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VOL. CXXXV. No. 23.
Whole Number 3524.

FARM NOTES.
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Planning for Next Year.

After the fall work is closed up and
the busy farmer can take a little respite
from the strenuous toil of the summer
season, he can profitably turn his atten—
tion to making plans for the coming year.
Planning of this kind is generally delayed
too long by the average farmer, partly
because there are some months before
active work must be commenced iii the
farm campaign, and partly because we
get out of the habit of planning so far
ahead during the season when the work
is pressing and the problems of the pres-
ent and immediate future must have our
undivided attention. But it is not too
early to begin planning on next year‘s
campaign as soon as tlte active work for
this 'season is completed. Most of us do
not do enough thinking about tlte future
management of our farms, and lay out
our plans for a single season at its com-
mencement, and too generally with an
idea single to our present needs, rather
than with a View to the future as well as
the present production of our farms. As
a natural consequence a regular rotation
of crops is practiced on altogether too
few farms. If the clover seeding fails, as
it has failed on many farms the past seaso
owing to the unusual drought, the field
is cropped again and the old meadows are
cut for another year while the fields on
which the seeding was lost are further
depleted of their available fertility and
humus, making it much tnore difficult to
get a stand of clover with any degree of
certainty in future years. Then the area.
planted to cash crops is more likely to
correspond with our needs in the way of
a cash income, than to be well balanced
in proportion to the size and condition
of our farms, and some furthers even neg-
lect to sow any clover seed when seed is
scarce and high. 'l‘ltctt there is too little
thought and study given to the require-
ments of different crops, and their fitness
to succeed each other in the crop rota-
tion, and from a combination of these
causes and others which might be cited,
the fertility of the average farm is being
drawn upon more heavily each year, in-
stead of being conserved

DETROIT, MICH.. SATURDAY. DEC. 3. 1910.

business. As a basis for a start fer sue--
cess along this line, we should first de--
termine what crops to grow. These

should be such as to afford ample feed
for the live stock maintained and to pro-
vide for a cash income as well. But the
caslt crops should not be too extensive in
area. It is far better to plan on increas-
ing the revenue from them by growing
better crops on a small area, by better

lieves to be best for the farm. In such
cases, less stock better fed and cared for,
and a smaller area of cash crops grown
by better methods on better prepared and
better fertilized ground will be a start in
the right direction, and it will be a sur-
prise to the average farmer that his net
income will be increased and that his
farm will grow better at the same time.

The more we deplete the fertility of our

 

 

Barn Built by W. E. Leckey of Ohio, with Two Driveways Lengthwise of Basement.

culture and more liberal fertilization. It
is also the part of wisdom to lay plans
for the keeping of better stock rather
than more of it than our farms can Well
carry. It is an unfortunate fact that
while not enough stock is kept on many
farms, too much poor stock is kept on
others, with the result that the soil is
further depleted in humus and thus in an
important factor of fertility by the very
method of farming which the owner be-

ftelds by poor management, the more
acres we have to crop to get the same
net results that could be obtained from
a smaller area, if larger yields were se-
cured. If this be true, and every farmer
knows that it is true, let us plan to stop
the further depletion of our soil. Let us
grow a smaller area of cultivated and
grain crops and try and make up for this
deficiency by getting better yields on the
area grown. Then if the clover seeding

75 CENTS A YEAR
$2.00 FIVE YEARS

was lost on some of the fields that need
clover, let us prepare a good seed bed
attd sow clover without a nurse crop, if
necessary to get a stand. and begin anew
to build up and conserve the fertility of
our land by adopting a judicious crop
rotation in which clover or some other
legume will come sufficiently often to sup-
ply the land with needed humus
nitrogen. Then let tts make as much
stable manure as practicable and apply
it to the land with as little loss as pos- ’
sible. and supplement it if necessary with '
the needed mineral elements of fertility
in the form of commercial fertilizers, and
by employing the best cultural methods
and doing the work of preparing for,
planting and caring for our crops at tltc
proper time and in the proper way secure
maximum yields on the area which we
ought to break up for spring crops. It
will require careful planning as well as
efficient execution to bring about the de-
sired t'csults along this line, but it will
pay out, and the farther who begins now
to plan and work to this end for next
season’s campaign will be more than
pleased with the results which will crown
his efforts.
What Makes the Wheat Yellow?

I would like to know what makes wheat
turn yellow. I have 20 acres of wheat
that turned yellow on the bottom leaves.
and the center is still green. “'ould it
be advisable to leavc it or plow it over
for oats? This wheat was sown on the
first attd second of September.

Buy Co, \V. J. D.

From the time when this wheat was
sown and the description given of its ap-
pearance it would appear likely that the
trouble is insects, or the larvae of the
Hessian fly. If this is the case and the
outer leaves arc pulled down from the
stalk of an affected plant, the larva will
be seen housed itt between the leaf and
the main stalk. In case this is the trou-
bl it would be better to let the wheat
stand until spring and see how it comes
llll't'nlgll the winter and starts out in the
spring, when it may be plowed up for
oats or other spring grain it thought ad-
visable. If this is ttot the trouble. or if
the yellow appearance of the wheat is
dtte to its being sown or poorly drained
soil, there would be no assurance that the
oats would do any better

 

and increased as it ought
to be.

If the reader should be
one of the many farmers
who has been conducting
his business in a nap--
hazard manner, or with—
out any well defined plan
which takes into account
the future as well as the
present production of his
farm, it is time that he
paused to think about the
matter, and to study and
plan for the future so as
to have his farm increas-
ing itt fertility and value
instead of getting poorer.
Nor is this such a simple
matter that it can be
hastily planned for, and
the details decided on. It
is a complex problem,’
which is worthy of the
most careful thought and
study, .and the sooner we
get ldOwn' to business
along this line the sooner
we will be cited as ex-
amples of success in our
communities, and feel the
independence and satis-
faction which comes to
successful men, whether
in a small or a large way,
and whether in agricul-
ture or in other lines of

 

Cutting a Good Crop of Com on the Farm of A. Ledebuler, of St. Clair COunty, Mlch.

than the wheat. This,
like of the prob-
lems which confront the
average farmer is one for
the cxcrcise of good judg-
ment by the individual.
attd any advice which
tttight bc given 'lty one
not fully conversant with
all of the local conditions
would be likely to be
worse than USPH‘S‘S‘. as it

ma n y

would more than likely
be based on crt'oncous
premises. Howcvw‘, if

the trouble is found to be
Hessian fly, it would be
the part of wisdom to de—
lay the sowing of next
year’s crop of wheat a
little later, or until after
the frosts which would
kill the flies or render
their ravages less likely,
Our failures generally
hold some valuable lesson
for us if we can only ap—
preciate it, and in a case
of this kind the thing to
do is not only to deter—
mine what to do with the
wheat crop now on the
ground, but if possible to
find out just what is the
trouble with it, so as to
avoid similar complica-
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LI LLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.

 

The New Barn. ,

As I haVe stated before through the_
Michigan Filmer. we have been making
a new stable for the young cattle. The
barns on the two small farms which I
purchased, were moved up together and
conveniently located and then a base-
ment stable put under both. It is prac-
tically completed now and we have a.
considerable portion of the young stock
installed in their winter quarters. While
I wetild have built this barn of different
shape, which would have made the stable
at little bit better than it is now, yet I
haven’t any great reason for complaint.
for we have an excellent stable. The
stable itself is just as good as though the
barns over it were modern. The stable is
arranged as I know how to make it, and
I think I have a good stable for young
cattle and calves. Really, I think I have
the nicest calf stalls that I have ever had
the pleasure of seeing. I have visited a
number of breeding herds in various parts
of the country and I believe mine is an
improvement on anything I ever saw.
The stalls are 10 feet long, facing the
driveway in the center of the stable. They
are four feet wide. and are partitioned
with woven wire fence of close mesh. I
got the heavy poultry fence which is
four feet high and have some 12 or 15
wires with a six—inch mesh. This is fine
enough so that the smallest. calf cannot
get through the mesh and prevents suck-
ing or anything of that sort. 1 like this
woven wire fence for the partition stalls
very much better than lumber. It looks
cozier. it must be more durable and it
did not cost as much as lumber. Each
calf has a manger by itself, the manger
is a combination one, so that we can set
in a pail of milk or water and put in hay
and the bottom of it is tight so that we
ran feed ensilage and grain in the same
manger. The stalls are large enough for
calves. It gives them plenty of room and
they seem to enjoy their new quarters
immensely. ()n the other side of the
driveway is a row of stalls clear through
for heifers. I have this nearly full now,
and with both calves and heifers and I
don‘t see how I could gct along without
this barn. I not only want to keep young
heifers in this barn, but I would also
like to put some of the dry cows here, so
that I can keep the main cow barn full
nearly all the time of cows giving milk.
Stalls for the heifers and dry cows are
the model stalls. After using this stall in
my cow barn for several years, 7 am fair-
ly well pleased with them. In fact. I
have not seen anything that I would sub-
stitute for it. I have explained before
this is a notion; what pleases one will
not please another.

In this new >arn l have installed the
King system of ventilation. and I have an
abundance of light. The barn is not tin-
ished any too soon, because cold. stormy
weather came on. In fact. I wish it had
been done several days before it was.

The Beet Top Silo.

At the present writing, November 20,
we have not got the beet top silo finished.
I am adding 16 feet to the top of it. mak-
room to hold all of the beet tops on 10
acres with the necessary straw mixed in
with them, and also have room for a car
load of green pulp to cause the tops to
settle and prevent them from decaying
on the top. I have made arrangements to
get a carload of pulp so that we can try
this out thoroughly. Of course. we are
a little late, we have had so much to do
that we couldn‘t do all Of this extra work
and get it done on time. The beet tops
however, are carefully piled up in small
piles. \Vc took considerable pains when
we were drawing off the bee-ts to leave
the tops in good condition so that if the
snow comes we can still find them and
we will simply wait until we get the silo
done and then haul the beet tops and put
them into it. ()t‘ courSc. the silt?) will be
so high now that we cannot pit-ch into
the top of it and we are arranging to
have an old-fashioned carrier, which will
be run with a gasoline engine to elevate
the beet tops into the top of the silo.

Fall Plowing.

Besides harvesting our beets. drawing
them to the car and doing all of this
extra labor, we have a fairly good amount
of fall plowing done. The beat grow is
all plowed for next year and all that W-
tion of the corn field which we are not to
cover with manure this winter is also
plowed. It has been a very good Bali for
doing work, there has not been very much
lost time and we have tried to WW
it all.

The Wheat Crop.
The wheat crop in this vicinity is going

     

 

into Winter quarters in as good condi-
tion, I believe, as I have observed for
many years. The most 01 inwas planted
early in September and the MI has been
fairly favorable for growth, so that the
wheat has a good top and covers the
ground in most instances, and while it
was planted early. there is yet no evi—
dence of Hessian fly, and With anything
at all like a. favorable winter, it seems to
me that we have good prospects for a
fair wheat crop next'year.
Seed Corn Rack.

I have tried almost everything for a
seed corn rack, and this year we are try-
ing something a little different. In the
basement of the farm house, I set up
some two—by-fours reaching from the floor
of the basement to the joists overhead;
then we stretched small wires on either
side of the two—by-four. drew them tight
with a pair of staple pullers and stapled
them. These two wires take the place of
slats like an old-fashioned milk rack and
I simply lay the cars of corn on the wire.
One could get an immense amount of
corn on a rather small rack. I did not do
as good a job in making the rack as I
would. did I not intend to remodel the
basement of the house next summer
when. I think, if this rack works out to
suit me that I shall make a permanent
rack there, in this way. to be used every
year for the curing of seed corn. I think
this is the handiest and most practical
device that I have yet tried for a seed
corn rack.

The POtato Crop.

I had a. fairly good potato crop, for me,
this year. It was only submit half what
it ought to be, but it is just about as
good as I usually raise. We had 609
bushels of marketable potatoes on five
acres. I should Judge there are 75 or 80
bushels of small potatoes that I intend to
keep for seed next year. Of course, this
is better than the average yield of pota-
toes for the entire state. but it is only
about half of a crop after all. I am going
to try to do better next year and I am
going to keep trying to do better until I
can raise 200 or 23!) bushels of potatoes
per acre. At the present condition of the
market there is not any very great in-
ducement to grow potatoes. and yet I
furnish the men with their potatoes, as
a part of their wages, so that we have to
have a goodly arriount of potatoes to
supply them and we will eat the crop
most all up anyway. But_a man ought
to raise at least 200 bushels of good mar-
ketable potatoes per acre every year. on
an average. and if he has the right kind
of soil and does it. right. there is no rea-
son why he cannot ruse at least 200
bushels per acre.

Conos (7‘. LILLns.

CEMENTING A CELLAR FLOOR.

“'t: have just completed the cementing
of thc floor of a fruit and vegetable cel—
lar beneath the farm house, and as soon
as this is dry will move the things from
the furnace and wood cellar, which is
separated from the former by a partition
plastered on one side and celled on the
other. The vegetable cellar is 18x28 and
eight feet deep, with stone wall on the
three sides, lath and plaster on one. Side.
and lath and plaster ceiling. The soil is
sand and gravel, so no foundation was
needed.

The collar was cleaned and leveled as
well as possible by the eye; A straight
2x4, 18 feet long was secured, laid across
one end, and leveled. and lines marking
a level run from top of each end of this
2x4 along the sides to mark the position
of the top of the 2x4 each time it was
moved. The 2x4 was then moved about
three feet from the wall and set with the
top even with the lines at the sides and
secured by a few stakes drive-n into the
ground in front of it. The ground behind
the 23:4 was then leveled and either filled
or dug out as necessary to give the
proper thickness to the floor. which in
our case was about 31/2 inches or nearly
the thickness of the 2X4 set edgewise.

The. grout was then shoveled in behind
this 2:14, leveled down. and packed with
a hoe and float. and after drying a short
time. troweled down smooth. \Vhen this
strip was completed the 2x4 was moved
forward about three feet. or just as far
as one could reach conveniently to trowel
down the strip, and the operation repeat-
ed. In finishing the last strip it was
necessary to take a. short 2x4 and go the
WW way of the strip, finishing up at
the foot of the stairs.

We used one port Portland cement to
six parts gravel by measure. mixing their:
by shoveling own four times In the max-
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TriE MiéHiGAN . FARMERS. ”

water was added: The gravel m not.
sifted and the floor was put down with
one mat. If the troweling is done before
the floor dries much it Can be made
smooth enough without sitting the gravel.
and requires less cement. Our gravel
was secured free from sand islands wash-
ed up along the creek, and was quite
coarse and free from foreign matter. This
kind of gravel requires less cement than
when finer. The same kind was used in
laying our floor in the stables last fall,
and has been used in building state re—
ward road this summer.

I believe this floor was laid somewhat
thicker than is usual in a floor of this
kind. If a thinner one was desired the
2x4 could be laid flat instead of one edge.
In doing a thing of this kind I like to
have it done well and thick enough so
there will be no danger of cracking or
crumbling. \Ve used 439 barrels of ce—
ment in doing this work, at $1.60 per bar-
rel, or $7.20. The labor cost was $9.00,
making the total cost of the floor $16.20,
or nearly 30 cents per square yard.

Work of this kind can be done on
stormy weather or even in winter, as the
cement is down Where it will not freeze.
It is certainly a great convenience in
keeping out rats and mice, making a cei—
lar easy to keep clean, and facilitating
the moving of barrels, forking potatoes,
or cleaning up the litter from sprouting“,
etc. 'We intended to get this job done
when building. but it has been put off
for ten years, just as many jobs get put
off that we can get along without doing.
I do not believe we would accept the in-
terest on $16.20 for the next ten years
and do without the floor. Cement is new
the easiest laid, and cheapest of all floor
materials, and should be used wherever
it is suitable for this purpose.

W'e expect to lay the floor of the fur-
nace cellar about four inches thick. and
perhaps five or six beneath the windows
where the wood and coal is thrown down-
These places will also be covered with
plank orboards until the cement has
thoroughly hardened. when I think it will
stand the strain.

Calhoun Co, S.

H UHUS AND FERTILITY.

B. H A RTSIAN.

 

 

Man advances as he works in harmony
with and takes advantage of, the forces
of native; nature rarely. we may say
never. does anything ny chance. Her ev-
ery efl’ort is for some specific or general
purpose, is orderly and under the domain
of law. To this cause we give the name
of “natural selection." She selects from
the majority of individuals those which
are best suited to her purpose and pre-
serves them while the remainder perish:
thus we have what is termed “a survival
of the fittest." or those which are natu~
rally beSt able to cope with conditions
under which they live. If, however. a
number of individuals are thus selected
it must be for the reason that they pos-
sess some superiority over their follows;
in fact. it shows that even in the same
species all the individuals are not ex—
actly alike, however much they may re-
semble one another generally; some will
be strong, others weak; some swift. oth-
trs slow. and so on. It is easy to under-
stand, if this be true. how the selection
is made. \\'hcu a number of animals are
struggling together for sustenance. for
existence, it is evident that those are
most likely to succeed that possess some
advantage over their opponents in
strength, intelligence. adaptation to con-
ditons, etc. The same principle can be
app-lied to plants of every kind and leads
to the same definite result. “a survival of
he fittest," or these best adapted to con-
ditions under which they live,

Nature designs that the earth shall be
covered at all times with some specie or
species of tree or plant growth. Upon the
removal of our pine forests, there grew
entirely different species of timber-oak,
maple, beech. cherry, and other deciduous
trees; the younger growth of pines suc-
cumbing to the destruction wrought by
forest fires. Not content to wait unth
these future giants of the forest have 'at-
tamed sufficient growth. that their shade
may afford protection to the soil from
sun. wind and storm, that would burn,
carry away or wash out to sea the stored
up fertility of the soil, she gives life and
growth to grasses, ferns, brakes. brim-s,
etc. which, during their stay or until
subdued by the shade of the forest, ap-
propriate to their use in the formation at
their structure the elements of fertility
ese-ntial to their life and growth. and
through their death and the May of their
tissue return them out: to the soil,
where the 1mm of living Mum too

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small to be seen with the naked eye, but
constantly at work, known as bacteria.
aid in the production of available plant
food. ' .

It was, no doubt, thh some destructive
agency—fire applied by the hand of the
savage at intervals during past centuries.
that prevented the formation of that
brand expanse of now rich farming coun-
try that was known as the “western
plains." Had it not been for the fre-
quent and unequal battles waged by this
destructive enemy to tree life and
growth, disputing the rkht of the forest
to extend her domains, as no doubt nu~
ture designed she should, that vast region
would have become one of heavily wood—
ed forests. Nature, though evidently de—
feated in her original plan of preparation
of that region for the home of civilized
man and of agriculture, annually clothed
it with a luxuriant growth of vegetation.
the apparent mission of which was to
make it worthy the distinction long since
given it, “a veritable garden of the gods."

Mason Co. HoMER SHIRLEY.
ALFALFA IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY A

SUCCESS.

 

I have been very much interested in
the many articles on alfalfa culture, given
through The Farmer columns this past
season. I have carefully read everything
I saw regarding alfalfa and am very
much interested in the crop. I want to
give an account of my experience in
growing this alfalfa. My fiield is one
acre in size. The. soil in some parts of
the plot is clay. in some parts sand and
some parts a heavy. dark soil. I have no
tile drains, but ditches do not allow any
water to stand. This acre was plowed
the last part of May. and harrowed every
once in a while to keep down weeds, also
to conserve moisture. During July I ap-
plied one ton of lime. also 500 lbs. of
commercial fertilizer, working same well
into soil. 1 sowed 30 lbs. of alfalfa the
first week in August. I think 20 lbs.
would have been enough, but I wanted to
be sure of using plenty Of Seed so used
30 lbs, resulting in a thick stand on the
sand and darker soil. but on account of
the drier condition of the clay soil that
part is not quite so even, but still is
good. I inoculated the seed with the pure
culture method, and I feel that the in-
cculation is good, as plants all look thrifty
and of a very uniform color. It all looks
alike as to color. The growth will aver—
age about six inches. I Will not clip it
but will let it go down for mulch. I also
intend to give a light top-dressing of ma-
nure early in the winter. The stand Is
very free of weeds, about all that showed
was a large leaved plant, with a whitish
blossom and white. fleshy roots. This
Was in the seed. I went over the field
and pulled these all out, as I wanted only
alfalfa on this piece of land.

This has been my first attempt in grow-
ing alfalfa, and I feel that my efforts
have been a success and if the winter lets
it live I will expect a profitable crop for
1911. In case it winter-kills I will try
again and sow in June. This would give
a longer growing season and allow the
roots to sink deep into the soil, thus
standing the winter better.

St. (‘lai‘r (“0. G. A. BALDEN.
INCREASE IN SAND-CLAY ROADS.

During the fiscal year 1909, the office
of public roads constructed $95082 square

yards of sand-clay road against 42,634
square yards for the preceding fiscal
year. Experience has shown that our
earth roads can. in general. be very
much improved by proper crms-tru-c‘tion

and systematic maintenance at a cost
well within the reach of almost any com-
munity. Furthermore. these improved
earth reads serve as the best possible
foundation for further imprm'ements
with a hard surface as means become
available. Sand-clay has proved a satis-
factory substitute for macadam in many
sections of the country and the Office of
Public Roads is encouraging a more gen—
eral use of this method of construction.
To establish the value of this form of
construction in cold climates a number
of experimental sand—clay roads were
constructed in the middle west states.
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My Advertisement.

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now that we have for sale. Feel well sat—
ialnd with our advertising in the Mich—
“ firmer. Will run another adver-
m with you early next fali.”—E. E.
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DEC. '3, 1910.
GETTING THE WINTER’S.WOOD.

This question is one that is uppermost
in the mind of the housewife at this time
of the year if the wood pile is low‘ or
poor, and well it may be, for no matter
what kind of wood is furnished she is ex-
pected to have meals on time. If the
wood is dry, seasoned, and uniform this
is a much easier task, and many circum-
stances which are trying to her temper
will be avoided. Besides it is more econ-
omical to have seasoned wood for it is
cheaper to let the wind and sun furnish
the energy to dry it out rather than to
have this energy come from the wood
itself and thereby consume some of the
energy which should go into heat.

There may be some farm homes where
nothing but coal is used for fuel, but for
the kitchen range good seasoned beech
and maple wood is handier, cleaner, and
I believe fully as cheap even if it must
be bought

On many farms beech and maple body
wood is scarce, and something else must
be used. If there is a wood lot, there
will be some waste timber each year that
can be utilized—trees that have blown
down, branches broken off, trees dead at
the top, and trees that have passed the
age when they are improving, or the tops
of trees that have been used for lumber.
The. down stuff would better be picked
picked up early in the winter or in the
fall if there is time, and cut into wood
or hauled to the house where it can be out
later.

Then there are the rail fences found on
most farms. As these pass their season

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

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lized for the sawing of poles and rails,
and thereby save much labor. Last
spring we brought our engine on the
spray rig into use for this purpose. We
purchased a small saw rig with 18-inch
saw, also a rip saw attachment, for about
$15. A thresher gave us an old belt
which we connected to the five-inch pul-
ley on the engine. The saw pulley was
about the same size. This rig worked
well for small poles and rails, but there
was not speed enough to pull through the
larger poles in good shape. We are going
to put a larger pulley on the engine which
I think will work better. The engine is
a 3-horsepower vertical outfit. Being al-
ready mounted on the sprayer we can
take it wherever we wish to use it.
Calhoun Co. S. B, HARTMAN.

LIVE STOCK AND SOIL FERTILITY.

 

A few years ago I thought that the
more stock we kept the more fertility we
were adding to our farm, but things ap-
pear differently to me now, for I am be-
ginning to see that a man cannot make
manure enOugh to correct the detrimen-
tal effects of poor soil management. I
am learning this not only from observa~
tion, but from experience. The man who
buys grain feeds, and feeds them to stock
which is at the same time biting off ev-
ery trace of green, yes, even the roots
of the plants and grass themselves and
baring the soil so that no protection is
afforded against continual sun burning
and so that the bacterial action, which
we are just beginning to learn is respon-
shile for plant growth, is checked—that

 

 

 

 

 

The First Barn of this Type with Curve in Roof at Eaves Built In Clare County.

of usefulness the poorer rails may be cut
into wood before they have rotted too
badly. They make excellent summer
wood. I have known farmers to purchase
a farm having all rail fences, cut them
into wood, and sell it for enough to buy
posts and wire for wire fences.

Then there is the trash that accumu--
lates about the farm buildings. Some of
this is of no further value except for
wood. We usually throw this material
in a pile during the summer and cut it
for fire wood in the fall. In our case
there is a furnace with a wood grate that
will accommodate wood up to four feet,
so when this material is dry we throw
some of it into the cellar where it is used
in the Spring and fall and in connection
with coal in mid-winter. Some is kept
out to use in the kitchen stove.

Another source of wood that can be
turned to considerable account on some
farms having a stream running through
them is the driftwood from the stream.
Durii g frcshets more or less of this ma-
terial will be washed upon the banks, or
may become lodged on the bottom of the
stream. If this is hauled out during the
summer or fall when the water is low
and allowed to dry considerable fuel may
be obtained from it.

Still another source on some farms
where there are large orchards that have
been neglected are the apple trees that
have passed their period of usefulness, or
the branches that are cut from the trees
in pruning. Our past summer’s wood
came mostly from this source. This was
a rented orchard that was badly neglect-
ed, and quite a number of large branches
had to be removed. There are quite a
number of dead and dying trees to be re—
moved this winter, so we will get quite
a supply of wood for next summer and
some good chunks for the following
winter.

Where one has a. gasoline engine for
other use upon the farm it can be uti-

man can not keep stock enough or buy
grain enough to correct this torture of
nature.

Our- Best Farm Crops.

Our best farm crops are clover, corn,
potatoes and wheat. The hay crop is
perhaps of the most importance, both
from the feeding standpoint and because
it is a necessity in any system of crop
growing that is adapted to our farms.
The clover hay is the basis upon which
we figure in making up the rations of
our cattle and sheep. \Ve grow a few
acres of mixed hay for the work teams
and to sell in case we have a surplus of
roughage in the spring.

Next, I would mention the corn crop,
for the reason that it is capable of mak-
ing the most economical use of the ma-
nure resulting from feeding live stock and
because it can be grown and harvested
cheaper than any other crop that will
furnish an equal amount of feed for win-
ter. There are a great many more acres
of corn raised than there were before the
silo came into general use in the dairy
sections.

Now the third best crop. We would
not think of buying grain feed and grow-
ing clover unless we raised some cash
or market crop that could make use of
the surplus of nitrogen resulting from a.
liberal use of rich manure and clover
growing. Potatoes are our cash crop and
we have found that by using a fertilizer
carrying considerable phosphoric acid and
potash we can harvest a profitable crop
of tubers and leave the ground in ideal
condition for winter wheat with which we
seed our clover and grass crops.

\‘l'e grow wheat in place of other small
grains because it is a. great conserver of
fertility and keeps the soil covered dur-
ing the fall and winter, and it is much
safer to seed clover with than spring—
sowed grain crops. It is capable of mak-
ing very economical use of the fertilizer
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Conservation

Conservation has become a. watchword and is on every tongue.

When its
novelty has passed and we come to consider its true meaning, we shall-find that
conservation of the resources of the soil of our farm lands is the most important

element in the whole subject.
The American farmers have been a race of unconscmus SOll Skinners.
Now, we want not only to conserve productivity, but to restore some of that re-

moved. VVe must get down to facts.
One fact often lost sight of is that we can double the value of clever and farm

manure by supplementing them with

Potash and Phosphates

thus making a complete and balanced fertilizer. This is true soil building as well
as plant feeding. It Will Pay, for Potash Pays

We will sell you Potash through your dealer or direct, in lots from one bag
(200 lbs.) up. Write for prices.

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’ ‘ We receive and sell more furs direct from trapping sections than any
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' " " While work is slack on
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The Watts Power Cylinder Corn Shellcr and Feed Grinder
makes you independent of contract shellers. No fees, no wait-
ing. You get all the corn, no matter whether soft,grecn or dry.
Machine sells at an extremely low price. 3-horse power, any kind used by farmers. runs
it full capacity. Shells :00 to 150 bu. an hour. Shells pop corn. We ship on trial. You will
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THE WATTS MFG. 00.. Box 26, Jackson, Mich.

        
 

   

      
     
        
  

 

 

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474 ‘ (4)

he sowed on the potato field as soon as
the crop is harvested and the ground har-
rowed. The mineral plant food left in tire
soil after the potatoes have been liberally
fertilized, provides an abundance of fer-
tilizer for the wheat crop "and clover
seeding. .
Our Crop Rotation.

The crops mentioned under the sub-
heading of “Our Best Crops" are the ones
that I have found best adapted to the
rotation of crops on a dairy farm. This
rotatoin enables us to conduct an exten-
sive system of intense farming.

It distributes the labor of the men and
teams so regularly over the year as to
greatly economize the acreage cost of
tillage and aids in settling the labor ques-
tion. The same hired men are kept dur—
ing the whole of the year. In this way
they are contented. The best feature of
this rotation is the simplified. regular and
contented help and the reduced cost of
tillaqe through the continuous service of
the teams and a like application of the
men‘s time.

In this rotation each plant has an ex-
cellent opportunity to gather its nitrogen.
phosphorus and potassium. "“~e manure
and clover sod afford a good supply of
‘tlant food for the corn crops and leave
the soil with an abundance of nitrogen
for the potato crop.

The potato field is given a hearty ap—
plication of fertilizer rich in phosphoric

.acid and potash which affords an abund-
ance of plant food for that crop, and
leaves the soil in ideal condition to be
sowed to a crop of wheat immediately
after the potato crop is harvested.

Ily supplying the wheat crop and clover
with plenty of mineral plant food we se-
cure good yields of wheat and clover
makes a better growth and does better
work at nitrogen fixation.

Zach crop so succeeds the other that
planting begins about the first week in
May and lasts until the middle of June.
when tillage begins. immediately after,
or before planting is over. Clover hay is
really to be cut by the last week in June.
then comes the mixed hay and the tim-
othy, SllP('(*t‘.lt“d by the wheat harvest.
early potatoes, silo titling. apple picking.
and after the first killing frost in October
we start the potato digger to work.

Manuring. plowing". crop marketing.
pruning fruit trees and grape. vines and
hauling ivoott l\'(".‘D up activities until the
spring work begins again. Such a rota-
tion of crops is a great economic aid in
the conservation of the time of the men
and teams.

New York. W, MILTON KELLY.

ENSILOI NG CORN FODDER.

 

‘t'onld like advice as to the best. method
of handling nine acres of drilled corn
tent before frost). Well cared with nub.
bins. whether it would be best to shred
i: or (-111 and put into silo. \\'ill be fed
to milch cows_ of course. “It is nearly
hone dry at present. bl‘BSt‘llJHER.

in all probability. the way to get the
most. out of this corn fodder is to put it
into a good silo if you have one. \Vhilc
it would have. been better to put it in
when you first cut it. because a larger
per cent of it would have been digestible
than it is now, being dry-cured, yet by
putting it in the silo and wetting the fod.
tier as you put it in. the corn will be
Softened up, will heat up. ferment slight-
ly. and make quite palatable ensilage, not
as good as though put in when it con-
taintd the natural juice. but much more
uppetizing than dry fodder. You will
have to put on considerable moisture. No
on:- ean tell just exactly how much. This
moisture oneln L0 be evenly distributed
throughout the corn. It will not do to
run four or five feet of cut fodder into
thv silo and then attempt to wet it down.
‘Bwausc the water won't be evenly dis-
tributed, and there will be places in it
that do not get moisture cnOLgh and this
will dry mold. and your (”silage will
come out in big chunks and there will
bw Illllt'll loss. The corn should be wet
as it is being put in. and the best way
is to run a. stream of water into the
l>ln.~.'ei\ then every particle of the corn
as it is being; cut, is moistened. and it
will puck and settle evenly in the Silo,
and will be free from the dry mold. pr0~
\‘itling that you get moisture enough. I
can say that there ('tlllltl he a Stream of
water at least as large as a good—sized
hall pencil runningr in constantly. While
putting this corn into a silo will not add
to its food value. it will make it more
palatable and more appetizing. The cows
will relish it better.

COLON C. LILLIE.

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JANUARY.—“Farm M a n a g e m e n t .”
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MARCH.—-“Soil Management.” Deplc-
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Having grown our products well, it is im-
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FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.

 

Regularity as an Economic Factor.

Given a. sufficient amount of feed and
of a suitable variety to make up a well
balanced and palatable ration for any
kind of live stock, the item of regularity
in feeding is one of the most important
factors in the economical maintenance of
live stock on the farm. On the dairy farm
or the farm which is devoted to the
breeding of pure—bred live stock or on the
farm where stock feeding of any kind is
carried on in a commercial way, this fact
is well known and generally recognized.
But on the farm where no help is kept
during the winter season, other than the
farmer and his family. and where com-
mercial feeding is not practiced on a.
large scale, this is not always the case.
Generally the chores are done rather late
in the morning, and if breakfast is ready
before all are done, the balance of the
live stock has to wait until after break-
fast for their morning meal. In most
cases the pigs are the last to be fed and
from incidental causes of this kind are
apt to get their meals less regularly than
the balance of the live stock kept on the

' farm. But if some trip is to be made to

a distant loeality, or if some especially
important work is in hand, the average
farmer will make an effort to get around
in the morning, and will feed all the live
stock earlier in the morning and later at
night than they are accustomed to being
fed. And so from one cause and another
there is bound to be considerable irregu-
larity in the feeding of the live stock
kept on the average small farm. Of
course, it may be impossible to eliminate
this in all cases, but if the importance of
regula eeding were fully appreciated by
the a\. rage man, he could make it a
point to feed his stock at more regular
hours than he has been accustomed to
doing in the past.

In this connection it is well to consider
the time of feeding, that is, whether at
noon feed should be given or not. In the
writer‘s opinion it is a better plan to feed
liberally twice a day at regular hours
than to feed irregularly morning and
night and at noon as well. This plan
gives the farmer who is doing his own
“chores” more liberty than the other
plan, making it possible for him to get
away for several hours in the middle of
the day in good weather to transact any
necessary business and affording him the
leest of the daylight for the doing of
needed work during the winter months.
If the stock is fed in the stable in the
early morning and given some coarse
forage in outside racks in the yard
during pleasant weather, with a good
shelter to run under at will during the
day and access to an abundant water
supply, they will get along very nicely in
pleasant weather without any attention
at noon, and if accustomed to feeding at
regular hours in the morning and at
night will exhibit a degree of satisfaction
and contentment which makes for econ-
omy. But it must be remebered that
animals have nerves as well as senses,
and no reasoning power to fortify them
against the deleterious effects of irregu-
lar feeding. They know when meal time
comes as well as do healthy children, and
in order to make the most of their feed
in the way of meat or milk production
or growth of carcass, they should not be
unnecessarily subjected to the strain of
waiting impatiently for their owners to
supply their needs. The success of the
best feeders lies in their thoughtful care
of the animals placed in their charge, and
they not only supply the regular needs of
their animals promptly at the acustomed
time. but are continually studying them
to determine how they can make them
more comfortable and contented, and
spare no effort to that end. If the aver-
age farmer would interest himself in his
live stock to the same degree, he would
soon become a specialist in some line of
live stock production rather than making
this factor of production a side issue and
would thus improve his farm and enlarge
his bank account at the same time.

THE Place Carrots Should Occupy In the
Horse’s Ration.

We have 300 bu. of carrots that we wish
to feed our horses and we would like
some advice as to the best way of feeding
them. We have lots of corn and oats to
feed with the carrots but wish to feed
with the carrots but wish to feed the
carrots to best advantage. We have six
horses. Will carrots take the place of
grain entirely as a ration for a horse?

Montcalm Co. R. R.

The proper place for carrots or other

roots in the horse’s ration is as an appe-

 

tizing succulent food which promotes the
more complete digestion and better as-
similation of the,other feed given, rather
than as a dependence for nutrients and
to displace any quantity of either grain or
roughage in the ration. Used in this way
they will prove a profitable addition to
the ration, and by thus aiding in the di-
gestive prooess and in toning up the sys-
tem, will make for economy of other
feed. 01’ course, there are some digestible
nutrients in carrots, but there is also a.
great deal of moisture, and if too many
are fed they will have too great a laxa-
tive effect and cause undue perspiration
in horses that are worked. Carrots are
popularly supposed to be the best of root
feeds for horses, but where they have
been tried out as a substitute for rough-
age in some cases, they have failed to
give satisfactory results, but where used
in limited quantities as a succulent feed
they are always beneficial. Usually from
12 to 15 lbs. of carrots per day is consid-
ered a maximum ration for horses. and
where they are fed to horses that are
being worked it is preferable to feed them
at night, unless it is preferred to give
them a small feed at each feeding time,
and smaller quantities than the above
should be fed at first, and the amount
decreased if too great laxative effects are
noted.
Cottonseed Meal for Hogs.

Will you kindly tell me through the
Michigan Farmer of what value'cotton-
seed meal would be to feed hogs and
growing pigs?

Van Burcn Co. G. J.

Cottonseed meal is not considered a
safe feed for hogs. If fed to them in any
considerable quantities, trouble is likely
to follow, and while it has been demon-
strated that some cottonseed meal can

 

THE MlCHlGAN FARMER. ,

would help; to a. limited extent. What
is considered a. normal number of hogs
in the United States is close to fifty mil-
lion. If two pounds were to be added to
every hog sold there would be an in-
crease of one hundred million of pounds,
which would help some toward meeting
the demands of the consumers, but there
are other things that are responsible for
present conditions.

As is often said, there are two sides to
a question. As much as the packers sym-
pathize with the consumers, they do not
express one word of sympathy for the
farmer who, under adverse circumstan-
ces, and by persistent toil and constant
effort, “garners from the soil the primal
wealth of the nations.” Instead of ex-
pressions of brotherly kindness ther are
too often expressions of envy, that fre-
quently makes matters appear as though
the producers are arrayed against the
consumers, and are responsible for the
conditions that bring about high prices
for meats and other articles of food. They
scheme, and devise various plans by
which, at certain times of the year, they
can bear down the prices of stock to the
producers. If they are obliged to pay a
good price for stock they seem to regret
it and envy the farmers what justly be—
longs to them. Late years they have
been saying that they were buying too
many pianos for the farmer's daughters
and that too many farmers are using an-
tomobiles, as though country people were
not entitled to a fair share of the luxuries
of life.

Let us be more definite about the mat-
tre. As we approach the fall and winter
season stories that have a tendency to
depress trade and reduce prices, are cir«
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be fed to the hogs with apparent safety
for a limited time, it is far better for the
average breeder or feeder of hogs to
make up their ration of other feeds, and
use the cottonseed meal to balance up
the feed for the dairy cows and steers,
for which it is excellently adapted.

THE MEAT PACKERS AND THE
FARMERS.

 

Considering all that has been said on
this subject, it would seem that it is not
necessary to add much, if any, more. But
changing conditions bring the matter be--
fore our minds very frequently. The
high prices that have prevailed for the
last two years have made it possible for
farmers to make a fair profit on raising
pigs and making pork, under almost any
system of management, and it is believed
by many who are in a good position to
judge accurately that by far too many
are becoming indifferent in regard to the
kind of hogs they raise and feed for
market on their farms, as well as to the
time of year that their pork hogs are
sold. “'ords of caution from the agricul-
tural press have not been heeded and the
producers have been willing Victims of
market manipulators.

The prices for pork meats that have
prevailed for some time have been so high
that consumers have appealed to the
packers asking them to devise some
means by which this popular, palatable
and nutritious class of meats can be so-
cured at lower prices. Packers have re.-
plied with the statement that if a better
class of hogs were kept on the farms, and
only two pounds of increase of meat to
the animal could be added much would be
accomplished toward a larger supply to
meet the demands of the consumers who
want to secure their pork meats at a
lower price. I am ready to admit that
the packers’ suggestion is a good one and

prices go dmvn; the packers buy their
year's stock of meats at a low figure.
Then, as spring approaches, the supply
of meats from the country diminishes,
and a plea of scarcity is raised, prices
advance, and the packers sell their win—
ter accumulations at a greatly advanced
price. So the game goes merrily on until
time to buy again. The next fall the
same scheme is again followed, the farm-
ers are frightened to sell. and they all
hurry their products to markets and se-
cure the low prices, but when spring
comes consumers are paying high prices
for what they need from the speculators,
who are but go—betweens, fleecing both
the producer and the consumer. The
resourcefulness of these speculators en—
ables them to make a plea at every turn
in the game that will throw the blame on
the producer. It matters but little how
trivial the plea the consumers accept
their statements as true, and are ready
to hold the farmers accountable for the
high prices.

One phase of the situation ought not to
be omitted. As the prices for hogs on
foot have declined near to, if not quite,
three dollars per hundred, the prices for
bacon have remained the same to con-
sumers. The price to farmers for light
hogs suitable to get a fair class of bacon
from has not been maintained. At pres—
ent $7.50 per hundred is the prevailing
price. A market report comment says:
“It is a lower market than a year ago,
despite smaller receipts, everywhere in
the west. At that time $8.25 was the
top, and the bulk sold above the S-cent
line.”

With a lighter supply of hogs in the
country than the normal number by two
millions and the price of bacon held up
to 25 cents per pound to consumers, it
looks very much as though the speculat-
ors have the situation under their con-
trol, and are cutting a pretty wide swath.

   

 

  
   

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the serious mistake of being: in too great I
a hurry to get the steers on full feed. He
wants to see them gain rapidly. and is
apt ll) make their appetites the guide as.
to the amount of grain fed right. at theI
emunieneemet'lt of the feeding period. Now|
while the appetite of an animal is thei
very best guide to follow in providing it"
with feed. after its system ‘has become;
adjusted to the new conditions of liberal?
grain feeding, it is not a safe guide to.
follow at the start, for the reason that!
violent changes of any kind will upsetl
the digestive system, and the steer Willi
eat more than its digestive system can|
ear.- for properly for the ver}r reason that
it is a new exprieuee to him to get all
the grain he wants. As a feed for getting:
the steers on full feed there is nothing
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PI! 8A VE Your Hogs
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.misaimed and lies in the stomach in a asif fed on straw—thin, scrawny, shaggy, dulL- 0
solid mass, which induces fermentation . though you’re feeding them well.

and lllO feeder notir‘es that the animal ' Thetmuble is they are full ofworms—full ofpar- l
is “'tl‘t' feed." a condition which is more _ , asites that are sapping their livesaway—killingthem— f
wasilv induced than remedied, and which » z, I. eating up your profits, While you are standingby, i

in any case means a loss of valuable time”
in ’M- comment-ennuit of the. fatteningr
pi‘ww'ss. But whatever feed is usel in
L‘A‘itlllig‘ the, steers on full feed, it slzulllll
lint lw sought to get them to consume a
ni:i\iieium ration too quickly. For better
it‘sn,l.< will follow if at least 30 days are‘

and wondering what’s the matter.

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Oak-land Co. A. R. FARMEB. l all stomach and intestinal worms and parasitic infection—how it will

~———~~--_~ ' put life and vim into the blood ——aid digestion Ind stimullte the
TONIC FEEDS IN THE RATION. l a petite—help themtoget mongoodout of theirfeed inleutimc.
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making up a ration for the animals under that. I mu’d not morality do business without it. Ibelieve. with many

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ot‘ grains, eoniliined with some roots or SALVET is a medicated salt, containing seven medicinal elements -‘ I \ db

silage to give a desirable degree of sue. which act like magic. It speedily gets rid of the cause-of disease and death / /, d, - ,.

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uni : they do not get the required Villlf’lxvi money—if not you’re nothing out. The publishers of this paper will Vouch “ ’33 0' t9 x,” 0‘5/ x, l,

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Us» ut' tonic feeds would not be as im-; Sldney R. Fe”, President, ‘$.9'$xxeg“° x", ,x’ ’x/ ,1" ,x" ,’

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would be promoted by the use of tonic A‘:IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.IIIII-IIIIU ‘l'

 

the human body is promoted by the use ‘1‘. W. t

it Condiments which have, no real food; ave a orse Is In er
”\’.itlH-. but the henellvial results of Which
are not questioned liv one who has made
a study of dietetic problems. But not all.
owners of live stock are in a. position to'

feeds very llllll'll the same as digestion int
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Every ltorSe shod with Ring-Point Callas—the improved “Tool Steel Centers”
—will cost its oWncr just half as much as if shod with any other make.
This is a fact because Ring-Points will wear twtce as .long. 'l‘hctr
superior durability is due to the wedge-shape center of genuine tool steel,
welded into the outer shell to prevent lalling out—.3 thing that often happens
to the old-fashioned wire-pin center calk.

Ring—Points are self-sharpening. This does away with the large bills and
long delay of the old method of sharpening shoes.

It is plain to see you can save both time and money by using

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Here is one man’s opinion of theme—there are many more like him.
STILL (3001) A l"’l‘l‘)l{ ALL \\'l.\'l'ER.
The Rowe (‘alk Selling (‘u_. Hartford, (‘onu. Mackinaw, Mich. April].
tientlemeuz—l have used a set. of Hone ('alks all winter without changing.
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pi-uiide just the suitable feeds in the
l'l'l'l‘v~‘l‘ proportion for the. best results for
the animals under their rare. henee the;
use wt" tonic feeds is of still greater iln-}
fl‘vl'lltlll‘e in the promotion of digestionl
and more, complete assimilation of the
’.llll'lr'?llS in Hut-ll t'ewls as are, available.
ll is far t'rflf'A-ll’l' to keep the live stock
in a healthy rendition than it is to treat
tin-ii: my digestive trouble after the same
Eta-I heroine chronic. it is for th‘s reason
that so large a proportion of live stock
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Its effect and results are renuirkable. So sure--
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May be given to brood mares, stallions or
colts. Cures when all else fails. If
your dealer can't supply you don't
taken substitute. send to us. Send
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DEC. 3, 1910.

A CAUSE Fen sLoasEns IN 526pr
error: CLOVER.

 

Many people are of the impression that
the reason why second growth clover
causes slobbers in horses and colts is
because of some peculiar element or sub-
stance growing or entering into such as
an inherent quality belonging to second
corp clovers in general. Not all seasons

are favorable for a second crop attaining ,,

a growth large enough to pay for the cut-
ting, but in exceptional seasons the sec-
ond clip may yield from one to tviro tons
per acre. Is it a proven fact, that there
is some normal element always found in
such clovers that produces these ill, and
sometimes fatal, effects, or is its some
further removed but nevertheless salient
evil that attaches in some peculiar man-
ner to them? In an experience reaching
over several years the writer has made
many exhaustive trials in feeding new,
or first clip and the second cut the same
season of clover to satisfy himself. on
this much mooted point, and from his ob-
servationshe has formed some satisfac-
tory conclusions. As a rule, the second
crop is seldom as rank and tall as the
first cutting. As a consequence, especially
in wet seasons, not nearly as much black-
ened foliage results on the former as on
the latter, for the reason more sunshine
and air can penetrate through it, thus
drying it out in a. rapid manner after
every wet spell. The stems are also more
separated, thus growing and curing out
without the noticeable mold or mildew so
often seen upon the undermath of heavy
hays. Therefore, this being the case,
theoretically, they should be, on this point
at least, better feeds than the first cut,
as they are more immune from rustv
mold, blackened foliage, etc.

Then the evil results from feeding rests
not on the point of its simply being a
second growth crop, its scheme of differ-
ent development, nor its available or un-
available food content, for by analysis
there is no appreciable variance found in
the two hays. I have fed from second
clip hay during ordinary seasons and have
had the best of results. But, perhaps the
very next season similar hay, cured in the
best manner, when fed to horses proved
disastrous, causing them to slobber badly.
Now, why this wide variance in feeding
values and results on similar hay? I will
endeavor to state, that a very small spe-
cies of ground Spider, classed as Retite-
lariae—J‘line—weavers,” of which, dis-

 

tributed throughout the world some 600
allied kinds are known and many native
to this country, spin countles millions of
line webs and fillaments, extending, cross

ing and recrossing from blade to bladef ,

of grass, weeds; among limbs, twigs, etc.,
in fact, where and protuberance offers
over all the surface of the ground, and
this peculiar disposition of theirs to spin
thus indiscriminately, seems to be at its,
maximum during August, September and'
October, or right at the time usually when

, our second crop hay is harvested. Ordi-

narily these minute, silky threads are al-
most invisible, but may readily be seen
mornings when dews collect on and
greatly enlarge them, also when webs,
come between the range of vision and?
bright sunlight. These countless threads!
after the clover is cut, dry with the hay,I
and are never seen afterwards, unless byf
the aid of a powerful glass. They seem;E
to act in a forcible manner on the sal-f
ivary glands when horses are fed con-
tinually upon these web-covered hays,
and in a short time produce slobbers.
Cattle, with their more hardy systems,
partake of such hay without ill results.
There are seasons as noted. when through
some unexplained reason, these spiders
do not spin freely and during such, if the
season has been favorable for the growth
Of a second crop of clover, it will be
found immune of this evil and may be
fed freely without fear of bad results.
Some remedy, system of culture, perhaps,

 

even a spray, may yet be devised to over-I >

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come this evil.

Clinton Co. G. A. RANDALL.

There are many complaints in stock,
feeding districts regarding 'bad rail'way1
service, which, instead of improving, ap—,
pears to be getting worse in some cases. ,5
There is a bad condition of motive power,
and slow running is an inevitable result,
stock trains frequently arriving at the
Chicago stock yards greatly behind sche—r
dule time. ‘

 

Chicago cattle receipts recently have,
embraced a great many cars of stockersl
and feeders shipped in from \Visconsinl
and Minnesota, and they have been par-‘
ticularly hard to dispose of, buyers fre-‘
quently refusing to even make bids. BuY-
ers have taken advantage of the greatly
increased offerings of such cattle, and
prices have suffered sharp reductions as}
a natural result.

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when ready for distribution.
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CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR. V. S.

 

Advice through this department is free
to our subSCribers. Each communication
should state 'history and symptoms of the
case in full; also name and add1esa of
wr1t1r Initials only will be published.
Many queries are answered that apply to
the same ailments. If this column is
watched carefully you will probably find
the desired information in a reply that
has been made to some one else. When
reply by mail is requested. it becomes
pri1nte practice, and a fee of $1. 00 must
accompany the letter.

Pigs Bite Each Othe1.———I have some
pigs that catch one another on the sides
or catch on the trough and suc.k Is
there any remedy for a vice of this kind?
W. J. 1).. /\1,1b11rn M1ch ——llad you not
better feed them out of a different and
more roomy trough?

Ringbone.—-[ have a driving more that
I boughttwo years ago. She had a ring-
bone that had been fired with a pointed

 

iron; she seemed to go sound until a
short time ago when she showed some
lameness. Our local Vet. prepared 11 blis-

ter which I applied and after the. second
application she walked sound, but trotted
lame. The third blister is now working
and I would like to know what else can
be done to effect a. cure? ll. 13., VVill-
iamston, Mich—Your mare should have
absolute rest while the. treatment is going
on and if she is kept quiet and a few
more blisters applicd such as you are us-

                                  

ing. she will get well.

Colic-Judi” '
what ails my grey horse. Following
changes in feed he sccms to have colic

or indigestion. (3. l". 111.. llcarborn, Mich—1

Your horse suffers from indigestion which
gives rise to coliky pains. (live two ta.-
'blcspoonfuls of the following compound
pou'dcr at '11 dose in feed two or three
times a day: Ground ccntian, ginger,
fenug‘reck. unise, cooking soda and pow-
dercd charcoal—equal parts by weight.

("racked lit-11s. Ml have 11 large five-

bought last spring
I succeeded in
stand in the
but exercise

year—old mare that I
that had scratches 11i1i(h
curing. \Vlnn allowed to
stable much her legs stuck,
1edu1cs the swelling Her heels are not
raw, 'but are co1ercd with ha1d scales
and I would like to know what to applv.
O. l) S. Charlotte M1cl1111—G1ve 2 drs.
11"01111-"1 s solution 111 a 'dose in feed two or
three timcs 11 1111} 11nd 11ppl1 one part
oxide of zinc and 1111- parts vasclinc once
01 twice a duv,

( hronicfil Lymphangills. ——I have p1ofited

by icading the vett rinar y (olumn. but
fail to find :1. case similar to the one I
shall describe. Two wars ago my 12-

year-old m111c had an attack oi lymphati-
gitis affecting one foic and 0111 hind leg.

Since then when she stands in the stable]

and is not (\ercised her legs stock but
otherwise she seems to be well \V I1.
FL Nil-'1' Lake. Micl1.——Gi1'e her 2 drS.
111-1 11'1s solution 11nd '11 11-11spoo111‘111 of
poudw rtd rosin at a dose in 11-11] twice or
tin-1.- times a (1111' 101 '0 01 1:11 davs. Her
Don't-ls should be kept loose and she
should be exercised daily. \Vhen idle.
11-111 \ery little grain.

l1.11:.111'11ff.~-li1111- 11 11:1ir of t110- vear- -old

(OII'.~ that I have just Thought home from
paslruc 111111 I 111111 their backs are dirty
and covered with bloichcs. 1 11m inclined
to believe that th1- sores are caused by
them biting each other. H. ll}, Bradley,
Mich.~(}i\'c each of the colts a table-

follo11'ing‘ (3111111111111111 pow-
der at '11 dos:- in iced twice or three times
a day: (.lcniian, ginger. fenugreek. anise,
bicarbonate sodu and powdered rosin. Al-
so groom t|1c colts \1'1'll twice 11 day. To
soften the. scabs on their backs it may be
necessary to usc yuscline.

Out of Condition—My 12-year—old more
is badly run down, legs stock and she
travels stiff; last winter she was lame.
caused by spaviu; she is a big eater and
dlinks a grout (11-111 of wail-r1] A. T.

spoonful of 1111'

McGuire Ont. ~—lf the spa1in is not caus-g

ing 1'111yla1111-111ss you hud bc.-'1111 leave it
alone. but it' so apply one port rcd
mercury and tour p11r1s lard every 11’) days
of ground

and give her a tablcspoont'ul
gentiun, a small toaspoonful of powdered
coppcrus, a tcuspoonl'ul 111' i'cnucxcwk and
two tablespooui'uls of (linking 51,1111 in a
dose in i'ccd 11111-1- Illlli'S '11 1l:1_\'.

liony Enlargements ol' l’astcrr1s.——I
have a two—ycur—old filly that has a
bunch on 1-111'l1 of her pastel-11s '1boul
midway bclu'e-cn hoof 11nd i‘etlock: these

cuusr- any luincncss but I
felt them on account of
S. ll.. Brooklyn. Mich.—-

bunchcs do not
have thought she
resting.r the leg.

It is not 11l'-,1‘:1ys good practice to treat
bUllt'iH'S of this kind win-n they are pro—
ducimr 1'10 1:1111c11css: however, you will
check tln-ir growth by applying one part
red iodide mercury and eight parts lard
Cvcry six or eight days. ’

Hornet—vi, have 11 young: horse that is,
wind—brokcn 11nd I l111d him operated on
for this nilnn-nt last spring. but the op-
eration seems to have been a i':1il1n'1-. for
he is gradually growingr worse ever since
and now he is st‘:Ir1'1-ly able to breathe.
i called our local Vet, to examine him
and he informs me that there is no help
101 111111. E. (.‘ N., Fenion M1111 »—In a

tasc of this kind I 11111'11i11bly put a. trac h-
cotomy tube in Wind pipe. 'lhe operation
is simple, not expensive and usually
fairly good results; therefore. I suggest
that you have your Vet. operate on him.

Collar Boils.*0ne of my horses is trou-
bled with small boils which appear only
on the shoulder where the collar rests.
These bunches first; inflame, then soften
and break. I am inclined to believe that
[his blood is not in good condition for his
legs stock. J. B. Kingsley, Mich .——Give
1 oz. hypo sulphite soda at a dose in feed
or water twice a day; also give a tea-
spoonful of powdered nitrate of potash
at a dose once a day. Dissolve 1%. lb.

sugar or lead in a gallon of water and exchanged.

apply to shoulder three times a. day.

THE M16 HIGAN FARMBR.

Make Big Money
Training Horses!

Prof. Booty. KingofI-Iorse'ramers nnd'l‘rai
has retired from the Arena. and will teacgelliss
wonderful system to a limited number. by mail 1

$1200 to $3000 a Year

At Home or Trzvoflng
J esse Beery Inno-
knowledged tobetheworld's

Mast r horseman. ex-
hilbiitions of taming man-

ling horses, and con-
qulering horses of all dis-
positicnl have thri llod not
audiences even where.

He is new teaching his
marvelously an e c essf ul
methods to others. His
By ustglflg Hogise Training

um 11 o no
I most attractive money- -mllking field to 1111118111331 was
masters its simple principles.

Competent Horse Trniners are in

 

demand every.

where. Pco [[119 gilndx‘pny $15 to $26 a head to have
horses tnmetll. troine cured of habits—to have colts
brok nto hn nrness. Agood trainer can always keep

his stable full of homes.
.If you love travel. here is a chance to see the world
giving exhibition: and makinf large profits. You will
1e surprised to learn how litt. c it. costs to get; into the
Howrset’l‘rnining Profession“ d
r1 9 and Beery 1" son you full articu
and handsome book about. horses—FEE a] isolgl's
ree circular of Been Exhibition. Address (lfi

Prof. Jesse Beery. Box 42. Pleasant Hill. Ohio

 

 

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THAT MAY NEVER BURN DOWN

FIRE INSURANCE

THE HOT DRY WEATHER THAT BURNS OUT
YOUR PAST URE PRODUCES CORN ANDTIIE SILO
IFSURES YOU “(ADIIIS'I' BOTH DROIITII A FROST

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free {on outrom disagree-
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Bend now for this book “Barn Work Made Easy"
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Write for either or both or the book's.

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DEATH T0 HEAVES
“EWTIIII’ Hoavo‘ cough, 111...... w

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TIE m REMEDY :0.
101.5110. 1111111.

 

1: of them are old enough for service.

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DUNHAMS’
PERGHERDNS

Fourth importation for 19111 arri1cd August
4t.l1.0lr present lot. we believe. equals
or surpasses any we have heretofore
collected. More horses of bone. size and
first-class quality than 1,-1' er. Numerous im-
portant prize winners. Write for catalogue.

W. 5.. J. B. Q B. DUNHAM
Wayne, Illinois

 

 

W W. ’
CATTLE.
ABERDEEN-ANGUS.

Herd headed by UNDULA TA BLACKBIIRD
ITO 83836, one of the best sons of PB INCE
50006. and Grand Chmnpilon1908 Bull at the Detroit
and Grand Rnpidfir Fairs 0 11109 and 1910.
Herd consists ”of loan Blackbuds. Prides 3.

W0 OODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionla. chch.

AVRSHIRES-ll‘gh "11°11" ”1‘31“?"-
toggle. Prices low. I nig‘igligsollicltzxd. u on. V6.

3 t SWI
FINE POU LTRY—White and Barred Rock?
White & Bull Oirnpingtons. Wei-lite Wynndottes an

L3” Egg” “0” “h
CHIGBAN HOOLa FOR THeE DEAF. Flint. Mich.

HOLSTEIN—Bull calf sired by 11 son of

Pontiac Butter Boy. one of
reatest bulls of the breed and out of 11. sister to
orld’s Champion Sarcastic Lad. Dam and sires
undo of butter in ‘7 da1's.PrIoe
DBURY. Lansing, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

the
dam merage mar 24
50. C. D. W

TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS

Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-
bining in themselves the blood of cows which now
hold and have in the past: held “’orld' 8 Records for

milk and butter fat at faiNlprices
McPHERSON FAR S 00.. Howell. l’lich.
1earling Holstein- Friesjan bulls.

—2
5911‘; §l¥§sor1rgas11311"“.‘311'11‘. 111111121111“
HOLSIEI BULLS FOR SALE—Alfio Duroc Jersey

boars. sired b Dci 'endm Grand Cham-
pion at Chicago. 1%. “Cornell Hm1ell,:Mich.

 

 

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DEC. '3. 1.111111.
film 73“

lonin. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

‘.'—- \
noes.
m
' ' ——Growthy 5 tin Boats 1! Gilt!
Illlrocs & VISION” of choicest greefiin rain Prime
0! dlndlvidual merit
E KSHIRESM dbeut knownlines
prices.
1!. 1). 8G. B. Johnson. Plymouth. Michigan.
W0 OPRIZES IN 1900.
Stock of both serials 8and all ages for sale.
ens Pekin DucksM ORGE P.P Manager.
DrawerA. Birmingham. Michigan.
arrowi
dz boar pigs for sole. AlPattullo..Deckerville.
BERKSHIRES Unexcelled in breeding. Select-
tnll pigs. T. V. HIGKS.B . No. 11. Battle reek. Mich.
——E1'er1'thin sold. nothing new
Berkshires... 111... “1111111 111111. 1111111111.

H.113. Powell. Baht. Gums-1:;
Winners. M T. STORY.R .Lowel. Michigan.
of i1110011 at moderate
HUPP FARM BERKSHIRES!
Guernsey Cattle GB ETurkeyle Burl-0d Bock
Berkshires-T“ yearling ”a?“ 31,3319 3151:3111
ed goers. sows and 11111 Choice
C. C. COREY. New Haven. Michigan.

 

 

DAMS BROS” Litehfleld. Mich. breeders of Imp. Chester
White and ’l‘mnworth swine service boars, sows bred or
open. of either breed. Shorthorn Cattle, Buff Rock. But! Wynn-
dotte. W. Orpinzton, Ckls. all breeding stock lending winners.

DUROC JERSEYS.

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan.

 

IIIILSTEIN BULL CALVES_03i°‘is‘}Zt1-11A.11R

COLE BROTHERS. Ypsiland Farms, Y psilunti. Mic

BURNS JERSEY SWINE. gi‘ifé‘o‘ifdoi’c‘lfie’l;

1.50 each. J. H. BANGHABT. Lansing. Mlch.

 

OB SALE—-
Born July 4. 1910. Rich reeding. F1116 individual.
Photograph and pedigree on applitation. Price low
for prompt solo. Hndison Cooper, lll ("mu-t, Watcitou 11 N. Y.

OTHING BUT HOLSTE'TN BULLS FOR SALE. Sir MI!
liurtuz Punch No. 371104. A. ll. Three Nearest Dam
Average 26 2 lbs, butter in 7 (lays. Sound, Sure. Gentle. and
one of the finest individuals of the breed. If yon want 11 Hard
Header come and see this one 1 can please any breeder with
n bull calf twu to ten months old. i want. to sell TEN before
Nov. lst. Help medoitby buyingonc L. h. Connell. Fayettc.0.'

ELMHURST FIRMS 83111533314111?”’i111i"‘li’l‘.

ford Down Sheep. Have 1.") Choice lium Lambs for
sale. Address B. C.Bmfield. Supt. Owendale, Mich.
—Both sexes and all ages

HEREFORD for sale. Also Poland-

 

Pure-bred Registered Holstein Bull 01111..

A F331” “'35. ”1““ Burns lersola Sonics Boars
ich. Indpt; phone

M..A BRAY. Okemos. Inghnm Co

MPROVED CHESTERS~Young boars ready [or
senice. orders taken for some bred for spring far-
row. Also Holstein Bull Calves of the best of breed
Ing. W40. WILSON. Okomos. Mich. Both Phones.

0 I C! ~Hogs all ages for sale. sows bred
S or open, boars any n

Shipiped on approv v.31 HA’RR T. AN DELL.

mg View Stock Farm. CASS CI'IY. MICHIGAN.

0. l. 0. Ho

and more. 11. H.J JU

0 I c TSRJring boars all sold. have 2 good June hours
9 t

. 1111's bred for spring furrow. all Fpi
A. NEWMAN R. No.1 Mariette. M10

 

 

 

ages. Sows bred.
Mlnles weighing 195 lbs.
.sMunith. Michigan.

either sex.

 

China hogs. ALLEN 383.08., Paw Paw, Mich.
()ificzil veal-Iy

Register 01 Merit Jerseys. 1111-1111 ,1 1....
lot. of 1oung bulls from dame with official records
of 4113 Rounds and u wards of but. tter.

M N. Bay City. Michigan.

LILLIE FARMSTEAD J ERSEYS,

We have some splendid \oung bulls for sale. Some
They are from

cows with rctords of 300 to 4?!) unds of butter last
year. Write for dost-1i )rion angoirices
CO LON G. Ll LIE, Coopcrndla, Michigan.

For Sale—Ilogi11i11r111lJerseyIlzilllcfim‘er
also Reg. 0.1.0. hogs.C..A BRISTOL. Fenton, Mich.
—F - 1; red POLLED DUR-
FOI‘ Sale 11013.31 B‘fs‘iilfis, 10.31111 18 mon nths
old. All Reds. J. 11. 11.11111111 1141110111. Mich.

EGIS’I‘P‘TIED Jen-101 BullCnlics fol sale. 011010111-
bining the blood of (‘lll( ago 111111 St. Louis World’

I" 1111‘ Champions by Herman H11rnis,lt1-cse. Michigan.

for sale. 7 1110. old. also

nairybred Shadhorn BUIIS a few yearling heifers.

J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.

SHEEP.

—40 Young'EWES and 20 EWE
For Sale LAMBS. Sell cheap 11' 110111 at
J. B. GARDNER. L. Box 437 (11111111111-. Mich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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O(‘ KLAND Farm Delaines are in field form, strong.
rugged and well covered. Prices right. ’I ell us
your 111111011) 141T urner &‘ Sons. , Mosherv ille, Mich.

Ilooper’ 5 English Sheep

won 420 prizes this your at. State Fairs. Shrop—
Shil'i'fi. Oxfords, Hampshire». Sonthdow 111-1 and
l Cotswolds—the best of each—several hundred to no-
‘ lect from. We import more than all othersoombined.
‘ thus can otl'er the most attractive prices and terms
Sheep shipped on afpdwoval—ssee them before vofu buy.
“alt-form our Elm 510111011 illustrated Book of VI’in-

nets ’

1 Wm. COOPER a IEPIIEWS ki'lElllltillElE STOCK ca.
164 w. Illinois Street, CHICAGO, ILL.

 

 

 

 

—llams 11 11 d
shire Sheet}: 1.111.101.1111.

Prices M e.rat18 Comfort A. T1ler ldwater.Mi1h
and

and (l i' ' ll
HampShIre! SOUII'IIIOWII, en es iorjslll‘r? ( I riccs right.
’.llllu‘ (‘I OVlali BLOSSOU FAIH‘I. Port Austin. Mith

 

Rams

 

-——'l'heee po 111i 1' li.
{garcons Oxforduflamg 116111493?” 1211’
11cc )1 ran 1e or am 111 m e X
XX $21”). Ilon1c1n C.P11r1un1s, G rand Ledge. Mich.

 

And cues from Imported Rams.

[OXFORD RAM and 1 “es bred to name. Address

I B. F. MILLER or CFO BPILLANE. Flint. Michigan.
and Pulled

i OXTOI'd-DOWII Sheep] Durham

cattle forsake. A. D. 1!: J A. DE GABMO. Muir. Mich.

 

 

 

REGISTERED

HOLSTEINS

WE WILL SACRIFICE

l 8=HEAD= l 8

All fresh or soon WI“ be.

Have 60 head 'and m‘stalla. 0111) had enough
(orn to fill one of our silos. \11'1111' are 1 xc option-
ully large milk1rs,'1ll good (11m: 1-111- thorn.
Don' 1 stop to write for it‘ s ll” 1111-11 lot offered in
11111111111111 this season. Alt-'1!) ollt r :1 2— ye 111' old (l.

H. of Hengerveld De Kol that took 24 at Kala»
womb Grand llupldxs and Detroit. this year.

LONG BEACH FARM,
Augusta, Kalamazoo 00.. Mich. Bel Phone.

 

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EGIS’I‘ ERED PERUHEBON STALLIONS for nude.
R l and 2 years old. Gas and bloc kn. WestM I-
gan Fair winners. R. OVERHOL’I‘. button. Mich.

—-Horsen. Cattle. Hhee
For sale or Poultry, nearlv 1d
Southwest Mic hi
Asociotion. B. E. Jennlnu,Sec

Ho Dogs,
brcc a. Sires
8:211 PPedlfireedMStflck

3W. IO .

—(iood Yearling Field
IOXford Down Sheep “1111111 and cwesof all ages
1forsnle. I. It. WA A'l ERBUR) Highland. Michigan.

 

ELAINE RAMS. also 50 registered Delaine ewe.

. \1‘1111(h must I11 Nlllll IN‘IIITM Dec. 1. Great bargain
for some (1111:. H. J ,‘I'HVAN. Rockford. Mithigan.
for sale or exc huuge

Ben. Racmboufllei Ewes for Holstein hcil'o -rs.

.E. Burungame. Byron. Michigan.

SHROPSHIRES_¢M§W”01.1.1111... Ineld

swine. C. J. THOMPSON. Rockfonfix 3111‘: hitlrun.

 

 

 

. Cnult' E Registered Shropshire and Cots“ old-1. year-
1 ling 1111s. rum 11111] 1-110 lambs Yorkshire. and
Borkuhin l1og11.(l\de Stallions and F illios and Welsh
punic.» Write for pric.es Arthur L Milne Green River, (mt

—A T
For Sale “unlit £428? :hropshire Yearling

. . rom 1m1ortcl st k.
Prices right. JonestMorrish Fluehin’g, M Ith1£1lm

Hill-1T ERED Shropshire Rams and ewes for sale
from imported and Canadian bred atock.83tisf1'10-
tion guaranteed. Willis 8. Meade. It. No. 3. Holly Mich.

SHROPSHIHE HALL STOOK FARM

This for Halo twenty-five (2’))1'ery choice bred yr. ewe
11. few good aged e11 e11 lonmeh “choice two-year-ol
ram. also three good mm

L 8. DURHAM Solis, Concord, Michigan.

 

 

0 l C —Bred So 118. Boers ready for ser-
0 Vice. from World’s Fair Winners.
Glenwood Stock Farm. Zeal and. Michigan. Phone 94.
—I am now

0. I. C. SWIN read tore.

ceive orders for fall Pigs got by Grandson of ackson
Chief, he World's Champion and Grand Cham ion
Boar. Write forliic let “18 prices on pairs not 11 in.
RNDE .R. No. ". Dorr. Michigan.

 

0 l C swine—Spring furrow. of both sexes. of
right t1pe and breeding. Bears $3)
each. 11. E. BEACH &SON. Brighton. Mich. B No.3.

0. l c ——Sow pigs all sold, butoll‘ersomeextrasood
boar igsN for sale. Sept. furrow. at. reason-
able prices. FR D NICKEL Monroe. M1ch R. No.1

-—S ring. summer «I: fall farrowed
on Ice. SWincbo pt, sexes. breeding and ty
right. Geo. P. Andrews. Dansvdle. lngham 00.. Mic .

9 —An extra good lot. of last
0- lo C 5 FOR SALE spring pigs, either sex.
weighing fro m150 31111100 veal-ling boar and.
30 fall pigs. OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville. Mich. 1

RECORDED MULE FOOTED HOGS

are said to be immune from hog cholera. Stock of all
ages for sale. John H. Dunlap. VI illiamsport. Ohio.

POLAND CHINE—$23.11“; ‘33? l’féitdql’lfii‘}

E. D. BISHOP. Route 39. Lake Odessa. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

—-Largest in Mich. Pigs
Large In). POIaIld‘CIIIIlaS no“ rendi to ship. weigh
from 1.30 to 100 lbs. at 4% months old. V\ 11! deliver
11hatInd1ertise. W. l". Li1',i11gston Parma. Michigan.

° —Bo:1 rs ready for service;
POland‘Chlnas sprin pigs, either sex.
Write L1W. Barnes 1k eon. Byron. hiawassee Co. ,Mich.

Poland-Ghinas

The home of the Michigan State Fair “mnem
We won 24 prizes at. Detroit in 1910 Figs of both
sexes for sale sired In our prize-11 1nn

BEATTV 51 SUN West Unity. Ohio.

P. C. BOARS, GILTS,

WEANED PIGS at Right Prices.
Shipped c. o. d. with pedigree.
WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater, Michigan.
bo t h

“‘40 Head at P. Ii. Smne J“ 13351,... 1.1...

gméd boneo and length. My herd boar King
11-1 nine to get the best. Prices ri ht.
P1CK.ol’H

 

for salag

.IJ.PT')§1113t-ings. Mich. R. 6.2514-1 l-

 

' ——L11rgc st1 1ed.gro11'thy spring pigs. also
Poland-chums fall pigs. Send for snap shot. photos
and lowest prices. Robert; Neve. Pierson. Michigan.

growth

P. C. BOARS'B‘i‘. .1...

money WOOD 1h SONS. SALINE. MI HIGAN
read 1' for serv ice, sired by (1 Son of the

12 P: 8- Bears Worl d‘e Champion Meddler; dam. 11n-
defeated Lady Louise. Z. Kinne. Three Oaks. M11 11.

Poland- China Gills 1131131111.»?

31 each B.

11 cro Hired 111' “Victor"bi'” Out-
0111' P0 Co Boal'S1 look‘ ' 111st. prize eat Oh1o State
Fair: dams b" {\IedIt‘l‘ SWUIHI (lukuood \Iedler and
others. A few large Minor-1a (‘OL‘hCl‘OIB Satisfaction
guaranteed. It. “'. lVIILLS, Saline. Michigan.

BEST BIG TYPE POLAND- CHINA PIG

in Michigan. March furrow litter 13 fit to head any
herd. Price $50; bred 110110535: 11113131139595: opt.
pigs. $10.P11irs and trims not akin. 61 phone.

J. c. BUTLER. Portland. "Ich.

FOR SALE—Yorkshire 111m Pigs

t i‘. F ne. thriftv fellows $15. re istered.
Al‘mlsTflllgo‘lViUlilllAY- \VATERDIAN C
R. 6. Ann Arbor. Michigan.

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DEC. 3, 1910.

Ringworm.——I have a cow that has sev-
eral sore spots on her back and face for
which I wish you\ would prescribe a rem-
edy. T. K., Akron, Mich—Give her a
teaspoonful of sulphur at” a dose in feed
three times a. day and apply lodme oint-
ment to sores daily for _a week, then ap-
p]y one part oxide of z1nc and five parts
vaseline once a day.

Surfeit Buds.-——I have a three-year-old
filly that I purchased three months ago
and shortly after I got her she acted un~
easy; was inclined to rub herself and I
thought she must be lousy. I treated
her for lice. but some time later conclud-
ed that I was mistaken for she broke out.
with a skin eruption which covers most
of body; these pimples are first meist
then dry, harden when they slough off a
little tuft of hair comes with the scab.
'What can be done for an ailment of this
kind? S. C. C., Roscommon, Mich—Give
2 drs. Donovan‘s solution at a dose in
feed three times a day; also give two
tablespoonfuls bicarbonate soda at a dose
in feed night and morning. Groom your
colt well twice a day; also feed enough
well salted bran mashes or vegetables to
keep the bowels open. Be sure and allow
plenty of fresh air into stable, also keep
the barn clean. _

Foot Soreness-—Thrush.——I have derived
much benefit from reading the veterinary
column of the Michigan Farmer and come
to you for advise regarding a 12—year—old
mai‘e that shows lameness in one fore
foot every time she is newly shod. She
has been examined by different persons,
but they fail to find the cause of her
trouble. I also have a four~year-old colt
that has thrush, and would like to know
how he can be Cured. J. C., Munith,
Mich—It is posible that your horse shoer
fails to level her foot and after the shoes
wear some she is more comfortable. Are
you sure that he does not raise the heels
too high? I fully believe if a plain, flat
shoe with low calks or a rubber pad is
applied she will go sound. Now, regard-
ing your four-year—old colt that has
thrush, you had better apply calomel to
the diseaSed parts of frog twice daily; if
there is any trimming of frog required,
you can do it. '

Stocking—Have an 18-month-old colt
that stocks when allowed to stand in sta-
ble over night; this colt ran in box stall
with ground floor last winter and was in
pasture all summer. I wish you would
tell me what to give the colt and how to
take care of him. H. T, 11., Topinabee,
Mich,— Give your colt a. tablespoonful of
the following compound powder at a dose
in feed three times a day: Powdered sul-
phate iron, ground gentian, ginger, fenn—
greek, bicarbonate soda, rosin and char-
coal. This treatment should be kept up
until a recovery takes place. The hind
legs should be bandaged in cotton, but:
avoid putting on the bandages too tight.

Vertigo—I bought a horse last spring
that appeared to be. perfectly healthy, but
occasionally he is affected with a sort of
fit and our local Vet. tells me it is caused
by an increased blood flow to head. He
advises me to avoid feeding him too much,
but work him hard. H. B., Moline,
Mich—Give your horse 2 drs. bromide
potash at a dose in feed three times a
clay, keep his bowels moderately loose
and exercise him daily. Well salted bran
mashes and vegetables will usually keep
the bowels open without the assistance
of any drugs. You should use a nice—fit—
ting collar that is not too short.

Barrenness.—My eight-year-old mare
fails to get in foal; she has been mated
five different times. C. E. \V., Otsego,
Mich—Dissolve 3 028. of bicarbonate soda
in a gallOn of clean tepid water, wash
out vagina of mare, usingr a rubber tube
and funnel daily. This solution should be
used freely for ten days or two weeks.
If she was my mare I should not breed
her at this season of the year and before
having her served ascertain if neck of
womb is closed, if so dilate it with fore
finger or a sound. It is possible that
you should use an impregnator on her.

Impure Milk—I am sending you a sam-
ple of sediment that settles on bottom of
jar when milk of cow is allowed to re-
main in jar for 36 hours. This white
substance varies in quantity some days.
\V. R, K., Volimer, Mich.-——You had bet—
ter dry her as she will be of no value
for dairy purposes until she comes fresh
again. Apply iodine ointment to udder
three times a week for three weeks.

Indigestion—I bought a yearling colt
last August that was quite thin and low
in flesh. I turned him on ordinary pas-
ture for a month and then he was turned
on a clover lot; a week later he had an
attack of colic; since then he. has had
several light attacks of spasmodic colic.
I forgot to say that wherever the flies bit
him they made a sore. O. V. \V., Olivet,
Mich—Give colt a tablespoonful of the
following compound powder at a dose. in
feed three times a day: Ginger, gentian,
bicarbonate soda and powdered charcoal.

Heifer Fails to Come in Heated have
a three-year-old heifcr that dropped her
first calf last February; since then she
has failed to come in heat and as I wish
to breed her I would like to know what
to do. She has fallen off in milk flow
lately, but does not appear to be sick.
.I. P. H., Mt. Pleasant. Mich—(live her
15 grs. powdered cantharides at a dose in
feed three times a day. Feed her plenty
of grain and some vegetables; also keep
her warm, fm‘ by fitting so you will induce
her to come in heat.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

The approach of Thanksgiving brought
out an active demand for prime fat lambs
of moderate weights, and such lots sold
at a premium. Too heaVy lambs have
been diseriminated against, and the 90—lb.
consignments do not sell nearly as well
as choice lambs weighing around 70 to
80 lbs. There was also a strong demand
for prime fat little pigs for the Thanks—
giving feast, pigs weighing from 40 to 60
lbs, being wanted, and they brought good
prices, as not many were offered for
sale. These times shotes are altogether
too valuable for fattening until developed
into heavy hogs to be sold on the mar-

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looking at their feet.

sumption usually is that the-y are from ,
droves where sickness has broken out.

Recent sales of corn for December de-
livery in the Chicago market have been
made as much as 14c a bushel lower than
a year ago, and naturally under the cir-
cumstances farmers generally see the
advisability of feeding their corn on the
farm rather than accepting current low
prices. Accordingly, there is a wide—
spread demand for lumber for building
additional cribs, and unusually large
amounts of corn will be stored and fed
at home. Farmers are busy in the fields
husking corn, and cornstalks are taken
good care of by careful farmers, as they
are valuable for cheap feed. The decline
in prices for live stock of all kinds
causes a desire to lower the cost of feed
as much as possible.

The Illinois Experiment Station sold. a
car load of hogs at the Chicago stock
yards recently which was an experimen-
tal lot that were fed according to the
new feeding standard being developed by
Professor Dietrich. The hogs at eight
months of age weighed on an average of
290 lbs. with empty stomachs. Professor
Dietrich has long been trying to produce
300—lb, hogs in eight months, and he has
nearly succeeded in his aim.

George M. Crego, of Kane county, Illi—
nois, who has been a farmer and stock—
man for 56 years in that region, recently
marketed a car load of 328-lb. Hampshire
hogs that were two—thirds sows, in the
Chicago market, receiving $8 per 100 lbs.
A Providence, R. 1., shipper bought them,
the consignment including a stag that
tipped the Scales at 660 lbs. Mr. Crego
said the packers are going to get fooled
this winter on the hog run for packing,
and in his opinion it will be smaller than
a year ago. He predicts high prices for
another year, as pork is a popular kind
of meat with most people. Mr, Cregol
never ceases to feed cattle and hogs, nol
matter what the condition of the market!
may be temporarily, and makes it pay,l
although there are some unprofitable,’
years. He sticks to the Hampshire breed?
of swine, as they are prolific breeders;
averaging eight pigs to a litter, with
some litters running as high as twicel
that number. He has 30 brood sows at
the present time, and his aim always has
been to hold hogs until they weigh from
300 to 400 lbs. He has found that the
best profits are made in this way. His
pigs are. born in April and May, instead
of in March, when the weather is apt to
be trying on new-born pigs. Mr. Crego
is deeply interested in maintaining the
fertility of his farms and finds from sev-
eral experiments that Salt and lime mix-
ed make a cheap fertilizer and greatly
increase the production of corn.

A prominent Chicago firm says: “\Ve‘
have recently interviwed representativel
men among both buyers and sellers of;
hogs in different parts of Illinois, Indiana, ,1
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, \Visconsin andi
Minensota, and can learn nothing to cit-'1
courage us in the belief that we are goingi
to have heavy runs of heavy hogs in the}
near future. In fact, we find counties in
Illinois and Kansas that are practically
bare of hogs. The country was over two
years in getting out of the hog business. .
and we calculate it takes more than a‘
few months to get back into it."

Fat little yearling cattle have been
great money-makers for their feeders
for many months, and it seems rather
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their luck along these lines. These cattle
weighing around 900 to 1.000 lbs. are
great favorites with the butchers. who
pay big prices for them, but the feeder
must know his business thoroughly in:
order to obtain the best results. It
should be borne in mind that yearlings in
half—fat condition meet with relatively
poor demand and are harder to sell than
older cattle in the same condition. Stock—
men have found that merely roughing
through the calves during the winter
with the object of selling them as babyi
beef the following summer or fall hasl
been unsatisfactory.

\Vith the gradual disappearance of fat‘
western range lambs on the Chicago and
other western markets, the trade has at
last had to rely on fed westerns and
native lambs. Fat range lambs are now
pretty well out of the way. and Chicago
is getting the best native lambs ever seen
at this season of the year, the bulk being
very heavy. For the first time in the,
history of the lamb trade, at this season
of the year, killers are discriminating
against heavy lambs. there being too
many of that class. The Chicago packers.
are throwing out the heavy buck lambs‘
or buying them at reductions of from
$1 to $1.50 per 100 lbs. from prices paid
for the remainder of a car load, these
lambs being very coarse and wholly unde-
sirable. (‘ountry shippers should bear

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be, from 2:”. to 35 per cent more cattle fed
in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan than last
winter, while the gain in sheep and lamb"
feeding in these states will run from 35
to 50 per cent. A good marketing of
hogs from these states is expected up to
December, but it is believed that the
movement marketward will fall behind
that of last year on account. of the
abundance and cheapncss of corn. Farm-
ers are expected to market their hogs
weighing around 190 to 200 lbs. '"l‘hern
is reported to be a normal supply of
brood sows, and some gilts will be kept
for breeding purpoess. <

“’hile eastern markets are getting so
many hogs from their own territory the1
eastern shipping demand is not likely to
undergo any improvement in the Chicagol
market. By midwinter different condi—‘
tions are expected, and as soon as the‘
east has to come west fm- its hogs there
will be lively competition for the better
class of hogs. Farmers should not be
frightened into sacrificing their pigs. but
many think it just as well to ship in
hogs by the time they weigh around 200
to 225 lbs. After hogs get to weighingr
these amounts they are slower in putting
on additional flesh. More farmers shouldl
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The Farmer and our Nupolcons of ii-
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personal success. are generally crcdiicd
with an almost uncanny economic intclli-
gcncc and forcsight are prm’licting‘ iliut
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lessncss und extravagancit of modern
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depression which they see already up
proaching. To the fact that there is
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ization, and the not uncommon timidity
of farmers regarding fui‘me market con—
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A case in point which will illustrate the
Warning which we feel impelled to give
our readers, may properly be cited. A
professional man who thought himself a.
wise student of business economy was re-

cently heard to say to a small audience
of farmers, whom he'. happened to meet,
that if he was a farmer hé would sell
everything he had to sell at once, as he
believed it Would bring more money now
than later, no matter what tho product.
His premises were agreed to by a. number
of the farmers present, but fortunately
there Was one farmer in the little bunch
who were gathcrcd'together who had a
good business hood, and who proceeded
to tell the others that if all the farmers
in the country received such advice and
acted on it promptly. their products could
not be gotten on the market before the
bottom fcll out all along the line, but that
the consumers would profit little for the
reason that. the products would fall into
ihc hands of speculators, who would
make tho profit which ought to accrue to
thc produccrs. and which would accrue to
incurundcr a gradual] and normal mar—
keting cf their products.

Thai farmcr cxprcssed a more whole-
some truth 21nd within] a. more timely
warning ihun the wiscst of economists
who sce hrcaltcrs ahead for the immedi-
ate or distant future of business condi-
tions in this country. The time has come
in the history of the world when pro—
duccrs may safcly indulgc in u consider-
able dcgrcc of confidence regarding the
future demand for their commodities. The
population and consequent consumption
has m'criukcn agricultural production. No
more grout urcas of public land remain to
be exploited with cheap labor in the flood-
ing: of tlic marltcl with a surplus of food-
stuffs. ’l‘hc timc is at hand when agri-
(ulturc. will lzllx't‘ its proper rank as l"
bnsincss. and it should be a part of thc
promum ol' cvcry business farmer to study
crop prodiution in its proper relation to
Inai'kct conditions. rather than be stam-
peded into smiling~ his products at a price
which docs not sccm a fair value under
the conditions which obtain at any given
time. Truly, confidence in the future is [L
needed factor in tho prosperity of all
llilfilllt'SS. bul it is doubly so in the busi—
iuss of farming, and the present outlook
would Hi‘t‘lll to indicate that thc business
furmcr nccd have no serious misgivingsi
for the fuiurc. notwithstanding the pessi—
mistic talk which is not uncommon at the
prcscnt llmc. it will be rel-nembered that
tho ugricullurc of the country suffct'cd
lcust of all business interests in the pasc—
illg of the last near panic. and we belit-vc
that our businesa farmcrs are in n con~
dilion not only to weuihcr any impcnding‘
storm. but us w't-ll to prevent any big
slump in tho. mnrkcis for Ilu‘ir products
by intclligcnl methods of murkciing :is
well as of production.

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the matter in this issue.

There arc many reasons why the Mich-
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llu- most Hui-ccssd'uI and Widely known
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We wish to acquaint every farmer in
Michigan with the fact that the price of
tho Michigan Farmer will advance on
January 1. Hill. In order to givc all a
(ll-.ane to send in thcir subscription at
present prices. present subscribers may
scnd in their renewals now or any tima
l‘cforc January 1. 1911. and their time
will be extended from expiration of their
present subscription us far ahead as they
wish to pay. A sample copy of this issue
is being mailed to a lot of good farmers
whose names we have. and an addressed
subscription cnvclupc enclosed somewhere
in this paper. which they can use for
Scnding in their subscription. All sub-
Scribcrs got Free Premiums. Sec page
le6 for illustrations and descriptions of
premiums, also a summary of special
subjc-cts to bc discussed in lflll through
the Michigan Farmcr in thc vurious de—
partmcnts. No farmer can afford to miss
them. Tell your neighbors about the ad-
yum-c. in prior. Frcc Premiums for clubs,

FREE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

The buying of Christmas prcsenls is'
quite an expense as wcll as a good deal of
trouble to select them for members of the
family or friends. We have a suggestion
to make which may help sumo to solve
this problem. On page 498 of this issue
will bc found illustrations and descriptions
of some of the frco premiums with sub—
scriptions to Michigan Farmer. _Among
them will be found knives, razors and other
useful articles which would make fine
Christmas presents, and which the sub-
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t'hisilssuc. 11:- na: wiry the summarily
not ,orfly,'secure oome‘valmible Christmas
precepts absolutely free, but can as Well
make a very considerble saving on the
cost of the paper to themselves.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

National.

The government has finally filed a bill
in the federal court of the New York dis.
trlct for the dissolution of the sugar trust.
The allegations of the bill of complaint
are to the effect that the sugar trust has
been formed for controlling the sugar
business, 'and that the companies con~
cerned be restrained from doing interstate
business and that persons be stopped from
voting on the stock of the companies men-
tioned in the bill.

The Erie railroad, ln'acc-ord with the
rules adopted by other systems will em-
ploy only men between the ages of‘ 16 and
35 years. This rule has been adopted be-
cause of the pension system inaugurated
some time ago.

The transcontinental railroads leading
to the Puget Sound district will use all
as fuel and as fast as they can change
their equipment to provide for. its use the
change will be made,

A north-“bound freight train on the De-
troit and Ironton road ran into a. derailer
near Toledo while moving 20 miles an
hour. The engine was thrown into a
ditch and ten cars were telescoped. 'The
engineer was instantly killed.

Arrangements have been made by the
postofl‘lce department to care for the
Christmas foreign mail so that it will get
to its destination in time for distribution
before the holiday, providing it is mailed
so as to get in New York city by Dec. 16.

The residents of Alaska. are complain—
ing, through the governor of the territory,
that the present policy of the federal gov—
renment toward the use of natural re-
sources is greatly interfering with the
advancement of the territory, that it has
discouraged the investment of private
capital and generally dampened business.
He makes these claims in his report to
the interior department.

An investigation into the conditions of
the families of the striking garment work-
ers of Chicago, revealed the fact that
many children and infants are starving.
The committee reported the number in
need to be around 5,000. A fund has been
started for giving immediate relief.

The splendid showing of the Michigan
exhibits at the great land show in Chi-
cago are surprising the public in general,
in the quantity and the quality of the
products of this state.

A fire in a small factory building al-
most adjoining a fire department station
at. Newark. N. J., resulted in the loss of
2-1 lives and likely others will succumb to
injuries incur-red.

A gas explosion in an asphalt mine
near Durant, Oklahoma, resulted in 13
deaths. Five of the unfortunate men
were blown out of the shaft by the force
of the explosion, and nine were eutombed.

The new record for high flying with an
aeroplane, which was believed to have
been broken 'by Drexel last week. has not
been altered since the instrument used by
him when unsealed, showed that the
height attained was not 9,977 feet as
stated, but 9,714 feet, thus leaving the
record of Johnstone, who was killed ,at
Denver last week, still the highest official
flight yet made.

Foreign.

It is unofficially stated that the Japan-
ese government has subsidize-d a line of
steamers between New York and Callao
and Valparaiso. The ultimate purpose of
the enterprise appears to be that the
Japanese wish to learn the wants of the
people of the southern continent that they
may take over the manufacture of those-
artlcles and eventuale rob America of a.
portion of her trade. England has also
organized a. mail route to take effect after
the completion of the Panama canul‘to
carry mail from South American points.

There have been a number of minor
outbreaks in the rebellion in Mexico the
past few days. The federal troops have
as yet been unable to capture the rebel
leader. Madero, who is now said to be
located in the Lugana district, a fertile
valley surrounded with mountains. He
is claimed to be gathering more forces
about him and is preparing for a larger
campaign against the government. Fed—
eral troops are being sent into the state
of Chihuahua.

The second English parliament in the
reign of King Edward VII was dissolved
Monday of this week in pursuance of the
program of tllc liberal government which
will go, before the people with the ques-
tions pertaining to the prerogatives of
the house of lords. The elections. which
are to follow the campaign now on. will
bring to a crisis the struggle of the house
of commons against the veto power of the
house of lords and will mark another
great step in the evolution of the govern—
ment of the Islands.

In the past fortnight marines of the
Brazilian navy in the harbor at Rio dc
.lanerio mutinied. forcing the officers to
abandon the» fleet and taking complete
charge. steaming; about the harbor, firing
upon the city and generally impressing
the populaco with a. sense of insecurity.
'l‘he muliueers were not opposed by the
otlu-r warships in the harbor and the forts
about the city, the fact being that the
members of the other ships were in entire
sympathy with the m-utmcc' rs. Harsh treat—
ment upon the put of officers who were
in the habit of using the whip without
mercy for the slightest misconduct, and
imposing other unwarranted abuses of
authority is given as the cause. The fed-
eral comm is in session and promises
have been made the marines that laws
will be forthcoming protecting them
against barbarous treatment. Upon these
promises the ships were given over to the
government min.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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LITERATURE
POETRY
HISTORY an?
INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

{Dre FARM BOY
an? GIRL
SCIENTIFIC an?
MECHANICAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Magazine Section forms a part of our paper twice a month. Every article is written especially for it, and does not appear elsewhere

 

TREES ,OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

ANY of the trees of present-day
southern California, that look so
strange to the eyes of an east-
erner, are not natives. Originally this
region was but lightly wooded. Chappa-
ml of various kinds covered the foothills,
twillows and sycamores bordered the
streams, and here and there grew scrub-
by live-oaks and pines.
Now the visitor to southern California
sees the eucalyptus everywhere. W'ith

 

 

 

 

Pendant stems and spikes of berries that
grow on the Pepper Tree.

its straight fawn-colored trunk, from
which hang pendant strips of brown
bark, and its shining evergreen. foliage,
it is a fair sight.
When the branches
are starred with
clusters of fuzzy
white blossoms, the

tree’s beauty is
enhanced.

This tree, com—
monly called the

“sum,” is a. native
of Australia. There
are. many varieties,
and the best known
are spoken of as
the blue gum, the
red gum, and sugar
gum. The name
eucalyptus w a s
given by Baron von
h’Iuller who made
an exhaustive study
of the tree. The
word means “well
concealed” and re-
fers to the closely
covered flower
buds.

In 1856 the tree
was introduced into
California and was
soon growing in
many localities. It
was a man named

Cooper, who at
Santa Barbara, ln
1 8 7 0 , commenced

planting on a large
scale, with a. view
to testing the dif-
ferent species. Six-
teen years later the

BY HOPE

California. Board of Forestry gave a
great impetus to the planting of the eu-
calyptus by distributing different species
of the tree. The one most widely known
is the Eucalyptus globulas, or blue gum,
but there are varieties that differ widely
in form of growth and general character-
istics. Some specimens are gigantic,
while others are mere shrubs.

The tree is everywhere. It borders the
country highway; again, it shades the City
streets. Many ranches have a eucalyptus
grove. This is composed of several rows
of the trees, and, so rapid is the growth
that from the grove, is obtained the tire-
wood needed for the ranch.

This rapid growth is one of the tree's
best points. A bulletin issued by the For-
estry Society of California gives the av-
erage growth of a 10—year—old eucalyptus
as ll inches in diameter and 92 feet in
height. The bulletin further states that
proper care can greatly increase this
growth. Men are going extensively into
thebusiness of raising forests of these
trees for the timber. The Wood is hard
and durable. It has been called “Hick-
ory‘s younger brother,” and is in demand
for fuel, piling, railroad tics, farming
implements, furniture. and other pur-
poses. The red i-z‘um is even used for pav—
ing, and in the Chamber of (‘ommerce at
Angelcs are exhibited paving blocks
that had been in use in an Australian
city for 12 years.

“Like scimitars the eucalyptus blades

Cut through the sunset; their curved

edges kccn

Its dripping redness hold; their outlines

clcan
Are etched the purer as the swift glow
fades.”

The pepper shares with the eucalyptus
the place of honor as a shade tree. A
well grown specimen is a delight to the
eye. The foliage is evergreen, the long,
narrow leaves growing on fine, wire-like
stems. The tiny, yellowish—white flowers
grow in panicles, but it is when the blos-
soms have been followed by long pendant
spikes of red berries that the Californian
can wcll be excused for his pride in the tree.

1105'

Rows of Pepper Trees form a continuous Arch~ over many broad Avenues ln

DARIN G.

Its botanical name is Schinus Molle, and
it is sometimes called the pea tree. South

America is its native home. Tradition
says it was introduced into California
long ago from Peru. The Los Angclcs

City Library declares there is no record

been brought from other countries. The
\Yashington or (‘alifornia fan palm was a
native of San llernardino and Riverside

counties, and now grows freely all over
southern California. It is of the same
family as the Iiicl’era palm that is so

freely grown by amateurs in the cast. A
line specimen here will have about 50

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Palm Varieties—Date, Tree.

Of the incidents of its introduction, but
within the quadrangle of the San Luis
'{ey Mission, forty miles north of San
Diego, there stands a mighty pepper tree,
and this is pointed out to tourists as the
parent of the species in that land. How-
ever it came. it is now found everywhere,
both its beauty and its rapid growth
making it desirable as a shade tree. The
berries are about the size of peppercorns,
and have a sharp, biting taste. Both of
these. facts are given as reasons for the
popular name.

Of the palms many
growing here, but the

varieties are. found
most of them have

 

and Fan Palms,

Callfornia Cities.

in order, left to right.

capping its
lower down, is cov—
cred with the bases or shields of dead
leaves. It is claimed that the “Twin
Palms,” two gigantic trees in Los Ange-
lcs, were planted by the .lcsnits, a local
authority saying “probabb; two hundred
years ago." A species of the date palm
is largely cultivated here, not for its
fruit, but for ornamental purposes. It is

pale-green lca vcs

trunk. This trunk,

tan—like,

the most beautiful palm to be seen in
California, having long, curving, fan—like
leaves. These trees are seen at their best
in the parks, as they nccd space that
cannot be gin-n on a city lot. Few finer
s1’)ec,imcns can be.
found any place
than those which
constitute a group

in a prominent park
in lms Angeles,
This park also con—
tains several speci—

mens of what, 1s
known as “tree
palms," some 7’ of
which are of great
bca ut ,v.

llut it is the
orangc tree that is
California’s pride.
“The orange is a
part of nature‘s
color scheme for
this land," ex—
claimed an enthu—
siastic Californian.
"After the gold was
taken from the
mines, there came
the golden wheat.
There was always
the vivid red—gold
of the California
poppy and the soft-
er yellow of the
wilt. mustard, while
over all falls the
gold of the sun—
light. It needed
only the orange to
complete the sym-
phony in yellow.”

The orange is a.
native of India. It
was introduced into

 

 


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South America, Mexico, and southern
United States by the early Spanish ex—
plorers. It is claimed that the first orange
trees in this locality were planted by'
Friar Sanchcs at San Gabriel Mission
about 1771, which is the date of the mis-
sion’s founding. In 1841 a man named
VVolfskill set out an orchard of two acres
where the I.os Angeles Southern Pacific
depot now stands. The growth of the in-
dustry and the evolution of the navel

orange reads like a fairy tale, but the

story has been too often told to need
repetition here. Figures may be unsatis—
factory things, yet they show results.
California‘s orange, lemon, and grapefruit

THE ‘MIC'HiGAN' FARMER. '

crop last year was valued at $26,000,000.

The orange groves are a beautiful sight,
although the newc’bmer is often disap-
pointed because the trees do not reach a
more commanding height. They are low,
with a compacted, rounded top. The or-
chards are cultivated, as well as irrigated,
and the dull brown earth does not make
as attractive a. background for the tree
as the soft green sward would. In April
the blossoms are at their best, and. at the
same time, many of the trees still retain
much of their golden fruit. The memory
of the scent of a blosoming orange grove
will long linger in the mind of at least
one tourist in this land of sunshine.

 

ROMANTIC LIFE of HERBERT FURLONG.

Thrilling Experiences of a Soldier of Fortune, Ranchman
and Federal Detective.

BY J. W.

Aftcr disposing of my ranch posscssions
I saddled my pony and pack pony and
headed for Buffalo, 8 stage station be~
twecn Cheyenne and Laramie. This sta-
tion was about St) or (it) milcs due west.
After riding hard till about noon I decided
to have a bite. Approaching a little
stream, I dismountedvthis stream was
about two feet wide, two feet deep and
as clear as crystal—~21“ the world like a
httle brook trout stream that you would
see in New England, something very un-
usual in that country. Dipping my can-
teen 10 till it with water my attention
was drawn to a little mound of red stones
in the bottom of the spring, shaped ex~
actly like the old-fashioned sugar—loaf.
They were stacked up in the middle of
the stream, six or eight inches in diam-
eter at the bottom and came to a point
at the top, the water just covering them.
I looked at them for a while out of cur-
iosity. then I put my hand in and gath—
cred a handful. They were all Sizes. from
a pca to a marblc, some larger, but all
of a reddish color. I thought it a strange
occurrence. how nature had plum-d them
there. Then I threw them away. (that
was when I threw away a fortune). lit
my pipe, vaulted into my saddle. and
thought no more of them. They were
rubies and that is the ruby mine you read
so much about in \\’yomin::,'.

I had yet So miles lo ride and was anx-
ious to get to the cod of my destination
and I rode hard. it was through a beau-
tiful valley. The corpses of dead cattle
and some buffalo Wore strewn along the
way. I reached Buffalo by sundown and
paSsed the night in the stage station.
Buffalo consistcd of a dozen hastily cons
structcd houscs. 'i‘herc wrrc a few scl—
tlcrs ncar lhc town. One of the ecu-ens
lric characters of tho place was Ilill Mc-
'\\'i:-.:in. a limo—beaten frontiersmun, un-
educated, unpolishcd and, as a travclcr
and missionary Ulll't' said, ungodly. His
life had bccn spcnt west of the Missouri
and he kncw as little of the ways of
civilization as an Apachc Indian knows of
the modern plan of salvation. He was a
dead shot with a rifle. an ardent lover of
whiskcy and an export at draw poker,
but aside from lhcse he had no
accomplislononts worth speaking of. The
justl-c of tho pcm-c in. and f that pre-
cinct. had a misundcl‘slundlng one night
with a cowboy over the very important
point of who played low in a game of
sonar-up, and after thc funeral it became
ncccssa‘v‘y to elect a man to succeed him.
\\'ilah that spirit of restlessness which
charm-(crizcd the fi'ontlcrsman, and as a.
rich jcl<c more than anything else. they
clcctcd llill. The high honor so unexpec-
ll-«llv thrust upon thc old man broke him
all up. but he at once rose to the dignity
of tho position and began to comb his
hair da.ily. There wore vague rumors
tlculing about the settlement that he had
taken to wearing socks. These slanderous
rumors, however, he indignantly denied
and cvcn went so far as to make threats
of ‘hcavy fines for contempt of court if
they were persisted in. His knowledge of
law and the duties of his position was
limited; in fact, he did not know the dif-
ference betwcen a writ of replevin and
an act of congress, and couldn't distin-
guish a peace warrant from the ten com-
mandments, but he assumed the responsi-
bility fearlessly and smiled benignly
when he was addressed as “judge.” He
determined to do business from the start
and with the aid of a brush and a pine
board the space above his cabin door
soon bore the inscription,

JUDGE Mc‘WIGGIN.

A few days after his installation into
office (which occurred while I was there)
a young couple appeared before him to get

GRAND.

married. j)ill was in a quandary. Ile
had never seen the marriage ceremony
pcrformcd, and. telling the candidates to
be seated, he jumped on a horse and gal“
iopcd to a ranch a half a mile distant to
consult the only law book in that coun-
try, a small book entitled “Every man
his own Lawyer." He searched its pages
closely but could find nothing bearing up-
on the subject, and, in despair, he gal-
loped back to town and consulted the
hangers-0n in the store (the only one).
One of them, a recent arrival from Chey-
enne, explained to the old man how he
should conduct the ceremony. lie list-
cncd attentively and, when the tenderfoot
had concluded his explanation, he said:

“Say, young feller, you just hop over
there an’ Splice ‘em and I‘ll give you $5
for the job." ‘

”But that wouldn't be legal, Uncle
Billy. I am not an officer and have no
authority to perform a marriage cere-
mony."

“Blast the authority! You jist bulge
ahead an‘ marry 'em an‘ this court'll up-
provc the perceeding and nobody's gOin‘
tcr kick. You can marry ’em good
enough for all practical purposes. Just
hop over thar an’ cut loose an’ I‘ll make
it a twenty."

The young man flatly refused. and
Billy dclcrmincd to Worry through the
embarrassing affair as best he could. He
started for his office and the crowd fol-
lowed io sce the fun. Bidding the couple
to stand before him, he said: “Dearly
beloved citizens, thcsc young folks now
appear before you to indulge in the boil--
ncss of matrimony accordin’ to scriptur’
an‘ the laws of this court. If any of you
knows any cause why they shouldn't
make the play you want to squeal right
at this stage of the game or corral yer
jaws on the subject forevermore." No
objection was hcard and the justice con-
tinucd: “llol‘ up ycr right, han's.”

The couple blushingly obeyed.

“Do you and each of you solemnly
sw’ar that you will marry each other in
the presence 0' this court; that you will
do the squar‘ thing by each other; that
you will give everybody else the go—by
and cling to each other through life till
death calls upon you to cash in your
earthly c‘hecks, an‘ that you will be to
each other husban’ an’ wife accordin’ to
the law an' the prophets an’ the rules
an’ regulations 0' this honorable court
in sich cases made and pcrvided, so help
ye God?"

The couple so swore.

Billy was sweating profusely over the
exertion, and after scratching his head
to collect his thoughts continued: “Then
I, Bill McW'iggin. justice 0' the peace,
announce you as husban' an' wife, now
and forevermore, world without end,
amen; and if the style don't suit you, you
have the legal right to appeal to some
other court within sixty days. Now light
out, an’ me an' the boys'll go an’ drink
yer health."

The couple seemed to be perfectly sat-
isfied, and they walked away hand in
hand, their sun—tanned faces wreathed in
smiles of unmistakable happiness.

Billy had one more case and it was his
last. In a neighboring settlement. twelve
miles distant, a cowboy was arrested for
stealing horses. He was an intimate
friend of Bill's and the old man was al-
most thunderstruck when told that a.
constable was bringing the prisoner up
the river on the charge of horse-stealing.
When the prisoner arrived, Bill took him
aside and said: “Ike. I couldn't think
any more of you if you were my own
boy, an’ it breaks me all up to see you in
this trouble. They tell me you are
charged with horse-stealing.”

“Yes, that’s the charge, Judge.” _

“To bad! too bad! an' are you guilty,
Ike?"

“I guess I am, Judge. I'm afeard they
can prove it on me, an‘ I was just about
to get married.”

“0, my boy, this is awful!"

He walked over to a window where he
stood some time reflecting and then re—
turned and said:

“Look here, boy, horsestealing is an
ugly charge, an’ I’d ruther see you
yanked up fur killin’ somebody. I kin see
only one way fur you to git out of it an’
escape goin’ to jail. I'll tell you what I'll
do. You kin scnd down an’ have the gal
Lrought up here an‘ marry her, an’ I'll
kick the case outen court an’ see that it's
not rung in agin’ durin’ my administra—
tion.”

Shortly after this he resigned, tore
down his shingle, and wanted to lick ev-
ery man that addressed him as judge.

Buffalo was the nearest place to my
old ranch and the point at which we re-
ceived and posted mail every three
months. I had ridden to this place, which
was out of my way, to get my mail. My
final destination was Miles City, about
220 miles distant, and after resting nearly
a week I resumed my journey. There
were no railroads, so I was obliged to
depend upon my ponies.

The second afternoon, just as the sun
sank behind the outer rim of the plains,
there arose between me and the blush in
the western sky a cloud of dust. It came
nearer and nearer, and I sat on my pony
quietly trying to discover what it was.
1 had consumed about four minutes in
this occupation—4t was still far away but
was coming nearer and nearer, and the
sky was getting darker, for which I was
duly thankful. I turned my ponies to-
ward a clump of scrub oak, behind which
I halted. Ten minutes later a. band of 20
or 30 Indians swept by me, about {.0 yards
to the right, passing out of sight in the
growing gloom. It was a little incident,
but it might have been a tragedy. They
were a band that had escaped from the
reservation situated about 150 miles
northwest in the Big Horn mountains,
and were ready for any lL‘nd of deviltry.
As they were headed in the direction I
was going, I decidcd‘to camp for the
night. I tethered the ponies and lay
down behind a rock. I slept well and
awoke with pleasant expectations. I have
noticed that one does usually have pleas—
ant expectations just before disappoint—
ments. W'hen I was well awake I looked
over the rock to see whether my ponies
looked as pleasantly expectant as I felt.
My curiosity was not satisfied, simply
because the ponies were not there. I
sprang up in a hurry and looked all
around. They could not be playing hide
and seek with me, because there was
nothing behind which to hide, and on all
the great expanse of plain there was no
pony in sight. Coming out of the eastern
horizon, however, was a herd of cattle.
They were so far away that I could nol.
distinguish one animal from another, and
I fancied that maybe my ponies had grown
lonesome and sought their company. I
didn’t fancy seeking their company in
search of them myself. These half-wild
cattle of the plains are dangerous to men
on foot. They evidently regard him as of
a different species from a man on horse-
back and do not hesitate to attack him.
There was nothing else to do, however.
The herds would shortly spread all over
the plains to graze, and I should be no
safer to stay where I was than to go
where they were. So I started.

As the morning advanced, other herds
seemed to come from every point of the
horizon, scattering out until the whole
plain was mottled with the formidable
horned beasts. I was beginning to con-
gratulate myself on the fact that they
Cid not seem to observe me. I was mak-
ing straight for what appeared, at that
distance, to be the dried up bed of a
shallow river. On the banks stood a soli—
tary scrub oak tree and a short distance
away lay a huge pile of debris and under-
brush. probably thrown up by the river
during a century of springs when the wat-
er was high. I began to hope my ponies
might be there. A little later Iiwas sure
of it and espied them grazing peacefully
far down the bed of the stream. Just at
that moment I heard an angry bellow
not far from me. I turned and there
stood a great red bull pawing the earth
and tossing his long horns. I did not wait
to offer an explanation of my own in-
offensive intentions, but made straight
for that scrub oak. The bull made
straight for me. I was up the tree in a
twinkling. The hull stood down below
glaring at me. When he tired of that.
he pawcd the earth and dug up the sand

one. 3. ierof

with his horns. roaring ferociously the

while. , He kept up this performance for
two or three hours. Atthe end of that
time he wandered off to the pile of de-
bris and began goring his horns into that.
Then a queer thing happened—queer
things do happen sometimes, even in
Montana. A great cinnamon bear sprang
from beneath the underbrush and, before
I could believe my eyes, the bull and bear
charged each other fiercely. They were
l'oth fine specimens of their kind and
were well matched. The bull repeatedly
gored the bear, and the bear always made
for the throat of the bull, and it Seemed
with good effect. At the end of half an

hour both animals lay on the ground kick-,

ing their last feeble kicks. The rest of
the herd had watched the battle with in-
terest. At the end of the battle they
sniffed the corpses rather suspiciously,
and then, throwing their tails in the air,
turned and galloped over the plain with
a unanimous bellow. I got off my perch
and went in search of my ponies which
were again out of sight. I found them,
lxowcver, without difficulty and resumed
my journey with grave misgivings about
the location and doings of the band of
cut—throat Indians.

I had see-sawed across the country and
struck the old trail leading from my old
ranch to Miles City. I was about 75
miles north of it and about 100 from Miles
City. I was very familiar with the coun~

try and about 20 miles farther on the di-'

vide of the Big-Horn Mountains com—
menced. A short distance from the mouth
of the divide was a beautiful little valley.
A. German, named Schmidt, and his wife
had located there, and I expected to spend
a. day there and take another rest-up.

Upon ascending a bill a short distance
from the valley I dismounted and peered
over. I saw at a glance that there was
something wrong. Smoke was ascending
but looking more carefully I made out a
band of cowboys who seemed very ex»
cited. Among them I recognized some
old acquaintances. I mounted and soon
joined them. Poor Schmidt and his wife
lay dead and soa’lped. The house and
cut-buildings were smoldering in ruins.
Those devilish Indians had done their
bloody work. They caught poor Schmidt
off his guard, probably at daybreak.

Among the cowboys (there were fifteen
of them) was Bill Kettledrum. He was
an old Indian fighter and well up in Indian
warfare. Looking at the body of poor
Schmidt, “It’s Yellow Dog‘s band.” said
Bill. “I heard he was off the reserve.
He's the most villainous of all the sub-
chiefs. But his time has come! I know
exactly where to find him and we’ve some
old scores to settle."

“W'hat‘s to be done, Bill,” said I.

“Nothing, except to wipe out these red
devils.” .

Every one of the party begged to form
some part of the avengers. but Bill se-
lected those whom he knew to be the
most expert with a rifle and revolver, in—
cluding myself. In five minutes we were
mounted and ready to start. Before leav-
ing, Bill said to those in charge of the
extra ponies: “Form corral. right here,
Dave, and don‘t ‘budgc till we come back.
Bury these poor people decently as you
can.”

There was no difficulty whatever in fol-
lowing the Indian trail. which led straight
toward the mountains; Bill said we would
find the band encampcd in a canyon not
10 miles from where we then were. “We
must time it so as to get within a half
a mile of the place shortly after dark.”
he added. “Then we’ll dismount and
creep up on foot. Most likely the reds
will be holding a big scalp dance over
their morning’s work. As between rifle
and revolver, not one of tho murdering
dogs should get away.”

Keeping to the trail so long as day-
light lasted and afterwards guided
through the foothills by Bill's intimate
knowledge of the locality. we never halted
until an hour after dark. Then we bid
our horses in a dense grove 0f quaking
aspens. ”Now," said Bill, “we are about
800 yards from the canyon. The redskins
are there. just as I expected, and are
getting ready for the dance. I can hear
a whoop now and then quite plainly. (Not
another one of us could detect the slight-
est break in the dead stillness of the
summer night). From this out we must
sneak along quietly as cats. I’ll take the
lead and you must follow me in single
file. When we get properly placed.” said
Bill, “don’t, whatever you see, fire until
I give the word. Then shoot all together.
and let every bullet tell. Whether the
reds break and run at our rifle volley, fol—
low it, quick as lightning, by two or three
revolver rounds, for it won’t do to lei

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DEC. 3, 1910,

ONELY and secluded in the heart
of the Coteaus, the slough lay
silent in the chill, relentless grip of
winter. The rustle of the cat—tail rushes
protruding from the surface, the soft
hum of the frozen snow which the fierce
blast scurried across the glaring ice, the
clear notes birds wafted downward from
time to time as they passed in hurried
flight, seemed to mark rather than break
the great silence.

In summer the slough was a scene of
life and animation, a place where the
songs of birds were heard, the chorus of
frogs and salamanders and the incessant
hum of myriad insects. But in winter it
was a place where the silence dwelt, un-
disturbed. Day after day, no wild bird
rested there. Night after night no prowl-
er of the plain marked the soft snow
along the shore with its tracks. It seem—
ed as though stern winter had banished
or frozen into endless quiet every crea-
ture that had helped to make the slough
a place of life and happiness, and had
given the reign of that realm to his off-
spring, the silence.

The slough was as like many another
in the Coteaus as the low hills surround-
ing it or the rocks thickly studding them
were like one another. Yet throughout
the length and breadth of that range of
hills, no other slough sheltered so pow-
erful and valiant a muskrat as did the one
of which I write. Many a season of
warmth and plenty, many a time of cold
and silence, had added to his strength
and size, to his experience and power, and
to the wonderful beauty of his coat. until
he was indeed a king among muskrats.

As many a human ruler has held his
life in jeopardy because of the emblems
of office which he wore, so the king
muskrat was ever in danger because of
the beautiful coat with which nature had
clothed him. A foot disfigured by two
missing toes, showed how narrow had
once been his escape, as the age and
beauty of his coat showed how great had
been his cunning in eluding traps set for
his capture.

Beneath the ice of the lonely slough
was the king muskrat’s realm. There he
and his subjects lived in peace, plenty

and contentment. Many were the huts
they had built during the summer when
they labored with all the diligence of
their near relatives, the beavers. Many
were the holes tunneling the banks of the
slough where the muskrats might find
refuge if all else failed. Many the delica-
cies which the slough afforded—juicy
roots, soft green aquatic plants, insects
lying dormant in the muddy bottom, and
if all other resources shculd be exhaust-
ed, even the huts might be availaoie as
food for the builders.

Thus the muskrats night have con-
tinued to live in contentment beneath the
ice, and indifferent to the reign of the
silence above them, had that silence re-
mained unbroken.

One day footsteps were heard scream-
ing over the frozen snow, and the ice
that bound the slough shook beneath the
thunderous tread of a man. The intruder
chopped openings through the walls of
the huts and set traps in the muskrat’s
dwellings and in their airholes. The
muskrats’ days of peace were over and it
seemed that the old king, profiting by his
experience and cunning, eluded the num-
erous traps but to see his kingdom dwin-
dle to a few frightened subjects, who,
having abandoned their huts, sought
refuge in their holes in the bank of the
slough.

Perhaps because it was the largest of
them all and its thick walls promised the
greatest resistance, the king’s castle was
the last of the muskrats‘ dwellings which
the trapper despoiled. W'ith quick. vigor-
ous strokes, the man chopped through
the walls which had cost the rodent so
much labor. ‘tushcs and coarse grass,
interlaid with liner vegetation and closely
packed with moss. made the dwelling se-
cure from the ficrccst blast that might
sweep across the ice—bound slough. Un-
doubtedly the mnskrats found their dwel-
lings cosy, but comfort through such
agency is beyond our kcn. When at last
the man opened the small chamber at the
base of the huge mound, the strong odor
of stagnant water, mingled with the
stench of animal life in close confine-
ment, burst forth and made the air about
the hut offensive to human nostrils. The
walls of the chamber were thickly coated
with unclean ice. The floor was but a

mass of drift between which and the

walls of the hut; a slight opening appeared

to the depths of the slough. ,
Long after the trapper had left the

slough and the silence again reclaimed its
realm, the old king left his hole in the
bank and, diving into the deep, cold wat-

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. ' trHE MICHIGAN FARMER.
Sir Muskrat, King of The Silent Place.

By Hattie Washbum.

er, arose to the doorway of his castle.
Something warned the wise old rodent
that all was not well there. With sensi-
tive nostrils nearly protruding from the
water, he sniffed the air long and can-
tiously, fearing to enter the chamber, yet
loth to retreat.

Something rustled the rushes in the
walls of the but; a slight opening appeared
through which the faintest ray of moon-

light entered the icy chamber beneath
which the old king watched and smelled
and listened. Something else was enter-
ing the hut through the opening which

the trapper had made and loosely covered

—a long, lithe, dark form which shut out
the moonlight and filled the mind of the
valiant old ruler with abject terror.
There was a quick agitation of the
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her in motion, as Sir Muskrat turned and
dived to the fartherest depths of the
slough, nor paused until, fear having giv—
en speed and strength to his limbs, he
huddled shudderingly in the remotest re-
cess of his burrow in the bank.

The next morning the delighted trap—
per found a mink in the trap he had set
in the old king‘s castle. Maddened at
seeing his coveted prey escape, the mus-
tela had made a lithe, desperate plunge
after the fleeing rodent, when the strong
trap caught and held him securely. Thus
had the king muskrat, all unwittingly,
saved his kingdom from the ravages of
the long, brown terror. who was as re—
lentless as the cold, and far more skillful
and cunning in the pursuit of rodents,
yet as cruel as the man who had intrud—
ed upon thc muskrats‘ domain and brok—
en the g’rcat silence.

Perhaps, satisticd with so valuable a.
trophy as the minle fur. or discouraged
because a fcw more attempts l'ailcd to
bring any reward, the man betook him—
self and his cruel instruments of torture
elsewhere and disturbed the old king" and
his subjects no more. Again the silcnco
reigned over the secluded slough and the
muskrats, reassured. resumed their for-
iner modes of living. At length the
silcncc was broken by harbingcrs of

spring. Meadow larks piped gaily on the
‘hills, blackbirds rcvisits-d the slough

where they had lived the previous sum—
mer, ducks and gccsc, passing over, cir—
cled downward to the open water, sand-
pipers foraged along the margin and all
joyously proclaimed the advcnt of na-
turc's faircst daughter, the ever-wel—
comc spring. The winds were warm once
morc and soon l‘rccd the slough from its
icy l'ctters. The muskrars joined in the
joyous activity of the season; busily they
toilcd, or sported happily in their native
waters.

Thus they might have spt-nt the. cntire
season until the winter silence again held
the slough torpid beneath its spell, had
not a dire. calamity befallcn the colony—-
a calamity Worsc cven than the dcprcda—
tions of the trapper or the coming of one
of that race abhorrcd by all rodents, the
muslelas. The waters of their native
slough b gun to fail thcm, Slowly. but
steadily. the water line rem-dcd from the
shore and one by one the muskrat huts
were lcft on the dry land. Many of the
muskrats, and othcr crcaturcs that lived
in the slough, lnig'ratcd in search of oth-
er waters, and those to whom migration
was impossible huddlcd in the rapidly
narrowing pool in the center. The hot,
dry winds swept across tho parched earth
and relentlessly drank up the stagnant
water. They drew the last drop of mois-
ture from the exposed slough bcd, strewn
with decaying vegetation and the dead
bodies of the tiny creaturcs that had
succumbed to the terrible ordcal. The
mud dricd into a hard crust, cracked and
curled up in the glaring" hcat of the sun
like parchment. The drought was silenc-
ing‘ the life of thc slough as surely and
far more cruelly than did the cold of
winter.

The king was the last of all the musk-
1‘ats to abandon the place. The water
had diminished to an unclean puddle,
about which lay countless shells and dead
creatures polluting the air, before the old
monarch, one hot night, crosscd the
parched slough bod and, climbing the
grass—grown hill, dcsccnded to a neigh-
boring slough, whcrc he hoped to find
water and thc mcans of making a new
home. ~3ut thcrc, as in his native slough,
the waters had yicldcd to the drought,
and abandoncd muskrat huts. their holes
and burrows and the, marks of their
sharp teeth, alone showed where they
had lived and toiled. Across the slough
lay a long pikc which thc muskrats had
deeply tunnclcd. Many worn the aban-
doned chambcrs the c\'ilc found which his
kindred had made in that East work of
man, as innoccntly as they had tunnclcd
the banks of thc slough or built thcir
huts of worthlcss rushcs, yct they had
Worked arcal llax'oc with the pike. for
teams and vt-hiclcs‘ had broken through
the undermined earth and made the road
impassable.

From the ruined pike a road led over
the crest of a hill, and that the muskrat
followed, since it offered the easiest
means of travel to a creature designed
by nature to swim rather than walk.
Laboriously the rodent travclcd along the
road. leaving a trail where he dragged
his naked tail through the dry dust.

Long was the muskrat‘s migration as,
weary, lonely, and thirsting for water, he
persistently plodded on until he reached,
at last, a small grove undergrown with
shrubbery. There, perhaps, he might
find rest and shelter, and that blessing

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for which he longed with the intensity
of acute suffering—water: . ‘

Beneath a. dense bush in the shrubbery
Sir Muskrat found a collection of pure
white objects which he devoured raven-
ously, breaking the shells and sucking
out the contents with the skill and dis-
patch of long practice. How often had
he feasted thus near his native slough,
but never before had eggs tasted half so
sweet and refreshing to the old rodent
us that night when he despoiled the nest
beneath the shrubbcry.

Suddenly his joyous feasting was rudely
disturbed as a long, slender nose was
thrust curiously into the shrubbery. A
Quick, sharp bark proclaimed the collie"s
discovery and his challenge to battle.
Flight would have been impossible had
such been the valiant old muskrat’s de—
sire. He turned at bay, resolved to bat-
tle to the last.

The rustle of the shrubbery. the snap-
ping of twigs, the growls of the combat-
ants and the yclp of the dog which show—
ed that the rodcnt's sharp teeth had not
been usvd in vain. broke the stillness of
the warm summer night. The sounds of
_baitle, (‘l..i‘l‘llli:‘ the open windows of the
lncarby dwelling. aroused the sleepers
and lights quickly flashed from window
,to window. The door burst open and
font rushed an excited household, hastily
Yclad. Into the, circle of light about the
lantern his master carried, the collie
bore his limp burden and laid it at his
. feet.

“Only a muskrai." they exclaimed in
la. chorus of various tones expressive of
’sui'piisc and disgust.

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Only a muskrat. yet he had fought a.
royal battle with a dog many times his
size and sold his life. as dearly as he
could, as the scratches on the collie’s
face and the blood flowing from a wound
on his nose, bore. evidence.

’l‘hus ilu- king of the silent place had
‘dicd. afar from the slough which, on that
avarm summer night. was nearly as Si—
lcut as when he had reigned there in the
.dvplh of winter—not silenced by the spell
ol‘ lllt‘ cold. but by that of death and de-
scrliou. The old slough would again be
Ltlic sccnc of life and joyous activity, but
the old monarch who had ruled the silent
place so long; had found eternal silence.

LITTLE ESSAYS OF FACT AND FANCY.

BY CARL S. LOVFDEU.

A Rolling Stone.
“Gathers no moss" did you say? Yes,
,tliut's just it. A stone that. is rolling,r will
luot have any moss clinging»: to it.
‘ \Vell, the stone is you and the moss is
money. If you want money. and that is
the natural craving, you mustn’t roll.

Now the proverb doesn‘t mean that you
are a stone, or that you are rolling over
and over. perilously descending a bill. It
means that you. as a. person, must stay
at home and not travel if you would
gather moss.

I know a. low rolling stones and I’ve
always observed that as long as the stone
continued to roll. that is do something,
it had moss, But it always seemed to me
that if the stone stopped too long in one
Ilt"lgllb0l‘h00d it was sure to lose some of
its moss.

I know men that never work in one
place a long: time. They whistle and al-
jv.‘ays appear to be happy. but of this
lwtu'ld‘s goods they haven't a great
They are not particularly

 

 

lzlmount.
lmossy.
l On the other hand. I know men who
have sr-arccly ever rolled out of their
dooryai‘d, and they have u lot of mess,
but tlicy ale not one whit happier than
their rolling ucigl'ilior.

Some people say to themselves. “A roll-
iulr stone gathers no moss.“ and imme-
diately dccide never to roll. but they miss
a lot of the joy of this world. They

'wzmt the moss. and rolling lf—i fatal. they

think.
There are others. but their number is
‘lailicr small, who say: “l‘rn not sure

about that. If l 1011 l'll always be seeing
lsomething new. Rolling doesn‘t have
lmuch to do with the gathering of the
moss anyway. It’s the man and his abil-
ity that countsaand there is always room
ill the top!"

Rich men. you will find, have always
rolled till they got somewhere. They had
to get some place, and so they settled
down and gathered moss as they never
:had before.

The truth about it is that a rolling
stone can gather moss all right. but it is
lliard to keep it. In comparison. the stone
that doesn’t roll can save the moss much
easier. , .

But which stone gets the most enjoy-
ment out of the gathering. and which

 

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gets the greatest benefits? The answer
to this question is the ”rolling stone."

By mere force of circumstances a man
with a family cannot roll very much, and
in fact has no business to roll very much.
If he does the moss will probably be a
small quantity.

It: is untrue that a. rolling stone does
not gather moss; however, generally
speaking. the quiet, still stone gathers
more moss, but with less enjoyment and
less benefit.

 

THE ROMANTIC LIFE OF HERBERT
FURLONG.

(Continued from page 482).
them know how few we are till we’ve
thinned them out a little.”

Stealing through the shadows, noise-
lessly as ghosts, we had not: gone far
when even the dullest cars among: us
could hear the exultant yells and fierce
war cries of the savages, which, gradu-
ally growing more plainly audible as we
advanced. at last rose to a. very pande-
monium of hellish discord. We could oe-
casionally see darting tongues of flame
from the recklessly fed dance fire.

Spreading out abreast of each other,
now, with shoulders almost touching, we
crept on and on until we had, totally un-
observed, gained the inner edge of the
grove, no more than 30 yards from the
bowling, leaping crew of, in all, 38 Indi-
ans. To avoid the chance of more than
one of us firing at the same man it was
arranged that each marksman should,
whenever the Indians were favorably
placed. count them from right to left and
shoot at the one corresponding to his own
position in our line, though, wherever
Yellow Dog might be at the moment of
our first volley, Bill himself was to bring
him down.

Completely concealed by the thick
shrubbery, which, in contrast with the
lighted space beyond, was black as pitch,
we law for some time watching the wild
orgies of the war—painted fiends. But
our opportunity came at last, when, as
part of the ceremony the braves formed
themselves into a line between us and
the fire. The chief triumphantly waved
his ghastly trophies and began a studied
harangue. Then. gently, cautiously and
without disturbing leaf or twig, each one
of us covered his man and at Bill‘s single
word “Now.” twelve streaks of vivid
flame darted from our rifles and twelve
bullets sped on their :ivcng‘ing mission.
So complete, so overwhelming, was the
surprise. so utter the Indians’ panic that
not until the three volleys had laid them
nearly all low did the one survivor start
to run, when he disappeared as if by
magic. The next moment we came up
and what few of the devils were still alive
were soon dispatched. Staying no longer
than was necessary to destroy everything
connected with the band, we gathered in
their ponies and rode swiftly back to our
corral, which we reached shortly after
midnight.

This cow-boy band were a brave lot.
There was not one under 40 years of age.
They had rather fight than eat. As big
hearted as the steers they roped, there
was not one among them, when we parted
from the sad scene the next day, but
shed tears.

I started for Miles (“ty and they to
the cattle country for the spring round—
up. I never saw or heard of them again.
That evening late I came to a big rise on
the plain. Looking down into the valley
I saw a very large tent surrounded with
horses, wagons. men and women. It was
a colony of home-seekers. They were
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DEC. 3, 1910.
A DREAM OF HOME.

 

BY L. L. DE BRA.

Last night while others around me slept.
And the stars shed their silvery rays,
In memory’s gallery halls I saw
A picture of bye-gone days.

I sat again in the old arm-chair,
In my home of the long ago;

The faces ’round "bout the kitchen fire
Were lit by its cheerful glow.

My Mother’s voice, too, I plainly heard,
And remorse in my sad heart burned;
She spoke of me, of her wandering boy,

Her boy who had not returned.

And there was Dad in his eaSy chair.
At his feet lay the “Village News;”

But sound was he in a snoreful sleep,
“A-takin’ an evenin’ snooze."

I saw my brother and sister, too.
We were happy and free from care;
And that we'd stay on the old farm home,
Was over my Mother's prayer.

I heard the tick of the kitchen clock,
And I thrilled with a peaceful joy;

I heard the teakettle sing the song
I loved so well when a boy.

YVith apples. nuts, and pumpkin pie,
And a song of the golden grain,

Then what cared we for the howling wind,
The snow, or the driving rain.

The. evening prayers, and then off to bed
For a dream of the hills and fields;

To sleep the sleep of a tired boy~—
Oh God, what a rest that yields!

But now each morning I hear the tramp
Of an army of hurrying feet.
They struggle hard from the morn till
night,
And all for a crust to eat.

I’m weary now of the city’s life,
And I'm tired of the elty's din,
I’d now be glad if I'd hear Dad say:

“It’s time to git up agin.”

 

A SURPRISE GRANDPA.

BY DAISY w. FIELD.

“Papa got a letter from Grandpa this
morning,” remarked Rggy, as he and
Brian dug for bait in the old lot behind
the barn. “He's coming to spend the
summer with us.”

Brian‘s face fell, as he listlessly dragged
a Dinky-brown angleworm from its moist
and crumbly lair. “That means the end
of our fun,” he commented, with a very
unpleasant scowl.

“IVhy?” queried Regg', who was two
years younger, and leaned perhaps too
entirely upon his elder brother’s superior
wisdom.

“Because all old folks are so—well—
cranky, and full of notions, and nerves,
and—things,” vaguely. “We won’t dare
walk above a whisper up and down stairs,
and he‘ll think we ought to sit around
and read poky books on Sunday, and he‘ll
call our Indian camp foolishness, and
want pa. to be stricter with us. See if I
ain‘t right.”

“I’m sorry,” answered Reggy, slowly,
and rather disappointedly, as he thought-
fully turned over another spadcful of the
rich brown earth and poked tentatively
with his toe. “We never had a real

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘

behavior for a day or two, so resolved to
be On theirs. Consequently, they crept
up and down stairs, tiptoed through the
hallway as if there was a funeral in the
house, and never uttered ‘a word at the
table, save to request a helping of some—
thing to eat. Instead of playing games
at night, in accordance with their usual
custom, they studied assiduously, and
when the first Sabbath came, settled
themselves in the living-room to read the
dullest books they could find. '
Along about that time Grandpa Day
began to get nervous—really nervous. He
fidgeted around the room, and coughed,
and looked out of the windows across the
pretty, inviting meadow, to the creek

wear herself and everyone else out call-
ing and pounding on their door nowadays
—they found their grandfather in the
kitchen, surrounded by fishing tackle.
“Your father was going to have the corn
finished today,” he explained, cheerily,
for he had not yet abandoned ‘hope of
waking up his lethargic grandsons, “but
I begged off for you, and promised to
help you tomorrow, so you could go fish—
ing with me this morning."

There *was no whooping nor tossing of
hats. Sedately, the boys selected their
rods and shouldered their ample lunch,
That night they returned burdened with
long strings of fish, Grandpa Day‘s being
much the longest. The boys had "been

 

 

 

 

The First Snow finds the Country Boy “Right on Deck.”

 

beyond, that flowed between shady banks,
and cleared his throat two or three times,
before he finally blurted out——

“I say, boys, you don’t‘ always preserve
this grave-yard demeanor, do you? It
isn’t good for growing boys to keep so
still. \Vhat‘s the matter with taking a.
walk, this lovely morning?”

The lads, too surprised to answer, arose
and fetched their hats. Presently the
three were sauntering away toward the
brook. Half an hour later the same trio
sauntered lifelessly back. Grandpa Day
shook his grizzled head, behind their
backs, and wrinkled up his genial brows,
wrestling with a problem new in his ex-

perience. They had had a walk, to be
sure, 'but that was all. Except for ex-

hausting their slender store of botanical
knowledge in a few profound remarks,
and answering his tentative questions
with "yes, sir,” and “no. sir,” the little
experiment had been a failure. There
had been no wading in the creek, n0
searching for bird—nests, no climbing of
trees, no spontaneity and boyish abandon
such as he had hoped for. Surely some-
thing was radically wrong with thcse ap-
parently healthy and intelligent grandsons
of his. Could it be possible that they
were always so abnormally good and——
uninteresting?

Monday, the boys hoed weeds in the

 

 

 

 

 

Those “Qulet” Youngsters as Grandpa Saw them In the lndlam Camp.

grandpa in the house before, and I’d
rather looked forward to his visit.”

“You’ll be better pleased to be looking
backward to it,” replied Brian, with a
sage nod, “before it’s half over, take my
word for it.”

This was ‘how matters stood when
Grandpa. Day was ushered into the Len-
nan household. The boys were almost
disarmed by his bright,‘ cheery counte-
nance, and twinkling gray eyes, but they
reflected that he would be on his best

corn all day without a murmur, ate their
suppers in funereal silence, read a chap-
ter or two in “Pilgrim’s Progress,” and
tip-toed up to bed. Grandpa Day, who
followed soberly, longed to let a yell out
of his own stifled lungs and slide down
the banisters. Anything to relieve this
awful monotony and two boys in the
house!

Tuesday morning it looked like rain.
When the boys arose at the sound of the
breakfast bell—mother didn’t have to

 

on their good behavior all day, which
meant they had sat on the bank, one on
each side of their grandfather, poor puz-
zled old man, like mutcs at a funeral.

A little weary, Grandpa Day passed the
fish over to the cook and sat down un-
der a shade tree to play with Rover, who
seemed to him theenly really living thing
on the place.

That night he. remarked to his son-in-
law, as they went up to bed, “You've
certainly got the quietest boys I ever
saw.” Mr. Lennan did not detect the
dissatisfied, lonely note in the quiet
voice, but took the speech as a. compli-
ment to his sons and therefore judi—
ciously refrained from mentioning the
fact that he was as much surprised by
their model behavior as was his guest.

» The next day Brian, unable to stand
the strain any longer, suggested to his
brother that they slip away to the Indian
camp. There they 'were welcomed with
shouts of glee, and within ten minutes
the two model boys were transformed
into wild savages.

It was well they (lid not see a pair of
gray eyes, that had for once fO‘gotten to
twinkle, peering down at them from :1
heavily foliaged tree. Yes, it was Grand-
pa Day, who had discovered the Indian
camp early that morning, and had lain in
ambush to see just what would happen.
His mouth fell open as he regarded the
transformation of his sedate grandsons.
Could these two yelling savages, with
hastily painted features, ragged feather
head-dresses, and outlandish, fringed
garments, be the two prigs he had pa,-
tiently endeavored to endure for the past
two weeks?

“‘Vhere you been, all this time?" de-
manded a young chief. \who had on an
old red chenille portierc, a. discarded
plume, and a string of brass buttons.

“AW, we been being good." responded
Brian, burying his tomahawk in a soft,
old, rotten slump. “Nod 10. Our grand-
pa’s staying with us.”

A light ‘brokc over the, wrinkled, genial
countenance in the tree above. The
twinkle came back to the gray eyes, and
Grandpa Day shook with silent laughter.
The Indians below were forming a ring
and preparing for a war-dance, before
charging the, enemy. Round and round
they went, yclling and digging up the soft
earth with their bare toes. Right in the
midst of their wild carnival, while they
were demanding the bloody scalps of tho
enemy in tones that would have sent cold
Chills down a timid listener's back, some-
thing happened. \\'ith a wild. Apache
war-whoop, beside which their own yells
were feeble and inexpressivc, somebody
dropped, apparently out of the, sky, right
into their midst. Their sln‘icks of snrw
prise and dismay were real enough, and
they fled as one man, seized by a panic.
Glancing back, as soon as they had re-~
covered from their scare, they saw only
a very harmless-looking old man, rolling
on the ground in convulsions of mirth.
“Why—-it’s——Grandpa Day!” exclaimed
Brian, and after that—

Well, the most popular member of the

as)“ 485

Redmen's Band was Grandpa Day, who
had seen, fought, and conquered real
Indians besides having been taken cap-
tive twice by them. He could tell the
most thrilling tales, all true, that ever
occurred outside the gaudy covers of a
dime novel.

And when the long visit was over, and
the trunk strapped, and Grandpa Day’s
foot was on the step of the carriage, that
was to take him to the station, it was
Brian who hugged him last and hardest,
and begged, “Now, remember. Grandpa—
next summer, sure. You promised, you
kiiow———and this has been the very jolliest
summer I ever spent!”

A WIRE COTTON-REEL HOLDER.

 

BY X. Y. z.

This ingenious device can easily be
made by any young man or boy who is
in the least handy with tools. It can be
nadc as a prcsent for his mother, sister,
or sweetheart, or used as a means for
making a little pin money. They should
easily sell for ten cents each, it' made of
steel wire, or twenty-five cents each, if
made with a little more care, and with
silver wire instead of steel.

To construct the holder, commence by
forming the first loop, or catch (to the
right in the sketch) by winding the wire
around a lead pencil several times with
a. pair of pliers. Next bend the wire at
right angles for a distance of three inches.
when it is again bent at right angles for
a, distance of one inch. This marks the
location of the attachment for an ordi-
nary sat‘cty—pin, by which the holder is
secured to the front of the dress when
being used.

From this point the bending of the wire.
is I'cpcaled down to the hinge or second
loop, which is formed in the same man-
ner as the lirstaby using a lead pencil
and pair of pliers.

The hinge being formed, the wire is
again ‘bent at right angles and cut off one
inch beyond the first loop or catch, and
given a slight bend upwards, as shown,

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The point
rounded off,
ished.

Each holder rcquires about fourteen or
fifteen inches of wire, of medium thick-
ness, either stccl or silvcr.

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A BIBLICAL SCRAP BOOK.

 

BY FLOY SI‘lIOONMAKER ARMSTRONG.

I found my clcvcr young friend seated
at a table that fairly groaned beneath its
load of bibles, ngazincs and catalogues.
In reply to my question, “And now,
what?" she answ'crcd airily, “Scraps and
scripture," the while sweeping a heap of
papers from a chair near her that I might
bc seated and cnlightcncd.

“You will observe.” said she,
’with the air of a professional juggler,
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containing beautifully illustrated adver-
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pol. I will now show you that with and
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Briefly and accurately speaking, I am
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During this breath-exhausting flow of
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each bearing a scriptural verse written
with pen and ink, and appropriately illus—
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from advertisements. .80 neatly and-1
skillfully were the pictures transferred
from the magazines to the sheets of' pa—
per that they had the appearance of hav--
ing been printed thereon.

One sheet. bore the verse: They toil
not, they spin not; and yet I say unto
you. that Solomon in all his glory was
not arrayed like one of these. St. Luke
12:27.“ This was illustrated by a grace-
ful spray of lilies cut from an advertise-
ment of a. well known seed house.

Another sheet bore the command: “And
thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and
spoons thereof. and covers thereof * * *
of pure gold thou shalt make them. EX.
25:39." A, group of artistic little spoons
illustrated this.

A beautiful magazine print of the
thorn-crowned head of Christ illustrated
t-lothctl llim with purple, and platted a
a sheet bearing“ the words: “And they
crown of thorns, and put it about his
head. St. Mark 15:17."

“One has no idcu how many articles of
Ordinary. everyday use are mentioned in
the bible until one looks for them,” said
my cnthusiastic friend. “Nor can one
imagine, until one sets about doingr it,
how beautifully thcsc scriptural verscs
may be illustrated by utilizing the many
artistic pictures that appear in the maga—
zines and catalogues of today,

"Yrs, this is heavy lt-ttcr paper bought
in Lablct form, but i have made two
books of artists' watercolor pap-31‘. and
they \i‘crc works of art. For every book
I make a front t‘U\‘t‘l‘ of hcavy [white card-
boarvi, and upon it print the words, “llib-
lical Scraps." 'l‘hcn l punch tWo round
hole-4 ill the top of covcr and sheets, and
tic thum togcthcr loor'cly with silk cord
trl' narrow ribbon.

“My first book was made for an old
lady who has almost cvcrything in the
way of great croutons and little luxuries.
Ill). ofi'cring found favor in hcr eyes. She
took slclight in showing the unique book
to lt'l friends. and t-vcn scnt it about the
\‘ill:1::-~ to invalitls and old
would not conic to hcl‘. 'l‘hc last i heard
of that initial creation of mm”. it had
lccn st-nt to giadtlen the i‘)'('.\‘ and hcarts

pcoplc who

of t‘w- inlnatt-s of an Old Ladies” Home.
“l'J you art- at a loss to know what in
:.:‘ct or make for ccrtain liai'tl-to-scl(‘(‘l-

lll‘e.<e‘lliS-f0l’ i‘riends—~‘Go. and do thou

liko‘xisc. St. Luke 10:37.’ ”

WH‘Y' THE BOYS LEAVE THE FARM.

 

BY A BOY.

During thc last few yt-ars l llLth‘ read
scv: zal artit-los on “How to kin-p thc boys
farm." but i do not rcmcnihcr of
ever uaving seen the reason why they
l~=axm tho l'arm, 'l‘hinklnjg,‘ that perhaps
it would intt-rost sonic ol' the readers of
this uapcr I will givt- my vitrvts with lhc

UH Lll‘

hots-s that more will follow my examplc.
llnt- of thc principal rt-ast'ms undoubtedly
is i.-- rcport ol' tln- high wages paid in
1 1p. but although this is a grcal factor
it E~ 'lot thu only onc. (in many farms
thc Troy is ("1” id at l:oo o‘r~lo.-k or 1:20
2:. to attcud to thy- chores. and is ex-

pected to be in the field at t;;oo o‘clock,
wort; until llzlS a, m.. and go back to
work at 12th; p. m.. and somctimes in
hayiu: and harvest he works until dark,
liuyiou the chores to do aflrrwurds. ('lt'

con= tho farmcr usually llt‘lllfl, but if
a li"'.’ works from lzilll a. In.. to “:00 l)-
m.. is lll-Icly to got tbt- otxiit‘oti that

farm life is all work and no play. ln
many localities the lack of sociability has
to lm consirlctt‘td although tht- iclcphonc
has done mot-h to remedy it.
it il‘.‘ boy asks permission to {:o to some
“ll “‘4

Sometimes

neighlmrs he is asked sin-h out-u“—
tlot .- .ts. “\V'bat do you want to go there
tor." or is told that it is almost bcdtimc.
but if he does go he" is Iolcl not to stay
later than tt-n o‘clock. ll‘ ho asks for the
its.» oi’ a horse he is usually told to take
“HM .lack." and naturally gt-ts the im-
pression that the others are to good for
him l I use, or he may get such an ansWt-r
as tuis. “\‘i'ht-n i was a boy I had to 5:0
or. toot." Then again. ho may ask for
money to attend a social or somc cnlcr-
tainznent. but is told that there is no
monwv available, and although there, may
be pl-Inty latcr in the season he gets the
lll’ll‘il‘os‘s‘lOIl that farminiar docs not pay.
it‘ yiui were asked the question. “\th
do you send your children to school.” you
would probably answer. “to learn." you
‘hite a teacher so thcy will learn faster
and yet you neglect to do your part of
the tI-aching. You may say you can man-
age your farm without the boys’ help,
but it is for his benefit, and indirectly
your own, to get him interested.
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Book of farm record. 3y mail,

No. 128——A Stamping and Printing Set.
——’l‘ypc is 1,1. inch high, in outline. Eight
colors of paints and brush. 12v mail.

No. 132—Comp05ition Whetstone—Fast
cutting for all kinds of knchs, scythes,
etc. By mail.

No. 137—F0untain Pen.mllard rubber.
fancy chased barrt-l with two gold plated
points. By mail.

No. 140'——Hohner Marine Band Harmo-
nicas—vilighest grade; 10 single holes, 20
reeds, two brass plates. By mail.

No. 144—Magic Ruffian-For any sew-
ing machine. Slips on the foot in a min-
utc‘s timc. Gathers. shirrs or puffs all
kinds of goods, By mail.

No. 145—Darner for Sewing Machines.
sei’its any siuwing machine. llarns stock—
ings, 1")WclS, undcrwear, making a smooth
cycn darn. llv mail.

No. 146—Post Card Album.~-—}lol.ls 100
cards. It is 81/; inches wide by 91/2 inches
high. {y mail.

No. 148—Gape Worm Extractor.-- l-‘or
removing gape worms from young Vii-irks.
lly mail.

No, 152—Carpenter's 3-ft. Folding Rule.
——\\'ith int-1:11 bound. spring Joints, holtl-
ing it rigidly in position. By mail.

No. 155—Roger's Nickle Silver Tea-
spoonsuwtlcnuinc silver lllv'lélc teaspoons.
Solid metal. No plating to wcar off.
iicavv “tight. Ily mail.

No. 157-—Perfection Cherry Seeder.“
Stems and seeds at thc same time. llocs
tltc work quickly and bcllcr than by
hand. llv mall.

No. 158~Si|ver Plated Napkin Fling.-
Satin finish with fancy engraving. liv
mail.

No. 159—Patent Tension Shears. rlCight
incht-s long. willI patent adustnble spring
bolt, Prcvents the blades from spread-
ing. liy mail.

No. 160—Watch Fob.»-~0.\;itiizcd silver
finish on hard whitc metal base. Black
strap with a pickle buckle. 1v mail.

No. 161—Tobacco Pouch.'All loather
with drawn strings and button fastcncrs.
\l'ill hold a good supply of tobacco. By
mail.

No. 162—Salt and Pepper Shakers.—
These are silver plated on a nicklo silver
base, and will give good service. 3y mail.

No. 163—Duplex Poultry Marketa—vinor

 

'l‘alk ‘

marking poultry by perforating the webb
of the font. By mail.

No. 164—Cut Up Puzzle Map of North
American—Map is cut into irregular Size

ask his opinion on various subjects and and shat)? DiPCP-‘i which DUZZlBS the Ch“-

if he is in error show him where the error ‘

dren to get it together.

By mail.
No. 166—New Reference Wall Chart.—

is. Give him a colt, calf or something Including world map and map of Michi-t

gan and many other attractive features.
By mail.

No, 167—Rough and Ready Knife.-'l‘wo
razor steel blades, cbony handle, strong
and substantial. By mail.

No. 184—50 Beautiful Post Cards of
landscapes, flowers with mottoes, pretty
girls. By mail.

No. 185—50 Christmas and New Year
Post Cards. By mail.

No. 186—50 Tour of the World on Post
Cards. By mail.

No. 190—50 Post Cards, “Haw Cook and
Peary Discovered the North Pole."v—By
mail.

No, 192—“The Conquest of the North.”
———.-'\n authentic account of the finding of
the North Pole by Peary and Cook. Bio-

graphies of each and short history of
Arctic discovery. By mail.
No. 197—Farmer’s Universal Account

Book.——-So simple and practical that every
farmer can keep a complete record of his
business. By mail.

No. 198—A Handsome Lace Scarf.—
Nearly an exact reproduction of the gui-
uine lace. Can be used as a cover or a
small curtain for window. By mail.

No. 199—An Illustrated Story Book.—
Somcthing that will amuse and entertain
the young folks. Hy mall.

Class B.
No. 103—Ladles’ Hand Bag—smack seal
grain weltcd, mort-en lined. Contains

small coin purse. Ry mail.

No. 104—Extra Deep Coin Purse.-—Black
kid leather, .‘l-inch. 3-ball nickle frame.
One pocket is the size of an ordinary coin
purse. By mail.

No. 105——-Squaw Bag.——Colored ooze
leather with fringed end. Double strap
handle. By mail.

No. 107—Ladies’ Pocketbook.~-C01n
pocket. two extra pockets and card case
pocket with a leather lining. By mtail.

No. 123—Lock Stitch Sewing Awl.~«
TVith straight and curved needles. For

. harness, sack. canvas or any 'heavy sew-

ing. By mail.

No. 130—Sugar Shell and Butter Knife.
——Rogcrs. Solid nicklc silvcr, no plating
to wcar off. .lly mail.

No. 131-——Sanltary Dripless Strainer.—
Made of polished copper. (luadruple sil-
ver plated in satin finish. By mail.

No. 134—R0man Gold Locket—Holds
one picture. Good quality. Guaranteed
for five years. By mail.

No. 136—Stylo Ink Pencil.~l‘ses ink
like a fountain pen but writes with
round point like a pencil. By mail.

No. 139—Rubber Holder Fountain Lead
Pencil.——Extra leads are contained in the
upper end of the barrel, which has a
screw cap. By mail.

No. 143——Maglc Tucker—Fits any sew-
inglmachine. is easily adjusted. By
mat .

No. 149——-French Poultry Killing Knife.
——()f best instrument steel. Finely tem-
pered and ground. By mail.

No. 150—Child’5 Silver Plated Cup.~—-
(200d weight to give good service and
strong handle to stand the thumps which
such cups get. By mail.

No. 151—Rolled Gold Cross.-—\‘l'ith
stone setting for ladies’ neck chain. By
mail.

No. 153—Ladies’ Gold Shell Ring.«—Wi‘.l
wear and look like solid gold. Made of
14 kt. solid gold, drawn over composition
base. By mail.

No. 154——Gold Shell Band Ring.——For
ladies 0r gentlemen, same quality as the
larhes’ ring. By mail.

No. 168—Gentlemen’s Strap Wallet.—
Matle of genuine sheep skin leather. one
drop pocket for bills, and three card
pockets. Ry mail.

No. 177—Bon-Bon Dish of Silver Plate.
wQuadrupled silver plate. Full gold
lincd, crimpcd sides. By mail.

No. 180—ka Book.—A verv conven~
ient size with white oil cloth cover which
can be washed clean when soiled. By
mail.

No. 147—Rolled Gold Link Cuff But-
tons.—Roman gold finish. By mail.

Special Premiums For Clubs.

No. 170—Outfit to Cure Mllk Fever.—
’l‘he outfit will protect you against loss.
Save Veterinarian fees. and if used once
will be worth the price of a valuable cow.
Sent for nine subscriptions. By express.

No. 171—Silver Bread Tray.-—Best qual-

in

 

became.

rity quadruple silver plate. Guaranteed

for 10 years. Heavy drwork design. .Sent
for seVen subscriptions. By express. If

nine subscriptions are sent, we will pre- .

pay charges.

No. 172~Farmers’ Knlfe.—Three razor
steel blades, special castrating blade, stag
handle. brass lined, German Silver tips
and shield. Sent for five subscriptions.
By mail.

No. 173—-—Wall Hat Rack.—-The frantic
is made of pressed steel. Ormola gold
finish baked on. Mirror In center, with
six removable hooks. Sent for seven sub-
scriptions. By express. If 11 subscrip-
tions are sent we will prepay charges.

No. 174—Imported German Halon—Besr
quality English razor steel. .Ground by
German grinders and imported by us.
Sent for five subscriptions. By mail.

No. 175—-Boy's Watch—This is a good
dependable watch and will last a long
time, if not abused. Sent for only six
subscriptions. By mail. '

No. 176—Silver Berry Set.—These three
pieces are quadruple Sliver plate, full goltt
lined and crim‘ped sides. Sent for seven
subscriptions. By express. If nine sub—
scriptions are sent we 'will prepay
charges.

No. 178—Kitchen Outfit-A utensil for
cvcry purpose, and everything in its

place. With good quality utensils. Sent
for six subscriptions. By express. If nine
subscriptions are sent we will prepay
charges.

No. 179—Movlng Picture and Magic
Lantern—Machine stands 10% inches

high on a base 7x315 inches. The body is
made of polished 'blue steel, fitted 'with
oil lamp and glass chimney. Sent for
seven subscriptions. By express.

No. 181—Tollet Cllppers.—~Best quality.
iii-inch cut, concealed spring. sent for
five subscriptions. By mail.

No. 182—F‘ancy Gilt Clack—Reliable
one—day movement, with alarm attach-
ment. Given for eight subscriptions. By
express. If 11 subscriptions are sent we
will prepay charges.

No. 183—Post Card Album, 300 Cards.
~Handsome black alligator grain paper

cover. Title embossed in gold. reinforced
binding. Stitched and stabbed to prevent
bulging. Sent for five subscriptions. By

express. 1f six subscriptions are sent,
we prepay charges.
‘No. 194e—Slx Wildwood Teaspoons.—-
ltcliant-c plate is made by the Oneida
(‘onnnunity and every piece is guaranteed
for ten years. It is for sale by alllead-
ing jewelers. Sent for $2.18 with the
Michigan Farmer for five years. By mail.

No. 195—Berry Spoon.—-—The same de
sign and quality as the \Vildeood tea-
spoons. Sent for $2.18 with the Michigan
Partner for five years. By mail.

No. ZOO—Gasoline Blew Torch—For
any purpose where cheap, clean and in-
tense heat is desired. either in hand
work or bench. Free with four subscrip-

tions to the Michigan Farmer. By mail.
No. 201—Combination TOOL—Can be
used for ten different things. Very con-

venient, light and strong. Contains set
of ten oil tempered, well finished, forged
steel tools. Sent free for a club of three
subscriptions. Ily mail.
For added premiums watch closely our
paper each week.
PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS.

For each club of two subscriptlons we
will send you any one Class A premium.

For each club of three subscriptions
we will send you any one Class B or any
two Class A premiums.

For each club of four subscrlptlons we
will send you one Class A and one Class
B premium.

For each club of five subscriptlons we
will send you any two ClaSS B or any
three Class A premiums.

The sttliscri’lwrs will also get their
choice of premiums with their subscrip—
tions as given above,

Your own subscription may be included
in the club in which case you get pre-
mium with the subscription and also for
the club.

Always mention Premium Numlber.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.
Detrolt, Mlchlgan.

Boy’s Watch Free

 

THE MICHIGAN
FARMEI.
DETROIT. MIC".

 

Every BoyCan Earn One
in a Short Time.

Size 16, Nickel Open Face Case,
Stem Wind and Set.

This is a good, dependable watch and
will last for a long time. We will send
anybody this watch, FREE. postage paid,
who will send us 3 (either 1, 2, 3 or 5
year) subscriptions to the Michigan
Farmer. Mention premium No. 175.

 

 


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boas-.15»;

for a pet and if it becomes absolutely

nemeary to dispose of it, give the boy~
credit for at least part of the valuation ,

and do. not let it be a. case of “My sheep
but father’s money.”
favor of early rising in the busy season
although- many farmers carry it to ex-
tremes, but perhaps that is preferable to
working too late at night.

Some may think after reading this
article that I think the farmer wholly at
fault, but they will be mistaken, although
I think that if the farmer would study
this matter more closely he would have
fewer reasons to wonder “W'hy the boy
leaves the farm.” Much more might be
said along these lines and I would like
to see some others gii’e their reasons.

 

A CHRISTMAS SUGGESTION.

 

This is the season of the year when
everybody is making plans for Christmas.
Nor is it any easy task to decide upon a
suit-able gift for all of one’s friends whom
we would like to remember in this way.
The first thing one generally does is to
look over the assortmcnt of holiday goods
displayed in the shops and stores at this
season of the year. But while suitable
gifts may be selected from such assort-
ments for some of our friends. the thing
which generally impresses itself upon us
is that we would likc to present some-
thing more practical and useful, and
which would. at the some time, be a con-
stant reminder of the thoughtful regard
of the donor. This suggestion is pre—
sented with the idea that it may be help-
ful in just such cases, since the idea
would not be likely to suggest itself to
the reader who is vainly casting about for
some appropriate gift for a friend which
would come up to the ideal above men-
tioned. Why not present them with a
subscription to the ll'lichigun Farmer?
This would be a practical, useful and
helpful gift, and it would be a constant
reminder of the thoughtful regard of the
giver. More than that, it would rcfrcsh
their memory regarding that thoughtful
rcinclnbrance ouch week during the year.
“'hut other gift of similar value would
prove similarly useful and bring to the
recipient fifty—two reminders of yourself
during the your. If it is desired to pre—
sent different members of the family with

‘51 Similar gift. a sclcction can he made

from our clubbing list which will be found
on page 000 to the advantage of thc giver,
as our clubbing" rates give subscribers for
the Michigan .lt‘urmcr the advantage of
u considerable reduction in the regular
s1_il.)scription cost of the other publications
offered in connection with lln: Michigan
Farmer. The adoption of this suggestion
will simplify the Christmas shopping. and
prove greatly to the advantage of the
recipient of any reader's Christin-us comp-
limcnts.

SHUT-IN TIME.

BY LALIA MITHIELL.

Hca‘ dat Norf win’ blowin'. while.

Laik de wolves howl. on de plain;
Suah dc night am gwin be who

“'id dc sleet again do pane.
\Vintah's comin', comin’ sho.

To dis dahk an’ chilly clinic.
But dc fallin' ob dc sno’

Brings de brcsscd shut—in time.

Mistuh Fros’ him brung him brush-—
Paintin’ pictures on dc glass;

Hush now. Pickuninny, hush.

p All de col’ am gwin to pass.

So tonight jes' cuddle clos'.
Dis ole stove am ln-atin’ prime,

An yo' loves yo' Mammy mos’
In do. bresscd shut~1n Iimc.

Howl away. yo‘ shrtmdod storm,
“'c uns lockcd yo‘ out to‘ suah.
An' wc's scitin‘ hcuh as \vahm
’Sir‘ yo’ wasn't at de dnaih.
Bring de l.)anjo. now (lnt's right.
Hea' dem strings luik joy-bells chime,
Suah de Luwd mus’ scn' each night.
Oh do brcsscd shut—in time.

 

A Reader’s Opinion.
Royal Oak. 'Mich. l ~2 —‘
Editors Michigan Former: , 1 0 l0.

Dcar Sirsee’l‘his is not a business let.—
ter, but Just a “Thank you” for the
.lhanksgiving num‘bcr of your excellent
paper. I

The Farmer is always good and full of
good. wholesome reading. But this num-
berhi'airly exccls, and us I think of the
uplift and encouragement to better living
that thousands of hearts will receive from
this issue of your paper. I thank God that
there are editors still living who can
think. and lead others on occasion. to
think of other things than the almighty
dollar, (useful as that may be, and is.
when not abused).

The Lincoln Proclamation and first
page article must awaken in manv hearts
aprofound Sense of gratitude and thanks»
givmg, to say nothing of the excellence
of your editorials and other articles con-
cesrzulxlg thetfestal occasion

'eres o the Michigan. Farmer. I
may 1t live and be an uplifting mangle:
ill the homes of the sons and daughters of

Mehigan, My Michigan.”

Yours sincerely, M. J. CA'RBY.

I am myself luv

4.“ . .. ‘ A“.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

£11) 487

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A READING AND GOSSIPING CLUB. ‘

Everyone who pauses long enough to
think in these hurrying times is im-
pressed with the growing spirit of un-
sociability. “'e have always thought of
that spirit of aloofness as being a char-
acteristic 0f the city, but in company with
the telephone, rural delivery of mail and
interurban cars it seems to have pene-
trated to the country. Farmers‘ wives
speak of it and deplore it. They declare
they do not have nearly such good times
as they used to have, and then, like their

‘sisters in the city, they stay a little more

closely at home than ever and make no
effort to warm the frosty air of their
neighborhood.

.\'ow that the heaviest part of the work
is over for this year why could not the
women of every neighborhood in Mich-
igan make a real effort. to stir up social
life in their nnmediate vicinity? You
have been working hard all summer. Pos-
sibly a icw of you have had some outings,
but probably the most of you have done
nothing but stay at home and work.
Isn't it time now to have a little fun?
All work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy, and logic shows us that the effect
on Jack's wife is the same.

Merely as a suggestion, why could not
the women in every neighborhood organ-
clubs'.’ Of course, you all
have your Farnicrs' Clubs and your
Grange, but these include the men. \Vhy
couldn't the half dozen women living on
adjoining farms meet every week just by
themselves and spend an hour reading,
and another hour gossiping and drinking
tea? Such clubs would fill a two-fold
They would provide soeial diver—
sion and give the women time to catch
up on the reading they have been obliged
to neglect all summer.

Do not misunderstand me when I say
“reading club.” I do not mean a Shake-
speare club or a Browning club or a club
to study history or to do any of the highly
improving; but deadly uninteresting things
usually attempted by women's literary
clubs. lustcad, I think it would be a
capital plan for the members to subscribe
for one of the leading monthly magazines
and have the articles on topics of the day
read aloud and discussed. The magazine
could pass around from member to mem—
l‘cr and each one could read the articles
ltv herself, thus impressing the facts
iiimlv in her mind. The fiction might be
i‘eadhtloud, too, occasionally. but topics
of world interest should have first place.
Thus our busy country women could have
a chance to keep informcd upon what is
going on in the world and feel more.
strongly their duty as citizens and the
mothers of voters.

i should not scorn the humble govern-
ment bulletin, either. in making out the
club‘s Schedule of reading. The United
States government has been to a great
dca‘. of trouble. and expense getting up
scores of bulletins to enlighten house-
kccpcrs on the discoveries of science as
regards cooking and foods. These bullo—
tins may be obtained by application to
the. department of publicity at \Vashing—
ton and i can testify as to the benefit. to
be derived from a study of them. Spend
studying foods,
and the count-
lsss other subjects I‘ncle Sam has looked
into for his people. .

At least ten minutes of every meeting
t'llil'lit to be spent in discussing the news
of. the day as told in the daily papers.
\Yomen ought to cultivate the newspaper
habit for there is no other one thing
which so tellingly convinces one of the
largeness of the world and the smallness
0f one's own little corner. The newspaper
broadens one's horizon as nothing else
can do. But don't focus your attention
on the murders, divorces. and similar
scandals. Read politics, discoveries in
science, the articles which tell what other
women are doing in other corners of the

cue, week every month in
poisons, germs, gardening,

globe, and realize when you read that

you are reading of real human beings like
yourself, who live in the same world with
you, and not of mythical beings who
dwell in a different atmosphere altogether.

Fiction might occupy the center of the
stage for 15 minutes each meeting, not a.
second longer. Select your own book, one
of the old standard novels your mothers
read or one of the new books which you
would not let your daughters look into,
just as the club decides for itself. A
little fiiction is a good thing for every-
body, but it should never occupy the en,-
tire time which individuals or clubs can
devote to reading.

Go to the club with the sole idea of
enjoying yourself. Let readers be ap-
pointed each week i'or the meeting to
come and let the other members take
their sewing or fancywork. Christmas
presents may be made for a half dozen
friends if you devote two hours weekly
to the work from now to Christmas day.
Above all, don't be snobbish when you
start your neighborhood gathering. Let
it: be for every woman without regard to
her clothes or the size of her husband's
farm. Snobbishness is the bane of the
average city woman's club. Let it be
conspicuous by its absence in the coun—
try clubs.

Suggestions as to suitable magazines,
recent fiction, books on science, domestic
or otherwise, will gladly be given any
group of women who think highly enough
of this idea to start a club. In short, ad—
vice on any point which may come up in
making up a program or carrying out the
club idea will be yours for the asking.

DEBORAH.
SLEEVE SHIELDS AS A CHRISTMAS
GIFT.

BY PEARLE WHITE M'COWAN.

This pair of sleeve shields are equally
appropriate for the office girl, or the
housewife who does not always wish to
change her light waist or don a long
sleeved apron when doing housework.
They are especially dainty made from
light fancy handkerchiefs and very ser-
viceable if dark blue or red bandannas
are used.

The lines in Fig. A. show how the
handkerchief should be cut. The smaller

 

 

 

pieces are then placed over the lower
edges of the larger ones as shown in
Fig. B and cut again as indicated by the
dotted lines in Fig B. These lower edges
are then scwcd together and the whole of
each is folded as in Fig. 0, and the sides
sewed together. Probably the, neatcst
way to do this is to sew a narrow seam
first upon the right side, then turn and
sew the ordinary width seam upon the
wrong side. This leaves no rough edges
and gives a finished appearance. They
may be slipped on over any dress sleeve
and the point of each shield is pinned
just above the elbow with a small safety
pin.

THE INVALID'S GIFTS.
BY GENEVA M. smwmm.

Have you a dear invalid in your home,
or among your friends? Then surely
you must remember her, especially at
Christmas. Give something that will
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days she is a prisoner to bed or room or
chair.

First, give a big bunch 0r wreath of
holly tied with bright red ribbon. This
will brighten many days for the invalid.
If you cannot conveniently get the holly
make a wreath of evergreen branches and
tie with red ribbon.

Another nice gift is a bag to contain
the manicure instruments that every in-
valid needs. Make it out of crash, cre—
tonne, leather, or silk. Stencil, embroider
or aplique some simple design, run draw
strings in at the top with a loop to hang
to the back of the chair or by the bed so
as to be easily reached when needed. A
little pocket on the outside may contain
the powder puff and box of powder, to be
used for some little chared place which
might be allowed to irritate if some one
had to ask for the powder. An invalid
does not like to ask for everything, no
matter how willingly the service is
granted.

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A postcard album most certainly be one
of our invalid’s gifts. This may be bought
in cheap binding, and small size, so as
not to tire. the invalid, and covered with
pretty cretonne or silkoline. Several
small ones are to be preferred to one
large one. Of course, the invalid's friends
will surely all send a card on Christmas
day. An invalid, either man or woman,
will take much delight in arranging and
re-arranging the cards in these albums,
so there must be a bag provided to keep
them in and a place by the chair or bed
to hang the bag. Make it out of two
18—inch handkerchiefs, feather-stitched to—
gether 0n the edge, then the center of
the upper one cut out in a circle large
enough to admit the books easily, faced
with ribbon and a bright draw—string of
ribbon or tape run in.

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We will want still another bag, for our
dear one. This will be to hold the hand-
kerchief, needlebook, some thread, a little
roll of work, a box of candy, or some-
thing to taste when everything else pails.
This may be made from denim or some
wash goods. Make by covering a circle
of pasteboard and gathering the cloth to
this. and running a draw—string in at
the top.

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A book holder will be a precious pos-
session. Make of cretonne, denim or silk-
oline. Cut one strip 111/2x18 inches and

 

two others 111/2x31/z. »Hem these last
along one side. Sew the lll/é-inch edges
of the small pieces to the corresponding
edge of the, large piece. and turn it over
to form a pocket on each end to hold the
back of the book. Bind all around with
ribbon, slipping in a nine—inch length
under the binding to use for a bookmark.
Fasten ribbon to each of the two short
sides. This forms a loop to put around
the shoulders and hold the book in posi-
tion when reading. Jmttons and button-
holes may be placed along the sides so
that any sized book may be used.

A NECESSARY DUTY.
BY HILDA monmonn.
IVING up to tradition may be a good
L or a bad thing, but if it be disas-
trous in its results it should be dis—
carded no matter how precious and bind-
ing the tradition seems to be. Country
hospitality at the present is largely gov-
erned by traditions handed down from

  

times when conditions were far different
from what they are now, and wide awake
fathers and mothers and sons and daugh—
ters everywhere in fine country homes
are seeing the need of a revision of ideas
along this line.

In the old days living was simpler and
food supplies without the money value of
the present, while conditions made it
impossible for people to keep within ac-
cess of hotels day by day, so that hos-
pitality had to be practiced. Then, too,
life was lonely in the country and every
guest, if only a pack peddler, was eagerly
welcomed, fed and lodged, and young and
old heartily urged the chance wayfarer
to come in and dine. We have discarded
the spinning wheel, the scythe, the fire-
place, the hand mill, the household loom
and all the other things of pioneer days—-
all but the notion that every person who
sets foot on the farm has a claim on our
hospitality.

It is one of the necessary duties of the
present age to revise the guest list, as a
matter of self-protection, and educate
farm and city people alike in the new
doctrine that the country housekeeper has
a right to invite whom she will and to
entertain only those she chooses to invite.
This sounds disagreeable, but it need not
be so, for men, women and children are
quick to see right and justice in all
things, even the matter of entertaining
uninvited guests.

Guests, invited and uninvited, are the
means of sending many country boys and
girls from home, and the sooner parents
discard the time-worn tradition about
asking people just because they happen
to be about at meal time, or because they
invite themselves. the sooner young people
Will remain on the farms. In some homes
uninvited guests make Sunday one long
nightmare, yet the burden must be pa-
tiently carried for the sake of the sacred
idea of hospitality, in the minds of many
good people. Summer brings not only
extra work, but many pleasure seeking
guests who never dream of giving any-
thing more for their entertainment than
“Be sure to come and see us,” when the
vacation, for them, is over, and even men
selling machinery count on getting a good
dinner for nothing in the country when
they are out on business. It is no won-
der progressive, sympathetic, home—lov-
ing fathers and mothers are beginning to
think the time has come to draw the line
between guests and persons merely seek-
ing to be fed and lodged.

One of the most effective ways of dis-
couraging uninvited guests is to serve
the very simplest of simple meals when
they drop in. A supper of bread and milk
and a dinner of potatoes and bacon will
speedily revise the list of people who
(ome chiefly to be fed. There need be no
dimunition in cordiality, but a simple bill
of fare will do the, work. From being a
handy place to stop for a delicious coun-
try dinner, the farm house will very soon
sink to the level of a mere roadside mark
for the impolite men and women, and the
mistress of the house and her daughters
will be able to enjoy their well-earned
rest. Real friends can stand the test of
even bread and milk, and be very glad to
make the busy housekeeper no more
trouble, so there will be no harm done.
Another way is to persistently be absent
on Sundays and other days when unin-
vited guests appear until they take the
hint and wait for an invitation.

Many a girl who is now working in the
city will say frankly that the burden of
cooking and cleaning up after people who
used her home as a sort of hctel, without
hotel charges, caused her to make up her
mind to leave. Seeing no other way out
of the difficulty she fled from the scene,
leaving her tired mother to struggle the
best she may with the work. There are
enough congenial people, young and old,
who are well—bred enough to wait until
they are invited to visit country homes
for all social purposes, so there is no use
in encouraging the other kind, who just
because the country is still in the grip
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tain things, they continue to enjoy good
cooking and kindly treatment at the
handset the country people. It is the
duw of a! gantry people to revise the
ideas about W137 until they win suit
the than and conditions now, instead of
those of 5 or 50 ream ago, for then the
farm house will be a much pleasantcr
place to live.

 

A PERFECT FOOD.
No. 31.

BY fins. ALTA L. LITTELL.

story is told of three men. a

Frenchman, a. Dutchman and an

American, who Were sentenced to
die. The judge pronounced a novel form
01‘ execution. He gave each man his choice
of any drink desired, telling the men they
could have all of that drink they wished
and at any hour of the day 01' night. The
Frenchman chose coflee; the Dutchman
chose chocolate, and the Yankee, the wise
man. cried for milk. 0‘! course, the
Frenchman and the Dutchman soon
passed away, while our beloved country—
man 11\ ed to a. ripc old age. Or at least
so says the chronicler.

Suppose we were to be given our choice
of any one food, what would we choose
as best fitted to sustain life? Undoubt—
edly, if we think quickly enough, we
would ask for the egg. Next to milk,
eggs are the best of anything to keep us
in good health as they contain all the
food elements and in just the right pro-
portion to make thcm a perfe<t food. The
hemu .11 composition shows pxotcid,14.9
per ccnt; fat, 10.6 per cent; mineral mat-
ter, 1 per cent, and water, 73.71 per cent.
The white is almost pure albumen. The
yolk contains albumcn, fat and sulphur.
This is a combination hard to digest by
Kbilious folk, but instead of discarding eggs
altogether on that account. such people
would do better to drop just the yolks
and eat the whites.

Of course, the farmcr's wife
servcs anything but fresh eggs on l1c1'
tablc. and the city cook aims 11111 to scrve
cold storage produce cithcr. .l-lut unfor-
tunatcly the woa'ruln in the city is oftcn
swimdled. \\'11cn you brcak your dclicious
newly laid eggs next time. drop a tear
for your. city cousin who breaksa “war-
ranted strictly fresh (1311" out of a 41%
cent—a—dozen lot, and finds it to be of the
vintage of 1909. possibly 1908. Of course.
there are many ways to tcst eggs for
freshness, as dropping 11111111 in water
whcrc the bad ones float, shaking them
and listening for the sound which pro«
claims a stale egg, candling them, etc.
But grocers nev'“ could give you the
prhilcg’e of testing cach cg", so what
can you do? But the country woman is
not so interestcd in testing for freshness
as in ways of keeping ‘10 eggs fresh.
Every woman has her own way of pack-
ing them. Some puck in salt and some
in sawdust. Be sure to stand them small
end down, and see that the eggs do not
touch. Otlicrs coat with wax or paraffin,
whilc still othcrs dip in a preparation of
liquid glass, silicate of sodium and water.
Any method which cxcludes the air is
gOod. The 8110” contains a great dcal of
water which cvapomtes quickly if left
exposed. and the air then acts through
the shell to the chug causing dccompusp

110 \' O 1‘

111111.

If piopcrlv cooked 9-1. 8 pcr ccnt of the
11.14;; is incorrmrated into thc. body. it has
leeu found that eggs are most digestible
if not boiled, but simply cooked slowly in
water at a temperature of 160 degrees.
Put the cans carefully in boiling walcr
and Sct where the wait-r will not boil 11111'
1:9 lowered in temperature for eight min-
utes: if liked soft, llll‘(11‘-(1l.l:ll‘l(‘1‘s of an
hour makes them hard. The white of the
cgg becomcs 111111511 and linllgcstiblc if
boiled, while if cookcd as dcscribcd 111111vc
it is firm, but tender and casy to diacst.
Frying gives the most indigcstiblc result
of any way of cooking. 11111 chs scram‘
bled or in an omclct wherc thc “1.1110 and
yolk are mixed, are easy it) digest. Asidu
from their use as a food, mus :11'c 11.111111
in countless ways. “'herc would be our
cakes and cookics without them. to say
11111111112: of custard and pumpkin pics,
puddings, salad dressings. gems, etc "
They serve a thrcefold purpose in cook-
ing as they makc the dish richer; thick~
cn, and ma "tko it light. If you makc a
cake and use only the whites, the yolks
may he kept by beating thoroughly and
setting away in a cold place. or dropping
in a dish of cold water. Unless you are
sure you can use them next day, cook
them through and serve in any way your
mind suggests. One family is fond of

sandwiches made from the boiled yolks
rubbed into a paste and spread on bread.

If you make boiled coffee. never throw
away your egg

shells. Wash them thor-

omhly before breaking and save the
shells to settle the coffee. The albumen
which cling to the shell, not the shell
itself, does the work.

 

THE USE OF EGG IN SETTLING
COFFEE.

BY ELLA E. ROCKWOOD.

In an ordinary coffee pot some settling
agent is needed in order to have the
liquid pour off clear and free from scdi—
ment. Egg is usually employed for this
purpose.

llut as commonly used I believe too
much of it is put into the cofiee at one
time. In fact, after repeated experiments
I have found that one-half the usual
amount answers the purpose better than
a. larger quantity. The mass of cooked
egg often found in the bottom of the pot
would indicate this. Sometimes, too, par-
ticles of egg are poured out. with the bev—
erage when too much is used.

A method which will prove quite satis-
factory and which makes one egg go as
far as two is as follows: Beat one (111g
till light and foamy. add equal measure of
cold water, one tcaspoon of sugar and
one—half teaspoon of salt. Cover. and set
in a. cool place it will keep several days.
Use one or more tablcspoonfuls of this
mixture stirred with the dry coffec, add
cold water to sufficiently moisten. then
pour on hot water and steep as usual.
Some, people believe too much e111; de-
tracts from the strength of the beverage
and 11111 prac'tce of using a. whole (11"., for
six pcoplc is not followed so 11111111 now
as it used to be among those who make
good coffee.

Another method of scttling which i
have found to be good is to beat the cue,
add a littlc cold watcr thcn pour the
whole over a pound of ground cof’fcc, dry.
Stir until the 1.2;: and coi’fcc am well
blcnd-cd, then put back in 11111 can for
usc as rcduircd. T110 coffee will bc 1111 rev
1y moistened, not at all \vct. Use no
more egg when sleeping thc bcvemuc, for
nouc 'will be needed. Merely wet with
cold water and sleep as usual.

(Toffee should be allowed to stand a fcw
minutes in any case to ensure the host
flavor and to c11ahlc 1111'.- grounds to sclllo
to the bottom of the pot. To bring slowly
to a boil is bettcr than to set 11111 pot ovcr
a very hto fire which oftcn causcs it to
boil over when can is used.

SOME CHRISTMAS DONT’S.

BY CllA'RLOTTE A. AIKENS.

IRS’I‘, do your planning early in D0-
F ccmbcr. T1111 shopper who rushcs

in at 111(1 last, moment and hastily
picks up trifles to 11c scnl to
somchody for tho sole reason that she
thinks they will expect 30111011111154. is
usually the (11111 1wl1o votes (‘111'ist111as a,
bore, :1 time to be gottcn through with
somehow but which brings 11o plcasurc
with it.

Don't buy ornamental calendars as gifts
unlcss you pusuively cannot 1111111; of an-
(111111!“ thing to givc. So many advertising
lirms give calcndars now—a—days and
many of these commercial calendars are
so pretty that the average Dcrson is apt
to have calendars to burn before the new
year comcs in.

lhm't glvc a picture that necds a
frame 1.1111(1ss you give the {1111110 with it.
A gift that rcquires an expcnditure of
money bcforc it can be used is rarely ap—
preciated 11y pcoplc who have to considcr
cxpcuscs.

.111111‘1 give a 1111119 to a small boy whcn
you know he WHllld rather 11:11'11 an air
1.;‘1111 or a pair of skates. If you can't
give the 13111111 and the gun uivc the gun
:.11.1 lct 111(1 11111141 wait for
1111111 \vl1c11 1113 is not cxpccl'nu' anythin".

Don’1 give a handsome 11111! to a little
girl and then tcll l1cr she must not play
with it for four she will brink it. Givc
11111' instcad somc common. homely affair
that shc can 1111;: and drcss and undress
to 11111' heart‘s contcnt without fear of an
accidcni.

Take it for granted that cycry liousc—
wifc 1111s (111111.211 lidie-s £11111 sachct bags
and head rcsts (or unrcslsl and orna—
mented 111111111:r pins. and clothcspins, and
fans, and such trifles and don't waste
time on this class of prescnts, A most
senseless looking thing sccn in :1. city
home recently was a large hand—painted
s11och~thc kind of shovel 1111111 use to
shovel grain into bags. It was neither
useful nor ornamental, but 111(11'c it stood,
a monumcnt to some woman's folly. No
man surely would ever put in time decor-
ating a shovel.

Don’t.give an elaborate gift to a two-
year—old child and forget all about giving
anything to his grandfather. Ten chances

11sclcss

somc othcr

THE MICHIGAN FARMER-

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to one, the two—year-old would rather
have a ten-cent rag doll or something he
can make a noise with than your silver
set which has no special value to him
and the grandfather may feel keenly neg-
lected even though he never mentions it.

Don‘t forget that a, good Christmas lct-
tcr means more to a great many people
than some gift which they did not 110111
and which you could ill afford. Gct some
Christmas letters in good time. (1111
friends of long ago will appreciate hearing
from you and Christmas is a pretty good
time to patch 'up friendships or to touch
them up and keep them in repair.

if you can't think of ar~1yil1in.::~ appropri—
ate and arc dctermincd to scnd some—
thing, buy some pretty cards of greeting
and let it go at that.

Don’t forget that a good laugh is a
good 111111;: and that (1 Christmas trifle
can often be used to create this good
thing.

Don‘t forgot the lonely man or woman
far away who perhaps was gv'cailv intcr-
estcd in you in bygone days. Almost any
triflc is likely to be appreciated whcn one
is living an isolatcd life.

Don't crowd all your gifts into one
day of the year and forget that there
arc birthdays and wedding: anuiversarics
which families would be wise to re-1
member.

 

DON’T COMPEL MARY TO “MIND
THE BABY.”
BY F. T. MORRIS.

Do you considcr il quilc fair. to ask
your oldcr children in 1:11:11, 11111 care 111'
the younger out of your hands?

Thu “little mother" is the slums‘ pro-
duct. and she was never moan! for fam-
ilies much lll‘rll-G‘T‘ up in the Stit'l‘d‘

""1ls throwing of the (11111 of the coup}:-

st'n 10

or (lulullcn upon the (111111 «would 11c amus—
ing if it was not so hard on the dcle-
gates.

“1‘1;111:1. lakc 1111* baby out for a walk.”
“.Jolm, mind 111:1 baby, l‘m 1.1111111; 11111.”
“Children. do keep “'illic from crying, I
want to rcad." “Herc you boys. 11-1 your
little brother play with you." One fre-
quently hears such H})C‘Pl‘lll"$ as these,
followed by angry rchollion, or sulky
obedience.

Of course, the oldcr children should feel
some sense of 1'1’1sponsibility and helpful-
ness, and they do. They love- and want
to please their younger brotbcrs and sis-
ters; but thcir mothers should not forget
that they are only children. too. scparaf—
ed by a few years from babyhood, and
that. they need their playtinw.

Kecp your children youngr as long: as
.‘fou can: and don't makc “litllc mothers"
of 11111111. cvcu if you 1121vc 111 cxpcnd a. lit—
ilc cxtra time in the care or” 11111 smaller
oncs.

“THIS IS THE WIFE FOR ME.”

 

I want it to bc thoroughly 11114.1c1'slood
that 11111 writer of 1111s is a mcrc mon-~
married n1an—— who, through inability to
act work, has sccn more in a fcw weeks.
of what is callcd homo lifc, than he has
during many ycars of marricd bliss, and
at last can apprcr'iate 11151 work of the
wife and mother in the 11o11'1r1.

From what 1 havc sccu 1 havc Come in
the conclusion that :1 supporting causc, as
I may call it, of 11111 (misting sltllt‘ of
Things. is 11111 ignorancc of man acucr—
ally, conccrnl'mr 1111: cost 111' carryinu 1111
11113 family“ not :1111 cost 111 111
moncy,

11111sclvcs 111
but the cost to womcn 111 «11111111-
ancc. (if its power to cxlnlusi 11111' vital
1'1'1rc11_ 11c has not Ibc 1'r1111111cst 1111111. l'lach
of her 11111171 ion—minute 11mins sccnm s11
trifling", that to call it work appm1r< :111—
.1:11r:l, 1-111 11(1 docs not rcflu'l 111:11 111'1c11 a
(lozon (11' 1111s tcn-minulc 111111115 must 11c
crowdcd into an hour, which holds but
just six i'mcs tcu 1111111111111; 111111 11111' day
is 11\'c."11owi:1_:: with tEu-sc (111,.‘1'1111zl hours;
111:11 1'1111111111111'11113' M111 (-1111 1111\‘111' 1111 111111
from hurry. and that constant 11111-11: is :1
pcrpclunl strain 11711111 111-11 111 carry way.
’l‘hc ordinary man thinks 111- could .111 11111
work 1'11 half tho 1111111 :111111'1111 f1-11121a bit
--—ll1crc is hardly an 11111'v1'1111;11 411111111:
mankinrl 11111 thinks 11111 1111'111-11 1111::111 1111-
just rinscd off 1111111'1" tl‘111 1(111'111‘11 1:111, 111111
stood up to dry; scarcclv {1 1111111 of us
“1111 if this wcrc 1111111.
morc than (1111111111111111,1:1111-11s at his plaic;
in! it is always that which is 11111 11111111,
that It man sccs. It 1111-1 chair round (19-1
capes dusting: it is that 1'111'11'cula1' round
upon which he casts his caulc (1.1.11.1 In his
mind [1111111, are two idcas; «11111 is the
“whole long day." and thc othcr of that,
infinitesimal undone duty. The remarkl
visible on his countenance is. “The whole
day, and no time to dust a chair!”

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(19) 489

F ads for
Weak

Women

Ninc-tcnths of all the sickness of women
is due to some derangement or disease of
1119 organs distinctly fcminine. Such sick.
111155 can be cured—sis (:urcd every day by

Dt.1lennrs
EavurilePrescriplinn

It Makes Weak Women Strong,
Sick Women Well.

It acts dircctly on the organs affected
and is at the same time a general restor—
atlvc tonic for the wholc system. it curcs
fcmalc complaint right: in thc privacy of
homc. It makcs unncccssary the disa»
g‘recablc qucslioning. cvaminations and
local treatmcnt so unchrsaHy insistml
upon by doctors, and so abhorrent 11.1
cycry modest woman.

 

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‘8 shall not pai'lictilarizc l1cre as to
1111115 111111111111 lo wumcn. but those want—

thc. symptoms of pcr-uliar affec-

11‘11: full :11f-11'mali1111 as to 1111-11' symptoms
and mums 11f 1111<11§\'11 (1111'1- arc rct‘crrcd
to 11111 l'nwplc's 1‘111111111111 Sensv Medical
.«\Il\'l:~‘t'l‘7~l|l‘l-\ pram-s. ncwly Y'(‘\'lf\‘!'fl and
up—lo—dalc l1l1litiun, sz111t free (111 rccclpt
of 21, onc—ccilt stamps 1o covcr cost or
mailing,r only; or. in «111111 binding for 31
stamps.

Addrcss llr. ll. V. 1’11-1‘cc, Buffalo, N. Y.

111 Your coal Bill

50 Per Cent.

You can savc 5119? on your coal 111111111114 “'intcr by
buying llivcrdaie Storm Sash and Doors. Wc saw
you 01111 third. “bare 111anul'acturcrs scllingdircct to
11111. You now] that cxll'u protit mom than your local
Iumhcr donlcr docs. liuy dirccl: of us and savc
that much clout mom-,1. You also need that. extra
profit: your dealer gets on your coal bill.
T1111 cash-st 11 11y to kocp “Jack 11 rosi" out of your
hmxsu is to SEA I. it. up 111th liircrdalo Storm Hash 1\‘
Doom. Do you know that $113,? of the cold comes in
through the cracks around and under your windows
and doors? How can .1011 cxpcct 111 1111\(1 warm floors,
warm feet, and good health when this is the case.

RIVERDALE STORM
SASH and 11011118

111(1 the logical means in ylhith \ouc.1n cut (ion 11 your
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st", Kansas City, 11110., is making an ofi'er
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not look upon the tidy state of a room as
a. result, but as one in which, if left to
itSelf, it would naturally fall and remain.
We know alas! too well, that every room
not only has ‘within itself possibilities of
untidlness, but that its constant tendency
is in that direction, which tendency can
only 'be checked by constant vigilance.
Again, husbands do not always seem to
be able to understand plain English.
There are certain expressions in common
use among women, which, if husbands
would understand, would make them
sadder and Wiser men. “I am fairly done
up.” “I don’t seem to know what it is
to feel I‘E‘Sit‘t,” “I'm absolutely too tired
to sleep,” “I‘m just as tired in the morn—
ing as when I go to bed,” “The life has
all gone out of me," ”Life isn’t worth

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living," “It is only the excitement keeps

me up,” “I daren't leave off or I should
never begin again.”

Now nothing keeps this~woman about
the house but her ambition. Fancy liv-
ing always in this state of tension! The
dictionary definition of “tension" is "a
peculiar, abnormal, strained condition of
the parts, arising from the action of an-
tagonistic forces, in which they endeavor
to return to their natural parts.” Ex-

actly. There are thousands of women in
just this state, sustained there by the
daily pressure and excitement of hurry,

and by a stern, unyielding “must.” In
the treadmill of their household labor,
breakfast, dinner, and supper revolve on
ceaseless course, and they must step for—

ward to meet them. And, when more of
her vitality is expended daily than is
daily renewed by food and rest, woman

does, actually and without any figure of
speech, use herself up. Yes, she burns
herself as fuel, and goes down a wreck~_
not always to death; often it is to a con-
dltion made wretched by suffering; some-
times to insanity.

The “never—endingm-ss” of woman's
work is something to be considered. A
writer speakingr of husbands and wives,
says. “The, out-door air, the stir, the

change of ideas, the passing Word for this
man or that, unconsciously refresh and
lift him from the cankering care of Work.
llis work may be heavier, but it wears
him on one side only. He, has his hours
sacred to business, to give, to his brief
his sermon. his shop. There is no drain
on the rest of his faculties. She has not

a power of mind, a skill of body, which
her daily life, does not draw upon. She
asks nothing better of fate than that

whatcvcr strength she has of body and
mind shall be drained for her husband

and children. Now, this spirit of martyr-
dom is a very good thingmwhcn it is
i-eccssary. lint is there Occasion for it?”
This is the point exactly. The “martyr-
dom.” too often, is for objects not of the
highest importance. The lack of appre--
ciation of woman‘s work, as shown by
man in the newspapers, would be amus-
ing, it it were not saddening. Articles,
dictating with solemn pomposity, “what
every married woman should be able to
do," often appear in print, and these em-
bodiments of wisdom (1’), editors are will-
ing to print. “Every married woman
should be able to cut and make her
own, her husband’s, and her children's
clothes.” The husband reads and nods
approval. The wife bears, and sighs.
"Every married woman" whose boys take

to wading should snip such newspaper
articles into shreds, burn them up and

bury the ashes.

The prevalent belief that woman is in
some degree subordinate to man, is rath-
for granted than expressly
as witness a certain kind of leg—
told to young,r girls. “There
young man, visiting a strange
a girl putting dough into pans,
the which stuck to
the platter was, there,
whereupon the man said ‘This is
the wife in another house
he sees a damsel who the opposite
in regard to the dough, and says, “This is
Another young man
maidens a skein of

The first says, “I
and gives up: the
with her

er taken
taught,
cud often
was a
house. saw
and saw that dough
lci't
young
me."

sticking
not for
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Wife for lilt‘.’
successive
wind.
ti‘lt‘S,
job of it

the
offers to
tangled silk to
the second
makes a quick
scissors; the fourth spends hours in pa-
tiently untangling. chosen. Now,
what shows the state of public sentiment
is the fact that in none of these legends
is it intimated that the young man was
fortunate in securing a thrifty or a pa-
tient wife. It was the thrifty and pa-
tient young woman who was fortunate in
being selected by a young man—by any
man—for the character of the man is
never stated. And there is an inference
in the second legend that a young wo—
man’s hours can be no better spent than

can‘t;
third

and is

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

in untangling a skein of silk. And so
mighty man
helpmate, and then expect her to he
possessed of the thousand and one vir-
tues which he considers she should own
in order to fill the exalted position as the
mother of his children.
W. R. GILBERT.

SHORT C—UTS To HOUS_E.KEEPING.

 

The corrugated pasteboard that lamp
chimneys come in makes excellent mats
to clean sad—irons on.——C. R. L.

A three-armed, nickel—plated towel
rack, screwed inside the closet helped one
mother solve the problem of where to
keep the children's wash clothes. She
sewed tape hangers on the dresses, and
hung from 10 to 15 dresses on this rack.

—-Mrs. J. D.
Make play-mittens for the wee men
from old woollens. They are quicker

made than by knitting—H. K.

At the right hand end of my ironing
table I tacked a six-inch square of as-
bestos paper, allowing the edge of the
ironing sheet to extend just over its edge.
In this way the iron may be pushed upon
the asbestos without lifting and there is
no danger of it catching fire.
makes an ideal rest for the iron. A regu.
lar asbestos mat may be used in the
same manner. Lifting a. heavy iron to
place it upon a
sary exm-xnditurc of strength—~13. E. R.

If one wishes to save paint pails, theyi
can be easily cleaned with sawdust—4,
K. K. B. k

I finish my kitchen aprons at the bot-‘-

tom with a ruffle about ten inches deep

and lind it much better than a. plain hem. .
dirt that would:

The rufllc catches the
reach the. unprotected part of the dress
if only the hem were there—M, A. P.

To remove the limy substance from the
inside of a teakettlc boil a few potato
peelings in it for an hour with plenty of
water on theta—«Mrs. A. 1.). P.

IN THE REALM 0F FANCY WORK.

 

 

 

 

If you are making any new cushions
this fall and want to have them strictly
up to the minute, make them long and
narrow instead of square, regular pillow
shape, to be exact. The smart shops
are showing this shaped pillow, the COV-
crs of coarse linen or of burlap embroid-
ered with wood tibre in a conventional
design. The long sides are not finished
at all,‘but a fringe finishes both ends.
The linen, or burlap, as the case may be,
is fringed out about six inches, and the
fringe tied like that of bedspreads or
towels.

ill =lK *

Another fancy in pillows is to have the
burlap decorated with designs in leather.
The leather is cut out in squares, bands,
ovals, or geometric shapes and stitched
onto the burlap.

* * it
There is a great fad this season for
flowers made from ribbon, especially
roses. A handy hatpin holder owes its,

decoration to this fancy. The holder itself}

is nothing but a ten—cent vase with loops
of narrow bebe ribbon hiding the base,
and the ends carried up to the top of the
vase where more loops are formed. Then
wide ribbon is skillfully used in making
rose petals around the top of the vase,
the opening forming the center of the
flower.
It fit it

The woman who looks after all the
laws of health and sanitation sees to it
that her corset is washed as well as her
other garments. For the clean corset a.
neat case of white linen is appropriate.
Make it longer and wider than the cor-
sct, embroider the word in any color and
if you like, embroider a design down
either side. It would be nice to embroider
in a color to match the furnishings of the
bedroom.

ll: 3‘! II

For the person who is going on a jour-
ney a case. for rubbers would prove a fine
gift. Make the case the shape of a music
roll only, of course, have the ends closed.
Natural colored linen rs a good material,

and on this the, word rubbers may be
embroidered in any color.
II! If t

Egyptian effects are the newest things

in embroidery. Figures which look as if
they had stepped from old Egyptian

”works of art" are embroidered on table

linen and on scarfs.
It 4! 1

For the neck, smart ties are made of a

small bow with long pointed ends. They
come in black, in Persian, black with
Persian bands, red, blue, brown and

green, in fact, every color of the rainbow.

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See This Famous / .

“Ball-Band” Coon Knit Boot

This boot is KNIT, not felt. which means durability
and service.

The snow excluder fits snugly over the rubber and
keeps snow, mud, dirt, grain. etc., out of the rubber.

It‘s one of the many items in our line of Rubber and
Woolen Footwear which have made the“B all-B and” trade-
mark the standard of quality among 8,000,000 buyers.

The price of crude rubber has gone up by leaps and
bounds. The demand from the automobile tire and similar
industries is great. And the temptation is strong for the

unscrupulous manufacturer to cheapen the quality of his
product.

But. while we cut selling and handling expense to the nick, the

famous "Ball-Band" quality remains the same. We make can profit.
or pair. but, we sell to the same (people —-and thousands of'theu-

friends—year in and ear out. An the manufacturer who skimpa
quality will have to 001 a. new set of people each year.

If you insist on “Ball-Band" goods when buying rubber foot-
wear for any member of your family. you have an
absolute guarantee of wear, warmth and satin.
faction.

"Ball-Band" code are for sale by 45,000
dealers. Some oft. em handle ordinary makes,
too. So be sure you see the RED "Ball-
Band‘ trade-mark before you buy. If your
genial- can’t. supply, you, write us, mention-

g his name.

Mishawaka Woolen Mfg. Co.

 

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AND
THE
C H R l ST M A
What would be better, or more appropriate
as a gift to Mother, Daughter, Sister, or Friend,
than a NEW HOME, the sewing machine of
quality. It would be a source of pleasure for a
lifetime, and make home life more cheerful.

WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME.
The testis in the real service. Get the testimony of the
users of the NEW HOME. it will be convincing proof of
superior qualities. The NEW HOME has no complica-
ted parts to get out of order: is Simple, Strong~Silent,
Sure, and can be relied upon at all times for perfect
sewing. Not sold under any other name.

Write Dept. 4 for our Catalog and 1911 Calendar.

THE. NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO.,
ORANGE. MASSACHUSETTS.

SEWING MACHINE.

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Carving Set
F R E E

For a club of three subscribers to the
Michigan Farmer. One of the sub-
criptions may be your own.

Two piece, Nickle Silver Carving Set, WAR-
RANTED. Knife is 10 inches long and Fork is
7% inches long. Highly polished with beauti-

ful design on handles. A beautiful ornament to
any table, and at the same time serviceable.

NO MONEY REQUIRED

Only a. few minutes of
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We will send you this beautiful Carving Set;
FREE for a club of 3 subscribers to the Mich-
igan Farmer, and one of the subcriptions may
be your own. They may either be for 1, 3, or 5
years, and all of the subscribers get FREE prem--
iums as per the premium booklet. N o doubt you
have a couple of neighbors who will subscribe
for the Michigan Farmer if you will ask them.
It will only take a few minutes of your time and
you will get FREE 3. Carving Set that would
cost you $2.00 or more at any Jewelers. If it is
not convenient for you to get a club of 3 subscrib -
ers and if you would like to have one of these
Carving Sets we will send you one for $1100.

The Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich.

 

 


 

113m. 3, 1910.

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IlCHlGAhi-

 

The shiawassee 091mm Sugar Beet
Growers’ Association met at Corunna
last week to consider a demand for in-
creased pay for sugar beets. Delegates
were there from several other counties
and plans perfected for holding a state
meeting at Bay City, Dec. 15. The beet
growers point out that the sugar manu-
facturers are paying enormous dividends,
not only regular dividends but stock divi.
(lends. until today sugar stocks are much
above par, with a large proportion of
water in addition in the stocks. Several
years ago when the sugar business was
new it was right that the farmers should
in part mutually bear the burdens of
creating a new industry. Expensive ma.-
rhinery had to be installed, experts from
Europe brought to this country and a.
large expenditure of capital made. Since
that time a. process of converting the
waste pulp into a. profitable feed has
been diseovered and this feed
shipped from this state in train loads.
The syrup that would not crystalize into
sugar is made into alcohol and vinegar,
and the potash taken from the syrup
directly and from the soil in the first in-
stance is sold to fertilizer manufacturers
to be prepared for its return to the land.
These heretofore waste bv—protlucts are
now of great value, and aid materially in
paving for the beets. Sugar, while re-
ceding in price recently. has been rela-
tively advanced, as the consumer well
knows.

That these things are true is reflected
in the price of sugar stocks. The manu~
facturers are protected by a tariff and
by the American Sugar Co.‘s control of
the industry 11s was shown in the official
list of stock held in Michigan companies
by Chas. Heike, the sccrctarfv of the Am-
erican Sugar Refining Co., at New York.
The various sugar companies subscribe
to a publication which they send to each
beet grower, the idea being to create
sentiment favorable to the industry. This
paper carefully refrains from publishing
anything that would enlighten the farmer
on the financial side of manufacturing,
11nd presumes to order the farmer to,
“grow beets" and how to vote with the
same authority that the old slave master
give his commands. If the sugar manu-
facturers would substitute a real agricul-
tural paper, like the Michigan Farmer, as
an aid to scientific farming. they would
accomplish much more.

The profits in manufacturing are seen
in the aggressive competition for acreage.
Solicitors for acreage. and field men, are
so numerous that even the factory orb--
cials are astounded at the pay rolls. In
connection with this phusc of the busi-
ness have come some glaring nbuscs that
work for waste. One factory is said to
have paid for 5.090 tons of beets that it
never received. overweights 11nd under—
tnring being the reason. “'hat Senutor
Aldrich said about the lack of economy
with the U .Government, and. Attorney
Biaiider’s claim as to the was-11:» of rail-
roads, is undoubtedlv true the sugar
factories and could be remediml by a co-
operative relation With the growers. On
the part of the farmer the general rise of
farm products. as shown by Senator
Lodge’s report. has been 38 per cent
within the last decade. Farm lands are
higher, labor, teams. tools and fertilizer,
in fact every element that cnt'ers into the
grower‘s cost of a 'ton of beets. From
the factory standpoint. efiiciwncy of proc-
esses has more than kept 1.11.1119 with the
advances of labor and supplies other than

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beets. The Holland factory. one of the
most economically munagcd sugar fac—
tories. recognized these conditions ut the

and its 1910 con-
5 for a 12 per cent
for each additional

beginning of this year
tracts agree to pay $5.2
sugar content and 40c
one per cent. When one factory can pay
these prices—one whose stock is quoted
l1igl1——it would seem that all factories
could do the same.

A more economical management. and
increased pay for beets, would make
Michigan the first state in the Union in
sugar production. The Shiawassee coun-
ty meeting agreed to dcmand a schedule
of prices a trifle higher than the Holland
figttres and will recommend it as the.
standard schedule for Michigan growers.
The beet growers are not belligerent or
hostile to the industry but feel that ab-
solute equity entitles them to the de-
mand. Nor- can the factory control afford
to arrogantly say. you will accept our

tmsor nothing. There is most empha—

tically a condition that Calls for conserva-

tive consideration.
Shiawassee Co.

JAE. N. MCBRIDE.

 

is now .

THE‘ MICHIGAN FARM-ER;
CROP AND MARKET ‘NOTE& ‘1’. 0L} 3113.116 PrOf‘i

Santiac Co., Nov 21 -This date finds
the farmers pretty well prepared for {‘0 V . ‘ I.
winter; some corn fodder yet to draw in , n ._ (‘1 .«l I: {deg
and some are still plowing as the ground 1131mm per ”a“ on You W .1:
is rather dry the freezing We have had ham hm, Sflew‘w centmyowfu.
has not affected it much. Bean threshing coats' We pay the freight tam and make
about done in" beans “a“ Prove" "0 be 2321‘;‘2.L“§l§".i.in‘12{‘ifillfllliffil;f“lfffffi
a good. caSh CIZOD ,0ne more 8833011, 38 the don“ twuit the cunt: yourself sell them and
price is now $1.811 and some are holding mitkelOOper cent net profit. Amun'sfm
for $2. Considerable land changing hands mgmm 1:011m M 111331113311":

' .’ 1: ' 1 :08 eguarnn a ll) 'UI
With the price longing as high as $80 ‘and “d "w‘pmflfmdwinlmfmmnnyynm
$90 per acre for improved terms. (100121 Fluwithaach cuwmhorsuneemuur
milch COWS are also very high_ Late DO- r(1l;1;111::c from hide f‘lrtniéhed by y‘gni inc

, . - 1 ‘ 11" WI n1 0 you 11er spurt m .

tatoeswwete 3. good Elleld, SOlllle digging linodfurmittemwith horse hide palms.
(”It 2“” buShels per acre- Malket pnces Sendtodayforum-handsomelyillustrntrd
are: Wheat, 860; com, 300 per crate;oats

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No 26 and find out. all about our

300; potatoes, 30c; rye, 70c; eggs, 27c; money saving methods. Write today.

butter, creamery, 30c; lambs, $5.50 per, MINNIE fill G 1mm co.

th.; h0g5, $6 :10 E Arnold St.. Three Rivers. Mich.
Omaha Branch. 1929 S. 13th St.

Emmet Co., Nov. 24. —Owing to frequent
rains there has been little opportunity
during the month to get fall wotk done.
The cold and snow that beg an about the
middle of the month caught some pota-
toes undug and there has been no chance
to get them out since that time Today
11 lain has set in and the snow is going.
The g10und is saturated. But little fall

 

 

 

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Robes, Coats and Rugs.

 

 

 

 

 

DIOW'ing don“- Hay, $16fl’17; straw, $8; Send us your cattle or horse hides or any skins
pork, dressed, 8% ((1 9C; chickens, live, 8@ that. you may have, and we will tun them l‘or you
9C' eggq 39¢ asgltlegséiu httto be tanncdmfif’e lame this large
‘ ' l" ' , an 1 an lathe com or 1ingt mu
MeCOSta CO“! NOV- 25.—Novembe1 has We are cilia: and lobe makers. Llur prices are
been generally a cold month. Not much right. w G'IUARAN ‘EED Low prices. Send
snow but cold and cloudy throughout. The for circular also catalogue
fall work is nearly all done. Potatoes HUGH WALLACE COMPANY
were marketed in larger quantitics this 1
fall than any previous fall for several DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
years. Some people being obliged to sell

 

owing to last year‘s price; others are just
selling their surplus crop while still oth-
ers fear a repetition of last year‘s prices.
Corn is bringing good prices and is 11
good crop. Live stock is going into win:

 

-.me0. FOR "HUNTEE‘I:

Send 5c forCAlll’ AN.” TRAIL, a great
24 pfiweekb; or 1th for HUNTER-
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tcr quarters in good condition. Hay lS gnzine; both devoted to fishing, hunting, trapping, etc. With
worth $11@13.50 per ton; straw, (rye), eitheronewe'lliziverouIbgfrlltelrfljeera64 rasehook,"Hinh
$4 1'10 baled' corn 3'00. crate' rye 70c bll‘ f" r” "“1 “WW” C°““"" ”1"” f‘" "d sumo
' ' ’ ' ‘ ’ ‘ , ’ l5ws,mnyhuntingnndmppm ucrets. Worth huldndsot
oats, 350; wheat. 936: h0g8. $6.n0 DOT dollars. LLlARlHBG run. ,nuezs, (loin-buckle
cwt.; hens, Tléc lb; eggs, 280 doz; butter,
250 ll). for dairy and 2191/21: for creamery.
Livingston Co., Nov. 28.——Considerable Lt COStS Bat one cent
stormy weather the past two weeks and 1.
machine huskers are not. doing much. gg‘ifiaungn;cn§az“-r-_
There is probably 20 per cent of the corn and “w“, dug. Aumfi.
crop yet: to be hushed. Wheat will go naticacxionsaves 11."?
into winter in cxcellcnt condition. Some * in rimeand labor. Send
l‘all plowing being: done. The recent anmbaofboucayou own— ,:
slump in meat prices has made lamb andwe’lloend Comb postpud. Kathi-L

feed crs a little cautious about stocking up send 35¢ 0|“ 1'6anth comb Ito“! expense.

 

  
   

too hcavily. Not many forms changing VIMMCHM Backseat! rec.
hands this fall. The demand for cows is CLEANOOMB mu“ m3!" RAGNEWIS
greatcr than the supply and prices paid .
rungc from $6111(ul_.1 Clover Ft‘i‘tl that Write "OTSJHGER AUTO-SP‘RXER
has been threshcd(1,1,9:3 been yielding well. tO-day ca E M “at“.
, ' I Igines without Batten”.

Wayne Co., l\ov. 21.-—The weather has No other machine can dartsucuws
been cold 111111 stormy 11nd quite snowy fully 01rIBCl£<1f orirripal patents
for this time of the year. l’omtoes are “‘m’d'“"S'N"“"'5““"’“”“’"

No belt or switch
No batteries What:

our drive .
necessary.

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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.
ofi's’EEECTING’“DAIRY‘A‘NIMACS.‘

 

The success in building up a dairy herd
depends to a great extent upon one‘s
ability to select the. right indivdiuals, both
males and females. To emphasize more
fully the importance of rigid selection it
Should be remembered that all selection
is based upon the law that “like produces
like,” or that the offspring will be like
the parents. The essence of this law is
thta good milkcrs will produce good milk—
ers and poor milkcrs will produce poor
milkers. The uniformity with which this
law opewitcs is dependent. upon three
things: i. Purity of breeding. 2. Close-
ness of blood relationship. 3. Similarity
of parents.

Purity of Breeding.

The purer the breeding the greater the
certainty with which animals will trans-
mit their own characteristics to their off-
spring. Thus, for example, one. can figure
with much certainty that the progeny of
pure-bred parents of the same breed will
resemble its parents in all essential char-
acteristics. On the other hand, there is
no certainty whatever that the «iiffspriug
of parents of promiscuous breeding will
resemble its parents. either in important
or tmimportant particulars. It may be
like them or it may be totally unlike
them. It is the long period of brem‘iiug
along one line without admixture of for—
eign blood that gives the pure—bred ani—
mal the superior power of transmitting
its qualitios to its offspring. a power usu—
ally spoken of as })l‘<‘])<>l(‘nt',\'.

Cioseness of.” Blood Relationship.

The tharactors of parents of the same
strain will reappear in the progeny with
greater regularity than those of parents
of different strains in the same hrccd.
This fact is in—and—in
breeding which is an attempt to secure
and speedily tix desirable characters by
close breeding. ln—and—in breeding is be-
coming llllll‘t‘ popular, but should be at—
tempted only by those who have at least
a fair knowledge of stock brecding.

In the, case of crossing onc breed upon
another as. for example. a I'l'oistein—Frie-
sian upon a Jersey, it is often mistakenly
supposed that the progeny of such a
cross partakcs equally of the characters
of both parents. This may ocur in some
instances, but more often the offspring
will resemble either one parent or the
other, or neither. Rut chn where the
offspring docs partake equally of the
characteristics of both parents. such a
cross is undesirable because, the offspring
is not capable of transmitting its charac—
teristics with any degree of ccrtaint}.'. In
the hands of the average dairyman trans—
mission in crt'issing is uncertain and un-
satisfactory and for this reason should
not be attempted.

“'hcn a cow of nont'lcscript or promis—
cuous breeding is bred to a pure—bred
sire, the offspring will largely partake of
the characteristics of the sire by reason
of his greater prepotcm'y. The offspring
of a highly prcpott-nt sire and a cmnmon
or native cow will take on nearly all the

recognized in

essential characteristics of the sire. In
such a case the sire counts for a great
deal more than half the herd. which ac-
counts for the rapid improvement pos—
sible in gradingr up herds. of common cows
with ]il‘t'-Dtltt'ilt. pure-bred sires from
high—producing stock.
Similarity of Parents.

In mating animals it should always be
remembered that the greater the simi-
arity of all their esscutial characteristics
the greater the certainty of transmission.
\\'hcrc animals of great extremes of size,
conformation, function, disposition, etc.,
are mated. somewhat the same results
may be looked for that are obtained in
crtvss—brecding.

Mating animals of highly dissimilar
clutractcristics is spoken of as violent
mating and should be avoided.

\i'isconsin. JOHN MICIIELS.

 

 

BEET TOP ENSILAGE.

 

Does it pay to put the sugar beet tops
in the silo, and how should they be put
in? Should they be cut up with the en—
silage cutter, or just piled in as they
come from the field? I did not: get the,
silo full of corn, and would like to sup-
plement it with the beet tops.

Ottawa Co, .I. B. E.

I do not think it necessary to run the
beet tops through an ensilage cutter to
make them into ensilage. If they are
put in whole and trumped dOWn, they will
settle and ferment and make good en—
silage. The first I ever put in a silo, I

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

run them through a cutting box, with the
old-fashioned sliding carrier, and this
worked all right. We had no loss, but it
was very hard on the machine, as there
is so much grit, and occasional stones in
the tops that it gives ensiiage cutters a
hard usage.

I am inclined to think that, provided
you cannot feed your beet tops all out to
_\our cows fresh from the field before
winter closes in, and have any consider-
able amount left, it will pay you to put
them into the silo, and it will be all right
to run them in right on top of the corn
silage, but I do not see 110w you can get
them into the silo without running them
through an ensilage cutter, because you
will have no other way of elevating them
clear to the top of thesilo. On the other
hand, I do not know just how an ensilage
cutter with a blower elevator will handle
beet tops. I presume that the blower will
elevate the beet tops just as well as corn,
but certainly they would have to be cut
up line to be elevated by this sort of a
machine. If you could find an old car—
rier machine, you can elC'ate them by
simply pitching them on to the carrier,
if you do not want to run them through
the cutter, but my judgment is that the
only way to get them elevated by a mod-
ern blower elevator, is to have them out
line, otherwise it would break your fan.

THE' MODEL COW STALL.

Knowing you have the model cow stalls
in your barn I should be very grateful
to you if you will send me complete di-
mensions of them. \\'c have decided to
put the model stall in our barn and have
no description of them, giving complete

dimensions. Also 110w deep should the.
gutter be made?
licrricn U). S. It]. M.

\'\'hilo l have, answered this same ques—
tion a number of times through the Mich—
igan Farmer, I suppose S. E. M. has not
carefully iilcd lzis papers, and so cannot
refer back to them for the information
which he desires. Or perhaps at that
time he was not interested in cow stalls,
and took no note of the discussion which
has already been given. Knowing also
that new subscribers are constantly being
added to The Farmer family, it probably
will not be out of place to go somewhat
into details again, in describing the model
cow stall.

The object of a. cow stall, or a system
of living cows in the stable is, of course,
to keep the cows as clean as possible and
to properly confine them. There are two
general systems of cow stalls, or manners
of tieing cows in stables. One system is
to line the cows up to the manger, and
the other is to line the cows up to the
gutter. Some patent: stalls are so con-
structed that the cow must stand with
her hind feet close to the gutter, so that
the droppings and the filth from the COW
drop into the gutter out of the way. To
accomplish this purpose, these stalls have
a movable manger that you can move
and adjust for each cow, according to her
length. Stanchions are usually put into
a burn on an angle, having the distance
from the gutter to the stanchion greater
at one end of the stable than at the oth-
er. Then the longer cows are put at one
end, and the shorter ones at the other.

The model cow stall, however, pays no
attention to a gutter at all, but lines the
tows up to the manger. A feed manger
for grain and cnsilage is constructed of
cement just on top of the stable floor.
This is continued, and runs the whole
length of the stable, and the walls of this
manger are only four inches high. The
manger is two feet wide. On the side
towards the feeding alley, in front of
the cows, the manger is boarded up four
feet high. but at the bottom a door that
lifts up is made the whole length of the
manger, This door is raised up when
cnsilagc or grain is fed. ’i‘wcnty—eight
inches above the floor, the bottom of the
hay manger is constructed. The. bottom
of it is narrow, usually made out of a
two-by—six or a two—by-foitr. Then the
capacity of the manger to hold hay is
formed by nailing slats on to this two-
by—four or two-by-six and have them
slant back towards the cow at an angle
of 45 degrees, and long enough so that
the top of the slats will be as 'high as
the front of the manger, or four feet
above the floor. This makes the top of
the hay manger about two and a half
feet wide on top. The stalls are three
and a half feet wide for ordinary cows.
If you have exceedingly large cows, they
ought to be four feet: wide. Partitions
are made by fastening a two-by-four
from the back part of the hay manger to
the floor between the cows. This parti-
tion extends back beyond the hind feet
of the cows. Now the very essential part
of the stall is the two-by-four that ex-

tends across the stall just in front of the
cow’s hind feet, and is toenailed on either
side. This two-by-four is not fastened
permanently, because it must be moved
backwards and forwards for different
length of cows. For a short cow the two-
by-four must be placed nearer the man-
ger, for the long cow it must be placed
farther back.

The philosophy is this, the space be-
tween this two-by-four and the front edge
of the lower manger is filled full of bed-
ding. This makes a bed four inches deep
for the cow to lie upon. The cow can be
tied with a. halter or with a chain around
her neck, or in almost any way. The tie
is fastened to the side of the stall, so
that she can step back and can be given
considerable liberty, but when she lies
down, she must step up and lie upon this
bed formed by the two—by-four in front
of her hind feet and the manger, or else
she will lie over the edge of the two-by~
four. This, of course, makes it uncom—
fortable, and she will soon learn to lie
upon the bed. The manger in front is
made low on purpose, so that her head,
when lying down, projects over the man—
ger. The hay manger above, is made nar-
row at the bottom and slants back, so
that there will be room for her to get up
and down, also when she gets up, the
slats that project back forces her to step
back when she is eating hay, and this
keeps her hind feet back of the two-by-
four and off the bedding which prevents
it from becoming dirty and consequently
you have a clean cow. Now, the gutter
has nothing to do whatever with the.
model stall. In fact, some people that
use the model stalls have no gutters at
all. The gutter is simply put in fora con—
venicnt place to throw the manure until
it is removed. It should be placed at
least a foot and a half back of these two—
by-fours, then the attendant scrapes the
manure back into the gutter out of the
way. and it remains there until it is re—
moved from the stable.

A BALANCED RATION WITH CORN-
STALKS.

I have cornstalks to feed for roughage
to my cows and would like to make a
grain ration of ground oats, corn and cob
meal and bran. \Vould you kindly tell me
in what proportion to mix these to have
a balanced ration?

Van Buren Co. A. .T. S.

It is practically impossible to form a
balanced ration with the foods given,
with nothing but corn stalks for rough—
age. The amount of protein which one
gets from the roughage is exceedingly
small. The ground oats and corn cob
mcal help out but slightly in increasing
the protein, and to form a balanced ra-
tion. that is, to give a ration which would
contain a sufficient amount of protein, to
enable a cow to give good flow of rich
milk, he would have to feed a grain ra-
tion entirely of bran. For instance, 30
lbs. of cornstalks would contain only
about one—half a pound of protein. The
cow giving 25 lbs. of milk a day ought to
have about two lbs. and a, half of protein,
else she does not have sufficient nitrogen
to produce the casein or nitrogenous
rart of the milk; and to get two pounds
of protein from the grain ration. you
would have to feed 14 lbs, of bran per
day. This would probably be all the grain
that you would feel like feeding. and be-
sides you have not used any of the. corn
cob meal or the ground oats. I would not
like to feed this sort of a ration. I would
want to put in some of the corn cob meal
or the ground oats where I had only
cornstalks for the. roughage, therefore I
would not (onfine my grain ration to the
food namcd. but would add cottonseed
meal and oil meal. These foods being
‘l'it'll in protein—cither food containing
about four times as much protein as bran
—would assist very much in getting a
good ration, and if you have corn and cob
meal, I think I would leave out the bran
entirely. because the ground corn cob
will furnish bulk enough so that the bran
will be uncccssary. Then I would mix
ground oats, corn cob meal. cottonseed
meal, and oil meal in equal parts by
weight. That is, mix 100 lbs, of ground
oats, 100 lbs. of corn and cob meal, 100
lbs, of oil meal and 100 lbs. of cottonseed

mcal, making a total of 400 lbs. Give the,
cows all of the cornstalks they will eat‘

up clcan. Of course, you must not ex-
pect the cows to eat the butts of the
cornstalks with only cornstalks as a
roughage, you must be liberal in feeding
them, so that they can select out the
better portions of the stalks and not be
compelled to eat all of them. For a grain
ration, I would feed each cow as many
pounds per day of this mixture of grain,
as she produces pounds of butter-fat per
week.

DEC. 3. .1910.
n H" “ it I
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Ah I ’ ' '
so utely Sanitary
Other machines are supposed to be—the
Hinman is. There‘s no conjecture, itsa
proven fact. The proof offered is the. only

one for you to accept—the opinions of
farmers and dairymen all over America.

 

 

 

 

 

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39 SENECA STREET, ONEIDA. N. Y.

 

 

 

 

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The more you come to know about cream
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THE DE lAVM. SEPARATOR 00.

42 E. MADISON ST-
CHICAGO.

165-137 BROADWAY,
new YORK.

 

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Corn can‘t replace cottonseed meal.

Animals need l’rotein. Feed a balanced ration.
Write for our booklet “Science of Feeding.”

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l'ARE BEETS AND MANGELS INJUR-
IOUS?

Enclosed clipping concerning the feed-
ing of roots interests me as I am feeding
six cows very liberally with mangels Am
anxious to learn if I had better discon—
tinue mangels. Have no pasture or silo.
Also having some time heard that com
1silk halls up in a cow‘ 5 stomach I have
taken the pains so far to throw out silk
when husking. If not necessary I dont
want to bother with it.

I Wayne Co J. I. C.
' My father used to raise mangels and

turnips every vea1 to be fed to all kinds
:of stock. Before I built a silo 1 did the
‘same. I never lune seen injurious effects
of feeding)' roots to cattle. sheep or any
kind of live stock; Since I began raising,
sugar boots to sell, I have fed the tops
to the cows. I do not turn the cows into
the beet fici 11 to feed after the beets are
-liarv esied. and allow them to eat all they
desire, but draw the tops to the b111n,
and feed 111cm a moderate amount each
day. I can see. 110 pci'ceptibly injurious
results either to the animals or the milk.
‘ Last year I built a silo to ensilo beet trips.
\Ve mixed some straw with the beef tops
in placing them in the $110. fed this to
the cows once a day, and if if injured
them in any way you could not notice it.
The Canadian farmci'. the English farm-
er, and the Scotch farmer raise large
amounts of roots every year to fccd. I
have never heard of any injurious results,
and yet. of course. the experiment at the
Iowa station must be recognIch. I do
not propose to question it, but I am of
the opinion, as I have stated before in
the Michigan Farmer. that where roots
11nd beet tops are fml in moderate quan—
tities, there is no danger of injury. “but
would b1; the result 11‘ cattle were fed an
excessive ration, I do not know.

Possibly 1111 animal sometimes g‘cis hold
of enough corn silk in produce indiges—
tion. Corn silk is practically imligesiible
and if an animal eats 11111111211 at once, I
can readily that it 1111:1111 be
injurious, but ordinarily there is no dan-
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ADVANCED REGISTRY.

Please tell me what an advancul regis—
ti'y menus. Give. full details as l um 111

dispute over this quesliou with 211111111111'
reader of’ your puper. \Vlmt l'm'll value
is there in millet. bay for milcli cows?

\\'hich is the quickest way 111' drying 11])

cows for fattening‘.’
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i In order to encourage the production
$111111 development in dairy cows. 1111» or—
g‘anizations 111111 lmvc churgc of 1111: regis—
lt'utiou of dairy cattle have devised a.
means of recording in a class by them—
,selves those cows \VIIIL'II produce above
the average. The Holstein—Ii‘1'icsian 111s—
sociation and the American Guernscy (fat-
Lle (7111b call this system Advanced Regis-
tration, and the American Jersey Cattle
Club call 11 a Registry 01‘ Mei'il. This
svsiem 1101 only includes a \"eukly test.
but al<o 11 you a11\ test and. of' coursl', 1110
cows are not eligible unless they have
made the wcl-kly lest citlicr before or at
some time 111111 the ycarly test is being"
117111111. The Holstein association 1111s gone,
into it quire elaborately. For instance. a
boiler calving on 01' beforc the day she is
two years old is only required 10 make a
record of 7.2 lbs. of butter—fat in seven
days. This amount gradually increasl-d
with the age of the cow. until the mature
cow, five years 01- more of zigv, must pro—
ducc 361) lbs, of" fat to bc r-ligiblo to all-
‘vzinced. i‘cgisti'y. There arc also two
classes of advanced registry cattle Class
A. requircs an animal to score :1 given
fnumber of points. according to thc offi—
,cia1 score. card. while Class ll. allows the
animal to be registered entirely on per—
formance. Bulls are also regifilcl'cd in
two classes. In (711155. A. the" must score
.a certain number of points according to
'thc score card. and he must he the sire
101‘ four. at least. 111111;, liters which havc
‘becn admiitcd lo the registry

In the (illé‘l‘IlFPY cattle club the 1‘11ch
and classes 211‘1" much the sam«- In the
Jersey cattle club, while the gcneial plan
lis the same. the standard is highci and
hctwcer.
heif'ci's and mature cows. For instance.
‘for a. weekly record a cow or heifer must
iproduce 12 lbs, of butter-fat in seven garb
’secutivc days, and for the yearly record
the two-year—old must prriduce 260 l‘l)€~‘.,

fwhich gradually increases with age until
' Vthe mature cow must produm1 400 lbs of

butter-fat. to be eligible. Practica ll_\ the
same rules govern in all associations with
:regard to sires.

: This test must be made under the
supervision of someone authorized by the
various cattle clubs to take charge of
them. So far as I know, the experiment
station in each state has been authorized
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and become responsible for official tests
for all the breeds. Usually the professor
who has charge of the dairy work of the
experiment station looks after them, .se-
lects somebody to visit the farms once
each month and perform the test. In this
state Prof. Anderson allows the cow

testers to make official tests. that is, the
1

men who have chargr‘ of co—opcmtlvc cow
testing associations 3,19 allowed to have
charge of the official tests that may be
conducted in the Vicinity where their
work is located.

Millet Hay.

Millet has is a splendid food for dairy
cows if it is cut at tho. proper stage of
development. It should be cut before the
seed forms and curcd same as other hay.
11' allowed to get, ripe. much of the nutri—
ment of the buy goes into the seed, and
the seed is so fine that a large pcr cent
of it is not properly masticated or digest-
ed. and but littlc good results. “”11811
millet. buy is cut at the proper time. and
properly cure-<1, my experience is, that it
will give fully as good or better results
than timothy hay.

Drying Up Cows.

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I know of cattle. dealers who buy COWS
that are giving :1 good fair
and who turn
pasture and ncvcr milk 111cm at all,
dry up 111111 come 0111 all right. He says

them out into some back

111c way 10 dry up a cow is to stop milk—1

1111: her. I hate to do this with :1 real
good dairy cow for fear 1191' udder might:
110 injured, but 111cm is very little troublel
in drying up :1 cow if you do not milk’
111w 1'cc'ulai'ly and do not milk llel‘ clean.

Stop milking: her twicc a day for two
days and milk her once a 11115:. say at
1".iglil‘. Then, instead 01‘ milking her the,
nut night. let 11cr go until 1110 nch,'

morning: then increase the intci'val 110-.t
tux-(~11 milking until the cow is dry.
1111- 111119.. lw careless about milking

110 not milk 1101' clmn.

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THE FREEZING OF SILAGE. !

king 11 constant reader of your paper:
111111 having read 11 great 1111111 on the silol
question from week to wcek. a 1‘1 w quer-'
lt’h‘ have. suggested illemsclvcs to me‘
111111-11 I would like to see answercrl
through your columns. Ii‘irsl, does not
1111+ silavl freeze to the depth of‘ several?
inches duiing c0111 wcuihci"? \Vil the
cattle out 1111- l'rozcn silage? I should
say t‘..ey would 1101. Second. if the silage;

freezes. several inches thick 111111111: 10111
wcu 1111'1', when it 111a ws 1 : 11111111 11111111,
1111:~ frozen sluf‘l' would f 111 down in u,

nmsg and spoil beforc li’ Ilvllld be led out.

\\11.1l would bc done 111111 11 l'flien
(.2er 11d Tll'avci'se (lo. l3. S.
During; c.\' f 1'c1111- cold wcaf 1101' some?

_\'(‘al':< ago \vc 111111 the
silo 1'1'ecz1' to .1 depth of svvcral inchesi
around the outside and 11111111? to thei
walls. V‘y'c did not try to get this off. but
look the cnsilugc out 01' llic center of the
silo. \\‘11ci1 1119 weather nuulcraicd file
cnsilage would loosen up from 11111 sides
«11' the silo and full down into 1110 SllO..
Now. by throwing 1111s cnsilauc into 1110;
I‘M-«ling alley in 1111' rurening m' in the
morning, the barn is always warm cnnugh‘
so 111111 if thaws out before wc want to:
feed it 211111 1111- wattle eat it readily. i

cnsilugn in our '

silo from
lantern in

You can 111‘1'\'1'lll 1111 ordinary
freezing: by hanging; a liglitr-d
11' during the very colrlr-sf weather.
small 01'. stove, at a vm‘y slight expense.
This would have in be done only in the
severest weallwr. just as is done to prc-.
vcnt potatoes or apples from I'rcczing In!
.1 collar. finally. this (lllt‘fiiluil of en—
t-‘ilagc fi'cczing‘ is not 21 serious one at all,
and no onc- nccll hesilalo about building
a silo on account of" its freezing in the
winter. “'hun lll“ ensilauc thaws out.
it sccms to in- just as good as over and
in a silo intended for summer feuding,
this freezing around the cdgc ot‘ the silo
in thc winter timc. in no way 11:1111111398'
lhc ensilazc. and 1111‘ next summer the?
silziu‘c is just us good. so far as one can:
see. as iliough if 112111 nevcr been frozcn.

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There is really little food value
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\Vlici'c you :11'c. feeding animals :1 heavy
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November 30, 1910.
Grains and Seeds.

Wheat—At the present time traders of
wheat are looking to Argentine with more
concern than any other producing coun-
try, with the hope of determining what
she will offer to the world market. and
the prices here the past week have fol-
lowed the news of conditions in that
country quite closely; at present there is
reported improved conditions, rains hav-
ing broken the dry spell and benefited the

crop. Liverpool weakened upon the, re~
ceipt of the information, and prices on

this side fell. it is commonly understood,
however, that the crop is short and other
countries will be‘called upon to make up
a deficit in her annual contribution to the
European markets. Russia is still send—
ing large shipments to Liverpool, but the
cold will soon cut off supplies from this
source. In southwestern United States
the new crop is suffering for water, and
other points are not encouraged over the
condition that the crop is going into win-
ter quarters. Millers of the northwest
are not buying heavily. The visible sup-
ply shows a decrease of nearly a million

bushels. One year ago the price for No.
2 red wheat was $1.20 per bu. Quotations
for the week are:

No. 2 NO. 1

Red. \Vhite. May. July.
Thursday
Friday ....... .0514) .041/2 1.00 .96
Saturday .041/2 .931/3 .993”; .95
Monday ...... “041/2 .931/2 .995; .95
Tuesday ..... 041/; .95le .00 04%
\Vednesday .95 .94 .991/é .9511;

Corn—The undertone to thc corn deal

appears to be firm although the price at
the local market has not changed in a
material manner the past week. The vis-
ible supply shows a decrease of nearly a
million bushels. Farmers are neglecting
the market, and appear to be giving their
attention to feeding, the prices asked for
feeding stock being a little more attrac—
tive than a year ago, and now being edu-

cated to pay high prices for fecdcrs the
farmer is not afraid of investing. It is
probable that the trade will continue
firm. because of the. demand for use

New corn is qtmted 21/2c
A year ago the price

in feeding lots.
below old offerings.

for No. 2 corn was 00c. Quotations for
the week are:
No. 2 No. 2
Corn. Yellow.
Thursday ................ .. ..
Friday .................... 53 5351/2
Saturday ................. 5:} 55%:
Monday ................... 53 551/2
Tuesday .................. 53 551/2
\Vednesday ............... 5. 551/2
Oats.—This markct is only ordinarily
active with conditions unchanged and
prices steady. The visible supply shows
a decrease. A year ago the price for
standard oats was 43c per bu. Quota-
tions for the past week are:
Standard. No. 3
“'hite.
'l‘hurs‘day ................ .. . .
Friday ................... 341A; 34
Saturday ................. 341/2 34
Monday .................. 341/2 34
Tuesday .................. 3 11/2 34
\Vednesday ............... 35 341/2
Beans—In spite of the good results re—
ported from many sections that returns
from threshing were above expectations.
the bean market continues to be firm at

the quotations of past weeks. Farmers
are optimistic regarding the future of the

trade and are holding onto the legumes
quite closely. A year ago the market
took a sudden jump on the first of De-

cember of about 10c. The price then was

$2.10 for cash. Nominal quotations for
the past week are:
(‘ash Dec.
Thursday ....................... .. . .
Friday ..................... $2.10 $2.05
Saturday ................... 2.10 2.05
Monday .................... 2.10 2.05
Tuesday ................... “.10' 2.05
\\'cducsday ................. " 10 2.05
Cl0ver Seed. ’l‘hc activity of dealers
has not abated and a large number of
exchanges are constantly being made.
'l‘hc price held steady till Tucsday when
a drop of 151: occurred. Alsikc is un-

changed. Quotations for the wot-l. are:
Prime Spot. Dec. Alsike.

’l‘liursday .............. .. .. ...
Friday ............ $3.75 $R,Ml $>~.75
Saturday ......... 3.73 3.80 375
Monday .......... 9.77 8.90 9.75
'l‘llt‘sduv .......... 8,01 8.63 K73
'\, ctlncsday ....... 8:75 8.75 8.75
Rye.~~1\larkct is steady and dull. Quo-

tation for No. 1 is SOC per bu.
Visible Supply of Grains.
This week. Last week

\that .............»l2.sl.\5,000 43.319.000
t‘orn ........ . ...... 1.152.000 2.355.000
(tats ............... 15,502.000 15,681.000
Rye ................ 453.000 408,000
llarley ............. 2.206.000 2,706,000
Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.

Flown—The flour trade is easy with

prices unchanged. Quotations are:
(llear .............. . ........ ..........$4.65
Straight ................... . 4.65
Patent Michigan ........ 5.20
Ordinary Patent ......... . .......... 4.75

Hay and Straw.—‘Hay values are
steady. Quotations on baled hay in car
lots f. o. b. Detroit, are: No. 1 timothy,
$16.506D17; N0, 2 timothy, 2515506016; clo-
ver, mixed. $15.506?16; rye straw. $7617
7.50; wheat and oat straw. $6626.50 per
ton.

Feed.—-All prices are steady with
those of last week. Carlot prices on
track are: Bran, $21 per ton; coarse
middlings, $23; fine middlings, $26;

 

cracked corn, $25; coarse corn meal, $25;
corn and oat chop, $24 per ton.
Potatoes.——This market is steady with
conditions and prices unchanged from a.
week ago. In car-lots Michigan potatoes
are selling at 40@420 bu. _
Dairy and Deultry Products.
Butter.———During the past seven days a
decline of 10 occurred in the local butter

trade. There is a good demand and an
ample supply. The weakness followed
lower prices in other markets, but the

change in values was wider here than in
Chicago and New York. Dairy goods suf-
fered the same fate. Quotations are.
Extra creamery. 31c; firsts do” 271,50;
dairy, 22c; packing stock, 201/2C per lb.
Eggs.—-The firm feeling pervading the
egg deal for some weeks back, is emi—
phasized more this week because of the
growing scarcity of offerings and the
continued demand from consumers for
fresh goods. The price for fresh receipts,
case count, cases included, is 301/20 doz.
Poultry.——lt seems that the shipments
poultry arrived a little late for the
and as a consequence the mar-
Dressed chickens are

of
holiday
kets are flooded.

down to 126013c; fowls, 11c; ducks, 16c;
geese, 1261114c, and turkeys, 1861120c. Live

birds are quoted doWn to 12c for chick-
cns, 1.0 for fowls, 9c for old roosters, 18c

for turkeys, 12c for geese, and 15c for
ducks.

Cheese.-—Michigan, 17c; Michigan sharp,
1760181/2c; York state, 171/26018c; York

state sharp, 19c; limburger, o-ld, 166.0170;
Swiss domestic block, 20@22c; cream
brick, 1760180.

Dressed Pork—Steady at 06091/20 lb.

Veal.—Choice, 12@121/2c; ordinary,
10¢ per lb.

Rabbits.—Per dozen, $2.00.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Apples.~—Market is easy with the fruit
in fair supply. Choice consignments sell-
ing at $3613.50; common kinds and grades,
$26173 per bbl.

Cranberries—Quoted at $3

8@

per bu.

Cabbage.—~~Steady. Selling at $1.50 per
bbl. for new.

Pears.—Slcady. Selling at $1.25611.3
per bu.

Onionis.—65fi7l'lt' per bu.

Honey.—Choice to fancy comb, 15@17c
per lb.
OTHER VMARKETS.

Grand Rapids.

Dealers report a flat bean market, with
no demand. '\\'hite beans are quoted on
$1.75 basis to farmers; red, kidneys at

$2.25. The potato situation is unchanged.
prices ranging from 2561300. Refrigerator
cars for moving potatoes are very hard
to get, and buyers say that it costs $20
to line box cars. while a stove and fuel.
with man to accompany car, are. to be
added to this expense. Dry onions are
pretty well out of farincrs‘ hands, the
price to farmers at present being around
50c. The onion crop was large and of
fine quality, Growers of vegetables under
glass are getting 7c for lettuce this week,
an advance of L’Ugc. (‘ucumbers are a
little higher also, selling at $1.50 per doz.
Radishes are practically out of the mar-

ket. The egg market is firm at 29c.
Creamery butter is off 10. dairy un—

changed. l‘lressed hogs are bringing 81/2
6? 00 and poultry is steady at last week’s
prices.

New York.

Btitter.-Pi‘ices a shade lower for the
best grades of creamcrics. while other
kinds are steady. Creamery specials are
quotcd at filléfi‘filn'ic: extras, 301/20,
thirds to firsts, 246T200.

lirgs.~'l‘he best grades
quoted higher. Near’by eggs quoted at
r26/‘55c; fresh gathered extras. 366D40e,
tirsts. 31:6125c; fancy refrigerator stock.
25c dozen.

Poultry.——Dressed, all kinds lower and
quoted as follows: \Vestern chickens. 13
611014314 fowls, 126317c; spring turkeys.
1761‘21c. Live. chickens dull and lower.
Spring chickens. 1261113c; fowls, 1260130;
turkeys, 14617210.

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Chicago.

“'heat.—~No. 2 red, 911/2@92c; Decem—

ier, Sill/2c: May, 95350 per bu.
(“orn.*No. 2 mixed, 4761480; Decem—
ber. 4413“": May, 4714c.

Butler.—-Rest creamer-y is l/zc lower and
the market is showing a little more ac—
tivity in consr-oucncc f‘icamerics, 2463
20c: dairies. 256727." per lb.

liggs.~—'l‘he better grades have
up another cent during the past
but the mark? quiet and has a weak
undertone, Quotations are: Primr- firsts,
firsts. 301': at mark. cases included.
12111.6: 221,,» dozen.

1le and Shaw- All grades steady
and unchanged. Quctatilns: (‘hoicr- tim-
othy. “961105“: No, 1 timothy. 317.5061“
18.50: No. 1’ do. and No. l mixcd. 5315,5060
17; No 3’. do and No, 2 mixed. 5512506115:
ryc straw, 5“ 7.0610: out s'rviw, $7617.50;
wheat straw. W? 306/? pt-r ton.

PIitatrics.—»-Receipts are incderatc and
the market \‘crn' steady at last week‘s
prices. ("hoim- to fancy are ouotr-d at
456i48r.‘ per bu; fair to good, 3661/4711),

Boston.

\Vool.»Thc wool m’trkct crmiinucs firm
but the activities of the past fortnight
have fallen off a little although there is a
continuation of inquirics along; very broad
lines. The lead’ng domestic quotations
range as follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania

moved
week

is

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fleecestelainc. washed. 34c: XX, 31@
32c; fine unmcrcl'iantahie, 21612571: 11)-

blood combing. 296130c: -"-4;-biood combing.

296D30c: 1/4—blood combing. 27612.9(1 dc~
laine, unwashed, 2614.6127c: tine unwash—
ed. 2261‘24c. Michigan. \Visconsin and
New York fleecr-s—r-F‘inc unwashed, 2060
21c; delaine. unwashed. 256126c; 14,-blood.
unwashed, 28612.0(2 Kentucky, Tndiana
and Missouri«~’i§,—blood. 2961T30c; 11,-blood,
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Elgln.
Butter.—Trade firm at 300 per lb.,
which is a decline of 1c from last week.
Output for the week, 645,200 lbs.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER;

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.
November 28, 1910.
(Special report‘by Dunning & Stevens,
New {ark Central Stock Yards,
Last Buffalo, . . Y.)

Receipts of stock here today ‘as fol-
lows: Cattle, 130‘ cars; hogs, 14,560;
sheep and lambs, 12.400; calves, 1,000.

\Vith 130 loads of cattle on the market
here today, weather very bad and rainy,
we have to report a gain in prices on all
kinds, except heavy steer cattle, which
sold steady at about last week's prices
All other cattle sold from 1061120c per
hundred weight higher. Good milkers and
springers ruled steady, while the com-
mon kind were dull and hard to sell at
satisfactory prices:

We quote: Best 1,300 to 1,400-lb. steers
$6.50616.75; good prime 1.200 to 1.300-lb.
steers, $5.75606.25; best 171001to 1.200—lb.
shipping steers, $5.25@5.75; medium
butcher steers, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs., $5.256?
5.50; light butcher steers, $475605; 'best
fat cows, $4.50@5; fair to good cows.
33.256114; common to medium do.. $2.75@
3.25; trimmers, $250603; best fat heifers.
35.506176; good do.. $4.5061‘5; fair to good
do.. $461‘4.25; stock heifers, 3350611355;
best feeding steers. dehorned, $5.1.06v5.35;
medium to good feeding steers, $45060
4.75; stockers, all grades, $3.7561‘v4; best
'bulls, $4.75605.10; bologna bulls, $37560
4.25; stock bulls, $350604; fancy milkers
and springers, $706980; good to fancy d0.,
$506065; common to good do., $306040.

‘Vith 91 cars of hogs on hand today,
market opened fully a dime lower than
Saturday’s best time, closing steady at
the opening prices. There was a good
clearance, all selling that were yarded in
time.

We quote:

 

Mixed, medium and heavy.

$7.4061'17.50, mostly $7.45; few choice at
$7.50. Yorkers, $7.406ii7.45: few fancy

light up to $7.50; pigs, $7.706v7.90, accord-
ing to weight and quality; roughs, $55060

6.75; stags, $5-50@5.75- Prospects look
fair for the near future. Don‘t look for
any sharp advance, but a good steady
market.

The market opened active on handy
lambs today, most of the best handy

weights selling at 7c. Heavy lambs slow

and hard to sell, most of the northern
Michigan lambs selling from $6.75606.90,

according to weight and quality. Pros-
pects look lower on lambs for the last of
the week, unless the run should be ex~
ceptionally light. Sheep were about a.
quarter higher, most of the best ewes
selling at 4C. '
$6.006?)

\\'e quote:

7; heavy lambs, 3362561650; heavy ewes,
$375614; bucks, 3425060325; yearlings, $5
6115.25; wcthers, $4604.50; handy ewes
$385614; cull sheep, $250613; northern
Michigan lambs, $6.7561'6.90; veals, choice
to extra, $10.506I?10.75; fair to good do..
3750617050; heavy $5606.50.

Best handy lam'bs,

calves,
Chicago:

November 28,

Cattle. Hogs.
Beceived today ...... 32,000 35,000
Same day last year..33,18tl 30,441
Received last week...53.711 127,624 111,843
Same week last year.76,0~10 140,556 93,404

The great stock show starts off with
liberal receipts of live stock, cattle being
especially plentiful, and the market is not
particularly active, while prices are lllOSt~
ly a dime lower. Heavy beeves are in-
cluded in the dull list. buyers holding off
for the sales of show cattle. Hogs, al-
though received in good numbers. are up
561100, with a good demand at $665611
7.25, the best light selling at $7.15. Sheep
and lambs are active at essentially un-
changed priecs. lambs going at 154.5060
6.65, while a city butcher paid $6.75 for a
lot of fancy native lambs. Ewes are. sell-
ing at 31.5061335; wethcrs at $3.5061i4.10:
bucks at $2613, and yearlings at $4.506!)
5.50. Breeding ewes are wanted at
$350605, and feeders are looking for lambs
at $3@5.75; wethers at $3@3.65 and year-
lings at $3.5t)6i‘4.50.

Hogs received last week averaged 230
lbs., compared with 233 lbs. a week ear—
lier; 224 lbs. a year ago; 214 lbs. two
years ago and 209 lbs. three years ago.

During last week cattle advanced 1060
20c under light supplies, with butcher
stock 1561/35c higher. Yearlings sold con-
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1010.

Sheep
40,000
24,325

lots going at $7.2»ll61‘7.40. Hogs rallied
Saturday, but closed the week 2561\30c
lower than a week earlier. Lambs ad-
vanced 60613.5(: under smaller supplies,

yearlings advancing 50c and sheep 15c.
Cattle \‘l’t‘l‘t' marketed during Thanks-
giving \Vcek so (‘onscrvativcly that prices
moved upward instead of following their
recent rapid downward course. Fed stccrs
wu-nt largely betw'ccn $5617. with the
choicer class of corn—fed beeves bringing
365061740. while the common to fa’r
light-wcight killing steers brought $4.10
615.50, a prctty good grade of steers
fetching $6610.15. (,‘attlc sclling around
$5615.50 wcre apt to come, within the
feeder class. and thcsc were often com—
pctcd for by packers and country buyers
in scorch of suitable feeding stock. The
market for dcsirablc stockcrs and feeders.
bad its share. in the advance, with small—
cr offerings. stockcrs going at $3615 for
inferior to prime lots, while feeders found
buyers at $4.65615.50. Only a common
grade of light stock steers sold below
$3.50. and the greater part of the fair to
good stock heifers sold for $3613.25.
liutchering lots of cows and heifers ad-
Vanccd with steers, sales ranging at $3.10
616.40. although very fcw went higher

than $6. Canners sold at $2612.75 and
cutters at $2.80613.35, good cutters being

Bulls were especially ac«
tive and higher. with sales at $3615.50,
while calves were. active at $3659.50 per
100 lbs. Milkers and springers were less
active for shipment to eastern points. the
demand being largely from near-by points.
and the call centered in good to choice
fresh mllch cows. backward springers be-
ing sold mostly to killers. Sales ranged
at $30@70 per head. few being choice
enough to sell above $55. A word of ad-
vice to stock feeders may be helpful at

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one. 3. 1910.

this time. There is too free armarketing

-of steers that‘ would sell to much better

advantage if they were given 30 to (it
days more on corn. With a superabund-
ance of feed everywhere, it seems a. great
mistake to keep sending in such large
supplied of poorly fatted cattle, many of
which are sold at a sacrifice. Try this
policy and see if results are not better.

Hogs were marketed quite liberally for
another week, the arrivals being larger
than had been expected around Thanks-
givmg, and buyers managed to force some
more sharp breaks in prices that placed
hogs on a much lower basis. As com-
pared with the corresponding week two
years ago, however, when hogs were
plentiful in feeding sections, last week’s
receipts looked small. The demand from
eastern shippers was unimproved, and
hence there was little genuine competi-
tion among buyers. Last spring’s pigs
have continued to show. up in steadily in-
creasing percentage. and they averaged
well in quality and found great favor with
buyers. The ‘outlet for fresh pork was as-
sisted by further reductions in prices,
and bacon was a little cheaper. The fu-
ture of the market looks bearish, yet the
prevalent belief is that. stockmen are fully
warranted in holding healthy young hogs
until they weigh around 225 lbs. at least.
It is believed that the abundance of cheap
corn warrants this course. There is a
good demand in farm districts for good
brood sows, and high prices are paid in-
variably, farmers realizing the great im-
portance of restoring the hog supply of
the country to normal proportions.

Sheep and lambs were marketed less
freely during Thanksgiving week than in
recent weeks, although much more freely
than for corresponding weeks in former
years. and although the great feast day
was a close holiday, with poultry univer-
sally eaten throughout the country, prices
actually underwent good advances. Fat
lambs that were not too heavy in weight
were the prime favorites with most butch-
ers. and th—lb. consignments were dis—
criminated against, as usual. Yearlings
that were fat and on the lamb order were
also in excellent. demand, undergoing
sharp advances, and sheep shared in the
upward turns. There. was a shortage of
fat lambs. but plenty of common and
medium lambs showed up. and inferior
feeder lambs went as low as $3 per 100
lbs. The general feeder demand was very
fair for so late in the year, and word from
various feeding districts is to the effect
that feed lots are carrying larger num-
bers than ever before. Hence, the pros~
pect for high prices for matured live mut-
tons is not the best, but sheepmen who
have sufficient shed shelter stand a fair
show of coming out well, provided the
feeders did not cost too high.

Horses have been moderately active,
with heavy drafters quota‘ble at 3175673275

per head, while there is an occasional
report of a sale at $300 or even higher.
Small chunks are wanted for southern

shipment at 36069125. the greater share
going at 3375611115, and wagon horses are
wanted at $13060175 and feeders at $160
67210. Drivers are salable at $150@300,
going mostly at $175@225.

F.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

At last people are buying various kinds
of meats at reduced prices after months
of almost unequalled high prices. Fresh
pork leads the decline, and its consump-
tion is increasing very fast, although of
late poultry has to a great extent taken
the places of pork, beef. mutton and veal.
The ehoieer cuts of beef steaks are the
slowest to decline.

Extremely large numbers of feeding
steers were bought in July, August and

September for short feeding. and for sev-
eral weeks they have been coming on
western markets in excessive numbers.
causing sensational declines in prices and
giving packers a fine chance for loading
up with’cheap beef. The coolers are now
unusually well stored, and enough beef is
on hand to last a long time. Many stock.

men paid extravagant prices for their
feeders at the start, and now thev are

either losing money or only coming out
even.

.1. M. Bradshaw, of Illinois, one of the
largest stock feeders in the state, market-
ed at Chicago recently two car loads of
steers at $5.40 per 100 lbs. These cattle
were purchased in September last year
at $4.25, carried through the following win-
ter on roughage and turned into a blue
grass pasture last spring. Since August
they were fed corn. and the owner came
out ahead on account of the low first
cost. _ Mr. Bradshaw is prepared to feed
200 cattle. but is unwilling to pay over
$4 per 100 lbs. for good feeder steers.

It has been remarked recently by an
authority on hog raising that hogs have
made fair returns in the past when mar-
keted at $5 per 100 lbs, with corn bought
for prices little below the basis which
some bearish prognostieators have set
for it to reach in the next few months.
The fact is recalled that some time ago,
when hogs were advanced to $7 every-,
body thought they were high-priced, and

it cost more to raise them than it does
ll‘lVV.

Prominent live stock commission firms
at Chicago and other western markets

advise stockmen having hogs and proper
facilities for handling cattle during cold,
stormy weather to hold on to their cattle
up to January at least. One widely—known
firm advises stockmen to keep topping“ 01"
the fat stock. “If you have several loads
of well-fatted beeves. ship one. two or
three loads instead of the whole string
at one time. This not only divides the
risk, but buyers do not have so much
opportunity to dominate the market."

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DEC. 3, 1910.

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osrnmr LIVE STOCK fiARKETs.

Thursday’s Market.
December 1, 1910.
Cattle. ~

Receipts, 1,207. Market 10@15c lower
than on last Thursday; run will be heavy.

We quote: Best steers and heifers
$5.50; steers and heifers. 1,000 to 1.200,

$5.25@5.35; steers and heifers. 800 to 1.000
$4.506?5.10; steers and heifers that are
fat, 500 to 700. $4604.40; choice fat cows,
$4@4.50; good fat cows, 535061365; com—
mon cows, $3603.25; canners, $262.75:
choice heavy bulls, $4604.15; fair to good
bolognas, bulls. $3.50@3.75; stock bulls.
$3.25@3.50; choice feeding steers. 800 to
1.000, 04.25605; fair feeding steers, 800 to
1.000, “@415; choice stocked-s. 500 to 7700,
$4614.25; fair stockers, 500 to 700. $350604;
stock heifers, 332560350; milkers, large.
young. medium age. $40crr60; common
Inl'lkers, $25@35.

Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond, S. & Co.
1 cow weighing 1,270 at $3, 1 bull weigh-
ing 1.270 at $3; to Mich. B. Co. 10 cows
av 922 at $3.75. 25 steers av 1.081 at $5,
4 cows av 1,117 at $4; to Sullivan P. Co.
1 bull weighing 1.970 at $5. 4 do av 800
at $3.75, 3 steers av 933 at $5.15; to Mich.
B. Co. 2 bulls av 1.225 at $4.25; to Ratt-
kowsky 2 cows av 935 at $4, 1 do weigh-
ing 730 at $2.75; to Hammond. S. & Co.
1 do weighing 880 at $3.50. 1 bull weigh-
ing 700 at $3.75, 4 cows av 1.100 at $3.75.
5 do av 948 at $2.75, 1 do weighing 1,000
at $3, 1 heifer weighing 750 at $4-50; to
Newton B. Co. 19 butchers av 760 at
$4.50. 2 cows av 1,085 at $4, 1 do weigh-
ing 909 at $3.25; to Regan 8 butchers 21V
609 at $3.75; to Mohr 20 do av 790 at $4.75.

Bishop. B. & H. sold Kamman 8 heif—
ers av 677 at $3.75, 5 steers av 950 at
$1.75, 1 ball weighing 1,180 at $4.25: to
Mich. B. Co. 2 cows av 925 at $3, 5 butch—
ers our 820 at $4.25, 3 cows av 1,077 at
$3.50. 3 bulls av 953 at $4; to Gerish 22
steers av 1,051 at $5.40; to Hammond. S.
& Co. 4 cows av 832 at $2.00, 1 bull
Weighing 1.550 at $4.25. 3 heifers av 03::
at $4.10. 2 bulls av 1.250 at $4.15, 3 cows
uv 1,000 at $3.75, 3 do av 83 at $3.25, 3
steers av 666 at $4; to Sullivan P. Co. 9
butchers av 602 at $3.40, 8 do av 450 at
$3.40. 9 steers av 1,064 at $5.40. 4 do av
857 at $4.75, 2 cows av 1.185 at $4, 1 bull
weighing 1.170 at $4; to Regan 8 heifers
av 608 at $4; to Fromm 11 butchers av
618 at $3.90; to Applebaum 2 do av 810

at $4. 7 do av 809 at $4.25; to Kammuu'

6 do av 611 av $4; to (loose 7 do av 380 at
$3.50: to Sullivan P. Co. 9 stockers av 504
at $3.60, 2 bulls av 1,140 at $4, 3 do av
850 at $3.75. 3 cows IV 850 at $2.50, 7
steers av 861 at $4.25, 3 cows av 1.000 at
$3.75 2 do av 1,200 at $4.25; to Hein—
rich 22 steers av 1,074 at $5.35; to “rust
14 feeders av 871 at $4.85: to Sullivan P.
Co. 9 steers av 1.030 at $5.40. 8 butchers
av 943 at $4.25. 1 bull weighing 1.140 at
$4.25. 7 steers av 983 at $4.75; to Parker,
YV. & Co. S cows av 1.075 at $3.35; to
Fromm 8 butcher's av 783 at $3.85: to
Hammond, S. & Co. 3 butchers av 600 at
$4 2 bulls av 990 at $4, 2 heifers av 435
at $3.

Haley 8: M. sold Mich. B. Co. 3 butch-
ers av 1,000 at $4.20; to Hammond, S. 8:
(‘0. 1 cow weighing 920 at $3, 1 do weigh-
ing 960 at $4, 1 do weighing 1.150 at $2.75.
1 do weighing 920 at $3. 1 bull weighing;
1.370 at $4. 2 butchers av 850 at $4.25. 1
steer weighing 950 at $4.75, :’ cows av
1.095 at $3.50. 2 do av 1.015 at $3; to Ratt—
kowsky 8 butchers av 703 at $4.

Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1 hull
weighing 1,080 at $4, 2 heifers av 430 at
$3.50. 13 steers av 1,020 at $5; to Regan
5 heifers av 612 at $4; to Breitenbeck. 29
butchers av 814 at $4.85, 1 cow weighing
1,050 at 84.25, 15 do av 1.000 at $3.50, 2
do av 830 at $4.50: to Kull 20 butchers av
855 at $4.65. 2 bulls av 800 at $4: to
Brcsnahan, Jr. 6 stockers av 683 at $4. 1
do weighing 580 at $3.50; to Hammond. S.
& Co. 4 cows av 1.13? at $3.40. 1 hull
weighing 900 at $4: to Sullivan P. Co. 10
steers av 1.073 at 3535:1111 Lachalt 14 do
21v 923 at $4.35: to Mich. B. Cu. 31 butch—
er's av 790 at $4.25. 31 do av 839 at $4.25:
to Fry 10 do av 776 at $4.40. 2 cows av
020 at $3.50: to Marx, 19 steers av 863 at
$4.60: to Brost 6 feeders av 056 at $5.15.
2 do av 935 at $5.15; to Mich. B. Co. 25
heifers av 792 at $4.50. 1 hull weighing
980 at $4; to Regan 13 butchers av 608 at
$4: to Kamman 4 cows av 1,075 at $4, 20
steers av 829 at $4.70: to Brcsnahan 10
do av 697 at $4: to Breitenbeck 1 hull
weighing: 790 at $4; to Goose 2 cows av
965 at $2.75.

Leach sold Kamman 7 cows av 911 at
$4, 2 do av 835 at $3.

Long sold Mich. B. Co. 4 steers av 750
at $4.25.

Merritt sold Sullivan 4 butchers av 733
at $3.85. .

Johnson sold Schuman 5 butchers av
634 at $4, 2 bulls av 915 at $3.75, 4 steers
av 815 at $5.25.

Veal Calves.

Receipts, 496. Market steady at last
week's prices. Best. $9479.50; others.
9.5061850; milch COWS and Springers
steady.

Leach sold Newton B. Co. 3 av 165 at

'36. 10 av 151 at 89.

Long sold Sullivan P. Co. 1 weighing
120 at $5. 4 av 130 at $9.50.
Merritt sold Parker, W. & Co, 3 av 140

t 39. .
$8Kendall sold Burnstine 11 av 135 at
:59. ‘ '
Belhelmer sold same 6 av 140 at a.
Roe Can. Co. sold Mich. B. 00. 13 av
135 at $9, 5 av 140 at $9. 13 av 145 at £9.25.
Spice-r a B. said Mich. B. Co. 6 av 135

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at $9.25; to Parker, W. & Co. 4 av 130 at
$9; to Brunt 8 av 135 at $8.50; to Breitem
$7.50, 10 av 143 at $9; to
McGuire 2 av 11.5 at $8, 6 av 135 at $3;
to Breitenbeck 10 av 135 at $8.60; to Goose
3 av 250 at $4.50.

and Lambs.

Sheep ,
Receipts, 4,817. Market 15@25c higher
than last week on good grades; common

dull. -

Best lambs, $6.15@6.25; fair to good

light to common lambs,

$5@5.50; fair to good sheep, $3.50fu‘4; culls
and common, $2.50@3‘.

Long sold Sullivan P. Co. 5 sheep av
70 at $2.50, 11 mixed av 82 at $4.25, 29
lambs av 55 at $5.50.

Voetner sold same 22
$4.35, 10 do av 91 at $3

Adams sold Nagle 1‘. Co. 11 sheep av 95
at $2.75, 160 lambs av 78 at $6.

Bel‘lieimer sold liar-loge 14 sheep av 120
at $3. 36 lambs av 85 at 36.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 9 lambs av 58 at $5.25, 30 do av 55 at
$5.50, 18 do av 68 at $5.75; to Applebaum
15 sheep av 100 at $4; to Naglc P. CO.
28 do av 90 at $2.25, 202 lambs av 90 at
$6.25, 47 do av 91 at $6.25, 44 do av 88 at
$6.25, 89 do av 83 at $6.10, 38 do av 68 at
$6, 27 do av 82 at $6.25, 36 do av 78 at
$6.25., 18 do av 90 at $6.15, 43 do av 82 at

.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 3-1 do av 60 at
$5.50. 43 do av 60 at $5.75, 15 sheep av
65 at $3.75; to Hammond, S. & Co. 29
lambs av 80 at $5.25, 42 sher av 85 at
$3.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 69 lambs av 80
at $6.10, 17 do av 60 at $5.25, 8 sheep av
90 at $3, 57 lambs av 80 at $6; to Thom-p—
son Bros. 25 do av 55 at $5.50.

Roe Com, Co. sold Nagle P. CO. 325
lambs av 80 at $6.15, 24 do av 75 at $6, 26
do av 75 at $6. 4 sheep av 140 at $3.25; to
Sullivan 1’. Co. :58 do av 85 at $3.25; to
Mich, B. Co. ~13 do av 100 at $3.30, 66 (lo
av 115 at. $3.65; to Newton B, Co. 13 do‘
av 110 at $3. 106 lambs av 75 at 06.

Merritt sold Newton B. Co. 38 lambs av
75 at $6, 7 sheep av 05 at $13.75.

'I‘erhune Suld same 27 lambs av 80 at $0.

Spicer & ll. sold Stocker 8 yearling‘s av
85 at $4.50. 17 lambs av 57 at $5.60; in
Nagle 1’, Co. 111 do av 75 at $6.75; to
bIlch. B. Co. 42 do av 58 at $5.85. 16 (10
av 55 at $5.50, 6 sheep av 100 at $3.60, 59
lambs av 60 at $5.80; to Hammond,.S. &
Co. 57 do av 83 at $6.15, 7 do av 58 at
5.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 37 do av 85 at
$6.15; to Breitcnbeck Bros. 0 do av 73 at
$6, 11 sheep av 00 at $3.25; to Bax-Iago
20 do av 120 at $3.25, 3 do av 95 at $2.50,
20 lambs av 82 at $0.25.

Hags.

Receipts, 5.366. Market 20.71301? higher
than last 'l‘hursduy.

Range of prices: Light 10 good butch—
ers, $7.30; pig's, $7.25frl7.35; light yorkers,
$7.30; stags one—third off.

Roe Com. (70. sold Sullivan 1’. (‘0. 550
pigs av :00 at $7.30.

sheep av 90 at

link-v & M. sold same ‘37 . do av 180
at $7.30.

Sundry shippers sold same 370 do. av
180 at $7.30.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, \1’. & Co.
3,553 av 180 at $7.30.

Haley's: M, sold Hammond, S. & Co.

241 av 155 at $7.30.

_Spicer & R. sold same 685 av 100 at
l..' .

Sundry shippers sold same 482 av 185
at $7.30.

 

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It pays better than :1 bank account. Well selected
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Q“ 138:. to Introduce ourselves, we will oli’cr 1000
building lots. This Jroperty is situated only thirty
minutes ride by trol 93' car from the husinvss center
of the .0131. “e predict that them: lots will increase
W51 Within ihrco yours. Builulo has pruclilmlly no
vacant Muses and a population of 450,000. Extension is
the order of the day and with extension. values will
incmnsc wonderfully. The starting price will M35751]?
and upward. d .ndlng on location. Payments $25.00
cash. pcrlot. bu lance in thirty-six equal installments.
Tho majority of lots fan: om street our line. The
most outlawing within five minutes walk. The property
15 already unmoved. «uncut. side walks, sewerage,
water wo_ a, gas mam and electric light service. Price
of lots \Hll advance Jun. lst. Got in now and map the
benefits. y depositing $10.” per lot. before Dec. lat,
we allow a credit of' 10% on your purchase. Satisfac-
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each lot. purchased will be conveyed to Trust. (‘om-
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1 you die before you complete payments. a clear title
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We have tested most of the leading varieties
of outs in America, Canada and England.
$1.25 per bu. Bags free.
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COLD STORAGE FRUIT AT THE
STATE FAIR.

 

The exhibit of fruit at the Michigan
State Fair has, for several years, been
handicapped by the early date at which
the fair has been held, as this has neces-
sitated picking the fruit during the last
days in August, before it has reached its
full development in size, and while it is
still quite green in color. Vistors were,
as a result, given a false impression as
to the size and color of Michigan—grown
fruit. To correct this, and for the further
reasons of improving the general appear-
ance of the exhibit, and of learning the
adaptation of the different fall and win-
ter sorts for cold storage, a special class
for fruit of 1909, carried in cold storage,
was arranged for the fair of 1910.

Exhibitors were directed to gather the
fruit as soon as the stems would separate
readily from the fruit spurs, taking great
care not to injure it in the least. It was
then double wrapped in medium weight
Drint paper, packed in bushel boxes and

 

Some of Michigan’s 1909 Crop of Apples

shipped at once to the Detroit Cold Stor-
age Company‘s warehouse where it was
placed in a room which was kept at a
uniform temperature of 31 degrees. As
an occasional casual examination of some
of the boxes indicated that it was keep—
ing nicely, the fruit was not disturbed
until it was taken to the fair grounds.

On opening the boxes it was found that
although nearly twelve months had
tlapsed sincc the fruit was picked, there
was practically no decay and that only a
ctmiparatively few specimens had begun
to soften. ()f twenty—four varieties, eight,
in color and firmness, did not differ ma—
terially from the ordinary appearance of
the same varieties in January, being
practically perfect in every respect ex—
cept that the flavor was lacking to some
extent. The list included Bailey Sweet,
Famcuse (Snow), Jonathan, Sutton, Red
(‘anada, iiubbardston, Arkansas Black
and Mcle.

There was also a number of kinds
which showed only a slight discoloration
of the skin. Among these \vcrc, Stark,
\Vinter Banana, King, Northern Spy and
tiriines. Some of the specimens in this
group were slightly discolored about the
core. and most of them had suffered con—
siderably from loss of flavor, although the
texture and flavor of the Stark had really
been improved.

lien Davis, Gano, Mann and R. I.
('irccning showed considerable scald upon
the skin, but the flesh was firm and held
retained its color well.

Although they had not scaldcd, McIn-
tosh, \Vcstiield, Scek—no-Further, Esopus
Spitzcnburg, Shackelford and \i'agcner
showed a skin from which He color had
faded and they were decidedly dull and
unattractive in appearance, While the
flesh was beginning to soften.

Of all the kinds in storage none had
suffered more, than Baldwin, of which
very few specimens were in fit condition
to place upon the tables.

The varieties named in the first list
seem well adapted for cold storage pur-
poses and as the first six are possessed of
high flavor, they seem well adapted for
planting in commercial orchards where
they will have favorable conditions and
receive good care. While they did not
make as good a showing, the varieties in

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘

the second list would undoubtedly come
out in good condition in April, which is
as late as fruit is generally carried in
cold storage.

Mich. Agrl, College. L. R. TAFT.

- FALL PRUNING—I.

 

Now that the apples, potatoes, and
corn are out of the way we are turning
out attention to pruning the old apple
trees. \Ve still have a part of one rented
orchard that has not received attention
in the way of pruning, partly because we
did not have the time to get over all of
it last year, and partly because there
were quite a number of trees of doubtful
worth and doubtful varieties in this part
of the orchard, and we wished to know
what the season would bring forth. This
fall we marked the seedling trees and
branches which we wished to remove,
while the fruit was On. We also have
quite a number of trees in one or two
orchards which will need to be taken
out. This can be done during the winter
when it is too cold or lWindy to prune to
advantage. These trees were injured by
fire, scale, and other causes so we did

not think them worth caring for until'

after observing them for a season or two.

 

on Exhibition at State Fair in September,
1910, Nearly Twelve Months After Harvesting.

Some of these we will try to save, oth-
ers will be taken out. The owners of
the orchards have left this to our judg-
ment, and we may remove any trees we
think would 'be best to remove for the
firewood they will make. In a. few cases
trees are crowding so that it is necessary
to remove a few. I do not believe it is
good policy to leave crowded trees whose
branches interlock so that it is impos-
sible to get through with a spray tower,
or to pick the fruit to advantage. Aside
from the difficulty in caring for the fruit
the sunshine can not get in to these
places, and the fruit is always smaller,
greener, and slower in maturing. if it
matures at all. It is better to sacrifice
a few trees, half if need be, and leave
the rest with room enough to get the
light and sun, and enable one to care
for them and harvest the frttit to ad-
vantage.

In regard to the mature trees there
are two propositions confronting us. The
first is to give the balance of the trees
which have not yet been pruned a prun-
ing and “dchorning,” and the second to
go over the trees that were pruncd rather
smwrely in the last few years or had
their tops rcmovcd and give the new
growth which has come in quite thickly
in these placer»: a thinning out. Possibly
the latter operation woufd bettcr be done
in the summer 1imc, as they would not he
as likely to 13.!‘0W out more sprouts if
done at this time, if we act upon the
tht-ory 13m summer pruning dcvitalizes
the ”'6‘“: and discourages wood growth,
while pruning during the dormant period
encourages wood growth. For two sca-
some we have planned to take out some
of these sprouts during the summer, but
we simply didn’t get at it, so we will do
it during the fall and winter if the
weather permits, and hope that we will
find time to do some of it next summer
as a comparison with the winter pruning,

I have notice-d that the fruit which
forms on these sprouts, (water sprouts
if you choose to call them such, but the
making of good bearing branches if left
and properly trained), is usually of good
size and quite perfect though often var-
iable in shape and not fully typical of the
variety. If these sprouts had a tendency
to grow more horizontal instead of up-

right it would 'be better, as the tree'could
be trained downward better, but they
will become more. horizontal after hear-
ing. In pruning, those that are somewhat
horizontally inclined and come from the
side of the limbs rather than the top,
may be left. This will help to keep the
tree low. Some hang weights on the
sprouts to give them a declining habit
until this characteristic is fixed.

In a following article on this subject
we will take up the pruning of old, neg-
lected orchards, and I trust that the
reader will have in mind the remarks in
this paper treating of the removal of
some of the trees that interlock branches,
or in some cases the removal of the
branches may suffice, though it is usually
better to sacrifice an entire tree and leave
its neighbors with a good shape than to
cut them all back to make room and
light, but this will depend upon circum-
stances. I would also have the ideas con-
(erning water sprouts kept in mind,
namely, that they may be the future
framework for a renewed top, that they
will bear good fruit in a few years if kept
thinned so the light can get in, that they
should be chosen with a view to a hori—
zontal growth so as to lower the tree,
that they will gradually decline with bear-
ing, and that they may 'be brought down
by weighing them if necessary. Many of
these principles will also apply to the
smaller branches of the tree, and should
be considered in the pruning, keeping in
mind continually the three basic princi-
ples of pruning an old tree; namely. to
lower the tree if it is too high, to thin out
the branches where too thick, and to
train in branches to thicken or fill out
open places in the tree, so as to increase
its bearing surface without increasing its
height or decreasing the light. We shall
consider these principles more fully in the
next article.

Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.

LEAKS IN THE GARDEN WORK.

If pains were taken to stop some of the
leakages that are constantly going on,
not only in truck but general farming
also, there is no doubt but that the profit
side of the ledger would, in the great ma-
jority of cases, make a much better show-
ing than is ordinarily the case. I grant
that labor is high and that time, more
than ever before, is money. I also grant
that most of us follow far too closely the
plan of caring for the main swath and
letting the gleanings, the odds and ends.
care for themselves.-

Go over the gardens, truck farms, and
even those devoted to general farm enter.
prises, and the chances are that on most
of them at this time of year will be seen
much going to waste that might have
been utilized in some more profitable way
than being scattered over the ground to
lie during the winter. On all gardens and
truck farms especially, there are usually
quantities of over-grown beets and rad—
ishes or immature squashes, pumpkins
and cabbages that are worse than thrown
away. \Vorse, I say, because they are a
positive detriment to the soil. There is
no doubt that many of the insect pests
as well as fungus diseases, are nursed and
fostered in this manner. One of the most
fruitful sources of the spread of club root
in cabbage and other members of the
crucifcra family is the ruinous practice of
leaving diseased cabbagcs on the ground
where grown. The spores are readily car-
ricd by the feet or cultural tools or by the
wash of the surface water and readily
find lodgement in uninfested soil and thus
the disease spreads and becomes nearly
impossible to control. The danger will
not be averted by feeding the diseased
vegetable as the germs will be spread in
the manure of the stock and even in this
condition are still active. The only safe
remedy is to burn or boil them; and their
destruction will be stopping leaks in the
right direction. But all the immature or
overgrown vegetables should “be gathered
and when not diseased, fed to the cattle,
pigs or poultry, and the roughage as well.
The cattle will at any time relish the veg-
etable tops, and the loose cabbage heads
are one of the best winter feeds for poul-

 

 

try. All this should be gathered for the‘
“land’s sake,” to say nothing of the feed-.

ing value.

There is another woeful leakage that.

many of us are suffering from, and that
is attempting to grow crops on half-fed
ground. Culture will, of course, help us
out. much: but it will not do all. I have
been “paying the fare” and know whereof
I speak. Some of the ground which I
now have in charge, judging from appear-
ances, had not been manured since the
memory of man runneth not to the con-

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DEC. 3, 1910.
manure, and had I doubled or threbbled
the quantity it would have been a profit-
able inVestment. In average crops there
is little, if any, profit, and more often
than otherwise it is at a loss. I had
some ground this past season planted in
potatoes. It was not a. blooming success
although portions of it grew a fair crop;
but I learned after much of the work had
been done that mine was the sixth suc-
cessive crop grown on the ground with-
out manure enough in the whole six years
to soil the surface of the ground. “'9”,
“labor has its reward”——sometimes. An-
other little patch of ground between the
stable and fence was planted, only 12x15
feet all told, but having been covered year
after year with manure from the stable
it was very rich and grew more potatoes
to the foot than the other ground grew to
the rod. In conversation with one farmer
this fall, I‘ told him what cowpeas would
do for his soil, but he thought it would
be expensive to lay out of the use of the
land for a year. Well, it was not the
case, for wheat could follow the cowpeas
the same season and the wheat would
doubtless have done the talking. We
sometimes think that two tons of ferti-

lizer would be an awful dose for the
land. But it is often used and the crops
grown speak for themselves.

V‘Vayne Co. J. E. Monsn.

PEACH YELLOWS AND LITTLE
PEACH.

 

These two diseases which have caused
considerable trouble to peach growers
throughout the country, seem to be an
added menace to the industry. The New
Jersey Station after careful study has
issued the following suggestions for the
prevention and control of the yellows and
little peach:

Select a well drained site for the or-
chard, purchase well grown nursery trees
of a medium to large grade. and avoid
weak trees and those grown near an in-
fested orchard. Practice good orchard
management in the form of proper cul-
yvitation and sufficient fertilizers, but do
not fertilize to excess, especially with
nitrogenous manures. Closely observe the
growth of each tree and if symptoms of
either disease appear, dig up and burn at
once. Trees removed in orchards from
one to five years old may be replaced by
nursery trees, but in older orchards this
replanting is of doubtful value, as the
young trees will be retarded in their
growth by the surrounding trees.

PROGRAM AT BENTON HARBOR

 

MEETING.
At the forticth annual meeting of the
Michigan Horticultural Society, which is
to be held at Benton Harbor, Dec. 6-8,

the following program will be given:
Tuesday, 10:00 A. M.

Results from Spraying the Past'Scason,
Frank A. VVilkcn, Supt. South llaycn I‘lx.
Station.

A Sulphur Series of Spray Mixtures.
Prof. M. B. Waite, of U. S. Dept. of Ag-

riculture.
Tuesday, 1:30 P. M.

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More Money for the Apple Crop. Prof.
II. J. Eustace, M. A. C.

My Experience with Apples, Miss Grace
Taylor, Douglas. :

Apple Culture, W. W. Farnswortle
\Vaterville, Ohio. l

Tuesday, 6:30 P. M.

Annual Banquet will be held

Armory.

in the

Wednesday, 9:00 A. M.
Competitive five-minute talks by Senior
Horticultural Students at M. A. l".
(To—operation for Fruit Growers, N. S.
Crane.
Apple Scab, F. C. Dayharsh. ,
Cover Crops, Geo. W. Dewey. ‘
Value. of a Practical Knowledge of‘
Plant Diseases. B. W. Keith. ‘
Pruning, Chas R. Tuber-gen.
Poisons in Lime-Sulphur, K. 1).
\\'agcner. ;
Home Forcing of Vegetables for \\'inter‘
l’se. J. G. ]<‘rzln(-e.
Plant Breeding,
Peach Culture. T.

Rapids.
Wednesday, 1:30 P. M.
My Method of Growing Peaches: O. \i'.
Braman Grand Rapids.
Cherries and Pouches for Profit, Paul
Rose, South Frankfort.
Peach Diseases and the Tic-establish-
ment of Young Orchards in Michigan.
Prof. M. B, ‘i’aite, Dept. Agril.
Wednesday, 7:30 P. M.
Presentation of visitors and delegates
from other states and local societies. ‘
The People’s Play Grounds, Hon. Chas.‘
W. Garfield, (filrand Rapids.
Michigan Orchards (illustrated),
I_ Gibson, Traverse City.
Program of music and readings.
Thursday, 9:00 A. M.
Commercial Insecticides and their Con-
trol, Prof. L. R. Taft, M. A. C. .
New Phases of Nursery Inspectio'n,‘
Prof, J. G. Sanders, Madison. Wis. .
Bugs, Prof. R. H. Peltit, M. A. C. .
Thursday, 1:30 P M. 1
Growing of Cantaloupes, Paul Rose, Sol
Frankfort. l
Small Fruits, W, W. Farnsworth, Ohio.
Problems in the Making of the Com-‘
mercial Lime—Sulphur Solution, Prof. A.1
J. Patten, M. A. C.

L. B. Scott.

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John

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at the difference in your income. The main cause of the big profits in Arkansas and
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acre land (such as Mr. Hurd of Lewisville, Ark., speaks of in our book)—that $150
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refers to) is bound to get you ahead quicker than the same crops from high priced land,
where you now are. I have known case after case of crop raising in

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and East Texas are normal sections. like yours. with a normal climate and normal conditioma. All
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land that cost a fourth or half as much as yours. The Cllmdle lets cattle graze all year. On the
Murray Phillips farm. Judge Stacy pointed 01112120 cattle grazing, and said: That bunch Will be
ready for market in May and they've never eaten a grain of corn. except what they found. In
fields after crops had been gathered. They‘ll not; cost Phillips more than $19 a head and Will bring

$55 to $63 each. ”

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Early potatoes are one of the best-paying crops raised in Southern Alabama, Western
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for same beyond the supply. Read what a farmer at Summerdzllc, Ala., has to say on this crop:

“My yield of salable potatoes this year, per acre, was 150 bushels, which sold readily at 81.50
per bimbel, this being the ilrst crop on the land. [followed this crop with sweet potatoes
and sweet corn and then planted cow peas. 1. raised three crops on the land in one year all
or which brought good prices.” ’

Sweet potatoes produce big returns and are usually planted after Irish potatoes have
been dug. 'lwo to three hundred bushels an acre are produced and bring from so cents to
$1.75 per bushel. Let me send you our illustrated booklets and learn what can be done in a
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News. Cleveland. Ohio ......................... 2 00 2 60 1 as
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Weekly Newspapers and Current Comment
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Inter Ocean, Chicago (w) ..................... 1 00 l 10 75
Cattle, Sheep Swine. Pollux-note.

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American Poultry Advocate. Syracuse.

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American Sheep Breeder. Chicago (In) 1 00 1 50 80
American Swineherd. Chicago, (111).... 50 l 05 35
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Farm Poultry Boston, Mass. (I-m) ...... soil or: 35
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Jersey Bulletin, Indianapolis. Ind. (w) 1 00.1 60 1 00
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FEEOING MEAT AND BONE To
LAYERS.

In some sections of the country 100;“
meat markets are encouraging the use of
meat scrap and cut bone by converting
meat and bone which otherwise would be
wasted, into poultry food and urging it
upon their egg-producing customers. For
producers living near such markets this
is probably the cheapest and most satis-
factory way of securing the protein nectl—
ed to balance the grain which they are
feeding. It especially commends itself to
those who keep only a few fowls and
therefore do not feel warranted in buy-
ig a machine for preparing the food at
The essential point, though. in
tlier meat or bone is in having
it sweet and fresh. Consequently where
a supply of the raw material is available
it will pay even the small producer .to
be equipped for preparing this material
for his hens. With a good bone cutter
at hand he is in position to supply pro-
tein in the very best possible form and
condition. Where it seems impractical
to secure this essential food in either of
the ways mentioned it may be obtained
from dealers in poultry supplies. llie

animal or protein feeds,
meat scrap, beef meal, blood
meal, etc., are waste products of the
large packing houses which are so treat-
ed that they will kcep for a considerable
time. \Vhile probably not so satisfactory
as fresh meat and green bone right from
the cutter, these products make a good
substitute, although it must be. admitted
that their feeding value is greatest when
in their natural state. .

It is an easy matter to bring about di-
troubles by feeding too much of
necessary

\thi‘e
t en—

ii
home.
feeding ei

commercial
known as

gestive
these foods. and it is tlicreforc
to guard against this danger.
the fowl have lived upon grain almos‘
tirely for the past month or two the feed—
f meat and hone must begin gradu-
For the first week 1/2 lb, of the
given every other day, will
This can be
receiving
Hens that

ing 0
ally.
frcsh product.
be enough for 10 or 12 hens. .
increased until each fowl is
about 4 or :3 ozs. per week. . '
consume considerable quantities of grain
require even more than this, but it

may .
products in

is inadvisable to give these .
too liberal quantities as it is hard to feed
them so that each hen will get her prop-
er share and no more. BecauSc of this.
many poultrymcn practice mixing the
animal food with the grain ration. 0th-
ers mix the cut bone as soon as prepared
placing the mixture in a
across the top.
division of
ixture

with dry bran.
trough having shits nailed
as this insurcs a more even
the food and there is lcss of the in
wasted.
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GETTING EGGS IN COLD WEATHER.

Vi'hile the main reason for the lack of
early winter eggs is the failure to provide
early pullets that will begin laying in
I or Novembcr and continue the
entire winter. a good many failures can
be traced to iinpropcr feeding. Pullcls
batched in April and May, if properly
taken care of and provided with propcr
food. should commence laying before real
If they do not start

October

cold Weather sets in.
laying at this time thcy are likely to put
it off until spring. thereby causing the
loss of the. profit you Would dcrivc from
the eggs by selling at top prices in Dc-
(“ember and January, for February usu—
ally sees a dcclinc in prices,

A diet of grain cXt-lusivcly will not
tend to start the pullcts laying. One of
the feeds should consist of ground grains.
properly balanced, to which is added beef
meal or commercial bccf scrap. This is
invaluable where the pure bccf scraps
cannot be obtained. This mush should
consist of the following in the pi'opor-
lth l'bs. bran; 100 lbs. mid-
dlings: 100 lbs. coarse corn meal;
100 lbs. ground oats: 100 lbs. alfalfa
meal; 100 lbs. beef scraps; 60 lbs. linseed
meal. These are all thoroughly mixed to—
gether. Take one quart of this mash for
every ten hens. place it in a kettle and
moisten with boiling Water. Then cover
tightly and place on back of stove to
steam until noon. when it should be fed.
Feed in a dry, crumbly state, just warm.
not hot. Commercial beef scrap costs
here 30 per lb, in 100-lb. lots, which I
think is very reasonable, c0nsidering the
increase which it produces in egg yield.
A pound, or possible a little more, should
be fed each day to about 50 hens. The

lions given:

cost, therefore, is about 3 or 4e 8. day. ~ 11‘
these 50 hens produce only one egg more
a day the beef scrap pays for itself. But
you will not only secure one egg more a
day; your egg yield. you will find, will be
considerably increased.

Some poultrymen prefer to feed the
mash in the morning, and a few feed it
in the evening, but I consider noon the
best time for soft feed. If fed in the
morning the liens will fill their crops with
very little effort and will probably spend
the rest of the morning sitting around,
while, on the contrary, they should be
scratching for their feed and getting the
excrcise which is necessary for their
health and a good egg yield.

The morning feed should consist of oats
and wheat, which can be fed mixed, or
you *an give oats one day and wheat the
next. This is scattered in the litter,
which should be S or 10 inches deep, af—
ter dark, so that they can scratch for it
as soon as they leave the roost in the
morning. This exercise will immediately
warm them up, while, on the contrary, if
the grain is scattered in the litter in the
morning the hens will stand around in
the cold, doing nothing, until the attend-
:int arrives.

The evening meal should consist en-
tirely of whole corn, which is also thrown
in the litter. This is fed about an hour
before dusk to give the fowls ample time
to pick it up while it is still light. It is
my opinion that whole corn is the proper
feed at this time. As corn is heating it
tends to keep the l‘owls warm through
the long cold night. Another reason is
that as the night is the longest period
between feeds, and as corn takes longer
for the. fowl‘s gizzard to grind, it should
be fed at this time, if at all.

Green feed of some kind must be pro-
vided if a good egg yield is to result.
Cabbagcs, which are usually to be had
in the early winter, are excellent. They
may be cut into halves and thrown into
the pens the first thing in the morning.
After these give out. beets, turnips, man-
gel—wurzels. raw potatoes, etc., may be
fed. all of which are relished. The beets
and mangcl-wurzels may be split length-
wise and hung on wires or nails, high
enough to make the fowls jump. This
affords- exercise. The raw potatoes may
be ground in a food chopper and mixed
with the mash. They should. liowever,,
be first placed in the oven to draw off
some of the dampness. The alfalfa meal,
which is also mixed with the mash,
makes an excellent green food.

I’rcsh, clean water must be constantly
supplied. The water vessels should be
emptied cach night to prevcnt freezing in
extremely cold weather. in the morning
they must be filled with slightly warmed
Writer.

lndianu. 0. l0, liAciiMAN.

THE POPULATION OF THE HIVE.

 

The numbcr of bccs in a colony varies
grczitly at dil‘l'ci'cnt periods of tlic ycar.
in the spring. after a long winter. the
colony may number only a, few thousand,
while during the height. of the bones
flow thcre may be a hundred thousand or
even more. This mai'Vclous increase is
brought about by the rearing of young
bccs in spring and summer. As Soon as
ii begins to get warm in the spring, the
queen begins to lay eggs in the cells of
tho combs in the center of the hive, but
Only in such numbers as the few thousand
old luwm‘ that have lchd through the win-
tci- can cover and keep warm and feed.
As the young.r bees batch. adding to the
nuinbcrs of the. colony, thc queen lays
eggs in increasing nunibcrs until the
invorni is at its maximum size.

Thu standard Langstroth frame is 9%;x
177th inches in size. \\'orkcr cells avci'agc‘
five to the inch, and all foundation is?
manufactured that size. There are, there-

forc. not counting thc imperfect cells
around thc edges. approxinrtely 7,800

cells upon the two sidcs of a comb in a
Lungstroth frame or in an cigl'it—frame
hive about 60,000 cells, or in a ten-frame
hive 78.000 cells. It is rarely that the,
bees build ull combs fully to the 'bottom'
of the frames; and then, too, the bees
generally use the cells in each frame, for,:
an inch or so from each end and froml
the top down, for storing honey and pol-
lcn. The two outside frames are gen-
erally used for the same purpose. leaving
only the center of the hive for rearing
brood—probably not more than half 'of
the cells in the hive. They do this for
the reason that the middle of the hive is
the warmest, the honey acting as a non-
conductor, thus protecting the young
brood.

It takes 21 days from the laying of the
egg to the hatching of the worker bee.

 

 

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Taking into consideration the vast num-
ber of cells in a. hive, one can readily see
how rapidly the colony can increase if it
has a young and vigorous queen. It has‘
been estimated that the queen lays her
own weight in eggs daily during the
height of the honey flow. A queen may
live, and be prolific for four or more
years, but it is generally best to re—queen
every second year. The worker is the
sexually undeveloped female. lts life is
not much over six weeks during the
honey—gathering season. but the young
worker bees that are batched in the fall
live over 'winter, rear the first brood, and
gather the first honey and pollen the fol-
lowing spring. The drones are the males
of the hive, and are never permitted to
live over winter unless in a queenless col-
ony. The drone gathers no honey, and
does no hive work. They are reared only
to mate with the young queens, and when
they are no longer needed they are rude—
ly pushed from the hive to starve to
death. When drones appear in early
summer, it is a pretty good sign that the
bees are preparing to swarm. Tirones
are batched in cells larger than the
worker cclls, running four to the inch in-
stead of five. Iiy using full sheets of
foundation for the frames in the brood
chamber, one can get the bees to build
nearly all worker cells, thus adding to the
strength of the hive in worker bees, and
saving the fccdinp; of a useless number
of drones during the summer.

In a normal Colony. during; the honey
season, it takes about 10,000 bees to do
the hive work: that is. to feed the lar-
vae, sccrcte the wax and build the comb
to ventilate the hive. etc. in a fair-sized

colony of 00.000 lH't'F there would be 50,-
000 llt'ltl workers. while in a colony of
20,000 there "would Tao only ]0,000. The,
colony of 00,000 would, tile-rwfore, be worth ‘
five swarms o." 20.000 for gathering hon?

(-y. it can bc rcailily sccu why the mot-
to of the ai-il-olturist is. "Keep all swarms
strong." .11‘ you havc wcak swarms, and”
Want honcy. unitc them.

As the old boos seldom winter over,
every colony should so into winter quar-
ters with plenty of young bees. \\'hat is
called “springs; d\\.‘indlin:;” is often only

  

 

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when a little is added to their food, and old fowls are turned, by its use, into profitable market
birds. This system is known as “The Dr. liess Idea.” It teaches that “a poor ration, well digested,
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steer to shrink in milk or lose flesh. The remedy is her normal milk flow and the steer to his feed. Sold
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the natural dcath of the old bccs before
the rtaring‘ of ltrood provides young; becs
to talie their plat-cs. Had the .su arm had
plenty of young: bccs in the fall. this
would not happen. if a colony is strong
in late summer and carly fall. and is stor-
ing plenty of‘ honey, it will hatch young
bees late. Colonies that are not strong
should be united early in the fall and
givcn enough stores to take them through:
the winter safely. Stimulativc feeding in1
the early spring will start the rearing of
brood early, and make such colonies
strong in honev gatherers,
How Brood Rearing May be Hurried.
Ot‘tcntimcs the blood chamber is
doublcd in capacity by placing a second
hive body on top of the first, thus hastcn— ’
lllfJ the rearing oi‘ brood. \Vhen the hon—
cy flow comes on this second hive body is
iwmovcd, first shaking and brushing the
bees into the hive beneath. This causes
the hive to overflow with bees, retards
brood rearing, lessens the number of bees,
required for hive work, and so contracts
the brood chamber that thc bees are
forced into the supers which are placed
upon the hive for either comb or ex-
tracted honey. 'i‘hc brood in the hive
body removed may be given to weaker,
colonies to strengthen them. Young bees"
up to f‘ourtcen to seventeen days old do
the hive work, and the. older bees the
iield work. so that one should time the
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TION OF FARMERS’ CLUBS.
sident—B. A. Holden, W'ixom.
age—pmentc—Mrs. C. A. Mathews,
hns.
St'Sechetnry—Mrs. C. B. Johnson, Meta-
mora. -
Treasurer—Henry T. Ross, Brighton.
Corresponding Secretary—N. A. Clapp,
orthviiie.
ICI, Hallock, Almont; A. R. Palmer, Jack-
son; Wm. H. Marks, Fair: Haven; C. L.
\Vright, Caro; E. W. Woodrufl Blan-
chard. 1 u to
Address all communications rea ve
the organization of new clubs to Mrs. C.
P. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.

WHAT EDUCATORS THINK OF FARM-
ERS' CLUBS IN COLORADO.

 

As has from time to time been noted
in these columns, Farmers’ 'Jlubs have
been gradually developed in other states,
following the pioneer lead of Michigan.
But in some of these states the Farm-
ers' Club movement has been fostered
and directed by the educational institu-
tions maintained for the benefit of agri-
culture, while in Michigan the mowancnt

has been spontaneous. An article re—
cently published in the news letter of the
Colorado Agricultural College. affords

some interesting side lights on this fact,
and also shows what Prof. Barnes, of the
extension division of that institution
thinks of the Farmers’ Club as an insti—
tution. and of the work which the organ-
ization is doing in Colorado. I’rof.
Barnes‘ comment follows:

“Like all other instrumentalities in»
tended for the betterment of human com
ditions, the Farmers‘ (flub t'lcpcnds for
its suc<.ess upon the manner in which it
is used. Given a group of families all
anxious for the mutual improvement
which comes from the attrition of mind
with mind, each individual eager to con—
tribute something to the. general advance—
ment-myct eat-h as willing to listen as to
hear; to applaud as to criticise—41nd we
haue the material for a (‘lub whose suc-
cess is practically assured from the start.
Given another group. most of whose
members are stolidly content with things
as they are—who are inclined to resent
any disturbance of their inertia. and to
look upon the act of joining a t‘lub as a
personal favor to the persuasive organ-
izer—and the bond of union is so weak
that little surprise is occasioned when
some member reports, as in a recent
case, that ‘Our Club seems to run to
interment instead of discussions.’ The
‘interment‘ is never far off from such a
Club. Perhaps, however. the most bene-
ficent work is done by a (‘1th which has
a sufficient number or live. progressive
members not only to make its privileges
beneficial to themseIVt-s. but to so drag
along the inert and unaspirinu‘ as to
make them contribute bulk at least to the
community‘s advance.

“One thing; is sure: \thncvcr a Farm—
ch’ Club is sufllcicntly lone,r continued,
the advantages accruing from its organ-
ization become so clear that few will con-
sent to its abandonment. As soon give
up the school or the postoflicel For It
develops not only as the radiatingr center
of advanced ideas in agriculture and
household economics. or as a means of
relnvigoratlng social intercourse. but as
the nucleus of all manner of co—operative
undertakings. which are to add to the
wealth, and prosperity of the farmer
and make country life more than ever
‘worth living.’

“Says the secretary of one ncw Farm—
crs' Club, in sending“ his report to the
Extension Department: "l‘hc Club has
not accomplished anything in the line of
business: but it has brought neighbors
together that did not hitch beforc.‘ NOW,
is that not the very best of beginnings?
Does it not indicate that these neighbors.
now ‘hitchcd’ will crc long: find the
strength of unity, and accomplish before
undreamed of and impossible things ‘in
the line of business?’ ”

WILL YOUR CLUB BE REPRE-
SENTED?

 

Before another issue of this paper
reaches the reader. the eighteenth annual
meeting of the State Association of Farm-
ers’ Clubs will have passed into history.
Your Club should help to make that his-
tory. If no delegates have been elected.
see that the Club is represented by one or
more members. Go yourself, and Set
credentials from the ofiicers of the Club
to seat you as a delegate in the conven-
tion. You will feel Well repaid for the
time and money spent in attending and
will be helping- io make thkz meeting a
red letter event in the history of the
State Association.

cLuu" Discossoous.

 

Elect Delegates at Thanksgiving Meet-
lng.—The regular meeting of the Hadley
and Elba Farmers’ Club occurred Nov.
17 at Pine Ridge, the hoine of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Peterson, The house was
beautifully decorated and manifold prep—
arations made for the comfort of expected
guests. The roll call: “What I have to
be thankful for," was a mixture of fun
and seriousness, showing thought and a
realization of the many blessings of the
past year. “The history of Lapeer Coun.
ty,” by Mrs. C. A. Bullock, was exceed—
ingly interesting. Mrs. John Brownell,
of Lapeer, gave a fine talk on centralized
schools. C, A. Bullock led in the discus‘
isou of “Care of farm tools and stock."
C. A. Davenport and Jerome Peterson
were elected delegates to the State Farina
ers’ Club Association. he attendance
was small owing to three threshing ma-
chines scattered among the membership,
but for all that. it was one of the best
meetings in the history of the Club. The
next meeting will be held at Maple Grove
with Mr. and Mrs. B, 1.. Shook, Dec. 15.
Mrs. C. P. Johnson. Sec

Discuss Many Practical Topics.~The
November meeting of the Washington
Center Farmers” Club was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C, B. Doan in the

 

village of Pompeii. The meeting was
called to order by President Cammet.
After the usual order of business the

gentlemen present discussed. “Does fall
plowing pay and is it injurious to the
soil?” The general opinion was that it
all depends on the kind of soil and the
weather conditions. This discussion was
led by l“. 1‘). ('ammct. Roll call was
responded to by Thanksgiving 'l‘houghts.
and Mr. Ingerson, who was a visitor, gave
a fine talk on “Thanksgiving Thoughts.”
“The profit in growing hogs for market
and how to t'al't‘ for and feed them for
best results." was the next topic. Many
good suggestions were offered alone; this
line. Miss Altha lioan save a line scloc—
lion of instrumental music. "Practical
means of fire protection for country
homes,” was next dismissed. A. good
supply of water. conveniently located,
long ladders, roof ladders, a good fort-e
pump and a supply of hose were uniting
the things mentioned. Keep your cnim-
neys in good repair. never set a lantern
down in a barn. do not permit smoking
around out: buildings. are also means of
protection. “The terrible danger of being
alive,” by Mrs. Campbell, told of germs
and microbes. Keep away from them and
they won't hurt you. The Club then
electcd Mr. F. 1.. t‘ook to represent them
at the meeting of the State Assodaiion
of Farmers“ Clubs to be held in Lansing
and adjourned to meet at The Cotton-
woods with Mr. and Mrs. ii’. C. Long.
Dec, 17». when the oiliccrs for the coming
year will be elected and tlu- (it-legato will
give his report of the meeting at Lansing.
—(‘or. Soc.

Discuss Bovine Tuberculosis.—~-\ very
interesting met-ting of the Farmers‘ (‘lub
was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Don Durkee in North Odessa. Saturday.
Nov. 12. Despite the cold wcather and
long; distance from most of our homes. a
goodly number were prcscnt. 'l‘hc meet—
ing was called to order by the president,
and all joined in singing; "Amt-rica.” Our
president, Leon Carter. having: the gen—
tlemen's subject at this meeting. asked
Vice—President Henry Stinchcoml') to pre-
side whilc the paper. “Bovine Tubercu—
losis,” was read and discussed. This was
very interesting and the conclusion was
that the preventative of the disease is
fresh air and sunshine. and there is no
cure except the killing of the animal. This
subject being; closed, dinner was an-
nounced and the plentiful supply of de-
licious viands were heartily t-njt'iycd by
all present.

Elect Officers and Delegates.-—Novem—
her being the time for the election of ofl‘r-
ccrs for the coming year. the business
session came next, with the following
result: President. .I. L. Carter: vice-
president. A. E. Leigh; recording secre-
tary, Mabel Curtis; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. Lottie Durkec; treasurer. How.
old Klahn. Henry Stinchcomb and Mrs.
J. W. Brown were elected delegates to
the State Association of Farmers’ Clubs
to be held in Lansing. Dec, 6-7, with Ar-

thur Leigh and Mrs. \V. S. Angst as
alternates. The report. of the program

committee for 1911 being accepted, a very
profitable meeting was closed.

Hold Annual Meeting—aThe Cambridge
li‘armcrs' Club met Nov. 7 with Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd Parker. The question left
over from last mecting about grading: the
hills in the township was taken up. Mr.
licwcv had prepared a chart showing
something of the amount of work neces-
sary. The subject was well discussed.
Dinner was served, which consisted of
chicken pie. After dinner Mrs. Palmer’s
paper was left over until next met-tins:
and it was voted to dispense with tho
program and procccd to chwtion of oili-
t~ers. wihch resulted as follows: Presiv
dent. 'l'ra Mann: vice—prcsidenl. S, B.
lcdiicld: secretary. Mrs. Alice Daniels:
treasurer. (X 'l.. Grccnlcal': chaplain. Rovd
Parker: corresponding; secretary. .\. l“.
Dewey; organist. Mrs. Amanda 'lland: cx‘
ecutivc committee. James Newton. George
Grecnleai“. J. R. Daniels; resolutions com—
mittcc. Mrs. Julia A. Reed, Mr. and Mrs.
Judson lcal: delegates to State Associa-
tion of Clubs. Mn and Mrs. Ira Mann:
legislative committee. Ed. Kerr, A. 17.
Dewey, Thomas Real; chairman of re-
freshment committee. Mrs. Ann Green-
leaf. Adjourned to meet with Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Daniels in December. About
40 were in attendance.

A Change in the Program.

Hon. L. W. Watkins. who was assigned
the topic “Parcels Post” on the program
of the Associational meeting. has notified
the secretary that it will be impossible
for him to act, but that Mr. G. H. Slocum
will speak on the topic assigned to him.

 

 

- THE“ MICHIGAN

FARMER.

M
Our Motto—“The Farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be
first improved."

  
 

 

 

FIRST TIME AT STATE GRANGE.

Once upon a time I went to State
Grange for the first time. I remember
the curiosity that possessed me from the
momenthoarded the train on my way to
that Patrons' great Mecca and with which
I inspected every new-comer into our car,
hoping to discover possible signs of
grangerly kinship. How interested I was
when I recognized a delegate, and with
what delight all through the week I
watched those who had met in previous
years renew their acquaintance. How
well they seemed to know one another.
Yi'hat cheery greetings. \Vhat familiarity
they expressed with one another‘s home
families and special lines of farming,
preference in household duties, fondness
for flowers. pets or fancy work. How
everybody enjoyed the impromptu enter-
tainments in the. hotel corridors, and what
stt’n‘y—telling‘ went on amid peals of laugh-
ter and merry josting. \Vhat life-long
friendships l know to have been begun
there: what correspondences. kept up for
years. date from that meeting. What
new meanings the various Grange offices
took on for me, as I saw their Occupants
carrying out their respective duties in
such perfection as i had never seen in
the son‘ewhat sleepy little (‘lrang‘c of
which I was a member. How the cm-
hlems and representative nature of the.
station decorations and of the entire ritual
language impressed me with its Wonderful
meanings. \i'hat a sight it was to see
hundreds of mcu and women counseling
and acting together. each supplementing
and completing the work of the other.

This experience. in a way. has been
duplicated in “the first time at State
lranuc" by hundrtwls and hundreds of
others. and will be again and again. There
are those who are now Dltllll'lll'lg to at-
tend the annual meeting at Traverse
City, I'lcc. 13—16. Who will no there with
perhaps as much timidity and wonder-
ment as I did, and who will also go away
with a larger sense of the field for
Grange need and activity, a stronger
ltond for their fcllow kind. a lit'f‘llel‘ rec—
ognition of the wisdom and beauty in
which the Grange is cmbctldml and, at
the close of the week. thcsc will, i hope.
register a resolution to be henceforward
noblcr men and women than ever before
—less self-seeking. more devoted in ser-
vice to others._ So may it be, a thousand
time a thousand timcs!

JENNIE DUELL.

A SUCCESSFUL GRANGE FAIR.
The fair of South Boston Grange. No.
175, lonia (To, was held at the. irangc
hall on the evening of Oct. 29. with a
large crowd in attendance. The domestic,
vegetable and art departments were wcl.
tilled, while the section devoted to the

(31) 501
ceding year has not discouraged the mem-
bers, as is evident from the fact that the
managers of next year's fair have already
been selected.

Open Meeting at Tecumseh—Tecumseh
Grange, of Lenawee county, held a well~
attended open meeting on Friday evening.
Nov. 2, at which the question of ”Free
Text Books" was. discussed by Superin-~
tendent I). P. McAlpine. The trend of his
remarks was to the effect that a uni-
formity of courses in the district schools.
leading up to the high school course was
more to be desired than a uniformity of
text books. “The Distribution of the
Primary School'Money" was treated by
C. H. Bramble, who advocated a change
from the present system of distributing
the money, declaring the present system
to be unjust. However, he believes that
this change must come gradually, as the
people are at present unwilling to make
a radical change. »

Charlevoix Pomona.—Thursday, Nov. 17,
Charlevoix County Pomona met under the
hospitable auspices of Barnard Grange.
A major portion of Charlevoix county's
seventeen subordinate Granges were well
repre -nted. In point of entertainment
the meeting provd one of the best for
some time. Though unable to reach the
hall before 3:15 p. m., Bro. J. C. Ketcham.
of Hastings, after a long, disagreeable
drive, immediately proceeded to warm up
by delivering a very amusing and forceful
address touching upon the principles of
the Grange, its plan of organization and
the necessity of members measuring up
to its standard. Before his departure
Bro. lx'etcham gave a thorough explana-
tion of the. plan of the Grange life insur-
ance company. Bro. I’Valter Black and
wife were chosen Pomona delegates to
State Grange. with Bro. Geo. Meggison
and wife as alternates. Three applicants.
were obligated and instructed in the fifth
degree. Bro. L. Olney, of South Arm
Grange, was re-elected member of thr-
executive committee and this committee
was instructed to fix time and place of
next Inecting.-R. A. Brintnall, Sec.

Eaton C0. Pomona recently held a very
successful meeting with Delta. Grange.
Prominent features of the program were
talks by Mrs, Abbie E. Iiiils, secretary
of the \Voman's \Vork committee, and
Mrs. E. J, (ireyts: also a paper by L. L.
Plowman. on “The effect of Farmers’ Or-
ganizations upon Rural Progress."

Do Your Best.-An Allegan Co. sister
writes that whenever she sees a Grangc
member who possesses ability but whose,
efforts do not measure up to that ability.
he following lines run through her mind:
They are commended to eVery Patron who
has the welfare of the Grange at heart:
No matter what, your work is

Be sure it is complete:

If you only twine some flowers,
Or if you bind some wheat,
Don't say. “ ‘tis good enough

And nobody there will know."

If we give up to thoughts like these

Our Grange will never grow
In knowledge or in virtue.

In truth or in the right.

But we study hard to keep it.

Always free from every blight.

Reports from Eleven Granges of Grat-
iot county were given at the November
meeting of the J’omona, which was held

a

with Newark (irangc. These reports
showed a total membership of 710. State

Speaker J. K. Campbell, of \Vashtenaw
Co. gave a talk on desirable legislation,
declaring that other industrics not as
important as auricultlirc have, through
el’fectiVe organization. exerted more in‘
fluent-e upon legislation than the farming
class. He then reviewed briefly the re—
l'orms which the Grange, both State and
National. has stood for many years. The
question “School Legislation what Shall
it Be?” was discussed, developing the fact
that while nearly all present were in fav~
or of uniform text books in the schools.
very few favored free text books. Some
expressed the opinion that the books in
present use are too difiicult for eighth—

 

 

Section of Exhibit at Fair held by

school exhibit would have bet-n a credit
to any fair. The (‘lrunuc orchestra fur-
nished some fine music. The contests in
which the men were required to thread
needles and the women to drive nails,
and the filling of bottles with a teaspoon,
were rather amusing, Refreshments were
served to the crowd. and all voted the
fair a Sli(‘t‘9§s.~wl(~la, E. English, Let-t.

AMO N 5 "CITE—E17; {ERA NGES.

Sumner Grange. of Gratiot (.‘o., rein-
stated six members and added four new
ones during the month of October. At its
last meeting 75 per cent of its member-
ship was in attendance and plans have
been laid for increasing the. membership
to 100 during the winter. This Grange
held a fair on Oct, 27. The fact that this
fair was not up to the one of the pre—

SOuth Boston Grange. of lonia Co.

tirade pupils, while others thought that
pupils reach the eighth grade at too early
an age. being crowded along too fast.
The beet—growing industry was also dis-
cussed, growers present going,r on record
as favoring an advance of $1 per ton
above the present price paid for raw
beets. Four candidates were given the
fifth degree at this meeting.

COMING EVENTS.

Michigan State Grange, Thirty—eighth
Annual Session, at Traverse City, Dec.
13—16.

Pomona Meetingl. ,

Hilisdaie 00.. with Cambria Grange.
\Yednesdav, Dec. 7.

Grand Traverse District Grange. with
Summit Grange, Wednesday and Thurs-
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I want to prove to you beyond all doubt, that Wilbur’s
Stock Tonic is a wonderful feed saver, fattener and positive
I want you to find out by actual test
. . that my tonic makes gnoney for you every time you feed it.
3:21" n That’s why I will send this big box absolutely free to
you and to every reader. of this paper, who fills out and .sends
me the coupon below.
I don’t want you to pay me a cent for this big, full size,
$1.00 box now or at. any other time.
I don’t want you to do anything to earn it.

       

Tonic

Extra Premium

If you will send the coupon at once, I will also
send you, free, postage paid, the beautiful picture

 

of the World’s Champion Six-Horse Team shown
below. This'picture, I 5x 31 inches, is reproduced
in eight exquisite colors from an actual photo-
graph of the World’s Champion horses in action.

F. P. WILBUR, Pres”
Wilbur Stock Food Co..

WILBUR srocx FOOD co.‘

rm“... 151 Huron St.

FREE $I9.9 BOX coupon

 

Milwaukee, Wis. ,

151 Huron St., Milwaukee, Wis.

Please send me the $1.00 Box of Wilbur’s Stock Tonic and.
the large colored picture, both free.

I own horses .___.__cattle

My Name

hogs_______.__poultry.

 

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Freight Sta.

condition and I tell them it is your Stock
Tonic that does it. I have a team that is
equal to your champion team on your en-
velopes. They are fine, and eat Stock
Tonic three times a day. I thank you for
your past favors, and remain,
Your agent, W. M. HANDLE.
Kremmlihg, Colo. .-
Wilbur Stock Food Co.. Milwaukee, Wis:
Gentle‘ment—EncltJSed find' draft ‘for
$13.00 in’ payment ‘for' Stock Tohi’c.’ I have
used two pails of your Stock Tonic, it is

 

certainly fine. I have used almost every-
thing on the market, but nothing to com-
pare with Wilbur Stock Tonic. My milch
cows, calves, hogs and colts, after feed~
ing three days, I noticed‘ the change. It
has saved me many a sack of grain. My
horses are slick and nice, also working
hard every day.

- Will enclose watch certificate, and
thanking you for past favors, I am, ,

Yours truly,
(Signed) CASPER SCHWAB.

 
   
  

  
  

 

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