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VOL. CXXXVI. No. 6. I

Whole Number 3534.





DETROIT, MICH; SATURDAY. FEB. 11, 1911.





331.00 A YEAR.

82.75 FIVE YEARS





 





UILDINGS and equipment are a

B part of the farmer’s investment just



as is his land. No good farmer

will consider it a profitable policy to de-

plete his farm or to get along without

’buildingi‘t up so it will respond in the

fullest: measure to 'his labor; likewise no

good farmer should neglect to provide

himself with suitable buildings and equip-

ment to enable him to carry on the opera-

tions of his farm in the best and most

economical manner, or to allow these

buildings and equipent to run down and

suffer for lack of paint or repair any more

than he would allow the farm to suffer

from injudicious cropping or want of ma—

nine.



A farm may be compa1ed to the capital

stock of a bank; its buildings and equip-

ment to the furniture and fixtures of the

bank. Both are a necessity to the proper

conduct of the bank or farm. It would

not be good policy for the bank to get

along without a'Safe to insure the secure

keeping of its funds against thieves or

fire; neither would it be considered good

130 cy for the farmer to get along with-

out sufficient barn or shed room and

chance the loss which he might suffer

from the exposure of stock, tools, or

grain.





Neither can the farmer afford to get:

along without the tools necessary to the j

"eCO'nOmical conduct of his business.

tools he must have. others

“would the use .





SOme

he cohld do

without. The question is,

that would be given ‘them pay‘for their

cost, interest on the money invested, and

storage?” The bank must have its safe,

counter, and books, 1but might get along,

without a, typewriter or adding machine;

the farm must have its plow, barrow, and

binder, but might get along without a

roller or manure Spreader. In either case

the equipment absolutely necessary must

be provided, taking care to get up-to-date

and substantial equipment that is essen-

tia1,and to use good business judgment

in purchasing non— ~essentials.



It is p1obable that more ene1gy and

money is wasted in getting along without

equipment that is needed than in invest-

ing in equipment or buildings that are not

needed, yet some farmers go as fax to one

extreme as others do to the other extreme.

Foij example, there are some localities

where pride or jealousy seem to be the

standard by which farm equipment is





FARM BUILDINGS and EQUIPMENT.





One farmer may build a very

He may or may





procured.

large or expensive barn.

not have use for all of it. Not to be out-

done, his neighbor builds one a little

larger though he may not need such a.

large one and perhaps could not afford it

as well as his neighbor, and so it goes, in

some cases entire neighborhoods investing

in buildings which are not needed by all,

simply from pride or jealousy. More often,

however, it is the houSe upon which un-

necessary expense is lavished. Extrava-





buildings as near the center of the farm

as possible. It is desirable. but not nec-

essary to have them on a highway. Much

travel to and from fields could often be

saved and a better IOC'dlIOn secured by

setting the buildings back from the high-

way and nearer the center of the farm.

At any rate, if the farm extends for a

considerable distance along the highway

it is best to have the buildings near the

center of the highway side. If any pref-

erence is given it should generally be to-





 





 





Farm Home of Geo. B. Fisher, of Calroun





gant furnishings or too many conven—

iences are seldom found among farmers,

but often a family of two or three is found

occupying a residence large enough for a

dozen. The house may present a large,

imposing exterior, but be barnlike and

cold inside, and a perpetual care for the

housewife, which she is hardly able to

stand. I am glad to note that most of

the farmhouses now being built are more

suitcd to their use than those built a few

decades ago.

Buildings Should be COnveniently Located.

If the farm is purchased without build-

ings the prOper location for them can well

be studied. It is economical to have the





 





 





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ward the portion of the farm nearest the

market.



Some attention should he paid 'to the

lay of the land. I prefer a rather elevated

and rolling building site rathcr than one

either too high or too low. Both of these

have disadvantages. The high site is

usually exposed and windy, the low one

unsightly and damp. iioth require un-

necessary energy in pulling crops to the

barns or manure from them. A rather

rolling site of average elevation for the

farm, with some protection and good

drainage makes a good site for farm

buildings.



in lo<a1ing





new buildings we should





have regard to convenience, appearance,

and danger from fire. Buildings should

be close enough together so that too much

time and energy is not wasted in going

from one to aother and far enough apart

so that odors from the barn will not be

disagreeable at the house, and so a fire in

one buildings would not endanger the

entire farm plant. I think, as a rule, the

house and barn are too far apart on the

average farm, and are arranged so there

is too much difference in elevation if on

hilly ground, requiring a long walk and :1

climb many times a. day in passing from

one to another. Many farmers have ex-

pended enough timc in this way to pay

for a good "barn. ll‘ skeptical, figure it up

and see.



Another rule which should be followed

if 'possiblc is ‘to place the barns so lhc

barnyard at the back of the barn will not





be toward the road or the house. In gen-

eral, the house should Iw somewhat in front

and to one side of the burns, and the lat-

ter should face this road. Barns, sheds.

and pens, should bc grouped close to-

gether for convcnicuco in doing chores

and other work, unless there are several

barns, in which case they may be sep- .





arated for fire plOix’t'liml A possible ex-

ception to this 11110 is the poultry house,

which should be fu1 enough from the barns

so the hens will not get it confused with

the mangers or tool shed, and if the

housewife is to have charge it should not

be too far from the house. We expect

to move a barn in the spring which now

sits directly at the side of the road and

are debating whether to place it close to

the other vharn for convenience or at some

distance from it as a protection from fire.

Insurance is desiiahlc anyway, and per—

haps it is cheaper than extra steps.



Fences, Lanes, Tanks, Gates, Orchard,





Garden, Etc., Should Be Conveniently

Located.



Buildings are not the only more or less

permanent things on the farm whose lo—

cation nccds some study and planning.

Lanes and fences should be laid out so as

to save fencing, economize distance to and

from fields, and make fields of an eco-

nomical size and shape to work. and pro-

portioned to the size of the farm. On

most farms it will be desirable to have

the farm so fenccd that the stock can be.

turned from the lane into any field 011 the

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extend along its side and thus save fenc-

ing. If wide it may extend through. the

center with fields on each side. The fields

should, in general, be rectangular for ease

in working. and not more than twice as

long as wide, for economy in fencing, and

should have an end rather than a side

face the farm lane for the latter reason

also.



Gatesshouid be substantial, securely

fastened, and easy to open. Life is too

short to spend a great part cf it in tug-

ging at heavy slide gates that are used

frequently. The gates which are used

often should be of the swing pattern and

securely fastened to substantial posts so

they will keep their position for many

years. The fastenings Should be adjust-

able to take up the sag, and the latch

should be simple. durable. and difficult for

stock to open but easily opened by a per-

son. Gates to fields that are used only

when the field is cropped may be of a

slide pattern, with substantial hangings.

When building a fence gates should be

placed where there is likely t; be need of

them, for we will put ourselves to much

inconvenience for many years rather than

out one through a wire fence after it is

built. They should. of course, be near

the corner of the field nearest the barn.



The location of windmill, tanks, garden

and orchard should be decided from the

standpoint of convenience.



Buildings, Fences and Other Equipment

Shauid be Kept Neat and in Good

Repair.



. Appearance and durability are two fac-

tors to have in mind in the construction

or repair of farm equipment, The paint-

ing of buildings pleases the eye if simple

harmonizing colors are used and also

adds to the durability. This is true to a

less degree with fences and gates about





the yards. A cheap paint or government

Whitewash can be used on these which

will add much to their tidy appearance.





If outbuildings. fences and gates are neat-

ly constructed it will add much to the ap-

pearance, and indirectly to the :~c:1i value

of the farm, to say nothing of inc satis-

faction experienced and the valuable

training secured by being careful and neat

in doing this work. It is but little more

work to set a fence post straight and with

the tops even, and to nail 011 llflzllds or

stretch wire so they will look well than

it is to do it in an untidy manner.



The farmer will do well to use cement

as much as possible in his building opera-

tions. By using cement wherever possible

it will make much of his work more dur-

able and give more of an incentive to do

it well. Walls, floors. tanks. cisterns,

abutments, fence post foundations or cn<

tire posts can be made reasonably perma-

nent with cement.



The same tidincss shouid oxu-nd to the

tools used. These Should. of ~.ourso, be

housed, kept in repair. and when neces—

sary given a coat of paint.



In conclusion, I wish 1-» impress the

thought that if we. as {cirmei-s. will give

our best thought to tho sulcuuateness.

adaptability, convenience. permanence and

neatness of our farm buildings and equip-

ment. just as we have given our best

thought to improving and maintaining the

fertility of our soil. we will have :1 farm

plant capable of producing a maximum

product at a minimum expense. while at

the same time the value of the plant will

increase.



Calhoun Co. S





B. I‘IAR’I‘MAN.





FARM NOTES.





Mixing Alfalfa with Clover Seed.





I have 12 acres of land that was cleared

l0 years ago. In the fall I sowed rye. and

seeded in the spring. Pastured the rye

ever since, until last spring. when I broke

it up and sowed to short vined peas. In

the fall I disked and sowed to fall wheat.

The wheat was a good stand, and looked

good when winter set in. The field is a

high hill and light soil. 1 want to seed in

the spring and am afraid to risk so large

a field with alfalfa. What is my best

course to pursue? Sow :1 portion of the

field to alfalfa and the balance to clover,

or mix clover and alfalfa and sow the

whole field to the mixiure'.1 Should I sow

the seed on the frozen ground or sow





later and go over with a weeder or bar-

row?

Charlevoix Co. I. M.





It is always better to experiment on a

small scale with any crop with which we





have had no previous experience. This

land may grow alfalfa sucr-msfrdly with-

out any special preparation and it may





not. For this reason it would seem to be

a better plan to experiment with the al-

falfa on a small scale, inoculating the soil

or seed on at least a portion of that sown

to this crop. and perhaps applying lime to

a portion of it as well to determine wheth-

er lime ls needed as a preparation for

this forage plant.



But it would undoubtedly be a ,good





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





plan to mix some alfalfa seed with the

clover sown on the balance of the field

since in this way a natural inoculation of,

the land with the bacteria peculiar to the

alfalfa plant would be brought about, and

the field thus prepared for sowing to al-

falfa in the future in case it is desired.

More farmers will mix a little alfalfa seed

with their 010ver this year than ever be-

fore, and it is a very good plan, as it will

not only prove advantageous for the above

reason, but will as well indicate whether

alfalfa will grow on our land in its pres—

ent condition and without special prepara-

tion for the crop.



The condition of the soil during the

early spring months has much to do with

the success of early sowing of clover seed.

and doubtless would influence the success

of sowing alfalfa seed under the same

conditions.

rience with sowing alfalfa seed early on





the frozen ground. and knows of no grow-5





or who has sown it this way. except where

it was mixed with clover seed. It Would

appear to be safer to burrow in the seed

when conditions were favorable for its

germination. but this is another point in

the growing of this forage plant upon

which experience will be the most valu-

able guide and with which it is worth

while to experiment.



What to do Where the Seeding Failed.

I have 10 acres of land, soil a sandy

black loam with clay subsoil. which is in

a fair state of fertility. It was to corn in

1909,

crop. In 1910 it was to oats and seeded

to clover. AS it was too dry the clover

didn't make a fair stand. Now I have

not the manure to cover this spring and

put back to' corn. What would be the

best way of handling this field to advan-

tage. Would spring plowing be good for

reseeding to clover without a. nurse crop?

Monroe Co. SUBSCRIBER.



Unquestionably the best thing for the





soil of this field would 'be to plow and

seed to clover without a nurse crop. as

suggested in this inquiry. Of course. this





would involve the loss of a year so far as

a revenue from this field is concerned,

and if it is in a fair state of fertility this

may not be necessary. In case it is de-

sired to substitute some crop which can

be used for hazy instead of the clover

which it was expected to get from this

field it might be sown to oats and peas

for this purpose, or in case sheep are kept

on the farm it might be sown to dwarf

Essex rape and seeded to clover in this

forage crop. which could be pastured dur~

ing the midsummer shortage of forage

without material injury to the stand of

clover. In fact. the local conditions in

which the farmer who has lost a seeding

of clover finds himself are an important

factor in determining what it is best to

do with such a field. This is true to such

an extent as to make a problem of this

kind an individual one regarding which

it is difficult to advise intelligently.

Using Fertilizer on Clover.





I have a field on which I raised o fair

crop of corn last year It was a hcivy

.Iune grass sod, and as it takes more than

one year to kill the sod I thought of plant-

ing it to corn again The field has been

run badly. I covered about half of it

with manure last year and will have

enough to cover the other half in the

spring. I would 'like to sow it to clover a

3ear from this spring, sowing it without

a nurse crop. Would you advise the use

Of commercial fertilizer? How much should

be used to the acre and how should it be

applied? What kind of fertilizer should





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befibrficln Co. C. B. V.



In a case of this kind it would not seem

necessary to use fertilizer in seeding the

land to clover without a nurse crop. The

fact that there was a heavy June grass

sod on the field would indicate that it is

in a fairly fertile condition, and the ap-

plication of stable manure will :be of some

benefit to the clover following the corn.

In the writer's judgment, it would be a

for better practice to apply the fertilizer

to the corn crop, using say 400 lbs. per

acre of a good standard fertilizer. This

would be of benefit to the 'corn crop and

in this way would pay out as an invest—

ment the first season, and the residue of

the mineral elements of fertility which

would be left in the soil would benefit the

clover following the corn. Generally

speaking, it is better practice to use fer-

tilizers on grain crops preceding clover

than on the clover itself.





 





A new method of onion growing is

strOngly recommended by a French horti-

culturist. Some of the seedlings in the

original bed are left standing at intervals

of about two inches, and the spaces be-

tween them caused by the removal of ,

the others, are filled in with good garden

mould mixed with fertilizer from the

poultry house. The beds must be kept

well watered unless there is plenty of

rain, and it is said the resulting crop will

astonish the grower.





 





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EDITOR,

“MICHIGAN FARMER,”

Detroit, Mich.

Dear Sir:—



In your issue of January 28th, there ap-

Pears an article signed “German Kali

Works, By H. A. Huston, Secretary":

from which

quoted:



“Mr. Robert Bradley did not sign the

contract July 1, 1909.”



That is an unqualified misstatement, as

can be easily proven by reference to the

original Bradley-Schmidtmann contract,

bearing my signature, on file in the De-

partment of State at Washington.



In a recent brief of Mr. Vogel, the Gen—

eral Representative of the Potash Syndi-

cate in the United States, the statement

is. made that this contract was merely a

"purely tentative memorandum” and that

I had no authority from The American

Agricultural Chemical Co. to sign a con—l

tract.



On this basic misrepresentation a long

argument is elaborated in an attempt to

prove that I was officially notified before

I made my contracts that the German

Government would invalidate any con—

tract I might make for Potash at prices

below those fixed by the Syndicate, and

that, therefore, I have no claim for re-

dress.



The contract I signed on July 1, 1909,

with Mr. Schmidtmann was as complete

and as legally binding a contract as could

be drawn. and I personally guaranteed its

specific performance. As to my authority

for making it on behalf of The American

Agricultural Chemical Co., I had in my

possession a special Power of Attorney,

dated June 7, 1909, duly authorized'by a

vote of the Directors of the Company“ ex-

ecuted by its President. witnessed by its

Counsel, attested and seal affixed by its

Secretary, acknowledged before a Notary

Public, and viseed by the German Consul

General of New York. This Power of At-

torney is also on file in the Department of

State.



Moreover. on the same morning of July

I, 1909, acting under the same Power of

Attorney, I made another contract with a

group of five of the most important Potash

mines in Germany, which contract has

been assumed and is now being fulfilled

by the Potash Syndicate in strict con—

formity with its terms and conditions.



Can Mr. Huston explain why one of

these contracts is recognized as complete

and valid. while the other is pronounced

a mere memorandum, even lacking my

signature?



It was never intimated to me, directly

or indirectly. that the German Govern-

ment contemplated passing legislation

which would invalidate any contracts be—

low Syndicate prices until about ten days

after I had secured my contracts, when

Geheimrat Kempner (now President of

the Kali Syndicate) threatened me with

such governmental action unless I con-

sented to surrender or compromise my

contracts in some way satisfactory to the

Syndicate.



These are the incontestable facts and

such an attempt to justify a law which

constitutes the substantial repudiation of

legally executed contracts by government-

al action is an affront to the intelligence

of the people of the l’nited States and

should receive the rebuke it deserves.



As to Mr. Huston’s “belief" that



“The German Foreign Minister did not

assure Ambassador Hill that ‘it (the law)

would not invalidate or impair the Am-

erican contracts.’ ”



I think it matters little to the American

public what Mr. Huston's “belief” may be

on this subject when the actual facts are

known. It is a matter of record that Dr.

Hill, the American Ambassador in Berlin.

has made the statement and has reported

it to Washington that he was assured by

the Foreign Minister of Germany that the

law would not invalidate or impair the

American contracts, and I believe the

American people will accept that state-

ment from its official representative in

Berlin rather than the “belief” of the rep-

resentative of the Potash Trust.



No doubt “the potash business is get-

ting lots of advertising.” but of a kind

the Syndicate least desires. This con-





. troversy has certainly advertised one im-





portant fact extensively—that the German

Syndicate is- resorting to heroic efforts to

sustain its Potash monopoly in order to

extort an enormous yearly tribute from





the following statement is”





 

 

 

 





FEB. 11, 1911.





potash prices at 200% above the cost of

production, and 100% above the prices ob-

tained from independent mines by 76% of

the Potash buyers of the United States.



Trusting that you will give this the

same publicity as that granted to Mr.

Huston's statement, I am,



’ Very truly yours,

(Signed) ROBERTS. BRADLEY.



Chairman of American Potash Buyers’



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Seeing so’ much potato talk in the

Michigan Farmer lately. constrains me to

add my experience. Last summer I plant-

ed 2% acres of potatoes, commencing to

plant in April and finished in fore part

of May. This gives our crop here none

too long a season to grow in, for when

I dug the crop in October the tops were

still green and fresh looking and the

tubers hardly matured. I do not consider

this particular field ideal for potatoes as

it is clay soil and quite rolling. However,

it was a clover sod and I gave it a

sprinkling of barnyard manure during the

winter and plowed it early in the spring,

planted early, gave them good cultivation

and kept them free rrom bugs. In spite

of the severe drought which we had dur-

ing the growing season I harvested 592

bushels of marketable potatoes, 263 bush-

els per acre. I wish to speak now more

particularly about the seed.



Potatoes were cheap here last spring

and I had more than Iknew what to do

with so I concluded to utilize them by

planting. I planted about half my crop at

the rate of 60 to 80' bushels per acre, us-

ing whole seed as large as I could get

through the hand planter. For the other

half of crops I planted a little lighter. I

always did believe in using plenty of seed

but never planted so heaVy as this be-

fore—would not plant so heavy again if

seed were high-priced, but I certainly

would not want to plant less than 20 to

30 bushels per acre with potatoes at any

price.



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Thirty-one Potatoes, Weight 62 lbs. Grown

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the field I planted at the rate of 60 bush-

els per acre—whole seed. as an experi-

ment, I planted one row with potatoes

cut into quarters. That would make this

row at the rate of 15 bushels per acre,

which would be considered by many as

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ference in this row all summer. The p0-

tatocs came up in this row a little later, a.

little more uneven. the plants were not

quite so thrifty and vigorous looking and

the tops were a little behind the row on

either side in size and vigor. At digging

time I dug and measured this row sep-

arately and also the row on either side.

The row planted to quarters produced at

the rate of 195 bushels per acre and the

two rows beside averaged each at the

rate of 265 bushels per acre, a gain of 70

bushels per acre in favor of the heavier

planting. I duplicated this experiment in

a. small patch which I planted by the ‘barn

with the result that the heavier planting

produced at the rate of 89 bushels per

acre over and above the lighter planting.



Now. about the kind of seed to plant:

I am a firm believer in planting good

seed—seed with a prepotency—pedigree

seed, if you please. I Would advise Mr.

Lillie to feed those little seed potatoes to

his pedigree pigs—~tliey would be good

for the pigs and also help his next sum-

mer’s potato crop (by not planting them).

I raise my seed potatoes in a seed plot

especially for seed, planting only nice,

sound potatoes for seed. To help matters

still further I raise a special seed plo’t

within this seed plot. At digging time I

dig this special seed plot by hand myself,

and note each hill as I "turn it out. I

select a few of the very best hills out of

this special seed plot. These few hills

plant my special seed plot for next year.

The balance of this seed plot is used to

raise my regular seed plot for next year

and the regular seed plot is used to raise

my main crop. I have kept up this meth-

od for several years and do not see any

deterioration of my potatoes.



The part of the field,from which the

basket of big potatoes shown in the ac-

companying photo was dug was irrigated.

This corner of the field lay along side of





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. (3)





a spring creek. During the severe drought

I threw a dam across the stream and

turned the water out over the corner of

the potato field. My! How the parched

ground did drink in the moisture! In a

short time I could plainly see just to a.

row where I irrigated, by a difference in

the color of the potato tops.

Ogemaw Co. A. L. DUNLAP.





A LARGE POTATO GROWER PREFERS

SMALL SEED.





 





I have been a reader of your paper for

several years and have received much val-

uable information through its columns. I

especially appreciate articles on potato

raising as I make that my special cash

crop.



I have done considerable experimenting

especially in the different kinds of seed

to plant, and must say that I stand by

Mr. Lillie very firmly in planting smal‘

seed about ‘the size of hen’s eggs. I have

raised on an average of 30 acres each

year for several years. At first I used to

plant large cut seed, but it did not take

me long to change to small seed.



I will try to explain why I prefer the

small. potatoes. I always plant the pota—

toes whole, if I can get them, and where

so planted have never failed to get a good

stand. I do not believe I had 500 missing

hills in my potatoes this year. I have

never seen so perfect a stand as this from

any kind of cut seed. If I were 'to plant

any cut seed I would certainly prefer large

potatoes to small ones. My theory is that

a small uncut potato has its full vitality,

and will sprout, and come up out of the

ground three or four days sooner

cut seed. “’hen a potato is cut in two or

more pieces it loses

vitality and consequently does not produce

as strong and vigorous stalks. Again. if





the ground is very dry, cut seed will

shrivel and dry up. leaving a poor and un-

even stand, while the whole seed will





come along all right. The same is true





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weather. when whole Seed will come‘

through in a much better condition. You‘

will not have nearly as large potatoes





from whole seed, as you get more stalks

to each hill and thus more

medium size.



This last season I

seed and had to plant

large cut seed.





about an acre of





potatoes of a‘

run short of small,





The part of this field that,





was planted to small seed came up so that;





we cultivated them the tenth

planting. while I had to wait four days,

before the rest was tip enough to culti—

vate, and they never caught up to the

rest of the field. There were more miss-

ing hills on this acre than on the rest of

the field. The seed was of the same va-

riety and kept under same conditions.



I planted 20 acres in May which aver-

aged 185 bushels of sorted potatoes per

acre. four acres of this had an application

of manure. My 10 acres of late potatoes

planted the 16th day of June, did not do

very well on account of blighting. This

field averaged 125 bushels of sorted pota-

toes per acre.



I have never seen a field blight as this

one did. There would be spots of perhaps

six rods square that Started to blight

when vines commenced to cover the

ground and were dead before the rains

came. There would be spots about one-

third this size which stayed green until

killed by frost. The whole field was spot-

ted in just that way, which I cannot ac-

count for.



I did not use any Paris green on this

field, and cultivated it thoroughly seven

times with a. two-row cultivator. Had

this field not blighted it would have yield-

ed more than 200 bushels per acre.



I plant my potatoes 30x34 inches and

never have any very large stock. It takes

about eleven bushels to plant an acre with

the size seed I use.



Montcalm Co. E. S. CHRISTIANSEN.





QUANTITY AND KIND OF SEED.





It is certainly a very important prob-

leni—the amount and kind or size of seed

for best results in raising potatoes. I

have experimented along this line several

times, and I have always had the best

results with the smallest amount of seed

in a hill, provided always that the eyes

are strong and vigorous.



Several years ago I found a hill in the

middle of the field which had 27 mer-

chantable potatoes, _which weighed nine

pounds. Seven such hills would make a

bushel, with three pounds for shrinkage.

There was only one vine or stalk in the

top, showing that only eye grew. The

rest of the field yielded only 1'50 bushels

per acre, while at the rate this one hill

yielded would make 445 bushels per acre.



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George Beckley. of Midland county. is

one of those pioneer farmers who came

to the county when lumbering was the

main business. The same ., ideas of me-

chanical application to accomplish ends in

lumbering successfully have been applied

to farming, and particularly to the grow—

ing of beans. Mr. Beckley does not let

his light be hidden under a bushel but

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vincing and instructive manner.



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Beans put at difficult depths germinate

unevenly, and perfect work of the knives

in harvesting demands even ground.



The amount of seed is not to exceed 18

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over with the hoe and all imperfect plants

are carefully cut out. Mr. Berkley says

the bean raisers should do the hand-pick~

ing largely at this time and pay for the

work by employing the girls who pick

Means in the elevators to do it with a hoe

in the green fields and pure air and at a

wage 50 per cent more than they can earn

in the dusty elevators. 'l‘he stubs of

beans that have lost their heads or leaves

in getting out of the ground are fertile

fields for the various bean diseases 'to

find IOdgement in and these are, along

with all other undesirable plants. care-

fully cut out, with the result thtit nearly

all the beans are perfect. The small and

partially matured beans that make up the

“pick" are well night eliminnted



When it comes to harvesting Mr. Reck-

lcy insists on well sharpened knives. A

supply of 10 or 12-inch files are provided

.Ind it is economical to use 15 minutes in

tiling if necessary. every two hours. A

r insiderabie of the loss not only of shelled

beans, but time in handling, comes from

dull knives :nnluneven ground.



The success of using the side delivery

trike depends on ‘two things. viz, the Ini-

jzistment of the bars carrying the forks

and a slow movement of the team. The

forks should be adjusted to lift the vines.

not to strike or drug. Sinal' piles are

'forked when sufficiently dried in the win-

drow. The advantage of snmll piles is

seen when rain comes, as they m» t-tsily

turned, but not turn to pic‘cs, ind when

loaded on the wagon make one forkt'ul

easily handled.



The. actual “pick" of beans this year

was a half pound to the bushel and the

crop goes as hand-picked beans. so near

the desired grade does it come. Whether

it will be possible for all bean growers to

handle the crop so successfully may be

questioned. but when Mr. Beckley makes

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the equal of two average acres, it is worth

while to study his methods. There is also

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eases that are always threatening might

be well nigh prevented if seed was used

from fields where seed selection was made

:l feature by the removal of imperfect

plants.



Slimwnssce (‘o_ .lAs. N. MCBRIDE.





 





INOCULATlNG FOR ALFALFA.



The writers on alfalfa say, use soil

li‘flii a field thoroughly inoculated or from

:in old alfalfa field. i have five acres

sowed in June. llltlfl. Lust year I out

three crops. \i’lieu the first two crops

were out much of the tieid was of a light

yellowish color. When the last crop was

cut it was dnrk colored and perfect in

every way. After each cutting l dragged

the field with .1 light smoothing harrow.

'VVill the soil from this field answer to

inoculate 25 acres I wish to sow this

summer?



VVext‘ord Co. D. E. V“



From the description of this alfalfa it

would appear that the soil from the field

would be suitable for inoculating- a new

area to be sown to the crop. The essen-

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the nodules on the roots of the plants be

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green color of the plants and their thrifty

growth. but if there is any doubt about

their presence it can be determined in a

few moments next spring by taking a

spade and digging out a few roots, when

the nodules can be plainly seen.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. _ ‘FEB. 11, i911.





 

 

 





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LJJVE STOCK .





MUTTON SHEEP FOR FARM FLOCKS.





 





The profits from a well-managed flock

of mutton sheep are relatively greater

than those from any other kind of farm

stock. The numerous failures in the keep-

ing of sheep on farms almost always come

from having too large a flock to begin

with. Any farmer with sound judgment

can keep a small flock at a good profit,

but few farmers can keep a thousand

sheep with an equal degree of success.

This is especially true where one is a be-

ginner with sheep. Of all arts allied to

agriculture, there is no branch so difficult

to become proficient in as the shepherd's

art. Not that there is anything myste--

rious in the science of breeding, feeding

and handling sheep; what it requires is

close attention and Study. It is not wise

for a. man to plunge into keeping large

numbers until he has made himself famil-

iar with the business and conducted a

number of experiments on a small scale.





‘Sheep possess great ability to renovate

the soil, keep down all kinds of weeds and

consume the oddsand ends of feed that

would otherwise be wasted, but the man

‘who undertakes to develop a really profit-

able flock of mutton sheep must cut away

as far as possible from the idea that sheep

should be kept because they possess abil-

ity as scavengers. He must give them

the most painstaking care. and the best

food that his farm affords.



In starting a flock of mutton sheep

there are certain fundamental principles

to be considered: First we must start

with a breed that is capable of producing

good quality mutton when properly fed

and cared for. Second. we must have a

variety of feeds of the. right kind to de-

velop their possibilities. Third, we must

"have a knowledge of how to feed to secure

the desired results,



Some farmers have a mistaken idea

that feed is everything and that high-class

mutton can be produced by any breed of

sheep. Feed is a great point. but breed

capabilities is a greater. Some breeds

are capable of producing a high quality

of woolat a profit, but cannot be consid-

ered profitable mutton "producers. The

American Merino is one of these breeds;

but with all their many excellencies We

would no more think of keeping them to

produce mutton at a profit than we would

of keeping a Jersey cow to raise a beef

steer.



Many farmers argue that by selection

and the use of an improved ram, from the

Poest mutton producing breeds, we could

in a. short time improve the quality of

any flock so that they might be made to

answer our purpose. To such men I

would suggest that life is too short to

spend our time experimenting with cross—

breeding when we can buy good mutton-

bred ewes from some old established flock

for from $15 to $20 a head, or a few choice

grade ewes at from $6 to $10 a head. ‘Vith

sheep, it pays to buy the type you want

at the very beginning.



In selecting breeding ewes for the mut-

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ward selecting ones that are able to suckle

their young best. Sometimes a ewe that

possesses this quality is not a finely round-





ed one with the inost desirable form; but





if she is a good inilker she deserves a.

place in the flock. My experience has

convinced me that the thinnest ewes at

Weaning time are. often the best mothers.



With the present high prices of all grain

foods sheep can be fed more eponomically

than any other kind of farm stock and

many farmers are beginning «to appreciate

this fact. The small flock, well-bred,

well fed and intelligently handled, will

prove a money-maker for the men who

are willing to learn the business and Stay

with their sheep



It will pay any flock-owner to keep a

record of the lambs from each ewe and

'be guided more by this record than by the

condition of the ewes at the time he is

making his selections for next year’s lamb

crop. It should be an axiom with every

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ewe that proves a valuable breeder until

she becomes too old to produce superior

lambs. There seems to be a general tend-

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a value on the breeding qualities of the

ewes and let them go, frequently in the

prime of life.



In selecting breeding stock those with

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“Mutton form is the main consideration,





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The care and food of the flock depends





 





THE MICHIGAN PARMER.





upon a variety of conditions and it would

1be pure quackery for me to lay down

hard and fast rules. They must be varied

to meet the conditions of soil. climate and

breed. In general, however, the most

suitable pasture crops are fine succulent

grasses, rye, Dwarf Essex rape, and tur-





nips. The most suitable soiling crops are

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legumes. The best fodder and grain





crops are fine, well—cured clover and al-

falfa hay, peas and pea straw, field roots,

corn ensilage, oats, Wheat bran and oil

meal feel in suitable combinations.



New York. , “h MILTON KELLY.





SILAGE FOR THE SHEEP.

Sheep are expected, on most every

farm, to consume a large per cent of [the

ioughest hays, straws and coarse weeds.

Because sheep will eat these coarse fod—

ders, they are often forced to eat more

of such rough feed than is good for them.

I believe the sheep, and particularly the

lu‘eeding ewes. should consume much of

the coarse foddcrs. but with this should

be given plenty of salt, clean water, bran

and silage. or molasses mcal to act as a

mild laxative. Clover hay, besides its

richness in protein (muscle building food)

has something about it which helps to

keep the sheep's internal organs in splen-

did working shape. However, the coarser,





 





drier corn stover, straws, or rougher

prairie or timothy, need some laxative

supplemented. To fill this need I find





common corn silage, made from well ina-

tured field the cheapest: and most

satisfactory.



When this silage is of poor quafity. the

results are very unsatisfactory. but when

the silage is of good quality the results

are entirely satisfactory. Poor Silage

would be silage which contained quite a.

fair per cent of moldy corn, frozen corn, or

('Ol'li which was very sour and acid. Of

these three evils i believe the presence of

moldy silage is the worst. If you feed

moldy silage there is danger of scours, in-

digestion, and abortion; if you feed frozen

silage there is about the same dangers.

and if the silage is too sour scours and

fatal indigestion result. It is difficult and

really unnecesarywto say which form of

spoiled silage is more. fatal; but remem—

ber never to feed frozen or moldy, or over—

sour silage for any continued period.



This fall I started in to feed both the

breeding ewes and the fattening lambs

some silage each day. The results were

not satisfactory, because much moldy and

Hun‘ silage came out of the silo mixed

with the good, and therefore I could not

iced it without feeding also moldy and

sour silage. Moreover, when the cold

weather came some was also frozen and.

as in other winters, I found such silage to

scour my sheep.



Due to these troubles I was obliged to

stop the use of silage for the feeding

lambs and cut down the quantity for the

breeding ewes. I would have stopped

feeding silage to the breeding flock also

but they.needed some succulent feed to

supplement the coarse corn-stover and

dry pasture grasses, so I still fed some

silage. By using extreme pains I could

pick out enough good silage for one feed

each day; and, by adding some oats and

bran, I obtained a very desirable ration

with the roughage on the farm. Each

day the ewes would have received a dou-

ble handful of silage morning and evening

but because it was of inferior quality I

fed only once a day.



As an additional feed for a bunch of

fattening lambs, silage is a very helpful

feed. Of course, some poor results will

be gotten sometimes, but as farmers gain

experience silage will be used more fre—

quently. When starting to feed silage to

the feeders start easily. After gradually

increasing the quantity, from the first

days till the middle of the feeding period,

the feeders will be eating about 11/2 lbs.

23. day. “’ith silage of good quality then,

the sheep or lambs will profitably eat

considerable quantities. Care should be

exercised SO that Silage is uniform (in

richness as to corn grains). from day to

day. Some feeders do not realize that,

when on heavy grain feed, careless feed-

ing of “rich” silage one day and “lean”

silage next day. will cause undesirable

scouring. Practical tests on farms and

at experiment station feed yards prove

that, when fed carefully good corn silage

is a very beneficial feed.



Some farmers have not a silo on their

farm because they consider it wasteful to

build a silo for only a few head of- cattle.

\Vhere the farmer also has a. flock of

sheep he can safely plan to use a. moder-

ate feed of good silage once a. day from

the first of the winter season till the com-

ing of spring grass. A small bushel baS-





corn,





liet full well fed will suffice for from eight

toll average ewes. _A ration consisting

mostly of silage tends ‘to leave weak,

sickly lambs, but when ewes receive a.

fair quantity of other roughage, and oats

and bran, give them a good feed of silage

each day. ' J. C. C.





BUYING HORSES.





Hints to Amateurs.



If you have decided to start out upon a

horse-buying expedition on your own re-

sponsibility, remember, first, the old max--

im that a good horse is never a bad

color. it is as difficult to find two horses

alike as it is two men; in all my rather

wide experience I have seldom seen a





 





 





matched pair. There is a better chance

to get good cross matches, and it is bet—

ter to have them crossed than to have a

pair that do not mate. You cannot buy a

horse as you would a bit of silk, and the

matcher of these goods who has haunted a

bargain counter would find about a bun-

tired chances to one against succcss in this

line. 'J‘hercfore, don‘t ask the opinion of

your wife, your aunt, or your grandmother

and their immediate relations, nor your

own friends: if you will select a horse, the

soundcst and of the best conformation,

and show him to a dozen of your friends,

each and every one wmild give a. different

opinion, though they are probably as ig-

norant as yourself. Perhaps one happens

to own a good horse which he picked up

by chance, and thinks wisdom on this

question will die with him. Now, if you

are not conversant with the anatomy of

a horse. you had better not. try to buy

him on your own judgment. unless you are

purchasing from a responsible breeder or

a well—known dealer who has a reputation

to uphold.



bit if you are an enthusiastic buyer on

your own account, perhaps the writer can

rive you some hints. After you select the

horse which you think has captured your

lain-y it is best to have him brought out

will'ci‘lil examination. If free from

defects he is most likely to retain your

good opinion, if you are anything like the,

writer, who always bought or left on first

impression, but, as this might not suit an

amateur. some more explicit directions

vxill be in order. To begin. be sure that

he is cool. and not in a heated condition;

iemember that the horse is subject to

OVt'ly disease and ailment that flesh is

heir to; that he has temperament. disposi-

tion, individuality, and needs to be very

carefully bought. The first thing, you look

at is his foot»—no foot, no horse; it should

be on the, concave order, with a deep sole

and not too narrow: this tit-imit-s breeding.

Run your hand down his fore legs. exam-

ine for splints; if on the bone thcv will

never hurt him, but if on the tendons,

drop him like a hot potato. no matter how

small the splint. To save time and trou-

ble have him jogged quietly down on the

ilooi‘, and look for lamcncss, and see if

his style of going suits you. Now exam-

ine his coronets for side—bones; take a

look at his eyes. and that very closely.

Stand in front of him to see that he has

a full chest; glance between his fore legs

at his spavin joints; run your hand over

his kidneys and press hard as you do so;

pass behind him and see that he stands

square; examine for curbs (:1 curb will

never hurt a liol‘sc after he is six years

old): feel his hocks for incipient spavins,

or bruises on the top of his hocks, which

require a satisfactory explanation from

the owner; don't forget to look for thor-

oughpins and bog-Spavins; look carefully

at his hips that they are both alike: per-

sonally I would never buy an interfering

that shows symptoms





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horse, or a horse

of it.



In the matter of age, four years old is

not preferable. I had rather buy a horse

at night than five. as he is then in his

prime, and his habits are all developed:

if the horse has arrived at that age and

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work. See, also, that he has plenty of

neck, good, high shoulders and sloping

back. Then, proceeding. ask the holder





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both ways, turning him quickly; then

back him while you look carefully for

symptoms of spring halt or cramps. If,

up to this, the horse has borne inspection

favorably, put a man on his back and gal-

lop him as fast as he will go to test his

wind for a whistling sound. If all right,

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





iected when the horse is standing quietly

in the stable. If he fills the bill, buy him,

good horses are scarce.



After you get him home use him kindly

for a. few weeks. Don‘t use the whip,

make a friend of him. Horses should be

treated as intelligent beings; they are like

men in the amount of courage they can

muster up; some are the veriest cowards

and others are possessed of a dare—devil

spirit.



Horse-science has proven that a clipped

horse properly cared for is, even in the

coldest Weather, if in constant use, far

more comfortable than those which are

allowed to retain their full coat of hair.

Man requires such work of the horse as

to sweat him severely if his coat be long,

and indeed, it has been found so burden-

some to a. horse that when driven for any





distance he would blow quite seriously,

whereas after being clipped he could go

without discomfort. If the long coat





could be kept dry it would not be so ob—

jectionable, but as soon as it becomes

saturated with sweat it is a menace to

health. It is necessary, of course, after

the removal of the long coat, to provide a.

double allowance of clothing, and avoid

standing still outiof doors wilhout blank-

ets after using for any length of time.

Proeprly cared for, however, the danger

of a clipped horse taking cold is much

less than when the hair is long and wet

with perspiration.



A man who loves his horse, looking

carefully to feeding and watering him,

seldom has a sick one; it is the careless

feeder whose horses often have colic and

like disorders from improper and irregular

feeding. which in other stock would give

no b-ul results. Musty hay, oats and corn

are llUl'lll for food. Bedding should be

Supplied in abundance and not allowed to

lie in lumps or in an uneven manner, but

kept constantly shaken up. The bed

should lie ixlisctl along the side of the

stall, \\'«'l parts and droppings removed

and l‘f'plltt‘iul with clean straw. This

treatment, with disinfectants, will make

the stable wholcsmne. ,



Don't send horse to the black-

smith to have his feet out down to make

them look small. In the writer's experi-

ence, many have been ruined by

the smith cutting the foot to fit the shoe,

rather than making the shoe to fit the

foot. Leave iin plenty of solo; never let

the knife be put into it, the rasp being

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FEEDING AND FATTENING CALVES.





 





I have never attempted to write an

article for your valuable paper. although

l have been a reader of it for more than

30 years. I have wanted to many times,

but lacked the courage, but in The Form.

or of January 14, I saw an article ‘by our

friend, Lillie, on a balanced ration for

feeding calves.



I know but little as to protein and all

those terms, but I have had considerable

experience in a small way in feeding and

fattening calves. We all know that whole

milk is the natural and balanced ration

for calves but“ one can raise good calves.

and fallen them, too, on skim—milk. I

give fix-sh or whole milk till the calf

is one week old. It is then given one-half

new and one-half skim-milk. I have no

separator; so of coui'Sc the skimming is

done by hand. Then, nfler the calves are

two \\'¢_'t‘\'n‘ old give one quart of whole

milk to each feed. the rest skim-milk,

let-ding all they will cut and act as though

a lllllt' more would taste good.



After the calves are a week or ten days

old i ("fillilllc‘lll'e to feed a prepared calf

mml advertised in the Michigan Farmer,

using at first about a tablespoonful, and

iiic~i't-.i:<'1n.;~ the amount as they get older,

When about two weeks old I add a little

corn mull and if a little oats is ground

‘with it, all the better, but it Should be

ground The proportion I mix the

meal is one of :,-;ilf'1neal to five of the

corn meal, and ncvcr feed more than two





fine.





tcuonpsful of" the mixed meal when fat-

tening, uniil 01.1 enough for veal, which





will Dc in from live to eight weeks, to be

profitable.



I want to say right here

will be troubled with scours

fed in this way, and the calf can drink all

the skim—milk it can, at that. “'ill say

again that I give the calf all it will eat,

and smile for just one more taste, but the

calves should be fed regularly and the

same amount each time and the milk

should always be warm.



For something for the calves to pick at

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NATIONAL BREED MEETINGS‘





 





The American Chester White Record As-

sociation Meeting. I



The Chester White breeders met at'the

Star Hotel at Columbus. 0., on Jan. 11.

The past year has been a most prosperous

Over 1.700 animals have been regis-

tered and the treasury shows a. credit of

over $1200. Arrangements have been

made to send out application pedigree

blanks free. This was a very good ses-

sion, more than forty members being

present. The officers elected for the com-

ingyear are: Pres, John Berringer, Mar-

ion, 0.; vice-pres, J. W. L. Motherspaw,

Newark, 0.; sec., F. P. Hardin, Marion,

0.; treas._ J. C. Haynes, Morrow, 0.;

executive committee. J. T. Cummings, of

Xenia. 0.; W. T. Devers, Lucasville, and

J. W, L. Motherspaw, of Newark.



The 0., N. Y. and V. Merino Sheep



Breeders' Meeting.



This asosciation met in the Northern

Hotel at Columbus, Jan. 11. There was

a fair attendance on’ hand. The principal

speakers were: Geo. B. Quinn, Roxbury,

0.; W. W. Burch, of the American Sheep

Breeder, and L. A. Webster, of Whiting,

Vermont. The asociation seems to be in

favor of the proposed American Sheep

Show and Wool Exposition. They went

on record as being against any lowering

of the wool tariff. The following officers

were elected: Pres, E. M. Bissell, East

Shoreham, Vt.; first vec-pres., Geo. B.





Quinn, Rox'bury, 0.; second vice-pres,

llriah Cook, West Mansfield, 0.; sec.-

ireas., Wesley Bishop, Delaware.





The American Delaine and Merino Record





Breeder-8' Meeting.



This meeting was the best attended of

the series of sheep meetings that have

been held in Columbus during the past

week. The entire morning. was devoted

to a business session. During the after-

noon addresses were delivered 'by W. W.

Burch, S. M. Cleaver, and Prof, C. S.

i‘hnnb. The past year has been a most

successful one. some 87 flocks being re-

corded and over 11,000 animals recorded.

The following officers were elected: P‘i’es.,

R. D. \Vlliiamson, Xenia, 0.; see, S. M.

Cleaver, Delaware, 0.; treas. C. S. Chap-

man, Marysville, O.—C. A. W.





STATE BREEDERS' MEETINGS.





 





Sauthwest Michigan Pedigreed Stock

Assodation.



The recent annual meeting of the

Southwest Michigan Pedigrced Stock As-

sociation was more than usually interest—

ing, those appearing on the program be-

ing all present and holding the interest

of the large audience to the close of the

program. The association gratefully ac-

knowledged the help of Secretary A, M.

Brown, of East Lansing, and Mr. R. C.

llccd, of Howell. Plans for an active

year were made, many members express-

ing kind words for the help the associa-

tion had been to them in the sale of

stock and in the exchange of stock for

which the members had no further use.



The new officers are: Pres, Geo. S.

Bigelow, Bangor; vice-pres, Harry Bal-

lard. Niles; sec, R, E. Jennings, Paw

Paw; Allegan C0,, vice-pres, F. H. VVil-

liams, Allegan; Kalamazoo Co. vice-pres,

J. H. Bartlett, Kalamazoo; Cass Co. vice-

pres, Geo. II. lledfield, Edwardsburg;

Berrien Co. vice-pres, R. H. Sherwood.

VVatervlici.—lt. E. Jennings, Sec.



Ohio Assooiation for the Promotion of

Pure-Bred Sheep.



This newly formed association for the

purpose of boosting the pure-bred sheep

interests of the state. and in so doing

making the sheep show at the Ohio State

Fair for next year, the greatest thing of

its kind in the history of the country,

held a meeting at Columbus, 0., on Jan.

ll. This association, though founded but:

a. few months back, had an attendance of

over 50 at this first meeting since its

organization, which speaks Well for the

way in which its members are going af-

ter what they want. They say that there

are more pure-bred flocks in Ohio than

any other state in the union and for that

reason and many others, Ohio is the log—

ical place for a national sheep show. At

this meeting the matter of a revised Dre--

miuin list was brought up. A new classi-

fication was approved. It was discussed

as to whether they should advertise this

projected sheep Show or not. It was

decided that the judges be chosen by the

respective breeding associations. Then

the meeting 'wound up by the appoint:—

ment of a committee to go before the

zoard of Agriculture to get what the as-

sociation wants, along the line of in-

creased appropriations for the sheep show

at the next fair.—C. A. W.





 





 





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its usefulness. Steel rusts T0 Show You The a ra‘hlge ’32:, cent"; 55:09





and below the oven at





and soon wears out. Char-



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than steel. The Majestic ranges. The Majestic has

5’ the only range, the 50d? If you are the average farmer's wife, you have your Malleable Iron over the

0’ Whit?" is made entirely own ideas on the subject of ranges—and they are very front of flue at both top

or charcoal iron—that’s ' apt to be rather good ones, too. and bottom of oven, thus

why a Majestic outwears To you the perfect range is the one which meets insuring practically life

three ordinary ""18“- your every requirement—many years of constant service long wear at apoint where

—-—a perfect baker always—and a fuel saver. other ranges are weakest.



Non-BreakableOven Rac“ , . o 0 Remember, this is an



The Majestic oven rack Read About the EXCIuSIVe MaJeStlc exclusive Majestic Feature

is made of malleable iron, Features Described on This and a point not to be

non-breakable, so con- P Th S Th overlooked.

structed as to slide out age— en 66 cm A“ c M bI

00317.?» holding any weight You just can't afford to spend your husband’s hard opper .ova e o, ._ .

it may contain—very earned money, or your own, for a range, of any kind, Reservou’ 53535992: \' ‘



"i" handy for bastinsa 1'00“- until you have asked the Majestic Dealer in your The 15 gallon movable (2,) , 3.91m,“ Way __

i . . ‘. locality to show you the Great Majestic Range and reservoironaMajestic, the H II

Rivet“! A" Tight fully explain its every point of superior merit. heating pocket of which i,





 





 





It is the range with a reputation—built on honor— stamped of one piece of ‘ . it





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will have a more uniform ment ever put into a range. possible, comes in dime; I!” r,

baking heat with half the 9 contact with the lining a ' TAeOlkuW...

fuel required by a loosely can t Break —— outwears Three fire box—has largest heat- 3 F‘” rm F‘"

constructed oven. The Ordlnary Ranges ingéurfaZe—bzils water in



Majestic oven '3 made of The Great Maiestic is the only range made entirely fir]; t g; :tbeeinz'tiai 55:22:";





giggfz'gafftglettfsnazjz of charcoal iron and malleable iron. . Charcoal iron will

bolted) like an engine not rust, like steel; malleable iron Will not break and Is



. . . bsolutel essential for permanently air-tight joints, . .

bozler makzngrt absolutely a y . mg a lever. No pzpes to

’ because it can be cold-riveted. No bolts or stove putty get out of order or freeze





air tight. No heat can . . .

escape, no cold air can are needed, or used, in building the and drip water on your





get in, makes a perfect r _ floor. A Majestic feature

baker—saves half the fuel The Great and Grand so far ahead of all other

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greatly lengthens the life , I. ‘ ‘ » ‘ - comparison.

We J ES‘ I IO Open End Ash Pan





away from the fire with

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Lower Warming Closet ‘ When you I '



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The lower warming .Ma/Ieab/e and Charcoal/(0!? in position, it automatical-

cIoset is very handy for ‘1. x ‘ ly shovels all the ashes

drying wood, shoes, etc. ' that have fallen into the

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out the range just place down on your knees and





the ash pan partly in the Not the Cheapest, But Least Expensive shovel ashes.





5100;52:113-235.: :lrl‘ifz’hsilue -—and while the cost may be more than some others, it Heavy Asbestos Lining





 





 





 





 





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'. a , m .. leading dealers In nearly_ every county board behindan open grat-

- In nearly every state in the Union. ing—you can see it— gives

f , If you are unacquamted With the name oi: a you a hotter oven more

.. ‘ \ “X \ dealer who sells them in your locality, write quickly and with less fuel

. - k- ”i, 3 v us and we wrll tell you his name and send than any other way.

\ \Z ’ you a copy of our new illustrated range

. «r 23);" \ \ , book, “Range Comparison.” Every farmer's Non-Breakable Oven Door

‘ he ' " ‘ w1fe should read It“ The Majestic oven door

The Great Majestic is built in four models: is made of malleable iron

/ I 4- " , , ' with high movable coppenreservoir --riveted air tight—very

%//,P* ' ’ ’ a’ ”mum" and: "2“?!" strong—supported by two

'15 GALLON I'm" f" p"”"” °" malleable iron stakes

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PREPARE FOR THE SPRING LITTERS.





 





Assuming that the sows have been prop-

erly fed and given the needed opportunity

and incentive for exercise during the

early portion of the winter. it is now time

that preparations should be made for the

litters which may be expected during the

early spring months. Too often it is the

case upon the average farm that such

preparation is neglected until the farrow-

ing season is right at hand. and the sows

which may have been run together during

the winter are housed separately in cold

and draughty sheds just before they are

expected to farrow and are required to

nest on the cold or damp ground after

they have been accustomed to a sleeping

floor during the winter. It should not be

a cause of wonder that the results with

the early pigs are poor, if adequate prep-

aration for them has not been made.



The farrowing quarters for the sows

should be provided some weeks before

they are expected to farrow. that they

may become wonted to their new quarters

before the critical period arrives. But it

is quite as bad to shut the sows up closely

in a small pen where they will be deprived

of adequate exercise during the {weeks

preceding the farrowing time; Each sow

Should have a yard in which to exercise.

and should receive at least a portion of

(her feed at some distance from the sleep-

éing: pen or house. in order that sufficient

exercise may be insured.



Generally the permancnt hog house up-

on the farm will not provide such quar-

ters for all the brood sows, if several are

kept, in which case it is a wise practice

to provide portable houses which can be

placed in the barn lots or fields adjacent

to the buildings and made to serve a good

purpose as farrowing pens. These are

made in many forms to suit the ideas of

those who build and use them. But the

shape or plan of these portable houses is

of less consequence than that they be

so constructed as to provide the essential

[hog comfort which makes for success with

the spring litters, and at the same time

make them useful as colony houses for

the pigs after they are weaned.



The prime essentials in a portable house

are first, sufficient size to comfortably

accommodate the sow and her litter. This

will, of course, depend upon the age and

size of the sow, but in any case the floor

Should not be less than 6x8 ft.. and for





large sows 8x8 ft. is small enough. In

building them a ledge should be con-





struced about the outside of the nest

about eight inches from the floor, pres

ferably by using a. 2x6 plank, to reduce

the chance of the pigs being crowded

against the side of the nest by the sow.

Some means should also be provided for

the ventilation of the nests in warm

weather, and an automatic door should

be made as a protection against winds in

cold weather. If this is made so that it

will swing a few inches front the floor to

prevent injury to the pigs when they are

small. sufficient ventilation will be pro-

vided for cold weather, and the additional

protection will be found advantageous.

These portable houses should, of course,

be built upon skids to facilitate moving

them as convenience dictates. But one

important escntial is a good tight floor.

Many times these houses are built with-

out a floor, as it is argued that they will





be used most in summer. when a floor

will not be needed. But a floor is just

as necessary in summer as in winter.





since where there is no floor the hogs are

constantly breathing in the dust from the

ground. which is irritating to the lungs

and air passages and may in addition con-





tain injurious germs.

A few portable houses of the form

which suits the fancy of the builder. so





long as they combine the essential points

above mcntioncd. will he found a prom-

ablc investment on any farm. The? can

be built with little expense except ftir

material, at this season of the year. and

'will then be rcndy whenever needed. and

it is far better to have them ready in ad-

vance of their actual need than to have to

provide them at the time. as the latter

plan will often mean that they will not

be built at all, with the possible result of

a considerable loss in the spring pig crop

which might have been avoided by this

simple preparation.





 





WARMING A CHILLED PIG.





 





Those who are expecting early farrowed

litters may have occasion to use the

method of reviving chilled pigs deScribed

by F. D. Coburn in “Swine in America.”

Mr. Coburn says: “Of all the means of

successfully warming a chilled pig and

restoring his interest in- things earthly,





THE MICHIGAN" "FARMER.





probably there is nothing better than a

pail, or other vessel, of water. heated to

about 95 to 98 degrees F.. in which his

body and limbs can be submerged for 10

to 20 minutes. In many instances it will

well-nigh revive the dead. If after this

hot bath Mr. Pig is dried and placed"

where he can suck a well-filled teat his

outlook on the future will be much 1m.

proved.”





 





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





There are reactions frequently in the

Chicago market for stocker and feeder

cattle. buyers refusing to pay such dan-

gerously high prices. but values soon go

up again, as other stockmen come in and

carry off the offerings. The fact is, there

are farmers all over the corn belt states

who become nervous over their empty

feed lots. with a superabundance of cheap

corn and lots of cornstalks and roughage.

and after waiting for the market to

weaken, they get restless and buy up'cat-

tle. regardless of prices. Of course. they

figure that the cheapness of feed is large-

ly an offset to the dearness of fee lers and

smokers, but conservative old-time stock-

men, who have had lots of experience in

such matters. find it difficult to see it in

just that way. and after watching the

trend of events. they cannot feel con-

vinced that buying feeders at $5.50@6 per

100 lbs. and stockers nearly as high is

quite a safe procedure. They notice that

finished beef steers are selling at $607.

with a better inquiry from buyers for cat-

tle around $6@6.50 than for the higher-

priced {beeves and also a better market

for cows and heifers than for good steers

most of the time. On the whole. it would

be a time when caution should be ob-

served and as little of speculation in buy—

ing as possible. The packers are all the

time active bidders for 'the better class

of feeders which is the very kind that'

farmers are especially desirous of secur-

ing for placing in their feed lots. and

some farmers are trying their luck with

'l‘vcding hcifers.



Farmers generally have profited mate-

rially by the open winter, and there has

been a remarkable saving in the corn. fed

to stock. Very little hay has been fed.

and there is plenty of hay now held by

farmers. Cattle have been running in

cornstalks. with the silos and barns full

of fodder. and those with hay for market-

ing are able to set unusually high prices.

\l'ithin a short time timothy hay of the





 





best grade has sold in the Chicago mar-

hot for $20.50 pcr ton. ‘but since then it

has fallen to $19.50. while choice Kansas

and Oklahoma prairichay sells in that

market for $15. Straw wholesales there

at $8508.50 a ton for rye, $7@7.50 for oat

and $6@6.50 for wheat.



P. L. Clay, of Oklahoma. says that

breeders of Poland-China hogs are selling

a great many hogs to beginners in that

important industry and that interest in

breeding pure—bred swine in that new

state is growing rapidly.



Fremorit \Valker, of northwestern Iowa.

says that not many feeder cattle are be-

ing shipped to that region, as farmers

look upon prices as decidedly too high.

tut plenty of feeding steers were received

lhere last autumn. when prices were

much lower than now, and these cattle

are doing well and will be ready to be

marketed in the coming spring. Corn is

the largest crop by far ever raised up

there and is selling at 330733394, cents a

bushel when any is for sale, but most of

the farmers prefer to feed it to stock

when it is so low in value. Mr. \V'alker

thinks that cattle that are fcj for 100

days should return $1 per 100 lbs. advance

in prices to owners to compensate for ex-

penses and care. Poland-China hogs are

popular in northwestern Iowa and are





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The harder you work the Louder: [lay Carrier and the





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werful wheel arms will never spread. All twist

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The louden Balance Granule Fork in the beat fork ever built. Will

handle dry clover. alfalfa or thrashed straw where all others fail.

The Mullen [lay Carrier and Louden Grapple Fork will work

in my born and handle all kinds of bay with more satisfaction

than any others. 800 them at your dealer‘s—ll he does not have

them. write us.





Send for catalog of complete barn and cow stable fixtures—

llay Carriers. . ,

Stalls, Cow Siauchionl etc—also our man BOOK on the 15/





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fattening rapidly for the market, owners

seclng no reason ‘why their holdings

should be shipped before attaining good

weights. Last fall numerous droves sick-

(ned. and some «farmers lost all their hogs

at that time. The sickness was unlike

the disease commonly known as ”hog

cholera.” and inoculating the pigs with

serum did no good apparently.



There has. been recent marked improve-

ment in the demand for cattle in the Chi-

cago market for export. and this is natu-

rally a matter of great encouragement to

owners of cattle of this class. In a recent





week 3.470 cattle were taken by export—

ers. buyers wanting steers of heavy

weight that did not come too high in





price. sales being mainly at $5.75@6.55.



Stockmen who send their matured cat-

tle to the Chicago market have been com-

plaining of late that l 250 to 15400—lb.

steers which they had fed from 100 to 120

days brought only $6.35@6.75 per 100 lbs..

prices which scarcely made good the cost

of the corn eaten. after the first cost of

the steers as feeders. ruling from $5.75@

5.90 per 100 lbs. During the same time.

lots of short-i‘cd and "warmed—up" steers

that weighed only 1.150 to 1,350 lbs, were

sold at the Chicago stock yards for $5.75

(#625.



It is time for farmers to greatly in-

crease their operations in breeding hogs

for the market. The United States census

shows that the population of the country

has increased 751000.000 since 1840. while

the increase in the number of hogs dur-

ing The same period has been only about

21.500.000 head. \Vhereas in 1840 there

were in this country 11/“. 'hogs to every

person. the human population in 1910 was

double the number of hogs.





Geo. R. Collins. of (‘lay county, north-

western lowa, states that quite a number

of farmers in that part of the country

who need some ready money are parting

with their 'healthy stock hogs, and recent

sales have been made of pigs weighing

around 165 lbs. at $7.75 per 100 lbs. These

farmers could borrow money from the

nearest country banks to tide them over'

a few months. but they belong to the





 





 





 





class of farmers who are not willing to

take any chances.





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1. (‘ools perfectly by air only.

‘2. No water used—n0 water

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4. No packing—no pump.

5. No ignitor-no needle valve.

6. All working parts enclosed.

7. Five piston rings-ground

cylinder.

Light weightr-no vibration.





 





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A Preventive o! Intuition. Animal Dias-so.

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Dr.llessllip





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96 Mann Ave, Newark. N. J., Aug. 15. 1010.

Sometime 320 I purchased a horse, believing him to be a real

one. At. the time I did not know that. he had been fired

and blistered. He became very lame from a Bone Spnvm. and

the prospect was not very favorable, owing to his advanced age

However, having a. bottle of “Save-The—Horse" pn hand,ot

which I had uscdvvcry little in satisfactorily curing Pufis on

another horse, I ventured to think it would help tlief‘pavin on

my new purchase. 1 was ashamed to drive the horse In the day-

time. he was so lame. I used about, half the bottle. Suddenly

the horse forgot his lameness, and to this day he acts and

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Lump Jaw—Enlarged Gland—Last

summer my six-year-old cow had a bunch

on jaw which I thought was lump jaw,

but my neighbor thought it caused by a.

bruise; lately another one of my-cows

has a hard, movable bunch between the

jaw bones. What do you advise? C. E.

S, Caro, Mich—Apply tincture of iodine

to both bunches once a day. I am in-

clined to believe that your neighbor is

right as the first cow may have met with

an accident, causing an enlargement on

bone and the other swelling is no doubt

an enlarged gland. Give 1 dr. iodide po~

tassium at a dose to each cow in feed

night and morning for 15 days.





Museular Spasm.——I have a ten-year-

old Jersey cow that is troubled With

cramps in both hind legs; she is fed corn,

middlings 'and mangel wurzcls; besides,

has corn fodder and hay. I have a heater

in my barn and she is fed warm food and

chilled water. G. W. F., Lakeview, Mich.

Your cow may have a weakness of the

ligaments of stifle joints or may have

occasional spasms of the muscles of hind

quarters. Rub her with equal parts tur-

pentine, aqua ammonia and SVVet‘t oil ev-

ery day or two. Better apply first to

stiflcs and if she does not recover then

treat the muscles of hips.



Abortion—Cow bred in April lost her

calf in October; she is very thin and is

giving only two quarts at each milking.

'l‘his cow is a very hearty eater, but ap—

pears to be little benefited by the food

she eats. J. V. D. Bros, Bryan Center,

Mich—I am inclined to believe that your

cow will prove unprofitable for dairy

purposes; besides, she is liable to prove

burrcn or perhaps have another miscar-

riage. All things considered, she had bet-

ter be dried and fatiencd; if not, treat

her to prevent abortion.



Piles—Pigs seven weeks old are trou-

bled with protruding piles and I would

like to know the cause and also ascertain

how they can be cured. \V. B., Otia, Mich.

»—C0nstipation is the most common cause

of piles of all kinds, therefore you should

feed them food of a laxative nature. Ap—

ply the following lotion once 01‘ twice a

day: Dissolve 14 lb. sugar of lead and 3

ozs. tannic acid in a. gallon of water and

apply once a day. Also dissolve 1,6,, lb.

powdered alum in a gallon of water and

apply this lotion once a day.



Bone Spavin Lameness.—~I have a mare

that travels lame on account of having a

bone spuvin; therefore I would like to





take out soreness. R. Z., St. Joseph.

Michn—Clip the hair off bunch and apply

one part rod iodide mercury and eight

parts ceraie of cuntharides every wcek or

ten days and give the mare absolute rest.



Distemper Cough—My horses had dis-.

temper a. year ago and I thought they had

recovered. C. F. McC., Spring Grove,

Mich—Mix together equal parts pow-t

dered licorice, ginger, gentian, fenugreek

and bicarbonate soda and give each horse

a tablespoonful at a. dose in feed two or

three times a day.



Ringbonc.——I have a horse with ring-

bone, which causes lameness. This horse

twus fired once and blistered several times

and is still lame. Would you advise me

to have him fired once more? F. M. 0.,

Mich—Firing is considered by

veterinarians to be the most heroic treat-

ment that can be prescribed for this ail-

ment. All things considered, you had

better have him fired again and give ’him

six or eight weeks absolute rest.



Grease Heel.—I have a valuable horse

that has been troubled with grease 'heel

for some time and his legs are quite badly

stocked. A. J, P., South Boardman,

Micli.~—Dissolve 4 ozs. of acetate of lead,

3 ozs. sulphate of zinc and 3 023. of our-

bolic acid in a gallon of water and apply

to sore heels two or three times a day.

Also give him 1/2 oz. doses Fowler’s solu-

tion in feed two or three times a day.

Also give 1/2 oz. nitrate of potash in iced

once a day for 15 days.



Exosiosis.—My horse has a hard bunch

on lower part of pastern which my horse—

shocr calls sidcbone. I have applied

liquid blisters without any improvemcnt.

I. S. Scoitvillc. Mich.——Apply one part

red iodide mcrcury and six parts Cerate

of cauihzirides to sidebone once it week.



Nasal (‘nturrh—Indigestion.—l have a

five—year-old horse that 'has been troubled

with a discharge from both nostrils for

the past 90 dayS. He also coughs some

and is in an unthrifty condition and his

heels are sorc. A. Ortonville. Mich.—

Mix together cqual parts powdered sul-

phate iron, ginger, gentian. fcnugreek, air

slakcd lime, licorice and bicarbonate soda.

and give a tablespoonful at a dose in feed

three times a day. Increase his grain al-

lowance and feed some roots.



Bog Spuvin~—Thoroughpin. — Percheron

colt, eight months old, has a large bog

spavin and ihoroughpin which causes

some lameness: therefore, I should like

to know what can be done for 'him. J. L.,

Montague, Mich—Apply equal parts spir-

its camphor and tincture of iodine every

day or two. He should be kept quiet.



Azoturia.—I have a mare that is sick

with what our local Vet. calls Iumbago.

She went down after going a. short dis-

tance and has been unable to get up for

three week's. She seemed to be in per-





 





 





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Her water was dark as coffee. J. T., Mu-

nith, Mich.—She took azoturia, following

'high feeding on grain and no exercise.

Give her 1 dr. ground nux vomica and 14

oz. buchu leaves at a dose in feed three





.times a day.





])ropsy.——My horse stands in the barn

in bad weather and runs in the yard in

good weather. I have given him sweet

spirits of nitre for water farcy, with no

results. \Vhat can be done for him? A.

S. Essexville, Mich—Give him a. tea.-

spoonful of powdered sulphate iron and a

tablespoonful powdered rosin at a dose

in feed until he is well. He should have

some exercise every day.



Indigestion——\Vorms.—I have a horse

that is out of condition and passes some

worms. C. H. V.. Star City. Mich—Give

your horse two Inblespoonfuls of the fol-

lowing compound powdcr at a dose in feed

three- times a day: Powdered sulphate

iron, geniian, quassia, cinclionn and femi-

greek, equal parts by weight and mixed

thoroughly.



Open Joint—Have a horse that stepped

on his hind foot some three weeks ago





and must have opcncd the joint, for it

seems impossible to heal the wound. Our

local Vet. prescribed remedies which fail

to stop the discharge from joint. This

horse holds foot up off the ground con-

tinually. F. N.. Harbor Beach. Mich.—

An open pristcrn joint is regarded as a





serious ailmcnt. I have obtained good

results by keeping the animal as quiet as

possible and apply cloths surui'ated with

a lotion, made by dissolving rillt' purt bi—

chloride mercury in 1.000 piirts icpid wat-

er; these applications should be repeated

every few hours. Also apply equal parts

boric acid and iodoiorin lightly and cover





sore with oakum.



Garget.—I have it licil‘or due '10 come

fresh in three wecks that seems to be

troubled with an inilnincd bug. I have

thought she might lirivc bruised hcr ud-

der, causing all this trouble, ’1‘, IV, K.,

lr‘cunvillc. Micli.»l’crhups ll will relieve





‘llt‘l‘ if a portion of lilt‘ milk is milked out

of udder. (livc il('1' a inblespoonfui of

nitrate of punish 211 a dose in feed twice

a ilrry {llltl imply cqiiul purts alcohol. ex—

tract of \\'ili'll haze] and Icpid writer. Her





bowcls should be kcpi oywu and [his is

licsi done by for-ding roots or giving 1/3





lb. (logos cps-om suits daily until the de-

Sii'cd offer-1’ is pi'oiluccd.





Barren chii‘ci'.v—~My two-year—old helf~





or lirid a calf last spring; has come in

boot i‘cu‘ulni-ly since. been muted several

times but fails to get with calf. I have

allt‘llllllt‘tl to opt-n neck of womb and

failed. id. \\', 1).. \Voodville. Micli.a»l‘]ithcr

open with iiugcr. or use :1 sound. which





is niudc of stool highly polished and inp-

cring to u drill point, or smear on solid

('Nll'ill‘l of belladonna and this will relax

tho piii‘is. Force, is always ucccssui'y in

snrh rows or you will fail to open the

stricture. ‘



iarren 'l‘win lricifer.—'IVill it pay

keep for breeding purposes a twin heifer

calf? The other calf was a. mulc. A.

U., Maplc

twins seldom breed,

bcitcr fatten her.



{ingwr‘irin.—~I have a heifer

dry. scalcy sorcs on different

body.

her. Ii, Sunil Luke. Mich.—.~lpply one

part iodine und eight parts lard three

times a, week.



Bitlcr Milk—The milk from my tcn-

year-old cow is bitter. the «room tzikcu

irom it appears to be all right. but it is

almost impossible to churn it into butter

and I would likc to know what is wrong.





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M. Ii, Howvll. Alicii.—~»l(vcp cow clean,

disinfect Sltllllt', (‘it‘illl and air milking

utensils and change ill'l' fowl. The cream

IS kept in too mo} :1 ])i£l('t'. Give cow

1 oz. hypo-sulphur), of leu at a (1030 in





1.0941,;wa or threw limos 2i «lay.

Subscriber. (‘lurksvilltg Hindi—You?

cow died as the result of liwr iliscase and

could not have boon sgivml.

Indigestionwwmkncss.——l have a COW

that has a poor :ippctirc. She will fresh-

cn next May and is vvry lbiu zllld weak.

\V. F. 31.. South szivcn )Iic‘li.~She

should be dried, wcll i'cd .‘llltl kcpt warm.

Give her two tablcspooni‘uls of the fol-

lowing compound powder :it a dose in

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weight of powdci'cd sulphulc of iron.

gentiau. ginger. qurmsia. cinchona and

bicarbonate of Sfiilil. Shc should be fed

plenty of grain illltl a good quality of

fodder.



'l‘hrush—Barron (‘ow.~-.\ly six-year-old

horse has dismisml frogs and I applied





peroxide of hydrogen and con! tar disin-

fectant without offer-ting a cure. I also

have a cow that calvcd lust spring which

wa.Q ironic.) by our local Vct. und on ac-





count of her not t-lcriniug‘ lll'ilperly. She

has failcrl in go! with czilf. J. Bed-





ford, Mich.~-l(cep the feet of your horse

as dry llllll clean flS possible and apply

t-nlomcl to frogs twice a day and protect

Sores by wcilgiug in some oukum after

each applicuiiuu of medicine. Dissolve

1 dr. permanganate of potash in 21 gallon

of clean tepid wzilcr and wash out vagina





daily for I?» (luvs or more. This treat-

ment should l'w kept up until the dis-

charge ccasr-s. if this fuils try the ycnst

treatment.





Accidental Abortion.~1 have kept IT) or

20 cows for many yours and none of them

cvoi‘ lost thcii‘ calvcs before time. This

cow dropped hcr call" at the end of six

months and 1 would like to know what is

best for me to do. L. J. 1)., Clayton,

l\rIich.~—One of your other cows may have

hooked her, causing 1101' lo miscarry. If

She clcancd propcrly. has no vaginal dig-





chai'gc and is thriving she will need no

drugs but should have good care. plenty





of good food and kept warm. If shc has

any discharge dissolve l rli', perman-

ganate of potash in one gallon of clean

water and inject her daily,



Ophilnilmia.——My sheep have been trou:

bled with sore eyes for the past three

months and some of their eyes are cov—

ered with a scum. E. E. T., Flint, Mich,

—Blow calomel into eyes once every 'two

days.



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Spasm of Larynx—I have some three-

months-old pigs that seem to have trou-

ble every time they start to eat or drink.

After taking a mouthful they stagger

back, fall over and act as if having a fit.

This sick spell does not last long. they

soon recover and commence eating all

right. R. G. VV., Lucas, Mich—Your pigs

suffer from choking or have a spasm of

larynx. Feed them warm food .nd swill

and they will be all right. ‘



Grub in the Head—One of my sheep

turns to the left continually and seems to

be near-sighted. I also had a lamb w‘hich

acted much the same way, that died. .I.

M.. Ortonville, Mich.—Blow some Scotch

snuff up her nostrils once a day. Your

lamb died of brain hemorrhage.



Pigs Cough.-I have some pigs that

have been coughing for some time and I

would like to know what to give them.



' ., Oak Grove, Mich—Give them

a teaspoonful of equal parts ginger and

licorice at a dose in feed three times a





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l’iidigestion-—Old Age—I have two old

horses that are lower in flesh this winter

than they have ever been since I owned

them. They are well fed and groomed

daily, but are quite thin and all the medi-

cine they have had is some stock tonic.

J. W. H., Byron, Mich.-——'l‘heir teeth may

need a little attention; also give each one

a. tablespoonful of the following compound

powder at a dose in feed three times a

day: Equal parts by weight of powdered

sulphate iron. ground gentian. cinchona,

ienugreek, rosin and nux vomit-a. mix

thoroughly. It is needless f0r me tosay

that they should be supplied with a little

salt and some roots every day.



Knee Sprung—Knuckling.——I have a line

mare that is knee sprung and is also weak

in ankle joints. C. J.. Yale. Mich—Many

horses are of faulty conformation and lit-

clined to have crooked knees and cocked

ankles. If your mare is one of this kind

treatment will not help her much. Fairly

good results follow clipping off'the hair

and apply cantharides, which Will blister

lightly.



I.aminitis.—I have a llli‘i“l'-.\""al“”l‘l Will

that took sick after a 20 mile drive, he

scoured badly and our local Vet. treated

him for pneumonia. The second Vet.

treated him for inflaunniation of the bow-

t-ls and bladder and the third Vet. treated

him for founder. llis feet are in bad con.-

dition and both fore boots are coming oit.

J. V., Hilliard, lVIli'll.*4Ii‘ your horse had

been stood in hot water constantly for 24

or 48 hours after he took sick and then

stood in cold water until his soreness and

stiffness left the fore quarters no el‘fuston

would have formed in his feet and loos-

ened the hoofs. The very but you can

do now is to give him good care and (run

away a portion of the dead hoot as rapidlv

as it pushes off. If there is any sup-

puraiion apply equal parts boric acid.

powdered alum and iodot‘orm daily. ‘



“Emir—One of my colts has a wart sit-

uated on lower part of abdomen; it partly

sloughed off, is now suppurating and re-

fuses to heal. L. B. B.. Delton, Mich.—

Apply Monsel's solution of iron once a

day: if this fails, :ipply .icetic neid or

vinegar daily. In my practice l usuahy

cut off warts; they are skin deep ;



Luxation of Stine—I have a colt coming

two years old that has had weak stifle

joints ever since birth and if there lri a

remedy for such an ailment [ would like,

to try it. When traveling his siiilo joint<

snap: D. W. W.. Shabbonzr Minn—Apply

equal parts turpentine. aqua ammonia and

olive oil to stifles every two or three days.

A recovery in such cases is doubtful.



Enlarged Kiie<:s——In(ligestbin—“forms.—

l have a two-year-old colt that has a

short neck and he found it difficult to

reach the grass; straining seems to have

brought on this knee trouble, I also have

two mares that are hide—bound and out of

condition. Have fed them :iock food, also

worm medicine prepared by this fond

company. but it failed to help them. I).

S.. Muskegon, Micthpply one, part rerl

iodide of mercury. and eight parts lard to

bunches two or three times a week, or as

often as you think it necessary to lightly

blister. Feed your mares a small teacup-

i‘ul of molasses with their morning and

evening meal daily: also give them some

roots and perhaps you had better increase

their grain ration.



Open JOllltfllllll'dllled Hock—Some five

weeks ago one of my colts Was kicked. in-

juring inside of book joint and a few days

later it opened. I succeeded in healing

wound. but the colt must suffer great

pziin, for he holds foot on? ground almost

ronstaiitly. A. (i. Y., Gladwin Mich.——You

had a case of open joint. which is always

:l very painful ailment. Apply one part

iodine and eight parts lard to entire joint

daily for a few days. then occasional ap-

plications as you think best. Keep the

colt perfectly quiet and avoid exercising

him until the lameness leaves.



indigcstiono—Scriiichess—Stocking. — For

the past six months my eiglit—year-old

horse has not thrived as well as formerly.

had Wolf teeth extracted and he picked

up a little in flesh but soon had scratches

affecting hind legs. i treated them with

home remedies and healed the sores, but

his legs have slot-km] ever since his heels

got well. \\'. A., Flushing. Micli.—-His

grinder teeth may need floating: if so iile

oi‘tf sharp points of outside, of upper rows

and inside of under rows. Give him a.

tiblespoonful of the following compound

powder at a dose in feed three times a

day: Equal parts by “'91ng of powdered

sulphate iron, gentiau. ginger~ fenugreek.

and rosin. mixed thoroughly. Bandage

hind legs in cotton, part of day.



Sprained PaStGFII.—-Iltl\‘9 a colt that has

been lame for some time and the only

swelling I find is under fetlock. G. H. D.,

Zeeland, Mich—Apply one part turpentine.

one part aqua ammonia and four parts

olive oil to heel once daily,



Impaction of Bowels—Have a horse

that seems to be troubled with colic and

one attack lasted 82 hours. I gave him

linseed oil. but it failed to move his bow-

els or help him much. I would like to





know how to prevent these attacks. R.

I... Grant, Mich—Avoid feeding food that





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has a. tendency to ferment or cause con-



stipation. keep his bowels open. exercise



him daily. give two tablespoonfuls of gin-



ger and the same quantity of cooking soda.



it a dose in feed two or three times a

ay.



Bone Spavin—Indigestion—éslaverlngn—

A bone spavin came on my 18-year-old

mare three years ago and she has been

very lame ever since. W'ould like to know

how to cure her of lameness. Another

old mare has stomach trouble. slobbers

some and is not thriving. E. M.. Clinton.

Mich—Her teeth may be irritating the

cheeks and tongue, causing slaverlng.

Float off. sharp points. Give a teaspoon-

ful of powdered sulphate of iron at a dose

in feed three times a day. Chronic bone

spavin lameness such as your old mare

has, and when much of the joint is in-

volved, they usually remain stiff and

lame; however, you might have her fired,

but I am inclined to believe she will not

recover.



Diseased Molar Tooth—For the past 12

months my nine—year-old mare has had

a discharge from left nostril and a few

weeks ago another horse shows similar

symptoms. This discharge has an offen-

sive odor. H.. Bradley. Mich—The

root of a grinder tooth in each case is

perhaps decayed and the discharge from

it drops into nostril. Have the teeth ex-

tracted. It is possible but not very prob-

able. that it is glanders, but if so the

membrane in nostril will be ulcerated. If

your veterinarian suspects glanders have

him applythe Malleln test.



Lymphangltis.-—-I would like to know

some of the symptoms of lymphangitis and

a remedy for same. 0. A. G... Boyne

City, Mlch.——Thls ailment usually follows

over-feeding on concentrated food and

want of proper exercise, exposure to wet,

and cold drafts; also follows attacks of

indigestion and digestive disturbance.

Give a laxative to unload the stomach and

bowels. foment leg with hot water often

and feed no grain. Hand-rub leg and give

2 drs. iodide of potassium at a dose three

times a day. Remove the causes and you

will generally prevent it.



Heifer Fails to Come in Heat—Kernels

in Tears—One of my heifers has not been

in heat since last spring, and she also has

.i few kernels in teats, which do not in-

terfere with milk flow. W 0., Novi.

Mich—Give her 15 grs. powdered can-

tharides at a dose in feed twice a day for

20 days and apply iodine ointment to ker-

nels daily.



Exostosis on Face—My cow has a hard

bony bunch on face, situated between the

mouth and eye, which I should like to

remove. F, E. D., Climax, Mich—Apply

one part red iodide mercury and four parts

lard twice a Week.



Acidity of Stomach—My cows seem to

crave rubbish and old bones and I would

like to know \Vllzlt to give them as a rem-

edy. F. L. 8.. Carleton. Mich.———Give each

cow two tablespoonfuls of cooking soda

and four tablespoonfuls powdered char-

coal in feed three times a day. Salt them

well and feed some roots.



Chronic Garget.——My cow has had ud—

der trouble for a few weeks and she is

failing in milk flow: her bag was caked

some when she calved. G. P., Delton.

Mich.—-—Apply iodine ointment once a day

and give her 1 dr. iodide of potassium at

a dose in feed twice daily.



Indigestion—Vl'orms—My ten-months~

old colt is not thriving and he may have

some worms. R. D. Henderson, Mich—4

Give him a tablespoonful of ground gen-l

tian and the same quantity of ginger lit!

a dose in feed three times a day and he:

sure to increase his grain ration. 1'): you;

are not feeding him enough. ‘



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(“ow Pox—My cow has small sores or.

which discharge a watery sub-

stance. then dry and soon heal. “'ha:

shall I put on bag? H. T. B., Pittsford.l

Mich—Apply one part oxide zinc and five:

parts vaseline once a day and give her a

tablespoonful of nitrate of potash once a

day for a few days. Keep her bowels

open.



Vi'art—I had a yearling bull that had a,

wart on eyelid which was not treated. for

l ’atted him. and lately I notice one of

three calves that have been running in

the same stable has a wart. I would like

to know if warts are infectious or con—

tagious and are my other cattle in any

danger? E. A. V.. Morenci, Mich—\Varts

are not contagious. They are best treat-

ed when cut off.



Blocked 'l‘eat.—'I‘wo-year-old

came fresh a few days ago and 1’oils to

give milk from one of her teats. J. G. If.

Lowell. Mich —If you do not own a milk-

ing tube. measure teat and order om: of

The Lawrence Publishing Co. The 31,2

inch costs .‘lSc, 3-inch 3w. delivered by

mail, prepaid. l



XV. H. P., Hillsdale, Mich—(live your,

pigs equal parts ground gentiuii. ginger;

and bicarbonate of soda in feed twim: org

three times a day; half of a teaspoonfuf;

is a dose for each pig.



Assai‘oedita and its Action—I wish you,

would tell the readers of the Michigan,

Farmer what effect tincture of aHI-laftledllltg

will have. if given to pregnant cows. WhatI

is the dose and is it a remedy to prevent

abortion? I. N. B.. Pittsford, Mich.-——As<i

SilfOPfIlla was formerly much used in the

treatment of spasmodic and fiatulent

colic, but it is now seldom prescribed by

veterinarians. It is sometimes used in

convulsions, chronic catarrh and bronchial

affections and it should be combined with

chloride of ammonia. The tincture is 20

per cent the strength of the gum resin.

the dose of tincture is one to four ounces

for horses or cattle. Physiological Ac-

tions.—- Antispasmodlc. nerve and cere-

bral tonic and stimulant. It also has

many other actions and stimulates the

secretions .in general. It deranges the

stomach. if given any great length of time.

It seldom prevents abortion and should

not be given to pregnant cows. The gum

is often placed on the bit of bridle. and it

is a traditional belief that it wards off in-

fectious and contagious ailments. but you

must not believe that it possesses any

such merit.





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Prices on mported Stallion“. 01.080 to $1.200-

Ainerlcan Bred Stalléom. £60231) 900. Impor-

tations to arrive Feb. 1 and are lst.



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Office 109% South Washington at.





F s I ——Two l’eroheron Stallions black

or a 0 star. thirty-three months old. weicht

1&0 will make ton horses. negotiated in the Percheron

Society of America. J. C. '1‘ row. Forest Hill. Mich.





--One to . Black Percheron

For sale Sta! 101.1. coming 2 years old.

R. D. BIRD. R. No. . St. Johns, Michigan.





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erinaxg Elemedy 00.. $‘N’. Pearl St..pJaokson. Mich.





BREEDERS’ IIIIIEC'I‘IIRY.

CATTLE.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd. consistinn of Trojan Erioas. Blackblrdfl and

Prides. only, is headed by E erton W. a Trojan Erica.

by Black Wmdlwn. sire of t 6 Grand Chain ion steer

andbull at the International in Chicago. 90.. 9 0

He is assisted by Undulata Blankbird Ito.



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AYRSHIRES'H‘B" .. ”W “W'-

. Young bulls and bull calves

for sale. Price-low In uirles solicited.

BERKSHIRE SWIN . '

FINE POULTRY—Whitew and Barred Rocks.

White & But! Orpingtons. hite Wyandottes and





Le horns. E in season 100 each.

M‘ OHIGAN 15383001. FOR THE DEAF. Flint. Mich.





THE double standard Pollod Durham. Wild eyed Abotts burn.

Milk strain. Grand Champion silver cup winner at lillO

Michigan State Fair. JAS. fl. HALL. Port Austin. Michigan





Fol SALE—Registered Guernsey Bull two veers

old. Tub roulin tested. Sired by Glen-

wood of Weddington. . ‘1‘. Weeks. Napoleon. Mich.





For Sale—A Choice Guernsey Bull Cali





born Aug. ‘2nd,1910. grand dam Im . Jane of the Hon 8



23551: dzun, Paxtang's Hex-mesa. o Lewison No. 164».



Have no use for him. For quick sale. Price. 840.00.

M. L. RAYMOND. Grass Lake. Michigan.





HOLSTEINS‘Bgdiggrfn‘ii‘e‘fi'bigi‘i' oar

breed. HOBART W. FA . Eden. Ingham.Co.. Mich.

FOR SAL 25%;: fil’i’é‘él’yffiglii‘ilnoigil





F. 0. B. Allegan. Pedigrees and records tarnished on

application. Williams a Whitacre. Allegun. Mich.





FOR SALE—One of the best bred. register-

. . ,ed Holstein bulls in Michigan.

With SIX near dams With a record of over twenty-six

pounds of butter or week. Gilli be purchased at a.

right price. Indiv duality as fine as pedigree. About

fourteen months old. Write R. R. MoFall.Adrlan.Mloh.





 





wYoung bulls of high quality and low

IIOISIClIIS riceu considering breeding Get our





descriptions. ONG BEACH FARM. Augu'm. Mich.





TOP NOTCI‘I 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 rice-.z



McPuERsou mumps co.. Howell. l'Ilch.





FEB. 11, 1911-





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- SHEEP.



DISPEBSMII :‘LE muslin 9:1? 913?:

‘ ’eweS. , am 11



uiursmsmpmm ”.1, 3.3;...





nu

yearling rams. Write for whet you want.

c. D. WOMURV. Landau. Iblllgon.





Oxford-Down Shae “$323“

cattle touch. A. D. d J. A. D! GA 0. Muir. Mich.





Oxford Down Shuagfimfkfigggfiiiéfi





for sale. I. 3.. WATER IE shland. chigan.





' —- have!!!” 6 th

Reg. Rambouillets air of my y Tin‘m‘"'i§§ mfg?

IO 85 ewe 13d ram 13mm. Live )6 miles east of

orrice on . T. Ros . Addroll J. Q. A. COOK.





IIGLESIDE SHBOPSHIBES‘Z‘vié‘s‘.‘ in ly'gfi'n 113533





H. E. Powell. Bobt. Grant. 8110th nia. Mich.





SHROPSHIRE HALL STOGK FARM





Has for sale. twenty-five choice bred yearling ewes.

of a low price. also a few good three and four year-

0 d. bred owes.





l. 8. llllllllm & Sons. Concord. Michigan.





H008. '





“”008 ‘ “M's—Growthy 8 tin Boats in Gillts

Winners. M. '1‘. 8T8%%%%Bfiwiel .ffighlizziff





HUPP FARM BERKSHIRES!

w as IN 1 09





ON 189 PRIZ . .

Stock of both sexes and All ages for as o. Breeders of

3&°’%?£i.9‘3‘°i.”' dsfiii‘i’b‘ahiffpmfi‘ Ohm“

I “G - .

Drawer A. Birmingham. Michigan; ' unmet.





—Two earlln sows b t i

BCI'kShires teaching. 1 few outfit. oil’sprifl:

a boar pics for sale. A. A. tullo.;Deckervi lo. (:11.





BERKSIIIRES Unexoelled in breeding. lect.

fell pigs. 11111011? £31171 ffvgfil‘i‘i $321., fi‘fif





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

White and Tamworth swine, service boars, sows bred or

open, of eitherabreed. Sliorthorn Cattle. But? Mal. Bill! W18!”

done. W. Orplngion. Ckls. all breeding stock leading winners.





UROC-JERSEY SWINE and HOLSTEIN FRIES.

D IAN CATTLE One bear and one sow yet. for

sale. E. R. CORNELL. Howell. Michigan.





DUROC BRED GILTS for sale. extra 00d 0 883150

one Re . Holstein Cow 4 y . id 1 h i? If

4 mos. old. ii. A. BRAY. Okemrgsfilnzfiam 03.53%.





Capitol nerd ngllgRgO JlERtaBEY Swine established

1910 one: for sale. J. H. ffnxmf’ili.“ £01532? digit





DUROG ~25 Bred Sows. of high unlity. 10

r _ Excellent Bears ready or service.

'7» Fall Pifislvboth sex. Write or come and see,

J. C. BA EY. COLDWATER. MICHIGAN_

IMPROVED CHESTERS—Young boars ready for



service, orders taken for sows bred for spring far-





row. Also Holstein Bull Calves of the best of breed-

ing. W. 0. WILSON. Okemos. Mich. Both Phones.





0 I C’s—Hogs all ages for sale. now: bred

sm'pea' on apprgv'nm'i‘nbi‘i’i‘z'f "if" a A1313 “inf“

Boiling View Stock ra'm. onss Meaghan! AN:





' ll . S b .

O. I. C. HO SMaleficgaei hi’n'ifiosiii‘l.

and more. 11. H. JD . Munith. Mic luau.

o. I. c. Swlne'taineaerm' an: are"

right. Geo. P. Andrews. Don-ville. Inghnm 00.. Mich.



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0.. I._ C 8 FOR SALE $3.%?’3i2.‘??dei‘li§5 53;?

weighing fromlfiO to 300le. ' or in

30 fall pigs. OTTO B. SCHULZE. lsuhvlfie. Mich.





0. I. C. Earl Fall Plus fife‘l‘fii‘éfi'ng’fil a?





C. J. THO PSON. Rockford. Michll'un.

—For sale no w





0. I. C. SWIN mu Pi





Grand Son of Jackson Chief the World's 0 am ion

and .Grand Champion 0. I. 0. Bear. Write forplive

let live prices on airs not skin.



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' ~10 good young cows. bred to

25 Hulda" cow' For sale a non of PlotcrtJa Henzerveldi

loom De K .1, due to freshen in Feb . & Mar. 15 other: bred

in equally as good bulls. ll) bull ca vol. mostl from A. R. 0.

DAM.- Z yearling hull sired. Admiral Prllly alker. Dani. a

oaagbikr of Humor De KDI. This is good stuff. ifyou want some

011‘. l‘rlxfi: me jut What you want. L. E. Council. Fayette. Ohio.





Holstein Frlcslan Cattle t‘fitfionfi‘ii‘km





(Em-herein. W. B JONES. Oak Grove. Michlzhn-





' —Chol 'M A. R. o. lreed-

HOktCII BI“ Cdve’ ing. cP‘i-lceii. 350 Mid ufi.

OOLEBKOTHEBS. Ypsilanti Forms. Ypsilanti. Mic .





‘(lll SALE—Holstein Bull 2 years old 31%. Bull

Calves 6 month» to 1 year $50 0 8100. Bred heifers

SWIM I'll). Oldest herd in Ind. Bend for Photos and

Podium“. W. U- Jeckson. 7L5 lie: St. South Bend. Ind.

—Both sexes and II as



HEREFORD for sale. Also $013311-





Chius hop ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Mich.





Register 0! Merit Jerseys. gas, “all:

lot of young bull- !rwii down with official records

of 45.6 pounds and u iwurrin of butter.



1. F. MAIL OH. I!” City. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





"Mac “I MI 8t. . No. 58197.

IE” wlLSlJuhllme': I'oxhn I. No. 82299.

Bull naive: sired by thaw. mat bulls, and out of

splendididslr name. many of t m in tent for register

of merit. A Yam 2 (law heifers :iiirl heifer calves for

sale. Write for (murlptluu mui prices. Satisfaction

guaranteed, "2" mom-7 refunded,

0011)?! (i. LILIJE. Ctmparsvillo. Michigan.





 





born A yr” 10. 1910. Dam will

Jersey Bu“ can go In Iluaiutr of Merit this

mar. 1mm W lbu. milk M int-old): Sires Dani’s

record lilflOlm milkln 0% meat I. THE MURRAY-

WATEHMAN (30., ii. 0. Ann Arbor. Mich. Bell Phone.





fox-sale. large. rich milk rod .

Jersey cows also 4 heifers and 2 vending lll)(lleII:.

registered stock. w. J. BROWNE. Mulliken. Mich.





 





For Sale—fighter“ Jcrso Callie, “3320'

also Reg. O. 1.0. hogs. . A. BRISTO . Fenton. Mich.

ood bulls





llalr Bre Shorlli :- s‘A .‘ew

good a); can.“ J. B. HUGMgEE’rMaigonfm £13m“





suonmonus and POLLED nunums. mam:





A. D. DeGARMO. Highland. Michigan.

3 Scotch lapped Shortliorn 5°“533‘833‘3Jf “6‘3

sale. W. C. OSIUS. 3W0. Michlnn.

"5—8 young Bulls and a few





men SIIOI'IIIO cows and alters for sale.





JOHN LESSITER'S SONS. B. No. 1. Iarkston. Mich





 





 





 





 





Filll SALE—Fall Piqq and Bred Gills





B. M. WING & SO . Sheridan. Michigan.





GREAT POLAND-CHINA IIOG SALE.

JANUARY 20m.





60 sows bred for spring furrow. If you want the best.

attend my sale in I have the bent in the state.





WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater, Michigan.





! --t .

Butler 3 Famous Wonders tiff: ‘fii‘kep‘éléfif ”his?

grow big. because they have been bred bit for



years. Some great Aug” Sept. Oct... pie“. flood

enough for a‘n'hreeder, chea enou life: an farmer.

J. C. BU'IL R. Portlan Mic . Be Phone.





RECORDED MULE FOOTED HOGS





are said to be immune from be h l . 3

ages for sale. John H. Dunlap. cx Milll’illiatgiglpd’gt.‘ I





-—Boare all sold. 20 '

Q. I. C- SWINE bred for sprin fancifufgi- :31“:

L. E. BEACH a son. R. No. 3. Bl.‘ ghton. Michigan.

0' I. c‘——Oholce Bred Saws. Bears res y for service





a d fall pigs. From World‘s i2 .

é‘tock Farm. Zecland. Michigalii. 12:33::52.





 





 





 





 





 





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—Bred sows all sold, 1 J’ .

0. I: c- A few fall gigs eith .r mxgngaggllfiiclticfitn

guaranteed. A. NEWMA . R. l. ariette. Michigan.





ready for service. sired by .

12 P. 0. soars World's Champion Maddie;;8§:n?t i111}:

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





OEOA§%g§IN£S—Largd3 stfgyled Gilts and older

w . ours to .v . .

Prices low. ROBERT NEVE?r1¥ii:rsgi:o Mlilclhlg‘ssg.





P0lAND_CHlNAS-Flll pigs either sex. Young

L. W. Barnes & Son. 352:1: Elfiliilgasrltlemdvou {I'll-til:

P. C sow bred to .nslon,

price list. ' woo» a sr:xs.%‘.§iili‘l‘.‘°'mcn‘i'é‘i..‘f"

POPAND CHINAS—Sows of big type. Gilts bred





or a tin . A few choice be I ll .

E. D. BIdaofi. Route 38. Lake 853.3: Michal»?





LARGE TYPE r. C."§&2“°.$ii“h“i33i.“fia f: *-

lbs —the‘ herd Without. an e no? combinin size

and quality. w. E. LIVINGgTON. Pam... ion.





—Sired by the la be

P- 0- sows ever in this pamMioIif

iguan. Bred to a. son of a. Walt-id's Fair Chum ion.

atlsfaotion guaranteed. B. . Mills. Saline. lch.





"ELIE FAIMS'I‘EAD YORKSHIRE.

The great medium bacon type. The hog “Ift wins

on shear merit. Large. vigorous. rolliio. Gl inbred

for March or April furrow. All: i





. F p either sex.

P .

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FEB. 11, 1911.





THE DAIRL





 





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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.





IN WHAT FORM SHALL WE SELL

DAIRY PRODUCTS?





 





Many milk producers are so situated as

to make it possible for them to sell either

milk, cream, butter, cheese or ice cream.

To those so situated the question natur-

ally arises, w‘hat method of disposal will

yield the largest returns? This, of course,

will depend to a great extent upon the

relative market prices of these products.



To show 'how dairymen may determine

for themselves in what form they may

realize most for their milk, a simple meth-

od of calculation is here presented in

which, for purposes of illustration, the

following prices have been adopted: Milk,

seven cents per quart; 30 per cent cream,

one dollar per gallon; butter, twenty-sev-

en cents per pound; cheese, thirteen cents

per pound, and ice cream made from 20

per cent cream, one dollar per gallon.

Using these as average prices for a given

Ioeality, let us determine the relative re-

turns from 100 pounds of milk containing

four per cent (4 lbs.) butter-fat, (1) when

retailed as milk, (2) when sold as cream,

(3) when sold as butter, (3) when sold

as cheese, and (5) when sold as ice cream.



(1) value of milk. Since milk weighs

2.15 lbs. per quart, 100 lbs. of four per

cent milk are equal to 46.5 quarts which,

at. 7 cents per quart, are worth $3.25.



(2) Value Of cream. One hundred lbs.

of four per cent milk will make 13.33 lbs.

of 30 per cent cream as determined by

the following rule: To find the number

of pounds of cream that can be obtained





FAR MER. an 147‘ ,





THE MICHIGAN

100 lbs. of four per cent milk will make

2.38 gallons of 20 per cent cream. (see

preceding rule for calculating cream). Al-

lowing an overrun of 50 per cent. we get

3.57 gallons of ice cream which, at $1 per

gallon, are worth $3.57. Adding to this

'the value of 80 lbs. of skim-milk which,

at one-third cent per pound. are worth

27 cents. we get a total of $3.84 as the

value of 100 lbs. of four per cent milk

sold as ice cream.



To sum up, the preceding calculation

shows that 100 lbs. of milk testing four

per cent butter-fat are worth:



$1.50 when sold as cheese.



$1.58 when sold as butter.



$1.89 when sold as cream.



$3.25 when retailed as milk.



$3.84 when sold as ice cream.



. It is to be remembered that the above

figures show the relative gross returns at

the prices assumed in the calculation.

The net returns will vary according to the

expense involved in handling the milk

and the products therefrom and also ac-

cording to the use made of the skim-milk.

If made into cottage cheese or skim-milk

buttermilk the value of skim-milk will be

considerably greater than that given it in

the above calculation.





(No. 5)





. “MEN WHO KNOW”





USE THE





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Does it not, mean a great deal to YOI', the prospective

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Gov. W. D, Hoard, publisher of Hoard’s Dairyman

Henry C. Wallace, publisher of Wallace’s Farmer

E. R. Shoemaker, editor of Kimball’s Dairy Farmer

Victor Lawson, publisher of the Chicago Daily News

T. T. Bacheller,publisher of the Northwest’n Dairyman

L. E. Holden, publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer

W. A. Shaw, publisher of the Texas Farmer

H. G. McMillan, publisher of the Farmer’s Tribune

Geo. Booth, publisher of the Detroit NeWs

Geo. Brumder, pres’t of the Germania Publishing Co.,

and many others like them, good dairy farmers as well as

leading,r editors and publishers, each of whom is possessed

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INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF

BUTTER-FAT.



A great many farmers and dairymen

seem to entertain the erroneous idea that

they can, by feeding certain rations, cause

their cows to produce milk with an in—

creased amountof butter-fat. The power

of producing a certain amount of fat is

born in the cow and no ration fed will in!

any way effect that per cent. Any change ‘

in the per cent of butter—fat is due to a

change of condition in the cow. An ab—





 





 





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“Folie,” Champion Brown Swiss Cow at National Dairy Show.





from a given amount of milk. multiply

the milk by its test and divide the pro—

duct by the test of the cream. Thus the

amount of 30 per cent cream from 100 lbs.

of milk testing four per cent equals (100

><4)~:—30:13.33 lbs.



Since. a gallon of 30 per cent cream

weighs practically the same as a gallon

of water (8.33 lbs.) the 13.33 lbs. of cream

are equal to 1.6 gallons which~ at $1 per

gallon. are worth $1.60. Allowing one—

third cent per pound for skim-milk. we

have 2!) cents as the value of 86 lbs. of

skim—milk, which gives a total value of

$1.80 for the 100 lbs. of four per cent milk

sold as cream.



(3) value of butter. One hundred pounds

of four per ccn‘: milk will yield tour and

two-thirds pounds of butter because.

where up—to-date methods of creamiug

and churning are followed every pound of

butter-fat will make one and one-sixth

pounds of butter. Four and two-thirds

pounds of butter at 27 cents a. pound are

worth $1.26. Valuing buttermilk at the

same price as skim-milk (one-third cent

301‘ pound). 32 cents should be added to

$1.26 as the value of the skim—milk and

buttermilk, making a total of $1.58 for

the. 100 lbs. of four per cent milk made

into butter.



(4) value of cheese. Since one pound

of butter-”at yields approximately 2.7 lbs

0f cheddar cheese, 100 lbs. of four per

cent milk will yield 4X2.7. or 10.8 lbs. of

cheese which, at 13 cents per pound. are

worth $1.40. Allowing ten cents as the

value of 'the whey from the 100 lbs. of

four per cent milk, we get a total of $1.50

as the value of 100 lbs. of four per cent

milk sold as cheese.



(5) value of ice cream. Since a gallon

of 20 per cent cream Weighs 8.41 pounds,





 





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rupt change of kind of feed given will

sometimes throw a cow out of normal

condition and cause her milk to show an

increase or decrease in the per cent of

fat, for a few days but as soon as she

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HOLSTEIN BREEDERS MEET.





 





About 90 Hvolstein breeders, with their

wives, gathered for the annual banquet at

Hotel Wentworth on the evening of Jan.

10. It is needless to say that the hotel

management has made itself solid with

the Michigan breeders, and after the

banqueters had done their best. but failed

to clear the tables of their load. President

Crandall, of Howell, called them to order

and introduced R. C. Reed. of Howell. us

toastmustci‘. The follbwtng gentlemen

responded in a happy vein. underlying

their remarks solid argument, and con-

gratulated the breeders on their friendly





feeling: Fred R. McDonel, Lansing; F.

W. Munson. Howell; L, M. Hatch, Big

Bay; Geo. H. Gelispie. Mason; A. B.





Niles, Grand Ledge; President Snyder and

Prof. Anderson. Agricultural College; Geo.

H. Brownell. Detroit.



The regular meeting was called to order

at 10 o'clock on the 11th. President Oran-

dull congratulated the breeders of Mich-

igan on the bright outlook for the breed

in 1911, the world's record had again been

broken by‘ the Holstein-Friesian cow,

with over 37 lbs. of butter to her credit.

and Michigan was proud of the fact that

the sire, Pontiac Korndyke, and Grand

Sire. Hengerveld De K01. had both been

owned in Michigan. The secretary-treas-

urer reported many new members and the

finances in good shape. The $1 member-

ship fee was cut out but the dues remain

at $2.



A committee was appointed to look af-

ter legislation. consisting of J. H. Brown.





Byron; D. D. Aitkcn. Flint. and R. C.

Reed Howell. It is the purpose to urge

stringent laws in regard to importing





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lion butter are passed and those in force

lived up to. Recognizing the efforts pus

forth in lit-half of dairying. Prof. A. C.

Anrlct‘son, of M. A. (3.. and Geo. H.

llrowntll, of lutroit. were made honorary

members of this association. Resolutions

Wore ot‘t‘t-rr-tl svmputhizing with Vi'. K.

Sexton, Michigan‘s oldest breeder and im—

porter. in his scvm‘e illness. and hoping

for his speedy and ultimate recovery.

Also petitioned the National Holstein-

Fricsinn Association of America to have

the secretary of the advanced registration

issue frce to the members asking for it.

every six months, the i‘ccord of all cows

tested. Papers were read by F. W. Mun-

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thus ended one of the most successful

years for the breeders of Michigan.





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A NEW FROZEN DAIRY PRODUCT.





A new frozen dairy product has just

been brought out by the dairy section of

the experiment station at Ames. Iowa.

This product, which has been named lac-

to. is made of loppered whole or skim-

Inilk, with the addition of eggs. sugar,

Icmons and flavoring materials Lacto

has a more pleasing flavor than sherbcts

and ices. and contains considerably more

nutriinent. It contains as much protein

as ice cream. less fat, and more acid.



In an experiment in which 179 persons





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Comparing it with common vanilla ice





cream. 111 reported that they preferred

lacto, nine considered it equal to ice

cream. and 59 preferred the ice Ci‘eanl.

Comparing lacto to sherbet. 123 preferred

Iacto, 30 lireferi‘ed sherbet. and 26 consid-

ered li‘ll‘tO equal to sherbet.



Scientists have found that there are

large numbers of putrcfactive bacteria in

the intestines. which are very injurious

and may even shorten life. Metchnikoff.

the famous Russian scientist, claims that

old age is the result of slow poisoning

caused by these bacteria. He recommends

the drinking of sour milk. so as to replace

the harmful putrefactive bacteria by hic-

tic acid bacteria, which are harmless.

The trouble with this remedy is that few

people like sour milk. To provide these

lactic acid bacteria in a more palatable

form was one of the reasons for intro-

ducing Iacto. The lactic acid bacteria

are not killed by freezing. and If lacto is

eaten frequently enough there is every

reason to believe that these bacteria will

replace the more harmful ones in the in-

testines. This will result in improving

the health and prolonging life.





The milk to be used in the manufacture





of lacto is prepared ima. similar manner

to the starter which is used for cream

ripening.

ture is used. This is added to a. pint of

skim milk which has been pasteurized at

a. temperature of 85 degrees C. (185 F.)

for 20 minutes. and after pasteurization

cooled to from 20 to 22 degrees C. (68-71

F.) The lactic acid culture is thoroughly

mixed with the milk and left at 20 de—

grees C. (68 F.) until the milk has coagu-

lated. Then another bottle of skim—milk

is pasteurized and cooled in the same

manner, but instead of the commeréial

culture. a part of the coagulated milk is

added to insure the souring of the milk

inside of 18 hours. This operation is re-

pcatcd until the final batch of soured

milk obtained has lost the undesirable

flavor due to the substance in which the

commercial culture was preserved. After

this point has been reached. which re-

quires from four to six days. the last

sample of soured milk obtained is added

to a larger amount of pasteurized skim-

niilk. This is then treated the ‘same as

the former lots. In this way an amount

of milk sufficient to work with is ob-

mined.



Lacto can be made in the household on

(I, small scale without buying a commer-

cial starter. Take a. bottle of good. clean.

fresh milk which ‘has not been heated,

and set it away at a. temperature of from

68 to 70 degrees F. until it coagulaies.

If it coagulates as a smooth solid curd

without pinholes, if the aroma is clean

and pleasant. and the flavor nice and

creamy. it can be used as a. starter for a

larger amount of whole or skim-milk.



The milk. when ready to be used for

lacto has a. mild. clean. acid flavor. The

curd must be thoroughly broken’up. This

is necomplished by pouring it from one

pull ll) another until it is as smooth‘and

Ielvcty as rich cream. From this “lacto

milk" the various lactos are prepared.



One of the most popular kinds of locto

is cherry lacto. This is prepared from

the following formula. which is sufficient

for live gallons of the finished product:

’i‘hrcc gallons lacto milk. 9 lbs. sugar, 12

eggs, 1 quart of cherry juice or concen-

trated cherry syrup. 1% pints lemon juice.



The sugar is first dissolved in the lacto

milk. The eggs are then prepared. The

whites and yolks are kept in separate

containers and each lot is beaten with an

egg-beater. Both the yolks and Whites

..Ie then added to the milk. The mixture

is thoroughly stirred and strained through

a fine wire gauze. The fruit juices are

added last. If there is any indication of

the juices precipitating the casein, they

should be left out until the mixture has

begun to freeze. The freezer is run until

1‘. turns with difficulty, when the paddle

removed. The brine is removed and

repacked with ice and salt

:rxl 321': for an hour before the contents

are served.





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THE SILO FOR DAIRYMEN.





 





At this season of year Ilairyincn or dairy

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silag". Git-ml silage comes as ncur being

June pasture in January. as any feed

with which the (lairyman is familiar. Its

succulent or jlllf‘v

for silinuluiing the milk flow,

ing the cow in vigorous health.



Probably the m ist, important rule in the

profitable dairy is to km-p thr- cow's milk

flowing as freely as post-dbl!“ nftt-r the

flow has out-c bot-n sl'II-tml by parturition

or calf—birth. '1‘!) do this (li‘llllUlilS right

feeding and good cure. Silage is almost

necessary to right ’fiflfllllig. Silage is a

cheap food to put up, and valuziblc to use.

It is grown on the farm. This fact is of

importance in this day of high-priced mill

feeds.



Read what a few Missouri dairymcn

have recently said about silos and silage.



Messrs. J. R. \Vhite & Son say: “Vi'c

consider silage one of the best feeds we

ever used to keep up the milk flow in win-

icr. Since we began feeding silage we

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feeding a cow all she will eat."



Mr. John Hosmer, pi'opricior of the

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not figuring on a silo. gut mil. For in

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Shepard Brothers say this: “A silo is

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we know of."





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THE LATH AND PLASTERED SILO.





 





I am thinking of building a silo and I

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lath and plastered silo. \Vill they stand

all right? Do they ever crack or bother?

I do not have money to experiment with

on a lath and plastered silo and have it

go to pieces. Now I have in mind the silo

erected by W. G. Boyd and shown in

Nov. 5 issue of Michigan Farmer. Are

there any improvements you would add

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is, any more than its being bolted to the

foundation as it is? How long have you

used your silo? .



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1 have expressed my opinion of the

practicability of the lath and plastered

silo so many times in the Michigan Farm—

er, that it would seem that all the readers

would understand exactly how I feel about

it. Now. this lath and plastered silo, or

as some call them, cement lined silos, are

not a new thing. Mr, H. P. Guerler, of

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have been in use. If you will read the

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silo and its history. It is not some new

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out. Hence, I would say that it is all

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Two—by-four studding placed 16 inches

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studding, lather on the inside with {iii—in.

lath, (I would not use common house lath

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DAIRY NOTES.





Chicago Healh Commissioner Evans as-

cribes tuberculosis to overworked cows.

the forcing process used to cause an

enormous flow of milk rendering them

subject to disease. The dairy cows are

fairly stuffed with bran, oats, clover and

other feed, while they are made to stand

in barns for months, making them easy

marks for tuberculosis. Dairy cows work

too hard and rest too little, says this au-

thority, who has made the subject a long

study, manufacturing milk being hard

work. The ox .has plenty of fresh air.

working in the open, while the dairy cow

is imprisoned month after month at her

stanchion in a poorly ventilated barn, full

of bad odors and disease—breeding germs.

The commissioner adds that the dairy

cows in the Chicago district go to .pieces

in five years, but they are kept at the

grind of producing milk much longer than

that. A good Holstein cow produces 30

quarts of milk a day under the artificial

conditions of the dairy districts, or enough

to feed nearly four calves.



Dairy interests are deeply affected by

the frequent declines that have taken

place in butter prices. Many farmers

have become interested in this industry

in recent years, and they now find that

excessive stocks of butter placed in cold

storage last summer are now being with-

drawn and sold at much reduced prices,

thereby carrying down prices for new-

made creamery and dairy lines of butter

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fancy table butter is comparatively

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increased its consumption. but there are

heavy accumulations of the lower grades

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three cents a dozen occurring in one day.

Extra eggs were sold at wholesale at 240.

while firsts and prime firsts, the most

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Getting the chicks hatched is only a

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'I‘o brood chicks early in the season we

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ter. as sometimes we have a week of

rainy weather at a stretch. with fi'tv or

more chicks shut up in a brooder out in

the yard. The result will be fewer chicks.

and those remaining will be stunted. will

stop growing and go backward instead of

developing as they should. It looks good

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with icicles hanging on the roof, and the

chicks looking out the window. but in my

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the chicks may have more room. My

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feet. with a brooder in it. When the

chicks have outgrown the brooder remove

it. and you still have a place for them

until sold or put into winter quarters.



A brooder to be a success must be capa-

ble of warming the hover chamber to 95

dcgrees. regardless of the outside tem-

perature, and pure. warm air must cir-

culate through the brooder. The idea of

limiting a portion of the brooder warm

enough to keep the chicks contented

without a hover is wrong. in my opinion.

A chit-k will endure considerable cold if it

has something to put its back against.

You have all seen a hen brood her chicks

in cool weather; the chick' 5 body is

against the warm feathers. but its head





is out in the cool. fresh air; this is the

model brooder—-a warm hover and fresh

air for the chicks to breathe. There





seem to be sleepy nerves on the chicks

back, for a chick may be peeping its

loudest but if you just put your hand

over its back it will quiet down at once.

Last year. being crowded for brooder

room, shoe boxes were obtained. The bot.—

toms were covered with chaff. and in one

end a jug of hot water was set; 25 chicks

were put in each box. and every chick

survived. These were used for a week.

then more room was supplied.





The first few days is the critical time

in a chick‘s life. It is a great disappoint-

ment to turn out a big hatch and lose

more than half of them the first week.

The first few days of his life he needs

heat. Just before hatching he absorbs

the yolk of the egg. which is nature's

food designed to sustain him for :1 period

of 36 to 48 hours. Then let the first meal

be sand and grit. This is not theory but

good practice which I have followed for

the last ten years. For the next meal I

have fed cracked crumbs. bread crumbs

moistened with milk. steel cut oats. rolled





oats and commercial chick food. and I

believe the last named is the cheapest.

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a day or two small troughs made of yard-

sticks are used, and gradually larger

troughs are furnished. Feed only what

will be eaten up clean; after troughs are

removed scatter a handful in the chaff;

they will go after it with a will. As wife

says, they must be all pullets. the way

they scratch. Water should be supplied

from the first. I use tin cans inverted in

small pie tins for water fountains



The brooder should be cleaned at least

twice a week: rake the droppings from

the chaff. or, better, remove chaff and all

and supply fresh litter.



Bowel trouble is the bane of broader

chicks. and why? Simply because we do

not follow nature. Vi'e will put a hen

with a brood of chicks in a coop outdcmrs

on the ground in cool weather: the chicks

will run out, exercise and feed: as they

get cold they return to the warm feathers

of biddy. The lirooder chicks are shut up

in a tight. hot brooder; they cannot get

on the ground or away from the heat.

Overheating and keeping chicks on hot

floors causes more bowel trouble than any-

thing else. unless it is chilling and over-

feeding. Use a little chicken sense and

don’t crowd a small brooder. Brooder

manufacturers are inclined to overrate

their brooders. We must bear ‘in mind

that chicks are expected to grow. and a

brooder large enough for fifty newly

hatched chicks will be crowded in two

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KEEPING THE HENS HAPPY.





 





One great secret of successful poultry

raising lies in one‘s ability to keep the

fowls satisfied. A belated meal, a frozen

drinking fountain. a stranger waving his

arms about the coop. a hurried trip to the

nests. a stray dog running through‘ the

yards or an abrupt change of food are

each and all to be avoided if possible.

Like the Jersey cow. the Leghorn hen——

and all others in a measure—thrive best

if not surprised or hurried. Little boys

and girls with flaming pinafores and loud

\oic-es have no business in the dairy barn

or poultry yard and can do about as much

harm there as a 'bull in :1 china shop. An

extra helping of chopped bone. or a fresh

basket of clover chaff to scratch in, given

to them quietly so as not to create a flut-

ter, will help to pass the dreary days sat-

isfactorily.



If hurry and worry is harmful to the

laying hen, what can we say of the hen

with chicks. Not even the approach of a

thunder storm will excuse one for hurry-

ing with the brood. Once fluster the

mother, and your chance of getting the

chicks under shelter is reduced to the

minimum. for they will scatter in forty

directions. Quietly and tactfully coax the

mother hen into her coop with food and

she 'will call each wandering chick home.

But once she is fiurried. you can do but

little until her nerves are quiet. I have

seen a big 'boy and a man shoo. and shout,

and wave arms and chase to and fro in

vain while a tactful little woman with a

handful of bread crumbs. and a few sen-

sible turns of her sunbonnet, would bring

a brood into shelter that “all the king's

horses and all the king's men” could not

control. .



Turkeys are still more sensitive to hur-.

ry but can be controlled by quiet and

gentleness and are very sensible fowls af-

ter all. In their care. after the poults are

partly grown, it is better if they are with

the turkey hen to feed them well. If you

see a shower coming let them stay under

their mother's broad wings for shelter in

the day time. rather than try to rush

them into coops. Has anyOne who kept

their turkeys Well dusted with insect pow-

der and free from head lice had a case of

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SELECTION AND CARE OF THE

BREEDERS.





 





This is a matter that is too often neg-

lected by farmers although one that

should be attended to most carefully. for

the future value of the poultry fiock de-

pends largely upon the stock from which

the eggs come. Of course, proper care

and feeding of the chicks has much to do

with their development. ‘but if they are

the offspring of hens low in vitality and

constitutirmal vigor. all the care they

may be given will not develop them into

first-class fowls. To insure strong.

healthy chicks that will grow without

Cllffl'li and develop into good layers it is

necessary to select eggs only from those

hens that urn hardy, vigorous and pro-

lific. The [uncut-e of taking the eggs as

they come. with no knowledge of which

hens laid them, is almost certain to cause

ioor hatches, WMLI: chicks and a general

lowering of the tlorsk’s standard. Few. if

any. farm {Irv-k3 are of such high quality

lll'il’. all of the may be safely used

for brcedcls. There are sure to be some

with defects, some that are not as heal-

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arated from tlw of the {lock

during the hatching season.



Select as many of tin. best hens as will

be necessary to furnish the required num-

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pen. then. is sufi‘icient to insure fertile

eggs and there is no fighting. If desired.

the cooks may be changed frequently with

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confine them in too small a yard, but give

them plenty of room—if possible a yard

where there is a grass or clover sod. See

that their quarters are kept clean. Lice

or mites will quickly sap the hens’ vital—

ity and unfit them for breeders, so it is

necessary to keep a close watch on roosts

and nests. _



- The matter of feed must also be given

close attention. \Vhile the hens must

have an abundance, it must not be of a.

highly fattening nature, for over—fat hens

will not lay well and their eggs are apt

to be infertile or mis—shapen. Their food

at this time should be rich in protein and

relatively low in carbohydrates. Corn

may form one—third to one—half of the

grain ration of the smaller, more active

breeds, while for the Asiatics not more

than one—fourth of the grain should be

corn. The remainder should be wheat

and oats. Feed generously of beef scraps.

They contain more than ~50 per cent of

protein and are one of the best egg mak-

ers. Bran also is a valuable part of the

laying hen’s ration and should be fed

freely. My plan is to keep the dried

meat scraps and bran in hoppers where

the hens can help themselves. When the

weather is cold a warm mash of one part

by weight of bran and two parts beef

scrap is fed once a day, but moist feed

should be fed sparingly to breeders. Give

them plenty of charcoal, shell, grit, and

clean, fresh water.



Many chick trou-bles may be avoided

by giving more thought to the care and

selection of the breeding stock. Chicks

from vigorous hens will be stronger and

better able to withstand adverse condi—

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from poor stock.



Ohio. NAT S. GREEN.

HIVE-BUILDING SUGGESTIONS FOR



THE BEGINNER.





 





The beginner in bee culture should se—

lect a substantial hive, to which access

may be easily obtained. The Langstroth

hive is the most gcncrally advised for the

amateur. There is no patent on this de—

vice and it can be. made by any apiarist.

The chief excellence of the modern hive

is in the movable frames. “hen the hive

is opened the frames containing the combs

can easily be icmovcd the combs exam—

ined, changed in any way the bee-keeper

pleases, and returned.



To get the most out of a hive, of what'-

ever construction, it is necessary to select

tor it good material. and the chief fac-

tors are durabvlity, saving in strength and

handling, and time in manipulation. In

the portion of the country where the writ

er lives, pine is the best lumber for the

purpose, but it seems to me that cedar

would be an excellent lumber on account

of its lightness. \Vhatevcr lumber is

used, that which is light, free from knots,

easily worked and not easy to split or

warp, should be sclected.



If it is the intention to make hives of

eight-frame capacity get some thoroughly

dried boards, planed on one or both sides,

91/2 inches in width. l'sually I get lmards

about 10 inches wide. and plane them

down to the right width after they have

been sawed into pieces of the proper

length. The lengths are 20 inches for the

sides and 121/3 inches for the ends of the,

hive. I rabbet these hive ends without

the use of any machinery or power except

a common hand-saw. Having the rabbet

sawed out, the work of making a hive

body is almost done.



The nailing should he started upon a

Perfectly flat surface. It is best to have

a kind of platform a little larger than the

hive, with a cleat strongly nailed at one

edge for a bumper to nail against, and

another cleat nailed on another edge at

right angles to the first one. The nailing

can be finished by turning the hive on its

side, and the hive corners can be kept at

right angles by using a square. You need

not gouge out any band holes by which

to lift the hives. It is easier to make

cleats six or eight inches long. planed on

their upper edges and slanting outward

and downward. with the ends whittled

round so that they will shed water. One

of these nailed on each end of the hive

will make lifting the hive easy.



In making hives one cannot afford to be

careless in the driving of the nails. Nails

should be driven more or less “toeing,”

for a nail driven in with the grain of the

wood will draw out more easily than if

put in a little across the grain. Then a

rareless driving of the nail will result

sometimes in its breaking out at the

point, splitting a. piece off the board and

weakening that portion of the hive.



For covers and bottom-boards I get

lumber 14 inches in width, using the best





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. , <15)





for covers and the poorest for bottom-

boards. Sometimes I make the bottom of

two pieces. All covers and bottoms are

sawed exactly two feet long and have

cleats two inches square nailed under

each end. The cleat at the back end of

the bottom—board is nailed about one—half

inch from the end for convenience in lift-

ing, and the cleat in front is nailed flush

with the end for the convenience of the

bees. Lath can generally be found of the

right thickness to make the three—eighth-

inch bee space for the bottom-board. If

too thick it is not much work to reduce

them with a plane.



To get the most out of a hive it should

have a. well-made telescoping cover, sit-

ting over at least six inches. It makes

but little difference whether the top is

gable or flat, provided the roof is not too

steep. This cover should telescope not

only. over the super. but over any portion

of the hive. I have never adopted the

cheaper way of making a. hive cap of the

same size as the body. My caps are all

made larger than the bodies, and teles-

cope on them in the old way. The hive





 





is a. little bit more expensive, but we have

a better fit, and a much better protection

against robbers, moths, cold. etc. An

open joint will do in summer, but: in other

seasons, especially in spring we want a

Well-closed cover. .



A slight variation in the width and

depth of the hives is immaterial, provid—

ed, of course, that the frames do not

come too close to the bottom of the hive.

The important point is the inside length

from front to back. This must be accurate

or the frames will not fit. The two end

pieces should come between the sides, and,

if necessary, be placed a little in or out-

to secure exact length. The supers are

constructed in a similar way. The lum-

ber for the frames should be bought in

long strips, simply ripped out of some





boards. This is much cheaper and is just

as useful.

New Jersey. F. G. HERMAN.

MISTAKES IN SHIPPING COMB





HONEY.





 





ln disposing of my honey crop the past

season I had occasion to visit different

stores where honey was handled and I

was amazed at the shape in which some

of the honey had been shipped. One in—

stance I remember in particular. I was





 





sitting in the store of a prominent mer~

chant in Detroit. A bee—keeper came in

and asked for a price on comb honey. The

price named was so low that I was very

much surprised to hear it accepted at

once. Irlaving occasion to go into another

of the large stores shortly after I was

shown a sample of some of the honey they

received. The specimen they showed me

was one they had just refused, and on in—

quiry I found it to be that of my friend of

the other store. It had been shipped in

cases without carriers and was in a badly

broken condition. The man who had re—

fused it askcd me if I thought it any won-

der they could not. pay a very big price

for honey when so much of it came to:

them in that condition. “\Vhy.“ said he,

“that man never heard of a carrier for

comb honey. Moreover. he is not the only

one, for there are lots of them who do

the same thing year after year and never

seem to learn anything by it.”



If it should so happen that someone

who reads this does not know what a

carrier is. and has been in the habit of

shipping without them, you had better

look into it before you make another ship-

ment, for if you have not 311' lost by this

manner of shipping you surely will if you

keep it up. You can easily make a carrier

yourself. All you need is a. crate that

will hold the cases, with three or four

inches of straw in the bottom to take Off

the jar. ‘ They are usually made to hold

from eight to twelve or sixteen cases.

You will have bcttcr satisfied customers,

besides greatly reducing danger of loss to

yourself.

Report on Wintering—Bees Have Good

Flight in January.



The bees had their first: good flight yes-

terday, (Jan. 27), and will fly again to-

day. Thcy seem to be doing fairly well

so far. A great many of the hives had

scarcely any bees on the bottom—board

although a few colonies had quite a few

fOr this time of year. There were perhaps

six or eight of these colonies and I

scraped perhaps a cupful of bees from

each of them. Of the others. some of

them had scarcely a dozen bees on the

bottom—board. There seems to be some

dysentery among a few of them, prob-

ably owing to some late fall honey. This

early flight will be a. boon to such col-

onies.





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Since the announce-

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Canadian government and the administra-

tion at Washington, many opinions, both

of disapproval and assent, have been

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organizations on both sides of the boun-

dary. The first official protest from Mich—

igan was filed by the Michigan Bean Job«

bers’ Association, which was in sessron

when the agreement was: made public and

which passed a l'ESOlUllUIl placing; that or-

ganization on record as opposing the obo—

lition of the present duty of 45 cents per

bushel on beams as provided by the agree-

ment. An official protest was made by

the officers of the National Grange during

the closing days of last week, whose

views were purported to represent the in-

terests of 1,000,000 members of that or-

ganization throughout the country, and

who asked for the removal of the duty on

raw materials used in the manufactures

which are largely purchased by farmers,

such as iron and steel. if all duties are to

be removed from the commodities which

lilC‘Y produce on their farms. But the

official act in which the interest of our

readers is centered at the present time

was the introduction of :1 resolution in the

upper house of the Michigan legislature

protesting against the enactment of leg-

islation by congress which would put the

reciprocity agreement into effect. Su’ch

a resolution was introduced in the state

senate on Friday of last week by Senator

Watkins and tabled on his motion in or-

der to give the farmers of the state an

opportunity to communicate their views

to their senators and representatives in

the state legislature lwforc the proposition

is taken up for consideration in that

body,



In the meantime it would appear from

the echoes which are heard from across

the border that the pending agreement

does not satisfy all interests in Canada,

not even all the agricultural interests.

The fruit growers of Ontario fear that

their induStry in the growing of fruit

which now finds a ready market in the

provinces of the northwest will be ruined

by competition with fruits from the Uni-

ted States, which can be distributed to the

same markets with a shorter haul. It is

also reported that the farmers of the





Echoes From the

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THE 'MICHIG'AN FARMER.





western provinces of Canada are dissat-

isfied with the agreement, inasmuch as

they desired free agricultural implements,

whereas the proposed reduction on most

of these commodities leaves the duty at

15 per cent ad valorem, instead of 171/2 to

20 per cent as formerly.



But notwithstanding these dissenting

opinions it is generally conceded that the

agreement will be put in effect by the

Canadian parliament in the event of fav-

cruble action by congress, as any other

course would result in the dissolution of

parliament. Vl'hut the present congress

does it must do quickly, since its session

will expire on March 4th. It is perhaps

fortunate that this is true. even though

it makes quick action imperative on all

who would be heard on the subject by the

officials among whose constituency they

are numbered, since uncertainty regard-

ing future trade conditions is ever a men-

ace to business stability and prosperity.





Some weeks ago

mention was made in

these columns of an

interview given out

by Representative Lord, of Detroit, then

secretary of the State Tax Commission, in

which that official stated that the rail-

roads of the state were likely to bring

successful suit against the state to avoid

the payment of the taxes assessed against

them, on the ground that the'farm and

other properties of the state were assess—

ed far 'below their cash value and that for

this reason the rate applied to the taxa-

tion of the railroads and other similar

corporations was not the same as that

applied to other properties at their true

cash value. The same gentleman recently

introduced a resolution in the lower house

of the legislature providing for the calling

of a tax conference to study the taxation

problem, the preamble of which contained

u practical admission of the undervalue,—

tion of the gencml properties of the state

which, if passed by the legislature, would

have provcn of great value to the rail-

roads in any subsequent litigation bearing

on this Di‘ni’msitiun. The resolution was

not, and probably will not, be passed. But

the contention that the railroads will

bring suit to avoid the payment of the

taxes assessed to them continues to be

agitated by the publication of interviews

and otherwise, and in order to secure the

support of members. representing rural

districts it is pointed out that any litiga-

tion which would tie up the taxes of the

railroads would deprive the schools of

their primary school money and perhaps

necessitate the closing of many schools

until funds could be raised “by local tax~

ation.



In support of their contention the rail-

roads have had representatives looking up

the valuation of farms sold in different

counties and claim that the assessed val-

uation is: from 50 to 75 per cent of the

sale price. Just what the outcome of this

agitation will be is dificult to predict.

But we do not believe that the farmers

of the state will welcome any legislation

looking toward the raising of the assessed

valuation of their property upon t‘he evi-

dence adduced. In fact, we believe that

a study of available statistics will show

that the farm properties of the state are

now assessed on as nearly a cash value

basis as any other property in the state,

including the railroads. But, however this

may be. the threat of litigation should not

be accepted by any Michigan Farmer

reader as a valid reason why his reprc~

sentativc in the legislature should favor

any plan of i'cu'djusting the assessing ma-

chinery of the state for the avowed pur-

pose of increasing the valuation of the

general properties of the state until it is

conclusively shown that such an increase

is needed by some more disinterested au-

thority thou the tax experts employed by

the railroads of the state. Should the

threatened litigation materialize it would

not be the first of its kind in Michigan,

but it will be remembered that past at-

tempts of the railroads to escape the pay-

ment of their taxes through litigation

have not been successful.



Of course, if the railroads can Show

that they have a grievance, as a matter

of justice they are entitled to relief, but

we believe that any proposal to supplant

the present method of general property

assessments by another System should be

viewed with conservatism. A. conference

for the purpose of studying taxation prob-

lems could do no harm, however, so long

as it were fairly representative in char-

acter. All that can be desired in the ad-

justment of public problems of this kind

is equity to all, but there are many citi-

zens of Michigan who believe we are near:

er to getting it in taxation at the present

time than ever before.





Farm AsSessments

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.THE NATIONAL CORN E’XPOSITION.





 





This event, which was held at the state

fair grounds, Columbus, 0., from Jan. 30

to Feb. 11, inclusive, was more than its

name implies. It was a great agricultural

and industrial exposition. Aside from the

competitive exhibits in corn, the classes

for which were confined to exhibits at

state corn shows, and those in the classes

for small grains, educational exhibits were

made by the National Department of Ag—

riculture and the experiment stations of

25 states, in seine of which allied agri-

cultural organizations co-operated, show-

ing the principal lines of work each have

developed during recent years locking to-

ward the advancement of the agriculture

of the various sections of the country in

which they are located. There were also

extensive exhibits of agricultural machin-

ery and other manufactures relating to

agriculture, while the cereal food products

and other similar manufactures Were well

represented in the home economy depart—

ment. In addition to these, the exhibit

of dairy equipment made under the aus-

pices of the Ohio Dairymen's Association,

which held a meeting in connection with

the corn exposition, was second only to

that seen at the National Dairy Show.



From the standpoint of exhibits this is

easily the greatest corn show ever held

in the country, competitive exhibits for

national trophies coming from 35 states.

The exhibits were all in place at 9:30 a.

m., on Jan. 30, but the official opening of

the Show was deferred until the evening

of that day, when President E. D. Funk,

of the corn show association, opened the

program given in the exposition auditor~

ium ‘by explaining the purpose of the

show and making a stirring appeal for

soil conservation and better farming. He

declared the purpose of the show tobe to

teach the farmers of the country “how

to save the soil and better the product."

The address of welcome 'was given by

Gov. Harmon, of Ohio. while Mayor Mar-

shall, of Columbus, welcomed the exposi-

tion on behalf of the city, and C. C. Hat-

field, state county worker of the Y. M, C.

A., welcomed the farm boys in behalf of

the organization which he represented,

declaring that “If corn is king, then the

farm boy is the power behind the throne.”



Not the least important of the educa-

tional features of the exposition were the

daily programs, at which speakers of na-

tional reputation along agricultural lines

delivered addresses, while meetings of or-

ganizations representing some branch of

agriculture and conferences looking to-

ward agricultural improvement were of

frequent OCCurrence. There was a live

stock day, a. meeting of the American

Breeders' Association. a National Dairy

Day, a National Corn Day, a Conservation

Day and a National Rural Life Conference

lasting four days, to which space will not

permit further reference in this issue, but

the mention of which will give the reader

a. better idea of the educational scope of

this exposition.



The comfort of those in attendance was

well provided for by the adequate heating

of buildings and the covering and enclos-

ure of the walks connecting them, an im-

portant item in the success of a winter

exposition. It is to be regretted that a

majority of progresive Michigan farmers

could not have attended this show, a loss

which we shall. however, undertake to

minimize by the mention of its more

prominent educational features. as gleaned

by representatives in attendance, in this

report, which will be continued in the

next issue.



Experiment Station Exhibits.



As above noted, these exhibits were

made with a vicw of demonstrating the

recent progress of experiment station

work in the solution of agricultural prob-

lems relating to the loading lines and needs

of production in each state. These ex-

hibits were all grouped together in one

building, and their Hllitly not only demon-

titrated to the viHitor the possibilities in

the scientific improvement of staple pro-

ducts, but us well provided the basis for

a broad, general knowledge of the agri-

cultural producis and problems of the

states represented.



Mlchigan.—~Thc Michigan exhibit dealt

principally with plant breeding, including

work with wheat, timothy, oats and al-

falfa. The work with wheat is of partic-

ular interest. Starting with single. grains

in seed plots, varieties and strains of va-

rieties have been evolved showing widely—

varying characteristics. Comparisons are

shown of the Wheat in the straw, grain,

flour and in the baked loaf. The import-

ance of the milling quality of wheat is

shown from the fact that the best and the

poorest bread are made from ‘two varie-

ties of grain so nearly alike in outer ap-





-' , FEB. 11,.1911.





pearance that expert miners would buy

the two for one variety. The Work with

timothy has evolved strains showing vary—

ing resistance to rust,

and character of stem, few and abundant

leaves of varying width, and a. range of

variation in heads frOm narrow spikelets

to branched and bushy heads. Similar

variations are'shown in strains of alfalfa.

the ultimate problem being to develop a

variety of the plant that will meet the

conditions of the state. The work with

this _plant promises much for the future

of alfalfa culture in Michigan. It has not

only been demonstrated that the individ-

ual plants grown in the breeding plot have

a widely varying capacity for the produc—

tion of forage, but. that they vary even

more 'widely in the production of seed, and

it is believed that no one thing will do

more to establish a. successful future for

alfalfa in Michigan than the development

of hardy varieties that seed liberally in

the climatic conditions "which prevail in

Michigan. The work along this line prom-

ises definite results in the comparatively

near future, since strains have been de-

veloped which not only seed liberally, but

withstand unfavorable winter conditions

well, where other strains fail entirely, and

when a. sufficient stock of seed of these

strains has been developed to permit of

its distribution for experimental purposes

and propagation by the farmers ’of Mich—

igan, alfalfa growing will receive a. new

impetus in the state.





Ohio.—'l‘ne work which the Ohio Ex—

periment Station has devoted to cropping

and rfertility were reflected in an exhibit

that was worthy of careful study. One

feature was a series of photographs show-

ing the percentage of plump-and shrunken

kernels in wheat that had had varying

treatment as to fertilizer, applied in a.

five-year rotation. That which was un-

fertilized showed about 50 per cent each

of plump and shrunken grains. Acid phos—

phate alone gave but 10 per cent of

shrunken kernels. Nitrogen in the form

of nitrate of soda showed 60 per cent

shrunken. Barnyard manure, both un-

treated and treated with acid phosphate

and floats, gave from 35 to 55 per cent of

shrunken grains. The importance of fer-

tilizing and manuring the corn crop was

shown graphically, manuring giving the

best results.

corn without fertilizing, for three periods

of five years each, showed 26.26, 16.76 and

10.43 ’bu. respectively: while a. five-year

rotation without fertilization showed 31.89

30.82 and 31.04 bu.; with commercial fer-

tilizer the same test showed 44.6, 47.2,

and 38.5 bu. respectively; while a. five-

year rotation for the three periods with

commercial fertilizer showed 41.3, 49.9,

and 54.1 bu: with manure, continuous

cropping showed 40.73, 40.11 and 34.62 bu.;

the five—year rotation with manure was

43.13, 49.52 and 59.75 bu. The three-year

rotation with phosphated manure yielded

65.30 bu. The work that the station is

doing along the improvement of the clover

plant,‘ alfalfa, wheat and oats was shown

by a series of photographs. The inocu-

lated soil produced 4.14 tons of alfalfa as

against 2.88 for the uninoculated. The

importance of using home-grown seed was

Shown,

by greatly decreased shrinkage in the

grain 'by spring.



Wisconsin.——The feature of the Wiscon-

sin exhibit is the demonstration of what

may be accomplished by co-opcration be—

tween station and farmers. The exhibit

was made jointly by the Wisconsin Experi-

ment Station and the Wisconsin Agricul-

tural Experimental Association. The lat-

ter organization is made up of the gradu-

ates of the short agricultural courses in

the state university. The organization

now ‘has over 2.000 members, representing

every section of the state. The feature

of the exhibit was a collection of samples

of seed grains bred and improved by this

organization in co—operation with the

state experiment station. No figures are

attempted showing gains in production

brought about by this selection and im-

provement, because the 'work is still in its

infancy. But the. samples shown were of

very superior quality, and the results to

be obtained from this united effort in all

parts of the state can readily be under-

stood. The crops under improvement are

com, oats, wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat,

clover, timothy and alfalfa. Charts were

shown, indicating the location of the

farms thus co—opcratlng with the experi»

ment station. The next step in the plan

is the organization of county clubs for the

study of special county crops under local

conditions. There are now ’15 such clubs





organized and 10 more are in the process

of organization.



Minnesota.—The Minnesota exhibit was

another co—operatlve Show. The exhibit





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was made by the state station in co-op-

oration with the State Field Crop Breed-

ers. The most striking feature of the

exhibit was a miniature model farm, fully

fenced and sodded to represent a typical

Minnesota place of 160 acres. Five fields

of 26 acres each are laid out for the ma-

jor rotation of the farm. Consisting of

corn, oats,. wheat, meadow and pasture, in

the order named. One corner of the farm,

of 30 acres, was laid out to include the

farm buildings and smaller plots for the

minor rotation to run in connection with

cattle feeding. The .minor rotation con~

sists of corn. wheat or barley, clover and

peas and oats. An experiment in plant-

ing and cultivating corn was shown by

representative cars from plots receiving

different kinds of treatment as to planting

and cultivating. A model seed-corn “tree"

was shown, as an example of method of

storing and curing seed corn. The six-

foot "tree” holds 150 cars. calculated to

plant about 10 acres. Charts were shown

giving the results of tests 011 70 repre-

sentative Minnesota farms of the cost of

production of common crops and the

maintenance of farm equipment. For ex-

ample, it has been found that the average

annual cost of maintaining a dairy cow in

Minnesota is $59.99; a work horse, $80; a

manure spreader, $20.03; corn binder,

$16.34; mower, $6.67. The average cost of

production per acre shows. $8.50. for

'wheat, $8.80 for barley. $9.66 for hay, etc.



Pennsylvania—The Pennsylvania ex-

hibit covered a wide range of work. Re-

sults obtained in the study of soil fertility





. were shown graphically by bales of fodder





and tubes of grain. showing the average

yields in a. rotation of corn. wheat. oats

and grass. for a period of 20 years. re-

sulting from different methods of treat-

ment. The continuous use of a complete

fertilizer shows the largest yields. fol-

lowed closely in point of total production

by the use of manure; the latter treat-

ment showing much the cheapest gains.

Work in breeding 'dairy cattle was shown

by tubes of milk and cream representing

the average yields in 20 years' work in

the college herd, resulting from use of

pure-bred sires as compared with scrub

or grade sires; selection of dams as com-

pared with promiscuous breeding: and

comparisons of the college herd under

process of improvement with the average

rherds of the state. Another feature was

the selection of feeds and the mixing of

rations on the energy basis. A model of

the famous respiration calorimeter was

shown. in which the energy value of foods

is determined.



lowa.-—The Iowa station and college ex-

hibit showed their work 011 small grains.

Most of the small grain work is along the

line of the propagation of new varieties

by means of hybrids made from older va-

rieties. They have oat varieties that have

made as high as 101 bu. per acre in small

test plots. A peculiar thing in this con—

nection is that these high yielders as a

rule seem to be light in weight. These





new crosses are breeding true to type.





Several cases of selected and hybrid

wheats are shown to good advantage. One

of the new varieties yielded at the rate

of 56 bu. per acre. A new and rather

original feature consisted of three varie-

ties in a case. ribbons leading from these

to a. chart showing the length of stalk,

rust. maturity. yield and weight per bu.

They also showed the results of their

corn breeding along the line of ear to row

work. One thing shown was all the ears

that were obtained from one parent ear.

The variation as to type and quality was

really remarkable.

(Continued next week).





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.





Lightning struck the Missouri capital

building at Jefferson City and fire totally

destroyed the structure. The records of

the governor and other state officers were

destroyed. The building was built in 1838

at a cost of $350,000 and was remodeled in

1887 at a cost of $25. 000.





A proposal has been made to pipe gas

from West Virginia to Detroit. Pipes now

carry the natural product to Cleveland

and lines are being built to supply New

York. It is claimed that by adopting the

new plan the mice of gas can be reduced

nearly one— —half in Detroit.





Col. Goethals. chief engineer of the

Panama canal. who is now in Washington

states that he is certain the canal will

be ready for service by Jan. 1. 1915. and

that he hopes boats will be passing

through the canal before that date.





There was a general tie-up of traffic

over Michigan Monday. by the blizzard

which swept over the whole state. Snow

fell to an average of about ten inches.

In some places it exceeded a foot while

other lo’calities were less favored.



The Michigan senate failed to concur in

the junket proposal of the house and thus

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go on a party tour of the state are

crushed for this term of the legislature.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt will speak at

the Lincoln club banquet to be given in

Grand Rapids next Saturday night. He

will address the banqucters -on the theme.

“Lincoln and Progressive Republicanism.”





The democrats in a caucus Monday

night pledged their support to the Can-

adian reciprocity treaty soon to come to

the attention of the lower house of con—

gress. The debate before the Canadian

parliament began Tuesday of this week.

It is expected that the arguments pro and

con will take up fully two or three weeks

of the time of that body.





Nine persons are dead at Ishpeming as

the result of a dynamite explosion at the

Pluto Powder Mills. Cause is unknown.





It is alleged that an agreement has been

made between the Detroit United Rail—

ways and the Michigan United Railways

to run the cars of the latter company over

the tracks of the former into the city of

Detroit. The city of Detroit is making

opposition to the plan through its mayor.

not that it does not solicit the added bus—

iness that would come by reason of the

arrangement but because the local com-

pany. without secuiing the consent of the

common council or any authority. is ar-

ranging to “farm out" the city's streets.





James VVhitcomb Riley. the poet. is ser-

iously ill at his home in Indianapolis. He

suffered a second stroke of paralysis a

few weeks ago.





Archbishop Ryan. the popular and fam-

ous official of the catholic church. is very

low and his physicians hold out little hope

for his recovery.



FOrelgn.



The British parliament opened Monday.

This is the first parliament to be opened

by George V. It, no doubt. will be one of

the most important sessions of the cen—

tury. in that bills of great importance

must be disposed of. Chief among the

measures is the bill introduced by the

liberal premier. which provides for the

abrogation of the power of the house of

lords to veto bills passed by the commons

by giving the latter body authority to

make measures laws which have been

three times rejected by the lords in a

period of two years and with the consent





of the King. Other bills are those pro-

viding for home rule for Ireland. the

abolition of plural voting. disestablish-





ment of the church ‘of Wales. state in—

surance of the unimployed and against

illness on a wholesale basis. It is also

expected that the limit of existence for

any parliament will be reduced to five

years from seven.





There was fighting between the rebels

and the federal troops in Mexico last

week. No important changes were made

in the position of the forces. However.

the rebels are still seeking to open up a

tree line‘ of communication with El Paso

to get supplies, while the federals are

maneuvering to bottle up the insurgents

in some of the towns of the state of Chi-

huahua. The principal engagement was

the protection of Juarez against a rebel

attack in which some skillful handling of

a detachment of federal troops by Col.

Robago saved the government a defeat.





University students in St. Petersburg

are voting to go on strike until the end

of the year as a protest against the ac«-

tion of the cabinet in curtailing academic

privileges, 011 the ground that they have

been abused for political purposes.





The government of Japan has request—

ed that the Diet appropriate $500. 000 to

defray expenses in fighting the plague in

Manchuria.



A11 entire fishing village of 253 men

went afloat off the coast of Finland. nea1

Bjorko Sound. 011 the evening of Februa1v

3. and in the morning the floating ice had

gone out of sight. Boats were sent to the

1escue of the men and after a. long hunt

diseove1ed the fioe and men safely an-

chored on another shore





Seven persons were killed as the result

of a head-on collision on the Grand Trunk

railway at Richwood. Ontario. last Sat—

urday night. The accident was the result

of failure to comply with orders on the

part of the engineer of a light engine.





 





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Shiawassee Co.. Jan. 31. —Weather has

changed to colder. with strong southweSt

winds with a flurry of snow. Roads 1913'

iough and badly cut up on account of the

recent mild weather. Farmers busy haul-

ing manure and cutting wood. A huge

tonnage of hay being hauled to market.

A few farmers have sugar beets to haul

to the factory. but the crop is generally

harvested. Farmers are still holding onto

their beans and are determined not to

market them until the $2 point has been

reached. A large quantity of oats and

barley has been marketed the past fow

weeks. W'heat is looking well despite the

water that has resulted from the thawing

ice. Lamb feeders are Somewhat restless

over the condition of the market. although

many of the old feeders think that there

is plenty of time for a favorable turn in

price. Potato growers are still waiting

for the market to improve. Many farm-

ers are hiring their season's labor. Very

few hogs in the country.





Emmet Co.. Jan. 30.-—The mild temper-

ature prevailing during the last 'week or

ten days made one think of spring. The

fields are now showing much bare surface.

The covering of Snow at most has been

hght. for the reason that it has no sooner

fallen than sweeping winds have piled it

Up in the roads, timber lots and hollows.

Except for a few da as. during which the

roads were badly blckaded with drifts.

sleighing has been excellent and the us-

ual amount of teaming has been done.

Egg s have taken a drop. now worth 300;

dleSSed poultry, 16@17c: pork 81.56090:

hay and straw remain the same, :16 and

$8 respectively.





 





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largest quantities. The Baldwins, the

\Ycultliy, the Northern Spy and the

.lrecning are all market f.’1\'oi‘it4-5~; and





highly aroiiiable for the commercial or-

chard.



I11 selecting nursery stock it is bcst to

trees that havc been grown in your

It is a well known fact that

adapt tlicmselvr-s to the

Soil and climate of the St't'iirn‘i win-re they

were grown, 111111 I bclicvc that ii is’ true

in regard to the apple 11-1-11. Always get.

nursery stock, as far as you can, from the

same latitude. Abovc all, do not send

south for apple trees. because you will

find they are more suscpctiblc to deteri-

oration and disease. Biiy your nursery

stock of good, reliable nurserymcn, speci-

fy what you wish. be, willing to pay for

it. and buy one—year-oltl trees, when it

is possible to obtain thcm. Many will not

agree with me when I say buy one-year—

old trees. but I am convinced from my

own experience that they will give better

results. One uncertainty in buying two

year—old trees is the fact that many of

them are cull year—old trees that are car-

ried over. There are many advantages

in planting younger trees. They are easy

to handle.





own IOcality.





They are fully as vigorous and-





 





Too Much lrijudicious Pruning is as Faulty as Too Little.





(rops also serve the functions of a cover

crop and prevent the loss of moisture and

fertility. The more attention you give to

cultivating and fertilizing the crops that

are grown in the orchard the better the

trees wifl grow.



One funinn'ieiital r-rror in orchard plant-

ing is setting out the trees too close to-

gr-tln-z' pitting out too many varie-

tics. \\'t- can now mm the mistakes made

in 11-1- planting years ago and profit by

lit-1:1 ;:. our prescrit—duy work. Of course,

3111:1115 likn- a long distance

;..;; r11. little trees, but 11 few years

.»,_~_ changes and if wc succeed

measure the trees must

to expand and devclop.

plan in svtting out 1111 or—

.r.;;r»'i 2:»: to plant standard varieties, such

Baldwin, 11 Spy, 11 V\'calt'hy or a.



and intci'plant with smaller

varieties or with peach, pear or

;..11m trees, that may in: removed when

n... (llht-r irr-cs need the cntirc area. of

luntl. Many applc orchards have been

Illal’ill'fl with 11.1; idea of cutting out some

of the trees but this is Kt‘ltltiln ever done

unless diffr‘rcnt vai'ictics are used for

illicrs and a man has a dciinite idea of

which ll'l‘f't-i should be rcmovcd when, the

right time comes. On 11 good, fertile soil

1 would plant the standard varieties 40

feet apart each way.



Ti'ccs should be headed back when they

are planted. The modern medium—head-

1-1l typo is to lac preferred. if we get a

tree headed from three to four feet it

must be a suitable tree to begin with.

Select trees with 11 stem of moderate

height so that when it comes to be the

proper size you may have 11 good bearing

capacity on your titles. When the trees

are planted prune each little branch back

to within a few buds of the parent stem,

leaving those buds in a way that will

make a good framework in the air. Try

and build a, frame around an open center.





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If the tree makes a good growth the first





, year head it back about one—third of the





year‘s growth and continue the same

heading-back methods as long as it is

possible to reach the limbs from the

ground. so as to secure a solid and com-

pact form of a tree. Winter and spring

pruning will give the best results.



One mistake made by many orchardists

is that of not spraying the young trees.

Dipping the nursery stock in a mixture





'. of .sumcient'strength to kill every trace





of San Jose scale will do no harm and it

may do a great amount of good. Commer-

cial or home-made lime-sulphur is the best

remedy. Either will do the business.

Make a barrel of the mixture and dip the

trees down to the roots before planting

them and get started right. After that

give the trees an annual spraying with

one of the mixtures. It not only destroys

the San Jose scale, oyster shell scale and

all other scales, but it is good for all

forms of disfigurement and discoloration

on a. tree and makes it healthy and vig-

If we keep ahead of the numerous

insect and fungus pests we must get right

after them at the very start. Eternal

vigilance is the price of success in getting

a young apple orchard established and put

on a money-making basis. Keep a close

lookout for the borers. When you see any

signs of their work take your pocket

knife and get after them and if you are

there early enough it is easy to remove

the borers. Get busy with your knife, and

do not trust in any proprietary remedies

that are applied to the trees. If the trees

are given clean cultivation the trouble

with borers will be minimized.

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PRUNING HOOK AND SPUD.

The pain of Scratches and picks comes

readily'to onc's imagination as he thinks

of pruning the raspberry bushes or other

bush fruits, especially where he has not

had good tools for performing the job.

The work is so miserable that it is gen-

erally left undone. The illustrated prun-





 





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can be saved the busy orchardist. Will

some of our speculative Michigan fruit

men investigate the matter this coming,

summer and let us know next fall?





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Orchards must be sprayed to protect-





them from the attack of_ insects and dis-

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given before the injury has been done.





and must not only be so thorough as to {





cover every part of the trees, but must be

applied sufficiently often to protect the

leaves and fruit at all times.

Number and Dates of Sprayings.

Ordinarily, unless it is necessary to

spray for the San Jose scale. the first

treatment should be after the down buds





Show white 01' pink, but before the petals .

A second spraying .





have actually opened.

should be given within eight days after

the petals have fallen and the third about

15 to 20 days later.





codling moth larvae. which is generally

about the middle of August.

made.





This will ordinarily (is), but additional





treatments will often be dcsiralde in wet

seasons to control apple scab; also if the





weather is cold so that the first brood of





codling moth larvae is late in appearing.





and on plum and cherry trees likely to be ,





injured by curculio or leaf-blight. For

leaf-curl of the peach, spray thoroughly

about 20 days before the blossoms Will

open.



Materials to Use.



“'hile Bordeaux lillxiure has in the past

been the fungicide most used. it is likely

to burn the foliage and russet the Skin of

such varietics of apples as Vl’agener, Jon—

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dilute lime—sulphur solution, the commer-

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ing hook will help to overcome many of

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cleaning out of the hills of these fruits.

The hook is used for cutting those canes

that can be hooked, and for this purpose

the inner edge of the hook is made sharp.

while the spud is for amputating such

canes as happen to stand close to another

that is to be left or is otherwise situated

The spud

cuts the cane nearer the ground than can

be done with the hook. Both are. how-

ever, very 11ccessary for a complete im-

plement. Besides its use in cutting, the

hook is convenient in pulling the pruned

canes from among the standing ones into

the row where they can be gathered and

taken from the plantation. The imple-

ment is made of the handle of a short-

handied fork and two old files. The files

are forged to make the hook and spud

and riveted together as shown in the il—

lustration. The end opposite the spud is

shaped to fit into the handle where it is

firmly secured in order to stand the str-lin

necessary in the work to be done. Armed

with such a tool and a good pair of gloves

one can go about the canes. cut out the

undesirable ones and get them out of the

way without suffering the hardships en-

countered when eudeavoring to do the

work with a jack knife. The next rainy

day go to your own forge, every farmer

should have one. or if not provided, to

your blacksmith and have such a hook

made. Then, when the rainy day is over

and you can get into the berry patch. see

how well the hook does the dreaded job.





CLOSE CULTIVATION OF OLD FRUIT

TREES.





 





At the last meeting of the “'cstcru

State Horticultural Society the question

was raised as to the utility of cultivating

old orchards close about the trees. Are

the large roots near the trunk feeding

roots, or are they simply developed to

support the tree? If the latter purpose

and not the former, is the reason, why

not leave a small area about the base of

The cost of

cultivation would be almost out in two

by eliminating the effort needed to crowd

the implements close to the trunks of

the trees. If the function of these roots





 





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cost of Bordeaux mixture. For these rea-

sons it is probable that lime—sulphur salu-

tion will very generally be used in place

of Bordeaux mixture, except for the grape.



The lust of the mnlncrciu! mixtures

are guaranteed Lu C'iiilrilli :51 per cent of

sulphur in solution and for the first two

applications (“.111 '11.,- uscd on apples and

pears at the rule 411‘ 11-2 gallons in 50 gal—

lons. For the hilt-:1 spnlving‘s. l, to 11/;

gallon will be safer. Upon cherries and

European plums not mire. than 1 to 1%

gallons in W gallons Hhmlhl bu user at any

time. and on per

some injury 1.. likely '11 be donc oven at

the rate, of two quarts in 1'10 gallons.



The li111e—sulpl1ur solution, used as

above. is efi't-cl'iul 1s :1 fungicide upon the

diffel'cut orchard fruit... and strawberries.

“'llilc a slrmlq‘lu‘ solu'l'm (1 it) 10, or even

1 to 8 if lmrlly i:1f~.~;~;tclll, should be used

for thc S411 Jug.» sonic. either in the fall

or in the spriu-J; just llcl‘on- t‘he buds open,

the diluted solutions will destroy many of

.11‘ the larvae if used while they are :rawl-





illu' zilmut in July 1111i August.

For lilting worms, such as canker

worms, (cut wulcrpillarn‘, mulling moths,





.1118'1111’.) unvl slush, an Il.l‘.\‘t‘lil('fll slim: id

lm :llldcll to lhc limo—sulphur solution. F0:

this purplsc :ii‘.\‘t"'il:il(‘ of land is best, as

it is :illlit‘n‘lYt‘ £11111 will not hann the fin.

ago, Ilse, two pounds in 50 gallons of

Hum—sulphur solution, or 21 little more if

insccts are \‘cl‘y numerous 01‘ about mil-

grown.



lhlspl'ix’t‘tl orchards produce but little

fruit and tlml is of practically no value:

if pl‘opcrly sprayed, its value will be vast-

lf- invl'casl-(i, :11111, if this is combined with

l‘l‘npel‘ «are ulong other lines, it will often

bring $300 to $501) per acre.





Ag-rii. College. L. R. TAFT.





 





In his address at ihc opening of the

last meeting of the “'cstern N. Y. Hort.

Society, President. Barry touched upon

the importance of underdraining in the

following words: “A great deal of land is

vaiucless unless drained and all lands are

greatly, yes, immensely. benefited by un-

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orchard can be worked advantageously,

no matter whether the weather is favor-

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work is delayed to such an extent that

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For winter varieties '

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of the emergence of the second brood of .





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stabs THE GARDNER’S FRIENDS.





Did you ever stop to think that the

destruction of one insect egg now means

hundreds less insect pests to cotnbat next

summer? Every egg left until spring will

produce an insect which will lay from a

dozen to a hundred or mote (gas. These

in turn will produce insects, and as they

mature in a few weeks-some of them in

a few days—multiplication is so rapid that

we would soon be overwhelmed by the

pests if it were not for the aids nature

has provided.



One of the most efficient of these aids

is our native birds. Even though provid—

ed with the poisonous sprays that science

has given us. our light against insects

vould be a. much more serious problem if

it were not for the work of the birds. Too

little credit has been given them in the

past, and even today when observation

and the analysis of hundreds of stomachs

has proved conclusively their worth as

insect destroyers the birds are not appre—'

ciated as. they should be. Laws for their

protection have been cnacted in many

states but have never been rigidly en-

forced owing to the indifference of the

general public. The result has becn a.

marked decrcasc in the numbers of some

of the most useful species and the prac-

tical extinction of others. The rose-

breastcd erosbcak is now seldom seen.

The blue-bird and the cat-bird, two of

the most indefatigable insect destroyers,

are, not as numerous as formerly, and so

it is with many other species.



Some of the most effective service is

rendered by the birds during the winter

months when it would seem to the casual

observer that they would be of little val-

me. Next season's crop of insects de-

pends upon the cuss deposited last fall

and the adult insects that live through

the winter. Some of these eggs and in-

sects are in the ground. but many more

are. in brush and rubbish hcaps. under the

bark of trees and logs. or in the crevices

of buildings. They form the chief food

of wrens, chickadees. woodpcckcrs and

other winter birds. Evcn the despised

English sparrow devours many ($1.23“.

’\\'oodpcckcrs have always been lookcd

upon with suspicion but there is only one

member of the family that deserves con-

demnationfithe yellow—bellied woodpeck-

er or sap-snckei. This bird does consid-

erable damage to fruit trees by drilling

them full of holes to get the sap. and his

similarity to other members of the wood—

pecker faintly has brought all of them into

:bad repute. The downy, hairy. and red-

headed woodpeckers extract countless

grabs frotn tree trunks and limbs. as well

as destroying many eggs and hibernating

insects. The gold-wing or flicker is more

terrestrial in his habits, getting his food

from stumps. fences and bushes as well

as from trees.



Blue—jays usually are looked upon with

disfavor, probably because of thcir quar-

rclsome propensities and stridcnt voices.

They are chargcd with destroying the

eggs of other birds bttt I have never yet,

through many years. caught one in the

act. They are tireless workers among

our fruit trecs and in the course of a year

devour thousands of eggs and grubs.

("rows are never givcn credit for any vir-

tncs but they dc\‘oul‘ many insects as well

as numerous small rodents. and so pay for

some of the mischief they do in corn

fields and poultry yard. All of the birds

that we see among the weeds along: the

fcnccs and in sheltered ravines arc doing

good work for the gardener and fruit

grower. for practically all of their time is

occupied in searching for lllHF-t't eggs,

grabs. or weed secds. The birds of sum-

mer, too. are beneticial with few excep-

tions, and they should be. encouraged to

nest about the farm buildings and or-

chard.



Nature study in the common schools is

doing mltch to awaken interest in the

birds and it is hoped that ”the beneficial

species will be better protected in the fu-

ture than they have been heretofore.



Ohio. NAT S. GREEN.





A TREATMENT FOR A YOUNG

ORCHARD.





 





Last year we set about 1.800 trees, half

apple and half peach. on about 1215, acres

of land recently purchased and consid-

erably exhausted of its humus content

by a. long period of renting and cropping

without attention to a proper rotation or

manuring. Before setting the trees we

plowed under a good dressing; of barnyard

manure, but the soil is still hard and ir-

responsive to treatmentt that will give

good crops on soil well filled with humus.



Last year one acre of the orchard was





'TI-IE MICHIGAN FARMER.





set to strawberries, another acre to cu-

cumbers, and five each to corn‘and po-

tatoes. The strawberries made a fair.

though not large, growth. but it remains

to be seen what they will do. The drought

nearly ruined the cucumber crop and

shortened the corn and potatoes, neither

of which was more than half to two-

thirds of a crop. The condition of the

soil had something to do with the light

yield also. the ground becoming dry and

baked more quickly than it ought. mak-

ing it less retentive of moisture than if

the humus content were correct, and

making an especially unfavorable condi»

tion for potatoes. insomuch that many

were forced upward by the hard soil about

them and became sunburned.





The question which now confronts us

is. how to improve the condition and fer-

tility of the soil and at ‘the same time

give the orchard proper care. \Ve could

have improved the soil more easily per-

haps, had we not set the trees for a few

years, but we did not care to wait. and

lose this time. One proposition is to grow

hoed crops between the rows'of trees, fer-

tilizing well and giving good culture. This

is the method we have followed where

the soil has been fertile and well filled

with vegetable matter, but it does not ap-

peal to me as the best method of handling

this soil. ‘.Ve need a. little more room

here for strawberries, and I think we

shall use about an acre for this purpose,

ft'rtilizing this plot thoroughly. \Ve now

l‘ave a coat of manure over most of this

plot and will again apply fine manure in

the spring and disk it thoroughly into the





soil.





Another method would be to cultivate

the ground until July or August without

growing any crops between the trees. and

then sow a cover crop, a legume, or a

mixture containing a legume being pre-

l‘crred. This would also be a good treat-

ment for soil fairly well supplied with

l‘umus, but I question if it is the best

treatment that could be given under the

circumstances. Cultivation makes the fer-

tilizing material in the soil more available

so that it can be used up more rapidly.

which is very well if there is plenty of

plant food to be made available and plant

to take up this material as fast as it be-

comcs available, but under the conditions

mentioncd it seems to me more desirable

to follow some method that will increase

the amount of humus and rough plant food

in the soil without liberating too much of

it until the trees become large enough to

use, it. unless there is some crop growing

on the ground to take it up. Acting upon

this theory we 'have decided to follow the

following method:





Just across the road from this orchard

is a barn where five to seven teams of

horses are kept most of the time to haul

logs for a mill. “'6 furnish the. straw for

bedding these teams, for which we receive

the. manure. During the winter, shredded

corn fodder is fed also, and Inuch of this

finds its way into the manure heap, mak-

inI.r a large amount of coarse material

mixed with the rich fertilizer from the

grain—fed horses. \Ve are hauling this

coarse manure as fast as made and put-

ting it around the trees, three Or four

bushels about each tree. The apple trees

have protectors on, and we Can put it

against them. but the peach trees have





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against the work of mice. “'e now have

about three—fourths of the trees mulched

in this way and will add more later if

there is enough material. In the spring

wc expect to disk the orchard thm'oug‘hly,

both ways. leaving the mulching about

the trees as it is. and sow clover, leaving

this until the following spring when we

shall spread the mulch which remains and

plow undcr the clover, cultivating and

sowing a covcl‘ crop the next season. I

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HE could not guess how it pained

him to see her try to earn 'money.”

This so—called illumination of a

man's soul in a story I read recently

struck me as one of the most humorous

things I had read in a long while. Of

course, the “she" referred to was the

man's wife. Things had been going

wrong financially with the man of the

rhouse and the wife had determined to try-

her ability as a wage earner. According

to the author the man was greatly- dis-

tressed at his wife’s decision and suffered

real torments to think of her earning

money.



As I cast my mind over the women of

my acquaintance who are earning money

and pictured to myself the distress of

their husbands when the wives proudly





flourish a check, I could not help chuck-

ling. Not to do injustice to some good

man I will admit that possibly there is

one some place who really doesn't want

his wife to be a money earner, but I've

never met him. All 'the men of my ac-

quaintance are inwardly delighted over

the fact that someone else is bringing in

money. And the larger the check the

wife can bring in, the higher she rises in

the estimate of her husband. That is, if

she is wise enough to keep the handling

of her money in 'her own hands.



Every ambitious married woman wants

to be able to earn “money of her own,"

but she makes a big mistake if she starts

at it. There are so many ways for money

to go these days.’ and men are so prone

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things than meat and drink, and women

hate so to remind their husbands of their

necessities, that it is perfectly natural for

a woman to sigh for an income of her

own. But let her beware of taking up

any outside interest in an attempt to sc‘

curt- such an income. That is her first

impulse. But it means the beginning 0t

divided ways. Once a wage earner, the

wife's first interest is no longer the home

but the work for which she is being paid

money. Instead of being interested chiefly

in her husband's success and the making

of a home, she is thinking solely of her

own success and her chances for advance-

mcnt in her own line of work. The house

really has two heads instead of one, un-

less the husband becomes a mere depend—

ent upon his wife's bounty, and such a

sillie of affairs never makes for true hap-

piness.



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the feeling that he must protect her. be«

cause he sees she is fully able to protect

herself. His fine sense of chivalry departs

slowly but surely, he grmvs accustomed

to seeing his wife spending her own mon—

05' upon herself and in time never dreams

of inquiring if she nccds any of his help.

'l‘hus thi- real spirit of manhood, that

which makes him a protector of women,

departs.



Ingtend of allmving such 1 condition of

affairs to arise the wife should consider

herself an equal partner with her husband

and as such entitled to one-half of all “he

earns. Certainly in farming communities

the wife works as hard as the husband.

and if there are children her work is

much harder and more confining. By

rights, she should have as much to say

about how the money should 'l)e spent as

does the master of the house, and Si

should have her bankbook and clicclmool:

as well as he. If she is wise shr- will insisl

on her rights and not allow a false pl'lc‘l"

to keep her from claiming her own jus'

because her husband doesn‘t offer to

divide.



SUL‘ll a course is vastly prci‘r-ribic tn

the other way of doing something outside

to bring in money It brings with it i

feeling of partnership lll‘l "Hillihllil'lllsllllr

which. can only make 11:;- illlllllllwss



Elicnwnnu.



ADENOI'DS IN Ci-‘lLDFiEN.



BY CHAR: o r rt: \



h’Ionlli brw'i'hiiur l.‘ ii s"n:pli)ni of moi"-

importnnce than llliln' parents re'ilizc. It

is only within 'llv l.l\' 1...“ vears that we

li'ive loarnwl whit :l surprisingly long:

list .‘if ll'llllllll‘w ‘ln- udvn‘iid growths which

Ill-withing ne'wssary may





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:n-iltw lilillllll

cause.



Those sor'i, spongy growths which are

sometimes found It the lmse of the nose.

obstruct the llir-atliinu' pnssnmi through

the nose at a. limo whwn the bones of the

{are and chest Il'l‘ growing, are soft and

easily influcnl oil The noslrils grow urn"

row, the luse if inc imau 1):?” lens, ”)0

eves :n'c far apart Ill/l » smpid vacant

('xpressian is seen or; m.- ta‘i 32‘ mos‘

maulh—llrenthing (‘lllllll‘v‘li ’l‘hcz'e .irc two

tubes leading from the firm-it to 2hr- (-Lirz

which become blot-hell by illes‘ g'mwih»

and runny of the vases of "runnin;~ en's"

and hl‘)\\'l,\' developing rlcafnem are due ti

the presence of Hilfill'lldfi. I



Sn -li children talk .ind “5r mil in their

sleep, The mouth-breathing children fail»

to develop mentally as they should ’l‘hey

:wrc among the "lla'dCT‘flll‘llH children who

are ‘t prubiv-m to teacher 'Illti psirenf. l".—

vnslignliwn has shown that .1 lug? pri-

imi'tion of trudnis :In-l what in Cities are

lill’l'.\‘i‘. as ‘jw'r-nilw rlwlilun writs," have

adenoid growth-4 and enlu‘eed tnisil» A

noted writer his ro'cmlx' stated that if

one per "out n’ the attention llrit Tim;

liven u‘ivwn M twivhiu; znmilli lll‘l‘flillvr‘L'w

the ten ciniiiriiniinnnl’s hmi l)"l‘ll spwni’

on I't’lll()\lll33.' the ’)ll.sl!'lii‘ll(ll‘. I} l.rc:ulh«

inc, where it (‘Xl‘an ii‘. wnvw-aid or bn:‘l:-

\\':Ir'(l i'lziliii'on, rlic rl-mir‘b :vl’ juvenile

(lll"lli'l‘\ would lv'li'“ li-w-n :Vcnll‘.‘ l-us‘seu-

(id. in a mutant who‘ll in New Yiii; in“

of lTll ."ilillli‘f‘n mmniiiicd li’l.‘ had .ide-

llllli:~' up





it is :1 false then": it) c‘x'pe't i‘i'il such





”nidrgol tonsils.





:‘i‘nwllH will be :ibsmbwl or lll'li the

«hild will grow "in? H," tin-m. Picture li-

really-s :idnli life it adenoid growths we

not l't'lllflVt‘ll irreparable harm has been

done the vhild which 1m attention in :1wa

life will mnlte up for. The spongy growth»

are \' 'ry misilv reni wed. No allili,‘<ill<‘9l'

is hood-ml and the litlle -ipci‘1timi take;

less thin two minutes. Once the spongv

lumps 'ii'w rcnmvwd so that llrl‘fx' 'Il'u (‘|.\-

ily srwn no parent ncc‘ls (luv further or»

guiucnt ihut' it was a, grmi thing f»: the

chill to have it done.





 





Mend worn pieces of sheet music with

passe-partout binding. Cut off a piece of

binding the length of sheet music, crease

the binding down the middle, dampen.

place the music in the crease. press the

binding down and your music is bound as

good as new.——Mrs. H. G.
(33)





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. THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

Entertaining in February—By Mariorie March.





 





St; Valentine’s Day and Washington’s

birthday and, for a literary festivity, the

birthday of Longfellow, all come in Feb-

ruary to inspire a hostess to bid her

friends to some pleasant informal gather-

ing where a simple good time may be en-

joyed and pretty decorations and favors

add grace to the house and table.



Our illustrations show two pretty fan-

cies, one for a, centerpiece for a luncheon

on St. Valentine’s Day and the other a.

pretty service of one of the courses for

a. VVashington’s birthday supper.



In the first picture a round mirror is





surrounded by graceful ferns and arti-

ficial roses and lilies of the valley. Three

little “Cupid” dolls stand in the center

holding white ribbon streamers which

are attached to heart-shaped boxes of

candy which are favors for the guests.

The goodies may be served in heart-





shaped cases as far as may 'be possible,

the ice cream molded in heart shape and

stuck with toy arrows, and cakes, iced





 





If partners are desired for supper or

for any game, cards may be prepared with

verses from one of his poems, half of the

verses written on one card, half on the

other, so that the members of the society

must show their knowledge ‘fo-find their

partner.



Cards may be distributed also with

quotations from the poet’s works and a

certain time given for each person to

write from what‘ poem they are "aken.

Selections may be read from 'his works

and if desired some tableaux might be

given illustrating some of his best known

poems. In the country it is a good thing

to start a small literary society, even if

its purpose be more soeial than instruc-

tive, for it is a pleasure to meet together,

and what one may learn of the great lives

which have left their “footprints upon the

sands of time" is in itself inspiring and

broadening to quiet lives.



I give below some recipes with a Febru-

ary flavor that will be enjoyed by the





 





 





Favors for' St.





white, also in heart shape,

pany the ice cream.

The Second picture shows the table set





may accom-





with a. flag for a cover. A platter is

spread with flag doilies, and salad in a





drum and flag shield cases offers itself as

a tempting inorsel in a. dainty way.

For a. St. Valentine's Day luncheon the





guests may be asked in honor of some

bride or some girl who is engaged. All





may be asked to write an original valen-

tine and these may be read aloud during

the luncheon, valentines being extghangcd

so that no guest reads her own.



Poems suggestive of Cupid and his art

may be written on heart-shaped cards.

and the guests asked to write below them

the names of the authors. Another game

to play after luncheon is to have some

large paper hearts cut into pieces, each

in its envelope, and have, all try and put

them together after the manner of the

popular picture puzzles. llave a. time

limit and give a. prize to the person who

can soonesr mend their “broken heart.”

The prize could be a little china vase in

pink and white, ornamented with little

(Jupids. Or any gift in heart shape would

be suitable.



For a \Vashingttm's Birthday party the

invitations could be written on fancy lit-

tle “hatehcts” cut from thin cardboard,

or little “cherry trees“ may be outlined

on square white cards and the bidding to

a “cherry supper” may be written below.



A pretty centerpiece for the middle of

the table is a ‘big eakc iced white with

stripes of red frosting laid over. A square

of the cake in the upper left hand corner

can be left without the, stripes and this

can be studded with blue candied violets.



The supper may be what one chooses

but there can be a fruit salad with cher-

ries. l-lither ice cream with cherries, or

cherry jzini meringue pudding may be the

dessert, served with little cakes iced

white, with an artificial cherry tied on

top of each with a. cherry colored ribbon.



After supper all can try pinning “cher-

ries” to the outline of the famous “cherry

tree” of history, which can be traced on

brown paper and hung at one end of the

room, all to be blindfolded, of course,

while they attempt this feat.



For a, Longfellow party on the 27th of

February—(his birthday). the near by

country neighbors \who belong to a liter-

ary society can :be asked for an “After-

noon with Longfellow.” The invitations

may be written 0n postal cards with a

picture of the poet, and other cards with

pictures of scenes connected with the

poet’s life or with quotations from his

books may be at the covers as place cards.





Valentine’s Day.





r-zuests who are hidden to the feast or by

the home folks either.

Cherry Cakes.



Cream 3. half cup of butter and add one

cupful of granulated sugar and cream.

both together. Beat the‘yolks of three

«ggs until thick and add to the creamed

sugar and butter with a cupful of milk,

then add juice and rind of one lemon,

three cupfuls of flour in which’two tablo-

spoonf‘uls of baking powder have been in-

corporated. Add a pinch of salt, stir bat-

ter well and bake in well greased cup tins

until done. Ice white and lay a candied

cherry on top of each, a raisin stem at-

tached and a. “leaf" from the famous

cherry tree, cut from majolica.



Cupid Ices.



\V‘hip three egg whites to a stiff froth.

Make a syrup of half a cup of sugar and

one-fourth cup of water, letting it boil

until it will form a softball when dropped

in cold water. then pour this syrup onto

the whites of the eggs, beating constantly

until the mixture is cool, then add a few





 





Salad





drops of any desired flavoring, a few

drops of pink vegetable coloring and the

whip from one pint of cream. Freeze as

for ice cream. Serve in little glass cups

topping each portion by a candy heart or

by a wee candy Cupid.



Mock Turtle Soup.



This makes a delicious first course for

any luncheon. Use stock made from boil-

ing veal, adding a little vinegar to the

stock. about one tablespoonful to a quart

of the liquid. Place one tablespoonful of





butter in a. pan and let brown, then stir

in a. ta'blespoonful of flour and stir until

thoroughly mixed, when add slowly, stir-

ring all the time, a quart of the veal

stock, one cup of strained tomato, four

hard boiled eggs sliced very thin, and a

cupful of veal meat' cut into small cubes.

A pretty way to serve any soup of this

kind. or fish chowder for the first course

at luncheon, is in round cups without

handles, placing a round cracker on top

of each portion.

Chicken Crustade.



Cut some slices of bread an inclt thick,

cutting rounds from them with a round

cutter. Fry these a delicate brown in

butter. Scoop out 'the crumbs on one side

and fill with chopped chicken, heated in

a thick cream sauce. Oysters may be

prepared in the same way, or any shred-

ded meat, as crab meat or fish.



Celery Puff.



Stew some celery until tender. When

eold add to it one cup of cream sauce, the

beaten yolks of two eggs, and lastly the

beaten whites. Mix thoroughly and put

into small buttered moulds and bake in a

quick oven. Serve at once. Hot toasted

muffins are a delicious accompaniment to

a dish of this sort.



Rice Hearts.



Boil a cup of rice in boiling water with

a little salt. until it is soft and dry. Add

a tablespoonful of sugar and a beaten egg

and enough flour to make the mixture

slightly stiff. Set away to get cold. Mould

with the hands into heart-shaped cro-

ouettes, dip into cracker crumbs or bread

crumbs, then into beaten egg and into

crumbs again and fry in deep fat. Hot

maple syrup is a delicious accompaniment

to this dish.



Apricot Jam Shortcake.



These make a nice dish for any com—

pany supper. Make light soda or baking

powder biscuits. sweeted slightly. When

steaming hot break open each one and





' butter and spread with apricot jam. Serve





with whipped cream.

Flag Cakes.



The square sponge cakes make pretty

little flags to serve at a \Vashington birt‘h-

day party. lee white, and put lines of red

frosting on top, pasting a little square of

line starred paper in the corner of each.



For favors at a Valentine's. party any—

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dainty little pin cushion to a collection

of recipes written on heart-shaped cards

and decorated with a little picture of wee

Cupid cooking over the fire of love. For

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A FEW ,

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BY MR5. ALTA L. LITTELL-

‘o‘rHAT would be the most appetiz-



ing way to serve the meat chos-



en for dinner or luncheon, is a

question which puzzles many a house-

wife. With so many meals to prepare,

and the family looking for a change ev-

ery day, is it any wonder that women

grow weary of the task occasionally?



Of course. there are some things we al-

ways expect to find together. Roast pork

and apple sauce are as closely associated

in our minds as the fact that B follows A

in the alphabet. Corned beef and cabbage

go hand in hand, and we always look for

the boat of mint sauce when the roast oi‘

lamb appears on the table. These things

like the poor. are ever with us. but what

other combinations may we carry in our

minds? >



Any steak. outlet. or chop is improved

by the addition of a good sauce. In fact,

any sort of meat or fish is eaten with ad-

ded zest if accompanied by a delicately

flavored sauce or gravy. One of 'the eas-

iest sauces to make is tomato sauce.

which is made by boiling a pint of toma-

toes with two bay, leaves and four slices

of onion until soft enough to go through a.

sieve, and then thickening with flour

which has been rubbed into melted butter

and boiled and stirred until smooth. Of

course. add salt and pepper to taste. and

.a speck of cayenne is liked by many.



This sauce is good with pork chops. veal

cutlets. lamb or mutton chops. or steak.

Roundsteak is delicious if cooked for an

hour in a slow oven with a pint of tomato

sauce. Remember that roundsteak should

never be broiled or fried as it is too tough

to be served this way. Reserve such

methods of cooking for porterhouse and

sirloin. If you buy round. either put it

through the chopper and serve as ham-

burg: as stuffed steak wrapped around a

bread dressing and baked with a cup of

stock to baste; cook it in the way above

described, with tomato sauce. or dip in

flour and brown on both sides in suet

drippings, slice four or five onions over

it. add a. cup of. stock or hot water. and

simmer on top of the stove for an 'hour.

Cooked in any of these ways it loses much

of its toughness and as it contains a good

deal of nourishment it becomes a valu-

able dish.



Pork chops and veal chops or cutlets

are more appetizing if breaded before

sauteing. Dip in beaten egg. then in fine

bread crumbs, then again in egg. and put

at once in the frying pan. In preparing

the crumbs, be sure to make them fine.

Many a chop is spoiled by being dipped

in coarse crumbs.



The ordinary white sauce which all

cooks make, two talblespoons of butter.

two tablespoons of flour and a cup oi

milk or white sauce stock, may be varied

in many ways. For celery sauce add :1

cup of celery cut in small pieces and

cooked until soft. A cup of soft cooked

cauliflower added makes cauliflower sauce.

Either of these sauces is good served with

stewed chicken and makes a change Ifrom

the usualchicken gravy. If you have a

roast of beef, add a third of a cup of hot

cream and the same amount of grated

horseradish to a cup of white stock and

you have a fine horseradish sauce to

serve with the beef. Four slices of onion

and a couple of sprigs of parsley. boiled

until soft and passed through a sieve.

may be added to white sauce and served

with lamb or muttou chops, If you have

boiled fish. use a cup of the water in

which the fish was boiled to make the

sauce. and flavor with onion and bay leaf.



For baked fish or chicken. cheese sauce

is fine. Melt three-fourths of a cup of

cheese and the same amount of cream

together in a dish over hot water, stir

until smooth and serve at once. Caper

sauce goes with boiled lamb 'is religiously

as does mint sauce swith roast lamb. This

is made by adding a half cup of chopped

capers to a pint of sauce.



Pan gravy is the best accompaniment

for roast veal. pork or beef, and roast

turkey. For roast duck or goose, make a

pint of brown gravy. using butter instead

of the drippings from the fowl. Coy/er a

dozen olives with boiling water. let stand

on the range an hour. pare and remove

the stones and simmer in the sauce five

minutes.



Suitable vegetables and salads to serve

with the meats will he treated in another





article.





 





LETTER ON CHILD TRAINING.

Friend DeborahzuI am always quite in.

terested in your department of the paper

but have not had my enthusiasm aroused





 





- on the





THE MICHIGAN





aslmuch at any time before as at this.

time. You know so many people are al—

ways ready to give others advice about

children. even though they may never

have had the care of any, especially their

own. I, myself. was the same when a

girl. I thought. and often said, that if I

had children of my own I would not let

them do this or that. But I find now.

since I have three to contend with. that

they have wills of their own. as well as

we older ones. I also have watched other

children and I am satisfied that my-"chll-

dren are no worse than others. They are

very mischievious and lively. often de«

structive. but I really think that about all

we can do, is to be patient, teach them to

the very best of our ability and instruct

them as to what is right and wrong.





The whip is very essential at times, but

good judgment must be exercised at such

times. For anyone to become angry and

impulse of the moment begin

whipping with their hand or whatever

they happen to get hold of. is most unrea~

sonable. Also, I believe too much whip-

ping will spoil a. child just as quickly as

not enough.



I believe when they are very small they

often destroy things without realizing the

value of them. They become wiser as

they grow older. The bible says. “Train

up a child in the way he should go; and

when he is old. he will not depart from





 





it.” Also, “When I was a child, I spake

as a child, I understood as a. child. I

thought as a child. but when I became

a man. I put away childish things." We

can only do our best and hope. I have

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Price, 15 cents.

No. 5090—Ladles’ Waist with Yoke Fac-





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-——Seven sizes, 32 to 44 inches, bust meas—_

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Narrow skirts continue to be seen.

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Five inches from the ground is the

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February 8, 1911.

Grains and Seeds.



Wheat.—The dealers appear to be afraid

of the outcome of the reciprocity agree-

ment between this country and Canada,

and they are loosening their hold upon

the market and selling grain with lower

values resulting. The farmers, too, where

the storm has not. prevented, are sending

their holdings to the elevators liberaHy

and these lieavy receipts give the bears

more courage to pull down quotations. In

Europe the visible supply is increasing

rapidly and offerings there are large. The

condition of the growing crop in the

states is improved by the general snow

which now protects the plant from fur-

ther damage and will, when it melts, as-

sist in supplying some of the needed mois-

ture. Argentine is threshing her crop

and the returns are not so good as were

anticipated. Heavy holders in the Chi-

cago market are selling. One year ago

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per bu. Quotations for the week are:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. May. July.

Thursday ...... 951/1 .9414 99% .9514,

Friday . . ._ ...... 941/2 93% .980; 9-31,;

Saturday ...... 94% 93% .99 9.31/2

Monday ........ 941/4. .9314 98% .95

Tuesday ....... 931/; .9214 97% .941/3





\‘i’ednesday ....931/4 .9234, .9756 .9414,



Corn.-—'\\'hi1e farmers are sending a lib—

eral bulk of their supplies of corn to mar—

ket, the export selling so evened up the

demands upon the market last week that

prices have ruled about steady in spite

of the fall in wheat. The local trade is

dull. A year ago the price for No. 3

corn was 631,3,c per bu. The visible sup—

ply shows an increase of over a million





bushels. Quotations for the past week

are:



No. 3 No. 3



Corn Yellow.

Thursday ................. 47 48

Friday .................... 47 48

Saturday ................. 47 48

Monday . .................. 4i 48

Tuesday .................. 4t 48

Wednesday . ._ ............. 46% 471/,





Oats.-A cent (lecline is noted in the

oat deal for both standard and No.‘ 3

white. Business is quiet at the new fig-

ures. The visible supply increase amount-

ed to less than a half million bushels, One

year ago the price for standard oats was





50c per bu. Quotations are as follows:

Standard. No. 3

\\'hite

Thursday .. . ............. 34 331,;

Friday .................... 34 135',“

Saturday ................. 34 3211/

Monday .................. 34 331/

Tuesday ................ 34 ....1/2

'Wednesday ............... 34 331/2





Provisions.—Family pork, $21.50@22.50:

mess pork, $21; medium clear, $196021;

smoked hams, 141,§@15c; briskets, 13c;

shoulders7 111,§c;picnic hams, Ill/go; has

con, 15%@16%c; pure lard in tierces,

10%0; kettle rendered lard, 1194c.



Dairy and Poultry Products.



Button—The first advance in butter

since the big break in prices, occurred

this week when creameries took a jump

of one cent in the chief butter centers.

The trade is firm at the new figures. Dairy

goods are steady. Extra creameries are

now quoted at 2695c; firsts. 24c; dairy,

17c; packing stock at 141/2C per lb.



Eggs.-—The remarkable demand for eggs

is giving the trade splendid support in

spite of the heavy receipts and the ef-

forts of storage men to unload old stock.

Values advanced a half cent. Fresh re-

ceipts, case count, cases included, are now

quoted at 2299c per dozen.



Poultry.—The poultry deal is of small

proportions, but a slightly improved de-

mand for chickens and fowls, both dressed

and alive, has advanced prices for them,

while other kinds are steady and dull.

Quotations are: Dressed—Turkeys, 20@

23c; chickens, 141,é@15c; fowls, 14%60150;

ducks, 18@19c; geese, 14@15c per 1b. Live

*Spring chickens, 13@13séc; fowls, 13@

liil/gc; old roosters, 9c; turkeys, 18@19c;

geese. 1260130; ducks, 15@16c per lb.



Cheese.—'—Michigan, 17c; Michigan, late,





15@16c. York state, September, 17@180;

do. late made, 15@160; limburger, old,

166117c; Swiss domestic block, 20@22c;





cream brick, 16@18c. ‘

Dr—ssed Pork.—Price is steady at 91/260

steady.





10c per lb.

VeaI.—Market 11%@

12c; ordinary, 90 per 1b.

Rabbits.—LOWer. Per dozen, $1.25@1.50.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Apples.—Michigan apples are in good de-

mand; values running even at former fig-

ures. Fancy greenings quoted at $52560

5.50; Kings, $5.25@5.50; Baldwins, $4.50;

Steel reds, $6; ordinary grades. $3@3.50

pcr bbl. Western apples, $2.25@2.50 per

box.

Cranberries—Steady. Quoted at $3.25

per bu.

Cabbage.—Steady.

lab]. for new.

Onions—Higher. 850 per bu.

Honey.—Choice to fancy comb, 15@17c

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The egg market is unchanged this

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fresh stock and 180 for storage. Butter,

both dairy and creamery. is up 1c. dairy

bringing 21c and creamery 25%c. In live

poultry, chickens, ducks and geese are

lc higher, while turkeys are off. 1c. Quo-

tations follow: Fowls and chickens, 120;

old roosters, 9c; geese. 12c; ducks, 14c;

turkeys, 19c. Veal is worth 6@11c.

Dressed hogs are selling at 96091420. Po-

tatoes are still quoted at 25@30c. with

outside markets weak. The movement of

potatoes out of the state has been so





 





Beans.—-It seems that bean dealers 1&1‘6 heavy since digging time that dealers are





fearful that the trade agreement With

Canada will interfere with prices for that

product, and in lieu of taking a much less

price later they prefer to sell now and are

thus making conditions good tor lower

prices. Local trading is dead, but .out

in the state trading is going on. Nominal

quotations are as follows:



Cash. Jan.





" . ............ 1.97 $2.02

02333215. . . . . . . . .. ........... $1.97 2.02

Saturday ............. 1.97 2.0.2

Monday ............ 1.9.; 2.00

Tuesday .................... 1.95 2.00

\Nednesday ................. 1.97 2.00





Clover Seed.-The continuous activ1ty

in this deal since the hulling of the crop

last fall has slightly subsided for the time

being, to take footing for the busy season

commencing soon when farmers will be

calling for clover to do their spring seed—

ing with. Prices have been steady all the

past week and there is a feeling of firm~

ness in the deal. Alsike is steady with

other clovers. Quotations are:





Prime Spot. Mar. Alsike.

Thursday ......... $8.80 $8.80 $9.10

Friday ............ 8.80 8.80 9.10

Saturday ......... 8.80 8.80 9.10

Monday .......... 8.80 8.80 9.10

Tuesday .......... 8.80 8.80 9.10

\Vednesday ....... 8.80 8.80 9.10





Bariey.—Prices have a tendency down-

ward. Market is dull and selling is being

conducted on a basis of 31.70611180 per

cwt.



Rye—Scarce and steady. with price un-

changed, No. I quoted at 841/2c per bu.



Visible Supply of Grain.





This week. Last week

\Vheztt ............. 43,740.000 42.263.000

(‘orn ............... 9,146,000 8,068,000

Oats ................ 16,415,000 15.997.000

Rye ................ 390,000 381,000

Harley ............. 1,544.000 1,462,000





Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.





Flour.—The flour trade is dull with

prices unchanged. Quotations are:

Clear ................................. $4.45

Straight .............................. 4.85

Patent Michigan .................... 5.75

iilrdinary Pn tent ....................



Hay and Straw.—~Hay values are





steady. Quotations on baled hay in car

lots 1’. o. b. Detroit are: No. 1 timothv,

316506017; N0, 2 timothy, $15.50@16; clo-

ver. mixed, 315506016; rye straw. $7@

7.50; wheat and oat straw, $6606.50 per

ton.





Feed.~»~Ali grades steady except coarse

corn feeds which advanced a dollar. Car-

lot prices on track are: Bran, .25 per

ton: coarse middlings. $26; fine middlings

$28; cracked corn. $23: coarse corn meal.

$23: corn and oat chop. $20 per ton. ,

.Potatoes.—lt was hoped that the firmer

feeling last week was but the unfolding

of a brighter future in the potato deal

but it was not to be so. for the followers

of_the traIde sayI “dulltli and easy at former

prices.” ncar ots ichi an 0

selling at 37@40c per bug p tatoes are





estimating that less than 40 per cent 0

the crop now remains in farmers’ hands.

“’91! posted men in the trade seem to

feel that now is a good time for farmers

to hold their potatoes for better prices.

They say that as long as the growers con-

tinue to be free sellers, with plenty of

cars for moving them, there will be noth-

ing to the market but continued weak-

ncss. The wheat market is steady at 90c

and other grains are unchanged.

New York.



Butter.—-Market steady. Creamery spec-

ials are quoted at 28c: extras. 2660261760;

seconds to firsts, 19@23c per lb.



Eggs—Quiet. Fresh gathered extras,

2460250; do. firsts, 22@22%c; do. seconds

201/260211/2c; refrigerators, firsts, 16c; do.

seconds, 1460150



Poultry.~Dressed stock steadier than

for some weeks; Western chickens, 13%@

6018c; fowls, 13@16c; turkeys, 15@23c.





 





Chicago.



Wheat—No. 2 red. 93%@93%c; May,

9414c; July. 930 per bu. ‘ .



Corn—No. 2, 47@471/zc; May, 491/20;

.‘luly. 501/2c per bu.



Oats.——No. 2 white, 321/4,@32%c; May

321/,c; July, 321,4;(7. -



Barley—Malting grades, 80@871/._,c; per

bu; feeding, 6060700.



Butter.—The lc advance at Elgin on

Monday brought a like advance on best

grade creamery in this market. but this

change was largely nominal. the demand

hardly showing enough improvement to

warrant it. Quotations now are: Cream-

crics, l76‘26c: dairies, 196022c.



Eggs—“Wile the colder weather is re-

licd upon by the trade to curtail receipts,

supplies at present are ample. Current

receipts are higher than a week ago. with

fancy grades barely steady at former

figures. Quotations: Prime firsts. 221/20:

firsts 211/2c: at mark, cases included, 1960

201/2c per dozcn.



Potatoes—Markct very firm this week

under light receipts due to unfavorable

conditions for shipping. However. the

dearth of choice stock and the urgent de-

mand have so far failed to pull prices up

to the point they occupied one week ago.

Choice to fancy quoted at. 456047c pcr bu;

fair to good. 406043c.



Beans—Market steady under a moder—

ately active demand. Choice, hand—pick—

cd pea beans quoted at $2.056v2.10 per

bu: prime. 31.9562; red kidneys, $3.35

603.45





Play and Straw.~-—Receipts of hay liberal

and the market rules easy. Straw steady.

Quotations now are: Choice timothy.

$18.506019: No. 1 timothy, $176018; No. 2

do. and No. 1 mixed. $15.506016.50; No. 3

do. and No. 2 mixed. $116015: rye straw,

$8608.50; oat straw, $7607.50; wheat straw,

$6606.50 per ton.





 





Boston.



Wool—The first of the London W001

auctions for the year closed with prices

ruling steady. This assisted transactions

on this side of the water where manu-





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





facturers are watching wool price tenden-

cies as well as the outlook for manufac-

tured goods—cloth dealers showing a dis:

position. togo slow on stocking up with

new supplies. However, the buying of

wool was ample enough to give the mar—

ket a firm tone, and the undercurrent of

the trade is moving hopefully in the direc-

tion of a more active market and better

prices. Following are the leading domes-

tic quotations: Ohio and Pennsylvania

iieeces—Delaine, washed, 34c; XX, 3136c;

l/:-,—blood combing, 29@300; 3/g-blood comb-

ing, 29@30c; 1A,-blood combing, 271,§@280;

l,g-blood clothing, 24@260; delaine, un-

washed, 26%@27c; tine unwashed, 22c.

Michigan, Wisconsin and New York fleeces

—Fine unwashed, 2060210; delaine un-

washed, 26@270; l;é~blood unwashed, 2860

29c; fig-blood unwashed, 276028c; 1/,,-blood,

281,5c; 1A5, 159 and 1,4-blood clothing, 23@

24c. Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri—-

33—blood, 2’ ‘ ‘c; IA-blood, 26@27c; Geor-

gia, 2660270.





 





Eigin.



Butter.———Market firm at 260 per 1b.,

which is a one cent advance over the

quotation of ‘last week. Output for the

week, 499,040 lbs., as compared with 525,-

200 lbs. for the previous week.





THE LIVE STOCK MA-FTKETS.





 





Buffalo.

' February 6, 1911.

(Special report: by Dunning & Stevens.

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 132 cars; hogs, 14,400; sheep and

lambs, 23,000; calves, 800 head.



“71th only 16,000 cattle reported in Chi-

cago, and 132 cars on sale here, with very

unpleasant weather, trade was only steady

with last week‘s prices.



\Ve quote prices as follows: Best 1,300

to 1,400-lb. steers. $6.40@6.65; good prime

1.200 to 1.300-lb steers, $5.75@6.35; best

1.100 to 1.200-lb. shipping steers, $55060

6.25; medium butcher steers, 1,000 to 1,100

lbs., $5.35605.85: light butcher steers, $4.65

605.25; best fat cows. $4.75-605.25; fair to

good do.. 337560435; common to medium

do.. 33.50604; trimmers, 327560325; best

fat heifers. $550606; good (10., $5605.50;

fair to good do., $4.2‘5@4.65; stock heifers,

$3.25@3.50; best feeding steers, dehorned,

$4.75 (05; medium to good feeding steers,

844060460; stockers, all grades. $4604.25;

best bulls. $5605.50; bologna. bulls, 34.2561)

4.75; stock bulls, fair to good. $3.75604.25;

best milkers and springers, $50@65; good

to bet milkers and springers, $406050;

common to good do.. $256035.



Late springers hard to sell at any kind

of satisfactory prices: in most cases have

to be sold by weight.



Receipts of hogs today 80 cars of fresh

arrivals. and 10 cars of hold-overs, mak—

ing 90 decks on sale. Market opened

strong 106020c higher than Saturday, and





closing steady at the opening, with a

good clearance. ,

“’9 quote prices as follows: Medium





and heavy. $780608; mixed, $8608.15; york-

ers. 382560835; pigs. $8.65608.70; roughs,

$76r7.15; stags, $6606.25. All selling that

got yarded in time for the market. Pros-

pects look fair.



The lamb market opened slow today;

most. of the choice handy lambs selling

early at 6c; few choice light at $6.10.

Lambs weighing from 85 to 90 lbs. selling

a. little better today: selling from $59060

6. Heavy lambs, that is, weighing 100

lbs. and over, selling mostly at $5.25. Look

for steady to strong prices balance of the

week. Sheep market was active today;

most of the choice ewes selling at 846,0

4.15; wethers, $4.25604.40. Look for about

steady prices on sheep balance of week.



“'e quote: Best handy lambs, $6606.10;

heavy lambs, $5.15@5.25; bucks, $3603.25;

heavy ewes. $375604; yearlings, $4.75@

5.25; wethers. $4.25604.40: cull sheep, $2.50

603.50; handy ewes, $4604.15; northern

Michigan lambs. 352561.515; veals, choice

to extra, 3106010550; fair to good d0., $7.50

@950; heavy calves, $5616.50.





 





Chicago.

February 6, 1911.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 16.000 30,000 15,000

Same day last year..19,122 33,417 13.957

Reccived last wcek..61,195 151.511 80,446

Same week last ycar.47,916 158.933 60.754





The new week starts off, with trains

«it-laycd by the big snow storm and trade

delayed for tha; reason. Cattle are in

such meager supply, following the great

declines in prim-s for three consecutive

wccks, that sales aw anywhere from 100

to 25c higher, but this is regardcd as

wholly due to lr-sw-m-rl offcrings. Hogs

advanced fully 10c. and more in some in-

stances, with a good general demand, the

best lots bring wanted by shippers. The

hogs rcccivwl last wm-k averaged in

weight 22.0 lbs., comparing with 20.0 lbs. a

year ago, 201 lbs. itt‘n wars. ago. 215 lbs.

three years ago and 2'30 lbs. four years

ago. These comparisons allow that stock-

men are making ihbir' hogs unusually

heavy, end the perm-nine;- or light woight

blues and pigs is unusually smnll. ’i‘odev

saw prim!- lighi bow selling at $7.35.

while pigs wont nt 37.60417 .07., and heavy

hum; of r-oarw- mmliiy sold at $7 and up-





ward. 'iom's brought 83.7560425, and

stage sold at 8711067835, according. to

weight, stag“ l-r-ing subject to 80 lbs.

dockage. Hogs declined last week 1560





30c. rough hcavy lots declining the most.

Sheep and lambs recovered their decline

of last wcck on account of the small sup—

ply. prices being 156025c higher. with

l4angbs going a$t $3606.25. wethers at $460

.5 , ewes at 2.5 604.25 8TH v *‘ .

$4.50o5.50. 1 ‘Oaflmgq at

Cattle had a slow demand most of the

time last week, and sales were largely

made at further reductions of 2060\30c

cows and heifers sharing with steers the;

decline. It was a case of small consump-

tion of beef resulting from its dearness

and abnormally mild weather for February

rather than large cattle supplies, the east-

ern shipping demand being relaxed, while





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FEB. 11, 1911.





10cal killers did not need large numbers

of cattle to carry them along. Beef steers

sold largel’y'at $5.50@6.50, with the better

class going at $6606.80, and the commoner

light-weight lots at $4.75@5.50. Export

steers brought $5.60@6.25, and good to

prime yearlmgs found sales at $6@6-60-

i‘he pickers shows no disposition to stock

up With beef much ahead of immediate





wants, and the market weakens even unw





der only fairly large receipts. The num-

ber of cattle in the country is reported

as much smaller than a year ago, but

theic are. enough coming to market to

supply all demands. The m0st striking

feature of the market is the relatively

better demand for the cheaper and medi-

unl-Dl‘iCcd cattle than for choice lots,

and while the best steers have been sell-

ing 65c lower titan a year ago, the poor-

est sold 65c higher than at that time.

Cows and heifers have been selling at

$3.50@6, with cutters selling at $3603.45,

canners at $2.40@2.95, and bulls at $3.40@

5.35. Calves have had a big break from

recent high prices, selling at $3@8.25 per

100 lbs., or $2 lower than a fortnight ago.

Stockers and feeders have met with large

sales, but prices‘are 10@250 lower, stock-

ers going at $4605.60 and feeders at $5.10

((05.90. Milkers and springers sold slowly

for eastern shipment at $30@60 per head.

The only hope for good cattle markets

from now on is to hold down supplies to

moderate proportions. It may be added that

ordinary business prudence would forbid

paying fancy prices for choice feeders at

this time. .

Hogs suffered some serious breaks in

prices last week, with quite a sensational

market Wednesday, when the receipts

aggregated 44,392 head, a large number

that had been contracted for 'shipment at

the close of January showing up. It was

the worst day seen in a long time, with

slow sales at reductions of 30c from prices

paid early Tuesday. Hogs are maturing

very fast, and the packers are predicting

much larger receipts and slumps in prices

that will place swine on a much lower

level, but much will depend on whether

receipts are held down to reasonable pro—

portions. The report compiled by B. W.

Snow makes the number of hogs on the

farms in the United States Jan. 1. 49,215,-

000, a. supply of 1.433.000, head larger than

estimated by the government to be held

a year earlier. while the number of beef

cattle on farms Jan. 1 is placed at 46,334,-

000 head, or 945,000 less than a year ear—

lier. High prices are checking the con—

sumption of provisions, and stocks are

increasing, the official statement showing





78.126.559 lbs. in Chicago warehouses Feb. ,





1, compared with 67,181,893 lbs. a month

earlier and 75,601,109 lbs. a year ago.

Heavy hogs are poor sellers. with light

lots extremely scarce.



Sheep and lambs experienced another

unsatisfactory week on the whole, al-

though supplies were much smaller than

were furnished a few weeks ago. At times

exporters made some purchases. but this

outlet was not very large, and low prices

were paid. heavy lambs being taken at

$5, or $1 under the price paid by pack-

ers for prime light weights. Export weth-

ers sold at $4.15, and heaVy yearlings

were taken by the foreign trade at $5,

while light yearlings sold to domestic kill-

ers at $5.25. The consumption of mutton

has been on a very small scale, and ev-

erything in the live mutton line sells ex-

tremely low compared with former years.

especially compared with a year ago, when

supplies were. unusually small. Moderate

supplies of feeder lambs were offered and

brought $5.65605.75 for lots averaging 61

to 65 lbs. .



Horses were in much better demand

last week on the big days, with slower

markets later. as usual, and inferior ani—

mals sold as unsatisfactorily as ever,

some selling at $456090 per head. Fancy

pairs of drivers were auctioned off at

$435@485, and farm mares went at $14060

190 each, while small southern chunks

were in good request at $6560125. Wagon

horses were active at $140@200. and

drafters sold freely at $200@225, with the

best kinds scarce at $25060325. F.





 





‘ LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





Only 21,300.000 hogs were slaughtered

by western packers during 1910. com-

pared with 25,385.000 in 1909 and 30,785,000

in 1908. As long ago as 1898 23.510.000

hogs were slaughtered. Only 3.695.000

hogs were packed in 1871, the number in-

creasing to 12210000 in 1880 and to 16.~

980,000 in 1890. The year 1.008 was a rec—

ord-breaker. '



John G. Hays. a prominent breeder of

Aberdeen—Angus cattle, of Missouri.

showed up in the Chicago market recently

with 21 head of Angus steers, averaging

1,328 lbs., which brought: $6.75. Included

in the consignment was an Angus bull

which weighed 2.040 lbs. and brought

$5.50. The steers were the get of this bull

and were. raised by Mr. Hays; who said

that ho was well paid for breeding. raising

and feeding them. Mr. Hays believes the

time is at hand when farmers must raise

their own cattle. the day having passed

when stockers or feeders can he pur—

chased at prices that will leave a wide

margin for stockmcn to work on. Cheap

young cattle are a thing of the past. and

farmers should select a choice bull to head

their herd. (‘alves should be forced from

the start and at no time allowed to go

back in flesh. In Mr. Hays' opinion. they

should be fed out for the yearling age.

The cattle raising sections of the south-

west and the northwest are being rapidly





‘scttled. and this is causing a great short-





age of young cattle. so that it is up to

the corn belt farmers to make up this

shortage.



Western packers have slaughtered 6.-

555.000 hogs since Nov. 1. compared with

7.005000 a year ago. a decrease of 450,000

hogs, but the increased average weights

partly offset the decline in numbers. Ex-

ports of hog products are increasing, and





exports of provisions in a recent week-





were 17.557.000 lbs., compared with 10,-

361,000 lbs. a year ago.





 





 





 





 





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FEB. 11. 1911."

THIS is THE FIRST EDITION.





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Stock markets are reports of last Week;

all other markets are night up no date.

Thursday's Detroit Live Stock markets

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Mamet.

February 2, 1911.

' . Cattle.

Receipts, 1,087. Market steady at last

week’s prices; not quite so active as on





, ’ sdav.

“sliggequofe: Best steers and heifers, $6;

steers and heifers, 1.000 to 1,200, $5.50@

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

5.50; steers and heifers that are fat, 500





to 700, $4.50@4.75; choice fat cows, $4.50

@475; good fatcows, $4@4.25; common

cows, $3.50@3.75; canners, $2.75@3.15;

choice heavy bulls, $4.75; fair to good bo-

lognas bulls, $4@4.50; milkers, large,

young, medium ag-e, $40@55; common

milkers, 256035.





Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, S. 8:.

Co. 1 heifer weighing 860 at $4.50, 1 cow

Weighing 900 at $3.25, 2 heifers av 710 at

$4.50, 1 cow weighing 980 at $4.85, 1 steer

weighing 890 at $5.50, 1 cow weighing 860

at $3.40, 1 do weighing 1,190 at $4.50, 1

do. weighing L170 at $4, 2 do av 1,025 at

$3.90. 2 bulls av 1.460 at $4.75, 3 steers av

820 at $5.20, 2 cows av 1,100 at $4, _2 heif-

ers av 575 at $4.25, 1 steer weighing 750

at $5.25, 4 cows av 860 at $3.30., 1 bull

weighing 1,450 at $4.75; to Bresnahan 1

steer weighing 630 at $4, 4 do av 700 at

$4.60; to Parker, W. & Co. 31 butchers

av ‘776 at $4.65, 10 do av 900 at $5.25, 24

do av 950 at $5.10. 28 steers av 880'at

$5.30; in Sullivan P. Co. I cow weighing

3 do av 1,035 at $3.50, 1 do

weighing 840 at $2; to Mich. B, Co. 1.3

steers av '710 at $5, 1 bull weighing 1.230

at $4.50, 1 cow weighing 1.260 at $4.25, 1

do weighing 820 at $3; to Fromm 5‘ cows

av 1,040 at $4; to Kamman 1 do weighing

810 at $5.50, 1 do weighing 9“" at $4,

heifer weighing 620 at $4.50. _



icer 8: R. sold Goose 1 cow weighing

960 at $3.50, 1 do weighing 1,270 at $4; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 1 bull weighing 1,040

at $4.50. 1 do weighing 1,460 at $4.60, 4

steers av 850 at $5.50; to Bresnahan 1_buli

weighing 520 at $4. 11 heifers av 71;) at

$4.25: to Mich. B. Co. 29 butchers av 780

at $4.75; to Breitenbeck 27 do av 850 at

$4.85; .to Sullivan P. Co. 7 cows av 1,100

at $3.90, 1 do weighing 740 at $2; to Ratt-

kowsky 1 do weighing 1.060 at $3.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 12 cows

av 1,045 at $4.25, 5 do av 900 at $4.25: to

Newton B. Co. 27 butchers av 764 at $5,

23 do av 750 at $5, 9 do av 723 at $4.50,

23 do av 930 at $5.35, 2 cows av 1.065 at

$2.50, 8 heifers av 727 at $4.75, 14 steers

av 912 at $5.25; to Heinrich 20 do av 880

at $5.25; to Rattkowsky 1 cow weighing

1,140 at $4.



Bresnahan sold Mich. B. Co. 7 cows av

1,030 at $4, 2 do av 850 at $3.50, 1 do

weighing 1,050 at $4, 1 do wei_;;ng 950

at 83-50.



Haley sold Sullivan P. CO. 1 cow weigh-

ing 970 at $2.50.



Sandall & T. sold same 13 butchers av

878 at $4.35, S cows av 1.100 at $4. 2 do

av 805 at $4, 1 bull weighing 870 at $4.



Hal .y sold Rattkowsky 2 cows av 2,110

at $3.80.



Adams sold Hammond. S. & Co. 1 bull

weighing 1.620 at $5. 9 steers av 830 at

$5.25, 1 cow weighing 1,150 at $4.25, 1 do

weighing 1,040 at $4.25.



Kalaher sold same 1 do weighing 1,000

at $4. 8 steers av 953 at $5.75.



Clark Bros. sold Parker, W. & Co. 21

steers av 1.010 at $6, 22 do av 1,100 at $6.



Wilson sold Fromm 8 steers av 851 at





$5.30.

Veal Calves.



Receipts 459. Market opened steady

with last week, closing trifle lower. Best,

$9@9.Sfl; others, $4@8.75; milc'h cows and

springers steady.



Siggcer & R. sold Goose 1 weighing 110

at .



Haley & M. sold Goose 5 av 120 at $7.50

5 av 125 at $7.50, 14 av 150 at $9.230; to

Parker, W. & Co. 5 av 165 at $9.25.



Bergin & W. sold Sullivan P. Co. 2 av

105 at $7.50, 13 av 135 at $9.



Bishop, B, & H. sold Goose 2 av 270 at

$4; to Mich. B. CO. 10 av 146 at $7.75, 2

av 135 at $8; to Swift & Co. 4 av 125 at

$7.50, 10 av 140 at‘$9.50, 8 av 135 at $9.25;

to Goose 6 av 140 at $9, 5 av 150 at $8.75;

to Rattkowsky 2 av 135 at $9.25; to

Parker, W. & Co. 12 av 140 at $8.50, 16

av 149 at $8.50.



. Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 6.075. Market steady with last

Thursday, 1561720c lower than on Wednes—

day this week. Best lambs, $5.50@5.75;

heavy lambs $4.50@5.1'5; light to common

lambs. $4.’75@5.25; fair to good sheep,

$3.50@4; culls and common, $2.50@3,



Bordine sold Youngs 59 lambs av 75

at $5.65.



Thompson sold Nagle P. Co. 124 lambs

av 85 at $5.65.



Adams sold same 39 lambs av 85 at

$5.65, 5 sheep av 120 at $3.75.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 7 sheep

av 140 at $3.75, 12 lambs av 85 at $5.50;

to Nagle P. Co. 138 lambs av 80 at $5.65,

60 do av 85 at $5.75.



Haley & M. sold Thompson Bros. 10

Sheep av 134 at $8.50.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co. 130

lambs av 75 at $5.50, 67 sheep av 85 at

$3.25, 4 lambs av 140 at $4.50. 44 do av

73 at $5.25. 23 do av 70 at $5,, 13 do av 75

at $5.50, 26 do av 85 at $5; to Mich. B. Co.

19 sheep av 95 at $3. 25 lambs av 67 at

$4.75, 30 do av 68 at $5.60: to Parker, W.

k 09. 246 do av 67 at $5.65; to Breiten-

best 39 do av 80 at $5.50, 10 sheep av 115

at $3.25; to Swift & Co. 737 lambs av 77





THE: MICHIGAN 'FARMER.





at $5.59, 92 sheep av 112 at $3.75, 58 do

av 110 at $3.60, 180 lambs av 85 at $5.65;

to Youngs 87 do av 90 at $5.30; to Barlage

100 do av 77 at $5.60, 12 do av 90 at $2.50.



Spicer & ,R. sold Nagle P. Co. 228 lambs

av 77 at $5.75, 15 do av 90 at $5.25, 135

sheep av 110 at $4.25, 70 do av 112 at

$4.25, 40 do av 125 at $4.25, 31 lambs av

83 at $5.50, 10 do av 115 at $4.75, 62 do av

92 at $5.25. 7 sheep av 100 at $3.50; to

Mich. B. Co. 8 shecp av 125 at $3.50; to

Nagle P. Co. 66 lambs av 83 at $5.60; to

Sullivan P. CO. 10 do av 93 at $5; to

Stoker 15 do av 85 at $5.75; to Gordon 14

do av 85 at $5.40, 3 sheep av 112 at $3.



Hogs.



Receipts, 2,474. Prices are 10-15:: lower

than last week.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers. $7.60; pig , $7.65; light yorkers, $7.60;

heavy, $7.40@7.50.



Roe Com. Co. sold Parker, W. & Co.

425 av 200 at $7.65, 60 av 220 at $7.60.



Sundry shippers sold same 370 av 190

at $7.65.



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

Co. 2,020 av 180 at $7.65, 215 av 220 at

$7.60, 110 av 270 at $7.50.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Go. 260 av

180 at $7.65.

wiggley & M. sold same 380 av 180 at

av 200





Sun'ry shippers sold same 460

at $7.65.



Friday’s Market.

February 3,

Cattle.



Receipts this week. 1.629; last week,

1.151._ Market dull and 10@15c lower than

on Thursday.



We quote: Best steers and heifers,

$5.75; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200.

$5.25@5.50; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000.

$5605.25; steers and heifers that are fat,

500 to 700, $4.50@4.85; choice fat cows.

$4.50@4.65; good fat cows, $4@4.15; com-

mon cows, $3.25@3.65; canners, 32.75693:

choice heaVy bulls, $4.75; fair to good bo—

logna bulls, $4@4.40; milkers, large, young,

medium age, $40@-60; common milkers,





$25@35.

Veal Calves.



Receipts this week, 853; last week, 653.

Market 25c lower than on Thursday on

common; good grades steady; best, $8.75

@925; others, $4@8.50. ~‘



Milch cows and springers steady.



sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week, 8.105: last week.

6.588. Market steady at Thursday's clos-

ing prices. Best lambs, $5.50; fair to good

lambs, $561525; light to common lambs,

34.5067‘5: fair to good sheep, $350694; culls

and common. $2.50@3; heavy lambs, 85

lbs. and up, $4.75@5.



Hogs.



Receipts this Week. 4794; last week.

4,850. Market 5@100 higher than on

Thursday. Range of prices: Light to good

Ibutchers, $7.75; pigs, $7.75@7.85; light

yorkers, $7.75; heavy, $7.50@7.60.





LIVE SEEK NOTES.





1911.





 





 





A short time ago a consignment of

1.274-1b. steers from VVilliamsburg, Iowa,

was marketed at Chicago at $6.35, as

well as a car-load of 1,438-lb. steers at

$6.40. These steers had been on full feed

for about 100 days, and the owners felt

much disappointed over the poor returns.

They said that neighboring farmers had

sold steers recently to packers 100 to 200

lbs. lighter in weight on the feeder order.

carrying a little killing quality, within 20

to 40 cents of the prices paid for their

finished cattle. They added that there

was mighty little difference in prices be-

tween cattle that had been simply

“roughed along," and steers that had

been given plenty of corn.



Western rangemen who are actively en-

gaged in the sheep industry are com-

plaining that the attitude of the banks

in their districts was the cause of a

great share of their marketing of sheep

and lambs premautrely during the last

half of 1910. The banks seem to have

become nervous because of the declining

market for sheep and lambs, and they so

generally refused to grant credit that

owners had no recourse but to sacrifice

their flocks. It is now said that fully 25

per cent of the flocks that were thrown

on the Chicago and Omaha market mar-

kets would have been carried over the

winter on the ranges had the local banks

been willing to finance the feed bills. One

result of this is that there is a super-

abundance of hay up there and no way

of disposing of it except by sending to





market. During 1909 the ban ks were

ready to loan all the money needed on

sheep, but the opposite was the course





pursued in 1910, according to slieepmen.

but the banks place a good deal of stress

upon the fact that last year a great many

sheep owners had consigned their wool

and thereby much lessened their security

against loans.



of Nebraska have been getting $10 a ton

this winter for alfalfa hay. There has

been a great reductionin the supply of

prairie hay in that part of the couner

where farmers have been in the habit of

farming more and breaking up more sod.

Not long since a farmer of Arapzihoe in

that state remarked that in the coming

years farmers will be forced to feed few-

er cattle or else secure cheaper forage

feed. He said that in cutting corn and

saving the fodder the process is too cost-

li’. as it has to be handled several times

before it reaches the stock.



Far western and southwestern farmers

are finding bay 3. much more important

item of feed for their stock than in past

years, as well as for selling, and farmers



Owners of herds of dairy cows are af—

fected by the decline in butter prices that

has 'been brought about by the great in-

crease in stocks in cold storage ware-

houses. A late report showed that the

aggregate stocks of butter in the princi-

pal cold storage warehouses of the United

States were 45.140000 lbs, as contrasted

with only 24 485,000 lbs. a year ago. Re-

cent butter receipts at Chicago 'have been

more than four times as large as a Year

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year ago. Retail grocers have been

charging their customers 38 cents per

pound for their best butter, and their

best is usually far from being choice.

Under such circumstances, is it any won-

der that the consumption of good butter-

i-ne, which is much lower-priced than the

real article should steadily increase in

volume? If city people could be sure of

buying direct from farmers choice dairy

butter, there would be an enormous sale

all the time. The cost of living is great-

ly increased, and families generally are

forced to retrench in expenses.



Western packing since November 1 ag-

gregates 6.065.000 hogs, a decrease of

435,000 hogs compared with a year ago

for the same time, but this falling off has

been partly offset by much heavier av-

erage weights.





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Stock Farms near Fremont. White Cloud and Big

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200AORE FARM nenr Mariette. 2 large basement



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system. Fenced and drained. nearly all cleared. Will

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SPLENDID EATON CO farm of 57 acres 2 miles

to a good town very fertile soil. $75 an acre.

Write for particulars. M. HARTZ, Bellevne, Mich.





Virginia Farms and Homes.





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F s I —69 Acros—R-room house, 2 barns, fruit, good

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J ll-room house, burn f'liXW, all A 1 condition,

running water; one of lien. harms in Mucomb 00.

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house. 1). barn 50165. slicd~ clan. Desirable. $15,000,

WI“ exchange.



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&b. )ai'n 40x60, windmill, $3600. Exchange larger farm.



130 . 5; mi. Utica, a) nil. Detroit, 9-room house.

new barn 36x56, base burn 50x80. other buildings.

large orchard, good soil. well drained. 40 A. timber.

mtg. foreclosed. can be redeemed at once $6.5m.

Worth $03 per acre. .



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~ BY MILDRED'M. NORTH.

AT SEVEN.





Thers knot one of all the gurls

- With such pretty yelow kirls,

Thers knot one excepting yew

With such pretty ies of blue.

I will draw yew on my sled

\Vith its runers panted red,



I am yure own valentine,

And ide like yew too bee mine.





AT SEVENTEEN.





No words of eloquence I boast

I cannot sing thy praises,



The thots which I shall send you

Are simple, like the daisies.





Perhaps you will hear other words

More polished, which will move you,



But I can only send this line



.In simple phrase—I love you.





AT SEVENTY.





The time flies on, my dear one,

’Tis years since we were wed,

And many a friend and loved one



Is numbered with the dead.





The years have brought their silver

And dropped it in your hair,



Have brushed the glowing roses

From off your cheek so fair.





But still we are together,

I’m yours and you are mine,

I’ll kiss your withered cheek, love,

My dear old valentine.

A LINCOLN-WASHINGTON DAY AT

SCHOOL.





BY INA c. icsrtzs WHITE.



It was my privilege to attend some ex~

ereises given last year in honor of Lin-

coln's and \Vashington's birthdays by one

of Kalamazoo county‘s excellent district

schools. The teacher was a classmate of

mine in high school and asked me to read

some selections and help her in a general

way. Now, 1 will frankly state, I proma

ised to go just. to please her. I never at-

tended a country school when a child and

my experience in visiting several had

been disat'lpointing. so i did not anticipate

having a very good time. As I look back

now I think I have never really enjoyed

a day, that is, every part of a day, as I

(lid that one.



The bell rang at nine as usual but, of

course, there was no use trying to make

those boys. and girls study. Such a hap-

py, rollicking group! livery one in their

best clothes and manners. every face

beaming and every eye shining in joyous

anticipation of an unusual break in the

week‘s routine. There was a little prac-

ticing. a little “helping teacher" and

much playing during the first hour. “I

am going to let them have a day of it,”

my friend answered when I remonstratcd

with her for allowing them so much free-

dom.



livery one in the neighborhood was in-





vited. whether they had children attend—

ing school or not. And i think everyone

came. livery seat was filled and every





chair available in the vicinity was utilized.

The nearest neighbors housed the horses.

'\'\‘he.n the teacher called order 1 think

must have been proud of her little

band. They responded so willingly, their

play forgotten. They became eager little

citizens, The program consisted of music,

recitations. dialogues and readings, all of

a helpful nature and of national themes.

One of the fathers was a university

man and gave a fine talk to the children,

bearing upon the exemplar lives of Lin-

coin and \Vashington. The lives and

heart stories of both presidents were read,

and at almost any time during the whole

pixigram I could hear the clock tick. There

were three or four Holland children in the

School. Their parents came and listened

eagerly to the words which told them of

these great tnen. the father and the sav-

ior of this great republics. the land where

their children can learn and be free.

After the program the children had a

valentine box, and ate popcorn and rosy-

cheeked apples. while the parents and

friends inspected the maps, drawings and

writing on exhibition in the rear of the

room. Dinner was then served, from the

well—filled baskets which the mothers

brought. There was cold chicken and

beef, biscuits and butter, pickles, coffee,

(which was made on a small oil stove

brought for that purpose). also ice cream

and assorted cakes. A long table was

spread in the front of the room for the





she





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





older people. The children and] young

people sat in the seats. . ‘

Neighbors chatted with neighbors, be-





came better acquainted and found'new .





virtues in one another which they had

never discovered before. Then, too, they

observed the ways and means by which

their children were being taught and how

much they were progressing. One of the

gravest mistakes parents make, both in

country and city,,is not visiting the

schools in which their children are taught.



The children seemed to be so proud of

their school and teacher, so glad to have

their fathers and mothers take an inter-

est in their school work. There was one

aged grandmother there who seemed to

be the proudest parent in the lot.



It was a hard day for the teacher but I

think she had her reward in the gratitude

of both parents and children. They all

seemed to know she was their friend and

I believe they would have done anything

within reason for her.



So, I would say to any teacher who

wishes to bring the parents in touch with

the school, or to have greater harmony

in the schoolroom itself, “Go ye and do

likewise.”





FAMOUS PERSONS OF FEBRUARY.





 





 





BY YULE CARDIGAN.





It seems strange indeed that the short—

est month of the year should have the

most great people to its credit; but it has

been proven by investigation that more

authors. reformers, lawyers, jurists, lec-

turers, statesmen, U. S. presidents, gen-

crals, journalists and educators ”have

been born in February than in any other

rronth of the year. April ranks second.

with October following close.



No one of exceedingly great renown

was born on the first day of this twenty-

eight-day month, nor on the second day,

but on the third, in the year 1811, Horace





Greeley emerged into the world. Very

bright as a child, he became America’s





greatest journalist. On this date of 1842,

Sydney Lanicr, a melodious southern poet,

was born. (if his poems it has been

said: "One thread of purpose runs

through them all. This thread is his love

for his fellow men, and his endeavors to

kindle regard for purity and beauty.”



The fifth day of February, 1837, is the

birth date of the famous divine, Dwight

l.. Moody. \Vith Mr. Sankey, he toured

the entire country from coast ‘to coast in

his work of evangelism. One of the most

remarkable violinists the world has ever

known Ole Bornemann Bull, was born

among the fiords of bleak Norway, Feb.

.3, 1810.



General Stuart, ‘born Feb. 6, 1833, said

when his troops were retreating and there

seemed to 'be little chance for victory:

“I would rather die than be whipped,"

and on that day 'the southern cause tri—

umphed, for that gallant commander had

the spirit that wins battles. On the same

day of the month but in the year 1756 a

man who was great as a statesman. but

who was also a murderer and perhaps a

traitor, first came into the life of the

colonies. This man was Aaron Burr. He

has been reviled and condemned by many,

vindicated by few persons, but there is

room for doubt if he was as evil as is

popularly supposed. Aaron Burr is the

hero of the novel, “Blennerhasset.”





February 7. 1812_ is the date of the

lit th of Charles Dickens. Perhaps no

writer has ever enjoyed greater fame





during his lifetime, and he is widely read

even today. Millard Fillmore, who be-

came President of this nation, was born

on this date of the year 1800.



General William Tecumseh Sherman,

and John Ruskin, were each born on the

eighth of February, the first in 1820, the

second in 1819. Sherman was the man

who marched south with a vast army and

virtually ended the cruel war of the re-

bellion. Ruskin was a celebrated author

of England.



Thomas Alva Edison, whom everybody

has heard of, made his first appearance

Feb. 11, 1847. No less than five eminent

persons were born Feb. 12. They are:

.lames Dwight Dana, journalist, 1813;

Charles Robert Darwin, scientist and

naturalist, 1809; Cotton Mather, militant

minister, 1663; Abraham Lincoln, 1809;

and Peter Cooper, manufacturer and in-

ventor 0f the locomotive, 1791.



The birth date of Cyrus McCormick, in-

ventor of reaping machines, is Feb. 15,

1.909. His inventions revolutionized meth-

ods of farming. The great temperance

advocate. reformer, and woman’s leader,

Susan B. Anthony, was born on the same

date of 1820. ,



The greatest of American actors, Jos-

eph Jefferson, established a great reputa—

tion in playing the role of Rip Van





Winkle. He begun his life Feb. 20, 1829,

and died a. few years ago while the flower

of his fame was in its fullest bloom.



Every school child knows the birth date

of George Washington; but this cannot

be said of the poet Lowell, who came into

existence Feb. 22, 1819. He was one of

the nation's sweeteSt singers.



The twenty-fourth day of the month,

of the year 1824, is the birth date of





 





FEB. 11," 1911.





/

George William Curtis, a Journalist, au-

thor, lecturer and a man, of great influ-

ence during the period in which he lived.

The poet, Longfellow, who was second



only to Whittier, and by some persons

thought to be the better poet of the two.

was born Feb. 27, 1807. His "Hiawatha.”

is a. classic of exceeding merit.



“With his illustrious name,



Let us close the roll of fame.”





 





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Chapter IX.-—(Contlnued).



Ned whistled in surprise. Then the re-

sult of his many months apprenticeship

in the School of sharp dealing asserted

itself and he saw a chance to make money

for himself. He reasoned that if King 'had

made five pounds on every bushel of po-

tatoes he had bought, he had gained a

bushel on every twelve, and it did not

take long for Ned to calculate how many

bushels there were in that carload that

did not belong, honestly, to King-that he

had in fact stolen from the farmers who

had had their potatoes measured in his

basket. Then the boy argued to himself

that King had no more right to those ex-

tra. bushels than did he: and if anyone

was going to make a dollar by sharp deal-

ing it might as well be he as King, for he

did not think King would dare to say any-

thing even if he found out that Ned did

not return to 'him the value of the stolen

bushels. Anyway, Ned decided to take

the chances, for he fancied that even if

King did suspect him he would be able

to explain things satisfactorily. Here. he

had a chance to make a penny and he

soon convinced himself that he was doing

to wrong in stealing from a thief. for the

few bushels that he could appropriate

were but a drop in the many bushels of

which King had been systematically rob-

bing the farmers for years. Oh, Ned was

well trained! He did not believe in hard

work. It was easy money for him every

time, and he. believed that the world was

in two classes—the suckers, and those

who provided the bait. He preferred to

be the latter, and he trusted to his own

fortunate star and natural shrewdness in

not getting caught.



To do him justice, he would not have

dealt unfairly with anyone else, 'but it

looked to him as if here was a good

chance for King to get caught at his own





an? SUSAN





game. He chuckled to himself as he left

the car and went to interview the. first

dealer. He remembered King’s words,





that it was

man won.



to beat

he was





a skin game and the sharp

He knew that they would try

hitn down to the last dollar and

determined to get the highest

market: price possible. The first dealer,

after lOOKillg at the potatoes. told him

that they were smaller than the first car-

load, and that as he did not care very

much about them anyway he would not

Ire able to give more than ninety cents a

bushel for them instead of the dollar

which King had instructed him to get.

The market was dull, he said, but perhaps

if Ned went up to see another dealer he

might get a little more.



Ned began to be suspicious. There was

some game here which he did not quite

understand. He realized the dealers saw

that he was green at the business and

they were probably fooling him along in

a manner which they would not have

dared to do with King. His suspicions

were still stronger confirmed when Dealer

Number Two disparaged the potatoes

even more than did Number One. finally

offering him but eighty—five cents and

saying that they were a drug on the mar-

ket at that. He told him of the third

dealer who might possibly take them, and

then dismissed him, preemptorily.





Lingering at the. door a moment, Ned





saw him turn to the. telephone in the

office. As he had seen the first dealer do

the same thing after dismissing him. he

remained where he could listen, unob—

served, to the conversation. which was





calculated to divest him of all of his self-

esteem.



He heard himself referred to as a “coun-

try yap” who was trying to put on style

-—~a fellow that King had sent down with

the potatoes. He also heard that if they

managed right they could get the load

just where they wanted it. Number Three

was instructed to offer not more than

seventy—five cents, which would compel

Ned to go back to Number One, who

would then get them at his own price. It

was a first-class carload, the best that

had come into the market, and would re-

tail at a high figure. They must have the

potatoes, but they must get them at their

own price.



As a test, Ned went to the third dealer.





ELIZABETH JEWETT BROWN

JEWETT





HOWE.





He was angry and c‘hagrined at what he

had ‘heard. but determined to beat them

at their own game. He would prove

which was the sharp man of the crowd

before hewas through with the deal, he

assured himself, warmly, as he listened

unconcernedly to what the third man had

to say. He would offer eighty, at a pinch,

he said, though they were not worth more

than seventy-five cents anywhere.



“I'll see you later,“ said Ned, indiffer—

ently, turning to leave.



“What ails you, young fellow,” called

the dealer, a trifle disconcerted by Ned's,

manner. “You don’t seem to. care a hang

whether you sell your carload or not.”



“I don't,” said Ned, "but selling and

giving them away are different proposi—

tions. I wanted to find out what kind of

skins you fellbws were, that's all."



Sauntering back to the first dealer, Ned

noticed him wink significantly to his clerk

as he entered. “How‘s business, young

man?” he asked jocularly.



“Fine," said Ned; "just had a telegram

from Gregg & Co., of ~———. They will give

me my price and I'm going to reship them

in the morning."



"You don’t say,” gasped the dealer,

scrutinizing Ned sharply, but the young

fellow‘s face expressed nothing but blank

unconcern. “But it will cost you some-

thing to res‘hip," he said. “and I don’t

fancy King will approve of that."



“He would not stand for my giving

them away to you fellows," he retorted.

“and as for shipping them again I have

an offer that will turn me a penny; if I

don't it is my own lookout," and he

walked out independently.



The dealer called him back at the door.

“Say,” he said in a fiustered manner,

“my partner had an order come in just

an hour ago for another carload. I will

see what he says and perhaps we can

make a deal. You don‘t want to reship if

we can pay enough here, do you?”



“\Vell, I don’t lianker after the job.”

said Ned, “and if you give me my price

you can have them: if not~j’ he turned

to the door significantly.



“Come back and we’ll talk it over,”

urged the dealer. He was a trifle wor-

ried over the young fellow's coolness. In

place of the green boy, he had a shrewd

man to deal with. and he began to realize

that he was not going to get the load ex-

actly on his own terms.



After a little haggling he offered him

a dollar a bushel. “I shall lose money at

that,” he said; “the market is being flood~





cd with potatoes and as these are not

quite what we expected—"

“Cut that out." said Ned sharply. “You





know and I know that there are no finer

potatoes in the market than these, and as

to the market being glutted, I read the

reports and know the quotations as well

as you do. You will either take them or





leave them, and be quick about it. as

Gregg & Co. are waiting for their an-

swer.”



The dealer groancd. but finally com-





promised at Ned‘s price, which was five

cents more on a bushel than King had

expected to get. Here was another op—

portunity to make a dollar for himself

which he. saw as soon as the deal was

completed. “Now what do you get out of

this?” said the dealer bluntly. “For how

much shall I make out this check?”





Ned calculated rapidly. He sold to the

dealer the exact number of bushels which

King had ostensibly bought of the farm—

ers, but. every twelfth one of the carload

he marketed for himself, explaining that

they were his He pocketed the money

with complacent approval of his own

sharpness, and as an extra commission he

received the extra five centson a bushel.

paid 'to him in money, with the check

made out, so much less. in King’s name.

The dealer was accustomed to such deal-

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marked that Ned was learning and would ..

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bushel as his share in driving a sharp

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would not dare make it unpleasant for

him f0r appropriating the stolen bushels,

for fear of being exposed himself; and

also that he would be so delighted by re-

ceiving more per bushel than he had ex-

pected that he would not make trouble

over the five cents extra on the bushel. in

case he found it out, which Ned hardly

thought likely, as the bill of sale had

been made out to suit him. He was still

congratulating himself on his own

shrewdness when he entered King's office

for an interview and tossed the check on

his desk.



“Here's your money,” he said. “You

will find that I made a better deal than

you did on your load: you will have to

send me again if you want a good bar-

gain."



The grin which was widening on King's

thin, sallow face suddenly stopped when

he glanced at the 'bill of sale. From a

mercenarysmile it turned 'to a snarl as

he drew back his thin lips, exposing two

yellowish fangs like a wolf. Such an idea

crossed Ned's mind, but he laughed im-

pudently. He felt that he held the trump

card in the game and could afford to be

agreeable. “What's the matter?" he asked.

“You don't look pleased.”



“Pleased.” said the man, bringing his

jaws together with a snap. ”There is

some crooked work here; and I- tell you

this, young man, I don't allow anybody to

get funny with me. Do you understand?"



“Guess you will find that I marketed

for you every bushel you really bought

of the farmers," drawled Ned, signifi—

cantl'y.



King glared at him. What in thunder

do you mean?” he shouted.



“You know what I mean," returned

Ned. “and I think we can discuss this

quietly. You would not care to have me

tell all I know in this town, would you?”



“Tell and be damned,” roared King,

shaking his yellow fist in the boy's face.

“Now I want to know what you did with

the rest of my potatoes. the ones you

Stole."



“That is an ugly word to use, returned

Ned, still holding his temper. “I wonder

now who is the real thief when we come

down to talking about stealing."



“You’d better get down to brass tacks

in a hurry," snarled the man. “You are

in my employ and I sent you there to

market for me a. certain number of bush—

els of potatoes. You return to me a bill

a certain number short of what I ex-

pected. What did you do with them?"



“You said a certain number short. Per—

haps you can tell me just how many,”

asked Ned craftily.



King fairly shouted the whole number

at him. ”That’s what you ought to have

sold, so I say you stole. the rest."



“One in every twelve, I believe.” com-

mented Ned. “How did it happen, Mr.

King, that it should come that way every

time? There was no funny business in

weighing the potatoes in your own basket

was there?"



“That was my business."



“Not the business of these poor cusses

around here who sold you sixty-five

pounds for a bushel instead of sixty. I

suppose."



“If they were fools enough not to know

a. big basket that was their lookout."



“Did those extra bushels belong to you

or the farmers?"



“\Vhat in the devil are you driving at?

They belonged to me. of course."



“Can’t see that they belonged to you

any more than they did to me," rcplicd

Ned. “Suppose we submit this question

to arbitration—say to any half-dozen

farmers around here. as to whether those

extra bushels belonged to yOu, to me, or

to the farmers."



“Submit nothing.” he roared, dancing

around the room in a frenzy of passion.

“I tell you 'they were mine; you delib~

erately stole them from me and sold

them as your own. Oh, I'm Wise to all

tricks any of you young fools think you

can play on me. I know about what is

coming to me overy time, and I am here

to get it. Now, what I want_to know is,

how soon you are going to hand me over

that money? You will do it darned quick

or I will make you do it."



Ned was angry, He had no intention

of handing over the money for the pota—

toes. for he believed that he had as much

right to it as King had, which was none

at all. “You talk about honesty." he

said sneeringly. “I can do about as much

talking as you can. I can queer you in

doing business in this town if I choose.

You listen to me a moment before putting

up such a fight. then perhaps you will see

things different. What in thunder did you

steal five pounds of potatoes on every

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"I had to." whined King. "I had to do





it to keep myself square. I'm docked 'ten

per cent for shrinkage on the load. so to

keep myself from losing anything I have

to take the extra measure. It wasn't

stealing. I was just keeping myself even.

Good business and not a kind that robbed

anybody. What's five pounds of spuds

anyway?” he asked contemptuously,



“It is enough to make several bushels

on a carioad of them," returned Ned

warmly.

drop this subject. I deserve that extra

fOr making such a sale for you, and you

can't afford to have me go out on the

street and 'tell it, can you? Suppose Joe

Green should get hold of it? You shut up

on this subject and I'll keep still. You are

getting rusty and need me to keep up

your business. Nobody but you and me

need know about this little basket deal.

I made enough for you to make up for

those bushels. I can't do business for

nothing and that is my commission.“



“Talk about commissions." thundered

King. “How do I know that you haven't

taken your commission already. If you

will do such a trick as that you will take

all you can get. I've seen that before:

fellers making a per ccnt on what they

bought and sold. It's a good bet that

you've already pocketed your commis-

sions," glaring suspiciously at Ned. who

felt his face redden at the home thrust.



“Good business," he answered evenly.

“I've been to a. good school lately, Mr.

King, a school where tho first man that

gets to the milk-can takes the cream in

the first dip. I have takcn my dip and

now you can have 'thc rest."



The man shook with rage. He felt him-

self practically ‘helplefis in the hands of

the cool young follow who was threaten-

ing him with exposure if he dared to

prosccutc. He could not run the risk of

the basket business being told openly.

neither darcd he retain Ned in his em-

ploy. ’l"hc young fellow was becoming too

sharp for him and he realized that he

would lukc the first dip in the can at ev—

ery «mporlunity. He waited a momcnt

before ‘hc tried to speak. “What are you





going to do about it?” he asked. “Are

you going to hand over that money or

not?"



“Not." said Ned.





“Then, by the Lord, I'll make you."



“Go ahead." Nod turned indiffcrenl‘ly

to the door. “I know how many bushels

you bought of each man. I‘ve a fancy of

returning to each one this share of the

extra bushels."



“Do it and be damned,"

dercd us he leaped across the room and

barred Ned's exit from the door. “See

here," he ‘began in a whocdling tone. try-

ing to master the rage which was choking

him. “You say you won't hand that over

to file. I could make you do it, but—but

—. Can't we settlc this thing pcuccably'?"



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of the pic? I think that question must be

answered before we arrive at any settle—

ment."



“You miserable little whclp of a Jack—

son! Oh, I know the breed of you, from

Searls Jackson down. Always looking for

the main chance and novcr making a deal

but that they did not got the best of it.





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crosses John King‘s path but once. I’ve

not a long arm and there ain't many

places but that it can reach. Now. what

are’you going to do? Talk, or keep 'your

mouth shut?" ‘



Ned was cowed. He began to see that

he had no chance whatever in an unequal

fight against a rich man, but still he was

stubborn enough to not give up the mon-

ey. King had no right to it. neither had

be, but he was going to hold on to it as

long as possible. “I’ll keep still if you

will,“ he said finally.



”VVill you give up that money?"



“Not by a darned sight. It is as much

mine as yours." he rctorted hotly.



King hesitated. Ile ltad no desire to

have his trickery made known in a court

of law. There was so much shadow in

his career that he dreadcd the sunlight

of publicity. It would search out many

things which his money could not cover.

Also there was the possibility that. Mrs.

Searls Jackson would fight for the young

man, and he had a wholesome respect for

'her, especially since the Malley affair, so

he capitulated by saying gru‘tl‘ly that if

Ned would not return the money he

should consider himself discharged; but

if he would say nothing about tile basket

deal in the town, he. King, would say

nothing about appropriating the money.

Each would keep still and the public,

could think what it pleased.



Ned was glad to get off so easily. llis

conscience was uneasy. but yet he would

not admit that he was doing \vl‘nng‘ in

keeping that money. He would kccp it

even if he was arrested, he told himself

stublgporniy as he walked out into the chill

of the wintt r day. He went directly to

his boarding place where he could be

alone and think the matter over. lie felt

sure of King‘s silence. so he had no fear

of trouble, bttt the question of no em-

ployment stared him in the face. Not that

that worried him. lie was so sure of

himself that he thougitt ht could find

plenty of congenial wotk anywhere. The

world was wide. and with what money he.

had saved he would soon be tlnlil.i' busi-

ness for himself elsewhere.



He whistled cheerfully as he made his

plans for leaving his boarding liltttt'. He

had decided that he would return a: once

to. Scarls‘ for a few days. saying that he

was taking a brief vacation. and frame

a plausible excuse for leaving King. They

had never approved of his working there

and he did not doubt but that they would

be glad he had left: so he went to the

telephone and. calling up the house. asked

Merle if she would drive up and get his

trunk, as he was through at King‘s and

was coming home for a rest.





 





Chapter X.——The Beginning of the

Harvest.



Her first question (liscotlccl'tctl him at

tnce. “I wish you would tcll me the real

reason for this sudden lnovc," she said

quietly.



“Haven’t I told you'.w he demanded ir-

ritably. “I need a vacationssrthat's all.”

“A week ago you did not need one.”



“The necd had not developed then,” he

returned caustically. "Hang it all. Merle,

can’t you let a fellow alone? I am tired

of being under someone else and now I

intend to launch out in business for

myself."



“\\'hat' are you going to do?" she asked.



“Plenty of things. Your little brother.

my dear. is not a kid any more. lie is

free, white and twenty—one and conse-

quently can do about as he pleases.”



“Ned.“ she said. turning her serious

eyes toward him. “I am very sure that

yott are. keeping something from me, Have

you had any trouble with Mr. King?”



“No; he had the trouble, not I.”



“\Vhat about?"



“i do not think it concerns you; it is

my business."



“Probably: but after all. Ned. there is

nobody in this world that cares for you as

much as l do. lf anything was troubling

me I should tell you. “'hy can't you tell

me?”



“Girls can‘t understand business.” he

answered irritably. “but if you are so

curious I will tcll you this: I know too

much for King. \Yhat he wants is some

ignorant boy that will take what he

chooses to give him and ask no questions.

\Vhen he found I ‘had brains. why then he

was disagreeable. and I quit.”



Merle was silent for a moment: then she

said: “I am not sorry that you have left

'him, Ned, but I am sorry about some-

thing else, for-"



“For what?" he interrupted savagely.

“I have told you all there was about it.

What have you get to be sorry for?”



“You don't act just right about it. You

know that you are not telling me all there

is to this affair, and I fancy you will have





THE MICHIGAN - FARMER.





some difficulty in satisfying Cousin Searls,

He would not be put off if you answer him

as you do me."



"Searls has nothing to do with me nor

my business,” he retorted crossly.» “I am

just as capable as he is in doing business

and perhaps more so. See the money I’ve

made for King. I'm going to talk with

Searls and see if 1 can get it into his

thick head that the best thing he can do

is to let me take. hold of his affairs for

six months at least. I want a chance to

beat. King at. his own game. He would

soon be a back number if he had to deal

with me,” he boasted; “besides, Searls

would find that I could turn him two dol-

lars for every one he is making now.”



She shook her 'head. “You know what

Seat-ls will say to this talk. He will call

it ‘hot air’; and just as long as he is able

to think and plan, just so long will he





 





run his own business. \Vhy, even Nell

never buys and sells anything. and Ben;

never thinks of making a deal unlessE

Scarls 'has authorized him to do it; and it?

is very likely, indeed. that he will turn,

over his business, which he has rtm for

twenty years. 'to you." she said sarcas-

tit-ally.



“That. may all be." he returned una—

bashed, “but in spite of all his big ideas

I have a shrewder head than he has. He

is too darned particular. and if a man

pins down the questionsswlly. he‘ll tell

all there is to tell, when he. might just as

well keep his mouth shut and make a few

dollars. Such methods might have been

all right twenty years ago but they are

cut of date now. It is every man for

himself and the devil for them all.”





 





“It is something to have the name of

being square. and that is what 'he has,

every time," defended the girl. “I am

afraid you have been learning crooked

ways latcly'." she turned suddenly to-‘

wards him as a thought flashed across her

brain; “perhaps you have been crooked

yourself with King which is the reason

you are getting through.”



"I have never taken one. cent from that

than which was not as much mine as

" he answcrcd angrily. flushing under

the clear look in her eyes.



“I hope you have been as honest as

you wish me to think." she said, doubt-

fully. “Anyway I hope you will soon find

some other business where you will hold

up the Jackson standard. But I fancy

you will find Scarls a little particular if

he comes down to questions, and if there

is anything you have not told me I advise

you to tell him at once in order to save

yourself trouble." she urged.





,llts‘.





 





“You are a silly goose." he said lightly.

“Attend to your own business and I will'

attend to mine. How are your baked;





apples coming on?” i





“Splendid. It has been great fun all;

summer. You will be surprised when I, REPEA TING RIFLE ‘\





rhow you the. books and you see 'hOW





much money I have earned. Even now 1.





have a few parties occasionally. and Cousin





Searls says the farm was never so profit-t





able as it has been this year.

did a big business with the market wag-

on. and Bakapplein is becoming famous,”

she laughed.



“I suppose Scarls takes all the credit

to himself when everybody knows that

Nell has had a mighty big share in the

prosperity of the farm since he married,”

he said tersely. “King was growling be-

cause they did not buy any grain, and he

says that her motto ‘l.i\'e off the farm or





get off the farm’ would soon drive himf





out of business if all the farmers prac-

Iict‘d It.

the, store evenings and bragging how the

.lacksons live, how the farm furnishes ev-

erything they and the stock eat excepting

'the groceries and things they can't raise.

lie told King one day that the Jacksons

sold enough honey to pay for their sugar

one, year, and other things. to say noth-

ing of the maple sugar they are making.”



“\Vllat did King say?" asked Merle, in-

terested. “1 can imagine .loe telling it.”



“Nothing but a growl," laughed Ned.

"He has no use for the Jaeksons, nor

never had; from now on he will have

less.” he laughed shortly,



lie was not quite as easy as he tried

to appear. The, wall which he had built

deft titling his action in appropriating

those extra bushels of potatoes was not

as imt‘n'egnablc as he thought it was

when defending it in his own mentality;

he had convinced himself that he was not

stealing them; King had stolen them;

therefore he had as much right to them

as had King; but yet. when Searls began

to question him about the reasons for his

sudden departure he floundered helplessly

in a sea of excuses.



“See here.” said his cousin, sternly.





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attend to my State Senatorship; but my

being Senator Jackson does not interfere

sufficiently to prevent my being able to

look after the farm, and as long as I re-

‘tain -my faculties I shall look after my

owu business. So we will cut that sub-

ject out of future discussions, but if you

would like to ceme back here in my 'em-

ploy—going on the market wagon again,

for instance, where you did finely, we will

consider that."



“YOu haven’t anything I want." said

Ned, suriily. This 'was ‘two or three days

after he had left King's employ. He had

spent the time in making trips to Win-

throp, hoping to strike something the would

like, but much to his disgust, no business

man had seemed properly impressed with

his worth. No one needed a financial

agent, and Ned had no idea of accepting

any job where he would have to labor

with his hands. That kind of work was

not for him; he would have his own class

or none at all, he decided scornfully; so,

falling in with Jimmy Malley, who was

just married, the two had gone ‘to a sa-

loon where Jimmy was treating in‘honor

of his marriage, with the result that Ned,

while not intoxicated, 'was not in the

state of mind to use his usual judgment

and caution in a business discussion. He

had opened the conversation by. repre-

senting to Searls his pressing need of just

such a manager as he. and when his

cousin had firmly declined t) avail him-

self of his services he easily became ugly.

“I won't be used like a dog «by any man,"

he insinuated roughly.



“No one has used you like a dog,” said

Searls, centroliing himself at this pointed

thrust. “I am simply, offering you the

same position you had last year and I

will give you more pay. Raymond does

well, but I think he would prefer the dairy

work exclusively, so in case you don't

take it, someone else will. Joe Green's

Tom, for instance."



“Tom can have it for all me," growled

Ned. “Joe Green wouldn't be happy if

he didn’t have all three of his boys on

this farm. But I won't come down to be-

ing a common laborer for you or anybody

else. I should not think you would ex-

pect such a thing of me. What you ought

to do is to help me to make a start‘ in

business. Now, Jimmy says—"



“We will'leave Jimmy out of the ques-

tion," said Searls, icily. “You talk about

nv setting you up in business. Ned. In

the first place I would like to know the

exact reason why you quit King."



“Haven't I told you?" said the boy.



“No you have not. There are ugly ru-

mors about, and I desire to know the

truth.”



“King had better shut his mouth and

not tell any lies about me." biustered

Ned. “I could show him up before this

town in a, fine manner that would make

him squirm."



“Perhaps he has not told lies," said

Searls, quietly.



Ned looked at him blankiy, a dull red

creeping over his face. ”What do you

mean?" he said thickly.



"That is for you to explain. Listen.”

as the b0y started to interrupt. “I can't

find out that he has said anything, but

the general impression is that you have

been crooked with him."



“‘He is a pretty man to talk about

crookedness," sneered N'ed.



“That is neither here nor there. His

being dishonest does not make you so.

necessarily. If you can tell me that you

have a clean record—have not knowingly

cheated nor taken the advantage of him

in any of your deals—~I will consider a

business proposition with you. Other-

wise." he said meaningly, “I shall not.

HOW would I know but that if you would

'do' him you would me."



Ned's face paled. “Whoever says that

I stole from John King what was his,

tells a lie," he shouted. “He is a mean

cut-throat. I beat him at his own game

and that is Why we got through with each

other. He dare not prosecute me. He

knows I've got one hand on his throat—I"



“And he has two on yours." said Searis.

pointedly. “In other words, you know so

much about King's crookedness, and he

knows that you know it, that he dare not

prosecute you for a thief."



Ned jumped at the ugly word, said in

Searis" coldest tones. It rasped like iron,

and for the first 'time Ned saw. as if in

letters of fire, what he really was; “Don’t

you say that again," he threatened.



“I won’t—not if you can prove that you

have done nothing to deserve it. Wait/fl as

Nod began to pace the room excitedly, “I

limit! that you were not discharged for

nothing. You need not tell me what it is

about'uniess you wish, but if you have

defrauded that man at all, in any amount

of money, I advise you to put it back. If





THE MICHIGAN FARMER,‘ .(29).





you don't he will reach you if you go to

the end of the world. And another thing:

He hates you with the hate of a villain

who has been foiled at his own game. So

I advise you 'to say nothing publicly

against him, for as sure as you do and he

gets hold of it‘ he will prosecute. You are

standing on too thin ice. and the sooner

you get off of it the better."



“He can go to the devil." roared Ned,

backing up against the wall and clenching

his fists. “What I took was as much

mine as his. I wouldn't have taken a

cent from him that he came by honestly,

but I saw a chance to squeeze him and I

did." he boasted. “And he'll know it, too,

when I give it back ‘to him. He couldn't

make me do it and you can’t either."



“Then you admit that you have money

in your possession that he claims," said

Searls wrathfully.



Ned was trapped. “I said I never took

anything from King which was not mine

as much as it was his," he muttered.



“By your own admission you have the

same as stolen from your employer,”

Searls continued mercilessly. “You. a

Jackson, the only one of our race left—-

you have become a thief. Do you suppose

I would give you a chance to handle a

dollar of mine. No; were you my own

son I would'not, and if King prosecutes

you you will not get one cent of aid from

me. But if you will hand the money

back to him, whether it is one cent or one

hundred dollars, so you can come to me

with clean hands, I will help you to make

a man of yourself. But if you don't you

will ‘never have another favor from me as

long as you live."



“I won't give it back." shouted the ’boy

desperately. “I'm not a thief. You talk

as if I had broken into his safe, fOrged

his name or turned pickpocket. What do

the doctors do all the time. Look at Dr.

Dickson! Doesn't he charge the rich high

prices and doctor the poor for nothing?

He does not think he is robbing the rich.

It is not stealing to take a commission

on the sales. They all do it. and I won’t

stand being called a thief by you nor

by anybody else."



“It is business to believe every man a

rogue until he proves himself honest," re-

marked Searls, deliberately. “As for tak-

ing or giving commissions, if I thought

that was all you done I would not be so

severe, though I can't see that this ac-

cepting commissions on What you buy for

your employer is anything short of steal-

ing. You 'think it smart. You buy a

hundred dollars' worth of produce for

King and fix it up so the bill calls for'

ten, or fifteen, or perhaps twenty dollars

more, which you pocket. If that isn‘t

stealing from him I don't know what

stealing is. No, you are not the only one.





‘I don’t believe there are a dozen rich men





in my acquaintance who are not systel-

maiically robbed of from five dollars up

to the hundreds on every deal their go-

betweens make for them. It is the mean-

est kind of stealing, and until I reach

senility I shall do my own buying. Have

you anything further to say for yourself?"





“I told you all I had to say," said Ned,

stubbornly. “What I've got I'm going to

keep. It is no sin to rob a thief. and that

is all he is—a miserable, yellow—skinned

thief. I can make my way in the world

independent of you. Searls Jackson. What

have you ever done for me I would like

to know? Put me down as a hired man.”

he snarled, his rage mastering .him. "Then

when Ihave made some money for myself

by sharp dealing, by proving that I had

brains-Jackson brains, if you will—you

say I‘ve got to give it back before you

will give me a job as hired man again.

Faugh!“ He turned contemptuously on

his heel.



The older man was controlling himself

with difficulty. He had a strong desire

to take him by the collar and pitch him

out into the chili winter rain 'whicn was

falling drearily. “For Merle's sake, Ned,

I will overlook your insulting words; now

I advise you to go to your own room until

you are sober enough to think this matter

over calmly."



His words infuriated Ned. He turned





on his cousin with a cry of rage. “Sober!“





he said between his clenched teeth. “Just

because I took a glass of wine as a treat

today you say I am drunk. You narrow-

minded. bigoted. backwoods farmer, I tell

you I am man enough to take it or let it

alone.”



“Let it alone. then.” said Searls short-

ly. “And I advise you to let your tobacco

alone also. What with cigarettes you

are becoming a wreck, and you know it.”



“Much obliged for your advice,” mocked

Ned, starting to leave the room. ”I am

as sober as you are and1as much of a

man. All I want is a chance and‘vou

will see somebody who can make the





 





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Shekels come in by the bushel. None of

your slow ways‘for me. I will give these

cut-throats a few of their own tricks and

they will find there is one Jackson that'

knows a dollar when he sees it.”





“You will be as much of a man when

you are an honest one," Searls replied

slowly. “You are the first Jackson to dis-

grace the name. For generations, from

father to son, we have been an honest

family. A hundred years ago your grand-

father and mine was known as ‘Honest’

Jackson, and this place was also called

‘Thc Honest Inn,’ as well as ‘Jackson

Stand.’ But you,” his voice was con-

tained but it thrilled with passion, for

Scarls’ slow anger had risen to its full

height. and there is always something

terrible in the mighty wrath of a man

who is slow to anger. Ned realized it

and his temples 'throbbed painfully. His

brain was clearing and he knew that he

had gone too far, yet he would not give

in that he had done wrong, and if he had

died he would not then have made resti-

tution. “But you,” he continued, “you

are a, degenerate. You scorned honest

work. I gave you the chance to make

something of yourself. You was a spoiled





3 boy; and why any sensible man or woman

:would wish to bring up a boy like you,

‘absoluiely good for nothing. is a mystery





I cannot explain. The hotel life spoiled

you in the beginning; you knew no rc-

siruint but what was given by a doting

mother and a capricious maid. You was

a plague to your tutors; you never had

ihc discipline of public schools; no, you

wus not to mix with the common herd,”

hc continued scornfully. “At prep. school

you was idle and turbulent, so much so

that you escaped being expelled by some

lucky chance; consequently, when your

iuther died poor you were left helpless,

with no ability to earn anything. Why.

most ion-ycar-old country boys could take





.cure of ihcmsclvcs better than you could





Iliuvc done.” ho said witheringly.





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tricks you have done there. I don't. But

i know this: You are on the high road 'to

the devil, and unless you stop now, leave

off your cigarettes and cigars which are

ruining your hculih, cut out all liquor and

rcsolvc to make a man of yourself, 1

would not give much for you five ycars

from now. I am ashamed of you—~

ushamcd of you, und if it wasn‘t for your

sister I would turn you out of my house

today and you should nchr cntcr it until

you had repaid what you have stolen."



“You needn't wait for my sistcr,“ chort-

lcd ch. his face deathly white with pas-

sion. “ I won‘t stay here another hour.

You have insulted me the lust iimc you

(vcr will. You call me u drunkm'd. do

you? I‘d like to know where I got my

first Inste of strong drink.” he sneered.

"i'll go, and some day you will be sorry

for what you have said, you miserable

hypocrite." hc foamed. “I shan‘t wait for

my trunk. l‘ll gct my suitcase and start,

and you can save your charity for some-

body ihut will crawl on their knees and

thank you for ii,” he flung back as he

left the, room.



In ihc adjoining room Merle and Neil

had- hcord every word. though Searls’

ioncs hud bccn the low voice of a gentle-

man. The girl in her agony had begged

Noll 10 go in and stop them, but she had

shook hcr hcud. She knew it would not

do to inierfcrc, and with hcr arms around

the sobbing, ircnibling girl she had imam!

cvcry word. but when Ned left the room

Merle had (luricd away to follow him. She

heurd hor flying sicp as she mounted the

stairs. but ch kicked his door against

her. Then with a white face Nell rose

to soc if ch would let her come in, when

Scarls came into the dining-room. Ilis

fucc was white and drown. but his eycs

had the same expression of unyielding

dcicrminuiion ilicy had hud when, in

yours gone by, she held bogged him to

choose hciwccn her and the free hard

cider barrel. “You have heard 7” he ques-

tioncd. directly.



“Yes.” she breathed. scarching his face

with icor—dimmcd cycs for some Signs of

relcnting in its hard lines.



“He will go straight to 1he bud.” he

said finally. “I can do nothing with him.

He will end in becoming a drunkard and

a tramp. I don't know whether King will

push him or not. I advise him to get out

of here, for if King docs prosecute him I

will not spend a cent to help him."



“Searis.” she began, “let me try. I—"



“No." he said firmly. “I am master in

my own‘house. He is my blood, not

yours. There is one unpardonahle sin

and that is theft. He is drunk today and





he will be drunk tomorrow. Let him go.”



Nell rose to 'her feet. Her voice trem-

bled, but §he spoke with dignity, every

word ringing with force and truth.



“You call him a drunkard and a. thief,”

she said. "But remember, Searls Jackson,

that he took his first drink at your cider

barrel years ago when the bulkhead door

was always open. You are reaping what

you have sown.”



For a second he met her gaze unflinch-

ingly, though his face had grown ashen

gray. It was the first time in all their

married life that she had made reference

to what he had grown to feel was the one

great sin in his life; but, in the steadfast

light in her eyes, he saw himself in a new

light. For a moment he hesitated, then

without a word he left the room.



She followed him to the window, her

heart beating almost to suffocation, but

he did not turn his head. He passed

directly down the driveway and stood by

the high stone post, unheeding the icy

rain. She thought he was waiting a word

with Ned, who came running down the

stairs with his suitcase in his hand. She

went out in the hall to speak to him. He

was only a boy and her heart went out to

him in a great surging wave of love and

pity. “I am so sorry,” she said simply.



His lips quivered. “You are a good

sort, Nell." he said kindly; then he im-

pulsively threw his arms around her neck

and kissed her. Yvonne clamored for at-

tention. lie caught her in his arms and

gave her a great hug. “God bless you.”

he breathed. Then, as Nell tried to speak

through her tears he laughed harshly.

“Don't cry for Inc. I'm not worthy of it.

Save them for that man of irOn down by

the gatc. He will need them. He thinks

he‘ll see me illcrc. but he won't. I’ll go

the other way. Say good—bye to the help

here. and n-ll little Martha to be a good

girl. I suppose she is over with her father

1oduy, Tell him I'm glad I helped him

away from King's clutches, anyway."



“You will write to Merle.” she said.



"ch, don't worry. I‘ll come out at the

top of the heap ,yet. Scaris will find he

can‘t kill me if he wants to. I‘ll buy him

out yci," he boasted as he strode out of

the door just as Merle came to the head

of the stairs with her clouk and overshoes

on. She took her tam—o'shantcr from the

hull—tree and, pulling it down over her

wavy hair, darted out in the storm after

him.



Nell did not try to stop her. She knew

the girl must have a final word with him.

With straining eyes she watched him

striding across the ilcld to reach the road

while Merle, fleet-footed as a deer, ran

after him.



Bruiser trotted around the house. He

scented trouble, and with an inquiring





look in his face he took Ned‘s track and'





started after him.



Then Nell turned back to answer

Yvonnc‘s sobbing questions about Noddy.

Scarls was walking back slowly; his head

was bent and his step dejected. The boy

had evudcd him and the kind word he

bud hopcd to say had not been uttered.



The turn in the road hid Ned and his

sister from sight.



(To be continued).





A certain American naval officer brought





:1 (-lnncse servant named Quong meme 3

One day‘





with him from the Far East.

the Oriental askcd pcrmission to attend

a funeral.



“Go ahead. Quong, assentcd 1he offi-

111‘. Then ho supplcmonted. “I suppose

you will plaice diffcrcnt kinds of food on

your dead friend's grave, as they do in

your native country.”



“Sumee us in China.“ said Quong.



“Now. Quong.” continued the officer

good nuturedly. “when do you Ihink your

friend will come up to out what you leave

on his grave?"



“Alice snmce time ihat Mcliczin Man

(MEN‘S up to snicllcc flowers you put on

his," reioricd Quong in the same spirit.





H





'l‘cuchcr was tolling her class little sto-

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“Please, ma’am, it's sausage.”





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FEB. 11, 1911.





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Our Motto—“The Farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be

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THE FEBRUARY PROGRAMS.





 





Suggestions for Second Meeting.



Opening song.



Reading, “The Worth of a Boy."



Review of a late number of my favorite

paper or magazine, briefly reported by a

man and woman.



Music, by Grange orchestra.



Home Nursing, I—Hints on care of the

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That the “old order changeth" was

strikingly illustrated by the Patrons of

Husbandry of' Michigan at their annual

meeting held at Traverse City last De-

cember. There were in attendance 420

delegates, besides hundreds of visitors,

making a crowd of one thousand farmers.

counting their wives and children, com-

posed of well dressed, earnest, purposeful

men and women who had come up to this

annual meeting with well defined and ma-

tured ideas of what should be said and

done along certain lines of legislation. so-

cial progress and educational betterment.



To the men and women of the cities, the

manner in which their country cousins

acquitted themselves in speaking, debat-

ing, reading and making reports upon

great questions now before the country,

was a surprise. But it need not be so

when they reflect that the order is well

on the way towards the half-century

mark, this annual meeting being its thir-

ty-eighth, and that it has been a school

of instruction—one of the best ones. too——

for the country folk for more than a gen-

eration.



Not alone along agricultural lines has

the Grange been an education, but it has

given its members a business training in

co-operative buying and selling whereby

thousands of dollars have been saved to

the farmers. Through this work the time

will no dOubt come when there will be

shipping agencies at the growers’ point

and marketing agencies at the c/ons-umers'

point. The Grange has been a great edu-

cation in economics, civics, schools and

politics. It does not develop the man side

of society. but the man and woman side.

A farmer and his wife are elected by a

certain number of local Granges to attend

the annual State Grange, and the woman

is invested with the same privilege of

voice and vote as the man: hence. for

nearly a half-century, the women of the

Grange have had a voice and vote in

helping make some of the better laws

written into the state and national sta-

tutes.



The progressive, constructive trend of

the Grange is demonstrated in the meas-

ures endorsed at the state meeting,

among which are the initiative. referen-

dum and recall; amendment to the consti-

tution whereby U. S. senators shall be

chosen directly by vote of the people; a

better system of land transfers: a prac-

ticable parcels post law; farmers' central--

ized township schools and the teaching of

the elements of agriculture therein.



The chief goOd growing out of the local

Grange is that it establishes in the neigh-

borhood where located a social center of

community life, an environment “where

the future is growing." Many of Michi-

gan’s sons. distinguished in private and

public life, owe their inspiration, their

start on the road, to the Grange. and

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der. In the Grange they commenced and

developed the work which was pursued

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leading its people onward to better living.



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Muskegon Pomona Grange, No. 41, met

with Alumina Grange at Holton Jan. 18

and i9: Aiter‘a generous dinner the Pat-

rOns.‘r'etired to the hall where Lecturer

Nistle introduced Mrs. O. J. C. Woodman,

chaplain of State Grange, who gave an





THE‘ MICHIGAN FARMER.’





admirable talk. In part Mrs. Woodman

said: “I am here to talk about ‘The





Problems of' 1911,’ which are, after all,

only a continuation of those‘of 1910. We

who are in the fold know what great

problems the Grange has solved for ag-

riculture. But, I say, in the future build

higher, loftier and grander than in the

past and if you can’t reach the pinnacle

go as high as you can. The first problem

that meets young people is this one of

establishing a right ideal.



“It isn’t true that, there are certain

things you can not do. The American

citizen can accomplish anything which is

good and true. If we look back into his—

tory we see what our citizens have done

for civilization. All nations do honor to

them. Here we see the difference between

the Old World governments and ours.

Despotisms take strOng men and make

feeblings of them, while republics take

feeblings and make strong men of them.

The ideals which these men strove for can

be carried on by our boys and girls, and

their names written on the scroll of fame.

This great republic leans 0n us, the com-

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our country's yeomanry that makes it

grander every year. The world can not

do without us.



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any society that reaches out a helping

hand to all humanity. It is through the

Grange that we can most effectually help

the people. I want the young people to

know that life is great, is noble, is worth

living. It behooves us tothink about the

great problems that are agitating the Am-

erican nation, for it is we who pay the

bills. I’m always proud when I think it

is the good old farm homes that give this

nation its prestige among the nations. It

is no particular credit to have large

streams that those of Europe would not

even make a splash in if turned into ours,

but the things we have obtained, through

the ability of the common people, are the

things we should be proud of.



I want the youth of this nation to have

the privilege of a still greater school sys-

tem than we now have. The time has

come when the common people can work

shoulder to shoulder with any man, no

matter how prominent he may be. The

great temperance problem is a vital one

that has got to be met. It costs $700,000.-

000 a year to take care of the crime that is

committed in this country. Don’t we

know there needs to be something to stem

this tide? Agitate some live question.

such as education, that will fight this. I

don’t want to walk through life in the

footsteps of someone else. I want to work

for something higher.



“We can put shields around our race

that will protect the weak and innocent

against the evils of their environment.

That is what laws are for. The larger

duty of all public officials is to protect.

Shall not we build so that future genera-

tions shall be born better? I believe ev-

ery child has the right to be well born.

Let us build up a sentiment for the best

in things educational and social; our laws

should all tend to that end. We ought to

be patriotic enough to want every child

to have a good heritage.



“Another problem is managing our

finances; but it is worth more to build a

man than a bank. It behooves us who

live in the country to furnish the right

building material. Let us, in the Grange,

not make the culture of potatoes the pre-

dominant factor in our existence, although

we should demand that we be taught

scientific farming: but the thing that is

most important is that our boys and girls

bring home from college the idea that

frugality, industry, and patriotism are

the. links that make this nation stand for

the best things of life.”



Pomona Master John S. W'alker and

wife then rendered “Sweet Bclle Mahone”

in a way that made the older members

think of their sweetheart days.



In her talk on “Some Factors in Rural

Education.” Mrs. Nellie B. Chisholm em.

phasized the following points: First fac-

tor is the building of character. In this,

the home plays the most important part.

The parents are the ones that make the

home. The province of our public schools

is to make men and women that are bet-

ter able to meet the problems that con-

front them than were our fathers to meet

their problems. The work of the school

13 to keep people from being lost, not in

saving those who are lost. If our schools

fit boys and girls for life, they will then

be fit for jobs. We of the Grange have a.

great responsibility in regard to the rural

schools—it is our duty to extend a lifting

hail?1 to tdhem. ,



e au lence was next entertained b

D. E. McClure, District Deputy Mastery:

who talked on “A More Active Pomona

Grange,” after which he moved that a

Grange institute and conference be held

in Muskegon court house in March, and

that the master appoint a, committee to

make arrangements.



In the evening Mrs Woodman gave an-

other good talk. after which a very pleas-

ing literary and musical program was

given by the children of Holton school to

an audience of about 500 Patrons and

townspeople. .



Early Saturday the business meeting

was called. Reports of officers Showed an

increase in membership and interest. The

present membership is 130. The next

meeting is to be held with Silica Grange,

at Dalton, in March.-—S. Elaine Moore,

Secretary.





COMING EVENTS.





 





 





 





Pomona Meetings.





Gratiot Co.. at Ithaca, Saturday, Feb.

llbgoirlit mleeténg of PatrOns and teachers.

, ar evox 0., with Pi L

Tlxzrsday, Feb. 16. he ake Grange'

renac Co., with Bay Grange. at Are-

nac, Friday, Feb. 17. Geo. B. Horton,

state speaker. Installation of officers.

Ingham 00., with Wheatfleld Grange,

Wednesday, Feb. 22. Special patriotic

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FARMERS‘ CLUBS





OFFICERS OF THE STATE-ASSOCIA-

TION OF FARMERS' CLUBS.





President—B. A. Holden, Wixom.



Vice-Pres., J. D. Leland, Corunna.



Secretary—Mrs. C. P. Johnson, Meta-

mora. .



Treasurer—Mrs. Lewis Sackett, Eckford.



Directors—A. R. Palmer, Jackson; Wm.

H. Marks, Fair Haven; C. L. Wright,

Caro; E. W. Woodruff, Blanchard; C. P.

Johnson, Metamora; Patrick Hankerd,

Munith.



Address all communications relative to

the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. C.

P. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.





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Associational Motto.—





The skillful hand. with cultured mind.





is the farmer‘s most valuable asset.





 





Aseoclatlonal Sentiment.—

The farmer, he garners from ihe.soil

the primal wealth of nations.





 





, AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.





Synopsis of an address given before

the State Association of Farmers' Clubs,

by Prof. W. H. French.



It is too early to determine with cer-

tainty the-effect of the introduction of

agricultural courses in the public high

schools, but it seems to be settled beyond

a question that industrial subJects may be

included in the curriculum of the high

schools with safety.



The results thus far secured, show an

increase in regular attendance. especially

from the non—resident students; 2nd,_ an

increased interest in the regular subjects

of the course; 3rd, broader interest on the

part of the parents; 4th, practical results

in actual farming operations.



The work of the high school touches

the student of the formative period, that

is, when a man or woman begins to think

out a. future and make plans. This being

true, the character of the school work

presented at that time should be such as

to give the student the widest possible

scope of observation and intellectual

tlvity, and he should also have some con-

crete examples on which he may build

his career. -



The traditional course of study does not

touch in any marked way the activities of

human life. The fault in the present sys-

tem lies with its traditions and ideals.

The work of the school points toward the

professions and nowhere does the student

have an opportunity to study the interde-

pendence of man engaged in real voci-

tions nor does he come in v‘onmr‘t with

the fact that the thing the man .locs, does

not make him professional, but the man-





it‘-





ner in which he [lock it. The expert

worker on stone, or metal or soil is at

once raised to the prob-saloon rank.



It is proper to cherish will idcnls, pro-





viding you can build ncw ones from them

but old traditions may surely be banished,

Lecause they do not tend (0 progress.

During the current year agricultural

courses will be presented in eleven high

schools in Michigan. The subjects pur-





sued include agricultural botany farm

crops, horticulture, soils, dulrymg. live

stock and farm management. These

courses are taught. in each cnse, by a





teacher who has received spcv-lal trainingr





in agriculture as well as pcdugogics. The

work is moving forward very satisfactor-

ily, a good degree of interest is manifest

ed and the effect produced upon the itch-





eral work of the high Sv'llflflls is excellent.

The total number of young men pursuing

these courscs in the high Schools is about





500. The location of the schools is as fol-

lows: Hudson, Norlhvlllc, Saline, Law-





ton, Union City, St. Louis, Traverse City,

Watervllet. Hillsdnle has 91) young men

studying agriculture, this being the larg-

est number in any one School.



In this secondary work in agriculture

we are attempting to give especial empha-

sis to four general phases of agriculture,

plant life, soils, animal husbandry and

business agriculture, in addition to the

regular work pursued in the school room.

A special course of extension lectures for

the benefit of the farmers will be given

during the months of December. January

and February. The farmers of the coni—

munity will meet at the school buildings

or other convenient places on Saturday

afternoons and will hear a lecture either

from the local teacher of agriculture or

from some member or the faculty of the

agricultural college, after which there will

be a general discussion and frequently

actual demonstration work. This plan of

agricultural extension work will bring the

school and the home closer together and

will give an opportunity for real growth

of agricultural ideas. In addition to the





(31) 167



schools above mentioned where agricul-

ture is taught by a special teacher, some

agricultural work is being presented in

the high schools at Plymouth, Monroe,

Tecumseh, Boyne City and Elsie. Other

places may be doing some of this work

'which have not come to our attention.



It is quite probable that some mistakes

may be made in working out these new

lines of School work, but we are quite cer-

tain that secondary agriculture in the

public schools has come to stay and in

spite of the mistakes and present uncer-

tainty, we believe that ultimately great

goodwill result to the people of Michigan.





WHAT THE LOCAL CLUBS ARE

DOING.





 





Thornapple Club. of Barry 00., was rep-

resented by Mrs. Morgan, who stated that

the charter members of tha Club num-

bered 16, but the membership is now 120

and the average attendance around 4:3 or

50. The Club holds 11 regular meetings

each year. An annual picnic is a feature

of the Club program. The monthly pro-

grams are provided ‘by a. committee ap-

pointed for the purpose. The entertain-

ment committee plans so that the mem-

bers with the larger houses and barns

will entertaain the Club during the winter

season. The matter of refreshments has

been settled by the use of lap boards for

a portion of the year and by the serving

of an old—fashioned dinner for the balance

of the meetings. A temperance meeting

is held in March, and the young people

are given one meeting during the year.

The Starrvllle Club, of St. Clair 00.,

represented by Mrs. W. H. Marks, holds

12 meetings during the year. Each mem-

ber furnishes a portion of the refresh-

ments as assigned by the menu commit-

tee. An oyster dinner is served in

ruary and a strawberry festival in June

or July. Children's day is observed at

one meeting during the year. and a Club

fair is made a special feature in October.

Rives and East TOmpkins Club. of Jack-





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son C0. Delegate chc‘uincc reported

that this Club holrls ll r-g'ular incetings

during the your wild a picnic meeting

rounds out 12 lll'lll’l‘w‘. This Club holds





an annual t‘uir, ill” proceeds from which

are devoted to charitable purposes, being

given for the benefit of the Charlotte

Home for Aged Ladies.



North Newburg Club, of Shiawassee

Co., was represented by Mr. J. D. Leland,

the present Vi»"e-prcsitlent of the State

Association. He stritcd that the member-

ship of this Club consists of 24 families.

who entertain in rotation. Refreshments

are served on lap tables which. together

with the necessnl'y (lishcs and silverware

are owned by the Club. The firmly cu-

tertaining‘ furnishes the refreshments. The

question box is one of the most inrcrcst-

ing features of this meeting, Member»;

of the Club and Maple River Club inter"

change attendance of meetings very

largely.





 





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





Hold Annual Meeting.——The 24th annual

meeting of the Columbia Farmers“ Club

was held .lon. ll, at “Holmdnle,” the

beautiful home of Mrs. C. M. Crego. over

lW) people being in attendance The an-

nual reports of the secretary and treas~

urcr were read and showed the Club to

be in an exceedingly prosperous condition.





Ten new members were added and two

.lcntlis had occurred during the your. The

on‘iccrs elected for the ensuing year were.





President, Judson Freeman; vice—pres.

Mrs. R. I”. Peterson: soc, Mrs. Flora Vin-

ing; trons, Miss Belle Weeks: reporter,





Miss Mantle Smith; chaplain, W. B. Low-

ry. The executive committee met on

Thursday, Jan, 26, at the home of (loo. .l.‘





Friedrich to prepare programs for the

coming yearn—Mrs. Flora Vining.

Will Hold Club Institutes—Tho Snlcm





Farmers Club held its January meeting at

the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frcd Burnett.

After the usual enjoyable dinner, the

Club was called to order by the new pros-

ilient. G. H. Thompson, and a fine pro—





gram given. consisting of music, recita-

tlons, etc. An original poem was read bv





Mrs. VVebb—Lnne. entitled, “One Day On

the Farm," showing how busy at farmer’s

wife can be. Most of the hour was de-

voted to the report of the state meeting

given by the delegate. Herbert Smith.

This was listened to with marked atten-

tion. Many interesting points were

brought out. A vote of thanks was giv-

en Mr. Smith for his good and profitable

report. Remarks of practical interest to

the Club were given by President Thomp—





son. Club voted to hold an institute in

place of the February meeting. New

executive committee is as follows: Mr.





and Mrs. Wm. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Ar-

thur Wheeler. Resolutions were adopted

on the death of Mr. Timothy Donovan.

one of the most faithful members of the

Club, expressing the feeling of personal

loss by the Club and sympathy for the

bereaved family—Mrs, H. C. Thompson,

Reporter.
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