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VOL. CXXXVI. No. 8. ;

Whole Number 3536.





FARM-NOTES





 





Disking Alfalfa.



. I have 21/; acres of alfalfa sown in

1909'. I got a very good catch, which was

pastured with hogs, and later top-dressed

with stable manure. This was in _the

summer of' 1910. In the fall I noticed

there was quite a lot of June grass and

other weeds in it. Now I would like to

know when is the best time to give it a

good disking.



[Huron 00. D. G.



There is a good deal of conflicting testi-

mony in regard to disking alfalfa, both as

towthe time and method of doing the work

and the benefits derived from disking it





» at all. F, D. Coburn, of Kansas, who has





written a comprehensive work on alfalfa

culture as most successfully practiced in

that state and elsewhere under his ob-

servation, is a, very strong advocate of

disking, although he advises setting the

disks rather straight, so as to split the

crowns without cutting them off. On the

other hand, J. E. Wing, of Ohio, who has





had long experience in growing the plant.





both in the west and in his native state.

and whose opportunities for observation

have been of the widest, states with equal

conviction in his late work that dishing

should be carefully done, with not too

sharp disks, which are set straight enough

so there will be nodanger of cutting off





any 'or‘owris. . He‘contcnds. that splitting.





hé“'crowns, which 'others' 'a‘dvdcate, for

the purpose of causing a more profuse





production of stalks, would be like spli’t-





ting the trunk of an apple tree to cause

the throwing out of more limbs, and that

it, cannot but damage the plants. He

has found it profitable to disk after fer-

tilizer had been applied or when grass

encroached too greatly on the plants. and

advises a cross dlsking to get results in

the latter case, rather than a severe disk-

ing with the disks set to dig or out too

much.



Unfortunately, alfalfa has not been

grown long enough or extensively enough

in Michigan to afford very pOSltive evi-

dence as to the best methods of handling

it'where the grass encroaches upon it or

where for any reason it does not appear

to thrive. But there are some Michigan

growers who are strong advocates of the

free use of the disk. It would appear

to be a very reasonable proposition that.

where there is sufficient grass to endan-

ger the stand a severe disking would be

a profitable experiment, since little could

be expected from such a stand if nothing

is done to it. But alfalfa starts early in

the spring, and if the plants are alive and

well inoculated it will get the start of the

grass. I have seen a num-

ber of fields of alfalfa

that produced fair crops

which were pretty well

seeded to June grass, but

which looked to be fairly

free from it before cut

the first time. Yet there

is no doubt that they

would have produced bet-

ter crops, and especially

second and third crops, it

the grass had not been

present, and if it can be

kept in check by disking

without materially injur-

ing the stand of alfalfa

it will certainly pay to





 





disk. However. we be-

lieve that the disklng

ought to be carefully





do??? when the plants are

sfnall, at least. If a plant

iii-cut off it. must die and

thin the stand just that

much. But if the dishing

is done as early in the

spring as practicable and

before theipiants start to

grow, a light’disking‘ each





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Concrete Black Silo on the





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 1911.





 





way of the field, followed by a good har-

rowing with a spike-tooth harrow, will

discourage the June grass considerably

and should not hurt the stand of alfalfa

to any extent.



Further (lilsking should depend on con"

ditions. Some growers advocate dishing

in the fall after the last cutting, and sonic

go so far as to recommend it after each

cutting. However, this is a problem in

which experience is better than advice,

and wherever or whenever disking is re-

sorted to by a Michigan grower, a strip

should he left without dishing as a check

upon the experiment. In this way posi—

tive information will be gained which will

be the best possible guide for future

practice. V



lhit the presence of June grass and oth—





2$Loo A YEAR.

$2.75 FIVE YEARS





 





crop. The economy of this crop warrants grow sweet clover and plow it under as





careful experimenting with it.

Sweet CIOver.



ls sweet clover a good fertilizer and is

it, any good for hay? How long does it

take to grow it? “'hen should it be, sown,

and should it: be St'edcd With a grain CPOD

or alone? Does it prepare the soil for

alfalfa, and if so what does the seed cost

and how much should be sown per acre?

i am thinking of sowing about five acres,

and turning it under as green manure to

build up the. soil. Is there any better

way of accomplishing this result?



Sunscmnnn.



Sweet clover, like the other legumes, is

u nitrogen gathorcr and as such is a soil

icnovator. ll is a biennial, completing its

life cycle in two years and dying, unless

lEFt‘tHlt‘d, either artificially or naturally.

Likc alfalfa or the other clovers, it can

be seeded alone or with a nurse crop,





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Sugar Camp on Geo. H.





cr foreign plants in practically all of the

alfalfa fields seen in Michigan is a strong

argument for the better preparation of.

our land for the crop before the seed is

sown. If alfalfa is sewn, following a cul-

tivratcd crop, and the land is fitted with-

out plowing and kept cultivated for a

sufficient time in the spring to allow all

weed seed near the surface to germinate

and be killed, there will be far less need

to discuss the safety of a disking or cul-

tivation of the Hell which will be severe

enough to kill these enemies of the plant.

There will be mere alfalfa sown in Mich-

igan this spring than ever before, and it

should be remembered by every farmer

who will try it the coming year, that the

land cannot be too free from weeds and

grass if we would insure success with the





Jewett’s “Elmwood Farm,” Allegan County, Mich.





1nw1‘erably in the spring or early summer

in the ordinary season. “'hilc it can be

made into fairly good hay if out before too

advanced in growth. stock do not like it

as they do the other clovers, and it seems

to be semi-what unccrtain, like. alfalfa,

where the proper bacteria are not in the

soil. It harbors the same bacteria for

which alfalfa. is also a host plant, and in

this sense is a step in the right direction

in preparing for the growing of alfalfa.

However, alfalfa is so much superior to it

that it would not seem profitable to sow

it for this purposc, since the soil can be

artificially inoculated for the alfalfa, after

which it would probably be nearly, if not

quite, as easy to get a stand of alfalfa

as of sweet clovcr. While it would un~

tloubtedly prove beneficial to the soil in





 





Farm of Henry Robertson, of lonla Co.. Blocks are 8x10 in., 1 to 5 of Cement. and Sand.





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suggested, any other leguminous plant

would be just as satisfactory in this re-

spect, such as common field peas, which

could be bogged down before plowing

under.



lnoculating Alfalfa.



Last spring I sowed one acre to al—

falfa. It came up nice and thick in places,

but the cold and wet scemed to kill it. in

the fall it came on again but was uneven

and Of a light green color. \\'ill it. be bcst

to plow and reseed this spring. and where

can I get the llvOPillfliQd seed that will

grow a dark green plant, if thcrc is such?



Ionia. Co. \V. it), B.



Evidently the trouble with this alfalfa

is that the bacteria which are m-cessary

to the successful growth of alfalfa are

not present in the soil. It would be the

better plan to lct the crop stand lanai

enough in the spring to determine wheth-

er natural inoculation has taken place to

an extent which will warrant letting it

stand, and if not it would be more profit—

able to plow and resced as snggcstod or

devote the land to some othcr crop, as the

stand will not be a success without the

presence of the bacteria. .\s has been

stated many times in the columns of the

Michigan Farmer. lllC host method of in-

oculating is to secure some soil from a

successful alfalfa field and sow on the

land when it is being fitted for alfalfa.





. ‘liarrowing it into the, soil as soon as





soWn. If the soil cannot be readily ob-

tained the seed may be inoculated with a

pure culture of the bacteria, which can

be secured from the Agricultural College

at nominal cost for experimental pur-

poses. This should be done just before

the seed is sown. Seed already inoculated

cannot be obtained.





The Bean Crop.

. Please give advice, as to raising beans,

Including what kind, when and how to

plant and on what kind of soil. Is the

crop hard on the land?



Ottawa Co. SL‘BscnusEn,



The bean crop is an important one. in

Michigan, our state being first in the

Union in the production of beans. Until

recently the common white beans have

been almost exclusively grown, and are

still the standard sort. The small navy

or pea bean, is the variety which has

found most favor with growers. As with

other crops the time of planting is a sub-

ject of difference of opinion among grow-

ers, but the bull; of the crop is ordinarily

planted as soon after the corn is in as

possible, the last days of May or the first

of June, depending upon the season. This

brings the ripening and harvesting period

at a more favorable season than if the

planting is delayed until

later. From one-half

bushel to three pecks of

é seed is used per acre,

' more growers preferring

a little more than the

m i n i m u m mentioned,

than any other amount.

The bulk of the crop is

planted in drills from 33

to 36 inches apart. \Vith

good preparation of the

soil the crop is easily

kept free from weeds

when so planted for the

reason that the seed ger—

minatcs quickly and cul-

tivation can be com—

menced very soon after

planting.



Beans will grow on a

great variety of soils, but

the better the son the

better the crop. Also, the

better the place the beans

are given in the crop ro-

tation, the better the re-

sults that will be secured.

Formerly beans were

commonly used as an ex-





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tra crop in the rotation between corn and

wheat, and the resulting depletion of the

soil gave beans the name of being hard

on the soil. This is not strictly true,

however, since the plant is a legume and

a nitrogen gatherer. But, like other cul-

tivated crops, it hastens the nitrification

of the vegetable matter in the soil, and

the substitution of beans for the old sum-

mer fallow could hardly have been ex—

pected to prove beneficial in the effect on

the land. I11 late years, however, more

farmers have given beans the first place

in the crop rotation with better results,

both in the crop secured and in the con—

servation of soil fertility. The best place

for the crop is on a clover sod. and when

so planted and followed by a grain crop

in which the land is again seeded t0

clover or, if well fertilized. followed by

sugar beets as is the practice of some

growers, satisfactory results will be se—

cured.

Fertilizers and the Crop Rotation.



I have a field of sandy loam which has

been cropped for four or five years With-

out seeding. I wish to put it to beans

and then to wheat this fall, using fertilizer

on both crops. How much fertilizer would

vou advise me to use with the beans. and

Should I 11111 the fe1tilize1 in with the

beans 01 on both SIdC‘S of the row? I have





been told that feitilizer run in w: th the

beans will kill the germ so the seed will





not grow. Also, how much should I use

with the wheat?

Gratiot Co. A. S.





It is poor policy to crop any field. and

particularly a sandy. open soil, for so

many years in succession without reseed-

ing to clover. This practice depletes the

soil of its vegetable matter or humus.

making it more subject to the effects of

the first drought that may occur, no mat-

ter how well it may be fertilized. and

makes it more difficult to get a stand of

clover when it is reseeded. W'here this

practice is followed the best results can-

not be expected of the fertilizer, unless

the season happens to be one in which the

moisture is well distributed, so the crop

will not be pinched by a drought. From

200 to 300 lbs. of a standard grain fer—

iilizer per acre would. however. probably

give profitable results on this land if it is

10 he handled as outlined. both on the

beans and on the wheat. The fertilizer

should either be drilled in over the whole

surface of the land. 01‘ sowed through at

least three drill hoes, one 011 each side of

the seed as Well as with it. Small amounts

of fertilizer sown with the seed will not

injure its germination but large applica-

tions sown with the seed sometimes will.





PROBLEMS IN MAPLE SUGAR MAK-





ING.

Have burned large lump soft coal, with

Wood, in 4x16 ft. evaporator, very suc-

cessfully for the past three years. Fire





box of evaporator is 4x1 t’t.. equipped with





regular wood grain bars. \\'1111.I is cut

21/393 ft. long. To lire. piaw- ‘1‘")0'.‘ (in

back of grain. fill in from Willi coal next

to doors. Care must be usmi not to get

grates clogged after t'HlllIIILICII firing.





Keep grates picked open through ashpit,

using S—ft. rod of iii-in. iron. with 4—in.

right angle turned on end.



I have plenty of wood but find I can

evaporate faster by using one-half coal,

and I believe coal cheaper as well. My

sugar house, which 1 designed and built

myself, with the assistance of my regular

farm help. is 20x34 ft. and is located in

the east Side of creek bank running north

and south. I cut away the heavy timber

surrounding U141 sites. cut bank down 7





f1. perpendicularly on west line of build-

ing. grading dirt east into bottoms. es-

tablishing a level fox floor. which is sand





west foundation wall of ce-

ment. 1 ft. thick and 7 ft. high against

bank. cast wall 1 1'1. high out of ground,

foundation walls of cement for the ends

of building are built in sections, varying

in height to conforms to the grade of the

banks. Foundation wall omitted under

doors. The studding on west: side is ‘2 ft.

high. on east side 8 ft. and on ends of

height to level of plates. Rafters are 12

ft. long. projection of eaves 10 in., roof

boards 1 ft. wide, sheathing laid tight to-

gether; roof best quality 6 in. cove siding.

6 in, yellow pine covers building. Doors

hung 011 rollers. Partition across building

making woodshcd. and firing room 14x20

ft,, in south end of building. Boiling room

20x20 ft. in north end. Ventilator on top

of roof 21,4,x14 ft and 2 ft. high provides

for escape of steam Two openings 135x

10 ft. directly under em es on each side of

boiling rooms provides further ventilation,

said Openings fitted with doors hinged on

bottom, to be closed when wind is strong

Reof ventilator provided with similar

doors Storage for sap is cement tank on





and gravel,





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





outside of boiling room, 6x20 ft. and 4 ft.

deep, covered with cement arched to 5%

ft. in middle of tank. Tank is built into

bank and is under the ground, the west

wall of foundation forming one side of

tank. A cross wall 4 ft. high divides tank

into two sections and permits the clean—

ing of one section during continuous runs.

Entrance to same is provided through

man—hole 011 top. Bottom of tank is a

trifle higher than evaporator, so sap feeds

in without pumping. A spring covered up

when grading in northeast corner of boil-

ing room, tapped with small force pump,

gives abundant supply of water for clean-

ing up, and drinking as well. Building

cost: $175. Have 1,500 maple trees. Use

bucket covers. Make syrup entirely, and

find it profitable. (A cut of this building

is shown on first page).

Allegan Co. G. H. JEWETT.

WOOD AND COAL MIXED, BEST FUEL

FOR SUGAR MAKING.





Noticing the inquiry of A. M. and your

request in regard to burning soft coal in

a sugar arch: \Ve have used soft coal

nearly every spring. although we have

never attempted to use it alone. We have

an evaporator—with grates three feet





long; use 3—ft. wood or a little less. When





we wish to use coal we fill the arch with

wood. After it has burned down some

throw in a good big pail of coal, let this

burn down some. then fill up with wood

and repeat. In this way we get a very

hot fire and save wood. But buy a good

grade of coal, as some coal will not burn

up clean. and gets in the grates and both-

L'I‘S the fire. in burning coal, when you

lei. your fire go down, sweep off the bot-

11111 of your pan. as soot gathers on it

coal than with wood.



llc also asks how to build a sugar house

so as to let steam escape. When putting

on the roof boards simply leave them off

directly over the barn altitude 3% or 4

feet. Then spii-:~ 27:1 pieces on the rafters

and raise Illl> 1111-2. of the roof 2 or 2174‘.

feet. making \Vll'll. we call a ventilator.

Leave the sides open when boiling and

the steam will go out. W'hen through

making in the spring board up till another

year.



Barry Co. W. N. DEvtNE.





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WEEDS IN MICHIGAN.



Dr. Beal. of the BI. A. C., is authority

for the statement, “Years and years ago

no new farm in the wilderness of Mich-

igan contained more than 20 to 35 kinds

of weeds, as there were not more than

33 sorts in the entire state, while at pres—

ent there are not far from 25 0 kinds.

The toll taken from our farms by way of

lessened crop yield, and increased cost

of labor to keep the weeds down is enor-

pious. And when one sees patch after

11.11011 of quack grass. and in some coun—

1iis~ whole fields given over to it and cut

for hay: and Canada thistlcs everywhere,

even whole fields surrendered to them,

one wonders where it all leads to or when

our farmers will arouse themselves and

make a systematic effort to stop the

spread of weed seeds, and the introduc-

tion of new weeds. 1 was upon a newly

seeded field of alfalfa in Shiawassee coun-

ty last summer, and the owner pointed to

two different weeds new to him and to

me. asking if I knew what they were, and

adding that he had never seen any like

them before upon his farm. This field

was full of weeds but these two were

conspicuous because of their number and

luxuriant growth. They were undoubted—

ly introduced with his alfalfa seed. as

were probably many others of the weeds

in the field. This alfalfa seed he had pur-

chased from a local merchant without

testing and without examination for foul

seeds.



Undoubtedly the greater number of the

weeds of Michigan have been introduced

in our grass, garden and grain seeds im-

ported from other states and foreign coun-

tries. If every farmer would refuse to

purchase his grass, garden or grain seeds

until tested for purity their importation

would largely cease. Many of our careful

farmers do this but the vast majority do

not. and the first must suffer from the

weed seeds blown by the winds and car—

ried by birds and animals from his care-

less neighbor's farm. A rigid enforcement

of our present weed laws would aid in this

last respect, but there are many town-

ships in the state where no attention

whatever is paid to the law. If we had

had a. pure seed law as we now have a





 





pure food law, many of these weed pests.





could never have entered Michigan and

thousands of dollars would be saved our





farmers annually. Quack grass and Can-

ada thistles were imported. Their dam~





age is already done, but it is not too late

to protect ourselves against the Importa-

tion of others that may perhaps be Just.

as troublesome. Here is hoping that our

present legislature will give us a good

pure seed law that extends a test for ger-

mination as well as a test for purity, or

freedom from weed seeds. In other words.

we should know just what we are buying

when we buy seeds as we know when we

buy commercial fertilizers, foods, etc.

Ogemaw Co. H. B. FULLER.





THE CARE OF THE FARM WOODLOT.





 





At the present time there are hundreds

of acres of farm woodlots in the middle

west that are coming a long way from

paying out. Some of these might be made

to pay out but they will never even come

close to it under the present system of

management. Then there are hundreds

of other acres which stand no chance of

ever paying out but which are kept on

the farms for the sake of appearance or

sentiment. There are many farmers who

will not cut a tree unless they are com—

pelled to do it. In either of these cases,

by means of a little care these acres can

be made to produce more than they are

now producing. If there is no chance of

a thing paying out at all it is better to

lose but one dollar on the proposition

when its perpetuation means the losing of

two.



In the first place. the pasture lot can-

not be the wood lot and pay out as well

as it otherwise would. The pasture and





the woodlot proposition do not go together‘

and the sooner this is generally appre-I





elated the better. When animals graze

in the woodlot they eat down all the

young seedlings so that the further growth

of the lot is stopped. The second growth

timber amounts to much more than we

imagine.



All the “weed" trees should be removed

from the lot as they do no real good and

at the same time they take up the room

that would otherwise be occupied by more

valuable species. In this cleaning up proc—

ess it is essential that all the dead and

diseased trees be removed, for these take

up room as well as the weed trees and

at the present time they are far more

valuable for the purpose of either timber

or wood than they will be when the dis-

ease or the decay has progressed farther.

Just at the present such trees have more

good in them than they will ever have

again. This does not mean that it is

necessary that all these trees be removed

at once. but when you go out to get a.

pole or to cut some wood do not take the

first tree that vou happen upon, but select

the same with the ultimate end of forest

conservation in view





“Forest conservation to most people

means the saving of mature trees and

nothing more. Real conservation takes

all into account that is of value, as well

as that: which is of potent'al value." The

most valuable trees in the woodlot are

the young ones and the manager should

aim to keep these growing. A mature

tree is a rather insecure investment and

yields a rather low rate of interest and at

the same time occupies the same amount

of ground that would be occupied by a.

number of small trees.



Common sense is essential in weeding

out a wood lot. This should be done ev—

ery five years, and at least every eight

years. ('iftentimes the mature trees

should be left in the forest to afford

shade for the younger growth and the loss

on the mature tree will be at least bal-

anced by the protection that it affords.

“’hen seedlings are especially thick they

should be thinned so that they are at least

five feet apart each way. In cutting the

older growth the trees should be felled in

such a manner that the younger growth

will not be harmed more than can be

helped. In thinning out these seedlings

it is, of course, essential that the more

valuable species should be left remaining

in the lot.



It is claimed that a well wooded lot will

pay excellent interest when land is as

high as $50 an acre. Thus the woodlot

on the average farm in many sections of

the country will pay out. Then again,

when the land is more valuable than this,

and when the owner wishes such a lot on

his farm, he can. by the right sort of

management. make far more of it than

he does at the present time. The time

that is needed to care for the average

woodlot is very small indeed. What is

more, the work need not be done at any

specified time and so it may “be done when

the owner would not be able to do any—

thing else, and so the labor required can-

not be charged up at harvest wages.



Ohio. CLYDE A. Warren.





me. 25, 11111.





. WEE" writing to advertisers just any "811w





your «1.111 Inthe Hiatus-.11 Former."





POTATO . CULTURE.





 





Potatoes are unquestionably one of the

most profitable crops the farmer can grow

and he should investigate the matter, do

a little experimenting and see whether or

not his land is adapted to raising them.

With present day methods and machinery

the labor of planting and harvesting has

been greatly reduced. Chief among po-

tato planters is the Evans, manufactured

by The American Seeding-Machine. 00.,

Incorporated, Springfield, Ohio. This ma-

chine opens the furrow. plants and covers

the seed in the best possible manner—~far

more accurately than can 'be done by

hand.- It has adjustable pickers that will

handle all sized seed. V'Vhere artificial

fertilizers are to be used, an accurate fer-

tilizer attachment can be furnished, which

is guaranteed to sow any and all brands.

The Evans Potato Planter will pay for it-

self in a single season where the acreage

is sufficient. One man or boy can op-

erate the Evans under all conditions of

seeding. It is light draft, simple and

strong. Send to the manufacturers for a.

copy of their Evans Potato Planter cata-

logue. If you want special information

they will be pleased to answer your ques—

tions. After you have read this catalogue.

go to your implement dealer and insist on

seeing the Evans—the machine that must

and will do all the manufacturers claim.

Take no substitute. Get the Evans—the





 





machine that “makes good.”





 





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is the name of a valuable book on Fer-

tilizers. We give a copy Free to every

farmer who will send us a postal card re-

quest for it. It tells you how to choose and

use Fertilizers and gives the reasons.





Bash am as Fertilizers





 





are the only ones containing a. Humuo

Filler. Others contain rock, which in

worthless or worse. You

don't want rock in your 9011

to harden it, but Human to

loosen it.

Buy Bashumue Fertil‘

izera of your dealer if he

has them. If he hasn’t

notify us when you write

fior the book. We will see

that you are supplied.





BASH FERTILIZER 00.





FT.WAYNE, IND.

Dept. A





 





 





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Mention the package number sun, then

you will get exactly the right stufl'





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pure and free from dodder. Write for froe‘famplo

on which we invite you to get Government tests. This

seed should produce hey at SSOIpor were annually.

Free instructions on crowinz





Elllll AID BRASS SEED





Northern grown and of strongest vitality

handle export grade on J and can furnish grass mix-

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Wing's Mikado. Sable

EA and Mongol are the

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PEAS AND OATS.





 





Have 16 acres» of corn stubble that I

want to sow to oats and peas. and seed.

How many peas to the bushel of oats

should I use? The soil is good and they

might go down before ripening. If I

should conclude to cut the crop for hay

when should it be cut and how should it

be handled for best results? -



St. Joseph Co. A. W. W.



For a crop of peas and oats to be

threshed and the grain ground. the rule

is to mix the seed in equal parts by

measure. What you want to get is a

good percentage of peas to get a good

percentage of protein in the grain ration.

If you will use a variety of oats that has

a stiff straw, and use a commercial fer-

tilizer containing a good percentage of

phosphoric acid I don't think that your

oats would be liable to lodge much be-

cause this will stiffen the straw and

hasten their‘ripening.



In case you should want to cut this

crop for hay, cut it when the oats are in

milk. Don’t wait until the seed begins

to turn hard, either the oats or the peas.

Cure and handle the same as clover hay.



COLON C, LILLIE.





 





USING FERTILIZERS AS TOP-DRESS-

ING FOR WHEAT.



\Yould it be profitable to sow fertilizer

on wheat in the spring and harrow it in

with a spike—tooth drag? if so, what

kind should I sow?



Ingham Co. \V, S.



The practice of top-dressing wheat in

the spring with commercial fertilizer is

a practice not common in Michigan at. the

present time, although in New England

this practice is getting to be quite com-

mon. I can only tell you from what I

have read and learned from others and

not from practical experience. It is

claimed that where wheat comes through

the winter in an unthrifty condition it Is

an excellent practice to sow from {100 to

400 lbs. of good soluble commercial for-

tilizer on the ground early in the, spring.

I am informed in very many instances

that this has brought the crop forward

and made a profitable crop out of it,

where otherwise, judg’ng from conditions

in the spring. it would have practically

been worthless.



It probably would be a good thing to

follow the fertilizer with a drag if the

around is in such condition that it may be

permitted. It would be all right to sow

the fertilizer on. even before you could

drag the ground and the spring ruins will

dissolve it and carry it into the soil to

the roots of the plants. I would be in-

clined to think 'that it would not be nec—

essary to drag after the fertilizer unless

one chooses to do so.



Many practical farmers can testify to

the practicability of using commercial fer-

tilizer on oats. My own personal experi—

ence would warrant me in saying that

that is one of the most profitable uses of

commercial fertilizer. 'l‘he oat plant is

much neglected. Oats are put in hurriedly

in the spring on poorly prepared ground

and in many instances no manure or fer—

tilizer of any kind is used. The result is

that we have a. very low average yield of

oats when we ought to have a good one.

My idea is that it pays to wait until the

ground is in condition so that it can be

worked up to make a good seed bed and

then front 300 to 400 lbs. of good commer-

cial fertilizer used per acre will be a very

profitable investment. Use any good stan-

dard fertilizer made by a reputable man—

ufacturer.



COLON C, LILLIE.





AMONG MICHIGAN FARMERS.





 





North Central Mich'gan is rapidly tak—

ing rank with the older parts of the state

in all that makes up good farming. Por—

tions of Gratiot courtly formerly were too

wet for certain crops. But now it is the

land of tile drainage and large yields.



\Vhiie it is late in the season there are

still piles of sugar brets that resemble

the coke piles around an iron blast fur—

nace. The tonnage of beets this year has

been enormous. For once the factories

have had all the beets they wanted to

slice, and some factories are running on

beets originally produced for some other

factory to help close up the season.



Alfalfa ideas have inoculated the farm—

ers and in all sections is this crop being

started and with a good degree of suc--

cess. The more general method of seed~

ing being with some nurse crop. generally

a bushel of barley in the spring. On some

farms the alfalfa and clover seed were

mixed and, while the clover did not stand

the midsummer drouth, the alfalfa did,

and alfalfa stock has gone up according-

ly. Alfalfa advice is eagerly sought and

the Michigan Farmer is often quoted as

well as credited with much good done





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statement that an acre of alfalfa will jflWWflW///WMW///WWWW//fl/ /“Zjfli'wfiifiw‘\‘e

male 1 000 lbs of pork. The poultry rais- A A” ”

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and are building on an alfalfa foundation. lflHERE 18 no drudgery on the farln

Finally. the man who has a farm that is . . . . .

somewhat blase from growing timothy equipped With Dav1d Bradley Implements. There IS a

hay and an excess 0f ”Sh ”Ops is 1001“ 'o in lowing with a perfect tool. The science and skill

ing for alfalfa as the restorer of fertility. .13 .



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nitrogen from the Elii‘, and with itS lOngl farmers for eighty years.

roots go down several feet to bring up the; . . - -

mineral plant food that other plants can-E (I: Bradley Qudlzty IS th€ standard at WI’IlCIl all others aim.





not reach, is strictly first in the minds of‘ You are sure Of getting it only in David Bradley imple—

our countrymen at the present time. 5 h 1 d d - 1 t Id f f- t

There is a new aristocracy arising in‘ ments—t C 011.}7 Jill” (17‘ imp emcn S SO l‘OlTl ac Ol‘y

Michigan agriculture, not of wealth or to consumer dlrect at ODC—pl‘Ofit prlces,

birth, but of breeding, of education in; he,“ , DAVID BRADLEY IDEAL $ 95 UP

genuine gentility. The work of an car—i . DISC HARROWS

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1.101 genetatton “db hard and U)” \'( H l Madein all sizes; solid or cut out; 16, 18 and

1” a measure enslaved by early farm cm" 20-inch discs, with tongue or_ tonguclcss with

ditions. The second generation had the the Celebrated Bradley osctllattng tongue truck.

foundations laid and the farm homes are: " ~12 The Strongest and Most Up





models of convenience. Machinery has to Date Disc Harrow

removed much of thc drudgery. The" Money Can Buy.

Farmers’ Clubs, the Grange and social Strong truss steel

opportunities are giving a flavor of that frame with levers con-

veniently placed; con-

nectingbarsfromlevers

to discs run under a.

heavy steel adjustable

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is found that genuine courtesy, deference

and kindliness that made the southcrner

such a delightful host. But the indolencc

of the. southern planter is not found and

local knowledge has largely yielded to

wider fields of scientific acquircmt-nts. \ . Oscillating sEring

Pr‘f’tfjm’ Gal‘bOh‘le-atos’ phOSphO’lm “lel‘ stecl scrapers operated by foot levers, clean the entire disc. Throw-off



humidity, etc., are commonly used in ' '. ~

lovers on each scraper section enable the operator to raise scraper from





 

 

   





farmers' language; while carburetors, re- . . . . . . - 1

. ~ . 1 . ' notion. Saves wear and ll<’lllCIlS draft

sistance, heat and power units are the (1,15% at any tlme “1th team in 1 b

, _ , when scrapers are not needed.



common terms of farm mechanics. It is . . . . .- .- -

ti” )1. q f f, ‘ .1 . _ l,_. Disc bearings run in dustproot‘ 011 soaked maple lined bomngs, “llll oxl tubes



”5 C “vs 0 (”mils “ ‘0 4’" “Home extending up through one—piece pressed stccl weight boxes.

themselves tclt and are soon to have an . Discs are. finpgt quality stcel. sharp and specially ten‘tpcrcd'to hold an edge, but;

agricultural course in the Mt. Pleasant 110i 50 While 115 10 break.





The Bradley Patent Spring Seat Post makes the. Ideal the easiest riding of all disc





hif’h school. The school coimnfssioncr of . , .

_’ barrows. Sttvcstlriver the jolt and jar common to otltcrntakcs, while the. low down hitch





lsabclla county is of “‘0 new agricultural rclicvcs team. ol'nCckwctght. Themost huntanctoolot‘ itskind for both inanttndtcant.

”"6 ”m .m‘j ”WSW” h‘? has been to ([Rcfcr to our bitr General Catalosr for pictures, complete

the boys 1n the corn growing contest of J . O. f D 1 If," (11‘ 7 Pl , H‘ .. vq

that county is marvelous. Keen, healthy dCSC‘Itp‘lIOIlS‘ and pI‘lCGS O {lVlt 4111 ('3 lO\\S, L‘r1_0\‘~;

t"t‘.n]1)eiill0n and the pleasure of the mm Planters, Cultivators, etc., the farm tools backed by eighty

has endowed country School life with re- years of knowing how; or send today for our Book of David

newetl interest. A handsome American Bradley Farm Implements.

fit was . 1‘ th sin], I. :f ": " .



g 5 0m 0 e i m S 0 “do” We can always supply promptly any repair part for any Bradley





that went to the school district producing

the best corn, in addition to the cash

prize to the individual. Old Glory finds SEARS ROEBUC AND CO

new fields to conquer in leading the young p l . CHICAGO

boys to victory in peaceful farm pursuits.



\Vhat is true of educational interest,





agriculturally, in Isabella is found in oth- ' " ' '

er counties whose commissioners are at 8 er IS lng





one with the advancement of agricultural





implement, no matter when or-where bought.





 





 





 





 





conditions. .. I » y 1'

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minor importance. is the closer relations





existing bctwccn the residents of the town We know that the new Imperial double disc, flexible frame, scalloped blade

and. the farmers. The professional 311G Harrow will save you money and time, and give you a better seed bed than any

business men own and Operate faTmS- other implement. \Vc know this through recorded tests, and from the experience





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fill“? me“ ‘fm “Wan," mtu‘Slm w1tlt of thousands of farmers throughout the country. We want you to know it, tool

”9 mimic“ 1“ 35’“ 1‘ “”“1 ln‘utms' A from an actual test of an Im erial conducted b ourse

1 y y on your own arm.





banker and attorney as well in one of

those. towns told the farmers to help Double Disc





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themselves to a marle deposit on his land, I m per'al Flexible Frame "arrows





to see if it would aid in growing alfalfa.





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A “111110“ do.la1s 15 ‘l C‘lllfldel‘lble sum or Any Bucher &Gibbs dealer Will be glad time it takes the old style barrow to do it



money, yet the output or the farms mar- tolet you have an Imperial Harrow to make once. Four horses hitched to an Imperial



keted at one town in Isabella county last this test. (yet. one from your dealer, and will do twice as much work as three horses

' ’ WIIllC running it not: these facts : with an ordinary barrow.





The 1111 per-





season. aggrcgated that figure, the sta—

ial Harrow





tistics being compiled by an editor who

also had farm tastes and traditions.

Shiawassce Co, JAs. N. McanE.





 

 

 

 

 

 





The Specially designed, scalloped blade

works the cuts to greater depth and more perfectly

ground twice pulverizes the ‘Soil. The flexible frame

for its full lightens the draftandleavesapcrfectly level

width of cut seed bed'



Write for all the facts about the Imperial

double disc Harrow, and we will send you

some printed matter that we know Will be

of value to you. Write to-day.





The BUCHER & GIBBS PLOW C0.

806 E. Seventh St, Canton, Ohio





 





SPRING VS. FALL PLOWING FOR

CORN.





 





How should I handle a sod field that

i wish to put to corn. put the manure on

the sod and plow in the spring. or should

the plowing be done this past fall and

the manure put on the plowed ground?

I have always had good luck with fall;

plowing the ground but 1 saw in the 1321-1

per that it is advisable to put manure on

tho soti. St‘l'iSt‘ltlBICu.



4. \Vhen sod ground is plowed early in,

the spring, I never could see any diffcr-'

cnce practically, from fall plowing. If'

one wants to cover the sod with stttble‘

manure, it seems to be necessary to defer

the plowing until spring, because coat-sol

manure put upon the surface will hinderl

cultivation. and then a rough plowed field]

is not a very nice place to drive over.l

You could plow your field in the fall, leavel

your manure in a large pile during the"

winter, and spread it on the land with a

manure spreader in the spring. If spread





thinly in this way, it would not interfere S

with the field operations. ‘ SPREADER





COLON C. LILLIE- : The only spreader with a 33~ycar record of good work. Simplicity, Durability

and.L1ght Draft always foremost. Direct Chain Drive. No Cotr Gears. The

ChOICe of men who investigate thoroughly. Wood or metal wheels.b 'A generation

of experience back of every Success. The leader from the first. Exclusive features

all patented. Catalog of facts Free.’ Write us promptly.





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Proved Eminently Satisfactory. t

The Murray-Waterman Co.. of Ann Ar—t

bor, who have been advertising fashion-‘

able strains of Jersey cattle, write:

“PleaSe continue our little ad. another

year. It has proved eminently satisfac-

tory to us, in fact. sells our cattle as fast

as we can raise them."
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TESTING SEED CORN IN AN INCU-

BATOR.



Some time ago I inquired through. the

columns of this paper about testing

seed corn in an incubator but I did not

get much encouragement. I was deter-

mined, though. to try it for myself. I

think that is the best way to learn any

lesson on the farm. i used a hot-water

incubator and took the bottom tray and

put in several thicknesses of double—faced

corrugated strawbourd and marked it off

in squares on the upper side. 1 had room

to test. 140 ears of corn, that is, there were

Then I took four kernels

and pur them in these

squares so that they would correspond

with the number of the car. I kept it

moist for several days and it soon ger-

minated. In fact, it was only five days

from the time I put it. into the machine

till some of it had sprouts on two inches

long.



About half of this corn \as selected

early in the fall and but a very few ears

tested out. as compared to the rest of

it. W'e did not get our corn all husked

in the fall and some of this we selected

as we husked during the winter, and of

the 68 cars that we selected during the

winter more than one—half tested out that

showed no signs of vitality. This was

the strongest argument in favor of select-

ing corn early that I ever had presented

to me.



I have heard a good many times. and

read it over and over, that we should se-

lect our seed-corn early in the fall but

this settled it with me.



I am well satisfied with my experiment

and believe it was a decided success. We

will at least plant the good corn in one

end of the field and watch for results. I

believe we farmers in Michigan can im-





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prove our corn by being more careful

about the seed.

An-trim Co. N. G.





 





WHY HAVE LEAKY ROOFS?



There are not a few stables and out-

buildings on many farms that have leaky

roofs. Nothing could be more unsanitary

for the live stock housed in them, or

worse for the hay or other roughage, or

the tools and implements which may be

stored under such roofs. Generally the

house roofs are kept in better condition

because the women of the household in-

sist on having them kept in such condition

that the water will not soak through at

every shower or with the melting of the

snow which may accumulate on the roof.:

But even here there is sometimes neglect. f'

In every case where a roof is neglected;

there is loss, not only on whatever it ma)"

cover but in the building itself, as the:l

roof is the important factor in the pre-‘l’

servation of the building: from the rotting:E

effect of moisture. 'l‘ruly, :1 lcztky roof is?

one of the worst “leaks“ on the farm.i

But it is also one of the most easily seen,l

and when seen it should be promptly‘

stopped. It is an unprofitable practice to

procrastinate in the matter of repairing

the leaky roof because it will be a more

pleasant job to fix it next summer. The

summer season will bring its cares and

thousand tasks which will keep the owner

of the roof busy early and late, and it

will be hard to find the time to fix the

leaky roof, and as there will be less im-

mediate need (if a grand roof than in the

winter season it is likely to be a repetition

ol‘ the case observed in 'the “Arkansaw

'I‘ruvclcr." The best way is to protect

the buildings and their contents at once.

This can be easily and cheaply done by

setting,r any good brand of prepared roof-

ing and putting: it on according to direc—

lfons It can 'be rapidly laid on a pleas-

ant winter day with the available farm

labor, at no cost: except for the material.

while if delayed until summer, valuable

time will be taken up on the job if it is

not. neglected entirely, which is all too

WWW to be the case.



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CATALOGUE NOTICE.





Fencina is a topic in which every farm-

cr is Vltnlly interested. It is made the

subject of an instructive and convincing

little booklet. writtcu bv Mr. Brown of

the Brown me- & \Virc on. of cleve—

land, Ohio. This booklet goes fully: into

the fence matter and .wives the reader all

the inside facts. usually considered as

trade secrets. und shows him whv he

should avoid cheap. trashy. liqbtlv stayed

and poorlv galvanized fencing that'will

not last or give satisfaction in service.

This booklet iPllS Fill :ibout a fencing

made upon honor from the best material

purchasnble and hv the birrhest grade of

skilled lnbor n‘htninabl“. Write the Brown

Fence 00.. Dept. 49_ Cleveland, 0., for a

copy, mentioning the Michigan Farmer.





 





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The name JOHNSTON is recog-

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indicative of QUALITY.



Every J O H N ST ON user knows

that he has a better machine than his

neighbor—and even his neighbor has to

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machines when he observes how they

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farm press and the bright minds of leading agriculturists are

occupied with cultivation, fertilization and intensive farming. .

This question appeals especially to the farmer because his U

opportunities to succeed are far greater than in other occu- ‘.



One of the chief needs of modern farming is good





fertilizer





An acre of tillage land eight inches deep weighs 2,000,000

An average dressing of concentrated

fertilizer at the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre gives only one

pound of mixed fertilizer to every ton of soil, or less than a

grain of actual plant food to each pound of soil.





Yet this infiinitesimal amount of good fertilizer, combined with

the natural yield of the land, turns failure into success — produces

profit in place of loss -— leaving the soil in a better condition for I“

producing succeeding crops.





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WITH THE EWES AND LAMBS.



Many of the troubles that flockowners

experience during the lambing season are

traceable to improper methods practiced

in the management and feeding of the

ewes during the winter months. Ewes

that are allowed to become run down in

flesh, condition and vitality, can hardly

be expected to bring vigorous and well

developed progeny and provide them with

an abundant supply of nourishment. It

is to the interest of every flock owner to

maintain his breeding ewes in good flesh

condition, not only because of its great

influence upon the health and vitality of

the ewes themselves, but upon the growth

and development of the unborn lambs.



Ewes that are properly conditioned at

the time they are mated and fed a ra—

tion of wholesome fodders, grain foods

and roots or ensi‘lage. will rapidly regain

their normal condition.

dition to properly nourish the growing

foetus, by the time it begins to draw

heavily upOn their systems.



During the winter months the breeding

ewes should be kept separate from other

sheep and as they become more heavy

with lamb it is desirable that they be di-

vided into flocks of from 20 to 40, to pre-

vent crowding and injuring each other.

Ewes that are heavy with lamb should

be handled with great caution and deli-

cacy. and not be exposed to crowding or

jamming, as often occurs in passing

through a door or leaping over bars.

Quiet, gentle handling during the Winter

months is very important in the success—

ful management of the ewes during the

ambing season.



The flock owner who breeds‘ his ewes

to lamb during the months of February

and March while the weather is cold and

changeable needs to have adequate barn

room and to provide the ewes with com—

fortable and sanitary acommodations. it

is the height of folly to attempt to handle

early lambs without comfortable and well

arra ged sheep barns and pens.



I have fQund it very convenient and ad-

vantageous to have the lambing quarters

so arranged that small pens five feet

square could be easily constructed around

the outside in the sheep barn as fast as

required. This is a very simple matter

when we have small gates. or panels.

made of light lumber and constructed so

that they can be easily put in place.

These panels are easily put in place as

fast as the ewes show signs of approach:

ing parturition and it is thought best to

put her by herself. By having them con-

structed around the sides it is only nec-

essary to have panels for the sides and

partitions between pens and it is easy for

the shpherd to work among the flock.



“'hen it is possible to keep the ewes

that are nearly due to lamb. by them-

selves, it is judicious to cut down their

rations and not feed them much grain or

succulent food for a few days before they

are due to drop their lambs.



As soon as the ewe shows uneasiness

and strays off by herself away from the

flock, she should be placed in a pen, care

being taken to handle her very gently and

not cause her to become unduly excited.

The parturition of the sheep is generally

severe, but artificial aid is seldom nec-

essary, unless the lamb is abnormally de-





 





veloped about the head. In such cases

the ewe will experience great difficulty

and a little assistance at the right time





and given in a proper manner will reduce

the trouble and conserve the strength of

the ewe.



Any assistance should given in a

careful and judicious manner. or it is

liable to injure the ewe. As soon as the

lamb is born the ewe will generally go to

it at once and lick it, but if she does not,

or appears exhausted. care should be tak—

en to place it at her head at once, for

many experienced shepherds believe that

ewes forget their lambs when they do not

see them at once and for that reason are

likely to disown them. A careful exami-

nation of her udder should be made to as-

certain Whether it is caked or swollen and

to see if the teats will discharge freely.

The first secretions sometimes harden and

close the orifices in the teats. This mat-

ter should be carefully removed and the

swelling reduced by bathing the udder

with 'hot water and gently pressing the

milk out of the teats. If there are indi-

cations of inflammation or soreness, give

the udder a good, thorough, but gentle

rubbing with hot water. If it has not

been previously done, remove all of the

locks of wool in the region of the udder.





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





that might deceive the lamb, for many

lambs have been destroyed, by swallow-

ing locks of wool, which collect in their

digestive organs and obstruct the passage.



If everything goes right, very |little

special attention is necessary after the

ewe and her lamb are well started, but in

case she refuses to own her lamb, we are

indeed up against a proposition of the

delicate order. This can sometimes be

overcome by a little discipline, especially

if the ewe is in a‘normal condition and

has a good supply of milk. Various meth-

ods have been practiced to make ewes

own their lambs and the first thing a man

usually does is to try everything, hoping

that he may hit upon the best method

applicable to the particular case he is

working with. I prefer to have the ewe

and lamb in a small pen where I can hold

her and get the lamb to take its nourish-

ment and after doing this a few times I

often find that their family troubles are

at and end. The greatest difficulty that

I have found is that of getting a ewe

that has lost her lamb to take a lamb

from a ewe that has twins. This is of-

ten accomplished by~ tying the ewe in the

pen and allowing the lamb to remain with

her until she owns it. Some rub the skin





'of her dead lamb over the one they wish





her to adopt or even remove the skin and

put it on the adopted lamb. Personally,

I have very little faith in such methods.

However. they are worth trying when we

have a fine lamb without a mother or a.

good suckling ewe without a lamb.



The lamb that is weak or unable to

find the teat should have assistance and

it is often necessary to discharge the first

milk into its mouth. If the ewe fails to





have an adequate supply of milk for her

young they should





be given cow‘s milk;





were kept close around the barns most ofl

the time, thug getting but little exercise.

A weak lamb is a great trouble at best

and often dies, resulting in absolute loss.

Too much exercise on scant food is ob-

jectionable, I know, but I also know that

if we fail to exercise the ewe floek regu—

larly, it will be our greatest cause for

failure. l



But exercise for the ewes can be over-;

Exercising does not mean runningfi

Exercising .





done.

chasing or frightening them.

does not mean scaring them about the:

yard Whenever you feed them or movc‘

among them. Exercising does not mean‘

leaving the ewes in a barnyard where the

pigs, colts and calves will run among‘

them and scatter the flock in every direc-';

tion. Nor does it mean turning them

through lanes or over drives where they

must jump and slide, thus running gre:-tt

risk of strain and abortion. No. indeed,

for all these forms of exercise are dan—i

gerous in that they cause the ewes too

much fright and quick jumping. running,

and resulting strain. This forced exer-

cise, being too violent. brings with it dan-

gers; but it is not necessary to so hurt

the ewes when they are exercised.



A convenient way of giving the flock a

good kind of exercise is to slowly walk

them to some adjacent tield and there

spread corn stover where they can eat‘

among it. This is a mild manner of ex-

ercise, yet sufficient. “'hen I have no‘

corn stover I feed hay out on the ground.

“'hen the snow is dccp I fill a large bag

and either carry it or draw it on a light





sled where l intend feeding. This is

trouble. I realize. but much to be pre—

ferred to fussing with weak lambs or





btu‘ying owes which dit-d from the result-

ing strain of abnormal parturition. The





 





 





 





A Healthy Flock of Breeding Ewes Getting their Daily Exercise. .





that from a fresh cow being most adapted

to their needs. The ewes that have feeble

lambs should be given pens and yards by

themselves, until the lambs have an op-

portunity to gain sufficient strength to

hold their own in the flock. These feeble

lambs often suffer seriously from the more

vigorous lambs pirating at large upon

their lambs. Lambs that form this habit

should be placed with their dams, in a

yard away from the other ewes. If a man

has the right conveniences it will pay

him to have his lambs come early and be

in condition to make the best and most





economical use of the tender pasture

grass during its growing season, but if





he has small barns and cold places for the

ewes during the lambing period he had

better breed his ewes to lamb after the

weather becomes settled along in April

and May. Lambs that come at this date

and are well cared for will make better

lambs in the fall than the ones that come

early and get a poor start in life.

New York. W, MILTON KELLY.





 





EXERCISE FOR THE EWE FLOCK.





The ewes must be strong. well nour-

ished and in the ”pink" of physical con—

dition at lambing time, if the best results

are to be expected. In their native. state.

sheep took considerable exercise every

day and. when we have them on the farm

such exercise. must also be given them.

Good food, kind treatment and good blood

are absolute essentials of successful flock

husbandry, but unless we add simple, mind

forms of exercise, the first will not bring

success.



Every day, if it is possible, I walk m.V

ewes out to the hill pasture where I feed

them corn stover scattered on the ground.

The walk is slow and quiet. the distance

is long enough so that, before they re-

turn they havc had considerable exercise

and when my lambs come they will all be

strong. healthy fellows. Last year this

same flock gave too many poor’ly grown.

weak lambs, principally because the ewes





idea of the feed is to give the sheep

something to do while they are out on the}

tlelds, thus asstning yourst i" that they are

not simply lying about. but exercising.

The ewes may be llitlll!‘ to mil; to salt

boxes set out in the IIt‘ItI. but no method

of which I know equals the simple meth-

od of spreading hay or corn stover for

the ewes. .»\. SHEPHERD.





THE CARE OF THE COLT’S FEET.





'l‘hcre is an old axiom that says no feet

no horse. and when one lit-gins to look in-

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parent. To the person who is raising‘t

horses it is immensely important that they;

fill the demands of the ultimate user. andl

since this user of them wants especially

good feet it is all important that we raise



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horses that have them.

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our volts. Hf course. heredity has a great!

deal to do with the making of the matured,

animal. but the environment and the carei

that a colt gets has its full share. ‘



(lid horsemen tell me that the foot of

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what is more. the tough.

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it is due to the fact that we pamper our

colts too much, keeping them inside too

much during the winter months. They

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’febt no good. It is a far better plan to

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have a chance to move around. Then do

not forget to turn them out in a paddock

every nice day. and allow a great deal of

latitude in your choice of a day.



The second thing to keep in mind is to

keep their feet well trimmed. A colt's

foot grows very fast. When the feet get

too long they are easily broken off, and

do not always break where they need

trimming. Then, if the foot is not trim-

med at frequent intervals it will get too

long and will throw a great deal of weight

back on the tendons of the leg in such a.

way as to severely strain them, and in

many cases permanently injure the ani-

mal.



The simplest way of trimming a colt's

foot is to lead him on a scale platform or

on the barn floor and go at it with a

hammer and a sharp chisel.



Ohio. CLYDE A. WAUGH.





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I have one pure—bred Shorthorn and

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beef, I would like to ask what would be

the best grains to feed the calves from

start to finish. And do you think I have

as much chance for success as I would

have with a dairy breed of cows?



Shiawassee Co. E. D.



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ial purpose dairy cows. bred and selected

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finished beeves each year. The time is

fast approaching if. indeed. it is not al-

rcady at hand, when the Michigan beef

producer must raise his own feeders if he

would make any profit in beef production,

To do this he must keep cows to produce

the calves. and since it has been repeat—

cdly demonstrated. both ‘by experiment

and practical experience, that the fat

necdcd in the calf‘s ration can be supplied

much more cheaply in an artificial man—

ner than in the milk of the dam, economy

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be marketed in the form of cream or but-

ter and the skim—milk. supplemented by

suitable foods, used in the growing of the

calves.



“more this course is to be followed. and

we believe it to be the most profitable

course for many farmers to follow. there

can be no doubt about the wisdom of se-

looting general purpose cows for the herd,

rather than individuals of the special pur-

pose dairy brccds. since only by such se—

lcction of the parent stock can a profit be

assurcd in the beef production end of the

business. Nor is it at all certain that

such a selection of cows will reduce the

profit derived from the dairy end of the

business to any great extent. Statistics

are frequently quoted by dairymcn when

pleading for the more general use of the

Iiill)('0L'l{ test and the scales as a means

of \vccding out the unprofitable cows. to

prove that about one—third of the dairy

cows inthe country are maintained at an

actual loss. \Yhilc it is but fair to con-

cede that few of these belong to the spec-

inl purpose dairy broods. yet some of them

do and many of them are grades of those

breeds On the other hand, as is well

known. there are many high producing

individuals in the milking strains of some

of the beef breeds, notably Shorthorns,

while the average production at the pail

is comparatively high in some of the dual

purpose breeds. of which the Red Polls

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any lack of evidence of what can be dOne

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breeds, and some others which might be





mentioned, in the‘ way of profitable dairy

production. Also. it has been demon-

strated by our own experiment station

that a profitable dairy can be conducted

with a herd of ordinary cows such as can

be picked up in almostany neighborhood,

and at the same time raise a class of

calves from them which will supply the

foundation for equally profitable beef pro—

duction. Why, then, is not this a profit-

able ltne of production for any farmer to

pursue?



Of course. the best available cows

should be secured for the purpose; cows

which will yield a. good profit at the pail

and at the same time produce calves of

the right conformation to develop into a

good class of baby beef. and in the proc-

ess of elimination which should be carried

on in this line of production as in the

special dairy, the scales and the Babcock

test should beemployed, but the capacity

of the cow for producing calves of good

feeding quality should be taken into con-

sideration, thus making the problem a

more complex one than it is with the

dairy specialist. But, on the other hand.

there is an advantage in the greater

amount of material from which to choose

and which can be secured for reasonable

prices in the collection of such a herd.

This is true for the reason that the farm-

ers who have this class of cows do not

generally keep a record of the production

of their individual cows, and are thus as

likely to sell their best as their poorest

cow, while the dairyman who is up-to—

date in his methods is more apt to know

what he is doing along this line. Then,

grade Shorthorns predominate in many

sections of Michigan. and there are among

them many good milkers that would make

profitable dairy cows if properly fed for

dairy production, and at the same time

produce the best of calves for baby beef

production.



The proper feeding of the calves, of

course requires a. considerable amount of

knowledge and skill, if the greatest profit

is to be made from the calves, just as

considerable knowledge and skill is re-

quired in feeding the herd for a maximum

profit in dairy production. At the start

there is nothing better as a supplement-

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milk than ground fiaxseed meal made into

a jelly. About a. gill of this should be fed

with an amount of skim—milk which'fiiwill

supply the needed protein without caus—

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advances in age this may be gradually

substituted with corn meal and ground

oats from which the hulls have been sift-

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prove satisfactory until the calf is weaned

or requires a heavier grain ration than is

required of these grains to balance the

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own judgment, and it ‘ls essential that

good judgment be used for the best re-

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an additional grain ration is needed it

should be well balanced, with about the

same ratio of nutrients contained as is-

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the best sources of protein for the youngi

calves, although other concentrates mayl

be used in connection with these for thel

purpose if dcsircd. I



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regard to the. amount which should be fcil 5

Would be profitable. While care should!

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crage former, and will make for more:

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mal, so far as making cheap gains is

concerned. To illustrate. the writer once.1

fed a. load of calves in finished bnby beet!

that reached the point whom they con-‘

sumcd a grain ration aggregating 16 lbs,

during the finishing prrmcss. Absolute}

cleanliness of feeding vessels is essential

to success with calves, but if good judg-l

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DEVELOPING THE PURE-BRED

CALF. '





The value or the selling price of the

pure-bred calf depends directly upon thel

appeal which his individuality makes up-f

on the mind of the prospective purchaser.‘

The problem of developing pure-bred

calves is more often than is generally

suspected, quite largely a problém in the

study of the human nature of the men

who may come to buy. Successful breed—

ers are those whose animals appeal to

the seeker for good cattle in such a way

that such animals can be sold at a profit.

The unsuccessful one is he whose calves

or other animals are such as do not ap—

peal to the buying public and which, as

a consequence, cannot be sold at a profit.-

There are examples of both in every com— _





 





munity. The class of successful breeders:

ought to be increased infinitely. The ,

members of the other class, in many,





cases, might be able to change to thc‘

other by viewing the problem from a dif—

ferent angle and by looking at it as a

simple business proposition. "



Taking up sOme of the different points

in consecutive order, the buyer wants.

first of all. a. pedigree. He has just rea-

sons for this. It is pedigree that makes

the difference between a prue-bred and a

grade of equal individual merit. A pedi~

gree to the buyer means that the animal

in’question has generations of pure blood

back of him. Such being the case. the

purchaser can form something of an idea

as to the kind of a breeder the animal in,

question will be. The old saying that it‘

takes a hundred years to produce a good:

man is et‘utally true of cattle, and the

buyer knows it.



Next in consecutive order, and without

which the best pedigree in the world is

worthless, is individual merit. It is in

this respect that the greatest work of

development lies. It is with this that

the breeder can do more than with any

other in meeting the whims and fancies of

of the purchaser. in this, ancestry counts

for much. If the ancestors of the calf

have been scrubs or of inferior type or

quality, and if he has not in him the in—

herent elements of a good animal, the

combined efforts of the half dozen best

feeders in the world could not make him

a profitable seller on the pure-bred mar—

ket. On the other hand. if the calf has

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ancestry that are necessary to make a

good animal, it lies within the feeder's

tmwer to make or mar the future of that

calf.



Just as good feed has always been a

factor in improving type and form, it is

equally important in maintaining what

has already been established. The feed-

ing process properly begins before the

calf is dropped. 1f the dam is properly

fed on succulent, nourishing feeds in gen-

(rolls amounts the calf is more likely to

come into the world in a thrifty. vigor-

ous condition, that will enable him to

develop and become a profitable individ-

ual. Buyers contradict themselves, seem~

ingly, in one respect. They are constant-

ly raising objections to animals that are

in high condition of flesh. 'l‘hey say that

high flesh is injurious to breeding quali-

ties. 'l‘ruc, high condition of fatness may

be. \\'here these men contradict them—

selves is that, contrary to their own state-

mcnts, they will not buy an animal unless

it is fat. 'l‘ake two bull calves. for ex-

ample, of practically equal individual

merit and breeding, and raised on the

same farm. l.et one of them be kept in

a dark stall dining the warm summer

days; let him be fed liberally of the best

grain mixtures the herdman can devise,

and let him suckle two nurse cows morn-

ing and night. Let the other calf, prac—





 





tically his equal in the beginning. follow

his dam in the pasture. lighting flies alts

day, suffering from exposure to the:I

scorching summer sun and not eating,

generous allowances of grain, as did the,

other calf. Such difference in care are‘

very common on neighboring farms and

the writer has seen them on the same3

farm. In one such case the. market value:

set upon two calves cared for bv thesel

opposing methods were $100 for the well-l

fed one and $150 for the other. ' I



It is not the purpose here to maintain

that the one calf may not have been in~

jured by excessive rminperiug but rather

to show the value in dollars that buyers

actually place on condition. The buyer’s

attitude in this respect can be justified

by several reascns. in the first place. he

hopes to produce animals that will be

good feeders and which will develop those

fleshing qualities characteristic of good

beef animals. How is he to know that

the animal in question has those qualities

unless he has seen him in a well-fed con-





 





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dition. Obviously, there is no other means

by which he can determine. In the sec-

ond place, it has been shown by experi-

mental work that animals whlch are

poorly fed actually grow narrower and all

type. Hence. unless the calf has been

well cared for he will not be of the de-

sired form and type. However, this lat-

ter fact is probably more important with

the feeder than with he buyer at time of

sale.



Under development may properly be in—

cluded everything essential in the man-

agement up to the time of sale. Pure-

bred calves‘ need to be broken to lead.

This is very essential, whether the calf

is to be sold at the farm, whether he is

to be sold at auction, or whether he is to

go into the show ring. Breaking to lead

may be done while he is quite young, in

fact, the earlier it is done the better it

will be. Then the bulls need to have

rings put into their noses as soon as they

become the least bit unmanageable in the

halter. This can be easily done and it

will detract from the calf‘s value in the

mind of the buyer if it is not done.



Judicious advertising is necessary to

interest the buyers. Just what the ad—

vertising should be varies with each case.

Advertising should be done with the defi-

nite purpose of interesting and informing

the prospective buyer. If this is done the

value, or, rather, the selling price, is ac-

tually increased. A reputation for hon—

esty and for being a successful stockman

is one of the best forms of advertisement

that a breeder can give his herd. This

will come about 'by square dealing in all

things at all times with all men and by

the production of animals that are of

such merit that their owrier will be recog—

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Iowa. H. E. MCCALB.TNEY.





VENTILATION OF THE HOG HOUSE.





 





I have 12 shoats that have been doing

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and when they come out to feed they

seem to get chilled and will not eat as

they ought. I am feeding the ground bar—

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Genesee Co. M. J. M.





The trouble in this case is undoubtedly

due to poor ventilation of the hog house

or too close confinement of the hogs to

the house, or both. The hog house should

be comfortably warm, that is, there

should be no cold droughts in it, and it

should be tight enough to insure the

maintenance of a temperature higher

than the outside air in very cold weather.

But in addition to this it should be dry,

and the nests should be large enough to

provide room for the hogs kept in it to

lie down without crowding and piling up,

which will cause the trouble mentioned in

this inquiry. To accomplish this result

there must be some provision for the in-

troduction of fresh air into the. hog house

and for the escape of the foul air. The

writer has seen a number of farmers at-

tempt to increase their profit from the

hogs by building expensive hog houses,

and fail simply because no adequate pro-

vision was made for good ventilation.

One case in particular comes to mind at

this time, in which a hog house was made

with a. covering of two thicknesses of

lumber, with building paper between them

to insure warmth. llut no provision was

made for ventilation and the steam would

condense on the roof, which was of iron,

and drop down to the floor. The King

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hlcs, and its installation will cost but lit-

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should be left open at some point Where

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troduction of fresh air, which will pro-

vide for a free circulation of air through

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LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





There are many inquiries from stock-

men all over the country asking why stage

when sold in the open market are sub-

jected to a doc-huge of 80 lbs. per head.

This practice began many years ago, the

packers rcfus‘ng to buy stags except in

this manner, and in later years the plan

was adopted by the Chicago Live Stock

Exchange and other live stock exchanges

of the country, so that the rule is a bind-

ing one. Formerly sings were not so

highly regarded as they are these times,

when evervthing in the hog line. boars

alone excepted, are valuable property. and

the dockage scheme was the means of

quite a saving in the money expended for

hogs by the packers. Of late, however,

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much more independent position, and

stage are sold at an extremely large pre-

mium over the prices paid for first-class

barrows, this fully offsetting and being

intended to do so, the dockage. Stags are

largely used for the manufacture of var-

ious kinds of sausages and are having a

large demand.



While the pigs of last spring are rap-

idly maturing and becoming full-grown

hogs, their owners are placing a. high val-

uation on them, knowing so well the

shortage in the hog supply everywhere,

and marketings are sure to fall of! mate-

rially whenever there is a sharp break

in prices. There has been all along a

powerful incentive for stockmen to make

their holdings good and fat, as corn has

been abundant and very cheap, while hogs

have commanded unusually high prices.

Farmers have figured it out that forty-

ccnt corn could be converted into eighty-

eent corn by simply feeding to thrifty,

growing young hogs, and this accounts

for the unusually heavy average weights

of hogs coming to western markets. The

packers have been buying the heavy hogs

at a great discount in prices and are

fighting to keep values down now in order

to be enabled to stock up freely with

cheaper pork and other lines of provisions.

It has been argued in some quarters that

the forcing of heavy weight hogs to a. big

discount under light weights will go far

towards leosening up the movement from

feeding districts, ‘as farmers will find that

they can get as much money for 200-lb.

hogs and their cornas for 300—lb. hogs.

Reports from farming sections state that

there is the biggest kind of a demand for

stock hogs, and farmers have been pay—

ing 8@11v cents a pound, while some

sales are reported as high as 12c.





The Chicago horse market is receiving

a good many blemished, aged or wornout

horses that have to be disposed of at $85

to $100 per head. The market is very un-

satisfactory for the poorer animals and

is apt to be overstocked. ' '



The tendency in the cattle market is

still for the cheaper and middling descrip-





tions to sell relatively better than the-





choicer lots, while feeders sell danger—

ously near prices paid for fat beeves.

There is too much speculation involved in

buying stockers and feeders at these

fancy figures.



A prominent Chicago live stock com—

mission firm, 'with branches at all of the

principal markets of the country, has

had many inquiries in regard to buying

cattle in half—fat condition for a. quick

turn in the feed lot. In their opinion the

best time to take hold will be late in

February or the first half of March. Thus

will the cattle cseape the rough and

stormy weather of January and early

days of February. The cattle can ‘be fed

60 or 75 days, by which time the market

should be in good condition, barring un-

foreseen adverse conditions. If it is not

advisable to market the cattle at that

time, they could be turned on grass and

given a feed of corn once a day and mar-

keted in July, August or the first half of

September.



J. A. Delfeldcr. the big flockmaster of

Wyoming, says that December and Jan—

uary were exceptionally favorable months

for western sheepmen, showing a com-

plete contrast to the great severity of the

preceding winter, when the severe weath-

er resulted in great losses of sheep and

lambs. At that time the cold was so in-

tense that sheep would not breed, and

out of a total of approximately five mil~

lion breeding ewes then in the state, a

himh “crop” of one million head was pro—

duced. The long drought of the summer

of 1910 followed, and now the Wyoming

ilockmasters have not more than 50 per

cent of their usual holdings, the same be—

ing true of Montana. The range sheep

industry has seen its best days, and for-

est regulations are growing all the time

more stringent, while the dry farmer is

crowding the big ranches from the map.

()ld ewes and wethers were mostly mar-

kcicd last year, and full 90 per cent of the





lamb “crop” was sold. Mr. Delfelder_





adds: “There are not today 50,000 head

of last year’s lamb crop left in the state

of Wyoming. Next season’s supply of

range stock that will show up at market

centers will of necessity be small, and

will consist almost exclusively of lambs.

The number of them to come cannot now,

of course, be estimated. We should have

a good lambing season. but unless dry

weather forces the crop marketward,

owners will not be anxious to part with

a very liberal per cent of their holdings.”



XV. A. Parrish, of Indiana, who has

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government estimate of a year ago. 4,—

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‘CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR. V, S.





Advice through this department is free

to'our subscribers. Each communication

should state history and symptoms of the

case in full; also name and address of

writir. Initials only will be published.

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Roupr-I have a disease among my hens

which I would like to know how to_ treat.

Their eyes inflame, pus gathers in the

eve, causing loss of visionuthey also seem

to have sore throat and discharge at the

nose. J. F. M., Brown City, Mich—Roup

is caused by a micro-organism and of

course is a highly contagious disease and

one that is quite destructive to‘poulti‘y.

When this contagious disease €XlSlS in a

small flock of chickens that are. of little

value it is often good business Judgment

to kill and burn every one of the fowls.

All things considered. it is the least 'ex-

pensive way out. of the trouble. I‘he

healthy fowls should be moved away from

the diseased and the diseased ones given

a dessertspoonful of castor oil and repeat

in 12 hours if it does not act. Put a tea—

spoonful. of carbolic acid and a table-

spoonful of glycerine in a pint of water

and‘syringe a small quantity into the slit

in the roof of the *mouth twice a day.

Also put some finely powdered boric acid

into eyes twice a day. If you do not dis-

infect and clean your poultry house thor-

oughly you had better not put well chick-

ens in it for four or five months, but it

will pay you to spend some time cleaning

and disinfecting your-poultry house.



. ‘. T.. \Valkcrville, Mich.—Treat

your cows for infectious abortion. Read-

ers of this paper should not expect

lengthy answers to their questions when

they have been recently answered for oth-

ers. \Ve need the space for other pur—

poses. .



Torpid Kidneys—My brood mare is due

to foal April El. and although she is not

sick there is quite a swelling under ab—

domen, which I would like to know about.

0. C. 0., Baraga. Mich—Many brood

mares in the hitter period of pregnancy

are troubled with a dropsical effusion un-

derneath abdomen which seldom does

mtich harm. However, it is well enough

to keep their kidneys moderately active.

Give a dessertspoonful of nitrate of pot-

ash daily.for a few days then a dose

when you believe it is required. .



Rickets—Rheumatism.—l have, four pigs

four months old that are crippled and

weak in their legs, and when walking

sometimes fall, and I would like to know

what ails them. G. G., Remus, Mich.—

Put a dess‘ertspoonl‘ul of air slaked lime

in their feed two or three times a day.

Discontinue feeding corn, but feed oats

some. oil meal and roots. Apply one part

turpentine, one part aqua ammonia and

three parts olive oil to their back once a.

day for a few days. If their bowels are

costive give two tablespoonfuls of castor

oil at a dose daily until the desired effect

is produced.



Indigestion—Cobc.—-Seven years ago I

bought a mare; she was then eight years

old; for three years she had no sick spells;

since then she has had frequent attacks

of colic. She is now in foal and has

raised a colt every year for the past three

0. T., Ithaca. Micli.——Your mare





years. '

should be fed a good quality of food,

sheltered from storms, exercised every





day, her bowels kept moderately open and

give her a teaspoonful of salt, a table—

spoonful of gentian and two tablespoon-

fuls of ground ginger at a dose in feed

two or three times a day. She no doubt

suffers from indigestion, preceding the

colicy pains and when in distress give

her 1 oz. doses of wine of opium, 1A; oz.

tliiid extract ginger and 1 oz. aromatic

spirits of ammonia in a quart of water as

a drench. Repeat these doses every hour

until pain ceases.



Brood Mare Fails to Make Bag—Dropsy

—Ringworm.—-vi‘viy mare is due to foal on

March 11; she has not yet made bag, but

is swollen considerably on lower part of

abdomen. I also have a yearling bull that

has white scaly patches on neck and I

would like to know how to cure him. F.

, Freeland, Mich. Feed your mare

more nourishing food and she will doubt—

less make her bag. (live her a table—

spoonful of powdered rosin and a table-

spoonful of powdered buchu leaves at a.

dose in feed two or three times a day,

but do not apply irritating liniment to

swelling—hand-rubbing is much better;

however, this swelling will go down after

she foals. She should have some exercise

every day and I suggest that you feed

her some well—salted bran mashcs or roots

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iodine and 10 parts vaseline to scaly

bunches on bull every day or two.

Sore Neck—Colic——0bstructed 'l‘eat.~





Have a horse that was troubled with a

sore neck last summer, the wounds healed

l‘llt skin is rough, wrinkled and scaly. I

also have another horse that has attacks

of colic. One of my cows has an obs

struetion in end of teat which makes it

impossible to milk her without the aid

of a milking tube. A. C. V., Mt. Pleasant,

1\Iicli.——Apply one part vinegar and two

parts water to sore neck twice a day;

this will remove the hard scales. See

treatment for colic in this column. Open

stricture with a sharp. narrow knife and

continue using milking tube or a tapering

steel sound: this is done to dilate teat

opening. If you have a teat plug let her

\vear one.



Unhealthy Hoof—My 14—year—old horse

cut foot on barb wire. now a new hoof

is growing on; what will hasten its growth?





W. T., Sterling, Mich—Apply lanolin

(wool fat) and keep the foot moist, at the

same time keep the horse in a healthy

condition. ‘



Fractured Hip—Injured Stifle.—My 15-

year-old mare has poor use of one hind

leg and the trouble must either be in hip

or stifle. She finds it difficult to get up

alone. W. S., Edwardsburg, Mich.—

Apply equal parts turpentine. aqua am-

monia and olive oil to hip and stifle every

day or two. She may suffer from a simple

fracture of hip or pelvis or she may have

sprained her stifle, It might we good

practice to place her in slings for a few

weeks.



StrangleS—Open Parotid Duct.———My 4-

year—old colt has had distemper for the

past four weeks, several abccsses 'have

formed in throat which I have opened.

a stringy discharge comes from one of the

openings I made in throat only when he

eats; his legs are stocked, he has a drop-

sical swelling under belly and his appetite

is poor. S. L., Caro, Mich—You made a

mistake and opened duct that carries

saliva from parotid gland of throat to





mouth and you will find it very difficult;





to close it. The duct should be stitched

closely with very fine catgut or silkworm

thread and allowed to remain in; also ap-

ply equal parts boric acid, powdered alum

and oxide of zinc to sore twice a day.

Give horse 3O grs. of quinine, 1 dr. fluid

extract nux vomica and 1 oz. fiiiid ex-

tract of gentian at a. dose three times a

day. The swelling in legs and abdomen

will gradually leave when your colt com-

mences to gain strength.



Chronic Navicular Disease—My five-

ycar—old mare is very sore in both front

feet, but improves'some when exercised,

much worse some days than others. She

has been treated by two different ths.

with poor success. L. P., Conklln,

Mich—Chronic iiavicular lameness is con-

sidered incurable. therefore the most hu—

inane thing to do is to have a section of

the nerve ‘on each side of both fore legs

removed; this will relieve her pain, make

her comfortable and put her in condition

to comfortably work. Kindly understand

the feet should be watched for fear of

snags or nail pricks or other injuries to

foot, for the operation cuts off sensation

and feeling from the foot.



Azoturia.—My horse stood in the stable

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and was

fed as usual; shortly after he left the barn

on \Vedncsday morning to work he lost

the use of his hind quarters. We hauled

him home in a sleigh. took good care of

him and now have him in slings. \Vhat

ailcd him? A. S., Gould City, Mich.—

Generous feeding of grain, foul stable air

and want of daily exercise is the most

common cause of this ailment. The vet-

erinary profession have thus far failed

to discover any certain reliable remedy

for azoturia; however, fairly good results

follow keeping the animal warm, quiet.

in an upright position. the bowels should

be “opened by means of laxatives such as

aloes or raw linseed oil. Active kidney

stimulants should be avoided. If the ani—

mal is feverish give aconite every two or

three hours, also give 1A; oz. doses of

bromide of potash every four hours and

3 oz. doses of bicarbonate of soda every

three or four hours. Also give 1 oz. (loses

of fluid extract of buchu three or four

times a day to stimulate the kidneys into

action. Let the horse drink plenty of

tepid water, keep the loins warm and ap—

ply campliorated liniment and When the

proper time comes place the animal in

slings. This is a dietetic disease and can

be avoided by feeding idle, fleshy work

horses only one-quarter as much grain

when they are idle as if working; besides.

all fleshy work horses should be exercised

some every day. There are many other

remedies that have given me equally as

good results as those I mentioned.



Nasal Gleet—Diseased Molar Teeth.—

My 12-year—old niare has had a diseharge

from both nostrils for the past two years.

The discharge has a very offensive odor.

F. J. B., Chicago, Ill.——-'You may have a

case of nasal gleet, the result of neglect-

ed catarrh or it may be the result of dis-

eased upper molar teeth. I suggest that

you have her examined by a competent

Vet. He may decide to use the mallein

test to ascertain if she has glanders; how—

ever, I am inclined to believe that she.

may have diseased teeth.



Chronic Founder.—Have a. mare that

our local Vet. treated for founder last

fall, but she still travels sore and per-

spires freely when used. She has rested

all winter with shoes off. W. J. C., Ypsi-

lanti, Mich..—Clip hair of coronets in front

and apply cerate of cantharides once a

week; this will stimulate growth of horn

and when you shoe her use wide-webbed

shoes with rolling motion. By standing

her in wet clay three inches deep it will

assist in removing soreness.



Thick Urine.—My two-year—old colt

seems to be thriving, shedding nicely, but

her urine is too thick. C. A. B., Blan-

chard, Mich—«Give your colt a dessert-

spoonf'ul of fluid extract of buchu twice a

day and a. teaspoonfiil of citrate of potash

at a dose once a day for a week or ten

cavs.



llingbone.~—Havc a

with enlarged pasterns which cause no

lameness. One of the rbunches seems to

be growing; what had I better do? S. J..

Norville, Mich—Apply one part red iodide

of mercury and six parts lard to growing

bunch once a week. Give the colt rest.



Obstructed Salivary l')uct.——Since last

June my six-year-old mare has had a

lump on side of her jaw, caused bv the

plugging of salivary duct. At times. it is





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a salivary calculi in the duct. (Stcno’s

duct), and if so it may be necessary to

open it and remove the calculi, then bring

the edges together closely with catgut

stitches, then cover the parts closely with

liquid colodion several thicknesses; this

is work that should be done by a com-





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HEM-rim (except low). Curl. Splint. tuned lost.

m Toni.- snd nil Moss. No scar or loud

hair. Bone works so mad. Send. for copy of contract. book-

let onnll hmoneu and letters 'on every kind of cm.





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anced ration or perhaps his back may

have been injured. If he is fleshy. butch-

er him, for it is doubtful if he will ever

regain the proper use of his hind legs.

A wood or cement floor for at least a

portion or all of your hog-pen is right.

I find too few people who are inclined to

keep their hog-pen clean enough and the

11033.8 are allowed to live in too much filth.



Diarrhoea-My turkey gobbler is trou—

bled with lt’ioseness of the bowels and has

a poor appetite. C. (1., Saline. Mich.—

Give your turkey one drop beechwood

creosote, one drop oil of cinnamon and

three drops spirits of (-umplior at a dose

two or three times a day. llis food should

be well cooked and his drinking water

boiled.



Poison—Nu): Vomit-a—Indigestion.—-VVill

it be safe to give a horse 1 (tr. of ground

nux voxnica at a dose once a day for two

«lays? The horse weighed 1mm ms” was

given only two doses, 24 hours apart. and

I would like to know if such (loses might

prove fatal. I also have :1 row that sew-ms

to have run down; she improved while I

gave her nux vomica. but fails to set

with calf. I). ‘V. H.. Nluskegon, Mich—-

The dose of ground nux vomil-a is from

1a; «1r, to ;" Ills. However, I seldom give

mow than 114; :il'.<. at :.-1 dose three times

a tiny. Yt’iur horse (lit-d the result of other

('illl,~:t‘.-€. (living nux vomica stimulates the

sexual organs and exalts all the functions

of the spinal cord and is a nice nerve

tonic.



Chronic Foot soreness. Reading

Michigan Farmer has helped me a whole

lot and I have been treating in}: live stowk

with prescriptions from the veterinary

column. Eight years ago I lmuu‘lil ll horse

that was quite sore in for.- quarters and

when starting is very stiff rind sore. but

improves 3 tier he travels Ll "imrt distance.

\Vhen turning. his fore feet are well out

in front of him. (i. P. l‘. Hubs Lake.





 





 





Mir-irw—I am inclined to lr-ii:~v~ it is a

case of either chronic founder n' tiav‘ruhtr

disease and is perhaps lili‘lll":illt‘. Fairly





good results will follow blistering ("UTOHC‘LS

in front with cernle of "illililzll‘lilt‘s every

10 days and softening how‘s with wool fat.



Sore Eyes—Bog Spar-lirni‘m- several

weeks my mare has been troubled with





the". will cure all sores on either man or





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sore eyes. the eye iIall is wiean and clear,





but the corners of the eyes are somewhat

inflamed. I would like to know what to

apply, for simple remedies fail to do any

gum] I also have a horse :hat has a

small hog spavin and you may tell me

how to treat him. .I. 8.. Cheboygan. Mich.

,‘ilrrw some calomel into eyes once daily.

Apply eerate of cantharides to hock once

every ten days.



Mare 3 Dee-p Milker.«—My ten—year-old

nrire is due to fool April 15. and the milk

runs from her daily; have discontinued

feeding brzin and carrots and am feeding

hay and Outs. Do you believe she will

drop volt too soon? She seems to be in

Perfect health. J. R. W” Ionia. Mich.—

Give her either light work or daily walk-

ins.r exercise and not overfeed her on tim-

mhy hay and oats. She needs no drugs.

\Yill wry likely lose a good colt for YOU-



("oughaAcidity of Stomach. I have a

fi\'w—jvc>ii‘-old horse that wous‘hs some when

eating and all the home remedies I have

given him fail to effect :1 Hire, \\'ill it

do him harm to be driven or worked light-

ly‘.’ Some of my rows are. inclined to eat

stable manure and l am afraid it may

affect their m'lk. limv can I prevent the

rows from eating llit‘ horse manure? .

C. F.. New Boston. Mivh.——Givo 1%; tli‘. of

powdered opium, 1 dr, iodide of potassium

and 1,43 oz. powdered licorice at a dose In

feed three times it tiny. (live each cow

two tablespoonfuls powdered whny'L'OaI, a

tablespoonfu‘: of ground g’Untian and _a

tablespoonful of (-4) {king soda at a dose in

feed three times a tiny. Sprinkle manure

with one part coal-tar :l'sint‘ectant and

14“! parts water and your cows Will not;

eat, it.



Zarren Sow—I have a two-year-old

brood sow that I bought List fall which

lms been served twice lately. by a boar

that is sure and she fails to get with pig.

She will soon be in heat again and I wish

you would tell me what to do for her. W

C. M.. Breelmnridge. Mich—Dissolve 1 oz.

of bicarbonate of soda in a pint of‘clean.

tepid water and wash out vagina daily for

1:") or 20 days. This treatment Will per-

haps put her in condition to breed.





 





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OUNIIAMS’

PEROHERONO





Fourth importation for 1910 arrived August

4th. Our present lot, we believe, equals

or surpasscs'nny we have heretofore

collwted- More horses of bone. size and

first—class quality than ever. Numerous im-

portant prize winners. Write for catalogue.





W. 5.. J. B. 6 B. DUNHAM

Wayne. Illinois





 





 





 





Percheron, Belgian, Shire and

Hackney Stallions and Mares





As fine lot. as there is in America. 3 to 4 years old.

with lots of utility and good individuals. weighing

or maturing 1!“) to 2200 lbs.



Prices on Imported Stallions. $1.000 to $1.200.

American Bred Stallions. .600 to 8900. Impor-

tstions to arrive Feb. 18 and March 1st. ‘



LEW W. COCHRAN. Crawfordsville. Ind.

Ol'l’loe 109% South Washington St.





 





Horses write H. H. JUMP. Munlth. Michigan.





 





Registered Kentucky Mammoth JACKS,

JENNETS and SADDLE HORSES





We are the largest breeders of Mammoth jacks in

America. Registered Tamworth and Hampshilr‘e hogs

n. y.





all ages. J. . COOK, & Co.. Lexingto





JACKS and HOLES





Raise Mules and get rich. 18

J aok and Mule Farms under





one man ment. where can

be seen. head fine large

Jacks. ennets and mules.





14 to '1 hands high.

guaranteed.

prices today.





ones. Stock

Write for

Address

Krekler's Jack Farm.

WEST ELKTON. OHIO.

Branch Burns. Clinton. Ind.





BREEOERS’ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd. consisting of Trojan Erioas Blsckbirds and

Prides. only. is headed by E erbon W. a Trojan Erica.

by Black Vi'oodlawn. sire of t e GrandChaniBion steer

and bull at the International in Chicago. ec.. 1910.

He is assisted by Undulata Blackbird Ito. _



WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionla. Mich.





Av RS" I R Es—High type of Dairy animal.

Young bulls and bull calves

for sale. Prices low. In nix-lee solicited.

BERKSHIRE SWIN .

FINE POULTRY—White and Barred Rocks.

White & Butf ()rpingtons. White Wyandottes and





Leghorns. E gs in season 10c each.

MICHIGAN gCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. Flint. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





THE double standard Polled Durham. Wild eyed Abotts burn.

Milk strain. Grand Champion silver cup winner st 1910





Michigsn Susie Fair. JAS. H. HALL. Port Austin, Michigan.





FOR SAL 4)... or the b... ma. M.





ed Holstein bulls in Michigan.

with six near dams with a. race of over twenty-six

pounds of butter per week. Can be purchased at a

right. price. Individuality as fine as pedigree. About.

fourteen months old. Write R.R.McFall,Adrian.Mich.





 





—-Young bulls of high quality and low

“olS‘eins rices considerin breeding. Get our

descriptions. LONG BEACH F RM. Augusta. Mich.





TOP NOTCI‘I HOLS'I‘EINS





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-

bining in themselves the bl of cows which now

hold and have in the past held World’s Records for

milk and butter fat at fair rices.;



MCPHERSON FAR S C0” Howell. nick.





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 





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On 10 Dm' Trial?



We don’t ask outntakeourword

\for what it wil do. Justpwveits





use. Write

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' grinder you want.

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live Stock Insurance Co.





The pioneer and leader in live stock insurance.

200,000 Paid-up Capital.





Insures horses mules and cattleagainst death from

I ~any cause. Special m-da ' fouling policies issued.

et us show you w you can‘t nflord

to be without live stock Insurance.





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! “HIE” a farm handJ'on'vllairy and Breeding Farm.





Cows. Hogs & Chickens. Good opportunitzetao

learn. also good wages. only strict sober man wan .

Hazolfarm. Twin Lake. Mich. Peter Halts. Manager.





OEOAH FENCE POSTS 8. SHIIGLES 2h02§°lesiil§





ship mixed carloads. H. ROSE. Mecosta, Mich.





FOR SALE





A CHOICE REGISTERED





Percheron Stallion





Coming 3 years old.

Perfectly kind and sound.

Has been driven single and double. Bred from

the Choicest Strains. Why pay.$ll)00 for an im-

ported stallion when you can get one just as

well bred for one-third of the money.

Come and see his Sire and Dam and others bred



in the same line.





PARSONS It BALDWIN, Walenllel. Mlch.





—Two Percheron Stallions black

For sa|° star. thirty-three months old. weight

18X). will make ton horses. Registered in the Percheron

Society of America. J. C. Tedmw. I’m-ed Hill, Mich.





 





 





 





 





' ~10 good young cows. bred to

25 HOiSlelll cows For sale a son of Piotertje Hengervelds

(‘ount De K31. due to freshen in Fcby. A: Mar. 15 others bred

to equally as good bulls. 10 bull calves. mostly from A. ll. 0.

DAMS. l yearling bull sired. Admiral Prilly Walker. Dam. a

daughter of Manor De Kol. This is good stuff. if you wsnt some

of it. write me just, what you want. L. E Council. Fayette. Ohio.





 





[20“ Sale—Chcz‘licely bred registeii'ed Holstein Bulls

1‘ re: y or service. a so younger ones.

‘arm near Willis. Mich. out of Detroit on Wabash.

Write. WILLIAM B. HATCH. Seabroezo. Florida.





BELGIAN HORSE .tfigi’é‘iifih’ii’ié ‘





 





E KOL Korndyke Bull Calf-Choicest A. R. 0.

breeding. S lendid individual. mostly white. 375.

COLE BROTHE S. Ypsiland Farms. Ypsilanti. Mich.





Holstein Friesian Cattle i‘a‘fi-hinftih‘fkffi

Cookerels. W. B. JONES. Oak Grove. Michigan.





OR SALE—Holstein Bull 2 years old 51%. Bull

Calves 6 months to 1 year $50 to $100. Bred heifers

$150 to Oldest: herd in Ind. Send for Photos and

Pedigrees. W. C. Jackson. 715 Rex St. South Bend. Ind.





 





 





 





' —2 year old grand dau hter of Pietert Jr.

“Olden” Hengervelds Count. De Eel out. of 20 lb. dzim.





And others. Hobart W. Fay. Eden. Ingham Co.. Mich.





—B h

HEREFORDS so? .52?“ 31“.?) “#11353?

China hogs. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Illieh.

Register 01 Merit Jerseys. gm, mil:

lot of young bulls from dams with official records





of 483 nude and u wards of butter.

. 1". MAR 0N. Bay City. Michigan.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD JERSEYS.

“m BULLS§V1das Signal St. L. No.‘58197.

' Jubilee‘s Foxhnll. No. 82299.



Bull calves aired by these rent. bulls. and out of

splendld‘dairy cows. manypf t em in test for register

01‘ merit. Also a evv bottom and heifer valves for

sale. Write for dmription and prices. Satisfaction





1.unnteed. or money refunded.

COLON C. LILLIE. Coopérsville. Michigan.





for sale. large. rich milk producers.

Jersey cows also 4 heifers and 2 yearling bulls.

agistered stock. Vi. J. BROWNE. Mulliken. Mich.





For Salo—Bcgidmd Jersey Catlin, ”3327'

also Reg. 0' LC. hogs. - A- BRISTOL. Fenton. Mich.





born April 10. 1910. Dam will



Jersey B.“ can. oin Registry of Merit this



year. ave 8224mm mi k as 2-yr-old. Sires Dani's



record lm‘milk'in 10% months. THE M UliltAY~



WATERMAN 00.. R. 6.Ann Arbor. Mich. Bell Phone.



-A few good bulls



”airy Bred Shomms for sale. ood notes

good as cash. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. flich.





SHOBTIIORHS and POLLEO DURHAM. $§1sfg§f





A. D. DeGARMO. Highland. Michigan.

—3 young Bulls and s tow





smell S cows and heifers fox-sale

JOHN LESSITER’S SONS. B. No. 1. Clorkston. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





FEB. 25, 1911.





SHEEP.





Ewes brodfr M ohtA ll;

Hamp.h‘f° isterod stocharohoioeplim

divlduala. C. D. WOO BURY. Lansing. Michigan.





Oxford-Down Sheep “Birgit“

cattle lorssle. 4 J. A. DE GARMO. Muir. Mich.





' ——Good Yearling Field

oxford D0“ Sh“?! Rams and ewes of all ages

fogsale. I. R. WATERB RY. Highland. Michigan.

UCTION Feb. 27th. 75 reg. Rambouillet Ewes with



lambs at. side or due Mar. Apr. and May. 35 one





lambs. 45 rams. 3 black Percheron ares 4 cows and

other stock. J. o. A. coon. Moi-rice. Michigan.





IIOLESIOE SHROPSHIBES‘é‘é‘é'é? airbags. if?





H. E. Powell. Robt. Groves. Shepherd. onia. Mich.





SHROPSHIRE HALL STOOK FARM





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





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

old. bred owes.





L. S. Dllllllli &. Sons. concord, Michigan;

Hoos.





' ' ——Growthy S ri Boers & Gilts

Byron: l Victoria: or damages... in... pm.

Winners. M. T. STORY.R. 248. Lowe] . Michigan.





HUPP FARM BERKSHIRES!

WON 189 PRIZES IN 1909.



Stock of both sexes and all ages for solo. Breeders of



3$'%?iiif‘i§‘i3r£“ gsghgfiybnh0323°°k 0““



Drawer A. Birmingham. Michigan. . Mmager.





-—'l‘wo year-ii sows bred t ’

BerkShim fax-rowing. Di few choice fiigwiii‘i.

A: boar pigs for sale. A. A. attullo. Decker-ville. hfioh.





 





 





 





 





 





 





fall pigs. T. V. HICKS. R. No. 11. Battle reek. Mich.





ADAMS BROS. Litchflold. lich.. broodors of Imp. Chester

White and Tamworth swine. service hours. sown bred or

open. of either breed. Shorthorn Csttlo. Bufl' Bock. Bufl Wyan«

doth. W. Orpington. Chis. all breeding stock leading winners.





UBOC-JERSEY SWINE and HOLSTEIN FRIES-

D IAN CATTLE. One hour and one sow yet for

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





UBOO BRED GILTS for sale. extra ood ones also

one Rafi Holstein Cow 4 yrs. old an 1 better calf

4 mos. old. . A. BRAY. Okemos. (Ingham Co.) Mich.





nunocusnsavs-trh iii.“ i313





sale. CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Mohigan.





DUROC JERSEY Swine established

capitol nerd 1888. One last Spring Boar and Sept.

1910 Gilts for sale. J. H. Banghart. R5. Lansing, Mich.





Du noes—5 Bred Sows. of high uality. 10



Excellent Bears ready or service.

75 Fall Pigs both sex. Write or come and see.

J. C. BARNEY. COLDWATER. MICHIGAN.





MPROVED 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. sown bred

_0 0 or open. boars any or size.

8111 lped 'on approval. HARRY T. GaEEANDELL.

liol mg View Stock Farm. CASS CITY. MICHIGAN.





all as. Sows bred.

0- I. C. “0 sMalgwelghing 195nm.

and more. H. H. J U . Munith. Michigan.

—-Spring, summer «I: fall far wed.

0- lo Co SWine both sexes. breeding angoty

right. Geo. P. Andrews. Donsville. lusham Co..Mic .

9 —An extra good. lot. of last

00 I: c 8 FOR SALE spring pigs. either sex.

weighing from 150 to 3tJO'lbs. 1 vearlin boar and

30 fall pigs. OTTO B. SCHULZE. ‘Nashvi e. Mieh.





C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford, Michigan.





FOR SALE—Fall I’ll!J and Bred Gills





B. M. WING i! SO Sheridan. Michigan.





GREAT POLAND-CHINA 006 SALE.





JANUARY 20th.





60 sows bred for spring fan-ow. If you want the best.

attend my sale as I have the best in the state.





WM. WAFFLE, Goldwater, Michigan.





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Butler s Famous Wonders 3:. 1.35.3230? 0%.?

grow big. because they have been bred big for

2.0 years. Some great Aug. Sept... Oct.. pigfl.

enough for any breeder. chos enou hfor any farmer.

J. C. BUTLER. Portion Mic . B1“ Phone.





RECORDED MULE FOOTEIS HOGS





are said to be immune from he cholera. Stock of all

ages for sale. John H. Dunlap. ox M.VVilliamsport.O.





0 I C SWINE—1,1305"? a” Wld- 20 young sons

ma... . set. .2: regrowtizaas;





o I c —Choice Bred Sons. Boar's ready for service

- I . and fall pigs. From World‘s Fair Winners,

Glonwood Stock Farm, Zeeland. Michigan. Phone 94.





o I c —Bred sows 'all sold. 1 June boar left.

I I I A tew fall Essa either sex. Satisfaction

guaranteed. A. NEW’MA . R. 1. Mariette. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





ready for service. sired 1) So

12 P. 0- BOOTS World's Champion Meddlyera: 6:13.: 3:3

defeated Lady Louise. Z. Kinne. Three Oaks. Mic-h.





POLAND-CHINAS—Lnrge styled Gilts and older

sows bred. Boars ready for use. also fall Pigs.

ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Michigan.





—Fall ' ‘

POLAND-CHINAS sows ”égi-afé‘lii’nieéi 30333





L. W. Barnes A: Son. Byron. hinwassee 00.. Mich.





O. I. C. SWINE 282.3: 135%}

sow pigs of‘fall fitters. sired by Grand Son of

Jackson Chief the World’s Chain ion and Grand

Champion 0. I. 0. hour. Boar gigs-all sold.

A. J. GORDEN. R. No. 2. Dorr. Michigan.





P. C. SOWS ‘fiEZdvaffe..E‘en‘i‘“?§.





price list. WOOD & SONS. Saline. Michigan.





——Sirod by the largest boar



PI 0' sows ever in this part of Mich-

I an. Bred to a. son of 3 World's Fair Chain ion.

atisfnotion guaranteed. R. W. Mills. Saline. ich.

0LANIICHINAS—Sows of big type. Gilts bred

for 3 full. A few choice boars and fall pigs.



E. I). BI HOP. Route 38. Lake Odessa. Michigan.





are warez—merrie-

and quality. w. Ehfi‘iqfli'bivffifmliffiicifi.”





LILIll-l FAIMSTEAO YORKSHIRE.





The great medium bacon t . The h th



on shear merit. Large. vigoE’KSs. roliflg8 Gift: Ergo-3

for March or A ril furrow. .Fsl pi either sex.

so satisf to or money





Prices low.





 





 





 





Pull! not skin. nt

mfundod. COLON 8. LILLIE. Coopersvll e. Mich.





BERKSHIRES mniéfiirflegofia'ifid‘i‘lt‘. E‘i’ifi‘c‘o
FEB. 25, 1911.





 





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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.





 





HANDLING COWS BEFORE AND AF-

TER CALVING.





 





The correct management of cows short-

ly before and after calving is a matter

of no small importance in securing the

best results from a dairy herd. As a rule

it is desirable to have cows dried off about

a month before calving. This will give

them needed rest as well as opportunity

to properly nourish their foetus and build

up heir own body.



Unfortunately, too, many of our cows

are still of the kind that take too much

rest, some scarcely milking more than

seven months of the year. On the other

hand, among the higher producers, there

are many whose persis‘tency to give milk

is such'that unless special means are

used to check the milk flow, they will fail

to go dry at all.



A reduction in the allowance of feed is

an effectual means of hastening the dry-

ing off but care must bc taken not to re-

duce the feed supply too low because, as

has been stated, cows at this time require

a .good deal of nourishment for the foetus

as well asfor building up their own body,

which is apt to be pretty well run down.

\Vlien it is desirable to hastcn the drying

off, the following method will be found

effective: Start drying off by not milking

the cow clean this will quickly reduce

the flow to a point where it will be, safe

to skip every other milking. After milk-

ing only once a day for several days or,

perhaps, a week. the milk will usually be

sufficiently reduced to warrant milking

only once every two days. This need not

be continued long before it will be safe

to stop milking altogether.



In case of very persistent milkers, it is

better to milk them close up to. if not

up to, calving rather than force the dry-

ing off process too much.



Many cows shortly before. calving will

show enormous udder development ac—





.companied by more or less hardness, and





the question is often asked. “is it best to

milk such cows before calving?“ Only in

rare cases is it advisable to do this. It:

is best for the cow‘and for the calf to

come, as well as for the subsequent milk

flow. not to milk cows before calving.



“hen the cow‘s bag becomes unduly

distended, it is frequently seen that she

leaks her milk. The forn‘lation of mill: in

such instances is due. as a rule. to the

manipulation of the uddcr. with the hind

legs in moving about. The remedy is to

keep the cow as quiet as possible.



Nearly a week before the cow is due

to calve. she should be separated from the

rest of the herd and placnd in comfort-

able quarters, large enough to enable the

cow to move about. l'nt’ortunatcly. the

majority of dairymcn do not know when

their cows are due to calve because they

keep no breeding records. \thre. the date

of service is not known, it frequently

happens that cows are obliged to calve

in their stalls. Such unfortunate occur—

rences should be prevented.



The cow’s bowels should be kept rea-

sonably loose by fccding such laxative

feeds as linseed meal. corn silage or roots.

\Vhen no pasture is available feed a ra-

tion consisting of corn silage. good hay

and two to four pounds of grain. A mix-

ture of linseed meal. wheat bran and

ground oats makes a vcry desirable grain

ration to feed shortly before and after

calving. The grain should not be in-

creased until about the fourth day after

calving and then only gradually. TVherc

there is any danger of milk fever the cow

should be fed very lightly until all danger

is past. ~The tendency to milk fever is

lessened also by not milking the cow

clean for about three days after mixing.

Remove the calf from the cow when about

24 hours old. The early removal of the

calf makes it easier to teach it to drink

from a pail and prevents the excitement

attendant on separating an older calf

from its mother.



It is well to be at hand when the cow

sheds her afterbirth. If not promptly re-

moved from her quarters. she is likely to

eat it, with harmful consequences. It is

well to remember that very cold water

has a tendency to retain the afterbirth

and is otherwise injurious to the cow just

before and after calving. Keeping the

bowels loose also helps to shed the after-

birth.. -



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swollen after calving, feed lightly. using

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mash; and thoroughly rub with lard or

raw linseed oil, keeping up the rubbing

and kneading five minutes or longer at a

time. With such udders it is an advan—

tage to allow the calf to suck the cow

until relief comes.



When a cow is in normal condition the

milk from her is fit for the table the

fourth day after calving. In case of a

bad udder or failure to clean properly the

milk should not be used so soon.



Whenever an abortion occurs, appar-

ently without cause, it should be treated

as contagious and requires the immediate

quarantining of the cow, the. prompt burial

of the calf and thorough disinfection of

the contaminated quarters. Such cows

should not be bred so long as any dis-

charge is noticeable. Even then the bull

must be thoroughly disinfected after

breeding. to prevent his infecting other

cows. Aborting cows must be kept away

from the herd until they have dropped a ,

full-grown calf. Unless such cows are

especially valuable they had better be dis—

poscd of at once to the butcher.



One ghing that has materially lessened

many a cow owner’s anixety is the easy

and very effective remedy available now

for milk fever, namely, the air treatment.

Every dairyman shOuld possess a milk

fever outfit so as to be prepared to meet

emergencies promptly.





"Wisconsin. .louN MICHELS.





ARRANGEMENT AND VENTILATION

OF BARN.





The writer started to build a basement

barn this fall. 36x56 ft. Sets east and

west. My plan is to divide this in three

parts. 12 feet on each side for stables and

12 feet fccd alley in the center, have a.

well in one corner where I want to have

a room for the separator. I have two

large windows on each side and two in

the west end and two in the east. end.

The height of the walls will be 7 ft. 8 In.

and constructed of Cement. It will be 12

inches on the bottom, tapered to lo inches

on top, '\\'ill have tile laid around ont-

sidc of wall. Is the gutter considered the1

bcst way to take care of the manure or

would it do to slant the floor toward a

drain? \\'hich would be the best where

you want to wheel the manure out? \Vhat

1 am puzzled most over is. to know how

to ventilate the stables. XVill the hay

chutes answer for that purpose? E. J.



As I have explained many times in the

Michigan Farmer, I think E. J. is making

a mistake when he divides the basement

of his barn crosswise into three separate

stables. Of course. he can have good.

comfortable stables for his cattle but it

will cost considerable more to take (are

of this barn than it would if he built a

driveway through the center of it. the

long way. and have his stalls on cithvr

side so that he can drive through the

barn and clean out the stables. Howcycl‘.

this is a matter for him to settle himself.



I know of no better way to take care;

of the manure in the stable than to have,

a gutter. This, of course, forms a recepQ





 





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CLOVER HAY WITH RYE FOR FEED.





 





ive balanced ration for dairy cows with

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I want to use rye that is about one-fourth

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corn-stalks for roughage. It has about

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I would like Mr. Lillie's opinion on the

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by weight, 1 part cottonseed meal and 1

part linseed meal and 7 qts. (estimated)

of corn in the bundle, or 31/2 qts. of shelled

corn. Roughage consists of one feed of

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Livingston Co. SUBSCRIBER.



I shOuld call this a fairly good ration

for dairy cows. Perhaps not the best, it

is hard to tell about the amount of pro-

tein in the peas and oats where there is

only a small amount of peas, but it is

certainly in the right direction. I would

much prefer to have the corn fed in the

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PROFITABLE DAIRY COWS.





 





what

The

answer must necessarily be a general one.

A profitable dairy cow is one that will

produce at least enough milk to pay for

her feed and care, with interest on the

necessary investment and a. profit beside.

She is a cow that will convert feed and

into profits without removing the

The cost of keep—

ing a dairy cow depends largely on cli-

matic conditions. the locality and cost of

Iced and labor. The average cost of keep-

ing a dairy cow here in Illinois, as near

as I can figure it, is about $27.50 at year

for a cow giving 3,000 lbs. of milk testing

four per cent fat, which contains 1‘20 lbs.

of fat and yields 2.500 lbs. of skim-milk.

The fat is worth about $30 and the milk

about $5, making a total of $35, with a

profit of $7.50 above cost of keep and

feed. Besides this the calf is worth $10

and the fertility retained on the farm is

worth half as much more, making a total

profit of $22.50. This is not a fair type

of the dairy cow. However, there are too

many of this kind kept in this locality

and considered by their owners as being

as profitable as the best. The dairy cow

that is nu‘lly profitable is the one that

will double the profits of the above men-

tioned cow. These men who were not

fortunate enough to buy large tracts of

lzmd when it was cheap years ago and

who now have to farm more intensively

and who like the mixed system of farm—

ing, are rapidly seeing that it does not

pay to milk the cow that produces only

about 120 lbs. of butter—fat per year when

it is so evident that a cow producing

twice as much can be secured by the ap—

plication of a few principles. The cost of

food and keep is no more for a profitable

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her expenses and with the present demand

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Illinois.





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MACHINERY ON “CHERRY FARMS."

The Cream Separator.



The advent of the cream separator

proved to be quite an epoch in the con-

duct of “Cherry farms.” The better half

of the farm always contended that she

would not be satisfied with any of the

cream—raising devices until she could have

the best. so we worried along with the old

pan-setting way until about seven years

ago, when we bought a separator of one

of the best makes. We had a good repu-

tation as butter-makers before we had a

separator, but the demand for our butter





increased with the output from the sep-

arator, grocers driving out from the city,

buying and engaging all we could make.



Of course, we increased our herd to the

fullest capacity of the farm, and with the

increasing of stock came the increase of

home-manufactured fertilizer, thus en-

larging the capacity of the farm and ad—

ding a permanent and reliable resource to

the fruit farm and, with our location, I

am not certain but that dairying is the

more dependable and quite as profitable as

fruit raising. Anyhow, they seem to go

well together, and another thing, with the

enlarging of the herd came the necessity

for that other very useful tool on the

farm, the



Manure Spreader.





For several years we had talked over

the benefits derived from the more 630-

nomical and satisfactory application of

the fertilizers obtained on the farm, but

could not seem to realiie that with so

small a form We could make it pay to own

so expensive a machine to remain idle

such a large portion of the year.



My implement dealer, as an extra. in—

ducement to purchase a spreader, gave

me what had accumulated in his barn-

yard. Eleven good 70-bushel loads. Then

a neighbor, whose failing health incapac-

itated him for such strenuous work as

hauling out manure, sold me 45 loads,

which, together with what I could scrape

up on the farm, gave me a good start in

top-dressing a field of light, sandy soil

which I wished to seed to clover. The

field was sown with a light seeding of rye

after com. I then top-dressed it in the

late fall. The mammoth clover was sown

in the spring as the frost was well out of

the ground, being followed with a spike—

toothcd barrow. The result was quite

satisfactory. My spreader rentals have

been quite gratifying. I have loaned my

machine to a neighbor, for which I have

received one dollar per day, and in three

years I have had nothing to pay for re-

pairs. I built a shed which not only

houses my spreader but also shelters the

manure from the cow stable.



Kent Co. J. A. Stuns.





lMPROVI NG DAIRY PRODUCTS.





 





The farmer cares for the cow and has

the first handling of her product and upon

him rests a responsibility he cannot trans-

fer to another. Clean cows mean cleaner

milk, and cleaner milk and cream, and a

better care of these products until they

reach the factory, would mean an increase

in value and quality of our butter and

cheese that I would hardly dare to esti—

mate.



The ideal place for the cow is the pos-

ture, and many a. herd has been photo—

graphed and painted in all their beauty,

comfort and cleanliness upon a sunny

slope, carpeted with a luxuriant blue grass

and white clover, and then driven up

through a narrow lane, up to their mid-

dle in mire and mud. Then they are made

to wade throigh something worse than

mud to get into the stable door. Then

they are milked and we are told the milk

has a “fishy" flavor.



After milking, the gate to the lane is

closed, so the cows will be handy in the

morning, and they are turned out into a

small yard, muddy, poached, and with no

spot to camp for the night without lying

in their own filth.



These conditions are not found upon

every farm. but they are altogether too

common. Lanes should be made wider,

ravines should be bridged if flat and wet,

a few hours with a road grader will throw

up a pike which, when grassed over, will

furnish a dry path for all time. Barns

and yards should be constructed upon the

driest land available and yards or corrals

should be much larger than we usually

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is certainly very desirable.

Wisconsin. L. E. SCOTT.

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years and am thoroughly convinced that

it is not only the cheapest feed a farmer

can produce but because of its succu-

lence, is a great help in the digestion of

other feeds."





Lowering of prices for dairy products?





has tended to lessen the demand for miich

cows in western markets, and lower

prices prevail at the Chicago stock yards

for mil'kers and springers than were seen

earlier in the year. Eastern buying or-

ders show a marked falling off, and fewer

cows are ‘being sent to market.





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THE CHANNEL ISLAND CATTLE.





There is a group of islands in the Eng—

lish Channel about ten miles from the

coast of France, called the Channel Is-

lands, the principal ones of which are

Guernsey, Jersey, Alderiicy, Sark, Herm,

and Jethon. The first three mentioned are

the ones that produce the celebrated cat-

tle. The climate is mild and agreeable,

with no great extremes of heat or cold,

and no sudden changes of temperature,

making these islands a. favorite resort for

invalids and pleasure seekers. The scen-

ery is varied, and very beautiful. The

coasts are high, rocky, and very danger-

ous to navigators. the interior is mostly

table or elevated level land, well wooded,

especially in the valleys along the Winding

streams.» The soil is generally light, deep

and fertile, producing most of the crops

and fruits of the tempt-rate zones. The

land is held in small parcels, say from

live to ‘20 acres. and tlic principal crops

raised are hay, wheat. potatoes, and root

crops for feeding stock.



Butter making is tiie chict‘ business of

the farmers, and cattle have been bred

with that object in view for 150 years for

certain, and probably for a much longer

period of time. _



The number of acres in cultivation on

all the islands is about 30,000. The native

:opulation is about 00.000 and the stran—

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agreeable is its climate and scenery. The

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inhabitants are allowed the same home

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cat-h other from all the islands. the im-

poi'tations from Jersey and Guernsey,

were also for some time called “Alder-

11cys.” Then the smallest. and least pop—

ulous of the three islands obtained for a

while the sole honor of producing the

famous dairy cattle of the Channel Is-

lands.



The cattle on all the islands. no doubt

had a common origin. as they have a.

great resemblance to each other and in

the opinion of many good judges might

properly be classed as one and the same

brccd. They have for a long time been

kept separate on each island without ad—

mixture with other breeds. even with the

cattle of the other islands. The, local

authorities, HT years ago. enacted and

have ever since enforced, laws against

the importation of cattle except for im-

mediate slaughter for beef.



Alderney is but four miles long. and

about 1111 miles broad, with 1‘. population

of 2,800. The Aldcrncy cattle are smaller

than the .lci'scys or (liici'nscys.



Jersey. the largest of ill“ group, is 10

miles long and six miles broad. and has

:1 population of 710.000. Mrs, Langtry,

(“the Jersey Lily"), a celebrated actress

and professional beauty. was born on the

island of Jersey.



inernsey is nearly as large as Jersey,

being nine miles long and six miles broad

with a population of 220000, The cattle

are laigcr than the .lcrscys. and, like

them, have always been bred for dairy

purposes. ’l‘hcy arc rather coarser built,

and larger boned. than the Jerseys but

are not inferior to them in the milk-giv-

ing property. and on account of their

lurg‘r size are preferred by seine dairy-

men.



The (‘hanncl Island cattle are classed

among the small bi'ecds. tlic cows usually

33'cigliing from 07.0 11'. 8110 lbs. There were

on the. island of .lcrs1-y. according to her

last census 11.801 cattl“. 2.213 horses. :1

tot: 11 of it Lf‘.» animals kept on 20,000 acres

of tillable land; or one animal to one and

four-tenths acres. It is said that on some

farms containing only eight acres. from

tight to 10 head of cattle, and two horses

are kept, and kept well. Of course, it is

done by soiling. and not by pasturage. On

farms where. the cattle are pastiii‘ed, they

are tethered to stakes and not allowed to

trample all over the field. The farmers

on this little island not only keep so large

a proportion of live stock, but feed their

permanent population of 36.000 inhabi—

tants, entertain 171,000 yearly visitors, and

in addition export from three to five mil-

lions of dollars worth of dairy and. farm

products every year. The yield of wheat

is 30 bushels per acre. Fruit is cultivated

especially grapes, apples. peaches, plums

and apricots. About 30.000 bushels of

table fruits are annually exported to Lon-

don and Paris. From 16 to 17 lbs. of but—

ter are sometimes obtained weekly from a

single cow.



A bull, to win a prize. must be accom-





- pcra ture.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. (13) 221





panied by his dam. They 'score both the

dam and the bull, and the first prize goes

to the bull whose score. added to that of

his dam, foots up the highest.



Pa. J. W. INGHAM.



CARE DOES PAY.



One of our farm papers recently pub—

lished an article that was, in effect. a de-

fense of carelessly made country butter.

Stating that it is 'a common complaint

that the average farm product is not first- ,

class, the author demanded, “What in-l

centive is there for making it first-class?

when all grades bring the same price andl



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used to hold the flame in gas grates—the same material of which we make

Asbestos Theatre Curtains. You know Asbestos Curtains are required by

law, as protection against fire, in the theatres of nearly all cities.



So no wonder this Asbestos or stone roofing never catches fire, even

when neighboring buildings burn to the ground.





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We use several layers of this Asbestos or weather—proofing com pound ever discover-

stone felt. And cement them together with ed can make as lasting as the Arbcslo: rock

genuine Trinidad Lake Asphalt— that won- and mineral cemmt used in J—M Asbestos

derful mmuul c‘eintnt which, in fAsphalt Rooting.

pavements, stands the grinding 0 wheels -

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of paint to keepit from rotting, decaying or tween J-M Asbestos Roofing and all other

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Other ready rootings are made of wool— known plants where this rooting has been

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stocl;,paper pulp, eta—vegetable and ani— . We‘ll sell you J-M Asbestos Roofing

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all are dumped into a common receptaclel

for shipment?"



It would seem that the desire to fur-

nish one‘s own table with wholesome, pal?

atable. attractive butter should be a. suffi—

cient incentive to enforce care—which in-

cludes cleanliness, sanitary conditions,

proper handling of milk and cream. proper:

washing and working of the butter. etc.;l

but to my certain knowledge, care. with!

its attending good results, financial gain

in even most of the little grocery stores

of our small towns.



“'lien we were children there were pro—

duce wagons sent out from the stores dur—

ing the summer." Some, of our mothers

would not sell their carefully made but-

ter to them lot it was dumped into a

common receptacle and at the end of the

mute. the scinE-mellcd conglmneratioii

was shipped to the city where it was re-

made into salable butter. lint that was

several years ago and a couple of our





 





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lhcv tak» ‘ll‘ but - - ' "



- C I)“. ‘01 10 ”1" same Toronto, 0111., Montreal, One.9 Winnipeg, Mam. V ancouver, B. C.

store. One. receives the quoted inai'kct 4 '. . " ' ~

price for her pale, soft, watery producz. _

the other invariably gets from tlii'ec to





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. 11 - . 1 x —_ i ) j i ‘ i ‘ '1 I V

1,”. crock . butter than t“), that moulded Sirll‘ pctl on c 3'11'3 toll and givt ll to 3'1 11 ii lztlit k and 3' ill c pi'ott (:15 311 3.13“,“ [(1 u

_ t l , 1.. ,_ .. . ’ sin ply. me. 111:: lb. '1t you will have no more roof expense—no more 1.11.1 itiubl cs~for at

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ilrmcr. better giadc of butter to make

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succcssful bricks than may be put into

ci'ocks or jars.

W'jthout 11-0 or running mum. 1-”? 1.3.3“. ‘We guarantee it for 15 3ears, but kno33 it 33 ill List 133icctli.1t long.

‘ Vt e /I‘,112/11.-tl1at our rooting “'lll( l1 33'. is put ups jycai's eye is still in error/mt

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trouble. to properly care for cream and to

m. . 0. 3,,“ ,. .; n, . . . 1..»

. 1130 good 1 11111 (1111.11... hot 33 oathth .. it 30110111' roofing will last for l5 years—we «12m. 1.21/1: it. Ask 3oiirtltal<1 about

it p113s to take lllIS trouble if one is ,Lw— DICKJ l .\l \N OLXTRA. If he. docsn t Stll it, “the us at ome foi sainplt and

mg to do anything along the dairy line. ourvaluablc looting book—scat pi'tpziitl. Know 21/y33et an «Ir/“11.121111. 0111' looting

for either home, 0-,. pump. consumption. for 151 3cm .5 while oiliti'snt;lte33'11c11epi'mniscs that mean nothing.

It" a} 1 , , , .. Ihc s1 (‘lCt of the (l. i '1itilit3' of Ditkclmaii Extia hrs in the 33ontltif11l P3 stcii:

1e.» 1, cod 33 atci must. be used frw

7 , . . ' of galvanizing—and th c 111': h quality of the mater i.1ls used. 1110 Hit t.1l slic ~1- 1 we

and fl‘t"‘lllt"llll,\'. and cool ll’lOl'lllll"' hours b . 1 1 . 1 1 3 1. .

. —» use for a asc is iiadt 13' a spttia process w 111 i c.13cs it tout 11—31t 1.. ‘1.1ble

are the better hours. and open-grained. So the gal3aiiizing material fills up the ' ‘poi'ts ’—.1nd at tu-

Many lose both time and mone3 by 1.19,- ally becomes a part of the finished sheet.’1his prevents it from cracking——

lccting the little things that sinipl3 lhtlut ' _' _ 1 ’ ' -‘ scaliiig——33'ca1'1ng 01‘ I‘USUHS ctf.





be attcinb d to if good icsulls 1111‘, ("(111 1 t—

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must be thoroughly stirred two or thin- ’

Manufacturing Co.

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times a day. It must not be allowed to}

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gct too sour or both quality and quantityE

Will suffer; it should not be allowcd either“

to freeze or to scald, and it is best to keep

it sweet (by low temperature and stcr—

ilizcd vessels), until twelve. hours or so

bcfore churning, when a cup of bathr—





1n'flk or sour cream should be thrn'oughly



stirred in and the whole carefully raisctl send



to 70 degrees temperature and 11-11 to N f



“ripen." l’i'opei' churning temperaturc is ow or

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to know for

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iioni 119 to ti: degrees, depending sonic- en'orit

what on the cream and the scasoir—tlic p y.

thicker and fresher the cream and the

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('1‘ 1101‘ labor will produce butter 01‘ $3,,” '—Al13' capacity from 200 to 9‘0 pounds pcr hour.





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l ‘ .. I . t 39f .“t‘ 50‘ e] '1‘ —Aiitom:1tic'.tlly oils itsclt~Pouroilat tlictop,oncca month rag

comp aiiils (if Dai tlal (11' total lailiti‘Os, and from your oiljiig or can—No danger of running dry, or ruining £0





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mean success. ,1 GALLO WA Y’s 52:"! In 0””

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or anybody else. W rite me today.

Wm. Gallon! ,Pros.

WM. GALLD WA DDMPANY

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facts, how 3ery few daiiymen do the 3"01'3

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SOM E SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS.





 





 





 





 





During these cold, damp days of winter

extra care must be exercised to keep the

chickens free from colds, roup, etc. Keep-

ing the digestive organs of the fowls in

good condition is one of the greatest safe-

guards against disease. The liver and

bowels are the organs requiring most at-

tention as the assimilation of all food de~

pends upon their condition. They should

be in good working condition always. The

bowels must be kept open and acting

freely. Should they become sluggish from

overfeeding or over fatness, a dose of ep-

som salts is beneficial. The salts should

be dissolved in water and mixed with

ground feed to insure even distribution.

Constant doping with liver medicines is

not to be counseled, however. If the fowls

are properly fed and are made to exercise

a. great deal, very little liver medicine

will be needed, and they will be far better

off. Providing the right kind of feed goes

a long way toward keeping fowls in good

health. Green feed, a moderate amount

of meat meal and mash all help to keep





7 the liver and bowels active.





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Never keep a hen that does not bring

in a profit, There are far too many hens 'of

this class on the farms of this country.

Trap-nesting is one of the greatest mon-

ey-saving practices in the handling of

poultry. If every poultry raiser could in-

still trap nests and weed out the poor

layers, what a difference there would be

in the egg yield. Owners of hens would

discover that some hens which appear in

the pink of condition never lay an egg.

Only this seaSOn I had a pullet, hatched

last March. that never laid an egg, while





 





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those hatched several months later were

almost all laying. She looked to be in

health, haul a good red comb and





lactive disposition, but never was found on





 





the nest. She was finally killed for mar-

ket to save further feeding. I am satis-

fied that without the use of the trap nest

I could not have determined whether she

laid or not. The trap nest is also indis-

pensable in determining which hens to

breed from. YVhere one has only a few

hens that are good in size and shape and

has not the room to pen them away from

the other hens, the trap nest is invalu-

able. Other hens, even of a different

breed, can be allowed to remain in the

pen with the breeders, so long as there

are not too many for the male bird, and

as eggs from the hens that are to be used

as breeders are marked with the band

iumbcr, they are easily distinguished.

Another thing, certain hens never fertilize

their eggs, and when this is detected by

the use of the trap nest they can be ex-

cluded from the breeding pen. '

O O .



Cleanliness in the poultry yard should

be the watchword at all times. This is

essential if the fowls are to be kept free

from lice and vermin and in the best of

health. Disease can be more easily pre—

vented than cured, and uncleanliness is

certainly conducive to disease. Lice and

mites must be incessantly fought. Kem—

sene and crude carbolic acid. thoroughly

mixed, should be resorted to often. Take

out the roosts and give the under side a

thorough coating of this mivture. The

under side of the perch. where it rests

upon the support, is a breeding place for

the little red lice. Close inspectinn is of-

ten necessary to detect them. but they

are usually present in the day time, leav—

ing their hiding place to prey upon the

fowls at night. Clean the droppings

board often, at least twice aweek. After

each cleaning cover the board with air-

slnked lime or ashes to absorb the liquid

drtmpings. Fine (-oal ashes are excellent

and help to rid the place of lice. Air—slaked

limo is best. however. as it is a good dis-

infcetant but cannot always be provided.

I prefer to dust lightly with lime and then

cover with ashes, as I am inclined to be-

lieve that much walking in the lime will

cause the hens 'to have sore feet. The

fowls should be dusted once every month,

if possible, with a good insect powder.

Persian insect powder is a cheap and very

effective preparation.



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The setting of the hen, while considered

insignificant by many, is really an im~

portant pa rt if good hatches are to be ob—

tained. Providing any kind of 'box for

setting purposes, so long as there is

straw in it and eggs for the hen to sit on,

is not sufficient for the best results. In

the early spring, when the weather is

still cold, the hen must have a. warm nest





to do her best. Several thicknesses of

newspaper should be placed in the bottom

of the nest to prevent any possibility of

draught, and then thoroughly Vspr‘ayed

with coal oil to prevent lice. Then put in

a few inches of moist loam, and, lastly,

finely cut hay or sweepings from the hay

loft, well packed down and slightly hol-

lowed out to allow the eggs to be easily

shifted about with less liability of break-

ing. Never put more than 11 or 12 eggs

under a good-sized hen in cold weather.

A small~sized hen should have only nine

eggs at the most. If a. full setting is

placed under the hen there is danger of

chilling most of the eggs at some time

during the hatch, as the eggs on the outer

edge cannot be sufficiently heated to hatch

vigorous chicks. Do not set an extra

large or heavy hen as she is liable to

break several eggs in getting on and off

the nest. The contents of the broken eggs

will cover the other eggs, thus clogging

up the pores in the shell, with the result

that a poor hatch is obtained.

Indiana. 0. E, HACHMAN'.





YEAR’S ACCOUNT WITH HENS AND

COWS.





 





We have been farmers but a short time

but I venture to give a little of our expe-

rience. We began keeping a book ac-

c0unt of the work of our hens and cows

on Jan. 1, 1910. At that time we had 12

old hens, 45 pullets and a pair of turkeys.

These were kept in a very‘poor old coop

and a poorer scratching pen. We read

everything obtainable on poultry and fed

everything that anyone suggested with

a View to producing eggs. The year's re-

sult is as follows: Eggs and young poul-

try to the value of $104.75 were sold. At

close of year we had on hand 12 hens and

50 pullets, the latter having not yet begun

laying. We paid out, for feed, $28.55, leav-

ing us $76.21 for our trouble. Of course,

the chickens and turkeys, what few we

raised, ran at large and stole all the corn

they wanted during the fall. We are

quite well satisfied with this first effort

with chickens. ,



we had. at the beginning of the year,

five cows that were considered fair. We

sold milk to the creamery most of the

time. Four of the cows came fresh dur-

ing the year. From the sale of milkwve

secured $345.33, The calves sold for. $18.50.

We spent, for grain, bedding and breed-

ing, $99 and bought one calf (a heifer) to

raise for $5. \Ve thus find that the cows

have given an average return of $51.97

for the year. We had no way of deter-

mining just ‘how much the clover hay,

cornstalks and pumpkins they consumed

were worth, for these were raised on the

farm and fed out freely. Now did those

cows pay us? Did the chickens pay also?

15 not a flock of 50 hens worth as much





 





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to a farmer as a good cow, and should.





not the hen have as good a place to eat'





and sleep?





Newaygo Co. FARMER'S WIFE.





GOOD RESULTS FROM PULLETS.





 





Exceedingly good results from a small

flock of pullets are reported by Mrs. W.

li. 'l‘hayer, of Montcalm Co. She has a

pen of seven Plymouth Rock pullcts that

Were hatched in an incubator on the last

«lay of May, 1010, and were purchased by

her one week later. On the second of

November, when they were a few days

over five months old, she found an egg in

their pen and during that month they laid

44 eggs. During December they produced

48 tugs and f<:nllowed this up with 101 in

the month of January. Eleven more were

added during the 111st two days of this

month, at which time. the report was sent,

making a total of 204 eggs from Nov. 2

to Feb. 2, a period of three months, from

S'svcn pullcts only a few days more than

eight months old.





ADVISABILITY OF KEEPING BEES ON

THE FARM.





 





I know many farmers feel that they

now have as many calls upon their time

and energies as they can attend to, and

as they also realize that bee—keeping is

an art in itself and requires no little in-

telligence and study to conduct it in the

best fashion, they are apt to he averse to

adding it to their already manifold

duties.



I think however. that there is another

way to look at this matter. In almost ev-

ery business, the person engaged in it

will be more successful if he adds some

recreative work. This, if entirely differ-

ent from his regular work, will give rest-

ful pleasure and make life pleasanter.

Bee-keeping is especially desirable in this





 





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FEB. 25, 1911.





 





Women

Appreciate -





Pest

Toasties





FOOD





is fully cooked, ready to serve

direct from the package with

cream or milk, and is a.

deliciously good part of any

‘meal.





A trial package usually

establishes it as a favorite

breakfast cereal. .





“The Memory Lingers”





Postum Cereal 00., Ltd,

Battle Creek, Mich.





 





 





 





ROOFING W





First-class Rubber Per Square





 





 





Rooting lor $1 , $1.25 or $1.50 a

square, complete.

WHY Pay $3.00 or $5.00 per square for



roofing not as good. We also

sell tarred threaded felt. 250 feet in roll at

65 cents per roll.





HOW can we do it? We sell for cash





ear loads or less.l 5Writle for sam-

ples and particulars.





fl. EIKENHOUT é SONS.

GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.





 





 





 





 





   

   

   

   

   





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LAYING "ENS

Potterize them and kill the non-producers.

Penn's svsrxu tells theseeret. Circu-

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buses and fixtures, :95 pages and :50 illus-

trations mailed for“; postage. Write today.





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BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS—Only perfect standard

‘ cockerels. April and May hatch at 9 and $3 each.

Excellent. laying strain. Fred Nickel. Monroe. Mich.





THOROUGHBRED S. 0. BROWN LEGHORNfl—A

few cockerels at. 31% each. E gs $1 per 15. $5 per 1(1).

LEWIS T. OPPENLANDER. 11%0. 4. Lansing. Mich.





 





 





--K 1 242 ' ’

R. c. Brown Leghorns “€1.53... r555 Si?‘2’£ié€i

eggs $1.“) 15; $31» 50. S. W. HENSEL. Baal , Ohio.





—Vigorous. farm 1' i d, d

Barred ROCk (:le. bred from prize wfinsiiersfnfi

each, two for $5. J. A. BARNUM, Union City. Mich.





EGGMAKERS Ebola“, S. C. Brown Lo horns.

per 100. WM. J. 05831311232? fieflfimncnfifi‘





GGS: EGGS: EGGS—White & B if 0 '



a _W'hit.e a Barred Rocks. Black & Wlilite ig'itcoag‘

White & Bull: Leghorns, Rose A: Single Comb Reds‘

Houdans & White Crested Blk Polish. H. R. King, Willis, Mich.

CHOIC business & prize bred Mammoth



Toulouse Geese & S. C. White Leg-





horns low prices for quality. New t l. f

Write. P. R. PFOUTS, R. 2. Buffj:r:s:8‘(lfhl$e.





Buff Bock funerals—Farm ““8““- Hea‘m’ 00“





size, she 13 and l .

$1.50 up. WILLIS s. MEADE, i. No. 3.°i’1§1iy. Miic’iii





Big Bus ‘ness Barred Rocks

J. E. T YLOR. Balding. Michigan.





OCKERELS FOR SALE-Lida: B h W '

. \Vyandotte & B. P. Rooks. timid onesfaalghapulllhig.’

1;. D. BISHOP, Route 38, Lake Odessa, Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





UFF PLY. ROCK and S. C. B if Le h .

erels. Exceptionally good stockuat far-5116;? $0009:

1«. J. H. BURCH. Blaine, Mic igan:





ll. 0. B. leghorn fockerels7§§l§ .E‘ifi‘h 3?" £232

in season. 0. w. WAITE, Gobleville. Michigan.



Rose Comb White leghorn Beggars“

$1 each. FRANCIS ESCH’I‘RUTH. Marion, Mich.

SINGLE COMB BLACK MINORCAS—A few more





‘ lino large cockorels. Satisfactio '

luggs $3 per 15. n. w. MILLS, suniiefyiliigiiigfil





Eggs in season.





"INGLE Comb Brown I eghorns—One of M' ' '



. . . will u s

1 largest breeders of the Brown Beaut ’s wingriling

at. the leading shows. Semi for catalog wit prices and

photos of my birds. Box 324 D. Charles Ruff. St Clair, lick.





ILVER, GOLDEN and “WHITE WYANDO

‘Whito cockerels at. $2 and $3 each. New 2313351113.!!!)

after January 15th. C. W. Browning, Portland, Mich.





Strain S. C. W.

Elflfifiii filial‘lfififiltilgfisssa Jars

1'0 9. 15 31. F. E. BOSTEDOR, Eaton Rapids, Mich:





' —Noted for their i , '

While Wyandoms egg production. gezgd w (i): 313

(-ular. A. FRANKLIN SMITH. Ann Arbor. Mich.





DOGS.





f h

TRAINED .3: assassins ”ass? “use





Zeeut stamp. W. E. LECKY. Holmeaville. $11k).





0U WRITE W. J. ROSS. R h m

Y for those beautiful sable and 31in? tagfligli’z‘gplu:

0f the finest breeding. and from stock workers.





 





 





 





 





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FEB. 25, 1911.





connectiou, as there are very few kinds

of work that are so full of interest and

so generally attractive. There is so much

that is marvelous in the economy of the

honey bee that the bee-keeper must be

stupid, indeed, who does not become an

enthusiast.



I think, then, that any farmer might.





well take up the study of bees from an ‘





intellectual point of view; and, for object

lessons or illustrations of what he has

studied, he may well keep a few colonies

of bees. These will bring him much pleas-

ure, as he observes and studies them, and

the bees will be right at his door to per-

form the important work of pollenation in

his orchards. It seems to be the general

opinion that bee-keeping and farming

make the best combination, and that the

farmer—bee—keeper is the sure winner on

the road to success.



Everyone growing fruit, or any plant

that is intended to yield seed, should be

interested in bee-keeping. There is a





nnrscryman and berry grower who has

a farm about 21/; miles from my home‘





apiary, just a little too far for the bees

to visit, so by mutual agreement I keep





about 30 colonies on his farm, running:

them for extracted honey, and we both;





are benefited by the agreement.



Nearly all parts of the country produce

honey in quantities sufficient to pay for

the gathering. The amount of honey that

goes to waste every year for the want of

bees to gather it is very large, in fact.

too large to estimate. Every farm has

on it fruit trees, berry patches, clover or

buckwheat fields, the nectar from all of

which, in the absence of bees, is evap-





orated by the sun and practically wasted. ‘

The forests also contain many linden and j

\vhitewood trees which are good honey;

yielders. Then there are the autumn 1

flowers, such as boneset, goldenrod. ‘

heartsease, and wild asters, blooming for 1

a succession of two months, from which





the. bees do not only store a quantity of

surplus honey, but also fill the brood nest

of the hive for winter stores. In my lo—

cality bee—keepers get. the most and finest

honey from autumn wild flowers which

grow at random everywhere.



Best Time to Buy Bees.



The proper season to buy and transport

bees is about fruit—bloom time. Then

they are breeding plentifully, young are

born daily, and the lOSS of bees which

may go astray will soon be made up by

the constantly hatching brood. In the

spring the hives are lighter, the combs





containing much brood but little honey.§

There is, therefore, much less risk of?





breakage. The beginner who buys bees,

in the spring usually takes a daily inter-‘

est in them. His daily or weekly visits

will not injure them, especially if their?

needs are properly attended to, while in‘

the fall he would only be injuring them

by disturbing them so often.



The second reason for advising one not

to buy bees in the fall is that there is

much more risk in transporting them ati





that season than in the spring. The;

combs are more likely to break in transit. 3





Also, the bees are probably all old enough‘"

to be acquainted with the lOcation, and}

more of them will be lost when putting;





them on a new stand, especially if but,





little distant from their former location.



“'intering is probably the most difficult

part of bee—keeping, and it is hardly

advisable to buy bees just before they

have to face the winter, for a beginner

would scarcely be able to judge of the

strength and wealth of the colony. It

would. therefore, be. much easier for a

dishonest dealer to sell worthless colonies

in the fall. The bees tha' go through the

winter safely and appear at all strong in

the spring, are about sure of a good pros—

pect. In the fall, breeding has stopped

and it is more diiiicult to ascertain wheth- 1

er the bees have a good queen, and it

takes quite a little experience to be able

to know positively that they have enough

honey. The foregoing advice should not?

however, be taken as being always abso-é

lutely correct. You may have a chance

to buy from someone who must move

away, or who needs the money, and may

find quite a bargain in thus securing

them; but you should not buy them with-

out at least taking the advice of some

person who is accustomed to handling

bees, and who can examine them and in-

form you as to their prospects and con—

dition.



New Jersey.





 





F. G. HERMAN.

When chicks are hatched under hens

give the ‘hens a. good dusting with insect

powder at time of setting and once a

week thereafter. Give the nest a good

coat of whitewash,_ both inside and out—

side, to which has been added coal oil or





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“A good investment

for the farmer ”1





”Says the Little

Paint Man





 

   

   

 





 





A good investment for the farmer is paint. It is just as good. an investment

for the farmer as fertilizers, seed corn or implements. Paint pays—that is,

good paint docs. '



The outside of every building on the farm is steadily depreciating and

will have to be renewed unless it is painted to protect it from the weather.



Lumber costs more than paint; A little lumber costs more than a great

deal of paint. Building costs more than painting.



Raw lumber in a house or any other building absorbs dampness, dries

out under exposure to the hot sun, and soon checks and decays until it is too

late to save it even with good paint.



With proper painting a farm building should last forty or fifty years

and longer.



When painting to protect your buildings, also paint to make them look

well. It is just as cheap to have the right colors as the wrong ones. You may

need advice on this. I have made a book of color schemes for the outside

of farm houses and other farm buildings, including barns, that not only

suggests the colors, but also tells aboutthc paint.

It is free, so you had better write for it today. '





Address THE LITTLE PAINT MAN, care of





SHE}? WIN-WIL LIA MS

Balms & WRNISHES





669 Canal Road, Cleveland. Ohio. In Canada, 897‘ Centre Street, Montreal

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l earnest—with the right equipment.



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The Cyphcrs is always the final choice of the

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Send today or our Big Free

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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





In the last issue we com-

Side Lights on mcnted upon the tariff

Reciprocity. policy which has been

pursued by our govern-

ment, and attempted an analysis of its

effect upon the agriculture of the coun—

try, in which we believe it was clearly

Shown that while the protcciivc tariff

policy has been greatly to the advantage

of other industries by enabling producers

in other lines to 5011 thcir goods at. a

premium above the world price yet, until

in very recent years. the farmers of the

country have been obliged to sell prac-

tically all of their products on a world

price level, owing to tho opening up of

vast areas of rich land which stimulated

production to an extent that gave us an

cxportable surplus in practically all of

their products. It was pointcd out that

this advantage enjoyed by urban indus-

tries had made thcm rclatively more

profitable than agriculture, for which rea-

son they have drawn upon the rural pop-

ulation for recruits, until a more equable

balance between production and consump-

tion of staple foodstuffs has becn brought

about. Now that the farmcrs of the

country have begun to enjoy a degree of

prosperity from the operation of this

economic law, it is proposed to add an-

other vast arca of rich land to our already

great resources for the production of

foodstuffs by means of this agreement

with Canada, apparently with the well

founded hope that by this means an ex-

portable surplus of staple agricultural

products will be perpetuated for years to

come, still permitting those who are en-

gaged in our urban industries to purchase

thcir staple foodstuffs and raw materials

at the world price without being com—

pelled to sell their products on the same

basis. /



It would appear that little more argu-

ment is needed to prove conclusively that

this policy would be injurious to our ag-

riculture. Our furnicrs are just beginning

to look forward to the time when they

will be able to cxchange the products of

their farms for thc products of other in-

dustries on an cvcn basis. whcn it is pro—

posed by this means to remove that pros-

pect from their mental horizon. But, as

noted in our comment of last week, we

are firmly of the opinion that the success

of this proposition, will, in the end, react

upon the other industries in a way which





THE MICHIGAN FlA’R-MBRi





will be felt just as keenly as will the

unfair competition, brought about by the

opening up of our markets to the pro-

duct of vast areas of virgin soil, by our

farmers. And,'further than this, that

the power of public opinion which wili

result from such a move, will make itself

felt in a successful campaign for the

placing of other products on the free list

along with‘ the products of the farm. In

other words, it appears certain that the

adoption of this agreement will be but

the beginning, rather than the end of the

country's economic troubles, which would

be accentuated by a rapid drift toward

free trade all along the line.





In this connection. it would perhaps be

pertinent for us to look into thé effect of

the free trade policy of England, as a

side light on the problem which now

confronts us. Practical free trade was

adopted in England at a time when her

urban industries greatly predominated,

with practically the same effect upon her

agriculture as that described as the re-

sult of our tariff policy, upon the agricul-

ture of our country, the difference being

due to the fact that England was essen-

tially a great manufacturing nation, while

our country was essentially an agricul-

tural nation during its process of develop-

ment. The result of the policy of letting

in the agricultural products of the world

free of duty was to greatly reduce the

production of staples in that country,

with a. corresponding reduction of land

values, a result which is bound to be felt

in a lcsser degree in this country if our

markcls are opened up to the products of

the hundred million or more acres of fer-

tilc Canadian lands. Now the tariff ques-

tion is again an issue in Eegland, and the

plan of bringing her colonies into a closer

union with the home government and the

enactment of protective tariff laws for the

better development of industries in which

they are mutually interested is being agi-

tatcd.



Likewise the adoption of this agree-

ment will make the tariff a live issue with

the farmers of the country at a. time

when its considcration will be unhamp-

ered by the pressing ncccssities or the

compelling prejudices which resulted from

the civil war and the causes which con-

tributed to that conflict, and with which

the tariff as a. political issue have never

before been entirely dissassociated. Our

farmers, as a. class, are sacking no ad-

vantage ovcr othcr producers, but they

are becoming more insistent, and rightly

so, in demanding a “square deal," which

they certainly would not get through the

adoption of this agreement.



In the discussion of this question, the

war scare, which has served its annual

purpose in quieting opposition to large

appropriations by congress for the im-

provement of our navy, has been brought

out of iis closet to serve as a reason for

the adoption of this agreement, notably

by Gov. Osborn in a recent statement. If

this argument is to be given serious con-

sideration by our readers. we believe it

to be an added reason why they should

oppose the agreement. In the first place

any “ycllow peril” of which we are in

danger is just as imminent for our neigh-

bors on the north. Our interests would

be their interests in such a contingency,

regardless of the mere commercial con-

sideration of its effect upon their market

for agricultural products. But, regard—

less of this, a home poduciion of food-

stuffs which is adequate “for the needs of

a. country is one of its greatest resources

in time. of war. and as a safeguard

against any future dangers from the yel-

low peril, it would appear to be the

wiscst policy to build up our own ag-

riculture, which we can only do on a.

business basis of profitable production for

our farmers, rather than to further de-

pletc our power of production by pcrpct-

mating conditions Which have already dot-

ted the east with abandoned farms and

drawn heavily upon the fertility of the

soils of the middle west, by making soil

robbery necessary to the garining of a

livelihood on the land.



But so far as our readers are concerned

further arguments are not needed. Judg-

ing from the tone of the many communi-

cations we have received and the many

expressions we have heard, both in pub-

lic and private, from farmers in all sec-

tions of the state, they are practically of

one mind in their opposition to this agree-

ment. But-expression of sentiment is of

little avail, exccpt as it is addressed to

the two senators who represent Michigan

at Washington, and no time should be

lost by any reader in communicating his

views to them. Before another week has

passed final action will have been taken

by the present senate on this proposi-





tion. While many believe there is little

danger of its passage by that may, yet

great pressure is being exerted to that

end, hence those who oppose it should act

at once.





In a recent issue we

Railroad Taxation. commented on the



contention of Michi-

gan railroads that they are being taxed

at a higher rate than other property of

the state, owing to the alleged under as-

sessment of other properties and on the

threat that unless relieved by legislation

they would refuse payment of their taxes

and carry thcir complaint to the courts.

Since that time Gov. Osborn has thrown

down the gauntletto the railroads by the

sluicmcni that, even if their contention

\Vcrc true they have no grievance, as they

should properly pay a higher tax than the

farmers of the state, since they enjoy

privileges under their charters and the

laws of the state which the individual

does not enjoy. Another development has

occurred in the publication of a. statement

by Attorney General Kuhn in which he

practically says that the threats of non-

payment of taxes and litigation, which

would hold up the primary school money.

are mostly blutf, and in which he takes

up the legal phases of the situation in de-

tail. Briefly stated. his principal conten-

tions are that even if the railroads could

show an inequality in assessments as they

claim, they would not have a good casein

court unless it could be shown that there

was collusion among assessing officers to

so under-assess the general properties of

the state so as to increase the burden of

taxation borne by the railroads. In any

event, the Attorney General contends 'that

litigation could not be begun until the

taxes had been paid, or at least all of

them but the claimed difference bbtween

the rate applied and the rate which the

railroads expected to be able to prove

should be applied. Also, that the legis-

lature has the right to classify property

for taxation purposes and determine the

means of arriving at the rate to be applied

to it. Other reasons were advanced to

Show that court precedents are favorable

to the position of the state, and that

there is little to fear from the threatened

litigation. l





Nor do we believe there is much to fear





from any action of the legislature looking

toward a change in the plan of assess-

ment now in force. The fight for equal

taxation has been too long and too stren-

uous to warrant an easy sacrifice of the

principle involved. Equality and justice

are desirable and the average taxpayer is

not looking for more. But having en-

joyed a measure of it in taxation matters

he will not look with favor on any back-

ward step.





For some years,



Spring Management both through the

of Highways. agricultural prcss,

experiment station





bulletins and from the lecture platform,

the merits of the split log drag as an

implement for the improvement of high-

ways in the spring season, after the melt-

ing snOWS, the spring rains and the heav-

ing frosts have left them soft and water

soaked and deeply poached have been em-

phasized. In various communities the efli<

cacy of this sort of treatment has been

proven by experiment times without num-

ber, and yet comparatively few localities

have as yct iakcn advantage of this

cheap method of facilitating travel and

the hauling of loads on clay roads during

the early spring. when the frost has left

the ground. If more people were con—

versant with the boncfits derived from

this method of managing clay roads in

the spring season, there would soon be a

general demand for the use of such meth-

ods by the highway officcrs in every

township. As a matter of education it

would be profitable for some progressive

man in every community to prepare such

an implement and use it on a stretch of

road adjacent to his farm upon season-

able occasions. Simply split a small log

about eight feet long in halves, bore

some two-inch holes in either half at

equal intervals and insert strong cross-

pieces about three feet long, brace diag-

onally, and the task is done. Use the

implement at the right time on a short

stretch of road as an object lesson, and

much will have been accomplished toward

the betterment of the highways of that

neighborhood in future years, not alone in

making them more passable in the spring

but as well in minimizing the cost of

maintenance through neglect at the sea-

son when they are in the worst condition.

After demonstrating what can be done

in the way of improving the roads





‘with this device, it will be saw to pro-





mote its oilicial use.





FEB. 25. 1911. .

HAPPENINGS OFTHE WEEK,

National.





Saginaw is seeking to disolve under the

combine act, the merger of three lighting

concerns doing business in the municipal-

ity. The case is of state wide interest and

is the first instance of a city trying to

destroy such a merger under the above

aw.



Quo warranto proceedings have been

started by the attorney-general of Ohio to

oust seven railroads from doing business

in that state. Stock jabbing, and com

spiracy to suppress and destroy competi—

tion in the transportation of bituminous

coal, are chief among the 18 grounds for

bringing the proceedings.



Boilermakers on the Lake Shore &

Michigan Southern railroad have gone on

a strike.



The senatorial fight is still on in New

York, with the chances of a selection

about as promising as when the first bal-

lot was taken.



The China-Japan fastsmail train east-

bound over the Southern Pacific road.

was wrecked in the mountains west of

Palisade, Nevada. The details of the ac—

cident were not reported.



Senator Nelson‘ W. Aldrich, who has

generally been counted as an opponent to

the trade agreement with Canada, an-

nounced .Monday that he would support

President Taft in his campaign for the

measure.



On Monday Representative 'Hobson, of

Alabama, in speaking of the necessity

for allowing the appropriation bill for the

navy predicted that this country will have

war with Japan within ten months.



By shipping distilled spirits direct from

the manufacturer‘s at Chicago to dealers

in Brooklyn, N. Y., the parties evaded the

revenue inspectors and defrauded the

government of around $200,000 in taxes.

The parties were arrested.



The state legislature is getting anxiohs

about conditions in our penal institutions

where, unless laws prohibiting contract

labor is repealed, the convicts will be

without employment. To put the men to

work on thestate's account will require

a larger outlay of capital than the legis-

lature desires to go on record as ap—

propriating. . .



President Taft has announced that un-

less the federal senate passes the bill pro—

viding for the adoption of the trade agree-

ment with Canada, he will call a special

ses‘sion for that purpose March 4.



Owing to the necessary time for the

certification of the votes at Phoenix, Ari-

zona, getting the papers to Washington,

and through the proper routine necessary.

Arizona will not become a. state by the

act of the present congress. It is assert-

ed that much opposition is expressed re—

garding the constitution submitted by the

people for the consideration of the federal

legislature. The ratification of the con-

stitution of New Mexico is now before

the committee on territories. It is planned

to get the instrument before congress this

session.



The recent thawing of snows in \the

western states has swollen the streams of

that part of the country and the Des

Moines and Mississippi rivers are rising

rapidly, according to the latest reports. At

Burlington, Iowa, the Father of Waters

has been rising at the rate of 18 inches

in 24 hours. Along some of the tribu—

taries stock has suffered much and in

some cases people have been compelled to

move to higher ground. The cold wave

will check the rush of the waters to the

larger streams.



Foreign.



Documents have been signed whereby

France and Portugal will treat each other

as most: favored nations.



The value of sanitary measures in com—

bating disease is recognized for the first

time, in a general way, by the Chinese

government, and an effort is being made

to get to the towns and cities informa-

tion regarding means of fighting plagues,

and where it is necessary to over-ride

superstition. orders have been issued by

the imperial government to the police and

soldiers to disregard the beliefs of na-

tives and do what is necessary to protect

public health. Cremation of bodies of

persons who have died with the plague,

has become common in spite of the her-

ror held by the Chinese of such disposi-

tion of the remains of their countrymen.



The German cruiser Von Der Term. of

Germany, is being sent to South America

on an advertising expedition to demon—

strate to the South American republics

the superiority of German battleship con-

struction. The cruiser purports to be the

fastest afloat.



A bill has been enacted by the Cuban

congress and signed by President Gomez,

granting a. 30-year concession to a com—

pany to dredge and improve the Havana.

harbor.



Japan has notified Canada that she

wishes to terminate the commercial treaty

between the two countries as agrccd to

in 1905. The six months required bcfore

the convention is dissolved will be used

to frame a, new instrument and should

they fail to agree the provisions of the

general tariff law will rule.



China has agreed to the continuance of

the treaty of 1881 with Russia and there-

by miscarried conditions that might have

developed trouble between the countries.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.-





 





Eastern Oceana 00., Feb. '11.—Winter .





has come again and last Monday, (Feb.

6), was the wildest day of the season.

Our January thaw was late in coming but

it got around in time to say it was a

January thaw. Farmers were very busy

all through the warm spell getting out

their potatoes, the price holding steady at

25c at loading stations. Stock is winter-

ing finely, with plenty of roughage to

carry them through the winter. When

the snow went off it showed the alfalfa

looking green and nice. Now it is cov-





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good crop next season. Wheat and rye

also look well. There has been a large

amount of ice put up for summer use and

of very fine quality. Farmers are busy

now getting their year’s supply of wood.

Not much markeing of produce now.

Wheat, 85c; rye, 750; oats, 400; corn, 35c;

potatoes, 25c; live pigs, $6.75@7 per cwt.



LIvlngaton 60., Feb. 13.—We are now

having another mild spell and snow is

nearly all gone but the roads are still in

excellent condition. The past month has

not been very favorable for wheat and

clover, though they show no serious ef-

fects as yet. Lamb feeders are beginning

to sell their lambs though the prices are

far from satisfactory. Feeders who put in

cattle instead of lambs stand a much bet-

ter chance of making a profit. Not many

hogs left in the country. Hay going to

market at good prices. Farmers busy

getting up their summer’s wood supply.



Sanllac 60., Feb. 16.——The past 36 hours

has burdened the trees in this locality

with the thickest ice we have experienced

in years and the damage done not only

to orchards but shade trees, vineyards and.

forests is great. February has been rath-

er a. mild month so far and the fields are

getting a little too bare. Sleighing about



one. Farmers are searching the country

or hired help for the coming summer,

with very little to be found. Some pota-

toes are moving at 27@@30c per bu. Quite

a percentage of beans are being held for

$2 per bu. 'Iihe reciprociy agreement with

Canada is causing considerable restless-

ness. Markets are: Cows, fat, $3.50;

steers, $4.75; hogs, $7; veal, $7 per cwt.;

hay, $12 per ton; wheat, 86c; oats, 290;

beans $1.75 per bu.



Mecocta 60., Feb. 13.—Although we have

had a few cold days this winter, it has

been, as a whole, a very mild winter up

to this writing. Live stock coming along

in fine shape. Fat hogs and cattle are

practically all sold out of this section at

very good prices, but the horse market is

not as active now as it generally is. There





' was quite a slump in the potato market





but it has enlivened up considerably in

the past two or three weeks so that the

farmers who held their potatoes have tak—

en new courage and some think they will

get 50 or 60c per bu. before spring. Cream

dropped down to 230 per lb but is at this

writing worth 25c per 1b. for butter-fat.

Eggs are nearly as cheap now as they

were at any time last summer, 20¢ per

dozen. Several farms have changed hands

this winter, at good prices. Farmers are

taking deep interest in the proposed leg—

islation for “Canadian Reciprocity?" iVe

should study it, and whether we consider

we are to gain or lose by its enactment,

should write our congressmen and sena-

tors expressing our vieWS.



Gratiot 00., Feb. 11.—Gratiot is now en—

joying ideal winter weather, except for

the fact that for teamin there is neither

sleighing or wheeling. ight rigs go well

either way. Soft weather prevailed all

through the last Week of January. This

removed the ice and nearly all the snow.

Wheat and grass were then green. Fields

are again covered with a light blanket of

snow. Butter and eggs have taken a.

slide since last month, the markets pay-

ing but 12@17c for butter and 170 for

eggs. Beans are also on the decline.

The stock market shows little change.



Genesee 00., Feb. 11.——More snow, fol-

lowed by flne‘ winter weather. Days are

’bright and sunny and now a few days of

thaw. Business good. Farmers generally

against proposed tariff changes with Can-

ada, believing it would work injury to

them. Local option campaign now open-

resubmission was declared for

April. If the farmers again vote dry as

they did two years ago the result will

probably be another term with no saloons.

Business men as a rule are more favor-

able toward looal option now that it has

been given a trial. Market as follows:

Wheat, 90c; oats, 30c; com, 480; potatoes,

450; eggs, fresh, 24c; butter, 26c; baled

hay, $10@13; pork, 9140; beef, 6@80;

dressed chickens, 140.



Ottawa 60., Feb. 6.—About Jan. 20 it

commenced to thaw and in a few days the

fields were bare of snow, and they have

remained in that condition up to date. At

this writing a blizzard is raging and the

ground is again covered with snow, which

is being badly drifted, making it bad for

the rural mail carriers. When the snow

went off wheat looked nice and green, and

the ground was not frozen. But now the

ground is frozen quite hard, and wheat

got so it looked very brown and shriveled

up, so the snow that is now falling will

be a great benefit. The two day farmers’

institute that was held at Coopersville

last Week was well attended, and great

interest was manifested by those who

were present. The reason for this was

because most of the speakers were prac-

tical farmers and talked along the line of

actual experience and not theory.



Illinois.



Perry 60., Feb. 13.——VVe have had very

mild weather the past four weeks, too

warm for winter. Feb lst was 80 above.

Had only one light snow so far this win—

ter. F‘ruit is certainly in danger should

we have any very cold weather. Roads

are pretty good for the time of years as

we have not had as much rain as com—

mon. Considerable corn, hay and stock

peas Shipped from here the past month.

Coal mines not doing much; weather has

been too warm. Horse and cattle buyers

have been active. Fat cattle bringing

41/2@50; dressed hogs. 9c; eggs, 16c; but-

ter, 1'5c; hens, 100; potatoes, 40¢ per bu;

apples, $2 per bu; hay, red top, $10 per





.ton; timothy, $15; cow pea, $8@10; stock





peas, $1.50@1.75 per bu; corn, 400; oats,

35c per bu.

Ohio. '





Montgomery 00., Feb. 7.——The weather

has been rather mild the past two weeks.

Wheat is looking fine. Tobacco about all

stripped; not much sold as yet. Auction

sales are plentiful with stock selling high.

Wheat. 92c; corn, 400; oats, 30c; rye, 62c;

clover seed, $7.50; butter, 180; eggs, 18c;

lard, 12c; potatoes, 500.



Carrol 00., Feb. 8.—Weather is very





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





changeable. Roads are almost impass-

able, because they are washed out very

badly. Some corn isn’t husked yet. Prices

on horses and cattle are very high. Some

farmers started to plow already. Some

are cutting mine posts. Corn, 60c; wheat

95c; oats, 45c; buckwheat, $1; butter, 260

3. lb; eggs, 20c doz; potatoes, 70c per bu;

hay, No. 1 timothy, $18 a ton.



Lucas 60., Feb. 6.—January was a mild

month and the heavy snowfall of Decem-

ber all disappeared and wheat looked

good. At this writing it is snowing hard

and the ground is covered again to a

depth of eight inches, which will protect

wheat for the balance of February at

least. Cattle and sheep are doing well,

also feeding hogs, but the damp weather

does not seem to agree with the small

pigs and farmers are complaining of loss-

es among their pigs. Poultry is about

all marketed. But few apples and pota-

toes left in farmers’ hands. Hogs, $7.50:

cattle, $4@5; sheep, $3@5 per head; lambs,

5c per lb; veal, 7@8c; poultry, fowls, 11

@12; potatoes, 4060500; apples, $1 per bu.

and scarce; butter, 18@20c; eggs, 18c;

Wheat, 88@90c; corn in the ear, 58c per

cwt; oats, 32c per bu. ,



Wayne 60., Feb. 6.—-—The weather is

very fine, being open and very mild for

the season. The snow left the last week

in December and there has not been

enough to cover the ground since. Wheat

is looking very good, considering the open

weather we have had. There are lots of

auction sales this spring, and everything

selling high; ccmmon cows selling for

from $50@95 per head. Wheat, 900; oats,

35c; corn, 50c; pork, $9.50 per cwt. dress-

ed; butter, 20c per 1b; eggs, 20c per doz.



Wisconsin.



Ashland 00., Feb. 4.—February came in

'rather fine and the old woodchuck had no

trouble to see his shadow this year. Had

a three—day thaw the latter part of Jan-

uary which settled the snow about half,

but since then have had a fall of about

eight or 10 inches more, so have 20 to 24

inches now in the woods, and a very ‘bad

snow to get around in on account of the

crust. Logging is going on at a rapid

rate and loggers expect to clean up in

about four to six weeks. Crops are well

covered with snow at present but were

partially bare in January on account of

high winds. The ice crop is No. 1, could

not be better. Hay, $22; oats, 500; but-

ter, 300; eggs, 280; potatoes, 450.





ROUND-UP FARMERS’ INSTITUTE.



The State Round—up Farmers' Institute

to be held at the Agricultural College.

beginning on Tuesday, February 28, and

lasting four days, promises to be the

largest and most successful ever held in

the state.



On Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday,

Thursday and Friday forenoons the series

of lectures begun last year by Professors

Kedzie, Jeffery and Shoesmith upon “Ma-

nures and Fertilizers," “Soil Moisture,”

and “Farm Crops" will be continued. The

discussion of these topics will be found

very helpful to all farmers,



The afternoons of V‘Vednesday,

day and Friday will be given up to the

usual general program. Among the

speakers will be E. Cyrus Miller, of Mus-

sachusctts, who will speak Wednesday

afternoon upon “The Care of the Apple

Orchard,” and Thursday afternoon upon

“Getting‘the Most from the Apple Crop."

Mr. Miller is one of the progressive fruit

growers of New England with 300 acres

of orchard under his charge. Paul Rose,

the Well-known ochardist of Frankfort,

Michigan, will be present and speak on

“Intensive Methods of Fruit Growing” on

Wednesday afternoon.



On Thursday, Professor Geo. C. Hum-

phrey, of University of Wisconsin. will

speak in the afternoon upon “The Feed—

ing of the Dairy Cow," and on Thursday

evening will give an illustrated lecture

upon “The Conservation of Good Dairy

Blood.”



No farmer who can possibly attend

should fail to hear the addresses of Mr.

Willis 0. Wing, of the well-known firm

of Wing Brothers, of Ohio, specialists in

corn and alfalfa, with 1,000 acres under

the plow. Mr. Wing will speak, Thursday

afternoon, upon “Up—to—Date Corn Grow-

ing,” and on Friday afternoon his subject

will be “Points in Alfalfa Culture.”



Among other speakers will be Professor

W. A. McKeever, Agricultural College,

Kansas, 'who will give an address on

Wednesday afternoon upon “Better Boys

and Girls on the Farm;" and, on TVed-

ncsday evening, “Some Practical Aspects

of Race Building.” Judge, Chas. R. Col

lingwood will speak the same evening on

“The Conservation of Boys.”



An illustrated address upon “Resources

of Northwestern Michigan" will be given

on Tuesday evening by Mr. John I. Gib-

r—on. secretary of the Western Michigan

Development Bureau, who will also have

on exhibition a considerable proportion of

the fruit exhibited at the Chicago Land

and Irrigation Exposition.



lion, Charles W. Garfield will speak on

“Play Grounds and their Mission” on

\Vednesday evening, and Professor John

Hamilton, of the U. S. Department of Ag-

riculture, Farmers’ Institute Specialist,

'will be present Thursday, and his topic

will be “Educating Lecturers for Farmers'

Institutes." Other speakers will

N. McBride, Burton, upon





P. Lyman, the new head of the Veteri-

nary Department, upon “Feeds and Feed-

ing and their Relation to Health.” Pro-

fessor G. W. Bissell will speak on “MOd-

ern Methods of House Heating.” and

Frank-F. Rogers, Deputy State Highway

Commissioner, “The Building and Care

of Gravel Roads." On Thursday evening

one of the speakers will be Prof. R S.

$1531, whoie adclltress will be on “The

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nual.quotingf1 (vs/1.711102 \‘

Michigan-grown srrds at very ..

moderate prices. Perfect satisfac-

tion or money refunded. .S‘rnd to-day.





s. M. ISBELI. 8. 80.. SEEnsnrn

Box 200





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JACKSON. MIC".

Worth of





Flower





 





SEEDS

Postpaid 102





For Only





'I P”. Raters. Floral Park Mixture

.2 I Pllt. Panties. Extra Giant Mixed

\ . I PM. hrnltinns. Finest Mixed



I Plit. Miynnnltta, Sweet Scented

'l Flt. liyuum, Carpet of. Snow



I Pit. Papyflouble Carnation Fld.

I Pitt. Petunia, Finest Mixed



I Pitt. Portulaca, Choicost Mixed





 

 

 

 

 





I PM. Sweet Pea. Large Fld. Mixed





To get our Garden Annual into

the hands of as many flower

lovers as possible we will send

the above 10 packets of first Cim

Seeds for only 10 cents postpaid.





 

 





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FRUIT FARM EQUIPMENT.





 





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In accordance with the topic suggested

for February, I wish to take up a special

branch of the theme, “Farm Buildings

and Equipment," as related to the fruit

farm. As I have already written upon

this topic in a general way I do not wish

to repeat anything discussed in the pre-

vious article, but will consider this as sup—

plementary to it along the line of build-

ings and equipment for the fruit farm.



Buildings.



The buildings required for a fruit farm

will be much the same as those required

on a gcneral farm, providing sonic gen-





Zeral farming is carried on with the fruit

.farming, except that they they need not

be so cxtcnsivc. \thrc there is land

enough I believe it is desirable for the

fruit farmer to conduct some general

farming, enough to grow the hay and





.1. nooon FULLER. a 00., Box 343 moan. PARK, N. r. .





 





Seeds? Plants, Roses,





, Bulbs. Vines. Shrubs. etc.

- Hundreds of car lots of



' FRUIT and ORNA-

, MENTAL TREES. 1.200

'3 acres. 50 in hardy Roses.

2': none bettergrown. 44green-

houses of Palms. Ferns.

Ficus. Geraniums and

, other things too numerous

‘ to mention. Seeds, Plants.

Bulbs. Roses, Small Trees. etc.. by mail. post.

paid. Sate arrival and satisfaction guaranteed.

Immense stock of SUPERB CANNAS. the

queen of bedding plants. Acres of Paaonias and

other Perennials. SO choice collections cheap in

Seeds. Plants, Roses. etc. Elegant 168-page





 





Catalog FREE. Send for it today and see what .





values we give for your money. Direct deal will

insure you the best at first cost. 57 years. (11)





 





 





 





l0,000 SEEDS Ills.





6 want you to try our Prize Seeds this year

and have selected 50 best varieties and put up 10,000

sceds especially to grow l’rize Vegetables and





 

   

   

   





Flowers. The will produce more than $25. worth of

Vegetables an 10 bushels of Flowers.

800 Seeds Cabbage 3 Best Varieties 3 pkts.

v000 “ Lettuce 4 “ “ 4 "

800 “ Onion 2 “ " 2 "

1.000 “ Radish 4 “ “ 4 ”

300 “ Tomato 3 “ “ 13 “

2.000 “ Turnip 4 " “ "





   





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2.500 “ Flowers 30 Grand Flowering Varieties

In all 10,000 Seeds, and our new Seed Book With a

No Credit Check good for 100 selection. postpaid, 100.

FAIRVIEW SEED FARMS. Box [22. Syracuse. N. Y.





   





 





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‘ a pi'otcclion

I Plit. Verbenajxtra Special Mixed ‘





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1technically be considered equipmcnt, they





iOf the appliances by





YPLANT HARDY TREES





Healthy, acclimated. high grade, true to label fruit trees .





and plants for Northern States atwholesalc prices. direct

from nursery to planter. Send for catalogue.





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HEEENEBATED SWEEDISH SELECT. OATS





U. S. Dcnartmcnt of Agriculture pronounce those to

be thc “Best Anicrican Oat." ighly rccommcndcd

by State Agricultural and farmers whcrcvcr tricd.

“’c hnvc only 201) bushels to snare. fine quality. cntirc-

ly free from smut or rust. “’hile they last 800 nor

bu., recleancd. in now bags, 1’. o. 1). cars. Bctter

order today. JOHN Ii. MARVIN. Fcnton. Mich.





Regencraied Sweedish Select oats.





The only pure bred, pedigreed oats. This variety

is in a class by itself. The best yieldcr. the stiifcst

straw, tho frocst from rust. of any out today. I have

some choice seed, all curcd under hay cans. not a

drop of moisture ever tonclicd those oats after they

wore cut. Every kernel has vitality.



COLON C. LILLIE. Cnopcrsville. Michigan.





OATS





 





’I‘hnt Yield. Our Rl-nsntion Oats breaks

all records. Noihinl: like it. Also

Seed ("mm For samples and catalogue

write, Theo. Burt & Sons. Melrosc. Ohio.





 





SEED oars-Srg‘er'ul‘snilm gas-

S “W. a

heavy yielder. romz y





Also have it good seed barley.

amples, write.





750 a bushel cleaned in new b s.

Order early. or

W. E. GEGLER. St. Johns, .Iich.





 





grain needed for his icums, and fccd for

a few cows and hogs. These will furnish

some straw. roughagc, and manure so

much ncedcd on a fruit farm, and will

enable the fruit farmer to keep his help

and teams cmploycd during slmk times

in the orchard or small fruit plantation.

Aside from Ilicsc general farm build-

ings, including sheds for the storing of

all tools, l'hcre should be a packing house

of some kind. The kind. size, and ar-

rangement will vary with the extcnt and

kind of fruit grown, also with the method

and time of iiiarkcling, and many other

factors. If small fruits are to be kept

for any length of time in it, or are to be

shipped from it in curioud lots, some form

of artificial cooling will be desirable. If

to be uscd only as a fall storage for ap-

ples. it may be made so as to be nearly





heat and frost proof, and a good systcm

of Vciililzilion provided, so the building

can bc kcpl fairly cven in temperature

by iiccpinar i1 closcd on warm days. and

throwing it opr-n on cool nights.





if the buildup; is to be used only as a

storage for (*l‘nlr‘s. buri'cls, baskets. tools,

etc., and as a packing house for immedi—

ate sale or shipmcnt it may bc more

cheaply conslruclcd. so as to he simply



from sun. rains, and wind.

of tho invcsimcnt in such a

building must of ncccssiiy vary with the

extcnt of thc business and kind of mar-

kcis, but all fruit growers will nccd some

kind oi‘ packing house where fruit pack-

ages can be kept collcclcd, rcpuircd, and

stored in a dry, clcau place. away from

poultry and the dust and dirt of a gen-

crul barn. Also a place to pack and store

fruit whcii neccssary, and to keop spray-

ers. spray muicrial and other equipment.



This building should be reasonably near

the rcsidcncc, as lhcre will be many trips

10 and from it to the house and other

buildings. in some cases other buildings

may bc needed in the orchard or small

fruit plantation to serve as temporary

storage and packing houses. These may

be cheaply constructed, and in the case

of small fruits should be moveable. For

the lattcr 'tcnts are chcap and convenient.





The extent





Plants or Vines.

plants or vines might not





Trees,

IVhilc trecs,





most csscntial part

which the business

is carried on, and we

are suited to our

purposes and are tho licst varieties 0b-

iainablc. ’l‘hcy should also, along with

our_iools, rcccivc thc best of care, and be

kept in good rcpair at all times, for trecs

and plants nccd rcplacing, and repairing

just us do tools, and it is more of a.

waste to put our labor upon poor trees or





are ncvcrthelcss tho

farming





'lliat they





of fruit

should scc





plants which will not rcspond to it as

they should, than to put it upon poor,

‘worn out soil. or to use incflicicnt tools.





Pruning Tools.

3‘ For orchards the principal pruning tools





nccdcd :lrc saws. and shears of various

kinds. \Vo prcfcr a light saw with a

curvcd bludc and teeth on both sides. a





'draw cut on the concave side and a push





out on the convex one. This rests the

operaor and enables him to make cuts in

places whcre he could not with a straight

saw. Good, strong siccl pruning shears

to bc operaed with onc hand are a neces-

sity on every fruit farm, for pruning small

trees, cane fruits, and grape vines, or in

taking water sprouts and small branches

from larger trees. The kind which cut

from both sides leave a cleaner cut, un-

less one is careful in using the single cut

shears to have the cutting blade next to

the parent branch, but the single-cut

shears are easier to use as they present





a. V~shaped opening to the branch, and

need not be opened as far as the double-

cut shears whose points curve inward, and

leave a narrow opening at the end. The

same will apply to the shears with han-

dles two to four feet long to be operated

with both hands. These shears are al-

most indispensable in pruning trees from

three to ten years old, and are very

handy for water sprouts and the outside

lower branches of older trees, in fact,





any place where one has a firm footing:





and can use both hands to advantage in

operating the shears, but in climbing

about in tall trees, 'the saw is most con-

venient. The style of long-handled prun—

crs worked with a short lever attached

to a handle eight to twelve feet long

are convenient in thinning out the

bi‘aches about the outside of trees that

are too high for the short pruner and not





readily rcaclied with the saw from the

ccnler. if this pi'uncr has n. hook it Will





also serve to pull down branches that

lodge in the trce. The only place an ax

should be used is in trimming up trees

or branches that have been cut.



For small fruits it will be desirable, in

addition to hand slicars. to have hedge





 





 





shears for cane fruits and came hooks for‘





taking out old canes and

ones near the ground. For strawberries,

some form of rolling runned cuticr is de-

sirable to trim the runners from the edge

of the rows. We have found a pair

discs attached to a two—horsc





surplus new "





0f.

cultivator;





to bc about the bcst thing wc have tried:





The discs are held more cvenly in this

way than when fastened lo the framc of

a one—horse or hand cultivator. An old

hoe with the shank straightened and the

blade filed sharp is an cxcellent tool for

clipping runners on small patches.

Spraying Equipment.



No up—lo-dal'efruit farm can get along



without Somc spraying equipmcnt.





it





thcrc are scveral liundrcd large trccs the





most economical method of spraying

with a gasoline power sprayer.

ial conditions, slcam. air

toms, or carbonic acid gas may answer

for the powcr, but nothing has proved

quite as dcpcndable and as cheap under

all conditions as thc gasoline engine.

traction sprayer, which gets

from the wheels, may answer for small

trces, Vineyards, and small fruits, but is

hardly practical for large trees.



All power spraycrs should be equipped

with a. towcr if thcrc. are high trees, and

have at least one line of hose not less

than 35 fcel long. '.I‘

tower may be shortcr. pcrhaps 20 feet.

For small trccs an eight-foot rod is con-

venient. for high ones a ten or twelve-

foot rod. Nozzlcs ol‘ ample capacity, good

distributing powcr, and non—clogging

properiics should he used. It is economy

to have not lcss than 200 gallon tank ca—

pacity. l prcfcr lhc outfit mounted on

mcdium to high whccls with fairly wide

' it will haul easier thus on soft





is





pressure S_\'S-





iii'l‘s. as

ground.

l<‘oi- orchards of lcss than 100 trees. a





good hand-pump with 2 or Zip-inch cum-





dcr. niounicd on a fill-gallon cask. will

answer nicely if it is operated with a

good man at tho handlc to maintain a

strong and cvcn pressure. These are

convcnicnt for small lrccs. and can be





uscd for small fruits by arranging attach-

mcnis to l)l‘0]l(‘l‘l.\' distribute the spray

upon the plants 'whilc driving along the

rows. One or two lines of hose can be

used. not lcss than 23 foot in length, and

nozzlcs that will scullcr well. A good

strainer is essential.



\V’hcrc onc has a largo m-rcage of small

fruits, a traction, or gcurcd sprayer is

the most economical. ’l‘hc potato sprayer

will answer for slrawbcrrics. tlic vineyard

sprayer for i-nspliicrrics or blackhcrries.



“'here onc has only a few small trees

or vines a bucket pump. or a knapsack

uir compression sprayer will answer.



Tools for Cultivation.



’i‘hc orchardist should at lcust have a

two-horse and u onc—horso plow, a disk or

cutaway barrow, a spring-tooth and a

spike-tooth drag. ’i‘hc last two tools are

now made in one and so arranged that

cithcr or both can be used at one time,

which makes a very handy and useful

tool. The cutaway, or disk barrow, Will

work up hard ground. and often answer

for a plowing, and is an excellent tool for

cutting up ground that has become some-

what weedy or grassy, or grew a cover

crop' the previous season which died down

during the Winter. It is often of use in

cutting up sod ground before plowing.

The one-horse plow is convenient in fin-

ishing up lands next to the trees, as it

can be set so as to run shallow and close

to the trees while the horse walks to one

side. Other tools may be desirable, such





For spec-





Thc ,

its power





he line used firom the‘





 





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One customer writes:





“I have used your fertil-

izers for the past eight years

with good success and con-

sider them the best I have

ever used. Have found

from repeated experience

that when used on cOrn they

nearly double the crop."





Increase your yield of

corn. Don’t be satisfied if

you are not getting 80 to

100 bushels per acre.





 





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will get it for you. The .

earswill be fuller, the grains ,

better developed. ~ '





Write for free memorandum

calendar book. Contains val- ,,

uable information on_the sci-

entific 3 rowing of grains. Veg-

etables. etc. etc.



THE CINCINNATI

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Station P. Cincinnati, 0.

Agent: wanted in every vicinity.

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I give a. lot of new sorts for





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"Illustrated with over mg

700 engravings of vegeta. es





and flowers. Send yours and





your neighbors’ addresses.

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New Strawberries!





Nearly 100 varieties to select from. We guarantee

our plants to be high grade and equal to any. ()ur

Eighteenth Annual Catalog is ready. Write for one.





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Box 34]. Leslie. Michigan.





PIONEER For all Kinds of CLO.





VER and FIELD SEEDS





 





 





= also GARDEN, FLOWER

SEEDS and Implements.

EED write to this Old Reliable

llousc. Catalog free and

—— .l“l0lt Feed price list mailed





you on application.





The Henry Phillips Seed and implement 60.. Toledo, 0.





-l_50 ACRES. Genesee

Valley grown. ”Not the

cheapest but the best."

Never have had San Jose

Scaic. Established 1369.

CATALOG FRE Goo. A. Sweet Nursery C0.

HOLESALE PRICE ‘





- 65 Muplcfitu Dnusvllle.N.Y.

Our Strawberry. Raspberry. Blackberry, Gooseberry,

Curl-Int. Asp-rogue and Grape Plants. Heavy Rooted.

ngh Grade Stock. IOth Annual Catalogue Free.

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R. WESTON & 00.. R. I.

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Guaranteed as good as grows at $1 per 1000 and up

Catalog free. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Michigan.





—Smnll Fruit Plants. Shrubs

FRUIT TREES 6t Bulbs at Wholesale Prices.

No Agents. Catalo Iree.W()ODBINE NURSER.

[85. W. A. ALL N 6: SONS. Geneva. Ohio.





FINE CATALPA SPEC. AND BL. LOCUST.

$3 per 1,000. 825 10,000. All forest trees and ever-

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greens cheap. Cato.





 





' and Get the Best

Buy DneCt-Save money Peach Trees. fine at

$4.00 per hundred. An 19. 100; Cherry Be. All kinds

of Trees and Berry lants. Cheap. Catalog free.

ERNST NURSERIES. Box 1, Moscow. 0.





 





 





 





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Fart 25, 1911.





T costs mere to

use a poor Paris





Green than it does to

buy it.





,' C. T. Raynolds

Paris Green is certain





protection against

\potato-bugs and ravaging in-

sects. lt’s pure, unadulter-





ated, deadly.





You’ll find it cheapest to

use because it will save

where saving pays best—on

the crops.





‘ Devoe Arsenate of Lead an insecticide

for fruit trees and Devoe Lime and Sulphur

Solution a fungicide :are used by the best

orchardists.





See that your dealer is ready to supply you.





Devoe (a Reynolds Company

Chicago



New York Kansas City



Largest Makers of Pure Points in the World





S ray with the Comet

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M \ . .

Comet Spra ers are Easiest to Operate

Simplest in construction—foot Rest is at-

tached or detached instantly— Have com plete

Agitator and Brass Screen which prevent

clogging of pump. This double acting spray throws

a continuous stream 50 feet or spray fine as a mist.

The fruit saved from a choice tree will more than

1 for it. You need it for our orcha vines,

owns and plants. Very durab e—all brass. eighs

only 6 pounds. Thousands of fruit growers and

d it a success. Just t it for

applying liquid poisons fertiliisers, etc.

surprise you. host proposition foragents.

Sendusa postal for full information about this

superior sprayer now. Get after the tree and plant

pests early and make more money.





H. B. RUSLER MFG. CO.

4 JOHNSTOWN. OHIO





   





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You can Depend on These Sprayers





Don’t waste our money on uncertain in ers— the

fluid that are often out 0:!)0 . The

largest fruit growers use the “Hardie”

because it’s a s ra er with the

, tron le eft out.

. This Hardie No.





The

liardie Sprayers



are made in 25 diiierent sizes and

styles; prices 3.50 to $350. Our cat-

alogue descri it these sprayers,

and shows you the best way to

spray. it’s free. Bend for a copy.

THE BARBIE MFG. CO.

948 Mechanic St, Hudson. Mich.

also 49 In, Front St” Portland, Ore.





 





 





 





 





 





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Champion

Machines

Are

Reliable





OUR PRICES

AND QUALITY

ARE RIGHT





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await; money. One man and team plant five or six 122.93%;

grid on Is [in 11.01! mutation and tecuilly‘“ Learn more about this

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Catalog. Write-today. Dealers sell our musician)“ out

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“lore Potatoes”





From ground planted secured

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durable machine. W r i to

for CATALOG, price. etc.

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. fruit.





THE MICHIGAN' FARMER.‘





as a roller or an Acme barrow, but those

mentioned above are considered more es-

sential. One-horse cultivators are con-

venient in working close to young trees,

as one can get closer than with a barrow

and with less danger of injuring the

trees.



For small fruits, in addition to the list

given above, there should be a. two-horse

cultivator, if there is much cultivating to

be done, as it will break up hard ground

better than hand-cultivators and do faster

work. A hand cultivator with small

shovels adjustable for depth and for

throwing to or from the row, is a neces-

sity, also a, spike—tooth cultivator adjust-

able sidewise and in height by means of

levers, and arranged so sweeps can be

attached for cutting out weeds or grass

or suckers from raspberry er blackberry

rows. An adjustable spring-tooth culti-





 





vator is also very convenient.





For hand tools a good supply of sharp

hoes should be in readiness. They should

vary in width from three to six or seven

inches, and it will be found convenient if

the narrow ones have two prongs at the

back for loosening the ground about

strawberry or cane plants without danger

of cutting roots or plants. Spades for

setting and forks for digging plants, and

strong hand trowels, filed sharp for lay-

ering strawberry plants, are necessities.





Harvesting and Marketing Equipment.



For harvesting orchard fruits of any

kind there should be a supply of step lad-

ders of different heights, built strong, and

preferably with a three—point base so they

will sit firm on uneven ground. For large

trees orchard ladders made of basswood

or other light material Willi pointed top

and broad base should be provided. These

should be of different lengths. adapted to

the trees 16 to 20 feet is a. convenient

length for picking out centers and the

outside of trees of medium height. Plenty

of picking baskets should be provided.

We fasten a double wirc hook to the bails

in such a way that it can not slip down

and is always ready to hook on a. limb.

If ordinary sacks are used for apples they

should be well padded where they rest on

the shoulder and a piece of barrel hoop

can be tacked in the mouth to keep it

open. We usually «use both baskets and

sucks, doing the bulk of the picking in

baskets, and using the sack to get scat-

tering apples or those at the top, or

Where the basket will not hold all, and

thus save a trip down the ladder. We

have had no experience with patent pick-

ing pails or sacks, but think many of

them are impractical.





Sorting tables will be neeued x... :29

larger tree fruits. Many use canvas

stretched on a frame. I prefer a fiat-bot-

tomed sorting table so the apples will not

run toward the center, as on a canvas.

A convenient one can be made like a

shallow box with sides about six inches

high, and of a length and width to hold

two or three barrels. This can be set on

barrels in the orchard or packing shed,

and a. couple of blankets or a carpet

thrown over it to prevent bruising the

The baskets can be hung by hooks

anywhere about the sides of the table.





Suitable packages, barrels, boxes, bas-

kets, or crates, must be provided. These

should 'be clean and of the standard size

for the style of package. For soft or fancy

fruit corrugated caps or cushions are al-

most necessary to insure a good appear-

ance when the package is opened up. La-

bels are a, help in selling the fruit, and

give the package a business-like appear-

ance, also an assurance as to the quality

of its contents if it contains a guarantee

and the address of the grower. Stencils

or rubber stamps for marking variety,

grade, and address are a. great conven—

ience, saving time, and add to the neat

appearance of the package,



For hauling the fruit an orchard wagon

01' a low-down wagon with platform and

bolster springs is very convenient, and the

springs are essential.



For harvesting small fruits, picking

stands for strawberries and carriers for

cane fruits will be needed. These should

hold from four to eight baskets or cupS,

and the fruit is set from these directly





 





 





into the crates unless it; is to be faced or

graded, when it may be necessary to

empty it on trays made of cloth stretched

on a light frame. Tables should be pro—

vided in the temporary packing house in

which to set the boxes for facing and

packing. Labels and stamps will serve

the same use as for orchard fruit. A bul—

letin board in a conspicuous place will

assist in advertising the fruit, and the

local paper should be used as a. means of

communicating with customers. The tel-

ephone is also a. necessity,



Calhoun Co. S. B. Hummus. i





 





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THE WOLVERINE NURSERIES





(Grounds Southfleld, Oakland County, Mich—ill) Acres.)

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Send one dollar now for a, collection of‘12 shrubs, mailable size. The shrubs

will be sent, not at the first whisper of Sprmg, but in seasonable planting time,

about May lst. The offer is good on all remittances prior to and on April 20th.





THESE ARE THE SHRUBS:





2 Spiro: Van_Houiiei

(Bridal Wreath)





2 Symphoricarpus Vulgaris

(Indian Currant)





2 Viburnum Opulus

(Bush Cranberry—Edible fruit)





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2 Chamecerasus Roseus Grandi-

ilorus (Up—right Honeysuckle)





2 Forsythia Fortunei

(Golden Bell)





2 Lilacs (1 White; I Purple)





 





 





 





The shrubs are chosen with reference to their beauty and hardiness. With care

it? a 800d 5011 they will give I‘CSUItS Which will be a. source of pleasure for a. life

me. ,

Furthermore, and this is the reason for sending your order at once, purchasers

of these 12 shrubs are eligfble to compete for cash prizes, ranging from $5 to $15.

We refer, with permission, to the Michigan Farmer, with whom we have de-

posited a certified check to cover the prizes referred to, and who will announce

the winners in their issue of April 29th, 1911. '





CUT THIS OUT. The Offer wm NotBe





Made Again This Spring.





THE WOLVERINE NURSERIES, Room 102, 270 Woodward Ave, Detroit. Mich.

Please find enclosed (mo dollar for the l‘.’ shrubs offered in the Michigan Farmer Feb. 25, 1911.





Mail me particulars of Cash l’rlzc Contest.





 





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Everybody likes fine strawberries, and to prove that our new

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the heaviest {miter, we oll'cr to send you TWO PLANTS (worth



cents) absolutely FREE. We have picked 12 quarts of fine

firries from a test bed grown from but two GIANT plants set

the year before. You can do as well, and at the same time raise

young plants for a new bed. if you care to send 10 cents for

" mailin expense, we will add 6 BABY EVERGRICENS 2 years

old, an send all to you at proper planting time in the spring.

It will pay you to get acquainted with our “HARDY BLIZZARD ,

BELT" Trees and Plants. Write to-day and we will. reserve tlie._. ‘

plants for you and send you our catalog by next mall. Address





THE GARDNER NURSERY 00.. Box 354‘, Osage, Iowa





“3 in 1” Red Raspberry Herbert

Hardiest of all Reds and Heaviest Yielder of All





205 Bushels to the Acre-Cuihbert only Averages 56

Description at The Herbert Raspbery

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HERBERT (No. 17)—A chant-o seedling, originating with ll. B. “‘liytc, Ottawa, Canada. in 1%. 0110 0f

30 seedlings. probably of (Hurlw. A very siron' grower, hardy and very productive. Fruit large to very

large. obtusely conical. hriuhtto miller dark rcr: drum-s medium size, not crumbling: moderately llrm:

sweet and sub-acid, sprightly, juicy and of good flavor. Quality very good. Season begins a few (lays before

Cuthbert. The best redfaspberry tested here. it has all the good points 1' quired in n berry for local market.

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$400 mm PER ARGE





> What one man did with 2% acres of

Hunkel's“Cream City”Tomatoeo—

the first large tomato to ripen.





HUHKEL’S'g‘T’W‘lOMATOES





are of a thick. solid flesh with few

seeds. Splendid shippers—do not

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they are the most profitable tomato

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canning. Seeds per pk ..lOc

fie; ’1‘9ii'"75°i Ib..'tz.5o.':wn§e‘i'6£ ' P 1 i 11 De 1-.

ea are ago our ill" ~ Iary 'e ow n

vegetable, flower and farm £255: sued com and oats Fill sale Corn. Regenerated

G. H. HUNKEL 00., on Swedish Select. Golden Fleece and National Oats.

301 C emu: Sc, Mint-gut... w... The best varieties. Write for samples, rices and

circular. 1“. A. BYWATER, Memphis, ichigan.
228 (20)





BETTER FRUIT TREE INSPECTION





Simultaneously, but more or less inde-

pendently, calls have come and are com-

ing from nearly all sections of Miclri van

for a better system of inspection of our

fruit trees. These calls are almost with—

out exception, prefaced with respect for

the work of our state inspector and his

corps of district men. It has been learned,

however, (and the information has been

secured at a high cost), that the force

now provided for by statute to carry out

the local field work, is inadequate. either

in efficiency or in numbers, and is not

brought in close enough relation with the

state men. The people who have or-~

chards that are being threatened by tin;

ignorance or indifference of neighbors. see

that their chances for continued tn'nS-

perity in the fruit business depends upon

a better perform? nee of inspection work

'.‘he vigorous note in the resolution adopt—

ed by the State Association of Farmets’

Clubs, the action of horticultural societies

and agricultural associations, bear strong

evidence of the awakening of the people

to a realization of an impending danger.

There are thousands of farmers in Mich-

igan, in spite of the vast amount of

preaching at institutes and farmers' gath—

erings and the effort of the press to in—

struct, who cannot distinguish between

a San Jose scale and the larva of a cod-

lin moth, and it is Inwause of this ignor—

ance that the danger is near. \Ve need

a system of inspection that will bring

thc work of every section in tout-h with

the state inspectors. -\ large number of

the township inspectors are etlieient. con—

scientious men who know their duty and

who perform it fearlessly; but there, is a

larger number, whose chief duty appears

to be to send in their bill for services not

rendered, and whose qualifications for the

work lies more particularly in an ability

to “make good" on the first Monday of

April or the Tuesday after the first Mon-

day in November. Men from Oregon dc—





clare that thev are working under an‘

. . 1 1





cfl‘iCient system; California is another





state where it is claimed that 20111] results;

are being secured. If they can do it.!





why not Michigan? Is not the matter of

sutlicicnt import to the state at large and

to the fruit growers and the farmers in

particular, to solicit a few hours' attention

(if our law~makers at Lansing this win-

101"? Our representatives and senators

have a thousand and one things (some

inmortant and others trivial), forced upon

their time by men who want somethingr

done, and these men are willing to give

of their time to write and go to the capi-





tol to impress the necessity of the situa-,





tion upon the minds of your and other sn-u—

aters and representatives. A few thousand

letters from the people “bat-k home” are

marvelously potent in makin: issues im-

portant upon the floor of «1111‘ legislative

assemblies. If you do not make a noise





they will not be eonecrnt-d. so let your;

representatives know plainly how you‘





stand upon this matter.

EATON CObNTY FRUIT GROWERS

ORGANIZE.





VVa’tCh Eaton (ounty. Her fruit grow-

ers have gotten together. They





destiny holds Stilllctilillfl‘ else for that po- ‘ W





Wired division of the state than a mono-

tonous general farming: program.

of her fruit: men have been making: 1111:11-

cy. These, men. with othcts who want to

make, money, feel that the business can

be made more profitable it matters are

talked over. They have planned to do

this very thing: They have planned that

cultural methods might be. discussed. that

spraying. pruning: harvesting. storage and

distribution are topics about which they

will be, better informed. The men ttpon





whom the burden of stt'trting‘ the work of,





the organization has fallen are: F‘. N.

I hurt. Eaton Rapids. p1esident: Levi “'il-

ton, Charlotte. vice-prt‘sidentz Frank





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secretary; Ti. A.

treasurer. The





Ford. lCaton lapids.

\Varner. \‘crtnontviile.





initial meeting; was held early this month..





and at that time. amone; other excellent

addresses. Mr. how. the newly elected

horticultural superintendent of the state





fair. gave a vigort‘tus talk upon Ill‘m’tical,





apple culture. it was a fitting start and

we hope that the purpose of the associa—*

tion will always be promoted.





in answering; the question as to whetherj

color is of more importance than flavm

in marketing apples. Cl per cent of the

answers frotn the l‘nited States were

affirmative and 3] DOI‘ cent negatite while

in Great Britain 48 per etnt said yes and

4.9 per cent no. “’e see from this that





Great Britain is giving more attention to"





flavor than are we.





Some 1‘





FEB. 25, 1911.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





 





 





Fruit Sprayed with

Bowker’s“Py1'OX”





° because it is free from injury by worms,

brlngs more money scab, etc. Dyer 300 testimonials in our

new catalogue show the great value of this preparation on all kinds of fruits

and vegetables. Pyrox serves two purposes; it kills insects and prevents dis-

ease and blemish. It adheres to the foliage even through heavy rains, saving

labor and cost of re—spray‘ino. Perfectly safe. It is all ready to use by mixing

with cold water. Every grower who seeks fruit and vegetables free from

blemish needs “Pyrox,” the ”one best spray.” It





“Fills the barrel with the kind they used to put on Top”





Send for new catalogue with photograph of sprayed and unsprayed fruit in

oriqinal colors. \Vill convince the most skeptical. Say how many and what

kinds of fruit t1 005, 01 how many acres of potatoes you have to spray, and ask

fo1 special prices. We ship from Boston, Baltimore, and Cincinnati.





R INSECTICIDE COMPANY,





43 CHATHAM STREET, BOSTON, MASS.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Salzer's French

Bean Coffee





(sou HISPIDA)

«wholesome drink! The healthiest

ever: you c an 1:1 ow it in your own gab

den on a small patch 10 feet by _10. pro-

ducing 50 lbs. 01 1nore.l{ipcns in Wis-

c 0118111 in 90 days “if. ed in g1 eat quan-

tities in F rance, Ge any and all over

Europe.

send 15 cents in stamps and we will

mail you a package giving full culture

directions, as also our Mammoth seed

catalog free; or send 81 cents and get,

in addition to above 10. 000 ke1 ncls un-

surpassable vegetable and flow er seeds-

enough for bushels of luscious different

s vegetables and b1 illiant flowei 3.





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135 South 81h St. La CFO-Io fills—II





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. Let us help you double your

corn c101) this year—with the

game at 1 cage and same methtd

of c ultivation. \\ e can fut nish

extra. 6111 1y varieties mind for

culture in northern latitudes,

which are or much stronger

growth, bettervitality and more

roductive than varieties grown

here. Our seed corn is good

enough to give a. bond for.

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log of farm and garden needs

which will be sent. free on re-

quest. Address





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ISBELL’S "Lu Jonnson nus

VERY PRODUCTIVE HEAVY GRAIN

THIN HULL STITF STRAW





Johnson Oats originated here in Michigan and we have many

testimonials attesting: to their value. The. heads are large, and

branching and loaded with big, plump, thin-httllcd and bright grain.



Its roots run deep into the soil, thus supplying; the plant with

moisture and food eun in a div season. It stools out and a single

plant piodutes a numbci of 1:11:10 heads. It is plump and heavy,

often weighing 36 to 40 lbs. to the bushtl. The. straw is very stiff

and of medium height, holdin : up its huge, well filled heads 011 the

richest ground when other \: 11ietics lie flat. “The Johnson” me not

side Oats The money you imcst in the Johnson Oats for seed will

3ield a profit of 100 to 200 percent in the increased yield \ou. will

get over the common kind 3011 lune been planting. The extra cost

of the seed of the Johnson o‘er common Oats is so livrht that. no One can

, , x . afford to plant the common \a1ieties. A chance of seed once in 2 or 3

\,\\‘ " ,1 years is absolutely essential to mowing good eiops and when a change is

it made not the best \aiictv possible. ’Ihc Johnson will fill the bill every

time. Prices by mail, postpaid: Pkt., 4c; qt.,180; 3 qts., 450. Not. pre-

paid: Qt., 10c; 1/2 pk., 18c; pk., 30c; 1111., $1. 00; in lots of 21 /2 to 10 bus., at.

95c; 10 bus. or more, at 92c per 1111., bags free. height to be paid by customer.





Elegant 104 page Seed Annual FREE.





 





 





Dept. 43. Des Molnos, Ia.





SCARFF’S





GOOD SEED CORN





We sold over 11,000 bushels of it last year, and we ex-

pect to double it this year. Your money back if corn is

not satisfactoiy. l0 days to test It. Can send either

shelled 01 in the ear. Also choice lot of seed oats, barley.



:eltz, timothy and potatoes. We cannot tell you more



out it here, but our catalog is free Send forit to- -day.





W. N. SCARFF, New Garlisle, Ohio





   





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Cabbage Weighing .

M24 Pounds in March





raised in Southern Alabama, We stern Florida. and along the Gulf

Co net, with shipping season commem ing early in Mare 11, and





 





commanding from E". 00 to 22 .50 per ctatt at rltipltlng point.

This 50.1110 land then planted in sw cet [)Utuitu s will \ lcld 8100 to

6150 per acre, and, in addition, an excellent 10! 111:1. crop, making





3 Crops a Season From Sam Land





No long winters, but an average or 312 \1 orking days a year,

Stock needs little protection and tl1ri\ cs on grazing alone and

with an abundance of good Water. Send lot out- booklets and

1 end of the actual expet latices of former Northern and Western

farmerswho are ran idly becoming rit I1 oi! the lertile lands of

Alabama, Georgia, ennessee, Mississippi and Westmn Florida.





Low round-trip rates lst and 3d Tuesdays each month





G. A. PARK, Gen’l Immigration and Industrial Agent

Louisville & Nashville R. R. Room 213 Louisville, Ky.





NEWSEEDOA‘I'S. Bigmoney

in right kind of oats. Here‘s

your chance. Imported Canadian

seed oats, raised on Galloway

Brothers' big farm in Canada.

New.clean land. Regeneratcd





Swedish Select went 116 bushels

to acre: Early New Market 110 bushels to acre. Farmers who

bought this seed from us last year raised as high as 75 to 100

bushels' in this country, and found out their old seed was inbred

and run out. Change your seed. Try some of this new seed.

Send to: iree sample. or 10 cents for large packet. Will also send

our free booklet, entitled‘ Big Money in Oats and How to Grow

Them." Galloway Bram-Bowman Company

642 Galloway Station 1013:0111».le





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from less apples than any other and is a

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apple- butter cookers, vine-

Blg White Corn in the World—Because it was bred for most: Big Bushels, not fancy show fa;- generators, etc. cum.

1 points; because grown from thoroughbred inherited stock; every stalk bears one or more gfree. We are manufac-

good ears, because scientifically handled thoroughly dried and properly cured and had the turers. not: jobbers.

most rigid examination. Big Seed Catalog FREE. It tells about all best farm, grass, nioiafiegfi°fifififiafimr“3°"

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FEB. . 26, 1911.





THE. MICHIGAN FARMER.





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Help Usually Comes When We Do Not Need It.





 





NE of the hardest sayings of Jesus,

0 to me, used to be, “To him that



hath shall be given and he shall

have abundance; but from him that hath

not shall- be taken away even that which

he hath." I could not reconcile this with

the idea of perfect love and justice, to

command that those who had no need

should be helped while those who were

needy should be pushed farther down. As

I grew older, however, I came to see that

it was not a command, but simply a re-

flection on human character. And obser-

vation has shown me what a perfectly

true comment it is.



Just as an illustration, take the case of

the man who is making a hard fight to

He is working

with might and main against tremendous

difficulties and everybody knows he is in

a tight place. How much help does he

get? Not a particle. Pocketbooks sud-

denly grow empty if he asks for a loan,

and he is piously told that the “Lord

helps him who helps himself," meaning,

I suppose, that help only comes to them

who show they can get along without it.

But let the same man get on his feet,

let him get in a position where he doesn’t

need aid from anyone, and people come

around offering assistance. He could bor-

row money from any one, just because

everyone knows that he now has plenty

and could pay back. People make him

expensive presents, who, when he was

needy, wouldn’t have given him a loaf of

bread. He now has, so to him shall be

given, that he may have abundance.



Then there is the case of widows. Let

a woman he left unprovided 'for. with

perhaps two or three children, and how

many good offers of marriage does she

have? The men of her acquaintaince,





sensible creatures, are too wise to saddle





themselves with the care of “a ready-





made family," so they ride away in search

of a woman who doesn’t need financial

help, and leave the poor woman to take in

washings to support herself and babies.

But let another woman be left a widow

with a life insurance and no children, and

every man in the community wants to

tell her how to spend her money. She is

besieged daily by suitors and almost

forced to marry one of them for self—pro—

tection.



A noted business firm went into 'bank-

ruptcy. Before the failure they had un-

limited credit. Now that they have start-

ed up in business again they can not get

credit at all and some firms even refuse

to sell to them for cash! .



A girl comes to the city from the coun-

try, friendless and alone. She is, perhaps,

plain, unattractive and poor. She is lone-

ly and heartsick and longs for friendship,

but people shy away. They see she has

no friends and make no attempt to be—

friend her. But let her change her tac-

tics. Let her make a pretense of being

popular, of being invited out a great deal

and let her throw out a 'few hints that

she has many admirers. and people begin

to notice her. They decide that she isn’t

so uninteresting after all and in less than

no time she finds herself surrounded by

friends, so—called. At least they may be

pleasant acquaintances. which is all she

wants.



So I have learned to see the truth in

the words, “from him that hath not shall

be taken even what he hath." It is not

that this is the divine order. it is simply

that we selfish humans are too shortsight-

ed to see that there is a. better way. But

when we learn that the time to help is

when help is needed, the old order will

have been wiped out and the millennium

will be here.



DEBORAH.





 





 





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BY RUTH RAYMOND.



First to consider in getting the weekly

washing ready is the water. There should

be plenty of good soft water, plenty of

good soap and plenty of sunshine. Cistern

water is always soft water but is liable

to contain dust and dirt from the roof,

while well water is quite apt to be hard

water. Hard water may be softened by

using sal-soda with it.



Washing soda should be dissolved be-

fore using and then used in moderation.

Make a solution by using a half pound of

the soda to a half gallon of hot water.

One pint of this solution in a tub of water

is sufficient, stir this well in the tub be-

fore putting in the clothes. Borax is very

good to whiten clothes. Use a table—

spoonful of powdered borax to a boiler

full of water. Borax should always be

used in washing colored clothes and deli—

cate fabrics.



It is best to "buy pureammonia at the

drug store and dilute it with water when

needed for the laundry. It is much cheap—

er and goes farther than household am-

monia.



Turpentine is fine for use in washing

silks. Use in proportion of three table—

spoonfuls to a gallon of water.



Fruit stains should be removed when

fresh, by turning hot water through the

material where the stain is. Boiling hot

milk will remove wine stains. Place the

stained fabric over a bowl and turn the

milk through. Coffee, tea, and chocolate

stains may first be soaked in cold water

then sprinkled with powdered borax and

left to dry, then use clear hot water with-

out soap, which would set the color. Blood

stains should be first soaked in tepid wat-

er and afterwards washed with soap and

hot' water. Remove fresh grass stains

with ammonia and water. For old stains

use alcohol. For mildew apply a paste

made of soft soap and salt, and place the

garment in the sunshine; a second appli—

cation may be necessary.



It is hectic soak the White clothes over

night. This may be done by soaping the

dirty pieces, rolling the garment separate»

ly and laying them in a tub of cold water.



After rubbing out the clothes in fresh,





warm water in the morning, they may be

boiled 'for 15 minutes. Rinsing well is

always necessary, then hang in the sun

to dry.



Woolen goods should be washed with

great care, using the soap in solution,

and sparingly. Use warm water bath for

rubbing and rinsing. -Never hang the

woolens where they will freeze.



Salt or alum may be used to set the

color of colored clothes, either cotton or

woolen.





HOME HELPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.





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BY MRS. FRED NISEWANGER.





On almost every hand there are com-

plaints concerning our modern school-sys—

tem, both town and rural. Criticisms and

opinions vary according to location and

environment but the tone is similar, and

superintendents, school—boards, teachers

and parents are all blamed at some time.



Pupils are hurried too much—0r they

are not progressing fast enough; school-

rooms are too crowded for good individ—

ual work—or there are not enough pupils

for healthy competition and advancement.

Teachers are accused of teaching merely

for wages and pupils of skimming merely

the surface for grades.



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Something is wrong somewhere and too

little is ideal anywhere. Certainly. there

is no little child attending school that

would not be helped for all future, as well

as the present time, by a judicious course

of supplementary work at home.



I do not mean that pupils of any grade

should do a lot of actual studying outside

of school hours: they need change and

recreation then. A mere mind stuffing.

or whatever we mean when we commonly

say, “education” is not everything. Strong.

correctly—developed bodies are more, for

a healthy brain development is rarely pos—

sible unless preceded and accompanied by

a healthy body, but particularly with the

younger grades, it is easy and profitable

to supplement their actual school work

with progressive play and eaSy work at

home.



There are different games that aid

greatly in acquiring speed and accuracy





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along various mental lines and are always

enjoyed for evening pastimes, especially

if father and mother join in them. For

instance, dominoes and spinette will, un-

consciously, he of great aid to number

work, sliced maps to geography work,

and anagrams to spelling and language.

A home-made blackboard, equipped with

both white and colored crayons, is a de-

lightful aid for penmanship and the var-

ious kinds of drawing and rubber-vacuum

target games train both eye and hand.

Personally, we are very fortunately sit-

uated for the study of botany and geo-

graphy and both parents and children

have spent many pleasant and profitable,

though necessarily scattered, hours get-

ting acquainted with the plant world in

yard, garden. fields and woods and with

some of the forms of mother earth at the

river and in the hills. For example: When

the children studied land and water-for-

mations in their geographies, we took a.

lunch. and spent half a day near the Big

Muddy. The river, with its banks, draws,

cut-offs, pools, sand bars and sand heaps,

illustrated the various forms nicely; we

also made miniature worlds, states, val—

lc', mountain systems, islands, etc., in

its sand-drifts. When they were study-

ing mountain systems, canons. cliffs, etc.,

we spent a day picnicing in a range of

hills six miles away, spending a number

of delightful hours and firmly impressing

numberless useful lessons. A load of

gravel brought from these same hills and

dumped in the back yard was 'full of pos—





sibilities along the same line.

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A busy mother has not a great deal of

time to sit down and read to her children

but almost every day, a little time——per-

haps the bed—time hour—may be devoted

to interesting and good reading that will

instruct and create a liking for the right

sort of book entertainment. Some of our

favorites are “The Fairyland of Science,”

“Stories of the Universe," “Our Shy

Neighbors,” “Plants and Their Children,”

and various geographical and historical.

readers. Our book companies will gladlyl

send illustrated catalogues and personal

letters of valuable sugegstions upon re-

quest. The books mentioned are more

strictly along the line of school-work, but

mythology, fairy-lore and poetry hold

quite as valuable places.



No more certainly anywhere. than in

educational work. does the young tree

grow as the twig inclines, and it pays to

take a little time at home to supplement

the work of the best teachers and schools

and to fill in some of the gaps left by the

poor ones. Attend to this in the early

years and the more developed boys and

girls will the better take care of them-

selves and advance credibly oven in the

face of discouraging surroundings.





HEALTH NOTES.





 





BY CHARLOTTE A. AIKENS.

In elderly people who have poor teeth

a good deal of digestive difficulty may be

traced to the habit of soaking bread toast





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water and stir for two minutes. Put 21/2

ounces of pure Pinex (fifty cents’ worth)

in a pint bottle, and fill it up with the

Sugar Syrup. This gives you a family

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spoonful every one, two or three hours.



The effectiveness of this simple remedy

is surprising. It seems to take hold in-

stantly, and will usually stop the most:

obstinate cough in 24 hours. It tones up

the jaded appetite and is just laxative

enough to be helpful in a cough, and has

a pleasing taste. Also excellent for bron-

chial trouble, throat tickle, sore lungs

and asthma, and an unequalled remedy

for whooping cough.



This recipe for making cough remedy

with Pine! and Sugar Syrup (or strained

honey) is a prime favorite in thousands

of homes in the United States and Can-

ada. The plan has been imitated, though

never successfully. If you try it, use

only genuine Pinex, which is the mosz

valuable concentrated compound of Nor-

way white pine extract, and is rich in

guiaicol and all the natural healing pine

elements. Other preparations will not

work in this recipe.



A guarantee of absolute satisfaction,

or money promptly refunded, goes with

this recipe. Your druggist has Pinex or

will get it for you. If not, send to The

Pinex Co., 232 Main St., Ft. Wayne, Ind.





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HEER materials are to be “the



thing" next summer. this is the ver-



dict of fashionmakers. So, if we

are to be capable housekeepers and keep

our work up to the minute, we must de-

vote our time to the making of atranspa-

rent dresses and waists, while the snows

and winds of February send chills to our

very marrow. Cotton voiles are to be

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THE "MICHIGAN FARMER;

F oulards are to Rein in . Silks, Sheer Effects

in Cottons—By A. L. L.





You must have your gowns one-piece if

you are to be in the fashion at all, and

elbow sleeves are about the only thing

seen. The silk gowns have the short

sleeves as well as the lingerie. Side clos—

ings, with a row of small buttons down

bodice and skirt are much seen, and

white lace and net yokes are still good.

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shopkeepers know :,i.~ , I: is the

first thing they show xi; 211's. and the

first thing they intntiw ::‘-3:. for.

while it is the name of c "711.. sort of

silk. the foulard patterns t;‘.v ierl in





goods and in a silk agd cotton

mixture. .lrish dimity in fouiatd patterns

has a queer look. but it is to be .-~. popular

fabric if the eloquence of shopkeep» rs can

make it so.



linghams, of course, are always good,

and both French and Scotch ginghams are

being shown. They are in the usual pat-

terns. with blue at leading color. lilue is





cotton





the leading color in everything though,

possilly, be >ause it is an ideal summer





color. lied looks so hot. pink is too girl-

ish. brown is worn to death every winter,





and green is unbecoming to so many

women that really. blue is about the only





thing every woman can cling to for sum-

mer wear. _



Ginghams 32 in. wide are sold for 13c

a yard in domestic cloths. while for the

French and Scotch varieties 1‘3 cents a.

yard is asked. The silk and cotton fou-

lards. which strong in

favor. are sold for 23. :ft and 3:51 veins.



The. silk foulards come in two especially

strong patterns, though. of course, there

are many others. These are the bordered

foulards and the foulards covered with

zig zaggy lilies as seen in the illustration

accompanying this article. The bordered

foulards come in many styles, plain

grounds with a border of contrasting col—

or. str’ped foulards with a solid border of

one of these colors. polka dot grounds with

solid borders. etc. These silks are 46

inches wide. so. while they cost more. the

yard than the. narrow silks. a gown of one

of these patterns would not cost much

more. as the width of the silk does for

the length of the skirt. For a young

woman nothing would be prettier than a

t‘otilard in blue. with white polka dots and

a solid blue border. Black and white

stripes with a black border is effective for

an older woman.



'l‘hough the men who sell goods by the

yard tell you linen will not be worn to





promise to be





any extent. a smart shop is showing a

linen suit which no woman can look at

without wanting to own or to copy. It





is a one—piece ~gown of extremely coarse

weave linen and is hand—cmbroidercd all

over in alteinate dots of solid and eyelet

embroidery. The side panels from arm-

holes to the bottom. are a wide, band of

very heavy Trish point lace. The yoke

and elbow sleeves are of the same lace

and a band of lat-e trims the skirt just

below the knees. For wear with this is a

short jacket of the embroidere'l linen and

lace. The lace forms a yoke in the jacket,

trims the fronts and bottoms, and finishes

short sleeveeaps of linen. It might be

copied'by the woman who embroiders

quickly, by using torchon lace instead of

Irish point, thus making the suit much

cheaper.





Ecclard with White Dots, (Natural Size).





in the form of insets showing in the whale

gown. This is a decided contrast to the

muslin gowns with insets of lace and em-

broidery. Pure white eyelet embroidery

combined with cream lace, was used in

one gown. and at least had the element

of being “different.”

A WINTER VACATION IN THE

SOUTH.





BY lilI.DA RICHMOND.

For those farmers and their wives who

are too busy during the summer and fall





amusements and their excessive rates,

are sleepy, quaint little towns where one

can see life as it was in war time, almost,

so conservative are the inhabitants. And

there one can live at a reasonable rate

and enjoy the climate quite as well as at

Palm Beach or the palaces strung along

at the coast resorts.



Whether interior or coast is chosen,

there are enough interesting and profit—

able sights to occupy many weeks, for

turpentine forests. sugar cane planta

lions, orange groves, pineapple plantat-

tions, truck raising in January, peanut

culture and a dozen and one other indus—

tries are new to the northern farmer and

all within easy walking distance of the

little towns. Then there are the always

entertaining people. with their slow,

easy-going ways and their perfect willing—

ness to put things off till tomorrow, that

would set a northerner distracted, but

which is entirely in keeping with the sur-

roundings down south. Of course, cotton

picking is over but other crops are in their

prime, and a farmer is always interested

in things pertaining to his calling.



The means of transportation, from the

lazy mule, with its wonderful rope. harness

to the leisurely steamboats on the rivers,

are all new and entertaining to the farm—

er. For a small amount he may explore

the towns along the rivers and see the

typical southerner. and for nothing at all

he may hunt and fish. unless there be a

state license to outsiders. Such fish and

oysters and game as are plentiful in the

southern states! A man staying in a se—

cluded corner of Georgia wrote home a

few days ago that several men went out.

and in one night caught twenty animals,

including coons, possums and rabbits.

\Vild turkeys are plentiful in some sec-

tions and quail so numerous as to be

“little thought of.” \Vith fish and game

so abundant it is no wonder there are

many farmers and their wives doing light

housekeeping every winter in the south,

for, in spite of all that is said about

southern cookery. the average “Yankee”

housewife secretly or openly pronounces

it far beneath her own.



Of course. the best part of any vacation

is the going home. and the farmer and

his wife turn their steps northward at the





 





Foulard with Dots Smaller and





for vacations. a winter trip to the smith

offers many inducements. Especially does

it look enticing to elderly men and women

who desire to escape the rigors of Jan-

uary and February, for what young peo-

ple. delight in in the way of cold, middle

aged persons are apt to shrink from. If

there can be but. one vacation time in

the year. and that must be in the winter,

a trip to the southern part of ottr country

is one of the best that can possibly be

taken.



'Where the seaboard can easily and

quickly be reached there are many oprio: -

tunities to go by boat to Florida and other

southern states, but even a railroad jttm'

hey is not very expensive, and after one

is there it: is possible to live almost av

inexpensively as at home. And. since ev—

erybody expects to spend more on a vaca-

tion trip than at home, the cost will not

worry any prosperous farmer. The rail-

road agent will furnish you with maps.

guide books and information as to rates.

and many people get so much enjoyment

out of the, planning. the trip and the

memories of the happy sunny days “Down

South.” that the vacation almost lasts the.

year round. ‘



\Vhatever state or locality is chosen it

is well to avoid the beaten track of the

tourist. for there are plenty of people who

have no visible means of support in the

south but “doing” the northerners. Away

from the fashionable resorts, with their

fine hotels, “made” scenery, expensive





More Numerous, (Natural Size).





happy hoLiday. sunburned and

with the outdoor life, and enjoy

spring in their own home. They

thank their lucky stars that they live in

(gantry where. people are wideawake,

and they are all ready for the spring work

2 at will Pryor. own. They have a fund of

rich experiences to relate to their friends

;.m.| ,elatixm-g and really seem to have re—

newed their zonth in the fabled fountain

of the southland. Anyway. it is a good

.ing for the farmer and his wife to take

:; rear. and if they can take it in the





 





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lovely, sunny climate on the southern part

of our country in the dead of winter. so

much the better. They will find inter-

esting and amusing and instructive sights

and sounds wherever they go, and when

they get home they will be perfectly cer—

tain that there is but one spot in all the

wide world that is worth while as an all

the year residence, and that is their own

beautiful farm.

THE LETTER BOX.



Dear chorah:——Your ideas concerning

dish—washing are mine exactly. I have

always been very particular about how

the dishes were done, but I have never

had a girl or woman work who would be

persuaded to do it right. One washed all

the dishes and the stove with the same

cloth. Another simply would not, wash

the teakettle. One always hung the dish

cloth (she only used one), over the dish—

pan to dry. Some do not seem to care

if they never rinse a dish and some will

not remove the crumbs and food by prop-

erly scraping. Now, I have two daugh-

etrs, eight and 12 years respectively, and

they have nearly all these faults in great-

er or less degree. I have talked and pun-

ished until it is no use whatever. The

older one will not wash them clean, the

little one will not wipe them dry. I

thought I would teach them the right way

and they would always do that way. I

have had a whole lot to say about how

other girls did but I find to my sorrow

that the mothers are not entirely to

blame, though I have known many who





were no better than their daughters.

\Yhat would you do about it?——Mrs. F.

L. S.





I am afraid there is nothing you can do

except to “keep everlastingly at it.” Chil-

dren do not learn by once telling, they

must be. told over and over again and

often forced to do their work right. The

teacher I quoted simply has to inspect

every dish before it goes into the cup—

board and if it is not satisfactory she

compels the girl to do it over again. If

you do this every meal time I think you

will wear the girls out. They will think

they might better do things the right way

the first time. You can not do it one day

and the next let things go. “Eternal

vigilance is the price of safety,” and it

is also the. price we must pay for well

trained children.





 





SWINGING SHELVES .





BY L. M. THORNTON.



If you have never learned the value of

swinging shelves the, first purchase made

should be a ball of heavy wire and the

necessary length of thin boards. In the

cellar where. despite the vigilance of cats

and traps and poison, mice and rats will

congregate. protection from their depre-

dations is secured by placing food-stuffs

on a swinging shelf and leaving the would—

be feasters to look up with hungry eyes.

To make the. shelf, bore two holes in

either end of a wide board or fasten two

boards together to secured the desired

width. ’i‘hrough these holes thread heavy

Wire. and fasten the. upper ends of the

wire to the beams overhead. If necessary

drive a nail into the, board and clinch it

over the wire to prevent its slipping and

destroying the stability of the shelf. Place

all foods upon this shelf and rats and

mice being unalle to climb down the

wires or jump from the floor to the shelf,

are cheated of their feasts.



A swinging shelf on a back porch is

also desirable. Make it in the same, man—

ner as the one for the cellar and hang it

at one end of the open porch. Then, when

pies, cakes, or sauce is taken from the

stove set on this shelf to cool and there

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for the family cat, the chickens or the.

hungry small boy or girl.



“'hen the swinging shelf is being made

there may be some wire left and this the

man of the house will utilize as a swing-

ing perch for the hen house. The greatest

pest with which the poultry man has to

contend is the small white louse, that

hangs close to the side of the building all

day and at night runs along the perch

to feast upon the chickens as they sleep.



To make a swinging perch, fasten the

pole upon which the chickens are to roost.

to the upper timbers of the chicken house

in the same way as the shelf was fast—

ened. After the wires are in place cover

them with a coating of tar and the fowls

can rest undisturbed while the white lice

die of starvation or meet death while at-

tempting to ford the tar.





 





POT-PLANTS—FOR BEDDING, AND

NEXT WINTER’S BLOOM.





 





BY PEARLE WHITE M'CO\\'AI\'.





All young plants and seedlings started

in the house, yes. and also the old plants.

should be gradually “hardened off" before

setting out of doors. This may be done

by placing them out on a sheltered porch

on pleasant days. W'hen they can stay

out doors all day without wilting they are

ready to be set out as soon as the ground

is warm enough.



If some of the old plants are not doing

well it is better to slip them and start

afresh for the house, while the old plant

will often receive a new lease of life if

bedded out. and be a thing of beauty

throughout the summer. Permanent pot

and tub plants will be better for a sum-

mer‘s outing, where, from the magic of

sunshine and showers they gain more

than from months of care and artificial

fertilizing in the house.



When it is desired to set them out in

the ground, pot and all. i! is wise to dig

a hole a little deeper than the dish con-

taining the plant, and into this hole place

two inches of fresh ashes upon which the

pot is set. This is a sure preventive tor

the ever present angle worm who will

otherwise be sure to enter the pot through

the tiny hole at the bottom and do serious

injury to 'the roots.



Choice plants should not be moved out

of doors until scttlel warm weather,

whether it be June or July.



Few know what a brilliant showing an

impatiens makes in a flower bed. but like

the others. it should be gradually harden-

ed off before bedding out and never placed

in the ground until all danger from frost

is over. as it is a.very tender plant. Give

each plant plenty of room.



Probably the best time to remove weeds

is just after a shower but during the drsr

seasons one cannot wait for showers or

the weeds will gain a foothold and ab-

sorb all the moisture so much needed for

the plants.



If there is an abundant supply of water

which can be applied with a hose and

nozzle. the flower beds are pretty in the

shape of a niOund, but where the water

supply is limited and must be carried. it

is wisest to make them a trifle lower than

the surrounding lawn. “'hcn planted in

this latter way the water may be applied

just where it is most needed and it will

not run off upon the lawn. However. it

is well to remember that if watering is

once begun it will have to be kept up

during the entire season. but if one has

the time and strength, and plenty of wat—

er, they will be well rewarded by a pro-

fusion of lovely blossoms.



Select a few of the nicest geraniums to

save for next winter. An old geranium

properly surnmere'd, will produce more

blossoms next winter than a young one.

In either case, from those saved for win-

ter’s blossoms all trusses of buds formed

during the summer should be carefully

removed as soon as they appear. A plant

cannot blossom continuously the whole

year through.



FOr blooms, use moderately small pots,

but if an abundance of rich foliage is de-

Sired~_ use larger ones. Tall. spindling

geramums, abutilons. etc., may be made

to branch out by simply pinching out the

small leaf buds appearing on the end of

stalks. Nothing affords more pleasure in

winter than one or two new specimens——

something before untried. Mailing—size

plants may now be purchased very cheap-

1y. Geraniums. cinerarias, primroses, etc.,

may be successfully raised from seed.

Geraniums set in good rich soil when

they are large enough to transplant, two

inches high, will blossom in frOm six to

eight months, and one is apt to get sev-

eral good new varieties in this way.



Cinerarias will make a brilliant display

when the big leaves are surmounted by





THE MICHIGAN





panicles of very bright, daisy—like flow—’

ers, one good specimen lighting up al

whole window. But they must not be;

kept in hot rooms, and one must wage a?

ceaseless war with the aphis. i



One lady makes a nice little sum of pin,

money every spring by selling the bud-‘

dcd and blossoming Di‘imroses which she

has raised from seed. Her windows dur-

ing the late winter and very early spring

are full of tempting bright little flower

faces nodding good wishes to pasemrsby

with such excellent results that they are

sold without one bit of trouble. Gerani-'

ums germinate in from ten to twelve days. ‘

Cinerarias in from five to eight days,

while primroses require from fifteen to,

twenty days. i



Many use tin cans for potting plants

and some whose plants are really lovely

use all sorts of old receptacles for them.

'l‘in cans are, all right if a hole is punched

in the bottom for drainage, but why not

invest in ten cents worth of paint and





let the plants have neat, clean abiding1\





places? Green. or a soft brown, are prob- l

ably the best colors for plant dishes. i



A pretty little conceit is to sow a few;

seeds of clover or blue grass in with the‘

callas or any of the tall varieties, and

with the callas or any of the tall varieties. ‘

and with the addition of a pretty stone or.

shell even the lower part of the plant isI

made attractive. Just a word about

crowding. Two or three, or even one,f

really nice specimen. in an attractive set-

ting. makes a much prettier display than

a whole window full of plants crowded so

closely that each loses its individuality,

and cannot attain its best’growth.





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For carholic acid burn, bathe

l‘nilk.—-A. K. ‘



To make holders for irons and to be

used during cooking, take a piece of an

old bedspread 4x20 inches and fold to five

thicknesses. over—cast edges. put a small

brass ring in one corner for a hanger.—

li. M. C.



To mend small holes or cracks in over-

shows swcui‘Q from a dentist a small piece

of rubber dam cloth, such as is used to

guard teeth from moisture while fillings

are being placed. Cut this in small pieces

and soak in a little chloroform in a tight~

13' marked bottle until it becomes pasty.

Pour a few drops over the hole and spread

it evenly with a small stick. As the‘

chloroform evaporates the rubber will be

left in a thin coating over the crack or

hole—L. M. ‘T. l





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These patterns may be secured from

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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

February 22, 1911.

Grains and Seeds.

Wheat.~Thc wheat market continues

to be bearish. and prices rule below those

of a week ago. The market here is

changing independently of those abroad,

the influence of the trade agreement with

Canada being a factor working to the

detriment of the bulls in this country.

Liverpool has recently been slighted by

shipments abtoad. an unusually large

po1tion of wheat going to the continent

instead of the l‘nglish port. Russian

exports are smaller, and India's crop is

not encouraging to buyers. Besides this

the situation in South America is strictly

bullish. But in spite of these conditions

the American market continues on the

decline. Farmers fearing worse eondi~

tions ahead, are ready sellers. thereby

making it easier to depress prices to sat-

isfy those who want wheat and allow

those who carry it to stock tip with the

grain. One year ago the price paid here

for No 2 red wheat was $1. 25 per bu.

Quotations 1(11 the past week me:

No. 2 No.





Red. White. May. July.

Thursday ...... 91 . .90 .9594 .9234

Fridav ......... 901,1; .89 1/1; .9434 .92

Saturday ...... 901/2 .8914. .93 .92

Monday ... . . . .90 .39 .111 .91

’1‘ ticsdav ....... 90 .89 .94 .9194

\\ ednesdav ........ .





Corn. —'1 he c'c11n deal has rccov e1 ed the

loss of a week ago. \\ l11le the change in

weather conditions has made it possible

to increase deliveries at primary points,

it also has given the trade general sup—

port by its indirect influence. Feeders

are using a large per cent of the crop 1n

finishing their flocks and hcrds. 'l‘hc vis-

ible supply increased nearly a half mil-

lion bushels. Shipments abroad were

large. One year ago the price for No. 3

corn was 650 per bu. Quotations for the

past week are:



No.3 No. 3

Corn. Yellow.





Thursday ................. 461,111 411/;

Friday ............ . 4614 47%,

Saturday ................. 461,11 43%

Monday .................. 461,4 4I1/g

Tuesdav .................. 461}; 47%

’\\ cdnesday . . . ........... . .





Oats. —-A portion of the 11revious weeks

loss was recoveied. Tll( crop is steady

at the higher figures. 'I he advance is

largely influenced by the higher pxices for

corn. The local market is quiet, tran-

sactions being few in number. The vis-

ible supply is very little altered from a

week ago. At this date in 1909 Standard

oats were quoted at 4914c per bu. Quo-

tations for the past week are:



Standard WNo. 3





hite.

Thursday ............ . . . . . 321/2 32

Friday ................ 32% 32

Saturday ......... 32% 32

Monday .................. 321A 32

'i‘ur-sday .................. 32% 32%,

“'cdnesday ...............





Beans—The nominal quotations for

cash beans remains at $2, while the May

option is 5c higher. The market is dead

so far as transactions are concerned. The

figures as given out by the Board of

Trade are as follows:





Cash. May.

Thursday $200 $2 05

l’ridav . . .................... 2.00 2.05

Saturday ................... 2.00 2.05

Monday .................... 2.00 2.05

Tuesday .................... 2.00 2 .05

\\'cdncsday ................. 2 .00 2.05





Clover Seed.—T‘Vhile the quotations for

alsike are advanced 51-. those for other

grades and kinds of clover arc steady

with last week The market is dull, with

evidence of an approaching demand from

farmers for spring seeding. it is antici—

pated that within a few weeks large ship-

ments will be made countryward. Quo-

tations for the past week are:





PI 1111c Spot. Mar. Alsike.

'l‘hursda y ......... $8. 80 $8.80 .. 0

Friday ............ 8.80 3.80 9.25

Saturday .......... 8.80 8.80 9.25

Monday ........... 8.80 8.80 9.25

Tim-“day .......... 8.80 8.80 9.25





\\'cdnesday ................. .... .. . .



Barley—Barley advanced 20c per cwt.

the past week. it now being quoted at

$1.80.



Rye.—There is no change in the price

for rye. and the market is firm and dull.

The quotation is 841/2c per bu. for Cash

No. 1.



Visible Supply of Grains.





This week. Last week.





“'heat . . . . . . . ...... 42.478.000 43,133,000

Corn .11 383, 000 10965000

Oats ........ . .16,299, 000 16,298,000

Rye . . ....... . ...... 310, 000 361.000

Barley .............. 1,333,000 1,424,000





Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.

Flown—Flour is moving very slow and

prices have declined since last week. Quo-

tations arc:





(‘lear ................................. $4.25

Straight ............................. . 4.65

Patent Michigan ..................... 5.40

Ordinar _\ Patent ..................... 4. 90





Hay and Straw. wilav values are steady

except a ieduction in mixed hay prices.

Quotations on baled hay in car lots 1’. 0.

b. Detroit are: No. l timothy, 316506017;

No, 2 timothy. 315. 0506116 clover. mixed,

$15; ryc straw. 7C 5:0 wheat and oat

straw. $6626.50 per ton.



Feed.~-—All 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,

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

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



Potatoes.—No relief is offered sellers of

tubers as conditions and prices here re—

main at the old figures. In car lots Mich-





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





igan potatoes are selling at 37@40c per

bushel.



Provisions—Family pork, $20@21; mess

pork, $19; medium clear, $18@20; smoked

hams, 13c; briskets, Ill/w; shoulders,

10%c; picnic hams, 101/2c; bacon. 156216c;

pure lard in tierces. 10c; kettle rendered

lard, 11c.



Dairy and Poultry Products.



Batten—A steady market ruled the past

week. There is a good demand for both

creamery and dairy goods and the trade

is fairly active. Extra creameries are now

quoted at 26%0; firsts. 231/2c; dairy, 17c;

packing stock at 141/20 per lb.



Eggs. ' he knowlcdge that egges are

cheap and plentiful has turned the atten-

tion of the consuming public to them and

now the market is of large dimensions

with the demand so completely taking

care of the supply that values advanced

21/20 since a week ago. Fresh receipts,

case count, cases included. are now quot-

ed at 18c per dozen. ~



Poultry.-——The incidents of this deal

are too small to cause any change

in values. Quotations are: Dressed—

Turkeys, 2062230; chickens. '156171511530:

fowls. 1561"151/2('; ducks, 186019c: geese,

l46r-15c per lb. Live—~Spring chickens.

14@141/,3c: fowls. 131/2621“; old roosters.

9c; turkeys, 1862190; geese. 12611311; ducks

1561716c per lb.



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

1'5@16c. 'York state, September, 17@18c;

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

1661717c; Swiss domestic block, 1862 2,-20;

cream brick, 16677180;



Dressed Pork.—Price is lower at 90 per

lb: for heavy, 86281/2c.



Veal.——Ma1'ket IOWer. Choice, 1161111/2c:

ordinary, '90 per 1b.



Rabbits—Steady. Per dozen, $12562

1.40.





     





Fruits and Vegetables.



Cranberries.—Steady. Quoted at $3.25

per bu.



Cabbage—Steady.

I111]. for new.



Onions.——Steady at 55c per bu.



Honey.—Choice to fancy comb 1562170

per ll).



Apples.——-A healthy demand 'is influenc-

ing dealers to advance prices. The trade

is active. Fancy greenings are quoted

at 35.50626: Baldwins. $4.50@5.50; Steel

reds, $6; ordinary grades $3623. 50 per

bbl. \Vestern apples $2. 2 .1C_l)2.50 per box.





Selling at $1.75 per





OTHER MARKET—S.

Grand Rapids.



The egg 1111'111111 fluctuates from day to

day, according to the weather. On Tues—

day of this week local dealers were pay-

ing the. trade 100 but warmer weather will

send the market off again. Dairy butter

is bringing 20c. creamery 26c. Dressed

hogs are worth around 9c; veal, 66210c.

Poultry is unchanged. The bean market

is very flat. white beans being quoted on

$1.65 basis to farmers and red kidneys at

$2.75. Potatoes continue to move out of

the state as fast as dealers can find

markets that want them, which seems to

be a difficult matter these days. The

price paid for tubers is around 30c. with

more stock sold below that figure than

above it. Wheat is off 3c. the mills quot-

ing 850 for No. 2 red.



New York.



Rutte1'.——Market steady at silghtly re-

duced values. Creamery specials are

quoted at 280: extras. 2514,6226c; seconds

to firsts, 18617210 per lb.



lilagss—The big brcak of a week ago

was partially mended by advances since.

Offerings are large. Fresh gathered ex-

tras. 210; do. firsts. 1962191/20: do. seconds

17617180; refrigerators, firsts, 16c do. sec-

onds. 15617151/20



Poultry.——Market firm with last week.

Western chickens. 14c; fowls,131/2@161/§c;

turkeys, 1561723c per lb.





 





Chicago.



\Vheat —No. 2 red.

9liigc; July 8874, 0 per bu



Corn ~No. 2. 471/694794, 0: May, 49%,c;

.Tuly. 50%0 per bu.



Oats—No. 2 white, 311/617 32c; May,

3174c; July. 3 5/30.



BarleymMalting grades, 80617940 per bu;

fceding, 6062750



Butter—Jl‘he only change in butter quo-

tations is a little wider compass to dairy

prices. Receipts Monday wore slightly

below those of the previous Monday. near-

ly double what they were for the same

period in 1.910 and more than three times

the receipts for the corresponding day of

190.9. Quotations now are: Creameries,

176112 61,43c: dairies. 1663220.



E ggs. ~Priccs are higher and firm. Re-

ceipts were about one-half what they

were the previous week. Quotations are:

Prime firsts. 19c; firsts, 180; at mark,

cases included. 1261714c per dozen.



Potatoes—The anticipated lower values

came in spite of a reduction in receipts.

Market is steady at the new figures and

choice to fancy are quoted at 46624812 per

bu; fair to good. 42617450.



Beans—«Market holding steady under

light offerings. Demand quiet. Choice.

hand—picked pea beans quoted at $2.05@

2.10 per bu; prime, $1. 95 622; red kidneys,

333562345.



Hay and Straw.——Prices ruling steady.

Quotations now are: Choice timothy,

$186219; N0. 1 timothy, 316506171750; No.

2 do. and No. 1 mixed. 31561716; No 3 do.

and No.2 mixed. $116914. 50; rye straw,

$86178. 50; oat straw, $76177. 50; wheat straw,

$6676. 50 per ton.





89% @910; May,





Boston.





Wool. —This market is unsteady. There

is evidence of improvement in some di-

rections. but the line of inquir- is nar-

row. and while there is lesg inclination

on the part of holders to sell at sacrifice

prices the condition of the goods market

is discouraging to holders. The dealers

are also doing what they can to clean 11p

the 1910 market to prepare for the care of

the new clip. Following are the leading

domestic quotations for the week: Ohio

and Pennsylvania fleeces—Delaine, wash-





ed, 340; XX,311/-_16_1732c: 1/é-‘olood combing,

29613300; 3(3- _blood combing. 29c; 14—blood





combing, 271/2c; delaine unwashed.

2694362270; fine unwashed. 22c. Michigan,





\Visconsin‘ and New York fleeces—Fine

unwashed. 2067210; delaine unwashed, 26

6t27c; 1,fg-blood unwashed, 28671290; 974;-

blood unwashed 2761'"8c. Kentucky, In—

diana and Missouri~JEQ blood, Til/20280;

’4—lilood, 26c.



Elgin.



Mitten—Market firm at 261/2c per 1b.,

which is the quotation of last week. Out—

put for the week 453,600 1115., as com-

pared with 468,300 lbs. for the previous

week.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Buffalo.

February 20, 1911.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens.

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 156 cars: hogs. 14.400; sheep and

lambs. 20.000: calves, 1,200,



\Vith 156 cars of cattle on sale here to—

day and 30.000 reported in Chicago. our

market is slow and barely steady. and in

some instant-es. especially on the in be-

1wcen grades. cattle that lack fat and the

(61111111011 cows are 10611.5(.- iower than last

week.



\Ve quote: Rest 1,300 to 1. ~100- lb. steeis

36.4061’065; good prime 1.200 to iii—.0011).

steers, 3135.7561035; best 1.100 to 1.200-lb.

shipping steers. $5.506r6.25; medium

butcher steers. 1.000 to 1.100 lbs. 35.3570

5.75; light butcher steers. 316561525; best

fat cows, 1347561525; fair to good do. 33.75

614.35; common to medium (10.. 33.2562

3.75; trimmers $2.756t3.25; bcst fat heif—

crs. 35.50616; good fat heifers. $5615.50;

fair to good do., 31.2.1.614 65, stock heifers,

$11.10613.:—i5; best feeding steers. dchorned.

11160614585: medium to good feeding steers

34.27.614.45; stockers. all grades. 313.8560

4.15; best bulls, $5605.35;bologn:1 bulls.





3431561455: stock bulls. fan to good,

53.756142? best milkers and springers,





$506165; good to best (111.. $106150; common

to good (10.. $25035.



Common milkers and springers hard to

dispose of at satisfactory prices. Hard

to sell late springers for satisfactory

prices; in most cases have to be sold by

weight.



Hog market opened about steady on

medium and yorkers today; heavies and

pigs being a shade stronger than Saint‘-

day. and closing steady at the opening.



\\'t- quote: Mixed and hcavies, 37.5061)

7.00: mixed. $7.75617.80; yorkers, $7.906?

s: pig's. $3.256?S.30; roughs, $6.60@6.80;

stags. 3525615710. All selling that got

yardcd in time for the market.



Lamb market opened active today;

most of the choice handy lambs selling

at 36.3561640. Heavy lambs. that is,

weighing 100 lbs. and ovcr. selling mostly

at $5.40615.50. Look for steady to strong

prices the balance of the week. Sheep

market was active today; most of the

.-hoicc ewes selling at 1542561450; others.

$4.5(l614.75: few choice handy weights at

$4.00. Look for about steady prices on

sheep the balance of the week.



“'0 quote: Best handy lambs. 36.3562

6.40; heavy lambs. $5.40@5.50; bucks, $3.25

623.75; heavy ewes. $4624.75; vearlings.

$5675.50; wethcrs. $4.. 50624.75; cull sheep

332562315; handy ewes $4. 25674.50; veal;

choice to extra, 310.2 56010. 50; fair to good

(10., 37.506210; heavy calves, $5606.50.





 





Chicago.

February 20, 1910.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today ...... 30.000 36.000 22.000

Same day last year.. 22.00% 9.7136 13.249

Received last \veck..56118156.’198 89.134

Same week last ycai 60217153690 50.054



Trade in cattle starts off this week with

not much animation except in butcher

stock and the more attractive lots of

steers. these classes going at steady

prices. while others arc inclined to be

rather slow, prices averaging fully a dime

lower, following last week's late break

of 10a 150 in stems and 15612 5(: in butch-

cr stdck. Feeders aie 1111(hangcd. l'iogs

are in smaller supply than was expected,

but bad country roads are supposed to

have cut down the “run." However, the

freeze-up Will ('nal1lr1 owners to Inovo

their swinc if they wish to. Early this

morning hogs wwc atllVP and 561,:10c

higher. with sales at $0.8 5617. 05 and pigs

going at $735617. 75. but by the, middle of

the morning the demand fell off, and the

advance disappeared. A week ago was

the day of the enormous receipts, and

hogs sold at 307061745, while the. follow-

ing day sales were at 36.5567735. The

hogs received last week averaged in

weight: 232 lbs, compared with 212 lbs.

:1. year ago and 205 lbs. two years ago,

and heaVy lots predominate today. Sheep

and yearlings are steady today and lambs

are a little lower. lambs going at 356176.25.

wcthcrs at $4614.65. bucks at $3603.50 and

yearlings at 3450617575. Lambs went. at

one time last week as high as $6.50. being

as high at the close as a week earlier and

sheep and yearlings generally 15c higher

than a week earlier. About 5.000 sheep

and lambs were carried over unsold from

last Saturday. thus materially swelling

today's supply.



Cattle. were not in very large demand

last week. and only by keeping down

supplies to moderate proportions was a

bad break in prices averted. The best

support was furnished by eastern ship-

pcrs1 who bought the better class of

steers rather extensively, while local

packers were slow buvers. the cheap class

of steers f1equently selling on a weak

basis. The practice of sending in over

half of the cattle supply of the whole

week on the opening day continues. and

on Monday last week 31,369 head showed

11p 1esulting in lower prices before the

day was over. although the small supply

of the preceding week made a better de-

mand than usual. Moderate receipts on

other days brought abOut a rally in

prices. and the week was a very good





FEB. 25, 1911.





one for sellers, on the whole. The better

class of both heavy and light steers sold

about the same in price, yearlings and

weighty steers going at 36.25671685. and a

four-load lot of prime 1.500411. I'lcrei’m‘d

Iowa—fed steers sold Monday at $6.90. The

commoner light steers sold at 91.90611

5.15, and the bulk of the steers sold at

$5.50@6.60, with export steers salable. at

$5.75@6.30. Butcher stock sold extremely

well on the whole. with cows and heifers

taken at 335061630, while cutters sold at

$3618.45, (:anners at 32.406129?) and bulls

at 3375611580 All the common gradcs of

cattle sold much higher than in former

years. There was a smaller den and for

stockers and feede than usual. but. lim-

ited offerings made a high scale of prices.

especially for the better ,class of these

cattle. Stoekers sold at $4625.65 1111.]

feeders at 155106115115, while stock and

feeder l1c."fers brought $36r4.l15. (‘aivcs

were active. but lower. with sales at $3.50

@915 per 100 lbs. Milkeis and springcrs

were in moderate supply and demand at

$306060 per head.



Hogs dropped 356730c on the opcuing

day last wcck on amount of the arrival

of 68.53 head. the biggest number mar-

keted in nearly a year. This big run was

credited in great part to the t'u't that

many farm renters who expect to go to

other farms the first of March. known as

renting day. wanted to dispose of their

holdings. The fall in prices had the us-

ual effcct of causing many stockmcn to

withhold their hogs until a reaction took

place. and the greatly decreased receipts

on Subsequent days brought about some

good advances, hogs havingr sold early in

the week at MAM/7.35 Buying by local

speculators and shippers was mainly re—

sponsible for the upturns. and some good

buying took place by the middle of the

week due to feats that 111 Mid; country

roads would interfere with the movement

of stOck from the country in the immedi—

ate future. It should be understood that

the last spring's pigs are now maturing

very fast. and the Chicago receipts of

hogs since Jan. 1 have ran much ahead

of a year ago in numbers. as well as in

average weight. Prospects seem to point

to lower prices. but much will depend

upon how owners market their swine.

Light hogs and pigs not quite heavy

enough to class as hogs are still 111:1.1'kct

toppers. and extremely heavy hogs sell

lowest of all.



Sheep and lambs had some good ad~

vances last week after early declines. the

receipts starting in on a liberal scale and

falling off materially later. Choice, fat.

light-weight lambs were most active of

all and led the advance, followed by light

yearlings on the lamb order. Fat \vcthers

advanced sharply also, however. as did

ewes. and it was a good week for owners





.of fat stock that was not too heavy in





weight to Stilt the popular taste. The

shccpmen should bear in mind the im—

portant. fact that it is only when exporters

are buying is there a reliable demand for

heavy flocks near top prices. and this

outlet is very irregular and not worth

taking into consideration much of the

time. Michigan is furnishing a big share

of the fat lambs, and Colorado is sending

in increasing supplies. Shorn consign-

ments are discriminated against by my-

ers. Feeders are scarce and wanted bad-

ly. and the demand for breeding ewes

continues strong.



Horses were in much better demand

last week, and the marked improvement

in the average grading of the receipts

was a good feature that was appreciated

by buyers. There was a good attendance

of out—of—town buyers 011 several days,

and trade was animated, with the decline

in prices of the previous week largely re-

covered the first three days. Small south-

ct‘n chunks were at times sparingly of-

fered and had a fair demand at 365617125

per head. while there was a marked im-

provement in the demand for farm mares

at 3140611200 and occasionally at a higher

figure. \Vagon horses sold freely at $140

61180, and drafters sold anywhere from

3185 up to $325, according to weight and

finish. Drivers were salable at $150617

300, with not much doing. F.



LIVE STOCK NOTES.



Silage is cntcring into cattle feeding to

a rapidly increasing extent everywhere in

feeding districts. and it is a grcat econo—

mizer. Steers that receive silage rations

show more. thrift and flesh than those re-

ceiving exclusive rations of grain. Expe—

rience goes to show that corn silage and

cottonseed meal make a lower cost of

feeling for cattle than any other combi-

nation.



Rig shipments of hogs have taken

place recently, and it is evident that lots

of spring pigs have become well-finished

hogs. Still, the country's supply is ser-

iously short, and farmers cannot do bet-

ter than to get all the good breeding sows

possible and start in breeding pigs for

the future market.



Better times. for sheepmen next sum—

mer are promised. after the flocks now

011 feed are out of the way. Flocks on

western ranges are reported to be win-

tering in good shape the season having

been unusuallv mild. but the supplits~ are

fir below those of former years



The cattle milkets of the country are

not capable of using great numbers of

beef cattle at the present time. for the

consumption of beef is below an average

because of high prices. Stockmen who

are in the cattle business should either

grow yearling s on their farms or else

feed cattle that can be sold when finished

at not too high prices. Heifers and cows

are especially good sellers.



The big premium paid in western mar-

kets for hogs of the lighter weights is

resulting in some stockmen shipping more

hogs that have not reached the heavier

weights. This is likely to become more

general so long as light hogs and pigs

continue to top the market. Better hogs

than are being marketed were never seen

Evidently, they have had lots of care and

all they wanted to eat.
I . FEB. s, 1911. '

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Thursday’s Market.

February 23, 1911.

Cattle.



Receipts, 1,189. Common cows and bulls

steady; good grades 15@25c lower. .



We quote: Best steers and heifers,

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

$5.25@5.65; steers and heifers, 800 to

1,000, $5@5.50; steers and heifers that are

fat, 500 to 700, $4.50@5; choice fat cow .

$4.75; good fat cows, $4@4.50; commo_n

cows, $3.25@3.75; canners, $2.75@3.3o_;

choice heavy bulls, $4.75@5; fair to good

bolognas, bulls, $4.50@4.75; stock bulls,

$4@4.50: milkers, large, young, medium

age, $40@55; common milkers, $25@35.



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

1 bull weighing 1,330 at $4.75, 7 butchers

av 946 at $3.85; to Parker, W. & Co. 2

bulls av 1,200 at $4.80, 3 do av 1,043 at

$4.75, 1 do weighing 1,030 at $4.75, 13 cows

av-922 at $3.45, 2 do av 775 at $3.40; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 14 steers av 763 at

$5.25, 2 cows av 985 at $4, 6 steers av

1,060 at $5.55, 3 cows av 983 at $3.40, 1

do weighing 1,200 at $4.25, 4 do av 1,005

at $3.50; to Kamman B. Co. 6 steers av

795 at $5.20, 21 do av 804 at $5.25; to Ratt—

kowsky 2 cows av 920 at $3.75, 5 do av

920 at $4; to Goose 9 do av 1,052 at $4.15;

to Regan 8 butchers av 762 at $4.90; to

Newton B. Co. 25 steers av 1,168 at $5.90,

22 butchers av 763 at $5, 3 cows av 1,107

at $3.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows avr940

at $3.50, 1 bull weighing 1,180 at $4.75, 2

cows av 985 at $3.50, 1 steer weighing

1.020 at $5.25, 3 heifers av 723 at $4.50, 6

cows av 1,105 at $4.25; to Mason 2 cows

av 935'at $4.25, 2 steers av 965 at $5.29,

2 cows av 925 at $3.25, 2 heifers av 720

at $5; to Thompson Bros. 7 cows av 1,126

at $4.25; to Lingeman 7 steers av 700 at

$4.75;.to Mich. B. Co. 7 steers av 808 at

$5, 10 do av 877 at $5.25; to Breitenbeck

8 do av 987 at $5.45, 3 do'av 693 at $4.75;

to Mich._B. Co. 6 cows av 1,166 at $4.50;

to Schuman 5 butchers av 716 at $5.



Roe Com. Co. sold Goose 9 cows av

1,052 at $4.15; to Newton B. Co. 14 steers

av 941 at $5.25; to Thompson Bros. 1 cow

weighing 1,270 at $4, 9 do av 1,050 at

$4.50, 1 bull weighing 1,350 at $5; to New-

ton B. Co. 12 steers av 840 at $5.25; to

Mich. B. Co. 33 steers av 931 at $5.35; to

Sullivan P. Co. 4 cows av 1,100 at $4; to

Hammond, S. 8: Co. 3 bulls av 1,070 at

$4.60, 7 cows av 814 at $3.10; to Mich. B.

Co. 3 steers and heifers av 613 at $5, 8

do av 880 at $5.25; to Goose 3 cows av

1,020 at $4: to Newton E. Co. 25 steers av

1,038 at $5.55, 5 butchers av 580 at $4.40;

to Kamman B. Co. 5 do av 744 at $5.25;

to Rattkowsky 1 cow weighing 930 at $4,

1 bull weighing 980 at $4.75, 1 steer weigh-

ing 400 at $5; to Thompson Bros. 1 cow

weighing 760 at $3.25, 10 do av 941 at





$3.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 bull weighing .





1,950 at $5.25.



Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 4 butch-

ers av 847 at $5; to Rattkowsky 3 bulls

av 973 at $4.80; to Applebaum 4 cows av

970 at $4.40; to Mich. B. Co. 14 steers av

882 at $5.10.



Merritt sold Parker, W. & Co. 4 bulls

av 1.507 at $5, 2 cows av 1.080 at $4.50, 2

do av 960 at $3.75, 2 steers av 1.175 at

$5.75. '



Spicer & R, sold Bresnahan 4 heifers

av 610 at $4.25; to Hammond, S. & Co.

1,200 at $5, 1 steer weighing 1,080 at $6,

12 steers av 842 at $5.25, 1 bull weighing

1,270 at $4.25, 6 cows av 900 at $3.65; to

Rattkowsky 1 steer weighing 870 at $4.75,

5 cows av 1,022 at $3.85; to Fry 15 butch-

ers av 763 at $4.50; to Goodwin 4 cows av

1,090 at $4.



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 677. Market strong at last

week’s prices. Best, $9@9.50; others, $4

@875; milch cows and springers steady.



Bishop. B. & H. sold Parker, W. & Co.

20 av 150 at $9.50, 3 av 155 at $9.50; to

Goose 7 av 12.7 at $8; to Newton B. Co.

4 av 128 at $9. 8 av 145 at $9.50, 4 av 140

at $7; to Sullivan P. CO. 1 weighing 160

at $9.50, 1 weighing 120 at $7, 2 av 135 at

$9.50, 4 av 120 at $7, 16 av 140 at $9.50;

to Goose 3 av 115 at $8.60; to Parker, W.

& Co. 1 weighing 130 at $9.50, 3 av 150 at

$9.50, 7 av 15'» at $9.50: to Naglc. P. Co.

7 av 135 at $8.50, 8 av 125 at $9, 8 av 130

at $9; to Swift & C0. 1 weighing 130 at

$9.50, 10 av 120 at $9, 12 av 150 at $9.50;

to Parker, W, & Co. 3 av 160 at $9, 2 av

135 at $8.50, 2 av 150 at $9.50.



Spicer & R. sold Newton B. Co. 5 av

150 at $9.60; to Mich. B. Co. 3 av 130 at

$9; to Sullivan P. Co. 8 av 100 at $5.75;

to Goose 4 av 250 at $4.50, 7 av 135 at $9,

1 weighing 320 at $4.50, 1 weighing 380

at $4.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 22 av 180

at $8, 11 av 130 at $7.50.



Haley & M. sold Goose 4 av 155 at

$7.75; to Breitenbeck 10 av 127 at $8, 7

av 150 at $8; to Goose 1 weighing 340 at

$4.50, 9 av 140 at $7.50, 1. weighing 340

at $4.50.



Sheep





Receipts, 6.838. Market 10 to 150. high-

er than last week. Best lambs, $5.70@

5.80; fair to good lambs. 395.2560550; light

to common lambs. 915060525; fair to good

sheep. $3.50o4; culls and common, $2.50

@3; heavy lambs, 90 lbs. up. $5635.25.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Naglc P. Co. 233

lambs av 75 at $5.90, 190 do av 85 at $5.80.

347 do av 83 at. $5.80, 50 sheep av 120 at

$4, 14 do av 118 at $4. 8 do av 155 at

$3.75, 106 lambs av 86 at $5.65: to Sullivan

P. Co. 17 shecp av 90 at $3.25, 9 do av 62

at $3.40, 53 lambs av 56 at $4.75, 27 do av





and Lambs.





THE MICHIGAN ‘FARMER.’





125 at $5.10, 24 do av 105 at $5.25; to

Mich. B. Co. 13 sheep av 95 at $3.25, 7 do

av 145 at $4, 35, lambs av 58 at $5.50, 27

do av 60 at $5.35; to Hammond, S. & Co.

37 do av 65 at $5.40; to Breitenbeck 21

do av 70 at $5.50; to Swift & Co. 106 do

av 78 at $5.80; to Sullivan P. Co. 16 do

av 58 at $5.25; to Swift & Co. 26 sheep

av 90 at $3.75, 45 lambs av 78 at $5.70, 53

do av 80 at $5.80, 20 do av 70 at $5.50, 32

do av 83 at $5.35; to Breitenbeck 24 do

av 65 at $5.10; to Hammond, S. & Co.

63 do av 67 at $5.65.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 74

lambs av 80 at $5.65; to Nagle P. Co. 102

do av 70 at $5.75, 168 sheep av 118 at

$4.25; to Breitenbeck 3 do av 110 at $3.50,

12 lambs av 65 at $5; to Nagle P, Co, 145

do av 80 at $5.75; to Mich. B. Co. 107 do

av 70,at $5.45.



Haley & M. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

4 sheep av 125 at $3.25, 29 lambs av 75 at

$5.60, 13 do av 80 at $5.50.



McMillan sold Sullivan, P. Co. 8 sheep[

av 100 at $3.65, 13 lambs av ‘58 at $5.25.;



Merritt sold same 59 lambs av 80 atl



5.60.



Sandell & ’1‘. sold Hammond, S. & Co.‘

30 lambs av 70 at $5.50.



Bennett & S. sold Nagle P. Co. 94

lambs av 83 at $5.75.



McMillan sold same 98 do av 75 at $5.60.



Downing sold Mich. B. Co. 86 lambs.

av 70 at $5.75. '





Hogs.



Receipts, 4,351. Market 10c below last'

Thursday's prices. ' f

Range of prices: Light to good butch-,1

ers, Y7.50; pigs, $7.60@7.65; light yorkers,f

$7.50; heavy, $7.35@7.50. ;

,Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W, &,

Co. 2.550 av 180 at $7.50. l



Sundry shippers sold same 310 av 190 at

$7.50.



Haley & M. sold Hammond. S. & Co.

450 av 195 at $7.50. ‘



Spicer & R. sold same 1,525 av 180 at!



.50. ,



Sundry shippers sold same 810 av 200

at $7.50. ,



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 420'

av 200 at $7.50, 140 pigs av 130 at $7.60.





 





Friday’s Market.

February 17, 1911.

Cattle.



Receipts this week, 1,627; last week,

1,059. Market steady at Thursday’s prices.l



We quote: Best steers and heifers.‘

$575696; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1.200

lbs., 8125617575; steers and heifers, 800 to

1.000 lbs, $5@5.50; steers and heifers that

are fat, 500 to 700 lbs., $4.50@5; choice fat

cows, $4.75; good fat cows, $4@4.50; com-

mon cows, $3.25C‘3.75; canncrs, $2.75@

3.35; choice heavy bulls, $5; fair to good

bologna bulls, $4.50@4.75; stock bulls, $4@

4.50; milkers, large. young. medium age,

$40@‘55; common milkers, $25@35.



. Veal Calves.



Receipts this week, 719; last week, 634.

Market steady at Thursday's prices. Best

$9629.50: others, $4@8.75. Milch cows and

springers steady.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week, 9,084; last week;

8.870. Market 100 higher than on Thurs—;

day. Best lambs, $5.75@5.85; fair to good

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

$450605; fair to good sheep. 335060375:

culls and common, $2.50@3; heavy lambs,

90 lbs. and up, $5@‘5.10.



Hogs,



Receipts this week, 3,659; last week.

3.598. Market steady at Thursday's prices.

Range of prices: Light to good butchers.

$7.60; pigs, $7.70fi?7.80: light yorkers, $7.50

@7.60; heavy, $7.35@7.50.





 





 





 





Seventy-seven per cent more feeding

cattle were shipped from western markets

to feeding districts in January than in the

same month last year, the total number

beinrv about 149,000 head. Buyers seemed

to be so determined to refill their feed

lots in order to use up their feed that.

prices for the cattle were a secondary

matter, and as high as $6 per 100 lbs. was

Paid in the Chicago market for well-bred

weighty feeders. The call was and still

is for choice feeders that carry consider—

able flesh already, although there has also

been all the year a steady demand for

choice stockcrs for roughing through the

wmtcr and grazing next summer. How-

ever, there are numerous farmers who

have not bought any cattle, and those

who have no hogs to follow cattle show a

dispos1tion to hold back.



Farmers are taking a renewed interest

in breeding hogs, realizing the great

shortage in the country's supplv, and

young sows are being held back for‘breod—

mg to a. much greater extent than in

most former years. Few sows are show-

ing up in the markets of the country and

the greater put of the 191.0 farrowcd'sows

have been hrld over to breed,



Charles Shurtc, the veteran sheep scllrr

at the Chicago stook yards says: “As

exporters buy only a few heavy shcep and

lumhs each week, they do not have to do

much hustling to get what the-- want at

about their own prices. The export trade

would be better were it not for the fact

that so few sheep have been exportcd

during the past three years, owners of

Steamers have taken out the live stock

apartments on steamers, and this space

is hard tlg get."



. u. ees, of Iowa, marketc o No -

day, Jan. 30, at Chicago, 16 grade“ Abe:-

deen—Angus beef steers at $7 per 100 lbs.

their average weight being 1.293 lbs This

washis first experience in feeling-cattle

313d naturally. he was greatlvopleflsml

With the result of his efforts the steers

topping the market on a day 'when 26 090

cattle were on sale. The cattle vtov‘e

purchased by Mr. Rees in December 1909

and the next summer they had the run

of a pasture. while the following winter

a cornstalk field, with clover hav were

added. When put on feed on the, tenth

day of August the cattle averaged around

900 lbs. in weight. their feed consisting of





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of car com, oats and clover hay were fur-

nished, and during the last 40 days oh

meal was added. The owner declared he

got a fine price for his corn. which he

raised, as well as for the other feeds

given to the cattle, and he thinks he was

well remuneraed for his time and work.



rBeedlng ewes are still in good demand

throughout the country, with recent offers

of $5 per head for spring delivery, while

most owners ae holding on for $6.





 





 





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The book is large and clumsy.

Its lids are thick and strong,

Its carved clasp is stout and bright,

Its leaves are broad and 10115,

Each page contains the romance

Of a life, as you will see.

And although you cannot read them,

They are very plain to me.





A wealth of jOy and comfort.

Do I in this volume find.



For the friends it holds are loyal

’l‘ho‘ all others are unkind.



liow they cheer me when l sorrow!

How they smile when I am glad!



For their shadowy forms seem real,

As if they in life were clad.





Silent friends! 0 absent dear ones!

You have stood the test of years,

And tonight your pictured faces

Gaze I on through blinding tears.

Memory wafts your loving voices

To my lonely, homesick heart;

Distance fades—you all are with me,

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SOLVING THE PROBLEM.





II Y LALIA MITCHELL.





“it should not be called The Servant

Gitl Problem,” said Judge Gayland. lean--

ing back on the rustic seat under the

silver maple, and in his voice I recognized

the tone that is said to awe legal offend-

crs but serves only to arouse a little de-

mon of antagonism in my heart. “If you

could hear some of the pitiful stories

that I do you would not wonder that girls

sell their lwlies rather than subject their

souls to the tyranny of a nagging woman,

who evidently hires help for the sole pur-

pose of having a slave to tyrannize over.”



The. Judge's ltiit-f on the hired girl sub-

ject was too long and a little tiresome,

but the conversation soon drifted to the

pleasanter topic of our approaching wed-

ding. then less than a month away. and

as a lover I found him so altogether ador-

able that I quite forgot my absolute dis-

approval of his jttdicial statcnnnts.



'\\'hcn alone in my room l remembered

them, however, and trembled with a pre-

monition. Mrs. Slayland would. of neces-

sity. hire one, or more servants. and Mrs.

tiayiand would be sadly inexperienced.

Then. in case, of a misunderstanding (that

was the term I should have used but I

didn't) the fact that my husband was

likely to be in sympathy vith the cook

did not seem reassuring.



I suppose I was nervous that

little unbalanced, as brides—to-lie

times are and from a subject of

conversation the matter of

vant girl or mistress deserves the greater

amount, of pity became a vital problem

of my life. 01' course. when the Judge

came to see me I forgot about liridget, or

Mary. or Ann. whatever i happened 10 be.

calling her that day. but when my lover

was gone i stood once more face to face

with the problem that some inner sub~

conscious self seemed urging upon me.



Then an inspiration came. and I resolved

lilarly in the days of our

that up to

day I





week—a

sonic-

int-re

whether ser—





 





to carry it out.

betrothal I had

three weeks before my

would give not: one thought to the select-

ing of a trousseau. Then. with my sister,

Mary. l would go to Trenton. where lived

maker of





announced

wedding





Madam English. designer and

my none—too—many best gowns. \Ve three

would give two entire weeks to the

trousscau question. and then Solomon in

all his glory-~



This left two weeks absolutely my own

before the important day when the

Judge's weddingr ring should glisten on

my linger. and how better cold I use them

than by solving “the Problem" which

had suddenly loomed so big and black hc—

t‘ore mc‘? Mary was of exactly my heighth

and size, and she and Madam English

would enjoy the task which had suddenly

grown doubly tiresome to me.



A week before T was to leave for Tren-

ton l answered an advertisement in a city

paper and on the important day when

Madam ltlnglish was supposed to be tak-

ing my measurements I was alighting

from a trolley car in a smoky suburb of

her city. with a vague feeling of lone-

someness and an opinion that someone

should have met me at the trolley sta-

tion. although I knew very well that it

had never been the custom in my own

home to send someone to meet the “help"

that came and went. with what I had

come to see was deplorable frequency.



The first item in my note book was on

the Judge’s side and read: 1. Meet girl





at station and see that she has someone

to carry her satchel if it be a heavy one.





At the front door'of 207 Glenwood ave.,

home of Frederick B. Potter, I rang the

bell with a clang that set my nerves

tingling. At the same instant I realized

that I should have gone around to the

kitchen door, and that my future mistress

was evidently bound to consider me both

impudent and presuming.



A moment later a pretty woman. in

whose eyes gleamed a child-like expec-

tancy that won my heart, opened the

door. For a moment We stood facing each

other in silence, and then I blurted out

the very words that I had never dreamed

of speaking. I said, “I’m the new girl.”



She did not smile, but I did, and I think

perhaps I smiled better than I spoke,

for she opened the door to admit me and

a charming look of confidence beamed in

her eyes. Then she piloted me first to my

room, which I found pleasant but sadly

in need of cleaning, and then to the

kitchen, where dinner was already cook-

ing on a gas stove. Such a pitiful little

dinner, and yet somehow it seemed to

say, “She did the very best she could for

me, and this is the result."



“’ith a charming gesture of relief the

little woman took off her floury apron

and hung it on a hook. Then she ex.

claimed impetuously, “Oh, I’m so glad

you came. I’ve been in here days and

days and days. I’ve had to neglect the

baby, and Fred. ‘and myself, and every-

thing, just because the frying pans had

to be washed and the potatoes would not

pare themselves.” At the door she turned

back again to ask “about the table. you

know, we need someone to wait upon us,

and, too, you see Fred objects to having

cur little tete-a-tete meals interrupted

by the presence of a. third party. we

have so little time together, but I do want





to keep my girls and not be always

changing. I’red says there’s something“





wrong with the mistress or girls would

stay year after year. unless they died or

got married. and yet the last three I‘ve

had lct‘t they said I thought I

was made of better clay than they were

and they weren‘t good enough to eat with

me. The one before came home from her

afternoons off in a. drunken condition. and

the one before that supported her mother

end two sisters from my pantry.”



I laughed, I couldn’t help it, over the

tragic tale, and when she had gone I

wrote on my side of the note book.



I. Girls should not expect to eat at

family table.



II. Girls should not get drunk.



111. Girls should not steal.



The work of preparing meals and keep-

ing the house was not difficult, thanks to

years of training when I had not expect

ed to be the wife of one of the richest

inch in the state, but there. were other

things to interest me. I am going to let

my note book tell the story of the two

weeks. and in order to be perfectly fair

i shall read the Judge‘s side first. Item

number one has been already recorded.





because





ll. Don’t think because you have a girl

you can invite six extra people to dinner

without telling her.



111. Don't go down to meet a friend and

then take dinner. remaining away all the

afternoon without telephoning her.



IV. Don‘t frown if a girl happens to

wear a gown prettier than your own. She

may have. come honestly by it.



\'. Don‘t .iump at conclusions because

a book agent stays for an hour in your

kitchen; you can't be sure he is flirting

with the cook. He may be a college

student and she may enjoy conversing

with him upon subjects you could not un-

derstand.



\'I. Don‘t think that because the baby

is a darling the girl is bound to want him

in the kitchen during her busy hour. She

didn‘t hire out to be nurse girl.



Now that‘s every solitary item I had on

the .ludgc‘s side at the. end of two weeks.

and my own fared no better. These are

the ones added after the first day.



IV. Don‘t get cross in the morning and

blame the mistress because you left the

supper dishes unwashed.



V. Don't be looking for slights. She

did not hire you to have someone to

flatter.



VI. Don't get grouchy because she re-

minds you in the afternoon that the porch





nee-ls cleaning. You’re paid to keep it

clean.



VII. Don't- expect too much considera-

tion. You are neither favored company





nor a. “star boarder.”



At the end of the first week I intended

to give notice. but my courage. failed inc,

and on the morning of my last day in

Trenton I realized that the time had come

when something must be done.



“’hat to tell Mrs. Fred Potter I did not

know. I could not complain of the work,





THE MICHIGAN FARMER;





of the food or of her treatment. Yet I

must find some reasonable excuse. To

add to my troubles I spilled a stream of

hot coffee over my wrist that very morn-

ing, and as she bound it up in soft linen

I felt a very Benedict Arnold.



At ten o‘clock I found her sitting on the

stairs with Frederick, .Ir., in her arms

and, the stairs being common ground be-

tween kitchen and parlor, I gathered up

my courage and sank down on the step

below her. I intended to tell her I had

a letter calling me home. but I did not.

Her eyes were so sympathetic that when

she put her white, ringed hand down on

my head I blurted out the whole miser—

able story, dampening her pretty lawn

skirt with my tears.



She should have been angry and dis-

gusted, but instead that dear child-wom-

an just kissed me and cuddled me and

told me she was glad I was going to be

married and happy. although she could

not understand why I chose a man of

twice my own age. I had not told her

his name you see; somehow I couldn’t

bear to mix him in, even with my con-

fession. '



“'hen train time came she went with

me to the station, insisted upon giving

me a dear little pearl pin as a remem-

brance, and we. parted more like old

friends than mistress and servant.



A week later the Judge and I were

married and four weeks of a delightful

honeymoon were spent in the Adiron-

dacks. After our return we went at once

to his palatial home, for he was a widower





FEB. 25, 1911





and had never dismantled the house dur«

ing the years when he boarded. Then I

knew that I was face to face with “the

Problem,” which somehow I did not mind

as I had expected to.



One night I told him of my experience

and he seemed but mildly interested in

the story until I mentioned the name of

my mistress. Then he grew white and

pink, and white again, and I found that

he had a story even more interesting than

my own. His only son, Frederick Potter

Gayland, had disobeyed him the year after

his graduation, had insisted upon marrying

an actress and had been disowned and

hidden never to come to his father's home

again. The young man, as proud as his

sire, had boasted that he did not need

even his father’s name as a bolster, bttt

that he would go out and make his way

in the world without asking either aid or

blessing.



The two had drifted so far apart that,

although the father had long‘since for-

given his son, he knew nothing of his

whereabouts or that he had taken a posi-

tion as a bank clerk at a moderate salary

under his mother's, which was one of his

given names.



The rest of the story needs no telling.

'When next I went to Trenton I did not

go alone. and 'now father and son are

wholly reconciled, while Frederick, Jr., is

almost as much my boy as his mother‘s.



As for the servant girl problem, well,

at least one family is glad that I set out

to solve it and that a kindly fate sent me

to 207 Glenwood avenue.





 





 





 





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Chapter Xlll.—ln the Light of the Harvest

Moon.



The cold rain of the previous day and

night had given place to bright sunshine

when Ned started out again to find work.

The cool air had the tang of fall. for al-

though it was early September, in the

northwest the autumn comes early; and

nerved by the, prospect of cold weather

touting soon, he wasted not a moment of

the day in searching for something to do.



The town was devoted principally to

lumber. so he went from mill to mill, from

office to office, seeking work but finding

none. They had all the men they needed

or were likely to need was the story he

heard everywhere; disheartened but not

discouraged, he then went among the

carpenters, hoping to find a job where he,

could drive nails if nothing more, but

there was no opening for a jack work-

man. Ilad he. been skilled, in one or two





instances he would have found ready em-‘





ploynicnt and good pay, but as it was he

found nothing.

lle went to a cheaper hotel that night.





The elation with which he had set out

that morning ha.1 diminished consider—

ably, .vct he would not give up. He felt





that there must be a place for him some-

where, and that if he looked long enough

and hard enough he would find it; so he

next morning he started again, returning

to his lodgings at night with nothing but

a half promise of perhaps obtaining work

as a spare hand at the freight CIGDOI.

Come again in a day or so and he would

know detinitely. was but a small crumb

of encouragement. yet it was better than

nothing and he felt hopeful again.



\Vhile waiting he sought, but SOUEIIt

vainly. for a job as teamster; then he

tried the livery s" finally securing a

couple of days' work in the place of a

man who was sick; then the freight yards

furnished him another day‘s employment

with the chance that perhaps a month

later he would get more work. The boss

told him kindly that if he would hang

around there every day for awhile he

wouldprobably get regular work; but that

Ned could not afford to do, and after

waiting a week, having earned barely

enough to lodge him, he decided to strike

the country. There must be a place on

a farm that he could till. he thought, re-

membering the farm at home and the.

scarcity of hired help.‘ But the farming

country in that section was as yet unde-

veloped. The farmers were wrestling with

lands recently cleared of timber and they

had no money to hire help for the winter.

\Vhat was to be done they could do until

spring, was what he, heard everywhere,

and the end of the first day of his long,

solitary tramping found him so weary

and discouraged that he felt as if there

was no place for him anywhere in 'the

world.



The keen wants of nature. were assert-

ing themselves strongly at dusk. All day

a heavy, raw wind had been blowing and





he was chilled through. His breakfast

had been meagre. his dinner but a cold

lunch of bread and cheese he had brought:

with him, and the appetizing smell of a

hearty supper floating out from the open

door o.‘ a cheery farm house which he

was just passing. made him desperate.

\Vithout pausing he walked directly to tho

door and knocked. and when the surprised

woman appeared he. asked courteously if

he could not have food and a night’s lodg—

ing, offering to pay in money or doing

barn chores. Men who came to the door

for food did not look like. him, she thought

rapidly; instantly divining that he was

some slick criminal escaping from justice,

she shut the door in his face and bolt—

ed it.



Too surprised to move for a second, he

stared at the inhospitable barrier; then

her reasons flashed across his mind. “Next:

time." he said to himself, “I will not offer

to work; then perhaps they will take me

for a gentleman and treat me as one.”



He tramped hungrily on for over a.

mile until he reached a house whose win-

dows radiated light and comfort. He

could see a motherly woman laying a sup-

per tahle. and a man was passing from

the barn to the house with a brimming

milk pail. Ned went to him directly and

asked gentlemanly. while trying to keep

the hunger out of his voice. if he could

stay all night, adding that he would pay

well for his trouble. The man agreed

cordially; evidently he was not as sus-

picious as the woman had been, and from

the depths of his heart Ned was grateful

to him and the good woman who treated

him so kindly. He did not state that he

was looking for work, for he felt in~

stinctively that if he did so they would

think him a liar, for he wore his heavy

overcoat and stylish hat, and the rest of

his garments were still good. But he

talked with them about work and men—

tally decided that he would have to go to

the lumber woods if he wished to find

employment for the winter.



He started that way the next day, and

when night came he was in a lonely

stretch of country with no signs of houses

for miles. He had been following the

railroad as the best means of walking,

and finally. becoming too weary to con—

tinue farther, he stopped at a friendly

barn. \vhich at least offered shelter if not

food. and as a storm was threatening he

did not dare to run the risk of exposure.



The barn was in a lonely field, facing

a road a few rods from the railroad track.

There. were ruins of a burned house near

by and he conjectured that the owner of

the barn had temporarily abandoned the

premises. as the large door was not locked

and it opened without much effort. In

side he found a mow of hay and a few

old tools, evidently stored for next sea—

son, but there were no signs of animals

having been stabled there for some time.

It seemed very lonely and deserted, but

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from the farmer, he had a. curious feel—

ing that he was being watched, though

when he rose to make a. thorough inves-

tigation of the premises the feeling left

him. He could find no signs of any per-

son whatever, nor any live creature in

the building. Concluding that he was

getting an attack of nerves, he prepared

himself for the night while yet it was

light enough to see.



Climbing up on the mow he found that

the hay was old and musty. Once he

would have turned from it in disgust, but

now he was glad of its comfort. After

removing his thick woolen suit. as he did

not wish to have the necessity of brush-

ing it, he packed it in his valise and at—

tired himself in the oldest and most worn

suit he had left, leaving his other pre—

sentable suit undisturbed. Then, burrow-

ing deep into the hay, he pulled his warm

overcoat over him for a blanket and,

soothed by the warmth and lulled by the

patter of rain drops on the roof. he was

soon fast asleep.



Just as daylight was struggling through

the crevices of the barn he woke, feeling

chilled. He had been dreaming of Grace

and in his dream they had been in a very

cold country where it was impossible to

get warm; and his first waking thought,

while still impressed by his dream, was

of taking off his overcoat and putting it

around her shoulders.



He groped for it in the dusky light but

could not find it. Then he wormed him-

self up out of his burrow and began look-

ing for it with nervous haste While a ter-

rible fear was clutching at his heart. But

he could not find it; it was gone. and so

was his suitcase. He had been robbed in

the night and now he had nothing in the

world but just the clothes he had on. In

the bitterness of his despair he first cursed

and raved, then, broken and crushed by

this crowning misfortune, he sobbed like

a. child, until the reaction came and he

could think calmly.



Fortunately he had not removed his

shoes, so he 'was entirely clothed. He

wondered why the thief had not killed

him as well as robbed him. That would

have been a fitting end to all his troubles

and no one would have known what had

ever become of him. But as he had taken

everything but his life he supposed he

did not think that worth taking. His

money was gone. He had carried it in a

little leather wallet thrust into his pants

pocket. That had been in the clothes he

had removed, and again he cursed himself

for his folly in not hiding it before he

went to sleep. He could account now for

the uneasy feeling he had had of being

watched, and he wondered where the man

could have been while he was searching

for him. Now he had nothing, not even

an extra handkerchief; everything in the

line of clothing he possessed 'had van-

ished in the night. Friendless, homeless

and penniless. Ned Jackson was reaping

the harvest of his own sowing, and reap-

ing it tremendously hard.





It was still storming, though the wind

was shifting to the west. Although very

hungry, he did not think best to venture

out in the rain. Dressed as he was he

would soon be wet through, and as he

had not the remotest chance of finding

the thief 'he decided to remain where he

was until the weather cleared. He had

ample time for reflection as he paced up

and down the creaky barn floor—ample

time to think of his own folly which had

brought him to that state. He was in—

telligent enough, and honest enough, to

place the blame where it belonged, and

again he berated his own criminal idiocy

which had over led him to think of escap-

ing his just deserts when he slole~he

called it stealing now to himself—the po—

tatocs from King. And in his frenzy of

self-hatred he felt that he was glad he

was “getting all that was coming to him,

and getting it good and hard."



He had no watch, hence no means of

knowing the time except by the sun, yet

when it at last shone out, bringing

warmth and cheerfuluess which pene-

trated even into the interior of the dingy

old barn, Ned know that it must be past

noon. He was ravenously hungry, and as

he picked his way across the sodden field

he was startled at the reflection of his

face in a little pool where he knelt to

drink.



He drew back in amazement, hardly

realizing that it was his own reflection;

that gaunt, haggard, unwashed face with

its starting beard and sombre dark-gray

eyes under their heavy brows—was it

possible that it was he, the erstwhile Ned

Jackson who had been so proud. aye, even

vain, over his clean-cut, high-bred face

and aristocratic appearance. “I look like

a thoroughbred now," he thought, sar-





TH‘E MICHIGAN





castically remembering Joe Green’s words.

Then all thought focused itself into one

inordinate longing for food which he felt

he must have or die. .



He left the railroad and followed the

rough country road, keeping towards the

north and east in direction of the lumber

camps. Feeling that he looked enough

like a. tramp now to satisfy anyone, he

stopped at the first house 'and asked for

food, only to hear the cross words of

having nothing for tramps and being told

to go to work like an honest man if he

wanted food. Then, with the sound of

the slammed door vibrating in his ears, he

hurried down the road. feeling as guilty

as if he had committed a crime.





There were no houses for a considerable

stretch as the road led through the woods,

but he found several bushes of late black—

berries which allayed his hunger a little;

then, with dragging limbs, heartsick and

homesick, he trudged on till night began

to close in and the alternative of either

sleeping in the woods or finding some

place for shelter forced itself upon him

again.



Finally he emerged into an open space

and soon came upon a. small board house

in a clearing near a log barn. A man was

driving a few cows to the barn and a

woman was singing over her work in the

house. The fragrant odor of strong cof—

fee, together with fried ham, floated out

on the chill air. Driven to desperation

by his hunger and weariness, Ned boldly

asked the man for supper, saying that he

would milk the cows or do anything for

food.



The man eyed him intently for a. mo-

ment. “You ain't a. common tramp," he

said kindly, “but even if you was I

wouldn't turn you away hungry. My boy

is off tonight so you can milk if you want

to. You take that one; she’s an easy

milkcr, and I’ll tell the missus to put on

an extra plate."



Nod was so thankful that he sat down

by the cow feeling as if the greatest bless-

ing in life had come to him. He forgot

that In;- llud always hated milking, that

he had been such a poor milkcr on his

cousin’s farm that after a few trials Ben

had declared that he would ruin the best

cow that ever stood on four legs. Now,

when he tugged at the milking he wished

remorsefully that he had learned to do it

well, for food and rest that night depend-

ed upon his work; but he made a credit—

able showing, though he was exhausted

from fatigue and lack of food when he

followed the man into the house.





 





The woman treated him with motherly

kindness and, rightly surmising that he.

was half—famished, pressed him to eat;

constantly while apparently unnoticing'

how ravenously hungry he was. Then,

cheered by their kindness, he talked a lit-

tle of himself and told of the theft of his

clothing and that he was looking for

work. It was a comfort to see that they

believed ‘his story and were sorry for him.

Common, illiterate people they were, of

the class he had once despised, yet he

found himself envying their lot in life

and wishing he was one of them, instead

of the homeless, penniless wanderer ‘he

seemed doomed to be.



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did not know 'how and he was acutely

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him at every turn, but the only remark

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not used to farm work. He advised 'him

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woods. He thought he might strike such

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ncwspnpcr which the woman had de-

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kindness had done him good and he was

still hopeful of better days ahead.





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in the sugar bowl and falling into his

cup of weak tea; but hunger was stronger

than fastidiousness, and the food tasted

good, though he was annoyed by the

woman’s persistent inquisitiveness; for,

not satisfied with the brief statement that

he was tramping to the camps looking for

work, she desired to know what Circum-

stances had brought him to the position

he was in. “You ought to be in some

good job,” she said kindly. “You ain’t

like the gen’ral run of young fellers that

get to be hoboes. I'm afeerd that you‘ve

ben drinkin’ or you wouldn't be lookin'

for work, so I advise you to quit it afore

it is too late.”



I-Ier words rang in his ears as he walked

on. He was already being called a hobo

and he wondered how long,r it would be

before he would be a genuine one. He

could hardly believe that he was the same

neatly dressed, smooth-shaven fellow that

had conversed with Grace Amidon a few

days before. Now he was decidedly un-

kempt; he had not indulged in the luxury

of a bath since the day he had lost his

position. He needed a shave, his hair

was getting long, his clothes were soiled

and wrinkled, his pants had lost their

crease and his shoes were old and rusty.

the derby hat was the only article that

he possessed which bore any look of re-

spectability, and he wondered grimly how

much longer he could subsist 'on “hand

outs” with not a cent in his pocket until

he could find work.



He slept in a barn that night, the farm—

er giving him a cold bite at the door,

with every look of suspicion about him.

doubtless afraid that the haggard young

chap would steal the whole premises if

allowed in the house. He split wood for

:1 cold breakfast, the man growling at him

on account of the way he used his axe.

“You don't know how to userone decent,”

in- said dis: usledlv. “\Vhej'e have you

been :111 _\ou1 life that you hain‘t learned

to split. wood. \Vhy, I could do better

than that at ten year old. You'd better

get a hump on yourself and find some

work. I have 10 work for what 1 get and





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:1l111‘1c his bcst, l:f: fivcraix.’

‘ the place. s11

‘ cows and \\‘:1chfl morc [raps than he had

gathered.

' l plow point whcn the man had sct him at





ler like you shouldn‘t work every day in—

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-ai the doors."





Ned did not answer. It would have

been no use to explain that he was look-

ing for work; the man had rated him as

a common tramp and would not have be—

lieved him. lie was growing disheartened

then, but late in the. afternoon he foil in

with it gang of wood Choppers who were

living in a shanty in a clearing. and they

lodging.

with supper and brcukl‘ast for what wood

he could chop. They saw 110 was not

used to it. but made no comment. He

would have been glad to have. stayed

there a few days. working for his board if

nothing,r else until the camps opened. but

they had no authority to hire him. so he

continued his weary way that day and

the next, hearing discouraging news cv—

erywhere about the hard times and the

impossibility of grccu mcn finding: work

in the woods at all; and as the camps

would not open till snow fell, Ned finally

decided that he would make his wuy to-

wards home, taking work gladly if he

could find anything to do: if not he would

live as did other trumps. till the end

came; and sometimes he hopcd that it

was not very far away.



110. found all classcs of pcoplc. Some

gave him food and shelter without ques-

tioning. others regarded him with such

distrust that nothing but his; extreme

\vcarincss and gnawingr hunger enabled

him to accept their grudging hospitality.

And so the Sccond and third wcck passed

without his carping one cent of money.

110 had found one place whcrc the farmer

told him ht: could iclp him with the fall

work for a fcw arms for his board, but at

ifu: cud of tlu‘r-r- rim/rs. :.l’bru1r.,'i1 Nwd had

kicked him off

win: that 311- had dricrl up his

lie lulrl :H-r-ivlr-rnnllj.’ broken the

the, full plowing. which Ncl] had said he

could do, and that had brought down up-





" on his unlucky head the vials of the man's





Once, at Bakapplein, Ned had

to act rid





wrath.

tried the plowing. but: in order





101" the task and to annoy Bcn he had





'done it as badly as possible;





but now,

nursing the bitter. rankling thought in

his bosom that he was a failure in every.-

il1ing he tried to do. he regretted, oh how

bitterly, that he had never learned to do

anything well. He had been a do-for-now

always. and he believed that fatal habit

would yet be the end of him.



The warm weather was succeeded by

cold rains again and sharp winds. Ned

caught a severe cold, and every day’s





tramp, with insufficient food and weari—

ness, added to it. He remembered that

'his mother‘ had developed a sudden cold

which brought on quick consumption, and

he took a sort of melancholy pleasure in

thinking that he was going the same way.

His limbs dragged like lead, there was a

sharp pain in his side and his head throb-

bed painfully with every move he made.



He no longer had any desire for food;

the thought nauseated him; all he wanted

was a chance to lie down and die undis—

turbed, so one mild night, when the har-

vest moon was filling the earth with

splendor, he crawled into an open shed

by the roadside and slept heavily all

night. He dreamed that he was harvest,3

ing his wild oats in the light of the har—

vest moon.

struggling; up a long, steep hill with heavy

sheaves of oats on his back. The hill

was marked in large, blazing letters with

the words “Do For Now." and the sheavesl

bore the legends of “Debt," ”Faint.“

“Evil Associates,” “Disease," “\Veakened‘

\\'ill,” “Debascd‘ Idenls‘ and “Loss of

Reputation.” He struggled to throw them:

off but they pressed the closer to him,

and the names of them, written in letters

of blood, danced before his eyes. And

behind him came John King, carrying a

huge basket and reaching after him with.

a long arm which clutched him no matter

how hard he ran or how desperately he

tried to hide from it. He woke, groaning

in physical pain and 111ental anguish. to:

find the moon shining full upon him as if

reading his very thoughts. Aye, it was

1l1c harvest moon with him in dcad ear-'

nest. but after awhile he slept again, only"

to dream that the sheaves of wild oats

wcre bound to him with bands of steel

from which he could never free himself.

They were clutching his Vitals with a‘

(lcadly grip and the moon was making

horrible grimaces at him when he awoke.

suddenly to find himsclf dragged to his

1'1-1'l by thc ungcntlc hand of a 1ough man

who was bidding him takc himself along

run 411‘ tho way as his shed was no place‘

for drunks. l



N1 d stumblcd blindly on. lie was burn—

ing with fever. (‘oming‘ to a little broolc

hc knelt down and drank deeply. As he,

rose his blurred vision caught sight of a:

little pocketbook in the cdg‘e of the water. i

it was a child's purse containing but;

tllrec cents, but be seized them as a‘

drowning" mun grasps at a straw, 'l‘hcyl

soomcd to put new life into his veins for:

now he had a chance to scnd word to‘

Merle.



He had kcpt his mother's ringr as he

could not luiug.r himself to p11‘t wilh that.

lie had it tied to 21 (Ind and he wore it

concealed under his shirt. He had oftenj!

thought of it the last few days thinking;

moodily 11 at if he died they could sell it:

and so bury him decently; but to sell it

to provide bread for himself was some-‘

thing that he had never been able to do.

But now in the joy of finding the three

ccnts he forgot the ring, and with the

strength givcn him from fever and his

new resolution he walked 011 until he

rcachcd a small town. Inquiring his way

to the pOSl office he bought a stamped

envelope. ()n his way he had picked up.

a turn scrap of dirty paper and using the

pen at the dcsk he. wrote a few lines hur—

ricdly in a trembling hand. Then he ad-

drcsscd it. muilcd it. and staggered out

into the bright sunshine which seemed

to pierce his aching eyeballs with shafts

of fire.



He was conscious awhile later of trying

to reach an inviting bench: thcn he knew

that he fcll to the ground; :1f1crw:1rds as

one in :1 drcam he realized that an im-

portant policeman had him by the collar

and that. thc man who had ejected him

from the shcd was explaining how he had

found him therc drunk. ’l‘hcn be under-

stood stupidly, as if they were referring

in someone clsc, that he was to bc taken

to tho county jail as a vagrant. and a

drunk. “A drunk.” hc laughed excitedly

at those words and tried to tell the men

how he had not tnstcd liquor in a bun—

dred yearsmnot sincc he. left Bakapplein

mbut they only laughed at him, which

made him furious. He laughed and talked

still more excitedly until :1 physician came

through the jecring crowd and solemnly

informed them that they were laughing

at a very sick man.



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would try to cower under the bed clothes

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, Chapter XIV.—The Little Scrap of a

“ Letter.



She stood by the mail-box at the gates

of Bakapplein holding the little, soiled

scrap of paper in her trembling fingers.

Over and over again she read the penciled

words until her brain reeled and her

whole being felt as if turned to stone. A

heavy weight seemed pressing on her

brain and she gasped as if for breath:

finally the tears broke the unnatural ten-

sion and, dropping in a heap on the pile

of vivid leaves which the majestic maple

had shed the day before, she sobbed un—

destrainedly until there were no more

tears to fall; then rising to her feet she

turned to go to the house.



Grandfather Beverly’s mellow voice

roused her from her agonized thoughts.

He was walking briskly along the road

towards the place, and as she waited he

came to her side. “What is It, Merle?"

he said kindly. “You look as if, like Christ-

ophorous, you were “bearing the sins and

sorrows of the world on your s'houlders.’ "



“I am." she faltered. “Oh, Grandpa,

you don't know what trouble I am in. It

is about Ned. I am afraid that he is

dead."



She thrust the scrap of paper into his

hands and waited until ,he could put on

his glasses. He read it aloud:



October 7.

Dear Merle:



I have walked 30 miles without food. I

am broke. If you don't hear from me

again you will know I am dead.



Your Bro.,

NED.



As he returned it he asked when she

had heard from him last.



“Over a month ago,” she answered. “It

was August, and he wrote that he was

doing well; then I heard nothing until

yesterday. when a letter came from Grace

Amidon. She and her father saw him.

Mr. Amidon had business in that town—-

wasn't it strange he should? And they

met Ned on the street. Grace wrote. Her

letter 'made me so happy,” she continued

rapidly; “She said that Ned had dined

with them, that he looked'well—aside from

being quite thin. And she wrote that he

had changed for the bet-fer and was sav-

ing money. He was going to some other

place, she did not say where, and she told

me to expect to hear great things of Ned,

that he was going to make his fortune

and we would all be proud of him; and

now this—” her words ended in a sob.





“Little Merle," said the old man kindly,

“I think you will have to take Grace's

word that Ned is all right. He could not

have thought that he would frighten you

so, or he would not have written such a

note."



“He can’t be all right," she interrupted,

passionately. “Why, can't you see his

heart is breaking with every word. Some-

thing dreadful must have happened to

him to put him in such a state. See what

a dirty piece of paper and how the words

waver. Oh, it seems as if I shall die un—

til I know what is the matter with him."





“Probably he was discouraged," he

suggested. “He might not have found

just what he wanted to do. I know

young people often feel, if things are not

coming their way just then, that they will

die. You do so now at this moment, and

probably if you were to write a letter you

would use the very words you have used

to me without thinking the effect they

would have on the one to whom you were

writing. So cheer up, my dear, and look

on the bright side of things. In a day or

so you will probably get a nice letter from

Ned, who will not have entertained the

slightest idea that he had worried yeti by

such an untimely letter.”



Merle shook her head. “I wish I could

think as you do, Grandpa, but someway

I can't. Every word of that rings true.”

She kissed the torn bit of paper passion-

ately. “Ned is dearer to me than my

life and I would die for him if I

could."



“You will kill yourself by worrying and

all to no purpose," he admonished firmly,

“Why, Merle, listen to me a moment. I

‘have seen a great deal more of life than

you have, and there were times, when I

was a young man, when the world looked

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burned it instead of mailing it. My son,

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bless her, looked at them calmly and





THE MICHIGAN' FARMER.





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highly developed that he often got out of

funds while traveling from place to place;

and once he wrote to us for money. but

Nell said, ‘no. He was a man and she a

girl; therefore he should care for himself.’

And thus it is the same way with Ned.

He is capable of taking care of himself

and earning money. There is plenty of

work for those who wish it.”



“For those that can do it," she cried.

“But Ned don’t know how to work with

his hands and, what is worse, he never

would learn. I know you mean well by

your words, Grandpa, but I am so sure

that Ned is in trouble that I am almost

crazy."



In the bitterness of her grief and anx-

iety it had seemed to her at first that

everyone would feel the same as she did

about Ned; and she could not believe but

that they would take his letter seriously.

She carried it directly to Searls. who was

in his office, and almost on her knees she

begged him to let her have some mOney

to send him, but he refused her, gently,

though firmly.



Like Grandfather Beverly, he was dis-

posed to believe Grace's side of the story.

“Look at what she wrote,” he said de-

cidedly. “She did not say when she had

seen him, but it was evidently just before

she wrote." for Grace had written a rather

disconnected, rambling letter, making it

sound as if she had just been to that

town and consequently had just seen Ned.

With the easy optimism of youth, and full

of her girlish love and belief in him, she

had, not doubted but that he was at once

in a position of trust where he was re—

ceiving a good salary. Never having

known anything but the smoothest side

of life, where dollars were hers for the

asking, She had no more idea of the diffi-

culty of obtaining work when a person

was unskilled than if such things were

on another planet. Her one idea when

writing the letter had been to give Merle

as much faith in Ned as she had herself,

so it was no wonder. with her letter dat-

ed the sixth. that everyone but Merle

should believe her words instead of Ned‘s

despairing message.



There had been ugly stories afloat con-

cernlng Ned the past few months. King

had bided his txme about telling it, but

little by little it had leaked out that

young Jackson had been discharged from

his employ because of systematic stealing

from his employer. King was careful in

having it coupled with the fact that noth-

ing but his respect for the Jackson fam-

ily had kept him from prosecuting him.

All of these reports had finally reached

Searls’ ear, and. although Nell had been





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now, when she pressed her cousin for;

the money, and finally insisted on his rea— ‘

sons for refusing. he told her the stories

about Ned, adding coldly that as he could;

not help but believe them, he would neverl

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and especially one of his own blood who!

had disgraced the name of Jackson Nul:

had made his own bed, consequently he1

must lie on it.



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strangers and dying in the end, unknown

and unclaimed. No one felt as she did

about him, so after awhile she shut her-

self up in her own room in her _misery.

She could not eat; it seemed as if'food

would choke her in the effort of swallow-

ing, and she did not believe that she

would ever be able to sleep until she knew

how he was faring. Poor Merle! It had

been a hard time for her during the ten

months he had been away, although she

had tried to extract what comfort she

could from his letters and not to burden

anyone with her forebodings regarding

him. Manning’s attention had been very

marked. It was no secret that they were

engaged, and often he grew impatient

because she would not consent: to an early

marr1age. lie pleaded his love for her

and also his needs, but she remained 0b—

durate; “Ned has the first claim,” had

been her answer always. and although

Nell and Searls, to so)" nothing of the rest

of the peoplevsall the Ilevcrlys in fact—4

were anxious for the wedding. she had

more than once threatened to break the

engagement if they would not. let her

alone. \\'hile she loved Manning dearly,

she had given her promise to Ned. which

she would abide by as long as necessary.

But in her misery that day her first

was of Manning. He would not





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fail hr in her trouble, site knew, but if

he diiv-«Eu would havc to give her up,

ther. 3' -' s"-~ would go to Ned if 5116

Walk“: Siep of the way.



She wis '11:". intensely sure of her-

self. ‘n' ‘i. ~' ‘-:‘.'. down the walk to

meet 'itt‘. "'73:. evening. She

was :n- - ' ' ; car-able of the

deepes: 5:»: "'-~ sitenacst teso-

lutions. 1's. :» swvt‘t fiow-

er—likc face .-. 1 We: ‘." '1 eyes gave no

hint of the : ; _ .. s which

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she deemed was rgyg.



lie had heard lilt- v.1. 1». - :‘t'cm his

grandfather and natural." »- »* ated the

opinion that Ned was :11; :;-'1, . " . reality,“

that, prolnibly a little tliSI"'tlI.‘.;.‘Ii at not

finding work readily, he had “illitll the

letter. Ilc rci'nembercd that \t‘tvu Ned

had come to his place after his unsavory

adventure. on the ice he had a spell of ex—

treme depression of spirits 'but which fin—

:tlly were off; so he essaycd to reassure

Mcrlc by telling" her of that phase of his

nature, but she would not be Comfortcd.

"If you loved him as l «lo—wit" he was your

brother—«you would believe every word of

it,” she said entrcatingly, for it hurt her

cruelly that he should judgr hint as harsh-

ly as had the others. “i thought that you

would see it as I do, Manning." she said

hopelessly. “I was appeal 10

you to help him but. feeling the way you

do, you would probably not do so any

more, than will Searls."



Manning hesitated. In his htart he did

not believe the young fellow heeded help.

He knew the stories which were circulat-

ing and he believed lllt'lll. “\\'hy will not

Searls help?” he parricd to gain time.



Then she. told him the dreadful things

which Searls had told her that day. “Ev—

ery word cut like a knife," she said with

difliculty. “I can't, I won't, believe that

he did as had as they say he (lid, though

i know there was something wrongfll

knew it at the time. Say you don't be-

lieve them either. Manning.“ she im-

plored. feeling as if the world was sinking

from beneath her with no one to say a

giltld word for Ned.



it was hard for Manning to answer her

but he spoke truthfully: "I have to be-

lieve them. Merle. l can't do otherwise."

Then when she cried out in anguish he

told her of many reasons why he did. He

told of their games when Ned

had always cheated; he would never play

fair: he related to her the pranks which

Nell had boasted of playing off in school



how he had cribbcd and cheated in his

taking every advantage he could

to get marks without earning them. “And

Mcrlc." he said finally, “I cannot help but

these things of Ned, for a man

«heat at checkers will cheat in

«very time.”



“Then you will not help him?” she asked

at length.



“What can I do‘.’

me to do? You





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himself; you are a young girl and need

someone to care for you. And how long

will it be, before you will give me the





right. Merle? I need you, oh. how I need

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“I have just this to say, Manning," she

answered in a low tone which vibrated

with the Jackson firmness, “I shall never

come to you—never, under any considera-

tion whatever, if you turn against Ned.

If you fail me as the rest have done I shall

take my own personal keepsakes—the

jewelry which was our mother’s, and Ned

has as much right to them as have I—

and I will sell them for money to take me

to him. I will go to him even if Searls

should forbid my ever entering his doors

again. I will go, if I never see you again.

That is all. Ned [is my brother. I am his

sister, and until I know that he does not

need me I shall never think of marriage.”





The young man’s head whirled. He had

not properly estimated the depths of her

love for her brother. Now he saw in-

stantly that the only chance he had of

ever winningr her was by assisting Ned.

and accordingly he answered her passion-

ate outburst gently by offering to send

Ned some money himself. He would

write out a check that night for fifty dol-

lars, which Merle could send the next

day, if that would be of any help.



The girl broke down in a flood of joy-

ful tears. IVith that great burden lifted

from her heart she could begin to see

hope ahead. Perhaps he was simply dis-

couraged and. if so. that money would

help him to start anew. Then, feeling

pity for Manning. whose love for her she

knew was being tested to its utmost, she

promised that as soon as she was per-.

fectly satisfied that Ned was making his

way in the world she would marry him

without further delay.





After Manning had gone on his way

rejoicing. she went to her room and there

wrote a long letter to Ned. for the prec-

ious check must go by the early mail. She

wrote, all the pleasant news of the two





farms. Manning had had a first-class

fruit year; he was making Old Beverly

pay splendidly. Tlaby Nell was a little





beauty and (il'HllIIfflii'lf‘I‘ as smart as ever.

Bakapplein was prosperous as usual.

Yvonne st‘ll talked of him and hoped he

would return. Little Martha was devel-

oping into a lovely child and they were

all very fond of her. Then she wrote of

the Beverly young people. There was an-





other boy at llob's, namcdn—after “trund-

father Beverly—simply John Beverly, and

the old man was greatly pleased. Marla—

linc. so she wrote in her bright. chatty





way, was at her old post as instructor in

a large college, with prospect of being one

of the faculty another year. Kenton (then

Dr. Beverly) had a. position on the large

stock farm of Burley & Barton. near Bos-

ton, and Carlos was in his last year at

college. So the letter ran, the girl doing

her best to make it newsy and cheerful.

She told Ned how much they all missed

him; of Grace’s encouraging letter about

him, and she begged him to write at once

and tell all about himself as she could not

feel easy until she knew. She did not

explain about the money: he could tell

that by the check, as she did not wish to

say anything about Searls refusing him

aid.



She. gave it herself to the postman that

morning, and as she stood watching him

drive away with it 01d Joe Green ap-

proached her. He had heard, from Ben,

the story about Ned, and he wished to

know what there was to be known. He

listened quietly till she had finished. then

he said, emphatically. that he believed

Ned was in want. “I can’t help nor be-

lievin‘ on it.” be said Sincerely. “It

sounds true. and I know that Ned Jackson

would never have writ nothin’ like that ef

he hadn’t meant every word on it. IVhy,

I'd it believed it cf nobody else in the hull

world would. after the way he saved my

.‘loc. lie is a therrerbrcd, that boy is,

and though he may be down on his luck

a little now be will come out all right in

the end. 'l‘hcrrerl'ureds allers dew." he

added sadly; “they ain’t like scrubs that

come frum nothin' and go back to nothln’.

so yew cheer up. Miss Merle. an' if yew

know any time that Ned needs some mon-

(-y I‘ll him what lcetlc I’ve got at

any time."



She accepted his offer joyfully. “I am

so glad there is one person in the world

who believes in him. too. “'hy, he never

wrote the name of the place in his letter

»—we had to tell that from the postmark,

so I know he, must have been sick. But I

feel so sure that my letter and money will

reach him all right that I am almost hap—

py again.”



“Shore they will," comforted Joe. “Ned

will come out at the top of the heap

yet,” winking knowingly. ”I hev a way

of shettin’ King’s month which I shall

dew afore long. He will find that it don’t

pay to talk tew much about the absent.

He and Jimmy Malley air gittin' most tew





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smart fer their own good. Well, I must

like erlong. Young Joe didn’t come home

last night,” he added soberly.





“He didn’t. Where was he?” she asked, -





her suspicions confirmed by the look of

distress on the old man’s face.



"He got along as fur as Manning’s. He

tuk him in and let him sleep in the barn,

as he wuz tew full to know whar he wuz.

He did that to keep the old woman frum

knowin' about him. I fixed up a. yarn

that he wuz likely delayed in town over

the load, but I don’t think I fooled her

mutch, though I try hard to, about what

Joe does. Thar ain’t no use in harrerin’

her up about his misdeeds. He got the

push down the hill afore he wuz born,

and atter that at the cider barrel tew

hum, so I don’t blame him a mite. I

hecrcd a man say wunst in camp-meetin’

that it wuz easier to stop an eXpress train

with a wheel barrer than it wuz to stop

a man from drinkin' ef be begun afore

he wuz eighteen; so I don‘t spose Joe will

ever be stopped. I talk with Old Man

Beverly about sech things. \i’unst he ast

me if it wasn’t a comfort uv old age to

he looked upon as a Nestor. I didn’t

rightly know what he meant, dew yew?"

he asked, scratching his head perplexedly.





“A Nestor." she repeated, "why, yes,

.I'oe, that is an _.ld man who is wise. That

is what Grandpa Beverly is; he is the





Nestor of \Vcst \V'inthrop." .



“\\'all, he is ‘nester’ shore enough,”

grinned .loe, still adhering to his definition

of the word. “But I allcrs supposed the

nestcrs was the wimmin’ folks who kept‘

the homes a runnin’ and kep’ families to-

s‘ether; but. that is jest what he has done

ever since Neil’s mother died when Carlos

was born. He has been a nester all the

time. But it seems ter me," he chuckled“

“that you will have to take his place ovcri

there perty soon as a ‘nester.’ Manning

needs a wife mighty bad.”



Merle laughed and returned to the,

house, wondering how many days would

t‘iltllSO before she could possibly hear from

Ned; but day followed day and no word

came; and. after two weeks’ waiting, in

which time she, had begun to grow thin

and pale from ceaseless anxiety. she wrote

to the postmaster about him, but with his





answer came, her letter marked “un-

claimed,” and the postmaster wrote

briefly that no such person had been





known of around there. Then Merle gave

him up for dead, and as the days passed

site crept around the house. a thin. silent

ghost of her former happy self. Manning

was told that he must wait at least six

months more. She told him that when

she returned the unused check, and his:

pity for her was so great that he did not}

urge her to do otherwise; but in his heart'

he did not believe that Ned was dead; he

thought he had gotten into some scrape,

again and was lying low until it shouldi

blow over, and that opinion was held by"

Searls and Nell. They did not tell their:

suspieions to Merle. though they tried it)!

persuade her into believing he was still}

alive. but when hope is dead the heart:

will refuse to believe.



(To be continued).





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in the time of dccpcst trouble,



\\'hcn our hearts are crushed with grief,

'l‘htln the letters from our dear ones



Are indeed a sweet relief.





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\Vounds which are so hard to heal;

Others give us just the counsel

To remove the wright we feel.





Blessed letters! how I love them,

And I often steal away



Just to look at words of comfort

Penned by dear ones far away.





Some with care are neatly written;

Others, blotted o'er with tears;



All express. in words of comfort,

Loving friendship tried for years.





“hen our hearts are torn and bleeding,

And the world looks dark as night,

Then they come to give us couragb

\Vhite-winged messengers 0f light.





Precious letters. how I prize them,

j,ringing kindly words ofa-lteer;

May the Lord just give me wisdom



To return the favors here.





\thn our journey long is ended,

And we reach the other shore,

IVill the letters from our dear ones

Reach us as they have before?





"Not With whiteness marred by postmen,

Not with stamp all blotted o’er,”



But will not their loving message

Reach us on the other shore?





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Dairying, II—Marketing good milk.





Talks by a producer and a consumer.

page 116, Song





Song, “Three Crows,"

Knapsack. ..

Reading, “Prayer of the Horse, in





r of steward.

ChSaogg', ”Frogs at School,” page 16, Song

Knapsack.



Fifteen minutes with the animals.



Song, “Shepherdess,” page 11, Grange

Melodies.



Suggestions for Second Meeting.



Song.



Roll call, responded to by each naming

a piece of news, either of public or local

affairs.



Home Nursing. II—Health Hints for

All. In charge of Woman's Work Com-

mittee. .



Duet.



Vi’hat does the farmer need most——

more labor, less land, or more education?



Song, by chorus.



Self serve luncheon, in charge of young

ladies.





THE RURAL SCHOOL A SOCIAL

CENTER.





 





 





“The old order changeth giving place to

the new," but the new order must demon-

strate its pressing necessity before the

old will vacate.



“Are you going to the farmers’ institute

tonight?" I heard one farmer ask an-

other. “No.” said the farmer addressed.

“for if I go there will be no comfortable

place for my team, and wife and I would

likely have to stand during the meeting.”

Herein lies the way to the farmers’ cen-

tralized township school with a large au-

dience room with comfortable sheds for

teams, a social center of community life.

“New occasions teach new duties.” The

new occasion is here, and we must wel-

come, make place for it, if we keep

abreast with progress.



Recently I accompanied Commissioner

of Schools Charles A. Rinehart, of Mason

county, in a six-days’ institute about his

county. It was an institute on wheels

and. in certain townships at a central

point. the patrons, teachers. pupils and

school officers were assembled and in one

instance only was the hall large enough

to accommodate those attending. The

success of the meetings was greatly dis-

counted through inconvenient. inadequate

accommodations for the folks attending

and the teams that conveyed them. There

is still a large element of the cave man

in our makeup. We prefer to suffer the

ills of uncomfortable surroundings rather

come: the pupils' commencement has ar-

tributable to the inertia of human nature.

But the farmers’ institute is here; the

teachers and farmers‘ association has

come; the pupils’ commencement has ar-

rived, and the inertia is giving way to the

farmers' social center school with its large

audience hall for farmers‘ institutes,

Grange institutes and conferences, rural

lecture courses, rural commencement ex-

ercises and school and social entertain-

ments. In this farmers' township social

center school the elements of agriculture

will be taught. With this kind of a school

we shall stop marking time and advance.

We shall eliminate from our teaching of

arithmetic cube root and study the raising

of farm’roots; we shall care more for

bringing about a time'that shall attract

and hold the boys and girls on the farm

than for longitude and time: we shall do

our duty by the boys and girls rather than

duo-decimals.



In the last few years we have multiplied

consumers by a large per cent and re-

duced the units of production of agricul—

tural necessities. We must multiply pro-

ducers and increase the land—power of

production. There are now no great new

land areas to be opened and made into

farms to take the place of the abandoned

farms of the east. We face the problem

of getting larger returns from the tillabie

lands now under cultivation. The Mich-

igan Agricultural College is doing its full

share of this work. but the farmers of

this country must awaken to the import-

ance of the problem they alone can solve.

We must have the farmers’ centralized

social center school for better educatiou,

for teaching the elements of agriculture,

for a sane, safe entertainment for the

'boys and girls on the farm, because

wholesome entertainment is a necessity





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





of youth, and if it cannot be had in the

country, youth will seek it where it can

be had. The social center school is here

now in some communities, and, hand in

hand with the Grange, is meeting expec-

tations and demands for a socialized rural

society. Will you “help it on, help it on?”

Muskegon Co. D. E. MCCLUBE.





 





THE GRANGE IN OTHER STATES.





 





Ohio State Grange’held its 38th annual

session at Zanesville in December last.

Eighty of the 88 counties of the state were

represented. State Master Laylin, in Us





annual address, stated that the order in

Ohio is making steady, substantial growth,

43 Granges having been added during the

year—28 new ones, 8 reorganized, 3 Po-

monas and 4 Juveniles—and 4,799 new

members were gained, this being the

greatest annual gain in 33 years. A large

numberoi’ Ohio Granges own their hails;

quite a number were built last year.

More Grange fairs were held than in any

previous year, and the demand for Grange

speakers for picniCS was unprecedented.

Many county fair organizations provided

halls for Grange exhibits, and provided

Grange speakers as attractions. The sec.-

retary’s report showed that the total re—

ceipts last year were $12,377.57, itemized

as follows: $9,735.80 from membership

dues and initiation fees; $2,091.03 from

sundry sources; $438.74 from sale of sup-

plies. and $112 from sixth degree fees. The

expenditures totaled $11,430.81, of which

$1,549.30 was paid to the National Grange

for membership dues, leaving a net sur-

plus of $946.76. The treasurer reported

the total resources of the State Grange

as $26,463.18, divided thus: Bonds, $14.-

000; mortgage notes, $6,500; cash, $5,963.-

18. The superintendent of Juvenile

Granges reported that Ohio now has 15

of these Granges, four having been organ-

ized the past year. The Juvenile mem-

bership totals about 300 and the children

are very loyal to their obligations and take

intense pride in the ritualistic work. Dur—

ing the session about 25 new localities in-

dicated a desire to organize Juveniles in

the near future. About 130 Patrons took

the sixth or State Grange degree. This

year‘s session will be held at Columbus in

connection with the annual meeting of the

National Grange.





 





Proportional representation in the Na-

tional Grange was heartily endorsed by

Pennsylvania State Grange at its last an-





nual meeting, the delegates reaffirming

their position in favor of an additional

vote for every 1,000 members, the votes

to be cast by the state master. The

Grange also went on record as favoring

the following: Conservation of the state‘s

natural resources. prohibition of manu-

facture and sale of colored oleo, reduction

of express rates. huntcis' license not to

apply to hunting on one’s own farm,

against enforced slaughter of so-cailed

tuberculous cows in the present state of

unreliability of the test, school books at

cost, grading of rural schools, against in-

crease of newspaper and magazine post-



e, removal of German export tariff on



tash, statement of actual per cent of

fertilizer composition, and woman's suf—

frage. The Grange's good financial condi-

tion is indicated by the following report:

Receipts for the year, 819.110.82, itemized

thus: Fees and dues. $18,860.16; interest

on invested funds. $250.66.. Expenditures,

$15,867.66. Excess of receipts over ex-

penditures, $3,243.16. Total funds in the

treasury: General fund. $20,721.96; sur-

plus. 3,294.03: local option fund, $18.59;

total, $24,201.58.





 





During the past year six new Granges

have been organized in Maine. and one

re-organized. There are now 440 Granges

in the state, with a membership of 57,416

Patrons. The largest Grange. Houlton.

has a membership of 1.018. while 66

Granges have over 200 members.



A decided stand against the proposed

increase of postage rates on the popular

magazines and farm journals was taken

by the. State Granges of Maine and Penn—

sylvania at their recent annual meetings.

The Maine resolutions declare that these

magazmes and journals “form one of the

best and most potent forces for the bet-

terment of the farmer’s home and the ed-

ucation of the people through the rural

mails.



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Gratiot Co. Pomona met in joint session

with the Gratiot Co. Teachers’ Assn. at

Ithaca, Feb. 11. with a good attendance.

Prof. M. A. Cobb, of Central Michigan

Normal school. gave a thoroughi rac-

ticzil talk on “Agriculture in our S§h50ISjU

He recommended the use of bulletins is—

sued by the state agricultural experiment

station in place of the expensive text

books adopted in some of our schools.

Hon. Herbert F. Baker, speaker of the

house of representatives. spoke on legis-

lative matters. He suggested it would be

benefi-Cial for farmers and business men

to act together and see that their repre~

sentatives are advised as to what is want-

ed. The interests Of the business men

and farmers of a community are identical.





 





 





COMING EVENTS.





 





'A Pomona Meetings.



renac 00., with Bay Gran e. at Are~



1133;). Enidaé, Feé). 1-214. (Postgoned from

, . . e0. . orto



Installation of officers. n, state speaker.

Shiawassee County, with Bennington



Grange, at Bennington, Tuesday, Feb. 28.



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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-

TION OF FARMER‘S’ 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.





 





Associations] Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind.

is the farmer's most valuable asset.





 





THE FARMER OF THE FUTURE.





 





Paper read by J, C. McDowell, of the

U. S. Department of Agriculture, before

the State Association of Farmers' Clubs.



This is a wonderful country. With our

extensive iron and coal mines, our western

forests, our apparently inexhaustible wat-

er power, power as yet but little used, our

almost unlimited agricultural resources

and our ninety millions of intelligent peo—

ple, we certainly have the foundation for

remarkable achievement and have every

prospect for a national future of great

brliliancy. Let us not forget, however,

that though our resources in forest, field

and water power may appear to he almost

without limit, this is not really true. “'e

are already beginning to see the end of

our great northcrn forcsts. Our water

powers are bcing concentrated in the

hands of the fww, and the robbers of the.

soil who like to style themselves successful

farmers are rapidly depleting the soils

of the middle west as they have already

greatly decrcas-i-l the productiveness of

many sections in the east. If such prac-

tices are to go on, unchecked, if we. as

tillers of rho soil. arc to dissipate our fer-

tility ind allow the produce of our phos-

phate mint": to be exported to Europe,

then dark indeed must be the prosp»‘-ct

for the farmer of the future.



I wish you could have been with me the

past summer as I traveled through parts

of New York and the New England states.

I‘Vl'iile inspecting the so-called abandoned

f‘arms of New Yorkstate I drove by team

for three days, and during that time I

saw only two men at work in the fields.

I asked, “Wherc are the farmers?" and

was told that they were in town working

for a dollar and a half a day. This was

in the central part of tho slaw, where the

soil had at one time bccn good, and where

the railroad facilities arm .imong the best





to be found anywhere in the United

States. Many of these farms can be

bought now for onehalf what it would





cost to put up the buildings. Some of

them are hilly and stony and in other

ways unsatisfactory: but I saw a great





number of abandoned farms that were not

at all undesirable. “hat is the trouble?

What has brought about this condition of

affairs? I do not know whut is the trou-

ble in every case, but in the great major-

ity of them the proscnt conditions have

bet-u brought about by bad systems of

farming.



Our Department is doing what it can to

bring back the. old-time product‘ivencss to

these soils, and is making marked pro-

gress; but how much better would it have

been if the fertility had ncver been al«

lowed to run low. After adding lime to

correct the acidity of these soils, it has

been possible to grow a fair crop of buck-

wheat which is plowed undcr as green

manure. This adds humus to the soil,

and brings it into better physical condi-

tion. Next lcgumcs and cultivated crops

are grown, which gradually puts the land

on a paying basis. All this takes time

and capital, and the solution of the prob—

lem requires all the knowledge and skill

of men who have made it a study for

years.



My trip through the cast was for the

purpose of gaining information that would

assist us in improving our western agri-

culture. and I learned much that will be

of use to me in my work, but the most

impressive thing I saw was the deplor-

able condition in which I found some of

these abondoned farms. I realized the

danger into which we are drifting if we

are to go on cropping our western soils in

the careless way in which we have start-

ed. But if the farmer of the present will

do his duty by his soil and by his coun-

try, we need have no fear concerning the

prosperity of‘the generation that is to

follow us.



(Continued next week).





(31) 239





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





Celebrate 25th Birthday of' Club.—The

regular meeting of the Burton Farmers'

Club was held ‘Vedncsday, Feb. 8, at the

home of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton E. Potter,

and a very profitable meeting enjoyed.

This meeting was the 25th birthday of the





Club. Mrs. C. E. Potter read a short his—

tory of .it. It was organized at the home

of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Woodin, Feb.

4, 1886. Of the ten families who joined

the. Club that day only Mrs. Potter is still

a member. This was the first Club to be

organized in the county of Shiawassec

and there were but few in the state. For

the first year or two we corresponded with

the Wales and Kimball Club. of St. Clair

county, receiving from them much help

and encouragement. The writer would

like to hear from this Club if it is still in

existence or from any member who used

to belong to it. She would also like to

hear from any Club in the state which is

older than the Burton Farmers' Club. In

the 25 years over 60 families have been

members. Twenty-six members have died

during that time. At present the Club is

in a flourishing condition with 19 families

on the roll.—Mrs. Clayton E. Potter, Sec.





Discuss Reciprocity.—The Wixom Farm-

ers’ Club was held at the hall, Feb. 8, be-

ing entertained -by Mr. and Mrs. B. D.

Burch and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Smith.

Seventy persons at dinner. At two

o'clock the meeting was called to order in

the usual manner. Mr. B. A. Holden gave

us a very interesting and instructive talk

on food value and chemical analysis of

corn, after which the question box was

opened. There were ten questions, seven

of them were on the subject, “Recipro-

city with Canada." After being freely

discussed a resolution was presented “that

we utterly and entirely oppose reciprocity

with Canada." and it would have carried

but was loaded down with amendments

that made it objectionable, so it was

tabled, to be continued at the next meet—

ing.~—Mrs, R. D. Stephens. Cor. See.





The Health of the Family.—The Troy

Farmers' Club was entertained in Feb~

ruary at "Sunnycrest." the home of M'.

and Mrs. H. D. Wattles. This was the

first meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Wattles

since the erection of their spacious and

very pleasantly situated new farm homo

and the large attendance required the lay-

ing of the dinner tables two or throt-

times. Meanwhile, members and invitcd

guests were visiting, and lookingr over the

new home. which is equippvd with watcr

supply, Steam heat. t-lcctrit- lights, cw.

The great attraction. howcvcr. was tln-

herd of Jersey dairy ~i\vs and growing

young stock in the Inodct‘u 'iiltl convenient

stables. The excellcn: dinner over, the

meeting was called to order by the presi—

dent. The topic. “XVhat contrilmtes most

to the health of the family," was dis-

cussed. Mrs. I. H. McCotter thought thn

sanitary condition of the home and all its

surroundings should 'be right. Regular

hours and habits, maintaining a steady

self-control, avoiding undue excitement,

all suggest a line of conduct that would

do much to promote the good health and

welfare of the family.





Soil Fertility.—'I‘hc topic, “II-iv: I pre-

serve the fertili‘v .n' my farm.“ and,

“Does it‘pay tlic flycmux lurinwr to bui’

commercial fertilizer?“ xvcrc full: P'7nSI(I<

cred. George Reynolds saying iiizil. in ad.—

dition to all the fertilizing lllll'l’l'l ll avail-

able on the farm, he thought tho: the yield

was sufficiently increased by the usc of





commercial fertilizer to make its usc quiic





profitable. E. A. Starr stated that his

plan was to spread barnyard manure or.





clover sod. which seemed to make the

land very moist and mellow, and cult:-

vation was much easier. (‘lmimercial fer-

tilizcrs be spread broadcast. using from

200 to 1,000 lbs. per acre according to

crop to be grown. Had used about 9“

tons the season of 1910. J. J. Shoot:

thought the first thing to do to conserv‘

the fertility of the farm was to provide :1

thorough system of underdrainage ‘wher-

cvvr there was evidence of too much

moisture in the soil. Had druincddhree

farms. I. H. McCotter also urged drain-

age as very important in any plan of im-

provingr the farm. Also at “Oakvicw,” in

testing and stock sccd farms of D. i .

Ferry 8: (30,, they had iukcn up stool:

feeding, both cattle and sheep, and though

the market might bc unfavorable :it either

the time of buying or soiling. or both.

’l‘hcy considcr it good busincss policy 1-)

preserve and incrcasc the fertility of the

form. As to commercial fertilizers, Mr.

McCottcr said that at “(lukview" the var-

ious fertilizing materials were purchased

and with tankage for a base, mixtures

were made such as sccmcd suitable for

diffcrent plants and crops. ExpeFiments

showed that the soil is dcpleted of quite

a large amount of nitrogcn. potash and

phosphorus, representing a large sum of

money. according to the amount and kind

of crop grown. H. B. Wattles thought

there was no permanent injury in pas-

turing new seeding of clover. Did not

know as we could prevent a certain

amount of loss in the management of

barnyard manure; if drawn directly to

the land it is subject to being washed

away to the ditches, roadsides and neigh-

boring farms. A paper by Mrs. l“. S.

Schoch on the “Training and Education

of Children." was excellent in thought and

precept. ..



The Question Box was well supplied

with timely and pertinent inqueries,

among them, the working of convicts on

the highways: whether reciprocal trade

relations with Canada were beneficial or

otherwise: do the hogs on the farm re-

ceive due consideration: the township

school system, etc, all of which were con-

sidered with much interest and varying

points of view. The Club adjourned to

meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

Hill on March 4.——Cor. Sec.
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