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VOL. CXXXV. No. 16.

Whole Number 3517.





FARM NOTES.





 





Pasturlng Clever Meadows.





.I would like to know through The

Farmer if it will hurt to pasture clover

after the hay crop has been taken off.

Will ‘it make it more liable to winter-





kill?



Barry Co. M. W. P.

The pasturing of clover meadows after

the hay crop has been removed is not in

line with the best agriculture practice

for several reasons. If the land is in

need of more vegetable matter or humus,

as most of our older soils are, the close

graizng of the second growth of clover

will, as suggested in this inquiry, have a

tendency to make the clover plants more

likely to winter-kill. Of course, not a.

very large proportion of the clover plants

will live the second Winter under average

conditions and, where the clover crop

is turned to the best possible account in

the improvement of the soil, the clover

meadow should not be cut for hay more

than one year, but should be plowed up

the following spring for some cultivated

crop, since the nitrogen stored in the

clover roots will be consumed by the

timothy and other grasses which grow in

the hay field the second year, and there

will be practically no gain

in plant food and little

gain in the mechanical ’

condition of the soil

where the meadow is cut

for two or more years,

in comparison with the

results secured where the

clover is cut but once,

and the growth which it

makes during the late

fall and the following

spring is plowed down

for the benefit of the

soil. Then the trampling

of stock upon the clover

field and the uneven graz-

ing, and the more un-

even distribution of the

droppings of the stock

which always results

from pasturing the sec-

ond growth will not

prove beneficial to the

land. If it is desired to

get the greatest benefit

from the second growth

of clover it is a far better

plan to cut it for hay, if

the growth is sufficiently

abundant to make that

profitable, or leave it for

seed, if the weather is

such as to cause it to fill

well.



The pasturing of any

kind of meadow is not a

profitable thing to do in

any event, as it undoubt—

cdly affects the yield of

hay the following year





DETROIT, Mica, SATURDAY, OCT. is, 1910.





some do not pasture them at all, prefer—

ring to depend upon permanent pastures,

soiling crops and silage for summer feed,

thus rendering the pasturing of the tilled

fields a matter of judgment rather than

necessity.



Grasses for Permanent Pasture on Low



Lands.



Will you kindly advise me what kind 01’

seed to sow on creek flats that will stay.

I have sowed timothy and redtop, but it

soon runs out, then I have to break up

and re—seed. I want to sow the best

and most enduring grasses for pasture.



\Vashtenaw Co. G. R.



The grasses recommended for sowing

in laying down a permanent pasture on

creek bottom lands and other low lands,

in their order of relative importance, are

as follows: Russian brome grass, redtop,

fowl meadow grass, timothy, and possibly

perennial rye grass and meadow foxtail.

It is probable, however, that if the low

lands do not overflow for any considerable

time in the spring, a mixture of Russian

brome grass, redtop, timothy and alsikc

clover would be as good a mixture as

could be used. In our state it is seldom

necessary to sow blue grass, or our com-

mon June grass, as it ordinarily will run

in and occupy the land as other grasses





during the fall and winter, whenever the

weather conditions permit it to be hauled

directly to the field, since the roots of the

grass will appropriate and hold the sol-

uble plant food which may leach into the

surface soil through the action of rains,

and this plant food will be in an available

form for use for the corn crop the next

year. There is no appreciable loss of

nitrogen where the stable manure is ap-

plied to the sod as rapidly as it is made,

but where it is stored in heaps in the

yards there is a very considerable loss of

nitrogen which escapes in the form or

ammonia gas and also a loss of other

plant foods through leaching, as Well as

a loss of vegetable matter through the

natural process of decomposition. There

maybe no hesitation in applying stable

manure to even a light sandy soil, so long

as it is covered with sod at any season of

the year. Of course, the better the job

of spreading, the better the results which

will be secured, as even distribution is an

important factor in this regard.



There is no other method of handling

stable manure with as little loss of plant

food that compares with this plan in

cheapness, except the deep stall plan

practiced by cattle and sheep feeders,





 





 





to an extent that more

than offsets the value or

the pasture obtained

from it. Unfortunately, it is a common

practice upon most farms to pasture the

second growth of clover and other grasses

after the haying season, but the sooner

the practice is abandoned the better it

will be for those who have been following

it, both from the standpoint of the profits

secured from the soil in the way of suc—

ceeding crops and its improvement in

fértility, including a betterment of its

mechanical condition, which is a. most

important factOr in the fertility of our

soil. In fact, it is a question whether it

pays to pasture the fields devoted to the

regular crop rotation on high-priced land

at all, and many of our best farmers are

abandoning the practice of pasturing such

feeds, either regularly or closely, and





fail, although it is a valuable pasture

grass on this kind of land, and where the

seed is not already present in the soil a

little of this seed may be included in the

mixture with profit.



Manuring Sod Ground for Corn.





Would it be advisable to spread manure

0n a light, level, sandy, sod field, intended

for corn next year?



Ottawa Co. J. L.





It‘ is always good practice to draw and

spread stable manure on meadows or

pastures intended for corn the following

year, as rapidly as it is made, since there

is less loss of plant food where it is ap-

plied in this way than in any other way

in which it may be handled. There will

bgpwery little loss of plant food where

the stable manure is applied in this way





 





where the manure is kept closely

packed by the trampling of the stock.

But even where this plan is practicable

it is best to draw it at convenient times

and spread on the land as weather condi—

tions permit.



Rotation of Crops.





Last spring I plowed under a June

grass sod for beans, and I would like to

ask through your columns if it would be

better to plow this ground this fall for

beans or just use the pulverizer and not

turn up the old sod, and do you think it

would raise another crop of beans profit»

ablv.



Saginaw Co. SUBSCRIBER.



It is not good agricultural practice to

plant beans, or any. other crop, in fact,

two years in succession upon the same





ground. A rotation of crops is a consid-





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crable factor in the conservation and im-

provement of soil fertility. Beans,’ for

instance, is a crop which rapidly depletes

the humus in the soil and even a

good soil, which contains plenty of plant

food to grow two or more crops of beans

in succession, if that course is followed,

will get in a poor mechanical condition

through the depletion of the humus or

vegetable matter in the soil, and its con-

dition of fertility will be accordingly in-

jured. It would be far better to follow

this bean crop with cats, and the oats

with wheat, sccding the land to clover

again in the win-at crop, or substituting

any other grain crop which may be de«

sired, such as barley, for the oats and

wheat, seeding to clover in the barley,

and again following the clover with beans,

if it is desired to make beans the cash

crop in the rotation. In this way the

bean crop will not be grown oftener than

once in three or four years on the same

soil, and clover will appear at like inter-

vals in the crop rotation, which plan will

make for the conservation and improve-

ment of the soil fertility, provided proper

methods are employed in the culture of

the crops grown, and the fertilization of

the soil in preparation for them.

It is probable that this

” I field would grow a profit-

~~ able crop of beans anoth—

1 er year, but for the above

1 reasons it does not follow

? that it would be profitable

to grow them. In case it

is desired to substitute

some cash crop in place

of the oats or barley

above advised, some other

crop might better be

planted. Some successful

farmers follow beans

which have been grown

on sod ground with sugar

boots. fitting the land

without plowing, which is

a savingr of labor, as su—

gar luccis require a firm

secd bed for best results,

Or, if a crop which is

adapted to the production

of either grain or forage

is desired, the field might

be sown to oats and peas

with profit. and this crop

followed with wheat. In

any case. the benefit to

be derived from a rota—

tion of crops would be

gained by any of these

plans, all of which are

prcfcrablc to following

with another crop of

beans.



There is no one factor

of greater importance in

the maintenance of soil

fertility than the rotation

of crops g‘rOWl‘ upon the,

land, and, as this is one





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directly under control of

the owner, it should be given the most

(arcful consideration.





 





COVER CROPS.





 





I like the practicc of leaving some

growing crop on the soil over winter,

whether it be in the orcl‘iard or on the

farm fields. This is one reason why we

like to follow corn with wheat. No time

is lost and the ground is covered. The

cover crop idea is not alone for protec-

tion but its greatest function is perhaps

the taking up of plant food which is lib-

erated in the fall and winter and saving

it up in plant tissue to be available grad-

ually to succeeding crops. It also per-

forms the function 01’ adding humus to
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the soil with all its attendant benefits.

Our farm is now entirely covered with

a growing crop with the exception of five

acres of corn ground. We intended to

sow a cover crop in the corn at the last

cultivation, but a hard wind blew the com

over so we could not get through it and

we had to abandon the plan. This is a

part of a young orchard and I am almost

tempted to sow something as soon as the

corn is off though this will be pretty

late. In the potato field. which is also a

part of a young orchard, we sowed strips

of oats next the trees about the middle

of August. This is now about eight

inches high and very thick. Buckwheat

is highcr, about up to one's knees, and in

blos‘som, but docs not stand as thick as

the oats. We also sowed oats next the

trees in the bean and cucumber patch.

The early potato patch was cultivated

up and oats sowed, also the sweet corn

plat. The young blackberry patch has a

mixture of winter vetch and clover. In

one orchard a student who was with us

tliis,.summer from M. A. C, has a half

dozen plots of cover crops composed of

mixtures of various clovers with oats,

winter vetch, cowpeas, and buckwheat.

All have made a good growth, though the

buckwheat is in the lead fOr height, being

considerably more than knee high in six

weeks. The vetch and oats make a good

carpet also, the cowpeas being the slow—

est in growth. The covers are small yet

but will grow later after the nurse crop

ceases growth. These crops will add

much humus to the soil at little expense.

Calhoun Co. S, B. H.





 





 





MANAGEMENT OF SANDY SOILS.





 





Sandy soil is the easiest type of soil to

cultivate, and when it can be maintained

in a high state of productivity it offers

many advantages to the farmer. The

plant food contained in sandy soil is in

a form easily accessible to the growing

plants. The soil is casy to work, and

does not crust over or bake. it is warm

and friable, and can be Worked sooner

after a rain than oihcr soils.



In discussing the matter of managing

sandy soils I shall conllnc myself to the

use of means which are within the reach

of the average farmer, for sooner or later

in all agricultural enterprises the‘one

great question must be settled. Does it

pay?



The working of sandy soil is no excep-

tion to this question, and for that reason

I will dismiss the question of using arti-

ficial fcrtilizcrs and commercial manures;

for though none can doubt; their value

when rightly used, yet my experience and

observation has taught me that they can-

not be rn-otitably used on sandy soils until

after we have furnished an abundance of

humus—forming materials to the soils.

There may be a few special crops that

will bring sufficient returns so that the

owner will be justified in applying such

expensive fertilizers, but to speak from

the standpoint of general farm crops I

believe that the expense will be greater

than any possible increased returns.



A sandy soil rightly managed may be

made the most productive of any soil.

but we must ‘be constantly furnishing it

with humus-forming material if we are

to maintain its capacity to produce profit-

able crops. “'e have found that by plow—

ing under clover and other legumes and

by using a fertilizer rich in potash and

phosphoric acid sandy land can be made

to produce profitable crops of corn and

potatoes when it would fail to produce

good crops if a high priced, complete

fertilizer was uscd with no legume crop

plowed under.



All plants of heavy annual growth may

be plowed under to increase the humus

content of the soil; but the leguminous

plants, to which clover belongs, have so

far proved most satisfactory.



When clover is rightly managed it will

accomplish all that other plants possibly

can, besides adding nitrogen to the soil

to be utilized by future crops. Where

clover will not thrive, cowpeas, alfalfa

and other legumes may be profitably

utilized.



The best rotation of crops to adopt. in

view of the necessity of increasing the

amount of humus in the soil, will be one

in which clover is grown at least one

year in three. The ground should be

seeded with clover every time it is sown

to small grain.



‘Wheat, clover and some field crop, such

as corn or potatoes, will make an ideal

rotation of crops for sandy lands. This

rotation, if clean work is made of It, will

produce uniform results. varied only by

the kind of weather or the season. The

clover fields may ‘be pastured in the fall

Without injury if not grazed too close,





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





as the cattle will avoid the ripened heads

and feed on the tender grass underneath.

- “rhen the clover sod has been plowed

late in the fall and the land planted with

some heed crop the following year, and

this followed with small grain and clover.

it will require but little clover seed to

secure a good stand. It is easier to get

a stand of clover on land where it has

been grown frequently, as the soil be—

comemthoroughly filled with seed in the

proper condition to grow.



There is no more serious disappoint-

ment in farm management than to f.i1 to

secure a good stand of clover. To insure

the chances of success the ground should

be plowed in the fall in order that the

spring grains may be sowed at earliest

possible date. It is of little use to sow

small grains late in the spring for they

must get a good start before the heat and

droughts of summer come on or the insect

foes will begin their depredations,



All of the time sandy soil is not occu-

pied by a growing crop there is a con-

stant loss of fertility. and the manage-

ment should be so planned that it is cov~

ered either with clover, wheat or some

other growing crop. They improve the.

action of the soil toward heat, light and

moisture and prevent the fertility from

evaporating and washing down out of

reach of the plant roots.



The management of manure on sandy

land is an important matter. It should

be carefully saved and great pains should

be taken to increase the amount and

quality. It may be applied to the hoed

crop in the rotation, but should not be





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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put deep into the soil. I believe that the

greatest benefit will come from applying

it as a top-dressing to the clover. When

we lift the clover crop we are getting un-

der the center of gravity of the whole

farm. If the clover crop is improved the

vhole farm is brought up with it.



The practice of hauling the manure

direct from the stable to the field and

spreading as fast as it is made is fast

gaining favor among the best farmers.

There is no loss and we get the benefit

at once intend of allowing it to lay in the

yards a year before it' is applied. It is

essential on sandy soils as well as on

other soils that we keep plenty of live

stock to consume all of the forage grown

on the farms.



If sandy soil is made profitable for

general farming it must be done so along

these economical lines. for laborious and

expensive systems are out of the question

on the ordinary farm,



New York. W, MILTON KELLY.





 





SIZE OF DRAIN TILE.





 





What size tile would I need to take the

surface water off from a ravine of about

{30 acres. To give you a more perfect

idea. of how much water there is, will say

the road commissioner thought it neces-

sary to have an 18-inch tile across the

road where my tile would commence.

This culvert runs full once in a while

when there is a freshet, or rapidly melt-

ing snow. There is a partial open ditch

now through my field. for about 40 rods

which empties into a large ditch, Now.

as I want to plow the field this fall. I

thought it better to lay tile for the water

than to re-open the old ditch. if It would

not cost too much. What size tile would

I need to take this water. It runs dry

most of the summer. Or do you think

it better to have the open ditch?



Mecosta Co. F





If the contour of the land is such that

no free surface water comes from above

and beyond the field, then a tile drain is

practical, but if free water comes from

beyond, and at times washes down over

your field, then you must use the open

ditch. In other words. if all the water

on your field can be made to soak into

the ground into your system of tile drains

you can control it all and probably with

a six-inch tile, but if at times water

comes from above and requires an 18—inch

tile for a sluice, then a tile drain is im-

practical and will sometime be washed

out. I have had epex‘ience in a case like

this and had to go back to the open ditch

for the main water course.



The drains will work for you night and

day, almost the year round, and will

carry off an immense amount of water,

but :water enters them slowly and they

will not take any great amount of free

water that comes from undrained land

above.



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, Beans.



The bean crop is fair this year, but the

wet weather has made it difficult to har-

vest the crop without injury, and the

quality in this section is likely to be

poor. There are few beans grown here.

Allwe have this year are the rows plant-

ed between rows of cucumbers on an acre

of ground. By the way, the pickling sta-

tion has closed and as soon as I can get

them together I will give the figures

promised on that acre of cucumbers, so

prepare for something big. (1’)



Clover Seed.





Clover seed is a light crop on account

of the drought which shortened the sec-

ond gror, ‘i of June clover so that there

is hardly enough to cut on fields cut for

hay late. What there is is well filled,

however. The best yield of small seed I

have heard of in this section is 19 bushels

from fifteen acres of second growth June

clover. Most fields yield about one-half

bushel per acre and it takes about five

acres for a load. Seed had to be cut with

bunchers or with a platform, an etxra

man raking it off. We cut ours in this

way this season, as it was so short that

much of it would be lost even by the

buncher. Another seat was attached to

a plank extending behind the mower and

the man who raked 011' could ride. Mam-

moth clover seed turned out fairly well,

though no large yields are reported. One

very successful farmer on rather light

land in this vicinity follows this rotation,

Corn, wheat after corn stubble, plow early

and seed to wheat again, seeding to

mammoth clover and cutting this for seed,

then plowing for corn again. This gives

a. three—year rotation with the whole of

a heavy crop of mammoth clover, except

the seed, going back on the land, also

the manure from the cornstalks and

straw. He is getting paying crops with

the least amount of labor and the land is

steadily improving under this treatment.

Some poor land which others could hardly

make a living on is paying well under this

method.



Potatoes.





\Vith the late fall and rains the potato

crop is looking better and we now have

hopes of a fair, though not a large, crop.

I believe most of the crop is now practi-

cally out of the way of the frost, and if

freezing weather does not come on during

October that the crop can be harvested

in pretty good condition. Buying has not

begun here as yet, but a few cars were

loaded at a neighboring station and I un-

derstand the price was 50 cents. I do not

know of any late potatoes dug in this sec-

tion as yet, October 4.





Corn.





The corn crop occupies the attention of

most farmers at this time, and will be the

leading line of work for a month or two

yet. Perhaps two-thirds of the crop is

now in the shock, and no frost as yet.

Practically all the crop is beyond frost

danger, except to the fodder. The crop is

not large, but I think it will be practically

all sound corn. Proba'bly seven-eighths

of the crop has been cut by hand, as it

was down so badly that it was out of the

question to use the corn binders.



I do not believe I have known a season

when there have. been so many dirty corn

fields as the present one. Rag weed and

pigeon grass seem to form the bulk of the

foreign growth, and in many places it is

difficult to get through them to cut the

corn. Of course, in such places the corn

is small and hardly worth the cutting. to

say nothing of the lost labor in growing.

Where we do not have time to give a

corn field the care it should have to keep

it reasonably clean I believe we would

get more com with less labor by cutting

the acreage in two. I do not mean that

every weed must be kept out. No doubt

it will not pay to get all of them, but I

believe that corn should have at least

four cultivations at the proper time, and

one hocing if it is rowed but one way.

Some of The Farmer readers may thinlt

it strange but there are some persons in

this section who will put a corn crop out

fairly well and never touch it afterward,

and others who get through it but once

or twice. Of course, the labor expended

is practically a dead loss. This season

some of the poor corn fields are due to a

lack of proper preparation in the spring.

The June grass was not subdued before

planting, rains came on, and it was not

subdued during the entire season. As a

result some fairly good farmers have corn

fields that are an eyesore. If there is one

thing that we farmers should learn it is

to concentrate our efforts, cover less

ground, and do it better, or if we must

cover the same ground get more help. If

help cannot be obtained, grow more hay,





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. . ' 13>: 305





cloverseed, and wheat; and less corn, and

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Yardage is a term used by engineers

in describing cubic yards, the content of

earth or rock to be removed. To those

who have a taste for such matters it is

interesting to note the monthly reports

of the Panama Canal work in the number

of yards of material moved. It may seem

a long jump from the Panama Canal to

farm matters, but nevertheless yardage

is also to be considered on the farm.

When the great smoothing plane of gla-

ciation passed over the land there were

places which were not well filled. Geolo-

gists tell us that a portion of the glacier

broke away and settled in these spots,

which prevented the fill being completed

and when the ice melted away the hole

was left and in the ages since has been

slowly filling by wash accretions. Some

of the sags are so shallow that they are

plowed and sown with a certain knowl-

edge that the crop will miserably perish,

a sort of blind devotion to fatalism. W'hen

the sags are deeper they are cultivated

around and the outside diameter of good

soil added to the actual area of waste

which is abandoned makes a larger

amount of loss than Is generally known.

It is at this point that yardage is of in-

terest in calculating the fill necessary to

complete the error of glaciation.



If the farmer desires to approximate the

calculation he can make a square or par-

allcllogram with cord and make the

stakes the depth of the fill and calculate

in feet and yards. No two problems are

alike in distance of haulage or cuts and

fills. The main point is to get started.

For very short hauls the scoop scraper

will answer the purpose; for longer hauls

the wheel scraper is a decided advantage.

The high points should not be evenly re-

moved for that puts the top layer of soil

out of its sphere of usefulness and there

is a piece of land which would make a

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farm land. If the fill is considerable start

a six or eight foot bottom excavation like

a ditch and then refill this excavation by

plowing in and levelling to the newly

made plane. This method of filling does

not greatly disturb the soil and by man-

uring over these places no real damage

follows. The number of cuts is deter-l

mined by the yardage necessary to makel

the fill.



I have known of one-eighth of an acre

being made available in one day's work

with two men and a team. The actual

value of the land would be at the rate of

$100 per acre measured from the stand-

point of production alone, and more from

the removal of the unsightly waste.

Many a bullfrog would lose his happy

home if a few days‘ work were employed

in making these fills and many and many

additional dollars of farm products be

added to the year's income. Horace

Greeley tells of a certain ford across a

Virginia river that had been used for two

hundred years and no attempt made to

remove the big, loose stones which had

wrecked many wagons. Greeley’s yankee

shrewdness led him to estimate that but

a. few days’ work at the proper season of

the year would have removed these stones

for all time. There are opportune times

for making these fills, from both a phy-

sical and economic standpoint. When

the ground is not sodded the work can

be done to greater advantage as it is a!

matter of comparative ease to fill in the

excavated out where no sod interferes.

One may have noticed railroad construc-

tion proceeding in the winter time, and

while this is not always possible, late fall

or early winter may be a very opportune

time. \Vhen prices of farm products are

considered, together “with the annoyance

and loss of time conducting farm opera~

tions around these sags it is a positive

commonly to make the fill. On irrigated

lands the problem is the reverse in the

sense of small knolls that must be levelled

to the required irrigation plane. These}

knolls were not only barren because of

the inability of the water to reach them

but were the homes of prairie dogs who

created great havoc in the surrounding

fields of grain and alfalfa. Prairie dogs

and water do not agree and the. dog;

knolls were of necessity leveled and made[



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It is often a trying time with the flock

of ewes after the lambs are taken away

from them, as they are usually put in

some out-of—the-way field and out of

hearing of the lambs. Of course, it would

not ‘be a good plan to feed them heavily

just thc11.as it should be the object to

let the udders become reduced and the

whole animal system become adjusted to

the w01k of recuperation, and prepared

for the work of producing a crop of lambs

the following spiing. But it is not a wise

plan to so scrimp them on the pastuie

feed that they will become reduced in

flesh and vitality. A strong, vigorous

condition is very desirable at this par-

ticular time.



Changing Pastures.



There is no one thing that will instill

new life. and stait a floak of ewes on

the up giade after being drawn on bv a

lot of lusty lambs, mo1e than to give

them occasionally a change of pasture.

The} the of the monotom of the one

field. After traveling over the grass and

distributing their droppings, there is an

odor that is disagreeable, and no other

aiimal is so sensitive to such conditions

as the sheep.



By turning them on to fresh feed they

are awakened to the new surroundings.

they li en up and take hold of the feed

with an appaient relish that challenges

admiration Theit eyes bilghten, they

become plump and look bettci in a short

period of time. if one desires to make

the most of his flock at the least evpense,

let him see to it that they frequently

have a thance at fresh feed. 11‘ there are

any needs or brush for them to trim in

the field where they are mined for a

time they enjoy trimming them, the1cby

gutting a variety of feed which is bcne—

iiclal.



Culling the Ewes.



To sort and balance up the flock re-

quires the use of good judgment. if there

ate any (“es that wcie marked in the

sp1ing 01 at shunting time on attOtlnl of

any stii us deftr-ts unless it seems best

to keep up the numbers for some rcason,

they should be put out. If the objection-

able i‘vaturc is 1111 a serious one they

might be given another chance. Some-

times conditions in the spring make a

ewe drop her lamb prematurely. or she

might not have been in a conditfon to

feed hcr lamb properly born. and she has

come thtough tht- summer a fruitless ani—

mal: and yet under bctte-r conditions

next year. she may do as Well as any in

the flock. A rest, of one summer often

puts a cwu in fine form for profitable

service the next year.



It scwms hard Soinothnes to turn aside

a fruitful and dutiful old matron just bo-

ttausc she is getting past her prime in

lf she ("-llh' well. and is vigorous,

she is; likely to be of better service than

a young untried one. I have found it

more profitable to keep all the good owes

as they are strong and vigorous,

than taking chances





years.





as long

and do good service.

with the young t'\\t"~'.



Tho class of ewes that I tvould take out

gaunt ones, that





cvery time, is tht- tall,

are lacking in form and constitutional

vigor. “'hat We want in ewes is to raise





lambs that will be strong and grow along

rapidly aftcr they have been started in

lifc. \\'<~ opt-ct tho owe to transmit to

the offspring the internal structure which

includes the vital organs. and unless she

possessos strong vital organs herself she

can not impart a vigorous constitution to

her lambs \i’hile a good breeding ewe

should be large and roomy, the import~

ance of largo heart and lungs should not

be oycrlookcdj it is of prime importance.



The numbers of the flock are usually

kept up by additions from the ewc lambs.

l'nless numbers are vcry desirable. cull—

done in a very thorough

manner with the lambs. The lamb that

lacks the growthiness. the breadth be—

tween the fore legs. the spread of ribs

and large nostrils that indicate large

lungs should be lcft out and fed for the

mutton market. Of course. the small

lambs will not sell for as much for meat

as the larger ones, nor are they worth as

much for breeders that are to maintain

the character of the flock for several

years to come. Keep the good, growthy

ones.





ing should be





Stimulate for Breeding.





There is a practice among very good

Sheep men of “flushing” the flock before

breeding time, .and there is wisdom in it.

The skillful flockmaster can control the





THE MICVHIGAN. F ARMER.





flock almost at will. It is desirable to

have about all the ewes come in heat

during the first three weeks after the

time has come to breed them. if part of

the flock are out of condition some of

the ewes will not be ready to breed will

they are settled down in winter quarters

on dry feed and grain that will stimulate

them up to sexual activity.



By giving the ewes good pasture, shel-

tering them from the fall storms, the nor-

mal condition of the flock can be equal-

ized to a great extent. Add to those con-

ditions the advantages that can be gained

by commencing to feed a small amount

of g1ain and note the results. Two parts

of oats to one of corn makes an excellent

mixture. increase the amount until a

flock of one hundred is getting from a

half bushel to three pet-ks of grain per

day. After feeding grain from two to

three weeks according to the condition of

the flock, they will be ready to breed and

it will be found that about all. if not all,

of the ewes will come in heat during the

following three weeks. It is a rule among

most animls, that as soon as a thrifty

condition begins, sexual activity follows.

Cool nights in the fall strengthens the

appetite with ewes. improved conditions

begin and readiness to biased follows.



“Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





 





BUYING A STALLION.





 





The present high prices received for

homes makes the raising of good heavy

drafters a profitable line oof live stock

production. Yet it is a well known fact

tl‘at many horses that are put upon the





market every month do not return a.

profit to the producer. Small, this»

shapen. unsound horses are changing





hands every day at prices that are only

a fraction of what is being received for

dcsirable animals.



It is plain to every farmer or horseman

that he must raise the better class of

horses if he is to get the greatest profit

out of their production. It is plain. also,

that the larger number of horses must be

produced from mares. already upon the

farm. The chief source of improvement

in breeding their is through the use of a

stallion that will tend to produce the size,

conformation and quality demanded in

the highest class of draft horses



Vl'ith the present high mites and gen-

eral prosperity throughout the country

it is more than probable that more pure-

bred stallions will be bought than ever

beforc. Many country districts that have

lit-irwmfore used one stallion will have

sufficient busincss for two next year. In

other places the stallion has been in use

so long that now his progeny are ready

ior use and new blood must be secured to

matt- with the young fillies. Even yet

lhcrc. are many localities in which grades

have been in use. All such will surely

be discarded this year and pure-bred stal-

lions purchased. All these reasons make

it appear that the demand for pure-bred

stallions will be strong this year.



Perhaps the first point to be taken up

in purchasing a stallion is the matter of

lm-ed. It is not that any one breed is

lictter than another. for market toppers

come from any of the four leading draft

breeds. But it is rather that a stallion

belonging to the brccd whose blood pre—

dominates or of the breed it is desired to

raise be Choscn. The reason for adhering

to one breed is that the colts will be

more uriform and will be better animals

than if they were of mixed breeding.



The Ideal Horse.



Having dccidcd upon a breed, it will

be well to study out and to plan some—

thing of an ideal horse or to decide what

kind .of a horse to buy. First of all, a

draft sire must have size. He must be

of the correct draft type and that means

much more than size. He‘ must be a

beautiful, attractive animal. No matter

which of the draft breeds he belongs to

he must have certain essential charac-

teristics or he is not suited to be a sire

of draft horses. Granting that he has

size. his form must be massive, broad.

and deep. Muscling in all parts should

be heavy for it is muscle that makes a

draft horse a power in the collar. This

muscling is especially desirable over the

back, loin. croup. down through the hind

quarters and in the thighs and fore-arm.

He needs what horsemen term a good

middle. That means that he has a wide.

deep chest which indicates large lung

capacity and usually a stnong constitu—

tion. It means, also, large digestive ca-

pacity.



The head and neck are important

points of consideration. They should in-

dicate. masculinity. The most desirable

head will be fairly large, clean cut, and





have a bold, stnong expression. ‘

nose seems to indicate courage in a great

many horses. However, this may not be

true. yet a horse with a. Roman nose

should not 'be discriminated against un-

less it is so prominent that it detracts

from the beauty of the animal. The

writer would always discriminate against

a horse that has a bad dish or sunken

place in his forehead or face. The neck

should be fairly long and well arched,

showing masculinity in its appearance.

A stallion with a mare or gelding neck

is rarely a satisfactory breeder. Eyes

should be fairly large, prominent and

healthy. Special attention need be given

to lcngth, of neck for it is one of the most

common faults of draft horses today to

be short in the .neck. The throat latch

should be clean cut and free from flabbi-

Itess. Approaching the withers the neck

should blend nicely and smoothly into the

shoulders. A neck that is to be avoided

is one that is excscsively wide on top.

Any number of stallions can be found that

have as much as eight inches of flat

width on top of the neck. This is unde-





sirable and should be discriminated

against.



Next in order is the shoulder. Usually

not enough attention is given to this





shoulders should be fairly

wide apart, indicating room within for

vital organs. They should be smooth and

neat and not too high and prominent,

forming what is commonly called high

withers The most important

here, however, is the slope of shoulder as

viewed from the side. Far too many

horses are faulty .in this respect. A

shoulder that is too straight upward and





point. The





downward is sure evidence that the horse





will be short in his stride and a poor

walker. Good slope, for that reason, is

desirable.



The back should be broad but not too





long. A short back usually means two

things. First, a sloping shoulder, and

second, short—coupled body. A short-





couplcd horse is everywhere said to be

an easy keeper and usually he is a little

heavier muscled over the back and loin.

The same full, heavy muscling over lo'in

should be'carried back through the croup

and hindquarters. It is quite a common

fault of many otherwise good horses to

be drooping in the croup. This must be

guarded against for if a stallion has such

a droop his. progeny are likely to have

the same and will bring less money when

ready for market. The same width and

heavy muscling should be carried down

through the thighs for it is the msucling

of thighs. loin, and back that furnish

most of the power When a load is to be

moved.

Good Feet Are Most important.





This brings us to feet and legs which,

although very important, are hard to de-

scribe. First of all, they should be sound

and free from any predisposition to un—

soundness. Soundness of hock is espec—

ially desirable because. as was said above,

the hind legs bear a large share of the

strain when the horse is in the collar.

The hock should be wide, both from the

front and from the side. This indicates

strength. Narrow, or tied—in hooks are

most subject to curbs. The hock should

be clean-cut and free from all meatiness

and bog spa-vine. It is important to get

the proper curve in the limb at the hock.

Some horses are too crooked. Others are

'too straight. A man with a fairly good

eye can decide upon this point if he looks

carefully at the horse when he is not

standing in a cramped position.



The fore legs should be of only medium

width apart: if there is too much space

between them the horse is very likely to

roll in action. The leg should be well

defined heavily muscled, having a broad

knee. and a cannon bone that does not

cut in just below the knee. The bone of

the fore leg. and hind leg as well, should

be clean and flat and indicating a good

quality of bone. Too great size of bone

should not be sought for because it is

usually associated with coarseness. Yet

about as much must be looked for as is

possible without coarseness. Bone. if of

the right quality is one of the things de-

manded upon the market and a. horse





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Pasterns must be of medium length and





of fair slope. There are many stallions

on the market at the present time that

are too short in the pastern, especially

behind. This makes them inclined to

knuckle over on the. fetlock joint and

sometimes to appear cock—ankled. A.

medium slope of pastern indicates some

springiness of action and causes the

weight of the horse to fall more gradu-

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were more upright. This reduces the

tendency to sidebones.



The feet, while being mentioned near

the last of this article are by no means

the least important. Many an otherwise

good horse is well nigh useless because he

is bad in the feet. No matter what breed

a. stallion may belong to, he should have

a large, deep foot, of a very tough tex-

ture. The hoof must be large at the top

or it will be inclined to have sidebones.

It must be wide behind or it will be

likely to have contracted heels. While

looking over several classes of stallions

in the show ring at a state fair recently

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depth at the heel of the hoof. The black-

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If it; indicates that he is straightforward

and upright he probably will be safe to

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you and mean what it says. The next

may be written in such a way that it

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careful upon this point.



One must expect to pay a fairly good

price to get a good home. The same is

true in horses as in general merchandise.

The store that is selling goods at an ex-

tremely low price invariably has a poor

quality of goods. But if we seek for the

better quality of goods we must always

pay for it. This is exactly the case with

horses. Go where horses are advertised

to be sold for extremely low prices and

you will nearly always find an inferior

bunch of horses. It will always pay to

invest little extra money and get an

aboslutely high-class horse.



The writer does not feel justified in

closing this article until he has again

called attention to the matter of sound-

ness. If the purchaser is not of sufficient

experience to dctect all forms of un-

soundncss, and predisposition to such as

well, he should have the horse examined





 





Shropshire Ram Lamb, lst at Hillsdale and a Prize-Winner at Grand Rapids,

Shown by C. H. Hutchison, of St. Joseph County.





himself as though he were putting his

weight into the collar. The action will

be straight and free from rolling. The

feet will be lifted in an almost vertical

direction before being carried forward. A

great amount of speed and coach action

is not to be expected in a. draft horse,

yet he should be stylish and graceful in

action.

Other Essential Points in Buying.



In the main it will be best to buy early

in the season. This enables the purchas-

er to get the pick of the lot. Further-

more, it enables him to get the horse ac-

customed to his new surroundings long

before the breeding season opens. Per-

haps the best place to buy is at the barn

of a reliable importer, for in nearly all

cases the horse will be bought from one

of the importers. There a man can see

the animals under their more ordinary

care and learn more about the horses

than is possible otherwise. He should

see the horse bridlcd in the stall and note

whether he seems to have any viciousness

which makes the boys cautious in going





‘ about him.





The best age to purchase will depend

upon circumstances. In general, a colt

coming three years old will be best in the

A colt of that age can nearly

always be gotten for less money than a.

horse one or two years older. XVlIlle he

could not stand as much service the first

season as an older horse, that first sea-

son is usually lighter than those that fol-

low and a strong thi‘ee—year-old will do

very well. In this way one or two years

more of usefulenss will be secured from

the horse.





Selecting an importer from whom to

buy is almost as important as selecting

the horse himself. There are reliable

importers and there are unreliable im-

porters. Before Visiting an importing

establishment the poprietor should be in-

vestigated from every standpoint. If such

investigation proves him to be unreliable

it is best to pass him by at the start.





by a competent and reliable veterinarian

as well as to have the importer's guur-

antee.



Iowa. H. E. MCCARTNEY.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





Recently in the Chicago wholesale mar-

ket September lard sold at higher prices

than a year ago, while September pork

sold nearly $6 per barrel lower than at

that time.

on the lines of the Rock Island in Iowa.



Reports from Missouri say that there is

a great demand for high-class saddle and

harness horses and that not cnough gcld-

ings are offered by farmers to go around.





The shortage of forage in Fall River



county, South Dakota, is forcing the sac-

rifice of thousands of cattle prematurely,

and it is feared that farmers will market

their best breeding stock. Recently one

of the ranchch threw every hoof he had

0n the market, and this is only one of

dozens of similar cases in the county.

Thcse cattle averaged him $18 per head.

Less than three years ago thc county was

the center of an almost unbrokcn range.

Now the big ranches are all broken up

and gone, and similar conditions prevail

all over the two Dakotas, Montana, VVyo-

ming, and in fact, throughout the semi-

arid states.

'The big ranches of the northwest. as

well as those of Texas, are being cut up

one by one into ordinary sized farms,

among the last to be divided in this man.-

ner being the cnormous ranch in Montana

owned by Colonel CI‘USG for nearly a

quarter of a century. The ranch C‘OVCI'S

about 17,000 acres, and the DI‘ICO paid was

about $400,000, being the largest land

transaction in that state for a yczir. The

sale embraces 6.500 cattle, 20,000 head of

sheep and all the ranch equipment.





Reports from various points in Iowa

and Illinois say that farmers are proper-

ing to build new cribs for storing this

year’s mammoth crop of corn, their inten-

tion being to engage in feeding live stock

on a lage scale. as the market price of

corn is expected to be low. The weather

has been ideal for maturing the crop.

and old corn has been shipped out freely

to make room for the new crop. In cen—

tral Illinois the crop is expected to be a

record—breaker. A short time ago sales

of new No, 3 yellow corn were made for

this year’s Shipment from northwestern

Iowa to Chicago on the basis of seven





cents a. bushel below the Chicago May





delivery price.





 





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'A‘bIISbING TANK 9|: A HOG WALLOW





KREsci' DIP N9.l .





.WILL DO THE WORK .





THERE Is NO EXCUSE FOR LOUSY MANGY

’. UNTHRIFTY PIGS. lF vou HAVE SOME

OF THIS KIND vou WILL FIND IT WORTH

WHle To GET oun CIRCULAR ON ,

TANKS AND WALLOWS. IT TELLS 3

HOW To MAKE THEM OF CEMENT





KRESO DIP NQI





IS A REAL NECESSITY

ABOUT ALL LIVE STOCK

FOR KILLING LlCE.TlCKS.MlTES.l-'LEA$.

FOR TREATING SCAB,MANGE,R|NGWORM,

AND OTHER SKIN DISEASES:

.TO DISINFECT,DEODORIZE,

CLEANSE a: woman





ALL OF THESE USES FULLY DESCRIBED

IN OUR BOOKLETS. WRITE FOR COPIES

ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR KRESO DIP NOI





PARKE,DAVIS 8: CO..





DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY.





 





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Horse OWners Should Use





GOMBAULI’S





CAUSTIC BALSAM





The Great French Veterina Remedy.

A SAFE, SPEEDY a. POSlTl E CURE.





Prepared exclusively

{V J. E. Gombault. ex-

eterinorg Surgeon to

.g the Franc

. Stud.





   

 





Government





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SUPERSEDES AlL'CAUTERY 0R FIRING.





Impossible to produce any scar or blemish.

The safest best Blister ever used. Takes the



lace of all lininients for mild or severe action.



emoves all Bunches or Blomishes from Horses

or Cattle.



As a HUMAN REMEDY for Rheu-

matism, Spralns. Sore Throat. etc., it

is invaluable.



WE GUARANTEE that one table-

spoonful of Caustlc Balsam will produce

more actual results than a whole bottle of any

liniment or s evin cure mixture ever made.



Every bott o of Caustic Balsam sold is

Wei-ranted to give satisfaction. Price 81.50

per bottle. Sold by dru gists or sent by ex-

pross, charges paid, with ull directions for its

use. Bend for descriptive circulars. testimo-

niels,etc. Address





'I'lil LAWRENCE-WILLILIS GOIPAIIY, Cleveland. Ohio.





 





 





 





 





 





l‘SAVE-TIIE—‘Honsz'fs PAVINCURE.





RELIRADE J‘lARIh





     





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No half— way. temporary. break-down-to-morrow

kind of euros. Instead “n“uve-the-llorse” produces

a lasting and perfect cure.



Besides the indisputable evidence of actual and

phenomenal results on every iizind. we give u signed

contract that. absolutely protects you.



Fifteen years oi’snccess and evidence that. Is honest

to the core will con vlnco. Send for book on all lume-

ness and copy of signed contract.



Port Deposit. Md.. May 19. 1010. I tried "Snv¢.~tho—Horse"

on a valuable more that was Iiimc over It year with bone spavin.

It. effected a complete cure. She is as fast this year as she ever

was. I. am entirely satisfied. PHILIP R. BOND.



Stlll Bound Flve Years Afier



. Benton Harbor. Mich., Mny 22, 1010. Five years ago I got

'Save-the-Horse" of you to use on n fine horse that had.

injured his hind leg. and it cured him when veterinary sur-



geons said it could not be cured. J. E. BARNES.

3 00 a bottle. with legal written guarantee or contract.

. Semi for copy, booklet 51. letters from business men I;

trainers on every kind of case. Permanently euros Splvln.

Thoroughpln. Ringbono (except low). Curb, Splint. Capped

Hock,WIndpuil, Shoe Boll. Injured Tendons & all ansneu. No

scnr or loss of hair. Horse works as usual. Den/er: or Exp.paid.

'i‘Bor CHEMICAL 00.. 20 Commercm An, Blnghlmton. mil.





Chic'd'E’o S?313°°Co.





‘ Please mention the Michigan Farmer when

. you are writing to advertisers.
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CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR, V. S.





Advice through this department is free

to our subseribers. Each communication

should state history and symptoms of the

case in full; also name and address of

write1. Initials only will be published.

Many que1ies are answered that apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

the desired information in a reply that

has been made to some one else. When

reply by mail is requested. it becomes

private practice, and a fee of $1.00 must

accompany the letter.





 





 





 





 





 





Bronchocele.——I have a horse with two

enlarged glands in throat and would like

to know what to apply. S. I). P., Byron,

Mich—Apply one part iodine and six

parts lard once a day.



I{idn<-V' Disease.———My 16-year—old mare

has some kidney and bladder trouble

which is of long standing. Our local

Vet. has treated tor some time but she is

not well and I would like to know what

to do for her. E. J, 11., North Branch,

Mich—Give her a tablespoonful fluid ex-

tract buchu at a dose in feed once or

twice 11 day.



Enlarged Glands—The glands of my

cow's neck seem to be enlarged and I

would like to get a remedy for them. C.

W. M., Baden, Mich—Apply equal parts

spirits 1111mphor and tincture iodine daily,



Pigs Have Paralysis—Seven of my

young pigs seem to have poor use of their

hind quarters; tth have been led sweet

milk and some ox1ts.M, F. P., Attica,

Mich—You have been feeding too much

sweet milk or else they eat a poisonous

herb while running in pasture. Give more

oats. oil meal, green food and vegetables.

Give them some air slaked lime in their

feed two or three times a day.



Sow Fails to Come in Heat—I have a

80w that fails to come in heat and I

should like to know what to give her. D.

13.. Grass Lake.——Give her 5 grs, powdered

cantharitlcs at a dose in feed twice a

day.



51mm ss—Sideboncs —~I lime a horse 17

yous o d that tiaV'els stiff. I also have

another l101se that is troubled with side-

bonc. G. \N. 1].. lllk Rapids Mich—Give

2 111‘s, salicylatc soda at a dose in feed

twice daily. Apply one part red iodide

mercury and R parts c-crate ot‘ cantharides

to sitloboncs Ullt‘t' :1 week.



Abst-1ss U11dt11J11VV'.——1 have a heifer

1.) months old that 1111s a sVV' elling under

j11VV'VV‘1itl1 tame suddenly: this hunch is

hot and tende1.\\h11t shall l do for he1‘.’

E. V'., ltothbury. Mien—Apply equal parts

camphxuatcd oil and tincture iodine to

throat once a day, give it) grs. quinine

every three hours or 40 grs, every six

hours. Keep the bowels open by giving

either salts 01' castor oil.



Ringbone—I bought a horse that had

ringbone; he had been blistcred but the

treatment left 11 scar. The 1111111 who sold

him stated that it was killed, but the

horse is quite lame. Tell 11111 how to re—

duce bunch and heal the sore. C. A.,

Blarion. Mich—Your horse was not cured

when treated. Apply tincture iodine once

a day 11nd if you work him drive Slow.



Lambs Coughwri would like to know

how much copperas and sulphur can safely

be given at a dose with salt to sheep,

and also tell me how much carbolic acid

can be given to sheep at 11 dose. My

lambs are coughing nearly all the time

and I want to experiment 11 little. F. J.

C... Hudson. Micl1.——From it) to 20 grs, of

sulphate of iron is enough for a dose. the

same quantity of sulphur is plenty and it

should be. given in feed once or twice a

day. Giving drugs in salt is not a good

1111111 for the animals may eat too much

at a time. Curbolic acid should not be

given in more than one or two drop doses

to lambs. I usually give creosote in three

drop doses instead of carbolic acid and 1

am sure it produces better results; it is

not nearly so poisonous.



Nervousncss—Sore Neck—J bought a

six—year—old mare 111st spring. put her

to work right away; she set-med to be in

perfect health but was quick and nor-

vous. She did 111111 more than her share

«it the work; now she travels as if quite

stiff 111111 sore. \‘i'hcn urinating she fre-

quently grunts 11s though in pain.

wish you would 1111 me what to do for

sore not-k. V. Z\l. Chesaning, hIich.—

Give your mare 2 11111. powdered rosin. 1

dr. ground nux Vomica. 1/2 oz. ground

gentian and a tablespoonful cooking soda

at a dose in feed two or three times a

day. For sore neck. dissolve 1/1.. lb. ace-

tate 111ml and l: ozs, sulphate zinc in a

gallon of t'nld water and apply to sore

1101.1; th1ee times 11 day. Remember. the

tollar and pad should be kept very clean

:11th is important to have a nice fitting

collar or the medicine will fail to heal

the sore-I.



’.1‘uh~1r.-ulosis.——I am a five—year paid in

advanwc subscriber to the Michigan

11211111011 and having used your advice

with such good results in the past. I come

to ascertain what, ails my chickens. I

lost three th0— Mar-old hens lately and

after dtat h found the liver spotted with

yellow specks. I feed them some skim~

milk, oyster shells, potatoes and grain.

Mrs. D. M. TM. Ann Arbor, Mich—I am

inclined to believe your thickens died of

tuberculosis of ti 1e liver and suggest that

you discontinue feeding them milk. Your

other chickens may be all right.





AYRSHIREWCRTTEE

By PUBLIC AUCTION





AT CAMLAC'H I E,





OCTOBER 29th, 1910.°





930 Female. and 3 Males. Send for bills de-

scribing their breeding. etc.. and come to the sale.

JOHN FERGUSON .mmlanhie, Ontario.



14 miles east of Sarah. Tunnel on G. T. R.





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ARCADIAN MALLEABLE RANGE (10.. Dept. 55 Milwaukee, Wis. /\’





TfiE_- MICHIGAN ‘FAR-MER.





”This Rafge' I Not

Stufgfed With Stove Putty ‘





 





ranges to make them airtight.





Fuel Bill!





 





 





 





‘ Let this be your warning not to buy any ranzeflh'hed" with stove

Cuts Down putty. Stove putty is‘fhe “dope” used to stuff (he seemed cast iron and steel





Under the pressure of expansion and contracfiau. mud by testing

and cooling. stove putty crumbles and falls out. Then {medals enter «the

teams. Either they fun the fire so you can't chwk it.or dentin. it coybu can’t

make it burn. They cause the range to waste fuel—send MWsway tip-—

range it impossible to do good baking and cooking or to how a file ova



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A cast iron. or so-calledcteel range, is the most expensive thing you can

have. because of its wastelulness. to say nothing about the difficulty of keep-

ing clean. or doing good baking.





ARCADIAN





MALLEABLE

NON - I R EA KARI—E





RANGE





This range is made of malleable‘ iron and charcoal'hon pluses. While 90- 1

called steel and cast iron-rangescan only be halted together and null be Med

with stoveputty.the malleable' iron and charcoal “'0. plates” In the Arcadian are



so tough they are riveted air-tight. metal to metal, without the use stove puttyjuu





like a locomotiye boiler. The Arcadian' is air- -tight. that’ 5 why it actua‘





cuts down fuel





Ibills onede and as as splendid a baker after a lifetime of service as the day you bought it—

no need to blacken-eas to clean. just rub with oil rag. oven thermometer and every im-





provement. Sold by dea ers.





Free booklet—lull of money- saving information about 11111211549111“ the lnide facts

about range making and showing up secrets—teaches you to detect weak points' 1n ranges.\





I Free. Write to‘day.





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Mich. conslgmmeni Salelio. 311 Annual Sale





of 123 Head of





HGISTEIN CATTLE





81'!!! Fill mm mm.

OCTOBER 20, 1910





$30 A. I. I m" a?!



An" opportunity to huV' at. V'ourzown price Choice

Cows and Heifers. fresh or soon to be bred to bulls

of the blood that produces 30 und cows. Some of

the Choicest Young Bulls w ill be'ofiered grandsons of

2") to 30 pound cows. You can 't. afl’ord to miss this sale.



9011’! large! the date-Oct. 20. 1910. 9:30 A. I.



MEMBERS OF SALE 00.:



Ed. Starkweather. Northv ille, Mich; D. C. Pierson.

HudleV Mich” ' F. B. Crnndnll.iHoVV'oll. Mi(1h.;lJ.

Fred Smith. Secretary. By.ron . .Johnson.

It‘armint ton.Mich.. .E Eageriklb‘con H0\\',€‘ll Mich:

H. $014.51.. President, Howell Mich. W.

Worthington. I'HnVVo‘ll. Mith; Reed & KnoVVleH Howell.

Mich J.I ‘RED SMITH. Sec" Byron. Mich.





AMT” S‘LE lI300 Beg. Shropshire Sheep.



Ewen and Rams. Oct. 18.

1910. 10 A. M. All mV' reserve floo‘k. ewes bred to

choice imported ruins. flock won 111] first. prizes Ohio

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

gun State Fair and $119 cash rizes. one gen!" 9 show-





 





 





ing. (LH . HI 'JCHISON. VS ite Pigeon. Michigan.





—Horses. Cattle. Shea 11 Dogs,

For sa'e or Poulhn nearly 111 brags. Sires

exo hanged. Southwest Michigan Pedigreed Stock

Association. R. E. ennings. Sec. . Paw aVV. Mich.

OR SALE—25 head Feeding Heifers. Beef breeds.

avera nbo Vrt lbs. each and are well started.

ALLEN ARLISLE. Nottawa. St. Jo. 00., Mich.





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN=ANGUS.





Herd headed by UNDUI ATA BL ACK BIRD

ITO 83836.011c of the best sons of PRINCE ITO

50006. and Grand Champion Bull at the Detroit,

and Grand Rapids Fain-1 o 1007, 1908.190!) and 1910.

Herd (onsiutu of Eric-.1111. Blackbirds. Pride. 14. to.



“( ODCOTE STO( K FAR!“ Ionlu. Mich.





AYRSH‘R Es—Hightho nl’l)11ir_V animal.

Young bulls and bull (- 11le10

for sale. 1 rice ~:.low Inquiries solicit ed.



BE “KSIIIRE SWINE.



l INI. l’O'U ! T'BY—White and Barred Rot ks

Vl hiie & Bull" ()rpingtons. Whitlc “ Vaudottes 11nd

Leghorns.}1}gs in season 100 (.1

MICHIGAN “H0011 FOR TTI‘E llll“A 1" I‘ lint Mich.





m h M F Breeders and importers of high

all 5’3 arms class Guernseys. W rite us Vour

Vv1ants E.& J. '1‘. MILLER. Birmingham. Mich





 





 





 





 





 





LlLLlE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS,





. We have some splendid Vonng bulls for sale. Some

of them are old enon h for mice. Thev m 3mm

cows with records of. to 4% gunman of butter last:

your. TV rit-o for donor tion um mines. . _

COLON C. Coupe-roman, Michigan.





 





HRSEY FULL CALF horn 01121.1!) 'Dnm Register of lllerit

Cow.l1nernll grand dam gave 0. It!) lbs lmilk in one your.

52mm butter {It Sire s dam gave 10. 080 llu.1nilk.1nut5.2%

in 10% lo Herd tuberculin tented. HWY-

wnmnm 00.. lb. 11'. n. 16. Ann Arbor. m.





 





' Wm! W lull: f."¥1?3""11m71i‘1'§' “113153315?





3.. B. HUIM'EL. Mason. an. 41





SHEEP.





()(‘KLAN'D Farm Delaineam' in field form. strong.

rugged and well covered. Prices right. Te llu

your Vv.unt.s D. E. Turner 51280119., Mosherville. Mic’hEl





HOICE registered WM MERM RAMS

' AT HALF PRICE. ‘1 ill ahi on a 1'0\al.

Lorimer Kipp, Rockford Kent 00.. ioh..R ' .D





 





 





 





 





H005.





LARGE EllSLlSH BERKSHIRES





Have line lot of male pigs about, 4% months,

of large, growthy 'type.1\lsogood young gilts

same (1111.113. Prices reasonable. Satisfactionguar-

antec .



F. A. BYWATER. Memphis Michigan.





HUPP FARM BERKSHIRES!



WON 189 PRIZES IN 1909.

fikookflhick-

DraVV er A.Birmingha1n. Michiganm





 





erkahire-A few choice {all Giltshrad for early m-

mwing and n choiceA lot of Spring Pigs with prices

right andwthe right bleed. A..A l’nttullo. Dockerville. Michigan.





3 E RKS“ IR E *Knndmme Jewell 116314





V'oung champion hour 01’

Michigan 1908.14011 of them. 500 Handsome Lee 9140?.

and a choice lot: of pigs oi’ his got at: moderate prices.

M. .35 G. B. Johnson. Plymouth. Michigan





 





 





FOR topi delaine mfiorino Rama.





AddreasG. A. Vincent. B F. I).





 





 





myshire Shee

Prices Mo





erate ComfortA. TVler. oldwater, Mich.





HAMPSHIRE RIM LAMBS

and several extra good YEARLINGS. All regis-

themd C.B.W001DZBUR‘Y. Lansing, Mich.

lint-plain. till 11?":‘1‘SMPSEI‘QZ1S1E‘.’

THE CLOVER BLOSSOM FARM. Port Austin. 1\Ik:h.



p—either sex. 2 .V'.enr.q





LINCOLN SHEEP—e Yearlinas or Rain





Lambs. WriteorphonaA. E. WARREN. Ovid. Mich.





-'I'hese po ulnr big.



Parsons Oxford llams 1.1.11 1.... .111

5160:] Vice zabigger and better lambs. Grude X $15.XX $20.

Routes]: 0. Parsons Grand Ledge. Mich.





 





 





Oxford- Down Sheep $331233?"





cattle forsale. A. D. &J. A. DE GARMO, Muir. Mich.





0XF0lll) RAMS{3.111‘1931212’12W13113l331’.“ell333251





B. F. L‘IILLEIL or GFO. SPILLANIJ. Flint Michigan.





Oxford Down Sheep “m“ 191111.111: 1111.111





 





 





forsnle. I. R. “A’I‘ERBURY Highland. iili(hig11n.





 





ELAINE RAMS. also 50 registered Delnine eVVes

which must be sold before I)ec.1Groat bargain

for some one. B. J. C()“'AN.1lockfold Michigan.





 





GROWELY “Ell HDLSIEIll-tFlllESllll Ei‘lleg‘éillifi,





prices. Cole Bros. Ypsilanti Farms. Ypsilanti. Nllt'll.





TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-

bining in themselVes the blood of (0'VVs Vthich noVV

hold and have in tht1 past held “ orld's Records [01

milk and butter fat at fair prices.



MC PHERSON FA‘SRM CO1, Howell. l'lich.





 





 





OTHlNG Bl"? HOLSTEIN lil'LLS FOR SALT-I. Sir May

Hui-11w; Pom-h No 37604 A. R. Three Nearest: Dams

Average 20 2 lbs. butter in 7 duys. Sound. Sure. ticnile. and

0111‘!” 1.1111 finest intlit'illlluh of the breed. If you want a Herd

Header come and sue this one i can please any breeder with

u bull trulf twu to ten months Old. 1 want to sell TEN before

Nov. lst, Help me do it by buying one. L. 1-1. Council. l‘uycttu.().





——Speciz1l p ri 1 e



“mlfllfl-fi'le‘lan cattle on a fine young

Service Bull. JONES. 011k Grme. Michigan.

-—ll‘iVe (hoicelV bred



For sale Cheap Holstein sires. ready

for service. WILLIAMB. HATCH Ypsilanti. Mich.

MHUBST fan“ SMITH &VVARN1ER. 'Pro 8.

1 Holstein 0111:th and x-



ford Down Sheep. Have 1.") (‘ hoioe Rum Lambs for

5111111. Address B. C'.B11niield. Supt. OVVendule, Mich.





Fan SQ] E-‘Z yearling Holstein-Friesinn bulls.

‘ pedigrees and photo on application.

“2 (J. Jackson. 715 Ben Flt... South Bend. Ind.

HEREFORD —Both clexes and all ages

for sale. All-10 Poland

China hogs. ALLEN BM” Paw Paw. Mich.

registered St. Lambert

Jar“! BUI— heads for servite. ”Will send

pedigree. ‘AH BI ACK. Bremen. Ohio.

OB SALE—12 registered Janey Cows of St. Lambert and





island blood. from 2 t0 )0 years. all {rash or nearly so, Price

$100 each flaken at once. C. A. Bristol. 111. F. «D. 5.?0nton.Mich





Offload can-1y;

Register 01 Merit Jerseys. 1.11.11. 1 fine

lot of 301111 bulls from damn with cial records

1111 and upwards of butter.

MILOF .WN. ”Chi. W.





BUTTER BRED 111111.311. 313.11”





 





 





 





 





 





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4 RAMS and 100 on es (reg) llambouillets descended

_ from the best flow ks. In perfect health in lots to

suit buyers. Q. A. (‘ ook. Morric e Mich. Bell ’l‘cl





1101(74} ltegiutei'eél Shropshircs & Cotsnolds. year-

lng cues 1111111111 11VVo 11111bs.singlo or car l‘fl’. .

(llVde Stallions 1i “elsh Ponies. ll rite for prléeg.

AR'IHU R L. MILN 111. Green River. Ontario.





Shropshire Hall Stock Farm





Will make special prices. for thirty dzu's. on some

choite out1 11nd l\\(a~\'(~‘llr- old ewes, also rum lambs.





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

SHROPSHIREsii. “‘11 1:13:11; {1111.11





1111115.





suine. C. J. THOMPSON Rm ki‘.m‘d Michigan.





SHRoPSHIRE Rams and Ram Lambs. elegible.





‘ ' Also l’oland- (‘hiuu sVV lne bothse

Prices right. B. 0 lim mond l)1111.~u ille, Mithifi'gl.





SHROPSHlRE fillfil‘lfi and 111111 LAMBS for





1501 \eurlin Shoith r

Bull. M. A BliAY. t)ken1o.~1.Ingl11un (‘0‘.g lllicliig‘inn





MI S’J‘ sell at once a littlo'flock of Shropshire ewes.

mosth Voting and 0 but k lambs VerV best breed-

ing.Wilisellthei1p J. “1 Slater. ’Jruverse (‘1tV Vlich.





HROI’SHIRF Rams and ()1 IC. Swine. S -

S 110“ of both 1-111V'e.~4_ol’ right the and {gigging

l11.E.BEA(H 1k BUN. Brighton. Mit'1h Route No. 3.





EGISTERFD Shropshire Rams and even for sale.

from imported and (‘unudinn bred st 01 k. Satisfac—

tion guaranteed. W illis S.l\le11dc.li.1\'o.:l.HollV', Mich.





SHREO‘l’SfilIRIIC yearling: 11ndf ram lambs. the bent

‘ ( '00 “I" III” (1” ‘1)“ rnnl 1‘9. ’l l, '

(1E0. 11. ANDREWS.D11nsVille 1111.11.31? '53”? Elli:





llflLESlllE SllllllPSlllfiEs~ltums of 1111 ages. Bred





eVVes, in l

H. E. Powell, Robt. Groves. Shepherdnglonlllnfnml 1‘21:





011 SALE—70 Good Registered Shrop Fw ea. 20 191113

ling rams. ram lambs. one Lyn ~old stock rum

bred by“ nrdwell, E. E Leland 61. Son R No. 0. Ann ALbor. Mich.





. MAPLE RIDGE SHROPSHIRES—Olosing out Jule





 





choice vearlin rams. E ll

without cum sww W““T.“L.;‘1¥1%°11.“lll1’§23$t





roV'od black

No. 2. Vernon. Mich:





—-‘Rams a 11 dj

Ewesfor sole. 1





1111114 and ones of 1111 ages,





1 price 8.





BERKSHIRES J'“§§3$l'°§ol§3l?§§in1§. 803.13%

fall pigs. T. V. HICKS} .No. 11. BattIeOreek, Mich.

DUROC JERSEYS.

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. mm.

11111101 1133121311211111213111211‘5:1.§°.'::i:;.:11‘.11111

sows. Write for particulars. .1. C. BARNEY Coldwster. Mich.





11111100 113113131 SWINE. S1111 brothels





1. 50 911011.11“. BANGHART. Lansing, Mich.

' and (311813in Catt]

Chester Whites also 102-1111“) farm 3





oh« «nee of bu'mneeoE and even V thing for sale before

25m WILL W. FISHER. Watervliot. Mlchlgan.





IMPROVED CHESTERS





Choice Pigs of March and A ril furrow either sex.

W . O. W ILSON. Okelnos. lch. (Both Phones.)





0. l. C. Ho





and more. B. E. J





0 I —Choice 'b‘red 8mm Min and August.

0 hours from W orld sFair “' 111119.113. at

GlenVVoodStook Farm. Zeeland Michigan. Phone?!





 





 





 





 





s all ages. Sous bred.

Mules wei iug 195.158.

. Mnnith. Mio igun.





 





 





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

April furrow in pain) not nkin. Satisfaction

guaranteed. A.NeVVn1un. Mariette. Mich. 1". D. 1.

—Have‘ a number





0. I. C. SWIN of ch nice boar





gigs of lApril farroVV' by Grand Son of Jackson

hief the“ orld‘ s O inmpion and Grand Champion

Boar. Gilts all sold. Writ to for line let live prices.

A. J. GORDEN, Dorr. B. F.D . No. 2. M11 lilgan.





—-SoVV P1gsliVV'.ks Sprin ( ilta.

Myer View Hamfshlres bred or open. Maturegsolm. 2





Vearling bo VV ell bred St. LambertJemeV' ball.

mos. Prices right. LAlliH. Adrian, Mich. R.N0.1.





RECORDED MULE F OOTED HOGS





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

ages for sale. John H. Dunlap. Willinmmou't. Ohio.





150 PllLAllll-llllllll





SPRING PIGS





either sex. with size. bone and quality. Bargains

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

furnish pedigree promptly. Write for prices.





WM. WAFFLE. Goldwater, Michigan.

P. C. BargainSflffi‘ilqiemi’rgofieigl





 





 





 





 





at size. great. quad ity

the bet-1t of breeding

.MILLS.Sz1lin1e.Minh.





25 BIG MARS Ill $25“??? 1011;191:1111. 11%"?

V roe 1 1V e

ein brt (l boum.11nd from ’big type sous. Tiredwhig for

20 were. Me urethe pioneer big impe bmedereof

Mic-11311111.. Fairs and trim; not likii

Bl ’l‘LElt. Portland Michn Bell Phone





—La.r Ln Mich. Pi

Large Type Poland-Elihu: ”Mme, to 111111. .1513

from 150 to” lbs. nt. .436 months old. Will deliver

VthtIudvm-tise. WJ'L Livinfltml’ Imm'igim.

-B ad in

Poland-China!» 5331’“ ’21.; 9121?;“33‘1’

“1131;8an MIMI: ‘0 185”“ Mini.





P. c. BOARs-Bis .WM;





money. WOOD d: SONS. SALINE MICHIGAN.





Poland-Chinas1.133311%.11‘2‘:

M. WING & SON. Sheridan. Michigant





Vanities.





This magi” 0: that makes good. care ready fior mice.

for next mi n3 furrow. cold: of





P C. BOARSof .m.





Satisfaction guaranteed. it.“





 





 





 





 





 





full“ plum iatiafnwlon hginrantool

OOLONM 0. LEE. Coopemville. Michigan.





for Sept. farmw. Z. ‘KINN'E Three Oaks.l\ bfichigan





 





 





 





 





.. .. in”.
OCT. 15, 1910.





LP OULTRYmBEESl





PREPARING FOR WINTER POULTRY

WORK,

Cleaning Up the Houses.



Anyone who expects success with poul-

try must not neglect to keep the houses

clean. This is a hard disagreeable job,

but one that should be attended to

promptly as 'well as regularly. Nearly

every person has seen, at some time,

chicken houses that looked as if they had

~ hr not been cleaned since the day they were

built. The drOppings have been allowed

to accumulate under the roosts until the

mass is several feet deep. The roosis are

coated, and even the boxes that were put

9' in at some time to serve for nests are so

filthy that they are not fit for hens to

lay in.



How can chickens be healthy in such a

place? Often in snowy, disagreeable

weather they will not leave the house,

and it is hard to find a spot in such a

place upon which to feed them. Chickens

generally have insects on their bodies

even under good conditions, and what

must fowls in such surroundings suffer

from these pests?





 





 





is cleaned often. Some poultry raisers

clean their houses every day and would

not think of neglecting this job.



i When the house has been thoroughly

cleaned, whether. this is done every day

or not so often, sprinkle the floor gen-

erously with air—slaked lime and dust a

little in the nests. If there are insects

l in the house smoke it well with sulphur

0“ and then wrap a cloth around a stick and

apply coal oil to the roosts. It is also a

good plan to whitewash the house on the

inside occasionally. YVhen a chicken

house is taken 'care of in this way it

never gets in bad condition and the fowls

will be comparatively free from parasites.





Another thing that will add to the com-

fort and cleanlimss of the chickens is a

box filled with dust and ashes where they

can take a dust bat11.T11is will need to

be replenished quite often for there will

be chickens in it most of the time and

the dust will be carried away in their

feathers.



This will mean work but it will pay,

and the chicken house will not get into

such condition that the only desire one

has when he sees such a place is to set

fire to it and remove it from sight; for it

is almost a hopeless task to attempt to

clean up a house in which chickens have

been allowed to stay for years without

giving the building any attention what-

ever.





1% Ohio. MARGARET WHITNEY.





 





Care of Roosts and Nests.



Though lice and mites are apt to he

most numerous during the summer

L months they will become troublesome in

i the poultry house at other seasons unless

care is exercised to keep them under con-

trol. Roosts and nests are generally the

hiding places of these vermin, so they

should receive particular attention. Some—

times, when we think everything is in

1 good shape, a look under the perches will

show little blotches of red here and there.

These blotches are composed of numerous

tiny red mites which, for the most part,

do not bother fowls during the day. They

often collect in nesting material also, but

the under side of perches is their usual

daylight abode.



No perfunctory measures will rid a

house of these pests once they become

thoroughly established. My method, when

I find the mites, (which is not often) is,

first, to go over the roosts rapidly with a

torch, moving it back and forth until all

vermin on the poles 'have been killed by

the heat. Care must be used to prevent

setting fire to the *wood. Next I give the

* roosts a heavy coat of whitewash. Some»

times I use kerosene instead, applying it

with a rag to upper and under sides and

sprinkling it over the droppings platform.

Then lime is scattered liberally beneath

the roosts; it probably lessens the value

of the manure but helps to keep the

house SWeet and free from vermin. Do

not depend upon lime alone to keep down

insects. It helps wonderfully, but other

means also must be employed; white-

washing or oiling should be repeated fre-

quently, even though no mites are visible.





 





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Nests will sometimes ‘become infested

with lice, usually the small gray ones, in

spite of all precautions. This is especially

true of nests so built that they can not

be removed from the house. Here the

lice find crevices to hide in where they





 

 





 





 





A 1well kept chicken house is one that





 





'THE MICHIGAN FARMER. «1





cannot be reached by the usual methods.

The best precaution is to make all nests





removable. Mine are made three together,"~

Each 'nest is 12X151





with a. hinged top.

inches and 12 inches high. Along the

front a. strip three inches wide is nailed

to prevent the hens scattering the nest-

ing material. A handful of lime is placed

in each nest box, the hay or straw on top

of this and lice powder sprinkled over it.





Roosts as well as nests are best made

removable. It facilitates cleaning out the

droppings, and the poles are more easily

whitewashed. Some of mine are hinged

to the wall so they may be hooked up out

01’ the way.



Careful attention to roosts and nests

is essential to good results at all times,

but particularly so during the winter

months when the hens are confined to the

houses much of the time.



Ohio. NAT S. GREEN.





FATTENING CHICKENS FOR MARKET.



Before commencing to fatten, chickens

should be thoroughly dusted with insec'

powder, and this should be repeated at‘

least twice during the feeding period to

keep them free from vermin. As far as

possible the fowls penned together should

be. graded according to size to prevent

fighting. During the first few days care

must be taken not to over-feed, as a.

chicken at the beginning is apt to over-

eat and lose its appetite. Give very little

the first day but gradually increase til]

at the end of the first week they are re—

ceiving all they will eat three times a

day. From 10 days to three weeks, ac—

cording to the condition the fowls are in

at the start, is sufficient to fatten them.





 





There are many good fattening rations.

From experiments conducted at the

Northwestern Experiment Farm in Min-

nesota it was learned that although the





ration may be properly balanced with

grain some form of animal protein, such





as beef scraps or skim—milk, is needed to

get the best results. Beef scraps and





‘meat are, as a rule, too expensive for the





farmer, but skim-milk gives equally good

results and should be quite eaSy to get

on any farm. The grains are finely ground

and mixed with sour milk.



Some fattening rations which have

been used very successfully upon the ex-

1'criment farm referred to are the fol-

lowing:



1. Equal parts by weight of finely

ground corn, oats and shorts mixed with

sour skim—milk.



2. Equal parts by weight of

ground barley, oats and shorts

with sour milk.



3. Finely ground oats mixed with sour

skim-milk.



4. Equal parts of finely ground oats,

corn and low grade flour. “‘here one is

using 'beef scraps 15 per cent is the bCSt

proportion to use.



The puzpose in thus feeding fowls is

not, as many people suppose, to make

them as fat as possible, but to secure the

proper proportion of fat and lean which

renders the fowl tender and juicy when

cooked. The over—fat fowl, like the aged

hen, is not wanted.



On this experiment farm the

method of fattening is preferred for

roosters or for fowls above 31/2 lbs. in

weight, although the loose pen method of

fattening is also practiced. The crate

used in the former method is usually 6

ft', long, 16 in. wide, 18 in. high and divid-

ed into three compartments, each holding

from 4 to (i fowls. The slats or laths,

which are. usually 114 in. wide, are placed





finely

mixed





crate





11A; in. apart at the ends, sides and top of





the crate, but those in front are placed

vertically and are 2 in. apart, giving the

fowls plenty of room to put their heads

through to eat from the trough. The

floor of the crate is made of. slats which

run lengthwise and are placed one inch

apart, leaving a 1—in. space on either side

between the first lath and the sides of the

crate. The crate should stand on short

legs or trestles to allow for convenience

in' cleaning out the droppings which fall

to the floor. The trough runs the full

length of the crate and should be about

3 or 4 in. deep.



The loose pen method is used mostly

in fattening broilers or cockerels of the

lighter breeds, such as Leghorns, as they

are very active and apt to be restless in

a crate. These fowls are usually eon—

fined to small yards or pens in lots of

25 or 50. The most satisfactory plan is

to have a small coop or shelter for roost—

ing quarters with a small yard attached,

the whole structure being portable. Each

morning at feeding time the coop is moved

the length of itself to give a clean floor.

Where it is placed in an orchard or gar-





'son in bee-keeping which is now closing





309





den it serves the double purpose of ac-

commodating the fowls and adding fer-





tility to the soil. A coop large enough S_tl01 1 lac



for 30 broilers or 20 to 25 coekerels should



be 3 ft. Wide, 6 ft. long, 2 ft, high at the 00 an

back and 3 ft. in front, with three roosts‘



running length-wise. The yard should I iver





be made of three hurdles, two 12 ft. long‘

and 18 in. high, and one 6 ft. long, the;

whole to 'be covered with a large, light'

hurdle to prevent the fowls from flying





over.

*— r

BRIEF REVIEW OF THE PAST SEA- Much sickness:

SON—HONEY CROP LIGHT. starts with weak

stomach, and con-





sequent poor, im—

poverished b 1 o o d.

Nervous and pale-





In briefly summarizing the active sea-





it may be said that March brought some





 





. - _ people lack good

unusualb warm weather and bees start rich, red blood.

ed brood-rearing nearly a month earlier T h e i r stomachs

than common. Cold, rainy weather in need invigorating





the latter part of April and in May re-

tarded the growth of clover and other

honey-bearing plants, while a bad frost.

killed the fruit blossoms. The conse— "

quences were that bees reached the be- i

ginning of the clover flow with hives

overflowing with workers but no brood

or honey, unless the colonies had been!

liberally fed by the apiarist. i



A long flow of clover followed and the !

bees succeeded in securing a small crop if

of honey in spite of the fact that many l'

were compelled to 'build up after the be— ’

ginning of the flow. Those few apiarists

who were forehanded enough to see to it

that their colonies were fed up and in

good condition before the flow, succeeded

in securing a good crop. ,



These are the. conditions which have

prevailed quite generally throughout the

whole country. The average, as reported





for, after all, a.

man can be no

stronger than his

stomach.





A remedy that

makes the stomach

strong and the liver

active, makes rich

red blood and over-

comes and drives

out disease produc-





 





cures a whole mul-

titude of diseases.





 





 





Get rid of your Stomach Weak-

ness and Liver Laziness by taking

a course of Dr. Pierce’s Golden

Medical Discovery —— the Great

Stomach Restorative, Liver Invig-

orator and Blood Cleanser.





 





by the National Bee-keepers“ Association, You can't afford to accept any medie-

.. . ._ . . . . . cine of unknown composition as a. substi-

11as about one fou1th of a 1101mal crop, I ltute for “Golden Medical Discovery,”

believe- ; which is a medicine OF KNOWN com-.





A peculiar feature, as reported by seV-‘ PofilTION, halving ii Cil'imlplete list bof ilnm

, . . .. 1 , .‘ . ‘gretients in pain ‘ngis1 on its ott c—

eial 1n “HS (MQCOSLJ) count), lb. “If” the‘ wrapper, same being attested as correct.

white, honey, even the best of It, 1s not.





under oath.

up to standard as to color. No one seems 1

able to offer any plausible explanation of i D

this as there were no honey plants in "





blossom at that time except clover and WE BUY

raspberry. Moreover, the flavor is (11:! s FUR CASH





good as e1e1 A d h h t f C

A 0 1 . l'a ‘t 11 pay 1g es prices or oon.

n tur pceu 1 r1 y of the season )Mink, Skunk Possum, Muskrat,

that the late fall honey is almost as light and all other Furs, Hide: and

as the eailier honey. This is more easily Ginseng. Best facilitiesinAmerica.





explained, however, as buckwheat is al~ 1‘ ngglfgéslrffgcigflffig‘sifsnaéfafggg:

most a failure here and second- growth.





, ROGERS FUR COMPANY

clever has come on, furnishing quite a - 80! u. Ham 5:. 8:. Louis. I“.

flow along with the





id (1 d

a”... g0 ’0 a“ JF011 SALE—Barred Plymouth Rock

In view of the very light yield, bee-1] Pulleis and GOerrels:





keepers who have honey for sale should of the famous Blue Belle strain of Iowa' prize-win-

. 1- (r . ners at Boston, New York and (hicago, excellent.

19“ lze 8' gOOd fiblne for It- At present * lzuers; ver1 large: beautifulh marked. Young stock





, free from lzce.1’riccs. introduLtory for this first;

U er 8 is '1, briSk demand [01‘ it at good 111111.501-1111111 to $3. zttcording to age and markings.

prices.





. Addri‘ss lake Ridge Poultry Farm, Levering, Mich.

Mecosta Co.





. . , 1’

L' C' WHEELER‘ ' ‘NfE 11ill lune a few ckls. to sell from Barred and

' ~~ \Vhite Rocks, Bull and W hito ()rpingtons





Black \linorcas and “'hito Legl1orns.“rite f0.

GRADING COMB HONEY. prices. 11.11. KING. Winis, MI(‘..HI(1‘1'\Nri.





- 1 t 1 -

White Wyandottes1.11.’1':;1i:'1'1‘.:tl':‘ .81 wait”.

LIN SDIITII. 1t. F. D. No. 9, \nu \r 1101‘. Mic h.





 





r Plerce’ 5 Pleasant Pellets regulate and

invigorate Stomach, Liver and Bowels.





 





 





 





 





 





In preparing comb honey for market it

should be, carefully graded, so that the

seams in each smvnzng l WH““i::“11::;ii.§::”i1115?:1.1::‘11‘11'121‘.13:11.3:

nearly uniform as possible. Nothing will 11““«1tr‘5dm'0d”if” B‘

more likely cause wholesale purchasers to

cut the price than to find the first row of

sections in a case fancy and those behind

of inferior grade. Grading rules have

been adopted by various bee-kcepers' as-

sociations or drawn up by honey dealers.

'l‘hesc differ somewhat in different sec—

tions of the country and different mar-

kets. From Dr. Phillips’ Department of

Agriculture bulletin we take the following

rules for grading and classifying comb

honey, these rules governing in most of

the. big markets of the country, except

those of the far west:





 





.zlt11'1nond. l)11ns1ille. Mio.h





 





q.(‘ BROWN LLGHORNS—A iiui lot of (o1kcl'1ls for solo

ut $1 0111 l1 and up. Winnie-141111111111. ll-“IS T

OI’PF Nl ANDIC R R No, 4 Lansing, Mi<'l1,,.~lu'cessor to Fred Mott.





 





 





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7()l \V ltl'l ll \V (l. RUSS. lint lust! r. \litliigan,

for thost I11 autil‘ul \ll)l(‘ and white ( ‘olliel’ uppies.

of the [1111 st. breeding. and from stock 11ork1- rs.





TRAINED foxliounds and hound pups for hunting

fox and (oons. Also ('(1lli(1~‘.In('l01~‘0

2-cent stamp. \V. E1] lut‘KY , Holmesville, Ohio.





 





 





 





FERRETS.





Aluaw bu1' \Iichigan fer-

5, 000 Farrels r1 t--: {in _\ an strongt r and





111111111111111111111311111151 11nd cir free.



DcKI1i111 Bros, Box ~Il, Jnn1esto11n,.‘lic.h

Fancy.—-—All sections well filled; combs

straight; firmly attached to all four sides;





the combs unsoiled by travel, stain, or lcured MY Rupture





otherwise; all the cells sealed except an —‘““





occasional one; be outside surface of the '

wood well scraped of propolis. I Will Show You HOW To

Cure Yours FREE!





A No, ].—‘1\ll sections well filled except





 





the row of cells next to the Wood; combs . .



. .. - 1 . - , l was helpless and bed-ridden ioryears from

stiaigat, one—eighth part of comb surface “double. rupture. Notruss could hold. Doctors.

soiled, or the entire surface 511151111117 said i 1Ivoulld dieiii not (11111111111111 (1111.1 fooled

. - , .. ‘ . _ ‘ . ‘ them a 11111 cuic< 111y.~‘o f 1y a shop c diam (try

50110“. 1110 outside sux face of the wood [ will send the (11111 irec b1 niail i11ou111itei'or

well scraped of propolis. it. itc'lued me and has since ("-uiui thousands.



No. 1.-—All sections well filled except It 11'1llcurc you.





the row of cells next to the wood' combs l’ill outthc coupon bclmvandniailitio'inc today.





comparatively even; one-eighth part of

comb surface soiled, or the entire surface

slightly soiled.



No. 2.~'J‘hrce-fourths of the total sur-

face must be filled and sealed.



No. 3.——Must weigh at least. half as

much as a full-weight section.



In addition to this the honey is to be

classified according to color, using the

terms white, amber, and dark; that is,

there will be “Fancy White,” “No, 1

Dark,” etc.





 





Free Rupture-Cure Coupon





DAPT. W. A. GOLLIIIGS.

Box 689 Water-town, N. Y.

Dear Sin—Please send me free of allcost your

New Discovery for the Cure of Rupture.





 





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





At an International

The Prison Labor Prison Congress re-





Problem. gently hold at \Vash-

ington. the proposi—

tion of adopting resolutions favoring the

paymcnt of prisoners according to their

industry to insure the protection of their

families and their rehabilitation on relcase

provoked vigorous discussion. This was

iruo, not bccausc the sentiment of those

participating in the congress was opposed

to the principle of caring for prisoners'

families, but because the scheme was

considered impracticable at present owing

to the fact that existing laws in several

countries, including the United States, are

such that prisoners are unable to earn

anything which may be devoted to such

a purpose. It was apparent, however,

that there is a growing sentiment for

the making of a proper provision for the

care of prisoners' families during their

terms of imprisonment.



Another resolution adopted by this con-

grcss favors provision for productive work

by prisoncrs, including those confined in

county jails. This resolution favors the

centralization of control of such work

under offic‘ais specially trained to direct

such cmploymcni. In the discussion of

this point the difficulty of providing suit—

able employment for prisoners without in—

curring the opposition of labor unions

1171.: pointed out. A representative from

Italy stated that in that country prison-

cl‘s made goods which were used exclu-

sively by the government, but that labor

unions objected to even this on the

ground that it dcprived their members of

profitable employment to which they were

entitled. This proposition of providing

satisfactory employment for prisoners is

a vcxcd one and is of interest in Mich—

igan as elsewhere.



The contract system of prison labor is

unsatisfactory and it is probable that it

will not coniinuc in our own state beyond

the length of coniracls now in force. The

problem appears to have been partly

solved by the cmploymcni of prison labor

in some productive- ihdustry which does not

directly compete with local labor, in which

manner .a goodly number of our state

prisoners are now employed. In some of

the Michigan counties the problem of

providing labor for county prisoners has

been solved by placing them at work in

the improvement of highways, and in one

Michigan county the claim is made that





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. ,.





the moral effect of reducing the number.





of short term prisoners, who have been

convicted of ,minor offences, is very ma.-

terial. While this may prove a profitable

means of solving this problem in a local

way it is doubtful whether it would be

satisfactory when applied in a larger way

to state prisoners who have been convict-

ed of more serious offences. The question

is one which is worthy of serious thought

upon the part of every individual to the

end that its satisfactory solution may be

reached at the earliest possible date.





In the Club Dis-

cussions column of

the Farmers’ Club

department of this issue, mention is made

of the discussion of the appropriations

which should be made for road improve—

ment in the township in which the Club

is located, at the spring election. If this

same proposition could be frankly dis—

cussed in every township in the state at

public meetings which intervene between

now and the spring election, the benefit

would be great. There is ample opportu-

nity for the discussion of this important

question at Farmers’ Club meetings,

Granges and Farmers’ Institutes, and if

need be special meetings of the interested

farmers could be called for the sole con-

sideration of this subject and those close—

ly allied with it after interest in the prop-

osition becomes general. The new high-

way law has not worked out satisfactorily

in many townships, if the complaints

which are heard voice public sentiment

in the matter correctly. But it should be

rcmcmbered that the highway work will

have to be done under it next season, and

probably for more seasons, and the best

thing to do is to so adjust matters as to

get the grcatest possible benefit from the

appropriations made under it. The gen—

eral discussion of the problems involved

in Public meetings of this kind will go a

long way toward promoting a desirable

dcgree of satisfaction with the results of

the law, which has proven satisfactory in

oihcr communities. In the first place the

monies appropriated should be sufficient

to produce beneficial results, which they

have not bcen in many townships of the

slate. Then the exprcsslons of a body of

taxpayers which might be sccurcd in this

way regarding the best method of apply-

ing the funds appropriated in the perma-

nent improvement of the highways would

be welcomed by the iownship officers as

a guide to their official action in the mat-

ter. Another bcnefit which would accrue

from such meetings would be the syste—

matic study of the law with a view of

suggcsting mothods for its improvement

for the benefit of members of the legisla—

iure which will meet in January next.

But perhaps not the least benefit which

would result from such consideration and

discussion of this important subject would

be to familiarize those who take part in

it with the law, and the new interest

which it would give them in the problem

of road improvement which is well

worthy of the consideration of every

reader of this paper, not alone as a tax-

payer, but as well as a constant user of

the highways which, as a whole, are

sadly in need of improvement.





Profitable Discussion.





The recent raiding of

A Caution to the the Officers of a firm

Small investor. of brokers, so called,



by govcrnment officers

and the arrest of gencral and local man—

agcrs on the charge of running a “bucket

shop” and of using the mails for fraudu—

lcut purposes, again calls public attention

to the too great prevalence of stock

gambling in this country. This firm,

with headquarters in New York city and

officcs in sixteen large cities of the coun-

try, have, according to published reports,

reaped millions of dollars of illegitimate

profits from innocent investors of small

savings who were attracted by the “get

rich quick" propaganda which they pro—

mu'lg‘a‘lcd.



In this evcut therc is a wholcsome les-

son for Michigan Farmer readers. As a

class, farmers are conservative in the

matter of investments. generally investing

their savings in some security with the

value of which they are familiar, such as

real estate mortgages. when they do not

use them to add to their holdings of real

estate or in the improvement of such real

estate as they already hold. But the pro-

moters of stock jobbing schemes are not

unmindful of the fact that the farmers of

the country are in a relatively prosperous

condition at the present time, and that

there is more surplus money in the coun-

try districts than ever before, and for this

reason they may ‘be expected to offer

their attractively gilded bait in an attempt

to land some of it, hence this word of

warning. Past developments in this de-

partment of the country’s business show





\that brokers of good? reputation and of





supposedly sound financial standing are

not always to be trusted as advisers In:

the making of investments in stocks, and

in some cases small investors haVe found to

their sorrow that funds intrusted to them

for investment in supposedly promising

stocks have shrunken or disappeared as

a result of the future trend of the market

or the failure of the firms through which

the investment was made.



It is but fair to say that usually the

investor has been careless in his methods

or that he has taken what he knew to be

long chances in the hope of a correspond-

ingly large profit in a majority of such

cases, and it is this phase of the proposi-





tion to which this warning is intended to





apply. The man who knowingly takes

long chances in an uncertain proposition

or who buys stocks on a margin in a.

spcculaiive way is entitled to no sym-

pathy, but often unsophisticated people

are induced to so invest their savings

upon the representations of others who

assure them of the certainty of big prof-

its from such a course. “Inside informa-

tion” in all such cases should be looked

upon with suspicion. Comparatively few

such investments ever show the profits

expected. In fact, the stability of an in-

vestment is ordinarily indicated by the

rate of interest which it may be expected

to return 011 the investment. Good bonds

of known stability and even good indus—

trial stocks in stable enterprises are a

safe medium of investment and pay a

fair rate of interest. They are not in the

"got rich quick” class, but they are al—

ways salable or available as collateral for

loans. If outside investments are desired

at all by country people with small sav-

ings, only those which come under this

last description should be considered. Re—

liable information regarding them can be

obtained through the banks or the com-

mercial agencies, and Where money is in-

vested without asking or receiving such

reliable evidence of the soundness of the

investment, the investor is taking a

chance which entitles him to no sympathy

in case the rcsult should prove it to be

but another case in which “the fool and

his money is soon parted”.

Records are being

The Wonderful Devel- almost daily bro-

opment of Aviation. ken in the con-

quest of the air

by man. Scarccly more than a year has

elapsed since the aeroplane was demon-

strated to be a success in official trials

under government supervision, yet dur-

ing that time more advancement has

been made in the development of this ve-

hiclc than has ever occurred in the de-

Vclopment of any other means of trans—

portation in a similar time, not excepting

the automobile. This remarkable ad-

vancement has caused not a little discus-

sion of the future possibilities of this

means of transportation for other than

exhibition purposes or for thrilling sport.

Of course, no man can place any limita-

tions on the future. Many things in com-

mon use today were never dreamed of a

generation or two ago. and would have

been considered crazy dreams if they had

been. History may repeat itself in the

future development of aviation, yet it

scarcely seems poSaIble. Undoubtedly

the aeroplane has a useful future, not

only as a destructive agent in case of war

but in a life saving capacity on our

coasts. and perhaps in the exploration 01'

new territory which is difficult of access

by other means. Doubtless, also, it will

be adaptcd to other uses when it has been

fully pcrfccted, for therc is no doubt that

it is as yet in its infancy. But its present

development is an accomplishment of no

mean proportions. and one which men

have been striving to attain for many

ycal‘b‘, notwithstanding the fact that its

actual consummation has been so recent.

It is but another illustration of the fact

that persistent effort is bound to bring

its reward if dircctcd along right lines

with untiring energy. which is, after all,

perhaps the most valuable lcsson and the

brightest hope which the marvelous de—

velopment of this new science holds for

humanity.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.





Political conditions in Portugal came to

a. crisis last week. The royal palace and

other government buildings were attacked

by armed nationalists and the old regime

was overthrown. Today the nationalists

are running the government under a pro-

visional arrangement until the election

of officers this fall and the establishment

of a republican form of government. The

conservative element is made up largely

of adherents to the church organization

that dominated European governments in

the middle ages. The progressive people

have been gaining in power and courage

for the past few years until now they





' our. 15, 191%. ‘





Were certain that their numbers Warrant-





ed a revolution and 2. ”like at the royal—

ists who held the progress and prosperity

of the land in abeyance to enjoy favored

positions. That the revolution was not

the result of sudden passion or enthusi-

asm is evident from the manner in which

the attack was made and the successful

way in which the people were controlled

after the victory was gained. Only a. few

days after theconservatives were routed

the capital and country places were as

quiet as if nothing had occurred. The

people are‘ supporting the new order of

things, while it is hardly p‘ossible but

that. confusion will result in the estab-

lishment of the new government,

disorder will be reduced to a mini

mum. Deposed King Manuel has fled and

will take up his residence in England.

Nuns vigorously opposed the revolution~

ists. They are escaping across the border

into France and Spain. The government

is confiscating much of the property of

the monasteries for its support. This

revolution practically accomplished for

Portugal what France accomplished a

few years ago at the election booth, and

it presages what is likely to happen at

any time in Spain.



The street railways of Bogota, Colum-

bia, are now owned and contiollcd by the

municipality. For many weeks past the

owners, who are Americans, have been

troubled by riots. Scarcely any busmcss

was done by the lines because of boycotts

instiuted by the public. The city made

an offer of $800, 000 for the p10pe1ty and

the offer was accepted. The load began

operations under the new regime last

Monday.



As an expression of confidence in Am-

ericans for the first time in history the

Chinese opened the sacred places of the

palaces at Pekin to foreigners when they

showed the gOIgeous moms to American

business men making a tour of that

country



Because of the large number of cholera

cases in southern Italy, Trans- atiantic

steamships have decided not to 510p at

Naples in as much as it is too expensive

to wait quarantine when they reach this

side of the ocean.



Former President Castro, of Venezuela,

is staying 011 one of the Canary Islands

waiting for some change in affairs in the

South American republic, which he hopes

will restore to him his formei office The

recent breach between Venezuela and

Columbia has been amended and shuts

out all .hope of the deposed office holder

from that quarter.



A movement is now on foot in France

to mark cities and towns so they can be

determined by air craftmen when flying

overhead. The plan submitted is to have

the towns numbered in such a manner as

to locate the position of the ilyer from

Paris.



The French have devised a new sub-

marine boilcd. Boilers of submarine boats

use steam when running above the sur—

face and electricity when running below.

The French bout does away with this

shift and uses steam both above and be—

low. The boilers are guarded with great

secrecy.



National.



Eight hundred poisons axe thought to

have been lost in forest fires raging in

northern Minesota. Large tracts have

been burned over‘, towns destroyed, and

refugees are fleeing to the border towns

for safety. High winds accompanied the

fires and made them impossible to con—

trol. There is little chance of abatiug the

danger until the heavy rains come for

timber and slas‘hings are extremely dry

The population of the burned district is

estimated at 12,000 people. About 200

bodies have been recovered from the

flames. Twelve towns and Villages have

burncd and fully 5,000 people are now

homeless.



It is expected that President Taft will

appoint Senator Root, of New York state,

to the position of chief justice of the

supreme court. Charles E. Hughes has

resigned as governor of that state to ac-

cept a position on the supreme bench, he

taking the oath of office Monday



A committee of four appointed by the

democratic state convention of Massachu—

setts are deadlocked over the choice of

a candidate for governor. The committee

also failed in the selection of a fifth mem-

ber of the committee.



An explosion in the Starkville mine in

Colorado entombed fifty or more men.

Early in the week the men were still be-

lieved to be alive but rescuers have en-

countered many obstacles in trying to

reach the unfortunate miners and hope

for their lives is fast growing dim.



The farmers’ national congress at Lin-

coln, Nebraska, adopted resolutions dc—

manding experimental parcels post on a

few rural routes to decide the usefulness

of this inovatiOn in America.



Detectives declare they are sure of the

capture of the murderers of William B.

Rice, a wealthy attornev of Cleveland

who was found murdered several weeks

ago.



gColonel Roosevelt is now making a tour

of the south and southwest. All along

the route of his tour he is being met by

large crowds of admirers.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.



VVheat.—~—The final estimated yield of

wheat in the state is 19, in the southern

counties, 18, in the central counties 22, in

the northern counties 20 and in the upDer

peninsula 16 bushels per acre. A few

correspondents report wheat affected with

smut, otherwise the quality is good. The

estimated total yield for the state is 15,-

200,000 bushels. The total number of

bushels of wheat marketed by farmers in

September at 125 flouring m‘ills is 256102

and at 11112 elevators and to grain dealers

189. 3.76 or a total of 445, 478 bushels. Of

this amount 304,076 bushels were market-

ed iirn the southern four tiers of counties.

105, 70.7 in the central counties and 35, 695

in the northern counties and Miller pe-

nihsula.



’nhe estimated :total number of bushels

0! wheat. marketed in the two months.

August—September, is 2,750,000. Forty





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THE PROGRESS OF THE PANAMA CANAL





BY JAMES COOK MILLS.





HAT is doing at Panama," and



“how good is the work and the



plans for the dams and locks?”

are questions of very liVely interest to

nearly every American citizen. He is

keeping in mind the fact that the govern-

ment is engaged in the most stupendous

engineering work of the age, the progress

of which is being eagerly followed by the

ablest engineers of the world, the sue»

cessful outcome being of international

moment. That the President, who is so

well informed upon all matters pertaining

to the canal plans, and able engineers,

after careful inspection of the whole

canal work and deliberate consideration

of the plans for its completion, should say

that the work is good and that the pres-

ent plans should be carried out, is most

reassuring to all Americans who have

followed the progress of construction.



That some mistakes were made in the

beginning, as is inevitable in all under-

takings of such mammoth proportions,

is not denied, but they were mistakes of

organization and administration rather

than of engineering. They were due in

a large degree to the appointment of rail-

road presidents successively to the office

of chief engineer, instead of leaving the

Work unrestricted in the hands of the en-

gineer corps of the army and navy, which

were in the field and carrying on the ac-

tual operations. It is a matter of con-

gratulation that, in working out such

great problems, no errors of engineery

have been made, and that no insurmount-

able obstacles have arisen or are likely

to arise, to delay the completion of the

canal a few years hence.



The boring of twin tunnels far beneath

the river’s bed, the scratching of the

earth‘s crust to form water highways, or

the building of great bridges and other

structures of steel and concrete, are but

the every-day achievements of an engi-

neering age. But the slicing of a moun—

tain in twain, the building of a gigantic

dam and six pairs, of great locks of solid

concrete, and finally the converting of a.

land of pestilence and death into one

offering life and health to white men, are

engineering feats of a very different cali-





bre. It is not overstating the actual fact

to say that nowhere on the earth for cen-

turies past has an engineering project of

such proportions been undertaken which

called for the expert knowledge of so





They comprise: Construction and engi-

neering, excavation and dredging, locks

and dams, river hydraulics, meteorology,

motive power and machinery, munigipal

engineering, surveys and railroad. These





the Zone government with the posts

customs and 1e\ cnues, police and prisons,

prosecuting attorney and the courts, pub-

lic work, the schools, and fire protection.

Then come the departments of sanitation,

the commissary, materials and supplies,

the hospitals, cost keeping, labor and





 





 





 





 





 





Looking South from East Wall of Upper Gatun Lock, on





many and varied professions as the great

work on the Panama Canal.



First of all are the engineers with their

splendid organization into divisions to

meet every requirement of the work.





men, with the thousands of mechanics and

laborers, are the actual diggers of the

canal and who are making the dirt ily.

Following in importance, but absolutely

necessary to the scheme of operation, is





 





 





Gatun Upper Lock, Looking South from West Bank, Showing Pragress up to April '50, 1910.

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March 1, 1910.





quarters, disbursing" and recreation for

the employcs. The army of workers,

numbering about 45.000, of which more

than 12,000 are white, is thoroughly 0r-

C‘anizcd into a highlv efficient force.



The total length of the canal from deep

water in the Caribbean Sea to deep water

in the Pacific is exactly 50 miles, but, be-

cause of the dredged channels in Limon

Bay and the Bay of Panama, the portion

lying wholly in the Isthmus is reduced to

401/; miles. Of this portion a stretch of

32 miles will have a summit elevation of

85 feet above the sea, to be reached by a

tlight of three locks at latnn, on the

Atlantic side, and by one lock at Pedro

Miguel and a Il‘ght of two locks at Mira—

llorcs on the Pacific side. The summit

elevation will be 111aintaincd by a large

dam at (latnn and a small one at Pedro

Miguel, making a great Gatnn lake, which

will have {1 arm of lflll-g square miles. A

small lakc about txvo square miles in

area, with a surface elevation of 5?» feet

will be fornn-d on the Pacific side between

the lower face of the Pedro lVIiguel lock

and dams and leirallorcs. the valley of

the lilo (lrandc being enclosed by a small

dam and the locks at the latter place.



Intensi- activity characterizes the op—

erations of (-vcry department along the

entire line of the canal, and such progress

has been made that, if the rate of digging

that has been maintained during the last

two years is continued to the end, that

result will be reached on or very near the

first of July, 11ll2. On the Atlantic side

near Colon two steam shovels have been

at work during the year cutting through

the Mindi Hills on the axis of the canal

and three old French ladder dredges have

been used in the canal prism in Limon

Bay bctwoen Mindi and deep water in the

Caribbean. A 16—inch suction dredge was

also employed at the mouth of the Mindi

River and elsewhere and the dipper

dredges, Chagres and Mindi, were working;
312 ‘ (19)





in the cut of the old French Canal. The

seagoing suction dredge , Ancon worked

with a double crew in Limon Bay over the

line of the canal and removed more than

3,000,000 cubic yards of material within

the year. With the aid of another dredge

of the same type the excavation of the

canal has been extended in July, 1910, to

the crossing of the old French Canal, at

little more than a mile north of the Gatun

locks.



Construction has been started on the

outer breakwater of this harbor. On the

Pacific side four old French ladder

dredges and one dipper dredge have been

used during the year mainly in cutting a

new channel from the deep water chan-

nel to connect with the French canal

which, under the approved plans, will be

utilized. The seagoing suction dredge

Culebra, after a journey of 12,000 miles

from an Atlantic port in the United

States. was put to work in the outer

channel, and excavated $060,153 cubic

yards of material in the year. A 20—inch

pipe—line suction dredge was used nearer

shore. A full complement of tugs. barges

and launches was employed as auxiliaries

by both dredging divisions.



The canal zone itself is divided into

three general divisions, under the depart—

ment of construction and engineering, the

division engineers reporting direct to the

chief engineer. The first or northern divi-

sion, is designated as the Atlantic divi-

sion and includes all work north of a

line drawn just south of the Gatun dam

and locks. This takes in those works and

the harbor improvements. The Second is

the central division and extends from the

south end of the Gatun works to the

northern extremities of Pedro Miguel, in-

cluding the work through the Culebra cut

and the Gatun lake. The third division is

the Pacific, constituting the southern por-

tion from Pedro Miguel, the dams and

lock, the works of the same nature at

Mirafiores and the canal cut from the lat

ter point to the deep water channel to

the Pacific. '



Of all the work on the Isthmus that at

(‘ulebra presents problems of almost spec-

tacular solution. It is here that the huge

slice is being cut through the continental

divide, which at the Isthmus is the lowest

on either continent. The summit is 314

feet above the sea level, and when cut

down to grade of the canal. or 40 feet,

will represent a slice nine miles in length,

a half mile in breadth at the top and 300

feet at the bottom, and from 50 to 274

feet in thickness. or this enormous ex-

cavation the old French companies took

off but little more than the summits.



During the fiscal year ending June 30,

.1910, the excavation in the Culebra and

Chagres sections (central division)

amounted to 17,832,177 cubic yards, which

v.as a little more than one-half the total

ouantily of earth and rock remoVed from

the entire canal prism and accessory

works in that time. This very

tory result was accomplished by a full

quota of laborers. nut'nbering‘ 8,037», and

a compltte equipment of machinery. The.

total number of steam shovels assigned

to these works was 75, comprising three

sizes, namely, 1%. 21/2 and 5 cubic yards

dipper capacity. The. number of cubic

yards excavated per hour, while under

steam, by shovels averaged 1:70 for the 13

months as compared with .121 for the

previous year, an increase of 24 per cent.



As all the spoil has to be entirely re—

moved from the canal prism, entailing a

haul of from one to 24 miles with an av-

erage of 12 miles. the transportation

problems are of the first magnitude.

\\'hen it is remembered that a cubic yard

of earth or rock weighs about one and

one—tenth tons, a simple mental calcu—

lation givos a total of nearly 21,000,000

tons haulage for the Panama railroad, in

addition to the heavy regular traffic pass-

ing over the line. VVithln the nine miles

of the Culebra cut there are 104 miles

of standard tracks, all laid with 70-pound

American rails. Along the bottom of the

canal from the summit to Las Cascadas

a distance of about four miles, there are

three main tracks, while toward the south

as far as Pedro Miguel, about the same

distance, there are four tracks, all in

very satisfactory condition for heavy

traffic. The motive power and other rail—

road equipment used at Culebra, consists

of 197 locomotives. 36 plows. 28 unload—

ers, 36 spreaders and 2.514 dump and flat

cars of various capacities.



Within the past year the general rule

was adopted of running trains direct from

the shovels to the largest dumping

grounds, which has resulted in an in—

crease of capacity for the transportation

equipment. Quicker trips can be made

by this method than by that formerly

employed of hauling the cars from the





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THE. MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





shovels to switching yards where they

were made up into trains and hauled over

the main line of the Panama. railroad to

the numerous dumps.



Considering the total output in Culebra

for the year, the average cost per cubic

yard, including mining, loading, trans--

portation, dumping, tracks, division office

and supervision, but not including the

plant and general items, was 54 cents.

In comparing this cost of work upon the

Isthmus and especially in Culebra cut,

with similar work in the United States,

certain conditions existing in the former

locality must be taken into consideration.

The wages paid for skilled labor on the

Isthmus are, on an average, from 40 to

70 per cent higher than are paid for the

same class of labor in the temperate

zone. The working day is but eight hours

in length, and the climate is not one con-

ducive to great physical and mental ac-

tivity. The rainfall is very heavy, aver-

aging about 05 inches in Culebra. and it

interferes considerably with the rapid

prosecution of the work. The coal used

in the section amounted to 169,192 tons,

costing on an average, $6.33- per ton—-

more than twice~the cost in many local-

ities in the United States.



The Chagres section which connects

that of Culebra with the Colon or Atlan-

tic dredging section,,extends from the

northern limit of the Culebra cut, at

Gamboa, to Gatun. a distance of about 23

miles. The canal follows very closely

the general direction of the Chagres

river, but, as the stream in its winding

course among the hills crosses the center

line of the canal 23 times, the work is

liable to interruption from the overflow

of the river at times of high flood. Up to

July 1, 1907. no excavating had been done

in this section by the United States; but

surveys were in progress, the center line

of the canal was marked, and the amount

of excavation determined to be 10,627,300

cubic yards. During the 12 months fol~

lowing 1.774.124 cubic yards of earth and

rock were removed, leaving 8,973,176

yards yet to be taken out. The opera-

tions were at San Pablo, Caimito, Mata-

chin and Santa Cruz. and in the second

half of the year from 10 to 12 steam

shovels were in use with increasing out—

iut. The work consists chiefly of cutting

deep channels through the peninsulas

formed by the river in its tortuous course

through the valley, and are designated as

Point 1, 2, 3 and so on. The excavations

are 500 feet wide on the bottom, and av-

erage about 50 feet in depth, being from

one—fourth to one—half mile in length. As

much of the material excavated was

rock, nearly 400 tons of dynamite were

used in blasting. In hauling off the

spoil, 26% miles of construction track

were laid, 50 locomotives, of which 47

were of the old French equipment, were

in use, and 0-45 dump cars The number

of employes in this section was 2,001, and

the cost of excavation, including all items,

was 611/13 cents per cubic yard. During

the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, the

work in this section was prosecuted with

vigor and is now practically completed.

As soon as a point was completed the

water was turned from the river through

it, and the old bed of the river then uti-

lized as a dump for the material

from other points.



The amount of material excavated ‘by

the Old and New French Canal Compa-

nies was 78.140080 cubic yards, but of

this great quantity only about 29,008.000

cubic yards of the prism excavation will

be useful in the main line of the new

canal. At the beginning of the work by

the L'nited States. in May, 1904, the total

estimated excavation required, based on

the present working plans, was 174.666.5394

cubic yards. This includes 18,000.000

cubic yards necessitated by the change

of plans in locating the lower flight of

locks on the Pacific side at Miraflores

(instead of at La Boca, now called Bal-

boa), and constructing a sea~1evel canal

between those points, and also about 32,-

000,000 cubic yards of excavation for in-

creasing the width of the Culebra cut

from 200 to 300 feet on the bottom, for a

distance of about nine miles. Within

the last fiscal year the total excavation.

including the dredging operations in the

outer channels, amounted to 32.177.198

cubic yards. which added to the previous

excavation since the beginning of opera-

tions, makes 110,763,623 cubic yards. De-

ducting this amount from the total esti-

mated exmvatlon required, leaves 63.092,-

971 cubic yards yet to be removed. This

sum total includes a liberal estimate (or

excavation from time to time necessitated

by the slides along the deep cuts, which

are expected in such works and are

troublesome only in the removal of the

material. On July 1, 1910, nearly 64 per





cent of the total excavation for the canal‘





had been made. This does not mean,





however, that so large a percentage of,





the work of constructing the canal has

been accomplished, for there are many

other engineering feats to be realized.



But aside from the great excavating

operations going on, there is another and

equally important work, that of construe--

tion. This department embraces the

Gatun dam and locks section, the Pacific

section of dam and locks, and also of

meteorology and river hydraulics. Of

these, the Gatun dam and locks are by

tar the greatest construction feature and,

being the keystone of the whole work, the

site finally selected and the plans have

been matters of exhaustive study and ex-

periment by the engineering staff.



In considering the plans for the Gatun

dam, the mind is incapable of a just con-

ception of its vast proportions, and the

imagination must be drawn upon for an

idea of this great engineering work. It

will be a mammoth embankment of earth

and rock, nearly two miles in length, over

a third of a mile in breadth at its base,

and 115 to 150 feet in height. Across the

top there will be a level roadway, 100 feet

wide which, with the downstream slope,

is to be covered with gravel to a depth

01 two feet. The lake slope, which runs

off at an eaSy grade, will be covered for

about half its length from the top with

a thick layer of rip—rap, with end sup-

ported by a selected rock fill, and its base

by'a strip of gravel five feet thick. The

center portion of the dam will be filled

by hydraulic dredges and the material

when placed will be impervious to water.

Directly beneath the rip~rap section of

the slope there have been driven two

rows of triple—sheet piling, a little less

than 300 feet apart,‘to render the founda-

tions impervious to seepage. Near the

downstream end there will be a third row

of sheet piling, as an extra precautionary

measure. The piling extends five feet

above the sea level. In locating suitable

material for constructing the earthen

dam, the soil surveys were made by wash

drill borings along the Chag-res river,

which indicates that there is available,

within one and one-half. miles of the dam,

suitable material in sufficient quantity

for the building of the entire earthen

work. To test the quality and value of

the hydraulic methods a model dam was

built of material similar to that to be

used in building the actual dam. It was

constructed by means of a centrifugal

pump taking material from a barge in

which it was brought up the river. The

material was dumped into the model

dam, or rather discharged into it, at the

downstream toe ‘and allowed to grade it—

self toward the upstream face. The dam,

which was of one-half scale, was then

tested with a corresponding head of wat-

er, and the results Vweie exceedingly sat-

iSfa(l()l_V.



Construction during the 12 months was

in the spillway, the spoil from which was

largely used in the fills at toes of the

dam. Three steam shovels were in use

in the spillway work, requiring six loco-

motives with the usual number of cars.

The spillway excavation was completed

in September, 1908. Construction work

consisted of laying the concrete floor,

from one to four feet in thickness, and

‘building up the ‘walls to an average

height of 25 feet, which progressed rap-

idly to completion. The Gatun locks

which join the northern end of the dam

are also engineering works of great mag-

nitude. They are in pairs. nearly three-

quarters of a mile in length, the chambers

having a usable length of 1.000 feet. and

a width of 110 feet in the clear. The ex—

cavation for the locks was continued

throughout the year,

were assigned to this work.





544 cubic yards, the waste being dumped

on the south toe of the dam and on an





embankment of the re-located Panama,





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railroad.

locomotives required was 10,

dump cars were 110.



In August. 1909. concrete work was

started on the locks and such progress





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25 per cent of this work has been ac-

complished, and the amount of concrete

being laid is increasing each month

The daily output exceeds 3,000 cubic

yards at Gatun. and about 1.000 cubic

yards at the Pedro Miguel and Miraflores

locks. The preparatory work at the late

ter places has not yet reached the stage

where the entire equipment of plant can‘

be used to Its full capacity, but by the

time this account is in print. operations





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THE NEST I DID NOT FIND.





BY HATTIE WASHBURN.





Still c2 .iging to the naked bough,



From which the leaves are fallen now,

Is the nest that I did not find



When with its feathered treasures lined.





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BY HELEN MATHIE.



We had formed the habit of spending

the hot months of summer at beautiful

Cedar Lodge, beside the cool clear waters

of Lake Willoughby. There we bathed

and boated, rlept and sunned ourselves,

were active or idle. as the spirit moved

us. The children romped and grew brown

and round faced. ‘They ate like pigs,

slept like pigs, and grew like pigs. Some-

times we older people thought they

squealed like pigs, but as they were grow-

ing fast and strong in nature's own way

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“Chinko" as he Appears





contented with life and the world at

large. But it is not of this delightful

idling that I wish to tell, although to us it

seemed well worth the telling,



It is of Chinko, the pet squirrel, that I

wish to write. He was a beautiful gray

and had a nest in a hollow tree at the

corner of the camp near which the ham-

mock swung. He entered it through a

hole at the base of the tree and ascended

to his nest, which was about on a level

with the caves of the camp. Day after

day as we lay in the hammock, Chinko

would dodge in and out many, many

times. The children, Lois and Helene,

were very much interested in him and

kept very still that they might see him

bring in nuts and pieces of food that he

had picked up. After a little time he

minded them not at all, and they began





'THE‘ MICHIGAN FARMER.





to place peanuts and candy near his en-

trance. He took them readily enough and

soon searched for them if they were not

handy. Step by step they coaxed him

nearer to them until he would take pea~

nuts from their hands, scampering away

in sudden panic as soon as he had seized

the coveted dainties.



After a time he became tame enough so

that he would run up on the hammock

and over whoever might be reclining

there, searching for peanuts, and even

into the pockets of the gude mon, when

he was with us. It was hard for the

children, five and eight years of age, to

hold back their delighted giggles as they

watched Chinko darting about over their

father’s six feet of length as he lay in the

hammock, but the slightest sound sent

the squirrel flying back to his nest, so

they repressed every sound, often with

dimpled hands pressed tight over their

months.



It was a funny sight to see Chinko with

a big doughnut. Lois always teased to

have an extra large one fried purposely

for him. He always had an appreciative

audience when he disposed of it. Sitting

up with the enormous doughnut clasped

in his paws he would nibble entirely

around it, turning it between his paws.

This was about as much as he needed

for one meal, so when he had completed

the girdling process he would drag it

away to his nest. -



The gude mon sometimes played tricks

upon Chinko. After he became so tame

that he had no longer any fear of any of

us, he used often to come into the camp

and run about at his oWn sweet will. One

day the gude mon

tied a string to a

peanut and threw

it on the floor.

Chinko spied it and,

seizing it, started

pell mell for his

nest. \Vhen he

reached the end of

his rope he stopped

so suddenly that

he turned a som-

ersault, but, noths

ing daunted, he

righted liimsclf and

after a moment’s

reflection gnawed

the string in two





a n d scampercd

away with his

peanut.





Another day the

s a m e tormentor

fastened a wire to

a peanut and threw

it down as before.

Chinko ran away

with it and, as be-

fore, came up with

a jerk that tumbled

Today. him over. Chatter-

ing wrathfully, he essayed to gnaw the

wire but it was too hard for his teeth.

Not to be beaten he took the peanut in

his paws, shelled it and ran away with

the kernels. Day after day we used to

see him scurry into his hole with some-

thing brown in his mouth. It looked like

no kind of nut that grew near the camp

and we wondered for some time what it

could be. One day the gude mon laid a

chip over the hole, then lay down in the

hammock to watch for Chinko. Along

came the squirrel with another brown

morsel in his mouth. To remove the ob-

struction that barred his entrance he laid

down his burden. It was a. chocolate

cream. There was a small grocery, fruit,

and candy shop in the grove, and inquir-

ies here elicited the information that

Chinko was a frequent visitor at this





shop. The groceryman liked to see him

scampering about his premises but had

never noticed that he meddled with any-

thing but the peanuts that were always

given him. On inspecting the supply of

chocolates the groceryman found he had

lcst about three pounds, as nearly as he

could estimate it.



One day we had visitors in camp. The

children, of course, had to show off their

pet squirrel. The gentleman of the party,

a tall heavy man, was much interested

and watched Chinko for a long time. The

whistle of the steamer attracted his at-

tention and he turned to watch the Eagle

as she glided by. Chinko was shelling

a peanut close to his feet, wholly un-





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knew, too, that if she cared to confide in.

me she would without any effort on my

part.



She piled the cards carefully and shoved

them into the case. “It’s another rem-

edy,” she announced, and a twinkle

gleamed in her tired eyes. “Not a new

one this time, but one that has the sand-

tion of extreme age. It was used by the

Egyptians centuries and centuries ago.

It must be at least four or five thousand

years old. I wonder if any of the court

eyars old. I wonder if any of the court

physicians ever tried it on a Pharaoh. I

can’t imagine that even Joseph possessed

the necessary courage to suggest it.”



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afraid. A quick backward step and the

man had set his heavy foot upon poor

little Chinko. The children Screamcd and

the gentleman stepped forward gain

quickly but not quick enough to save the

squirrel. He was hurt past recovery and

died in a few minutes. The children

were inconsolable and we older folks car-

ried sore hearts for many a day because

of the loss of the trusting little friend,

who had lost his life bccaustx of his

trustfulness of his human associates.



Not for the world would the gentleman

have harmed a hair of the children‘s pet,

yet unwittingly he had nearly broken

their hearts and they never quite forgave

him. We carried the little body to a tax-

idermist, who mounted it beautifully. The

children value it highly and can look at

it now and tell of Chinko’s cunning ways

with no apparent heartache, but to me it

always brings a pang. I see only the

pretty husk and remember sadly the little

life that once animated it. Like all dead

things, it is fraught with sorrow.





 





AN OLD, OLD REMEDY.





BY ANNA GIRMUS,





Kate was playing Napoleon’s solace at

St, Helena. “Come in," she called as

soon as she heard my step on the porch.

“Take a chair and make yourself com-

fortahle."



I followed instructions, drew the chair

up to the table and watched her place the

black ten under the red jack and proceed

in the search of a red nine.



“I think I have him this time,” she

bragged. And in a few moments a neat

row of twoes stood at the head of the

table.



I knew that something was troubling

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sition in a high school, but in some way

she got rheumatism, not the intermittent

kind, but the kind that, like the poor, is

always present. For two years she strugv

gled on with binomial theorems, truncat-

wl prisms and rheumatism; then she came

home to nurse her swollen joints. And

straightway she had plenty of aid, for

she is blessed with several brothers, all

of whom consider it a fearful waste of

her college education that she can no

longer teach. As there are plenty of

remedies they keep her well supplied. It’s

hard to tell which she dreads more, the

twinges of the disease or the remedies.





They have shipped her to hot springs

where she was boiled, steamed and rub-

bed until, when she came back, she could

not walk four blocks. They have hustled

her across the continent to try the balmy

Pacific breezes, when she had to be liftr

ed on and off trains. They have supplied

liniments and tnhleis until Kate’s very

soul rebels. She has consumed barrels of

buttermilk and abstained from the Vict~

uals in which she delighted.



“It’s bees this time,” she actually

laughed, for she is also blessed with

something of a sense of humor. “You

have heard of it?”



“\Vhy, yes,” I admitted. “I have read

of it somewhere. \thn are you going to

try it?”



“This very afternoon. Charley has gone

for them now. He was telling Jake

Strong about it. Did you read that ac—

count of the man in New England some-

where, trying it?”



‘ I had not read it.



“\Vell, I wish Charlie had not, but he

has and so has Jake. Charley came out

from town this morning and of course

stopped to talk with each of the neighbors

as he came along, and Jake offered to

donate a hive of bees, so Charley has

gone for them.”



“Not honey bees?” I questioned. My

mind had only takcn into consideration

six or seven hornets or yellow jackets and

I had thought that Charley was out in

the meadow catching them. Charley is

Kate’s youngest brother.



“Honey bet-s of course. You didn’t

think it was bumble-hers, did you?” Kate

laughed again. “You‘ll have a chance to

see the fun. Nothing so plcbian as hor-

nets, ycllow jackets or bumble-bees

would do.”



It was not long before Charley drove

up carefully. Jake Strong was with him.



“\Vcll, get ready,” he called from the

gate. “Helen bring out that cot.” Helen

is Mrs. Charley. She dragged a cot out

to the porch and he helped carry it to

the lawn where they set it up.





Kate turned a little white. but she

stepped to her room and when she came

back she had on a wingy-sleeved klmona.

and bed-room slippers. She looked at

Jake a little. impatiently.



“I thought I'd come along and help

Charley,” he explained.



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Charley .1 began. . “It may hurt, «but Just

think if you get well you cargo to teach-

ing again and be independent of all

of us.”



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- whole hive of bees sing her?” I remon-





st‘rated in surprise.



“Why, yes, of course, just me side of

her. That's what that man did.” Char—

ley looked at me as much as to say, that

settles it.



“Maybe it would be better to let just

eight or ten sting her,” interp05ed Grand-

ma, who had come from the front room.

“You know she is so weak.”



”Oh, she may be sick for a while; that

man was, but Helen will stay to take

care of her. If she’s ever to get well,

we must try something.



“Might as well die for a goose as a.

gosling,” Kate smiled grimly. “If it must

be, let's get over with it. There's one

thing though, that you must see to, and

that is that they sting right off. I don‘t

want the miserable little pests crawling

over me, searching for some particularly

thin, easy spot where they can drill

through my skin. As soon as they light

they must get to work, if you have to

pull their tails. Do you understand? And

don't have them flying around an hour

before they find me, either."



“You needn’t be afraid," both the men

assured her. “VVe‘ll do our part.”



“You’d better watch from a distance,”

she admonished me. "Stay in the house

and keep the screen door closed. Grand--

ma, you'd better go into the front room

and shut the door. Don't open it, no mat-

ter what happens."



Grandma is Kate‘s mother. “All

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k “Do I look like a mummy or a sleeping

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l have seen her cry just as ineffectual tears

as the rest of us do.



“I never heard of ghosts sleeping,” Hel—

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of were very .‘busy beings.”



I heard the front room door click as

Grandma clcscd it. Jake and Charley

carefully carried the hive from the back

of the Concord and placed it near the cot.

Helen and I watched as they fastened a

line to one corner of it. I was glad that

Kate could not see.



Then Jake started for the porch and

Charley, with the line in his hand, fol—

lowed.



The bees must have been nervous from

their ride, or Charley, possibly, jerked the

rope sooner than he had intended, for

suddenly the air became black with the

insects. The men‘s backs were toward

the hive, but instinct seemed to tell them

what had happened. \Vith a shout they

jumped for the porch. Helen and I saw

{the angry things start in our direction

land we were seized with an uncontrol-

ilable desire to get as far away as pos-

sible.



I sprang into the front room and had

the door locked as if expecting the little

pests to force it opcn. Helen. I learned

afterward, took the same precaution in

the kitchen.



“\Vhat is it? “hat is the matter?”

Grandma demanded in frightened ioncs

as she heard the dining—room door slam,

and chairs fall. and a tramping as it‘ ien

icn were chasing each other about the

room.



Poor, little, old lady. she actually start"

cd for the door. I realized fully the value

of Kate's forethought. “You must not g

out there," I commanded. “It's full of

lbees. You must not g’cl stung and you

{can do nothing." I managed, by holding

3 her, to prevail on her to leave the door

' locked.



For a time we listened to the commo-

tion. Then it occurred to us to look out

at Kate. There she lay, patiently waiting

for the little doctors. After a while she

began to wriggle uneasily. She moved

her arm out from under the sheet and

gradually removed the swaddling clothes.

Then she sat up, looked at the hive,

which had rolled over when Charley made

‘his dash for the porch. and listened to

the noise in the dining—rem. She pulled

on her slippers, pulled down her sleeve

and started for the house.



We heard her step on the porch and

then her voice in the dining-room. Grad-

ually the commotion stopped. At last we

heard only her slow quiet step,





 





 





 





“You can come now,” she called, “They,





are all: out again or dear and we need

some help. “Open the door,” I heard. her

call againfbut it was not at our door.’

“I want the ammonia.”



Grandma and I ventured out. There

sat Jake and Charley near the table, and

Helen was helping Kate soak their swell-

i-ngs in ammonia while the latter, in cool

low tones was delivering a lecture on the

chemical action of ammonia, salt she

called it, on acids in general and on a

particular acid which she said the bees

carry and use in their quarrels with hu-

man beings—forensic acid, I think she

called it.



Maybe the term is too strong, but it

appeared to me that there was an evi-

dence of unholy j0y in her eyes as she

lifted the thick lashes for a moment. Kate

has fine eyes for a woman of her age.

At any rate, there were all sorts of

curves and wrinkles about her mouth and

they did not make her face look particu-

larly mournful.



They told us that she had brushed

those miserable. contrary bees from the

faces of the two eperlmenters and driven

them from the room with a rag and not

one single sting did she receive.



The experiment, however, was not by

any means a failure, for it made respec-

table, law-abiding ciiizens of both men

for at least two weeks. Neither one at-

tended the ball game the two following

Sunday afternoons, although “The Merry

Vale Tiges” were the opponents and had

defeated our nine so many times that we

hated to think of it.



It happened that on these two Sab-

baths the local team won both games

and it was a real privation to both men

not to witness at least one of the Vic-

tories.



Then, too, Kate has remarkable fore-

thought. “Of course, I may have the

honey?” she inquired while she was still

applying the ammonia.



“You’re welcome to it," Jake growled.

“I guess I can go home now."



“You’d better stay to supper," she in-

vited, hospitably. “VVe’ll have hot bis-

cuits and honey.” But Jake 'would not

stay.



I was invited next and staid. The hon-

cy was good and so were the biscuits.

(‘harley_ however, did not seem to enjoy

either.





 





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Improper Dieting and, the Drug Habit.





 





HEN I was a small child I was



RK/ much moved ‘by the tale of the



poor young man who had inher—

ited an appetite for drink and was tempt-

ed to indulge in the flowing bowl after

eating a piece of his mother's mince pie

which she had flavored with brandy.

This story so impressed me that for

years I refused to eat mince pie for fear

someone might have surreptiously poured

in some brandy and I might be tempted

to drink. For many years was I deprived

of the pleasure (1’) 01’ eating this dainty,

until one day I learned in a. scientific

cookery book that the small amount of al-

cohol which would be contained in one pie

would all be drawn off by the heat of the

oven in baking, and that when the pie

got to the young man it would be abso-

lutely harmless in so far as the brandy

was concerned. Then I ate mince pie.

But after eating a slice or two I really

couldn’t blame the young man for taking

to drink.



Seriously, while I do not believe for a

moment that the small amount of wine or

brandy a mother might use in baking

would start her boys drinking, 1 do be-

lieve that a large percentage of the

drunkards in the world are made so by

the things they are given to eat and drink

when they are small children. And I do

believe that many good and pious moth-

ers have a. deal to answer for in the

wrecked lives of their offspring. Of

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which leads mothers to feed improperly

their little ones. But ignorance is no ex-

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ing information about dieting and giving

it away for the asking.



Mothers who are supposedly intelligent

will give their babies sip after sip of tea

and coffee that is so strong it is really

unfit for grown folks to drink. The little

nerves are so overstimulatcd, the system

undermined and an appetite created for

stimulants before the child leaves the





—-—_





mother's breast. \Vhat wonder, then,

that when the child becomes the man he

demands something stronger than tea

and coffee. Those drinks have lost their

power to stimulate him, and his system,

from babyhood kept up by false strength,

craves the )xcitement to be derived from

alcohol and drugs. ,



Not only do I condemn tea and coffee

for children, but with it in its evil effects

I class all rich and highly seasoned foods.

Rich pastry and cakes, condiments, an

unlimited supply of candies and nuts,

combinations of various foods, greasy

soups and gravies, all, to my way of

thinking, combine to give a false appetite

which keeps demanding stronger and

stronger things. Parents, mothers,

should consider it a duty to cultivate in

their children a likingr for plain, whole-

some, simple yiands. I have said before,

and I must say again, that a child who is

fed rightly from babyhood if given a

choice will choose plain bread and butter

and a cup of milk rather than a slice of

heavily frosted cake and a cup of coffee.

And I wish to add that the child who will

choose the coffee today will be far more

apt to choose brandy ten years’ from

today than the lad who asks for milk.

The boy who takes the simple food will

have learned that it leaves him feeling

more comfortable in stomach and head

than do tea, coffee and pastries, and he

will reason that if tea and coffee upset

him, liquor will be apt to upset him

more. .



I am not a temperance lecturer, but if

I were I should stop hammering away on

arguments which science has disproved,

and which, of course, have lost all power

to influence men and women, and should

devote myself instead to educating men,

women and children on sane principles of

living. If the coming generations were

taught temperance in eating, sleeping,

bathing, resting, playing and Working the

question of over indulgence in intoxicants

would solve itself.



DEBORAH.





 





 





Country Women As Money Earners—-—No.’ 15.

Weaving Rugs and Carpets for Pin Money.





By L.





EADING not long ago of a girl who,

R having her heart set on a college

course, wove fancy rugs as a

means of obtaining the necessary funds

set me to thinking why not? Of course,

in the case of the girl it was the usual

fairy story of easy work and kind friends

to help by buying the rugs and otherwise

strcwing her pathway with roses while

she worked. but '-I found on looking

around that while there may be easier

ways of making money, the woman who

has the will to succeed can do it without

weaving fancy rugs. \I’eaving just the

ordinary rag rugs and carpets (that so

many of us rebelled against sewing rags

for in our childhood days), will bring in a

fairly good income, and one does not need

to furnish the rags either.



Bent on getting all the possible infor-

mation on this subject, I paid a visit to

Mrs Rachel Collins, of Vernon, who finds

weaving a pleasant way of earning the

extra pin money we all enjoy so well, and

whose nice, even, smoothly woven rugs

and carpets are the pride of many a good

housewifc’s heart. There I found that

the number of weavers can not nearly

supply the demand for carpet. In less

than one week Mrs. Collins turned away

over 200 yards of carpet besides a num-

ber of rugs and still had plenty of work

to keep her busy for months.



Of course. the first thing needed for

this work is one of the old-fashioned

looms, such as were used by our grand-

mothers; and every neighborhood usually

has two or three stored away in the gar—

rets or lumber rooms which can he

bought for the proverbial song. Next, in





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weaving rugs, will be a supply of warp,

as the weaver furnishes her own warp for

rugs, while for carpet the customer pro-

vides her own.



Then, there must be good taste in ar-

ranging the colors, and here is where a

study of ready made rugs and carpets

comes in play. Great care should be used

to copy only the best, as nothing so

surely spoils the looks of a room as a

glaring combination or colors. One may

take ever so much pains cutting and sew-

ing the rags, but if the colors are fighting

the result is simply a cheap rag carpet,

even if it has been woven as evenly and

smoothly as human hands can make it.

\Vhile the same colors, rightly arranged.

will give a carpet which will be a joy

forever, for the memory will remain long

after the carpet is worn out.



So much for the colors. Now for the

material. One very pretty rug was made

of an old Paisley shawl for the center

with a border which harmonized. The

result was a rug that caused a feeling

of envy in more than one heart. Another

of the best parts of worn cotton blankets

with the, colors in the fancy stripe on the

ends worked into a border was also very

much admired. Gray woolen underwear,

the blue print or gingham aprons or

dcsses that have outlived their days of

usefulness, all make handsome durable

rugs and the colors are more lasting than

home dyed.



At the usual price of 35 cents for rugs

one and one-half yards long in a fancy

weave, or 14 cents per yard for plain car-

pet weaves, one can readily see that not

only a college course but other things as





well would not be impossible if one really

wished for them and were not afraid of

hard work.



This is for rugs alone. Now let us

look at the carpet side of the question.

Mrs. Collins easily weaves five yards a

day besides taking care of her house,

which is no small task. So the person

who could devote her whole time to

weaving could make good wages at the

price which she charges, 14 cents per

yard. In weaving carpets the same ma-

terial is used as in making rugs, with

this difference, that, unless the rugs are

to be a plain weave, the rags for them

are torn finer.



Taking into consideration the facts that

one can work at home and that only the

oldest clothes need be worn while work-

ing, what more independent way of earn-

ing money can be found than weaving?





 





 





TO KEEP BABY WARM.





 





BY MILDRED M. NORTH.

I have a Christmas gift which I prize





very highly—a bag to keep baby warm

when riding. It is made of a yard and

a half of cream cider

down, with a lining

of outing flannel put

in with cat~stitches.

which can be taken

out and bag washed

like any wool goods.

Sometimes the lining

does not: need wash-

ing, but the outside

is soiled. Even if

both are to be

washed they will dry more quickly if sep-

arate, on account of the thickness of the

cider down. It takes only a few minutes

to rip up the lining and replace it.



The eider down was folded in the mid-

dle and stitched together, the lower cor-

ners being rounded and cut off. The top

was folded down two inches and stitched

Ribbons could be ,

used for these. Mine,

twice to form a

heading, and casing

in which two draw





 





 





   





strings were run.

has white cords with'

tassels,



Baby is wrapped





in a soft shawl or

cape to keep the

clothes in place,

slipped into this bag

and the strings .

drawn snugly about the neck. The feet and

hands cannot get uncovered and become

cold.



This gave me an idea how to keep

baby’s hands warm at night. A baby

almost always sleeps with its hands up

and no matter how carefully I covered

them I would wake to find them blue and

cold.



So I bought a yard and a quarter of

gray eider down and took the middle

crosswise for the center back. I folded

the ends to meet and lap about three

inches over this. I sewed it up at the

bottom, and nearly across from each side

at the top, leaving-a neck place in the

middle. I laid baby into it, pinned it at

the neck and down the front with safety

pins_ and had no more trouble. The

hands go up into the corners, and baby

is warm and snug. The wool side is

inside.





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FASHION’S FANCIES.



This is a sorry season for the woman

who likes smooth cloths and much be-

trimmcd hats. Severely plain suits of

rough goods are strictly the thing, suits

so plain that most of them have not even

the faced collar and lapels we have long

loved. ‘Pleated skirts, some with the

modified bobble (ffect and many without,

are practically all one sees in the suits,

while the coats are extremely mannish,

with short iapeis and plain, tailored coat

sleeves. The coats are short, 30 inches

or 32 being the rule. Gray tweeds are





first choice in cloths, but, of course, many

other fabrics are shown. There are bas-

ket weaves in many colors, including

plum, zibelines, and fancy mixtures.

Mixed browns are good, and brown, by-

the-way, is almost as good a color as

gray again.



In separate coats long effects are away

in the lead. For a. dressy coat nothing

is quite so good as chiffon broadcloth,

though covert has many admirers as it

does not show soil quite so quickly as

broadcloth. A delicate champagne, al—

most a cream, is about the only color

shown. Black is good for older women.

but the younger matrons and girls will

choose the light color , .



For general wear the motor coat, or

polo coat is the thing. This is a semi-

fitted or loose coat reaching to the bot-

tom of the dress. It is always in a rough

cloth and usually shows a shaws collar

and cuffs of a checked goods, the checks

being white, and the color of the coat.

One such coat in a gray and white zibe-

line has the cuffs and collar of gray and

white checked cloth of similar texture.

The cloth is soft to the touch, almost as

soft as messaline, but of great strength

and warmth. Another coat illustrates the

fad for fringes. It is of brown and white

with collar and cuffs of brown and White

check and a. fringe trimming the collar

and bottom of the coat.





 





BANK ACCOUNT VS. WHOLESOME

HOME LIFE.





 





A certain farmer said that he would

not buy his wife a vacuum cleaner so

that the housework would be less, for the

reason that the farm was not directly

benefited. He said, “Show me something

that will bring in good interest on the in-

vestment and I will buy, and gladly.”

This farmer‘s frame of mind is an ex"

cellent illustration of that of many farm-

ers who are known in their communities

as industrious and level headed. The

reason for the narrow view taken was,

that the business insight was not very

well developed and that there was ab-

sence of appreciation of what may be

called a reasonable home life. It is not

necessary to go through the particulars

of showing that an indirect benefit is as

real and important as any direct benefit

you can hit upon. Anything that will

lighten the burden of the good farm wife

is an economy and it should not be neces-

sary to possess the wisdom of a stateman

to come to that conclusion.



The farmer, as a rule. will not hesitate

to buy a manure spreader, an expensive

driving horse or even an automobile. On

the other hand, before he purchases his

wife a good sewing machine, an inex-

pensive meat chopper' a sanitary cover—

ing for the kitchen floor, a bath tub or

just a common sink, he has a spell of

blues that sometimes will last a week.

When prices for farm products were low

there may have been a reason for not

providing the machinery which is neces-

sary to make the physical equipment of

the home such as it should be. Now that

the tillers of the soil are taking expen-

sive trips about the states and are send—

ing their sons and even their daughters

to colleges and expensive universities, it

does not seem reasonable that the life of

the average farm family should be so de-

void of what the public speaker calls the

unprecedented progress of the twentieth

century.



Foreigners and those of our own coun-

try who have lived for a while in Europe

tell us that the Americans can not see

much that is either above or below the

almighty dollar. The money making trait

of the American is his most marked

characteristic. It is not generally known

that the natives of this country, not the

original Indian but the great and bustling

citizens of the United States, are looked

down upon by the English. the German,

and the French nations for that very rea-

son. We have not passed out of the

semi-civilized state where money is wor-

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The city man, with his neat suit and

buttonholed carnation is, without, a doubt,

interitupon getting all he can get out

of the" difficult business deal he has be-

fore him this morning. He is more likely

than not to make friends with only those

who are his financial equals or superiors.

Should his daughter marry into a poor

family, the average business man con-

siders himself disgraced. Yet, besides

being a machine for the getting of mon-

ey'and the piling up of power, the busi—

ness man of the city rarely forgets the

welfare of the family. In the country,

the, contrary is often true. You can

bring to mind several long settled sec-

tions in Michigan where the outlook for

the young is not very bright and for no

other cause than that the male head of

the family has not considered important

the small things that go to make up the

home life. “'hat is more disheartening

to the young sons and daughters than a

mechanical existcnce, a life that lacks the

opportunity to enjoy the society of those

who can think logically and kindly?



The readers of the Michigan Farmer

have, of late, heard much that is en-

lightening about the business side of

farming. There is need also for some

good papers about home life. The social

side of farm life is a side that develops

after the farm has been made to pay or

is being made to pay. If it were not for

the fact that man is a social animal cap—

able of hating, loving, coveting, slander-

ing and praising, and besides, of being

improved as a human being, what a

dreary one—color life this would be. Mon-

ey, indeed, is necessary; but often a com-

munity is very rich in money and at the

same time shamefully poor in the com-

mon affections which are the flesh and

blood of normal human nature and hu-

mane toleration.



The people who live in the country need

to hcar more about the simple facts of

life and what they mean to that mass of

minority which is continually going out

of and coming into the world. The Coun—

try Life Commission came to the con-

clusion that the most difficult problem

the rural people have to deal with is the

social problem. The reason is, the value

of a given amount or quality of human

nature cannot be easily reckoned in the

terms of the coin which bears the in-

scription, “In God “'9. Trust.”



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A BOX COUCH.





 





BY J. E. BRIDGMAN.



A box couch, such as shown in the il-

lustration herewith, will be found a most

welcome addition to any living or dining-

room. and its construction is easily with-

in the mechanical possibilities of any





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. (15)





for one of these couches is the imitation

leather which come: 50 inches wide, in all

colors, and will cost about 89 cents per

yard. If one cares to. and has the ability,

the couch will be much improved if

springs are used in the top. However, a

couch finished as described, will be found

very handy and neat in apeparance. It

may be used for holding books, shoes,

hats, shirt waists, etc., and is an orna—

mental piece of furniture.





 





PORK IS A GOOD WINTER MEAT.

No. 26.





 





BY MRS. ALTA L. LITTELL.





HEN I was a child on the farm,

W years ago, butchering time was



a season of the year to which we

youngsters looked forward with delight.

In those days towns were not so easily

reached as now, and grocery wagons and

meat wagons seldom or never were seen.

“’e depended on the time for butchering

for fresh meat and our annual respite

from the salt pork barrel. Even the odor

from “trying out lard" could not dampen

our delight at the thought of spareribs,

tenderloins and fresh, home-made sau—

sages.



’l‘hat festive time seems to have passed

away largely with the logging bees, the

husking bees and the other jolly times

of long ago. Indeed, I am not sure but

that it was those same bees, with their

hard manual labor, which called for the

fresh pork to supply the body with en-

ergy, and that when modern machinery

and methods forced out the old ways. pork

went with them. Or perhaps it is the

trusts that have bought up all the pork

or the modern way of buying meat from

“the wagon" which has caused a diminu-

tion of butchering at home. Anyway, I

don’t hear very much of it any more. and

though most families butcher occasionally,

it is no such festival as it used to be.





There is no better heat—maker among

meats than pork. a reason, perhaps, why

it; formerly stoorl so high in favor, mod-

crn, well-heated houses having done away

with so much of man's need to obtain

bodily heat from foods. Because of its

heat value it is a better moat for winter

than for summer. In fact_ the only part

of pork which should be served in sum-

mer is ham or bacon. Fresh pork is in-

digestiblc, roast pork rct’luiring nearly

five hours time in the stomach. In roast—

ing, pork should be put into a moderate

oven instead of a. hot one, and at least

23 minutes allowed to the pound, the oven

being kept at 1a moderate temperature.





All fresh pork should be well cooked, as

the flesh often contains trichinac. or lar—

vae, of tapeworms, which are only

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man or boy, who is handy with tools. A

good size for this couch is six feet long,

and two feet wide. However, some would

prefer it Slightly longer, while others on

account of the size of the room or for

some other reason, would prefer the

couch some smaller.



In building“ simply make two boxes of

3,; or 7/8—inch lumber. of the desired size,

the lower box about 12 inches deep, and

the top or upper box two or three inches

deep. The top is fastened to the lower

box with good strong hinges, and two

pieces shaped as shown for the head rest.

The top is covered with (burlap or canvas,

and stuffed with moss, hair, or cxcelsior,

care. being used to shape the top and

head rest as shown. \Vhen the top has

been properly stuffed and tufted, the en-

tire couch is covered with any material

to suit your fancy, and fastened in place

with small invisible Upholsterers“ tacks.

Or, if desired, the large headed tacks may

be used. These come in leather, brass,

cloth, etc., and may 'be secured of any fur-

niture store, or mail order house.



Perhaps the cheapest and best covering





.shoulders which are delicious fresh, but





and will mature in the human body un-

less destroyed.



Nearly everp part of the pig can be

utilized for food, the hind legs furnishing

hams, which are usually cured and

smoked; the fore legs furnishing the





often smoked and sold to unwary city

purchasers as “picnic hams." The side

meat is either used as salt pork or is

smoked and known as bacon, than which

there is no better breakfast dish if sliced

thin and broiled or fried just to trans—

parency. Headcheese is made from the

heads; the hooks and feet are boiled and

pickled; the flank fat is tried out for lard;

the loin and ribs are sold for roasts and

chopS, and the scraps of fat and lean are

ground together for sausage.



As for food values. the loin contains the

highest per cent of protein, 14.1 per cent;

ham comes next with 13.3 per cent; ba-

con, 9.2 per cent, and salt pork, 1.8 per

cent. On the other hand, the loin has,

too, the highest per cent of refuse, 15.8;





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the ham, 14.4 per cent, and bacon only

0.8 per cent.





 





Cauntrywoman’s

Clothes





With Designs in Pictures and

Written by a Countrywoman





The fashion-magazine has

thus far ignored the clothes of

the countrywoman. Now she

will get her due, for she will

have, hereafter,





A Department of Her Own in

The Ladies’ Home Journal





Her work-clothes, her house-

dress, her Visiting-dress, her

church-dress~—-all will be shown

in pictures, and written about by

a woman who knows—a country—

woman herself.





The new department begins

in the number for October 15—-

the American Fashion Number,

with 250' pictures.





10 Cents Everywhere

$1.50 a Year For 24 Numbers





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A CONVENIENT HOLDER FOR LIDS.





 





‘The lids of my cooking vessels are all

blue and white enameled ware and piling

them or throwing them into a drawer was

both inconvenient and sure to nick them.

At last I thought of a way to dispose of

them that keeps them from being nicked

and also shows me at once the location

of the size L want at the moment.



I took a piece of unbleached muslin

four feet long by two feet wide and double

hemmed it. I put on a series of pockets





‘ beginning at the top and extending clear





across. The depth of the first pocket is

two-thirds the diameter of my smallest

lids. I divided this shallow pocket by

stitching three or four rows up and down

the middle of it. That makes two pockets.



The next pocket overlapped the first

by one-half. This also was divided and

held my two pie plates.



Each pocket is simply a strip of mus-

lin, double hemmed for strength, double

stitched on and overlapping the one above

it, and just deep enough to allow about

one-third of the lid to Show. The whole

is then nailed to the wall. I used thin,

fiat strips of molding and nails for the

lids weigh heavy.



Don’t make the mistake of making the

pockets too shallow or they will sag out-

ward. The double. hem keeps mine fiat.

Oilcloth, unless reinforced across the top,

will sag, too.





\Vashington. G. R, FUNK.





 





PAPERING A ROOM.





BY LAMA MITCHELL.

\Yhen a room is to be papered always





go over each wall very carefully and re—

move all the old paper that is loosened

or that can be loosened. A dull knife

slipped under wherever one sees a puffed

place will assist in locating sections that

need tearing off. After removing loose

paper make a paste, using skimmed milk

instead of water and adding a little alum

and some sugar, being sure to boil it

thoroughly. Paste made in this way can

be used over old paper as well as on

blank walls and will always stick. The

anoaleur paper hanger should remember

that after paste is applied to paper it

should be hing with as little delay as

possible, otherwise it will stretch and

then as it dries on the wall it is apt to

crack.





THE NEW “HOBBLE” SKIRT.



A stylish skirt in instep length is here

pictured, which will develop well in the

heavy materials. The “handed in” effect

is made use of here, which gives the style

without causing the wearer any of the

discomfort of the actual fact. The model

is cut in eight gores, all except the back

one stopping at knee depth, where a box-

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band. The center-back gore gives the

box-plain effect and extends to the hem

of the skirt. The band at the head of the

skirt may be made of contrasting mate-

rial, but it must be of the same color to

be in the best of style. The closing is

at the, left side of the back. Serge, home-

spun, Cheviot, basketweave or other semi-

rough mixture will make up best in this

design. The pattern (5157) is cut in

sizes 22 to 32 inches waist measure. To

make the skirt in medium size will re-

quirc 4%; yards of material 44 inches

wide. ,'



The above pattern can be obtained by

sending 10 cents to the office of the

Michigan Farmer. Be sure to give waist

measurement and number (5157) when

writing.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





 





SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.





This department is opened as a

means of exchange of new and suc-

cessful ideas in homemaking. If you

have learned something in cooking,

sewing, child raising, fancy work,

economy, anything which is helpful,

and new, send it in. Twenty-five

cents will be paid for every article

used, but none will be returned. Keep





 





 





 





 





 





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Do not throw away the leaky pan ~r

basin that is not worth taking to the tin-

ner. Use a small piece of putty; it is

just as good when dry.—E. L.





Try keeping a box of wooden tooth-

pit-ks handy to test cake when baking.

1[ will save running for a broom straw,

to say nothing of being far more sani-

tary and appetizing.—Mrs. XV. C. M.



Drop a few extra potatoes and a couple

of eggs, washed clean, into the dinner

pot. Then a little minced onion, salt and

vinegar completes a salad for supper

with very little trouble.~—Mrs_ XV. C. M.





Mothers, when asking rbaby if he wants

water or cookies, etc., say “water,

please,” or “cookies, please,” and always

say “thank you” if he hands you some—

thing. or if you give him anything, thus

forming the habit of politeness while

young—“Busy Bee.”



Use denim to make a short round apron

with a large pocket covering the lower

half. Keep ('lOllleSDlllS in this pocket and

they are always handy. On wash day,

all one has to do, is put on this apron

and the clothes pins are in the easiest

possible place to get—Mrs. L. L. G.





To clean photos and nice book-binding,

place common brown butchers’ paper on

article to be cleaned, press with medium

hot iron. This will draw soiled marks in—

to the paper.——E. A. C.





HOUSE PLANTS IN WINTER.





 





BY LALIA MITCHELL.

The care of house plants in winter is





never a burden if rightly undertaken, hat

the housewife should first make up her

mind to be systematic. Plants watered

three times a day for the first week and

once in three weeks later in the season

will never prove a delight. Coleus, be-

gonias, and similar varieties should be

watered daily except during extremely

cold weather. Once in two or three days

is often enough to water palms, geran-

iums, roses, etc.



Begonias, fuchsias, ice, plant, etc., do

well in the back of the window farthest





from the light while. roses and coleus.





need all the sunshine possible. Instead

of spraying the leaves for insects, pow—

dering the soil, etc., try putting a tall

stand in the center of the room and set,-

ting the plants under it once in three or

four weeks. In the center of the circle

of plants set a deep vessel, put in a little

twist of paper, sprinkle it with tobacco

leaves and apply a match. When the

tobacco begins to burn, be careful not to

have too much of it, throw an old quilt

over the top of the stand, thus confining

the smoke. The result will be death to

all animal life on stalks or leaves Without

injury to the plant.



Many remedies have been given for the

small white 'worm that infests the earth

about plants, but my experience has been

that all will fail. The surest plan is to

fill a baking dish or old basin with fresh

earth from the supply which every plant

lover places in the cellar in the autumn

for the, filling of pets for new plants.

Ti'hen filled set it in the oven and 'bake

for at least six hours, remove and set

out of doors until thoroughly cool. Take

the plants from the pots, shake every

particle of earth from the roots and set

them in a basin of water to which has

been added three or four drops of car-

bolic acid. Repot the plant, throw away

the, old soil and be sure that you will

have no more trouble with white worms.





{HOME QUERIES EXCHANGE.





M. B. P.—The bearskin coats are, eas—

ily dyed. Use any of the standard dyes.

For graham cookies use one-third cup

butter; one cup sugar; white of one egg;

half teaspoon soda; two teaspoons cream

tartar; half cup water; graham flour. Cut

in squares with a knife and bake until

crisp.



Mrs. S.——Very good peanut butter is

made by simply putting the nuts through

the food chopper, using the pulverizer.





 





 





 





 





 





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Haste and Waste





Stop and think for a moment the

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crackers.





Instead of hastily buying soda

crackers that go to waste because

broken, soiled or soggy, buy





Biscuit

in separate five—cent packages. Soda

crackers in large packages soon be-

come broken, stale and unpalatable.

On the other hand, Uneeda Biscuit

in handy, moisture proof packages





are always fresh, clean, crisp and

whole—not one wasted.





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Saves Time on the Farm





THE farmer with the Bell Telephone

Service at hand, doesn’t have to travel





111 rainy weather.



The Bell Telephone Service saves him all that.



There are always a lot of rainy—day chores

about the farm.



Instead of spoiling a day in going to town, the farmer

goes to his Bell Telephone and does his business. The

time saved can be spent profitably. .»



That is why he would not think of being without

the Bell Telephone Service. It is poor economy to try

to get along Without it. Consult our local manager.





Michigan State Telephone Company,





_ ...,,. Detroit, Michigan.

200,000 TELEPHONES IN MICHIGAN!





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OCT. 15, 1910.

Try This Heme-Made

Cough Remedy





Costs Little, But Does the Work

Quickly, or Money Refunded.





 





Mix one pint of granulated sugar with

174‘, pint of warm water, and stir for 2

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every one, tWo or three hours.



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$2.500; mt . $550: balance cash. Addnos'ownetr.



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—100 Acres 8 miles from Jackson.



A Bargain Mich, 58.000. half down. Good soil.

market and schools; good house, fine rock well. new

wind mill. new barn 32x60. granary, shop. aka. 2 miles

wire fence. Plenty of wood. Good farm for all crops.

especially potatoes. 0. Horton. R. D. 5. Albion. Mich.

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FRUIT STOCK and GRAIN FARMS in BARRY.

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, (Continued from page 310)’.



mills, elevators and grain dealers report

no wheat marketed in September. The

per cent of acreage sown this fall com-

pared with the average for the past five

years in the state is 104, in the southern





: counties 103, in the central counties 102,





in the northern counties 108 and in the

upper peninsula 95. The average date of

sowing wheat in the state and central

counties is September 16, in the southern

counties the 17th and in the northern

counties and upper peninsula the 15th.



Rye—The per cent of acreage shown

this fall compared with the average for

the past five years in the state is 87. in.

the southern counties 83, in the central

counties 89, in the northern counties 93

and in the upper peninsula 116. The es—

timated acreage of rye harvested is 372.-

300 and the estimated yield 5,956,800

bushels.



Barley—The estimated yield per acre,

in bushels, in the state and southern

counties is 24, in the central counties 26.

in the northern counties 25 and in the

upper peninsula 23. The estimated acre-

age harvested is 73,400 and estimated

yield 1.761.600 bushels.



Oats—The estimated average yield per

acre in bushels, in the state is 31, in the

southern counties 32, in the central coun—

ties 34 and in the northern counties and

upper peninsula 26. The estimated acre-

age harvested is 1,498,000 and estimated

yield 46,438,000 bushels.



Corn.—-—The estimated average yield per

acre in bushels in the state is 32, in the

southern counties 30, in the central coun-

ties 34, in the northern counties 33, and

in the upper peninsula 29. The estimated

acreage harvested is 1,698,900 and esti—

mated yield 54,364,800 bushels.



Potatoes.——The estimated average yield

per acre in bushels, in the state is 86,

in the southern counties 80, in the. central

counties 84. in the northern counties 98

and in the upper peninsula 131. The esti—

mated acreage is 208,000 and esthnated

yield 25,628,000 bushels.



Beans—The estimated average yield

per acre in bushels, in the state is 13, in

the southern counties 12, in the central

counties 14_ in the northern counties 15

and in the upper peninsula 16. The esti-

mated acreage mil-vested is 470,250 and

estimated yield 6,113,250 bushels.



Sugar Beets—Tho estimated average

yield per acre in tons. in the state, south—

ern and northern counties is 9, in the

central counties 10 and in the upper pe-

ninsula 12. The estimated acreage that

will be harvested is 100,000 and estimated

yield 900,000 tons.



Buckwheat. The estimated average

yield per acre in bushels. in the state.

central and northern counties is 15, in the

southern counties 14 and in the upper

peninsula. 20, The estimated acreage har-

vested is 51,900 and estimated yield 778,-

500 bushels.





NATIONAL CROP REPO'RT.





 





The Crop Reporting Board of the Bu«

reau of Statistics of the United States

Department of Agriculture estimates,

from the reports of the correspondents

and agents of the Bureau, as follows:





Condition Compared with Normal.



. H“ . . 32’



Crops. H _ . . H "‘ "1.;

+59 '50 «30’; $506 .4 >.



Uv—l v—i (Jo DO U |



of $3 03 02 CS



p.c. 13.0. p.c. .p.c. p.c.



Corn 80.3 78.2 73.8 77.8 78.4

Buckwheat .. 81.7 82.3 79.5 81.6 83.3

Potatoes .... 71.8 70.5 78.8 68.7 75.6

Tobacco ..... 80.2 77.7 81.3 84.1 83.0

Flaxseed .... 47.2 48.3 84.9 81-2 83.4

Rice ..... .. 88.1 88.8 81.2 87.7 86.1

Apples ...... 46.4 46.8 43.9 48.4 53.8





I





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





Genesee 00., Oct. 8.—Weat‘her continues

fine. Late beans not yet all secured. Po-

tato harvest now going on. Corn mostly

secured in good condition. Early beans

which have been threshed yielding very

well. Clover seed crop about an average;

late pastures good. Alfalfa fields which

are now quite common look extremely

well and show up to good advantage with

a thrifty growth even now. Farmers as

a rule are. well pleased with the result of

the season's work. Local market quota-

tions as follows: Wheat, 93c; corn, 57c;

oats, 33c; beans, $1.95; butter, 24c; pota-

toes, 60@65c~; baled hay 512506014; dressed

hogs $116012 cwt; beef. $8@15.50 cwt.



Shiawassee 00., Oct. 10.—Rain more or

less during the past week. Ground Well

saturated with water and too wet to till.

Heavy frosts on low land. Corn crop

about cut, although a few fields are yet

standing at this writing. A large number

of silos have been filling the past week in

far-c of the fact the weather has been

very unfavorable for the work. Late po~

tatoes are yet green and doing well. The

apple crop at best is a poor one and far

below last season. Wheat is coming on

in fine condition and making an excellent

fall growth. Rye is looking well. Clover

seed is being cut and promises a fine

yield. A few farmers have threshed their

beans and marketed the crop on the earlv

market. The yield is about an average

with former years. A few fields of late

beans still unharvested. Sugar beets suf-

fering from wet weather and promise

only a fair crop. Lamb feeders are be—

ginning io secure their material for win-

ter operations. A few cars have already

arrived and many more coming in a few

days. No cattle. yet on feed and probably

will not be. The hog outlook is very sliml

and no prospects for more. A few teams!

of horses have changed hands at a good

price. Dairy cows are in strong demand.



Livingston 00., Oct. 10.~—The past week

we have had two killing frosts but it did

not do much damage as nearly all of the

corn crop was in the shock. It might

have been better for potatoes had it held

off another week but they were fairly

well matured. Some corn is being husked‘





(Continued on page 321).





 





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This farm is a heavy producer, well watered

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JARVIS In MARTIN, ,

Auctioneers a. Real Estate. Ovid, Mich.





, ——I offer my m-uc‘re farm

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all cleared but 9 acres of woods. large 12-roo_m house.

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tations f01 the week are:





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MARKETS





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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.





October 12, 1910.

Grains and Seeds.





Wheat.—The bears got hold of the mar—

ket early this week and shoved prices

down; the average for the week, how-

ever, is comparable with the average for

the previous period. The government

crop 1ep01t showed that a better crop of

Winter wheat had been harvested in the

northwest than was counted on by trad—

ers, which with the heavy increase in the

visible supply in Europe, where the large

part of the demand for grain from this

country was expected to come from, was

the reason for the bulls weakening. The

struggle for higher prices was sought

upon the grounds of drought in Argen-

tine, a decrease in the United States vis-~

ible supply and an attempt to stampede

the market on news that the grain of the

northwest was spoiling in the stack, but

to no avail. The crop report indicates

that the country has grown 11 700000000

bushel crop this year; this is 15,000,000

bushels more than was expected before

the report came out. One year ago the

price for No. 2 red wheat was $1.20 per

bu. Quotations for the week are:





 





 





"S No. 2 No. 1



. Red. White. Dec. May.

Thursday ..... 99 .9614 1.01% 1.06%

Friday ....... .9914 .961/2 1.01% 1.06%

1 Saturday . . . . .981/2 .9597}, 1.01% 1.06%

Monday ...... .981/1 .951/2 1.0114 1.06%

Tuesday ..... .9612; .94 .991/2 1.04%





Corn.-——There is to be a bumper yield

of corn, the government report indicating

a. crop two points above the crop of last

year and also of the ten-year average.

The showing did not have the depressing

'effect upon the trade as was noted in

1that circlcs; lioWever, the deal is a lit-

tle easier, because of the report and the

influence of the other grain. There are

no important deliveries from country

iplaces,tl1c trade excusing the situation

on the ground that farmers are busy



gathering the crop. One. year ago the

prite fox No 2 corn was 630 per bu. Quo-





No. 2 No. 2



Mixed. Yellow.

Thursday ................. 531/2 55

Friday ................... 53%,, 55

Saturday ................. 53 1A; 55

Monday ................... 531,4; 55

Tuesday .................. 53 541/2





Oatsas'l‘hc iinal figures of the govern-

ment regarding the crop are to the effcct

that 90,000,000 bushels more oats were

grown in the country than a your ago.

The averagc yicld per acre was nearly

two and onc-half bushels more than for

the ten—year average. Traders are keep-

ing priccs up in spite of thc showing. a

constant demand of large magnitude aid-

ing in the situation. The local market is

steady and quiet. One year ago the price

for standard oats was 42c per bu. Quo-





tations are:

Standard. No.3





\Vhite.



Thursday ................ 36 35%



Friday .................... 36 351/2

Saturday ................. 36 3511/2

Monday .................. 36 35%

Tuesday .................. 36 3.5%





Beans—There was a little dealing on

the local market last week. Prices have

gone down. The state crop report indi-

cates a crop of over 6,000,000 bu. Thresh—

ing is in progress. Quotations are:



Cash. Nov.





Thursday $210 $2.05

Friday ...................... 2.10 2 01

Saturday ................... 2.10 2.05

Monday .................... 2.07 2.02

Tuesday ................... 2 01 2.00





Cloversecd.~Pricos average a little

higher. Some sections are enjoying a

good yield while others show a complete





failure. Many fields have been used for

pasture. Alsike is steady. Quotations

are:



Prime Spot. Dec. Alsike.

Thursday . . . . . . . .$9 .20 $9.35 $9.00

Friday ............ 9.10 9.15 9.00

Saturday . , ....... 9.10 9.15 9.00

Monday 9.10 9.15 9.00

Tuesday .......... 9.00 9.05 9.00





Rye.—Market is improved and shows

more life. Quotation for No, 1 is 750 per

1111., which is 2c above the price of a week

ago. _



Visible Supply of Grains.

This week. Last week





Wheat ............. 34.309.000 34,968,000

Corn ............... 4,422,000 5,041,000

Oats ............... 18,737,000 18,801,000

Rye ................ 406,000 353,000

Barley ............. 2,630,000 2,444,000





Flour, Feed, Pravlsions, Etc.

FIour.——The flour trade is firm at last

week‘s figures. There is a good demand

at p1csent. Quotations a1e:





Clear ................................. $4. 60



Straight ............................. 4. 80

Patent Michigan .................... 5 .10

Ordinary Patcnt ..................... 4. 90





Hay and Straw.——Market steady. Quo-

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

l)ctroit are: No. l timothy, $16651650;

No, 2 timothy, $146115: clover, mixed, $14

$15; rye straw, $7615.50; wheat and oat

straw, $6.506117 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.——The week has developed a

weakness in the potato deal. Buyers are

getting the tubers fairly easy and conse-

quently have put on an air of indifference

with the result that values are down more

than 10c. The national crop report indi-

cates a smaller yield for the country than

a year ago but an improvement in the

crop since September 1. In car lots

Michigan potatoes are selling at 45@500.



Pravisions.——Mess p0rk, $22.50; family

pork, $23; medium clear, $20@21.50;

smoked hams, 15@16%c; dry salted bris-

kets, 1434c; shoulders, 13%0; picnic hams,





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





1114c; bacon, 20@21c; lard in tierces,

1336c; kettle rendered, 14%c per lb.

Dairy and Poultry Products.



Butter.—Another week has passed with-

out change in butter values. Conditions

are reported to be unaltered and produc-

tion is not falling off much just now. As

the cows have enjoyed an improvement

in pastures and feeding has started. Extra

creamcry 291/211; firsts, do., 27c; dairy, 23c;

packing stock, 220 per lb

' Eggs. -—The demand upon the egg trade

is not being well met by the offerings, so

prices have advanced again for the week.

The deal is strong at the new figures.

Fresh receipts, case count, cases includ-

ed. are quoted at 25c dozen.



Poultry.—There was a fairly good sup—

ply of poultry coming to the market last

week and the market is lower for most

kinds. The trade is quiet and easy.

Spring chickens are lower and now selling

at 131/430; hens also lower and going at

1161‘121/20; turkeys are down to 17c; geese

steady at 10@11c; ducks easier at 14c.



Cheese.—Michigan, late made, 15c;

Michigan. fall made, 17%6018c; York state,

171569180; limburger, old, 17@18c; Swiss,

domestic block, 2160220; cream brick,

16%61)17c.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Apples.—The week noted a fairly liberal

supply of apples. Offerings are not grad-

ing as high as in most years. Choice

consignments are selling at $3@3.50;

common kinds and grades, $26113 per bbl.



Cabbage.—Lower. Selling at $1.50 per

bbl, for new.



Peaches.—The season for peaches is

getting well along and offerings are be-

coming less numerous and smaller. Prices

are steady and range from 75@$2 for

Michigan products.



Tomatoes—Market steady.

quoted at 6061165c per bu.



Grapesf—Concords, 10-lb. baskets_ 250;

Niagaras, 250; Delawares, 3560400.



Pears.~Unchanged. Bartlett's, $1.50@

1.75 per bu.





OTHER MARKETS. '





Grand Rapids.





Potatoes have dropped fast during the

past week and this week local dealers are

offering only 250 at northern Michigan

loading stations, and .300 in the Grand

Rapids freight zone. It is not thought.

even by the buyers, that prices will go

much if any lower than this. Potatoes in

small loads sold on the Grand Rapids city

market Tuesday morning at 40617500 To-

matoes are bringing 4061150c; celery, 121/2

6111513; cabbage, 50c. Dressed hogs have

gone still lower, selling at 1161;111/2c. Poul—

try is off, live fowls and chickens selling

at 10c. Eggs are a trifle higher, jobbers

paying the country merchants 2460241/20.

’l‘he butter market is unchanged, dairy

250 and Creamery 29c. The bean market

has been slipping off and dealers are now

quoting on a $1.80 basis to the farmers.

Wheat is 2c higher than last week, No. 2

red bringing 94c; No. 1 white 92c.





Generally





 





 





New York.

Butter—Steady, with a slightly im-

proved undertone. Creamery specials





quoted at 301/20;

firsts, 2461‘28c.



l<iggs.—~Ordinary eggs are selling for

better prices than last week while the

fancy grades are steady. Nearby eggs

quoted at 33@40c; fresh gathered extras,

.161 28(1' firsts, 251/2617261/2c doz.



Poultry .—Live poultry is easy, while

dressed fowls have a quiet trade. Live.

Springers, 15c; fowls, 17c; turkeys, 12617

15c. Dressed stock quoted as follows:

\Vestern broilers,°1761‘20c; fowls, 14@18c;

spring turkeys, 14@250.





extras, 29c; thirds to





 





Chicago.



W’heat.——No. 2 red, 97/ 41G)971/gc; Decem-

bcr, 953/111: May, $1. 013/ ,1, per bu.



Corn—No. 2 mixed, 50940; December,

481/4c; May, 5114C.



Oats—No, 2 white, 32c; December, 320;

May, 35%1'.



Butter.—The apearance of weakness has





given way to a firm tone at last week's

values. Creameries, 2461128c; dairies,

236B27c.





Eggs—Deals show a stronger trade at

advanced figures for best grades. Quota-

tions are: Prime firsts, 26c; firsts, 240;

at mark, cascs included, 18%,;611‘211/2c doz.



Hay and Straw.~Markct steady at :1

501161191 advance on all grades of both hay

and straw. Quotations are: Choice tim-

othy, 311950612050; No. 1 timothy, $1869

1.9; No.12 do. and No. 1 mixed, $166017 .50;

No. 3 do. and No. 2 mixed, $146D15. 50; rvo

straw, $8613. 50; oat stlaw, $6. 50617; wheat

straw, $6616. 50 per ton.



Potatoes. ——Priccs have suffcrcd another

10c decline due to the depressing influence

of heaVy receipts. Choice to fancy are.

quoted at 50611550 per bu; fair to good,

38611450.





 





Toledo.



Clover Seed—The market prices have

becn‘altercd but general trade is about

steady with a week ago. Closing quota-

tions were: Cash, $9.15; Deccmber, $9;

alsike, cash, $9. 20; December, $9. 20



Boston.



\Vool.—The trade continues to be rather

irregular. some of the houses completing

deals amounting to a fairly large business,

while others appear to do nothing. For

some time back the movement of wool

has been unusually slow. It still is, but

the activity of some houses, as indicated

above, gives the market an improved

appearance. to producers. The prices hold

firm and steady. There are more calls

for fleeces than were noted in past few

weeks. Leading domestic quotations arc

as follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania

fleeces—Del e washed, 34c; XX, .30, fine

unmerchanéfiie. 2465250; 1A,,—blood comb-

ing, 28@29c; %- -blood combing. 28@29c;

1A—blood combing, 26%@27%c; delaine un-

washed. 26617271/2c: fine unwashed, 2161)

230. Michigan, Wisconsin and New York

fleeces—Fine unwashed. 19@21c; delaine

unwashed, 26613270; 1,é-blood unwashed.

27@28c; 94,- -blood unwashed, 27611290 Ken-

tucky, Indiana and Missouri—%- blood 28

@290; 1/1- -blood, 27@280.





Elg

Butter. 1——Trade firgmn at 29c per 1b.,

which is on a par with the price of last

week. Sales for the week amounted to

694,700 lbs., as compared with 702,300 lbs.

for the previous week.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Buffalo.





October 10 1910.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle 150 cars; hogs, 22 400; sheep and

lambs, 17, 000; calves, 1,500.



With 150 loads of cattle on our market

here today, and 25,000 reported in Chi-

cago, and'27,000 in Kansas City and

lower. all the fat grades of cattle on our

market were 10@15ca hundred higher, and

the common and low grades were barely

steady.



We quote prices as follows: Best 1,200

to 1,400-l-b, steers, $7.25@7.50; good prime

1,200 to 1,300-lb. steers, $6.50@7.10; best

1,100 to 1,200—lb. shipping steers, $58561)

6.40; medium butcher steers, 1,000 to

1,100 lbs., $5.25@5.65; light butcher steers.

$4.75@5.15; best fat cows. $4.75@5.40; fair

to good cows, $3.75@4.50; common to

medium do., $3.25@3.75; trimmers, $27561)

3; best fat heifers, $5.50@6.25; good do.,

34.506115; fair to good do., $4@4.35; stock

heifers, $3.50@3.75; best feeding steers.

dehorned, $5.25@5.50; medium to good

feeding steers, $4.50@4.75; stockers, all

grades, $375604; best bulls_ $5625.25; bo-

logna bulls, $4@4.50; light thin bulls,

3350617450; best milkers and springers,

$706080; good do., $506065; common to

good do., $35@40. A few fancy export

bulls brought 51/3c today.



We had a heavy run of hogs here to-

day, 140 double decks. Market opened

from 30613400 per hundred weight lower

than last Saturday’s best time; about a

90 market all around today. Market closed

steady at the opening, with a fair clear-

ance of all that. got yarded in time for

the market.



\Ve quote: Heavies, 68375611890: mixed

and medium, $890609; yorkers, $890619;

pigs, $890609; roughs, $7.50@7.60; stags,

$6696.75.



The lamb market opened up active to-

day, with prices about 750 higher than

last Monday; most of the best lambs sell-

ing at $7.60@7.65; closing steady, about

all sold. Look for shade lower prices last

of week. Handysheep were strong today

and prospects are for about steady prices

on sheep balance of week.



We quote:

wethers, $4.506i)4.75; cull sheep, 2.50613,





bucks, $250633, yearlings, $5606 heavy

ewes, $4604.10; handy ewes, $4614.25;





northern Michigan lambs, $7.5061“7.60;

vcals, choice to extra_ $10.506D11; fair to

good do., $7.50@10; heavy calves, $6617.

Chicago.

October 10, 1910.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ..... 30,000 26,000 70,000

Same day last year..28.737 20,416 44,087

Received last week..65,256 85,998 218.345

Same week last year.63,353 82.962 153,785



Another week starts off with a heavy

supply of cattle, and the run of sheep is

estimated at 70,000 head or more, another

record—breaker. Hogs are in moderate

supply, as usual, but that makes no dif-

ference with the course of the market,

which is sharply downward, a break of

1560200 taking place. Hogs are selling

slowly, especially heavy packing lots,

which are going at $7. 80608 .15, while the

best light shipping hogs a1e selling at

$8.65@8.95. For the first week in a long

time, the average weight of the hogs re-

ceived shows a falling off, last week‘s

arrivals averaging 261 lbs., compared with

264 lbs. a week earlier, 228 lbs. a year

ago, 210 lbs. two years ago and 217 lbs.

three years ago. The decline in prices

appears to be hastening shipmcnts of

hogs in numerous cases. Cattle receipts

today include about 10,000 from westcrn

ranges. The better class of farm and

range cattle are going at steadylprices,

but others are slow and partly a shade

lower. Sheep and lamb receipts are

heavy enough to stagger the market in

ordinary times, but there is such a big

feeding outlet that no marked change is

seen, with lambs selling at $561.17, and a

sale of fancy lambs was made at $7.15.

Ewigs are salable at $2604.25; wethers at

$4614.50; bucks at 16250611325, and year—

lings at 3450611550. Breeding ewes are

Selling at $4695.50, and feeders pay $461)

6.70 for lambs $3. 506174. 25 for wethers and

$4. 50615 .40 for yearlings.



Cattle have not been in any increased

general demand for a week past, and the

rally that took place in prices during the

middle of the week was alt-ogethcr at-

tributable to the marked falling off in re—

ceipts, owners apparently reaching the

conclusion that it was about time to

check the rapid downward movement by

lessening the supply for sale. A large

share of the farm-fed steers offered went

at 3155061725, with inferior light killers

selling as low as $4.40 on Monday. The

choicer heavy shipping steers went at

$76,117.75, and a car of fancy 981-111, Angus

yearlings brought $8. Good fat killers

sold at $6.506!»7.25, and good to prime

yearlings were taken at $640628, while

export steers were salable at 3362561710.

vows and heifers on the butchering order

found buyers at $3..0(11.150 a limited

numbei of choice to fancy hcifeis bring—

ing 3575611675. (,anne1s sold at $261".75,

cuttcrs at $280613. 25 and bulls at $3615

("alvcs were disposed of at $6310.25,

piime light vealcrs being particularly ac-

tive and remarkably high. The supply of

wcstern range cattle was very well main-

tained, and they sold at better prices as

a rule, steers going at $4. 25657.10 and

cows and heifers at $3.2 5G)5. .50. The

stocker and feeder branch of the market

was about as lively as ever. with stock-

ers wanted at $3.2561)4.90 and feeders at

5546061575, with few sales above $5.50.

Milkers and springers were active on a

basis of $306075 per head, a few fancy

springers bringing as high as. $90. Taku





Spring lambs, $7.60@7.65;'





OCT. 15,1910.





ing a. look into the future of the cattle}





trade, the prospect Seems to favor finish~

ing well bred stock in good shape where

cheap feed is plentiful. Corn will be a.

big crop, and it is expected to sell at a.

low price. The great danger seems to

lie in paying too high prices for feeders

at the start and making them cost too

high by the time they come back to the

market. There is going to be a great

deal of feeding the coming winter.



Hogs have continued to be shipped to

market in only moderate volume here and

elsewhere, but part of the lack in num-

bers is made up by their remarkable.

gains in weight compared with former

years at this time. Eastern shippers have

not been taking a great many hogs, their

dearness checking the demand every-

where, yet this butlet is large enough to

act as a restraining influence in the

downward tendency of prices for light.

shipping hogs. After light hogs the best.

sellers are a little heavier butchering

hogs, and extremely heavy hogs sell worst

of all. Good‘butcher weights around 200

lbs. have sold with the choice light hogs

and rather better than the light class

weighing under 175 lbs. At varipus times

quality has been poorer, with too generous

a percentage of coarse, heavy sows.

Prices have been uneven_ moving down

and then up, with the better class of hogs

developing the most strength. The spread

in prices between the best and the poor«

est hogs has been wide, as is usual in

October, and packers report a good de-

mand for fresh pork, but only a moderate

call for cured meats~



Sheep and lambs have continued to

market in extremely liberal numbers for

still another week, the rush from the

ranges being well kept up, and at times

buyers have been able to knock off prices.

to a fair extent. The sellers have been

aided materially, however, by the con-

tinued extremely large demand for feeder

lambs and sheep, and a good share of the

range contributions came under the feed—

er class. There has also been a good de—

mand for range and native breeding ewes,

and goodly numbers of these sheep have

gone to various parts of the corn belt

states. 'where the sheep industry is be—

coming unusually popular. The range.

flocks must come at this season, and

owners are making a clean SWeep of stock

not desirable for wintering, but the case

with stock feeders is different, and there

is little excuse for sending so many sheep

and lambs prematurely where feed is.

plentiful. The prospect is good for finish-

ing them and then marketing, and after

the range shipping season is over it will.

be strange if better markets are not seen.



Horses were in good demand last week.

so far as the better grades were con-

cerned, the call being more for heavy

drafters than for any other kind. These

animals went at $175@235 per head, with

sales apt to be largely around $225. Heavy

loggers sold at $1656D250, and some fancy

heavy pairs went at $550@600 for northern

shipment. A few prime heavy pairs of

drafters weighing 3,500 to 3,800 lbs. were

taken by a New York coal company at

$65061>725. Southern chunks had a good

sale at $70@125 per head, and young,

blocky draft feeders were in better de--

mand at $165@225. Drivers are in mod-

erate supply and demand at 55150611300,

not many going higher than $225





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





Recent reports are that the corn crop-

of the United States will exceed three.

billion bushels. and some authorities ex-

pect to see the price fall to 50c a bushel

in the Chicago market. The southern.

states are reported as having the largest.

reserves of old corn known in recent

years and the biggest crop of new corn

evcr raised. The only outlet the south

will have for its surplus corn will be in

the east and abroad. Central Illinois was

never so full of feed as now, and similar-

rcports come from other states. The cast

has big corn and forage crops, and with

an abundance of roughage, there is a.

powerful incentive for fattening cattle,

hogs and sheep throughout the country.

So far as hogs are concerned farmers are

generally unable to do much feeding,

there being everywhere a serious short-

age, and scarcely a farmer can be found

who will part with any stock hogs, while

brood sows have sold on the farm this,

year as high as $50 per head. Cattle will

be fed extensively, however, and more

sheep and lambs will be fed than ever

before.



.l. P. Dunsmore, of Indiana, eighty

years old and still engaged in marketing-

horses, showed up recently at Chicago

with a consignment of drivers and gen-

eral—purpose horses. He said that Indiana.

farmers are taking increased interest in

breeding horses for the market, raising:

more drafters than ever before.



There has been a good call in the Chi-

cago market recently for good feeding-

cattle that are capable of being finished

off for the beef cattle market in 75 to 100

days, the demand being for good weight

cattle carrying good flesh, and weighing

from 1,100 to 1,200 lbs. The heavier they-

are the better buyers are pleased.



Besides suggesting to farmers the im.

portance of saving their straw, the Min-1

ncsota I'nivcrsity farm is urging the im-

portance of saving all cornstalks. to ac-

company the, straw as winter rougl1age,.

thereby making a saving in hay, an arti—

cle so scarce as to require unusual eco—

nomy in its use.



The market for milkers and springers.

at Chicago has developed renewed anima-

tion. but buyers are Very particular and

cannot be persuaded into buying common

cows. Such choice cows as are offered

are mostly taken to ship east, and the

general demand from all points is chiefly'

for good forward springers and big milk

producers. A few fancy cows have sold

up to $90 per head.



The market for timothy bay has been-

hardening recently under decreasing re--

ceipts. Fortunately, pastures are in ex-

cellent condition generally, and the coun-

try will raise a big crop of late forage.

which will mean a great saving on the-

hay crop.





 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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OCT. 15, 1910.





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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

October 13, 1910.

Cattle.





Receipts, 1,015. Market dull at last

week's prices on all grades.



We quote: Best steers and heifers,

$5.75@6.25; steers and heifers, 1,000 to





1,200, $4.75@5.25; steers and heifers, 800

to 1,000, $4.50@4.75; grass steers and

heifers that are fat, 800 to 1,000, $4.50@

4.75; grass steers and heifers that are

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

cows, $4.25@4.50; good fat cows, 83.50634;

common cows, $3@3.25; canners, $2@2.50;

choice heavy bulls, $4; fair to good bo-

lognas, bulls, $3.50@3.75; stock bulls, $350





3.50; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1.000,

$4.50@4.75; fair feeding steers, 800 to

1,000, $4@4.25; choice stockers, 500 to

700, $4@4.50; fair stockers, 500 to 700,

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

ers, large, young, medium age, $40@60;

common milkers, $25@35.



Roe Com. Co. sold Rattkowsky 13





butchers av 683 at $4.10; to Breitenbeck

24 do av 775 at $4.50; to Thompson Bros.

15 do av 566 at $3.75; to Fry 13 do av 700

at $4; to Breitenbeck 28 do av 700 at

$4.10,



Bishop, B. & H. sold Goose 8 butchers

av 453 at $3.75; to Kamman 10 do av 740

at $4.40; to Kamman B. Co. 12 cows av

1,023 at $3.35, 11 butchers av 706 at

$4.35, 1 bull weighing 570 at $4; to Sulli-

van P. Co. 2 heifers av 775 at $3, 13 do

av 706 at $3.75, 3 cows av 750 at $3, 1

heifer weighing 730 at $4.25, 3 bulls av 883

at $3.50, 11 butchers av 812 at $3.70, 1

bull weighing 1,460 at $3.70, 2 cows av

800 at $3, 4 do av 990 at $3.75; to Gerish

11 steers av 821 at $4.85, 6 do av 736 at

$4.60; to Rattkowsky 5 butchers av 806

at $4.25; to Parker, W. & Co. 19 do av

741 at $4.25; to Regan 26 do av 551 at

$3.70, 1 heifer weighing 510 at $3: to

Bresnahan 9 butchers av 541 at $3.60; to

Cohen & Co, 3 do av 750 at $4.25, 3 cows

av 953 at $3.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 steer

weighing 1,270 at $6.25, 1 cow weighing

930 at $3, 1 bull weighing 1,080 at $4; to

Parker, W. & Co. cow weighing 1,050

at $4, 2 do av 950 at $3.25, 1 do weighing

740 at $2.50, .3 do av 1,023 at $4; to Miller

2 steers av 825 at $4.75; to Green 6 butch—

ers av 743 at $4.35. 3 do av 650 at $3.75.



Haley & M, sold Newton E. Co. 2 bulls

av 950 at $3.75, 1 cow weighing 820 at

$2.60: to Man: 11 butchers av 780 at

$4.40; to Lawson 7 do av 906 at $4.50; to

Rattkowsky 3 do av 700 at $3.90; to Burr

2 steers av 1,065 at $4.75: to Goose 7

butchers av 507 at $3.70; to Rattkowsky

1 bull weighing 920 at $3.80, 1 cow weigh

lug 890 at $4, 2 do av 935 at $3.75: to

Goose 7 do av 930 at $3.40; to Rattkowsky

2 bulls av 580 at $3.50, 2 cows av 74') at

$3.50; to Webbcr 7 stockers av 590 at $4:

to Parker, W; & Co. 22 steers av 903 at

$5.10; to Sullivan P. CO, 3 cows av 1.053

at $3260, 1 do weighing 660 at $3, 11 do

av 960 at $3.90, 2 do av 935 at $3.25, 1 do

weighing 1.140 at $3. 4 do av 947 at $2.85:

to Youngs 5 stockcrs av 600 at $4: to

Fromm 4 heifers av 532 at $3.80, 3 bulls

av 543 at $3.50; to Schumann 13 butchers

av 726 at $4.60; to Applebaum 10 do av

730 at $4.05; to Regan 14 do av 600 at

$4.05: to Breitenbeck 7 cows av 1.053 at

$3.85; to Simms 7 stockers av 512 at $4:

to Lawson 9 butchers av 907 at $4.25.



Spicer & R. sold Kull 3 steers av 1,163

at $5.25. 2 do av 990 at $4.60, 5 butcher“

av 714 at $4.20. 4 butchers av 850

at $4.50: to Mich. B. Co. 7 cows

av 1,043 at $3.50: to Goodwin 7 butchers

av 836 at $4; to Bresnahan 5 cows av 976

at $3, 1 do weighing 750 at $2.50, 2 do av

950 at $2.50, 7_c0ws and bulls av 808

at $3.60.

$ Meehan sold Marx 7 steers av 736 at



4.20.



Same sold Bresnahan 2 cow and bull

av 910 at $3.35.



Sharp sold Sullivan P.

1.037 at $5, 2 cows av

butchers av 742 at $4.25.



Wagner sold same 1 steer

1,040 at $6, 2 do av 745 at $4.60.



McLaughlin sold Schuman 5 heifers av

576 at $4, 1 bull weighing 550 at $3



Rob-b sold Regan 2 heifers av

$3 65





Same sold Ger‘sh 4 steers av 725 at

.75.





Co. 3 steers av

850 at $3.25, 4





Weighing

510 at





Veal Calves.



Receipts, 468. Market steady at last

Thursday's prices. Best, $9.50; others.

$45119; milch cows and springers steady.



Spiccr & R. sold Gordon & B. 2 av

135 at $9.50; to Parker, W, & Co, 12 av

140 at $9.25; to Schuman 6 av 150 at $9:

to Bumstine 2 av 170 at $9.50, 7 av 160 at

$9.25, 5 av 165 at $9.50, ] weighing 120 at

$7; to Goose 3 av 180 at $6. 4 av 300 at

$4, 6 av 250 at $4.50. 7 av 150 at $8, ,,



Haley & M. sold Hopp 4 av 275 at $9.75:

to Parker, W. & Co, 10 av 295 at $5, 11

av 300 at $5.



Bishop. B. & H. sold Nagle P. Co. 3 av

100 at $7, 24 av 130 at $9.50, 5 av 150 at

$9.252 av 180 at $9.50. 4 av 140 at $9, 3

av 150 at $9.50, 5 av 150 at $9.25, 9 av 180

at $9. 4 av 160 at $9.25, 2 av 275 at $4.50:

to Sullivan P. Co. 3 av 125 at $9; to

Burnstine 10 av 151 at $9.50; to Parker.

W. & Co. '7 av 150 at $9.25; to Nagle P.

Co, 17 av 140 at $9.25, 33 av 150 at $9.50,

1 weighing 200 at $9.50, 3 av 175 at $9.50;

to McGuire 3 av 155 at $9.50, 8 av 150





at $9.50.



‘ ‘ Sheep and Lambs.

‘Recelpts, 7,628. Lambs '25c higher than

last Thursday: sheep steady: heavy run.

Best lambs, $6.75; fair _ be, $6.25@6.50;





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light to common lambs, $5.50@6; fair to

ood sheep, $3.50@4; culls and common,



2@2.50.



Spicer & R. sold Gordon & B. 6 sheep

av 110 at $3, 3 do av 95 at $3, 5 yearlings

av 90 at $5.25, 23 sheep av 115 at $3.65; to

Nagle P. Co. 47 lambs av 80 at $6.65; to

Young 106 do av 80 at $6.75; to Mich. B.

Co. 48 do av 68 at $6.50; to Sullivan P.

Co. 24 do av 70 at $6.35; to Barlage 11

sheep av 100 at $3.35; to Stocker 5 do av

70 at $3.75, 15 lambs av 62 at $6.10; to

Newton B. Co. 44 do av 77 at $6.75, 6 do

av 60 at $5; to Felknapp 110 do av 80 at

$6.65, 23 do av 80 at $6.65; to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 22 do av 70 at $6, 49 sheep av 80

at $4.



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

89 lambs av 75 at $7; to Sullivan P. Co.

26 do av 78 at $6.75; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 7 do av 68 at $6.50, 39 sheep av 80 at

$4.25, 44 lambs av 60 at $6.25. 48 do av

70 at $6.75, 35 do av 60 at $6.25; to Mich.

B. Co. 18 sheep av 110 at $3.25, 23 do av

115 at $3.85; to Nagle P. Co. 365 lambs

av 77 at $6.75, 74 do av 75 at $6.60, 25

sheep av 100 at $2.50; to Bordine 272

lambs av 60 at $6.50, 18 do av 70 at $6.50;

to Breitenbeck 19 do av 60 at $6.50; to

Mich. B. Co. 22 sheep av 110 at $4.25; to

Gordon & B. 30 do av 85 at $3, 17 do av

90 at $2.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 73 lambs

av 75 at $6.40, 7 do av 65 at $5.50, 5 sheep

av 115 at $3.75; to Fitzpatrick Bros, 16

do av 110 at $3.75, 8 lambs av 65 at $6, 57

do av 80 at $6.75, 34 sheep av 110 at $3.50,

51 do av 85 at $4.40; to Thayer 8: B. 205





lambs av 60 at $6.50. ,



Roe Com. C0. sold Mich. B, Co. 33

sheep av 120 .at $4; to Thompson Bros.

46 do av 90 at $4; to Mich. B. Co. 15 do

av 100 at $3.50; to Newton B. Co. 142

lambs av 80 at $6.50.



Taggart sold Hammond, S, & Co. 68

lambs av 75 at. $6.75.. -



Hodwell sold same 63 lambs av 75 at





$6.75, 13 sheep av 85 at $3.75.



Wagner sold Sullivan P. Co. 66 lambs

av 70 at $6.35



Johnson sold same 46 do av 75 at $6.50,

:3 rdo av 51 at $5.50, 14 sheep av 110 at



.00.



Haley & M. sold Nagle P. CO. 175 lambs

av 75 at $6.80, 122 do av 85 at $6.60, 23

sheep av 115 at $3.75, 6 do av 92 at $2.75,





28 do av 112 at $3.75, 72 lambs av 85 at

$6.50; to Breitenbeck 13 sheep av 75 at

$3.25; to Gordon & B. 3 do av 11:: at $4,





8 lambs av 77 at $6.50, 49 do av 53 at

$6, 18 do av 80 at $6.50, 7 sheep av 95 at

$4; to Thompson Bros. 24 do av 125 at

$3.90; to Hammond, S. & Co. 132 lambs

av 70 at $6.50, 20 do av 82 at $6.60.



Boyle sold Michigan B. Co. 12 sheep

110 at $3.50, 105 lambs av 70 at $6.70, 72

do av 75 at $6.70.



Johnson 3011! Nagle P. Co. 7 sheep av 95

at $4.60, 108 lambs av 85 at $6.65.



Bennett & S. sold Fitzpatrick Bros. 52

sheepvav 90 at $3.25.





Hogs.



Receipts, 4.596. Market steady at last

Thursday’s prices.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $8.75@8.90; DigS, $8.75@8.90; light

yorkers, $8.75@8.90; stags one-third off.



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

Co. 1,890 av 190 at $8.90, 678 av 160 at

$8.85, 148 av 150 at $8.80. ,

8S§)me sold Jerry Sullivan 558 av 185 at





1:9

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Roe Com. C0. sold Sullivan P. Co. 81

av 160 at $8.90.



Sundry shippers sold same 460 av 180

at $8.90, 110 av 170 at $8.85.



Haley & M. sold Parker, 11'.

av 160 at $8.90.



Spicer & R. sold same 315 av

$8.90.



Sundry shippers sold same 317 av 175

at $8.85. '





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& C0. 27:





155 at





 





Friday’s Market.

October 7,

Cattle.



Receipts this Week. 1,159;

1.028. Market steady at

prices.



“'e quote: steers and heifers,

$5.60; steers and heifers. 1,000 to 1,200,

$4.75fl525; stcers and heifers, 800 to 1.000

$4.50@4.75; grass steers and heifers that

arc fat, 800 to 1,000, 9545061475; do., 500

to 700, $3.75fl4.25; choice fat cows. $4.25

@450; good fat cows, $3.506“; common

cows, 837793.25; canners, $2622.75; choice

heuvy bulls, $4; fair to good bologna bulls

$3.506]‘3.75: stock bulls, $3,633.50; choice

feeding steers, 800 to 1.000, $4.50@4.75;

fair feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, $4@4.25;

choice stockers, 500 to 700, $4694.50; fair

stockers, 500 to 700, $3.75@4; stock heif-

ers, $3.506I‘3.75; milkers, large, young,

medium age, $406,065; common milkers,





$25@35.

Veal Calves.



Receipts this week, 644; last week, 557.

Market steady at Thursday's prices. Best.

$0.50fd9.75; others, $4@9. Milch cows and

springers steady.



_ Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this Week, 4,567;

5.651. Market steady at Thursday's

prices; quality common. Best lambs

someone; fair lambs. $6.25; light t6

common lambs. $5.50@6; fair to good

2hr??? $3.25@4.25; culls and common $2

11" . . ,





1910.





last week

Thursday's





Best





last week,





Hogs.

Receipts this week. 6.728; last week,





5,916. Market 5@10c higher than on

Thursday. Range of prices: Light to

good butchers. $0: pigs, 88.80.638.00; light





yorkcrs, $8.80@8.90; stags one-third off.





Officials of the International Live Stock

Exposition have selected Richard G.

Garden, the greatest authority on Short—

homs in Ireland, to decide these classes

at the International in Chicago this an-

tumn. Mr, Garden’s fame as an arbiter

at hve st0ck exhibitions extends through-

out the British isles, for he has made the

principal awards at the Irish fairs, and

has also judged Aberdeen-Angus cattle

at Perth, Scotland. and Hackney horses

and hunters in England. Mr. Carden ex-

pects to make a visit through Canada in

the interest of cattle breeding before go-

ing to Chicago. After the Chicago stock

show he will return to Ireland in time to

judge at the Dublin show In December.



, H. Heide. secretary of the Interna-‘

tional Live Stock Exposition, announces





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- THE. MICHIGAN FARMER.





that there will be an- increase in the cash

prize list this year, several of the‘breed-

ing associations having offered added

purses in some of the classes. The prize

list will amount in the aggregate to some-’

thing like $75,000. For the first time in

the history of the show, the National

French Draft Horse Association of Am-

erica is offering a list of special prizes,

which exceeds $500 in value. Richard

O'Malley, the noted foreign authority on

Clydesdale horses, will attend the Show.



Patrick Cudahy, the Milwaukee packer,

said recently: “i think there are several

reasons why pork products should sell

lower. The principal reason is that meat

eating people of the world, since prices

have been so high, have learned how to

economize to the extent of 25 to 30 per

cent compared to when values were nor-

mal. Vl'e all know that the country is

full of corn and pigs, and these pigs will

soon be fat hogs. January product has

been selling on the basis of seven cent

hogs, while corn, which we make hogs

with, has been selling on the basis of

five cent hogs. England is getting quite

a lot of provisions from China, Servia and

other countries. The lard trade is only

fair, and generally the demand for pro-

duct is poor. Instead of buyers running

after us, we are running after the buy—

ers.





 





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





(Continued from page 319).





and the bean crop is nearly all secured.

\Vhat has been threshed is yielding about

60 per cent of a crop of fair quality.

Nearly everyone attended the Fowlerville

Fair last week and while the weather was

very bad the fore part of the week there

were thousands of people there the last

two days. The horticultural and stock

buildings were well filled notwithstanding

that new buildings had been added for

stock. Vl’heat seeding all completed and





rye nearly all sown. Feeding lambs are

in good demand.

Kent 00., Sept. 30.—~VVheat has bccn





sown early and late in this community.

covering a period of more than a moulh.

with indications that an unusualacreage

will be sown this fall. The unusually fine

quality and heavy yield of the wheat

crop this year has effected an awakening

of the old wheat—growing spirit, not seen

for years past. The corn crop has bc-

come more important to the average

farmer than the wheat crop and is not in

most instances inferior to that crop. Corn

in this section easily outranks other crops

in size and quality, which means much to

dairymen and feeders. and small farmers

as well. Our late potatoes have been

attacked by blight. Another thing worth

noting is that where a barnyard manure

was applied there is little or no blight,

by which we infer that





to this disease.



Branch 00., Oct. 6.—-C‘orn cutting about

over at this writing, and being much de—

layed this week by rainy weather. Com

has generally matured well with, as yct,

no frost to injure it, but the stand is so

poor the yield will not be above the av-

erage. Some second crop clover cut for

seed. but most of it waiting for dry

weather. It is only fairly well filled. A

large acreage of wheat’ has been sown

and weather so far has been very fav~

arable for it. Some Western lambs being

brought in for wintcr feeding: more

would be fed if hay was not so scarce.



Northern Isabella and Southern Clare

Co.’s, Sept. 27.—Fine growing weather

since August 22. llcau threshing com-

menced and the crop is yielding from six

to 20 bu, per acre, but think 11 bushels

will be about the zlvm‘age. Sugar bccls

have madea tine growth since rain came





and will be a fair crop: corn ueul‘ly cut

and will not be over ‘5 pcr cent of a

crop. Potatoes vl-ry fcw in u. lllll but





\l'intcr wheat nearly all sown





good size.

of former years.





and twice the acreugc





Fall pasture excellent and stock doing

well. No frost 10 speak of up to this

date. Auction salcs plcntiful and every—

thing selling at top notch prices. Very





little fruit, scarcely any apples at all.





Indiana.

Clinton (10., Oct. 7.—~Scptcmbcr was a

good month for growingr crops up to





about the 15th, when we had sm'cra‘. hard

“11115, keeping ”19 ground in no condition

for seeding, making wheat later than it

would otherwise have llf‘l‘l]. Late rains

have made good pusturcs. as green as

any time in spring. (Mill is ready to cut,

and cutting is the order of thc day. as

fast as weathcr will permit. Help is very

scarce and many farmers are waiting to

get corn cut, in order to seed to wheat.

Corn is down, making luunl cutting nec—

essary in Dlacvs. Scptcmbcr with found

many fields of clovcr not threshcd owing

to weather conditions. Farmers having

01d corn on hand. are disposing of it at

500 a. bu.. which is cruisidcmbly loss than

prices paid :1 while ago. High prices for





its application:

seems to have rendered the vines immune





 





 





young hogs, as well as feeding steers.

keeps many from investing in that line.

Pork has dropped ouc dollar on a hun-

dred in the last two wccks. \Yheut. 92c;‘





24c:

Ohio.



Carroll 00., Oct. 5,—Farincrs started to

cut corn. Not many pumpkins this your.

bccausc the bugs ate the viucs last

spring. Some making cider. Some wm-

ter apples picked alrcady. We have ycry

fine and warm weather here now. Vl'heut

came up nicely. Potato digging is about

half (lone. Not much pasture around

here. Lots of clover secd not hulled yet.

Most farmers busy cutting corn, as the

warm weather made it ripen quickly.

Eggs. 220 doz; butter. 240 lb. Not many

plums this year but the few that we have

are ripe. Grapes were a poor crop.



Lucas 00., Oct. 5.—V\'arm weather with

almost daily showers for the past few

weeks has caused nearly everything in

the vegetation line to start growing.

Some forest trees have shed their foliage

and started a new growth of leaves.

Some meadows would cut nearly as much

hay now as the;r did at haying time. The

early sown wheat is apt to get too big.

Late corn seems to be growing as rapidly;

and ripening as fast now as at any timel





oats, 30c; butter. eggs, _..c.





 

 

 





321 ’





(19)





during the summer, and late optatoes are

growing nicely and where. there is a good

stand will be a fair crop. Clover seed

is a good crop, the most of it being hulled.

Some farmers report as high as eight

bushels per acre, but the most of it is

going about two bu. per acre. On ac-

count of the high prices for hogs and

lambs a great many have been shipped to





market, causing a sharp decline in the

price. Hogs selling at $8.60@8.90, and

lambs, “choice," $6686.75 in the Toledo

market. Poultry has also taken a drop,

bringing 9@100; ducks. 10@11c; apples,





50@75c; quinces, $1@1.50 per bu; peaches,

$1@1.50; pears, 50c€1s$1; onions, 50c; eggs.

220 doz; butter, 22@25c lb; hubbard

squash about 1c per lb., or $1.50 per doz;

potatoes, 60(wT50 bu; turnips, 400 bu.

Sugar beet fields are looking as green as

they usually do in August and but few

have been lifted at this writing. \Vhile

they may not be gaining much in sugar

they are certainly gaining in tonnage.

Wisconsin.



Ashland Co., Oct. 3.—Continued rains

have thoroughly soaked the ground so

fall plowing is now being done at a rapid

rate. No frosts at this date. All vines

green as ever. Corn is all in shock and

well ripened. A great many are lament-

ing because they did not plant more corn,





Threshing all done. Wheat, oats and

peas all good crops, better than hoped

for. Hay is very scarce, farmers that





have any not offering it for sale. $20 is

the lowest price heard on any outside hay

being delivered. Potato digging under

full Swing. Very large, no small potatoes,

average yield and good quality. Pastures

good for this time of year and stock still

doing fine without any other feed. Butter

selling at 300; eggs, 280; bagas, 600; p0-

tatoes, 70c; oats, 500.





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booklet describing the merits of Gom-

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as other live stock and certain ailments

of the human family. It contains many

lestlmonials regarding the satisfactory





use of this proprietary remedy which is

warranted to give satisfaction.



The Grand Rapids Veterinary College

located at 38-40 Louis Street. Grand Rap-

ids, Mich, have issued a catalogue de-

scribing their courses and illustrating their

equipment for the scientific teaching of

veterinary medicine and surgery. This

catalogue also describes the short courses

for cow tcstcrs and hcrdsmen which are

given in this college during the Winter

season.





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He is now teaching his

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Competent Horse Truiners are in demand every-

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ICE ON THE DAIRY FARM.





This is the time to begin making ar-

rangements for next winte’s ice supply.

Too few avail themselves of the many ad—

vantages to be had from ice during the

summer months. Ice is valuable upon all

farms but particularly so upon dairy

farms. With those who make butter or

retail milk and cream, ice is an actual

necessity in securing the highest results

attainable.



Farm butter commands the best price

when put up in one—pound prints, provid-

ed the prints are stfiuciently chilled to

retain, their attractive rectangular form.

We know, too, that cream churned during

the summer months must frequently be

cooled with ice water to obtain a churn-

ing temperature low enough to get an ex-

haustive churning and a good—bodied

butter.



Milk and cream intended for retail trade

require more cooling than is possible with

uniced water, if they are to reach the

consumer in the best state of preserva-

tion. \Yith cream a low temperature has

the additional advantage in that it gives

it a heavier body, making it look richer.



Ice should be had wherever cows are

kept, to make possible a regular indul-

gence in that delicious dessert, ice cream_

How many city dwellers there are who

envy the dairyman's rich supply of cream,

yet how few are the dairymen who regu-

larly indulge in ice cream! Many eat ice

cream only when they get to town where

they are likely to get ice cream made

from old, stale. more or less, adulterated

cream. It is only on the farm where ice

cream can be ha:l in its most wholesome

and appetizing form, and at the same

time at the least cost.



Then there is that cheap, wholesome

and delicious dish, commonly called

junket, which is made from milk that has

been sweetened and flavored and then

curdled with rennet extract. This dish

must be thoroughly chilled with ice to be

eaten with the greatest relish,



In laying in a supply of ice, the first

thing necessary is a satisfactory ice house.

This need not be expensive but to be ef-

rective must embody three essentials in

its construction: (1) good insulation; (2)

good drainage at the bottom, and (3)

abundant ventilation at the top.



Good drainage and insulation at the

bottom may ‘be secured by laying an

eight—inch foundation of stones and gravel

and, on top of this, six inches of cinders,

the, whole being underlaid with drain tile

unless there is a good natural slope. One

foot of sawdust should be packed upon

the cinders and the ice laid directly upon

the sawdust.



Satisfactory walls are secured by tack-

ing water and acid-proof paper on both

sides of the studs and then covering the

outside with matched lumber and the in-

side with common rough boards. 'The

space between the studs may be left

empty. The ice should be separated from

the walls by one foot of sawdust.



\Vhere no solid foundation walls are

provided, earth must be banked around

the icchouse to prevent the entrance of

air along the base. Openings in the gable

ends as well as one of two ventilating

shafts projecting through the ridge of the

roof, should be provided to insure a free

circulation of air under the roof. This

will not only remove the hot air which

naturally gathers beneath the roof, but

will also aid in keeping the sawdust dry.



The ice must be packed solidly, using

no sawdust between the cakes. The top

of the ice, like the sides and bottom, must

be covered with at least one foot of saw-

dust and more is better.



As a matter of convenience in filling

and emptying the icehouse a continuous

opening. extending from the sill to the

gable, should be provided and fitted with

sectional doors.



In calculating the amount of storage

space needed for the amount of ice that

is likely to be used, allow 57.5 pounds per

cubic foot of ice. For a herd of twenty—

five cows an icehouse ten feet square by

fourteen feet high will usually answer.

These dimensions provide storage for

twentytwo tons of ice, allowing one foot

space all around the ice for sawdust.



Always select the cleanest ice available.

Where a natural source of ice is at too

great a distance, an artificial pond may

be made upon ground with a reasonably

impervious subsoil and with a natural

concave formation. If such a piece of

ground is flooded with water during the





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





coldest weather, an ample supply of ice

will be available in a short time,



Where ice can be obtained at a reason-

able dlstanee, the cost. of cutting, hauling

and packing should not exceed $1.50 per

ton.





Wisconsin. JOHN MICHELS.





CAUSE OF COWS SHRINKING IN

MILK FLOW.





 





Some of my cows are shrinking on their

milk from six to eight quarts to almost





nothing, at once. They are not sick

and eat good. They run in a swamp

pasture. Can it be they eat something





that caused their milk flow to stop?

Lelanau Co. B.





It is difficult and always unsafe to at-

tempt to tell the cause of anything of this

sort from so meagre a description of the

facts. One on the spot and familiar,

ought to be in a much better position to

judge the cause, and if R. P, cannot, it is

doubtful if I can help him. I would

hardly think that the cows get anything

to eat that would dry them up, provided

it did not affect the appetite or general

health. I would be more inclined to think

that the result was due to the cows not

getting all they wanted to eat. Isn‘t the

pasture getting short, or the grasses get-

ting tough and indigestible so they do

not get as much nourishment out of this

food as earlier in the season? I would

suggest that you supplement this pasture

with a grain feed. Try corn meal and





.wheat bran mixed equal parts by weight.





Feed one pound of grain for every four

pounds of milk the cow gives.





 





WILL ACORNS DRY UP COWS?





“'ould like to ask if acorns will dry up

cows. I have been told by some people

that they will and would like your opinion

on the matter.



Jackson Co. SUBSCRIBER.





I think not. I cannot answer from ac-

tual experience but I do not believe it.. It

is not, of course, an important question

at this day and age of the world, as

acorns are getting to be pretty scarce,

even in Michigan. However, there is a

principle involved in feeding such foods

that is worth considering. Acorns are a

carbonaceous food like corn meal. ioth

these have a high fat content and are fat-

tening foods. But my experience don‘t go

to show that corn meal will dry up cows.

It will tend to make cows fat, even when

they are giving milk, but if you feed liber-

ally of corn meal, cows will, for a period

of lactation at least, give a good flow of

milk. Such feeding, I believe, would it

continued, ruin a good dairy cow, but I

don’t think it would when fed a short

period only, that is_ with other ordinary

feeds as part of the ration.





RAG WEED AND CORN FOR SILAGE.





 





How will it do to fill a silo with corn

about fOur feet high and half ragweed?

And how will it affect the milk and the





cows? I would like to know a little

more about the silos.

Allegan Co. A, G. H.





It is safe to say that ragweed will not

make very good silage. If there is as

much of this weed as stated, that is, as

much ragweed as corn, then I would not

advise putting it into the silo, for it cer-

tainly will not make a good food for cows

or other stock. In traveling through the

country I have seen fields that seemingly

were as described, and in such cases I

would advise cutting the corn by hand

and leaving the rag weed in the field to

be plowed under.



Sometimes, where in places the corn

becomes killed out and weeds grow up in

its place. you can’t help but get some

weeds in the ensilage, but usually the

proportion of weeds to the corn is very

small. and there seems to be no trouble

therefrom. But 50 per cent weeds, es-

pecially rank weeds like ragweed, would

in my judgment, spoil the ensilage as





food. Animals would not eat it unless

starved to it. It might be better than a

snow bank this winter, but I think it





would pay to borrow some money to buy

good feed than to feed such food.





HOW AND WHEN TO FEED SILAGE.

BEST GRAIN TO FEED WITH IT.

in dairying and have,



I would like to





I am interested

just competed a silo.





know how to feed and when to feed en-i

silage and what is the best grain ration?

My idea was to feed ensilage night and‘





morning. grain and hay at noon. Would

barley meal make a balanced ration or

would it be better to sell the barley at

$1.25 a hundred and buy cottonseed meal

at $1.85 per hundred? What do you feed

with your ensilage?



Ingham Co. V. E. C.



As corn silage is not a balanced ration

containing too‘ large a per cent of carbo—

hydrates in proportion to the protein. and





as it is a succulent food, it ,is not best ,to





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 





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feed it alone. In fact. it never should

be fed alone, but always in connection

with some other dry food and also with a

concentrate that is richer in protein, than

the corn silage, to balance the ration and

give the right proportion of protein and

carbohydrates.



Silage can be fed at any time, the whole

year through. Many dalrymen are be-

ginning to believe that it is more eco-

nomical to have silage capacity sufficient

so that they can have all the corn silage

the cows will eat, or ought to eat, 365

days in the year. Feed it any time when

you have it. But, of course, it is more

profitable to feed it in the winter time

and during a drouth in the summer time,

when the pastures are short, than it is

to feed it if you have a. good amount of

excellent pasture.



The proper way to feed corn silage, of

course, is to feed from the top of the silo.

With a fork or a rake, take a sufficient

amount over the entire surface of the

top of the silo for feeding. Do not dig

holes into it or feed off a. portion of it

at once, but take of! the entire surface.

This prevents any of the silage from

spoiling. As it is well understood, if any

portion of the ensilage is left exposed for

any great length of time, it will spoil by

being in contact with the air. In cold

weather it is practical to take off enough

ensilage in the afternoon for the evening

feed and the next morning feed. It will

not be injured by laying in the ensilage

shute over night, but in the summer

time, in hot weather, I would not do this,

but would get it down in the morning

so as to not leave it exposed to the air

too much in hot weather.



The cows should be fed night and

morning a feed of ensilage. An ordinary

bushel basket about level full, some cows

heaping full, is about the right amount

twice each day. It is better to feed it

after the cows are milked than before

because the 'odor of the silage in the

stable just before the cows are milked is

liable to impart the silage odor to the

milk, and by feeding after milking this is

entirely avoided. The very bcst way to

feed grain, when you have corn silage as

a roughage, is to feed it on the cnsiluge.

Put the ensiluge in the manger and then





put the grain on the ensilage. It mixes

down through the ensiluge, and is con-





sumed with it, and is much better than

to feed both alone. Dairy cows should

have about two feeds of coarse fodder

besides the ensilagc per day. You can

feed them hay early in the morning and

then milk and then feed the corn silug .

Then again, in the afternoon you can

feed them or feed of hay or shredded corn

fodder or straw, or whatever roughage

you choose to feed them, and then after

milking them give them their ensiluge

and their grain.



Now as to the best kind of grain to

feed with cnsilage. W’hut you want is a

concentrate enough richer in protein than

the corn silage or the other roughage to

balance up the ration. There are a great

many foods to select from. Cottonseed

meal, Oil meal, gluten feed, dried brewch’

grain, peas and oats. It would not be

right in theory to feed barley meal with

corn silage because barley is not rich

enough in protein and it would be much

better to sell the barley at $1.25 a hun-

dred and buy cottonseed meal at $1.85,

because barley only contains about 9 per

cent of digestible protein while cottonseed

contains 30 or 37 per cent. Therefore to

balance up a. ration of corn silage, a ton

of cottonseed meal would be worth as

much as four tons of barley meal.



I raise every year a considerable

amount of peas and oats. We grind these

and feed them to the cows. Now as long

as these last I feed one feed a day of

peas and oats and another feed of oil

meal, cottonseed meal, gluten feed. or

something of that nature. The best rule

I know of in feeding grain is to feed a.

pound of grain per day for every pound

of butter-fat which a cow produces in

a week. If a. cow produces ten pounds of

butter-fat in a week. then feed her ten

pounds of grain a day, five pounds night

and morning on the ensilage. If she only

produces four pounds of butter—fat in a

week, then feed her two pounds night

and morning, or four pounds per day.





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Mr. Arming lives in Wayne county. His

farm consists of 20 acres, 10 acres of

which is occupied by river flats, orchard

and building ground and the remainder

is devoted to crops. He follows a three-

year rotation—corn. oats and clover. The

manure Is applied to the clover sod when

plowed for corn. Some tile drains have





{arena gan- ‘been laid.

About four years ago this land came





THE ' MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





He, having

been connected with a creamery, decided

to keep cows and develop a small dairy.

To start with, all the farm seemed able

to do, was to supply the coarse feed for





into Mr. Anning’s hands.





two cows. He soon began the system of

farming indicated in the preceding para-

graph. A silo was constructed. The

grain grown on the farm would not pro—

vide the cows with a balanced ration, so

concentrates were purchased. These, ad-

ded to the products grown, were put back

upon the land as manure after the cows

had manufactured the proteins and solids

and fats into milk_ Commercial fertilizers

are being used.



Last winter Mr. Anning kept seven

head of cattle. He secured sufficient sil-

age from three acres of ground to feed

these seven head 40 pounds each, every

day for 200 days. He has just filled the

SllO for the coming winter. The corn

from two and one—half acres made over

50 tons of silage. The three acres in corn

last year, grew a splendid crop of oats





this season and a good catch of seeding





was secured. He gets enough manure

from the stock to completely cover the

corn ground. Should nothing happen to

disturb the successful system now pruc—

ticed he will begin in the winter of 1911

to re-cover the land first munured. He

believes the capacity of the soil to grow

crops is greater than what it has shown

since he came into control of the

premises.



Considering the kind of season we have

had this past year the showing of Mr.

Arming is excellent, In spite of the cry

that the soil is going to the bad, that

even with the high prices generally rul—

ing, the farmer is not breuking even. he

is gaining point after point in the battle

between exhaustion by crop production

and soil building.





VENTILATION FOR SILO.





 





“'ould like to ask through The Farmer

a few more silo questions: I am build—

ing a silo 12 ft. in llamclcr and 40 ft.

high inside; walls 8 in_ thick. 5 ft. in

ground. of concrete. I am all done but

plastering inside and out, and the roof.

Thought of making the roof of rclnforccd

concrete and setting a windmill on same.

By making a concrclc roof it will be

practically air tight. What do you think

of the plan? Docs silage require any

ventilation at top of silo? Is there any





danger of silage spoiling in silo of this

kind? Have enough corn to fill it; would





it be advisable to fill it or just put in a

little for a trial this your? If corn is

fl'ostcd should it he put in immediuttly

or does it hurt if left standing 3 week?

Do you add water to silage made from

froslcd corn? Is there anything with

which we can cover silage—cut straw or

something of this sort. to keep the top

from spoiling? How many cubic feet of

spacc is r'cqulrcd for :1 ton of u'cll settled

silztgc? Are Ihcrc any objections to mix-

ing turnips cabbage. ‘Imflllfi, pumpkins.

and groom clovcr‘ and nlfull‘u with your

corn and cutting it all up for silage?

This is my first experience at farming,

and I have many questions.



\Vushtcnaw C0. XV.



You wont ventilation in a silo. The

cement roof will be all right, but you

must have on opening for ventilation. I

see no objection to putting a windmill on

the silo if your walls are strong enough

to support it.



I would advise filling the silo if you

have the com. A little in the silo will

keep as well as if you fill it full. If the

corn is cut with frost, fill at, once. Do

not leave longer than necessary,



Add no water unless the corn is very

dry. The natural juices of the corn are

sufficient. If thc corn is shocked and

cured out, then it is necessary to add

water sufficient to replace the moisture

lost in curing.



A cubic foot of silage will weigh on the

average 40 lbs. There is no objection to

mixing clover, turnips, etc., with the corn

when filling.





J. B.





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SOME WEATHER FREAKS.

Thelr Bearing on Late Fall Crops.

Today (September 28) we were looking

over the turnip crop and found some sur-

prises. For the late crop we sowed just

about our usual time, the first part of

August. We waited a little, hoping if

possible, to get into the wake of a shower

as the ground was very dry. The rain

came and the seed was sown but failed

to germinate, only here and there a plant

coming up. Another heavy rain came

and a second sowing was made; but the

plants failed to show up for so long a

time that we concluded the seed was

worthless and so gave up the chase. At

last, however, the plants began to come

thick and fast and have made astonishing

growth. In going through them I pulled

some nearly four inches in diameter and

from present indications there will yet be

a fine crop both as to quality and quan-

tity. There was no show at all for them

until about September 1, but since that

they have fully made up for lost time.

The Weather seems to be ideal for them

as well as for cabbage. For the latter

it is almost too good, for they grow so

rapidly that I have lost a good many by

bursting open and was obliged to apply

the remedy to the limit. It was neces-

sary to go through the patch and loosen

many of the roots with the spade, and

in many instances turn them nearly out

of the ground. The heads are of the

finest quality, however, so crisp and ten-

dcr that they seem ready to crack almost



by the handling.



The cucumber vines have done excep-

tionally well this season, for the late

crop especially. As much cannot be said,

however, for the early planted ones as

very few plants survived the cold weather

of early summer which made a shortage

that caused high prices until late in the

season. For the ilist time in many years

I have not seen a striped ‘beetle this sum.

mer, and at the present time the vines

are alive with blossoms and loaded with

small fruits. During the pickling season

1 never allow any fruits to mature, or

even grow to slicing size except the few

that are required for table use, as one

good-sized cucumber allowed to mature

will exhaust a vine more than a hundred

grown only to small pickling size. In this

connection, ‘the most profitable of all

crops are what are known as blossoms.

These are cut when about an inch or a

little more in length. and will bring as

much per hundred as the small or large

pickling sizes. For the consumer they

are expensive for it requires many of

them to go even a little way; but for the

grower they are best of all for they are a

very slight tax on the vine. In some in-

stances one will have to create a demand

for them as many do not know of, or use

them, but. once started they are good

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Extra Early Sweet Corn.



Our test along these lines was attend—

ed with considerable difficulty this year

as the weather was so cold in spring that

we were afraid of losing the small sam-

ples of some sorts. In some instances

only very small packages of seed were

available, and planted so late as June 8;

we still had frosty nights and even snow

flurrics to contend with.



'We had two well established varieties

as yet unnamed or introduced that we

believed were the earliest we had ever

grown. These we fitted in the race with

some of the eariest known kinds and one

especially said by the introducer to be

the earliest in existence. All were given

equal chance and like conditions as nearly

as possible; but our own came under the

wire a Week ahead of the earliest. Both

are true types of sweet corn and as yet

have shown no smut which is the bane

of so many extra early kinds. We believe

with either or both kinds we can get to

the table or market a little ahead of any

of our neighbors.



Wayne Co. J. E. MORSE.

CUTTING RUNNERS AFTER LAYER-



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\Vould you advise cutting the runners

between the old strawberry plants and

the young plants as soon as they have

taken some root, so they would not draw

too heavy on the. old plants. or would

this method stunt the young plants?



Crawford Co. H. S., Jr.





I do not think it is necessary to out





Or break the runners so far as any draw—

ing of nourishment from the old plant is

concerned. Nature takes care of this by

causing the runner to die and lose its





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





function. when the new plant is able to

take care of itself. However, it is often

convenient to have this runner severed

to facilitate hoeing about the plants, and

in this case one can hoe through and

break the runner after the new plant is

well rooted. If the plant will not pull

loose in breaking the runner we infer

that it is well enough rooted to take care





'of itself. This can be done a little sooner





in moist weather than in dry as the new

plant will grow a. root system faster and

will not be as likely to suffer from lack

of moisture. If the plants seem well

rooted and the runners are too tough to

break in hoeing they may be cut with an

old hoe with the shank straightened out

and filed sharp; however, I do not believe

anything is gained by severing the run-

ner unless it be the added ease of hoeing

about the plants.





PACKING AND MARKETING THE

APPLE CROP.





 





Picking apples is now the order of the

day and it is a job that perhaps more

than any other must be done at just the

right time or suffer the loss, Most varie-

ties. of winter apples in this section are

not sufficiently matured and colored be-

fore October 1 to pick unless there have

been hard frosts during September to

loosen them, but the first few weeks of

October should see most of them off. It

is safer to pick a little early than to leave

too late and run the risk of loss from

winds and freezes. Yesterday a very

heavy wind lasting for about ten minutes,

accompanying a thunder shower, blew

a good many from the trees and reminded

us that some varieties would better be

picked now, October 3, than to run the

chances of another wind. “’e began with

the Snows, and have been working on the

Jonathans, Greenings and a few other

varieties. “'e will then get the firSt pick-

ing of Spies and probably clean up the

llaldwins in one picking, and get the sec-

ond picking of Snows. Ben Davis, Stark,

and 'Tallman Sweet ‘will be left until the

last as they hang better than many varie-

ties. \\'e will give the Snows, Spies, and

possibly a few other varieties two pick-

ings. \Vith Greenings and Baldwins there

is not so much variation in the time of

ripening, and we will probably give them

but one picking; though where one has

the time and but few trees I believe it

will pay to give almost any heavily loaded

tree two pickings. If the crop is light

they will mature earlier and more evenly

and can be secured in one picking.



Packing in the orchard is all right

where one has a large orchard of few

varieties near home, but where the crop

is scattered around in small orchards

with but a few trees of a. variety in a

place it is not practical. W'hen picking

time is on we like to devote all fair

weather to picking and haul the apples to

the barn and pack in inclement weather.

\Ve nail up the barrels, take out the

heads and pack in a barrel in the barn

and take the barrels to the orchards in

the morning, fill them, with the apples

just as they come from the trees, and set

them on a platform on the wagon over

bolster springs and haul them to the barn

without heading. On rainy days or after

the picking is done these are sorted and

packed. Apples which stand awhile in

this way will shrink less after packing

and hence will carry better in the barrel,

and those which are bruised or are likely

to rot early can be detected better when

packing, which enables one to put up a

grade of fruit that 'will keep better. The

only disadvantage is the extra handling,

but by being careful and using a padded

packing table this will cause little injury.





 





I‘Ve have reports from customers of last

year’s fruit packed in this way that not

a half dozen apples were lost from rot in

keeping the barrels until May in ordinary

cellars, and those same customers, which

by the way, are farmers, have ordered

the entire crop this season, to be packed

orchard run and shipped to their co—op-

erative elevator in the corn belt where

there is no fruit this season, to be dis-

tributed among the farmers in the or-

ganization. The fruit was ordered sev—

eral months ago and we sent them a

careful estimate of the number of barrels

of each variety. The manager of the ele—

vator then puts a liner in the local paper

to this effect and checks off the varieties

on this list as the orders come in.



It seems to me that this is a very sat-

isfactory way of disposing of an apple

crop. It saves the grower the trouble of

bothering with numerous orders of small

customers, or of paying a commission to

the commission man or jobber and the

retailer and giving them a chance to dou-

ble the price or repack with poorer fruit





in the center of the packages. The buyer ' DAME NATURE HINTS] I





also has the advantage of dealing direct

with the producer, getting the 'variety he

wants if his order is in early, getting the

advantage of carload rates, and cutting

out several middlemen’s profits. It would

seem that if the farmers could only co-

operate and hold together that they would-

secure many advantages. In this case I‘

am informed that the farmers organized‘

and purchased one of three elevators in

the village. In three years, without put-i

ting in any more capital they now own.

and have paid for all three elevators, and;

have been getting better prices for their;

corn than before and are saving many,

dollars in co—operative purchases. We?

know that many farmers organizationsl

have not thus prospered, and the reason;

can nearly always be traced to jealousy|

among the members or to lack of stick-:

to-it—iveness when outsiders try to break'

the organization by offering better prices,

or by other means, foul or fair. Before:

these organizations can be generally suc-i

cessful the farmers must learn to trust'

themselves, and to stick by their organi-'

zation as the dealers stick by theirs,

These occasional examples of successful'

farmers’ organizations show that this can

be done. ,





OCT. 15, 1910.





When the Food Is Not Suited-





When Nature gives her signal that

something is wrong it is generally with

the food. The old Dame is always faith-

ful and one should act at once.



To put off the change is to risk that

which may be irreparable. An Arizona

man says:



“For years I could not safely eat any

breakfast. I tried various kinds of break-

fast food, !but they were all soft, starchy

messes which gave me distressing head-

ache. I drank strong coffee, too, which

appeared to benefit me atvtlhe time, but

added to the headaches afterwards.

Toast and coffee were no better, for I

found the toast very constipating.



“A friend persuaded me to quit the old

coffee and the starchy breakfast foods,

and use Postum and Grape-Nuts instead.

I shall never regret taking his advice.

I began using them three months ago.



“The change they |have worked in me

is wonderful. ' I now have no more of the

distressing sensations in my stomach

after eating, and I never have headaches.

I have gained 12 pounds in weight and

feel better in every way.





 





I have drifted somewhat from the sub-'





“Grape-Nuts make a delicious as well





ject of apples but I believe that the most as a. nutritious dish, and I find that;

neglected part of the apple business so Postum is easily digested and never pro-

far as the grower is concerned is the duces dyspepsia symptoms.”





marketing, and I wished to show that or-

ganization among farmers not only en-





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Get the little book, “The Road to Well-





ables them to sell their products to city , ville,” in pkgs.





people through this organization, but also

may create a market for their products

among other farmers organized along dif-

fcent lines. If this principle could be car—

ried out to its limit, as it will be some

day, these organizations could deal direct

with each other for everything not nec-

essary to go through a manufacturer’s

hands, and they could deal direct with

the manufacturer for these commodities.

\thn it comes to going into the manu-

facturing business themselves I believe

they are getting out of their sphere for

the present at least, but an organization

for buying and selling commodities need-

cd or produced on the farm is legitimate,

and economical, and will some day be

more successful than it has generally been

in the past.

Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.





VEGETABLE GROWERS’ MEETING.





 





The Greenhouse Vegetable Growers and

Market Gardeners’ Association of America

closed its third annual convention at

lrand Rapids September 29, electing offi-

cers for the ensuing year as follows:

President, R. L. \l'atts, State College,

Pa.; vice-president, H, F. Hall, Brighton,

Mass; secretary, S. W. Severance, Louis-

ville, Ky.; treasurer, M. L. Ruetenik,

Cleveland, 0. Next year’s meeting will

be held in Boston,



More than 200 growers, coming from

eighteen different states, were in attend-

ance and the program was full of inter—

est. It was voted to shorten the name of

the organization to the Vegetable Grow-

ers’ Association of America. The asso—

ciation also adopted the recommendation

of one of its members, J. H. Rice, of

Ohio, that the present “unjust and dis-

criminatory transpOrtation rates, both

freight and express,” be attacked through

co-operation 'with other organizations.

Mr. Rice presented figures to Show that

largest shipping points in the north pay

the highest rates. Freight rate discrim-

ination in favor of the south was shown

to be 34 per cent, while the inequality in_

express rates is 42 per cent,



Other topics that were given special;

attention in the papers and discussions:

included size and style of packages, mar-

keting methods, also various details as?

to methods of growing and handling crops.}

The value of organized effort through'

local associations was emphasized by

many of the speakers. ‘



Honesty, better methods of grading.

and packing, neater packages, larger:

yields and cleaner seed were among the

recommendations of C. W. TVaid, of NeW‘

Carlisle, 0., the retiring president. He

also suggested as a stimulus to the sale

of vegetable products that the grower do

some missionary work with the grocers,

showing them the advantage of making

attractive displays at their stores. ‘



Three illustrated lectures were given.

Tuesday evening, one of the speakers'

being Prof, Thomas Gunson, of the M. A.

C, on "Some Diseases of Forcing Toma-

toes.” Wednesday afternoon was given

up to visiting greenhouses and gardens

in and near the city, and in the evening“

the annual banquet was held, with Prof.

Mm. R. Lazenby, of Columbus, 0., as

tostmaster.





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When dynamite is used to

excavate the holes in which

fruit trees are planted it

loosens up the lower soils

and destroys all harmful

grubs and beetles in the sur-

face soil. We know of an

orchard planted twenty yearSu

ago where the holes for some

of the trees were dug by

hand and those for the rest

of. the trees were blasted out

with dynamite.



The trees which were

planted in the blasted holes

have borne more fruit and

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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-

TION 0F FARMERS? CLUBS.

President—B. A. Holden, VVixom.



Vice—president—Mrs. , A. Mathews,





St. Johns.

Secretary—Mrs. C. B. Johnson, Meta-

Brighton.





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Treasurer—Henry T. Rosg,



Corresponding Secretary—N. A. Clapp,

Nortliville.

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

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

Wright, Caro; E. W. Woodrui‘t Blan-

chard.



Address all communications relative to

the organization of new clubs to Mrs. C.

P. Johnson. Metamora, Mich.





Associational Motto.— g

The skillful hand. with cultured mind.

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.





 





Associations] Sentiment.—

The farmer, he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.





 





CLUB DISCUSSIONS. .





 





Dees It Pay to Grow Alfalfa7—The

Northeast Venice Farmers‘ Club met at

the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Luchen-

bilil, September 8. The meeting was called

to order by the president. A selection

from the rural songster was sung, after

which Mrs. ,Anthony led the devotional

exercises and a good musical program





followed. “Does it pay to raise alfalfa?"

was the subject of a paperhby James

Lawcock. He has a Crop which he has





out three times and it averaged three—

quarters of a ton to the acre. He watched

it after he cut one .crop and it grew an

inch a day for the first 24 days. W'hen

pasture was short Mr. Lawcock fed his

cows thus keeping up the flow of milk,

while his neighbors complained of 'a

shrinkage. This paper brought out quite

a discussion, many attesting to the fine

feeding value of alfalfa.



An Interesting Question Box.——The

president appointed James Lawcock _to

take charge of the question box, which

contained seven questions.



1. Has the highway commissioner the

right to plow in front of property with-

out the consent of the owner? It was





genral‘ly conceded that he had if the

property was not damaged. .



2. Is a farmer justified in arresting

boys for oooning melons? No, unless





vines or melons are wantonly destroyed.



3. ‘What is the best milk producing

feed for cows? This question brought

out a diversity of opinions—some thought

green sweet corn, others corn meal and

bran with ensilage. while others, con-

demned the use of ensilage for cows.



4. Should alfalfa be condemned with-

out trial? Some thought yes, others no.



5. Should wheat be held for better

prices? Most of the farmers thought it

will bring a better price later. This

closed the question box. after which the





roll was called. there be'ng 14 families

represented. There were a number of

visitors.





Management of Farm vs. Household.—

The Conway Union Farmers' Club, of

Livingston county, was entertained at the

pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Franks

on Sept. 30. The Club was well repre-

sented and there was also a goodly num-

ber of invited guests. Mrs. S. Grant was

given the subject, “Does it require more

ability to manage a farm than a house-

hold?" She gave a good talk, with lean-

ings decidedly toward the negative side

which brought out a lively discussion.



The Ideal Farm Home and Equipment.

—-Mrs. J. Snyder was assigned the topic,

“An ideal farm home and its equipment.”

She would have the house built of wood

as there is less dampness, and the size

according to the family. Would have a

large kitchen and living room facing the

road; a large woodshed well filled; plenty

of chamber room, with front and back

stairway. Rooms all finished with large

windows, hardwood floors and decorated

walls. but no paper. A furnace, electric

lights, bathrom, and cellar under the

Whole house, partitioned. The kitchen

should be furnished with hard and soft

water. plenty of cupboards opening into

the dining-room. a large range and full

supply of cooking utensils. Of course.

she .did not think that everybody could

have all those “things. but she stuck to

the subject given her and did think many

of us could have more conveniences than

we do, if we only would.



ideal Farm Budding; and Sur.r0und-

Inga—e0. E. Carr was given a companion

subject, “Ideal farm buildings and their

surroundings.” He would have a space in

front for a house and lawn with vegetable

garden and small fruits in the rear and

inc’losed by a chicken—proof fence. Then

back of this a space into which all the

other buildings opened so there would be

no gates to open and shut in gomg from

one building to another. Would have a

round stook barn with silo in center, a

windmill for ornament as well as use,

andtwo cement tanks, a large one for a

supply and a smaller one for a watering

trough, also a horse barn. tool shed, hog

pen, chicken coop, etc. A good program

was rendered, after which the Club ad-

journed to meet in October with Mr. and

Mrs. J. Grant. at which meeting dinner,

instead of supper will be served.



' A “Soldier! Day” Meeting—The 1t-

tendance at the meeting of the Ingham

County Farmers' Club, held with Mr. and

Mrs. Garry E. Sanders, was unusually

large for a September meeting. The so-

cial spirit seemed to invade the air and

it was with great reluctance that the

gavel was heard and President Ives said.





I “Come to order."





This was soldiers’ day

white and blue was ap~

propriately displayed. Mr. Ives did not

Wish to take much tune himself with

“War There Reminiscences,” but pleas—

ingly introduced Comrade Harry 0. Call,

who said in part that he was pleased that

he was a citizen of the United States,





and the red,





that he was a resident of Michigan, and





a soldier from Michigan. He reviewed

his life. in the army, spoke of the battles

and prisons, and said Michigan men were

true blue. Of the fighting regiments,

Michigan had 50 per cent, New Hamp—

shire 47, While New York_ Ohio and Penn-v

sylvania had less than 40 per cent. He

spoke of the battles of Gettysburg and

Spotslyvania, and of two gallant soldiers

lying in our cemetery, sons of Judge

Steele. Joseph Jewett spoke of the work

of the G. A. R., and read a short poem.

W. M. Webb was glad that he, too, was

a soldier from Michigan and that the

military drill and seeing the country was

well worth his time had he not had any

pay frmn the government. War was

grand, and while many lost their lives in

battle, many, too. died by neglect of car—

ing for the body properly, despondency

and homesickness. A good soldier would

take care of himself. President Ives

spoke about patriotism; thought a meet—

ing of this kind was beneficial in letting

the younger generation know something

of the hardships of army life, and that

war, with the best of officers, must be

seen to be appreciated. He was afraid

that in a few years one, to go to an

encyclopedia. would find the civil war

too condensed.





Have Successful Club Fain—The Cam-

bridge Farmers' Club held their annual

fair in October at the home of Mr. and

'Mrs. John Stafford. Tables were placed

under the beautiful trees in the yard to

hold the vegetables, fruit and cereals.

and a room in the house was devoted to

the ladies' exhibits. Ira Mann had 24

articles on exhibit. Butter, jam, fancy

work of various kinds, bed quilts, and a

very nice cake made by Lena Groger

Randall. a little girl 10 years of age,

which took first prize, were all worthy

of mention. The number of exhibits was

114. The Club voted to give prizes here—

after to be arranged by committee.



Hold Annual Meeting Next Month.—

The. meeting was called to order by song,

“\Vliat a Gathering that Will Be.” A

resolution presented by A. F. Dewey. that

we vote one mill on a dollar to apply on

road tax, was laid over until the next

meeting. The Club question, “The Mort—

gage Tax Law," was taken up and well

discussed. A paper, “Pay What we

Owe." by Mrs. Alice Daniels, was inter—

esting. A fine musical program and lit-

erary program was rendered. The

meeting will be held with Mr. and

Mrs. Boyd Parker. instead of at A. F.

Dewey's. The annual election of officers

will be held and take n0tice——the Club

question, “Some reasons why women

ought to vote,” will be answered by Mrs.

Myrtle Palmer. Over 100 were in attend-

ance at Mr. Stafford's and it was an en-

joyable meetin.





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Our Motto—“The Farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be

first improved."





 





 





 





 





THE OCTOBER PROGRAMS.





 





Suggestions for Second Meeting.

How have home comforts in old houses:





(a) heating, (b) running water, to) dis—

posal of «waste materials, (d) lighting

(e) ventilating.



Acting proverbs.



Instrumental music.



Feeding Ani'malswl, Mutual depend—





ence among men, plants and animals.



1. Man’s relation to animal life.



2. Relations of plants and animals.



,3. Elements of nutrition, and propor—

tions in plants-and animals.



Question. “box.



Roll-call, responded to by each naming

a current event.



Music and recitation to int-ers-perse in

program.





 





OVER 400 NEW GRANGES IN PAST

YEAR.





 





The number of Granges organized and





re-organized from Oct. 1, 1909. to Sept.

30, 19l0, both inclusive, is as follows:

Organized.



California ........ 2 Missouri ........ 8

Colorado ........ 120 New Hampshire. 2

Connecticut ..... 1 New Jersey ..... 3

Idaho ........... 10 New York ...... 25

Illinois .......... 4 Ohio ............ 30

Indiana. ......... 2 Oregon . . . . . . . . . .24

Iowa ............ 11 Pennsylvania . . .35

Kansas ........ 14 Rhode Island 1

Kentucky ........ 1 South Dakota 8

Elaine ........... fl Vermont ........ 1 4

Maryland ........ 9 Washington . 105

Massachusetts . . 7 Wisconsin . 4

Michigan ........ 65



Minnesota . . . . .8 Total ......... 409



Reorganized.



Colorado ........ 2 Ohio ............ 7

Delaware ....... 6 “regain ...... . . . . 1

Kentucky ....... 2 Pennsylvania . . . 7

Maine ........... 1 “Washington . . . . 2

Massachusetts 8 ”West Virginia . . 5

Michigan ....... 3



Minnesota . . . . . . 5





 





New York 1





 





THE GRANGE IN OTHER STATES.





 





Good. Roads in flame—The special

committee of the Maine State Grange ap-

pointed to consider changes in highway





laws announced as its belief at a recent

meeting that the most feasible scheme of





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





maintaining the state roads will be by





next '





having the work done under the super-

vision of the state highway department.

through its state road inspectorS. and

that funds for the maintenance of these

roads should come from an annual license

fee for privilege of operating automobiles.

said fees to be graded on the basis of

horsepower.





 





Large Granges—The largest Granges in

New York state are Newark, of 732 mem-

bers, and “’olcott, of 700, both in Wayne

county. In New Hampshire the. largest

Grange is Amoskeag. with 432 members.

There are four Granges in Manchester,

with a combined membership of over 900.

The last annual report of the Maine State

Grange gives Houlton Grange a member—

ship of 1,001, Caribou being second

with 562.



Replenishing the Treasury.—A Living—

ston Co., N. Y., Grange recently turned

the neat sum of $101 into its treasury

through the sale of a carload of old pa—

pers. The members were asked to con-

tribute all th-e old papers they could se~

1cure, and the result was an entire car—

oad.





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





The Price of Beets—The members of

Monitor Grange, of Gratiot Co., at a re-

cent meeting discussed the price paid for





 





beets by the, sugar companies of that

section. The consensus of opinion was.





that. inasmuch as all other lines of farm

produce have increased in value, the pro-

ducers of sugar beets are justified in ask.

ing the manufacturers for an advance of

$1 per ton over the present price. and a

resolution to that effect was framed and

passed by the Grange.





South Arm Out of Debt—At the regu-





lar meeting of South Arm Grange. of‘

Charlevoix Co., Saturday evening, Oct. 1,,





the fair committee turned over to the

treasurer $25 as the Grange’s share of

fair premiums. The committee having in

charge the recent chicken pie social con-

ducted by the Grange turned in a balance

of $8.25, all of which enabled the Grange

to take up a note of $50 with interest,





thus leaving the organization entirely

free of debt. After delegates to the

county convention had been elected a





splendid lecture hour was enjoyed.

Mecosta Co. Patrons have elected dele-

gates to State Grange. Mr. and Mrs.

Eugene Ladncr were chosen to represent

the southwestern part of the county, Mr.

and Mrs. Snyder, of Austin Grange, the

southwestern part, while Earl I. Streeter

will represent the Pomona. Officers of

Pomona for the next two years were

elected as follows: Master, C. E. Kiefer;

overseer, J. J. Totten; secretary, William





McCombe: lecturer, B. J. Ford: steward,

Earl I. Strecter; asst. steward, E, .

Rider; lady asst. steward, Mrs. E. Rider;





chaplain. Mrs. C. E. Kiefer; gate keeper.

“7m. Mosher; Pomona. Eugene Ladner;

Ceres, Mrs. Theobold Harter; Flora, Miss





Blanche Sclieolkopf. The next meeting

of Pomona will be held with Actual

Grange in November.





Harmany Grange, of Charlevoix Co.,





received six applications for membership.





at its last meeting in September. Bro.



D. Wilson was given a rising vote of

thanks for his efforts in

vegetable exhibit which brought Harmony

Grange the third prize of $10 at the

county fair. Delegates were elected to

the county convention, to be held at

Ironton, as follows: 0. 1), Wilson, J. A.

Nevvville Mrs. Myrtle VVillson and L. A.

YVillson. The question, “Is Farming

Gambling?" was discussed by nearly all

the gentlemen present. the general opin-

inion being that it is not, according to

the dictionary definition of gambling,

though many farmers seem to take long

chances by risking nearly all their ener-

gy on some one crop or by not following

any established plan.





 





COMING EVENTS.



National Grange, Forty—fourth annual



session at Atlantic City. N, J., Nov. 15.



Michigan State Grange, Thirty-eighth



finnual Session, at Traverse City, Dec.

~16.





 





Pomona Meetings.

Lapeer Co... with South Grange, Thurs—





day, Get. 20. Miss Jennie Buell, state

speaker.



Kent Co., with South Lowell Grange.

at Alto, VVednesday_ Oct. 25. Mrs. E. J.

Crevts, state speaker.



‘Western (Ottawa Col. with Tallmadge

Grange, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21

and 22.





Ingham Co., with LeRoy Grange. at the

farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Briggs,

near \Villiamston, Saturday, Oct. 22.



Mecosta Co., with Aetna Grange, at

Borland, Thursday. Nov. 17.



Grange Rallies and Fairs.



Mt. Tabor (Berrien Co.) Grange "Home-

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

day, Oct. 21.





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