VOL. CXXXV. No. 2!.

Whole Number 3522.





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Thanksgiving, Its History and Significance.





E find as we read back in history



\‘K/ that our Thanksgiving festival,



commemorating the ingathering

of the harvest, is nothing new; for it is

but an echo of the Jewish Feast of Taber-

nacles, and of the English liarvcst—l1ome_

Of course, it means more to us as a na-

tion than an echo of these, for it also

commemorates the heroism and piety of

our forefathers, and recalls the toils and

sacrifices upon which our nation was

founded.



This Feast of Tabernacles, with its pic-

turesque festivities, magnificent rituals,

its light and music was the most import-

ant of the Jewish festivals. Like our

Thanksgiving festival it was held annually

at the end of the harvest of the fruits of

the land, of wine and oil, as well as corn;

but it was held at least one month earlier

than our 'lfhanksgiving festival, being

held in the month of Tizra. which is sup-

posed to correspond nearly with our month

’of October. This feast lasted about seven

days, beginning with the fifteenth and

lasting until the twenty-second. During

this festival the Jews gathered together

in Jerusalem, living in booths made of the

branches of pine, olive, myrtle and palm

trees erected on the roofs of the houses,

in the courts and streets of the city, and

also in the open country surrounding Je—

rusalem. These booths must have made

a striking spectacle by day, while the

illumination of the court of the women at

night which lit up the Whole city, the flam-

rbeaux and the music, and the joyous gath-

ering in the temple must have given a still





more festive character to the night. Each

day had its imposing ceremonies. There.

were magnificent processions; Hosannas





and psalms of thanksgiving were sung,

dancing was engaged in, and the silver

trumpets led the stately march of chor-

uses in the grandest oratorios the world

has ever heard. Besides all these mani—

festations the altars groaned daily with

costly sacrifices specially offered for the

occasion; and it was also a time when

the poor were remembered. Thus we see

that our Thanksgiving festival had pri—

marilv a religious origin.



In England during the 1cigns of l1 "belt

and Alfred the Saxon churls kept the har-

vest festival in much the same manner as

d'd the Kcntish farmer and the Northum—

brian shepherd during the reigns of Queen

Elizabeth and the Stuarts. The laborer

and his family enjoyed a season of frolic,

throwing off all restraint. The sports

were of a rural and pacilic nature, yet

boisterous and unrestrained in manner.

Bonflres were kindled and there was danc—

ing on the gi‘ccnsward. and the country

swains indulged in athletic sports. The

lural belles were gayly decked in wreaths

of flowers and grain and sang pastoral

songs. Then usually in the evening a

feast was spread, often in the open fields

or mayhap by the open door of the cot—

tage. Tales were told and much hilarity

prevailed, for this was one. of the great

fete—days of 0111‘ forefathers, ranking with

their Christmas and May dav festivals.

All through the history of England we.

find special days set apart fo1 thanksgiv—

ing. On the defeat of the Spanish Ar—

mada, a day of praise and thanksgiving

was ordered by Queen Elizabeth. The

day was celebrated as a holiday; and as

usual on such occasions there were bon-





fires and much merry—making everywhere,

‘and the streets of London were especially





alive with dressed multitudes which

crowded the streets and filled them with

music and joyful sounds, A public thanks-

giving was also observed when the gun-

powder plot was discovered, which later





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became a. national holiday called Guy

Fawke’s day. Later thanksgiving days

were observed for the restoration of King

George III from insanity; also when the

Prince of \Vales, since King Edward of

England, rfi'overed from the illness which

was so nearly fatal to him. In both cases

triumphal arches were erected and housrs

were fcstooned in the streets of the city,

through which the brilliant and royal pro—

cession wound its way to St. Paul‘s Ca—

thedral where an imposing thanksgiving

service was performed by the Archbishop

of Canterbury.



No doubt it was the recalling of the

I’larvcst— home festival, and these Special

thanksgiving da\s that had been set apart





.lust fancy four men being sent out in

the early morning to bring back enough

game'to furnish the nation its dinner.

Ilistory does not tell us what those gun—

ners brought back; but that they found

plenty of delicious flesh is read between

the lines, for so satisfactory was that

dinner and so gratifying its results that

when the next autumn came the governor

ordered a repetition of the feast. The

Indian chief. Massasoit and his cabinet

were invited to join this banquet. and his—

tory does tell us that Massasoit and his

council stayed three days feasting on

venison and wild turkey, johnny cake and

hasty pudding.



Later a special ’l‘hanksgiving day was





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Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation.





The First to be lssued by a President Without the

Authority of Congress.

October 3. l863.

THE year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the





blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies.





To these bou nties,





which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the

source from whlch they come, others have been added, which are of so

extraordinary a nature that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften

the heart which is habitaully insensible to the ever- watchful pr0vidence





of almighty God.

In the midst of a civil war of





unequaled magnitude and





severity,





which has sometimes seemed to foreign states to invite and provoke

their aggressions, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has

been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony





in the theater of military





conflict;





while that theater has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies





Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful





or the ship; the ax has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the





mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded





even more abundantly than heretofore.





notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege,

and the battle- field, and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of





augmented strength and vigor, is





years with large increase of freedorn.





permitted to expect continuance of





No human counsel hath devised, nor- hath any mortal hand worked





out these great things. They are





the gracious gifts of the most high





God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless





remembered mercy.





It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be





solemnly,





reverently, and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice





by the whole American people.





I do, therefore, invite my fe||0w- citizens





in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and

those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the

last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise

to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens. And I recom-

mend to them that, while offering up the ascriptions justly due to him





for such singular deliverances and





blessings, they do also, with humble





penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to





his tender care all those who have





or sufferers in the lamentable civil

and fervently implore the





engaged,





become wid0ws, orphans, mourners,

strife in which we are unavoidably

interposition of the almighty hand





to heal the wounds of the nation, and to restore it, as soon as may be

consistent with the Divine purposes, to the full enjoyment of peace,





harmony, tranquility, and union.

In testimony, etc.





By the Presldent:

William H. Seward,





has prevailed everywhere, except



and navies of the Union.



industry to the national defense have not arrested the plow, the shuttle,

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Secretary of State.





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in the motherland, that caused our Pilgrim

fathers to set as1de a day in which to

express their thankfulness for their first

harvest by a feast. This was in 1620 when

Governor Bradford sent out four men on

a “lowling expedition” of which some one

has written thus: “Our harvest being

gotten in, our Governor sent four men out

fowling, that so we might, in a special

rejoice together after we had

gathered the fruits of our labors.”





 





set apart in this Plymouth colony in token

of gratitude to God for rains scnt a"tcr

what threatened to be a severe drouth.

These ’I‘hanksgiving days in the New

England colony did net partake of the

freedom and hilarity which prevailed dur—

ing the English harvest—home. but were

(elebrated in a grave, solemn manner,

with more of real thanksgiving as became

the little colony in a new and strange

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The first 'l‘hanksgiving day in the. Mas-

sachusetts Bay colony was celebrated just

a little over ten years after the first

'.l‘hanksgiving day in the Plymouth colony.

On the twcnty-lirst of June, 1630, the col-

onists had arrived in the Day, but in a

comparatively short time one hundred of

their number had died, and there was

much sickness and discontent among the

remaining on aCcount of insufficient food

of the proper kind. Governor \Vinlhrop

then charged Captain Pierce to take, the

ship John and Mary back to England and

bring over a cargo of provisions. The

ship set sail in mid-summer, yet Decem—

bcr had passed and no word of the ship,

and each day conditions were becoming

worse. Finally in January a solemn fast

day was appointed. It is said that Gover-

nor Vl'inthrop was giving his last handful

of mcal out to a poor, starved man when

the glad cry informed him that the top—

mast of the ship was in sight. You may

imagine the, joy that filled these people

after the many anxious days of waiting,

and how the glad news would spread

through the colony. A day of thanks-

giving was immediately proclaimed, and

kept with jubilant joy and feasting.



It was from such beginnings as these

that our national Thanksgiving day came

to 11s, although it: was not until 1863 that

'l‘hanksgiving became an annual and na-

tional custom through a proclamation 1's-

s11cd each year by the President, Presi-

dent Lincoln taking the initiative in es—

tablishing this custom. During the Revo-

lution, however, the custom was nationally

observed, being annually recommended by

Congress: but after the general Thanks-

giving for peace, in if“, there was no

national observance of the day until 1739

when President “'ashington, by the re-

quest of Congress. recommended a day of

thanksgiving. This proclamation was

issued on the 3rd of October, 1789, and in

it \Vashington enumerates their reasons

for thankfulness which were, protection

previous to becoming a. nation; the course

and conclusion of the late war; tranquil—

ity, union and plenty; the constitution of

government, particularly the. national one;

civil and religious liberty; the, means of

acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge;

and for all the great and various favors

vouchsafed. It does not here seem out

of place to give the text of that portion

of President \Vnshington's proclamation

which reveals the spirit in which the

people of the new nation were called upon

to observe their first National fl‘hanksgiv—

ing day;



“\\'he1'<-as' it is the duty of all nations

to acknowledge the providence of Al-

mighty (lod, to obey His will, to be grate—

ful for His benefits and humbly to implore

llis protection and favor: and whereas

both houses of (‘ongrcss have by their

joint counnitlcc rcmmstcd me ‘To recom—

mend to the people of the I'nitcd States

a day of public th:111ksgiving and prayer,

to be observed by acknmvledging with

gralcful hearts the many signal favors of

Almighty God, csprclally by affording

them an opportunity peacefully to estab—

lish a form of government for their saf-

ety and lu1ppincss;’



“Now, therefore, I do recommend and

assign Thursday, the 26th day of Novem—

ber next, to be devoted by the people of

these states to the service of that great

an" glorious Being who is the beneficent

av 1or of all the good that was, that is,

or hat ever will be. ”



hile there was a. desultory observance

of he Thanksgiving festival by some of

Ur separate states, from this time 7311,





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FARM NOTES.

Lime as a Son Corrective.





As the soil of our farms is the basis of

all production of crops which sustain our

live stock and provide the farmer‘with

his own means of sustenance, it appears

to the writer the study of soils is of vital

importance. We have found on our farm,

by the simple blue litmus paper test, that

many places need lime to correct the

acidity, but where are we to get ground

lim'estone, the form of lime considered

best to apply? Can not some of the

manufacturers of ground limestone for

agricultural purposes. in southern Mich-

igan advertise their product in the Mich-

igan Farmer? Again. the three main fer-

tilizing agents needed. as given by agriv

cultural writers, are nitrogen, phosphoric

acid and potash. Can any one tell us how

to test our soils as to the presence of

any one of these elements? A test that

an average farmer can make. The writer

is aware that in making chemical analy—

ses both qualitative and quantitative,

many of them are attended with or re-

quire long, tedious and complicated proc-

esses. Are there any comparatively sim-

ple processes by which one may deter-

mine approximately the amount of nitro-

gen, phosphoric acid and potash in the

soil or soils of his farm? A little light

on this subject would greatly oblige.



AN INQUIRING FARMER.





There is probably no question that the

application of lime to any soil that shows

an acid reaction when tested with litmus

paper would be profitable. In some of the

experiment station tests, it has been

found that soils were benefited by the ap—

plication of lime that did not respond to

the litmus paper test. Nor is it alto—

gether necessary that the test be applied

to determine that some soils need lime.

“'hen sorrel, crab grass and a few other

weed pests that are known to favor an

acid soil flourish on a field, it is a pretty

sure indication that the soil would be

benefited by lime. When there is diffi—

culty in getting an even stand of clover

or when an attempt to seed alfalfa fails.

if the other conditions are favorable for

the growing of the crop, it is a reasonably

safe conclusion that the soil needs lime.

llut there is one sure test, and that is the

application of lime to a limited area and

noting the comparative results in the en-

suing crops as compared with portions of

the field on which no lime has been ap—

plied. The litmus paper test is, however,

a simple one, and well worth a trial.



As to the kind of lime which should be

applied. there is some difference of opin—

ion. Of late, the application of carbonate

of lime in the form of ground limestone

has been favored by many authorities,

and has some advantages to commend it.

Not the least of these is that it is slower

in its action and does not tend to deplete

the humus in the soil as does the appli-

cation of ground limestone. A good

many farmers are, however, getting good

results from the application of ground

quicklime and hydrated lime, and where

the ground limestone is not available

from some nearby point. this method of

inning the soil may prove cheaper and

just as satisfactory so far as immediate

results are concerned. With regard to

the source of supply it may be well to

note that several firms advertised agri-

cultural lime in the columns of the Mich-

igan Farmer during the late winter and

spring of the present year. The writer

purchased a car load of one of these firms

for experimental purposes, but it is as

yet too early to report results in these

colum‘ns. From present indications. how-

ever, he believes that it will prove a

profitable investment. The three forms

in which lime is commonly used and

which were enumerated above were tried

in different portions of the same field, and

a check plot was left without liming at

all for the purpose of affording a com—

parison. Doubtlcss the advertisers of

these different forms of lime will become

more numerous as. the use of lime as a

soil corrective becomes more general as

is would seem that it would from the in—

terest taken in it by progreSsive farmers

it it gives as good results in general use

as are indicated by trials at experiment

stations and reports of farmers who have

used it.



Chemical Analysis and Soil Fertility.



No. There is no simple way in which

a soil can be tested for its content of

the three most essential elements of fer-

tility mentioned in this inquiry. It is

possible, of course, to have the soil anal—

)st-tl and find out what, its content of

these plant foods is. But the trouble is

that the chemist cannot differentiate be-

tween the available and unavailable

forms of these elements. A chemical

analysis of almost any reasonably good

agricultural soil will reveal the presence

of sufficient quantities of these plant

foods to produce maximum crops for

many years, and this fact has given rise

to the theory which has been seriously

held, even by scientists, that all that was





THE; 'MICHIGAN FARMER.





needed to make a soil fertile for an in-

definite period is to till it sufficiently well

to assist nature in the unlocking of the

inert plant food which it contains and

reducing it to forms and combinations

that will be available for the use of

growing plants. But the difficulty with

the application of this theory is the fact

that the mechanical condition 'of the soil

is a most important factor in soil fertility

as well as its actual content of plant

food. The soil must have an adequate

supply of vegetable matter in the form of





humus to grow good crops, and it is most '





important that the farmer recognize this

fact, else the application of available

plant food in the form of expensive fer-

tilizers will not give him the results which

he expects, to say nothing of releasing

sufficient plant food by thorough tillage

to grow maximum crops. An abundant

supply of humus in the soil aids in the

natural drainage of fine—grained, heavy

Soils, and holds the moisture in more

open, coarse-grained soils, giving it up as

needed for the fertility in the soil and

also for the work of the beneficial soil

bacteria which aid in making available

the fertility stored in the soil in an un-

available form.



For these reasons, the most important

thing for the average farmer to determine

with regard to his soil is whether it is in

a good mechanical condition, and if it is

not to put it in that condtion. Vegetable

matter may be added to it in the form of

stable manure, which will at the same

time add available plant food for the

growing of crops. As much manure

should therefore be made as possible,

and every ounce of this valuable agent

in maintaining soil fertility should be

carefully saved and applied to the soil

as soon as practicable after it is made.

But this will not supply the vegetable

matter needed by the soil on the average

'farm. The crop rotation must be adapted

to this end by making it reasonably short

and providing for the plowing down of

clover as frequently as possible, and if

the clover cannot be grown for this pur-

pose tlicn some crop should be used for

green manure until it can be grown. The

legumes are, of course, best for this pur-

pose, but even a mm-leguminous crop

will prove beneficial in the supplying of

needed humus to a soil that has become

so depleted in this necessary substance

as to make the clover crop at frequent

failure.



Having secured a good mechanical con-

dition of the soil, the question of just

what available plant foods it will pay to

supply and in what quantities for the

different crops grown, can best be deter-

mined by putting the question directly to

the soil itself, by ,trying out different

forms and combinations and quantities

of these plant foods on different parts of

the field and comparing the results se-

cured with a check plot or strip in the

field on which no fertilizer was used. In

the making of experiments of this kind,

.howcver, results should not be judged by

general appearances alone, as the eye

cannot measure the results with suffi-

cient accuracy in many cases to deter-

mine whether the investment was a prof-

itable one or not. There is yet a great

deal to be learned about soil fertility, but

in a general way we know that it pays

to use supplementary fertilizers, and it

remains for the individual farmer to make

an individual solution of the problem so

far as the details are concerned.



Rotation.



I would like to know through The

Farmer if any of you have had experience

in cropping new land two years in sue-

ccssion with potatoes. and does it run

the land, the land being a sandy soil and

hilly? This land is to be cleared for two

crops. Would it not be better to plant

some other crop after next year, and

what crop would be best?



Oceana CO. A. J. H.



“'hile potatoes can be successfully

grown for two or more years on the same

soil, and while a good crop might be ex-

pected the second year on new land, it is

not a wise practice to begin the cultiva-

tion of new land in this way. The for-

tility of the soil can,be more easily con—

served by the use of a judicious crop ro-

tation and good farming methods from

the start than it can be restored by the

adoption of remedial measures after its

fertility has been depleted by unwise

management. Of course, if well fertilized,

the second year, the objection would not

be so great, but so far as the soil is con-

cerned it would be better to follow the

first crop of potatoes with a grain crop

and seed the land to clover. So far as

the profit in working it for the two years

are concerned. however, this might not be

the case, and this makes this problem,

like most others which arise on the

farm, one for individual solution.





 





 





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We have put up a cement silo this fall

to hold beet tops. It is three feet in the

ground. Thinking perhaps that there

might be an excess of water in the tops,

should like to know if they be put on

wet or covered with snow. I intended

leaving the bottom of the silo just the.

clay and putting a drain to it to carry

off the excess. The man who put up the

silo had never left any with a dirt floor

and did not like to do so. He put a tile

through the wall and sloped the cement

toward the tile. Will there be any dan-

ger of damage to the silage from air

coming through the drain. The outlet to

the drain will be at least 20 rods from

the silo.



Sanilac CO. J. L, D.





It is certainly contrary to the idea of

a silo to have a tile drain leading from the

bottom of it. The silo is supposed to be

an air tight receptacle. The tile drain

will admit air, although probably not a

great deal of air will get to the silo, but

I would not want any more of this beet

juce to drain off than was absolutely nec-

assary. The pressure of the beets very

often forces some of it through the door,

and sometimes through porous places in

the cement, because the pressure is quite

severe; but I certainly would make no

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part of the moisture, but the fermenting

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plus moisture, so that when you get ready

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If the silo was mine, I would plug up the

tile drain.



COLON C. LILLIE.





PUMP AND PIPE TROUBLES.





 





. We never have trouble with our water

supply system when the weather is half—

way decent. All the breaks and other

troubles come on the coldest days and

when everyone on the farm is either sick

or so busy that he cannot see straight.

It used to mean a trip to town on the

coldest days and then a cussing out from

the pump man, accompanied by a bill for

$5 in case he should nave to make a trip

out to the farm. That sort of thing

comes pretty often. Stock must have

water. Especially is this true when they

are on full feed. In a case of this sort

a few hours off water is pretty likely to

cause some mighty sick animals, if not

some dead ones as the result. So this

matter of keeping a good water supply

on hand is a pretty important matter, and

as a consequence must be most carefully

watched.



In our experience along the line of stock

feeding, we have naturally had the full

share of trouble with the water supply.

In consequence we have found a few

short cuts in the line of repairing. The

first piece of advice we would give is to

be sure that your pump is not frozen be-

fore you call for the repair man. I know

of one instance where a farmer called a

man from a town some seven miles away.

A. regular blizzard was on and the mer-

cury hovered around the zero mark.

\Vhen the man finally got thawed out he

took a teakettle of water out to the

pump with him, poured it out around

the pump, took hold of the handle and

got water. Then he made the air blue

with words not learned at Sunday school,

and finished by charging $5 for the trip.

Now, just a little experimenting would

have made all of this trouble unneces-

sary. However, hardware men tell me

that they are called out two or three

times every winter to thaw out a pump.

Though they get their money out of it

they are not strong for such a job on a

cold day.



Pipes often become stopped up and we

are thus led to believe that they are

either frozen or that they are leaking so

badly that no water can be gotten through

them at all. In such a case one’s first

impulse .is to dig them up and find out

what is the trouble. Digging up pipes

at any time, and especially in winter, is

far from being an easy job. What is

more, it is mighty expensive. In such

cases we usually attach a pitcher pump

on one end of the pipe. This results in

{TBtting any obstruction out of the pipe

that may be there at all. Ofttimes these

things come up and they can be attended

to in a very inexpensive and efficient way

by this method.



' Pipes will always freeze. In such cases

the best way which we have found to

thaw them out is to use hot water. When

the pipe stands vertically, take one of





THE MICHIGAN FARMER, .3, 425





the next smaller dimension and place it

inside of the first. Then pour your hot

water down the latter pipe, always keep-

ing the smaller pipe On top of the ice.

This keeps the hot water where it will

do the most efficient work and thaws out

a pipe in the shortest possible length of

time. A hot iron may be used in the

same manner, though it is often hard to

get the iron heated and transfer it to the

pipe before it gets cool. \Vhere neither

of these methods can be used, either pour

water on the pipe or build a fire be-

neath it.



Leaky pipes cause much trouble. If

you find that you have, one it should be

repaired immediately. Ofttimes it is very

inconvenient to make a trip to town in

order to secure a new pipe, and even

more inconvenient to dig up 12 or 13 feet

of pipe in order to insert the new piece.

In such a case, be sure. of the location

of the leak. Dig out all the earth to at

least six inches below the pipe. Then

mix up a very thick batch of concrete

with a great deal of Portland cement in

it so that it will dry quicker than other-

wise. Place the ccment below and all

around the pipe and at least three inches

thick above. Allow at least four or five

hours for it to dry before turning on the

water. This is a very efficient means of

fixing rusty and leaky pipes at all times.

After this we intend to lay nearly all our

pipes in concrete. We are under the be-

lief that this will prevent a great deal of

our pipe troubles in the future. ,



It is a mighty good thing to pull your

pump out of the well in the fall of the

year in order to see that the cylinders,

valves and leathers are all working prop-

erly. This is a very easy thing to do, yet

few farmers ever attend to this matter

until they have to. It is the old story Of‘

“a stitch in time saves nine,” and in this

particular case it may save you a great

deal more.



Ohio. CLYDE A. WAUGII.

ALECTRIDE, THE NEW ABRASIVE.



In the working, cutting and polishing

of steel and other refractory materials,

abrasive substances are used which grad-

ually cut away the surface of the object

or polish it smoothly, without at the

same time becoming smooth themselves.

This quality is possessed to a consider—

able extent by sandstone. from which

grindstoncs are made, but it is possessed

to a far greater degree by the manufac-

tured abrasives which are many times

harder than stone and the hard, angular

crystals of which always present a cut-

ting edge to the object to which the

wheel or stone made up of the material

is applied. There are a number of these

manufactured abrasives, of various de-

grees of hardness and cutting ability, but

the latest of these is what is called alec-

tride, and the history of its development

and manufacture gives it an interest

worthy of general attention. In the ex—

perimental work which resulted in the

invention of this material substances

which go to make up the sapphire and the

ruby were submitted to an intense heat

in an electrical furnace, but the result

was not the formation of precious stones,

but alectride. Experiments demonstrated

that, alectride was the hardest known

substance, with the exception of the dia-

mond, and that it would even scratch a

diamond. Nor will it be the cause of

wonder to the reader that it is so very

hard, when it is considered that the heat

to which it is subjected in these elec-

trical furnaces for a period of 36 hours

reaches 7000 degrees, Fahrenheit, a heat

in which platinum, the most refractory of

metals, will burn like wax. and bricks

are consumed as paper. After the fur-

naces have cooled from this intense heat,

it is found that alectride has massed into

large, irregular blocks, which are crushed’

to suitable, size for the manufacture of

the usual forms of abrasive Wheels and

stones, to be used in shop or factory or

on the farm, in the place of the more

primitive grindstone and Whetstone of

other days.





 





CATALOGU E NOTICES.





“Mandy Lee” incubators and brooders

manufactured by the Geo. H, Lee C0,, of

Omaha, Neb.. and Los Angeles, Cal., are

fully illustrated and described in an at-

tractive 70-page catalogue describing ev-

ery detail, as well as the working princi—

ple of their machines.



B. Cole, proprietor of the Avenue

Nurseries, Haynesville, 0., sends a fall‘

catalogue and. price list to planters, offer—

ing a full line of fruit and ornamental

trees, shrubs, etc.





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Adler’s Collegian Clothes,





have gained a national reputation, because of the fact that every

particle of material which is put into these garments is alWays

of the very highest standard money can buy. The cloth, the

linings and the interlinings are thoroughly tested before they are

used. and we are so critically careful of the workmanship, that

- — . we produce a finished garment, which,

,«kw..\\\\\w\\wwaawg for wearing qualities, has no equal in

this country. The next time you buy

i a suit or an overcoat, ask for Adler’s

Collegian Clothes, and insist upon seeing

the Collegian label before you decide to

buy.h We;1 simply want you todgive thesle

clot es t e test 0 wear, an you wil

The Style and OWE” Label find them to be the most satisfactory

garments your money has ever bought. A dependable clothier in

every community sells our garments. Ask for them. Prices

$15.00 to $30.00. Write for a copy of our free style book which

will give you valuable information regarding the prices and

styles of clothes for this season.





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In looking over the lives and works of

the great breeders, it is found that the

story of their success is essentially a his-,

tory of tried and worthy sires. Those

greatest of stockmen were ever on the

lookout for suitable sires. They not in-

frequently have searched from one end

of the country to the other to find a.

male that would mate properly with their

females. “'hen they found such sires

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,just such males as were wanted they in-

lvariably kept them for service on their

lfarms. Such sires could be named for

all breeds. As good examples as any are

‘in Shorthorn cattle. Champion of Eng-

‘land, and later ‘Vhitehall Sultan or the

lpresent Clay Avondale are only three of

l quite a number that might be mentioned.

lAll draft horse men know that Baron's

:Pride for the Clydes and Brilliant for

‘Percherons are responsible in a large

measure for the fame of those breeds.

The smaller breeders and farmers can

§d0 no better than to follow the methods

used by their more famous brethren. The

proportion of really successful sires is

quite small. Whenever one is found that

', proves that he is capable of porducing

desirable offspring, he should be retained

L as long as possible. It is a mistake to

huse a bull for one or two years and then

send him to the shambles because there

are a few heifer calves on the farm that

are of his progeny. It seems that one

reason why so little progress is made is

l: because young and untried sires are so

frequently introduced into the herd. A

young male may be ever so good an in-

dividual yet there is always an element

of uncertainty as to his breeding quali-

ties. His progeny may be strong in cer-

tain characteristics which may or may

not be what was desired.

it takes some time to determine wheth-

er an animal is a successful sire or not.

Of course, mere ability to beget offspring

can be dccided in a Short time but those

offspring must be desirable individuals or

the sire has not been a success. This

length of time varics. of course. ‘Xith a

boar one can tell when the first crop of

pigs is a few months old whcthcr their

sire is suitable for future use or not.

\"lth sheep and beef cattle the results as

shown in the first crop of offspring will

tcll When they are a few months of age

whether the ram or bull in question is

fit to be retained for future service. ‘Vith

horscs a somewhat longer time is nec-

essary, especially with trotters or light

horses. \Vith trotters nothing definite

can be determined until a number of the

progeny have been tried upon the track.

\\'ith drivers. the results are somewhat

uncertain until the colts have made good

in the show ring or sale ring where good

drivers are handled. Perhaps with dairy-

inc.r as grcat uncertainty exists as in any

breed. Not until some of the female off-





 





 





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Training Horses!





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masters its simple principles.

Competent Home Trainers are in demand every-

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f you loye‘trnvel, here is a chance to see the world

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Chicago 53513” .





Prof. Jcsse Henry is ac—

knowledgodtobctheworld‘s

muster horseman. His ex-

hibitions of turning mun-

killing horses. and con-

quering horses of all dis-

posntions hove thrilled vast





He is now touching his





methods to others. His

system ol’ Horse Training





or failure of the sire to be known.



It too frequently happens that a mature

male is t'iiscriminnted against when a

breeding animal is being looked for. There

is no better opportunity to secure a good

sire than have the lilt‘ll in districts where

the males are being sent to the shambles

after one or two years of service. In

such localities a man has a full oppor-

tunity of examining thc progcny of the

sire and judging whoihcr or not those

offspring have the qualitics which he do-

sires in his own hcrd. Furthermore, such

animals can usually be bought for lcss

money than can a young, untricd male.

All that will bc askcd for them in many

cases is merely what they will bring upon

the market for fat stock and this is, in

most cases, less then the lnost common

pure-bred youngster can be secured for.



There are some who arc taking advan-

tage of this condition of affairs. The

writer has in mind a. man who was

searching through his home county a few

years ago in search of a Stallion. He

found a great number of colts of excel-

lent stamp which he lcarncd were sired

by a certain stallion. He then went to

see the sire and was pleased and bought

the horse, although he was then quite

old. He took the stallion home and hand-

led him judiciously, with a result that he

got several crops of colts that were very

nearly what he wanted.



Exchanging sires, either bulls, boars,

or rams, is being practiced with satis-

factory results in some localities. This

permits men who keep but one sire and

"that sire has been used for a sufficient





 





 





length of time to have female offspring

old enough for breeding, to exchange for

a male that is not refuted. In this way

both men get tried sires. Community

breeding companies have something of

an advantage in this respect. There are

usually enough females belonging to the

members of the company so that a sec-

ond sire can be purchased for use on the

young females and the old and tried one

kept for use on the older one with which

he has proved himself a worthy sire.

Iowa. H. E. MCCARTNEY.





 





THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOAR.





 





In too many communities, farmers are

too neighborly in some respects. What

I mean is that we are too generous in

letting others use sires. For this reason,

things have come to the point that no

one ever thinks of paying for or collect-

ing any service fee for the use of a bull,

bear or ram. As a consequence, anyone

who has enough stock to warrant the

purchase of a. pure—bred sire for his use,

puts out some good money for the use of

his neighbors.



As a result, in the community where I

live, no one has pure-bred stock. Once

in a while, someone gets his nerve up

enough to buy a pure-bred animal, but

as a rule he gets tired of his job in a

year or so, and disposes of his purchase.

Such a condition is to be deplored, but

what is to be done?" Everyone hates to

begin charging for the service of a sire

because they fear that someone will not

like it, and as is usual, they prefer to lose

money rather than lose neighbors, yet

the evil continues.



As things are, some sort of a eo-opera-

tive effort to better things is about all

that will help matters any. Co-operative

ownership of stallions has worked. Why

will it not: pay to try it out in a smaller

way? Three or four men can get a. very

good hour for $10 apiece. It will be worth

that much to them and it is not unlikely

that they will ever get the use of such a

sire in any other manner. As a rule, it

is an easy matter to find that number of

men in a community who like some one

standard breed. It is a suggestion worth

trying out.



Ohio. CLYDE A. WAUGH.





EMERGENCY TREATMENT.

Every owncr of live stock should be

prepared to treat the more common ills

to which live stock of different kinds are

subject. Of course, in serious ailments of

domestic animals a competent veterin.':1r-~

ian should be called to take charge of the





 





 





case but in a great many minor ills this,





will not be necessary. In many instances

treatment is needcd before a veterinarian

can be gotten to the case; for this reason

owners of live stock should have a small

medicine chest filled with standard rem-

cdics of known value in the treatment of

different ailments of live stock. Such

remedies are advertised in your farm pa-

per and the reading matter that will be

forwarded with them upon purchase or

that will be sent by manufacturers’ or

distributors will afford valuable informa-

tion regarding the treatment of certain

cases. The live stock owner who has

sufficient forethought to prepare for such

emergencies by securing a good list of

these tried remedies, which have stood

the test of time, will often save the lives

of valuable animals or prolong their pe-

riod of usefulness indefinitely by this

means.





 





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





In parts of Illinois farmers have very

few cattle on feed, but quite a number

arc holding stock cattle of light weight,

some of them weighing only 450 to 550

lbs. These young cattle will be furnished

roughage during the winter and pas—

lured the following summer. To the

owners of these stockcrs the out—

look for the cattle trade the coming win~

ter does not look at all encouraging. and

owners have been losing no time in get-

ting their short—fed cattle marketed.

Many farmers think the cattle feeding

business is going to be overdone.



J. . Clay, of Indiana, who owns and

farms 1,100 acres of land, the best of

which is valued at $150 an acre and could

have been bought ten years ago for 3.540

to $45 an acre, says that within a radius

of ten miles of that place about 1,000

cattle are handled annually. He per-

sonally feeds about 150 cattle every year

and around 500 hogs.



There is a tendency on the part of

many farmers who have loaded up re-

cently with feeding cattle to let them go

back to market owing to the sharp dc—

clines that have taken place in prices of

beef cattle. Would it not be better to

wait a while and see what prices do after

the western ranges stop the marketing

of cattle?





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NOV. 19, 1910.





The dead-sure fire and one-ton-

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breed that assurance of eye and

hand and brain that makes the-

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game shooters.





UMC l007¢3 certainty of results is the

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Symptoms of Worms

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KEEP THE EWE LAMBS GROWING.





 





As winter closes in and the flock is

taken off pasture it is vitally important

that a division be made and the ewe

lambs given special care and feed to

bring them to full maturity. The wean-

ing period has beena trying time for the

lambs, but with plenty of tender, nutri-

tious forage under foot they readily shoul-

der the burden of securing their own sus—

tenance. But parallel with the change

the ewe lambs have encountered at wean-

ing the flock owner himself has taken on

new responsibility upon which largely de-

pends the future welfare of his sheep.

Neglect, careless feeding and improper

management of not having the ewe lambs

separated and properly housed are potent

factors in destroying the influence of both

sire and dam on the progeny.



At weaning time the lambs are separat-

ed from the ewes. As soon as the surplus

stock is marketed it is a common prac-

tice among a great 'many flock owners

for convenience in feeding during the win~

ter, to turn the ewe lambs in with the

breeding ewes. This is a very inadvis-

able and impractical method of handling

the ewe lambs and not infrequently proves

disastrous to the development of the

growing stock. The ewe lambs are unable

to compete on even terms, and must suf-

fer crowded into small quarters and com-





'is sufficient to develop the ewe lambs. It





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





lambs during the winter months, too muchy

thought and attention can not be paid to}

feeding such kinds of roughage and grains

that are acceptable to the appetite of the

lambs. The common impression that the

ewe lambs can thrive on straw, corn fod-

der and June grass and timothy hay, is

preposterous. The ewe lambs should be

supplied with as palatable and nutritious

ration as the breeding ewes. A succulent

food should be fed if available, and if not

oil cake should be substituted. Ensilage

is an excellent feed for ewe lambs and

can be profitably made a part of the





roughage ration. Clover hay, even at

present prices, is none too good for the

ewe lambs. Bean—pods and corn stover





can be profitably utilized, but should only

make up a part of the dry ration to fur-

nish variety and act as an appetizer.



No roughage ration alone, unless en-

silage containing a large quantity of corn,





is profitable and advisable to feed a light

grain ration daily. Corn can be used as

a part of the grain ration if oats or barley

form the base and constitutes a larger

portion of the ration. At the present

price of oats flock owners can well afford

to feed them in large quantity to their

sheep. Considering the numerous benefits

to be derived from proper feeding of the

ewe lambs no flock owner should feel that

he can allow his young stock to be neg—





 





 





 





Scene '1:

polled to feed along with older and much

stronger sheep. The ewe lambs that are

being retained to replenish the flock

should be separated and kept by them-

selves. It is advisable not to even allow

wether lambs of the same age to run with

the ewe lambs as they require a different

ration in order to fatten them for the

market. Neither is it advisable to permit

yearling sheep to run with the ewe lambs

as they are much more accustomed to

shifting ‘for themselves and crowd the

ewe lambs.



Every effort should be made to keep the

ewe lambs as tame and tractable as pos—

sible. Any kind of live stock does mucn

better when kindly treated, to say nothing

of the great advantage and satisfaction in

han’dling them. Ewe lambs when weaned

seldom respond to the shepherd‘s call.

They miss their leaders—the mother flock.

If the old ewes are tame and easy to

handle, the ewe lambs naturally inherit

a quiet disposition, but on the' other hand,

if wild and unruly much more care must

be exercised to subdue the young stock.

It takes some time at best to instill into

the ewe lambs confidence in their master.

Despite the fact that they have been

tame and quiet while with their mothers,

they become restless when separated, 11n—

lcss carefully handled. Every possible

means should be employed to avoid

frightening and irritating the ewe lambs

while they are confined to their winter

quarters.



The management of the ewe lambs

throughout the winter months should be

directed to developing their conformation.

Large numbers of valuable ewe lambs

are lost as breeders to flock owners, be-

cause they have been improperly cared

for to develop the strong and desirable

characteristics transmitted to them. In-

stances are frequent where flock owners

give special thought and study to mating

animals of desirable qualities and totally

lose sight of the vital importance of prop-

erly feeding the progeny to develop the

qualities transmitted to them by their

parent stock. Proper selection and breed-

ing of live stock is a matter of immeasur-

able importance in their profitable main—

tenance, but no less vital is proper feed-

ing to bring them to full maturity. Grow—

ing stock must have abundance of tender,

palatable and nutritious food to form bone

and flesh in order to induce rapid phy-

sical development.



In compounding a. ration for the ewe





 





'1 the'CarIot Hog Exhibit, International





Live Stock Exposition of 1909.





lccted during this most vital period, upon

which their future usefulness largely de-

pends.





Shiawassee Co. LEO C, REYNOLDS.





NAT’L ASS’N MEETINGS HELD DUR-

ING WEEK OF INTERNATIONAL

LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION, 1910.

Monday, November 28.

Percheron Society of America, Exposi-

tion Hall, 8:00 p. n1.; Am. Tamworth

Swine Rec. Assn., Live Stock Rec. Bldg,



8:00 p, m.

Tuesday, November 29.

International Live Stock Expo. Assn,

Assembly Hall, 8:00 p. m.; Continental

Dorset Club, Live Stock Rec. Bldg, 2:00

m.; Am Dome—Jersey Swine Assn.,





 

 

 





OF A GOOD





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LOOK FOR





quality and greatest value.





farms.





durability of I H C Spreaders. First,





ture of manure Spreaders.





all manure Spreaders ought to be made.

“freaky” construction in them. They stand u

month after month and year after year.





I H C advantages.

you to spread just the right amount of man~





TO BE SURE





1, 51/ MAM/RE SPREADER

771E I H C MARK





HERE is one way to be sure of satisfaction in buying



a manure spreader—one way to be Sure of highest

See that the I H C trade

mark 13 on the spreader you buy. The proof is the experience of thou-

sands of careful farmers-and the records of I H C spreaders on their





There are many reasons for the efficiency, strength, simplicity, and

they are made on the right

principle—second, of the highest quality materials—third, by master

.vorkmen,——and fourth, in the best equipped factory for the manufac-





are built up to a standard—not down to a price.

There is no experimental or I





Call on the local I H C dealer and let him show you the many ,

Note the easy adjustment of the feed, enabling '





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I. H C Manure Spreaders ' ‘





They are made as





p and work perfectly





 





ure in just the right places. Note that the

beater bars are designed to thoroughly pul-

verize every particle of manure. Note the

wide tires, the roller-bearings, and light-

draft features. .Note all the other I H C

features. Then remember that you are as-

sured of satisfaction by the I H C repu-

tation.



You can have a choice of three spread-

ers. Corn King and Kemp 20th Century are

of the return apron type, and Cloverleaf

Spreaders are of the endless apron style. All

are made in several sizes ranging from 30 to

70 bushels capacity.



If not convenient to see the I H C local



ealer at once, write direct for catalogues and l





 





I H C

Serwce Bureau





he purpose of

this Bureau is to

furnish farmerswith

information on bet- I

ter farming. If you I

have any Worthy

question concerning





soils. crops, pests,

fertilizer, stock.

etc.. write to the I





I H C Service Bu- I

rcau. and learn what 1

our experts and

others have found

outconcerningthose

subjects.





 





 





(Incorporated)





Chicago





 





all other information you desire. f

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA 1'. ‘

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Stock Rec. Bldg, 2:00 p. 111.; Rambouillet

Sheep Breeders’ Assn., Live Stock Ree.

Bldg, 7:00 p, m.: Am. Shetland Pony

Club, Assembly Hall, 7:20 p. 111.: Am

Hampshire Swine Rec. Assn, Exposition





Hall, 8:00 p. m.; Am. Oxford-Down Rec.

Assn., Live Stock Rec. Bldg, 8:00 p. m.,

Am. Yorkshire Club, Live Stock Rec

Rec, Bldg, . 0 p. m.



Wednesday_ N0vember 30.



Red Polled Cattle Club of America.

Live Stock Rec. Bldg, 2:00 p. 111.; Am-

Shire Home Assn. Exposition Hall, 7:00



m., Am. ])u1o(—Ie1sev Swine Assn.

\Vindsor—(lifton Ilotel 7: 00 p m. Am.





Assn. of l’1lgian Draft Horses, GI and Pa-

cmc Hotel, 7:30 p. m.; National Lincoln

Micep Breeders’ Assn., Live Stock Rec.





Bldg, 7:30 p. 111.; A111.

Assn., Live Stock Rec.

Am. Yorkshire Club, Live, Stock Rec.

Bld’gq 8:00 p. 111.; Am. Shorthorn Breed—

eis’ Assn. Grand Pacific, Hotel 8: 00 p.

m. Am Southdown Bieedeis’ Assn. Live

Stock Ree Bldg” 9:00 a. m Am. Poland—

China Record, Exposition Hall, 10:00 a. 111.

Thursday, December 1.



Polled Durham B1eeders’ Ass11., Live

Stock Ree. Bldg. 2.00 p. 111.; Am Cots-

wold Registry Assn, Live Stock Rec.

Bldg. 7. 00 p. m. A111 Aberdeen— Angus

Assn. Grand Pacific Hotel, 7:30 p. m

Am. Galloway Breedeis' Assn. Live Stock

Rec, Bldg, 7:30 p. m.; Percheron Regis-

try Co., Assembly Hall, 8:00 p. m.



Friday, December 2.



Nat’l Assn. of Stallion Registiy Boards,



Live Stock Rec. Bldg. ., 8: 00 p n1.





Hampshire Sheep

Bldg, 8:00 p. m.;





It was noticed frequently Ecently that

while the market for live hogs in Chicago

was much lower



gaged in selling piovisions on th B

of Tracie. W. L. e oard





INTERNATIONAL





LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION.





NOV. 26th to Dec. 3rd.





International Horse Show of Chicago Nov.

UNION STOCK YARDS,





Many New Features! Numerous





22nd to Nov. 2611.

CHICAGO.





New Attractions!





Greater and Better than Ever.

’Thirty National Live Stock Association Conventions.





A Season of Entertainment and a





Tuesday, Nov. 29th. l() 11. in.

100 (‘hoicc Sllctliuul Ponies





For catalog write. B. (l. Cowan. Asst. Set-ix, American

Shorthoru 215311.. 1'. S Yurds,(‘liiu1"o





gar catalog) \\r1t( ‘miv A(‘111111111111111 Chas. E. dBonn.

airman, coriu . (‘. Lu )iOIl. I'lartl‘or City. 1. , , ..

Ind .. or '1. .b‘impsou, \111‘111‘11, d‘ Lil-ADM” Ahhn'

Thursday. Dec. 1st. 1 p. in.

50 Carefully Selected Sliortlmrns. 50 I





For catalog write, C.

In re -i'o1d Assn. , 1012 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, Mo,





'lucsdn). Nov. 29111.1 p. in. -— Ranilioulllct Slice-1) Sale.

For catalog “rite Dwight. Lincoln, Sec.) ., \Iill‘ord Center Ohio.





Lowest Rates on all Railroads.





trip to Chicago.





Daily Auction Sales of Pure Bred Live Stock.





“'cdncsdny, Nov. 30111, 1 p. m.

50 ('Iloicc Ahcrdccn-Augus

For catalog write, Chas. (iruy, Surya,





American Aber

, U. S. Yards, Chicago.





Friday, Dec. 2nd, 1 p. m.





ligh (‘luss llcrcl’ords.

It. Thomas, .Secy.. American





 





23,000 stock raiscrs testify that cooking doubles the





 





 





packeis were not en-‘





Greoson, who has quite‘





a reputation as an authority on hogs and.





provisions says.

quality of the hogs, the stocks of lard,

the state of tradeb in lard, and the gen-

eral future of lard as far as it can be

figured out are against any serious ad—

vance in the article but the reverse is

true of the side meats and it looks as if

purchases of January and May ribs on

the depressions will be attractive from

this on, and that the ribs will sell closer

to the price of lard than the quotations

now ruling.”





“The hog receipts the





1





l





and healthy—prevents hog cholera.





caldron kettle and seamless sheetstcel

' .lw putdoors or in cellar.





v19:

W: says D. Polhemas, N.Y., it saves me





every dollar’s worth of feed."





‘ A. B. Nokes, 111.

other proofs.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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of raw feed. Warm cooked feed keeps stock sleek, fat

You will

SAVE Money and MAKE Money with a





1 , Heesen Feed Gooker





1 Made in two parts only—a strong cast iron

Quick heating—everlasting. Burns any fuel

'No farm complete without Heesen Cooker,"





“Pays a hand-

some profit to cook feed for our hogs,”

We will send you scores of

Write today for prices.





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Advice through this department ll free

to our subscribers. Each communication

should state 'history and symptoms of the

case In full; also name and addxess of

wr1(1r Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

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Nasal Gleat. —I have a four- V‘ear- -old

mare that had distemper last winter; she

has not entirely recovered; has a dis—

charge from nose and coughs occasional-

lv. 1 have given her many different rem—

cdles that are recommended for distemp-

er; also some condition powder, but she

is in poor condition yet. C. S Q., Cass

Citv, Mich. ——Give 1 dr. ground nux vom-

ica,1,§ oz. ground gentian and a tea-

spoonful of Fowlers solution at a dose

in feed three times a day fo1 30 daV‘s.





Distemper—Roar CI—\Veakness. —MV '1' -

Vear-old more had distemper 18 months

ago and has never been herself since.

She tires easilV, has difficulty in breath—

ing. especially when exerted much, and

lately she has a watery discharge from

nose. A friend advised me to use equal

parts iodine and ammonia to her throat

twice a day which I did, and I am in-

clined to belich it helped her. Do .Vou

belieV c it a wise thing to make a brood

mare of her? \V. M. IV” Meanwataka,

Mich. "Give her 1/2 oz. Fowlers solution

at a. dose in fecd th1ee times a day for 10

days, then gch her 9 dr.s iodide potas-

sium :It a dose in feed three times a

day for 10 daVs. Then :1ch her 2 drs. of

110n0V21n’s solution at a dose for 10 daVs

more. Also apply equal parts tincture

iodine and camphorated oil to throat 0m 12

a day \Vrite again 30 daVs later, stat-

ing 112sults.



Enlmged Fetlock Joint. ——My six- -V'ear-

old mare has a large ankle, but it is

worse some days than others, espu-iIHV

when standing in stable without exer—

cise. Our local Vet. blistered her three

different timeswthis made it worse. I

forgot to say that the enlargement was

the result of an injury she received a

year 11.220. R I... SaIHanac Mich—Blis-

tering has a tendency to make a leg of

this kind worse (live 30 grains iodine

at a dose in f1212d night and morning ; also

apply one part red iodide mercury and

eight parts vaselne to joint chI'y 10

days if Vou 11112 not working l112r but if

working the horse appr equal parts

tincture iodine and spirits of camphor

to enlzu'g‘cd joint three tinn-s a. week.





Nasal CataIrh—Diseased Tooth—My

14-year-old horse has an offensive dis—

charge irom nose v1hi1h has been going





on for the past three weeks; horse is in

good condition other ans. .l. ll.,S11gi—

naw, Mi1l1.—LOok for a diseased tooth;

if you find one h.1ve it extracted If the

discharg e comes from one nost1il only, a

diseased tooth is usually the cause. If it

is due to cold 111 catarr,h give a tea-

spoonful of poVVched sulphate iron at a

dose in feed three 121111-511 day.





Diar1hoea.—l\-'I.V turchs are dying one'





after the other and I am at a loss to

know what ails ‘ them. They all have

diarrhoea. act dumpish, combs become

dark colored and they gradually gIow

wcnkcr until they die. I.. .I. (1.. Berin—





Inont, l‘.-11111. —l)i.2:sol\e a teaspooni'ul of

powdered sulphIlc of iron in a g:,Illon of

lhtir drinking “aim and mount them





drinking from pools or ponds of stagnant

water. I also 811 ggcst that _\Oll keep their

roosting and grazing pl:1 .1es as clean as

possible. Add some ginger and capsicum

to their food lime they a dry loosting

place free from drafts?



Gargcl.—Cow has garget; she passes

some blood with her milk; has been in

this condition for past three or four

months. I also have a calf some six

months old that must haw2 caught cold

for he has discl1..rged from nose for a

week or longer. M. G. C... Vassar, Mich.

”Apply one part iodine and eight parts

fresh lard to udder once daily. Also give

2 drs. iodide of potassium at a dose in

feed or water twice '.1 day for 11) or 15

days. Perhaps the cow bruises her ud—

der in some \K'ilV.’ if so. remove the cause.



Tumor on» I-lock.-—(,‘1,1w has a fleshy

tumor on hock. This tumor causes no

lumcncss. \V. H. K., Eau Claire, Mich.—

1-:121noV'c, the bunch with a knife and apply

iodol‘orm to wound daily.



Horse Bites Mange1‘.—~I have a horse

that 1111s short teeth and is inclined to

bite 111:1ngcr. but am at .1 loss 111 know

what causes him to do it. Subscriber.

Grant. Mich.~l am often called to treat

horses that are inclined to bite their man-

gcr and us 81111“ as the tartar is removed

from their teeth they stop it. The tartar

Ior1c< the gums away from tooth, causing

some 11 1in and irritation it also interferes

with mastication bringing on more or less

indigestion and this condition l("i,d3 to

gnawing wood and crib-biting. Remove

the tartar if you find any on teeth and

if you believe he suffers from indigestion.

give 1,._ oz. gentiun. 113 oz. ginger, 1 oz

cooking.r soda and 1 oz. powdered wood

charcoal at a dose in feed three times a

11'1.V'.l{cmove his mannm and feed him

out of :1 shallow box placed 011 floor.



Shivering—Fly Rites—A pair of three—

.V'--1ar old colts hmc been running

clover posture all f.all Fly bites seem to

irritate them VerV much and I would like

to know what can be done for them "he

hair has shed out of these bunches and

some of the bald Spots are the size of.a

25 cent piece. J. 8.. Nashville, Mich.

Dono-

Van's solution at a dose in feed three

times a day and apply one part oxide of

zinc and five parts vaseline to the bald

patches once daily.





           





 





REGISTERED





" 9.9151393





IB-H EAD-I 8





All fresh or soon will be.





Have 60 head and 20 stalls. Only had

enough corn to fill one of our silos. Many

are exceptionally large 111ilke1s, all good.

(‘ 1111113 se12tl1e111.l)on’t stop to write for

it s the best 101'. offered in Michigan this

s1 ASOll Also otl'zer 2-year-old C. S. of

llcngcxvcld Ichol that took 211 at.



Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Detroit.

tins year.





LONG BEACH FARM,





Augusta. Kalamazoo 60.. Mich. Bell Phone.





Harness at Wholesale Prices!





Illml from our than: to you.

FREIGHT PAID.

Ila Can Save You Money.

Write to-day for a copy of our

HARNESS BARGAIN Catalog





JOE' 8 HOIIESI IIIIIIIESS 60., MRI), Illllllllill.





H A R R l S

STEEL CHAIN HANGING





w 0 O D L IN E D

STANGHIONS

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Send for our new catalog which

shows photographs of some of the

most up-to-datc urns in the coun-

try. You V'Viii be convinced that

we make the very best there Is at

the lowest price.

'1‘!!! HARRIS MFG. COMPANY.



816 Cleveland Avon Baler-10





FOR YOUR HIDE’S SAKE





Have it tanned with the hair on for

:1 coat, robe or rug. Moth proof, no

smell. I1reigl1t paid on 3 hides. You

furnish hide, we do all the rest. and

make coat for $10.00 up. Robes $5.50

up. \Vrite for price list

TIIE WORTIIING & ALGER (10., llillsdale, Mich.





VV ho 11 ill need a TANK



TER should see

the ANELS(“.)N Noheaf.

uw'asted III 11 n d e r





ater.'le'ov1eeksfrea

trial. Bend for catalo eNo.20 wand prices

NELSON MF’





(30.. Deerfield, Wis.





Fourth importation for 1910 arrIV ed August

4th Our present lot, we believe, equals

or surpasses any we have heretofore

collected- More horses of bone. size and

first-class quality than (2V (2r. N11111erous im-

portant prize winners. W rite for catalogue.





W. 5.. J. B. o B. DUNHAM

Wayne, Illinois





 





 

 

 





 





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FOR SALE—One span of' Brown

Geldings. weight. ‘2."100

lbs. 16% hands high. 5 and 6 years old. excellent team

for Fire Department. Inquire through hMICHIGAN

FABMEB. Jesse G. Wilson. Henderson. Mich





~Horses. Cattle. Shea Hogs Dogs

For sale or Poultrv. nearly 111 l1r1-1 ds Sires

exchanger]. Southwest Michigan Pcdl reed Stock

Assomation. R.F‘.Jennings,Se1'.. Pa“ 111'. M1ch.





EGISI ERIC 1) I’ll. liCIll" RON S I Al I IONS forl solo

Rlnnd ZVcarsold (1mm and bl' cks. West) l11-h1





gun Fdll‘ \VInncrs. II. (H E llll()I.I .I)1Itton. M11 l1





 





‘ ‘ ' — Now old enough to shl 1.

BeaUIlllll Coll” Pupples Sired by the Remarkably

lntelllgl nt Dosz' Ulck W .N116981l ' (1.1m Lady oftho

Luke II No 'l 93.537 Low prices to muck buyers. W “to

or11111112.1t111111, Sutlslnt‘tlon guaranteed. Alsoclcuunt

Pair \l.1t1h(2dSl1¢2tlnnd Klan-s and Shetland Stallion

All recorded. EDSON W.OOUMAN l'.1w I’d“. MI1-l1





BREEDERS’ DIRECTIIRY.

CATTLE.





 





 





 





   





THE MICHIGAN ' FARMER. '





For "Sale 3331'»: 61313001131111 J’Wflilfi.





Cows A: youngscocl. John T. Weeks. Napoleon.





Nov. 19, 1910.





11111111111 smmmts'm' °’ “:31. is!





sins

H. E. Powell. Robt. Groves. Shepherd. onia. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





HOLsrslu-gim. '2'" 32" mug-2,32,; g: nous.

the oatgtgfizlll o! t c brat-:11 erontoot asiatef to

e 3 ion arc to an: an s res - 1

dam averageov vol-£1 ads of butter In'ld Price Bums & VIOIDI‘IIS“ agrgflimfiiefifi 3%.: 19:11::

.50. 0.1). W0 DBURY. Lansinz. lChitan- Winners. M. T. STORY 248.Lowe .Mlohignn.





 





TOP NOTCI'I HOLSTEINS





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-

bining in themselves the blood of cows which now

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

milk and but 1' fat at £11in



McPI‘lE SON FAR S 00.. Howell. fllch.





 





, "IR SALE—leii‘ill‘é‘.3““?1‘5'E‘HSEI1.2232.





h

“I. C. JACKSON. 15 Rex Sf" South Bend. Ind.





 





“ULSTEI' BULLS FOR SALE—Also Duroc Jersey

boars. sired bv Defender Grand Cham-

pion at. Chicago. 1909 E. I‘K Cornell. Howell Mich.





HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES—Last season's crop sold. New crop

now arriving. Foundation stock represents bout American

breeding. con-1 BROTHF RS Ypsilanti l-‘arIns.Ypsiln11I.i Mich.





 





0THING BUT HOLS’I‘I'IIN BULLS FOR SALE. Sir May

Hnrtog Posch No 31604.11 R. Three Nearest Damn

Avernsc 2c 2 lbs. butter in 7 days. Sound. Sure. Gentle. and

one of the finest indivnluals of the breed If you want u. Herd

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

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

Nov lst. Help me do It. by buying one. L. E, Connell Fnyette.0.





SMI' “' .

ELM"UBSI F‘"“ 1 Holstrellln& CaAttflnggndPro :-

ford Down Sheep Have 15 Choice Ram Lambs for

sale AddressB l)C Baufield. Supt. Ouendule, Mich.





H E R E F0 R D S‘fi‘l‘hJI‘ZE“ fill?) “15:11 353?





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





Register oi Merit Jerseys. .29.“.‘3 1°15}:





lot of youn bulls from dams with ofiicial records

mm and u wards of butter.

.F. MARS ON. Bay City, Michigan.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS,





We have some splendid Voung bulls for sale. Some

of them are old 011011 for service. 'l‘yhe are from

cows with records of to 4.15 unds of ybutter last:

year. W rite for descrit tion an prices.



COL ON C. LI fiCoWIlc. Mwhigm.





Dairybrod Shorlhorn Bulls §°l§?."i'e.7.ii‘3.°lfiirlfifm

J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





of dIndividual merit;

and best known lines

of blood at: moderate

prices.





M. D. a G. B. Johnson. Plymouth. Michigan.





LARGE ENGLISH BERKSHIBES





Have line lot of male pigs about-1% months.

of large. growthy type. Also good young gills

same age. Prices reasonable. Satisfaction guar-

amused.



F. A. BYWATER. Memphis MIchIgan.





HUPP FARM BERKSHIRES!





WON 189 PRIZES IN 190

Stock of both sexes and all ages for sale. 9Breeders of

Guernsey Cattle. M. B Turkeys Barred Rock Chick-

ens. Pekin Ducks 11110111311 ”11. no PP. Manager.

DrawerA.Birminghan1. Michigan.

—Boars ready for service





BERKSHIRE $2.6 Young pigs etther





sex. 315. 00. two for'3‘25. 00 Registered and transferred.

C. C. COREY. New Haven. Michigan.





BERKSHIRES Unexcelled in breeding. 'Select-

ed boars. sows and ilts. Choice

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





 





 





 





 





DAMS BROS“ Litchfleld. Mich. . breeders of Imp. Chester

White and 'l‘amworth swma. service boars. sows bred or

open. of either breed Shortlior 11 Cattle Buff Rock. But? 11' yan-

dotte. W. Orpington. Ckls. all breeding stock leading winners.





DUROC JERSEYS.





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Mlchlxan.





 





 





-—60 Spring Bears ready for service; 88

Duroo Jerseys Spring Bows. Special prices for 30 d.1\s

Write or come and see.





BUR“ JERSEY SWINE Shefhflrrdcgciagreis





1.50 each. J. H. BANGHABT. Lansing. Mich.

A “T“... “g“ 12".?” llIIroc Jam 8mm Boar:

M..A chllAY. Okemos.InghamCo.. Ich. Indpt phone





IMPROVED CHES'I ERG—Young boars ready for

service. orders taken for cows bred for sprinbn 1111'-





J. 0. Barney. Cold“ ater.M1ch.





 





 





 





 





row. Also Holstein Bull Calves of the best of

SHEEP. Ins. w.1.o. WILSON. Okomos. Mich. Both Phones.

OCKLAND Farm Delsines arei field for . strong. _

rugged and well covered. Prlbes right. 1111 oil as o I. C’s Hogs all W101. ”'h‘ ”'5 bred





your wants. D.E. Turner klflona. Mosherville. Mich.





Gunner’s English Sheep





won 420 prizes this year at State Fairs. Shrop-

shires. Oxfords. Hampshires. Southdowns and

Cotswolds-the best of each—several hundred to se—

lect. from. We Import more than all otherscombined

thus can oll'er the most attractive prices and terms.

Sheep shipped on up rovaI—seo them before you buy.



rite for our hanp InelyElk illustrated Book of Win-

note. It' a FREE for the





Wm. COOPER a. IIEPIIEIIS aI‘I’ISIIIIIIIEE STOCK 1:0.

64 1». 1111mm smot. cmcaoo. ILL.





 





 





Hampshire Shee 190311323133:

PricesModernte ComfortA. Tiler. idwater.M1ch





and Cotswold Rams and

"amPSh re! Soullldown, 81191-1 for sale. Prices right.

THE CLOVER BLOSSOM FARM. Port Austin. Mich.





Parsons Oxford Ilams 1...". ‘1...”Si‘flsi‘5... li'ii





giroduce bfiger and better lambs. Grade X5

Romeyn 0. Parsons. Grand Ledge. XMioh.





0XFORD RAMS And ewes from Imported Rams.

and ewes bred to some. Address



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

———Go1d Yearlin Field



Oxford Down Sheep 11.11;..- and ewes fit all ages

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





I)ELAINE RAMS. also 50 registered Deluine ewes

which must. be sold before Dec. 1. Great. bargain

.CO OWAN. Rockford. Michigan.





 





 





 





for some one.





to be sold Auc-

Ileg. Rambouillet Shee .. .0. “maimed.

in combines 1n them the best. I) 11011 of the best. flocks

in rance. Germany and America. as shown by last.

week' 5 notice. I handle only my ow breedin I

have raised between 1100 and 1200. Aug 16.1910 t ere

had onlv been recorded In theA K. R. 57.184 'Ihe

record dates from Mar. . 1&9. over 21 years. I doubt.

if one half of that number Is ahve. viz 28. 842. I have

21111 if you do a little figuring you will see I have

raised over one- sixtieth of all the Iiambouillets re-

corded .md 28“ is a fair percentage of the living.

Have 9i1l.1mbs. 441121195 balance r.1ms. Hired by No.

A li..’13‘.l91 Inter V H. R C. II F E Eager 7.

Iheyoreall in perfect health. Come and see the

flock and make .Vour own Helectmn. and leave Vour

bid It vs III gnc us both .1 better show. and on sale day

( rates furnished when [)1Il‘tleS desire. 'lhc cues are

not bred. If .Vou VI .Int. 11 mm I‘Ilell‘. gIVe dost r1 tmn

and pr1co.lhe prlce is on my book opposite encl; N11

I trate 11nd shlp to Parmes subIect to 1111-: ettion. pur-

c'h Iser 1.1.11'11glrelg It or l‘lx ('.ll1’ll‘f.,’(‘ an If satisfied

forwnn prlcc. and if not. satlsfied return sheep at my

expense. I have shIppcd hundreds In this “21.) and

never had b11t_one returned L1V'e 2% miles E. of

Morrlce on G. I. Road. J. O. A. COOK. Morrice. Mich.





MAPLE RIDGE SRROPSHIRES'SS‘lto‘Ei‘é





yearling rams. H. STEWAR'I. Lennon. Michigan





SMROPSHIRES",‘....§‘.3.w Ill-‘3‘? 15.912d





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





—A few good Shro shire Yearlinr

For sale Rams bred frompimported stock"

PrIces right. Jonesdtblorrish. Flushing. Michigan.





 





 





 





ABERDEEN=ANGUS.





Herd headed by l" NDUI.ATA “LAC KBIRD

ITO 83836. one of the best. sons of PRINC F. l' [‘0

50006. and brand (‘h.un 111111 Bull lit the Detroit.

and Grand Rapids Fairs o 19177.119I‘9..lfll9 and 1910.

Heul consists of Er1cs.1.Blackl1lr1ls. Prides

WOODCOTE STO( K F ARM. lonln. 011111-11.





 





for sale. Prices low. Inquiries solicited.

‘ SWINE

LSRK SHIRE RY— White and Barred Rocks.





‘ )

1‘ [NE } CULT ncWPhite W iandottes and





White A! Buflm Oirplugtonsi





i li‘i‘li'r‘iioHAN‘g son'oOL FOR '1' 0can DEAF 1111.11 Mich.





l

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I AV R S H I R ES l'éfi'lé’llilifl. .rn’él'llii'l‘ll‘val.

I

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TRY A BOTTLE. AND BE CONVINCED!





 





HOICE Registered Shropshire and Cotswolds. year-

I111 cues. ram and owe lambs. Yorkshire and

BerkshIre hogs. Clyde Stalllons .'1 11d Fillies and Welsh

ponIca “'rIte for prices. Arthur L Milne Green River. Ont





 





EGIS'I'I‘IRED Shropslnre Rams and cues for sole

, from Importednnd Canadian bred stock. Satisfac-

tion guaranteed.“ 11113 S. Meade. ILNO. 3. Holly. Mich.





SHROPSHIRE HALL STUBK FARM





Hus for sale twenty-five (3) very choice bred yr. owes,

a few good aged owes. one choice two-yoar-old

rum. aim three Hood rum lamb





L. 3. 111111111 13111.6111111, Michigan.





 





 

   





It doesn It. cost much to try 11 bottle of our famous remedy for the cure of ' in » -





nose and throat troubles in horses and other animals. '1‘ be best horse owners

drivers and trainers endorse and use it right along. The guarantced remedy.





DISTEMPERINE





Ask your druggist. or order of us. We Dre-

pay express. Write today for valuable FREE booklet.





DISTEMPERINE (30., Dept. C, Goslien, Ind.





50 cents a. bottlo' $5 a. dozen.





J(NISIIEN

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or open boars any a or size.

on approval IIA BY '1‘. ORGAN





Shlpped N.DELL

Roi in; View Stock Farm. CASS CITY. MICHIGAN.





0. l. C. Ho 1.....





Sons

3. unease“ “411%.?“ 19511111.

and more. II. II. JU .Munith. Mic





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

I April furrow in pairsnot akin. Satisfaction

A. Newman. Mariette. Mich” RI." D. l.





 





 





guaranteed.





 





O I C —Bred Sows. Boats ready for ser-

0 vice. from World's Fair Winners.

Glenwood Stock Farm. Zeeland. Michigan. P11011991.





-I am now



0. I. C. SW] N read\ to re.

ceive orders for fall Pigs got. by Grandson of J'Ickson

Chief. the World's Champion and Grand Champion

Boar. W rIto forIDive let; live rices on pairs not skin.

A. J. GOR EN. R. o. 2. Dorr. Michigan.





ring furrow. of both sexes. of

0-1. C.SWllle right. type and breeding Bears $20

each. E. E. BEACH 128019 Brighton. Mich. ll. No. 3.





 





O. —E1ght choicea sow p135 and 13 choice

pi reasonable prices.

FRED NICKEL. liR. 153.1





tMonroe. MIChigan.



' —Spring. summer a fall farrowed



00 '0 Co swme both sexes. breeding and ty 0

right. Geo. P. Andrews. Dansvllle. lngham 00.. Mic





RECORDED MULE FOOTED HOGS





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

ages for sale. John H. Dunlap. W illlmnuport Ohio.





POLAND CHINA ‘13.???”35‘31" L’f:§.°f.;.‘.’.iii‘i§"





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





—Rendy forserVice. Sired

25 BIG BoARS 3‘ $25 by three big ”5112 W est.-

ern bred boars. and from big t1 1e sous. bre big for

20 years. We are the pioneer lg type breeders oi:

Michigan. Pairs and trim-1 not. .Ikin

Bl'lLF.li. Portland. MIch Bell Phone.





-—Largest in Mich. Pigs

Large Type Poland-Chinas m... .9... .0.1.1p.1e1.1.

from 150 t0160 lbs. at. 4% monthsol (I. I'll] dclner

VVhatIadvertise. W. E. Livingston. Purina. Michigan.





' -—Boars teeth for service;

Poland- Chlnas spring pigs. either sex.





W rite L. W Barnes & 51111. B) ron.Shiaw assee (.‘11..\II1-h.





Poland-Chinas





The home of the Michigan State Fair- “Winners

Wewon 13:4 prlzes at. Detroit. in 1910. Figs 01’ both

sexes for sale. aired l1} our prize “inn





111. "1. BLAITYé: SON Westo U'nIty. 011111.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





_ ' —L.'1rge st..\'lcd.1zrowth.vspring pigs. also

Palalld Chmas fall pigs Send for snap shot photos‘

and lowest prices. Robert Neve. Pierson. Michigan.





P. c. BOAR 5-1222-0212-1 '2'-

l',ov1s wort th the



money. W'OOD & SONS SALINE. MICHIGAN.

OLAND CHINA Pigs—Large. heavy boneId with style





L.111dqu.1lit.V Specialsulolorto dost . L 1111111125111.

1'). N0. 6. Doungiac. M'Ich. ell Phone 20-2 R.





 





 





12 P c Boars ready for service. sired by a Son of the

1 W orld's Champion Meddler. dam. un-

defeated Lzuly Loulso. Z. KIIme. Three Oaks. MII'II.





were sired by “Victor"by" Out-

our P0 C0 Roars look '. first prize at Ohio State

Fair: dams by Medler Stu-.ond Onkuood Medler and

others. A few large .’\Ii11or1u Cockerels. Satisfaction

guaranteed. “'. MILLS. Saline. lllichignn.





FOR SALE— Yorkslure Boar l’Igs

August fnrrow. Fi 1.119 thrifty fellous. 5515. registered.

TIIII BIURRA YA-‘V ERDIAN

B. 6. Ann Arbor. Michigan. Bell phone.





Victoria and Essex Pigs





300 pounds at six months. r'I he fworld is wonder

ins what will come nex x.t. to for on tlnlome.

L. l’. OLIVER. FLINT. MICHIGAN.





I and order a registered YORK-

Watch this Ad. 5111111; 1311.11: of A. 111-11“

& SON, R. I“. D. No I. Hersey. MIch. Bell Phone.





 





 





 





 





 





 





"The Turk" J





Large Improved EngBIish YoIkshires.





The gthat makes good oars ready for service

GIlts bred for next. spring farrow. c hoioe lot of

fall pigsanirs not. cl: in. Satisfaction guaranteed

N C. LILLIE. Coopersvilie. Michigan.





Please mention the I'llchizun Farmer when

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NOV. 19. 1910.





   





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





(7) 429





When FORD Speaks the World Listens—I

For In All The World No Car Like This





The Car of Established Quality—Established Value and Low .Price—

Backed by a Company worth millions and with a record of eight years’

successful car building





The Cheapest Car in the World to buy and maintain, and simplest to operate

The Lightest Weight Car in the World—size, power and capacity considered

The Strongest Made Car in the World—a Car of Vanadium Steel

The Only 4—Cylinder Car in the World selling at these low prices





Model T Touring Car





4-Cylinderr—20 H. P —~5 Passengers. With Extension Top,

Automatic Brass Windshield, Speedom‘eter, Two





FORD

FORD





The reason why is t





a small profit.





Why the Ford Model T is the

Best Car for the Farmer





The reason is—the car itself. Examine

it part by part. Compare it with any

other car you like, part by part. The

simplicity of the FORD Model T, the

perfection of its mechanical construction,

means a car easy to understand. easy to

operate and (cheap to maintain.



The FORD was designed by Henry

Ford, a farmer's boy. one who knows

what farm life ism—knows what the

farmer wants in an automobile. That he

has filled that want in the largest possible

measure is best proven by the fact that

of all the automobiles sold to farmers in

America there have, been more FORD

cars than of any other make.



When Henry Ford built his first car,

eight years ago. he realized that the

automobile would shortly become a part

in the practical life of the farmer. llis

thought was that the motor car was not

alone. for dwellers in the cities. nor its

pleasure-giving and usefulness to be. the

sole privilege of the rich. but it was to

have an unlimited market. and so the

FORD plan, from the first. has been to

build a car to meet an unlimited demand

by reason of its all around usefulness,

coupled with a low price. The demand

for FORD cars every year for the. past

tight years has been greater than we

willie! supply. Last year we built 20.000

Model T cars. This year we will build

30.000 of the. same model.



The Ford Model T is the best car for

the farmer, because it is built. of Vana-

dium Steel. Vanadium Steel is the most

expensive steel made.



Vanadium, an all0y, melted into the

crude steel, adds to the tensile. strength,

prevents crystallization, or crumbling of

the steel and gives an added elasticity that

is not found in any other steel. Vanadium

Steel is stronger than chrome-nickle

steel, manganese steel, or any other kind

of steel.





 





 





$70





Model T Roadster





6-inch Gas Lamps and Generator.





For this same FORD Ca‘r





Without the above equipment.





 





4 Cylinders (20 H. P.—3 Passengers With Extension Top,

Automatic Brass Windshield, Two 6-lnch Gas

Lamps, Generator and Speedometer.





$600





old in a few words:





For this same FORD Car

Without the above equipment.





$7 8

$ 5 8 ' I:





 





 





We are in a position to do business on





We Have Sold 30,358 of This Same MODEL T Car—

and we will build 30,000 more in 1911—Therefore, Don’t





All steel is

load: ’he test





Experiment, Buy a FORD.





able to withstand heavy

comes with

or shock. A steel girder which helps hold

a great bu'ltling will perform





as long as there is little





it will quickly





usual vibration





break if subjected

or shock.





Automobile carried





steel is under constant Vibrational strain, miles.





torsional strain_ or shot-k.

Steel has greater





such wear. This is the





strength of

Model T.





Gears, axles, shafts, springs,

and every strain, or load bearing part

the FORD Model T is of Vanadium Steel.





the light





This is the secret of the

strength of the FORD.





steel it is only

one—fifth the size of ordlnary

parts and still have them stronger.





of all special





This best





HQCPSSHI‘Y





further strengthened by





treatment in

plant. After





the FORD

we spent $200,000

search for the, best steel. we spent





sands more in equipping the





plete heat treating plant





heat treatment

molecule of the steel

("lamps the

a compact.

mass defying crystallization.



The FORD Model

pounds. possessing one horsepower

each (20 pounds.





its neighbor.

molecules into





DUFSC‘SSGS OllC





pounds. A 1.200—pound

2.tltm-pound





power than :1





brings the





Vanadium

wuthstatflg “f H“,

FORD





strength

reason





levers





parts

automobile





is

hf'tlt owners

treatlllg‘ light and

our to maintain

thou—

t-mTi- (0 he the

This niotttr HITS.





Ford Service for Ford Owners





The car on the road means as much FORD

salcsroom. ’l‘h‘s

SERVICE FOR

first





of every

of

of

strain—resisting I” us as

is the “why"

FORD OWNERS» the



service in the





parallel





1,200

for





T car weighs





W'lX'GS.





minute





The average tourintr ear “UNIT.





horsepower





70

t'ill‘





in the FORD the power goes to c-trrv the worid.





load and not the car. A l,300~pound

will not wear out a tire as

lotto—pound car. A '.;’l’i0-pound





P11 SSt‘S (i\'(‘l‘ 11





and two still

weight FORD





make





rough road

cally protmrtioned tires much

quicker than a car of 2.000 pounds.

fourrriand





ear

quickly as a





ulate that





Vanadium steel





vibration bills to less.





tli‘iVe,





complete.





FORD SERVICE

less ERS is

therefot‘f‘. sales organization





thousands.

tablished



car \vorld.



scientifi— tion in

and FORD dealer

'l‘wo will thank

lig‘ht’ any town

an is still unappro:reliable which there is not :1 FORD dealer,

by any other car of the same capacity in

the smallness of operating; expenses.





FORD





r-ountrv

and





gallon of gasoline carries a FORD twenty

11n— to twenty—live ‘





miles. (me set of tires l’lt‘it‘

FORD from





5,000 to 10,000 factory.



We have established

The FORD magneto is an integral part plants. tillt' at Kansas t‘ity and an-

power

are used, no brushes. gearing, or moving of

have been ban— Vit‘t’ “’1' FORD “\‘~'1H‘l'-‘<.





Every FORD Model T buyer knows ex-

rbpair parts will cost him. .-\t





' Trouble makers

ished. A slight movement of the flywheel

generates current enough to ‘make a pow-

0f el‘tul spark.

The FORD 'Model

(“Id with the

a many.

53,358 FORD owners

are owners





favorite and





car in the





01' FORD





as the company's

which covets the

dealers nutn‘ccr into the t'uilv





FORD sales contracts with dealers stir)-

cach must carry an adeuuate





causes

0RD





plant.





T was the first car





(30,358 of whom

hltitlttl 'l‘

provng the durability and econ~

omy of FORD construction. 7.0.338 FORD .

that the FORD is built so "ml

so strong that it costs less

than any other car. That is

why the FORD is now and will continue

foremost of all





FOR FORD OWN-

extensive





branch

all the leading cities in the

miles in almost any dircc- .

brinas you to a x‘mlf‘

(it’litli. :!l‘.tl \\"‘

us the namo of

miles of .\'“H i“ .\titi:.t.~:.< ................................ '





supply

_\'tlii ltI it-ll

within tifty





FORD repair stock of FORD repair parts. which means





_ weight propor- that

. . tionate to the horsepower causes fuel bills

faithfully to be smaller—tires to

but





any

country can secure

cost less. One immediately. livery

ries a full stock of repair parts. as com—

the supply at the





ins;





in propo: t ion





FORD owner in any part of the

replacements almost

FORD branch car-





two big distribut-





No batteries other at Long Island t‘ily for the purpose





:lctly what





more. completely





extending FORD ser—





the time or purchasing; his car he is sup-





_ _ _ plied

now being copied by “41M,

:‘tilv





cars) are this “I.





llt‘lllllti

policy of th‘s company is the same.

as on the day

years asp. (lreatt-r assurance of

not be given to





i'ltiiit'

l‘lii‘lli

satisfactory service

the buyer of any motor car than the ser—

aocs with

Surely the FORD is the car you want.

with the nearest





\irc \\'lli.‘il





link:-





with a t‘Illlllilt'lt'

every individual

priced.





The FORD Model





parts price-list. in

part is individu—





is the reflection





personal integrity of the (“ompanv

it. The organization. personnel





:lrrang'cnn-nts

ti"1llt'l', or branch.

stratiun.





FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING COU-





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automobile in—





its organization





FORD.





for a demon—





 





houses are (N‘—





I’lcase





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semi me your illustrattd llt'HH-I

describing l"()lill





Modrl '1‘ cars.





 





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Aves. ner Jackson Ave. and Honey-



Canadian Factory—Walkerville, well St.





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





The matter of the

The Farmer’s Thanks- observance of the

giving. autumnal holiday

in the true spirit

of thankfulncss for the blcssings which we

enjoy is largely u personal matter with

each individual. Each and every one of

us, while sometimes prone to lament our

fate, can find many things to be thankful

for, if we will only look about us a little

and get our minds in a condition to ap-

preciate the blessings which are vouch-

safed us. Each and every one of us has

special reasons for being thankful, and

if the annual Thanksgiving holiday but

calls these to our minds, we will be the

better for it, and the thankful contemp-

lation of these blessings will make us

better men and women and thus better

neighbors and better citizens.



But apart from special or personal rea-

sons for thanksgiving which will suggest

themselves to every thoughtful reader,

there are general reasons for the cxhibi~

tion of a thankful spirit on the part of the

great class of producing workers to which

we belong. The agriculture of our coun-

try is fast coming into its own as the

most important of our industries, and

“the most noble Occupation of man.”

Scicnce and art have united in recent

years. as never before, to make our soils

fertile and productive, to banish the iso-

lation which marked the existence of the

pioncer and marred the lives of our later

forbcurs and to bring into our homes the

csscntiul comforts and many appreciated

luxuries which were beyond the reach of

tho farm homcs of even the last genera-

tion. Industrial conditions have so

chuugcd in rccont ycars as to make the

fruiis of our toll more valuable and our

rcmuncruiion correspondingly greater,

whilc a broader experience and more

libcrul education, together with the labor—

suving devices available for the accom«

plishmcnt of our work, have cnablcd us

to materially chcupcn the cost of produc-

iion along many lines. until today well

dirccicd efforts in agriculture are more

profitable than they have ever been. at

least in times of peace and general pros-

perity. True, there is some discontent

among us due to the increased cost of

living, yet in this same fact there is rea—

son for thankfulness, for we have raised

our standard of living in recent years,

and better living begets an increased feel-

ing of independence which augurs well





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





for the, future of a nation whose bulwark

is a. sensible, thinking agricultural popu-

lation.



.. Thus, as our Thanksgiving festival

owes its origin to a pastoral people, let us

perpetuate the custom in a proper spirit

of true thankfulness for the blessings

which we enjoy, and by feasting in com-

pany with our friends, as typical of our

appreciation of a. country, a state and a.

home in which peace and plenty reigns.





A supervisor of a.

The Soldier’s Exemp- township located

tion Clause. in central Michi-

gan calls our at-

tention to the soldier's exemption clause

in Act 309 of the Public Acts of 1009.

which provides that all real estate used as

a homestead not exceeding in value one

thousand two hundred dollars, of any

soldier or sailor of the Federal govern-

ment who served three months or more

during the Civil \Var, and all real estate

not exceeding the aforesaid value used

as a homestead by any widow of such

soldier or sailor shall be exempt

from taxation. The statute referred to

further prescribes a form of affidavit

to be executed by any person entitled to

such exemption, and provides a severe

penalty for false statements contained

therein, and also provides that this ex-

emption shall not operate to relieve from

the payment of taxes any of the persons

enumerated who are the owners of tax~

able properly of greater value than

twelve hundred dollars. The supervisor

referred to makes the point that all of

the soldiers draw pensions, and are bet-

ter able to pay their taxcs than the ave-

rage small property owner and believes

that the law should be repealed, or at

least so amended as to make the amount

of the exemption $500 instead of $1,200.

There is a natural and commendable

feeling of charity by all who have made

a close study of the situation, for the old

soldiers of the Civil \Var. They gave

varying periods of the best of their llvcs

for the cause of the government, which

was the ('ilUSt' of the present generation,

and are, we believe, worthy of liberal

treatment in their declining years. In

cases where such action would be neces-

sary it is far boiler to aid them in a

small way by the exemption of their

liomcsteads from taxation, than by any

means which might be construed as pub-

lic charity, and the aggregate reduction

of the assesscd valuation of the property

of the state will not be great, since all

will not avail themselves of the privilege,

nor any of them for long. It is better to

err on the side of liberality than on the

side of parsimony in the treatment of the

old soldiers, although there is, of course,

a limit to wise public policy in this regard.





Sugar beet growers

Sugar Beet Growers of the slate have

Talk Co-operatlon. felt for some time



that the manufac-

turers could well afford to pay a better

price for the raw material than they have

been paying. This feeling has been aug-

mented by the recent evidences of pros-

perity shown by the issuing of liberal

dividends by some of these companies

and the continued rise in the value of

their stocks in the open market. This

general fecling on the part of beet grow-

ers in Michigan is now crystalizing into

something more than more feeling and

may be cxpccied to result in definite and

co-ordlnatc action in some parts of the

stoic. As evidence of such fact, the

sugar beet growers of Shiawassee county

are now considering a plan of co—opcru-

live action which should result in good

results both to themselves and to the

industry in the state. They reason that

in the (-ompciiiion between the factories

for acrcage, considerable overhead ex-

pense is entailed which the growers

should get in the way of a better price

for their heels, and that through co-op-

eration among the growers in the matter

of contracting for acreage, a substantial

incrcase in the price paid them for the

raw material rcquired by the sugar fac-

tories could be secured without any sub-

stantial increuse in cost to the latter,

above the present cost of securing the

necessary acrcage through salaried solici—

tors. This kind of co-operatlon is directly

in line with the organization of farmers





'along' the line or community production,





which the Michigan Farmer has long ad-

vocated and could not but result in a

substantial benefit to sugar beet growers

of any community along this and other

lines.



Unquestionably. the establishment and

growth of the beet sugar industry has

been of great benefit to Michigan agricul-

ture, and no one, least of all the growers

of sugar beets, desires to see it crippled in

any way. It will be conceded by all that





the industry can not be expanded or even

maintained on . the pres'Siit scale 'wlthout

a reasonable profit to the capitalists who

have money invested in the business.

However, a careful analysis of the situa-

tion shows that there is reason in the

belief that the manufacturers have, of

late, been making very substantial prof-

its, and that’ under present conditions

they could.well afford to pay more for

the raw material used. There is also rea-

son in the claim made by the growers

that it costs more to grow the beets than

it did in former years. But the factories

cannot be expected to pay more if they

can get all the heels they can use at

present prices, and there is no doubt that

the growers of any community or of the

several beet growing communities in the

state could more easily arrive at an

equabie arrangement with the factories

through a co—operaiive organization than

in any other way. Then there are other

advantages to be gained in an educa-

tional way, as well as in the purchase

of fertilizers and equipment needed in

the growing of beets which would accrue

from such organization. There is certainly

opportunity for co—operative work of val-

ue to the farmers interested in this, as in

every other branch of community pro-

duction in Michigan, and the development

of co-operatoin along this line should

prove of no little benefit to the growers

of sugar beets, without any hardship or

injustice to the concerns engaged in man-

ufacturing the sugar from the beets which

they grow.



The International Live

The International. Stock Exposition, to



be held at the Union

Stock Yards, Chicago, from Nov. 26 to

Dec. 3, inclusive, will afford the farmers

and stock breeders of Michigan another

opportunity to see the best products of

the breeders' and feeders' skill shown in

competition where merit alone counts, as

seen by the best judges in the respec—

tive departments, some of the tests of

merit being carried to the bIOck, the final

test of excellence in all meat producing

animals. The opportunity to study the

best of the different breeds and types

under these conditions is one which no

man interested in live stock production,

as every Michigan farmer should be, can

afford to miss if it is possible for him to

arrange to spend a few days at this

greatest of live stock expositions in this

country, if not in the world. Michigan is





‘favorably located to make this show ac-





cessible to "Michigan farmers. and as

many as possible of them should take ad—

vantage of the opportunity to attend it.

Michigan will be represented by a num-

ber of entries in several of the depart-

ments, and it is to be hoped for the fu-

ture of our live stock industry that Mich-

igan men will make up a larger percent-

age of the total attendance than Michigan

breeders do of the exhibitors. In addi-

tion to the show proper, a number of

sales of pure-bred stock will take place

during the week, and most, if not all,

of the national breed associations will

hold mctings during the exposition, as

announced in another column, which fact





is a special inducement for all breeders'





of pure-bred flocks and herds to atend.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.





A collision between a Michigan Central

train and a street car at Kalamazoo, Sat-

urday night, resulted in six deaths and

26 persons being wounded. The train is

claimed to have been running at too

high a speed. State commissioners are

investigating.



Secretary Dickinson, of the war depart-

ment, will recommend that congress pro-

vide for the purchase of ten aeroplanes

for the army.



United Statcs Senator Alexander Slehp-

ens Clay, of Georgia, died at Atlanta, on

Sunday.



A movement has been started in Mary-

land to call a. conference of conservative

dem0crats from all parts of the country

to give impetus to a conservative pro-

gram during the coming two years in

congreSS where the party will be in power.



For the fiscal year of 1910, ending with

June 30, the United States made a new

high record of exports of merchandise

from the country. The value reaching

$35,000,000 as compared with $28,000,000

in 1903, the former high record.



0. W. UnderWOod, democratic congress-

man from Alabama, is seeking the chair-

manship of the ways and means commit-

tee in the new congress to succeed Screno

E, Payne.



The requirements of the interstate

commerce commission in regulating rail-

roads, demand that rules similar to the

demurrage rules of the companies he fol-

lowed, and as a result the question of re-

organizing the bureaus is being debated.

Many of the roads have already with-

drawn from the local demurrage organi-

utions.



A library bearing the name of the late

John Hay. Was dedicated at Brown Uni-

versity, at Providence, R. I., last Friday.



President Taft has landed in Panama

and is inspecting the canal. During his

stay he will dine with President Arose-





 





NOV.‘ 19, mo.





mania, of the republic of Panama, and in

fulfilling this date will leave United States

territory for the, second.‘ time during his

term or office as president.



During the last fiscal year there were

3,464 desertions from the army of the

United States. This number is materially

less than for any year since 1889. It

amounts to 3.66 per cent of the total en-

listment. . .



Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who waged

such a vigorous campaign in New York

state for the defeated ticket, announces

that he is to continue the fight along

the same lines advocated in his speeches

made before the election. -



The monetary commission at its meet—

ing in New York last week agreed upon

the utility of a central bank for the

country. It appeared to the bankers and

economists present that such an institu-

tion would aid in time of financial dis-

tress. The chief objection to the plan

seemed to be that it might become a

political element, and that it might get

under the control of influential banking

interests and thus give the large bank

advantages which the small banks could

not enjoy.



Secretary Bailinger, of the interior de—

partment, has asked that the claims of

the Cunninghams in Alaska, over which

the controversy between himself and Gif-

ford Pinchot arose, be transferred from

the interior department to the court of

appeals of the district of Columbia for

adjustment. The testimony and the tenor

of the hearings indicated that legality to

the claims of the Cunninghams would be

supported by the final decision of the

matter and thus defeat the people of their

just rights; and, to defeat this probable

conclusion, the opposition to Mr. Bailin—

ger addressed President Taft, pointing

out the dangers and appealing to him to

see that no digression of Justice be per—

mitted. The act of the secretary of the

interior in moving that the matter be

transferred to the department of justice

will cover the case and clear the depart-

ment of any further intent to aid private

interests, if there has been any such

intent in the past.



.Foreign.





The English government has decided

to put the question of the veto power of

the house of lords to the people for a

decision. The question passed the house

of commons at the last session, but has

not been submitted to the lords. and ac—

cording to the latest news, will not be,

for Premier Asquith. has already address-

ed Klnk George for advice as to calling

an election in December or January.



John RedmOnd, chairman of the Irish

committee in the British house of parlia-

ment, has returned to Ireland after his

American tour, and speaks most encour~

agingly of his visit andprophesies more

optimistically than ever the success of the

Irish cause.



The rioting of students in the city of

Mexico following the announcement of a

lyinching at Rock Springs, Texas. of An-

tonio Rodriguez. a supposed Mexican,

who was being held for the murder of a.

lady upon her ranch, has thrown a shad-

ow over the friendly relations between

the two countries 'which has not fully

cleared. To aggravate the matter, litera—

ture has bcen distributed over Mexico

to stir up the people against the Ameri-

cans. Federal authorities at Washington

have promised to see that the parties

responsible for the lynching, were arrest—

ed and punished for the crime. On the

other hand, the Mexican authorities have

promised every protection to Americans

residing in that country. The United

States authorities are seeking to deter-

mine the citizenship of Rodriguez which

is now believed to be American and not

Mexican, which fact, if proved, would be

a successful dcmur to the Mexicans’

claim.



Gen. Jose Valladores, who has been op—

posing the government in Honduras, has

surrendered and now asks the govern-

ment to protect his troops and deal with

himself according to the laws of the land.



It is asserted thatrltaiy and Austria are

contemplating a. policy for neutralizing

the Adriatic Sea. The recent reorganiza-

tion of the naVy of Austria would make

such a policy seem somewhat inconsist—

ent, but the peace movement in Italy

would bear out the report. '



Count Tolstoi, the world-renowned Rus-

sian author and socialist, has left his

home at Yasnaya Poliana and gone into

seclusion, where. he stated in a letter to

his wife, he would spend the remainder

of his days. It is believed that the man-

agement of his estate by his wife, which

is marked by the reduction of wages to

the workers, grieved the Old writer and

led him to leave as he did. Later, the

Count was discovered at a small station

some 80 miles from his home, sick with

a fever.



The gOVernment of Nicaragua. recently

enacted a law prohibiting political demon-

strations, and as a result of the stand it

became necessary to call out troops at

Leon this week, where the liberals had

gathered in opposition to the effort of the

police to dissuade them. The troops fired

volleys of grape and canister down the

streets where the mob had gathered.

Many Were killed and Wounded. It, how-

ever, had a very salutary effect, the mob

dispersing immediately.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





Genesee 00., Nov. 12.—Cold, raw

weather the past week has put a. stop to

fall work which, hOWever, Was pretty

well completed. Sugar beet men are ubiu

lant and this crop is gaining in avor

year by year. Winter apples rather bet—

for crop than last season. Potatoes are

all in the pit or cellar for carrying over

although a. good many sold the crop from

the field rather than take any chance on

a repetition of last season’s mistake. Corn

husking now being pushed. the employ-

ment of machine and hand labor being

about equally divided. Following are

local market quotations: Wheat, 880:

corn, 550; oats, 32c; beans, $1.85; potatoes,

45c; apples, 85c@$1; turkeys, 16@20c;



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THE MERIWEATHER THANKSGIVING—BY Geneva.





“1 wish I had a dozen pairs of hands this

very minute,



I’d soon put all these things to rights. 0,

dear! I must begin it.



Here’s a big washing to be done, one pair

of hands to do it;



Sheets, shirts and stockings, coats and

pants; how shall I e‘cr get thru it?”



“I ‘don’t mean just that,” laughed

plump, pretty Mrs. Meriweather, as she

ceased the little snatch of song; “but

there are so many things to think of that

Thanksgiving time that the old jingle

just suits me exactly to a T,” continued

the dear woman to Hannah Marks, who

lived near by, and was a handy maid to

impress into the extra labor of a holiday

season.



“ Brother John and his wife, Millie, will

be here and their two pairs of twins—no

‘race suicide’ there—and James and The—

resa and their boys; and unless the city

work keeps her tied, Clara May will

leave her church music duties and bless

us with her sunshiny face. Then, there

are Thomas’s brother ’Will and his good

wife, Sarah, and their maiden daughter,

Kate‘ and their widowed daughter, Jane;

and the minister and his wife and boy,

who is a chum of our boy, Jackie; and

from the distant east will come Tom, our

dear college son, who will be here ”Wed-

nesday night or Thursday morning. And

to surprise and please him, I have sent to

Binghamton for somebody he loves Jen-

nie Barber. You remember her, Hannah,

and how she and Tom were always the

best of friends in their young school

days; and when her father moVed away

because he could benefit himself in a

business way, Tom and eJnnie corre—

sponded and often met, and now that she

is through at W’ellesley, she is more

lovely than ever, so Tom writes, and

when he is settled in his profession I

hope she’ll be a part of our family.”





 





Hannah Marks was a staid, good girl

of nearly thirty years. She. was the

child of Mrs. Meriweather's life—long

friend. She was sensible and unobtrusive,

more like a companion than a maid of

work, and her temporary mistress felt

free to talk with her in hei- gay and

happy way.



“What a. houseful we shall have! But

I don't mind, for I am strong and well,

and it’s our turn to entertain this year,

anyhow; and husband, Thor as, is fore—

handcd and has banked considerable cash

this harvest. It does seem as though our

onions would bring a fortune if they do as

well every year, and there is a big yield

of hay and corn and potatoes, not a

blight anywhere. If I do say it, I think

my Thomas is one of the wisest and most

diligent farmers I ever saw; not stingy

either, Hannah; always ready to help the

church and to benefit the community in

a public-spirited way.



“Oh, I have a great deal for which to

be thankful, and not least of all, Han-

nah, is that you’re next door, such good

help, such a nice, kind neighbor, so neat

and handy. You fit in like a part of us.

I don't want to be selfish, but I hope

you’ll never marry and go away.” And

then Mrs. Meriweather laughed and so

did Hannah. And spoons flew around

bowls and pans briskly, and spicy odors

floated through the big kitchen where

everything shone, seemingly trying to re-

flect the brightness of M1s.Meriweathcr’S

bright eyes.



She was forty-eight, a winsome woman

still in life’s attractive noon, for though

She weighed more than when, at the age

of eighteen years she was wedded to her

Thomas, she had lost none of the blithe-

ness of her girl days, and amiability and

prosperity had kept her face youthful—

smooth. Her hair was still glossy and of

chestnut hue, her smile was contagious

and her life shed radiance everywhere

she went. She was an uplifting Chris-

tian, glad in this life and fervent in her





belief in the heavenly state beyond. And

her Thomas had been a deacon in the

church a mile and a half away, since

almost his young manhood. He believed

that temperance and godliness would

profit a man for this life and for the life

that is to come.



Ivory evening his family had been

gathered at the family altar, and not a

child in the Meriweather home could

recollect a night when the sacred Bible

had not been read with reverence and a

petition gone to the Throne for their

welfare, earthly and eternal. “Make

these children pious,” was always the

deacon’s plea, and they bade fair in every

way to fulfill the desire of the petitioner.





DeacOn Meriweather was not perfection

by any means. He had a quick temper;





church members used to time themselves

accordingly. “There comes the Meri-

weather surrey," they would say, “and

it's time for us to start;" and they start—

ed without delay.



At last the pumpkin and mince pics

of a most delicious quality, stood in wait—

ing for the guests; cakes of tempting

Variety and flavors, covered with frost-

ing" as pure and spotless as snow—llakcs,

showed the housewife's skill. There. were

ample jars of cookies and sugar-coated

doughnuts. The two big turkeys, which

had been facetimisly named “Shem" and

“llam” (for one. had been brown—feather-

ed and the other black) were ready to be

stuffed and roasted to exquisiteness in

the great range. There were fruits and

flowers. The large house was like a gar-





GRANDPA—ON THE FARM.

By LALIA MITCHELL.





Thanksgiving is the day, my mother tells me,

When you are thankful for ’mOSt everything—-

The flowers that blossomed in the kitchen garden,

The birds that used to come, at dawn, and sing;

The fact that you have had such lots of pleasures,

And clothes, and food, and shelter from all harm;

But, most of all, I guess that I‘ll be thankful

Because I’ve got my Grandpa—on the farm.





Thanksgiving comes in such a dreary season;

We don’t have snow now, like in Pilgrim days;

The parks are closed, I can't play ball or marbles,

It’s pretty hard to find out things to praise.

So I’ll Just shut my eyes to what’s about me,

And try to see the old barn with its charm

0f mow and bin; and then i can feel thankful,

Because I’ve got a Grandpa—on the farm.





We always go out there Thanksgiving morning,

And ’fore we get near to the house, we smell

The pics and cakes, and bread and puddings, maybe,

An’ Grandma meets me saying, “Are you well?”

And then I nod and she just brings out the cookies





And says, “Just let him





eat, 'twont do no harm.”





And I feel glad for her, and very thankful

Because I’ve got a Grandpa—~on the farm.





All day i run around, there’s so much waiting

FOr my exploring eye; the black hen’s nest,

The calves that summer-long were out to pasture,-

The wcolly sheep, the colts; but from the west

The sun looks in and finds me getting sleepy

And glad the kitchen sofa's soft and warm,

For, cuddled up there, I can feel so thankful

Because I've got a Grandpa—on the farm.





and once when a citizen in the near—by

town had argued with him in favor of

open saloons in the village and township,

the deacon had almost struck the human

pig who desired to immolate for mammon

the children of his neighbors. But he

withheld the blow, though his fists were

clenched and righteous anger blazed upon

his countenance. And I think he was

nearer the ideal of lleaven for that anger

and the self-control that restrained it,

than if he had not been angry at all. As

Tom, J11, Once said inhis childhood: “To

be good when you don't want to be good,

is the. very goodest.” He had not at—

tained collegiate dignity then and did not

know how to grammatically compare in

the English language. yet he had a whole—

some, though juvenile. idea of upright

principles and straightforward deeds.

Each Sunday morning rain or shine,

summer or winter, the deacon had taken

his family to church, driving the mile

and a half distance to the village meet-

ing—house at so regular and decorous an

hour that he was the watchword for

promptness along the route, and the





den of Eden inside Of walls and sheltered

lty a modern roof. The, five spare rooms

were in the most beautiful order, the

gas jets ready to pour a flood of light and

warmth at a quick touch. The silverware

shone and the china closet was a dream

of porcelain beauty. Spic and span from

attic to cellar was the Meriweather inan—

sion.



\\‘edn(sday evening the father and

Jackie went to the railroad station, meet-

ing both eastward and Westward trains,

and several of the, more distant relatives

arrived. (“lam May had secured :1 Thanks—

giving vacation, and she was eagerly

greeted, for she was a model daughter and

Jackie's adored sistcr. 'l‘om did not come,

but be wired that he would reach there

Thursday morning early: and .Ienn‘e Rar—

ber and others were expected the same

forenoon. The household and visitors an—

anticipaiing a joyous next day, and indi-

vidually somewhat weary with the home

toils and the fatigue of travel respec-

tively, assembled in the sitting—room at

9 o’clock, at the tinkle of a silver bell, to

listen to the Scripture reading and join





in thought in the prayer of the master of

the household.



’J‘he deacon read by rote. From begin—

ning to end of the llible he read the suc—

cessive chapters, but when I’salms or

other portions were quite brief, it was his

habit to select a few verses elsewhere amid

the precious pages. This night it chanced

that he had alieady read in his routine.

way the 3301 chapters preceding the

Tl‘wenty—third I’salm. Not to omit his

habit he read that majestic classic:



“The, Lord is my shepherd; I shall not

want. Ile mukcth me to lie down in green

pastures: Ile le:1deth me beside the still

waters. lle restorcth my soul; lie leadcth

me in the paths of righteousness for His

name's sake. Yea, though I walk through

the valley of the shadow of dcath, I will

fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy

rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou

pr:‘tepii st a table before me in the pres—

enee (If mine enemies. thou anointest my

head 1 ‘lh oil; my cup runneth over. Sure-

ly, goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life; and I will dwell

in the house of the Lord forever.”



And then realizing that this I’salm, un—

der the festive circumstances, required a

supplement less suggestive of death, he

turned to some of the Psalmist‘s words

that overflow with an exuberance of praise

and t1mnks:.,ivinfr for daily benefits and

the bestow ments that enrich with mate:

rial delights the lives of God’s children.

Devotions closed with a familiar hymn led

by Clara May's cultivated, clear soprano

Voice, and the bass and contralto and

tenor of the rippling, sparkling piano;

and soon afterward sleep dropped its cur—

tain over the Meriweather home.



The snow was falling and a stern north—

east wind was blowing when the dawn

came, but it mattered not in this place

where the ll‘leriweathcrs dwelt. \Varmth,

peace, joy and abundance could brave

even an Alaskan ten’iperaturc.



“Put on the plum sauce, Hannah, said

the mistress, “'l‘om will be here to break—

fast and he likes that best of all fruits.

And we must hurry" Hannah, for we were

so fired with yesterday‘s work that we’ve

overslept a little, you know, and father

and Tom will soon be here. How the sor-

rel, lletty, pranced as she drew the cut—

ter through the big gateway. She used

to he Tom's colt, his special favorite, and

she almost seems to know that he is com-

ing today.” .



“Probably Betty was cold,“ answered

matter—of-l‘act Hannah, though she smiled

indulgenlly at Mrs. Meriweather, and ad-

ded: “Tom will like to see Betty, and

he'll take the reins himself coming home,

no doubt."



Like the hurricanes that sweep from

the (‘arribean Sea and rend the cities on

the land and darken the Atlantic with the

flotsam and jetsam of wreckage and

doom; like the dazzling lightning whose

electric sword severs instantaneously the

thread of mortal existence, so came a.

teriiblc tragedy to the Mcriwenthers. On

the way to the railroad station Deacon

Meriwcatlnfil was met by a telegraph mes—

senger.



“Here's something for you,‘

youth, and the. message was handed to

the driver in the cutter. It Was as fol—

lows: “Thomas Meriweather: Westward

Limited wrecked in collision with fast

freight at i this morning. Cars burned.

'l‘ Meriweather, of Yale, missing. Am

searching for body. \Vill wire if found.

Sidney Campbell, Yale. classmate.”





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said the





With a groan, a dry gasp, a white face

and shaking hands, the deacon turned

homeward. How could he break the ap—

palling news to his loved, his heart’s com-

panion, dear Matilda! Fast almost as the

wind Betty sped over the snow—covered

road and through the home gateway.



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cried Mrs. Meriweather, as she flung open





the door ‘of the kitchen. “Wheres Tom,

father?_ And are you sick?”



The hired man stepping from the barn

took the horse in charge, and Deacon

Meriweather staggered to the doorstep

and fell prone in a dead faint for the first

time in his life. He was lifted and borne

into the house by willing hands, and re-

vived. He looked up in a few minutes.

His wife was weeping with fright, and

alarm was depicted on every countenance

of the group gathered near. As his

strength returned, he lifted his right arm,

put it around his wife's neck and drew

her to him in a close embrace.



“There’s been a—railroadr—accident,"

{he whispered catchingly, ”lives lost,” and

a sob shook him. Like an earthquake it

heaved his breast for a moment, then by

a mighty effort of will and for his wife‘s

sake he caught himself in an iron grip

and said: “We'll hope for the best. dear

one. Take the telegram from my poeket

and let John read it aloud.”



This was done. and with tears streaming

down every cheek of the listeners,

Thanksgiving was ushered into the Meri-

weather mansion. In dazed horror the

mistress tried to minister to her husband.

He rallied and became her comforter in~

stead. The pastor, hearing the terrible

news, forestalled the appointed hour of his





coming, and in his heart he queried: “It





is better to go to the house of mourning

than to the house of feasting. Is it? Can

it be?” he asked himself with a sympa-

thetic shudder.



Hannah and sister-in-law, Sarah, took

the household business in hand, assum-

ing full care. The visitors breakfasted

sparingly, the immediate family not at

all. James and Theresa and their beys

driving from a rural locality, heard noth-

ing of the calamity until the town was

reached, then they came softly to the

house to offer condolence. The double

twins, usually irrepressible. tried to keep

utterly quiet so as not to disturb Aunt:

Matilda and her stricken family. Deacon

Meriweather planned to start on the 5:30

train for the scene of the disaster, hoping

to learn more than telegrams or news-

papers could tell of the accident. and

perhaps to find some trace of Tom‘s body.



The dragging, gray hours of Thanks-

giving day had reached 3 o'clock. No

further message had come from the class-

mate, Sidney Campbell. By command of

Mrs. Mcriweather (for food must be eaten,

even by the sorrowing) the dinner was to

be served. Hastening there to comfort, the

guests had come anxious to help in the

distressing emergency. The pastor and

his wife were there as per the first joyous

invitation, now a scene most somber in

contrast. The turkeys had been taken

from the range oven and were ready to

be carved. The desserts were arranged

in methodical lines on the wide pantry

shelves. The aroma of coffee and the

more delicate fragrance of tea were

wafted from kitchen to dining-room.

Nothing was lacking but happiness. For-

titude was taking its place.



The blackest tragedies do not dethrone

the forces of the noblest character. There

is a stamina and there is a heroism that

storms impregnable fortresses; that fear—

lessly sinks into the lashed ocean when

vessels founder at sea; that held stead-

fast the sold'ers at Valley Forge when

they walked with blood—drippiig feet on

the winter-covered sod; that bears the

approach of the scalpel; that was thrown

to the wild beasts in the Coliseum at

Rome; that quivered among burning fag-

ots, denying not the truth, when persecu-

tion desolated Europe; that gave Paul the

sublime (almness that braved the raging

mob at Ephesus: that armors the men

and women of today in the mail of cour-

age and trust in God.



“Though I walk through the valley.”

Over and over these words passed through

Mrs. Meriweather’s mind as she lay in

her darkened bedroom, holding fast to her

husband‘s hand, and with Clara. May

bathing her eyelids and temples,



Just as the dinner bell was about to

call the sad visitors to the viands, sleigh-

bells were heard rapidly approaching.

Through the big gateway dashed a two—

seated cutter, its occupants so powdered

with snow that they were unrecognizable

through the flake-beclouded windows.

Through the hall door came Tom—alive!



“Where are mother and father?” asked

Tom. “Let me find them.” And he

hastened to his mother’s presence and

fell to his knees beside her bed. With a

wild glance that melted in ineffable joy,

the mother beheld her son. To her he

was as truly raised from the dead as was

Lazarus when he came forth in his grave

clothes from the tomb-cave of Bethany.



Such a time as there was in that





 





THE "MICHIGAN FARMER.

SOME sIDE LIGHTS ON THE ANNUAL

NOVEMBER HOLIDAY. t





Meriweather household could not be de-

scribed. Tom had been found uncon-

scious many yards away at the foot of an

embankment, where he was thrown by the

impact and crash of the trains. Shadowed

by a high board fence and tall, tangled

autumn grasses he had not been seen in

the first confusion and agony of excite-

ment that prevailed. , Rescuers at length

diseovered him. It was found that he had

sustained a severe scalp wound, a broken

wrist, and was badly bruised and

strained; but having life and a chance of

full restoration, he peremptorily disobeyed

his surgeons and on the wings of steam

hurried to those who deemed him dead.

“I’ll be my own messenger,” said he, “and

carry the tidings in person.” He was not

able after the shock and injuries to jour-

ney alone, so his loyal classmate turned

aside from his own home vacation to ac—

company Tom; andKJennie in a tumult of

gladness at his safety, had joined him at

Binghamton.



The deacon broke his usual rule at

family prayers that night, and instead of

passing on to the Twenty-fourth Psalm,

he re—read the Twenty-third: and never

did the words, “The Lord is my shepherd

-—he restoreth my soul—I will fear no evil

—my cup runneth over”—sound more like

the melody of David's harp, than when in

a tone of victory, and with a passion of

faith this magical Scripture was given,

the family group reciting in one chorus

with the leader. the immortal words that

have been a rod and a staff of comfort

for generations.

THANKSGIVING, ITS HISTORY AND



SIGNIFICANCE.





(Continued from first page).



there was none of a national character,

save one during the administration of

President Madison, until 1863, when Pres-

ident Lincoln issued an executive procla-

mation setting apart the last Thursday of

November for general thanksgiving by the

people of the l'nitcd States. This procla-

mation was issued on October 3rd, of that

year, and its text, which is given on the

first page of this issue, reveals a deep

feeling of devout thankfulness for the

blessings enjoyed by the country and its

people. notwithstanding the burden of

care and sorrow entailed by internal

strife. President Lincoln followed this

historic document by a similar proclama-

tion issued on Oct. ‘30, 1.964, since which

time the several presidents have followed

Lincoln’s initiative by issuing annual proc-

lamations setting apart the last Thursday

(if November in oath year as a day for

Thanksgiving by the people of the nation,

thus firmly establishing the Thanksgiving

festival as a national institution.



Thus we see the annual autumnal

thanksgiving established itself gradually

and naturally. At first it was the custom

to call special thanksgivings for special

blessings and to appoint a day of humilia-

tion and fasting in times of particular

trial. '



Ry slow degrees all things are changed,

even our reasons for thanksgiving are

different from those of our Pilgrim rela-

tives; and while we are indeed thankful

for the worth of those noble men who

founded our national and social institu-

tions; and while they set fast and feast

days for special deliverance from their

foes and evil fellow-workers. we rise above

the thought of material well—being and

thank lod for our protection not alone

in this nation but for the loving mercy of

the changcless order hold true by the

sublimcr scepter of a wise Creator.



The text of our thoughts is changeful

and the nature of our institutions may

change, but to that greatness which is

unchanging we give thanks and worship

with full appreciation of the life which

is but a manifestation of that greatness.





 





Editor’s Note—The above article Is a

symposium compiled by the editors from

the manuscripts of two of our special

writers: Mary Mason Wright and W. J.

Grand.





THANKSGIVING.





BY ALONZO RICE.

I sat beside the festal board, while bright

In carven gnblets shone the ruddy wine;

I thought upon the happy lot of mine.

And saw the eyes that mirrored my de-

light.

“Oh, Lord." I said. “I thank Thee for

the sight

That greets me now, and for Thy care

divine.”

I raised my head; beyond the shadow~

line.

A starved pale face looked in from out

the night.

I said. can I be thankful for my lot

While many go along the cheerless way

With empty hands. whose lonely paths

have not

One single bloom? And then I knelt to





prav.

Unmindful of the feast, but heart forgot

The empty words my lips refused to say.





 





BY 0. s. L.



Of the general holidays observed in

this country Thanksgiving is one of the

favorites. For more than two centuries

it was a custom peculiar to the eastern





part of the country, but it has now be;





come national, its annual return finding

a welcome along the shores of the Lakes

and the Gulf, and from the Atlantic to

the Pacific. In the history and literature

that has come down to us from the days

when the nation was yet in its swad-

dling clothes are found many interesting

facts bearing upon the conditions under

which the day was observed in those try-

ing times and contrasting sharply with

those of the present. For instance, the

following extract from a letter, written

years ago, tells how the holiday was cel-

ebrated during the days of the Revolu-

tion: ‘



“Of course 'we could have no roast beef.

None of us have tasted beef this three

years back, as it all must go to the army,

and too little they get, poor fellows. But

Naquittymaw’s hunters were able to get

us a fine red deer so that we had a good

haunch of venison on each table. These

were balanced by huge chines of roast

pork at the other end of the tables. Then

there was an abundance of good vege-

tables, of all the old sorts, and one which

I do not believe you have yet seen. Uncle

Simeon had imported the seed from Eu-

rope just before the war began and only

this year was there enough for table use.

It is called celery, and ‘you eat it without

cooking. It is very good served with

meats. Next year Uncle Simeon says he

will be able to raise enough to give us

all some. It has to be taken up, roots

and all, and buried in the earth in the

cellar through the winter, only pulling up

some when you want it to use.



“Our mince pies were good, although

we had to use dried cherries, as I told

you, and the meat was shoulder of veni-

son, instead of beef. The pumpkin pies,

apple tarts, and big Indian puddings

lacked for nothing save appetite by the

time we got around to them.



“The day was bitter cold and when we

got home from meeting, which father

did not keep over long by reason of the

cold, we were glad enough of the fire in

Uncle’s dining hall, but by the time the

dinner was one—half over those of us who

were on the fire side of one table were

forced to get up and carry our plates

with us around to the far side of the other

table, while those who had sat there

were glad to bring their plates around to

the fire side to get warm—all but the old

ladies who had a screen put behind their

chairs.



“Uncle Simeon was in his best mood,

and you know how good that is. He kept

both tables in a roar of laughter with his

droll stories of the days when he was

studying medicine in Edinborough, and

afterwards he and father and Uncle Paul

joined in singing hymns and ballads. You

know how fine their voices go together.



"We did not rise from the table until

it was quite dark, and then when the

dishes had been cleared away we all got

round the fire, as CIOSe as we could and

cracked nuts, and sang songs, and told

stories. At least some told and others

listened. You know nobody can exceed

the two grandmothers at telling tales of

all the things they have seen themselves,

and repeating those of the early years in

New England, and even some in the old

England, which they had heard in their

youth from their elders. My father says

it is a good custom to hand down all





worthy deeds and traditions from father‘





to son, as the Israelites were commanded

to do about the Passover, and as the

Indians have always done, because the

word that is spoken is remembered longer

than the word that is written.



“Brother Jack, who did 'not reach here

until late on Wednesday, though he had





left college very early on Monday morn- ’





ing and rode with all due diligence con-

sidering the snow, brought an orange to

each of the grandmothers, but alas! they

were frozen in his saddle bags. We

soaked the frost out in cold water, but I

guess they weren t as good as they should

have been.



Among the writings of Harriett Beecher

Stowe, author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” is

found the following description of the

New England Thanksgiving: “The king

and high priest of all festivals was the

autumn Thanksgiving. When the apples

were all gathered and the elder Was all

made. and the yellow pumpkins were

rolled in from many a hill in billows of

gold, and the corn was husked, and the



(Continued on page 434).





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FACTORS IN RUBAL EDtJCATIONr-l.





The therary andfiypaimg Society.

BY.W. F. TAYLOR.



I know a careful housekeeper who oc—

casionally throws away small articles of

considerable value in her dishwater, and

I know .a little boy whose business it is

to turn back in his mamma’s footsteps

and look for what is missing. I want

to play the part of that little boy. I

want to go back into the past a little

way, in this series of papers, and bring

forward some exercises, which, while they

have afforded pleasant and profitable en-

tertainment, have also been potent in the

education and culture of many of our

country people, and have here and there

enabled a man to discover himself and,

in consequence, to do valuable work in

private and public life. .



The Literary Society came into being in

response to a desire for knowledge and





 





truly relished a hundred years ago as

they are today. But the debate was the

progressive boy's opportunity, and in this

many of the older men of the neighbor-

hood joined. The little schoolhouse was

filled to overflowing. Whole families came

for miles in ox-wagons or sleighs. Those

who could not find a. seat stood up. They

who found no room in the house stood in

the hall, and when that was filled, if the

weather, was not too cold, they hung

close to the windows on the outside and

listened for every word when the ques—

tion under discussion had aroused popu—

lar interest.



Many a lawyer, minister or platform

lecturer has owed more to a humble Lit-

erary Society of this sort than to any

other one factor in his education. Con-

gressmen, governors of states, and even

members of the President‘s cabinet have

turned back in thought, in some brief

period of rest and reflection, to an old—

time Literary Society and Debating Club





 





 





 





 





'The Pioneer Log Schoolhouse was not Unlike the Pioneer’s Humble Cabin.





culture on the part of our people when

they were pioneers.



Gov. Berkley thanked God that there

were no schools in Virginia, but the

hardy New Englanders, the heroes of

Plymouth, of Concord, Lexington and

Bunker Hill, were not like him. With

them education was second only to re-

ligion in importance. The country af—

forded the most meager opportunities for

learning. The little old schoolhouse, with

its fireplace and stick chimney, its hard

benches and rude desks, gave little en-

couragement. The old English Reader,

the Colombian spelling book and Dey-

bald's Arithmetic comprised the text-

books, with now and then the addition of

some sort of grammar and geography,

while the piles of copy~books and quill--

pens that bespoke a double task for the

schoolmaster on each recurring morning,

did not tend toward perfection in pen-

manship.



But, “Where there’s a will there’s a

way.” All honor to the schoolmaster of

the past. His wlmle life was bound up

in his work. He never spared himself,

and rumor has it that he seldom spared

the rod, but, do his best, his most pro—

gressive pupils were bound to stop far

short of their ambition.



America was young then, very young.

Few of us, I think, realize that, in spite

of our greatness, we are still a young

nation. Just a few evenings ago I met

a man, in fairly good health, who was

born in 1812. It seems but yesterday that

I saw my father, bowed with the weight

of years, still carrying the burdens of

life. In fancy I can see him now. I can

recall the sound of his voice, some of the

very words he was wont to use, and he

was alive when W'ashington died. Yes,

‘we are still a young nation.



But in the days of which I am writing,

when the country dwelling nestled in the

shadow of the slowly retreating forest

and families were drawn to the meeting

house with oxen, we were a still younger

nation. The blood flowed fast then in

the veins of the American boy. The mili-

tary adventures of Israel Putnam, and

the wisdom and valor of Washington,

took hold of his very heart. The passion-

ate oratory of Patrick Henry, the stories

of Hamilton and \Vebster and Clay

thrilled him with a sense of possible op-

portunity and a purpose to bring out

what was in him.



The Literary and Debating Society gave

him a chance. Here he could recite and

declaim the writings and speeches of

those who had become his ideals in the

realms of literature and statesmanship.

These meetings were not lacking in fun

either. The comic dialogue, the witty

recital and the laughable farce were as





I





held in a little schoolhouse miles from

town and half hidden among the maples.



I can recall one of these socicties of

a Inore modern type. The boys and girls,

under the. advice of a former teacher, had

framed and adopted the constitution and

by—laws with much ceremony and were

ready for work. Crude indeed was that

first program. The writer will never for-

get it, though, for he was there.



After twenty-six consecutive weeks,

during which time not a meeting was

lost, we had made some progress. We

had developed a taste for good literature,

had learned something of music in a

way, while in our debates we had settled

almost every question that had thus far

puzzled the mind of man in any way.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





Winter after winter that Literary So-

ciety was revived, and as I look back

at it now it would seem that we are

more deeply indebted to these exercises

than to any other one source of the edu—

cation received during those years.



Some of the brightest and best young

men and women that I have ever known

belonged to that Literary Society. Many

of them have succeeded, too, in later life,

far beyond the average, and they were

not children of fortune, either. But a

few years before the, time of which I

write, their parents had quitted the shores

of Scandinavia, bidding farewell to the

land of their t‘athcrs, braving a stormy

ocean voyage to hew out homes froln the

wilderness in a new land, among people

who spoke a language that they could

not understand.



\Ye need the Literary and Debating So-

ciety in every rural community today.

In many respects the school of today is

better than that of the past. llul. in our

haste to rush our children through School,

and in our devotion to new theories of

pedagogy, we. are apt to undervalue Bell'—

help. We need to be reminded very often

that boys and girls are something moi-c

than quantities of raw material that can

be taken to the schoodiousc like milk to

a crcamcry, and dcvclopcd according to

a rule laid down in a book. Every ind“

vidual who succecds in life gives himscl!‘

to the scl‘vicc of life. ’l‘hcorics are prof-

itable, reasonable and light. In thc

science of pedagogy them is great possible

good, but we. do most for the boy wlun

we, make him strong and anxious to do

for himself.



I‘ntil the rural high—School is :1 fact wc

shall have to wait for the best, that can

come to us in this way, "hen the Lil-

erary Society can be made a pcrnmncnt

institution, giving ample, opportunity for

the boys and girls from tho farm to on—

joy its bcnelils.

taught in a practical, hclpl'ul way and the

society can broaden its possible activitics

by helpful and protructcd exporimcnls.

In these ways we shall lw most truly («l—

ucating our boys and girls, for we shall





'l‘hcn agriculture can be





be qualifying thorn in the. bcsl way to

think and act for ihcmsclvcs. The world

needs them, it needs their simple. life.

their Strung bodics and minds, their pure,

hearts and their disposition and ability

to work.





 





“MY FRIEND, JOHNNY.”





12v JEANETTE M.



My friend Johnny is a chicken. and what

I desire to say is that, in my estimation,

it is brains and not instinct that makes

Johnny what he is.



Johnny was about half grown when I

came to the farm on which he made his

home. He had never been pelted to any





 





GOOD-NATURED By L. M. THORNTON.





 





 





 





I herd the cattle and guard the sheep,

In field or forest where’er they go;



At night, a vigilant watch I keep

T0 guard the house from prowling foe.



I tread the wheel when ’tis time to churn,

Half lulled to sleep by its rythmic



chime, "



But most of worth is the praise I earn



By being good—natured all the time.





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go with the little ones to school

And help to carry their dinner pail;

And always make it a daily rule



To meet the postman, and get the mail.

I keep an eye on the chickens, too,



Lest over the fence they chance to



climb,



But best of all of the things I do

Is being good-natured all the time.





 





I go with master up to town,



And stay with the team while hc’s away,

Just where he tells me, lying down



In the back of the wagon on the hay.

I mind the baby and let him ride



On my back; hc croons me. a little rhyme,

That means, Sir, you've right to special



pride

For being good-naturcd all the time.





And I. who am only a dog, would say

That many a boy, With a lot to do,

\Vould find it better to try my way

And keep right on ’till his tasks are

through,

Saying at night, I am glad for this,

I did my work and I did it prime,

And the extra credit I would not miss

Is for being good-natured all the time.





7 porch





‘11) 433

extent, but I, being a lover of all animals,

began to feed and talk to him. He soon

learned to watch for me and whenever

I came out on the porch he eagerly

awaited a chance to perch upon my knee.



One morning I was seated upon the

very early when someone went

through my pockets and ran before I

could think of what he, had done. The

thief was Johnny. He had taken every





 





 





 





Looking for a Bite.





crumb of broad he could find. He had

bcu‘un to know tho so wcll that when 1

t‘lilcd to hand him Sonicthing‘ he would

look me ovcr Io scc il' I had concealed

thc cxpcctcd morscl. in this way he had

found the bread sticking out of my

Inn‘kt'l.



'I‘hc timc canto for hit: to go home and.

I had to lcave Johnny bchind. This I

certainly hated to do, as he had been the

irucst friend 1 had ever made. \Vhen I

had gone. thcro was no one to talk to

Johnny. llc ('Ullit) and stood on the porch,

watching for me to appcar at my accus~

tomcd scat. After long and futile wait—

ingr he. would go to the door and stand

there, looking in and chattering in his

own language. Oh, it one could only un-

dcrstund all that he wanted to say!



The people about the place tried to con—

sole him, but in vain. He. watched for

me. and on my return was the first to

mcct me. \\'hcrever I went Johnny was-

right at my heels, chattcring away. I am

now living on a farm and it should be

unnecessary to say that Johnny lives on

the same farm and shall continue 10 d0 SO

until death claims his own.



HOW MARJORIE EARNED HER

CHRISTMAS MONEY.





BY ll ELIGN llATIIIE.





 





lecause their parents ncedcd all their

mom-y for the support of thc family, and

because tiny believed the expcrienr-e

would touch the childrcn Self-reliance

and the propcr value of hard-eaincd mon-

ey, the little illrowns had to earn the

money they spent for Christmas and

birthday gifts and for picturo post cards.

Post cards \vcrc very tempting and they

would have liked to buy a. great many.

but what one earns (:nt":: st-lt‘. you know,

one thinks twice about spent'ling.



Ralph was twelve years old, .lulia ten,

and lilllo Marjorie only llvc. Ralph and

Julia did crrands for tho neighbors after

school hours, or in the, morning, when-

C\‘(‘l‘ lllt‘i'f‘. “'f‘l‘O ci'l'unds it) do, Thu-inf;

the summer vacation, with]; bcrrics were

ripe. thcy took pails and wcnt to the pas—

turc lots to gather \vild raspberries and

blackberries to sell.



One day there came up a It rriblc thun—

dcr showvr. and Julia was vcry much

frightened but llalph

they could crawl undcr some thick bushes

and not 2-1 very wet, and there thcy

waitcd until the storm was. H\'('l‘. “My!"

exclaimcd Julia, “I trcmbhd like a leaf.

I thought: there, was an earthquake com-

ing, the thunder rumbled so."



Iiittlc Marjorie was too small to walk

so far and pick berries, but when Ralph

and Julia came home with their shining

coins and put them away in their tin

banks for future use she lookcd very

sober. "I want to earn some money.

too,” she said. “I want to buy presents

for Ralph and Mamma and everybody.”



“I'll give you some of my money,” said

Ralph, generously. "Then you can buy:

what you want.”



“It would be you that gave the present

if I took your money,” said Marjorie. “I

want to give it myself."





showcd bcr how
’ If your work carries.

you out doors-elittle

or much—and you

want to be free from

colds. coughs and dan-

gers of damp and Win-

t'ry weather, and you

want to be free from

weighty overcoarts and

mufliicr. try ‘





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Outside it is perfect in finish and work-

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on loops that keeps the body warm. takes

up the perspiration. allows perfect vents

nation, without chill.



And Wright's costs no more than any

other Wear worth having. Ask

your dealer. li‘ hedon’t carry it. write us.

Book. “Dressing for Health." free. “

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.“It would be yours. wouldn’t it, it I





you pletsed with it."



“But I don’t want you to give me your

m'oney. I want to earn some myself,”

said Marjorie. .



Ralph thought and thought for a long

time. He was a. sober, slow-going boy

and took plenty of time to think things

out.



Next day he told Marjorie he had

thought of a. plan. “Mrs. Lewis gives me

a penny every morning to get her milk

for her. Mrs_ }l‘OW, down Elm street,

wants me to get hers for her, too, but I

don't have time to get both and be ready

for school. It isn’t far to get Mrs. Lew-

is‘ milk. You get up early and get that

and I will get Mrs. Grow’s; then you will

get a penny every morning.”



Murjorie‘s face broke into smiles, and

she ran off to tell Mamma. about it. Mam-

ma said she might do it, and the next

morning she was up bright and early to

get Mrs. Lewis' milk, Ralph going with

her to Show her just how. He went with

her several mornings until she was ac-





‘-quainted with the people and the way;





then he was off to look after his own

business.



All through the late summer and fall

Marjorie got Mrs. Lewis’ milk for her

and rejoiced over her steadily increasing





 





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horde of pennies. But at last the snow

came heavily, and Mamma said that Mar-

jorie must not get the milk any longer

because it was too hard for her to walk

in the snow, and, besides. she might take

cold and be sick. Marjorie cried, because

she had not near all the pennies she

wanted.



Again Ralph pondered, and that cven-

ing he told Marjorie his plan. “l'll get

up very early,” he said, “and go and get

Mrs. Grow's milk. Then I‘ll come back;

you be all bundlcd up ready, and I‘ll put

you on my sled and draw you over to get

Mrs. Lewis’ milk and home again. I‘ll

have time if I hurry.” and anyone who

knew how Ralph hated to hurry knew

that this was making a great sacrifice.



Marjorie was delighted and Mamma

said they might try it.



All winter long a. rosyvchecked boy,

drawing an equally rosy-checked little

girl daily appeared at Mrs. Lewis’ door

and Marjorie received a penny in her

red-mittcncd hand.





 





—~We~want a man in every county

in Ohio. Michigan and lndinxm to

represent us. selling to farmers.

an article that is in constant use.





A young man with a horse and rig preferable.

Liberal terms, Whole or spare time. Commission.

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As Christmas drew near thcy had a

splcndfd time planning surprises and fig-

uring to make the money go around. As

the birthdays come there was more plan-

ning, and dainty cards were sometimes

sent away to distant cousins and uncles

and aunties. HOW they all enjoyed the

giving. but I think sturdy Ralph enjoyed

his tramps in the snow, to help his little

sister, most of all.





 





SOME SIDE-LIGHTS ON THE ANNUAL

NOVEMBER HOLIDAY.

(Continued from page 432).

labors of the scnson were done, and the

warm late days of Indian summer came

in. dreamy, calm, and still, with just

enough frost to crisp the ground of a

morning, but with warm traces of be—

nignant, sunny hours at noon, there

came over the community a sort of gen-

ial repose of spirit—a sense of something

accomplished, and of a new golden mark

made in advance—and the deacon began

to say to the minister, of a Sunday, 'I

suppose it's about time for the Thanks-



giving proclamation.’ ”



In a public address delivered at Ply-

mouth, Mass., Dec. 22, 1820, just two cen-

turies after the first public manifestation

,of the Thanksgiving spirit on American

soil, Daniel Vl'ebster said: "If God pros-

per us’ might have been the more ap-

propriate language of our fathers when

they landed upon this rock, ‘lf God pros-

per us. we shall here begin a work which

Shall last for ages; we shall plant here a

new soeiety in the principles of the full-

est liberty and the purest religion; we





gave it to you? Then you could do what’





 





 





 





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Will Live Through The

Wear and Tear of The

Country Roads





’ he car that will 0 u a ainst the rough and tumble of farm life and

HEEEmSe taut alive. Here’g the? cagr that will take that rutty road—cut across

fields—go up against a ditch or ford the streamlrthont a murmur. .

It’s the one car built specially for the farm continuous—constructed to give

service that you demand Built to tannin built—to keep your automobile invest-

ment free from needless expense and swearing annoyance.





The Standardized





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fills your bill so that you know 'ust what you‘re buying. It costs but 31500 and has





the practical features a m machine. It is standardized just asthc

$251: gfficed car is. Crane Nickle Steel in_Gear and Drive Shaft construction.

Twenty-four painting opera bus in finish which no other car on earth ex

Besides the price of 315(1) includes complete electric h ht equipment, magneto

and batteries. You’re not compelled to sign up for a lot 0 extras. You et them

all for the one price which includes everything but the top and wind sine d. _ 11

You get a gasoline tank that has our exclnsxve double feed arrangement whic





always give you an extra .25 miles. No other automobile can specify this tank.





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great continent. which stretches almost

from pole to pole. with civilization and

christianity. * * * From our sincere

but houseless worship there shall spring

splendid temples to record God's good-

ness; from the simplicity oi our social

union there shall arise wise and politic

constitutions of government, full of the

liberty which we ourselves bring and

breathe; from our zeal for learning, in-

stitutions shall spring which shall scatter

the light of knowledge throughbut the

land, and. in time, paying back where

they have borrowed, shall contribute their

part to the great aggregate of human

knowledge; and our descendants, through

all generations, shall look back to this

spot and to this hour with unabated a!-

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A splendid. comfortable coat of genuine

Galloway fur—the famous hide from the

north of Scotland. Only the fur gown by

the best cattle in this cold climate ironed—

long. black, silky—rich and handsome. The

' are perfectly tanned and very chirable.

Skilfully hilarcd by our expert workmen.

Lined with quilted serge; wind shield in

sleeves. Large. roomy, warm collar. A regu-

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teed pm: $24.25 C. O. D. or $23 cash with order.

. Thiaprlceis subject Iocxamination and approval at car-

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There are a score of other splendid cont values in our 19” catalogue;

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ofour customers testif to our success the past thirty years in

making dependable ur garments. direct from factory to

you, at prices that are way below any Store.





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NOV. 19, 1910.

THANKSGIVING.





B! Z. 1.. DAVIS.





A chill of frost is in the air,



The fields are lying brown and bare



Save where the rifts of snow supplant



The grudging warmth of sunbeams scant.



Autumnal fruits are stored away,



Red barns are filled with grain and hay;



Anear the silo rears its head,



Suggesting handsome stock well fed.



All implements beneath a roof



Are safely left in place, storm proof.



No creaking gates or unhinged doors,



No broken window panes or floors .



Where law and order, brains and skill,



Unite to follow wisdom’s will.



From far the dear ones of the home,



Expectant of glad times have come



With eager step and face alight,



Love's broken circle to unite.



Again they fill the family pew,



Faith's pure devotion to renew,



And in the vine-robed, steepled tl:~ '16.



They hear eternity’s refrain.



Thanksgiving and all praises be



To Him who rules the land and sea.



He causeth earth to yield her food,



From Him are all gifts fair and good.



Be kind to all while yet we .may,



And fill with joy Thanksgivmg day,

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LITTLE ESSAYS OF FACT AND FANCY





 





BY CARL S. LOWDE’N.





What Is Your Disposition?



If you growl and grumble, don't. Try

being sunny. Wear the smile that won’t

come off, and see how much better you

like it. Can you look adversity in the

face and never flinch? If you can‘t you

haven‘t the right disposition.



You school boy, and you school girl (and

this means all of you, for you were young

once) when you couldn't get that prob-

lem, did you give it up, or did you try

again?





Now we come to this. What is your





 





 





   





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Licensed under Selden patent





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When you think for a moment what we have at stake, you will be

utterly sure that each Overland car is as good as man can make it.





The Overland today ‘is the leading car—the most

successful car that was ever created. It has 20,000

delighted owners, though the car is not three years

old. And dealers have already paid deposits on more

than 18,000 of the new-season models.



The five Overland factories have a daily capacity of

140 cars, and $3,000,000 has been invested in the high-

est type of modern equipment.





All this is at stake on making cars as good as cars

can be, regardless of price.





Our Extreme Care





Every material used in any Overland chassis is as

good as any price can buy. Every feature, regardless

of cost, is made to accord with the best engineering

practice.



The materials and parts in every car are subjected

to more than a. thousand inspections. We are told

that no other car in the world is inspected so well as

the Overland.





Each crank shaft is turned 6,000 times in its bear-





   





 





22 Attractive Models





The Overland line for 1011 includes 22 models—from

20 to 35-horsepower—from $775 to $1,675. All are

4-cylinder cars.



You can meet any idea about size, style or power at

a lower cost than in any other line.



These models include all the latest designs—three

torpedo roadsters, one torpedo touring car, and sev-

eral styles of fore-door bodies.



On several models you are offered the option of

fore doors or open front. And the fore-door models,

if you select them, cost no extra price. Note that

other makers tax you extra for these new designs.





Prices for 19! i





We are making a. 4-cylinder roadster—.20-horsepower

—96-inch wheel lmse—~for $775. It is easily capable

of 45 miles an hour.



Our 25-horsepower touring car sells this year for

$1,000. That’s nine per cent less than last year. Your

choice of five styles of bodies.



Our 30-horsepower models, with fore doors Or with-.

out, sell for $1,250. The wheel base is 110 inches.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

 





 





disposition? If you worry, your disposlv

tion is bad.‘ \Vhen you worry try to re- ings before being attached {0 the engine. Every A” Of ”1958 prices include five lamps and magneto.

member when anything was accom— engine is run for 48 hours before it is put in the car. We are making ‘bOlh the pedal COHtI‘Ol and the sliding

Y plished by it. Instead of worrying. build Then every chassis, before the body is added, is given gear transmission.

an aircastle, and, step by step, make the at 1935‘ two severe road teStS- We have t00 much at .

dream a reality, stake to take any chances on an Overland car being Please send us this coupon for our 1911 Book, show-

Are you soured on life? Then. wake right. ing all the styles and giving all specifications. It

up, and behold the beauties of nature. ShOWS everything that’s new in automobiles. There

and take a deep breath of pure country HOW we Saved 28 Per Cent is an Overland dealer in nearl)’ every locality.

uh: and:l saydtio yourself: “This world 1"” Yet, despite this care, we have cut the cost of 0

too goo to e in.” Overlands 28 per cent in the past two ears. That . 96

It is. Why, this nglilditis glgeat- 13;”: means, on the average, $300 per car. Y The Willys-Overland company

is nothin wrong wi . you 11

there is, fhe wrong is with you, and you “'9 have dOne this by equipping our plants with (Licensed under Selden patent)

haven‘t the right disposition. mOdel‘n automatic machinery. We have acres upon Toledo, Ohio

u ’hen I became a. man I put away acres of wonderful machines, each of which has re- 9'08“ m8" "00 1911 book to

childish things,” said Paul. But it is not duced the cost of some part- The investment required ‘

every one who does as Paul did. Chil- has exceeded $3,000,000.

dren are SelfiSh and have many petty As a result, the Overland sells cars of the highest

faults. These should be discarded when grade for less than any other maker. ‘

childhood is passed.

The following is a. bit of poetry that

makes life a little more worth living:

Laugh a little if you can;

Every one has loads of care,

And so many thorns are pricking.

And so many thorns are sticking,

All around us everywhere.

3 A disposition for hard and continued

work is the key to Success. It is always

the man that works overtime and uses

his brains that is advanced. Many times

he outdoes men that have been employed

longer. ._ -1 ea

Q A good disposition is valuable, for with ' ' i

, 'it much may be accomplished that is Our 31.000 touring car—3 h. p.—lo2-inch wheel base. The 3775 Overland Roadster-”four cylinders—20 h. p.—

impossible without it. It is capital. The n" “3"“ 0‘ 50:" '11” MM“ shown above is detach- 96-inch wheel base. We also make three style:

young girl in society will find it a great able. allow/ling room for milk can: or farm truck. of Torpedo Roadsters—one as low as $850.

help to social favor. . , All prices include gas lamps and magneto

In the home it is necessary that the (121) . _

parents have a good disposition. It makes “ " " A 7 ~ , .

happiness. The children will naturally

be good natured, courteous, and gentle. our Fade Price and B k F I _l I m l _

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Thanksgiving, the day of home rejoicing

and festivity, is also a time when the

hostess may remember her friends and

give some little party that shall be in-

formal in nature and delightful in re—

membrance. Whatever the event for

which the entertainer is planning it will

include novelties suggestive of the har-

vest, the gathering in of the earth's good-

ies, and the decorating of the table in

some simple, effective way.



Our illustrations show two pretty fan-

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BY MARJORIE MARCH.





vidual mounds of plum pudding, grape

juice, fruit.



Send out invitations for such a party

on cards out to represent bright red ap-

ples, tinted by water colors, or pieces of

pie would be equally appropriate. \Vhen

the guests arrive tell them they are all

to guess the ingredients of a pumpkin

pie. In the center of the parlor table

have a big cardboard, round, tinted to

represent a pie. Have this cut in as

many slices as there are guests, and give

a slice to each. On the back can be

written the questions of a contest in





 





Cakes with Whipped





It is filled with decorative fruits and a

few sprays of wheat about the center-

piece add their significant touch. The

second picture shows some Thanksgiving





Icakcs on a round tray. These are ordi-





nary small cakes but are made attractive

by topping with whipped cream with a

few sugared grapes on top of each.



Nothing can be prettier for the center-

piece than fruit, rubbed and polished, ar-

ranged as here shown, or in an orna—

mental basket which may be lined with

corn husks, with decorative leaves or

with bright crepe paper. An old-fash-

ioned cake basket also makes a lovely

center-piece. It may be filled with fruit

instead of cake, the handle may be wired

across firmly to stand erect (the wire

hidden under the fruit), and pretty

bunches of grapes may he hung from the

top of the handle. The hollowed—out

pumpkin, rubbed until it shines, is also

a favorite method of holding a fruit cen—

ter-piece to advantage and while this idea

is not new, it is very pretty.



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A brass, silver or copper bowl, resting

on a. small mirror edged with ferns,

wheat sprays or other green leaves makes

a lovely bit of color for the Thanksgiv—

ing table if filled with some autumnal

flowers. It may also be used to hold the

fruit if one desires. Another pretty fancy

for a center-piece is a little hay mow

held in bounds by r‘bbon_ “ropes."

Through these ropes dainty vines are

twisted, and the effect is very pleasing.

It is a good idea to use such a hay mow

as a "Jack Horncr Pie" and hide under

it a number of little packages with a gift

for each guest. Red ribbons can be at-

tached to these and may be run through

the “mow” to reach each place. Every

housewife has her own Thanksgiving

menu and will agree with me in saying

that there is always enough left over to

feed another table full of hungry mor-

tals. For this reason an informal party

given a day or so after Thanksgiving can

have all the charm of the holiday and can

use up the goodies in the larder. The

menu can be cream of celery soup in

small bowls, turkey croquettes with chan-

berry jelly. Little tarts or small indi-





Cream and Grapes.





which the answers begin with the letters

“Pi.” It will be easy to make up such a

list by using the dictionary. The follow-

ing will serve as examples:



The pie for the summer girl? Piazza.



The pic for the fisherman? Pike,



The pie for the musician? Piano, etc.



W'hen the answers are written all the

“slices of pie” can be gathered up and

prizes can be awarded those who get the

most correct answers. Little favor boxes

in the shape of slices of pie, filled with

candy would be appropriate.



I give below a number of recipes suit-

able for a harvest—home supper or for any

occasion of hospitality where the abund-

ance of earth’s plenty is to be the key—

note. ’



Delicious Salad—Two cups of boiled

chicken meat, one-half cup green pep-

pers, one cup of chopped celery. Mix

with mayonnaise dressing, put in small

molds, chill, and slip out on lettuce

leaves. Garnish with celery sprays,



Peach Dessert—’l‘ake one, can of





peaches and press through a seivc. Add '





a little sugar only, it already sweetened,

beat into the pulp as much whipped

cream. measured, pack in a mold and set

away in ice and salt for two hours. Serve

with mar'artmns or sponge cake,



Cranberry Sandwiches—These are de-

liciouswvhen there is a little cranberry

sauce on hand. Cut rounds of brown

bread. spread with cranberry sauce and

sprinkle a very little chopped celery over

the cranberry. Cut in half if the rounds

are large; if small, leave in circular

shape.



Pumpkin P.ie.—-One cupful of cooked

pumpkin, one and one—half cups of milk,

two eggs, three tablespoonfuls of sugar,

one teaspoonful of ginger, one teaspoonful

of cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful of

cloves, pinch of nutmeg and a little salt.

Mix the eggs after being well beaten

with the mashed pumpkin, add the sugar

and spices mixed together, lastly the

milk. Bake with one crust. Decorate

the pie with whipped cream on top. A

modern fashion is to serve small pies in-

stead of one large one. The little blue

pie plates are pretty for this purpose and

make a decorative dish for the dinner





table when served on a large ornamental

tray.



Apple Tarts—Line patty tins with rich

pie crust and pare and slice firm apples

into these tins. Sprinkle over the apples

with sugar, :1 bit of cinnamon or nutmeg,

as preferred, and a very little water in

each tart. Cover with strips of paste

and bake in a moderate oven. A small





-mound of meringue on top of each tart,





put in the oven until brown, will add

greatly to the appearance of the dish.



Creamed Celery.———Cut celery stalks in

good-sized pieces and cook until tender.

Drain and salt and cover with a thick

cream sauce made by placing two table-

spoonfuls of butter in a skillet, and when

melted adding two tablespoonfuls of flour,

then adding a half-pint of milk slowly

until the mixture is thick and creamy.



Turkey Rod—This dish is a delicious

one to serve when there is only a little

turkey meat remaining. Make a good pie

crust and roll quite thin. Sprinkle over

with some dots of butter and the turkey

meat either chopped or sliced very thin.

Roll up the paste as one would a jelly

roll and bake in a moderate oven. Have

ready some rich graVy simmering on the

stove. \Vhen the meat roll s browned

daintily pour over the turkey gravy and

serve hot. This recipe may be used with

any left-over meat and is a tasteful way

of utilizing left—overs. .



Cake Cups—Put two cups of any pre-

ferred nut meats through the food chop—

per and stir gradually into the. beaten

whites of six eggs, flavored slightly with

orange juice and sweetened. Have some

hollowed out cakes and fill with the mix-

ture. Brown in the oven.



Sandwiches of Oysters—Cook the oys—

ters until their edges curl, drain and

mix with some thick cream sauce. Sea-

son with salt ‘and pepper, and set away

to cool. When ready to use, chop the

mixture and spread between buttered

biscuit. .



- Favors for Thanksgiving, and Other

Novelties.



Serve cranberry sauce in little “pot"

shapes, with a spray of wheat stuck in

the top of each.



Have ears of corn at each place. These

can be made of tissue paper, with some





Thanksgiving table. Little collars of red

crepe paper, a round hole cut in them to

admit of the candle, will cover any rough

edges of the apple that might show.



In preparing the Thanksgiving feast

have a room set apart for the elders and

one for the children. It is very hard for

grandmother and grandfather to listen

to the shouts of the children when they

would be glad to talk to the “aunties and

uncles” quietly, and it is equally hard for

the children not to enjoy their harvest—

home games to the utmost. Let old and

young enj0y themselves in their own way.



An old-fashioned “husking bee” would

be enjoyed by the young folks during

November. The refreshments at such a

party should be pork and beans, brown

bread, coffee, doughnuts, fruits and

candy.





THE IMPORTANCE or CARING

FOR THE BODY.





0, Mary doesn’t know how to cook

and I don‘t intend she shall,” rc—





markcd a mother complacently the

other day. “I’m not going to have her

ruin her complexion and spoil her hands

fussing over getting meals. A girl has

got to look right to keep in nowadays,

and I intend my girl to go with the best.

I want her to marry well,” and the moth—

er looked as proud over her daughter‘s

lamentable ignorance and inefficiency, as

most women would look over their first

diamond.

I bethought me of that old adage, “The





 





 





way to a man’s heart is through his"





stomach,” and from that my mind flitted

to a. statement‘I had read that most of

the drunkenness and half the divorces are

directly traceable to the poor cooking of

the women of the country. Then I won-





dered if “Mary” did “get in right and-





marry well,” just how long it would be

before she or her husband would be look-

ing for a good divorce lawyer. In these

days of departing cooks, even the woman

who has money is never safe unless she

knows how to cook, for girls have a way

of leaving a mistress in the lurch at all

sorts of unpleasant moments, and the





 





Center-piece of Barn Filled with Harvest Fruits.





gift wrapped inside for the “ear.” Pop-

corn balls made in elongated shape can

also be enclosed therein if desired.



Oranges can also be used to hide some

little gift. Make some orange dessert,

carefully saving the orange skins. Wash

them thoroughly, inside and out, and en-

close some little Thanksgiving novelty in

yellow tissue paper. Press the orange

skins together firmly, gluing the edges

of the halves slightly’ and tie about with

red ribbon bows.



Apples brightly polished make pretty

candlesticks for the corners of the





only independent woman is she who can





walk into the kitchen and pick up the

work right where Bridget laid it down.



As a rule, the girl on the farm knows

how to cook, for hired help is practically

unknown in the country these days and

the busy mother must teach her daughter

to work if things are to be kept up at all.

But even on the farm there are instances

of gross negligence, and I have known

country girls to marry .. with as little

knowledge of cooking as that possessed

by any factory girl or clerk.





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to mam without any knowledge of cook-

ery. ‘ It fiemed too bad for her to have

to go at thing's haphaaard and learn only

by hard knocks land with bitter tears,

what 'she should have been absorbing

gradually all along the way. There was





'the extravagance of it to consider, the





food wasted and thrown out in the homes

of some young brides would feed a goodv

sized family, not to mention the strained

relations which often exist between hus~

band and wife because of his attempted

humor at her expense. More honeymoons

have been spoiled by poor cooking than

the world wots of, for what healthy man

can face three wretchedly cooked meals

a day and still keep up strength of mind

enough to murmur sweet nothings in his

bride‘s car.



It always seemed a shame to me, I say,

for a girl not to know how to cook. But

as I have grown older and learned more

about diet as related to man, I call it a

not a shame, but criminal negligence.

negligence which, if not punished by the

laws of man is surely and swiftly pun—

ished, as it deserves, by the laws of

nature.



For on what are we more dependent

than upon food? We do not need to be

told that if we abstain from food we shall

die. The infant's first cry is for food,

and from the cradle to the grave man's

struggle is to secure proper sustenance

for himself and family. Sordid as it may

sound, 99 per cent of all human endeavor

owes its inspiration not to the spark di-

vine, but to the very prosaic and com-

monplace necessity for eating.



If it is necessary for us to eat to live,

is it not, then, just as necessary for us

to eat well if we would live well? We all

properly cared for will outlast and out—

recognize the fact that machinery that is

work that which is neglected. Yet we

fail to see that the human machine can

not do its rightful share of work if it is

improperly cared for. either overfed, un-

derfed, or fed the wrong sort of food. In

fact, many people who ought to know

better take a certain pride in neglecting

their stomachs and seem to think it a

virtue to refrain from eating all that they

actually need. Students in colleges, even

in high school, try to keep going on half

rations in order to complete their course,

feeding. the mind at the expense of the

body. When hard times come and re~

trenchments must be made, the‘ table is

the first to feel the pinch. We can eat

less but We can not do without our lux-

uries, our tobacco, our parties, our fine

raiment, our display. As one man puts

it, “I can get along without the necessi—

ties of this life but I must have the lux-

uries.” Such, apdarently, is the argu—

ment of many who neglect to provide

proper food for their families, while still

dressing well, riding in automobiles and

keeping up a merry chase after pleasure.



The new belief, that neither mind or

soul or body alone make up the man, but

that all three are one. makes it as much

a sin to neglect the body as to neglect the

soul. It is as great a sin to neglect

health as to neglect religion, and the first

great essential for good health is proper

food. But even the best of food is value-

less if not properly prepared and so long

as the present economic system is in

vogue women will be expected to know

how to prepare it. How important then,

that every girl be early taught the rudi-

ments of plain cooking. To know how to

make a loaf of bread. to cook a roast or

broil a chop, to properly prepare and cook

the plain and wholesome vegetables will

do more to insure a girl a happy and

prosperous life than all the philosophy of

living that she could ever assimilate.



DEBORAH.





 





CODFISH DISHES.





 





BY L. M. THORNTON.

In these days of high cost of living, any

dish that proves appetizing as well as

economical is welcomed by the housewife.

Almost the only article of food, especially

in the fish and meat line, that has not

shown a decided increase in cost seems

tovbe codfish and the following dishes are

certain to please both purse and palate.

Codfish Soup.

Flake the codfish and let it stand in

warm water until fresh enough to use.

Pour oil‘. this water, put the fish in a





sauce pan with a quart of fresh, celd

water and boil for 10 or 15 minutes. Add

one cupful of sweet cream, two table-





spoonfuls of butter. one tablespoonful of



flour and a flavoring of pepper. Stir until

it boils smoothly and serve hot.

Codflsh Sandwiches.



Remove the bones and skin from cold



boiled oodflsh; chop the meat quite fine



and to every cupi‘ul of the fish add one





hard boiled egg chopped tine, a little

sweet cream, a half teaspoonful of lemon

juice or vinegar, 8. little chopped parsley ‘

and either a little cayenne pepper or

Worcestershire sauce to flavor. Spread

between thin slices of bread.



. Fried Codfish.



Separate boneless codfish into layers,

being careful to have the slices as large

as possible. Cook slowly until done,

changing the water two or three times in

order to freshen the fish. If the cooking

has been carefully done, the fish will not

have broken badly and the small scraps

can be utilized for gravy some other day,

Remove each slice to a dish and roll in

beaten egg'and then in bread or cracker

crumbs. Fry as you would oysters and

the dish will prove quite delicious.



Boiled Codfish.

..Remove the skin and bones and freshen

in cold water. Put over a moderate fire

in just enough water to cover it nicely

and cook until tender. Remove the fish,

and to the liquor remaining in the bottom

of the dish add one tablespoonful of but-

ler, two tablespoonfuls of sweet cream,

a dash of pepper and flour to form a thin

gravy. Pour this over the fish and serve

on a hot platter.



Codfish Gravy. -



A common dish often spoiled in the

making. Never flake the fish until after

it is freshened, then tear into small pieces

with a fork. In a frying pan place sev-

eral thin slices of onion and a little but-

ter and fry until brown. Add one pint of

rich milk, a little pepper and the shred—

ded fish. Thicken with flour and serve

hot.





 





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each ring first, then crocheting back on

the other side, thereby connecting the'

rings. The rings should be of a size

which, when laid flat will be only a. trifle

narrower than the elastic used for the

bands. This should then be neatly hern-

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ears of careful study as to the needs of the wearer.

where most needed. See the famous Samson





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ask for the Beacon Falls line. You will be sure of good

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PRETTY THANKSGIVING TABLES.





BY MAUDE WRIGHT.



HANKSGIVING is the day of fam-



l lly reunions, and on this account

the table decorations should be as

bright and cheerful as possible, and such

as will leave pleasant memory pictures.

Very pretty table decorations can be

made with vegetables. In the center of

the table arrange a: mat of brilliant red

or yellow autumn leaves. In the center

of this place a. large round tray, and in

the middle of the tray set a tall vase

filled with light green celery foliage. Heap

around this vase in pyramid fashion care—

fully selected red and silver-skinned on—

ions, bright red and green peppers, purple

egg plant, small dark red beets, pink and

white turnips and carrots with their fol-

iage left on. Around the base of this my-

ramid arrange curly lettuce so as to





 





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loses 'yt and still loves on. no one in the-

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suffers from





endures. The woman who





weakness and derangement of her special ‘





womanly organism soon loses the power

to sway the heart of a man. ller general





health suffers and she loses her good

looks. her attractiveness, her amiabihty





and her power and prestige as a woman.

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It is known as Dr. Piercc‘s Favorite Pre-

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men. It purities, regulates, strengthens

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On Dec. to introduce ourselves, we will offer 1000

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minutes ride by trol ey car from the business center

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500% within three years. Buffalo has practically no

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the order of the. day and with extension. values will

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cash. penlot. ba lance in thirtysix equal installments.

l‘he mafority of lots face on street. our line. The

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water works, gas main and electric light service Price

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we allow a credit of 10% on your purchase. Stilttiéffac-

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Iout of the stomach





l cent.





completely hide the edge of tray. These

vegetables should be scrubbed and pol—

ished until they shine.



Creamed peas can be served in carrot

or turnip cases, the salad in red tomatoes

‘liollowed out, and the cranberry sherbet

in scooped out sugar beets. the bon-bons

in red and green pepper cases lined with

paraffin paper. Cute little bowls can be

made from small pumpkins to hold the

nuts and fruits; the candle—sticks can be

carrots held firmly in place on standards

concealed by cross, and a place in top

made for the candle with an apple corer.



A pretty table effect was made by the

‘use of corn alone, a square was marked

off in the center of the table with eight

ears of red corn, two on each side of the

square. In the center of this square was

.lieapcd up a pyramid of popcorn balls.

Strings of yellow and red corn were coiled

here and there about the principal dishes.

At each plate was a large popcorn ball

on a mat made of scarlet maple leaves.

Pretty little baskets made out of corn

husks held the bon—bons, these Were

edged around with the red ears of corn,

which were firmly glued on to heavy

pastcboard standards, and a sharp spike

pierced the end of each ear on which the





v





candle was stuck; the shades for these

candles were made out of corn husks

braided, and decorated with red berries.





Little heaps of yellow corn concealed the

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OTHER FORMS OF ANIMAL FOOD.

No. 29,





ESIDES the animal food which we

B derive from beef, pork and mut-



ton, poultry. game and fish furnish

us with agreeable changes. Of these.

poultry is most easily secured by the

country woman. \Vbile not so rich in

protein and fat as beef, chicken is more

easily digested because there is less fat

and connective tissue in the museular

fibres, and the flesh is therefore more

easily divided and acted upon by the di-

gestive juices.





For this reason, the greater readiness

With which they are digested, chickens

make a more satisfactory food for in-





valids than meat, and are therefore the

first sort of animal food allowed to con-

valescents.



Turkey is more nutritious than chicken,

being richer both in protein and fats.

Goose and duck, on the other hand, are

less nutritious, and on account of the

to some people. Next to some of the

lighter fishes, chicken is the most easily

digested animal food used.



The government analysis gives the fol—





lowing compositions for the common

fowls:



tefuse. “'ater. Pro. Fat. Ash.

Chicken .348 49.5 14.8 1.1 .8

Turkey .22.? 42.4 17.7 19.4 .3

Goose .22.? 33. 10.3 33 .6





\‘i'hile the different sorts of fish eaten





 





by mankind is great. only a few are

available to dwellers inland. Of these,

the most important are bass, trout,





Whitefish, perch and the numerous little

brook and small lake fish known in dif-

ferent localities by different names.

Fish contains less nutriment than meat

or game, is easier of digestion, less stim-

and has less fat. It is quicker

than meat, and as it

is less nourishing one gets hungry again





ulating





iquicker than if a similar amount of meat sun for an hour or so.





had been eaten.



Analysis of Whitefish gives the follow-

ing composition: Protein, 8 per cent: fat,

3 per cent: salts, l per cent; water, 78 per

Bass contains 37.4 per cent water:

8.7 per cent protein; 2.2 per cent fat.

Brook trout, 40 per cent water; 9.8 per

cent protein; 1.1 per cent fat.



Aside from these fresh fish we use sal-

mon, cod, oysters, lobsters, herring. sar-

dine, halibut, mackerel, clams and others.





Salmon and cod are mostly drawn upon





by Michigan housewives as they can be,

Salmon is a:





bought canned and dried.

nutritious fish, containing 15 per cent pro-

tein and 6.5 per cent fat, but as it is 0in

it is not easily digestible. Lemon juice or

vinegar should always be served with it,

if it is uncooked. Persons w‘ i find it

hard to digest as it comes from the can,

often have no trouble with it, if it is es-

calloped and served hot, or served with

rice in salmon box. Salt cod, which is the

sort we get, contains 16 per cent protein

and .4 per cent fat. It is easy of diges-

tion and makes a good food, being an

agreeable change from meat in summer.



()ysters are served either raw or cook-

ed, but are much more digestible raw as

they contain albumen, which hardens and

becomes harder to digest by cooking, They

contain 88.3 per cent water, 6 per cent

protein; 1.3 per cent fat; 1.1 per cent ash.

Many cases of ptomaine poisoning are

attributed to eating oysters, and as oys-

ters fatten on sewage, when the beds are

so located that the sewage comes near

them, it is probable that eating tainted

oysters is often the cause of such at-

tacks of sickness.



In choosing fresh fish for the table the

cook should see that there is no odor, the

flesh is firm and the eyes bright.





SERVE?





HOW SHALL I





 





Dear Editor:—Tl1e farmer’s wife has

no right to try to Serve her meals in

courses. Place cards are decidedly un-

called for. The guests should be placed

as comes naturally, a married couple to-

gether beside the man of the house or

the woman near the housekeeper. A

single woman should sit beside the daugh-

ters or mother, a gentleman guest beside

the man; children should be placed beside

those who will not tease them but who

will attend to their wants. If many

guests are entertained at a time a little

forethought and the readiest speaker

among the home folks, will avoid an em-

garrassing moment.



\‘Vhatever calls society may make on

the town and city dweller, the old-fash-

ioncd way of eating is certainly enjoyed

when they get “down to the farm." Des-

seits may be put on a side table near the

homekeeper whose guests will enjoy their

meals more for having her presence in‘

stead of being waited on. They can get

waited upon at a restaurant but they

cannot enjoy her talk and presence there.

Let us farmer people. have our own social

code—let us live and let live, and While

we cannot keep servant girls we may en-

jOy life just as much as the few who can.



The farmer and his family are the bul-

wark of the nation, more valuable than

“the fleet.” The better-half should not

jeopardize her life and happiness and

that of her family in trying to follow the

leadership of Dame Fashion. Man lived

and progressed, eating with only one fork,

and that a three-lined steel one; brains

were used when pewter dishes of a lim—

ited number were on the table. Shall the

simple life prevail or must we follow our

city sisters and talk nerves, servant girls

and club life? ‘



The writer has just returned from a

trip in which she accepted the hospitality

of eight hoines in some of the fashionable

suburbs of Chicago. Need I tell you the

simple needs in one farm home were just





abundance of strong oil are indigestible, as enjoyable as the more elaborate meals





where set rules for serving were ob:

served? To make eating the end of

housekeeping and living seems to me the

greatest of mistakes—J. J. G., Hartford,

Mich.





SHORT CUTS FOR HOUSEKEEPERS.





To dust the wall and pictures, cut off

the drawer leg from the old knit under—

wear, put on the broom, handle first,

draw on up over the brush and fasten

securely—Mrs. E, D. F.



When a batter pudding is wanted in a

hurry for dinner, try steaming it, in the





little egg poachers. It will cook in 20

minutes—L, M.

I recently scorched a light gingham





dress while, ironing. I took a little corn

starch and added enough water to form

a paste. put this paste on the scorched

part, and hung article out doors in the

After taking

down, the starch was hardened, so I took

a knife, scraped it off, and found the

scorch gone—G. M.



A large dripping-pan filled with water

and set on top of the gas or oil stove,

over a single burner. will permit of plac-

ing several sauce pans in it, and cooking

various things at one time. This plan is

very useful when sauces are to be made

or when food is to be kept hot—Mrs.

J. D.





 





 





 

 





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it is successfully used in all

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same wall.





It is moisture proof, germ

proof, fire resisting. it will stay

up and look right as long as the

building lasts. it is a practical

wall lining for any building and

can be artistically used for any

room in the house. It takes

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beautiful effects.





You can get it in stripsl

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We have 8. lnr e assortment. of stock sizes on hand

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CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

(Continued from page 430).

chickens, ll@l4c; dressed hogs, 100;

dressed beef. $7@8 per cwt; dairy but-

ter, 26C: baled hay, $13@14. The season

generally has proven a successful one for

farmers. barring some injury from drouth.

Kalkaska 60., Nov. 7.——The ground has

been covered twice with three inches of

snow in the last ten days but it went off.

This morning there is six inches and it

looks like winter: had two weeks of ideal

weather for potato harvest in the middle

of October. Considerable rain since then;

quite a few potatoes st ll undug, but

very little corn husked. Potatoes were a

better crop than was looked for before

digging commenced. Mostly 125 to 200

bushels per acre. some better than this.

Price is around 25c. Poultry prices have

gone down; dressed now 120; eggs, 25c;

butter, 250. Pastures have not produced

the usual flow of milk this fall and butter



is scarce.

Northern Isabella and Southern Clare

.Co.'s, Oct, 28,—The first Snow of the seam





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Calls the Fire Brigade





“ IG brush Fire—send help!”

Such a Bell Telephone message ral-

lies the fire brigade to the danger point





and the farm buildings are saved.



Minutes at the beginning of a fire are worth hours

after the fire gets headway.



The Bell Service saves those minutes.



It is an effective rural fire alarm system and the best

possible protection against loss.



It more than pays for itself in the protection it gives.



Are you risking your farm property Without. the

Bell system? If so, call and see our local manager when





in town.





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Detroit, Michigan.





 





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lson fell last night which made quite a.





winter’s day today. Sugar heels are

nearly harvested and drawn to the sta-

tions. Beets will be a fair crop,‘ but





growers will make a demand for $6 per

ton next year, or no beets. They feel that

the sugar companies are getting the lion’s

share and that there is more money in

beans for the amount of labor rendered.

Potato digging nearly completed with not

more than 60 per cent of a crop, but Clare

and Isabella Co's are not considered in

the potato bclt‘. “Timer apples are not

more than 25 per cent of a. crop. Chickory

is a new crop that is being raised this

year in this part of Michigan. \Vlnter

wheat never looked better at this time of

year. with large acreage sown. Auction

sales are numerous and everything sells

well, especially cows,



Emmet Co., Nov. 2.—\Veather for the

month of October generally cool. with

plenty of rain. The harvesting of fall

crops has progressed fairly well. how-

ever, though there is some corn yet to be

husked and some roots and potatoes yet

to gather. These crops were fair to

good. There were but few apples in this

section. “"heat and rye have done well

and pastures have been good. No hard

freeze yet. Several farm properties have

changed hands. Cows going high at auc-

tion sales. Fall pigs selling at $5 pair:

dressed hogs at $10.50@11; hay. $20 per

ton. Price of other farm produce pro-

portionately high, except potatoes. Farm-





migrated to the Canadian northwest are

returning as fast as they can get back.

Shiawassee 00., Nov. 7.—: ong. cold

Winds from the west and northwest pre-

vail. Light snowfall and freezing. Corn

husking about done, although a few

farmers are waiting 1'0r a machine to

husk out stacks. The crop is a good av-

erage and the grain well matured. Wheat

is looking fine and, with the ground well

saturated with moisture, will go into

winter in splendid shape. Rye looking

good and has made very healthy growth.

Farmers having sugar beets are still

hauling to factory; season about half

through. The crop is reported fair. Ap-

pie harvesting about over. This crop has

been a poor one, far below the average.

Farmers are holding their beans and say

they will not sell until the market reaches

the two-dollar point. Hay buyers are





ers are very shortsighted in this locality,

selling both hay and straw off their

farms. Lamb feeders have been filling

up their barns the past few weeks and

there is at least a good average of lambs

already on feed. Very few cattle on feed





top prices and in strong demand.

Wisconsin.



AShland 00., Nov. 2.-Farm work about

done and wood business and logging now

the main work. No snow and only three

or four nights that ground has frozen.

Some fall plowing still unfinished. A

great deal of clearing of land has been

done this fall. on account of favorable

weather. Outlook for winter logging poor

on account of there being no water in

swamps and low places to freeze and

make good roads. Stock looking well.

Hay still high. 820 for best home-grown.

Butter, 32c; eggs, 26c; potatoes. 50c.





 





 





 





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‘ MARKETS





MMMMM-

DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.





November 16, 1910.

Grains and Seeds.



Wheat—After last week‘s rather dis;

couraging trend of prices, advances were

made during the last few days. Millers

have taken hold of the trade and are buy-

ing freely which gives others confidence

that the level of values for the season

may have been reached. The visible sup-

ply, both in the nited States and Europe,

shows a liberal increase; but the condi-

tions of the crop in Argentine, which not





 





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long ago was reported prime, has since

been described as being less promising.





2 red wheat was selling

Quotations for the





A year ago No.

at $1.221/gc per bu.





 





past week are!



No. 2 No. 1



Red 1V hite. Dec. May.

Thursday . . . . .93 .91 .9334 .983};

Friday ...... . ,931/2 91% .94 .99

Saturday . . . . .93 .91 .931/2 .981/2

Monday . . . .9315 .911/2 .94 .99

Tuesday . . . . . .941/é .921/2 .95 1.00

Wednesday . 941/2 .921/2 .95 99%,



Corn. The consignments of corn to



the markets are now on the increase,





but the approach of colder weather and

the beginning of the feeding season





together with the better feeling in the

Wheat circles, advanced the prices dur-

ing the past week and the market is

steady at the highcr figures. There is

yet much of this season's corn in the





tine year ago the price for No.

Quotations for





shock.

2 corn was 61c. per bu.





the past week are;

NO. 2 N0. 2

Mixed Yellow.

Thursday ..... ........ 5:12 53

li‘riday ....... . 511,1) 53

Saturday 52 5231/2

Monday 52 5331.4:

'l‘ucsday ........... 521/2 54

\Vednesday 53 541/2

0ats.—This g "am has been in fairly





good demand for the week with prices

stcady. lteceipts at primary points are





small. There was a decrease in the

visible supply. A year ago the price

for standard oats was 4214(- per bu.

Quotations for the week are:



Standard. No. 3



White.



Thursday .. 341/2 34

l“l‘ltltl_\' ...... 341,4; ll

Saturday 3 V; 34

Monday 311/2 34

’l‘ucsday ....... . ...... 31‘/’_ 3t

“lednesday . ........ . . . . .. 34-3/4 .‘H 1A,,





Beans.—-The offerings of legumcs

have been small for several weeks and

buyers have becn compelled to advance





 





their bids to bring over the holders.

Little trading is being done here and

the following quotations, which show

advances over those of a week ago, are

only nominal:

Cash. Nov.

Thursday $303 $2.00

Friday 2.05 2.00

Saturday ...... 2.05 2.00

Monday 2.05 2.00

Tuesday ....... 2.10 2.05

\\'ednesday ............. . . 2.10 2.05

Cloverseed. This product continues

to be on an active basis. Prices have





during the week; with the

bctter prices in the ascend-

Quotations for





Iluct uatcd

feel in ., for

ancy. Alsike is steady.





 





the week arc:

Prime Spot. Dec. Alsike.

Thursday ...... $8.65 $8.70 $8.75

I’l'ltltly 3.70 5275 s75

Saturday 8.75 8.80 8.75

Monday .. ..... 8.70 8.75 9.75

'l‘ucsday 8.65 8.70 9.75

\Vednesday . 8.65 8.70 8.75

Rye. Market is higher and demand

improving. Quotation for No. 1 is 791/2c

per bu.





Visible Supply of Grains.

This week. Last week.





\Yheat .........-ll.K.\‘.‘l,000 40,336,000





(‘orn ...... 2,307,000 2,070,000

(hits ........... 10,130,000 16,557.000

Rye 409,000 410,000

:arlm ......... 2.720.000 2.907.000





"Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc. '

Flour.—~The flour trade is. easy with





ii‘iccs unchanged. Quotations are:



("lc.ir ..' ............................... $4.65



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



l’atent Michigan .................... 5 20



Ordinary Patent ............. “L ...... 4.75

Hay and Straw.—llay values are



steady. Quotations on baled hay in car





lots f. o. b. Detroit are: No. l timothy,

513165061117; No, 2 timothy, 31155061116; clo-

ver, mixed. $15,506?16; rye straw, $7617

7.50; wheat and out straw, $66,116.50 per

ton.

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All prices are steady with

those of last week. (‘arlot prices on

track are: Bran, $21 per ton: coarse

middlings, $23: fine middlings, $26;

cracked corn, $25: coarse corn meal, $25;

corn and oat chop, $21 lwt‘ ton. ‘

Potatoes. \Vliilc prices are unchang-

ed from a week ago. there. is a notice-

able improvement in the demand for

tubers. In car lots Michigan potatoes are

selling at 406F420 per bu.

Provisions.~Mcss pork. $21.50: family

pork, $236101; medium clear, $216022;

smoked hams. 141/26i'151/zc: briskets, 14c;

shoulders, 2c: picnic hams, 130: bacon,

1861‘22c: lard in tierces, 13c; kettle ren-

dered, 140 per lb

Dairy and Poultry Products.

Butter. The margin between extra

creamery and firsts is widening due to

a scarcity of the former and fairly good

receipts of the latter. Quotations are:

Extra creamery, 32c; firsts, do. 281/2c;

dairy. 23c: packing stock, 220 per lb.

Eggs. Eggs higher and scarce. Fresh”

receipts, case count, cases included, are

quoted at 291/2c per doz.

Poultry.———The change





 





 





 





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‘in the





values has been downward for most

kinds. There will' likely be advances

before the holiday. however. Chickens

are lower at llc per lb; hens are steady

at 11c; turkeys remain at 16@18c.; geese

declined to 11@12c; ducks continue at

146Dl5c lb. - .



Cheese.—Michigan, 17; Michigan sharp,

1760181Agc; Michigan fall made, 17%@18€;

York state, lTQvlb‘c; limburger, old, 166;)

17c; Swiss domestic block, 20@21c;

cream brick. l7@18c.



Dressed Pork. Quoted at 101/2@1lc

per lb.



Veal. Choice, 12@12%c; ordinary, 9

6911c per lb.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Apples—The tone is unchanged. Prices

are about steady. Market easy. Choice

consignments selling at $3603.50; common

kinds. and grades, $26133 per bbl.



Cabbage.—Steady. Selling at $1.50 per

bbl. for new.



Pears.——Steady. Selling at 75c@$1.50

per bu.





 





 





O—THER MARKETS.





Grand Rapids.

The movement of beans and potatoes

continues heavy. Red kidney beans are





somewhat weaker, though quotations

continue on $2.25 basis. “'hite beans

are in better demand and the. average





price paid is $1.75. \\'lieat is worth 38c,

rye 70c, buckwheat 600 and new corn

45c. The potato market is a little

firmer, tho there is no material change.

in quotations, buyers paying around 25c

at up-state stations and 30c, in Grand

Rapids territory. Dressed hogs are be-

ing bought for 9c, a decline of 30 from

top prices, but meat dealers say that

the drop is only temporary. l’oultry

dealers quote prices for live stock, de~

livcrcd. as follows: Fowls and chickens.

0c: geese. 9c; ducks. 110: turkeys, 1660

17c. The egg market is firm at 2960

29c, with some dealers paying the trade.

30c for fresh case count stock. Dairy

butter is worth 266027c, creamery 301/20.

Veal is worth 66,111c.





New York.

Rutter.——1‘rices settled back a little

the. past week for the best grades o'

ci'can'ieries. while other kinds are.

steady. (‘reainery specials quoted at

Iiilc; extras, I}l¥.«§t'; thirds to firsts, 2460

30c.





Eggs—Values are advanced. Nearb”





eggs quoted at 506l52c: fresh gathered

extras, 386i‘l5c: firsts, 296P32c.





Quoted as

1061151/2c;





’l 'oultry.~—l )ressed,

follows: “'estcrn





easy.

chickens,





fowls, 1361\171/2c: spring turkeys, 1660

22c. Live, higher and dull. Spring

chickens, 14((jilil/gc; fowls, 14@141/2C;

turkeys, 20c.



Chicago.





 





\Yheat. No. 2 red, motile; December,

91c; May, 975.“: per bu.



Corn—No. 2 mixed. 511461751350; De—

cember, 461/4 c; May, 431/10.



Butten—Market barely steady at: last





Week’s values. Receipts ample and

trade rather quiet. Creameries, 2463

301/;c; dairies, 2361*27c per lb.





fl‘Iggs.—'l‘he better grades have moved

up another cent during the past week.

Miscellaneous receipts unchanged. Quo-

tations are: l’rime firsts, 30c; firsts, 26c:

at mark, cases included, 19%fi7221/2c

dozen.



Hay and Straw.

for some weeks past.





Market steadier than

No material price





 





changes. Quotations are: Choice tim-

othy, $18.506:19.50; No. 1 timothy, $17.50

6118; No. 2 do. and No. 1 mixed, $15.50





61116.50; No. 3 do. and No. 2 mixed, $1260

15: rye' straw, $95009: oat straw, $7@

7.50; wheat straw, $6606.50 per ton.

Potatoes—Despite a fairly active de-

mand, the. better grades have lost 3c.

past week; lower grades un-

changed. t‘hoice to fancy are quoted at

456047c per bu; fair to good, 37@42c.

Elgin.

Button—Trade firm at

which is last week's price.





THE ILIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.

November 14, 1010.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)





310 per 1b.,





ltcccipts of stock here toda._v as fol—

lows: (‘atthu 240 cars: hogs, 22.400:

sheep and lambs, 28.000; calves, 1,300

bead.



\\'ith 210 cars of cattle on the market





here today. weather soft and unfavorable

for the moat trade, we have. again to rc-





port a dcclinc of 1561\25c per hundred

weight on all grades, except bulls and

stockers and feeders, which sold about

steady.





\\'e. quotc: Bcst 1.300 to 1.400—lb. steers

3650671675; good prime 1.200 to 1,200—lb.

do.. 55.77.676.515; Ilt'St 1,100 to 1.200—lb.

shipping steers, $5675.75: medium butcher

steers. 1.000 to' 1,100 lbs, $4.506r5: light

butcher steers. $Al.106‘fi4.65; best.fat cows,

34.25415; fair to good cows, $3612.75: com-





mon to medium do., $2.756P12.23; trini-

incrs, $2.506r2.75: best fat heifers, $175611





do., $4604.50; fair to good do.,

stock heifers, 632561250: best

deborned, $5605.25: medium





5.50: good

$3.256’13.75;

feeding steers.





to good feeding steers. $4.256Tr450: stock—

ers. all grades. $3.506T375: best bulls.

$475615: bologna bulls, $3.756i‘4.25; light





thin bulls, $3.25W375: fancy milkcrs and

springers. $706080; good to prime do., $50

6065; common to good do., $306040.



With 140 double decks of hogs on Stile

her today market opened 106F25c lower

than Saturday's best time: closed weak:

5617100 lower than the opening. Some late

arrivals golg over unsold.





We quote: Mixed. medium and heavy.

$7.80@8: yorkers. $7.756D7.90; light york-

ers and pigs, $790608; few fancy light





pigs selling at $8.10.

$6606.25.



The lamb market opened up slow: few

choice sold early from $6.65@6.75. Heavy

lambs were very slow, and almost im-





Rough, 7c; stags,





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





possible to sell at any kind of satisfac-

tory prices. Market closed very dull;

tops selling $6.50@6;60. Prospects look

bad for the balance of this week. Sheep

were also slow sale today; most of the

best ewes selling $3.75@4; best'handy

yearlings selling at $4.75@5.25, according





to weight. and quality. Look for about

a steady market the balance of week on

sheep.



We quote: Best lambs. $6.65@6.75;

heavy lambs, 3561560625; heavy ewes,

$375604; bucks, $2.506p3.25; yearlings,

$4.756jl5.25; wethers, $4.2561)4.50; handy





ewes, $3.75@4; cull sheep, $2.50@3; north-

ern Michigan lambs, $6.40@6.60; veals,

choice to extra, 3510506013; fair to good

do., $7.50@10; heavy calves, $66117.





Chicago.

November 14, 1910.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ......27,000 30,000 55,000

Same day last year..30,734 26,017 18,247





Received last week..87,711 108,561 158,200

Same week last year.66,053 124,819 111,098



Cattle were in extremely heavy supply

for still another Week, for while western

range cattle have ceased coming in large

numbers, there is a sufficient gain in fed

lots to more than make good their falling

off. There is a very good demand as

compared with former years, but it is not

pressing enough to take up the big offer-





ings at firm values, and further sharp re-i

ductions in prices last week left quotam





tions much theolowest seen in many

months. Fed steers sold largely at $5.25

6.07.15, the commoner short~fcd light-

weight steers sclling at $4.406i)5.50 and

the better class of good weights at $6.50

617.40, with a Monday top at $7.60. As

usual, handy, fat little yearlings were

relatively the best sellers, being great

favorites and bringing $6.406i)7.40. There

is a wide—spread determination among

cattle feeders to hurry their short-fed

stock to market, in order to sell before





further slumps in prices take place, and

if owners are not going to winter their





stock, perhaps the sooner they sell the

better, but the cattle should have quality

to recommend them. It must be said

that many farmers have held on to their

fat cattle altogether too long, and many

lots noW' coming to market could have

been sold to better advantage two or

three months ago. Butcher stuff shares

in the decline, cows and heifers going at

$.‘i.3561.t;.25, but not many sales are made

as high as $5.50. (Tanners go at $22560

2.75, cutters at $2.8t,)6u3.30, bulls at $3605,





calves at $36i‘10 per 100 lbs., the best

being lower, and milch cows at' $306070,





these being slower and lower. The stock—

er and feeder trade has been liberal in

volume, but much lower prices have pre-

vailed, stfockers bringing $1i6i4.85 and





feeders $4.756r5.60, Great numbers of cat-‘





tle have gone to feeding districts through—

out tlie great corn belt, and it must be

said that many farmers have paid dan-

gerously high prices for feeders. It seems

that those who bought a medium grade at

moderate prices stand the best show.

Hogs have had some good rallies during

the past week, with extremely large fluc-

tuations in prices, as usual, ups and

downs being at times as much as 1560250

in a single day. But the tendency of the

market has continued downward, with

the packers decidedly bearish in senti-

ment. There was only a limited eastern

shipping demand, and with no genuine

competition between buyers most of the

time, buyers had the advantage, country

shippers and speculators suffering severe

losses. On some days a fair early ship-

ping demand for the better class of hogs

enabled sellers to put prices higher, but





as soon as the outside buying was fin-

ished the market dropped back, local

packers holding off, and a great many





hogs would be carried over unsold to the

following day. Steadily increasing per-

centages of the lighter weights in the re-

ceipts caused such consignments to go at

a considerable discount, and there was a





better market for medium butcher

weights, these selling at the best prices.

Total stock of provisions in the leading





western markets Nov, 1, aggregated 90,-

170,870 lbs, compared with 110,326,178 lbs.

a month earlier, 89,483,276 lbs. a year ago

and 140,000,000 lbs. two years ago.



Sheep and lambs have continued in

much greater supply for another we« k

than in former Years, the week starting

off with a Monday run of 68,566 head

1Vhilc the range inai'kctings have

subsid‘ng. they were made up by liberal

supplies from feeding sections, and there

was a very good showing of fat lamps,

although too many were ncavier in wc'ght

than the killers wanted them, 70 to St)





lbs. bcing much more acceptable thzin

Sill-lb. lots. Still it cannot be denied that

far toil many poorly finishcd flocks of





sheep and lambs

to market and





are being shipped back

selling at priccs that fail

to make much rcturn for the feeders.

The demand for feeders to send to the

country is smaller than it was a month

ago, and at times bad eastern markets

for mutton have tended to depress the

Chicago market for mutton on the hoof.

Prices for sheep and lambs are much

lower than a year ago, but conditions are

the reverse of those at that tithe, vast:

numbers having gone to feeding districts

this year.





 





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the sale of Shetland ponies to be held

in connection with the International,

will begin at 12:30 p. m., on Tuesday.

Noycmbcr ‘20, instead of at 10 a. in,

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Thursday’s Market.

November 17, 1910.

Cattle.



Receipts, 920. All grades 10@15c lower

than last Thursday and dull.



We quote: Best steers and heifers.

$5.25; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200.

$4.75@5; steers and heifers, 800 to 1.000,

$4@4.75; grass steers and heifers that

are fat, 800 to 1,000, $4@4.75; grass steers

and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $3.50

@425; choice fat cows, $4@4.25; good fat

cows, $3.50@3.75; common cows, $2.75@

3.25; canners, $2@2.75; choice heavy bulls

$3.75@4.25; fair to good bolognas, bulls.

33.506375; stock bulls, $3@3.50; choice

feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, $4.50@5; fair

feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, '$4@4.50;

choice stockers, 500 to 700, “@425; fair

stockers, 500 to 700, $3.50@4; stock heif-

ers, $3@3.50; milkers, large. young medi-‘

m age, $40@60; common milkers, $25@35.



Haley & M. sold Thompson Bros. 1 cow

weighing 900 at $3, 7 do av 1,107 at $3.50;

to Sullivan P. Co. 1 do weighing 1.430 at

$4.75, 1 steer weighing 1,000 at $5.25, 1

bull weighing 1,400 at $4.25; to Bamm 4

feeders av 832 at $4.65, 1 do weighing 780

at $4.75, 9 do av 842 at $4.65; to Apple-

baum 5 butchers av 820 at $3.50, 6 .do av

621 at $3.85; to Breltenbeck 7 do av 717 at

$4, 16 do av 712 at $4.10, 1 heifer weighing

550 at $3.75; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1

cow weighing 900 at $2.25; to Rattkowsky

3 butchers av 770 at $4.25; to Sullivan P.

Co. 2 bulls av 660 at $3.50, 2 do av 650

at $3.60, 3 cows av 1,083 at $3.80, 2 do av

950 at $3, 1 do weighing 900 at $2.50; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 6 do av 1,038 at $3.30;

to Regan 3 heifers. av 563 at $3.65; to

Waterman 6 stockers av 625 at $4.25, 5





do av 722 at $4.40, 2 do av 625 at $4.40,,





2 do av 650 at $4.40.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co, 7 butCh-

ers av 740 at $4.10, 6 do av 633 at $4.10.

4 do av 700 at $3.50. 10 do av 710 at $4.25,

2 cows av 985 at $3.50, 1 canner weighing

620 at $2.25; to Mohr 4 stockers av 480 at

$3.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 cows av 1,117

at $4.25, 1 steer weighing 1,000 at $5.25;

to Goose 6 cows av 923 at $3.50, 2 butchers

av 500 at $3.65, 9 do av 500 at $3.65; to

Lachalt 2 steers av 780 at $4.50; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 1 bull weighing 1.050 at

$4, 2. cows av 1.080 at $3.35; to Presch 6

stockers av 641 at $4, 12 do av 675 at $4;

to Heinrich 7 steers av 1.021 at $5; to Re-

gen 7 butchers av 660 at $4; to Breiten-

beck 1 cow weighing 1,000 at $3; to Mich.

B. Co. 4 do av 845 at $4, 1 do weighing

750 at $3.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B, Co. 29 butch-

crs av 754 at $4.30, 5 av 751 at $4.25, 1

cow weighing 1,050 at $3.50, 4 do av 992

at $3.25, 4 steers av 1.022 at $5, 4 do av

998 at $5.25, to Goose 1 cow weighing 940

at $3; to Breitenbeck 1 bull weighing 1.050

at $4. 1 cow weighing 1.050 at $3.50, 1 do

weighing 890 at $3; to Sullivan P. Co. 7

do av 800 at $3.50; toKelley 10 feeders

av 730 at $4.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 5 cows

av 880 at $2.75, 2 do av 860 at $2.75, 2. do

av 1.035 at $3.75, 1 bull weighing 860 at

$3175. 4 cows av 828 at $2.75, 7 do av 833

at $2.75; to Goose 2 do av 875 at $2.75, 1

do weighing 820 at $3.25, 6 do av 920 at

$3.25, 7 do av 810 at $3.25. ’



Bishop, B. & H. sold Duff 1 cow weigh-

ing 1,060 at $4, 2 steers av 840 at $4.80;

to Bresnahan 1 cow weighing 1,420 at $4;

to IMich, B. CO. 5 do av 1,010 at $3.50, 6

cows and bulls av 1,121 at $3.75, 1 cow

weighing 960 at $3.75; to Hammond, S. &

C0. 2 canners av 700 at $2.60, 1 do weihg-

ing 820 at $2.60, 3 cows av 1,016 at $2.80,

1 do weighing 880 at $3.25, 1 do weighing

1,130 at $2.75; to Golden 6 stockers av 433

at $3.75; to Mohr 11 do av 516 at $3.50: to

Goose 2 cows av 1,135 at $3.10, 4 heifers

av 512 at $3; to Kamman 15 butchers av

618 at $3.65, 2 do av 400 at $3; to Sullivan

P. Co. 1 steer weighing 900 at $4, 1 cow

weighing 1,200 at $3.75, 2 do av 945 at $3,

6 do av 833 at $3.75, 6 do av 933 at $3.75,

1 bull weighing 860 .at $3.75: to Breiten—

beck 30 butchers av 850 at $3.75; to Ratt—

kowskv 7 do av 800 at $3.40; to Fronn 8

do av. 690 at $3.85; to Newton B. Co. 4

cows av 880 at $2.50, 13 do av 800 at

$3.65; to Lucke 8 stockers av 635 at $4.10;

to,Bill 4 do av 660 at $4.25; to Sullivan P.

Co. 2 bulls av 1.100 at $3.85; to Kamman

17 butchers av 784 at $3.85.



Johnson sold Duff 4 feeders av 742 at





84.80.



- Veal Calves.



Receipts, 382. Market steady at last

Thursday’s prices. Best, $9609.50; oth-

ers, $4628.50. Milch cows and springers

steady for good grades.



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

Co. 6 av 150 at $9.25, 4 av 125 at $9, 1

weighing 150 at $9.50; to Sullivan P. Co.

12 av 150 at $8.25, 7 av 135 at $9; to Mich.

B. Co, 30 av 135 at $8.50.



Spicer & R. sold Goose 1 weighing.230

at $4.50, 1 weighing 110 at $9.50, I weigh-

ing‘140 at $9.50; to Breitenbeck 8 av 145

at $8.75; to Goose 2 av 115 at $8.50, 2 av

230 at $4; to Schuman 5 av 150 at $9.50;

to Newton B, Co. 1 weighing 130 at $7,

4 av 145 at $9.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

13 av 160 at $9, 4 av 125 at $6; to Goose

10 av 319 at $4; to Parker, W. & Co. 17

av 135 at $8.



Wagner sold Newton B. Co. 2 av 145

at $6, 10 av 156 at $9.



Kalaher 801d Nagle P. Go. 13 av 150 at

8.50.

$ Haley &’ M. sold Krakoosky 4 av 130

at $7.50, 6 av 275 at $5; to Hammond, S.

& Co. 2 av 115 at $7.50.



Sheep and Lam





be.

Receipts, 4,738. Market 1‘0@15c lower





 





 





, THE ' iM‘Io‘mGAN ‘ FARM-ER,





than Wednesday; ”0500 lower than last

week on lambs. Sheep steady. Few

choice lambs at :6.) Best lambs, swans;

fair lambs, $5@5.50; light to common

lambs, $4.75@5; yearlings, $4.50; fair to

good sheep. $3.50@3.75; culls and com-

mon, $2@3.



Bishop. B. & H. sold Nagle P. Co. 486

lambs'av 80 at $5.75, 173 do av 83 at $6,

148 do av 80 at $6, 38 do av 90 at $5.60;

to Parker, W. & Co. 28 yearlings av 88

at $4.25; to Stocker 15 lambs av 46 at $5;

to Sullivan P, Co. 37 sheep av 90 at $2.75,

29 do av 90 at $4, 17 do av 110 at $3.50, 7

do av 108 at $2.50, 17 mixed av 85 at $4.25;

to Marx 26 lambs av 55 at $5.25, 6 sheep

av 80 at $3.50; to Mich. B. Co. 38 do av

120 at. $3.75, 45 do av 68 at $3.65, 18 lambs

av 55 at $5.50, 31 do av 53 at $5.35: to

Hammond, S. & Co. 10 do av 51 at $4.50,

12 sheep av 110 at $2.75, 105 do av 90 at

$3.75, 9 do av 85 at $2.50, 37 lambs av

75 at $5.75; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 30 sheep

av 112 at $4; to Mich, B. Co. 82 do av 100

at $3.75; to Ledkc 85 lambs av 55 at

$5.25; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 35 sheep av

100 at $3.50, 28 do av 100 at $3.62, 17 d0

av 80 at $3.25, 12 do av 120 at $3.50.



Haley & M, sold Sullivan P. Co. 15

sheep av 90 at $3.50, 19 lambs av 70 at

$5.50; to Hammond, & Co. 28 do av

80 at $5.75, 25 sheep av 115 at $3.50; to

Gordon & B. 63 lambs av 80 at $5.75, 28

do av 60 at $5. 7 sheep av 108 at $3; to

Mich, B. Co. 11 do av 115 at $3.50; to T.

Barlage 6 do av 130 at $3.50, 22 lambs av

60 at $5; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 16 do av

80 at $5.50, 16 sheep av 115 at $3.25, 12 do

av 120 at $3.25.



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

41 sheep av 100 at $3.50; to Newton

B. Co. 3 do av 115 at $3.50, 10 lambs av

56 at $4.50, 54 do av 75 at $5.50.



Spicer & R, sold Mich. B. Co. 6 sheep

av 115 at $3.25, 14 lambs av 70 at $6, 29

do av 65 at $5.50; to Breitenbeck 49 do





 





av 60 at $5.50, 23 sheep av 100 at $3.25,

23 mixed av 57 at $3.85; to Stocker 6,

lambs av 105 at $5.75; to Nagle P. Co.I

'65 do av 85 at $5.80; to Newton B. Co. 12

sheep av 85 at $3.75; to Hammond, S, &

Co. 10 do av 89 at $2.75, 39 lambs av;

60 at $5.50; to Thompson Bros. 20 do av‘

75 at $5.50, 22 sheep av 95 at $3.



Wagner sold Newton B. Co. 12 lambs

av 55 at $5, 66 do av 80 at $5.75.



Johnson sold same 40 do av 85 at $6.



Kalaher sold Nagle P. Co. 20 sheep av

65 at $3, 9 do av 85 at $3.50, 142 lambs

av 75 at $5.75.



Adams sold Gordon & B. 12 lambs av

82 at $5.75, 20 sheep av 95 at $3.





Hogs.



Receipts, 5,411. Bidding steady Wed-

nesday's prices or 50c lower than on last

Thursday. None sold at noon.



Range of prices: Light 0t good butch-

ers, $7.30; pigs, $7.30; light yorkers, $7.25;

Stags one-third off.





 





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

3,111 av 175 at $7.30, 350 av 175 at $7.25.



Spicer & R. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

1.276 av 200 at $7.30, 417 av 170 at $7.25.

$7Haley & M. sold same 551 av 200 at



.30.



Sundry shippers sold same 860 av 180

at . .

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 450

av 190 at $7.30, 360 av 180 at $7.25.

$Haley & M. sold same 480 av 190 at

7.30.



Calves closed 50c lower than opening.

Top So at close.



Top lambs closed $5.80; few

choice at $5.85.





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Friday’s Market.

November 11, 1910.





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Cattle.

Receipts this week, 1,620; last week,

1.188. Market steady at Thursday’s

prices.





We quote: Best steers and heifers,

$550626; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1.200,;

$4.75@5.50; do.. 800 to 1,000, $4.25@4.75;

grass steers and heifers that are fat, 800

to 1.000, $4.25@4.75; (10.. 500 to 700, $3.50

@425; choice fat cows, $4@4.25; good fat

cows, $3.50@3.75; common cows, $3@3.25;

canners, $1.50@2.75; choice heavy bulls,

$4; fair to good bologna bulls, $3.50@3.75;

stock bulls, $3.25@3.75; choice feeding

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

800 to 1,000 lbs., $4.25@4.50;

stockers, 500 to 700. $4.25@4.75; fair

stockers. 500 to 700, $4624.25; stock heif-

ers, $3@3.50; milkers, large, young, medi-





um agc, $40@60; common milkers, $25

@35.





Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week, 4,397; last week,

6,739. Best lambs 10@15c higher; sheep

and common grades steady; best lambs,

$6.50; fair lambs, $6@6.25; light to com-

mon lambs, $5105.75: fair to good sheep,

$3.50@3.75; culls and common, $2@2.50.



Hogs.



Receipts this week, 10,101; last week,

9,257. Market steady to 50 lower than

on Thorsday.



Range of prices: Light to good butchJ

ers. $7.75@7.80; pigs, $7.80; light yorkers,

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, kinds. There will likely be advances tory prices. Market closed very dull;

before‘the holiday. however. Chickens tops selling $6.50@6.:60. Prospects look

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couraging trend of prices, advances were Dressed Pork.——Quoted at 101/2@11c $3.75@4; DUCkS. $2 50@3 25; yearlings,

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that the level of values for the season Fruits and Vegetables. choice to extra. $10.00@11; fair to good

may have been reached. The visible sup— Apples—The tone is unchanged. Prices d0., $7.50@10; heavy calves, $6@7.

ply, both in the nited Stutes and Europe, are about steady. Market easy. Choice ”—‘_‘





shows a liberal increase; but the condi- consignments selling at $3@3.50; common Chicago.

tions of the crop in Argentine. which not kinds and grades, $26713 per bbl. November 14» 1910'

long ago was reported prime. has since Cabbage.—Steady. Selling at $1.50 per Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.





Received today ......27,000 30,000 53,320

11' r 1, 0 Same day last year..30.734 26,017 1 ,

S8 mg at 7°°@$ 5 Received last week..87,711 108,561 158,200





been described as being less promising. bbl. for new.

A \car go No 2 red wheat was selling Pears.—Steady.





at ”1 0 >1 bu. notations for the er bu.

past “Wee/Eli :32: Q p Same week last year.66,053 124,819 111,098





No.2 No.1 6—1'HER MARKETS. Cattle were in extremely heavy supply

Red. \Vhite. Dec. May. —.._. for still another week. for while western





Thursday .93 .91 .9334 .9837; Grand Rapids. range tattle have 062183ng finningfindarggg

Friday ,931/2 .911/2 _9 _99 The movement of beans an otatoes numbers, there is a su icieiit gain in ”e

Saturday .93 .91 .931A1 .981/2 continues heavv. Red kidneydbgans are lots to more than make good their falling

Monday '931/2 911/2 -94 -99 somewhat weaker, though quotations Off' There 15 a very good demand as





Tuesday .941/2 .921/2 .95 1.00 continue on $225 basis. \Vhite beans compared with former years, but it is not





 





VVedneSday 341/2 321/2 ~95 39% are in better demand and the averat'o pressing enough to take up the big offer-

' Corn. The consignments of corn to price paid is $1.75 \that is worth 89c, ings at firm values, and {Hither sharp re-





ductions in prices last week left quota-





... .._, (. -“‘S? .7". rr', (/ 0. _ _

the maiktts .110 nm on the lntlLa t, me 101,, buckwhtat 61c and new c111 “(ms much the~lowest seen m many





but the approach of colder weather and 45c. The potato market is a little , . . , . . ,. ,-

the beginning of the feeding season firmer, tho there is no material change, 871112115111:eqohifnfifibieis‘omshltlrtg—eflYd“130.1%?

together with the better feeling in the in quotations, buyers paying around 25c weight steers selling at $4 40%;) 50 EandT

Wheat circles. advanccd the prices our— at tip-state stations and 30c in Grand theobett’er‘cl'issk of 1511011 Wei-slits at $6 130

ing the past week and the market is Rapids territory. Dressed hogs are be- (“,7 40 with f1“ Monday top :t $760 As

steady at the h'ght-r figures. There is int.r bought for 90., a decline of 30 from u‘sual' handyf fat little yearlings .were

yet much of this season's corn in the top prices, btit meat dealers say that relatively the best sellers being; great

Shock. One year go the price for No. the drop is only temporary. POUH‘T" favorites and bringinwl$6 40707 40‘3 fhere

2 corn was tilc per bu. Quotations for dealers quote prices for live stock, de- is a wide-spread dgterminati'on' among

the past week are: livcrcd. as follows: li‘owls and chickens. cattle feeders to hurrv their short-fed

No.2 No.2 9"; gem?" 9‘1; ducks, llc; turkeys, 16GB stock to market in order to sell before

Mixed. Yellow. 17‘“ The is“ market is firm at 2W") further slumps in prices take place, and





TthSdflY - - - - - - - - . - - - - 5‘ ‘2 53 290' ““11 stfine dealers paying the “‘0‘“? if owners are not going to winter their

lt‘riday . . . . . . . ..... . . . 5t 1.9 53 1““ f“! fl erh (“he (“”1” StOCl‘ Dairy stock. petliaps the Sooner the y sell the

Saturday 52 1531/2 butter is worth 26@27c,creame1y 30020. better but the (attic should have quality

MUIHH-ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 53’1 1.4.1 V9111 is worth 6@ 110- to recommend t win It must be said

“WW-“(lily -- 1 ------------ . - - 521/2 54 _— that many farmers have held on to their

\Vednesday - - - - - - - - - - - - 53 54% New York. fat cattle altogether too long, and many





Oats—This grain has been in fairly Button—Prices SGtthd llflt‘k a little lots now‘ coming to market could have

_L.’tm(l demand for the week with prices the past WEEK for the best grades U" been sold to better advantage two or

sit-tidy. Receipts at primary points are ('l‘t‘flmeries, while other kinds are. three months ago. Butcher stuff shares

rmtlll. Thcrc was a decrease in the steady. (‘reamery specials quoted at in the decline. cows and heifers goingr at

visible supply. A year ago the price 330: CXU‘RS. 311/10; thirds 10 fil‘StS. 24(0) $3.35C16H25 but not many sales ate made

for standard oats was 42‘3c per bu. 300. as high as $.1.10 Canners go at $2 .25@

Quotations for the week are: l‘ls's‘s.—\'alties are advanced. Nearb” 2.7'1, cutters at $280603. 30, bulls at $3.705,



Standard. No.3 ears quoted at 500mm: fresh gathered calves at $301.10 per 100 lbs.,

White. €Wlflb‘» 331014503 firsts, 2970320. being lower, and 11111011 cows at $300070.

The stock—





'l‘liursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341/3 34 l'flllltl‘lfi—DI'GSRE‘d. 0853'. Quoted as these being slower and lower.



l‘i iday . . . . . . . . ....... 341,, :ll follHWSI “WNWHI (‘llit'1<6‘IlS. 1001151410: er and feeder trade has been liberal‘ in



8.11111 (lav , , , , , , , ,,,,,, 341/2 34 fowls, 1361117 1/2c spring turkeys. 1601') volume, but much lower prices have pre-



“mm; 1‘ . . . . _ . _ _ _ , . ' . . 3.1% 34 22c. Live, higher and dull. Springr vailed stfoc-keis b1 ingmg $1.(_L4. 85 and



1......“13'0 ............ . 311_ 3| chickens, 14@14l/'_1e; fowls, 14@141/2e; feeders $4.1.’1((1F1.60 Gieat numbers of Cat-



lVednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 34% 3.11/2 turkeys, 20c. tle hav e gone to feeding disti icts thiough-

~~—— out the. great corn belt. and it must be





Beans.——'l‘he ottci 111:). s of legunit-s

have been small for smeral weeks and

buyers have been compelled to advance 91V Mav 1171/9 pei bu

their bids to bring ovcr tho 1olters. ‘_1 w’f' ,' 1 , ,.

Little trading is being done here and COTE—'30. 3 mixed, 511/;@511,£1c; De- mfilflftfiagéliffa 35131.3(; lgfdlifésntiezhgmlmg

the following quotations, which show cember, 4614C; May, “”30- the East weekt with evtgremel large fiuc-

advances over those of a week ago, "are Butter ———Market barely steady at IaSt t t? - ’.-, ‘. ‘1 '. 1



Receipts ample and uaions _in pines. as usua, ups anc

downs bezng at times as much as 1543250





Chicago. said that many farmers have paid dan-

“Meat—No. ., red, 934,9“; December, gerously high prices for feeders. It seems





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1787AC7RES— —All improved at, l’otterville, Eaton (‘o..

$75.00 per acre. Improieineiits hate cost mer

00000. Easy terms. great. bargain. Must be sold.

omMRB. J. W. [’0’] ’l,l"li. owner, Lansing. Michigan.





.. —$35 to $100 per acre. Stock Dairy

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$310 takes 183-11 fertile farm. 12 cons and all farm



lng tools. 1‘ list- class bldgs . water plfied. to

barn 33-11. valuable timber 1 mile to school. "It 11.

railroad and creamer Mc m.h bal time. Vi rite for

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that those who bought a medium grade at‘





trade rather quiet. Creameries, 24@ . .

Thursday . . . . . . .153311' $2936 301/26: dairies. 230370 Der 1*) 111 akstngllf day: 35‘” ghedtendePC-g 023$}?

1“rida v . . _ . . _ . _ . . _ . . . _ _ . 2.05 2.00 I‘Jggsr—The better grades have moved 31a!" e‘ k as éoni inclille b EXEIW‘V ’senti-

Satin-hay . _ . . . ' . . _ . . 2.05 2.00 tip another cent during the. past week. mlgntpdgl‘leel'e (is: e nly e lilmileclneastern

Monday. ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ _ 2.05 200 Miscellaneous receipts uncliani. ed. Quo- shi ‘in 1(10n1’1‘l‘ld 3111i, zvlvith 11 renuine

Tuesday 210 2'05 tations are: l’rime firsts, 300; firsts 280; ‘( pp .g. b(t ' b 7 ‘ “3 5 f th

,1 , ' ,' ' ' ' ' ' ' """" "' ~ at mark, cases included, 19% @221/26 competitionl e ‘ween ”3 ers most 0 e1



\\ ednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.10 2.0:) time, buyers had the advantage, country





, . . ‘ dozen. , . .. , ' _ . , ‘ .

l‘his ])l(Jtlll(t continuts Hay and Straw.—Market steadier than shippers and speculatms suftermg sc\ ere





to be on an active basis. Prices have . . .1. . . 1 1 .- losses. On some days a fair early ship-

iluctuatctl during the week; with the mini??? “(Shiitaljiilits 35,12: mgf,%:lfel 111,12? ping demand for the better class of hogs

feeling for bctter prices in thc ascend— othvh$l8 50011950 No. 1 timothy $17_50 enabled sellers to put prices. higher, but

ancy. Alsike is steady. Quotations for @133 No. 2 do: arid N0. 1 mixed, $1550 as soon as the outsule buying was fin-

the week are: @1050' No 3 do, and No. 2 mixed, $12”? ished the market dropped back, local

Prime Spot, Dec, Alsike. 15, rve‘ straw, $3.5M)“: oat straw, $7@ packers holding off, and a great many





   





       





 





111111131311... 1; 6,; Sig-3:; $3773 7.50; wheat mtw, $6606.50 per ton. 1 2:}§?,.‘,j;39“3,31? Ci:‘{;§;§,,§,"e,:,gyggfggggtopgte

( ........ ‘1“ 1"" I T) ' ' Hll'ly aCtive (e_ 1 u h t .1 k" 1,1.” 1 A:

,- r9 m...

I'ljmjfilu' ....... 2009 3‘30 22.17 in the past .weck: lower grades un- a coiisideiable discount, and there was

lit-W513 ------ ..1é1 r L‘ ‘8‘ 1725 changed. Choice to fancy are quoted at betttiw martke for ’medium butcher

“ ednesday '6-0 8'70 ‘ I ”@470 per bu; fair to gOOd' 37@42C‘ weights. these selling at the best prices.

- Rye.'—Market 1811113118? find .‘le‘Pand _ . Total stock of provisions in the leading

improvmg. Quotation for I\0. 1 is 191/2c Elgm. . . . . . . , . _

R t , '1“ d f- t 31 1' lb westtrn maikets NOV_ 1, aggregated 90,

per bu. ii tci.—— in e nm a C pe " 170,870 lbs, compared with 119,326.178 lbs.





which is last week‘s price.





Visible Supply of Grains.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





This week. Last week and 140,000,000 lbs. two years ago.





wheat .........»tl.RNfI.000 40: 1:10, 000 __._ Sheet) amt lambs 118W mntinuml in

(‘oi'n ..... ...... 2,307,000 2 .070 000 Buffalo much. greater supply for another wcck

(bits ........... 111,130,000 10.557000 November 14, 1.010. glgfanwm, fang»?f;,,:.f:\‘,”;,ul]"eof“";.§km§mfl'f_gg

Rye - . n - . . . . . . - . ( £09,000 410,000 (Special report bV I)unnino‘ & Stevens! ix'hile the I“ “U- 1 (ina1.].et- "q n].- Y I |



ltarlcy ......... 3.129.000 2.907.000 NOW York Contra] Stock Yards ‘l h( ‘ lilo. lfl‘e ’0‘ ll





subsid‘ng. they were made up by liberal

Supplies from feeding sections, and there

was a very good showing of fat lamps,





Flour, Feed, Pr0visions. Etc.

Flour.——'l‘he flour trade is easy with





East Buffalo N Y.)

Receipts of stock here today as fol-





)I‘h'os lll’lC‘llilllgCtl. Quotations are: , 10““: Cattlc. 240 cars: hogs, 314003 although too many were llt"l\'lel‘ in weight

(-IO‘U‘ {will sheep in“ lambs. 28.000; ("‘IVOS- 1'30” than the killers ‘VV‘lilled them 70 too‘it)

Straigit ............................. 1.1» head. 1 , ~ . - .



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l’iltt‘llt le‘hlgalt ------------- e- ------ 5.10 \\1th 240 cars of cattle on the market (”3:11, “131]: 13111311]it“2.15:110?01(,:1p:iégi:d ttlhall

Ordinary Patent -------------------- 4-75 here today. wcathcr soft and unfavorable ' ' H ‘ ‘ ’





far too many poorly finislicd flocks of





Ra and traw. ll. ' l .1 ' 1 x 1: 1 w . . m' .._ . .

y S 'iy \211 18s aie foi thr mt it tridc. \xt h'nc. agam to it sheep and lambs are. bctng shipped back





steady. Quotations on baled hay in car port a decline of 150251- per hundred . . -. ; (r . . .- ,. , .-

101s f.“ b. Detroit are: No. l timothy, weight on all grades, except bulls and 11% 113.1115? "13:31,S(,l,lgll:fi.ndtfé),}10:1,: [lgggdgtil

$16..1061‘17;No, 2 timothy, $1? 1.5071316; clo- stockers and feeders, which sold about The dcm'ind for feeders to send to the

ver mixed $1.1. 5061716; rye straw $7@rstcadv. ‘ ' ’ ‘ . ‘



_ . \ - . , - co, . . 1 ~ 2 . . ,

7.:10; wheat and out straw, $66,116.50 per “e quotc: Bcst 1.300 to 1.400—lb, steers aggntgnihwtqmfixfirlgq 111,111,? Saga}: amlfiaréttl;

to... 3105011075; good prime 1.200 to 1200—111. f,‘,.’m‘ ‘ . ‘. ’ E. ‘



Peed.——-All prices are. Steady with do. 155.756763'1; best 1.100 to 1.200—lb. m,’,.,,..:,‘”.3‘;.1l‘.:i‘101103121011"0390:5310???

those of last week. (‘arlot prices on shipping steers,.$:'1((i‘5.7:'1: medium butcher pm“; for sheep and lambs ,1”, much

track are: Fran. $31 per ton: CORY-<6 9(06‘1‘5. 1,000 ‘0 15100 lbs, $415MF‘F‘7 light lower than a year ago but conditions are





 





iniddlings, $2.“: finc middlii‘igs, $26: butcher steers. $4.1007i4.65; hest.fat cows, the “4.01.“. of ”qu 11 that time \qut



cracked corn, $25: coarse corn meal. $25; 34.256175: fair to good cows. $37r'3771: com- numbers l‘i'lVlll" «(11‘s, to fegdincr districts



corn and oat chop, $21 pr]. ton. ‘ mon to medium do, $2.75W323; trim- this “.51. t b h ‘ ' b L

Potatoes. \Vliile prices arc uncliang- mt’l'S. “50702.75: best fat heifers $175717 ~ '





 





 





 





ed from a week ago. there is a noticc- 55“: gomi do. $460450 fair in .900”- do.. Chang: of Sale Date.

able improvement in the demand for 313-2540335: stock heifers, $3,25013J'10: ”OS" The manag ement of the International





tubers. In car lots Michigan potatoes are foodins' stcerS. dchorncd, $Sfir523; medium T iv Stock «111.. ti . 1

selling at 4010420 per bu. 10 good feeding steers. 39425717450: stock— theesale of b‘llie'tlailidogontlg:otlbmlie lilgiltl

Provisions.——Mcss pork, $21.50: family ers. all grades, 3435060375: cht bulls- in connection with the International

pork, $237P24: medium clear. $210022; $4.75@5. bologna bulls, $3.75fl425: light will begin at 12230 p. m. on Tuesday.

smoked hams. 141/20151/20: briskets. 14c; thin bulls, $335603“? fanf’." "timers and November 2.0. instead of’at 10 a. 111...

shoulders, 13c: picnic hams. 13c: bacon, Springers. 37061130; good to prime d0., $50 as stated in the advertisement on page

18611220; lard in tierces, 130; kettle ren- @651 (“001171011 10 gOod (10.. $307040 427. b

dered, 14c per lb. With 140 double decks of hogs on sale»

her today market opened 1000251" lower





Da' ndPolt Pdt. ,, ., 7"

.2112: O stateroom Auction Sale of HegisieredStock





 





 





a month earlier, 89,483,276 lbs. a year agol





 





creamery and firsts is Widening due to arrivals oi over unsold. -

a. scarcity of the former and fairly good We qugteg Mixed medium and heavv A. M330"; MIGh-g 0'1





receipts of the latter. Quotations are: $7 80@8; yorkers $7 75@7 90; light york-

E‘filga Stol‘eamcrir 32c:t fil‘ftsz‘.2 do. 281;;éc; ers and pigs, $7. 90@8; few fancy-light SATUWRDAY nov- 26.

. ., c: pacmgsoc. cper . ' ‘ . . '

Eggs. §0i5625 selling at $810 Rough, 7c, stags, One imp??? 1.”??866‘“ ,Stgnkfil'Biyearsdoldhegfagf

zelcgiiggsétcagglécgurngr (21308788 included are hThe2 larlnb mzlirkgt opened up slow: few 11821y;lY:§181s: :lsgua few 11‘1’2‘1; ggdgal’mifigron coltS.

.. c oice so ear mm 6. 65 7 H a com n8 veal-sold

‘3 Y 3 @6 5 e W .1. w. AVERY. Dnnsvllle. Mich.





         





Poultry.—The change in announced lambs were very slow, and almost im-





MARYLAND FARMb§°§w§2¥T





the best i very cheap. very productive to all crops best. of loca-





tion. R. C.





We Sell Eine Farms!





\thre the sun shines all winter long.

11 Texas and Uklilhomil.

lit Missouri and Arkansas.

In Louisiana. and Miss'issii pi.

And in 1"1 other st ites. 1Fast. and West. Send for

our free list if you want. to buy at l‘tum anywhere. No

trades. Ask MCBURNEY. bl OCKING 6': C0.

277 Dearborn St.. Chicago. I linols.





Fertile Farms in Tennessee

$5 to Sltl per acre





Fortunes are being madep on feitile 'l ennessoe

farms raising big c ropsot' main and grasses of ill- .

most. every kind. also( (antaloupes. Cabbage. 'lomn-



65. String Beans. Green Coin. etc. .. also Horses,

Cattle. Sheep. Swine Poultry and l. «gs “rite me at once for

Free Literature, which advises how to get. one of these

splendid forms for $5 to SlO per acre. Act. quickly! H. F. 3

Smith, Trot. Mgr. N. C. as:. L. Ry. Dopt.P. Naohville,Tenn.





DREW. SA] ISBURY. MARYAND.





 





   





 





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lo the State for

HAPPY HOMES





,comfortable living. enjoyment. and genial climate.

Famous for fruit. and quite as good for general farin-

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er than elsewhere with equal advantages—if such a.

place ex or nl’ormation address





STATE 11311111 OF AGRICULTURE, Dover, Delamre.

If you are interested in





Securing a Farm





that. will make you a good living and at;

I tlies time time will incrte we in value from

your to you ,‘Vl'lllO





Northeastern Michigan Development Bureau,

Shearer Block, Bay City, Mlch.





262-acre Farm and Mill

Livestock, Machinery and Crops

Included Only $1500 Cash Needed.





All liiestock. niticliinerv. tools. gathered crops and

a lath mill with all nocessan machinery thrown in

“ith this big. rich faini; level. loam) fields, best po—

toto soil. cut. (30 tons ot ha), brook watered pasture

for 121mm. 1(‘00 cords wood. 75. 000 feet. timber. good

oichtird; noar neighbors and schools convenient to

two large villages: 11- room house, 100- ft. burn. other

outbuildings including lath mill with engine £11111 all

machinery; 2 horses. 5 cows. 2 heifers. 2 hogs. potatoes.

grain. 30tons llll) complete valuable farming machine-

ry and tools 10 cords fitted stove wood; eventhing

for $5. 200 $1.5tX1cash, haltinte easy terms: lull details

and traveling diret t ions to see this splendid property,



ago 7.Str01it’s Biggest, Farm Bargains. ('npv free.



tation 101.10. A. STROUT, Union Bank Building,

Il’lllflllllrg [’11.





FOR INFORMATION AS TO LANDS IN





The Nation’s

Garden Spot-





THAT GREAT FRUIT and TRUCK

GROWING SECTION—-

along the





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Al abama. Georgia, and the Carolinas,

Jacksonville, lila Wilmington. N. C.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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In; the first. odition the Detroit Live

Stock, markets”are"reports of last week;

all other markets are right up to date.

Thursd‘iy'e Detroit -Ltve Stock markets

are given in the last edition. The first

edition is mailed Thursday the last edi-

tion Erma: morning. The first edition is

mailed to those who care more to get the

paper early than they do for Thursday’s

Detroit Live Stock market report. You

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS-





Thursday’s Market.

November 17, 1910.

, Cattle.



Receipts, 920. All grades 10@15c lower

than last Thursday and dull.



We quote: Best steers and heifers,

$5.25; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200.

$4.75@5; steers and heifers, 800 to 1.000.

$4@4.75; grass steers and heifers that

are fat, 800 to 1,000, $4@4.75; grass steers

and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $3.50

@425; choice fat cows, $4@4.25; good fat

cows, $3.50@3.75; common cows, $2.75@

3.25; canners, $2@2.75; choice heavy bulls

$3.75@4.25; fair to good bolognas, bulls,

$3.50@3.75; stock bulls, $3@3.50; choice

feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, $4.50@5: fair

feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, $4034.50;

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

stockers, 500 to 700, $3.50@4; stock heif-

ers, $3@3.50; milkers, large, young medi-





m age, $40@60; common milkers, $25@35.,





Haley & M. sold Thompson Bros. 1 cow

weighing 900 at $3, 7 do av 1,107 at $3.50;

to Sullivan P900. 1 do weighing 1.430 at

$4.75, 1 steer weighing 1,000 at $5.25, 1

bull weighing 1.400 at $4.25; to Bamm 4

feeders av 832 at $4.65, 1 do weighing 780

at $4.75, 9 do av 842 at $4.65; to Apple-

baum 5 butchers av 820 at $3.50, 6 .do av

621 at $3.85; to Breitenbeck 7 do av 717 at

$4. 16 do av 712 at $4.10, 1 heifer weighing

550 at $3.75; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1

cow weighing 900 at $2.25; to Rattkowsky

3 butchers av 770 at $4.25; to Sullivan P.

Co. 2 bulls av 660 at $3.50, 2 do av 650

at $3.60. 3 cows av 1,083 at $3.80, 2 do av

950 at $3, 1 do weighing 900 at $2.50; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 6 d0 av 1,038 at $3.30;

to Regan 3 heifers av 563 at $3.65; to

Waterman 6 stockers av 625 at $4.25, 5





do av 722 at $4.40, 2 do av 625 at $4.40,.





2 do av 650 at $4.40.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 7 butch—

ers av 740 at $4.10, 6 do av 633 at $4.10.

4 do av 700 at $3.50, 10 do av 710 at $4.25,

2 cows av 985 at $3.50, 1 canner weighing

620 at $2.25; to Mohr 4 stockers av 480 at

$3.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 cows av 1,117

at $4.25, 1 steer weighing 1,000 at $5.25;

to Goose 6 cows av 923 at $3.50, 2 butchers

av 500 at $3.65, 9 do av 500 at $3.65; to

Lachait 2 steers av 780 at $4.50; to Ham-

mond, S. 5; Co. 1 'bull weighing 1,050 at

$4, 2, cows av 1.080 at $3.35; to Presch 6

stockers av 641 at $4, 12 do av 675 at $4:

to Heinrich 7 steers av 1.021 at $5; to Re-

gan_7 butchers av 660 at $4; to Breiten-

beck 1 cow weighing 1,000 at $3; to Mich.

B. Co. 4 do av 845 at $4. 1 do weighing

750 at $3.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 29 butch-

ers av 754 at $4.30, 5 av 751 at. $4.25, 1

cow weighing 1,050 at $3.50, 4 do av 992

at $3.25, 4 steers av 1.022 at $5, 4 do av

998 at $5.25, to Goose 1 cow weighing 940

at $3; to Breitenbeck 1 bull weighing 1.050

at $4. 1 cow weighing 1,050 at $3.50, 1 do

weighing 890 at $3; to Sullivan P. Co. 7

do av 800 at $3.50; to; Kelley 10 feeders

av 730 at $4.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 5 cows

av 880 at $2.75, 2 do av 860 at $2.75, 2 do

av 1,035 at $3.75, 1 bull weighing 860 at

$3175. 4 cows av 828 at $2.75, 7 do av 833

at $2.75; to Goose 2 do av 875 at $2.75, 1

do weighing 820 at $3.25, 6 do av 920 at

$3.25. 7 do av 810 at $3.25.



Bishop, B. 3: H. sold Duff 1 cow weigh-

ing 1,060 at $4, 2 steers av 840 at $4.80;

to Bresnahan 1 cow weighing 1,420 at $4;

to Mich, B. Co. 5 do'av 1,010 at $3.50, 6

cows and bulls av 1,121 at $3.75, 1 cow

weighing 960 at $3.75; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 2 canners av 700 at $2.60. 1 do weihg-

ing 820 at $2.60, 3 cows av 1,016 at $2.80.

1 do weighing 880 at $3.25, 1 do weighing

1,130 at $2.75; to Golden 6 stockers av 433

at $3.75; to Mohr 11 do av 516 at $3.50: to

Goose 2 cows av 1,135 at $3.10, 4 heifers

av 512 at $3; to Kamman 15 butchers av

618 at $3.65, 2 do av 400 at $3; to Sullivan

P. Co. 1 steer weighing 900 at $4, 1 cow

weighing 1,200 at $3.75, 2 do av 945 at $3.

6 d0 av 833 at $3.75, 6 do av 933 at $3.75,

1 bull weighing 860 .at $3.75; to Breiten-

beck 30 butchers av 850 at $3.75; to Ratt-

kowskv 7 do av 800 at $3.40; to Ii‘ronn 8

do at" 690 at $3.85; to Newton B. (‘0. 4

cows av 880 at $2.50, 13 do av 800 at

$3.65; to Lucke 8 stockers av 635 at $4.10;

to Bill 4 do av 660 at $4.25; to Sullivan P.

Co. 2 bulls av 1.100 at $3.85; to Kamman

17 butchers av 784 at $3.85.



Johnson sold Duff 4 feeders av 742 at

$4.80.



Veal Calves.





Receipts, 382. Market steady at last

Thursday’s prices. Best, $9609.50; oth-

ers, $4028.50. Milch cows and springers





steady for good grades.



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

Co. 6 av 150 at $9.25, 4 av 125 at $9, 1

weighing 150 at $9.50; to Sullivan P. Co.

12 av 150 at $8.25. 7 av 135 at $9; to Mich.

B. Co, 30 av 135 'at $8.50. .



Spicer & R. sold Goose 1 weighing 230

at $4.50, 1 weighing 110 at $9.50, 1 weigh—

ing 140 at $9.50; to Breitenbeck 8 av 145

at $8.75; to Goose 2 av 115 at $8.50, 2 av

230 at $4; to Schuman 5 av 150 at $9.50;

to Newton B, Co. 1 weighing 130 at $7,

4 av 145 at $9.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

13 av 160 at $9, 4 av 125 at $6; to Goose

10 av 319 at $4; to Parker, W. & Co. 17





av 135 at $8.

Wagner sold Newton B. Co. 2 av 145





at $6, 10 av 156 at $9.

Kalaher 801d Nagle P. Co. 13 av 150 at

$8.50.





Hale & M. sold Krakoosky 4 av 130

at $7.50,, 6 av 275 at $5; to Hammond. S.

& Co. 2 av 115 at $7.50;



Sheep and Lam





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Receipts, 4,738. Market 10@15c lower





 





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than Wednesday; 400500 lower than last

week on lambs. Sheep steady. Few

(choice lambs at $6. Best lambs, $5.75@6;

lambs, $5@5.50; light to common

lambs, $4.75@5; year-lingo, $4.50; fair to

good sheep, $3.50@3.75; culls and com-

mon, $2@3.



Bishop. B. & H. sold Nagle P. Co. 486

lambsav 80 at $5.75, 173 do av 83 at $6,

148 do av 80 at $6, 38 do av 90 at $5.60;

to Parker, W. & Co. 28 yearlings av 88

at $4.25; to Stocker 15 lambs av 46 at $5;

to Sullivan P. Co. 37» sheep av 90 at $2.75,

29 do av 90 at $4, 17 do av 110 at $3.50, 7

do av 108 at $2.50, 17 mixed av 85 at $4.25;

to Marx 26 lambs av 55 at $5.25, 6 sheep

av 80 at $3.50; to Mich. B. Co. 38 do av

120 at $3.75, 45 do av 68 at $3.65. 18 lambs

av 55 at $5.50, 31 do av 53 at $5.35; to

Hammond, S. & C0. 10 do av 51 at $4.50,

12 sheep av 110 at $2.75, 105 do av 90 at

$3.75, 9 do av 85 at $2.50, 37 lambs av

75 at $5.75; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 30 sheep

av 112 at $4; to Mich, B. Co. 82 do av 100

at $3.75; to Ledkc 85 lambs av 55 at

$5.25; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 35 sheep av

100 at $3.50, 28 do av 100 at $3.62. 17 d0

av 80 at $3.25, 12 do av 120 at $3.50.



Haley.& M, sold Sullivan P. Co. 15

sheep av 90 at $3.50, 19 lambs av 70 at

$5.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 28 do av

80 at $5.75, 25 sheep av 115 at $3.50; to

Gordon & B. 63 lambs av 80 at $5.75, 28

do av 60 at $5. 7 sheep av 108 at $3; to

Mich, B. Co. 11 do av 115 at $3.50: to T.

Barlage 6 do 'av 130 at $3.50, 22 lambs av

60 at $5; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 16 do av

80 at $5.50, 16 sheep av 115 at $3.25, 12 do

av 120 at $3.25.



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

41 sheep av 100 at $3.50; to Newton

B. Co. 3 do av 115 at $3.50, 10 lambs av

56 at $4.50, 54 do av 75 at $5.50.



Spicer & R, sold Mich. B. CO. 6 sheep

av 115 at $3.25, 14 lambs av 70 at $6, 29





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do av 65 at $5.50; to Breitenbeck 49 do

av 60 at $5.50, 23 sheep av 100 at $3.25,

23 mixed av 57 at $3.85; to Stocker 6,

lambs av 105 at $5.75; to Nagle P. Co.‘

65 do av 85 at $5.80; to Newton B. Co. 12

sheep av 85 at $3.75; to Hammond, S, &

Co. 10 do av 89 at $2.75, 39 lambs av.

60 at $5.50; to Thompson Bros. 20 do av’

75 at $5.50, 22 sheep av 95 at $3.



Wagner sold Newton B. Co. 12 lambs

av 55 at $5. 66 do av 80 at $5.75.



Johnson sold same 40 do av 85 at $6.



Kalaher sold Nagle P. Co. 20 sheep av

65 at $3. 9 do av 85 at $3.50, 142 lambs

av 75 at $5.75.



Adams sold Gordon & B. 12 lambs av

82' at $5.75, 20 sheep av 95 at $3.





Hogs.



Receipts, 5,411. Bidding steady Wed-

nesday‘s prices or 50c lower than on last

Thursday. None sold at noon.



Range of'prices: Light ot good butch-

ers, $7.30; pigs, $7.30; light yorkers, $7.25;

stage one-third off.



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

3,111 av 175 at $7.30, 350 av 175 at $7.25.



Spicer & R. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

1.276 av 200 at $7.30, 417 av 170 at $7.25.



Haley & M. sold same 551 av 200 at



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Sundry shippers sold same 860 av 180

at .

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 450

av 190 at $7.30, 360 av 180 at $7.25.

$Haley & M. sold same 480 av 190 at

7.30.



Calves closed

Top 9c at close.



Top lambs closed

choice at $5.85.





500 lower than opening.





$5.80; few extra





 





Friday’s Market.

November 11, 1910.





 





Cattle.

Receipts this week, 1,020; last week,

1.188. Market steady at ThursdaY's

prices.





We quote: Best steers and heifers,

85.50626; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1.200,

$4.75@5.50; do., 800 to 1,000, $4.25@4.75;

grass steers and heifers that are fat, 800

to 1.000, $4.25@4.75; do., 500 to 700, $3.50

@425; choice fat cows, $4@4.25; good fat

cows, $3.50@3.75; common cows, $3@3.25;

canners, $1.50@2.75; choice heavy bulls,

$4; fair to good bologna bulls, $3.50@3.75;

stock bulls, $3.25@3.75; choice feeding

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

800 to 1,000 lbs., $4.25@4.50; choice

stockers. 500 to 700. $4.25@4.75; fair

stockers. 500 to 700,, $4604.25; stock heif-

ers, $3@3.50; milkers. large, young, medi-

um age, $40@60; common milkers, $25





@35.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week, 4,397; last week,

6.739. Best lambs 10@15c higher; sheep

and common grades steady; best lambs,

$6.50; fair lambs, $6@6.25; light to com-

mon lambs, $5@5.75: fair to good sheep,

$3.50@3.75; culls and common, $2@2.50.





Hogs.



Receipts this Week, 10.101; last week,

9,257. Market steady to 5c lower than

on Thursday.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-l

ers. $7.75@7.80; pigs, $7.80; light yorkers,‘

$7.75@7.80; Stags one-third off,





 





 





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A CO-OPERATED CREAMERY PRO-

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As the farmers of this locality are

anxious to have a co-opcrative creamery,

I am writing you in regard to the best

possible way in satisfying them. I am

a buttermaker and have worked among

these farmers for the past two years and

am now engaged in selling them stock.

1 am selling them shares at $10 per share

and I am not selling more than 10 shares

to one man. I have sold to 70 farmers

already and they have pledged 363 cows.

I expect to get about 30 farmers more

before we organize. \Ve will have about

400 cows in all and our capital is a little

over $2,000 to date. How much should

we have to run it successfully? You

would do us a great favor if you would

give us some of your personal experience

along this line, and also tell us the real

benefits of co-operation.



Tuscola Co. H. J. G.





I thoroughly believe in co-operation

among farmers. I think that is the one

great thing that the farmers of this coun—

try lack today, is business co-operation.

Now, there are proprietary creameries,

that is, those owned by individuals, that

are well and economically managed, and

are doing the fair thing by the farmers;

nevertheless, I believe the farmers of a.

community ought. to organize, and manu-

facture their own butter. Not only this,

but they ought to organize for other busi-

ness purpOses as well.



in the creamer)” business there are, two

kinds of oiganizatitms; first, the purely

co—opcrativc. where a number become

responsible for the cost and equipment of

a plant. and then charge to every patron

a small amount, say (me-fourth of a cent

a pound for every pound of butter—fat

(*ach patron delivers. to pay this cost of

the plant. \Vhen the money advanced

for the plant is paid then the plant be-

longs to the whole number of patrons. In

operatini: this plant, after the first cost is

paid, just enough is deducted from the

cream or butter—fat received. to pay the

actual expenses of operating the plant,

and a small sinking fund to cover depre—

ciation of the plant. The. balance is di-

vided among the patrons in proportion to

the amount of butter-fat which each man

delivers.



Second is the. co—operativc stock company

system, which is so commonly in vogue

in this state. By this plan a stock com-

pany is organized in the same way our

correspondent states he and his' neighbors

are organizing. Stock is sold to the

farmers to raise the money to build the

plant, then the plant is operatcd in the

same way as in the first system, but too

often no provision is made to pay interest

on this capital stock. the result, many

times is dissatisfaction among the stock-

holders, whieh finally results in the disso-

lution of the company. The men who buy

Stock and put their money into the plant

are entitled, from a business and moral

standpoint to interest on their money;

and so the interest on the ‘apital stock,

say six per cent on the capital stock,

ought to be figured as expense and pro-

visions shoula be made to pay this each

year to the stockholders. That is, only

fair. If this is practiced with a co-op-

crative stock company, I see but very lit—

tle difference in the merit of the second

system of building and equipping public

crcamcrics.



Anothcr thing that should be borne in

mind by farmers who organizing a co—

operative creamcry, is. that they should

have some surplus capital with which to

do business, Now days-much of the cream

is paid for the day it is delivered. The

crcamery must pay cash. This cream

must be manufactured into butter, put

upon the market and sold. The creamery

will not receive the pay for the butter

for two or three weeks, sometimes a

longer time, and yet thcy have to pay to

the farmers at once. This necessitates

cither a source of credit. or surplus capi-

tal; and it is always better in organizing

a plant. if it, can possibly be done, to

raise a working capital by selling surplus

stock, so that the crcamcry will not have

to borrow money the first thing, and the

time to do it is when the organization is

first formed.



Your idea is correct in selling a small

amount of stock to a great many farmers,

rather than to sell the entire amount to

a few men. ”What you want is co—opera—

fion, stockholders who are interested in

the welfare of the Creamery. and the

more of them you can get. the better. It

will cost you $2,500 to $3,000 to build and

properly equip a creamery on the gath-

ered cream system. If you have whole



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milk, then the cost will be more. Now,

besides this, you ought to have at least

$1,000 of surplus capital to buy supplies

with, and to advance money on the but-

ter-fat received, until returns can be re—

ceived from the butter sold. If your com-

munity will furnish the product of 400

cows, and if they are loyal to the cream-

ery. take an interest in it, and figure that

it is their property and their enterprise,

there is no reason why you cannot have

a most successful business.



The system of making butter in cream-

eries is the only practical system today.

We cannot get along without the cream-

ery. \Ve must produce butter of a uni~

form quality, and we must produce it in

commercial quantities to enable us to ship

it to the best markets and get the highest

prices. There is no question that, by

co-operation farmers would do better in

more than one way, than by selling their

product to a proprietary plant, where the

owners are more interested in the profits

they make, than in benefits to the farmer.



A eo—Operative creainery, however, the

same as any other business proposition,

must be well managed. The stockholders

in the first place, must elect good, sensi—

ble men on the board of directors. These

directors must be willing to give a por-

tion of their time to the management of

this enterprise, and must use good judg»

ment in hiring men to conduct the busi-

ness. They must not only hire men, but,

in a general way, at least, they must give

supervision to the business. After the

organization is completed, it will not take

so very much time, perhaps one evening

in a month, but this must be given, and

a man who is not willing to give this

amount of time, ought not to accept a.

position on the board of directors of a.

co—operative creamery. Again, it might

be proper for me to give a word of can-

tion to boards of directors, that their co-

operative judgment must prevail, one

man cannot always have his own way,

majority must rultg and the man who is

not willing to submit to the judgment of

the majority of the board, v.'ill.not make

a good director, and there will be a lack

of harmony in the management of the

business, which will finally result in dis-

solution and failure.





TOO CLOSE CONFINEMENT OF DAIRY

ANIMALS.



Dairy stock is very susceptible to cold

and must, therefore. be provided with

warm quarters; but to confine cows to

their stalls continuously from fall till

spring as is now practiced upon many

farms is all wrong. I firmly believe that

one of the chief causes of the prevalence

of tuberculosis among dairy cattle is too

close confinement.



Cows need eXt-rcise and need it daily.

Indeed, there is no animal that does not

require, it. To me it seems positively

cruel to keep cows standing in their stalls

for weeks without as much as turning

them out for their water; and while they

may be able to produce a fair flow of

milk under these conditions, such confine-

ment has a depressing effect and wears

on the system of the animals_



Cows should be provided with a sunny

yard protected from the cold winds of the

north and west. “’itli such a yard there

are few days during the winter when cows

cannot be turned out for an hour or two

to good advantage.



Exercise is important in keeping up a

good appetite and digcstion. It is not ex-

ercise alone that ctiws nced, however;

what is equally important is the invigor-

ating effect of breathing the pure outside

air and absorbing an ample store of direct

sunlight. \Vho has not observed cows

jumping about and kicking around when

suddenly relcascd after scvcral davs’ con—

finement, and who can question the invig-

orating effect that must follow such per-

formances? .



(‘alvcs also nced an abundance of out-

door exercise during the winter. It is a

blight on the fall—dropped calf to subject:

it to continuous confinement from the day

it is dropped until pasture becomes avail-

able the following spring. Calves, like

children, enjoy romping in the open and

it is this romping that develops muscle

and lung capacity. Nothing should be

withheld from the calf that makes for

vigor and strength which are so essential

in a dairy animal.



The matter of providing calves with

abundant exercise is not infrequently

overlooked, even by some of our better

class of dairymcn. Not long since, I visv

ited the farm of a prominent breeder who

had tied up in his barn half a dozen or

more bull calves, ranging from four to

eight months old. that had never left the

stable. Personally, I would not care to





buy calves that had been kept under such

close confinement because maximum de--

Ivelopment under such conditions is im-

possible. Calves, while in the stable,

should be given the run of a pen and tied

up only while feeding.



The disastrous effect of close confiner

ment is well illustrated in service bulls.

Such confinement renders the bulls more

or less impotent and not infrequently total

non-breeders. Under similar conditions

we have the same devitalizing effect. in

cows and calves, though less 'discernable.



Vitality is the first essential in all ani-

mals, including man, because lacking this

all other qualities must come to naught;

and vitality will be lacking, no matter

how good the feed or how warm the barns,

if sunshine, pure air and exercise are

lacking. JOHN MICHELS.





WHAT MAKES BUTTER GET STRONG.





Can you tell me through the Michigan

Farmer what the reason is that my butter

gets strong? We churn every three days

and never let the cream get over three

days old. We keep the, butter and the

cream in the refrigerator and it is well

supplied with ice. I sell my butter every

two weeks. Will you please tell me what

to do?



Kent CO. C. B.



No one can tell exactly what makes

your butter get strong, without knowing

more of the conditions than you specify

in your letter, but, in all probability. your

butter gets strong, or rancid, owing to

the fact that you do not wash and work

all of the buttermilk out of it. As soon

as the butter comes in small granules. the

size of a kernel of wheat, the buttermilk

should be drawn off, using a fine sieve to

prevent the granules of butter from get-

ting out of the buttermilk. Then wash

the butter with cold water, put in the

Water, revolve the churn two or three

times, then turn off this water, as you

did the buttermilk. If the water is not

clear, wash again, then you can put your

salt right in the churn, revolve the churn

a few times and the salt will be all evenly

mixed with this granular butter. Allow1

the butter to stand in the churn for a‘i

short time and drain, then take it out and:

work it just enough to work out the free‘

moisture and buttermilk, if any left. If

these directions are followed carefully, I

do not expect there Will be a sufficient;

amount of buttermilk left in the butter to.

produce rancidity in any reasonable length

of time.





BUCKWHEAT BRAN VS. WHEAT

BRAN.





 





Will you kindly give me the relative

feeding value of buckwheat bran at $20,

and wheat bran at $26 per ton. (The

buckwheat contains all of grain except

flour). I want it to feed milch cows.

Also buckwheat bran compared with mid-

dlings at $28 as feed for shoats.



Wayne Co. TV. B. T.





I know of no way of making an intel-

ligent comparison between the buckwheat

bran as described by W. B. T., and wheat

bran. The by-products of buckwheat are

usually defined as buckwheat middlings,

and hulls. Now, buckwheat hulls are

practically worthless. They are indigesti-

ble. But buckwheat middlings is a valu-

able dairy cow food. This product con-

tains about 22 per cent of vegetable pro-

tein. while wheat bran only contains about

about 12 per cent of vegetable protein, so

that one ton of buckwheat middlings for

feeding dairy cows with the ordinary

roughage grown on a farm, is worth nearv

ly as much as two tons of wneat bran;

but when you mix the hulls with the bran,

I do not know its value because I do not

know what per cent of the buckwheat is

hulls. I would simply have to guess at it,

and I would not say that the buckwheat

bran, which contains the bulls and the

middlings together would probably be as

valuable, or more valuable, than wheat

bran.



Wheat middlings are no richer in pro-

tein than wheat bran, nor are they more

valuable for dairy cows, providing, of

course, you feed the ordinary roughage

like clover hay and cornstalks, or corn

silage. On the other hand, if you only

feed alfalfa hay, or clover hay, then mid-

dlings may be as valuable, perhaps more

valuable, than wheat bran. Wheat mid-

dlings are more valuable for pig feed than

wheat bran on account of their fineness

and digestibility. The hog does not like

coarse, chaffy food, like buckwheat bran,

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digested and assimilated by him. On the

other hand, the cow can properly masti>

cafe, digest and assimilate the food units

of wheat bran as well as those of mid-

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GROWING EARLY BROILERS ON THE

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The average farmer is not equipped for

raising winter chicks on a large scale.

but if he has an incubator he will find it

profitable to raise a few broilers for the

early market. To obtain the highest

prices for broilers they must be ready

for market quite early; and as it requires

from eight to twelve weeks to bring. the

young chickens to proper weight, the

incubator must be started late in Novem—

ber or early in December. Care must be

used in the selection of eggs, as they

quickly become chilled in the nests at

this season. If eggs are purchased, be

Sure you are getting them from a thor-

oughly reliable source. It is better to use

eggs from your own hens if possible.



The incubator must be placed in .a

room where the temperature can be kept

uniform. The ideal place is a cellar that

is fairly warm, but is not heated artifi-

cially. Here the temperature varies but

little day or night and it is any to regu—

late the temperature of the incubator. In

a room that is heated during the day,

but not at night, there is apt to be con-

stant trouble in keeping the incubator

properly regulated.



With proper care as good hatches can

be made in winter as at any other sea—

son, but more care is required after the

chickens are hatched. Plenty of warmth

is the first requirement. A chick once

thoroughly chilled is not apt ever to be

worth much. It may live, but it will be

stunted in growth. When the chicks are

thoroughly dry, remove them from the

incubator to a basket lined with flannel

and warmed. Transfer them at once to

the brooder and for a day or two confine

them closely to the hover. They require

nothing to eat duringthe first 48 hours

but- should have water. The temperature

of the br00der during the first week

should be kept close to 90 degrees, then

gradually lowered to 80 by the end of the

second week. The. brooder house need

not be kept warmer than 60 degrees dur~

ing the dav. and 45 to 55 at night, but it

Inustr‘beaf-r‘EE-from' drafts. The walls,

floor and rdo’f should be tight. ‘Windows

on the south side will provide ample

ventilation. ,



The first food of the chicks may be

finely ground cracker or bread crumbs

fed dry. Or a bread made of corn meal.

wheat bran and middlings, seasoned with

a little salt, may be used. Some prefer

to moisten the food with milk, but it has

been my experience that dry food is saf—

est. The digestive apparatus of a newly

hatched chick is easily deranged and a

large percentage of all chick troubles

may be traced to the use of soft food.

After the first few days a commercial

chick food may be used. As the chicks

grow older feed them cracked corn and

whole wheat. These two grains may

form the bulk of their ration, but they

should be fed a mash of ground grains

and meat scraps twice a day. A wet

mash is all right after the chickens are

four weeks old, and it is more fattening

than dry food. The object is to bring

them to the required weight as quickly

as possible. Young chickens grow fast

but are difficult to fatten. Give them

only enough exercise to keep them in

good health. When they are about eight

weeks old confine them closely and feed

heavily. By the time they are ten weeks

old they should weigh 1% to 2 lbs. apiece

and are then ready for market. The early

market demands a small, fat chicken, and

those weighing over 2 lbs. are, not wanted.



Ohio. NAT S. GREEN.





DOES POULTRY RAISING PAY?





 





I heard a farmer say the other day

that he had a great notion to quit raising

chickens; that he could buy his poultry

meat and eggs for less than they were

now costing. It is doubtful if this man,

or any other farmer, would stand by this

statement if it came to a test, so it will

be. well to sound a note of warning

against “knocking” poultry raising on the

farm.



The man who stops to think knows

that he would not buy one-fourth the

amount of poultry and eggs he uses so

liberally on his table if he had to go

down into his pocket for ready cash every

time. instead of going out into his own

poultry yard. Besides, it is not pleasant

to be paying out ready cash for products

decidedly inferior to those that could be

produced on his own farm. The buyer





' has not the advantage of ample selection





Then, again, to this payment of money

must be added the trouble of going after

the poultry. Very often the farmer is too

busy to go to the city at all, and these

are also the very times when there are

extra hands to feed, who expect (and

should have) roast and broiled chicken,

and eggs in abundance. What if such

large quantities had to be purchased in

the open market? Every farmer should

appreciate what his chickens mean to

him, and this he cannot do unless he

keeps account of the cash they save him

each year.



Illinois. Cor C. MCCUAN.





OUTDOOR WINTERING OF BEES.





 





Several weeks ago there was described

in these columns a. successful Michigan

bee man’s method of wintering bees un-

derground. Last week another writer

gave directions for wintering in cellars.

There is little question but that the

greater proportion of those who keep

bees for profit in this state practice cellar

wintering, yet it must be admitted that

both these systems have their disadvan~

tages as well as their advantages. For

instance, it must not be forgotten that

the burying of bees in the ground has not

proven successful except where it has

been possible to pit them in soil of a

sandy or gravelly nature. Likewise it is

an easy matter to have the bee cellar too

warm and too dry for good results from

this method. Either one of these systems

calls for considerable labor, and while

both are highly recommended. especially

to bee men in this latitude, some sugges—

tions with respect to outdoor wintering

would seem in order at this time.



It is possible to successfully winter bees

out of doors in this latitude. although

they must be given more protection than'

is required even in adjoining states to the

southward. The more complete the pro—'

tection from cold the smaller the risk in

outdoor wintering, since undue protection

means heavy consumption of stores, and

this, if long continued because of aI

lengthy spell of severe weather, is bound‘

to result in bowel difficulties or in heavy

losses through an attempt to relieve the

trouble by taking a cleansing flight under

conditions which prove disastrous. It

must be admitted that outdoor wintering

is somewhat hazardous if the winter

proves to be one of unusually long periods

of extreme cold. On the other hand, in a

variable winter the bees on their summer

stands are in better position to take ad-

vantage of the occasional mild day than

are thOSe stored away in a cellar.



In this latitude it is practically out of

the question to winter bees out. of (1001‘s

in single—walled hives. It is posible to

secure special double-walled hives from

the manufacturers and where an apiary

is equipped with these the wintering

problem is greatly simplified. However,

these hives are somewhat expensive and

as a general thing the farmer who keeps

a few bees does not look ahead and con-

sider the wintering proposition when

making or ordering his supply of hives.

A good substitute for the double-walled

or chaff hive can. however, be made by

constructing about the hive a box suffi-

ciently large to leave spaces of an inch

or more between the inner surfaces of the

box and the outer surfaces of the hive.

Then fill these spaces with chaff or dry

leaves, packing the filling in well. Re-

move the top of hive and the thin board

cover from over the frames. lay a couple

of half-inch strips on top of frames and

replace the cover. Then fill the upper

part of hive with the leaves or chaff.

The walls of the box should extend sev-

eral inches above top of hive. Fill the

entire space above hive and put on a

good tight cover. Contract the entrance

to about 35x6 in. and take pains to keep

it free of dead bees throughout the win-

ter. If practical to have the hives in a

row and all facing in one direction it is

a, good plan to build a rough shed over

them. The side of least exposure may be

left open but the walls and roof should

be tight enough to give good protection

from severe winds and snow. If this is

not practical the hives should be removed

to some such shelter after being packed

for winter.



No attempt should be made to winter

anything but strong, healthy colonies,

well supplied with stores, no matter What

system of wintering is employed. For

outdoor wintering 25 lbs. of good honeyis

none too much for any colony. While

bees thus wintered out of doors will con-

sume more of their supplies, they will,.on

the other hand, barring unusual condi-





 





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The Orchard! Inspector’s Pay

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for each half day, and their per diem and

other charges and disbursements here-

under, shall be audited by the township

board,_or village or city council.” In an—

other section of the same act it states

that when the inspector is informed of

trees troubled with San Jose scale, yel-

lows, other diseases mentioned, he is “to

precede at once.” In many parts of the

state ordinary farm hands are getting

two dollars per day. There, are many

men, and we admire them, who are will—

ing to leave their farm and orchard work

in the hands of a hired man and inspect

the trees of a neighbor for two dollars per

day. But we should not depend upon

such sacrifice to protect our orchards. If

the inspector is an incompetent man he

is dc'ar at this price and should be dis-

missed. If he is competent for the posi-

tion his services are worth twice the

amount allowed by the statute, to him-

self, and many times two dollars per

day to the township, village or city. It

would seem that a little change in this

section by our legislature would greatly

aid in making effectual what is otherwise

an admirable statute. It would tend to

bring an entirely different type of in-

spector to the service of the public.

Regarding Business Fruit Trees.

Many fruit trees are neither beautiful

Extended limbs without





nor convenient.



side branches gives an observer the same

chill that comes when he looks upon a

human skeleton. lligh tops dissipate en-

ergy. Business trees have their tops





down where human hands can give them

protection against the elements, and ene-



Incidentally, low top trees show

skeleton and, therefore, are more

beautiful. Cost of production is one of

the problems of business. A business

tree is one that reduces cost of producing

fruit to a minimum. considering, of

course. the quality of the product. The

form of the tree is important when prun-

ing, spraying, thinning and harvesting,

and also in protecting fruit against the





mics.

less





pressure of high winds. Low trees are

more economical when doing the above

mentioned operations, and are less ex-





posed to the winds. \Ve, therefore, de-

nominate low trees as business trees, and

it should be one aim of the business fruit

grower to get or make them.



Deep Soil.



Shallow soil is an abomination to the

gardener. It defeats his campaigns at

critical periods. On off years, when plan-

tations in general are suffering from

drought, the gardener wants crops to get

the better prices that prevail. Deep soil

helps to accomplish this. Such a soil

comes of proper handling and right drain—

age, together with its natural make-up,

of course. Proper handling consists in

adding foreign matter in the way of veg—

etable fibre and fertilizers. and in stirring

the soil well, and at the right time, and

loosening it up to a good depth. If clay

comes near the surface it requires to be

stirred but should not be brought to the

top. Some sort of sub—soil implement is

needed. Drainage should be thorough.

Tile drains are preferable to open drains

where artificial means are required, and

most good garden soils are improved by

attention along this line. A larger feed-

ing surface for the plants results from

deepening the worked soil.





 





BRA'CING A SPLIT CROTCH.





 





The illustration shows a method we

have in bracing a split crotch in an apple

tree. This brace was put in five years

ago, and it can be seen from the illustra-

tion that the tree would not now be

standing had it not been braced in some

way. At the base of the picture will be

seen a large check which extends nearly

to the ground, while a secondary one runs

up the branch at the left. The crotch is

four to five feet above the ground. It

will also be noted that at some time a

large branch was sawed off, as shown at

the base of the illustration, which did not

heal over, and decay set in, with the re—





sult that the heart became rotted and the -





tree weakened. A good “don’t” in prun-

ing can be gleaned from this illustration.

The manner of bracing the tree is nearly





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self-explaining. A large screw hook such

as is used in fastening hay pulleys to a.

beam or the floor was screwed. into the

inside of each main limb, some three feet

above the crotch. _ These were inserted by

first boring a. hole a little smaller than

the screw, so they would fit firmly when'

screwed in. Several turns of No. 9 gal-

vanized wire were then taken around

these hooks and another set around the

center of these and over the third hook.

These were then fastened and twisted

until taut, by means of a lever in the

center. This makes a firm twisted wire

rope that will last many years and stand

any strain. As the wood grows over the

screws these also become firmer each

year, and thus far have shown no signs

of loosening, and they are subjected to a

hard strain for this is a large, tall tree.

Another way would be to use bolts ex-

tending through the limbs instead of the

screws, but this would injure the tree

more and be harder to insert, as a special

hit would be needed to reach through a

large limb. The material to brace this

tree cost about 40 cents, and required

about one hour of time. Possibly the tree

could be further improved by cleaning out

the base and filling with cement.

Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.





GETTING THE STRAWBERRIES

READY FOR WINTER.



Runner growth in the strawberry beds

has now about ceased and the plants that

have not, as yet got a fair hold in the soil

will not be likely to produce root system





tages of the first plan are that the mulch

affords some protection. from the autumn

freezing and thawing,

snows come on to make the work disa-

greeable. The disadvantages are, the in-

jury to the plants by driving over the

ground before it is frozen, especially if

the field is soft or muddy, and the danger

of the plants becoming too warm beneath

the mulch should there be a late warm

fall, and be injured thereby. By applying

the mulch in December after the ground

is frozen we avoid the damage to the

plants by driving over them or by suffo-

cation, but may not have as convenient

a time to do the.work, and have a possi-

bility of a slight injury before applying

the mulch. We have always followed the

practice of putting the mulch on after the

ground is frozen. We use mostly marsh

hay, which is cut and stacked near the

patch during the summer, so there is no

hauling over bad roads, and the work can

be done in a comparatively short time.

The hay cost us about $2.00 per ton in

the stack this year. \Ve cut it with a

mowing machine on a neighbor’s marsh

about two miles away. This makes a

nice clean mulch and goes farther than

straw, but it is not as easily spread and

blows from the rows more easily, espec—

ially in the spring after the rows are un-

covered. It also lies more closely to the

plants and may injure them if put on too

thick or left too long in the spring. It

should be spread rather thinly and very

even so as not to leave bunches over the

plants, and should be partially removed

from them quite early in the spring,





 





 





This Cut Illustrates Method of





enough to become paying plants next

season. If they are not paying plants

then what are they? According to Dr.

Beal’s definition they are weeds, and the

sooner they are removed the better, pro-

viding they are close enough to crowd

other plants that are well enough rooted

to produce fruit in paying quantities. This

can be done roughly by raking over the

rows lightly with a garden rake. This

will pull many of the runners out across

the rows and take out the weak rooted

plants. Of course, it would have been

better if these plants and runners had

not been allowed to form as they have

but now that they have growri thus it

will be of some benefit to get rid of some

of them where they are too thick, even

though the remaining plants may have

already suffered from their presence.





Our beds were cleaned out and hoed

and the runners cut just before beginning

the apple picking about Oct. 1. We have

had considerable warm weather since and

some runners have grown but not enough

to thicken the rows greatly. We may go

over some of the varieties most prolific of

runners and clip them off before leaving

the beds for the winter. Further cultiva-

tion will not be necessary, as there are

no grass or weeds to speak of in the beds.

Some advise making a furrow between

the rows with a shovel plow or double

shovel cultivator with one shovel removed

in the fall where the ground is level, to

serve as reservoirs for water and ice

when the ground is frozen, aiming in this

way to prevent the water or ice from

covering the plants. On our soil we have

not been bothered by ice or water injury

and hardly think this practice necessary.

Mulching can be spread more evenly

where the ground is nearly level, and I

believe it will hold moisture better the





‘next summer.





Some prefer to apply the mulch in No-

vember before the ground freezes, while

more advise waiting until it has frozen

enough to hold up a team. The advan-





 





SupportingWeakened Crotch.





usually during early April. Where scarce

it can be raked from the patch and used

again though it will be quite fine and will

not go nearly as far as fresh hay. Sowed

corn makes a good, but rather expensive

mulch. Rye or wheat straw are better

than oat straw as they do not pack so

closely. Where mulch material can not

be obtained some grow oats in the berry

fields for a. partial mulch. Where pos-

sible I believe it is preferable to grow the

mulch somewhere else, and devote the

food in the soil entirely to the growth of

the strawberries, as they need this food

during the late summer and fall, as they

have a different season of growth from

trees, and no cover crop is needed at this

time, in fact, I believe it is a detriment.

Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.

CONTROL OF MELON AND CUCUM-

BER BLIGHT.





 





Spraying experiments have been in pro-





gress at the Connecticut Storrs Station

for six years for the control of melon

and cucumber blight. The conclusions

derived from the experiments are that

Bordeaux mixture will not completely

control the disease, but will check its de-

velopment sufficiently to permit the ma-

turing of the crop. The fungicide has an

injurious effect upon the foliage and the

flowers and in seasons of little or no

blight may decrease the yield of fruit.

The results of the six years’ experiments,

however, show that even with the injur-

ious effect it has on the plant, it pays to

spray melons and cucumbers with Bor-

deaux mixture every year as a safeguard

against disease. Half-strength Bor-

deaux mixture, 2:2:50, was found to give

as good results as the full strength mix-

ture and its injurious effect was less

pronounced.





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Auociatlonal Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmerfs most valuable asset.





Asaociational Sentiment.—

The farmer, he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.





 





NOTICE TO LOCAL CLUBS,





 





The programs of the Annual Meeting

of Dec. 6 and 7 have been mailed to the

presidents and secretaries of local Clubs.

The refusal of one of the prominent

speakers at the last minute is respon-

sible for the slight delay. Be sure to

elect your delegates, and prepare all resov

lutions your Club may wish to present

at that meeting. If the delegates will

take note of special features in their

own Club, which may be helpful to other

Clubs, and thus have condensed spicy

reports much time will be saved and in—

terest added to the Conference of Local

Club Workers to be conducted by I. R.

Waterbury, editor of the Michigan

Farmer.



Special Notice to Local Secretaries.



The report blanks and credentials were

mailed with the programs. Please fill

out blanks and return them immediately,

as the State Secretary’s report can not

be complete if you are neglectful. This

is your meeting. Come and make it a

good one. The officers and program,

however good, amount" to but little if the

Clubs and delegates are apathetic. Plan,

work and come full of enthusiasm for

the Annual Meeting of 1910. If any sec-

retaries fail to receive the credentials and

report blanks, they will be forwarded on

application. Once again, be prompt.



Mitts. C. P. JOHNSON,

Sec. M. S. A. F. C.





THE WIXOM GRANGE AND FARM-





 





ERS’ CLUB FAIR.



The second union fair held by the

Wixom Grange and Farmers’ Club was,

in may ways, a great improvement over

the one held one year ago, which shows

that the interest is growing. It was held

the last Saturday of October. Each so-





ciety raised a purse of $25, making a sum

total of $50 to be competed for by the

exhibitors. ,The prime object was to en-

courage the boys and girls to. make an

effort and prove their efficiency in raising

corn. The seed was furnished and had

to be all of the same variety.





There were





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





 





 





GRANGE P:





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Our Motto—"The Farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be

first improved."





 





WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMBERS.





BY MR8. J. J. DAVIS.





(This original poem was a feature bf

the program enjoyed by Gun Plains

Grange immediately after initiating 17

new members).



Your troubles are all ended



And your path is clear and bright,

As I welcome to our order



Each new member here tonight.

Of brothers. we have many,



And of sisters, quite a few.



I will try and introduce you

As a Granger ought to do.





As you step beneath the portals

01! Gun Plains Grange each night,

Don’t forget to stop—and whisper—

To our Enzian at the right.

We’ve Fruit and VVheat—er plenty,

Camfields to lead you through

The mysteries of our order

If you‘ve promised to be true.





Of English aristocracy

Our Grange it has its share.

As you no doubt have noticed,

We have Squiers in the chair,

Of Earls. we have a number.

Though no lords will greet you here

You'll be welcomed just as hearty,

So you need not shed a tear.





Then come Myers, Morgan, Moran.

And McDonald, Kershaw, Brown.

But we miss our brother Thompson

“"110 has moved away to town.

There is Fenner. Ives and Bumble,

And there's Potter, Green and Haight,

But perhaps you will be tired

For I see ’tis getting late.





We have Dugan, Hoy and Farnum,

Then come Hazlcwood and Howe.

But maybe you won’t remember,

If I tell them all just now.

We have Bushroe and Burchett,

Then there's Morrisey and Hall,

But I was told to hurry

So, I cannot name them all.





Our brothers are the stile-ish ones,

But the sisters do not care.



The only art they study

Is how to enter there.



So if by chance they happen

To be tardy at the gate



They pause—and whisper softly——

“Brother W'heater, am—I—latc?"





 





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





 





Ironton Grange, of Charlevoix Co., will

conduct a contest and auction of things

made by the sisters, on Tuesday evening

before Thanksgiving. The brothers de-

cxded to have a hunting match, Eugene





 





 





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Your fur goods will cost you less than

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Get our illustrated catalog which

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THE ROWE CALK SELLING 00., Hartford, Conn.





 





 





 





 





Scene at Grange and Farmers’ Club Fair, Held at Wlxom, Oakland County, Mich.





twice the number of contestants that

there were one year ago.



In addition to what the boys and girls

did. the older ones contributed a variety

of products which added to the volume of

the show and increased interest to those

who came to see what is being accomp-

,lished.



The attendance was large. In the af—

ternoon there were platform exercises

consisting of demonstration work show-

ing how woolen yarn was made in earlier





days, beginning with carding wool into

rolls. spinning the yarn, reeling it and

winding it into skeins. An interesting





feature was a demonstration of seed se-

lection of oats, corn, beans. etc. Another

was testing milk for butter—fat with a

Babcock tester.



If the benefits that can be derived

from such fairs were more fully under-

stood, we have reason to believe that

many more Granges and Clubs would

hold them. It gives the boys and girls

an opportunity to do something which

will give them a chance to learn some

very essential facts While doing it, also

enabling them to see the great advan-

tages in selecting the best corn for seed,

caring for it in the proper manner, en-

riching and fitting the seed-bed, planting

and tending the crop well from the time

seed is put in until it is harvested and

the best ears selected and shown at the



\ fair. It is a good educator and undoubt-

.. edly will lead to methods that will do

i. much ‘ toward solving the problem of.

‘iiljt'eeping the boys on the farm.





Lewis and Edward Jones being appointed

captains. One candidate was given the

first and second degrees at the meeting

of Oct. 25.



Gun Plains Grange, No. 1281, of Aile-

gan Co., is not only alive but booming

At our meeting Nov. 2, a class of 17 was

instructed in the third and fourth de-





grees. A banquet was served to 63

members, besides other persons—about

7'.) in all. Frank Evans. acting as toast-





master, in a» few well chosen remarks in-

troduced the several speakers, who called

forth the laughter and cheers of the

company. The Grange was presented to

the new members in an original poem by

Mrs. J. J. Davis. Our members respond

heartily to the lecturer’s call, which adds

greatly to the interest and success of the

meetings. \Ve now number about 80.

Another class is waiting for admittance

and we hope to bring our membership up

to the 100 mark before spring—Mrs. E.

T. Wheater. ,





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COMING EVENTS.





 





Michigan State Grange,

finpéial Session, at Traverse City, Dec.

' Pomona Meetings.





Emmet Co., at Harbor Springs, Friday,





Nov. 25.

Lenawee Co., in Adrian, Thursday,

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Jackson 00.. at I. o. o. F, hall, in Jack-

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THE ROWE CALK SELLING C0.





 





 





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First. ten requests from each town will be accompanied by split. samples of

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Horseshoe": Protected.





I (lid not lose one all Winter.

11 the same slum. and they usually “build out-

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MAN WANTED





F armer’s Son Preferred.

To take charge of the sale of our

goods in your own or adjoining





county. Steady work guaranteed.



A healthful, pleasant and profi-

table business.



References required.

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Box M, Winona, Minnesota.





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I will send you a Harman Special Alectride Farm Tool Grinder, with ten Grinding

Attachments, right to your farm for an absolutely free free trial lasting ten days.

I will guarantee that this Alectride Grinder will not draw the temper from the steel.





I don’t want you to send me any money—not a cent. I want to make you an offer SO liberal that you “i





simply cannot afford to refuse it.



I will give you the use of this magnificent outfit tor ten days absolutely FREE—no red tape, no papers to

sign, no obligations of any nature. Just get the outfit use it for ten days just as though it were your own, on your

own work, sharpen your sickles, plowshares, cultivator shovels, scythes, axes—anything that is dull—then, if you





wish, return it to me at my expense.





Now, I want to tell you why I am making this offer





We know that every progressive, up—to—date farmer realizes the advantage of always having sharp, bright tools

to work with. You know how much more work can be done with tools which are always in good condition. You

know how much easier your work is and how much longer your tools last. You know all these things and yet— ;;

you DO sometimes work with dull tools, don’t you P ' ' ' ‘



I want to prove to you that you can easily keep all your farm tools in good condition all the time with this

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One Fine Grinding . heel (Improved).

One Coarse Grinding Wheel (Improved)

One Harman Special Oil Stone'flmproved)

One Saw Gummer (Improved)



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One Scythe Stone (New)



One Harman Special Razor Hone (New)

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Read These Letters of Praise





NOT An Emery Wheel





And Alectride is the most wonderful abrasive in the world, even hard

enough to scratch the diamond. It IS really manufactured precious stones,

for it is made of the very same substances which go to make up the sapphire and the ruby.

Alectride is the most perfect grinding substance known. It is just as much harder than

emery as emery is harder than ordinary chalk. A grinding wheel made entirely of pulver-

ized South African diamonds would not grind one bit better or faster than the genuine

Alectride wheels which we furnish with this superb machine.

Alectride is manufactured in the most terriiiic heat which man has ever been able to

roduce. A heat so great that it will actually burn up a common brick like so much gunpowder. And

no this incomparable heat is produced Alectride. It is the heat in which the worlds were 0 ed.

Every one of the beautiful irridescent, needle-like crystals is so hard that it will actually scrat the

diamond itself. It is these crystals which are crushed up and made into the grinding Wheels. It is

these inconceivably hard and sharp crystals which cut through the hardest steel more easily than the

finest emery wheel will cut through soft copper.





SAVES TIME-EFFORT—MONEY!





You can do the same work in two minutes on an Alectride wheel that would take you at least half

an hour on a. grindstone, and do it better. And you can operate the Harman Special Farm Tool

Grinder for half an hour with less effort than would be required in running a grindstone for two

minutes. Alectride will grind 25 times faster than a grindstone and 8 times faster than an emery wheel.



We want to prove these things to you at our expense. We want to send you the Harman

Special Tool Grinder for a ten days’ trial right on your own farm. See for yourself how it will grind

and sharpen every tool on your farm. See for yourself that it is time to throw away the grindstone.

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IIMIMAII IiIiIIIDEI'I REGOMMEIIIIED

BY GOVERNMEQT OFFICIALS

Supt. of Indian School Add. Ill.



Praise to The! oerhousande of

Farmers All Over the Country

Department of the Interior, U. 5. Indian

Service. \«Vahpeton Indian School.

Walipeton. N. D. '

HARMAN SUPPLY CO., Chicago.

Sirs: The tool grinder shipped to this

school has given good satisfaction and

appears to be as guaranteed by you. I

am enclosing photograph of the school





and buildings, and you may use same .





and recommendation as you desire.

Very respectfully,

\V. C. RANDOLPH.

Sam. and 59/. Dub. Ag'f.





Government recommendation

moan. oomethlnz. 77:: Harman

Grinder was firrt terted (arc/idly.

approved andpurrhascd. Now, qftcr

it [an been used andpro'I/cd it: worth

in hard everyday grinding and pol-

air/ting and has born approved by of-

ficial: who are slow to praise units:

they KNOlV—don't you think that

you should at least 7'18 Y this grind-

er when you (on do so at no expat“

toyourrr/fand no risk? T/zegri‘ndrr

11/ US 7‘ make good to your entire rat-

irfach'on or we want you to send it

back. 11/ rile for the grinder today

and me how much mono it 1011141111:

an Y0 UR farm.





Most Useful Machine on

Farm





I must say the grinder is tarahead of

anything I expected it to be. No more

hand power grindsiones for me. When

I want to sharpen anything I go and

do it without chasing up the second

party to turn the stone. Notbeinz used

to sharp tools. three of my family have

slight mementos on their fingers and I

touched myself slightly this afternoon.





It Farmers Knew All

Would Buy ’





I don't think any farmer would be

without one of your grinders on his

iarm after he has an opportunity to try

one. I think it is the brst machine of

the kind I ever saw. The Bone that!

received with my machine is the best

stone I ever used. and I have used a

great many different kinds. I have

tried nearly ever thing that needs

sharpening on a. rm on this grinder

and t has proven satisfactory In every

ease. EMRY BUNNELL.



.R. R. No. 1. Nevada. Ohio.





Beats Anything I Ever Saw



Your Grinder is just what every man

that has tools to grind should have. I

am well satisfied with the grinder It

beats any grinder I ever saw or used.

Enclosed find check to pay “WWW



EBER De N. /

R. F. D. No. 3. Onion. Ia.

Seven Days Enough to

Prove Worth



1 have had the grinder lust seven

days and that is enough to show me

that it is more than you say it is. and I

have tried it on everything that I could.

and It beats the old grindstone all hol-

low. and I think you will make more

sales around here. as there he been

quite a few of my neighbors who have

seen my grinder work.



BERT LEWIS.

Box 20. Larchmod. [0106.





Would Not'l‘ake Twice Price





After ten days' free trial with your

Grinder I can say that I am well

pleased with It and would not take

more than twice the price for it If I

could not get another ll I: It. .



V. V. MAXSON. 1

West Point. Mm.





My boy calls it “Pop's” bicycle. Ve





true that statement that you can use?‘

365 days a year. I gummcd a cross-

cut. sharpened some knives and a.

hatchet. I am satisfied that it is the





most useful tool or equal to any tool the

farmer or anybody else has on his

pace. . . YLE,

Orr/turd Farm, W::t_‘fi:1d. Illa“.





 





Alectride wheels are so much harder than the hardest steel that no amount of grinding seems to

have the slightest effect on them. Alectride will cut the biggest steel file you have in two in five.

seconds. We give a lasting, binding guarantee with our tool grinder.





Alectride will NOT draw the temper from the steel!

Alectride wheels‘will not wear in spots or become lop-sided. They S E N D





will not glaze over. They are not only hard, but they are equally hard

throughout. There are no soft spots in an Alectride wheel. Alec-

tride wheels will not draw the temper of the finest tool. . lhe reason

for this is that Alectride docs not heat the article which is being ground as

does an emery wliccl or grindstonc. Alectride cuts and cuts quickly—it cuts so

quickly that the steel does not have time to heat.





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.Dept. 3638, 160 Harrison St., Chicago, Ill.





Without any obligations on me please send me FREE your

catalog explaining your Alectride Special Farm Tool Grinder, also

full particulars of your {on days’ FREE Trial Offer, also the inter-

esting story of Alectride.





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Another Man Who Know: a

Good Grinder



I received your Grinder the 15th and

have ivcn it a. thorough test. It is

much tter than I expected. which is

enough to say I am well pleased with

It. I would not sell It for double the

cost and do without one.



R. B. COLEMAN.

3¢mwl¢. Va.





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Name You will be amazed at the wonderful results you will get from using Alectride. Anything you

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