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

 

VOL. CXXXll. No. lo.
Whole Number 3441.

THE ROUND-UP INSTITUTE.

A cold, drizzling rain seriously affected
the attendance at the first session of the

14th Annual Round—up Farmers’ Insti-
tute which” convened at Mt. Pleasant,
Isabella county, last week. However,
as the day progressed the numbers

steadily grew until the ifiterest and en-
thusiasm was in marked contrast to the

. disheartening weather. It was nearly
10 o’clock when Supt. Taft formally
opened this great annual meeting by

 

introducing, as chairman for the opening
session, Mr. E. R. VValdron, president of
the Isabella Co. Institute. Society. After
prayer by Rev. Hugh Kennedy, a cordial
welcome to Mt. Pleasant was extendezl
by. the city’s youthful and hustling ex-i

ecutive, Mayor \Valtcr L. Snider. Brief
responses, on behalf of the delegates
from country institute societies. were

made by Messrs. Oviatt and Dittman.
\X'it‘h the preliminaries out of the way
the meeting settled down to solid work,
"The Preparation of the Seed Bed for
Farm Crops,” being the first topic. Mr. J.
P. Davis, of Indiana, responded by de-
scribing his method of preparing land
for com, maintaining that a system which
will properly fit a seed bed for corn will
answer pretty well for most other crops.
1n evolving his method he has given the
greatest consideration to the problem of
retaining and controlling moisture. His
work along this line has made him an
advocate of disking land before plowing,
He finds that, by disking, the surface of
the soil is not only fined so as to prevent
undue eScape of moisture before plowing
is begun, but that vegetable matter, ina-
beeome Wcll mixed

nures, fertilizers, etc.,
with the surface soil. 'l‘ltus, instead of

forming a thin sheet upon the surface to
be buried at the bottom of the furrow
whcn plowed under. this vegetable matter
is sufficiently Wcll distributed so that a
good proportion of it will not be placed
out of the reach of the plants during
the early part of the season by the proc-
ess of plowing. Neither does it place
a laycr of vegetable matter down deep
in the soil to scriously interfere with the
capillary attraction, as is frequently the
wlicro dislzing is not practiced. He
bct‘orc plowing when preparing
asscrting that oats stwubble,
after the removal of the
crop will retain moisture. and plow much
more easily than it‘ not disked. \Vhile
Mr. Davis did not say so, there is no
doubt that he. would not recomend this
method of preparation for light soils.
Xthn time to plow he. plows very deep —
considarably deeper than many ofhis
hearers t'hot practicablc—‘Aand conserves
moisture by harrowing 01' dragging :1,-
most immediately. ’l‘hc land worked
with float and rollir until well compacted
and the surface is level and tine——getting
it in thc bcst possible condition to hold
oisturc and to give the plants a quick,
strong start.

case
also disks
for fall
diskcd shortly

crops,

is

in leading the discussion Mr. J. \V.
llutchins, of Jackson Co., confined his
remarks to one point, that of the advis—
ability of working soil immediately after
plowing. In preparing land for wheat
or other fall crop he has found that by
closely following the plow with float or
roller, the moisture conditions in the
land are appreciably affected. He he-
lichs that. this point deserves more

than passing notice, especially upon soils
where the moisture problem is a serious.
one. His argument was strengthened by
the experience of a man in the audienCo
who told how he had practiced harrow-
ing just after plowing and had compared
results with those of his neighbors who
did not practice immediate harrowing.
The first musical feature came at this

 

 

DETROIT, MICH" SATURDAY, MARCH 6. I909.

 

 

The Round- Up
important meeting,

 

method for

 

 

A FEW LEADING ARTICLES OF THE WEEK.

Institute—A comprehensive report of the first half of this
commencing on first page, continued to
Making Maple Sugar and Syrup.—A description of methods adapted to the
small producer as well as the operator of a large sugar bush..........
Sheep and Their Care—Some advantages of sheep over other kinds of live
stock, and a few pointers on their proper
Influence of the Sire Upon Prolificacy.—A careful analysis of this important
question as applied to the breeding of swine
25th Annual Meeting Michigan Dalrymen’s Association.——A completion of
the 1eport of the recent Grand Rapids meeting begun in last issue..
Magazine Section.—Farming by Irrigation—Ezra Green, Detective—A Sail—
or’s VVork-Box. —How they Named
The Hop Picker from Port Simpson. —The Spring Housecl leaning
The Guinea Hen.—~How this much despised fowl may be profitably utilized
to fill the city demand for wild game- b—irds
The Farmer’s Grapevine. —A descriptive article giving dctz Lils of a practical
pruning and training the vine ..

.248—272-274

.247

care 249

ale-III- 0-.- .......

....252

Him ~Count1\ Boys and Calves.—

75 CENTS A YEAR
“.50 THREE YEARS

of cement. After defining a wet mix
as one that can be poured from a wheel-
barrow, and a dry mix as one containing
only enough to admit of slight molding
with the hands, he said that mixing
Should continue until the color of the
mixture should be uniform. Water, when
added to the mixture should not be ap-
plied with force, since this tends to
wash particles of cement from the coarser
gravel, thus destroying the evenness of
the mixture.
When properly
should be gotten into the forms as
quickly as possible. After setting 24'

mix ed the concrete

 

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timc——a baritone solo by Mr. Chas.
Vowles, who was warmly encored.

Cement and Its Uses on the Farm
was next presented by L. J. Smith, 01
the Agricultural College. Going briefly
into the history of cement he asserted
that the Egyptians used this valued
building material 4,000 years ago, while
the Romans of 2,000 years ago built im-
mense aqueducts and in other ways de—
monslratcd their skill and proficiency at
handling cement.

While in chemical constituents cement
and commercial lime are much the same,
in their physical properties and action
they differ greatly, ccmcnt hardening
under influence of water while the hard-
ening of lime is induced by its coming
in contact with carbon dioxide. The su-

periority of Portland cement lies in the
fact that in this product the various con—
stituents are present in more nearly the
right proportions than is the case in the
Enginccrs

natural product. that

the product be fine, as this condition not
only indicates quality but makes the
complete cnvelopement of every particle
of sand and gravel, and the thoro filling
of all interstices easier and surer.

One of the things desired in cement is
that it shall not set too quickly. The
time required depends upon the quality,
or the proportions in which the various
constituents are present, some of the
natural cements acting very quickly. In
explaining the methods of testing ce-
ments fer soundness and strength the
fact was brot out that these qualities
improve with the life of concrete until,
after 28 days from time of setting, it re—

quires a weight of 5,500 to 6.500 lbs. to

crush a square inch of pure cement.
Since cement is now used to some
extent upon nearly all farms the matter
of proportions for mixing is common
knowledge. Mr. Smith asserted, how-
ever, that the tendency is to too
small, rather than too large a proportion

use

 

and Syrup Making on

 

,

the Farm, (see article on page 247).

 

hours it is a good idea to wet it down
well two or three times a. day while
hardening, and especially so if the days
are sunny. Lack of water at this time,
or too much troweling when finishing, is
apt to result in air cracks.

In reply to a question, Mr. Smith said
that wvhere stone are used in building
a cement wall it is best to have the con-
crete quite wet as this insures a better
covering of the stone and consequently
a. stronger wall.

Asked as to whether water would pene-
trate a cement walk or floor if applied
for a considerable time, he stated that
it would, altho its imperviousness to
water depends upon the richness of the
finishing coat.

Tuesday Afternoon Session.

A good audience, considering the
weather, greeted the speakers. Mr. N. P.
Hull, aster of the Michigan State
Grange, presided, and the program open-
ed with a musical selection by Mr. Frank
Cowdrey. “Fertilier Facts” then
claimed attention for a brief period, Prof.
H. A. Huston, of Illinois, giving one of
his popular talks. \Vhile a firm believer
In the utility of fertilizers, Prof. Huston
declared that the fact that a soil does
not prodUce. crops satisfactorily is not
conclusive evidence that the application
of fertilizer is the thing most needed.
He then enumerated some of the causes
of unproductivencss in soils aside from
ithe lack of the necessary elements. sug-
gesting that drainage, physical condition,

rotations, responsiveness to proper culti—

vation, etc., are matters which Lay very
properly be looked after before resorting

to the use of fertilizers.
However, it must not, be forgotten that

while much can be done in the way of
keeping up soil fertility by returning
humus and nitrogen it is impossible. to
return the mineral matter which is con—
stantly being extracted from the soil
without it, is put back in the form oi
connncreial fcrtilizcr. He advised using
a good grade of fertilizer as a supple-

ment to othcr means
ing up soil fertility.
A tenor by Mr. “'111. come
next, ft)iitl\\'td by an cxccllent talk 011
The Rational Treatment of Sandy Soils
bv I’iof. (‘.l’.S1nith, Assistant Agricul-
turist, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Prof. Smlith showed an intimate ac-
quaintance with problems which must
be met by sandy land farmers. He dealt
exclusively with Jack pine plains or
white sand lands usually covered with
brakes, briars, Vines, etc. Generally the
first: thing done with this land is to burn
it over, which, he declared, is the worst
thing possible. Instead, he would turn
under (very shallow, not over four inches
deep), all the, vegetable mattei possible.
Then he would sow to clover without a,
nurse crop where it will not be damaged
by winds. VV‘here. there is danger of
blowing he would use rye or oats as a
nurse erop, clipping this crop as soon as
a fairly good root growth had been se-
cured and giving the land 11p entirely
to the clover. He believes there is more
(Continued on page 248).

employed in build-

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FARM NOTES.

 

Concrete Foundation for Barn.

I wish to build a barn this spring 40x80
feet. Now my land was cedar and tam-
arack soil before cleared. Where I build
there is no muck but I find water about

three or four feet from surface. I desire
to put a Wall under this barn. Should
I use lime or cement in foundation and

how is it best to build same? 1 do not
care to have the foundation extend more

than 12 to 16 inches above surface. How
far down should the wall go and how
heavy a ,wall will it take to hold up a

barn on this kind of soil.

Gladwin Co. C. H. LEE.

Good concrete makes the best and
cheapest foundation material, especially
in soft soils of this kind. In such case
it is customary to make the foundation
below ground or at the bottom of the
wall somewhat wider than the wall it-
self. This is known as a footing and the
width of this footing is determined by
the weight of the building and contents.
proportioned to the lineal, or running
foot of wall and then considered as to
the nature of the soil upon which the
footing is built. For instance, if it is
figured that a building and contents will
average weight of two tons per lineal
foot of wall, it will require a footing in
quicksand four feet wide, and soft clav
11/2 feet wide. In hard clay or gravel no
footing will be required if the wall is
one foot wide. Vi'ith this example as a
basis, it will be comparatively easy for
you to determine how much footing will

be required for a foundation in your
kind of soil. If the foundation is clay
probably an 18 or 20 inch footing would

be necessary, provided a tile can be put
around the outside of the foundation to
carry the water off to some suitable
outlet, otherwise it might be safer to
make the footing wider. This footing,
of course, only needs to be of sufficient
depth to insure strength after which the
wall may be carried up the sur-
face to the deSired height. In this con-
nection it might be of assistance to many
readers who have to figure on founda—
tions to know the carrying capacity per
square foot of different In dry
clay this capacity 5 tons per square
ft.’ in soft clay, 113; tons; in gravel, eighi
tons; in solid sand, four tons; loose dry
sand, two tons; loam, one ton; quick—
sand, 1,43 ton, muck, 1,3. ton.

It essential to have the foundation
of a building adequate so that the build—

lllu )Vc

soils.

is

ing itself will prove satisfactory and
durable. hence the wisdom of figuring
'this proposition out carefully before
erecting a permanent building of any
kind.

Seeding Wet Land.
“'hat would you advise me
a black ash swale. The tire burned us
out last fall and I have cleared up. The
land is black clay the muck having been
burned off. I can drain it with a couple
of dead furrows. I would like to put in
something from which I could get feed
and seed down with alsike clover. I
thot‘ of putting in millet but the seeding
is not sure with millet. \\'l1at would you
:idxise me to use with the rim er- timothy
oi red top and how much to the acre?
Arenac Co. .I. R.

If you desire to seed this down without
further drainage than such surface drain-
age as can be secured by the use of
dead furrows as suggested, it would he
better not to undertake to grow a crop
on it this year. Simply prepare the
ground well and sow it to timothy, red
top and alsike clover. using plenty of
seed. The soil would not be well suited
to the growing of millet nor would the
chance of getting a first-class seeding
with any crop which might be grown on
this soil be good unless same was thor-
oly drained, when it may be used suc-
cessfully in the regular crop rotation for.
the growing of general farm crops. Pro-
viding sheep are kept upon the farm, it
might be a profitable experiment to sow
Dwarf Essex rape at the rate of about
4i lbs. per acre, pasturing same lightly
with sheep but even this pasturing,
should the season happen to be a wet
one, would injure the stand of the, grass
and would probably not be profitable in
the long run.

to do wit h

TESTING THE SEED CORN.

 

There are three things the farmer who
desires to get the most out of his corn
crop must have and one thing he must
do. He must have a fertile soil in good
physical condition, well—bred seed of a
high germinating power and a season
that at least fairly well adapted to
the welfare of the corn plants. He must
do all of the work connected With the
proper preparation of the soil for the
seedbed, with the planting of the seed
and the growing of the crop in the right
way at the right time.

How few farmers there are who test

is

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

their seed corn in an up-to-date manner.
Many do all of the other things that
make for a good crop well, but fall short
here.

There is only one right way to test
seed corn and that is to test each ear
by itself. By .so doing all ears that are
of low vitality and germinating power
or grow weak plants may be discarded.
This is the only way we can know accu-
rately what cars we should use for seed
and it means much at the time of har»
vest if we have used only one car 01
poor or worthless seed on each acre.
I have an ear of corn with 24 rows of

kernels per row, 1,248 kernels in all
enough seed to plant 416 hills, three ker-
nels in a hill. Suppose I use the seed
from this ear and enough more car's to
plant one acre of corn and the seed from
this ear fails to grow. What are the
results on my corn crop?

In an acre of land thcre are 43,560 sq.
ft., or 2,7221/2 hills four feet apart each
way, and as I have enough seed from
this ear, we are supposing to be worth-
less for seed, for 416 hills, 15.28 per cent
of the hills on the acre will be planted
to this poor seed.

If I had had a perfect stand of corn,
which I would have, had I not used the
seed from this ear, I would have had 100
bushels per acre, but by using this ear
the yield has been lowered 15.28 per cent,
or 15.28 bushels per acre.

Can we afford to test each car? At
30 cents per bushel those 15.28 bushels of
corn would be worth $4.58, which is
pretty fair pay for all his work, to say
nothing about the value of the fodder.
\Ve can test each ear by itself by taking
a shallow box, 1, 11/2 or 2 inches deep
and as long and wide as convenient, driv—
ing tacks in the edges of the sides and
ends every 1, 17/2 or 2 inches, running
wrapping twine from tack to tack across
the box each way, thus laying the box
off in little squares.

Put the ear to be tested on the corn
rack or 011 the floor in some unused room
one ear deep, side by side. Begin at one
end of the row of cars and, picking up
each ear, take one kernel from the butt
one from each side in the middle, and
one from the top, four:kernels in all.

Put these four kernels in a corner
check of the box, marking the check as
the, place of the beginning. Next choose
four kernels from car No. :3 and place
in check No. 2, and so on until the box
is filled.

Take pains that the ears are not tamp-
ered with after they are left, as we
must know just what car furnished ker-

52

ncls for each square.
The kernels. should be covered with soil
and watered after they are all in their

proper places and the box put where the
temperature is from 70 to 80 degrees, and
in live or six days one can tell just What
ears to use and what ones to throw away.
Now is the time to do this work, while
there is but little else to do and while
there is still plenty of time to procure
other seed if what one has is no good.
Eaton Co. W. C. ECKARD

Spencer’s Hay and Straw Presses, pat-
ented and manufactured by J. A. Spen-
cer, Dwight, 111., are fully described and
illustrated in the literature which Mr.
Spencer will mail on request, to any
reader of this paper. These presses are
made in many styles and sizes, but all
are covered by a general guarantee that
they will have. as great a capacity as
claimed for them. This guarantee pro-
vides for a trial of the press shipped and
a test to determine its capacity before
final acceptance. While Mr. Spencer
makes “perpetual" presses for those who
want them his specialty is box presses
of different types suited for all kinds of

work, and for which he claims supe-
riority on the ground that they turn out
bales of better appearance and a higher
market Value; that they are of lighter
draft, and easy to feed. These claims
are fully explained and substantiated

and folders sent on re-
interested, in which the

in the catalog
quest to those

guarantee of capacity also appears.
\\'1‘ite Mr. Spencer for literature telling
all about this new type of hay presses

and his plan of selling them.

Users of Light Powers

on the farm should be interested in the
cut which is shown herewith. While this
mill has just: recently been put on the
market, it is in nowise an experiment,
but a new size of the well-known Bow-
sher “Combination” line. It was built
in response to a call for a smaller ma-
chine which could be run successfully
with very light and medium powers; feed
itself on ear corn, and also be first-class
on small grain. There have been some
very gratifying reports from users of this
new size, of which the following from a
Michiganparty is a sample: “We have
showed the miller in town a sample of
our work and he pronounces it good, both
in quantity and quality. Could find no
fault at all." As many of our readers
already know, this firm makes a full line
of mills to be operated by from two to 25
H. P., also sweep mills for either two or

imilon Mich. Farmer when writing-to advertisers.
CURIOUS CORN FACTS.

 

 

In a series of tests at the Iowa Ag-
ricultural College it was found , that
with three stalks in a hill, the yield
was 82.2 bushels per‘ acre; with two
stalks in one hill and three stalks in

the next, the yield was' only 68 bush-
els.

Few people realize what even a little
improvement in corn culture means.
During 1906 the United States grew
ninety-five million acres of corn. This

area produced 2,880,000,000 bushels of

corn, worth in round numbers $1,300,-
000,000. By simply adding one kernel
to each ear $1,620,000 is added to the

returns from the area producing com.

This increase is infinitesimal in it-
self and very few farmers who.have
not adopted improved methods, or use
pure—bred seed, will believe that the
yield can be increased two or three
bushels per acre. Figure a.litt1e fur-
ther. As stated above, in 1906 the corn
crop covered ninety-five million acres.
By increasing the yield five bushels
per acre and figuring this at forty-five
cents a bushel, it amounts to the stu-
pendous sum of $213,750,000.

A cracked or broken kernel will not
germinate. Had every acre of the nine-
ty-five million been perfectly planted—-
three perfect kernels in each hill-—-and
had it all germinated .so that three

stalks would have grown in each hill,
the mind of man cannot grasp the
magnitude of the increase in the corn
crop.

Twelve to fourteen ears of corn will
plant an acre. Can a farmer afford to
use poor seed? Is there anything he can
do that will profit him more than se-
lecting good seed? Is there an imple-
ment he can buy that will pay him bet-
ter than a good corn planter—a ma~
chine that will plant just the right
number of unbroken kernels in a hill,
bunched so that none of them will be
plowed up by the cultivator? Figure
out the loss or gain of a good or poor
stand of corn.

If interested in improved corn cul-
ture, write to the undersigned and ask
for a free copy of the “Curious Corn
Facts" Booklet. It contains much valu-
able information and describes fully the
Sure Drop Corn Planter.

GALE MFG. 00., Albion, Michigan.

 

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HEU. 8. Dept ong-riculture as s:— "In
additiond to the hay crop, Altai a at two

years ad ds 00 to the value of every
acre in. which it; grows.’

"There is no lists in the Union in which
Alfalfa cannot be successfully gro wn.’

One of the finest of all pagture and ha
crops for cattle. sheep hogs and poultry.
most valuable clover -groatly enriches the
soil‘. and prepares it or other cm 8.

Icons nAll (alts. Verv Md and
productive. Adaptedw nearly all local ties.

Tu rho nun Al falls. Grown in mountains
of Asia. recommended by alfalfa experts.

Grimm Anal [11. Conn ne seed grown in
mountains of Montana. Suppl; very limited.

ry Lon falls. Ads. to semi-arid
ons and localities of limited rni ntall.
he above varieties are fully described
and prices quoted in our
25th ANNlVERSARY CATALOGUE

Pronounced to be the most informing and
complete, as well as the handsomest. seed
cam ogue ever published in America. It;
ouflexgoztcomrillelate assortmGenta oé this varle

es wor growing: rags ee Clover
Seed. Seed Potatoes Oats Barley. IWheat;
etc: Vegetable Seeds Flower Seeds, Seed
Corn Garden Tools etc. Eve
‘one of the 152 pages is filled withe1n~
formation valuable to seed plant:-
ers It is ex ensive and cannot be
distributed ndiscrlminately, but
we send it; free to those who wish
to buy high grade seeds.

HORTHRUP KING 8: 80., Soodsmn.
153 Bridge sq Minneapolis, Minn.

1'6

MK “05.

$in

521115

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ALSIKE CLOVER SEED—A quantity of nice
seed of my own railing. Write for sample and
J.FRANK STEVENS. Star City. Mich.
CA I S lbl. p91- bunhel). Allo 800d 0011:, Pat--
toen, Alfalfa and Clover Seed. Sample-

.nd cot-log from THEO. BURT a SONS, lolme, Ohio.

REGENERATED SWEDISH SELECT BITS. 5&3.

from Barton Seed Company but your. Write for sum-
ple and price. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersvllle, Mich.

CLOVER SEED Grown in North.

em Michigan on
new land free from obnoxious weeds. Clean and good

price

 

Senntiun: Gm. yield”. (Weigh IO

 

quality at”. 25 per bu. C. A. CAIN. Elunnn, Mich.

SEE” MT —Great Russlnn vmflyi Silver

Plume. no smut or rust. out yields
other kinds 10 to 20 bu. .lper acre. 01. 00 per bu.. bug.
free. J. C. BU LER, Portland. Mich.

Agricultural Lime

and mode! of applylna.
us

 

 

TEE WOODVILLE WHITE LIME (30.. Toledo.0lllo

MARCH 6. 1909.-

l Ol‘
HOT BE DS
ANDCJOLI‘ FRAMES

 

The double layer of glass does it

Lots in the light always.

Never has to be covered or' uncovered; _no
boards or mats needed.

Retains the heat. excludes the colcll

Saves three-fourths of the labor and\ expense
and makes strongerand earlier plants than

single-glass sash. -1 ‘ F
Ask for catalogi K It tells all about it] . l

"‘ Address.

Sunlight Double-Glass Sash Co.
soenmlsiuu LOUISVILLE, KY.

320 Acres of Wheat Land In

WESTERN GAMMA

Fifty Bushols per Acre have

en grown. General average
greater than in any other art
of the Continent. Under
Regulations it. is possible to
secure a Homestead of 160 acres
free and an additional 160 acres
at pera

“ The development of the
country has made marvelous
It. is a revelation. a record or
conquest by settlement that: is remark-
able. " Extract from correspondence
of 11 Missouri Edito 601'. who vialt ed Can-
ada in Au

 

 

 

 

 

   
 
 
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

The gran mot 1903 will not: many
farmer-33m grSZngor acre. dGrain-1131111-
ing. Mixed 0Farming and Dali-yin g.

nrethe rlnclpal industries. Climate

ls exce lent: Social Conditions the

best Rallwa Advantages unequal-

ed: Schools. batches and Markets
one at hand.

Lands may also be purchased from Railway
ind Land Companies. For “ Last Best Weat‘ '
pamphlet-a. maps and information as to how
to secure lowest Railway Rates, apply to Sup't
of lnunlcratlun, Ottawa, Con. ., or to the
nuthorized Canadian Government. Agent.

M. V. McInnes. 6Ave. Theatre Block.
Detroit. M10114 0. A. Lauder. Mor-
quette. Mi oh. .

new SEED BATS

Big Money In Oats

If you raise the right kind. here' 5 your chance
to get: them lmpo Canadian seed oats for
sale. Extra fine. Send for free simple; it
will speak for itself. We make a specialty of
growing extra fine seed oats on our big Cana-
dian farm; new clean land, no weeds.
Have best known varieties Regencrated
Swedish Select, went 109 bu. to acre. New
market (extra early) big yieldet also 2 row
nlish barley went 61 bu. to acre.
otwouldpny youlop t n chug. oluod 3nd
try mm: 0! ohm on“. Average nu inbred sud run
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MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP MAKING
ON THE FARM.

A pleasant portion of farm “work on the
farm is that which comes at sugar and
syrup making time, especially for the
younger folks who always look forward
with great anticipation to the. opening or
the sugar camp. \Vhen maple sugar and
syrup are made on an extensiVe scale it
is by no means an easy part of the farm
work, but on account of the compara-
tively short time in which a certain
amount of tapping, gathering, and boil—
ing is to be accomplished, it is tedious
work and requires constant attention.
When only a small quantity is to be
made for home use it is not so important
as when it is made on a commercial
scale. There is no syrup so palatable to
eat on griddle cakes or with warm bis-
cuits as fresh Inaple syrup, and even
tho it may be considerable bother to boil
down the sap, it is repaid by the few
gallons of maple syrup that is had as the
result.

The time for tapping varies with the
season. The most favorable time is
when cold nights, followed by a thaw
during the day, will cause a large flow
of sap, and the oftener these conditions
are repeated during the run, the larger
will be the return from the sugar camp.
\thncvcr these conditions exist, either
in early spring or late winter, is the
time for tapping. The metal spiles are,
best and can be purchased very cheaply.
Trl-es should be tapped on the sunny
side and two spiles for each pail. If it
is a large tree, two pails should he al-
lowed. A new spot on the tree should
be found each year and the tree never
tapped in the same place the second
time.

The quality of the sap from different
trees varies just as the milk from dif-
fcrent cows varies in its butter-fat con-
tent. ‘he sap from trees will be sweeter
and contain a greater amount of sugar
than sap from other trees. 'l‘llvl‘c is an
individuality in maple trees for syrup
making the same. as there is an individ—
uality in dairy cows for butter making
or milk production. Those who have
had considerable cxpcricneo in camps
can usually pick out these trees and judge
them on their merits.

The sap must he, collected several times
during the day. This is a hard part or
the work and horse power should be
employed as much as possible. One
horse hitched to a stone boat on which
are several milk cans or a sullicicnt num-
ber to hold the sap is a convenient way
of getting it to tho l‘ciinine; point which
should be situated in about the central
part of the camp.

The old fashioned way. which is still
used by the small prmluccrs, is to boil it
down in large kcltlcs. it is always host
to strain it before boiling for, be as care—
ful as one can, a certain number of bugs,
pieces of bark and other matter will tind
a. way into the sap. The picture
which appears on the front page illus—
trails a desirable method of hanging the
kettles if an evaporator is not available.
The sup is not poured into the kcttlc
dircct, but is straincd into the barrel soon
at the right. From here it is run thru
an iron pip.- or hose to the kettle, the.
pipe being connected with the barrel by
just an ordinary wooden spigot. if the
boiling is brisk a small flow of sap may
bc kept running from the barrel into the
kcttlc. in boiling sap by this method,
one must, be careful to watch that it does
not boil ovcr when it is nearing the,
syrup stage. This may be prevented by
greasing the top of thc kettle, or by inl—
mersing a piece of pork into the boiling
mass whenever it begins to boil over.
(if comsc, it will be neccssary to finish
the boiling in the house where it can be
clcurcd and watched more closely.

A large, clean boiler or lx'cttlc is adapt—
cd for this. The syrup should be (‘il';ll‘(‘(l
by adding a beaten egg or a small quan-
lily of milk. l‘nless this is done, the
syrup will not have so (it-sirnhlo a color.
Some makers simply allow the gym”) to
“Hi“ ”lid a” “(It (‘10211‘ H with anything,
but this method is not to be recom—
mended. “'hcn the egg or milk is added,
a thick skum will collect on top of the
syrup and this should be skimmed Off
with a milk skimmer.

\Vith the enforcement of the pure food
laws, comes a restriction on the manu-
facture of maple syrup and sugar, and
the product must be sold for what it is.
'It must give a certain specific. gravity
test and weigh so many pounds to the
gallon. If it tests less than 34 and does
not weigh eleven pounds to the gallon
it cannot be classed as pure maple syrup.
A few years ago it was not uncommon

THE MICHIGAN FARMER. ‘ it”. 247

to buy a syrup that bore the label of
pure maple syrup, but in reality a sub-
stance that had never seen a maple tree
or at most, contained a very small per-
ccntage of the maple syrup. With the
present pure‘food laws in force, one may
feel reasonably sure that if the article.
bears the label of pure maple syrup or
sugar, it is the genuine or undiluted
syrup or sugar.

If any quantity of syrup is to be made,
an e 'aporator should be used. The sap
can be boiled down much more quickly
and easier in an evaporator than is pos-
sible in kettles. A larger surface is ex-
posed to the heat from below, and the
evaporating surface above is larger. An
evaporator is partitioned off into several
divisions, each one, of which is connected
to the one next to it by a syphon ar-
rangement. The sap is fed to the evap-
orator by an automatic device somewhat
similar to a. float to regulate the flow of
milk in a lnilk separator. The first par-
tition of the evaporator where the sap
enters contains the sap only, while the
last partition contains almost pure syrup.
In traveling from the first partition
where it enters as sap. to the last Where
it is drawn off almost as pure syrup, the
liquid goes a distance of about ninety-six
fee-t. The principle of physics, that any
liquid seeks its level, is made use of in
an evaporator. On evaporation more, sap
from the supply tank will force its way
thru the automatic feed to the evaporator
and the slightly evaporated sap already
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division of the evaporator where the proc—
css continues. As it travels from one
division ‘to the other it becomes more
condensed and when it finally reaches
the last partition, it is almost pure syrup.
.\t this division :1 small stream of syrup
may be allowed to run continuously or as
is generally practiced, it may be lefty
here until a larger quantity collectsfi
when it is emptied or drawn off. The
principle of an evaporator is simple and
it has solved to a degree the taking care
of a large, amount of sap at the minimum
of expense for labor. fuel and time, be-
sides making a more rciincd and a cleaner

ioned kettle method.

The, tendency a few yiars ago was to
make considerable sugar. but now the
demand calls for a greater amount of
the syrup. One gallon of standard syrup
will make about eight pounds of sugar.
’l‘hcre is not a great deal of difference
of profit in favor of eithcr syrup or sugar
as far as the producer is concerned. If
sugar is madc. it is poured into buttered
moulds and there is no cxpense for cans,
but on the other hand it requires more
time and inc! and is quite a, hit more
trouble. The syrup, if intcndcd for sugar,
must be boiled down more and stirred
while cooling to imprme the color and
make, it tiucr graincd.

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The amount of sugar or syrup to be
made from one tree dcpcnds upon the
season and individual trcc. “'0 were.‘
talking with one makcr who tapped .‘lROf
trccs in his camp. That season (he made,‘
13:: gallons of syrup insides a quantityi
of sugar. This would give nearly a half
gallon of syrup or the e-luiyalcnt of four
pounds of sugar to tho trcc, but i am
inclined to b<licve that this is slightly
abo\c the average, taking one season
with anothcr. This maker boiled the
syrup to a test of .‘~‘.i‘., which, with can,
weighed 131;. lbs. to the gallon. lt rc—
duircd .‘Hi gallons of sap to make on.- gal-
lon of syrup. (me could count on lot)
barrels of sap making practically Rt) gal-
lons of syrup and in a. favorable scasoi
lnaking nearly tlll(‘—‘il('llf gallon, or four
pounds of sugar to the tree. Those who
have a. glove of maple trces, or even a
t‘c\\' tl’ccs on the farm, are making a mis—
takc if they do not tap thcm, especially
if it is a favorable season.

Pennsylvania. L. J. HAINES.

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The story of the glass pump valve is an‘
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THE ROUND-UP INSTITUTE.
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money to be made in growing clover seed
on these lands than from any other
crop, stating that the average yield from
such land is about five bu.' per acre.
After working humus into the land by
this method it will be possible to change.
to some other crop for a year, going
back to clover seed the. following year.

The speaker also advocated farming
this land in strips running north and
south and not over 40 rods wide, such
strips to be protected by windbreaks.
He also said that a roller should not be
used upon such land under any circum-
stances as the soil will blow and drift
badly when the surface is perfectly
smooth.

The Potato as a Market Crop
was the subject of an entertaining ad-
dress: or lecture by Prof. L. G. Dodge,
of the Bureau of Plant Industry, 1'. S.
Department of Agriculture. Prof. Dodge
made use of the stercopticon in present-
ing a number of excellent views secured
mainly in the potato-producing section
of Maine. These brot out, in an inter-
esting way. the methods employed by
Maine potato farmers. In his remarks
he stated that their rotation is potatoes.
oats and clover, with fertilizer applicl
for potatoes; that from $12 to SZQ worth
of fertility, or from one-half to one ton
is used to the acre; that the average
cost of producing an acre of potatoes
is $15. due largely to the very liberal use
of fertilizer, and that the average yield
is 100 bbls., or 275 bu. per acre.
Tuesday Evening.

Forestry and agricultural education,
the topics for the first evening session,
brot out by far the largest attendance
of the day. Hon. Chas. W. Garfield,
President Michigan State Forestry Com—
mission, presided and, after a selection
from the l'. S. Indian School band, Mr.
Chas. \V. \Vard responded to the subject,

The Problem of Our Cut-Over Lands.

'l‘his gentlcman, having traveled ex-
tensively and seemingly made a study of
forestry conditions in this and other
lands, was able, thru the aid of the ster-
eopticon. to make some startling com-
parisons as regards methods of lumber-
ing in different countries. The wasteful
practices of American lumbermcn were
forcefully presented and contrasted with
the careful, cconomimil handling of tim-
ber and the cultivation of forests in older
Countries. He admitted that our lumber-
mcn have shown too little dcfertmce to
the good of the country at large but
held that the seemingly undue haste of
lumbcrmcn to get rid of their timber
was largely due to the failure of the
state to return, in the form of protection,
a fair proportion of the taxes imposed
upon the property. 110 predicted that
public sentiment will gradually demand
‘llltil‘c strict enforcement of laws designed
to bring about the adoption of more ra-
tional lnctlnnls by timber owners.

Practical Farm Forestry
was the ncxt topic. It was in the hands

of I’rof. J. I“l‘t‘d Baker. of the Agricul—
tural College, who declared that forestry
is one phase of the great conservation
problcm which is puzzling the country
just now. Ills subject had to do with

a small part of the great forest area of
the country, but not such a small part
after all, when \vc rcalize that Michigan

contains :lowmwm acrcs of farm
woodcuts. This. area is not so insignifi-
cant from the lumbcr standpoint either
as ihc clm of thc state comes mainly

from the woodlots and in 1007 Michigan
led the states in the production of elm.

Spcaking of bettering the condition of
tlic woodlot he said that the ideal way
would be to trim up and clean up until
a coniplctc canopy is obtained giving a
pcrccntage of shade sufficient to keep

out grass and weeds.
To prevent damagc from wind he rec-
ommended planting one of the conifcrons

trccs on the Windward
sidc of the woodlot for a windbrcak.
An effective windhrcak of this kind
can be grown in a few years. It pre-
\‘cnls the drying out of surface. Soil and
thc blowing down of standing timber,
particularly old and mature trees. He
emphasized the inmoMancc of keeping
all live stock out of the woodiol, con-
tending that the only animals allowed
in it should be the owncr and his hogs,
The latter may be turncd into the wood-
lot about August. lst. They will root the
ground over and cover the seed as
dropped from the trees, and should be
taken out when freezing begins in the
early fall.

'l‘rcspassing by careless hunters is a
menace to the woodlot. The

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THE MICHIGAN

hunter runs over the woodlot, often set—
ting fires by carelessness in lighting or
emptying his pipe, and kills birds and
animals that are not only useful but a
pleasure to the owner. The young
growth in the woodlot should be pro-v
tccted, and timber should not be cut
promiscuously. A judicious system of
selection should be followed, cutting
weak trees and those which are injuring
others. An estimate of the needed
amount of cord‘wood, barn timbers, posts,
etc, should be made, and the process of
selection should be followed until the
desired amount of each is secured. Then
make a new planting to compensate for
this harvest. Another good way is to
cut and replant a strip on the leeward
side of the woodlot sufficient to satisfy
your needs for the year, and continue
this process each year.

Seeds for planting should be collected
after the first severe frost. They should
be dried and pitted, using a layer of
seeds, then a layer of sand or mould,
ctc.. until the whole are thus stored
for the winter. Seeds from coniferous
trees should be collected and hung in
bags. as in the natural state at the tops
of trees. If there are no squirrels or
other rodents to destroy them. nut seeds
may be planted directly in the woodlot.
Otherwise they should be planted in a
garden, cultivated one year, and then
set out in the woodlot. In growing the
conifers, the seed bed should be pre-
pared and the seeds rolled into the sur-
face. Then a. mulch of white pine needles
not less than four inches deep should be
added and left on ten days, after which,
screens of brush, or slats should be pro-
vided and left on until fall. After trans-
planting, they should be cultivated the
same as other crops.

Prof. Baker, commenting on the for—
cstry work being done at M. A. C., stated
that a forester would be sent from the
college to advise the owner of a wood—-
lot, with regard to its proper handling,
varieties to plant, cultural method, etc.

After a song by the Central Normal
Ladies Trio, the last number for the
evening was announced, the same being
an address on

The Teaching of Agriculture in the
Public Schools
by Prof. TV. Ii. French, of the Agricul-
tural College. Prof. French gained quick
appreciation and applause from the au—
dience by stating that it was his busi-
ness to promote the teaching of agricul—
ture in the rural schools, and that after
listening to Prof. Baker's address, he was
satisfied that forestry should be included
in such instruction.
Prof. French referred to the fact that
in Michigan, there are three million
men and women; that the girls and boys
of today will be the men and women of
the next generation, and the mission of
the public schools is to train those fu—
ture cilizcns, and is thus of the most
vital importance to the state itself. He
referred to the value of object lessons
in teaching and impressed his hearers
with the importance of teaching the
practical in the common schools. and
that the, three is are not all that Is
necessary in the way of instruction. Ht:-
declared that everything that touches
human life is practical. As to whether
agriculture can be taught, he referred
to thc fact that Michigan began the
teaching of Scientific agriculture, which
is now tatght in every state in the
l'nion. and that those who criticize the
work of the agricultural colleges simply
do so because they have not a clear
knowledge of what those colleges are
doing, and do not appreciate the value
of the experimental and educational
work which they are. carrying on. in
our own agricultural collcgc, there are
1.100 students, but there should be 5,000.
There is a great necessity for the gen-
cral teaching of agriculture. It‘urmcrs
are producing only about 50 per cent of
what they might produce, because of-
thcir lack of skill and a thoro under-
standing of intelligent methods. If cvcry
farmer were a trained farmer, we would
not need an agricultural College. The
way to make every farmer a trained
farmer is to begin with the boys, and
in this connection, Prof. French asked
his hearers if they took the boys to the
It‘armcrs’ Institutes this winter. Farming
is both a business and a profession, not—
withstanding the fact that Very many
farmers do not make such of it.
Speaking of the great need of the pub-
lic schools today. Prof. French declared
that the urgent demand is to fill up the
gap between the 6th and 12th grades
in school work, in which the tourse of
study should be, so shaped that there
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HERE was a, time when

I everybody bought rooflngs

that required painting. It

was the regular thing to do. In

fact, there was nothing else to do,

for all roofings were “smooth sur-

faced” and required painting reg-

ularly to keep them from deter-
iorating.

Now there Is Amatlte, an im-
provement over painted rooflngs,
having a real mineral surface im-
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of flexible concrete.

This mineral surface needs no
palnting. The waterproofing ma-
terial, Coal Tar Pitch, is the great-
est enemy to water known. It is
the base of many waterproof
paints. Only in a paint the pitch
is diluted and made into a thin
film, whereas the Amatite water-
proofing is solid "fire Pitch—4W0
layers of it. It would take some-
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paint to equal in thickness that
upper sheet of pitch in which the
Amatite "mineral surface is buried.
And under that heavy sheet of
pitch is a layer of wool felt and
under that another sheet of pitch,

MARCH 6. 1909.

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And below them all is another:
layer of strong felt. That makel
two roofs in one.

If the storms were away the
mineral surface and dug through
the pitch and destroyed the felt,
they would still 'be only half way,
through. And if the weather then
removed the next sheet of pitch,
you would still have left a final
layer of felt—nothing more or less
than an ordinary smooth surfaced
roofing which could keep off the rain
very nicely if
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But as a matter
0 f f a c t the
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past that mineral
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gripped in its mat-
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The mineral our.

    

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no further expen-
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LIVE STOCK

SHEEP AND THEIR CARE.

 

 

 

This subject I consider quite an im-
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will mention briefly in regard to the
choice of the different breeds that we
have the priviledge of selecting from.
Each flock master thinks he has the best
breed. I believe that there is no all
around best breed that suits every shep-
herd and the conditions of his farm, but
when he has made the choice of his
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and that is to buy gO-od rams for the
breed chosen, and one fact should not
be lost sight of, and that is quality must
under no consideration be sacrificed at
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One most important feature in the sc-
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observant that both rams and ewes carry
the true signs of constitutions. Usually
a sheep on low legs, well sprung rigs.
deep chest, strong in twist carries :1
constitution that will meet all ordinary
rconiiemcnis.

(me great error that comes under my
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one breed with another; the result is the
diminishing in the value of the flock,
and in this case, you will find anything
but a uniform flock. Do not t'o1get the
one important point. Purchase, good rams
of the type you select.

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sheep
enough to

lambing time. The doors of the
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placed near the flock will avoid this. A
pen about Six feet square to protect the
lamb for two or three days is sufficient.

Considering pasture, my judgment is
that frequent changes from one field to
another cannot be overestimated. True,
they may keep alive and appear thrifty,
but place a flock in a certain pasture in
the spring and compel them to remain
there until fall without any change and
you will find that they will never attain
the size they would had they been per-
mitted frequent changes. Sheep love a
change of pasture, even if the change be
to a poorer one.

“'0 should not neglect to supply the

flock during the months of July and
August, with some succulent food, such

as Dwarf Essex rape, or other good for~
age plants. .Rye makes a good pastute
when sown early in the fall. If you are
planning on raising a crop of b'ans the
next year I Would advise that you sow
the. rye this fall and you will secure. a
large amount of pasture before it is time
for you to plow the ground for the beans.
I have found that by sowing two pounds
of rapt- seed per acre in the corn fields
during the last cultivation, will afford
abundant feed for late pasture

Sheep have many natural advantages
over other kinds of live stock and they
are v1'1'y prolitie and raise their young
on the most inexpensive feed, and with
the least care, and you can therefore
produce mutton for the market more
cheaply
a 'higher priee. Another advantage, they
grow from seven to ten per cent of their
normal ‘ive weight in wool, which US—
11aliy sells for more than three times as
much as the flesh of any other animal,
and the manufacture of wool into cloth-
ing and other valuable articles of com-
gives employment to thous'tnds of
skillttl laborers tltruout the world. Sheep
will return more fertility to the soil than

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without any water. It is trite, however,
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ouiekly with sheep as you would in the
ease of other domestic animals, but my
observation goes to prove that plenty of
good, pure water at all times is a very
.-::s~111ial factor in the health and com-
fort of the sheep. Salt should be kept
before your sheep always. as it is a great
preventch against worms and kindred
diseases.
\l'hilc feeding in winter quarters, my
1x111 1'ience has been to allow them plenty

of exercise and to feed out of doors
\\'l11'111'\'1'l‘ the weather permits.

In this locality. ('l‘ust'ola county,
Mich), clover hay and luau fodder is

plentiful and they make idcal feeds, the
best results are obtained where, these
I‘otldcrs are fed alternately. As :1 grain

for breeding ewes, the bran and oats
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liming the past seven years I have

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mixing it with the seed oats to be
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time as the oats, and when the oats are
threshcd there will be about the right
amount of flax seed with the grain. The
llax straw is eagerly sought after, cs-
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I have always considered that sheep
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wet'ets, and I believe that in irregular
1'1 eding is where a large margin of profit
is lost.

in regard to lambing time, which
means a great deal to the flock owner,
a suitable place should be provided. I
am not in favor of stationary lambing
pens. for various reasons. Among them
being the fact that a ewe taken from the
111111.- and placed in a strange pen is apt
to worry and fret, but a temporary pen

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ABUSING THE SHEEP.

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man to shear them now, while if I
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Now, for the abuse. The most of us
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That is just about the condition of the
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RINGING AND CASTRATING PIGS.

These are two jobs which nearly every
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After a pig has learned to root he will
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only way to prevent him from so doing
is to cut the pig‘s nose or to ring him.
I shall call both “ringing.”

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those lltw :lrrn'tcr'mnts which cuts a
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Ohio. CLYDE A. WAUGH.

 

A PIG RECORD.

On February 17, I butchered six hogs
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the corn, they ought to thrive. Another
essential in hog raising, is a good. clean
pen. The pen need not necessarily be
an expensive one, if it is kept thoroly
cleaned each day, and the hogs given
a good bed of wheat straw.

Monroe Co. W. L. WINSLOW.

INFLUENCE OF THE SIRE UPON
PROLIFICACY.

There seems to be a prevailing opinion
among the majority of writers upon swine
breeding that the breeding boar exer-
cises but little, if any, influence upon the
prolificacy of the sows that are kept; in
the breeding herd. They have an ide-I.
that all that is necessary is for the
breeder to select the sow pigs that are
to be kept for breeding purposes from
largo litters, in order that he may in~
crease the number of pigs farrowed at a
litter. Now, the practical point that ]
wish to discuss is whether or not the
breeding boar exercises a tendency to
create an increased prolificacy as the
result of a singly mating, or whether he
can transmit an increased tendency in
the female progeny of the same, because
of inheritance.

I have frequently discussed this phase
of swine breeding with many successful
breeders and I have discovered that there
is a wide difference of opinion among
them as to just how important a factor
a breeding boar is, in the work of in-
creasing the prolificacy of a herd of
breeding swine. Sonic confidently claim
that the breeding boar does not exercise
any influence upon the prolificacy of the
hcrd. A few claim that he does exercise
an influence that is far reaching. but as
a general proposition the majority hold
to thc vicw that the sow exercises an
influencc that is far greater in estab-
lishing fecundity of the. progeny, as well
as tho rcsult of the singlo mating.

First, it will be my purpose to attempt
to show how the brooding boar may in-
crczisc prolificacy in procreation, and sec—
ond, how this influence compares with
the influence cxcrted by the sows. Of
course, if you decide that he does not
cxcrt any influcnce in prolificacy it will
be usclcss for me to ‘(liscuss the second
Illnlsc of lilo qllORiioll.

\Vith a ht-rd of brooding sows the dif-
ft-rcnt results in illt‘ number of piss far-
rowcd is tlic outcome of some, influence
cxcrcisml in procreation in the dam,
rather than the result of chances To the
careful obscrvur it is self evident that
this influence must come from one of
tbrw sourcr‘s: From the sow entirely,
from the bremling boar entirely, or partly
from both.

The sow that is capable. of producing
ten or twelvo pigs at a birth, often brings
but three or four. \Vhy should there be
such :1 variation? That the sows do in-
“llf‘llf'l' tin- sizc of the litters is generally
concmled among all of the leading swine
breeders. Some smvs will produce eight
to twelve pigs at a litter, while others
will produce but ihrco or four, tho mated
with the samc brectling boar. Some may
ask if this does not prove that: the breed-
ing boar i-xcrciscs no rcal influence upon
the size of th.- litter. I would say that
it docs not. The most if can possibly
prove is that he does not exercise as much
influence upon tho outcome of a single
mating as tho sow. lut even such evi-
dence is not (’Hnt‘lllsivc, for the Szillle
breeding bour, ff mated with other sows,
will in some instances bring large litters
and in other instances small litters.
This makes it possible in the absence of.
evidence to the contrary, that the breed—i
ing boar docs exercise, an influence upon‘
prolificacy in procreation.

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a breeding boar is mated with a. large
number of sows during one breeding sea-
son, that the first litters are usually
larger than those that come later in the
season. Some will claim that this is due
to the greater vigor possessed by the
breeding boar. But if vigor in the breed-
ing boar exercises an influence upon pro-
lificacy then it is only fair for me to
assume that vigor in the sow exercises
the same influence, thus we can see that
it is easy to reason that the result stated
may come chiefly from the sows, as the.
most healthy and vigorous sows will
come in heat before the less vigorous
ones. It is almost certain that some of
the influence resulting in large litters
comes from the breeding boars, for if we
were to breed a herd Of good, vigorous
sows to a breeding bear that had become
enfcebled by exercise of service, it is
i almost certain that there would be an
increased proportion of small litters.

It has been claimed by many intelli-
gent breeders that bunch of corn fed
sows that have had their breeding pow-
ers impaired by heavy feeding Will pro-
duce larger litters when they are mated
with a Large Yorkshire or Tamworth
breeding boar. This fact has been noted
by many breeders in the corn belt states
who have used these types of breeding
bears in their herds. if this is correct
it would be easy to prove that the breed-
ing bears do exercise an influence in
the size of the litters. Thus far I have
only discussed the subject of vigor as a
source of increased prolificacy. To this
must be added rational feeding. The
sow that has been pastured on clover,
alfalfa or blue grass for a few weeks
before she is bred will be more prolific
than one, that has been confined to a nar-
rower ration of carbonaceous foods, thus
we. see that vigor and food ari- important
factors in increasing prolification in pro—
creation. No modern breeder will deny
this. The important question is, do these
influences operate thru the boar as well
as thru tho breeding sows. Once granted
that the breeding boar does exercise such
influence as the outcome Of a single mat—
ing when properly fed, then it is plain
for us to See that this influence on the
part of the boar will be strengthened or
weakened, as the case may be, by in-
heritance.

There are some breeders who assert
that the sow exercises an influence upon
certain parts of the organization and that
transmission in the male influences cer-
tain other parts. This is wrong accord-
ing to my views of breeding. It has
never been proven, and until it is the
conclusion is justifiable that both parents
exercise an influence to every fEaturo oi
.the organization, including breeding
tendencies, not always in the same de-
gi'l'o and not necessarily in equal degrees.
Now if my views Of this phase of breed—
ing are correct and I believe that they
are, then it follows that the tendencies
to transmit these tendencies to prolifi-
eacy or the opposite inheres in both
breeding boars and brood sows, but there
are many who doubt it in the case of
the breeding boars.

If it is true that the breeding boar does
exercise an influence on every part of the
organization, including capabilities in
the line of performance, as well as phy—
sieal features, then it is fair for me to
assume that he does exercise, an influ-
ence on the tendencies to increased pro—
lificacy. The influences that govern re-
production may be effected by the degree
0f inheritance, but of course this may
be to Some extent modified by the influ-
ences of the, quality of foods and the
kind of environment. To increase pro-
lificacy in the herd it would ho essential
that we select breeding boars that are
descended from prolific ancestry.

“'hile it is obvious that breeding boars
should have the pow'er to transmit tend-
encies lo pi‘oliflcacy as well as to beget
prolifieacy in the female progeny. it is
of course, impractical to attempt: to d8~
termine the degree of this influence which
they will thus exercise absolutely, or
relatively, since, as previously mentioned,
it is quite Certain to be a varying quan—
tity because of the influence from the
Sources mentioned, but one thing we
should keep in mind is the fact that the
influence on increased prolificacy will be
greatest when the influence exercised by
the breeding boars and the scum operate
in harmony rather than in Opposition.
To speak more plainly, select both the
breeding bears and breed sows that are
to be kept for breeding purposes from
fair sized litters. To me it seems the
height of folly to assume that these in-
fluences of prolificacy come from one
parent.

New York. W. MILTON KELLY.

 

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Spinal Disease—I haVe a cow coming
10 years Old that is thin, her appetite
good, does not show symptoms of sick—
ness, but has not been able to get up for
the, past three weeks. \Vhat can be done
for her? D. H. B., Benzonia, Mich.»
Give 1: dr. ground nux vomica, 1/2 oz.
ground gentian, 1 oz. ginger and 1/2 oz.
powdered resin at a dose in feed three
times-a day for three weeks, also apply,
equal parts tr. cantharidcs, aqua am-|
monia, turpentine and raw linseed oil to;
back every other day. Her bowels should‘
be kept active. This is best done by
feeding vegetables or well salted bran
mash. She has a fair chance of recovery.

Colt Has Wart on Shoulder.—I have
a colt that has a large wart on his
shoulder which I would like to have re-
moved. How can it be done? J. J. .
Shelby, Mich.—Afn my practice and at my
hospital I always cut them out, they are
usually only skin deep, and if you find
it bleeds much scar the blood vessel
with a red hot iron or apply tr. chloride
iron; apply equal parts boric acid and
calomel to sore daily. '

Surfcit Buds—I have a colt that has?
bunches on back somewhat like grub inl
cattle. The hair sloughs out of some,‘
others remain, and some go away. How
shall I mix turpentine, aqua. ammonia,
and sweet oil so that it will not separate?
M. S. J., Oswego, N. Y.—(}iyc 1 dr. Fow— ‘
lers solution and 1/2 oz. baking Soda at a,
dose in feed three times a day for 20‘
days. Put sweet oil in bottle first, add‘
aqua ammonia, shake well, then addi
turpentine; this is as good as you can do
by hand. ‘

Splint.—My 5-year-old mare has a
bunch on foreleg below knee. It causes
no lameness but I should like to have it
removed without leaving any blemish.
Can it be done? ’1‘. B., Marine (‘ity,
Michn-It is not good practice to treat
such cases for the results are not gen—
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are applied they reduce bunch but gen— CHlCAOO. SAN FRANCISCO.

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Knee Sprung Spi-?iiglialt.v—l have a' » ‘- ~ ‘ ' J *' ’ - . - —
horse that is kneesprung and lame on lett
foreleg. I also have a horse that has

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Ilorse Persi'dres Too Freer.—«I have a
horse that sweats altogether too easily
and too freely, but is not sick. \\'hat
shall I do for him‘.’ II. 1“,, Lansing,
Micli.-I would clip him, also give him
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feeding them timothy clover, oat straw.
and some, bean straw. \V. H. l(., Smith,
l\'lich.—'l‘imotliy and out straw are not
as good fool] for them as clover and bean‘
straw. Feed some carrots if you have
them also salt {their food. Nix equal
parts ginger, baking soda and (‘hni‘ctuil
and give, each sheep 1?; of a teaspoonful:
at a dose. in feed twice a day.

When to Castrate Lambs and Calvessl
Do you consider it unsafe to castrafni
lambs and calves in the winter season,
and should part of the pouch be. removml
when castrating lambs six to ten months
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animals are kept in a clean place and it
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never hesitate to castrate animals in Atk SIIVBI‘
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sow nor drink milk. They would last in'
this condition for several days. Think—
ing perhaps the. trouble might be with
the sow I took pigs off, some at five
weeks old. fed them new milk, and midd-
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dry in a warm place. I am still losing:

some. Have lost 18 pigs since, December!

15th. I employedla. Vet. who opened,

some of them but 1e was unable to tell

what caused their death. W. G. 1-1., csurspoup'”
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(Continued from last week).

Butter Makers’ Session.

This session convened with a large at-
tendance, particularly of creamerymen.
The opening number consisted of well
rendered music by Misses Wilson and
Magill.

“Is it Necessary to Ripen the Cream
Before Churning?” was the first topic
on the program. This subject was as-
signed to Dr. C. E. Marshall, of M. A. C.
Dr. Marshall was unable to be present,
but was ably represented by Tir. Otto
Rahn, assistant bacteriologist at the col-
lege. By way of introduction Dr. Rahn
said that he hardly knew, from the state-
ment of the question. how it should be.
answered. In the making of sweet cream
butter the cream is not ripened. but as
Michigan buttermakers are principally
interested in the manufacture of sour
cream butter he would answer it in the
affirmative. Dr. {ahn explained that in
the ripening of cream in the natural way
lactic acid is produced by the bacteria
which develop in the cream, and that
the peculiar and delightful aroma of good
butter is a by-product evolved in the
chemical laboratory of these bacteria
which the chemist is wholly unable to
produce in an artificial way. But in
order to secure this pleasant aroma
which is so essential to good butter, the
cream must be ripened at a proper tem-
perature. If the temperature is too high
this by-product may become an undesir—
able one. For this rcason when butter
is made from gathered cream the acid
may be present, but an undesirable flavor
may be developed. This may, in a meas~
urc, be removed by adding freshly skim-
med milk to dilute. and separating again.
Then pasteurize the cream and use a
pure commercial starter to ripen the
cream and develop a better flavor or
aroma. Some buttcrmakers contend that"
it is not necessary to ripen the cream,
claiming that the desired results can be
as well obtained by adding the starter to
the butter when it is worked. Dr. Rahn
contended that this practice is not a
commendable one as it is necessary to
add so much starter that the casein ad—
ded in it tends to injure the keeping
quality of the butter.

As to the necessity of using a com“
mercial starter the speaker contended
that there are st) many kinds of bacteria,
both good and bad, developed in the na-
tural ripening of cream, depending upon
the temperature maintained, and other
conditions notcd. such as a lack of uni—
formity in the raw material from which
the butter is made, that it seems essential
to the production of the best quality of
butter. He gave a brief history of the
origin and use of the commercial starter,

 

an outline of which rhoultl proyo of in—
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bacteria .‘W '»~' i' " g. ' 7-1” jut: 5!
cream. Tim f/ s.” t ,.‘2;.'5:5L. if; ‘.':‘- in: 'n
of coimm-ir-L .I ‘ I" .'. 'r ".55 .230
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.51 merited reputation tor tl.-’« iznw‘ awma
and a degrcr of uniformity W‘ir-h was
below unknown. l’ioai threw facts. and

speaking as a bacteriologist, lir. Iiahn
was cmphatic in his declaration that

pasteuriZation and tbc use of pure cul-
ture commercial starters are essential to
the manufacture of lllt' lit-st butter under
the condition.s which usually prevail ii.
the average crcamcry.

Dr. Hahn‘s address provoked a gen—
eral discussion of this topic by the
creamerymen and buttcrmakcrs present,
many questions being asked which brot
out interesting lltllllls. (inc (if 111,; ([1108-
tions raised was whether whole milk or
Skim-milk should be used-as a medium
to develop the starter from the pure cul-
ture, the point being raised as to whether
it would make any difference in the de-~
velopment of a desirable flavor. Dr.
Rahn explained that it seemed to make
no difference, as the bacteria do not
attack the fat in the milk at all.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

Another method which has gained fa-
vor in recent years was brot out in this
discussion. This method consists in
adding a starter to the cream when it
is placed in the churn instead of ripening
'it beiore churning, and upon request of
several of the buttermakers present this
method was explained by Mr. Credicutt,
U. S. Inspector on the Chicago market,
Who has scored the butter at the ofiicial
scoring contests conducted under the aus-
pices of the State Dairy and Food De-
partment during the past year. Mr.
Credicutt said that the method had given
universal satisfaction when properly
used. By adding a larger quantity oi
the starter in the churn than is used in
ripening cream, and then churning at a
sufficiently low temperature so that the
process will require from an hour to an
hour and twenty minutes, excellent re-|
suits may be attained at all seasons ot‘
the year. The butter will not have quite
as good a flavor when just made as that‘
made from ripened cream, but by the.
time it reaches the consumer the desir-
able aroma and flavor will have devel-,
oped and the butter will be as good or

 

better than that made from ripened,

cream. It will also keep just as well]
as this method is free from the objeC-l
tions of adding the starter directly to.
the butter since the casein in the starter
will not be incorporated in the butter.
\Vhen asked if a good grain could be se-
cured in the butter in this way, Mr.1
C‘udicutt explained that it was entirely
practicable, since by churning at a low
temperature the butter would come in
fine granules, and would be sufficiently
hard in warm weather, and by warming
the wash water to temper it before
working the grain could be properly con-
trolled in winter.

Altogether, this discussion was most
interesting to the novice as well as to
the professional buttermaker, and will
furnish protitable food for thot to the
housewife who makes butter on the farm,
especially insofar as it impresses her
with the important part that tempera-
ture plays in the making of a good qual-
ity of butter, not alone at churning time,
but in the handling of. the raw material
as well.

“Evolution of Creamery Butter Mak-
ing.” This topic was next taken up by
C. E. Lee, in charge of the department
of Dairy Manufactures of the University
of Illinois, a transposition of the pro-
gram having been made to accommodate
Mr. Lee, who was obliged to catch an
early train, This speaker presented a num-
ber of charts showing facts which have
been demonstrated in the dairy work
carried on at the Illinois College of Agri-
culture. In commenting on the doubtful
quality of creamery butter, Mr. Lee
said that the ereamerymen made him
Very tired in one way. They are always
complaining about the poor quality of
cream delivered at gathered cream fac--
torics. Ilis answer always is the ques—
tion, “\Yhat makes you take the rotten
stuff?" lie contends that the remedy
lies with the creamerymen, who might
remedy this condition by concerted ac-
tion. and by insisting that cream be
delivered to the factory in good condi-
tion, under penalty of rejection.

 

Touching the quality of butter made
from ripened (Train and cream churned
at a low temperature immediatcly after
adding the starter. Mr. ln-e dcclnrcd that

  

         
   
   
   
   
   
      
      
      

U.S.

Please examine this

Cream
Separator

Frame

It is cast in one solid piece.
No bolts to shake loose.
Extreme simplicity of construction
combined with great strength.
Smaller diameter of bowls.

These are some of the reasons
that make the UNITED STATES
CREAM SEPARATORS runeasier
and wear longer than any other
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man to purchase.

unsteady.

tors of this Country and, Europe.

 
 

The perfect mechanical construction of the frame and the scientific
construction of the separating bowl, make UNITED STATES (,RhaM
’SEPARATORS the Cheapest Separators on the market for any dairy—

Other Separator frames are made of two or more pieces bolted to-
get her. The daily use soon makes the bolts become loose and the trame

The United States holds the World's Record for most perfect akin:-
ming. This record was made in tests with the leadmg Cream Separa-

INo other separator can compare favorably with the UNITED STATES.

Selling agents in nearly every dair town .in the Country, if none
in your town, write us and we w’ _ . .
l Ask for our Cnlal ne No. 111 and it; Wil be mailed.
to you, together with a. eautiful nthographed hanger in colors.

. VERMONT FARM MACHINE co., Bellows Falls, Vt.

MARCH 6, 1909.

    
   
    

  

 
 

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ti»; had found no difference at Illinois.

Another point made by Mr. Lee with
wi 34}, a number of other experts present
did not. amt-c was th'it pasteurization of
I'M-nu: does not materially better the
'24:) l of ti.» butter. lie stated that, he
lad lll‘:d the proposition out by dividing
a vat of ,5 , pasteurizing one half and
not pasteurizing lll“ other and that, whcn
sr-orr d by five judges at New York they
were unable to distinguish which pack-
ages were made from pasteurized cream.

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Mr. Lee presented many interesting
facts and figures from the charts used to}
illustrate his talk but which cannot be;
ir-prodiiM-d in this I't-poi't. llis talk pro-L
yoked considerable discussion and many
questions, some of which took :1 humor-
: turn, but was Well received by the
good amlicncc present. -‘

 

Election of Officers.

As the time fixed for the election of
officers arrived the program Was sus-l
pended for the time and this order of:
business was taken up. resulting in thel
following choice for the ensuing year:
President, '1‘. F. Marston, Bay City;
vice—president, F. H. Vanderboom, St.l
Ignace; secretary and treasurer, S. J.‘
Wilson, Flint; chairman of board of?
directors, Leonard Freeman, Fentoa;i
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hour, whichever you need for three or more
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3. See our original “Low Tank and High Crank"—
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to turn easily. Tank swings back out of way of
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the way, yet high enough to set cans for cream
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4. The test for close skimming and most: profit on
more and higher quality cream is found in our
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the cream remains there the shortest time so no
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~Crenm up; milk down. Self-flushing and self-

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draining howl. Skims either warm or cold milk
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5, Easiest to run as we use the most expensive
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ears to catch d reused or hands of user or chil«
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??tb (not flat on floor for sour milk to accumu-
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materials proved best for each purpose are used
and most expert workmen operate the high“
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to be found in any separator factory 1n 1..
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MARCH 6, 1909

Rozema, Fremont, and W. F. Raven,
Brooklyn.

A pleasant feature of the afternoon
worthy of special mention, was the piano
solo rendered by Miss Jones, of Penn
Yan, New York, and the humorous read-
ing with which she responded when
warmly eneored by the enthusiastic au-
dience, '

The Social Session.

The afternoon session was closed with
the election of officers,‘ but a few fea-
tures worthy of notice should be men-
tioned in passing. One of these was the
unanimous passage of a resolution thank-
ing the retiring president, Colon C. Lillie,
for his untiring efforts in behalf of the
association which have aided in the up-
building of the association s0 materially.
President Lillie thanked the convention
in a few well chosen words and assured
the members that the organization would
continue to have his loyal support and
best efforts as a member, which he has
given it as an officer.

Another interesting phase of this ses-
sion was the introduction of Mr. Schil~
lings, of Chicago, who spoke of the deter-
mined fight which is being waged for
the repeal of the Grout bill, providing
for a tax of 10 cents per pound on 0100—
margarine colored in imitation of yellow
butter. He had a sample of the oleo
which is being manufactured at the pres-
ent time, and which has as rich a color
as some butter,‘ and is really a better
product. He warned the dairymcn pres—
ent that vigorous preparations should be
made to fight this effort, which is thoroly
organized and will be vigorously pushed.

The evening following this session was
devoted to social chats, and closed with
a banquet, spread for 300y by the supply
men, which has come to be an annual
feature of this meeting. This banquet
was spread in the spacious dining room
of the Cody Hotel, and as usual on such
occasions, the serious thot and spark-
ling humor which passed over the tea—
cups was the most pleasant feature of
the evening, if not of the entire meeting,
and this entertainment afforded by the
commission and supply men represented
at the meeting was most highly appre-
ciated by all who partook of :their hos-
pitality.

Dairy Farmers’ Day.

Friday, February 19th, the third day of
the convention was given over to sub—
jects of particular interest to the dairy
farmers. The first subject discussed was
the one which probably created more
genuine interest than any subject pre-
sented to the association,

Is It Advisable to Register Grade Cows

Upon Performance?

This subject was presented by Mr.
Herbert A. Jones, secretary of the Inter-
national Consolidated ltccord Associa-
tion. President Lillie, in introducing
Mr. Jones, stated that for a long time
this subject had been of much interest
to dairy farmers generally. There is a
widespread feeling that if we Ihad some
authentic way of registering grade cows
upon performance, and breeding only
from those which were capable of pro—
ducing profitably, that a great step Would
be taken in tile rcaring of a race of
dairy cows which would be more profit-
able to the dairy former. The records
of (any-testing associations reveal the
fact that while thcro are many cows that
are, profitable producers, that there are
also many that are not, and those that
are not economical producers ought not
to be kept for breeding purposes, or in
fact, for any other purposes. it was
learned that the international Consoli-
dated ltccord Association was willing to
register grade cows upon performance,
providing authentic rccords could be pro—
duced. President: liillic stated that he
became so much intcrcshd in this dues—
and that this cow has produced him 51133
spring, together with Mr. tablld, of the
Dairy Division of thc Department of Ag—
riculture, to investigate this record asso-
ciation, and found that they seclilcd to
be a reliable, institution, that they lultl
a practical way of registering cattle and
marking them which prcvcntcd any Dos-
sibility of substitution as can be prac-
iiccd by unscrupulous men of the various
pruning associations, and that consc—
dueutly Secretary Jones was invited licre
to talk upon this question.

Mr. Jones stated briefly the, gygtmn
uscd by the Association in recording
cattle, and explained the tattoo marks.
liis system is to liaVe a vice—president
for a state, and a supervisor for each
county, then the records of the cow-test-
ing associations can be used as a basis
for registration. \thn a cow makes a
record coming up to the standard, th"
county supervisor visits the herd and

THE MICHIGAN FARMER'. , (9) 2.53

takes the deScription of the cow and gives
her an official number, with a tattoo dye
for the ear. The tattoo dye is never in

the hands of the breeder, but always kept
in the hands of the county supervisor.
That’s the marvelously good investment; that more
than ONE MILLION satisfied users are finding the

He holds the dye number until he is

assured that work has made a legible

number. Then the dyes are returned to

the association headquarters, never to be

used again in that series. Consequently

no other cow can have the same num-

ber, and one is absolutely certain that

there can be no such thing as substitu—

tion. Mr. Jones stated that a number of

dairymen had met the evening before

and had gone thoroly over the question

of a standard and had recommended the

following standard: For a two—year—Old

heifer with first Gulf, 200 lbs. of butter-

fat during the ilrst period of lactation.

For three-year—olds, 225 lbs. of butter—fat

' t ' the year. For a four— .

:ilgraolfiflggtiiisrigof butter—fat and a. calf. With three or more cows a DE LAVAL separator

For a five-rmr-“W 275 “05- 0f butter-fat saves its cost the first year, in more and better product,

and a calf, and for sixycar—olds or over, and it may be depended upon to go 011 domg S0 for

300 ”03' 0f bu'm'm and a “a” during twenty years, as there are already thousands of instances
to prove. . .

There’s half this much savmg 1n the use of a DE
testing association. will be subject to LAVAL over inferior separators, While other separators
“"‘gistriliion- 1“ “l" 0"“50 0f M“ Jones’ last but from Six months to five years instead of twenty
”“nmks’ M“ ”0”” “0mm" 0f Newaygo years. They lose half that might be saved while they
county, offered a resolution recommend- (10 last
.. ':.".'*'l‘:dt\ inthe - . u ’
”igiumrsiiil 1133.2“ hid“iiiiioij-oi-iiinmena That’s the Whole separator story in a nutshell’
S :1 0 0 i c g: t 2 ., — .
ing that the above standard be adopted, and the reason for the 110W nearly universal 8316 Of DE
which . was unanimously carried. The LAVAL separators_ .
question' is now up to members of the A DE LAVAL catalogue may be had fOI the asking.
““V'testing ‘ “W W t?“ Likewise the trial of 3. DE LAVAL machine.
this idea of work is worthy of being
put. into effect. It was the opinion of all
those present that the idea was practical THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR co.
and that it would be a great help to the .. ..

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the year, and any cow producing or com-

ing up to this standard. which must be

dairy interests in general to have this CHICAGO
system put into practical operation. 1213&1215 FILBERT S'r.

 

rovement in Dair Cattle. . PHILADELPHIA
”m: . y‘ ~ 1 c 1- DBUMM&SACRAMENT0 Sm NEW YORK. 107 FIRST STREET
Prof. hiiaw, of the Ag] lcultui .1 .0 SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND. onto.

lcgc, gave a very interesting talk on
“Improvement in Dairy Cattle." He put
great stress upon the co—opcrative breed-
ing associations which are being formed:
by the Agricultural College at the present
time. thruout the state. Iic also gave a
good word to the cow testing associations
which are being organized by the Dairy Made
and Food Department, and stated that 'n
the tWo, sclcciion and breeding, formed
the basis for the improvement of our
dairy cattle.

Cow—Testing Associations wcs discussed
by Helmer Rabild, of the Dairy Division
of the Department of Agriculture. It
will be remembered that Mr. Rabild was
instrumental in forming the first COW-
testing association in Michigan and that
afterwards he became connected with the
Dairy Division of the Department ofi
Agriculture "1r the purpose of introduc-
ing this system of cow-testing into other
states in the I‘niou. Mr. ltabild told of
his forming cow—testing associations in
other statcs. He also told briefly the
great benefits the farmers of Denmark
had rcCcivcd thru thc work of these cow-
tesling associationz-I. How the average
annual yicld in butter-fat in Denmark
had increased from 123 pounds pcr cow
:i l'cw )'i-:'l's aao until now the average.

 

 

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Get the sep-
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personal examination. your
test. your judgment.
Isn‘t that better business than
signing up blindly on somebody‘s say
so in a catalog?

17/" The Omega Cream Separator .
N asks for your personal examina-
. tion. lit-cause “.Sccing is believing"
, —:uul it will i. the only a little of your time to see
‘ why it will pay for inclf sooner and make mor°
money for you thanany other separators-regardless
of all the “catalog claims c\ or \\ ritten and of price.
Call at your dealers. iust to satisfy yourself. There
is much at stake. Make him prove to you that the

  
 
 
 
  

 
 

   
 
 
  

   
 
   

 
     
    
 
 
  

   
 
 
   
    
    
  

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’l‘csiing .v\.\‘§:in'i:liilil‘, led in the discussion{ i
of this subiccl. He told how the cow; ff‘
tester had shown him conclusively Iiioi :5 Our Guarantee
first year that he was feeding a tooi "3
(“Chew-'he ration ll.‘ follow-mi the advicd

a member r

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CREAM SEPARATOR

Skims to .1 trace, th1t it in by in the c1sitst to Clean and the only

one [ii it cm b: cht Ptrlttiiy SVv'Ctt without gri at effort. Make

\Vc guarantee that you will find . him prove that it is the simplest srp::1ruor made, casiist to care.

'~' cyciy Omega Separator just as rep- for and built so that it can‘t help but give perfect service for more r
~ icscntcd or you can send it back. years than any other.

; I And you'll find the Omega the easiest separator to turn. That‘s

Our guarantee to you would be ' .1 point you will appreciate twice every day. 505 days in the ycin.

just as good. just as readily kept

of the (ow tech-r and produccd his
butler—fol fora consiib rable less amount.

in fact, hc said he had s;i\cd enough in

the l‘.iii1ill to pay Mr testing his cows loi‘ : m (in: lcucr if you \vcic 2.000: Make Your Dealer Resp0n51ble "Wt,“
:1 number of years. He comparcd the ; uulL-saway. .
_ , _ ,. . ‘ _ , ‘ , i .F _ for all tlu :c tlunes. (.ct his L‘llI'l’illitt in addition to ouis.
iccoi its to his ii-“Hi Ioi the last year \‘rlllli , But tlu‘rcis anaa’ded satisfaction Hispriic. li.istcuns w illsu' ii :inllu- isthercmmziki things
the ilr:t year of the :lt<r<lii'i;|iii>ii, ;.:ul§ ~ in having a good (it'dlt‘l‘ on the right slioull you be «1i ‘s'iiiwuiutcd. "lhink thxt UlCl’
l

. spot who will see that you are. .1; before you lniv.
i; tzilzcn care, of inst as we would if ”T Write us today for the hook orfcred below. It is
N you were in Lansing. full of inonc) -in;iLing hints. Address

show“! that in- had produced built-rim

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. i i ’11-“ \ “'1' ”15‘ ‘ "l 1"”‘13 1‘ 4‘ i g; on faith. Before you pay a pcnny '
line record. Mr, llawlcy also told of buy—i L.’ you know what you an: L’CUJHL’ 1' Separator company on
i i r our mono . k
U y Y ,1; Lansing, Butter

ing a cow from the slaughter house that
\‘.‘;Is too poor in iicsh to be slaughtered,
tion that he went to New York last
pounds of buttei'»f1it in a year. This Grip-arccmwantlolmowv
shows conclusivclv that you cannot tell ‘ .-.ix ..,; .

without testing: a. cow how valuable an;

animal she is,
The only Silo on the market

Mr. ("layton Dcake, of \Vushtcrriw
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features:

How to Make Dairying Profitable.

He put great stress upon propcr feeding Silo doors on hinges. d
and care of the animals and workinc,‘ lagggrtfn’ll‘lrggl: Bldfiv:?gd
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the opinion that the great reason why

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it cuts the bearings, spoils the
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High Grade Separator—Direct

Save $25 to $54) direct at my factory
prit c—ircight prepaid. Get the only
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like a “.000 automobile. This
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, costs you nothing extra.
Take

90 Days’
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643 Gollowsy Sun, Waterloo. In.

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_ Before you place your order for any
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. $5.00. on any terms. cash or credit. write
and say. “Send me your Separator oflcr "
. \ There Is still one Separator offer so
° much better. so different. so start-
ling.so important to any tanner. that.
- every one isadvisul to write for it if
1W1, you yourself are not interested in a
l" ~ Separator perhaps you know of a neigh-
' bor who is; then for lils_sal.’c. get this new Sep-
arator offer and show it. to him. Address
L. E. ASHER & 60. Dept. 2 i 3 cmcnco.
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all.” Sfih‘
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Cir . min. Cubic: & discounts. Addrou

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stool Stump Puller Fmtory in on.
world making their own Stool Cub

    

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‘illilt the board of health
,zill cows furnishing milk to (lrand Rapids
should be tuberculin tested

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

HOW B. P. S. PAINT SAVES MONEY.

The principle item of expense in painting
is the painter’s time.

Paint for the average house costs but $15.00
to $520.00. The painter charges three or four

ion, and yet cow-testing associations
show that you can feed a too expensive
ration, just as well as one too cheap.
That is, you can overfeed and make the
ration too costly, just as well as under-
feed. The cow-testing association puts
dairying on a business basis and shows
you just exactly what you are doing.
Henry Rosema, of Newaygo. discussed
this paper, and thot Mr. Deake put too
much stress upon feeding and not enough
upon the selection of cows. Mr. Rosema
has made a great success of dulrying.
Proper Ventilation and Lighting of Cow
Stables.

was discussed ry Prof. L. J. Smith, of
the Agricultural College. Prof. Smith,
after discussing fully in his paper what
ventilation is. and how to ventilate, ex-
plained that the King system was the
only reliable system that we have today.
This system. he explained, consisted in
admitting the fresh air up next to the
ceiling by means of pure air inlets which
opened on the inside next to the ceiling
and on the outside of the barn down
next to the foundation. This admitted
pure air without allowing the warm air
up next to the ceiling to pass out. Then
it also consisted in drawing off the cold.
impure air from near the floor of the
stable by means of a ventilating shaft
up thru the stable and
up thru the storage part of the barn and
above the roof. so as to give a good draft.
The size of the. ventilating shaft should
have the same capacity as the combined
capacity of the pure air intakes.

With regard to lighting stables, he
stated that the average barn did not con-
tain windows enough, but it was not

good to have plenty of windows and then
not have them clean. It was :i great
deal better to have fewer windows and
have them clean, than to have many win-
dows that do not accomplish the purpose
of letting in light. In answer to a ques-
tion, if the direct rays of the sun should
enter the, stable. he stated that he saw
no harm from this. In cold weather he
would be a benefit. Of
course, in the hot weather of the sum-
mer time, when it would make the cow
uncomfortable, this could be prevented
by putting up a shade at the window.

A score card system of scoring the dair—
ies supplying milk to Grand Rapids was
disciisscd iii a paper by Dr. \\'in. Delano,
health officer of Grand Rapids. He ex-
plained that the score card in use in
Grand Rapids was one devised by Prof
Pierson, of Cornell University. who is
now Commissioner of Agriculture of the
State of New York. Dr. Delano ex—
plained fully with regard to this score
card. He stated that it was used by
their milk inspector in scoring the city
dairies of Grand Rapids. He explained
required that

and that all
dairy barns Should be in a sanitary con-
And he claimed that since the
board of health had adopted this system,
that there was a marked improvement
in the quality of milk being delivered.

THE VENTILATION PROBLEM.

 

I have had a dispute with my neigh~
to the location of the foul air in
a stable. I maintained that it was at
the bottom, and that the foul-air csenpe

 

should open :it a point near the floor,
while the fresh air should be admitted
thru pipes 110er ceiling, with proper
shut-Offs to regulate it. Am i right or
wrong? Neighbor maintains that foul
air is at top of stable. >

St. Clair CO. ALEX, (‘owAbL

You are absolutely correct. Carbon-
dioxide gas (CO2) is ln-uvil-r than air.
and tends to settle to the floor. We
know this because it settles in Wells and

cisterns and sometimes causes the death
out.

Cold air is heavier than
tends to settle to the floor.
being lighter, rises to the
problem in ventilating it stable is to
draw off the cold. impure air at the floor
and save the warm air at the eeiling. It
can be (lone in the way you so clearly
explain in your letter. That is the King
system of ventilation.

The warm air at the ceiling cannot
escape thru the pure air intakes because.
it would have to pass down thru a col-l
umn of cold air. which is heavier. The
intakes should be boxed up and should}
open on the outside of the stable near
the ground.

warm air and
\Vai'in :iir,
ceiling. The

 

 

The Michigan Farmer Sells Stock.

E. E. Beach & Son. Brighton, Mich.,
the well known breeders of O. I. C. swine
write: "We are all sold out. and could
have sold as many more if we had them.'
You may drop our advertisement for the
present. The. Michigan Farmer is What!
sells the st0ck.”

MAR CH 6. 1909.

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i- 3! times as much to put it on. When you pay
a painter by the hour for mixing your paint you
can see your hard-earned dollars taking Wings,

B. P. S. is Ready to Put On;

> spreads easily because finely ground. Coarsely
ground or hand-mixed paints drag on the
brush and add hours to the painter’s time.

Ask your dealer or send us a postal for
our B. P. S. Paint Budget—A package of

useful information.

THE PATTERSON-SABGENT COMPANY,

GENERAL OFFICES lllll union: CLEVELAND. OHIO
Chicago In York Boston Kansas City St. Paul Cincinnati

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IT WILL PAY YOU

To INVESTIGATE a... LATEST and BEST
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Unequalled in design and workmanship direct from our
factory to you saves all the middlemen profits and gives
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chine at any price. Our plan of direct selling o

saves you from $30 to $50. We challenge

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light running, convenience, simplicity, dura- ' '

biltty and ease of cleaning. Cream from the
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E. R. Bailey, Sec’y. 8: Trees.
Independent Mfrs. & Supply Co. Dept. L
Factory, Clarinda, Iowa

 

Personal To Rheumatics

I want a. letter-from every man and woman in America afflicted with

Rheumatism. Lumbazo or Neuralgiu. giving me their name and address.

sol can send each one Fro. A One Dollar Bottlo of my Rheumatic

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.1 failed to accomplish—ACTUALLY OUREO RHEUMATIOM. I

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CAN PROVE IT ALL TO YOU

If you will only let me do it. I will pr ve much in On. Wool. if you will only write and ask my
Company to send you a. dollar bottle REE according to the following offer. I don’t care what,

form of Rheumatism you have or how long you have had it.

I don’t care what other remedies you have used. If you WC 5
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Remedy will do. Read olnr below and writ. today. - ' ‘

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We want you to try Kuhn's Rheumatic Remedy. to learn for yourself that Rheumatism can be
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not help you. that ends it. We do not. send a. small sample vial. containing only a. thimbleful and
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Kliltli REMEDY co., Dept. H.N. Hoyne & North Aver... CchAGO, ILL.

 

 

 

   
 
  

“.5333... Thorough Cultivation
6 tDlS2C05. and propitintion of thge, fsecd' bed means bigger
I o In. thDS (lllt anlL 'IDODO til _\i)Ll.

Diameter The THOMPSON lN-THROW DlSC HARROW

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lT IS THE ONLY HARROW THAT
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Simple, strong. flexible, light draft.

“’0 also make the Out-Throw Disc
llzirrow, Vineyard and Orchard Harrows,
Spring Tooth and Spike Tooth Harrows,
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information regarding our full

EVANS MFG. (30., Lock Box to, Hammond, New York.

 

 

 

 

NICORN DAIRY RATION'.:.-w:.:::rs.-.:°ai

every Farmer and Stock Raiser, should know all about. Robert'fl. Taylor. Towson. Md..
says his milk output increased 26 gallonsdaily after feeding Unicorn. You Gan increase
yours. Sand for book. prices, etc. Write. CHAPIN a. 00., lno., Milwaukee. Wis.

 

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MARCH 6, 1909.

Other separator manufactur-
ers have been trying to imitate
it for five years. That shows
their high opinion of a low,
steady supply can which need
not be moved in order to
take the, bowl out of the
machine. '

 
 
 
 
  
  
  

UR machines are the only cream sepa-
e rators that have such a supply can.

Other manufacturers have not been able “ ”
to imitate it. ’lhat 1s because all common 1909 TUBULAR A

1 Exclusive Tubular advan-

“diSC” HbUCket bOWl” separators have (ages are surprisingly num-

erous. Observe the low sup-

bowls fed through the top—such bowls ply can,“ easy“, fl". no,

. 1 necessary to move to take

must have the supply can set direct y over out bowl, The solid, onepiece
them. Consequently, the supply cans are
always the highest part of all common
“disc” or “bucket bowl” machines and must

 

frame. The suspended bowl
and bottom feed. Enclosed.
self-oiling gears. The plumb
boll). at back of machine. for
quick. easy leveling. The
crank set just right for easy
turning.

  

Toronto. Can.
Winniped, Can.

9W3.

Chicado. Ill.

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER. ' .(111

lSee That Can? ever Moves!

J" supply can off, wouldn’t it? No need to

29 The Sharples separator (30.“AH have already made the

WEST CHESTER. PENNA.

San Francisco. Cal.

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always be lifted off before the covers 01'
bowl can be removed.

LOW supply cans, which need not be

moved, are only possible in cream sep-
arators having a suspended bowl fed
thrquéh the bottom. Our machines are the
only cream separators having such bowls,
and our patents prevent any other man-
ufacturer from making them.

SUPPOSE you had the supply can, on
._ any separator, full of milk and found
’35; it necessary to remove the bowl? It
3‘7 would be mighty inconvenient to lift the

 

with the Tubular.
UBLIC appreciation of Tubulars has

made the Tubular cream separator works
the biggest and finest in the world. We
have additional factories 1n Canada and Ger-
many. 1908 sales were way ahead of 1907--
far ahead of any competitor, if not all com-
petitors combined. The additional good
features in our 1909 Tubular

Tubular even more popularthan

P°""°“d'0'°‘ before. Write for catalog N0. 152-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BREEOERS’ DIRECTORY.

Northern Grown Jerse s.

_ BEi’K’S H I R E Stifi‘irdli‘ivifi

ROYCROFT FARIII. Sidnnw. lilic I.

 

 

Duke. and our new herd boar Prime Bacon

1 5;, —11£w 1.7111117110117111:
AMERICAN CREAM
;5 SEPARATOR

‘Guaranteed to skim closer
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You save all 1111011152 dcalcxs’
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'; profits. We have the most.
7 lil)i‘”l .11 30 DAYS’ '
ireigfht 111'10111id offer.
.‘ or it today.
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Illt 1111'11kct; no othci sep-
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rims: skimming,r 0. use of
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. 5 : 0111 own (the manufactur-
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AMERICAN SEPARAIGR BO. 151.331.13.33 N. v.
JAOKS AND MULES.

Raise mules and get rich.
190 fine large jacks,jsnnets
and mules 14 to 17 hands '
high. weigh from 700 to
1.500 lbs . good ones. Cheap
now. Will pay a part of
buyer's R. R. fare and ship-
ping. Stock guaranteed.
Write for prices today.

KREKLER‘SJACKFARM

West Elkton, Ohio.

  
 
  
   
    
   
  

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Jack and Jenncits For Sale.

If you want a first Class Jack
or Jennett at the very lowest
prices. visit our barns, for they
are full of high class stock and
(an sell them to you right. and
save you the middleman s prof-
it. All stock guaranteed. Send
Ior my 25 reasons why it pays
to raise mules. Address

     

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tinnnws JACK FARM. Lawrence. Ind. ‘
1 Why not “build up”?

 

NE IMPORTED BELGIAN BA Y STALLION
Weight 1 600 Lot 700 “13.: I Itegisi: red MORGAN
Stallion ch estnui “eight 1. 200 lbs. Sell or exchange
for other property. H.H JUMP Munith Mich.

 

FOR SALE—7 ——P.e:.:. in orted and home bred (‘ly des-
dalcs. Stallions mm'esand iillles Terms1

to suit purchaser T. A. PET/1. It I“. D. ,Capac, Mich.

 

. for sale cheap to
Palr Heavy MUIes make quick sale.
'1‘. I. TAYLOR. R. F- D. I. Grand, Ledge. Mich.

 

‘nise Them Without Milk.

cALVEs Booklet Free
.1. E. BARTLETT 00. Jackson. Mich.

Owl Brand Pure, Ooiton Seed Meal

49 Percent Protein and Fa . 5.31%.". $3312 1551.103:

No. II and prices.

 

 

F. W. BRODE & 00.. Memphis,_ Tenn. '

: 11015113111 FRIESIAN

CATTLE.
ABERDEEN=ANGUS.

Herd headed b3 UNDULATA BLAC KBIRD
[TO 8. 3836. one of the best sons of PRINCE 1T0
50006. and Grand Champion Bull at the Detroit
and Grand Rapids Fairs of 1907 and 1908. Herd con-
sists of Ericas. Blackbirds. Prides.e

W000i. OTE STOCK FARM, clonin. Mich.

ABERDEEN ANGUS bulls,cows,heifers. Polled

Durhams. milk strain,
Bargains. freight expenses to bu3ers of five head
CLOVER BLOSSOM FARM. Port Austin, Mich.

A choice lot of
Ayrshire Calves ior Sale. 1.11 cam...“
few yearling bulls. bred with greatest care. Berkshire
Pigs—stock from Lovejoy & Son and C. 5. Bartlett.
Write for prices. Inspection solicited. MICHI-
GAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. Flint. Mich.

WA NT E D Registered Guernsey (lows
and Heifers, also A. No. l
bull. Give description and price.
J. C. BUTLER. Portland. Illicit.

 

 

 

 

 

' ' ' HICKORY GROVE STOCK
H0l8l9lll Frlflsmns. FARM Owen Tait. Proprietor.
R. 1. Oak Grove. Leiv. 00.. Michigan. Bell phone

 

‘ Roy 111 King W. B. JONES. Oak Grove, R. No 3. Mich.

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HOLSTEINS

A few 301mg cows soon to freshen .1 now fresh
3 bulls and 3 bull calves. Write for what you w,ant
L. E. UONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.

EXTRA FINE—Holstein Bull Cali sired by

a son of the greatest bull (.f
the breed—dam gave over 60 lbs. of milk 11. (1113 only a
little past‘ .. 3'1.s old. Big grouthy calf. beautifully
marked. C. D VVOODBURY. East Lansing. Mi: l1.

 

 

TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS Rams andEwes forSale.

We have “T op Notch" young,r Holstein Bulls that
combine in themselves the blood of cows that now
hold and In the past have held, world a records for
milk and butter fat.

One of them could impart the rare qualities of
these great ancestors to all their offspring in your

herd. (lost nominal considering beneilt secured. ‘

“The Best” is cheapest
#MCI’IIERSON 111111111800” Howell. lVIich.
"OI-STEIN ~Yearli111riiilllsallsold 1111177171117.»va
well bred bull canes 3et f' 1r sale.

I. M. SHOHMAN. Fowlerville, Mlch.. R. D. JLPhone

 

H E R E F0 R DSrsifaisxaso"13.1111: '

0ND“ h0g8. *R. E. ALLEN. Paw Paw. Mich.

FOR SALE .21: "f.‘.‘.l‘.’“‘.°.;l (2201121311;-

months old GEO. L. RICH Paw Paw, Mich.

111111 1011111 11111.15,strategists“.

sows. John Berner & Son, Grand Ledge. Michigan.

JERSEY BULLS READY FOR SERVICE

Three young bulls ready for spring service, out of
good cows with records of 400 to 500 pounds of butter
In a year with only ordinary care. Also a fine lot of
young calves. Write for description and prices.
COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.

 

 

 

—A few fine bull calves 1
sire Canary Mercerdes '

986i 1. a great son of the noted Lord Bacon. and
of intense lllnalcrpii-cc breeding. Guernsey's.
III. B.’l‘ukeys. B. l’ly. Rocks. l’ekin Ducks.
Hupp Farms Birmingham, Mich U.C. Hupp,Mgr.

NORTHERN GROWN BETTKSHIHES.
ROYi‘ 1(0th FARM. Hidmuv. Mich.

ERHEY BULL CALF. born March 10.’08. Dam’s
average yearly milk record 5 years 85 26 lbs.. test

5 4-10 g. Bire’ s Dams rec.1006‘.2.1lbs as 2— 3ear-old test 5
?._- 1011. Murray- Waterman 00.. Ann Arbor. Mich 11.6.

 

 

0 (April 15 )Itig boned. hie: ewes. heavy shearers.
Price $6. 00 each L. R. kUNEY Adrain, Mich.

MARS'I‘ON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE. lA‘ltl‘liiii‘ifi;33.533152"?"151‘”All:‘3..ll'llliilh'fi’if.‘illc'ilifl‘.

T. F. l‘lAl‘S'T‘UN. Bil! City. “[10,“.“1'. Stock .Ill agls for sale Irin “inning W. ()rpington, W. Leg—

‘~hoin.1nd Huff Roi' k eggs, $111e1 15. Shorthorn bulls A heifers
0110101 JERSEYS. 1"t°8.‘l.1mb°"“-g."°“i‘ 5. h .1 A ..
OLA RENCE BRJS’POT1?(:It.'l‘Ioe. 2. ti'relletbn OlMaizg.‘ CHESTER7 WHITES farrbgvégldigl 11irg8s ofglxi pefibr

indi idualit \Vrite for descri 1tion and nice.
ONTEREY s'rocx FARM. Rod Polled Cattle . ‘ 01.01:) C 1,11,le 61001,".qu mm,
Bulls .11 Heifers 10 to 14 months. Cows all ages. ,
prices low. E. BRACKET’I‘. Allezan. Michigan. '

l
{6) Delaine Ewes. 3 to 6 years old. All safe in lamb. ;
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; best breeding possible. J. 0.. A. COOK.Morriie.Mich

 

 

. A few choice young sows
FOR SALE:“; registered Shorihnrn l1lllls7nltl enough for iEIIJFf§llrlE1lgfls (WMHJJCELIIS.— Biggergollincfitgifl {Agriiillé

Lovntflhnmpion. delherv. “: . 0. WIIAS()N. (lkcmos. “ITCTI.

FOR SALE— Sghiircuiliiiit:gblsinglbhlllsuigzdsy

for son ice. DAWSON & HON.i-land11sk3, Mich.

'l(' :1 by NUILIIGIH(IIIHIIPIUII,1’\ son of Imp.
IOHN S()",liMll)l 1i. 4, iteudt‘ity: Mich.

 

 

Choice Aug. boar. 11an
Glsnwood Stock
Phone 94.

J. a. enouss STOCK FARM, 0. 1. design? .1111." “21:31::
IIARTLANI). MIC 11.. breeder 0f HHURT- ouapproval. I JILIMP. Muhith, Mtg}?L

HORN CATTLE. Have all ages both sexes. l 7
Color—reds and roams Quality and prices right. 0 l C:Springboar-allnoldhaveafswchoicegdts111nm

I be bred for spring furrow. Satisfaction guaranteed
Francisco Fa rm Shorthorns_

or your money back. NEWMAN, It. No. I, Marietta, Mich.
Three (‘I‘IOILB dark red rIchl3 bred 3 011111.: bulls.
from 8 to 16 mos. old. They are good enough to head
pure bred herds and are priced worth the money.
P. 1’. POPE. Mt. Pleasant. Miohicnn. _
SHEEP.

ERDENHEIM F ARM

‘ DUHOG JERSEY .2191.I}:t‘l.:?::’:.‘°l.l‘:§f."
SHROPSHIRESi (‘ All '4) Y [1. EDJIUNDH. Hastings. lilich.

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*1 EDWIN s. GEORGE, owner. IIROC Jersey of size and quality. 40 Bo77a77r7s7 7r7e7a77dy
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0 I C "PREMIUM STOCK.’
- gilts. hxtra quality and size.
Farm—OPHOUI BROS. Zseland, Michigan, R. 6.

 

 

 

 

 

100 I C swine very prolific. My herd is

O headed with a grand son of Jackson

Chief, the v1 orld 3 Champion and (lrund Champion,

the greatest O. I. C. boar in the world. also a Grand

.son of rlutesy second. the world Champion sow.
. Place your order now for spring.r pigs.

A. J. GORDEN. R. No. 2, Dor r, Mich.

 

 

 

for service. 50 sows at Farmers Prices. Satis-
faction Guaranteed. J. C. Barney. C oldwater. Mich

 

WRITE FOR PRICES TO 1. PECIAL BALE of large good style prolific 301mg

and mature Poland China Hows bred to extra
‘ROBERT GROVES' Shepherd' heav3 boned boars. Robert Neve. Pierson. Mich
I 77 R. F. D 7N9}. 3. Pontiac. Mich. 7 ..7 .7. 77

7:7Extra choice. bred for

51111093111111 711111 $101111 FARM. 7P- 70 SOWS A... No

Will make special prices for thirty days. on ewes tine 011‘15- WOOD '55 SONS 5811118 M1011

‘ fiom 1 to Byears old. all bred to Imported (“poo
and Manscll rams to lamb in Maich and April also POLAND CHINA GILTS I Bic?1 for 13p“! {SI'EOWV Ego]?
wee: 11g. 5 ze an 0111-; a
plus. I“. I). BISHOP, Roule 38, Lake Odessa. Mich.

011 \ cry c hoicc ewelambs this is to make room for an
FRANCISCO FARM POLAND-CHINAS.

importation that is going to arrive this Spill”:
L. S. DUNHAM kSONS. Concord. Michigan.
, Three choice spring boars still on hand. They are
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DETROIT. MARCH 6. I909.

CURRENT COMMENT.
*1

The state Round-
Important Farmers’ Up Institute, hcld
Meetings. at Mt. Pleasant last
week, and the ear-
licr sessions of which are reported in
this issuc, was thc last of a series of
most important farmcrs’ meetings to be
held in the state during recent months.
Such mcctings as this round—up, the
state dalrymcn’s mcctings, the live stock
brccdcrs’ and feedcrs' meeting, the state
horticultural meetings, the state mcctings
of grangcs and farmers’ clubs, and the
lesser meetings of a similar nature which
are held during the winter are important
cvcnts, not only to those who attend
them, but to the agriculture of the state
and to a large percentage of its bcst citi-
zens as well. Unfortunately, however,
but a comparatively small number of
people are able to attcnd thosc important
mcctings. At the I’tound-Ilp, for instance,
there were suillcicnt prescnt at every
scssion to fill the hall in which thc mcct-
ings wcrc hcld, and plcnty left for the
womcn‘s scction and the corn show, and
yct out of the hundrcd thousand farmers
in the state but a few hundrcds were
present at this mccting or could have
been accoimnmlatcd if thcy had bccn
there. What is true of the Round-Up in
this rcspcct is also truc of tho othcr im-
portant farmcrs‘ 111cctings cnumcratcd
above. And yct at each one of those
mcctings the best spcakcrs obtainable
upon the various topics includcd in the
program were sccurcd, and the ideas
which thcy (‘X})l‘t‘SSt'(l had as grcat a. value
to the thousands of farmcrs who could
not bc prcscnt at thc mcctlngs as to the

fcw hundrcds who wcl‘c there.

In this conncction the Michigan Farmcr
rccognizcs that it has an important mis-
sion to perform in presenting; the bcst
thots and the most advanccd idcas brot
out at these meetings to the thousands
of its readers to whom they arc just as
valuable as to those who are able to bc
prcscnt and gct them first hand. For
this reason the Michigan Farmer has for
years made a spccialty of giving a full
rcport of all the morc important farmers’
meetings held in the state at the earliest
possible date after the meetings are hcld,
covcring the program of each fully and
giving thc ccntral idea advanccd by cach
spcakcr or brot out in thc discussions
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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

If the reader will refer to the report of
the State Dairymen’s Association in this
and the preceding issue; the report of the
Round-Up in this and succeeding issues;
the report of the winter meeting of the
State Horticultural Society, which will
be begun in the next issue, or to the
reports which have appeared in these
columns covering any one of the import-
ant farmers’ meetings hold in the state
during the winter, he will find them to
be more complete and comprehensive, yet
as brief and condensed as accuracy will
permit, than any similar reports given
by any other paper covering a like series
of meetings in any other state or section
of the country.

In thus taking to our readers the best
thots and most advanced ideas as ex-
pressed in these important meetings we
feel that we are rendering them an im-
portant service, and we be’speak fro:
them a careful reading of these reports,
which contain in a nutshell, as it were,
the rcsultof years of careful experimen-
tation and investigation on the part of
those who were chosen to participate in
the various programs because they could
speak with the authority of personal
knowledge on the topics which were as-
signed to them.

While the congreSS which
important has just adjourned has not
Legislation. been conspicuous for the

enactment of new legislation
of especial importance to the farmers of
the country, a number of matters have
been under consideration by its commit-
tccs which are of grave importance to
the agricultural interests of the country
which will be taken up in earnest by the
next congress. Chief among these will
be the revision of the tariff, upon which
committees of the two bodies have been
working industriously for months. It is
practically certain that President Taft
will call an extra scssion of congress to
consider this important matter at an
carly date and that a revision will be
made, based on the information collected
by the committccs of the last congress
and the compromises which may be made
in the deliberations of the new. It is to
be expcctcd that many if not most of the
changcs which will be made in this revi-
sion will be in the nature of a compro-
misc, for the rcason that congress is
confronted not only with the problem of
satisfying the different interests demand-
ing that changes be made, but with the
problcm of conserving and maintaining
the revenues of the country as well.

That the organizcd intcrests will be on
the ground to further their own ends in
every possible way it is needless to as—
sert. For this reason it is important that
the farmcrs who have studicd thcsc prob-
lcms and havc reached conclusions as to
what is host for their interest and pro-
tcction should lose no time in communi-
cating those opinions to their rcprcsent-
ativcs in congrcss. 'As produccrs many
of thcm profit by the duty on wool, pota-
tocs and bcans, as well as on other minor
products and to some cxtcnt on manu-
facturcs for which they producc the raw
matcrial, and are consequently intcrcstcd
in the maintcnancc of thcso schcdulcs.
0n tho other hand they are intercstcd in
tho rcduction of the duty on raw mater-
ials which cntcr into the manufacture
of goods which thcy consume and in the
making of such rcciproral ang-cmcnts
as will cxtcnd thc markct for thcir live
stock and brcudstuffs in forcign countrics.

But our iarno'rs, as a class, arc pros,—
pcrous and to tho end that such pros-
pcrity may continue it is csscntiai that
tlu-ir intcrcsts should be fully considcrcd
in any and all compromisr-s looking to the
gcncrai revision of the tariff. It is not
a simple problcm, this tariff making, nor
is it to ho cxpcctcd that the rcadcr will
be able to solvc it as a whole, but if he
is urgcnt in his demands of what seems
to him to bo csscntiul to his bcst welfare.
hc will not bc forgoltcn in thc final com-
promisc, nor should hc i'ccl that he has
been sacrificcd to our “infant industries"
if he docs not gct all that ho asks for or
cxpccts in the final adjustment of this
vcxcd question.

“'ith the opcning of
March commcnccs t h c
spring migration, not only
of thc birds that wood
thcir way to tho northland aftcr wintcr—
ing in the sunny south, but as wcll of the
pcoplc whosc lot it is to be tenants of
rcntcd farms. To one who closcly 0b—
scrvcs this annual migration of tenant
I‘armcrs from one farm to another it
holds alcsson of no little significance,
and one which we cannot refrain from
commenting upon at this time. The
trend of this annual moving about seems
to be directcd and controlled by a na-
tural law akin to that of gravitation,

The Spring
Migration.

‘setting is practiced.

which so effectually separates the cream
from the_ milk, whether shallow or- deep
It will generally be
noted in any community that the tenant
farmers who have “made good" generally
better thelr'condition and opportunities
with each move. Their methods and
the results to which they have attained
are advertisements of their ability, 'and
their services are sought by the owners
of the best class of farms that are for
rent. With the betterment of their op-
portunities they make more money for
the owners of the farms which they rent,
and incidentally for themselves, until
within a few years they quit the renting
business, buy farms of their own and
become a part of that great body of
home-owning farmers that are the bul-
wark of the nation.

On the other hand it is equally notice-
able that the men who have not made the
very best of the opportunities before
them, and who, while they may not have
made an actual failure in the business,
yet have not made themselves sufficiently
conspicuous by success to attract general
attention, have generally failed to better
their condition by the moves they make,
and after a series of years find them-
selves no better off than at the start, and
generally worse, because the farms they
occupy are less productive and afford
them less opportunity to get ahead.

Probably every reader is familiar with
these two classes of tenant farmers and
all the gradations between them. Pos-
sibly the individual reader will recognize
his own condition as somewhere between
the two extremes. If so there is for him
profitable food for earnest thot in this
analysis. If he does well the things which
lie nearest his hand, he will surely find
better things to do in the future. Ability
and energy are the great determining
factors in all commercial enterprise, and
the man who “does things” will find him-
self appreciated.

Of course, there are often discourage-
ments to contend with such as sickness
or accidental misfortune, which must be
borne as best one can, but the man who
uses all of his talents to the very best
of his ability all the time will survive
even those discouragements immeasurably
better than the man who gives up the
struggle because “it is no use." It will
always be found true that if we do our
best in the condition in which we are
placcd, we will make that condition but
a vantage point from which to climb
higher up the ladder of prosperity, until
in the end we are able to command at
least the essential comforts of life for
oursclvcs and our families, and generally
many of the luxuries which we will more
than likely be surprised to find are not
so essential to human happiness as we
had tl’lot.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

FOrelgn.

An agrcemcnt has been signed by Ger-
many and France settling the boundary
line between the countries of Togoland
and Dahomey, of West Africa, a long-
standing controversy thus being closcd.

'l‘hc provisions of thc new naval con-
vention held in London, Eng, last week
finally scttlcd on a code of rcgulations
said to be particularly advantageous to
thc I'nited States.

The Gcrman govcrnmcnt is now revis-
ing its tax laws and thcrc is much senti-
mcnt against the govcrnmcnt over some
of the items to be changcd. It is pos-
siblc that sonic of thc duties on imports
and a few other minor changes will be
raiscd so that a lowering of the dcath
duties may be made to satisfy a large
numbcr of persons who are Opposed to
this latter tax.

The convention called upon the initia-
tive of Amcricans at Shanghai, China,
and which convcncd there February 1
for the purpose of discussing the opium
tradc, has closcd without apparcntly ac-
complishing its objccl, cvory cffort or
the American dclcgatcs to curb thc trade
in opium bcing dcfcatcd by the British
delegates present.

A military court at Kicve, Russia, scu-
tcnccd thrcc pcrsons to dcath, 21 to pcnal
servitude and lcn to prison for various
tcrms, last wcck. Among the prisoners
was a former mcmbcr of the Russian
(lulna.

Russia is urging upon Scrvia that she
await the dccision of the powers as to
the question of the annexation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina to Austria before de-
claring war. This Servia seems of a.
mind to do but she announccs that she
will not rccall hcr domand for compcnsa—
tion for the claimcd loss of territory.

Mexicans are suffering scvcrcly from
ihc unusually cold Wcathcr that is pro-
vailing over that country and from the
heavy fall of snow.

National.

While the full amount of the approp-
riations made by the present Congress
will not be known for some days it is
evident that it will exceed that of any
previous session of our national legis
lature, even exoeeding the $1,008,000,000
allowed by the last Congress.

Wrecking firms all over the country
arc trying to make a contract for the
raising of the, battleship Maine in the
Havana harbor, the sinking of which was
perhaps the direct cause of the war be-

 

MARCH 6, 1909.

tween the United States and Spain. The

vessel is a menace in the harbor and the

fact that the government is permitting it
to remain brings disgrace upon the na-
tion fort'he negligence.

The results of the elections in several
counties Of Indiana the past week upon
the local option questions are very satis-
factory to the anti-liquor interests, all
of the counties going “dry" that voted
upon the proposition and most of them

-by very heavy majorities.

The home of Joel Chandler Harris who
is better known to the children of the
country as Uncle Remus, has been pur—
chased and will be presented to the
public as a memorial to the author by
several of his friends. The home is sit-
uated at Atlanta, Ga.

The battleship Ohio was awarded the
prize as the most economical of all the
ships that took part in the great journey
around the world. This test consisted
of a. comparison of the amounts of coal
and water consumed by the boilers dur—
ing the voyage. The results are the
more noticeable because of the fact that
the Ohio is one of the oldest vessels of
the fleet.

The jury hearing the evidence in the
famous Pittsburg graft case disagreed
and were sent back the second time by
the judge.

The Ohio senate passed a measure last
week providing for the taxing of all life
insurance policies whether the premiums
are payable to agencies in the state or

Of a total of more than 38.000 bills
introduced during the life of the Congress
which adjourned last Thursday, only
about one and a quarter per cent have
become laws. This small percentage in-
cludes a large number of pension bills
for the benefit of individuals. Less than
300 public bills will become laws. .

A large number of treaties with foreign
countries were ratified by the senate dur-
ing the sessions of Congress just closed.
The extradition treaty with Honduras
removed the last haven of refuge for
criminals fleeing from this country.

At each session of the sixtieth Con-
gress, two giant battleships have been
authorized.

The president and two members of the
Pittsburg council have been convicted
of a conspiracy to secure the passage of
an ordinance providing for the pavement
of certain streets with wooden blocks.
The evidence leading to the conviction
was secured by the payment to the offi-
cials of a sum of money by a detective,
posing as a wood block contractor,. for
the purpose of securing their influence.
The verdict of guilty was rendered only
after the jury had been out 53 hours.

THE ANNUAL CORN SHOW AT THE
ROUND-UP INSTITUTE.

The fifth annual meeting and contest
of the Michigan Corn Improvement As-
sociation was held last week at Mt.
Pleasant, in conjunction with the Round-
Up Farmers’ Institute. \Vith 8-3 samples
of corn on exhibition the show proved
the largest yet held, while in many othcr
ways it was the most satisfactory. It
was probably the most even lot of corn
that has been brot together in the state.
There were, of course, a few samples that
might be described as poor, but thcro
was none of the large immature corn
seen at previous shows, indicating that
growers are learning the distinction be—
tween size and quality—that the largest
ears in the field are not, as a general
rule, of the highest quality or the best
suited to the conditions under which
corn is grown in Michigan. and thcrcforo
not the ears that should be selected.
cithcr for seed or for exhibition purposes.
President Jeffery, in his annual address
at the opening of the principal corn ses—
sion of the week, asserted that Michigan
has made greater relative progress in
corn improvement during the past five
years than any other state. He found
much encouragcmcnt in the fact that
while this progrcss has been slow it has
bccn steady and consistent, and that
thru the annual shows conducted by the
association thcrc have been brot out a
number of varictics which have shown
thcmsclvcs pcculiarly wcll adapted to
ccrtain sections of the statc. The gcncral
adoption of these varieties by growers
in such sections, which will come about
naturally in thc course of a fcw ycars.
will not only bring about a vcry rapid
and marked improvement in the product
of those sections but will stimulatc
interest and action along this line on the
part of growers in other parts of thr-
statc. The formation of local or county
corn clubs or associations was decmcd
dcsirable, the work of thc associations
now in existence in Lcnawce, Muskcgon,
and Mason counties bcing cited as in~
stances of how such organizations may
cnlist the interest of growcrs, cspccialiy
the younger growers. in the bettcrmcnt
of the conditions having to do with tho
production of corn in their several scc—
tions. In asserting that. in his opinion.
the time is not far distant when this
association Should enlarge, its sphere of
activity and cxtcnd to othcr grains and
to farm seeds in general the same on
couragcment and support that it has thus
far given to corn alone, Prcsidcnt chfcry
rcfcrrcd to the variOus lincs of work being
carricd on by the \Visconsin Agricultural
Experiment Association. The member—
ship of that organization is made u!l
largely from tho short course graduates
of the Wisconsin College who, under thc
dircclion of their association. try out dif-
fcrcnt varieties of grains and seeds uillill
their own farms, thus proving their adap-
tability or non-adaptability to Conditions
as they exist in the various sections of
the state.

(‘oming back to last week’s successful
show, it should be said that no little
credit is due to Isabella Co. Institutc
Society for the cxccllcnt accommodations
furnished, the show room being the best
ever placed at the disposal of the asso—
ciation. The judging was done by Mr.
J P. Davis, of Indiana, who also dis-

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FARMING BY IRRIGATION——BY JAMES N. McBRIDE.

0 the eastern farmer, where the

rain furnishes moisture, farming

by means of irrigation is not gen-
erally understood. Nor 'an one appre-
ciate local problems of soil conditions in
a distant place. The arid country es-
caped the great smoothing plane of glar
elation which left the humid section what
might be termed unevenly smooth. The
arid land susceptible to irrigation is larg-
ely valleys with an oc'asional table land.
These lands are higher than the stream
beds and the more general problem is to

tap the streams near the source and
carry thr- irrigation ditches on the outer
edges of the, valleys and discharge the
water into laterals carrying it to the
crops at some lower point.

The system of water rights is a corn-
plicatcd one and the cause of much liti-

Stcalirrg water is a common of—
fense, and severely punished. The pub-
lic service water systems, like gas or
electric companies, sell water by standard
units of measurement, so many cubic
inches under a certain head or pressure.
The head gates leading to the respective
farms or ranches, form the main canal
or a large lateral, are raised to permit
the necessary flowage and locked to pre—
vent their being illegally raised. Ditch
riders are hired whose duties it is to dis-
tribute the Water in accordance with the
priorities or contracts. “here there is
'ater in abundance, as it is usually in
the spring, there are no difficulties, but
later in the season as the water becomes

gation.

more precious, man’s selfishness crops
out to secure special advantages. In
Michigan all the litigation and ill will

engendered by ditches to drain the water
away is in the arid country multiplied
in trying to secure the water from tho
ditches. In strictly Mormon sections in
Utah the bishop is the power in water
distribution, and often the church con—
ference discusses the conservation and
uses of water. The weather talk in the
arid country is almost wholly contined to
the one thing, viz., early and continued
fall of snow in the winter so it will be
well packed and melt slowly, which means
plenty of water and a good season. The
local weather prophet in the east who is
“weather wise,” with innumerable signs,
and knows the occult influences of the
moon, is without an oceupation in the
irrigated sections. lle is, however, corn-
pensated by knowing some, place in the
‘mountains where there is vast store-
lrouscs of mineral, the knowledge secured
from the “lnjuns.”

In preparing ground for any of the
grain crops in the spring there is usually

Hills that Always will be Pasture Land.

sufficient moisture left from the winter
snows and spring showers, to plow the
land, which is all made soil in the StllSC
that bottom lands are derived from ero—
sion and easily worked. After the crop
is drilled or Sown, an implement like a
rigid wide-tooth cultivator makes tiny
furrows about 18 inches apart, all leading

down grade toward the center of the val-
ley. These furrows may be it) or M) rods
long. If longer, another lateral ditch
forms the head ditch which runs at right
:Il'lr‘xics to the furrows. The irrigation
season is a busy one and the farmer

opens up each furrow tapping tlr- lateral,
and selects, say, several acres to be irri—
gated first. “'ith his shovel a dam is
thrown across the lateral, raising the
level of the water until it overtlows down
the tiny furrows, taking several hours

have got used to farming under irrigation
claim to greatly prefer it to farming under
the uncertainties of rainfall.

In the tinal analysis a season in Mich-
igan is good or bad, owing to the rainfall,
which may be limited, excessive or un-
timely. Farming conditions approach
the idlal when the control of the moisture

is in the hands of the farmer. The
extra, Work of letting the, water on the
land is perhaps more than offset by wait—
lug on the soil in the humid section
when it is too wet or too dry. These
conditions ot‘ more nearly absolute con-
trol of moisture tend to more intensive

farming in special crops like fruit, sugar
potatoes, etc., the element
of certainty of crop exceeds the rainbclt
lilodllct. ’l‘lrcre however, drawbacks
happy valleys under

beets, where

is,

to these placci‘ul,

 

 

 

Types of Men Who Wield

or possibly a half day. to soul; and
moisten t0 the, lower cud of the ticld.
The dirt dam is removed and another
made for the next station, and thus the,
work of the nran with the long handled
shovel continues until the whole. tlcld
watered. All‘alt'a fields are l'urrowed in
the same way and the rrran who rides the
mowing machine endeavors to follow
parallel with the furrows as much as pos-
sible, to avoid the jolts in crossing the
furrows. In the low vallr-vs around Shot)
feet ele 'ation, corn is raised in a, limited
way and the irrigation furrow must fol-
low close to the corn row. Farmers who

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to Winter.

Stock is Taken to the Valleys

 

 

 

 

the Long Handled Shovels.

irrigation. Occasionally a slight snow-
fall in the, winter and the destruction
of timber in the mountains permits the
rush of spring waters; and a dearth in
the later season, while the fields wither
and burn, the farmer has not cvcn the
hope of a timely rain to save his crop.
'l‘hcn, seepage occurs, when the water
hat-lies from the higher level thru strata
of alkali imprrganated soil to the lower
levels. “Gone to seepage,” is the term
used to express utter destruction, where
all vegetation is destroyed but the black-
sage, which alone can withstand the
caustic alkali. One of the dreams of the

At the Head Waters of

a Mountain Stream where the

chemist is that Some day nitrogen will be.
taken from the air by means of electrical
disassociation, and the sodium carbonate
and sulphate salts—~the compounds mainly
existent in the alkali, will be displaced
by sodium nitrate, the base of nitrates so
valuable in tire and as a source of
t'ertiliZcr llill‘trgcll. The soil of these val-
lcys is very deep and contains an excess
of phosphoric acid, potash salts, and lime,
and the addition or" one clement, water,
not only figuratively but literally makes
it “blossom like a \\'iti1 all this
latent fertility, the accumulation of ages

arts

l't rsc."

with scarcely any opportunity of waste,
an eastern farmer can rcedily imagine
how the wonderful crops that are re—
portcd from the irr'gat wl sections, can
bc {trown when water lurs been applied
in liberal quantities.

The various govcrrrrnent irr'gation pro-
jccts are worked out with systematic
exactness. The funds derived from the
of public lands in the arid states is
into a fund for rcclarrration
The cost of the project is de-
:rnd the cost per acre of land
walcl‘ is provided made a lien
land in tc11 annual payrrrcnts
wzrttr provided. The land
'ocl‘ore and the l'rritcd
valuable and limits trhé
z'ilrt-llit‘t of land actual settlcrs who,
turn, reimburse the government, for
1h.‘ t-xprnditure, and new projects are,
then undertaken. Home of these recla-
mation means an added culti-
vated area equal to luarly a whole Mich—

salt»
scgl‘cguictl
lilojccts.
tcrmirrcrl
for which
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large numbers of cattle and shccp, but
are limited to the valley for winter feed—
ing. The added arca of cultivated land
allows the pasture lands to be, llsctl to
the maximum. The making of a new
country is interesting and its growth
rapid. Orchards valued at 1Sl,tltl0
were lndiarr rcscr'vations but a
tritlc ovcr two (lt‘t‘iltlt-S Tire Indian
servant who buried

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him what he scerncd to have. And it
thus ever so. As the implement of
civiliaztion the long handled shovcl for
drainage in the cast and to Construct
irr'gation ditches in the west, deserves
Well of mankind and the man with the
long handled shovel is superior to the
man with the, hoe. ’l.‘r:'tinloads of wagons
and t‘arrrring tools are shipped in and
quickly disposed of. \Vitli that Dropou-
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The young Siwash produced a. simple,
plain timepiece.

“That will do nicely," assured the doc-
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of this every two hours and one of these
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“That's right. Take good care of her.
Stay right here.”

The injunction was not necessary. Dan

Ehad never seen much sickness and the
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ialways so quiet, so self—contained, tilled
‘ him with a great fear.

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“Is it anything serious?” inquired

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but she liked her and it was inhuman
to let her lie thcre in that tent. It was
past 111idnight bcfore any plan presented
itself to her, for she knew Well that her
father would not consent to her bringing
the sick girl to the house. A relieved
sigh escaped her lips. “Just the thing,"
she murmured, and fell asleep.

“How is Alice?" she inquired of the
Siwush who came to the house the next
morning.

‘She hcap sick.” answered that indi-
l\l1llllll.“TllC doctor there last night.”

“I know, but how is she this morning?”

“No better. Heap sick.”

“i’upa,” (:racc turucd to her father.
‘llobcrt thinks she has typhoid fever."
The rancher looked interested. “That

,‘so‘? Alice, which one is she?”

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j had such black hair you'd never think she

was a Siwush."

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That‘s too bad. I‘m afraid
If they get it our hop crop
will be lost."

(:racc grasped the psychological mo-
mcut. “If she’s taken away from there
and the tent destroyed the others need

i not get it.”

“But where could they take her? We
can’t get her to a hospital.”

“There is the little house down in the
orchard; why can't we fix up a room in
it and move her there?"

“Do you think they would take care
of her there?”

“I don‘t think they know enough. Dan
might. I'll help."

“You! You’ll stay away, almost shout—
“Give it up. Leave them

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alone. If Robert looks after her that's
enough. T'hey’re tougher than we are.
They‘re used to it. Just leave them
alone."

“'hen the doctor came and pronounced
it typhoid, without any doubt, Grace re-
doublcd her efforts. First she talked
her mother to her way of thinking and
when the two men. to whom she stood
for a large part of this world’s happiness,
saw how in earnest she was, they. too,
began to think of the feasibility of her
plan.

“It was cleaned and tinted this spring.”
Alice pleaded, “when we that that family
would move in. It will not take much
time to move down a bed. a few chairs
and :1 little table. It's all screened so
that no flies can get in and there will be

almost no food around. I'll see that
there is a bottle of carbolic acid on hand
and that it is usec

As a result, by ten o'clock a neat iron
bed stood near one window in the sitting
room of the little house. Two or three
plain wooden reckers were placed about.
A few simple rugs to deaden the sound
of steps were laid on the clean board
floor. Near the bed stood a white enam-
eled table with a bouquet of sweet peas
in a clear glass vase.

Grace brot a. simple, dainty night-dress
of her own to slip on the sick girl.

When Dan brot |her in his arms as

tenderly as if she were a babe and laid
her on the cool clean Sheets, his eyes
rested on the group waiting to receive
them with such gratitude that the eyes
of the physician grew misty.
*“W'e must let her rest awhile now,"
ordered the doctor as he saw that Grace
would like immediately to remove the
other girl's dreSS. He left medicine and
instructions as to care. “You may give
her a sponge bath in about an hour," he
said to Grace, and another at about four
o’clock, but remember that you are not
to do the work, only the superintending.
Dan, here, and this woman will do the
work."

Then commenced the battle that is
familiar to those who have struggled
with the treacherous disease. It seemed
as if her splendid physique must bring
Alice safely thru. yet the temperature
from the first hovered about 104 and she
grew delirious, always murmuring about
“the chair that rocks, the white bed, the
white curtains and learning to cock as
the white people cook.” Sometimes the
babbling was in Siwash and again in
quaint, broken English.

Poor Dan; day and night found him
either at the bedside or in the adjoining
room, where he could hear if anything
was wanted. He did not sleep or seem
to feel the need of sleep. Gently he would
lift the. sick girl when her bed was being
made and murmur to her as if she were
a child. He smiled gratefully at Grace
one morning when she appeared with
plain white muslin curtains for the win—
(lows.

“I do not know that she realizes,” ex—
plained Grace, “but I cannot listen to her
talking so of those curtains and then
we only plain shades at the window's.”
The room appeared much like the White
room of the sick girl's imagination.

The doctor looked more anxious each
time he came. He no longer insisted that
Grace must not help. He only watched
that she had the necessary rest and
exercise.

“She can’t stand this much longer,”
he said one evening as they stood by the
bed. “I shall stay for a part of the
night, at least.”

There was a look about the face 011
the white pillow that alarmed the group.
Dan’s eyes were hollow with anxiety and
lack of rest, but he would not lie down.

At twelve the doctor ordered Grace to
the other room. There will be no change
for a time," he insisted, “and you can
do nothing now, so lie down for a while.
We may nccd you later."

Toward morning the sick girl ceased
tossing and fell asleep. Dan's eyes were
rivetcd on the doctor's face as he arose,
silently guzcd at her and then resumed
his chair. The, daylight stole softly thru
the window and a gentle breeze stirred
the curtains. She nloved slightly, The
doctor was by her side instantly. The
great dark eyes opened and rested on
him. “Quick, Dan," and the Siwash was
at his side.

“It's you Dan?” the voice was pitifully
weak. “And the while curtains—and a
white bcd;” there was a world of wonder
in the tone. The doctor was already
holding a glass to her lips. She drank
obediently.

A contented sigh escaped her lips as
they laid her back on the pillow. Her
eyes wandered over the room. “And a
white table,” the voice was so low that:
the doctor bent hurriedly to feel the
heart. He turned to the table for medi-
cine. She raised thc thin weak arms
toward Dan. “Be good man, Dan," she
sighed. “'ith a low cry the Si'wash bent
over her. The doctor joined him in-
stantly, but all that he could do was to
rest his hand kindly, sympathetically on
the strong inan‘s shoulder.

In another moment Grace came, but
there was nothing more to do only to try
to comfort the big. silent fellow.

“Come to town with me, Dan," pleaded

(Continued on page 260).

 

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A SAILOR’S WORK-BOX.

. BY 1. G. BAYLEY.

This unique little work-box was made
by one of Uncle Sam’s Jack-tars, in the
year 1874, for his sweetheart, whose name
was evidently Mary.

The box itself was made by a friend,
the sailor doing all the fancy work, with
nothing else than a. knife.

When the hex is closed, the outside
dimensions are nine inches wide, four-
teen inches long, and seven and a half
inches deep. The box is six inches, and
the. lid one inch and a half deep.

The cabinet maker who made the box.
nailed it up solid, and then cut the lid
all around as shown.

Fig. 1 shows the box complete, open.
A looking glass was put in the back part
of the lid, and a tray with a number of
divisions fitted the box. As will be seen
in the details A and 12, this tray rests
upon lugs in each corner, about half an
inch from the top of the box when open.
The tray is five—cighths of an inch deep
on the outside, projecting above the level
of the box, as shown in detail B, so that
when the lid is closed it comes down on
this ridge, forming a dust-proof seal.

The box is made of half—inch stuff.
walnut, or mahogany, or any dark col-
orcd wood. The tray is made of one-
eighth inch wood.

Figs. 2, 3 and 4, show the decorations
in the top, front and two sides of the
box. The bottom and the back not being
decorated, are not shown.

The. shears, spools, hearts, letters, and
star ornaments, are made of holly, ex-
cept those portions shown black, which
are ebony, or other wood stained a jet.
black.

A border, one-quarter of an inch wide,
is shown on the top, sides, and front,
one inch from the edge of the box all
around. This border is made of holly
wood, too.

The decorations were cut out first, and.
then laid in correct position on the box,
and outlined with a fine bladed knife.
The wood was then carefully dug out,
not more than one-eighth of an inch
deep, and the decorations let in.

The. whole was then sandpapercd down
and giVen an oil finish, the outside hav-
ing particular attention paid to it.

Two hinges and a lock and key were
added, before the varnishing was done.

The middle division of the tray was
filled with sawdust, and covered with
cloth, for a pin-cushion.

To prevent the lid falling too far back,
and bringing a strain upwn the hinges,
a piece of tape was tacked to the inside
of the box and lid, as indicated.

HOW THEY NAMED HIM.

BY CARL S. Lowmax.

\Yhen Stubatoc was a very wee little
baby bunny, he was very curious. He
wanted to see everything, and to touch
everything, and to know all about cv-
crything and one time he said he wished
he .could fly. llut his big brother and
his small brother and his father and his
mother all laughcd at him, and told him
rabbits had no wings, and that God did
not intend for them to fly. \Vhen he
heard this, Stubatoc almost cried for he.
wished Very much he might soar in the.
air like a hawk. and llit about like he
had seen Robin llcdbrcast do every day.

Stubatoc thot a grcat while. Then he
said in very low, firm tones: “I will
learn to fly I am sure if i ask friend
robin, he will tell me how and give me
lcssons.”

'l‘hcn suddenly the little bunny’s cars
stood so straight that thc points of them
touched and he leaped away, and sat
down on the. cool grass that grew under
a large trce, close to a small strcam.

““‘on’t it be niCc,” he exclaimed, “to
fly about the clouds and the tree-tops;
:‘nd then when night comes, I can sail
very far away to the stars, and set down
on one, and stay until the sun rises in
the cast.”

’l‘his wee little rabbit was sleepy, so
be shut his round, beady eyes, and Very
soon was in Dreamland. As he slept
he dreamed of the joys he should have.
when liobin Redbrcast had taught him
how to fly.

But it was not long until some queer
sound woke Stubatoe; he, arose and looked
about him. Across the little stream,
which ran by the large. tree, he saw a.
real little bird. Stubatoe knew it was a
robin, for it had a pretty red breast, and
hopped about just like all the robins he
had ever seen.

So the little rabbit called to the little
bird: “My dear Mr. Robin, will you
please teach me how to fly?”

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

The robin turned his-pert, saucy head.
and answered: “Tut, tut, of course. 1
will. Come over here; I will give you
your first lesson right now.”

Stubat’oe was very, very glad. Indeed
he was so eager that he forgot all about
his mother’s warning to always cross the.
stream at a point much farther down,
where it was shallow and narrow so
he ran very fast right up to the stream,
and jumped very hard. As he did this
his left hind foot struck a stone, which
rolled away, and the dear little rabbit
fell into the middle of the stream.

In some way Stubatoe climbed out;
his foot hurt so much that he began to
cry. Then on three little legs he hopped
home just as fast as he could.

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a mOsquito,
But if the boy fails to haVe constant
experience with the growing animal and
only sees him increase in Size, his sur-
prise is large indeed, when after recon-
noiter has been made of the situation to
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father and his big brothers and his small
brother all asked him what was the
matter. He. cried a great dcal; then told
them all about it.

The little rabbit‘s father laughed. “My
dear son," said he, “you have disobeycd
your mother, and because you did so you
stubbed your toe. Now ‘Stubatoc’ shall
be your name.”

The. little rabbit’s big brother and the.
small brother smiled. “Yes,“ they
agreed, “he stubbed his toc, so let's call
him ‘Stubatoc.’ ”

And the little rabbit’s mother said
“Yes,” also; and after that everybody
called him “Stubatoe.”

COUNTRY BOYS AND CALVES.

BY A. HAYMAKER.

“'hat does the picture of the cutter
party on this page suggcst to the farm
boy? That is hard to tell. A hundred
boys will think of a hundred different
things when they see the jolly girls and
thcir confident driver in the. cutter.

No doubt some of them will recall how
much they were surprised at the strength
of a yearling calf whcn they attempted
to lead or drive it for the first few times.
Teaching a. young calf to drink from a
pail is a revelation to a city boy, but the
husky country lad is usually capablc of
overcoming the youngster of the bovine
tribe. iut the way that calf tlcyclops

will be inquiring how the mud and dirt
got on her boy's clothes, which, of coursc,
would give a clue to the whole affair.
'l‘his is usually overcome by staying away
from the housc till the clothes are dry
and the worst of it is rubbed off by him—
sclf and his companions. However the
matter may cnd, thcrc is one thing ccr-
tain, the. boy has a good impression that
a calf which he could hold when but a
fcw days old is, at the age of a few
months, rcal stout.

“lireaking stccrs” is not: so common as
it. was when the farmers uscd oxen
more, and much of the fun and danger
t‘tillllcl'tt‘tl llicl't‘W'illl is g'titicn by boys
today from othcr sports. Then, too, the
fathers now l‘orgct and forbid the young-
sters from cx’crcising the animals too
much, as they say the prolits from them
will no lcsscncd if handled so by the.
"kids." llut even now it is not impos—
siblc to lind boys who kccp the commu—
nity from forgetting thc luxury of this
sport and the pleasure thc city cousins
are finding from a ridc aftcr a wcll
lu'okcn licil'cr calf, is typical of the trim
and pure sporting instinct as it develops
ill the boys of the Country.

lIut boys, lhc cxpcl'icllt‘o we have with
illc calves giVes us a big heart. An ill-
tcmpcrcd boy usually will not bother
with the calves. He can‘t. For his ex-
pcrii‘ncc will bc disastrous, 'l‘lic call.’

will not allow itself to com.- under the

 

 

 

 

Master Knott Cobb has Driven His Young Calf to the City to Give His Lady
Friends a Novel Sleigh Ride. 4

strength for the first few weeks of his
life is a marvel.

Not many days after the time when
the boy was able to back the little animal
in the corner, get its head between his
legs and force that unwilling member
into a pail whose contents of milk had
been largely distributed over the floor,
the. calf will refuse to submit to such
treatment and cases are not unknown,
as the writer can testify, where the boy-
was spilled over the floor with no more

control of a person who gets mad, if he
can help it, and he usually can. Not
many ventures teaches us that the ani—
mal knows when his rights are not re—
spccted. And he, is as ready to resist as
wcre the. American colonists when the
llritish government thot they could tax
the colonists without allowing them to
be rcproscntcd in the English parlia-
nicnt And whcn the calf has taught us
to respect his rights then we get along
bcttcr, lllllcss the ("lif is of an aristo-

(15» 259

cratic nature himself, and goes so faS'
as to trespass on our rights when our
ingenuity must be used to straighten
things out. But putting all of our expe-
ri'nt'cs together, we find that in a few
months we have grown to really act
more and more kindly towards animals.
Nothing tells us of this fact more plainly
than when, after we. have gone to the
pains of breaking a pair of steers, father
dccidcs that he will dispose of them. The
girls usually shed the, tears around the
home but I venture to say that many of
our manly boys have. grown to feel so
attached to a pair of steers that they
must give away to their grief when they'
think that soon their boon companions,
the steers, will be on thc way to the
large stockyards where men will handle
thcin roughly, and finally they will be
nscd with thousands of others for feed-
ing the millions of people in our large
cilicS.

 

LET THE TOADS HELP.
BY 0. I. noon.

Some of the boys and girls who read
the Michigan Farmer will plant gardens
this spring. There are a large number
of things to do before the plants are
growing in the straight, clean rows.
'l‘licSt‘ things must be thot over care—
fully.

A few boys and girls do not like the
plan of putting out a garden because
they think the bugs will cat everything
up anyway, and there will be nothing
left to Show. l-lut right here is where
they lose a whole lot of sport. There is
more fun in handling illc bugs than in
following around an old threshing ma-
chine in the fall. All one has to do is
to l‘zliSQ it ”flock" of toads. They Will
get after the bugs and destroy thein by
the wholesale.

’l‘ho toads can be raised from the 0.9.35}.
cht spring place a pair of loads on a
stone which has been placcd in a bucket
partly tilled with water, allmving the
stone to be dry on top. After the eggs
arc laid watch thcm hatch into tadpoles.
These will make their way to tln- water
where they should be fed. Bits of meat
or bread is a propcr food for the little.
l'cllows. Continue this until they change.
into toads, when they can be turned loose.
in the garden. llcrc they will do no
damage and will dcstroy tln'uisain'ls of
bugs and insects that are apt to do dam—
agc to thc plants.

It is thot that the loads will cause
warts on the hands. But this is not
true, The Load is perfectly harmless to
anyone who may choose to handle him.

 

lN GRAN'MA’S ATTIC.

RY ELLA E. ROCKWOOD.
A jolly place it is to go
'\.\'ay up in gran‘ina's attic,
lint shc don't go there Very much
'(‘ausc shc is so rheumatic,
And climbing stairs so dark and steer
is most too hard, for gran‘ma, she
Is short and stout,
It puts hcr out of breath, you see.

lint, when it comcs a rainy day
The girls just loyc to play thcrc,
'l‘hcrc's such a lot of things to see
’l‘hat‘s why we like to stay thorc.
Such hats and bonncts stored away,
And gowns almost a scorc;
And wc dress up and lct our skirts
'l‘rail all around the floor.

’l‘hcrc’s boncsct. sage and tansy. too,
.\nd othcr hcrbs a—plcnty.
.\ll hung in lilillclics‘ round about
l ('Hllllitii much as 1\\'clli\‘,
And gran'nia says whcn she was young
’l‘hcy :stccpcd ‘im up an‘ took 'cm.
'i“li4‘ smartwccd whcn they had a cold,
lloncsct when aguc shook 'em.
Then there's that queer old spinning-
wheel;
She showed us how to turn it,
\\'ilh band. and hcad, and spindle sharp,
liach of us tricd to lcarn it.
ill lit-1‘ (lily I‘\’t-l'}’ lliilt' ,Lill'l
l\'ncw l'ow to knit a stocking
,\ll{l \\'or(‘ lllosc litil'l'iti pallialt‘lis
l think it is ouitc shocking,

And there’s a, box of little clothes
Just right for baby lirotlicr,
And gran'ma, cries and looks so gm]
\\'hcn c‘cr shc lifts the cover.
The swcctcst liltlc boy slic says,
(Nice wore thosc cunning drcsses,
.\ littlc boy with big blue eyes
And fair and shining tresscs.

And then she showed us other things~—
lAImbroidcrics, silks and laces.
She took them out to let us see
Then put them in their places.
And gran’ma says when I am big,
And Fred is big, and Harry,
S‘hc‘ll give her wedding gown to me
If ever I shall marry.

EVEN AS A FLOWER.

DY EUGENE (‘. Tintas‘flN,
As blossoms, rich in dews from heaven,
“'ith heads bowed carthward some-
times be,
So. unto sw’cetcst lives are given
The quiet ways of modesty.

 


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, on coming up to meet him.
‘ an officious policcmun

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

(Continued from page 258).

tfidoctor. “It will be better for you."
But Dan would not, could not, listen.

After they had done what was neces-
sary, and she lay silent, unresponsive
under the spotless sheet, he came back
to the room and sat down by her side
in one of the chairs that rock. There he
kept his vigil until they carried her-to
her last resting place.

The doetor agnin pleaded with the
strong, silent man to come with him.
He felt a. peculiar interest in him and
was not willing to leave him alone in
his misery. The greater part of the
doctor's life had been lived on the coast
and he understood the tragedy of the
races. He had no patience with, no re-
spect for the white man who, to gratify
an appetite, would marry, or possibly
not even go thru that sacred ceremony,
one of a different race and entail to his
posterity the struggle of reconciling the
antipodes. For just as surely as the
most civilized of men, in the proper en-
vironment, hours the call of the wild,

so, too, are the habits and traits of the ,

civilized ancestors revealed in the follow-
ing generations.

That night Dun stole softly to the
newly formed mound and covered it with
blossoms. Then he sat down at its head.
For hours he did not stir. At the house
the clock struck twelve. He arose and
silently walked toward Puyallup. Find-
ing the railroad track he turned in the
direction of the ocean and plodded on.
He did not feel any weariness, any weak-
ness. He only wanted to get away from
the place where he had been so cruelly
hurt, and he wanted to go back to the
big water which had been a friend since
his early childhood.

How long he walked he did not know,
but he reached Tacoma and here, for
the first time in days, hunger, appetite
asserted itself, but alas it was the hunger
for alcohol, not for broad.

It was only a glass, but in his weak-
ened condition it was enough. He tried
to walk; the ground,'however, insisted
In this plight
came upon him

and with his club brutally struck the
poor follow. Dun turned in his fury and
with one blow scnt the officer whirling

:igriinst the opposite curb. A second po-
liceman uppcurcd on the scene, but before
he attacked the Siwush a. clear whistle
sounded on the air and in a moment five
or six blue-contcd figures joined in the

strugglc. T‘hcy handcuffed the offender,
slung him into the patrol wagon and
hurricd him away.

“'hen the time czrme for his trial a
churgc wus mode that took the case
from the police court. Dun stood before
his judge sils-nt. gloomy. He made no

 

pit-:1. llc curwd but little for what they
might do with him. A lawyer was ap-i
pointed to dci‘cnd him, but Dan turned‘
from him in disgust. The trial was short, :
the scntcnce three years in a state
prison. |

()1in one person appeared to take anyi
interest in the proceedings. The young:
doctor from tho hop fields had found
time to truce the unfortunate man, and
keen pity stoic to his heart when he
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March 16
Aprilfiand20

Plan to go on one of these days—take
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and see for yourself the opportunities
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The farmer in the Southwest lives a. free. outdoor life. He often
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January

to keep your family and stock from freezing. His
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Let me send you some interesting books
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Write for free copies today.

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JAMIE AND JEM. '

MARCH 6, 1909. (17). 261

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your buildings. Formsatough.clasbc film Some Other boys, that biggern me first. That’Z‘. the reason we equip Beacon Falls Rubbers with “Samson" Heels.

 

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that never “wk” ”316°! Ch Sub- And push, and have a lot of fun.

stitute paint mixtures may temporarily beau-
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I know, and that one‘s name is Jem.

They are not an experiment. We have sold hundreds of thousands of pairs of them

and have shown by actual experience that our extra heavy, double thick "Samson”

heel is the only practical device to prolong the life or a rubber shoe.
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Lead. all Of about 3 same ‘I tY- ;sOmetimeS, to bring our laundry home.
Them i3 0’11? one 3He brot me once. some nuts 'twere brown,

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His hands are big, and red, and stout,
Sometimes he wheels my chair about;
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HEINFDHBED GONGHETE BRIDGES1 really know what is implied in the name.
‘ “The United Factories." It is a number
—-ARE —— - of independent factories selling direct
ABSOLUTELY PERMANENT. (30$qu users who are united or have com-
NOTHING FOR REPAIRS. bined for the purpose of publishing one

catalog and to have one selling tfrorce

n I' Will] Ilsa. Ire Pr ct _ operating under one head. Among else

are. SIN! go I N N08 8 "a", no“ Prom there are specials that will have partic-

WE DESG A UlLD THEM’ ular interest to our readers at this time.
CENTRAL ENGINEERING 00.,

such as incubators, metal and prepared

:uoiuzsns mo courucroas. i-i DETROIT. roofings and paint. But the book will
interest you all the way thru. It is a

. [Ike Hun. 1 money saver. It costs nothing. We say
FISH BIT gfy wolye; get a copy and keep it by you. There
Any ““0" of um u, it ,0“ u” are special catalogs on some of the arti—

, MAG“) FISH 1.6011. Best bait cles named but write for the big general

' WK???“ :9:- a'lrlklnd- of 3811. I! you one at least and see the advantages of

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n'nnoer’iéWo‘i‘ffi'riS‘pflf.1..“ir.i.na.s.i... and ask for Catalog No. 22.

Write Kink I.—Beheaded Words—Splash;

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ms 00-. M‘- “- 0...... m FARM BARGAINS.

Fm 240-Aere Stock Farm —$83.33 per acre. 28 miles
Can 553mR 3:5": 1:33;"g53l" y‘ifi‘gffi’gfim i‘rorn Detroit. Rich soil. Large barns and house.
Trust: the toms. We'll. show you how. Write Everything good. Must be sold bei’gil‘e Alprii. ll

CANNBR ' SUPPLY 00.. DETROIT. MICH. gggfifgv—grylgvlgyfi $35-33;- W 0m 80 -
E 8T0 b." Choice 160-Acre-l5 miles from Detroit. In best
i THEE RY and meat brick house Do~ neighborhood. Fertile and highly Improved.
3 troit.hard wood flnish.value88,000 tors-lecheap Nothi better '14 000 ,

or exchange. F. W.Btock asons. Hlllsdals. Mich. as ' URNlE & FISK.

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I 501-? Chamber of Commerce, Detroit. Mich.

”HMS Mm mm um]; WEALTH Iii sournrnn FARMS
Southern. farms keep the {bank account
F0“ SALE 0“ EXGHANEE the rule. For real profit uy a farm in Tide-
water, Virginia or Carolina. Climate just

healthy. Crop after cm in a single season

right. Early markets. Best prices. Good rail-

road facilities. Finest truckingi lands in the
Z

A nnaurrmnoooacns: rams. must belold world- No lrrlgatlng 0r fert‘lv iltng- Living
1‘ e

at 01:00. One mile from a n. viiiue. Pan cheap. Lands on easy terms.
“m J- W- summit. TmWPM 01th Mlch- r. l. serum. mo nil Indnsi’l m. lioriolk "or Southern

300 SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MICHIGAN Railway. 20 Citizens Bank Building. Norfolk. Va.

mLpoFi‘lnfiiifl whoulc mes Wildcat“ '
U " c M ey Making Farm
—If you want a good farm. on s
"lcflla‘l F‘nus nborgnin. write for list Oran‘ges. diabopecans. vegetnllilliesda‘ndlstsplg crops
pay 100 to an acre. ur n a ocae where
No.5. 0' B‘ BENHAM' Hastings. Mich. the temperature ranges between 55 and 80 degrees
for sale above zero the year around. This land is high.

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In and Slack Farms in Oceans perfectly drained. pure water. half hour from city
W. Morgan. Shelby. Mich. for lists. (79.000) and near to Knit. Ideal place for home.
health. profit. Low price, easy terms. attracting

. at all Prices——Now is . ood time to desirable class of settlers, Free booklet.
IFARMS look at them. Write (org new list to IRVINGTON LAND CO"
BOOTH a: GRACY. Greenville. Michigan. 948 153- LISBHC Street ,_,C'l_'95‘00-

HO, FOB MICHIGAN. Choice farms for sale FARM OPPORTL ES NEAR
. in Lenawee and Hillsdale Co’s. erte'for 8A 1 EM OREGON
list. BWANDER rt SWANDER. Hudson, Mich. 0 th be Hf I W.” “a? “THEHCHERRIY CITY;

11 e an n l ame 0 ive . .Wi t

BEST FAR M S alignigfi mggt¥$ gaifiitfnrnispnlyflmflu 10§3UU|)US‘TII(T0 Irlot; dgiryflagrgiswrliy
. . _ ;imprm'oi iii-ms 25m :00 erii '1”; until 1- '51
E. N. PASSAGE. PIYmouth, flllch. $5 to $25. I‘lxcursion rates to bililemL in Mlnrgholilrid
April. For information and hard facts address

BELL FARMS IN OCEANA.—'I'h b . A. 1". Bohr. Secretary
ty of Michigan; fruit. grain nudesttiggfigggg. Board of Ti‘admltooin 28’ SALEM. OREGON

Write for my list. J. D. B. HANSON. Hart. Mich. Ch T F
ea ennessee arms
W stem?transmitter?Farms torso. p - - .
" Making Men Rich .

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Fortunes are being made on fertile Tennes-
TWO FARMS—~4iilgndgoo acreskwill 59:11 ($913?!» tO- see farms. ’I‘hcy raise big crops of Canta-

ge er rsepara e. 30° u ngs ~ lou cs. Cabba Ye. Tomatoes. String Beans.
and orchard. D' J‘ BELKWITH' Pinconning, MICH- l Grfigll (lorii, (‘th’lllSO Horses. Cuttle.Shee i.Swiiic.

 

 

 

 

Poultry illlil Eggs. VVrito inc of. once or l‘rce

MICHIGAN FARMS ALL Literature. I‘ll tell you how to get one ofthcso

SIZES splendid fiirms for $5 to .520 pcr ucro. Act. quickly!

Southern & Centrni Countlos, Write for list. 3_ 1%. i ILF.Siiiilli,’l‘raf.)lgr.N.l‘.&St.li.lly.llept.P,Niishvllle,Tcnn.
HAYES. Ashton Building, Grand Rapids. Mich. l

 

 

0R SALE—Beventy-fivo acre farm one mile _ MICHIGAN FARMS-
irom Charlotte. Mich. Good buildings of all 75- acres—Near Ypsilanti. 15‘“an good ten-room
kinds and wind mill. No waste land and in high house on stone foundation; barn 32x68. all necessary
state of cultivation. L. H. Shepherd. Charlotte.Mich. outbuildings; Wind mill ------------------------- $5000
1‘20 acres—20 acres timber: 10 room house. fur-
nace. cellar-barn 30 x 40. all necessary outbuild-
ings ....... 84.000
A BIG SNAP—160 acres—4 miles from good
town: rich black loam; wind mill; water in house and
bilirns.1f200 rods: new wire fence; ]2 room brick house;
. ii p we barn .x103 with “L” 40x48. basement under
80-A0fe Farm for Sale—£50m1 50" and l)Ull(l- all. 150 ton silo. all necessary outbuildings ...... $8.500
Inga, h“ been a dairy ] 60 acres-5 miles from town' 10 acres of tiini -
farm for years on condensery route and near ’ / - ' . ier,
cr smer 1 mile from market 80 rods fro 1 ct l 8-room house. painted and in good condition; barns
e y. i m e e r C 30x50 and 20x40, all necessary outbuildings...$4,000

road, ”we low. Box 7' Eden, Ingham 0°" M‘Ch- These and i500 other good bargains for sale at

l 140-ACRE farm ior sale cheap, located adjoin- “FARM HEADQUARTERS”

lng city limits East Towns. well fenced and CHAS. D. FISKE.
, drained. with fine buildings. or will exchange {or 714 Chamber of Commerce. Detroit. Mich.
, City or farm property in southern Michigan, ——~r ~~~ .__m___h_¥ . .. , ..
Address I“. W. STOCK & SONS. Hillsdale. Mich. . - / .

 

olorado Farms—160 and 80 s... 40 ml. north'Denver

on U. P. R. R. Irrigated. No better for B. beets-

potatoes. alfalfa and grain. Good Water. good health.
Write for prices. J. W. Carpenter. Greeley. Colo.

 

 

 

 

 

i In Mer‘ostn
;. Loon-ions FARM BARGAIN 00,, Mi...
‘ 150 acres cleared; buildings; line running water; on
. railroad; all woven wire fenCed; 812.000. easy terms,
A130 208 acres adjoining; 55 acres cleared; $1,800. easy
. terms. Write owner.
CHAS. M. LANNING: Portland. Oregon,

, —Beautifully situated adjoining Ox- - “
FARM ford. Mlch.. on south. Excellent . - .-
soll. two miles new wire fence. splendid water. 200
hard ma le trees on road. Would sell 80, 160 or 320
acres. any terms. fine farm buildings. Address
H. W. HOLCOMB. 290 Merrick Ave., Detroit. Mich
‘ 00 BUYS THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME
CALIFORNIA LAND, 2,118.13: pm§.fi‘9{f§:§fg $1,650 and 40 acres of best fruit and gen.

month per acre: close San Francisco: no taxes: no in. oral farming land, including good barn, corncrib, tool
terest: 6-acre tracts: level. rich. clear; ready to plow; shed and chicken house. all new. Rich soil, fine cli.
irrigated: perpetual water rights: immediate posses- mate, good markets, abundant watcr,exccllent heigh-
sion; particuiars. maps. photographs free. BTEV- bors and bgst schools.

INSON COLONY; 14" Market BL. San Francisco.
7 CKsn FOR nan FARM millil‘lallxlllgkllg Ellclgkfiolihlll'

R If you want to sell, Sit right down and write for beautiful illustrated
-> send description to booklet. list of farms, etc., to

, FRANK P. CLEVI'LIleND.1 F. H. LABAUME, Agrl. and Indl. Agt.
948 Adams Express Building. Chicago. III. I Dept. M. m, Norfolk & Western Ry. Roanoke. Va.

  

 

 

 

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' It seems a pity that cabinet~makers of
.Q I O WOMEN those days should have relied so much

finish applied. It brings out the grain
and makes of the piece an object of ad—
miration never before fully appreciated.

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for this usually flakes off by the loosening

HOME CHATS WITH FARMERS’ WIVES. of the glue by which it was attached and

. BY ELLA E.

The Spring Cleaning.

“'ith the advent of the first robin the
average housewife begins to get the
house—cleaning fever. She fairly aches
to attack the winter’s accumulation of
dust and dirt and hides her time with
impatience until she can get at the job.

In spite of one’s best endeavors to keep
the rooms clean dust will settle in drap-
eries and carpets, gaining such secure
lodgment that something more than an
ordinary sweeping and brushing is re-
quired to remove it, and this becomes an
increasing source of annoyance as the
weeks go by.

“'hether to clean early in the season
or later is a mooted outstion. Some be—
lieve in one way, others practice the
opposite. To wait until the tires are out
so that stoves may be stored away means
delaying the cleaning until quite late, in
this climate. To take them down and
shived for a month or more is not very
pleasant, so what is a body to do? It
gives a mom a rather better appearance
during summer to dispense with he
hcatcr, yet there are times even in the
warm months when a little fire is appre-
ciated. Many of our best housekeepers
lcavo at least one stove, aside from that
in the kitchen, where a tire may be
startcd at any time of the year. This
seems a wise policy, especially when
there are old people or children in the
family.

The amount of help at ones’ command
should decide whether the work of clean—
ing is to be rushcd thru or taken in a
more leisurely manner. To make a short
job of it and clcan one room, or possibly
two a day, robs this disagreeable task
of half its terrors. At the same time so
strenuous a method demands strong arms
and plenty of them, to successfully carry
it out. \Vith hired help so scarce and so
high—priced as it is, many are compelled
to do as they can, not as they would,
and these will wisely adjust the labor to
the strength of the workers, endeavoring
so to distribute each as to bring least
inconvenience to all conCcl‘ncd.

lt is extremely doubtful if it is advis-
able to set the household in an uproar,
depriving the, family of regular meals
while the energetic leader and her helpers
carry the warfare of soap and water
from gartct to cellar. A better way is to
plan to do about as much each day and
not intcrfcre any more than is absolutely
necessary with the routine laid down at
other times. t‘crtainly, little is gained by
bcing first in the neighborhood to finish
cleaning if this means a tired—out house-
mothcr with nerves and body at the
exhaustion point, and possibly a cold
which may develop into something
serious.

There are many places about the house
where a man's strength is needed at such
a time. A little assistance of this kind
cheerfully rendered when called for will
be greatly appreciated in moving the
heavier pieces of furniture, carpets and
so forth. To meet with frowns or ex-
cuses when a strong arm is needed is
disheartening, while the hearty assent to
such a request from husband or son goes
a long way toward making the whole day
brightcr and the hard work more easily
borne. In fact, the services of a capable
man would lighten woman’s share of
house cleaning thruout.

So far women who keep house as
houses are, kept today have, been up
against a life—long struggle with dust
and dirt. This struggle to keep clean
is a part of our inheritanCc. Sweep a.
tloor ever so carefully and the dust rises
only to settle upon every part of the
room and everything that is in it. ‘Valls
are coated with it, furniture bears it in
every crack and corner, while rugs and
carpets receive back again a goodly por-
tion even after broom and swr-cper have
done their best. The dust problem is
never settled or, more properly speaking,
refuses to remain scttlcd. Wet paper,
salt, corn meal, damp brooms, all these
things are helps but they cannot entirely
overcome the element which silently and-
stealthily follows in the wake of the
sweeping.

There is a long-handled brush upon
the market which does good work 'on
bare floors as well as on carpets. It’s
cost is moderate, only a dollar, and by
its use tmc reduces the dust nuisance to

unless the detached portion is replaced
ROCKWEED. leaves an unsightly spot.

Anyone possessing old mahogany will
be WiSe to preserve it, Whether in the
form of a table, a chest of drawers, 3
bedstead, a sofa, chair or even a mirror
frame. Such pieces find ready sale at
good prices whenever they can be located
and the owner induced to part with
them. In many parts of the country
thcre are, in back chambers or attics,
those who do not live where they can articles of furniture of this description,
take advantage of this privilege the ma- unapprocxated by the present owners
chines are nde in family sizes. The who are half—ashamcd of them because
latter will, no doubt. come into popular (if ”H,“ old—fashioned Shim“ In almost
iise after a time as the price places them “115’ “W or town are plenty Of people who
within the reach of people of moderate would he gratified to exchange a goodly
number of dollars for the privilege of

a. minimum. Besides that, the brush re-
quires less strength in using than a
broom. In this way it becomes a boon to
weak womcn.

\Vhat appears to be a real solving of
the dust question is the vacuum cleaner,
a comparatively recent invention. In the
larger cities these may be hired by the
hour, with an operator to run them. For

means.
. ‘ioss -ss' 0 " v
These cleaners. operated by machinery, :1, ‘ I'D” them. 1119 value Of such
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cleanse by suction. Floors, curtains l “g unreases in proportion to Its age.

draperies, furniture, every portion Of the Probably one of the greatest difi‘iculties
room, can be gone over and the dust (“‘“W‘Ct‘fl With houscclcaning on the
carried away thru tubes connecting with “‘1'!“ is that Of PHDCI'llémging- It means
the machine. indt'finitc waiting to get a man from

The fresh and clean appearance which WW“ [0 do it and [OW “UtSidC the regu-
follows the use of the paint brush is lar workmen understand it. In the days
g-‘nt‘l‘ully known. To paper and paint a of whitewashed ceilings nearly every
household boasted of some man or

of a room so it showed the fewest pos-
sible number of “streaks” was the land-
able endeavor of the operator. It was
clean and wholesome when the job was
finished. \Ve may say that much for the
white-washed rOom.

Now that ceilings must be papered the
overhead finishing has its complications.

parison. Yet by watching a skillful
workman, noting just how he manages
the slippery lengths which, in the hands
of the amateur are so prone to prove
cxaspcratingly unmanageable, sufficient
knowledge may be gained to enable any-

ecsst’ully.

lengths, allowing five or six inches ad—
ditional at either end. He marks off
overhead with a yard stick and pencil
about 16 inches from the side wall clear
across ono side of the room, following
the course the strips are to go, and pastes
the first strip so the edge just comes to
this line. This allows for about one, int-h
which rests on the side wall. In putting
on this first strip he faces the wall.

ly cutting the strips longer than the
actual measurement the work is simpli-
fied, since the paper is easily held to the

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papcrhangcr says, is of great value, to the
beginner. It is the loose end hanging
which pulls the rest of the strip off.
By getting the paper where it is wanted
and as soon as possible sticking the end
fast the work progresses with greater
0:180.
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(SOC 11““ l’ils’t'l- womans work, yet many women have,

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room means its complete transformation and more can, do it if they try. “'ht-re

and makcs it attractive in a, manner it is out of the question to secure the
which nt'ithing else can approach. Farm St‘l'yit‘t‘s (if H, liWI‘t‘SSiHIlill the, natural 1‘0-
womcn, as well as others, arc not so sourccfulnt-ss of the sex can accomplish
tit-pondent upon men for this kind of much. Aside from the inconvenience of
renovating since the great variety of doing Overhead “'Ol‘k there is nothing
tinishcs for woodwork and walls has about paper hanging which any intelli-
comc into popular use, A woman can, gcnt woman cannot master, and while
with a little practice, wield a brush as I do not recomlllt‘lld it =18 fl regular Dill't
effectively as a regular workman. The of the liturstkcepcr’S duties, I do say

ready—mixed paints leave little, to be that inllialwinstances one may far better

desired in effectiveness and the case with rise to the occasion by means of the stop
which tin-y can be £l]l]lllt‘(i. llcsidcs. the, ladder and do her own papcring “1:1“
paints to be obtained in such a pleasing depend on securing somebody else to do
variety of shades, there are the stains it. Barring accidents, which might easily
and varnish tinishes also popular and happen, it is true, she will be none the
convenient to use. (Nd furniture is made worse off for her experience and add
to look like new under the magic of can another to the list; of hcr accomplish-
and brush. It is surprising how this mcnts.

alters the, appearance of even the shab- New curtains for some of the windows
bicst pieces, making them look like new. 111'“ "Sillllly needed in “10 Slil‘ilng NOth-
’l‘o go over the articles with sandpaper ing could be daintier or in better taste

before applying the. finish increases the than muslin for those in bedrooms or

amount of work but the wood will look dining room. l’lain nct with a narrow
far bcttcr if this is done. That is the lace border is another favorite material

workmanlikc way of doing it. among inexpensive ones. Straight, scant

There are in many homes, pieces of widths hanging from’ brass rods disg

furniture which are family heir—looms. tinguish the np—to-date curtain which

Some of these are well preScrvcd but continues to show the lower edge at tho

others have had their beauty marred by sill. Muslin curtains are, frequently tied
successive coats of stain and varnish. back at either side. The material for
In the case of any solid wood like ma- cithcr these or the net ones may be pur-
hogany, cherry or walnut, of which so chased and the curtains made at home
nmch of the earlier furniture was made, at less expense than would be required
the natural wood is far more beautiful to buy them outright. The quality will
if this old varnish is removed and a new be enough better to pay for doing so.

woman who could do creditable work with:
the broad brush still occasionally seen.1
To be able to coat the overhead cxpansc‘

The side walls are easy conquest in con»,

one of ordinary intelligence to do it suc-

Your paperhanger first cuts the ceiling;

overhead wall if the end of the lcngtlr

MARCH 6. 1909;

    

  
   
  
       

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elialth Otliccr Davis says he is unal-
terably opposed to the filtration of water
by the use of alum, as recommended
by Expert Fuller in his report to
the new Water XVorks Commissioners.
10 said: “Not only does it attack the
plumbing in buildings and eat away
the pipes, but when taken into the
stomach produces a, form of gastritis,
jsometimes lasting for days.”—Cinclnnati,
0.. Post.

And yet that is the stuff which they
make the cheap baking powders of.
If alum will cut away the, water pipes,
what will it do to the stomach?

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in uso. Semi for sample pkg. lOc. Complete
pkg. assorted sizes, 25c postpud. Agentlwnntod.
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was. LtitFREE

offer made to introduce this marvelous
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Send your name and address and find out.
how easy it is to get. this lamp free.

AGENT Mr. Watts, one of our agents,
' made 378 in 8 days by simply
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MENTION THE MICHIGAN FARMER when
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To Stop a Cough In
a Hurry.

Of .all the “best things” to do for
a cough, the following home-made
remedy will be found by far the
most effective. The sooner it is
taken, of course, the better; but
even deep-seated coughs usually
Yield readily after a few doses.
Here is the recipe:

Granulated Sugar Syrup . . .1315 oz.
inex .. ................. .. 2% oz.

Put the 2% ounces of Pinex (50

cents’ worth, in a clean pint b0 -
He and fill up with Granulat
Sugar Syrup, made as follows:

Take a. pint of Granulated Sugar,
add ye cup water, heat and let boil
“just a moment. Take a teaspoon-
ful every one, two or three hours,
as required.

Simple as it is, there is positive-
ly nothing better for the purpose.
The recipe makes a full pint,
enough to last the whole family a
long time. Kept well corked, it
never spoils. The taste is so pleas—
ant that children take it readily
without the usual struggle.

Pinex, as you probably know, is
the most valuable concentrated
compound of Norway White Pine
Extract. It is rich in guaiacol and
other elements which have made
the pine woods of Norway famous
in the cure of consumption. Your
druggist has it. or if out of it, will
gladly get it for you on request.
In making this recipe avoid the
many weaker pine oil and pine tar
preparations. use the real Pinex

itself. Granulated Sugar makes
the best syrup.
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relief it would :be. And there are some
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exists for pretty nearly the year around.
You have seen them, have visited in
them, haven’t you? And so have I.

But the woman who presides over these
immacculate homes are slaves to their
work. They have no time to read, no
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anything but clean and scrub, sweep and
wipe up dust. That is, they work like
slaves unless they are able to have ser-
vants to do it for them. Speaking 01
women in moderate circumstances, we
assume that they do the most of their
work themselves or with the aid of others
of the family.

Then in these immaculate homes there
are usually no little children. In a fam-
ily of adults it is easier to keep every-
thing in order. Even then it is quite an
undertaking tohave all parts of the house
always in apple-pie order. At least,
very few women are disposed to claim
the honor of doing so.

The fact that the home should be for
use and not merely for exhibition should
impress itself upon our minds. We do
not want a house so prim and precise
that the family must be kept in the
kitchen less they disarrange it. “'e
want to take the good of it and enjoy
it to the full.

Yet, withal,- there is much that may be
done to preserve desired conditions. 'Ons
thing is to have a regular system for all
work whereby certain days are set aside
for certain tasks. A regular weekly or
bi-weekly time for tlioroly going over
the rooms and removing every evidence
of dirt and disorder docs wonders to-
ward maintaining cleanliness. This is
routine work, but if kept up its effects
Will be evident. Once a month if cur-
tains and draperies are hung on the
clothesline for scvcral hours they will
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are better than carpets bccuusc they are
more easily carried out of doors and
more easily cleaned. Bare floors are open
to certain objections, even when rugs
are scattered about but they are not
difficult to kecp clean. We will adimt
that, which is more than we can say
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A good drawn work border design is
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’I‘lu- sample is of scrim
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SOME THROAT DISEASES.

BY CHARLOTTE A. AIKENS. .

A Canadian farmer’s wife writes to
inquire what is best to be done for her
seven years old boy who has very fre—
quent attacks of tonsilitis and a backing
irritatve cough. Lately she has noticed
that he breathes mostly tliru his mouth
instead of his nose. lie, is pale and
Seems lacking in energy and is generally
“run down.” He has been taking medi—
cine of various kinds for over a year~—
tonies, cod-liver oil, and such things, but
does not improve.

It is quite likely that the trouble is
what is known as adenoids. It would be
wise to take him to a physician and ask
for a careful examination of the throat
and nose. In such cases removal of the
adeiioids by scraping is considered by
most physicians as the only effective
treatment. Adenoids are growths in the
throat which iii time obstruct the pas-
sage of air tlirii the nose. making its “”1-

  

ing thru the month a necessity. 1's'.‘..2"._\'
such children ' ‘ '_' '. :1
night terrors f: .s "2
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on the winvie __
Quite efttii sis» 1- :-
impaired and I‘.‘-.‘.‘(.';'.

a physician l'lt-t.i‘.‘.>‘t‘ of progressive
deafness, when otherwise. as long as the.
child is able to run around they would
let the trouble go on without interference.
The impairment of hearing is so gradual
and insidious that permanent
has resulted before the real
appreciated. Such children
ways, in cold weather especially, have a
eatarrlial inflammation of the nose, con-
' from the nose, and a

   

da iiiage
danger is
nearly al—

st‘ant "running“
tickling cough.
In most cases the growths slirivel up
as the child approaches adult life, but
by that time irreparable damage has been
done. In
and mental (lcyt-lopiiiciit
rested or interfered with chronic deaf—

niany cases gtiieial physical

have been ar-

iicss may result, and all such t‘lllltll" n are,
more liable to become victims of infec-
tions dist-ases. ’l‘ht- natural resistance to
child
fevor. diph-

discase is lessened. 'l"llt~ normal
who is exposed to scarlet
theria or tuberculosis may expect to
effectively rt-sist, the invasion of the
germs of these diseases, but the child
with adeiioids is not so likely to escape.

’l‘hcse unfortunate children oftvii have
time if they are sent to
school. in course of time a dull, vacant
expression of the face develops. and the
mouth l)('lllf.l' always open, i‘llt'y are often

a miserable

t‘llllt‘l‘ laughed at for general stupidity,
and branded as “dances," or actually
punished by teacher and parents for neg-
acting to learn.

\\'hen the real condition becomes known
thc port his will often object to the slight
1:]H'l;llltll] litt'tlt'tl for the removal. It is
surely a foolish and false affection that
will lead parents to run the risk of per—
manent inipairineiitt of hearing and of
general health rather than lhave the child
suffer a very short period of tliseoiiifort.
In sortie cases the growths have been re—
moved with the lingers, but as children
usually do not bear such procedure well
it is better to give a few \vliift's of chloro-
foiiii or some other anaesthetic. Even
if, in many cases. the growths do disap~

pear in adult life the effects product-d
by them do not vii» liquor.
Quinsy.

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suswptiblr tv liffu. '. of
Iil' ttv::.~li- ,:.~i ‘ r... ‘

Min; «.3, .11. ' ." . ‘. :r ‘mwi (*-
posurr- to coal w . ‘ .» 13.11" li!""’l‘.'i
on attarl: r; . ‘ flip? .1 foot
or iiiilii'il‘fl , ‘ . .- '- pwl—
llt‘lS (if U10 lll’l'r‘ -i L"’r’dl rl‘;fil if) ll!)
with it ill a L .. I'i’-" it Ems
lit-cit stzitttl ‘z. ‘ ‘ m willie")
are more likt :., .‘ I ,1 1.. Hi ‘11:, and

vice ye-rsa, but that M has yet to ho

t‘lt'al'l)‘ iii‘tivrll. 'l‘ltl'tc i" m, 1r-;,| nt-r-(l

of a patinat whu has owl/.9: hing awake.
at night and \wtz‘yinu fir fear he may
have rheumatism,

In lllt‘ til'tlilialy case of tittiiis’y a plug.
sician is rarely t':lllt'tl, ’t‘h. ”11;...1; Stump-
times begins with a clii‘l and there is
liltt”‘l_\' t0 llO ll(‘tltl:iclit*, ft‘Ytl'. sore-
ness of the throat or of one tonsil, and
difficulty in swallowing. In all cases the
paticnt‘ ought to be kept in bed in a room
not too warm. A temperature of 65 to
RR degrees I”. is warm enough, A dose
of salts or an injection to clear out the

E’tillll'

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

bOWels should be given. A good sweat-
ing bath that will open the pores of the
skin may help to relieve the fever. Ice
cold cloths applied to the throat exter-
nally will help to check the inflammation.
Small bits of ice may be swallowed. A
good gargle is made by mixing a halt
teaspoonful each of baking soda and
borax, with six teaspoonfuls of glycerine
and adding a pint of water. A few drops
of peppermint may be added to it simply
as a flavor. This is a simple gargle which
can be used with benefit in all cases of
simple inflammation of the throat. If
there is an atomizer in the house it may
be used as a. spray.

So long as the fever lasts, fluid foods
or very soft diet, such as gruel, custard.
brotlis. junket, etc.. should be given. Oc-
casionally the inflammation does not sub—
side with simtple measures, but gets
worse and worse. and it is found that
forming. Hot poultiees
of bran. or flaxseed meal, or cloths wrung
out of hot water will hasten the ripening
-t the abscess. The suffering in these
is so intense that it is not always
to wait for the abscess to break
iiattitxiili‘. A doctor should be called to
lance the part a“ ’ relieve the condition.
There are very few local diseases which
cause such rapid exhaustion of strength
as this does.

an abscess is

 

Tonsilitls.

'l‘onsilitis very often makes its appear-
ance in the spring. and in many homes
sew-rat members of the family are attacked
in quick succession. l'nlike measles one
attack not only does not protect from
future attacks but renders. tllc individual
more liable to contract the disease on the
slightest cause. It is quite generally ac-
cepted that toiiSilitis is infectious. In
many cases the disease so closely resem-
lilcs diphtheria that the experienced pliv—
sician is often at a loss to decide which
he has to deal with. \l‘liitisfi,
looking spots appear on the throat, and
llll'l't- is fever, quick breathing and difli«
culty in swallowing and rapid loss of
strength. The first time it is quite likely
the physician will be called as the spots
on the throat are sullicicnt to alarm.
The diplitlicritic membrane is of a
darker ('oltii'~inoro of an asliy gray, and
when it is removed usually leaves a bleed-
ing surface. In toiisilitis the white checsv
spots may be easily separated and tlierv

pimpxy

is no raw surface when the membrane is
removed. In the average eise of ton-
siiitis, rest in bed, frequent g'trfling of
the throat, and liquid or soft feds while
the fever and soreness of the tin-1.1.: are
Dl't'St'llt will be all the treatment that 1:;
needed.

A SUGGESTioN’WsoaflTr—is— SEASON.

BY HELEN MORGAN.

During all the cold weather. every
farmer‘s wife should keep an old warm
cape or shawl and a pair of rubbers or
overshoes handy in the kitchen, to slip
on quickly when she steps out of doors
to get water, to empty kitchen stops, or
to go to the mail box.

In houses that have, modern improve-
ments, fuel and water are, of course, iii—
side, and all waste water is carried off
bv a. drain. but even then, ‘inany hasty
trips must be made to the barn, lien
house, or clothes line.

Some ivoiiit-ii never can take the time

 

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and the way they are put together.

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Rubber or felt boots heat the feet and make
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Secret of Steel Shoe Elasticity

Steel Shoes have thick. springy Hair Cush-
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Keep your feet always warm, dry and com fort-
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MARCH 6, 1909.

Absolute Protection Against
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for they keep your feet warm, dryvand comfortable—though
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And they are light shoes. too.

How Our 1909. Model Steel Shoes Are Made.
The Wonderful Steel Bottoms

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Sizes, 5 to 12. 6 inches. 9 inches. 12
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Steel Shoes, 6 inches high, $2.50 a pair, are
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Steel shoes, 12 inches high, $5.00 a pair. are
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Steel Shoes, 16 inches high, $6.00 a pair. are
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One Pair of “Steels”
Will Outwear 3 to 6 Pairs of
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The comfort of Steel Shoes is remarkable.
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(Continued from page 256).
cussed corn topics at Wednesday’s ses-
sions of the Institute.

The awards in District 1, comprising
the.lower four tiers of counties, were
made as follows, names of exhibitors and
scores being given:

Class A—Yellow Dent.
Jesse W. Pickett, Kent Co ....... .....86
Geo. W. Pickett, Kent Co ............ 84.
Earl Pickett, Kent Co ................ {it}
A. W. Jewett, Ingham Co ............ in

Class B—Whlte Dent.
Geo. W. Pickett,' Kent Co ............ 7.“).
J. M. Harvey, Van Buren Co ........ 7
R. I. Vandercook, Livingston Co ......
Geo. J. Friedrich, Jackson Co ........

Class C—Whlte Cap Dent.
Frank E. Baker, Oakland Co ..........
Geo. W. Clapp, Lenawee Co ..........
Wm. Folks, Jackson C0.... ..........
Chas. H. Sudborough, Lenawee Co...

Cla5s D—Other Dents.
J. W. Pickett, Kent Co ..............
A. W. Jewett, Ingham Co .............
Clase E—Flint Corn.
Geo. J. Friedrich, Jackson Co ........
A. W. .Iewett, Ingham Co ............
F. V. Judson, Lenawee Co ............ _
R. I. Vandercook, Livingston Co ..... .5)

In District 2, comprising the remaining
counties of the Lower Peninsula, the
awards were made as follows:

Class A—Yell0w Dent.

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W. H. Wood, Isabella Co..- ........... 76.2

E. L. Salisbury, Isabella C0 .......... 73.7

.lohn Walton, Isabella Co ............ 71.6

I. A. Kerstead, Montcalm Co ......... .71.5
Class B—Whlte Dent.

G. A. Arnold, Montcalm C0 ..... .....75.9
Victor Spike, Gladwin Co ........... ..51.2
ClaSS C—White Cap Dent.

Hugh Watson, Isabella Co ............ 73.1
Jae. Watson, Jr., Isabella Co .......... 72.8
Chas. Tonkin, Isabella Co ............. 71.5
A. L. Hopkins, Manistee Co ......... ..70.7

Class D—Othe'r Dents.

 

The exhibits in this class were not‘
scored, there being but two entries. First:
prize was awarded to W. A. Hess, and‘
second to W. C. Vowles, both of Isa-‘l
bella C0.

Class E—Flint Corn.

The only entry in this class was an
excellent sample shown by Robt. Horsell,
of Ogemaw Co., which was awarded first
prize.

Sweepstakes Awards.

The sweepstakes for District 1 was
awarded to Jesse W. Pickett’s sample of
Pickett Dent which won first in the yel-
low dent class. W. H. VVood’s sample,
also of the Pickett Dent variety, carried
off the sweepstakes for District 2.

Junior Special Class.
This class was open to boys under 20

 

years, and awards were made as follows:

Aldo Moore, Oakland Co ............ 76.0
Ralph Jewett, Ingham Co ............ 73.9
Earl Pickett, Kent Co ................ 73.2)
Glenn Pickett, Kent Co .............. 68.0
\Vilfred L. Jewett,, Ingham Co ........ 67.3
H. E. VValdron, Isabella Co ........... 43.3

Associational Class.

The two prizes offered for exhibits bV
local corn clubs or associations were)
awarded as follows:

Mason Corn Improvement Ass'n ...... 78.7
Lenawee Co. COrn Improvem't Ass’n..74.4
The Association's Annual Meeting.
At the annual meeting of the Michigan
Corn Improvement Association, held on
\‘Vednesday evening of institute week. a
proposition to divide the lower peninsula
into a larger number of corn districts
was referred to the board of directors
for further consideration. A proposed
amendment touching the number of
classes in which any member may enter
exhibits for prizes was referred to a
special committee. This committee, at
an adjourneed meeting the following day,
reported the following amendment which
received the necessary two—thirds vote:

No exhibitor shall make more than one!

entry in any one class, nor Shall he be.I
allowed to make entries in more than two.
classes. No entry shall compete in morel
than one class except for sweepstakes. !

It was voted to hold the next annual;
meeting of the association at the Agriy
cultural College. All of the Offithl‘S were1
re—elected with the exception of vic,e-‘
president, Mr. E. M. Moore, of Orchard
Lake, being chosen vice-president for the
ensuing year.

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Grand Traverse Co., Feb. 22.~\Ve are
having a very mild winter so far; we
have had only two or three bad storms,
and we have hardly enough snow now
for sleighing. Farmers are busy getting
up wood and harvesting the ice crop.
Stock of all kind is looking good on ac-
count of the mild winter. Many farmers
are hauling manure and spreading where
needed, which is a great improvement
over letting it lay in the barnyard till
spring work comes on. The markets
are: Potatoes, per bu. 70c; butter, dairy,
per lb. 26c; eggs, per doz. 250.

_Kerlt Co., Feb. ill—The potato situa-
tion in Michigan is easily and accurately
told by the price paid at home on the
local market. Good stock sold up to
We last week. As a rough estimate 1
would say that two-thirds of the mer-
chantable stock is gone and it looks
reasonable and natural that the one-
thlrd is to be held for all there is in the
advance. It was but recentlysuggestcd
that a greatly increased acreage will be
planted the coming year, but high priced
grain will be more than likely to step in:
and assert its right to a place on the
farm. Corn meal sells at $1.60; bran
$1.54» per 100 lbs. Butter is 'high but}
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Mecosta Co., Feb. 25.—VVe have had a] ‘ . .

very mild winter as a whole so far; we‘
have only had a few days when weal
couldn‘t turn our cattle out in the yardl
Most cattle are looking well and are
bringing good prices; the same with:
horses. Potatoes are a better prospectl
now than formerly, and are now worthl
70¢ per bu; wheat, $1.12; rye, 70c; corn,l
250 per baSket; hay. $10 per ton; eggs,
200 per doz; butter, 200 per lb.

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THE GUINEA HEN.

Recent issues of magazines unite in
deploring the decrease thruout the United
States of the once abundant feathered
game. To such an extent has indiscrim-
inate butchery been carried, that most
stringent laws have become necessary
to prevent our few remaining feathered
friends from complete extermination. In
consequence, the markets ca‘n no longer
offer for sale delicacies to which the
profitable trade of the big cities had
become accustomed.

Partridge, quail. and the various wild
ducks on the restaurant bill of fare
commanded from a dollar and a half a
plate up to three dollars and more. and
a small hot bird has always been .1 :‘av-
orite for suppeis of all sorts. .\'-1 forth
of entertainment can tyrr take t1» pane
of the (Illllltl‘ a::d tl‘." ‘ -‘
lgaiu the small
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good."
And this brings us to our point. As

the, natural supply of slnall birds de—
creases or fails entirely, it is left to the
farmer to supply. thru legitimate chan-
nels, the crying demand. The intelligent
farmer watches for the signs of the
times. The straws of popular fancy
show which way the wind blows proiits
towards hiln. He 'must not always “do
as l'lad did." for many a chance Comes
along that llad never had.

The men who cleared much of the
Michigan lands we plow today, could not
possibly have foreseen the present value
of game so abundant in their time. It
is just as hard for lnany of its, aecus-
tomed to the fresh, wholesome. appetiz—
ing products of the farm, relished with
the pittuant sauce that comes from labor,
to imagine the cloyed appetite of the lux-
urious city dweller, jaded with innu-
merable dainties. ’htt the appetite is
there, and for it the sea sends oysters
and clams. lobsters and terrapin, and
the hothouse its rarest fruits and vege-
tables, and the farm its linest poultry
at the highest price. The critical taste
of the rich city pays well [the few who
can satisfy it. l“or it we fatten the
choicest turkeys and plump the finest
broiltrs and squabs.

And now, because there is a demand in
the big city restaurants for game birds
when there are no game birds to be had,
our farms may sell, to supply that de—
mand, the long despised guinea hen.

izut. I think I hear you say you never
eat guinea hen. You don't like them.
They are tough. Also, the meat is dark

and tastes too wild.

Now, that is just the point. It is
dark, and it does taste wild. Tl‘lit'trt'tforc,
it makes a line substitute for really wild
birds. The guinea hen shares with the
turkey the distinction of being a wild

bird in captivity. llolh will slay on the
farm—part of the, time. ’l‘hey will come
home to roosteif not in midsummer,
wait till fail. ’l‘Iw 1 Tim 13.1]-
ilig hour. but .ii‘l inww Vigozt their
home is. \‘t'ldl: .. ' . , - . .51
birds are twirl». lin- *c 4 ,3;
food lit lol‘ .t kilns.

'l‘he young guilowa. .7. ., Q.
(*l'ly t‘illlttl lit‘t-IS. Sl‘l'd‘ti to :.‘:,i}l‘.;;
the broiit r age. Colin. 1.,1 , . ; .
to be spoken lit'lltly of, I"t,f.... , ,.,,,I
they are as ltnder and tootnzi
t'lll(‘l(tll broilers. \\'illl" llaj I..!‘t.4 p. ,u..; H-
tion the flavor of the wild. l“"’llltlillI(
partridge and quail. \\'Iillil they imitate

in their feeding habits. in me,- just now
fashionable, it behooves as. as our poli—
tical friends say, to at least get ac-
quaintcd with the fowl, if we have not
heretofore. As farmers, let us for the
time, drop our prejudices, and look at the
guinea as a farm crop, a money proposi—
tion. Let us stop denouneing the
screeching, screaming fowl of our fancy,
useless and a nuisance. and investigate
habits, cost of production, and market-
able possibilities.

Saginaw Co. E. II. McDONAGH.

 

HOW GOOD RETURNS ARE SECURED.

As many women give their experience
with poultry in your columns, I thot 1
would tell you about my nice flock of (30
White Leghorn 'hens, and how I handle
them. They have a nice warm house and
are fed a variety of grain, such as wheat
in the morning, cats at noon and corn at

   

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

night, all scattered in chaff so as to keep
them at work. For drink I give them
water and skimmed milk. They also have
a good supply of gravel and oyster shells
Vegetables of various kinds are tied to
strings and hung tip in their house just
high enough from the lloor to give them
plenty of exercise in getting them. They
are doing well and I am getting a good
supply of eggs; as eggs bring a good
price, this is the time to have them.
Macomb C0. Mns. \VM. CAMPBELL.

 

A WELL VENTILATED CHICKEN
COOP.

The accompanying cut shows one end
of a chicken coop which I found on the
farm here which we bot this spring.
There is nothing out of the ordinary
about this coop cycept its size and the
thorough ventilation possible.

We all know that chickens suffer
greatly for air during hot summer and
tail nights. especially when they are
l‘.";l‘.ly grown and crowded for room.
'l‘l.is hop is about four feet square and
.11. of course. be built any height from

t .

em and one-half feet up. The coop is
lmaldxd solid to the eaves while the
gab‘os are slatted with lath. To keep

out night mauraders a, front is built
which is removable. This is built of
boards not fitted too closely. liaek of
this is a slatted front to confine the hens
but thru this the chickens can pass in
alid out.

if the eoekerels are sold as broilers
this coop affords ample room for the pul-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lets until ready to place them in their
permanent winter quarters.

In this coop the foul. warm air rises
and passes out thru the slatted gable
and when the coop is opened in the
morning one does not notice the siek—
ening odor such as results floni too
close eoeping.

Another idea practiced by a neighbor
Work: will. [11 setting his hens .1“. sets
them in the eoops iii which they are to
remain and bring up their brood. This
method gives the hen room to get off?
the nest, but still she is contined. This
reduces the liability to bteak eggs or
foul the nest. and the then is right at
home when t'he chicks arrive and does not
have lobe moved. “1' t'lllll'se, this llll‘IIltltI
is piaetieable only after moderate spring
weather has arrived.

Maine. ’D. J.

FOWLS AND THEIR QUARTERS.

IrTllER.

if "o‘t .v.'ill otij.’ take the li'ittres and
1.. l. '1'“ "iii—"f H‘.II It‘lilIIl\ .‘llt' Will‘lll
' . I'I..itll .‘lolt' ilttl' Iliit‘ “.‘ttll', ,\'Htl

w ‘ I“ 3‘ i- ”Hilarious.
1.: '.‘ :tl ... to of the intro.
l. :r' l4. pl well lllt‘ti up,
undo ll! )1]:,’Hl‘l’;'llt‘“,
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l 11' 1m "" '1' . l‘ ll." Iri't't uni I‘HHI
llnll'ill .1.'l> ,..- 51': Ill ".ll'.' locality.
Amide flint i. xiii; \iw..otl" totals, which

are indisptll: iij to :1 Lil's/.5 number of
eggs and good poultry, thtse are the only
qualities i rare for in the hen.

I am proud of the fuel that in pure--
bred poultry t'lllllll't‘, the, utility fowl has
plolited largely by the attention that has
been given to breeding for lilie points,
and I think that it can be well said that
sutlicicnt work has already been done
along that line for the practical poultry—
'llltlll to devote. his attention to the hen
which lays the most eggs.

Starting out with heallhy. vigorous,
pure-bred fowls I will give what I con-
sider about the best way to raise
chickens.

My brooder houses and colony houses
are eight feet wide and 12 feet long. The
front side is seven feet high and the
rear side is 51/: feet high. I have found
it better to 'have them high enough so
that the attendant will not be bumping

his head. I like a house high enough
so that a man can just about stand
straight in the lowest part. All these
colony houses are built on runners 14
feet long which makes the runners ex-
tend one foot beyond each end. Holes
being made in the ends of the runners
so they can be hitched to and drawn
about when desired.

Houses when so made can be placed
anywhere to suit the desire of the indi—
vidual. .These houses may be floored or
not, however, if there is much danger of
the chickens being bothered with small
wild animals they should be floored with
something good and tight. The roof may
be made of any kind of roofing that is
available, something, however, should be
used that the, snow will not go thru. I
l1ave»tried boards, shingles, and pre-
pared roofing and am led to believe that
the prepared roofing is the best, as noth—
ing will go thru it. I am now using
prepared roofing altogether. In the high
side of these houses some. windows should
be made and a small door. I have my
windows fastened with hinges so they
will turn down on the outside sons to
provide ventilation. On the inside of
these windows I have wire netting over
the windows.

A. slide door a foot square is made at
the floor near each end of the house in
the front of the, building for the chicks

 

to pass thru into a yard (at small yardi

while they are too little to go
larger yard).

’l‘hesc small yards are of small mesh
chicken-wire with a covering of the same.‘

to prevent hawks and crows from carry-
ing ol‘t' young chickens. I have these
small yards in four parts, hooked together
so that at six weeks of age or when I
consider my chicks large enough to find
their way back to the brooder house. I
can fold these pens and lay them away.
This arrangement I have found to be
yery convenient.

The monthsaif April and I\Iay are the
most ’desirable for hatching, of course.
Jlowever, I prefer April. (‘hicks hatched
in this month will make broilers in .lune,
and they always bring a good price in
the market. I always dispose of all
eockerqi early except those for breeding
purposes and a few for family use. It
reduces the feed bill.

In my poultry yard I have a natural
growth of“ trees, with quite a few trees
of apples and plains. And this brings
us right up to the raising of poultry in
connection with horticulture. I often
have this question asked, will they work
wel together‘.‘ My answer is always
that they surely do. This I know from
my own pelsonal experience. There is;
no other way for any man to know just
lww well they work together. I can sav
jw s. they do work well together, but that
is not the other fellow realizing it. lie
must tly it. and then he, can know for
himself. Poultry is a. great advantage
to fruit raising. The work that chickens
will do in ridding the orchard of insect
pests is great. The healthy chickens and
biddies are after the insects all the
time. Always ready to make an effort.
'l‘ll.- droppings of poultry are also very
lltllt'llt‘lill to the orchard. '\\'ell, I might

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this same line and then I would Just be,
getting started on what there is to say.
So the best way that I know for anyone
:‘ueh things is just to try them
for Ill.ll.~lt'II‘.

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Jllinois. R. B. RusnING.
A HOUSEWIFE’S SUCCESS WITH
POULTRY.

i would life to tell larmers’ wives how
olleh Illtli'l there is. in keeping poultry.
«spit-let \'.llll= r la).ers. I have If) hens,
I. latl'l' ti:pi:.gtons, it ii. Rocks. Iiave
i,;-.l .‘iuo 11:21: :illt'e first of Ilet‘t-Iilliel‘,
(I“lll. '17). i sell eggs to farmers‘ wives

who have more hells than I have and only
get; two or three eggs this winter, when
eggs are 240 per dozen I feed table
St‘l‘ .ips and wheat.

Alcona C0. Mas. M. M. anox.

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The advantages of .L looting made of
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and cold, and being a mineral, its lasting
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makes a rooting and Siding that needs no
painting or coating to preserve it or give
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MARCH 6, 1909.

What Ails
You?

Do you feel weak, tired, despondent,
have frequent headaches, coated tongue,
bitter or bad taste in morning, “heart-
burn " belching of gas, acid risings in
throat after eating, stomach gnaw or
burn, foul breath, dizzy spells, poor or
variable appetite, nausea at times and
kindred symptoms?

   

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If you have any considerable
number of the above symptoms

you are suffering from biliousness.
torpid liver with indigestion. or dys-
pepsia. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical
Discovery is made up of the most
valuable medical principles known to
medical science for the permanent
cure of such abnormal conditions. It
is a most efficient liver invigorator,
stomach tonic. bowel regulator and
nerve strengthen“.
The “Golden Medical Discovery” is not a
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list of its ingredients being printed on
its bottle-wrapper and attested under
oath. A glance at these will show that it
contains no alcohol, or harmful habit-
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with pure, triple-refined, glycerine, of
proper strength, from the roots of native
American medical, forest plants. World’s
Dispensary Medical Assooiation, Props.,
Buffalo, N. Y.

Money Returned

If any of the following Poultry‘Remedies fail to
give the results claimed for them.

Harding’s Poslllve Cholera Cure, 25c. By mall 406.

Harding‘s Successful Huup Cure, - By mall 50c-

Hardlng’s Lice Killer 25c. - - By Mail 40c.

Hardlng’s Scaly Leg Cure. 25c. - By mall 35c.

Hardlng’s Sheep DID. - - $1.25 per gallon

If your dealer cannot supply you, I will. Take
no substitute. Catalogue free.

GEO. L. HARDING, 209 Water Street, Binghamton, N. V.
RED BABIESHSf‘Si‘fiffl'l‘SS- 3.323

winners Chicago. Cleveland, Indianapolis. Detroit.
Barred Rock, Black Minorcn. Leghorn chicks 100,
:10 per 100. Prompt, safe delivery.

DWIN R. CORNISH, Edwnrtlsbura. Mich.

Michigan Best White and Golden Wyandoiies.

Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Bose and Single
Comb White.Brown, Bufl'Legborna. S. S._Hamburgs.
Bronze. White and Bufl‘ Turkey Toms, $4.00 each.
Toulouse, Embden, Gray African, Brown nnd
White China Geese. All varietlea of ducks.

E. J. HASKINS. Pittsford. Mloh.

—Eggu for batch-
Barred Plymouth Rocks in... m... as for
81:26 for $1 50; .50 for $2.50; 34 per hundred. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersville, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

ARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK & White Wynn
dotte Cockerels for sale at; reasonable prices.
E. D. BISHOP. Route 38. Lake Odessa. Mich.

E G G s—M. B. Turkey. Pekln Duck. Bar.
Rock. Also M. B. Turkey Toms.

HUPP FARM. BIrmlnzhnm. Mich.

INORCA cockerels at $1 and $2 each. A111 book-

ing orders for P. C. pigs. sired by boars of extra.
breeding and great quality. R. W. Mills, Saline, Mich.

' from A. 1 In ing stock
Whlio Wyandoiie Cockerels 0",, a few 51% mg
each. A. Franklin Smith, Ann Arbor, Mich.. R.R.9.

° —Eg a for batch-
Whlte wyandottes In“? Price. 15 for
01:28101' 01.50; 50 for 82 50: $4 per hundred. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed. Colon C. Lillie. Cooperaville. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

I UFF ROCK COCKERELB— —Healtby, handsome
_ Farm raised. Good size and color. Price $1 up,
WILLIS S. MEADE, R. No. 3. Holly, Mich

SINGLE 00MB WHITE IEGIIOIIIIS Eggs “Thumb-

1113 Price, 15 f
.1, 26 for at 50; 50 for $2. 60; $4 per hundred. Samara?
tion guaranteed. ColonC. Lillie, Coopersviile, Mich

SILVER Golden and White Wynndottes. A nice
9 lot of good cockerels still left. Satisfac-
t_l_on guaranteed. 0. W. Browning, Portland, Mich.

R
PURE White Holland Turkeys—healthy farm

raised. Kind that stay at home. Prices right.
Mrs. Mae Whitbeck “Two Pines,"Montague,Micn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FOX AND WOLF HOUNDS

0f the best English stnlns In Ameri-
03: 40 years experience in breeding

 

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amp for Catalogue.

1.8. HUIISPETII,8Ibloy. Jackson Cm, Mo.
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COLLIES torresale. SOUS: Eggs ganglia?-
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MARCH 6, 1909.

RENDERING BEESWAX IN COLD

‘ WEATHER.

Wax as produced by the bees and
worked into comb is ahn0st pure white
but after being melted and cooled, on the
other hand, is of a yellowish cast. There
are different ways of getting beeswax
out of old combs, but there are. some pre—
liminary steps to be taken that Should
be the same in either case. The cells 01.

 

old combs contain cocoons left by succes-,
siye generations of young bees reared in!
them, and these cocoons act as a sort of:
sponge in soaking up the wax when it,
is melted. To prevent this the cocoons
should be soaked as full of water as pos-
sible, so that they will have no room for
any wax. This can be best accomplished
by breaking the combs up fine. You can
not do this when the combs are warm,
they must be cold and brittle. It is good
weather for that now, so break up the
combs fine, then put them in water and
let them soak perhaps two or three days.
If you have them in too cold a place the
water will not soak into the cocoons so
rapidly, but you must not have the water
much above blood heat or the wax will
melt and defeat your object.

After being well soaked you can get
out the wax in different ways. One 01
the easiest is by means of a cook stove.
and an old dripping pan. Tear open one
corner of the dripping pan, put it in the
oven of the cook stove, with the door
of the oven left open, the split corner of
the pan projecting out. Put something
under the corner of the pan on the floor
ready to catch the wax as it runs out;
also something in the oven under the
inner end of the pan so as to raise it halt
an inch to an inch, thus allowing the
wax to run down hill when it melts.
Now put your soaked combs in the drip-
ping pan and the heat of the stove will
do the rest. It may be a good plan to
put a little water in the pan that rests

on the floor, so the wax will more easily:

come out of the dish.

Another way which does not call for
any elaborate appliances is to put the
old combs into a burlap sack, tie the
'mouth securely, put the sack into an
ordinary wash boiler, setit on the fire, fill
it two-thirds full of water, and then,
while it is boiling, take a common garden
rake and push and punch and turn the
sack of combs about. By throwing a
good share of the weight of the body
upon the rake quite a lot of pressure can
be brot to bear while the combs are hot
under water. Finally set off the boiler,
and lay some stones or bricks upon the‘
sack to keep it down in the bottom of the
boiler. Nearly all the wax will rise to
the top and form in a cake. While this
method may not secure quite so muchl
wax as may be obtained with a wax‘
press, it answers very well for the man
who keeps bees in a small way.

The Solar Extractor Works Well in

Summer.

Again, another way to render combs
and cappings into wax is by the use of a
solar extractor. The solar extractor is
an invention which separates the wax
by the sun's rays. In a bright sunny
climate there are many days in the sum-

MICHIGAN FARMER. ' (23) 267

L'I'iiw” . i 9' ,
it“ " Do You Get Eggs .

If not, there‘s a pin loose in your system. Hens can't
help laying if they're given half a chance, it‘s their nature.
Depend on it, you are not living up to your partnership obliga-
tions if the egg basket isn‘t full.
. Hen nature—the organs of digestion and assimilation ——need
5% help if production is to be kept at high-water mark. A hen can't be
confined—denied what she would get by free foraging—and still retain
health. Your part is to supply what she lacks by aiding digwtz'on. Do
that and your ration will yield the greatest possible amount of nutrition,
every element needed will be supplied and your hens will lay.

This is “The Dr. Hess Idea." Long experience as a poultry man

       

led him to believe that the unnatural condition of the domestic fowl could be .» i \ 'egi ' it
changed so far as results are concerned—by a. suitable tonic, and ._ $5 ,

on. HrssroultryPAn-Au

was formulated for the purpose. Thousands of poultry keepers are doubling their egg production by the use of this tonic.

It is composed of most helpful ingredients—bitter tonic principles, iron tor the blood and the: necessary nitrates to keep the

i System free of harmful, poisonous matter. Dr. Hess(M. 1)., I). V.S.) guarantees tilts prescription. If you use it asdirected and do
i not get more eggs, your money will be refunded. It fats a market bird in the shortest tiiue;carrlcs fowls safely through moultrng,
helps chicks to early maturity and cures gapes, cholera, roup, etc. All poultry men endorse Dr. Hess Poultry Pan~a~ce-a. A penny's

worth a day is enough for 30 fowls. D & c ARK
1% lbs. 25c, mail or express 40c; R. HESS L ,
1 . . .
Except in Canada and extreme West anc South Ashland, 0h“,-

5 lbs. 60c; 12 lbs. $1.25 ; 25 lb. pail $2.50.
-' Send 2:: for Dr. Hess ’18 page poultry book free.

   

  
 

R g It is “The Dr. Hess Idea” that digestion in animals can be improved. That is, the

0— "£85 (5‘? greater part of food can be made to assimilate and so form good flesh on the fatting steer

' or rich milk in the cow. Dr. Hess Stock Food, formulated by Dr. liess (M. 1)., D. V. 5.),

acts so positively upon the digestion that this end is brought about. It lessens. the time required to lit a steer for market or to fat a

hog, and it positively increases milk production, besides relievmg minor stock ailments. It IS endorsed by such leading medical men
as Professors Quitman, Winslow and Finlay Dun. Sold on a written guarantee. .

100 lbs. $5.00; 25 lb. pail $1.60. Except in Canada and extreme West and South. Smaller quantities at a slight advance.

Send 2c for Dr. Hess Stock Book. free.

, INSTANT muse KILLER mus ucE

 
       
     

 

 

 

  

 

 

mer when it can be used to excellent,
advantage and every beekeeper who has
a few colonies of bees should be the}
owner of one. To get the best results?
from the machine, it should be placed in

a sheltered place Where it will have thei

reflection of a fence or building. The‘
machine should be loaded in the morn-i
ing. with the glass and pan tipped to the;

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south, by placmg 1n the pan a layer Of'

broken comb cappings from extracting
honey. or the scrapings of sections, etc..

 

The sun will do the rest, and at night ai '

beautiful yellow cake of beeswax will bel
secured. One of the (lllll(‘llll problemsi
has been to keep the residue from slid-
ing on the pan, and either going into the,
wax—pan or damming up the screen and1
preventing the wax from going thru. To:
prevent this I have found it an excellent.3
plan to place a piece of wire cloth on thel
bottom of the pan, with a few small;
cleats under the wire to give drainage.‘
The roughness of the screen prevents.
the residue from sliding, and lets the’
melted wax drain thru.

New Jersey. F. G. HERMAN.

 

Take Notice.

If you have a case of lame, blemished
or sick horse, write me today. I am al.
ways glad to assist mv customers by
giving free veterinary advice. Absorbine
has been successful in curing any cases
of thoroughpin. bog spavin, strained
tendonS, cocked, ankle, lymphangitls,
ringbone, lameness, etc. $2 a bottle at
druggists or sent postpaid to any ad-
dress upon receipt of price. W. F.
Young, P. D. F. 63, Monmouth St.,
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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Grain and Seeds.
March 3, 1000.

Wheat—The market continues active
with the bulls still in the ascendency.
There have been no large sales of t‘u-
tures, there being a general feeling that
the bulls are in control of the, market.
The cash wheat situation is most inter—
esting. The millers have quit buying
temporarily on account of the high
prices, but the holders of cash wheat
are. not in the least alarmed, realizing
that holding it firmly will only make the
demand greater when necessity brings
buyers back into the market. Receipts
for the present are larger than for 'a
year ago and the export business is
small. Liverpool had a decline on Tues—
day which was later recovered and the
foreign outlook is not less bullisli than
that on this side of the water. Buyers

.of flour are also playing a waiting game

preferring to use up stocks on hand than
to purchase at present prices. One year
ago the price paid for No. 2 red wheat
was $1.02%. Quotations for the past

week are: .
2 No. 1 .\o.3

1. . -
Mon. .....1.24 1.24 1. 2110111634,
Tues. ....1.‘_‘5 1.23 1.21 .23.; 1.073,.
Wed. .1251: 1.251.; 1. ‘ 1.1m,

Corn.—The corn market is tirm and
unchanged with trading only moderately
active. The selling price for No. 3 corn
was 620 one year ago. Quotations fot
the week are:

No.
Red. \Vhite. Red. May. July.
Thur. ....1.22~4 1.323,, 1.1954 1.211., 1.0:
Fri. ......1.25 1.2.3 1.2: 1.2212111134
sat. ...... 1.25 1.25 :2 19:; 1.0.14,
‘ l
1

No.3

No.3 Yellow.

Thursda 66%“ 67%,
Friday y . 6714 681,4,
Saturday 67% 661/2
Monday 671/2 661/2
Tuesday 671/2 6131/2
\Vednesday 68 69

Oats.—An advance of one cent was a
feature of the. oat market for the Week.
The demand for the grain continues
strong, and the price holds steady at the
advance noted. At this date last year
No. 3 white oats were selling at SSléc,
which is the same as the closing' quota—

tions for the current week. Quotations
are:

No. 3 White.
Thursday ........ 091,4,
Friday ........................... :521/53
Saturday ......................... 3231/?
lVlonday . . . . ...................... :39;
Tuesday .......................... I'm-,4,
Wednesday ............ . ......... . 06

Beans.#’l‘here is little doing in the bean
market, values holding steady at lust
week’s closing quotations.
Cash. May.
$340 $2.45

Thursday _
Friday ...................... 2.40 2.4:)
Saturday ................... 2.11) 2.4g
Monday ..................... 2.340 13.41
Tuesday .................... I.40 3.4.3
\Vedncsday ................. 2.40 ...4-.i

Cioverseed.—'i‘he market is active and
firm at unchanged prices, There was
quite a wide spread in values on sample
alsike, which sold a little higher at the
close of the week. Ruling prices for the
'3 yer :
“COR W e Prime Spot. Mar. Alsike.

'l‘hursda ........ $5.40 $0.40 $7.50
Friday y .......... {L49 5.49 7.50
Saturday .. ....... 0.4.) p.40 7.50
Monday .......... 5.4.5 6.4:) 7.76
Tuesday .......... {win 9'4? 3.3:)
\Vcdncsday ...... 21.42% 0.42% 1.10

Rye.——Rye has advanced 11,.f3c since last
week, but the advance failed to bring
sellers to the surface. 821/; was bid for
No. 2 rye, with no sellcl‘s on Tuesday.

Visible Supply of Grain.
This week. Last week.
........... 38,214,000 39,068,000

(\‘Nilll'lda‘. . ........... 0,254,000 ¢;_.1¢;.;_1>m0
()iits ................. 11,020,000 9,361,000
live ................. 371,000 0...,000
Barley ............... 2,302,000 3,.)03,000

Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.
Flour.~Pricc:~' steady with last week on

'lll grades. Quotations are a:- follows:
(‘lcar ................................ 312.0
in,

Straight

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l’uto'lit Allt'liluun . ................ 91’)
(ll‘dinary I’at- 7-t . . j .. , , , , ,
Hay and Straw. l’IHW- .v«-;,rgl:ri.
. ' I' ' ' 'V' 1 ‘ , In; .,
Carlot prices on imv r1 “.1 ,. > . . / :1"
new, 3111.511411]; Iv: _’ i;n.v~»- 3‘1, g?”
clover, mixed, $04110, yju ,w v; g ,,| ,1...‘
wheat and out straw. 3m; ‘1 p. v 7' .
K ' II. M ' 5 1; t .g-'

Feedrrl’riics :{lt .w,
l’ran $26 per ton;‘ roan» ,,
li'nc ,nildtiliiigsu $2.1: “my”, ,,
coarse. com meal, MTG/(25; cm“ and amt

on ('7'
. .i,

~ 32;”.
(hié’gtaqt‘oésfiJl‘lu-rc has been little change,
in the potato situation during the week,
prices remaining at last“ wet-ks lead.
timid stock is (11%oi7cd at 1:.»61 00c per bu,
1- . Bermudas, .L. 5 per u.
l\(P\i“0\I/isions. ~Family pork, $17.25F117.75;
mess Dark, $16.50; light short clear, $18.26;
licaVV short clear, $19.7o; pure lard In
Homes, 103/40; kettle rendered lard, 1134c;
bacon, 121/;0; shoulders, $140; smoked
lining, 11617111/2c; picnic hams, 8c.

Dairy and Food Products.

Butter.~—The market is easy and “a cent
lower than last week, and .there is still
a general feeling that prices are too
high. buyers holding off-and making the
market easy at the decline. Quotations:
Extra creamery. 29c; firsts, 27c; packing
- ' dairy, c .
Si‘cpiléeégiMicmgan, muons/go; brick
cream, 17((11171/20: schweitzcr, 18fii19c;
limburger, June, 150; Oct., 17c per lb.

Eggs.——The egg trade has been on the
decline the past week. the price. dropping
sharply on Monday._\vliich decline was
due to sharp breaks in Chicago and New
York and the fact that St. Louis was
offering eggs direct to this market in

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

considerable quantities. Fresh stock is
quoted at 201/2c per doz.

Poultry.~—Offerings of poultry were
light and demand small during the past
week. The market was steady. Quota-
tions: Dressed chickens, 15@151,éc; fowls,
14fl1‘141/2c; ducks, 13((0160; geese, 1361:)
till/go; turkeys, 2000220. Live—Spring
chickens, 14c; fowls, 13@131/2c; ducks,
1401141/2c; geese, 11(012c; turkeys, 19@
.200 per lb.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Apples.—Market firm. Best grades are
quottd at $475606 per bbl. \Vestern
apples in bushel boxes, $2.25@3.25.

Onions—Spanish, $1.00 per bu; home—
grown at 750 per bu; Bermudas, $3.50
per crate.

Cabbage.~Home-grown selling at 4c
per 1b.; new cabbage, $2.75 per crate.

Vegetables.—~Crcen onions, 15c per doz;
radishes, 30c per doz; cucumbers, $2.25@
2.50 per ha; lettuce, 16c per lb; head lei.-
tuce, $3.50 per hamper; beets, 45c; tur-
nips, 40c; carrots. 50c; watercress, 450
per doz; celery, 40®450; spinach, $1 per
hit; parsnips, 90¢ per bu.

OTHER MARKETS.

Grand Rapids.

The local wheat market has been up to
$1.10, but has slipped back to $1.16. Oats
and corn are also off 1c. Beans are 1th
lower, buyers now offering on a basis of
$2 for hand—picked stock. Butter, both
dairy and crcainery, are off 1c this week.
while the egg market is 20 lower. Hay is
being offered quite liberally by farmers
and is bringing $116111. loose in loads.
The market on dressed hogs and other
meats is quiet. with prices a trifle lower.
Growers are being paid 606F650 for their
dry onions. Glass farmers are getting
1261M for lettuce, 206F22c for radishes.

Quotations follow:

Gi‘:iii.s.V-\\'licat. $1.19; corn, 67c: oats,
54c: buckwheat. 75c per bu; rye, 73c.

licans.~}-landpieked, $2 per bu

Rutter.~liuying prices, Dairy, No. 1.
21c; No. :2, 16c; creamery in tubs, 29c;
prints, 291,430.

Cheese—Michigan full cream is selling
at 156F160 per lb; brick, 17c; Swiss, 17c;
limburger, 17c.

Eggsr—Casc count, 200; candied, 220.

Apples.——New York, $50116 per bbl.

Potatoes—Timflfic pcr bu.

Cattle—Cows, $2.50fi1150 per cwt;
steers and heifers, best quality, $3@5;
dressed mutton, 7fiiRc; dressed veal, 7@
90; dressed beef, cows, 56161410; steers and
heifers, 601814.12

Hogs.———Dresscd, 84781130.
chickens, iii/uric; roosters, 00100; tur—
keys, lRm‘liic; young ducks, 13@14c;
geese, lilmillm capons, 2001210.

Live Poultry.—-Fowls, 12%g‘133éc; young

 

Chicago.

\Vlieat.—-~No. 2 red, $1.23fi‘1.25; May,
51.17%; .luly, 531.04%.

Corn.—~No. 3, 63%(0641/2c;
July, Got/1c.

Oats—No. 3 white, 5307540; May, 54%c;
July, 491/20.

Butter.-Steady.
dairies, 21072511

Eggs—“Veal; and much lower. At
mark, cases included, 19%(t20c; firsts,
201,1.c; prime firsts, 211/20.

Potatms~l€asy Car lots in bulk.
Fancy, szdfltlc per bu; ordinary to good,
8561670

May, 657m;

2203280

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Crca in cries,

Pittsburg.

Potatoevaichigan, S3fi85c; in small
lots, 80c.

INDDIQ‘Sm'HtVildY. King, $6.50 per bbl;
Spy, $5095.50; Spitzcnburg, $5005.50.

Other Potato Markets.

Cleveland.— »\\'hite stock, $561000 per bit.

St. Louis.» Northern stock quoted at
85011100 per bu.

Philadelphia—For good
@SSC.

offerings, $3

 

Boston.

VVool.—-The feature of the local wool
market is extreme dullness. Old domes-
tic stocks are practically exhausted; for-
eign arrivals have fallen off. and there
have, been only light receipts of new wool
from Arizona. (in the lightest kind of
sales, the leading domestic quotations
range as follows: Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania fleeces—XX, flit/Iiifw; X, :iZ/rliiiic;

   
 

No. 1 washed, 315'"! 3130': No. 2 \‘i'iiSlll‘tl,
:I\/Il.'lli(‘j llll" l,lll‘.\'ll>‘ll|‘tl, 23141310: Imlf
blood combing. 1106/3141 tiii'cc—vig‘iibs
boot] combing. 3""; I]".'l.'I“." bfiood I'HlilIJ-
iliL’. L’TWIV‘II': «‘1?on ‘A‘W-‘IJII. If"! i" ,' vic—
hint: '..'".'.':i 3‘ III. 3‘“. All" IL'T'ii, “(Err-op-
._ :v .1 H 1!; Tori: 11-» c» :~. i-‘im- un—
.- 2;" 1”" c-mim .v 11 ’7
r, _/ .; t l . ‘ Ii. [MI/flu;
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112'. 1' ff’it- yiti' II).
THE LIVE STOCK MARKETfi.

Buffalo.

(Special report by lliinning (8’: Stevens,
New York (,‘t'iitral Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, N. Y.)

March 1, 1000,
Receipt: of sale stock. here today as

follows: Cattle, l21)ltui(l$;rhngs, 12,000
head sheep and lambs, 18,300; CilleS
1,000,

Th- only change today in the cattle.
trade. from last week was on the best
heavy cattle. There was more competi-
tion on this kind today than any time in
the. last four weeks. Medium to good
butcher cattle sold about steady with
last week while the prime heavy cattle
sold 1000150 higher with a good demand.
Owing to the light run in (‘hicago there
was a number of orders here for the
eastern market but it was hard to ad-v
vance them more than lz'iGI‘JSc over last
week and in most of the cases there was
fully that much advance. In order not to
mislead shippers we will say there were
a few cows and heifers here today which
were entered in the Chicago stock show
but. owing to the quarantine were shut
out. They were on this market today

 

and were as prime as you would want
to see. Cows sold from $6.50@7, heifers
at $6.15 and one steer at $7.25.

There were entirely too many fresh
cows and .springers on our market today
as under recent conditions only a. few can
be handled, altho today was the first
setback they have had. They have been
selling well until today but the outlet
for them is small and with more than
usual on the market they bot them lower.
Would advise caution in shipping fresh
cows and springers.

Best steers, $6.25fir665; best 1.200 to
1,300 lb. shipping steers, $5.75@6.23; best
1,000 to 1,100 lb. do., $5.60@6; best fat
cows, $4fi‘4.75; fai" to good, $3.75@4; trim-
mers, $2.406!>2.75‘ best fat heifers, $5.25
«(15.75; butcher heifers, 800 to 900 lbs.,
$425616; light fat heifers, $3.50@4; best
bulls, $450005.

W’ith 62,000 hogs in Chicago today our
market opened 10mm: lower than Sat-
urday and closed steady with about every-
thing sold except a few late arrivals.

\Ve. quote: Best mixed, medium and
heavy, $6.70@6.80; best yorkers, $6.60@
0.70; light yorkcrs. $6.35foi65'10. Pigs, $6.25
((16.35; roughsu $5.70(r_115.80; stags, $4.50
@475. \

The lamb market today was about the
same as Saturday. \Ve. look for a little
better prices the balance of the week on
the handy lambs. ‘

\Ve quote: Top lambs, $795038; fair
to good lambs, $7.40((_u7.90: cull lambs,
$6.75@7.50; skin culls. $5.50@6.25; year-
lings, $6.5-0m‘7.25; wethers, $5.75@6.25;
ewes, .5.25@5.75; cull sheep, $3.50‘((P4.50;
best veals, 1101711144“; medium to good,

MARCH 6, 1909.

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$7.50@10.75; heavy, 546115.50.

Chicago.
March 1, 1909.
Cattle.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Receipts today .....24,000 60,000 25,000
Same day last year..22,630 40,606 19,888
Received last week ..45,575 149,721 71.396
Same week last year.61,326 100,895 68,969
Cattle wvre marketed unusually spar-
ingly last week owing to the big decline
in prices a week earlier, and while the
demand continued restricted owing to the
dearness of beef and the beginning of
the Lenten season, sellers were in a posi-
tion to mark up quotations. By \Ved~
nesday prices had been advanced 256F350
on an average, with a respectable show-
ing of $650607 cattle, the, poorer light
weight killers selling at 344.4001550. Of
course, conditions were 01' a temporary
nature, and no one looks for a contin-
uance of such prices, as there are plenty
of stockmcn who are eager to part with
their holdings on any good rally in val-
ues. Cows and heifers shared in the
activity and advanced prices with ready
buyers at $330016 while. canners and
cutters had a good outlet at $2@3.25,
bulls selling at $3.005

(Tattle were in lively demand today,
after a week of meager supplies, and
})l‘l((‘R were strong to 100 higher, with a
top sale of 49 prime 1,633 lb. steers at

$7.10. These were Missouri—fed cattle.
llogs were offered liberally on Monday
last week, but the. receipts on most days
were unusually small as compared with
recent Weeks and a year ago, and this
enabled sellers to get several sharp ad—
vances in prices. The eastern shipping-
demand was again the strongest bull
factor, and the lighter weights were apt
to be. diseriniinated against by buyers,
as has been the case for a long period.
llogs are coming to market good in quah
ity to a marked degree, but the recent
average weight has been but 201 1135.,
compared with 212 lbs. 21 year ago and
22.1 lbs. two years ago. The surround-
ings of the market seem to be encour—
aging i‘or stockmen, and there is every
reason to believe that the production of
marketable swine will continue profit-
able in spite of dear feed. As long as
farmers can get $6 per 100 lbs. for hogs
on the farm they are free sellers, bad
country roads being the principal 0b-
stacle to niarkctiiigs. The. market was
active today on both local and shipping
account, and despite the exceptionally
large receipts, the average decline was
not more than I'vc. Hogs sold at 5566116715,

coinparcd with 95.0001 0.50 a Week ago.
Sin-op and lambs with good quality
have Iiw-li in strong demand for another
week, and such descriptions VVt-re apt 1,,
Mi] ”1 liiulit‘l' prices as a result of thcii
lll‘l'illt‘ll scarcity at all times. The feeder
demand was especially strong at iii-m
lil'li'IF, lwavy siiwaring lambs going to
tio- colin‘i'y zit $7417.33 pt-r 100 11.3 and
Lemm- .Iitn’irlng‘ lambs at $6.50@6.00,
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1.;1‘111 5:1, pit-sent, as the lambs will be
,m ,ynmi to mail/vi after being finished
my Home the ‘.'».'Ulrl. Shorn flocks are

.; a mm; . u :1 in steadily increasing
$1,; , H Hall t‘li’be-d sheep have been
11,; ., ;, 31m ,.,.. oi' woolcd stock of
tio- om- 11nd, ‘v'flIlI.’ lIl"l‘i‘ was a. differ—
H .. «y '. Mu '. ,4. in .-.;il< s of clipped and
wound lambs. The market stood the

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:‘iy'niii oi' trainifli-t gi't-Jitly increased re-
w-ipts surprisingly Well, and for the most
purl prim-g- wwi'e steady, with a good
general demand. lianibs sold at $507.85,

 

  
 

  

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..,...._.. a 33.77.613.50, wetliers at $5.1m White CedarPosts, Poles and Shingles

SN», rains at $304.50, and yearlings at incur-iota. Fullertk Harris. Fin-well. Mich.

$0017.25.
MICHIGAN QUARANTINE AGAIN
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nent Job. Address Box 86 cr. Mich. Farmer. Detroit.

 

 

A recent proclamation issued by the STUMPS—Fsrmem having stumps or stoneto

blast this spring or next fall. should

State Live Stock Sanitary Commission write the MEREDITHP
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has iurthcr inodilied the quarantine reg- l mond, 1110.. for 911085011 dynamit€?gg:1:ggl%lig.

ulations in force, and permits the freer

 

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movement of lch stock within the state Winn in NOON of FERHUZER use’l‘heBlnckmnn

t‘Vt't‘Ill from the townships of “'ashing-
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Brands. Mfgd. by

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Both Phones No. 69.

 

Macomb co: the townships of Oakland,
Avon, Troy, Royal (lak, Southticld, Farin-
ington, and Novi. in Oakland county;
the townships of Northville, Plymouth,
Livonia, Redford, Greenfield, Ham-

wclls, Dearborn, Nankin and Canton. and

AUCTION SALE

40 head Bhorthorn Cattle, 10 head Horses and

Farm implements at. the Oakdale Stock Farm.

tranick, Gratiot, (irosse Pointe, Spi‘ing— grits? Townsmp, Kent 00.. Mien, Thur, March
D .

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MARCH 6. 1909.
This Is THE LAST EDITION

 

In the first edition the Detroit Live
Stock markets 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 first
edition is mailed Thursday, the last edi-
tion “Friday morning. The first edition is
mailed to those who care more to get the
paper early than they do for Thursdays
Detroit Live Stock market report. You
may have any edition desired. Subscrib-
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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday’s Market.
March 4, 1909.
Cattle. -
Market 10@15c lower

 

Receipts, 1.151.
than last week.

We quote: Extra dry-fed steers and
heifers, $550616; steers and heifers, 1,000
to 1,200, $5605.25; steers anr heifers,
to 1,000, $4.50@5; steers and heifers that
are fat, 500 to 700, Iii-4.2560460; choice
fat cows, .$4.25@4.35; good fat cows. $3.75;
common cows, $3653.25; canners, $1.50@2;
choice heavy bulls, $4.25@4.50; fair to
good bolognas, bulls. $375654; light bulls,
$3@3.25; milkers, large, young, medium
age. $40@50; common .milkers, $204330.

Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 5 cows
av 920 at $3, 4 .do av 805 at $2.75, 1 do
weighing 900 at $2, 2 steers av 1,000 at
$4, 2 cows av 965 at $3. 3 butchers av 880
at $3, 3 bulls av 1.313 :at $4.25, 1 do weigh-
ing 900 at $4; to Bresnahan 2 butchers
av 1,060 at $4, 1 cow weighing 1.050 at
$3.50; to Goose 8 do av 991 at $3.75; to
Kamman 8 butchers av 680 at $4.35; to
Mich. B. Co. 19 do av 680 at $4.50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Bresnahan 3 cows
av 1.093 at $4.50, 2 do av 990 at $3.50, 17
steers av 1.040 at $5.50. 2 do. av 950 at
$4.25; to Harmncmd, .S. =& Co. 3 butchers
av 610 at $3.50, 4 do av 900 at $4.50;
to Kammzm B. Co. 18 steers av 830 at
$5, 10 do av 693 at $4.40; to .Mich. B. Co.
1 hull weighing 1,230 at $4.25; to Ratt-
kewsky 3 cows av 890 at $3.75; to Kam-
man 4 steers av 895 at $4.75; to Ham-
~mond, S. 8: Co. 1 do weighing 1,000 at
$5, 1 cow weighing L130 at $4, 3 heifers
av 786 at $4, 8 steers av 875 at $5.25;
to Newton B. Co. 2 do av 1.300 at $5.60;
to Bresnahan l cow Weighing 1,100 at
$4.25, 1 do weighing 940 at $3.50; to New-
ton B. Co. 5 steers av 1,124 at $5.25, 3
cows av 1,090 at $3, 2 do av 865 at $4;
to Fitzpatrick Bros. 1 do weighing 720 at
$3.50, 2 do av 1.250 at $4. 6 steers av 010
at $5.10, 2 canners aV 825 at $2, 1 cow
weighing 850 at $3, 6 do av 1,033 .at $3.50;
to Newton B. Co. 7 heifers av 783 at $4.10.

Spieer, M. & R. sold Hammond, 'S. &
Co. 5 cow-s av 1.024 at $3.25, 3 do av 890
at $2.75; to Kamman B. Co. 4 steers av
932 at. $5.10; to Regan 4 heifers av 512
at $3.90; to Rattkowsky 2 bulls av 890
at $3.75: to Goose 1 cow weighing 1,000
at $3; to Lacealt 4 do av 945 at $4; to
Bresnahan 6 do av 1,183 at $3.75, 1 steer
weighing 840 at $5; to Laboe 17 butchers
av 703 at $4.35; to Mich. B. Co. 1 bull
weighing 1.630 at $4.20, 1 do weighing
1.450 at $4.20, 4 cows av 750 at $3.50, 1
bull weighing 800 at $3.50, 1 do weighing
1,080 at $3.75, 1 do weighing 920 at $3.50.

Adams sold Hammond, S. & Co. 1 steer
weighing 1,270 at $6, 1 cow weighing 1,100
at $3, 3 do av 1.133 at $4, 5 butchers
av 730 at $4.65.

Stephens sold same 2 heifers av 815
at $4.05.

J. Smith sold same 2 cows av 1,100
sold Regan 5 heifers av 640
at . .
Bergen sold Goose 5 cows av 1,014
at $3.

Haley sold Fry 4 steers av 805 at $4.65.

Johnson sold Sullivan P. Co. 10 steers
av 1,030 at $5.50.

Regan sold Newton B. Co. 8 steers av
1,046 at $5.30, 6 butchers av 861 at $4.35.

Johnson sold same 6 steers av 913
at $5.10.

Haley sold same, 3 heifers av 616 at

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McAninch sold same 24 butchers av
900 at $4.65.

Belheimer sold Bresnaltan 1 cow weigh-
ing 930 at $3.50. 4 do av 1,105 at $4.

Veal Calves.

Receipts, 600. Market steady at last
Week's prices. Best. $8.50m>8.75; others,
$4615; milch (:oWs and springcrs, steady
for good; common, very dull.

Bishop, 1%. 8’; H. sold Markowitz 14
av 120 at $7.25, 12 av 140 at $8.10, 2 av
100 at $6; to Nugle 5 21V 125 at $8.50, 4
:i\' 150 at $8.50, 11 av 120 at $7.50, 15 21v
125 at $8.15; to ltuttkowsky 1 weighing
150 at $6; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1
Weighing 130 at $7.75, 3 av 100 at $6: to
Cannon 6 av 135 at $8.50; to Nagle 5 av
140 at $8.25, 1 weighing 130 at $8.50, 6
av 155 at $8; to McGuire 13 av 125 at
$3: to Mich. B. Co. 20 av 130 at $7.75.

Spicer, M. & R. sold Rattkowsky 2 av
145 at $5.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 3 av
150 at $8.50, 6 av 125 at $7, 1 weighing 110
at $5; to Nagle 0 av 150 at $8.50; to Can-
non 3 av 160 at $8, 1 weighing 150 at $9,
12 av 130 at $8.50; to Parker, W. & CO.
4 av 140 at $8.

Roe Com. Co. sold Rattkowsky 4 av
150 at $6, 14 av 130 at $6; to Cannon
45 av 125 at $8.25, 8 av 150 at $8.50.-

Adams sold Nagle 7 av 135 at $8.

Vi’orthey sold same 6 av 125 at $8.

'Hecney sold same 5 av 125 at $8.

\N'eeks sold same 13 av 130 at $7.50.

Fenton sold Newton B. Co. 3 av 135
at $7.50.

Ha‘lev sold Eschrich 3 av 110 at $7.25.

Johnson sold Sullivan P. Co. 15 av 135
at $3.

MpAninch staid Hammond, S. & CO. 7
my 125 at .‘T.75, 2 my 355 at $3.50.

Stephens Sold Burnstine 10 av 131 at $8.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts, 2.689. Market steady with

Wednesday: 2.70 higher than last week.

Best lambs. $7.50; fair to good lambs, .

$6.50fl7.25: light to common lambs, $5.50
W6; yearlings, $5.50fi‘6: fair to good
S‘W‘D. $465; culls and common, $2.50
@350.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

Spicer, M. & R. sold Sullivan P. 00.;
32 lambs av 60 at $6.85; to Mich. B. Co. .
13 sheep av 80 at $4.25, 73 mixed av 58
at $6.75, 2 sheep av 160 at $4, 60 lambs
av 90 .at $7.50; to Young 12 sheep av 140
at $5; to Mich. B. Co. 32 lambs av 80
at $7.35.

Roe Com. Co. sold Barlnge 4 lambs av
95 at $6.50; to Harland 20 (lo av 80 at
$7.25, 5 sheep av 105 at $3.50. i

Bishop, B. & H. sold Nagle 191 lambs:
av 03 at $6.50, 42 do av 95 at $7.50, 8:
sheep av 135 at $4; to Mich. B. Co. 16'.
lambs av 60 at $6.25, 9 do av 75 at $6.50,
18 do av 75 at $7, 6 sheep av 105 at $4,
60 lambs av 77 at $7.50; to Sullivan P.
Co. 19 do av 70 at $7.60; to Fitzpatrick,
Bros. 2 sheep av 155 at $4, 7 do av 85 at
$5, 64 lambs av 77 at $7.25, 32 do av I3
at $7.25, 10 sheep av 98 at $5, 1 buck
weighing 160 at $3.50; to Mich. R. Co.
21 lambs av 70 at $7.25, 15 yearlings av
105 at $5.25; to Harland 2 sheep av 130
at $3.50, 32 lambs av 67 at $7.25, 18 do
av 90 at $7.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 78
av 70 at $7.25. -

Taggart sold Young 6 sheep av 95 at
$4.50, 73 lambs av 65 at $7.

Miller sold Newton 13. Co. 2 sheep av
130 at $4, 7 lambs av 90 at $7.

Bergin sold same 44 lambs av 80 at
$7.40, 3 sheep av 125 at $4. ‘

Fenton sold same 6 sheep av 100 at
$4, 78 lambs av 65 at $6.50.

Adams sold Robinson B. Co. 9 lambs
av 65 at $7.25.

Shephens sold same 5 sheep av 100
at $4.

Worthey sold Nagle 1 buck weighing
180 at $4, 25 lambs av 90 at $7.50.

Heeney sold same 31 lambs av 83

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Hogs.
Receipts, 3.092. Market steady with
Wednesday, 10@15c higher than last
week.

Range. of prices: Light to good butch-
ers, $6.50@6.65; pigs. $6; light yorkers.‘
$6.2‘5@6.35; stags. IA; off.

Sundry shippers sold Hammond, S. .&
Co. 297 av 138 at $6.40, 55 av 165 at $6.55,
128 av 201 at $6.65. ,-

Bishop, B. & H. sold same 355 av 200
at $6.60, 165 av 210 at $6.65, 191 av 180
at. $6.50, 64 av 175 at $6.55, 253 av 180 at
$6.45, 216 av 190 at $6.40, 31 av 171
at $6.30.

Sundry shippers sold Parker, W. 8: Co.
89 av 139 at $6.40, 191 av 160 at $6.50,
110 av 199 at $6.60, 28 av 172 at $6.55.

Roe Com. Co. sold same 53 av 142 at
$6.25, 56 av 180 at $6.60.

Spicer, M. & R. sold same 85 av 190
at $6.65, 160 av 180 at $6.60, 80 av 160
at $6.50, 140 av 160 at $6.50.

 

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When it attacks pigs a few weeks old
and they have a 'high fever they will not
suck their mother. This obliges one to
change their food supply. which is al-
ways done at considerable risk, for if
sick pigs are fed infected food or much
solid food it very often. disturbs the
stomach of pigs a few weeks old and
they die of weakness because they fan
to digest enough food to properly nourish
the body. It is possible for them to have
catarrhal fever. This is also fatal to
young pigs and may be infectious or it
may be epidemic. Give them small doses
of quinine three times a day, not more
than 1,4, gr. at a dose three times a day.
\Vash sow’s udders twice a week and
disinfect or whitewash pens. l
Enlarged Knee s.——Have a mare, that has
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to have lost his appetite but does not
suffer any pain. I am inclined to believe
that he has pneumonia and am at a loss
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Their Pruning and Training.

Within the next month the pruning oi
grapevines should be done. Most au-
thorities agree that the best time is near
the end of winter after the most severe
weather is past and while the vine is not
solidly frozen nor the sap so active as to
bleed. '

The question then arises as to how the
pruning is to be done. We shall not
attempt to discusg this from the stand-
point of the commercial grower, but
from that of the farmer who has from
ten to a hundred vines and wishes to
have some good fruit for his own table
and for his friends, and perhaps a few
for market.

\Ve will start with the young vine and
later consider the old, neglected one. It
is preferable in planting the vines to set
in a row or rows lengthwise across the
garden or other place where the vines
can be cultivated. The rows should be
about eight feet apart, and plants eight
feet in the row. After setting the young
plants Should be cut back to two or three
buds, and if there are Several canes
formed all but one should be cut away,

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Two Methods of Training the Grape Vines to Horizontal Wires,

the lower shoots rubbed off as they start,
the plan being to let two of the tipper-
most buds form sliOots to make hori—
zontal canes for the next year. l'p to
the third season a small stake will be
suillcient support, but if one can set the
posts in the spring of the second season
and stretch the lower wire it will save
some labor in staking. The cut shows
how we arranged this for a. row of vines
across our fruit lot. The line posts
shown are cement, seven feet long and
extending five feet above ground. It
the posts could be secured longer we
would have set them a little deeper and
let them extend a little higher, but we
iised what we had on hand. The end
pests were large cedar, well braced. One
wire was stretched three and one-half
feet above the ground. Some old cedar
posts that had rotted off were split into
stakes four feet long or more and driven
down beside the plants and in a straight
line with the wire, and far enough so
their tops were a couple of inches above
the wire. The stakes were secured to
the wire with a machine to put pickets
on line wires, but it could not be done
with the pincers, and some soft wire,
the ends being twisted about the line
wire so the top of the stake cannot slip
endwise oi" the wire. Staples will not be
satisfactory as ihry will not hold the
stake firm after a i'tw years.

The Stl‘lrlid mason llit, young vine was
tied to l'}t r-' ' tht, third season two
canes \xtre liaiiad along the lower vt'irr:

shown in thi- eut. In the riding of ‘I'ir:

fourth s. won the lop \\lli “or :tti'o o.
and a rune ltllll ill) I" ll H5“ 1"“"d
along it for a ilh‘lullt‘t'. Th“ “fill b‘v‘il-Wn

after planting two shoots from the base
of this cane were trained along the wire
for about ioltl feet eat'li. thus co'o-r
pleting the foim of the vine as in the
right hand vine shown in the figure. The
)1-1'1 Lard vine is trained similarly except
that two tilinlis .irt- brot from the ground
argue that the
latter training is best, claiming that most
of the growth will go to the. upper canes
when trained as is the right hand vine.
We are tying both systems, but have
noticed little difference as yet.

It will be noticed that the lower wire
is farther from the ground than is us-
ually advised. It was so placed because
we use this fruit lot as a hen park much
of the year and we wish to keep the
grapes up out of their reach. If desired
another wire could be put below these or
the space could be made two feet between
wires instead of eighteen inches

The stubs at the base of the horizontal
the cut are the arms of last

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THE MICHIGAN_ ‘ FARMER. '

season which bore the fruiting canes.
These are cut above the first good cane
and this trained along the wire to take
its place. The buds on this cane will pro~
duce shoots the coming season that will
bear two to four clusters of grapes at
their base, but continue their growth
sometimes for many feet, and when
ripened in the fall are known as canes
and will be trained to take the place of
the present horizontal canes, that is
those nearest the trunk will be retained,
the rest, together with the arm from
which they grew, being cut in pruning.
A rough estimate of the number of clus-
ters of fruit the vine will bear under
favorable conditions can be made by mul‘
tipiying the number of buds left by two.

The amateur may think this is pruning
the vine too severely, but it is about
what the commercial grower practices
and what is necessary for the farmer to
practice to get the best fruit and keep
his vines in control. If each of the buds
left, or even half of them, produce shoots
the trellis will be plenty full enough, and
the fruit shaded enough for best results.

Of course, it is not necessary for the

 

farmer to train all grapevines in this
way. Many may be set in places that
do not admit of such training. Porches,
arbors, wire fences, etc., form a support
which allows of shade and beauty, and
often much fruit if not as large fruit as
the more restricted methods. Some prun-
ing should be. done here also, the object
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wood as possioic and leave enough of the
new wood with the. buds protlueed last
year to produce the fruit for the eomingr
season. In this pruning it is well to
attempt to keep the trunk as short as
possible as a long curved trunk is useless
and makes a longer journey for the sap.
13y saving some shoots that occasionally
tome out on the trunk and arms the part
above these sho-xts can, in time, be cut
off and >the top formed from the new
growth.

In starting in to prune an old nig-
lected vine one cannot get it to the ideal
shape in one or two or even three yearsI
but he inust plan out his ideal and work
toward it a little each year. By leaving
shoots where he wishes the arms to be
and leaving some wood not desired until
the canes can be formed in the proper
position'the operator can gradually form
the vine to suit his taste, but it is some
thing like the work of the sculptor, slow
and requiring much foresight and judg~
ment.

Calhoun Co. S. B. IIARTMAN.

MUCK AS A FERTILIZER.

 

“'9 wish to set out strawberries, rasp-
berries and blaekberries this spring on
a light sell. I have some good lilm-k
muck close by that was thrown out of
a ditch. \Vould it do to twice this mot-k
'iiid apply it to :1, light soil where l 'irr‘

   

to set out my small fruit? Fho'ihl iv ho
pill in thi: ..'.’."l" D‘AY‘HH 5:!" TEFL UY‘i
"liar“?(hjgt'f ,, 'i Hr, l,-.- :1 ”Nil 1);, -l
in :«t on muck term)? i
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illill'k to the Hat soil, to I‘l'b‘f :i it!»
iillzer, rich in these two t It :oents, I'm
so doing, a maximum of results: should

be Obtained. It would be better to broad-
east the much ever the Soil, and thorolv
work it into the surface than to put it.
in the rows. Indeed, it would be detri-
mental tO the plants to plaee it so close,
to where the rents are to be, set, illus-
much as the plant food would be so near
the plants, that it would discharge the
production of an extended root system,
which is desirable in plants of this na-
ture. With a. large root system, the
plants will better withstand droughts,
and extremes in Climatic conditions. Ry
mixing much with the soil, it will be,
necessary for the plant to extend its root-
lets thruout the soil to secure the ele—
ments for its growth. Note should here
be made of the fact that muck should
not be applied directly to the soil afterl

MARCH 6, 1909.

   

  
  

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‘spring or if he is already in

is in a. very inert form and is not readily
available to the plants. It would be

'better to weather it for six months or

so, or compost it with marl, ashes or
lime, and then apply it to the soil after-
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The best crops for growing upon "muck
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'very generally employed for the produc~

tion of these crops, and yields that are
almost beyond reason have been secured
by intelligent cultivators.

IMPLEMETu—Ts FOR CULTIVATING
THE ORCHARD.

 

In the care of large commercial or-
chards special machinery can be had for
doing the cultivation. \Vith farmers the
situation is different. They must make
the best use of the machinery which
general farming demands. If, however,
the work of the orchard is in mind at
the time of the purchase of the‘plows
and harrows and other cultivating tools
better service might be obtained from
them in the orchard work, and perhaps
at the same time they would be as well
suited to the general farm work.

The average plow can be made to do
service in the orchard to good advantage.
The common steel beam turning plow
can be supplemented with a one-horse
plow with which the 'work next to the
trees can be done. An adjustable beam

which will enable the horse to pull away
from the trees is advisable on the
one—horse plow. Sometimes it is de—
sirable to use a. sub—soil plow. If
the proper kind of rotation has been
followed and the field is not undcr-
laid with a too compact hard-pan, this
Work is needless. A DT‘Opl‘I‘ rotation

would include deep growing plants such
as clovers which send their roots down
into tlhe soil and break it up. If sub-
soilirrg is needed it can be done before
the trees are put in, and during the early
life of the plantation out in the center
of the rows where the feeding roots have
not grown.

The spring tooth barrow is a good tool

for special purposes but its usefulness is
more limited than some of the othcr
barrows. For instance, it cannot be used
to advantage on dump soil or where there
are stones or trash to contend with.
The spike tooth burrow is almost indis-
pensible on the average farm and is
likewise useful in the orchard. Where
the ground is not too hard its use will
give a good surface mulch. They have
udjusiable teeth. This permits the user
to suit the implement to the purpose
desired. The spading, cutaway and disk
ll:ll‘I‘H\\‘S are now becoming popular with
gcnci‘ul farmers and Oi'cliardists. \l'lici‘c
the soil is rough, strong, or covered with
weeds, trash, straw, or what not, these
tools do not fail to work. The spading
narrow will stir the soil (lccpcr than the
cutaway or disk but the latter are bcltcr
tor for securing a good surface manipu—
lation of the ground. The common cul-
tivators are often used to advantage in
the orchard, especially close about the
trees.
Implement manufacturers usually pro-
vide an extension cvcncr, or frame. for
their barrows so that they will be useful
in getting close up under low headed
trees from crowding with the team. Such
work may be done without bruising the
trccs from crowding with the loam. Sllcll
an cvcncr can he cusicr made by any
farmer. This is a good time to provide
it so that more valuable time in the
spring and summer nccd not be wasted
eithcr in making the part or in fretting
the horses about the item.

If the farmci‘ is to make his first at-
tempt at cultivating his orchard this
the habit
would get profit

of doing so, he likely

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seeing what he has that may be useful
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Quinces can be grown either “1 bush
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Old orchards can be tiled by running
the' lines of drain between the rows of“.
trees. The roots are little disturbed by;
the digging and few large ones are sev-
ered. In some locations a good system
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the orchards into prime condition. ‘

   

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will be some connection between that
course and the world outsde the school.
We now teach in our schools sciences
that are related to agriculture, but agri-
culture itself is a science that should be
taught with the others. Prof. French
declared that five years hence, we will
be surprised that this work was not
begun sooner. The secondary agricul—
tural schools such as are maintained in
“'isconsin were mentioned, and the
speaker declared that agriculture. taught
in the public schools would give far bet-
ter results since it would reach all,
whereas the special Schools afford oppor-
tunitics t0 the few. He sounded a word
of caution in declaring that we must
move slowly in this direction.

Prof. French outlined the work along
this line which is now being conducted
in some high schools in the state, and
stated that the plan is working well.

WEDNESDAY.
Wednesday Morning Session.

The first session on \Vcdnrsday con-
Vcncd with an attcndaneo \vliicn crowded
the capacity of the opera house in which
these sessions were held, with I. R.
“'aterbury. of the Michigan Farmer, in
the chair.

The Growing of Alfalfa in Michigan
was the first topic discttsscd, bring the
subject of a very interesting~ address by
(Thas. 1i. (‘ook, of Owosso. Mr. Cook
opened his address by stating: that it was
with great rcluctance that he appeared
to sptak in public upon this subject,
since he felt that alfalfa culture was still
in the expcrimcntal stage in Michigan,
and that it was impossible to speak with
the authority of certain knowledge upon
its proper culture. Ilc urged tl1c neces-
sity of very thoro ‘mcthods if we desire
to succccd with this crop. llc cxprcsscd
thc contitlcnt bclicf that thc possible rc-
sult,L \\'t‘l‘t‘ worth thc tt'.o1t cvcn tho it
cxtciidcd ovcr swvcral years. with rcpcat-
rd faihu'cs ntcrvcninr'z llc ctnnmcntr'wl
upon thc 1cui:1tl;ahlcfccrlinu‘ value of
alfalfa hay, which contains a nutritive
1.1'tio almost t-ttllfll to bran, altlio it con-
tains liiorc tibrc, which must be con-
11‘1-d in dctciniinine‘ the actual i'ccding
valuc. Ilowcycr. in t‘ccdinu‘ alfalfa hay
to his dairy cows, he found that it had
fully sustaincd its rcputation and that
the largc yiclls which it is possihlc to
obtain. are an equally strongr argument
in its favor.

llr. (‘ook cinphasizcd the importance
of sccuring‘ a good stand if good hay
crops, are to be produccd. To this end,
he uracil thoro prcparation of the seed
bed, and thc sowing.r without a nurse
crop. As to the DI‘HDt'i‘ preparation of
the soil for alfalfa, hc thot if the soil had
bccn manurcd the previous year, and
planted to corn. potatocs or other spring
crops, alfalfa might propcrly follow. Ile
adviscd fall plowing, to turn the well
rotted manure plowed down the previous
year to the surface, and to permit the,
ground to settle so as to make an ideal
sccd hcd. The following spring, he, would
harrow rcpcatcdly so as to line the soil,
r111aki11ga dust mulch to conserve the need-
ed moisture for the quick ucrmination of
-\s to the time to
sow, he lit-lilvtd l-at onc should wait
until the climatic conditions arc favorable
for the quill; L'-‘l’tlill:1'l<ll'l of the sccd,
and 1m 1apid i'tw‘olll of the young plant

the sccd whcn sown.

3112(1 stand that, t‘o 1': 3:1 is 1:1“11 win)“.
nod casily tliscotqu-ttl at l'» h'lk'l. an)
that «yin a nod tniml :11 gust tia rial»!
ti111c wi.l rlist-o‘o‘ofst 1.111! hi‘l 111:1113 of
'ln‘ \V‘Itly’t‘l‘ trlnlllr, l7'1? t'lr '1»:,1.~a,111, 111_
would not sow 1111111 ll1l \‘yt-azut-i court’-
tions arc most tavombh, W not
until latc in .111111, altho thc "'lo’ 11} 7L.“

ycar is not as important as that 1211 con—
1litions shall bc all that arc tlcsitttl. Ht
mlso adviscd the wisdom of inoculatnc'
thc soil to insurc the Ill't-sciicc of the nit-
roa'cn gathcring bactcria pcculiar to this
piant. As to the propcr 111ctl1od of in-
It‘llllttltlll, he very strongly recommends
lltc sowing of soil from an old alfalfa.
ticld upon which the crop has grown
rllt'ct-SFl‘lillfi', and in which the bacteria
is plt-ntil‘ul. sowing: same at the rate of
two or three hundred lbs. per acre, and
harrowing: into thc soil at the time or
hct'orc the seed is sown. IIO sows the
seed both ways, brOadcast, to secure as
(v111 a distribution as possible, covering
liehtly with a bum“ or wecder.

Mr. Cook believes a 'liberal seeding
essential so as to have a thick and even
stand to make the best quality of hay.
If the preparation of the seed bed has
been sufficently thoro the Weeds will
bother the plants but little, and those
appearing may be clipped back later in
the season when the alfalfa has made

QHE MICHIGAN FARMER;

considerable growth, and left on the
ground. In cutting the crop in succeeding
years, he urged the importance of cut-
ting as soon as the first blossoms appear
in the field. This is essential, not only
to the making of a good quality of hay,
but as well in preservng the vitality of
the plant for future crops. Incidentally,
Mr. Cook stated that this principle might
also be applied with profit in the cutting
of clover as well as alfalfa.

Mr. Cook‘s address provoked a. good
deal of discussion and the asking of many
questions. To those who inqured where
they might secure soil with which to
inoculate their fields, Mr. Cook stated
that if they would look about them, they
would be surprised to learn how many
people were growing alfalfa successfully
in their own county, and even right in
their own 1’1eighborhood. In this discus-
sion, it developed that alfalfa seed is
being successfully produced by a number
of growers on the west side of the state,
and by a few 011 the east side, and that
the crop is being successfully grown on
all classes of soils, and that there seems
to be no doubt that when our soil becomes
thoroly inoculated with the, proper bac—
tcria, we will be able to grow alfalfa
with much grcater Ccrtainty, and prob-
ably without the very thoro cultural
int-thods which seem necessary to get
it (‘Stahlislicd

’l‘he sowing of a little 0 alfalfa seed with
clovcr was ittommtndcd as a means of
promoting;r a natural inoculation of mu
soils. The using of soil upon which
sweet Clover grows for this purpose was
discussed, but this process was thot by
Mr. Cook to be one of doubtful expe-
diency, owing to the fact that sweet
clcvcr is becoming a troublesome weed
in some scctions. .

In (luseussion of this subject, Mr. L.
\V. ()viatt, of Ray county, 111c11tio11cd a
111ctl1otl which hc has found most advan-
tagcous in sowing alfalfa seed, as well
as clover secd, which method will be
dscusscd by Mr. Oviatt in these columns
at an carly datc.

At this point in the program a. well
rendered and much appreciated piano
solo, by Miss ltutli ('lrser, the selection
being "The \\'itcl1cs’ Dream.”

Seed Corn, Its Selection, Care and
Testing.

This was the subject of an address by
Mr. J. I’. Il'lyis, of Indiana, who gave a
most practical and interesting talk. Mr.
Moist uracd thc carly selection of seed
1-1-1'11 1111111 the field, bclicving that corn
s~h-ctcd as soon as the kcxncls are well
intlcuicd. may he bcitcr dried out undcr
natural ccndtions, and will retain better
Vitality than t'ol'll St-lt't'tctl littcl' in the
.\s to the kind of cars to select,
)lr. Il:1‘-,'is ;_',avc a clear idea as to his
conccption of the proper type for Mich-
igan. in a general way, he urged the

St’t'ISUII.

SclcCtittn of cars the kernels of whicln
are rather rough, or at least, well in-1

dcntcd, as, if this is not done, the corn
will deteriorate in quality, producing ears
with shortcr kernels and of an inferior
quality. He stated that this was in ac—
cordance "with the grcat conmcnsating
law of nature; that the deep indentation
and roughness of the kernel at its outer
cnd showcd that nature had providcd a
large pouch, or sack, for the storing up
of nutricnts for the corn plant, which
that kcrncl would produce, and that the
would hc to 11.:1i11t11in and in-
vot-w t' t sizc of the sack and 1?.11 11111191

1.11dc11c‘.‘

of 11m krrnvl h‘.‘ 1‘21: '71 r-r '; of ' , 91
8-11: (it'F. {)i11’1tgoi,‘,t7"l’~'i "t-"’
it"tl rt’>\'\"- 1W“. '-’ j": '. ,‘.
1'? j I ‘~ ’ V‘
1 t1 1, 1 t l' ’ 1,;

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bl.1'l‘1'y‘ 1'1l g'i'tm ‘ Iy’i,’lfrl’; 3.53.1.4,”
11i:1ti\1};.'.s'1: '11:~"4 ll 1131 '-,
lcss vigor in ,sulctltl.1;;' Mants‘. :11»! rm};

:1 diffcicncc in thc fit-«ling valor.

llc hclicvcs that thc hcst typr- can be
sccurcd by thc sclcction of cars having
not less than it} nor more than 1\ str: tight
rows of corn to the mo. As to the
proper prcparation of the car. its cir-
(-umferencc at a point one-third distant
from thc butt of thc tip should cdual
three-fourths of thc lcna'th of thc car.
and the spcakcr hclievcd that for Mich—
igan conditions, the car should not be
ovcr nine. inchcs lontz'. Touching the.
shape of thc kcrncl. Mr. Davis urged the
importanCc of a wcdgc-shapc, with a
sduarc shouldcr or top. and with no space
hctwccn the kcrncls, citlicr at the cob
or on the outside of the car. The tip of
the kernel should be about three-fifths
as wide as the top. and its thickness
should be such as Would accommodate
six kernels to the incvh. As to the depth
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274 S30).

standard for a 10—in. car was flve-eighths
of an inch, which he thot to be rather
long for Michigan.

After the seed is selected, Mr. Davis
urged the importance of thoroly drying it
under natural conditions, and then stor-
ing it in a dry place during the winter.

In the matter of testing seed corn, Mr.
Davis urged the great importance of
making an ear test by taking about five
kernels from different portions on each
car, planting them in the corresponding
square of a testing box, such as has
often been described in these columns,
saving or disearding each ear as may be
indicated by the results. The form of
testing box which he favors is a shallow
box of sufficient size and something like
gig: inches deep. This he fills with clean
sand, dividing the surface off into squares
by the use of'strings, planting the ker—
nels in a slight depression in these
squares made for the purpose, and cover-
ing the box with a piece of old carpet
or other convenient covering. In about
llVi' days germination will be sufficiently
well advanced to permit the final selec-
tion of seed eats.

Wednesday Afternoon Session.

This session optn~d promptly at the
appointed hour, with Prof. J. A. Jeffery,
of M. A. C., President ofathe Michigan
t‘orn Improvement Association in the
chair. After music rendered by the U.
S. Indian School Band, of Mt. Pleasant,
came the “President's Annual Message,”
from Prof. Jeffery, which will be outlined
in the report of the deliberations of the
association, which will be reported in an-
other column.

Growing and Handling the Corn Crop.
was the subject of the next address, by
Mr. .I. P. Davis, of Indiana. As Mr.
Davis had touched on the. preparation of
the soil for corn in a previous address
he took up the thread of the discussion
where he had left off and began with the
planting of the seed. As to the prone:
time to plant he strongly favored early
planting, as the crop is likely to be of
better quality than if planted late. The
seed corn should be carefully graded be-
fore, planting. The, corn graders will
make the kernels selected of uniform size,
but will not sort out cracked or otherwise
damaged kcinels, for which reason he
handpicks his seed. After this is done
the planter should be adjusted to the
size oi‘ the kernels so as to insure uni-
form dropping. lle prefers checking to‘
drilling, since it is easier to give thoro
and cllan culture. l'ihlit'l'lllll-lllS have
shown that there is little, it" any differ-,
('llt‘t‘ in the yield St't'lll'ctl lijt' lllt’ 1W0l
mthods. but it is much t‘asier to keep Out
the weeds if the corn is planted in checks.
lle prefers two kernels to the hill, platit—
cd Jill; it. apart each way, and is of the.
opinion that the great majority of farmL
ers plant their corn too thick, largely be-
cause they have not made an ear test
of their seed and are :1 little titllllliftll (if
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t'llllllull he is of the opinion that nine
tenths ol' the usual number of barren
stalks wifl be eliminated.

Mr. llovis also believes that most
farmers plant their corn too deep. He is,
of the opinion that about ll1 in. is tliei
best depth to t'fl‘m‘l‘. llis theory is that,
the nutritnts >ltliltl in the lone: must
furnish food for tl- 5on7: plant until
it has dcv~ lopwd R t mini i:.:: win 10
it is pluntld too timings ti.» i;.:r'm.1v5.l
llil\".‘ ,‘Cvllow coin: -.'-. it r dots Lip no
lliillltl' ii lie li>'< 4‘ v.‘ H 3.1.:1

'l‘llc >Ii‘itlitl' ll‘ylti lit. 3-: l” "nan-"t if
beginning lite l1;",:l§.t' 2} >
sled is planhll. lg. 'w :trt if .
‘liai'row or \w . ti-i ill , , w r. ,
cvcr, barrow win it l‘w vw'r . l l
i11,‘_‘,‘ llll'Ll the giollnd ., it lb» More Mil-12v
broken and dartlogtwl .':l that i]:ii" than

after the tcndl l' shoot has developed more
strength and toughness. For subsequent
cultivations he uws a cultivator with live
teeth in each gang. stirring the whole:
ground about lit in. (let-1), and crosses
with the \vecdt-r at once. lle objects to
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keep up this shallow cultivation so {is to
keep the dust mulch intact until the. last
of August, using a one-horse cultivator
after the corn gets too large for the two.
horse tool. (‘ultivations should be fre-
quent. especially after each rain, but if
a crust is allowed to form on the surface
and remain for it) days or two weeks after
the corn is advanced in growth he be—
lieves that further cultivation will do
more harm than good. Mr. Davis closed
his address with the assertion that a hotel
can always be used to good advantage"
in the corn iicld, even with the best of
cultivation, and that at home he was
“The )lan with the line,” 1
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MARCH 6, 1909.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.
From Our”. Factory To You

FREIGHT PREPAID

0n EmBrs. Rubber Roofing

This remarkable new selling plan will save you money on the highest
quality old reliable Breese Bros. Rubber Roofing.‘ This is the most
liberal offer ever made on a high grade roofing.

Look at the low prices quoted and compare them with
others, and remember that these prices include freight
charges. You will find that you cannot buy anything but
the cheapest sort of roofing at this price. through a dealer.
We are the only manufacturers of high grade roofing
that offer to sell direct to the consumer at wholesale
factory prices.

And Breeze Bros. Rubber Roofing is the very highest
quality on the market.

Every roll of Breesc Bros. Roofing that
leaves our factory is covered by our ab-
solute guarantee to be water-proof, fire-
xesisting and durable.

It is made of long-fibre, wool-felt, 35‘1b- Roll,
saturated in asphalt by the special 108 Sq- ft" $1 35
Brccse Bros. process and 1-ply....... ‘
heavily coated on both aides

with flexible, water-proof 45'1b- R0“-

compound. 108 sq. ft., $1 85

Costs 1one quarter as 2—ply...... '
muc 1 as shingle and
lasts twice as long. 55'1b- R0“-

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Freight Prepaid
on 100 lbs.
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Free Booklet

Get our free. liberal samples of l-piy, 2-ply and 3-ply
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When you buy Breese Bros. Roofing you are protected for years .
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Longest Guarantee and
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Write us at once for the free samples and booklet or order direct
from this ad. Money back if not satisfied.

We pay the freight to all points east of the western boundary line
of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri and north of the south line of
Tennessee. If you live beyond, we pay it that far.

This remarkable, low-priced special offer may not be made again.

Take advantage of it and write us now—today.

The Breese Bros. Company
Rooting Dept. 14 Cincinnati. Ohio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
   
 
  
    

Let Me Pay the Postage on
My Big Free Buggy Book to You

Though these books cost me 80 each for postage alone, ~ yet I’ll gladly send you one free because I
want you to know about Split Hickory Vehicles—made-to-order—sold direct from factory to you at
_‘ home on 30 Days’ Free Road Test—guaranteed 2 years.

-- - flap/W ‘ Book Tells How I Save You $26.50 on Split Hickory Buggies

--tells why I can save it to you and just where the saving comes in—also tells how I save you at the same ratio on over 100 styles of Split Hickory
Vehicles—more vehicles than you could see in 10 big store rooms. Better send for this book. sit down of an evening and look it over. It's full ‘
of actual photographs of Vehicles and Harness of every description. It's my latest and bestbook~for1909—and it‘s truly a Buggy Buyers’ Guide
It not only gives descriptions and prices in detail. but also tells how good vehicles are made—why they are better made my '
way—all running parts made of second growth Shellbark Hickory. split with the grain, not sawed across it.
thus giving extra. strength and long,y wearing qualities. It tells about one of my latest features—-
Sheldon Genuine French joint automobile springs“ making the easiest riding buggy on the market-
even riding over rough roads is a pleasure with 3 Split Hickory."

Buying direct from the factory brings you in touch with the people who make your vehicle. My
two years’ guarantee is to you direct—my 30 Days’ Free Road Test is to you direct—my price to you
direct—no roundabout transaction as when buying through a dealer—keep the dealer‘s protit to buy other
things with—all meaning a big saving and more satisfaction to you. ~ ~

Will you let me mail you the book? Will you write for it today. Address me personally

H. C. Phelps. President.

_ THE OHIO CARRIAGE MFG. C0., STATION

 
   

    

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Vehicles Sold
Direct from
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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

AND THE

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Send all orders to
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‘ ”a DETROIT. MICH.
Three Dig): Papers

For those who would like to have
three daily papers a week, we have ar-
ranged with the New York Thrice-a—
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for that price. Send orders to us or
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Detroit, Mich.
Wlth Magnlfying Glasses _ . . Goon AGES GANBE MADE

In The Telescope
enables you to read the
Target at a, distance of over Collecting SUbSCl‘iptiOflS
to the Michigan Farmre
for the next few weeks.

400 yards, therefore the problem , 7 .u

ofa. FARM LEVEL with TELESCOPE at moder-
Write at once for par-
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ate cost has at last been solved. Voluntary letters
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from every State in the Union show the complete
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an (I express
charges.

Subject to
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satisfaction it gives for all kinds of DRAINAGE
WORK. IRRIGATION, DI’I‘CIIING, TER-
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a. Level. GUARANTEED to be absolutely SIMPLE,
ACCURATE, DURABLE and dependable in every
respect. NOW is the time to send in your order.

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Address all correspondence relative to
the organization of ncw Clubs -to Mrs. W.
L. Cheney, Mason, Mich.

 

Associational Motto.—
The skillful hand, with cultured mind,
is the farmer's most valuable asset.

Associational Sentiment.—
The farmer; he gamers from the soil
the primal wealth of nations.

 

WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED OF THE
YOUNG MAN OF TODAY.

Paper read at the Associational Meet-
ing by C. B. Scully, of the Berlin and
Almont Farmers’ Club, of Lapeer Co.

(Concluded from last week).

I am certain that you will all sustain
me in the statement, that it will be but
a short time before the agriculturist and
stockman will receive his share of public
official appointments and elective offices
as wellas the lawyer, not that he is any
mere honest than any other business
man. You, no doubt, have heard of the
old saying (The Honest Farmer). I am

inclined to believe that the farmer is no»

more 'honest in a business transaction
or in any other way than a man in any
other respectable avocation. Possibly he
may have lived more remote from the
vices and influences of evil and therefore
his tlispOsition for grafting be less de-
veloped. Be that as it may, we must see
to it that we are represented more in an
official way, which we are justly entitled
to, not only from the personal disposition
of our avocation, but from the fact that
it has been demonstrated over and over
again to us in the past sessions of our
law—making bodies, .both state and na—
tional, that if we expect to get represen-
tation we must be represented. Then,
brother farmers, let us sit up and take
notice of the misrepresentation of our
interests and demand our share of atten-
tion at the various sessions of our hon-
orable legislative bodies.

V'e often take too little interest in the
political issues of the day or else are led
on by some smooth, flattering, trained
politician and do not think seriously
enough for ourselves. As our friend,
Colon C. Lillie says, “We do not work
the part above our ears enough." Ever
after hearing this remark from Mr.
Lillie, it struck me so forcibly that 1
always remembered it as there is so
much more truth than fiction in those
few words, as they apply to the average
farm er.

It is with due honor and such respect
as the humblest should speak of the
highest oflicial of this great and glorious
country of ours that I refer to Theodore
Roosevelt, who without question, has done
more than any other President for the
welfare of the common people and who
stands today with a clear and spotless
record, which your children and mine
will find recorded in the annals of his-
tory and who will be classed as one of
the greatest of our country’s many great
statesmen. President Roosevelt has at
present undertaken what I believe might,
if properly supported by those directly
concerned, he the greatest achievement
of modern times—in the appointment of
the Country Life Commission.

I feel that a great compliment is due the
President from the country people of the
ITiiitlii for his endeavor to bring about
this wonderful and much needed good to
our nation; but can truthfully say that
I am sorry to see so little interest taken
in the project by the farmers whose
benefit it is the sole object of the Com-
mission to promote, and it appeals to
me that without their careful thot and
harmonious efforts in conjunction with
the Commission, the sought—for effect
which the promoter of the scheme is
endeavoring to accomplish ‘will fall far
short of his expectations and but little
will be attained, where great good might
be our reward.

There is at least one more point, which
I wish to bring out at this time, one
which the young men of our state and
many older ones seem mutually agreed
upon, i. e., that continued terms in office
of our officials is being regarded as one
of the greatest stepping stones to graft.
The time is now ripe when some action
should be taken to relieve the suspicion
of the people toward the official element
of our country and place our ofiicers
again on the high standard of honor, as
they should be justly recognized, instead
of the disgrace of slurs toward the ac-
quisition of graft being throwu at them
its soon as elected or appointed to any
position of trust, which is done in many

instances. As a correction of this state
of affairs, I would recommend the intro-
duction and passage of a bill at .the com-
ing session of the legislature, limiting the
term of office of all ofiicials, from our
local town constables to our highest state
elective, to two terms. At the present
time the law is such as pertaining to
township, county and state treasurers,
also some other officials, hence it is a
proven fact that it does work well With
these officials in most every instance,
then why not apply the same restriction
to all officials, totally clearing us of
what might be termed monarchial power,
and safely retaining the rights of citizen-
ship in this grand and glorious old re-
public of ours, where the heart of every
true American beats with a loyal apprcr.
hension of sincere appreciation. Then
with national and state issue, as well as
in private life, perhaps the best thots
I can leave with you all, but more par-
ticularly the young man or woman, may
be condensed to‘these few lines: Dismiss
the things in the rear of you; tackle the
things that are up with you, and prepare
for the things that are ahead of you.
I thank you.

 

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

Plan Union Meeting.—The January
meeting of Ellington-Almer Farmers’
Club was held with Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Turner in Ellington on Wednesday, Jan.
13th, and a‘ltho ideal weather prevailed,
still the gathering was unusually small
for this month. The new officers for 1909
were present and assumed the dignity of
their positions. The president, Floyd A.
Turner, made some very fitting extempo-
raucous remarks with regard to club
work, the objects and aims of a good live
club and the good results sure to follow
the doing of good work, and thanked
the members for their confidence in him
to trust him with the leadership of this
society of farmers. Mr. Turner was fol-
lowed by music and then some good dis-
cussions on the fruit crop and care of
the orchard. Mrs. Eva Camapbell next
gave a humorous reading in the (.lerman
dialect that was an unusually good imi-
tation of the genuine. ()tlher readings
followed. A happy forethot of this club
was to solicit the other local clubs with
a view to holding a union meeting very
soon, which was done and the proposi-
tion appeared feasible. The, matter was
taken up and arrangements duly made,
all the committees to report at February
meeting. Adjournment was preceded by
music—~Mrs. C. L. Wright, Cor. Sec.

GRANGE i

gin-E MICHIGAN FARMER.‘

 

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Our Motto—“The Farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be
first improved." ‘

 

THE MARCH PROGRAMS.

State Lecturer‘s Suggestions for First

Meeting.
saloonless country and a stainless
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ling.

_[“ifteen—minute temperance song-ser-
Vice.

Progress of the Anti—Saloon Movement.
“by ? W here ‘? llow '.’

Effect of the Anti-Saloon Movement»—
Upon business; morals; politics; home
life.

Types and breeds of the sheep.

Home Economics: (a) Meats. their

topics on those programs with appro-
priate music' and recitations. .

 

GRANGES HELP SECURE REST
ROOMS.

Last August many Granges in the state
discussed the topic,
Farm Women." At this time, so far
as could be ascertained, rooms were pro-
vided expressly for this purpose in but
three or four court houses in Michigan.
Two others have since then been fur-
nished and reported. One of these in—
stances has a significant interest
Grangcs. It discovered itself to me the
moment I stepped into the railroad depot
at Bellairc, when I was there on institute
work sometime ago. On the «wall hung a
sign which read, “Free Rest Room for
\Vomcn in Basement of the Court House."
These neat placards were displayed in
the hotel and in business places. Open—
ing the institute program, I found that
the women’s section was to be held in
this same, rest room. Here, later, more
than a hundred women enjoyed the ac—
commodations and friendly atmosphere
that go far to make any public gathering
successful. I asked how it had come
about that this room had been made
available and so comfortably fitted for
the use of any woman who had occasion
to be in Bellairc for an hour or a day,
on er‘ands or business. The Story as
told is this:

The ladies' club of Bellaire first sug—
gested the idea of a rest room and sent
out a circular letter to each women's
society in Antrim county. When the
women had agreed to undertake the pro-
ject, a committee went before the super—
visors and told them if the county would
finish off a room in the. new court house
and put in the plumbing. the, women
Would furnish it, The supervisors ac—
cepted the proposition and finished a
large, light and airy room in the base—
ment with neat womlwork, cement floor,
and with toilet room adjoining. The
women of the clubs, church aid societies,
lodges and Oranges over the county then
raised $100 and furnished the. room with
linoleum floor covering, a couch and a
few comfortable chairs. Of the amount
spent, the Granges raised $28. Antrim
Pomona Grange. gave $l5

7)

Society,

the room.

At the institute meeting it was voted

to hold an all—day women's session next
year and, more than that, to convene
quarterly during the interval
now and then. The town and
women alike enthusiastically endorsed
this latter suggestion, made by one of
their own number, one of the argmnents
in its favor being, “Why not, now we
have a fine place to meet each other?“
Here is a practical public convenience
that is much needed, especially by farm
women, in some seventy county seats of
the state. \Vhat better agencies exist,

 

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Court House at Bellaire, in which Grang

selection and serving. (b) Foods, their

kinds and uses.

Suggestions for Second Meeting.

“The end of government is the welfare
of mankind.”——Jno. Locke.

Types and breeds of the pig.

Home Economics: (8.) Care of wood-
work and floors. (b) The use of oils.
(c) How to remove stains.

Discussion—Telephonc
common carriers.

Lecturers are urged to intersperse the

companies as

 

- Mr rem».

 

es Helped Secure Women’s Rest Room.
ready equipped. to take the initiative and
bring them into reality than the Pomona

“Rest Rooms for

to makes more and richer

of this sum
and the twelve subordinate, Granges con—
tributed the remainder. A “Rest Room
with annual dues of 50 cents a
member, has been formed to maintain'

between
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GET MORE MILK

at Less Cost for Feed

The Dairyrnen who are making most
money today don’t depend on dry feed.‘

Their cows eat fresh, sweet silage—from
the famous Sail-aw Silo. It cuts feed bills
In half and makes the cows produce to their
fullest capacity. The
Silage in the“Saginaw"
is preserved perfectly
for there is no opportu-
nity for air to get in and
spoil It. This silage di-
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milk than any other feed.

Put This

Saginaw Silo
By Your Sow Barn

and let it make money
for you.

No other Silo made -
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cheaper than eitherdry W
feedorpasturage.Aud . . ... m

It Pays for Itself In One Season

Letters come to us every day from enthusiastic
farmers who say they're sorry they didn't. eta
Saginaw Silo sooner. What. you save on fee and
gain on milk actually more than pays for the Silo
the first. year. Write today for our splendid Free
Book It. tells all about 811886 and the construc-
tion of the Saginaw Silo.

FARMERS HANDY WAGON COMPANY
- BOX 64, SAOINAW, MICH- _
Dos Molnes, la. Mini eapo is, Minn.

GARDENER’S FRIEND

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can do work of three. Boy can do
two men's Work. It druwn~no chopping. back-strain-
ing hoe work. Thirty inches of cutting edgel-five
tunes that. of a hoe.

Adjustable and reversible—will make planting
rows and cover them. Hus shield to protect young
plants“ Only one-sixth the price of wheel hoe, yet
works in loose. sandy, uneven and littered ground
where wheel hoe fails. Every one absolutely guaran-
teed. Onlv $1.25. We pay express. Try one and be con-

, vmced. Thousands have done so. W'rito at. 01100. Also
i ask for free book and tesfiiinoniluls. f

t iieru termsto ugentsi you
A snap IOI’ Agents start. at once. Chance to
make big money. One man made $18.50 in one (in).
Article sells itself. Use sample. “'0 need to lay in big
stock. Write today for particulars. This offer limited.

i “LRICH MFG. C0.. 117 River St., ROCK FALLS. ILL.

issm noun or ROOFlll—Ii

 

 

buys full roll (108 sq. ft.) of strictly high

. grade rooting. either rubber or flint coat sur-
— lace. with cement and nails complete.

Most liberal offer ever made on first class

roofing. Better than goods that sell at much higher prices.
Don't spend a dollar on roofing until you have seen

IIIIITII IISPIIIIL'I' ROOFING

You and no money when you order Unito Roofing.
Satisfaction Guaranteed. Write today for free samples for
t test. and comparison and our unparalleled selling plan.

0'"le FACTORIES 60. Dept. A22.clovol-nd. 0.
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Lumber is high. A car load or two pays
for an American Mill. Supply your needs
and your neighbors'. No experience needed.
Haul mill wtimber If desired. All Shel—-
All Prices. Tbc Variable Friction Feed,
Combined Ratchet Sc! Works and Quick Recedct
‘- -' means most work
with least power.
Free Catalogue
. lists all kinds of
wood working mn-
dnn' ery.Askforit.
American Saw III]
Machinery Co.
128 Hope St.
Hutettstown, n.4,,
1569 Termini
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, ' Every Press we sell goes to the bu er
on that. No sale and freight refunded’i’f it
cannot fill all claims made for it. in our
Catalog. Write for Catalog.

J. A. SPENCER. Dept. 6. DWIGHT. ILL.

SPENCER

                 
   
 

There are three things that de-
stroy your lawns, Dan-
delions, Buck Plantain
and Crab Grass. In one
season the Clipper will
drive them all out.

as Slippcr Lawn lower 00..

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Oranges of these same Counties?
JENNIE BUELL. 1

- COMING EVENTS. ,

Pomona Meetings. ‘

Muskcgon Co., with Fruitland Grange,

at “'hitehall. Thursday and Friday,
March 11 and 12.

 

ALEXANDER 6: DOWELL. At
_ tomeyn at Law. 918 F. Bt.,Wush
57 Proou

lngton. (Eat. 18 .) re Pu -
out. and Trade Marks: Reader
on Patentnblllty or Invention-Null alllxyp:3i (1)3333:
ment of Patents: Practice In all Federal Court--
Will send book 0 of Information on request. .
EASE MENTION THE MICHIGAN FARM
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27 6' (32)

Do Your Own Grinding

Quick and easy with Ideal Feed Mlllr1
saves loss of time—and no cost—grinds
Ear Corn. Shell Corn.0ats. Kaifir Corn.
and all small grains—grinds fine. medium
or coarse feed for Cattle, Hogs. Poultry
and Horses —grinds high-grade Corn '
Meal, Rye. Graham or Buckwheat Fleur

- Ideal Food Mills are used by thou-
sands of farmers, stockmen and dairy- ‘
men everywhere—no need to “senate
mill” for every little ”job”—you can'db ‘
it yourself right on your farm now with ,

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Ideal Feed Mill
Pays, for Itself

in a short while-and besides saves a big
. loss of time between form Illld mil .

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Write for “Book oi Feed Mills" Free

- It tells everything you
Just write

.Idenl Feed Mills—
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«WORK OF TWO

With Iron Age Ridina Culti-
vators. You can do it easier and
better, because the are built on
lines that make 1; is pessible.
Hoes are under erfect control.

- Can regulate 0 th and

- keep hoes desire dis-

tance from growing
plants. More ad-
vantages lnour .

Pivot or fixed
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We are manufacturers. not merchants. Save dealers. ,
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$50 to $300 on my High Grade Standard Gasoline

Engines from 2 to 22-H.-P.-—Price direct to you ' '
lower than dealers or jobbers have to pay for
similar engines in carload lots for spot cash.

   
 
  
 
  
  
  
  
   
  

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Price and quality speak tor themselves (cry on so i

Dsys' Froo‘
,. Trill. Saiisiac- '
,2 tion or money
r ack. Write Iorspcc-
. ial proposition. All .
I/ you pay me is for raw 5
« material, labor and
ne smallprofit. Send for
my big BOOK FREE.

Wm. Galloway. Pres.
Wm. Galloway (‘0.

645 Galloway Station
Waterloo. lows

HENGH’S 20th. l
Century
Sisal Ball Coupling Pivot Axle
Cultivator 3‘33. ”311':
Planter and Fertilizer

Attach Complete in
One Machine.

Award (6
GOLD ,ME AL
at Worlds Fair. St.
Louis. A wonderful-
Improvement in culti-
: vators.cornbining every
"-7: possible movement of
‘ gangs and wheels re-
- quired. Easily changed
' ' to different styles.
Thousands in use. M’f’r'sof all kind of Ag’r’l liii-
plements. Agents wanted; write for circular.
The Hench & Dromgold 00., Mtrs.. York. Pa.

and you are to be the sole judge.
Se-ll your poorest horse and buy a

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Century Adjustable 60m Planter Gauge

Pays for itself on every Two Acres ofcorn
planted. Will clamp on any planter runner
made. Plants all corn at auniform depth.
Farmers are requested to write us t’orfurthcr
particulars. Agents and salesmen wanted.
Price $5.00 per set f. 0. l). La Crosse.

CENTURY GAUGE C0., La Crosse, Wis., Depi.M
: “IE LARGEST IND BEST LINE OF

WELL DRILLING

MACH I N ERY m is... W

have been mak-

ing it for over 20 years. Do not buy until you

see our new Illustrated Catalogue No. 14. Send
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SPIKE
TOOTH

CULTIVATOR

  

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FIVE-TOOTH
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After on 'have Spent time and
money p anting, you want the best
results. This means careful cultiva-
tion of the growing plants. You can easily do thorough work by using
They are correctly built and
WALTE R A. woo D have a wide range of adjustment.
" Ve show two of our models.
0 u LT IVAT o R The “Queen’s" frame is I-beam
steel; strong, light and a snug
seat for the double tooth-standards. These standards form a solid seat
for the tooth and allow up and down adjustment of tooth. Hillers and
listers can be set in any position. The frame is absolutely rigid and the
handles cannot loosen. The Spike-tooth Cultivator teeth have two ‘
styles of pomts and are rever51ble. You can see these cultivators at
our nearest dealer’s. Write us if you
do not know his address. We’ll also
send our illustrated catalogue.
Walter A. Wood Mowmg and
Reaping Machine (:0.
BOX 304 HDOSICK FALLS, N. Y.
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This is the harrow that interests every pro-
gressive farmer. Does 2 days’ work in 1.

Once Over Makes a Perfect Seed Bed

0 need to go over the ground two or three times. The 2-in-1 Harrow nves hall your time and
hail the labor and glues ou a better seed bed than you get two or three times over with any
other style harrow. It oes two kinds of work at once. It is borrow and cultlvflor Oom-

blned. The spring teeth cultiv-te and stir the soil, the spike teeth break the clods and puIVerize

the soil when it is fresh turned and moist, just when it pulverizes best, as every farmer knows.

Write for Free Circular Today

and learn all about this great combination tool—how the s lkes not us runners (also pulverizers)
when you use the spring teeth; how the spring teeth 1101 the spikes to their work; how both
work together, or how you raise all teeth and trunsport barrow on frame. The tool for
all soils, a. treasure for fruit growers and all top soil and mulch making. Shifts instantly
and easily with two levers.
Write now {or introductory offer—one man from each locality gets it. Selling is
easy-where the first one is at work. Write a postal for facts today to

  
   
 
     
   
     
 
  

  

  

 
 

   

Get The Naylor Manufacturing Company First
In On 54 Spring Avenue, LaGrange, Illinois Order
'0‘“, Great Dealers Wanted Everywhere FromuAhny

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the 5 best ears of seed corn
MAN URE SPREADER
4:, 7 BOOK, which proves that the Appleton Manure
. - . can run it as well as any man: and so effective
from the beginning to the end of the load.

L sent us before Nov. lst, 1909 by users of
bought in 1909. Write today for fulipartic-
7” Spreader is as strong as steel and oak can make
in operation that it never bunches the manure.
APPLETON MF’G. CO.

'I'HE APPLE‘I'ON
ulars. and ask for our FREE SPREADER
’ . it; so simple that any boy who can drive a team
but pulverizes thoroughly and distributes evenly
20 Force St. Bstevio, [1].. U. S. A.

 

THE FROST WIRE FENCE

is the bi est. fence value ever offered. It is the
original Cgigled Spring Wire fence. Made from High
Carbon Steel and guaranteed to Withstand wind. stormE
rain and ice. Lasts a lifetime, always stays tight. M_ s
durable and economical ‘ence to buy and safest for high
bred stock. Woven at factory or erected on your farm.
Frost Steel Gates add materially to the _beauty of your
farm. Write tor Free Catalog describing Fences
and Gates.

THE FROST WIRE FENCE co.
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GET OUR FREE SAMPLE which we send for inspection. Test it: {or
strength, stiffness and rigidness, then look to the galvanizing. File
it and see how thick that is. We want you to satisf yourself
that for YOU Brown Fence is the best fence to buy or Horses,
Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, etc. Our fences are made of extra.
heavy Steel Wire—both strand and stay wires No. 9 gauge.
SELLS AT 15 to 35c PER ROD DELIVERED. WE PAY THE FREIGHT.

Easy to put up. Stands staunch, solid and rigid. Won’t sag or
bag down. Ourfprices are less than you would ay for much
lighter fenoes.-— enccs not half so durable. W to today for
sample and catalog showing :50 styles. ’

The Brown Fence &. Wire 00., Dept. 49 Cleveland, Ohio.

 

 

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MARCH 6, 1909.

    

Burn Les Fuel
Get More Power

We have proven by many tests that the
“New Huber" Traction Engine is a. fuel
saver. We have proven by repeated tests
with other makes of engines tluit the "New
Huber” develops more power with less fuel.
Our Return Flue Boiler shows why. There
may be other engines with return flue
hot era. but there is none built on the "New
Huber" principle. It cannot be imitated.
It is on exolus ve Huber feature. designed
and perfected by our own expert machinists.
The nest flows iorwurd in a large hue
through the water and returns through the
wnter, in. tubes to the smokestnck. This
gives double contact of the heat with the
water—the most. power for the least fuel.

The_“New Huber" is the most economical
Traction Engine built. It will outwenr any
other. has many points of excellence
over any other. If you are interested in
threshing machinery. or have any need of
a Traction Engine for any urpose, you
should writeat once for the ' New Huber"
catalog. It is EE. and will be sent post-
paid on request. Send a postal now—while
you think of it.

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Dept. E. Marlon. Ohio
The Western Plow Attachment :Vrite
01'

iii? SULKY PLOW

of any walking plow.
Stesdies the plow: saves the horse.
Does sway with hard work.
Right or left
hand-wood
or steel beam.
Absolute control of
shear however hard
the ground. Address

WESTERN IM PLEM ENT 00.
206 Park St., Pt. Washington, Wis.

“A Boy can run It a: we" a: a Man"

“The Fence iliat Lasts Furor—oil;
. illliiig. ~< .lHAllWOUD .

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Ornsm at our front yard by installing a bonutlfill
Iron FZneg. ur Iron Fence has Style, Finish and
Dun-ah Ility. and in cost we con etc with the World.
100 Choice Begins. Address e ’t D for prices.
CINCINNATI IRON FENCE 0 . ! ncorporsted)
FREE Catalog-e. cmcnlnu'rr, om .
AGENTS WA TED In every town. EASY TO SELL

I5 Gents 3 Rod

For s. 22-lnch Hog Fence; No for
26-inch; 19° for 31-inch; 22 l-fls
for lit-inch; 87o tor a. 47-lnch
Farm Fence. 60-inch Poultry
Fence 870. Lowest prices ever
‘ made. Sold on 30 da s trial.

  
  
 
  
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Union LOCK Poultry
assess; Fence

Straw close mesh.
Hig est quality, su-
perior lock. easily
erected, strong. low
priced.

Write for new catalog
describing the Union
Line of Field. Hog. Poul-
try and Lawn Fences.
Union Fence Co.

De Kalb, III.
Kansas Clty, Mo.

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FENCES

“Cost Less Than
Wood ”
Lawn, Form and
Poultry Fences.
Gates. oto. Highest Grade. All Work Guaranteed.
Lorne Illustrated catalog and Spool-I Prices FREE.

Dwigglns Wire Fence 00.,12Dwiggins Avs., Anderson. ind.

FENCE #53333?

Made of High Carbon Double Strength
Coiled Wire. Heavily Galvanized to
prevent rust. Have no agents. Sell at
factory prices on 30 days' two trial.
We pay aiifreight. 37 heights of farm
and poultry fence. Catalog Free.
COILED SPRING FENCE co.
Box 21 Winchester. Indiana.

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caper than wood.
combinm strength
- and art. ‘orlawns.
churches,cenieteries
Send for
CATALOG. Address
The Ward Fence Co.
Box 677 Decatur.Ind

more or Minorities:

We purchased raw material cheap during‘the
panic. you get the saving. hese low prices
Won’t last long. Write at once for catalogue
and prices. Anchor Fence & Mfg. co"
Department I. a: Cleveland. Ohio

Always mention the Michigan Farmer
when writing to advertisers.