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Alfalfa for Low Land.





I would like some information regarding

the sowing of alfalfa. I have a four—acre

lot of black soil situated near the bank

of Grand river and every year about the

latter part of March the river overflows

its banks and water stands on the crops

for a period of from one to two weeks.

The water is cold at that time of the year

and we have not had much trouble with

water doing the crops much harm. Would

you advise me to prepare a good seed bed

and sow this fall or wait until next

spring? Would it be beneficial to sow

some crop that could be plowed up next

spring and seeded down to alfalfa?



Kent Co. H. D. P.





Bottom land that overflows in the spring

would not be well adapted to alfalfa. The

one condition which is said by those with

long experience in its culture that alfalfa

will not endure is a wet soil, that is, a

soil where the water level is compara-

tively close to the surface. The flooding

of the land for a short time in the Very

early spring might not ruin the stand, 'but

land that overflows should be tried in an

experimental way, if at all, for alfalfa.

It would seem a much better way to ex—

periment with this by sowing it to grasses

better suited to the location, such as al-

sike, clover, timothy and perhaps one or

two other grasses, and mix in some alfalfa

seed, sowing a small plot to alfalfa

alone. This will demonstrate whether the

soil is too low and too wet to grow the

crop satisfactorily or not and in the event_

of failure will not be as expensive in

either the cost of the experiment or the

time for which the use of the land is lost

for other purposes.



Top Dressing Alfalfa—Disking—Seeding

in Wheat.



I would like to learn through the Mich-

igan Farmer if you advise top dressing

alfalfa. How many loads to the acre?

Also, if disking is good, and what time of

the year to do it? I would also like to

know if a seeding will be successful in

wheat if the ground is top— dressed and

then dragged with spiketooth drag direct-

ly after sowing the seed? We have three

acres of alfalfa 011 our farm and wish to

sow eighteen acres more in the spring if

it can be successfully done in this way.



Jackson Co. F. E.



So many questions arise regarding the

proper culture of alfalfa which it is diffi-

cult to answer on account of our limited

experience with it in Michigan, that we

fear many readers will feel that it is not

worth while to experiment with it. But

it is by experimenting with it that we will

solve all these vexed questions which

those who have had successful experience

with alfalfa are now apt to answer in

various ways. But actual experience

gained on our own farms and under our

own conditions will tell us more about how

to grow alfalfa successfully under those

conditions t h a n a n y

amount of advice f1om

others. It is for this very

reason that our readers

have been urged to sow

alfalfa in an experimental

way at least, and try out

the ideas which they get

regarding it. This the in-

quirer is doing, and his

experience will be of value

to other readers, but there

is little experimental

knowledge by which one

can be guided in giving an

Opinion on some of the

points raised in this in-

quiry.



So 'far as top~dressing

alfalfa. is concerned there

is probably no doubt that

it will benefit the stand

arid the crops produced to

give it a. light top—dress-

ing of stable manure once

in two or three years.





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While stable manure is rich in nittrogen

and the alfalfa plant is supposed to be

able to provide for itself in this direction,

yet the manure will benefit it by its

mulching effect and in adding vegetable

matter to the soil and by promoting the

activity of soil bacteria not a little. How-

ever, it is not best to apply the manure

too thickly. A thin dressing will be suffi-

cient to answer the desired purpose and

will have the advantage of obviating any

danger of smothering out plants and in-

juring the stand. We have seen at least

one case where the stand of alfalfa seem.

ed to be harmed by the application of a

heavy coat of manure as a top-dressing

during the growing season, although it is

probable that as heavy an application





 





pose of killing the weeds and grass and

letting the air into the soil, as well as

mixing the manure with the soil would

be accomplished.



As to the desirablility of disking, there

is some difference of opinion. Those who

have tried it in Michigan seem to favor

the practice almost to a man, as do the

best authorities in the more humid regions

where the crop is grown. In Colorado the

experiment station recentlv issued a bui-

letin in which growers Were recommended

not to disk the alfalfa. Thus it will no

seen that it is a matter of choice of au-

thorities, how one should advise upon a

question of this kind. Every grower

should experiment in this regard and disk

at least a portion of his alfalfa and note





 





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might have been made during the late fall

or winter when the plants are practically

dormant without any injurious effects

whateVer, and it is not at all likely that

in this case the damage will be apparent

next season. Where alfalfa is top

dressed with stable manure the fall or

winter season would be the most conven-

ient and best time to apply the manure.

Then it will get well settled to the ground

and will not be raked up in the succeed-

ing hay crop, and the roots of the plants

will get a greater benefit from the plant

food which will become incorporated with

the soil. Where disking is practiced this

may best be done in the [spring after the

manure has been applied in the fall or

winter, as by this means the double pur-





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the comparative results, not only for his

own information, but as well for the ben-

efit of others who would gain information

by the object lesson afforded.



As to top—dressing wheat and seeding

alfalfa in it, that would also be an ex-

periment in almost any Mi(11ig:1n locality.

While in a few instances alfalfa growcls

have secured good stands of alfalfa by

sowing in wheat the same as clover is

usually seeded, this plan has not been so

generally successful as to make it safe to

predict success where this method of

seeding is employed. The writer would

hardly like to try an 18—acre field in this

manner, by sowing the alfalfa alone. But

if some other clover seed is mixed with

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graSS in case the alfalfa fails to make a.

good stand sown in this way, the experi-

ment would be a valuable one. It is a

good plan, and one which a good many

farmers are following at the present time,

to sow a. little alfalfa seed with the clover

seeded in grain in the spring with a View

of getting the soil inoculated with the

proper bacteria. This also will help one

to the information which this inquirer is

seeking, as to whether alfalfa can be suc-

cessfully seeded in wheat by top-dressing

with manure or otherwise. \Vhere the

seed is sown alone without any nurse

crop, it is not a good plan to top-dress

with stable manure on account of the

weed seed which is sure to be distributed

in this way. “here the seeding is done

in wheat this objection would not be as

well founded since the weeds would get

little start until after the wheat was har—

vested, and could be easily clipped back

later in the season. But of the two meth-

ods of preparing the ground for the seed—

ing of alfalfa in wheat the, writer would

prefer an application of lime before the

wheat is sown, unless positive that there

is already plenty of lime in the soil, since

it seems to be pretty well demonstrated

that the presence of a good percentage of

lime in the soil is an essential to success

with the crop.





Were this case the writer’s he would

sow a part of this field to alfalfa alone

in the wheat, and the balance of it to a.

mixture of alfalfa. and June and alsike

clover with such other grasses as may be

desired. In this way one would get valu-

able knowledge from the resulting ex-

perience and by top-dressing a portion of

the field in a strip running the other way

across from that in which the seed was

sown, and by applying lime to a portion

of it in the same way, one could not help

gaining some valuable knowledge from the

experiment. If we can get seedings of

alfalfa in our grain crops the same as we

do of clover, it will revolutionize the

methods of growing it in this state and

add griteitly 0 its popularitv. “7e believe

that as soon as we have gotten our soils

well inoculated and the plant thoroughly

acclimated to our climate and conditions

that this will be the case. In fact, one

of the best seedings of alfalfa which it

has been the writer‘s pleasure to see this

season was seeded in oats under just the

same conditions as clover would have been

except that the oats ‘wcre sown thinly, a

fact, however, which did not lessen the

yield of cats. Thus if in seeding alfalfa

with wheat we do not get a perfect stand

or if it is a complete failure we cannot

ascribe it wholly to the method of seeding

unless we have 5"“)er the crop with sue-

(:1 ss 011 othel land on the

same faim. It may be

the lack of lime, the lack

of proper inoculation or

unsuitubility of the seed,

or a dozen other condi—

tions which causes the

trouble. and which it will

require careful study to

solve. On the other hand,

we may succeed at the

first effort, since all these

conditions may obtain

which make for success

with the crop. Thus it is

impossible at the present

time to give, much posi-

tive advice with regard to

the methods to follow in

seeding the crop except in

a. general way, which is

an added reason for gen—

eral experimentation with

the crop by the farmers-

of the state, as none who

have had any experience
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with it can fail to concede that its addi~

tion to our list of dependable forage crops

would be a great blessing to the agricul-

ture of Michigan.



Salt and Lime or Plaster as a Fertilizer.





Will you please give us information in

regard to salt and lime, equal parts, as

a. fertilizer, or salt and plaster? Where

a, person has not the stable manure, will

it pay to put on either of the above, and

how much per acre? If so, what kind of

lime in order to mix?



St. Joseph Co. A. P. T.





Such a combination would not, be prof-

itable as a fertilizer, since it would not

be a fertilizer at all in either fact or

effect. As before noted in these columns

salt adds nothing of value to the soil as

a plant food. and the only possible benefit

from its use would be as a discourage-

ment to insects with which the soil may

be infested, and there is a difference of

opinion among farmers as to its value in

this connection. Lime, however, is a val-

uable soil corrective, correcting an acid

condition of the soil where it exists, and

Supplying lime in an available condition

for such plants as are benefited by lime

either directly or indirectly, among which

alfalfa is the most conspicuous example.





 





SOME UPPER PENINSULA EXPERI-

MENTS,





 





We are trying a variety of new things

in the farm line this season and some of

the problems that have come up are be.

yond the writer's experience. In the first

place, we let a contract to clear, including

the removal of all stumps, an old home:

stead clearing of 20 acres. We have just

seeded it to timothy, 8 lbs.; red clover,

3 lbs., and alfalfa 2 lbs. to the acre. ex-

cept two acres which we put into winter

wheat, with timothy and corn. If the

alfalfa thrives we will lime this piece and

make it solid alfalfa. about four years

from now.



Our next experiment is the clearing and

drainage of a Alli-acre swamp. The black

muck is about one foot to three feet dcep

and there is a clay subsoil. Most of the

water comes from springs in a nearby

hillside and the swamp is about, gfioo feet

from the ()ntonagon river and cight feet

above it, so we are for the present relying

on surface drainage by several large

ditches. As fast as we plow it we are

cutting it up fine with our heavy disk

harrow and later a light garden harrow

and then we intend to give the seed some

sort of a ted. We figure that in a few

years the grass will rot and most of the

roots and we can then plow very easily.

\Vherever we cannot clean up and seed

we hope to seed very lightly to red clover,

which is nearly a weed here, in order to

keep down the brush and weeds until it

(an be occupied. There will be about one

thousand acres of that land. Of course,

the labor problem is our greatest. We

will gladly have the advice of others in

these undertakings. We are experimento

ing with yellow flint corn and have found

no difficulty in ripening it here for four

or five years past. Each year we are

getting better ears and yields. We are

also growing alfalfa in a small way and

find it very vigorous here. Liming the

soil is apparently more necessary than

inoculation. Seed has ripened on six-

year-old plants this year.



Ontonagon Co. T. A. GREEN.

A PLAN FOR HIGHWAY IMPROVE-



MENT.





 





'An experience of now practically two

seasons with the present highway im-

provement system enables us to form

some conclusions regarding its efficiency.

Judged by results in general, a compari-

son with the former method of highway

labor, with a money tax added, the pres-

ent system suffers. This does not argue

that a return to the old way is desirable,

but that some improvement is needed in

present. methods.



At present it is doubtful if the general

condition of the country roads are im-

proving. While in places some general

improvements have been made, yet quite

largely the patching has been neglected,

and the ruts and last winter’s mudhoies

have been neglected and new ruts are

being made, and the repairs in all of these

cases have been meager, not enough to

maintain the average condition of the

roads. This is a condition that is ob—

served and commented upon.



This is a matter that probably is not

due to any lack of ability or efficiency on

the part of the highway construction 0&-

cials, as we have just as good men on

these offices as formerly, when roads

were gradually improving. There are

doubtless different causes that contribute

to it. One is that the highway expendi-

tures are probably in many cases less





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER:





than formerly. In many townships the

assessments fer highway purposes are

less than the total of money and, labor

levied under the old system. And, after

all that has been said in criticism of the

manner in which the labor wasdawdled

and wasted, the fact is that most men

have a due amount of public spirit and

pride in the highways, and the work

for the most part was honestly and faith-

fully performed. Another, and probably

the greatest of all, is that it has been

impossible for the officials to obtain the

help at the proper time. The law con-

templates that the greater part of‘ the

work shall be done during the fore part

of the season, and it is admitted that this

is the best time of the year for doing it.

But at this season all of the help is busy

on the farms and is not available for

more than a small fraction of what work

is needed. High wages must be paid for

what is obtained, and so the appropria-

tions are sooner expended. In these ways

the season passes and the money used up

and not nearly enough work done. An-

other diificulty that has been named is

that not enough men are provided to

properly supervise the work, but prob-

ably if the means and men were available

the present officers could put in more

time by considerable and so more fully

cover the ground.



Now, it is up to the people to meet

the weak points in our system, for it is

evident that some of them cannot be

overcome by the most capable officials.

If the work were undertaken by a private

concern doubtless the first thing would

be the purchase of four or five good

teams and keep them at work the season

through, for in any ordinary township

there is enough work to keep such a force

busy. But probably this would not be

expedient for a township to undertake.

Next to this would be the employment of

this number of men with teams for prac—

tically the whole season. This, of course,

would not be doing the work at the most

approved time of the year, but it would

be getting it done, which is the important

thing. Help in this way should be ob-

tained for $3 per day for man and team

for the season of, say, six months. Not

much could be done in most parts of

Michigan before the middle of April, and

it is not expedient to attempt to do much

after the middle of October. This would

call for an appropriation of something

like $3,000 per year for work and mate-

rial, which is not far from what many

townships averaged under the old system,

where no expensive bridges were needed.



Another method would be to plan to do

considerable of the work during the win—

ter season when men and teams are oth-

erwise idle. The necessary grading can

be done during the summer, and the holes

and ruts kept in repair, but the greater

part of the work required in most places

is hauling gravel, and this can as well be

done in the winter time as in late sum—

mer or fall, as is too often the case at.

present. It is admittedly better that the

grading should lie for a. time before the

gravel is applied, so that graveling, if

done in winter would doubtless be as

expedient and profitable as if done at any

other time. Help could be more cheaply

obtained at this time as well. Farmers

with just a little sense of economy would

much prefer to do the work for $2.50 in

winter than to pay taxes to pay $3.50

for the same work in summer, perhaps

to smoeone who would scrap with the

overseer because that official wanted full

time and full loads for the money.



In the immediate vicinity of the writer

there is a move towards doing consider-

able work next winter with donated la~

hor. There were men and teams abso-

lutely idle last winter a sufficient time

to have graveled all of the roads in this

entire section. As long as we have to

pay for it. anyway, why not do it while

help and teams are idle rather than pay

high taxes to pay someone for doing the





work at a time when no one has the»





time, or travel over poor roads. This

may not, in many cases, appeal to men

as a very practicable method of getting

the roads improved, but it has two fea-

tures in its favor, economy and getting

the roads improved._



It is certainly up to the people to devise

some means other than we now have, as





has already been said, and what shall it





be? There is a loud and growing protest

against the roads in their present condi-

tion. As a; certain president has said, it

is a condition and not a theory that con-

fronts us. In some places Michigan roads

do not compare favorably with those tn

surrounding states and there is a repu-

tation as well as convenience and profit

at issue.





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HOW TO GROW ALFALFA IN MICH-

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In the near future alfalfa is to become

one of the most important crops in Mich-

igan. With plenty of silage and alfalfa

hay our dairies will become much more

profitable, and all lines of agriculture will

be more successful. On account of its

“high protein content alfalfa can be made

to take the place of grain feed to a large

extent.



During the past three years I have

traveled over a large part of Michigan

and have made a constant study of the

successful alfalfa fields, and I ‘am fully

convinced that, with proper preparation,

alfalfa can be grown successfully on al-

most all the farms of this state. At the

present time, however, there are very few

farmers who are growing this valuable

crop successfully. Why is this? It is

because little attention is being paid to

a few fundamental things that must have

careful attention if we are to succeed

in growing alfalfa. If the following di-

rections are carefully followed there will

be few failures in any ordinary year.



Manure the ground heavily with a good

quality of manure the fall before the crop

is to be sown; or what is better, manure

the land heavily the year before and pre-

cede the alfalfa with a cultivated crop.

If the cultivated crop is properly cared

for, the soil is left comparatively free of

weeds and in fine condition for alfalfa.



Plow in the fall, and if the soil is

heavy plow deep. If alfalfa is to follow a

cultivated crop, it will not always be

necessary to plow the land; but unless

the soil is in fine tilth it will be advisable

to plow. Alfalfa prefers a firm seed bed,

consequently spring plowing does not usu-

ally give the best results.



As alfalfa likes lime, and because this

crop does not do well on soils that are

slightly acid, it will usually pay to sow

lime in some form. On most soils in the

middle states, from one to two tons of

finely ground limestone rock per acre

will give big results in the alfalfa crop.



Disk the soil to a depth of about three

inches as early in the spring as you can

do the work well. About two weeks later

disk the soil again to conserve the soil

moisture and to kill weeds. Sow the

alfalfa seed at the rate of 15 or 20 lbs.

to the acrefand harrow it in with a peg

tooth harrow. On light soil the seed may

be sown shallow with a drill. At the

time of sowing, the soil should be inocu—

lated by sowing on each acre from three

to five hundreds pounds of soil from an

old alfalfa field that is known to be in-

oculated. This soil should be sown the

same day the alfalfa seed is sown, and

should be harrowed in with the seed.



The leading alfalfa growers advise sow-

ing alfalfa without a. nurse crop, and there

can be no doubt but that this insures a

fine stand of alfalfa. A light nurse crop

is often seeded with alfalfa, but it is us-

ually advisable to cut the nurse crop for

hay, or else clip it back early in the sea-

son and let it lie on the ground. The

alfalfa will need to be clipped back once

or twice during the summer and early

fall, but do not clip it back late in the

fall as there should be quite a growth

left for winter protection.



There is no use in sowing alfalfa on

poorly drained soil or on soil that is in

poor condition, and it is almost always

necessary to inoculate the soil the first

time we try to grow alfalfa on the farm.

The time will eventually come when we

will not need to inoculate for alfalfa as

all our soil will be inoculated when alfalfa

becomes a common crop. Clover bacteria

do not inoculate for alfalfa, but the bac-

teria on sweet clover and alfalfa appear

to be the same.



A stand of alfalfa should be good for

several years, but it will pay well to top

dress occasionally with well rotten ma—

nure. Commercial fertilizers also give

very satisfactory returns. Do not buy

nitrogen fertilizers, however, for alfalfa

as the legumes take nitrogen directly

from the air when the soil is properly

inoculated.



Alfalfa is a great drouth resister after

it is once fairly established. The farmers

of Michigan and Wisconsin who have old

established fields of alfalfa are not the

ones Who are offering their cattle cheap

this dry year. Many fields in these states

have already yielded four tons of hay per

acre from two cuttings, and a good rain

soon will add another ton to the total

yield per acre.



Many of those who have made a study

of alfalfa have come to the conclusion

that alfalfa cannot be successfully grown

on sandy soil, and it is a common opinion

that alfalfa cannot be grown for seed in

Michigan and Wisconsin. The observa-

tions I have made in these states would





tTHE ’ MICHIGAN FARMER.





lead me to the contrary opinion on both

of these points. Sandy soils, ,rich in

humus and top dressed occasionally, are

giving very satisfactory results, and I

have seen small patches of alfalfa on the

sandy soils-of Michigan and Wisconsin

that were heavily loaded with seed. I

would like very much to hear from any

farmers in Michigan who are growing

alfalfa successfully on sandy soil.

J. C. MCDOWELL,

Agriculturist, U. S. Dept. Agril.





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The question of properly securing the

corn crop with the least labor and ex-

pense is now uppermost in the minds of

most farmers. Many dairymen will say

“Put it in the silo." This may be true

of a large part of it for the farmer who

‘has a silo, but many of us are not thus

blessed, either because ,we have not

enough cows or because we feel that for

other reasons it would not be practical

for us.



Several methods are open to us: 1.

Cuttting with a corn binder. 2. Cutting

by hand. 3. Topping, and husking from

the stalk. 4. Husking from the stalk and

turning stock in during the fall to pick

up the fodder. 5. Turning stock into the

field to husk the corn and consume the

fodder.



The first method, cutting with the bin-

der, is out of the question with most

fields in this vicinity because the corn is

down too badly. Where it stands up well

this may be feasible. We do not own a

corn binder and can not speak from ex-

perience with them, though we have hired

the cutting done and set up after them.

XVe will not attempt to express an opinion

on what we have had so little experience

with. The second method needs no com-

ment. Corn has been cut in the same way

for years. There seems to be less im-

provement among the small farmers. in

methods of harvesting this crop than any

other. Cutting by hand is still the method

used on the majority of small farms in

this part of the state, and it is claimed

to be more satisfactory and as cheap as

any method where the corn is to be

husked by hand or even shredded. The

problem is to get help to cut the corn

when it should be cut. Many men will

not cut corn at any price.



Topping secures fine fodder, and less

bulky, and allows of some good feed for

the late winter, While the cattle will get

most of the husks during the fall and

early winter, but it saves little labor as it

takes about as long to top corn as to cut

it, and practically the only saving of labor

is in the handling of the fodder and the

gain in time in husking from the stalk.



Husking from the stalk is, of course,

wasteful of fodder and is not followed to

any great extent, except for a part of the

crop that the owner may not be able to

get cut until it is badly frosted.



The method 'of turning stock into the

field to “hog down” the crop is being fol-

lowed by stock farmers to quite an extent

as a method of handling a part of their

crop to save labor. Of course, it is rather

wasteful, but perhaps the gain in labor

more than offsets the waste. In talking

with those who have handled a part of

their crop in this way I find that most of

them are satisfied that this is an econ-

omical way of handling a part of the crop

where there are hogs and steers to be

fattened. . '



Calhoun Co. S. B. H.





PLASTERING A STONE SILO.





I am putting up a silo 14x40 ft. out of

stone and cement, 18 ft. in the ground at

end of barn. I use forms on inside and

build up of stone and cement mortar on

outside. Now will you kindly tell me if

plastering with cement on inside Will be

enough or will I have to put on a hard

finish of some, kind? I started the wall

about 2 ft. at bottom and taper to 1 ft.





at top.

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Charlevoix Co.



The plastering on the inside should have

a hard finish coat. There is nothing bet-

ter than good cement mortar for a hard

finish. You don’t want too coarse sand

or gravel for this coat, rather fine, sharp

sand, clean and free from clay or soil of

any kind. Mix this with good Portland

cement in proportion of one part cement

to two parts sand. Mix thoroughly when

dry so the cement is evenly and thor-

oughly distributed with the sand, then put

on a coat on the inside of the silo from

one—half to an inch thick and trowel it

down smooth. You will have the best

kind of a finish and a silo that can not be

beaten. If you don’t get the surface

troweled down smooth, it will pay you to

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filling in all the small cracks. This makes

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the place of milk as good, bright oats.

Clover or alfalfa are the most appetizing

and growth producing of all forage crops

and the colt may well have all he will

,eat of either. ‘



It is well to let the colt suckle only a

couple of times per day at first. After

a few days the'lilllievfello'w may be cut

down to once per day. Then, after a.

. week or so if all is going well the mother

'may be kept away entirely.



l One common mistake is in cutting off

exercise. “’hcn we spoke of the big,

roomy box stall it was not meant that

Ithc colt should he kept in even such a.

lgood place all day and every day. The

colt needs exorcise to keep it healthy and

vigorous and to keep it growing. Pasture

is usually good at this season. The colts

'sshould by all means have the run of a.

lgrass pasture lot. It is well to see that

ithe fence is in good repair before turning

{in colts that are being weaned. They are

very likcly to try to break out and there

Iis serious danger of injuring themselves

vin trying to do so. A high woven wire or

board fence is always best but every

farmer must make the best of what he

has. If his fences are neither woven

wire nor board, what he has should be

put into the best condition possible. A

bad injury at this time will usually mean

a blemish for life.



During the winter following the wean-

ing the colt does not need pampering

and hothouse care. It will make a more

rugged and a hotter horse if it has a

reasonable amount of open air and exer-

cise. The old shed, with three good sides

and roof and the south side open, is still

a very satisfactOry winter shed for young

horses and colts. Very few days will be

so bad that they will not be out in the

lot playing or out in the field roaming

about. This is just what the youngsters

need.



Since growth is the one thing above all

others that is sought in feeding the colt

it is very necessary to feed growth pro-

ducing feeds. It is very safe to draw

a comparison with other stock in the case

of feeding. Not a man who raises hogs

will contend that com is a producer of

bone and muscle. They say that it

makes the animal fat and sleek but does

not produce growth. The very same thing

happens when com is fed to colts. Oats,

clover, and alfalfa are the bone and mus~

cle producers which can be raised on

every farm. Corn stover will add variety

and make the ration very much cheaper.

Other feeds will do very well but it must

not be forgotten that the feed must be





 





 





 





such as will produce growth.

Iowa. H. E. MCCARTNEY.





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FEEDERS’ PnoauEMs.





 





Wheat as a Feed for Hogs.





Is it better to. sell wheat at present

prices or have it ground as feed for hogs? '

Is there any other grain which could prof-

itably be combined with the wheat? What

is the proper ratio of protein, carbohy‘

drates and fat in the well balanced ration





for growing pigs?

Hillsdale Co. D. L. M.





It will not pay to feed marketable

wheat to hogs, either alone or combined

with other feeds at present prices. Re-

peated experiments have shown that

wheat is of practically the same value as

corn meal for pig feeding. This being the

case the question of the relative price

of these two grains is the only factor

which it will pay to consider. Of course.

the edition of a little wheat to the ration

might make it more palatable and thus

a_ little more valuable. Experiments have

shown this to be the case, a summary of

four trials indicating that 485 lbs. of feed

made of half corn meal and half ground

wheat were required to make 100 lbs. of

gaih as compared with 500 lbs. of ground

wheat where this feed was used alone.

Growing pigs require a ration with a, nar-

row nutritive ratio when young and the

ration may be gradually widened as they





 





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increase in age and size. For the younger

pigs the ration should have a nutritive

ratio of about 1:4, while pigs of 100 lbs.

weight will do nicely on a. 1:5 ration, and

for hogs of 200 lbs. the ration may be

prfiotably widened to 1:6 or even 1:7 at

the finish. .

Rye as a Pig Feed.





Do you think it profitable to have rye

worth 63¢ per bu., ground to mix with

skim—milk for hog feed? Or would it be

better to sell rye and buy middlings at

$1.45 per cwt.?



Ottawa Co. J. L.





There is very little difference in the

relative value of corn and rye for pig

feed, with the difference in favor of the

corn on account of its greater palatabil-

ity. The question of whether it will pay

to feed the rye or not is, then, almost

entirely one of the relative market price

of the two grains, as is the case with

wheat. It will pay to feed some mid-

dlings in the ration for young pigs at the

price mentioned in this inquiry, but mid-

dlings should not 'be substituted for the

rye in the ration. ,Corn would be a bet-

ter feed to~substitute. using from one to

three pounds? of..skim-mllk to one pound

of corn in the ration. If no old corn Is

available it might pay to use the rye at

present prices for mixing the skim—milk,“

although corn meal would be a much

better feed for the small pigs and as soon

as they get a little age they will be able

to eat the corn from the cob if it is not

dry enough to grind. Mlddllngs is a well

balanced feed in itself. The protein in

the skim—milk is not needed to balance

up this feed, but is needed to balance up

the carbohydrates in corn meal. Thus, if

a portion of the ration is made up of mid-

dlings and corn meal, and skim-milk is

given with it, with a. little sifted oat

meal added, the ration will be well cal—

culated to produce a. maximum growth,





 





 





CULL BEANS FOR SHEEP AND HOGS.





 





I can bUy cull beans here for 70¢ per

100 lbs. How should they be fed to best

advantage to fatten sheep and hogs or

what other stuff should I feed with them?

I am boiling some bcans for hogs and





feeding with boiled vegetables. Would

they be better ground?

Chcboygan C0. J. A. MCG.





It doesn‘t matter so very much how you

feed the beans as long as you can get

the stock to eat them well. Feed them

in the form that they will eat them best,

or that they seem to relish them most.

That is the principal proposition. I am

not enough acquainted personally with

feeding beans to sheep to advise you.

Perhaps they would be better eaten if

they were ground. Perhaps they would

be better eaten whole and raw. I know:

some people cook the beans for steers

and after the steers acquire an appetite

for the cooked beans they relish them

vcry much and tncy have no trouble in

feeding them whatcver.



I am positive that for hogs the best‘

way is to boil them as you are doing.

They not only like them better but they3

the more easily digested. Now beans are:

a food rich in protein and any corbona-g

ceous food like ground barley or corn‘

meal, or ground rye would be an ex-

cellent food to mix with the beans. Wheat

mlddlings does very well but it is almost;

too rich in protein to balance up the foodf

and you c0uld well afford to buy corn

meal or barley. For the hogs I am con-l

fident that it will not pay you to grind

the beans as they will eat them better

cooked, or just as well cooked, as they

would to grind them.



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It is during the fall of the year that

selections are generally made for the

breeding stock’that will produce the stock

of animals that will make up the larger

portion of the pork ‘hogs that will go to

market next year. The profits on the

stock next year will depend, somewhat,

on the character of the brood sows re-

tained to become the mothers of the pigs,

as her influence on the young animals is

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characteristics we wish our feed hogs to

possess.



Mistakes Usually Made.



When the prices for pork hogs are high,

it is too often the case that the farmers

are tempted to sell the old sows because

they are heavy, can be fitted for market

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more ready cash than the young ones

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THE MicchN FARMER. . <5»





than that young sow can. From a prac-

tical standpoint the pigs from a mature

sow are worth more to raise and feed for

market than those from an immature sow

for they can consume more feed and uti-

lize more above what is required to sus—

tain life, thereby making them the more

economical feeders.



Other points should be well considered.

It has been discovered by observers and

breeders that the young sows do not far-

row as many pigs the first time as they

will after they reach mature years. The

saying of some of the old breeders that

”a sow follows the path she marks out

with her first litter,” does not prove to be

correct. And still farther, the young sows

do not save as large a percentage of the

pigs they farrow as do the old sows.



While planning for the next year’s

crop of pigs it is best to give the mature

sow that has been tried and found cap-

able of doing all that can reasonably be

expected of a. brood sow, due considera-

tion before disposing of her and taking

the chances with the young and untried

ones. The old sow may bring a few more

dollars for pork this fall, but she is also

capable of producing pigs next year that

will bring more dollars than the young





 





 





Grand Champion Shropshire Ewe at West Michigan Fair.





H. E. Powell_





same time; produce pigs and raise them

and grow meat at a profit at the same

time. There are several reasons why

they make a mistake, substituting the

young sows for the old ones.



In the first place, the young sows can

not do double duty, for the reason that

their system is not capable of utilizing

feed enough to enable them to grow and

make rapid gains and raise pigs at the

same time. If fed heavily while carrying

the pigs, the life and vitality of the pigs

are endangered, if not entirely destroyed.

If the sow is fed to gain rapidly, there is

danger of her doing so at the expense of

the litter she is to farrow in the spring.

While she should be well fed on a variety

of feeds that will make her grow, making

ibone, muscles and vital organs, she should

not be fed on concentrated feeds and al-

lowed to remain quiet in order to fatten

her. A distinction between feeding for

growth and the production of fat, profit-

ably, should be kept in mind.



In the second place, to breed from the

young sows while growing interferes with

their development and diminishes their

size. It is a fact, well understood among

the observing breeders of swine, that by

breeding for several successive genera—

tions from immature sows, the size of the

breed, as a whole, is reduced, materially,

and the prolificacy of the sows of the

breed is interfered with to a great ex-

tent. I have in mind abreed of swine

that a half century ago was classed

among the large breeds in fair premium

lists, that is now classed as one of the

medium breeds. '



Some Things to Keep in Mind.



The mature sow that has about attained

her full growth will not be required to

eat only enough through the winter to

maintain her body in good flesh and de-

velop in a natural manner the pigs she

is carrying. She has to do service in only

one direction. As has been shown by ob-

servation and experiment, her pigs will be

larger and stronger at time of birth than

those from the young sow. After the pigs

are farrowed, they will give more milk

than the young sows, and will enable the

young pigs to grow and develop faster





, stock.





A Lamb Shown by





of ionia County





sow is likely to be able to do. It is like

repeating an old saying that ”we often

plan to save a Sixpence now and lose a

shilling in the future.” Don’t be “penny

wise and pound foolish.”



The prices for pork meats are high, and

are likely to be high for some time to

come. The profits on raising pork on the

farm under modern methods are large,

and it is the opportunity and privilege of

every man to make as much money as he

can by planning‘to draw as much his way

as possible. If the mature sows can and

are likely to bring the most money during

the coming year, give her a chance by

saving and breeding from them.



Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





The Wide-spread demand for feeding

cattle this season has been something of

a surprise to many people, but it seems

wholly the proper thing. as pastures have

revived under ideal weather c0nditions,

while farmers are naturally anxious to

have plenty of stock to fatten on their

corn. Chicago live stock commission mer—

chants state that farmers who have not

fed any cattle for several seasons have

been stoeking up lately, and some of

them have reached the conclusion that

aside from the profits expected from fat-

tening the stock, it is necessary to do

something quickly to maintain the fer-

tility of the soil, it having been seriously

injured by constant crops and no live

Enormous numbers of cattle of

medium or light weight have gone to

feeding districts, high prices having de-

terred intending buyers from loading up

with high—grade heavy feeders. Chicago

has shipped out great numbers of medium

to good 700 to 900-lb. feeding steers re-

cently, costing $4.60@5.15 per 100 lbs.,

while better and heavier feeders have

been purchased at $5. 20@5. 50, and ven-

turesome buyers have even paid $5. 60@

6 in scattering instances. Stockers have

sold at $3. 25 and upwards, with selected

light stock steers selling up to $4. 50@

4.75 while stock heifers were taken at

$3.25@4, according to quality.





The prospect is that the corn crop of

the country will be the largest ever

grown and the corn states may be ex-

pected to take the surplus of cattle that

will come from the west. Wyoming, Ida-

ho and Montana are very short of feed,

with less than half a crop of hay, and the

dry farmers are in hard luck, but corn

belt farmers are in good shape and pre-

pared to do plenty of stock feeding.





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Diseased Upper Molar Tooth—I have a.





mare that commenced to run at the nOSe

last spring and she has had a very offen-

sive discharge ever since. When going

into the barn in the morning, the stench

is almost unboaranble until I air the

stable. During hot weather she dis-

charges most. A. M., Alden, Mich—If

the discharge comes from one nostril,

which I presume it does, it is doubtless

the result of a diseased upper grinder

tooth and will not get well until the tooth

is extracted. If both nostrils discharge,

she may have a diseased tooth on each

side of head and if it is only a case of

nasal gleet, give a teaspoonfui powdered

sulphate of iron at a dose in feed three

times a day.



Roarer.—I bought a mare and after I

got her home found her wind cut. Can

she be made better even if she cannot be

cured? F. J, F., Temperance, Mich.-—Ap-

ply equal parts turpentine, aqua ammonia

and sweet oil to throat three times a week

and give 14. dr, iodide of potassium at a.

does in feed or water twice a day for 30

days. If it is a bad case, it can only be

relieved by a surgical operation.



Partial Paralysis—I have a valuable

filly 15 months old that is large and

growthy; her hind legs seemed to grow

faster than fore limbs. When going

through a doorway she wabbles and when

turning sharp around she frequently falls.

At times I am inclined to believe she has

little strength in either hind leg. Mrs.



. B.——Your filly has spinal trouble and

will perhaps outgrow it. Give her 1 dr.

ground nux vomica t a dose in feed two

or three times a day.



Weak Stillefil have a three—year-old

colt that sprained his stifle some nine

months ago. I have blistcred stifle lightly

and used'liniments, but he does not re-

cover. S. B. II. Guide Mich—Blister

stifle with cerate of cantharides every 10

days.



Chronic Lamencss. During the fall of

1907 my horse showed some lameness,

caused from a puff in fetlock joint which

he recovered from. In the early part of

1909 he went lame and I had him fired

for spavin and during the last spring he

was too lame to be used so I had him

fired for ring-bone, the enlargement being

caused from a-calk of shoe; now he

stands up more than formerly and is not



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—Horses. Cattle. Shee Hogs. Dogs.

FOI“ sale or Poultry. nearly alfbreeds. Sires

exchanged. Southwest Michigan Pedigreed Stock

Association. R. E. Jennings. Sec. Paw aw, Mich.





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN=ANGUS.





 





 





 





 





 





Herd headed by UNDULATA BLACKBIBD

ITO 83836. one of the best sons of PRINCE ITO

50006. and Grand Chain ion Bull at the Detroit

and Grand Rapids Fairs o 1907. 1 .. 1909 and 1910

Herd consists of Ericsa. Blackbirds. Prides. etc.



\VOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionic. Mich.





 





NGUS and Polled Durham Bulls. Hampshire down, South-

down. Cotswold sheep. Buy them at Kalamazoo. (irand

Rapids. & Detroit State Fair. JAS. H HALL. Port Austin. Mich.





Breeders and importers of high

”a“. Ridge Farmr class Guernseys. Write us your

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





DHOIGELI FRED HOLSTEIN-FHIESMH §€l§e§i§lfii§





prices. Cole Bros. Ypsilanti Farms, Ypsilanti. Mich.





 





 





 





Dunhams’

P erchei‘ons





Fourth importation for 1910 arrived August

4th. Our present lot. we believe, equals

or surpasses any we have heretofore

collected. More horses of bone, size and

first-class quality than ever. Numerous im-

portant prize winners. Write for catalogue.





W. 8., J. B. (3 B. DUNHAM

Wayne, Illinois





 





 





 





Keystone Dehorners





The best dchorners made. live a clean. smooth

cut—no crushing or bruising. Satisfaction

guaranteed. YALUABLIC BOOKLET FREE

about this quick, easy, luunane method. Any-

one can dehorn cattle this way. Costs little,





M. T. PHILLIPS. 125 Main St., Pomeroy. Pa.





DISPERSION SALE





Imported and Pure Scotch





SHORTHORNS





.' At Shinevale Farmiliinde, llnron (10., Mich.





OCTOBER l llh. I9 I 0.





18 FEMALES. 5 BULLS.





Owing to other business and residing too great a

distance. from the farm. and unable to give this grand

herd of foundation Him-k my personal attention I

am olforing them at. Public Auction. This will

afford a grand opportunity to get the right. kind at

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

miles north and two miles west of Kinda, on P.

Ry. Sale begins at 2 p. m. For Catalogue address





» JOHN w. sums. Sault Ste. Mari .Mi h.

COL. M. DIBBS. Auctioneer. e C





200 Reg. Shropshire Sheep.

99!?119! £Ak§ Ewes and Rama. Oct. 18





 





. _ 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 O. H. HUTCHISON. ito Pigeon. Michigan.





' R SALE—All mv blue ribbon winners Miohl



Efiaiiiimi‘am- swims 663““ “53:“

, . no 8. .



O. S. WIL N. Recreation Park. fihdgrriiazcdlofisfililctl:





TRAINED i8:“;’:3d:::&.h°i‘l.i "at!" 1......





 





gutsrtllrnitsigr terracotta





ing. Bulls all sold- . ones. Oak Grove. Mich.





 





TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-

bining in themselves the blood of cows which now

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

milk and butter fat. at. fair rices. ‘





McPHERSON FAR 5 co.‘. Howell, nlch.





A. H. 0. Dams ior Sale‘ifiifif" 23.3%??? 1.2., ‘32,?





hanna Concordia Champion. w 039 two grand dams

average 34.06 pounds butter in 'I days. He is the rich-





 





 





 





est. bred butter bull in service. If on wantrthis

kind. come quick. L E. OONNELL, ayette. Ohio.





FOR SALE—2 yearling Holstein-Friesian bulls.

pedigrees and photo on application.

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

HEREFORDs—Both sexes and all ages

for sale. Also Poland-

China hogs. ALLEN BROS.. Paw Paw, DIICII.

' ‘ Gill '2 l _' ,z rl

Register oi Mei-it Jerseys. mfg. Amt“;

lot of young bulls from dams with ofiicial records





of 4&3 ligands and u wards of butter.

. F. MARS’ ON. Bay City. Michigan.





 





 





 





LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS,





“'e have some splendid young bulls for sale. Some

of them are old enough for service. They are from

cows with records of 300 to 412'; pounds of butter last

year. Write for descri )tion and prices.



COLON C. LI LIE, Coopers'mille, Michigan.





 





OR SALE—12 registered Jersey 0st of St. Lambert and

Island blood. from 21o 10 years. all fresh or nearly so. Price

$100 each ifftaken at our-e. C. A. Bristol. II. F. D. 5.Fcntion.Mich





 





ERSEY BULL CALF horn Oct. ‘21. ‘09. Dam Registerof Merit

Q Cow. Maternal grand dam gave 9.000 lbs Iinilk in one year.

52ml»; butter fat. Sire’s dam pave 10,060 lbs. milk. test 5.2%

in 10% Mo. Herd tuberculin tested. THE MURRA.Y—

WATERMAN 00.. It. F. I). 6. Ann Arbor. Mich.





BUTTER BRED Monogram

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County, Michigan.





 





' --Both Lambs and Yenrlings. Also

L'IGESIBI' “am: one three-yenr-old flock ram. Write

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





—These po ular bi .





Parsons Oxford Rams am... "ma.





prod toe bi get and better lambs. Grade X $15,XX .

XXX 3%. . Romeyn 0. Parsons. Grand Ledge. Mich.





OXFORD DOWNS $.33 igi’dafifi'e‘l





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





Oxfo rd- Down 5 hee and Polled





Durham

cattle for sale. A. D. t J. A. DE GARM . Muir. Mich.





oxronn “MS And ewes from Imported Rams.

and ewes bred to some. Address



B. F. MILLER or GEO. SPILLANE. Flint. Michigan.

-—Good Yearling Field



OXford Down Slice Rams and ewes of all ages

for sale. I. R. WATERB RY. Highland. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





4 6 RAMS and 100 ewes (ref) anbouillets descended

from the best flocks. 11 perfect health in lots to

suit buyers. J. 0. A. Cook. Mort-ice. Mich. Bell Tel.





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 Ram Lambs {86 itle'orwélgrll

DAN BOOHER. R. No. 1. Marion, Mich.

SHROPSHIRE 'finnifif” fit??? 15"}?

swine. C.>J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Michigan.

RAMS d R M

SHROPSHIRE a... as. Worcester

Bull. M. A. BRAY. Okemos. Ingham 00., Michigan.

10 HIGH GRADE Reg. hm.“ 53%)“? is

r s , . . . .

each. LONG BEACH FAPIIM? Augsgm. Michigan.

SHROPSHIRE Rams and O. I. O. Swine. Spring far-





row of both sexes. of right type and breedin .

E. E. BEACH & SON. Brighton, Mich. Route No. g.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





REGISTERED Shropshire Rams and ewes for sale





. from importednnd Canadian bred stock. Satisfac-

tion guaranteed.W illis S. Meade. ILNO. 3. Holly, Mich.





 





qHROPSHIRE yearling and ram lambs. the best;

k of wool and mutton type from registered stock.

GEO. P. ANDIIEV’VS. Dansvillo. Ingha m. (‘o.. Mich.





For SalkShropshire Rams

CHAS. E. BICKER'I‘, R. No. 2. Mason, Michigan.

INGLESIDE SHHDPSHIHES“§£.‘?§? 233.???“ ix:





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





 





 





BER KSHIRE 41mm J...“ m

_ youn champion boar of

Michigan I“ son of the $1.51» andsome Lee 9140'].

and a choice lot of pigs of his at moderate prices.

)1. D. & G. B. Johnson. ymouth. Michigan





U cell di b ' . .

BERKSHIRES sans..." meson: 3333‘s: $13539

ran pigs. '1‘. v. moxs. R. No. 11. Battle Creek, Mich.





DAMS BROS. Litchfield. Mich. breeders of im-

proved Ohest-er white and Tamworth swine. Pigs,

either bree by lot. prize State Fair winners. Bull Rock.

Bull Wynn om 033531 per 15; W. Orpington 83 per 15.





DUROC JERSEYS.

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan.

0030!: JERSEY olifififi‘m'lfii.‘ilflifi°w°§$§;.§i§lfii

sows. Write 101' pnrticnlm. J. C. BARN“. Goldwater, Mich.

DUROC JERSEY SWINE. ill” .51.?“0335‘ I.

1.50 each. J. H. BANGHABT. Lansing. Mi: u.

Chester Whites as}. foi‘ifi“.%°i.9$”it

change of buisness and everything for sale before Sept.

5th. WILL W. FISH B. Watcrvflet. Michigan.





IMPROVED CHESTERS





Choice Pi of March and April farrow either sex.

W. 0. WI .SON. Okemos, Mich. (Both Phones.)





all ages. Sows bred.

00 I. C. Ho 5 Males weighing 195 lbs.

and more. H. H. JU . Munith. Michigan.

0. I. C —-CthO bred Sows. May and August.





0 hours from World‘s Fair Vi'inners. at.

Glenwood Stock Farm. Zeeland. Michigan. Phone 94.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





o I c—For Sale a few choice pigs of March and

I I I April furrow in pairs not. akin. Satisfaction

guaranteed. A. Newman. Marlette. Mich. B. 1“. D. 1.



~Have§a number





0. I. C. SWIN of choice boar





ign ot-‘lApril forrowcfiot by Grand Son of Jackson

Shier. the World's nmpion and Grand Champion

Boar. Gilts all sold. Write for live let live prices.

A. J. GORDEN. Don'. R. F. D. No. 2. lulchigan.





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-GHINA





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.





 





0R, SALE—50 high-class Von Honieyer Ram-

bouillet one year rams at. half price. Thos. Wyckoil. e

Ramboulllet b.S.A.Sheep Farm. Orchard Lake. Mich. t





0 - -3 choice boars re d

P. Co Bargains for service: 1 ood Serif

for Sept. fan-ow. Z. KINNE. Three Oaks. ichigan





 





AI’LE RIDGE SHROPSHIRES—Closing out sale

. choice yearling rams. Ewes all ages. will be sold

Without reserve. H. STEWART. Lennon. Michigan.





POLAND CHINA "9?. ’33:?“ ilfissai‘éf





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





 





"OIL SALE—70 Good Registered Shrop Ewes. 20 year. ‘

ling rams. 10 ram lambs. one 2-yr.-old stock ruin .

bred by Wurdwcll. E. 1-). Leland & 5011.11 No. 9. Ann Arbor, Mich. l





H008.





 





 





25 BIG BOARS at $25‘lf?“€i3;§2”§$¥§9?é ysvi§§3





em bred boars. and from big type sows. bre big for





. 20 years. We are the pioneer big type breederso





Michigan. Pairs and trios not akin.

J. (l. BUTLER. Portland. Mich. Bell Phone.





 





AIRY BRED SHORTHORNS. Can spare a few

females. Also bull 12 months od. Citizens

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





HORTHORN cattle of both sexes at reasonable

S prices. Ibreed for both milk and beef. Come or

write. '1'. M. SOUTHWORTH. R. No. 13. Box 73. Allen. Mich.





_ snesp.

— ' . , d l k

FOR SALE 30%8‘332i2‘in91md33lfio £325..





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





-—‘R ms on d

Ham shire Shoe Ew‘éuomie.

Prices Mo erate. Comfort A. Tyler. oldwnter. Mich.





HAMPSHIRE RAM LAMBS

and several extra Rood YEARLINGS. All regis-

tered. C. D. WOODBIIRY. Lansing. Mich.





LINCOLN SHEEN‘hhitICE' 31', $1.33.

a. mob.





 





 





 





scent stamp. w._ E. LEOKY. Holmeafi'iie.1n&l°1:





u





Ltmh. Write o: phone. A. n. wunfb.





LARGE ENGLISH BEBKSHIRES





Have fine lot of male pigs about 4% months.

of large. growthy type. Also good young gilts

same age. Prices reasonable. Satisfaction guar-

antced.



F. A. BYWATER. Memphis Mlohlnln.





I'IUPP FARM BERKSHIRES!





WON 189 PRIZES IN 1909.

Stock 1) ofnth sexes and all ages for sale. Breeders of

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

ons. Pekin Ducks. .GEOIKGE (l. HUPP. Manager.

Drawer A. Birmingham. Michigan.





 





 





NORTHERN GROWN BERKSHlllEs‘ for sale cheap—You'll»;

now with litter about ready to wean; three boon nod! for

rervice, at. about pork prices: has: plgl. lurwinter service,

Need more room for fall lino", For cable: and rim

addreu BOYCBDFT FARM. Sldnaw. we Ban.





Berkshire—A few choice fall Gilt: bred for only for-

rowing and a choice lot of Bin-tn. in with prices

right nndtbe right lined. A. A. Pottullo. Docket-rule. Minn.





' —Lnr est in Mich. Pigs

Large Type Poland-China: m...‘.....d..o.mp,weigh

from 150 to 160 lbs. at 4% months old. Will_deliver

what Iudvertlse. W. E. Livingston. Patina. Michigan.





° ———B read for service;

POIOnd-Chlnas riggirri’g pigs. either sex.

Write L.W. Borneo a son. Byron. hiawassee 00.,Mich.



—Big growthy tel.



P. C. BOARS low worth the



money. WOOD Jr SONS. BALINE. MI HIGAN.



~Boars. Gilts and Pi

Poland-Chinfls of quality at the rig



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



-—Lor est led.growthy spring igs. also



Poland-Chin: milling:y Send for snap oolfihom

and lowest prices. Robert. Neve. Pierson. ich.





to 0 Improved En ish Yorkshires.





The on that makes good. oars ready for service.



all“ lbred fpr not: spil-‘ilng grassy. tiA‘mohoioe lot of

re no a . o no suntan



_p "baton o. LILflE. Ooopemuie. Michigan.»
001‘. ‘1. 1910.





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STATE FAIR POULTRY SHOW A

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The present excellent condition of the

poultry industry generally was reflected

in the splendid showing made at last

week's State Fair, as well as in the un-

usual interest displayed by almost all

classes of people. So far as numbers are

concerned it was by all odds the largest

show of poultry ever seen at a State Fair

in Michigan. The quality in nearly all

classes was all that could be asked at this

season, and, best of all, most of the coops

were filled with commercial poultry, the

space consumed by bantams and other

stock of the fancy order being unusually

small.



In this respect the show differed greatly

from those of previous years, as will be

seen from the statement that out of a

total of more than 2,000 entries over 1,500

represented stock of the practical, utility

kind. Of the slightly more than 1,400

chickens shown more than 1,200 were rep—

resentatives of 12 'breeds which are every-

where recognized as valuable farm breeds.

The strictly egg-producing breeds were

slightly in the lead, the entries of Leg-

horhs, Polish, Minorca‘s, Hamburgs and

Houdans totaling about 550, of which

number the Leghorns furnished nearly

one—half. This was more than three

times the number of egg producers shown

last year. In fact, the number of \Yhite

Leghorns shown considerably surpassed

the total of all Leghorn varieties last

year. The strong showing made by the

Polish varieties bears out the statement

made last year that this breed is rapidly

becoming popular as an egg producer, the

breed being represented by 125 excellent

specimens, more than doubling last year's

showing.



Among the general purpose breeds the

\Vyandottes led with more than 180 en~

tries, followed by the Rocks with 125, the

R. I. Reds with 115 and the ()rping‘tons

with something over 100, a total of more

than 500. The meat—producing section

came last with about 150 entries divided

among the Cochins, Brahmas and Lang—

shans in the order named. Nearly all

breeds were represented in the breeding

pen classes, the number of pens totaling

over 60.



The exhibits of turkeys, ducks, geese

and guinea fowls were also more numer-

ous than in previous years, while the

quality and variety in these classes were

fully up to the high standard which has

in recent years attracted so much atten-

tion to these fowls. It is unfortunate

that the unusual number of entries in all

classes so taxed the capacity of the build-

ing and of those in charge as to make a

careful arrangement of the fowls by

breeds impossible, thus detracting some-

what from the value and attractiveness of

the show.





IN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES.





Feeding Smutty Wheat.



Will the feeding of very smutty wheat

to chickens be injurious to them? This

wheat is so bad as to be unsalable.



Washtenaw‘ Co. R. A. W.





A few tests have been made by some

of the experiment stations to determine

the effect of feeding smutied grain to eat-

tle. The conclusion drawn from these

tests is that no bad effects are apparent

so long as the smut is not fed to excess,

and upon these results we base the opin-

ion that the grain you describe may be

fed to your chickens in moderate quanti-

ties. However, if the wheat is badly af-

fected with smut some of the kernels will

be nothing more than shells completely

filled with smut spores and the feeding

of these might prove injurious, especially

as some fowls are apt to get an excessive

quantity of such kernels. Then, too. these

kernels have little food value, and if they

are removed the grain can be fed much

more satisfactorily. Probably the best

way of removing them is to pour the grain

into a vessel of water before feeding. The

badly smutted kernels will come to the

surface and can be skimmed off. If

thought best to take no chances, or if,

after feeding some of the grain in its

present condition, you have reason to be-

lieve that it is injuring the fowls, tne

vitality of the smut spores can be de-

stroyed by immersing the grain in water

that has been heated to 133 degs. F.

However, it is very probable that the re-

moval of the most badly damaged kernels

will put it in condition to be fed in safety

and with profit. Running it through a

fanning mill would knock off many of the





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





spores and blow out many of the smutted

kernels, but it would also blow out some

of the light and broken kernels.



Using Protein Foods.



Please tell me whether wheat affected

with smut would be desirable for feed-

ing to chickens. Will it do them any

harm?



Which of the following has the largest

per cent of protein: Oil meal, gluten

meal and linseed meal, and what amount

would you use in making a dry masn, the

mash to be composed of equal parts of

wheat middlings, wheat bran and corn

meal?



Emmet Co. Mrs. A. S.



The first query is covered by the answer

to a similar one appearing elsewhere in

this department.



The digestible protein in old process

linseed meal averages about 29 per cent;

that is, 100 lbs, of the meal contains about

29 lbs. of protein. The protein content

of oil meti runs about the same, while

in gluten meal it is somewhat higher, av-

eraging about 33 lbs. It is assumed that

you want a ration for laying hens that

are not on free range and consequently

are able to secure little in the way of

insect life. A good dry mixture that has

been fed successfully is made up as fol—

lows: \Vheat bran, 2 parts by weight;

cornmeal, 1 part; middlings, 1 part; glu-

ten meal, 1 part; linseed meal, 1 part.

"his mixture is placed in hoppers to

which the hens have constant access. In

addition the hens should be given a fairly

liberal allowance of whole corn about 3

or 4 qts. for 100 hens—scattered in littei

early in the morning. If more whole

grain seems advisable give a. little wheat

or oats at noon, also in litter.





 





FOUNDATION STOCK ‘FOR STRAIN

DEVELOPMENT.



“'hatever cross—breeding may subsc—

qucntly be attempted, and however a

strain may ultimately be made to ap-

proximate to particular requirements.

fowls of some breed typically suitable for

the purpose undoubtedly make the best

foundation upon which to build.



Although str:iin takes precedence of

breed, in the final practical results of pro-

duction, strain cannot 'be successfully

evolved from unsuitable material. ireed,

therefore, enters into the question of ma—

terial, but the quality of the strain de-

pends upon its skillful handling.



Sitting varieties, of what is commonly

described as the general—purpose type. are

better qualified to fulfill the usual require-

ments, and are in general constitutionally

better suited to the conditions and sur-

roundings.



The practical advantages of keeping

fowls of this type in such Situations con-

sist in their hardiness (which is a com-

mon characteristic), the fair average table

qualities of the surplus stoek, the general

amenability of the hens to the skill of the

egg-producing strain maker, and the color

or tint of the eggs.



Although it has been shown that some

strains of non-sitters possess considerable

possibilities as winter layers, it is never-

theless the usual experience that fowls

of the general-purpose type are more con-

sistently reliable for the purpose, and are

by no means profitless at other seasons,

their incubating habit being of consider-

able advantage to the farmer. In my

opinion the \Vyandotte is one of the most

useful fowls of this type. The whole va-

riety is among the best for general use

if the individual fowls are selected from

a stock that has not been forced for com-

petitive purposes or simply bred to an ex-

hibition standard. Its capabilities as a

layer are well known, and as a table fowl

(other than one bred solely for that pur—

pose) it possesses some advantage of size.

and carries a considerable amount of good

quality breast meat, combined with a

smallness of bone which is desirable in

any but a. certain class of market produc-

tion. The chickens are hardy, easy to

rear, and reasonably rapid growers. Be-

ing by nature docile, they respond well to

special feeding for table use and attain

good weights.



The color of the white variety is no dis-

advantage to a country poultry keeper,

the appearance of white fowls being no—

where so effective as on the fields. The

brown tint of the eggs is attractive, al—

though their size is sometimes small in

comparison with the large white eggs of

the non-sitters. It is, however, probable

that most consumers are willing to con-

cede something to appearance. The size





may 'be very considerably improved by,





selection, just as the total production may

be increased by the same method, or re-

course may be ‘had to crossing for the

attainments of this object. In cross--

breeding to improve the size of the eggs

it is customary to use a male of a non-

sitting variety. W. R. GILBERT.





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The Michigan State



The State Fair. Fair for 1910 Has passed

into history as the best



exposition of the kind ever held in Mich-

igan, both in the number and quality of

the exhibits shown. In the live stock de-

partment, which is the backbone of any

agricultural fair, practically all of the

improved breeds of live stock were well

represented. The entries were over 30

per cent greater than last year, and the

showing of some of the finest herds and

flocks in the United States and Canada,

as well as many of the best in Michigan,

gave this department of the State Fair

a. representative character which it never

had before, and showed to the full what

the art of the breeder and the skill of

the feeder can do in approaching the

perfection of animal excellence. A fea-

ture of this exhibit worthy of special

mention is the fact that exhibitors were

required to remove the blankets from

their cattle between the hours of 9:00

a. m. and 5:00 p. m. of each day to enable

the patrons of the fair to study them

more closely than would otherwise be

possible, an opportunity which was well

improved by a large number of fair pat-

rons. In fact, there seemed to be a

greater tendency than usual on the part

of fair patrons to closely examine the

exhibits in all departments and to gather

information regarding them by the ques-

tioning of attendants and the careful

reading of such facts concerning them as

Were afforded by placards accompanying

the exhibits. In the horse department,

as well as in the other live stock classes,

the entries were large and of high qual-

ity. Altogether, this most important de-

partment of the State Fair was of a

character to please the most critical pat-

ron and a credit to Michigan. The fruit

exhibit was well up to the high standard

set at previous state fairs and the show

of grains and vegetables was far better

than has been possible at previous fairs,

since the large building formerly used as

an administration building was this year

utilized for the display of agricultural

products. The show of farm machinery

was large and attractively placed, the

completed section of the new machinery

building admitting of the demonstration

of much of the lighter farm machinery ‘in

actual operation. The good roads demon-

stration, where the process of building

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its phases underthe; supervision ofa

Department of Agriiculture expert was 5-

popular feature with fair patrons who are

not familiar with such work. The new

automobile building afforded ample space

for the placing of an attractive exhibit

in this line, while the second floor of the

building 'was devoted to the display of

electrical goods with which farmers are

becoming better acquainted each year.

All of the other practical departments of

the fair were proportionately good, mak-

ing a, complete and well rounded show.



The entertainment features were equal-

ly appreciated by the fair patrons, espec-

ially the aeroplanes, which made several

flightsdaily and which were seen for the

first time by the larger proportion of

those who attended the fair. The excel-

lent music rendered from the band

stand proved a. delightful diversion to

those who 'had become tired from the

more strenuous task of looking over- the

exhibits, and an excellent racing program

was appreciated by those who are devo-

tees of this sport. The midway presented

about the usual array of “attractions,”

some of an instructive nature and others

of questionable value, even as amuse-

ments. Perhaps the 'best purpose which

this section of the fair served was the

diversion of a. portion of the crowd from

the buildings which housed the exhibits,

thus making more room for those inter-

ested in the fair from an educational

standpoint.



The attendance was all that could be

desired during the early part of the

week, but was largely reduced on the

last two days by the rain, which prevent-

ed t-he carrying out of the racing program

as announced, which was a great disap-

pointment to those who were looking for-

ward to the automobile races on Satur-

day. But notwithstanding this handicap

the fair was a success. It was a good

fair, good in all its features except the

one bad spot mentioned in our editorial

comment of last week, and which we feel

obligated to mention again.





Following the publica-

The State Fair. tion of our editorial com—

Saloon. ment in the last issue

on the “'Saloon at the

State Fair," an indirect denial of the

truth of our assertions has been made

by prominent officers of the State Agri-

cultural Society through the columns of

two Detroit dailies. In one of these

papers Secretary Hannon was quoted as

saying that no intoxicating liquors were

supposed to be sold on the grounds, and

in another General Superintendent Aitken

is quoted by the reporter as saying that

he regretted very much that a report had

been spread that liquor was being sold

at the State Fair and that there was not

a word of truth in the statement. He is

further quoted as saying that Joseph

O’Hearn leased the entire space under

the bleachers and most of the space un-

der the grandstand for the sale of soft

drinks and a restaurant, the price being

$2,000, against $6,000 paid for the bar

privilege last year. The article quoted

also says that Mr. Aitken stated that he

sent several people to the place conducted

by O’Hearn, but was unable to ascertain

from any person that intoxicating liquors

were being sold.



During the early days of the fair, when

representatives of the Michigan Farmer

noticed that a. suspicious looking bever-

age was being freely dispensed from bot-

tles labeled “Near Beer," an inquiry as

to the nature of the beverage was at once

instituted, not alone because of the fact

that the officers of the society had in

effect promised the large element of State

Fair patrons who had protested against

the running of a saloon on the fair

grounds in previous years that there

would be no intoxicating liquors sold at

this year’s fair, but as well because we

had in good faith published a statement

to that effect in our editorial columns.

Our inquiries elicited the opinion from

several persons that the bottles which

were labeled “Near Beer” contained beer.

But as fair officials were quoted in a

Detroit daily paper as saying that no in—

toxicating liquors were being sold, we

were unwilling to accept such evidence

in the matter, although we did not have

any difficulty in getting it. In order _to

settle the matter to our own stisfaction

and to give our readers the facts, to

which they were entitled after the asser-

tions of fair officials and the publication

of our editorial comment above referred

to, a bottle of this “Near Beer" was pur-

chased at the bar conducted on the fair

grounds and submitted to a. competent

and reputable chemrst for an expert

opinion regarding its contents, with the

result that the chemist: reported it to 'be

beer, having the same specific gravity





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and containing - the usual percentage .of

aicehol feimd‘ln thatifiuld. To‘ be "exact

his report show that the sample con-

tained 3.30 per cent of alcohol by weight

and 4.15 per cent by volume.



In view of the vast difference between

the revenue to the society as shown from

the above figures which Mr. Ai‘tken is

reported as giving out as received for the

“bar” privilege last year and the “soft

drinks” stand this year, the usual excuse

that the society needed the money would

not seem to be in order this year. So far

as that portion of the public whose pro-

tests were ostensibly recognized by the

officers of the society are concerned, they

would undoubtedly have been better sat-

isfied with the- old order of things when

beer was openly sold as such, instead of

being dispensed as a. “soft drink” under

a disguising label“ since unsophisticated

patrons of the fair would naturally im-

bibe more freely of an intoxicating ‘bev-

erage if sold as a soft drink than would

be the case if they knew just what they

were drinking, and some would be in-

duced to quench their thirst with a. soft

drink who would not drink beer as a.

matter of principle.





The establish-

Clties interested in men-t of a. farm

Farmers’ Success. bureau as a. per-

manent depart-

ment by the chamber of commerce of a

large city is certainly a new departure

which serves to illustrate the general ap-

preciation of business men that their wel-

fare and prosperity depends not a. little

upon the welfare and prosperity of the

farmers of the country. As a. natural

consequence this fact has forced itself

upon the business men of eastern states,

owing to the fact that the young men

have been going to the city and leaving

the worked out farms which have been

injudiciously managed in the past, and

with the result that land values have fal-

len and the proportion of abandoned

farms has increased in the eastern states

until this condition has been recognized

as a menace to the prosperity of that sec-

tion. After cousultation with Dr. Spill-

man of the Bureau of Farm Management

of the Department of Agriculture, the

Binghamton Chamber of Commerce de-

termined to maintain a farm bureau for

the promotion of the cause of better agri-

culture in the section of New York in

which that city is located.



This department will be recognized by

the Department of Agriculture, and under

the direction of the Bureau of Farm Man-

agement of that department this local

bureau will conduct experiments in the

section known as hill farms for demon-

stration purposes. An effort will also be

made to interest desirable imlgrants from

northern Europe who desire to settle on

farm lands. A farm survey of the terri-

tory will be made to disclose the prob-

lems needing special attention and the

state college of agriculture as well as the

state department at Albany will co-op-

crate in the movement for the improve-

ment of the agriculture of the section.

Among other things a cow testing asso-

ciation will be operated for the farmers

without cost for a few months to demon-

strate the economic advantages of such

associations. Experiments in cultivation,

fertilization, etc., will also be made with

various crops, especially with potatoes,

and every available means will be taken

to improve the interest in, as well as the

agricultural practices of the section.



There is in this a. valuable lesson for

the farmers of those sections of the coun-

try that have not yet felt the need of

such help from their city brothers. In

Michigan we have no serious abandoned

farm problem as yet, and our farmers are

more alive to the necessity of conserving

and improving soil fertility than they

were a few years ago or than were the

earlier farmers of the eastern states. But

they are not yet making the most of their

opportunities in this direction, or in the

study of means to that desirable end.

There is “plenty of room at the top” in

agriculture as in other professions, and

every farmer should strive to make his

way up the ladder as rapidly as pos-

sible.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.





A systematic study of infantile paraly-

sis is being made by the New York state

board of health. It has been recently

declared that the disease is communi-

cable, but the manner in which it is

transmitted has not yet been discovered.



A collisiori between a. special interur-

ban car and a local filled with passenv

gers, out of Fort Wayne, Indiana, result-

ed in the death of 39 persons. The re-

sponsibility for the accident has not been

placed but it is believed that the crew of

the special, which was running empty,





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accident rammed“. ‘ .



~Title to the. old Andsgsonville prison in

Georgia has- been transferred to the gov-

ernment and the property will be pre-

served as a. landmark of the civil war.

The historic burrows made by the unfor.

tunate prisoners are included in the

property.



Lightening killed seven persons during

a storm, 25 miles northeast of Colorado

Springs, last Thursday.



Railroad legislation in Minnesota, for

the past several years received a. hard

blow by the decision of the United States

court when, in a. decision last week it

was declared that the reductions were

confiscatory and, therefore, unconstitu-

tional. The railroads were ordered not

:0 comply with the requirements of the

aw.



President Taft and his cabinet are

holding a. three day session at the White

House this week.



A review of the financial condition of

the country by the treasury department

indicates that bank‘s have carefully pro-

vided against a financial stringency by

intrenchment before the situation arrived

and that there is now no indication of

embarrassment in money circles. Rather

the opposite promise is indicated. The

crops are heavy, taken as a whole, and

the balance of trade should be in flavor

of this country when the accounting for

the fiscal year is, completed.- In Europe

there appears to be an abundance of

money which is always a good indication

that the same situation will follow here.



It is affirmed by the national republi-

can committee of the central states at a.

session of the committee in Chicago that

there will be no discrimination made be‘

tween the regulars and the insurgents in

the coming congressional campaign, and

that the different incumbents and candi-

dates will be granted requests regardless

of their affiliations to the progressive ele-

ment, in so far as it lies in the power- of

the committee to comply. .



James Gray, a prominent newspaper

man of Minneapolis, is the nominee on

the democratic ticket for governor of that

state. John Lind, who had been nomi-

nated, declined the 'honor, and in his

notification of his refusal recommended

that Mr. Gray be made the candidate,

which was done.



Because students at West Point showed

gross disrespect for Capt. Rufus E. Ld‘n-

gan by refusing to eat or speak while he

was in the dining room, they were all

imprisoned in the barracks, and General

Barry will likely settle the matter with-

out recourse to court martial,



The increase in imports for the past

fiscal year amounts to 100,000,000 more

than for the previous year. The revenues

are $30,000,000 more. The average rate

of ad valorem duty is 1.66 per cent below

last year.



The report of the inspector investigat-

ing the loss of the Pere Marquette car

ferry in Lake Michigan, gives it as his

opinion that the accident occurred as the

result of someone’s carelessness. The

boat was in first-class condition, and it

is only 'by some blunder that it could

have sunk in a. see. like that prevailing

when the mishap took place. Whatever

that blunder or carelessness was, will

never be known,



Foreign.



King George, of England, will consent

to the Prince of Wales taking a naval

cruise, subject to the regular discipline

of the department. In the long cruise the

prince will make no official visits.



With hopes of benefiting their position

by sympathy from this side of the At-

lantic, several Irish orators are now here

to inform the American people and Cana-

dians of the situation between Ireland

and the British parliament. That the

visitors will secure listeners is almost

assured when the list is seen, for it con-

tains the leading Irish platform orators

of the decade.



An. attempt to assassinate the Mikado

of Japan was frustrated last week, and

the would—be assassins were arrested.

It is expected that the prisoners will ‘be

tried in a secret court. .



The German socialistic congress in ses-

sion at Makdenburg is, according to re-

ports, not a harmonious gathering as the

delegates from south Germany are charg-

ing the representatives of the north that

political intrigue is being used to further

the political advantages of the latter and

if a compromise is not reached the 1911

elections will not indicate the real growth

of the socialistic party.



It is feared that Georges Chavez, the

brave Peruvian aviator who nearly suc-

ceeded in crossing the Alps, may die of

injuries sustained when trying to land

after an accident to his machine.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





Osceola 00., Sept. 19.——Good growing

weather the last four or five weeks; sev—

eral heavy rains which have started up

the old meadows and pastures. The best

pasture now we have had for several

years at this season, which will help out

the winter's supply of feed. Threshing

about completed and fair yields being

reported. Wheat is of fine quality. Rye

not so good, and oats on sand 3. light

Yield but on heavy soil 9. good crop. Corn

is good where a good stand was secured.

Considerable has been cut and remainder

will be out of danger of frost in a week.

No frost yet to do any particular dam-

age. The pickle crop is not doing as

well as expected—too cool and wet. Late

potatoes looking well and a fair crop is

looked for. Some digging done and a fair

crop reported; a few have rotted on low

ground where water stood over them after

a: heavy rain, but the loss will not be very

heavy. A few potatoes have been mar-

keted at 400 per bu. Some wheat and

rye seeding done; more wheat sown this

fall than, a. year ago. Much reseeding of

clover and timothy. Cattle are looking

well now after having better pasture.



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The Northwind’s Masonry





By Chas. U. Becker.





ID you ever meet the snow line of

D winter—the line where the green



and red, golden and brown of

summer and fall end and -icy whiteness

begins? Did you ever watch it advanc—

ing, slowly but surely, like something

creeping upon you, as the days slip by

and the sun retreats southward? If you

‘have not, you have missed one of the

most enchanting sights this world affords,

a sensation which you would not forget

as long as you live.



Of course, this has been denied you if

you have lived all your life on the plains,

in the river valleys or in the slightly

hilly states of the middle west and east.

It is only in mountainous countries, where

the peaks pierce the clouds, that you will

the able to see the majesty and splendor

of winter,



There is nothing spectacular or grand

about the coming of winter upon the

plains~it is too sudden. You do not see

it approaching from afar, and you hurry

along with your business almost, un-

mindful of what is near you. True, you

have, in a way, noticed that the brown

earth has grown browner, the air colder

and rawer, the storm clouds heavier, and

you have put on thicker and warmer

clothing; but you never realize how the

snow line has been stealing upon you

until you awake some morning and find

the world buried in whiteness. Even

when the first storm or the season comes

in the daytime, there. is little chance to

admire its splendors. Is not this the

usual way? Cloudy all morning, with an

ominous stillness in the air which causes

you to glance out of the window often,

as you carry in another armful of wood

or another hod of coal. There, what was

that white object which fell between the

house and the barn? A feather! Hardly!

Look, the air is full! It is snow! The

swirling flakes increase rapidly, and while

you gaze out of the window, powerless

to interfere, W'inter seizes the world and

gently, noiselessly tucks familiar objects

beneath his white drapery.



The snow line is the line of elevation

below which snow generally melts, and

above which it never melts. It gradually

descends from the equator—where it is

about 15,000 feet above the earth—toward

the poles, reaching the sea level in the

neighborhood of latitude 80 degrees. In

shape it is an enormous bow with the

center directly be-

neath the sun. And





ists skurrying homeward, as though

something terrible was after them. Oh,

well. There is nothing strange about that,

After all, we are but fair—weather birds,

and we travel, when we do so leisurely,





not for the purpose of learning new things

about nature, but for the purpose of iind~

ing a spot where weather conditions make

life pleasant. Somehow the idea seems

to be rooted in most minds that life in





 





 





the mountains in winter is surrounded by

many perils. Perhaps the fact that the

tall peaks are covered with snow most of

the year may be responsible for the idea.

for really it would appear that the motili-

tains were the home of \Vinter, that in

a place from which he stubbornly refused

to be dislodged by August's scorching sun

he must be very severe indeed along about

January of February. Then, too, being

stood up before you, you see so much

more, of the severity of winter there than

in a. flat country.



Yes, the snow sometimes reaches «a

depth of thirty to forty feet away up in

the mountains. hiding all but the very

tips of the tallest pine and fir trees, but

all that merely adds to the beauty of the

picture, gives a certain dignity to the

rugged peaks wllich you will never see in

summer. Besides, tourists, in summer,

seldom ascend to the places where the

snow lies deepest in winter, and while

storms may rage up among the inacces—

sible mountains they seldom reach down

into the valleys with any degree of vio—

lence. Hence mountain storms are in-

significant in comparison with the life—

destroying blizzards on the trceless plains

where there is nothing to shelter one from

the searching winds. Although there may

be no wind in the valley from which you

are watching the snow flakes dropping

straight down to the earth, you know that

it is blowing up near the top of the peaks

from the way the clouds dash against

their sides, and from the way the snow,

shaken down in pillars and sheets by the

impact, streams slantingly over the edge

of the boulders. But you are as near as

any man need ever go, and it looks more

terrifying than it really is.



I have seen the mountains in the glow

of summer, when high lights and deep

shadows prevail, and I have been among

them many days and nights when the

wind was roaring and howling far up the

canyon and the snow was swirling around

the tall peaks which had their heads hid

among the clouds. And to me there is

something powerfully fascinating about

snow-covered mountains. Although I

have had enough experience to dispel such

notions, still I have always looked upon a

snow-covered range with a feeling that

the evil spirit of winter was luring me to

hidden snowdrifts and the path of the

avalanche, like the spirit of the desert



calling men to perish





 





as the sun moves

south or north of the

equator, the bow

slides back and forth,

dragging over the

earth and sifting

snow from one end

a n d apparently

scooping it up at the

other. When the

north end of the bow

approaches us it first

comes in contact

with the high moun“

tain peaks, and the

tiny white hoods

which they slip over-

their black crests are

tokens that before

your sight has be-

gun the yearly strug-

gle between the two

seasons, A u t u m n

striving valiantly to

cover the retreat of

Summer, and Winter

pressing forward

with the relentless-

neSs of. a fury until

he has captured the

mountain and the

valley, too.



The first nipping

frest in the moun.

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The Majesty of Wlnter.





in the sand. And I

am not'the only one

to experience this

feeling, for I have

met men who had

gone into the desert

for no other reason

than that it had in"

vited them, and I

talked with many old

mountaineers w ’h o

delighted in crossing

a dangerous range

when the snow was

deepest.



The man who rush-

es from the noiSy city

for a few days in the

woods in summer

does not see or hear

the wonderful things

taking place around

him. At first he is

oppressed by the pro—

found silence and

probably does not

notice more than

that the country is

rugged 01' level, that

the forest is green

and that flowers are

plentiful and brilliant.

But if he remains

there long enough,

and commercialism

has not shriveled and
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dried up his soul, he will discover that the snow has crept back to the timber

what he thought was silence is not sil~ line, weeping, it would seem, for every ’

cues, that the woods echo with a myriad gully and gulch is pouring water into Ute

of voices, which he will begin to hear as Creek, which has become a raging tor-

he would in coming out of a deep sleep“ rent. You are overjoyed at the thrashing

and that nature is filled with wonders winter has been given, and you go about

that hold his attention and demand study. whistling and singing. The game is re—

And neither will a hasty visit give you turning.

an idea how strikingly Winter, day by But the next day you do not feel so

day, writes the history of his struggle cheerful, for the game has paused in its

'wit'h Autumn in the mountains. True, march up the mountain. There are signs

you will return from a short trip with a of a change in the weather. Low-flying

few grand impressions, but you must clouds pop over the range from the north

tarry long to get at the soul of Winter, every little while and disappear behind

who has as many different moods as he the crags down the canyon. The sun

has days. Suppose you stop in the little, went down behind a white mist and the

deserted cabin—last summer it was the moon came up with a" great circle around

home of a party of fishermenmwhich you it. Along in the ,night you awake with a

see in the clump of pine and fir trees on start and sit up in bed to listen. What

the bank of Ute Creek, which tumbles noise was that? A wolf howling? There

down from the Sangre de Christo moun- it is again. No, it was just a gust of

tains and gives its waters to the Rio wind among the pine trees, and you lie

Grande. To the west of the cabin Sierra down again, but away off up the canyon

Blanca, the highest mountain in Colo- you hear a steady roar like the approach

rado, looms up black and forbidding. T0 of a train.

the north and east, and skirting the San In the morning when you wake, the

Luis valley to the south as far as the wind is still blowing, but it is muffled,

eye can reach, is one unbroken range. seems far away, and you know lbefore you

After laying in a supply of provisions at peep out of the window that there is a

the nearest outfitting store, you feel se- snowdrift against the cabin door. The

cure and sit down to enjoy the wonderful green and brown have taken their leave

autumn weather. in the darkness, and the wild animals and

Down in the canyon the sun shines birds are gone. The world is buried. The

warm and pleasant, the vegetation along snow line has slipped past you while you

the creek is brilliant green, but away off slept and winter holds you prisoner, bit-

' up the mountain you notice red and gol- lug, snapping and snarling at your door

den colors appearing in the quaking asp through many long nights and short days

thickets. Frost, the breath of winter, has until the sun comes back, leading spring.

touched there, and as the days pass the In spring, Winter finds more than his

red and gold keep sliding down Sierra match. Though he makes desperate ef-

Blanca until presently the nights at the forts to hold what he wrested from au-

cabin begin to get uncomfortably cool. tumn, he is dislodged from the valley and

After that you keep a close watch all day driven slowly up the mountain, shedding

long, your eyes searching the crest of tears which flood the lowlands. Until he

the mountain for the snow line which you is routed from his foothold upon the tall

feel certain must soon make its appear- peaks, in often steals down again in the

anee. Presently there is a decided change night and ruthlessly destroys the tender

in the weather—clouds with rain in the flowers and plants which spring has

valley—and the mountain hides its head. brought forth in the valley. Spring

But when they drift away you fairly brings back the wild animals, and the

dance with joy, for it is there—the snow birds come singing to your door, and after

line—~and the tips of the high peaks glis- awhile, when all is green again, thevtour—

ten in the sunlight. ists return to see the lovely mountains.

It is a week or more before another But stopping in a valley at the base of

storm further unwraps the white sheet. a mountain and Waiting for winter to

Soon it reaches the timber line, and drive the snow line down to you is one

when you begin to realize that it is steal- thing, and crossing back and forth over

ing towards you, a nameless fear creeps the ranges while winter is approaching

into your heart. You look down the can- is entirely another, presenting many won-

yon wistfully to where the frost has not derful sights. From a train you catch

touched the vegetation yet, and it is then many phases of winter. owing to the con-

that you begin to understand why the Stant Shifting of the perspective, which

birds migrate. A desire comes over you .VOu Will not see from the valleY- YOU

to fice, but you put it aside. You came I’apidly approach and recede from condi—

to meet the snow line, and meet it you tions which were a long time reaching

will. Courage inspires you to action. In You at the cabin. It is a strange sight—

a spirit of defiance you seize an axe and that Of a locomotive rising Up to and

chop and carry until there is a great heap hurling black smoke and Sparks right

of wood by the cabin door. Then when into snow—laden clouds, pulling you into

you stop to rest and admire what you the midst of Winter. and ‘before you

have accomplished, you feel that you are scarcely have had time to put on your

ready to bid defiance to winter. overcoat: carrying .VOU Ollt again.

Your attention will soon be attracted It was once my good fortune to be on

to the plentifulness of game, and that is a train which passed above the clouds

indeed cause for wonder, for when you during a storm. Rain had been falling

first took up your abode in the cabin in the valleys for a week before I started

you often tramped miles and miles with- to cross the divide. There was the misty

out seeing anything to shoot. Now—why, White line where the clouds touched the

you no more than step out of doors than tall peaks which indicated that snow had

you see deer, quail, grouse or turkeys fallen there. The passengers Were moody

dart away to cover. What does it mean? and silent during most of the trip up.

Yes, after a while you begin to under- doubtless due to the damp, depressing

stand. The game is moving in one direc- Weather. Our locomotive, grumbling as

tion, down the mountain, away from the it twisted and turned in search of the

snow. line of least resistance, had climbed a

The Spaips page at which the snow line little over half way up the divide when

comes down the mountain makes you im- we plunged into the clouds, a thick, heavy

patient and you get out to meet it. Offog. There was a stir in the car, for the





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edge, and you go to bed feeling certain air. Over it all hung a dark blue sky.

that the next storm will send it to your White, white everywhere. I had never

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Some years ago my father opened up a

new farm in one of the southwestern

states and planted a. young orchard of

peach and apple trees. The year the

trees began to bloom, honey bees filled the

orchard, as the country was thinly set-

tled, and this was the only orchard for

miles around. My father and older

brothers believed that there were bee

trees near by in the surrounding forest,

and they began putting out baits for the

bees in order to follow them to their

homes.



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home in some forest, tree. If the tree

were near by ,they ,wouig fly lower, and

there would 'be more bees going in that

direction.



Father soon got several “lines” on bees

going toward the forest. Taking the direc-

tion in which most of them were going,

he moved the bait a. short distance every

day or two in that direction, waiting each

time until the bees found the new loca-

tion of the vessel. After getting out of

the orchard into the forest it was very

difficult to follow them, for the bees in

leaving the vessel would rise beyond the

tree tops before taking the direction to

their homes, and it took a fine eyesight

to follow them. We tried all tho. spring

and summer to find bee trees in this way,

and found only one, a monster post oak

a half mile from the orchard.



It was my habit while in the woods to

watch for bee trees, and I was often in

the woods, either hunting or fishing,

gathering berries, 01‘ going to and from

some distant neighbor boy's home along

a bridle path under the giant trees. I

watched every knot hole so much to see

if I could discover becs going to and from

it that I always had a crick in my neck.

Though I kept this up for years, more or

less, I never found a bee tree in this way,

though I was well versed in wood craft

and forest lore for a. boy of my age, and

knew more about God's strange wild

creatures than many a. grown man.



The bees generally find some hole high

up in a tree with a hollow above the hole.

They build their comb into the hollow and

crevices of the tree and store their honey

there above where thcy enter, for the lit-

tle fellows are very wise in their way and

always guard against building in a trce

where the water is likely to run in on

their store of honey.



While I ncver found a bee tree when I

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open space in the orchard and left there

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easier to follow them.



This bait pan was soon covered with

bees. There was a. continual stream of

the little workers going to and from it

towards the forest in different directions.

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and‘gently brushed the bees ofnxthe trunk

and limbs onto a. white tablecloth. Turn:

ing the hive bottom up, we gently brushed

and poured the bees into it. The opening

of the hive was covered with a cloth While,

we tried to brush up more bees. If ‘We'





it was only necessary to put the table-f

cloth under them and then strike the limb

a. mild blow with the axe. The, beesf,

would fall on the cloth, when they could:

be gently poured into the hive with the:

others. They could be handled thus eas-H'

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saW a. hrge number clinging to a limb I





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simply crawled around with buzzing;

wings. We brushed them onto the clothi

from off the log and limbs of the tree,’.

off our clothes and heads and the buckets l

of honey, put them into the hive and cov-_

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we c0uld not get them all, as they were:

everywhere, but it seemed to me we must'

have put a. half bushel of bees into that

hive. ._



Then we went home with our spoilS.‘

We set the hive carefully in a. favorablell

place in the back yard near the edge oi"|

the orchard, and after they got settled we}

opened the holes so they could get air and;

come out. . f.



The bees that were left in the woodsi

gathered together in a little wad on the

limb of a nearby tree and stayed there;

for several days, but they were gone be-

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Past verdant groves, o’er silvery streams,

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\Vithout, the world has gone to rest

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Worse than Work—





Let Go a Bit and Take a Rest.





in Michigan who are “just tired?”



Tired, tired, tired. Tired of every-

thing. Tired of work; tired of their

homes; tired of their families, though they

daren’t say that last out loud. Tired of

the clothes they wear, of the dishes they

wash three times a day, of the meals they

get, the sweepings they do, of the holes

they mend, of the buttons they sew on;

even of the neighbors who are kind and

friendly; tired and sick of life itself. I

am afraid there are many such women.

Not so many, perhaps, as of the rested

and restful kind, but at least a great

many more wornout women than there

should be.



Well, there is but one cure for such a.

state of things, and that is rest. And

now I can hear the chorus of protest from

these tired women. “We have no time

to rest. \Vhat would become of things if

we stopped?”



It will be a great 'blow to your vanity,

perhaps, but let me tell you things would

go on without you, if you stopped, and I

haven’t a doubt the work would be done

better than you are doing it. For no

fagged woman ever works Well.



It is a great mistake made by women,

and especially by housekeepers, to get to

thinking they are absolutely essential to

the scheme of things. Bless your heart,

no one is ever necessary. No one is so

indispensable that the world and its work

would not go on just as well without her

as with her. If you don’t believe it, try

it and see.



I used to think just the way you other

housekeepers think, that I must keep on

or everything would stop. I kept on until

I had to stop with nervous prostration

and things moved along just beautifully

without me. Indeed, if my departure was

noticed at all it was with a sigh of relief

that such a fussy, nervous, cross indi-

vidual had been banished and the rest

of the family could be comfortable.



Since then I have noticed in other fam-

ilies where the mother has thought herself

indispensable, that if she once took to

her bed, or went on a. visit or even died,

those who were left got along without

her. It seems pathetic, but many a fam-

ily bereft of the mother, seems to bright—

en up visibly as soon as the mother is

laid away, and the work gets done just

the same without her.



So you who are tired out, ruminate on

this. Then take a rest. If you really can

not afford to go away, then rest at home.

Rest between tasks, if you will not rest

any other way. Don’t keep on going so

long as you see anything to do, but when

you have washed the breakfast dishes,

sit down five minutes before you sweep

the floor. Take five—minute rests every

hour. Of course, it makes the work seem

to go slowly, but you really work faster

for the little rests,



Take a lesson from a small 'boy who

once went to school to me. He had mas-

tered one lesson, and sat with the flush

of victory on his face, taking breath be-

fore starting another. In those days my

hobby was to keep busy every minute, so

when I saw him doing nothing I said,

of course with a view to starting him im-

mediately to work:



“John, what are you doing?”



“Restin’,” said John, calmly and peace-

fully, while the other children tittered.



Then I thought the simple act of resting

between tasks a thing to be shunned.

Now I see that John was wiser than I

was. One thing done, he stopped to

gather his forces together before starting

at another thing. Thus he accomplished

his work without visible effort and with

no waste of nerve force.



Boys and men work that way naturally.

Girls and women must learn to work so,

too. Every Eminine creature has a way





I Wonder how many women there are





of jumping into things head over heels

and working feverishly from morning un—

til night as though her soul's salvation

depended upon getting a certain amount

of work done in a given length of time.

She finishes one bit of work witha bang,





and without pausing for breath plunges something more than expenses. Of course,

madly at the next, using as much ner- this means plenty of advertising in poul-

vous energy in a day as she should ex- try journals, etc. There is the matter of

pend in a year. shipping eggs and young chicks that re-



It is this over-concentration that tires quire a great deal of care. Each egg has

women out, not the amount of work they to be wrapped separately in batting and

do. Any healthy woman ought to do the packed carefully in excelsior or a similar

work of the home without becoming ex- packing, and marked “to be handled with

hausted. If she can't, it is because she care." There is a great deal to be learned

works wrongly, works without applying about the business, and much that can

judgment, thought and common sense to only be acquired ‘by experience, but if one

the business of her life. DEBORAH. has a liking for the work it is a fascinat—

ing and healthful employment and one





 





Country Women As Money Earners—No. l4.

Possibilities in Thoroughbred Poultry.





 





By Ida Newland Cole.





business that has for some reason



been left almost entirely to the

large poultry farmers. That is, the keep-

ing of thoroughbreds poultry, for the

purpose of selling eggs and fowls for

breeding. As this is a much more profit-

able business than supplying the grocer-

men and chicken buyers, I see no reason

why the farmer’s wife or daughter should

not avail herself of the opportunity to

engage in this line of work. Perhaps one

would need to give more attention to the

details of the business. and would have

to be more careful, but the real work of

caring for, and raising them, would be no

greater than the old-time ways of poultry

keeping; and one does not.have to de-

pend upon the home markets, while the

income would be much larger.



It is best to start with a breed that is

not too common. Perhaps the experience

of a member of my own family who last

year started in this business. may give a

better idea of the work than any theory

which may be advanced.



He started in last fall with a pen con-

sisting of one male and four females of

the Black Leghorn variety.



One hen had scored 92 at a nearby

poultry show, and was a year old, while

the rest were from spring hatches. Since

the close of the breeding season he sold

the old hen and one of the others, each

for what he paid for the first.



The house he built himself with mate-

rial procured from an old torn down shed.

The roof slants to the south and is cov-

ered with roofing paper, while the inside

is lined with tarred paper. It has an en-





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that is remunerative.



A late poultry journal gives an instance

of one man having a pen of five fowls, of

a not uncommon breed, but of pure stock,

who sold a sitting of eggs for $150 and

was offered the same price for another

but refused as he wanted them himself

trance door on the east side, a. large doro- for hatching. This, Of course, is an ex-

way is left on the south, covered with ceptional price, but the possibilities for

poultry netting, with a muslin drop cur- the breeders 0f thOTOUEth‘ed poultry are

tain on the inside, which is let down only great and there seems not enough to sup-

winter nights and bad, stormy days. ply the demand.



There is also a small park on the south

side enclosed with poultry netting, and a





 





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small door which leads from the HUSBAND-

Loop " " e, park



.3 , f the coop is fitted With On every hand is advice galore in regard

r05 droppings board Box to training our girls for good wives and





nests '. ._ nailed to the side, and a home mothers. Why not train boys to be hus-

made selfi-‘feeder, which always contains bands, as it takes two to make the mar-

ground feed on one side and oyster shells riage? It seems to me that any system

on the other, is placed where they can or preparation WhiCh develops only one

help [themselves at all times. They also side must, in a large majority 0f cases,

have a. variety of grains and other feed result in an unbalanced condition of

twice a day, scattered through the litter affairs

on the ground floor. This is the home of So many parents are not as wise as the

the Black Legh01ns through the winter motherbiid They think the boy 15 onlya.

and spring until the breeding season is boy They forget that 'he Win one day 12.9

over. After this they are allowed the run a man and on him Will rest the respon-

of the farm with the other fowls until Sibmty 0f some woman’s happiness. BOYS

winter again sets in. naturally look to the father for example,



From the four hens since the middle of they need his care and discipline always

March he has sold 13 dozen eggS' one and his strong manly influence to aid

brood of day- old chicks and raised about them in their growth. But mother what

60 chicks for himself, beside the eggs that do the boys expect Of her or rather What

didnt hatch and the baby chicks that do they “0‘5 “Feet Of her? There are

died from one cause and another. But mothers whose love for their sons is so

he had very good luck with the hatches, discreet and comprehensive that it reaches

two litters hatching 14 out of 15 eggs out and takes in the happiness of his

each. He had no incubator or brooder, future bride.

but used Plymouth Rock mothers, as the Girls who have been so fortunate as to

Black Leghorns are non-sitters. He also win the love and devotion of a son reared

had two sittings that were shipped him, by such a mother have every reason for

making about 75 chicks in the whole regarding the “fearful mother-in-law”

flock. From the latter he will choose the With at least toleration.

male birds to breed from the coming year. Marriage is never a failure where con-



He now feels in a. position to make sideration fills the minds of both parties.

It is the golden band between them which

brightens with increasing years and binds

them together when absent from each

other. So to- train our boys to be good

husbands we must teach them to be con-

siderate of the wife's feelings. They

must work together and plan together.

Home influence, how much it means to

the boy himself, relating itself‘closely to

the quality of his manhood, to the atmos~

p'here of a home he shall choose for him-

self, to the well-being or ill-being of his

wife or to the nature and training of his

children. If the b0y is a success as a

son, is he not apt to be as a. husband?

And if he is to face the world successfully

he needs a little experience of the rough

places 'in life.



When we stop to think of the footing

upon which some boys stand in the house-

hold we can scarcely wonder at the in-

creasing list of unhappy marriages, di-

vorces, 'and dragged out wives. Boys

there are who daily help themselves to

their sister’s handkerchiefs, neckties and

personal belongings at their own sweet

will, notwithstanding the sister’s objec-

tions; who will not eat unless food is pre-

pared to suit them, no matter how tired

the mother is" what kind of husbands will

they make? Other boys there are who

have a way of gracefully and “cutely”

slipping out of every little disagreeable

task, leaving it for mother or sister to

perform. So they are allowed to go

through a careless, irresponsible boyhood

uncontrolled. And the wife will be left

to bear alone the burden of harassing,

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doubt, but a mountain in the aggregate,

and if she dare to murmur, “my lord”

lifts his "head and walks off with his

hands in his pockets. I believe that. from

babyhood there should be but one rule of

action, one code of honor, one standard

physically and morally for both sexes.

The~ boy in the family should have his

own room, a. place for the thousand and

one traps so dear to a boy’s heart and no

infringement of his rights should be al-

lowed. He should also be taught to rec-

ognize the same rights for others. Be

taught that order is not only heaven’s

but home’s first law and so in manhood's

home he will not hang his coat on the

piano or his hat on a chair, for his wife

to take care of. The brother should be

taught to use the same courteSy to his

own sisters that he would toward other

boys’ sisters, and his “girl affairs” should

be treated with respect, no slighting re-

marks be allowed.



Teach the boy to be sure of his ground

for the man who imagines, thinks, gyesses

or presumes is no man to trust. His

foundations are built on sand. Do not

make life’s pathway too any for him to

tread; teach him to rely upon himself; for

the boy who "will never violate his word

and who will pledge his honor to his own

hurt and change not, will have the con—

fidence of his fellowmen. The boy who

respects his mother has leadership in

him. Now, these are the kind of boys

who will make the model husbands.



C. S.





 





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When washing fine handkerc‘hiefs or

laces and wanting to scald them, put

them in a piIIOWCase and put in boiler.

Also a good way to scalcl lace curtains;

no danger of tearing taking them out of

the boller.-—Mrs. I. A. S.



A'tablespoonful of kerosene put in a.

half pail of lukewarm water when was‘h—

ing windows will greatly improve the

looks of them and save both time and

labor.—M. B. D.



When patching underwear at the elbow

or knee, where it is difficult to mend

smoothly, try rolling up a magazine and

slipping it in garment under place to be

patched, and it can be mended quickly

and smoothly without fear of catching

other side also—Mrs. J. C. T.



For a physlc for small babies use fresh

butter without salt. Sprinkle butter with

sugar. One teaspoonful or more if needed

for a. dose—~13. M. C.



For poison ivy or any sore that is hard

to heal, take the inside bark of elder—

berry bush and lard; let it simmer, cool,

and apply it as any other salve—Mrs.

A. K.



Equal parts of ammonia. and spirits

of turpentine will take paint out of cloth-

ing, no matter how dry and hard it may

be. Saturate the spot two or three times,

then wash out in soap—suds.—J. J. K.



Remove the stains from t. ble linen

while fresh by placing a dish of water

under the spots and rubbing carefully

with a small brush, then pat the 'wet

spots dry as possible and slip a. paper

under to keep the pad dry. It will lighten





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l Tartar emetic, in a. dish of sweetened

. water is the best thing I have found for

_ getting rid of all kinds of ants. Keep two

i or three little dishes of it in the different

I, cupboards and they will disappear at

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dust. Firstly, because long genera:



tions of dirt-chasing ancestors have

given her the instinct; secondly, because

dust is untidy and she would hate it any-

way, and thirdly, lbecause modern science

has told her of the deadly microbes which

lurk in every dust cloud.



Since I have become a housekeeper in

practice as well as in theory, I have hated

dust for a new reason. That is the’very

bad effect it has on my hands. Quite by

accident I discovered one day that if I

dusted a room Without the precaution of

first putting on a pair of old kid gloves,

my fingers would be cracked and possibly

bleeding by the time the room was dusted.

Since then I have always kept a pair of

gloves to wear while sweeping and dust-

ing, but one day the good man, in a

moment of aberration, gave a kindly and

gracibus permission to me to dust his desk

and little book—shelf. He usually does this

task himself, with a result which every

woman can imagine. Without waiting

for my gloves I rushed to the task, lest

Ihe change his mind before I got started.

When I had finished, my hands were

rough and chapped, four fingers were

cracked on the ends and tiny drops of

blood oozed from my knuckles.



I could scarcely believe that dust would

work such havoc, so tried the experiment

once more. T’Vhen my hands were healed,

I dusted the parlor one day without the

gloves, and again had two badly chapped

hands to nurse. This satisfied me that

dust worked the mischief, and since then

I never sweep or dust without first pro-

tecting my hands. Many housekeepers

who blame laundry soap for chapped

hands can really blame their habit of

sweeping; and dusting with bare hands.

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so much as pick up a dust cloth without

first putting on gloves. Extreme cold will i

affect your hands the same way, and you:

should never go out in cold weather with-

out first making sure that your hands will

be warm and comfortable until you re-y

turn. i



Besides protecting your hands when,

you sweep, do you take the wise precau-

tion of protecting your lungs and respira-

t-ory organs by protecting your nostrils?

If you do not a careful examination of

your nostrils with only a hand mirrorJ

after you sweep should convince you of:

the necessity for this. The membrane on:I

the inside of the nostrils will be blackl

with dust, a sure indication of the con—

dition of the air passages. To guard

against this, get a small silk, or sur—

geon’s sponge; disinfect it by washing it

in good white soap-suds into which has

been dropped a little carbolic acid; sew

an elastic on it, just long enough to fit

snugly around your head, and before you

sweep moisten this sponge and slip it

over your nostrils. It will catch the dust

which otherwise would be drawn into the

nose and lungs.



If you will not take this precaution,

at least cleanse the nostrils and throat

well after you have finished your task.

I used to do this by drawing a little

warm, salt water through the nostrils

from my hand, after which I would gargle

my throat with salt water. A throat

specialist, however, put a ban on the

habit of drawing salt water from the

hand. This often leads to abscess in the

inner ear, making mastoid operation nec-

essary, he declared. A bit of matter is

drawn from the nose into the inner ear

in the act of snuffing. It can not get out

and must stay there until it decomposes

and starts an abscess. Since learning this

I have used a small glass nasal douche.

They may be bought for 25 cents and

undoubtedly save hundreds of dollars for

treatments for pulmonary trouble.



Instead of using salt water, a little

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sprinkling the edges of the carpet for a

distance of a foot from the wall. This is

all that is necessary, they will leave box-

es, bedding and any other resort that has

been sprinkled with the solution on the

shortest possible notice and nothing will r

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WESTERN BINADA’S





1910 CROPS





Wheat Yield in Many Ills-

lricls Will be from 25 lo

35 Bushels Per lore





and sales and homestead entries

ncreasing. No cessation in num-

bers gain from United States.

Won erfu o portunities remain

r those who intend making anada their home.

ew districts bein opened ufi for settlement. Many

rmers will net. is year. 0 to 815 per acre from

their wheat e . All the advantages of old settled

countries are t ere. Good schools, churches splen-

did markets. excellent railwa facilities. 0 the

sin exhibits at the different tate and some of the

unty fairs. Letters similar to the followmg are

received eve day. testifying to satisfactory condi-

tions: other istricts are as favorably spoken of:





Takes His Brother-in-Law’s Word for It

Taylor’s Falls. Minn. August 7. 1910.

I shall so to armresethis fall with my cattle and

househol goods. got a poor crop here this year.

and my brother-in-law. Axel Nordstrom. 1n_ Cammse.

wants me to come there. He formerly lived in Wilton.

orth Dakota. I am going to buy or take a home-

stead when I not there. but I do not want to travel

two times there. for I take my brother-in-law's word

about the country. and want to get your low rate.

Yours truly. PETER A. NELSON.





 





Wants to Return to Canada

Vesta. Minn. July 24. 1910.

I went to Canada nine years ago and took up a

arter section of railroad land and .a homestead

t my boys have never taken up any land yet.



still hold the railroad land. I had to come back to



the states on account of my health. Please let me



know at once if 1 can get the cheap rates to Ponoka.

Alberta. Yours t





ruly.

GEORGE PASKEWITZ.

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They Sent for Their Son

Maidstone, Sash. Canada. August 5. 1910.

My parents came here from Cedar Falls. Iowa. four

Ears ago and were so well pleased with this country

ey sent to Coeur d'Alene for me. I have taken up

a homestead near them, and am perfectly satisfied to

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Cattle selling at 2%@3‘;§c; hogs dressed,

9c per lb; butter-fat, 29c; butter, 22c;

eggs, 21c. .

Tuscola 60., Sept. 1~5.—1910.—-Tlrere has

been plenty of rain since August 11, and

with few exceptions crops are a. fair

yield. Potatoe tops are green as many

fields were late planted. Those that were

planted early are large, but few in the

.hill. Beans a. good crop and some are

harvesting. With the exception of

peaches fruit is scarce.

Shlawassee 00., Sept. 19.———Weather for

the past few weeks has been uniformly

dry with hot days and cool nights. 0n

low land there has been some frost, but

not sufficient to kill corn and late pots.-

toes. Farmers are buSy seeding wheat

and securing the bean crop. A large por-

tion of the bean crop is still lying on the

ground. A few late pieces yet unpulled.

Wheat that was sown early is coming up

in fine condition. A large acreage of

wheat will be sown this fall. Corn is be-

ing cut. Silos are being filled. A usual

acreage of rye will be sown. Late pota-

toes are still growing well and need the

remaining part of the month to come to

full maturity. New seeding. is looking

passably well but shows effect of the

drought. Clover seed is filled well and

most farmers are saving the second crop

for the seed. Wheat the past season has

been very smutty and farmers are awake

to the vital importance of treating the

seed before sowing. A few cars of lambs

are being shipped in for feeding. No

cattle. Hogs are not plentiful.



Lapeer 00., Sept, 19.—Threshing nearly





done. Wheat and oats yielded well, rye

‘poor. More wheat will be SOWII than

usual. Corn and potatoes good. Not so





many acres of potatoes as last year.

Early corn being cut. Late Dent needs

a. week of good weather yet. Several

new silos have been erected and filling

will begin this week. Beans a good crop,

mostly harvested. Pastures excellent.

Not many fat cattle or hogs for sale.

Hogs selling for $8.50@8.75 per 100 lbs.

Very few turkeys in this part of the

country.



Sanilac 00., Sept. 19.—September so far

has been an ideal bean month, with but

one small shower. The bean crop at

this date is about 50 per cent harvested,

and will yield from 12 to 16 bushels per

acre. Our first frost, which came on the

night of Sept, 9, did little damage. Corn

and potatoes on high land are maturing

and ripening and both seem to be up

with the average. Grain threshing nearly

completed, oats yielding from 38 to 55

bushels per acre and wheat about 25

bushels, while rye was far below the

average. All varieties of fruit scarce.

Market prices are, wheat, 9:10; oats, 31c;

rye, 64c; hay, $12 per ton; butter, dairy,

24c; creame'ry, 290; eggs, 21c.





VETERINARY.





 





 





 





(Continued from page 256).



quite so lame. What shall I do for him?

G. M. R., Mich.———I am inclined to be-

lieve that he suffers from bone—spavin

lameness and may not have ring-bone

lameness. Apply one part red iodide of

mercury and four parts lard every 10

days to hock and pastern.



VVhistler.——My horse had distemper and

after recovering from it he was inclined

.to whistle when moved fast. This horse

shows no symptoms of heaves or broken

wind, but seems most distressed in damp

weather. J. E. W, Shelby, Mich—Apply

iodine ointment to throat three times a

week. Perhaps he may have nasal poly-

pus which causes him to whistle, or the

vocal cords may be paralyzed, and if so

a surgical operation would possible make

him well.



Mare Coughs—I have a seven-year—old

mare that is troubled with a cough which

is worse some days than others. She

seems to be in good health, does not dis-

charge at nose and has been coughing

more or less for the past five months.



. G. S._ Bellair, Mich—Dissolve 1 dr.

iodide of potash in a pint of water and

give two tablespoonfuls at a dose in feed

three times a day. Apply one part tur—

pentine, one part aqua ammonia and four

parts sweet oil to throat once a. day.



Infectious Abortion—We have a mare

that lost her three months old colt, and

I am told that other mares in this locality

have aborted. All the mares that have

lost their colts were bred to the same

stallion which served my mare. J. L.,

Hudsonville, Mich.—-—Your mare suffers

from infectious abortion, the other mares

that have lost their colts may have been

diseased at time of service as stallions

usually become diseased if allowed to

mate with diseased mares. Dissolve 1 dr,

permanganate potash in one gallon water

and inject not less than two quarts at a

time through a small rubber tube into

vagina once a day for 10 days. The free

use of disinfectants in the stable will

assist in preventing the spread of this

infection, also do not allow the horse to

serve her until she is well. If the owner

of the stallion is not aware of the condi-

tion of his horse he should be told what

the suspicious are.



Bog—Spavin.——I have a three—year-old

colt, not yet broken, which has been in

pasture all summer. She has what I am

told is a blood spavln on left. hock. Some

three months ago I had it blistered with

red iodide mercury, later with a prepared

and guaranteed remedy; both remedies

failed to effect a. cure. H. P., Saginaw,

Mich—A bog-spavin is sometimes incur—

able, but all cases seem to improve when

blistered with one part red iodide mer—

cury, one part powdered cantharides and

eight parts lard on hock every week or

ten days.



Bruised Udder.——One of my cows gives

bloody milk from one quarter of udder and

I would like to know how to treat her.

J. H. S., Fredericktown, O.——S‘he bruises

her udder by coming in contact with ob-

structions when stepping over fences,

out of ditches and sleeping on a. hard bed.

Apply one part tincture armies. and eight

parts extract of witch hazel three times

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Need Roof Paint





When aman is under the necessity

of using a lot of roofing, he IS pretty

sure to study the subJect With great

care. .



That is why Amatite is so often

used on the big ready roofing con-

tracts.



A man who has only a few hun-

dred feet of root Will officu bqfcarc-

less in his choice of roofing, but

when it comes to thousands of square

feet, (as above) Animate is sure to

be used.



The iollowmg is a typical Instance:



. Waterbury, Conn,

Barrett Manufacturing (‘ompauy



Drar S'L'rs:—Wo wish to inform you that the

"Amutilc" Roofing which we have used on our

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attractive in appearance, and in our judg-





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the market.

(TI'l‘Y LUMBER & COAL COMPANY.

[Signed] F. B. Boardman, Treasurer.





The economy of Amatite is not only

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also in the fact that it requires no

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YOu imiy bc surc it would cost

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September 28, 1910.

Grains and Seeds.





Wheat. There does not appear to be a

stagnant place in the wheat market. The

primary deliveries are not so large as

they were a year ago but they are active

and keep the trade tolerably well sup-

ported. The transfers of grain to centers

of trade are not restricted and cargoes

going abroad are large. The European

buyers are not backward about taking the

grain at present prices and are getting

much of the grain to make up for the

shortage in France, Germany and other

places. Liverpool has been paying pre-





 





. miums most of the past week; but heavy





shipments from here, and Russia “clipped

the plume” and her quotations are now

on a par with other markets. The cash

deal is strong and millers are getting lib-

eral orders for flour. Farmers show a

tendency to limit their offerings as soon

as the price at the local elevators gets

~far lbelow the dollar mark. One year ago

the price for No. 2 red wheat was 31.15%





per bu. Quotations for the past week

are:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. Dec. May.

Thursday ....1.0014 .9731, 1.04% 1.09174

Friday ....... 1.00%, .9795 1.0414 1.09

Saturday ....1.00 .9714 1.03s)!4 1.08%

Monday .. .. 99% .97 1.0314 1.08

Tuesday ..... 98% .96 1.02 1.07

Wednesday . .99 .9614 1.02 1.07 ,





Germ—Prices have slipped down during

the past week in spite of the frosts which

prevailed over most of the corn districts;

in some sections they were heavy and

others only noticeable. But most of the

fields are matured and the cold can do

damage only to the fodder. Michigan

suffered with the other states from the

cold nights. Prices on the Chicago mar—

ket ruled about 12c below the prices of a

year ago. The local price for No. 3 corn

in 1909 was 671/30 per bu. Quotations for

the week are:





No. 2 No. 2



Mixed Yellow.

Thursday . . .............. 56 571/2

Friday ...... 56 571/2

Saturday ................. 551/2 57%;

Monday .................. 551/2 57

Tuesday ...... . ........... 55 561/2

Wednesday .............. 55 561A,





Oats.~—Values in the out deal did not

suffer the decline made in the other lead-

ing grains, but the deal is weaker. ()ffer-‘

ings are ample in all the leading mar-

kets. A year ago the price for No, 3 oats

was 42c per bu. Quotations for the week





are:

Standard. No.3



White.



Thursday ...........u.... 37 361,4

Friday . 37 361/2

Saturday 37 361/2

Monday ..... 37 3614

Tuesday 36% 3614

Wednesday .............. 36 351/2





. Beans.—-Quotations ‘here for both cash

and October beans are off since last week.

New beans will be coming to the market

from now on, and sags in quotations are

to be expected. The local trade reports

no sales. Nominal quotations are:





Cash. Oct.

Thursday .......... $2.22 $2.15

Friday ..................... 2.2 2.1;)

Saturday ..... . ............. 2.22 2.15

Monday .................... 2.22 2.15

Tuesday ................... 2.22 2.15





Wednesday ................. 2.22 2.15



Cloverseed.—Following the decline at

the close of last week there has been a

stiffening of prices until most of the loss

is recovered. There is much business in

the trade and dealers are getting hold of

considerable seed. In many sections the

yield is proving a. boon to farmers as the

price makes it a profitable crop even

where the huller gives no more than three

bushels per acre. Quotations for the





week are:



Prime Spot. Dec. Alsike;

Thursday ......... $9.25 $9.30 $9.25

Friday ........... 9.25 9.30 9.25

Saturday ......... 9.25 9.30 9.25

Monday .......... 9.30 9.40 9.25

Tuesday .......... 9.40 9.50 9.25

\Vednesday . . .. 9.40 9.60 9.25





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

Quotation for No. 1 is 73c per bu., which

is 1c above the price of a week ago.



Visible Supply of Grains.

This week. Last week.





VVheat . . . .......... 32,243,000 29,207,000

Corn ...... 4,038,000 3,850,000

Oats ............... 18,860,000 18,423,000

Rye ................ 319,000 290,000

Barley ............. 1,836,000 1,379,000





Flour, Feed, Pravisions, Etc.

Flour.—The flour trade is firm at last

week's figures. Millers are active and

are finding a. good call for flour.





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 1’. o. b.

Detroit are: No. 1 timothy, 316601650;

No. 2 timothy, $146015; clover, mixed, $14

6015; rye straw, $7607.50; wheat and oat

straw, 36.50607 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 a little easier with

supply fair and demand good. In car

lots Michigan potatoes are selling at 63@

65c per bu.



Provisions.—Mess pork, $23.50; family

pork, $236024; medium clear, $21@23;

smoked hams, 156016c; dry salted bris-

kets, 1415c; shoulders, 1214c; picnic hams,

13c; bacon, 19@210; lard in tierces, 1394c;

kettle rendered, 1494c per it).





THE MICHIGAN FARMBR.





Dairy and Poultry Products.





Buttern—«Market is steady with last

week. Supply is limited and demand

normal. Extra creamery, 2936c; firsts,

2896c; dairy goods, 23c; packing stock,

22c per lb.



Eggs.—Still further improvement fol-

lowed the advance of last week and eggs

are now selling at 24c per dozen, case

count, cases included.



Poultry.—No changes of moment have

taken place in the poultry deal and prices

rule on last week‘s basis. The move-

ment is moderate. Spring chickens are

steady at 15c; hens unchanged at 14c;

turkeys are selling at 18c; geese, 12c and

ducks 15c per lb.



Cheese.—Michigan, late made, 150;

Michigan, fall made, 171/260180; York state,

171/26018c; limburger, old, 17@18c; Swiss,

domestic block, 2160220; cream brick,

161/26017c.



Fruits and Vegetables.





Apples.—~Market steady. Duchess are

quoted at $3 per bbl., and common stock

at $2603.



Cabbage.—Steady.

bbl. for new.



Peaches.—~The leading fruit the past

week. Steady. Prices are lower and

range from 75c@2 for Michigan products.



TomatOes.-—Market steady. Generally

quoted at 65@70c per bu.



Grapes.—Concords, 10-lb. baskets, 25@

300; Niagaras, 25c; Delawares, 356040c.



Pears.~Unchanged. Bartletts, $1.50@

1.75 per bu.





Selling at $2 per





 





OTHER MARKETS.





 





Grand Rapids.





The peach season is closing early.

Some of the largest growers report that

they have only 75 to 100 bushels left.

Prices range from $1602 per bu. Apples

are worth 75c601.50; grapes, $1.25 per bu.

or 1860200 per 8-lb. basket. Pears are

selling at 75c@1.25. Tomatoes were

cheaper Tuesday morning, selling at 60c.

Owing to lateness of season it is thought

that prices will not go lower than this.

Potatoes are bringing 75c and are being

retailed by grocers at $1. The egg mar-

ket is firm at 22126023c. Dealers are pay-

ing the country merchants 25c for dairy

butter and 290 for creamery. Farmers

are getting $176118 per ton for hay.

Dressed hogs are worth 131154;; veal, 660

120. Live poultry, delivered, is worth the

following prices: Chickens 111/2c; old

roosters, 71/2c; turkeys. 14c; ducks, 111/2c;

geese, til/ac. Grain prices are as follows:

\Vheat, 93c; corn, 57c; oats, 37c. Beans

are quoted at $190612.





 





Boston.





\Vool.—v—Recently the, market has shown

activity, but territory wools have enjoyed

the boom, fleeces being inactive. Prices

rule about steady with the past several

weeks. There is foreign demand for wool

on this side. The leading domestic quota.

tions are as follows: Ohio and Pennsyl-

vania tleeces—Dclaine washed, 34c; XX,

30c; line unmerchantable. 2460250; 1/2~

blood, 286,1“29c; zig-blood, 2361:20c; l/4—blood,

276i28c; delaine unwashed, 2660271/20

Michigan, \i’isconsin and New York

iieccesflFine unwashed, 1960210; delaine

unwashed, 26612773; l/z-blood unwashed, 27

6028c. Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri—

erg—blood, 2861290; 1,4—blood, 276028c.



Chicago.



“meat—No. 2 red. 973,86099c; Decem-

ber, 981/..c; May, $1,037,; per bu.



Corn.~No. 2 mixed, 52%60530; Decem-





‘bcr, 50%0 May, 53%0





Oats.‘No. 3 white, 33@34c; December,

3372.440: May, 37c.



Butler. Market steady.

24612Sc; dairies, 2360270.



liggs.~All grades have gained another

cent; market fairly active. Quotations

are: Prime firsts, 25c; firsts, 230; at

mark, cases included, 181126021112c per doz.



Hay and Straw.—Market steady. Quo-

tations are: Choice timothy, 318.5060

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

and N0. 1 mixed, 315601650; No. 3 do. and

No. 2 mixed, 312601450; rye straw, $7.50

608; oat straw, 35.50606; wheat straw,

$5605.50 per ton.



Potatoes—Prices again materially low-

er: market fairly steady at the lower

range. Choice to fancy quoted at 7060730

per bu; fair to good, 586065c,





 





Creameries,





 





New York.





Rutter.——Steady; values unchanged.

Creamery specials quoted at 301/2c; ex-

tras. 2960291120; thirds to firsts, 2460280



Eggs. Steady at last week’s higher

valucs. Nearby eggs quoted at 3660400

fresh gathered extras, 26647270; firsts, 2460

25c per doz.



PoultrymMarkct unsettled. Live.

Springers, 151461.16c; fowls. 146016c: tur-

keys. 12611572 l‘)ressed stock quoted as

follows: “’estern broilers. 176020c; fowls,

141/2@18c-; spring turkeys, 146i/27c.





 





Toledo.





Clover Seed—(“lover seed has advanced

the past Week. Alsike is 10c lower. Clos-

ing quotations were: Cash, $9.621/2; OC—

tober, $9.621/2; alsike, cash, $9.30;October,

$9.25.



Elgin.



Butter—The, board reported the trade

firm at 29c per 1b., which is on a par with

the price of last week. Sales for the

week amounted to 704,700 lbs., as com-

pared with 728,400 lbs. for the previous

week. .





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Buffalo.





September 26, 1910.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today as fol-

lows Cattle, 150 cars; hogs, 16,800;

sheep and lambs, 20,600; calves, 900 head.



With 150 cars of cattle on our market

here today, and 81,000 reported in Chi-





cago; our market opened up 10@16c lower

on all steers weighing 1,200 lbs. and over,

and about steady on all other grades.



We quote: Best 1,300 to 1,400—lb. steers

$7.25@7.60; good prime 1,200 to 1,300-lb.

do., $6.85@7.15; best 1,100 to 1,200-lb.

shipping steers, $6@6.50; medium butcher

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

light butcher steers, $475605; best fat

cows, $4.75@5.25; fair to good cows, $3.50

604.40; common to medium do., $3603.50,

trimmers, $2.50@3; best fat heifers, $5.50

@6; good fat heifers, $4.25@4.75; fair to

good do., $4604.35; stockrh‘etQa-rs, $4604.25;

best feeding steers, dehorned, $5.25@

5.50; medium to good do., $4.75@5; stock-

ers, all grades, $4604.25; best bulls, $5@

5.25; bologna bulls, $3.75@4.50; light thin

bulls, $375604; best milkers and springers

$70@80; good do., $506065; common to

good do., $356040. A few fancy export

bulls brought $5.75.



Receipts of hogs here today, 105 double

decks; market opened about steady on all

grades this morning but pigs, which were

10@15c lower than Saturday's best time.

Market closing 10@150 lower on yorkers

and strong on choice fancy heavies.





\Ve Quote: Choice heavy hogs. $9@

9.50; mixed and mediums, 396060980;

yorkerS, $9.60@9.80; pigs, $9.40@9.50;





roughs, $8.35@8.40; stags, $6.75@7.25. Few

light hogs going over unsold. Prospects

only fair.



The lamb market opened up active to- ‘

day. with prices about 50c lower than

last week; most of the best lambs selling

372560735; closing strong, all sold. Look

for shade higher prices balance of week.

Handy sheep were strong today, and

prospects are for about steady prices the

balance of the week.



\Ve quote: Spring lambs, $7,30@7.35;

wethers, 34.75605; cull sheep, $2.50603.50;'

bucks, $2n50@3.50; yearlings, $5.50@6;

heavy ewes, $4.25604.35; handy ewes, $4.25

604.60; northern Michigan lambs. $72561)

7.35; veals. choice to extra, 310506011;

fair to good do., 37.506010; heavy calves,

$6607.





 





Chicago.



September 26, 1910.



Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.-



Received today ..... 35.000 23,000 50,000’

Same day last year..28,363 23,826 31,173

Received last week..67,147 73,541 181,234

Same week last year.67,729 70,354 141.425

Cattle have been meeting with a good.

outlet for another week, but this was’

only because killers were able to load up

at considerably lower prices than were

current a short time ago, the liberal re-.

ceipts for several Weeks in succession,

preventing sellers from presenting a firm‘

front. The local packers and eastern.

shippers have been picking up some good,‘

bargains and the coolers are carrying

large stocks of cheap beef that will not

be offered for sale until some weeks

elapse. The spread in prices has been

'Vcry wide, with steers from feeding sec-

tions going at 347560575 for the poorer

light grass-fed lots and scattering sales

down to $4.50, while the choicer class of

heavy corn-fed steers sold at $74060

8.30. A large share of the sales took

place at 355060750, with a considerable

showing up to $7.75 and not much doing

above that figure. The market has been

depressed by the steadily large offerings

of short-fed and grassy cattle, these com-

ing into competition with liberal supplies

of western range cattle, which are pre-

ferred to natives by killers. The' mid-

dling class of native cattle have usually

shown the most weakness, the best grade,

being offered rather sparingly most of

the time, while feeders have competed

for the cheapest lots of thin, light steers.

Cows and heifers went at $350607, not.





 





 





’many selling above $5.75, and firmness





was restricted to the ehoicer lots. Can—



ncrs sold at 322560275; cutters at $2.8060i

3.45 and bulls at $36.05. Calves sold at‘

336010, the best advancing sharply underi'

small supplies. Western range cattle'

sold on a basis of $4607 for steers, not

many going above $5.50, while range cows

and heifers sold at $2.85@5.50. Stockers

had a big sale at $325605, and feeders

sold freely on a basis of $4.75606. with‘

only moderate sales near the highest fig-

ures. Evidently, a great deal of feeding

will be done during the coming winter.



Hogs have been marketed here and

elsewhere in decreasing numbers, both as

compared with recent weeks and a year

ago, and it is plain that many stock feed-

ers are not disposed to sell on a lower

price basis. But the buyers have been

equally determined in their efforts to hold

prices down. and during the best part of

last week prices were on the down grade,

hogs selling under recent high quotations,

Eastern shippers have not been as lib-

eral buyers as a few weeks ago, but they

purchased a good percentage of the offer-

ings, taking the cream of the receipts,

and this tended to check the decline to

a certain extent. The spread in prices

continued extremely wide, with the small

percentage of light bacon hogs offered,

selling at a large premium, while ex~|

tremely heavy packing sows had to go at a;

big discount. The dcarness of fresh and:

cured meats is still materially lessening

their consumption, and this is necessarily

an important factor in the hog market:

with bacon retailing around 35c per 1b.'

The best policy for owners of hogs to

follow seems to be to market hogs that

will weigh up to 225 lbs. and to hold their

growing pigs until they can be matured,

as cheap corn is almost certain.



Sheep and lambs have been arriving

here and at other western markets in

steadily increasing volume, for the great-

er part hailing from the range country.

and while the small proportion of fat

stock sold all right. other mutton flocks

had to go lower. Prime lambs, whether

from farm or range, sold at good ad—

vances, and choice wethers and yearlings

had a good outlet at firm prices, while

feeders of the better class sold briskly

at good figures. It was not possible to

maintain former prices for feeding ewes

and wet-hers, however, and even breeding.

ewes suffered sharp declines. As usual,

the best feeder call was for lambs. The

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Thursday's Market.

September 28, 1910.

Cattle.



Receipts, 777. Market dull at last

week’s prices on all grades.



We quote: Best steers and heifers,

$5.50@6; steers and heifers, 1.00010 1,200,

$5@5.50; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000,

$4.50@5; steers and heifers that are fat,

500 to 700, $3.75@4.25; choice fat cows,

$4.25@4.65; good fat cows, $3.50@4; com-

mon cows, $2.75@3.25; canners, $2@2.50;

choice heavy bulls, $4.25; fair to good

bolognas, bulls, $3.75@4; stock bulls, $3.25

@350; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1,000,

$4@4.75; fair feeding steers, 800 to 1.000.

$3.75@4.25; choice stockers, 500 to 700, $4

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

stock heifers, $3.25@3.75; milkers, large.

young, medium age, $40@55; common

milkers, $25@35.



Spicer & R. sold Rattkowsky 3 bulls av

690 at $4.10, 1 heifer weighing 610 at

$4.35, I cow weighing 820 at $3.25; to

Bresnahan 3 cows av 1,025 at $3; to Goose

7 butchers av 464 at $3.80; to Thompson

Bros. 7 do av 514 at $3.75, 1 bull weigh-

ing 1,190 at $4, 2 cows av 940 at $3.80; to

Heinrich 10 butchers av 694 at $4.40; to

Lachalt 10 do av 665 at $4.20; to Goodwin

10 cows av 865 at $4110 Sullivan P. Co.





, 3 canners av 880 at $2.75; to Mich. B. Co.





1 steer weighing 1,050 at $5.25, 5 do av

860 at $5; to Beardsley Bros. 8 stockers

av 473 at $4, 2 do av 565 at $4; to Gerish

17 butchers av 790 at $4.50; to Rattkow-

sky 7 do av 730 at $4.25; to Applebaum

7 do av 740 at $4.25; to Marx 11 do av 800

at $4.50; to Lachalt 4 do av 887 at $4.50.



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

32 steers av 640 at $4.25; to Breitenbeck

Bros. 31 do av 786 at $4.55. 8 cows and

bulls av 1,010 at $3.90; to Parker, W. &

Co. 15 steers av 730 at $4.50, 2 oxen av

1,740 at $5.25; to Kamman B. Co. 1 cow

weighing 1.140 at $4.50; to Brown 2 stock-

ers av 550 at $4: to Sullivan P. Co. 2

cows av 775 at $2.65, 1 bull weighing 1,180

at $4; to Cohen & Co. 2 do av 1.600 at

$4.75; to Rattkowsky 4 heifers av 812 at

$4.50; to Regan 1 do weighing 450 at $3.50,

5 do av 500 at $4; to Newton 13. Co. 2

bulls av 1,000 at $4; to Mich. B. Co. 14

steers av 903 at $4.75.



Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. Co. 9

butchers av 846 at $4.35, 9 do av 733 at

$4.35; to Goose 2 do av 350 at $3.80; to

Regan 2 heifers av 520 at $4.10; to Brei-

tenbeck Bros. 1 bull weighing 950 at $4;

to Kamman B. Co. 1 cow Weighing 870 at

$4.10; to Heinrich 1 bull weighing 950 at

$3.75, 7 steers av 757 at $4.60, 26 do av

857 at $5; to Bray 31 feeders av 781 at

$4.40, 7 stockers av 607 at $4.35; to Gerish

6 steers av 845 at $6; to Kakowsky 6

butchers av 470 at $3.90; to Kamman 8

do av 703 at $4.25.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Regan 11 heifers

av 695 at $4.20; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 oxen

av 1,675 at $5, 7 cows av 1,053 at $4. 3

bulls av 763 at $3.50, 1 cow weighing 1,280

at $4.50, 33 butchers av 756 at $4.40; to

Kamman 7 do av 720 at $4.25, 1 cow

weighing 970 at $3.75, 7 do av 961 at

$3.40, 2 do av 1,070 at $3; to Hammond,

S. & Co. 19 cows av 889 at $2.60: to Sul-

livan P. CO. 3 do av 1,010 at $4.35, 1 'bull

weighing 1,000 at $3.75; to Kamman B.

Co. 13 Steers av 807 at $4.75, I heifer

weighing 620 at $3.50, 3 cows av 883 at

$3, 6 butchers av 800 at $4.25, 4 do av

1,150 at $4.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 10 do av

720 at $4, 3 do av 793 at $3.50, 1 cow

weighing 880 at $2.50; to Newton B. CO.

2 cows av 815 at $4.25. 3 do av 1,000 at

$3.25. 1 do weighing 1,100 at $4, 1 do

weighing 900 at $4.25, 2 (1o av 965 at $2.75,

2 steers av 1,015 at $4.50, 2 cows av 915

at $4.



Kalaher sold Regan 8 butchers av 594

at $4.25. ,



Lowenstein sold Mich. E. Co. 5 cows

av 1,020 at $3.75.



Vea! Can/es.





Receipts, 442. Market steady at last





Week‘s prices. Best, $9.75@10; others,

$4@8.75; milch cows and springers

steady.





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

4 av 125 at $9.50, 6 av 135 at $9.50, 3 av

300 at $6.50, 6 av 125 at $9; to Sullivan P.

Co. 2 av 135 at $10, 5 av 145 at $9.50; to

Newton B. Co. 13 av 130 at $9.75; to

Goose 4 av 325 at $5; to Parker, W. &

Co. 4 av 155 at $10, 3 av 140 at $10, 12 av

160 at $9.50. 12 av 140 at $9.75, 10 av 139

at $10; to Newton B. Co. 3 av 160 at $10.



Duelle sold Burnstine 16 av 135 at $9.25.



HardWell sold same 16 av 105 at $9.25.



Belheimer sold same 3 av 150 at $9.25.



Waterman sold Sullivan P. Co. 22 av

145 at $9.60.



Roe Com. Co, sold Thompson Bros. 1

weighing 250 at $7, 1 weighing 150 at

$9.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 5 av 150 at $10;

to Goose 2 av 125 at $9.25; to Mich. B.

CO. 3 av 160 at $9.50, 23 av 160 at $10. 4

av 155 at $10; to Thompson Bros. 3 av 275

at $7; to Mich. B. Co. 9 av 180 at $10.



Haley & M. sold Goose 15 av 225 at

$5.25; to McGuire 8 av 150 at $10; to

Burnstine 5 av 165 at $10, 2 av 170 at

$10, 2 av 135 at $10.



Wickmann sold Parker, W. & Co. 18

av 150 at $9.75.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1

weighing 120 at $9.25, 1. weighing 180 at

$8, 2 av 135 at $10; to Newton B.

av 135 at $9, 2 av 120 at $7: to Stocker

1 weighing 140 at $8.50, 4 av 110 at $8; to

Goose 4 av 310 at $5: to Mich. B. Co.

av 180 at $8, 13 av 166 at 810. 9 av 140

at $9.75, 6 av 160 at $10. 6 av 125 at $950.

Long sold Breitanbeck 9 av 150 at $10.





Co. 2





‘ sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 4,522. Market 15@250 lower

than last week.



Best lambs, $6.75@6.85; fair lambs,

$6.25@6.50; light to common lambs, $5@

6.25; fair to good sheep, $3.50@4.25; calls

and common, $2.75@3.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Nagle P. ~Co. 65

sheep av 125 at $4, 18 do av 130 at $4, 85

lambs av 83 at $6.75, 96 do av 82 at

$6.75, 76 do av 75 at $6.60, 80 do av 90 at

$6.65, 49 do av 70 at $6.50; to Thompson

Bros. 19 sheep av 120 at $4; to Mich. B.

Co. 15 lambs av 70 at $6.75; to Nagle P.

Co. 84 sheep av 110 at $3.75, 112 lambs

av 77 at $6.75.



Johnson sold Sullivan P. Co. 71 lambs

av 92 at $6.60.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, S. &

Co. 15 lambs av 65 at $6.50, 50 do av 75

at $6.90, 34 do av 58 at $6.50, 31 do av 63

at $6.50, 6 do av 78 at $6.75, 8 sheep

av 105 at $3.75, 6 lambs av 65 at $6.25, 5

sheep av 82 at $3, 16 do av 120 at $4; to

Sullivan P. Co. 22 lambs av 68 at $6.25,

12 do av 58 at $6; to Mich. B. Co. 103 do

av 80 at $6.75, 53 sheep av 110 at $4.25;

to Gordon & B. 10 sheep av 103 at $2.75,

18 do av 125 at $3.75; to Eschrich 29

lambs av 60 at $6.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros.

7 do av 68 at $6, 11 sheep av 77 at $2.75,

9 lambs av 70 at $6.25, 102 do av 75 at

$6.85, 6 sheep av 130 at $3.50, 9 do av 95

at $2.75, 11 do av 110 at $4, 24 lambs av

75 at $6.65; to Hammond, S. 8:: Co. 40 do

av 73 at $6.80; to Swift & Co. (sold Wed-

nesday) 421 do av 83 at $7; to Newton B.

Co. 16 sheep av 90 at $3; to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 34 lambs av 73 at $6.60.



Haley & M. sold Nagle P. Co. 235 lambs

av 65 at $6.25, 51 do av 63 at $6.25, 6

sheep av 120 at $4; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 27 lambs av 65 at $6; to Gordon & B.

34 do av 75 at $6.85, 23 do av 80 at $6.85.



Duelle sold Hammond, S. & Co. 31

lambs av 83 at $6.75.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 34 sheep

av 105 at $3.40, 6 do av 95 at $3, 27 do

av 115 at $4; to Newton B. Co. 90 lambs

av 80 at $6.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 10 do

av 114 at $6.40; to Newton B. CO. 27 do

av 68 at $6.35, 55 do av 80 at $6.75, 5

sheep av 110 at $4, 61 lambs av 83 at

$6.50; to Sullivan P. CO. 60 do av 80 at

$6.85; to Barlage 35 sheep av 75 at $2.50;

to Breitenbeck Bros. 16 do av 80 at $2.90,

37 lambs av 75 at $6.70; to Mich. B. Co.

30 do av 80 at $6.75, 16 sheep av 130 at

$4.25; to Barlage 59 lambs av 70 at $6.60;

to Mich. B. CO. 75 do av 75 at $6.65.





ogs.



Receipts, 4,436. Nothing sold at noon;

packers bidding 2.50 lower on pigs; 5@10c

lower on others, than last Thursday.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $9@9.10; pigs, $8.75; light yorkers,

$875699; heavy, $9; stags one-third off.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, .

Co. 1,405 av 180 at $9.10, 181 av 160 at

$9.10, 258 av 160 at $9.05, 45 av 130 at

$8.85, 67 av 130 at $8.75, 216 av 140 at

$8.90, 67 av 110 at $8.50.



Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co. 230

av 190 at $9.10, 130 av 165 at $9, 58 av

160 at $9.05.



Spicer & R. sold same 170 av 200 at

$9.10, 100 av 180 at $9, 135 av 160 at $8.85.

”figs Com. Co. sold same 350 av 185 at





 





Friday’s Market.

September 23, 1910.

Cattle.



Receipts this week, 883; last week, 1,126.

Market steady at Thursday’s prices.



We quote: Best steers and heifers, $6;

steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $5695.50;

do.. 800 to 1,000, $4.50@5; grass steers

and heifers that are fat, 800 to 1,000,

$4.50@5; do. 500 to 700. $3.75@4.25; choice

fat cows, $4.25@4.75; good fat cows, $3.50

@4; common cows, $2.75@3.25; canners,

$2@2.50; choice heaVy bulls, $4.25; fair to

good bologna bulls, $3.75frD4; stock bulls,

$3.25@3.75: choice feeding steers, 800 to

1,000, $4.50@4.75: fair feeding steers, 800

to 1,000, $4624.50; choice stockers, 500 to

700. $4@4.25; fair stockers, 500 to 700,

$3.50@4; stock heifers, $3.25@3.75; milk-

ers, large, young, medium age, $40@63;

common milkers, $256035. '



Veal Calves.



Receipts this week, 487; last week,, 515.

Market strong at Thursday’s prices. Best

$9.75@10; others, $4628.50. Milch cows

and springers steady.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week, 6,296; last week

4,505. Market 25c. lower than on Thurs-

day. Best lambs. $6.75; fair to good

lambs $6696.50; light to common lambs,

$4.75@5.75; fair to good sheep, $3.50@5;

culls and common, $2.75@3.25.





.ogs.



Receipts this week. 4,982; last week,

5,715. Market 10c higher than on Thurs-

day. Range of prices: Light to good

butchers, $9.25fl930; pigs, $9799.15: light

yorkers, $9.25@9.30; stags one-third off.





 





South Dakota is looming up “big as a

stock feeding state, the large profits made

by farmers in recent vears encouraging

them to extend their operations in prepar-

ing cattle, hogs and sheep for the mar-

kets of tl.: country. South Dakota, like

many other states, has a pretty good sup-

ply of young hogs, but mature hogs are

scarce. The spring “crop" of pigs was

reported as considerably larger than last

year and, as in other states. there is a

gratifying absence of hog cholera. Cattle

feeders are preparing to feed larger num-

bers of cattle than last winter, having

made substantial profits from last win-

ter’s operations along these lines.

Mitchell and Aberdeen the Pacific coast

packers have stationed hog buyers, and

good numbers of hogs are shipped from

here to Seattle and Tacoma.





 





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FARM METHODS FOR THE DAIRY-

MAN.





 





The greatest need of the average dairy

farmer at present is the application of

more intensive methods in the manage-

ment of the farm and stock, methods

which will give the greatest possible net

returns for every acre of land contained

in the farm. This requires first of all a

system of management which will result

in the enrichment of his land. \Vhoever

sees poor farmers on rich land or rich

rfarmers on poor land?



To enrich the land all of the crops

should be fed upon the farm. Moreover,

a large portion of the crops grown should

be the kind that will enrich the soil even

'while they are growing. I am referring

to the leguminous crops such as clover,

alfalfa, peas, soy beans, etc., crops which

have the power of using the free nitrogen

of the air for their growth. The legumin-

ous crops not only enrich the soil but fur—

nish much of the necessary protein which

is ordinarily supplied to cows in the

form of expensive concentrated feeds pur»

chased upon the market. Leguminous

hay, therefore, largely takes the place of

grain in the cow’s ration. Alfalfa hay,

for example, has pound for pound, the

same feeding value as wheat bran.



Intensive dairying also requires restric-

tion in the acreage of pasture. One acre

of corn put into the silo ordinarily yields

as much fced as three or four acres of

pasture. Of course, the extra yield from

the corn land is partly offset by the extra

labor required to produce the corn on the

other hand, more uniform feeding is pos-

sible with silage than pasture and it is

diflicult to estimate the value of this

greater uniformity of feeding. Less pas-

ture is needed and more silage to supple~

mcnt any lack of pasture.



One of the great essentials in the en-

richment of the land is the, saving of the

manure. Enough bedding should he. used

to absorb all of the liquid manure. in the

stable, and whenever possible the manure

should be hauled direct from the stable to

the land. If this cannot be done it should

be stored under shelter.



One of the most important factors in

intensive dail'ying is the quality of the

dairy stock. One good cow such as is

within the possibility of the average dairy

man will yield twice as much milk and

butter-fat as two of the kind now kept on

the average farm. Think of what such

difference in the quality of stock must

mean to the success of the dairy! In the.

first place, only about one—half as much

land is rcquircd to produce a. given

amount of milk and butter-fat from good

cows than is required with poor or aver-

age cows; only one-half as much stable

room is required; and, what is very im—

portant to every dairyman these days,

only about half as much labor is required

in milking and feeding. And there is a

compensation in keeping good cows which

cannot be measured by dollars and cents;

I refer to the real pleasure to be derived

from the handling of good stock.



To get the highest returns from the

dairy it is necessary to keep enough swine

and poultry to consume any surplus 'byc-

products, such as skim-milk, buttermilk

and whey. Feeding the skim-milk upon

the farm has a double advantage: its

feeding value is greater than the price

paid for it by the casein companies and

by feeding it there is also saved to the

farm about 90 per cent of its fertilizing

value which amounts to at least ten cents

for one hundred pounds of skim-milk.



If farmers would try to feed swine mOre

largely on pasture and forage crops and

less on corn, there would be more swine

raised and less skim-milk sold to casein

firms. \Vhat better grazing crops do we

need than rape, pcas, clover and alfalfa?

Alfalfa furnishes excellent pasture

throughout the summer and when sup—

plemented in the fall with field pea pas—

ture will go a long way toward'preparing

the pigs for market. It seems desirable,

however, not to graze alfalfa until two

or three years after it is sown. Pasture

consisting of ordinary grass will furnish

a large part of a pig's ration. To any of

the grazing crops, skim—milk, buttermilk

or whey and a little grain will furnish

proper supplementary feeds for swine. \



In the way of intensive dairy farming

we have much to learn from European

farmers. The majority of prosperous

farmers of Denmark are not found upon

150 or 200 acre farms such as many Am-

erican dairymen deem necessary in making





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





a living; these Danish farmers work a, good

living on twenty—acre farms. The dairy

farmers of Holland and Germany like-

wise, possess but a comparatively few

acres of land, 'but all of these farmers

practice intensive dairying in the fullest

sense of the word. This is what we need

to do here we need fewer acres but better

farming, fewer cows but more milk and

butter—fat. Indeed, we have farmers here

and there who have learned that quality

counts for more than quantity in the

dairy business, farmers who keep a cow

to each acre of land and each cow return;

on an average one hundred dollars or

more per head annually. This is the kind

of dairy farming that pays and pays

abundantly. '



\Visconsin. JOHN MICHELS.





THE ADVANTAGE OF SILAGE OVER

OTHER FEEDS.





There are several points which every

cow owner would do well to consider if he

is to get the best milk yield and reap the

greatest profits from the herd. In the

first place, a cheap ration must be pro-~

vided, one that can be raised upon the

farm; secondly, it must be well adapted

to milk production and fed liberally.



As a rule, the greater portion of the

feed can be raised at home which always

lessens the cost of production. For that

rcason, corn silage has come to be recog-

nized by nearly all stockmen as the most

economical feed the farmer can raise. To

show this more clearly we will figure the

actual cost of feeding an average herd of

ten cows from the time the pastures fail

in the fall till grass comes in the spring

or a period of some 240 days. I



The amount of silage necessary for 10

cows for he given period, allowing an

average feed of 40 lbs. to each cow per

day would require 48 tons. The average

yield of green corn per acre in northern

states is close to eight tons. At this

rate, six acres of corn would furnish a

sufficient amount. The United States

Department of Agriculture estimates the

average. cost of raising an acre of corn

to be $11.07, and reliable authorities figure

the cost of putting corn in the silo to

average 750 per ton. Then we may ar-

rive at the actual cost of the feed as

follows:



Cost of raising six acres of corn, $66.42;

cost of harvesting six acres of corn,

$36.00, which is a total of $102.42. Cost

of silage for 10 cows for 240 days, $102.42;

(ost of silage for one cow for 240 days,

$10.24; cost of silage for one cow for one

day, 41/30.



According to the best authorities on

animal feeding the leaves and the stalks

contain about 37 per cent of the food

value in the corn plant which is prac—

tically a total loss if the ears only are fed.

100 lbs. of siltge contains 13 per cent of

food material, at which rate 48 tons would

contain close to 11,480 lbs. If this amount

of food material were furnished in the

form of prairie hay it would require 11

tons at $12 per ton, or $132; 12 tons of

timothy hay at $18 per ton, or $216; 11

tons of oats at $15 per ton, or $165.



‘The economy of feeding ensilage is even

more striking when we compare the cost





of a ration made up largely of grain and‘





oats where a part of the oats, corn and

Ibran are replaced by corn silage.

Grain Ration.





 





Pounds Cost



Material Used. Food. per day.



10 lbs. prairie hay .. ........ .7 .060

2 lbs. oats ............... .. 1.2 .030



6 lbs. bran ................. 3.3 .060



4 lbs. corn ................ . 3.2 .050



1 lb. linseed meal ....... 6.9 .020



23 lbs. Total ...... 19.3 .220



Silage Ration.



40 lbs. silage ................ 5.2 .040

10 lbs. prairie hay ...... 4.7 .060

4 lbs. bran ................. 2.2 .040

1 lb. linseed meal .......... 6.9 .020



55 lbs. Total ........ 19.0 .160





The above rations are figured for the

average dairy cow and each contains

practically the same amount of food ma-

terial. It is noted that there is an actual

saving of six cents per day. With a herd

of 10 cows, this represents a saving of

60 cents per day or for eight months, the

average time a dairy cow would be fed

would mean a saving of $144 in cost of

grain, or $14.40 per cow.



PROF. L. G. MARTIN.





TO PREVENT A COW FROM SUCKING

HERSELF.





Can you tell me any way to stop a cow

from sucking herself? She is-a valuable





cow.

New York. H. W. C.

Put a bull ring in her nose and attach

several pieces of light chain four to six

inches long to the ring. These pieces of

chain will prevent the getting of the teat





into her mouth, or get a patent weaner,





 





A Case of -

“Wooden Leg”





Would you hire a man with a wooden leg?





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real leg power. You would want a man with

two good legs—full leg power—no substitutes. AMERICA" 1

Disks and other contraptions in common SEPARATO a

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GRAIN RATION WITH CLOVER HAY.





 





I notice in “Farmstead Notes” that Mr.

Lillie states that he is giving his cows

two feeds of cIOVer hay each day; also

a grain ration. I would like to know

what the grain ration is and how much

each cow gets at a feed. The windows

in my cow barn are 28x36 in. What is

the best way to arrange these windows

so that they can be opened and closed

easily for ventilation?



Lenawee Co._ L. J. D.



After the ensilage was all ted out on

the first day of August we began feeding

clover hay twice a day, and for a. grain

ration dried. beet pulp once a day and

good gluten feed once a. day. Just

as soon as we threshed the peas and oats,

we substituted them for the gluten feed

and are now feeding beet pulp once a

day and ground peas and oats once a day.

Some years it would not be possible to

feed‘peas and oats so early because they

do not get seasoned well enough to be

ground, but this year being so exceed-

ingly dry and the crop being so nicely

matured without any moisture in curing,

the peas and cats were dry enough to

The cows

that are giving a good flow of milk, those

that came in late last spring and cows

that are coming in fresh new, we are

feeding about three pounds of peas and

oats and about four pounds of beet pulp.

The dry cows and strippers are not fed as

much. We have a few two-year-old

heifers that are coming in soon now and

we are feeding them pretty liberally,

about the old cow ration, just before they

come in. The idea is to get them into

splendid‘condition before they drop their

calves.



I think the nicest arrangement with

windows where one wants to use them

for ventilation is to have them put in on

hinges at the bottom, so that you can

pull out the top. This throws the current

of cold pure air up toward the ceiling and

prevents draft in the stables. It also

mixes the cold pure air with the warm air

up next to the ceiling, which is much

better than it is to have it come in a

draft lower down and strike the cows and

in some instances cause trouble from

colds.





 





WINTER DAIRYING WITHOUT A

SILO.





 





I was much interested in reading the

article in the September 3 issue of the

Michigan Farmer on “Summer Dairying,"

by W, F. Taylor. I have only 22 acres

and can keep but two or three cows.

Therefore can notfill a silo. I do not

keep stock enough to use one if I could

fill it, for the silage would spoil faster

than I could feed it. How would Mr.

Taylor or Mr, Lillie manage to keep up

the flow of milk during the winter with

only dry feed? Bran and middlings are

$28 per ton and I have raised only a very

few roots. Would you advise me to sow

an acre of roots next year and plan to

begin winter dairying next year? Do you

think there is anything left for the

farmer who produces milk from dry feed

at present prices of feed and butter?



Allegan Co. D. C. D. W.





There isn’t any question but what you

can keep up a flow of milk without corn

silage. Silage is not necessary. The silo

is a comparatively recent invention, or

method of storing corn and people have

been in the dairy business a long time

before the silo was ever heard of, and

with good results, too. The only ques-

tion is that silage is cheaper food than

anything else that we can produce on the

farm. It is the best way to harvest the

corn crop, and the most economical, and

consequently, other things being equal,

we can produce milk and butter-fat

cheaper with corn silage as a basic ra-

tion than we can without it. But we can

get good flows of milk without corn sil-

age. To be sure, a succulent food in the

ration is an excellent thing. As a mat-

ter of fact, you can’t get cattle of any

kind to do their best for long periods

of time on dry food. It is just the same

with the lower animals as it is with us.

We like a little fruit, to have it every

day is best, but occasionally is better

than none at all, to keep the digestive

tract in good condition. In the same way

we should furnish a succulent food in the

ration for the dairy cow, or any other

stock. -It is the cheapest food you can

get, the more of it you can feed the least

expensive will be the dairy product pro-

duced. , Now, if you can't have corn

silage, then raise roots, mangle wurzels.

They will take the place of corn silage.

In England they do not grown corn, but

use roots entirely for the succulent food.





In many parts of Canada. also, they grow





'roots also for the succulent food. I used





to do it myself before we knew anything

about the silo. We used to raise acres

of mongol wurzels and store them and

feed to the cows every day, and it is

entirely practical, even with a large herd

to have roots to feed and certainly with

a small herd it is the dairyman’s salva-

tion. I think with good cows to begin

with, with good care, and good liberal

economical feeding, that a man can make

a. good fair profit at the dairy business

at present prices of feed and dairy pro-

ducts.





 





TEMPERATURE OF CREAM FOR

4 TESTING.





 





Does it make any difference in testing

cream about the temperature of the

water and the age of the acid? I have

been told that it does and would like to

hear from you in regard to it.



Lake Co. R. E. W.



No one pays any attention to the tem-





perature of cream when testing it for

butter-fat. You weigh out 18 grams of

cream and put it in a test bottle and then

you put in a sufficient amount of acid to

destroy the caseine in the cream. When

this is fairly shaken together the chemical

action of the acid on the casein will

warm it up so that it makes no difference

about the temperature. Now when the

bottle is put in the centrifugal machine

and Whirled rapidly, so that there is a

separation of the butter-fat from the

other substances in the cream, the fat

comes to the top, being lighter. Now hot

water is put into the bottle to float the

butter-fat up into the neck of the bottle

which is graduated so that it can be

read. This water wants to lbe quite

warm. If it isn’t it won’t keep the fat

liquid. The fat must be kept liquid in

order to be read properly. It is in this

way only that temperature has anything

to do with the testing of cream.





DAIRY INTERESTS AT STATE FAIR.





The exhibit in the dairy building was

not as attractive to the general public as

in former years. The usually large spee-

ial butter display was lacking, and the

show of the state dairy and food depart-

ment was confined to a single illustration

of the food value of dairy products as

compared with other foods, such as eggs

and meat. It conveyed to the eye the

relative food values of cheese and butter

as compared to the expensive cuts of

meats, eggs, etc. It was a splendid ob-

ject lesson of which we should have more

at our fairs; and it should bring to

dairying a. broader appreciation of its

products. The separator' exhibit was

good. Agents were receiving considerable

attention from farmers in the market for

such goods.



In the barns patrons were pleased. The

stock was never better at a Michigan

fair and the quantity was nearly double

the number shown a year ago. Many of

the leading dairy herds of the country

were in the stables. The Brown Swiss,

Ayreshires, and Guernsies were repre-

sented with large herds that gave the

persons wishing to compare breeds a bet-

ter chance than they have yet had at the

state fair, to see representative animals.

The Jerseys and Holsteins were leaders

in point of numbers and showed their

usual rivalry; and the advocates of either

breed did not need to feel ashamed of the

animals that were capturing the admira-

tion of the throngs passing through the

barns and tents Where it was necessary

to put the overflow. There was nearly

50 per cent more dairy animals on the

grounds than in 1909.



As is true where there are large num-

bers of animals competing, the rivalry

was strong for the prizes. This competi-

tion gave the show a lively interest. It

pleased the management and the patrons.

The dairy cattle did their part in bring—

ing over to the products of the farm at—

tention that generally goes to the petty

side shows and other entertainments of

questionable value. And it can well be

said, of the show just passed, that of the

large number who. came fewer appeared

to be there for pleasure and more to se—

cure educational advantages offered. The

dairymen were among the busiest seek-

ing information to carry home and make

a part of their progressive livelihood.





”men.





 





 





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interesting information about the came

of cancer. It tells what to do for pain.

bleeding, odor, etc., and advises how to

care for the patient. The booklet is sent

free to those interested who write for R.

' mentioning this ,paper.





2 THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





 

 





 





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Incident at

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Among the many visitors to our booth at the Ohio

State Fair at Columbus this month was a lady who wanted

our representative to show her a DE LAVAL. He took

the separator apart for her and she seemed surprised at

its simplicity and especially at the short time it took to

take the machine apart and to put it together again.



“Why,” said she, “I’ve got a separator in on

trial and their agent told me that the DE LAVAL was

complicated, and that it was hard wash and that {tho

discs would soon rust.



. Just then a lady close by spoke up and said, "\Vhy,

it’s no such thing! I’ve had 2. DE LAVAL for eight

years and I’ve never had a bit of trouble with it. It’s

just as good now as it was when I bought it, and besides it.

will skim cold milk, and that’s what the machine you’ve

got won’t do, or any other that I know of, for that matter. ”



By that time a. dozen or more people had gathered

round and no less than seven people spoke up and said

that they owned DE LAVAL separators and that they

were giving splendid satisfaction. '



There was one man in the crowd whom the lady

looking at the DE LAVAL knew, and she turned to him

and asked,“You’ve got a machine like the one I’m trying

out. ,Isn’t it alright?” HWei ,” he admitted, ”it’s

certainly better than skimming by hand, but it’s mossy

and gets milk on the floor; it’s hard to turn, and if I

were going to buy a new separator today it would be 3

DE LAVAL. I know more about cream separators now

than I did two years ago. My brother has :1. DE LAVAL,

and he has tried them all and says the DE LAVAL is

the best.” 4



Our salesman didn’t have a chance to talk the merits

of the DE LAVAL. Our good friends in the crowd per-

suaded the lady that she ought to give the DE LAVAL a

trial before she made any choice, and before she loft the

hall she gave an order to have a DE LAVAL scnt out to

her house, and alter a ten days’ trial she bought the

DE LAVAL. ‘



There is a moral to this story: Don’t buy a cream

separator until you have given the DE LAVAL a trial.

It costs you nothing to try it.



The more you come to know about cream

separators the more apt you will be to buy

a DE LAVAL.





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THE FRUIT EXHIBIT AT DETROITV.





 





In speaking of the quantity of fruit at

this year’s exhibit at the state fair we

can but repeat what has been said at

former fairs. The tables were well filled.

All available space in the large horticul-

tural building was well occupied with fruit

and greenhouse products. The different

sections of the state were as well repre—

sented as usual, some of the new fruit

counties making especially good showings.

Apples were particularly prominent.



But for all that is said above it must

be conceded that this year‘s exhibit is far

superior to any fruit show that has been

put On in Michigan. The later date ena-

bled Michigan growers to get their fruit

better matured. It showed that quality

for which the Michigan product is noted.

At former fairs this has been impossible.



The exhibit of 1909 apples that were

kept over in cold storage made an im-

pression upon patrons, who believed that

good looking fruit could only be grown

in the west. The expressions of admira-

tion for this part of the show could not but

be noticed. It was a great object lesson.

It put the question, “Were these apples

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THE " MICHIGAN "FARR/isle.





the same amount of sodalwas used in two

equal dressings the gain was but 3,220

pounds. When 300 pounds of nitrate was

used in two equal dressings the increased

yield was 4,610 pounds. When the same

amount was applied in three equal dress-

ings the increased yield was but 3,540

pounds. The third application in this

case caused a larger growth of vine and

later maturing fruit, thus considerably

reducing the yields.



In tests with various crops it appears

that a good profit can be derived from

using liberal amounts of nitrate of soda.

for market-garden crops, even when they

are planted on land already rich and lib—

erally fertilized with complete fertilizer.





It was also shown that the nitrate should _





not be applied all at once, but in two or

three applications throughout the growing

Season, depending on the nature of the

crop, the character of the season, and the

growth of the crop.

\Vashington, D. C. G. E. M.





HANDLING THE APPLE CROP.





 





It is astonishing to observe during a

visit to the leading fruit markets almost

any day during the late fall and early

winter how very little care most apple

growers take in handling and grading

their fruit for market. Undersized, cull

fruit is not wanted by the trade. In-

ferior apples always sell at a big discount.





 





Attractive Fruit Displays at West Michigan Fair.





hundreds of visitors, particularly those

from the cities and from the general

farming districts. A mistake in the print-

ed catalogue regarding the premiums for

1909 apples was held to have kept some

exhibits away. Another mistake kept

away exhibits of cut flowers from ama-

teurs as the list for professionals was

duplicated in the amateur list. But in

spite of these handicaps the exhibits can

be counted as Michigan's best effort in

the way of putting up a. fruit show.



We are beginning to open our eyes to

the possibilities in fruit culture in this

state. Men are investing brains and mon—

ey, and the new light thus brought to

bear upon the industry is attracting gen.

eral attention. This interest is being re-

flected in Michigan's fairs. The fruit is

better selected and better displayed. Men

are taking pains to get that which is more

representative of the best of what she is

growing. Not only do they take more

pains but they are ready, anxious and

even enthusiastic to do it.



We believe what was shown at the state

fair will help men who want good fruit to

know where to get it. \Vo believe it will

help men who desire to grow fruit to

know where to locate. ‘We believe that a

better horticulture for the state will fol-

low the lessons taught, the admirations

expressed, and the possibilities shown.

In other words, it is our opinion that this

exhibit has accomplished in a very large

way, its purpose.



Behind the whole

splendid work of the master hand of Prof.

Taft and his corps of workers who have

labored unceasingly to make the exhibit

what it was, and they, as well as the

exhibitors, are to be complimented for

the results; and to them all the state

owes much for their effort,





show we see the





 





 





NITRATE OF SODA FOR TOMATOES.



In experiments conducted by the New

Jersey Station it was found that with to-

matoes the heaviest yields were obtained

when 200 pounds of nitrate of soda was

used per acre in three equal dressings—

that is, the first when the crop was

planted, the others when the character of

the season and the growth of the crops

indicated.‘ The increase in the yield in

this instance was 5,880 pounds. When





 





The better grades of fruit carefully pack-

ed in attractive packages will bring more

money on any market than the whole

crop mixed and placed on the market in

a uncouth condition. Apples must be

well packed and graded if they meet the

competition of other fruits of the season.

Such a waste is inexcusable.



I shall discuss this problem largely from

the standpoint of the men who have a

number of acres of orchard and to whom

it is a. living interest to secure the best

market price for their fruit. The aver-

age apple grower is not prepared to hold

his fruit for higher prices. He must sell

his crop before cold weather comes. If

he secures a good price for his fruit he

must find the best lbuyers. Apple buyers

are very busy men during the harvesting

and shipping period, consequently they

cannot look after small lots. It is there-

fore necessary that apple growing be

conducted on a large scale by individuals

or by the co-operation of small growers.

Frequently a number of orchardists find

it advantageous to join together and hire

their fruit graded and packed by experi-

enced men and hauled to the cars as fast

as they are ready for shipment. By em-

ploying competent help to pick, grade and

barrel the fruit each man is insured of a

square deal and the whole output is more

uniform. Few men have a better oppor—

tunity to study human nature than apple

buyers and it is my honest belief that

better and more satisfactory results will

result when the fruit is graded by men

who have no financial interest in the work.



To facilitate the work of picking the

fruit,'all of the fallen fruit should be

gathered from the ground before picking

begins to save trampling by the pickers

and to prevent the later falling fruit from

becoming mixed with them. Apples

should not be picked until they have

reached nearly their normal color for the

variety, and until they can be removed

from the trees Without breaking the

stems and injuring the fruit spurs. Good

color adds nearly one-half to the market

value of apples. Fine flavor and good

color are very closely related. Too early

picking and hurrying to market in a

green and immature condition reduces

the prices and is detrimental to the keep-

ing qualities of the fruit.



New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





 





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Every burner can be equipped

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no matches required; and in addi—

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You can set one in one corner

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The machine does the rcst——a'u- *

tomatically it brings the carbide a

little at a time in contact with

plain water.



The water liberates genuine

acetylene gas stored in the car-

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lights are burning. Makes just

enough acetylene to supply the

lights in use and stops working

when the lights are shut off.



* * *





Considering these advantages, is

it any wonder that the engineers

of the National Board of Fire In-

surance Underwriters have pro—

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Safer than any of the illuminants

it is displacing?



The cost of a plant depends

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University to grow plants—same

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one on the front porch,—one at

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THE OCTOBER PROGRAMS.





 





state Lecturer’s Suggestions for Flrst

Meeting.



School Day Program, prepared by the

State Woman’s Work Committee.



Roll-call, respouded to by telling the

worst predicament you got into while at-

tending school.



Question—Js 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-—

Discussiou.



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.





 





PREPARATIONS FOR STATE GRANGE._





 





FPlans for the entertainment of State

PGrange‘at Traverse City in December are

;being pushed toward perfection. On the

’strength of the last State Grange and the

coming session two subordinates in Lee--

lanau Co. and two in Benzie Co., have

been organized, thus giving four addi-

tional subordinates to the Grand Traverse

region and about 100 more Patrons from

which to draw material‘for the reception

committee. The outlook is excellent for

still another Grange in Leelanau Co., and

when this has been organized at North-

port, as is planned, the county will‘have

the four Granges necessary to the organi—

zation of a Pomona. This the officers of

Grand Traverse Pomona have promised

to help organize. There is better than

an even chance that another Grange will

be installed in Benzie Co. within a month,

giving that county the benefit of two sets

of delegates at the coming state meeting.



The efficient work of the local enter-

tainment committee is well remembered

by all who attended last year's meeting.

Bro, Geo. L. Crisp, Grand Traverse coun-

iy’s school commissioner, is again at the

head of this committee. A prominent

feature of this year’s meeting will be the

farm products display, it being planned

to have this exhibition take the place of

a local fair, with all the counties of that

section co-operating in putting up a

showing of fruits, vegetables and grains

which will prove a real eye-opener to all

in attendance from other parts of the

state.





 





THINK ON THESE THINGS.





 





Three incidental observations impressed

themselves on my attention during a tour

of some of the rallies this past summer

and have somehow associated themselves

in my mind. I set them down here in order

that, if perchance they have any value

in them, its leaven may w0rk itself out

in the minds of other persons or possibly

some Granges.



The first was a remark made by a

young girl who, like myself, was waiting

in a hotel parlor in a town of considerable

size. Whether the town merited the cen-

sure or not, this girl’s sole comment upon

it was to the effect that “there's nothin’

doin' here."



The second circumstance was the fact

of extensive rally preparations made by

the young men of a certain Grange and

the unavoidable impressiori made upon the

mind of a stranger to the community that

its young people comprised a factor that

was reckoned with t'hereabouts. Several

references, heard from one and another,

to the activity of the young people, to

their relation to the Grange and to the

Grange's attitude toward them, led to the

conclusion that this Grange existed largely

for the purpose of developing and train-

ing its younger members in leadership.

In connection with such references as

these, I heard quoted, as ‘having been

said by someone in the neighborhood, an

opinion that is most extraordinary for

its newness. It was in substance this:

“If Saturday afternoons were declared a

half holiday on all the farms about here.

there would be little danger of Sunday

baseball, etc.”



The third observation was in connection

with. one of Michigan’s finest hardwood

groves—a splendid piece of beech and ma-

ple woods.— Here, under its checkered





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canopy, was held our. daytime rally; and

here, at night, In the inner heart of its

secluded recesses, we gathered again and,

from a stage dimly lighted, rendered a





program of music and mirth, balanced by





soberer strain. It was an occasion to

treasure and remember—the picture of

those natural, swaying stage-settings of

leafy sprays and branches, lighted only

by\gleams from hanging farm lanterns;

and those faces of men, women and chil-

dren looking out of the semi-darkness, in-

terested. alert and rested. It was an

auditorium the like of which wealth could

not rear in a century and such as is only

here and there possessed by a community

of extreme culture and foresight. Across

the road from this grove is a corner store

and «creamery, beside it stand a church

and Grange hall, making it close to the

real community center. No wonder a chill

of dismay struck the heart of everyone

that day at remembrance of the fact that

the owner of this splendid grove had de-

creed positive destruction of it within a

year. No wonder the exclamation leaped

to the lips of more than one, “Oh, why

can’t they be spared by some means? If

not by individual possession, why not by

neighborhood ownership? Surely they are

invaluable for the sake of the social and

aesthetic influence on the scores of young

people who are here today?”



Here, then, are the three points upon

which we may or may not hang further

thought or discussion, according to our

willingness or unwillingness to be joggled

out of deeply-cut ruts: first, there is the

fact of activity as a natural craving and

asset of youth; second, there is the sug—

gestion of allowing a stated time for re-

creation by making a rural weekday half

holiday, same as is common in cities;

third, there is the question, could a com-

munity afford to invest in a piece of

ground for purposes of recreation, ath-

letic contests, and programs of instruction

and diversion? JENNIE Burnt.





COMING EVENTS.





 





National Grange, Forty-fourth annual

session, at Atlantic City, N. J., Nov, 8-18.



Michigan State Grange, Thirty-eighth

lAgniiéial Session, at Traverse City, Dec.



Pomona Meetings.



Lenawee Co., with Ogden

Thursday, Oct. 6. Election of

Grange delegates,



Wayne C0,, with Harmony Grange, at

Romulus, Friday Oct. .



Lapeer Co., with South Grange, Thurs-

day, Oct. 20. MISS Jennie Buell, state

speaker.





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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-

TION 0F FARMERS’ CLUBS.

President—B. A. Holden, Wixom.

Vice-president—Mrs. C, A. Mathews,

St. Johns.

Secretary—Mrs. C. B. Johnson, Meta-

mora.

Treasurer—Henry T. Ross, Brighton.





Corresponding Secretary—N. A. Clapph





Northville.

C, Hallock, Almont; A. R. Palmer, Jack-

son; Wm. H. Marks, Fair Haven; C. L.

Wright, Caro; E. Woodrun‘. Blan-

chard.



Address all communications relative to

the organization of new clubs to Mrs. C

P. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.





 





Auoclational Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer's most valuable met.





 





Aoooclatlonal Sentiment.—

The farmer, he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.





CLU B DISCUSSIONS.





 





Care of the Woodlot.—The Hadley and

Elba Farmers’ Club met at Stony Brook

with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith. Sept, 15.

Carrie B. Snook gave a fine select read-

ing and in the absence of Prof. Gaylord,

of M. A. 0., Wm. B. Johnson, one of our

M. A. C. boys, spoke of the “Care of the

Farm Woodlot." He outlined the work as

done at the college and forest reserva-





tion, also the work of the forestry depart- ’





ment. This was very entertaining and

theroughly enjoyed by all.





Arrange for Club Fain—Arrangements

for the Club Fair on October 20 at the

Hadley town hall, appointments of com-

mittees, etc. occupied the rest of the

afternoon. r. and Mrs. Smith were

elected general managers, which insures

good work as they have had much ex-

perience in that line of work. After a

bountiful tea and feast of watermelon,

muskmelon, etc., the Club adjourned. The

Club Fair occurs October 20. with the

following program: Farm Horticulture,

A. M. Bullock, C, J. Johnson; select read-

ing, Edith Mills; Advantages and Disad-

vantages of Farm Life, Mrs. Wm. Bar-

tenfelder and Mrs. Martha Davenport.

Bring your old relics, fancy Work, big

potatoes, etc, and have a good time with

us. A picnic dinner will be served—Mrs.

C. P. Johnson. Sec.



Plan for Club Falr.——'1‘hursday, Sept.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





8, about 40 members of the Washington

Center Farmers’ Club might have been

seen driving along the “county line road”

all going westward over the hills and

along the banks of Maple river, enjoying

one of the fine September mornings, for

an invitation 'had been given ‘by Mr, and

Mrs. C. A. Matthews to meet with them

in September when peaches and melons

are ripe. A sharp turn in the road

showed the peach orchard at “Maplevale”

the home of the vice—president of the

State Association of Farmers’ Clubs in

Essex, Clinton county. Here we were

met by our ‘host and hostess and

given a. “hearty welcome. The forenoon

session was forgotten. Up the hill to the

peach orchard, down the winding path to

the river, out and over the fields to see

the farm, went the Club and all agreed

that Essex is a good place to live. The

dinner hour showed long tables in a

charming little grove, all ready for a

picnic dinner. Here we found peaches

to the right of us, peaches to the left of

us, melons in front of us, enough for six

hundred. There were not so many when

We came away. The afternoon session

was called to order by President Canvinet

and music by the Club and the usual

order of business followed. Roll call was

responded to by what I like best about

the Club. The subject for general dis—

cussion was ”Why parents should visit

the school.” Select reading by Mrs. Kizer

and music by quartette came next. The.

“Useless things in housefurnishings,” by

Mrs. French was next on the program

and was also made the subject of general

discussion.. Plans for the October fair

were then taken up and discussed, and

with a. vote of thanks to our entertainers

the Club adjourned, and drove home to

Gratiot county, taking with them the

memory of one of the most pleasant days

in the Club’s history—Mrs. C. J. Camp-

bell, Cor, Sec.





Discuss Convict Labor on Highways.—

The Summit Farmers’ Club held its Sep-

tember meeting at Shadelands, the bean-

tiful home of Mr. and Mrs; Eugene Bagg.

After the meeting was opened for busi-

ness, a vote of thanks was extended to

Mr. and Mrs. Odell for the royal manner

in which they entertained the Club at

their annual picnic held at Hague’s Park,

August 17. Some very fine musical selec-

tions were given by Mrs. Beaman, Mrs.

McDevitt, Miss Mabel Lyon and Miss

Marjorie Gray. Mr, McDeVitt read a pa—

per on the building of good roads, and

advocating the using of the prisoners for

that purpose, as has been done in Kala-

mazoo. Mr. Bagg thought that it might

work in Kalamazoo, but doubted that it

could be done in Jackson. Mr. McDevitt

thought that to work the Kalamazoo plan

successfully, would have to work under





 





a county reward law, but Mr. Purdy said

that was not necessary. Mrs. Beaman,

“When I was in the west I rode over

miles of good roads made by chain gangs

of prisoners, and it seems to me that our

prisoners might be used the same way

and help pay for their support.” Mr. El-

lison: “Last year some of the farmers

had their corn husked by prisoners, but

it was decided that it was unconstitu-

tional to take them outside the walls.”

Mr .Purdy: “I would like to see a piece

of road in Summit built under the state

highway reward law. Think we have

stood in our own light 'by not applying

f0r road under that law, for we have to

help pay for roads for others.”





Favors Government Aid in Road Build-

Ing.—~Mr. Angeli: “The government helps

the railroads, and it should help the high-

ways as they are vastly more important.

Now is the time for us to get busy with

our congressman, but we should have

done it before the primaries.” Mr. Mc—

Devitt: “The common people want some

attention paid to them. Could not help

but notice, in a trip up the lakes, how

the government is opening the channels,

not for the people but for the corpora-

tions." Mr, Purdy: “The different

farmers’ organizations should pass resolu-

tions on the good' roads question and give

to our congressmen.” Mr. Berry: "Would

suggest that a committee of four be ap-

pomted to draft resolutions on the good

roads question to present to our repre-

sentative and senators.” Mr. Bagg:

“Would say amen to all that has been

said along this line, and would like the

resolutions to start from this Club, and

if our representatives and senators do

not take notice of us, we will show them

Where we stand when they want our no-

tice.” Mr. Kennedy: “While donating

work to a section of road that we have to

travel a great deal, an auto came along

and threw out the dirt faster than we

could put it back. Believe if the money

was. distributed as it should be, men

would not have to donate work. Auto

taxes should be paid back to the county

where they are owned and turned into

the road repair fum." A committee was

appomted to draft resolutions on good

roads _question. A rising vote of thinks

was given to Mr, and Mrs. Bagg, and the

Club adjourned to hold the Club fair

at Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blake’s, on the 20th

of October.-—~Mrs. J. L. Eddy, Cor. Sec.





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FRUIT STOCK and GRAIN FARMS in BARRY

and EATON Counties—1 to 300 acres, from $1.5m $100

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

of the lea infifarm real estate agencies in Southern

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Hastings. Send for free list No. 3.



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Solidtract. Price, six dollars per acre. This tract

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E. Donegan, P. A. one Agnew, Kissimmee, Florida.





Farm Ready For Business

75 Acres; $3,500; Part Cash.



14 good cows 3 heifers, 30 hens, valuable farming

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tation 101 E. A. STROUT, Union Bank Building.

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Fertile Farms in Tennessee

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Fortunes are being made on fertile Tennessee

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FARMS THAT WILL INBBEASE

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and yield good crops while doing so make an extra good

investment. It is not. necessary to leave civilization, go

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From reading many advertisements you have

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uncertainties.



The opportunity for a good investment is here, and

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

below its real value and must increase.



Write the Northeastern Michigan Development

Bureau.



The Bureau has no lands to sell. but issimplytrymg

to bring the opportunities of this region to the notice

of those who wish to engage in farming, ranching or

fruit. growing.



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619 ft. . . . 8.88 0112 ft.. .0.“ 27-11-1000. (Postage '220) - trousers. . . . . .- ........ . . . . . . V n





1500 EUR SETS AT $1.85.



A Great Bargain in Fashion-

able French Coney Fur Sets. Scarf

is throw style. is 54 ins. long and

lined with satin. Mufl is shield

design and warmly padded: lined

“With Farmer's satin. Is 12 ins.

Wide l3__lns long. Cannot be





 

 

 

 

 





-' MAGNIFICENT SUIT menus COST

- We as tured an Entire Stock at

at a ridicu ously low price. You get the

r benefit. Handsome lack cheviot suit.

. 5’ newest model. tailored by experts. Coat



3 3 round sack st 1e.- vest p0 ular single

breasted. Not ce—We sen with this

suit an extra pair of pants. Cut latest





 

   

 





 





 





NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS





M. P. 531. These magnin

cent Nottingham Curtains come

white only; 30 in. Wide 02 in.

long. They are the best value in

low-price curtain ever sold. Made

of extra uality of net in the

newest an most popular designs.

Sure to wear well and 41 ,

please you. Per pair. . . . C





 

 

 

 

 





 





   





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ELEGANT OAK DRESSER.

1-2-858. An Astonishing Oak





 

 





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m. 1...... Mm,“ Tailored $10.00 OVERCOAT-ONLY $5.25.





This well tailored. perfect-fitting





 





Dresser Value. Colonial at i 6

drawers. brass ulls, safe ogks.‘

French bevel p ate mirror 24 ins.

high: rounded frame. neatl

carved top. rounded scrolistan -

ards. sha ely dresser to 40x19

ins.- Goo casters, 6 ion id gold-

en finish on solid ea . 6

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Suit made of Thibet cloth. You could

at buy the material alone at our price

or this suit beautifully made. stylish

nd perfect fitting. It is single breast-

d. straight front. semi-fitted back.

ol_ors black or navy blue. Sizes 32 to

44 in. bust measure. Shippin weight





a.

Price only ......... - ....... .





sin le-breasted Frieze overcoat. Thick-

] g added and quilted lining. This

elm? is roomy. durable and stylish.

Positively guaranteed. Sizes: 34 to 44

in. chest measure; Length regulation,

46 in. Average weight 6} be.

e-A-aes. Color Black. . . . . $5.25

:5-A-209. Color Dark Grey. . .. . .5.“





 





 





$1.93 or, gray. .

hipping Weight 9. out_4 lbs. A big

bargain. Price per pair ............





Comfortable Rocklng Chair.



1-A-754. Roomy. Comfortable . ‘

Parlor or Librar locker. Richly _ ‘

designed and em ossed golden . ,-

oak frame. Indestructible ‘--

springseat. Broad, diamond— ,.

tufted back, softly uplholstered'

broad arms: large. andsome, ..».

durable. Covering is _'

drill in imitation leather.

Retail value $7.00. Ourprice. . . 3.93





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Lengths; Bright; Kiln Dried.

No. I grade ix4. Per 1000 ft.. . . . -





ft. of Building Lumber.





PLUMBING MATERIAL ,



Everything needed in ‘

Plumbing Material. Our 1

prices mean a savmg to ou l,

of 30 to 60 per cent. era

is an illustration of a bath- _ 1

room outfit we are sellingat ‘ , ‘ ,1



37 50 Your plumber .z; , ., g



n I would ask you



8. out $60.00 for this same outfit. Our

describes them in detail. Write us today.





. 24-13. This is our Wool

~. a. SpunBlanket. Wovenfrom

M» h yarn especially prepared. .



‘~ -. Ends have deep fancy bord- -.

ers and are finished with silk,

tape. Soft, warm. comfy. Col:

‘ Do not show soil

gulckiy. Positivel guaranteed Size 62x78ins.





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" Lot No. 901. Yellow "

Pine Ceiling: Matched and Beaded: Standard





This is only one item out of our 20,000,000 ;; .

Our General Mer— ‘

chandlse Catalog lists a thousand other equally

good bargains from the lOWest grade Sheathing

Lumber to highest quality Hardwood Flooring.





 





Catalog plant backed by our Guarantee Bond.





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Range. guaranteed in every way.

Neat appearing and first-class

.~ baker. Price No. 8-10 as illus-





 

 

 

 





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1-PW-521. Empire Gem Steel ,





I ‘ i?.i‘f‘il£if%i.§%iifir$l 9.1 5





5000 FLEECED SHIRTS 350.

Be ular Standard Heavy Weiggt.

eavily fleeced, close flat knit n-

derwear. made from specially se-

.. lected cotton. Made for good.

7"— hard wear and are soft and warm.





5’. PATENT COLT BLUCHERS.





‘-; This is a rare opportunity to se-



cure high grade patent leather shoes



, at a give away price. They are made



the latest city style. Du l mat to ;

, perforated toe caps. Cuban bee



and extension sole._ ' .,



Sizes 2% to 8; Width C. D. E.





V. air only .........





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, .3? 500 value. Color. light brown.

(/ 24.134000. Undershirts. 35°.

; sizes 34 to 46. price ...... «4

24-13-4005. Drawers. sizes 32 35° '



to 44 ins. waist measure, price





 





 





 





Open Face, Dust Proof Watch. A



A price wrecking offer on this

watc . Century movement guaran- E

, teed for three years. Solid Nickel -»

case. screw back and front; richl

engraved. Stem wind;harden

and tempered hair s ring. Latest

model. Will last a ife- I 95 '

time. BB—B-W—3. Price . -

Postage on Watch 80. By register-

ed mail 160. 30 days allowed.





I _ n. .

‘ HIGH-GRADE MILLWORK.

Lot No. 5858. Size 2 ft. wide.

6 ft. high: 1} in. thick; 4 $1 ‘4

panels. nicely ainted. Ea. -

25 earloads 0 doors. all kinds and

grades in different weed at carioad

lot prices. Millwork of all kinds

from 2c Corner Block to a Colonial

Front Entrance Frame at. . . . 83.

Every article guaranteed. Send for

our general catalog.





   





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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- don’t like it. .Colors black orb ue. .





75 like character. We sell many better grades.





 





MEN’S PATENT BLUCHER SHOES

While they last 5 000 pairs

of Men's Patent Cot Blucher

$3.50 Shoes at a saving to you

of $1.65. e took the entire

output of the factory. This

is perfect fitting shoe. Sizes

%l§o 11. Widths C. D E and





Price per pair. . . . .

Price per dozen pair.$21.oo





MEN’S RUBBER BOOTS. . '

An astonishing bargain in Men's

High Grade Rubber Boot. Made of

ure um. Duck or “Snag Proof”

09:. est durable ever offered at the

price. Made es ecially for us by one

of the most relia le foot-wear makers

on earth. We buy in enormous

. quantities enabling us to

White Cedar also Fancy and Square Butt offer this 500'? Per 9311'- --

Dimensions Shingles at 3500 and upjer 1,000. Pflce per dozen ..................... 5‘04“,





LADIES’ ALL WOOL SKIRT.

All Wool Panama Skirt. Made



he very latest “Tunic effect.’ 'Beau-



tifull trimmed With silk soutache

rai and satin covered buttons.

ebb! and dressy. Made to sell at

750. Your money back if ou





 





izes 22 to 30 in waist._37 to 44 front. -

27-A-110. Price . 2 ,*

(Postage 16c) ........... . s





CEDAR SHINGLES.

Lot No. 923. Common Star A.

Hr Star 6 to 2, 16 ins. Red Cedar Shin-

’5" ice, 0 in. clear butt.

"I iv riceperlQOO........... .

' v These shingles are an excellent

ade or repair work. Just the kind to use for

overing sheds, barns and other buildings of





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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moors" "sumo sums.





All kinds of heating apparatus.

We can furnish you with a modern.

ufp-to-date steam or hot water system

c eaper than any other concern. '

Complete plans and instructions go

With every plant. We loan you

tools free. Write for our Heating ~- 1. .

Catalog and Free Estimate. Each ~ ‘





 

 

 

 

 

 





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FIRST CLASS PUMP. $3.80 BUYS 3} BARREL TANK.

2' so Will buy a high- ado set Made 01 Res Galvan— , n -

. length hft pump. tted with lied Steel. and stee bound. 1 '



4 foot set length and 3x10 in. cylinder. Larger sizes at low prices.

You Will pa almost double elsewhere. $1 80 Buys Five Poet



Our stock 0 umps is most complete. - Steel Hog Trough. :



We can supp y your requirements and Made of i-in. thick boiler “4‘-

steel with heavy legs and I





save you money on ever purchase. It



mu a,y you to get_ our gures, High cross bars. Built so strong no animal can break



quality and low prices guaranteed, or injure. 5 ft. long, 12 in. wide. 6 in. deep.

Send for special tank and trough circular. i





   





 





RAWHIDE READY ROOFING.





   

   

   





‘ 7 from pure asphalt. Recomended

RAWHIDE

AS TOUGH





r01 .

ASHSNAV‘E % Ply Guaranteed 6 yrs. .





Fire. Hall and Weather-Proof.

Not affected by heat or cold. Made





2 2 Free





 





STEEL ROOFING.

100.000 S



Roofing. who



the follewmg price. freight





 

 

 

   

   

 





b

fire underwriters. 108 ft. tea roll

with nails and cement. Requires Corru ated Grim ed 01" 85

ROOFING no coating after laying. .i Price per Stan ng Seam. er sq. .





bout our freight prepaid offer.





   

 





prepaid Plat er square $1.60 I,‘





Our High-Grade Galvanized Rust-

ooflng at prices ranging from $3.00

.4. . . 1.49 er square up. Send for our Roofing Book-

8 “ ” “‘ 12 “ ..... 1.71 ct. Tcllsala





 

 

 

 





PORTABLE PLATFORM SCALE.

For this Guaranteed 600.



- pound guaranteed Portable,

Platform Scale. which will weigh scour-1

ately. We have a full line of Portable

Platform Scales ranging from,





 

 

 





. PERFECT ELECTRIC WELD FENCING.

L “T We secured this Fencing

‘~ at Salvage Sale. Aside

from being weather beaten

7’ - 1* it is as good as new.

0. 24.—20 in. Stays. 6 in. apart. I 81

N ngperzrseilnzgébs. Pgice per rod. 2°



0. r— ' ‘7' m- 39"" . itless. and lat orm scales for



Wt. per l'Od 6.8 lbs. . Price per rod. . mfg-cantile ang home use. W.

We have a complete stock of Wire and Fencing. sell only the guaranteed kind.





 





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and stock scales bbth pit and





 





Superior Gasoline

Pumping Engine.



The finest ever for pump-

but water. running cream

separarator, etc. Complete] ,'

withitrimmings. Full instruc- .

tions for installing and 0 er-

ating. Sold on 30 days 90

trial.

2 E. 1’. Price.. . .

4 E. P. Price. . . . . . .S6A.OO





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Chicago House Wrecking Co., Chicago, Ill.

Gentlemen:—-I suppose you have already

received the order from Dr. Chas. P. Sny-

der for barn No. 262 for which I induced

‘him to send for. I hope you will send





all good sound material for same. And,_





BUGGY AND HARNESS ‘

This Pine Leather Quarter Top

4,4 Buggy. black with Brewster

A" ,,.—-— ill)“ green gear, i tires. nar-

-' - ‘ ‘ r 0‘;

was“ “limb i?.§11‘2’..‘”.‘f’° $34.95



Fins Sin Is Sire flames: ' '

At t is price

. we furnish

light new harness. Send





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have made us thousandsof

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This Gun stron and Bell- $1 3 8 For a first-class, 7



able. Taper c eke bored. _ .. practical cement ’



automatic ejector; 12 or 16 building block in a c b i n e '



gauge; reinforced breech, Blocks 8x8x16 in. You can



case hardened frame; good quality fore end and make whole, half and quarter

full istol gri stock; rubber butt plate. blocks. Turns out 100 blocks

Welgnt aboutfi lbs. _ aday. We can supfply you

16-8-1510. 12 gauge, 30 or 32 in. single bar- complete equi ment or mak-

rel, with e1ector.§3.70. 16 gauge sin- $3 70 mg cement b coke and other

gle barrel. With ejector, 30 in. barrel. .- concrete products. .. Write us.





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Read what the Chicago House wrecking Company customers say:





by the way, he would_.like you .to send

blueprint and specifications at once for

No. 262. I am going to build it for him

and would like to start foundation as soon

as possible.



I built Mr. Leon Temple’s house for him

and find material of first class from start





to finish. The yellow pine flnrilsh is ex— ' ~ , Utah.

ceptionally fine and far above t e average hi 0 House Wreckin 00., Chicago, Ill.

and plenty of everything to complete the CGgigt'lemenz—I am mfire than pleased.





house. Yours respectfully with house design No. 6 which I received.

(Signed) JAMES ’NOOK, from you- It is fine'

(Signed) MORRIS WILSON.





Contractor and Builder.





 





 





 





 





 





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