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The Only Weekly AgricUltural, Horticultural and Live Stock Journal in the State.

 

 

VOL'cxxxv. No.14.
Whole Number 3525.

THE INTERNATIONAL.

The recurrence of the season for the
holding of this premier live stock show
of America has this year seemed to inspire
an: increased number of stock breeders
and feeders, from all parts of the coun-
try, to attend the show and gather all
the knowledge possible from a compara-
tive study of the grand specimens of the
improved breeds and the finished products
of the feeder‘s art which are always to
be found among the entries in the various
departments at the International. A
study of the crowd in attendance at the
show made it apparent that the propor-
tion of those in attendance who Were per—
sonally interested in the live stock busi-
ness was larger than usual at this show,
which would seem to assure that the ben-
efits of the exposition to the live stock
industry of the country will be corres-
poudingly great. As for the show itself,
it was fully up to if not superior to the
high standard of previous years in qual-
ity, while in the number of high—class ex-
hibits it excelled last year's slow in most
departments

The Fat Cattle Classes.

As usual at this show the public inter--

DETROIT. MICH., SATURDAY. DEC. 10. 1910.

the third time in the period that they
have been won by an entry of the Iowa
Agricultural College. The selection of
this steer as the Grand Champion of the
show has again demonstrated the ascend-
cncy of baby beef in the favor of our
best judges of quality as well as of the
consumers who favor the tender, juicy
meat of the well finis’hed calf or year-
ling. The weight and quality of the grand
champion were little short of marvelous
when his age is considered. Upon this
point the great, Irish judge said: “I
never in my life saw such a ripe steer for
his age. The weight of 1,100 pounds at
ten months and the wonderful firmness
of flesh gave him the place over the Can—
adian steer, Roan James, a great steer,
but a trifle softer in flesh."

The steer referred to by the judge as
a close second to the grand champion was
a yearling Shorthorn, champion in his
class, bred and fed by James Leaske, of
Ontario, who won the grand championship
of the Show in 1907 with Roan King, a
half brother of Roan James who came
near to landing a second championship
for his owner.

The story of this calf‘s selection and the
method of feeding which resulted in his

year, it was the unanimous opinion of the
best judges that the quality of the ex-
hibits averaged the best of any evel.‘
shown at the International,

Again, in the selection of the grand
champion car load, the modern tendency
toward the baby beef type was evidenced,
the yearlings being the favorites of the
judges as well as of t‘hc spectators at the
show. The final winners of the grand
championship in this class were a load
of 1200-11). Angus yearlings exhibited by
E. P, Hall, of Illinois.

A notable thing about these cattle is
that they were never housed during the
feeding period. Mr. Hall picked these
cattle up as calves from the best herds
in six Illinois counties during October of
last year. He purchased 46 head of the
best he could find, some of which were
pure-breds, but most of which were high-
grades. These were all fed until about
two months ago, when Mr. Hall reduced
their number by elimination to 37 head.
and fed the balance to finished condition,
selecting his steers for the International
ex‘hibit only a few days ago. To his fore-
sight in this regard he probably owes his
succeSS in the ring. as Judge Ingwersen
placed emphasis on the even quality of

 

 

 

V 75 CENTS A YEAR .
32.00 FIVE YEARS

ration, and during the last six weeks of_
the feeding period oil cake has been made
a factor in the ration.

Mr. Hall is an extensive feeder of cat—
tie. and has been a frequent exhibitor at
the International. In 1904 he w0n first
premium on a load of Angus steers. from
which one steer was selected as an out-
standing individual and a possible future
winner by the Iowa. Agricultural College
experts. he, steer was purchased by
them, and their judgment was verified by
his future development and by the fact
that he won the grand championship in
the individual fat steer class the next
year. The steer was Blackrock, the 1905
winner of this coveted prize.

The grand champion car load sold in the
ring to a Pitts’burg firm at 131/2 cents per
pound which, while not a record price for
winners in this class, is about a fair av-
erage of values reached in previous years.
They crossed the scales at an average
weight of 1,156 lbs., and brought their
owner $2,340.90 after winning prizes total-
ing $1,125.

The championship in the Shorthorn
special class was won by a load of Short-
horn yearlings over other steers of the
breed of all ages. shown by J. D. W’atcrs,

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Grand Champion Car Load of

est centered around the picking of the
grand champion steer from the large
number of entries in the several classes
of fat steers by the process of elimination
which preceded the judging of the sev-
eral champions in these classes and the
final selection of the grand champion fat
steer of the show. The celebrated Irish
judge. Richard G. Carden, who was the
expert secured to make this final selec-
tion, performed his work rapidly but thor-
oughly, and from among the eligibles for
the grand championship selected Sham-
rock II, a. grade Angus calf shown by the
Iowa Agricultural College, making the
seventh time in the eleven years which
this show has been held that the first
honors have gone to the Angus breed and

Fat Steers at the International for 1910.

winning the high honors arc most inter-
csting, but will be dcferrcd until the next
issue, in which cuts of both steers will
appear. In the sale ring Shamrock II was
sold for 60 cents per pound. which is the
highest: price for which a champion has
been sold since the first year of the In-
ternational show. when Advance. the win-
ner in 1900, sold for $1.50 per pound.

In the car load classes for fat steers the
leading beef breeds were all well repre-
sented. there. "being 73 loads to be judged
after the eliminating process. against 53
last year. These were divided among the
breeds as follows: Angus, 3t); ShorthornS.

21; I-Ierefords, 20; (lalloways, ], and
grades 1. Notwithstanding the greater

number of exhibits as compared with Qast

Baby

the load in 'comparison with two and
three-year—old Angus steers which won
the championship in the older classes and
with which thcsc ,vcarlings competed for
the grand championship honors. As above
notcd. those yearlings were t‘cd in an
open yard. not a shtd being available for
thcir sheltcr, which shows the possibili—
ties of cattle feeding in the open. After
the purchase of these calvcs Mr. Hall fed
them a light ration of corn and oats, with
clover hay as roughage. The feed was
gradually increased until the calves were
gotten on full feed about March 1, when
they were crowded with car corn. half of
which was shelled. During the summer
they had the run of a. blue grass pasture
and were given a supplementary grain

Beef Fed in the Open, Fittingly Pictured with Sn0w C0vered Backs,

 

of Illinois. This load of cattle won a
total of $1.200 in prizes for their exhibitor
and sold in the ring at. $0.15 per cwt.

In the ot'her brecd specials no cham-
pionship awards were made, the awards
living allowed to stand by ages without
competition in a class for all ages,

From the above summary of the chain—
pionship results at the Eleventh Inter-
national. thc supremacy of the well fin»
ished young animal would appear to be
well established in the minds of the ex-
pert judges vemplovcd to pick the win—
ners at this great show, a lesson which
should not be allowed to pass unnoticed
by the feeder who' is in the business of
producing high—class beef, either on a

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FARM NOTES.

 

The Jolnt Rot of the Bean Stem.

This last season our beans were cut off.
at the first joint above ground by some
insect. Probably one-eighth of the beans
in the field were affected. The beans
were out just after they commenced to
till. Can you give the cause and a rem-
edy for the same?

Montcalm Co. E. B. \V.

It is probable that this inquirer is mis-
taken in the cause of the trouble in his
beans. Unless he has actually found the
insect at work and knows that the trou-
ble was caused by an insect, it is a rea-

sonably safe conclusion that it is a
fungous trouble, little known and not

very prevalent in this country, but desig—
nated as the joint rot of the bean stem.
Attention was first called to this trouble
in 1901 when the New York Experiment
Station received many reports relating to
a trouble of this kind. At about that
time this difficulty was also noted in
many Michigan bean fields, but the writer
has never heard of it since until the re-
ceipt of the above inquiry. Observations
made in New York at the time of its ap-
pearance, as above noted, failed to reveal
the real character or cause of the trouble,
which was at that time attributed to ex-
cessive rains ‘but later in Michigan was
said to be due to a fungus which at—
tacked the plant at the first joint above
the ground. although this was not satis-
factorily determined. At any rate. it
could hardly be caused by exceedingly
Wet weather in Michigan this year, It
has been considered of little commercial
importance for the reason that it did not
prevail to any extent following the sea-
son in which it was rather common, as
abovo noted, in the early years of the last
decade.

A Winter Cover- Crop for the Alfalfa.
I sowed a piece. to alfalfa the last of
August and sowed one bu. of barley per
acre to protect the seeding through the
winter. The barley has grown to he a
foot high. J would like to know if the
barley will be likely to smothcr the al—
falfa and il‘ I ought to pasture it down.

Lcnawce (,‘o. A. B.

in the writer‘s opinion there will be no
danger of the alfalfa smotheringr out un-
der the growth of barley during the win-
ter. in fact, this corcr should be a ma-
tcrial aid in bringing the alfalfa through
the winter without damage from the ef-
fects of cold weather. Of course, we do
not know all about alfalfa 3'” in Michi-
gain, but this is a reasonable theory, and
is substantiated by the fact that in all
sections where alfalfa. is successfully
grown it is the common practice to let
the late growth stand over winter as a
protection to the plants, and most au-
thorities contend that there should be a
growth of at least one foot left standing
for this purpose when the alfalfa goes
into the winter. It is probable that the
barley will make a rather more dense
covering for the surface of the ground

than would the foot growth of alfalfa,

since the stems of the. latter are stiffer
and not so quickly killed 'by freezing, but
it would not be likelylto mat down so
closely as to smother out the alfalfa. As
between leaving and removing this cov—
ering, there would seem to the writer to
be no possible choice for its removal.

 

THE PRACTICABILITY OF THE CON-
CRETE BLOCK BARN.

 

In some future issue I would like to
have someone discuss the “pros and cons"
(if a cement block barn, with the horses
and cows in the bank or basement part.
open on three sides, north, east, and
south. Some claim is made that hay does
not cure well in a barn so tight as ce—
ment blocks would make it. I want to
build as permanently as possible and
don't want to go wrong.

Berrien Co. R. G. B.

In reply to this inquiry would say that
expericnce has fully confirmed the idea
of concrete block work for farm buildings
by a positively favorable conclusion. I
have already described this barn, but for
the benefit of more recent readers will
again go into some details. The barn is
40x30, with a stable on the side 22x100,
The stable is attached to the barn and
has S—foot concrete walls to the plate.
The walls of the barn are 18 feet high.
the gables 'being frame. The reason for
frame gables is that these lend them-
selves to the modern ideas of architecture
in being lighter appearing. Concrete
block gables would look too much like a
jail. Further, the frame gables are
cheaper and more easily supported.

Moist mixed concrete is porous as com-
pared to wet mixed and: under the micro-
scope, looks like a loose stone pile. The
complaint of spoiled hay againstvconcrete
blocks might possibly come from a high
block gable of porous material. The frame
gable and block walls have never given

me anything but the best results in‘thls
respect. The first eight feet of wall is of
12-in. blocks and the last 10 feet of 10-in.
blocks. This makes a 2—in. offset to re-
ceive the joists which support the mows.

At this point of wall making a form is
built to mold the water table of 4 inches
and projecting 3 inches beyond the wall.
Pilaster columns are ‘built at each corner
with two in the front center and one in
each end center. These columns add to
the appearance and give great strength
to the walls. No farm building of blocks
of any considerable size should be built
without the pilaster columns. These col-
umns may be made afterwards 0f solid
poured concrete, if well finished forms are
used, and are built at less expense than
where made of blocks. Since the blocks
are hollow and these spaces superime
posed, by leaving an opening at the bot-
tom on the inside about one inch square,
leading to this space, and a similar open.
ing on the outside at the top of the wall,
a good degree of ventilation is secured
and the objection of dampness, so often
urged, is obviated. The somewhat usual
ventilation in frame barns, of the cold
air rushing in between the siding, through
knot 'holes and through the floor, which
seems to meet with general approval by
those fearful of concrete construction, is
obviated and in its place is really the
King system of ventilation. Solid' con—
crete walls can be improved ‘by superim-
posing drain tile in a. similar manner.

The plate is secured to the wall by bolts
being inserted in the last row of blocks
when making the blocks, and thus bolted
firmly to the wall. The wall is tied with
timbers in the center above the driveway
at 32 feet from each end. The roof is
self supporting. so the walls, with the
pilaster columns, stand for any possible
side thrust. The stable floors are smooth—
iinished concrete. In case it developed
that the hard floors were injurious to
horses’ feet, precautions were taken that
the floor might be planked over. One
stall has, been planked but there seems
to be no reason for planking any more.
A concrete floored hog pen. 20x60, was
provided with boarded floors for nests.
luut use has determined that, when well
bedded, a plank liner is a superlluity and
unnecessary. A great many of the pre—
cautions in regard to concrete as build—
ing material were theoretical and passed
for wisdom until experience has proven
different.

Every person has some. peculiar idea of
stable construction. My idea is an at-
tached stable to the Side of the barn, with
the roof constituting the ceiling. This
prevents dirt from mows overhead and
allows the maximum of light from the
windows. By placing the horses at one
end of the line and using a litter carrier
the manure is mixed and the horse ma-
nure prevents the pile from freezing in
winter, and the cow manure prevents the
overheating of the horse manure and
consequent loss of nitrogen. The mair.
body of the basement can always be
utilized for sheep, colts or dehorned
cattle.

The barn described has been in use
five years and has fulfilled every expecta-
tion. It is cool in summer time, warm
in winter. \Vhen the storms are raging
outside it is calm inside.

The show farm buildings in the east.
giving monolithic or solid concrete effects,
are usually low and conform to the Euro-
pean models of farm buildings. Concrete
block barns, medium to high, with frame
gables, are more the Middle West style
of farm building. Since architecture in a
measure reflects the taste and the spirit
of the times, concrete block work will be
one of the features of the great farm belt,
just as the red barn is at the present
time. There are numerous tricks of the
trade which enable one to change the
somewhat objectionable monotony of the
gray colored concrete. Face down block
inachines enable one to use an addition of
lime to the mixture, which makes the
blocks a pleasing white on the face. If
more expense is permitted a special ce-
ment and silica, i. e., pure white sand,
makes almost a marble face. Iron ore
paint or venetian red, bought in quanti-
ties, are effective for coloring to resemble
reddish sandstone at a very small ex-
pense.

As t'o the cost of concrete block build-
ings, as compared with lumber, local con-
ditions determine this largely. Proximity
to sand and grave] is an important item,
also distance from point of haul for ce-
ment. On general principles, with the
ability to do much of the work with ordi-
nary labor, and with the lessened cost of
painting, the difference is in favor of con-
crete work.

Shiawassee Co. JAB. N. MCBRIDE.

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DEC. 10, 19-10.

THE POTATO CROP.
With Accounts for 1909 and 1910.

XVhile we do not make a specialty of
potatoes we have, in common with a
number of farmers, grown from two to
five acres for several years past. “’9
have not always used the best ground for
the purpose, but rather that which was
most readily available; for instance, the
1909 crop was grown on a wheat stubble
where the seeding had failed, and the
other crops have for some time been
grown in young orchards as a suitable
(.atch crop. This year's crop was grown
in this way, on a timothv sod which was
plowed up for a _\'Ullllg orchard. \Ve
feared to plant. corn here on account of
the grubs and cut worms, and did not
care to plant beans after our experience
with flea beetles last year. neither
would strawberries be suitable after the
sod, and grain crops would not: be allow-
able in the young orchard: so we tried
potatoes.

In addition to the soil not being in ideal
condition for potatoes so far as the rota.
tion is concerned, (it is usually advised to
have them follow clover), the soil on
which the two crops mentioned were
grown is somewhat run down, it having
been recently purchased from a party
who had rented the iields for many years,
and had put little back in the way of fer-
tilizer. Consequently the soil was deti~
cient in humus, and being on the clay or—
der was too hard and compact for good
potato soil. ’I‘hisoexplanation will help to
explain several things which will appear
in the accounts, for instance the light
yields notwithstanding the heavy coats
of manure and the abundant culture giv-
en, also the large number of sunburned
potatoes in the crops, the ground being so
hard that the tubers lay near the surface.
This might have been partially prevented
by billing with a. shovel plow. but we
feared to do this during the very dry
weather, and in general we prefer level
culture; however, under these conditions
I believe it would have been better had
we 'hilled them up slightly after the rains
in late August.

Potato Account, 1909, Four Acres.
Expenditures.
Mar., Apr. and May. 11% loads ma—

nure at. 50c on ground. .......... $ 20.1»
May, Plowing ...... .. . .._. . . '. ....... all)
June 2-19, Iiarrowing Six times... (1.3::

43 bu seed potatoes at 83c ...... 30.11.)

Treating seed and cutting ........ 3.20

Markingr ground. both ways ...... .10

June 21—2-1, Planting with hand

planters ........................ (3.1")
June :10, harrowing ................. .6.)
July 10 to Aug. 10. cultivating four 1'),

times ........................... (1..»
Aug. 7, spraying for blight, ti bbls. .

Bordeaux and labor .......... 2.00

Aug. 21—22;, pulling weeds ......... 2.00

(.ict. 20—30, digging (by hand) and
putting in cellar 183 bu. unsorted ._
potatoes ........................ 21.06

Nov. 16 to Dec. .3. sorting out. frchn,
rotting and small potatoes ..... 0.30

Total ......................... $130.01
ii‘t'eipls.
100 bu. at 121,.{3t' .................... $ 1
ill bu. for planting, credited at 12!.éc ‘
:ii’. bu. sold at 10c in collar ......... .
278 bu. ust-d and fed to stock, cred- _
ilcd at 10c ..................... 31.80
25 bu. frozen and rotted, loss.

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Total receipts ...............$ 40.72
Net: loss on crop ............ 81.10
Net loss per acre ............$ 20.30

It will be noted that the seed. most of
which was purchased from a neighbor,
test 85 cents per bushel, or more than
was realized from the part of the crop
sold, and within $13.17 as much as was
credited to the entire crop. 'l‘rue, we
might have sold in the fall at 23 cents
and come out with a loss of ten to fifteen
dollars, but 'we were in a hurry and did
not wish to take the A to car them,
besides we agreed, in common with oth-
ers. that the price was too low, so we
kept holding them. Buyers purchased
many frosted potatoes during the cold
weather, then when warm weather came
on and the frost came out of them they
were a sorry sight. We 'had to go over
our entire lot in the cellar. I think this
is about the worst showing we have ever
made on any kind of crop, but I believe
that we Will do well to study some of
these failures, as well as the phenomenal
successes that are paraded by white—shirt
writers and land agents in catalogues.
newspapers, and some farm papers. It
may be worth more to us to know where
we have failed than to know how others
have succeeded, and it may be worth still
more to us to know ‘how others failed.

Potato AccOunt, 1910. Five Acres in
Young Orchard.

Expenditures.
Fall and spring 35 loads manure at
50c on ground ................. $ 17.50
Plowing ......... 7.50
Harrowing, four tunes .......... . 5.60

49 bu. seed potatoes ready for

A THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

cutting, at 150 7.35
May 16-21, marking ground, cut-

ting and planting 15.00
May 23 to June 23, harrowing five

times after planting .......... . 7.00
June 29 to Aug. 20, cultivating five

times, seven next trees ....... . 14.10
July 4-11, spraying with knapsack
sprayer, 18 lbs, arsenate of lead

at Sc .. ..... . .......... ...... 1.44

Labor . ............... . 3.08

July 27, hoeing and pulling weeds. 1.75
Oct. 24—26, digging potatoes by hand,
and ptitiing in car and cellar.. 33.25
(‘ommission .. ........... 14.11
Freight, (part of car was apples) 23.00

$15068

Total
Receipts.
Nov. 8, 336 bu. potatoes sold in
Chicago, 20 ..... 141.12

75 bu. unsorted in cellar at 25c.. 18.75
75 bu, small, green and sunburned
at 10c 7.50

Total . ........ .. ......... .....$167.37
Balance, net profit on crop..$ 16.69
These potatoes followed a sod, mostly
timothy, which was kept over on ac-
(oiilit of a. failure of the clover seeding.
They were planted in hills 21/2x3 feet,
with a 4% foot space on each side of tree
rows both ways, which would take up
about one—fourth of the ground. These
strips next the trees were sowed to oats
in August to hold the snow and protect
the trees. The culture given was also
somewhat different than would have been
given had they not been in the orchard,
and a certain part of it should really be
charged to the orchard account. How—
ever, this account will close into the or-
chard account, in common with other
('i‘tiDS grown in the orchard. Where trees
are the main crop other things are made
subservient to their needs.

It will be noted that there are a large
number of “small and sunburned pota-
toes.” These were mostly sunburned ones.
The ground was SO hard that the tubers
were forced up, the rains washed the
soil above them off and quite a number
of tips were left bare. We thought. some
of billing slightly with a shovel cultivator,
but: it was so dry at the time that we
feared it would do as much harm as
good. However, ,I believe if this had been
done after the August rains. it would
have saved some of this loss. The tubers
were too large and not ripe enough to be
iirst-class stock, so they did not bring
a top price, but we cleared .‘11 cents. or
one cent per bushel more than we could
have sold them for here. and did not sort”
them as closely; besides it saved freight
on some lieu llavis apples that were. sent
at the same time.

Although this is not a very encouraging
outlook for potato growing, I believe we
shall try about the same amount next
year, and if possible give them a more
congenial loeation. If our new seeding
looks well enough in the spring we will
have some good clover sod on a held more
loose and sandy, which should be an ideal
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I understand that you have used ground
phosphate rock. Will you please tell me
what it costs per ton and is there a deal-
er near who handles it? I Would like to
get some but am not ready just yet to
buy it by the car load.

Charlevoix Co. I. W. B.

I have used ground phosphate rock as
an absorbent in the cow stables and other
stables. I have applied it as a top-dress—
ing on different crops, I have put it on
at the rate of 1,000 lbs. per acre on clover
sod and plowed it down for corn, but. I
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quickly like commercial fertilizer. You
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serve as a trap for volatile nitrogen,
therefore, it would be no better to use in
wow stables than dry tine earth.

Ground phosphate rock or floats, costs
about $10 or $12 delivered in bags here in
Michigan. I do not know where you
(ouid get: it. I coaxed our dealer at
(“oopcrsville to buy a carload a couple of
years ago. because I wanted to try it.
I'pon my guaranteeing to take all that
he could not sell to somebody else, he
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ton, or a. ton and a half. He did not
seem to be successful in selling it to
anybody else. I still have a small amount
of this left and we are using it as an ab-
sol-bent in the stables. I know of no one
handling this product and do not think
it would be profitable to use it unless it
could be purchased in car lots, because in
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(Continued from first page).
commercial scale or as a side issue in his
general scheme of farming.

In this connection the opinion of Rich-
ard G. Garden, the noted irish Judge who
placed the Championship award in the fat
steer class, will be of interest to our
readers. Before his departure from Chi-
cago he said.

“The car load lots were beyond all be-
lief in quantity and uniform quality to
people across the water, who run live
stock on grass the year round, The Am-
erican stockmen have the right idea in
finishing their stuff early, making “baby
beef."

The grand championship in the feeder
class was won by A. A, Neale, of Colo~
rado, on a fine load of Shorthorn calves.

The Fat Sheep Classes.

In this department of the show the
ear load exhibits naturally attracted more
attention than the display or individual
fat sheep. Thc entries of car load lots
of both sheep and lambs were more num-
erous than for some years and the av-
crage quality was very good indeed
Michigan has the honor of providing the
material for the grand championship in
this department. The grand champion-
ship car load of fat sheep was exhibited
by Benj. Conlcy, of Marshall, Mich, who
has been an exhibitor in the car load
classes since the International was first
organized and has previously won some
important prizes. His exhibit at this
year's show was a very well finished load
of native, grade, Shropshire clipped lambs.
This was the only load of clipped stock
in the Show but there was strong compe-
tition in the range lambs shown by A.
J. linollin. grade Shropshires bred in
ldaho. and the range and native bred
champion ycarlings, the first of which
were Idaho crossbreds exhibited by .l. 0.
Finley, and the second, grade Shrop-
shires shown by McFadden & Claxton, of
Illinois. It is a credit to the Michigan
sheep industry that the grand champion-
ship car load of the 1910 international
were not'only fed but also bred in our
state.

The grand champion fat wether of the
Show was a Southdown yearling.r exhibit—
cd by Huntlywood Farm, which is a part
of Sir George llrummond's estate. The
cut of the winner. presented on this page,
shows him to be of a rugged type for the
breed. His chicf competitors from among
the ring of thirteen champions in their
respective classes from which the winner
was to be picked Wcrc a yearling lianmp-
shire shown by chick Bros, and a
Shropshire shown by J. Lloyd Jones, the
llampshire winning the reserve cham-
pionship. The winning of this award by
the Huntlywood farm exhibit is notable
from the fact that at the last seven In~
ternationals exhibits from the same farm
have won five championships and two re—
serves with their highly bred and per-
fectly fitted Southdowns.

The Southdown breed won another tes-
timonial to its quality in the champion-
ship award in the class for fat wethers
shown by agricultural colleges, the award
in this class going to the I'nivcrsity of
\l'iSconsin on a Southdown, while the re-
serve championship was won by the Uni—
versity of \Vyoming on a Shropshire—Lei-
(-estcr crossbred wet‘her.

AltOgcther the individual {at classes in
the sheep department were filled with
animals of high quality. and the exhibit
was a most interesting and profitable one
to study.

The Fat Hog Classes.

In the car load bog classes for fat hogs,
.T. D. W'aiers, of illinois, won the grand
championship of the show on his first
prize load of Poland Chinas, averaging
:00 lbs. and undcr 230. Other competitors
tor the honor were the Ilamps‘hires that
won first in the class for hogs averaging
:30 lbs, and undt-r 3.10, shown by L. R.
mllman, of illinois, and the Chester
Whites that won in the class for loads
averaging 150 lbs. and under 200. exhibit-
ed by J. \V. Crabb, also of Illinois.

In the fat barrow classes the Berkshire
breed won the grand championship on the
first prize barrow in the class for bar-
rows under 18 months of age, shown by
Sheffield Farms, of Ohio. This barrow
Was a fine specimen of the Berkshire
breed and tipped the scales at 440 lbs.
iiis hottest competitor was a Poland
China weighing 175 lbs. more than the
winner. but lacking his smoothness. This
was the breed champion in his class. ex-

 

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hibited by John Francis & Sons. of Illinois.
who also won the-grand championship on
a. pen of barrows with a selection of
Polands.

The Breeding Classes.

It is a significant fact that this year's
International excelled in the exhibits of
breeding stock in all departments of the
show, as well as in the number and quai--
ity of the fat animals shown. Space is
not available in this issde to give an
adequate description of the exhibits in
this department of the show. It was.
however, conceded by many good judges
among those present that the exhibits
were of better average quality than in
previous years as well as more numerous.

In the cattle department, while all of
the beef breeds were strongly represent-
ed, the Shorthorns carried off premier
honors in the final competition, in the
winning of the grand championship of the
show for a bull of any breed or age, by
Ringmaster, a two-year-old entry owned
lay \V‘hite & Smith, of Minensota. This
department of the show is worthy of
more extended comment than space will
permit in this issue and will be touched
upon in the following number.

The display of horses, especially of the
draft type, exceeded anything ever seen
at Chicago, and in some of the classes
the largest and best rings ever shown in
America were brought together in the
closest competition for honors, at descrip-

having reached the limit in this regard.
Under ordinary conditions it is a safe
conclusion, however, that one could not
pasture and grow winter feed for 600
sheep on 100 acres of land. It the coarse
or middle-wooled breeds are kept, 600
sheep would be about equal in live weight
to 100 coWs. and would require about the
same amount of feed for their mainte—
nance. Most farmers think it. is impos-
sible to keep one cow per acre, yet there
are individual examples of cases in which
two cows have been kept per acre of land
and all the rough feed produced which
was required for their maintenance. This
was probably approaching closely to the
limit of production in this line. But the
cattle were not pastured, and cattle are
better adapted to maintenance by soiling
than are sheep. It must be remembered
that sheep graze closely, and that one
should not overstock with them to an ex-
tent which will make too close grazing
necessary at any season of the year, else
the production of the pastures will ‘be
impaired, and the object sought to be ob-
tained of making the land carry as many
sheep as possible will be defeated. Of
course, a great deal will depend upon the
character of the land, which is not men-
tioned in this inquiry, but in order to
help this subscriber and others who have
similar schemes in mind let us do a. little
figuring.

In the first place, it is the writer's

 

Grand Champion Fat Wether at the lnte rnational.

tion of which contests must also be de-
ferrcd.

Altogether the eleventh International
may be considered to ‘have recorded the
greatest success of any similar event in
the history of the show, and its beneficial
influcnccs should be widely felt through-
Out the stock producing sections of the
country, if a study of the crowd in at-
tendance is any criterion of results.

 

 

FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.

 

How Many Sheep Per Acre?

Will you kindly state in the Michigan
Farmer how many sheep I can success-
fully keep to the acre, and their in-
crease? Can I pasture and raise feed for
600 head of sheep to 100 acres of land?
By starting with 100 sheep and 120 acres
of land, can I keep all the increase for
tcn years, by just selling the old ewes
and the wethers? I mean, will the wool
and the wcthers keep me with money
enough on hand to keep buying land
enough to pasture and raise feed enough
to keep them for ten years, at about $22
an acre. which is the average, price I can
get food for? I have figured considerably
on it, but would like your opinion on the
subject. It seems to me that the wool
and the wether lambs would buy my
land as fast as I needed it to take care
or my inCl‘O'JSt‘ for a period of ten years.
after about the second or third year
starting with 100 head of sheep and 120
acres of land.

lcncsce (‘o. SUBSCRIBER.

The inquirer has the right idea of going
into the sheep business. The best way
to go into any department of the live
stock business is to grow into it. Those
who go into the sheep business on a large
Scale without any previous experience.
depending upon wild lands for pasture
during the summer and with inexperi-
enced help to care for their flocks. gen-
erally go out of it with a smaller bank
account, but richer in experience. In
fact, when they get their bitter experience
and go out of the business, they have
gained just the knowledge that is essen-
tial to success in the business. Experi—
ence is always better than theory as a
basis for any business enterprise, and to
attempt to answer the questions asked in
this inqiry would be theorizing pure and
simple. It is impossible to set the limit
of production or of maintenance for live
stock per acre on good land. It is certain
that we American farmers are far from

A Yearling Southdown of Rug-
ged Type and Full Quality.

opinion that this subscriber does not
realize what a large flock of sheep he
Would have at the end of ten years if he
followed out this plan. Let us suppose
that the venture is started with 100 ewes,
and that an increase of 100 per cent is
made each year. If the lambs are not
bred the first year, and the ewes are
sold after they have produced four lambs

'each, if one-half of the lambs dropped are

ewe lambs, there would have'accumulatcil
at the end of ten years a flock of over
1,000 ewes. all young and in their prime,
while nearly 500 would have been disposed
of and there would have been nearly 1,400
wether lambs to sell. If the ewe lambs
were ‘bred and the same proportionate inv
crease maintained, the progression would
have been still more rapid, and there
would be a flock nearly twice as large
on hand. But this is just theorizing, and
with the ordinary care in varying sca—
sons, the management of such a large
flock would have to be extraordinarily
skillful to get anything like such results.
Neither is it a fair supposition, that a
flock of sheep so kept would afford suffi-
cient revenue to buy more land and pay
for it from the protitsvof the ilock. aside
from the cost of their care as rapidly as
they increased. This would mean that
the sheep must make a profit equal to
331.4. per cent of the value of the land on
which they were kept each year. It would
be a get—riclnquick proposition and no
branch of agriculture will come up to
that definition. Rut sheep are among the
most profitable of the different kinds of
live, stock which may be maintained on

the farm, and with intelligmrt care will‘
make a. good big profit for the owner who.
understands the sheep business. But in!

the writer’s opinion it would be far bcttci
to start with a smaller flock on this 120
acres, say a flock of 50 ewes.
experience is gained and the limitations
of the farm for sheep husbandry are
learned, increase the flock gradually, not
by keeping all of the ewe lambs raised.
but the best of them, and using pure—
bred rams to secure a desirable degree of
uniformity in the ewe flock. Subscriber
may think it will take him a little longer
to attain his ambition by starting in this
way, but there are plenty of examples
to prove that this would not be the case.

Then. as ,

DEC. 10, 1910.

 

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DEQ 10, 1910.
COMMUNITY BREEDING.

In the issue of the Michigan Farmer
of November 9, page 4, Clyde A. Waugh
introduces an important matter in con-
nection with live stock breeding, and live
stock improvement, under the head of
“The Neighborhood Boar.” The sugges-
tion of a few men buying a boar and all
sharing in the benefits derived therefrom
points to the matter of community
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The subject is one that has attracted
considerable attention, and is being tried
under the able guidance of the live stock
department of the M. A. C. From the
point of theory it appears to promise ex-
cellent results. It will certainly aid in
disseminating good blood, through the
sires, in many communities. The longer
the plan is operated the better will be
the results. But if the experiment were
to be discontinued after the sires had
been used only one term of years, the
benefits woald be so pronounced that the
lesson would remain in the minds of the
farmers of each community where a sire
has ‘been introduced, for many years
after.

Although the neighborhood sire, as far
as cattle are concerned, has attained a
considerable headway, I am not aware
that the neighborhood boar has been tried
to any great extent, yet it seems that
the neighborhood hog improvement pro~
position looks as feasible as the improve-
ment of any kind of farm stock. The
article by Mr. Waugh has awakened in
my mind some important facts gained
by many years of experience in breeding
hogs and handling boars. and I will yen—-
ture to give some of them, so they may

THE - MICHIG.AN FARMERS

The boar should be kept away from the
other hogs. If he has been properly
raised and handled, he will be contented
in a yard, or small field by himself, and
enjoy a comfortable nest by himself. It
is certainly a great mistake to turn a
young boar in with a lot of larger hogs
and compel him to fight his way. The
improved hogs are not produced for that
purpose. It is for the character as to
docility. and the blood they carry that
the boats are purchased. A young boar
is easily ruined by being turned in with
other boars. Those who do not under—
stand the difference between a. well—bred
pig that has a tender skin, and a rough-
and—ready mongrel will not appreciate it,
but the former has a superior value 3% a
breeder, and will prove it if given a fair
chance.

Another thing should be insisted on,
and that is that a sow should have but
one service. It is as good as, and often
better, than more. It saves the boar, and
he will be a valuable sire much longer,
than if allowed to remain with the sows
longer. Every breeder who has had ex-
perience understands this very well. I
have had neighbors, who wanted to run
my business, demand that their sow be

 

allowed to lay with my boar during the
night, and, when refused, go away and
say they would never come near again.
If I had acceded to such demands, myi
boar would not have been in proper con-‘
dition when I wished to breed my own}
sows. A few good litters from my pure-l
l2red sows were worth much more to me:
than the patronage of one man. 5

.\s to charging a neighbor for the use
of a sire. 1 see no reason why it should
not he done. The service is a commodity

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benefit those who may undertake the
community proposition without having had
much experience.

The first step is to agree on the breed
that will be adopted, and then select the
boar. The selection is an important step,
for all boars that are from registered
stock are not up to a high standing of
excellence. If the breed chosen is one
of the lard type of hogs, then by all
means get a growthy, compact animal,
with good, heavy quarters. Every sire
to be used extensively should be of a
good type of the breed represented. If
it is of the bacon type, then get good
depth of chest and sides, together with
the thriftiness that should accompany all
meat animals. In the second place, the
boar should be kept at once place. Chang-
ing places “breaks him up," as we ex-
press it. and he will not be as quiet and
contented, or do as good service, if com-
pelled to change abiding places often.
Sometimes a change in farms with a
boar will make him uneasy, and frequent-
ly irritable, bordering on, and often ap—
proaching, viciousness. It is better to
pay a man for keeping a boar a whole
)ear than to have the animal get cross.

In the third place. it is by far better
to have one man attend to, and care for
the boar, than to change hands. The
boar knows his keeper. and if he iS kind
to him he will become attached to him
and will show his appreciation of kind
attention. A change in keepers makes
the boar suspicious, and will often be shy
when called upon for’ service, while with
his regular attendant he will appear free
and easy, doing his bidding with apparent
pleasure.

of real value, as much so as a bag of
wheat; and if one neighbor were to ask
another for a bag of wheat, and expect
that it be given him, the neighbor asking
such a favor would be set down as a
beggar., A reasonable consideration of
such matters ought to set them right, and
satisfactorily adjust them.

The community proposition has muchl
to commend it. It gives each individual:
farmer in that community an opportunity
to get improved blood from a, pure—bred
boar at a very small outlay in costs. It
will produce a uniform class of stock in
the whole neighborhood, which will en‘-
hance its value. By the use of a goodg;
pure-bred sire, all the hogs in the neigh-
borhood will have an enhanced value, be~
cause better gains can be secured from
the same amount of feed than can be
realized from the mongrels or haphaz-t
ard bred animals. It will do away with
opposition and competition
with, and enable neighbors to work har-
moniously and for each other’s best in-
tercstsr

\Yayne Co.

N. A. CLAPP.

 

To stimulate the production of Christ-
mas lambs the I‘nited States Bureau of,
Animal Industry has imported a. flock of
sheep from the Barbadoes Islands. These?
sheep are said to be the most prolificl
breeders known, but are not very goodl
mutton_sheep. It is planned to cross!
them with a good breed of mutton sheep,l
such as the Southdown, and the factl
that they will breed almost any month of
the year lends hope to the plan. This is
the first experiment of the kind ever made
and the first time Barbado sheep, which
have a hair covering instead of a wool
coat, have been brought to this country.

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Indigestion—.1 have a live-vear—old
horse that is just as well fed as his
mate. but he is thin and the other horse
flit, both eating the. same amount of food.
G. R. 17., Brown (lily, Nich.«-Mix togeth—
er equal parts ground nux vomica, ground
gentian, cincholla and powdered rosin and
give him a. teaspooni‘ul at a dose in feed
three times a day.

Sore l'Iyes.-—l have a young more that
is troubled with sore eyes. She seemeds
to be all right up to six weeks ago wllcnl
one of her eyes became sore and some
time later the other one commenced dis—
charging. I have applied weak brine and
warm milk, but she is no better. 1.. 1).,
Fredericli, Mich—Apply some iincly pow-
dered boric acid to sore eyes tw‘w- a day
and give. 2 drs. Fowler‘s solution at a
dose in feed two or three times a day.

l.ar,vngitis.-l would like to know what
can be done for our pigs that are trou-
bled with a. cough. C. F. M.. St. Johns.
Blichret‘live them some ground gillgcrnnd
powdered licorice in their feed. it would
be no mistake to increase their food
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(‘hronic Loosl-uess of ii lwcls.~-I have a
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lllicllrwflive her 4.1 toaspooni‘ul of pow-
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spooni‘llis gingcl‘ at a dose in feed two
or three times a day.

Sol-o Scrotum.—liave a yearling bull
that has a sore in sheath which hurts
him at time of service. and I would like
to know what can be done to remove a
growth of this kind. \V, t‘... Maple Rap-
ids, 1V‘lich.~16ither remove it with a knife
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ii)'larrhoea in Pigs—Ever since weaning
time my young pigs have been troubled
'with looseness of the bowels. F. H. J).
New ‘loston, lVI'ich.—4I"ci4ilnps cooking
their food would help correct their trou—
:llso add some lime water to their

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—Ilorscs. Cattle, Rhee , Hogs, Dogs,
For sale or Poultry, nearly all’hrecds. Sires
exchanged. Southwest; Michigan Pedigrccd Stock
Association, It. E. Jennings. Sec. Paw aw. Mich.

w t —20 to 30 head JCTHO)’ Cows. Registered or
an 8 high grades. when writing state Drivenllllt‘,
otc. Address to 'l‘lllth. O. RUFF. St. Clair. Michigan.

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CATTLE.
ABERDEENaANGUS.

Herd headed by UNDULATA BLACKBIRD
ITO 83836. one of the best eons of PRINCE ITO
50006. and Grand Chaul‘plon Bull at. the Detroit
and Orund Rapids Fairs o 190'?Z .. 1% and .
Herd consists of Ericsn. Blackbirda, Prides. etc.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ioniu. Mich.

RSH IR Es-High type of Dairy animal.
Av Young bulls and bull calves
for sale. Prices low. Inquiries solicxted.
B'I‘IRICSHIKE SWINE.
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iced and give some g‘ne‘er in every feed.
The food supply is what CtitlS‘.,‘S most of
the trouble.

I‘in \Vorms—I have a five-year—old
horse that is troubled with pin worms
and have given SE‘Vt‘l'Ill kinds of treat-
ment; none of them seem to have done
him much good; I have also given him
condition powders. A. (7.. 3cdl'ol'd, Mich.
Dissolve 1 oz. of powdered
iron in three or {our quarts of water and
wash out bowels daily for four days,

Obstructed ’l‘cllt—Colt Seoul‘s—l have
a boiler that has a movable bunc‘ll in
lower part, of quarter. which seems to
obstruct the free flow of milk. I also
have a five—month—ohi colt that has been
troubled with a looscllcss of the bowels

since birth and I would like to know llow_

to treat him. \V. A. (1., Lansing, Mich.—
Apply iodine ointment to bunch once 4.1
day and perhaps you had better use a
milking tube. (live the volt two or three
drops oil cinnamon. :7 dis bcechwood

creosote and 17» drs. tincture opium at a.

(lose twice a day until his bowels tighten,
then give less medivinc.

Navit-ulnr liisi-:lsc~—S\\'«lllell Sheath——
("attic ““llgll."l llzlve :l IJZUtl-lb. horse

yours old \Vlllt‘ll I have
owned for about three years which has
been treated by two d‘fferellt Vols. for
uavicular disease. but is still lame. I
also have a gelding whose sheath swells

that is about it}

whvll standing in the stable, My cows
wl-ll- troubled with a r-lulgh last winter
but got over it in summer: lately they

cough some, but are apparently
and doing line. 14‘. ll. .\l., I"ollll\'lilo,
Mil-ll.—~Mi,\' one not red iodide mercur

and 10 parts werate of cantllarides t0—
gt4lllt‘l‘ and apply to coronet every 10

days. N:l\'lt‘lil‘zl‘ dist-asl- is th‘y often
llll'lll'l'llli‘ and ill t'l'ilt'l' to umko the horse

no sound it mav be necessary to take out

a section ot‘ the llt'l'\'t‘ on each
side of his low leg. Shake the dust
out of your cow’s: fodder. let more fresh
air into the stable and wet their feed
with lime water, is all you need to do.
The sheath of {L horse oi‘tcll swells for
want of exercise. Give him a tt-uspoollful
of powdered nitrate potash at a dose in
iced twice a day for a few days, then
give tho medicine once :1 day or as often
as you think it new-ssnry.

[{lli‘ilnilillfilll" impure. BlondieSevcral of
my ltl-wcck—old pigs are sore and stiff in
hind. quarters; for llll‘ past llll‘t‘i: wt-cks
they have been il‘tllllilwl with lameness
and :lppollr vxl-nk in hind quarters, l have
thought that the right hind leg was most
itiIt’t'letl. I also have n mllrl- that must
llaVc impure blood on account of having
l'2t\V Sores on her side and belly. (l. Ii.
M., Orchard Lake. h'llt‘llrvYOll failed to

state whether your pigs are Weaned or
Hot illill what )‘()11 ll:l\'(4 been feeding
them. 'l‘heir ailment is no doubt the re-

sult of improper feeding, or else keeping

them in too damp and ill-ventilated a
place. Feed your sow very few vet—rc-
tables if they are still nursing: however,

l presume you have \vcnncd them ere
now. (live the pigs some air slaked lime.
and powdered szlitpeter ill the feed, 1 gr.
ol' .air siaked lime to every two or three
lbs, of their weight at a dose. and 1 Hr.
to every five, or six lbs. of nitrate of pot—
ash (saltpeterl. They should be treated
tWice a day, kept in a dry place and fed
ll balanced ration. Also kept dry and
warm. 4

 

 

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)1 ltlliltiAN SCHOOL FOR THEDEAF. Flint. Mich.

TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS

rl‘op Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-
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hold and have in the pill-4t. held World's Records for
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MCPHERSON FARMS cot. Howell. l'lich.

? FOR SALE—2 yearling Holstein-Friesian . bulls.
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Oxford-Down Sheep “133.15%!“
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Oxford Down Sheep’r‘.°.?§..3&°2:‘é“gl filth;
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WING to heavy storms and blocked roads the sale

advertised for Nov. 30 came near being a failure.
I sold 5 lens, a total of 28 aged ewes at prices ranging
from $8.!) to $12 per head. l‘he balance are still for
sale. I have a few 4 and 5-year-old rams I will sell
tor less than half price. viz.: $10 and $12 per head.
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C. L. Burlingame. Byron. Michigan.

all sold. Ei hi: ed 0 'e
Shropshire Rams s... F... a 1:5... .11..
\\' [LLIS S. DIEADE. R. F. D. No. 3. Holly. Mich.
FOR SALE—Ten bred registered Shropshire;
) . yearllng and tu'o-yenr-old ewes,
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J ling ewes. ram and ewe lambs, Yorkshire and
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SHRUPSHIHE HALL STOCK FARM

Has for sale twenty-five (‘25) very choice bred yr. ewes,
a few good aged ewes. one choice two-year-old
rain, also three good ram lambs.

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

 

 

' —(‘ows, Heifers. Bulls. If we have what
HOISlems you want we are bound to plum-'0 )ou.
; LONG BEACH FARM, Augusta. (Kalamazoo. Cu).

[LMHURST FARM SMITH &VVARNER. Props.

! Holstein Cattle and UK-
i'ord Down Hhcop. Have I?) ‘hoice um Lilllillfihl'ill‘
Address B. C. Buniield, Supt. Owenlllllc, Mich,

‘ sale.
H E R E F 0 R D —?:rths§i§es 2'93. "lib 3 till“.

China hogs. ALLEN BROS, Paw Paw. hilt-h.

, HERE FORDgisulli‘ifiilli‘l‘é. illififé‘i’flllfl‘r‘fl

‘ old that is recorded. HALL, Martin. M lch.

! '. ' Oifical yearly
lReglsier 0i Merit Jerseys. mm... A .,,,..
llot of youngbulls from dams with official records
of 4&5 pounds and upwards of butter.

'1‘. F. MAHSTON. Bay City. Michigan.

:LlLLlE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS,

i We have some splendid young bulls for sale. Some
of them are old enough for s(4i‘\'lt'(4, 'ley are il'olll

cows with records of ill!) to 43.3 pounds of butter last.
i )enr. “‘ritc for description and prices

. COLON C. LILLIE', Coopersville, Michigan.

 

4‘ I 10 the highest bidder. ‘3 Jersey Bulls. tuberculosis

tested. One a first irize winner as cell and lear—

ling at. Michigan State ‘air. Dani. a liegiswrof Merit

‘ (low. Send bids in lilil‘il‘llt'l‘ BA KNEY. be. 3.
Traveme City, Mich. before December ‘l‘i, 1910.

5 For Sale—Registered Jersey Callie, “$2.2?”
5‘ also ltcg. o. Le. lings. c. A. BlilS’i'()L,Fellten, Mich.

 

—I"nur registered POLLI‘ID DU]!-
FOX' Sale ”A.“ mums. I“, la :llul iii months
Old. All lit-(ls. .1. i4). t‘l..tl(li. Milford. Milli.

' ‘ '1 l . H . Ill. : I.‘
Dairybred Shorthorn Bulls 15%.:‘;-.,..‘.l”l‘.‘.‘..“l...l“1.13
J. B. lllflllMEl.. Allison. Michigan.

 

“sneer. """"

~40 Yipllligl‘flVI‘IS and 20 FAVE
For Sale LAMBS. Sell cllealif sold at
J. 15. GARDNER. L. Box 437, Cu lilac, Mich.

 

OllCt‘.

' and (‘otswold Rams and
HaMPShlm, Soulhdown, owes for sale. l’ril-cs right.
THI‘. CLOVER BLOSSOM FARM. Port Austin. Mich.

HAMPSHIRE —linm lambs ready i'or
service; ulm‘l yearling»;

C. D. “’OODBURY. Lansing. Michigan.

()(‘KLAND Farm Delaincs are in field form. strong,

rugged and well covered. Prices right... ’l'ell us
your wants. 1). E. Turner I" Hons, Mosherville, Mich.

INGLESIDE SHRUPSHIREs—ans of all ages. Bred

. i'll't‘fl. sin rly t r in 1 ts.
H. L. Powell. ltubt. Groves, Shepherd, Llonla. Mil-L:

 

HOGS.

 

 

nurocs & Victorias—Grmfih)’ Spring Bears & Gilts

.. of choicest. brecdil f l‘
Vi inners. M. '1‘. STORY. it. 249. Lou'ollg, 111131111:th

of individual merit
and best. known lines
of ‘blood at moderate

‘ prices.
M. I). 856-. B. Johnson. Plymouth. Michigan.

HUPP FARM BERKSHIRES!

. “(ON 18‘.) PRIZES [N 1909.

Stock of both sexes and all ages for Hilltl. Breeders of
izilcrlllS“l.\'_ (falt)t.le.l M. (”P Li‘lilrkcys. Barred Itock (‘hick-
ens. ‘44illl . Ilcts. 1‘ .‘liiil.’ i‘. lilfl’ ’ z 1'-
.Urawcr A. liirlllingham, Michigan. 1 ' M m I“ r.

BERKSHIRE 4444.4“: "4.4" {"4"
‘ ' ' om lint-s I our of lits'l‘lili-
PILL]; :lll«})l’lllrmll<u iloxormnxlw. Best ()ll‘i‘nl'lll.

. “'OOIHiljltY. Lam-ling, I‘llchigun.

Berkshiresmlhlo .Hflflrling sows 1,”..1 for spring

_ _ furrowiilg. A few ('lit)i4‘i‘-llll\' rilts
li' beau pigs ior sale. A. A. l’attulloulmckervllle. .\‘ ich.

BE SHIRES l'nexrollcd in breeding. Hultu-t.

' N ’ ed boom, sown 2 ll 'll.. ‘. '-
rllll l. . l. V. nicks. it. x... 11, Ball‘ill‘u f‘ll‘i4:-k.(.{l‘iyz-ll(.)

DADLK BROS , llitclliiclri, Mich, breeder" of liilp. Chester

\\ bite and ’l'illllnol lll .w. llil', hitl‘\ it n. lhhlil'h. sows brc-l or
open. llf'i‘lilli‘l' inn-mi Siluriboro t'nttlr, liuiY llht'li. lillfT \\ vzln-
Iiolw. W. (ll'pulgtoll, ('llls. all breeding stock lending winners.

Du Rocs—20 “TCWH‘W "‘l‘l‘lilfl Hours ready for

. . ‘ . b’i‘lW ice. 7U lirl-d blous- oi' excellt-x t.
quality, to fall pigs. lllsplwlloll lll‘\'iii'll, “'I'itc l'dr
prices. .1. L. BARNIQY. (‘oltlu'le-r, Michigan.

DUROC JERSEYS.
CARI-.Y ll. l"1l)M().\‘l)H, Hastings. Michigan.
FEW first class ‘
run ML... Duroc Jerse Samoa 8 r
M. A. BRA Y. ()kemos. Ingham 00., liylich. Indpt p193“:

' l)l'lti)(‘-J l‘lliHl‘IY Swine, (4st ll'.'l -
€801.01 Herd («I 1W8. Yearling sous bred. add) pigs
ior sale. J. ll. :ANUllAlt’l‘. Lansing. Blich.

Mi’liilVlL‘I) (illl'IS’l‘EliS—Young bolus ready for
MeI‘Vli'l‘. ordcm‘tilkcn for sows bred for spring fur-
row. _A’lso Holstein Bull (‘alves of the best 01' breed-
lllg Vi. 0. WILSON. Okcnlos, Mich. Both Phones.

’ ~Hogs all ages for sale. sows bred
0- I. C S or open. boars any age or size.

 

ELAINE RAMS, aim 50 registered Delnine ewes
) which must be Eolwai'ore Dec. 1. Great. bargain

for some one. . . WAN. Rockford. Michigan.

Shipped 'nn approval. HARRY T. CRANDEL
Itoillng View Stock Farm. CASS CITY. MICHIGAIII‘:

HOICE Registered Shropshire and Cotswolds. year- ‘

for sale at. re so -
lhoroughbrod Duroc Jorsuys am. ml... 0.11%,
seven months old, fashionable breeding at exception-
ally low prices. GILTS and BOARS, ten weeksold,
fashionable breeding at: exceptionally low prices for
immediate delivery. Address, IRWIN 8; BERKEY.
208 East Lincoln Avenue, Goshcn. Indiana.

all ages. Sows bred.
O. I. C- Ho 5 Males weighing 195 lbs.
and more. H. H. J17.“ . Munith. Michigan.

 

 

0 I 6 —Spring hours all sold, have 2 good June boars
. I I left. blows bred for spring furrow. fall pigs
either sex. A. NEWMAN, it. No. 1. Mariette, Mich.

O I C —-—Bred Saws. Boats ready for ser-
c o o vice, from World's Fair \Vinners.
Glenwood Stock Farm. Zeeland. Michigan. Phone 94.

—Spring furrow. of both sexes. of
0- 10 Co S‘Vine ri lit t) po and breeding. Bours $20
each. E. E. BEACH SON. Brighton. Mich. R, No. 3.

 

 

 

0 I G —va pigs all sold, but offer some extra good
0 o - boar lgs for sale. Sept. furrow at reason-
able prices. Fit 1) NICKEL, Monroe, Mlcil. R. No. 1.

0. LC. Swine-F"{l“§.£§m"$‘:£.iit" £44344?"-
)o s. n
right. Geo. P. Andrews. Dniville. lnghamg 00.. Mi: .
‘ Lo i- .
0. l. C. Early Fall Pigs ml. fiilt§°lofiliei
C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Michigan.
0. l. C’s Fill SALE—9,3;l?§’$l§3?dell‘€i.§§ 33;?
weighing fromlfio to 3%le. 1 'earlin boar and.
30 full pigs. OTTO B. SCHULZE. ashvifie. Mich.
—F‘or sale now

0. '- Co SWIN fall Pigs got by

Grand Son of Jackson Chief the World‘s Champion
and Grand Champion 0. . C Boar. Write for live
1 let. live prices onfiairs not akin.

l A. J. 6081) ‘N. R. No. 2. Dorr. Michigan.

RECORDED MULE FOOTED HOGS

are said to be immune from hog cholera. Stock of ‘nll
ages for sale. John H. Dunlap. Williamsport, Ohio.

PolANn CHINAS—Boars of the best of breed-
ing and of great: quality.

E. D. BISHOP, Route 38. Lake Odessa. Michigan.
' —Bozlrs ready for service:
pOIand'Chlnas aprin pigs. either sex.
Write LVV. Barnes & son. Byron. hiawnssee 00.,Mich.

Poland-Chinas

The home of the Michigan State Fair-winners.
“'e won 24 prizes at Detroit in 1910. Pigs of both
sexes for sale. sired by our prize-winners.

M. 'l'. BEATTY 6: SUN. West Unity. Ohio.

P. c. BOARS, GILTS,

WEANED PIGS at Right Prices.
Shipped c. 0. d. with pedigree. \ .
WM. WAFFLE. Goldwater, Michigan.

’ ——largest in Mi whigan.
Large Type F. C S Spring pigs in I sold.
Order a fall pig early from my great. herd and get.
choice. None better. VV.[E. Livingston, Permit. Mich.

POLANll-ClllNAS $313.2" $5.113 Swift. 8233?

1’. I). LONG. it. 1“. D. No. ti. Grand Rapids, .iich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_ ' —L;lrgc stylcd.growtll_\' spring pigs. also
Peland Chinas fall pigs. Semi for snapshot photos‘
and lowest. pro-cs. Robert I‘devc, Pierson, li'licllignn.

P. C . B O A R 3'11??? fit-1332i lité

money. “'OOD & SONS. SALINE. MICHIGAN.

 

 

12 P 0 Bears ready for service. sired by a Son of the
. - “orid‘silhampion Meddler; dam. un-

defeated Lady Louise. Z. Kinne, Three Oaks. Mich,

' ' bred for spring furrow. Fall Pi s
POland“Chlna Bills and S. (l. W. Ilegllorlls. (lockere‘lu
$1 each. 15. M. Vi ing and Son, Sheridan. Michigan.

4'4 4' ‘ ll bv “Victor"bv“ Out.-

ur P. C. Boar's tilt-its; ‘ - -‘
t . . prlzezlt Ohio State
Fair: dams by Medler Second. Oakwood Medler and
others. A few large Minorm (‘oclterels Satisfaction
guaranteed. R. “’. MILLS. Saline. Michigan.

BEST BIG TYPE POLAND-CHINA PIG

ill Michigan. March furrow litter 13 fit to head any
herd. l’riceKfl); hr Hows 535: Aug. figs. $15: Sept.
iiigB. $10. Fairs and trios not. akin. Be 1 phone.

J. c. BUTLER. Portland. Mlch.

FOR SALE~Yorkshire Boar Pigs
' ' ' ' . 1:, 7' x ‘ .

A“““ii‘iir‘htiltt‘tfli‘tt-‘.."1‘?%°n“§l-.tpi rescue"

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

‘ and order a registered YOI'K-
Watch this Ad. SHIliEBUAli of A. Maxim
& SON. Ii. F. D. No. 1, Hersey. Mich. Bell Phone.

Large Improved English Yorkshiles.

The hog that makes good. oars ready for service.
Gilts bred for next spring farmw. A choice lot: of
fall pigs. 8airs not akin. Satisfaction guaranteed

0 LON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

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DEC. 10, 1910.

That’s thewa to keep
our horses. t s easy

odo it with Kendall s
8 Vin Cure.Thousands
0 other horsemen have

done it in past 40 years. \_——1 -
Cured Spavin T"

"Two years ago, I bought a pair oi.’ flne black

mares. In about six months one hada Spavin.
Islmplx used your Spsv no.6ur and cured
her entirely. which mystiiied all the horsemen.
Yours truly,
M. S. Culver. Union Ci ,Conn.”
Letters like the above are rece ved by us
daily from grateful horsemen.

Kendall’s

Spavin Cure

is the only safe sure cure for Spavin, Curb
Splint, Ringbone Bony Growths and all
Lameness. Save your orses with the old
reliable cure. Leaves no white hairs or scars.
It is the world' s best liniment for man and
beast. At drugslsts. $1 a Bottle; 6 tor 5.
Ask your druzgist for book, “Treatise on he
Horse, ” or write to

Dr. B. J. Kendall Co.. Enosburn Falls. Vt.

NEWTON'S H EAVE
°21i’3'ln Brennan" 0 U R E

The Standard Veterinary Remedy.
~ 0 yeargggie Send for »~

 

 

    

 

SAFE TO USE
HHNOIIIGNOO 1.538

'14 V
IIEII‘ Makes the horse sound. stay sound

DEATH TO HEAVES

The first or second $1. 00 can cures. The third can
is guaranteed to cure or money refunded.
$1.00 per can at dealers. or express prepaid.

THE NEWTON REMEDY CO.. Toledo.

A Guaranteed

DISTEMPEB
REMEDY
HORSES115.355.2111:Jrgl'csfif‘lfiz

' H E E P sold on a positive money back guar-

1antee. it is so certain we lei: you
. test it at our expense. Get a bottle
ANDDOG

—try it on any case of Distemper,
Cough. Cold Pinkeye. etc. —if it fails to do what we
claim—take empty bottle back and get your money.

...‘v;«:::s§1:§:rs;:a:l:¥3 CRAP T 5

..'ri-'1:.“'1sn;a2°.;. III???
' I! 1. I 6 1 1

When All Others Fail Try

Dr. Fair’s

Cough é lioavo

Remedy
SIX DAYS’ TREATMENT FREE to new
customers, if you send 40 to pay postage.
If your druggist can‘t supply you

Send $1 for 30 Days’ Treatment

W. C. FAIR, V. 5., Prop.
DR. FAIR VETERINARY REMEDY C0.
5712-5714 Carnegie Avenue. Cleveland. Ohio.

 

    
 
  
  
 
 
    
    

 
  

  

  

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I Increase Stock Profits

l

Mix cut roots with dry feed—double its
value, keep stock healthy and they pay a.
bigger profit on less fee Roots increase
relish and digestion. And the .

Banner Root
CUtter Lild’temiillgnlll;

“Non-Choke Curve Cut" feed
from roots, etc Self feeding; cuts fast
and easy; separates dirt from roots.
Made in 7 styles and sizes. Book Bree.

0. E. Thompson & Sous. Ypsilanti. Mich.

 
 
   
  
  
  

 

 

  

More Proiit in Stock by
11' Using STAR GRINDERS.
Fresh Feed—Fat Stock
~Full Purse.

 

 

 

   
 
 
  
 

' ‘ tar Grinders. sweep
or belt.make more money for the
farmer than any other implement.
They save rain. tim me and money.
They make he best feed. The cost
is small. the results large. Booklet
on teedin and Star Grinders free.
Write to- ay for prices and terms.

THE STAR MANUFACTURING CO.
11 Depot St. New lexlngton. 0.

Chic‘iiié'o Sc °iil'é'°°Co.

 

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘

AMERICAN SADDLE
HORSE.

I _____

The most desirable points in-Ame1'ican
lsaddlc horses are what are known as
fsaddle gaits, therefore the most important
‘of which is the walk.

The gaits, although not common to all
horses, are what are known as the saddle
galls, in the most important of which
there is as wide 11 range of excellence as
.at the fusicr gails of trotting :111d 1'un~
Lning. 'l‘he :1vc1agc rate of spccd :1t which
1horses walk in harncss or under saddle
is probably no morc than iin'cc milcs an
hour while a really good walker can covcr
five, 11nd in rare cases, six miles under
the saddle. Bring the easiest gait on both
horse and rider, such horses will make
wonderful journeys without distress. “That
is known as the fox-trot is also a very
desirable gait. and easily taught most
horses by urging them slightly beyond a
walk, and when they strike the right guit
hold them on it; it is a trifle faster than
a. walk, and a near approach to 'a single
foot.

Nearly all saddle horses will take a few
steps to this gait whcn changing from :1
walk to a trot, but will not keep it unlcss
trained to it. The speed differs from sov-
en to eight miles an hour. Horses will
learn to like the gait. and it is an cusy
one for the rider, and next to the. walk
the best long distance gait. Single-foot—
ing is nearly the some as the fox-trot,
and is an exact intermediuic bctween the
walk and the trot, each foot appearing to
move in a sort of go-ns-you-plcase man-

ITHE PERFECT

her, and considering that it is on excep—
tionally misy gait for :1 ridcr, and that
an average single-fooicr will cover nine

 

101' ten miles per hour, it is worthy of
cultivation. The ruck 11nd pacc are nour-
ly alike, the only difference being in the
iformcr the hind foot 1'c:1chc,s a trifle in
advnncc of the fore foot 011 the same side
while at tho laiicr gait the foot on each
Side move cxuciiy iogciher~a pui'cly lat-
eral motion. liliihcr the rack or the pace
is much more dcsiruble than the trot
under ihc saddle, and thc pace is at least
'11s fast, if not i‘astcr, than the trot. In
addition to poSSt-ssing all 1110 above sud-
dle gaiis the modcl Haddhuhorsc should
be lcvci hc:1dcd, courug‘cous :-1nd kind and
Should bc :111 :1clivc and casy movm' at
Iany gait, and have a sensitive mouth, res-
Ipond rcadily to the touch on the bridle
.1'ci11. be sure-fumed. able and willing to
trot. galop or run, as required, and. :1bovc
:11], sound upon his logs and pcrfecl in
the wind.

Si_ Joscph CO. TV. .T.

SALTING PORK FOR HOME USE.

GRAND.

Kindly advise the bcsi method of salt-
ing down pork for homc use. i huvc not
had vcl'y good success in kccping it. Does

shooting ihc hogr l1:1vc anything to do
with it‘.’ Some claim ihut it (loos.
Anlrim (“11. A. \V.

Thcrc :11‘c :1 number of difi'crcnt meth—
ods of sailing pork for homc usc upon the

farm but in the writcr's opinion the cas-
icst and most suiisl‘acrm'y wuy is to put
ti down in :1 lt1'inc with plcni‘y of salt,
as it will rcduh'c loss attcntion whcn
puckcd in this way than whcn proscrvml
in any oihcr' 111:11111cr.

The first csscuiial in thc kecping of
pork so ihnt it will comc out swcci 11nd
wholcsomc is: rhc absolutc clc:1nlincss (11'

Thc old
has
usc of

is puckcd.
woodcn burrcl
supci'smlcd by Lin-
and with
:114 whr'n 21

which it
using :1
bccn lzir'gciy
lm'gc
tor suiisfziclion
('OllllllOlIrH'S‘ 1o bccomc ininicd it
diilicult innitcr to gci it in
dilion for

tho vcsscl in
sysicm of

much bci-
bar'i'cl
is :1 \‘c1').'

c111'll1cn c1 ocks.

\vmulcn

W'I'l‘cr'i’ con—
ihc kccping of pork, and in any

cvmil it rcduircs vc1'y much morn care
than ihc curihcn crock, which hos a
glnzcd surfucc and which can bc casily
stcrilizcd by tho usc of hot watcr.

'l‘hc writcrk niclhod of pulling down

pork is to 1190 plcniy of tho bcsi’ packing

 

.snli, putting in :1 thin layer of suit in
,‘lhc bottom of the crock ihcn packing in
{in laycr of pork light, placing ihc picccs

:1nd wcdg‘ing‘ ihcm in

ihcn

:19 closcly
'21s possible, put on anothci' laycr of
salt and onc of pork until ihc whoic is
packed down; then put :1 clean board or
large plate with :1 heavy stone on top to
weigh it down and pour strong brine ovcr
the wholc. Of coursc, if pork has bccn
sailed in this munncr in pr'cvious yours
the old b1'inc will be available. :md if this
is used. it should be thoroughly scaldcd
and skimmed to i'cmovc any impurities
which may bc in il. T’ork which is pack-
cd in this manncr will scldom 11ccd any
further uticniion but in case ihc brine
should appear to bc bloody or contaminat-

1 on edge

 

ed in any way it should bc promptly re—
moved. Scaldcd, skimmed and then re-
placed as 50011 as it is partially cooled.

It is essential in killing hogs to have
them bleed out thoroughly and if it is;

made the practice to shoot before stick-
ing. it is possible that the blood vessels

will not be as thoroughly drained as
would otherwise be the case, but the
wriicr has ncver followed that practice

and would not be a. competent judge up-
on the point raised.

Some prefer the dry sailing method
but if precaution is taken and thc recep-
i:1cic in which the pork is packed is :11)—
solurciy fl‘cc from germs of any kind and

a good quality of suit is used, us recom-
mcndcd. the pork will keep wholesome

and S'wcct, and the writcr has uscd this
incihod because of thc good rcsults which
have been secured by it.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

The demand for feeding lambs and
shccp in tho Chicago murkci has been
checkcd since cold weather sct in by the
federal gmcrnmeni s rcquir'cmcnis that

all fccdms Should bc dipped before being
scnt to count1v points.
The Kansas City Stock Yards Company

has increased thc shccp yardage capacity:

to 45.000 hcad. Marketing's of sheep
there have been much heavier than over
before. 11nd 1:11'gcr accommodations be-
came ncccssul'y.
Shocpmcn should
shm't-fcd, hull—fut flocks 11nd wait until
their shccp :ind lumbs are good and fat.
as corn is chcap. Those who have ample
shod shelter for cold and Stormy wcathcl‘
hood not fear to wait until i'hc present
gluticd markets change to smaller sup.
pllcs and higher prices.
Farmers wcrc never
out circumsianccs than now and their
course in holding on to their corn, with
a vicw of fccding it largely to stock, is
having its cffcct on tho banks of tho great
cities of the wcst. To :111 unusual ex-
icnt the f:11'mci's :11'c l'1o1'1'owing‘ money
from thcir homo banks to purchase cat-
tle, declaring~ that they will not accept
the low priccs now offcrcd by the country

in more in dcpend-

clcvaiors for ihc ncw corn crop. They
arc, in fact, bidding against, thc packers
ior lean cattle. Mcunwhilc ihc country

bunks have been drawing down ihcir bai—
unccs with Chicago banks in ordcr to be
able to accommodate the farmer patrons.

For a long iimc fut iiillc ycur'ling steers
21nd heifcl's have sold remarkably wcil in
the ("hicugo murkct, frcqucnily outsclling
long—fed l1c:1vv 'bccvcs. These are times
whcn ihc popula1 dcmund is for small
cuts of bcci

 

stop sacrificing thcir1

 

A great many farmcrs lmvc boon plan-
ning: to 111:1kc, th(i1‘ young hogs fut :1nd
cxira heavy, as cm 1 is both plcntiiul and-
chcup 11ca1'ly cvc1"",\whcrc. but somo of
ihcm are now undccidcd what to do, be-

cause of the grcai fall in priccs and fear
of further gr'cui dcclincs. It (lrws not
sccm wise to SPll hcullhy pigs 1 :1t wcig‘h

undci' 2110 lbs. and most c.\'pcl'i9nced stock
fccdcr's Si't‘lll disposcd to Inukc their hogs
wcig'h as high as 3371 lbs, if not licavicr.
'l‘hc grcnt shortage of hogs cannot bc ig-
nored by tho puckcr's, and {armors should

hcwurc of allowing ihemsclvcs to become
panic sir'ickcn :111d sucr'iiicing thcir heal-
thy growing pigs at this iimc. The com-

bincd 1'cccipis of hogs :11 the elcvcn lead-
ing markcis of thc counilv so far this
vcar h: we bccn upwards ot‘ ft ”.00 000 head
INS than for the sumo pcr'iod last _V.ear
A great many shccp arc bcing fed in
the San Luis X'nlicy of Colorado, tho pen.
crop bcingr an nvcrag'c onc. 'l‘hc flocks
zil'o put, on fccd in October, and by De-
ccmbcr the first 111:11'k1'vti11gs~ 0f i‘cd shccpr
are made. shipmcnis incrcnsiug aflcr the
holidays. (li'cat (locks ol‘ lumbs :11'c turncd

 

into ihc pczi iiclds, :1nd il1c_\' bccome good
and fat. in addition to thc feeding Of.
s'cvcral hundrcd thousand Sliccp czicht

furtncrs in that 1'cgion :11‘c now raisn
ing :1 grcut muny hogs. this having grownf
to bc an i111po1'i:1nt industry in rcccnt:
yours, l’an {111‘ a fine fccd for both hogs
21nd shocp. and both gci

)"0211‘.

7Missouri f111'111cr's arc in humorous in-
siunccs shoring ihcii' corn ruihcr than
:1cccpi' ruling low offcl's'. ’l‘hcv pl:1n 1‘0
have :111 abundant supply of fccd on thcir
farms and thus bc pi'cpur'cd to scizc any
opportuniiics at :1 into limo to gct' cheap
stock for t‘ccding. l‘icscni priccs for
fccding' Hicci's :11'41 icgm'dcd by mnny
i‘:11'1nc1's us too high. ”'llicrc is :1 widc-
stprcnd i111pr'cssion that thcrc will be
g‘rcuily cxccssivc maria-tings ol‘ short-fid
SiOOl‘S up to tho closc of lr‘cbr'uar'v. rind

illilrk bciicl‘ 1'1"-
latcr fccding.

siockrncn
dci'ivid from

cxpcricnccd
turns will bc.
.\ large i‘nrmcr :111d stockrnnn owns SUV—
cral c:11' loads of culvcs which hc will
food with thc vicw of having thorn in
111:11'kctublc condition bciwccn May and
June.

’l‘ln'oughoui most ports of lllinois. Indi-
ana and Iowa siockmcn :11'c slow :1bout
mnrkciing‘ ihcir last sp1‘i11g"s pigs, as
ihcy reckon on making much larger prof-
its by making ihcm fut {111d hc:1vy, with
chcup corn, cvcn il‘ hog priccs go Still
lower. This hos rcsulicd in highcr' prices
bcing p:1id for hogs at points west of
Chicago than in thc markcts of the cast.

’l‘hcrc has l1ccn :1 good dcmund I'cr'cnlly
in the (‘hicng'o livc stock market for grind
light-weight stock steers buyci's taking
them with a vicw of :1llowing them to
mum in pasturcs or cornstalk fir-ids dur-
ing thc wintcr months and fatten on
corn at :1 latcr period. It is g‘cncmlly ’bc-
licvcd ihni' curly fccding is bcing‘ over—
done and that cuitle marketcd in the
curly spring will sr-ll beticr than those
Shipped in previously. Prices for both:
stockcrs and fccdcr's havc undergone a
meat decline in 1cccnt weeks and latel
buvcrs have boon in :1 position to secure
cvccedingiy atti'nctivc lots very much
cheaper. Fm'mcrs have been sacrificing
a great runny short—for] cattle, the de-
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extreme. and iecders have sold off along
with better cattle.

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NERVES

NEE-D

Scott’s Emulsion

the same as babies.
Babies can’t take care

of themselves, nor can
nerves.

Babies cry for atten-
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Probably both are half-
starved for proper
nourishment.

Give them
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Used as a Blister
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You better try

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BALVES RAISE THE“ WITHOUT HILK,
“LET FIII
J. E. BARTLETT. 00.. Jackson. Mlch.

MILKING AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN
SUCCESSFUL DAIRYING.

The quantity of milk and butter-fat
produced by cows depends in no small
degree upon the manner in which the
cows are milked. Cows may be ever so
good or ever so well fed, if not properly
milked the results will be unsatisfactory.

The reason why so much depf‘ntls upon
correct milking.r is the fact that good
dairy cows possess a. l‘iiglily developed,
nci'vous system with which the secretion
(formation) of milk is intlmatcly associat-
ed. \Vhatever, therefore, reacts upon the
nervous system of the cow will react in
like degree upon the secretion of milk.
In this connection it should be understood
that the secretion of milk takes place
almost entirely during,r the process of
milking. No matter how large a bag a.
cow may show just previous to milking,
it ‘arely contains as much as a. quart of
milk, the distention of the bag being
due to blood from which the milk is
elaborated.

It is owing to her high nerve develop-
ment that a cow is so very sensitive to
excitement. boisterousness, unkindness.
rough treatment and allicd abuses which
always react so unfuvorably upon the
production of milk and butter—fat. Es-
pecially disastrous arc the ct‘fccts of
abuses administered just previous to or
during milking. Yet how frequcntly are
(logs allowed to chase the cows to the
stable. and how often are attendants Sccn
with clubs which they use as aids in get-
ting the cows into their stalls! The lun-
guuge and boisterousness that usually :10-
compunies all this leaves no doubt that
the animals are treated as offending
lii'utes.

A change of milkei's has an unfavorable
influence upon the vicltl of milk. A cow
that lms become thoroughly accustomed
to a cci‘lulu llllll-lt‘l‘ will {ch rcstlcss and
l'llNlSy with a new milkcr. which is no
\Yllt'l‘c more plainly iudi‘aicd than in the
milk rccord Sllt‘l'l. A cilantro of niilkcrs,
furthermore, almost always means a
change in the munncr of milking and.
therefore, a change in the stimulation of
the udder. Since the stimulation or the
uddci‘ by the milkcr is the cause of milk
secretion, it is evident that a change in
the method of stimulation will affect the
yield of milk and butter—fut. The wise
dairymun will, tl_crcfm-c, uvoia changing
milkcrs it‘s far as possible.

It is undoubtedly due to the greater
stimulation of the udder that fast milkei‘s
always obtain more milk than slow ones.
In my experience with milkcrsfland I
have cinplovcd many of them in the past
+71 have ncvcr had a slow milkcr that
proved satisfactory, no matter how faiiili—
fully or conscientiously the milking was
performed.

One of the vital things in milking is to
get all of the milk at each milking, that
is, to milk a cow dry. \‘V‘hatever milk is
loft in the udder is not only lost to the
milker but acts as a check upon further
secrcticn. so that the habitual practice
of not milking cows clean or dry results
in it gradual shrinking of the milk flow
and in an early drying,r up of the cow.
Furthermore. the loss of tlic Strippings
moans the loss of the very best milk. The
first milk drawn from a cow usually con-
tains less than onc per cent fat. while the
strippings may contain as much as 14
per cent.

To obtain the best results from a dairy
firegularity must be made a watchword.
Cows must be milked regularly at a fixed
time morning and night. Milking an
hour sooiici‘ or later than the fixed time
interferes much more seriously with the
milk yield than is commonly supposed.
Irregularity in feeding also affects the
milk flow. If. for example, cows that
have been accustomed to receive their
grain just before milking should receive
it at times after milking. a reduction in
the yield would surely be noticed. This
is just what might be expected. With-
holding the grain will make the cows
restless and discontented which will sulfi-
ciently jar their nervous system to cause
a drop in the milk flow.

Another matter to see to is to have the
periods between milkings as nearly equal
as possible. This is especially important
with heavy milkers. If cows are being
milked at six o’clock in the morning. they
should preferably be milked at six o’clock
at night. The more uniform the periods
between mllkings the more uniform the

secretion of 'milk and consequently the

greater the production. The time be;
tween milkings also influences the rich-
ness of the milk. If the two milking pe-
riods are unequal, it will be found, as a.
rule. that the milk from the shorter peri-
od is the richer

A good milker is an important asset in
a, dairy. The following data scoured by
Mr. H. B. Gurler from his own herd
fully illustrate the importance of a good.
milker: .As a result of two winters’ tests,
Mr. Gurlcr found that the cows milked by
the poorest milker had fallen off 9.5 lbs.
per head in three months, while the.
shrinkage of the cows milked by the best
milker during the same time was only
1.83 lbs. This fully explains why some
milkcrs are cheap at $40 per month while
others are really expensive at less than
half this amount.

\‘t’isconsin. JOHN MICHELS.

 

MAKING SILOS SMALLER.

I have an opportunity to purchase a.
silo at a reasonable price from one of my
neighbors who has quit the cattle busi-
ness. This silo is torn down and piled
up in good shape, but the trouble is that
it is larger than I want, being 18 ft. in
diameter and 30 ft. high. Now one about
12 ft. in diameter and 25 ft. high is What
I would like. Could this silo be con-
structcd to these dimensions? I can
have the hoops cut smaller easy enough
but would the staves match all right?
That is what I would like to know. Also,
which do you think the better, a solid
concrete or a block silo?

Lapeer Co. SUBSCRIBER.

I think it will be entirely practical to
make this silo smaller. Simply leave out
slaves enough to give the silo the re—
quired diameter, cut your hoops off the

proper length and you will have just as

good a silo as the big one over was, but:

i here: of you not to make your silo of less
height than it was before. You say it
was 30 feet high, and you propose to
make it 25 feet. This will be a great
mistake, and you will regret it after-
ward. “'ith rathcr a small number of
cows to feed, it is entirely practical to
make the diumcter only 12 fcct, but I
ccrtainly would not shorten the staves.
It will cost you nothing more to have the
silo fill i‘cct high than 25. In fact, it will
cost, you the cxpciise of sztwlng off the
slaves. und you will nccd that extra five
l‘cct. (‘onscqucntly I would recommend to
take the extra slaves and lengthen out
the 30—foot stavcs, and building your silo
2:6 or it) fcct high rather than making it
shorter.

If both are properly constructed, I do
Not think there is practically any differ-
cnce lictwccn u. cmicrctc silo and a ce—

mcnt silo. One is as good as the other“
I‘mlll must be plustcrcd on the inside,‘
both have to be i'e—cnfoi‘ced to give tlie'

propcr strcngtli, and when complete both
are practically indesti‘uctable.

ENSILOING BEET TOPS.

 

 

I have a farm of 120 acres of which a
purl is muck from one to two feet deep.
with U. good licavy sub-soil of clay. I
raise a large amount of sugar beets. Can
I place the sugar beet tops in a. silo and
will the stock do well on them?

Tuscola C0. W E. T.

Sugar bcet tops can be cnsiloed suc-
cessfully and make an ensiluge that is
vci'y palatable and nutritious. Cattle
like it. The tops contain so much mois—
ture that I think it policy to mix straw
quite liberally in with them when they
put in the silo. The straw will absorb
all this excesSivc moisture. and its pala-
tability will be thereby improved. so that
the cows will consume much more of it.
\Vhen filling the silo with beet tops, they
should be evenly distributed over the en-
tire surface of the silo, so that they will
settle evenly. lf they are just thrown in
loosely, they will not pack as VVt‘ll and
will sctile unevenly. There is consider-
able loss on top of the beet top ensilage,
on account of the coarseness of the ma-
terial, \YlllCll'illlflV‘Vs considerable space
for air. Much of this loss could be avoid-
ed by placing over the top some finer
material which would exclude the air and
assist in helping the beet tops to settle.

 

WILD PASTURE TAINTS BUTTER.

In answer to C. R, of Kent county, re—
garding butter getting strong, would like
to say, if your cows are running on wild
pasture it is safe to say it is something
they eat, weeds, leaves or something. We
had the same thing happen to our butter,
churned every three days and had milk
in cool place but butter was strong. I
took cow off pasture and have kept her up
ever since, feeding on fodder, and will
say butter is sweet and good now, have
not 'had a bit of strong butter since.

Alpena Co. F. G. P.

 

 

 

 

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T0 BALANCE A RATION.—BREAKING
HEIFER TO MILK.

 

\Vill Mr. Lillie please tell me whether
we should use LOIIOII 01 linseed meal with
cariots, clover hay and eo1nstalks with
some corn in, or can we get a balanted
Iation with 00111 and cob meal, carrots
and oats these being theap and at 11- 1nd?
How do you bleak Jersey hciteis of kiek-
ign without pounding them

Genesee (30.91. R. G.

It would not be possible to balance a
ration where the roughage is composed
of clover hay and cornstalks with some
corn in them. and with carrots as a. suc-
culent food for roughage and then corn
and col) meal and ground oats for grain.
No doubt your cows would do well on a
ration of this sort if you fed them liber-
ally, but that is not the point. The point
is to get the right proportion of food
nutrients so that you will get enough of
each for the demands of the animal and
still have none wasted. Out of the ration
proposed, in order to get enough prott‘in
to produce the casein and nitrogenous
'part of the milk the cows have to eat
more of the ration. than would be pos-
sible. That is to say. if they consumed
enough of it to get sufficient protein
they would consume more carbonates
than any necd of, and this would he
waste. Now the theory of a balanced ra-
tion is. to have the protein and the car—
bonates in the right proportion so that
when they are consumed by the animal
they will be economically digested and
assimilated. To do this. this ration would
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:llnl lcss of the oats, and a little more of
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and ground oats. I would advise mixing“
:00 lbs. of corn and con meal, Zoo lbs. of
ground oats. and 100 tbs. of eitiicr cot-
tonseed meal or linseed meal. or 1710 lbs.
of gluten feed. Now, by doing this you
will feed enough less of the cornmeal
and oats, to more than pay for the cot~
tonseed Inca] or oil meal, and thus chca an—
on your ration ratheI than making it
more expensive. Now if you don‘t need
the oats and corn for other stock on the
farm. then you can sell a portion of them
and buy the other feeds. The probability
is, however, that you will need this corn
and oats for other stock. and if you do
then it would be a matter of business
economy It go out and buy the other feed
to mix with your home—grown food.

Breaking a Heifer to Milk.

“How do you'break Jersey heifers from
kicking without 1'1ount'ling them?” 1 think
that the same answcr would apply to any
other breed of cattle. I really do not
think that Jerseys are any more apt to
kick than other breeds of dairy cattle.
In fact, my experiences is that Jerseys
are quite gentle and docile and if you use
them right. you haVc no reason for com-
plaint along this line. You can not break
a. Jersey heifer, or a Holstein heifer, or
a Guernsey heifer from kicking by pound-
ing them. That; is not the way to do it.
(1119 must remember that the teats and
udder of a heifer are lender. that if their
udders are. well dcvclopcd when they drop
their calves, they are inflamed and full
and are apt to be. cakcd: they are sore
and ought: to be handled carefully. The
best way to break a hcifcr from kicking
is to never allow her to kick. and this
can be. done. Several weeks. or even
months. before the, hcifcr comes fresh,
Occasionally 1‘th hcr udder aha teats with
your hands, she will gt-t used to this and
like it and the friction of the, haml upon
the udder and teats will. in a way. tough-
en it and get the heifer used to having
her udder manipulated. As sht- nears
the period of parturition manipulate the
udder still more. Rub it thoroughly. then
he sure that the teats are not, chapped.
At this time of the year especially. if the
tcats get damp and are then exposed to
a dry cold wind. they chap and get sore.
To prevent this. before the hcifcr comes
in. oil her teats and udder with raw lin-
seed oil. This will keep them from
chapping and toughen them also. ‘1th1
the heifer drops her calf, of course the
calf ought to suck once or twice. perhaps
three times. The calf ought to get the
first milk of its mother, which contains
the cholesterin, which is so beneficial as
a laxative in cleaning out the elementary
canal of a young calf. If you don’t allow
a calf to get the cholesterin from its
mother. then it ought to have a dose of
castor oil the first thing, but if you let

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. 19) 511'

the calf suck the heifer do not neglect
the teats, especially if she runs out in a
cold wind. After the calf has sucked
the heifer the teats become wet with
saliva and milk. If the heifer is turned
cut then the teats are liable to chap and
when you go to milk her by hand, it
hurts and she resents it. After a calf is
through sucking, strip her a little and
then wipe off her udder and oil it again,
don't let it chap. Again, some people
are very careless in the way they take
hold of a, cow's teat in milking. They
have their sharp iingcr nails («11110 in
direct contact with the teats. and when
they equeeze their hands. it presses the
nails right into the teats. ("an you blame
:1 heifer. or even a cow for kicking under
such conditions? Take hold of the teats
so that the fleshy part of tho linger
comes in contact with the teats and not
the nails.
* * =IK

Now. if you will bring a. heifer up right.
manipulate the udder properly before she
comes in. be careful about not allowing
her udder to chap. and get on the right
side of the heifer. If you give her to
understand that you are hcr friend. she
will not be afraid of you and you will
have little, or no trouble about her kick—
ing. Do not pound or whip or punish a

heifer under any cit‘cutilstances. t‘oax
her. You go to pounding her, shc will

resent it aml kick you every time. at
least she ought to, and if she has got
any spirit she will. If you are kind to
her aml have got her confidence. thct‘c
will be no trouble. i will admit, that for
the sake, of argument, there is a differ—
cncc in heifers and it may lu-t-ttlllt‘ nec-
essary sometimes to tie the heifer at first
until she becomes accustomed to being
milked. lit-sides. you can tic both legs
together with a broad strap. ‘Jnll can
buckle a strap around her anklc and hitch
it back to a ring in the floor. ltlit'n'r of
these will prevcnt her from kicking you
or doing any harm. For an ordinary
heifer .1. however. would not give a ccnt
for any of thcso devices. If you will
press your head tirmlyagainst hcr flank.
you can usually prevcnt her from kicking
at all. (nice in a while it, may be, neces—
sary to reach in front of hcr right leg
with your left hand and grasp the gam-
ble cord of her left hind leg. \Vith any
ordinary heifer, this will prevent her
kicking.

WHAT GRAIN TO BUY.

I would like your advice on what kind
of feed to buy. \\'ith cull beans quoted
at 7-1c cwt.: second grade wheat, 75c
ewt.; sccond grade barley. 73c cwt.; sec-
ond grade rye. tioc cwt.; cottonscv-x'l meal.
$2 t‘\\'t.; linseed meal. $3.25 ewt. “’11 have
all the good ensIlage. good ('lOVct' hay.
good cornstalks of our own but have.
to buy grain for the cows; now which of
these would you advise me to buy, and
1s rye likely to make cows lose. their
calves? ‘

Arenac (‘o. R. (I. R. I

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for roughage Seemingly the price ofi
cottonseed meal and linseed meal are
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To encourage greater uniformity in the
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legislatures of different states have
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of packages or contents of same, or both
Such measures encourage the use of
standard packages within the state. They
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but selling fruit within the state enacting
the statute. It would be impossible to
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the heads be 161/: in, in diameter.

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that quart measures for the marketing
of fruit contain 67 cu. in., pint measures
shall contain 331/2 cu. in., and half-pint
measures shall contain 16% cu. in. Bar-
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equal to 100 qts. dry measure. have a
head 171g in. in diameter, staves 281/2 in.
long, with a bulge at the center of the
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for export shall be packed in barrels.
T'hese barrels shall be 2614 in. between
heads, inside measure, the heads 17 in.
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11 qts. and be 53.1, in. deep. inside meas-
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limitations, and her wide range of agri-
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her low-priced farm values, her closeness
to the great markets of the country have
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out that a large part of her territory was
unavailable as farming land. The natural
course of affairs from now on may repay
her what is due. Those who aid her in
coming into her own will also be blessed
by the advantages offered. Our fruit-
growers are giving this aid and reaping
the blessings.

FARM AND FRUIT NOTES.

 

The weather has been quite catchy for
several weeks so it is hard to plan and
execute farm work just as would be de-
sired. VVe have tried to make pruning
our main business the past week, but as
the orchard is four miles from home and
there has been so much stormy weather
we have not progressed very rapidly, but
have done a number of other jobs here at
home. On two different days we hardly
got at work at the orchard before rain
came on and we had to leave. There are
some trees in the orchard to be removed
and we take the saw and axes along so
we can work at this when the weather
is not suitable to prune.

We have cemented the furnace cellar
during the week, and filled up a number
of hollow apple tree trunks and branches
with cement. This will at least keep
some of the water out and discourage
decay.

Another recent job is the pulling of the
stumps of the peach trees that were cut
down on account of yellows during the
summer. There were about 150 of these.
By taking a chain and team and cutting
some of the roots on one side, the stump
could be pulled with most of the roots.
The longer roots will be chopped off, the
trunks sawed with the 'buzz saw, and
used as furnace wood—rather expensive
wood, however. I do not hear much about
the yellows in the fruit bolt, but here
where there are only a few trees on each
farm, and no inspection, the yellows are
taking nearly everything. We have tried
hard to keep it out of our orchard by
cutting the trees as soon as affected. but
with little success, as it has taken nearly
the. entire orchard in three years, and
just as it is reaching a good bearing age,
six years. I have also noticed a few
touches of it in our two-year-old orchard,
and I presume this will not last as long
as the other one. I agree with the remarks
in a recent Farmer, that inspectors should
“have better pay and be better qualified.
It is impossible to find competent inspec-
tors here who will do the work for two
dollars per day and furnish their own
conveyance, and get the ill will of some
of their neighbors for their pains. Not
one in ten of the farmers whose peach
trees have the, yellows know what is the
trouble with them. and they are left to
sprout up as long as they will live, and
scatter the disease. Possibly the present
law works out all right in fruit districts,
but it is something of a farce in other
places. Many of the inspectors who are
appointed are not qualified for the work,
and instead of attempting to throw more
light on the question they make arbi-
trary, and in some cases, unreasonable
demands, which result in much ill feeling,
and often in the dropping of the insepc-
tion. we are a little anxious about this
for we have a new orchard of 900 peach
trees set last spring. We will do the best
we can with them but we do not expect
many of them to be there five years
hence, but we hope that by that time
they will have. paid for themselves. I
should like to have someone who has had
considerable experience with the yellows
give his opinion as to whether the viru-é
lence of the disease does not decrease the
longer it is in a locality, in other words,
is it not most destructive soon after en-
tering new territory?

Another job that we have completed at
odd spells when the weather was favor-
able is the putting on of 1,000 tree pro-
tectors. These were wood veneer, and
were moistened, bent around the trees
and tied with twine. \Ve used a bicycle
pant guard to hold the protector about
the tree while tying, and tied with two
strings, one near the. top and one near
the bottom, unless there was a. mulch to
hold the base. A slit was made in the
edge of the protector to prevent the string
from slipping down. -We put them Only
on the apple trees, the peach trees being
so low they could not be applied very
well, and we will chance their being in-
Jured. We still have a hundred or more
trees that we will use tarred paper pro-
tectors on. S. B. HARTMAN’.

'DEC. 10, 1910.

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FALL PRUNlNG—ll.

In a previous article we discussed fall
or winter pruning in a general way, mak-
ing several subdivisions and advancing
seve‘al principles to keep in mind during
the work. I now wish to give as nearly
as possible our method of pruning out an
old neglected tree, such as is found in an
orchard that has nor been primed for
many years.

In the first place, we wish to have the
proper tools for the purpose. After try-
ing out nearly all kinds of shears and
saws 1 would advise a Paragon pruning
saw, which has a double set of teeth. the
blade being curved so as to make a push
cut on the convex side and a draw cut
on the concave, or hollow, side. This en-
ables one to use the saw in a greater
variety of ways and places than a straight
saw or one with but one set of teeth can
he used. The convex side. or push cut,
is used more often in cutting a large
branch near by, and the concave side. or
draw cut in reaching out and cutting
smaller branches. Many of these branches
are small enough to be cut with the long
handled Pruning shears, but the trouble is
to work the shears and hang on at the
same time, as two hands are, required to
do this, while but one is needed to work
the saw. It is not practical to usi- a lad-
der in pruning a large tree, as to much
time is required to move. it. The operator
must get into the tree. and work from
the branches. Another advantage is a
saw with a push and a draw cut is. that
that work can be done more easily. as it
rests one to use both motions rather
than but one. \Vhere the trees have a
large number of quite large dead brancln-s
near the base we sometimes carry a
coarse hand saw for cutting these. as it
will cut a little faster than the pruning
saw. but ordinarily it is more bother to
keep it along than the advantage gained
by using it.

The only other tool which we consider
xcry necessary in pruning a neglected
mature tree is the long-handled pruning
shears. By these I mean the shears like
hand shears, but with handles from two
to three feet long. \\'.,e usually set a step
ladder against the trunk of the tree and
use these, shears in cutting out the water
sprouts which are generally quite abund—
ant on the larger branches near their
base. Many of these. may be dead. but
there is usually some live wood at their
base where they are cut. As a rule we
do not take, the shears into the tree on
account of the difficulty in working them
when standing on a branch, and the time
consumed in changing from the shears to
the saw and back again. The saw is
light and can be held in one hand while
holding on with the other. and it will cut
either a large or small branch and do it
almost as quickly as the shears. 'l‘he
concave side also acts as a convenient
hook to start the branch to the ground
after it is cut, for it must be remembered
that in these old thick trees more time
is consumed in getting the cut branches
to the ground than in cutting them. To
aid in this we begin at the bottom and
center, so as to leave all the room pos-
sible to get the branches down. Those in
the center are started downward with the
saw or hand. cut end foremost, and those
near the outside are left, or thrown far-
ther to the outside where they are pulled
down from the ground with a pole having
a spike driven in it obliquely near the
upper end.

Eat to return to the question of tools,
the saw alone will do, but the long-hand-
led shears will prove a convenience in the,
cciitcl‘ of the tree. atid in trimming out
the lower branches around the outside.
'l‘hese being farther from the body of the.
tree are not held as firmly and cut better
with the shears than with the. saw. For
the higher branches we have a short step
ladder. and also carry a ladder about 16
feet long to use on overhanging limbs
that we can not reach from the tree. The
role. primers with lever will answer for
some of this pruning around the outside
where the. branches can not be reached
with the others, but I do not believe they
are of sufficient advantage in pruningr old
neglected trees to warrant their use. Bot—
ter work can be done by getting up to it:
either in the tree or from a step ladder,
besides it: can be done more easily. \Ve
have also had some. of the recent patent
lioic shears on trial, but can not recom-
mend them. The kind which works with
a sleeve on the pole has not sufficient
power. and the one which you hook over
a branch and pull on the handle requires
a firm branch or it will slip down the
branch instead of cutting it. and it is
also difficult to cut close to the parent
branch with it. If an agent wishes to
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per, set him at work at an old tree with
it, while you take the saw and shears. If
he can do as good a job as you can in as
short aftime, you can talk with him, if
he can‘t, let him trot along, and I dare
say he will keep trotting. .

So much for the tools and method of
using them. Now, as to the best man-
ner of priming a neglected tree. “'9 bo~
gin at the center. cutting ottt the dead
limbs which may come out from the
trunk or large b‘anches near it. and the
dead and surplus water sprouts. \Vherc
the center is rather open we like to leave
a few water sprouts that are headed to-
ward these open places if it can be done
without breaking them in getting down
the brush. If they must, be. taken out
others will be. likely to start and some
can be saved at the next pruning. This
selection and training of water sprouts to
form a new head lower down on high
trees, or to [ill up open places in the tree
should always be kept in view.

From the center of the tree we work
outward on the lower branches of the.
tree. then upward toward the top. The
dead branches are, cut and taken out first,
then the branches which rub or cross or
are not growing in the desired direction.
’l‘hese are drawn out and dropped as cut
so that one can better see what needs
cutting next. for it is impossible to do a.
good job of pruning on a tree filled with
brush.

There will still be. places that are en-
tirely too thick, and these should be
thinned by taking out the branches that
will leave the remaining ones best dis-
tributed. in general. this will be the
branches near the, center of a cluster. “'0
try to leave those that are growing to—
ward the center of an open space. also
the lower ones whcre they are healthy,
as we want as low trees as possible. and
the average neglected tree is altogether
too high. \\'e also aim to cut a number
of small branches rather than a large
parent limb. where this will answer. All
this work frequent observation
and study as one should attempt to see
how the limb will look after a certain
branch is removed cutting the
branch, also whether the thinning could
not be better done by cutting some other
branch.

lf the tree is too high. and most of them
are. a special problem is presented. It is
too expensive to properly spray and pick
the fruit from the tops that can not be
leached with a Ztix‘J-t foot ladder. 'l'nlcss
a special effort is made and a high der-
rick used the spraying ill not, be well
done and the fruit will be inferior. and
posts will spread from the top to the
‘ower branches. A special ladder must
also be used for picking out the tops. or
one must cliinh into-them. or a longer
and heavier ladder be used for the entire
tree. all of which is inconvenient and ex—
pensive. it these high tops are removed
it will remedy all this. True, it reduces
the bearing surface of the tree, but at the
same time it gives the light a chance to
strike further down into the center of
the tree, so that more fruit will be, pro-
duced in these centers, and if some new
sprouts are left here to renew the centers
the biaring surface that is lost by the
cutting wil gradually be replaced lower
down where it can be handled at half the
cost and the quality of the fruit will be
better.

So much for the reason. now for the
“dehorning” operation. \Ve try to out
only the branches that are vertical or
nearly so. unless they are, altogether too
high. 'l‘hose. whose origin is at a reason—
able height and which are horiZontally
inclined will droop with bearing so that
they can be sprayed and bicked quite con-
yeniently. 'l‘hose which stand upright and
are too high should be. severed just above
a branch that has a horizontal growth
so that this branch or branches will take
the growth which went to the severed
limb. and will help to heal over the
wound quickly. Stubs sltonld never be
left as they will die down and leave rot»
ted places or will send out numerous
water sprouts. it may be better to make
a cut of this kind not quite, horizontal so
water will not stand on it, aitd if large it
is best to paint the wound when the sap
is not flowing too much, with thick.
white lead paint. in cutting any branch
it is best to cut rather close to the parent
limb and somewhat parallel with it. but
not too much so where there is quite an
enlargement at the base, as in some vari-
cties but long stubs should always be
av0ided. Dead limbs nearly always have
some green wood grown about: their base,
and we usually out near the outer edge
of this. as the wood is softer here and
cuts more easily. and the wound will heal
more rapidly.

After the tree is pruned from the cen—

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ter and the top lowered if necessary, we
pull down any brush ‘still hanging, and
trim out the outer and lower branches
that could not be reached from the tree.

After the tree is finished it is viewed
from the ground from all directions and
if any very thick places still appear they
are located and thinned out. \\'e do not
aim to do all the pruning a tree will ever
need at the one Operation. but where a
tree is so very thick it is necessaty to
thin it considerably in order to get the
branches down, and sometimes a tree is
thinned nearly enough when the dead and
dying branches only are removed. How—
ever. 1 believe in giving the. tree a fairly
good thinning the first time for it. can be
done more; cheaply then than to st'atict‘ it
(Vt‘l‘ several years. besides it will be
found to be too thick in a year or two
anyway and will need further thinning.
but. I may treat of this in another article.

As to the cost. one man will prune from
two to six trees such as are found in the
averagc neglected orchard. in a day. if
they are large and thick. two to hrce
make a good day‘s work. For the average
run of types 3t} cents would be a fair
charge for the pruning and 13 to 33 cents
for burning the, brush. but if the, trees
are very la at and thick it may cost a
little. more.

‘alhoun Mi, 9. B. ilAltTMAN.

A GARDEN THAT PAID.

it has often been said that the garden
was usually the most profitable plot of
ground on a farm. size considered. and
suit-1y ours has proven the rule. The
garden is about a halt acre in extent. but
a fourth of that is taken up with trees
and bees. not scattered through the gar—
den. but located in the center.

From this plot We. have had abundance
of all sorts of vegetables front early rad—
ishes to late sw'cct corn. for a family of
seven. and have four bushels of sweet
three of Irish, sc“cral
gallons of

potatoes. g’ttihins

of tomatoes canned, lifteen
sauerkraut inadc. besides about, itttl head
of cabbage to bury; celery to run until
t‘liristnias. pumpkins to last all season.
and have sold five dollars worth of You.“—
tables.

Just a couple of
manure, were used, and that on the space

loads of well—rotted
where gooseberries and rhubarb were set
out. The soil is sandy and is. of course.
strong. bttt as an offset, it needs drainage
very badly.

The soil was plowed deep, and as rain
was threatening, no fitting was done, just
tows run and the seed put, in this for the
early beans, corn, potatoes and cabbage
plants. The radish. lettuce and pea seed.
end the onion seed wcie put. out earlier.
on prepared soil.

For the later cabbage.
celery the ground was well

corn. sweet p: )—

tatoes and

stirred with cultivator before. being
plant ed.
(‘ultivating was done with hoe. rake.

and garden plow, and it was done often
though to keep weeds down, and this re—
quircd soil stirring at least. twice a week
until plants grt‘w too large.
The following varieties were.
Dwarf (icm Scarlet 'l‘ippod and
("harticr radish; common white onion sets.
Hanson lettuce. Success tomatoes. (‘onn—

grown:

peas;

try Gentleman sweet corn, Jersey Charles-
town and '\\'aketield for early
late li‘lat luttcli and Marblehcad for late.
Valentine bunch beans. King of the Car—
dcn Lima beans. early (thin potatoes. the

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yellow sweets, do not know the variety
as we bought the plants. White Plume
celery and seed we had saved frotn good
pumpkins.

’l‘he pumpkins were planted with the
Irish potatoes, principally. a few vines
among the sweet corn. and were planted
after potatoes were hand high. in the
tow. not between the. rows as that Would
have hindered cultivation. They are tine
for cooking this year. ’l‘hc sweet pota—
toes, late cabbage. and celery plants. also
some sweet corn. were planted in .luly,
Just average good plants excepting celery
which were very small and puny.

Considering the ptice we would have
had to pay for vegetables used and on
hand, the garden was worth in» or $7.”: to
us. about 5}”.th was paid out for seeds and

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CURRENT COMMENT.
A bulletin just
The PrOgress of Agricul- 183111111 by the
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chasc, 3,325 co-opcrnlive trade. organiza-
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that an easy method of borrowing money
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'. T111137 MICHIGAN FARMB'R.

tiona for the marketing of produce have

products on the market In a more gradu-
al manner, which would cause the profit-
now reaped by, speculators to accrue to
the producers. These statistics regarding
the operations of these societies for
collective purchase, production or sale
show that they do business in large fig-
ures and that they cover almost every
phase of agricultural effort, includ—
ing societies_ for the sale of cattle as well
as other products grown upon the farms
of that country. Space will not permit
us to go into the details of the business
done by the several German Co—operative
societies at this time, but it is suflicient
to say that they are operated in com-
munities, but are federated together in a.
central organization which holds an an-
nual congress and is a considerable fac-
tor in the securing of legislation and the
education of the individual society along
right lines of organization. It will be a.
surprise to many Michigan farmers to
learn that the scope of co—operative work
in Germany is very broad. covering even
the providing of electric light and power
to the residents of farming communities
and small villages by means of co-op-
crative societies.

Austria has a total of 2,605 agricultural
(to-operative societies in addition to over
7,000 banks which are operated upon the
co-operative plan for the extension of
credit to the members of the societies
operating them. A large number of co-
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these societies and used in't'he purchase
and sale of commodities used and pro-
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There is also a general federation of the
co-operative societies of Austria as well
as 34 provincial federations of local S0-
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In Denmark where agricultural co—op-
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a means of bettering conditions when Don-
mark. as a nation, was bankrupt and her
people practically in the some condition,
with the result that today Denmark is sec,
end in per capita wealth of all the coun-
tries of the world. Some details of these
organizations are most interesting but
space will not permit them to be given
in this issue. In 1009 there were in Den-
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curing societies, 15 societies for the pur-
chase of requirements, a number of so—
cieties for the marketing of cattle, and
others for the. marketing of eggs; cattle
breeding societies numbering 1,260, horse
breeding societies numbering 270, swine
breeding societies numbering 102 and con-
breeding societies numbering 2.33. 811091)
trol societies to the number of 519, the
so-czillcd control societies being similar
to the cow-testing associations carried on
in Michigan in a co—operaiive way.

Perhaps the most remarkable growth of
agricultural co-opei‘ulion hos occurred in
Japan in recent years. In 1009 there
were 5.149 such societies in Japan, while
in 1000 there were but 21. These covered
a very wide range of usefulness and will
be mentioned in more detail in a future
issue. Other countries of Europe also
afford examples of the increasing popu-
larity and usefulness of co-operulive so—
cieties for the economic benefit of
farmers.

it is a mailer of pride and congratula-
lion thut the T'niled States comes in for
a fair share of credit in co-opei'aiive work
in this bullctin, the organization of fruit
growers in (‘alifornin being given as the
lucsi example of the bcnciit of co-opcra-
lion in be found in our counli'y. “rhile
co-opcrolivc enterprises are be-wozuing in-
crcusingly popular among ihc formch of
this country (his method of doing bugl~
mess has not increased as rapidly here as
in the older countrics, probably because
of the fact iluil our farmers have ‘bcen
more prosperous and have not felt the
ncccSSily for working iogclhcr to ihe
some dcgrcc that thcir old world ('On-
icmporarics have, done. However, every
instance ih which our farmers have or-
ganized themselves: in £1 co—opcr:1tivc way
has been one morc instance of the, success
of this method of doing business. Pram-
1icully nil farm buildings are now insured
in mutual insurance companies which are
operated on the co-opcru’rivc plan. The
co-operaiivc dairies have without any
question been the means of maintaining
a good price for butler because. they af-
forded the producers the opportunity to
soil it in the best markets of the world.
(‘o-opcratlve cow testing associations are,
making money for their members while
the co-opcratlve breeders’ organizations
which have been formed in Michigan dur-
ing the past two years will prch of even
greater value and benefit to their mem-
bers. Co-operative elevators and associa-

proven a. success where? tried. on a
practical plan, while the latest effort to-
ward co-operation in Michigan is being
undertaken by the beet growers of the
state as noted in a recent issue. There
is every reason to believe that co-opera-
live work might be extended with great
effect to the farmers of Michigan and
this is a good time to consider the prop—
osition and work out a practical plan of
organization along lines of community
production throughout the several agri-
cultural centers of production in the
state. Active work for a. single year by
interested readers of the Michigan Farm-
er would produce results which would
give Michigan 8. sufficient number of
these organizations to form a. strong fed-
eration, which would become a very con-
siderable factor in the various ways In

which a potent influence is needed to put'

our agriculture on a. par with other big
industries.
In last week’s Michigan
A Lesson in the Farmer, an old swine
Hog Market. breeder and close ob-
server of market con-
ditions analyzed the relations between the
farmers of the country and the packers
who buy their product, and made some
deductions that are well worth the care-
ful consideration and study of every
farmer who produces hogs. The fact
that a. very large percentage of the farm-
ers of the country who produce hogs plan
on fattening the spring pigs for the fall
market, makes it not only possible, but
a great object to the packers to bear the
hog market during the early winter
months, since they are able to stock up
on meats and provisions to be sold later
in the season on the advancing market
which is sure to follow the season of flush
marketing, following the time when the
spring pigs commence to be rushed to
market by growers who plan on this
source for a needed cash income at this
season of the year.

The only way to remedy a condition of
this kind is to provide for a more even
marketing of the product, and this in the
case of hogs would require a different
system of breeding and growing them,
so that there would be no big surplus of
begs to market at any season of the year.
The corn belt farmers will, as a rule,
continue to feed off the spring pigs for
the winter market, since as they are sit—
L‘ated, this is likely to prove the most
profitable method, even if the hogs have
to be sold at '11 lower price at that season.
But with an increasing number of hogs
being fed in the cattle yards and feed
lots during the winter ‘by the cheap meth-
od of having them follow the. steers fed
on shock corn or ear corn, and the in-
creased facilities for feeding hogs in the
dairy sections of the country during the
winter season, this tendency should be
less marked, even in the corn belt, than
it has been in previous yours. Then, with
on increased knowledge and appreciation
of the advantage of feeding a. fattening
ration in connection with clover or alfalfa
pasture in the summer, and '11 ration in
which alfalfa. or clover forms a. consid-
erable factor in the winter, together with
the use of better balanced rations in the
growing of the pigs, which will make it
possible to get profitable gains and yet
finish the spring or full p’gs at almost
any season of the year desired, the hog
growers of the country will be able to
plan on marketing their hogs more sea-
sonably. By this we mean, that if the
trndency should continue to be toward a.
weakened market in the fall or early
Winn-r, the progressive hog feeder should
plan on running his spring pigs 21 little
later and finishing his fall pigs earlier
than he. has been accustomed to doing,
since by this method he will be reason—
ably sure of having :1 boiler market
when he sells than by following the ma-
jority in the present tendency toward
heavy marketing in the fall and early
winter.

Notwithstanding the fact that the big
corn crop will tend to raise the average
market weight of the hogs sold during
future months, it will be a great surprise
in all market students if bog values do
not Strcngthcn as the shipmentn begin
to fall off with the marketing of the bulk
of the spring pigs. Undoubtedly there is
a shortage of hogs m the country, and
while an increased average weight will
help to make up for this deficiency, yet
there will be, no surplus above. the de-
mand, and provisions may be expected to
remain at a comparatively high level.
This will be. but a repetition of history,
but it is a repetition which can be pre-
dicted with sufficient accuracy to hold a
valuable lesson for the hog growers of
the country, and particularly for the hog

pm 1., 1919.

growers of Michicln. who can plan on a
ration for their growing hogs which will
make them more independent of seasons
then can the hog growers of. thecorn
belt.

 

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

National.

Secretary Meyer, of the navy depart-
ment, has issued a report in which he
recommends the disbandment of sev-
eral of the navy stations of the country
and using the funds necessary to main-
tain them for the better equipping of
more important stations. Stations which
could well be dispensed with, in so far
as efficiency in case of attack by an en-
emy is concerned, are those at New Or—
leans, Pensacola, San Juan, Port Royale,
New London, Sackett’s Harbor, Culebra
and Cavite.

On Monday of this week Port Huron
held an election to determine the com1
missioners to rule the city under the new
commission form of government, which
has recently been adopted by the munici—
pality.

Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, who has
always insisted upon being called the dis-
coverer and founder of Christian Science,
died at her home at Newton, Mass, last
Saturday night. According to the an—
nouncement of medical examiner George
West, of Newton Center, death was due
to old age and an attack of pneumonia.
from which the aged woman suffered
about a week or ten days.

The members of the congressional com-
mittee on the Panama canal have re-
turned from Panama after a tour of in-
spection. They state that the canal is
60 per cent completed. The canal officials
are asking for $47 000, 000 from the com—
ing congress for the further prosecution

Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, who
has been seriously ill for some days
back, was reported improved early this
week.

Government officials are looking over
the details of bids for the two new bat-
tleships of 27,000 tons capacity. When
completed the ships will be the largest
of the lliLVY. It is estimated that three
years will 'be required for building and the
cost will approach $12,000,000.

The hunting season which closed with
the last of November, has, according to
private reports galthered, cost 113 lives.
Michigan was the heaviest looser, 27 lives
being lost within her borders.

It has been found that the new collier
of the United Slates navy is so designed
that it cannot unload’ at the old docks.
The craft, which has been christened
“Cyclops,” is the largest of its kind in
the American navy.

The majority report of the committee .

consldering the Bullinger—Pinchot contro-
versy, is in session in Washington. The
committee as a whole will not be called
together until the majority members have
concluded their work.

The intexstate commerce commission is
giving a hearing to the Pullman company
11nd railroads, together with the attorney-
generals of several states to determine a
change in the upper berth rates of Pull-
man cars The Pullman company has
offered to cut the rates of upper berths
20 per cent but the attorneys of the sev-
eral states do not feel satisfied with this
amount

By advancing wages from 5 to 8 per
cent, adopting a 11— ‘hour day, and elimi-
nating work on Sundays and holidays, the
express companies have affected a settle-
ment of the difficulties with drivers in
New York city. The men are back to
work, although there are a few minor de-
tails yet to settle.

The new court of commerce which has
been authorized by congress, will have
upon its bench, Judge Prouty, of Ver-
mont, who has been a member of the
interstate commerce commission for the
past 20 years. Another member is Frank~
lin K. Lane, of California,

It is estimated that the eight-hour labor
rule will increase the cost of the battle—
ship New York by $1,500,000.

The war department has adopted a high
power powder for use in mines. The na-
ture of the new explosive is a secret.

The prison ‘board of (ontiol of Michigan
will 1ecommend to the coming state leg-
islature that a. new state prison be built
at Jackson, outside of the present city
limits. The old prison, they state, has
outlived its usefulness, is not secure, and
it will soon require a large expense for
additions,1ep11irs,elc.

The (omplcte returns of the last elec-
tion Show that the plurality of Gov —Elect
Osborn was 43.093

The small pox ban has been raised
from Sagin',1w Mich” and schools there
are in session and all business is going
normallv

'l‘weh e midshipmen and an instructor at
Annapolis are ill with typhoid fever at
the military academy,

General iniercat is being manifested as
to the probable contents of the message
of President Taft to the coming congress
(onvening this month. The turn of events
in the inst election has necessarily made
a change in plans feasible The President
appears to have diverted little, however.
by the unexpected strength of the 0D-
posite party and will go forward, ‘with
possibly the exception of the tariff sche-
dule, to carry out his program as an-
nounced earlier in his term of office.

The census shows the population of the
state of Vermont to have increased dur—
ing the past ten years 3.6 per cent. The
population now stands at 355,956,

Foreign.

The election in England of a new par-
liament indicates that the liberal govern-
ment will 'be returned, the latest news
from the island appears to have reduced
the question to one of how much the
present majority will be increased or
diminished. It is generally thought that
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that of the last parliament, although
there may yet be some unforseen change
that will alter the outcome.

Reports are current that Prof. J. R.
Allen, of the University of Michigan, has
discovered a gum—bearing plant in Mex-
ico that promises to reduce the cost of
rubber. The quality of rubber made from
the juice of this tree compares with the
best Para product, and it can be laid
down in New York at 17 cents per lb.

Little news has reached the states the
past week regarding the situation in
Mexico. Insurrecto bands have crossed
over into the states and forced men from
ranches to join the rebellion. Mormons
in the Mormon colonies at Celonia, Dub—
lan and Colonia Juarez have called out
every male inhabitant from 14 to 70 years
of age and are drilling them regularly to
act in case property of the colony be-
comes endangered. Rifles have been ship-
ped from the states to arm these men.

 

CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

Shiawassee 60., Nov. 30.~—The first
heavy snow storm of the season is pass-
ing over this locality. The snow is al-
ready four inches deep on the level. The
ground is not frozen underneath. Wheat
is going into the winter in splendid con-
dition the soil being well saturated with
moisture. Clover hulling is well under
way and the yield ranges from one—half
bushel to two bushels per acre. Hay is
being sold in large quantities and straw
is also being sold in baled form. A large
number of lamb feeders are purchasing
all the loose roughage and grain that
farmers have to sell, and paying the top
market. The potato market is not en—
couraging and many farmers say they
will not open their pits if the price does
not go higher than last season. The bean
market is a little better, but farmers are
determined not to sell until the $2 mark
is reached. A few farmers have several
acres of beets to haul. Very fcw beets
will be grown in this section next season
unless the price is raised. Very few
bunches of hogs in the country. No cat—
tle on feed. A large number of sheep
barns empty. Good milch cows selling
high and in strong demand.

Gratiot 00., Nov. mix-This county has
had very good fall weather, with the re-
sult that farm work is well out of the
way. There is still much corn in shock,
as many farmers preferred to full plow
while the ground is open. About an inch
of snow fell during the night and is still
falling, though the ground is not frozen.
Wheat, for the most part has madc a
good growth. Corn was rather below the
average, both in quality and quantity, in
this section. Boots have bccn rushcd out

 

 

Why Rent a Farm;

and be compelled to pay to your landlord most of
your hard-earned profits? Own your own
farm. Secure a Free Homestead in
Manitoba. Saskatchewan or Al-
berta. or nrcheee land in one
of these istricts and bank a
profit of 810.00 or $12.00
an acre every year.
Lend iii-chased three years
ails] .00 an acre has recent. y
c tinged hands at. $25.mtm acre.
The crops grown on these lands
warrant the advance. You can

Become RIch

v.11: by cattle raising. dairying. mixed farm-

, 9.3.}. ing and grain growing in the prov-

’ ‘ Incas of Manitoba. Saskatchewan
and Alberta in Western Canada.

Free homestead and pro-eruption
areas. as well as land held by railway
and land companies, Will provide
homes for millions.

Ada table soil. healthful climate
3 splen id schools and churches and

l . good railways.

For settlers rates. descriptive litera-
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the count. and other particulars. write
to Sup’t. 0 Immigration Ottawa. Cun-
ade. or to the Canadian éov't Agent.

M. V. McInnes
176 Jefferson Ave.. Detroit Mlch.
C. A. Lender. Marquette. ch.

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Robes, Coats and Rugs.

Send us your cattle or horse hides or any skins
that; you may have, and we will tan those for you
as tho,\' on ht to ho tanned. We have the largest
and best. 1) ant. ill the country for doing this work.
We are coat and robe makers. Our prices are

   
  
  
  
 
  
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

of the ground and are about all secured.
Many potatoes were caught by the severe
freeze in October. Produce is quoted as

follows: Beans, $1.85; wheat, XG@80C;
oats, 300; butter, 22m‘25c; eggs, 27c.
Ohio.

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largest manufacturers in the business take sides with you—the wagon buyer
The big rake-off that you have been paying on every wagon bought to keep
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Remember, we, the Kentucky \Vagon Mfg. Co., have a working capital of over
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Lucas 00., Nov_ 23—80 for November
has been a. good month for farmers to
secure the corn crop. We have had but
little rain and a little snow—just enoughv
to dampcn fodder to make good husking.
Nearly all husking done with the modern}
husking machines, which shrcd the fodder;
at the same time. In this way the farmer
gets the corn husked, fodder in the barn
and corn in the crib all in one job. The
corn market is very dull at present; local
elevators are paying but 450 per cwt. for
ear (‘0‘ The price of live hogs has
rallied somewhat since the recent drop;

local buvcrs arc paying $6.50 per cwt;
shecp, :lm‘lcz lambs. ll/Jfiiz'w. Calves are

scarce and high, MI 91/30. Poultry remains
about the same, chickcns, old and young,g

ltlm‘llc; ducks, 12c; goose, lOm‘llc; fur-1
keys, lt‘tm‘lxc; bultcr, dairy, ZNc: egsrsm

30c; potatoes, ltlc; squash, $.10 pcr 1b. and
plcntiful. ’l‘hcrc arc a grout many acres
of sugar boots rais‘cd in this county and
for lack of cars a great many of them“
remain to 'be shipped, but. the most of
them are out of the ground. It is a
question of only a fcw days when they
will all be clcuned up. The yicld and
quality have been good. avcragiug 121/3‘
tons per acre and testing 17 to 15) per

cent. Hay is scarce and high, bringing
$166018 in the Toledo market. “'hcat,
90c; oats, 2861:7100; corn, 250 per basket.

Wheat is looking fine.

 

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pamphlet of 140 pages giving a. synopsis
of the gumc laws of every state in the
union as well as the Provinces of Can-
,adu. It also contains a guide directory
,giving the name and address of experi—
leuccd guides in all principal game sec-
tions of the l‘nited States and Canada,
and is a valuable reference book for any
sportsman.

“Orchard Dividends” is a title of a bul—
letin on modern methods of harvesting.
grading and packing applcs, issued by B.
.l'. Pratt (30., manufacturing chemists of
:30 Church street, New York city. This‘
company will be pleased to place the bul-
letin in the hands of any one who is in-
tercsted in tho bettcr care of fruit.

“Profits Begin with the Seed,”

is the

titlc of a bulletin prepared by Manson,
Campbel & Co, Detroit, Mich., showing
the benefits derived from a thorough

cleaning and grading of all farm grains
and seeds, in which many good arguments
are presentcd why every farmer should
own a good fanning mill and seed grader.

Removed to Larger Quarters.

Owingr to the increase in their business
the H. W. Johns—Manville (30., announces
the removal of its office now located at
85 Shelden St... Houghton, Mich., into
more commodious quarters at 96 Shelden
street. Mr. S, D. Harris, Who has been
associated with the company for a num-
ber of years. will remain in charge of the

  
 
  
    
  
  
  
  
 
 
  

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THE CHRISTMAS DINNER—BY EDNA SKINNER.

How we all look forward to holiday
tiine~ to the happy reuniting.r of family
and friends; while the mother or hostess
spends mueh time and lovingr thought
preparing the dinner, taking” a natural
pride in eat-h aehievement. 'llut onr de-
light in a hountil‘ully spread table is
sometimes marred beeause ot' the tired,
iluslaed fat-e of our hostess.

is there not a way to prepare and serve
the meal without a maid so that the
hostess will be less wearied and better
able to enter into the spirit and jolity of
the ot-easion‘.’ To do this we need to ar—
range the work very systemativally and
do as murh as possible beforehand.

Below is suggested tt menu for (“brist-
mas dinner, prepared and served without
a maid.

t‘ream of eelery soup
toast turkey_ whestnut and oyster
dressing
Fried potatoes tlihlet gravy
Squash l‘reamed onions
.lelliml tranberries t‘abbae’e salad
Fruit pudding;

.llard sauee Lemon sauce
Nuts Fruits . t‘oi‘t‘ee

The day before dinner is to he served,
elean and truss the turkey. t‘tlllk the trib-
his and (hop them ready for the gravy.
("ook and season the squash. really to be
re—heated when needed: to ro-heat. plaee
squash in oven in covered baking dish
and stir Ht‘t'tlFltlllitlly. t‘ook and mold tho
t-ranberiies_ vraek nuts, make hard saueo
and lemon saueo i'or pudding-x \Vhile the
pudding. as well as the salad dressing.
may be made many days in ad 'anee.

The, following reeipes may be sugges-
tive:

Cream of Celery Soup.

l'se, outer stalks and totigz’her portions
of eelery; elean. t'lli in ineh pieces. rover
with water. eook until tender and rub
through a sieve. 'l‘o eaeh pint of liquid
allow one pint of thin white sauee: sea
son with salt and pepper. also a slice of
onion if desired. Serve immet'liately after
t‘olllbiningr straimd eelt-ry and whit:- sauce.

Chestnut and Oyster Stuffing.

Three ('ups ehestnuts. half eup melted
butter. one eup bread crumbs, one tea-
spoon salt. half eup milk or more. one~
eighth teaspoon pepper. one pint oysters.
Shell and blaneh t-hestnuts and eook until

tender in boiliua‘ salted water. Mash,
using a potato ricer. A dd salt. pepper
and milk. )lix butter with erumhs.

("ombine mixtures and add drained ovs-
ters. if the bread erumhs are stale, it
may require more milk.

Jellied Cranberries.

Piek over and wash the cranberries.
l’ut into enamelled stew pan with sugar
and water. allowing one-half as much
suaar as berries. and one-half as mueh
water as sugar. t‘over until they begin
to boil. Stir m'I-asiotlaliy. Cook until all
tile berries have burst. titen without
straining- pour into an earthen mold and
set aside to eool. '\\'hen thoroughly
ehilled. this «an be removed from mold
and will retain its shape.‘

Cabbage Salad.

Savi- some of the wlloieest leaves for a
garnish in whieh to serve the salad. ("el-
ery or nuts or green peppers may be out
and blended with the ehopped eabhau‘e in
any proportion desired. Serve with a
eooked salad dressing,

Salad Dressing.

'I‘wo Jen's. ollt' eup vinegar. hall' eup of
(‘l‘t‘IXllL sweet or sour. two tablespoons of
eornstareh. three tablespoons (.‘Ultl water.
half teaspoon salt. halt' tezspoon mus-
tard. bit of *ayenne. tl’iree—t‘ourths table-
spoons st gar. one teaspoon btztter. ’i‘hiek—
tn vinegar with eornstart-h which has
been blended with «old water. Mix mus.
tard. salt. cayenne and sugar with
slightly beaten egguruadd eream, then add
this mixture to thiekened vinegar. Cook
like sot't eustard. remove from fire. add
butter, strain and tool, This dressing will
keep in mm] plaee for weeks in tightly
:losed jar. It is much improved if whip-
ped cream is beaten into dressing just
before serving.

Fruit Pudding,
One cup chopped suet, one cup chopped

 

and seeded raisins. half cup ehopped eit-
ron. two tablespoons ehopped eandied
orange or lemon peel. one eup molasses,
one eup milk. three cups flour. half tea—
spoon salt, one teaspoon soda, one-eighth
teaspoon einnamon, one—eighth teaspoon
ground cloves.

Mix and sift the dry ingredients. add
suet, fruit. molasses and milk. stir until
thortmghly blended. pour into buttered
pudding dish, cover and steam four hours.
(me-pound baking powder cans make sat—
isfaetory pudding molds; till only tWo—
thirds full and adjust the covers. Or in-
dividual molds may be used. when a.
shorter time should he allowed for the
steaming.

'l‘his pudding will keep for weeks; just
before using steam the amount desired
until thoroughly heated through. It is
very tine if served with both hard sauce
and lemon sauce.

Hard Sauce.

Quarter of a eup of butter. one cup
powdered sugar. t‘hretut‘ourths teaspoon
vanilla. quarter teaspoon lemon extraet.

sit‘t the powdered sugar het‘ore meas—
uring: (‘ream the butter. gradually add
sugar, and lastly the flavoring. Keep in
(‘tlltl place until needed. that it may be
hard.

Lemon Sauce.

(me eup boiling water, half eup sugar,
one. tablespoon eornstareh or two table-
spoons flour. two tablespoons butter. two
tablespoons lemon juice, few gratings of
nutmeg.

Mix sugar and eornstareh. add water
slowly. lemove from fire and add but—
ter. lemon juiee and nutmeg. if this is
made the day ‘before. re—heat in double
boiler when needed.

A HANDY BAG IS A WELCOME GIFT.

 

RY MAE r. MAHAFFY.
he aet-ompanying ettt illustrates one of
the handiest \vork bags one can possibly
desire. It is eopious as to space and
opening. yet attraetivo in appearance and
serviceable, and its eonstruetion is so

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A Work Bag for

easily followed and no one need hesitate
to attempt its Iashioning.

The material used in this instance is
meant colored scrim with lavender satin
lining, almost verging on purple. The
scrim is first embroidered in a design of
violets and green ribbons. This embroidw

ery may be solid. or some cross stitch de-
sign, either of medallion form or in hand
effeet across the width of the, bag. Some
pret'er an initial or monogram, with or
without an encireling wreath. Others
like a hand of drawn work. through which
the lining shows conspicuously.

The bottom of the. bag is made on a.
told of the goods, 2-! int-hes being neees-
sary for the double length. and 1?. inches
for the width. The lining and outside
have their edges turned inward, so that a
neat tinish is made. The sides are over-
t-ast together half the distance from the
bottom to the top. The embroidery hoops
are w ‘apped with purple ribbon, or what—
ever shade prevails in the other work,
and eat-h section of the ban; is turned
down over one hoop and sewed into posi-
tion, the material being); pushed into gath-
ers. 'l‘hese hoops are easily slipped over
a chair, door knob or hook when the bag
is not in use. or over the arm When ear-
rying it.

For those who desire darker eolors,
burlap in green or brown, erash 0r linen
in the tan or gray shades. or any of the
eanyases will be found appropriate fab-
ries to use as a har-kground, and some or
these. will not require, a lining. By using
strong material like the burlap. and a
dark shade. very useful sehool 'book bags
may be made in this manner, makingr the
size to eorrespond with the hooks to be
carried.

CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE OLD.

nv GENEVA M. SEWELL.

in this hurrying world do we stop to
pay as much honor to ur old people as
we should? \\'hen we think of all they
have done for us we surely ought to stop
longr enough to give. them a pleasant time
at least onee a year. espeeially when the
years that we can do so are steadily
diminishing. llo go home for Christmas
even it' it causes you a great deal of in-
.onvenienee. Perhaps it will not: be nec—
essary next year.

All the ehildren might elub together
and get t'at'her and mother a nit-e phono—
graph. and a few reeords. giving them the
money to seleet other records, for they
may like the pieecs that you would never

 

a Christmas Gift.

think of getting. Do not think this is
foolish, for nearly all old people like
music and we are so thoughtless that We
do not often give them the opportunity
to hear it. If it is in their own house it
will shorten and lighten the long days
and evenings, when they cannot get out

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Cornish Instruments for
real merit, are unex- '
celled by any other.
whatever the price

DEC. 10, 1910.

free trial

This is our offer
to you—select; any
Cornish piano or
organ. from the
least. expensive to
the finest ever
built and we,
without one hit.
of obligation on
your part. will
send the instru-
«ment to you di-
rect from our
factory with
the distinct un.
derstandtng that.
if the instrument.
does not come up
00 your fullest;
expectations you
are not to keep it,
and that the

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If the instru-
ment. does not.
prove better
value for the
money than you
c an g c t any-
where else—if it.

’is not as good an
instrument. a 8
you can buy for
one-third more
than we ask—if
a t a n y is im e
within a- y e at
you feel that
you have not a
go 0 ll bargain,
send it back; we
won’tl tittidf on]:
wo r 0 an
with your de- We Save You 0100 and.
cislon, and you more 0n a Piano
will not; be one cent out. of pocket for freight. or for
use of the instrument.

The Cornish Bond Protects You

and holds us strictly to
this otter. You are to have
the privilege of any terms
of payment. that you may
choose. You risk nothing.
We assume all re-
sponsibility, b e can 3 e
we know all about. the
great beauty of material
and workmanship in Cor-
nish pianos and rgans and
we know all ibout the
pure. sweet, r'ch tone
quality of our instruments
and we know what a.
quarter of a. million
satisfied purchasers
think of them.

If you kc:p the instru-
ment it will cot. you the
Roek-Bottoxn Factory
Price. not. one cent more,
and you will receive with
it. our Bonded Guar-
antee which insures the
Buy On The Cornish instrument; for 25 years
Plan—Save One-Third against defect: in material
or workmanship.

Send For The New Cornish Book

Don’t. think of buying before reading it. It is the
handsomcst; piano and organ catalog ever issued. It.
explains things you ought to know whether you buy
from us or not and it; is yours for the asking. Write
for it; now and please mention which you are inter-
ested iii—piano or organ.

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see. Le AGE’S, the best by
test—the standard of the world
because the strongest adhesive
made.

With it you can mend things
and make things. A household
necessity. Sold in ready-to-use tins
holding pint, % pint, gill, % gill;
also in cap sea ing bottles and pin
sealing tubes. Sold everywhere.
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and eyesight is too dim to read. Then
afterwards for birthdays and other times
You can send some new records. I can
just see how eager they will be to try the
new ones.

Another gift that both will appreciate
is a calendar with familiar scenes and
faces on each page. Every neighborhood
has some one with a kodak. Get pictures
of all the old friends and neighbors, as
well as relatives. Get some from the
childhood home, if possible, and put in
their own pictures on the wedding day if
you can get some that were taken so
long ago. Put your mind and heart into
it and I know you can think of enough
to fill three hundred and sixty—five pages.
Place the pictures and scenes at the top
of heavy cardboard, which you can get
at the printer’s, and have the month be-
low and then the day of week and day
of month below that on a small piece of
paper which is pasted across the top to
hold in place. This may be torn off and
a new one put on for next year so this
will be a perpetual calendar.

Give mother a pretty work bag contain-
ing a. quantity of pieces of all the woolen
dresses the friends and relatives have had
for a. year or more, she will enjoy “piec-
ing" them at odd times. Give father a
subscription to his favorite paper. He al-
so would enjoy a fountain pen, while she
would be pleased with a bottle of fer-
fume.

Make a. shopping bag out of heavy
black cloth or leather, putting her mono-
gram or initial in silver on one side. Do
not think that old people do not care for
such things for they do. Just think of
the things you like that are nice and
dainty and be sure your mother will like
them just as much as you do. \Ve are too
apt to think, “Oh, they do not care for
fine things,” simply because they are old.
But give them some of them and see
their dear old faces light up with
pleasure.

Do not forget a generous box of the
favorite candy to each one and if it is
utterly impossible for you to go to them
on Christmas write a long, long letter
telling all your plans, and hopes and g0—
ing over a. lot of your childhood joys again
with them. That will be a precious pres-
ent to both of them.

CHRISTMAS HINTS.

 

 

BY MARY E. H. COVILLE.

Get out your boxes of remnants, lace,
ribbons, silks, lawns and organdies and
you will be surprised to find how easy it
is to fashion a dainty gift even if it is at

' the eleventh hour.

There is such a rage for small bows,
jabots, collars, ‘bags, etc., that your
friends will be delighted with your hand
work; we have made several bows by
taking a piece of mull four inches long
and three and one-half inches wide, fold
a. very narrow hem all round, and on the
right side (you can see the edge through)
just outline stitch this hem in your chos-
en color of silk floss—then sew on each
end a lace edge, out another piece from
same cloth three and one—half inches by
three and oneohalf inches.

Take a ten-cent piece and on edge of
each end of this draw small scallop, work
in same color silk and in each scallop a
small dot. Gather each piece in center,
place the embroidered piece on top of the
lace trimmed piece and you have a bean-
tiful bow to wear with shirt waists. If
you have no lawn remnants, a quarter
of a yard purchased will make one—half
dozen.

For large silk bows take a piece of
white silk onc~half yard long, or sew
together pieces to make that length four
or five inches wide; fold over very nar-
row hem and chain stitch with black silk
all round after cutting the ends diagonal-
ly. Black and white are very much used.
Take this piece when hemmed and (‘9
into what is called an airship bow, just
two loops and the two ends. This is also
pretty in black silk with a favorite color.

‘Ve made jabots from lace insertion
remnants by sewing them together. Cut
all strips six inches long and have them
seven inches wide when sewn together.
Now sew quite full all round this a lace
edge, lay three plaits each side center
and fasten top, press plaits with warm
flat—iron and a dainty jabot is the result.

We had some handkerchiefs, simply
hemstitched and about 15 cent quality.
Cut a handkerchief through the center
for two jabots. With a fine crochet hook
(N0. 80 thread), crochet a pretty border
around the hemstitch and plait them up
into ja‘bots. On some put black silk dots
at' the bottom above the hem.

.. Guest towels made from 'huck toweling

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. ’ us:- '517

are easily done and very acceptable to the
busy housewife. Some of these were
scalloped at each end and initial letter
above, others hemstitched and Greek key
border darned in. These were three-
quarters of a yard long and all had ini-
tial letters in blue, red, orange, pink, pas-
tel shade, greens, etc., in mercerized
floss.

Pillow cases prettily embroidered with
scallops with a daisy in each and initial:
hemstitched sheets, bags and aprons are
easily made and always acceptable.

Pieces of jetted not make into collars
all these you will doubtless find in your
box remnants.

No matter how costly your gift is, un-
less it is properly and daintily wrapped
up it will look cheap. Have plenty of
white tissue paper and baby ribbon or
the narrow holly robbon and after it is
prettily tied up slip a piece of holly in the
l-.not. A dime will purchase a good-sized
package 70f holly.

SHORT CUTS TO‘ HOUSEKEEPING.

 

Keep a handled basket on the stairs to
save frequent trips up stairs. \thn the
basket is full of bed-linen, towels, etc.
one trip will do the work of sever-.11.—-C
R. L.

Lard will keep fresh much longer if on
or two potatoes are cooked in it while
trying it out—Mrs, A. D. P.

Take the yolk of an egg and stir as
much salt into it as it will take up. Bind
this on warts every night for a week
and they will gradually disappearsiMrs
H. G.

Use oxalic acid for taking out. ink
stains. Put powder in a. little water and
pour through stain, then rinse articles
well in clear water.-—H. K.

When butchering time come try filling
the dripping pans with lard and set in
the oven to render. It is just as rapid
and prevents a great deal of the odor
which is so trying to many—Mrs. D.
L. G.

Powdered starch applied instantly will
take out almost any fruit juice slain from
wash goods, if allowed to remain on the
goods for a few hours until the discolora
tion passes into the starch. Starch ap-
plied in this way will remove iodin
stains also. Mrs. J. J. O’C.

 

 

HOUSE-BALLS FOR CHILDREN.

 

BY ELIZABETH 1W. STETSON.

During the winter time when children
have to be kept in the house a great deal,
a nice soft ball can be made for them to
play with by cutting a pastcboard in cir—
cular form with the center taken out like,
a letter 0. Then either cut very soft.
bright pieces of woolen cloth or take old
pieces of worsted and wrap them in and
out, until the Whole Space, in the center is
closed. Now sew this center part togeth-
er as firmly as possible after making sure
that it is well filled and ti ‘t in the
center.

With a pair of sharp—pointed Scissors or
a very sharp knife, cut the outside of the
cloth or worsted and by slitting the paste-
board it will slip away and leave, with
some flutfing up, a. round ball. This
should be trimmed and smoothed off and
rounded by gentle rolling in the palm of
the hand and is ready for the game of
parlor ball.

For worsted the pasteboard circulzt
piece should be about four inches, but
may be a little more or a little less; but
for cloth, which is heavier and more
bulky, there may be a greater diameter,
say about six inches. The main thing is
to 1111 the center opening by winding in
and out good and full, to crowd the cen-
tral opening of the 0 until there is no
opening left at all. and then to secure
this part together as well as possible, so
that the strands of the ball will not fall
out when the. outer cdgcs are cut. \Vil‘i
a little showing the children can be taught
to make these balls for themselves and
thereby this will prove a double amuse-
ment, one in construction and later, of
manipulation in the game of tossing.

If you have a new polished table and
want to protect it make ovals of linen
large enough to fit under your turecns
and platters; butlonholc these around the
edge, of course, in scallops, and embroi—
der a design in eyelet or solid work. Sew
small pcnrl buttons on one oval and in
the one Of corresponding s‘ze Work button

“ENTERPRISE”

Meat and Food Chopper

Turns scraps and left-overs into most savory dishes.
, The “Enterprise” is the only meat and food chopper
95% that actually cut: the meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, etc.,
without crushing or mangling. The four—bladed steel knife
revolving against a perforated steel plate does the actual
cutting. The “Enterprise” has the fewest parts, is easily
cleaned, cannot rust, and is practically unbreakable.

We make 45 sizes and styles of “Enterprise" Meat
and Food Choppers—illustrated catalogue on request.

“ENTERPRISE”

Sausage Stuffer and Lard Press

This machine will pay for itself in what it saves you in
one butchering. The easiest, quickest, cheapest way to
make the best sausage and lard. Strongly built, carefully
and accurately fitted and does its work without a
hitch. Our patented corrugated spout prevents
air entering the casing, assuring perfect filling and
preservation of the sausage. Can be changed
into Lard or Fruit Press in a moment. Write V N
for catalogue. . _, g; , -

“ENTERPRISE’

Bone, Shell and Corn Mill

This winter feed your hens on bone, shell and com
round in an “Enterprise" mill and note the big increase
n the egg supply. .
The “Enterprise“ is asplendid general, all-round mill—
the best kind for the farmer and poultryman. It grinds dry
bones, oyster and other shells, corn, etc. We also make
many other household Specialties. Write forfree catalogue.
Sold at Hardware and General Slores Everywhere.
Write for “The Enterprising Housekeeper"
.- ‘3‘ a book containing 200 selected recipes and
kitchen helps. Mailed to any address on receipt
of 4c in stamps.

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The World’s Greatest
External Remedy.

Pains in the Side .
Allcock’s Plasters relieve promptly
and at the same time -
strengthen side and restore energy
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Allcock’s is the original and genuine porous plaster.
It isa standard remedy, sold by druggists in every part
of the civilized world. Apply wherever there is Pain.

Pains In the Back
Allcock’s Plaster: have no equal.
Strengthen Weak Backs
as nothing else can.

Whe you need Pill
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For CONSTIPATION, lBlLlOUSNESS, HEADACHE, DIZZINESS,

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8200 in Gold Given Away in December
l'ro CLUB RAISERS

? IN SPECIAL PRIZES.

in amounts from $.30 down. This amount is actually given away

 

mm, n‘ m, (m sewn. mmsm 0,. because the $200 is in addition to all cash commissions and rebates,

straw mats to slip inside these pockets, WlllCh are in tllt‘nlSt‘th‘S liberal pay.
do so. If not, cut ovals out of pasteboard ' entitled to enter the COlllptétltltnl

and button inside your linen covers.
These will protect your table and add to

its good appearance. 1

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Every person reading this is

. no restricted territory to any one.

All supplies furnished free. \Vritc now for full details. Address '
ClRCULATlON DEPT., THE MICHIGAN FARMER, Detroit, Mich

 


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What the City Store Offers.

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BY HILDA RICHMOND. i
Just how the impression ever got out she may blame herself entirely if she’l .

that “Anybody can clerk," no merchant tails. t
has ever had explained to his satisfac- At first the wages of a clerk are barely
tion. Judging from the girls who apply sufficient to pay her board and laundry
for places in stores, it would seem that work, and the country girl coming to the

‘l‘h R' ht Way to
the idea is a very popular one. Girls city to work should have a good-sized J: Bu 5? SOda GraCkers
who can not add, multiply and subtract, emergency fund to back her up before J

blandly say they “know they can clerk.” thinking of starting. The least extra ex—

but the proprietor of the store has his pense. a slight illness, or anything liable 0 A k f .

doubts after giving the applicants a few to happen to almost any worker, will —and the SlflZp/KS! way. 01'

simple problems. Any girl who is think— plunge her in debt and it gives a. girl ' d [

mg of applying for a place as a clerk in many anXious hours to fall behind ever, / them by name—and the goo Hess y r

a store. large or small, should be sure so little. One thing the girl should never' J

she is quick and accurate at figures. and do and that is plan to stint herself on J ” ' l{ B
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of handling customers. The latter is ac- from the abundance of the farm to the:
quired to some extent by long,r experience, skiinpiness of the city boarding housef
’but even a very young clerk should have without trying to cut off; even that iii—

a. winning, obliging manner. stiflicient supply.

In spite of the fact that many city If a sirl can set a little experience in . \
stores will not take girls who can not a store near home before coming to town, \ J
live at home, as clerks, there are many all the better, since (‘Vm‘y bit of OXDf’I‘i- [ I .

 

also that she knows something of the art food. It will be hard enough to come. [

opoprtuiiities for country girls as elorkg eiice counts. At holiday seasons and
The t-ountry is ever supplying the town times Hf Sl'lt‘t‘iill Sillt's the COUDU‘)’ girl
should apply and then strain every muscle
and every faculty of her mind to do more

 

 

than she is paid for doing. At certain
seasons merchants take on almost any [

  

sort of clerk, but they ruthlessly weed \ '

out the incompetent ones as soon as the J Then, no more bI'Oken, SOQQY' Stale 01'
busy time is over. Like stcnography, ‘ ' '
clcrking is rather overcrowded owing to “ EXPOSBd SOda CIaCkerS. Uneeda BISCUIt come

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the popular belief that it is “nice, easy . . . . . 11
work." but there are always opportunities In lnleldual paCkageS that hOId IUSt enoug
3:33. ‘3:1::‘:f.3:.: [ for each soda cracker occaswn- FMS/l when
cossful cne, is no snap, to use a. common \ 01.1 bu them I/‘/ kale when you open the
(xprossion. but many workers find in it y y ' .

pleasure and piolit. ltlacltinery is driy— packagg Grlsp as you eat them.

ing many workers out of other trades and _ k {
occupations. but it is hardly likely a A number Of {1V6 cent pat: ages 0
machine will ever be invented to take . . . ,

down goods and patiently answer foolish [ UHCCda BlSCHlt IS a WlSCf purchase than a [.
questions as well as sensible inquiries . . ' -

I'ntil such a thing is put upon the mar- y quantlly 0f 0rdlnary SOda craCkCrS In WOOan y
ket, thcie will have to be clerks, and the box 01' paper bag Never SOld in bUIk.

number of them is increasing every year.

From the farmhouse to New York buyer
tor a large millinei‘y establishment is the
long step made by Miss Anna Murphy,
of Detroit. At least it seems like a long

step when wo note the distance between . .
the two places, but in reality it was a % l <’/\ </’\ ‘ I Q 3-3
series of small. painful steps. fit I

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ABOUT MARKETING EGGS.

 

It is not enough that we bring our egg
yield up to the highest possible figure.
This is the first operation. The next,
and just as important, is to multiply this
yield by the best possible price per dozen,

It will be said that we can not multiply
the yield by more than the market price.
W'e can, however, multiply it by our own
individual market price—the market price
we each can find if we huustle for it. ,

Everybody cannot do this, it will be
said, and this is true; but everyone will
not try. The great bulk of the eggs will
be sold the easiest way—to the regular
trade—and for the least moneymthe mar-
ket price that comes to you ready made.
And a very good price it is despite its
source. Yet it is but one market, it pays
but a fair profit, and in this free country
we need not be tied to it.

The regular egg deal as a whole is
pretty well handled, but, as in most big
deals, there are a lot of ragged placed on
the edges and some holes. The storing
of eggs under the present system evens
up the price for the year by regulating
the output but sometimes it does'nt keep
the eggs..

This condition is the opportunity of the
hustler for prices. Farmers and poultry-
men generally take it for granted that
cold storage eggs are just like other eggs,
or nearly so. This is a mighty long way
from the truth Ask the consumer,
rwhat' s in an egg? The market quotations
on cold storage eggs are not much lower
than on the “strictly fresh.”

This 'would seem to confirm the excel-
lence of the storage product. But the
whole question hinges on that expres-
sion, “strictly fresh.” “Strictly fresh"
very often means a condition very differ-
ent from what it should. Some remark-
able cases of rapid decomposition have
been known to occur in “strictly fresh”
eggs, instances in which the eggs have
even exploded before they reached the
‘home of the consumer. In fact, the
strictly fresh eggs furnished by the regu-
lar trade are usually the better grade of
the cold storage stock on hand at the
time. There may be exceptions, but this
is the rule, so do not think that the dif-
ference of two or three cents usually
given in the market quotations is the only
one.

No Question About the Demand.

The consumer would be willing to pay
for real strictly fresh eggs. I have talked
with a great many consumers in the
larger cities, and they are unanimous in
saying that it is next to impossible to
buy good eggs. When eggs are selling
at from 20 to 22 cents per dozen to the
egg wagons and country stores. and this
largely “in trade” which brings the ac.
tual price down to less than 20 cents.
they are retailing in the cities, sometimes
not over twenty miles distant, at from
26 to 30 cents per dozen. Even at these
prices there was an average loss to the
consumer, because of bad eggs, of from
10 to 50 per cent. You can figure for
yourselves what this brings the actual
cost of these eggs to.

Yes, I know there are laws governing
the sale of ancient and otherwise objec~
tionable eggs, and such eggs are not
supposed to be sold, but they are.

There is a very great demand for fresh,
sweet, wholesome eggs direct from the
farm to the consumer. It is a demand
that would be willing, yes, eager, to pay
10 cents per dozen more than is paid for
the storage article.

It now ‘becomes a question of how to
get the egg producer and the egg eon-
sumer together. There are many ways
of doing this. Have you'a friend or
friends in the city? Send them a crate
of eggs, 9. small one, say two or three
dozen of real fresh eggs. Let them see
what a real fresh egg is like. They will
soon get the habit, and the profit will be
mutual. You and I can afford to sell
them eggs at prices above what we now
get, and still have them cheaper than
they can buy them for from the corner
grocery. They get healthy, wholesome
food in the bargain. When one or two
families of egg users take our product
direct they will soon tell their neighbors,
and our customers will multiply until we
have a trade that will take all we can
supply.

Some of us are better situated than
others with regard to access to the pros-
pective city customer. However, there
are few who are so placed that they can
not reap the reward of direct sale to

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

consamers in the nearest city. If there
is no other way, we can sometimes spend
a few dollars very profitably in adver-
tising our product. It may seem unusual,
but it is often the unusual that succeeds;
in ‘- t, most large business enterprises
are willing to pay good money for un—
usual methods in advertising.

Anyhow, get a city customer or two
somehow. It is ‘a good time now to
“work this up, and by the time the
heavy laying season is here you may be
reaping a handsome profit through a little
extra foresight and diligence. Remember
that 10 cents extra. on a dozen of eggs
means about 50 per cent increase in prof-
its in your poultry business.

Isabella Co. WM. J. COOPER.

 

PRODUCING EGGS ECONOMICALLY.
Now that the short winter days and
long nights are with us, those of us for-
tunate in having a nice flock of hens can
find ample time to give them the atten—
tion necessary to make them profit pro.
ducers. The first requisite is a. coop or
house that is proof against draughts and
one wherein water in dishes does not
readily freeze by day or night. A poultry
house, even if sided with inch lumber,
may be banked with earth or coarse
strawy manure and made comfortable.

One g1 eat fault with many is crou ding
too many fowls into one compartment,
expecting thereby to secure a large num-
ber of eggs. Twenty to thirty fowls to-
gether, and well tended, will produce
more eggs than fifty or more crowded
into the same space, and they will do it
on less feed. If one has room it is best
to partition off compartments with ordi-
nary chicken netting, providing light slat
doors so as to readily enter any part
without having to go out of doors in the
cold, then place the proper number in
each pen.

The more economically a product is
pioduced 011 the farm, without sacrificing
quality or yield, the more p1ol'1t the1e is
in it for the producer; therefore I would
say to those who expend tidy sums every
season for the various commercial egg-
foods, conditioners, tonic-s, etc., for 1hei1
poultry, look about and first see what
the farm affords or will afford during the
winter months. All standard poultry
feeds, etc, are manufactured commodi-
ties, grown and produced originally right
here at home on our farms, even to bone
meal, beef Scraps, etc, which are all
originally the farmer‘s product. Make
it a rule to save, in a box in some dry
place, every bone found in the yards and
surroundings, even to old dry ones. Dur-
ing snappy weather these may be readily
crushed to atoms with an ax or maul by
placing them on a fiat rock or on the
frozen ground, and no better egg pro-
ducer can be made, as they contain lime,
ash and the elements that go to make
the albumen, the yolk and tissues of the
egg. “'hen butchering, save all odds
and ends of meat not suitable for house
use, wash, dry and, if necessary for their
preservation, smoke them in some out of
the way place and they will keep sweet
and may be fed at the rate of one ounce
per hen. Three or four feeds weekly of
this is sufiicient. They may 'be freed of
bones, run through the meat chopper and
mixed with ground corn and oats, or
bran. middlings, etc, changed about fre-
quently, as fowls do best on a variety of
feed. Salt in small quantities in mash
feeds is necessary and, in real cold
Weather, add to the equivalent of one
peek of same one—fourth ounce of com-
mon red or cayenne pepper. All table
scraps, parings, cabbage leaves, etc., are
excellent feeds in conjunction with grain
and meat for eggs. An abundance of
water, eaSy of access and not easily pol-
luted, should be before them at all times;
also, dry sand or gravel, old lime mortar,
or ashes, as these have lime for the
shells. A space should be set apart, lit-
tered with leaves, chaff or straw, for
them to scratch in and into this litter
cracked corn, wheat, buckwheat and
other grains and seeds should be thrown
for them to dig for. Whole corn, the
shelled grains, should be heated quite hot
and given them for their supper. It is
the best grain for this meal, and were I
to dispense with any I would let them all
go before parting with corn. It may be
fed in many ways, as meal, cracked
grains, whole grains, boiled soft and fed
as green corn, or made into meal cakes,
which are splendid when cold and brok-
en or crumbled. Skim—milk, also sour
milk, are very good for hens and should
be‘fed by all means if at hand.

It pays to fuss and fool with hens, as
well as hogs or cattle, if one has or ex«
pects to have a profit page in his ledger.

,

I frequently place clover leaves and
stems in an old kettle, pour on water and
boil them until soft, then mix them in
mash feeds. The hens fairly fall over
themselves in trying to get this, for it isi
one of the very best green feeds in eitheri
summer or winter and one which every:
farmer who has clover hay can supply:
There is no great secret in making hens
lay. It is a matter more of small details,
carefully adhered to and followed out,

than the launching out into untried
methods.
G. A. RANDALL.

Gratiot Co.

 

SNOW IN THE APIARY.

 

Since the fields have put on their warm
White winter clothing. it is well to con-
sider what is best for the colonies that
are wintering under this white sheet in
the apiary. Is it necessary to remove
the snow from the hives, or should it be
left for a protection? Snow is a protec-
tion to fields and meadows. as all farmers’
well know. It is a. non~conductor of heat?
and cold, and the ground under it retainsE
its natural wa1mth. When the snow
melts, the wheat and grass Show, by theiri
green blades, that th. s mantle has beeni
beneficial. The hives, likewise, ‘

 

if partlyi
or entirely buried in snow will retain the
warmth of the 'bees, and many of our old
farmers purposely pile up the snow over;
their hives. '
In a latitude where there are but few
days when the sun does not cause some
thawing, the snow changes to ice and a
subsequent f1ceze 11p, ”:15 a sudden change
of wind, may completely close up the en-
trances and air passages. This condition
leads to the suffocation of the bees,
protracted beyond a. few days, unless
some aperature or crevice is made for ad-
mitting pure air. So here is a danger;
against which we must guard. and a lit-;
tle snow. enough to close the air-holesE
with ice, is much more dangerous than a1
drift in which the hive is entirely buried.‘

 

No doubt many persons feel alarmedi
when they see the hives becoming buriedl
under snow. Just a few precautions willl
make them safe. Place the hives so that
the entrances will face toward the south.
Then the snow and sleet will blow against
the backs of the hives and not into the,
entrances. Also incline them a little for-
ward. The warmth of the ‘ 's will cause
the snow to melt, and the water will run
out and not into the entrances. Snow it-
self is porous and air can penetrate it,
but if it. thaws in the day time, and the
water cannot r1111 off. it may freeze solid
about the entrance at night; then. before
tomorrow’s sun does its work, your bees
may have perished.

After hive entrances have been par-
tially clogged for a time, and the bees
have not had sufficient air, they will often
rush from their hives when the weather
is too cold and perish in the snow. The
entrances should also be kept free from
dead bees that drop from the cluster from
time to time. These are old bees that
die off naturally, but they stop the ven-
tilation if not removed. Take a piece of
stout wire. bend the end like a poker and
rake. them out occasionally.

So the snow is not to be trusted too far,
and the south side of the hive is in danger?
of being quickly uncovered when its shel-
ter is of this flimsy material. Acting un-
on this experience I have been in the
habit of banking up the snow, when there
is plenty of it, on the north and west
sides of the hive and carefully cleansing
the apron-board on the first warm day
after the snowfall. Then if the weather
gets mild enough for a flight the bees find
themselves dry footed in front of their
hive.

I have seen many bee-keepers close
their hives on a warm day in snow time
to keep the bees from flying and getting
lost on the trip. I have never found any
benefit in this method. VV‘hen the weath-
er is warm enough for the bees to fly
they will fret and worry if confined. Bet-
ter lct them fly and run the risk of their
not returning. Not only is this reasonably
plausible in theory, but practice has con—
firmed my View of the matter, for I have
invariably noticed that those colonies
which take the freest flight on warm
days, and consequently seem to lose the
greatest number of bees on the snow,
prove to be the best colonies in the spring.
All things considered, a heavy snow is to
be taken as more beneficial than injurious
to the interests of the apiarist, for if it is
a sign of protracted cold—which is by no
means always the case——it is also prophet-
ic of prosperity, since it shelters the land
and promises us a. healthy growth of
grass, clover and other plants.

New Jersey. F. G. HERMAN.

 

 

               

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Get into the 150 to 250 eggs a car a hen
cl .155. Make our hens wn itcr aycrs when "
prices are big . You can do it the Humphrey
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A few l’ullets at. from $1. 00 to $1. 50 each
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MARKETS

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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.
December '1', 1910.
Grains and Seeds.

Wheat—There appears to be. a great
deal of conjecture in trading circles since
conditions of the market and of the grow~
ing crop in different sections appear to
change radically with the days. How—
ever, during' the past week advances
have been made in both cash and future
wheat. This has occurred in spite of the
emphasis given to the rains of the south-
west where the crop was suffering from
dry ground, and snows in the west and
northwest where the protection was need-
ed. But a [European shortage is still con-
ceded. and Argentine, although the past
few days has brought her rains that have
bettercd the crop, will not offer to the
markets of the world a normal amount of
wheat. Speculators also claim to come in
for a share in causing fluctuations, in
that it is all gcd that Armour is short a
few million bushels and those having a
surplus are trying to make him pay a
premium for the necessary number of
bushels to cover with the result that
prices have gone up a small margin. One
year at, o the price 1"01 No 2 red wheat
was $1. 209,14 per bu. Quotations for the
past week are:

No. 2 No. 1

Red. “'hite. May. July.
Thursday .... .96 .95 1.0014 .9614
Friday ....... 1151/21.; 1141/2 .9991; 115%
Saturday ..... 1161,; .9514 1.00%. 116%
.lVlontlay ...... 11151,; 11511.; 11111142 961,4
Tuesday ..... 116% .0515; 1.00% 196%
\Vcdnesday 00% .9414 1.0014 .96

Corn.——Thc week has not been a dis-
couraging one to those who have corn to
sell. Advances were made and, while the
market is dull largely for the reason that
farmers are not bringing the cereal to
the elevators but are. keeping it in the
cribs for feeding purposes, the cold
weather that has now arrived will likely
give the trade support. llut a few thou—
sand bushels increase is noted in the
visible supply. Larger operations by
fe1de1s will aid in keeping prices firm,
although from now on those who have a
surplus of the crop will probably be put-
ting it onto the market. One vcar ago
the mice for No 2 cent was 7111c ptr bu.
"lh1rc was an ad\an1e (11 3c per 1111.; be—
tween Dec. 8 and the 1111sc of 1909. Quo-
tations for the past week are:

N11. 3 NO. 2

Corn. Yellow.
'I'hursday . . .. ............. 1:13 1:16
l"rida y ........... . ........ ;_14 :17
Saturday ................. .14 :17
1\v1onday ................... 1'14 57
Tuesday .............. 54 57
\Vedncsday ............... .14 57

Oats.—vllere, too, has an advance been
made. The demand for oats is active.
The market is steady at the new figures.
The price, for oats advanced three cents
on this market during the month of lie-
cember, 15100. One ycar ago the price
was 1lIi1/f3c per bu. Quotations for the
' ck are:
DLHt we Standard. No.3

\

\'hite.
Thursday ................. 351/2 35
Friday .................... 36 1191/2
Saturday ................. 11' 9111/2
Monday ................... 36 431/2
Tuesday .................. :16 din/2
\\'ednesday ............... 36 311%

Beanscutimitiacts in this department
are scarce and the priccs given out by
the board are not based on actually r11-
portcd sales. The ligurcs arc the same
as wcrc given a week ago. The trcnd (11
the market for December of 190:1 was
steady. The nominal quotations are:

(lash. Dec.

Thursday .................. $2.08 $2.05
Friday ..................... 2.08 2 .05
Saturday ................... 2.08 2 0:1
Monday" .................... 3.11.1; 2.11.3
Tuesday .................... ’ 08 2.0.3
\\'cdncsday ................. 2.08 2.011
Clover Seed. Improved priccs charac—
terize this markct. The trading contin—
ues to bc active. \\'hil(1 carly reports

were suggcstivc of a Iargc yicld of clover
seed for the country, latcr reports are to
the cl't'ct't that the oppositc is true. .\l-

sikc advanccd during the weck. Quota“
tions are as follows:

.l’rimc Spot '.\l;t1'. _\lsikc.
'l‘lltlisday ......... $.\.7;1 $3.371 $8.751
l1‘1'idav ............ 8.75 8.195 H.711
summav ......... s. 711 NM s75
31111111111" ........... 111111 {1.1171 {11111
Tuesday .......... 0.00 0.05 0.00
\\'1-dncs1lay ....... {1.110 1.1.115 9.1111

Rye.~l\larkct is higher and firm. Quo-
tation for No. 1 is Ntll/zc per bu.
Visible Supply of Grains.

This w eck. Last week.

 

\Vheat ............. 11.211011 (11111 42.11.43.000
(‘111'11 ............... l.11-l-1,000 1, 713.000
11111.4 ......... . ..... 117714111111 115112111111
111-11 ................ 5117111111 4713111111
llai‘lcy ............. 1.14.19.111111 121111111111

Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.

Flown—Tho flour tiadc is casv with
prices unchanged. Quotations a1c:

(‘lcar ................................. $1. 65
Straight ............................. r4.65
l’atent. Michigan .................... 5.20
Ordinary Pat cut .................... 4.75

Hay and Straw.—Hay values are
steady. Quotations on balcd hay in car-
lots f. o. 11. Detroit arc: No, 1 timothy.
$10.50fi‘17; N0, 2 timothy, “5.501916; clo-
vcr. mixed, $15.50?r16; ryc straw. $7617
7.50: wheat and oat straw, $6?1‘6.50 per
ton.

Feed.#All prices are steady with
tho-11 of last week. ("arlot prices on

track are: Bran, $2] per ton: coarse
middlings, $23: fine middlings, $26;
cracked corn, $25: coarse corn meal, $25;
corn and oat chop, $24 per ton.

THE MICHtG-AN. FARMER;

 

Potatoas. The announced quotations
are off two cents from those of last week.
There is a fairly liberal supply. Demand
is steady. In car lots Michigan potatoes
are selling at 38@400.‘

- Provisions.——Family pork. $23@24; mess
pork, $21.50; medium clear, $21@22;
smoked hams, 13%c; briskets, 12c; shoul-
ders, 12c; picnic hams. 120; bacon, 18@
19c: pure lard in tierces, 1114c; kettle
rendered lard. 121/2c.

Dairy and Poultry Products.

Butter.—Best creamery butter is off 11/2
cents this week. Dairy goods are steady,
The creamery market. is firm at the new
tiguimes Quotations are: Extra cream-
cry, 291/2c; firsts do., 27c; dairy, 23c; pack-
ing stock. 201/2e per lb.

Eggsret'fontinued small receipts and
pressing demand made higher egg prices.
The price for fresh receipts, case count.
cases included, is 311/2c dozen.

Poultry.—Generally speaking, the poul-
try situation is slightly improved from a
week ago. Dressed chickens are down to
12c; fowls steady at 11c; ducks at 16c;
geese, 12?1.14c, and turkeys, 18?r20c. Live
birds remain at 12c for chickens, 11 for
fowls, 9c. for old roosters, while turkeys
are down to 16.?1'117c; geese advanced to
12W113c, and ducks to 15@16c.

Cheese.vrl\lichigan. 17c; Michigan sharp.
17(117181/2c: York state. 171/26118c; York
state sharp, 19c; limburgcr. old. 16?i117c;
Swiss domestic block, 20?i‘1‘22c; cream
brick, 17?1180.

Dressed Pork. ~130wn to Sc lb.

Vea|.—-Choice, 12@121/3c; ordinary, 8??)
100 per lb.

Rabbits.-—Per dozen, $2.00.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Apples—There. is some activity in the.

apple circles and choice fruit is quoted

higher. (‘hoice consignments selling at
$4614.50; common kinds and grades, $2?D3
per bbl.

Cranberries.#Quoted at $3 per bu.

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

Pears. i Stead y.
per bu.

Onions.—v(‘15?1'700 per bu.

Honey.~(‘hoicc to fancy comb, 15@1'Tc
pcr lb:

From Farmers’ Wagons on Detroit East-
ern Market.

Apples. potatoes and pork constituted
the bulk of the offerings on the market
Tuesday morning. Apples were selling
from 75c?1i$i.50 per 1111., according to the
grade and kind. Pork was in good de-
mand at 10c pcr lb. Potatoes were gen-
erally quotcd around 50c per bu. although
therc were offerings of inferior grades
at a slightly lower figurc. Chickens were
selling at 12(1111'10 per lb. Celery was quot-
ed at 20.01251; pcr bunch.

OTHER MARKETS.
Grand Rapids.

Potato buyers are unable to get rc-
frigerator cars and with warchouses filled
they have, stopped buying at many loading
stations and with plenty of cars the po-
tato market would undoubtedly go to
picccs. The market is very weak now,
prices to growers ranging from 22?I30c.
The bcan 111arket is still flat. with (1110-
tations to farmers still 1111 $1.75 basis for
white and $2.25 for red. Quotations to
farmers for live poultry, dclivcrcd. are.
as follows: bowls and chickens. ill/(rile;
geese, llt': dutks.l‘1c;turkeys. lSc. Veal
is worth (Mi-tic. The egg market contin—
ues firm. frcsh stotk biinging 201‘. loth
tlaii'y and crcamcry butter are off lc.
lircsscd hogs are worth 81,«2’_1?10c.

Chicago

\\'heat.—No. '2 r.ed
{iii-”1,111; July, iilc pcr bu

(‘ornneNd ‘2. 4511-; May. 4

(lilIS.—Nt1. ‘2 white. tltll
5211311-1 .luly, 114111111.

luttcr.-—t‘rean1cry priccs have been re.
duced 11- below I'llgin. making :1 21" decline
for thc week. but despite this fact the
market is slow and rather weak. Tiairics
remain unchanged. Creamcries. 23(11‘28c;
dairies. 2f1f11271- per lb.

nggs.-~~'l‘hc egg business is largely
confined to the better grades of fresh
eggs and prices have moved up another
1-11nt. Demand for storagc stock slow.
Quotations arc: Prime firsts. Ilflc: firsts.
211-; at mark, cases includcd. 101410223110
dozcn.

Hay and Sioux—Market firm in the
fat-11 of an advance of $1 1111 all grades of
hay. Straw unchanged. (‘hoir'c timothy.
S211m20.511: No. l timothy, $ls.511/1110.511;
No. 2 do. and No, '1 mixed. 3610.7100118: No.
:1 do. 111111 No, 2 mixed, S113 5110110: rye
straw, M010; out straw, $7411.50: wheat
straw. $1i..'111?17 per ton.

i’11lztl1111s. .-\ tln't'lilic I‘l‘ 2/1!le is Dt‘tulllP—
inc. :1 littlc more activity in this nutrkct’.
ltcceipls are running ahcad of the cor—
1'11sp1’1nding period last _\‘(‘ill'. (‘hoicc to
fancy art- quoted at 1113?! 171(1 per 1111: fill]
to good, .‘lS/II 10c,

llcans. .\lark1t holding steady al-
though busint-ss is slow. 'l"1-a beans.
choice hand—picked. are quoted at 342.1300
2.2:: per bu: prime, 312.1041 2.12; red kid-
neys. $2.75?12..‘10.

Selling at $1.21@1.30

 

E1111 1111,1314 May,

”"1111: .luly. 490.
unfit: May,

New York.

lluttcr. 1 .\ll grades Milli/3r- lower. Mar-
kct barely steady at the lower range of
values. Creamery specials are quoted at,
f-lfh'j extras. 2914161 29c: thirds to firsts.
2:: 11 ‘27 léc.

liggs.~ Market strong under a livclx' dc-
mand which is pullingr up priccs on lower
grades of 1‘1'1sh and on storago stock.
Nearby cggs quoted at 52?1-55c: frcsh
gathered extras. 37(17'290: firsts, fit/1130c;
faiic" refrigerator stock. 2511/1/11‘201- dozen.

Poultry.» Dressed show littlc change be.
yond a wider spread in values. \Vcstcrn
chickens, 10/1717c: fowls, 12’1717c: spring

 

turkeys. 15(17‘2‘2c. Live. chickens about
sicadv: turkeys lower. Spring chickcns,
111%.?7121/302 fowls, l2@13c; turkeys,
12?T16c.

Boston:

VVooL—J'mring the past week fleeces
have been neglectcn, but some attention

has been given to territory products. In
spite of the dullness dealers are looking
forward to higher prices. The following
are the leading domestic quotations: Ohio
and Pennsylvania fieeces—Delaine, wash-
ed, 34@35c; XX, 31@32c; fine unmerchant—
able, 24@25c; 1/2-blood combing, 29?:130c;
dig-blood combing, 29?1'0c; 14—blood comb-
ing, 27?711280; 1/2, 3/8 and 14 clothing, 23@
26c: delaine, unwashed, 27?1‘128c: fine un-
washed, 23?'11‘24c. Michigan, \Visconsin
and New York fleeces—Fine unwashed,
20?:2111; dclaine, unwashed, 236(1r27c; 1,4,-
blood. unwashed, 28?1?29c; a,g—blood, un-
washed, 28?120c; 1A—lflood, 26(227c; 1/2, ‘14;
and 1,4 clothing, 21?;22c. Kentucky, Indi-
ana and li/Iissouri—3/3—11lood, 29012300; 14~

blood, 27?!)28c; braid, 22(1'12:lc; black, bur-

ry, seedy cotts, 18@20c; Georg ia, 24(1121'1c.
Elgin.

Batten—Trade firm at 290 per 1b.,
which is a decline of lo from last week.
Output for the week, 639, 700 lbs. as com-
pared with 62'1.‘ 200 lbs. the previous week.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.
December 5, 1910.
(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, N. Y.)

leceipts of stock here today as fol-
lows: Cattle, 200 cars; hogs, 20,800; sheep
and lambs, 24,000; calves, 1,200.

\\'ith 200 loads of cattle on our market
here today, and .’1_ 1,100 on the Chicago
market, we report the best cattle of 1,200
lbs. and upward steady with last week.
All other grades steady to weak with last
week's prices, except bulls, which were
10?1115c higher.

We quote: Best 1.300 to 1,400-1b. steers
$6.50@6.75; good prime 1,200 to 1.300—lb
do., $5.75?7‘6.25; best 1.100 to 1,200—lb.
shipping steers, $5.50?r5.75; medium
butcher steers, 1,000 to 1.100 lbs., $5.25?))
5.50; light butcher steers, 34.750115; best
fat cows, $4.50?115; fair to good cows, $3.25
?1i'4; common to medium do., $2.75?1.‘l.25;
trimmers, $250013; best fat, heifers, $5.50
((75.75; good fat heifers, $4.50@5; fair to
good do., $4?1425; stock heifers, 3.50m)
3.75; best feeding steers, dchorned, $5.10
(115.215; medium to good feeding steers,
$4.50?! 4.75; stockcrs. all grades, $3.75m4;
best bulls, $4.75?1>5.25; bologna bulls, $460
4.50; stock bulls, $1l.75?114.'_’5; fancy milk-
ers and springers, $70?180; good to fancy
milkers and springers, $500065; common
to good do., $306140.

\Yith 130 cars of hogs on the market
today, market opened about a nickle low-

or than Saturday's best time, and closing,

about steady with the opening, with a
good clearance of all that was yardcd in
time for the market.

\Vc quote: Mixed, medium and heavy,
$7.55?17.00; mostly $7.00: yorkers, $7.550?)
7.60; pigs and lights, $7.75?!»7.f10; roughs,
$6.75fi16.80: stags, $5.25?115.75 Prospects
look fair for the near future.

The market opened active today on

handy lambs; most of the best handy

weights selling at $0.27 lleavy lambs
slow and hard to sell. Most 11f the north-
crn Michigan lambs selling from 5115.85.01.16,
according to weight and quality. Pros—
pects don't look much better for the bal-
ance of this week. May sell a shade high-
er last of week with light receipts. Sheep
were about steady today; most of the
best ewes selling $3.75?14.

\'\'c quotc: 'Bcst handy lambs. $6.156?
6.25;]1e1tvy lambs, $5.(i'1/11".'1."'1: heavy ewes
1"1014; bucks. $2.511f11'.‘:.2"1; yearlings,
i.75?1:5; wethers. $4014.25; handy cwcs,
21.85014; cull shetp $271141 .‘l; northern
Michigan lambs, $5.85 ((16; vcals, choice to
extra, $10?1'10..'10; fai1 to good do., 33715001)
(1.50; heaVy cabes, $5?1.G.50,

Chicago
December 5, 1910.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Received today ......fl2.000 32000 45.000
Same day last year..25.8]0 22540 21.782
Received last week..72.t‘1.'19 14S.480142,642
Same week last year.82,724 153,655 106,093

This week opens with large receipts of
live stock. the run of cattle and sheep
being excessiv1, causing lower prices. The
more attractive steers and butcher stock
had a fair outlet early at steady prices,
but other kinds wet c slow of 'alc at weak
to 101' lowcr prices Docs1 w ere more a1~~
tivc than ever at further adv lilt'os of 10
c/l.'1c, following last week's advance 111
3711'. whilc the weak cattlc market fol—
lv-wcd last week's dcclinc of 10411711“ in
hcavy stccrs, butchcr stock closing 10/11l
1'111 higher Saturday than a week earlier.
Hogs sold today at WANG/7.110. with a rc»
ported sale at $7.05. best light scll'ng a
nickcl bclow top. ilogs rcccivcd lttst
\vcck averaged 230 lbs., compared with
213‘ lbs. :1 year ago. Shippers took 11.71717
hogs in this market last weck. and this
new outlet is expected to continue. Lambs
1111141111111 last wcck 1150171011, and sheep
‘111'11k1- carly. but closcrl 10(1115c higher.
Today lambs ivcrc off l5f11'25c and shccp
‘lthlJc Lambs are selling at $1610.23.
f11111d11's paving $4415.65. \Vethcrs go at
Sil1'5f11lf’0;ewcs at $15504; bucks at
$2111?1.‘.'1 and ycarlings at 311151141550.
lenders have how” buying \vcthcrs at
41.1.2711 1?.75 and ycarlings at $4011.50. A
good many shccpmcn are compellcd to
markct thcir holdings. as bank loans are
expiring, and heavy losses are suffcrcd
on lambs that cost them as feeders
$041 11.75.

("attic wcrc in much larger supply last
week, following 'l‘hanksgiving week. and
thcrc was such a surfcit of choice heavy
bccvcs that this class continued to dot-line
in value, for in addition to the arrivals
for the regular market. there were the
liberal numbers of primc bceves cxhibitcd
at the international Live Stock Exposi—
tion. bcsides the numerous lots intended
for the great show and rejected as not
up to the standard. The prize winnctii
brought high prices. of course, and in the
1cgular mmkct there was a vcrv fair out—
let for handy little fat cattle bot'h steers
11nd heifers, with yearlings usually 011t-
selllng heavy cattle, The lattei had to

  

DEC. 10, 1910.

go lowerrand -. there was. not the b
kind of a market for the many short—f
thin cattle that were not adapted for
feeders, but when offerings were on the
stocker or feeder order they were bought
readily, and much better prices were paid
for desirable lots by country buyers. The
great bulk of the beef steers sold between
$5 and $7, with 110 large trading outside
of these figures, the commoner class g0~
ing at 3144041550 and the better class
at $6.50?17.50. As usual, yearlings top-
ped the market, and any cattle that sold
at $7 or better graded as choice. COW
and heifers had a good outlet at $53051
6.40,ca11neis and cutters going at $20)
3. 25 and bulls at $3.20?L‘r5.50, while calves
sold for $3?19. 15 per 100 lbs. Milkers and
springcrs were DUK‘ll less active than us-
ual, bringing $3_0(g)70 each.Stocke1s were
active at $3.2 5?'1'.'1.2.'1, and there was a.
strong market for feeders at $4.70?i'5.80,
the best heavy feeders being in only mod—
erate request. It seems safe to expect
continued liberal marketings of “warmed—
up,” light—weight steers for several weeks
and the outlook cannot be good for hfih
prices while this heavy movement is
maintained. Stockmen should go in for
producing a better grade of beeves and
utilize the abundance of roughage, as
well as cheap corn.

Hogs had several substantial advances
last week that placed the market on a.
decidedly higher level, the marked i11-
crease in the eastern shipping demand,
together with good buying of the choicer
lots by speculators, being mainly respon—
sible for the gratifying improvement.
Stockmen expressed much satisfaction
over changed conditions, and to a marked
degree the disposition to ship in hogs
prematurely received a sudden 'check.
This is certainly a matter of encourage-
ment, since there is great need of well-
maturedlmgs to meet the large require—
ments of the meat trade at leading mar—
kets. Fresh pork products have become
in greatly improved consumptive demand
everywhere. owing to the substantial de—
clines that have taken place in prices,
but sales of cured meats are still checked
by their slowness to decline, bacon, hams,
etc.. still selling extremely high in the
retail markets of the country. StOcks'of
provisions held in Chicago warehouses the
first day of this month, aggregated 50,-
744,246 lbs, compared with 411967.022 lbs.
‘11 month earlier and 43,006,725 lbs. 11 year
ago. Butcher hogs of medium weight are
still market toppers. with prime light
weights going at a considerable discount.
Last spi'ing's pigs are comprising a large
percentage of the receipts.

Sheep and lambs started off last week
with a good outlet for the choicer mutton
grades, lambs being much the most ac-
tive and advancing sharply, the top being
$0.75 for fancy lots that were not ex-
tremely heavy. Later in the week the
demand fell off materially and there were
sharp breaks in prices for lambs. and the
decline in the feeder t1afiic had a bad
cif-ctt. There was also a reduced demand
from eastern shippers for live muttons,
and sellers had to submit to a lower
range of prices in most instances, al-
though primc sheep and yearlings sold
quite well, as did the best breeding ewes.
it is late in the year to look for much
animation in the. demand for feeders, and
from now on the demand will naturally
run mostly on mutton grades of sheep.
yearlings and lambs, especially on the
better class. It should be clearly under-
stood by shcepmcn that big. heavy lambs
are stgongly discriininatctl against by
killers and that such stock has to be sold
at: quite, a discount. 'l'loth sheen and
lambs are much lower than at corres-
ponding periods in most former years.
with much freer 111arketings.

There was 1111 horse 111arket‘ last week,
the stables at the stock yards being used
for the stock show. Buyers of horses
will be pleased to learn that a horse in-
spector of horses has been appointed by
the Union Stock Yards and Transit Com.
pany. 'llis ditty will be to carefully i11-
spcct every horse before put up at auc-
tion and point cvcry defcct to buyE’rs be-
fore sales are made. F.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

lit-rcal'tt'r cycl'y horse offered in the
(‘hicago market will he examined bcfore
mic by an inspector appointed by the
i'nion Stock Yards (‘ompany. This is a.
stcp that is highly appreciated by buy-
1~1s.'and it will undoubtedly result in 111a-
lciially lcsscning the diffcrenccs that
arise between buyers and sellers aftcr
salcs take. place. l‘lvcry unsoundness,
blemish or pcculiarity of c11nt'ori11ati1111
that is discovered will be noted and point—
cd out before sales, and there, will be no
understating any dcfccts. (11‘ course,
thcrc may be hidden defects of respira—
tory or digestive functions that cannot
be discovered except by a morc searching
trial. but the inspector will make as thor-
ough an oxamination as is possible.

Harry l'leatty, of Iowa. reports a big
lowa corn crop and farmers genere’tlly re-
garding prices as too low and rcfusing to
sell. Some corn is being“ sold by routers
and by farmers who always sell as soon
as the corn is in 111arkctable condition
but the larger growers are not marketing
much corn. and there will be extensive
stock feeding. According to Mr. Bcatty1
a greater percentage of the crop has been
secured in lowa than in lllinois.

Once more a little yearling steer has
been awarded the prize and becomes the
(harnpinn at ill? International lan Sltltk
Exposition in Cbicago,Sham1ock 11.11.
black grade calf, weighing 1.100 lbs. be-
ing the winner. Steadily “baby beef" is
growing in favor, and there is a (‘Oi‘l‘cg_
ponding decrease in the demand for long~,
fed. heavy beeves. Everywhere farmers
are becoming deeply interested in ascer—
taining methods of producing fat little
yearlings. and the long process of produc-
ing the once popular heavy cattle is do-
cried by, many of the most successful
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DEC. ' 10, .1910.

THIS IS THE LAST EDITION.

In the first edition the Detroit Live
Stock market. are reports of last week;
all other markets are right up to date.
Thursday’s Detroit Live Stock markets
are given in the last. edition. The fir-t
edition is mailed Thursday the last edi-
tion Friday morning. The first edition in
mailed to those who care more to get the
paper early than they do for Thursday’s
Detroit Live Stock market report. You
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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Thursday’s Market.
December 8, 1910.
Cattle.
Market opens steady at

Receipts, 1,251.
Run

last week's prices on all grades.
will be heavy; prospects lower.

We quote: Best steers and heifers.
$5.50@5.75; steers and heifers, 1,000 ‘to
1,200, $5@5.25; steers and heifers, 800 to
1,000, $4.50@4.75; steers and heifers that
are fat, 500 to 700, $4@4.75; choice fat
cows, $4@4.50; good fat cows, $3.50@3.75;
common cows, $3; Gunners, $2.50@2.75;
choice heavy bulls, $4@4.25; fair to good
bolognas, bulls, $3.50@3.75; stock bulls,
$3; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1,000,
$4.25Qu5; fair feeding steers, 800 to 1,000,
$4@4.25; choice stockers, 500 to 700, $4@
4.25; fair stockers, 500 to 700, $3.50@3.75;
Stock heifers, $3@3.25; milkers, large,
young, medium age, $45@70; common
milkers, $30@40.

Roe Com. Co. sold Thompson Bros. 1
bull weighing 1,250 at $4, 2 cows av 885
at $3, 5 butchers av 490 at $3.50, 2 do av
525 at $3.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 steer
weighing 520 at $3.50; to Fry 4 heifers av
745 at $4.50, 2 do av 700 at $4.50; to New-
ton B. Co, 6 steers av 871 at $4.85; to
Kamman 11 butchers av 803 at $4.20; to
Newton B. Co. 3 steers av 990 at $5; to
Goose 2 cows av 1,065 at $3.25.

Spicer & R, sold Mich. B. Co. 60 butch-
ers av 808 at $4.45; to Hammond, S. &
Co. 1 cow weighing 8:;0 at $4. 3 do av 943
at $3.50, 1 heifer weighing 750 at $4.75;
to Kamman B. CO. 8 steers av 906 at $5,
3 cows av 990 at $4, 1 do weighing 720 at
$3.50; to Hammond, S. &. Co. 4 steers av
855 at $4.50, 2 cows av 040 at $3, 4 butch-
ers av.670 at $4, 3 cows av 920 at $3, 1
do weighing 1.020 at $3, 3 do av 900 at $3,
2 steers av 800 at $4.50, 1 bull weighing
1,000 at $3.75, 2 cows av 1,000 at $3.25, 2
do av 1,010 at $3.25; to Fry 1 cow weigh—
ing 950 at $4.25, 3 do av 1,043 at $3.50,. 1
steer weighing 840 at $4.50, 2 cows av 850
at $3.50, 2 steers av 665 at $4.25, 16 butch-
ers av 860 at $4.50; to Kamman ii..Co.
9 steers av 930 at $5; to Regan 3 butcners
av 517 at $3.00, 2 do av 520 at $3.80; to
Goose 5 do av 836 at $3, 6 cows av 8.).)
at $3, 1 do Weighing 820 at $3. ’-

Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 27
butchers av 863 at $4.35; to Hammond, f».
& Co. 6 do av 873 at $4.40, 2 bulls av
1,000 at $4, 1 cow weighing 1,200 at $1.25,
1 do weighing 1,180 at $3.50, 2 do av 860
at $3; to Parker, W. Co. 27 butcher:
av 828 at $4.25, 1 cow wrighing 770 at $3,
1 do weighing 940 at $3, 1 do weighing 990
at $3; to Bresnahan 12 heifers av 573 at
$3.75; to Kamman B. Co, 11 butchers av
727 at $4.30, 4 COWS av 020 at $3.75, 2 do
av 1,025 at $4, 1 steer weighing 840 at
$4.50; to Kamman 2 cows av 1,090 at
$3.75, 7 butchers av 643 at $4.10, 1 bull
weighing 950 at $4, 2 heifers av 425 at $3;
to Parker, W. & C0. 2 cows av 925 at $3;
to Rattkowsky 2 do av 1,150 at $3.75; to
Kamman B. Co. 4 butchers av 782 at. $4;
to Fromm 30 do av 774 at $3.70; to Ratt—
kowskv 1 cow weighing 970 at $3.25, 7
butchers av 967 at $4.50. 7 cows av 1,003
at $3.60, 3 do av 843 at $3; to I-qutc I)
butchers av 608 at: $3.75; to Applebaum 1
00w weighing 1.150 at $3.50; to Sullivan
P. Co. 6 butchers av 843 at $4.50, 3 cows
av 883 at $2.75, 6 do av 806 at $3.25, 2
bulls av 835 at $3.75, 3 cows av 1,017 at
$3.25, 2 do av 815 at $2.75, 4 do av 1.,070
at $4.50. 2 bulls av 1.300 at $4, 2 do av
825 at $3.75, 1 steer wcighing 950 at $5;
to Goose 3 cows av 873 at $3, 3 do av 1,050
at $3.50; to Regan 4 heifers av 632 at $4;
to Vermander 10 stockers av 656 at $4:
to Goose 2 cows av 1,025 at $3.25, 4 do av
975 at $3, 2 bulls av 1,290 at $4.25.

Haley & M, sold Hammond, S. & Co.
5 cows av 1,060 at $4.15. 14 butchers av
900 at $4.65; to Newton R. Co. 24 do av
833 at $4.25; to Strong 0 feeders av 8.).)
at $4.75. _

Johnson sold Breitenbeck 10 butchers

av 765 at $4.65.

Sandall sold Kamman 4 butchers av
842 at $4.25.

Kalaher sold Mich. B, Co, 9 steers av
863 at $4.50, 6 cows av 1,073 at $4, 3 do

033 at 3.50. .
aernulall$sold Sullivan 3 cows av 1,073
at $3.50, 3 do av 843 at $2.50.
Veal Calves.

Receipts, 598. 'Best grades steady;
common, 75c®$1 lower than last week.
Best, $8.50@9; others, $4@8; milch cows
and springers steady.

Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co. 1
weighing 140 at $9, 2 av 170 at $9.50, 8
av 150 at $8, 5 av 125 at $8; to Goose 14
av 350 at $4.75.

Kalaher sold Parker, W. & Co. 13 av
140 at 9.

Roc S610m. (‘0. sold Sullivan P. CO. 11

1 5 at 8.25.
aVSplgcer 85 R. sold-Hammond. S. & Co.
5 av 140 at $8.25, 3 av 140 at $6, 6 av 145
at $8, 12 av 125 at $8.

Leach sold Burnstine 11 av 135 at $9.

Kendall sold same 8 av 145 at $9.

Long sold Newton B. Co. 4 av 15.) at $0,
2 av 160 at $8.50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. & Co.
6 av 135 at $8.50, 1 weighing 110 at $8.50.
8 av 130 at $8, 2 av 115 at $8, 10 av 136
at $7, 12 av 130 at $8.75, 5 av 130 at $9;
to Goose 2 av 405 at $4.50; to Newton B.
Co. 3 av 125 at $7. 1 weighing 170 at $8.50,
9 av 150 at $9, 2 av 135 at $8.50; to Brant
4 av 130 at $7; to Mich. B. Co. 2 av 120
at $8.50, 7 av 135 at $8.50, 2 av 135 at $9;
to Goose 3 av 175 at $5.50, 3 av 145 at $9.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts, 4,109. Market 15@25c higher
than last week’s close.

Best lambs, $6.15@6.25; fair lambs, $5.75
@6; light to commOn lambs, $4.50@5; fair
to good sheep, $3.50@4; culls and com-
mon, $2.50@3.

Spicer & R. sold Street 51 sheep av 110
at $3.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 55 lambs av
75 at $5.75; to Stocker 16 do av 80 at $6;
to Newton B. CO. 36 do av 85 at $6, 11
sheep av 110 at $3; to Thompson Bros.
17 do av 105 at $3, 44 lambs av 70 at
$5.80; to Barlage 9 do av 77 at $6, 6 sheep
av 120 at $3.75; to Gordon 26 lambs av 65
at $5.75; to Barlage 21 do av 60 at $5.50,
8 sheep av 105 at $3; to Mich. B. Co. 4
do av 130 at $3.50. 45 lambs av 60 at $6;
to Fitzpatrick Bros. 38 sheep av 120 at
$3.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 35 lambs av 65
at $5.80; to Hammond, S, & Co. 64 mixed
av 85 at $4.75, 49 lambs av 80 at $6.25; to
Mich. B. Co. 24 do av 85 at $6.25; to Fitz-
patrick Bros. 31 sheep av 80 at $4.

Haley & M. sold Nagle P. Co. 65 lambs
av 75 at $6, 82 do av 75 at $5.60, 27 do av
80 at $6, 16 do av 100 at $5.60, 7 sheep av
88 at $4, 6 do av 115 at $3.25, 9 do av 140
at $3, 29 lambs av 72 at $5.60.

Tubbs & S. sold Barlage 13 sheep ave 8(
at $3. 28 lambs av 80 at $5.75.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co. 39
lambs av 65 at $5.75, 13 do av 45 at $4.65,
4 sheep av 85 at $2.50, 13 do av 80 at
$2.75, 17 do av 120 at $3.65, 12 do av 100
at $3.50, 19 lambs av 55 at $8; to Nagle
P. Co. 61 do av 80 at $6.10, 374 do av 100
at $6.15, 0 sheep av 130 at $3.75; to Ham-
mond, S. & C0. 11 do av 58 at $2, 11
lambs av 85 at $5, 18 do av 70 at $4.75, 14
do av 85 at, $6.15, 7 do av 60 at $5, 37 do
av 78 at $6.25, 10 do av 65 at $6; to Nagle
P. Co. 56 lambs av 78 at $6.10, 21 lambs
av 75 at $6.15, 57 do av 77 at $6.05, 142 do
av 80 at $6.20; to Mich. B. Co, 125 sheep
av 105 at $3.60; to Gordon 75 do av 110
at $2.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 36 do av 80
at $3.50, 16 lambs av 85 at $6.25; to Ham-
mond. S. & CO. 12 sheep av 100 at $3.75;
iorFilzpatrick Bros. 16 lambs av 55 at
.53..»0.

Kalahcr sold Street 5- sheep av 110 at
$3.10, 11 lambs av 110 at $4.75, 65 do av
75 at $5.90.

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 18
sheep av 135 at $3.50.

Hogs.

Receipts, 5,806. Market 30c higher than
last Thursday. Packers bidding $7.60@
7.65; nothing sold up to noon.

Range of prices: Light to good butch-
crs, $7.65; pigs, $7.60; light yorkers, $7.60;
Stags one—third off.

Bishop. B. & H. sold Hammond, S. 8.-
Co. 1,687 av 100 at $7.60, 669 av 200 a
$6.75.

Haley & M. sold same 450 av 180 a
$7.65, 230 av 170 at $7.60.

Sundry shippers sold same 460 av 155
at $7. 60. ,

Spiccr & R. sold Parker, 1V, & Co. 1.15t
av 200 at $7.65, 150 av 170 at $7.60.
$7Roe Com. Co. sold same 960 av 200 at
. .65.

Bishop, B. & H.
655 av 185 at $7.60.

sold Sullivan P. Co

Friday’s Market.

December 2, 1910.
Cattle.

Receipts this week, 1.648; last week.
703. Market active at Thursday's prices.

\Ve quote: Best stccrs and heifers,
$5.50; steers and heifers, 1.000 to 1.200,
352567535; steers and hcifers, 800 to 1.000
$45060110; steers and heifers that are
fat, 500 to 700, $4@4.50; choice fat cows,
$~i((jl»l.50; good fat cows, $3.506i'3.75; com-
mon cows, $3703.50; canners, $2702.75:
choice heavy bulls, Mfr-4.50; fair to good
bologna bulls, $£i.50@3.75; stOck bulls, $3
@325; choice feeding steers. 800 to 1,000,
$425705; fair feeding steers, 800 to 1.000,
$4674.25; choice stockers, 500 to 700, $470

4.25; fair stockcrs, 500 to 700. $350654,
stock 'hcifers, $3.25@3.50: milkers, large,
young, medium age, $40@60; common

milkers, $25@35.
Veal Calves.
Receipts this week, 851; last week, 540.
Market very dull and 500 lower than at

opening Thursday; quality common. Best
88.756119; others, $4707.50.
Milch cows and springers steady.
Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts this wcck, 7.847; last wcek,

3.663. Market steady at Thursday’s close.
licst lambs, $5.75f1/‘Glll; fair lambs, $4.50
€135.25; light to common lambs, 84.507!)
5.25; fair to good sheep, $350614; culls
and common, $2@3.
Hogs.
Receipts this week. 9.756; last week.

7.5l6. Market steady at Thursday’s
prices. Range of prices: Light to good
butchers, $7.30; pigs, $7.30; light yorkers,
$7.30; siags one~third off.

M. H. Brinton. prcsidcnt of the State
.lank, of Ellsworth. Iowa, reports the best
corn crop ever raised in that section,
yiclds running from 80 to 90 bushels per
acre. All of the cribs will he fillcd to
ovcrilowincx and farmers will feed a great
many cattle. ‘

A great many inferior lambs from the
ranges have shown up in the Chicago
market during the closing weeks of the
season, some of them selling as low as.
$250403 per 100 lbs. and weighing some-
times only about 30 to 40 lbs.

Most of the light-weight hogs marketed
at (‘hicauo recently were shipped from the
dairy districts of \Visconsin, where there
is a lack of corn and other feed. “'here
corn is plentiful farmers are feeding
ihcir young hogs until they reach ma—
turity and weigh well.

At the great International Live Stock
Exposition in Chicago, Hampshires are
the most numerous in hog breeding
classes, followed in the brder named by

Tlnrocs, Chester Whites, Blacks and
Yorkshires. Shropshires lead off in sheep
breeds, but there are large entries of

Rambouillets, Tlampshires and Cotswolds.
Shorihorns load the pure—bred breeding
classes of cattle, with Angus and Here-
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ago).

BY FANNY J. MOON.

Yes, little mother, I heard your plea,
Your sigh for vanished joys;

I will take good care to bring them back,
If 1 find your little boys.

My heart was touthed by your anxious

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’l‘hou5 li quite beyond my ken

Is what to do, or where to seek,
To find those little men.

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blue,
The laddies with curling hair—
A merry whistle, or shout of glee
May show me. those children fair.

I know how you miss the scattered toys
And the sound of little feet—-

You miss the joy of the bed-time song—

You miss the kisses sweet.

I know—for I miss my little airls~
Have yott seen them anywhere‘.’
“'ith eyes of brown and eyes of blue

And one with golden hair?

VVth‘e are my girls. my little girls,
“no filled tnv home with light?

'lhey have been gone so lotigAso long,
I wish they were lie1e tonight.

It seems so long since i sang to them
\\'l1en snug in bed at night——

So long since they started first to school
And I watched them out of sight,

I long to hold thetn in close embrace,
With soft cheek close to mine.

As a sweet voice lisps the evening prayer,
\\'l1ile arms lny neck entwine,

'I‘houc'h our search be ever so earnest and
long -
Amid life‘s busy whirls.
I’m sure we'll never find again
Our lost little boys and girls.

llut in young mothers and maidens fair,
A111,! boys grown manly and tall,

In the lovint.r thought they give to us
I think we will find them all.

Then why should I gricve‘.’ "heir chil.
dren come.
As jolly. as loving and bright.
They till the old home with laughter and
song-
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THE BRIDE’S TREE,

BY MILDRED M. Non'rn.

“O Gertrude, l‘m so glad you're really
here! Let 1110 take your suit-case. the
horse and buggy are just behind the
depot.”

Gertrude Armstrong had just alighted
from the west-bound afternoon train
which was disappearing around the curve
beyond the little station, to be greeted
thus enthusiastically by her friend, Mar-
ian Antes.

"You can‘t be more glad than I to
come,” returned Gertrude with an affec-
tionate little squeeze of her companion‘s
arm. “This neighborhood will always
seem like home. 1 like our new home but
not so well as the one we left. My fav-
orite song is still “Michigan, My Mich—
igan.”

A few years previous Mr. Armstrong
had owned a farm near the home of
Marian‘s father. but had sold it and the
family had moved to Virginia. Gertrude
had come to spend two weeks of the holi-
day season with Marian.

“l've such heaps and heaps to say,"
said Marian as she led the way to the
waiting carriage. “Two weeks won't be
half long enough. even if we sit up nit, *hts.
And I can't have you all to myself
either ” she mourned. "Everyone will be
SO a lad to see \‘101 again.’

“0, its good to see you. and everything
around here looks so natural!” exclaimed
(‘iertrude with a. smile and a contented
little sigh as they started briskly down
the smooth road. “W'hat lovely weather
for December! XVho would imagine to
look out over the country that winter is
just upon us?” 'I‘hen turning to her
companion she said, “Now begin. You
wrote that you had a great surprise for
me, and I‘ve been simply dissolving with
curiosity ever since."

“\Vell,” replied Marian. “turning to 0b-
scrve the effect of her words, “Margaret
Lee is to be married on Christmas eve."

“Reallyl—Do you think he half appre-
ciates her?” questioned Gertrude.

“Every one says he is a fine fellow, We
don’t know him very well here, but he's
nice looking, at least. I don’t mean just
good to look at; he looks good. He lives
about twenty miles from here and they
have the dearest little bungalow all ready
to go to on the farm he owns. You see
they expected to be married last fall, but

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

Margaret's sister was so very sick they
decided to wait. Now she's well again
and the date is set for Christmas eve.
.Bess and I want to entertain for her next
week, and that is why I bless our lucky
stars for bringing the wedding date and
your visit in the same month. We need
your fertile brain. You’ll help, won’t:
you?”

“I'm flattered, indeed, you little wheed-
101'. Of course I’ll be glad to do anything
for Margaret. What is it you wish?”

“Well, we thought it would be nice to
have a Christmas tree and put all the
gifts on it. Can you write verses as eas—
ily as you used to?”

“My jingles? 0 yes. Once I get start-
ed there's usually no end to the nonsense
that comes into my head,” laughed Ger-
trude.

““‘hat we want is fun," replied Mar-
ian. “\Ve thought that if you could write
something to go with the gifts it would
furnish lots of amusement.”

“\Yhen shall you entertain?"

“\Ye think about Thursday." replied
Marian. “Christmas comes on Saturday.
Margaret says they're not superstitious and
she wants to be married on Christmas
eve because her greatgrandmother was.”

“Is everyone to contribute something
for the refreshments as we used to?"

“Yes, we think it better. as it makes
less work for those. who entertain.”

“\Vhy not send the invitations in rhyme,
too?” said Gertrude. “That would be
a little out of the ordinary.”

“Splendid!" exclaimed Marian. “I knew
you‘d be just the one to think of things.”

By this time they had reatlted the
pleasant farm home of Mr. Ames and for
the time being Margaret‘s tree was for-
gotten in the delighted welcome Gertrude
received.

The family did not retire at an early
hour_ Mr. and Mrs. Ames had many ques-
tions to ask about (lertrudc’s family. and
Marian and her sister Hess were so de-
lighted to have their friend with them
again that time flew fast. Marian was
just growing drowsy when Gertrude's
voice roused her. “Sorry, dear, but you
started this thing. I think you'd better
get me a pencil and paper and let me put
down my ‘flrstly.’ 1 may not be able to
recall it in so'ber daylight.“

“On one condition—that you let me
see.” replied Marian.

“Now?”

“Now, or no light. was the answer.

“Very well, we can't risk such a loss
to the public,” responded Gertrude. So,
looking over Gertrude's shoulder, Marian
read the lines which the next day the
three girls wrote on sheets of note paper,
scaling each small envelope with a tiny
holly Christmas seal:

On Thursday, P. M.. at half-past three,
Month of December. day twenty-three,
Come. if you please. to a pot-luck tea,
(‘Tome with a gift for a bride—to-be.

Also your favorite recipe,

(‘ake pie or pudding. whate'er it be;—
The guest of honor is Margaret Lee.

At the bottom were written the names
of Marian and Hess and Gertrude.

The remaining days were busy, happy
ones, Tongues and fingers flew. planning
to make the entertaining for a favorite
friend a success.

“You might write some rhymes for
things likely to be given.” suggested Bess.
“Then you won’t have to overwork your
poor brain at the last minute. You
haven’t been used to Ottr demands upon
you for the last few years and I tremble
for the effect upon even your robust con-
stitution. \Ve’ll write them on cards and
punch two holes in one side. Then they
can have. the givcr‘s name written on the
lack and when it is all over Margaret can
tie them all together for a reminder.”

Mrs. Ames suggested the purchase of
a blank book and that each guest “regis-
ter” by writing in it her “favorite recipe”
which Gertrude had asked for in the in-
vitation. It was Bess who bought. the
piece of dark green leather, such as is
used for burnt work. a trifle larger than
the open book. and. removing the cover
of the blank book. folded the leather for
a cover, punched holes through both and
tied it with it holly red ribbon. Then she
burned a spray of holly and “Recipes,” in
fancy letters on the front.

Thursday came at last. The house was
made festive with evergreens, scarlet
rose-berries, holly and Christmas bells.
The doors of the parlor were closed and
born a sign. “Sant A. Claus. My busy
day.” The parcels of the guests were
smuggled thither and after all had arm
rived Gertrude and Bess disappeared for
a While. Some time later Bess appeared
at the door and said that Santa was too
rushed to see them but Mrs. Santa would
be glad to have them enter.

The big doors were opened, disclosing
a room with drawn shades, lighted by

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candles and Japanese lanterns. In one
corner stood a tree about six feet tall,
hung with articles, while others were
heaped about it. Beside it sat a dear
little old lady with cap, spectacles and
knitting, who proved, on closer inspec-
tion, to be Margaret’s grandmother.

“Come Margaret, sit here,” she said,
with a smile, laying,r her hand on a chair
beside 'her. “You haven't had a. tree all
your own since you were a little tot. You
couldn’t reach the top of that one but
you insisted on your father holding you
up to reach the last thing all your ‘own
self.’ Maybe you could reach the top of
this one, but they‘ll bring the things to
you, as you are guest of honor. They tell
me you are to read out loud what you
find with each one."

Margaret, her sweet face rosy with sur-
prise, seated herself and the articles, one
after another, were put into her hands.

A Ilour siftcr bore the couplet:

If his wife can make good bread and

butter

Her husband never ought to sputter.

A pile of basins held a card saying:
These basins are like Uncle Job's wife,

Mandy,

He said his wife was “drefful handy.

To a spider handle was tied:
Here’s a black spider, but it won‘t bite,
Fill it well and ’twill be all right.

Then came cake tins with this:
Men like sweet things, especially cake,
But make it good for his stomacn‘s sake.

A. big dishpan containing a crumb tray
and scraper, and half a dozen pretty cups
and saucers. admonished her:
“'ash the cups and saucers up

And brush the crumbs away;
Always with a cheery smile

Send him on his way.

To the end of a mop handle was tacked:

] once read a tale of an Irishman’s shanty

\Vhere dirt and disorder were everywhere
plenty.

Don't let yours

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be so. for here is a mop,

And 011 its nice stick fasten cloths ’ere'

you stop

To save yourself ftom domestic scandal,l

Never use this end of the handle
Into a bright aluminum
tutkcd this sensible advite:

Stew anything: you can find on the shelf, l

But never get in a stew \outself.

In a kitchen salt shaker she found:

Now catch your fish, (you've caught your
man).
Salt and flottr it and fry in a pan.

()n the handle of a tea strainer was:
temove all grounds from your coffee and

tea.
And a pleasant smile on his face you’ll
$90.

A dainty 'holder. knitted from yellow
worsted in the shape of an ear of corn
and having green ribbon loops instead of
husks, had tucked within it:

This is to use with your coffee pot.
For you‘ll find he likes his coffee hot.

Two thick ones, fastened by strings to
a belt said:

Tie this string around your waist,
Then you’ll find these when in haste.

Tucked between the bars of a toaster
she read:
roast and tea is an old maid’s dish
But you may feed John some if you wish.

This warning was in a roaster:
llere is a roaster—use it with care,

Beef. pork or mutton, chicken or hate;
Don t burn the meat whatever you do.

It‘lse your good husband may sometimes‘

“roast” you.
For her gift of a tablecloth Gertrude
had 'written:
If the cloth is snowy, if your smile is
sweet,
If you always give him something good
to eat.
He‘ll be truly happy, well pleased with
his bride.
And tho‘ skies be cloudy,
inside.
A berry set from Marian read:
\\'l1en the fruit trees blossom bright.
\Vatch their dainty pink and white;
\thrn fruits 1111111 in the sun,
Pick and can lllflTl one by one:
“hen you put them in these dishes
Think of Matian' s best good wishes.
A carving set from Mr. and Mrs. Ames
declared:
They say you mustn’t give a knife.
> Nor any sharp-edged thing,r
.l est ftiendship sufftt. \\'e’re not stared,
’lhis knife to you we bring.
Bess had given a ptetty framed water
color to VVlllfll had been added:
This is to make the new home bright,
Beauty and sweetness and love and light

sun will shine

Make ”What it should be—a place just.

ght.

There were a number of articles, both
pretty and useful, which bore only the
giver’s name, for. as Gertrude declared,
“they just wouldn't rhyme.”

The last thing put into Margaret’s hand
Was a card which read:

Go to the kitchen. like, little Jack Horner,
And see what you find in the southeast
corner.

It proved to be a kitchen cabinet from
Margaret’s uncle and aunt, and it, too,
’bore its card:

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Many times will spirits sink.

And many times will rise, we think.

Of course, Margaret had not gone alone.
to the kitchen, and when the laughter
had subsided Mrs, Amos led them to the
dining-room.
a looking-glass, removed from its frame,
had been laid flat upon the cloth, border-
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Santa and reindeer. The jolly little man
had his sleigh heaped to overflowing
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After supper the guests departed, wish-
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BY DORA B. PHILLIPS.

Invitations were sent out to twelve
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The guests were given an hour in which
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A high school girl said to her father

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“Papa, I’ve got a sentence I'd like to
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“A little,” said her cautious parent. as
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“A five-dollar bill
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He studied it carefully.

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“Joseph,” said his mother, reprovingly,
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Address all communications relative to
the organization of new clubs to Mrs.
P. Johnson. Metamora, Mich.

Auoclatlonal Motto.—
The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer's most valuable asset.
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Auoclatlonal Sentiment.—
The farmer, 'he garners from the soil
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THE ANNUAL MEETING.

 

As we go to press the delegates are
gathering for the eighteenth annuaf meet-
ing of the Michigan State Association of
Farmers’ Clubs. Before this issue reaches
the reader, the meeting will have passed
into history. We trust and believe that
it will come. up to the high standard of
success which has been set in previous
years, as it certainly will if the local
Clubs are properly represented. Without
doubt this meeting is one which holds
great possibilities in the way of inspira-
tion for the local Clubs throughout the
state. With an excellent program pre—
pared for the instruction and entertain-
ment of the delegates, it is certain to be
an enjoyable event for them. But this
is not all the benefit to be derived from
the meeting by the local Clubs Which
send them. The discussions and delibera-
tions of the delegates may be made of the
greatest value to the local organizations
if properly reported and assimilated in
the future meetings of the local organi-
zations. The conference of Club workers
is one of the most helpful features of the
annual meeting. Here the delegates tell
their associates in the meeting about the
conduct of their several local Clubs. There
are many new features and interesting
points brought out each year in this con-
ference which will prove helpful to other
Clubs, provided the delegates make a note
of them and incorporate them in their
report of the meeting. Then the dis-
cussion of the resolutions offered will pro-
vide many helpful thoughts which may be
carried home for the benefit of the local
Club in case the delegates are alert to
catch them as they are presented. Last,
but not least, the program itself will be
productive of beneficial ideas which may
be carried home for the benefit of fellow
Club members whom the delegates rep-
resent.

Altogether the report of these delegates
may be made a source of inspiration in
any local Club, and no mistake will be
made if an entire meeting is given up to
such reports and their discussion in any
local Club. This opportunity is not al«
ways improved to the fullest extent in
every local Club. But it should be this
year. since the report of delegates to the
associational meeting and a full discus-
sion of the same may be made a most
profitable feature of one or more meetings
of any local Club.

 

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

Thanksgiving Meeting.———Conway and
Handy Farmers’ Club met with S. R.
Holmes and family, Friday, Nov. 25.

Nearly 100 people at dinncr with them
Several members were absent for various
raasons, but a goodly number of invited
guests made up the crowd. The meeting
was called to order by President Joseph
Franks, and after the opening exercises
a' good program was rendered. Several
numbers savored of Thanksgiving, such
as “The First Thanksgiving,” by Fred
Rathburn. and “Pilgrim Mothers,” by
Mrs. \V. M. I-lorton. A, talk on govern—
ment ownership. by H. Grant and the
question box were interesting features of
the meeting. S. R. Holmes and wife were
elected delegates to the State Convention
to be held at Lansing, Dec. 6—7. The Club
then adjourned to meet with E, House
and wife the last Friday in December.
The Farm as a Home.—-The Deerfield
Farmers’ Club met at the pleasant home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ray VanderCook, Satur-
day, Nov. 26. After a bountiful dinner,
which was enjoyed by nearly 100 people.
the Club was called to order by President
Fred Hall. First on the program was
singing by the Club, prayer by Chaplain
Wm, Jubb, secretary’s report, and roll
call. John Lutz chose for the subject of
his talk, “The Farm." Thought the farm
home the best place on earth for several
reasons. Thought the farmer was too
-easily discouraged and it was human na-
ture to always want the other fellow’s
job.
The Farmer’s lelng.——“Do farmers
live as well and economically as they
ought to?” was led by Wm. Jubb. He
thought we could not always tell by onc’s
surroundings how well he ought to live
and therefore ought to be slow in Judg-
ing. This was followed by a lively dis-
cussion by Albert Cameron, Guy Hosley
and others. Mr. Jewel, from Ohio. being
present, was called upon to give a talk
in regard to centralized schools. Next
came the question box, conducted by Guy
Hosley. The Club adjourned to meet

W‘s, »‘ ; ‘~ ' ' .‘ > r.‘

with Charles Bemiss‘ the third Saturday
in December instead of the fourth on
account of Christmas.

The Care of Farm T00lo.—-At the Octo-
ber meeting of the Norvell Farmers’ .Club,
with Ex-Pres. L. D. Watkins and son,
Mr. T. B. Halladay discussed the care of

c_ ~farm tools, stating that they should be

properly housed as the cost is a great
item and the tools are utterly indispen-
sable as they lessen the need of labor
which is very hard to get, even at present
wages. While nearly every one will ad-
mit they Should receive the very best
of care possible. do the farmers really
practice what the believe? We would
judge not by the looks of some barn
yards as we drive by. At the least esti-
mate it is almo t absolutely necessary
that $500 be inv ted in farm machinery
to run a farm to good advantage and if
left out in all kinds of weather htere is
at leasha ten per cent depreciation, Why
not take that amount wasted and con-
struct a building that will protect the
tools for at least ten years? Would that
not be a good investment?

Harvesting and Feeding the Corn Crop.
—~The question of harvesting and feed-
ing the corn crop opened by Lewis Kim—
ble, was quite ' thoroughly discussed.
Nearly all agree that if help could be
obtained to cut and husk the corn crop
by hand that the best results could be
obtained but with that as a principal diffi-
culty some resort to a silo, binder for
cutting, shreder for husklng and prepar-
ing the stalks for feed. As to feeding
some would feed w'hole While others be—
lieve in grinding. As a conclusion it
seems that each individual must study his
own needs and work out the problem to
get the best results.

Favor Protection of QualI.——Senator L.
\Vhitncy “'atkins called to mind the quail
law that was passed two years ago to
protect the quail for five years. It is un-
derstood that the sportsmen are going to
try to have that law repealed. The senti-
ment of the Club was asked for and found
to be strong for protection as a motion
was made and carried that we ask to
have the time extended for ten years in-
stead of five.

GRANGE i

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Our Motto—“The Farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be
first improved.”

 

 

THE COMING STATE MEETING.

 

Another “All Michigan" Grange is the
prospect before those who are planning
to attend the 38th annual meeting of the
State Grange which opens at Traverse
City on Tuesday next. Last year, for
the first time, every county in the state
was entitled to representation in the
State Grange and the number that failed
to send delegates was very small. in the

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THE MlCHlGAN FARMER.’

products of that region have been com.-
pletely outdone, the proportions of this
year’s exposition being such as to make
necessary the securing of the spacious
building shown upon this page for hous~
ing the exhibits. A number of the coun-
ties o.f that region have co-operated in
getting together these exhibits, and a
portion of the Michigan fruit shown at
the recent exposition in Chicago will be
on exhibition at Traverse City next
week,

THE 44th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
NATIONAL GRANGE.

Twenty-eight states were represented
at the National Grange meeting held
Nov. 16-26, at Atlantic City, N. J. Be-
sides the voting delegates, consisting of
the state masters and wives, there was a
good attendance of visiting members.

National Master Bacheldcr‘s annual ad-
dress was a clear-cut, comprehensive
statement of the growth and condition of
the national organization and the present
status of the various governmental mat-
ters, of a national character, which have
claimed the attention of the Grange. liar-
ring the year 1909, the past year saw the
greatest growth in the history of the or-
ganization, 454 new and re-organized
Granges having been reported. The rc~
ceipts for dues by the national treasurer
indicate a gain of 85,000 in paid member—
ship, showing a net gain in every state
except four. The. total assets of the Na-
tional Grange, as reported one year ago,
were $115,821.29, and the total assets Oct.
1, 1910, as reported by the treasurer, arc.
$118,825.23. This ShOWS a net gain during
the year of $3,003.94, with about the same
amount of unpaid dues and bills due since
Oct. 1 as one year ago.

Federal aid for road improvement, he
declared, is favored by a good majority
of the members of congress,

problem being to devise a satisfactory
plan by which the central govm‘umcut
shall co-opcraic with the states in this

work. He favored a measure following
closely the lincs of the Currier bill.
Parcels post legislation was vigorously
urged upon congress during the your, the
Grange being represented at the hearings
by Bro. Atkeson, of \cht Virginia, who
made it clear to the legislators that the
farmers of the country are a unit in do-
manding a serviceable parcels post. and
that they regard opposition to it as cvi—

dcnce of hostility to the public interests,

Steps were also taken during the past
summer to have local Grangos acquaint
the various congressional candidates with
their desires in this matter.

Regarding a. national income tax, the
Master said: “The Grange favors the
adoption by the legislaturcs of the var—
ious states of the pending constitutional
amendment authorizing the United
States government to, levy a tax on in-
comes. Many of the states in which
is strong have not yet
regard to this amend-

Grange influence
taken action in

 

 

 

 

 

Building in which the Granges of Northern Michigan will house their Farm Pro-

ducts Exposition to be held

year that has passed the organization has
secured a. surer foothold in many of the
counties which came to State Grange for
the first time last year, while some of the
older counties have made material gains
in number of Granges and membership.
Last year’s meeting demonstrated that
the Michigan Grange map has been ex-
tended to the state line in every direc-
tion and that henceforth delegates will
be recognized as representing counties
rather than sections. Indeed, the rapid
development of the organization in new
territory promises to become a potent
factor in leading to a more united state
than we have had in the past.

With every one of the 84 counties en-
titled to membership, and with the addi-
tion of over 70 new Granges in the past
year, the coming meeting ‘bids fair to be
the largest and most successful yet held
in this state. The hospitality of northern
Michigan Patrons was thoroughly tested
last year and the Grange returns confl-

dent that, so far as Traverse City is
concerned, the success of this year's
meeting is assured. Last year’s efforts

in the way of making a display of the

with State Grange Meeting.

ment, and as the matter will be brought
up at the coming session of the legisla-
tures of those states, the members of our
order should do all in their power to se-
cure favorable action."

At last year's mcciing rcsoluiions fav-
oring the consolidation of the
health bureaus of the federal government
were adopted. The Master

tion to the fact that :ulvocutcs of u ucxu

cabinet office. to be called the Department
of Public Health. are using tlmse resolu—
tions to support their position. As a
matter of fact the Grange did not con-
sider the question in this form, and he
declared that it does not appear that
farmers of the country or the members
of the Grange favor the establishment of
a department of public health at this time,
in View of the fact that such a depart-
ment would involve heavy uppmpriutions
which could be devoted to road improve-
ment. parcels post and other purposes of
pressing necessity to farmers.

Grange influence was held to have been
largely instrumental in bringing about
direct primary elections in various states.
but, it was declared, while the submission
of names of senatorial candidates to the
people is a great improvement over the
former system, this does not render it
less desirable that the election of sena-
tors by state legislatures should

place to a method by which all the peo~i
can vote:

pie, without regard to party,
direct for the candidates of their choice.

the only'

various 1

(‘nllwl {tilt-11y

give.

  
 
 

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DiScussing the high cost of farm pro-
ducts, Master Bachelder attributed the
great discrepancy between the price paid
the farmer and the cost to the consumer
to bad roads, which increase the cost of
marketing crops; to excessive freight
charges based on watered stocks far ex—
ceeding the real value of the railways;
and to exorbitant profits of the commis-
sion houses and others in the chain of
communication between producer and
consumer. An cumiuraging sign of the
times is the formation of associations of
farmers for the purpose of eliminating
these abuses, and securing fairer treat—
ment in the matter of freight rates, stor—
age charges. cita, and it was rccomlncnd—
ed that the National Grange undertake
the collecting of information demonstrat-
ing the advantages of co-opcration, dis-
seminating the same through Grange pu-
pers and the lecturers.

Provision by congress for securing a
physical valuation of all railroad propen
ties was proposed as a means of offset-
ting the concerted effort now beingr made
by the great railway systems to advance
freight rates. The Master also voiced
the well known opposition of the Grange
to ship subsidies, to a central United
States bank and to the amendment or
repeal of the present oleomargurine law.

Michigan Farmer’s club List.

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W. C. RANDOLPH,
Suit. and Spl. Dirb. Agt.

Government recommendauon

moans oomothlng. The Harman
Grinder was first terrcd careful/y,
approval andpurcharrd. flow, after
it has been used midproved its worth
in hard everyday grinding and pol—
z'xlziug' and has been approved by of-
ficial: who are slow to praise unless
they XNOlV—dou't you t/zmk that
you should at [nut TR Y'this grind-
er when you can do so at no extant
:oyourrr/fand no risk? Thegrz'ndcr
Jill/ST make good to your eut‘zre rat-
t'xflztta'on or we wantyon to send it
(mot. I!“ rite for the grinder today
and 5:: [row much money it ml! :11ch
on YOUR farm.

Most Useful Machine on
Farm

I must say the grinder is far ahead of
anything I expected it to be. No more
hand power grindsiones for me. When
I want to sharpen anything I go and
do it without chasing up the second
party g) turn the stone. Not being used
to sharp tools. three of my family have
slight mementos on their fingers and I
touched myself slightly this afternoon.
My boy calls it "Pop's" bicycle. Very
true that statement that you can use it
365 days a year. I gummed a cross-
cut. sharpened some knives and a
hatchet. I am satisfied that it is the
most useful tool or equal to any tool the
farmer or anybody else has on his
place. . . DOYLE.
Orchard Farm. Waffle/d. Mass.

No Letter Is Necessary; Just Send the coupon. " "ARMAN §UPPLY .00" :6 Dept.

[13me
WouldBuy 'm

I don't think any tanner would be
without one of your grinders on his
farm after he has an opportunity to try
one. I think it is the best machine 0!
the kind I ever saw. The Hone that!
received with my machine is the best
stone I ever used. and I have used a
great many different kinds. I have
tried nearly everything that needs
sharpening on a farm on this grinder
and it has proven satisfactory in every
case. EMRY BUNNELL,

R. R. No. 1. Nevada. Ohio.

Beats Anything I Ever Saw

Your Grinder is just what every man
that has tools to grind should have. I
am well satisfied wilhjhe grinder It
beats any grinder I ever saw or used.
Enclosed find check to pay for grinder.)

EBER DePON,
R. E D. No. 3. Onion. la.

Seven Days Enough to
Prove Worth
I have had the grinder just seven
days and that is enough to show me
that it is more than you say it is. and I
have tried it on everything that I could.
and it beats the old grindstone all hol-
low, and I think you will make more
sales around here. as there has been
quite a few of my neighbors who have
seen my grinder work.
BERT LEWIS. I
Box 29. Larch-wood. Iowa.

Would Not Take Twice Price

After ten days' free trial with your
Grinder I can any that I am well
pleased with it and would not take )
more than twice the price for it if I
could not get another like it.

V. V. MAXSON.
IVcrt Point. Ali's-r.

Another Man Who Knows a
Good Grinder

 

I received your Grinder the 15th and
have given it a thorough test. It is
much ettcr than I expected. which is
enough to say I am well pleased with
it. I would not sell it for double the
cost and do Without one.

R. B. COLEMAN.
Berrym'tlc. Va.

 

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