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VOL. CXXXV. No. 19.

Whole Number 3520.





FARMpNOTE$

Leach'ed Ashes for Soil Acidity.





Can I correct the acidity of mv soil

with leached ashes? I can get the ashes

from an ashery two miles away, for the

drawing. If they will answer the pur-

pose how heavy an application should I

make and when? Kindly answer through

The Farmer.



Gratiot CO. L J M.





Wood ashes contain from 30 to 35 per

cent of lime in the unleached state. It is

probable that some of this lime is dissi—

pated in the leaching process, but there

is no doubt that the leached ashes contain

enough lime to be beneficial to land that

is in an acid condition. They also con-

tain a residue of potash which is left after

the leaching process, and also contain

some phosphoric acid. There is no doubt

in the mind of the writer that it would

pay to employ men and teams in drawing

them two miles and spreading them on

the land, at least when they would not

be otherwise employed at profitable labor.

As to how heavily these ashes should be

applied, it will depend not a little on the

nature and condition of the soil. Where

carbonate of lime is applied to the soil in

the form of ground lime-





DETROIT, MICE. SATURDAY, NOV. 5, 1910.





available they are of far greater value on

account of the plant food which they con-

tain in an available form, and they should

be carefully saved and applied to the land

by, broadcasting on the surface and har-

rowing in‘ on a plowed surface. This is

also the most effective way of applymg





‘lime in any form, as well as fertilizers,





as the more thoroughry these materials

are mixed with the soil the better the

results that may be expected from their

application.



Eradicating Canada Thistles.





Can you advise me as to the best tool

to use in digging up Canada thistles in

a summer fallow? I had considerable

trouble this year and expect to try an—

other chunk of thistle ground next sum—





mer. I tried the drag and disk harrow

and two—horse cultivator without very

good success.



Barry Co. A. L. M.





The best thing to use in the eradication

of Canada thistles or other deep rooting

weed pests that spread from root stocks

is what are known as thistle sweeps.

These are sharp, thin blades which can

be attached to a cultivator in place of the

shovels commonly used. They are of suf-

ficient width to cover the entire surface





are exterminated at the same time eon-

Siderable hocing will be required to keep

the pests out of the hills, but even in a

crop this can be done, although it is

much easier in a summer fallow. Get

your implement dealer to order some of

these thistle sweeps for you and go right

after them in the spring, as the work of

extermination can be done more success-

fully and quickly in a good growing time.

This is true for the reason that in a dry

time the plants remain more or less dor-

mant, and will not so soon exhaust them-

selves in the sending 11p of new shoots

as those produced are cut off, with the

result that some of the plants may sur-

vive the treatment.





Seeding Run-00wn Land to Clover.





I have a field that I have just bought

that is run quite badly. It has been into

beans this year and raised a fair crop.

The soil is sand and clay, that is, clay

flats and sand raises, 1 would like to get

a catch of clover. What would be the

best way to handle this field? \Vould you

advise using fertilizer, and what kind and

how much?



Arenac Co. C. C.



In case the land is too badly run down





to make it a safe proposition to seed it





 





stone, liberal applications

are recommended, some

using as much as eight

tons per acre where the

material can be obtained

cheaply and close at hand.

It also depends on how

these ashes are to be ap-

plied to the land how

thickly it would pay to

spread them. If they can

be applied with a manure

spreader it would be the

cheapest method, and in

that case, if the supply is

plentiful it would prob-

ably be best to set the

manure spreader on the

slowest feed gear and use

as many loads per acre

as required. In this way

they could be applied

more evenly than they

could be spread with a.

shovel, and distribution

is an important factor in

the application of a soil

corrective as it is in the

application of a fertilizer.

If smaller amounts are

applied it ‘will be neces—

sary to apply them in

some other manner, al-

though if the ashes are

wet it would be difficult

to apply them with a fer«

tilizer distributor, of the

ordinary type.



This is a proposition,

however, which the writ-

er knows very little about

except in theory, and

theory is sometimes sadly

lacking when applied to practical agric111~~

ture. We have no scientific data on the

subject, since the available supply of

leached ashes is not sufficiently common

to make scientific research along this

line a. profitable field of investigation for

experiment stations. But if he had the

opportunity which presents itself to the

inquirer he would experiment by applying

these leached ashes to the land at vary-

ing rates per acre, and would use some

lime on a strip in the same field and

leave a portion of the field untreated, and

note results in the succeeding crops. An-

other item which should be carefully

watched in an experiment of this kind is

the expense involved in the two methods

of correcting soil acidity and supplying

needed lime where aimlfa or clover is to

be seeded. Where unleached ashes are





 





Cement Plastered, Steel Cavered Silo Bult by W. G.





of the ground for the width of the culti-

vator. They run just beneath the surface

of the soil and cut off every weed which

may have started. The trouble with an

ordinary cultivator for this work is that

the shovels do not cut all the ground, or

if they do the tough thistle stalks will be

pushed one side and not only survive the

treatment but grow all the better for the

cultivation which they get. But where

the thistle sweeps are used they are cut

or broken off and a new shoot has to

come up from the root before the plant

can develop. This process of sending up

new shoots soon exhausts the roots, and

as no plant can long survive without the

development of. leaves. they are soon de~

stroyed where this treatment is given

them in a summer fallow. Of course.





where a crop is grown and the thistles





 





Boyd, of Hillsdale Co.





to clover in a grain crop the best method

of getting a stand of clover on this field

would be to disk the ground up well in

the spring and sow to clover without any

nurse crop. In this case it would prob-

ably not be necessary to fertilize it, al-





though a light dressing of say 200

pounds of fertilizer per acre would

give the young clover a good start





until it could get well rooted and estab—

lished. In case it is desired to get some

use from the land, dwarf Essex rape may

be sown with the clover seed and lightly

pastured with sheep during the summer.

There is danger, however, that the field

will be too closely grazed where this plan

is followed, especially if it happens to be

a dry year, when the other available pas-

ture is short. In case the field grew a

fairly good crop of beans this year with-





(See desaription on page 368).





75 CENTS A YEAR

52.00 FIVE YEARS





out fertilization, however, it is probable

that with liberal fertilization it would

produce a paying yield of barley or oats

next year with a. fair chance of getting a.

stand of clover at the same time. In case

this plan is tried on run—down land, it is

advisable to use only H light seeding 0‘

grain, say one bushel of oats per acre, as

the resulting crop will draw lcss heavily

on the soil moisture and the yield is

likely to be as large as where more seed

is used.



Improving a Light and Weedy Soil.



\Vill you kindly tell me through the

columns. of the Michigan 11‘111‘1ncr'how to

handle a piece of light soil that is seed—





ed to sand burrs. I want to know the

best way to get rid of the burrs 11nd,





build up the soil. \tht kind of crops

art- best to raise on this soil? It. is a

sandv soil \\ ith quite a bit of gruv cl





mixcd in and is \(rv level but quite high,

about 40 feet abme Grand 1i\er 1(\Cl

W'ould it be best for a fruit farm or

other crops? It will raise clover fairly

well and fair corn, potatoes and beans.

but it ncnls building 11p badly. I have

about 40 ancs of this soil on an 80- -ac1c

fa1n1 Phase amise me how to handle

it to the best advantage.



Kent ( o. SUBSCRIBER.

The only method by which these sand

burrs or, in fact, any oth-

er noxious weed can be

eradicated from the soil

is by thorough culture

which affords the plant

no opportunity to (level--

op. Sand burrs are dis-

agreeable weeds, and it

will pay to get rid of

them. In the improve-

ment of this soil, the

most important step is to

get plenty of humus into

it. There is no better

method of doing this than

by plowing under a clovcr

sod as frequently as pos-

sible. Then, by the use

of stable manure and the

addition of mineral plant

food to balance up in the

form of commercial ferti-

lizer, the fertility of the

soil can be improved. and





 





it will be easier to got

the clover each succeed-

ing time it rccurs in the

crop rotation. The kind

of crops grown on this

land are of less import—

ant-«1 than the length of

the crop rotation, which

should be short, with

(-lovcr coining once in

thrcc years it' practicable.





since in this way the

humus content of the soil

can br- 111ost rapidly in—

creased. Then, if the

plan tits in well with the

general scheme of farm—

ing followcd, it would he





bcltcr to alternate tho

other crops grown in the

rotation, so that the sumo crop would

not come oftcner than necessary, with





the exception of the clover. But the main





thing is to get the soil in a good me,-

chanical condition, so that it will hold

the moisture well and give it up to the





crops as needed, and so that the fertility

which may be added to it by the plan

above suggested will not leach down in

the loose soil below where the growing

plants can make use of it. There is little

use in trying to improve a soil of this

kind without increasing its content of

vegetable matter or humus, since the

conservation of soil moisture can be ef-

fected in on other way, nor can the plant

food added to—the soil be held in an avail—

able condition for the use of growing

plants without a reasonably adequate

content of humus in the soil.
368 (2)





STEEL COVERED, CEMENT LINED

su.o.





 





Having built a cement plastered 'silo

covered on the outside with corrugated

steel, as shown in the out (see first page)

I submit the following outline of the plan

used in its erection, together with figures

showing its cost. A circular sill was

made of 2x4’s doubled to break joints and

bolted to foundation by 12 bolts placed in

foundation four and one—half inches to

receive same. The sill was made in a

true circle and the plate made over sill to

match, but in two pieces, being a half

circle in each piece and joined together





when up. Both sill and plate was spaced

for studding to be 12 inches on inside

centers.



The. studding was spliced by placing





pieces end to end, with inch pieces nailed

on either side of splice and all cut to

same length. My material overran in

length so as to give me, with plates, 33

feet in height. All studding was spaced

for hoops 16 inches apart, the top of hoop

being placed to the mark.



The inside scaffold was then built and

stayed to the barn so it did not sway,

and the center above was then found by

the use of a heavy plumb bob to center

below, and an inch gas pipe running from

bottom to top was set up in the center

and made fast and perfectly straight from

which to measure the circular wall by at

any and all times. The studding being up

and plate on, quarter—inch hoOps were

placed at equal distances apart on inside

of the studding, all spaced alike, 12 inches

on centers and kept in place by the hoops,

the lathing was then done and the scaf—

fold built on outside, and ledger boards

nailed from pole to studding to come be—

tween the hoops the proper distance

apart so that the steel siding could be put

on, beginning at the hip and taking scaf-

fold down at cach round of siding.



Six doors were used, size 22x36 inches.

A space of 41/2 feet was left for doors and

ladder not covered by the steel siding the

on left of doors, the hoops

and being covered by the





holder being

making same

chute.



’l‘he plastering was then done. Sand

cement and ground time, was mixed dry

and the soaked plastering hair was then

added \vet and well mixed. As soon as

plastered a brush coat of cement wash

“us put on, made of cement and water

mixed about as thick as cream, which

fills the pores and gives a glazed appear—

ance to the wall. Studding and headers

for door openings were set to make open-

ing inside three inches larger than out-

side. These were cased and stops placed

so the doors come flush with inside. The

doors are made. of inch pine doubled, in-

side boards running vertically and outside

crossing them. Felt was plnccd between

door and stop to make an air tight joint.



The bill of material used and price paid

for the erection of the silo from the foun-

dation to top of plate only, follows:



Size of silo 11 ft. 2 in. by 33 ft. from

foundation to top of plate.





 





 





70 studding, 1%:(4x16 ft. long, 384

ft. at $17 ....................... $ 6.53

For sills and plates, 132 ft. at $20 M. 2.64

1’00 ft. %x3 elm hoops at $17 M ..... 0.4



2.000 lath. 1% in. wide. 4 ft. long, at

$5.00 M, .......................... 10.00



10 squares corrugated galvanized steel

siding at :.. ..................... 38.00

12 bolts 1/2 in. by 10 in. long. at 6c... .72

C17 lbs. nails at 30 ................... 2.61

21,1, bbls. Portland cement at $1.40.. 3.00

4 sacks ground lime at 25c .......... 1.00

1 bushel plastering hair ........... .30

1 load sand ............... . .......... 1.00

Lumber for doors and casmgs ...... 3.06

Total ............................ $72.76

For all labor to complete same ...... $29.88

Total ............................ $98.64

The above does not include material





used in scaffold, which requires four poles

inside and six poles outside, and necessary

lumber, but does include the erection of

scaffold.

Hillsdale Co.





G. BOYD.





 





THE HESSIAN FLY.





 





is being said in regard to the

(lcpi'edations of this insect this fall. The

warm weather of October with few frosts

seems to furnish ideal conditions for its

work. and it is certain that there has

been considerable injury done to early

sowed fields. In a few cases the wheat.

fields have been plowed up and reseeded

to wheat or rye, and some that remain

look very much injured. The injury

seems to be confined to fields sowed not

later than the 15th so far as I have no-

though it may develop in these





Much





ticed,





later as we have had no frosts for sev-

eral weeks (Oct. 24).



The stalks infested turn yellowish and

later assume a brownish color, and may

die entirely or be so weakened that they





I





THE MICHIGAN FARMERS.





will produce little grain. The fly is a

slender, mosquito—like one which lays its

eggs in the base of the wheat stalk.

These develop into a small white larvae,

or grub, somewhat like a grain of rice

but smaller, which may be found at the

base of the plant between the base of the

leaf and main stalk. This larvae is what

eats the plant and does the damage.

Later it develops .into a brownish pupa

which resembles a flaxseed in appearance

and remains in this state during the

winter, secreted beneath the base of the

leaf stalk. In the spring the flies are

hatched from these pupa and lay eggs to

develop into larvae which work on the

stalks in the spring. There are two, and

possibly three broods during the year.

There is no practical remedy suggested

as yet. The best preventives are late

sowing and the careful working of the

ground before seeding so as to destroy all

grain that may have come up early and

become infested with the larvae. When

the weather during October is cool, with

plenty of frosts, there is likely to be little

damage as the flies are destroyed. As

'We do not know what the fall weather

will be it is a safe rule not to sow wheat

before the 15th of September in the hope

of escaping much of the fly weather. It





is well not to carry this to extremes,

however, for. aside from insect injury





early-sowed wheat usually does the best.

As a rule, the third week of September

is a good time for safe sowing,



Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.





HUMUS AND FERTILITY.





 





Soils destitute of humus are sterile.

The most productive and fertile soils are

those containing the most vegetable mat-

ter. It improves them mechanically, aids

them in the conservation of moisture,

makes them warmer, promotes the bac—

terial activity, aids the percolation of

excess moisture. In short, humus is one

of the most valuable of soil constituents.





Green munuring is a cheap and effec-

tive way of increasing soil fertility. It





no doubt, the best method of quickly

making productive. worn out or impov~~

crishcd soils. Clover unqnestiomibly

one of the best crops for green manuring.

because of its ability to draw nitrogen

from the free and inexhaustible supply

of the air.



When soils are practically destitute of

nitrogen and humusens organic matter

during the process of decomposition fur-

nishes some nitrogen—efforts to start

clover upon them will almost

result in total or partial failure. In such

cases the remedy lies solely in supplying

these deficiencies by the application of

stable manure, the growing and plowing

down of one of the more vigorous and

hardy of the legumes or nitrogen gath—

ering crops, such as cowpeas, field peas

or vetch, or by growing upon and return-

ing to them by plowing down some of the

ordinary or non—nitrogen gathering field

crops to supply needed humus and the

application of nitrogen in commercial

form.



If. when we wish to accomplish certain

results we make in advance a careful

survey of the premises and acquaint our-

selves With the greatest possible degree

of accuracy with the essentials to suc-

cess, how much more interesting the

work becomes and what a saving is oft-

times effected of time. money, and dis-

appointment.



Were it generally understood by those

who till the soil,

twelve chemical substances which enter

into the growth of plants and that of

these the soil furnishes six—-prosphoric

acid. potash. iron, lime. magnesia and

sulphur, and that it is claimed by ac-

cepted authority that there is in the soil

at sufficiency of all of these for an indefi-

nite production of crops except of two"-

phosphoric acid and potash; that a rota-

tion of crops that will remove from the,

soil 100 lbs. of phosphoric acid will re—

move 275 lbs. of potash and 325 lbs. of

nitrogen, farmers would more fully realize

the importance of furnishing these to the





is,





is





soil in sufficient amour“ to maintain or

increase its fertility. instead of totally





robbing it of its vast store of potential

plant food_ designed by an all—wise Crea-

tor to feed the millions to come.



Mason Co. HOMER SHIRLEY.





WEED SPRAYING.





 





 





Spraying experiments by the Ontario

Agricultural College and Experiment

Farm indicate that mustard in standing

cereal crops may most effectively be de-

stroyed by the application of 100 lbs. of

iron sulphate in 50 gallons of water dur-

in;r bright, sunny weather, just before the





invariably ,





that there are ten or.





plants bloom. A heaVy rain within 24

hours after spraying lessens the herbi-

cidal activity of the solution. Whitening

put into this solution renders the sprayed

strips visible. Field bindweed, sow this-

tles, Canada this-tles, and the plantains

were not destroyed by the solution. At-

tempts to kill bindweed ‘by applying nine

to .20 lbs. of iron sulphate crystals to

patches four by six feet, resulted in only

slight damage.

Washington, D. C, G. E. M.





MAKING AND USING FARM CRATES.





 





This is the time of year when crates

come handy for many things about a

farm. For potatoes they are almost 'in-

dispensable. In picking, two men or boys





can take a crate between them and each.





pick a row, moving the crate along to»

gether as they pick. Or the crates may

be scattered about Where wanted and

filled from half bushel baskets with a bail

which are used in picking. These can

then be hauled on a platform wagon or

set one above another in a double box

and hauled where desired. They are also

very handy to store potatoes in the cellar.



Another use for crates is in securing

the apple crop. Crates for this purpose

should have no sharp corners to bruise

the fruit and when set one above another

they should not be filled too full.

Will carry better in crates than in an

Open box, but they should not be carried

far unless upon springs. They also form

economical storage receptacles.



Crates are quite a. saving in hauling

corn from the field. They may be dis-

tributed before husking and the corn

thrown into them as husked. In this case

it is convenient to have enough for two

loads so the empty ones may be scattered

and the full ones brought in at the same





time. Where the corn is husked and

thrown in piles I think some labor is





saved by using crates, as in most places

the corn can be unloaded more rapidly

with them than by shoveling, ~



Other uses for crates will be found on

various farms, for instance the handling

of all root crops, cabbage, squash, cider

apples, etc. Their use often prevents the

necessity of requiring the team to stand

in the field for a long time in chilly

weather while loading into a box, as they

can be filled before the team is taken to

the field.



Crates can now be bought at most hard-

ware stores at from 10 to 18 cents apiece,

depending upon the quality and the num-

ber taken, or the can be purchased

direct from the manufacturer, either

made. up or in the knock down form. It

will not pay to get poor ones. If they

are too light or the slats knotty they will

break. lf the wood is soft or they are

not nailed well the slats will pull off.

Elm is about the best available material

for making crates, and there is a person

in most communities who makes a busi-

ness of making them. Crates that will

last for some time, but not as long as

if made of elm slats, can be made of

lemon or orange boxes which can be

procured at the grocers' for nothing. or a

few cents. The sides can be knocked

loose from the ends, sawed to the proper

length, and renailed to two of the end

boards, preferably with tin or zinc strips

which can be cut from the waste at the

tinshop. By choosing slats that are not





knotty, quite good crates can be made in.





this way quite cheaply. Orange box ends

make a rather long crate, lemon box ends

are more nearly square. I prefer the lat-

ter as these will nest, and it will be found

more convenient to have all crates made

so they will nest,





Of the crates on the market there are -





many styles and shapes.

about one foot high by 13 inches wide

and 17 or 18 inches long. The length

can be varied to suit the use to which

they are to be put, and whether they are

to hold a bushel and set one upon another

Or not. The other two dimensions are

convenient if the crates are to nest, or

one go inside or two others. For ordinary

farm uses,

are of much advantage, and the folding

principle usually weakens them. “'e have

samples of several kinds which have been

in use a number of years. The kind‘

which is held in place by the bottom

which simply slips in without fastening,

is not very convenient as the bottoms-will

fall out after they are. worn. allowing the

crates to collapse. Those which turn on

wires passed through the slats at the

corners are probably the best. as a large

wire is used and firmly fastened at top

and bottom. We have had these wires

break or come loose at. the top or bottom,

which makes the crate difficult to repair.

Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.





I prefer a crate





 





Apples .





I do not think folding crates,





 





 





NOV. 5, 1910.





 

   





It has a rough surface

of real mineral matter

on the weather side.

It is evident to anyone

that it is no more neces-

sary to paint such a

surface than it is neces-

sag'ly to paint a stone

W 1. Stone needs no

paint; neither does

Amatite. It; is strong

enough in itself to bear

the brunt of rain and

wind and sun without a

coat of paint.



‘ To paint. Amatite

would , be a waste of

. time and trouble.

. Amatite will last for

‘ . many years without any

‘ care Whatever. It is

made to be trouble proof

as well as weather proof.



No pain t. is good

enough to make a dur-

able roof; athick layer of pitch, faced

with areal mineral surface, is far bet-

ter—and that means Amatite.



A free sample will be sent on request

to nearest office.





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LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





Silo Filling.



We began filling silos this year about

noon on Friday the last day of Septem—

ber, and finished Monday night, October

10. You say this is too long a time to be

consumed in filling two silos. To explain

a little, it rained two days, so that we

could not work, and two Sundays inter-

vened, making four days that nothing

could be done in filling the silos; and, on

the other hand, these days came at a

time when the silog had an excellent

chance to settle. After you have run a.

good stream of cut corn into a silo for a

day and a half, there is enough weight

there so that it begins to settle of its

own weight, and after you get a. fifty-foot

silo filled within ten feet of the top, it

takes a much longer time to fill the last

ten feet than it did the first ten. If you

want to have silos of unusual capacity,

build them high. You can get much more

ensilage into one silo fifty feet high, than

you can into two silos of the same dia—

meter 25 feet high. If you don’t believe

this, try it; and when you go up in the

air with a silo, be sure and make it cor-

respondingly strong, because there is

much lateral pr95sure at the bottom. It

will be remembered that three years ago,

in order to increase my silo capacity, I

put 12 feet on the top of my old silo. It

originally was 28 feet high, and this addi-

tion made it 40 feet high. This silo was

built with a. continuous doorway, and then

strap iron was put across this doorway,

and spiked to the studding to add

strength. It had always held until this

year, when the great pressure caused by

filling the silo so full, by giving it time





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





have gotten the corn all in the silos. 0n

the clay portions of the field it was light,

but on the more loamy and moist por-

tions of the field, it was an immense crop.

Some of the stalks were 12 feet high by

actual measurement. The corn was

planted thicker than usual and probably

too thick for the dry year, but my opin-

ion is that for ordinary seasons it was

not too thick to get a maximum yield of

food units per acre, and I shall plant just

as thick again next year.



The severe wind and rain storm on the

evening of August 23, knocked down the

corn badly in this section, and it was im-

possible to do a very good job of cutting

with a corn harvester. In some places a

considerable portion of the corn was left

on the ground. On one field we picked

up the best ears, and then I did something

that I have not done before in years,

turned my cows in to clean up after the

harvester. One field was fenced, so that

I could do this. To be sure there was

five acres of potatoes on one side, but

the cows did not seem to molest them at

all, and they‘ picked up the corn and

stalks fairly clean. The other field I had

to buy considerable extra fencing, and

temporarily fenced it, in order to have

them pick ,it up. There was enough

waste on the ground to last the herd of

52 cows for several days. They got so

much food from this corn field that they

would eat practically nothing in the barn,



I intend to increase the beet top silo’s

capacity by putting 16 feet more on top,

so it will hold all the beet tops, properly

mixed with straw, and also a ,carload of

wet pulp placed on top to prevent the

waste of the beet tops. This, with the

400 tons of corn silage which we have





 





 





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to settle and having also two men con-

tinuously tramping it while filling, caused

it to give way at the doorway, and I do

not know what would have, happened if

the man who had charge of the filling

had not used his head at the right time

and put a hay rope around the silo where

the break was, and tightened it up with

a crowbar. This prevented the silo from

spreading any more until we could get

iron hoops and lugs and secure it beyond

question. Then, after we were through

filling, we nailed short boards over the

gap and filled the space with sawdust,

and I do not anticipate that there will

be much, if any, loss of ensilage. After

we have fed out the ensilage and the silo

is‘empty, there is no doubt but what

these same iron hoops will draw the silo

back into place and hold it there. Al—

though I have faith in these iron hoops,

I shall do away with the continuous door—

way, and have a door about every three

feet, and board up between the doors on

the outside, and lath and plaster on the

inside, this will give added strength. But

more than that, it will be much handier

filling, and will save much lumber. I

wish I knew how many square feet of

lumber have been used in my old silo in

filling up this continuous doorway every

year for the last 18 years. In some way

these boards get used during the season

and when it comes to filling the silo, we

have to buy new lumber and cut boards

to put in this continuous doorway, but in

the new silo, with the permanent doors,

nothing of this sort occurs, and the sav-

ing of lumber will, in a short time, pay

the extra labor of doing away with the

continuous doorway_ and not only this,

but I will have a stronger and better silo.



We filled the two silos, One 16% feet in

diameter and 40 feet high, the other 15

feet in diameter, and 50 feet high, over-

running full from 34 acres of ensilage

com. If I could have had one good soak-

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put up, I hope will be sufificient ensilage

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year around.



Alfalfa. ‘



During thc'Grand Rapids fair, Editor

\Vatcrhury, of the Michigan Farmer, came

out to my farm and inspected the alfalfa.

He took a spade with him into the field

that was sown a year ago last August,

and on inspection, found that in all the

thriftier places on the field there is plenty

of bacteria. He pronounced the soil in-

oculated, and it is his opinion that I have

alfalfa established sufficiently on that

field so that there will be no danger of

the outcome. In that portion of the

field where I sowed other grasses with

the alfalfa, the probability is that these

grasses will not allow a sufficient stand

of alfalfa so that I can leave the field

permanently to alfalfa, but this can not

be told at the present time; we can only

wait. It certainly looks now as if I might

get a good crop of hay next year on that

portion seeded with other grasses, and a

good crop of alfalfa on the balance of the

field.



The alfalfa. that I seeded with

as I have stated before, made a. good

stand. When Mr. Waterbury was here

it looked fine. I had just clipped it, and

it had just made a nice start after the

August rains, but lately this has not been

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Utilizing the Corn Crop.





The corn crop is the main dependence

of the live stock feeder in Michigan as

elsewhere in this country, and the consid-

eration of the many ways of utilizing it

for the feeding of the stock during the

winter season is pertinent at this time.

The ever-increasing number of Michigan

farmers who store the corn croo in a silo

for winter feeding of nearly all kinds of

live stock have doubtless solved the ques~

tion in the most practical and economical

way, so far as the utilization of the bulk

of the corn crop is concernc But While

the number of silos in the state has in—

creased very rapidly in recent years, not

all, our indeed a very large proportion of

the farmers who are not in the dairy

business have silos, and so must utilize

the corn crop in some other way than as

a succulent and nutritious feed to be sup—

plemented with other grains and roughage

in the feeding of the live stock maintained

in accordance with the needs of the sev—

eral descriptions of animals kept and the

purpose for which they are kept.



The old—fashioned way of husking the

corn by hand and feeding the fodder and

grain separately and in such combinations

as may be desired is 'still the favorite

method on most farms, and there is no

argument against it except the expense

involved in harvesting and securing the

crop. But with the growing scarcity of

hand labor with which to handle the corn

crop in this way. various methods have

been resorted to by which the corn crop

may be utilized with a greater economy

of time in securing it. Of these methods

the husking by machine and shredding the

fodder at the same operation has gained

mos: favor in some sections, and with

satisfactory weather in which to do the

work the plan has many advantages. But

the «urn must be dry enough so that the

fodder will not heat: and spoil in the mow,

as it is very apt to do if there is any con-

siderable amount of moisture in it when



he shredding done. Threshing the

'l'Ol‘ll with a bean thrcsher is also prac-

ticed to some cxtent by those who feed

sheep and lambs, but this method is open

to the more, serious objection in the diffi«

culty which is encountered in the keeping

of the grain. which is very prone to heat

and spoil if storcd in any quantities. The

cattle feeders who have tried feeding

shock corn are almost a unit in their

opinion that this is the most economical

method of utilizing the corn crop for this

purpose where the silo is not available.



‘here are many arguments in favor of

the plan and few disadvantages since by

following the cattle with hogs there is

littlc waste and the labor involved in this

method of utilizing the corn crop is less

than that required by any other method

of handling it. In seasons when there is

a comparatively short crop of corn this

same method can be used to advantage

with store sheep. The writer has fed a

good deal of corn to sheep right from the

bundle as it was drawn in after being cut

with a corn harvester and cured in the

shock. At first this was done with some

misgivings regarding the result, as we

feared that the sheeps’ teeth would be

broken in shelling the corn. but this has

not been found to be the case with sheep

having reasonably good mouths. and since

it does not pay to retain any other kind

in the flock this objection has been disre-

garded. By estimating the average

amount of grain per bundle and feeding

enough of this bundle corn to afford as

much of this grain as we have cared to

feed the store sheep very satisfactory re-

sults have been obtained. This is usually

fed in a large clean yard, and has the

advantage of giving the sheep consider-

able beneficial exercise in rustling after

the corn. In stormy or soft weather it

may be fed in tight—bottomed racks. but

this plan is not as satisfactory as feeding

in a large yard or barn lot. Begging down

a portion of the crop has been practiced





is





with :‘llleged good results by those who

feed hogs extensively. The writer has





never tried this plan, but believes that

under some conditions it would be prof-

noble.



More barn room is available for the

drawing on of the corn crop when it gets

cured out so as to be fit. the writer has

for years made a practice of so securing

it. when it may be utilized in any Way

which may seem desirable. In most seaa

Sons 3 portion of the crop so drawn is

hushed by hand or with a shredder, and

the balance is fed from the bundle. Thus





THE MICHIGAN FARMERJ





if the materials are at hand the work can

be done during weather which is unsuit-

able for doing work in the field.





all of its feeding value is saved without

the disagreeable task of husking in the

_fleld during the bad weather of late fall.

Where the barn room is not available that.

portion intended to be fed in the bundle

may be dravvn and stacked without much

waste. Feeding from the shock by draw-

ing the corn directly from the field has

not been so satisfactory in our experi—

ence, for the reason that the corn freezes

down badly in a snowy winter, and it is

quite a task to get it loose. But this, like

most farm problems, is one for the indi-

vidual to solve with a view to the eco-

nomical utilization of the crop as' needed

for the maintenance of "the live stock kept

on his farm.

The Water Supply.





One thing which should not be neg-

lected at this season of the year is to

make sure that the water supply is ade—





quate and that it is gotten to the stock

in a pure and wholesome condition. It is

nothing short of cruelty to animals to

compel them to go thirsty for the greater

part of the 24 hour period and then sat~

isfy their thirst on ice water in the bleak

winds about an exposed watering trough.

It now costs but little to install a reason-

ably adequate watering system about the

yards and stables. The tanks required

for storage, as well as the drinking foun»

tains, which should be numerous, can be

easily and cheaply made of concrete by

the available home labor, and aside from

the cement needed about the only expense

will be for sufficient pipe and fittings to

provide for an abundance of drinking

fountains abOut the stables and yards.

Some years ago the writer became con-

vinced that it did not pay to try and get

along with one or two large tanks

from which the stock could drink or de-

pend upon carrying water in pails to the

smaller pens where stock might chance

to be kept. So we arranged a system

along the line above suggested, placing

drinking fountains in each stable and one

in the yard. In the sheep stables, foun-

tains were installed at one end of the

stable between each set of racks, so as to

be sure and have water automatically

provided in case ewes with young lambs

were penned off in one. of these spaces,

and also to provide plenty of room for

the sheep to drink in any division of the





stable without crowding through to a

single fountain.

\‘thn this system was installed. the





drinking fountains were made by boring

a hole in the bottom of a 50-11). white

lead pail and screwing it on top of the

service pipe, the pipe and fountain being

packed in sawdust to prevent freezing.

These cheap drinking fountains gave ex-

cellent service for years, but as they be-

came unserviceable,’ they Were replaced

by concrete drinking fountains of similar

capacity. These were so constructed as

to need no packing to prevent freezing,

by the following device: “'e had a long

section of old three-inch pump log. When

putting in the fountains we sawed off. a

section of this long enough to reach from

the bottom of the foundation to within a

few inches of the top of the service pipe

This was placed over the service pipe and

covered with a small piece of board with

a hole bored in it the size of the pipe.

This provided a dead air space about the

pipe from below the surface of the ground

to the bottom of the drinking fountain.

Then an outside form was made the size

of the outside of the drinking fountain

and concrete filled in between it and the

pump log section. In making the drink-

ing fountain proper above this founda-

tion, old galvanized pails which would

hold about 12 quarts were used for inside

forms, a number of these being available

and handy for the purpose. These pails

were left in when the job was completed

and ‘ e. fountains were ready to use soon

after being made. The cost was prac-

tically nothing except the labor invested,

but the results in an adequate water sup-

ply for the stock are large.



These drinking fountains are all built

to one level, and the water from the stor-





age tank is automatically fed to thr-m

through a float barrel. in which a. com—

mon gallon jug is used for a float, rm.

small fountains bother wry little by





freezing over, even in the colder“ weather.

and the pipes leading in them mrrm

freeze. The fountains being: wool? and

the stock drinking at frequent intervals

keeps changing the water in rbrm pro.

ducing a censtant circulation wl lirb is a.

safeguard against fro-altos: and keep-ins:

the water in the fountain fresh or all

times. Any man can install a syslom of





this kind cheaply. and the benefit lie-rived

foam it by the live stock will more than

repay the cost the first season it u used.

This is a good time of year to install such

a system, as it will soon be needed, and





MANAGEMENT OF BREEDING

SWINE.





 





In the management of breeding swine





I consider the health of the animals the;

Sunshine and exercisesj

are the indispensable rights of all farm‘ V

animals, and when we subject our breed-‘





important point.





ing swine to sunshine and compel them

to exercise, we

healthy and vigorous animals. It is well

enough to help nature in caring for stock,

but it is all wrong to set nature's way

aside and place our swine in damp, warm

and poorly ventilated houses.



Modern hog houses as a rule are too

close, too warm and too comfortable.

Poor ventilation is a common fault and

the inaccessibility to sunlight is an equal-

ly serious one. Breeding swine that are

kept confined in such houses and cur-

tailed as to exercise will inevitably de~

cline in that superb vigor which immuni-

zes animals against disease and enables

them to transmit constitutional strength

to their progeny.



W'hen hogs are watered with patent

'waterers, both the water barrel and the

drinking part should be kept clean and

sweet. A lump of quicklime dropped into

the water keeps it pure. Some believe

that running water is necessary in a hog

yard, but, unless it is free from con—

taminating influences from hog-yards or





pastures upstream, it is of doubtful

utility.

Every effort should be made to keep





the breeding swine free from lice and

vermin, for swine that are lousy and

filthy will fall easy victims to contagious

diseases. I apply an effective preparation

with a brush or common hand-Sprayer

and sometimes dip the pigs as the Occa-

sion requires. I have also found it an

excellent scheme to saturate a few old

sacks and wind them around a post and

allow the pigs to make their owu toilet.

They will soon learn to use the post and

if the sacks are kept saturated there will

be

trouble.





Lime is an excellent disinfectant to use '





on hog—house yards and to sprinkle on the

floors and nests. We should not neglect

to plow the yards and change them as

often as possible. Shifting the swine to

new ground is not only a sanitary meas-

ure. but forage crops will thrive wonder-

fully well on fields where hogs have been

yarded and the soil well Iimed.



The question of exercise practically

solves itself when the swine can be

given the run of a good pasture or field

of alfalfa, clover or blue grass.

winter, if only the breeding herd is being

kept, the question of housing is reduced

to a minimum, although I believe that in

most instances it will pay to carry over

a bunch of fall pigs to follow the cattle,

for there is danger of the brood sows

getting injured or injuring other animals

if they are allowed the run of the cattle

yards. The old sows and the young sows

should be divided into bunches and if

possible these bunches subdivided so that

not more than ten sows will be in one

enclosure.



There is a. wide diversity of opinion

among farmers and breeders as to how

fat or how thin a brood r w should be to

produce the best results. Extremes are

to be avoided. A sow that is running

dowrl in flesh, the same as the sow that

is washy with fat, will produce a disap-

pointing litter. ,



The fact that a vigorous sow in com-

paratively low flesh produces large pigs

has no doubt led to the belief that a sow

should not be too fat while she is doing

this important work. The conclusion is

correct if apeparances farrowlng time

are considered, but if the observation is

continued over a period of a few weeks,





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gnarl Mesh condition and her family have

a Gerri/led advantage over the lean sow

and her family.



The strong, husky pigs from the lean

sow mart. well, but they soon sap the

strength of their dam and have exhausted

bvvr (mm-xv and reserVe force before they

begin in mt from the trough, with the

(«ms-mum” results that they come to a

standstill for a time. The pigs from the

{at sow. while usually smaller to begin,

with. grow right along from the start, for?

M7 the time they have exhausted her}

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Too much fat produced by a ration di’

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usually the one that does best with her

litter; she will be quiet longer than the

lean sow that is prompted by hunger to

be up and looking for something to eat.

Even fleshing is best produced by a ration

of proteinaceous forage crops and a small

amount of grain foods.



The herd boar should not be allowed to

become too fat. He should have pasture

during the summer and roots and succu-

lent feed (hiring the Winter with plenty

of good, wholesome grain food to keep

him in good vigorous condition for the

breeding season. His grain food should

contain a large percentage of protein mid-

dlings, ground oats, oil meal and wheat

bran all being palatable and nourishing.



Many an excellent boar, for lack of care

and nourishing food, passes into, oblivion.

He is placed in some damp, poorly venti-

lated pen, with no yard or pasture and

kept inside the year around, and by the

time he has matured sufficiently to be at

his best he is ruined by excessive service

and lack of exercise and nourishment.

Give him a large pen and yard away from

the rest of the hogs so that he will not

be fretting and chopping, for a, fretting

hog never does well.



Ground oats are an excellent feed to

stimulate the breeding qualities of all

pigs of any age or sex and as the season

for breeding approaches, his feed may be

increased so that he will be in shape to

meet the demands of serving a large

'number of sows. The drains on a breed-

ing boar are severe and it will require

careful feeding to keep him in condition

to bring the best results.



New York. W, MILTON KELLY.



ENSILAGE AS A FEED FOR BROOD



MARES.





 





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





lieve when properly ted it is one of the

most economic, palatable and nutritious

feeds within the reach of flock owners.



The initial thing that occurs to one in

feeding ensilage is its extreme adapta-

bility to the appetite of sheep. Sheep

seem to greedily crave for succulent food

throughout the entire year. While very

favorable results have been attained in

handling breeding ewes and fattening

lambs without succulent feed, carefully

conducted experiments demonstrate that

far better results can be secured when

some desirable succulent feed is supplied

daily as a part of the roughage ration.



Along with extreme palatability and

nutritiousness of ensilage as a food for

fattening lambs it also possesses a desir-

able influence upon the digestive system

and promotes general health and thrift.

Lambs, when fed a heavy fattening ration

during the winter months are very apt to

become constipated, thus casing a. slug-

gish condition of the digestive tract. Not

infrequently several lambs in- the fatten—

ing pen will stand back and refuse to

partake of feed. In a great many in-

stances the direct cause is indigestion in-

duced by an inactive condition of the di-

gestive system. I have fed a large num-

ber of lambs separately on what could be

termed a dry ration and also a ration

compounded with ensilage as a form of

succulence and I have always observed

that the lambs fed on the latter ration do

much better and are “off feed” leSs and

make more rapid gains than when fed

on the strictly dry ration.



There are a few things that should be

taken into consideration in feeding en-

silage to fattening lambs. In the first





.place, it should be kept well in mind that





silage is a. highly succulent and nutritious

food and must be fed judiciously. It is

not safe to feed entirely on ensilage.

While I have knOWn of instances where





this has been done with success, it is not

a safe

ensilage varies

tening elements.

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Brood Mare, Fed Ensilage Last Wlnter, Has Exceptionally Good Colt at Side.





Was fed, all through the winter, one peek

of corn silage morning and night. The

other feed was straw and shredded corn.

stalks_with no grain excepting that con-

tained in the ensilage. She was turned

out twice a day to water and if the

weather was fine left out for an hour or

two. We handled her nearly as we do

cur cows, only we did not feed her nearly

as much as we do the cows. The colt

came very strong and vigorous and weighs

a‘t tWO months old, close to 500 lbs. I

notice many questions in The Farmer in

regard to feeding ensilage to brood mares.

The above has been my experience.

Kalkaska C0. D. P. ROSENBERG.





 





FEEDING ENSILAGE T0 FATTENING

LAMBS.





 





Good corn ensilage is an extremely ac-

ceptable food to form part. of the ration

for fattening lambs. In the past few

years flock owners and lamb feeders have

been giving considerable attention to the

feeding of ensilage to sheep of different

ages and it is the consensus of opinion

that, when fed judiciously and as a part

of the roughage and grain ration, whole-

some corn silage is an extremely pala-

table and desirable form of succulence

for feeding both breeding ewes and fat-

tening lambs. I have fed. ensilage to

sheep of various ages, more or less, for

the past sixteen years and candidly be-





filling, the ensilage will be much richer

as a fattening food and must be fed more

sparingly than if a less quantity of grain

is put into the silo. Some farmers make

it a practice to break off a large number

of ears before putting the corn crop into

the silo thus reducing the grain and fat-

tening content of the ensilage. \Vhen

this is done more ensilage can be fed to

fattening lambs than could be otherwise

includcd in the daily ration.





In feeding ensilage to fattening lambs

care should be exercised never to over-





feed, permitting the ensilage to sour, or

to feed the silage when frozen. It is a

very easy matter to ow-rfecd on corn sil-

age. The lambs take to the ensilage

very grecdily at first and it is a great

temptation to keep gradually increasing

the ration. It is not a good plan to feed

any more silage than the lambs will clean

up readily. Should it at any time be

found that some ensilage was left un—

eaten it should be removed from the rack

before the next feeding. There is noth-

ing that will get fattening lambs off feed

any quicker than sour ensilage. Then,

too, there is danger of ensilage souring

in the silo in case it is not removed fast

enough to keep it sweet. Ensilage that

has soured from this cause should not be

fed to sheep of any age. During the ex-

tremely cold weather the ensilage is very

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the ensilage at least ten hours before

feeding and if possible allow it to stand in

a basement where it will naturally heat

and thaw out.



Ensilage, when fed to sheep, should be

fed in tight bottom racks or troughs that

can be easily and frequently cleaned.

Racks with open bottoms allow the en—

siiage to accumulate and sour. It is best

to feed the ensilage in a rack by itself so

that it can be kept perfectly clean and

wholesome, but in case it seems inadvis-

able to have this arrangement, use a

combined hay, grain and ensilage rack

and exercise care to always see that it is

clean before each feeding. I have never

'found it a satisfactory practice to feed

ensilage out of doors as there is danger

of freezing and souring and beside, the

racks can not be kept in proper feeding

(audition. It is not safe to simply clean

the racks in which the ensila-ge is fed

with a fork, but this should be done with

a shovel and broom to make sure that

there is nothing left after each feeding

that will influence the delicate appetite

of the lambs.



The amount of ensilage that can safely

be fed will entirely depend upon the qual-

ity of Silage. Should scouring be noticed

among the. lambs the amount of ensilage

fed should be immediately reduced. ’When

it is desirable to feed as much ensilage as

possible a dry ration should be supplied

such as clover hay, corn stover, oat straw

or been pods. If plenty of dry roughage

is kept within easy reach of the lambs,

cnsilage can be safely fed twice daily. I

have fattened lambs on a feed of ensilage

morning and evening, with shredded corn

fodder and clover hay at noon without

having one lamb off feed during the fat-

tening periOd.



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SOME DONT’S IN COLT TRAINING.





LEO C. REYNOLDS.





 





Never break his spirit by long, weari-

scme drives when he becomes so weary

that his mind becomes so dulled that he

sees but does not observe, and the same

objects later, when seen with fresh eyes,

become the eztuse of a runaway.



The words “breaking colts” has become

obnoxious to me, for l have seen too many

well-bred, high-spirited colts broken in

spirit and strength by some of the old-

timc methods of “breaking.” A colt

should be trained when his brain and body

are alert. The training should not be

:1 subordinate part of some other work.

The future usefulness 01' the, colt should

be of sufficient value to make the lesson

the only thing on hand at the time. Many

colts “ire unnecessarily confused because

the trainer was thinking more of the

Stone to be loaded on the drag, or of the

errand he had to do What he reached his

destination.



“'licn colt training is done as it should



be. eight or ten half—hour lessons given in

systematic order will accomplish more,

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severe tests than the haphazard go-as-

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ticed can do in two years.

I The trainer should put his whole. mind

on the work at hand, and strive to keep

the attention of the colt that he may get

the idea of what is expected of him. As

soon as he gets the Idea, rcpeal always

in thc same way until he understands his

lessons thoroughly. No one can do this

correctly until hc has his mind on his

work, and perseveres until he has gained

the end sought. Whoever does this will

find that he has enough to keep him busy

without any other matter on hand.



There are several rt-nsons why it is

not good policy to train a cult by hitching

it by the side of rm old horse. The old

horst~ is slow in starting, and ploddingr in

motion probably, whim the young one is

impetuous and lively. Soon the young

horse, if it: bc very ambitious. bccomcs

confused \vhcn the old one holds it back,

and this confusion ends in balking.



It the old horse. starts Itt‘ful‘t’ the colt.

this leaves your lines slack and gives an

opportunity for the colt to leap forward,

and soon the habit of bolting is formed;

Itlld the pleasure of a good, steady drivcr

forever vanishes.



There are very few old horses that are

so free from bad habits that you would

desire a. colt to be just exactly like them.

\Yhatcvcr thcir peculiarities may be. they

will be learned by the colt if compelled

to endure the, same conditions.



I ‘li‘y to make it plain that horses do

not reason, and that their acquirements

cannot be explained by themselves to

their own kind. Tf they could do so we

would have no colt training to do. The

colt’s mother would do all that for us.

Since the old horse can in no way explain

to the colt what it ought to do, the oh!





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horse simply serves as so much dead

weight the prevent the colt getting away,

eitm gateways or forward, and becomes

.only a power to assist the colt to move

forward if it does not desire to do so.



Rather than have the colt lunge against

so much dead weight, how much better

it would be to let the cont come up against:

the bit controlled by the sensitive hmdl

of a man, who knows Just how much he

should pull, and when to give more freed

dom. It only takes a few moments in a}:

small lot where the colt cannot get awayi

from you, to teach it that it must submit

to the controlling power of the bit, so

there is no danger of the colt requiring

more than .man's strength to control it.



When trained at the side of an old

horse, the first intimation that the coltj

gets that it should stop is, when it feels

the dead weight of the old one fastened to,

the bit sawing through the mouth, and,

that is rather a severe way of learning;

It is usually thought that the men can‘t

handle the «old horse, and let the old horse:

keep the colt in place. For my part, It

prefer not to have an old home as a sort

of an interpreter, but prefer to handle the'

cult directly through my own sense of

feeling.



When a colt is trained alone, you have

more of its attention than can be had

otherwise. There should be nothing to?

divide his attention. Every attempt

should be made to impress upon this

mind that a certain signal means a cer-

tain action, and not allow that action to,

become confused with another signal. A

very common mistake is to attempt to

train a horse to do too many things at a

time. No horse, and but few people, can

comprehend more than one thing at a

time.



In some parts of the country it is a

common thing to see a colt have the har-

ness thrown on him, and then dragged

and whipped up to the side of a wagon

pol-e, hitched up and driven several miles“

during which time the commands:

“Whoa” and “Get up” were given, and;

besides, it was expected to turn to the,l

right or left upon the slight pull of the?

bit against the opposite side of the mouth. ‘

it was expected to learn the six or seven

different signals given it, all in one les-

son. Whatever you may have expected,

rest assured that it did not learn more}

than one signal, if any at all.



if my many years of experience taughti

me anything at all it is this fact, a horse“

can get but one idea at a time. An ideal

may be more simple than is commonly

expected. It is one thing for a colt to

get the idea. that “Get up" means to go,‘

and another thing to learn that “whoa”f

means to stand. Each of these commands

should be taught separately and so thor-

oughly drilled into the colt that whatever

accidcntmight happen, the word “Whoa.”

would be associated with the act oft

standing, and that, stand it must. '



These commands should be taught, and:

can be taught, more easily and compre-

hcndingly before attempting to hitch the

horse. Although the double lines are fast

taking the place of the “lead horse” with!

the single line, some farmers prefer the?

single line. The aim is to teach the horsei

to respond to the words “Gee” andi

“Haw,” or some such term, to have the!

horse step to r‘g‘ht or left. Instead of}

taking the horse to the field and hitching;

to the plow with another horse tied to

the leader, the work should be made more

effective and pleasant if the lessons were

given in a small enclosure and each com-i

mnnd thoroughly drilled separately. The

teachingr of the command is sufficient to

keep tithcr horse or man busy without

anything else on hand.



Some time ago my attention was a.t~‘

tractcd to a man plowing;r potatoes with a

mic-horse cultivator. All other horses"

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Ilorsc. Both were having: a hard time of,

it, the horse being accustomcd to longf

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keep up. It knew nothing,r of the com~g

mands and had to be guided by pulls on!

the lines, which often became severe;

jerks. The man was throwing“ his weight:

against the horse’s mouth to keep it slow

cnouqh. He was particular how his pota-

toes; were plowed, and the awkwardness

of the horse often caused him to plow

too near the row or to plow too deep. This

was the cause of the angry jerks on the'

lines. It is useless to say this continued

the greater part of the summer before the,

horse became anywhere near being a}

pleasant horse to plow potatoes with. '



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A dealer in grain s'ivs- “Oats at 311/



l ( v l . L C



ger bu. is 319.68% per ton; good timotliy



lay, $20 per ton; which way would you



0eran iii/liven feeding your horse, toward hay



vesimis' If you vote in favor of cats. in-



t n oats. The crop was large. it is



0:112:19 baiiid WIIO tiisf fconomical when it is



pen u ? No 0 .

is of superior quality.” ne The crop





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all farm animals.





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roup, etc. A pcnny’s worth feeds 30 fowls one day. Sold on a written guarantee.





1% Ibo. 25m; mall or express 400.; 5 lbs. 600).; I 2 lbs. $1.25; 25 lb. poll $2.50.





Except in Canada and Extreme West and South.

Send 2c for Dr. Hess 48-page Poultry Book. tree.





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Advice through this department is free

to our subscribers. Each communication

should state history and symptoms of the

case in full: also name and addxess of

writ 1r Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that appiv 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

Ieply by mail is quuested. it becomes

private practice, and a fee of $1. 00 must

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Chronic Indigestion. ——Last spring I pur-

chased of a brewing company a tweIVe—

year- old Percheron mare wl1 ch has been

out of condition more or less ever since

She has had frequent attacks of colic and

as l have thought of bleeding her would

like to know if it is good judgment to do

so. Seveial times I have thought she

would die. A. B. (7.. Wayne county.—

Dan't breed your mare until next spring.

Give her too tablespoonfuls of ground

ginge1, two tablespoont‘uis of giound gen—

tian and too tablespoonfuls of bitazbon-

ate of soda at a dose in feed two or three

times a day.





Horse Passes Blood—My five-year-old





gelding has occasionally passed blood

with urine and I would like to know

whether you think he will get well or





not. Our local Vet.

fails to effect a cure.

Mich—Very little can be done for such

cases. but as your horse is eating well

and seemingly in good health. you may

use him moderately. I also suggest that

you have your Vet. examine him for stone

in the bladder.





Serons Al:scess.~l





has treated him, but

A. J. B., Plymouth,





have a mare that

has a peculiar swelling on the lower part

of belly. This bunch is soft, not painful,

and has the appearance of a rupture, but

it is not that. Our local Vet. examined

her and he failed to tind a break in wall

of belly. O. \Vayne county—It

will do no harm to use her for light work.

Apply one part tincture iodine and three

parts camphorated oil to bunch once a

day. Give her ] dr. iodide. of potassium

at a dose in feed twice daily.

Constipation—My 14-year-old horse is

troubled with constipation and his bowels

are 1-ostive_ even while running in clover

R. 13.. McBaiu, Micl1.~—Givc her one pint

of raw linseed oil da‘ly until her bowels

become moist and move more freely. She,

should be fed vegetables and plenty of





well salted bran mashes; it is also im-

portant to supply her with plenty of

water; the salt will increase her thirst





and if she drinks plenty of water this will

loosen the bowels. As you know. the

bowels of a driving or work horse moves

about four times as often as an idle one

that has no exercise.





Stone Bruise—Stocking.—-One of my

horses commenced to limp some two

months ago. I removed a couple of small

pebbles from sole, which I thought would

relieve the lameness. The leg is swollen

from fetlock to hock and is hot; some

crust-like sores came under fetlock joint

which no doubt causes some soreness. I

applied linimcnt but cannot tell as it

helped him any. .l_ L. N., Spring Lake,

Mich—The, stones may have bruised the

sole. However. I believe most of the

trouble, is in shin. Dissolve ‘4, lb sugar

of lead in one gallon of cold watel, add

one pint tincture of aruica and apply to

shin four or five times a day. Give him

a teaspoonfui nitrate potash at a dose in





feed. daily. -



Cough—I have a cow that is troubled

with a cough and I should like to know

What to do for her. A. (I. K.. Montague

Mich.——-Give her 1 d1. 1.1mph1,11 l r.

opium. 11/2 dr. digitalis and ‘7 dr. calomel





once a day for 10 da: s. I13 giVing her 2





drs. iodide potassium at a dose in feed

twice a day. adding 1 dr. opium to each

dose if the case is a bad one, will help

relieve the cough. Remember. a chronic

cough is not always easily and speedily

cured.





Bunch in I'dder.~ch have a cow with

a bunch in udder, which followed 11 dog

bite. \Vhen her bag was sore we had to

use a milking tube and unless this is done

it is difiicult to milk her. B. T.

sonville. Mich—Apply tincture of iodine

to bunch once a”day. give her 1 dr. iodide

of potassium at a dose night and morn-

111g.



Stocking—The hind of





legs m





hogs seem to be stocked and their knees ,1





are swollen some. Have been feeding

cooked rye and they run on pasture. (".

A. W. Fife Lake. Mich -—Give eact

hog 15 grains powde1cd nitrate potash at

a dose in feed twice or three times a day.i





(Continued on page 391).





Public Sale





at 1111 Farm. 1% miles from Dalton eta. on P & M. B.

R” 9 miles north of Mnskegon. Mich”





November 10, I910.





Sale commences at 1011 a. m. Consisting of? Zhead of

thoroughbred and high grade





Holstein Fricsians, Cows and lleiiers.





Fresh and coming 'in soon. Teams will be at morn-

ing train to meet those VV ho come by m

8 months time VIill be giVen on secured notes.

KNI DTSON and AC‘KERBERGS. Proprietors

..F tiMuskegon. Michigan.





GATTLE EASILY DEHDRHED





All over in an instant. An easy method Leaves a

(lean cut. Cows give more milk steers make better

beef after being dehomed by the KEYSTON EDE-

HOIINE Dehorning changes disposition of animals

makes tblem gentle and friendl3 to each'lother. Book-

let free. giving valuable information about dehorning





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ill. T. PIIILHPS, 125 Main St. Pomoy. [’11.

For Sale‘§.°i>“:€113‘fii}:1.i‘i‘fiil’hm. 211:1





SoIEIthwest Michi gun Pedizroeds Stock





exchanged.

EJennings. Sec. Paw Paw Mich.





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





AUCTION SALE





 





0R SALE—Tobacco Stems & Sittings—Used by leading sheep

raisers for stomach worms and by greenhousemon for

smudgea to killiplant lice, SWISHER BROS” Newark. Ohio.





Registered PERCHERON STALLION





11 years old. color white. weight 1800.

Bargain sale on account of di us fire.

14 registered Shro shire eVVe lambs. THOMAS

B. BI 'ELL. Union ity Mich. Bell &Ind. Phones.





 





 





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WANTED TO EXCHANGE—Cedar fence posts

for breeding ewes. Must be good ones

, and prices right. Jns. L. Truxell Lewiston. Mich.





EGISTERED l’EltCHFItON STALLIONS for sale.

and 2 30am old. Grams and blacks. VVost. Michi-

i [ran 11 air VVinnem. ILO VEBHOLT. Dutton. Mich.





WANTED AT (“BE Good fresh





I Miloh Cows

Holstein radesre.ferro(1 Address giving particulars

“'ALKE GOIIDO





N FARM 00.. Birmingham. Mich.

BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.

ABERDEENx-ANGUS.





Herd headed by UNDULATA BLACKBIRD

ITO 83836. one of the best sons of PRINCE [TO

50006. and Grand Champion1908 Bull at the Detroit

and Grand Rapids Fairs 01909 and 1910.

Herd consists of I'.r1( s11 Blackbirds. Prides. etc.



W0 OODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionla. Mich.





5" IR Es—High t3pe of Dairy animal



Av R Young bulls and bull oaIVes



for sale. Price-1 low. Inquiries solicited.

BFRKSHIRE SWINE.



! 1- lNE POULTR RY—W bite and Barred Rocks.



VI hite 1i: Buff Orpingtons. W bite “ 3andottes and





111000

IMEIIPHIIGSANL SCHOOL“) FOR THE DEAF Flint. Mich.





Maple Ridge Farm.





 





 





 





Breeders and importem of high

class (inernseVs. VS rite us your





 





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

t



—Re inter-ed GuernseVS—S- year- -old Bull.

For sale sirgd b3 GlenVVood bo3 of Waddin on,





Cons & ,Ioung stock. John '1‘. Weeks, Napoleon. ich





TEIN—Bull (alf sIred in a son of

"OI-s Portia; Banter lfioy. nae out



I stb Ila of the hrc an out o 3316 r

ta: W315. Chlampion Sammie Lad. Dam and sires

dam aVerage OVer mundfi of butter in 1dn,\8.Pgrl(-e

050. L. WOCDBLB BY. Landng.Mlc





HOIS'I'EIN CATTLE





W . A l Igeiervi built-.150 ollur a2-3ear-old

' 21111111 (113301 11131.1qu 1.1.1) 111. KOL





A SHOW BULL





that \‘-‘()n )I’IZHI- at Kalamazoo. V‘Irand tapide and

Detroit. )116: of the best 301,111: tome .u b’L'alflf.





11Also a low fresh very choice cows.

LONG BEACH FARM. Augubtmthiamww; U) Mich

Bull ( alVeo





BHBICELY BilEll HOLSIEiI-Fliflill .1 1.1.1.111.





1 prices. Cole Bros. Ymiland Farms. 31m 1.1.1111. hatch.





TOP NOTCI‘I HOLSTEINS





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls 1:1-011

hInIng 1n themselVes the blood of cows “hull (low

hold and have in the past. held W orld 5 Records for

milk and butter fat at fair price s.‘



MPc PHERSON FARMS CO” Howell. flich.

“OI-STEIN BULLS FOR SALE—Also Dnroc Jersey

boars, sired by Defender Grand ('ham-

pion at. Chicago. 1909. 1 II. Cornell. Howell. Mich.





 





 





OTIIING BUT HOISTEI‘N BULLS FOR SALE Sir May

N Harlot! Posch No. 37604 A. Three Nearest Dunn

Average 28 2 lbs butter in 1 day}. Sound. Sure. Gentle. and

one of the finest individuals of the breed. If you want a Herd

Ilcader come and see this one I can please any breeder with

a bull calf two to ten months old. I want. to sell TEN before

Nov. lst. Help me do it by buying one. L. [-2. Council. Fayette. 0.





ELMHHRST FM": SMITH &WARNER. Props.





Holstein Cattle and

ford Down Sheep Flu-e 15 Choice Ram Lambs for

s.ale AddressB





.C. Banfield. Supt. Owendale. Mich.

i 11

Fill! SALriefiifiiiéfigan§°§it§$ fi'fifii‘sca’t‘lofi

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

—— ll

HEREFORDS £911.43?“ iii. $1.353?





China hogs. ALI EN BROS.. Paw Paw. Mich.





Register of Merit Jerseys. 09°"





record.

lot of you bulls from dams with om 11101111 records

of 4%





Keorle y





un a and unwa





 





 





of butter.

Bay City. Michigan.





.F. MARSTON.





PURE BBEII HULSTEINS





JACKSON, MICH.

NOVEMBER 110, 1910.





I will sell at public auction on my farm located at the city limits





Thirty Head 0i Holstein Cattle





Consisting of cows, heifers, and Young Bulls.

cows are of A. R. O. breeding, five of them being imported.





Sale will begin promptly all p. m. on Thursday. Nov. IO.

TAKE CARS TO CITY LIMITS.





JOHN W. BOARDMAN, Jackson, Mich.

COL. B. V. KELLEY. Auctioneer, Syracuse, N. Y.

Keep Them in Good Condition .-





Like People. Horses Have Their Ills.





Watch them as you would a child and you will seldom have any serious trouble.

Always have a. bottle of Dblomporino on hand.





DISTEMPERINE





Ask Your Drugglal. 50¢ per bottle. $5 per don, prop-Id. Viril- lor ire! booklll.





GOSHI'IN DISTEMPERINE (20., Dept. C, Goshen, Ind.





The aged





 





BUTTER' BRED 11111131111513.1398

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK (IFARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS,





We have some splendid young bulls for sale. Some

of them are old enou h for sorv-ke. They are from

cows “ith records of to 425 pounds of butter last

year. VS rite to'or1lé:s1-ri tion ant prIoes



CO LIE, Cooper-wills. Michigan.





Dairybred Shorihom Bulls





J. B. IIUM





 





 





for sale. 7 1110. old. also

ii. few 3earling hell“.011§

MEL. Mason. hlichigttli.





 





Nov. 5, 19111... .





REGISTERED Shropshire Rum and ewes for sale

imported and 01111111111111.1114 stock. Satisfac-

nhod. W-isill is.8 Mode. 1!. No.3. Holly. Mich.





HROPBHIBE yearling and to. Ian: be. the but

of wooland mutton type from muttered stock.

E0. P. ANDREWS. Dansviiie. Ingham. 00., Mich.





IIILESIBE SHOWERS-313$? Siuuiyafif‘inm 11333

EH. Powell. Robt. Groves. Shepherd. 311301113.





MAPLE RIDGE SHRO‘PSHIBES—Closlng out. sale

choice year] rams. Ewes all ages. will be sold

without reserve. ”STEWART Lennon. Michigan.





HOGS.





Bums 1i thoms‘o‘irgfimtmifi.§°ifi.i 1936::

Winners. M ’1‘ STORY 248 Low





1111111 1111111311 11111111111“;





Have fine lot of male pigs about 4% months,

of large, growthy type. Also good young gilts

same (age. Prices reasonable. Satisfaction guar-

antee



F. A. BVWATER. Momphls Michigan.





I'IUPP FARM BERKSHIRES!





WON 189 PRIZES IN 1909.

Stock of both sexes and all ages for sale. Breeders of

Guernsey Cattle M. B. Turkey-1. Barred Rock Chick-

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

DraworA. Birmingham. Michigan.

ready for senice





BERKSHIREs—BOIH'SY Young pigs either





sex. 315. (I). two for'325 00 Registered and tra nsferred.

C. C. COREY. New Haven. Michigan.





BER KS" I R E ~Hnndsome Jew ell 116314





yongd champion boar Of

Michigan 1908. son of the 51.500 and some 1.

and a choice lot: of pigs of hislget at moderate prices.

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





DAMS BROS.. Litchlield. Mich. breeders of Imp. Chester

White and Tamworth swine. service boars. sows bred or

open. of either breed. Shorthorn Cattle. Buff Rock. Bufi Wynn—

dotlae, W. Orliingbn, Ckls. all breeding clock lending winners.





' nunoc JERSEYS.





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





—60 Spring Boar's ready for service. 86

”um JOTSOYS Spring Sow a. Special prices for 30 day R.





Write or come and 390. C Barney. Coldwat.er.Mich.





IlIlRllC JERSEY SWINE. Sh‘i fifdcgflfielia





1. 50 each. J. H. BANGHART, Lanslng. Mich.





W ii I

A ”0 Ber-3i“... ““8 iluroc Jersey!



BL A.1‘B0RRAY.Okemos. InghamCo.

and Guernsey Cattle.





Chester Whites .1... 102...... 1......

chang%v of buisness and everything for sale before Sept.

25th WILL W. FISHER. Watervllet. Mlchlgan.





IMPROVED CHESTERS





“ChoicePIif of March and A ril farrow either sex

SON. Okemos. ch. (Both Phones)





 





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Sheep and Goal; Paper. A Great Advertising Medium.

'1‘ no .Vears for $1. Agents wanted everywhere. Free

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o I C’s—Hogs all ages for n$811119. sows bred





or open, boars angel) or

pad on approVal. ItY '1‘. (‘I AND ESLL.





HAR

113 View Stock Farm. CASS CITY MICHIGAN.





O. I. C. Ho





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sell ages. Sows bred.

Males neIghInngfi lbs.

, Munitli. Michigan.





 





ROCKLAND Farm Delainos are in field form. strong.

rugged and VVell covered. Prices right. Tell us

I). E. Turner &.Sons. Mosherville. Mich.





D ' ' 1

Some Good Re islered 112.111: ‘3:i‘“fi.li31‘f.’3

Ewes. C. M. ‘MAN .Rockford. Kent 00. Michigan.

Hampshire Shee egh‘l‘é‘snsir‘iiiei





Prices Moderate. Comfort A. ’I‘Vler. ldVV'ater. Mich.





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HaMPShIIB,80IIIIld0WII, and CotsVVold Rams 11nd





ones for I-ilee.Pri1-es right.

THE CLOVER BLOSSOM FARM. Port Austin. Mich.





LINCOLN SHEEP-91111619“ 21°11‘1-

Yearlings or ltam



Lambs. Write or phone. A. H WARREN. Ovid.Mi1-.h

ERINOS d: DELAINICS—One of the oldest. best.

bred heaVieI-it. shearing fl(;'a(‘-k8 in Ohio. Yonrlings





anchhoice “ ock fit to head an

11 Write 8. H SANDEItSm Ashtabnla. Ohio. y





Parsons Oxford Hams—T3333; “9;... Elli





uce bi get and better lambs. Grade X 31- .XX$Z)

31x1: £5.00. Rome3n 0 Parsons Grand Ledge. Mich.





Oxford- Down Sheep andl’ollod





D h

cattle for sale. A. D. &J. A. DnGAItMO Mui‘ll‘f‘lll‘i’gh.





oxronn flown RAMS—A chV choice rams for sale.

.1 P. GIBBS a son 1‘3 ”9“?“i.“‘li1§?.‘.f‘eii§' iii?

And ewes from Imported Rams.





“xponn “AM and on as bred to name. Address





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



—(iood Yearling }11 i old

Oflord Down Sheep llama and ones of all ages

totals. I. It. WATEIIBURY Highland Mithigan.

1 El AINE RAMS. also 50 registered Deiaino ewes

, vhic l1 "1th be sold be fore. ”1-1.1. Great bargain

lor some one. 8. J. (.".()“AN Rockford. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





to be HOIII in Nov.

bV Audion. Flock





1.. lgbdllambouillet Sheep





 





in 199‘I with 40 ewes I-ele1 ted from 100 ewes of

(I11: best breeding possible III-1 the folio“ Ing record will

show They were don-t1 ended from the folio“ In





rams. the Non. given being from A. R. R. Taylor‘.



Guelph 5, Ontario 6 (imported from France). All

raun— UH‘II bllll'l‘ the foundation of the fl0(kll1l\0 been

either lmportId or bred 1ii101t. ifrom imported shes





and dams an f11l'ioVVI-I: No.1107. siro328 dam91'17—6254.

rim — I2. sire 2930—8397 (imp.) All these rams-

importmi from Germany 29441 sire 15303. dam 15310





fbr in F rame. ) Watch for notice of auction as I

am closing out 111v entire floc k \\ ithout reserve

J. O. .L‘OOK. Morrice. Mich. Bell Tel.





SHROPSHIRE —A few choice fieldl





rams. Also 0 I

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





Shropshire Hall Stock Farm





Will make” special prices. for thirty (laps. on some

choice one and tVVo- Vear-old ones, also ram lambs.





L. S. lllllllilM 81 Sons, Concord, Michigan.





TH MAPLES SHROPSHIRES—Jm good reg

stored ewes and a fan ram lambs for sale-

E. E. LELANDIE SON” R. No 9. Ann Arbor Mich.





—A fan good Shro sh Y I

For sa'e ”Rams. bred frompithrt edegollksi

Prices right. Jonesd Morrish. Flushing. Michigan. ;





 





 





 





CHOICE Registered Shropshire and COtfi“OId9.e .Voar- I

ling eVVes. ram and one lambs. York



Berkshire hogs. CIVde Stallions and Fillies and 1‘Welsh

ponies. Write for prices. Arthur L. Milne, Green River. Ont.





 





UST sell at once a little flock of Shropshire ewes. l

011113.111: and 8 buck lambs. erybest breed-





ing. Will] sell cheap. J. .Slater. Traverse 0ity.Mich.





0 1 —Choice bred Sous. Ma) and August.

0 0 0 boars from W orld‘s Fair W' Inner-s. at.

Glenwood Stock Farm. Zeeland. Michigan. Phone 94.





 





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

I 0 - April furrow in pain; not ukin. Satisfaction

guaranteed. A. NeVVmun Mariette. Mich..1t.1". D. 1.

firing furrow. of both sexes. of

0- '0 Co S‘vnle_i8 ghetype and breeding. Bonn:

each. E E. BEACHr &SON. Brighton.Mich. R. No. 3.





0. I. c. SWIN 5—11....me

of choice bonr



pigs of'lApril furrow got b3 Grand Son of Jackson

Chief. thew VV’orld 3 Champion and Grand Champion

ar. Gillie all so ld’. Write for live let live prices.

A. J. G0 RDEN. Bun. B. F. I). No.“ ~. Michigan.





RECORDED MULE FOOTED HOGS





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

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





P. C. Bargainsfifl‘é‘fiv‘i‘ié’im ”33$

for Sept. farrow. Z. KINNE. Three Oaks. l\ ichigan

POLAND Cm —Ii31?§r:nodr tgilfe Efé‘PItOfQIlilmig:

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

25 BIG BOARS at $2 ‘35il‘152’00'liwé 915$





ern bred boars. and from big t3p’e sous. bb big forf-

Ikg 508 modem 0





 





 





 





 





 





211 vears. We are the pioneer

Michi an. Pairs and trios nota kin

.‘ch. BUTLER Portland Mich. Bell Phone.





—Largest in Mich Pigs

Large Type Poland- Chinas m... 19.111.10.111... we”...

from L50 to 160 lbsW at 4% months old. Will deliver

whatIadvertise. '.E. Livingston. Parma. Michigan.





' —Boars ready for con ice;

POIEHd'Chlnas sprin pigs. either sex.

Write L.W. Barnes & son. B3 ton. hiawasaee 00.. Mich.





150 POLAND-GHINA





SPRING PIGS





either sex, with size. bone and quality. Bargains

on early fall weaned pigs. I ship 1:. o. d. and

furnish pedigree promptly. Write for prices.





 





1 WM. WAFFLE. Goldwater, Michigan.





 





' —I.arge shied. grouthV spring pigs. also

Poland-Climas fall pigs Send tor snap shot photos

and lowest prices. Robeit Nch. Pierson. Michigan.





P. c. BOARs—ia:“:::;tlt £13.;





money. WOOD & SONS. SALINE. MICHIGAN.





 





3 Poland-ChinasZrBé’fiiin?'lia1i‘édri2fi





 





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



VI ere sired by “Victor”by“ Out-

our P. C. BoarSIO n.k" first. prize at Ohio State

Fair: dams by Media] oSecond. OakVVood Medln and





others. A few large Minorca Cooker-ole. Satisfaction

guaranteed. R. W. MILLS. Saline. Mlchi gun.





ORKSHIRES—A choice selection of boar pigs to





sale. Price for deliVery when three months old.

515 each. A. McKAY & SON. Hersey. Michigan.





FOR SALE—Yorkshire Boar Pigs

August furrow. Fine. thrift AfTellowa. 815. ”England.

THE MURRAY- MRI!

R. 0. Ann Arbor. Michigan. Bellphone





tinge improved English Yorkshires.





oars ready for service.



Gilt: bred for next spring furrow. Achoi 09 lot



fall pigs. airs not: akin. Satisfaction guarant. teed

80 LON o. LILLIE. Oooporsville. Michigan





on that inches
NOV. 5, 1910.





THE. MICHIGAN FARMER.





 

 





The First Real Cost -Test Ever Ma e

Automobile





firm?!” per passenger mile—1%) cents





, 1

Horse and Buggy, passenger m1le—-2? cents





 





 





 





Horse and Buggy

EXPENSES CONTINUE





When not in use

Distance Traveled, 197 . miles





COST

Hay - . - - - 1.20

Oats - - - - - 4.50

Straw - - - - - .30

Shoeing - - - - .498

Grease — - - - - .0012

Depreciation - . 3.3349



59.8482 , 1.



Cost two passengers per mile .05 \

Cost one passenger per mile .025 ~





Daily average distance 32 9-10 miles





To operate the Horse and

Buggy the cost is based on hay

at 1c. a pound, oats averaging

25c. a 4-quart feeding, pur-

chased en route; straw at $1.50

cwt., 100 lbs. per mo.; shoeing,

$2.50 a month; grease, 12¢. a

pound;depreciation,horse,bug-

gy and harness, costing $375.00,

.017 a mile, average 33 miles a

day. Stabling not included.





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THE ECONOMY CAR





“Perfectly SimplP-Simply Perfect”

Maxwell Model (2-11, 4 cyl. 22 Ho P.-$900





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I

l Automobile





EXPENSES STOP

When not in, use





Model Q-ll Maxwell





Distance Traveled, 457 miles





 





 





COST



Gasoline - - - - - 5.60

Oil - - - - - - .60

Grease - - - - .13

Depreciation, (‘ar - - 3.66

Depreciation, Tires - - - 6.85



$16.84

Cost two passengers per mile .037

Cost one passenger per mile .018





Daily average distance, 76 310 miles





To operate the Automobile

the cost is based on gasoline

purchased at16, 18 and 200. per

gallon, and oil at 65c. a gallon,

purchased en route; grease at

12¢. a pound; car depreciation,

.008 per mile; tire depreciation,

.015 per mile. Garage not in-

eluded.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





l’ve Proved Just What You Want to Know





What Prompted 3'13“?“ 0f People buy buggies yearly,

ehcvmg them to be the most econom-

the Test





ical form of transportation. Thousands



of farmers, merchants and professional



men wrote me during the past year, saying ”they would gladly purchase



an automobile if they only knew it would serve their needs as economically

as their horse and buggy.”



I knew the Nlachll Nlodel Q-11 Runabout, in its present state of





perfection, could do three times as much work at half the cost and

one-fourth the trouble, and decided-to make a public test to prove it.





I invited the Contest Board





of the American Automobile Associ-





 





ation to conduct this test, in order

that it might be in disinterested control. The Board appointed judges

to attest its results. The two vehicles run each day over a predetermined

route about the streets of New York City and suburbs. Each ran con-

tinuously for six hours, regarded as a normal day’s work. Account was

kept of every item of expense entailed. The needs of each vehicle were





supplied at roadside stores at current market prices.





Each Day 2 Different Route





was laid out, in order to cover all

conditions of city and suburban

trafiie and all sorts of roads. One day they covered the densely congested

districts of the city; day they ran in infrequently traveled

suburban roads. Everything was done to make the test normal, actual,

eminently fair and conclusive, and the results confirm our claim

that Maxwell automobiles are cheaper to use than a horse

and buggy.





another





SALE OF MAXWELLS TO DATE ’





 





 





Sold to Sept. 30, 1910 . . . 37,389

Sold during Oct., 1910 . . . 1,767

Maxwells in use today . 39,156





 





 





WATCH THE FIGURES GROW





,FIG STREET





The Maxwell automobile means new

life on the farm, happier and healthier

conditions, better schooling for the

children, by enabling them to attend

town schools. Easy shopping for the wife. Quicker errands about the

farm and increased knowledge of business conditions in your section of the

country. It will, if properly employed, increase your earning power, save

your time, extend your field of action and keep the boys on the farm by

It is always ready, sanitary, and cannot





What It

Means to You





its money-making possibilities.

be overworked.





It Proved Beyond Dispute That the Nlaxwell Runabout is





that its

pleasures are within the reach of men of moderate means; that it can travel

three times as far, in the same time, as the horse and buggy, and, unlike





undoubtedly economical;





the latter, can repeat the performance if found necessary; that its cost is

about one-half; that it needs little or no care, as against constant care, and

that while not in use expenses stop, while with the horse and buggy ex-

penses never stop; that the lVIaxwell car is an cfiicient, economical, reliable,

utility automobile, as near perfection as modern workmanship can make it.





These BOOkS Free I want you to know more about this test. Let

‘ me send you all the evidence, also our latest





catalogue and Farmers’ Economy Booklet. I will gladly send you these

books free, and the sending places you under no obligation.

Just say, ”zlfm'l Boo/1’5.”





aw 1’1‘63. and (1672’! xl/gr.

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A postal

will do.





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TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK
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NOV. 5. I910.





READERS, ATTENTION!





 





 





The pricc of the Michigan Furmcr ad-

vances January 1. 1911. from 73 ccnis‘ a

ycar to $1.00 a your This advance is

made ncccssary by [he incrcase in the

film} of papcr and labor. and we find we





can ,no longcz- publish the quality and

quantity we have bccn doing since these

incrcascs, and comc out whole, so the





advance is :IbsolIItcly ncccssary in order





in kccp up ihc prose-n! high Standard of

tho mailer furnishcd the reader. llut \I'c

:Irc giving our I'Cfliltl'S and fr‘cnds who





wish to subscribe bcforc January 1. 1911,

MW opportunity of subscribing before the

advance iakcs place. at present prices.





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to that effect, a full line of supplies will

be sent thcm at once. Two copies of

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More will bc scnt in quantities dcsired.

on application. As a suggestion we ad-

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their territory a hasty going over. secure

what orders are possiblei from those who

do not order new get their promise for

the future. Let it be known that the





and





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





tion, and new subscriptions will ”start

date order is received and will be dated

from January 1, 1911, thus getting the

rest of this year free. See advertisement

on page 396. Read it.





CURRENT COMMENT.





The Census Bu-





Farm Land Values and reau's first pre-





Other Comparisons. liminary com-

parative state“

mcnt concerning the general farm data





derived from the recent ccnsus of agri-

culture, as part of the thirteenth decenlal

census, was issued by the Director of the

census November 1. This statement is

here summarized, notwithstanding the

fact that it relates to the state of Iowa,

for the reason that in itself and for pur-

poses of comparison with similar figures

relating to Michigan, when the same shall

become available. it holds a valuable les—

son for Michigan Farmer readers.

Comparisons between these preliminary

figures for the census of 1910 and the fig-

ures given in the census of 1900 for Iowa.

show many remarkable changes. Iowa is

the most typically agricultural state in

the union, this industry predominating in

that state to a greater extent than in any

other, for which reason it was probably

selected as the first relating to which ag-

ricultural statistics were given out by the

census bureau, and for which reason also

the facts given may be considered typical

of what should prevail throughout the

more prosperous agricultural sections of

the country. As a proof that it may be,

to a large extent. taken as typical of the

country, it may be well to state at the

outset_ that 'there has been a noticeable

decrease since 1900 in the total number of

farms and farm owners, amounting to a

with over five per cent, which is typical

of the general shrinkage in farm popula-

tion throughout the country. Vi'hilc this

may not be considered as surprising. yct

the figures givcn showing the comparative

increase in the value of farm lands, farm

buildings, cquipmcnt. etc, certainly are

surprising and will furnish profitable food

for thought for the great majority of

Michigan farmers. According to this

statement the total value of Iowa's farm

lands rosc in tho pcriod between 1900 and





1910 rom $1.2.»6, 752,000 to 92.799.025.000,

:.In incmose of $1,.»42,27.’l.000, or not less

than 122.7 per cent. These figures relate





to the value of the land alone and do not





take into consideration the value of the

farm buildings. The value of the latter

increascd, howcvcr. from $240,803.000 in

1900, to 251549169000 in 1910, or an increase

of 88.8 pcr cent. Thus the valuc of Iowa.

farms. including buildings, increased in





the sumo period from $1,497,555.000 to $3.-

253,719.000, a gain of 117.3 per cent. These

figures Show that the aggregate value of

Iowa farm lands havc more than doublcd

durnig the past ten ycars, and Town lands

were not cheap in comparison with Mich-

igan lands ten years ago. ““hen we con—





sider that these statistics include all

lands in lowa which are contained in

farms. the poor as well as the good, and





that the average value of these lands in

the aggregate closely approaches $100 per

acre, notwithstanding the fact that there

has been a dccrcase in the farm acreage

of that siaic in the last ten years of 669.—

000 acres, or 1.9 per Ccnt, this is a re—

markablc showing aI.d one which should

increase the faith of the average readcr

in the future of good agricultural lands.

it also shows that good agricultural lands

in Michigan are not pr'zed as highly by





lllt'll‘ owners as arc those of Iowa nor as

high in comparison as conditions would

secm to warrant. sincc top prices for

Michigan lands of high quality and well

locatcd, hardly exceed the average val-

uation placed on Iowa lands by their

owncrs.





The summary of the figures showing

comparisons between the facts brought

out by the census of 1900 and that of

1910, affords othcr intercsting comparisons,

The number of farms operated by owners

decreased approximately 9 per cent in the

ten-year period: ihosc opcraicd by part

owners decreased ncarly as much, or 9.5

per cent. while those reported as being

operated by partnership of owners and

tenants dccrcased 7.8 per cent as indicat-

cd by ihcse figures. There was a consid-

erable increase in the percentage of the

farms operated by tenants during the

ten-year period. an increase which

amounted to 2.9 per cent. Another rath-

er surprising fact. and one which speaks

well for the future of Iowa agriculture is

that the number of farms operated by

hired managers increased very materially

during this ten-year period,

amounting to 21.3 per cent. This would

indicate that the home—owning farmers of





the increase .





Iowa. who desire to retire from active

farming are favoring the plan of operat—

ing their farms themselves under the

superintendency of a. hired manager in-

stead of running them by means of ten-

ants to an increasing degree. In Iowa,

as in Michigan 3. very large percentage

of farmers operate their own farms, doing

all of the work without the aid of hired

labor. This number amounts to nearly

one-half of all the farmers in that state.

The majority of Iowa farmers purchase

no feed for live stock from outside

sources, and comparatively few usc fer—

tilizers other than those made upon the

farm.



In the study of these statistics the re-

markable adaptability of Iowa to agricul-

ture should, of course. be considered. The

land reported as contained in the farms

of the state constitutes a total of 94.7 per

cent of the area indicated by government

Surveys, while the improved lands in the

state amount to 29,467,000 acres out of a

total of 33,905,000 acres, giving a relatively

larger area of improved land than is con-

tained in any other state in the union.

Notwithstanding these facts, and the fact

that the Iowa farm land is naturally very

rich and fertile we very much doubt if

the value placed upon Michigan farms by

their owners will. everything considcred,

compare favorably with that placed on

Iowa farms by their owners as shown by

the above figures. The figures of the

census bureau relating to Michigan will

be awaited with interest, in view of the

comparisons which will be afforded along

this line.



In another col-

umn of this is—

sue appears a

protest from :I

Jackson county reader with regard to the

compulsory removal of brush from the

highways under authority granted by the

new highway law. “'hile this writer‘s

arguments may not appeal to tho pracii~

cal minds of many readers whose occu-

pation has neccssitated the subduing of

naturc‘s wild growth in a wholesale way

and whose whole training has been to-

ward convcntional ordcr and utility (It

the cxpcnse of their aesthetic tastcs, yet





The Practical in High-

way Improvement.





those arguments are worthy of carcful

consideration. Nor will such considcra-





lion show them to seriously conflict with

either the spirit or lcitcr of thc new

highway law. “'hile the law is, unfor-

tunately, a littlc ambiguOus so far as the

provisions relating to the cutting of brush

is concerned and might easily bc wrongly

interpreted by overzealous highway offi-

ccrs, we believe its Intent is good. par—

ticularly so far as the compulsory cutting

of noxious weeds is concerned.



As before noicd in these columns, the

law makes it mandatory upon the high-

way ofiiccrs to cut all brush in the high-

ways over which they have supervision

on or before the first day of July in each

year, but the section in which they arc

charged with this duty contains the pro-

viso that the section shall in no wise ap-

ply to young trees which have been set

out or preserved by abutting property

owners for shade or other purposes. It

rrust, of course, be presumed by the mak—





ers of a law, that the officers charged

with its execution will use a reasonable





dcgrec of good sense in applying it. and

if neither the officer nor the property

owner gets excited it would seem that

there should be no difficulty in their IIr-

riving at a reasonable understanding and

application of this theory. As a matter

of fact, this situation has workcd itself

out fairly well in actual practice as it has

been developed by public sentiment and

without thc aid of any lcgislaiion on tho

subject. Most of the main traveled roads

in the bctier agricultural sections of the

state have been freed from brush which,

in some cases. have been replaced with

shade trees which add to the scenic cffcct

without preventing the passing traveler

from seeing the fertile fields on either

sirlc or from getting a good general View

of the surrounding landscape. On the

other hand, many of the cross roads and

by-ways which are less used have been

allowed to wear nature's adornmcnt, for

which reason they have been found to be

more practical to travel and more cusiiy

kept open for traffic in the snowy winter

season as well as more satisfying to the

artistic and nature—loving tempcramcnts

of many who travel them. The brush-

lined road is all right in its place, and

should be left undisturbed in many places

to which it is peculiarly adapted, but it

is just as much out of place in other,

spots. from both the practical and aes—

thetic standpoint. However. the admin-

istration of this law and the discharge

of the duty imposed by it is something

in which the highway officers should ex-





_NOV. 5. 191.9:





ercise good judgment. The law wisf‘evi-

Gently. intended to protect the rights and

good intentions of property owners by the

proviso above quoted. which proviso also

leaves a wide latitude for application of

the officer's judgment in its enforcement.

Public sentiment and the wishes of prop-

erty owners will be a safe guide to follow

in all cases where no hardship is inflicted

upon any portion of the public by, exist-

ing conditions in this regard.



The same argument cannot. however,

be applied to the provision of the new

highway law relating to the destruction

of noxious weeds along the highways and

in the ficlds of adjacent farms, since an





economic, rather than an aesthetic ques-





tion is involved, and it is for the good of

the greatest number that the law be

strictly enforced to the letter. Interested

farmers should make it their business to

$00 that it is so enforced, since there are

no provisos incorporated in it and a pen-

alty for its non-enforcement attaches to

the ofiiccrs who fail in this regard as well

as to the property owners who are delin-

quent in their duty under it.





THE HIGHWAY PROBLEM.





0n reading, with much pleasure, an ar-

ticle on road improvement, in the Mich-

igan Farmer of Oct. 1, the perusal of

it has led me for the first time, in a.

long life, to write to an agricultural

paper.



If the writer of that article had ridden

ovcr the roads of southern Michigan daily

for over forty years, as I have, he would

havc “cut out" the “winter improve-

menis."



But it is on another phase of

improvement" that I “get right up'in the

buggy and clinch." Some time last year

you had in your paper a number of ex-

cellent views, of how some farmers had

made the roadsides beautiful by care of

the brush along their road fences, some-

thing I had been trying to (10 along the

farms which I vicariously manage.



()n the 30th of June, 1909, I, with many

others, received a notice to clear our

roadsidcs of noxious weeds and brush

within six days, under penalty. The road-

vay was cleared, we supposing such was

the law. I have been informed since that

ihcrc is no brush provision in the law

and if I had the power, that commis-

sioner of highways would be sojourning

in a. rcgion where the climate is several





“road





degrcss hotter than that of Michigan.

Now. is it not a fact that, for all road





purposcs. in the country, 30

ccnier is sufficient?

Is it not a fact that the grapevine, the





feet in the





hazcl, the aldcr, the sumach, the juniper,

ihe wildrosc. etc.. will smother any and





all noxious woods? It is a certain fact





that where the roads. in this vicinity,

Ivcre cleared of bush last year the nox-





an ex—commis-

it—“have increased a





ious wccds this year—as

Sioncr expressed

thousand fold."



“'ould it not bc. better and more en-

joyable. as we ride along our country

roads, both winter and summer, if eight

or thI feet on each side were grown up

with shrubbery? The grapevine which,

through its blossoms, by nature‘s al-

clIcmy, distills the sweetest pcrfumc given

to man/ The alder whose snow white

blossoms greet and please the eye all

through the hot month of July, the su-

Inach that furnishes the only color to the

cold. gray winter, and the hazel and juni-

per which furnish both food and shelter

to our feathered pets.



Again,‘wc have laws to protect song-

birds and quail,_ and yet. with our woods

almost: all used for pasture. where can

our birds nest and hide from their natural

enemies or our quail, (which we are try-

‘ing so hard to protect and preserve). find

food and shelter during the period of ice

and snow—if the shrubbery is removed

from our roadsidcs?



At a farmers’ club meeting. some years

ago, the question was asked: “As to the

best way to get rid of dandelions in our

lawns.” The matter was referred to the

Hon. L. D. Watkins, who replied: “There

is no best way. Let them alone. They

don't hurt the lawn any and to me' and

to many other people it is a pleasure to

soc them in blossom.” The above ex-

presses my sentiments, not only' as to

flowers but as to shrubbery as well. Will

all of your readers who delight in,the

beauty of our country roads in the sum-

mer and the protection the brush affords

to our birds as well as those who are

compelled to breast the fury of our

storms in winter join with me in calling

the attention of those of our road officials

as well as all the readers of the Michigan

Farmer to the fact “that there should be



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‘17w PICTURES FOR THE HOME.





By Katharine Atherton Grimes.





that has a stronger influence upon



a child than the pictures that are

placed on its walls. Too often these im-

portant educational adjuncts are chosen

only for their decorative effect, or, as not

infrequently happens in a haphazard

way, and for no particular reason except

that the frames are ornamental, or that a

certain space needs filling. Every picture

should have a higher mission than to re-

lieve a blank wall, otherwise it is far

better omitted altogether.



From this part of his surroundings, the

child must largely form his standard of

taste. If it be crude and without har-

mony, there can be no wonder if his

whole life shall lack the elements neces-

sary for the appreciation of high artistic

ideals. -



There are so many sources now-a-days

from which the best in art can be rea-

sonably secured, that a cheap, tawdry

picture is doubly inexcusable. The word

“cheap" is not used here to mean low in

price, but to indicate a low order of ar-

tistic merit. Copies of many of the

world's most famous paintings may be

had for a few cents each, yet are not by

any means to be classed as “cheap.”

There are also many other excellent, if

less well-known, specimens of art, that

are being offered in all stores that deal

in such things, or may be had through

the medium of various publications, There

is also an admirable vogue of high-grade

calendar heads, many of which are worth

preserving. One of these noted last year

was a reproduction of a celebrated paint-

ing by English, “The Shades of Night,”

and was handsome enough to adorn any

wall.



In most cases, unless for the room of a

small child, colored pictures are to be

avoided. Even then they should be sub-

dued in tone, with no stnrtling contrasts.

The soft golden glow of sunset pictures,

the well-blended, neutral tints of most of

the sea views, or the copies of famous

paintings that may be had in several

shades of the same color, are all safe to

use. But a ban should be placed upon

the gorgeous abominations that are too

often found “decorating" the walls of

otherwise tasteful homes. Such pictures

are “cheap," no matter how costly they

may have been.



Not less offensive are the showy frames

too often used. It is by no means un-

common to see a wide gilt moulding sur-

rounding what, with more tasteful fram-





T HERE is no part of the home life





 





 





“King Charles i."—Always Numbered Among Van Dyck’s Best Paintings.





ing, might have been a very good picture.

Aside from the fact that such a frame are soon





seldom





A famous subject,





harmonizes





spoiled. Much better

properly with any narrow outlines of natural or





by a. famous artist—one of the best combinations.





picture, they are hard to keep clean, and





are the

enameled





woods, or a plain white edge that is a

pleasing contrast to any color of picture

or mounting that is not too dull.



In framing,r a picture, the mat used for

mounting should always harmonize with

the chief tones of the picture itself. Very

pleasing is a Madonna, for instance. with

golden-brown lights, bordered by a wide.

mat the shade of its deepcst outer tints,

and framed in natural polished walnut.

Another beautiful effect is obtained by

mounting one of the silver-grey engrav-

ings so much liked at this time on a

background of darker grey. and framing

with a narrow border of mottled wood

showing the principal shades of the pic-

ture. 1y way of contrast, a view with

one of the fine old velvety black back-

grounds is handsome in a sage-green

mounting, with a narrow frame of black

cnamel, showing sparing touches of gold.



The best picturcs for much-used rooms

are the copies of famous paintings before

rcl‘crrcd to. These have a value aside

from their pronounced artistic merit, as

thcy familiarize the younger members of

the faintly with what is highest in the

world of art. The “mil—known Millet pic-

tures, “"he Man with the 110e,” which

inspircd Markham's famous poem, “The

Angelus,“ “'l‘he Cleaners.” and others of

his scl'ies of peasant paintings, are among

the finest of their kind. Along with these

may be mentioned “The Haymakers,” of

Paul impre; “Paying the Harvesters,” by

L'hermittc; and those wonderfully deli-

cate and pcrfcct works of Jules Breton,

“The (“lose 01' the Day,” and “The. End

of Labor." All these are peculiarly suit-

ed for a farm home, speaking as they do

of the beauty and dignity of the common—

est forms of labor.



From a histm'ical standpoint, and as

studics of a widely differcnt phase of both

life and art, the Rembrandt and Van

Dyck pictures are cxccllent. Most of these

are rather somhcr in tone. however. and

it. is well not to use them to excess 0n

living-room walls. There is one Rembrandt

that always has a peculiar fascination for

even young children. This is “The Old

Mill.” a striking View of a weatherbeaten,

wide-sailed mill, high on a grassy eleva—

tion, and having a background of storin—

tossed clouds. No collection of Rem-

brandt copies is complete without this.



Natural views are always good. A

glimpse of tumbling water, the quiet

peace of a sunset sea. the grandcm' of

rugged peaks, are bits of outside loveli-

ness held fast to cheer dull, shut-in days.





 





Vesuvius in Eruption—A Picture that Combines Merit with Historical Value.





“The Old Mill"—A Favorite and Peculiariy Fascinating Rembrandt Production.
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One busy housekeeper always put a large

View of a. waterfall where she could al—

ways see it from her kitchen table. She

said it rested her just to look up at it

and imagine she could hear the splash of

the water. As nature is always dignified,

so these pictured glimpses of her face

are never out of harmony with the tigh-

est ideals of artistic beauty,



Every household should have one or

more of the beautiful Madonna pictures.

The one by Bodenhausen is always a

favorite, and is readily obtainable. There

is a tragic touch in the three shadowy

Crosses. shown in the lower right-hand

corner that lends a deeper meaning to the

lovely, sad faces of the Mother and large-

cycd Babe. They seem. with a myste-

rious premonition to see the gloom of

that dark shadow stretching across the

path their feet must tread, and yet to be

content so long as the Divine Glory is

about their brows. Even more tender,

and far more naturally beautiful than

this, is the “Persian Madonna” of Dag-





 





THE MiCHiGAN FARMER.





nan-Bouveret. There is no tragedy in

this, only a vista of vine-laden columns,

aglow with late sunshine, and a simply-

robed, sweet-faced young mother bushing

a child “wrapped in swaddling—clothes,”

whose round baby face is hidden in her

neck. Of all the Madonnas, this one has

in it the most of the tender glory of that

lloly Motherhood, before the' Agony be-

gan to fall.



The child with such ideals set before

him is never in danger of developing a.

taste for the low and vulgar. It is just

as easy. and just as cheap, to fill our

walls with such representations of the

best in art, as it is to give space to the

haunting “posters" and gaudy chromos

that have no value from any standpoint.

A truly refined parent would just as soon

give her child a trashy book to read as

to place before it a picture of the latter





stamp. In fact, much less harm would be

done, as the book is soon read and laid

aside, while the picture exerts a present





influence spreading over many years.





 





THE BLUE BIRD’S CIEIJSE~By Charles A. Hartley.





“Goat” Martin sat up, rubbed his head

and looked about to see what had hap-

pened. As his senses cleared and he saw

his light run-about flycr lying a few

yards from him it all came back in a

jiffy. He had been off on a little flight to

the southward that day and something

had happened to throw him to the earth.

That was all. He would tinker up the

Blue Bird and be off again in an hour or

That was all.





so. Just a little jolt.

“Goat" Martin was one of a trio of

boys arriving at the Martin homestead





the same day. It so happened that the

rather surprised mother was unable to

furnish sustenance to the squad of new

arrivals in the way nature provides, and

as a consequence the boys were early in-

troduced to the bottle.



Mrs. Martin had always heard and read

that a baby should have a cow for itself

in the event that resort had to be had to

the herd to sustain the life of the little

one until it could masticate solid food.

Hence the simultaneous arrival of the

three little Martins was productive of a

dilemma. There Were but two fresh cows

and a nanny goat with a. kid of her own

on the premises, .



The result was a. foregone concluston.

There was nothing left for one of the

boys but to share with the kiddie.



James Franklin Martin was tagged with

a pink ribbon around his left arm with a.

corresponding pink string around the neck

of his bottle, filled with sustaining fluid

from the big Devonshire cow. Henry Fal-

staff Martin was likewise decorated with

a. blue ribbon and was dependent for life

on the sleek meek-eyed Jersey which

cropped the rich grasses from among the





daisies down in the back pasture. The

goat was all that was left for Andrew





Larrimer Martin, but he did not seem to

mind it. He grew and cooed and kicked

along as lively as his more highly-fav-

ored brothers.



There is a great deal of talk in the

world about the influence of heredity or

tnvironment on the formation of charac-

ter, the creation of likes and dislikes, and

So on. and some go so far as to say that

it is what one eats which makes the man.

In regard to the little Martins. it ap—

peared later in life that even diink has

something to do with it.



James Franklin grew up into a ponder-

ous, plodding sort of fellow who couldn’t

get over a three-rail fence without more

or less trouble, and his mind responded

as slowly as his feet. Henry Falstaff was

not quite so poky. but would sometimes

kick when things did not go just to suit

him. Andrew Larrimer showed the most

marked characteristics of the animal as-

sisting him into toddledom. He did not

care for anything in particular and was

always butting into rather embarrassing

situations and then butting out again. In

due time his playmates got to calling,r him

kiddie, and when he graduated into short

pants he was given the more expressive

nickname of “Goat” Martin, which stuck

with the persistency of a good adhesive

plaster. Not that he cared two straws,

for the first new knife he received was

initiated into a. strenuous service by cut-

ting his initials on the barn door—and

they read. "G. M.”



James Franklin Martin took to the law

in a. heavy sort of way and later drifted

into politics, and Henry Falstaff Martin

fell into the gentle occupation of the pul—

pit of a fashionable church. That is the

end of those two brothers, so far as this

story goes, except that Senator Martin is

once dragged out to identify "Goat" un~

der rather peculiar circumstances.





 





 





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From this point “Goat” is to be the

active, red-blood character in the lime-

light. He did not take to any calling in

particular, still he was usually around

whether or not he was wanted. He was

on the move most of the time and was

not content without frequently touching

the high places of the earth. One year

he could be found on the high peaks in

Europe throwing finger pebbles at the

peasants in the valleys below; the next

year as likely as not he would land on

some mountain top in South America and

disrupt valley revolutions by tossing fire

extinguishers among the leaders. Next

he would be on the high ridges of the

Rockies heliographing nonsense to the

press. The over-towering ambition of

“Goat" seemed to be to clamber about

on the ridge-pole of the world and to

knock the chimneys from the roof of the

great universe.



His parents realized, when it was for-

ever too late, that it is a great mistake

to feed a baby goat‘s milk. In the se—

curity of their own homes they often sat

with folded hands and absorbed expres-

sions and thought of the awful mistake

they had made. It would have been far

better to have bought another mild-man-

nered fresh cow and thereby saved their

son from his awful craving for the alti-

tudes.



“'hile yet in his young boyhood he had

to he. often hailed down from the top of a.

tree to hear a series of expostulations.



“\I'hy, you’ll tear your pants into

shreds." warned his mother.



“Ba! what does a boy care for pants

when there is a tree to climb?” was the

reply she received. “If I can not climb

why do I want to do 30“" he asked.



The father tried the effect of a wood-

shcd conference. “Goat" took the dose

administered to him without a bleat_ and

perhaps the next hour would be found

astride of the roof of the barn kicking his

heels into the shingles.



Thus “Goat" was ripe for adventures

when flying machines came on the scene.





lie was among the first to get into the

blue ether and stay there most of the

time. His folks seldom knew where he

was. as he always .soared alone, and





never told anyone where he was going.



(in the occasion just before the adven-

ture about to be recorded he had been

out longer than usual and had become

very drowsy. Finally he fell into a deep

slumber. He kept his hand on the tiller,

however, as the Blue Bird chugged along

miles from any human habitation. The

Blue Bird must have felt it in its mechan—

ism that it was time for its fall migration

and set off southward by the light of the

aurora borealis. At any rate when

“Goat" had rubbed the light of intelli-

gcnce back into his head he was in a

strange land.



“'hen he stood up and looked about he

was rather favorably impressed with the





scenery. The air was as pleasant and

lazy as spring. One strange thing he

no '. however, was that the air cur-





rents seemed to suck straight upward,

instead of blowing off sideways or criss-

cross. The leaves on the trees pointed

directly upward and wiggled at the sky,

like a finger that is about to tickle a.

baby in the ribs.



A man placed in an entirely new situ-

ation is bound to see some particular

thing first. It is as impossible for one to

take in the whole situation at a glance

as it is for two men to see the same de-

tails-of a dog fight. It must down. as

some writers .put’ it. A more apt illus-

tration perhaps, would be to compare it





to joggling the focus on a camera. pointed

at a landscape.



About the second thing “Goat's”

focussed on was a big, fat, black bear

lying curled up in a blackberry patch. He

said “boo” at it, snapped his fingers and

told it to go away. It looked at him a

moment and then grinned foolishly. Then

it got up lazily, knocked a fly from its

ear with its right forepaw and walked

over and sniffed at a spot of oil on

“Goat’s" knee.



“Goat” then told the bear that if it‘ did

not want to go away it could stay for all

he cared. At that the bear stuck the end

of its cold nose into the palm of “Goat’s”

hand, then yawned and sat down on its

haunches, as much as to say: “Well,

what sort of a new creature are you,

anyway?"



“Goat" thought he had stumbled on'the

discard from a menagerie, and had taken

a step or

Bird when he espied a big land tortoise

sitting on a boulder fanning itself with a

piece of old straw hat. He went over,

followed languidly by the bear. Taking

up the tortoise he was surprised to find





eyes





the words, “VVellman, 1900.” carved on

the hard shell, with other dim words

which seemed to be, “Looking for the





Pole, but. could not find it.” He was not

sure of the latter, however, and did not

write it down in his diary.



At that instant it occurred to him to

look about a bit before repairing his ma-

chine and flying away, as he thought he

could do very easily. He was in no par-

ticular hurry and did not expect them to

keep dinner waiting at home,



As he straightened up from placing the

tortoise back where he had found it, he

observed a tall pole standing on what

appeared to be the highest point of

ground in sight.



f‘Some one must be running for presi-

dent about here,“ he soliloquized. “I see

the party of the first part has its flagpole

up in a. nice high place. “'ill look up the

aforesaid candidate later and see what

there is in it—fOr me.”



At that he started off on a. little ex-

ploring expedition, the bear tagging at his

heels. “Go back,” said he to the bear,

“your lolling red tongue reminds me of

something unpleasant.”



The bear just grinned.



“Well, if you don't want to go back,

stay where you are or come along—may-

be I‘ll get hungry before you do."



He had not gone two rods further when

a wild goose waddled out of the tall grass

and hissed at him.



“Goosle, goosie, gander, what riles your

dander?" laughed the adventurer. “Per-

haps you wish to add yourself to the pro-

cession with Mr. Bear and mysdf'.’"



The goosa fell in in a soldierly but

rather waddly way.



The next moment they were joined by a.

sleek pack dog wearing a collar bearing

the lone werd "Peary." The dog bristied

at first, but on getting a whiff of the man

at the head, wagged his tail and trotted

into position by the right flank.



They traveled down a gentle grade all

the time and were in no hurry. The

leader stopped frequently to pick wild

grapes as large as crab apples and was

tempted to fill his pockets with huekleber-

rice as large and juicy as wild goose

plums. As he strolled along he added to

the parade a wild duck, a silver fox and

a new sort of swine with an extra eye in

the top of its head. This animal at the

tail of the procession interestel “Goat”

to such an extent that he scratched its

Lack with a chestnut burr until it dropped

ever on its side and grunted with deep

satisfaction.



“Wonder why in the dickens piggie has

that extra eye?” he asked in a general

way. After scratching his head a mo-

ment in perplexity, he slapped his knee

and laughed. “That’s as easy as a sum

in mental arithmetic—~so that it can keep

an eye up for acorns without getting a

crick in its neck. Come on, piggie, you’re





all right."

They went on about a mile when

“loaf” met the surprise of his life. He





couldn’t go any further. Every time he

approached a. certain point the wind,

which was as cold and sharp as a knife,

blew him back and sat him down with a

thump. Then he tried backing into the

teeth of .the gale with the result that he

was pitched on his face in the luxuriant

green grass.



The pack at his heels stood back and

looked on with varying degrees of amusev

ment. It was very evident that they had

tried that selfsame thing themselves and

did not care to waste their energies in

bucking the dead-line.



Finally “Goat" sat down a few yards

back from where the cold blasts whizzed

by and devoted himself to a half hour’s





two toward his wounded Blue-





 





NOV. 5, 1910.1.





study of the situation". When he looked"

straight ahead there was nothing but ice

and snow and bleakest desolation. A

glance backward showed him green trees,

grass, fruit, quiet and contentment.



"The appearances indicate that I have

butted into a new problem," said he of

butting propensities.



He then got a pole and thrust it over

the line into forbidden territory. It was

promptly whisked out of his hands by

the howling wind and thrown back over

his head, landing at the feet of the bear.



Again he took a seat on the soft turf

and gave the situation a closer scrutiny.

“By George,” said he, “that stumps me."



In a. little while he eased back on his

hands which he clasped behind his head,

and looked at the sky. The winds seemed

to be carrying all sorts of debris over his

head, like the edd'ying leaves in the late

fall driven over a housetop. He could not

make out why they did not land until

he took a second look at the uplifting

draft in the tops of the trees about him.

He could then see plainly that the winds

were blowing upward from all sides. It

very much resembled an inverted whirl-

pool.



“Oh, ho,” said be, “if I can not get out

this way I will try another direction."

whereupon he went back to the flagpole

on the knoll, his strange escort trailing

along at his heels. Seated with his back

against the pole he cracked a few hickory

nuts between two glacial boulders near

at hand and soon succeeded in satisfying

his hunger. He did not care for meat

just then, so he looked at the duck. the

geese and the bear indifferently, and be-

sides he did not wish to waste a match

in starting a fire. He never ate raw

flesh, except on rare occasions.



He next started off in the direction 0p-

poslte to the one first taken. That was

also down hill. At about the same dis-

tance he collided with a gale similar to

the one first encountered. It blew inward

and upward with a velocity he could not

face. At each approach he was tumbled

back with violence. Becoming slightly

alarmed he started running along the rim

of the wind-guarded circle. At each at-

tempt to break out he met a resistance as

firm as a stone wall. Becoming still more

alarmed he quickened his pace and soon

left all his strange company behind,

cept the bear and the dog, which “loped”

at his heels. In an hour he had complet-

ed the circuit, flnding no place where he

could so much as thrust his arm out be-

yond a certain point without suffering it

almost torn from its socket by the Wind

no human being could withstand. Every-

where he looked outward and above there

was flying snow, whirling and twisting,

shooting up in spirals and darting away

at: tangents. '



Again he made his way back dejectedly

to the foot of the pole. He could not just

understand what had happened or where

he had landed. W'here he then stood all

was peace and quiet. The grass was soft

to the foot and the trees were bending

with wild fruit, while animals and birds

walked about in apparent contentment—

nothing large, he observed, but life which

must have reached there by feet and

wings. Yet a mile away in any direction

a polar storm howled—a storm, apps»

'rently, in which no’live thing could long

exist.



“I am certainly a second edition of

Crusoe,” he mused, “without a Friday, the

twenty-third, or any other number to

hear me witness. I do not believe there

is a. human being within this charmed

circle except myself, and as for myself.

I do not know how I reached here or how

I am to get away, if I ever do so.”



For the next few days he did not at-

tempt to escape, but put in the time con-

sidering what 'he was to do. The second

day as he sat in the. warm, bright sun

and whittled, a large white bird tumbled

through the air and dropped at his feet.

At first it seemed to be dead, but soon

revived and sat blinking at the sun.



The situation was becoming more clear

every hour, and the more “Goat” medi-

tated upon it the more distinctly he saw

that he was in a pretty pickle. The ad-

vent of the white bird added clarifying

qualities. He saw that once‘in a great

While a. live thing might get into the cir-

cumseribed space, but there was no evi-

dence that it could get out again.



“It looks very much like I have discov-

ered the South Pole sure enough,” he

said, half to himself and half to the dog'.

which sat on its haunches a few yards

away and looked at him with half-closed

eyes, "but for the life of me I do not see

how I am going to get out and tell about

it. A discovery of this class is not. worth

two pins if it can not‘ be made known to

the world.” '



By that time he had figured out the





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whole thing to his satisfaction. Right at

the bottOm of the earth is a spot of warm

and salubrious climate two miles in diam-

eter at the base and about as high as the

pole in the center which he had at first

mistaken for a flagpole. The spot of

comfortable atmosphere could be likened

in shape to a large, shallow inverted

bowl. All the air outside of the bowl was

freezing, biting cold, while that inside

was warm and pleasant, supporting veg-

etation and such animal life as might be

blown in from time to time by the er-





“The Persian Madonna"—One of the most tender lnter- all

pretations of this Beautiful Subject.





(See “Pictures for the Home”).





He. accounted for the

presence of the “VVellman” tortoise on

the theory that it had been creeping

northward and was blown over the magic

line into the Symmes Hole. The “Peary”

dog, he thought might have been snatched

out of a pack train by a tornado or a.

western twister gone wrong and dropped





ratic currents.





.through the skylight of the dome of the





world by a freakish caper of the wind.

The birds and other animals got there in

the same way, he thought. As to how he

reached them himself he had no more

reasonable theory than that he had gone

to sleep at the tiller and, by a drowsy

twist of the wrist, had plunged the Blue

Bird through the resisting currents be-

fore the wind god had time to see what

was about to happen and fling him out

into space, and thereby prevent thim

from nailing the stars and stripes to the

hitching post of the big round world at

the south.



The'climatic conditions were explained

on the hypothesis of a partial vacuum.

It is warmer on the opposite side of a.

building from Where a winter storm is

raging than it is on the side next to the





storm. “Therefore,” reasoned the man

of the moment, “if the wind rushes up

from all sides with equal velocity and





meets overhead, and tangles up and goes

whirling off up into space it is bound to

leave a nice warm vacuum under that in—

verted vortex. That is all clear enough,

of course, but as the days, weeks, months

and years roll on what is to happen to

yours truly, G. M.? That is the problem

for the blackboard class."



“Goat" had no expectation that he

could not rehabilitate the Blue Bird and

fly out. He had no doubt that he could

get up to the dome of the glass—like bowl,

which be occupied like a trapped fly

along with an assortment of stray crea-

tures of circumstances, but he was a lit-

tle afraid of what would happen in the

general mix-up above that point.



'Once he thought he might crawl over

the deadline on his stomach if he could

get a good grip on a root just outside,

and then foot it to renown and congenial

companionship. He gave that up, how-

ever, on going down and taking a

thoughtful look at the big snow-banks.

He concluded that his clothing was not

heavy enough to justify the risk.



He went back to the pole and looked



(Continued on page 382).





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THE MICHIGAN 'FARMER.





LITTLE ESSAYS OF FACT AND FANCY.





 





BY CARL B. LOWDEN.





In the Footsteps of the Fathers.

The doctrine or method of government

in Chinaa several years ago was some-

thing like this: “We do as our forefath-

ers have done. What was good enough

for them we consider good enough for us.

So when we are in doubt what course to

follow, we take down the old records and



do as our sacred fathers have done.”

Now that was the policy that kept

China in the dark for

so many years. China

had all the elements of





a great nation, but she

was not great. She

was, in fact, decadent.





But there came a time



when China woke up.

This great nation be-



came restless. Many of





the young Chinese had

come to America to be

educated and had re~





turned to their nativity

with new ideas and new

ways. This germ. of

newness penetrated the

royal family, A change

took place. The shack-

les were thrown away,

and today China is a

power of the first rank.



Doing as our forefath-

ers have done is a good,

conservative policy, and

is all right just so long

as the conditions of liv-

ing remain the same.

At one time in our his-

tory old women were

sentenced to death on

the charge of witchery.

If America did as the

forefathers did. old wo-

men would not yet be

safe from this persecu-

tion.



The time was when

persons were hung for

professing certain re-

ligions, and newspapers

were destroyed for

speaking too freely. But

that is past now.

America is the most

progressive nation on

earth, and America changes her customs

as conditions change.



I feel sorry for the young man who

does as his father did, simply 'because

his father did it. Young man, think for

yourself. It is all right to respect older

persons, but don't be a slave to anybody.

If you think you should do so and so, do

it. Don’t refuse advice and counsel, how-

ever, at any time. But you have a brain

and it was made to use. If you don’t use

it, it will atrophy and so do no one any

good.





THE THRIFT OF THE SQUIRREL.





 





 





BY W. R. GILBERT.





One of the poetic and pleasing incidents

of the fall in the woods is the eager in—

dustry of the squirrels in gathering and

carrying to their habitations quantities of





and a jay are taking similar precautions

against a coming season of scarcity.



The poets and naturalists of long ago

took this to heart more or less incor-

rectly; but so far as I can recall the phil—

osopher has not considered it, nor offered

any explanation of what is in reality a

remarkable phenomenon.





We speak lightly of an animal “fore--

seeing” the winter and even of having

prophetic knowledge of what its character

is to be. Proverbial weather lore is

founded on this popular faith, as witness

such sayings as that the muskrats build

their houses 20 inches higher and much

thicker before early and long winters than

in view of short and mild ones; and that

chipmunks store a larger supply of nuts

than ordinary in anticipation of a. hard

winter. Perhaps nothing in folk lore is

more fixed and wide spread than this

class of beliefs, despite the discourage-

ment of many adverse statistics.





Yet what evidence have we that any

one of the small mammals or birds that

interest us at the moment have any con—

scious anticipatory thought of winter

ahead, or a conception of winter at all?

The associative memory of older and

superior animals may bring back from time

to time a recollection of the past ones,

but we can hardly suppose that these

mice and squirrels——many too young to

have seen snow and ice—have any reali-

zation of the fact of the succession of

seasons, or reason out with conscious in-

telligence that the scenes of a twelve-

month ago will surely be repeated, that

again, by and by, the green leaves will

change to brown, the flowers and fruit

will wither and fall and the soft odorous

earth and rippling water will turn to

stone and the world become a place of

starvation for squirrels unless they bcstir

themselves.



Anyone who stops to consider the little

beasts, and measures how much knowl—

cdge, experience, and brain work are im~

plicd in their alleged “forcsccing,” must.

conclude that it is very unlikely that

squirrels have any perception of the facts

at all, much less a superhuman capability

of knowing what is to 'be the next sca-

son’s particular character, and of provid—

ing against it. If this is so, it follows

that the apparently careful and certainly

effective provision of shelter and food,

which so many of them make previous to

the descent of winter, is an automatic

performance—the result of an instinctive

impulse wholly independent of foreknowl-

edge or any anxiety of impending scarc-

ity. The fact that in some of its higher

manifestations a good deal of intelligence

seems to he exercised—the curing and

garnering of its “hay”—is not at all in-

compatible with this view of the case.

That this view is right seems plain, and

an alteration of circumstances would no

doubt prove it, for should sudden change

of climate by obliterating winter remove

all need of their exertion, the rodents

would doubtless continue, for hundreds

of years to come, to heap up stores in the

season of abundance, just as that old-

fogey woodpecker of Southern California

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nuts, acorns, grains. ,and other dainties.

We say they are “storing food” for the

winter, and we know that the mice be-

neath the grass, the beaver in his forest-

girt stream, the weasel within the stone

wall, and now and then a. woodpecker





day will never need nor care to make. use

of a single one of its treasures. Here an

instinct has overshot its mark and a her-

itage once essential has become an afflic-

tion to each new generation.



In northern countries, however, the ma-





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THE SMELL OF THE LEAVES.





BY MILDRED M. NORTH.





You may sing of the rarest perfumes,



Of roses rich and rare,



Of the fragrance sweet

heat.



or the lilies tall and fair;





in the noonday





Or the smell of the new-cut meadows,

When summer breezes blow,

Or the faint sweet scent of the fruit-trees

bent

With their weight of rosy snow;





Or the odor of grapes fresh-garnered,

Or apples red as blood,

Or the scent at mom of the growing





corn——

God made them “very good.”





0 I love them all—but, better

I love the smell of the leaves,

When the trees' bright crown comes flut-

tering down

And a gorgeous carpet weaves.





O the glowing colors the Autumn dyes

Every vine and bush and tree!

And the spicy breath of the leaves be-

neath

Is the wine of the year to me.





O the sky is as blue as Summer,

And the air is sweet and clear,



How I love the days of the purple haze

In the Fall-time of the year!





 





jority of mice, squirrels, gophers, and the

like are still face to face annually with

famine, and must starve to death or

create a hoard of food against that con~

tingcncy. Chipmunks and pocket mice

are irresponsible folk and could hardly

be trusted to look out for themsclves in

so momentous a matter. How, then, has

nature impressed upon their giddy minds

the necessity for the “foresight” we ride

mire, and kept them faithful in execution

of the idea? It appears to me that the

beneficial habit of doing what they must

do, if they are to survive in our cold

winter climate, has been inculcatcd in

some such way as this:



It is the natural custom of most small

animals not mere grazers or flycatchcrs

to take as much of their food as they well

can to some favorite eating place. This

trait is noticeable in a wide range of

creatures—ants, bees, crocodiles, crabs,

crows, monkeys, fox, and a large num-

ber of rodents. One finds all along

streams frequented by muskrats, heaps of

mussel shells, and other refuse, indicat-

ing where, day after day, the musquash

has brought his catch and dined. Little

hillocks and stumps are favorite refec-

tories, perhaps because they afford an

easy outlook. .



This practice may be followed from

various motives, such 'as the wish to be

alone, so as not to suffer robbery between

bites, or to be in a. suitable place to lie

down and sleep at the end of the meal.

In the case of flesh eaters, there is added

to this, at any rate in the season when

their offspring are young, the impulse to

carry some of the plunder to the family.





Now one of the strongest feelings ant-—

mating animal conduct is the desire to

do things by rule, to go accustomed

rounds and repeat acts and operations in

precisely the same way, the intelligent

recognition of which is the secret of the

good hunter's success.



* * * * Use and habit are powers





Far stronger than passion in this world





of ours

even among the wild rangers of the

woods and fields. Hence the habit of





seeking the same place for an often re-

curring necessity or function is quickly

confirmed. This tendency is well marked





in animals more or less nomadic, and

whose residence in a locality is tempo—

rary, and is much stronger and more





noticeable in the case of an animal having

a permanent abiding place, as a resident

bird like the fish hawk, or the eagle,

whose nests are occupied year after year

as well as more or less continuously be-

tween breeding seasons.



But still more conspicuous examples of

the powers of habit in regulating the rou-

tine of daily life are to be found among

those smaller animals, mainly rodents,

which have acquired the habit of making

and living in permanent burrows, or in

such houses as that of the beaver. These,

almost without exception, are feebly en-

dowed with powers either of defence or

of escape outside their habitations. and

when gathering their food they are in

constant terror of enemies. They must

be as quick about the task as possible,

and cannot stop to eat much out there,

but must merely gather what they can

carry and hasten to the safety of their

doorways at least, so as to be able to

dodge back into harbor at the first alarm.

This is the reason why surviving species

of such animals have mostly acquired

capacious “cheek pouches” in which they
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During the larger part of the year the

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nutriment they can find; and some seem

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the sacrilegious Juckdaw of Rheims.



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may rebound quite unintentionally 0r

unexpectedly. on his part, to the benefit

of the busybody. and in that case would

be likely to increase in secretiveness.

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pean rooks heap up in their old nests

piles of acorns, bones and potatoes, which

they find on the ground in the fall and do

not care to devour at the moment. Should

the winter weather set in with unusual

severity and those birds find themselves

unable to obtain their natural insect food

from the frozcn ground, their hunger

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lcft lying in the old nest. which centinues

to he a sort of headquarters for each

family group. If the hard weather long

continues the savings will be mostly con-

sumed.



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tion of food constitute the forcmost char-

acteristic of ihcsc littlc animals we may

believe that this activity would be in—





dcpcnd advanccd, and the acquisitive im-

pulse urging [born to incessant industry.

so necessary duringr the poorer parts of

the year. would then he overexerted and

ovcr'workcd, and each animal in its haste





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room, which. in the case of the burrow—

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morc 01' less incapacitate-s most small ani-

wintcr‘, would lead to thc

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be thc one having in possession the larg-

est amount. Having the most food he

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He would also prdbably be one





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(About a real little girl).





 





BY MILDRED. M. Non'rrr.

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’Neath the apple tree_ low bending.

Where the grass is fresh and cool.





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It’s all ready. come and cat.”



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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

OUR BOSSY COW.





 





By Dora H.





Stockman.





 





 





We have the nicest bossy cow,

We feed her corn and clover;



She chews, and chews, and swallows it.

And then she chews it over.





She has the softest silky coat——

Some spots are black as night,



The rest of her is clean and nice

And looks all milky white.





I go down to the pasture-lot

And help to drive her up;





HENS THAT I HAVE KNOWN.





 





BY SARA L. ROSS.





The hen is variously looked upon. By

some as something to tickle the palate;

by others for the price her products-eggs

and broilers—will bring at the market;

by others, again, for the perfection of

color, shape and weight she can be

brought to for show purposes. Still an-

other view is taken by a Florida orange

grower. He made the statement that 100

hens in his grove paid for themselves in

fertilizer and by scratching, if they never

laid an egg. (And, by the way, during

the six years we lived in Florida, eggs

never brought less than 25c per doz. and

sometimes 40c). Michigan people and

others who do not have to use fertilizer

can scarcely appreciate such a statement.

This man bought all of his grain, too,

paying at that time about $1.80 per cwt.

for corn and $2.50 per cwt. for wheat.





To me the hen is an object of interest

as a study in individuality. And her com-

panion, the rooster, is likewise inter-

esting.



There are types of hens, as there are

types of women, and their actions are

quite similar. Perhaps because of that

we hear the expression “that old hen”

applied to some women. It may be very

disrespectful, but—



‘They say women can not keep a secret.

It may be true of some, and is not the

it‘ll inclined that way? Have you never

seen a hen go yards and yards out of her

Way, sneaking around corners and

through long grass in her effort to mislead

you as to the location of her nest and

then, when the egg was laid, cackle so

long and lustily that it was an easy mat-

ter for you to find it? Yet if you accused

her of telling where her nest was, she

would stoutly deny it.



Sometimes we see such determined

hens. I have in mind one that was deter-

mined to sit. All the usual methods for

breaking up hens were employed, but to

no avail, so the owner sold her to a

party who was looking for just that sort

of a hen, and her journey to her new

home, nor the change of climate (it was

a mile away), had not the power to

weaken her determination.



Some hens. like some women, do not

wish to decide hastily. One little hen,

with whom I am acquainted, decided it

was time to begin to lay again, after her

vacation, so she looked about her for a

suitable place. She was not satisfied

with the hcnhouse—not exclusive enough.

So she inspected the woodshed and dis-

covered a box upon a shelf that she der

cided to investigate. After a careful ex—

amination of the contents—nails, saws

and other small hardware—she was not

wholly satisfied, so sought elsewhere for

better accommodations. She failed to

find them_ evidently, for after returning

time and time again to the box, as many

times renewing her search elsewhere, she

returned at last to remain, satisfied it

was the best she could do.



Another hen I know always wanted the

nest that was occupied. It did not mat-

ter if six others were empty, she wanted





Then my pa takes hold her handles

And squirts milk in my cup.





She has the nicest milk—bag



If you squeeze out every mite

She fills it up by morning,



And it’s full again at night.





She gives just pails and pails of milk—

Enough to fill a. can—



And I drink lots and lots of it

To grow a great Big Man.





that particular one, and if she could not

make it so unpleasant that the occupant

would vacate, she would crawl in, even

if she had to get under the other hen to

do it. Have you never seen a woman

who always wanted what some other wo-

man had?



Some hens show very little sense. One

hen of whom I have heard (I am not per-

sonally acquainted with her) sits on the

edge of the hay mow and very obligingly

drops an egg into the hog run several

feet below. I suppose it is a scrambled

eggs when the hogs get it!



A fine large Plymouth Rock rodster,

Mr. Wandy by name, with whom I was

well acquainted a few years ago, was

very conceited. He was very good look-

ing, ’tis true, and he had a good voice,

but instead of being modest about it he

strutted around as though he were the

owner of the place and everything on it.

The occupants of the house, in the proc-

ess of moving, set the large mirror be-

longing to the dresser on the porch

against the house. Mr. Wandy, while

making his rounds, made a tour of the

porch and when he came to the mirror

he was startled to see another rooster as

good looking as himself. “What intruder

is this, I should like to know?” be de-

manded; but not waiting for a reply he

sailed into that other bird. Just what

always came between him and that other

fellow he could not understand, but he

did not give up until the owner, fearing

for the safety of the mirror, removed it.

He continued to hang around and crow,

ready for a renewal of the conflict.



Another rooster I once knew was a

great cackler. Whenever he heard a hen

cackle he took up the song and kept it

up until he had convinced everyone that

he had laid that egg. He was a very

kind-hearted fowl, though, and often





tried to, help the hens find good nests.

I have seen him crawl into a box or un-

der a bush, scratch around and say in

such a coaxing tone. “Ah come on Mar-

garet, here’s a dandy place." Like most

women, she wanted to be coaxed harder

and would turn away. so, manlike, he

thought she was not satisfied with the

place and would try to find another and

another.



How often we see women, who have no

children of their own, so full of the

mother spirit that they must mother

something. Last winter a brood of young

chickens were deserted by their mother

and. because of exposure, the brood

dwindled to three. A tiny Leghorn hen

saw her opportunity for doing good and

adopted them. She clucked to them and

hovered them, as though they were her

own. After a time another hen, part

Leghorn, a few sizes larger, adopted both

the chickens and the little hen. They all

went around together through the day,

both hens clucking to the chickens, but

at night the larger hen hovered the chick-

ens and the little hen also.



One intimate acquaintance of mine was

so dissatisfied with the henhouse as a

place for laying that on her laying days

she would call to me, in no uncertain

language, “Caw-caw-caw-caw,” which,

translated, means, “I want to get out.”

So I would open the henhouse door and

out she would come and make straight

for a certain box in the yard, which was

propped up at one end with a brick. Af-

ter a thorough inspection, if it was not

just as she wanted it she would say so,

“Caw-caw-caw.” Then I had to readjust

the brick or the box or whatever was not

right and then she would settle down

until the egg was laid. She would then

cackle as a signal that she was ready to

go back to the hen yard, and I would go

out and open the door for her. Her supe-

rior intelligence was shown by the fact

that when in the hen yard she had to go

back six or eight feet and enter the hen-

house through a small opening, about

10x12 inches in order to be let out through

the door of the henhouse.



I have found the individuality of the

hen a most interesting study and I hope

you do not belong to the class that will

say, “All hens look alike to me.”





 





WATCH ES AND WATCH-MAKERS.





 





Few people not connected with the bus-

iness of watch making appreciate what is

required of the many delicate parts of a

watch. Take the balance wheel of a

watch, for instance, and the work which

it is required to do, both as to distance

covered and endurance. In order for the

wheels of a locomotive to cover the dis-

tance traversed by the balance wheel of

a watch during one year the locomotive

would have to travel at a speed of sixty

miles an hour continuously for one year

and three months without any stop day

or night and with only one oiling of the

bearings, and would take it twenty—eight

times around the world at the equator.

Yet the pinion upon which the balance

wheel of a watch turns is but a piece of

hardened steel, the thickness of a hair,

running in jeweled bearings, and lubri-

cated with such a small quantity of oil

that one quart of oil would lubricate 38,-

000,000 of these pinions,



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not impressed that it is a very difficult





 





 





 





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(Continued from page 379).





up at the top of it. “I believe I could

climb that elusive stick," said he. “It is

a little wabbly toward the top, but I

think I could hang onto it.”



At that instant a thought struck him

which caused him to dance about and

whoop, winding up by putting his thumb

to his nose and wiggling his fingers at the

bowling storm in sight.



“Ah. ha,” said he. “here is where I put

the kibosh on all the southland trekers.

I'll just go down to the Blue Bird. dig up

that wireless telephone outfit, climb to

the top of the pole with a string in my

teeth. fortunately having a good strong

one in my pocket, haul up the space an-

nihilator, shin back down, sit flat down

with the box between my feet and call up

'Washington and tell 'em the pole is theirs

for the asking. And while I’m about it

I'll just stick an American flag in my

belt and. when I get up there I'll tie it

fast to the very tippy-top, whoop and in-

vite the eagle to scream.”



It was all done before "Goat” took

time to snare :i hare and cook and eat

his frugal dinner. Having satisfied his

appetite he pushed a rich growth of dai-

sies aside and placed his instrument be-

tween his feet. He then called up the

capitol with an exultant jangle.



“\Vhat do you want?" came back a

gruff voice.



“()li. nothing in particular, except that

I am leaning against the South Pole send-

ing this and I thought you might go

down and tell the papers about it. The

story might be worth an extra, you

know."



“Oh. you get off the earth; I’m busy.”



"Well, l'm just hanging on by the toe-

nails now.”



“\Vho are you?” boomed out from

\Vashington with irritation.



“G. M."



“Never heard of you. get off the line.”



“well, then, ‘Goat‘ Martin."



“Wait a moment. How can you prove

it?" after a pause long enough for the

operator to consult someone at his elbow.



“Call my brothen James Franklin Mar-

tin. out from the senate. He‘d know my

voice in Timbuctoo."



“All right, hold the line.”



A few moments later: “That you

Jim?"



"Yes, what's wanted? Be brief and ex-

plicit. I'm busy tinkering with the

tariff.“



"This is ‘Gozit‘ and I have, the South

Pole bound hand and foot for the U. S.

Do you recognize my voice?”



“Yes, you are ‘Goat' all right. all

right."



“\‘Vcll, ring up the newspaper boys and

put them on. I have the story of the age.

Place your 0. K. on the identification.

That’s all I want. Tell 'cm to Call G.

I\I., South Pole. Good day."



After sending some startling stories to

the papers, “Goat" finally began to in-

quire whethcr or not the government was

going to send a relief expedition for him.



“If half you say is true we could not

get within hailing distance of you," was

flashed back.



This put “Goat’s" temper on edge

and he would not answer the telephone





‘ in time for the afternoon papers the next





day. “They can go to the dickens,” said

he in his anger. “Here I can stay ma-

rooned, while my country stands around

with its hands in its pockets, or the

hands of the public, which amounts to

the same, and does not make a. single

effort to modify my menu. I am getting

dreadfully tired of toasted rabbits and a

nut diet.”





THE ' MICHIGAN. FARMER.





'About that time he had another new

thought. He went at tinkering up the Blue

Bird and left the impatient folks about

the capitol to cool their heels and await

his pleasure. In climbing the pole to

plant the flag and to elevate his telephone

apparatus he ascertained that at a certain

point near the top the up-current was so

strong that he had to turn head down-

ward to maintain his hold. This bit of

inverted knowledge kept drumming at his

temples for practical application. At last

the inspiration which he had been cod—

dling and nursing sprang up full-grown

before him.



“Why, how kind!" he exclaimed. ”Why,

yes, certainly I‘ll doctor up the Blue Bird,

iaul it up the mainmast until it begins to

lift itself by its own bootstraps, then

jump in and sail away. Nothing easier—

but I must not forget my ear-tabs and

mittens.”



Within two days he had the Blue Bird

hanging up beside the pole like a big bat

poised in mid-air. He cut his initials on

the pole at the base with the year—“G.

M., 4-20-’08," and then took the collar

from the “Peary" dog and thrust it Intol

a bag with the cheery remark: “Just a

little keepsake, old scout." He also

plucked the “V‘Vellman” tortoise from its

restful p0sition and chucked it into the

bag with the dog collar. As a. matter of

precaution he also filled a pouch with

hazelnuts. He could crack them between

his teeth on the way and save time in

case hunger asserted itself.



Before disconnecting his telephone he

called: “Hello, Jim I'm coming up to

dinner. Meet me on steps at twelve":

and rang off before his brother couldi

object.



"Goat" was one of the few beings left

on earth who ate dinner at high noon.



When about to swing off he leaned

over the edge of the basket and called!

down to the dog, which was sitting on its?

heels and howling mourni‘ully, much likel

a. dog with a coon up a tree: “If any-

one comes around before I get back, old

pard, lead them up to the pole and show

them my brand. So long." and he

plunged upward into a raging snowstorm.

The dog, which had become devotedly at-

tached to “Goat” in the few days they

had been together, looked long and

thoughtfully at the hole “Goat” and the

Blue Bird had smashed in the frosty

dome roof as they left.



The entire population, speaking with

the license usually accorded to poets and

politicians, was on the alert at the na-

tional capital as the sun approached the

chalk mark on the floor indicating the

middle of the day. At last a small black

speck appeared to the southward, gradu-

ally increasing in size as it approached

under a full spread of wings. A convoy

of press representatives fluttered out to

meet and escort in the bird of swift pas-

sage, but the Blue Bird ducked at the

right instant, came up on a slanting wing

and left the escort at the turning post.



Just as the dinner bell rang in the

leading hotel, the Blue Bird circled the

monument three times and gracefully

dropped to the capitol front porch with

vigorous back pedaling and a. slight

swishing of its tail feathers.



The man in the basket, tanned and

long—haired, gracefully stepped out with

what appeared to be a stick of cord wood

under his arm. “Give my compliments

to the president,” said he, bowing low,

“and tell him that I wrenched off the top

of the pole as I left and brought it for

llllll.



“Call Mr. “'ellman," he went on, the

most cool and collected one in all that

vast audience, when a man stepped out

of the crowd. “Allow me." said “Goat"

impressively, “to return your hare—chas-

er, which seems to (have wandered off the

reservation. And. now," looking about,

“where is Lieutenant Peary? Ah, glad to

meet you, Lieutenant. Just ran across

old Blue Tail, your one—time pack leader,"

handing over the collar; and he sent you

up a little remembrance. Do not men-

tion it—no trouble at all, I assure you.”



At that instant Senator Martin fell into

the arms of the discoverer and whispered

loud enough for the reporters to hear:

“ ‘Goat,’ you are the famous member of

the Martin family. I am sorry the goat

did not fall to me at the time of the com-

missary distribution.”



Just then a messenger ran forward

with a. yellow envelope fluttering in his

nervous fingers. It was from the minis-

terial brother and read: “ ‘Goat,’ I am

sorry the Jersey fell to my lot."



The dinner bell clanged impatiently a

second time and the re-united brothers

walked arm in arm.



“He'll come out in a moment," said a

bearded man, leaning over the bed. “It





 





 





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was just a. little thump on the head. You

could not~~km Andy by dropping him a

hundred feet or so."



A moment later the patient sat up and,

gripping both sides of the bed, looked

wildly about. “That you, doc?” he asked.



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want to fly give more attention to your

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eh?”



“Say, doc, if you’d roll Cook and Peary

in a bundle they couldn’t hold a candle

to what I seen. Say, honest, I’d do it

again if I could turn on that movin’ pic.

ture show in my cocoa. It was somethin‘

great doc," rubbing his head. “I wish I

could write a book about it.”



Mrs, Martin followed the doctor to the

door and asked: “Doctor, do you think

Andrew is seriously injured?”



“No, ma‘am,” replied the doctor, who

had been a boy once himself. “He’ll be

down to supper. The next time he tries

a flying machine flight in a contraption

of his own invention.” he went on with

little wrinkles of fun about his eyes,

“I’d advise you to have him fall on some-

thing softer than a brick pavement. Such

hard thumps might tangle up the hair-

spring of his imagination and make it

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Out $1.000 touting car—25

Five styles of body. The tonneau shown above is detach-





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20,000 Owners of

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The Overland—not yet three years old—is already used by

20,000 families, half of whom live on farms.





No other car ever jumped so quickly into such vast

popularity. And no other car is in such demand today.

Dealers have already paid deposits on more than 18,000

of the new season models just out.



The reason lies in what owners have said to'othcrs.

In every locality where Overlands go the demand for

them spreads. And that demand, for much of the

time, has exceeded the supply.



For the Overlands are absolutely perfect carshtho

best that the ablest engineers can make. And, be—

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other makers cannot meet.





Cost Reduced 28%





After the Overland was perfected our engineers de—

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the cars. Over $3,000,000 has now been invested in the

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Many acres of floor space are now filled with ma-

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This wonderful machinery, with our enormous pro-

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That is the reason for Overland prices. The mate-

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demand. our investment is at stake on their utter

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the cost of such cars down to the minimum.





22 Models for 1911





To meet all ideas on size, style and power we are

now making 22 models. The wheel bases run from {it}

to 118 inches—the power from 20 to 35-1101‘sepower—

the prices from $775 to $1,675.



All have four separate cylinders, the S—lmaring

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In the Overland line you are offered your option——

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$775 to $1.675





This year we are making; a, 20—horsepower roadSter,

with 96—inch wheel base, for $775. Its possible speed

is 45 miles an hour. We make a torpedo roadster as

low as $850.



The 25-horsepower touring car, with 102-inch wheel

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The Telephone No Longer A Luxury.





By Ella E.





HE luxuries of this life become ne-



l cessities about as soon as they are



possesed. Things only dreamed

about as possibilities for the day when

our ship comes in are not willingly re—

linquished, once we gain possession of

them, no matter whether the ship has

cast anchor in the harbor or not.



Stage coach days gave way for the

steam reach, and the slow train speedily

becomes tiresome after the limited. The

ox-team, the horse—propelled vehicle, from

lumber wagon through the various

changes up to the softly upholstered rub-

ber-tired carriage, rapidly we have‘left

the one for the other. It is quite within

the memory of even the past 35 years

when to see a buggy with a top to it was

something rather unusual in the rural

districts, while now every family has one

or more. Then came the automobile with

its ever-increasing capacity for speed de-

manded by the public and soon it is pre-

dicted we shall have the airship in such

perfection that they will rival other

means of locomotion and everybody will

be wanting one.



Take the telephone for another ex-

ample of how speedily we are acquiring

the spirit of progress. Think what ad-

vancement in its utility the past decade

has witnessed. From being a rich man's

convenience which at first enabled him to

be in touch with nearby points only. it

has spread until no hamlet is so re-

motely located that it has not this means

of communication with the outside world.

Moreover. rural lines have so multiplied

that few farmers are without connection

with the outside world as ccmpletely as

the banker or the merchant prince.



Is not the telephone a necessity in the

farm heme today? It assuredly is. The

cost of its maintenance is repaid many

times over. not alone in its convenience

by saving long drives to get into com-

munication with somebody upon some

business matter, but in actual cash.





()ne instance of this nature came under

my observation a few years i when

telephones were first placed‘ in country

homes. A certain farmer had quite a.

large quantity of hay to sell. A buyer

drove into his yard one morning and of-

fered him a price on it. Hesitating, he

went into the house and conferred with

his wife. He was not quite satisfied with

the offer although it was the ruling figure

with the local market at that time. Sud-

denly he bethought him of an acquaint-

ance in Detroit who bought considerable

hay and the idea suggested itself to call

him up and see what arrangements could

to made about shipping,r it to him. The

result was highly satisfactory. A sale

was consummated whereby he realized

about fifty dollars more than the local

price would have amounted to on that

one lot of hay,



Then the real pleasure of being able to

converse with friends far and near with—

out having to dress and drive several

miles to do so! Plans are made for social

gatherings, and visits, inquiries after the

sick. messages of various kinds through

this easily available medium. if the day

is inclement when a gathering has been

planned, arrangements for :. postpone-

ment are quickly carried out between the

different parties interested.



The shut—in probably appreciates the

convenient hello machine as much as

anybody. To such it is a blessing indeed.

17imble to get out, a chat with some

neighbor or more distant friend is a real

pleasure and helps wonderfully to bring

brightness and cheer into the heart.



Then what a comfort is the telephone

when an accident or sickness suddenly

comes to the home! The long, hurried

drive after the doctor is dispensed with.

The anxious eyes watching the clock, so

many minutes, or an hour to reach him,

then as many more for the return trip,

how hundreds of Women have waited

while from the farm home the messen-





Rockwood.





ger, behind the fastest horse, sped after

assistance in a case like this. Mayhap a.

life hovered in the balance and was gone

before the physician could possibly be

summoned. Now a call over the ’phone

cuts the time in half and aid is speedily

on the way. A veritable life-saving sta-

tion is ,the telephone in every country

home. A luxury, does someone say? A

necessity instead.





The farm bell has heretofore been the

signal called into use when assistance

was needed in case of fire. Quickly

when the signal was understood the

neighbors rallied to the rescue. How

much more efficient is the telephone

reaching individuals directly and inform-

ing them immediately of the nature of

the assistance required. So, too, the

farm women when a tramp or other sus-

picious character makes, an appearance

may speedily call for help or warn others

as the case may be. Even a runaway

team has more than once been stopped

by telephoning that it was coming and

preparations made for action. Now when

we get wireless messages in common use

so that the men at work in the back

part of the farm may be communicated

with from the house we can dispense with

the dinner bell. Yet, who would not miss

that cheerful sound, possibly the most

cheering to man and beast of all that are

heard upon the farm.



So that the greatest good may be re-

alized to all from the use of this popular

utility it is encumbent upon all to be

mindful of the rights of others. The

person who listens to conversation not in-

tended for her ears clearly belongs in the

same class as those who would read an-

other person’s letters.



Another point of consideration concern-

ing the rights of others lies in not mon-

opolizing the line for protracted conver—

sation or visiting when it may be sorely

needed by somebody else on matters of

greater importance. To call up central

when the doctor is wanted in a hurry or

some business engagement to be met and





 





claim a. monopoly of the line, nor pro-

long a conversation beyond reasonable

limits.



Then the patrons of the line owe kind-

liness of spirit and consideration to the

operator, who has trials enough at best;

for the telephone girl’s lot is not the

easiest. Some call up and, if the re-

sponse is not immediate, get wrathy at

once. Wrong numbers are not invariably

the fault of the operator. Sometimes we

make mistakes ourselves and then it is

no more than right to acknowledge it.



Some people are so extremely courteous

that they say please after giving the

number every time they use the ’phone.

This is apt to be confusing to the opera-

tor as it sounds so much like the word

three. If you say in response to her

“What number?" “one—ought-nlne, please,"

you may get one-ought-nine-three and

then blame central for making a mistake.

It is better to leave off the please and

give the number plainly. Then, if she

repeats after you, as she should do, to

indicate that she understands the re-

sponse, you may say, “Yes, please,”

which ought to satisfy the most exacting.



Of course, mistakes will occur and cen-

tral is not always so attentive as we

think she might be. Were we to attempt

to do her work for awhile we could bet-

ter appreciate the fact that it is no snap

to be a telephone girl and we would

very likely marvel that she makes so few

mistakes as she does. In fact, a visit

to the local office might be a good thing

just to get a. better understanding of

prevailing conditions at that end of the

line. .



Blessed be the man who invented this

convenient and inexpensive means of

communication. For it is inexpensive in

proportion to its usefulness, and the

greatest boon to the farmer’s family that

has up to date been presented.





KNITTED DlA—NTEIQE—LACE.





Cast on 24 stitches.



First row—Slip 1, knit 6, narrow, over

twice, narrow, three times, narrow, over

twice, knit 3.



Second row—Over, knit 4, seam 1, knit

3, three times, seam 1, knit 8.





 





hear the laconic “line’s busy." from the

operator is not conducive to tranquility

of spirit, especially when, after a more

or less prolonged wait the receiver is

again taken down and the same answer

received. It is said that women are the

chief offenders in this direction. Surely

all of us should be considerate and not





Third row.——Slip 1, knit 12, narrow, over

twice, narrow, narrow, over twice, nar-

row, narrow, over twice, knit 3.



Fourth row.—Over, knit 4, seam 1, knit

3, seam 1, knit 3, seam I, knit 14.



Fifth row.-—Slip 1, knit 14, narrow, over

twice, narrow, narrow, over twice, nar-

row, narrow, over twice, knit 3.





 





Sixth row—Over, knit 4, seam 1, knit‘

3, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 16.



Seventh row.~—Slip I, knit 16, narrow,

over twice, narrow, narrow, over twice,

narrow, narrow, over twice, knit 3.



Eighth row.—Over, knit 4, seam 1, knit

3, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 18.



Ninth row.—S1ip 1, knit 8, narrow, over

twice, narrow, knit 6, narrow, over twice,

row, over twice, knit 3.



Tenth r0w.—Over, knit 4, seam 1, knit

3, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 9, seam 1,

knit 10.



Eleventh row.—Slip 1, knit 6, narrow,

over twice, narrow, narrow, over twice,

narrow, knit 6, narrow, over twice, nar—

row, narrow, over twice, narrow, narrow,

over twice, knit 3.



Twelfth row.——Over, knit 4, seam 1, knit

3, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 9, seam 1,

knit 3, seam 1, knit 8.



Thirteenth row.—Slip 1, knit 4, narrow,

over twice, narrow, three times, knit 6,

narrow, over twice, narrow, narrow, over

twice, narrow, narrow, over twice, knit 3.



Fourteenth row—Over, kru't 4, seam 1,

knit 3, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 9,

seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 3, knit 6.



Fifteenth row.—Slip 1, knit 2, narrow,

over twice, narrow, four times, knit 6,

narrow, over twice, narrow, narrow, over

twice, narrow, narrow, over twice, knit 3.



Sixteenth row.-—Over, knit 4., seam 1,

knit 3, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 9,

seam 1, knit 3, seam I, knit 3, seam 1,

knit 3, seam 1, knit 4



Seventeenth row.—Slip 1, knit 4, nar-

row, over twice, narrow, three times,

knit 6, narrow, twice, narrow, three

times, narrow, knit 3.



Eighteenth. row.——Knit three together,

knit 3, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 3,

seam ~1, knit 9, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1,

knit 3, seam 1, knit 6.



Nineteenth row.—Slip 1, knit 6, narrow,

over twice, narrow, narrow, over twice,

narrow, knit 6, narrow, over twice, nar-

ow, three times, narow, knit 2.



Twentieth row.—Narrow, knit 3, seam

1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 9,

seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 8.



Twenty-firs; row.——Slip 1, knit 8, nar-

row, over twice, narrow, knit 6, narrow,

over twice, narrow, three times, narrow,

knit 2.



Twenty-second row.———Narrow, knit 3,

seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1,

knit 9, seam 1, knit 10.



Twenty-third row.——Slip 1, knit 16, nar-

row, over twice, narrow, three times,

narrow, knit 2.



Twenty—fourth row.—Narrow, knit 3,

seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1,

knit 18. .



Twenty—fifth row—Slip 1, knit 14. nar—

row, over twice, narrow, three times,

narrow, knit 2.



Twenty-sixth row.~Narrow, knit 3,.

seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1,

knit 16.



Twenty-seventh row.—Slip 1. knit 12,

narrow, over twice, narrow, three times,

narrow, knit 2.



Twenty-eighth r0w.——~Narrow, knit 3,

seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 3 .seam 1,

knit 14.



Twenty-ninth row—Sl’p l, knit 6, nar-

row, over twice, narrow, rour times, nar-

row, knit 2.



Thirtieth row—Narrow, knit 3, seam 1.

knit 3, scam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 3,

seam 1, knit S.



Thirty-first r0\v.——Slip 1, knit 4, nar-

row, over twice, narrow, four times, nar-

row, knit 2.



Thirty-seeond r0w.—Over, narrow, knit

3. seam 1, knit 3, seam 1, knit 3, seam 1,

knit 3, seam 1, knit 6.



Repeat from the first.





Beaver hats will be worn again this.

winter, though hatter’s plush or velvet

seems to be more favored for the large

hats. Beaver turbans are very good.



Persian designs and PaisleYS are used

largely for trimmings. Made quills of

Persian silk trim a very smart hat. Gold

lace and cloth of gold, uncut velvet and

other old-fashioned fabrics are also very

good.





 





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NOV. 5, 1913.





want fro MAKE FOR coals-nuts.





 





~ in Gama M. WLL.



I um km on I!“ “any families.

respedahy in the comm! and small towns

but what are planning on making some

things on give away for Christmas pres-

ents. If your son is a college student try

making him a set cf coat hangers. Take

juSt the ordinary wire frame, pad‘ it

nicely and cover with leather, which may

be laced on through corresponding holes

punched in the leather. The lacing is

done at the sides. Any places that can-

not be laced readily may be fastened with

muscilage or glue, using the kind for

leather. The leather must be shaped be-

fore applying.



Either a son or daughter at college

would appreciate a quire of nice sta-

tionery with the college or “Frat” mono-

gram painted in the colors and framed

in a ring of gilt. This may also be paint-

ed on the flap of the envelope. It is al-

ways easy to get these monograms from

college stationers or you might invent

one yourself, using the college colors.



A pretty conceit that a small sister

may make for the college student is a set

of blotters and calendar. Get blotting

paper in the college colors, and cut

twelve oblongs, or footballs, or whatever

athletic sport the one is interested in.

On top of each of these fasten the other

color with a small bow of ribbon and

fasten the month on with paper fasten-

ers. Each month there is a new, clean

blotter for use. One set I saw had a dif—

ferent design for each month.



A high school student would appreciate

any of the above as much as a college

student.



Children will enjoy making beside the

blotters, needle books. These are made

out of flannel for the leaves and ribbon

for the back. They are in a strip six

inches long and contain leaves for every

sort of pin. They are made with pinked

leaves, the back fastened on, rolled up

and tied with a small ribbon. Match

holders are made by covering a small

drinking glass with ribbon, or croc-heting

a cover for it and using ribbon to hang

up by. Match scratchers are made by

pasting sandpaper onto a board or paste-

board and then burning or pasting a

prety picture around it,



Anyone would appreciate a pretty cm—

broidered towel or a pair of pillowcases

made from the tubing, and either trim-

med in crocheted or knitted lace, em-

broidery edging or hand embroidered.

Huck toweling may be bought very rea-

sonably and a yard will make a nice

towel. The edge may be hemstitched or

scalloped and the initial or monogram

put on in solid embroidery. This costs

only in time.



Anyone will like a nice little case in

which to keep her ribons for corset cov-

ers, etc. Make it by crochcting around

a three-quarter or inch brass ring in a.

color of merceri'zcd cochet cotton to cor-

respond to the silk. Make it four inches

long. out of a straight piece of silk or

ribbon. Cover 3. round of pasteboard,

sew the silk to this then fasten the other

end to the covered ring. put in the rib-

bon, leaving one end sticking out, let a.

small bodkin threaded with the ribbon

accompany this gift.



VEAL IS DIFFICULT TO DIGEST.

No. 28.





BY MRS. ALTA L. LITTELL.





HEN the poet wrote, “A rose by



any other name would smell just



as swcct.” did he have in mind

restaurant chicken salad? Mayhap he

did, for certain it is, we munch our res—

iaurant Salad with as much gusto as

though it were made entirely of chickcn

instead of being largely composed of

veal. And the cunning cook thanks the

wit of the person who first took advan--

tage of the lack of flavor of veal to in-

corporate it into salads and pass it on the

world under an assumed name.



The two distinguishing characteristics

of veal are its indig‘estibility and lack of

flavor. The first defect we remedy by

long. slow cooking; the last, by combining

the veal with pork to give it a flavor.

A veal roast should always be larded, or

at least have two or three slices of fat

pork laid across while cooking, the fat to

be used in basting the roast. Larding

being a nice process, few busy home

cooks care to try it. A larding needle

must be used and tiny strips of fat salt

pork cut, threaded into the needle and

drawn l‘rough the meat in stitches about

three-eighths of an inch long. The pork

is (at, leaving the stitch of fat in the lean

meat. In place of larding cuts may be

made in the meat and tiny strips of pork





 





THE

pressed into the incisions. This is called

daubing with pork. .



Veal is taken [mm on animal from six

to «eight weeks' old, and is not so nutuk

“ours as beef. It Should not be allowed

to lung so long after killing as beef, but

should be speedily used. It is divided into

fore and hind quarters. the hind quarter

giving us the loin, and the leg from which

cutlets are taken; the fore. quarter fur—

nishing, head, breast, ribs, shoulder, and

neck. The “knuckle" of veal is the leg

just above the kneebone. The breast, leg

and loin are used as roasts. Veal chops

are also cut from the 10in. Veal chops

and outlets should always be dipped in

eggs and crumbs before cooking. Serve

with tomato sauce.



Besides the parts already mentioned, the

brains, liver, heart, sweetbreads, kidneys

and tongue are used. Calves’ liver is

considered a great treat, when properly

prepared, and the sweetbreads, which

some throw away, sell in city markets for

as high as $1.50. In preparing the sweet-

?breads, they should be soaked for an hour

in cold water, then simmered 20 minutes

and the outside skin and all the tubes

removed.



Veal, being hard to assimilate, is not a

suitable meat for young children. Beef

and mutton are much better.





ADVICE T‘O MRS. M. B, P.

Editor Woman’s Department:———In look-

ing over the paper I saw your request for

your readers to tell Mrs. M. B. P. how to

arrange her table to save steps. This is

my way: I arrange my table With the

necessary silver, napkins, small bread—





and-butter plates and a glass of water.’





Of course, I am thinking that Mr. P. does

the serving. V



As a side table is almost a necessity in

the average dining-room, I arrange my

dessert on that and also have a large tray

handy. Then, when dinner proper is over

I can place the used dishes on the tray,

take them to the kitchen and serve the

dessert.



When soup or oysters are the first

course, it is best to have everything else

on the stove until wanted. A nice way

to keep things hot is in pans of hot water

and there is no danger of scorching.



Place cards I ncvcr use. as they seem

too formal for our friends. But cards

with quotations sometimes help to start

a conversation.



A nice decoration for the table is to use

a large glass plate in the center of which

place a glass vase. Put some flowers in





the vase and on the plate, some green‘





leaves and whatever fruit is in season.

For a Thanksgiving table, bitter-sweet,

maple leaves, some pine cones, and twigs

with fruit will form a nice decoration.

l‘se a shallow baskct covered with maple

leaves and pine twigs and around the top

twine the bitter-sweet, in the basket place

the fruit, and lay the cones around the

bottom of the basket. A round, shallow

basket is best, or use a small wooden

chopping bowl. I have some choice reci-

pes which I will send if wanted.

J. D. H., Tipton.

SHALL OUR CHILDREN GO TO COL-

LEGE?





 





By all-means, if it is possible, or at‘





all convenient to send them; not simply

because of the "book learning" but per~

haps even more for some other more in—

cidental advantages that are bound to

result. The independence and self-rc—

liance that a few years in college give to

the boy and girl nearing maturity is of

almost incstimablc value for they are

gained in a clean, honcst competition with





their fellows under an uplifting environ?





ment.



A writer recently said:

the college education. Give the country

boys and girls plenty of good reading and

they will not need it.” A congenial and

progressive home life is a very great deal





and it is true that it may be made pretty:





nearly everything if nccd be: but there

is a broadening influence about college





life and a satisfaction derived from se-I

curing a thorough. practical education,“





that can be acquired in no other way.





When trying, recently, to open the way;





to something better than a poor district

school for a bright. sixteen-year—old girl

of decided artistic taste, I received only

variations of her mother’s discouraging,

“Lou don’t need any better schoolin’, we

don't expect her to teach.” As though

no one but a teacher needed the joys of

learning!



' And another family, with a boy enthu-

siastic over progressive agriculture—brain

farming, book farming, as well as phy-

sical—strength farming—thought, “There’s





“Never mind;





MICHIGAN FARMER.





The Masterpiece

of Timepieces





It sometimes takes a year to make a

“South Bend" Watch-six months to cut

out. finish and assemble the 150 parts and

another six months to give the watch the

final adjustments and regulation.



r That's longer than was required to build

the towering Flatiron Building in New

York. There are more: than 1,500 different

operations on every"South Bend" Watch.



Each watch is given 250 inspections to

make sure that those operations were

doubly-ca refully done.



! That's why a “South Bend” Watch is a

doublyvgood watch.



But every good watch needs "personal

adjustment" to the owner by a retail jew-

eler. for good watches. being sensitive.





The

’ Great





 





Froun in

Solid Ice-





Perfect Time





Good Watches Are





 





Dept. E,





That Takes Longer to Build Than a

Great Skyscraper





as) 385





 

 





era——





run differently for different people. Cheap

watches are stifi in their action. therefore

don’t keep time for anybody.



Those who ride much over rough roads

should have their watches regulated to

allow for that, just as those who walk a

great deal ought to have their watches

adjusted to that peculiarity of theirliving.



Mail Order Watches can't be so regu-

lated. That’s why they seldom keep time.



You don’t want an inaccurate watch.no

matter how little you can get it for.



A "South Bend" Watch costs only a

little more than common watches and

keeps perfect time.



It is an everlasting source of satisfac-

tion and you certainly want satisfaction

in a watch.





“South Bend”

K.-. Watch





Sold by

14, 680 Retail Jewelers

in the United State:





Ask your dealer to show you the "Studebaker” or the “Polaris”—

both are South Bend” Watches. But first write for our book. "How





Made.” It’s alive with interesting things about





watches. Just ask for the book. on a post card. Address





THE SOUTH BEND WATCH COMPANY





(36) South Bend. Ind.





 





 





 





 

 





ARCTIC





509 the heavy





urn-on

extension heel





Beacon Falls Means Quality





Look for the Cross on every pair. It means

reliability, wearability, satisfaction.



Iowa Arctics wear longer and look better,

because the ‘re made of the best materials

from to toe. Doubly strengthened

where of. ers are weak.



See the Samson Extension Heel, the

armor-plated toecap. They mean wee r.



Be sure the Cross is on every rubber boot

or shoe you but . Sold only through reliable

dealers. An ilustrated booklet describing



. Beacon Falls rubber footwear,

free if you send your dealer‘s

name.





 





 





 





":z. Beacon Falls

NEW YORK BOSTO ICAGO

Minotaur Look for the Gross on every pair.





 





THE IOWA MOSCOW





Beacon Falls Quality in a. high four-buckle

arctic. The soles are the exclusive

(‘ross “tOugh cure," extra heavy, solid and

durable. The toe is “armor-plated” with a

double thickness of pure rubber—a. safeguard

against “snagging.” The famous Samson

heel insures strength where it. counts most.



90 per cent. of Rubbers wear out first at the

heels. The uppers are of cashmerette of finest

quality, rubber mterlined

and water-proof. ‘



The lining is genuine wool

fleece—not cotton shoddy.

We couldn’t make it better

—it’s the result of years

of successful experience.



Don‘t. take ordinary makes

when you can get Beacon

Falls quality at no greater

expense.



Most good dealers have

them. If yours

hasn’t, write

us, mentionin

his name an

we will see that.

you are supplied.





Rubber Shoe Co.

N CH





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





 





 





 





   

   

   

 





quality.





sewing. Not sold under any other name.





   





 





What would be better, or more appropriate

as a gift to Mother, Daughter, Sister, or Friend,

than a NEW HOME, the sewing machine of

It would be a source of pleasure for a

lifetime, and make home life more cheerful.



WARRANTED’ FOR ALL TIME.





The testis in the real service. Get the testimony of the

users of the NEW HOME. it will be convincing proof of

superior qualities. The NEW HOME has no complica-

ted parts to get out of order: in Simple. Strong. Silent.

Sure, and can be relied upon at all times for perfect





Write Dept. 4 for our Catalog and 1911 Calendar.





THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO.

ORANGE. MASSACHUSETTS.





 





AND

THE





SEWING MACHINE.
386 (20)





no use wasting money in sending John to

college. We wanted him to be .a doctor

or a lawyer, but he wants to farm.”





“But an agricultural college—,” I sug-m





gested, growing enthusiastic over its ben-

efits and delights. but received the an-

swer: “John has good machinery and he

knows how to raise corn and kill weeds

without spending a thousand or two do]-

lars to study about it. His father and his

grandfather made good livings at it and

I guess John can too.”



Quite possibly he will, too, for the right

sort of grit and determination are capable

of doing much but there is a compara-

tively easy, enjoyable way and a hard,

unsatisfactory way of doing most things

and it is the one who can act intelligently

and with certainty who is going to travel

the pleasanter route. It isn’t so much

that men and women have succeeded

without this basic “knowing how,” as

that they might have gotten so much

more from life with it. Frequently the

most subtly helpful benefits are not to be

measured in dollars and cents, and the

mind that reaches out and pulls back the

('urtain from hidden treasures, even if it

gets but a glimpse, is richer than that

one which sees but the drawn curtain.



You remember when ‘Prexy” (we say

it affectionately and with no disrespect),

bade us goodsbye he said: “You are not

through, you know. This is only the

‘Commencement' of your education.

“’c’ve just, given you the outline, go on

and fill it out.” Isn‘t that attitude rather

better from the viewpoint of the future

than this one too often carried away

from the little district school or the Vil-

lage graded school: “\Ye'vc graduated,

now We are ready for something else."



It isn‘t necessary to put the future

farmer through Harvard or the future

farmer‘s wife through “'cllesley. although

even that may not be such a bad thing

to do if there is time and inclination for it,

for those impulses and views are not al-

ways wasted that do not lead to direct

financial results; but there is no future

farmer that is not going to be benefited

mentally, physically, financially. and

probably morally, by a course of study in

a good agricultural college; and there is

no future farmer's wife that will not be

happier and more efficient for a course in

domestic science (which does not mean

simply learning to boil potatoes) as Well

as some of the arts.





 





THE NEW—FTlCK-RACK EMBROIDERY.





BY MAE Y. MAHAFFY.



\Vielders of the needle will no doubt be

interested in rick-rack embroidery with

which many tub costumes and children's

garments are ornamented. A decade or

two ago rick-rack braid was a favorite

form of trimming. It was used alone or

in conjunction with crochet stitches, and

now these old forms have come to the

fore again. An idea in connection with

the rick—rack braid is to combine it with

solid or Wallachian embroidery, utilizing

the braid for the flowers of the design,

and filling in stems and leaves with

stitehwork. In the sampler, W'allachian

and outline





work makes up the leaves,





 





stitch the stems, but this mode may be

varied by substituting the genuine stem

stitch and French laid work, if preferred.

The Wallachian embroidery is very sim—

ple and easy for even amateurs to take

up, as it consists only in the usual em-

broidery buttonholing, the stitches being

made with the purled end for the outside

of the ferm, and being laid to conform to

its shape.



For the fiowerets a medium-sized rick-

rack braid is used, the points of one side

being gathered together just sufficiently

to make the circle lay oug smooth and





"THE MICHIGAN FARMER





flat. The ends are joined neatly, and the

flower is then caught into place on the

design with invisible stitches, and the

center filled in with French knots. In

lieu of the invisible stitches for holding

the flowers in place some 'workers use a.

straight, rather short stitch from the

point of the braid right out into the linen

background material. Others use‘three

stitches, trefoil fashion, from each point.

This part of the work is dependent upon

the taste of the worker and the character

of the design being worked out.



The running pattern illustrated is good

for use on girls’ dresses, on aprons, or in

band style on waists and skirts. Any





embroidery pattern having flowers which‘

may be simulated with the braid is suit—5





able for use in this way, whether for

outer garments, underwear or household

linens. Heavier, broader designs are

suitable for curtains of lawn or net, but

a wider braid should be used. If net is

the background the embroidery should be

in the form of darning in and out of the

meshes.





'with splendid results. Indeed, there are

numerous possibilities in this work-for

anyone who becomes interested, and its

uniqueness and durability are sure to

make it a host of friends. For summer

homes and porch furnishings nothing

could be more practical.





 





A CHRISTMAS SUGGESTION.





 





BY MARY E. H. comen.

Handkerchiefs are always acceptable

and for those who have not much time





09000





9





to spend making fancy work, a half doz-

en made in this manner and tied with

baby ribbon with a spray of holly will

prove a boon to the busy housewife,



Take one yard of white Persian lawn

or handkerchief lawn, which will cost

you all the way from 15 to 25 cents. The

former-priced lawn looks and wears well

but the higher the price the finer the

goods.



Cut out six pieces 12 inches square,

fold a hem one-quarter of an inch wide

and baste all around, then fold back and

with fine thread overstitch the same way

you do when using two widths of factory

for sheets. Do not draw the stitches too

tight. This is called a French hem.



Now draw with lead pencil the diamonds

as per illustration, all around the hand-

kerchief, having the four corners alike,

then on the wrong side work with shadow

embroidery, finishing on the right side of

each diamond with a French knot in the

middle. Let the thread run loosely from

each diamond on the wrong side, using

white san silk. These make very dainty

handkerchiefs.





 





 





 





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

suggestions short. Recipes not paid for.





Some conventional patterns may,

be carried out entirely in the braid itself,





 





 





 





 





 





When darning stockings place a piece

of net over the hole——then darn in the

usual way and it makes a very neat darn

where there is a large hole—Mrs. R.

R. B.



A sure cure for croup. Give a child

under one year of age 10 drops to half

a teaspoonful of syrup of ipecac and re-

peat in a few minutes if child does not

vomit. Will not poison or do any harm

only make the child sick. We have tried

this and know it is safe and sure.—-Mrs.

l. A. S.





 





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{sis Better Ba kin g“





The Arcadianwu 40‘" “'9‘ Cast iron, and so-called steel





ranges, are . too brittle to be riveted

together, so they are only bolted, and

the seams stuffed with stove putty. Stove

putty soon crumbles, then false drafts '

enter the seams, fanning the fire and wast-

ing fuel, or deadening the fire when you

want it to burn. Ashes sift out of the

open seams, gas escapes into the room,

fuel bills get bigger and bigger—good

baking is impossible.



Beware of a stove putgy range. But

one range never gets false drafts—the





ARCADIAN

RANGE





bills one-third. .





No stove polish is needed on the

Arcadian. It requires one-tenth the

work to keep clean. .





No better baker ever built—and it

will bake as well after a lifetime of new-

ico as on the day you bought it.





   

   

   

 





All this because the Arcadian is

riveted air-tight without the aid of

stove putty.





   

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





The tough malleable iron '

and charcoal iron plates

are riveted together air-

tight, without the use of

stove putty—just like a loco-

motive boiler. No open

seams, even after a lifetime

of service. You can geta hot

fire quick, or keep a slow fire

with ease. Your fire is always under erfect

control, which means low fuel cost. best aking

‘ - and cooking. The Arcadian makes kitchen

_, AflCADlflN cu . ‘ work go fast and easy, and pays for itself many

, , . suntan 3,51% ' times overin the fuel it saves. The Arcadian

"'W” _ , - , - issold by best dealers.

- ' Free booklet—full of money-curing inform-don





about angel. telling th e inolde fact. about rouge making

and showing up Dacron—tench“ you to detect wank point. in ranges. Free.





ARCADIAN MALLEABLE RANGE 00.. Dept. 55 Milwaukee. Wis.





 





 

   

 





Write todny.





 

 





   





 





 





 





No amount of care and cultivation

will make a crab tree bear pippins





   

   





 

 





It’s the same with paint. All the formulas, fine machinery

and painstaking care in the world will not make good paint

unless the ingredients are pure and of the best quality.



My people do not. have to take anybody’s word on raw

material-they produce it. They have their own linseed oil

plants, lead mines and zinc mines. They are paint makers'

from start to finish—not mere assemblers—and when they say

their paint for your house, barns, machinery, fences, wagons

and every other farm purpose is the best for you, it isn't a

guess. They know.



Have you a copy of our Farm Book? It gives just the

paint or varnish for everything about a farm that needs paint

and tells how to apply it. You had better send for a copy of

this book and' then locate a Sherwin-Williams dealer. The

book has the information, the dealer has the right paint and

you have the time and the ability to do the work. The result

will be a farm in the pippin class.





Address THE LITTLE PAINT MAN, care of





Snow 41’1me

PAINTS 6-.VARNISHES





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 

 





   





 





 





 





XVhen fixing the hot water bottle for an

invalid don’t put but a little water in the

bottle. Have it hot. Then, with the

hand preSS out the steam before screwing

in the stopper.—E. K.



In colored petticoats use a long shoe-

string. It wears better and may be run





-in without use of a bodkin.——F. E. B.





be :7

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WALLS

- Cam o-Boord is more than n. substitute for lath

Beautiful P8119] “CC” and Easter, it is better in every way.

COMFORT' Compo-Boardwolla will knocking furniture into them; won't

. keep the houseperfoct- crumble and full off.





i warm in tho winter and in the summer Compo-Board c o n be

they exclude heat ; your wnllswlliolwoys ECONOMY: put on in lean time than





 

 

 

 

 





perfectly dry and sanlta . lath and plaster; outlast-floater several





ins, cannot be chipped or marred by plaster; cheaper in the long run.

Write For Free Sump]. and Budd-t. Thesample willahow you

just. who: Compo-Boordisond the booklet will tell you its many uses





and advantages. You ought to hove it.

For Solo by union In loony Ivory 'l'owu





IOBTIIWESTEBII COIN-30AM! 00., 4205 Lyndala A". M... MINNEAPOLIS, Ill".
NOV. 5, 1910. "





 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





 

 





’ If your wet-k carries

' you out doors-Futile

or much—rand you.

want to be free from

colds, coughs and dan-

gers of damp and win-

try weather, and you

want to be free from

weighty overcoats and

mufiicr, try





, W816" 125 *0

Health

Underwear





Outside it is perfect in finish and work-

manship—inside it is the fleece of com-

fort that makes it different from all other

"health” garments—a weaving of loops

on loops that keeps the body warm, takes

up the perspiration, allows perfect vent-

ilation. without chill.



And Wright’s costs no more than any

other underwear worth having. Ask

your dealer. If he don’t carry it, write us.

. Book. “Dressing for Health," free.



Always look for the woven label Trademark





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 





WRIGflT’S

HEALTH UNDERWEAR 00.,

75 Franklin Street. In York.





 





 





 





The Biggest Little Cousin of the

Kodaks—





NO. 3A FOLDING





BROWNIE





Takes the full size post card pictures. 3% x 5%





inches. d with meniscus achromatic

lens, F. P. . automatic shutter with bulb

release, automatic focusing lock and reversible

finder. Has all the Kodak advantagrsof day-

light loading and unloading, and is made and

tested by Kodak workmen.





Price with meniscus achromatic lens.$ro.oo: with Rapid

Rectilmear lens $2.00; other Brownie Cameras 31 to $13.





EASTMAN KODAK CO..

389 State Street. ROCHESTER. N. Y.





Catalogue of Kodak: and Rra-wm'cs free at the dealer:

or by mail.





Farmers and Siockmcn Act low

Vln'ie, Telephone, or Wire llsl





Buy a Silo now and it will more

than pay for itself this year by

increased profits and it will con-

tinue to double your profits year

after year. “ INCOME."





mo'iK'iiA.

SILOS





HAVE 1:30va THEIR sure: mourn.

MORE THAN ELEVEN THOUSAND

INDIANA SILOS ARE now IN USE.





i MIanmm-Imedhubdml

Don’t mu to see the Indiana Silo on exi-





bition at the lending State Fairs. Factories

at Anderson. Ind" Kansas City. 310., Des Molnes, Iowa.





"Write for 0min: and file Advocate, REE!





‘iunuuui $11.0 co.

3.: Union Denim, Am. Inflm





TILE

Ditching Machine





Dig: any Depth. Works in hardest sois.





Requires two men and team to operate.





Digs from 40 to 100 mils per day.





Limited supply to deliver this fall.

PRICE $30, I. o. I). Detroit.





THE 00LUMB|AN IMPLEMENT 00.,





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t the country.





‘hostil-ity to the movement of the govern—





'when the matter came to a vote before





 





Deni. I, 059 Fouriii In. llairuii, Mich.

T0 are made miserable by



B kidney and bladder trou-

L IIIE' Root,the great kidney rem-

edy, promptly relieves. At‘



You may have a sample. bottle by mail

free, also pamphlet, telling all about it.§





WHO [5 Women as 'well as men



ble. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-

druggists in fifty cent and dollar sizes;

Address Dr.Kilmer & Go.‘.Binghamton,N.Y. l





_Alaska, and points nearer the mining dis-





THE MICHIG





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wisdom to contrive, strength to support

and beauty to adorn all great and im-

pDrtant undertakings.” Not being one of

those—literary fellers that the late Sena-

tor Cameron so touchingly alluded to, this

epistle may appear a little raw, but I

hope I have expressed myself in such a

manner that the blind man, though a

diabolical idiot, can understand.



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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





National,





The highest flying record mode at the;





Belmont Park aviation meet was reached

by Ralph Johnstone on Monday when he

ascended to an elevation of 9,714 feet,

which is a new world's record, being

528 feet higher than the record of Henri

Wynmalen. On the previous day John

Moisant succeeded in getting to the sta-

tue of liberty and back. a distance of 34

miles, in 34 minutes 38.4 seconds, the best

time for the field, and thereby won the

prize of $10,000 offered for making the

feat in the shortest time. The meet

closed one of the most successful of the

kind ever held, attracting world—wide at-

tention to every feature of flying with

heavier than air machines.



Express drivers are on a strike in New

York city. Unless demands are allowed

by employers, officials of the teamsters

union who have in charge the strike,

state that the strike will be extended to

delivery teamsters.



The great balloon race starting from

St. Louis, October 15, which was reported

in this column last week, and whose win»-

ner was then unknown because of the

failure to receive news from one of the

pilots, resulted in the Bennett cup re-

maining on this side, since the balloon

America II not only captured the prize

but also established a new world’s record

by flying 1.350 miles, landing about 58

miles north of Chicoutimi, Quebec. The

former record was 1,103 miles and was

made by Count de La. Vaulx who started

from Paris and flew into Russia. Three

of the balloons starting in the St. Louis

race made greater distances than did the





i Frenchman.





Detroit people were called upon to con-

tribute to the cause of Ireland last week

when John A. Redmond, leader of the

Irish party in the British parliament,

spoke before a crowded house in this city.

The call was responded to by a liberal

collection from sympathizing Americans.



Engineers are enroutc to Panama to

begin work on the 46 gates required for





the canal. The gates are being made in

Pittsburg and will, when completed,

weigh 60,000 tons. It will take three





years to complete the doors to the great

watercourse.



The Gold Crest colt. Everett, made a

new world's record Monday by running

two miles in three minutes 25 3-5 seconds.

The mark lowers the former record 1-5

of a second.



Foreign.



The people of Uruguay are anxious over

the outcome of the campaign now on.

Opposition has developed over the condi—

date that the government is forcing upon

All along the frontier armed

men are ready to start a revolution in

merit. The federal troops have been dis-

patched to'quariers where most needed

and scores ~of arrests have been made.

A rebellion seems imminent.



Maurice Tabuteau made a new world’s

flying record for time and duration with

an aeroplane by flying 289 miles in Six

hours in continuous flight. The former

record was 244 miles, made in five hours

and two minutes. He used a biplane.



Portugal's ex-premier Franco will be

brought before a court for trial where

charges of abusing his official powers

while occupying his high position, will be

laid against him.



From a number of different sources,

reports come indicating unrest in southern

China. The present dynasty is not fav-

ored by the people of Szechuan and Yun-

nan provir. es and they seem ready to

organize into a revolutionary party.



The attempt of the unified socialists of

France to impeach Premier Briand for his

official conduct failed by a large majority





the chamber of deputies on the 30th inst.

His conduct in handling the strike situa-

tion was brought before the house for re-

vlew by the motion_



Preparations are being completed for

another German expedition to the Antar—n

tic ocean next spring. The leader of the‘

expedition will be Chief Licut. William:

Filchner. Arrangements are being made

for a three years' voyage. Private capi-

tal is financing the enterprise.



The strained relations existing between

Spain and the vatlcan at Rome are tem—

porarily ammended b_v an agreement en-

abling the chamber of deputies to resume

negotiations with regard to new measures

affecting religious bodies.



German scientists are to make an at-

tempt to cross the Atlantic in an airship

starting from the Cape Verde Islands in

Februarv.



American Ambassador Straus has asked

President Taft to relieve him of further

duties at Constantinople, which position

he has occupied for the past 18 months.

His resignation has not been accepted.

The post is. just now_ important in that

American interests are developing a $50.-

000,000 railroad through Asia Minor. Com

flict with German interests will result

from the working of the new road. HOW-

ever. Turkey seems about to grant the

concession, and will, probably, if prODel‘

diplomacy is used.



A gasoline boat plying between Nome,





tricts‘ is believed to have gone down.

The boat is 23 days overdue and violent

storms have raged over its course. The





vessel contained a crew of two men and"





had aboard ,14 miners and $70,000 in gold.





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THE FACTORY OF PRECISION.





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Notice in the Eleclnrs at Wayne county





Proposed Issue of $2,000,000 in Bonds

For the Maintenance cl thinly Roads in Wayne County.





Pursuant to the following Resolution Adopted by the Board of

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Be It Resolved, that the County of “‘ayne contract an indebtcdness of two

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$200,000 for the first year.

$500,000 for the second year.

$500,000 for the third year.

$500,000 for the fourth year.

$300,000 for the fifth year.





ute of one hundred thousand ($100,000.—

except that $200,000.00 be





 





Said bonds to be redeemed serially at the r

00) dollars each your from the date of the first issue.

redeemed fifteen years from ihe date of the last issue: that said sums be ex-

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county, in approximately the amounts, each year, for which said bonds are issued

for that year: that said bonds shall not lw negotiated at less thou par and the

accrued interest.



Be It Further Resolved, that the question of issuing said bonds for the pur—

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the next general election to be held the first Tuesday after the ill'Sl Monday of

November, in the year 1910, and that notice of the submission of Said election to

a vote of the electors be given in the same manner and for the same length of

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INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS ;





Mark 3. cross (X) in the square to lliP left of the Word Yes or No.





In favor of issuing bonds of the County of \Vai'm‘. in the sum of two million





 





 





 





of dollars for the construction and maintenance of county roads outside of the

City of Detroit, in Wayne County.

Yes

In favor of issuing bonds of the Counli' oI‘ “'aync. in the sum of two million

tion and mainicuuiu-c of county roads outside of the





of dollars for the covnstrucfi

City of Detroit, in Wayne county.





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WINTER DAIRY PROBLEMS.



The modern dairy cow cannot give her

best returns unless she has all the clean

and wholesome feed she can profitably

consume at all times during the year.

Many farmers make a serious mistake by

failing to give their cows enough feed

during the winter months. The cow that

is subjected to half-rations during the

Winter suffers a shock' from which her

system is slow in recovering and if the

semi-starvation is more than temporary

her milk—giving capacity for the ap-

proaching freshening period is materially

decreased. Good feeding does not mean

that the cows should be stuffed with ex-

pensive grain and commercial by-product

foods but coaxed to consume enough

rough and cheap farm feeds to keep them

in a healthy and vigorous condition at all

times.





Succulence greatly increases the effi-





ciency of the cow’s winter feed, conse-

quently, root crops or corn ensilage

should form a predominating factor in





THE MICHIGAN FAR'MER.





best results will come from feeding

home-grown feeds such as oats, barley

and corn, in connection with wheat bran.

This makes a palatable ration that is ex—

ceedingly well adapted to the needs of

the cows, however, if it is not satisfac-

tory from the standpoint of milk yields

the ration'may be cheapened and im-

proved by the purchase of some of the

concentrated feeds of commerce, like

linseed oil meal, cottonseed meal, brew-

ers’ dried grains and gluten, which are

worth almost as much for fertilizer as

for feeding.



We have experimented for many years

with various grain and by-product feeds

and find that our cheapest milk is made

from feeding a variety of feeds and not

confining our cows to a fixed ration for

long at a time. The amount of grain to

feed each cow is a matter for the feeder

himself to work out according to the abil-

ity of the cow to convert her food into

milk and the price the milk is selling for.

He must study the individuality instead

of following any fixed rule for feeding.

One safe and conservative rule for eco-

nomical feeding is to feed about one

pound of well-proportioned mixed grain

feed to each cow for each four pounds

of milk she is producing. Some men feed

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making up her winter rations. The ben-

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fect of sucuclent feed upon her system.

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closcd in plant cclls to give the ration the

consistency agreeable to the cow and best

suited to promote her health and vigor.

It is not the amount the cow digests that

wholly determines the returns from the

feed she consumes, but the amount that

is built into body tissues and made into

milk. Succulent feed gives just the right

tone to the cow’s digestive system to

bring its efficiency to the limit of profit--

able production. If, therefore, there is

one quality in feed which is more im-

portant than another, it is that it should

be palatable and juicy. It enables the

cows to eat, digest and assimilate larger

quantities of other feed. There is little

danger of cows going off their feed when

they are eating liberal quantities of roots

and ensilage in connection with their

grain feeds.



There is no trouble getting cows to eat

pasture grass when it is available, but if

we get them to fill up clicaply with dry

fccds during the wimer we must try and

approximatc summer conditions. The

dairy cow with her great capacity for

handling large quantities of coarse, bulky

feeds and a correspondingly insatiable

appetite for green and succulent feeds to

supply the demands of her digestive sys-

tem derives the greatest benefit alike

from the pasture and Silo.





Another way of increasing the palata-

bility of rough feeds is to run them

through a cutting machine and wet them

before feeding and sprinkle on a little

mill-feed. A small amount of mill-feed

will impart an agreeable flavor to the

mixture and induce the cows to fill them-

selves up.



Every cow, to keep healthy, should eat

a certain quantity of roughage and cheap

farm feeds. The use of expensive grain

feeds and commercial by-products must

be regulated by the object we have in

view. If the cows are not giving milk,

or are well along in their period of lacta—

tion, a large amount of rich. concentrated

grain feed is not needed, but if we are

feeding for heavy milk yields the amount

of grain and by-product feeds must be

measured by the amount of milk the cows

are calculated to produce. The safest and





 





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Milk

cows are producing, but unIcSS milk is

very high and the cows are capable of

handling this amount of grain feed with-

out injury it will not return a profit. The

kind of grain feeds and commercial by-

product feeds to use to stimulate larger

milk yields is largely a matter of conven-

ience and cost, but providing some kind

of succulent and juicy food for the ra-

tion is essential if we induce the cows to

make the best use of large quantities of

the roughage and cheap feeds.



Many feeders seem to think that the

oftener they can induce the cows to eat,

the better, but I believe that better re-

sults may be obtained by feeding full

feeds morning and night and a light feed

of hay at noon. We feed ensilage, grain

and hay in the morning as soon as the

milking is completed, a light feed of hay

at noon and repeat the morning feed as

soon as milking is completed at night.





in One Day.





Our chief reason for feeding hay at noon





is to induce the cows to walk quietly to

their places after being out for exercise

in the yards each day. We have not

found it best to feed the cows before

milking time, and more especially when

fccding ensilage, because it is likely to

impart a disagreeable odor to the milk.

The amount of salt to feed depends

largely upon conditions. We feed more.

salt than many dairymen, for the reason

that when feedoing corn ensilage we have

difficulty in getting the cows to drink

sufficient water unless they have plenty

of salt. It may he one of the writer‘s

notions but there seems to be something

about the slightly acid condition of silage

that satisfies the coW's thirst and for

that reason we mix salt with the grain

feed. About one ounce a day is fed to

each cow in her grain ration and once a





week we give them some in their

mangers. '

The question of feeding grain to dry





cows is one that seems almost a hardship

with the present high-priced feeds. but

after all it is not so much a question as

to whether We can afford to feed as it is

whether we can afford not to feed. With

plenty of good hay and enstlage it will

require very little grain feed to keep the

cows in good condition when they are not

giving milk, but if they show any signs

of falling away in flesh condition and

vitality, grain feeds should be promptly

supplied. Two pounds of grain feed a





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day will do much to keep the cows in

good, vigorous condition and insure

strong and healthy calves.



We have water basins by the side of

our cows but they should not be used as

an excuse for depriving the cows of their

daily exercise. We turn our cows out

every day when cleaning the stables but

our yard is well sheltered and we seldom

leave them out more than three-quarters

of an hour. They are turned out in

groups of twelve or fifteen and made to

stay out until we are ready for them to

come inside again. On very cold days

they are not kept out long enough to get

chilled.



The handling of the manure during the

winter is a great saving of time in a

northern latitude where every day counts

after the Spring work is begun. We

spread the manure every day when it is

practicable, and find that it is the only

satisfactory way of saving both liquids

and solids and getting them on the land

at a minimum cost. Some argue against

this practice because it precludes the use

of a manure spreader, but I believe it is

better to have the manure on the land

rather than in the barn-yard, even though

the spreader be out of commission when

the snow is too deep for its use. There

is no question but what the manure

spreader is the. proper thing to have but

manure spread by hand is betterthan

when piled in heaps in the barnyard. The

saving of time when good help is as

scarce as at the present time amounts to

many dollars during the year and then

the saving of team work is another im-

portant item, for few of us care to keep

many idle horses on our farms.



New York. W, MILTON KELLY.





 





THE TEN CENT OLEOMARGARINE

TAX.





 





Why did the Congress of the United

States enact the present oleomargarine

law which provides for an internal reve-

nue tax of ten cents per pound on arti-

ficially colored oleomargarine? “’as it to





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permit the butter producers of the eoun-‘





try to exact a high price for

has been claimed? To make such a claim

is a pretty serious indictment of our fed-

eral law-making body. Of course, butter

is higher in price than it was ten years

ago but so are other necessities of life.

The percentage of oleomargarine now be-

ing put upon the market bears a higher





ratio to the amount of butter consumed,

coupled'





than it did ten years ago. This,

with the fact that less than three per

cent of the oleomargarine sold is taxed

at ten cents per pound proves that the

oleomargarine law has absolutely nothing

to do with the price of butter.



Congress enacted this law to prevent

fraud in the sale of oleomargarine. The

law was never intended to prevent the

honest sale of oleomargarine or to en-

hance the interests of the butter produc-

ers of the country, but rather to protect

the one against fraud in the purchase of

butter or oleomargarine and the other

against fraudulent competition.



CongreSS intended to compel the sale of

oleomargarine in its natural color (which

is white, or nearly so), instead of in the

natural color of butter (which is yellow).

Congress at the same time reduced the

former tax of two cents per pound on

oleomargarine to one-fourth of a cent per

pound when the product is not artificially

colored to look like butter.



Congress used its taxing power to pre-

vent fraud in the sale of oleomargarine

because it had no other effective means

of accomplishing that result. ’When oleo-

margarine is put upon the market in its

natural color, thus making it impossible

to commit fraud. the tax is

three-fourths cents less per pound than

under any previous oleomargarine law.



The butter producers of the country are

benefited by oleomargarine legislation

only in so far as the integrity of the

dairy industry is sustained—— benefit

which is shared by every other citizen.

It is a most important branch of agricul—

ture and it is quite as essential to pre-

vent the destruction of an agricultural

industry by fraud as it is to prevent the

destruction of our bankingr industry or

any of the other industries in which every

gooa citizen is. interested.





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LEAVES CHARGED WITH LOSS IN

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cause. I find the cows shrink every fall

when the leaves commence to fall and I

have shut mine out of swamp and com-





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menced to fodder with cornstnlks rather

than let them shrink their milk too

much. I cannot do so this year as we

have not the fodder. I am feeding sweet

corn once a day and oats, middlings and

oil meal once a day. Shall use pumpkins

instead of corn as it is nearly fed out.

Would recommend keeping cows out of

swamp if other feed is available.

Hillsdale Co. G. W, BUCKALEU.





THE NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW.

The fifth National Dairy Show held at

Chicago, Oct, 20 to 29, inclusive, marked

another step in the development of what





live stock event of the year. It has been

the history of every great agricultural

country that, as the population increases

and the agricultural areas become more

thickly settled, the cattle industry must

gradually change from extensive grazing

of beef cattle. through the various stages

of curtailment of pasture areas, and ar-

rive finally at a condition of ‘lilglily~de-

veloped, intensive dairy production. The

older agricultural countries have witness-





ed this transition and they are now solv- '





ing the problem of soil maintenance and

increased food production through the

maintenance of high—bred cattle and a

high class of dairy management. The beef

cattle have long held sway in this coun~

try, and are still somewhat in the lead in

popular favor; but no one can doubt that

they must eventually yield to the greater

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The show just closed was in many re-

spects the greatest show of its kind ever

held in this country. It showed some of

the finest dairy animals in the country,

some of which had won the highest hon-

ors in foreign countries before being

brought here. It showed the finest dairy

products in the greatest numbers over

gathered into one exhibition, and it also

Showed a collection of dairy machinery

that has never before been equalled at a.

dairy show. It showed all that Would be

expected of a national s‘how except a

It also!





a notional show should have. In all'

classes of enirics it was evident that the

west is far outstripping the east in its

efforts to make this show a success and

to acquire the benefits to be derived frmn

such a show. "he aiicndancc was a dis-

appointment in u mcusurc, although the

total gate receipts were about equal to;

thosc of previous years when the show,"

has bcen held in Chicago. There is a la-j

lncniable lack of support on tile part of‘

the daily press, and also by the dairy

breeders who should look to this show as

the best of the year to udvcrtisc their

stock. The managers deserve great credit

for the way they have overcome the diffi—

culties and dis‘conragcmenls of light re-

ceipts and curtailed funds, but the show

can never be the grout exposition that it

should be until it is accorded the support

that it deserves from the cattle men. At

present the show derives its greatest rev-

enue from the machinery exhibitors, and

the cattle show is maintained at an an-

nual loss of about $10.000.



'V‘he machinery exhibit was an education-

in itself. Over fifty manufacturing con—

cerns were represented and their exhibits

crowded every corner of the great build-

ing, and included cvcrything in the way

of equipment and machinery used in the

dairy industry. There were 'b‘dll'n fixtures,

stable eQuipment, creamery

factory machinery and the numbcrless

machines used in the manufacture and

handling of the various products. The

machinery exhibit is a very large feature

of the Show. It represents an enormous

amount of money. and exemplifies the

enterprise of the manufacturers who are

constantly evolving new machines to

meet new needs and supply new demands.

The efforts of these men to get before the

public, and their expenditures to put; their

best exhibits at this Show might Well be

by the dairy cattle men. The

conditions which make this show so fa—

vorable for the manufacturers are equally

favorable for the cattle men, and. they

would warrant a greater expenditure of

time and money than is now being made

by the breeder to get their stock to these,

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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

November 2, 1910.

Grains and Seeds.



Wheat.—This has been a week of suc-

cess for the bears for they were victorious

in every contest of the period. and sue-

eeeded in getting prices down several cents.

Accumulation of supplies is so large that

consumption cannot keep apace and con—

sequently prices have had to go lower.

The conditions abroad are bearish. The

centers have. received wheat in liberal

quantities and there is promise of much

more to come, all of which influences the

brokers there to forget America. Aus-

tralia and Argentine are hoping for a.

good harvest. in a number of quarters

on this side the Hessian fly is doing dam—

age, some reports stating that fields have

been re-sown because of the amount

killed by the insect. This condition does

not exist over any considerable area but

indicates that the damage is a factor in

the future making of prices. as when it

is so bad in a few places it is doing some

damage in many. One year ago the price

for No. 2 red wheat was $1.20 per bu.

Visible supply shows an increase of over

two million bushels. Quotations for the

past week are:





No. 2 No. 1



Red. ‘Vhite. Dec. May.

Thursday . . . . .96 .931/2 .97 1.02%,

Friday 35% .9234 .9614 1.01%

Saturday .9432, .9214 .9594, 1.00%,

Monday ...... .031/2 .91 .941/2 1.00

Tuesday ..... .9231; .9014 .930; 98%





\Yednesday .. .9223. .901/4 .9304 .9804

Corn—In spite of the slump in wheat,

corn has held steady with a week ago.

The reason for this is the light offerings

from farmers, the continued complaining

that yields are not up to the standard of

expectancy, and that the recent snows

over much of the coy!) belt will tend to

damage the grade of the product. Pri-

mary elevators are not getting much of

the new crop as yet. The increase in the

visible supply amounted to but a little

over half a million bushels. One year ago

the price for No. 3 corn was 6511ch per bu,

Quotations for the past week are:





No. 2 No. 2



Mixed. Yellow.

Thursday ................. 511,4, 53

Friday ................... 52 531/3

Saturday ................. 511/3 53

Monday ................... 511/2 53

Tuesday ................. 511/2 53

\Vednesday ............... 511/2 53





Oats.——Oats have remained steady with

corn. The local market is easy and the

movement of the grain is slow. Farmers

are not coming to primary elevators with

much of this grain. The visible supply

increased only about one—seventeenth of

what it did for the same period a year

ago. Last year at this date the price. for





standard oats was 411/21- per bu. Quota-

tions for the week are as follows:



Standard. No. 3



‘Vhite.



Thursday ................ 34% 341/,



Friday ................... 35 341/2



Saturday ..... . ............ 35 34%,,



ZVlonday ................. 35 341,43

Tuesday .................. 341/2 34

‘Ccdnesday .............. 341/2 34





Beans—There has been a slight im-

provement in quotations for beans this

week and farmers who have the legumes

to sell are. more hopeful that the market

will not have a slump. ’i‘rading here is

practically dead, no dealing being re-

ported. Following are the nominal quo—

tations for the past week:





Cash. Nov.



Thursday $200 $1.96

Friday ..................... 2.02 :00

Saturday ................... 2.02 2.00

Monday .................... 2.02 2.00

Tuesday ................... 2.02 2.00

\Vednesday ................ 2.02 2.00

Clover Seedrw'l‘here is still a wide





movement in clover seed and the market

is getting hold of nutch of the crop.

Prices for the week have gone down for

common seed and remained steady for





alsike. Quotations for the week are:

Prime Spot. liec. Alsike.

Thursday .........$.\’.00 .‘Fxti'i 95.9.73

Friday ............ 3.00 3.65 8.75

Saturday ......... \.00 3.05 3.75

Monday .......... 8.40 $.15 8.73

Tuesday .......... \. 10 3.15 8.75

\Vcdnesday ....... 8.10 3.45 8.75

Rye.—~'l‘he slow movement is due to





small offerings. Quotation for No. 1 is 71c.



per bu., which is the price of a week ago.

Visible Supply of Grains.



This week. Last week





“'heat . . ........... 40,120,000 30,073,010

(.‘orn .............. 3,510,000 2.000.000

Oats ............... 17,023.000 10,030,000

Rye ................ 4311.000 421,000

Harley ............. 2.053.000 2,818,000





Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.

FIour.——The flour trade is easy with





quotations revised for all grades. Quota-

tions are:



(‘lear ................................ $4.55

Straight ............................. 4.05

Patent Michigan .................... 5.20

Ordinary Patent .................... 475





Hay and Straw.—Market steady. Quo-

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

Detroit are: No. 1, timothy, $166016.50;

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

$15; rye straw, $7607.50; wheat and oat

straw, $650607 per ton.



Feed—The decline in grain values is

influencing feeds which are off $2604 per

ton. Carlot prices on track are: Bran,

$21 per ton: coarse. middlings. $23: fine

middlings, $26; cracked corn, $23: coarse

corn meal, $23; corn and oat chop, $21

per ton.



Potatoes.——The potato situation is not

pleasing to growers, for the demand at

present is slow and supply plentiful. Quo-

tations: In car lots Michigan potatoes

are selling at 38@420 per bu.





Provisions.-——Mess pork, $21.50; family





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. ;





pork, $23.50; medium clear, $21@22;

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

kets, 14c; shoulders,.1lc; picnic hams,

11c; bacon, 206024e; lard in tierces, 13@

13%0; kettle rendered, 13010 per lb.

Dairy and Poultry Products.



Butter.——Decreased production and the

constant large demand has forced butter

prices higher. Best creamery butter ad-

vanced a cent and dairy offerings are

steady .with last week. Quotations are:

Extra creamery, 31c; firsts, do., 29c;

dairy, 23c; packing stock, 22c per lb.



Eggs.~The scarcity of eggs and the

call for them keep the trade firm at a

one cent advance. Fresh receipts, case

count, cases included, are quoted at: 261/20

per dozen.



Poultry—Birds are coming to market in

fairly liberal numbers; but the sup—

ply is offset by a fairly good demand and

prices rule on the basis established a

week ago. Chickens are easy at 130

per pound; hens are unchanged at

1060121/2c; turkeys have not changed from

1661117e, nor geese from 10@llc, and ducks

continue at 14c per lb.



Cheese.—~—Michigan, late made, 15c;

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





176018c; limburger, old, 17@18c; Swiss,

domestic block, 2160220; cream brick,

Mil/260170.





Fruits and Vegetables.



Apples—The deal has not suffered for

lack of supply and the tone is easy.

Choice consignments selling at $3@3.50;

common kinds and grades, $2@3 per bbl.



Cabbage.—Steady. Selling at $1.50 per

bbl. for new.



Tomatoes.—Market unchanged.

eraliy quoted at 90c@$1 per bu.



Grapes.—Concords, 4-lb. baskets, 16c;

Niagaras,‘ 17c; Catawbas, 17c,



Pears.——Steady. Selling at 750@$1.50

per bu.





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OTHER MARKETS.

Grand Rapids.



No special change can be reported in

the potato situation and paying prices re-

main the same. Stock was never of bet-

ter quality and the movement is heavy.

Farmers who have to sell are Selling.

Experienced potato men say that they

would advise holding on for higher prices,

if the grower is in position to do so.

Beans continue fiat, buyers quoting white

on $1.70 basis; red kidneys. $2.25. Grain

prices are as follows: Wheat, 910; new

corn, 50c; oats, 35c; rye, 65c; buckwheat,

65c. Prices of produce offered on the city

market Tuesday were as follows: Pota-

toes, 406145(-; tomatoes 50c; onions, 650;

apples, 75e617$1.25; celery, 1561;20c; cab-

bage, 50c; Keiffer pears, 6561/75c; head

lettuce, 750; leaf lettuce, 60c; carrots,





35c; parsnips, 50c; beets, 40c. Dressed

hogs are bringing around 101/20. Poultry





dealers say that the turkey crop for

'l‘hanksgiving will be ample, but the

quality is likely to be poor on account of

warm weather. No. 1 dressed turkeys

will bring the farmer from 186020c; live

turkeys, 16c. Live chickens and fowls

are worth 10c; ducks, 11c; turkeys, 150;

geese. 9e. Creamery butter is up lc,

bringing 30c; No. 1 dairy is worth 26c;

packing stock, 211/20.





 





New York.



Butter.—Best grades of creamery goods

are advanced. Other kinds steady with

a week ago. Creamery specials quoted

at 3260321/2«-; extras, 31c; thirds to firsts,

2461201".



Eggs—Values are advanced. Nearby

eggs quoted at 3661J'50c; fresh gathered

extras, 3061132c; firsts, 2761.28c dozen,



J’oultrim—Dressed, market is irregular.

Quoted as follows: \\'estcrn spring

chickens, 1061101.; fowls, 1161'171/3c; spring

turkeys, 146122c.





 





Chicago.



\Vheat.—No. 2 red. 9133.167931‘; Decem-

ber, 891,46129-3gcz May, 951/2c per bu.



(.‘orn. No, 2 1ni::ed, 4917461150c; Decem-

ber, 4ti-‘igc: May, 401,10.



Oats—No, _2 white, 33‘4Q34e; Decem-

ber, 31%61‘3105 May, 34%,c. ,



“mien—Better grades of creamery are

quoted higher but the market is not'very

active. Creameries, 246130c; dairies, 23

61270.



Eggs—The. better grades cf eggs con-

tinue in light receipt while the demand

has been sutiiciently brisk to push prices

up llfic. Misccllancous receipts continue

steady at former values. Quotations are:

' tirsts, 28c: firsts, 24c: at mark,

tascs included, 1$y§612lléc dozen.



Hay and Strawm-‘Markct is easier. Al-

though dealers show a disposition to

shade prices, quotations remain as re--

]"|I‘lt’tl last week. Quotations are:

(‘hoice timothy, $196119.50; No, 1 timothy,

$176113; No. 2 do. and No. 1 mixed, $1561.?

1650; No, .“. do. and N0. 2 mixed, $126014;

rye straw, $850610; wheat straw, $5.50

616 per ton.



l’otatoes.-ml'nexpcctedly heavy receipts

have put prices below the low point of

two Weeks ago. Choice to fancy are

quoted at 43.6150c per bu; fair to good,

3761450





 





Elgin.

lutter.~—Trade firm at fill/gc per lb..

which is an advance over the price of

last week. Sales for the week amounted

to 671.200 lbs.. as compared with 683,700

lbs. for the previous week.





Boston.





VVool.—The demand for wool has wid—

ened with the sudden taking hold of the

trade by large buyers, a few days ago.

and the influence of the buying has been

to harden up values with a strong feeling

that advances will soon result from the

situation. Both territory and fleece con-

signments are being inquired for and the

small as well as the large mills are out

after the raw material. The leading do—

mestic quotations are as follows: Ohio





and Pennsylvania fieeces—Delaine washed

34c; XX, 300; fine unmerchantable, 2460

25c; 1,9-blood combing 29@30c; %-blood

combing, 2960300: 1/4-blood combing, 26%

6027350; delaine unwashed, 26%@27c; fine

unwashed, 22@23c.





Michigan, Wisconsin





and New York fleeces—Fine unwashed,





19@21c; delaine unwashed; 25@260; 1,5—

blood unwashed, 28@29c; i$41-blood un—

washed, 28@290. Kentucky, Indiana and

Missouri—~%-eighths blood 29@300; 1A,-





blood, 2760280.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





October 31, 1910.

Buffalo.



(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 190 cars: hogs, 17.920; sheep and



lambs, 22,000: calves, 1.200.



With 32,000 cattle reported in Chicago,

and 190 cars on this market, we quote the

market only steady and fairly active at

last Monday’s prices.



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

$6.85@7.25; good prime 1,200 to 1,300-1b.

steers, $6.25@6.75; best 1.100 to 1,200-lb.

shipping . steers, $5.65@6.25; medium

butcher steers, 1,000 to 1,100, $5@5.40;

light butcher steers, $450605; best fat

cows, $4.50@5.10; fair to good cows, $3.25

604; common to medium do.. $3603.50;

trimmers, $275603: best fat heifers, $5.25

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

good do., $3.75604.25; stock heifers, $3.50

11:03.75; best feeding steers. dehorned, $560

5.25; medium to good feeding steers, $4.25

604.50; stockers, all grades, $3.50@3.75;

best bulls, $4.75@5.25; bologna bulls, $460

4.50: light thin bulls, $3.25603.75; best

milkers and springers, $706080; good do.,

$506065; common to good do., $306040.

Bologna bulls were from 1060150 higher

here today.



\Vith 112 double decks of hogs on sale

here today, and liberal receipts in the

west, our market opened 5611101: lower

than Saturday‘s best price, and closing

slow at the opening, with quite a few g0-

ing over unsold.



We quote: Mixed, medium and heavy,

$8.75608.30; yorkers, $8.706118.80; light

yorkers and pigs, $8.90: strictly pigs. $9.05

(09.15; roughs, $7.50@7.60; stags, $62560

6.50. ’ .



The lamb market openedoup slow to-

day; few clinice handy lambs sold early

today at $6.80@6.85. Heavy lambs at a.

standstill; most of the northern Michigan

lambs sold from 1565060665 early; about

ten loads of northern Michigan lambs

could not be sold at the close at (ii/go.

Prospects look bad for the balance of the

week; market in a demoralized condition

in the east. Sheep were about steady

today; look for about steady prices the

Lalance of the week.



\Ve quote: Best lambs, $5.75606.30;

wethers, 545061475; cull sheep, $2 50613,

bucks, $2.50603.25; yearlings, $5605.50;

heavy ewes, $4604.10: handy ewes, $460

4.25; northern Michigan lambs, 36.5061)

6.60; veals, choice to extra, $10.506010.75;

fair to good do., $7.506010; heaVy calves,

$66117.





 





Chicago.

October 31, 1910.





Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 38.000 28,000 45,000

Same day last year..32.397 27,838 25,650





Received last week..77.574 111,923 100,803

Same week last year.65,335 109,931 131,372



Today begins another week, and the big

run of cattle after last week's decline of

306150c clearly shows that many owners

are without faith in the future market.

"he receipts of western range cattle were

under 3,000 head, and they, as well as the





small offerings of butcher stock, sold

Well, following last week's 1060250 ad-





vance in cows and heifers. Today's gen-

eral market for cattle is very dull. aside

from light handy-weights, which are

steady, with other l<inds_ heaVy beeves

especially, quoted 100 or more. lower by

sellers. The top for prime steers is $7.00,

Hogs are not very active. although prices

are. off 106.0150, with sales at 557.5561835.

The top figure is 550 lower than on Mon-

day a week ago. Hogs received last

week averaged 244 lbs. in weight, com"

pared with 249 lbs. a week earlier, 264

lbs. a month ago, the highest average of

the season, 228 lbs. a year ago, 207 lbs.

two years ago, 223 lbs, three years ago

and 231 lbs, four years ago. At the close

of last week lambs \vere 5061'601' under

the previous week‘s high level, while fat

sheep and yearlings showed a drop of 1560

25c for the week, feeder flocks remaining

steady. The, general market is steady to-

day, lambs going at $1.256r6.50 for feed-

ers, with the best mutton lambs at $6.75.

Ewes go at $2614. wethers at $3.506I‘430

and yearlings at $4.5ti60530. Breeding

ewes were in demand at $4604.50, and

feeders paid 825061325 for ewes and

$350614 for wethers.



Cattle have been coming to market for

several weeks with altogether too much

freedom. the time taken by hand-

reds of farmers and stockmen to get their

short—fed lots in being inopportune. as

the ranges have been hurrying cattle in

liberal numbers. The rangcmen have

no other recourse. as feed is scant and

alfalfa hay unusually dear, but the case

with feeders all over the west and east

is different, and they could winter their

cattle without any difficulty as a general

rule. However, many farmers prefer to

graze, their cattle and let the other fol-

low do the winter feeding. A great many

cattle will be fed this winter in the east

and west, an abundance of corn and for-

age. tending to bring this about and there

is danger that the business will be over—

done. Many farmers have paid extrava—

gant prices for feeders, some 1,211 to

1,275-lb, feeders going last week at $57560

0, with quite a number of feeders selling

at 35.25.615.65. Sales were made of feeders

all the way down to $4.65. while, large

numbers of stockers sold at $323605. The

chances seem to be best for the farmers

who have taken the middle course of buy—

ing good stockcrs and feeders. avoiding

either extremes. of buying inferior cattle

or fancy stock, and in most instances the

best results are attained by getting some

commission firm of high standing to do

the buying. Beef steers from farm sec-

tions have been declining steadily, with

very good cattle going at $6.50@7 and

choice heavier beeves bringing up to $7.25





NOV. 5. 1910.





607.75, with a sale on Monday a. week ago

at $7.90 for fancy steers. No large trad-

ing was done above $7.50, and the bulk of

the steers sold from that figure, down to

$5.50, with sales-away down to $4.35 for

inferior 800-lb. steers. Scattering Sales

of prime heifers at $6@7 eut little figure

in that department of the market, cows

and heifers selling usually at $3.30@5.75.

w1th canners and cutters at $2.25603.25

and_ bulls at $3604.90. Calves sold at

$2.75@3.10, and milch cows brought $30@

70 each.



Hogs have been marketed for a week

past here and at other western points

With a good deal of freedom, and at times

there was a much better showing of the

lighter weights, which served to weaken

these, as well as heavier hogs. There

were some advances in the market and

later declines, with the lack of a large

demand from eastern shippers a bearish

feature, as it meant a lack of vigorous

competition among buyers. The ex-

tremely heavy old packing sows were still

the worst sellers of all, these being first

to sell off and the very'last to advance.

Bacon hogs continued the favorites with

most buyers, although 400 bacon in the

west is calculated to make its consump-

tion much below normal. Of course, the

extraordinary dearness of cured hog

meats prevents their liberal consumption,

and_no matter how much lower hogs go,

retail provision dealers refuse to lower

their quotations. Looking backward, it is

seen that choice hogs are still unusually

high, but the advance in the commoner

heavy droves is much less. Advices from

all over the corn belt are unanimous that

farmers are fattening their hogs rapidly.

and quite a number of spring pigs have

been received here already.



Sheep and lambs have been marketed

for another week in liberal volume com-

pared with former years, although re-

ce1pts have fallen well below the unparal-

led supplies sent in a few weeks ago,

when range shipments were at their

height. The range Shipping season is

gradually nearing its close, but ship—

ments will be kept up until shut off en-

tirely by winter weather. The good de-

mand for mutton has been a help to the

market, while the phenomenally large

feeder trade has been maintained, with

especially liberal shipments to Michigan

feeding sections. Michigan, in common

with Ohio, is going heavily into the sheep

feeding industry, and they are also buy-

ing a great many breeding ewes. Cold

weather will bring large numbers of poor-

ly fed flocks back to market. as is always

the case, for many farmers have no sheds

and do not care to winter any sheep, and

such stock may be counted upon to make

poor returns,



Such activity as is witnessed now and

then in horses is largely restricted to

horses of the better class, some good

trading having been done in prime 1.700

to 2.000-lb. drafters at $2506D300 per head,

while a medium to good grade sold at

$1706v225. \Vagon horses have a fair sale

at $150fi‘215, and drivers are moderately

active on a basis of 1515060300. Common

horses are in poor demand. The horse

trade as a whole this fall has been below

expectations, and prices average much

lower than last spring. F.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





A’ leading hog buyer at Chicago

for the National Packing Company has

gone on record recently as saying that he

does not expect to see the general price

of hogs fall below $7 per 100 lbs. any time

during the coming winter, and, in his

01))11101’l_ droves will cost around $7607.50.

He points out that the pig “crop" was

reported as only about 10 per cent larger

than that of last year, and many of the

gilts will be needed for breeding purposes.

He says that should prices fall $2 per 100

lbs. for matured swine. it would still pay

Well for farmers to shovel corn to their

hogs liberally. He adds that he does not

look for the number of hogs to be mar-

keted to run over 10 to 13 per cent ahead

of the winter packing season of a year

ago. In closing he says: “Just because

corn has declined in price is no reason

that hog values will drop to a low level.

Lower-costing corn is anything but a

bearish argument at this time. With corn

so much lower, it is reasonable to suppose

that the country w'll increase the weight

of the hog crop. There is no surplus of

swine anywhere. and the demand for

young hogs to follow cattle in the feed

lots is of the clamorous kind in all parts

of the corn belt."



in many parts of the country pigs are

plentiful, and there is very little sickness,

farmers having refrained from feeding

new corn freely. The hogs are growing

rapidly, the fall having been an ideal

one, and by the early part of December

there should be fair marketings. Stock-

men I‘GDOIt that their hogs have been

putting on about two pounds of weight

daily, and they have not been disposed to

sli’p their holdings prematurely, although

recent marketings have averaged much

less in Weight per hog than a month or

so ago. at which time. hogs showed the

heaviest average weight of the year.





”AGENTS ATTENTION!





Election Day Your Opportunity.



The general election, which occurs next

Tuesday, will afford an unequaled oppor—

tunity for agents to get subscriptions.

Practically every farmer in Michigan will

be at the polling place in his township on

that day, and the agent who is on hand

can see practically all of them. Call ev-

ery farmer‘s attention to the fact that he

needs the Michigan Farmer in his busi-

ness and that he can save money by sub-

scribing now, as the subscription price

will advance on January 1, 1911. Supplies

will probably reach you by Tuesday, but

if not don’t fall, to take advantage of this

opportunity anyway. It is the best of

the year.



THE MICHIGAN FARMER,

Detroit, Michigan.





 





 





 





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Thursday’s Detroit Inn-loom

are given in tho but edition. Tin lit

edition is mailed Thur”? the hilt el-

tlon Friday musing. The first edition h

mailed to than who care more to get the

paper early than they do for Thursday’s

Detroit Live M W report. You

may have any edition desired. Subscrib-

ers may change has: one edition to a—

other by dropping an a. ms to that effect.





person st smcx HARKE-rs.





Thur-tars Narket.

October 27, 1910.

Cattle.



Receipts 729. Market active and strong

at last week’s prices on all grades.



We quote: Best steers and heifers,

$5.5m; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1.200.

$5®15.50; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000,

$4506”; grass steers and heifers that ‘are

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

heifers that are fat, 500 :to 700, $3.75@

4.25.; choice rat cows, “@4350; good at

cows, $3.50@3.7.5; common cows, $3@3.25;

camera, $2@2.75; choice heavy hulls, $1,:

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

stock bulls, $3.25@8.50; choice feeding

steers, 800 to 1,000., $4.25@4.50‘, ‘fil‘i’l‘ feed-

ing steers, 800 to 1.00.0, $3.75@4.25.; choice

stockers, 560 to 700, $4104.25; fair stuck-

ers, 500 to 700, $3..50@3.75; stock heaters,

$3.25@3.50; milkors, large, young, medium

age, $4-0'@65; common milkers, $25@35.



Raley 18: M, sold Sullivan P. Go. 14

butchers av 660 at $3.85 8 do av 762 at

$4.25, 1 bull weighing 4,140 at $3.50,- 1

steer weighing ‘97!) at 65; 1:0 Fronn '1 do

weighing 370 at $4.10; to Thompson ’Bros.

2 come av 1,000 at $8.50, 1 do weighing 700

at $2.50, 44 do av 1,017 at $8.75, 1 do

weiglrlng 840 at $3”. to Parker, ‘W. & Co.

1 steer weighing 1,040 at $5; to Sullivan

P. Co. 8 butchers av 653 at $4.80, '3 cows

av 990 at $8.75, 5 cows av 930 at $3.60, 1

do weighing 730 at $2.50; to Breitenbeck

Bros. 15 steers WV 793 at $4.80; to LaBoo

5 butchers av 808 at $4.50; 15 do av ’770

at $4.70; {to War 23 stockers av 747 at

$4.25.; the .5723in P. Go. 1 cow weigning

.910 at $2.50,, 8 do av 1,000 alt $8.85; 1.15

Cooke '3 sweats aw 076 at $5.50,; to David

2 smokers av 2615 at $4.25, 3 do av 547

at $4.25.



Sgt-ricer & EB. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1 cow

weighing 1,290 at $4.50, .2 :10 av 965 at

$2.75, '3 ”bulls an? 1,010 at $8.75, 1 do weigh--

ling 520 wt $3.25,; .to Bresnahan 2 cows av

1,100 at $4, 3 .60 av 1793 at $3; to Heinrich

6 ibutChem av 74-1 at $4.15.; to Breitenbeck

Bros. 2 cows av 1.000 at $3.75, 1 do

weighing 1,020 at $3.50, '1 ball weighing

1,240 at $3.85; to Regan 1 heifer weighing

620 at $4; to Schlischer 4 butchers av 762

at $4.50, 3 do av 430 at $3.75, 4 cows av

850 at $3.50; to Fry 1 do weighing 830 at

$3, 8 butchers av 682 at $4.25.; to Thor-

'borne 9 stockens aw 6221 at $4.; to Bremen-

beck 10 butchers saw 778 at 64.15, 1 cow

weighing 1,000 at $3.75; to Thompson

Bros. 1 bull weighing 21,200 at $4, 1 cow

weighing 800 at $2, 2 do av 035 at $3.25;

to Sullivan ‘1". 'Co. 2 steers av 1,170 at

$4.453; to Lachalt 3 butchers. av 773 at

4.





3 .

Bishop, B, & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 11





butchers av 609 at $3.85, 6 do av 740 at $8





$4.25, 1 heifer weighing 680 at $3.50, 1 bull

weighing 930 at $3.85, 2 cows av 905 at $3;

to Bresnahan 6 cows av 1,116 at $4, 2 do

av 820 at $3.25; to King 2 stockers av 650

at $4; to Kamman 11 butchers av 654 at

$4.05, 1 bull weighing 650 at $3.50, 1 do

weighing 770 at $3.75; to Sullivan P. Co.

1 cow weighing 900 at $2.75, 1 do weigh-

ing 730 at $2.25, 5 butchers av 922 at

$4.85, 8 do av 653 at $4, 1 bull weighing

1.440 .at $4, 3 COWS av 907 at $2.65, 3

heifers av 750 at $4.50, 2 cows av 850 at

$3.75, 2 do av 1,050 at $4.25, 3 do av ‘900

at $8.50, -1 do weighing 1,240 at $3.75; to

Busmslhan '3 caners lav 943 at $2.50; to

Mich. 'B, On. 12 steers :av 1.2.00 at $6, .3 do

av 1,083 at $5; to Hammond, S. '& Co. 4

do aw 709 at ”$4.35, 1 bull weighing 1,050

at $3.85, 1 cow weighing 1,200 at $8.50.



Boo Com. ‘Co. sold Thompson Bros. 7

cows av 986 at $4; to Hammond, S. & Co.

8 heifers av 742 at $4.35, 1 do weighing

890 at $5, 4 do av 590 at $4; to .M‘ulheron

6 stockers av 666 at $4.35, 3 feeders av

757 at $4.35; to Heinrich 1 cow weighing

1,150 at $4, 20 steers av 864 at $5; to

Breiizenbeck Bros, 4 cows av 1,030 at

$3.60. 2 do av 945 at $3.60.



Johnson sold Sullivan P. Go. 8 butchers

av 580 at $4.20, 5 do av 336 at $3.75.



Lovewell sold same 1 cow weighing

1,130 at $4.25.



Lovewell sold Began 10 butchers av

575 at $4.



Johnson sold same 4 do av 645 at $4.



Lovewell sold Hammond, S. & Co. S

cows av 916 at $3.



Fenton sold Ladelt 2 cows av 800 at

$3.75, 6 butchers av 760 at $4.20.





Veal Calves.



Receipts 590. Market steady at last

Thursday’s prices. Best $9@9.50; others,

“@850. Milch cows and springers steady.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 2

av 135 at $9, 1 weighing 150 at $9, 6 av

130 at $8.75; to Parker. W. & Co. 2 av

140 at $9, 6 av 180 at $8.75. 2 av 17-0 at

$9, 13 av 150 at $9.25, 9 av 265 at $4, 2 av

150 at $9; to McGuire 25 av 135 at $8.50,;

to Mich, B. Co. 6 av 155 at $8, 4 av 150

at $9, 7 av 145 at $8.75; to Hammond, S.

& Co. 14 av 140 at $9, 2 av 115 at $7.50.



Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co. 2

av 145 at $9, 1 weighing 120 at $9.; to

Goose 2 av 260 at $4.50, 2 av 180 at $6.50,

3 av 125 at $9. 12 av 130 at $8.50.



Wagner sold Sullivan P. Co. 6 av 140

at $9. 14 av 130 at $8.50.



Long sold same 2 av 140 at $9.



Johnson sold same 2 av 135 at $6, 6 av

120 at $8.



Snlcer 45 it. sold Mich. B. Co. 10 av

142 at $8.75, 3 av 14-0 at 69: to Parker, W.

& Clo. 4 law 140 at $9_ 11 av 145 at $8.50, 1

weighing 170 «at $8.50. 6 av 120 at $8.50;

to Hart 5 av 155.171 06.50; to Rattkowsky

2 av 320 at $4.50; to Breitenbeek Bros. 10

av 136 at $8.50.



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

4 av 150 at ”$9.25, "7 av 165 at $9.25, 3





THE‘ MICHIGAN ~ FA RMER.





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~Reliance, 5,926. Market ‘15@250 lower

than on Wednesday; about steady with

last Thursday. Best lambs, $6.50@6z60;

fair to good lambs, $6606.25; light to com—

Jnon lambs, $5@:5.7~5; fair to good sheep,

88.5004; calls and» common, $1.7‘5@3.



spice;- & B, sold Stocker 4 lambs av

68 at $6.35,, 12 do av 78 at $6.50, 5 sheep

av 100 at $2.50; to Nagle P. Go. 21 lambs

av 88 at $6.25, 16 sheep av 85 at $6.35, 44

sheep av 95 at 32.753, to Sullivan P. CO.

20 lambs av 72 at $6.25; to Mich. B. Co.

32 do av 6.0 at $5.70; to Young 70 do av

76 at $6.80; to Sullivan P. Co. 14 do av 48

at $5.25; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 21 sheep av

100 at $3.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 44 lambs

av 65 at $6.25.



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

58 lambs av 82 at $6.65, 1.7 sheep av 70

at $2.50, 44 lambs av .96 at $6.40; to New—

ton B. Co. '41 do av 85 at $6.60; to Mich.

13. Co. 25 yearlings at; 110 at $4.50.



Taggart solid Hammond, 3S. & Co. 40

'lalmbs av ‘75 at $6.60.



Sharp sold same 19 do av 74 at 66.



Long sold same 26 sheep av 78 at $2.10.



‘sold-zome 10 do or 110 at ‘3.

22 la“ av 70 at $6.



Haley -& M. sold Nagle P. Co. 65 lambs

:aw 85 at $6.60, 85 do av 80 at $6.60, 6

sheep av 110 at $3, 30 do av 73 at $4.75;

to Gordon & B. 2 do av 125 at $3, 4 do av

180 at $2.50, 23 do av 120 at $3.50,, 27

lambs av 7-0 at $6.25; to Parker, W. &

Co. 45 do av 75 at $6.35; to Hammond, S.

-& Co. 21 do av :70 at $6.35; to Gordon &

B. 27 do av 80 at $6.25. '24 Sheep 1" 90 at

$2.75; to Eschrlc‘h 28 ”lambs av 70 at $6.10.



Bishop, B, & H. sold Mich. 3. Co. 28

lambs av .57 at $6., 31 do av ‘60 at $6.25, 61

do av 75 at $6.50, ‘68 do av '00 at $6.10,

19 do av :65 at $6.50, 15 Sheep av 110 :at

54, 27 do av 115 at $3.75; 'to Rosamond,

S. & Co. ‘5 :‘lambs av ‘58 at $625, 61 do av

70 at $6.50, 20 do 'av 51 at 65.75, .21 do av

'60 at $6, 59 do av 73 at $6.65, 26 do av

75 at $6; to Gordon & B. 25 sheep av 90

at $3.25, 10 do 1117298 at $4; to Sullivan P.

00. ’15 lambs av 65 at $6.25: to Nagle P.

Co. 252 do av 80 Bit $6.60, .57 do av 75 at

36.260, 458 do av 83 at $6.50, 63 do av 80

at $6.40.: to Hammond, S. 8: Co. 40 do av

62 at $6, 42 do av 55 at $5.75; to Sullivan

1’. (to, 1011.0 av 97 at $5.50; to Fitzpatrick

firgg. :1ng av 70 $5 $6, 30 do av 60 at



s cc av at 3.2’ .

90Falt 11:2.50. p s 0' 12 do av



man sold Newton B. Co. 7 lambs av

50 at $5, 80 do av 75 at .‘ r '

12.51 %0850. $6 2.), 6 sheep av



‘0‘ son sold same 6 do a .

71Blambs a; 75 at $6.15. V 130 at ‘3’



ennett . S. sold Fl at

lambs av 75 at $6.50. up riCk Bros' 48

Hogs.



Receipts. 5,911. Market 15®20c lo

than last Thursday: bidding 50 lower tiff;

Wfidnesdeg; nothing sold at noon.



ange_ prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $8.65@8.75.; pigs, $8.760; light yorkers

$8£5@8C75; stélgs one—third off. '



0e cm. .0. sold Sulli F

av 19.0 at $8.75. van 13' CO' "01

I715al-ey & M. sold same 630 av 180 at





Sundry shi ers sol~ ”

(”$38.70. pp d same 310 av 19:)



picer & R. sold Parker W & Co 240

av 170 at $8.70, 490 a 2 ' ' r '

14OB'at $8.60. V 00 at $8.75, 40 av



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

genomic av 180 at $8.75, 732 av ’160 at





 





Friday’s Market.

October 28, 1910.

Cattle.



Receipts this week, 963; last '

Market strong at Thursday's 13:33:: 956



We quote: Best steers and heifers,

85.75606; steers and lheifers, 1,000 to 1.200

lbs, $5'@5.50; do. 800 to 1,000.1bs, 64.50.70

5; grass steers and heifers that are fat

800 -to 1,000 lbs, $4.50@'5; do. 500 to 706

lbs, $3.75@4.‘25; choice fat cows, $4604.50

good fat cows, .53,50@3,75; common cows,

$3@'3.25; canners, $2772.75; choice heavv

bulls. $4; fair to good bologna bulls, $3.50

@375; stock bulls, $303.25; choice feeding

steers, 800 to 1,000 lbs. $4.25(a,4.50.; fair

feeding steers. 800 to 1,000 lbs, $3.75@

4.25: choice stoc-kers, 500 to 700 lbs, $460

4.25; fair stockers, 500 to 700 lbs $3.506'M

3.75; stock heifers, $3.25@3.50; 'milkers,l

large, young, medium age, $40@65; com—1‘

mon mllkers, $255335.



. Veal Calves.



Mitelfctlplg this week, 656; last week, 767.

r e n c owcr than on Th 1" ' '-

$9; others, $375,778.75. u bddy' BBSt



Milch cows and springers steady.





. Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this wcek, 6,750; last week,

6,529. Market for sheep very dull and 250

lower; feeding lambs 4077:50c lower. Rest

grades, 15((ll25c lower and dull; best lambs

$6.25; fair lambs, $550606; fair to good

sheep, $3@3.50; culls and common. $1.75

@275.



Hogs.



Receipts this week, 8,273; last

8.166. Market 10mm: lower than T535:

day and very dull. Range of prices:

Light to good butchers. $8.60; pigs, $8.60





@865; ll ht so _ . - . . ,

third 0mg 3 Filters. $8.60, stags one

VE‘I‘EiRiNARY.





 





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Apply equal parts alcohol and war



er to stocked legs and knees twice”; 3:2; ‘

' Snaike Blte.—~I have a sheep that I bc- '

lleve died as the result“ of ”being bitten

by a. rattlesnake. When Sick She rolled

on back and was inclined to remain in

this posmon most 01' the time she was

sick. J. N. H., Dolph, Mich—Your sheep

died the result of inflamsmation of the

bogelzhang )not snake bite.



on . lave a cow that cal

days after being am. mg m ved 3.3:;





 





in milk flow and has been coughing





some. 11’

S. L,‘ S., A flan, Mich—Give 1 oz. ground

licorice. 1 oz. ground ginger and 1 oz.

ground genthn at s. dose in feed three

times a day.



Hole in Side of Test—I have'a cow that

has a hole in side of teat which I have

failed to heal. H. P. P V. S.. M-orenci,

Mich—Make the edges of opening raw.





stitch the parts closely together with silk





or ca~tgut, the-n apply'peroxide hydrogen,

followed ten minutes later with applica-

tions of boric acid, powdered alum and

oxide of zinc, equal parts. It may be‘

necessary to let her wear a. plugged

milking Lube.



Anemia—During the past two years I

have lost 16 head of cattle, most of them

showing symptoms of a cold, growing

thin and remaining so until they die. I

have given them stock tonics and stock

food which our dealers thought would

help them, but it failed. I consulted a

Vet. and he said they were anemic, the

result of some sort of food infection. per—

hape grazing on low. wet pasture. XV. J.

B., Otia, Mich—Your cattle should be fed

a good quality of well cured fodder and

some grain and when winter sets in feed

some vegetables; also give each one a

teaspoonful of powdered sulphate of iron,

two tablespoonfuls ground gentian, and

three to“~‘espoonfuls powdered charcoal alt

a dose in feed two or three times a day.

It is possible that you have been feeding

a poor quality of rather non-nutritious

fodder or their water supply may have

been bad.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





Lapeer 00., Oct. 24,—Potato digging is

practically finished and as near as we can

learn about 70 per cent of the crop has

been marketed; dealers today are paying

2562300 per bu. for those offered for sale.

The 1910 apple crop is very short. and yet

a very small price is offered to those

that are favored with a few to sell. But

few beans are as yet threshed. Farmers

are husking corn, drawing in clover, and

putting in the winter's supply of coal

and other fuel and fixing up things for

winter. Corn crop fair for this season.

We have had favorable weather for se-

curing t‘he potato crop, husking corn and

attending to all farm work. Fall pigs





are scarce and high, also fat cattle, while

anyone having a good new milch cow to





sell is sure of a good price for the same.

Sheep raising proves to be profitable.

Lambs bring a good price.



lngham Co., Oct. 31,—Corn husking is

about one—half finished. Yield about half

a. crop. Price 25c per bu. ears; clover

seed hulling nearly finished. Yield very

good for the amount of straw. from 114,.

to 3 bushels pcr am‘e, pricc $70118 per bu.

Beam threshing in full blast, yield from

10 to 16 bu. per acre, price $1.75 for hand-

picked; quality of bcuns mtlmr poor,

picking from four to 20 lbs. per bu;

farmers selling pretty freely. The usual

acreage of wheat not bcing sown on ac-

count of the lateness of the bean harvest,

most farmers practicing

after the bean crop.

high; hogs, $8 per cut, moving

freely; lambs, $56176 per cwt,





scarce and bringing fabulous prices, con-

sidering the price of milk ($1.21 per cwt.

for September milk). Six new silos built

this season within a radius of two miles.



Oscecla (30., Oct. 31,—A heavy snow

storm set in Oct. 27, covering the'ground

to a dcpth of about four inches doing





some damage to fruit and shade trees,‘





breaking some branches, and covering up

the pasture. making Willtel‘ feeding neces-

sary for two or three days. Snow is all





gone at this writing. The bulk of the;





potato crop is dug and stm-cd. There has

been fine weather for all kinds of t‘urm

work this full. The potato crop is a good

one in this part of the country, running

from

about 125 bushels. The potatoes are large

and of fine quality. The price has drop-

ped to 2560300 A large. amount have

been sold und 9. number of cars have

been shipped from here. Considerable

corn remains to be husked. Corn is of

good quality. A large amount of cattle





have bccu markcted on account of scar-‘





city of feed; buy selling at $10 pup Inn.

New milcll cows are selling high. Fall

grain ,and pastures are looking good. Very

little fall plowing done yet. Fruit is out

of the question, no apples wlllltcver.





 





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Strongest brown tout can-



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sewed,web bound. Two wide

girths attached. Guarantee tag

, ' on each Old Honesty. Ask your

’, dealer or write us. Booklet free.

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HAY or ALI. GRADES.





Writs turquollllons. 0m nrolll, from produce} to consumu'





F. D. HEWITT,





J20 leeriy St, New York.





 





SOUTHERN GENE“





Poultry. Fruit and Truck Forms.





250 acres rich. high. dry land. suitable for poultry,

fruit, vegetables and general crops, part. cleared ready

for low. balance oak and pine; excellent water. very

healthy. no malaria: rlght on new country road: two

‘tmthree miles of two good towns on two trunk lino

railroads. quick transportation to. markets: 1

mile from navigable riveru fine fishing and huntin$

Will sol! :untire tract or Will nub dwldo into 10, 15, '



or 40-acre tracts at $20.00 per acre. on very easy terms.





Many oflwrveryflesi-rnfietfa gorgerfires. I‘ll'iatoefora {

, ome an ,





III]

particulars. 0. S. RICHARD Ga.





sowing wheat

Cattle scarce and

rather

according

to weight and general thrift; milch cows





75 to 250 bus. pcr ucrc. averaging





20 ms Bldg" Omaha. Mob. 1





(25) 2391





1 had I better ‘dofor he,r?, SAVINGS





INVESTED Ill REAilY.





Put your money in residential building lots.

Be sure they are in improved sections Buy close to

a. blg city. Purchase curly. don t let others make

profits out of you The greatest fortunes were

made by realty investments. We Will otter 1000

choice building lots on Dec 1st at prices that Will

pay very handsome profits Terms of purchase.

$25 cash. per lot. balance in thirty-six equal pay

nleuts No interest. or taxes during this period.

if you die before completing your payments. u

deed is given your heirs. \Vlthout further cost.

Size of lots.25xl20.lt. and upward Price of lots.

$75.00 and upward according to location. By in-

vesting in land you own mmething for your

money. Investments ill stocks or saving accounts

are under the control of others. We guarautceyou

a profit of at least 25% for the first year. Sub-

scription lists are now open. By remitting us

$10.00 per lot, subsmibcrs get first selections. The

first 500 subscribers will also receive a credit of

10% on their purchase. Act now. Let us make

money :lor you and protect your savings.



We want agents in your locality. Write us the

names and addresses of some of your neighbors.

Do it now.





BUFFALO LAN]! SECURITY (30..

Ellicott Sq. Buflalo, N. Y.





FARMS All!) FARM [A‘NBS

FOR SALE 03 EXBHANGE





ARMS FOR BALE—$35 to $100 or acre. Stock.

dairy and truck farms. State kint and size wanted.

I). R. Rees, 724 Dollar Bank Bldg” Youngstown, Ohio.





OUR (JO-OPERATIVE ‘LISTquot’ s owner‘s price





for select terms all over Southern Michigan.

The Ypsllantl Agency Co. Inc. Ypsilanti, Mich.





] SELL FARMS in Oceunu. best County in United

States. 1* nut, Gram. Stock.



Poultry. W‘l'ite for list. ,J. B. HANSON. Hurt. Mich.

OWN A HOME-WM“w

Va I la y n I .1



great lndncemeuts for the homeseeker. Write to-

day. UNITED REALTY CO.. Saginaw. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





$3100 takes 183-21. fertile farm, 1‘). cows and all form

I ‘ mg tools. lurid-class bulge. water pl ed to

‘ barn 351-11. valuable timber. I mile to school. 0 uu-h,

= cmnot‘y 35 It. It. town. )4 gush, bul. umle Write for

1 desc. lmnklct. VALLEY FARM AGCY. Ou'ego, N. Y.





3 Cash For Your Form or Business. £32325

and seller together, no matterwhere located. If you





want to buy or sell, address FRANK P. CLEVE-

LAND, 948 Adams Express Building. Chicago. Ill.





We Sell Fine Farms!





Where the sun shines all winter long



In Texas and Oklahoma.



In h'lissouri and Arkansus.



In Louisiana. and Mississippi.



And in 15 other states. East. and West. Semi for

our from list if vou want. to buy a furm anywhere. No

l trades. Ask McBURNEY. S1OCKING 6; Co.

l 277 Dearborn St" Chicago. Illinois.





Fertile Farms in Tennessee

85 lo SID per acr





Fortunes are helm: mude on fertile 'lcnnessee

farms raising big crops of grain und grasses of al-

most. every kind. also ('nntuloupcs. Cabbage. Toma-

toes. String Beams. (lrcen Corn. etc . also Horses,

Cattle. Sheep. Swmc Poultry and Eggs Write me at once for

Free Literature. \\'hl('h mlwses how to get. one of these

splendid forms for 85 to SH) per acre Act quickly! H F.

Smith. Traf Mgr N C &St L lly Dept P Nashville.Teun.





 





 





 





 





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i If you are interested in





. ° o

Securing a Farm

E that will make you a good living and at.

i the same time will increase in value from

your to year, write





Northeastern Michigan Development Bureau,

I Shearer Block, Bay cm. Mlch.





.5 233 Acres, $5,700





2' 27 Head 01 Live Stock Also Poultry,

1 Machinery and Tools Included





l Everything Included to curry on farming on a large

scale. 10 room house. 3 burns and mauv other nut-

bulldlngs film ('ondltinll. buildings insured t'nrl34 200

90 acres fertile fields. cuts 801mm of hm . spring wider:

, ed pasture for?“ onus. \\ ill (-ut'Nm 000 feet timber und

} 1.500 cords ol‘ wood, there um 176:11'1‘95, tilluhle ltmd



largo orchard over l50 frlllL Ln-cs. 1311 miles to thriving



village. 54:: mile to school. mail delivered. nunur un-



ableftn cure for farm and il' tuklul ums \\ ill include 4

1 good work horses. 5 M-urllngs, 9 Icons. some thorough.

' hreds, 3 two your nlds. 4 chives. 2 breeding sows. 70

j hood of Sheep lutuhsuud lulu-us. ‘up onls fur200 moon

1 all machinery and tools also all crops mcludcd Eliot.

' up: on the farm at time nl’oulc. for the low price of

, $1. 700. part (-usll. cusy terms For details of this and

jUI’hOI‘ t'nrul lmrgulns see page .40. Strnut‘s Blgfleqt,

e Furm Bargains. Just out (‘opy free Station 101



E. A. STROI'T. l'nlon Bank Building. Pittsburg. Pu:





DELAWARE





Is the State for





HAPPY HOMES





comfortable living. enjoyment. and genial climate

it amous lnr fruit and ( uite as good for general farm:

mg. Land values are lit vunciug. hul farms are cheap-

. er than elsewhere with oquul advantages—if such it

place cxlsts. For information address





STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, Dover. Delaware.

FOR INFORMATION AS TO LANDS m





u The Nation’s





 





Garden Spot-

I'IAT GREAT FRUIT and TRUCK

GROWING SECTION—

along the





Atlantic Coast Line”





RAILROAD





, in Virginia, North and South Carolina

Georgia, Alabamn and Florida, wrlte u;

WILBUR McCOY.

1 $.67 I. Agt.!or Florida.

Alabama. Geor la,

momma, .





 





 





E. N. CLARK, .1

1.5 l. Agt. for Virginia;

and the Carolinas,

Wilmington. 5.0
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EPOULTRYmBEEsi





WINTERING BEES UNDER GROUND.





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Looks as if it would be a foolhardy

proceeding, doesn’t it, to bury bees in

the ground like so many potatoes? How-





ever, this is the method practiced by one

of the most successful bee-keepers in

this section of the state, also by a few

of the lesser ones, and, moreover, it is a

success with nearly all who try it. In

fact, those who are using this method

declare that they suffer no losses at all if

the bees so wintered are in a good, nor-

mal condition when put into the pit.



Of course, as in all other methods,

there are certain fixed rules to be fol—

lowed, and failure to observe these is

likely to cause trouble. These rules,

however, are so simple that there is no

excuse for making any mistake.



The first consideration is hives well

filled with good sealed honey. Buck-

wheat honey is as good as any if taken

in the early part of the season, thus giv-

ing it time to ripen. Thin fall honey

should never be used for wintering under

any conditions.



About the fifteenth of November is

considered the best time to bury them

and a place should be chosen for the pits

where the soil is of a sandy porous na—

ture. Never attempt to winter them by

this method in any other kind of soil.

Dig a trench about 18 inches deep and

wide enough to take in two rows of hives

without crowding. It may be any length

you choose to make it. Then lay some

2x4 Scantlings in the bottom of the





'found that the installation of a. ventilat-





THE MICHIGAIS ,EARMER.





The flange W





ventilation is provided except such as

comes through the earth, as it has been





ing system, while it helps to keep the

combs dry, causes the bees to die off

much faster because of the undue activity

it causes among them. In taking the

bees out in the spring, remove all but

about two inches of the earth and then

leave them until night. The fresh air

which filters through this thin covering

will cause much activity in the hives, but‘

they will not try to get out. Just at‘

night the remainder of the earth and the

straw may be removed. The bees can‘

then be set out early the next morning,

being placed on their summer stands,

which should be previously put in order

to receive the hive. This should be done

about the last of March or the first of

April, or as soon as the frost is out of the

ground.

Mecosta Co.





 





L. 0. WHEELER.





FITTING THANKSGIVING TURKEYS.





 





 





Less than three weeks remain in which

to prepare to meet the first of the holiday

turkey markets. A little study of the sit-

uation in this and adjacent states, as re-

vealed in the reports of our crop corre-

spondents and in the data gathered by

reputable trade journals, would seem to

warrant the statement that the season’s

turkey crop is not a big one, although un-

doubtedly better than last year’s. At

any rate the crop appears to be larger

than there was any reason to hope for

six months ago, the conditions up to the

middle of June being anything but fav-

orable to the hatching and rearing of

young turkeys. The season from that

time on, however, favored growers and





 





 





 





 





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That’s what every housewife seeks

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asbestos lining as- shoveling as he 3—

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Position of Hives in Trench Before Covering with Straw and Earth.





trench for the hives to rest upon, one in

the center and one at each side, flat side

down.



The hives are set upon these scant—

lings without the bottom board, or if the

bottoms are left on the deep entrance is

left. The cover is also raised one-half

inch so as to give free ventilation, for it

must be remembered that the circulation

(If air is not like that in a well ventilated





(-cllar, and you may expect to find the

combs very damp in the spring when

taken out. This does not seem to do any





damage unless they are allowed to mold,

which, of course, hurts the combs. After

the hivcs of bees are all set in the trench,

throw on straw to the depth of 18 inches





and cover this with earth deep enough





to keep the bees below the frost line.

The tops of the hives should be about

four inches below the top of the trench





lac-fore the straw is thrown on. That is,

the trench should be deep enough so that

the hives on top of the scantlings will

lack about four inches of coming to the

surface of the ground.



You will probably need more earth than

was thrown out of the trench, and as

there should be a shallow trench or ditch

on each side to carry off the water which

might otherwise settle on either side of

the trench and from there soak into the

pit, you can “kill two birds with one

stone” by using the earth from these

smaller trenches to cover the pit. Make

the covering of the pit as steep as pos-

sible so that it will throw off water in

good shape.



The best results are obtained by put-

ting from 20 to 35 colonies in a pit. No





is a crop that is somewhere

one but comprising





the result

near the normal





turc fowls.

ing, or the preparation for market,

large part of the season’s turkey

will

later, a fact which should be given some

thought by farmers who have turkeys

suited to meeting the Thanksgiving de-

mand. No doubt a good many will at-

tempt io supply this demand by fitting

undersized, immature fowls, and prices





on such stuff will probably not rule high:





However, well grown and well fitted

i‘owls always show better in contrast with

inferior stock, and producers who are able

to get the former kind to the Thanksgiv-

ing market should have no trouble in get— I

ting good prices according to the presentl

outlook.



Preparations should, however, begin at‘





once. Go over the turkey flock carefully,

selecting every fowl whose growth and





condition are such that a few weeks of

liberal feeding will convert it into a do-

sirable, marketable article. Separate

these from the remainder of the flock and

provide for them a good—sized feeding,

pen, remembering that it is not practicall

to confine turkeys as closely as other

fowls. They are too restless and must;

have space enough to allow them to workt

off a little of their excess energy. A1

shed, or the lean-to of a barn that has

been used for feeding cattle or sheep may

be made to answer the purpose. An ideall

place would be a covered pen having!

reasonably tight north and west“ walls but!

whose other sides are enclosed with poul-i





an

unusually large proportion of late, imma—i

This means that the market-‘

of a“

crop ;

be deferred until Christmas or even‘





 

 





 





 





Give them good appe-





Muke and keep your [owls healthy.

by regular use 0!





files, good digestion, good leellna.





GERMOZONE .





You will seldom be troubled with contagion in your flock if you give Germozone

in the drinking water trwire a week. It is unquestionably the world’s greatest

poultry medicine; the best bowel regulator, conditioner and tonic.





It prevents and Cures Roup, Cholera, Bowel

Troubles and all Common Poultry Diseases.





Thousands have tested and proven the great value of Germozone. You cannot

afford to be without it. Cost is nothing compared with

having all healthy, vigorous fowls. Leading poultry

supply dealers everywhere sell it. Liquid or tablet form.





arisen;





   

   





 





   

   

   

   

 

 





Give



Edotlr*

Hens a

2 - Chance





Make heavy layers of

your hens by feeding .





Lee’s Egg Maker





Don't depend alone on the grains you are feeding. They are ideal for growing

and fattening, but they are not egg makers. Lee's Egg Maker is the best form of

meat food; a clean wholesome product; a preparation that is cheaper and contains

more digz’nible protein—and that’s what counts. Hens crave it because it is the

most perfect substitute for the bugs, worms and grasshoppers which they devour

so greedily. And you know that bugs and worms are nature's way of supplying

protein to hens to make eggs.



25c and 50c Pkgs. 25 lb. Pails $2.00. 100 lb.



Drum 87.00. Special prices on larger lots.

"Lee’s Chicken Talk," a practical poultry hook for all poultrymen, is free to you. Write for copy.





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She" com 120 Bushels’





Per . Hour





The Watts Power Cylinder Corn Sheller and Feed Grinder

makes you independent of contract shellers. No fees, no wait-

ing. You get all the corn, no matter whether soft,green or dry.

Machine sells at an extremely low price. 3-horsc ower, any kind used by farmers, runs

it full capacity. “Shells 100 to isobu. an hour. Shel 3 pop corn. We ship on trial. You will

never part With it after you see it work. The 0111 shellcr for people who raise five to 100

acres of corn. Can furnish with or without grin er. Write us and get ready for {all and

wintaw shelling. Circular gives full information. Address





rue WATTS sure. 00.. Box 23. Jackson, Mich.
Nov. 5. 19111.





 





No one but a woman can tell the story

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tion, in paper covers. In handsome cloth-

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Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y





 





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double walls, double glass doors.

Free catalogd ascribes them.



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no! 111 . Meme. Wis.





   





 





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heat. ventilation and

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at nothln



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Alsonewou oor lam ted brooder. Send

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MORE EGGS





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my pen an egg me



Two year- uo l diewnred and perfected



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HRS. L. ALLEY. Box 0. New Madrid. Mo.





FOR SAL





E. H. BROOKS, R.D

anm cms —Vigorous. farm raised. and

‘ ‘ - bred fro prim 11lnners.$3

each two for 55. J. A. BARNUM, niou City, Mich.

THOROUGHBRED R. C. Brown Leghorn Cookerls





for sale. 81 each. This venm’stook farmed raised

M. G. VAN DUSEN. McBaln. Mich.





 





 





—-Thoro hbred Rode Island Red

Oockoruéfis. Price $2. 50 and 11p.

.No. 8, Albion. Michigan





 





 





only breed kept.





SINGLE com :HlTE LEBIIGBIS.





Cockerele $1.50 for one. . for three. Snoutluke

Poultry Farm R. F.D . N.o 1. Grand Rapids. Mic.l1





 





 





a c B Leghorn (‘ockerels. stockfrom selectedhreed-

- ingpen. lame hoav1 lining strain farmmnge

Each $2. JAS. F. BUCK R No.2. Marcellus, Mich.





WE





Black Minorcas

prices. H. H





 





will_have a few ckls. to sell from Barred 11ml

Whlte Rooks, Buff and White ()rpingtofns

and White Le ho Write in.

KING. WILIJ, MICHIGANri.





O __ ‘ -

While Wyandoflesld.lfi.h§1“fi$§‘“ .mrr’é'XNlt‘

LIN SMITH. R. F'. D.N 9, Ann Arbor, lVIlr h.



RITE Holland dc Buff Turkeys both toms dc hens S.





C. White Leghorns. Barred Rock (‘ockerels & pul-

lets at reducedprioes. B 0. Raymond Dnnsville. Mich.





 





 





 





BROWN lEGHORNSm-A fine lot of cor-herein for sale

I. at $l each and up Females all sold. lEWlS 'l‘.

OPPENLANDER. ii No. 4 Lnnslng. Micl1..s11ccessor to Fred Mott.





 





 





DOGS.





 





0U WRITE W. J. ROSS. Rochester. Michigan,

for those beautiful sable and white Collie Puppies.

of the finest breeding. and "from stock workers.





 





l'oxhounds and hound pups for hunting

fox and rooms. Also collios. Inclose





 





2-cent stamp. W. E. LEOKY. Holmcsville. Ohio.





PFPDET‘.

Always bu1 Michigan fer-

5 0m ram rots. they are stronger and i





better climated. Price list. and cir. free.

Kl line l11..eBros B.o'x{l Jamestown Mich.





”HEW be WAN rm

when «I maid-Immune.





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1m . ”MICHIGAN FAR MEER,





try netting. Such a pen allows the fowls

almost as much air and sunshine as

when on free range, while, if Judgment is

shovm as to the member of fowis the pen

should accommodate, they will not suffer

for want of exercise. Some low roosts,

enough to accommodate all the turkeys

without crowding, should be provided. and

the feeding troughs should be so arranged

that they may be removed for cleaning

without the attendant entering the pen.

The less confusion attending the work of

feeding. the better will be the results,

for it must be remembered that turkeys

are rather excitable fowls. For this rea-

son it is well to have the pen in a quiet,

secluded location if that is possible. At

least, endeavor to keep other animals

away from the fattening pen, a.d guard

the fowls from unusual or unnecessary

noise and excitement.

Since only those turkeys

hatched reasonably early and reared un-

der favorable conditions will have at-

tained sufficient size and maturity to

make them satisfactory candidates for

the Thanksgiving market. and since, as

intimated earlier in this article, these

fowls comprise an unusually small pro-

portion of the season’s crop. it would

seem advisable to prepare all such for

market at this time, excepting only a few

lof the very best specimens which every

producer should reserve for breeding

purposes. Therefore the finishing of all

such stock for the market should begin

at once, as two weeks, or a little more,

of steady, systcmatic feeding is sufficient

to put the fo11'ls in prime condition. and

this period is about as long as turkeys

may safely be fed in confinement. Do

not feed too liberally during the first few

days of confinement, but after that they

should have all that they will eat up

clean. Good fattening foods are corn

meal. bran, oats, barley. buckwheat and

cooked potatoes. Not all of these need

be fed but the combination of two or

more of them makes a good mush which

may be fed dry or wet. If moistened

with skim-milk the value of the mesh is

considerably increased, as skim~milk is

excellent for use in fattening poultry of

any kind, a fact which appears to be bet—





which were





ter appreciated by English poultrymen

than by those of this country. Many

English poultrymen supply skim-milk





for drink, almost exclusively, during the

fattening period. In the absence of skim—

milk, however, or where it is deemed too

expensive, an abundant supply of clean

pure water must be given. Sharp graVel

or grit must also be within reach of the

fowls throughout the period of confine—

ment. A plan favored by many is to feed

the mash in the mornmg and whole grain

~oais, corn or barley—later in the day,

the whole grain being first rendered more

digestible by steaming in hot water.

Where one is fitting turkeys for private

customers or for a discriminating market

it is advisable to add a little pure fat, in

the form of cheap tallow or suet, to thr1

mash, since it has the desirable effect of

softening the flesh and rendering the car-

cass more juicy.





THE HOUSING OF" POULTRY.





The warmth of summer cannot be pro-

vided in the winter poultry house. A

good, comfortable house that fully pro-

tects the fowls from the cold is all that

is necessary, r-wvided that a generous

supply of grain is furnished to maintain

the animal heat. in addition to furnishing

material for the composition of eggs.

Some people seem to think that poultry

houses need to be as warm as their own

dwelling houses. but this is :1 mistake.





A hon is perfecthr comfortable so long

as the temperature is anvwhcrc abovc

the freezing point. Her blood is about.





five degrees warmer than that of human

beings, and her feathers are the warmest

kind of clothes.



The exterior of the house, is :1 matter

of taste, but internally the comfort and

Well-being,r of the fowls must be the first

consideration. Appearance has nothing

to do with the practicability of a poultry

house, so long as proper attention is paid

to light, warmth. dryness and ventilation.





Lining the house with newspapers us-

sists materially in making the building

warmer, as paper is one of the best non-

conductors of boat and cold that we have.

One of the most successful flocks I ever

wintered was kept in a house lined with

several thicknesses of newspapers. The

roosts in this building were placed in one

as much as possible, and the

fowls were confined in this corner, with

a horse blanket hung in front of them at





‘nlght to confine all the animal heat gen-





erated





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SOME BU1 LDING QUESTIONS.





A Stone and Cement Home.





Please tell me what you think about

building a henhouse of field stone, with

cement floor. Would it be too damp, with

plenty of windows and ventilation?



Leelanau Co. W.





It is possible to construct such a house

so that it will not be damp, but it should

he understood that the planning of a per-

manent house of this character calls for

considerable thought and care. Of first

importance is the lactation, because any

kind of house will collect moisture if

proper drainage of the soil upon which it

stands is not provided for. Unless the

site chosen has sufficient slope to allow

surface water to drain away quickly it

will be necessary to allow for grading

when putting down the foundation wall.

When the foundation is finished grade up

so that the surface will gradually slope.

from a point near the top of the founda—

tion in all directions from the building.

Then fill up the space inside the founda-

tion with light soil or gravel until it is at

least as high as the graded surface out-

side, tamping it down well. This can

probably be done to better advantage be-

fore the building is erected on the foun—

dation than afterwards. The cement

floor can be laid later if desired but we

see no good reason for putting in 21 ee-

ment floor. A filled-in floor of earth and

gravel should prove fully as satisfactory

as a cement floor. No more g‘uvel will





 





be required for surfacing it than would

be used in making the concrete and the

cost of the cement will be saved. l



In erecting the walls be sure to makei

them high enough, also to have the doors!

and windows of ample proportions and

properly located. Keep in mind that you

are building a permanent structure and

that future regrets will be largely wastcd,

inasmuch as alterations in such a building

are not easily madc. In buildings of this

kind, used for housing any kind of live

stock, there is always more or less cou—

densation, upon the walls, of the moisture

in the atmosphere but this docs not nec—





essarily mean that more dampness is

prcscut than in a similarly located framl'1

building. In the one case the moisture





condenses upon the surface of thc walls,

due to the walls being excellent conduc~

tors of heat and cold. while in the other

it remains in the atmosphere. This con-

dition is largely controlled by ventilation,

and heavy condensation of moisture may

be assumed to point the need of more

perfect ventilation.

Building Cheaply But Sel‘viceably.





I want to build a poultry house 50 ft.

long and probably about 12 ft, widc.

\\ ant to put it up as (1161111111 as possible

and still ha1e it faiily SCI\l(€fll)lt}.



Oakland C0 (. F.





With regard to the site, which

first importance We call attention

what is said in response to anothcr i1’1~

quiry upon this pug (.1 The sumo kind of

foundation and floor should prove satis-

factory iu your cusc, unless thc concrete

wall is cmisidcrcd too expensive. ln that

case we suggest setting the building upon

blocks of wood or stone, or upon

Set it high and use 2x4 stuff for sills.

Have the siding extend scvcral inches. or

more, below the sills and when the siding

is on grade up around the building almost

to a level with the sills and till H111 iutc—

rior to about the some level.



As to dimensions we suggcst making

the house H ft, wide, which will give 701)

sq. ft. of floor space. By building on tho

open-front plan, which allows tbc fowls

the freedom of the entire iloor spucc. and

abundant ventilation, this housu should

accommodate about 1:10 fouls. Illvizlc 11.19

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In advocating the methods of the so-

called mulch system, the writer is fully

aware that it is rowing against the gen-

eral tide of opinion and practice. we

recall talking at a farmers’ institute upon

the above topic and it was evident from

the discussion that followed that most of

the‘ speakers at least, had very little sym-

pathy with the practice. Well, some other

things were also evident, but chiefly, that

the opponents of the system, simply be~

cause the method has usually been desig-

nated as the “sod mulch,” waived it aside

and condemned the whole theory as the

trees thus treated were always sod bound,

etc. Now, no such conditions are present

when the work is carefully performed.



But we started to tell what we are

doing, and not to discuss either one or



another s3 stem of cultuie



On a. piece of ground of which we have





 





Mulchea‘ Grape Vine Surviving Extreme

D'routh in Good Conditlon.





charge, the owner desired to see what

could be done with grapes and peaches.

Now it would be hard to imagine more

unpromising conditions: a high hillside

with southern slope and gravelly soil with

heavy percentage of clay. "The southern

slope is all right; but the stone, well,

there are stone, and then some. The

writer advised removing these from the

surface for convenience in getting over

the ground, ,but the owner thought not;

and so they are still in evidence. To

make still worse conditions there are fif—

teen to twenty trees, walnut and maple,

(in the piece about an acre and a half.

These, of course, would be removed later

on, provided the grapes give promise of

success. The plan was to set both the

peaches and grapes without previous cul-

tivating of any kind, either plowing or

otherwise, and depend chiefly on mulch-

ing. When we started the work a year

ago the past spring, there was very little

vegetation growing on the ground save

some wild blackberry bushes and young

sumacs. These were removed, and a mix-

ture of clover, timothy and Kentucky blue

grass seed was sown. But this would

avail nothing the first year and the tug of

war was to find enough grass and weeds

all told to mulch the trees and vines even

in a small way. In fact, there was not

enough to complete the work and it was

necessary to carry litter from elsewhere

to complete the job.



The drouth of last season was exceed-

ingly trying to nursery stock of all kinds

and it did well to pull through under the

best of conditions. However, in spite of

all adverse circumstances, both the trees

and vines came out without any loss of

the former, and very few of the latter.



The past spring was no better; but even

worse, if anything. The extremely warm

weather of March and early April, with

scarcely a drop of rain, followed by the

Wet and cold freezing weather later on,

proved a little too much and some of the

vines died down after starting. This last,

however, is an incident of weather rather

than cultural conditions. The mulching

proposition this year is far different than

that of last season. For, instead of next

to nothing with which to mulch, as then,

I have out better than a ton to the acre

thus far. This gives an abundance of

material for use immediately about the

trees and vines and the balance was

spread on the poorer places to rot down

and add to the general fertility. I would

have been glad had it been two tons,

but it would have all been left on the

ground and none would have been carted





 





THE MICHIGAN . FARMER.





away. Were it my own ground I should

have pursued a different course. The

surface stone ought to have been removed

so that the mowing could be done with

the machine rather than by hand. Then,

too, I should have applied, preferably last

spring, a ton or more of high-grade fer-

tilizer, which would have brought quicker

results as to the mulching material.



The writer does not advocate the meth—

od for all soils and conditions, at least in

this article. But I hay" faith in the sys-

tem and believe that, thoroughly carried

out, it would transform many a barren

and worthless hillside into a fruitful and

profitable orchard or vineyard, and at

comparatively little expense. \Ve have

sprayed thoroughly with Bordeaux mi-

ture and though the drouth has been very

severe until within a few days, the foliage

is in good condition and the growth is

good.



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FRUIT NOTES.





J. E. MORSE.





 





“’e have the apple crop secured and are

packing it now during this spell of rainy

weather. \Ve were just in time to get

the fruit all off before the rains came on,

just two weeks of excellent weather for

apple picking, with very little wind. The

only objection was the warm weather

which caused them to ripen fast and fav—

ored decay. This will enable us to detect

bruises and specimens of doubtful keeping

value better than when picked, but of

course it brings some loss on us which

would be better on the buyer if the fruit





was packed while picking. I feel much

better, however, to have the fruit in

storage where we can leave all our ap—





paratus and pack at leisure than to have

a part of the fruit picked and packed and

the rest 011 the trees at this time (Oct.

21). However, such weather as we have

had lately makes one feel the need of a.

good storage building where the tempera—





ture can be kept reasonably low.



The strawberries have made a fair

growth for the fall months, though they

did not catch up with the setback the

drouth gave them last summer. The

propagating bed has not made as many





plants as usual and plants may be scarce

next spring. The best growth this year

is in the bed which was renewed. These

plants having a root system already es-

tablished were able to support themselves

during the drouth and make some growth

and are looking very well.

layered plants are well rooted, but later

ones are small.



Calhoun Co. S.





FARM HOME GARDENS.





B. HARTMAN.





 





 





BY GLADYS HYATT SINCLAIR.



I wish there might be more farm gar-

dens in America, gardens that are known

as ‘the garden" as permanently as barns

are “the barn." I wish we might drop

our fruit and flower flightiness, now that

our nation is grown out of kneepants, and

learn our English forbears some wisdom

in garden ways.



In England the garden is established as

much as is the house. The English would

as little think of saying, “\Vhere will

your flowers grow this year?” as of ask-

ing “\Yhere will you eat?” This sense of

permanence is the thing most lacking, the

stumbling block to American gardens.

Once the home garden for fruit and flow-

ers is fixed, known to be there to stay,

the biggest obstacle to good farm-home

gardens disappears. Indecision as to the

where and how much of a garden is the

very next step to no garden at all.



\thn garden limits are defined, garden

riches accumulate from all sides. The

ground grows richer from year to year,





until its yield is marvelous. Trees will

be planted for fruit and shade, shrubs

bought, hedges and arbors set, because





when they are ready the place is waiting

for them.



Nearest the water supply and adjoining

the house is the best place for a garden,

for obvious reasons. I do so wonder why

the great, bare, useless back and side yard

of the average farm home isn’t a garden?

Why are the small fruits and berries

landed at the end of a hot tramp, the

flowers nowhere, while this big space, ac-

cessible for use and beauty, goes to

waste?



“Got to drive in?” A drive, curving as

such a drive must, is one of the prettiest

bits of a garden. When poultry are shut

out of the house premises, for cleanli-

ness’ sake, they would be out of the gar—

den, too. Small bits of time could be

used to work, here, and here the evenings

in summer could and would be spent in

out-door enjoyment of fruit and flowers.

Here there is usually a. little shade to be-

gin with; here seats would be built and





The early .





hammock and swing hung because they

would be wanted and used. Here the

waste water from house and well would

all be turned into berry and bloom. Here

would be interest and rest and good times

for the whole family.



The reason for so many gardenless

farms in America is not that American

women with country homes do not want

beauty spots, but that they do not know

they can have them. Americans measure

things by money. Japanese and English

(the best gardeners in the world), know

that much love, a little effort and a great

deal of “know how” make a garden.

When we learn this, Americans will have

gardens, too; and American women are

learning fast.



It does seem that the women of Am-

erica are the starters for America. Nearly

every big move for betterment, except

money-making moves, originated with

women. Often they have been well con-

tent to step quietly back when stronger

hands took hold, and so few remembered

who started things—but the start was

made, and by women.



So will come the country gardens. VVo—

men in our country homes are waking to

the fact that garden beauty-and garden

luxuries are for them as well as for the

women of older lands. They will start

the ball and keep it rolling a while, as

they have so many before; and the Am-

erican country gentleman, with his

blessed capable hands already full, will

keep “the girl" in sight and catch up by

supper time, as he always does.





Much of the work will be delightful.

First, the planning. Look at your yard

and think how you would like it. What,

there, do you want covered with vines?

Which part of the view shall be kept,

which hidden by trees or trellises? Don’t

be afraid to think big—to plan just what

you want. Planning costs nothing and

you are not going to try.for all at once;

besides, big plans bring more accomplish-

ment than little one. Next, pace the

place and map it on a big piece of paper,

a half inch to the foot. Perhaps the

school children can do this. It wiil'be

good for them, as every L"ilding and tree

should have its proper space allowed.

\Vithout pencil and paper, placing shrub

or tree or flower bed Where it seems





“pretty” for the moment, you would soon

with neither





have a cluttered mess





 

 

 

 





 





How Mr. Morse Mulched Peach Trees.





spaces or plantings of any beauty. Your

plan will change with the years, of

course. But have a plan to start with, if





only to remember what you mean to do.



Now, make up your mind to three

things—write them on the back of your

map if necessary. First, a farm is the

easiest place in the world to have a real

garden.

fertilizer, woods, dirt, room, and a thou-

sand kinds of growing things within

reach that would cost you a pretty penny

in the city. Second, determine that youI

are going to paint with a big brush, grow

easy things and have enough of each to

count and show well, not fuss and putter

with a few insignificant plants of many

kinds that require more care than'a royal

baby. Each garden should be locally

famous for one Or two things—anything

from trees to pinks, from hedges to hol-

lyhocks. Third, decide that you will have

the few things that you want most, and

will let the rest go. No matter what

these things are, bend all your efforts

toward them and you will get them; but





 





 





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masses and along boundaries or used as

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borders.



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thn planting groups of trees or

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Song.



Three current events, with comments

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Life of Florence Nnghtingale.



Feeding Animals, 11—1. Their foods,

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____.__.__..__-———-

THE FARM LABOR PROBLEM.



At the October meeting of Lenawee

Pomona. Grange the present dearth of

farm labor was discussed, the question

being presented in the following form:

‘If a portion of the tide of labor now go—

ing to the factories and stores could be

turned back to the farm what effect would

it, have upon labor and the farmer?" In

a "well written paper Bro. E. R. Illenden

argued for a better understanding bea-

tween the farmer and his help and the

introduction of more intensive methods of

farming which will make it possible for

the farmer to give steady employment to

labor. In part, Mr. Illenden said:



I assume that the subject refers only

to the labor that goes from the farm to

the factory and the stores, as the amount

of labor which goes from the city to the

country is not worthy of discussion. The

city laborer would rather put up with

any hardship or inconvenience than to

work upon the farm, although as we

know in many cases his conditions would

be better and he could supply his family

with more of the comforts of life; yet he

and his family will not go into the coun-

try because they dread its isolation and

its plodding round of toil as they imagine

it to be. There is an endless stream of

labor that flows from the farm to the

city. How can we keep a portion of it on

the farm where it is so badly needed?



I am therefore dealing with a theory

and not a condition. The tide of labor

flows from the country to the city and I

do not believe that any great amount of

it can be turned back under our present

social system. When the laborer comes

in from the country his ideal is the mil—

lionaire, and he has confidence that he

will win. He docs not see the 999 fail-

ures who, having the same ideals that

,we had, are now eking out a bare sub-

sistence, hopeless and weary. “His eye is

on the one who reached the goal. The

farm offers an almost certain way to earn

a comfortable living and a competence

for sickness and old age. No other occu-

pation offers so sure a living. but neither

extreme is there, neither great wealth

nor hopeless poverty, and this element of

chance in human life, this hope of getting

something for nothing. is characteristic

of the American people.



For the first time in the history of the

world man can no longer cry westward

Ho! We are in one of the epoch making

periods of the world’s history. This rest-

less spirit of our race is striving to sat-

isfy itself by crowding to the centers of

population. X’Vitness the marvelous

growth 01’ our great cities in the past ten

years by the census now bcing compiled:

New York over 4,000,000. Chicago over

2,000,000, and our OWn Detroit nearing the

half million mark. llcre in these cities

is excitement; here is plcasurc, hero is

the strenuous life. Here is a chance to

burn the lamp or life at both ends of the

wick and that is what ~ majority of our

Dimple seem to want, and this restless

spirit, strong with its centuries of devel—

opment, is what makes the tide of labor

flow from the country to the city.



Can we stem the tide? As well try to

stop Niagara; at least at the present time.

Perhaps in the future years, when con-

«sumption overtakes production and star-

vation stares our poorest people in the

face, they will turn back to the land. And

that time is not so very far distant in

my estimation.



.sz a portion of the tide of labor could be

"kept upon the farm it would be a great

benefit to both the farmer and the labor-

ing man, but both have their lessons to

learn as 'to the treatment at the other.

"The farmer must so arrange his work

that he can furnish constant employment

to the laborer throughout the year, and

in intensive farming this can be easily

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itself and can newer. be conducted in the

same manner as other business. The

firmer and his crops are at the mercy of

the weather and. as the saying is, he

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Mews Mass Meetings Suggested.——Har—

mony Grange, of Charlevoix Co., at its

last meeting spent some time in familiar-

izing the members with the initiatory

ceremony, and six candidates were elect—

ed to membership. W. C. Bu-rdick led a

very interesting discussion on the sub-

ject, “If every hill of 'com in my field

were as good as my best hill, how much

could I afford to expend in better cultiva-

tion and fertilizer?" It was shown that

there was a wide margin between the ac-

tual production and the possible, enough

to be well worth striving for, not only by

u more fertilizer and better cultiva—

tion but by selecting better seed. It was

suggested that the Grange try to formu—

late some plan for making the neighbor—

hood noted for some one specialty or

more, and to that end members were in-

vited to make suggestions at the next

regular meeting. Lecturer O. D. Wilson

suggested that we have a men’s mass

meeting once a month and invite neigh-

vbors, though not members of the Grange,

to join in the discussion of things of par-

ticular interest to the men of the neigh-

borhood, thus putting the men on an

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COMING EVENTS.





National Grange, Forty-fourth annual

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





Mlc'hlgan State Grange, Thirty-eighth





Annual Session, at Traverse City, Dec.

13—16.

Pomona Meetings.



Genesee Co., with Goodrich

Friday, Nov, .



Berrien Co., with Pipestone Grange.

Tuesday, Nov. 15.



Gratiot Co., with Newark Grange, Sat—

urday, Nov. 12. Bro. J. K. Campbell,

state speaker.



Kent Co., with Courtland Grange, VVed—

nesday and Thursday, Nov. 16 and 17.

Prof. R. D. Bailey and Hon, Colon C.

Lillie, state speakers.



Charlevoix (30., with Barnard Grange,

Thursday, Nov. 17.



Mecosta Co., with Aetna Grange, at

Borland, Thursday. Nov. 17.



Lenawee Co., in Adrian,

Dec. .



Jackson 00., at I. O. O. F. hall, in Jack-

son, Friday, Dec, 2.





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Address all communications relative to

the organization of new clubs to Mrs. C.

1’. Johnson. Metamora, Mich.





 





Associational Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.





 





Associational Sentiment.—

The farmer, he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.





 





 





A LAW IN LINE WITH MEMORY DAY

SENTIMENT.





 





The Judge of Probate of Ingham County

has brought to general public attention a

law which is so directly in line with the

sentiment of the Memory Day movement,

with which the Farmers’ Club organization

of Michigan has allied itself, that it is

worthy of special mention in these col—

umns. The court‘s allusion to and recog'-

nition of this law resulted from a case in

which he rendered judgment applying it,

so far as we have knowledge, for the first

time since its enactment. The case was

that of a recluse who resided in the coun-

ty, and who recently died intestate, but

siezed of considerable property. At the

time of his death -it was not known that

he had any legal heirs, but later the court

lOcated twelve relatives, and the estate

was divided among them, with the ex-

ception of a sum reserved by the court

for the care of the hermit‘s grave in

future years.



This action of the court was taken un-

dcr authority given by Act 107 of the

Public Acts of 1903. which provides that

funds may be deposited with the county

treasurer of any county for this purpose.

This law provides that the county may

use the principal sum so deposited, and

for which the trcasurcr is required to give

a special bond. and that the interest ac—

cruing from such fund. less 20 per cent

of said interest to which the county trees-v

urer is entitled under the law as compen-

sation for attention given the matter. is

expended in keeping in order the grave

of the deceased.



"in calling the attention of the Board of

Wm to this law, Judge Gardner

expressed the opinion that many citizens

will, '-in the future. desire to take advan—

tage of this law, :to which attention has

never before been directed in an official

way. In practically ‘every community

there «are instances in which the graves

of substantial people Who have "left no

direct heirs ‘have been neglected, in some





cases not even being marked with a sim-

ple headstone while distant relatives en-

joyed the fruits of the labor of their ac-~

tive lives.

provisions of this law many a man would-

ease his mind regarding the proper care

of the graves of friends who were dear

to him, as well as his own grave, after‘

he has been called to the great beyond.

We believe this instance should at least,

serve to call the attention of every reader

to the condition of the graves of his own

friends and relatives, if nothing more,

and in this way make for the increase of

Memory Day sentiment in our state, both

in and outside the membership of Farm-

ers’ Clubs.





By taking advantage of the





And if we are inspired in that direction,





it is not necessary to await the coming of

Memory Day, next year to act upon that

inspliraticifn.

be lgooniight now, and a good work

begun.\a¢t this time in bestowing a little

care on the graves of our departed friends

will be the more likely to be continued

next year and in future years to come,

than if we procrastinate in beginning it.





The deed and example will





 





Both the individual and the community

will be benefited by the example, and the

cause of Memory Day will be fostered





and encouraged at the same time.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





Housekeeping Made Easy.—Thc Howell:

Farmers' Club which held its Octoberl

i





meeting with Mrs. A. “’axrner was a very

enthusiastic meeting. On account of the

busy days with the farmers, only a few

gentlemen were present but quite a

goodly number of ladies. The president,

Mr. Muusell, being absent, W. W. Crit—

tcndcn was called to the chair and pre-

sided ovcr the meeting.

opening exercises and prayer by Mr.

Wells, Mrs. E. E_ Latson read a good

article on "Housekeeping Made Easy."





the article we learn that mcn and women



are of more importance than houses.

Over-Praised Virtues.———Mrs. A, M.



\Vclls then read a paper which reflected





much credit on her as a writer, the title-





being, “Over-Praised Virtues.” She said

that woman's patience was at the bot-

tom of many evils. A mother too indul-

gent spoiled her children. That woman

sometimes offered herself as a burnt of—

fering over her stove fixing up fancy

dishes. Let the members of the family

learn to help themselves. This paper

called out a good discussion by the ladies

and was indorsed as a whole. Margery

Moodv then recited a memory (lay poem

and a song by Mrs. Howard Reed, with

Mrs, Fred Bucknell at the piano, was

much appreciated. The poem on memory

day by Will Carleton, was read by Mrs.

W. Hildebrandt, also Mrs. Roy Latson

read a fine memory day poem.



The Question Box—The question box

was about as full as ever with many im—

portant questions for discussion, the first

of which was: “Is the law as to paying

rural scholar‘s tuition. a just law?" Mr.

\Vells thought not and TV. \N'. Crittenden

said he had asked sevcral the samc ques-

tion and there was only one who thought

it just. “If summer fallow would kill out

Canada thistles." was answered by

Messrs, Wells and Crittenden. Mr. Crit-

lenden said he killed a out a patch of

thistles in one year by summer {allowing

and keeping them under the ground with

the hOe.



Mr. Crittenden then appointed a com—

mittee of three, Mr. \l'ells, Mrs. Smith

and Mrs, Brown to draft resolutions on

the death of treasurcr I, \i'. Ellsworth.

The Club was kindly invited to meet with

Spencer Tooley and family in November.



The Salem Farmers’ Club held its Oc—

tober meeting at the pleasant home of

Mr. and Mrs. “’9le Lane. About 70

guests and members of the Club were

present and enjoyed the day. After the

bountiful dinner. President Ross called

the meeting to order and a good program

was rendered: Music by Mrs. Myrtle

Atchinson and Mrs. Edith Muun was all-

preciated. The recitation, “That Old

Reading Class in District No. 3," was

given by Daniel Smith and was greatly

enjoyed. The balance of the afternoon

was taken up by Mr. N, G. Hull, who

gave an excellent all-round talk, saying,

as an educator the Farmers’ Club is one

of the greatest. It helps a man to have

his opinion measurcd by the yardstick of

another man's opinion. The Farmers'

Clubs help the farmer to maintain his

rights. and we are not worthy descend-

ants of our forefathers if we do not rec-

ognize the fact that we have rights

which must be respected. Organization

is the watchword. Let us get together

and lift together. Mr. Hull said this

year’s corn crop of the I'nited States

would sell for enough money to pay the

national debt. build the Panama Canal

and build besides. several big warships.

He said farmers simply need to learn to

conserve the fertility of the soil. He

spoke at some lcngth of our forage crops.

He was given a hearty vote of thinks and

was followed by Herbert Smith on “Soil

Fertility." John Munn, of Detroit. was

also with us and was warmly welcomed

by all. A selection of “’VV-eeds and how‘

to get rid of them.” was read by Mrs.

Rora Sacher. The Club adjourned to meet

with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Roberts in No-

vember.



This Club held its September rally at

the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Packard.





After the usual‘





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Discussed by Mrs. Smith and others. Byland full 0f human lnteres"





 





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THE FIRST TASTE





Learned to Drink Collee When a Bully.





If parents realized the fact that coffee

contains a drug—caffeine—which is es-

pecially harmful to children, they would

doubtless hesitate before giving the babies

coffee to drink.



“When I was a child in my mother’s

arms and first began to nibble things at

the table, mother used to give me sips

of coffee. As my parents used coffee

exclusively at meals I never knew there

was anything to drink but coffee and

water.



“And so I contracted the coffee habit

early. I remember when quite young

the continual use of coffee so affected my

parents that they tried roasting wheat

and barley, then ground it in the coffee-

mill, as a substitute for coffee.



“But it did not taste right and they

went. back to coffee again. That was

long before Postum was ever heard of.

I continued to use coffee until I was 27,

and when I got into office work, I began

to have nervous spells. Especially after

breakfast I was so nervous I could

scarcely attend to my correspondence.



“At night, after having coffee for sup-





,pcr, I could hardly sleep, and on rising





in the morning would feel weak and

nervous.



“A friend persuaded me to try Postum.

My wife and I did not like it at first, but

later when boiled good and strong it was

fine. Now we would not give up Postum

for the best coffee we ever tasted.



“I can now get good sleep, am free

from nervousness and headaches. I rec-

ommend Postum to all coffee drinkers.



Read “The Road to ’Wellville," in pkgs.

“There‘s a Reason."



Ever read the above letter? A





new one appears from time to

They are genuine, true.





 





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Everybody enjoyed the day. Select read—

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The secnetary being absent, however, the

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CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING co., 35th and Iron Sta"





Chicago





   





Read what the Chicago House Wrecking Customers say:





———-——. Ill.

Chicago House Wrecking Co., Chicago, Ill.

Gentlemenz—I received your lumber you

shipped me all 0, K., in good shape and





some of my neighbors asked me to get



them a catalog. Please send me 1.4. dozen.

(Signed) L. M, HOFFMAN.

——————— Maine.





thank you for prompt shipment and I Chicago House Wrecking Co., Chicago, Ill,





would be much pleased if you would send

me a few of your lumber price lists and





Gentlemenz—The door and window ar-

rived Saturday, September 17, all in good





condition. Many thanks for prom t shi- -

merit. Am highly pleased withp goodps.

Think I shall send you another order soon



(Signed) E. E. GARLAND. '





M N J

Chicago House Wrecking Co. Chi I I

Gentlemen:—~I have got my hoiz?’fiIrlil-





ished (Design No. 130). and it suits me

to perfection. I am satisfied that I saved

at least $200.00 and got as good material

asi I could get anywhere else for any

pr ce.





Yours truly. ‘

(Signed) FRED MANSIUS.