been

making good profits in this industrv. The

volume of business has been above the

normal, and this was fortunate for sellers

of range flocks, as the greater part of

these sheep and lambs come to market

thin in flesh this season as a result of the

long drought, which ruined the pastures

in many places. The usual rush to ship

half-fed flocks to market on the appear—

ance'of Wlnter weather may be expectcd,

it being of annual occurrence, but sheep-

men who conduct the business properiv

may expect to come out with good profits.





A good many short-fed am ras

steers have Shown up in the Chiclagfmhgz

ket recently including numerous droves

of grass-fed Kansas and Nebraska steers

averaging considerably over 1.200 lbs.

These cattle are regarded with strong

aversmn by killers, as they dress out

poorly in comparison with cattle from the

northwestern ranges and are relativelv

higher-priced cattle. Invariably killers

prefer the range cattle. Most of the time

fat cows and heifers are the most active

of any class of beef cattle, although

handy, fat little yearling steers never





 





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Advice through this department is free

to our subscribers. Each communication

should state lhistory and symptoms of the

case in full; also name and address of

writer. Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

the desired information in a reply that

has been made to some one else. When

reply by mail is requested, it becomes

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Cow Give Bitter Milk.——I have two cows

running in the same pasture lot; they are

fed hay, old corn and green corn on the

stalks; one gives strong, bitter milk. It

can not be caused from not keeping the

pails 0r separator clean. I have kept the

milk of these cows in separate dishes and

in 10 or 12 hours it smells strong and

tastes some bitter. Both COWS were fresh

last January and are due to calve again

next January. I find it almost impossible

to churn butter from the cream. The

only treatment I have given them is sul-

phur and salt and I might say the cow

was right up to two weeks ago. A. L. R.,

Bravo, Mich—Give both cows 1 oz. each

of powdered charcoal and 2 drs. salicylate

soda at a. dose in feed twice a day. Per-

haps the whole trouble is caused from

the grain you are feeding them; it may be

badly cured.



Eczema—Blind Test—Some two months

ago the hair began to shed off under the

eye of my more and since then a larger

patch of skin seems to become bald, but

the skin is not much sore. I also have a

sow with litter of pigs nursing and one of

her teats gives little milk. What can be

done to relieve her udder7—R. .T. 13., Pe—

toskcy, Mich—It is possible that your

mare is troubled with ringworm; however,

it may only be eczema and no matter

which, apply one part oxide zinc and six

parts vascline once a. day. Apply hot raw

linseed oil to udder once a day.



\Veak Stifle Joint Ligaments.—I bought

a horse almost a year ago: soon after I

had him, could sec that he didn’t move

right in hind legs. “’hen standing over

in stall his leg would lock and when shoe-

ing his hind fcct' is lifted off the ground

with some difficulty. \Yhen walking he

never shows any lameness or stiffness.

G. D., Hillsdalc, Mich—The whole trouble

is in stifle joints and it being chronic I

doubt somewhat his recovery. Apply one

part rcd iodide mercury, one part resub-

limed iodine. and eight parts lard twice a

week or as often as you think it neces-

sary.



Capped Hock—Enlarged Glands—I have,

a two-year-old colt that, is troubled with

capped hock and I would like to know

what will take off the bunch. I also have

a three—year—old colt that has enlarged

throat glands: this same filly fails to come

in heat or if she does come in season I fail

to know it. i am anxious to breed her

this fall and if you can give me advice

regarding the above cases it will be ap—

preciated. W. \V., Hopkins, Micli.~—Tt is

no easy matter to reduced capped hock.

However, fairly good results follow appli-

cations of equal parts spirits camphor and

tincture of iodinc and it will be ncccssarv

to rub some on three timcs a week. The

same medicine will rinswcr pretty well to

rdeuce the enlarged glands. However,

you should give her ‘J (Ti-s. iodide of poles-

slum at a dose in fccd twice a day until

the swclling rcduces. A forced service

might be advisable.



Poisoned Calves—Calves four months

old running on clover and timothy posture

and fed sweet milk from separator seem

to take sick. Refuse to eat. Some fluid

oozes from cars and some blood clots

come away with the excrement. ‘Their

eyes seem to be inflamed, they stagger

when moved or made to walk and death

takes place from 36 to 48 hours after

Showing symptoms of sickness. I might

say the pasture lot is full of yarrow weed

and the calvcs have been watered from a.

well near my house. I_ E. 13., \Vayne

Co.——~Your calves die the result of eating

some poisonous herb or drinking impure

water, but it is quite difficult for me to

say which. Change thcm from the pas-

ture you have kept them in and if you

suspect the water as being unclean, clean

out the well and drop some lime in it.

Give each calf 15 grs. quinine and 25 grs.

salicylate soda at a dose four or five

times a day.



Fistula of TVithcrs—lndigestion.—l\iy

13-year-old horse has been troubled with

fistula. of withers for a long time; our

local Vet. and myself have treated him

with poor results. We first applied blis-

ters and after it opened used different

healing remedies. I also have a cow that

seems to have lost her cud and my neigh—

bor recommends a couple, of chunks of

salt pork as a remedy. She gives about

one-Sixth part as much milk as usual and

cats very little food. M. E. II, Muske-

gon, Mich—A case of chronic fistula of

the withers» usually requires some surgi-

cal work and it should be thorough enough

to allow proper drainage to the nbsccss

or tumor and if the bones are diseased.

the diseased portion should be either

scraped or cut off. I suggest that you

write The Abbott Alkaloidai C0.. Ravens-

vwood Station. Chicago, ill., and order

enough of their Poly-Bacterins and try it

on your horse that has fistula. You will

perhaps have to give five doses six or

seven days apart. This firm are prepared

to make Autogcnous Bacterins for you,

but to make it a them or two of pus from

the deepest portion of the tumor must be

sent them ’by mail in a small bottle that

has been boiled and cooled to the temper—

ature of the body before placing the pus

in it; the cork should also be boiled.

Their fee for preparing this serum is





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N0 STOCK CAN THRIVE IF PESTERED

WITH LICE ,TICKS,MITES, FLEAS,

$CAB,MANGE,AND OTHER SKIN ,

I DISEASES.

TO CLEAN OUT THESE

PARASITES, GUARD AGAINST

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INDIVIDUAL FEEDING OF cows.





 





 





 





One of the essentials in the economical

feeding of cows is to feed grain according

to the individual needs of the cows in the

herd, that is, according to the amount of

milk and butter—fat produced. To follow

this practice, it may possibly be neces-

sary to feed different amounts of grain to

each cow in the herd, but this will be

found more profitable than to underfeed

some COWS and overfeed others.



To many the importance of feeding

cows individually seems too obvious to

require explanation. Nevertheless the

fact remains that a great many dairymen

or farmers still feed, cows without regard

to individual needs, supplying grain alike

to all. But what logic is there in feeding

the same amount of feed to two cows, one

of which yields one-half pound of butter-

fat daily and the other one and one-half

pounds?



Undoubtedly many do not feel that they

can afford the necessary requirements as

to equipment and time to practice indi-

vidual feeding, while others may not

know how to proceed to accomplish the

work in a satisfactory manner.



The essential equipment is a partitioned

manger and a pair of scales to weigh the

feed. The grain may be weighed in the

feed room and there poured into pails

with the names or numbers of the cows

upon them; or it may be put into a. feed

truck provided with a pair of scales and

each cow's allowance weighed out from

this. The feed truck is pushed right in

front of the cows and, therefore, requires

a suitable feeding alley to handle it. With

the present arrangement of most barns,

especially those with rough floors, the feed

pails will be found the more satisfactory

way of handling the feed. With a little

practice the feed can be weighed out for

each cow with little expenditure of time

and labor. ,



To know the amount of grain that can

be fed economically, it is important to

keep a record of the daily weight of milk

from each cow. Such a record should be

kept in any case to assist in locating the

poor producers.



My aim here will be to consider the

practical side of feeding, the intention be-

ing to assist especially those who have

little or no knowledge of the composition

of feeds and the compounding of rations.

As a basis for the discussion, I will as-

sume that the cows have no pasture and

that the roughage that will be fed during

the late fall and winter will consist of

one-third corn stover, one-third corn sil-

age and one-third clover hay, and that

the grain or concentrated feed Will con-

sist of one-third wheat bran, one-third

distillers’ grain, one-sixth linseed meal

and one-sixth corn meal. or the equiva-

lents of any of these feeds.



For dry cows receiving a full allowance

of the roughage above mentioned only a.

few pounds of grain will be needed ad-

ditional. Cows giving milk must have the

concentrated feed increased according to

the flow of milk. If a mixture similar to

the above is fed, then use at the rate of

about one pound of concentrates to every

three pounds of 41/2 to 5 per cent milk and

one pound to every four pounds 3% to 4

per cent milk. These figures are esti-

mates and are intended to be used as a

basis for the following practical supple-

mentary tests as to the actual amount of

concentrates needed by different cows at

different stages of lactation.



Where a record is kept of the yield of

milk, one can tell approximately what

amount of milk to expect from a fresh

cow and her feed should be gradually in—

creased to meet the requirements of the

expected flow. If, for example, the cow

is expected to be capable of producing 30

lbs. of 5 per cent milk. her concentrates

are gradually increased after calving so

that at the end of about two weeks the

cow—if in good health. is receiving 10 lbs.

of concentrated feed. If at the end of

three weeks the cow yields above 30 lbs.

of milk on this allowance of concentrates

it is reasonably certain that her grain

ration may be profitably increased. The

increase should be gradual and continued

until there is no longer enough extra milk

producer; to pay for the extra feed sup—

plied. If, on the other hand, the ten

pounds of grain at the end of the third

week after calving produces only 24

pounds of milk, it is expected that a re-

duction in the allowance of concentrates

may be profitably made.



To determine definitely how much grain





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a fresh cow can make profitable use of

requires several weeks’ time, but, if once

determined, practically no_'further adjust-

ment, is needed until about the fourth or

fifth month after calving. After this

time a reduction in feed is made because

milk naturally drops off slightly in the

first half of the lactation period and more

rapidly in the latter half. So that the

amount of concentrated feed fixed upon

as satisfactory for a. cow one month in

lactation, will have to be gradually re-

duced at different intervals thereafter.





It will pay to look the milk sheet over

very carefully at least twice a month to

note the amount of shrinkage that may

be due to the advance of the period of

lactation and to reduce the amount of

concentrates accordingly.



Such methods of testing the feed re-

quirements as are here outlined, must

also be made 'by those who are thoroughly

posted on feeding standards and the meth-

ods of compounding rations, for they con-

stitute what may ‘be called the practical

supplement to the feeding of the balanced

ration. The latter does not fully recog-

nize differences in the energy required to

digest different feeds, differences in pala-

tabillty, etc., neither does it recognize

the individuality of the animal to which

it is fed; hence for best results the bal-

anced ration and its practical supplement

must go hand in hand.



Some, no doubt, will think that too

much work is involved in carrying out

the foregoing instructions on the average

dairy farm. In this connection I may say

however, that I have practiced what I

have stated here with herds of from 30

to 50 cows for a number of years and I

must say that the amount of work in-

Volved, when one understood, is so small

that one would almost feel ashamed to

mention it.



An important thing to remember in

connection with supplying cows an ample

allowance of feed is that it not only

produces greater immediate returns but

helps to keep up the flow of milk during

the entire lactation period which is ma-

terially prolonged as a result of good

feeding.





Wisconsin. JOHN MICHELS.





 





PERMANENT PASTURE ON SANDY

SOIL.





 





I have a field which I wish to get in

permanent pasture. It has been well run.

but I have got it into beans which, will

make about a half a crop. I want to put

it into rye and then into some grass for

permanent pasture. Would blue grass

grow on such land. I might say it is a

sandy and gravelly loam, but well run;

also that I used 100 lbs. of fertilizer on

beans per acre. How much had I ought

to use on rye?



Midland C0. J, N. 0.





If I wished to get this field into per-

mancnt pasture as soon as possible, I

would seed this fall as soon as the beans

were removed and not seed to rye. That

is, seed to permanent grasses and clover

alone. It is a little later than it should

be for this work. It would have been bet-

ter sown in August, but if you get the

beans off as soon as possible it is not too

late now, especially if we have a. growing

fall.



I would sow a combination of red

clover, alsi'ke, timothy and orchard grass,

and meadow fescue, and put in a little

alfalfa. Fit the ground as for rye, and

then don’t sow the rye. Use 300 lbs. of

good fertilizer per acre.



If you are not in a hurry for your pas-

ture, then sow rye at the same time you

do the grass seed. The rye will of course

retard the growth of the grasses. but if

they live through the winter, they will





‘ develop after the rye is harvested and





will do for pasturing the following year.

If you sow the grasses alone, you could

pasture the field lightly the latter part of

next summer.



If anything happens that you do not

sow the grass or rye this fail, you can

sow the grass seed in the spring with

good results. In fact, if it was not for

leaving this land bare all 'winter, I would

recommend waiting until spring before

seeding. Then your grass becomes es-

tablished and there is no danger of win-

ter killing. If you sow to rye this fall

and seed to grass next spring on this light

soil, you don’t give the grass 3. very good

chance and are not apt to get a good

stand. For permanent pasture you want

above all things a heavy stand of grass

so as to get a heavy sod as soon as pos—

sible. On rich and heavier soil, there is

not so much risk as seeding to grass on

sandy. gravelly soil.



Blue grass is nothing more or less

than June grass. It will grow on any

soil where any kind of vegetation will

grow. It would the all right to use some





June grass seed, but it will come into the

pasture of itself in a. few years anyway

and run the other grasses out.



This poor soil should ’be fertilized to get

a profitable stand of permanent pasture.

If you only had lots of stable manure,

that is what it wants, but not having

that, the best you can do is to use a good

application of commercial fertilizer.





 





RECOMMENDS DRIED BEET PULP.





 





In the last report of the progress ’of the

sugar beet industry in the United States,

the department of agriculture stated that

with our great stock raising interests we

should better appreciate the value of the

beet-sugar by—products. The department

insists that our farmers should give heed

to the experience of their brother farmers

in European ocuntries where the industry

is of much longer standing and where

factories are equipped with special drying

plants that converts the ‘bulky by—pro-

ducts into concentrated foods that please

the careful feeder.



With special reference to the condltions

in our own state the same report specifies

that for a considerable time nearly all the

factories of Michigan were compelled to

dispose of their pulp as waste. In order

to avoid this most of the plants have now

installed or are installing drying plants

such as are used in Germany and else--

where, to make their molasses and pulp

by-products into a stock food.

prepared, with the moisture expelled, it

is a. dry, flaky substance, amounting to

about five per cent of the original weight

of the beets, and it sells at $20 to $25 per

ton. The dry matter of the beet is about

ten per cent of the original substance.

The factory will turn out in Wet pulp a.

quantity amounting to about 50 per cent

of the original weight of the beets. This

dry stock food product can be sacked and

shipped to all parts of the country like

bran and other ,mill feeds. It is a valuable

ingredient in a ration for animals on the

farm.



The reports from the different states

where beets are grown and made into su-.

gar as well as from our own, indicate that

the demand for dried pulp is rapidly

growing and that everywhere its true

value as a feed is 'being readily under-

stood by our progressive feeders and es.

pecially the dairymen. Making use of

this additional feed, together with the

long list of cOncentrates already available

for Michigan dairymen, means that the

dairy industry must be given further im-

petus toward absorbing that interest

which its products merit as food for man-

kind. Eight of Michigan’s sixteen fac~

tories now have drying plants, and others

are planning to install them. This

speaks of the readiness with which the

American farmer adopts new methods, or

facts, when once proved to have merit, for

it is upon the demand from the dairymen

and other feeders that the factories have

been urged to so quickly adopt all the

improved methods of preparing feeds

which have taken European men genera-

tions to develop. Michigan has been in

the beet-sugar industry, on a practical

basis, for 12 years. It will be but a short

time until every pound of the pulp and

molasses that comes from the sixteen

factories will go into the dryers and from

there to the hundreds of dairy and other

feeding barns throughout'the land.





UNUSUAL CONTEST FOR DAIRYMEN.





 





On Monday and Tuesday, September

26-27, a competitive exhibition of milk and

cream, in which all the producers for the

Detroit market are eligible, will be con—

ducted under the auspices of the Detroit

‘board of commerce. The United States

Department of Agriculture and the De-

troit Board of Health will have immediate

charge of the contest. Entry blanks and

directions will be furnishel all parties who

desire to place their goods in competition

by Norman Flowers, acting secretary of

the Detroit Board of Commerce,



We believe this move to be a com-

cnda'ble one. It will get the dairymen

and the consumers closer together. It will

teach the consumer some of the difficul-

ties that the man on the farm has to

contend with, and will give the farmer

better knowledge of what the consumer

desires in the way of pure, clean milk and

cream. That it might be made a success

we desire that our readers take it upon

themselves, if they are among the dairy-

men who deliver milk in Detroit, to enter

the competition, and encourage the move-

ment. It cannot but work to the general

good of the dairy business, for the more

we show people the wholesomeness as

well as the food value of milk and cream





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TURNING DECEMBER INTO JUNE.





 





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During the month of June the conditions

are perfectly natural and ideal for milk

production. I go on the theory that a

man ought to study to produce milk at a

time when it pays him the best and that

is not in June. This business is like all

others—if we are to make it a success we

must row against the current a little; try

and have June condition at other times

of the year. Nothing ever came so near

turning December into June as the silo.

Good corn ensilage is the best substitute

for pasture grass. Preserving the sum—

mer’s growth on many acres of corn in a

green, succulent condition for indefinite

lengths of time has proven an incalculable

benefit to the dairy industry. Dairy cat-

tle with their great capacity for handling

large quantities of roughage and their

natural appetite for green, succulent for-

age thrive best when pasture grass, or

corn ensilage, are the predominating fac-

tors in their rations. Nature's feed is

tender and nutritious pasture grass, an

ideal feed for milk, growth and fat and

the very best the cow can have, but in

a northern climate this can be had for

only a comparatively short time.‘ For the

balance of the year we must prepare

some kind of supplementary feed. Corn

ensilage is not only the cheapest, but it

more nearly approaches pasture grass in

efficiency and has the additional advantage

of being available at all times regardless

of the conditions of the season. Experi-

ence has proved it unsafe to depend upon

pasture grass alone for summer feed.

Even under the best of conditions pas-

tures are sure to diminish in carrying

capacity as the advance of the season

Checks their growth, but when a man has

a silo full of feed he knows just how

many cows he can feed and how long it

will last.



The silo has more than doubled the stock

carrying capacity and solved the problem

of intense culture on thousands of farms.

The most convincing proof of its value

is the great length of time hay will last

when supplemented with ensilage. Tak—

ing into consideration that one acre of

corn will produce from 12 to 20 tons of

ensilage equal in nutritive value to six

or eight tens of hay and occupying about

one-fourth as much space when stored a

comp Ii'fitiyely small barn will be needed

to stifle an abundance of roughage to

carrylarl-arge herd of dairy cattle through

the winter. Corn ensilage and clover hay

is a great combination of roughage for

the dairy cow. As valuable feeds as

clever and alfalfa can be fed cheaper

when fed with ensilage than in combina-

tion with other feeds. The cnsilage fur-

nishes the juices and succulence so much

needed by the cow during her period of

stable life. It possesses a feeding value

far greater than the chemist can explain.

It promotes a healthy condition of the

digestive system and enables the cow to

make a more economic use of the other

roughage and grain feeds. Ensllage when

well preserved, will put a gloss on the

animal’s coat and give a sleek, sappy ap-

pearance to the animal that no other

feed will.



All of these facts, together with the

high price of grain and dairy by—product

feeds are setting dairymen to thinking.

Cheap grain and by-product protein feeds

are a thing of the past and the successful

dairyman of the future must make the

lbest use of the silo. It is a waste of

grain feeds to pour them into 00" e unless

they have plenty of good roughage. A

bare pasture in the summer and dry hay

in the winter does not furnish this. A

careful study of milk yields and dollars

tells the story of the silo’s value. On

many farms the intelligent use of the. silo

has doubled the yield of feed products

and dollars. Tightening competition has

compelled eastern dairymen to use the

silo. Let western dairymen awaken to

their opportunities and make a better use

of their corn fodder that is allowed to

largely waste and deteriorate in the

weather. Fully one-third of the feeding

value of the corn plant remains in the

field when the corn is husked from the

standing stalk and is mainly wasted.

Even when out and shocked there is a

large waste both in quality and weather-

‘beaten stalks. And here the silo comes

to our aid and offers us a way by which

we can preserve our fodder and field corn

in the condition in which it will have the

greatest feeding value and preserve it

without waste, and in such a way that it

will be eaten with a relish and give the

greatest possible amount of nourishment.



The importance 0 succulence in the

ration is not a. recent discovery. English

feeders and flock owners have long de-

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succulence. This, coupled With the fact

that an acre of corn will yield twice as

much dry matter as an acre of roots and

can be produced for one—third of the ex-

pense proves that dairymen who build

silos are on the right track. Practical

everyday experience in feeding various

kinds of feed has convinced dairymen that

the silo is an absolute essential to profit—

able winter milk production_



Ensilage can be stored at a cost of from

fifty to seventy-five cents per ton if

economy and judgment are practiced.

This includes cutting the corn, cost of

twine and filling the silo. To get good

ensilage one must have a silo tight enough

to shut out all air and of the right propor-

tion to feed out economically. It should





be built so that two inches of ensllage a“





day may be fed to prevent mould. This

can not be done if the diameter is too

great. The entire surface should be re-

moved every day, especially in warm

weather. When putting up a silo, build

'Well and permanently, for the silo has

passed the experimental stage. There is

no question but that the silo must follow

the creameries and cheese factories for

it is in direct line with agricultural pro-

gresg and has become a. permanent asset

in the dairy business.

New York. W, MILTON KELLY.





WHEN TO CUT CORN FOR SILAGE—

GRAIN TO FEED WITH SILAGE.





 





_We have ensilage corn that will not get

ripe in this section. At what stage of

maturity would it be best to cut it for

soil? In connection with this ensilage

I will have clover and oat hay to feed this

Winter (oats being partly threshcd out by

hail storm). Which would be the cheap-

est grain to feed with the ensilage and





clover and oat hay to milch cows, with

prices as follows? Corn meal, $21 per

ton; cottonseed meal, $35; bran, $21.50;

on meal, $35; malt sprouts, $20.50; brew-

ers’ grain, $21.50. '



Hillsdale Co. W. H. B.





To make, the best ensilage and also to

have it contain the largest amount of

digestible nutrients, corn should tr, of

course, fully matured; not dead ripe. but

glazed and dented. You can’t get every

plant just at the right stage of develop-

ment. Some will be a little too ripe and

some will be a little too green, but you

must figure on the bulk of the crop. Now

as you say, your corn will not mature, it





» will not get at its very best, but you must





leave it just as long as possible. I would

have everything ready and leave the crop

till frost. A light frost will not hurt it

very much, will help ripen it up. You

can wait until quite a severe frost if you

out immediately the very next day, and

lose but little, if any, of the food value.



I would select cottonseed meal and oil

meal. I believe at the price named, they

are the cheapest. Try two pounds of cot-





tonseed meal once a day and two pounds.





of oil meal once a day. Feed on the en-

silage. This is only four pounds of grain

a day, which is an exceedingly light ra-

tion, but I believe you will have good re-

sults and economical results. If you feed

bran and corn meal, you will have to feed

considerably more to get the same results.





CLEAN MILK ESSENTIAL BUT PAS-

TEURIZATION NECESSARY.

\Vhile Doctor Harvey XV. “’iley, Chem-

ist for the Department of Agriculture, has

been heard quite frequently on the sub—

ject of pure food it was not until this

week that he expressed his senti-

ments on the subject of the milk supply



for cities.



“Milk when carefully pasteurized is much

to be preferred to the miscellaneous sup-

ply such as the large cities of the country

receive,” he said. “Although I do not

think that pasteurized milk is more heal—

thy than the pure, clean, fresh product,

it is obvious that the people of the large

cities can not get milk in that condition,

It is true that some can, but it is an im-

possibility for every one to get the best.





 





“Dr. Nathan Straits. of New York citv,

deserves much credit for his work in the

protection of humanity,” continued Doctor

\T‘iley. “Statistics show that infant mor-

tality has fallen from 36.1 per thousand

to 50 per thousand per annum since he

has undertaken the pasteurization of milk

in the ‘borough of Manhattan. and I have

no doubt that the Straus’ statistics are

correct.”



It should be kept in mind that the ad-

vocates of pasteurization do not counte—

nance the use of unclean or old milk; on

the contrary they insist that pasteuriza—

tion should be applied, not to correct sen-

sible conditions of an objectionable char-

acter, but simply as a measure of safety

against the dangers from milk which no

other precautions can obviate.





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PROFIT IN EGGS.





Where there is one farm that produces

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THE CARE OF COMB HONEY.





 





In most localities the crop of white

honey is off the hive before the end of

September. In order that the product may

be ripening and growing better every day

after it leaves the hive, it must be stored

in a dry room. There is probably nothing

produced that is so easily handled as

honey, and nothing that is so easily

ruined. \Vell-ripened honey possesses a

flavor peculiarly its own and, if intelli-

gently cared for, it increases in richness

and value. It is a great pity that such a.

valuable and generally popular article

should not be better understood and more

universally used- But it passes through

so many hands before reaching the con-

sumer, and is so carelessly housed, that

it is often condemned as impure or arti-

flcial.



Years ago, when I first commenced to





his honey in the cellar, for it was thought

that a cool or cold place was what was

needed for its preservation. It is very

hard work to get this notion out of the

heads of many who buy honey at the

present time. However, it was soon

found that, if kept any length of time in

a cool, damp place, the honey would com-

mence to sweat or ooze out of the un-

sealed cells and sour, while if left in such

a place for two or three months the cell

cappings would assume a watery appear



ance and finally burst. '



Some bee—keepers work hard all season

to secure a crop of honey and then store

it in such an unsuitable place. When it

reaches market they do not get nearly

so much for it as they would if they

spent more thought on having it reach the

market in attractive shape. Many east—

ern bee-keepers now store their honey in

an upper room, or in the attic, and where

this can be done Without too much lifting

there is no better plan. In two or three

'weeks’ time the honey will be thoroughly

ripened and ready to be prepared for

market. All propolis or bee-glue should

be carefully removed from each section

before packing. This is best done with

an old table knife.



To handle and crate comb honey prop-

erly requires much care. The delicate

combs are very easily cut or bruised, and

a little carelessness will resvlt in broken

combs and dripping honey. In crating.

comb honey I have a case at my right

hand on a bench; at my left I place a

honey-case. A section-box is raised from

the super, taken in the left hand. With

the right hand I use the hive-opener for

scraping Off the propolis. Then I place

the box at one corner of the case, next

the glass. The second section is re-

moved from the super and placed next to

the first one in the case, and so I pro-

ceed until the case is filled. Other supers

of the same grade are emptied in like

manner. If any combs are cut, or in

any way broken, such should not be put

in the case. A very few broken combs in

a case will make a dauby mess. as the

honey will cover much of the case bot.-

tom and drip through, thus disgusting

all who may in any-way handle it.



The cases should be piled a few inches

off the floor and a little out from the

wall; otherwise the honey near the bot-

tom and side of the room will accumulate

moisture from want of circulation of air.

Honey that is sealed will stand much

more dampness and non-circulation than

will that which is unsealed.



After the bees have made a really fine

article of comb honey, it is often mate-

rially injured by the inexperienced bee-

keeper in removing it from the hive and

packing in the shipping cases. The first

move in taking Off honey is generally to

smoke the bees. Smoke is all right, but

please bear in mind that a little smoke

confuses them. I generally blow a little

to divert the guards at the entrance of

the hive—then remove the cover. If the

honey is for your own use' and you care





they insist on keeping their hens too fat more for taste than looks, it will do no:





harm to let the sections remain until late

in the season, only they must not be left





properly kept, can be made to clear $200 on so late that the bees will carry the,

Over all expenses during the first nine honey down to put in the brood-combs.I

months of the year. This calls for a r'ath- Honey is not hurt, but rather improved, YOU WRITE W. J. ROSS. Rochester,,MIohIgan,





the comb becomes darker in color, and

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NOTES ON APPLE PICKING.

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If there is one fault greater than an-

other in the manner in which many farm...

ers handle their apple crop it is in not

making enough pickings, especially of the

summer and autumn varieties. The ear-

liest ones become too ripe, fall and are

lost, while the latest ones are picked

while small and green and hence are in-

ferior. The only ones that are secured

by the one picking are those which ripen

midway between the earliest and the lat-

est. For example, we are now making

the second picking of Wealthy and the

first of Maiden's Blush. The first picking

of Wealthy was made nearly three weeks

ago, and the third will probably be two

weeks later, which Wzll extend the pick-

ing season for this variety over five

weeks. We would hardly have begun

picking this variety quite as early had we

not neglected to thin them until they were

so far along that we concluded to try a

combination of picking and thinning on

them. This was done by taking from one

to two barrels from each of the small to

medium sized trees, taking the larger

fruit where they were too thick, and the

medium sized ones where they were too

thick and none had good size. Imperfect

ones were pulled off and dropped. The

trees were very heavily loaded, and the

fruit was small but over half of it sold

for $3.50 and $4.00 per barrel on the Chi-

cago market, and the small, green ones

from $1.25 to 2.00. This left as many on

the trees as should have ‘been allowed in

the first place had we got at the thinning

as we should have done, and these have

developed and colored very well so we are

now picking nearly as many larger and

better colored apples than at the first

picking, and there will be another picking

nearly as good. ’



I am not offering this method as a sub-

stitute for thinning, for I believe we

should have received fully as much and

possibly more for the crop had it been

thinned at the proper\time, and it would

not have been as hard on the trees, but

I believe this was the best way out of

a neglected job. If apples had been more

plentiful this season the small green ones

floured~ at the first picking would not

@évié.sold as Well. This year summer

apples ‘were in especially good demand.

,Those we are now picking from the

Maiden’s Blush trees would be too ripe

and many of them would be off the trees

if they were left until the balance are

ripe. A Chenango tree near the house

has 'been picked four times and there are

still a goodly number on it. Very few of

this variety could be secured at one pick-

ing. These sell well at the grocers pack—

ed in five—pound and eight—pound baskets

just as peaches are packed. We have

tried several varieties in this manner.

Maiden’s Blush that are well colored sell

very well packed in this way on their side.

with the red cheek up. The fruit will be

less bruised if picked in baskets. We use

these and the sacks both, filling the basket

first and leaving it hanging on a rung of

the ladder while those at the top are se-

cured in a sack. These are usually more

scattering and it is often necessary to

hold the branches with one hand so that

the fruit can be put in a sack more eas—

ily. It is also easier to pick scattering

apples in a sack, but I prefer to have the

bulk of the apples picked in baskets. We

fasten a hook to these baskets made of

No. 9 wire doubled, and the lower end

bent tightly about the center of the bail

so it will not move but stand upright

'When the 'bail is raised. This makes it

easier to hang the basket with one hand.

The hook is also convenient in hanging

the baskets to the side of the sorting ta-

ble or barrel in packing.



Anyone who has many trees of fruit to

pick should certainly get at least two or-

chard ladders, one from 20 to 24 feet, ac-

cording to the height of the trees, and

one about 16 feet for picking out the

centers and lower branches. These are

made pointed at the top so as to set

firmly against a crotch, and the bottom

is widened to prevent turning easily. The

lightest ladders we have found are made

of basswood with ash rungs. A boy can

handle one of these 20 foot ladders easily.

An orchard step ladder, which has a wide

base in front and single support behind

is also a great convenience.



Apples that are not packed and headed

should always be hauled on springs to

prevent bruising. A platform buggy for

a few, or an orchard wagon for extensive

work, should be used, 0:- bolster springs





   





may be put on the wagon to prevent the

jar which will bruise the fruit if hauled "

very far.





Calhoun 00. S. B. HARTMAN.





 





A CUP FOR MICHIGAN PRIZE FRUIT.





 





Besides the regular prizes that are usu—

ally offered for exhibits of fruits at the

annual meeting of the Michigan State

Horticultural Society, the society will give

to the party showing the best three boxes

of apples, a handsome silver cup suita'bly

engraved. The terms of the competition

are as follows: The exhibit must consist.

of three bushel boxes. The exhibitor

must be a member of the state horticul-

tural society. The apples must have been

grown in Michigan. Any three varieties

of apples will be eligible. The cup is to

remain in the possession of the yearly

winner (although the property of the so-

ciety) until it shall have been won by the

same member at two annual fruit exhibits

of the society—not necessarily consecu-

tive—after which it will become his or her

exclusive property. The winner is to give

a. short description of the cultural meth-

ods used, if possible, at the annual meet-

ing or have same published in the annual

report of the meeting for the benefit of

the members of the society. The judges

of the general fruit exhibit are to select

the winner, using such score cards as they

may select.



The annual meeting will be held at Ben-

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Cup to be Given fOr Best Three Boxes of

Michigan Apples.





display of fruit one of the best programs

that it has yet been the privilege of the

members and friends of the society to

listen to, is being arranged. There will

also be a large exhibit of orchard ma-

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PROTECTING AND FEEDING YOUNG

APPLE TREES.





 





Is there any way of keeping rabbits

from destroying young fruit trees in win-

ter time? Is there a remedy for 'borers

in fruit trees? Would it pay to use com-

mercial fertilizer for young apple trees?

If so, what analyses would be best for a

sand and gravel soil?





Leelanau Co. H. J. E.

Young apple trees can be protected

against rabbits by placing about the





trunks of the trees screens, or veneers,

or by painting the trunks with blood sev-

eral times during the winter months

The protectors are inexpensive and the

most reliable. Tar preparations have

been recommended but the writer has

seen many trees killed by their use.



The best remedy for borers is to dig

them out or kill them in their burrows.

The latter method is accomplished by in—

serting a pliable wire into the burrow.

Work it up until the pest is reached and

then kill him by probing. This method

is slower than cutting but it does not

mutilate the tree so much. The orchard

should be inspected systematically sev-

eral times during the season,



The fertilizing of orchards is the great

problem of Michigan and American horti—

culture. The, problem does not center

around the question of whether the trees

need the plant food, but about the ques.

tion of how and where shall we secure

the fertilizer and in What form shall it

be applied. There is no doubt that com-

mercial fertilizer must be a large factor

in the solution of this problem. By com-

bining the commercial products with

cover crops, barnyard manure, leaves,

vegetable matter, compOSt, wood ashes,

etc., one will be alble to secure, together

with the proper plant food, the. right me-

chanical condition of the soil. Apple

orchard fertilizers should contain a good

per cent of potash and phosphoric acid.

This is especially desirable when the

orchard is bearing fruit. The cheapest

way to get nitrogen in the soil is by

growing some leguminous crop like clo-





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ver or vetch. Barnyard manure is also

a common and good source of nitrogen.

Where this element is provided for, then

the use of from 250 to 300 lbs.‘ of fine

ground bone, or about a quarter of a ton

of South Carolina rock (ground fine) with

about 200 lbs. of suphate of potash per

acre would serve to 'keep the orchard in

productive condition. Where nitrogen

is lacking from 100 to 300 lbs. of nitrate

of soda could be added to the other com-

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NOTES ON VINEGAR MAKING.





 





Since various states have different laws

regarding the composition of vinegar, as

for instance, some req_ulre 4 per cent of

acetic acid in cider vinegar, others 4%

per cent and still others 5 per cent, it is

possible for vinegar makers under faulty

methods of preparation to produce an un-

adulterated product which will fall below

these requirements. It is therefore im-

portant to note that the best methods of

making vinegar under ordinary farm con-

ditions are. The experiment stations in

Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania and

Oregon have made considerable research

along this line and have reported the re-

sults to the Department of Agriculture.



In the first place, use only ripe, sound

fruit. If the fruit is dirty it should be

washed, otherwise there is danger of in-

troducing micro—organisms into the juice

that will interfere with the normal alco-

holic and acetic fermentation. For the

same reason cleanliness should also be

observed in grinding. To secure the

greatest yield a power press should be

used for pressing, for while the Virginia

station secured two gallons of juice per

bushel of apples with a hand press, four

gallons were obtained with a power press.

When possible, the freshly pressed apple

juice should be placed in some large re-

ceptacle and allowed to stand for a few

days before putting into barrels. By no

means adopt the policy of some farmers

to add water to the pomace and make

a. second pressing. Such juice is deficient

in sugar and will not make vinegar of a

standard quality.



When fresh cider is placed in barrels

and stored in ordinary cellars, alcoholic





fermentation is not completed until the





end of about six months. With a cellar

temperature of 60 to 70 degrees F., this

time can be considerably reduced. If

yeast is added to the fresh cider, fermen-

tation can be completed in three months

or less. If compressed yeast is used about

one cake to each five gallons of juice

should be used after first softening the

yeast with lukewarm water,



,It is the advice of the New York sta-

tion that after alcoholic fermentation is

complete the clear portion of the liquid

can be drawn off, the barrel rinsed and

the clear liquid put back and two to four

quarts of good vinegar, containing more

or less “mother” added. If the alcoholic

fermentation is hastened 'by the addition

of yeast and storage in a warm tempera-

ture, and the acetic fermentation favored

by the use of Vinegar “starter,” it is pos-

sible to produce good merchantable vine-

gar in six to twelve months.





WINTER BANANA APPLE—GRAPES

ATTACKED BY SPHINX.





 





Have you a record of Vi’inter Banana

apple? How long will it keep? I am told

by some that it will keep until May. Oth-

ers say it will not keep until January. As

I am going to plant some trees in the

spring I would like advice. What is the

name of the worms that eat the leaves

off my grape vines? They are about the

size of my finger: green in the day time

and brown in the evening. with green

spots on their side. \Vhat should I spray

with.





Sanilac Co. J. M. M.





The Winter Banana apple is an oblate,





fruit of medium size, having a yellow col-





or blushed somewhat, of mild acid flavor, ~





 





a very good dessert kind and a good keep-i,





er. It. is not generally grown in Michigan

but. is a. popular variety in the western

States of ‘Velshillgion, Idilho, Oregon and

Montana, and is grown to some extent in

the northern part of the Ohio valley. It

was originated in Indiana.



The worm you mention is probably one

of the sphinx which are. feeders upon the

grape. vine and the Virginia creeper.

These worms very seldom appear in large

numbers; but so voracious are they that

a single specimen will devastate the leaves

from a grape vine in such short time that

it readily attracts attention, and if the

rarmer or the fruit grower is wise to his

own interests his first instinct is to de-

stroy the pest. This is. in fact, the best

method of getting rid of the Sphinx. Their

small numbers makes it a short task to

gather them by hand and crush them.





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DETROl'l‘. SEPT. 24, 1910.





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





 





 





 





Ideal weather dur-



The West Michigan ing the week fav-

State Fair. ored the West Mich-

igan‘State Fair held



at Grand Rapids last week. The exhibits

in all departments were well up to the

high standard set by the Grand Rapids

show in previous years, and the addi-

tional buildings gave a much better op-

portunity for their attractive display. The

new building in Which the carriage and

automobile display was shown is a sister

building to the one formerly used for that

purpose, and the entire building was used

for the exhibits in these claSSes. Thus

much more room was available for this





department of the big Show than in pre—-





vious years, and the display was accord-

ingly more attractive. The large build-

ing formerly used for this display was

this year utilized for the display of fruit

and general farm products. The entries

in both of these classes were large and

attractively placed. West Michigan al-

ways puts up a magnificent display of

fruit and this year was no exception to

the rule in that regard. The vegetable

and grain display has heretofore been

shown in cramped quarters with poor

light, but this year the conditions were

favorable for putting up a most attrac-

tive show, and the farmers of the western

Section of the state certainly improved

the opportunity by making this display

a good one. The new addition to the

grounds was utilized for the building of

new speed barns, and the machinery ex-

hibit was moved along beyond the new

carriage building, where there was more

room for placing it than in the old loca—

tion. This department of the Show was

both large and attractive. The live stock

exhibits were more numerous than last

year, and excellent representatives of

most of the improved breeds were to be

found in the barns and pens devoted to

their use, and the number of entries made

it necessary to house a few of them in

tents. In this connection a most com-

mendable feature of the fair, and one

which was much appreciated by the live

stock exhibitors. is worthy of special men—

iion. In the space within the circular

mile track a good sized area of fine al—

falfa was growing and a large‘sign pro-

claimed the nature of the plant to fair

patrons. Many of the stock exhibitors

made use of fresh alfalfa cut from this

field as green forage for their stock. Oth-





er famier patrons looked the plot over-

with interest, and without doubt it was a.

valuable object lesson which will be

fruitful of good results in the promotion

_of a general interest in this great forage

crop in Western Michigan. The display

in the art and other departments not

specifically mentioned was also good, and

the racing program was an attractive one,

while the free amusement features were

of a. high class, and altogether the fair

was a. credit to its management and to

the agriculture . of Western Michigan.

While the attendance was not particu-

larly large the first two days, Thursday

and Friday made up for the deficiency,

bringing the attendance up to the figures

for former years. No liquor is sold on the

grounds and the crowd was an orderly

one, apparently enjoying every feature of

the big show.





Among the good



Saloon at the State things said of this

Fair. year‘s State Fair in



our editorial col-



umn, and a thing which was urged as a

reason for liberal patronage of the fair

by the farmers of the state, was that

liquor would be excluded from the grounds

at this year’s fair. This statement was

made in good faith and was based upon

official reports of the proceedings of the

executive committee of the State Agri-

cultural Society, and published statements

of officers of the society that no liquor

would be sold at this year’s fair. We had

supposed that the passing of the state

fair saloon was a closed incident, and our

editorial comment to that effect in the

issue of July 23 brought no denial of the

statement from the officers of the society,

notwithstanding the fact that a copy of

the issue containing the statement was





placed in the hands of the secretary of,





the society and his attention was called

to the article. There can be no doubt

of the fact that the officers of the society

by their own words and acts, not only al-

lowed this impression to go out to the

public, but created and emphasized the

impression, and we did not even think of

questioning their integrity in the matter.

No fair patron could be more surprised





. or indignant on finding that a saloon was





in operation on the grounds in the same

old place than were the publishers of The

Farmer when members of our staff ob-

served the fact during the early days of

the fair, and we can not let the occasion

pass without voicing that indignation in

no uncertain words, and giving that large

clement of fair patrons who object to

going or taking their children to a. State

Fair—where a. saloon is conducted under

environments which can not help but be

demoralizing, even a belated warning that

Michigan‘s State Fair has not been made

“clean” in this respect.





A subscriber asks



The Parpels Post. for our opinion on the



following question: “If



the United States government would own



and operate the express business at rates



that would be self supporting, don’t you



think it would solve the problem and sat-



isfy the great majority of people who are

now asking for a, parcels post?”



The government does not own the ex-

press companies. The only way it could

acquire them would be to purchase them

at a value for which their present owners

are willing to sell, as it manifestly can

not confiscate their property without rec-

ompense. Nor does the government need

it to give reasonable facilities for the

cheap transportation of small parcels. It

now has the necessary machinery to ace

complish this desired end in the postal

service. The chief and almost the only

benefit which would be derived from the

ownership of the express companies would

be the removal of their opposition to

cheap transportation of the commodities

which they now handle. The government

already has an organization of its own

which could handle the business incident

to a practical parcels post, and does not

need the organization of the express com-

panies for this purpose, and we believe

that the present needs of our people would

‘be better served by the establishment of

a practical parcels post for the trans-

portation of small parcels, leaving the

heavier business to the express compa-

nies, than by the purchase and operation

of the latter under government owner-

ship.





That the prevalence

The Tubercul05ls of tuberculosis among

Problem. cattle and hogs is a

grave problem is gen-



erally recognized by all who have made

even a cursory study of the matter. The

most reliable statistics seem to show that

animal tuberculosis is not only alarmingly

prevalent, but is also increasing at rather





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a. lipid rate. Experiments made along

the line of compulsory inspection ’and

testing as a. means of eradicating the

disease seem tolndicate that the expense

of stamping it out in this manner would

be very heavy, and that public sentiment

would not approve of the general applica-

tion of this remedy. Various plans have

been proposed for effective work along

this line, among which that advanced by

Dr. Rogers, of Iowa, a former federal

veterinary inspector is unique in that it

is designed to save the expense of gen-

eral inspection, and yet reveal the source

of infected animals, thus making it a.

comparatively easy matter to stamp out

the disease. Briefly stated, his scheme

contemplates the tagging of animals with

an ear tag bearing a number, which is

officially recorded together with the name

of the owner in the county where they

are located. As the ultimate destination

of these animals is the 'block, and the

larger portion of them find their way to

the markets Where government inspection

is had, the source of iniected animals

could be easily traced and the disease

stamped out on the farms where it exists.

As an experiment, Dr. Rogers proposes to

try the plan out in some county selected

for the purpose, and according to recent

report has interested a philanthropist of

means in the scheme, provided the ex-

periment can be conducted under the aus-

pices of some recognized ofi‘icial body.

Such an experiment would undoubtedly

prove of great value to the live stock in-

terests of the country, and it is to be

hoped that the necessary arrangements

can be made and the needed authority

secured to make a trial of the plan.

Should the scheme materialize the results

will be watched with interest by live

stock owners as well as sanitary officials

of the entire country.

Reports received since

The Clover Seed the publication of the

Crop. editorial comment re-

lating to this crop in a

recent issue of The Farmer, indicate that

the second crop of clover left for seed

has filled well and in many sections is

threshing out a better yield than has been

secured in years. The fact remains, and

is noted in many of the crop and market

notes published in another column of this

issue, that a. good many promising pieces

of clover originally intended for seed

‘have been utilized for pasture on account

of the general shortage of feed which pre-

vailed before the drought was broken.

This will undoubtedly reduce the indicated

area devoted to the crop, as given in the

general review of crop conditions pre-

pared by the Bureau of Statistics and pub-

lished in another column of this issue, in

which the acreage of clover seed is estiv

mated at 116.7 per cent of last year’s

acreage. Apparently the good yield of

seed which is being secured in many sec-

tions from a. comparatively short second

crop of clover is having an influence on

the seed market, as the price has de~

clined 50 cents per bushel during the past

week. It is still high, however, for the

time of year, and the farmer who harvests

his own seed will be saved a considerable

expense next spring, and the spotted con—

dition of this year’s seeding will undoubt-

edly have an influence on the market

next summer. It will also be a wise pre-

caution to purchase seed needed for next

spring’s sowing direct from some nearby

grower, where one is not fortunate enough

to be able to harvest his own seed. A

considerable saving is sure to be made in

comparison with seed purchased after it

has been through several hands, and it

is much better to get seed that one knows

is free from undesirable weeds not now

found upon our farms.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.





It is understood that President Taft in

his message to the next Congress will

recommend that an immediate appropria—

tion for the fortification of the Panama

canal be made, and suggests for that pur—

pose the allowance of $2,000,000. It is

intimated that each end of the big ditch

be protected against the encroachment

of a foreign foe,



The Ballinger controversy is to be set

aside till the majority committee reports

to Congress at the opening of the next

sessmn.



The interstate commerce commission

is continuing the taking of testimony in

Chicago on the recent proposed advance

of freight rates. The commission held a

ten days’ session in New York and ad-

journed to Chicago that the railroads of

the west might offer their reasons for the

advances.



Four trainmen were killed and two ser-

iously iniured in a head-on collision ncnr

Bench Ridge. Ill.. Sunday. The operator

of the station was intoxicated and did not

properly transmit orders.



The forty-fourth annual encampment of

the grand army of the republic is being



Circulars are being forwarded to public





school boards in different parts of the

held inAtlantic‘ City. N. Y. 75.000 vet-

erans an preset: 1 j ,, .»

comm: to see what can be. done, in the

we; 0 introducing rifle practice. '- ‘





he annual session of the Trans-Mis- ‘





sissippl commercial congress meets in

San Antonio, Texas, November 22-25.



Scientists are puzzling their heads over

the discovery of skulls i the Topange

canyon near Santa Monica. Cal. The

skulls have rudimentary horns projecting

from just in front of the ears.



New cases of cholera. and additional

deaths are being reported from the strick-

en district in southeastern Italy. The

number of cases developing daily is not

so large as a fortnight ago,



King Manuel, of Portugal, is seeking to

affect a. reconciliation between the politi-

cal factions of the country. He has grant-

ed amnesty to those who recently offend-

ed the government through the newspa-

pers and appointed twelve new peers, all

of whom are supporters of the present

ministry. While this movement might

delay to some extent the agitation of the

sentiments and policies of the republicans,

who have been making things unpleasant

for the conservative government, it can~

not long hinder an expression of the re-

bellious spirit that is smouldering, and is

sure to flame forth sooner or later.



Gov. B. F. Carroll, of Iowa, is in court

answering a. charge of libel against the

chairman of the state board of control.



The annual meeting of the Detroit Con-

ference of the Methodist Episcopal church

is in session at Detroit this week. The

Michigan conference of the same organi—

zation is in session at Jackson.





The Michigan Central tunnel, under-U





neath the Detroit river at Detroit, was

formally opened Monday of this week

when a. freight train was taken through

the great tubes with electric engines. In

a couple of weeks passenger trains will be

running through. The ferries are ex—

pected to be abandoned as transferrers

about the middle of October. There is

considerable work yet to be done on the

tunnel but it is being rushed, and when

completed all attention will be turned to

the new depot. An electric zone will be

established within which steam engines

will not operate, leaving the work for

the six electric motors that are now in

commission. The steam engines will not

enter the new depot, thus saving much

dirt from that sect-ion of the city,



Two bombs were exploded in gambling

dens in Chicago on Monday. One man

and two women were dangerously

wounded.



Acting Mayor Mitchell, of New York

city, is anxious to remove from ofiice

chief of the police department Baker who,

he claims, is largely responsible for the

lawlessness now evident in the city.



The committee of the United States

senate, chosen to investigate the fraudu-

lent charges made in connection with the

election of Senator Lorimer, of Illinois,

began its session in Chicago Tuesdnv.

Senator Burrows. of Michigan. is chair-

man of the committee.



Dressmakers in session in Chicago this

week sounded the death knell to the/hob





ble skirt in this- country when they tools.

occasion to expresa themselves against:





its use.



An international balloon race will begin

at St. Louis, October 17.



The attempt to fly over the Alps at

Simplon Pass was unsuccessful for the

American and Peruvian aviators, who at-

tempted the feat Monday.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





Livingston 00., Sept. 10.—The weather

has not been very favorable for harvest—

ing the bean crop but the rain has start—

ed up grass and pastures are growing

nicely. A frost on the night of the 9th

did some damage to growing crops on low

ground. Next week will see quite an

acreage of wheat sown if the weather is

favorable. Threshing is nearly completed.

Vi’heat has yielded well as has also cats.

but rye is yielding poorly and a. very

small acreage will be sown to that grain

this fall. Cows are bringing high prices,

especially the strictly dairy breeds, as

dairy products promise to be very high

this winter. Not many lambs are being

offered for sale. Most farmers will feed

their lambs this winter. Some corn is

being cut. Bean harvest about half fin-

ished.



Washtenaw 00., Sept. 10.—-We are hav—

ing some very delightful weather although

somewhat cool to develop the corn crop,

but with the large amount of moisture

which we have been having the corn crop

and late potatoes have been much im-

proved and if killing frost holds off a few

more days a large per cent of corn will





be beyond much injury. A large acreage.





of‘ wheat ground is being prepared for

sowing. The yield of both oats and wheat

has been very satisfactory. Fall and Win~

for fruit very scarce and most ordinarv

pcaches commanding $2 per bu. Stock

high, especially milch cows. People who

have fat steel: of any kind are wearing a.

smile that won’t come off.



Eastern Oceans 00., Sept. 13.-—0ur

drouth is at last brokcn and we have had

several heavy showers which have started

the meadows up in fine shape. The weath-

cr is now rather cool for the best results

for the corn crop, which needs a few

morc days of sunshine to properly ripen

it_ although some is now ready to cut.

Potatoes are doing well except some that

are developing the late blight. Owing to

the extremely hot and dry summer they

will not be over half of our usual crop.

Small grain threshcd a rather small crop,

wheat running from 8 to 20 bu. per acre

and of poor quality as a general thing.

Rve averaged around 10 bu. per acre and

oats from 15 to 25 bu. per acre Our

creamery at Walkerviile has opened for

business and is paying 300 for butter-fat.

Wheat selling for 85c; hay, $12@15 ton:





straw, $7.50; fat cattle and fat hogs very.





Scarce: potatoes. 60c lbu; hens, 10@11c:

chickens, 12c; roosters. 5c lb.



Mecosta 00., Sept. Ill—One light frost

so far which did no damage to crops' on





 

 

       





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"high" grimnd. Corn is 'an exceptionally

good crop around here. By the middle of

next; week it will be nearly all cut.





Po-

tatoes are a good crop and all the early

ones are being rushed to market at 50c

'per bu. Many more will sell their late

crop out of the field. Live stock all looks

well, but hogs {are scarce at $8.75 per 100

lbs. Rye is Worth 640; wheat, 95c; tim-

othy hay, $10; mixed hay, $9; rye straw,

baled, $4.75; hens, 10c per 1b; young

chickens, 12c; eggs, 210 doz; butter-fat,

280 per lb.



Kent 60., Sept. '“12.——The first frost of

the season occurred Sept. 9, but did no

damage to crops in this section. Corn

ground is generally clean and in good con-

dition to sow wheat, but the storm that

blew down much of the corn, making it

impossible to sow before cutting, has pre-

vented the sowlng of the usual area of

corn ground wheat. Corn cutting is pro—

gressing slowly owing to the lateness of

the crop, but about one-third of the crop

is in the shock at this date. Early pota-

toes a short crop, about 50 per cent of a

normal yield, but of fine quality. Ship-

ping has commenced, the price ranging

from 50@600 to growers.



Genesee 00., Sept. 17.—Fine rain last

night which will greatly benefit late po—

tatoes as well as corn and beets. Late

lbeans got caught in the bunch and grow—

ers’ fear they will be somewhat damaged





as the equinoctial is now due. Fall seed-

ing looking fine. Most of the acreage

Acreage





already in and much of. it up.

fully up to the average in extent. Sugar

beets a good crop here. No frost yet to

hurt vegetation of any kind except in a.

few low places. Farmers selling their

hay quite generally at this time of year.

Prices about the same as at last writing.



Oceana'Co.——The severe storms of late

‘have beaten the corn down, tangled it and

blown it to every point of the compass.

It is damaged somewhat by breaking but

While it will be a. prodigious job to harvest

it, it bids fair to be the best crop of the

season. Potatoes are coming on well and

prospects are fair for a good crop. There

are some fine. crops of peaches in favored

locations and here and there a man up

to—date in his methods will harvest a

fairly good yield of apples. When the

harvest is past and the summer is ended

once more it looks as though things

would about average and while the snow

sifts down upon us from the north and

high winds tear the dry leaves from the

few trees the lumberman has spared the

farmers of Oceana county may take ac-

countings of the summer’s work With a.

consciousness of having done pretty well





after all.

New York. .



St. Lawrence 00., Sept. 14.—Threshing

finished with satisfactory returns. Wheat

extra good. Corn not matured but rap-a

idly ripening, no frost yet, another week

will bring it to ripeness. Silos being

filled. Potato crop a failure. The differ-

ent Granges are sending exhibits to the

county fair that is being held in Canton

this week. Young pigs selling at $2.25;

butter, 300; eggs, 24c; skim-milk calves 5c.



- 'r Ohio.



yfle 00., Sept. 12.—The weather is

uite cool. A frost on the morning of the

1 th did no damage. Still very dry, not

having had a good rain yet, only light

showers. Fall plowing about all done,

soon will commence to sow. Clover seed

seems well filled and ripening up some.

Corn ripening slowly and lots of it in

danger of frost before it ripens.

selling at 950 per bu; oats, 32c; corn, 70c;

timothy seed, $4.25; hay, $9@13 ton.



Carroll 00., Sept. 13.—We got a nice

rain here today; farmers cutting clover

seed, which is a very light crop. Corn

won’t be ready to cut for two weeks yet.

Threshing is almost over and farmers are

getting ready to dig potatoes. Potatoes

will not make a very good crop this year,

on account of the dry weather._ Work

horses are scarce and high, bringing $250

to $275. Pastures are all brown. Apples

and peaches are a fair crop. Some Wheat

already sown.



Indiana.



Clinton 00., Sept. 10.——August continued

dry up to the 17th, when we had a good

rain, which was greatly needed for fall

plowing, and now the farmers have a

large acreage plowed and in good seed

bed, ready for wheat. Many are trying

commercial fertilizer on wheat this fall.

Rains came too late to help the corn crop

on high or clay land, but on lower ground

corn is looking fine. On a trip through

Tippecanoe county, (a distance of 12 or

15 miles), the writer did not see a single

poor piece of corn, but two or three

weeks are needed to fully mature the

crop. Clover seed is about all threshed,

except a few late fields. On account of

shortage of pastures, many good fields

were pastured. thus cutting down acreage

of clover seed. Yields have been excep-

tionally good, from 2% bushels per acre

to 31/,” quality good. Early threshed seed

has been sold at prices ranging from $7.50

down to $6. A trip to the county fair

showed a poor exhibit of most all grains

with the exception of cats, which were

exceptionally fine. Stock was good, many

extra fine specimens being shown, es-

pecially cattle and hogs. Wheat selling

at 980; oats at 320. This season has

brought on a good many silos, and many

are filling silos at present. Farmers in

general are taking more interest in dairy





' cows because of the high prices paid for





separator cream. Purdue prices are 37c

per lb. for butter—fat. Local creameries

are paying 33%c. Farmers are marketing

many of their middle~weight hogs at

$9.80. Butter at local stores selling at

27c;,eggs. 20c.

Steuben Co., Sept. 12.—Threshing Is

a'bout done and wheat has turned out

well and of a splendid quality.. except a

few fields that contained a little smut.

Farmers have hauled to market direct

from the machine a greater per cent of

the crop than ever before. Because of

the dry weather early in the spring oats

'have not done very well, yielding not over

75 per cent of a full' crop. The second

crop of clover has made in many places

a. heavier growth than the first and much

of it has been made into hay, which was





Wheat.





a very light crop, while that left forum]

has filled well and is yielding as high as

3 bu. per acre, which is very unusual for

this sectiou. Early potatoes. were a fail-

ure but the late crop promises about an

average but potatoes from this section

never out any figure in the markets. The

apple crop is rather light/ though better

than last year. It has rained a little

nearly every day for two weeks and pas-

tures are splendig and corn still promises

the best and t e greatest acreage ever

grown in. the county. We have had a

light touch of frost *but no harm done and

the grain is about past danger from that

source rbut the fodder is rather green to

out yet. We need a few dry, warm days.

Corn cutters are very, very scarce. A

good hand can earn three dollars a day

and board but we can’t get half enough

at that price. We are just beginning to

sow wheat and the ground was never in

better shape than now.

- Wisconsin.



Park 00., Sept. 11.—-The weather has

been a little better for rain of late but

it came too late to help the crops. Had

killing frost the nights of Sept. 9—10,

which killed all the corn and late pota-

toes. Threshing is all through in this

part of the county and the crops turned

out fairly well; barley, 5 to 10 bu. per

acre; cats, 10 to 50 bu; wheat averaged

about 22 bu., which was the best crop of

grain; rye, 20 bu. Silo filling is almost

over; the early corn is about ripe but

the late corn is all soft yet. Potatoes

all good but not many of them on account

of dry weather. Wheat is selling at $1.10;

oats, 350; barley, 500; rye, 72cbu; cattle,

21/z@3c per lb; hogs, 7%@8%c; chickens,

8c; eggs, 18c; butter, 34c. Horses are

very scarce and selling very high.



East Clark and West Marathon Co.’s,

Sept. 13.—Since the last report in July

conditions have changed very_much. We

are having plenty of rains which put land

for fall plowing in ideal condition and

pasture is better now than it ever was at

any time this season and has, of course,

increased the milk flow materially. The

acreage for winter wheat and rye has

increased, being perhaps one—quarter

more than last year. The frost last week

damaged late corn and potatoes to some

extent, although most com has been out

while late potatoes were more injured.

The corn crop and potatoes will be about

three-quarters of a crop compared With

last year. Yield of winter wheat aver-

ages a'bout 12 bu., spring wheat 8 bu.,

oats about 20 bu. and rye about 10 bu. per

acre, which is perhaps only one—half what

it ought to make. Hay, $20 per ton;

cheese, 1591c; butter, dairy, 25@28c lb;

creamery, 32c; eggs, 21c. Cows are sell-

ing for much less than last year on ac—

count of the scarcity of hay. Good Work

horses sell at $175@200.



Illinois.



Warren Co., “1., Aug. 29,—It is dry

and hot at this writing. Everything in

need of rain. Threshing about all done.

Oats yielded from 35 to 75 bu. per acre;

wheat 15 to 45 bu., the best yield for the

last four or five years. Corn promises

a bumper crop in spite of the dry weath-

er. Potatoes are going to be a short

crop. Buyers pay'for oats, 30c; wheat,

92c; corn, 54c; potatoes, 75613900; eggs,

16c; Ibutter, 30c, and not near enough to

supply the demand; chickens, old, 10c;

young, 1195c.





GENERAL REVIEW OF CROP CONDI-

TION





 





The month of August was favorable for

crops in general, taking the United States

as a whole, the deterioration during the

month being about 0.6 per cent, whereas

there is an average decline in August of

3.3 per cent. Aggregate crop conditions

in the United States on September 1, (or

at time of harvest), were about 0.4 per





cent lower than on corresponding date

a year ago and per cent lower

than the average condition on Sep—





tember 1, (or at time of harvest), of

the past ten years. The area under cul-

tivation is about 3.2 per cent more than

last year.



By states, the aggregate of crop condi.

tions on Sept. 1 (100 representing the av-

erage on Sept. 1 of the past ten years).

was as foll0ws:



Maine, 111; New Hampshire, 110; Ver~

mont, 113; Massachusetts, 102; Rhode' Is—

land, 103; Connecticut, 113; New York.

106; New Jersey, 107; Pennsylvania, 103.



Delaware, 110; Maryland, 103; Virginia,

106; West Virginia, 93; North Carolina.

107; South Carolina, 104; Georgia, 100;





Florida, 98.



Ohio, 98; Indiana, 104; Illinois, 104;

Michigan, 97; Wisconsin, 78; Minnesota,

92; Iowa, 97; Missouri, 105; North Dakota,

41; South Dakota, 76; Nebraska, 89; Kan-

sas, 96.



Kentucky, 98; Tennessee, 106; Alabama,

106; Mississippi, 106; Louisiana, 100; Tex-

as, 103; Oklahoma, 90; Arkansas, 112.



Montana, 80; Wyoming, 103; Colorado,

85; New Mexico, 83; Arizona, 79; Utah,

100; Nevada, 129; Idaho, 92; Washington,

82; Oregon. 106; California, 114.



The condition of various crops in the

United States on Sept. 1, (or at time of

harvest), 100 representing for each crop.

not its normal condition, but its average

condition on Sept, 1. or at time of hare

vest, (lo—year average for most crops).

was as follows:



Peaches, (production), 113.1; winter

wheat, (yield per acre), 110.5; oats, 104.8:





cabbages, 104.4; hops, 102.6; rye, (yield

per acre), 101.8.



Cranberries, 99.6; cotton, 98.6; corn,

98.4; hemp, 98.3; sweet potatoes, 98.2;





sugar cane, 97.6; cantaloupes 97.3; sorg—

hum, 97.1; oranges, 97.1; watermelons.

97.0; onions, 96.3: tomatoes. 95.5; Kaflr

corn, 95.0; buckwheat, 94.6; to’bacco, 94.4;

sugar beets, 94.1; hay, (yield per acre),

93.1; alfalfa. 92.9.



Potatoes, 88.3; grapes. 87.7; millet, 86.6;

apples, 85.6; barley, 84.0; spring wheat,

80.9; flaxseed, 55.8.



The number of stock hogs in the United

States on Sept. 1 is estimated as 100.3

per cent of the number on Sept. 1, 1909.

The acreage of clover for seed is estimated

as 116.7 per cent of last year’s acreage.





EXPLOSW ES





AND





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For Use on the Farm





 





When firing electrically—

which is the quickest, safest

and most economical way in





the long run—use

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llollablo Blasting Maohlno





Vloior No. 6 (Double Strength)

Electric Fans





Loadlna Vllro

Connecting ero

otherwise use

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Du Ponl No. 8 Blasting Caps

3&1er Fuse





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write to us.





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FIRMS in mm mas

on SALE on EXCHANGE





FARM -Send for Booklet of choice





Southern Michi an Farms that

I have for sale. BYRON STILLSON, aokson, Mich.





i SELL FARMS i§8$:““'ii’f.”it°°“§iiii'f his;

Poultry. Write forlist. J. s. HANSON. Hart, Mich.

-—-in Livingston





FARMS FOR SAL County, Mich.





Prices right. FRY dz MANNING, Brighton. Mich.





BEFORE BUYING A FARM SECS. ii‘iaii‘f





STARR, 407 East Grove Street. Greenville, Michigan.





 





 





102-ACRE FARM in Mich. Fruit Belt. Fertile soil

for fruit. grain or stock. Perfect title. Death in

family necessitates sale. W. Fisher, Watervleit, Mich.





 





UR CO-OPERATIVE LIST quotes owner’s prlce

for select farms all over Southern Mlcnlgan.

The Ypsilanti Agency 00., Inc., Ypsilanti, Mich.





 





MISSISSIPPI Delta Farm-290 acres fertile land. 150

acres cultivated, 6 tenant houses, I born, 1 gin-

house, good timber. land level and very productive.

Price right. In Sunflower Co. C. W. GRADDICK. Barncsville. Ga.





OWN A Home-mam“



Valley has

great Inducements for the nomeseoker. Write to-

day. UNITED REALTY 00.. Saginaw. Michigan.





MICHIGAN FABMS“.‘$C’.%¥S¥..§$TR £222?

and Eaton countles. $26 to $75 per acre; splendid





water, schools and roads. Low taxes. Write for List

No. 4. BUCKLEB & MATTHEWS. Hastings, Mich.





when you can buy

the Best Land In

Michlcun at from

36 to $10 an acre





near Baglnaw and Bay City. Write for map and par-

ticulars. Clear title and easy terms. Stotl‘eld Bros..

(owners) 15 Mei-rill bldg.. Saginaw, W. 8.. Mich.





MICHIGAN FARMS





FliI'I’l‘. STOCK and GRAIN FARMS in BARRY

and EATON Counties—1 to 300 acres, from $15 to $100 '

per acre: good water, roads and Schools. We have one

oftho leading farm real estate agencies in Southern

l\'Iich_|gan. iei‘ercnces. any bank or merchant in

Hastings. Send for free list. No. ..



C. R. BISHOP 6: C0.. Hastings. Michigan





Fertile Farms. in Tennessee

—35 lo SIC per acre





Fortunes are being made on fertile Tennessee

farms raising big cro s of grain and rasses of al-

most every kind, nlso‘. lillltillt'lllDGS. Cab iiige. Toma-

toes. String Beans, Green Corn. etc, also Horses,

Cattle. Sheep, Swiuc, Poultry and Eggs. Write me at once for

Free Literature, which advises how to get one of those

splendid farms for $5 to $10 per acre. Art quickly! H. F,

Smith, ’l‘raf. Mgr. N. U. is St. L. Ry. Dept.1’. NoshvilleJenn.





 





 





 





 





 





 





WESTERN CANADA’S

1910CROPS





- Wheat Ylold In Many Dlo-

trlcto Wlll b. from 25 to

‘ 35 Buoholo For Acre





Land sales and homestead entries

0 cessation in num-

bers dg ml from United States.

_Won erfu opportunities remain

for those w o intend making

Canada their home. Newdistricts

bein opened up for settlement.

Many farmers will net, t. is your. 3 0 to $15 per acre

from their wheat crop. All the advantages of old

settled‘oountries are there. Good schools churches.

e lendid markets, excellent railway facilities. See

I: 9 rain exhibits at the different State nd some of

tho ounty fairs. Letters similar to i 6 following

are. received every day, testifying to satisfactory con-

ditions; other districts are as favorably spoken of:





They Sent for Their Son





Maidstone, Seek, Canada. August. 5, 1910.

My parents came here from Cedar Falls, Iowa. four

years ago and were so well leased with this country

they sent. to Coeur d’Alenc or me. I have taken up

a homestead near them, and um fiorfectly satisfied to

stop here. LEO Altl) DOUGLAS.





 





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Wants Settiers’ Rate for His Stock

Stettler. Alberta July 31. 1910.



Well. I got u heredrom Forest. City, Iowa. last.

firm in good 9 ape With the stock and everything.



ow. have got two boys back in Iowa yet, and I am

some back there now soon to get. them and another

car up here this fall. What I would like to ‘ 10W is.

If there is any chance to of. a cheap rate back again,

and when we return to no I will call at. your

office for our certificates.





Yours truly. II. A. WIK.





 





Will Make His Home in (Jana: ‘1



Brninerd. Minn., August 1, 1910.

I am going to Canada a week from today and in.

tend to. make my home there. My husband has been

there six weeks and is well pleased with the country,

so he wants me to come as soon as ossible. Ho filed

on a claim near Landis. Sask., and y his description

of it it must be a pretty place. My brother-in-Iuw,

Mr. Frank J. Zimmer. lives there and it was through



him that we decided to locate in Canada.

ours truly,

MRS. RICHARD HENRY EBINGER.





 





Bend for literature and ask the local Canadian Goy-

ernment. Agents for Excursion Rates. best districts in

oh toglooote. and when to 80- Address





M, V. Mclnnes

176 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich.

. A. Laurier, Marquette, Mich.





CALIFORNIA





The Land of Opportunity

and Plenty





, California Farm Land set to deciduous fruits pays

, back the original cost and yields a. profit in five

years. Mild climate, no suiistroko and thunder

storms. You can work out of doors all the year

round; even eat. strawberries in December.





 





 





 





 





160 Acres $7700,

Splendid Orawlord Co. Dairy Farm.

$4000 Worth of Timber.





140 acres in level fields, black loam soil, produces

great crops of hay. wheat, corn and buckwheat, pasture

or 60 cows. 300,000 feet of timber. will out 1000 cords of

wood. 600 maple trees in sugar hush. all kinds of fruit.

2-ntory10-room house. barn and other buildings, neigh.

bors near, 1% mile to railroad and village. Advanced

ago of owner forces sale. Price $7,700, part cash bal-

ance easy terms. For details of this and other farm

Ilill‘léillns in “eastern Pennsylvania and Ohio. see page

16 “ trout's Illustrated Farm Czitalo No. ". second

edition, copy free. Station 101. ‘. A. STROUT.

I'iiioii Bank Building, I’ittsliurg, I’zi.





DELAWARE





Is the State for





HAPPY HOMES





comfortable living, enjoyment and genial climate.

Famous for fruit and quite as good for general farm-

ing. Land values are advancing, but farms are cheap-

cr than elsewhere with equal advantages—if such a.

place exists. r information address





Fo

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, Dover, Delaware.





FARMS THAT WILL INCREASE

. IN VALUE EACH YEAR





and yield good crops while doing so make an extra good

investment. It is not necessary to leave civilization. go

long distances from friends and home to find such land.

Narlheaslern Michigan Presents

that Opportunity To-day.

From reading many advertisements you have

tho feeling that. somewhere. VVost. South or

North. 3. long ways away, you can find perfection.

The :ulvrrtisomcnts forget to state (lruw bucks, but

you know IllIClllgilll.-’\\‘Itll its ousilv obtained pure

water, freedom of tho (‘Xlli‘llh‘ll oi" Irrigation, good

roads, possibility of (livoi'siiiod crops, and its many

other advantages. 'l‘licii, \i'll)’ be led so far away on

uncertainties.



’I‘ho opportunity for .‘I good iiivosliiicnt is here, and

it will pay you to investigate, for lilllil is selling much

leow its real Value ([1111 must IIICI‘t‘ilHi'.



Write the Northeastern Michigan Development

Bureau.



The Bureau has no lands to sell, but is simply trying

to bring the opportunities of this region to the notice

of those who wish to engage in farming, ranching or

fruit growing.



Address all inquiries to





THE NORTHEASTERN MICHIGAN

DEVELOPMENT BUREAU,





Shearer Block, Bay City, Mich.





 





 





 





 





Writefor free information about

any part of the State to the





California Development Board

San Francisco. California





I

It is a. State organization with the Governor as

rem ant





and has nothing to sell

. Address your letter to Bureau No. 20





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WANTED—GOOD FARM from Owner Only.

Want possession now or next. spring.

State particulars. OHIGAN. Box 754. Chicago, Ill.





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GROWING SECTION-

along the





Atlantic Coast Line





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in Virginia, North and South Carolina,

WflLeoi-gio, Alabama and Florida, write to

BUR MCCOY. E. N. CLARK-

A. a i. Agt. for Florida, A. a l. Agt. for Virginia.

Alabama. (.eorgia, and the Carolinas,

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FARMERS’ CLUBS.

MEMORY DAY.





BY WILL CARLETON.

Under this mound is a maiden at rest-—

Hands white as pearls to her bosom were pressed;

Tears pure as rays from the stars in the sky

Fell on her face when they bade her goodbye.

Not long on earth did the soul shed its cheer:

Only a half-score of days was it here.

Then she was called by her heaven-given name

Back to the beautiful home whence she came:

But the bright spirit in passing away,

Left its sweet impress on glorified clay.

So, of the hearts of her kindred possessed,

In this last cradle they kissed her to rest.

Here her fair Image lies prone at our feet:

Must not Its refuge stay dainty and sweet?

Let this reflection be with us alway—

Deeper than ever on Memory Day!





 





 





Under this mound lies the wreck of a joy—

Pride’s brightest garlands were hung on his

name:

Manhood and womanhood welcomed the boy,

Thanks went to heaven at the hour that he

came.

Many the hopes that upon him were laid;

Brilliant ambitions were centered within:

Could he not lead in the cohorts of trade?

Might not his genius a world-homage win?

Would he not plead with the listening throng,

For their right actIOn and word and belief?

Might he not triumph in story or song?

Should not the nation-tribes vote him their

chief?

As by an acorn the oak is possessed,

What might have been in this tiny form lay:

See that due honors around him shall rest:

Give him his portion of Memory Day.





Under this mound is the bride of a year:



Much did she love, and as much did she fear.

Life early whispered that loss goes with gain—

Exquisite bliss carries exquisite pain.



Short were the lessons vouchsafed her to learn,

Ere to the summer-land she must return.

Perished this girl as a spring-blighted leaf:

Wifehood and motherhood both were so brief!—

Here is a maid who, though winsome and gay,

Never knew wedlock—Death wooed her away.

Here the sweet garb of a soul that was wrecked——

Lured into triumph—then crushed by neglect.

Oh, could the beauties of honor and worth

sown every day in the gardens of earth,



Rise up in flewers half as lovely as they,

There were less need of our Memory Day!





Brave-hearted youth! how you sprang to the

fight,

Ready and eager your prowess to prove!

Whether you stood for the wrong or the right,

You were encompaSSed with pride and with

love.

How in such good as their fond eyes c0uld see,

Father and mother would triumph and rest!

H0w in such actions as faulty might be,

Still they stood by you and hoped for the best!

So did your strength fill a need of each hour——

No one could think it could e’er be o'erthrown:

You had the courage, but death had the power,

And you are lying unfeared and alone.

You had a mission that could not be spoiled;

Although but briefly, proud youth has its way:

Whether for ecuntry you battled or toiled,

You have a claim upon Memory Day!





THE 3' Mittens-AN, FARMER.  

. _ Memory Day;





“loam nu." September. so. ‘ em. a. onafi.‘





 





I. From the north eh’d from the south, From the east and from the west, Be it ehow’ re, or i

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this department already know the history of the move-



ment to set apart September 30 as Memory Day, a day to

be devoted to the beautifying of our rural cemeteries, the hallowed

ground where we have laid away the mortal clay of those who

were near and dear to us. But how many of us, in the years

which have passed since the inception of this movement, have

lived up to our opportunities in the proper observance of the day,

We are sorry to say that the condition of our rural cemeteries

would seem to answer for us that however much in sympathy with

the movement we may have been, we have not joined in the gen-

eral observance of the day in a manner which does credit to our

loftier ideals and our finer instincts. But, while the majority of

us who have been associated with him in active Clu'b work have

been carelessly rather than willfully indifferent in the matter of

exercising our talent and giving our time to the advancement of

Memory Day sentiment Ex—President Daniels has been actively

at work in the interest of this movement. Not content

with the formal adoption 0f September 30 as Memory Day by the

State Association of Farmers’ Clubs and later 'by the Grange, by

untiring effort he brought about its official recognition by the legis-

lature. Not yet content with what had been done, or what is being

done toward bf‘inging about the general observance of the day,

Mr. Daniels has interested the best talent in the country in its

behalf, and at his own expense has secured the poem and song

herewith presented, and has dedicated them to the cause of Mem—

ory Day and sent them broadcast for free use in its observance.

Let us do our duty to our better selves, to the memory of our de-

parted friends and to Et-President Daniels by helping, in our

humble way, the cause Of Memory Day.





MOST of us have heard of Memory Day. Most readers of





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SEPT. 24, . 1.919,.





Always save thoughts for the mother and wife-





That,.through the burden and toll of a life,





Round those she loved, threw protection and care,-





In the long hours—were they stormy or fair.

Biess the sweet form that in suppllance bent,





Up to high heaven prayers for mercy she sent;'_

Though she was working, the while that she





prayed—

Ever she aided, while pleading for aid.

Trouble to her called for swift-speeding balm:

Over sad spirits her life cast a calm.

Many a soul to beatltudes led,





After it walked through the gates of the dead,-





Told the true words as it came to her near,

“This is the angel that guided me here."



Is not a life that such fruits candlsplay,

E’en of itself one long Memory Day?





Look at the tomb of a king lying here!

Though on his low roof no blazonry be:

Monarch of forests—brave peace-pioneer—

Vanguard of civilization was he:

Branches barbaric spread wide where he came—-

Poisons were haunting the swamp-tainted alr;'

Beasts growled their fear at his fallow’s red

flame—-

Reptile assassins were watching him there.

Loved ones around him fell low in the fray—

Under the wild' flowers he hid them from sight;

Toil was his faithfulest comfort by day,

Dreams of the angels his solace by night.

Low is this tomb, for so lofty a heart!

Here as the centuries drift must It stay:

But should the living, ere hence they depart,

Drape it in splendor each Memory Day!





There lies a soldier whose heart laughed at fear:



Loud was their praise when they buried him

here!



Garlands upon him descended ln showers:



Now he gets yearly a handful of flowers.



Shall his last camp glitter only in view



Of the old comrades, grown feeble and few?—



Here is a pastor who tolled night and day:



Help him to preach from this pulpit of clay.



Let not his mOund, once distinguished and high,



Shunned by God’s worshipers, shrink from the

sky!



Wars for your life this physician oft led:



Give him due thanks ’tis not y0u that are dead.



Here, is a statesman, whose genius flamed high:



Let not the glow of his brilliancy die.



Ah, there is never the lack of a way



Justice to render—on Memory Day!





Thousands of tombs have long passed from our

ken,

Those who once guarded them cannot come

nigh:

They, too, have gone from the mansions of )énT:

Bleak and oft nameless those sepuichres lie, )

How do we deem but from first unto last,

Those who are gone held“ their earth dwellings

dear?

How can we say but the les that are passed,

Still love the bodies that harbored them here?

Grave-yards?—God's albumsl—and when He has





said,

Thund’ring to us through our grief or our

mirth,

“Dying ones, what have you done with my

dead——





All in my image—entrusted to earth?”

“Those that thou gavest, we cherished with

care”—

Thus to the king may we truthfully say:

“Love linked to justice, and work wed with

prayer——

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Our Motto—”The Farmer is of more

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THE OCTOBER PROGRAMS.





 





State Lecturer’s Suggestions for First

Meeting.





School Day Program, prepared by the

State Woman’s Work Committee.



Roll-call, responded to by telling the

worst predicament you got into while at-

tending school.



Question—Is it just to require eighth

grade state examination of rural pupils

and none of the town pupils?



Question—Shall we put one or two trav-

eling libraries into our school this year?



Reading, “Old Glory at School."



Distribution of primary school fund——

Discussion. '



Reports of committee appointed to Visit

schools in Grange jurisdiction.



Would conditions be improved if moth-

ers visited schools oftener and attended

school meetings?



Question—What educational features at

the fairs impressed you as most valuable?



Intersperse music, dialogs, recitations,

orations, etc., from different schools

throughout this program.



Refreshments, serving of model school

lunches.





 





THE GRANGE AND MEMORY DAY.





 





Friday of next week—September 30—

is the day designated by act of the

state legislature for the general improve-

eral legislature for the general improve—

ment of cemeteries. It will 'be rememu

bered that Memory Day is less than six

Years old and‘ that the act referred was

passed at the instigation and request of

the Farmers’ Clubs and Granges of Mich—

igan. Upon these organizations, there«

fore, falls the responsibility of making the

observance of the day general and as

fruitful of results as possible. It is not

so important that Granges and Clubs

have special programs on this occasion

as it is that the members co—operate in

bringing about [better conditions in those

neglected, almost forgotten places where

rest all that is mortal of kindred and

friends who have passed away. Tnese

organizations cover the entire state, and

the proper observance of the day by

Granges and Clubs now will greatly hast-

en’the time when the meaning and pur-

pose of the day, will be as generally un-

derstood, and the cocasion as universally

observed, as is Memorial Day in May.



Memory Day means more than the

mere covering of graves with flowers.

It comes at a time of year when the con-

ditions, are right for making substantial

cemetery improvements. Then, too, it

suggests a search of the memory to make

sure that none have been overlooked or

forgotten, and this search should not be

limited to the family circle. Perhaps

there is some Grange pioneer—~a brother

or sister whose memory is still revered

and whose name perhaps graces an honor

roll preserved by the Grange—who is

sleeping in an unmarked grave. If so,

need it be said that the Grange has a

Memory Day duty to perform?



In connection with the observance of

Memory Day one year ago, the local press

of a well-known city in this state was

called upon to bring to the attention of

its readers their duty to the city’s leading

benefactor. The city in question is the

seat of an institution of learning and its

citizens were somewhat shocked and

'humiliated by the intelligence that the

donor of the ground upon which the in-

stitution stands sleeps in their midst in

a neglected and unmarked grave. Other

benefactions of almost priceless worth

were named and the deplorable condition

of the man’s grave described. The collec.

tion of a fund sufficient to put the grave

in proper condition, and to provide a

marker, was proposed as a suitable way

of observing Memory Day, and it is a

matter of satisfaction to those responsible

for the setting apart of this day to know

that through its agency the performance

of a long neglected duty was undertaken.





THE OLD BURYING GROUND.





 





BY MRS. M. B. RANDOLPH.





What shall I call the gruesome spot?

Dead man’s dormitory?

(Dead should mean the



guilty of this story).



Look at yon rumpled. unkempt cot,



Sorry resting place, I wot.



For. such old chaps as Corey;

Methinks he’d turn in his grave and





living ones





frown

At the way that things are running down.





A man of wonderful enterprise,

Noted for public spirit,



Deemed by his neighbors a bit unwise.

Not just the one to steer it—





 





The old town ship, with tattered sails

And rudder lost in election gales-





But he’d have brot her into port,

For he had the nerve to brave it—

(That management of better sort

That spends a cent to save it).

Wild as a hawk they called him,

When it came to town finances,

But,.say, they were mean to scold him

When he stood for roads and fences,

For he claimed that a dime for human

good

On credit side of God’s ledger stood.





His farm was always up to date,

Chic as a clean new ‘penny



From fresh front lawn to barnyard gate,

Unsightly spots—not any.



But now he sleeps as tho’ he'd sinned

Against the public pocket,



Where palings rattle in the Wind

Like dry bones in their socket.





And now pass on to another ward

In dead man’s dormitory;



Under your feet the tangled sward

Tells the same old story



Of dire neglect tow’rd those who lie



Under the bald, gray, stormy sky.





Scarce a sheltering shrub you see



In dead man’s dormitory;

Much less canopy of tree,



With branches wide and hoary,

Shading the graves from blistering heat

Or stinging dart of winter sleet.





On this old slab is carved a name:

The township's best housekeeper;

In life her porches were a-flame

With climbing rose and creeper,

But you must ask more flowery bard

To name all posies in her yard,

Yet never a hint of bud or bloom

Marks now the shiftless portal

That closes up the silent room

Where sleeps that thoro' mortal,

Useless, perchance, the milkweed's pouch

Spreads with down her ragged couch.





Here's the bed of a little child;

Fair her looks and flowing

When she looked up and sweetly smiled

Where summer winds were blowing;

She loved the birds, but they’ll not come

Where no cool vines are creeping;

They rather stay in wildwood home

Where dear Cock Robin's sleeping,

Or in yon orchard where the May

Brings living robins all the day.





Like ghostly sentinels they stand-—

The tall ungainly-mulleins—



Their woolly leaves half in the sand

And half beneath the cullin's



Of that old spectral hick’ry tree,

('Tis work of poaching squirrel);



He’s hid a grave; come, let us see,

Why 'tis the name of Tirrell!



He was a wondrous breeder of flowers,



But he lived in an older day than ours.

And never conquered sorrel.





True, the town folks Yearly meet—

Farmer John and Matron Mary—



In-—in—— (their words I now repeat)

Iii—“the cemetery;”



Tearful and laden with flowers they come



At dismal tom—tom of the drum.



Through grass-choked corridors they go

Their fragrant tokens leaving,



While high the mournful bugles blow

And set the May winds grieving;



They cover them o'er, then wend their



way

Till another sad Memorial Day.





Of nights the owls and whippoorwills,

With gruesome boot and wailings,

Rehearse a list of ancient ills

On yonder jagged palings;

O'er tottering stones the moonlight shines

And stamps the burdock’s burly lines.





It seems to me I’d rather sleep

Where sea-weeds dark are twining,

In unseen halls of unknown deep

Where water snakes are shining,

Than lie in that low, sunken mound

\Vhere those bold vandals of the ground——

Thistle and dock—are dining.





What shall we say of the sentiment

Behind this rueful story?

Many the anxious hour that’s spent,

Many the day of worry

O'er the fall of beef, or a slump in pork,

Or a cut in another figure,

When slabs can fall and lie on their face,

And graves may slump in the middle

place

And no one calls for the digger—-

Or the other man—no matter which——

Who gamlstraighten a stone or fill up a

1 c1.





Call me a whining pessimist,

A ranting, writing fakir,

But your own and the township's sake

Calls for a bee—~—or a swarm—that’ll make

A humming in God's Acre.





COMING EVENTS.





 





 





National Grange, Forty-fourth annual



sessmn, at Atlantic City, N. J._ Nov, 8-18.



Michigan State Grange, Thirty—eighth



finpgzal Session, at Traverse City, Dec.

Pomona Meetings,



lngham’ Co., with Fitch'bur Gran e

Friday. Sept. 30. State spealsers, Prfif:

J, A. Jeffery and Miss Ida Chittenden.



Kent Co.. with South Lowell Grange,

at Alto, Wednesday, Oct. 25. Mrs. E. J.’

Creyts, state speaker.



Lenawee Co., with Ogden Grange,

Thursday, Oct. 6. Election of State

Grange delegates,



Wayne 00., with Harmony Grange, at

Romulus. Friday, Oct. 4.



Grange Rallies and Fairs.





Fifth annual fair of Crystal and But~

ternut Grange Fair Assn, in the Van

Lu_evan building at Crystal, Thursday and

Friday. Sept. 29 and 30.



Mt. Tabor (Berrien Co.) Grange “Home-

coming,” at Mt. Tabor Grange hall, Fri-

day, Oct. 21. i





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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

— September 20, 1910.



Grains and Seeds.





Wheat.-—The first two days of this week

show prices on the up grade, an advance

of a full cent having been made since

Saturday’s close. This advance, however,

is regarded as merely temporary by those

on the bear side of the market, and the

bulls themselves are not over-sanguine.

An improvement in the cash demand,

more export buying and a decrease in re-

ceipts will have to come before they gain

enough coufidence to follow the market

very far in its upward tendency. On the

other hand_ the indifferent milling de-

mand, the slow movement of flour. the

large acreage of fall grain being sown and

the fact that the grain is piling up at the,

various centers, although not so rapidlyI

as a year ago, are all factors which are

leading the bears to declare their willing—

ness to sell for another decline as soon

as the market appears right. One year

ago the price for N0. 2 red wheat was

$1.11 per bu. Quotations for the past





 





week are:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. Dec. May.

Thursday . . .. .98 95% 1.03 1.07%

Friday ....... .98 .96 1.03%; 1.081,;

Saturday ..... .99 .97 1.04 1.08334,

Monday ...... .991/2 .97 1.04111 1.0914

Tuesday ..... 1.00 .971/2 1-04% 1.09%,





(Dorm—The temporary bulge in wheat has

not affected this grain, prices for which

continue to decline. The weakening fac-

tor is the favorable weather over the

greater part of the leading corn states

which -is daily increasing the assurance

that the coming crop will be a big one.

One year ago the price for No. 2 corn

was 701/2c. Quotations for the past week

are:





No. 2 No. 2



. Mixed Yellow.

Thursday ................. 58 60

Friday .................... 57 59



Saturday .................. 57 581/;



Monday ................... 5. 581/2

Tuesday .................. 561/2 58





Oats.—The trading in oats is moderately

active with deliveries normal for the sea—

son and prices firm at advanced figures.

The Canadian crop is disappointing the

farmers and this shortage, with the

larger demand on this side is the support-

ing column to the bullish tendency of the





deal. A year ago the price for Standard

oats was 413,40. Quotations for the week

are:

Standard. No. 3

XVhi‘te.

Thursday ................. 361/2 351/2

Friday .................... 301/2 36

Saturday ................. 36% 36%,

Lionday . ................. 37 361/;

Tuesday .................. 3 361/;





Beans—The harvesting of the new crop

is starting cash values downward. Oc-

tober figures remain steady. There is

nothing doing here and the quotations,





herewith given, are nominal:



Cash Oct.

Thursday .................. $2.32 $2.18

Friday ..................... 2.32 2.18

Saturday ................... 2.30 2.18

Monday .................... 2.30 218

Tuesday .................... 2.27 2.18





Cloverseed.—Indications point to a bet-

ter yield of seed than was considered

possible a few weeks ago and the effect

is seen in a gradual lowering of values.

The local market is comparatively easy

with the buyers active. Quotations for

the past week are





Prime Spot. Dec. Alsike.

Thursday ......... $9.60 $9.65 $9.25

Friday ............ 9.60 9.65 9.25

Saturday ......... 9.50 9.55 9.25

Monday .......... 9.40 9.45 9.25

Tuesday .......... 9.35 9.40 9.2"





Rye.——The rye market is firm and quiet.

The nominal quotation is 720 per bu.,

which is the price of a week ago.



Visible Supply of Grains.

This week. Last week





Wh at . . . . . . .. . . . . 29,207,000 28.298000

Cori: .. ............ 3.U50.000 2.966,000

Oats .. ............. 18,423.000 17,748,000

Rye . . ........ ‘. . . . 290,000 255.000

Barley ............. 1,379,000 1,265,000

Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc,

Flour.—The flour trade is firm at last

week’s figures. Millers are active and

are finding a good call for ilour.

Clear ................................. $4.60

Straight ...‘ .......................... 4.80

Patent Michigan .................... 5.10

Ordinary Patent ..................... 4.90





Hay and Straw.—Market steady. Quo-

tations on baled hay in car lots f. o. b.

Detroit are: No. 1 timothy, $166,116.50;

No 2 timothy, 3515601550; clover, mixed,

$15o15.50; rye straw, $7607.50; wheat and

oat‘straw, $650607 per ton,



Feed—All kinds of feed rule steady.

Carlot prices on track: Bran, $27 per

ton; coarse middlings. $24; fine middlings,

$27; cracked corn. $27; coarse corn meal,

$27: corn and oat chop, $24 per ton.



PotatOes.—Market is quiet and steady.

New potatoes are quoted at $2.50 per bbl.,

or $1.90 per 2 bu. sack,





Provisions—Mess pork, $22.50; family

pork $236024; medium clear, $226023;

smoked hams, 156016c; dry salted bris-

kets, 141/20; shoulders, 13c; picnic hams,

121/;c; bacon, 186020c; lard in tierees,





131/;0; kettle rendered, 141/2c per lb.

Dairy and Poultry Products.

Butter.——The advance noted in our last

issue was not maintained. the market .for

creamery goods the past week dropping

1c. The trade is firm at the lower figure

and active. Extra creamery is quoted at

291/2c: firsts, do., 270; dairy, 23c; packing



stock 23c per lb.



Eggs.——There has been a one cent ad-

vance the past week in egg prices and the

market is firm at the new figure. The

demand is good. Fresh receipts, cases





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





mixed and medium, -$9.80@9.90; yorkers.





included, case count, are quoted at 230

per dozen.



Poultry.—There is little activity in the

chicken deal. The supply is ordinary and

the demand is Well propdrtioned. Spring

chitiizens are quoted at '15c per lb; hens

at c.



Cheese.——Michigan, late made, 15c;

Michigan, fall made, 17%@18c; York state,





171,é@18c; limburger, old, 17@18c; Swiss,

domestic block, 21@22c; cream brie-k,

161/2@l7c.





Fruits and Vegetables.





Apples.—There is a fairly good volume

of apples coming to the market, but the

quality is averaging only ordinary. Duch-

ess are quoted at $3 per bbl., and common

stock at $2@3.



Cabbage.——Steady.

bbl. for new.



Huckleberries.—Steady

Quoted at $375604.



Peaches—There has been a good mar-

ket in spite of the very liberal deliveries.

Prices are higher and range from $1@

2.25 for Michigan products.



Tamatoes.—‘The receipts of tomatoes

are liberal. Market steady. Generally

quoted at 656D70c per bu.



Grapes.——Concords, lO—lb. baskets, 2560

30c; Niagaras, 35c; Delawares, 35@40c.



Pears—Higher. Bartletts, $1.50@1.75





Selling at $2 per





and scarce.





 





per bu.

OTHER MARKETS.

Chicago.

VVheat.—No_ 2 red. 986099c; December,





$1.001/g; May, $1.06 per bu.

Corn—No. 2 mixed, 54%@55c;

ber, 53%c; May, 5614c.

Oats—No. 3 white, 34%@351,éc; Decem-

ber, 351/80; May, 38140.

Butter.—Best grade creamery declined

1c on Monday; market quiet with an eas—





Decem-





ier tone in evidence. Creameries, 241/261)

28c; dairies, 23@27c.

Eggs—Market active and higher. Quo-





Prime firsts, 24c; firsts, 220;

at mark, cases included. 171/2@205§c doz.



Hay and Straw.—Market steady. Quo-

tations are: Choice timothy, $18.50@

19.50; No. 1 timothy, $176018; No. 2 do.

and No. 1 mixed, $156D16.50; N0. 3 do. and

No. 2 mixed, $12@14.50; rye straw, $7.50

618; oat straw, $5.50@6; wheat straw,

$5605.50 per ton.



Potatoes—Market easier with prices 10c

lower. Choice to fancy quoted at 78@SOC

per bu; fair to good, 72@75c.





New York.



Butter.—Market lower; best grades sell-

ing below last week's figures. Creamery

specials quoted at 301/2c; extras, 2969291/éc;

thirds to firsts, 24639280



Eggs—All grades have been marked

up; market steady to firm at the higher

range. Nearby eggs quoted at 3561338c;

fresh gathered extras, 26@27c; firsts, 246;)

25c. per doz.





tations are:





 





Poultry—Market steady. Live. Spring-

ers, 1560151/2c; fowls, 16c; turkeys, 1260

15c. Dressed stock quoted as follows:





Western broilers. 176020c; fowls, 15Q‘18C;

spring turkeys, 206122712

Boston.



W'ool.-——There is a continued confidence





in this market by dealers and last

week's values are being maintained.

The leading domestic quotations are





steady and are as follows: Ohio and

Pennsylvania fleeces: Delaine washed

34c; XX, 30c; 1/2-blood combing, 286029c;

fiat—blood combing, 2862329c; lA-blood comb-

ing, 27@28c; 1/2, 1%; and 14-blood clothing,

2369250 Michigan, \Visconsin and New

York fleeces: 1/2—blood unwashed, 276028c;

saé-blood unwashed. 276029c; 1,4—blood, 26@

27c. Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri:

lid—blood, 28@29c; 14-blood, 27@28c.





 





Toledo.

Clover Seed—Clover seed has declined

the past week. Alsike is also down. Clos-





ing quotations were: Cash. $9.40; Octo—

ber. $9.40; alsike cash. $9.40; October,

$9.35.



Elgin.





Butter.—The board reported the trade

firm at 29c per 1b., which is a decline of

1c. Sales for the week amounted to

728.400 lbs.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.

September 19. 1910.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.) .





Receipts of stock here today as fdllows:

Cattle, 140 cars; hogs, 16,160; sheep and

lambs. 15.000; calves. 1,000.





With 140 loads of cattle on our market

here today, and 28,000 reported in Chi--

cago, good to prime steers weighing 1,200

and up were strong 1060150 per hundred

weight lower, and all other grades strong

10617150. per hundred weight higher.



We quote: Best 1,300 to 1,400-Ib. steers.

$7.50607.75; good prime 1.200 to 1,300—lb.

do., $6.856D7.15; best 1.100 to 1,200-lb.

shipping steers, $6616.50; medium butcher

steers, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs.. $5.20@5.75; light

butcher steers, $475615: best fat cows.

$4.756D5.25; fair to good cows. 83.50.604.40;





common to medium do.. $3603.50; trim-

mers. $250603; best fat heifers. $550606:





good fat heifers, $4.256F475: fair to good





do., $4604.35; stock heifers. $46i‘4.25; best

feeding steers. dehorncd. 352560550:





medium to good do., $475605: stockers, all





grades. $4604.25: best and export bulls.

$4.75@5.25: bologna bulls. 3137567450;





light thin bulls. $375624; best mil'kers and





springers, $706730: fined milkers and

snringers, $506365; common to good do.,

$356040.





With 101 cars of hogs on sale here to-

day, the market opened 10@20c lower than

last Friday on heavy hogs: about 12 decks

of heavy hogs carried over from Saturday

for the want of bids. Mixed. medium and

yorkers ruled 5@10c lower than Saturday.

and pigs about steady. There was a fair

clearance of all that was yarded in time

for the market.



We quote: Heavy hogs. $9.25@9.50;





     





$9.85@9.95; few extra choice selling at

10c; pigs mostly $9.90; roughs, $8.25@8.40;

Stags, $6.50@7. Prospects only fair for

good light hogs; outlook for heavy is

lower.



The lamb market opened up active to-

day, with prices about 85c higher than

last week; most of the best lambs selling

$7.75@7.85; closing strong, all sold. Few

late arrivals, $7.90. Look for shade lower

prices last of week. Handy sheep were

strong today, and prospects are for about

steady prices balance of. week.





We quote: Spring lambs, $7.80@7.90;

wethers, $4.75@5; cull sheep, $2.50@3.50;

bucks, $2.50@3.50; yearlings, $5.50@6.25;





heavy ewes, $4.25@4.35; handy ewes, $4.25





@465; northern Michigan lambs, $7.156?)

7.85; veals, choice to extra, $10@10.50;





fair to good do., $7.50@10; heavy calves,

$6@7.





 





Chicago.

September 19, 1910.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep

Received today ...... 28,000 21,000 45,000

Same day last year..28.320 19,989 39,502





Received last week..69,156 85,067135,906

Same week last year.63,137 81,566 118,878



This week starts off with liberal sup-

plies of everything except hogs, yet the

hog market broke 106015c after a short

period of early firmness, during which

prime light bacon hogs sold as high as

$9.80. 'A large share of the sales occurred

at $8.70@9.15, with the best packing hogs

at $8.75 and rough. heavy, old sows going

at $8.30@8.50. Prices are getting so high

that buyers are restive and disposed to

hold back. The current receipts are av-

eraging in weight 259 lbs., compared to

229 lbs. a year ago, 218 lbs. two years ago

and 255 lbs. three years ago. Cattle re-

ceipts embraced about 8,000 steers and

cowg from western ranges, and the too

liberal offerings made a bad market for

sellers, although good lots sold at steady

prices. Other kinds were slow and weak

to 100 lower. Sheep and lambs were in

such good demand that the enormous sup-

ply failed to put prices on a lower level.

Feeders sold like hot cakes, and the in-

creased run of fat mutton grades sold

rather better, some prime range lambs

going at $7.30. Lambs sold all the way

down to $5.25, with range feeding lambs

active at $6.25@6.85. VVethers were sal-

able at $4@4.75; ewes at $2.50@4.50; bucks

at $2.50@3.50 and yearlings at $5605.65.

Breeding ewes were as active as ever,

and feeders paid $4@4.40 for range weth—

ers and 35475641555 for range yearlings.

Idaho, Utah and Nevada are furnishing

the larger share of the range lambs.





Cattle have been coming on the market

altogether too freely for several weeks

both here and at farther western primary

points, the offerings embracing an unduly

large proportion of grass—fed stock from

farming regions, in addition to large sup—

plies from western ranges. The demand

has been fairly large as a general rule,

but it has failed to keep pace with the

liberal supplies, and prices have been

reaching much lower levels, a break of

256140c taking place last week in the

greater part of the native steers. The

bulk of these cattle crossed the scales at

$5.856r7.75, with the better class of ship—

ping beeves of good weight going at $7.50





608.35, while the cheaper lots of light—.

weight killers sold at $4.75@5.75. Pretty





good cattle were purchased at $7 and up-

ward, while medium lots sold between

$6 and $7. Butcher stock, as has been

the casemuch of the time this year. was

apt to sell relatively 'better than steers,

with a good outlet for COWS and heifers at

$3.306n7, while canners sold at 33215617270

and cutters at $2.75@3.25. Bulls were

pretty good sellers at $3@5.10, while

calves were unusually active and much

higher at $3.25@9.75 per 100 lbs. Western

range cattle arrived in good numbers and

had to go much lower, although killing

lots had a better outlet than natives of

the same class. Range steers sold at $4

@7 and range cows and heifers at $28560

5.75. The stocker and feeder trade was of

enormous proportions at irregularly lower

prices except for choice lots. Stockers

went at $3.25@4.90 and feeders at $4.60@6.

but very few buyers were willing to pay

over $5.50. Feeder buyers’ competition

for the good native and range steers

weighing from 1.000 to 1,100 lbs. kept them

from declining very much. Milkers and

springers were in excellent eastern ship-

ping demand at $306075 per head and oc-

casionally at a higher price for prime

springers. So long as this rush of grassy

cattle to market is maintained low prices

may be expected.



Hogs were marketed last week here and

at other western primary points in in-

adequate numbers, as has been the case

for some time past. and there was the

accustomed great scarcity of light bacon

hogs suitable for the fresh meat trade.

The natural result was the usual firm un—

dertone for these at first, with the best

lots selling at the highest prices touched

in a long time, but it was a treacherous

market on the whole, with extremely wild

fluctuations daily. Advances or reduc-

tions of 15@25c in a day were common,

and country shippers and yard speculat~

ors suffered severe losses in numerous

instances. Receipts continued to consist

largely of extremely heavy hog. and these

were usually first to weaken and the last

to rally in price. The spread in .prices for

hogs was extremely wide. As the week

advanced opposition to paying recent high

prices gathered force, and some bad

breaks occurred, shippers joining forces

with local packers in breaking the mar-

ket. Usually the highest prices were seen

early in the day, and late sales were apt

to be much lower than opening transac-

tions. This was especially the case for

heavy hogs.



Sheep and lambs have. kept coming to

market here and at other western points

in extremely large numbers, but the coun-

try demand was so uniformly large that

sellers were able to insist upon getting

full prices for feeding lots. which made

up the ‘big end of the flocks shipped from

western ranges. The lack of a sufficient

supply of fat mutton grades continued to





force killers to fall back on the next best





 





SEPT. 24, 1910.





offerings day after day, and competition

for these betw en packers and feeders

ran up prices or the better class of

lambs, natives sharing with westernsin

the upward ~~movement. Sheep and lambs

still sold much lower than a year ago,

but sellers felt a good deal encouraged 'by

the advance in the best of lambs. There

was an excellent demand for breeding

ewes at full former prices, sales ranging

at $4@6, with range yearlings going the

highest. The greater part of the native

lambs were not well finished and sold ac-

cordingly.



Horses were in much better demand on

several days last week, with a decidedly

larger attendance of buyers from numer-

ous eastern points, and the recent weak—

neSS in prices received a check. Feeders

had a good outlet at $165@225 per head,

while big loggers sold much more freely

at $175@220. Small chunks were wanted

much more largely for southern shipment

at $6560125, and medium to prime heavy

drafters were active on eastern shipping

account at $19060275. Wagon horses had

a moderate sale at $160@190, and only fair

orders for drivers were filled, prices rul-

ing at $150@300. ’ F.





 





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





A Chicago live stock commission firm

says: “We made a test of weights on a

recent day, weighing a Missouri car load

of hogs direct from the cars to the scales.

After feeding and watering, they were

‘weighed again and showed a gain of 740

lbs. The selling price was $8.90, which

showed a profit in “till” alone on one car

of hogs of $65.86. Shipping direct to

packers is bad business in more than one

“Way.”



Many farmers in Michigan, Wisconsin,

Ohio and other states in the middle west,

as well as farther west and east, are go-

ing rather extensively into the sheep in-

dustry, and while numerous farmers are

buying high-grade breeders with a view

of raising their own sheep, a majority

are buying range flocks for fattening,

lambs being given the preference very

generally. Enormous num ers of range

sheep and lambs have been sent to mar-

ket, but the demand for feeders has been

phenomenal, and country buyers have

competed with killers and paid close to

the prices obtained for muttom fiociks in

plenty of instances. Lambs have been

selling very much lower than a year ago,

but the decline in sheep has been much

less marked. Some former feeders of

cattle are not buying any feeding steers

this season and are going to try their

luck instead with sheep, and if they un-

derstand the business they may make a

success, but those without experience are

likely to make a failure of it. Many of

the feeding tioeks that have gone to

feeding districts will be fattened in short

time and returned to market before win-

ter sets in, fattening by this method be-

ing easier and cheaper than by carrying

through the winter. There is also,,the

benefit of getting the land fertilized”

Some successful sheepmenvare furnishing)

their flocks 'with equal weights of barley: .

or cats and fresh wheat bran, and some

farmers supply a small amount of cot-

tonseed meal or oil meal,



There is not much activity in the W001

market, and. average “holders are not dis-

posed to force sales, preferring to wait

until the mills are again in active opera-

tion, feeling confident that manufactur-

ers will then be ready to replenish their

stocks at full asking prices, as they have

done in former years. The comparatively

few small sales that take place are at

unchanged prices. To a large extent

\Vyoming fioekmasters have stored their

wool in Omaha, Chicago, Boston and

Philadelphia or shipped on consignment,

owing to the unsatisfactory prices of-

-fered. Recent reports say that eight

million pounds are stored in Wyoming,

either at shearing pens or in country as-

sociation warehouses. Such sales as have

been made this season were largely six to

ten cents a pound lower than a year ago,

notwithstanding the clip of Wyoming was

placed at only about 29,000,000 pounds, or

11,000,000 pounds less than a year ago.



The demand for feeder cattle in Chi—

cago and other western markets since

rains broke the long drought has been

extremely large, and the only check to

activity has been the boom in prices that

has put prime heavy feeding steers on

too high a level to suit conservative in-





vestors. This tends to increase the de—

mand for stock steers and feeders of

moderate weight, although the average





buyer wants his cattle as heavy as pos-

sible, preferring a short feed to a long

one. A great many good feeding cattle

have been shipped into feeding sections

of Illinois. Indiana and Ohio, and many

stockers have been sent to Pennsylvania,

West Virgina and Maryland, these states

having an abundance of roughage. The

eastern sections are fortunate this year

in having good grass, and thus the thin

cattle that western farmers were com—

pelled to sell for lack of pasturage have

been shipped largely to eastern feeding

sections. There is every reason to exDF-‘Ct

plenty of beef cattle for months to come,

but for some time fancy beeves are likely

to be in rather short supply. Beef cattle

continue to sell much higher than in

former years, with butcher stock espec-

ially high.



Some of the big sheep feeders did a large

business the past season and made piles

of money, as finished muttons brought





unusually high prices. E. S. Leaven~

worth, of Nebraska, fed 25,000 Mexican

lambs and has marketed the entire

number.





.r, S, McFadven. general manager of the

Pittsburg stock yards. was in Chicago re-

cently looking over the live stock market.

“In the east we are going to have a big

cattle-feeding movement this winter,"

said Mr. McFadyen. “Conditions are

such that enable the farmers to handle

a liberal supply of thin stock, and their

activity in the 'western feeder markets

plainly indicates this.”
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SEPT,L24,~1910. ' \





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all other markets are right up to date.

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Thursday’s Market.

September 15, 1910.





Cattle.

Receipts, 977. Marke 10@15c lower

than last Thursday.

We quote: Best steers and heifers, $6;





steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $5.25@

5.50; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000, $4.75

@5; grass steers and heifers that are fat,

800 to 1,000, $4.75@5; grass steers and

heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $3.50@4.25;

choice fat cows, $4.50; good fat cows, $4@

4.25; common cows, $3@3.50; canners,

‘$2.25@2.85; choice heavy bulls, $4.25; fair

to good bolognas, bulls, $3.50@3.75; stock

bulls, $3@3.25; choice feeding steers, 800

to 1,000, $4@4.75; fair feeding steers, 800

to 1,000, $3.50@4; choice stockers, 500 to

700, $3.50@4; fair stockers, 500 to 700, $3@

3.50; stock heifers,

young, medium age,

milkers, $25@35.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B, Co, 3 cows

av 1,050 at $4, 2 do av 960 at $3, 1 do

weighing 1,230 at $4, 4 do av 1,025 at $3,

4 butchers av 975 at $4;. to Breitenback

Bros. 30 do av 864 at $4.65; to Rattkowsky

5 cows av 860 at $3.75, 2 do av 935 at $3,

4 steers av 750 at $4.50; to Prince 7 stock-

ers av 536 at $4; to Goose 5 do av 450 at

$4; to Goodwin 3 feeders av 833 at $4.25,

10 do av 628 at $4.25; to Sclilaack Bros.

10 do av 867 at $4.60; to Breitenback Bros,

10 cows av 1,025 at $3.75; to Sullivan P.

Co. 6 bulls av 571~at $3.50; to Berghoff 8

heifers av 515 at $4; to Freeman 14 feed-

ers av 813 at $4.40; to Kissane 15 do av

874 at $4.75; to Sullivan P. CO. 2 butchers

av 845 at $4, 11 do av 882 at $5.25.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co.

1 cow Weighing 1,020 at $4; to Heinrich

4 steers av 830 at $5; to Rattkowsky 2 do

av 795 at $4.50, 1 cow weighing 1,370 at

$3.75; to Bresnahan 2 do av 1,285 at $4.75,

1 do weighing 1,370 at $3.75; to Prince 2

feeders av 790 at $4.50; to Sullivan P. Co.

1 bull weighing 920 at $3.75, 1 do weighing

1,090 at $4,,11 cows av 909 at $3.60; to

Schuman'5 butchers av 786 at $4.50; to

Heinrich 2 steers av 865 at $6, 1 do weigh-

ing 850 at $5; to Parker, W. & Co.

heifers av 713 at $4.25; to Rattkowsky 2

bulls av 700 at $3.60; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 1 do »weighing 1,130 at $4, 3 heifers

av 540‘ at $3.50;

593 at $4‘;l%to Regan 14 butchers av 643 at

$3.85;“=rtblasiiiiixyan P. Co. 3 cows av 933

at $3,"4‘ doiav 1,020 'at $3.50; to Parker, W.

& C0. 2 do av 910 at $3; to Hammond, S

& Co. 4 butchers av 620 at $3.75, 2 steers

av 810 at $4.50, 4 cows av 887 at $3.75, 11

butchers av 600 at $3.60; to Austin 12

stockers av 564 at $3.75; to Kammaii 6

butchers av 800 at $4.25, _ do av 547 at

$3.50, 3 cows av 95? at $., to Parker, 1V.

& Co. 1 steer weighing 995 at $3; to Bres-

nahan 1 cow weighing 1,200 at $4.50; to

Kamman 8 butchers av 809 at $4.25, 1

cow weighing 940 at $3, 3 do av 777 at $3,

14 butchers av 700 at $4.



Spicer & R. sold Lachalt 9 butchers

av 911 at $4.10; to Goose 4 do av 802 at

$4.40; to Parker, W. & Co. 26 do av 922

at $4.50; to Marx 17 do av 868 at $4.50;

to Prince 16 stockers av 640 at $4.25; to

Goose 6 heifers av 481 at $4; to Apple-

baum 7 butchers av 850 at $4.25; to Park-

er, W. & C0. 5 bulls av 1,040 at $5; to

Hammond, S, & Co. 2 canncrs av 845 at

$2.75, 1 bull weighing 720 at $3.50, 1'do

weighing 1,500 at $4.40, 1 do weighing

1,160, at $4.10; to Kamman B, Co. 1

heifers av 706' at $4.40, 9 butchers av 838

at $4.65, 4 do av 880 at $4.50; to Sullivan

P. Co. 2 cows av 1,100 at $3.50, 4 do av

1,125 at $4, 3 d0 av 1.073 at $4.50, 7 do

av 926 at $3.50, 1 bull weighing 1,300 at

$4; to Thompson Bros. 9 butchers av 555

at $3.75, 3 cows av 1.016 at $3.50, 1 do,

Weighing 930 at $3, 3 do av 1,030 at $3;

to Sullivan P, Co. 18 steers av 866 at

$4.75, 1 do weighing 750 at $4, 1 bull

weighing 1,440 at $4.25, 1 do weighing 780

at $3.50; to Sturdevant 6 feeders av 755

at $4, 30 do av 729 at $4.60; to Parker, W.

& C0. 30 butchers av 806 at $4.25: to

Smith 4 stockers av 452 at $4, 1 do weigh-

ing 430 at $3.50, 2 do av 630 at $4; to





$40@60; common





Kamman B. Co. 1 steer weighing 830

at $4.25.

Haley & M, sold Goose 6 butchers av





371 at $3.75, 4 do av 462 at $3.75; to Gerg-

bolt 4 do av 450 at $3.65; to Regan 16

heifers av 538 at $4.05; ’00 Rattkowsky 4

cows av 900 at $3.60; to Kamman 19

butchers av 533 at $3.80; to Hough 16

stockers av 634 at $4.50, 1 do weighing

570 at $3.80, 7 do av 553 at $4, 7 do av

527 at $4, 2 feeders av 800 at $4.50; to

Sullivan P. CO. 1 heifer weighing 710 at

$5.25; to Bray 15 feeders av 745 at $4.50,

10 stockers av 679 at $3.90, 11 butchers av

730 at $4.35; to Schuman 13 do av 740 at

$4.65 5 do av 560 at $3.85: to Parker, W.

& Co. 24 do av 760 at $4.10; to Rattkow‘

sky 3 cows av 943 at $3.75; to Goose 9

heifers av 431 at $3.75; to Cohn 7 cows

and bulls av 1,101 at $3.95; to Goose 2

cows av 1,090 at $3.65; to Bresnahan 2

do av 870 at $2.75, 2 do av 1.135 at $4.50;

Jonghlin 6 cows av 933 at $3.10. 3 do av

833 at $3.15, 2 do av 890 at $3.15, 1 do

weighing 860 at $3: to Kamman, B. Co.

2 steers av 650 at $4.20.



Johnson sold Sigllivan P. Co. 1 steer



ihin 1,150 at 6.

wigwefstein sold same 5 cows av 1,030

at $3.25.



Youngs sold saggigos do av 1,030 at $4.20,



av 965 at . .



2 .(Tlghnson sold Heinrich 14 steers av 780





at $5.15.





$3 @3 . 50; milkers, large'





to Prince 7 stockers av ..





 





r-..,‘,A.gi ’





Bohm sold Prince 8 stockers av 675 at

$4.25, 2 do av 540 at $3.60. ‘ '



Bohm sold Kamman 10 butchers av 760

at $4, 1 bull weighing 610 at $3.50.



Terhune sold same 9 butchers av 836

at $3.90, 10 do av 925 at $4.50,



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 407. Market strong at last

week's prices. Best, $9.50@10; others, $4

@9; milch cows and springers steady.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Schuman 7 av 130

at $9.50; to Michigan B. Co. 7 av 125 at

$9.25, 3 av 170 at $9.50, 2 av 125 at $8;

to Rattkowsky 1 weighing 260 at $7,

weighing 190 at $9.50; to Mich. B. Co. 6

av 170 at $9.50; to Nagle P. Co. 3 av 120

at $9, 2 av 150 at $10, 6 av 155 at $7.50, 4

av 140 at $10, 4 av 190 at $6.50.



Lovewell sold Burnstine 8 av 160 at





Terhune sold same 5 av 125 at $9.60.

Young sold same 3 av 155 at $10.

Haley & M, sold Mich. B. Co. 8 av 180

at $7, 1 weighing 110 at $9, 4 av 150 at

$9.50; to Eschrich 1 weighing 170 at $9,

2 av 245 at $5.



Johnson sold Mich. B. Co. 5 av 165 at

8





.25.



Bohm sold Marx 4 av 150 at $9, 2 av

305 at $5.



Taggart sold Gordon & B. 2 av 155

at $9.50.



Bordine sold Friedman 5 av 130 at $9.60.





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts, 3,855. Market steady at last

week's prices. Trade fairly active.





“Nagle Pkg. Co. again on the market"

for lambs, calves and sheep.



Best lambs, 365069660; fair to good

lambs, $5.75@6.25; light to common lambs,

$4.75@5.50; fair to good sheep, $3.50@4.50;

culls and common, $2.75@3.25.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Newton B. Co. 86

lambs av 75 at $5.75, 27 do av 80 at $6.50.

8 do av 67 at $5; to Sullivan P. Co. 44

sheep av 115 at $3.50, 5 do av 76 at $4.25,

20 do av 75 at $2.50, 5 do av 120 at $4. 19

lambs av 50 at $5.50, 35 do av 55 at $5.60,

17 do av 75 at $6.25; to Parker, W. & Co.

172 do av 83 at $6.40; to Thompson Bros.

31 do av 65 at $5.75, 30 sheep av 93 at

$3.40; to Stocker 15 lam‘bs av 63 at $5.75,

8 do av 70 at $6.25; to Hammond, S.

C0. 43 do av 75 at $6.50, 7 sheep av 115

at $4, 9 lambs av 85 at $6.50; to Ink 203

do av 70 at $6.40, 31 do av 73 at $6.50, 46

do av 75 at $6.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 21

sheep av 105 at $3.25, 15 lambs av 45 at

$5, 19 do av 70 at $5, 23 do av 57 at $5.50,

16 do av 68 at $6; to Esc‘hrich 26 do av

83 at $5.75.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 52 sheep

av 95 at $4.35, 10 lambs av 64 at $6.50;

to Sullivan P. Co. 18 do av 75 at $6.50. 9

sheep av 135 at $3.75; to Stocker 15 lambs

av 65 at $5.50; to Newton B. Co. 37 do av

75 at $6.25, 29 do av 75 at $6.40, 7 sheep

av 95 at $3.75; to Mich. B. Co. 6 do av

60 at $4, 19 lambs av 65 at $6; to Breiten-

back Bros. 18 do av 55 at $5.50, 14 sheep

av 100 at $3.50, 14 lambs av 73 at $6.



Roe Com. Co. sold Barlage 91 lambs av

72 at $6.25.



Taggart sold Gordon & B. 9 sheep av

100 at $3.50, 55 lambs av 75 at $6.50.



Bohm sold Newton B. CO. 6 sheep av

115 at $3.75, 17 lambs av 70 at $6.25.



Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co, 3 sheep

av 130 at $4, 66 lambs av 75 at $6.25, 52

do av 73 at $6, 33 sheep av 125 at $3.75.

7 lambs av 90 at $6.25; to Parker, W. 8:

Co, 6 do av 95 at $6.25; to Gordon & B.

74 do av 73 at $6, 7 sheep av 95 at $4; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 38 lambs av 70 at

$6.25, 24 do av 80 at $6.40; to Eschrich 5

sheep av 108 at $3.50, 38 lambs av 70 at

$5.75; to Mich. B. CO. 11 sheep av 110

at $3.60.



Hogs.

sold Sullivan P. Co. 270

245 av 200 at $9.40, 13





Roe Com. Co.

av 190 at $9.35,

av 150 at $9.25.





Range of prices: Light to good butch-





ers, 392562940; pigs, ’$9.25@9.35; light

yorkers, $9.25@9.40; stags one-third off.





Roe Com. Co. sold Parker, W. & Co.

270 av 190 at $9.35. 245 av 200 at $9.40, 13

av 150 at $9.25.



Spicer & R. sold Parker, W. & Co. 250

av 200 at $9.35, 156 av 170 at $9.25, 355

av 185 at $9.30.



Haley & M. sold same 245 av 180 at

$9.40, 198 av 100 at $9.35, 58 av 160 at

$9.30. 108 av 140 at $9.25.



CBisyiéizp, B. iISLQOH. sold Hammond, S. 82:



0. .., 0 av - at $9.40, 456 ‘ '—

$9.35, 120 av 220 at $9.25. 4V 1‘0 at



Same sold Newton B. Co. 53 av 180 at

$9.40.



Friday’s Market.

September 16, 1910.

Receipts this Cat}:le.1126

-, r wee , , ; I

1,237. Market steady at Thursdaavslig pg???



We quote: Rest steers and heifers $6:

steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200 lbs '$5@'

5.50; (10., 800 to 1,000 lbs., whores-"grass

steers and heifers that are fat. ’800 to

1.000 lbs, $4.50@5; do. 500 to 700 lbs $3 75

((04.25; ch01ce fat cows, 34.25o4.75-' good

fut cows, 33.50694; commo’n cows, $2.75@

3.25; canners, $2@2.50; choice heavy bulls

$425; fair to good bologna bulls, $375724:

stock bulls, 332553375; choice feeding

Steel‘s, 800 to 1.000 lbs, $4.50@4.75' fair

feeding steers, 800 to 1,000 lbs, $44334 50~

cliplce stockers, 500 to 700 lbs, $455435:

fair stockers, 500 to 700 lbs, $3.50@4- stock

heifers, $3.25@3.75; milkers, large young

medium age, $40@60; common ’milkers:





25@35.



Re . t th VealkCalves.



. celp s is wee , 515; last week 53

Market strong at Thursday’s prices. 'Begt

grades, .310; others. $4@9.75. Milch cows

and sprmgers steady.



Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts this week, 4,505; last week,





4.773. Market steady at Thu ’

_ rsd



prices. Best lambs, $6.50; fair to £0553

lambs, $5.75@6.25; light to common

lambs. $4.75@5.50; fair to good sheep,





$3.50@4.50; culls and common, $2.75@3.25.





ogs.



Receipts this week. 5.715- last week

6.316. Market 569100,, higher than ori

Thursday. Range of prices: Light to

good butchers, $9.40@9.50: pigs, $9.25@

9.35; light yorkers, $9.40@9.50; heavies,

$9@9.25; stags one-third off,





TH 1 :MICHIGAN ‘FARMER.





VETERINARY.





 





(Continued from page 233).





five dollars. I might add this is the latest

and most satisfactory way of treating

bpth acute and chronic suppurative ail-

ments. Your local Vet. may be abl to

prepare this treatment himself, thereby

saving you the expense of having it done

away from home. Cows never lose their

cud; when the ruminating animal discon-

tinues to eat roughage they have nothing

to re-masticate. Give her 1 oz. ground

gentian, 1 oz. ginger and 1,4 oz. powdered

quassia at a dose twice or three times

a day.



Surfeit—Eczema.——I have a four-year-

old mare that I bought about one year

ago. The man I purchased her from told

me she had been overheated which caused

some skin eruption; but she thrived dur—

ing the winter and must have gotten over

it or she would not have done so well.

When the hand is passed over the body

a slight roughness is felt. I have fed

condition powder to her, but she does not

seem to recover. F. Petoskey, Mich.

——Your mare suffers from eczema, the re-

sult of generous feeding and too little ex—

ercise. Give a tablespoonful of the fol-

lowing condition powder at a dose in feed

three times a day: Ginger, gentian, bi—

carbonate soda and charcoal in feed or

as a drench. Put IA, lb. bicarbonate soda

in a gallon of water and apply to sore

parts of skin twice daily and some time

later apply some vaseline.





Umbilical Hernia—I have a yearling

colt that is thriving and doing real well,

but she has a navel rupture and I would

like to know what can be done for her.

I forgot to say the older the filly gets the

larger this soft bunch seems to grow. .

W. H., Traverse City, Mich—Leave the

filly alone until November then have her

operated on by a competent veterinary

surgeon. The operatiOn is not difficult

and is usually successful.



Acidity of Stomach—Pin Worms—Both

of my work horses have a craving after

wood and seem to eat it the same as

though it were hay. They have never

done it before; one is five and the other

eleven years of age. The youngest horse

was troubled with pin worms last spring

but I thought the treatment I gave had

effected a cure. G. V., New Era, Mich.»—

A change of feed might help them; also

give each horse a tablespoonful of cook-

ing soda, two tablespoonfuls powdered

charcoal and a tablespoonful ground gen-

iian at a dose in feed three times a day.

For the horse that has pin worms wash

out bowels with a solution of iron and

water which is made by dissolving 1 oz.

powdered sulphate iron in a gallon of

water. These applications should be made

three times a week for two weeks, using

not less than a gallon at a time.





Inflammation of the Womb—Navel In-

fection—When my mare foaled she

seemed to be in good health but soon took

sick. Our local Vet. treated her for in-

flammation of the colt bug and his rem-

edfcs seemed to effect a cure. Some few

days later the young colt's knee swelled

and I thought it. was the result of it suck—

ing its mother; the opposite knee enlarged

a few days later and both are somewhat

puffy but not as large as they were.

What caused these bunches to come 01]

the coll? A. H. G., Lansing, Micli.—As

your mare made a good recovery under

the care of your local veterinarian we

scarcely nced to prescribe for her unless

she has a vaginal discharge and if so sne

should be treaicd for it. Dissolve 1 dr.

permanganate potzish in a gallon of water

and inject her three times a week until

she recovers. The colt became infected

through navel opcning and 1 might repeat

what I have very often written. how im-

portant it is to apply some good healing

remedy to the navel of all young animals

on the farm. I know of no work done

on a stock farm that pays so well. It

prevents dismse and the death of many

young animals. If you kecp no healing

lotion or powder on hand apply one part

carbolic acid and 30 parts water to navel

twice a day until it is healed, or apply

equal parts boric acid, oxide zinc and

iodoform once a day. Apply one part

alcohol and three parts warm water to

bunches twice daily.





Chronic Founderx—Fore Hoofs Coming

Off.——\VYC have a horse that was foun—

dcrcd last November and has scarcely

been able to walk since. The fore hoofs

are. coming off and there is a discharge

of foul smelling pus coming from the feet

which has been going on for the past

three months. Thcrc seems to be a growth

coming from the feet that does not prop-

erly belong to the fool. She moves quite

iiimbly and I thought perhaps certain im-

purities would come away that would

make her better. C. M., Arcadia, Mich.

-—The hoofs Should be kept out down to

proper shape and kept in it. Apply per—

oxide of hydrogen slowly to foot twice a

day; ten minutes later apply one part car—

bolic acid to 20 parts water, and dust on

some calomel three times a week.





Loss of Power.—l have seven pigs that

are four and one-half months old which

run in good pasture; they are fed some

grain, separated milk and have some

grass. One of them seems to be losing

the use of his hind quarters. W. G. M.,

Muir, Mich.~Fecd them no corn, but oats

and bran or middlings with their milk,

also .add 1,43 a teaspoonful 0f air slaked

lime to each meal for a few days then

give less quantity but continue giving it

to them for some time. Remember their

trouble is due to improper feeding.



Barren Heifer.——VVill you kindly give me

some advice regarding a Holstein heifer

that comes in heat regularly but fails to

get with calf. She is in good condition

and may be in calf. However, I hardly

believe she is. . 8.. Mt. Clemens,

Mich—If you have been breeding her to

same bull, better make a change and if

she has any vaginal discharge treat her

according to instructions to A. H. G.,

Lansing.





(15’) 243





farming, has been a subscriber and at-

tentive reader of your valuable paper for

a great many years, during which time

I have owned a farm and taken consider-

able interest in all that pertains to the

successful conduct of the farm. My ten-

ant has had large experience in the care

and breeding of swine, but this season

he is havin’; bad luck with his young pigs

as well as are one or two of his neighbors.

Out of about 40 pigs farrowed within the

past few weeks he has only three left.

The .sows are apparently in good health

and condition and farrow from seven to

12 pigs each. The pigs at birth seem to

be all right but the sows in about 24 hours

dry up entirely and the pigs die in a day

or so, evidently from utter starvation.

The sows run in an orchard and of course

eat the fallen fruit. Otherwise the pas~

ture is of the ordinary kind. They are

also fed an ordinary ration of ground

feed, and are given the swill from the

kitchen, which is composed of the scrap-

ings' from the table, including the dish-

water, in which a large amount of soap

suds are always used. Also the water

from cleansing the separator, in which

they use cleansing powders. The soap

used is a variety advertised to clean

clothes without rubbing. The writer is

strongly of the opinion that the dishwat-

er is the cause of this trou‘ble. Can you

enlighten us upon this matter? If not the

dishwater, what is it and what is the

remedy? J. D. L._ Corunna, Mich.—Your

sows eat too many apples and the dish-

water poisons them. The dishwater should

not be fed to hogs, especially if you use

the cleaners you mention. The sows

suffer from acute gastritis and fever,

stopping the milk flow quite suddenly. A

change of food supply will prevent sows

from having othcr similar attacks. The

young pigs doubtleSS die of starvation.





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Shiloh. 0.. March I. 1910 r—I cured a i-i‘iigliauo‘ with one

bottle of "Save-the-Horse." C. D Harmon, R. D 3.





Jackson, Mich . March 17, 1910 ‘-—Pleose send C. 0. D. another

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the greatest medicine I over used. A. D. Gonrnzr. Route 8.



a bottle, with legal written guarantee or contract.



. Send for copy. booklet & letters from business men at

trainers on every kind of case. Permanently cures Bpevln.

Thoroughpln. Ringbone (except low). Curh. Splint, Capped

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Fourth importation for l910 arrived August

4th. Our present lot. “'0 believe, equals

or surpasses any we have heretofore

collected. More horses of bone. size and

first-class quality than over. Nuiiicrous im-

portant prize winners. Write for catalogue.





W. 5., J. B. G B. DUNHAM

Wayne, Illinois





Dnn’l Wear a Truss





STUART'S PlAS TR-PADS are different

from the paiuiiil truss, being made

self-adhesive purposely to hold the

rupture In place without Itrn ,

buckles or springs—cannot all?"

so cannot chute or compreu

against. the pelvic bone. The

most. obstinate cases cured in the prlc

vacy on)“: home. Thousands have

successfully treated themselves without

hindrance from work. So“ as velvet—easy to

apply—Inexpenllvo. Process of cure in natural,

no no further use for trusses. We prove what we





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Write to CHAS. J. REINDEL. Fraser. Michigan.





I Would Be Glad to Hear From Some Farmer:





who can furnish me with some A No. 1. timothy hay





in car load lots. T. G. POOL. Virglllna, Va.





 





 





 





Poison Food Infection—Gastritis.—The

writer, although not directly engaged ini





ALWAYS mention the MICHIGAN l-‘AllMliI

when won are writing to advertisers.





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. AI Mania Peculiar to Man--Or Why Some





Women are “Nervous Wrecks.”





AVE you ever noticed the keen de—

H light which many, otherwise good



and kind husbands, take in throw-

ing their wives into frenzies of nervous

fear? Each man has his own particular

method of torturing his wife, but the

result is the same. the wife is thrown

into a spasm of fear and exhibits her

condition according to her nature, by

scolding, by crying, going into hysterics

or simply saying nothing at all for the

space of an hour or more.



Just why men do this is more than I

can say. The motive which prompts them

seems to be the same as that which ani-

mates the cat who plays with the mouse

before devouring him. Or much like the





he thinks if she is not indulged she will

learn to get over her foolish ideas. Rid-

ing roughshod over her feelings is man‘s

idea of a good nerve cure. .



But somehow it doesn’t work. “I’ve

had sixteen years of this sort of thing to

strengthen my nerves,” says one long-

suffering wife, “And I must say they are

more shattered than they were when I

began taking the cure.”



But the auto drivers are not the only

sinners. I know another man whose wife

was mortally afraid of burglars. She

would rather face a hungry lion than be

left alone in the evening. He used to,

seemingly, take a delight in going into a

neighbor’s just at dusk, and then an hour





 





Blanc Mange with





spirit of small boys who stone frogs, tie

tin cans to dogs’ tails and chase poor

harmelss pussy cats up trees. The man

has the power to make his wife uncom—I

fortable, and he likes to do it just to show

he is lord of creation.



I’ve noticed it particularly since auto-

mobiles have become so common. A man

takes his wife for a nice little ride, pre-

sumably to give her pleasure. She sits

on the edge of the seat and hangs on

with both hands while the auto hurtles

through space at a rate which leaves her

breathless, partly from exhaustion "but

mostly from fright. Chunks of scenery

fly by her with a rapidity which leaves

her wondering if that was the old Jones

barn or the bungalow the new family

from the city built in the spring. The

auto wobbles and skids; runs along the

edge of an embankment so near she is

sure a puff of wind could blow it over;

scoots over car tracks only a couple of

inches ahead of a flying trolley, at least

it seems so to the wife‘s imagination; or

perhaps the husband chooses to run along

the car track just ahead of an approach-

ing car for a mile or two just to test his

machine. or course, there is a possibility

of the auto refusing to leave the track

just when he wants it to and the wife

knows it. bllt the husband being possessed

of the speed mania, is going to take the

chance. He turns the car about in loca-

tions where the least slip means an acci-

dent. in short what doesn‘t he do to take

chances on llis’life? That is the Whole

pleasure of the drive for him, the excite—

ment attendant on speed and the nearest

possible approach to danger.



But the average woman is different.

There is no pleasure to her in trying to

see how near she can come to getting

killed and yet escape. She pleads with

her husband, begs, implores, s ids, weeps,

nags, perhaps even indulges in a few

feminine swear words if she is over-

wrought. Her husband just grins and

tells her she must get used to it. That

is his idea of having a good time, and if

hers is different so much the—worse for

her. Of course, he rarely tells her the

last in words, but his actions speak quite

plainly. “It is nothing but nervousness,”

argues the man, and having no nerves

himself and consequently no inside infor—

mation as to how a nervous woman feels,





Candied Violets.





later come home and crawl into the house

through a window, or come up the cellar

stairs, or‘prowl around outside just mak-

ing enough noise for his wife to hear and

leave her to imagine all sorts of horrors.

The first two or three times he did this

she nearly had convulsions. but that didn’t





A





matter. Hubby, thoughtful man, kept up

the good work and finally the wife did

get over her fear in a measure. She

didn’t have convulsions, for she could tell

herself over and over that her husband

was making those uncanny noises. But

her nervous system was always so affect

ed that she was unable to work well next

day because of the shock.



Another man of my acquaintance has

the mania. His obsession takes the form

of putting the baby into a dangerous place

and then snatching it up just at the crit-

ical moment. He likes to set baby up on

a high shelf where a spring might mean

a fall that would give him a deformed

child for life. Or he will let the little

thing get so near the fire a puff would

ignite her dress, or perhaps he will stand

her on the car track with the car less

than a half block away.



'She mother, poor thing, invariably

screams and crys, but his lordship simply

says:



“You foolish thing, do you suppose I

would let anything hurt her? Don‘t I

think just as much of her as you do?”



And the mother can not make him see

that all his love could not keep him from

being a half second too slow, or prevent

baby from making a sudden move he could

not anticipate.



Other wives could tell of other forms

of torture they undergo. Perhaps there

is never any real danger, but there is

always just enough chance of it to make

keen sport for the husband and exquisite

torture for the wife. Why do men do it?

They would be angry if one were to hint

they did not love their wives, and would

growl about the foolishness of women.

Perhaps it is foolish, but if so women can

not help it any more than one man can

help disliking salt rising bread or another





one can help despising black tea. Yet





what an uproar would result if the wife

should turn the tables and insist on bak-

ing nothing but salt rising and would

brew nothing but black tea?





\Vomen’s nerves are peculiar things._





They are tuned to a different key than

man’s and while over-indulgence may 'be





bad for them, it is not half so bad as ig- ,





noring them altogether. DEBORAH.





 





A FEAST AND FROLIC or FRUIT.





BY MARJORIE MARCH.





 





The chill evenings of early autumn

gives the country hostess a delightful op—

portunity of entertaining with a minimum

of expense and a maximum of effect, for

are not the flowers of field and woodside

blooming luxul'iantly to pay her florist’s

bills? In field and garden, also, fruits

and vegetables are plentiful, which will

make the refreshments a matter of easy

consideration. Indeed, so many delicious

fruits are at hand during the autumn

that 3. Fruit Party would be a very pretty

idea for entertainment. Send out invita—

tions on cards out in the shape of fruits

and vegetables. These may be cut from

cardboard and tinted the correct shade

with water color paints. The wording of

the invitation may be written in a con-





trasting color. For amusement have a

harvesting of fruits and vegetables which

will be great fun.



Cardboard fruits and vegetables similar

to your invitations may be hidden about

the rooms, but they may be made with

less care. Write the name of fruit or

vegetable on each. Have a time limit and

send the guests “harvesting.” At a cer—

tain signal the hunt is over and the guests

are asked to take their harvest to market.

Against one side of the wall a booth can

be arranged, where the host in farmer

costume can preside. He should have a

table and as each harvest is brought in

each one is to count up the score and the

winner, the one with the largest harvest,

will be given some little prize. This may





 





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of a fruit like an apple pin cushion, a sil-

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central mould being entirely covered with

candied violets. Violets also trim the edge

of the dish.



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which the violets would harmonize. The

dish is placed on a large leaf doily of

paper and a spray of leaves and chrysan-

thmum blooms add a floral touch at the

left.



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may be used and little of the charm of

decoration is lost as the artificial flowers

very nearly approach perfection.



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the table may be made very beautiful.

Vines and drooping tendrils may be used

to trim the chandelier and a few perfect

sprays of grape vine with full bunches of

grapes can hang from the central part of

the decoration. A glass Ibowl filled with

fruits and autumn leaves will make a

lovely center piece. Instead of a table

cover use doilies of leaf design, either

the white paper ones or similar ones out

from red or yellow paper to imitate au-

tumn leaves. Glass candlesticks with tall

yellow tapers will grace the feast with a.

dainty illumination, and if desired the

candles may be shaded by yellow shades

with a few autumn leaves twisted about

them. ,. f: .



Dainty red or yellow raflia baskets lined

with paper autumn leaves may hold the

home-made- candles, and runners of hit-

tersweet. or any native growing vine may

trail across the table in a free and easy

Inflation-Mich suggests nature's lovely

abandonji .



I give below a. number of recipes which

are suitable for the autumn table when

company happens in, or which will be

equally appreciated by the dear home

flock, when'ithe cooler evenings make the

lighted supper table a cheerful, resting

spot.



Mock Cherry Pie.



Cut cranberries in half (two cupfulsl.



and soak in sufficient water to cover.





Take from the water and add two cups,





of sugar, 2. teaspoonful of vanilla and half

a cup of chopped raisins. In a little cold

water in a. cup mix one tablespoonful of

cornstarch and add to it one cup of boil-

ing water, letting it boil a few minutes

on the stove. Pour this over the cran—

berries and pour the mixture into a deep

pie plate lined with crust. Cover with

crust and bake in oven that is of moderate

heat.

Pudding clf Peaches.



Cut-up peaches afford the housekeeper

many inspirations for delicious desserts.

Peach pudding is one of the favorites:

Slice peaches in a baking dish and

sprinkle with sugar and one or two drops

of vanilla flavoring, or almond flavoring

may be tried if the flavor is liked. Lay

thin slices of sponge ca’ke over this, then

add more peaches and again cover with

cake slices spread with butter, with the

peaches on top of all. Over all pour a.

soft custard and bake until set.



Peach Sn0w,



Stir a large cup of water and a pound

of sugar into a quart of chopped peaches

and add the unbeaten whites of four eggs.

Freeze in the freezer until smooth and

stiff and serve with any crisp cookies.



Date Pudding.



Mix together one cup' of suet chopped

very fine, one cup of milk, two and a “elf

cups of chopped dates, one cup‘ of mo-

lasses, two cups of flour and a quarter

of a cup each of chopped citron, orange

peel and lemon peel. One teaspoonful of

soda. is added. to the milk and to the bat-

ter one teaspoonful of cinnamon, cloves

and half a teaspoonful of nutmeg. Steam

two hours and serve with any preferred

sauce. .



Delicious Apple Bread.



Make some apple sauce and when done

whip it until it is very light indeed. To

one part of apple sauce take two parts

of flour, half a yeast cake, salt and a





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little sugar. Knead all together as for any



bread and set to rise for 12 hours. Bake



in biscuits or in‘ a loaf as preferred.

Autumn Cakes.



Make a white cake of one-half cup of

butter creamed with one and a half cups

of sugar, one-half cup of milk, the whites

of four eggs, two cups of flour and one

Flavor with almond

and bake in little cakes. Ice with pale

yellow frosting and make little maple leaf

outlines on the top of each cake with nut

meats; or the cake may be iced white

and maple leaves added in yellow frosting

outline on each. Serve on a plate edged

with autumn leaves or autumnal flowers.



Fruits ln Masquerade. \



Cut rounds of stale cake and toast

slightly, then spread each side with quince

jelly and arrange them on a dish. leaving

a hole in the center. Fill this place with

cup up peaches and pour whipped cream

On top to cover the peaches,





Cheap ChOcolate Cake.



This cake is very delicious and may be

cooked in one loaf or in patty cakes as

preferred. Blend two tablespoonfuls of

cocoa with one—half cup of milk and add

the yolk of one egg and cook all together

until thick like custard. (The cocoa may

be blended with a very little 'boiling water

’before the milk is added). Then add one

cup of sugar and one tablespoonful of but-

ter and when dissolved remove from the

fire. Add one—half cup of milk in which

one teaspoonful of'soda is dissolved, one

and one—half cups of flour, one teaspoonful

of vanilla and a little pinch of salt. Ice

with boiled frosting made with granulated

sugar and the beaten white of the egg,

coloring the frosting with chocolate if a

dark frosting is desired. The frosting

may be varied by adding chopped nuts

one time, half a cup of boiled raisins an-

other time, or slices of Citron or angelica.



Potato Pudding.



Mash four good-sized potatoes which

have been carefully boiled then add two

eggs, one cupful of sour milk, one cup of

suet, two cups of raisins, one teaspoonful

of cloves and cinnamon each, one cupful

of molasses and one-half teaspoonful of

soda in a good half cup of flour. Steam in

a buttered mould and serve with a foamy

sauce.



Cottage Pudding.



Make any plain cake and serve with

jelly sauce. Make this sauce by beating

one jar of jelly until very smooth and then

add slowly the stifl‘ly beaten whites of two

eggs.



Let the boys and girls give an autumnal

party to their schoolmates now that they

are back at school. The farm wagon can

be spared, now that the work is lessened,

to take the 'young folks to and from the

village. Autumn leaf doilies in the school

colors can be cut from stiff paper to use

under the plates and cakes, croquettes,

etc., and can 'be stuck with wee flags or

pennants made of the same colored pa-

pers. A very little trouble will give the

boys and girls a good time and surely

home is the place in which to have the

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BY HOPE DARING. ,





Lieutenant Henry Lane glanced fur-

tively up and down the deck of the

When he was sure that no one

was watching him he drew from his

pocket a. tiny note folded in triangular

He opened it and, by the last

rays of the setting sun, read, for the





Beaver.





shape.





fourth time:

Monsieur Lieutenant Lane:—





It has been long since we saw you at

If you are not





Campeau farmhouse.

afraid to make the trip down the river,





some night at nine rap on the side door





You will be

FANCHETTE.





that opens on the gallery.

welcomed by





“I do not just understand,” the young

officer murmured. “I believe the little

witch cares for me, and I—I’m not sure





but I love her. Of course I’ll go.”





It was in the year 1763, and the forces

of Pontiac were besteging the English

The Beaver

and the Gladwin lay in the river, ready

For a

few days Lane had been stationed on the

That afternoon he had been on

shore, and, while passing along the main

street of the little settlement, which was

shut in by a high palisade, a French lad

As the

French inside the fort were sometimes

allowed to visit their countrymen outside,

it. had been easy for the note to be





garrison shut up in Detroit.





to give the fort all possible aid.





Beaver.





pressed the note into his hand.





brought in.





Fanchette Campeau was the daughter

of one of the wealthiest of the French

traders and farmers who lived outside the

The Campeaus were devoted to

New France, and they looked with dis-

t'avor upon the English sent to rule over

Still that had not prevented Fan-

chette and Josette, the daughter and niece

of the house, from seeing much of the

young officers in the two and a half years

that elapsed after the English took pos-

session of Detroit, before the outbreak of

Lane had been of—

ten at the farm house, paying marked at-

She was a merry

girl with crimson cheeks, dancing black





walls.





them.





the Indian hostilities.

tention to Fanchette.





eyes, and black curls.





Lane told the watch on the Beaver that

As such

trips were often made by the officers. to

could of the enemy's

movements, Lane’s going excited no sur—

It was an hour after dark when he

swung himself down the side of the little





he was going down the river.

learn what they





prise.





ship, into his waiting canoe.





A bank of dark clouds had blotted out

the sunset’s glow from the western sky.

The clouds were rising; only occasionally

flowed

On the

shore could be seen the red glow of the

circling round





a star looked out. The river

swiftly, a flood of darkest gray.





Indians’ campfires and,

them, the savages. Beyond the camp the

forest made a background of deep gloom.



Lane‘s progress was slow; he handled

his oars so deftly that they made little

Once he‘heard voices and the dip





sound.

of oars. He made his way close in to

shore. The canoes slipped past him, the





gutteral tones of the Indians coming dis-

tinctly to his ears.



The Campeau farmhouse was not far

off. There was a rude wharf where the

boats of the family were moored, but Lane

avoided that. He knew the banks of the

river well, and beached his canoe under a





clump of shrubs that grew at the foot of





clasp the dear one‘S





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a. steep bluff. Then, mOVing slowly and

with infinite caution,‘he made his way up

the bluff and across the cleared space

that lay before the palisaded yérd.



"A stOrm is coming up,” he thought as

he heard the low muttering of distant

thunder. “There will be no visitors here

tonight.”



The house was built of hewn logs. It

was but one story high, and rooms had

been added at various times, making a

large and rambling structure. Lights

gleamed from several of the windows.

Lane stopped just inside the gate, which

he found unfastened, to reconnoiter.



“Why, there is Fanchette in the gal-

lery,” he said to himself. He saw a fe--

male figure outlined against a lighted win-

dow, as she crossed the wide porch. “How

can I attract her attention without alarm-

ing her?”



He advanced noiselessly until he was

within a few feet of the gallery. Then he

said in a low but distinct voice. “Do not

be alarmed, Fanchette; it is Lieutenant

Lane. I received your note, and was over-

joyed to know that you would welcome

me.”



There had been a startled exclamation

from the girl’s lips, but she had quickly

repressed it, advancing to the edge of the

porch. “Oh, why did you come? I am

.Iosette. not Fanchette. Lieutenant Lane,

you have been duped, deceived. My cou-

sin-How can I tell you or her duplicity?”



“What do you mean, Mademoiselle Jo-

sette?” Lane demanded.



She descended the steps, clutching his

arm and speaking in a. whisper. “How

can I convince you that Fanchette’s note

was but to lure you to dishonor. Hark!

Someone is coming. If my uncle finds you

here 11c will denounce you as a spy. and

that will mean death. Come with me.”



Lane followed her without a moment’s

hesitation. Too well he knew what his

fate would be should he be found skulking

around the house. Monsieur Campeau

claimed that he maintained a strict neu-

trality, but it was well known that he and

his sons sympathized with Pontiac, hoping

that the Indian’s victory over the English

would mean the restoration of the French

rule.



.Iosette led the Lieutenant up on the

gallery and through a side door, the very

door upon which Fanchette had bidden

him knock. The room the two entered

was lighted by a single candle. Josette

hastened to close the door and drop a cur—

lain over the window. Then she said in

a low, intense voice: “Lieutenant Lane,

you must trust me. There is no time to

tell you why. There is only one place in

which I can hide you, and that is in this

chest. It is my own; in it I brought all

my possessions when I came from Mon-

treal to share the home of my uncle. You

must get into the chest and let me lock

\ou in. ”



“But I will be suffocatet .”



“No. There are a dozen small holes

among‘ the ornamental carving. They

will admit plenty of air. I know, Lieu-

tenant Lane, that I am asking much, ask-

ing you to trust me in an unexplainable

way, but I swear to you, by our Blessed

Lady and all the saints, that I am actu-

ated only by a desire to save your life and

open your eyes to the deception that was

to be practiced upon you.”



For a single instant Henry Lane stared

at the girl. She was tall and slender.

Her delicate]y—featured, olive-tinted face

was always pale. She had tender red

lips, clear brown eyes, and her black hair

shone like satin. Suddenly the young

licutcnant held out both hands. “I trust

you. .Tosette. Do with me as seems best

to you."



.Iosettc crossed the room to where a

great mahogany chest. with silver lock

and hinges. stood. Hastily unlocking it

with a key she took from her pocket, she

lifted the lid and said: “You will be

cramped, but I will release you as soon

as I can. Again, I say, trust me; I will

not fail you.”



There was the sound of footsteps and

voices on the gallery. Lane sprang into

the chest and laid down on the few fold-

ed garments that were piled on the bot—

tom. .Iosette dropped the lid, and he

heard the key turn in the lock, even as

the door opened.



For a moment Henry Lane was tempt-

ed to cry out. “Vhy had he hidden him-

self, like a thief? Was he trapped? He

recalled Josette’s grave, sweet face and

her trembling voice. Yet had he not,been

false to Fanchette in listening to her cou-

sin’s strange accusation?



Just then he heard Fanchette’s ‘bubbling

laugh. He realized that he could hear

what was being said in the room. Through

the openings of which Josette had spok-

en, faint rays of light penetrated. The





impriSOned lieutenant heard a man’s' voice





say: “Let Jo'sette go; it is you I want to -





talk to. Fanchette, you are a flirt. Even

now I am tempted to refuse to let you see

that rascal, Lane.”



“And that is all the thanks I get, Andre

du Janois, for helping you in your vile

scheme,” Fanchette cried angrily. “I

might better have listened to Josette. She

says it is a wicked thing to do.”



“Now do not lose your temper, sweet-

heart. The scheme is your brother Louis’

as much as it is mine. It is for New

France that you are to bribe this fool

lieutenant, with your smiles and favors,

to open one of the fort’s gates for us.”



Lane started so violently that, a mo-

ment afterwards, he feared the sound had

been heard. He knew du Janois as a

young French trader who had been jealous

of all attentions paid Fanchette. The

lieutenant listened intently, and soon he

understood the affair.



Andre du J nois was a confederate of

Pontiac. The latter had promised the

trader a reward if he would secure the

entrance of the chief and his followers

into the fort. Fanchette was betrothed

to Andre. She had consented to help car-

ry out the plan in which her brother and

her lover were concerned. Declaring that

she could persuade the young officer to

betray his countrymen, she had sent him

the note, asking for an interview.



“I can coax him to do it for me. If he

refuses, I will call my father and denounce

Lane as a. spy. But he will not refuse.

It may take more than one interview, and,

Andre, it may even cost me a few kisses."



“Say not that, for it makes me long to

feel my hands on that English dog’s

throat,” Andre cried. “Once Pontiac and

his braves overthrow the force in the

fort, the fieur-de-lis shall again float over

Detroit.‘ In the new government I shall

have place and power.”



They talked for an hour longer. Lane

came to understand that they had not

looked for him that night. They knew

that he was on the Beaver and thought

that there might be some delay about the

note Ibeing delivered to him.



In the meantime the storm was raging.

The thunder rolled, and, although Lane

could not see the flash of the lightning, he

could hear the rain beat against the win-

dows. It was not until the storm slack—

ened that Andre left. Soon after Fan—

chette extinguished the candle and passed

into the adjoining room.



For some time the prisoner heard peo-

ple moving about in the other rooms. At

last all was still. Lane was cramped and

stiff. Impatiently he waited for the com-

ing of Josette, to set him free. As he

waited he contrasted the two girls, ask-

ing himself how he could have preferred

Fanchette to her cousin.



At last, when it seemed to him that he

could wait no longer, he heard a slight

sound in the room. There was the clink-

ing of a key, the lid of the chest was lift-

ed, and Josette whispered: "As you value

your life, make no noise. Remove your

shoes. Then take my hand and I will lead

you out of the house.”



He obeyed her. Josette waited to lower

the lid of the chest. Then she took one

of Lane’s hands, while he carried his

shoes in the other, and they crossed the

room to the door which yielded to Jo-

sette‘s touch.



It was raining, although the lightning

had ceased, and there was only an occas-

ional roll of thunder. Not until they

reached the gate did Josette pause.



“You can find your way now?" she

asked.



”Yes. How can I ever repay you? Jo-

sette, I would not have yielded to her

blandishments, but I trusted her.”



“And you loved her?”



“Not the girl she has proven to be.

God bless you, Josette! It is the memory

of your face that I carry away with me,

to cheer me in my loneliness. I shall see

you again, as soon as it is safe for me

to do so.”



He covered the hand that he held with

kisses, then stole away through the night.

Not until he was near the spot where he

had left the boat did he stop to put on his

shoes. His canoe had not been disturbed.

Entering it he soon made his way back

to the. ship where the man on duty was

beginning to be alarmed at Lane's long

absence.



The next afternoon the Campeau cous-

ins were working among the flowers of

their garden. A French lad came up from

the shore where he had left his ‘canoe. He

held up a note.



“It is for the Mademoiselle Fanchette.

I paddled out to the Beaver, to sell the





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berries I had gathered, and one of the;

English ofl’icers gave me a silver piece to'





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hnchette flashed a look of triumph at

her cousin, as she took the note. “You

said you hoped he would not come, Jo-

sette. And you said it was wicked, but

it is right to drive the English from New

France. Let us see what he says."



Josctte looked over her cousin’s shoul-

der. The note ran:



Mademoiselle Fanchette Campeauz—



I regret that I must decline your invi-

tation. Nothing that you or that Andre

du Janois could say would persuade me

to betray my countrymen,



HENRY LANE.



Fanchette gasped. How bad he learned

the secret which she thought safe with

'her lover, her brother, and her cousin?





“How did he find out Josette? No one

knew but the boys and us.”

“‘The boys talk too much. I am glad,





Fanchette, that you failed.”



“If you had had a chance I would say

that you were the one who had told,"

Fanchette cried. “I did not care to help

Pontiac, but I wanted to do Andre's will.”



It was a long time before Lane saw

either of the girls again. Twice a gift

of wild flowers came to the farmhouse, for

Josette. There were many conjectures as

to who could have sent them. The girl’s

eyes shone, but she guarded her secret

well.



As autumn came on the Indians began

to leave. abandoning the siege. Then the

English garrison began to assume the

duties of government over the French out~

side the walls. So it came about that

while the October forests were still gay

with red and gold, Louis Campeau and

Andre du Janois were summoned to the

council room, accused of conspiring

against the English.



The young men saw that the evidence

against them was not sufficient for their

conviction——and conviction meant hanging

—-\inleSS Lieutenant Lane spoke. Among

the crowd that thronged the room Lane

saw the two girls. Fanchette was pale,

'her brilliant beauty dimmed by the fear

in her eyes. As for Josette, she looked

trustingly into the lieutenant’s face, and

that look saved the two young French-

men. Lane gave no hint that he knew

aught o; the case, and it was dismissed.



Lmi’e’walked over to where the two

girls stood, waiting for Louis and Andre.

Ho lb'owed low over the hand of Josette.



“May I take you home, Josette, in my



es, Mademoiselle Fanchette, my

ups-W, lealed, but it is because I hope

sunfim';dhy to win your cousin for my

wife."



“Josettef Why, I thought—”



“Youl were mistaken. I love Josette,





 





nutritious food is thiJs packed in a little

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structure as a grain of ordinary corn.

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corn pop?

out for yourself by trying, but it does not

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a grain will do excellently.

is that the starch granules in popcorn are

packed more tightly and the woody mem—

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and more easily ruptured.

the water that is in the starch to expand,

the external envelope is burst open an'd

the grain turns inside out, becoming fif-

teen times its original size or more, and

showing the pretty white starch outside.

That is the reason popcorn pops.





with small pointed grains.

ly a farm in the west that does not have





   





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Heat causes





 





The best popcorn is the light yellow kind

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Why does popcorn pop? Ask the first

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