VOL. CXXXV. No. 26.
Whole Number 3527.

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FARM NOTES.

Applying Stable Manure In the Winter.

1’ would like to know, or inquire through
your paper, a few facts in regard to the
manure question. Is it a good plan to
haul manure direct from the stable and
spread it upon the land when there is a
good depth of snow, or even when the
ground is well frozen? When the manure
freezes, does the manure lose some of its
value? Last winter we had a heavy fall
of snow, and I hauled the manure direct
from stable to the field and spread it well
by fork upon the snow. \Vhen I harvest—
ed my com I could see no difference where
the manure was put and where it was
not. This field was a very'tough sod.
that had lain for 1:1 years. Three crops
of hay had been taken off and the rest
of the time it had been pastured. It is
a level field, and is well tilled. The soil
is heavy clay. I would like to know if
it was the. dry weather or the snow that
carried the fertilizing value out of the
manure. .

W‘ashtenaw Co. TV. J. S.

It is the opinion of farmers and experi-
menters alike, who have tried different
methods of handling stable manure that
there is the least loss when it is applied to
the land as rapidly as made, especially if
drawn out on sod ground and spread at
any season of the year. Only the mois~
ture is evaporated or frozen from it, as
the case may be, and the plant nutrients
which it contains remain intact, and such
plant food as may 'be washed from it by
the spring rains is quickly absorbed by
the roots of the grass growing upon the
land. There is probably no doubt that
the apparently poor results secured from
the application of the manure in this case
was due to the exceedingly dry weather
of the past summer which would arrest
decomposition which is necessary to
make the plant food contained in the ma-
nure available. However, while no bene—
ficial results may have been noted in the
corn crop we believe there is no doubt
that the succeeding crops will be benc-
iited by the application of this manure.
since it is certain that the minimum
amount of its fertilizing value was lost
when applied to the land by this method.
.lt was simply not available for the corn
crop owing to the unfavorable weather
conditions but will be available for the
succeeding crops and will certainly bene-
fit the mechanical conditon of the soil as
well as increase its available content of
plant, food.

Testing Seed Corn in An incubator.

I have watched the columns of your
paper for information about testing seed
corn. I want to test mine this winter and
am thinking of using my incubator for
that purpose. Any information on the
subject will be. appreciated. If my plan
is a success i will report the outcome to
you later.

Antrim Co. N. G.

While seed corn may be tested in the
manner suggested and the plan has been
reported to us as successful by some of
our correspondents yet we believe that
this is an unnatural method of testing
corn and that the results might not be as
satisfactory as where some other plan is
followed. Those who have used the in-
cubator recommend the regulation of the
temperature at about 85 degrees. Every
man who has had experience in planting
(.orn under favorable and unfavorable
conditions knows that seed which will
grow under favorable conditions will
sometimes give. but a very poor stand
when the weather conditions are unfavor-
able after it is planted. The constant
temperature of 85 degrees is never ap-
proximated in the soil at corn planting
time nor is the temperature constant
for long at any lower point than this, con-
sequently we might expect that com
which would germinate well in an incum
liator where the temperature conditions
were constant and moisture is supplied in
proper amounts might easily fail to give
a good stand in the field.

The writer had a very good illustration
of this fact last spring. Seed that made
a very good stand in another field plant—
('(‘l a little later in the season under a
little more favorable weather conditions
made only half a. stand in an earlier
planted field when the weather conditions
were not nearly so favorable for its quick
germination. “'hen seed corn is tested
in a testing box by the ear method a
great variation will be observed in the
vigor of the, germination of kernels from
different cars and the best plan is to re-
ject all ears which do not give a vigorous
germination of every kernel used in the
test. Some that will sprout all right do
so tardily and other sprouts are weak
and there is no comparison with kernels
from anot'her ear under exactly the same
conditions. Thus we believe it to be a
better plan to test the seed corn under
more natural conditions, using the testing
box divided into squares 'hy strings, as has
been before described in these columns
and planting about four kernels from dif-

ferent parts of each ear in the square
corresponding to the number by which
the ear is marked.

The ordinary room temperature is
plenty warm enough for the purpose and
if it varies a little during the day and
night, as it ordinarily will, the conditions
will more nearly approach the field condi-
tions under which the corn will be plant-
ed. Then by rejecting all ears, the kernels
from which do not give perfect germina~
tion, we will be sure, as near as it is pos-
sible to be, that the seed is first quality.

\Ve should, of course, be glad to get the
results of the incubator test, or several
of them, if this subscriber or any other
reader should try out the plan, but a test
of this kind would have added value if it
were checked by a test of a certain num-
number of ears made in accordance with
the plan above outlined and a comparison
of the results secured by the different
methods noted.

Sawdust as a Fertilizer:

Can you tell me through your paper if
decayed hardwood sawdust has any value
as a fertilizer, and if so how should it
be apphed?

Montcalm Co. J. D.

There would not be sufficient fertilizing
value in this sawdust to make it practical
to apply to most soils unless it had lain
in shallow piles for a sufficient length of
time to become pretty well decomposed.
If it were dried and used as a stable ab-
sorbent then considerable benefit would
be derived from it. On hard clay land
the mechanical effect of such an appliCa-
tion, in addition to the vegetable matter
which it contains, would make the appli-
cation beneficial to the soil and increase
its crop—producing power. ”However, care
should be taken in applying this material
not to put it on too thickly, especially up-
on light or open soils.

TOP-DRESSING WHEAT WITH
STABLE MANURE.

 

 

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acres of wheat with manure so as to be
sure of a good catch of clover next
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down. The manure under cover we can
draw a litlle later when we can't get
it out of the yards. We have 92 acres
of wheat straw to use up and make into
manure and are drawing and putting in
the steer yards and sheds two stacks we
bought of the neighbors. Putting the
manure on the wheat at the rate of seven
or eight loads to the acre serves a double
purpose; it holds the snow from blowing
off the wheat and makes a. catch of
clover. Three or four years ago this
winter I drew seven loads of horse ma-
nure over to the back side of the farm
on a poor spot of ground in the wheat
field. I spread this manure very thinly
on the snow. I think it went over a. lit-
tle more than an acre. In the spring I
sowed on the clever seed and did not
drag it or roll it, but when we cut the
wheat we had no trouble in finding the
place. The man that pitched the wheat
noticed that the bundles were a. great
deal heavier on this ground and the heads
longer than elsewhere on the field. The
clover was twice as good and twice as
large as in any other place. and when I
cut the hay the next summer, I think
there was enough more hay on this one
acre of ground to be worth fifteen dol-
lars. I am beginning to believe that the
place for every fork—full of manure is on
top of the ground on wheat, instead of
being plowed under Where it leaches still
further down. '

This has been a good fall for .the wheat
and especially the corn-ground wheat.
Some Of our corn-ground wheat looks as
well as if it was summer fallow wheat,
while the later sown does not look so
good. \Ve had the 62 acres of corn-
ground wheat in by the third of October.
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September. We sowed‘timothy seed on
all our wheat and it is going into the
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* EXPERIENCES W-lTH ALFALFA AT

. CHERRY HILL FARM.

I read all of the experiences with al--
falfa published in the Michigan Farmer
and some time ago I read an article from
the pen of Mr. Lillie in which he seemed
to be rather disappointed that the farm~
ers throughout the state did not experi-
ment in a small way with alfalfa, and
give the public the benefit of their expe»
riences.

I want to say, for his encouragement,
that I have been trying, and with partial
success, ,and I know of others that have
been experimenting along the same lines.

I had about half an acre of ground
handy to the cow barn on which I raised
early sweet corn from which, after get-_
ting the corn, I would feed the stalks to
the cows. Two years ago, early in the
spring, I went to a neighbor’s who had
turned over an old alfalfa sod the fall
previously and he kindly let me have sev-
eral bushels of soil which I sowed on the
plot. After dragging to mingle the inocu-
lated soil I sowed ten pounds of alfalfa
seed on the half acre. This was early in
the spring, in the fore part of April. The
seed came up very nicely, the Weeds came
up very thickly too. I clipped the plants
and weeds as soon as tall enough so that
I could, but quite a large portion of the
plot failed to make a sufficient stand to
suit me, the rest turning pale and sickly
looking and sparsely seeded. A year ago
last fall I plowed up all that part along
with a few rods more ground which I
added to the experimental plot and sowed
a very thin seeding of rye quite late, so
it just nicely came up before winter set
in. Early in the spring I spread with a.
manure spreader six loads per acre of
well rotted manure, then sowed 15 lbs. of
alfalfa seed which I dragged in thor-
oughly, destroying some of the rye but
leaving enough so that I had a heavy crop
of rye and a good stand of alfalfa.

I have an acre and a half contiguous
to this experimental plot that raised a
good crop of late potatoes. This strip of
land. six rods wide, had been used for a
wide lane to connect the cow pasture with
the barnyard. and was therefore quite
rich from droppings and old sod. I kept
the potato ground clean and free from
weeds and after digging cleaned the
ground of tops and dragged in a thin
seeding of rye. intending to treat in the
spring the same as I did the other plot
last spring. that is. apply manure and
drag in alfalfa seed. Let me add that we
have never found any forage plant equal
to alfalfa for fowls confined in parks or
for growing pigs or sows.

Kent C0. J. A. SYMES.

 

THE SEED POTATO QUESTION.

 

In the issue of December 3, I notice an
article on "The Potato Crop," by Colon C.
Lillie, in which he says he grew 120 bu-
of marketable potatoes per acre. I read
that he also has 75 or 80 bushels of small
ones which he intends to plant the com-
ing season. He also says he is going ‘to
try and do better another year.

I think it is several weeks too late to
inaugurate any system that will be of
any particular advantage in improving
his coming crop. \Yould he use a stallion
that is known to be the sire of one weak
and small colt in every six?

\Vould he choose the small and weak
one to perpetuate uniformity in size, vigor
and vitality in his future stock of farm
horses? I am sure he would not, yet he
admits doing this very thing with the
producing stock of his coming crop of
potatoes.

I heartily believe in the old principle
of “the survival of the fittest." The same
that made the noble red man. physically,
the envy of the whole world. In choosing
potatoes for seed I dig a portion of ‘the
field myself with a. fork and on coming to
a hill with a large, well-formed stalk,
carrying an abundance of foliage. I choose
it for breeding stock, providing it has no
less than six uniform potatoes in it. A
hill containing a small potato or one on
which there is a single scab of any size,
in my judgment is not fit for seed.

This same system of choosing corn for
breeding purposes, in which the style of
stalk, length and width of leaf. type of
ear, length, width and thickness of ker-

‘nel, color of cob and grain cured on ‘the

stalk away from sun, rain and frost. se-
lected, graded and tested, have all been
taken into consideration. has enabled me
to grow 711/3 bushels of shelled corn an
acre testing 60 pounds per bushel at the
local elevator. This, too, on land assessed
at $13.50 per acre.

I do not make a business of growing

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

potatoes for market, but what I raise I
strive to bring to as high a standard of
efficiency as is undertaken with my corn,
dairy cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry.
Kalamazoo Co. L. J. BRADLEY.

WHY SMALL POTATOES FOR SEED?

 

In Lillie Farmstead Notes I was sur-
prised at Mr. Lillie‘s statement that he
saved his small potatoes for seed, and
yet wants to increase his yield to 200
bushels per acre. I contend that seed po-
tatoes should be selected with as much
care as the seed for any other crop. I
would not advocate the largest potatoes,
but well-shaped, medium—sized potatoes
selected at digging time from productive
hills. \Vould he advocate nubbins for
seed corn or screenings for a good wheat
crop?

I would like 'to have Mr. Lillie explain
himself on the small potato question. I
can hardly believe that he, as a practical
farmer, who usually advocates the best
of everything for seed and the best of
stock for breeding purposes, would advise
the use of inferior seed potatoes for a
large crop.

St. Joseph Co. GEO. SCHNEIDER.

SEASONABLE WORK.

“'e have lately devoted a few cold morn-
ings to picking up the timber that has
accumulated about the farm and woods
during the summer and converting it into
wood. Some of this was drift wood from
the creek. some old rails. some trees that
had blown over, or branches that were
broken off. The furnace will take four—
loot pieces. and with the saw and gaso-
line engine, limbs and poles can be con-
verted into wood quite rapidly.

There are also numerous little repair
jobs that we have started. such as the
boarding up of sheds to shut out the
wind, the rehanging of broken gates. and
repairing fences, but there are many more
of these things to do. in fact it seems
as if such things are never done, and I
guess they aren't, but let a farm go for
live or ten years without doing any of
them and compare it with a farm where
things have been kept up and you will
understand their importance.

IVe, also have a start on the winter‘s
manure hauling, most of it being hauled
from town in exchange for straw, though
some is obtained for the hauling. \I'c are
putting the coarsest of it around the
young trees set last spring which we
have been putting the protectors around.
These are on cultivated ground. and the
manure will be Scattered and worked into
the ground next spring after doing duty
as a mulch this winter. Some is going
on the new seeding, using a spreader for
this top-dressing. The finest and clean—
est is being put on a part of the young
orchard intended for strawberries next
year. I like to get‘ this well dressed in
the fall so it will not be necessary to
drive on the wet ground in the spring and
pack it. and. too. the manure will have
leached into the soil somewhat by spring,
and after disking several times will be
well incorpOrated with the soil, better, I
believe, than if it had been applied in the
spring.

A LAST PLEA FOR SHRUBBERY.

 

Owing to your kind criticism of my ar-
ticle on road improvement. I ask the in-
dulgcnce to say just a word more and I
will then “go way back and sit down."

Some time during the late forties or
fifties. Gerritt smith. the late noted
abolitionist, after being egged off one
platform made a speech in Syracuse, N.
Y. Among other things he said. “that a
slave was perfectly justified to take his
master‘s horse. rob his pocketbook and
even take his life. if necessary, in mak-
ing his escape to Canada."

Some of his conservative neighbors re-
monstrated with "him for expressing such
sentiments. He replied: “All reformers
mut go to extremes in order to bring the
people to a proper mien.”

Mr. Editor, you know the proverbial in—
fluence of the red rag on a mad bovine
and yet you offer me solace of “trees.”
Great Scott! Trees! Trees! \Yhat do
you think I have been doing for the last
term of years? We have trees (not mag-
nificent, because they are not old enough)
that were once a delight to the eye but
now hideously mutilated. I would almost
let my right hand lose its cunning and
my tongue cleave to the roof of my
month if I could blot from my memory
the language \I used the time I discovered
the results to the trees after the first
telephone line went through and more
especially when the second was con-

structed on the other side of the road.
I verily believe that many of your readers
can sympathize with me on this subject.
But in some things we must be practical.
The survival of the fittest is the univer-
sal law and the telephone has come to
stay because it is an almost absolute
necessity and the roadside trees must
take a back seat until the wireless sys-
tem is perfected. In the meantime, let
all lovers of the beautiful join together in
trying to influence our legislature to so
modify the law that suitable places along
our roadsides that don't interfere with
travel can be grown to shrubbery.
Jackson Co. . DR. E. N. PALMER.

 

THE LAW OF‘ SUPPLY AND DEMAND. ,

 

Your editorial in the Michigan Farmer
of October 29, relative to an answer to
disappointed potato grower, was all right
in so far as relative to the marketing of
the crop, but it seems to me that, the
fundamental principle of all prices is sup—
ply and demand. The reason that pota-
toes were so cheap last year was because
more were raised than was sufficient to
supply the demand for a reasonable price.
The same is true this year.

Previous to the last two years potatoes
have for quite a number of years brought
good prices. This has stimulated the av-
erage farmer to increase his acreage. The
past two seasons have generally been
favorable for a good crop.

Increased acreage, plus good yield, has
created a surplus in a perishable crop;
hence the slump in the market. The
farmer in this case receives a financial
punishment for his industry. This will
right itself in a year or so; for as the
farmers get more discouraged they will
drop out or reduce their acreage of pota-
tocs, then this decreased supply will bring
up the price and then there will be no
howling about a “gang of thieves." Did
disappointed potato grower ever hear a

grower of potatoes mention anything
about being robbed when he was receiv-
ing from 73c to $1 per bushel for his
potatoes?

This law of supply and demand works
the same in the live stock line as in the
potato or other crops. The writer of this
article. some three or four years ago.
was the same as hundreds of others, well
supplied with hogs. For the previous two
or three years hogs had been pretty prof-
itable, the farmer ever ready to pick up
easy money. kept stocking up a little
heavier each year until the supply of
pork was overtopping the demand. This,

coupled with the general shortage of the‘

corn crop. sent hogs on the toboggan, by
the time the bottom was reached it was
something like $4 hogs. This drop in the
space of a few months left hog growers
with a lot of sore spots. There was a
lot of talk of robber packers. meat trust,
etc., but the little joker was over-supply.
plus corn shortage. After the deluge the
most discouraged of farmers (like the
writer), found themselves without any
hogs: the more hopeful with a few hogs.
Gradually the clouds of low prices began
to fade, and the sun of rising prices ap-
peared above the horizon, then the full
brilliancy of day in the shape of $10 hogs.

About this time the writer had a good

neighbor. (who kept his grip on the hogs L

all through the toboggan and the ascen-
sion). and every time he would see me
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ment of a bank account. but it is making
me. wealthy in experience. As a general
thing they say experience is a dear
teacher. and so I will not grumble. May-
hap some day I will be able to read the
handwriting on the wall.

A right adieu until then.

Ingham Co. LACEY GRIEB.
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Potatoes for Work Horses.

I have 600 bu. of small potatoes. Have
no hogs or cattle to feed, but am working
Am now feeding
hay, oats and some corn. Would you ad—
vise feeding some potatoes to horses and
how many, and at what time in the day?
Could the other feed be diminished if po—
tatoes were fed or would it be necessary
to keep tip the full grain and hay ration?
Hay is our most expensive feed. It is
worth $20 a ton here.

Missaukee Co. L. M. -R.

Potatoes are a valuable addition to the
ration for work horses when fed raw in
comparatively small quantities, say 10 to
12 lbs. per day. They add the needed
quality of sueculency to the ration and
promote a better digestion of 'the other
feeds used, thereby proving of value,
aside from furnishing a small amount of
digestive nutrients in themselves. The
writer has made a practice of feeding
small potatoes to horses in this way for
a number of years, with excellent results,
and prefers feeding them at night, al-
though where it is desired to feed as
many as practicable it is probable that
better results would be secured by feed-
ing a, few at each meal. We have prac—
ticed this plan on one or two occasions
when there has been a surplus left in the
spring, feeding about four quarts at a
time without any noticeably bad results.
If fed too liberally, however, they are, apt
to cause an undesirable looseness of the
bOWels, which should be guarded against
in work horses.

Some interesting information regarding
the feeding value of potatoes is to be
found in the results of experiments con-
ducted in France and Germany to deter-
mine the amount of hay which might be
displaced by the use of potatoes in the
ration. From the result of a series of
experiments, Bousingault, of France,
reached the conclusion that where steam-
ed potatoes to the amount of 30.8 lbs. per
day Were used in the ration, mashed and
mixed with cut straw, they could be made
‘to displace 11 lbs. of hay in the ration
for horses at ordinary farm work. Re-
duced to figures better suited to compar-
ison these results would indicate that 280
lbs. of potatoes fed as above described
have a feeding value equal to 100 lbs. of
hay. This would mcan that with hay at
$20 per ton the potatoes would be worth
a little more than 30c per bushel to dis-
place it in the ration after being prepared
as above. described. In another experi-
ment, conducted under less favorable con—
ditions the results were not so favorable
to the cooked potatoes.

\'i1ile it might pay to experiment with
cooked potatoes under the conditions
named in this inquiry. when a larger sup-
ply is available than could be fed out
raw, for the average farmer the better
plan would he to use the potatoes as a
succulent factor in the ration by feeding
a smaller quantity raw. It is the writ«
er’s opinion, formed from the result of
his own experience in feeding potatoes to
horses, that when fed in this way the
potatoes will effect a substantial saving
in other feeds. through the promotion of
a more complete digestion, and conse-
quently greater assimilation of the nutri-
cnts contained in them, and that when
the trouble and expense of \ooking the
'1ubers for horses is considered. would
prove more profitable to the owner than
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MARKETING LATE LAMBS.

in many flocks each season there are a
fi-w lambs that, on account of being
dropped late in the spring or because of
an inadequate supply of nourishment are
too thin in flesh to be 111:11‘kcted with the
must of the. lamb crop and must be sold
later. These lambs arc commonlv called
tail—enders and are spoken of as unprofit-
able. lambs. i‘l’hethcr or not it will pay
to feed those late lambs for market will
largely depend upon the cause of their
low flesh condition. Lambs that have
liven stunted from improper nourishment
are undesirable for fattening. as their
digestive sys‘tems have been weakened ‘and
deranged. On the other hand. if the cause
is traceable to being droppeddate and
from all external appearances they seem
healthy and vigorous. there is no reason
why they will not make rapid gains at a
reasonable cost. The fiock owner who is
desirous of securing as large profit from
his sheep as possible will strive to elimi—
nate influences tending to retard the
growth and development of the growing

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

lambs and endeavor to grow the crop ro-
bust and uniform. '
lUnder ordinary conditions there is good
profit to be made in fattening the late
lambs, providing adequate accommoda-
tions are at hand for caring for the lambs
and an abundant supply of both roughage
and grain is available. In some parts of
the state lamb feeders are on the look-
out for late lambs weighing about 40 to
50 pounds as they are excellent material
for the feed lot and when fitted for the
market command top prices. The flock
owner who has a goodly supply of clever
hay and corn can well afford to retain his
late lambs and prepare them for market.
There is no other animal on the farm that
possesses the ability to convert farm-
grown roughage and grains into more
profitable meat than lambs with good di-
gestive systems. The fact that a lamb is
dropped late in the season and has not
made as large a growth as some others
in the flock in no way impairs his ability
to consume food profitably. In fact, I
have fitted late lambs for market at a
greater profit for the amount of food con—
sumed than early lambs because the lat-
er lambs commanded a much better price
per pound.

The importance of giving early attention
to the preparation of late lambs for mar-
ket can not be too strongly impressed up-
on the minds of flock owners. Late lambs
during the fall season do not make the
growth that early lambs do and are likely
to come into winter quarters very thin in
flesh. A division of the flock should be
made and the late lambs intended for fat—
tcning removed and put into a pen by
themselves. Some flock owners practice
fattening their late lambs along with the
old ewes that were too low in flesh to
market with the early lambs. This is not
a commendable practice as late lambs do
not do well when fed along with 'older
sheep. The better plan is to make two
or three divisions and give each individ-
ual the best possible opportunity to make
economic gains. The self-feeding method
with late lambs is not to be recommended
as they are generally delicate feeders.

The late lambs intended for fattening
should be gotten into the feeding pen as
soon as possible after the flock has been
taken off pasture. To allow the lambs to
run on a meadow pasture more or less as
weather will permit while being prepared
for market is not a good practice, as the
cvtrcme alternation of food has a ten-
dency to impair the appet’te and reduct
the consumption of fat forming foods. A
succulent food of a more. staple nature
than pasture should be supplied. If roots
are at hand they are unexcellcd. En—
silage is splendid and can be supplied in
moderate amount along with both the
grain and roughage ration. I have fed
cnsilage to late lambs during the fatten-
ing period with marked success and know
that the fattening process can be hasten-
ed at an economic cost. With late lambs
lowever, greater precautions must be ex-
ercised in fer-ding ensilage as they are
:2.enerally more sensitive and easier to get
off feed. A part ration once daily will
give most satisfactory results. \V‘here the
percentage of corn in the silage is high,
more care must be taken.

There is no bcttcr grain for late lambs
than oats. At the present price they can
be, made a large factor in the grain ra-
tion as it, is desirable to grow the lambs
at first instead of causing them to take
on flesh rapidly. .latcr. as the lambs
come to their feed, corn can be added to
the ration. (lid corn is much to be pre-
ferred to new corn.

Shiawassce Co. Tmo C, REYNOLDS.

FROSTING HORSES’ ‘BITS.

The season has come whcnvthe farmer
and the, city teamsier has begun frosting
the bits on their horses‘ bridles. This
plan is well known to every handler of
horses, but few that do it really realize
the importance of so doing. If you were
to ask a farmer why he does it. he would
tell you that it is so the bit will not in.
Stantly freeze to the horse’s mouth. This
is the. truth. The same condition takes
place in the horse’s mouth. as when you
take 'hold of an iron pump or pick up an
iron bar in zero weather with wet gloves
on. You notice that they will instantly
stick, sometimes leaving fine particles of
the glove sticking to the frosty article.

May I humbly protest against not. frost—
ing the horses’ hit in cold weather? It is
a humane act that every foreman should
see to it that his men observe.

Wayne Co. M. E. MORET.

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DEC. 24, 1910.
PRODUCING THE UNLIKE.

As breeders of live stock we are proud
of the results that have been attained
toward improvement during the last cen-
tury. The fondest hopes‘that could have
been entertained by our forefathers have
been more than realized. Breeds have
been multiplied in all kinds of stock until
it is, perhaps. beyond the ability of the
most of us to enumerate them. They
stand as a monument to the skill of the
painstaking breeders who have cherished
hig’h ideals and have worked earnestly,
and steadily, toward attaining something
that is near, if not quite, up to them.

At this point I do not feel like over-
looking the opportunity to say that the
live stock improvers are great public ben-
efactors. They have been more than the
ones who have caused two blades of
grass to grow where only one grew be—
fore, because what they have produced is
better than what preceded it,
are entitled to the honor of
working out something that can subsist
and make more gains on the same feed
than ”the ancestors could have made. and
of a. quality vastly superior to anything
near or remote in the ancestral lincs.

Terms Criticised.

It must have been in very early times,
before observing men had cultivated their
perceptive faculties up to the point of
close discrimination, that the aphorism,
“like produces like,” began to used.
From force of habit, and perhaps from
lack 0f ability to select a term that will
more closely express the idea that one
desires to convey, the same “like produces
like” is very improperly used by some to
the present time. In a primitive time it
may have been used to convey the fact

SO much
that they

be,

that it will not work out as stated in all
cases. The first prize male bred to the
first prize female may not bring stock
superior to that from less distinguished
animals of the same breed. It is needless
to say that many have learned lessons
that have cost them dearly by following
so uncertain a rule. In such cases there
may, or may not, be a. lack of blending of
proper ancestral influences. ,

A Better Term Suggested.

In breeding to improve both plants and
animals, some facts should be kept in
mind. All new products brought forward
in the breeding line are the result of the
union of both the paternal and maternal
ancestral influences, plus the improved
condit’ons with which they are surround-
ed, which makes it possible for the pro-
geny to develop into something better
than the ancestors on either side. Astute
brcedcrs are cognizant of this fact, and it
has been that which has unlocked to them
many of the great achievements that have
crowned their efforts. Instead of the
effort being made to produce the “like,”
it has been to produce the “unlike." which
has provcn to be superior to anything
that has preceded it along that same an-

cestral line.

This production of the “unlike" has
marked the progress from a. low to a
higher form in all animated nature. At

every step during the progress made, the
has stood out in. bold relief and
a new standard and a new
line, that has been the measure of suc—
cess attained in improvement thus far.
The prepotency of the “unlikes” has
wrought the changes for the better in the
past, and we certainly ought to consider
it and give credit where it is due.

If the facts were not true, we

“unlike”
established

should

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

m... mania-«a husba- I M

flocks, the rush to market being the cause
of the great slumps that have taken place
in prices at Chicago, Omaha and other
western primary markets in recent weeks.
In most instances only good breeding
ewes have been retained by flockmas‘ters.
The range demand for rams has been
fairly ac ive, and the prospect is that in
the future sheepmen will have fewer and
better sheep. This unprecedented liqui—
dation of old and undesirable sheep and
lar‘nbs will result in western banks hold-
ing large sums of money.

The short crop of hay is not felt so
much as it would be had there been a
shortage of other feeds. Oats are plenti-
i'ul and as cheap as hay. which vastly
stimulates their use on the farm. Then
farmers are utilizing their abundance of
shock corn.

Illinois cattle feeders who make a great
success in the business. always marketing
prime beeves, whether they are long-fed
or simply fat little ycarlings. state that
they are finding it almost impoSSible to
purchase good beef calves for fattening.
In Illinois they are paying front $35 to
$40 per head, and yet the finished year-
lings are sold every autumn at prices
that warrant such prices for feeding
calves. One of the most successful stock
feeders in the country, a resident of cen—
tral Illinois. remarked recently that year-
lings are the only fat cattle that are mak-
feeders. He

ing good returns to their

said that his yearlings had netted him
this ycai‘ around $10o per head at the
Chicago market, and for an eight

months feed that is not bad, Last year
they netted me about $120 per head.”

J. B. Brown, of Nebraska, is scheming
to carry on his farm work as economically
as possible. having before his eyes all the
time the hired farm hand problem, for
helpers thereabouts, as well as nearly ev—
erywhere else, are both scarce and dear
in price. For several years he has fat-
tcncd his hogs by turning them into his
corn fields and giving them an oppor-
tunity to help themselves. The plan has
worked out admirably, and last ycfll‘ he
also placcd his feeding stecrs in the corn
Iiclds with the hogs. The plan was such
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that animals reproduce their kind, or
when racial characteristics had been fixed
in a kind of animals they were repro-
duced. Definite characteristics are not
reproduced with definite exactness, as all
close observers must admit. “'hen I see
the saying used in print I feel like asking
“like what?" “7e must consider that no
two things are alike that are not exactly

equal. “'9 can produce animals that are
similar in make—up and appearance, but

to breed them where one is an exact dup-
licate of the other, is close to, if not, an
impossibility. Such a thing is not desir—
able. for the reason that if such a thing
could be done, and it were practiced, we
would not be making any progress to-
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If we consider the matter closely we can
see why we can not produce animals that
are an exact duplicate of the immediate
ancestors. No two animals, one male
and one female, possess characteristics
that are exactly alike. ‘The sire has his
characteristics which are potent in their
influences, and the dam also has charac-
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offspring, which result in a union of in—
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Upon the physical condition of both sire
and dam, and the produce is not wholly
like either sire or dam.

Another expression indulged in by the
jockey breeder is misleading; “breed from
the best and get the best.” That remark
often refers to animals that have won
high honors in the shows. Such a re-
mark is open to criticism, for the reason

at the International.

remember that as much as we boast of
our western civilization, U18 humans on
this mundane sphere would never have
made any progress above the primitive or
savage condition. Our hol'St-S would not
be any larger or better than the prehis-
toric animal that was once used as food,
then as a pet and companion, and sub—
sequently as an obedient servant. Our
cattle, that are divided into the twenty or
more breeds, would be no better than the

wild ox in the forest and parks in Eu-
rope. Our sheep would be no better than

the wild mountain sheep worshiped by
the ancients in Egypt, the heads of which
were worn on the heads of the kings as
an emblem of strength and courage. Our
hogs would be no better than the wild
hogs found in many parts of the world.

The same facts would prevail in regard
to our cereals. Our wheat, rye, corn,
oats, barley, spelts. etc., would be no bet—
ter than the degenerate descendant of the
lily family, the coarse grass from which
they are descended. Our apples would
be no better than the wild crab apples of
the primitive forests. The rule applies to
all improved products with which we are
blessed. Let us remember that it has
been the “unlikes” that have led up to
our choicest products.

Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Wyoming and Montana ranges have
been marketing old ewes, aged sheep and
thin. small lambs in extraordinarily large

numbers for a month past, and both
states have been well emptied of such

Average Weight, 1,434 lbs.

 

Shown by J. D. Waters, Illinois.

Brown found that it cost about eight
cents a bushel to husk the corn and put:
it in feed lots for the cattle and hogs.
and the new plan is quite a saving in
both money and work. A careful test
showed that the cattle and hogs wasted

Of course. a
quite a diffcrcnt

very little corn this year.
wet fall would result in

experience, causing muddy feed lots, but
such seasons are rare. He now figures

on a period of feeding four months in this
manner every year.

“'hile there is no doubt that farmers
Will use an enormous quantity of their
new corn for feeding to stock on their
farms, the crop is so extraordinarily large
that liberal amounts will be marketed,
especially when prices are higher. Husk--
mg is pretty well over. and there has
been some free Selling of late around 400
per bushel at country stations, an ad-
vance of several cents stimulating sales
materially.

The revolution in the hog marker came
as a complete surprise to stockmen
throughout the corn bolt states for they
had generally come to the conclusion that
the packers held the whiphandlc and that
the Chicago hog market was bound to fall
shortly to a $6.50 basis for hogs, which
would mean $6 per 100 lbs. for hogs on
the farms in the territory tributary to
that market. A sudden revival in the
eastern shipping demand at (‘hicago did
the lightning transformation, sending val-
ues up at a surprising pace. The hog
shortage is as great a reality as ever,
and farmers should get busy in breeding
as many hogs as they possibly can if they
want to make money fast. besides fatten-
ing their young hogs to full maturity.
Hogs are the greatest money-makers on
the average farm of the country, and they

have made thousands of farmers rich
Ple e (let your subscription
as orders in early and thus

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DUNHAMS’
PERGHERDNS

Fourth importation for it'll) arrived August-
-lth. Our present lot, \ve believe. equals
or surpasseflany we have heretofore
collected. More horses of bone, size and
first-class quality than ever. Numerous im-
portant prize. winners. Write for catalogue.

W. 5., J. B. 6 B. DUNHAM
Wayne, Illinois

STALLIDNS FOR SALE.

()nc 2—year-old Imp. Black Percheron weight 1.600:
mic 6-year-old American llirod bl'k Percheron weight,
2.100: one 12-year-old American bred bl'k Percheron
weight 1.600. 'l‘heso are all extra good horses and
largely Brilliant- blood. and sure breeders. \Vright
(‘onstant Reg. No. 527» . by (‘onstcnaro 3%39, am
Millie \Vright by Aaron Wright, 7203. This is a. very
promising colt'z )cars old and a sure 23:10 trotter.
lhcse horses “'1“ be priced right to close, them out...
Don‘t write but come and see, them if you want. to buy.
’l‘hcy will ploase.yott. W". Ban_ St. Johns. Mich.

liaise Mules and get. rich.

JACKS and MULES 1H Jack and Mule Farms

under one management, where can be seen 700 head
inc large Jacks, Jennies and
Mules, 14 to 17 hands high.
Good ones. Stock guaranteed.
Write for prices today. Address

KREKLER & MATHEWS
West Elklon, Ohio

——Branch Barns——
Clinton, Indiana.

Registered Kentucky Mammoth JACKS,
JENNETS and SADDLE HORSES

We are the largest; breeders of Mammoth jacks in
America. Registered Tamworth and Hampshire hogs
all ages. J. . COOK & Co.. Lexington, Ky.

 
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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; to our subscribers. Each
‘1 should state ’history and symptoms of the
case in full; also name and address of

healing remedies.
.."Mich.
dered alum and oxide of zinc to sore
'_ daily. If this sore is malignant, which I
Suppose it is, first burn it with lunar

  
  

 

 

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CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR. V.‘ '8.

Advice through this department is free
communication

 

writ 1r- Initials only will be published.
Many queries are answered that apply to
the same ailments. If this column is
watched carefully you will probably find
the desired information in a reply that

_'._"hv.s been made to some one else. When
lireply by mail is requested, it becomes
fqprivate practice, and a fee of $1.00 must
accompany the letter.

 

Sores on Shins.——~What can be done for

Villa colt that is troubled with sores on fore
P-liegs and how can I reduce a bunch on
inside of shin above fetlock? H. T. H.,
LI": Central Lake, “HS—Apply equal parts

oxide zinc, alum and boric acid to sores

if twice a day. Also apply iodine ointment
;' 'to bunch on shin once a day.

Rope Burn.——I have a horse that has a

'sore under fetlock caused by a rope

burn, which I have been unable to heal.
Have applied every one of the simple
W. B. 8., Goodrich,
Apply equal parts iodofOrm, pow-

 

caustic a few times and this will stimu-
ate a healthy action.
VVeakness.—I have a bull 18 months

:: old that is slow at time of service. J.
‘f’x'C. J., Detroit, Mich—Give your bull good

care, some exercise and ten grs. pow-

'. dcred cantharides and a teaspoonful of

ground nux vomica at a dose in food two
or three times a day.

Ring W'orin.-—I have a steer that has
a few bare spots on his nose and face;
the hair drops out of these sore spots
and I would like. to know what it is and
how to treat him. E. M. 1)., Greenfield,
l\iich.—Apply iodine. ointment to bare and

:3 sore spots every day or two.

Sore Knee—My cow has a soft, puffy

mincli on knee which is some sore, but
.%1es not produce lameness, and I would

to to know what will remove this soft

:Eswclling. E. l). M.. Salem. Mich—«A soft,
“puffy swellingr of this kind cannot be ro-

duccd entirely. Apply equal parts spirits
camphor and tincture iodine to bunch
daily: if the knee is sore and raw don't
upply it, put on one port oxide of zinc
and five parts vasclinc. twice a tiny. Try
to prchnt licr rubbing the knee.
Swollen Fctlock .loints.-li‘or the past
tlirce wccks the fetlock joints of my
yearling stccrs stock. A. ll. McK., North
'lranch, Micli.~»(.livc them each a tea-
spoonful of powdered saltpctre once a

..day for one \vcck.
' ~ Abnormal licat.—I have four cowg that

( topped their calves about a month ago and
i 111‘ o be in heat regularly over):
' . mat bad I better give them? .T.

"K. L., Zceland, Miclrwuive them each a
fi‘tablesptmnt‘ul powdcrcd nitrate of potash

ally in feed. Feed less grain and more
roots.

.l’ltll‘I‘Oll llcifcr.—I have a two-yczir-old
heifer that had a calf last spring; shc
comes in heat rcqularly and has been
bred several times but fails to get with
(will. 1 tried the. yeast treatment and I
also opened the neck of womb. which was
almost completely closed. \thit do you
suggest? E. 1)., \Voodvillc, Mich.»l)is-
solve 3 ozs. bicarbonate soda in 2 quarts
tcpid watcr and wash out vagina daily.

Obstructed 'l‘cat.—-A two-year-old heif-
cr droppcd hcr calf five weeks ago; since
then a slight obstruction is in tczit, but
no gargct in nddcr. \‘V. ll. 8.. Kulnmazoo.
‘lli(‘ll.—‘r.\plll~\' iodine ointment to bunch
‘oncc daily.

Cow Failed to Clean Properly. I have
a cow that is troubled with a vaginal
discharge which resulted from her not
cleaning: properly. \V. .l. S. Dcarbnrn.
MiclL—liissolve 1 dr. permanganate pot—
ash in ont- gallon of water and inject her
daily, using this wash freely. Give. her a
dessert spoonful of citrate potash at a
dose twice or thrce times a day.

I’ilcsefithat can he done for pigs that
are troubbd with piles? ll}. \\’., Frecland,
L’ll(‘ll.*'l)lfifilll\.0 ] oz. sugar of iced, 1/2 oz.
powdcrcd nlum and 1/, oz. tannic acid in
a quart of water and apply to sores two
or three times a day.

‘ l‘lpilopsy. H'l‘wn—miwith-old pigs seem to
be troublcd with (its. but are in good
>(:oiulit‘o11. (1. A. 1).. Almont. Michwe—tlive
czich pie; i'our grains bromide of potash
at a dose twice a (l‘l_\’. Their bowcls

Vshould bc kept open and active; besides

thcv nocd c\'c1'(-isc.

Sore, Sl1oulilors.~l hove a liorsc that is
ll‘llllllli'd with sore shouldcr and "would
J'iil-zc to know what to apply. 0. O. 0.,
\\'ayno (‘o- ellissolvn 4 ozs. \‘sugar of laud.
.3 o7s~ sulphate zinc, 2 ozs. carboli‘c in
4””: gallon of ‘iV'fllDl‘ and apply to sores
31 \‘»'o or lll't‘O times a duy. it is important
fli'wr him to have a good fitting collar.

 

H-E-C
MEDICATED STOCK SALT

v. ill positively cxpcll tho \vor1us,to.e up the SW-
twin and promote- a hcnlthy and vig'orous L’FOWUI
in l1orsos,sl1ocp, hogs and cattle. Vcryoffcctive on
horses, shoopand hogs. 11 nd can bc obtained from
nil (lroccrs, llrutrirists. lt‘ccd Stores and Flovators.
Sclb. sack 25c. fill-lb. sack $2.F0
(’ (A A I l‘ 1‘ 4 g

5 c. l ..
20 “ “ $1.00 275=lb. barrel IO 00
_ if your dcalcrdocs not handle ll-lC-C Medicated
Stork Salt, they ca 11 obtain 521.1110 from

'l‘lic Jackson Grocer (lo ............ Jackson. Michigan
l‘. Elliott d’ (‘o ........................ Detroit. Michigan
Ml‘ssclnmn (lrocor (‘n ........ Grand Rapids, M ichi'g-‘ill
Musscluiziu Grocer (‘o ........ ’l'rnvcrse City, Michigan
hzitional Groccr (‘o ............... South Bend, Indiana

—MANUFA' ‘TITRl'lD BY—

;H. E. COBB 00., Brooklyn, Michigan.

—Hniscs. Cattle, Shea , Hogs, Dogs,
tor sale or Poultry, nearly allbroeds. Sires
Axnhzinued. Southwest Michigan Pedizreed Stock
Assocuition. R. E. Jennings, Bec.. Paw Paw. Mich.

 

 

    
    
  
   

Kendall's Spavin Cure. He writes:

' THE meme“ '1eAR'Mé§93 1

KEEP 1'0 UR ’ 2 3559-1: '

PHI/v: WOR/{l/l/G “
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HORSE in the field—working for you—is
worth two in the barn—simply eating their
heads off. There is no way of preventing Spavin,
ringbone, splint or curb from suddenly laming and laying up your horses—but there is a way of quickly and
easily curing all these ailments and preventing them from keeping your horses laid up. For over40years there
has been one reliable remedy that horsemen everywhere have depended on to save them money, time and worry.

pavin Cure

has been the trusted remedy of horsemen everywhere. It has not only been saving untold time, work and worry but
millions of dollars' worth of valuable horseflesh and has many times saved horses from death. '

Here's a man—Mr. W. T. Campbell. Macadonia, Ky.—-who not only saves money but actually makes money by using

Kendall’s

ing Spavined horses and curing them.

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"I have used 2% bottles of your Spavin Cure, and have cured two mules of Bog

Spavin. I bought the mules for $80.00 and can now cash them for $400.00. Shall never be without your great remedy."
Here's another man who has used Kendall’s Spavin Cure with marvelous success. Mr. Floyd Nelson, Kings Ferry,
N. Y., writes: “I have used your Spavin Cure for the past six years and have made in the neighborhood of$700.00 buy-
. I consider there is nothing equal to it if it is used according to directions.”
Never be wil/zoutaboI/le of Kendall's Spavin Cure. You can never tell when accidents will happen—when this
remedy may be worth the price of your best horse.
Next time you go to town get a couple bottles from your druggist.
6 bottles for $5.00. At the same time ask for our invaluable "Treatise on the Horse," or write to

Dr. B. J. Kendall 00., Enosburg Falls, Vb, U. S.A.

It is better to be prepared.
The price is uniform, only $1.00 per bottle,

 

FOR SAL —onc span of Brown
Geldings. weight. 2500
lbs. 16% hands high. 5 and 6 years old. excellent
team for Fire De nrtment. Address. Box 7.).
MICHIGAN FA MER Office. Detroit. Mich.

 

1%EGISTERED PEROHERON STALLIONS for sale.
. 1 and 2 years old. (inns and blacks. Vi’est. Michi—
gan Fair winners. R. OVERHOLT, button. Mich.

BREEDERS’ lllREC'l‘llRY.
CATTLE.
ABERDEEN=ANGUS.

Herd headed by UNDULATA BLACKBIRD
ITO 83836, one of the best. eons of PRINCE lTO
50006. and Grand Champion Bull at the. Detroit
and Grand Rapids Fain: o 1907, 1 .. 1909 and 1910.
Mord consists of Erlcsu. Blackbirds. Prides. etc.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARDI. lonln. Mich.

Av Rs H I R Es—Hiizh type of Dairy animal.
Young bulls and bull calves
for sale. Prices low. Inquiries solicited.
BERKSHIRE SWINE.

 

 

 

White & Buff ()rpingtons. White Wyandottcs and
Leuhorns ‘ s in season 100 out

. l“ 5:. ill.
, BllCHIGAN CHOOL FOR THE DEAF. Flint. Mich. ‘

 

TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS

Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-
bining in themselves the blood of cows which now
hold and have in the past. held World's Records for
milk and butter fat at. fair prices.

MCPHERSON FARMS CO.. Howell. l'llcll.

FOR SALE—2 yearling Holstein-Friesjiin bulls.
Pedjgrccs and photo on application
\‘V. C. JACKSON. 715 Rex St.. South Bend. Ind.

 

 

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”OI-SIEl filial-g, SsififtliibéAlgcllexiéllc? 6:11.13 (132:3?-

pinn at. Chicago, 1909 E. R. Cornell, Howell, Mich.

HOLSTEIN BULL CALVE *t’tr‘s;‘:::..t...§f‘
(.lOLEBROTHERS. Ypsiland Farms. Ypsilanti. Mich.

—. ~ . ' r . ll. A.k
“01.3113le 311.33% h’i‘iili.2.?.‘33." ,glf‘iiwlil'mmn‘lg.
Long Beach Farm, Augusta, (Kalamazoo, Co.) Mich.

 

 

TOTIithl Bi'T HillS’l‘i-ilN BULLS FOR SALE. Sir Mny
1 Huu'lng PubiIll No 371104 A. it. Three Nearest. Dams
Average 26 2 lbs. butter in 7 days. Sound. Fm‘c, Gentle, and
cm: of tho finest individuals of tho brccd. if you wzuit n Hcrd
licnder come and see this one lcun plcusc any brv-ovier with
11 bull ('lilf two to 11-11 months old. i want to itcll TEN before
Nov. let, llclp hie do it by buying one L. H. (‘onncll Fayettmt).

ELMHURST FARMS SMl'I'H &\\'AltNl‘lli. Props.

1 Holstcin (.‘uttlc :md Ox—
ford Down Shcep. Have 1:3 (llinico ltnm Lambs for
sale. Address B. U. Baniiold. Supt. ()weudulc, Mich,

H E RE FORDg‘ifi. 1 liltillléi‘i. Xi§.§‘.’.‘.'.i'l'.’§§37l

old that is recorded. . D. HALL. Martin. Mich.
—Both scxcs and all ages

HEREFORD i'or szilc. Also l’olaiitl-

(‘hinzi hogs. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw, Mil-ll.

‘ ' Oificnl yearly
Register at Merit Jerseys. ......,,,,_ ,. .-,,,..
lot, of )ounubulls from dams with official records
of 483 pounds and upwards ol' butter.

'1‘. F. .MARSTON. Bay City. Michigan.

LlLLlE .FARMSTEAD JERSEYS,

“'0. have some. splendid young bulls for sale. Some
of thcni are old (anon 'h for service. They am from
cows with records «who to 43.") pounds of buttci‘ last
year. “'rite for description 11nd prices. . .

COLON C. LILLIE, Coopermlle, Michigan.

 

 

 

For Sale—Registered Jersey cattle, "ill.”

also Rog. O. 1.0. hogs. C. A. BRISTOL. Fcnion, Mich.
—-l“olir registered POLLICI) 1"?“-

For sale IIA M BULLS. 10, 12 and 18 months

old. All Reds. J. E. CLARK, Milford. Mich.

—3 $11th! Bulls and a fcw
SCOtCll Shorlhorns cowri and heifers for sale.
JOHN LESSI’J‘ER'S SONS, it. No. 1, (llarksmn, Mich.

- .' l a 7 . 1d. 3 l.
Dairybred Shorthorn Bulls {fiat ‘ye...1"a‘.?..‘imarér2.‘7
J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.

 

 

SHEEP.

' d C to ' ll R: 1 d
HamPSh r8, Souilliloml, sighs loft-mid). ( l’riritliliflriizlilt.

 

cheap. 0. D. WOODBURY. Lansing. Michigan.

 

 

l-‘lNE POULTRY—White and Barred Rocks.‘

THE CLOVER BLOSSOM FARM, Port Austin. Mich. 1

H AM PS H IR E S'sl‘fiv‘l‘w';“.ii’$?2 322951.525

- and more.

 

OCKLAND Farm Delnines are in field form, strong,
rugged and well covered. Prices right. Tell us
your wants. D. E. Turner «in Sons. Mosherville. Mich.

ELAINE RAMS, also 50 registered Delaine ewes

which must be sold before Dec. 1. Great. bargain
for some one. J. OOWAN, Rockford, Michigan.

Oxford-Down Sheep “BLESS“
cattle forsale. A. D. & J. A. DE GARMO, Muir. Mich.

Oxford Down Sheep—1333323231 iii 3.39%

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

—I have 100 ewes, among them

Reg- Ramboulllets all of my youngest; and best.
also 85 ewe and ram lambs. Live 2% miles east. of
Morrioe on G. T. Road. Address J. Q. A. COOK.
all sold. light. aged ewe

ShrODSh‘re Rams $65. Five ewe lambs-1 $403
WILLIS S. ilIEADE. R. F. D. .No. 3. Holly, Mich.
FOR SALE—Ten bred registered Shropshire“
. _ yearling and two-year-old cw 8.
Prices right. Jones & Morrish. Flushing, Michigan.

 

 

 

HOICE Registered Shropshire and Cotswolds. year-
ling ewes, rain and ewe lambs. Yorkshire and
Berkshire hogs, Clyde Stallions and Fillies and Welsh
ponies. Write for prices. Arthur L. Milne, Green River, Ont

SHHDPSHIRE HALL STOCK HHM

Has for sale twenty-five (5) very choice bred yr. owes,
a few good aged ewes, one choice two-yearoold
ram. also three good r

am lain )s.
L s. nunum 81 Satisfaction. Michigan.
NGLESIDE snnopsmnirmf “l“ is?

H. E. Powell. Robt. Groves, Shepherd, Ionia, Mich.

HOGS.

 

 

 

 

 

' —Growthy S rin Boers d: Gilts
“lilacs & “Blonds of choicest roe in from Prize
“inners. M. T. STORY, ll. 248. Lowell, Michigan.

HUPP FARM BERKSHIRES!

WON 189 PRIZES IN 1909.
Stock of both sexes and all ages for sole. Breeders of
Guernsey ('nttle. M. R. Turkeys, Barred Rock (‘hick-
one. l’oltin Ducks. GEORGE C. HUPP, Manager,
Drawer A. Birmingham. Michigan.

 

BERKSHIRE Bonrs randy for service.

(‘onibincsblood of MASTER-

PIECE and l’nanR LONGFELLOW. Best. on earth.
(I. I). “'OODBIJRY, Lansing. Michigan.

 

 

' —’i‘wo yearling ROWR bred for sprin
BCl‘kSllll'CS furrowinu. A low choichul_\' glitz
it boar pigs for sale. A. A. Puttullo, Deckorvillc. Mich.
BERKSHIRES l'ucxccllcd in brccding. Select-

ed boars, HO\\'H 21nd gilts. Choice

full pigs. '1‘. V. lll(.‘KS, R. No.11, Bottle Frock. Mich.

 

 

DAM.“ “ROS , Lilchliclil, Mich, brm-ders of [111p ('hcstcr
“'liltc. (ind Tamworth swine. service. hours. sows bred or
open. of either breed. Mun'thorn t'ntllc, Buff Rock. Buff Wynn-
dottc, \l'. Oi'pington, (,‘kls. llll breeding stock lending winners.

DUROC BROOD SOW SALE

DECEMBER? 30. 1910. Write for catalog.

 

 

l
J. C‘. BARNEX. (iOLDW’ATl'IR. MICIIIUJXN.f

0 I c ——S rin boars all sold. have 2 good June boars
- - - le 1;. ows bred for spring furrow. fnliMpifis
either sex. A. NEWMAN, R. No.1. Mariette, io .

O l C ~Bred Snws. Boers ready for ser-
0 o o vice, from World‘s Fair Winners.
Glenwood Stock Farm, Zeelnnd. Michigan. Phone 94.

—S ring furrow, of both sexes, of
09 I. C. SWlne ri 3hr, type and breeding. Bears $20
each. E. E. BEACH SON. Brighton. Mich. R. No. 3.

0 I c —Sow pigs all sold. but. ofler some extra good
- - - boarflgs for sale. Sept. furrow at reason-
able prices. Flt NICKEL. Monroe, M1011. R. No. 1.

' —Spring, summer d: fall fartowad
0- l- C- SWlne both sexes, breeding and by '
right. Geo. P. Andrews. Dansvilie. lngham 00.. Mic .

0. LC. Early Fall rigs in. arisen?

c. J. THOMPSON. Rocki'ordbmchlgan

9 —An extra ood 10120! last

0. [0 C S FOR SALE spring pigs, either ,sex.

weighing from 150 to 300le. 1 vearlinfi hour and
30171111 1 s. OTTOB.SCHULZE.‘N1—13hvi 6 -ie .

—For sale now

0- I. C- SWIN fall Pigs got_by

Grand Son of Jackson Chief the World‘s. Champion
and Grand Champion 0. I. Q. Boar. Write for live
let. live prices ongnirs not. akin.

A. J. GORD ‘N, R. ho. 2. Dorr. Michigan.

RECORDED MULE FOOTED HOGS

are said to be immune from hog cholera. Stock of all
ages for sale. John H. Dunlap. Willinmsport, Ohio.
PolAN” CHIN —Boa’rs of the best. of breed-

ing and of great. quality.

E. D. BISHOP, Route 38. Lake Odessa. Michigan.
' —Bo:lrs ready for service:
Po‘and‘Chlnas sprin pigs, either sex.

Write L.W. Barnes & Son,Byron. hiawassee Co.,Mich.

Poland-Chinas

The home of the Michigan State Fair-winners.
We won 24 prizes at. Detroit i111910. Pigs of both
sexes forsale, sired by our prize-Winners

m. 1. BEATTY a soN. West Unity. Ohio.

P. C. BOARS, GILTS,

WEANED PIGS at Right Prices.
Shipped c. o. d. with pedigree.

WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater, Michigan.
POLANll-ClllNAS ‘ilf‘llfif 2% ‘233 é‘gili'... SSE-2?

1’. D. LONG, it. F. D. No. 8. Grand Rapids. ich.

 

       

 

 

 

' ——Lnrge at.) lcd.i:rowthy spring pigs, also
Paland'Ch'nas i'ail pigs Semi for snap shot photos'
and lowest prices. Robert Nevc, Pierson, Michigan.

P. C . B O A R S‘i’.l‘i~.€‘“lllf§li§ iii;

money. Vl'OOl) & SONS. SALINE. MICHIGAN.

 

 

12 P c 8 ready for service, sired by a Son of the
- - oars \‘l orld's (llizinipion Meddier; (lam. un-
defeated Liidy Louise. Z. Kiniic. Three Oaks. Mich.

' ' bred for s iring furrow. Fall Pi
Poland-China sills and S. (‘. V '. Leuhorns. (lockere 5
$1 each. B. M. \‘Ving and Son. Sheridan. Michigan.

 

 

DUROC JERSEYS.

CAREY U. EDDIONILS‘. IIastlnz‘s. Michigan.

‘ P. C . B 0A R S ‘liiliie' Fl~l.~£li"i% ".251?

7-lb. Minorca cockcrels. ll. ‘0'. MILLS, Saline. Mich_

 

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A m" “1.15? lJuroc ierscy Semce Boars
M. A. BliAY. Okcnios, lngham (‘o., Mich. 1“th phone

' DITROC-JERSEY Swine. establish-
Capl‘OI Herd cd 1888. Yearling sows bred, and pigs
for solo. J. H. BANGIIA RT. Lansing, illich.

 

 

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service, ordors taken for sows bred for spring far- ’

row. Also Holstein Bull Calves oi’ the host of breed-
ing YV. 0. WILSON. Olioinos, Mich. Both Phones.

0 I C’s—Hogs all zines for sale. sows bred
V. c or opc_r1.bo.'1rs any one or size.
Shlppcd .on approval. HARRY 'l‘. ORANDELL,
Roi 111g View Stock Farm. (“ASS CITY, MICHIGAN.

 

 

Thoroughbred Duroc Jersiys .i:1:..:~':::1.;f‘ éiii‘fi‘;

seven months old. fashionable breeding (it exception— ‘
ally low prices. GILTS 11nd BOA RS, ten weeks old, ,

fashionable breeding at cxceptionallv low prices for
immediate delivery. Addrcss, IRWIN & BERKEY.
208 East Lincoln Avenue. Goshen. Indiana.

all ages. Saws bred.
0. I. C. ”0 SMulesweighinngélbs.
H. H. JUM , Munith. Michigan.

’ -—l.'ir{:est in Michigan.
Large Type P. C s b‘pi‘ing 1pigs all sold.
Order a full p11; early fron1_ my great. ierd and get.
choice. None better. W. E.’leingston, Purina. Mich.

BEST BIG TYPE POLAND-CHINA PIG

in Michigan. March furrow litter 13 iii; to head any
herd. Price $50: bred sows $35: .Aug. pigs, $15; Sept.
pigs, $10. Pairs and trios not. akin. Be 1 phone.

J. c. BUTLER. Portland, Mlch.

FOR SALE—Yorkshire Boar Pigs
August furrow. Fine. Thrifty fellows. $15. registered.
Tllli lVlURRAY-WATERMAN 00.,

R. 6. Ann Arbor. hilchignn. Bell phone.

AliGE IMPROVED ENGLISH YORKSHIRE boar
J and 3 1w pigs l'orsale prices reasonable. A. No AV
6: SUN. R. F. D. No. , Hersey, Mich. Bell Phone.

Large Improved English Yorkshires.

The hog that makes good. Boers ready for service.
Gilts bred for next. spring furrow. A choice lot of
fall pigs airs not. akin. Satisfaction iaranteed

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E THE DAIRY fl

CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.

 

 

 

 

BUILDING UP A PRIVATE DAIRY
MARKET.

Every dairyman who sells butter. or
retails milk and cream is confronted with
the problem of getting the best market
possible for his produce. As a rule,
it is easy enough to secure some kind of
a market, but to secure the best fre-
quently requires considerable effort.

To get fancy prices requires first of all
that the product be of superior quality.
This is particularly true of milk. The
public is becoming aware of the dangers
which lurk in dirty. unsanitary milk and
is willing to pay a good price for milk
whose wholesomeness is unquestioned.

To obtain big prices it is not enough
to have products of superior quality, but
whatever particular merits Ithey have
must be forcibly brought to the attention
of consumers. In other words, a certain
amount of advertising is necessary. If
the milk is produced in clean, ventilated,
whitewashed stables. and from cows
which are regularly tested for tubercu-
losis; if the milk is handled by clean,
’healthy attendants and is thoroughly
cooled and aerated immediately after
milking; and if, in addition, all this is
certified to by a competent inspector, an
increase in prices and patronage is cer-
tain to follow when such facts are placed
before the public.

Often outside markets offer better
prices for dairy products than does the
home market. This is especially true of
butter and cream. These products per-
mit of long distance shipping and many
outside markets may be glad to get them
at fancy prices when the home market
may be entirely overstocked.

Dairymen must not expect the market
to come to them, however; they must
seek the market. A visit or correspond-
ence with managers of cafes, hotels, res-
taurants, drug stores and fancy grocery
stores in different cities, is frequently the
means of securing more business and bet-
ter prices.
~Where one is just starting in the busi-
ness of selling dairy products direct from
the farm or is trying new markets, it is
good policy not to ask very high prices
at the start. First demonstrate the mer—
its of your products. If these are of a.
high order, consumers will gradually re—
spond to the demands for increased prices
rather than lose the products, Too high
prices at the start are likely to diseourage
prospective buyers and thus deprive you
of an opportunity to prove the value of
your goods.

One of the essentials in building 11p a.
good market is uniformity of product.
\Vhere this is lacking, improvements in
other directions will be of little avail.
On the other hand. products which are
uniformly the same. week after week, and
month after month, are likely to com-
mand good prices, even when of only
medium quality.

Another essential in building up a good
market is punctuality. If your customer
expects his milk at 7:30. do not deliver it
at 7:40; deliver early rather than late. If
you are shipping milk and cream, or but-
ter for that matter. you cannot afford to
miss your train—even a single time. It
generally means greater disappointment
at the other end of the line than one
would anticipate.

Always put yourself in an attitude to
please. If criticisms come concerning
your product, you cannot afford to resent
them. l'sually there is a reason for the
criticism. Try to discover the trouble and
remedy it.

Cleanliness and neatness must charac—
terize the dairy business throughout. Milk
wagons, cans, bottles, drivers, butter
packages, etc.. must present a clean ap-
pearance. External appearances count
for a great deal in these days when sani-
tary matters count for so much.

The name or monogram of the dairy
placed upon the products guarantees gen-
uineness and will assist in securing a
better and more extended market. It is
one of the best ways of advertising a
superior product.

If it is intended ‘to sell cream for man—
ufacture into ice cream, it is important
to get a market early in_the spring. It
is difficult to find one in the flush of the
ice cream season. because ice cream
dealers. as a rule, contract considerably
in advance of the time they need the
cream.

1,,“ .

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘

Where dairy products are shipped some
distance, it is important to determine be-
forehand the reliability of the buyer. It
is well, even where milk and cream are
sold locally, to investigate the standing
of customers before their accounts have
run up very high.

No argument is needed to show the
advantage of selling dairy products direct
to consumers wherever this is possible.
It means the elimination of the middle-
man whose profits are saved to the dairy-
man.

Wisconsin, JOHN MICHELS.

ONE SOURCE OF FLAVORS IN MILK.

The efforts of poor ventilation in cow
stables upon the development of flavors
in milk is not always well understood by
milk producers. As a rule, if the animal
is in proper health the milk will be nor-
mally pure when first drawn. But if the
cow is milked in an unclean stable which
is filled with vitiated air the milk will be
contaminated and undesirable flavors rap—
idly develop.

In an endeavor to determine the rela—
tion between poorly ventilated cow stables
and the development of bad flavors in
milk, the writer made extensive investiga-
tion with quite definite results.

The plan of the experiment was to ob-
tain samples of milk from cows kept in
well ventilated dairy barns and from cows
kept and handled by methods commonly
found in barns where no system of ven-
tilation was provided. These samples
were collected in the stables as the cows
were milked, put into sterilized glass jars
and kept for several days in surroundings
where no further contamination was pos-
sible. Each sample was examined regu-
larly every twelve hours with the fol—
lowing results which are an average of
findings from several hundred samples.

\Vell \Vell

Ventl'd Ventl‘d
Stables. Stables.

 

. . Per Ct. Per Ct.
Clean, natural sour flavor...93 38
Stable flavors .............. 0 45
Stale, musty flavors ......... 0 ]7
Slightly ensilage flavors..... 7 0

It will be noted that only 38 per cent
of the milk from the poorly ventilated
stables gave a clean flavor and that 62
per cent of the milk showed a most filthy
contamination. If the cows are kept and
milked in unsanitary surroundings, the
milk will absorb the stable odors before
it can be removed to the milk room as
these results plainly indicate.

The presence of an ensilage flavor was
detected in a few samples from the well
ventilated barns; however, this flavor
passed off within a short time, leaving
no objectionable effects. In case of the
poorly ventilated stables if any such flavor
was present it was entirely covered 11p by
the very objectionable stable flavors. In
every case where stable flavors were de»
tected, it was a noticeable fact that they
increased with the age of the milk. This
was due to the fact that such flavors are
produced from the rapid development or
the undesirable bacteria.

These results only emphasize the vital
necessity of having pure air in cow stab-
les and in abundance. All that is re-~
quired is to have the stables properly
ventilated, which can be done with very
little expense. Fresh, pure air is an ab-
solute necessity, both from the standpoint
of health of the animals and the produc—
tion of pure, clean and wholesome milk.

N. I). PROF. ll. G. L, MARTIN.
FEEDING THE COWS BEFORE CALV-

ING TIME.
— r“ is

The dairyman of long- experience does
not dread milk fever so much since the
discovery of the air treatment. but there
is danger in the air treatment, when it is
administered by an inexperienced hand.
Ilnless the udder and the instrument, yes,
and the hands of the operator, are thor-
oughly disinfected, poisonous germs may
be introduced into the udder and very
serious results may follow. It is far bet-
ter for'the beginner to feed a little spar--
ingly at this time and thus lessen the
tendency to this disease. I do not mean
by this that the cow is not to be given
enough to eat. If she is thin in flesh
when she freshcns her usefulness will be
greatly impaired. Her milk flow will be
below normal and her milk will test low
also. If she is in good. thrifty condition
her strength and vigor will be devoted to
the work of giving milk and the milk
itself will be richer in butter-fat.

It is a common practice among breeders
of pure—bred cattle. who desire to test
their cows for advanced ree'isv ation. to
feed these cows very liberally during the
period of rest, because they have discov-

‘nutritious food product."

V
t
f.
\ .

ered that the cow that begins her work
in good flesh, and adjusted to a heavy
grain ration will not only give a larger
quantity of milk, but the milk will test
much higher. The Jersey cows at the
St. Louis Exposition were prepare1 for
their work by months of careful 1...;lir‘;
and feeding. A large percentage o. 11_:.n
had milk—fever when they freshenct. but.
they were cared for by experts and suf-
fercd no harm from the disease. The
record of that demonstration is almost
astounding when we read it, but through
proper care and feeding we are accomp-
lishing the evolution of the cow and when
next we have a great demonstration like
that we may confidently expect to see
even greater results.

For the practical, every-day dairyman
the. middle ground is the safe ground. But
there are very many of us keeping cows
who stay far back of even the middle
ground.

0111- cows are allowed to freshen thin
and poor. We leave them out too long in
cold autumn rains and we feed them too
little and expect too much of them dur-
ing the period of lactation. If our cows
freshen in the fall in fairly good condi-
tion we can adjust them gradually to an
ample grain ration and hope for excellent
results.

()ccana Co. W, F. TAYLOR.

.. as. >~vr .51.. A.Wlflfi.bamu Mum..- mam; W Imam 2. .-...- maa..:.dc;nwm‘x:la3w.i.sewer.» massagm 1W

     
 

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Keep hold of
YOUR MONEY

Do not pay freight bills.
Do not deal with
strangers. Take
risks of no kind.

Do not be deceived by cata—
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can always have for free trial,
right at home, without investin .
one cent. the ”World's Best'
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ou buy a cream separator
uy the best ; buy one that
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ave your neighbor see!
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OLEOMARGARINE AND THE PRICE
OF BUTTER.

The discussion given to the subject of
cost of living has directed more or less
attention to the federal Oleomargarine tax
and the price of butter. People who are
in favor of repealing the present 0180-
margarine law have taken “advantage of
the situation to loudly condemn as “un-
democratic and un-American" this “bur-
densome tax on a pure, wholesome and

They conveniently forget to explain that
over 97 per cent of the oleomargarine put
upon the market: is taxed at only one-
t‘ourth ot‘ a cent per pound. They do not
explain that: only Oleomargarine that is
artificially colored is taxed at ten cents
per pound.

Even if it were all taxed at ten cents
per pound it would have absolutely noth-

antees it. Write for 1911
Catalogue Nol52.

 
  
 

  

 

    

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and our. No
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THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR C0.
WEST CHESTER, PA.
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Whether or not you start
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Sooner or Later-
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DE LAVAL

The more you come to know about cream
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ing to do with the price of butter after
the latter reaches thirty cents a pound
retail. It costs about fourteen cents a
pound to produce the best grade of oleo-
margarinc. Add to this a ten cent tax
and the cost of production would be
twenty-four cents. The product could be
retailed at thirty cents at a. handsome
profit to manufacturer and retailer.

Looking at the question from any view
“Joint it is clearly seen that the oleomar-
garine law has absolutely nothing to do
with the price of butter.

The dairy interests of the country are
not enjoying any benefit through oleo-
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tcgrity of the industry is maintained. Ini
this every honest citizen should feel al
keen interest. He should also understand
that the effort put forth by the manufac-
turers of Oleomargarine to secure legislau
tion which will make it easy for men to
commit fraud in selling Oleomargarine is
not inspired by love for the “poor man
who wants a cheap substitute for butter.”1

The whole proposition may be thus;
summed up: Oleomargarine is now made‘
to taste and smell something like butter.
The manufacturers and a few retail deal»
ers want the privilege of putting it upon
the market so that it will look like butter,‘
thus making it easy to commit fraud.

Every good citizen should be interested
in effective pure food legislation and the.
oleomargarine law is just such legisla-i
tion—no more, no less.

Minnesota. E. K SLATER.

 

THE PUBLIC DEFR—AUDED.

It is almost impossible to find butter in
a nicdiuni—priced restaurant in Chicago.
Oleomargarine is served in place of but—
ter and there are no signs upon the walls
or printed statements upon the menu
cards.

The writer has visited scores of such
rcstaurants in (“hit-ago during the past
few weeks and only in two or three cases
has he found butter upon the tables. In
every case the proprietor or an employe
has been questioned and the. admission
is readily made that it is oleomargarine.
The majority of them attempt to justify
their action by calling attention to the
fact that they have a license to sell oleo-
margarine.

Such conditions emphasize the fact that
state food laws are not effective when
the substitute looks. tastes and smells
like the genuine. Fraud is and must be
connected with yellow Oleomargarine. S.

 

 

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THE DE UVAI SEPARATDB ilIl.’

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find it a valuable feed, selling below it's true feeding
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Cheaper. and gives better results than bran for
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Forms a valuable addition to any ration, being vege-
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Especially good with cotton seed meal as it counter
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Dried Beet. Pulp will cheapen any ration. Substitute
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Call on your dealer, if he cannot supply you write

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THE Meremdku FARMER’

POULTRYMBEEE

PREVENTING THE EGG-EATING
VICE.

Egg eating is a rather common and
serious vice or evil which generally de-
velops during the season of confinement
and forced feeding. Poultrymen do not
look upon or consider it a disease, al-
though it spreads like a contagious germ
infirmity and, unless immediately checked,
becomes prevalent throughout the flock.

Opinions vary as to the direct cause.
Some able authorities claim the trouble
is a habit formed through the, accidental
breaking of an egg and its consumption
’by the hens. Others take the View that
it is the result of improper feeding, an
appetite for something not contained in
the daily ration being created thereby.
In any event, the cause of the trouble is
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Egg eating commonly occurs where
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handling, these thin-shelled eggs are
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other, and through the hens passing off
and on some eggs get broken. One pre-
caution, then, seems to be the providing
of plenty of nest capacity.

Three or four hens getting into one
nest is another source of trouble. This
may not come from the lack of nest ca-
pacity, but from the hens forming the
habit of laying in the same nest daily.
There is but one remedy for this condition
and that is to make the nest box plenty
large So that a double nest 'may be
formed and a nest egg placed in each end
of the ’box. I have found this practice to
partially remedy the trouble. Besides, it
keeps the eggs much cleaner.

Some 'poultrymen advise watching the
hens closely with a View to singling out
the guilty ones at the very outbreak of
the trouble. Last winter in one pen of
60 IVhite Leghorns I discovered a hen
attempting to pick through an egg shell.
I watched her for a few minutes and
found that she had broken the shell and
was about to consume the contents of the
egg. With a wire hook I caught her,
gave her severe punishment and put her
in a small pen by herself. The punish-
ment did not check the egg flow. but
completely broke her of the habit of egg
eating.

As early as posgible after it is discov-
ered that the habit of eating eggs has
been formed. steps should be taken to
Check its progress. It is far better to
sacrifice a half dozen hens right at ‘the
start than to allow the habit to become
prevalent in the flock. If the individuals
that have started the trouble can not be
stopped, then it is advisable to kill them.

It is generally thought 'by practical, ex-
perienced poultrymen that egg eating is
most prevalent among flocks receiving
improperly balanced rations. There is
little doubt that the direct cause is the
craving for something that the hens do
not receive. Of course, instances are fre—
quent where a mischievous hen will form
the habit and teach others, but I have
found that hens are less apt to cause
trouble if supplied with the right kind of
food and kept busy. When poultry is
confined to limited quarters in winter
their food supply is entirely in the hands

;of the person who has them in charge.

If special thought and attention is paid
to feeding a wide range of nutrients the
danger from egg eating is decidedly re—
duced.

Much can be done toward preventing
the habit by locating the nests in con-
venient places and in the dark portion of
the house. It is natural for hens to seek
secluded places when about to lay. The
nests should not be too close to the floor.
Put them up about 'two feet, with the
opening next to the wall, leaving just
sufficient room for the hen to enter. Box-
es not smaller than a foot square. 16
inches square is better, should be used.
Where double nests are advisable a box
two feet long by a foot wide, with a low
partition between, should be used.

A great deal can be done through prop-
er feeding, especially feeding in such a
manner as to give the fowls plenty of
hard work. Mash feeding, damp or dry,
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Grains should be .fed in deep litter and
only in moderate amounts. Meat and
green foods should be plentifully supplied.
When eggs are coming freely they should
be gathered not less than twice daily, and
oftener if convenient.

Shiawassee Co. LEO C. REYNOLDS.

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and distilling them into fragrant, nutri-
tious and appetizing honey with a. devo-
tion and patience that may well teach a.
lesson to all. It is only the sweets of life
that are worth the gathering after all.

There is much more in a colony of bees
than the honey and wax they represent.
They offer to any intelligent and inquisi-
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bees are in close relation with it. Sex in
plants is now attracting more attention
than formerly, and bees act as marriage
priests; while gathering the pollen to
make the bee-bread for their brood, they
disseminate the father dust from flower
to flower. The cultivation of the honey
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man or woman with ordinary intelligence
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issue; it is both inspiring and profitable.
In the ranks of bee-keepers are to be
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Bee-keeping is no longer a matter of
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there are some who put swarms into
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A large per cent of the people who
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now than I have ever known them be-
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NUT TREES.

Not to speak of the shade for the drive-
ways leading to the house, or the ulti-
mate profit to be\gained from the Wood
itself, any of the nut trees planted today
on the farm will in a measure ‘help to-
ward solving the problem of making the
rural home attractive.

Of course, it can not be expected that:
the nut trees will mature in a few years
after planting, but it will not take long
for the trees to furnish abundant shade
for young stock during the warm, sultry
days of summer.

Black walnut is a tree which should
answer the purpose very well. One of
the inducements in planting this and ad-
ding bluegrass to the land, thus affording
pasture for young cattle, is that there is
no danger of fire, the leaves and stems of
the walnut trees quickly assimilating with
the soil. Even where the size of the farm
will not permit of an acre or two being
planted with nut trees, there certainly
is room for quite a number in the vicinity
of the dwelling or along driveways or
roads.

Near Earlington, Kentucky, black wal-
nuts, with the 'hull on, were planted in
the autumn. The ground was prepared as
for corn and the nuts planted four feet by
four feet, 2,770 to the acre, and covered
with soil from one-half to an inch in
depth. The land was cultivated for three
or four years, the same as for corn, and
then blue grass sown. In ten or twelve
years the trees were large enough to per-
mit pasturing. In another grove the trees
in 20 years had attained a diameter of
from nine to 12 inches, the trees were
thinned and this piece of black walnut
forest afforded an ideal pasture woods.
In another generation or so these groves
will be worth a fortune.

MEETING OF STATE HORTICULTUR-
AL SOCIETY.

 

(Continued from last week).

Continuing the enumeration of Michigan
growsei who have succeeded in getting
f§1cy prices for their fruit Prof. Eustace
stated:

Dr. Morgan, near Saginaw. has sold his
apples at $2.50 per box for fancy, $2.00 for
No. 1 and $1.00 for balance.

In 1909 L. H. Stoddard & Sons, of Kal-
amazoo, received $1.25 per bushel for fall
varieties and $1.50 for winter varieties.

Mr. Woodward led the discussion, stat-
ing on request how he grew and packed
his apples. He prunes quite severely, cul~~
tivated well, and sprays thoroughly. This
year his apples were more rusty than
usual, which he attributes to weather con-
ditions. His apples are sold before pick—
ing. Girls do the sorting, making three
or four grades. He thinks it more ex—
pensive to box apples than to barrel them.
It takes time to work up a trade of this
kind but it will stay as long as the fruit
is right. Mr. Woodward also explained
his method of grafting large branches or
even trunks by setting scions entirely
around the bark and cutting out part of
them as the wound healed over. He has
grafted limbs eight inches in diameter and
got apples in four years.

In reply to a question as to planting the
King David and Delicious apples, several
who had tried them advised against it for
Michigan except for home orchards. King
David was reported as liable to water
core and not a good keeper in southern
Michigan, better in northern Michigan,
ripening with Jonathan. Delicious was
reported uneven in size.

Of the newer varieties Supt. Wilkin, of
the experiment station, reported the Akin,
Spencer, and Milwaukee apples as prom-
ising. Wagner was preferrtl to Ontario
by most growers. Both Maiden’s Blush
and Duchess were considered good varie~
ties, though some considered the Duchess
overdone in planting. A discussion of
the Strawberry Pippin brought out the
opinion in general that it was an apple
of excellent quality and color, but soft
and subject to scab and rot. It was ad—
vised only for a home marke'r for which
purpose some have received fancy prices
for it.

My Experience with Apples.

Miss Grace Taylor, of Allegan county,
Mich., told how she grew 900 barrels of
apples worth $3,250, on 225 trees, about
six acres. on the shore of Lake Michigan,
in a year when there was very little fruit
in the locality. The soil was a light sandy
loam, rather high, and protected on the

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south, west and north by a windbreak.
The trees were originally Ben Davis but
most of them had been grafted to Green-
ing, Wagner, Jonathan, Baldwin, and
some others. Stable manure and cover
crops were used to fertilize and furnish
humus. The land was plowed ‘by May 10,
and cultivated until August 1, 12 cultiva-
tions in all, when vetch and rye were;
sown as a cover crop. The orc‘hard had
the habit of alternate bearing, and this
was the bearing year. Spraying began
with a power sprayer in 1909, using lime-
stulphur before blossoming, and 3:4:50
bordeaux after blossoming. with 21/5, lbs.
of arsenate of lead. This season lime-
sulphur was used on part of the orchard
after blossoming, but little difference in
results could be detected. She was
warned that the coddling moth was later
than usual and gave an extra spraying
in June. In 44 bushels of Duchess there
were but one bushel of culls, and six of
wormy apples.

The discussion brought out the state-
ment that considerable pruning was done
in 1909, but little in 1910, and that no
thinning had been done except on the
York Imperial, the others having been
thinned by the frost sufficiently. lt was
stated that the temperature during the
warm March days was about 10 degrees
lower than it was farther from the lake
and in exposed places. while at blossom-
ing time it was 10 degrees higher. Apples
were packed Nos. 1 and 2 together, the
Ben Davis bringing a reduced price.

Some general diseussions followed along
the line of pruning and cover crops. A
few advised against pruning when the
wood was frozen. but no objection was
raised except that the wood was more
likely to split. Oats, or rye with vetch
was cosidered a good cover crop. some
preferring oats, as this would die out in
the winter and give the vetch a chance
to grow in the spring. Spring rye was
advised by some for the same reason.
Oats were considered good to catch and
hold the leaves, but Mr. Friday thought
them too wet at picking time and pre-
ferred something lower, as vetch. Both
winter vetch and hairy vetch. alone or in
combination with cats, rye. or barley
were favored as a cover crop. Mr. Hilton
preferred oats or barley with vetch. one
bushel of either with 20 to 30 pounds
vetch per acre.

Apple Culture.

In his characteristic. practical manner,
Mr. Farnsworth, of Ohio, told of the es-
sentials in his method of handling or-
chards. He prefers a rather strong soil
with plenty of humus. His land is rather
level, and is tile drained. but the Maumee
river is not far away, giving soil drain-
age. He prefers to plant strong growing
stocks, such as Spy and Ben Davis, and
top work to desired varieties the same
season trees are planted. He cuts stock
with a slanting out about two feet above
ground and inserts one scion about the
time of blossoming. Scions are cut from
known trees before the 'holidays and kept
slightly moist and dormant. Scions are
cut with four to five buds and one is
waxed over and will sometimes grow
when others die. Has lost less than one
per cent of grafts. Permanent apples are
set about 40 feet apart, filling with such
varieties as Jonathan and Duchess to 20
feet. Keep the trees down by giving
'them plenty of room, and hence plenty of
light and food.

The first seven or eight years small
fruits, such as currants and strawberries,
are grown in the orchard, also potatoes.
These are fertilized well with manure and
commercial fertilizer. After this the or-
chard is plowed shallow in early spring,
worked until July 1, when 50y beans are
drilled in two-thirds feet apart and cul-
tivated for awhile. These are. hogged
down, and vetch or turnips sown for a
cover crop. The beans may be omitted
and cover crops sown directly. or as in
one case Where the soil was rich, clover
was sown in May and plowed under the
following spring. As the trees reach ma-
turity, cultivation is abandoned and the
grass and weeds are mown and mulch
hauled in. Trees must be given plenty
of room and fed well. Feeds car of stock
and uses manure and phosphoric acid on
the trees.

Two sprayings are given, one before the
buds open, using lime-sulphur one to 10,
and one soon after blossoming using lime—
sulphur one to 33 with 2% lbs. arsenate
of lead. Each of these sprayings is done
very thoroughly with power sprayers and
from four sides. Mr. Farnswort’h has
sprayed for 25 years, and as there are
few orchards near by. the worms are Well
controlled and he does not find it neces-

THE ,MICHIGAN FARMER.‘

.vided and one kept in, vinegar when not

sary to give a late spray. To prevent
clogging of screens two screens are pro-

in use. All fruit is thinned thoroughly.
No bordeaux was used this year and the
fruit was well colored and without scab.
Only three rotted Gueii plums were found
in packing 104 bushels.

Mr. Farnswort’h prefers varieties of good
quality, and says we can grow them to
perfection in Michigan and Ohio. He is
not afraid of western competition but
thinks it a blessing, like the San Jose
scale. as it is waking us up.

Pruning is considered a necessary evil.
and as little is done as possible. The
head is started low. and little pruning
done from this time until the fruiting
period. This brings the trees into bearing
earlier, Greening, Rome Beauty, McIn-
tosh. and Grimes bore a peck each at five
years under this treatment.

Mr. Farns’worth has a very unique
method of marketing 'his fruit direct to
the retailer or the consumer, shipping
both by freight and express over the in-
terurban railroad. lie and his brother
have a fruit car which runs over the road
daily during the picking season, and fruit
is delivered from this direct to the cus-
tomer or the retailer. Most trees are
picked over several times, color and ma-
turity being sought for. All fruit goes
into cold stoage at once, and is sold as
the market demands.

In the discussion it was brought out
that Mr. Farnsworth uses Transparent,
Duchess, Strawberry Pippin. and VVagener
as tillers, that his preference of varieties
are. Grimes Golden and Jonathan. that he
prefers to plantvsomc tenacious variety
such as Stark. on the windward side of
orchards, instead of windln'eaks. that
“'agencr and \Vintcr Banana had not.
done as. well with him as some other va-
rieties, that he did not believe there was

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Commercial fertilizers are coming into
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any cheaper satisfactory substitute for
arsenate of lead. that commercial lime-g
sulphur was used 011 everything except5
peaches after the blossoming season. when
self~boiled was used.

Annual Banquet.

On Tuesday evening the annual ban-
quet of the society was held in the ar-
mory, which large hall was filled with a:
cheerful and enthusiastic gathering OfI
fruit growers. After partakii g of a most
excellent dinner a number of toasts, in-
terspersed with music by Mr. Daniels and
others, were responded to, under the
guidance of toastmaster Garfield, of Grand,
Rapids: S, l: IIAR’I‘MAN. ‘

(Continued next week). i

PROTECTING THE YOUNG TREES

FROM MICE AND RABBITS. I

For body protection of fruit trees, we"
are using wire screen, and for many lo-
calities it would certainly be cheaper than
the by-product of the basket factories as
mentioned by Mr. Hartman in a recent
issue. “'e use 22 inch wire as the tops
are started low and take the width for
height. The width increases in the ratio
of two inches to each size. and the cost
er parcel is easily estimated as it equals
in Cents one-half the width. For in-
stance, 22 inch wire costs 11 cents per
yard, 24 inch 12 cents. and so on for any
width. The above, of course, is by the
single yard, and would be less by the roll
or in larger quantities. The by-produc't
above referred to would, we believe, be
out of the question as basket; factories
are in the minus quantity in many locali-'
ties. and obtaining it from a distance even
could that be done, with transportation
charges added and the. much more time
required in putting it on and taking it Off
Would. we think, make it the more expen-
Sive of the two. The wire will last for
years if carefully handled and stored
when not in use. and the strips need not
be ider than to niccly lap around the
tree.

Another plan which. by extensive cor-
respondence we have found to be entirely,
reliable, and absolutely free of cost other,
than the time required in preparation, is!
to use the butts of cornstalks. Large;
ones, of course. are used and cut anyl
desired length. Ilulve them with a sharp
knife and put them around the tree, pith
inside. Tie at top and bottom with string,
or if they adjust. nicely to the tree. tieing
in the middle is sufficient. In spring, the
twine is cut, allowing the stalks to tie
on the ground and there is no trouble in
storing. It stops both mice and rabbits
and stalk butts are very cheap.

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DETROIT. mac. 24. 1910.

 

CHRISTMAS.

 

“Sweetly the old, old story
Treasured in song and art,
The babe in the manger—cradle

Appeals 'to the gentle heart.”

In our cover design, the artist directs
attention to that transcendant, yet typi-
fying incident .that for two thousand years
has centered the world‘s love and sym-
pathy and placed its impress upon the
best of the world's immunizing progress.

Simplicity, innocence, helplessness and
love, given accent by the guileless bovine
faces looking on wonderingiy and the rude
wooden plow significant of the honest
atmosphere of simplest husbandry.

As a type, it is the very commonest of
human experiences—the beginning of ev-
ery human life.

As a symbol, it is the supreme expres-
sion of love and all that it means for hap-
piness and the development of a race.

And the wise men with all their knowl-
edge, their philosophy, their vast stores of
learned lore and their cxperience of the
world with all its greatness, its ambitions,
its pleasures, its craft, its wickedness, its
pollution, its injustice, its suffering, its
bitterness; how gladly, how reverently
they approach the shrine of innocence as
unto a. fountain source of cleanliness, and
a rcdedication to nobility of life purpose
in the atmosphere of love and unselfish-
ness.

And so unsclfishneSS should pervade 'the
atmosphere of our Christmas relations
with our follows, that the true spirit of
the occasion may ever remain a signifi-
cant feature of its celebration.

CURRENT COMMENT.

 

That the farmers of
Michigan have not
changed their attitude
regarding the desirability of the estab—
lishment of an adequate parcels post sys-
tem is evidenced by the fact that both
the State. Association of Farmers’ Clubs
and the State Grange reaffirmed their po—
sition of former years as not only asking
but emphatically demanding that congress
provide for such an extension of the pos-
tal service. Undoubtedly the same old
opposition will strive to postpone the day
when this demand will be heeded, but the
demand is yearly gaining in volume and
intensity and we believe that the time is
not far distant when it will be productive
of reSults. But simply the passing of

The Parceis’ Post

 
 

resolutions by repreSenta‘tive .. Mates of?
farmers will not accomplish this quickly,
although it will prove helpful as an in-
dex of the trend of public opinion. Per~
sonai-work is needed in bringing the mat—
ter to the attention of every member of
congress in such a way that there can be
no misunderstanding on his part regard-
ing the attitude of his constituents on
this question, and until we become enough
interested in the proposition so that a
fair proportion of us are willing to do a
little personal work along this line results
are not likely to be startling. Congress is
now in session, and it is a good time to
do personal work of this kind. Such work
should be renewed with the organization
of the next congress in March, and corn
tinue-d until results are secured, which
would not be long if this suggestion were
generally carried out.

Some interestng side
lights are thrown on
the economic bene-
fits to be derived
from business organization among farmers
in the annual report of the Secretary of
Agriculture, which was recently made
public. The progress of such organiza-
tion among dairymen was thought by the
secretary to be of sufficient importance
to merit special menton in his report, and
the organization of 28 co—operative cow
testing associations in the country during
the past year is reported, making a total
of 55 such organizations now in operation
in the country. In commenting upon the
economic benefit of such organizations,

What Organization
Will Do.

the statement is made that in one of‘

these associations the average annual
profit per cow was raised from $21.43 to
$42.82 in four years. This means that the
net income from the dairy cows owned
by the members of that association was
practically doubled in four ycars’ time
through a business organization which
enabled them to have officai tests of their
herds made by an expert employed by
the association. The data thus obtained
made it possible for them to discard their
unprofitable cows and the advice of the
official tester often made it possible for
'ihem to use a cheaper ration than they
had been feeding, with better results in
the yield from their cows.

It is a. matter for congratulation that
the first co—operative association of this
kind to be organized in this country was
formed right here in Michigan, and that
there are a number of such associations
in operation in our state at the present
time. But there is plenty of room for
more of the same kind, and with such
results as these as an object lesson in the
economic benefit to be derived from such
organizations, it would seem that the
dairy farmers of many other communities
would awakcn to their opportunities along
this line and place themselves in a posi-
tionito enjOy some of the financial bene-
fits which have accrued to the members
of these associations during the compar-
atively short time for which they have
been organized. In the little country of
Denmark thcre are more than 500 of these
organizations which have bcen a promi-
nent factor in the raising of the Danish
farmers from a condition approaching
bankruptcy to one of comparative a'ffiu-
once.

But this is not the only opportunity for
profitable organization by dairy farmers
in Michigan. During the past two years
there have been more than a score of
breeders’ organizations effected, for the
improvement of the common dairy cattle
owned by the members through the pur-
chase and use of pure—bred sires. These
organizations promise much for increasing
the profit from the dairies of the com-
munities, in which they exist, and their
m‘embcrs are enthusiastic in regard to
the benefits derivcd. In the same little
country of Denmark, above mentioned in
connection with the co-operative cow
testing associations, there are more than
1,200 of these cattle-breeding societies
which shows that the farmers of that
country fully appreciate the advantages
to be derived from such co—operulive or~
ganizatons. The advantages are no great~
or for them than for the dairy farmers
of Michigan, and the farmers of any
dairy community in Michigan who do not
take steps for the organization of an
association of this kind are. not living up
in their opportunities for their own eco-
nomic betterment.

In this connection some deductions
made regarding the comparative value of
good and poor cows in a circular issued
by a western college, are of interest. The
figures presented compare a cow that will
produce 175 lbs. of butter per year with
one that makes 350 lbs. in the same peri—
od, and show that with butter at 25c per
pound and the cost of keeping both cows

Estimated at sio per annum, the net profit

on the poorer cow would represent 6.2 per
cent on 869, while the net profit on the
better cow would represent the same per-
centage on $895.16, the value of the skim-
mflk being estimated at 20c per cwt. in
both cases and no account being taken of
the greater value of the calf ’produced by
the better cow. This will illustrate some-
thing of the financial benefit which would
accrue to the farmers of any dairy com—
munity with a cow testing association to
tell them just what their cows are
doing and a breeding association "for the
improvement of their herds by the cheap—
est possible method.

This is but an illustration of the bene-
fits to be derived from the co-operative
organization of farmers along lines of
community producton. The cow testing
associations and breeding associations are
mentioned because of the fact that they
are in actual operation in our state, and
interested farmers can study them at first
hand. But there is plenty of room for
profitable organization in other lines of
production as well, and this is the season
of the year when the subject should be
investigated and steps taken to effect
such organizations in many Michigan
communities.

During the past two
The Highway Law. years there have

been many opinions
expressed for and against the present
highway law by Michigan Farmer read-
ers. If the resolution passed by the State
Association of Farmers’ Clubs at its an-
nual meeting during the early days of
this month can be taken to be an accu-
rate reflection of public sentiment on this
subject, the farmers of the state, or a
majority of them, believe that the pres-
ent law is an improvement over the old
highway labor tax plan. But there is no
denying the fact that while the new law
'has worked well in many communities, it
has not been productive of good results
in others, probably because of an unfor-
tunate choice of officials in some cases
and of the neglect of the electors to vote
a sufficient appropriation for highway im-
provement to make a. reasonable showing
when properly applied. It would appear
from present indications to be reasonably
certain that there is not sufficient senti-
ment against the new law to bring about
its repeal or material amendment by the
legislature which will assemble during the
curly days of the new year. Thus it is
probable that those who have found the
new law unsatisfactory for one reason or
another will find it unchanged so far as its
main provisions are concerned after the
legislature has completed its session. This
being probable, the best course for them
'to pursue is to make a study of the prop-
osition and ascertain, if possible, why the
law which has been unsatisfactory to
them is considered to be a distinct pro-
gress over the old method of maintaining
the highways by other communities of
progressive farmers, and remedy the
matter by a change in their method of
work under the law, since there is little
prospect of their being able to materially
change the law itself. If the right men
have not been chosen as road officials in
previous years they can get together in
securing the services of the best men
available. If an insufficient sum has been
appropriated in previous years, this can
also be remedied by concerted action. In
fact, if the highway law has proven un—
satisfactory in any way, a free discussion
of the proposition at a meeting called for
the purpose and the arrangement of a
definite program which represents the
ideas of a majority of those who are suffi-
cicmiy interested to attend such a meet-
ing will prove helpful in the solution of
the road problem in any community.

Several inquiries
have recently becn
received from Mich-
igan Farmer road-
crs, asking where. information regarding
any lands which may be open for home-
steading in the statc can be obtained.
For the bcnefit of those inquirers, and
others who may be interested in the same
proposition. we will 5213’ that all state
lands are controlled directly by The Mich-
igan State Land Office at Lansing, Mich.,
that is, all lands which are available for
homesteading or which are for sale by
the stale, and that inquiries directed to
the Land Ofiice at Lansing. Mich., will
bring information regarding thcm. These
lands are of various classes, including
swamp lands, school lands. college lands,
tax homestead lauds, forfeited lands, etc.
For information regarding lands held
by the United States Government in
Michigan, inquiries addressed to The
United States Land Office at Marquette.
Mich., will bring information. Neither of

State Homestead and
Tax Lands.

theseg'offllces has on file informt'igngref

garding the lands held by the other. Most):

of these lands are, of course, ot’less value
than priVately owned lands, but they have
been appraised by agents of the land
office to fix their sale value.

 

STAT E CO R N SH OW.

The seventh annual" meeting and corn
show of the Michigan Corn Improvement
Association will be held in the new agri-
cultural building at the Agricultural Col—
lege, East Lansing, Mich., Jan. 16-21,
1911. The educational and business pro-
grams of the association will be held dur-
ing the week beginning Monday evening
and ending Friday evening. Mr. C. G.
Williams, of the Ohio Experiment Station,
will give several addresses during the
week. In addition to these and other
lectures, instruction will be given in corn
judging. No fees will be charged for at-
tendance. Entries for 'the corn show will
consist of ten-ear samples as usual. All
exhibits must be received before 9 a. m.
on Jan. 17. If shipped by express, ship-
ment should not be made later than Jan.
9. (Entries can be made by members of
the association, an annual fee of $1 be-
ing charged for membership. Liberal
premiums are offered in the different
classes, including an automobile which
will go to the boy or girl under 20 years
of age exhibiting the best ten ears of
corn under the rules prescribed by the as-
sociation. All who are interested in
“More and better corn for Michigan"
should write Secretary V. M. Shoesmi‘th,

East Lansing, Mich., for a premium list,_

which contains the rules under which ex-
hibits must be made.

 

SHOULD YOU GET TWO COPIES OF'
SAME lSSUE..

 

Some subscribers may get two copies
of the same issue. Some we know do be-
cause they have written us to that effect.
As soon as your time is extended the
extra one will stop. In the meantime
please hand the extra one to some neigh-
bor who is not a. subscriber. He may
subscribe.

CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

 

 

Kent 60., Dec. 2.—Cold, snowy weather

and not a great lot of corn husked in our)

section, and a poor fall for husklng. Most
farmers are hauling to the barn and
husking inside. Winter grains looked
fine when the snow fcll. Hogs took a
drop at Thanksgiving but now bring $7.25
per cwt; corn, 35c bu; oats, 29c; chickens,
9c; butter, 25c; timothy hay, $12.50.

Lapeer 00., Dec. 10.—Weather for the
past week has been cold, and the ground
is covered with two or three inches of
snow. Most of the wheat on the ground
in this county is in pretty good shape,
’but an occasional piece has brown spots
in it, indicating, as we suppose, that it
is infested with insects. Much corn re—
mains in the fields yet, waiting for power
huskcrs and shredders 'to do the work.
Some clover seed lying in the windrow
under the snow. Potatoes still selling at
25@30c per bu., and there are a good
many in pits in the fields yet. Farmers
are holding beans and wheat for an ad-
vance to $2 and $1 respectively. Lots of
fall plowing done in this.section. Many
farmers will not grow sugar beets next
year unless the factories raise the price
for the beets.

Mecosta 00., Dec. 12.—We are having
good sleighing at this writing. The first
snow, which is now on the ground. fell
Nov. 28 on a light coat of ice and it has
snowed off and on until now no wagons
are run on the roads at all. There is still
some corn to be huskcd. Not much fall
plowing was done this year. Wheat and
rye are looking good generally; and with
a good coat of snow on with indications
for its staying all winter it should go
through the winter all right. Hay is
scarce. poor quality and high in price.
Not many potatoes changing hands, with
a strong market. Several auction sales
around here and things sold well. Hay,
$12@15 per ton; rye straw, (baled), $4.50
per ton; corn, 25c crate; potatoes, 30@32c
’pcr bu; oats, 35c; hogs. $6.50 per cwt;
hens, 9c per lb; butter, 270 per lb; eggs,
30c per dozen.

Branch C0,, Dec. 19.—Snug winter
weather has prevailed since December 1.
\that has been wcli protected by snow
most of the time but not enough snow for
good slcighing to date. Today, (Dec. 19),
:1 small blizzard is raging but the snow
drifts as fast as it falls. The usual num-
ber of western lambs being fed, supply of
other stock below the average. A great
deal of corn still in the Shock, the weath-
er having been unfavorable for hand-
husking this fall. Clover seed will be
very scarce this spring, much of it was
left in the fields unthreshed: some yet in
barns awaiting the huller.

hi0. .

Wayne Co., Dec. 19.——The weather has
been quite wintry for three weeks. snow-
ing nearly every day, but the roads were
not in condition for sleighing. Now they
are hard and icy. Have had a cold wave
the 16th and 17th. the temperature reach-
ing zero. Moderated on 18th and is now
raining and slee'ting some. Butchering is
the program of the day. Hogs have ad-
vanced a little, selling at $9.50 per cwt:
cattle, medium beef cattle, $6 per cwt;
butter, 33c per lb; eggs. 35c per dozen-

 
 
 

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You say in your issue of the 17th that
anyone sending a club of five subscribers
may keep 10 per cent to pay for remit-
ting expenses and trouble in raising the
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Michigan Farmer do not count. Please
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subscriptions at $1.50 each, $4.50, one
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53 NUMBERS IN 1910.

 

There will be 53 numbers of the Mlch-.
igan Farmer issued in 1910, the first num-
ber being da‘ted Jan. 1, and the last
one on Dec. 31. This is so unusual as to
merit comment. Probably few readers
appreciate the added cost of getting out
a single extra issue of a paper with a
large circulation like the Michigan Farm-
er, but it is by no means a small item.
It is, however, an expenditure that is a
pleasure to the publishers, if the extra
issue has, as we trust it has, been of
value to its readers.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

National.

The breaking of a gas main which
probably permitted the mixing of gas

. with air in the power house at the grand

central station in New York resulted in
a terrific explosion which shook Manhat-
tan island almost from end to end, killed
ten persons, injured 125 and did damage
to property aggregating fully $2,000,000.

On Monday Edward Douglas White, a
democrat and an err—Confederate soldier,
took the oath of office as chief justice of
the supreme court of the United States.
He was an associate justice. and this is
the first time in the history of the su—
preme court of this country that an as-
sociate has been advanced to the position
of chief justice.

It is announced that terminals have
been completed both in Chicago and New
York for a tube line which is to connect
these cities. Soon work will be started
on the tunnel at a number of places along
the line.

It is believed that a two-masted wood-
en schooner was lost with all on board
in the blizzard last Friday on the shoals
in the vicinity of Great Round off the
Massachusetts coast.

The common council of Baltimore
passed an ordinance last week which for-
bids negroes from locating in city blocks
where ’[he number of White people out-
number the number of negroes and also
prohibits White people from moving into
blocks where the number of negroes pre-
dominates. The city solicitor pronounced
the act legal as it shows no discrimina-
tion between the two races, working in
both directions. The purpose of the meas—
ure is to segregate the races gradually
by forcing the whites to certain parts of
the city and blacks to other parts.

The postofficc department arrested 22
persons in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
who are charged with swindling the pub-
lic by the use of the mails. While some
of the defendants are under the hand of
the law for dealing in land swindles and
stocks of no value, others have become

 

answerable to charges, for. selling goods
which they have never paid for, or re-
ceiving money for goods which they have
never delivered. This action is in line
with the other cleaning up operations of
the department.

The blizzard of last Friday, on the
Massachusetts coast caused the wreck of
four schooner: and did~much damage to
shipping interests.

The foreign trade of New York city for
the fiscal year ending June 30, amounted
to $1.727.006,057. This is nearly one-half
of the foreign trade of the whole country.

Twelve oleo men have been indicted by
a federal grand jury. Chicago packers

have also been indicted again for combin- ‘

ing to restrain trade and violating the
Sherman anti-trust law.

The war department is con..'
proposition of laying another
tween Seattle and Alaska at
$2,000,000. The present cable is
quate to handle the business.

Foreign.

While the returns of the elections in
the last three districts to ballot for rep-
resentatives in the British parliament
have not been received, the outcome of
the election is known with sufficient cer—
tainty to settle the attitude of the peo-
ple toward the former government, which
government has been supported, the elec-
tions 'to date showing 395 seats for the
government coalition and 272 seats for
the unionists, giving the former a ma-
jority of 123. At the opening of the cam-
paign the unionists had strong belief that
they would gain in the number of repre-
sentatives, but they not only did not gain
but are likely to loose one seat. Now
that the decision of the people is under-
stood it is expected that a short period
of quiescence will follow, although there
is reason for believing in continued in-
terest in that the leaders of the unionists
declare that civil war will threaten should
the government succeed in giving the
Irish home rule. It is asserted that arms
have been gathered in Ulster, a district
of northern Ireland, for this purpose.

Earthquake shocks near the Pacific
Ocean in Costa Rica resulted in the sink-
ing of an island in a lagoon in Lake
Salvador. There were about 170 people
on the island at the time and all are re-
ported lost. The island was raised dur-
ing an earthquake disturbance in 1880.

The national assembly of China. has
selected a commission to draft a scheme
to provide for the assembly becoming
responsible to the nation and, unless this
is done, the assembly will dissolve.

The gunboat Hornet which has been in
the New Orleans harbor and reported to
have been recently purchased by the
Honduras government, has set sail, and
it is now believed that the vessel is one
of the best equipped filibustering‘craft
ever fitted out. The boat left for Central
America.

After several days of wet and stormy
weather, England has been visited by one
of the worst gales that has occurred in
many years. All along the coast wrecks
are reported, sea walls have been broken
down, and a large amount of shipping
property destroyed. In the country places
heavy falls of rain and driving winds
have worked much detriment.

The Canadian parliament was enter-
tained by the unusual spectacle of 1,000
farmers who had journeyed from the
great grain growing sections of the north-
west to demand their rights in the gov-
ernmental control of the country. They
want free trade with the United States,
reciprocity, the government ownership of
a railroad to Hudson Bay and the gov-
ernment ownership of the terminal ele-
vators. Their appeals are being given
good attention by the government for the
farmers command a strong contingent in
the northwest.

The annual budget of Japan for 1911-12
shows receipts amounting to over 473,—
000,000 yen and expenditures aggregating
over 540,000,000 yen. This budget is heavy
for the country, but it is claimed to be
necessary to improve the railroads and
bring the navy up to the standard of
other nations.

The Nicaraguan ca'binet has resigned.
On _Jan. 1, Gen. Estrada will become
pres1dent and will appoint a new govern-
ing bodir'.

The students of nearly all the high
Schools of St. Petersburg have quit school
as a protest against punishment being
meted out to political prisoners in dif-
ferent parts of Russia.

_ The Japanese squadron is continuing
its cruise along the Mexican coast.
number of the cadets will journey to Mex~
1C0 City where they will be given a big
reception.

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IF YOU START A CLUB KEEP IT INFORMAL.

“We would like your advice and aid in
organizing such a club," writes a woman
after reading the suggestion for a ”Read-
ing and Gossiping (‘11111" in The Farmer.
“Also, how would you keep it up?"

First of all, I should like to tell you of a
little club to which I belong and which is
tlle most stlccessful and interesting club
] know anything about. And it is a club
without any organization. that is. there
are no officers, n0 constitution, no by—
laws, no red tape, and consequently no
jealousy and friction. A half dozen worn-
en all interested in the same thing. liter-
ature, meet every Saturday afternoon at
half past two and read and discuss what
is read for two or three hours. There is
no presiding officer so the hostess usually
starts the ball rolling by calling on some
one of the number to read first. This
lady will read an article. or a chapter in
a book and then follows a spirited discus-
sion. The members read in turn usually.
unless we talk so long there isn't time for
everyone to read. There are no rules of
any sort, so it doesn't matter whether
every member is heard or not, New
members are never voted upon. If any
111en1bers knows of someone who would
like to join she simply says. “1 have a
friend who wants to come into our club.”
'l‘hat settles the matter. It is understood
that the proposed member tnust be de-
sirable or she would not be 11 friend'of
the lady speaking.

That is the sort of club 1 had in mind
when I wrote the previous article. Simply
an informal gathering of neighbor women
for mutual bent-tit and improvement. In
order to start it 1 would suggest that the
woman who is really interested in the
matter ask her neighbors to meet with
her some afternoon. Tell them what you
want to accomplish. over a cup of tea,
lTOIIiIllg loosens women's tongues more,
than a cup of tea and a sandwich. and
ask for the opinions and ctr-operation of
your friends. if you want to form a real
woman's club so you can get into the fed—
eration you will have to elect a presi—
dent. vice—president, secretary and treas—
urer, have regular dues. programs, a mot-
to, a flower, 3 color. committees and. hand
in hand with that. jealousy. envy and
much bitterness of spirit. If you only
want to have ;1 good time and at the
same time be learning smncthing, you
will not organize at all. but simply all
agree to meet every week from house to
house and each member do all she can
to make the meetings a success.

in the city, refreshments are not served
at literary clubs except on special oc-
casions when guests are present. For
the country clubs, this question should be
decided by the members. If refreshments
are voted for it would be advisable to
limit the, articles of food to a certain
number or each hostess will be trying to
do more than her neighbors. Let it be
decided that each hostess shall serve only
three things, a drink. sandwiches and
cakes, or any three things sl.e chooses.

a" :1: =I€

As to the programs. it will be fll‘ more
interesting not to make them pretentious.
Say a certain time each week is set aside
for fiction, 15'» minutes or a half hour. just
long enough to read a chapter or two
from some good book. There are no end
of good books which have been out long
enough now that they may be, secured in
cheap bindings for 50 cents a copy. many
of them even for 2.") cents. Among the
books which would be interesting for such
a club are those by Margaret DeLand.
two of the best being “Old (‘hester Tales"
and “Dr. Lavender.” Much older than
these, but similar in style is “Cranford,”
by Mrs. Gaskell. “Peter,” by F. Hopkin-
son Smith; “Aunt Jane of Kentucky.” by
Eliza Calvert Hill; “The Minister’s W00-
ing,” by Harriet Beecher Stowe, are all
interesting. “Bob, Son of Battle.” is the
story of a dog by Ollivant. If you want
good stories of the south they may be
found in “Red Rock” and “Gordon Keith "
by Thomas Nelson Page, and “The Little
Shepherd of Kingdom Come,’ and “The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine,” by John

Fox. “The \Veaver." by Gilbert Parker
and “The Shuttle." by Francis Hodgson
Burnett, furnish food for thought as well
as entertainment. while “The Fair Bar—
barian." by the last named author is an
amusing tale of an American girl from
the breezy west who is suddenly set down
in a conservative little English village.

These are but a few of the good books
you can select from. If you write to the
publishing companies directly they will
send you a catalogue every month with
the names of their books. and short re-
views of each book so you can tell more
about what you want.

For a work on household matters there
is none more highly recommended than
“Domestic Science." by Richardson. Then
there is a series of books called “Library
of Home Economics,” gotten out by the
American School of Home Economics in
Chicago, and covering every question
which could possibly come up in house—
keeping. The government bulletins on
such matters may be secured by writing
the department of publicity at \Vashing-
ton. These may be secured for a very
small sum. and so would probably be bet-
ter than the ‘books on science which cost
a dollar or more.

There is such a host of good magazines
to choose from it would be hard for a
club to decide what one to take. Among

 

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those which would be suitable for a wom-
an's club are Harper’s Bazaar for $1.25
a year. This contains short stories and
domestic features of general interest.
The Woman's Home Companion, The
Ladies‘ Home Journal and the Delineator
are known to all women. The Mother’s
Magazine is a good magazine along the
same lines and only 50 cents a year. If
you want a magazine that deals more
with outside interests and less with the
home there are the Review of Reviews
and the World Today. Most of these
magazines have clubbing offers, some of
them with the Michigan Farmer, and two
or three may be sccttrcd together at con—
siderably less than the combined prices.
If this is done the magazines might pass
from member to member between meet-
ings, the contents of the articles to
be told briefly in 'club by a member who
had read them.

Just what each club will do must "be
decided upon by the members as no out-
sider knows what would be best suited
to the women of any one neighborhood.
Whatever is done, each woman should
feel that she has a part to do if the club
is to be a success. Of course, there are
born leaders in every neighborhood. but
these women should do all they can to
bring to the front their more retiring
neighbors. Books and magazines, of
course, will have, to be paid for by con-
tributions from each member. Hence the
advisability of having no dues.

DEBORAH.

 

GIFTS EASILY MADE BY DEFT FINGERS.

BY PEARLE WHITE M’ COWAN.

 

The woman whose pocket book is never
overly burdened. but who loves to give
Christmas presents to her friends is usu—
ally looking for ideas of something neat
and inexpensive that she may make with
her own lingers. To such the following
suggestions may be helpful.

The covers for the little needle book
here illustrated are made of 30 little bia ss
rings. 1.3 on the 110111 and 111 at the balk,
which are covered with sansilk. This may
l:c crocheted over them or the work may
be done with needle and thread in a but—
tonhole stitch. The rings are then filled
with a spider web arrangement of twisted
threads similar to those used in batten-
iwrg and drawn work. The leaves. made
of felt or heavy tennis flannel are cut in
scalloped triangles to match the covers.
and are finished around the edges in a
buttonhole stitch with sansilk like that 011
the covers. Two small bows of narrow
ribbon of a corresponding shade are
placed over the place where leaves and
covers are joined together.

The white of the leaves showing
through the bright colors of the sansilk
makes a pretty contrast. This is a dainty
little gift fit for any woman's work box.

The second little gift is especially useful
and simple. Many women deplore the.
absence of pockets in the coats anti jack—
cts of present day styles. and this little

extra pocket is designed

\ to fill this long felt
\ want. It is merely a

half yard of ribbon 41/2
inches wide, plain or
fancy ribbon may be
used, according to taste,
with one end turned 11p
to a depth of 51/: inches
W and the edges neatly
Scwed together. About
21/: inches above the top
of this little pocket the
remainder of the ribbon
is folded over and gath-
ered closely, thus form-
Pocket. ing a flap that hangs
down over the top of the pocket. The
ends of this are trimmed to a point and
neatly feather—stitched while a little
safety pin is fastened into the top so that
the pocket may be pinned inside any coat
or i" “it worn.

A ribbon case is the third little article
illustrated. This is especially appropriate
for the young girl who has not yet ar«
rived at the dignity of “doing up” her
hair. It is made of fancy ribbon 22 or

 

 

 

 

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3.. inches long. It may be a little longer
or shorter if desired, but it must, be at
least siv inches wide and seven. or even
tight, is better. This is 1 at one end

 

Needle Book Made of Brass Rings.
as shown in big. A, just a third of one
('lld straight and the balance out to a
point. and is then neatly hemmed and

feather-stitched. The lower edge is
turned up a third of the width of the
whole ribbon. or half the width of the
part with the pointed end. This is then
feather-stitched at intervals, as shown
in Fig. 1’1, leaving openings or little pock-
ers about a half-inch wider than ordinary
calling cards, and the straight end is
neatly hemmed. A card is then inserted
in each little poeket and the whole folded

 

 

Household Economy

How to Have the Best Cough
Syrup and Save $2, by
Making it at Home.

 

Cough medicines. as a rule, contain a.
large quantity of plain syrup. If you take
one pint of granulated sugar add 1,41 pint
of warm wateI. and stir about 2 minutes.
you have as good syrup as money could
buy

If you will then put 2%; ounces of
Pinex (fiftv (ents‘ worth) in a pint bot-
tle, and fill it up with the Sugar Syrup,
you will have as much cough syrup as
you could buy readyvmade for $2. 50. It
keeps perfectly. ‘

And you will find it the best cough
syrup you ever used—even in whooping
cough. You can feel it take hold—usu-
ally stops the most severe cough in 24
hours. It is just laxative enough has a.
good tonic effect and taste is pleasant.
Take a teaspoonful every one, two or
three hours.

It is a splendid remedy too, for hoarse-
ness asthma, chest pains, etc

Pinex is the most valuable concentrat-
ed compound of Norway white pine ex-
tract, rich in guiaicol and all the healing
pine elements. No other pieparation will
wmk in this fotmula.

This recipe for making cough remedy
with Pinex and Sugar Syrup is now used
and prized in thousands of homes in the
l‘nited States and Canada. The plan has
often been imitated but never success-
fully

A guarantee of abs01ute satisfaction,
or money promptly refunded, goes with
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TAT-TED ,ALLOVER.

 

BY GENEVA M. SEWELL.
This pattern is composed of three-
leaved figures ‘of two d. nine picots each
separated by two d.,, two d. draw into a

ring. The rings are fastened together at

the first picot. When three are made tie
thread and cut off, then make another
figure like the first, fastening together at
the middle picot of ring. ' Each four of
these three-leaved figures when fastened
together leaves a round opening which
may be filled in any preferred way. The
design is filled with a. Web made by run.-
ning threads in then twisting the needle
around them so each thread is double,

 

then weaving under and over the threads
at the center for three times then fasten
thread and cut off. If it is desired to run
ribbons in, the spaces are not filled but
left as shown in the design. This is a
most useful design for yokes or strips of
insertion. It may be made to conform to
any shape of pattern by fastening the
figures together in that shape. It makes
a. beautiful baby bonnet when made of
the silkoline crochet cotton. It also makes
dainty collars and cuffs when made of
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.“I just dread ChristrhaS!” Mrs. Slat-
er’s’usu'ally placidflbrow were at least a
dozen little puekers and she sighed as
she reached for another stocking to darn.

“That seems rat-her a bad state of
things,” answered her neighbor hostess.

“I know it,” replied Mrs. Slater, “but
t is not so bad as you think. Now for
the family and intimate friends I can
manage well enough but there are friends
who give me little gifts which I am not
able to return as far as cost is con-
cerned and—”

“I faced that a year ago,” replied her
friend opening a. drawer of the linen
chest, “and you may see the result." Unv
foldinga roll of blue tissue she disclosed
a pretty oval centerpiece done in Walla-
c‘hian and-outline. “This,” she explained
after her’ friend had expressed her ad-
miraton,’ “is for Emma Little, and the
other centerpieces done in the same, save
for a 'bit of eyelet, is for her sister. They
are both fond of embroidery but have no
knack for it. This pin cushion cover,
done in solid and initial is for my sister.
She might make it herself, of course, but
somehow one never does those things for
oneself. This book mark is for the book
worm friend whose name you see out-
lined.

“I just made one
points," she continued, holding up a
dainty pair done in outline. “I had
plenty of goods but it does not pay. I
had rather make these jabots,” holding
up a three—piece jabot done in outline and
eyelet and a. two-piece one done in VVal-
lachian and outline. “They are for An—
na, you know she teaches and positively
never has enough of such things. Then
this Dutch collar done in solid is for Hi1-
da. I confess I wanted to keep it for
myself but it is just what she needs for
her'green coat. This smaller Dutch c-ol-
lar done in surface and Wallachian is for
mother. I notice old ladies never want
anything stiff or high about their necks
and these new Dutch collars are a bless-I
ing to them."

"Oh, .. how pretty!” exclaimed Mrs.
Slater, as her hostess unrolled a dainty
white handbag done in Wallachian, eyelet
and surface.

"Yes. That’s for my niece. I shall
have to get a white ribbon draw string
(for it though. You see she has a hand—
embroidered parasol, dress and hat so it

 

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is a. shame thanshe should not possess a.
bag—Spending‘jtheT Winter in the south,
too! This twofpiece neck bow is for
Mrs. Chris'tiansdn and this commode dolly
made trefoil ,fashion is for Jane Douglas.

“You"see,” she continued, folding them
up, “the “value of these presents lies in
the work. It is a rare woman who would
not welcome as a gift a piece of hand-
made embroidery. Of’ course, you know
that I can do finer work hilt my aim was
to make inexpensive presents which would
look well and which were within the
power of a. busy housewife to accomplish.”

Mrs. Slater gasped. “But how did you
ever manage to do it? You must have
been at it all year and how many yards
of goods did you use? Your stamping
bill, too? That must have been quite an
item,” and she sighed to think that her
problem was no nearer a. solution.

Mrs. VVentworth laughed. “I will try
and answer your questions one at a time.
I began them this fall, strictly speaking,
the sixth of October, and was resting,
nicely prepared for - Christmas, before
Thanksgiving. Then the number of yards
used was one. Yes,” she smiled, at her
friend’s surprised look. “They are all
cut from one yard of linen for which I
paid just 39 cents. The white mercerized
thread cost enough to make the 12 pieces
amount to 60 cents. It took lots of
thread, you see, because every single
piece is buttonholed. As for my stamp-
ing bill, I'am not very good at drawing
so I had to depend on patterns from my
old outfit and those out from magazines
and newspapers. 1 used a piece of car-
bon paper. I just placed these patterns

with the linen on the paper and marked.

with a, common lead pencil, sometimes
using half a spool to mark the buttonhole
border. I just laid the spool on the linen
and marked half around it. Come over
tomorrow wit-h your yard of linen,” she
finished, as the relieved Mrs. Slater rose
to go, “and I will prove my assertions.”

 

SHORT CUTS T0 HOUSEKEEPING.

 

For biliousness, try a glaSS of lemonade
every night before retiring.-—-Z. I. D.

A little bluing in the water with which
windows are cleaned gives a clearer and
loss streaked appearance to the glass than
anything else I have ever tried.-M. A. P.

To cure corns, make a plaster of anti—
fiagistine and apply. Leave it on until
the corn can be drawn out by the roots.
~Z. I. D.

A crust formed on my bread and to
prevent this I dampened two thicknesses
of cloth and laid on dough ten minutes
before putting in loaves, and crust gave
no trouble. If the dough should sour from
any cause, that is, just a little sour,
Spri-‘He each loaf well with salt just as
y - mold it into the tins. When baked it
will have no sour taste—P. J.

 

LADIES’ SlX-GORED SKIRT.

For heavy mate-rials the skirt we show
here is an excellent model. This skirt
has six gores, the side gores being length-
ened by a lower side section. The front
and back gores are laid in plaits and at
the knee are held in place by a strap
of the material. The side-gores are joined
together, and lapped over the lower side
section. This skirt, worn with one of
the short coats would make a smart cos-
tume. It may be made of any of the
heavy mannis‘h mixtures, Cheviot, serge,
broadcloth or velveteen.

The pattern (514]), is cut in sizes 22
to 32 inches waist measure. To make

THE 7 :MICHI’GAN‘ ' FARMER.

 

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the skirt in medium size will require 6%
yards of material 27 inches wide, or 5%
yards of material either 36 or 44 inches
wide. ...l.; above pattern can 'be obtained
by sending 10 cents to the office of the
Michigan Farmer. Give pattern number
and waist measure.

 

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Kellogg's — the original and only genuine
Toasted Com Flakes—is as wholesome as it is
delicious. But you can'tloolthe children. Get
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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.
December 21, 1910.
Grains and Seeds.
Wheat.——On last Thursday the bulls
were successful in putting prices up a
cent after which there was a gradual de-
cline until Tuesday when they again
checked the course of the market and
recovered a part of the decline. The
heavy world’s movement, the lack of for-
eign call, the satisfied flour market, the
liberal offerings from farmers of the
northwest all worked to put quotations on
a lower basis. The bulls pinned their
hope to the situation in the southwest
where they have been finding help, and
it was on news from that quarter that
they succeeded in getting the advance
Tuesday. Dry weather is damaging the
crop materially and should present con-
ditions prevail fer many more weeks much
of the sowing will be ruined. The visible
supply increased less than a half million
bushels. One year ago the price for No.
2 red wheat was $1.25 per bu. Quotations
for the week are:
No. 2 No. 1
Red. \Vhite. May. July.

Thursday . . . . .9614 .9514 00% 35%
Friday . . .... .951/2 .041/5, .. 9% .9514
Saturday . . . . .9494 .933}; 99% .9514
h’londay ...... .941/2 .931/2 .991/2 .95

Tuesday ..... .95 .94 1.0014 .95%

Corn.—A steady tone prevails in corn
circles and prices remain at figures pub—
lished for the previous week. The vis-
ible supply increased a little over a half
million bushels which is about half of the
increase of a year ago. A car load of
new No. 3 yellow corn sold on the mar-
ket Tuesday for 4615c per bu. ()ne year
ago the price of No. 2 corn was 62%0.
Quotations for the past week are:

No. 2 NO. 2

Corn. Yellow.
Thursday ................ 53 56
Friday .................... 53 56
Saturday ................. 5:} 56
Monday .................. 53 56
Tuesday ................. 53 56

Oats.—No change has occurred in oat
values since a week ago Monday. The
market is eaSy and there is little activity
in the trade. The visible supply increased
'but a few thousand bushels. The price
for standard cats at this date in 1909
was 4655c per bu. Quotations for the
past week are:

Standard. No. 3

\Vhite.
Thursday ................ 35 341/2
Friday ................... 35 34%
Saturday ................. 35 34%
Monday .................. 35 34%
Tuesday .................. 35. 341/2

Beans.—As usual, little or nothing is
being done‘ in this department. Prices
"have fluctuated the past week with fig-

es ruling a lttle lower than seven days
Sic. Quotations are:

Cash. Dec.
Thursday ................... $2.00 $2.03
Friday ..................... 1.95 1.98
Saturday ................... 1.95 1.98
Monday .................... 1.97 2.00
Tuesday ................... 1.97 2.00

Clover Seed—The promised advance did
not materialize and instead a slight de-
cline was recorded in clover seed for the
week just past. The falling off was not
large, however, and the decline may be
covered any time. The deal continues
active. Quotations are:

Prime Spot. Mar. Alsike.

Thursday . . . . . .$9.10 $9.15 $9.10
Friday ........... 9.10 9.15 9.10
Saturday ......... 9.00 9.05 9.00
Monday .......... 9.00 9.05 9.00
Tuesday .......... 9.00 9.05 9.00
Rye.——This grain is scarce. Market

higher and firm. Quotation for No. 1 is
851/20 per bu.
Visible Supply of Grains.
This week. Last week

Wheat ............. 42,994,000 42,666,000
Corn ............... 2,094.000 1,510,000
Oats ............... 15,711,000 15,349,000
Rye ................ 478.000 471,000
Barley ............. 1,622,000 1,744,000

Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc. .
Fiour.—The flour trade is easy With
prices unchanged. Quotations are:

Clear ................................. $4.65
Straight ............................. 4.65
Patent Michigan .................... 5.20
Ordinary Patent .................... 4.75

Hay and Straw—Hay values are
steady. Quotations on baled hay in car
lots f. o. b. Detroit are: No. 1 timothy,
$16.50@17; No, 2 timothy, $15.50@16; clo—
ver, mixed, $15.50@16; rye straw, $7@
7.50; wheat and oat straw, $6@6.50 per
ton.

Feed.—All prices are steady with
those of last week. Carlot prices on
track are: Bran, $25 per ton; coarse
middlings, $23: fine middlings, $26;
cracked corn, $25; coarse corn meal, $25;
corn and oat chop, $24 per ton.

Potatoes—«The situation fails to im-
prove with continuous cold weather.
There is an ample supply to care for the
sluggish demand. In car lots Michigan
pomtoes are selling at 37@40c per bu.

Provisions.——Fami1y pork. $23fi‘24: mess
pork, $21.50; medium clear. $21022;
smoked hams, 131/2c;hriskets, 12l/zc: shoul-
ders, 1115c; picnic hams. 111/_,c: bacon. 18c
pure lard in tierces, 111/20; kettle rendered
lard, 121/20.

Dairy and Poultry Products.

Button—Trading has continued smooth-
ly this past week with no change in val-
ues, nor any noticeable alteration in con-
ditions. Quotations are: Extra cream—
ery. 301/20; first creamery, 281/4c; dairy.
23c. and packing, 20c per lb.

Eggs—For the first time in several
moons egg prices have declined. In-
creased receipts give the market an
easier tone. The price is 1c lower. Fresh
receipts. case count, cases included. are
now ouote at 311,63 per dozen.

Poultry.——Geese and chickens are in
large supply and traders are feeling easy.

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THE; MICHiGAN‘FARMER.

Turkeys are scarce. Prices show little
change from a. week ago. Dressed chick-
ens are still quoted at 12@13c; fowls,
11@120; ducks, 16@18c; geese are up to
14c; turkeys, 20@22c per lb. For live
birds, spring chickens are quoted at 11c;
fowls, 10c; old masters, 9c; turkeys, 18@
200; geese, 12@121/2c; ducks, 15@151/zc lb.

Cheese.—Michigan, 170; Michigan sharp,
17@181,§c; York state, 17%@18c; York
state sharp, 19c; limburger, old, 16@170;
Swiss domestic block, 20@2-2c‘; cream
brick, 17@18c.

Dressed Pork.—Price is improved and it
is now 9@100 1b.

Veal.—Choice, 11%@12c; ordinary, 9@
10c per lb.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Rabbits.—Lower. Per dozen, $1.50.

Apples.—Market is active and higher.
Fancy greenings are quoted at $5.25@
5.50; Kings, $5.25@5.50; Baldwins, $4.50;
Steel reds, $6; ordinary grades, $2.75@3
per bbl.

Cranberries.—Lower. Quoted at $3.25
per bu.

Cabbage.-Steady.
bbl. for new.

Onions.——Higher. 75@90c per bu.

Honey.-Choice to fancy comb, 15@17c
per lb.
From Farmers’ Wagons on Detroit East-

ern Market.

On Tuesday the trading was light con—
sidering it being the week before the hol-
idays, there being a small number of
wagons on the market and not a. numer-
ous amount of buyers. As for former
weeks the bulk of offerings was made up
of potatoes. apples, pork, cabbage and
roots. Potatoes are down from a week
ago, now selling around 45c per bu. Ap-
pes, generally speaking, were of very
inferior quality, mostly windfalls and
culls. These were selling from 75c@$1.
Other grades ranged from $1.25@1.75 and
found ready buyers at those figures.
Cabbage was quoted at 40c; parsnips,
45c; carrots, 35c; turnips, 35c per bu;
chickens around 130 per lb; eggs, 40c per
dozen. Good pork 10c per 1b.

Selling at $1.50 per

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Grand Rapids.

Fresh eggs from farmers’ hands are
Worth 32c, with supply a little better
than a week ago. Butter dealers are
paying 25c for dairy, with offerings more
liberal and quality fair. Grain prices are
practically unchanged, with wheat worth
89((il90t2; new corn, 48c; old corn, 57c.
Hay is a little firmer, loose timothy
bringing $17, baled, $18 per ton. Poul—
try prices are off 10 this week, quota-
tions for live stock being as follows:
Fowls, and chickens, 100; turkeys, 180;
geese. llc; ducks, 13c. Dressed hogs are
in good supply at 8%c. Veal is worth
6@11c.

 

Chicago.

\VheaL—No. 2 red, 93@94c; May, 961,40;
July, 93%c per bu.

Corn—No. 2 46%@471/2c; May, 47556;
July, 4814c.

Oatszo. 2 white, 31@311/2_c; May, 34c;
July, 34c.

Butter—Market steadier than a week
ago with best creamery showing a lo
gain. Dairies are quoted lower. Cream-
eries, 23@29c; dairies, 21@25c lb.

Eggs—Fancy grades have declined 2c
but general receipts are Steady at the
old figures. Storage eggs are movmg
very slowly and the heavy holdings of
such stock are having a depressing influ-
ence. Quotations: Prime firsts, 310;
firsts 290; at mark, cases included, 19%,»
@22l/zc per dozen.

Potatoes—Receipts are not so heavy
this week but the market continues slow,
with no material change in quotations.
Choice to fancy are quoted at 43@45c per
bu; fair to good, 35@4OC.

Hay and Straw.—-The better grades of
hay and of rye straw are 50c@$1 lower
and the market is easy. Choice timothy,
$19@20; No. 1 timothy, $18@18.50; No. 2
do. and No. 1 mixed, $16.50@17.50; No. 3
do. and No. 2 mixed, $13.50(_(_v16; rye straw
$8638.50; oat straw, $7@7.50; wheat straw,
$6.50@7 per ton.

Beans.~'l‘he market is well supplied
and common beans are lower. Pea beans,
choice hand-picked, are quoted at $2.08@
2.10 per bu; prime, $1.98fg2; red kidneys,
$2.75@2.90.

New York.

Butter.—~Trade is steady at last week‘s
prices. Creamery specials are quoted at
tile; extras, 291/2Gg30c; thirds to firsts.
23(112281/2c.

Eggs. Eggs are coming to market
from southern points and the outlook is
easier with prices lower. Nearby eggs
quoted at 50c; fresh gathered extras 36
@37c; firsts, 34713512 fancy refrigerator
stock. 251/zfoh26c- per dozen.

Poultry—The active holiday demand
has sent prices higher for both dressed
and live fowls. Dressed western chick-
ens, 121/24'1161/2c; fowls, 1361:17c; turkeys,
18Fr’u24c. Live. chickens are higher;
turkeys same. Spring chickens, 13@14c;
fowls, 14@15c; turkeys, 146L180.

 

 

Boston.

“'ool.—~The past week has been easy
for territory wools but fleeces have ruled
active and occupied the major part of
attention given the market. Some Mich-
igan z?/;.-blo(i(1 has gone to the mills. The
leading domestic grades are quoted as
follows: Ohio and Pcnnsvivania floor-cs
~Dclaine. washed. 34c; XX. 32c; ilnr- un-
mcrchantablc 2443250.: 1/2-blood combing,
296730c; fit—blood combing. 2971.300: V,—
blood combing. 27fl28c; delainp, unwash-
ed. 261/241‘27c: fine unwashed. 22¢: 230,
Michigan. “’isconsin and New York
fleeces—Fine unwashed. 20¢!‘21r: dcla‘ne.
unwashed. 26fiD27c; l/i—blood, unwashed.
28fl29c. Kentucky. Indiana and Missouri
—3/g-blood, 29@30c:'%-blood 27@28c.

Egln.

Butter—Trade firm at 30c per 1b.,
which is the quotation of last week. Out-
put for the week, 627.300 lbs. as compared
with 630 300 lbs. for the previous week.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.
December 19, 1910.
(Special report by Dunning &. Stevens,
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, N. Y.)

Receipts of stock here today as follows:
Cattle, 145 cars; hogs, 16,000; sheep and
lambs, 16,200; calves, 800.

With 145 cars of cattle on the market
here today, and with 19,000 reported in
Chicago, we quote all grades of cattle as
selling 1060150 higher than last week,
and a fairly active market.

“We quote: Best 1,300 to 1,400-lb. steers
$6.25@6.65; good prime 1,200 to 1,300-lb.
steers, $5.65@6.15; best 1,100 to 1,200-1b.
shipping steers, $5.50ft‘c5.85; medium
butcher steers, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs., $5.25@
5.60; light butcher steers, $4.75@5; best
fat cows, $4.50@5; fair to good do., $3.50
(«124; common to medium do., $3@3.50;
trimmers, $2.50@3; best fat heifers, $5.50
(155.75; good do., $4.50@5; fair to good
do., $4.25@4.50; stock heifers, $3.50@3.‘75;
best feeding steers. dehorned, $475195;
medium to good feeding steers, $~lfif4.25;
stockers. all grades, $350624; best bulls,
$4.75@5.25; bologna bulls, $4@4.50; stock
bulls, $3.75@4.25; best milkers land
springers, $50@60; good to best milkers
and springers, $406050; common 'to good
do., $25@35: milkers and springers sold
fully $10 lower than last week.

With 100 cars of hogs on sale today,
market opened strong 10@15c higher than
Saturday’s best time, and closing steady
to strong at the opening, with a good
clearance of all that was yarded in time
for the market.

We quote: Mixed, medium and heavy,
$8.05@8.10; yorkers, $8.05@8.10; light
yorkers and pigs, $8.20@8.25; strictly pigs
selling as high as $8.35; roughs, $7@7.25,‘
stags, $6fiD6.25; prospects look fair for the
near future.

The lamb market opened slow today;
most of the choice handy lambs selling
at $6.40@6.50; heavy lambs simply de—
moralized; very hard to sell at $5.50@
5.75; few odd bunches at Go. Hard to
get bids on lambs weighing over 84 lbs.
Don’t look for much improvement balance
of week, unless the runs are very light.
Market closing 10@150 lower; will be 20
loads going over unsold. Sheep market
is very slow today; most of the choice
ewes selling at $3.75@3.85; few fancy at
40. VVethers, $4@4.15, and very little
demand. ‘

We quote: Best handy lambs, $6.40@
6.50; heavy lambs. $5.50@5.75; bucks, $2.50
(03.25; heavy ewes, $3.75@3.85; yearlings,
$4.75oi5; wethers, $4@4.15; cull sheep,
$2.50@3; handy ewes, $3.85rii4; northern
Michigan lambs, $5.75@6.15; veals, choice
to extra, $10.25@10.75; fair to good do.,
$7.50@10; heavy calves, $5@6.50.

Chicago,
December 19, 1910.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 19,000 30,000 26,000
Same day last year..18,534 45.646 24.967
Received last week..72,558 160,159 127,641
Same week last year.83,840 200,964 112,088
Cattlemen shipped in only about 19,000
head today, and the result was extremely
satisfactory, as prices ruled mostly 15@
25c higher for steers and butcher stock,
buyers being compelled to hustle to se-
cure any. Hogs were in much smaller
supply than a week ago or a year ago,
and demand was active at an advance of
1.00, sales ranging at $7.40@7.80, and both
medium and heavy hogs selling at. the
top, while light hogs sold close to 'the
top. Hogs received last week averaged
in weight 224 lbs., compared with 218
lbs. a year ago and 210 lbs. two years
ago. Two weeks ago the receipts av-
eraged 232 lbs. Sheep and lambs rallied
under reduced receipts and sold 10((1‘200
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week's reduction of 50c@$1 per 100 lbs._

Lambs sold at. $5fi16.50, feeder lambs go-
ing at $525636. \Vethers were salable at
$3.25@4.10, feeder lots selling at $32569
3.75. Ewes were salable at $2@3.85,
bucks at $2618.25 and yearlings at $4.35
(7125.25, with feeder yearlings wanted at
$461,450. Horses were fairly active at
current prices. Recent sales embrace 200
horses purchased for the Mexican caval-
ry. The stock yards will be open for
business next Monday, Christmas falling
on Sunday, but packers will not do any
killing, it is understood.

Cattle sold well or otherwise last week
according to their description, although
after the early sharp break in prices re-
sulting from extremely large supplies.
there was a rally in values as a result of
a falling off in the receipts. At all times.
however, handy little yearlings. whether
they were steers or heifers, sold much
the quickest and at much the highest
figures. The greater part of the steers
crossed the scales at $5715.40, the com-
moner lots going at $435615 and the bet—
ter class of heavy ber-ves at $6406.80,
while prime little yearlings sold at $6.85
417.50. Cows and heifers had an outlet
at “2.1561650, sclling lowcr than a wetk
earlier as a rule, while canners went at
$2412.70. cuttr-rs at 327571310. and bulls
at $2715. Calves brought ..2.5061.9.50 per
100 lbs., the coarse heavy lots soiling no
better, whils- choice light vealers advanced
sharply on good but'ing. There was an
rxtrcmr-lv large mil for stockers and
fccdcrs. from farmers scattered all over
the corn ‘m-lt no abundance or low-priced
corn creating a dcsirc to food it on the
farm. Hiockcrs brought $3.25fi75.10_ and
feeders had a good sale at $4.5047560. the
largest demand being for a good grade
(-i’ cattle. A large share of the offerings
of these, cattle consisted of thin steers
of good quality, weighing 800 to 900 lbs.
and going for i'ccdcrs at $4.60fi‘490. Stock
heifers won" in fair demand at $275617
3.20. while feeding heifers sold at $3.256?
4.35. In filling feed lots stockmen should
beware of paying extravagant prices. this
practice having been the. cause of heavy
losses this year. The demand is for little
cattle fattened in a comparatively short
period, and it no longer takes large sup-

DEC. 24, 1910.

plies of heavy long-fed cattle to meet
market requirements. Milkers and spring-
ers have a moderate sale at $30@60 per
head. with a sale of a fancy Holstein cow
at $95.
Hogs have been showing highly sensa-
tional fluctuations in prices for a week
past. with prime hogs selling on Monday
at $8.10, which was the highest figure
reached since ‘the recent remarkable boom
commenced, and going off sharply in the
week under determined efforts made by
buyers to depress values. The large
eastern shipping demand has still been
the main source of firmness, 'the local
packers refraining usually from buying
early in the day, at which time prices
were apt to be highest, and coming in
later and filling their orders at reduced
prices for packing grades after shippers
had purchased the cream of the offerings.
Even shippers objected to paying '11
high prices reached on recent advance
and tried to buy lower, while the reduc d
quotations caused stock shippers to se d
in hogs less freely as the week drew near
a close. Provisions shared in the hog
fluctuations and sold at high prices, con-
sumption being curtailed by their great
dearness. Stocks of provisions in five
leading western markets on Dec. 1 were
95,098.000 lbs., compared with 90,171,000
lbs. a month earlier and 92,848,000 lbs. a.
year ago. Hogs coming to market show
up well in average quality, and the spread
in prices has narrowed a good deal.
Sheep and lambs have not been meet—
ing with a very large demand for a week
past, and prices most of the time were on
the down-grade under liberal offerings,
but late in the week the slump in values
led country shippers to send in stock
more conservatively. Still the aggregate

supply for the week was greatly ahead of'

a week earlier or corresponding weeks in
former years, and this was unfortunate
for sellers at a time when poultry was
in great measure taking the place of beef
and mutton. This decreased outlet is
pretty sure to last until after New Year’s,
and then a. better market may be ex-
pected, but sheepmen should endeavor to
send in consignments conservatively after
studying market conditions. The demand
has run mainly on fat lambs not too
heaVy in weight, and there was also a
good call for feeders. but very few were
offered. In marketing mutton lambs
country shippers should make note of
the fact that 85-lb. lots are too heavy.
Horses were in restricted general de-
mand last week, prime extra heavy draft-
ers excepted, and sales were largely at
reduced prices. Wagon horses sold well
at first, going at $140@200 per head, but
became dull and lower later. Too many
horses were marketed for the demand,
and country shippers lost money in nu-
merous instances. Drafters sold at $170
@250 as a rule, with fancy ones worth
$;75@300 and upward. Small southern
chunks had a fair sale at $65@125, and
drivers were usually slow at $150@300.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

 

 

An Indianapolis horse breeder reports
a growing demand for American-bred
light harness horses. A short time ago
he sold three choicely bred mares in foal
for exportation to Denmark.

A recent report made by a Chicago ob-
server says: “The fact mus: not be over-
looked that the by—product and hide of
a $5.50 steer are worth little less than
those of a $6.50 bullock. It is a sad com-
mcntary on present market conditions
when cattle that have had corn about 30
days sell within 50 cents per 100 lbs. of
bullocks fed for four months and showing
good dressing quality."

Such changes for the better as have
taken place in the Chicago sheep market
of late were due mainly to cutting down
supplies. Sheepmen should keep a close
watch on the market and get advice from
their live stock commission firms as to
the best time'to ship stock. By glutting
the market enormous losses have been
suffered by sheepmen this season.

There has been a surfeit of inferior
cows in the Chicago market since cold
winter weather sct in. Minnesota and
\Visconsin canner stuff has been in heavy
supply, and a great many cheap-grade
lowa' cows have. shown up in the stock
vurds. Prices have. had a sharp decline
all along the line. and inferior old can-
ning cows have. been sold down to $2 per
100 lbs. Cows which a few weeks ago
were bought as plain beef grades have
been placed in the cutter class. while cows
that would have been classed as cutters
a few weeks earlier have been bought as

A short time ago a sale was made at
Chicago of a consignment of 1.286-lb. 60—
day fed steers at $5.70 per 100 lbs. These
short—fed cattle that are pretty good in
quality have been finding buyers at nearly
as good prices as are paid for fat heavy
steers that have been fed from six to ten
months. A short time ago some 1.500-lb.
Kansas steers that were fed all last sum-
mer and autumn were. marketed at $5.90,
and they could have, been sold Six weeks
earlier at $7.50. About the same time
some heavy bcevcs were sold at $5.85 that
would have brought, $8.25 at the high time
last summer. Within a short time nu-
merous consignments of steers that cost
their owners $5.75fl6 per 100 lbs. as feed—
ers at the start have been returned to
market as finished beeves and sold for
$5.55fl565, and a little while ago some
steers that cost as feeders $6.25 last May
\verc returned to market and disposed of»
at $6.05. I-Iigh prices for feeders and
long feeding are apt to result disas-
trously. Fat little yenrlings are the win-
ners these times. and stockmen should
note this fact. Farmers, are beginning to
brced their own stock and feed the well—
bred calves so that they will be market-
able in a short time, not. waiting for them
to reach the age of two years. Theyare
greatly impressed with the fact that mar-
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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday's Market.

December 22, 1910.
Cattle.

‘ Receipts, 328. Good grades steady;
handy butchers, cow stuff and bulls, 15@
25c higher than last week.

We quote: Best steers and heifers, $6;
steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $5.50@
5.75; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000, $4.50
@525; steers and heifers that are fat, 500
to 700, $4@4.7'5; choice fat cows, $4@4.50;
good fat cows, $3.50@3.75; common cows,
$3@3.25; canners, $2.75@3; choice heavy
bulls, $4@4.35; fair to good bolognas, bulls
$3.50@4; choice feeding steers, 800 to 1,000
$4.25@5; fair feeding steers, 800 to 1.000,
$3.75@4; choice stockers, 500 to 700, $3.75
@4.50; fair stockers, 500 to 700, $3@3.75;
stock heifers, $3@3.50; milkers, large,
young, medium age, $40@‘50; common
m1 kers, $25@35.

Roe Com. Co. sold Newton B. Co. 3
butchers av 800 at $4.25, 4 do av 1,082 at
$3.50, 10 steers av 1,072 at $5.50. 11 butch-
ers av 1,013 at $4.25, 1 cow weighing 770
at $2.50, 4 do av 815 at $3.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. & Co.
16 butchers av 1,022 at $4.50, 1 steer
Weighing 1,310 at $6, 5 cows av 924 at
$3.40, 2 do av 910 at $3.25; to Sullivan P.
Co. 3 do av 803 at $3, 1 do weighing 1,040
at $4, 1 do weighing 860 at $3.25, 15 steers
av 947 at $5.50, 7 do av 820 at $4.75; to
Hammond, S. & Co. 3 cows av 880 at
$3.35, 1 do weighing 1,000 at $4, 2 do av
815 81.33.25, 3 do av 840 at $3.25, 1 bull
weighing 720 at $4; to Rattkowsky 7
butchers av 677 at $3.75; to Mich. R. Co.
'5 cows av 990 at $3.80, 7 butchers av 893
at $4.25, 3 steers av 1,150 at $6, 15 do av
620 at $5; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 cows av
1,085 at $3.80, 1 do weighing 1,150 at
$3.80, 5 do av 1,126 at $4, 2 bulls av 1,225
at $4.35, 1 do weighing 930 at $4, 2 heifers
av 900 at $4.75, 2 canneis av 775 at $3.

Spi‘cer & R. sold Kamman 2 bulls av 835
at-$4.504wto Hammond, S. & Co. 3 cows av
810‘at $3.25, 1 do weighing 920 at $3.20, 1
bull weighing 740 at $3.25, 1 heifer weigh-
ing 880. at $4.90; to Parker, W. & Co. 4
cows av 1,007 at $4.30, 1 do weighing 1,030
at $4, '6 'do av 995 at $4; to Mich. B. Co.
7-‘butcherso’v 736 at $4 1 heife'nweighing
600 at0$4390e58ullivan P. Co. 10 cows and
bulls av 775 at $3.00, 4 do av 1,037 at $3.90,
6 steers av 1.012 at $5.75.

Allington;3'01d Harkins 4 feeders av 670
at $4.75.

Poscham sold Mich. B. Co. 2 cows av
1,210 8.5.3430, 2 do av 1,005 at $3.75.

Allington sold Sullivan P. CO. 2 cow and
heifer a-v. 1,050 at $4.75, 1 bull weighing
1,250 at $4.50.

Same, sold Regan 3 heifers av 590 at
$4.10. 0

Veal Calves.

Receipts, 344. Market steady at last
week's prices. Best, $8.75@9; others, $4
@8; milch cows and springers steady.

Spicer & R. sold Parker, W. & Co. 6
av 150 at $8, 2 av 260 at $4, 7 av 130 at
$8.25, 2 av 100 at $6, 7 av 135 at $8, 2 av
150 at $6, 4 av 140 at $8; to Mich. B. Co.
20'av 135 at $8.25; to Schuman 4 av 130
at $8.50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. &
Co. 5 av 125 at $7.75, 1 weighing 160 at
$7.50, 2 av 125 at $7.50, 13 av 110 at $7.50;
to Goose 8 av 275 at $3.25, 16 av 130 at $6,
to Rattkowsky 6 av 120 at $7.10.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts, 1,342. Market steady at last
week’s prices; a few extra early sales at
$6.10@6.25. Best lambs, $6; heavy lambs,
$5.50@5.75; light to common lambs, $4.50
((7)550; fair to good sheep, $3@4; culls and
common, $261.3.

Spicer & R. sold Nagle P. Co. 13 sheep
av 90 at $3.50, 34 lambs av 65 at $5.75, 43
do av 75 at $5.75, 17 do av 65 at $5.25, 5
sheep av 125 at $3; to Rnttkowsky 3 do
av 170 at $3.75; to Sullivan 1". Co, 9 d0
av 95 at $3.25, 35 lambs av 85 at $6.10;
to Gordon 67 do av 75 at $5.75, 8 sheep
av 80 at $2.50; to Mich. B. Co. 8 lambs
av 80 at $5.75, 19 do av 80 at $5.75.

Haley & M. sold Nagle P. Co. 4 sheep
av 105 at $3.25, 7 do av 115 at $3.25, 61
lambs av 95 at $5.75, 22 do av 80 at $6.

Bishop, B. & II. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 5 lambs av 55 at $5.25, 5 sheep av 125
at $3.50, 34 do av 110 at $3.25, 38 lambs
av 72 at $6.15; to Naglc P. CO. 51 do av
83 at $6.25, 50 do av 85 at $6.10, 48 do av
88 at $6; to Mich. 13. Co. 31 do av 92 at
$6, 9 do av 75 at $6; to Gordon 24 do av
90 at $6, 24 do av 80 at $5.75, do av 80
at $6; to Hammond, S. & Co. 5 sheep av
130 at $3.40, 3 do av 125 at $3.40, 41 lambs
(:lV 62 at $5.75, 12 do av 65 at $4.50, 3 sheep
(av 110 at $3.25: to Fitzpatrick Bros. 16
do av 110 at $3.60, 23 lambs av 80 at $6.

Hogs.

Receipts, 2.724. Market 20@300 higher
than last Thursday.

Range of prices: Light to good butch-
ers, $7.90f08; pigs, 37.906118; light yorkers,
$7.90; stage one-third off.

Bishop,’ B. & H. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 1.835 av 180 at $8. 619 av 175 at $7.95,

Spicér & R. sold Parker, W, & Co. 416
av 190 at $8.

Haley &: M. sold same 420 av 180 at $8.

Susndry shippers sold same 610 av 180
at $ -

Rue Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 720
av‘200 at $7.95.

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THE MrcHIGAm 'FABMER. " ,

Friday's Market.
' December 18, 1910.

Cattle.i
Receipts this week, 971: last week,
1,704. Market steady at Thursday’s
prices.
We quote: Best steers and heifers,

$6; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $5@
5.50; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000, $4.50
@5; steers and heifers that are fat, 500

to 700, $3.75@4.25; choice fat cows, $4@
4.50; good fat cows, $3.50@3.75; common
cows, $3@3.25; canners, $2.75@3; choice

heavy bulls, $4@4.25; fair to good bologna
bulls, $3.50@4; choice feeding Steers, 800
to 1,000, $4.25@4.75; fair feeding steers,
800 to 1,000, $3.75@4; choice stockers, 500
to 700, $3.50@3.75; fair stockers,
700, 3@3.25; stock heifers, $3@3.50; milk-

ers, large, young, medium age, $40@50;
common milkers, $20@30.
Veal Calves.

Receipts this week, 762; last week, 853.
Market dull at Thursday's prices. Best,
$8.75@9; others, $4@8. Milch cows and
springers $8@15 lower than last week.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts this week, 5.834; last week.
5,617. Market steady at Thursday’s
prices. Best lambs, $5.75@6; fair lambs,

$5.25@5.50; light to common lambs, $4.25

@5; fair to good sheep, $3@4; culls and
common, $1.50@3.
Hogs.
Receipts this' week, 10,520; last week,
9,556. Market steady at Thursday’s
prices.

Range of prices: Light to good butch-
ers, $7.70@7.75; pigs, $7.70@7.75; light
yorkers, $7.70; stags one-third off.

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One of the best authorities regarding
hogs in Iowa says: “Old hogs are prac-
tically all marketed, and the young hogs
are hardly ready to be shipped, compara~
tivcly few being counted upon for mar-
keting before another month. Thus there
is a gap between the old and young hogs.
The supply of young hogs is not so large
as is generally supposed, and had the
Chicago packers continued to take off
prices as they did some weeks ago it
would have made considerable difference
in the winter breeding. If good hogs con-
‘tinue reasonably high, we may reasonably
look for good supplies in another year,
but there will not be any more bugs than
the trade requires this packing season.”
Similar reports are coming from Illinois
and other hog—raising states.

There have been a great many com—
plaints from live stockmen who market
stock at Chicago regarding dilatoriness
upon the part of the railroads in moving
their shipments. Illinois stockmen have
made the complaint repeatedly that the
railroads give the preference to dead
traffic and that live stock shipments are
side-tracked and get to market greatly
behind schedule time, resulting in hcavy
losses. Iowa shippers, too, are. making
the same complaints, and criticism is not
against any of the roads in particular,
but is aimed indiscriminately against the
lines almost without exception. Walter
Slade, of Slade Bros. live stock breeders
and shippers of Fulton, S. 1)., declared
that there were delays everywhere when
it came down to railroad service. “The
crews are overworked and it seems im-
possible for them to make runs on time.
XVith our train on the Northwestern this
last shipment it seemed that the engines
provided were not strong enough to pull
the load. We reached Chicago nine hours
late, getting in at 3 o'clock in the after-
noon, when we should have gotten in the
yards at 6 o'clock in the morning. It
was our poorest run in eight years, and
we make frequent shipments. It seems
the railroads have too many ‘cripple’ en-
gines 1n scrvicc."

Prominent stock feeders and country
shippers. of stock arriving at the Chicago
stock yards recently report a general
shortage of hogs and a growing disposi—
tion to finish off growing young hogs
carefully. The recent boom in prices for
hogs in that market has inspired renewed
confidence. and the deplored recent grow-
ing movement to hurry hogs to market
prematurely on account of the rapid dc—
cline in prices that was in evidence not
long ago has received a check. I. S.
Jenkins, president of a savings bank in
Lohrville, Iowa, says that country bank-
ers are reporting smaller deposits than
a. year ago and that farmers are not dis-
posed to accept ruling. prices for either
corn or hogs. .I‘ames Hill, of Adel, Iowa,
reports i‘cwcr cattle on feed and ready
for marketing in Dallas county than at
any previous time in years. He regards
feeder cattle prices as about $1 per 100

lbs. too high. Mr. Hill says there are
very light supplies of hogs in Dallas
county, which is one of the largest live

stock counties in Iowa.
the widely-known live stock buyer of
Illinois, says it is very hard work
to pick up any hogs in the country at 'the
present time. G. A. Parrish, a prominent
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in hog supplies -of \Varrcn county and
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caused general discouragement. Robert
Miller, a stock shipper of Sher'dan, Illi—
nois, reports that neither cattle nor hogs
are plentiful in that part of the countrv
and farmers are unwilling to dispose of
their shoals. Oscar Gain. of Buglev, Ia,
says that very light supplies of cattle and
hogs may he expected from that scction
for two months. New corn is selling at
31 to 34 cents per bushel.

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The Bells of Yule, the Bells of Yule,
Their music echoes far and near—
Across the meadows, brown and sear,

And northward where the snow drifts high

Like pillars pointing to the sky,

The Bells of Yule, the Bells of Yule,
They ring across the star—lit earth
To charm our babes, where e‘er their

birth,

And echo on with sweetest strain

Of “Peace on Earth, Good will to Men.”

The Bells of Yule, the Bells of Yule,
Sweet memories bear the sacred chilne
Still backward o'er the sands of time

'I‘ill every man becomes a child

By Golden Bells of Yule bcguilcd.

O Bells of Yule, O Bells of Yule,

Ring on, ring on this Holy night

With crimson holly berries bright.
This night with Bethlehem’s star ablaze,
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THEIR FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE.

 

BY HATTIE \VASHBURN.

Although the \X’l‘ight children knew the
beautiful and wonderful story of Santa
Claus, and eagerly watched for his yearly
visit when he was wont to leave a few
simple offerings in their stockings, they
had never seen a Christmas tree. Their
parents had been among the very first
pioneers to make a. home on the trecless
prairies of Dakota, and during the years
of hardship that followed tllele had been
little to foster the growth of that most

wonderful of all plants, the Christmas
tree.
At each Christmas time mother had

told them beautiful stories of Christmas
trees and in reply to their eager questions
was ever forced to answer encouragingly,
that perhaps next year Santa Claus would
be rich enough to give them a Christmas.
tree. btlt this time they must be content
to hangr up their stockings and be happy
over whatever he might feel able to
leave in them. .

Ruth. the oldest of the little quartet,
wondered why Santa Claus was poor and,
ifuiso, why he stinted those who nm-dcd

Lifts the most that he might give to the
lich. She had closely studicd all the
t‘llristlnas pictulcs they had. wcrcin she
saw children in richly furnished homes
surloundcd by more toys and Christmas
goodics than they cottld carry, while in
humble homes like her own, the children‘s
Christmas gifts were invariably as simple
as their surroundings.

After much trouble thought and study
Iluth concluded that while old Santa was
one must be rich and have a
owing to some

t\'«'l‘ kind.
lucatttifltl home before he.
law or ruling beyond llt'l‘ knowledge or
l'tllillllT'llOllSlOl’I, could bestow his gifts
lavishly. As wealth, or even the where—
withal to supply the necessities of life,
scented hard to acquire on the raw Da~
kota prairies, Ruth decided that they
must provide their own Christmas tree
were she and her little brother and sis~
ters to have One on this Christmas which
was near at hand.

She kncw that a pine tree was cus—
tomary, bttt such a Christmas tree was
not obtainable. About the claim shanty
grew a small grove of saplings that fath-
er and mother lhad planted a few years
before. and one of them, she was sure,
could be spared.

Early Christmas eve, at Ruth‘s request,
father brought the felled sapling to the
door.

“\Yhy did you bring two?” Ruth ex—
claimed in surprise as she noted what she
considered a. wanton waste of a tree.

“I thought the first might not please you
and you would like to make a choice.”
her father explained with well concealed
amusement. _

“I'll take this one." the little girl said,
selecting the smaller of the two, “because
the other is too high to stand in the
attic.”

The leafless tree was carried to the
small, low attic of the claim shanty where
the children had their play—house and
where all their childish revels were held.

Assisted by Nellie. her sister next
younger than herself, and Tommy. their
brother next in order. Ruth fastened a
cord about the top of the tree and sus-
pended it from a nail driven into a rafter
in the peak of the attic. The slender
trunk of the tree rested on the floor and
was supported by a battered doll trunk on
one side and by a broken iron top on the
either. A lantern swung from the same

convenient nail and lighted the tree, as
Strings of

the children had no candles.

THE MICHIGAN FARM-ER.

tissue paper ornaments, a few

popcorn,
humble gifts fashioned by Ruth’s un-
skilled but patient fingers, and goodies
gleaned from their recent treats which
the children had generously laid aside for
the occasion, were 'hung upon the tree.

When the little \Vrights considered their
preparations complete they called to their
parents below stairs to come up and bring
Baby Esther, who was unable to climb
the ladder—like stairs that led to the at-
tic. But mother came up alone and rolled
some big red apples across the rough
board floor, saying Santa 'had left them
at the door for their Christmas tree.

The children gathered up the apples
glcet'ully and would have quickly descend-
ed the stairs to see what other gifts
Santa might have left, had not motlher
barred the way and, by tact and coaxing
induced them to fasten the apples on their
tree as Santa Claus had requested, and
await the coming of father and baby.

\Vhen all were together in the dimly
lighted attic, Rutlh viewed the result of
her well-laid plans with happy satisfac-
tion. Of course. it was not what she
desired, for no gifts could be too rare and
costly for those nearest and dearest to
her, yet it was their first Christmas tree,
and so much better than none at all that
she bravely thid her disappointment and
laughed as gaily as the others while the
gifts were being distributed and the good-
ies devoured.

\Vhen the festivities were over mother'

said they might go below and see if Santa
Claus had left any other gifts. Tommy
scrambled down the stairs and his cry of
delight quickly brought his sisters to the
spot. There before their dclighted eyes
was such a. Christmas tree as Ruth had
dreamed of having.

Baby, who had \Valt‘lllC‘tl the preparation
of it all. clapped her chubby hands and
crowed, but the older childrcn stood for
a moment speechless with surprise and
delight. Then they began to slowly circle
the tree, cxclaiming over cat-1h new dis-
covery.

’I‘llcy did not notice that bare brown
branches supported the gifts. Strings of
popcorn and tissue paper relieved the
plainness of the tree and it was lighted
by real Christmas candles that cast their

soft glow over the humble room, trans-
forming it. Nor did they recognize the
stand that supported the tree in spotless
splendor, as mother's wash bench cov-
ered with white paper. Huge popcorn
balls were heaped upon it in a snowy
pyramid, wthile red apples like those Santa
had given them for their tree, and a
golden orange for each were arranged
thereon in artistic disorder.‘ Nuts and
showy candies were displayed on the tree
to great advantage in large bags of
mosquito netting, and from the topmost
branches hung Tommy's first suspenders
in all their gorgeous beauty. A rag doll.
fastened to a branch by a cord about her
ample waist, showed, by lher extended
arms and the look upon her newly em-
broidered face, that her cotton—batting
heart longed for the mothering that Baby
Esther could bestow. Other gifts that
mother had made after the children were
in bed and her day's work over, hung
upon the tree and added generously to the
simle gifts father had felt able to buy.

\Vhen their wonder and joyous delight
had slightly subsided, giving place to a
desire for possession, mother said they
might all be seated and play that they
were a dignified little audience, while
baby distributed the gifts. The three chil—
dren hastened to secure chairs, father
helping to swell the tiny audience, and
waited in happy anticipation while mother
took the things from the tree one by one
and baby toddled here and there with
them under her directions.

\Vhat delighted exclamations followed
the examination of the gifts. \Vhat sump-
tuous feasting there was and innocent
mcrrymaking as the candles burned low
in their wooden sockets and dripped their
last precious drops of melted wax over the
dismantled tree and the bench below. And
when mother put: the little ones to bed
they all assured her. as she kissed them
good-night, that there never was such an—
other Christmas tree.

As Ruth was gliding happily into shun-
berland she thought, dreamily,
Claus. like God, must help those that help
themselves. and if he had given them all
those gifts for their beautiful tree be—
cause of her own earnest efforts, their
first Christmas tree, humble though it
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Chapter lIl.—Bakapplein.

Ned was not all disturbed over the
storm his neglect of duties caused. Natu-
rally the other boys had objected to doing
his work. and when Ben returned he
tound the load of fertilizer still on the
barn tloor, while Ned was doing little or
nothing. lie positively refused to unload
it without help and consequently the, man
was obliged to hclp him, though he pre-
dicted that there would be trouble when
Mr. Jackson returned. For that Ned did
not care. His cousin (lid not say a great
deal. He was anxious to keep the boy
near him until he 'had learned to work,
so he gave the team to another to drive
and set him at odd jobs around the farm
until the marketing began. This was
work which Ned liked, because he cottld
kill time as much as he pleased and keep
out of the most of the dirty work. He
would brush and clean the horses till their
coats shone like satin. btlt he would shirk
the harnesses and stable work outrage—
ously; he would work if he could keep
himself clean, but all the time he was
planning and scheming what he would do
as soon as he could get away from the
hatcd farm work which was so much be-
neath him.

Merle was watching him one bright
morning in mid-summer when he drove
up from the vegetable garden with old Joe
on the wagon. \Vishing to show his skill
with the horses he drove around the yard
with a great flourish, bringing the team
to a stop so suddenly that he was sent
head first over the wheel into a pool of
water that had settled in a hollow after
the rain of the previous day. As he
scrambled out, wet and dirty, the man’s
shout of laughter that 'he looked like 8.
bcdraggled turkey gobbler did not help his
temper, especially as the big Shropshire
ram which was just then emerging from
the sheep fold took it into his vindictive
head to give Ned another header into the
puddle just as an automobile whizzed by,
giving its occupants, a gentleman and
young lady, a good View of the angry
sheep dancing around the puddle and
daring 'him to come out.

The girl’s laughter reached his ears as

the car stoppcd so that they could see the
outcome of the drawn battle. Old Joe
was doubling with laughter, and Merle’s
inerriment added to his wrath.
of you don’t get that sheep away from
here I’ll kill him,’ he shouted, making a
dash to cvade him. But the ram, with
lowered head.
into the security of the puddle.

"Better ketch him then afore he gits
you,” laughed Old Joe. “Them folks in
the buzz buggy air enjyin’ this show as
much as we air.”

Ned turned fiercely on Merle. “Here,
you get that sheep away,” 'he stormed;
“you aren’t afraid of 'him and I am. I'm
not going to stay here and give a free
show to those people.”

“It is because you are afraid of him
that. he keeps you there,” said the girl
as she caught hold of the strap around
the sheep's neck. “Come on S‘hrop and
let the little boy alone,” she said as she
pulled him away.

Ned darted ottt on the opposite side and
made for the house. He heard the girl in
the automobile laugh again. Mortified
and angry at the spectacle he had made
of himself, he lcst no time in changing
his muddy clothes and ptttting on the
neat business suit that he wore on the
market wagon. \Vhen he reappeared he
was good-natured again and disposed to
laugh over his aet-idcnt, until he learned
that the whole flock of sheep had gotten
out of the pasture and that he was ex-
pected to 'help round them up before he
could start for the hotel with his load of
vegetables and fruit.

“Look out for Old Shrop,” shouted Joe
as ch started around the house after
the flock, which, with sheepish perversity,
were going just where they were not
wanted. “He wants to give you the
Third Degree again.”

The automobile which had gone up the
road was now slowly coming back. With
a feeling that he wished to atone a little
for the disgraceful, undignified plight in
which they had seen him before, he
started valiantly after the sheep. In en-
deavoring to head them'off, he darted
around through the back yard.
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did not duck for item: \as it caught him
under the chin he lost his balance and
rolled over and over down the bank into
her flower garden; until again he was in
plain view of the automobile.

As he struggled to his feet, with the
blood streaming from his chin and his
clothes streaked with mud, t'he irate wom-
an, w'ho evidently believed that he had
rolled down the bank for the express pur-
pose of annoying her and ruining her
flower bed, had him by the collar and,
rbetween shaking him violently and ad-
ministering box after box on his ears,
she berated him loud enough for the peo-
ple in the car to hear every word.

He finally wrenched himself from her
grasp; he was slight of build while she
was brawny and stout, but he restrained
himself from giving her as good as she
sent and fled to the house to again make
himself presentable, caring nothing what
became of the sheep, for 'he was sure that
he recognized the people in the automo-
bile and his face burned wit-h shame at
the thought of the picture he had twice
made of himself for their benefit.

He was late in starting with the market
wagon that morning. He liked the work
of delivering the early vegetables from
the Jackson Farm and the fruit from Old
Beverly to the summer residents on the
street, and also to the Winthrop House,
a small but pretentious hotel which cat—
ered to high class patronage. He had
often thought of the possibility that he
might meet people whom he had previous-
ly known, but to avoid such an encounter
he always despatched his errands as
quickly as possible and hurried away.
Consequently he made a success of that
line of work and Searls was disposed to
overlook his indolence on the farm as long
as he marketed the produce from both
farms so successfully. But that morning,
while waiting in the rear of the hotel,
he was startled at seeing the same auto-
mobile which had passed the farm drive
up to the garage. As its passengers
alighted, a startled glance confirmed his
impression of the early morning, and he
darted Into the store room tn avoid their
recognizing him.

-They passed slowly by the wagon, ad-
miring the fresh appearance of the vege-
tables'j‘fi‘nd the fruit. They were so near
that’ " could hear each word they ut-
tered, timid his face burned with shame
for fear they would see him and learn
that he‘ had been degraded into driving a
market wagon for a living; he, who only
a few months ago had been treated as
their equal. He wondered what chance
had sent Mr. Amidon, the senior member
of the firm of which his father had been
superintendent, to that hotel. He did not
mind meeting him, but his daughter was
another question. He felt that she would
probably consider him beneath her notice.
now that he was a working man, and his
only hope was that they would not see
him and thus learn his identity.

Consequently he hurried through all his
calls that morning as quickly as possible,
hoping to thus avoid a chance meeting.
He was back at the Old Beverly farm
earlier than usual and Madaline Beverly
came to the door in surprise. “You will
have to wait for the sweet apples,” she
called cheerily. “I did‘not expect you and
I have been too busy to go after them.”

“I will help you get them," he an—
swered, driving into the yard and hitching
the horse to the post under the big
white mulberry tree which shaded alike
the strawberry bed and the wood yard.
“Where are the boys?"

“All down in the field at work,” she
answered. “They are anxious to do all
they can before college opens next month,
and Grandfather has gone over to your
place wheeling Baby Nell in the carriage.
He wanted the exercise and the baby
needs the air. It takes me so long to do
the housework that I do not get much
time for anything else," she said rue—
fully. “I have burned three fingers of
one hand this morning and scalded the
other already. I don't see why house-

'work is such hard work.”

“It is just because it is not suited to
you,” he said gallantly. “Housework is
as much beneath your capabilities as
farming is mine. I can’t see how such a
brilliant scholar as. you are can stoop to
kitchen work, Madaline. How can you
do’ it?”

She laughed merrily. She was a few
years older than Ned and from her height
of years she was disposed to look upon
himasfla shallow Youth. His airs and as-
sumptions of manhood amused her. To
her he was a pretentious, rather affected
boy who took himself very seriously, so
she answered indulgently as she would
speak to ‘her youngest brother, Carlos,
who was about her age.

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THE MICHIG

“Do you know, Ned, that it is always
what is the most difficult for us to do or
to have that we desire the most. Now,
as for my education, it was easy to ac-
quire. I had the desire, and a natural
gift for study, as well as an aptitude for
teaching; so I really do not deserve any
credit for my achievements in that line.
I also liked needlework—but housework!"
she held up her bandaged hands in mock
seriousness. “As a child I hated it, yes.
with a mortal hatred, but since I have
grown older I have positively envied other
girls and women who could accomplish
housework easily. It is so hard for me,
and although theoretically I know how
things ought to be done, yet it is such
slow, arduous work. I regard housework
as a very fine accomplishment and, so
far as considering it beneath me, I think
it is very far above me and I wish that
I could be a first—class housekeeper. I
have hopes that I shall be yet if I keep
on practicing, providing I don’t seriously
cripple myself while learning," she added
lightly.

He looked at her in amazement. “Do
you mean it?" he asked. " I had an
idea that you hated and detested it the
same as I do everything connected with
the farm.”

“I mean it,” she replied seriously.
highest ambition is to be a first-class
housekeeper, like my sister Lucille. She
is a wonder, with a natural gift that
way. And Brother Bob’s wife, Dallas,
and Neil also, are model housekeepers.
So you see I shall have a. great deal to
learn before I reach their standards. But
why do you dislike farming?”

“How do I know?" he grumbled. “It
isn‘t my nature, I suppose. I hate to 'be
classed as a hired man. You know mv
mother’s people, who they were. Well.
what would they say if they knew I was
driving a market wagon? I hate to be
called ‘Jackson’s man’, when I am a Jack-
son. I haie to have those city snobs look
at me as an inferior just because I have
to work, and when I am as good as they
are. I saw some folks today I used to
know but I was mighty careful they did.
not see me."

Madaline was puzzled. She scarcely
knew what to say, for she felt that Ned
was talking more freely with her than he
did with anyone else. “But Merle does}
not feel that way,” she ventured. i

“No, for in all respects they treat herl
just as if she was their daughter, the.
same as Yvonne. I do not know the
truth of it but Jimmy Malley says the
report is that Searls is going to adopt her
legally. I wish they would,” he added
heartily. “Merle is the best girl on earth,
but it is a. little rough that they expect
me to be a drudge and a day laborer.”

“But what can you do?” she urged.
“What are your tastes?”

He hesitated. “Well, I like to buy and
sell. I can drive as good a bargain as
Searls can, but a fellow can’t " business
on nothing. He needs something besides
jack knives and watches to show what he
can do in‘that line. and Searls won’t hear
to me meddling with his deals. No, sir;
he thinks nobody can trade horses and
cattle but himself,” he said scornfully.

“But isn't there something else?” she
asked.

‘K‘T‘here’s running engines. I would like
to be an electrician, or an engineer, or
run a dynamo, or an automobile. It is a
safe bet, Madeline, that if I ever get out
of farming and away from West “’inthrop
I will never have the desire to get back.”

"Oh, yes you will," she laughed. “And
when you are a little older you will lose
that feeling you have of being ashamed
to be found working. \Vho knows but
those folks you saw have come to \Vest
\Vint'hrop just for the sake of seeing you
and your sister."

“If they have they will get left,” he
boasted. “You don’t know Grace Amidon.
She wouldn’t look at a hired man. She
hasn’t been brought up that way. In her
set they don’t work. Besides, it is four
or five years since I’ve seen them, and it
isn’t likely they know we are here. But
I sl‘l’all take good care to keep out of
sight, however.”

But as he was driving out of the Bev-
erly yard the same touring car came
swiftly down the road. He pulled in his
horse and kept his face averted until it

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said irritably. “What is it you want?"

“We want to know about the roads.
\Vhich is the best one to take?" said the
driver, shortly. “Of all country yaps yotl
are the yappiest yet."

He answered briefly that the road
straight ahead was the best; that it led
to several points of interest, one being
the Frog Pond and the other the Thread
City. Then he chirruped to his horse and
cssayed to drive rapidly past them. but
the man called to him again,

“Don't be in such a rush, young fellow.
“'e have beento both them places. The
young lady wants to know if the car can
climb this road up the hill to the west
past the schoolhouse."

Ned laughed. “If your car is a cham—
pion hill climber you might, but I would
not advise you to try it. They have a
saying here that the Cowantic hill is so
steep that even the devil himself tumbled
backwards when trying to go up it one
day.”

“Then you don’t think a devil wagon
could mount it." laughed the old gentle-
man. “They told us at the hotel that it
is very interesting; that there are traces
of the camp fires of the Indians, where
they built their tcpces and where they
lived in the shadow of the ledges. Also
there is a tradition, isn‘t there, ofa tra-
gedy being enacted there somewhere about
seventeen forty—iive‘.’”

“I believe there is.“ said Ned. growing
interested. “it is the first tragic event
that ever occurred in “'est \\'inthrop. as
far as 1 know; there are people in the
next town who can show you the hill
where the girl was executed for the mur~
der of her child," he hastened to say,
hoping that they would continue on their
journey.

(Continued next week).

 

 

TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA
CLAUS.

BY MAUDE CONROY.

The question of the reality of Santa
Claus causes quite a bit of comment be-
foreand at Christmas time. The writer is
one of those who do not think it advis~
able or proper to deceive the little ones
as to the real Santa Claus. In our home
we tell them that anyone who gives them
a present is Santa Claus to them, and
they seem very much pleased. The little
miss of four understands the celebration
of the birth of Christ and is very much
taken with the beautiful story. But she
is not taught—«as some arewthat she is
watched over throughout the year by a
Santa Claus who will judge her good
or bad or deserving of certain presents,
and who will, at Christmas time. come
down through the chimney to distribute
whatever is due her.

“'e do not think it a mess of silliness
as some do. and the giving and receiving
of gifts is very pleasant, but we cannot
seevwhcre they gain any benefit from be-
ing deceived as we were when children,
and then bitterly disappointed when we
learned the truth. No doubt we make
many mistakes. but never knowingly and
intentionally do we deceive the children.

One Christmas eve we chatted with the
children about the fun of hanging stock-
ings and of finding them filled in the
morning. \V’e laughed about Santa coming
through the air with his reindeer, etc.,
and about so many little ones believing
such an absurdity. Then when bedtime
came they hung up their stockings and
partly filled them. The baby‘s little stock-
ing was taken great pains with as this
was her first Christmas, and I am sure
they were as happy as little tots could
be: it was “Merry Xmas” the first thing
in the morning. and the stockings were
taken down. “'c had added to what they
had put in the night before. and a merry
time we had as a family. The other gifts
which came by relatives were displayed
and the children understood where each
gift came from.

Everyone to their own idea. but no dc.-
(eit in any manner do we wish to teach
our little ones, because the little minds
are impressed very deeply and it is such
a bitter revelation to find they have been
deceived by father and mother.

 

   

1:115 MICHIGAN FARMER.

 

 

1‘ FARMERS’ CLUBS

Associational Motto.—
The skillful hand, with cultured mind,
is the farmer’s most valuable asset.

Associational Sentiment.—
The farmer, he garners from the soil
the primal wealth of nations.

 

WHAT THE LOCAL CLUBS ARE
DOING.

The conference of local club workers at
the recent Associational meeting devel-
oped the usual interest for the delegates
present. and no session of the convention
was better attended. In the brief talks
given by the delegates from the several
local Clubs represented, little more could
be done than to give a general outline of
the manner in which the local work is
carried on, and. of course, in reporting
what each one said much that was of inn
terest must of necessity be omitted. llut
the suggestions dropped were often of
such value that if the memory of'dele-
gates could be refreshed regarding them,
their reports to the home Club would be
greatly enhanced in value, and it is for
this reason that we shall undertake in
this and succeeding issues to give a brief
summary of the more important points
mentioned by many of those taking part
in this conference, to the end that if they
should hold any helpful suggestions that
were not noted by the delegates their at-
tention may be called to these points
which may thus come directly to the at—
tention of the local organizations which
they represented.

Wixom Club. of Oakland Co.~4Mr. Theo-
dore Moore. who represented this Club
made special mention of the fair which is
held by that Club. The second one was
held this year. and was a very successful
event. This fair was reported in this den
partment shortly after it was held. The
Club members are enthusiastic regarding
the benefits of such a special feature
meeting to the organization and its mem—
bership.

Maple River Club, of Shiawassee Co.—
Ex-Associational President A. B. Cook,
who represented this Club stated that it
has never missed a meeting. except on a
few occasions when the regular meetings
were not held because of the death of a
member of the Club. The young people
are interested in the Club work, and are
given entire charge of the program for
one meeting during each year. The mem“
bership is limited to 20 families, and the
meetings are held in rotation at the
homes of the members. As a means of
solving the. problem of the admission of
desirable people who would like to be-
come members of the Club, they have a
waiting list for such applicants. who are
given all privileges of the Club. except
that they do not have to entertain. This
plan has worked out very satisfactorily in
this Club, which is one of the most pro-
gressive in the state.

Webster Club, of Washtenaw Co.—Mr,
Geo. \\'. Merrill, for many years president
of his Club and one of its delegates to
this meeting stated that at present the
Club has a membership of 84, and that
there has been no limit placed on the
number who may join. Yearly programs
are used and the programs are published
complete for the entire year. An enter-
tainment committee assigns the Club
meetings to the different members by ar-
rangement with them.

Essex Club, of Clinton Co.—Mr. Gilson,
one of the two delegates from this Club
stated that the organization has 45 mem-
bers and holds nine meetings during the.
year. the meetings being held on the sec—
ond “'ednesday in each month in which
a meeting is held. As special feature
events the Club holds an annual picnic in
August. a temperance meeting generally
in March, and a Club fair in the autumn.
The hostess furnished the refreshments,
the meetings being held at the homes of
the members.

Thornapple Club, of Barry Co.—'l‘he del—
egate from this Club stated that the,
young people were thoroughly interested
in the work and were a great help in the
Club meetings.

Columbia Club, of Jackson Co.—Mrs. R.
E. Smith. representing this Club, stated
that the Club has 90 members, and an
average attendance of 35 to 40. There is
no att -.-.-ou of a good dinner to bring
them out as meals are not served. with
one exception, which is an annual ban-
quet given on the anniversary of the or-
ganization of the Club.

   

Conway and Handy Union Club, of Liv-

ingston Co.—Mrs. Holmes, speaking for
this Club, said that [they changed from
tables to lap-boards for the serving of
meals three years ago, and liked the lat-
ter method much the better. The Club
has a membership of 30 families, who en-
tertain in rotation.
‘ Hickory Club, of Tuscola Co.—The del-
egate from this Club, Mr. IV. F. Dowlin-g,
spoke of the benefits which have been de—
rived by his Club from the county asso-
ciation of Clubs which has been effected
in Tuscola Co. There are three Clubs
in the assoeiation, and each year they
have a union meeting, with a banquet,
which was held at a. hotel last winter,
thus relieving the members of the work
incidental to such an entertainment and
greatly increasing the enjoyment of the
event.

Northeast Venice Club, of Shiawassee
Co.—The delegate from this Club reported
a membership of 24 families. The Club
holds 11 regular meetings each year and
a picnic meeting in July. Those who en-
tertain the Club in turn furnish the re-
freshments. The meetings are planned
so that the members having large houses
and barns entertain the Club in the win—
ter season and those who have smaller
accommodations in the summer when the
porches and lawn can be utilized as well
as the house. Afternoon meetings are
held from April toOctober. A temperance
meeting is held each year.

 

 

 

THE ASSOCIATONAL MEETING.

(Concluded from last week).

Wednesday Afternoon Session.

The music for this session was fur“
nished by the pupils from the Blind
School. and as usual, the numbers ren«
dercd brought enthusiastic applause from
the delegates assembled.

“Compulsory Spraying" was the subject
assigned to D, Monroe. of Algonac, who
described in detail the conditions which
he had met with and observed in his
work as a fruit inspector in St. Clair
county, and commented forcefully on the
necessity of educating the owners of
fruit trees to the need of proper spraying
in order to make the trees profitable and
reduce the danger of the spread of the
fungous diseases and parasitic pests
which are so common in our orchards to-
day. He advocated as a remedy a more
stringent law. providing for a more thor-
ough inspection of orchards throughout
the state and the compulsory spraying
of trees where such is deemed necessary
for the common good. His address was
well received, and will be published or
summarized as space will permit in a.
succeeding issue.

The afternoon program was pleasantly
interspersed with a recitation by Mrs.
Peters, of the Milford Club, and another
selection of music by the students from
the Blind School.

The last address for the session was
delivered by Mr. Grant Slocum, of De-
troit, who spoke on the subject of "The
Parcels Post.” Mr. Slocum spoke ear-
nestly and convincingly, reviewing our
postal laws and comparing them with the
laws in force in some of the foreign
countries in a lnanner which showed that
he had been a deep student of the sub-
ject. He advocated a continuation of the
work which has been done by farmers’
ornizations for the establishment of an
adequate parcels post system in this coun—
try, and gave the delegates some good
pointers as to how this work could be
most effectively carried on. Mr. Slocum's
address was enthusiastically received by
the delegates, whose views on this subject
were clearly reflected in the resolutions
passed on the subject, and published in
the first section of this report which ap-
peared in the last issue.

Wednesday Evening Session.

This session was opened with a recita-
tion by Mrs. Barney Curtis. of Birch Run,
followed by the report of the treasurer,
Mr. H. T. Ross, of Milford Club. As the
financial standing of the Association will
be indicated in the secretary’s report,
space. will not be devoted to the details
of this report, which, however, showed
the Association to be in a financially sol-
vent condition.

Mrs. C. A. Matthews. of the Essex Club,
the retiring vice~president of the State
Association, then entertained the dele-
gates with a humorous recitation, and
found herself called upon to respond to
an encore. Mr. C. P. Jonhson. of the
Hadley and Elba Club, rendered a song
which was also well received.

“The Need‘ of and the Benefits to be
Derived from the State Association of

 

DEC; 24, 1910.

Farme'rs’ Clubs,” was the topic assigned
to Mr. A. R. Palmer, of the Columbia.

Club, a subject so close to the very life‘

of the organization that it will be present-
ed in full in a future issue.
Miss Phillips, of Lansing. rendered a

vocal solo at this point in the program.‘

Her remarkably sweet and well trained
voice inspired a call for more, which she
(ould not deny, and to which she respond-
ed with another selection.

The closing address of the evening and
the meeting was delivered by Mr. J. C.
McDowell, of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. Mr. McDowell spoke with
eloquence upon the agricultural problems
of the day and their method of solution,
and prophesied the brightest future for
our agriculture.

Thus closed the largest meeting yet held
by this organization, and one which all
the delegates present felt to be a most
profitable gathering.

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STATE GRANGE OF 1910.

 

Another “All Michigan" State Grange
became history with the adjournment of
last week’s successful meeting at Traverse
City. The delegate body comprised more
than 400 members—greater than the na-
tional house of representatives—and rep—
resented every‘ section of the state and
practically every county. It was a big
meeting in every sense, and one of the
best that has been held.

As one year ago, the greetings of the
citizens and Patrons of Traverse City and
the rapidly developing region' of which it
is the center, were most cordial and sin-
cere, while the efforts of the business
men to entertain and please the guests of
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pressions of gratitude and appreciation

from delegates and ‘visitors alike. Ming—
ling and working with: delegates from the
farthermost shores of Superior, also, has
prompted inquiry and investigation, re-
sulting in a keener realization of the
magnitude of our great' state, its diversi-
fied resources and undreamed-of agricul-
tural possibilities, and it is safe to say
that the two years‘ sojourn of the State
Grange in the Grand Traverse region has
virtually removed the Straits of Mackinac
from the Grange map of Michigan.

Several innovations contributed to the
success and enjoyment of this year’s
meeting, chief among which was the new
system of electing officers. This saved
practically an entire day of the delegates’
time, greatly ‘to the advantage of the
numerous committees which, in years
past, have not always been able to care-
fully consider and properly present, in
their reports, the various propositions
submittedhto them. It is needless to say
that ”this 'change' was welcomed by the
committees and it had the desirable effect
of bringing some of the reports before the
delegate body on Thursday, the day which
hitherto had been entirely given up to the
electig 'éffi‘his in turn gave more time
for discussion of the reports, which no
doubt accounts for the fact that every
important action taken at this meeting
bears the stamp of consistency, conserva-
tism‘ and good judgment. Nowhere was
a backward step taken, and the delegates
just as emphatically refused to counte-
nance measures of a radical or visionary
character. It is regretted that want of
space precludes a report, at this time,
of the work of the various committees
and the action of the convention upon
the numerous propositions submitted.

Officers Reports Show Satisfactory

Conditions.

The reports of the various oificers were
presented during the early sessions 'and,
in the main, showed the organization in
better condition than at any previous
time in its history. In his annual address
State Master Hull reviewed the work of
the past twelve months—a, year which
has seen a healthy gain in number of
Granges and of membership and percep-

tible advancement along many lines of
Grange endeavor. He congratulated the
Grange at large on the successful culmi-
nation of its long-sustained effort in be-
half of postal savings banks, and the
Patrons of Michigan on the prospect for
the early inauguration of a practical sys-
tem of Grange life insurance, after a
well considered plan devised by the Ex—
ecutive Committee in accordance with
instructions from the State Grange of
1909. Considering the primitive condition
of agriculture in some of the newly or—
ganized sections, Grange conditions in
those sections were declared to be unus-
ually promising. A more efficient deputy
system for the supervision and encour-
agement of both new and lagging Granges
was deemed a present necessity. Touch-
ing the high cost of living, he declared
that it is not due to increased cost of
production on the farm or to the prices
received by the farmer, but rather to the
cost of distributiou, and be commended
to the delegates a careful consideration
of the intricate problem of co-operative
selling. In his discussion of highway im-
provement Master Hull asked the Grange
to continue its efforts in the direction of
securing federal aid for this purpose.
With a view 'to increasing the state high-
way fund he advocated a tax of 50 cents
per horse-power on all motor cars in lieu
of all other taxes. In his other recom-
mendations the State Master held close
to the lnes drawn one year ago, empha-
sizing ,£he importance of concentrating
the e pits of the Grange, in a. legislative
directkn, upon not more than two or
three measures.

Secretary Hutchins reported the num-
ber of 'subordinate Granges in existence
on Dec. 1, 1909, as 809. During the fol--
lowing twelve months 57 subordinates
were organized and 5 rte-organized. Dur-
ing that period 19 subordinates gave up

   

their charters and 11 were reported in
arrears, giving a net gain of 41 Granges
for the year. The total membership of
Granges paying dues for the year was
shown to be 47,588.

That portion of the secretary's report
dealing with the finances of the State
Grange for the year ending Dec. 1, 1910,
was as follows:

Receipts.
In general fund‘ Dec. 1, ’09 ..... .3 4,578.99
Received from dues ............ 10,586.44
Received from supplies ......... 857.12

Co—operative percentages, less ex-

pense of Co-operative dept. . . . 6,203.68
Fees (6th degree candidates).... 163,00
Fees (5th degree candidates). . . . 68.50
Miscellaneous .......... . . ....... 34.52

Total . . . . . .................... $22,492.25

Disbursements.

SessiOn State Grange, 1909 ...... 8 6,113.35
Expense executive committee... 619.89
National Grange ............... 2,935.51
State Grange fees .......... . . . . 22.00
Secretary’s oflice expenses . . . . . 355.50
Supplies ........................ . 619.56
Printing and stationery ...... . . . 647.26
Salaries .................... . . . . . 1,530.00
Organization .................... 1,047.56
Supervision .................... . 1,185.83
Rallies ........................ . . 1,196.45
Lectulrer's Bulletin .............. 282.89
Executive Com. appropriation to

Grange Life Insurance Co. . .. 2,000.00
Miscellaneous ................... 677.05

 

Total .......................... $19,232.94
General fund balance, Dec. 1, '10 3,259.31

Treasurer Coward presented the follow-
ing figures, which tallied with those of
the secretary:

Cash on hand Dec. 1, ’09 ........ 3 4,578.99
Rec’d from all sources ......... 17,913.26
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Total for year ................ $22,492.25
Total expenses for year ...... 19,232.94
Cash on hand Dec. 1, '10 ...... 8 3,259.31

The treasurer explained that the $757.54
increase in receipts was due largely to
gains in percentages from the contract
system. The expenditures for the year
showed an increase of $2,908.28. Of this
amount nearly $1,000 went to pay the in-
creased expenses of the last State Grange
meeting, while $2,000 was transferred to
the Grange life insurance company, the
establishment of which was authorized
one year ago. The treasurer repeated
last year’s words of caution as to the
adoption of measures tending to increase
the expenses or to decrease the revenues
of the Grange.

The finance committee, a sub-commit-
tee of the State Grange executive com-
mittee, composed of M H. Burton, Geo.
B. Horton and F. G. Palmer, reported
that the books of the secretary and treas—
urer had been found correct in every de-
tail. Also that the work of the sub-com-
mittee on co-opera‘tion had been exam-
ined and the results found to be very
satisfactory. The gross receipts from
percentages on trade contracts during the
year amounted to $6,020.47. The com-
mittee asserted that, from a financial
point of View, these percentages mean
very much to the Grange, a large annual
deficit being the probable result should

 

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this revenue, from any cause, cease to
become available. The following itemized
account of the invested funds of the
Grange closed this report:

 

 

 

Cash on hand Dec. 1, '09 ........ $ 766.55
Rec’d Int. on Securities ........ 2,200.36
Rec’d from matured bonds ...... 1,500.00
Rec'd note “by John Vlug ....... . 1,000.00
Total .......................... 8 5466.91
Paid for new loans ............. 3 4.00000
Paid accrued interest ........... 70.50
Cash on hand Dec. 1, ’10 ........ 1,396.41
3 5,466.91

Total amt. securities Dec. 1, '10. .844.000.00

 

Cash on hand .................. 1,396.41

Total .......................... $45,396.41
Invested fund total Dec. 1, ’09.. 43,266.55
Increase for fiscal year .......... $ 2,129.86

Another report bearing on the condition
of the organization and which should
therefore be presented here was that
made by Deputy Seward, of Menominee

     

THE MiCHiGAN FARMER.‘

Co., as to Grange conditions in the Upper
Peninsula. He reported 87 subordinate
and 8 Pomona Granges in existence in
the counties above the straits. The total
membership is about 4,000. One county
alone boasts 20 subordinates and a. P0-
mona. During the past year the super—
vision and encouragement of Granges al-
ready organized has claimed most atten-
tion, but in connection with this work 18
new subordinates were organized. He
declared that organizers have found
Grange fire insurance and the trade con-
tracts the strongest and most effective
“talking points” in their endeavor to
bring Upper PeninSula farmers into the
Grange. One Gogebic Co. subordinate has
over 300 members and carries over $250,-
000 of fire insurance. Three Pomonas of
that section of the state have member-
ships averaging above 150, and he con—
fidently expressed the opinion that the
membership in the Upper Peninsula will
:be increased 100 per cent within two
years.

One other of the reports of important
officers remains—that of the state lec-
turer. This immediately preceded a very
interesting and helpful lecturer's program
which consumed the major portion of the
Wednesday afternoon session. It is not
possible, at this time, to giVe the ex-
tended report of this session which its
importance and excellence deserves and
it is reserved for a later issue.

The Election.

As predicted one year ago, the new
system of electing State Grange officers,
which was given its first trial at last
year’s meeting, worked smoothly. The
system adopted is a modification of the
Australian ballot system and under it the
ofl‘icers for the ensuing two years were
elected without taking the attention of
the delegates from the real work of the
meeting for an entire day as was the case
under the old plan. A total of 400 votes
were cast and the election board reported
that not a single vote was invalidated
because of improper marking of the bal-
lot. With the exception of two of the
minor offices, the first vote resulted in
an election, the two exceptions being
gate keeper and Flora. These offices
were filled after further balloting on the
last day of the meeting. The complete
list of officers elected at this meeting
follows:

Master—N. P. Hull, Eaton Co.

COverseer—C. A. VanDeventer, Gratiot
o. .

Lecturer—Miss Jennie Buell, Washte‘
naw Co.

Steward—Thos. E. Niles, Antrim Co.

Ass’t Steward-—Lcon Haybarkcr, OS-
ceola Co.

Chaplain—Mrs.
Van Buren Co.

Treasurer—Frank Coward, Branch Co.

Secretary—J. W. Hutchins, Jackson C0.

Gate Keeper—Geo. A. Robertson, Grand
Traverse Co.

Ceres—Mrs. A. J. Freeman.
CPomona-«MES Nellie A. Mayo, Calhoun

0.

Flora—Mrs. I. E. Corliss, Branch Co.

Lady Ass’t Stewardw-Mrs. Ida M. Hay-
barkcr, Osceola Co.

Executive Committee—Geo. B. Horton.
Lenawee Co.; T. H. McNaughton, Kent

Olivia J. C. YVoodman,

(19) 577

of the names of all cities soliciting future
State Gauge meetings, thus combining
the choi of a meeting place with the
regular election of officers. It further
provides that representatives desiring to
present the claims of their respective cit-
ies shall be limited to ten minutes each.

Excellent Exhibits of Farm Products.

The fruit, grain and vegetable exhibit
was displayed in one of Traverse City’s
spacious garage buildings. It showed, in
a striking, impressive way, the wonderful
agricultural development of this region.
This admirable show was made up of in-
dividual and Grange contributions, special
county exhibits and the Western Michi—
gan Development Bureau exhibit. All
products shown were displayed in a most
artistic and tasty manner.

The Development Bureau exhibited a
high-class lot of fresh and canned fruits,
gathered from all over Western Michigan,
which was also shown at the U. S. Land
Show at Chicago.

Charlevoix county had a very tasty dis-
play rack or case containing 225 divisions,
each division containing specimens and
varieties of apples grown in that county.
They also exhibited a fine line of peas,
beans, grains and vegetables, showing
ihrce squash or stock pumpkins, the
combined weight of which aggregated 348
pounds.

The 800 had a variety of apples, pota-
toes, field and garden seeds, the most
prominent of which were garden peas
and field seeds.

A large and attractive exhibit of corn
was made by F. J. Stoner, an enthusias-
tic member of Grand Traverse Grange.
He is an advocate of size and has prac—
tically ignored the score card in develop-
ing a variety well suited to northern
Michigan conditions.

The Northern Michigan Asylum’s dis-
play of vegetables and flowers was as
good as could be shown anywhere.

Peninsula Grange. of Grand Traverse
Co., exhibited a fine line of corn, apples
and-vegetables, peas and apples predomi-
nating.

Elk Lake Grange, of the same county,
showed peas and beans, wheat, millet,
corn and vegetables, the line of peas be-
ing especially good.

Williamsburg Grange showed Yankee or
Smut—nose com 15 inches in length; its
fruits and vegetables were also good.

Another large and eSpecially good
Grand Traverse Co. corn exhibit was that
made. by Summit Grange, members from
Summit City, Kingsley, Walton and
Buckley contributing.

Another prominent, individual exhibit by
a member of Grand Traverse Grange was
that of Frank Smith which contained
about seven barrels of fruit shown on a
platform 12x36 feet. It was largely made
up of 32 varieties of apples so arranged
in tiers that it resembled the fruitcd
streets of the city of the New Jerusalem,
with at tree of life, full of fruit, in the
center and at its base the unique Sign,
“The Garden of Eden." This exhibit also
contained peaches. pears, grapes and crab
apples in a good state of pcrservation,
and a few cans of plums, cherries and
apricots, all these products having been
grown upon one farm situated on the
peninsula lying between the east and
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Co.: C. S. Bartlett, Oakland Co.; L. W.
Oviatt, Bay Co.

The hold—over members of the exccu—
tive committee are H. F. Baker, Cheboy-
gan Co.; F. G. Palmer, Gratiot Co., and
Jerry Lawson, Chippewa Co.

Kalamazoo Gets Next State Grange.

The good-natured rivalry developed by
the cities soliciting the honor of enter-
taining the State Grange of 1911 was an
interesting feature of the meeting. The
advantages and attractions of the various
cities were ably and entertainingly pro-
scnted by their respective representa-
tives. Sault Ste. Marie, Kalamazoo. Ann
Arbor and Lansing were the strongest
competitors, but invitations were also
received from Menominee and Battle
Creek. The first ballot resulted in no
choice. Ann Arbor and Lansing then
withdrew and Kalamazoo was chosen an
the second ballot.

In this connection a. resolution pre-
sented and adopted at the following ses-
sion is of interest. It prevides for the
printing, upon the oflicial election ballot,

Shawn by Frank Smith, a Grand Traverse Patron.

sides this, Mr. Smith contributed 128
plates of fruits, vegetables and grains to
the attractive exhibit made by one of the
leading mercantile firms of the city.
Leelanau county had an exhibit of some
of the finest apples of the standard varic—

ties, gathered from the B. J. Morgan
farm.
Benzie Co. Pomona exhibited some

mammoth squash or sweet pumpkins, and
had an especially Strong show of corn and
potatoes.

Manistee Co. Pomona had a creditable
general exhibit which included a variety
of flint corn that attracted some at-
tention.

COMING EVENTS.

 

Pomona Meetings.

Eaton Co., with Charlotte Grange. Wed-
nesday, Dec. 28. Day and evening ses-
smns.

Western (Ottawa Co.) Pomona, with
‘(Iieorgfgoiwgn Grange, Friday and Saturday,

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