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VOL. CXXXV. No. 22.

Whole Number 3523.





DETROIT, Mica. SATURDAY. Nov. 26, mo.





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FARM NOTES.





Kafir Corn Alfalfa.





I am thinking of planting some sugar

cane or kafir corn in my field corn that

I intend for the silo next summer; that

is, ‘going through after corn has been

drilled and up and planting in the sugar

cane or kafir corn, as it seems to me the

two would ripen about alike then and it

would supply a lot of the protein lacking

in the corn and make a more balanced

ration. Also, I have an old apple orchard

that I had in potatoes this summer; the

first time that it has been plowed for 20

years. In that time it has been used.for

sheep and hog pasture, and is very rich.

What I wish to know is if it would be all

right to seed to alfalfa in the spring, as

I wish to get it seeded for hog pasture.

There is about five acres of it, and by

putting a. fence through the center I can

keep one side seeded by re-plowing and

seeding when killed out by hogs. I put

out a small patch this spring, the first

time I have ever sowed it. I used pure

culture to inoculate and have a very good

inoculated stand, considering the shape

the ground was in. .



St. Joseph Co. ’ M. O. L.



‘There would be no object in planting

kafir corn with the field corn intended for

the making of ensilage to produce a bet-

ter ration, since kafir corn does not con-

tain sufficient protein to balance up the

excess of carbohydrates in the corn, and

there would be considerable difficulty ex-

perienced in getting a stand of the kafir

corn in with the other corn on account

of the fact that it is slower to start, hav-

ing ’a smaller seed with less nourishment

stored in it to push the young plant until

its roots get well established. The only

form of sugar cane that could be grown

for this purpose would be sorghum, which

would be open to the. same objection, it

being a carbonaceous food like corn, the

only difference being that the excess of

carbohydrates is present in the stalk in

the form of saccharine matter instead of

in the grain in the form of starch. Ex-

perience has demonstrated that there is

no plant for the making of ensilage as

good as the larger varieties of corn and

that it is cheaper to balance up this ra~

tion' with clover and alfalfa hay and such

conCentrates as may be needed than it is

to produce a crop for ensilage which will

give the nutrients in the proportion need-

ed for our farm animals.



This old orchard would seem to be to

the writer in the very best condition to

seed to alfalfa. The

growing of a. crop of po-

taot'es [on an old sod is

the best possible prepara—

tion for this crop and if

the ground is fitted for

the alfalfa in the spring

without plowing there

will not be as many

weeds to contend with as

though the ground were

plowed, since the cultiva-

tion of the potatoes

should eliminate them

quite thoroughly. There

is no forage plant which

compares with alfalfa for

hog pasture and if you

get a good stand there

will be no necessity of

reseeding it often. The

best way to handle a field

of alfalfa for hog pasture

is to divide it into a num-

ber "of, small lots so ar~

ranged that the hogs may

be fed from a barrel cart

or wagon along the side

of the field, and portable

nests placed at the oppo-

site end of the field. By

having a number of these

small lots the hogs can

be evenly divided as to

age and- size and fed to

better advantage. There

is no doubt but that a





ing plant and electric call bells to bedrooms.

ment walks four feet wide.





good alfalfa pasture will reduce the cost

of gains materially, and is the best in-

vestment a swine breeder can make.

Sorghum Grindings as a Fertilizer.

Would the sorghum grindings from a

mill be any good as manure? How would

it be, compared With cornstalk manure?

What kind of land could it« be used the

best on? These grindings that I speak

of were ground out this fall and could be

drawn in early winter. Are there any

acids in sorghum grindings that would

be injurious to the land? .

Lenawee Co. E. L. F.

There seems to be no scientific data





acid would probably be developed in its

fermentation in a pile at the mill, it prob

ably would not be much more acid than

ensilage, and if drawn and spread on sod

ground to be plowed down next spring we

do not 'believe there would be any ser—

ious danger of damage to the fertility of

the soil from this cause. In any case a

light application of lime should eliminate

any danger on this score, the lime to be

applied‘ after the land is plowed and

worked into the surface of the soil as it

is being fitted for a crop. Considerable





 





 





Field of Sugar Beets on Farm of J. J. Hirst, of Saginaw Co. Yield 15 Tons Per Acre.





available regarding the fertilizing value

of the grindings from a. sorghum mill,

probably because this waste product is

not sufficiently plentiful to attract the

attention of experimenters to its eco-

nomic usefulness. It would appear ,to the

writer, however, that this waste would

be well worth hauling a short distance

and spreading on the land. While some





vegetable matter would be secured to in-

crease the humus content of the soil by

an application of these sorghum grind-

ings, as the stalks contain a good deal of

fiber, and of course some plant food

would be present in them. But as the

grindings would contain a good deal of

moisture one could not afford to draw

them too great a distance. It is simply





 





 





Farm Residence of Chas. H. Jessup, of Gratlot Co. Heated with steam, supplied with hot and cold water, light-

Lawn is terraced with a Concrete wall and provided with ce—





a proposition for experimentation, like a.

great many others which come up in up-

to-datc farming, and it would undoubtedly

be profitable to try it out on a small

scale at least, since no source of vege-

table matter is available at small cost

should be neglected as an aid to keep the

soil in a good mechanical condition, es—

pecially when some plant ,food can be

secured at the same time.





The Use of Com for Green Manure.





Please advise me through The Farmer





what would be the value of corn fodder

when plowed under green on the sandy

pine stump land of Newaygo Co. Also





I have, about two acres where once there

was evidently a lake but now is dry a.

portion of the time and wild grasses grow

on it. The soil is black and resembles in

appearance well rotted manure. Would

this be of enough benefit to sandy upland

soil to pay to haul it out?



Newaygo Co. F. W, P.



A rank growing crop like corn should

not be plowed under in its green state

for the reason that in the fermentation ~

which will follow, an acid condition of

the soil is apt to be developed. Corn has,

however, been used as a means of adding

needed humus to the soil by some of our

most progressive specialists. The late

R. S. Kellogg used corn extensively in

preparing the soil for the growing of

strawberries and strawberry plants of a

high grade. His method was to give it

a very liberal cover of stable manure,

then sow the corn broadcast quite thick“

1y, letting it grow as large as it would

and then cut it with a mowing machine

and let it lie on the ground all winter

or using it as a mulch on his strawbcra

ries and then plowing it down the fol—

lowing year to supply a. larger amount of

vegetable matter to the soil. Corn was

used because it was possible with liberal

fertilization to grow a greater amount of

vegetable matter than could be produced

in a single season by the use of any

other crop. However, on sandy soil some

other crop would probably be better for

this purpose, as corn planted or sown

thickly would not attain a large growth

without some supplementary fertilization.

If this kind of soil needs more humus and

will not readily grow clover, vetch may

be given a trial but an ordinary crop

such as rye will be a good crop to begin

with for blowing down to increase the

vegetable matter in the

soil. As soon as the clov-

ers can be successfully

grown they ought to be

used for this purpose, us-

int? 3. short crop rotation

so that the crop will come

as frequently as possible

in the rotation, preferably

as often as once in three

years, since it will add

“"t 'mly Vegetable matter

but also plant food to the





soil, therefore aiding to

keep it in a. fertile

condition. It is import-





ant that any soil be kept

in a good mechanical con—

dition as well as supplied

with actual plant food,

and this is especially true





with a. sandy soil which

feels the effect of the

drought quickly unless





wcil supplied with vege-

table matter.



It is not likely that it

Would be profitable to

draw this black soil to

spread on the sandy land

unless it can be done

quite cheaply. Muck soils

furnish vegetable matter

and some plant food but

it is not readily available.

It might, however, pay to

experiment on a small,
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square and note the results secured, since

knowledge gained in this way is much

more dependable than even information-

regarding the results secured by others

under different conditions.



Making Concrete Blocks.



Will a hollow cement block be affected

by freezing if the 'shell is but one inch

thick? Can concrete be made with sand

and cement that is substantial for blocks

or solid walls?



Eaton Ce. L. B.



In the making of concrete blocks the

shell surrounding the hollow space in the

middle of the block is usually made about

two inches thick, experience having dem-

onstratcd that this is about the right

thickness to give sufficient body to the

wall. it the best of materials are used a

shell one inch in thickness might be all

right for light construction work, but

the extra material would not be a large

expense and in permanent construction of

this kind it is better to be on the safe





side. The materials for making good

concrete blocks should be good sharp

sand, coarser aggregates of gravel and





Portland cement. There should be just

enough sand to fill the spaces between

the gravel and just enough cement to fill

the interstices between the grains of sand

for economical construction. If concrete

is made from sand and cement alone,

much more cement must be used in pro-

portion to make good concrete than where

the coarser aggregates are present in the

proper proportion.





 





 





STORING SEED CORN.





 





St‘t‘tl corn is probably about all select-

ed at this time. but it is possible that

some of it is not arranged for storing or

curing, or if it is that it is not arranged

where it will cure to the best advantage,

and in such a manner as to insure even

and perfect germination. Possibly a des-

cription of the manner in which we cure

our seed corn will be of interest. and may

give a hint to some whose corn is not in

the best available place for curing.



Our seed is sclcctcd while husking.

Possibly it would be better to select from

the standing stalk. but it is not as con-

venient, and so far as the car is con—

cerned better specimens can he obtained

in this manner, where the crop is husked

hv hand, as one has a choice of the en-

tire crop. It is also possible to note the

style of stalk before selecting the car and

to judge nearly as well of its character—

istics as when standing.



The cars desired for seed are broken off

so as to leave a few husks on them as

markers. and thrown at the side of the

pile or crate. “’e used to tie a bunch of

these together by the husks and hang

them in the attic over the crib. but con-

cluded that this did not give the center

cars a good chance to dry out. in fact,

this was proven on one season when the

corn did not mature well. “'e now throw

these seed cars into crates when picking

up the corn, and set these crates in the

furnace room of the cellar if it is cool

enough so a fire is kept most of the

time. if not they are left in the attic over

the corn crib which can be opened at

both ends so a draft will blow through.



As soon as time pcrmits. which is usu-

ally the first rainy or stormy day during

husking time, these ears are sorted, the

husks removed. and the ears tied on

twine strings by the common method of

passing the twine around each side of the

car at the center. tying a half knot, then

putting in another ear. and so on until

the string is as long as desired. These

strings are then hung to nails driven into

the joist behind and over the furnace.

where they dry evenly and quickly, and

are never subjected to a freezing tem-

perature. By suspending some distance

below the ceiling they are also out of the

way of the mice. L



In selecting our seed corn we usually

st-lcct two to four times as much as will

likely be necded then before tying up. this

is resorted. the cars which conform most

nearly to our ideal being tied and hung

by themselves. These are used for our

own planting. \Vc usually save enough

of the balance one year so that if there

should be a poor season such as we had a

few years ago we would have old seed

corn. The rest of the corn is sold for

sccd purposes. On some seasons we have

selected eight or ten times as much as

needed in this way, and hung the surplus

amount, tied in the same way. on rafters

over the corn crib. They usually dry out

well here befOre freezing weather.



The strings used in tying up the corn

can be saved and used again for a num-

ber of years if one is careful in removing

the cars so as to leave the openings in

the string as they are. The ears can

then he slipped into them the next year.





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THE " MICHIGAN FARMERS l. '





There are a. number of excellent com

racks in use by many which may be more

convenient for some, and will keep the

corn in excellent condition, but no better

than by the string method. It is simply

a question of convenience and keeping it

from the mice. One of these is made by

making a frame of two-by-fours like a

window frame and covering it on both

sides with poultry netting. The ear is

thrust through this netting so that an

end rests in the netting on each side.

This gives an excellent circulation and

no cars touch each other. This rack may

be suspended from the ceiling or set on

mouse-proof legs as desired.



Another form of rack is to take a pole

of soft wood and drive nails or spikes

around it far enough apart each way to

accommodate the butts of cars. The butts

of the ears are thrust over these nails

and the pole suspended or pun on a stan-

dard as desired. By selecting a pole of

considerable diameter quite a number of

ears can be placed in a circle around it.



Calhoun Co, S. B. HARTMAN.





A LONG EXPERIENCE WITH AL-

FALFA, ~





 





About twenty-five years ago I com—

menced to grow alfalfa on a small scale.

I first sowed two acres on a- light soil,

getting a very good stand. I ‘cut it for

hay two or three years. finally cutting

a crop of seed from it and then used it

for hog pasture. During this time we had

some of the most severe droughts I have

evcr seen, all vegetation being practi-

cally burned up by the hot sun, except

that alfalfa, which was abOut two feet

high and green as a leek. Some of my

neighbors came to look at it and agreed

that no drouth could affect it. We dug

down to see how deep the roots went,

and got two or three roots six feet long.

After using this piece of alfalfa for a hog

pasture for a number of years, the hogs

finally killed it out by eating off the

crowns. The seed which I threshed from

the cutting of seed saved on the first

field I sowed on another piece, seeding

four acres. I didn‘t get a very good stand,

and after cutting it for bay for a few

years plowed it up and planted the field

to corn. That was six years ago, and this

year I found quite a few of the old roots

growing as thriftily as ever on some of

the clay knolls. My farm is a little roll-

ing and on the clay knolls it is a hard

matter to get rid of the alfalfa entirely.

My farm consists of 16 acres and I have

seeded in all about 75 acres to alfalfa

since I first commenced to experiment

with it and have 20 acres in alfalfa at the

present time. I wanted to know where

it would grow and where it would not. I

did not sell any of my seed for the reason

that some were afraid the crop would not

succeed and others were afraid they could

not get rid of it if they got a successful

stand. Elevator men would not buy it.

as they said there was no demand for it.

until about three years ago. So I kept

on sowing it. but in recent years have had

a hard time to keep any of it for myself.



Lapeer Co. R“ M. MICHAEL





THE DOUBLE ACTION DISK OR C T-

AWAY HARROW.





It is claimed by some that the double-

action (disc or cutaway) barrows do

double the work of a single—acting har-

row with no more draft. I would like

your opinion as to this as well as your

subscribers who have used both, as I

would like to use one if they are really

as effectiVe as above stated, even though

more horses have to be used.



Muskegon CO. C. L. E.





I have never had experience in using

these double action disk barrows. but I

have seen the tools and I have a neighbor

who owns and used one this summer,

and likes it very much, but I never heard

any one claim before that they did not

run any harder. That is, that it took

no more power to pull them, than it did

to pull a single action disk or cutaway

barrow. This would not look reasonable

to me. I would have purchased one of

these barrows before, had I not been well

stocked with ordinary disks or cutaway

barrows. There isn’t any doubt in my

mind, but what it would leave the ground

level, and in nice shape, but you couldn't

make me believe that a double action

disk barrow pulls no harder than a single

one, any more than you could make me

believe that a two—bottom plow doesn’t

pull any harder than a single-bottom

plow. You can fit your ground without

lapping half, as you do with the other

barrow, and leave it smooth, but if you

set the barrow to dig, it is going to pull

harder than a single action barrow. This

certainly stands to reason. However, I

believe these are good tools.



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NOV. 26, 1910.





FENCE POSTS FROM AN OSAGE

ORANGE HEDGE.





 





\Ve have an osage hedge that was trim-

med up to about the height of one‘s head.

The intention of this pruning was to get

some of the osage trees in this hedge large

enough for fence posts. Many of them

are now from three to five inches through

at the base, and in a few years with one

or two more prunings should make one

medium and one small post each. While

we have not tried these posts we know of

those who have, and who claim that they

will last as long as locust, which means

a good many years.



True, it is quite a job to trim out an

old hedge, and not a very agreeable one,

but it is a job that can be done in the

winter when work is slack. If the hedge

is used as a fence this interferes with its

function in this respect, for a time or

until sprouts grow again, but a temporary

fence can be fastened to the trees. In

our case, the hedge lies along a railroad,

and the road keeps up a wire fence here.

They also keep one side of the hedge cut,

and last spring trimmed off the secondary

sprouts so a new fence could be put up.

Not every one who has a hedge will have

a railroad company to trim it, but even

where used as a. fence along a highway,

I believe the plan is feasible. The fence

is not needed here all of the time, and the

pruning can be so timed that the sprouts

will fill up the open spaces between the

trunks while the field is pastured.



One great disadvantage of a hedge is

its greed for nourishment and water,

thereby robbing the crops near it. This

is well illustrated by the blackberry patch

next to the hedge. The nearest row of

blackberries is 12 to 15 feet from this

hedge, yet it is almost a failure, and does

not produce half as much fruit as the

other rows. The sprouts continue to come

up here also, and the hedge harbors pes-

tiferous weeds.



The worst thing this hedge harbors,

however, is the San Jose scale. This in-

sect thrives and propagates on the osage

orange, and it is difficult to keep it off

the fruit trees which are near the hedge.

For this reason I think we shall try to

dispose of the part along the orchard as

soon as the trees are large enough to cut

for posts. The scale does not seem to

kill any trees outrightmif it did it would

be a boon to some farmers who let the

tree agent plaster their roadsides with

usage hedges at a good price, which they

have paid many times over in keeping

them trimmed, and which they would give

again to have them removed. No, the

San Jose scale is not equal to the task

of killing one. of these hedges, though it

will kill some branches. but others take

their places faster than the scale'can

work. True, we might spray the hedge,

but this doesn't look like a paying prop-

osition.



Now, I do not want to be construed as

advocating the planting of osage orange

hedges for fence posts. Locust or Catalpa

speciosa would be better for this, but

where one already has overgrown hedges

in suitable places I believe they can be

made to yield something in the way of

fence posts and stakes by putting a little

labor on them, but I would never plant

them for this purpose. It is simply a.

method ot‘ turning a nuisance to the best

account.





THE MICHIGAN FARMERT'





enough in the business to apply fertilizer

that liberally for the potato crop. Per-

haps it would not pay them to do so, but

even if not more than 500 to 1,000 lbs.

per acre is applied, and this fertilizer is

well distributed and well mixed with the

soil, the results will be more apt to be

satisfactory than if a small quantity is

applied in the hill. The potato plant is

a plant which requires plenty of avail-

able plant food readily at hand. It is

not a close gleaner of plant food like





 





some of the grain crops, rye for instance,

and leaves plenty of available fertility inl

the soil for the crop which follows it,i

which is one reason why it requiresl

heavy fertilization for the growing of

maximum crops. There is no doubt that

it would pay Michigan potato growers as





 





a class to experiment on a small scale at





least in the liberal fertilization of the soill





for this crop, if they

enough in the proposition to follow the





have not faith l





example of eastern growers who find

this to be a. profitable course. Then, by

comparing the results with the crop se-

cured on the balance of the field they





would get some really valuable ideas. Off

course, a single experiment will not settle

the matter, since weather conditions havei





a great influence on the eflicienCy of fer-

tilizers, and the same is true of soil con-

ditions, the best results being secured on

a soil that is in good mechanical condi-

tion. But the point that the writer would

urge is that the best way to get informa-

tion along this line is to try it out under

the local conditions with which the indi—

vidual farmer is confronted.





GENERAL REVIEW OF CROP CONDI-

TIONS.





 





The harvests of 1910 have been practi-

cally completed, with results exceeding

the expectations during the growing pe-





 





riod. Preliminary estimates have been

made of the production of most ,of the

important crops, from which it appears,

that the aggregate production of crops in

1910 is approximately 7.6 per cent great-i

er than the crops of 1909—and about 9.13

per cent greater than the average annual

production of the preceding five years. ‘



The aggregate of this year's crop pro~‘l

duction in each state, based upon pre-.

liminary estimates, is given below; the

first figure after each state indicates the

total crop production in 1910, as com-

pared with total production in 1909, the

second figure indicates production in 1910,

compared with the average production in





the preceding five years; 100 representingE





last year's production in





100 representing the average annual pro-I





duction of the preceding five years in the

second.



Maine, 120, 114; New Hampshire, 128,

115; Vermont, 118, 117; Massachusetts,

113, 110; Rhode Island, 113, 107; Connec~

ticut, 118, 118; New York. 114, 109; New

Jersey, 119, 113; Pennsylvania, 119, 109.



Delaware, 147, 134; Maryland, 122, 110;

Virginia, 118, 121; West Virginia, 99, 112;

North Carolina, 116, 123; South Carolina,

115, 133; Georgia, 104, 111;

106, 116.



Ohio, 104, 110; Indiana, 107, 115: Illinois,

104, 115; Michigan, 98. 108; Wisconsin,

82, 85; Minnesota, 90, 111; Iowa, 107, 105;

Missouri, 111, 113; North Dakota, 40, 47;

South Dakota, 84, 98; Nebraska, 99, 96;

Kansas, 95, 95.



Kentucky, 101, 113; Tennessee, 118, 117;

Alabama, 130, 120; Mississippi, 134, 120;

Louisiana, 116, 116; Texas, 143, 113; Okla-

homa, 115, 101; Arkansas, 131, 125.





Florida,





Montana, 89, 160; Wyoming, 102, 149;

Colorado, 79, 93; New Mexico, 83, 119;

Arizona, 76, 98; Utah. 98. 106; Nevada,





149, 183; Idaho, 95, 120: Washington, 82,

93; Oregon, 102, 111; California, 122, 116.

The preliminary estimates of production

in 1910, with comparisons, of such crops

as have been estimated quantitatively by

the Bureau of Statistics, with their aver—

age farm prices on November 1. 1910, and





 





 





Calhoun CO- S- 13- HARTMAN- November 1, 1909, are as follows:

Production, (000 omitted). Price (a).



1910 Av. 5 Yrs. Nov. 1 Nov. 1



Crops. Preliminary 1909. 1904—1908. 1910. 1909.



Corn .......... bu. 3,131,381 2,772,376 2,695,517 52.6 62.2

Wheat . . ...... bu. 691,769 737,189 655,866 90.5 99.9



Oats .......... bu. 1,096,396 1,007,353 874,863 34.9 41.0

Barley b...u.158.138 170,284 155,134 61.5 53.3



Rye ....... .bu. 32,088 32,239 30,504 71.6 73.6

Buckwheat . . .bu. 17,084 17,438 14,880 65.9 71.6

Flaxseed ......bu. 15,050 25,856 25,822 229.4 139.8



. Potatoes ...... bu. 328,787 376,537 295,707 55.7 57.8



Hay .........t0nS 60.116 64,938 62,570 $11.96 $10.35

Tobacco ......lbs. 967,150 949,357 678,422



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Macomb Co. SUBSCRIBER.





In the writer’s opinion the best way to

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Prices for important crops averaged on

Nov. 1 about 5.4 per cent lower than a

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104.9; sorghum, 104.6; asparagus, 102.5;

peanuts, 102.5; cabbages, 100.2; lima.

beans, 100.0.



Kafir corn, 99.1; pears. 98.9; beans

(dry). 98.8; cantaloupes, 97.3; watermel—





ons, 97.0; onions, 96.5: hemp, 95.5; toma-

toes, 93.7; clover seed, 93.6: strawber-





ries, 91.5.

Grapes, 88.2.; apples, 85.8; millet seed,

85.7; raspberries, 78.0; blackberries, 76.6.





The condition of other crops, compared

with average conditions. at or near time

of gathering. was as follows:



Sugar cane, 104.1; rice, 102.3; sugar

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I The common opinion that sheep should

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They will hold anything from the strongest unruly

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them clean and comfortable. Save your feed—your

time—your temper by starting right.



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THE MICHIGAN FARMERq





THE RELATION OF LIVE STOCK

FEEDING TO SUCESSFUL

FARMING..





 





Stock feeding in this country is con-

fined chiefly to the corn raising states.

While other states feed live stock it is

not carried on so extensively as in such

states as Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and

the other states of the corn belt. Some

states are noted for the raising and feed—

ing of cattle and hogs, while others are

noted for the sheep and lamb industry

carried on within their borders. Those

farmers that live in that great rich area

known as the corn belt of the United

States are so situated that they can feed

to a. better profit than those living in

oher states, because their corn is worth

less per bushel. The farmer of cenral

Indiana or Illinois or Iowa can raise 75

or more bushels of shelled corn to the

acre, while in Michigan one-half that

amount is considered a good crop. There-

fore it may be readily seen that from a

financial standpoint the corn belt farmer

may be more successful in live stock

feeding than those who engage in such an

enterprise in adjoining states. He may

also feed more stock on the same sized

farm, because he can raise more grain

per acre.



Generally farmers who feed stock upon

their farms are successful farmers, but

not all successful farmers need be stock

feeders. Some farms seem to be espec-

ially adapted to the raising of wheat

alone, and their owners are very success-

ful in following that line of production;

but such farms in this state are not very





cents; phosphoric acid, seven cents, and

potash 4.5 cents per lb. From experi-

ment stations we learn that the value

of the fertilizing elements in one ton of

corn is $6.74 and in a ton of wheat bran

$13.48. This means that the farmer, who

harvests a ton of corn and seeks to re-

turn to the field the same amount of fer-

tility that the corn took from the land,

must pay $6.74 for commercial fertilizers

to be even.



It is estimated that barn-yard manures

have a value of about two-thirds that of

commercial fertilizers, therefore the care—

ful saving of farm manures and their

judicial application to the soil are vital

factors in farming operations, and as es-

sential to continued success as plowing

the land or planting the crop.



The following table gives us some idea

of the production and value of the ma-

nure produced by the animals on our

farms for a year:





Niiro. P. Acid. Potash. Value.



lbs. lbs. lbs.

Horse ..... 125.2 47.8 43.2 $24.06

Cow ....... 170.6 26. 107.6 32.25

Sheep ..... 8.4 5.6 14.3 2.29

Pig ........ 11.9 10.6 11.9 3.06

This table contains the value of the





solid and liquid manures. These can not

all be saved unless we have concrete

floors and storage tanks for the manure

but this would certainly pay. Thousands

of dollars worth of fertility burns up and

washes away from our barn yards and

barns every year. I feed a great deal

under 00ver on concrete floors and am

thinking strongly of making roofs and

feeding everything under cover so as to

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plentiful and sooner or later their owners

will have to commence to put back into

the soil that which they have been rob-

bing from it for years.



While I have a preference for feeding

cattle and hogs, I know of several farmers

who are very successful in feeding sheep.

They not only profit by increasing their

bank account, but their farms are grow-

ing richer and they are raising better

crops. We have but to look around us

and notice the farms from which the hay,

grain, and straw is marketed by the wag-

on route and notice that their owners are

not so successful as those who feed their

crops upon their farms.



The three great constituents which

plants remove from the soil are nitrogen,

phosphoric acid and potash. The others

are present in so great an amount that

they are seldom lacking. While clover

and the other legumes gather nitrogen

from the air, they do not always supply

enough and it is sometimes necessary to

add nitrogen compounds to the soil for

the purpose of enriching it. Phosphoric

acid and potash are the two mineral com-

pounds which are not always held by the

soil in sufficient quantity to give profit—

able crops, and must be supplied in the

form of manures or fertilizers.



Farm—yard manures benefit the soil by

acting as a mulch and make humus, but

their benefit to the growing crops de-

pends entirely upon the amount of nitro-

gen, phosphoric acid and potash they

contain. In a ton of clover hay we have

40 lbs. of nitrogen, seven and one-half

lbs, of phosphoric acid, and 44 lbs. of

potash, while a ton of timothy hay con—

tains 25 lbs_ of nitrogen, 11 lbs. of phos-

phoric acid and 18 lbs. of potash Tim-

othy hay contains twice as much nitrogen

as wheat straw. One ton of corn con-

tains of nitrogen 36 lbs., phosphoric acid

14 lbs., and potash eight lbs. The aver-

age price of commercial fertilizers on the

market are as follows: Nitrogenk 15





 





 





upon the land as fast as made winter and

summer.



From the above table a farmer keeping

Six horses, 10 cows, five young stock, 25

hogs for a year and 20 steers for six

months, and saving the full value of the

manure voided by them, it would be

worth: From horses, $144.36; from cows

and heifers, $483.75; from hogs, $76, and

20 steers, $322.50, or a total of $1,026.61.

Now let us say that one—third of this is

wasted each year from improper methods

and we have a value of $684.40.





 





 





1 Twenty-two O. I. C. H093, Bred and Fed by Fred, Nickel, of Monroe 00., Mich., ‘

Averaging 205 lbs, when 5 Mos. and 28 Days Did.





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I think:





this is a fair estimate of the amount of‘





stock one should keep upon a farm of 160

acres, 140 acres of such being tillable





land, giving us $4.88 worth of fertilizers for,





each acre if we could apply the amount

to the whole 140 acres each year. Per-

haps to many these figures will seem too

large. I would like to hear from Mr.

Lillie in regard to this and how nearly

he thinks those figures are correct.

Jackson Co. CHAS. GOLDSMITH.





Reports come from entirely reliable

sources that Indiana, Ohio and Michigan

will feed from 25 to 35 per cent more

cattle than a your ago and from 35 to 50

per cent more sheep and lambs. From

Missouri comes word that cattle feeding.1

will be materially increased and that}

many farmers will feed double the usual

number, as corn is a big crop and they;

want to get the largest money possible

out of it. Much the same kind of news is

received from various other states, and

there is naturally a big demand for stock

hogs and piggy sows, with prices ruling

unusually high.





 





’The Chicago market is receiving a

steadily increasing supply of last spring’s

pigs, and many of them have been hur—

ried in fattening to such an extent that

they tip the scales at 200 and even as

high as 220 lbs. The appearance of these

young hogs has resulted in a great falling

off in the average weights of the hogs 0f-

fered on the market, and light hogs have

ceased to bring a premium over the medi-

um-weight butcher hogs, now the prime

favorites with packers and smaller butch-

ers. This is usual at this season of the

year and excites little comment.





 





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The stomach is a larger factor in “life,

liberty and the pursuit of happiness” than

most people are aware. Patriotism can

withstand hunger but not dyspepsia. The

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sti‘ategems and spoils." The man who

goes to the front for his country with a

weak stomach will be a weak soldier and

a fault finder.



A sound stomach makes for good citi-

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Diseases of the stomach and other or-

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The dealer who offers a substitute for

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of less meritorious preparations.



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wrif1,1' Initials only will be published:

Many queries aie answered that- apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

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Cow Gives Bloody Milk—I have heifer

that gives bloody milk; mostly noticeable

after the milk stands 11 while. J. R. 15.,

Prescott. Mich.—W’hen a cow bruises her

udder she may pass some blood with the

milk; therefore. it may be the cause of a

bruise and the cause removed she will

soon got well. Apply one part tincture





arnica. one part extract of witch hazel

and on.- part watcr to bag three times

a day. The stall floor may be uneven.





therefore it will be necessary to fix it

or bed her liberally.



W'eak Back—I have a litter of pigs 10

weeks old that are gradually becoming

crippled in their back and some of them

are losing the use of their hind .quarters.

They are in fairly good flesh and have a

good appetite. E. L., Bedford. Mich.—

lf the pigs are not weaned give. the sow

a teaspoonful of air slaked lime at a dose

in feed three times a day and also add

some 11’1' slaked lime to the feed that the

young pigs are coting, or it can be given

by adding lime water to their milk or

food. 'A dessertspoonful of lime water is

a, small dose for a pig ten weeks old:

perhaps you had better change their feed,

giving them lass «ornmcal, more oatmeal

and a little oil meal with their milk.



Diarrhoea—I have a line cat, nearly

711/; years old, to which I am strongly at—

tachod. He has, always been healthy

until last spring. since then has had oc-

casional attacks of diarrhoea, each sick

spell lasting several days and then he re—

covers. appearing as well as usual. About

the middle of October he was taken with

the worst attack he has had at any time

and soon after showed symptoms of piles

and it protrusion of the bowel. l'lis how—

111 inovcments were watery with very

little control over the movements. (Ii. E.

1)., Benton Harbor. Mich.~~~G.ive your cat

1 gr. doses of salol three times a day and

apply the following lotion to protruding

bwel: Dissolve ‘_’ ozs. pwdcred alum and

1/2 oz. tannic acid in a quart of cold water

and apply some of this lotion to sorc

tln'cc times a day. it is possible that

your cat is worthy; give 15 grs. powdered

kamala twice a week for two weeks.



Choke—J would like to know how to

relievi- :1 colt that' chokes on oats. This

colt is one year old and frequcntly chokes

when eating oats. but seems right every

other way. C. IL, Silverwood, Michwlt‘

you will feed ground oats or meal moist—

ened and spread his- feed out thinly on

bottom of manger so that he must eat

more slowly, he will not be apt to choke.

Choke is relieved by givingr olive oil and

:1 little chloroform or belladonna added.

in bad eases use a probang. if you have

a suitable instrument; otherwise call in

your V111. It is not always an easy mat-

ter to relieve a horse when choked.



LeucorrlieamrMy 12—year—old mare has

what i call whites. and the discharge has

a very offensive odor. She has been

growing gradually worse and I should

like to know if she can be used for

breeding purposes. A. 13.. Marion, Mich.

—A more in her condition will not breed

-—they seldom get with foal and if they

do \'11'\ often lose their colt. Dissohe 1

d1. 111-1111.1nganate of potash in one gallon

of water and wash out vagina daily until

she rev overs also give a teaspoonful of

powdered sulphate iron at :1 dose in feed

three ”mes a day She should have good

care and be well fed



Indigestion—Stocking —~Mv eight- -year-

old mare stocks when not exercised; has

a rough coat pcrspires too freely when

worked and her coat is full of dandruff.





\V 8.. Merrill, Mich—Give her a table—

spoonl'ul of the followinu' (ompound pow—

der at a dose in feed three times a day.

Equal parts by 1v11i :11! pop lered sulphate





of iron. powdered rosin, gentian. fenu-

punk and charcoal She should be well

fed e1:«-.i'cised and groomcd twice daily



30nd results follow bandafring the legs of

:1 hm .11 that stocks and i gentallv put





(otton under bandage.



l. 1% of Appetite. -—I have a heifer calf

that lius lacked appetite since birth and

would like to know what to give her to

male1 her eat more food. R. G.. Bently.

Mich. , (-i1e hei a tablespooniul of ground

gcmim a tcaspoonful powdered cinchona





and a tl'aspoonful powdered quassia at a

dose as a drench 01 in feed two or three

times .1 day.



Intcttious Abortion —1 wish y0u would

tell 11111 what to do for my cows. Six of

the eight dropped their calves at about

the fifth month. They are all young





cows wcio pastured on a 1'l'o1ci and

Jun.- 1.1 :iss pasture last summer and, of

coursc. would like to breed them again

next month if )(u think it wise to do so.





P. ii (1., St. Johns Mich. —Give each

con 30 drops of beechwood creosote at a

dose mixed with f,eed three times a

day. or as often as twice daily. The

creosote should be first mixed in a pint

of water then poured over and mixed

with fccd. Dissolve 1 dr. permanganate

of potash in one gallon of tepid water and

wash out vagina of each cow once a

day. This is best done through a small

rubber tube and tin funnel. and by

stringing a Wire and suspending a bucket

high up behind the cows tapping into

bucket you will greatly ease and simplify

your work. Remember you have no eaSy

task on hand to stamp out infectious

abortion from your herd. The free use

of disinfectants in stable is helpful in get-

ting rid of this ailment.





 

 





THE *Mlc'i-iioim'FAR-Maia.





REGISTERED





IIIILSTEIIIS





We Will Sacrifice





lB-HEAD-IB





Aillrooh or soon will be.





Have 60 head and "0 stalls Only had

enouvh ('(‘)Il1 to fill one of our silos. Many

ate exceptionally large milkcrs, all good.

Come see them. Don’ t stop to write for

it’s the best lot offered in Michivan this

season. Also ofl'er a 2-year-old C. S. of

Iiengerveld DeKoI, that took 2d at.

Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Detroit

this yeai





LONG BEACH FARM,





Augusta. Kalamazoo 00.. Mich. Bell Phone.





Public Sale

Registered Bambouiletts.





I will sell Without reserve. all my farm, 2% miles E.

of Mon-ice. Mich. on (1.1. it. it. on





Wednesday, Nov. 30th,





280. Thev are all in perfect health and in good

breeding condition. have not been titted for sale but

brought in N111. 12 from the field. I have never be~

fore oll’ered any of my best. breeding ewes for sale.

but. have refused $500 for 10 ones and refused

also $1. 500 for 100 ewes. .In this sale there are

over 200 ewes including lambs. and combine the

best blood of the best. flocks in France. Germany

and America. Among the American breeders are

Hon. II. (irinncll. one, of the tirst' and loading breed<

crs of Ml12..h I“. l. Lager. I. (11.18 L. B. "Iounsend.

It (‘ Moultoii. (1111-. of ()liio' s foremost breeders. Col.

(‘. ’luesdell. Deer Park.



My one and too ye ar- -old11 were sired bv No. will.

beln 1.3.113. breeder V. Gilbertu dam 1.1310 (1m orted

from France. ) The lambs bv .'139§7. bred in F E. ‘8 er.

he 111-13399 bred bv A. E. Green. he byAmericnn oy



E. Lockwood 291316.8ale within doors if stormy.

'lhey will be sold in small lots. Crates furnished if

needed for ex. 'l‘en months time at 6% on approved

notes. Parties needin to come before the sale to

make trains will he to. on care of. Any one adesiring

“ill be met. at train. Sale commences at



Q AGO )().K Moi-rice. Mich.

(7. Y. PEAK. Auctioneer. A L. BEARD. Clerk.





 





 





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Herd headed by UNDULATA BLACKBIBD

ITO 83838. one of the best sons of PRINCE [TO

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Herd consists of Ericsa Blackbirdl. Prides.e

woooc OTE S'I’OCK FARM. lonia. “Mich.





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Young bulls and bull calves

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—Registered Guernseys——3- ear-old Bull.

For sales Glenwood [10,1 (1 Wuddin ton.

Cows (it young t“stock. yJohn '1'. Weeks. Napoleon. l\ ich.





HOLSTElN—Bull calf sired by a. son of

Pontiac Butter Boy. one. of

the matest bulls of the breed and out of a sister to

the 'orld’ 5 Champion Sarcastic Lad. Dam and aims

dam in e1 1311 oier 41ounds of butter' in 7dais. Price

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F0“ SALE—Q yearling Holstein-Frieajan bulls.

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"ULSTEII BULLS FOR SALE-Also Duroo Jersey

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01.5111le BULL CALVIN—Last season's crop sold. New crop

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TOTHING BUT HOLS'TEIN BULLS FOR SALE. Sir May

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boars. sows and gilts. Choice





fallplgs. T.V.HIOKS.R. No.11. BottleCreek. Mich.





 





 





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

White and Tamworth swine, service hours. sows bred or

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

dotts. W. Orpington. Ckls. all breeding stock loading winners.





DUROC JERSEYS.





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastlnxs. Michigan.





MIMIC JERSEY SWINE. swaths...





1. 50 each. J. H. BANGHART. Lansing. Mich.





W II n

”1313011 1.1 ““9 Duroc Jam Sonics Boar:

M. A. BRAY. Okemos.1ngham 00.. ioh. Indpt phone





IMPROVED CHESTERS—Young boars ready for

serv1lce. orders taken for sous bred for spring far-



soHolstein Bull Calves of the best tofb reed-

ing. W140. WILSON. Okomos. Mich. Both Phones.





0 I C, —Hogs all ages for sale. sowrs bred

S or open boars any afieoD siez



Shi ped on approval. TIA T. O DELL



Roi in; View Stock Farm. CABS CITY MICHIGAN.





O. I. C. ['10





and more. H. H. JUL





 





 





 





 





 





 





all ages. Son's bred.

Males weighing 195 lbs.

. Munlth. Michigan.





 





SMITH &WARNEI . .

ELMIIUHST FARMS! Holstein Cattle tindpng’:

ford Down Sheep. Have-15 Choice Ram Lambs for

sale. Address B. C.Banfield. Supt. Owendnle. Mich.





H EREFO R DS‘Rithsm‘.“ Kill. “$111233?

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



Register oi Merit Jerseys. £23.} 3°13}:

lot of man bulls from dams with official records





483%)1111 s and ulpwards of butter.

. F. MARS ON. Bay City. Michigan.





 





 





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

0 I April furrow in pairs not; akin. Satisfaction

guaranteed A. Newman. Mariette, Mioh.. R. ..D l.





0 l C —Bred Bows. Boers ready for ser-

0 vice. from World‘s Fair Winners.

Gienwood Stocklarm. Zeeland. Michigan. Phone“.





0. I. C. SWIN durum:





ceive orders for fall Pigs got by Grandson of ackson

Chief. the World's Champion and Grand Cham ion

Boar. Write forlive let live rices on pairs not. a in.





 





.LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS,





We have some splendid \oung bulls for sale. Home

of them are old enou h for 4service. The ey are from





cows with room-(loo Egounds of butter last

year. W' rite for descri bloEn'4 an ric

COLON 0. LI Coops-"ville, Michigan.





 





"Inbred Shorlhom Bulls i°'1::‘°y'e.l1"1‘:.1°11211‘;‘.5':

J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Mlchlzan.





 





 





SHEEP.





—4o YoungEWEs and 20 EWE

For Sale LAMB Sell chea. it sold at

once. J. B. GARDNER. L. lilac. Mich.





 





 





ROCKLAND Farm Delalnes are in field form. strong,

rugged and well covered. Prices right. Tell us

your 11'.ants D. E. Turner &‘Sons.. Mosherville. Mich





cooper’s English Sheep





won 420 prizes this year at State Fairs. Shrop-

shires. Oxfords. Hampshires. Southdowns and

Cotsw olds—the best of each~several hundred to se-

lect; from. W 9 Import more than all others combined

thus can otler the most. attractiie prices and terms.

Sheep shipped on up revel—see them before you bu1.



Write for our ban somer illustrated Book of W' in-

ners. It.“ s FREE for the ask





W111. BOOPEII a liEPiiEVIS PEDIGBEE STOCK ca.

04 174. Illinois 81ml, cmcuco. ILL.





 





 





shire Shee —Rams a n d

Prices aMoB e331 Ewes fox-sale





ate. ComfortA. 'l‘_\'.ler dwater Mich.





 





Hampshire. SWING“. 1111'; if? iii: ”1132’ $21.36!

THE CLOVER BLOSSOM FARM. Port: Austin. Mich.





—-Theae p0 ul-ar l i .



Parsons Oxford ham .1... 1.... 1.1.111

groduce bigger and better lambs. Grade X $1.1. XX 32).

XX 3%. ltome1n 0. Parsons. (11 rand Ledge. Mich.





0XFOR” IAMS And ewes from Imported Rams.

and ewes bred to same. Address



B. I“. MILLER or GED. SPILLANE, Flint. Michigan.

Oxiord- Down Sheep ““‘.‘..".§’.‘.l""

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

Good Yearling Field



Mord Down Sheep— [toms and ewes of all ages

for sale. I. R. WATERBUHY. Highland. Michigan.

ELAINE RAMS. also [10 registered Delaine cues





which must he soldbeforo )et . Great. bargain

COWAN. Rockford. Michigan.





Reg. Rambouillet Ewes is:a‘.t.€.:13‘1°éiigs

.. Burllngume. Byron. Michigan.

MAPLE RIDGE SIIROPSIIIRES'SH’S’li‘m‘K-‘é

yearling rams. H. STEWART. Lennon. Michigan.

SHROPSHIRE ”$1.52.“ 3’52"? Feb“?





swine. C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. blicliigan.





 





 





 





 





 





for some one.





 





 





 





 





H01 CF Registered Shropshire and Cotswolds. your-

lin ones. ram and ewe lambs. Yorkshire and

Berkshire hogs. Clyde Stallions 11nd Fillies and Welsh

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





-—A few good Shropshire Yearlin

For sale Rams. bred from imported stocks.

Prices right. Jones&Morrlsh. Flushing. Michigan,





 





 





REGIS’!‘ FRED Shropshire Rams and owe for sale

from imported and Canadian bred stock. atisfac-

tion guaranteed WillisS. Meade. R. No. 3. Holly. Mich.





SHROPSIIIIIE HALL STOCK FARM





Has for sale twenty -flve (25) very choice bred .1'r.ewes.

a few mm aged ewes. lone” choice two- ion old

ram. 11





 





 





L. 8. Illlllllll &. 8011:. Concord, Michigan.





 





fail pigs. 8311's not. skin. Batisfmt





A. J. GORDEN. R. o. 2. Don. Michigan.

grins furrow. of both sexes. of



0 l C swme—is Initype and breeding. Boers $20

each 19.. E. BEACH!- SON. Brighton. Mich. R.No. 3.





 





O. l c ~Eight choice sow pigs and 13 choice

- at. reasonable ‘prices.

FRED NICKEL R. “.115:





.Monroe. Mich sun

—8 ring. summer ill fall farrowed

on It Co SWine bgth sexes, breeding and t.1

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

9 —An extra lot of last

0- L C 5 FOR SALE bspring Vpigfxleitber sex.

weighing from 150 to 11001111116

30 1.11pm. o'r'ro B. son ULZE. ’Naahvi 6. 1111-11.





RECORDED MULE FOOTED HOGS





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

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





— f

POLANI) CIIINAS fférin‘ii' ‘33:" gm? 11ml?

E. D. BISHOP. Route 38. Lak e Odessa. Michigan.

——Ready forservice. Sir-ed





25 BIG IlllAIlS at S by three 111mg. we...





ern bred boars. and from big ty 8 sows. big for

20 mars. We are the pioneer lg tvpe breeders of

Michi an. Pairs an tries not. akin



.15 c BU'l‘.LER Portland. Mich. Bell Phone





Largest in Mich. Pi

Large I’pfl Pmnd-cbnas— now readytoghlp‘ wei

from 150 to 1110 lbs. at. 4% months old. Will deliver

what Indvertise. W. E Li v ingston. Purina. Michigan.





' —Boars ready for service:

POland‘Ch‘nas sprin pigs. either sex.

Write L.W. Barnes it son. Byron. hlawassee Co. .Mich.





Poland-Chinas





'lhe home of the Michigan State Fair- winners

We 1101174 prizes at Detroit. in 1910 Pigs of both

sexes for sale siredb oulfprize- winners.



.BEATT «sou. West Unity. Ohio.





P. C. BOARS, GI‘LTS,





WEANED PIGS at Right Prices.

Shipped c. o. d. with pedigree.

WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater, Michigan.

“40 Head at P. I}. 311111.121 $231,333.32.





stock. good bone and length. My herd boar King

for sale S) )are no 111118 to get they besta. Prices ri ht.

w L. [EN ECK. 11111111311. Mich. 1949..





 





 





 





 





 





—Large styledgro“ th) spring pigs. also

POIaIId'CIlInaS fall pigs Send for snap shot photos'

and lowest. prices. Robert rtNeve. Pierson. Michigan.





P. c. BOARs-Bgs “1.111% 211.1.





money. WOOD dz SONS SALINE. MI HIGA





 





 





12 P c 80 Is readv for service. sired by a Son of the

a World‘ sChampion Meddler: dam un-





defeated Lady Louise. Kinne. 'Ihree Oaks. Mic-h.





' ' bred for s ring furrow. Fall Pi

Puland'ch'na BIIIS and S. C. W'. Leghorns. Cockere

$1 each. B. M. Wing and Son. Sheridan. Michigan.





“erke sired by 'Victor by" (lut-

our P C Boarslo first prize at Ohio State

Fair: dams by Medler oSecond Onkwood Medler and

others A few large Minorca Oockerels. Satisfaction

guaranteed. R. W. MILLS. Saline. Mlchlgan.





 





 





FOR SALE—Yorkshire Boar Pigs





f Fine,A thrift feIElous. 3151 re

“gmrfiism‘inm Y-WyAT RAM W8

R. 6. Ann Arbor. Michigan. Bell phone





d order a labored Y0 ORK-

Watch this 1%? "sinus 130.531‘1 of A. McKAY

& SON R. F. D. .Herse). Mich. Bell Phone.





large Improved English Yorkshires.





The hog that. ma akes 30011303113 ready for service.

Gil its bred for next spring furrow. A cholcgmlstegé‘





N.C LILLIE. Cooperaville. Michigan.





 





 





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NOV. 26, 1910.

LIVE STOCK 'NOTES.





 





Dairy interests are growing rapidly in

importance in the east and middle west,

and this is demonstrated in part by the

remarkable increase this autumn in the

demand for high-class milkers. The call

for the commoner kinds of cows has

hardly held its owu, for the dairyinenbf

the country are no longer satisfied With

anv but the best milkers. There has

been all along a steady demand in the

Chicago market for choice milkers and

forward springers for shipment eastward,

with especially large numbers gomg to

Ohio and New York. _



The time of the year for advancmg

prices for dairy products has arrived: and

butter of the best creamery grade is on

the up-grade, with decreasing offerings.

There are large holdings in cold storage,

dealers having purchased heavily. when

prices were lowest, and now the prinCipal

cold storage warehouses of the country

hold aggregate stock of 62,827,000 lbs.

of butter and 1,693,000 cases of eggs.

compared with 46,797,000 lbs of butter

and 1,605,000 cases of eggs 3. year ago.



Thirty—five cent corn does not look at-

tractive to the average farmer of the

country, and this explains in great part

the eager desire on all Sides to feed as

many cattle, hogs and sheep as poss1ble.

There is also in some quarters a change

in former methods of marketing horses,

thoughtful farmers of the middle west

having reached a determination to cease

selling thin horses and to feed their

horses until fat and of good marketable

condition. It has been the custom in the

past of many farmers to market horses

in thin flesh at low prices, and these

horses have been bought in car loads and

shipped east for distribution among the

farmers of Ohio and Pennsylvania, who

have fed them for several months and

finally marketed them at substantial

profits. With a. superabundancc of cheap

corn, the more of it that is fed on the

farm, the greater will be the profits de-

rived by farmers. The farmers are build-

ing a great deal of additional crib room

for storing corn rather than sell at ruling

prices, but much of this corn is held for

sale at some future time. The fall weath-

or has been simply ideal for curing corn,

and farmers are as busy as bees in husk-

ing, field work being general.



So many cattle have been sent to feed-

ing sections in the corn belt that there is

no danger of any shortage in the beef

supply for months to come, even if'the

rush of short-fed cattle to Chicago, han—

sas City, Omaha and other western _mar-

kets continues, as it undoubtedly Will up

to and into the winter. Every fall sees

a similar movement due to a determina-

tion upon the part of many stockmen to

fact rid' of their cattle before the Winter

season sets in. Good authorities believe

that this marketing will continue up to

February and perhaps even into March,

and long-headed stock feeders are acting

on the theory that the best profits Will

be made by having cattle ready for the

market along in the middle of next spring

after the rush to sell subsides. Farmers

are apt to act too unanimously in these

and- other matters, and it is frequently

a good idea to go the other way and not

have too much company. The heavy

supplies of western range cattle are now

over, but their absence is not felt,_ as

their place is supplied by liberal receipts

of cattle from feeding sections of the

west and middle west. , _



The cattle market differs materially

from that of a year ago, when cliOlCe

lieeves were in abnormally small supply

and were bringing extraordinarily high

prices in Chicago and other western mar-

kets. At the present time well finished

cattle are selling much below their high-

est time of the fall season and very much

lower than a year ago, but it should be

added that that commoner grades are

selling much higher than at that time._



The big Chicago packers are branching

out as live stock growers, the Nelson

Morris Packing Company having pur-

chased two big ranches in New Mexico,

and it will use the 5,360 acres as a ranch

for raising cattle for its own slaughtering

and beef trade. Nearly 40,000 head of

cattle are being shipped to this ranch

from Mexico, and eventually the ranch

will be stocked with 70.000 cattle. Along

with the ranch goes about 100 miles of

good grazing land lying along the Pecos

river.



\Vliile numerous stockmcn have been

stocking up with heavy weight feeder cat—

tic, many others have been buying the

cheaper class of light—weight stockers.

with a view of grazing them through the

summer after roughing through this

'winter,



The present autumn has been so un-

usuallv warm and bright that farmers

have not fed nearly as much corn, oats

and hay as usual to their live stock. and

there has been a very great saying of

feed in this way. . ‘



George R. Swain. of IllinOis, a promi-

nent farmer and stockman, says there

have been numerous public auction sales

of piggy sows in that region, sows bring-

ing from $20 to 45 each, according to

their weight. In every instance there

was a strong demand. He reports a

large demand for horses, farmers obtain-

ing all the way from $30 to $250 per head,

while spans of mules are in unusually

good request at $325 to 500. A great deal

of corn will be fed to stock, espeCially

where owners work the land. Corn rims

from 60 to 65 bushels to the acre in many

places, and farmers, are cultivating more

intensely in many instances. More corn

is being cribbed than usual, the price at

country elevators being 350 a bushel usu-

ally. The tenant system is grownig

thereabouts, and many farmers have

moved to town, renting their farms for

half of the crops grown and sometimes

for a small additional cash payment per

acre. Farms sell as high as $210 an acre.



Hog raisers are using greater care than

usual this year in changing from old to

new corn and thereby avoid the outbreak





THE ‘MICHIGAN FARMER.





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Slightly more in other

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Galloway





No Longer a

“Joke” to His

Competitors ,





l

Here are 8 good i

reasons why you

should buy from

me—





l—Eighest Quality.

S—Lowest Price.

S—Long Free Trial.





l—Frelght Prepaid

0n Manure

Spreaders and

Cream Separa-

tors.





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OW I’m back again for 1911 with Bigger.

Better Propositions than ever. Five years

ago manufacturers of “priced-high" ma-



chines took Galloway for a. ”Joke.” Today



they are wondering how I could build up such

an enormous business direct with the Farmers

of America. In such a short time. too. And

today i have thousands upon tens of thousands

of satisfied customers among the Farmers of



America—everywhere. Will you join us?



Why can't you and I deal toge her—direct-witbont



a lot of middlemen getting a chunk of your money!

My success is not a secret.



It is an open book.



I was raised on an Iowa form.



My people bought farm implements the same as other

farmers.



TIIaey paid the long prices the same as other farmers



ll





While using those implements I got to wondering

what they actually cost to make. and when I left the

(arm I starth work for an Implement Manufacturer

who sold through agents and dealers.



I found out t eir tremendous manufacturing profits,

and the expenses of hrokers—jobbers, traveling sales-





 





 





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~of the moisture will evaporate from the





 





men. etc.. which they put into their high prices—all

paid out of the Farmers‘ Pockets.

Then I went into the manufacturing business myself.

They didn’tsee how [could do it—with my small means

and a family to take cure of.





L. THE DAIRY"





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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.

BEET TOP ENSILAGE.





I would like to ask some questions in

lics‘urd to putting sugar beet tops in my

silo us I have had it about two-thirds

full of corn. Do the tops want to be put

in green. that is, bcfore they dry out?

Does it hurt them if they are a little

black or wilted, for feeding and do you

consider beet top ensilage as good as

corn silage? “'hat ration Should be fed

to milc-h cows when fed beet top silage

to make balanced ration? A little over

a year ago I wrote the Michigan Farmer

and asked Mr. Lillie if he thought it

would pay me to build a silo on a 70-acre

farm and keep from eight to 12 cows. and

he said it would. I concluded to try one

so I ordered a 12x30 silo and fed my cows

cnsialge last winter and spring. and I

wish to say it was the best investment I

ever put on my farm, and some time I

cxpcct to have two silos—one for Winter

and one for summer feeding. as I never

realized so much out of my cows as I did

when I fed them silage.



Gratiot C0. W. A. B.



“'hen the beets are freshly topped, the

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ticle if a considerable amount of this

moisture is allowed to evaporate. As a

mater of fact. we want to put the beet

tops over the piles of beets at first, and





it the weather is at all drying, very much





 





leaves. and us the bcct tops are worth





THEMICHIGAN FARMER.





 





 





 





considerable for covering up the boots.

it rcnlly would not be practical to put

them into the silo just as soon as thcy

were topped. and you could not do it any—

way. “'0 top our beets, put them in

pill-s, and cover them with tops, and

whcn we gct cars we haul the beets,

(awfully removing the tops, and arrang-

inc.r them in small piles, usually about

two piles of beet tops to every pile of

bccis. Sometimes, when the beet pile is

vcry large, we make three piles of tops

“'0 take considerable pains in making

those little piles, because we are aware





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,haulcd, and if it did, we want the piles





even with snow on the ground. Now 'a.

vconsidcrable portion of the moisture is

evaporated. by the time we put the tOpS

into the silo. That is the rcason why I

rccommcnd mixing straw with the beet

account of this excessive





tops. is on

miosture.



I simply have to say that I do not know

whethcr beet top cnsilage is as good as

corn cnsilage or not. It would take a

vcry careful feeding experiment to deter-

mine. But this I do know. that we fed

bcct top ensilag‘e in the place of corn

silage and tin-re was no falling off in the

milk. it sci-ms to be ctiual in value, and

‘the cows liko thcm Vcry much. In fact,

they seem to like thc bcct top cnsilage

than the corn ensilage. 'i‘hey

Iwould leavc the corn cnsilage, oven with

and eat the boot top en-





 





:grain on it

silage,

Sugar beet leaves are a little richer

in protein than corn silage. ("oi-n silage

averages about .9 per cent of l por cent

of digcstiblc protein. while bcct tops or

beet leaves run 1.3 to 1,7 per cent. In

other words, there is nearly twice as

much prnicfn in the lh'f‘t leaves. as there

is in corn. (‘onswluwnthz il‘ one had any

‘grcat amount of lvcct top ensilugc, they

could food at grain ration containing a

little lcss protein thou if thcy were feed-

ing corn cnsilzigc. “'c i'cd hcct top on-





 





silage only onw- u day. and mll‘ll vnsilngc

‘once. and so we:- dirl not vnry the grain

ration, lvut 'l hnvc no doubt mic would cut

idown 1lsc inmuin food it littlc bit when

3thcy \vcrr- fcmlih: ‘m-I-l top ensilaue and

get just HF cur-ti Irvnlts. t‘t'l'ifiilllf: this

would he rowel-1. in llLT‘Ul‘)". Hull 1 hclieve

it would lw rul‘l‘tf‘i in pruviicc.



I .‘ill’i ycry uind hull-ml to hear \\'. A. B,

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travagant to put good corn. containing

good-sizcd cars, into a silo, but after he

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DETERMINING THE UNPROF‘ITABLE

COWS. '





 





As a, result of the severe drouth the

past season, a great many cows will un-

doubtedly have to go to the butcher this

winter. If farmers succeed in getting rid

of their poorest cows, the forced sales

brought on by the scarcity of feed may

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be led to believe at first thought; on the

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tinct advantage in herds where there are

many low producers. The problem which

many farmers are up against is to know

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ducers.



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record of the butter—fat production of

each cow individually and that means

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ed at frequent intervals. If the herd is

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ing only 3 per cent. 1‘



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from individual cows, but it will prove

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repair or when not run fast enough.



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rence. Especially important is it to test

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is a. very valuable product these days and

will fully justify any time used in check-

ing up tests as well as weights. The

same check should be placed upon milk

delivered to creameries and cheese fac-

tories.



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small as compared with the benefits to

be derived from it. An eight-bottle tester

with bottles enclosed in a cast iron frame

can be bought for less than ten dollars

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test is sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol). This

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two cents a pound. Small quantitcs may

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at a higher cost. On the whole. however,

the cost of acid is a very small matter.

There are several grades of acid and the

kind for the Babcock test is known as

commercial sulphuric acid.



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very simple. Full printed instructions can

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ers of Babcock testers and Babcock glass-

Let your butter-maker or cheese-

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ware.

maker or factory nearest you

test for you.



As a rule, the greatest

testing are made in getting an unfair

sample of the product to be tested. If a.

can of cream is to be tested, the cream

should be poured from one vessel to an—

other several times brfore the sample is

withdrawn. The same plan should be

followed with milk and skim-milk. A

sample of the latter two is measured into

the test bottle, while the cream must be

weighed on a special cream scales. To

test cream, therefore, involves extra ex—

pense for a pair of scaies,



No doubt one reason why farmers have

been so slow in testing their cows is the

tear that the cannot afford the time. This

however, is a mistaken notion. Little time

is required when a test is made once a

month by collecting a composite cample

from each cow. Such a sample is prefer--

ably made by placing in a tight—fitting

jar or bottle about half an ounce of milk

from each of six consecutive milkings.

A little preservative is added to the jar

to prevent the milk from soaring, and a

separate jar, of course. is provided for

each cow. The handiest and cheapest

preservation for the farmer to use is

“bichromate of potash,” which can be

obtained from any drug store. A, piece

the size of half a pea. will preserve a pint

of milk a whole week. A test of the

composite sample will represent the av-





mistakes in





THE MICHIGAN 'FARMER.





erage per cent of butter-fat for the period

during which the sample is taken and will

serve with sufficient accuracy as the av-

erage test for the entire month.



If samples of milk and cream are to be

sent to the State Agricultural College,

Experiment Station, or Dairy Commis-

sion, institutions which usually test sam-

ples free of charge, the samples should

be prepared as above described for a

composite test.



W'iseonsin. JOHN MICHELS.





AMOUNT OF STRAW TO MIX WITH

BEET TOPS.





I saw your statement in the Michigan

Farmer in regard to your sugar beet. top

silo. Please tell me how to build a silo

for beet tops and what amount of straw

you mix with the tops. I have six acres

and 96 rods to beets on which we grew

90 tons. 1.080 lbs. We will have a lot of

nice feed if we can save the'tops. I have

14 cows which are fed the year round.

My cows average for 11 months, that is,

from Dec., 1909, to Nov., 1910, is (3,758 lbs.

of milk, or $103.35 apiece for milk sold,

saying nothing for calves, some of which





sold for $2 at the ninth milking. Four

were raised.

Genesee Co. E. W. B.





This is a questiOn that I cannot an-

swer. I have not had experience enough

yet to know just the amount of straw

that could be mixed with the beet tops.

Vt’hen we filled our silo with beet tops

last year, and first began putting in the

tops we put in a good deal of straw, then

we soon saw that we were not going to

have room to get all the tops in and so

we used less straw, and finally up to-

wards the top of the silo, we used no

straw at all. then we didn't have room

enough to get the tops all in. \Vhen

feeding, the farther We got down into the

silo, where we had used more straw, the

better the cnsilagc we had. Of course,

the straw was not entirely responsible

for this, because cnsilage is better down

where it is well settled and well packed

than it is on top where it is a little loose,

since the air is excluded more, and the

fermentation ceases sooner, before any

particular deterioration in the food value

of the beet tops has occurred. Neverthe-

less, I am confident that where one has

the room in the silo, he can mix consid-

(‘rable amount of straw with

tops, and get pretty good feeding value

out of it. That is, beet tops are very juicy

and it will take a considerable amount of

straw to absorb this moisture, and in ab-

sorbing this beet juice the straw becomes

much more palatable than when dry and

is relished much more by the cows, and

consequently, a larger part of it is digest-

ed by the cows, and you get a greater

feeding value out of it. Now just the

right amount of straw to mix with the

beet tops is something that I have not as

yet had experience enough to determine.

My idea is, however. to put in a layer of

beet tops. say a wagon load of beet tops,

which will just nicely cover the silo and

then put in about as much straw in bulk.

For instance, if you hauled your bcet tops

in a big wagon box, spread this wagon

box full of tops over the silo, and then

put in a. wagon box full of straw, after

having been tramped in. Of course, when

you put this into the silo. it will lay up

fluffy and will be bulkier than the beet

tops, but when you put on the next load

of beet tops, it will press down so that it

will be a pretty thin layer of straw. I

am confident that this will be none too

much straw to get the best results, and

I am rather of the opinion that one could

use more, with profitable results, but I

am not sure of this as yet. I am confi-

dent, however, that the beet tops should

be spread evenly over the silo and then

the straw spread evenly.





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A short time ago you had an inquiry

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one or two pastures in which there are

quite a few oak trees, and we have. found

that, if the cows are allowed to pasture

there in the fall, and especially when the

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ment with other feed, that we cannot

keep them up to the regular productioni

I thought it due more to the oak leaves;

which they ate rather than the fact that‘

they might eat any acorns,



\Vhen it would be so easy to experiment

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rains of feeding oak leaves or acorns to

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neither your subscriber nor myself have

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WHAT WAS YOUR YEAR’S PROFIT?





The time of year has arrived when we

can best figure up the profits or losses on

our flocks for the season. Prices have

been high and the demand almost unlim-

ited. Except for disease or other unna-

tural losses, there should be ’but one side

to it—the profit side.



There is usually a. difference of opinion

in this matter between the farmer and

his wife. I say this because the great

bulk of eggs produced in this country are

produced on the small to medium-sized

farms, with the housewife as superin—

tendent of the business. That is, the

poultry end of it. The farm furnishes the

feed for the flock, so the farmer pays

more attention to the expense end of it,

and the wife sometimes esteems it all

“velvet.”



Why not be business-like about it?

Charge your flock with every expense it

incurs—the interest on the original in-

vestment, the feed, your time, in fact,

everything. Then credit the flock with

every egg produced during the whole sea-

son, not just during the flush months, or

even weeks, when things are “interest-

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You say, “Oh, we had a few eggs for

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I have found people who were willing

to argue that there is no money in poul-

try, but you could never get them to go

into details. They never had any figures

to offer.



Another thing, people are seldom will-

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market prices will, or had ought to, yield

you a mighty handsome profit. If they do





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There is one thing about the egg-pro-

ducing business that is a matter of won- ‘

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who can give their flocks free run keep.

from 80 to 150 laying hens instead of anl

average of less than 40 as they are doing? I

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gregate it would make a handsome

profit. I am thoroughly convinced by my

own experience that 150 laying hens, I

mean hens of the laying varieties, can

he kept in one flock without cutting down





I have done this?

and can do it again, and what I have

done every other farmer can do under

inormal conditions.



i I firmly lwlieve there is no other one‘

thing that the farmers of this country

can do, at the expense of so little time

and cash, that will equal the keeping of

as many hensiegood hens—~as their facili-

‘ties will warrant. W. J. COOPERv ‘

' (The time to take inventory is at tho;

beginningr of the year. Size up your]

lilock and equipment during the comingr

Imonth and estimate their cash value.1

That will represent your investment.‘

Keep account of all purchases and sales,I

of products consumed at home and oil

feed required, and at the year’s end you

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MICHIGAN POULTRY SHOWS,

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The annual show season has opened

auspir-iously. a few good shows having

been held in this state. during the present

month. Knotiestionahlv the poultry In-‘

dustry is ret-civing closer attention today

ithan ever before, and the outlook for a

successful show season and a continu-

ance of the unusual interest which has

marked the local shows of the past few

years is most promising. Dates thus far

claimed 'by the various poultry organiza-

tions throughout the state, so far as we

have been able to obtain them, are as

follows:



Ithaca, Gratiot (30.. Dec. 6-9.



Dowagiac, Cass 00., Dec. 7-10.



Reading, Hillsdale. Dec_ 12-16.



Holland. Ottawa 00.. Dec. 15-21.



Salem, Washtenaw 00., Dec. 20-23.



Lansing, Central Michigan Poultry As-

sociation, Dec. 26-31.



Vicksburg, Kalamazoo Co., Dec. 28-

Jan. 1.



Jackson, Jackson 00., Dec. 31-Jan. 5.



Grand Ledge. Eaton 00., Jan. 2-7,



Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo 00., Jan. 10-14.





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I 0U WRITE W. J. ROSS. Rochester, Michigan.

Y for those beautiful sable and white Collie Puppies.

of the finest breeding. and from stock workers.





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NOV. 26, 1910,





BAIABBHJIIFIHE Sill-MAGH





A Pleasant, Simple, But Sale and

[Mutual Cure For it.





Catarrh of the stomaéh has long been

considered the next thing to incurable.

The usual symptoms are a full or bloat-

ing sensation after eating, accompanied

sometimes with sour or watery risings,

a formation of gases, causing pressure

on the heart and lungs and difficult

breathing, headaches, fickle appetite, ner—

vousness and a general played out, lan—

guid feeling.



There is often a foul taste in the mouth,

coated tongue and if the interior of the

stomach could be seen it would Show a

slimy, inflamed condition.



The cure for this common and obstinate

trouble is found in a treatment which

causes the food to be readily, thoroughly

digested before it has time to ferment and

irritate the delicate mucous surfaces of

the stomach. To secure a prompt and

healthy digestion is the one necessary

thing to do and when normal digestion

is secured the catarrhal condition will

have disappeared.



According to Dr, Harlanson, the safest

and best treatment is to use after each

meal a tablet, composed of Diastase, As—

eptic Pepsin, a. little Nux, Golden Seal

and fruit acids. These tablets can now

be found at all drug stores under the





 





~name of Stuart‘s Dyspepsia Tablets and





not being a patent medicine can be used

with perfect safety and assurance that

healthy appetite and thorough digestion

will follow their regular use after meals.



Mr. R. S. Workman, Chicago, Ill.,

writes: “Catarrh is a local condition

resulting from a neglected cold in the

head, whereby the lining membrane of

the nose becomes inflamed and the poi-

sonous discharge therefrom passing back—

ward into the throat reaches the stomach,

thus producing catarrh of the stomach.

Medical authorities prescribed for me for

three years for catarrh or stomach with--

out cure, but today I am the happiest‘of

men after using only one box of. Stuart’s

Dyspepsia Tablets. I cannot find apv

propriate words to express my good feel—

ing. 1 have found flesh. appetite and

Sound rest from their use.”



Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the safest

preparation as well as the simplest and

most convenient remedy for any form of

indigestion, catarrh of stomach, bilious-

ness, sour stomach, heartburn and bloat-

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RUSSETING on SPRAY INJURY TO

APPLES.





 





 





 





 





For several years past the amount of

damage caused by Bordeaux mixture

spraying, particularly on Ben Davis ap-

has been increasing. Some other

varieties, such as the \Vinesap, Grimes

Golden, etc., show this trouble to a less

extent, while the York Imperial, Yellow

Newtown, Rhode Island Greening, and

some other varieties are little affected.

Bordeaux mixture is probably the best

fungicide known so far as its actual ef-

fect in killing fungi is concerned. During

the rainy seasons, however, it not only

russets the fruit but causes serious injury

to the leaves and sometimes serious dc—

foliation.



A set of experiments was undertaken

last season by the Bureau of Plant Indus-

try, Department of Agriculture, at \Vin—

Chester, Virginia, to find some way of

avoiding this difficulty. Eight different

fungicides were tried in comparison with

ordinary Bordeaux mixture, two of these

being new or modified mixtures. The in—

dications are that the trouble can be

avoided by the use of other fungicides,

among which, apparently, self—boiled lime—

sulphur is the least harmful and the most

satisfactory as a fungicide for most pur-

poses. In the apple spraying experiments

where Bordeaux mixturc was used in

comparison with the self—boiled lime-sul—

phur for preventing fungous diseases a

similar result was obtained favorable to

the self—boiled lime—sulphur wash. The.

boiled lime—sulphur, such as is commonly

used for dormant spraying, was also tried,

greatly diluted, for summer use, and





‘gives promise of becoming a satisfactory





substitute for Bordeaux mixture, but

further experiments, the ofiicials of the

Bureau state, are necessary to determine

the exact status of theses ulphur mix—

tures.





TREE PROTECTORS.





 





It is time for tl‘ose of us who have

young trecs in sod or mulchcd to arrange

for some protection from mice, and where

rabbits are troublesome there may need

to be some protection from them even if

there is no trash in the orchard.



The most convenient protection we

have found is the wood veneer made for

this purpose by basket companies. This

is cut into sheets about 10 inches wide

by 18 long and is wrapped around the

young tree and tied. If the bottom is

pushed into the ground a little, mice can

not get under it easily and are not likely

to gnaw through it, at least I have never

found any injury from mice where they

were used. They also extend high enough

to prevent girdling by rabbits, unless the

snow should be very deep and hard.

\Vhere rabbits can reach the lower

branches of a tree they are more apt to

eat these than,» the trunk, and are not

likely to do as much damage here. \Ve

find many branches of apple and peach

trees that hang near the ground are

clipped by the rabbits, in many cases

being cut off almost as smoothly as if

with a knife, in fact, my first thought

was that someone had pruned the trees

in this manner. “’0 have a small orchard

near a lumber yard, and the latter makes

a convenient place for the rabbits to hide,

so they are quite plentiful although near

town. Raspberries also make a good hid--

ing place for them. “’here peach trees

are low headed and the branches hang

down near the ground it is hardly pos-

sible to get a protector on that is long

enough to prevent the work of rabbits,

but in this case the animals are apt to

confine their attention to the small lower

branches and not molest the trunk. \Ve

have never had a trunk injured on such





trees even when left bare, while the

lower twigs have been well pruned by

them.





Tarred paper may be used instead of

wood veneer. Get the heavy tarred felt

and cut to the proper size with a sharp

knife and straight—edge.



This may be wrapped about the tree





and tied with twine, soil being pulled

about the base to hold the paper. I have

heard the objection offered that these





protectors, being dark, absorb consider—

able heat ‘and may cause sun scald, but

have not heard or known of any instances

of it. If the protectors are removed in

the spring I do not think there will be

,much danger. It is more sanitary to re-

‘move the protectors in the spring before

tspraying, as they afford a harbor for

lmoths and insects, and prevent the spray





from striking. the trunk, and running

down to the uper roots.

work, but we usually do it. When the

protectors were left on several years we

found some trees showed the wooly aphis

beneath them, but on removing and

spraying thoroughly with lime sulphur

there has been little trouble. With peach

trees it is best to remove them on ac-

count Of the borers, which seem more

troublesome where they are left on, as

they are protected from the birds and

poultry. It is necessary to remove them

to search for the borers anyway. When

removing the veneer protectors it is best

to do it when they are a little damp, as

they will not split as is the case when

quite dry. They can be stored and used

for a number of years.



“'e have tried ordinary window screen

on a small scale, but find that it is much

more expensive and rusts out at the bot-

tom, so it will not last as long as either

the veneer or the paper. The latter cost

about two—thirds of a cent each, ready to

put on; the screen costs two cents. It

has been suggested that mailing tubes

slit and sprung around the trunk will

answer, but I believe the tarrcd felt will

last longer. S. B. I-IARTMAN.





 





WINTER CARE OF' THE YOUNG

ORCHARD.





 





Right now is just the time to get the

young orchard or other small fruits in

trim for the winter season. Presumably

it has been tilled during the season and

may be some light crop removed from

the ground; in any event, it is best to

keep them well fertilized and cultivated

frequently during the earlier growing

season, not working the ground too late,

as this often produces a green, immature

growth that winter-kills or freezes easily.

Young orchards should not retain

manent sods. They are detrimental to

best results, a light cover crop like oats,

peas, etc., arc, however. very In-nciiclal

to the young trees. acting as a mulch to

ltinder excessive freezing and heaving.

They freeze down. of course, when winter

sets in and thc ncxt springr act as mois-

ture retainers and are readily cultivated

or diskcd into the soil as fertilizer, thus

having the ground free of weeds and

grass and ready for another season‘s op-

eration. Do not allow too dense a growth

to remain during the winter next the

trunks as the bark on all young fruit

trees is very tender and a favorite food

for rodents, as, field mice, meadow moles,

etc. All such trash of any kind which

would afford them a. harbor should be

carefully raked back in a circle three feet

in diameter around each tree, then when

snow comes, tramp it firmly about the

base of each. This firmed snow freezes

quite solidly, acts as a barrier to serious

downward freezing of the ground, thus

protecting the young roots and also pre—

venting mice, etc, burrowing through to

the trunk and the consequent injury to the

tree by gnawing. If one can so afford,

the various patent tree protectors are to

be recommended but in lieu of these

heavy black, tarrcd sheathing paper, cut

in desired lengths and narrow strips, lap-

pcd entirely around each tree and tied

also with tarred twine, are entirely effec—

tive and besides costing but a trifle, are

easily and quickly adjusted. These

strips, when formed into tubes about the

trees should extend tight to the ground,

even to banking some soil about ('Flt'll at

the bottom to insure against nothing

crawling under. N0 depressions or hol~

lows should be near young trees, these

fill with water and ice and often prove

the death of otherwise promising fruits.



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The fortieth annual

Michigan State Horticultural Society will

be held at Benton Harbor, December 6—8,

with the annual banquet on the first even—

ing. Chas. \V. Garfield acting as toast-

master. Prof. M. B. \Vaitc, of “Wishing--

ton, D. (.2. Secretary (um-u, of New

York, \V, \V, Farnswortb, of Ohio, Prof.

Sanders, of “'isconsin, and other noted

fruit authoritcs are to speak. Our state

society now numbers among its member-

ship over a thousand persons. The or-

ganization has grown to he a powerful

influence in the fruit industry of the

state. This annual meeting is the most

important of the sessions of the year. The

untiring efforts of Secretary Bassett in

arranging for former meetings, and the

fact that he has always “made good" in-

sures patrons of this session that they

will be repaid many times the value of

the expenses required to attend. This

insurance is further secured by mention

of the names above, every man of which

was a country-wide reputation as author-

ity on certain lines of fruit subjects.



In connection with the sessions will be

conducted an exhibit of fruit and flowers

and a broad line of orchard machinery

and materials.





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throughout the season cost him 15

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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





In the general

Potato Production and summary of why)

Market Prospects. conditions which

appears in an-

other column of this issue, it will be

noted that the estimated crop of potatoes

for the country is 328,787,000 busiicls.

compared with a production for List year

of 376.537.000 bushels, making the current

year‘s crop, as estimated by the govern-

ment experts, 48,750,000 bushels less. than

that of last year. As estimated by per-

centages, this year's crop is 88.5 per cent

of a full or normal crop, while the ten-

.Vear average is 87.7 per cent of a full or

normal crop. An analysis of these fig-

ures. with due regard for other conditions

which may become factors in the future

market for potatoes, can not but be prof-

itable for potato growers who are holding

all or a portion of their crop for the later

market, as such an analysis affords the

best possible guide for the most profitable

disposition of the crop.





.Whatever the final outcome, of the mar-



keting season may be, these figures can

notbe construction other thin reassuring

to potato growers who have all or part of

their crop in Winter storage, as they have

been urged to place at least a fair pro-

portion of them in previous issues of the

Michigan Farmer. With the estimated

production for the year only eight-tenths

of one per cent above that for the ten-

year average, it is reasonably certain that

there 'will not be a. large surplus of home-

grown stock, above what is needed for

consumption in the country, if. indeed,

it is not found that there is a shortage as

the season advances. With other produce

and provisions high this should mean that

the future trend of the potato market

will have an upward rather than a down-

ward tendency, the more so for the fact

that the price has been comparatively low

during the curly part of the marketing

season. which will mean no curtailment

of consumption.



\X'liile growers have not been well sat-

iscd with early market conditions, a. great

many potatoes have been marketed. part-

ly because growers did not have sufficient

winter storage for the entire crop, partly

because some of them needed the ready

money which the tubers would bring, and

partly, no doubt, from a. remembrance of

the disastrous trend of the late market

lust season, when the crop was underes-

timated and the supply exceeded the de-

mand at a reasonable value. While there

has been a comparatively free move-

ment of potatoes from growers’ hands,

yet the markets at centers of consump-

tion have not been oversupplied in many

cases, owing partly to a shortage in cars

in which to ship the tubers and partly to

the general feeling on the part of buyers

that the tubers are good property to hold

at prevailing prices. For these reasons

there are a good many potatoes stored

1.1 Shipping points by dealers. awaiting

furs for shipment or an advance in prices,

as may be the case, to which fact may

be largely attributed the steady trend of

tho early market.



But with the publication of the final

estimates of the crop. which will un~

doubtedly increase the confidence of bold-

ers. a reasonable advance in the price

may be expected to occur, as a shortage

of stock for immediate consumption is

full in the big market centers. This de—

mand will doubtless be later augmented

by a. considerable aggregate demand from

smaller centers of population, where po-

tatoes enough are not grown in the sur-

rounding agricultural territory to supply

the demand for the entire season. But

it is probable that any advance from

these causes will be gradual rather than

scnsutional, for the reason that so many

potatoes are held by dealers, who will ’be

inclined to move them at a fair profit,

iather than to speculate longer on them

after a reasonable advance over the pur-

chase price can be secured. In the mean-

time. growers will begin to let go of their

holdings. since the memory of cheap po-

fume, is too recent to cause any specu—

lative furore in this year’s crop. For

these reasons we would look for a rather

even and steady market, based upon the.

supply which the natural demand brings

forth during the progressing season, rathu

cr than upon the speculative plunging

which is generally responsible for dollar

IliliiliOQS.



if those conclusions are correct, the

grower who has a part or all of his crop

safely in winter quarters, may reasonably

cxpect an advance in market values which

\\ ill closely approximate the average price

for the ten—year pcriori at some time dnr-

ing the winter or early spring. but when

that time arrivcs, the furtiicr holding of

the crop may properly be cleaved as

speculative, rather than good business

Fi‘lICE‘.



Nuiurally. ilw condition of the foreign

crop becomes of interest to American

farmcrs whenever prices rise to a point

in this country which makes the import-

ation of foreign stock a factor to be

reckoned with in our markets. \V‘niic it

is yet too early to determinevthis point

with accuracy, it would not appear that

there would be a surplus of cheap foreign

potatoes which would seriously affect a

normal and average market in this coun-

try, such as is above prwllctcll, The area

devoted ,to potatoes in the United King-

dom was considerably less this season

than for several years. and the estimates

for this year’s crop are 23,000,000 bushels

below that of last year. in Germany.

which is the cutest of all potato pm-

duclng nations, there has been connlder-

able loss from rot due to wet weather

earlier in the season. and the prospects

for the crop fell off 1.6 per cent for the

entire German Empire during September,





THE MicnioAN - PAfiMER.





and mm than 5 per cent income of the

more important potato-granting provinces.

The , moat serious European shortage in,

however, in France, where the usual an-

nual production of about 425,000,000 bush-

els is said to have been reduced fully

one-half by ravages of disease and rot

in this year's crop. This will mean a

nearby market for surplus European po-

tatoes, which should keep them out of

our market unless the price raises con-

siderably above the half dollar mark,

which does not seem probable, unless

there should be an apparent shortage .as

the marketing season approaches its end.





 





HAPPENlNGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.





The postomce department has adopted

a. new policy with regard to using the

mails for defrauding, and as a result of

the change several members of “get-rich-

qulck organizations have been taken

charge of by the federal authorities.





Ralph Johnstone, the daring aviator,

who made a new world’s record for high

flying at Belmont Park a fortnight ago,

was killed last Thursday while atempting

to perform his daring spiral glide at Den-

ver, Col. He was about 800 feet in the

air when he lost control of the aeroplane.

About 300 feet from the ground the ma-

chine turned completely over and was

crushed into uheap when it struck, John-

stone being killed instantly.



President Taft has returned to the Uni-

ted States from Panama. His boat en-

countered a heavy sea off the coast of

Florida.



Leaders of the good roads movement

from different sections of the country

are in W'ashingtou forming a national

oragnization for the purpose of unifying

the efforts of the many local associations

in pushing road improvement. The spirit

of the men who are starting the organi-

zation is rather to aid the rural popula-

tion of the country than to make the

roads the pleasure paths of tourists.





Tests at Hampton Roads prove the

power of nitro-giycerine incased in a

newly invented Shell. With this new

Shell concussion is not necessary to in-

flict damage to the object fired upon. but

simply contact.‘ The advantages are that

the explosive can be fired at a longer

distance than others and can be dropped

from flying machines upon vessels with

fatal results.





A ferrymun and three of his passengers

were drowned in St. Mary‘s river Satur-

day night. The small craft in which they

were crossing the strcamwvus overturned.

Three of the passengers were saved. The

boat was overloaded.



Foreign.



Sir Wilfred Laurier. premier of Can-

363, celebrated his 70th birthday Sunday.



The salvation army is planning on

bringing a, large number of Englishmen to

settle in western Canada.



Count Toistoi, of Russia, is dead, hav—

ing passed away in a humble hut whither

he had gone when'on his Iway to seek

seclusion. His body will be buried on the

family estate where he was born. There

will be no ceremony. the orthodox Greek

church having excommunicated the great

writer in 1901. All Russia seems in

mourning, however.



While returning from the dedication of

a monument to the memory of Jules

Ferry, Premier Briund of France, was

attacked by a. young roaylist, Sunday.

The assailant was prevented from doing

serious damage to the high official, anu

imprisoned. He stated that his purpose

was to strike at the republic of France

through the person of Briand.





The House of Lords of the British par-

liament is now debating a proposal which

they hope will retain to them the power

they now possess and still satisfy the

commons. The proposal is to have joint

sessions for the settlement of disputed

bills, or those over which there is great





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A new fertilizer paper has been started

in the South, which announces that one

of its purposes will be to “Educate” the

farmer in regard to the great advantages

of mixed fertilizers, and the folly of home

mixing. One of the means to this end

consists of a series of cartoons represent-

ing the farmer in a most uncompllmen-

tary way. The text accompanying these

is an inuslt to the intelligence of the

farmer. The plan rs to have the local

papers reproduce these, and in this the

aid of the local fertilizer agent is expect-

ed. The editorial announcement con-

cludes by stating that: “Once the good

work is started, and the editors of the

agricultural papers are convinced of the

big savings to the farmers from using

commercial fertilizers manufactured in an

up-to-date factory, the battle will be

won.”



The battle is not likely to be won at

all on this basis. Many local dealers are

heartily in favor of meeting the wishes

of their customers for raw material. Op-

posed to this is the attempt of the manu‘

facturer to bind the local dealer not to

sell raw materials, and if this fails, the

manufacturer will not give the same

credit accommodations on raw material as

on mixed goods. The custom of manu-





 





facturers in giving a local dealer exclu-L





sive teritory on the firms‘ brands, and

then giving his next door competitor ex-

elusive territory on brands of exactly the

same composition but sold under the

name of some “Bay window” company

belonging to the same manufacturer, and





,continuing the process as long as the





supply of dealers in a given town holds

out, is not one that is likely to make the

local dealer favor the manufacturers and

their anti—home mixing plans, as against

the bcst interests of the dealers’ cue-

tomers.



The editors of the agricultural papers

are too well informed to take up any

such scheme and they, as well as their

readers, know that wherever home mix-

ing has been intelligently tried, the “Big

savings” are all on the side of .home

mixing. It has been repeatedly shown

that in factories equipped with the most

elaborate machinery for mixing, it is by

no means an unusual thing for goods to

be mixed by exactly the same process as

the farmer would use at home. This is

especially true for small lots of high—

grade goods made from the best class of

raw materials.



Many large factories are returning to

the old process of wet mixing, and for

this work there is a great advantage in

using mixing machinery, since the proc—

ess involves the use of sulfuric acid and

has the manufacturing advantage of per-

mitting the utilization of low grades of

raw materials that a farmer would never

think of buying, if offered to him in their

unmixed condition; it also serves to dis-

guise the tiller. ‘



The manufacturers continue to press

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interests at stake. It is not yet certain

that the proposal will be submitted to the,

government but the attitude of the upper,

house appears to be favorable. Formerly;

conferences between the two bodies were

common but in more reccnt yeais they‘

have been discontinued. Now that the vote

power of the House of Lords is threat-

ened. and that it would be magnunimous

for that body to vote to relinquish that

power, it is imperative to find some man-é

nor of getting an expression upon the;

question, and the lords seem now to be

of the opinion that they will suggest that

the two branches confer upon such ques-

tions when they cannot agree as separate

bodies.



What purported to be an attack upon,

Americans in different parts of Mexico:

now appears to have been only a blind?

for covering ii. widespread revolution in'

that country. From cvcry Section the

rebels have arisen in arms and it seems

that the government is in confusion :is to

what to do and when to strike. President-

Diziz is personally directing the federal

troops. Among thc rcbc-l leaders is Gen.’

Reves, who was once a friend of the

president. and Francisco Madero. 0n

last Friday 100 persons are reported to

have been killed at Pucbla. and a. con-g

that at Zucnir-cus on the following eyen-l

lng rceultcd in 400 soldiers being killed.

The government at “'nshlngton has

rushed several regiments to the border

to protect American interests wherver

they may be in jeopardy.





 





Sugar Beet Growerc' Meeting.





Thc county and state sugar beet grow-

crs’ meeting called by the Shiawassee

County Beet Growers’ Association for the

purpose of effecting a state organizationi

as announced in the advertising columns

of the last issue. will be held in Corunna

On Saturday, Nov. 36, instead of on Nov.

20, as a typographical error made it ap-

pear in the announcement.





 





in the North, both of which permit tne

use of low-grade raw material and filler.



The farmer demands formulas better

suited to his crops and soils, and contain—

ing less filler. Brands of higher grade

are meeting with increased sale, and farm-

ers are learning that they can make their

own brands to suit themselves. The ridi-

cule of the trade papers will not deter

them in this.



Home mixing is now rendered. much

more practical and profitable by the fact

that dealers or farmers can now buy both

nitrate of soda and potash salts direct

from the producers, where heretofore

they were obliged to get them through

fertilizer manufacturers, many of whom

placed all sorts of obstacles in the way

of such purchases. This dealing direct

with the producers of the two substances

needed to suplement basic slag, acid

phosphate or bone, in producing complete

and filler—free fertilizers suited to the

various needs of the farmer, results in a

marked saving in cost of the raw mate-

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It pave better than a bank account. “'ell selected

realty investments make enormous returns. It is the

safest and most~ productive one of investment.



:1 Dec. to introduce ourselves. we will oli'erlom

building lots. This roperty is situated only thirty

minntm' ride by trol ey car from the businem center

of the city. We predict that these lots will incresm

’ within three years Buflalo has practically no

vacant hooleesnd a population of tension is

the order of the day and with extension. values will

increase wonderfnll . The darting price WIII hem (ll

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BY FRANK H. SWEET.





There were few settlers in Rhode Is-

land when John Sabon left the Plymouth

Colony and took his family down into

the Naragansett country. Two years be—

fore, he had been a poor weaver at

Bourges, France, working long hours and

only just able to keep above actual want.

But he was impulsive and generous and

had aspirations to raise his family above

its present condition. And one way and

another he had managed to pick up a

very good education for a man of his

position.



At the time there were strange rumors

coming across the water of the hardy

pioneers who Were suhduing the western

wilderness. Sabon heard the rumors and

became enthusiastic. This was the op—

portunity he was looking for. He had a

large family, and the place for growing

children was a new country. So he sold

the tools of his craft. and his household

furniture, and the cow and calf, and the

great oak chest and armor which his

grandfather, the soldier, had given him,

and with the proceeds engaged passage

to Plymouth.



But a year and a half at the Puritan

colony enlaiged his ambition. He found

that the great forests stretched away to

the west and southwest, even beyond the

knowledge of the Indian neighbors. and

that any of it might be had for the ask-

ing. “'hy confine himself to a small

holding when he might acquire land which

would have to be measured by the eye

instead of the tape measure. and which

would be large enough to divide among

the Children and children's children? SO

he disposed of the small place he had ac—

quired at Plymouth and once more set

out with his family in search of a new

home.



It was middle autumn and the weather

was warm and agreeable. Fish abounded

in the streams, and in the woods they

found an abundance of wild fruit and

game. So they loitercd on the way and

made themselves familiar with the coun-

try as they went along



At last Sabon found a place which

seemed to suit all his hopes. It was well

watered and timbcred, and had plenty Of

fine, marsh land which would yield him

all the hay he wanted and furnish graz-

ing for the cattle he intended to have.

And back on the eastern slope of the hill—

side were several gushing springs of pure

cold water.



Near one of these springs he built his

small two—room cabin. There was little

furniture to put in it. but in the woods

were dry leaves for bedding and an

abundance of fuel. And almost at their

door were game and fish, and along the

shores of the river, at low tide, could be

gathered oysters and clams and mussels.



During the winter Sabon and his two

alert boys hunted and set traps, and‘by

spring had accumulated quite a large

number of skins. “’jth these he returned

to Plymouth and bought provisions and

ammunition and a cow. This last addi-

tion to the household was hailed with de-

light by the younger children.



But their joy was of short duration.

\Vithin a week the cow was stolen by a

small party of Indians who visited the

cabin while Sabon was away hunting.

Mrs. Sabon tried to restrain them, but

was met with such ficrce looks that she

was glad to retreat into the cabin. A

few weeks later the same party again

visited the place, during the owner’s ab—

sence, and carried off the pig and all

the hens they could catch. After that

Sabon gave up most of his hunting and

began to clear land around the cabin so

that he might be within easy call.



But as the weeks went by the Indians

grew bolder in their aggressions. His

traps were stolen, and arrows were oc-

casionally shot at him from ambush, Fre-

quently he saw prints of moccasined feet

in the soil about his cabin. Sometimes he





was awakened in the night by strange

sounds, and would steal from his bed

of leaves and peer cautiously through the

loop hole. He never stepped outside now

without a sharp glance around; and his

gun was always held in readiness for in-

stant use. .



And yet there was no open warfare be-

tween the settlers and Indians, but he

was in daily fear of an outbreak. His

cabin was isolated and very near the

Pequot trail.

should attack him he would be powerless

to check them. Sometimes he was al-

most ready to take his family back to the

protection of Plymouth, or at least to

remove to a more thickly settled com-

munity.



During the summer he cleared nearly

two acres of land and broke it up as best

he could by hand for the next year's

planting. As the weather grew cold he

once more began to set his traps in the

woods and along the banks of the river.



This second winter was much more sev-

vere than the first. Snow began to fall

in October and remained on the ground

almost continuously until spring. Game

became scarce, and the thick ice on the

river rendered fishing almost impossible.





By Christmas the family was reduced tee





extreme want.



At last Sabon determined to take what

skins he had obtained and go to the near-

est settlement after supplies. No Indian

“signs” had been seen for some weeks

and he was in hopes that he could go and

return without observation.





It was bitterly cold and snowing when

he set out, but in the afternoon the

weather moderated and the snow changed

to rain. The third day he reached his

destination and, having effected the eX'-

change he desired, set out on his return

with a generous pack of provisions strap-

ped on his back. It was still raining, and

the accumulated snow was slowly spread-

ing out into broad lakes of ice cold wat-

er which. on the hillsides and in the

sloping valleys, quickly became swollen

and angry torrents.



Sabon made slow progress, and was of-

tcn obliged to make long detours to avoid

these swollen streams. It was not until

the fourth day that he reached the Pet-

taquamscott and turned up its bank to-

ward his cabin.



As he was pushing his way laboriously

through the snow and water he suddenly

stopped with a low cry of surprise. Cross-

ing the half-melted snow in front of him

was a wavering line of footprints. It re-

quired but a single glance of his pracu

ticed eyes to tell him they were made by

moccasins, and that the owner was not

far away. Almost instantly his gun was

in position, and his keen eyes sweeping

from side to side. But only for a mo—

ment, then his gaze returned to the

tracks and his gun was allowed to fall

back into its old position.



“To small for a grown Injin,” he said,

aloud, “and I ain’t fighting children, But

it’s strange one should be wandering

around by himself in such weather’s this.

I suppose it’s ’cause he‘s an Injin.”



Again his glance swept across the snow

in the direction the footprints indicated.

This time he saw a small dark object ly-

ing almost in the edge of the water. At

first he thought it was a muskrat, or

some other small animal, but as he drew

nearer the object resolved itself into the

figure of a child, half buried in the snow.





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"An Injin gal,” he cried, pityingly, as-





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But at the sound of his voice the fig-l





ure moved slightly and moaned.

the wild,

the figure made a vain effort to raise

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In an instant Sabon had thrown his

pack upon the snow and raised her in his

arms. At first she resisted feebly, then

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lt had now ceased snowing and the sun

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sible and chafed the girl’s cold hands

from time to time.





hurried back after his pack. It was gone.

But in the snow was another line of moc-

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NOV. 26, 1910.”

Were made by a stalwart Indian warrior.

Late that night he was aroused from

a deep siumberiby the stealthy tramp of

many feet outside. Listening intently he

could hear rustling sounds as if brush-

wood were being piled against the cabin.

Going to the loop-hole he peered out.

The moon was behind a cloud, but indis“l

tinctly he could see shadowy figures mov-

ing about. Reaching up to the antlers

above the loop-hole he took down his

gun. Then he remembered that his extra

ammunition had been left in the pack.





His gun was loaded and he could kill

one Indian, but would not that exasperate

the rest? Probably the Indians would

make them prisoners and hold them for

ransom, but if he should kill one of their

number it would mean the prompt de-

struction of all his household. No, better

trust to their mercy and the fact that

no open war had yet been declared. Care-

fully replacing the gun upon the antlers

he once more peered from the loop-hole

and waited.



After awhile he saw one of them light

a torch and apply it to the pile of brush—

Wood. But the wet leaves and sticks only

spluttered and smoked. Again and again

the torch was applied, but in vain. Then

a. score or more of the Indians went back

into the woods. When they returned

they brought with them a long, heaVy

log. le



Sabon knew that the decisive moment

had come. Quickly arousing his family

he gathered them about him and waited.

But as the great log crashed against the

door, making the whole cabin shake, a

sudden inspiration seized him. The In-

dian girl was seated on the hearth near

the smouldering fire, watching them with

wild, staring eyes. Sabon caught her up





' in his arms and as the second crash of





the log sent the door flying from its

hinges he sprang forward into the open

doorway. At the same moment the moon

came from behind the clouds and revealed

him clearly to the Indians.



There was a low murmur of astonish-

ment, and the besiegers fell back from

the doorway. As they did so, a tall,

powerful chief who had been directing

them sprang into the cabin and caught

the little girl from Sabon’s arms.



“Calchetta!” he cried huskily, “now you

come here? I have search like the hun-

gry wolf, but no find. T'ink you dead.”



The little girl said something to him

in a low voice and pointed to Sabon. The

chief held out his hand.



“Me sorry," he said, regretfully, “but

no can help now. Mebbe by'm by. Cal-

(heita got lost many day and snow hide

trail. Then my young men find trail far

off, and paleface trail joining it at Petta-

quamscott, and he come like the wind

and tell me. life t’ink you kill and hide

in water, then we follow you trail» to kill

you."



“That‘s all right, chief," answered Sa-

hon, good naturedly, as he took the

Indian’s hand, “but I don’t make war on

children. An' for that matter." reflec-

tively, “I‘d rather not make war on any

of you. I haven’t any grudge against





you Indians, except for the way you've .





been treatin' me lately. "i‘wasn't jest

the right thing to take my cow and pro-

visions."



“All come back, but pig,” said the chief,

gravely. “Him killed. But me sorry

'bout Wigwam.”



“Oh, that doesn't matter," replied Sa-

lion. "I can fix the door in a few hours

—and very glad to get off so easy." under

his breath. _



But the chief did not seem to he sat—

isfied.



“What log for in the woods?" he asked,

suddenly.



“For a new cabin," answered Sabon,

wondering what was in the chief‘s mind.

“This one isn‘t large enough for a big

family. I got the logs ready last winter,

hut—well, I‘ve been thinkin' some of mov-

in’ away.”



“Better stay," sententiously. “Vi'e be

good friends all time now. Calchetta say

she like you. S'pose me let you have ten

wtwenty—sixty young men to make Wig-

wum. S'pose you do it heap quick!"



“I think we should," grinned Sabon.

“Sixty men! whew!”



The chief walked across the room and

placed Calchetta upon a pile of skins

near the fireplace. ’Me leave her with

white squaw till she better," he said to

Mrs. Sabon. Then turning to the door

he added, “now me go talk with young

men.”



The next day work was begun on the

new house. The Indians were not skillful

but they were strong and willing, and

work progressed rapidly. In less than a

week, a. strong, commodious house was

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ANIMALS THAT FISH.





 





BY ISAAC MOTES.





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being in the tail, all except the extreme

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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

November 23, 1910.

Grains and Seeds.



Wheat—The statistical situation is

generally in favor of an easy market, but

the week has brought surprises to the

bears, the greatest being the showing of

a shorter crop in Argentine than was ex-

pected. It was figuied that the South

American country would furnish 130,000,-

000 bushels of wheat for Europe. but the

more letent estimates hold that it will

not be in a position to put 11p 0Ver 100, -

000. 000 bushels This shortage gave Liv-

erpool a stionger tone which was reflect-

ed in the n12'11kets on this side. Foreign-

ers are buy: ng in Winnipeg millers in

the west aie actiVe pu1chascrs. and in

the southwest dry weather is damaging

the new crop. The visible supply increas-

ed about one and a half million bushels.

One year ago the price for No. 2 red

wheat was 311.2114 per bu. Quotations for

the week are:





 





 





 





No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. Dec. May.

Thursday . . . . .95 .0512 1.01114

Friday . . ..... .941/2 .11- '11 1/2 .9434 .9914,

Saturday .9514 .931; 051,251,001“

Monday . . . .9431; .9219; £111.; .991};

Tuesday ..... 951%; .931/2 .116 1 0111/;

\Vednesday .. .96 .96 .9613. 1.0034





Germ—Better prices are ruling in the

corn department. but the tendency eaily

this week was to weaken under pressure

of heavier rccipts from country places.

The strength of wheat has been a bullish

feature but for which declines might have

occurred. The local market is easy. One

year ago the price for N0. 2 corn was

61c per bu. Quotations for the past

week are:



No. 2 No. 2

Corn. Yellow.





 





Thursday . . . . . . . . . ....... 5:11/2

Friday ......... 0.11,;

Saturday ......... .1114

Monday ....... 51114

Tuesday .................. 5:1

‘Wedm'sday . . . . ........... :15





Oats—There is being but a moderate

volume of busines done in oats. and

prices do not change much. The local

liiarkct is easy as appears to be the case

111 all the large centers. The price sccins

well adjusted to conditions 1-l' supply and

demand. \‘isible supply has diminished

about half a million bushcls (1111- ycar

ago the price for standard oats was 421,,ng





per bu. Quotations for the week are:

Standard. No. 3

\Vhite.

Thursday . . .............. 2‘1» 535, 341/12

Friday ...... . .............. 2‘14 1/2 34

Saturday ..... . ........... :1- 1,42 ‘-‘

Monday ........... . ...... 341/2 34

Tuesday .................. 34143 34

\Vednesday ............... 34-74 011.1





Beansre’l‘ransactions are not reported

and the prices below, which are nominal,

are unchanged from a wcck ago. l’rivato

reports from some sections where bean

threshing is being continued are more

encouraging than was expcctcd whcn the

crop was pulled. The quotations are:





(lash. Nov.

Thursday ................... $2.10 $2.071

Friday ..................... 2 10 205

Saturday ................... 9.10 205

Monday .................... 210 205

Tuesday ................... 2 10 2.05

\Vedncsday ................ 1 111 2.11",





to be active and transactions are numer—

ous but generally not large. Prices are





a little better. AlSlkC is steady. Quota-

tions are:



Prime Spot. Dec. Alsike.

Thursday ........ $8. 65 $8.70 $8.75

Friday ............ 8.65 8,70 8.75

Saturday . . . ...... 8.65 8.70 875

Monday . . ......... 8.65 8.70 is. [1'1

Tuesday 8.75 8,811 3.75

“'ednesday ....... 8.75 8. 80 8 75





Rye. -—Markct is higher and (N111 and im—





proving. Quotations f01 No 1 is We pet

bushel.

Visible Supply of Grains.



' This. week. Last week.

Wheat . . ...... . .113.1’.l$1,t100 41.19.89.000

Com . .............. 2.355.000 2.307.000

Oats ..... 15.0Rl.tltltl 16,130,000

Rye .......... 409,001) 40.0.1100

Barley ............. 2,706,010) 2.729.000





Flour, Feed, Previsions. Etc.

Flown—Tho flour trade is stcady with

prites unchanged Quotations are:





(‘ lear ................................. $1. 6'1

Straight ............................. 4. (‘15

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

(‘11‘1'linai'y Patent .................... 4.711





Hay and Straw.wll;1,v values are

stcady. Quotations on baled hay in car

lots f. 0. 11. Detroit are: No. 1 timothy,

$16.50fu'17; No_ 2 timothy, 3115.504710; clo—

ver, mixed. 5171.511/11'10; ryc straw. 3760

7.50; wheat and oat straw. $6016.50 per

ton.



I‘eed.~.\ll prices are steady with

thOse of last chck. (‘arlot prices on

track are: ‘Rran, $21 per ton: coa1se

middlings, $211: fine middlings. $2 0;

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

corn and oat chop. $24 pcr ton.



Potatoes—-Abont thc s:1111e conditions

prevail as a Week ago. in car lots Mich-

igan potatoes are. selling at 40011213 bu.



Dairy and Paultry Products.



Buttern—r'l‘hcro is no change in price

from last week. The demand for butter

is good and supply ample at present.

Quotations arc: Extra creamery. 32c;

firsts, Odo, 281/2c; dairy, 23c; packing

stock 2c 1191 lb.



Eggs. :The scarcity of egg s has forced

a further advance and the price now for

fresh receipts case count. cases includ-

ed. is 301/2c per doz.. which is one cent

more than was paid a week ago.



Poultry—The holiday demand is in-

creasing the interest in this market and





Clover Seedrfl'l‘hc seed deal continues1





 





. THE MICHIGAN. FARMER.





prices are up. Chickens are .now at '13@

14c; fowls.12@13c; ducks‘18c; geese,

14@15c; turbo y,s 20@22c for dressed. For

live birds the prices run 12@13c for

chickens; 11(012c for fowls; 20c for tur-

keys; ,12@13c for geese, and 16c for

ducks.



Cheese.-—Michigan, 17; Michigan sharp,

17617181/2c.‘ Michigan fall made, 171/2@18c;

York state, 111,2@18c; limburger, old, 16@



‘.-7c; Swiss domestic block, 20(11210,

crcam brick.17@18c.



Dressed Pork. —Lower at 9@91A2c per lb.



Veal ——-(,1101ce, 12(0121/2c; ordinary, 9

@llc per lb.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Apples.—The tone is unchanged. Prices

are about steady. Market easy. Choice

consignments selling at $3@3.50; common

kinds and grades. $2,773 per bbl.



Cabbage.-Steady. Selling at $1.50 per

bbl. for new.



Pears—Steady. Selling at 75c@$1.50

per bu.



OTHER MARKETS.

Grand Rapids.



Vt'hite beans are in fair demand, quo-

tations to farmers being on $1. 75@1.80

l)lSl.\‘. Red kidneys are lower though

quotations continue at $1.25.Sca1city of

tais is affecting shipments of both poti-

tocs and beans. The potato situation

shows no improvement over last week.

300 being the outside figure, while 25c is

the price paid at many tip—state stations.

Potatoes are still coming from pits and

when the pits freeze up it is expected

that prices will stiffen. The movement

of potatoes out of Michigan has been of

almost unprecedented volume to date.

Glass farmers are not getting rich out of

lcttuce this fall. They are selling lettuce

for 41/20 per ll1.. a price far below the.

usual Thanksgiving figures. Radishes are

sclling at 25c; parsley, 150; cucumbers,

$1.25. ()nions are quoted at 4561150c to

farmers. Clover seed is worth $6fii17.50

timothy, $46115. Poultry is in good de—





mand 'l‘hanksgiving week. at higher

prices. Chickens, 5 lbs. and over are





worth 101'; lighter ones 91': geese have

advanced to lie: ducks to 12c. while tur-

keys are worth 171:. llrcsscd hogs are

:1 trit'lc higher, bringing 961191/20 N0

rpecial change is noted in butter and

cggs.

New York.



liiiltti‘.~»l”1‘iccs declined 21 full cent

the past week for the best grades 11"

crcamci'ics. while other kinds are

steady. Creamery specials quoted at

11111110112211, extras. 301211; thirds to firsts.

310121.112



Eggs.—-'l‘he bcst gradcs are again

quolctl higher. Nearby eggs quoted at

Taoism-z t‘rt-sh gathered extras, 3041131‘ic;

tirsts, 3161350



l’11ultry.—J)1'esscd. active and higher.

Quoted as follows: \\'estcrn chickens,

1:21/20117c; fowls, 1101M; spring turkeys.

190121312 Live. chickens dull and lower;

turkeys slightly higher. Spring chickens,

11107141.; I'owls, 13/111411 turkeys, 14Gt‘22c.





Chicago.



\\‘l1cat.——No. 2 1cd Sl'ifl93l/20;

1101', 911/211; May, 971.; e per bit.



t‘orn.—e.\'o. I.’ mixtd .101/411‘1001/20 Dc.-

ccnibcr, 411:,1'; May, 401/21'



liutlcr.~1\_l:1rket easier at last week‘s

valucs. Receipts ample and trade rather

quiet. Creumeries, 21111130120; dairies, 25

(1127c per lb.



Eggs—The better grades have moved

up another cent during the past. week.

Miscellaneous receipts unchang ed. Quo-

tations arc: Prime firsts, .‘;llc iiists, 29c;





Decem-





at mark, cases included. 191/241‘221/21:

dozen.



llay and Straw.—llay steady: wheat

straw higher. No other material price





changes Quotations are: (‘hoice tim—

othv, 3219621950; No, 1 timothy, $17.50@

1.9.50; No. 2 do. and No. 1 mixed, $155060

17'. No, 1’1 do. and No. 2 mixed. $12.50@15;

rye straw, 318.50039; Oat straw, $7@7.50;

wheat straw. $050657 per ton.



Potatoes.~—l.ighter receipts have stif—

fened the market somewhat; prices gen—

crally 1c higher. Choice to fancy are

quoted at 45611480 per bu; fair to good,

3ROI430.





Elgm.

111tter.—~Trade firm at 310 per 1b.,

which is last week’s price.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.

November 21. 1910.



(Special report by Dunning 8:. Stevens,



New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo. N. Y.)



ltwt-ipts of stock here today as fol-

lows: (‘altlc, 1171 cars: hogs. 211.000: shccp

and lambs. 13.100: calvcs, L200.



\Yilh 1-l.'1 loads of cattle on thc market

bcrc today. as a rulc light butcher cai-

tlo. cows. stockcrs and i‘ccdcrs sold about

1111' higl-cr than last week. The heavy

1alllc \\<‘?'(’ dull and lowcr.1 The heavv

batcly slcady and lhc heavy chight stccrs

sold lower than last wcck.



\\'c 1,111111-:".<st 17:01) to 1,11111-lb. stccrs

94113114111771: 1_11d piimc 1.15011 to 1.7211(1—lb.

4111,. $1 7. 171111 ; 111191 ].l')“ in 1.2’1N1-ll).

shipping stuns. 97.41 71.771; incdiuin butcl'ct‘

steers. 1.0110 to 1.100 lbs., $515071»? '1: light

1111.. $~l.2.'1fi14.71'1: bcst lat cows. 11277.:"1;

fair to good cows. 3:37:52'1'5; common to

medium 1111.. 92.73019. trimmers, 1’19'0711

fl; br'st fat hcii'crs, 735015.50; good (111,.

91.27.414.771; fair to "111111 111).. 112.5004;

stock l1cifcrs. $711" ”11.9. '10: best feedimr

stccrs. dchorned. 31110015113: incdium to

good feeding stccis. 3311.256115'10: stockers.

all grades, $96t1613.$t1:l1cst bulls. $1.73fri‘

5: bologna bulls. 11.711119': light thin

bulls, 53.27101 ”7' i"'an(y milkers and

springcrs $706130; good to fancy 1111., $50

@65: common to good do. 320/1040.



With 125 double decks of hogs on the

market here today. market opened 10/171511

lower than Saturday's best time. and

closing up steady at' the opening prices,

with a few loads going over unsold.



We quote: Medium and heavy. $7.15;

few choice, $7.25: mixed and medium.

$7.15@7.?0: yorkers, $7.10@7.20; pigs.

$7.25@7.50, according to weight and qual-





 





 





 





ity; roughs, $6.50; Stags. $5.50@5.75.

Prospects only fair, this being holiday

week, we are liable to have a dull trade.

The market opened up active on handy

lambs; most of the best handy weights

selling at $6.35@6.40. Heavy lambs very

dull and hard to sell. Lambs weighing

over 100 lbs. about $5.75. Most of the

northern Michigan lambs selling from $6@

6.25 according to weight and quality.

Prospects look lower on lambs for the

balance of the week unless the run

should be exceptionally light. Sheep were

about steady with the close of last week.

Most of .he best ewes selling at $3.75.

We quote: Best handy lambs, $6.35@

6.40; heavy lambs, $5.75@6; heavy ewes,

$3.65@6.75; bucks. $2.50@3 yearlings,

$4.50@4.75; wethers, $4@4.25; handy ewes

$3.75@3.85; cull sheep, 2.50@3; northern

Michigan lambs, $6(116.25; veals, choice to





extra, $10@10.25; fair to good (10., $7.50

@950; heavy calves, $5@6.50.

Chicago,





November 21, 1910.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today .....23,000 37,000 45.000

Same day last year..41,268 41,800 31,721

teceived last week. .70 '176 140 660 168.9311

Same week last ve e.ar 72, 974 128 561 127 099

Cattle which averaged 1502511 lower

last week. sold better today, with mod—

erate offerings. There was a good de-

mand at well maintained prices. and the

better class 0f light steers and butcher

stuff sold largely a dime higher, even





heavy beeves selling well. Only about‘





1.500 western rangers arrived. Hogs,

which dot-lined 70(1‘11751' last week. had a

further break of 10@15c, with a slow

trade at 367560130. choice light hogs

bringing $7 20. Hogs received last week

averaged 234 lbs., compared with 224 lbs.

a year ago. 212 lbs. two years ago and

209 lbs. three years ago. Lambs declined

last week 85c@$1.15 and sheep 5017.1160c.

touching lowest figures of the year. but

there was a better market today for fat

lambs. with higher prices. Feeder stock





continued slow at unchanged values.

Lambs moved off at 31450611010. feeder

lots being salable at $4((D5 75' \Vethers





were salable at $3. 2503 ..90 ewes at $1.50

(113 .10 bucks at $3.03 and yearlings at

.114m'4.50 Breeding ewes were quotable at

33614.50. while feeders wanted wethers

at $3619.75 and yearlings at $4604.40.

About 50 double—decks of lambs arrived

from the ranges. ’l‘lu'inksgiving day is a

holiday in the live stock market



Cattle are not at all likely to sell any

better so long as these liberal supplies are

kept up. Rallies in prices take place now

and then.

large numbers of cattle have been car—

ried over from day to day unsold. The

most important change in the market last

week was an unexpected marked increase

in the receipts from western ranges. with

a smaller number of fed cattle. The ag~

gregate cattle offerings were too large,

with an especially large showing of ordi-

nary to medium grades, and further

sharp breaks in prices placed the gen-

eral market on the lowest level seen in

a long period, although bottom values

were no lower. Fed steers sold largely

at $5607, with the commoner lots of light-

wcight steers selling at $4. 4071.140 and

the better class of cattle of good weights

going at $6017, while a limited number

of prime bceves brought $7.05fi17 60, and

a sale was made of 32 fancy yearling

Angus Iowa-fed steers and heifers that

averaged 916 lbs. at $7.75. it is a note—

worthy fact that prime little yearling

steers and heifers have sold invariably to

the best advantage. and stock feeders

would do well to remember this. Cattle

are much lower than a year ago. but at

that time the choicer bcevcs were 1111—

usually scarce, while feeding this season

is much more. general than usual. Cows

and heifers have been selling at $3.35@

6.75, few going as high as $71.60, and can-

ners going at $2712.75 and cutters at

$2.80fi1330. ,while bulls were good sellers

at $3005.40. but few went over $5. Calves

had a good outlet at $36110 per 100 lbs.,

and milch cows sold very farily at $3060

70 each, eastern shippers usually wanting'

only good milkers. The stocker and feed—

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DETRO'T LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.



November 24, 1910.

' Cattle.



Receipts, 490. Market steady at Wed~

nesday's prices; 10@15c higher than last

Thursday.



We quote: Best steers and heifers,

$5.50; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1.200,

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

$4@4.75; steers and heifers that are fat,

800 to 1,000, $4@l.75; steers and heifers

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

fat cows, $4; good fat cows, $3.50@3.75;

common cows, $2.75@3.25; cannars, $2@

2.75; choice heavy bulls, $375634; fair to

good bolognas, bulls, 33.50451375; 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, $4@4.25; fair stockers, 500 to 700,

$3.50@4; stock heifers, $3703.50; milkers,

large. young, medium age, $40@67; com-

mon milkers, $30@35.



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

1 bull weighing 1,150 at $4. 3 butchers av

740 at $4.25, 1 heifer weighing 500 a! $4,

1 cow weighing 980 at $3, 1 do weighing,r

920 at $3.90, 1 bull weighing 1,040 at $3.90,

2 heifers av 600 at $3.90, 5 steers av 800

at $4.55; to Kamman 2 do av 840 at $4.50,

2 cows av 935 at $3.10, 1 do weighing 1,000

at $4.50; to Rattkowsky 1 do weighing

640 at $2.50; to Goodwin 3 do av 940 at

3.50; to Regan 5 heifers av 500 at $4; to

Sullivan P. Co. 3 covvs av 870 at $2.75, 7

heifers av 564 at $3.50. 2‘cows av 750 at

$2.50, 1 steer wcighing 1.140 at $5, 1 bull

weighing 1,300 at $4, 2 cows av 875 at $3,

3 bullsav 713 at $4; to Ncwton B. Co. 1

steer weighing 900 at $5; to Parker, \V.

& Co, 7 butchers av 730 at $4.35, 7 do av

761 at $4.35, 3 cows av 1,016 at $3.75; to

Mich. B, Co. 9 butchers av 690 at $4.05.

1 steer weighing 500 at $4; to Goose 3

cows av 9:26 at $3.35.



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

Co. 2 cows av 1.100 at $3.65, 1. stcer

weighing 1,010 at $5.25, 3 cows av 1,000

at $3.75, 2 do av 900 at $3.25, 1 do weigh-

ing 920 at $3; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 do

weighing 730 at $2.50; to Goose 5 butch-

ers av 340 at $4.25, 2 do av 62.1 at $3.85;

to Kamman 19 do av 881 at $3.50; to Sul-

livan P. Co. 1 bull weighing 1,120 at $4,

8 steers av 773 at $4.50; to Hammon'i, S.

8; Co. 24 steers av 1,033 at $5.30; to

Mich. B. Co, 4 cows av 975 at $3 85, 2 do

av 825 at $3.25, 2 do av 1,300 at $4.



Haley 8; M, sold Rattkowsky 2 bulls av

625 at $3.40, 8 butchers av 635 at $3.90, 1

heifer weighing 750 at $3.50, 1 cow weigh-

ing 1,100 at $4; to Newton B. Co. 8 do av

1,070 at $3.40. 4 do av 1.012 at $3.10, 8

butchers av 700 at $4, 4 canners av 887

at $2.85, 1 steer weighing 1,020 at $5.25,

3 COWS av 840 at $3.85, 1 do weighing 080

at $2.40, 6 butchers av 800 at $4.40; to

Hammond, S. & Co, 1 bull weighing 1,320

at $4.25; to Goose. 2 heifers av 420 at

$3.50, 3 cows av 886 at $3.15; to Apple—

baum 7 butchers av 646 at $3.95, 2 cows

av 950 at $3.65; to Marx 1 bull weighing

880 at $4; to Ponks 2 stockers av 660 at

$4.15; to Kamman 9 butchers av 708 at

$4.30.





Johnson sold Breitenbeck 23 butchers

av 668 at $4.

Sandal] sold‘Sullivan B. Co. 3 steers av





933 at $5.

Veal Calves.



Receipts, 337. Market 25@50c higher

than last Thursday. Best, $9@9.50; oth-

ers, $4108.50; milch cows and springers

steady.



Splcer & R. sold Parker, W. & Co. 2

1V 120 at $8.50, 2 av 135 at $6.50, 4 av 115

at $8.25, 8 av 160 at $9.50; to Mich. B. Co.

9 av 135 at $8.65; to Burnstinc 4 av 150

at $9.25, 1 weighing 160 at $7, 3 av 120

it $8.25, 2 av 130 at $8.50; to McGuire

5 av 125 at $9.25.



Sandall & T. sold Newton B. Co. 3 av

[20 at $8.50.



Kendall sold Mich. B. Co. 14 av 150 at

$9, 6 av 150 at $9.25, 4 av 150 at $9.25.



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

30. 14 av 130 at $8.75; to Nagle P. Co. 25

xv "135 at $9; to Parker, \V. & Co. 4 av

[30 at $7.50, 4 av 110 at $8.50; to Sullivan

P. Co. 9 av 140 at 39:50, 4 av 115 at $9.25,

i av 150 at $8.25.



Wagner sold Nagle P, Co, 4 av 145 at $9.



Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co. 11

iv 300 at $4, 2 av 135 at $9.50; to Sulli-

van P. Co. 2 av 160 at $9.50; to Mich. B.

So. 9 av 135 at $8.65; to Sullivan P. Co.

3 av 140 at $8.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond, S. & C0.

4 av 150 at $9.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 2,487. Market 10@150 higher

than last week. Best lambs, 5.75@6;

fair lambs, $5.25@5.50; light to common

lambs, $4.50@5; yearlings, $4.50; fair I'D

good sheep, $3@3.75; culls and common,

$2632.75.



Haley & M. sold Gordon 1.7 lambs av

48 at $4, 60 do av 75 at $5.75; to Barlage

10 yearlings av 88 at $4; to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 36 lambs av 75 at $5.75.



Wagner sold Nagle P. Co. 29 lambs av

80 at $5.80.



‘Benentt & S. sold Sullivan P. Co. 8

sheep av 115 at $3, 46 lambs av 77 at

$5.75.



Kendall sold Street 19 sheep av 85 at

$3, 32 lambs av 70 at $5.



Boyle sold Mich. B. Co. 74 lambs av

65 at $5.65, 21 sheep av 90 at $3.



Wickmann sold same 23 do av 90 at



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3.2 .



$ Spicer & R. sold Nagle P. Co. 50 lambs

av 80 at $5.60, 17 do av 75 at $5.60. 9

yearlings av 113 at $4.50; to Mich. B. Co.-

8 lambs av 67 at $5.50; to Williamson 9





' THE’ ‘MICHIGAN FARMER.





sheep av 1.50 at $3.40; to Nagle P. Co. 191

lambs av 77 at $5.85, 92 do av 85 at $5.80,

4 sheep av 112 at $3.25; to Mich. B. Co.

20 lambs av 60 at $5.40, 27 sheep av 85

at $3; to Barlage 10 do av 79 at $2.76, 27

lambs av 65 at $6.15.



Bishop. . 8; H. sold Mich. B. -Co. 43

lambs av 60 at $5.35, 48 sheep av 115 at

$3.40; to Parker, W. & Co. 78 do av 85

at $3.10; to Nagle P. Co. 255 lambs av

80 at $5.75, 53 do av 65 at $5.25, 70 do

av 75 at $5.75, 179 sheep av 110 at $3.40;

to Sullivan P, Co. 51 lambs av 83 at $5.85,

59 sheep av 112 at $2; to- Breitenbeck

Bros. 25 lambs av 60 at $5, 32 do av 65

at $5.60; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 75 sheep av

110 at $3.50, 7 do av 125 at $3.25; to Gor-

don 21 do av 95 at $3.25.



(Hogs.



Receipts, 4,685. Market 15@20c lower

than on last Thursday.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $7.10@7.15; pigs, 87.100.117.15; light

yorkers, $7.10; stags one-third off.



_5—

Friday’s Market.

November 18, 1910.





Cattle.

Receipts this week. 1,329; last week.

1,620. Market steady at Thursday’s

prices.





We quote: Best steers and heifers,

$5.50; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200.

$4.75@5; do., 800 to 1,000, $40,114.75; grass

steers and heifers that are fat, 800 to

1,000, $4@4.75; do., 500 to 700, $3.50404.25;

choice fat cows, $4; good fat cows, $35000

3.75; common cows, ”756113.25: canners.

$2@2.75; choice heavy bulls, 33.75604; fair

to good bologna bulls, $3.50@3.75: stock





 





bulls, $3@3.50; choice. feeding stocrs, 800

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

to 1,000, $4604.50: choice stockcrs, 500 to

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

83.50704; stock heifers, $3@3.50; milkers,

large, young, medium age, 8404;760; com-

mon milkers, $25@35.

Veal Calves.



leccipts this week, 730; last week, 637.

Market steady at Thursday‘s close, 500

lower than opening. iest, 38.75019; oth-

ers, $4fi‘850.



Milch cows and sp'rlngers steady.



Sheep and Lambs.



Rcccipts this week, 7.3252; last week,

4,300. Market steady at Thursday's clos-

ign priccs. Bcsl lambs, $5.75r7135.80; fair

to good lambs, 85.27.415.50; light to corn—

mon lambs. 34.506135; fair to good sheep,





.3@3.75; culls and common, $2012.50.





ogs,



Receipts this work. 10,584; lost wcck,

10,101. Maximt slowly at Thursday‘s

pin-cs. Range of priccs: Light to good

butchers, $7.30: pigs. $7.30; light yorker-:3,

$7.25fi‘7.30: slugs onesthird off.





 





LIVE STOCK NOTES.



Early this month Rolland 'Fuller, of

\Visconsin, marketed at Chicago 105 hearl

of prime 91-lb. lambs at $6.50 per 100 lbs.

their hcaVy weight causing thcm to soil

bclow fat lighter lambs. Mr. Fuller owns

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these facts in mind and act accordingly.



In parts of Illinois farmers have paid

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usual. They acknowledge that for the

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that the low price of corn will warrant

them in holding young hogs to maturity.

'l‘bcre is a fine large corn crop. and

plenty of fields are reported as running 75

bushels to the acre.



There has been a grcat drop in prices

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The Daughter-in-Law in The Home.





than the young wife whose husband



takes her home to live with “mother

and father," it is the mother with whom

said young wife has to live. I have heard

of one such family who lived together in

perfect happiness, but I never saw one.

I have seen. though, many families who

outwardly lived together peaceably, there

was no sign of bickering and jangling,

but inwardly 1 knew the hearts of both

women were filled to overflowing with

wrongs, imagined or otherwise. and both

women were discontented and unhappy.

They knew they must live togetlwr until

one died or the “men folks" waked up to

the fact that the happiness of the women

was of more importance than the few

extra dollars needed to build another

house so, for the sake of appearances,

they held their tongues.



it is very hard indeed to he the conti-

dant of both parties to such a situation,

for you feel that both are equally to he

pitied and both equally to blame. llow

can you advise a mother—in—law to be

more, charitable towards her daughter—

in-law when you know the younger womv

an has imposed a bit, and how can you

scold the daughtcr—in-law for her acts‘

when you know the mother-in—law is

over—bearing? Both have rights which

are as often as not treated with dis—

respect by the other.



The older woman has worked hard all

through her youth and middle life to get

a nice home for her old age. Along about

the time she gets to 47. years, say, when

she isn‘t old at all but just in her prime,

she has the home just as she wants it.

There is money enough in the hank to

take care of her and rather for the rest





IF there is anyone more to be. pitied





of their days and she prepares to settle

down to enjoy herself. But just then the

son marries. rents the farm and brings

his young wife home to ”relieve mother

of the Work.”



Relieve mother indeed! Mother doesn't

want to be relieved. She is just as strong

as ever she was, she. loves to work and

now that she has got her house just as

she wants it, why under the canopy

should anyone think she wants to have

some young slip of a. girl step in and take

the management out of her hands? Moth-

or sets her lips in a straight line and de-

cides that no one is coming into her

house to “run .things."



The new wife, also, has notions of her

own. The chief reason why girls marry

is to have a home in which they may do

just as they please, and, of course. this

new wife is no exception. She comes

into the house with the idea that she is

to bc mistress, and why should she not?

Surely the right to rule one's own house—

hold is the birthright of every American

woman. lut alas and alack for the

daughter—in~law, she finds a ruler already

there. and one who has no idea of being

disenthroned. \Vhen the young woman

tries to carry out her pet schemes she

finds she has “mother” to reckon with

and oftener than not she is thwarted. It

may be the mother has not the least 0b-

jection to the thing to be done, but the

fact that the daughter-in-law thought of

it first is enough to set the older woman

against it. And, contrariwise, when the

older woman has her mind set on doing

something she finds herself opposed by

hcr son's wife.



Relations are strained to say the least.

Sometimes one gives in, sometimes the

other, but whichever way it goes there is

always a feeling of injury. The men,

stupid things, can not understand the

situation. They can’t see why mother

should not be glad of someone to help

her, nor why the daughter—in—law should

not be glad of an older woman's advice.





l’robably the mother would be glad of

help if she could order her help around,

but she doesn’t want the help to come in

and tell her how to do things. And no

doubt the daughter would be glad of ad-

vice if she could have it only when she

asked for it. But she doesn’t appreciate

having it handed out to her on any and

every occasion, especially if she. is ad-

vised that tbe way her mother taught her

to work is not right.



Then when babies arrive, troubles in—

crease. Mother, having brought up a

family, is sure she knows just how it

should be done. The young mother thinks

grandma is old-fashioned and wants to

follow newer methods. Both are again

right. Mother was all right in her day

and many of her ways are even now

good. But there has been just as much

irogress in baby raising in the past 20

years as there has in scientific farming,

and it stands to reason that many of

grandma's ways are old-fashioned.



s‘o it seems there is bound to be fries





tion unless one or the other of the women

is willing to completely efface herself and

let the other order the household. and

that is rather more than flesh and blood

could stand. The only right way out of

it is to live separately from the begin-

ning. When the son marries let him build

a separate house, even if it only contains

two rooms. He can add to this as he

grows more prosperous. And let the man

who is too poor to do this much for his

wife, remain single. Then, when the new

wife arrives, let mother leave her to work

out. her own salvation. If you see she is

going to make a mistake, don't tell her

so. She will never make the same mis—

take again, and the experience will do

her twice as much good as any amount

of advice. No matter how badly you

want to advise her, just waituntil she

asks you. You can get a. heap of satis-

faction out of thinking how much better

you could do, but don‘t tell her so. Just

cast your mind back to your first days of

married life and perhaps it may be re-

vealed to you that you, too, made mis-

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What the Boy Can Do for Christmas.





By MAE Y.





The average boy delights in making

things, in handling tools of any kind. A

description of two rather unusual crafts

will perhaps appeal to boys. And, indeed,

the work will not be left entirely to the

boys of the household, for it provides

pleasant occupation for the women and

girls as well, especially when a desire for

something more active than needlework

comes to them. ‘



The first is known as studding, and in





reality consists of driving tacks or nails

into wood after some ornamental pattern.

Shoe, glove, handkerchief and work boxes

are particularly attractive decorated in

this way, and if one cares to undertake

a large piece a shirtwaist or skirt box

will be a useful addition to one’s bed-—

room furnishings.



The first requisite is a box of well se-

lected wood. Those for sale for pyro-

graphic purposes are often suitable, and

may be procured lined ready for use. if

one does not care to undertake this part

of the work. The box should be stained

whatever color one prefers. Mahogany,

oak or cherry stains look well with brass

nails, while a dull green, bronze or wal-

nut stain is better with copper nails. For





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be lightly traced on the box with a pen-

cil or sharply pointed stick or instrument.

If one is capable of making up a design

it will be more satisfactory, as the origi-‘

nal touch thus imparted adds to the in-

terest. Hearts or circles interlocked and

woven into various patterns are graceful

and easily planned, but any geometric

pattern may be utilized; such as the

familiar Greek key, scrolls and the like.

Diamonds or ovals enclosing initials or

monograms add a personal feature which

usually pleases.



Now drive the studs into place along

the outline of the design, so that the

edges just touch, making a solid row of

studs. The patterns herewith give an

idea. as to the arrangement. One is in

the form of a border; another a single

design, and the third an all-over pattern.

This last is well adapted for use over

leather previously glued to the box in

lieu of the paint or stain.





The second craft referred to is that of

making cocoanut ware. The outer shell

of the cocoanut is thoroughly cleaned of

all loose fiber by scraping with glass,

working the way the fiber runs. Smooth

and plane it well with knife and sand-

paper. Then give it a polishing with

beeswax, using the finger tips or some

silk for this purpose. Clean the inside

out well also, and polish in a similar man—

ner. You will be surprised at the polish

which is acquired by continued effort.





One can make goblets, plant jars, flower

holders, fern dishes, hair receivers, and





numerous other knick-knacks by a little‘





contriving. The thick end is cut off ac-





woo





steel colored nails black paint or a sit--

very grey stain is good. The short nails

known to the trade as studs are prefer-

able, and are sold at almost every hard-

ware store. They come in various sizes,

and usually one' can obtain them with

square heads as well as round.



After the paint is dry 8. design should





cording to the shape or the intended arti-

cle, the fern dishes being cut quite low.

The decoration is next placed on the outer

part of the cup. This is some simple

conventional or geometrical figure, easily

followed. Draw it on the sides of the

cup, either offhand. or by the aid of a

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Mix one pint of granulated sugar with

1/2 pint of warm water, and stir for ‘2.

minutes. Put 21/}, ounces of Pinex (50

cents’ worth) in a pint bottle and add the

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a teaspoonful every one, two or three

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Pine is one of the oldest and best

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pine extract, and is rich in guiaicol and

all the other natural healing elements.

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parts of the design are then cut out with

a sharp knife, leaving them lower than

the plain surface. They may now be

repolished, stained or painted some at-

tractive shade to bring them into greater

prominence. Copper-colored paint is de-

lightful with the brown 01' the cocoanut

shell.



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Unless otlLerwiSe specified, cook over a

very hot fire. You will find it convenient

to have a hook’ in the kitchen on which

to pull candy, as it pulls so much better

and easier on a hook than between the

hands.‘ A bright clothes hook, a meat

hook or a regular candy hook may be

used. Where nuts are used great care

must be taken in preparing them. In

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WASHING HEAVY CAMPING SUITS.





 





BY E. M. STETSON.





There are some people who never wash

their camping suits. Of these some are

able to buy new ones when the worn

ones become too soiled for comfort and

appearances; others are oblivious to dirt,

as well as to the feelings of others, and

still others not knowing how to wash

this kind of garment successfully, go on

wearing their clothes with an inward

rankling of spirit that takes away half

the pleasure of the trip. ‘



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tion that with a quart or so of gasoline,

at bar or two of some good cold water

soap, one of those containing naphtha, or

gasoline, and a little time, they can make

their suits quite presentable and clean.





In order to do the work as quickly as

possible, slice a bar of the soap, if there

are several large garments to wash, and

put it on to dissolve with warm. not boil-

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teaspoonful of lye, just enough to soften

the water and make the soap unite and

form a good suds. Vl’hen this is warm

get the tub, holding the soiled garments.

over the water, pour gasoline over the

dirtiest places, and with a brush rub it

thoroughly into the grease and dirt, and

then dip the whole garment into the suds.

Leave the garments in the water, well

covered, to soak for from ten minutes to

a half hour, then take the brush. go over

the worst places, rub the whole garment

loosely, merely rolling them in the hands

or on the board. never squeezing tight

or wringing them at all.



When the garments appear clean, which,

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very wet, but with all parts of the gar-

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enough, and they will not need ironing

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MAKING CHRISTMAS CANDY.





 





BY FWIAIVK fL SVVEETK





When making any kind of candy it is

better to use, when it can be obtained,

coffee A sugar instead of the granulated,

as it is always purer. Select only sugar

that is perfectly dry, uniform in quality.

with hard, sparkling crystals. Coffee A

sugar, when dry, forms in hard lumps,

which must be. thoroughly crushed before

the candy is allowed to boil. This can

be done by breaking the lumps with a

hammer; or if you have time let the

water which is to be used in making the

candy stand mixed with the sugar some

time. Always dissolve the cream of tar-

tar in a little water before adding to the

sugar. ,Remember, sugar passes very

rapidly from one degree to another and

must be tried often and carefully. It

must not be stirred while boiling. but

may be stirred until it reaches the boiling

point, and this stirring allows the sugar

to become well dissolved before it boils.





fashion that the meats can be removed

either whole or in two sections.



A most excellent vanilla taffy may be

made from three pounds of cofifee A su-

gar, one cofree-cupful water, and one-

half teaspoonful cream of tartar dis-

solved in water. Cook until a bit of the

sugar dropped into water will crack be-

tween the fingers, but if held a moment

forms into a hard ball again; this is

called soft crack; pour into a pan which

has been dampened by sprinkling water

on it; when almost cold pull until per-

fectly white_ adding vanilla extract to

flavor it with when it is on the hook.

This can be pulled into strips or into fiat

pieces four inches wide and five long. If

very brittle taffy is wanted cook the

sugar until it is crisp when dropped in

water, and is just too hard to form a

ball; this is called crack.



Chocolate tarry is made the same as

vanilla. When placed in the pan to cool

add three ounces of melted chocolate

worked into the candy with a knife.

Lemon taffy is made in the same manner

as vanilla. Color yellow in the pan before

pouring out, and flavor with lemon es-

sence. ,



Pineapple taffy is also made in the

same way, but boiled until, when dropped

in the water, it will harden, and when

taken out of the water will crack between

the fingers like an egg-shell; this is called

hard crack. When in this condition pour

two-thirds of the candy into a greased

pan and color what is left a bright red;

pull white what was poured out; flavor

with pineapple; form into a large cake;

pull red into a long thin strip and put on

top of the white in any shape desired.



To make cocoanut taffy, take two

pounds of sugar, one-third teaspoonful

cream of tartar, tWo-thirds cupful of

water; cook to the hard crack; add one

fresh grated cocoanut; stir until the

batch reaches the soft crack; pour out

into a. greased pan, and when nearly cold

pull white on hook.





Molasses taffy may be made by boiling

one pound of sugar, one pound of glu-

rose, one-third quart New Orleans mo-

lasses; stir all the time and cook to soft

«rock; set off the fire and stir in one-

third teaspoonful saleratus; pour into a.

buttered pan, and when nearly cold pull

on the hook and flavor with peppermint.

Another good receipt for molasses taffy

is the following: One quart of New Or-

leans molasses, one and one-fourth pounds

of sugar; set on fire and stir and cook

until when dropped in water, it will form

rather a hard ball if gathered up between

the fingers; thus is called hard ball; then

add one-quarter pound of butter and

cook to soft crack; pour into a. greased

pan, and let it remain until nearly cold,

and then pull on hook until light yellow.





Hickory—nut taffy is made from two

pounds of sugar, one—third teaspoonful of

cream of tartar, just enough molasses to

color; cook to hard crack, pour into a

greased pan, and add one pound of chop-

ped hickory-nuts; when cold mark into

squares or strips. Walnut taffy is made

the same as hickory—nut taffy with the

exception of the kind of nuts used; Bra-

zil-nut taffy the same as walnut or hick-

ory, but without the molasses. When

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COUNTRY WOMEN AS MONEY EARN.

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Money for Home-baked Products.





BY ELLA E. ROCKWOOD.



I know a country woman who makes a

neat sum each month through the sale of

home-made cookies, doughnuts, cake and

bread. There is no woman‘s exchange

in her vicinity so she makes arrange-

ments with some of the grocerymen of

her home town to allow her to place the

goods in their stores, paying a small

commission on whatever they sell. 0n

regular days she carries a fresh supply

and receives the cash from sales already

made. She has nothing more to do with

the selling for the merchant and his

clerks attend to that part.



Another woman makes only cookies and

cottage cheese. ller cookies. both brown

and white, are always nice and have

proven remarkably good sellers. The

profit is good although, of course, not a

large sum results. Still, it counts up and

all helps out. as she can claim it as her

own to spend exactly as she pleases. The





cottage (‘licoso is almost always sold 8S‘





soon as it is dcliycrml, and sometimes



there are orders ahead.



Of course, baked goods (if whatever

variety must be of high grade in order

to sell well. Any woman who can make

this kind and maintain the quality time

after time will have no difficulty in work-

ing up a line trade. Since home baking

is far superior to even the best of the

baker‘s product and is always in demand

among city people, many of whom depend

almost entirely upon buying, especially

in summer.



Prices naturally vary with the locality

but an aycrage price would be ten to

twelve cents per dozen for cookies and

doughnuts and 23 to (:3 cents for cakes.

Nice cakes often bring «10 cents or more,

according to quality. \Vhen one has most

of the ingredients, such as eggs, butter

and milk at first cost a Very satisfactory

margin can be realized.



l The prolit on bread at popular prices

would not be ycry great. Yet no one

article of honn- baking finds a more, ready

sale. And as for listen brown, or whole

wheat, or salt rising, why, the woman

who makes these and makes them right

can sell all she pleases in almost any

sizable town or city, at a good figure,

People are simply wild over them and

willing to pay any reasonable price to get

them.



Last summer two little girls, neatly

dressed, used to pass our house every

Saturday with a large covered basket of

home-baked coukics which they sold at

ten cents a dozen. The mother did the

baking and the children sold them in

this way. They always carried the has-

l'.(‘t home empty. \i'ith all the ingredients

to buy at retail the woman figured out a

profit which paid her for her trouble.



\\'omcn living in the country usually

have enough to do without taking up

anything extra, yet there are those in

these. days of machine farming who have

plenty of time and who would like to earn

for themselves a little pin money. If they

have a talent in this direction they will

find themselves at, no loss to make sales

as fast as their goods are offered.





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Perhaps this is a little late for this

season, but it is well worth remembering.

’l‘hat grape jelly made with brown sugar

will not turn to sugar or have those little

hard grains in it as it does when made

with granulated. i prefer brown sugar

for all kinds of jelly. The same amount

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Lecturer's Suggestions for

Meeting.



Anniversary Day Program, commemo-



rating birth of the Order Dec. 4, 1867.

10:00 a. m.-——Call to order in fourth de-



gree.



‘P 10:30 a. m.——E1ection of officers.





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Noon recess. Dinner served to all mem-

bers of Grange families, followed by

ltoasts to charter members and recollec-

[ilons of early Grange events.



Grand march, led by young lady and

gentleman,- followed by oldest members

present.



Some service to this community which

,our Grange might undertake or promote.

Discussion.



Reading of a greeting to be sent “Fath-

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Exhibit of farm and home papers and

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A UNIQUE GRANGE PROGRAM.





At this Thanksgiving time I am minded

to tell of the somewhat out-of-the—ordi—

nary program which was rendered in my

home Grange a few days ago. At its

close, one charter member (our Grange

was organized in 1874) declared, with

beaming face, “This is the best Grange

mccting I ever attended!” and I found

‘myself asking on the way home, “Why do

we not have a Chaplain’s program oftener

and in more of our Oranges?” For these

ireasons I am passing the question on to

iihe larger circle of Farmer readers, and

purpose to tell you a little about the one

we had.



We met in the home of one of the most

ihospitable of Grange families. This far-i.

310 which was added a hot chicken-pic

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,the outset. The program for the after-

'noon was prepared and taken charge of

1by the Chaplain, which in itself brought



a. new personality into the Lecturer's

‘Ichair. Then everything upon the pro-

lgram was in keeping with the province

lot‘ the Chaplain; that is, it looked towards

ithe religious teachings and nurture of

spiritual life for which, in one of its

phases, the Grange so distinctly stands..

I think there are other Oranges that have

observed “Clmplain's Day,” but we had

never done so before, although for years

we have celebrated Flora’s, Ccres’, and

Pomona‘s Days. I am sure it is a cus-

tom that might well be cultivated. es~

pecialiy appropriate to be kept as this

harvest season approaches.



Our Chaplain did not overcrowd her

program; she had appropriate music in

two or three. songs of a reminiscent na—

ture and an instrumental selection; there

were two rcciiaiions. both beautiful and

.fitting in spirit and rendition; and the

lmniu feature of her program was a talk

upon “The Passion Play." This talk was

given by :1 gentleman from an adjoining

neighborhood, who had witnessed the

Play given at Oberammcrgau by the sim~

pie peasant people of that far-away

mountain village. He described the play,

the people and their devotion to the giv-

ing of the Play so sympathetically that

the people who crowded the rooms listen-

'ed in almost breathless silence, moved by

the wonderful power of the old, old story.

At the conclusion, the Chaplain’s pastor

was called upon and, in a, few selected

sentences, yet without undue lcvil‘y, he

broke the hush that had fallen upon us

and expressed the thought that was quick

within each of us, namely. that it is good

for people sometimes to come together

for the common consideration of high and

holy themes, even in a Week-day organi-

<zati0n and upon a social occasion.



JENNIE BUELL.



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‘ Essays in Connection with Fair.——In

.addition to the prizes offered for exhibits

of the various farm roducts at its

irangc fair to be held ov. 22. Norwood

(irange, of Charlevoix Co., will award a

prize to the boy presenting the best com—

,posed 300-word essay. the subject to be

“the history of the county. A similar prize

is offered for the girl who brings the best





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COMING EVENTS.

Michigan State Grange, Thirty-eighth

Agnpéial Session, at Traverse City, Dec.





Pomona Meetings.



Jackson Co._ at I. O. 0. F. hall, in Jack—

son. Friday, Dec, 2.



Lenawee C0., in Bijou Theater. Adrian,

Thursday. Dec. 1. Exemplification of the

various degrees and awarding of prizes

offered by Pomona Grange for excellence

in Degree Team Work.



Grand Traverse District Grange. with

Summit Grange. Wednesday and Thurs-

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PREPARE FOR THE ANNUAL MEET-

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The program for the 18th annual meet-

ing of the State Association of Farmers’

Clubs will be found below. This meeting

will be held in the senate chamber of the

capital building at Lansing, on Dec. 6—7.

Every Club in the state should be rep-

resented by one, and preferably by two,

delegates. If these delegates have not

been chosen at the November meeting of

the local Club, they should be elected or

appointed at once.





 





PROGRAM FOR EIGHTEENTH ANNU-

AL MEETING.





 





Tuesday, December 6, 1910.





10:00 A. M.

Payment of dues.

Presenting credentials.

Appointment of committees.

Presentation of resolutions.



1:30 P, M





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Music, “America."



Invocation, Rev. 0. J. Price.



Address of welcome, John J.

Mayor of Lansing.



Response, A. L. Chandler, Maple River

Farmers' Club.



Report of Associational Secretary, Mrs.





Bennett,





C. P. Johnson. i





Music, Mrs. Sanders, Inglmm





Farmers' Club.





Garry





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Alfalfa, C. B. Cook, Maple River Farm-ll





ers’ Club.



Agricultural Education, E. M. Moore,

VVixom; W. H. French, M. A. C.



7:00 P. M.



Music, furnished by School for Blind.



Reading, Mrs_ \i'. ll. Marks. Star-ville

Farmers' Club. '



Music.





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President’s address. B. A. llolden. ,

The Farmer's \Vifc’s share, Mrs. Alfred;

Allen, Inghzlm Farmers' Club.





Music. ,

Address, “Our State Institutions and ,

the Farmer’s Interest in Thom." ll. *





Smith, Adrian.

Wednesday, December 7.

8:00 A. M. i



Conference of Local (‘lub \Vorkcrs, di-

rected by I. R. VValerbury, Editor of The,

Michigan Farmer. 1,



10:00 A. M.



Report of Committees: Temperance,

honorary members. Club extension, good

of the order, credentials, national affairs.



Miscellaneousdbusiness.





:00 A, M.

Election of officors.

1:00 P. M.





Music, Mr. and Mrs. I). la},

ham Farmers’ Club.



Invocation, Rev. J. T. LaGcer.



Report of committes on state affairs.



“Advantages and Disadvantages of

Farm Life." Mrs. Wm. Bartcni‘clder, Had—

ley and Elba Farmers’ Club.



Music, C, P. Johnson, Hadley :md Elba

Farmers' Club.



"Compulsory Spraying." i). Monroe, of

Algonac: Wm_ ll. Marks, Slzn'ville Fnrm-

crs’ Club.



Recitation, Albert I'luckncll. Milford.



Music, 1'). 13;. “Volts, Inghum Farlncrs’





VVails, Ing-





Club.



“Parcels Post," L. \V. “hiking, Nor-

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7:00 P. M.



Music, furnished by Industrial School.



Treasurcr's report. H. ’l‘. Ross.



Recitation. Mrs. C. A, Matthews, Essex

Farmers’ Club.



Music.





“The Nccd of, and the Benefits 10 bc





Derived from the State Association of

Farmers’ Clubs," A. H. Palmer, Norvell

Farmers’ Club.



Muric.





Address, Mr. J. C. McDowell, U. S, Dc—

purtment of Agriculture.

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

Thanksgiving Meeting—Tho Thanks—





giving meeting of the Ray Fnrmcrs’ Club

was held on Thursday, Nov. 10, at the

pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. “7y-

mun. About 75 partook of the turkey ’and

other good things. The president, C. S.

Priest, called the meeting to order.

topic, “Marketing Farm Products.” was

opened for discussion by Mr. J. T. IVV—

mun.

Priest and Downs. were greatly enjoyed'

by all. As it was getting late the re-





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maindcr of the program was not carried

out. The Club adjourned to meet with

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Graham, on 'l‘hursduy.l

Dec. 8





Question Box Feature of Meetings—Thef

Albion Farmers’ Club met in ()("i‘nliel' at!-





the home of S. A. Bascom. About 40,

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Spent a few hours very profitably. Din—

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and abundance of good things are indi-

cative of a prosperous year then 1910 will

not lack of a good record. After dinner

President Inman called the Club to order.

It was voted to hold a meeting once a

month until further notice. As there was

no regular program arranged for the af«

ternoon, subjects for discussion were

drawn out by means of a. question box,

and the first question propounded was.

“New Nationalism. What Does it Mean?”

Nobody appeared to be informed upon the

subject, and the questioner was asked to

explain. The duty of doing so fell to

Jacob VVartman, and a discussion followed-

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agdei all mg: glhisdilliglsriirpdi‘iidrlligga that is to let the people actually see and hear this an Edison of their own. If they don’t. 1! not a Single one of them orders a Phonograph



pelighiiarllable instrument for themselves. That isfuhhy lIdam 11112113": E1115 011611: (and this sometimes happens) I won’t blame you in the slightest. I shall feel that you



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I Cdl‘l'tgte'lll y‘allgl‘igiizgtiihll? Ollfeztiiitlie grand, full beauty of its tones. No words hale done your Part When yqu {lave Elven these .free concerts You W011 t be asked



wn' T niln to describe the tender. delicate sweetness With which the genuine to act as our agent or even assrst m the sale of a smgle instrument. In fact we appomt



CduFilggide Ed‘s‘m repmdm‘es We.80%“PLG“‘;;“§33?‘§5e2§ig§e ¥E§§vggdghrg ‘ no such agents and at the rock-bottom price on this wonderful new outfit we could



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. , - art no oin before a. notary pu blle, in fact no publlclty of any kind and the payments are so very

SOn Phonogmiahmcaiggiag’ ‘31:"? 33:02.18: small: andgourgterms 80 Liberal that you never’nouce the payments. ’



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0flgghEi-o'l200 of them) and our Free Trlal ownorc of Edisons, New Flrosldo Model Now Ready! All those who already «on an

Certificate entitllug you ‘0 thlsgrand ofler. Edison phonograph can wonderfully improve their old machmes, making them almost 11166 the new





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"’ ‘PO ’0 (s e Wlll I try to tell you how, when you re Ire . ‘ . ‘ I) I’ll h—that is if o W! h to make

“0 ° 9' - . - z 1 rest on, and gwe you new strength to . t e o-ograp y u s

#:590406 QP‘S‘O Wltlitfigoiihpe thguhfigafgeitolfulife airlesh- The only way to make you 1! Y0“ want ‘0 Keep the Phonograph your own. you may do so. but

92 TV 1"? 09 actually realize these things for yourself is to loan 1/0“ a Gemmw it is not compulsory. This is a. free trial. You may send it back at our expense it you

?" OQ-O"”5°o 6’ Q Edison I’honoaranh free and let you 811/ it- wish. I won’t be surprised. however, it you wish to keep the machine after having it

’ V ’e ’0 . in your own home. If you do wishto keep it, either remit us the price in full, or it you

.o. ’eoo’ho 0‘ {90 ATEST EDISON GATALOGS ‘ prefer. we will allow you to pay for won the easwst kind of payments.

3. I ' 6‘: v 6/. . e ' l 80 man 90 lo mall want a phonograph who

..'. (000%? 09 0 Just sign your name and address on this our Easy Payment Plan cannot {DEFY all! cash hat I have declded on an

‘7 .'. . op). 0 6 coupon DOW and mail it: to us. I Will ‘ easy payment plan that elves you absolute use of the phonograph while paying ton-1t.t ”foot: :81ng

% '.. .. 9(0‘500 . 09 send you ou’l‘ superbly illustrated Edi- payslor an outllt. There is absolutely no lease or mortgage of any kind. no guuren 86 1'0

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". a. 3. .3. ivy/’30 (39‘. 0"; Slggwhls No gbllgations. just get the mos: be dutiful records ”or made. playing TWICE As LONG as any of the records heretofore made. .

'e. a. a. .. 0%“? .%Q catalogs. Write now—todaT-Sul'ec awng" of [among—write for FREE circularAA, describing all thin—F- K- BABSON. Mama'-

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