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VOL. CXXXVI. No. [0. 3

Whole Nu’dbor 353 8.





SOIL MANAGEMENT.





that we must take into account

before we can begin any systematic

plan for putting our soils to the most

profitable ,use. These are the physical,

biological and the chemical relations and

these three .relations are so complex and

so closely? related in their actions that it

is very difficult to say just where one

begins and the other leaves off. Much

of the matter that is written regarding

this great question is written by men

who have studied the problem in a com-

paratively small field and who are es-

pecially interested in someone way of

increasing soil productivity. The result

of reading these special articles causes

many practical farmers to believe that

,one or two things constitute the sum

total of the fertility problem, instead of

being simply 'a fuller statement of one

of the numerous things that every suc-

cessful soil-handler must use.



When we get right down to‘ the funda-

mental principles of keeping up'and im-

proving the fertility of the soil, so that

it will yield the greatest profit consistent

with unimpaired productivity, we find

that no one method is

the _-whole . thing, nor can

it be Substituted for the

other, although. each one

in its place may be very

useful.



Every man has his

hobby and some will

preach lime, some clover,

dust mulch, soil inocula-

tion, “humus, crop rota-

tion, (allowing and chem-

ical plant foods. For this

reason it will be my pur-

pose’ to discuss these

three relations and point

out a few of the limita-

tions and show how each

relation depends upon

the other in any rational

scheme which we may

adopt in maintaining the

fertility of our cultivat-

ed lands.



The Physical Conditions

of Soils.



The physical condition

of the soil relates to its

behavior toward mois-

ture. heat, light, penetra-

tion of roots and the

implements that are used

in cultivation. The ben-

eficial effects of drainage

is not a subject of con-

troversy, although there are many con—

fllcting views with respect to the condi~

tions under which it may be economically

applied and the methods of application,

but these questions must be worked out

by the individual himself, according to

the value of the land, the cost of labor

and other considerations applicable to lo-

cal conditions.



Thousands of acres of our naturally

fertile lands are practically useless for

agricultural purposes because the mois-

tur‘e conditions are not right. This leads

us' to drainage on one hand and conser-

vation of moisture on, the other. or

course, every farmer is not in a position

to put in an extensive system of tile-

drainage'at one time or to get his soil in

the best physical condition to conserve

moisture. but he should plan his work so

that what he is able to do from year to

year shall fit into a permanent system of

drainage. Drainage and moisture conv-

servation go hand in hand and if these

conditions are right, it is easy to control





THERE 'are three classes of relations





Plowing





DETROIT, MICH.,__SATURDAY. MARCH 11. 1911.





THE FIRST STEPS IN ,‘

SOIL IMPROVEMENT





the heat and texture of the soil by culti-

vation and plowing under humus-forming

materials. , .Manure and fertilizers are ex-

pensive things that coSt us either money

outright or else animal foods and labor,

and it is very important that we have

our soils, as far as possible, adapted to

their economy and reception. It is easy

to throw away dollars worth of fertilizers

or to squander them upon land that is

in too poor physical condition to make

economical useof them.



Thorough tillage and amending the phy-

sical condition of the land is a thing to

which we do not pay enough attention.

\Ve spread our efforts out too thin. “’0

have inherited this habit, but the circum-

stances which justified our fore-fathers

in their thin farming and fertility rob—

bing have passed away and present con-

ditions demand a more intense system of

agriculture that will build the fertility of

the soil and place our farming on a more

profitable and permanent basis.



In improving the physical condition of

the soil we should look upon the land as

the home of the plant and plan our work

so that the roots of the plant will delight





Down Cornstalks to increase the Humus in the Soil.





to be in it. If we could make all of our

soils just right in respect to texture and

absorbent power, then without any

change in their chemical composition,

without imparting to them any more chem-

ical elements, crop-growing would be a

simple and easy business. (Improving the

physical condition of the soil is the guid-

ing principle in soil improvement, yet if

we neglect to improve the other condi-

tions we will gradually reduce the crop-

producing capacity of the land until

growing profitable crops is out of the

question. The history of every agricul—

tural country proves that it is more prof-

itable to maintain the fertility of the

land than to skin it of its original fer-

tility and then try and bring it back

.again.

The Biological Condition of Soils.



The biological condition of the soil is

of great importance as it deals with the

organisms that change the elements of

plant food in the soil into a form avail-

able to nourish the growing plants. With-





out these minute organisms plants could

not obtain nitrogen, which means that

their growth and development would be

practically stopped. The biological con-.

dition of the soil is today'looked uponby

soil experts as first in importance. Soil

chemistry was for many years the great

study. A profound change has come about

during the past few years. We no longer

look upon the soil as a dead, inert thing

holding plant food, but a mass of organ—

isms iceming with life. It is-no longer

recognized as a mere chemical laboratory

composed of a number of chemical sub-

stances in various stages of availability,

but rather as a mass of germ life. While

we have not yet learned enough about

germ life, or soil bacteria, to arrive at

positive conclusions, yet the investiga-

tions of modern scientists are so import-

ant in their bearing upon the nitrogen of

the soil and plants that they must be

considered in deciding upon any rational

plan of soil management.



While it is possible that these organ-

isms, or bacteria, are as important to the

mineral elements of fertility as to the

nitrogen of the soil, yet the problem of





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the transformation of nitrogen is far more

significant to the fertility of the soil. The

nitrogen in the soil is rapidly lost unless

the best methods are employed in its

management and for that reason it is

more important for us to devote our at-

tention to promoting the development of

the bacteria that act favorably upon the

nitrogen and its various compounds, than

upon the mineral constituents of the soil

and plants.



It is a practical question to learn how

these bacteria, being not already present,

may be added to the soil and how we

may stimulate their activity if they are

present. These questions are receiving

the closest study and attention and many

facts of significance are being estab—

iished.



Most soils have nitrifying bacteria al-

ready present, so that a stimulation of

activity is needed rather than the addi-

tion of more bacteria. Stable manure

contains bacteria in abundance and its

use on a soil often produces results far





(See Cornstalks for Humus, Page 282).





381.00 A YEAR.

$2.75 FIVE YEARS





beyond the fertilizing value of the manure

for the reason that its bacteria, after

completing their work of making nitro-

gen in it available, seize upon the humus

of the soil and hasten its nitrogen into a.

form available for plant food.





humus frequently stimulatcs the action

of bacteria and increases its productivity.

Nitrifying bacteria require large sup-





'plies of oxygen and their work is stimu-





anything that adds more air to

the soil. Good tillage and the frequcnt

cultivation of the soil increases its

amount of available nitrogen. Practical

experience that the more thor-





lated by





proves





oughly land is cultivated the more nitro-'





gen is made available and the largl-r the

resulting crops. Land that is cultivated

when not occupied by a growing crop is

subject to a severe loss of nitrogen, there

being no growing plants to make use of

the nitrogen, much is lost in the drainage

waters.



The power of certain plants to ap-

propriate nitrogen from the air and de—

Posit it in the soil is so well understood

that few thinking farmers would plan a

rotation of crops with-

out imluding at least one

lcguminous crop.

ever, it may be easier

to arrive at an under-

standing of the question

if we consider the condi-

tions that are the most

favorable for the devel-

opment of these bacteria

or root nodules upon the

plants.



The amount of

ture in the soil has a

marked effect upon the

growth of root nodules,

a moist soil bcing better

adapted to their growth

than a dry one. The or-

ganisms must have air,

hence the great import-

ance of cultivation to ad-

mit air and to conserve

moisture. Soil acidity is

unfavorable to the growth

of these organisms, hence

the addition of lime or

ashes to the soil is an

advantage and often a

necessity for the forma-

tion of those root nodules

on the nitrogen gather-

ing plants.



The whole system 01

improving the biological

condition of the soil depends upon mak-

ing conditions favorable for the growth





moiss





and development of thch organisms.

They must have suitable tempm‘aturc,

moisture, movement of the air in the





some base for their products to com—

bine with, and likewise some food. In

other words, the soil must be in good

physical and chemical condition if these

little helpers do their best work for us.

The Chemical Condition of Soils.

Thus far i have discussed things that

every practical farmer can do to improve

the condition of his soil, but these count





soil,





chiefly in using up the nitrogen faster

and can do very little, indeed, toward

making the minerals more available.





There is certain to be a decrease in the

productivity of the soil as the supply of

chemical plant food is diminished. This

condition is many times more noticeable

on farms where the physical and bio—

logical conditions of the soil have had the

greatest attention and goes to prove the

fact that many of the best farmers have





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cation of lime to a soil well filled with'





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been paying too much attention to in-

creasing the suppiy' of available nitrogen

without maintaining a corresponding in-

crease in the amount of mineral fertility.

Nitrogen stimulates a rank growth of

plant structure, but the development of

the fruit or grain is sure to depend

largely upon the amount of available

phopshoric acid andpotash in the soil.



Right here we may call attention to the

fact that the growth and development of

every plant is limited by the one element

in the smallest available proportions. If

there is not enough phosphoric acid to

mature a yield of twenty bushels of corn

to the acre, there will be less than twenty

bushels produced. even under the most

favorable conditions, although there may

be sufficient potash and nitrogen in read-

ily available forms to produce a sixty-

bushel yield. In such a case the im-

provement of the conditions that make

the nitrogen available would not produce

any more corn. but would simply put the

nitrogen in a condition to be lost by de-

composition and drainage.



The first fact that we need to take into

account is to understand that we cannot

make something out of nothing and that

we are sure to lose every time we try it.

Plants cannot thrive unless they get food

in the required proportions and the soil

must furnish most of these elements.

Many of the chemical problems connect-

ed with the soil give perplexing study to

the most skillful chemists, but on the

other hand, there are. facts about the

chemical composition of soils that every

farmer ought to understand and can learn





by giving the subject a little careful

thought.

The great question is how to supply





these chemicals to the soil and many will

say at once. feed live stock and save all

of the manure resulting from feeding. and

I will say frankly that this is the most

feasible plan, but every farmer cannot

practice this kind of farming. and even

though he could he would find that in

time it. would be necesary to add potash

and phosphoric acid to his soils if he

would continue to grow Crops at a profit.



When we begin the improvement of

land that has been skinned for two or

more generations we must look beyond

the manurial resources of the farm to

bring it back to its former state of pro-

ductivity. \Ve may improve the biologi-

cal conditions by the growing of le-

gumes, adding stable manure and mak-

ing the conditions favorable for the dc-

vclopment of favorable bacteria in the

soil, but once the supply of available

potash and phosphoric acid is exhausted

we must go beyond the farm to improve

the chemical condition of the soil.



To sum up the improvement of the

land, I would suggest that we give our

soils water and atmospheric drainage, by

tile-draining and surface drains. deep

plowing, decomposing large quantities of

organic matter, keeping the soil occupied

by growing crops and increasing the root

growth of plants by the use of chemical

plant foods and getting away from the

common, ignorant belief that the legumes

are the only plants that increase the

amount of available nitrogen in the soil

The legumes are the best. but the soil

bacteria are waiting to feed upon every

root, stubble and weed that is plowed

under and will make its nitrogen avail-

able for another plant.



New York. W, MILTON KELLY.





COHNSTALKS FOR HUMUS.



Maintaining humus when barnyard ma-

nure is plentiful, may be quite an easy

task. But when the farmer is a mer—

chant, as in the present instance. and has

a small farm with no live stock, and ma—

nure to buy is scarce at $1.00 to $1.25

a load. delivered, the humus question

comes up under a different light; it is

then that we have to figure out other

ways of supplying this needed humus.

Now, this little farm of mine (25 acres),

is in as good condition as most of the

farms around it, but I want it for "special

crops." and that means I must improve

it. a great deal. as I intend to work along

intensive lines. To begin with, I must

have more humus. (and I will not forget

drainage). l‘l'ith plenty of humus and

the right commercial fertilizer I believe

I can get this piece of land up to where

I want it. I made a start along this line

this past season. I had a good field of

corn and no live stock to to feed the

stalks to. so the ears of corn were husked

from the stalks into a wagon that had

been rigged out for the occasion. Then

I plowed the stalks under. They were

first rolled the same way as the plow

would go. A heavy chain on the plow





 





 





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





turned nearly every leaf under and the

stalks

7 to 12 ft. high, and heavy.~ It's a. perfect

job. I also want to mention that at the

last cultivation of this com I sowed soy

beans between the rows and cultivated

them in. I got a growth of 12 to 15

inches. The stalks, beans and everything

on the piece has disappeared.



I cannot tell what the actual benefit

will De to the soil. That's a' little guess-

work perhaps, but I believe the land will

show it and i will get results. I might

have cut the corn and then had it shreds

ded and then spread the shredded stalks

evenly over the field. This would no

doubt have been the better way, but it

would have taken a good deal of team

work to do all this, and team work is

expensive when one has to hire, so I do.

cided to do it the cheaper way and am

satisfied so far. I will use lime on this

field next spring.



I have not yet decided as to what

course I will take with this field next sea.-

son. I would like to seed it to clover in

the spring without a nurse crop on 8

well prepared seed bed, and then turn

this clover under, but don‘t like to lose

the use of the land for a season. I will

give it more thought during this coming

winter. Suggestions along this line will

be accepted. ' ,



St. Clair Co. G. A. BALDEN.



“'hile the plowing down of a valuable

forage crop like a big growth of corn-

stalks may be generally considered an

expensive way 01 keeping up the humus

content of the soil, yet there is no doubt

that it would be more economical in the

long run than to allow the vegetable





matter in the soil to become depleted to '





a point which would react injuriously up-

on the fertility of the soil. It is also pos-

sible that, where this has occurred this

may be an economical way, in some

special cases such as that cited by the

writer of this article, to restore the lost

humus to the soil and thus increase its

fertility. If the humus has become de-

pleted it is necessary to plow down some

kind of a crop, as green manure, to re-

store it, and it is possible that in many

cases it might pay to use the corn fodder

for this purpose. The western corn

growers have very generally followed

the practice of husking from the stalk

in the field, and then pasturing the stalks

during the early part of the winter and

plowing them down the following spring.

\l'e have generally considered this a

wasteful practice, but when the cost of

gathering the grain is taken into consid«

eration, as well as the fact that the veg-

etable matter contained in the stalks is

better distributed over the surface of the

ground than it could have been if re-

moved and then returned to the field,

there are some 800d things to be said for

the method. The western practice of

plowing the stalks down in the spring is

doubtless preferable to plowing them

down in a. green condition, as the latter

method is likely to produce an acid con.

dition of the soil. The application of lime

to this land in the spring as suggested,

will, however, overcome this objection to

a large extent. There is no doubt that

Mr. Balden is on the right track in im-

proving the fertility of his soil by betv

tering its mechanical condition first, in

order that he may supply needed fer-

tility in an available form for a maximum

Production under intensive methods of

farming. Mechanical improvement is the

first step in the improvement of the fer-

tility of our soils, and the man who keeps

his land in good mechanical condition has

complied with the first essential of good

soil management—Eds.





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Have never used any commercial fer-

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\Vhere one has not a sufficient amount

of stable manure, and I think it is safe

to say that none of us have. and is not

raising satisfactory crops, I am sure he

ought to at least experiment with com-

mercial fertilizer. Fertilizer for beans

ordinarily would not necessarily need to

contain as large a per cent of nitrogen

or ammonia as one for corn, because

beans are leguminous plants and get

some of their nitrogen from the atmos-

phere. Corn is a gross feeder of nitro-

gen and there isn't any danger of getting

too much nitrogen into the soil for a big

crop of corn. Some people do not use any

nitrogen at all in the bean fertilizer,

simply using phosphoric acid and potash,

but I prefer to use one containing at least

a small amount. One or two per cent of

ammonia gives the beans a good start.



COLON C. LILLIE.





 





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i FOR BEETS AND ALFALFA.





I a g writing for information regarding

your eXperience in the use of agricultural

lime. Do you think it a profitable invest-

ment to use it on beet land, sowing and

working in the soil while fitting the

ground? If so, how much to the acre?

Would it pay to broadcast it on a mead-

ow to be cut for hay this year? I have

a timothy meadow mowed three times,

that I will plow this spring for corn.

Will the liberal use of lime, well worked

in the soil after it is plowed, be beneficial

to tho corn crop? What effect has lime

on a soil in a dry season? Will the use

of lime have any effect on wireworms?

I have a piece of ground well under-

drained that was plowed for corn, fol-

lowed the next year by plowing for beans,

followed with beets without plowing.

These crops have all been kept free from

weeds. Would like this spring to sow

same field to barley and seed in barley

with alfalfa. The soil is quite rich.

\Vould you advise a liberal use of com-

mercial fertilizer or a liberal use of lime,

or both, on this field? Which would be

the best for the alfalfa seeding?



Gratiot Co. F. O.





In this state we do not know so very

much from actual experience about the

use of lime on various crops. It has been

supposed that we did‘not need very much

lime, and that Michigan soil had a suffi-

cient amount of this ingredient for all

practical purposes. Lately, however, ex-

periments in New England and in the

south would lead farmers to believe that

even in Michigan there might be a lack

of lime for best results. For instance, I

know of a man in Van Buren county Who

tried to get results with commercial fer-

tilizer, and failed. Finally, however, he

gave the land an application of lime and

then he got splendid results from com-

mercial fertilizer. It is a well known fact

that you can’t get good results with com-

mercial fertilizers if the land is sour.





Now, I cannot tell F. 0. very much

about the value of lime from actual ex-

perience. During the past two years I

have used a carload of hydrated lime on

my farm. I have put it on nearly every

kind of a cr0p in an experimental way to

find out if it would be of practical value

to me. A year ago last spring I put it

on a portion of a sugar beet field and it

seemed to me that I had marked benefi—

cial results from its use. Last year

the season was so against me that I could

not tell whether I got any results on my

beets or not. I also put an application

on a portion of a field of heavy clay that

was into peas and oats, and I thought I

could see beneficial results from its use

there.



I do not know whether it would pay to

use lime on an old timothy meadow or

not, but I am going to find out by expe-

riment. My carload of lime is all gone

now, it was used up last year, and I am

going to order another carload this

spring, because I want to find out if this;

lime will assist me in any way in raising,

more-profitable crops, and I think it is

the duty of every farmer at the present

time to experiment, even in a small way

if necessary, and find out for himself:

what lime will do.



Those who have had the greatest expe—

rience in the growing of alfalfa claim

that most all of our soil needs lime for

the best development of this plant, and

therefore I would advise everyone in

seeding to alfalfa to use lime on a por-

tion of the field at 19' it.



Your soil may need it, and the only way

to find out is to try. As to the kind and

amount of lime to use per acre, this is

also a rather unsettled question. If you

use pulverized limestone, you can use

any amount without any injury to the

land. If more is applied than is really

needed it won’t do any harm. On the oth-

er hand, if you use caustic lime or hy-

drated lime in excessive quantities it

would have a tendency to decompose the

organic matter in the soil and destroy

the vegetable matter or humus. I do

not think we need have any fear in an

application up to at least a ton, and per-

haps two tons, per acre, of caustic lime.

This caustic lime will give quicker results

and it will correct acidity much better

than the limestone. \Vhile it costs morel

you get more lime "in a ton because, in

burning you have reduced the bulk and

driven off the carbonic acid and the

moisture.



In all experiments with lime or ferti-

lizer, it is good practice to try it on a

part of the field, or at least leave a check ,

plot to which none is applied so as to

determine by comparison whether it is a

paying proposition or not. It is also nec~

essary to have an experiment cover more

than a single year to afford accurate

knowledge, on account of the difference

in the seasons, particularly as to the dis-

tribution of rainfall. .



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UP-TO-DATE CORN CULTURE.

As Discussed by Mr. Wing at the Round-

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Prof. Taft was fortunate in securing

\Villls 0. Wing. of Ohio, whose Study of

and experience with, the corn crop par-

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ject, which is of such large interest and

importance to Michigan farmers.



Knowledge regarding the culture of

corn is not, as yet, well classified. We

know very little of the principles under-

lying its growth, since like experiments

do not always give like results.



We grow too much soft corn, is the

opinion of Mr. \Ving. At the present

time it is keeping prices down 10 per cent

below the basis corn should be selling on

in his section. Elevator men are very

cautious about loading up with corn not

in merchantable condition. We should

endeavor in growing the crop to eliminate

as much soft corn as possible. This is

brought about by securing varieties that

mature early. The corn grower, after

selecting the kinds that mature at the

right season should select from these the

heaviest yielders. No beter means of

getting at the merits of a particular va-

riety can be found than the ear-row test.

Mr. “’ing has followed this method for

some time, and almost invariably he dis-

covers ‘that the low-yielding ears and

high-yielding ears show a margin of near-

ly 100 per cent difference. He selects the

high yielders that mature in time and





 





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plants them to grow seed for the follow-

ing year. B_v continuing this process he

has developed strains giving a larger

number of bushels per acre than those

he started with. However. the variations

in the seasons do not give a good basis

for determining how much improvement

has been made. In his test plots he seeks

to get an ordinary soil rather than an un-

usually rich one, believing that the re-

sulting corn is more dependable than

corn under soil conditions that are ideal.



While there are many exceptions, he

that as a general rule, mod—

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give the largest harvest. Do not con-

clude from this that all moderate-sized

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from such a grade of corn.



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iseleeting varieties that mature too early.





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fit cannot be questioned that the variety

‘which will mature two or three weeks

before another variety, will yield less.





One should seek to grow the crop over as

long it season as possible without taking

.too much chance of meeting frosts.



\Vintering corn out of doors is not a





good method Of hardening the seed. as

many men suppose it to be. It rather

works in the opposite direction, and

tends, through exposure, to reduce the





vitality of the germs in the kernels.





The germinating box is as essential to

the corn-grower as are the scales and

Babcock test to the dairvman. It is cer-

glillll that men's services are worth more

than $3.00 per day when employed at

testing seed corn. Mr. \Ving does not

place his germinating box in the most

ideal location, as the field would not be

apt to be in ideal condition, and be de—

sires to select the strong ears which are

able to overcome adversitles. To do this

he exposes the box to a cool tempera-

ture for a couple of days, then brings it

to where growth will proceed rapidly. If

there is any question regarding the mer-

its of an car he always throws it out.



Seed corn is graded as to size of ker-

nels. Butts and tips are removed and

after the corn is shelled it is run through

a grader. This enables one to do much

better at planting. The uniform kernels

work better in the machine. He ad—

vised against drilling the corn, in that it

is easier to keep down the weeds, and

better cultivation can be given. To de-

termine that one has the proper tension

on the wires in planting. secure two

spring balances. Attach one to each end

of the wire, and. determining on a cer-v





 





tain tension. it can be maintained

throughout the field, thus keeping the

rows in good order both ways. He plants

from one to two inches deep. More than





this is unwise, as then the kernels have

not strength to break through the crust

of the soil where rain occurs between the

time of planting and the time for the corn

to come up.





 





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An important factor in corn raising is

soil moisture. It should be supplied

throughout the growing season. Tile

drainage should be provided where there

is lack of natural drainage, and most

corn grounds have not, been provided by

nature with natural means of carrying off

excess water. Mr. Wing formerly be-

lieved in shallow cultivation. Experi-

ence, however, has led him to revise his

opinion regarding deep and shallow work-

ing of the corn ground. He cultivates as

deep as possible, without covering the

corn. using the shields when the corn is

small. in cultivating deep it is neces-

sary to work the ground often. as the

little rootlets grow rapidly in the stirred

Soil, and are cut Off in the next opera-

tion. He finds that he can cultivate his

crop three extra times and give it a hoe-

ing at $1.50 extra per acre. The effect of

this extra care is worth many times the

cost.



In this discussion Mr. “'ing stated that.

he practiced detasselling in his breeding

plots. He plows cultivated ground deeper

than sod ground. As to the number of

kernels used in a bill be Stated that the

farther one goes south the fewer are

recommended. In Tennessee two kernels

are considered plenty; in Ohio three are

sufficient, while in many of the northern

states four are often advised.



SPRING SEEDING.





 





As the season advances the work of

the farm begins to present itself to the

farmer’s mind with an added interest.

One of the first things to present itself

is the spring seeding, and the success or

failure of the year's seeding is largely

due to the plans that may be matured at

this time. \Vhile the treatment the land

may have received in the past, its condi-

tion as to the amount of humus incor-

porated in it, and its fertility are great

factors, very much may still be done to





 





insure a successful seeding, where con-





orable.



The amount of money wasted in scat—

tering high-priced clover seed where con-

ditions are such as to almost preclude a

possibility of a. successful seeding is SO!

large and so often repeated and the loss

and annoyance so great from broken up

crOp rotations and short hay supplies that

perhaps some personal experience along

that line might be of benefit and interest.

First, we ought to have a well thought

out crop rotation which will include clover

as often as possible, one that fits in with

our personal inclination and the kind of

farming we mav be engaged in. Person—

ally, I favor a three—year rotation of

clover. corn, and a mixed crop of barley

and oats and where these crops are fed

out on the farm and the manure care-

fully saved and restored to the soil, both.

the land and the pocketbook are im-‘

proved. Previous to adopting this rota-

tion, clover seeding with me was a good

deal of a, lottery. If weather conditions

were against me I drew a blank and 1

must; say the blanks were more numerous

than the prizes. I became convinced that

there must" be something radically wrong

in a system which placed the farmer so

completely at lill' mercy of a wet or dry

season. I dropped out wheat, shortened

the rotation, seeded with barley and

oats on a well prepared soil bed, and to





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my mind it is in'imaterial whether that

be accomplished with plow. cultivator.

disk or any tool which will accomplish





the desired result most quickly, allowing

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as possible. The one thing I was some

time in finding out was that the addition

of 200 or 300 pounds Of any good standard

fertilizer carrying an analysis of 2:812 or

better will make you practically immune

from the weather. Dry. draughty sum-

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those mineral elements contained in an

available form in the right proportion,

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propriate the nourishment it must have

to make the strong root growth with

which it overcomes unfavorable condi-

tions that may arise later. This, at least,

has been my experience and enables me

to avoid the loss and annoyance of wasted

clover seed.

Vi’ashtenaw Co. C. L. Ross.





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In your February 4 issue, “a four-horse

drill must have a seat," attracts my at-

tention. We have found that a foot-board

running behind the machine about eight

inches above the ground is a very con-

venient addition to a drill and would

rather have it than a seat.



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drop of moisture ever touched these oats after they

were out. Ever kernel has vitality.



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by her liberal feeding and supplementary

feeding of her young, if the best results

are expected. Years ago it was the com-x

mon practice to have the lambs dropped

when the ewes were on grass, which in-

sured an abundant milk flow and the best

kind of supplementary feed for the young

animals. But in recent years, more farm-

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sometimes even earlier, when the condi.

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meet with marked success in his under-

takings.



The first essential required in starting

the lambs right is, of course, the stimu-

lation of a liberal flow of milk in the

dam. This can be done only by liberal

and judicious feeding. Nitrogenous feeds,

such as clover or alfalfa, constitute the

best roughage for this purpose and

should, if possible make up at least a

part of the ration. Likewise the grain

ration should be well balanced, and in

addition to the home—grown feeds, such

as corn and oats, the ewes should have

some concentrate rich in protein, such as

bran or oil meal, or preferably both. Then

they should have some succulent feed as

an appetizer and to aid in the digestion

and assimilation of the dry feeds in the

ration. Where silage is available,‘ this

will supply the need admirably, but where

it is not at hand some kind of roots

should be provided, as some succulent

feed is absolutely necessary for the best

results. Small potatoes serve the purpose

very well indeed, and are generally avail-

able at comparatively small cost if not

grown on the farm. In addition to these,

pure water should be provided, preferably

in an automatic manner, but if this is

not practical without even occasional neg-

lect on the part of the caretaker. Salt

should also be placed where the ewes can

help themselves, and the box in which it

is provided kept constantly replenished.





But aside from this liberal feeding of

the ewes with palatable and properly

mixed feeds to compound a well balanced

ration for the production of milk, the

lambs should have some supplementary

feed after they are two or three weeks

old until the fresh pasture is available.

This can be very easily provided by mak-

ing simple preparations to that end. A

lamb creep should be constructed so the

lambs may gain access to a pen in some

convenient corner of the shed from which

the ewes are excluded. In this pen place

a trough so arranged that the lambs can

not easily get into it, and in this trough

place a little bran. Later mix some

ground oats from which hulls have been

bolted or sifted, mixing the two grains in

about equal proportions. The lambs will

soon find it and will take a nibble 0c—

casionally at first, until they soon learn

to like it and it will be a matter of sur-

prise to see how much they will eat of

it. By keeping some in the trough at all

times they will not eat enough at any

one time to cause serious digestive trou-

bles, and it will be found to aid wonder-

fully in crowding them in growth until

the pasturing season arrives. If a rack

is also placed where a little choice clover

hay can be given them, all the better,

although if the ewes are fed clover hay

they will soon be found in the racks when

the hay is being put in, ready to pick off

the blossoms and tender leaves, which

they learn to eat very early in life.





After some years of experience in this

method of providing supplementary feed

for the young lambs, it is the writer’s

opinion that it pays better than extra

feed given them at any other period of

their lives, and it is neither much work

or much bother to provide it. It would

doubtless pay well to provide in the same

way for the lambs after they are at pas-

ture, but it is not so essential to their

development, and the labor involved

would be much greater. The lambs that

are well started by this method of feed-

ing for the first month or two of their

lives will be all the more capable of shift-





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_ THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





ing for themselves when the pasture is

at its best, and will have a start which

will make it possible to turn them loff in

the late fall with supplementary feeding

after they are weaned ‘in better condiw

tion and at heavier weights than many

native lambs attain after several weeks

of heavy feeding in the barn. It may be

argued that the price which they will

bring will be lower, but that is not al-

ways the case as many lamb feeders are

qualified to attest this year, and even if

it we're always so, one can afford to take

less for them, as the cost per pound has

been much less than where they are band,

led in the usual way. But the price for‘

good fat lambs will generally be found

to be quite satisfactory in the late fall,

as the market is not usually over-supplied

with them at that season of the year.





 





Rape as a Hog Pasture. l,





I am new in the farming business and





have much to learn, but am hard to dis-l

I am trying the hog business:

Have 40 acres.





courage.

for money, not for fun.

of land, 20 acres of which is cleared and

20 acres is woods, fenced in with a woven

wire fence.





and there is plenty of grass and roots.

i am planning to sow one acre of rape

for pasture and one acre of field peas to

be hogged down. Vi’ill have eight brood

sows with their litters. I have been told

by different men that they'lost small pigs

by pasturing them on rape, and that it





was no good as a milk producer for sowsi

My woodlot furnishes a;





suckling pigs.

good deal of feed, but I thought the rape

would be good to let them in for a short

time each day, say an hour or so.

then turn them in the woods again. I





think those who have complained about





rape pasture for hogs left them on it for

too long a time.

let them on the peas a little while at a

time. Kindly advise whether my plan is

all right. Also whether the pea straw

and rape plant will be of benefit to the

soil when turned under in the fall. I had

18 hogs running in my woodlot last sum—

mer and they looked fine. I fed only $3

worth of middlings and some carrots once

a day.

Charlevoix Co. S. SLOAN.





\Vhile rape is not as good a feed for:

hogs, and especially small pigs, as alfalfa1

or clover, it is a valuable succulent forage





for them, and if the hogs are handled‘

rightly while being pastured on it no

harmful results will become apparent.





The greatest trouble usually experienced

with small pigs on rape pasture is caused

by letting them run in the rape. when it

is covered with a heavy dew or during

rainy weather. Of course, when they are

given the liberty of a rape pasture they

will run through it in all kinds of weath-

er, and when the leaves are wet they

seem to have an irritating effect on the

tender skin of the young pigs, causing a

chapped and scurfy condition which is

deleterious and, with other complications,

perhaps sometimes fatal to the pigs. But

if the hogs are given the run of the rape

pasture only under favorable weather

conditions, it is the writers opinion that

no trouble of this kind will be experi-

enced. This would also make the pasture

last longer. If the eight sows and their

litters were turned into an acre of good

rape pasture and left there all the time,

they would soon feed it off and tramp it

down, but if managed as suggested this

acre, together with that sown to peas,

will furnish an amount of feed that will

not only keep the sows and pigs in a

healthy condition, but will at the same

time cause them to make more economi-

cal gains than would be possible without





some succulent pasture along with their‘

IVith the rape for succuw





grain ration.

lent feed after the fresh grass in the

woodlot gets tough and with the peas to

supplement the grain ration after the





rape has been pastured off there is no‘

ieason why there should not be both funi





and money in the hog business, for it is

certainly a pleasure to see a good bunch

of pigs developing into a good quality of

market porkers, as well as to bank the

check when they are sold.





largely on the woodlot pasture as you

did last season. These sows and their

pigs should have a good liberal grain ra-

tion, with the nutrients well balanced to

produce a maximum growth. This is not

only better for the pigs but better for the

pocket—book or the bank account as well.

Cheaper gains can be made on a young

animal than a mature one, whether it is

a calf or a lamb or a pig. It pays to keep

the pigs growing right up to their limit

all the time. If their growth is not con-

tinuous and rapid, their development will

be retarded and it will cost more to make

up the deficiency afterward than it would

to keep them growing rapidly from the

start. Indeed, it is impossible to over-

come an early deficiency in development.

It will pay much better to feed liberally

of middlings and corn and oat meal with

a. little oil meal or tankage mixed in dur-





Two creeks running through‘

this woodlot furnish plenty of good water,‘





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" ing the sué‘kling period and until the





pigs attain considerable age. Make this

into a slop and! feed nearly all the pigs'

appetites demand. They will eat the

grass and later the rape and peas and the

tender roots in the woodlot just the same.

They will not, of course, require or eat

as heavy a grain ration as they would it

they did not have this range and succu-

lent forage, but they will grow much

faster with the combination and will

make much cheaper gains than they

would if confined in a small yard without

the forage, no matter how liberally they

were fed. In fact, the gains made in this

way will cost little more than half as

much as gains made in a. small yard or

pen, and the profits from the business

will be correspondingly greater. But to

get a maximum of profit from any branch

of the live stock business, one must

have faith enough in it to feed the young

animals with a liberal hand, and with the

pigs that liberal feeding should be begun

through the dam and continued through-

out their development.





 





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The rape plants and the pea vines, to-

Igether with the rich droppings of the

ihogs. will be very beneficial to the soil on

they are grown. Rape seems to

have a peculiarly beneficial effect on the

and the pea is a leguminous plant

like clover and. like it. adds nitrogen as

well as humus to the soil.





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A HANDY WAGON LADDER.

In feeding shock corn to cattle it is

usually a little expensive to send two

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simply pick up some loose stuff that 'is _

lying around and make it. The steps

ought to be of 2-inch stuff, though 1-inch

material that is strong will do. The

cleats ‘may be made of anything that you

choose, though the steps ought to be of

something that will not break under a

load of 250 lbs. The drawing shows a

perspective, side, and a top View.

Ohio. CLYDE A. \VAL'GH.





THE ABSORBENT PROBLEM.





 





There are many Michigan farms upon

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stable is one of serious import. In many

cases this actually means a. lack of suit-

able bedding for the stock to keep them

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say nothing of saving the manure with as

little waste as possible. Years ago it was

a common thing to see old strawstacks

rotting down in the fields, and some-

times they were wantonly burnt to get

them out of the way, but conditions have

changed, and at the present time there is

not sufficient straw produced in many.

localities in the state to provide the need- I

ed bedding for the live stock kept in'

those communities. The writer is using'

the butts of cornstalks from the sheep

yard, where they ought to be left for

bedding in the horse stalls, and some of

his neighbors are allowing their cattle to'1

lie on the conmete and earth floors of

their stables without any bedding of any

kind under them. This condition is due





 





   





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x BeIgIan, Percheron and ShIre

O < z I ( I [I < I” , ,

Lt d I 3‘35 ' SiaIIIons and Brood Mares

II fi T . 40 head of prize-winnners

L. ' I I to arrive March 25. Plenty

l‘”" "" "'“"‘u of mares infoal. A er.

I l I notes with each animal.

I I Prices reasonable.

, l ‘ lOESER BR08., Importers.

. I I , . .. Dept. M, Llaonior, Ind.

l ‘ I

{0‘ . . . Percheron, Belgian, Shire and

‘ I

“‘ . ' ' Hackney Stallions and Mares

I i i As fine lot as there is in Americ'zi._3 to 4 years old.

I ' l with lots of nality and good Individuals. weighing

I I or maturin 1 to 2200 lbs.

I Prices on niported Stallions. 31.000 to $1.200.

l ' I American Bred Stallions. $600 to $900. Impor-

I l I ‘ tations to arrive Feb. 18 and March lst. V

t I- - - — r-r-I i- — - - - ~1—1 )- - - - —r-I LE‘V \V. COCHRAN. Craiv'fordsville. Ind.

I I .' . I 4' l 1 Office 10954; South Washington St.

III2LVC never tried it, you will find it a stock, and when not so fed 18 not suffi- JAClli‘SlanddMULESh

I pretty hard job to put on a respectable ritual for naming them down in a. suitable icigi'sethe unifxtanm Elsi-“3100

l . . ‘ . ~ ' '_ head of fine large Jacks.

load al Ine. Ofttn It happens that it‘ Is manner. Jenn” and Mules. ll to 17

I necessary to put on such a load. 'I he Some may ask, what 15 the remedy for hands high at 1.“ 9n. Come

, . . . ‘ , - , 1 - , _ .. . 4. . . ‘ , ‘ soon for H. bar aln. Stock

I devn-e llme Illustrated Is meant to he 1) lIllh tnmlmun (,1 nil-ans It Is not an easy guaranteed. “r to for pnces

when smrh a condition om-urs. it is question to answer. Economy does not ”"13” Address. '





"really nothing but a short ladder that is

tied To the rear end of the wagon rack

by means of a rope or a wire that is

passed through the two holes at the top.

\l'llen this is done, take the back stan~

Ilards off of the wagon. Now if you bring

the back end of the wagon close to the

shock you can take as big a bundle of

shocked r-orn or fodder as you want to

carry, walk right up the ladder with the

same. and deposit it wherever you want

to. By this means you can load the front

end as high as you wish and then work

back. It is especially handy when the

corn is cut by hand. Such corn is rather

difficult to load after a certain height on

the rack has been reached.

It is rather easily made.





You can





 





 





 





 





 





Krekler's Jack Farm.

WEST ELKTON. Olllo.





Branch Barns. Clinton, lnd.





seem to «ill-late that a larger area of.

grains should be grown upon the average‘

l'iil'lll, and where there is a small acreage

of grain in any community it is practi~1 PAIR 0F MULES FOR SALE—Etnifii‘fgglf’fi.





.. , . , ,. I . , . . each, soundand smooth. kind. ntle. partly broken

(all) Inlposslbc to buy straw 01 othei and very mce‘ JOHN FAHEi’? Butternut. Mich.

course material for bedding. In localities





where marshes are available for mowing} FOR SALE—gh‘;29_‘$§$:fid gégfi;



it might be found profitable to mow these , "on Stalliom- Weight Wand @0001bs- They 8'8

extra good and price Will be right. Must sell.



and later run the hay through a. cuttingI J. M. TURNER. Williamston. Michigan.





box to be used for bedding. This samel It- _

method or handling straw has been foundI BELGIAN HORSES- ,,,’€;‘,?.f§?j‘§$§§.





profitable by many farmers who have Horses write’H.H.JUMP.Munlth.%llchlgau.





tried it, as the absorbing power of the

straw is increased thereby, and a given

amount of straw will last much longer for

bedding than would be the case if it were

used without cutting.





 





 





 





 





 





' ' —Imported Belgian Stallion 9 yearfi.

Bafgam Prlcfls Registered Clydesdale Stallion 8 years.

sure breeders and second Prize winners at. State Fair

1910. one rode Belgian Sta lion two years. extra 3 .

JAMES . BRO“ . , Route 3, Carsonville. Michigan.





—IMMEDIATELV. Three Re inflated



, For sale Percheron Stallions, one Registered

TrottI Stallion will be sold cheap. act quick] .

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A. R. F.
MARCH: 11, 1911'





- fiO’RY OF THE BREEDS.





 

 





"rloln and Characteristics of the

.- Poland-China.’



Pgrhaps the history and name of no

other breed of swine has been the object

of so much investigation and discussion

as has that of the Poland—China. It has

been exceedingly difficult to reconcile the

claims and statements made by the dif-

ferent breeders and other interested per-

sons in a manner satisfactory to all. But

from the statements submitted a fairly

cOrrect history of the breed has been

worked out, and the report adopted by

the convention of the American Swine

Breeders’ Association, at Indianapolis, in

1872, is now accepted as the history of

the Poland-China.



The breed had its origin in the Miami

valley of Ohio, in the counties of Warren

and Butler, and in a smaller part of the

county of Hamilton. It appears that the

common or native hog of that locality

was improved by crossing with the Big

China, the Russian and the Byfield. The

Berkshire was crossed on this combina—

tion. and finally the last breed used, the

Irish Grazier, was introduced. Then, by

selection in different portions of the re-

gion the breed was developed and made

permanent. Of the breeds used the By-

field and Russian were large, coarse, slow

maturing hogs. The Big China and the

Irish Grazier were large, white hogs with

sandy spots, the Big China being the

finest and earliest maturing of any of‘ the

breeds used, while the Irish Graizer was

especially adapted to rustling and graz-

ing.



While .the question of the origin and

history of the breed was being worked

out, much important evidence was sub-

mitted to the American Swine Breeders’

Association. Among this was a letter

from Mr. Cephas Halloway, an agent for

the Society of Shakers at Union Village.

Mr. Halloway wrote, “I have resided in

\Varren county, Ohio, since 1813, during

which time I have given much attention

to the different breeds of swine bred in

the Miami valley. The first introduction

of China hogs was made in 1816, and

twenty years later, in 1835, Mr. Munson

Beach introduced the Berkshires into the

county. About five years later the Irish

Graziers were introduced and these lat-

ter breeds were extensively crossed with

a former cross of the China and an orig-

inal county hog. The stock thus produced

constitutes the true and original basis of

what is now known as the Poland-China

breed." Mr. Halloway was a man of

some note, his testimony was entitled to

every consideration and doubtlessly in-

fluenced the convention greatly.





Mr. D. M. Magie, of Butler county, one

of the noted early breeders of Poland-

Chinas, wrote, “I have been breeding this

stock for forty—five years in Butler coun-

ty. They were produced from four pure

and distinct types of hogs, of which three

were imported, namely, Poland, Big Spot-

ted China, Big Irish Grazier and Byfield.”





Mr. Milliken, one of the important

members of the committee investigating

the Poland-China, in a controversy with

Mr. A. C. Moore, quoted a letter from

Stephen Milliken, who gave the crosses

employed as Russian, Byfield, and finally

Berkshire and Irish Grazier.



As a result of the evidence submitted

the committee adopted the following re-

port, written by Mr. Milliken: “The truth

is, no man can truthfully say that he has

had more to do in the formation of this

breed than another. It was the result of

the labors of many. It grew out of the

introduction of the China hog by the

Shakers'of Union Village, the crossing

with the Russian and Byfield, and the

subsequent crossing with the BErkshire,

and then with the Irish Grazier. ,After

184] or ’42 these breeds ceased to exist

in Butler or \Varren counties, and have

had nothing to do with the breed for the

past thirty-four years.”



The characteristics of the breed adop-

ted at that time were: “Mod length,

short legs; broad, straight, backs; deep

sides; flanks well down on the legs, very

broad, full, square hams and shoulders;

drooping ears; short heads, wide between

the eyes, of spotted or dark color; are

hardy, vigorous and prolific, and when

fat are perfect models all over, pre—emi-

nently combining the excellence of large

and small breeds.”



Among the early breeders were Messrs.

Moore and Magic, and the attempt was

made to name the breed either Moore or

Magie. In addition to these two names,

it had been variously known as the Dick’s

Creek, Gregory’s Creek, Shaker, Union

Village, Great Western, Miami Valley,

Butler county and Warren county hog.





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The question of name was bitterly fought

out at the convention. The name of

Poland and China had grown largely into

favor, but many claimed the breed had in

no way been derived from a Poland

stock, and should not therefore be so

called; they even doubted i existence

of a Poland hog. Others as stoutly main-

tained there had been in existence at

large dark-colored, short-legged hog, with

spots, known as the Polish or Poland

hog, and that this hog had been a part of

the basis of the Poland-China. It is now

conceded that the existence of this breed

has never been proved. It seems that a

Polander, Major Asher, had some swine

purchased of the Shaker colony. He sold

a boar to Daniel Nelson 0" Gregory

Creek, who referred to them as the P01-

and hog, on account of Mr. Asher’s na-

tionality. This may have given rise to

the belief of the existence of a breed of

Poland hogs. The committee decided

that in view of the prevalence of the

words Poland and China applied to the

breed, it would be advisable to retain the

words in the form Poland—China, even

though the word Poland was a misnomer,

and in accordance that name was adopted

by the convention.



The characteristics adopted at that

time have been retained, modified from

time to time by changing conditions. Up

to a comparatively recent time the ten—

dency has been, in too many cases, to

produce a too highly refined hog of the





 





show ring type, that would and could not

produce as favorable results in the feed

lot as it should. The result is that at

present many breeders are producing a

big, heavy, “mastodon” type of hog,

among which weights of 900 to 1,200 lbs.

are often reported. \Vhile, doubtlessly,

the tendency to the large hog may and

is, in some cases, being overdone the ef-

fect of increasing the ruggedness and

stamina of the breed cannot but be ben-

eficial.



The first registry association of the

breed was formed in 1878, and the breed

is now represented by at least a half

dozen registry associations. i



The breed is characterized by a short;

wide head, full cheeks, high forehead and}

a slightly dished, smooth face. The eyes“

are bright and clear of surrounding

wrinkles. The ears are small, thin, soft,§

and silky, pointing slightly forward, the

fore part drooping gracefully. The neck?

is wide, deep and slightly arched, while

the jowl is broad, deep and smooth, ex-,l

tending far back and downward. The.





back should be straight or slightly

arched, while the shoulders, back, sides

and hams are broad, deep and very

smooth. They should have the same;





width throughout, and the ribs should be

so well sprung and the sides so nicely

filled that a straight edge will touch all

the way from the point of the ham to the

point of the shoulder. The belly and

flank should be wide, full and nearly on

a straight line, while the chest should

extend some distance in front of the fore

legs.

full, should





project beyond and





of black color or with white in face or

lower jaw, and on the feet and tip of the

tail, and a few clear white spots on the

body are not objectionable. Boars of two

years should weigh not less than 500 lbs.

and sows not less than 450 lbs. In style

they are vigorous, easy and graceful, and

as a rule, very gentle and easily handled.



Such, in general, is the outline of the

breed of swine that at present outnum-

ber any other breed in the United States.

They are especially adapted to the corn





belt, but they do well under any condi-’





tions that produce food enough to insure

quick growth. They mature early and at

almost any age, graze well and are free

feeders and easy keepers. The meat is

excellent in quality, producing much lard

and little bacon. They cross admirably

on any breed lacking compactness and

early maturity. They are not the most

prolfic breeders, because in too many

cases the continued corn diet has reduced

their stamina and powers as breeders.



The position of the breed in the minds

of the producers of a great quantity of

the pork in the United States is very

high, and is best summed up in the

words of Dr. A. J. Chase in his book,

“The Hog,”

“Swine Husbandry.”



Dr. Chase says: “If I were on a small

farm and fattened but few hogs annu-

ally, or near a good market. where fat pigs

produce a good price the year around,

we should not keep the Poland-Chinas.





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this we do not forget the claims of the

Berkshires, Cheshires and other breeds.

They have their place and their merits

and none appreciate them more than do

we; but years of breeding have proved

what we have stated, that the Poland-

China is best adapted to the majority of

hog raisers." Also, Mr. Coburn voiced

the sentiments of many of the American

pork producers when he wrote, "Contro-

versies as to the precise crosses, by whom

and under what circumstances they were

made forty years ago to form the origin

of the Poland-China breed of hogs may

be of interest to a few; but what is

vastly more important to millions of peo-

pie is the fact that there has been pro.

duced a race of swine now bearing that

name, that many practical and intelligent

men consider the best pork making ma-

chines known, in fact, nearer what the

farmers of the great west need than any

other single breed in existence.”



M'ason Ct). J, H, T113135.





THE CARE OF MARES AND COWS AT

FOALING AND CALVING TIME.





Every pregnant mare should have out-

door air and exercise, she will have less

trouble at fouling time if she does light

work up to within a few days of foaling.

She should do no very heavy pulling. or

fast road work during the last two or

three months. It is well to avoid driving

her' on slippery roads: she should be well

fed on food that not too fattening,

oats, bran, roots and mixed hay is the

best. Cows should also have daily exer-

cise, plenty of fresh air. fed nourishing,

but not too fattening food. The

of both mares and cows should be open

and active at foaling and calving time.

If the bowels are costive the act of par‘

turition is always more. difficult than if

they are loose. During the winter months

when mares are foaling they should he

kept in a roomy box stall. well bedded

with clean straw. fresh air should be let

in and the foul air allowed to escape. A

damp underground stable is not a propel

place for her. \‘i'hen she foals the tem—





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bowels





perature of stable should be not lower

than 50 or 53 degrees Fahrenheit or

warmer. However. it is not necessary to





keep cows quite as warm as marcs: the

calf resists cold better than the colt and

does not chill so readily. I am a great

believer in keeping young animals warm

and when it is not done with both mare,





cow. colt and calf sickness and some-

times death follows. it is needless for

me to say that a fluid comes from the





teats of mares a few days before foaling

and a wax-like substance forms in end of

teat 24 hours before she foals. 'l‘he na—

tural way for a foal or calf to come is

fore feet first with nose. between the

knees. The navel-string (umbilical cord)

which connects the foal to the mem-

branes. ruptures when the colt falls to

the ground. or when the mare rises to

her feet: the mare usually expcls the

afterbirth a few minutes later. The at-

terbirth is more likely to be retained by

cows than by mares. if the cord does

not break, soak a clean piece of silk or

linen cord in one part carbolic acid and

ten parts glycerine or olive oil and tie

cord close to belly, cutting it off an inch

from belly and leave the string on until

it sloughs off. The navel of every colt

and calf should be treated with healing

remedies. Apply one, part carbolic acid

and 30 parts water, or apply one part

bichloride of mercury, l,000 parts water,

or one part coal tar disinfectant and 20

parts water. apply boric acid. These

applications should be made once a day.



“'hen it becomes necessary to assist

either a mare or cow during parturition.

it is important that you ascertain the posi-

tion of the foetus. examine to see if both

fore feet are coming first or both hind

feet. which is sometimes the case. and be

especially particular that it is not a fore

foot and :i hind one and if so the foetus

should be forced back into uterus ano

placed in :1 normal position. (‘lcan hands,

clean cords and clean instruments should

be used. if the animal suffers much, con-

trol the pain by giving from half to one.

ounce doses of chloral hydrate in a pint

or two of tepid water, or give an ounce

or two of laudanum with a teaspoonful

or more of fluid extract of belladonna ad-

ded. It may be necessary to repeat these

doses every thirty or sixty minutes before

the mare cow is brought under con-

trol. The nails on operator's band should

be cu. short and made as smooth as pos-





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sible. This is done to avoid wounding

the uterus and vagina. If the placenta

(afterbirth) does not come away in





mares at once it should be taken away

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cows within twelve or forty-eight hours,

it should be taken away. Hot cloths ap-

plied to the loin of an animal that does

not clean is helpful, and by giving one-

half pint of raw linseed oil and a tea.-

Spoonful of fluid extract of belladonna it

will assist. \Vhen taking away the after-

birth oil the hands with carbolized oil

and pass the hand gently between the

womb and placenta and break up the

attachments and adhesions with as little

harshness as possible. If much bleeding

takes place give one ounce doses of fluid

extract of ergot and repeat the dose ev-

ery thirty minutes until the bleeding

ceases———or checks; also apply wet cloths

to loins and apply cold water to external

generative organs. Of course, this treaty

ment should be discontinued as soon as,

the desired effect is produced. A few,

days before and for several days after:

fouling or calving the mare and cow

should be prevented from drinking large;

quantities of very cold water at a time}

Better take the cold chill off it by adding:

some warm water. It is always a mistake?

to expose a mare or cow to cold rain

storms or to keep them in a very cold air,

soon after foaling or calving. \Yhenever

either the mare or cow has a vaginal

discharge following parturition they

should be treated and the treatment kept‘

up until a recovery takes place. If they

are treated they are likely to prove un—j

certain breeders and perhaps become

barren. One of the least expensive and

most satisfactory douches is made by dis-‘

solving one dram permanganate potash

in one gallon tepid water or dissolve one

ounce carbolic acid, four ounces glycerine

in a gallon or two of water and wash out

uterus and vagina once or twice a day,

using a small rubber tube, (half-inch),

with tin funnel. It is always good prac-

tice to give mares and cows after fooling

and calving a dessertspoonful of pow-

(it-I‘Od saltpeter at a dose night and morn- .

mg for a few days and it is perhaps need- ‘

less for me to say that they should, have





 





good care and a comfortable bed for at

least a week or ten days. The brood

mare and cow are too often treated

harshly and cruelly during parturition,





causing their owners financial loss.

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CLIPPING THE FARM HORSES.





 





 





\X'ith the approach of spring and spring

work, the subject of clipping the farm

horses is one which should be well con-

sidered by every farmer. \\'herc horses

have been so fed and cared for during

the winter, that their coats are compar-.

atively short and their muscles in good

condition, clipping is not so essential as

where the horses have run in the yard or

have been wintered on coarse feeds with

little Work, and as a consequence have

long coats and soft muscles. \Yhen int

this condition the horses will perspire‘

freely when put to hard work, their long}

and heavy hair will become saturated}

with sweat, and they will remain uncom: l

t‘ortable for hours when put in the stable!

and are very likely to take cold from the;

effect of this treatment, with more or?

less serious results. But if the horses are

clipped before being put to heavy work?

they will not suffer from excessive per-l

spiration, and when put in the stable1

after a hard day’s work and covered with

a warm stable blanket, will be comfort-‘

able and in no danger of taking cold. ‘



Aside from the mere question of health:

clipping will pay on account of the sav-g

ing in the disagreeable labor of grooming,

a horse with a heavy coat during the sea-r

son when the hair is shedding off. ThlSi

is a disagreeable task at best, and besides!

it is a great annoyance to ha\~ the loose

hairs flying in one‘s face or covering his

clothing when driving or working a horse

that is shedding freely. The writer has

passed the experimental stage in the;

clipping of horses. and is firmly con-

vinced that it pays from any point of

view that may be taken. It is inexpen-

sive, whether done at home with the. reg-

ular help or by some one with experience

who is employed for the purpose. But

experience is not necessary to the doing

of a fairly good Job of clipping. One

farmer or the writers acquaintance who

does his own clipping has adopted the

plan of clipping the body and leaving the

hair on the legs. \‘i'hile this does not





Very good purpose. so far as the comfort

of the horse is concerned, and is much

better than not clipping at all, and there

is perhaps some merit in his argument

that— it is better for the horse to leave

the natural protection on the legs, while

the body is protected in the stable by an

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Horse Owners Should Use

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THE ’MiCHiGAN FARMER.





HYGIENE OF THE HORSE'S Foo-r.





The horse’s feet should receive special





Uattention, for unless they are in a good





healthy condition the animal's usefulness

is in a large measure destroyed.



Many horses are so vicious or irritable

that they will not allow anyone to exam-

ine their feet, to say nothing of cleaning,

trimming or shoeing them.



The colt in the yard or at pasture

should have its feet cared for as closely

as the matured animal, in order that he

may grow to maturity with feet in a.

healthy condition. The foot of the colt

grows so rapidly that the wall will often

project far below the sole and cause it to

split and form quarter and toe cracks.

It is better to use a pair of hoof cutters

and rasp, and have the feet pared evenly

and avoid unbalancing the animal.



Any horse used on the road should be

shod, but the shoes ought to be changed

every five or six weeks and the feet

trimmed in order that the natural growth

of the wall may be removed. If the

shoes are improperly allowed to remain

on the feet for two, three or four months,

without changing them, the wall becomes

excessively long and grows over the shoe.

Pressure becomes too great on the sole

and bars, resulting in corns, bruised soles

and lameness.



A hoofhook should be included among

the equipment of a well regulated stable.

The feet of the horse should be cleaned

every morning before he leaves the stable.

The hoof book will remove all litter, peb-

bles, or anything that may have become

lodged in the foot. This precaution may

prevent injury to the sole or sensitive

structures of the foot. If the feet become

very dry, pack them ”daily for a week

with some form of clay. Then apply lard

to the wall, to which may be added pine

tar and rosin. This ointment holds the

moisture in the feet and prevents further

evaporation.



Colorado Agl. Col. C. L. BARNES.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





Farmers engaged in fattening live stock





 





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present winter by the remarkably mild,

dry weather, and great savings have

been effected in feed bills, much less





corn, oats, hay and other feeds having

:been required. One result is that much

jmore hay is now available for marketing

Ethan would have seemed possible early

vin the season, and unexpected country





mlshipments have brought about marked





[reductions in prices of both timothy and

:prairie hay. Timothy hay now sells in

‘the Chicago market in wholesale amounts

at $11.50 to $18 per ton for the poorest

to the choicest grade, while prairie hay

is selling at $6 to $14.50. Prairie hay is

shipped there from Indiana, Wisconsin,

Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, the Dakotas,

Kansas and Oklahoma, the two last

named states furnishing the best lots.

Corn, too, has sold at greatly reduced

prices, while oats have dropped to the

lowest prices seen in years. In most sec-

tions farmers are feeding as much of

their corn as is possible to stock, but

many farmers are unable to obtain as

many hogs as they would like to feed,

having foolishly marketed their brood

sows some time ago because they were

offered extra high prices; while many

farmers are afraid to risk paying ruling

high prices for stock and feeder cattle,

some trying stock heifers, which are

much cheaper. .

Cattle interests in the southwest are

undergoing a remarkable transformation,

and. farmers are plowing up enormous

tracts of former grazing lands. On the

other hand, cattlemen are going in and

occupying lands formerly used by negro

growers of cotton in Oklahoma. But, on

the whole, the cattle grazing area is be-

ing greatly lowered, and this process is

going on all the time, both in the south-

west and northwest. Ultimately, no

doubt, the new settlers will come to

realize the importance of engaging in

raising cattle, hogs, sheep and horses, as

well as hens and other poultry, to say

nothing of dairy cattle, but time is re-

quired to bring all this about, and in the

meanwhile there is bound to be a contin—

uance of the present shortage of stocker

and feeder cattle. The time has arrived

for farmers to breed and raise their own

cattle, and advanced farmers are already

doing this, some of them breeding and

finishing off fancy little yearling beevcs

on the highest-priced farms of Illinois.





 





Charles 0. Robinson, of Chicago, widely

known to the live stock trade, says that

in alighis thirty-five years' experience in

the c ttle business, he “has never known

a better time to begin raising more and

better stocker and feeding cattle. There

are inducements on every hand. Take

any one of the four popular beef grades

—Sliorthorns, Herefords, Angus or Gallo-

ways—and grow them into the stocker

or feeder age, one will be well repaid for

his investment, provided he is well equip-

ped for handling cattle.”



Lew W. Cochran, of Indiana, who is

known to Michigan Farmer readers

through our advertising columns, recentllz

returned from Europe with a new im-

portation of Percheron, Shire and Bel-

gian stallions. Mr. Cochran has also

announced that he will have another im~

por.tation_ in his barns early in March,

which wrll afford prospective buyers as

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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

wrihr. Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

the desired information in a reply that

has been made to some one else. When

reply by mail is requested, it becomes

private practice, and a fee of $1.00 must

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Lump Jaw—One of my cows has a

suppurating face, the result of a hard.

bony formation on her face. What had I

better apply? I“. E. D., Climax, lVIich.—-

Apply tincture iodine to bunch and open

sore once a day and give her 2 drs. iodide

potassium at a dose in feed twice a day

for 20 or 30 days.



Sore Ear~.\bscess.—My 12—year—old 0x

has a swelling at one ear which causes

him considerable pain. I have thought

perhaps that his blood was in bad con-

dition. i also have a cow that, has a

large bunch on her side, caused, perhaps,

by being hooked. P. M., Shelby, Mich.—

Apply spirits of camphor to bunches and

as soon as they soften, open them. The

abscesses should be washed out with 1

part carbolic acid and 30 parts water

twice daily. Give each of them a tea-

spooni‘ul of powdered sulphate of iron, 3.

teaspoonful sulphur, a teaspoonful of fen-

ugreek and a tablespoonful of cooking

soda at a dose in feed to each of them

two or three times a day.



Sprained Shoulder—\Vhile walking on

ice some six weeks ago my driving horse

slipped and fell and must have sprained

his shoulder. i applied some liniment; it

did him no good and our loval Vet. pre-

scribed another kind of liniment and that

has not helped him. His shoulder is not

sweenied, but I am inclined to believe the

trouble is deep seated. L. F., Monroe,

MiclLW-Clip hair off shoulder and apply

ccratc of cantharides, this will blister





 





 





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We will send a copy of it free to

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It is full of Hay Loader information

that will interest every farmer.



It shows Why the ”GEARLESS” is

the cheapest loader to own, the cheap-

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It SllO\\'S why the “GlC.’\RLlCSS” has

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and you may find it necessary to repeat

the applications every week.



’i‘orpid Liver—hindigestion.—I have a 6-

year-old horse that is very thin; he acts

dull and his appetite is not always very

good. I find he is more inclined to gnaw

wood than my other horses. F. J. R.,

Brighton. Mich—(live him 20 grs. cal—

omel every three days for three weeks.

This will stimulate his liver into action:

also give a tablespoonful of the following

compound powder: Powdered sulphate

iron, bicarbonate soda, powdered charcoal





and ground nux vomica, equal parts by‘





weight and mix thoroughly. He should

be fed some roots.



Brittle Hoofs.—4I have a horse that has

very brittle hoofs. shoes do not remain on

him for any great length of time.

horse appears to be in perfect health in

other ways. G. Ti. R. Quincy, Micli.~~f

Apply one part coal tar disinfectant and‘

six parts vaseline to hoofs once or twice

a day.



Bone Spavin.—I have a horse that has

a bone spavin and would like to know the

best treatment for same. lie is not near-

ly as lame as some horses are from a

spavin. D. C., VVilmont, Mich—Always

keep in mind that there are some cases





of spaving that are not curable, but by

giving him rest and applying repeated

blisters made by mixing one part red





one part eerate of can-

tharides and six parts lard every week

or ten days, it will have a good effect.

If he has been lame very long and is an

aged horse you had better have him

fired.



Navicular Disease—l enjoy reading the

veterinary department very much and

notice that you consider navicular join-t

lameness incurable. Thinking perhaps it,

might interest your readers i lmention

the following case, which recovered: A?

horse driven on a grocery wagon in Cin—l

cinnati, 0., was treated by pouring oil of?

spike on the bottom of horse's foot, thel

foot being held up until it soaked into

sole thoroughly and this horse recovered

from his lameness. i only suggest this,

thinking, perhaps. that it might be a,

remedy for navicular lameness. A. C.,j

Union. City. Micli.—~l am much obliged to‘

you for this information. Tlowever, most;

cases of chronic navicular lameness are

incurable. l have, treated hundreds of

horses successfully that had coffin joint

lameness, but when the ailment becomes

chronic. having lasted for months or

years, most of them only partially re-i

cover. I



T._\'mpliangitis.— My horse was put in,

stable, all right in the evening: the next}

morning one hind leg was stiff and swol-l

len. I applied some liniment to inside of?

thigh, and washed out sheath, which wasi

not very foul. The swelling has now set—

tled lJ‘lfHV hock, but gone out of thigh.

’i‘his horse acts a little dull and dumpisli. ;‘

l). A., Montague, l\iich.v~(‘.ive him 30 grs.

calomcl at a dose in feed daily for three

days and apply equal parts extract of

witch hazel, alcohol

part of leg twice a day. Also bandage

leg in cotton. We should be exercised

every day and if this treatment fails

give him 2 drs. iodide potassium at a dose

twice a day.



Irritation of Ovaries—Barrenuess.—I

have a ten-year—old Jersey cow that came

fresh Nov 1, 1910; since then she has

been‘ in heat every week and fails to get

with calf. What shall I give her? G. J.

W., Byron Center, Mich—Give your cow

1 dr. fiuid extract stramonium and a tea-

spoonful powdered nitrate of potash at

a dose in feed three times a day. It is

possible that she will have to be spayed

and fatted for butcher as she may never

breed.





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' Time and Hardest Work Can‘t Bring It Back!

; Lisbon, ()Iiio, Oct. 4, 1910. —-I want to say there is no use of

1 anyone driving a lame liorso if they will just. try “ Save-The-

Horsc." I had one so 11mm 1 Could not use him. After using

one bottle of ” Snvc-Tlic-llorse " he has llCVl‘l' taken alanie step.

and i drive him every day in my business, which is serving pn-

pers over thcliillicst county in the state. You can use this with

pleasure, as this is absolutely a voluntary testimonial.

W. C. DAviusox, Sheriff of Col. Co.





E. C. MESSIEII,

Civil Engineer. lieu! Estate and Insurance.

1008 Elm Street, Manchester, N. 11., Oct. 22, 1910.



I lent $5 for "Sm‘e-The—liorse" to cure a Bone Spm‘in. M the

time he was not worth Si ; before he bird the Spin-in l was of-

fered $600. Four veterinarians told me lie was incurable. so I

fell. blue, as you might bclicvc. Since one month llfil'l' treating

him with "Snvc—Tlieriiorse" be has not taken a lame sti-p undI





have driven him every day. and even thirty miles the some day.

Savo-The-Horse" has done. more than four doctors in n year.

Now it seems exaggerated, but. anyone, in doubt. can call iii. the





neighbors to prove what I say, and furthermore, the llUl‘St' can

give them a ride, and probably one of the best in their IIII'EIIHG.

[ cannot say enough to praise your remedy. E. C. Messiah.





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In every business, foresight plays a vitally im~

portant part. Lack of it encourages failure, while

presence of it furthers success. And so it is in farm-

ing, for farming is now the world’s biggest business.



Foresight simply means the ability to see things

beyond today, or tomorrow, or next week. It means

thinking about this year’s harvest—now.





Thousands of farmers are aptly demonstrating

their foresight by looking over their present equip-

ment. Those who are doubtful oi the efficiency of

their machines; who are not sure they will work un-

interruptedly through another season are getting

new machines. They know that they would need

new machines in a year or two anyway. They have

foresight enough to See that it does not pay to take

chances of delays from breakdowns when the grain

is ripe.



The same foresight that prompts these up-to-date

farmers to select harvesting machines now, is also

prompting them to select I H C Harvesting Mach-

ines. They know that these machines are right.

The test of time has proved it. They have won

their way to the top by their work in millions of

harvest fields throughout the world.





Champion McCormick Osborne

Deering Milwaukee Plano





All six are uniform in quality—each the best

that long experience, correct principles, high grade

materials, and skilled workmanship can produce.





 





I H C Service Bureau





The Bureau is a center where the best ways of do-

ing things on the farm, and data relating to its devel-

opment. are collected and distributed free to every

one interested in agriculture. Every available source

of information will be used in answering questions on

all farm-subjects. It questions are sent to the I H C

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each machine may be secured at your dealer’s

promptly. With any machine in the I H C line you

can be sure of the harvest, and your profits.





It is the I H C resources—available ore mines,

steel mills, timber lands, and saw mills, and the un-

equalled buying power, and output and manufac—

turing facilities—that insure the highest degree of.

efiiciency in every I H C machine turned out.



Summing it all up in a “nutshell”—when you

buy an I H C Harvesting Machine you are backed by

many years of experience, by an orgnization that

has the reputation of fair and honest dealing with

farmers everywhere—a reputation that in itself is

assurance of the highest possible quality.



Every day now brings you nearer and nearer to

the real work. Every day from now on you will be

busier and busier. Why not go to the I H C local

dealer now—today? See the I H C harvesting

machine that is best adapted to your use. Let the

dealer explain allthe facts to you. Then make up

your mind to be ready for the harvest with the best

equipment that money can buy. Do not overlook

the very complete lines of haying machines and

tools.



Be careful of your binder twine, too. Whether

yo want Sisal or Manila get the best. You will

fin that the I H C brands—Champion, McCormick,

Osborne, Deering, Milwaukee, Plano, or Interna-

tional—in Sisal, Standard. Manila, or Pure Manila—

are absolutely dependable.



Be sure you see the I H C local dealer. But if

not convenient, mail us a request for any of the

I H C catalogues and for any special information

you desire.





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and skin em tions on man or beast. “Go-Gal " is a

lllli.‘ remedy 0 have in the house for the childn-ns

nuts and skin eruptions as it removes the pain ill a

few minutes; it will heal quickly and remove all

danger of bloodpoisoning. ‘



line box of "do-Gall" will go farther and do more

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ii'ill is n ponder and .uny doctor will tell you that a

lander is necessary to heal as salve 0r iiqiiid keeps

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If you cannot. buy "Go-(iall" lit your druggist we

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CLOSING OUT SALE





of Poland-China Hogs. and high grade Jersey Cattle

IARcN loan. This herd has quality and

the best oi breeding. 30 head—Z) bred sows; 20 head

of cattle. Visitors takenlcare f at the Harmon House

at our expense. R. W. ILLS. Saline. Mich.





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd. consisting of Trojan Erica: Biackblrds and

Prides. only. is headed by Bier-ton W. a Trann Erica,

by Black Woodlawn. sire of t 9 Grand Chain ion steer

and bull at the International in Chicago. ec.. 910.

He is assisted by Undulata Blackbird Ito.



WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





AYRSHIREs—High type of Dairyanlmal.

Young bulls and bull calves

for sale. Prices low. In uiries solicited.

BERKSHIRE SWIN .

FINE POULTRY—White and Barred Rocks.

White dr Bull Orpiugtons. White “yandottes and





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Blood of C ienwood Boy of Haddon

Guam”! BU" can Dnirymnid oi' Elm Place. Stran-

i'orlls Princess and many other v. Reg. animals.

He'll a real aristocrat. G. A. Wigent.Waterviiet.Mich.





Till? double standard Polled Durham. Wild eyed Abotts burn. -





Milk strain. Grand Champion silver cup winner at 1910





JAS. H, HALL. Port Austin. Michigan.





Michigan Steto Fair.





—-Youn bulls of high quality and low

Hols‘ehls ricer:g considering breeding. Get 'our

descriptions. LONG BEACH F BM. Augusta. Mich.





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Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls corn'

bining in themselves the b of cows which now

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

milk and butter fat at f ill-“prices. .



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F Sale—Choicely bred registered Holstein Bulls

or My for service also younger ones.

Farm near Wi lie ¥ich. out of Detroit on Wabuh.

Write. WILLIAM . HATCH. Seabreoze. Florida.





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DE KOL Korndyko Bull Calf-Choioeot A. R. O.

brooding. S )lendid individual, mostly white. 875.

COLE BROTHE is. Ypsiland Farms. Ypsilanti. Mich.





 





 





' ——I am going to sell 15 bulls in March.

H0l3IOIIi Bulls Won‘t you help me by buyine one?

Write me as soon'as you read this. I have one two

years old: 3 yearlings. 5. 6 to 8 months old The rest

are younger. Vi ill also sell it number of heifers bred.

and efew good cows. Don't wait until spring work begins

before you buy one of there. L. E. CONNELL, Fayette. Ohio.





Holstein Friesian Cattle hifi'isla'fil‘is. .23.:

W. B. JONES. Oak Grove. Michigan.





 





 





I ()LSTEIN Foundation—2 yearling heifers d: grand-

sonof i’ietertle Hengervelds Count DeKoi ready

for service. Hobart W. 1‘ uy. Eden. Ingham 00.. Mich.





 





Oli SALE—Holstein Bull 2 years old $125. Bull

Calves 8 months to 1 year $50 to $100. Bred heifers

SL’flto $230. Oldest herd in Ind. Bend for Photos and

Pedigrees. VI. 0. Jackson. 71.3 llex St. South Bend. Ind.





FOR SALE‘R‘J‘J‘. ibi‘fiii‘l‘lf'irn‘firii‘iii;





producing Stork, C. A. BRISTOL. Fenton. Michigan.





 





 





' 20 months old, Sound. sure,

RegiSIerad .lflfsey Bu"! kind. from cow making over

4") be. of butter, “‘1‘ your $75. also six bull calves

cheap. J. C. BI‘I‘ Eli. PORTLAND, MICHIGAN.





H E R E F0 R D $“i’.‘l"‘..i?°" iii?) $51353?





 





 





China hogs. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Mich.

Register oi Merit Jerseys. 3.3.3 mfg:





lot of yoiin bulls from dame with official records





of 483 [Fun 3 and ulpwardn of butter.

. F. gMARS 0N. Bay City. Michigan.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD J ERSEYS.





"ER” BULLS§VIdas Signal St. L. No. 58197.



Jubilee's Foxhall. No. 82299.

Bull calves sired by these rent bulls. and out of

spiendid‘dair cows. many of t em in test for register

of merit. A so a few heifers and heifer calves for

sale. Wrige for description and prices. Satisfaction



. rantee or money re on e .



‘ ' conoiv c. LILLIE. Coopersville. Michigan.





 





1' sale. iar . rich milk producers.

Jersey cows all; 4 helfgr'lfllnd 2 curling bulls.

,egistered stock. W. J. BR WNE. ulliken. Mich.





 





BUTTER BRED





CRYSTAL SPRING 8T

_Bilver Creek. Allegan County.





JERSEY BULLS

FOR SALE



00K FARM.



Michigan.





 





 





MARCII’ Pr. 93%;”





Jersey Bull Cali ”Si: £22253; €91.13;an 3'





82241be- .miIk as ‘2-yr-old. .. Sires ’Dom's

lbs mil





your. glove

record (”60 kfin IDM'nIonths. TEE MURRAY-





. WATERMAN ('30.. R. 6.Ann Arbor. Mich. nail Phone.





* 2.2M Bred ShorihorhS?§..§i’§





m bulls

.i. B. HUMMEL. Muou. mail”





suonilmml-s 'and POLLED DURHAMS. same?





A. D. DeGARMO. Highland. Michigan.





scotch SMHhorns—3 young Bulls and a few





cows and heifers for col 9





cash.





' , JOHN LESSITER'B SONS. R. No. l. Ciarkston. Mich.





 





 





 





SHEEP.

Ewes bredf M ' '

Hampshire n, [stored S.€..x.“‘%l.$;§"i‘ii





dividuals. C. D. W'OOBBURY. Lansing. Michigan.

and . Polled





Oxford-Down Sheep um...

cattle forsaie. ' J. A. Dr. GARMO. Muir. Mich.

OXfC3'I Down Shee iGood Yearling Field

forsnle. I. n. WATERB in?” 1331913"? iv'lfl‘c'lillgfil'





Reg. Rmbouillets‘l have 100 ewes. among them





aiiofm yom t; d t.

also % ewe and ram lambs. Lille 2% ilislegnonsllearlf

Mon-ice on G. '1‘. Road. Address J. Q. A. COOK.





-3 .

IGLESIDE SHHOPSHIRES 9.333? Sin‘éiy’fi‘ln £1233





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





SHROPSHIRE HALL STOCK FARM





Has for sale. twenty-five choice bred year-ii ewes

at a. low price. also a few good three and 1035 year:

old, bred ewes.





I. 8. lilililliM & sons. Concord. Michigan.

Hons.





 





 





 





 





 





' ' -—Growthy S rin Boa '

ilurocs & Vicionas or choicestg in is: 393:3

Winners. M. '1'. STORY. R. 249. Lowel. Michigan.



—Two yearlin sows b d f '

BCI‘IISIIII'CS farrowing. 5. few chroelce 35]):Hpriiltg

dc boar pigs for sale. A. A. attullo. Deckerville. Mgich.

BERKSHIRES I'nexcelled in breeding. Select-

ed boars. sows and gilts. Choice





fall pigs. '1‘. V. HICKS. R. No. 11, Battle Creek. Mich.





 





DAMS BROS. Litchfioid. Mich. breeders of Imp. Chester

White and Tamworth swine. service hours. sows bred or

open. of either breed. Shorthorn Cattle. Buff Rock. Buff Wynn

dotte. W. Orpingwn. Ckll. all breeding stock leading winners





 





DUROC-JEBSEY SWINE and HOLSTEIN FRIES-

IAN CAI‘T . One hour and one cow yet for

R. CORNELL. Howell. ' Michigan.





UliOC BRED GILTB for sale. extra ood ones also

one Re . Holstein Cow 4 yrs. old on 1 heifer calf

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





DU ROC-JERSEYS'iiiith his“ i315

sale. CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. M chigan.

Capitol nerd DUROC JERSEYSwine established





1889. One last Spring Boar and Se t.

1910 Gilts fol-sale. J. H. Banghart. ll 5. Lansing. Midli.





DURocs—QS Bred Bows. of hi h



’ . Lxcellent Bours re y or service.

7:) Fall Pigs both sex. Write or come and see.

J. C. BA NEY. COLDWATER. MICHIGAN.





IMPROVED CHESTEBS—Young boars ready for

eel-Vice. 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.





all ages. Bows bred.



O. I. C. “0 sMaleewei hingissibs.

and more. B. H. JUL . Munith. Mic ignn.



—Spring. summer a fall farr wed.



00 '0 Co SWIM! both sexes. breeding andoty 6



right. Geo. P. Andrews. Dansville. Ingham Co.. Mic .





0.1.0. Earl Fall Pigs in 21523.92; .2‘

C. J. THO PSON. Rockford. Michigan.





Fill! Sligilli—Fall Pigs and Bred Gills





. M. W'ING & S Sheridan. Michigan.





GREAT POLAND-CHINA [106 SALE.

JANUARY 20th.





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

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





WM. WAFFLE. Goldwater, Michigan.





’ —t o l Polo - .

Butler 3 Famous Wonder: J}... 2.5.... 8.0%? C’aégg;

got-ow big. because they have been bred big for

‘ years. Some great Aug.. Sept. Oct... pigi. good

enough for aniSbreeder. chea. enou hfor any farmer.

J. C. BUTL R. Portlan . lilic . Bell Phone.





—Boars all sold. 20 you sows

0. '0 Ce SWINE bred for sprin farrow. 135 sale.

E. E. BEACH d: SON. R. No. 3. Br ghton. Michigan.





sale. E.





 





 





 





 





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0 l c ~Choice Bred Bows. Boar-s ready for service

- I - and fall pigs. From World's Fair Winners.

Glenwood Stock Form. Zeeland. Michigan. Phone 94.





 





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

I I I A few fail lgseitheroex. Satisfaction





guaranteed. A. NEWMA‘N R. l. Mariette. Michigan.





POLAND-CHINAS’SO‘fil.”lgilfilmriii’fv‘v:





L. W. Barnes lit Son. Byron,





 





Young

“'rito

hiawassee 00.. Mich.





 





9 —-Best. uallty. lnr e rowth

0.1- C s For sale type.qeither sex.g fire no);

akin. some fine bred ilts choice lot of faIl pigs all

ages. OTTO B. so ULZE. Nashville. Michigan.





—Fall pigs either sex and one June

00 I. C- Bofnr left. I am also booking

arrow.





 





orders for e rln Shl d on a my 1.

HARRY T. BRA DELL. CASS EWINMIC GAIN





PECIAL SALE of heovv boned Poland-China

l. Sows, bred. Bours readyi’or use. Prices low Photos

if required. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Michigan.





POLAND-CHINAS’.’?.3.‘}.k 2%?

spring pigs. WOOD & SONS. Saline. Michigan.





POLAND CHINAS—Sows of big type. Glits bred

for taming. A few choice hours and full pigs.

E. D. BI HO . Route 38. Lake Odessa. Michigan.





LARGE 1'er P. C.”L{‘"°.53l“hMl3§i§“fis tell.

lbs.—the herd without gun on oombinin 0size

and quality. W. E. LIVINGogTON. Purina. L ioh.





LIIIIE FARMS’I'EAD YORKSIIiliiiS.





The great. medium bacon type. The hog that wins

on sheer merit. Large. vigorous. roiiflo. Giltsbred

for arch or April furrow. a pigs. either sex.

Pairs not skin. I Sierantee 'satisfao ion or money

refunded. COLON . LILLIE. Coopersvillo. Mich.

"Sew your Ad. in the





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HOW TO RAISE CALVES.





 





If you have given your plan for rais-

ing calves in the Michigan Farmer, I

shall be glad to have the date of that

issue. If you have not written these mat-

ters up for publication, I will let the mat-

ter drop as I do not desire to impose upon





you.



W'ayne Co. L. J. B.



I‘do not remember of ever writing an

article covering the whole subject of calf

raising,‘although I have answered nu-

merous questions upon this subject, and

if the subject will be of any interest to

the readers of The Farmer, I am very

glad, indeed, to go over the entire sub-

ject of my system of growing calves. In

fact, I would like to have my own sys-

tem criticised because, if I am not doing

it in the best way I would like to find

out the best way, and I know of no bet-

ter method of finding the weak spots in

any system of calf raising by farmers

than submitting the plan to practical

farmersfor criticism.



The old saying is that a calf is half

raised if it is well born, and there is

much truth in this. If you have a strong,

vigorous, healthy ‘calf when dropped,

the battle is half over, and if the

calf is weak and sickly something

is the matter with your system of

feeding the cow or with her health

and vigor. “'e ask a great deal of dairy

cows. Good ones are asked to give milk

10 or 11 months of the year, and bring

us in a good living calf besides. They

are kept under rather artificial conditions

for the purpose of making larger profits

and many of them are confined too

closely, with too little physical exercise

for the good of the offspring. \Vhen

kept under artificial conditions, great

pains and good judgment are required‘ .to

keep them in proper condition to give

birth to vigorous calves.



Under our modern system of keeping

dairy cows, where they are confined

closely during the cold periods of the

year, I think we get better and stronger

calves if we have them freshen in the

fall, say in September or October, be-

cause, for a few months previous to par-

turition they have had considerable ex-

ercise; while, if they freshen in the

spring, after being confined in the stable

all winter, the probability is that they

have not been fed and exercised suffi-

ciently to bring forth the strongest calves

possible.



Understand, I don’t believe it is neces-

sary to turn a cow out in the cold all day

long every day. in the winter time in

order to have her produce a good strong

calf. Not at all. I think she can be kept

in the barn a greater part of the time if

she is properly fed and cared for. Some

people make a mistake in not feeding the

cow when she is dry. They think that

when a cow is not giving milk, and par-

ticularly just prior to parturition, she can

get along with cornstalks and straw and

without grain. This is a great mistake.

A good dairy cow ought to have some

grain every day in the year, and that

grain when she is dry ought to have

enough protein in it so that she can

properly develop the fetus, which requires

a good per cent of protein in order to

build up the muscular tissues of the vital

organs of the fetus. If cows are fed the

right amount of feed, properly cared for,

and regularly exercised, you can raise

just as strong calves in the spring as you

can in the fall.



A good, healthy, vigorous cow, under

normal conditions will produce a sound,

healthy, vigorous calf. Now, if the calf

could run with its dam, get her own milk,

there is very little trouble in raising

them, but it is not profitable to allow the

calf of a dairy cow to run with its dam.

The cow gives very much more milk than

the calf needs. The cow would be ruined

as a dairy animal and the calf would

over-feed, consequently, the only prac-

tical way is to take the calf away from

tne cow as soon as possible. Our rule is

to take the calf away from the cow just

as soon as it is nursed once or twice. We

want it to get the first milk of the cow,

the colostrum. Then the calf should be

taken away from the dam and taught to

drink. It requires quite a little bit of

skill and patience to proeprly teach a calf

to drink, but it can be done with little

trouble. It is not necessary to go into

detail here. The calf should have its

dam’s milk for two weeks, but we should

be careful and not over~feed it. Four or

five pounds of milk at a feed is sufli-





, At the end of two weeks we should grad-





 





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THE MICHIGAN ‘FARMER. . <1” 291





cient. Keep the calf a little hungry.





ually substitute for the whole milk of the

dam, skim-milk, which should be warm

and sweet. Cut the ration down at first.

to two and one-half pounds of whole

milk and two and one-half pounds of the

skim-milk. Then out it down still more,

until finally,.at the end of three or four

days you have gradually substituted the

skim-milk for the whole milk.



Now, since we have.removed the but—

ter-fat from the whole milk we must fur-

nish a substitute. As I have explained

many times in the Michigan Farmer, I

don’t believe there is anything we can

get that is any better than a jelly made

from mixing ilaxseed meal with boiling

hot water. Flaxseed contains 30 per cent

of fat and helps to balance up the ration

In raising a good calf very much depends"

upon feeding it at this early age, Tak~l

ing away its dam’s milk and substituting?

another ration is a very important step.l

If properly done there is little difficultyl

experienced afterwards. Most people

make a mistake by feeding too much

skim-milk. They ’seem to think that,

skim-milk being cheap, they can afford

to feed lots of it. But they get the di-

gestive apparatus of the calf out of con-

dition, causing indigestion, scours, and

often death.



Linseed meal or oil meal is not a good

feed to feed with skim—milk because it

is not well balanced. After the calf is

on a skim-milk and flaxseed jelly ration,

We feed the same quantity of skim-milk

at a feed that we did previously of the

whole milk, i. e., four or five pounds to a

feed. The calf is encouraged to eat all

kinds of feed. A handful of ensilage is

put into the meal, a small amount of

clover hay, a little ground peas and oats

is sprinkled on the ensilage and soon the

calf is eating a little dry feed. \Ve give

them all the dry feed they will eat up

clean but do not take the milk away

from them.



In order to raise good calves and have

them form good habits it is necessary to

keep each calf in a pen by itself, or to

keep them tied so that they cannot suck.

each other. I consider this very import- I

ant. Many a calf is ruined by being

sucked by other calves. '



If your calf is dropped in the fall, and

You feed it in the above manner during

the winter, when spring comes all you

need to do is to turn the calf into a good

pasture, being careful not to make the

change suddenly, and it will take care

of itself as long as the good feed lasts.

If the pasture gets short, then other feeds

should be supplemented and a little grain

given to keep the calves in a good,

thrifty, growing condition.



The following fall when the calves are

put into the barn again they should be

put in stalls by themselves so that you

can tell just how much each calf eats.

They should be fed a good growing ra-

tion. Plenty of roughage is necessary in

order to develop the digestive organs and

the capacity of the animal for consuming

large quantities of coarse feed. This is

what we want. They should also have

a concentrated food. This concentrated

food contains a good per cent of protein.

I do not believe there is anything better

than ground oats and peas for this pur—

pose. If you lack ground oats and peas

feed any of the by-products which are

rich in protein.



FROZEN ENSILAGE.



I see in the Michigan Farmer every

one advises to throw the frozen ensilage

down in the feed room or chute to thaw

it out. Now, why is this advised? Why

not let it hang to the side of the silo

until it thaws out? Suppose we should

have 10 days’ of freezing, cold weather,

cold enough to freeze the silage every

day. Then there would probably be. say

20 inches of frozen ensilage on the Side.

How long would it take, with the mer-

cury at two above freezing, to thaw this

out. My experience teaches me about 36

hours, or possibly less. And I consider

frozen ensilage, after the frost is out of





 





 





 





 





 





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highest priced $85.00 and $110.00 scparntors sold by

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or anybody else. \Vrite me today.

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WM. G‘LLO WA COMPANY

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Cow comfort and cow sanitation result. in more

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farmer or dairymnn to Rock ”1050 conditions.

Loudcn Sanitary Stccl Stallsnnd Stunt-l1-

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Latch cnsily opened or closed with gloved hand,

but can’t be opened by animal. Send today

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it, is just as good as before.



Of course, the corn in the crib looks

good, but if I were a dairyman, (which

I am), I would guarantee to produce

more milk from ensilage and a grain ra- ‘





tion with hay, or in summerjust enough‘

pasture to give the milk the grassyl

smell, than from the best pasture ever!

grown, except alfalfa. Maybe this willl

seem quite strong, but I have the experi— l

ence to back this statement. Also, 1

must say something about the soy bean.

It is O. K. to plant with the corn to go

in the silo. '





Kalamazoo Co. J. W. EGGSTAFF.





 





 





 





 

 

 





 





 





 





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are the roofings that





don’t last.

The roofing that does

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the Trinidad-Lake—Asphalt Roofing





Other roofings all have their

drawbacks: Shingles c r a c k ,

split, and rot; tin rusts; slate

breaks and blows loose; coal-

tar gets brittle and cracks; so

do the many socalled “asphalt”

roofings, because they lack

the “live” lasting qualities of

natural asphalt.



Genasco has the natural oils of

Trinidad Lake asphalt sealed in it;

and they keep the roofing always

pliable and strong and defensive

against all weathers. Genasco

doesn’t crack, rot, rust, or break.

It is permanently waterproof. That

means real economy. ’



'It pays to cover the roof of

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ANNUAL MEETING OF MICHIGAN

‘ DAIRYMEN.

(Continued from last week).





The first evening session proved one of

the most Interesting of the entire meet-





ing. It was held In the Y. M. C. A.

building, Vice-President Vandenboom

presiding. A very unusual program fea-





ture was the excellent talk by a practical

dairy woman, Mrs. Scott Durand, of Chi-

cago, who dealt with her experience and

methods in dairy farming. Starting with

the proposition that the security of na-

tions rests upon the one word honesty,

she plead for a. stronger sense of honor

and fairness, and a better appreciation

of intelligent methods, In dairymen. Dairy

organizations have long taught the desir-

ability of weeding out the unprofitable

cow. In her estimation it is Just as nec-

essary to get rid of the unprogressive

dalryman, and this can only be done by

educating him to the need of more pro-

gressive ways, or else driving him out of

the business entirely. The abuse of the

farm separator was held in large part

responsible for the high percentage of

inferior product now being made by

creameries, while the failure of dairymen

to cull the poor cows from the herd, eith-

er through individual effort or by pro-

mulgating the organization of cow—test—

ing associations, was held accountable

for the unsatisfactory showings made by

many dairy farms. She has no use for

the dual purpose cow butadvises choos—

ing one of the dairy breeds and improving

it as fast as possible through the use of

pure—bred sires, the scales and the Bab—

cock tester. It is absolutely necessary

to get rid of the unprofitable or less prof-

itable cows, and Mrs. Durand thinks the

modern cow-testing association is the

agency through which this problem will

be finally and satisfactorily solved. The

present effort to legalize a compulsory

test for tuberculosis in her state came in

for a word of criticism in Which she

voiced the opinion, based upon experience

in her own herd. that the tuberculin test

is unreliable. She uses the so-called

model cow stall, uses odorless disinfec-

tant in the stables and clips the flanks

of her cows to insure greater cleanliness.

She went into the dairy business to prove

to her own satisfaction that clean, health-

ful milk could be produced at a price that

would bring It within the reach of most

people. As to price, she held that the

producer should receive about 4c per qt.

for good clean milk in the can or So if





bottled; advocates bottling upon the

farm. In the course of six years she has

built up a most profitable dairy. She





has built up a rundown farm through the

application of rock phosphate and the

growing of alfalfa, now having fields

which out six tons of hay per acre. En-

silage is one of her principal feeds, with

which she uses mlddlings, gluten feed

and cottonseed meal. As a general prop-

osition she believes that dairymen feed

too much grain; also that the dairy farm-

er farms too many acres; that the en-

richment of the soil and more intensive

methods in growing feed are needed.



Dr. Marshall, of M. A. 0., followed with

a sound, sensible talk on “The Consum-

er's Part in Securing Pure Milk.” He

said that specialization and thorough un-

derstanding of a business, and honesty In

conducting it, are the keynotes to suc—

cess, and he commended this thought to

the producer especially. The consumer,





‘he asserted, will be but a. reflection of





the producer, and if the latter fully ap-

preciates what he is doing the former be-

comes interested and gradually they come

to serve each other’s interests. He de~

plored the fact that men in this country

do not serve long apprenticeships In

learning a business as in some of the

older countries, and, as a consequence,

we have men in every avenue of business

whose efforts, though thoroughly honest,

come to naught through lack of knowl-

edge. Many say they cannot improve

their product at present prices when, in

truth, comparatively few know how to go

about it to bring improvement. A thor-

ough knowledge of, and pride in, their

profession are lacking. Appreciation, he

held, is at the bottom of everything, but

absolute honesty must go with it. The

ethics and etiquette of the present com-

mercial world must not be the criterion.

The milk producer who attempts to cover

anything up quickly loses the confidence

of the consumer, and it is equally disas-

trous to shake his confidence in the pro-

ducer's ability to produce the right qual«

ity of product.





sions in the cities, Dr. Marshall said that





Speaking of the‘medical milk commisr





they are doing- a._good work but they do

not understand the producers. Their zeal

leads them to prescribe conditions and

requirements which it is not practical to

live up to, but the dairy industry is de-

veloping leaders who are demonstrating

that it is possible to produce pure milk

under practical conditions. As the con-

sumer’s part in the solution of the pure

milk problem he suggested that they free

city milk commissions and the inspection

service from the influence of partisan

politics. Membership on the commissions

should, in his opinion, be confined to rep-

resentative citizens who will be willing

to study the problem from every stand-

point and to quietly serve the public for

the sake of serving. A better under-

standing between consumer and producer

is most desirable, and this cannot be

brought about through the enactment of

legislation.





Replying to Mrs. Durand's criticism of

the tuberculin test, Dr. Marshall said

that people generally do not understand

this test. He declared It to be practi-

cally infallible where it is carefully and

intelligently used. He considers the vet-

erinarian unwise who condemns an ani-

mal on the strength of a single slight res.

action.

applied more than once and the effect at

each application carefully noted. Medi-

cal statistics show, however, that where

the tuberculin test has been thus care-

fully applied more than 98 per cent of

the diagnoses have proven correct, and

he asserted that there is no other diag.

nostic agent known to the medical world

that surpasses it on the score of relia-

bility. But Dr. Marshall thinks the time

has not yet arrived when the big cities

or even a state may safely or sensibly

demand compulsory tuberculin testing or

compulsory pasteurization of milk. A

campaign of this character, to be of any

real value, must be continued over a

period of four or five years at the least,

and the city or state that plans for such

a campaign will find the cost absolutely

prohibitive. A cempulsory test covering

a period of not more than two years

would prove a reckless waste of funds.

Individual owners of herds are gradually

taking thematter in hand, and the cam-

paign of education that is being waged,

touching the proper lighting and ventila-

tion of dairy barns, is bringing results.

Dr. Marshall favors the encouragement

of such individual efforts in every man-

ner possible.





Wednesday was butter-makers’ day,

and the morning session convened in Odd

Fellows Hall, across the street from the

Armory, with Mr. Fred Eldridge, of

Breckenridge, in the chair. It was hoped

that Mr. Slater, Secretary of the National

Dairy Union, would be able to be present

at thiS/session, but in his absence Mr.

Shilling, of Chicago. made a few remarks

on the present butter situation. He rc-

minded the butter-makers that quality is

the watchword, ascribing the present

rather dubious out100k to the lack of

quality in a large portion of the annual

butter output. He stated that there are

more than 60,000,000 tons of surplus but-

ter in cold storage at the present time,

and despite the fact that values have de-

clined materially this butter has not

moved as it should, which fact he be-

lieves to be due to its mediocre quality.

Despite the fact that this large surplus

has been piled up, the production of oleo-

margarine has greatly increased, some-

thing like 140,000,000 lbs. of this product

having been sold last year. As a. rem-

edy, he insisted that butter-makers must

demand a better quality in their raw ma-

terial, and to that end he advocated the

grading of cream and paying for same

according to quality. He thinks the ten-

dency is toward the supplantlng of gath-

ered cream plants with whole milk fac-

tories, and regards this a good omen. He

admits that the farm separator has its

use where properly employed, but thinks

its abuse is largely responsible for the

present situation. He believes, however,

that the adoption of a system of grading

cream will put such a premium upon

cleanliness and proper handling of the

product upon the farm as to make the

use of the separator under any other com

ditlons unprofitable.





At the close of these remarks the As~

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suing year, and then Mr. Shilling took

up the topic which had been assigned

him on the program, viz., “Organization,”

declaring that organization in this age is

absolutely necessary, and that the indi-

vidaul, single-handed. cuts very little fig.

ure. He referred to the good work of the

National Dairy Union in securing the

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Of . an be done through organiza-

tio ' rThe consumption of oleo decreased

very fipidly after the passage of that

law, b , with the high butter values pre-

vailing the past year, the oleomargarine

interests have become more active, and

the vigilance of the dairy organizations

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ing the repeal of the statute. Every ef-

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many of the popular magazines. He also

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ison with the cost of producing a high-

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poor cream, and, as a rule, the butter—

maker who tries to build up his business

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tomers—-the natural kickers. He be-

lieves that butter-makers must work out

some system of grading cream, but ad»

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always find the cause. He told of a case

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dairy, but so far they have been unable

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A dairyman from Indiana who was

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arrived at when they finally resorted to

churning the product of each cow sepad

rately. In this way the trouble was

traced to a single tuberculous cow in the

herd.



In speaking of grading cream, Mr. El-

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form is brightening, and he cited one

of the big centralized plants and several

creameries which will adopt the plan the

coming spring.



The grading of cream as a promising.

means of improving the quality of their

product seemed uppermost in the minds

of most of the butter-makers present and

the matter was discussed at some length,

Without, however, arriving at any very

definite conclusions. One member char-

acterized the modern hand separator as

simply an inducement to get people into

the dairy business and prophesied that

their use will gradually be abandoned and

that the desired improvement in butter

quality will be brought about by the

Whole milk factories. However, the new-

ly organized Creamery Managers anal

Owners’ Association held a meeting on

the following day and adopted a standard

for grading cream which will be given

in a later installment of this report.



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POULTRYM BEES?





CAUTION AS TO FEEDING ANIMAL

MATTER.



Care should be taken about feeding the

hens too much meat, as it sometimes

causes bowel diseases. more especially

where the flock has been without it and

then receives it in liberal quantities. I

have a case in mind where the owner of

a. choice flock of hens had access to the

offal of a slaughter house and thought he

would feed it to winter layers. He ar-

gued that if a little meat is good more

was better, so he fed more, and he lost

nearly his entire flock from bowel trouble.



A moderate allowance, of meat or

ground green bone two or three times a.

week is about all that can be fed with

safety. “'here one lives near a slaughter

house and can get blood to mix with corn

meal, this makes a mighty good combina-

tion if fed with judgment. \Vhere plenty

of oyster shells are fed I prefer scrap

meat to green bone, and so do my hens.



I am convinced of this one thing, how-

ever; that “high level" yields in egg pro-

duction can not be reached unless the hen

has sufficient animal food, whether in

the form of scrap meat, insects, worms,

or green bone. And right here let me

say that the next sixty days is when they

need it most, as they should be making

lots of eggs and consequently need plenty

of fat and albumen. There are no insects

or Worms to be had so you should feed

a little more than the usual amount of

fpods containing these elements. Perhaps

you will get eggs without doing this, but

the hen will be drawing on her own vital-

ity to supply the want and her laying

period will be shortened accordingly.



isniwlla WM. J. COOPER.





 





 





 





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CONSTITUTIONAL VIGOR IN BREED-





ING STOCK.





 





increasing the constitutional vigor in

breeding is one of the important

problems before farmers and poultrymen

at this time of the year. The heavy egg

production required of the modcrn hen

has the effect of lowering her physical

vitality and producing a relatively high

mortality during the chick rearing sea—

son. infertility of eggs, low hatching

power. weak, puny chicks and losses in

the breeding fiock are evidences of low

vitality.



But whatever the direct contributory

influences, the fact remains that strong

as well as weak individuals can be found

in nearly all flocks. Ry directing special

attention to selecting the strong, vigor-

ous fowls for breeders, and disposing of

the weaker ones, constitutional vigor may





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be perpetuated in the young stock. l’oul—

try farmers. however. as a rule do not

realize the importance of maintaining





breeding pens from which to select eggs

for hatching, and in consequence annually

rear a large per cent of young stock low

in physical vigor.



Increasing constitutional vigor in the

flock must have its beginning in the se-

lection of strong healthy individuals from

which to obtain eggs for hatching. The

hapshazard method. of selecting eggs

from flocks containing both weak and

strong fowls is unproductive of improve-

mcnt. Every farmer should have a spa-

in which those fowls showing

of pronounced constitutional





for hatching purposes.



There are numerous causes of loss of

physical vigor in the flock, and they

should be taken into consideration by

every poultry owner. Heavy feeding to

induce increased egg laying is one of

these. lnjudlcious selection of males and

females for breeding purposes is another.

Inbreeding year after year without regard





to desirable qualities has also exercised

a potent influence in lowering vitality.

The use of immature breeding stock.





either too young. or physically weak, has

prevented the transmission of desirable

characteristics, and improper manage~

ment of the breeders in not causing them

to take the required amount of exercise,

has materially reduced health and vitality.



The principle it) adopt in the successful

management of poultry is that only the

strong stock should survive and the weak

be eliminated. \Vhen weak individuals

appear in the broods it is well to put

them by themselves so they may have a





better chance. (‘hicks may overcome

physical weakness in a measure under

proper feeding, but such individuals





should be marked and not retained for





breeding purposes. It is a well estab—

lished fact that weak chicks, when ma-

tured, transmit their weaknesses to their





progeny and consequently perpetuate un- ‘





desirable characteristics in the hook. It

may even be advisable in making up the

breeding pen, to discard or dispose of the

entire flock and purchase new blood



As a means of selecting desirable breed-

ers attention is directed to individual

characteristics which distinguish the

weak from the strong. Activity in a. fowl

is generally good evidence of its physical

vigor. The shape of the body is closely

related to physical vigor and develop—

ment. Deep, thick, compact conforma-

tion, with large fluff, are indications of

greater vitality than will be found in a

slender body and long thin thighs and

shanks. The strong vigorous hens, dur-

ing the laying period, have large, bright

red combs and wattles. The quality.

brilliancy and general appearance of the

plumage are also good indications of phy—

sical vigor.



The production of a flock is largely

dependent upon their ability to consume

food and turn it into profit. Fowls suf-

fering from acquired or transmissible

weaknesses can not produce a profitable

egg flow or convert. food into profitable

tiesh gain. Those (eSll‘OUS of improving

the quality of their flock this season must

not overlook the points discussed above.

Time, labor and money are wasted in at-





tempting to make poultry husbandry

profitable with stock that is lacking in

physical vigor.





Shiawassee Co. LEO C. REYNOLDS.





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A Tuscola county subscriber writes that

her hens become lame and gradually

waste away. Examination shows small

hard bunches on heart and liver and in

some cases on the intestines. The pres—

ence of the tubercles onpthe internal or-

gans. and the fact that the fowls gradu-

ally decline until they die from weakness,

may be considered very strong indica-

tions of tuberculosis. Lameness. also,

sometimes accompanies this disease and

there may be swellings of the joints or

ulcerous growths on the surface of the

body. Get the opinion of a competent

veterinarian or send some of the tubercles

to the bacteriologistvat the Agricultural

(‘ollege for examination. If it proves to

be tuberculosis the entire fiock should be

destroyed and the poultry house and

yards, in fact every part of the premises

frequented by the fowls, must be thor-

oughly disinfected. If the foundation for

a new flock is secured at once it will be

advisable to choose a new location for

their quarters.

COOKED FEED FOR LITTLE CHICK-



ENS.





 





 





Almost before the first hint of spring,

practically every woman in the country

will begin to set hens and get coops

ready for the little chickens that will

soon make their apeparance. And this is

a very small part of the work of raising





chickens, the greater part of which comes'

in taking care of them and feeding them'





properly.



One thing that is worth almost more

than everything else connected with the

care of little chickens is to see that they

have nothing but cooked food, at least

until they are six or eight weeks old and

have good, strong healthy bodies. or

course. it will be extra. trouble to prepare

this food, but the chickens will do so

much bctter and grow so much faster

that the effort will be amply rewarded.



(‘orn men], which is not a good food

given raw, is an ideal one when baked in

the oven. it can be mixed up with wat-

er. or better still, if one has it, with

milk, and enough can be baked at one

time to last several days. Or it can be

cooked in a pot like ordinary mush, but

should be cooked a long time to make it

as dry as possible.



A good way to dispose of the small po-

tatoes that form a part of the crop every

year is to cook them for the little chick-

ens. While the chickens like these cooked

potatoes very much, this food is not

enough of itself to satisfy them but

should be fed in connection with the

baked meal. Another thing that chicks

like is the curd formed by scalding sour

milk: but this, like the cooked potatoes,

should be fed with more substantial arti-

cles.



W'hen the chickens are six or eight

weeks old they can be fed cracked corn, or

even the whole grains if they are not too

large. One should be very careful not to

feed too much at one time, as this food

will pack in their crops if they eat too





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WHITE LEIilllillNS, WHITE BLANCHAIID-WYOKOFF





Strains separate. Greatest layers on earth. Eggs for

hatching. 3pm ne. .1' o. ' No. Three. $3

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ment will receive 25 numbered leg bands FREE with

emrv settin . Reference First tate Bank.

FRANK ws. FLOYD. Proprietor,S rin Garden

Farm. Box 491. Birmingham, .1011 gun,





UFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS—Only perfect standard

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





Excellent laying strain. Fred Nickel. Monroel Mich.





HOROUGHBRED S. 0. BROWN LEGHORN E s

at $1.(X) per 15 or $5.00 per 100. Stock all sold.

LEWIS T. 0 PENLANDER. R. No. 4. Lansing, Mich





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UFF PLY. ROCK COCKERELS—Farm

healthy. ood size, shape and color. At farmers

prices. Eggs n season. Albert Wells. Saranac. Mich.





 





 





 





For sale—THOROUGHBRED CHOICE BARRED ROOK

OOOKIRELS $2.00 each. $8.50 a on”.

Dr. C. S. LAYTON. R. No. 3, Ypsilanti, Mich.





 





Eggs for Hatching it‘li’ési‘hicé’i‘i‘éifi‘iieiéidc‘.





eggs $1.25: 30 eggs $2. Vi. J. Ireland. Cass City, Mich.





GGS: EGGS: EGGS—White .52 Buff Or ington,

White «in Barred Rooks. Black a White M‘inorcaa.

White & Bufl' Leghorns, Rose & Single Oomb Reds‘

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





—V' . .

Barred [lock Ckls. m; as: ‘ifz‘é‘ tiiffiimlns‘i

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

. St B! S. .

! EGGMAKERS E ‘1. he. 3. $3174? pfifii'PiiTiié

. per 100 WM. J. 0 (PER. It. Pleasant. Michigan.

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. ti or 2 for $5. Ei§z§irom any one of these at $2.50 per 15.

W. J. BOWL & SONS, Leonard. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





—Kulps 242 9 strain. riz

R. 0. Brown L'ghoms winners. fart-‘31 ran a. sglecg

gain 15: $3.00 n0. S. W. HENSEL. ani , Ohio.





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Butt Ilock Cockorels .iiédaii'i‘i‘imdfifigiéiy' °d





$1.50 up. WILLIS s. MEADE, .No. 3. Holly. Migif





Big Business Barred Rocks

J. E. TAYLOR. Beldimz. Michigan.

OOKERELS FOR SALE—Light Brahma White





Wyandotte & B. P. Rocks. good ones, til i .

n. n. BISHOP, Route 38, Lake Odessa, fiigi‘iilgitg.





BUFI: PIEY. ROCK find SGaO'S Birufl fLeghorn Cock~

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r. J. Iiiiuncn. Blaine. Mic i333.





 





 





Eggs in season.





 





ll. 0. II. Leghorn, Cookoralsilfiglg d‘z’é‘i‘i‘a £31.” £323

in season. 0. u. WAITE, Goblevilie, Michigan.





8. c. W. Le horn i}oi:litiriils““““."-""m"d “m“

for hatching. JgtlEPH 00()BOOK.9ii3iiiagfiéf‘idgii7





QINGLE COMB BLACK MINOROAS—A few more

i tine largo cockcrcls. Satisfaction guaranteed.

I‘Iggs $21) per 15. R. ‘4'. MILLS. Saline. Michigan.





‘INGLE Comb Brown Leghoriis——-One of Michigan's

L lar est breeders of the Brown Beauty‘s winnin

ut the ending shows. Send for catalog with prices and

photos of my birds. Box 324 D. Charles Rufl', St. (flair, Mich.





FOR SALE—S. O. and R._C. Rhode Island

, _ Rod Eggs. 1:) for $1.0): 50 for

l 82.45; 1(1) for $5. BUELL BROS, Ann Arbor. Mich.





ILVER, GOLDEN and WHITE WYANDOTTES 100

White cockerels at and each. New circular.

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





Wyckoll and Blanchard 3min 8- 0 W





Leghorn. F a r m

5aised. Trap nested. heavy winter layers. E gs 100 $5.

r0 $3. 15 $1. F. E. BOSTEDOR. Eaton napifis. Mich.





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While wyanddi's effiproduction. Send or cilr-

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itg‘oftener. ‘



’lDo not neglect to keep plenty of clean

water in the drinking fountains, which

are better kept in some shady place

where the water does not get so warm

and stale as that placed in the hot sun.



Chickens that are fed in this manner

will have big, strong, healthy bodies and,

by the time they are six or eight weeks

old, will have a good start and be prac-

tically out- of danger of gapes, diarrhoea

or the countless other diseases that kill

so many chicks. -



Ohio. M. M. ICHLER.



(Suppementary to the above advice re—

garding the feeding of cooked rations to

chicks, it should be said that extreme

care is necessary to have the food sweet

at all times. Cooked rations are gener—

ally fed in a moist condition, and as wet

feed spoils much more quickly than dry

feed it is absolutely essential that the

chicks eat every particle or that the at-

tendant clean up any that remains after

each feeding; also that the troughs or

dishes in which it is given be kept clean.

This system of feeding also calls for con-

siderable extra labor, since the feed must

necessarily be prepared in small quanti-

ties. It is this extra trouble and labor,

together with the eternal vigilance neces—

sary to prevent disease springing from

souring, neglected remnants of the ra-

tion, that has brought dry feedinginto

favor. We shall be glad to hear from

readers who have practiced both wet and

dry feeding and have made a careful

comparison of results—Ed.)





 





 





BRINGING BEES our OF CELLARS.‘

No two bee-keepers seem to agree as to!

the proper time for bringing the bees out;

of the cellar. I believe that it is best for»

one to consider existing circumstances

and use his judgment. It may be very

well to wait until nature has provided a

supply of pollen, if the bees remain quiet,

but if they become uneasy and fly from

the hive, it will be best to bring them

out.



One must exercise care in bringing

them out or he will do considerable dam-

age. The day before they are to be

brought out, open the doors and windows

SO that the air in the cellar will become

purified. If this is not done the bees

will, when brought into the purer outside

air, come out with a rush. It is well to

take the smoker into the cellar and

smoke the bees well before bringing them

out. Reducers should be placed in the





 





 





 





entrances so that, after the hives are

placed on the stands, only a few bees can .

come out at a time. If this is not done{

they will come out with a rush, failing

to mark their own hive and thus return-

ing to the wrong one, with the result that

some hives will be over-Impulated while

others will be almost deserted. Avoid

bringing out on a windy day, for the bees

will be driven to the leeward side of the

apiary and the hives on that side will be

over-populated.



After a little experience a person can

tell by the weight of the hive whether, or

not, the bees have a good store of food.

For convenience it will be well to set

those hives that may .need feeding to

themselves. If the bees in any hive have

died, set that to one side in the cellar.

If in doubt as to the bees being alive,

blow into the hive and they will let you

know if living.



After setting the bees out let them

alone a few days before examining, as

they are in a commotion and opening the,

hives excites them. Some pleasant dayi

examine each hive to see if the bees have?

sufficient stores and if the queen is alll

right; also clean the dead bees out, etc.

If any are found to be short of stores,

give them combs from the colonies that

have died. . S. C.





 





BREEDING BELGIAN HARES.





 





 





A \I’ayne Co. subscriber who has se-

cured a few Belgian hares wants to know

at what age they breed and how old the

young ones should be before re-breeding

the doe. The females will breed as young

as five months and give birth to their

young 30 days later. Then they will pro-

duce a litter almost every 30 days year

in and year out if allowed to do so, but

growers of Belgians advise giving the

doe a rest of 30 days before re-breeding.

The young should be weaned at six

weeks. During this period the doe should

receive milk and cereal foods, such as

oatmeal, with no green food whatever.

After three weeks of age the young may

have bread and milk, also a little oats

and bran, and bits of good clean hay, but

may not safely receive green food until

four months of age.





 





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To those of our

readers who have

had the opportu-

nity of seeing this popular comedy played

the above titlc

Tilly, the household drudge, who was

compelled to stay at home to attend to

the menial household duties, while her

more aristocratic sister and various other

members of the household went to a

passing Show for a pleasant evening's

entertainment, which was a rare oppor-

tunity in the community. They will also

recall how Tilly fell asleep and dreamed

of a broader life in ilic more congenial

environments with which she was sur—

rounded after her marriage with u play—





“Tilly’s Nightmare."





male of her youth, who had become a

weathly New York merchant, and how,

after her numerous experiences which





brought out the ridiculous side of some

phase. of life 111 the Amciican metropolis

and the courts of Europe, she was awak-

ened from the nightmare by the return

of the others from the Show.



But those among our readers who have

not seen this dream enacted on the stage

have been given a glimpse of an equally

interesting and Somewhat parallel vision

recently beheld by a prominent actor in

our great national theater in which the

tragedy (01' comedy) of Canadian recip-

rocity is being played. We refer to the

interview recently given out by Senator-

elect Townsend, of Michigan, in which

he announces that the Canadian reci—

procity agreement is but the first step in

a grand scheme to bring about closer

commercial relations between the I’nlted

States and Canada. The vision which he

unfolds for the admiration of the public,

after an interview with President Taft,

is no less than a grand scheme for an

agreement with Canada, whereby the

United States will appropriate millions of

money to aid Canada 111 the improvement

of the lVelland Canal and the deepening

of the shoal waters in the rapids of the

St. Lawrence river to admit the large

ocean vessels to the Great Lakes, thus

providing the farmers of the middle west-

ern states, as well as those of Canada,

with cheap transportation to "their mar-

kets," and cheap transportation from for-

eign countries on the things they have to

buy, besides solving the problem of col-

liers for the navy in the event of war.

Mr. Townsend devotes considerable space

to a computation of the added dollars





will bring recollections of





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that would accrue to the farmers of the

lake states from such an arrangement

and some‘to telling how it would benefit

the industries of the urban centers in

these states and in Canada, especially the

lake ports, but unfortunately does not

mention the fact that in numerous places

in the water route to them, the navigable

channels are not sufficiently deep to per—

mit the uninterrupted passage of the

larger lake boats at many times, during

the rather short season of open naviga-

tion, to say nothing of the larger ocean

ships, notwithstanding the fact that the

government has spent and is annually

spending millions to keep up with the de-

mand in this direction. He has also, and

unfortunately, from an argumentative

standpoint, tacitly admitted that the

enactment of this agreement will compel

our farmers to sell their products on a

world price level for many years to come.

since he comments on the benefits of

chcapened tiansportation to “their Nar-

kets,” which might then be reached by

ocean shipments. linfmtunately, too, he

has failed to note in his statement that

any possible reduction of transportation

charges on the things which the farmers

have to buy would not permit their pur-

chase at the world price, plus the trans-

portation charge, since they will still be

protected by a tariff. even those which

they might: get from nearby Canada un-

der the terms of this agreement.

But let us see if this “vision"

capable of interpretation. This is the

third report of an expression by Mr.

Townsend on the proposition of Canadian

reciprocity. in the first statement ac-

credited to him soon after the announce-

ment of the terms of the pact he said in

effect that he did not see how our farm-

ers could be expected to support our pro-

tective tariff policy if the things they had

to sell were admitted free of duty while

the things they had to buy were kept

in the protected list, a sentiment that ap-

parently came from the heart of a man

who understood and sympathized with

ilic position of a great class of his con-

siiiuents on this important question.

Later a statement was accredited to him

to the effect that notwithstanding the

protests of the farmers of Michigan, he

thought he would support the agreement.

since a broad view of the situation com-

pelled him to look to the future. as well

as the present welfare of Michigan and

the country. Unfortunately, it is not a

matter of record how he felt on the sub-

jcct at the time the vote was taken in

the house, but apparently he has since

been shown a great light, as evidenced

by the interview above mentioned and

his introduction in the house, during the

closing hours of the session, of a resolu-

tion empowering the President to enter

upon négbtiations looking toward the con-

summation of the scheme above outlined

whenever in his opinion the conditions

seem to warrant such a course. Now

for the interpretation! It would appear

to “a man up a. tree” that the opposi-

tion to the Canadian pact which has been

so strenuously voiced by the farmers of

the middle west has made such an im—

presslon on the President that he has

considered it necessary to do something

to counteract it, hence the interview and

the resulting vision which Senator Town-

send has reported to his constituents. But

we do not believe it will serve to befog

the issue. We believe that someone will

awake to find they have been in the

ihroes‘of a nightmare. and we do not be-

lieve it will be the farmers. as it surely

would be if this dream were accepted by

them as an attainable fact, instead of an

"inspired" vision. It will, however, serve

a good purpose in showing his rural con-

stituents where Senator Townsend is

now “at" on this question, and should

“inspire” them to awaken him as quickly

as possible to their own present and future

attitude toward this agreement and those

who are not disposed to give them a

“square deal” in its consideration.’





Is the present



The Round-Up of conducting institute

institute. work satisfactory? Has

the current m e t h o d



served its purpose, and if so. what change

can be made that will enhance the elli-

ciency of this institution? Should there

be a complete revision of the system or

should we gradually introduce new fea-

tures as we proceed under the present

organization? These and other questions

are being seriously considered by insti-

tute workers. students of rural sociology,

and laymen, and while the questions are

easily asked, the answers given are wide-

ly at variance with each other, the only

harmony being on the question that

something ought to be done. While it





is not





system





and the





hive memo/m misuse





may seem at first thought that the oc‘-

canton for these questions to a. criticism

of the present administration of, the in-

stitute Work, a deeper study of the case

shows it to be the very opposite, for this

work, being carried with such enthusiasm

as it has to every corner of the farming

sections of the state, has aroused men

and women to the larger possibilities of

farm life and they are now demanding

more than it is possible for this institu—

tion to give under its present organiza-

tion.



However, in the face of this apparent

unrest regarding this point, the sixteenth

annual meeting of farmers and workers

at M. A. C. last week. gave evidence that

there was still a live wire connected in

the present scheme. The attendance at

the meeting, according to Superintendent

Taft, was larger than a year ago, both at

the men's and women’s sessions, and the

interest and attention manifested would

be dliTicult to improve, there being an un-

usually large number of the patrons who

brought their note books and pencils to

take home records of those things which

most concerned their line of farming, or

housekeeping. The progressive lectures

given by Profs. Kedzie, Jeffrey and Slipc—

smith, of the college, were most practical

demonstrations given held the

audience at rigid attention throughout the

forenoon gatherings. Many appear to see

in this class of work the hope of the in-

stitute. The other numbers were excel-

lent and Michigan farmers are to be con-

gratulated on being able to hear such a

high-class program as was presented.

The addresses of Prof. Humphrey, of

\Visconsin, of Prof. McKeever. of Kansas,

of Dr. Hamilton, of the Department of

Agriculture, Mr. Wing, of Ohio, and oth-

ers, proved a treat, not only for the valu-

able information brought to the audience,

but also for the interesting manner of

presentation. Fruit men were disap—

pointed when 1t was learned that Cyrus

G. Miller, of Massachusetts, could not be

present, but they were glad to learn from

the long experience of Prof. Mainard of

the same state, who Spoke on the sub-

jects assigned to Mr. Miller. The prin-

cipal addresses given will be reviewed in

the several regular departments of The

Farmer in succeeding issues for the ben-

efit of those of our readers who could

not attend the sessions.





As before stated in

these columns, the

reports received from

different sections of

the state Show a great variety of opin-

ions regarding the desirability and effi-

ciency of the present highway law. But

notwithstanding the fact that dissatisfac—

tion has been expressed by the residents

of many townships, it seems to be well

established that the law is more satisfac-

tory than the old law was to a majority

of the progressive farmers of the state.

This apparent fact was evidenced by the

resolution passed by the State Associa-

tion of Farmers’ Clubs at its annual

meeting during the closing days of last

year. A review of the opinions received

from various sources seems to indicate

that where the law has been unsatisfac-

tory in application, the trouble has been

with the manner in which its provisions

have been carried out rather than with

the law itself, since in localities where

the electors have been fortunate in their

choice of highway officers and where the

voters have been reasonably liberal in

their appropriations for highway mainte-

nance and improvement a degree of sat-

isfaction with the new method has very

generally been expressed.





The Voter and the

Highway Law.





It is obvious that if an insuificient sum

is appropriated at the annual township

meeting to make needed repairs and im-

provements, the officers selected to direct

the work cannot be blamed 1f the results

are not all that might be desired. It, on

the other hand, the electors have been

careless in their choice of highway offi-

cers, they are equally to blame and the

remedy lies in their own hands. With

the. spring election close at hand, it is

high time for the progressive farmers in

any township where the new highway

law has proven unsatisfactory for either

of the reasons mentioned above to start

a campaign which w1ll remedy the diffi-

culty for the ensuing year. If the mon-

eys appropriated are insufi‘iclent for the

purpose required, talk the matter over

and have enough interested voters pres-

out at the noon hour when the appropria-

tion is made to remedy the difficulty.

Also talk over the matter of selecting

Suitable highway ofllcers before the cau-

cuses are held at which they will be

nominated. While this is not really a.

matter for partisan politics, yet it is so





 





MARCH 11,191L





by precedent. and it would be a. wise





precaution to have the candidates on the

leading tickets of the right stamp to in-

sure satisfactory results in the adminis-

tration of the law. In many cases this

can be accomplished only by some 'con-

certed action on the part of the voters.

It is not always the man who seeks an

office of this kind who will make the most

satisfactory o'fl‘icial, but often the right

man could be induced to take the office

if his friends would do a little work to

that end, so as to make it unnecessary

for him to appear to seek the place.





In addition to the regular duties of the A





highway officers in the maintenance and

improvement of the highways, they are

charged under the statute with the ad-

ministration of the law designed to pre-

vent the spread of noxious weeds, which

is also an important factor to be taken

into consideration in the selection of men

to fill these places. For these reasons,

then, it would be the part of wisdom for

the progressive farmers in every locality

in the state in which there has been

marked dissatisfaction with the operation

of the present highway law to give the

matter a little attention previous to the

spring election, to the end that the mon-

evs appropriated may be wisely expended

and the taxpayers ieceive a. maximum-

of benefit and satisfaction from the ad-

ministration of the law.





While complete sta—

tistics are not yet

available, it is stated

on good authority that

Michigan's product of beet sugar for the

current year will exceed that of the

previous year by 35 million pounds, and

that the total production for the year

will surpass the best season's record for

Colorado, while at the present rate of in-

crease Michigan‘s production will soon

outstrip that of California. .The large in-

crease in the production of beet sugar

in Michigan within the last decade is

well known by every Michigan Farmer

reader, and in view of that increase ac-

curate knowledge regarding the produc-

1.1011 of beet sugar for the country, as Well

as the production and importation of cane

sugar and the consumption of this staple

product in the country, will be of inter-

cst. it will doubtless beamatter of sur-

prise to most readers to know ‘that the

production of beet sugar in this country

now exceeds that of cane sugar, having

passed it in 1907. The total production

of sugar in the United States, according

to government reports now exceeds 175

billion pounds, of which 'more than one

billion pounds is beet sugar and about 17.5

million pounds is cane sugar. This

amount represents about one—fourth of

the sugar consumed annually in the Uni--

ted States. About one—half of the amount

consumed is imported from foreign coun-

tries and about one-fourth, or an amount

similar to our own production, is brought

in from the islands under the American

flag. \‘i'hile about half of the world's sugar

supply is made from beets. practically all

of the sugar imported into the United

States is cane sugar, most of the beet

sugar produced in Europe being consumed

in the country where it is produced. The

cane sugar imported into the United

States comes mostly from Cuba. the East

indies, Mexico and South America. Our

own islands supplying a portion of the

sugar used in this country are Porto

Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. The

cane sugar produced in this country

comes from the Gulf States.



Regarding the consumption of sugar in

the United States, the latest government

report on the subject says:



“The people of the l'nitcd States are

larger consumers of sugar per capita

than thee.-. of any other country of the

world except England. for which the lat-

est figures ShO‘d' a consumption averag-

ing 86 pounds per cz'ipiia, against our own

average of 811/: pounds per capita. The

next largest per capita consumption is in





Sugar Production

and Consumption.





Denmark. 771?", pounds; followed by SW‘H‘.





zerland, 64

and Germany

431/2 pounds.



“Not only is the I'nited States the sec-

od largest sugar consumer per capita, but

the total amount consumed annually is

much greater than that of any other

country, aggregating, as above indicated,

more than seven billion pounds per an-

num, against about four billion pounds

in England and about three billion pounds

in Germany.



“The sugar "habit” is evidently a.

growing one with the people of the Uni—

ted States and probably with those of

other countries, since the total world

production of sugar, including all coun-

tries for which statistics are available,





pounds;

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Sweden, 54

Holland,





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has increased 50 per cent in the last

decade and about doubled in 15 years. in

our own case ‘the consumption has shown

a. rapid grotth. the per capital consump-

tion having been, in 1880, 49 pounds; in

1890, 51 pounds; in im, 59 pounds, and

in 1910, approximately 811/2 pounds,’1



ALGONAO FRUIT MEN ORGANIZE.



The initial meeting of fruit men living

in the vicinity of Algonac, was recently

held for the purpose of organizing a local

society. Secretary Bassett, of the State

Horticultural Society, was present and

made an address in which he advanced

the benefits to be derived from co—opera-

tion and impressed the necessity of care.

ful, persistent and intelligent action re-

garding old orchards. He is sure men

are justified in laying out new plantations

where conditions favor the fruit planted.

The new society elected temporary offi-

cers as follows: I). Munro, president; W.

G. I—lodge, secretary, and D. O. Doxtader,

promptor. Another meeting will be held

soon to complete the organization and

start a campaign for a large member-

ship.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





National.



The New York legislature still finds it-

self unable to select a senator to succeed

United States Senator pepew. .



The strike order issued by the building

trades in Chicago is being held in abey-

ance. . .



A grand Jury is

leged vote-selling scandal at

lllinois. _ ‘ 1



The California legislature haslpassat a



easure abolishing capital punis imen .'

m ‘he Battle Creek plant of the Quaker

Oat Company was destroyed by fire Mon-

dav, causing a loss of $100,000. .



One of the clerks of the DetrOit post—

office has been placed under arrest for

selling obsolete stamps which should have

been destroyed according to the orders of

the government.



A measure was





investigating the al-

Danville,





passed by the filst con-

" s authorizing a commission to inves—

f’ilg‘cliste the proposed advance oi postage

on magazine matter. Justice Hughes, .ot

the United States supreme court, will

head the commission. .



A south wind broke ice on which some

thirty persons were skating at Traverse

City and carried the persons out in the

bay. it was with much difficulty that

they were rescued. --..



The syndicate block between rum and

Sixth streets, Minneapolis, Minn, was

destroyed by fire Sunday, causing a loss

estimated at $1,000,000. This is the larg.

est fire in the history of the city. A call

was made on St; Paul for aid in lighting

the flames. .



The democrats have already named

their members of the ways and means

committee for the 62nd congress, which

committee will have the authority of se-

lecting all other committees of the house.

This committee is headed by Robert L.

Henry, of 'lexas. Of the republican

members who were on the old committee

only two remain, Lialzcll, of Pennsylvania,

and Lawrence, of Massachusetts.



Col. Theodore Roosevelt leaves New

York \N’ednesday of this week for his

live woeks‘ Western trip which Will take

him through the south to the western

coast and thence back to the metropolis

where he will arrive April 16. His first

stop is at Atlanta, Ga. He has ‘22 en—

gagements and will speak on a Wide va-

riety of subjects. . .



Six prominent business men of Detroit

and one Chicagoan were indicted bya

federal grand Jury Sitting in Den-cit,

Monday night after a careful investigat-

ing of the alleged frauds conected with

claims of Alaskan coal lands near Homer.

The lands aggregated about 48,000 acres

and are valued at $50,000,000.



A force of 700 American marines is be-

ing sent by the navy department from

Philadelphia to Guantanamo in the West

Indies under secret orders. The purpose

of the move can only be guessed at, but

it is believed that the recent disturbance

in Haiti is at the bottom. England has

complained to this country that her in-

terests were being imperiled by the revo-

lutionists. This with the endangered con-

dition of American interests is assigned

as the reason for sending so large a de-

tachment, the largest since the one sent

to Nicaragua last year.



The supreme court of the United States

has decided that \N‘est Virginia is obli-

gated to pay a part of the debt of Vir—

ginia incurred before \N'est Virginia was

made a separate state. The whole debt

was $33,000,000 and the court decided that

the younger state must pay $7,182,507 as

her portion.



Foreign.



A fire in a moving picture theatre at

Bologoe, Russia, caused a stampede for

one small exit and resulted in the death

of 120 persons.



Construction on the

railway across South

Durazno and Trinidad



The teams of the

fleet are competing in

Caimanera, Cuba.



Two Chilian war vessels have left Val—

paraiso to meet the American battleship

Delaware which is carrying home the

body of Anabel Cruz, the late minister of

Chili to the United States.



Natives of Fez and Tangiers are re—

ported on the warpath. Communication

between the places has been cut and

couriers are said to have been captured.

The German government has ordered a





transcontinental

America between

is begun.

American Atlantic

riiie practice at





'gunboat to the Barbary coast to protect





her Interests.



Newfoundland has been caught in a

fierce blizzard and all means of transpor-

tation have been blocked by the deep

snows.



It is stated that there is unrest in

China over the encroaching movements

of Russians in Manchuria. Exception is

taken by the government at Pekin to the

extended reports in the Russian press of

the danger of another boxer uprising, the

officials stating that the people are under

control.



The Mexican insurrectos have planned

to seize Chihuahua and Juarez, and if

successful in' this will appeal to the Uni~

ted States for recognition. Juarez is de-

fended by 400 Mexican soldiers and is said

to be surrounded by 5,000 rebels. The

town of Tapia is reported to have fallen

into the hands of the rebels after severe

fighting, there being heavy losses on both

sides. The war department at \Vashing-

ton has ordered other detachments of

troops to proceed to San Antonio to be

ready in case forces are needed to pro-

tect American interests.



There is a move on for delaying action

by the Canadian parliament upon the

Canadian trade pact until after it has

been ratified by the American congress.

It appears that the opopsitlon across the

line is developing, besides England her-

self is taking more interest in the legis-

lation. It is now the plans of the demo-

crats of the house of representativcs at

\‘l’ashington to take up the measure ini-

mediately after organizing the new con-

gress, which l’resident Taft has called

for April 4, and it is anticipated that it

can be passed by that body in four

weeks. The house will then set about:

revising other tariff schedules affecting

the necessities of life.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





Genesee 00., March 4.—Fine spring

weather. No snow and frost coming out

of the ground slowly. leaving roads in fine

condition. Sugar bushes being tapped

and an average flow of sap anticipaicd.

Plenty of auction sales and changing of

tenants on farm in this vicinity. Stock.

brings good prices. Farm help scarce and ‘=

as high as ever. Old potatoes slow sale.

llay pretty much sold. Sheep feeders.

not realizing much on the masons workJ

liairy products keep up well but

are off several cents. Market

tions as follows: \Vheal, 80c:

corn, 47c: dressed hogs, 51c; dressed beef.

6W80: live chickens, ill/gm; potatoes, 40c:

apples, $150012 per bu; baled hay, $1261

14: loose hay, 51361216; straw. $5.50Q6:

butter. 340.....c; eggs, fresh, 20c.



Emmet 00., Feb. 28.——There has

several thaws during the month,

light fall of snow. There is much bare

ground to be seen. It is altogether likely

that winter grain and clover seedings

will come out in the spring in a less vig-

orous condition than usual. The pros-

pects are good that a pickle factory will

establish a saltlng station at I‘etoskey

the coming season. There will be the

usual number of farm sales this spring.





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Eggs, 23c: butter, 28((i30C', hay, $16; straw,

$8; dressed chickens, 17c; pork, $8619.

Sleighing good, with a considerable

amount of traffic going on. Beech and





maple logs are being marketed at $106112

per M.



Wasntenaw 00., Feb. 27.—The last of

the winter months is about to depart.

The weather is much too warm, bringing

muddy roads and freezing and thawing

nights which, if continued for the next

month, will be especially hard on wheat

and clover. “'lieat prices are steadily de-

clining, SOGiI84c; oats, 28c; potatoes, 25c:

butter, 20c; eggs, l-ic. \\'ith farm help

scarce, month hands commanding from

$27 to $33 per month and keep of a horse

extra. and reciprocity in the near future.

the farmer unable to do his own work

has indeed a discouraging future outlook.

in many cases more money would be made

to cut the acreage in half, dispense with

hired help, pasture a larger acrcage of

the land, and in general prepare by cut-

ting expenses to the lowest possible

point, than to continue a ruinous compe-

tition with each other and Canada added.





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of a silo.



“Everything for the Garden" is the title

of a large sized 200-page catalog issued

by Peter Henderson & Co., 35-37 (“ort—

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lists a complete line of tools and imple-

ments for garden use, as well as a com-





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plants.



Crawford‘s 1011 catalog of strawberry

plants and other small fruits and gladiolus

bulbs, sent by M. Crawford Company.

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, offers a select list

of high-grade plants for the critical buyer

of these goods for spring planting.



_ Burpee‘s 35th anniversary supplement,

issued by XV. Atlee Burpee & Co., of Phil-

adelphia, Pa, contains a profusion of fine

illustrations of their offices, seed houses

and seed gardens and trial grounds at

their Fordhook Farms in Pennsylvania, as

well as their New Jersey and California

farms, and a list of prize awards for 1910

placed by this well—known company.



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LeWis T. Oppenlauder, Lansing, Mich,

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HORTICULTURE AS A VOCATION FOR _





YOUNG MEN.





portunities for the young man



who has made himself master of

his vocation. I know of no occupation

which, at the present time offers more

varied, healthful and remnuerative em—

ployment than horticulture. \Vork with

trees or plants is necessarily a refining

occupation, more so than work with

stock, but the work requires patience and

energy—~it is no vocation for the shift-

less, or the young man who is afraid of

his hands or clothes. The horticulturist

must expect to do some hard work and

some disagreeable work, along with that

which is easy and pleasant, but this is

true of all occupations, and if he has a

love for the work and a willingness to put

his best into it, he will reap both pleasure

and profit from his chosen vocation.



One feature of horticultural work which

appeals to the average young man is its

speculative nature. One is dealing with

variable objects—plants or trees—no two

of which are ever the same or will re-

spond in the same way to the. same treat-

ment. Then. too. the weather conditions

enter into the varied and speculative

nature of the business, and make an

amount of uncertainty as to results. This

element of speculative uncertainty is just

sufficient to keep the average young man

interested in the game of horticulture.

It doesn‘t get monotonous to him. The.

laws of mathematics are certain. The

same computations with the same figures

will always give the same results. There

is no variation. no speculation. As a re-

sult mathematicians are said to be nar-

row, as a class. They deal with certain-

ties and feel that everything should be

certain. The horticulturist can not fol-

low set rules and always get the same

results. He must rely upon his knowl—

edge of plant life and soil and weather

conditions to make his rule variable

enough to fit all cases, or to formulate

a special rule to fit each case. To the

one whose heart is in his work this does

much to relieve horticultural work of any

monotony, and it also tends to make the

horticulturist a broad minded man.



Another feature which makes horticul-

tural work desirable and pleasant is the

quiet beauty which usually surrounds it.

The horticulturist is out in the open sur-

rounded by growing plants, beautiful

trees, a balmy, healthful atmosphere, and

a sunny sky. He can drink in the beau-

ties of nature to his heart’s content. His

vision is not limited by four walls and a

dingy ceiling, his walls are the horizon

and his ceiling the blue sky; he is not

forced to breathe the vitiated air of a

small factory or office but draws his sup-

ply of oxygen from God’s free atmos-

phere; he need not accustom his nerves

to the rattle of pavements or the hum of

machinery, but rather to drink in the

quiet music of nature, or catch the song

of the bird. Certainly the conditions sur-

rounding the horticulturist‘s work are

helpful and restful alike to mind and

body.



Still another desirable feature of horti—

cultural work "is its variation. The skilled

mechanic may stand in a shop day after

day, doing nothing but shape a pattern

or a casting. This work may require

skill, but when this skill is attained there

is little more to do except to act as a

machine is turning out this part, of the

factory output. Although the horticul—

turist may specialize in the production of

some one crop he can never escape an

almost daily change in his work, in fact,

he will more often change several times

a day. This is restful, both to body and

nerves, and gives the horticulturist the

advantage of a wide range of experience,

lessens the monotony of the work, and

gives both body and mind opportunity for

a broader development.



The fruit grower has the advantage of

the stock farmer in that he can arrange

his work so as to have vacation periods.

The dairyman niust care for his cows

and milk them week days and Sundays,

summer and winter. The fruit grower

can always find something to do at any

season, and is a little extra busy on some

seasons, but he can usually arrange to

have Sundays to himself and to have

more or less liberty during the winter

season. “'hile stock must be cared for

day after day, such work as pruning, ma-

nure hauling, or making crates can be

put off for a. season and an occasional

vacation enjoyed.





H ORTICULTURE offers many op-





' To the young man who is thinking of

taking up horticulture I would suggest

that he prepare himself as thoroughly as

possible for his work. If he has had

some practical experience on a farm or

with fruit it will be of much assistanCe

to him, but a lack of this experience

should not'deter him from getting the

technical training which an agricultural

high school and the Agricultural College

can give him. If possible, the horticul-

tural student should complete the four-

year course at the College, if this is im-

possible much can be gained from the

short course. Then, if he is not familiar

with the practical work on a fruit farm

he can spend part of his vacations at

this work.



If the young man has no farm to which

he can return after his completion of a

college course he will find many openings

along the line of teaching or professional

work or on the farms of others.



The government, with its great depart-

ment of agriculture, with its divisions

and subdivisions, and hundreds of spec-

ialists working along definite lines, offers

an opening for many trained horticultur-

ists. Foresters, entomologists, patholo-

gists, plant breeders, etc., are wanted

continually, both at Washington and

throughout the country, and these posi~

tions are filled from the young men

trained at our agricultural colleges. Sev—

eral of my classmates have taken up this

line of work and attained considerable

success in their chosen profession. One

whom I recall is investigating and pro—

moting school gardens, another is work-





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ing to improve the nut industry of the

south, another is working on the diseases

of citrus fruits in the west, and so on.



Another interesting line of work for the

young horticulturist is the experimental

work at the various experiment stations

in the several states, or in field work

taken up under the supervision of our

colleges. Several of my acquaintances

are in work of this kind.



Many of the trained horticulturists

make teaching their occupation, at least

for a few years, or until they can start

into fruit growing for themselves. The

agricultural colleges offer a wide field

for this work, and the rural high schools

and agricultural courses in village and

city high schools are at present making

more of a demand for young men compe-

tent to engage in this work than the col-

leges can supply.



Agricultural and horticultural journal-

ism presents another field for the horti-

culturist who is handy with his pen.

Farm and fruit papers and magazines

need a large staff of contributors as well

as‘ editors, which affords work for hor—

ticulturists, some of which can be done

in connection with other work on the

farm. I recall three classmates of mine

who have taken up agricultural journal-

ism, and who now occupy influential po-

sitions with leading agricultural journals.

(inc of these clerked in a grocery store

for a season after completing his course

until a menial position opened up on an

eastern agricultural journal. Now he is

editor-in-chief of this journal.



But aside from what might be called

the professional positions in horticulture,

there, many lines of horticultural work

outside of government or state institu-

tions or horticultural journals, and many

of these are demanding the best horticul-

tural talent that can be found, and are

offering very remunerative inducements

to those who can “deliver the goods."

Among these are, (l) landscape archi-

tects. Our public parks, cemeteries, and

private grounds and estates must be kept

up by those skilled in this work. (2).

Nurserymcn. The trees and plants for

our orchards and yards must be grown

under the management of those familiar

with plant development and plant dis-

eases, which requires the trained nur-

sery specialist. (3). Seedsmen. Our gar-

deners must be supplied with fresh, heal—

thy seed, the growing and breeding up of

which is a business in itself. which re-

quires much knowledge. and training.

(4). Foresters. Lumbermen and owners

of timber tracts need “land lookers” to

care for and estimate timber, which is a

business requiring a special knowledge





and familiarity with the growth and uses?

of trees. (5). Greenhouse management.

The demand for potted and cut flowers}





has grown to such proportions that a?

small army of trained workers under;

glass are needed to furnish the supply}

(6). Vegetable forcing. Not only does!

the trade demand flowers but they must

have vegetables, both in and out of sea—

son, and the growing of these under glass

on a large scale presents a field for the

horticulturist trained along this line.

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PROF. MAlTLAND SPEAKS‘ON FRUIT

AT THE ROUND-UP.



The first and most important factor in

fruit culture is the‘man. The latest pos-

sibilities of success and the conditions,

that spell failure in the business of fruit

growing are all tied up in the man. To

succeed well he must be energetic, per--

sistent, a. hard worker, and provided with

a strong constitution. He should have a

good eye and a hand easily trained to do

the multitude of acts necessary in 'the

performance of the duties of’the horti-

culturist. This was the first point de~

veloped by Prof. S. F. Maitland, who

came from Massachusetts, where he has

taught horticulture for 25 years, to Mich—

igan to address the patrons of the Round-

Up, as a substitute for Cyrus G. Miller,

who was compelled to cancel his engage-

ment here. Prof. Maitland’s first address

was confined to the subject,



“Essentials for Success in Fruit

Culture."



He then pointed out how the well-

equipped man chose a location adapted

to his needs, and in doing this he is not

forgetful of considering his market, adja-

cent planters, transportation conven-

iences, fruit organizations, as well as an

elevation to secure drainage of water and

air. In many regards the eastern man has

far superior advantages over the western

grower, and it seems “fool-hardy” in most

instances to go west. with the many op-

portunities at hand for the man that

wishes to grow fruit of the highest qual-

ity and at the lowest cost when offered

to the consumer.



The right man will seek a good soil.

11"01 the apple he will seek a soil that

will 'pioduce good grass, of a clayey loam

nature. For pears a lighter land will do

and for grapes and peaches more pre-

caution will be taken with the elevation

and the, Soil might be of still a. lighter

texture. \\'ith bush fruits 10w loam soils

are to be selected. On lands where many

kinds of soil are found the proper variety

is often provided by mixing the sand,

clay and loams or any two of them in

such quantities as needed by the plants

to be grown. Michigan localities fre-

quently to allow this practice.



It is better to get out of valleys or low

places with the tree fruits. The right

man will see that his trees are planted on

soil where the cold air of spring and fall,

when frosts are likely to check growth,

can work to a lower level. and he will

shift his orchard to a slope not tilted to

catch the direct rays of the sun but to

receive those rays at as much of an

angle as possible, since an orchard on a

northern slope suffers less from its buds

being killed by frost than an orchard on

a southern slope.



Fertilizers, farm manufactured and

commercial, are important. To the man

who seeks to get the most from his trees





 





‘the problem of feeding them is no less





neglected than pruning and spraying. He

saves his ashes, barnyard manure, makes

use of cover crops and spends liberally

but judiciously for commercial products.

‘lle watches the trees and is aided by

their apeparance and development in de-

termining the kinds of elements to be.

applied, and he keeps their wants in mind

when cultivating or mulching the land.



As to pruning. the horticulturist is

aware that as much harm can be done

by injudicious cutting, as good is ac-

complished by right treatment with the

saw and shears. The practice of remov~

ing the lower limbs should be stopped.

They grow “bald” by the shading of the

limbs above. Their removal means the re—

moval of the top to a. higher level. A

continuation of the practice ultimately

results in a tall, ungainly figure, with

long limbs carrying a tuft of leaves at the

very extremity. The results would be

different if the pruning is done in the

top. Then sunshine gets to the lower

limbs, produces leaves throughout the

center of the tree and consequently de-

1'clops new and bearing wood nearer the

ground. This kind of pruning makes a low,

compact, large bearing surfaced tree, that

will carry a heavy load of fruit in reach

of pickers.





\Vhen a “bug" attacks the trees of the_





man with a horticultural eye, he knows

it and he knows the “bug.” And. fur-

thermore, he is informed of the best way.

if there is any way, to kill him or drive

him to other feeding grounds.



As to harvesting and marketing, local

conditions control to a large extent. Cus-

tom should be followed in part where

dealing with a general market, but it

should not be “tracked” beyond the lim-

its of principle, 9. g., because it is the

custom to face barrels with fruit of an

entirely different grade than the center





or the barrel is filled with, is no reason

for others, to continue it and the right

man will not do it. In Massachusetts

they use the barrel for packing apples

almost exclusively. 14 to 16-quart baskets

for peaches, 24 basket cases in which all

the baskets are in view are employed for

strawberries.



About varieties the fruit man has

learned that some types do well over a.

wide section. Others are limited. A kind

adapted to a small section can, if it has

good qualities, be made valuable in right

hands by careful growing and judicious

advertising. That wide-awake fellow is

watching for such opportunities, but his

intelligence and caution keeps his eye

fixed upon the varieties of wider popu-

larity with which he carefully compares

the virtues'of the special kind as devol-

oped in its “cosy" location.



In the discussion following Prof. Mait-

land’s address, he advised cultivation

where it could be done. \Vhere rocks

are numerous it becomes impossible to

use tools. There food is supplied and

moisture retained by mulching instead of

plowing and harrowing. Both systems

give good results when prosecuted in the

right manner.





HOW ABOUT THE SPRING GARDEN?





 





Now is the time to look up the empty

boxes which have been cast from time to

time into the basement or the attic.

What for? Why, to start the little seed- l

lings for the early spring garden. Be

sure to bore holes in the bottom of the}

boxes before putting in the first layer of1

sand and ashes. with a few clinkers to}

permit drainage. Add finely pulverized

earth, and drop in the seed through a

small Sifter. Do not cover, just shake

down. Place in a dark corner of the

basement where it is warm. and cover!

the boxes with newspapers, lifting every;

morning to moisten the earth and nur~l

ture the tiny seeds. If allowed to becomel

dry the seeds will dry, whereas if kept!

moist a threadlike green shoot will make

its appearance in the course of a. couple

of weeks.



“hen the leaves appear, wait until the,

second pair show themselves, then lift,

by means of a dull quill toothpick and

deposit in a long, wooden, shallow box in

a sunny part of the basement. and cover.

with glass, removing the paper gradually

to get the new plant accustomed to they

light. The necessity for transplanting is}

obvious. l’nlcss the small plant is I‘e-j

moved from its first environment it will;

grow tall and spindling, with but a. few

fibrous roots; if transplanted according‘

to directions the root growth can be con-

trolled. Seeds that may be planted now

are the pansy, mignonette, forget-me-

not. and the tomato. parsley. lettuce,

cauliflower, and cabbage.



It is time now to cut up the bodies of

the geranium plants which have been

hanging from the rafters during the win-

ter or lying with their roots in a box of

sand in a cool, dark corner. They look

lifeless and impossible at first, but if

carefully cut apart into slips from five

to seven inches in length and placed in

pots of black soil. with the usual sprink-

ling of coal ashes. thoroughly watered:

and gradually brought out to the light,1

they will make good and one plant will

give forth a quantity of sturdy neW‘

plants, which may be set in the same oldi

familiar geranium corner of the garden

as soon as all danger of frost is past.



For the left over bulbs which you for-E

got to plant last October, now is the time‘

to find a section of the yard where you

may construct a trench and set a shallow}

box of these spring beauties, so dry look-

ing in their crinkled brown (oats. Water

them thoroughly and (over with earth

and a mixture of straw and manure.

Leave them until several weeks have

passed. Then uncover, bring into the‘

house, and gradually expose to the light.

In another two weeks your discarded bulbs

will be in full bloom in a riot of color on

the window ledge. Is it not worth the

effort?



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In the east strawberries are grown

more than any other fruit; evory person

has a patch and many grow large ac-

reages. The best practice in the produc—‘

tion of this fruit is to plow under cloverl

sod, cultivate one year to destroy thei

grub and then set the plants. He ad—

vised planting 4x5 feet and allowing the[

rows to mat until about 3 feet wide, leav-

ing a. two-foot space between them.





To prevent moles from taking peas.

Soak them in this solution the night be-

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want to write today about the spirit



I of tolerance, and in doing it I am go-



ing to scold some of my readers a bit.



‘ In fact. I am afraid you are all going to



rise up when I say country people, as a



rule. are intolerant. but I can't help it it



‘ you do. It is out now and I am not going

to take it back.



You see, I was a country girl myself

and having spent the first 20 plus years

of my life there I know what I was like.

Of course, not every countrybred man or

woman is as narrow and intolerant as I

was, but all are touched a bit with that

spirit which made possible the inquisi-

tion, the burning of witches and other

practices of the good old days we are

some of us signing for.



_Part of it is due to the limited outlook.

It is impossible for anyone except a gen-

ius, to be broad ”and tolerant if he is not

constantly bumping up against other

human beings. The man or woman who

is much alone is bound to grow self-

centered and more or less opinionated.

You simply can't help it. because there is

no one around to show you there are oth-

er ways of doing. It is only when‘you

are constantly meeting other people who

do things differently and hold opinions

different from yours that you come to see





, that “God is the God of the Gentiles

3 also.” '

3' ‘ ' It was a terrible shock to me to find





out that women who loved to dress and

go to parties and who 'even played cards

and danced, were good wives and moth-

“'1’ ers and might even love their husbands

and children very dearly. It was queer,

too, to see how pleasant and happy they

were, not half so scoldy and naggy as

. some of the women I knew who would

have declared these "stylish" women

a were heathen and outcasts. I was very

much set against them at first. didn’t

want to know them because I was sure

they couldn’t have a single good quality,

but after 11 years of living among them

I find that they often bring the blush of

shame to my cheek by their ready sym-

pathetic tolerance of the faults of others





and their desire to make everybody com-

fortable.



Then another reason we are intolerant

is because we are not sure of ourselves.

Our education has been neglected and we

do not know just how to act in sundry

places. Instead of being humble about it

we are watching for a fault in someone

else so we can pounce upon it and decry

our fellow in the hope of boosting ourself.

For example. A friend from the country

visited me and I took her to our club.

Now none of us pretend to be parlia-

mentarians. Our president frequently

gets all mixed up on rules of order and

half the members do. not know how to

put a motion. But we don't care. The

club is for goodfellowship and helpful-

ness, and we don’t care whether a mem-

ber says “I move” or “I motion," so long

as everyone is happy. But. dear me, my

friend from the country cared very much,

and she took pains to tell me that we

“city folks” didn’t know as much as the

women in her country club, in fact, her





.club members could “put it all over us"





in parliamentary proceedings. She raked

our club fore and aft and poked fun at

members who were dowdy. or whose Eng-

lish wasn’t of the best. But just suppose

I had gone from the city to the country

and done such a thing. I would have

been called “stuck-up." “rude," “disa-

greeable.” and would probably have been

told if I didn‘t like the country I had

better stay in the city where people “were

smart and knew everything."



So I want to make my little plea for

tolerance. Don’t think because a person

doesn’t live in your community or go to

your church he is not as good as he

ought to be, nor that he thinks he is bet-

ter than you are. Just think he is a

brother, with all the faults and failings

you possess yourself. possibly, more. but

probably not so many. “’62 are all travel-

ing the same road, living pretty much

the same lives, and expecting the same

end. It makes life much sweeter if you

think of it in that way, and it will make

you much more loving and lovable.



DEBORAH.





 





 





THE LETTER BOX.

Not “Where Is Your Home?" But “What

Is Your Home?"



Editor Household Department: ——May a

college woman. “ho for the past three

years, has been a farmer's wife, he al-

lowed to speak of her own experience on



-this question under dispute? Miss

Grimes‘s article on “College Girls as

Farmers’ “'ives,” interested me greatly,

but the comment on it in last week‘s is-

sue put me on the defensive at once.



After graduating from our State Uni-

versity and teaching several years in one

of our large city schools, I gave up the

work which had always been a delight to

me and became the wife of a farmer. I

want to say right now that I would not

go back to the schoolroom for anything.

and I have yet to experience any of the

misery and loneliness against which Mrs

\V. V. A. warns the college girl who is

thinking of making the farm her home.



When my husband and I married, we

invested our savings in 25 acres of im-

proved land with good buildings, which

we are buying on contract. and for which,

within a few years, we hope to hold the

joint deed. Before we began housekeep—

ing. we had the house remodeled, putting

in a furnace and adding a bath, until

now it is most comfortable and conven-

ient. The money question, which seems

to trouble so many families, has been

easily solved in ours. From the first we

have had a joint bank-account, and each

of us has sufficient confidence in the oth-

er to know that whatever is spent will

not be spent unwisely. Why is not this

plan tried by more families? To my



J; knowledge. it has proved successful in



3, ‘ several cases. and it does away with the



notion of "mine” and "thine." and makes

the husband and wife truly partners.



'No college~bred woman today need fear



the isolation of country life. One may

easily feel far more alone in a great,





 





rushing city than in a quiet rural home.

But is it such a misfortune, after all, to

be by one’s self for a part of the time

each day? Only last week a letter came

from a college friend teaching in a west-

ern town, in which she said, “I take my

book and steal away to the park for a

quiet hour Sunday afternoon to gain

strength and poise. It is absolutely the

only time that I am alone.” When the

country woman feels socially inclined her

case is far from hopeless. We have found

the Grange a pleasant place in which to

meet our friends and neighbors, and a

place in which a college woman can cer-

tainly use to advantage whatever gifts

or talents she may have cultivated while

at college. “'e attend the Pomona Grange

occasionally and there come in touch

with people that any college man or

woman might be glad to count among his

or her acquaintances. There is, also,

plenty of opportunity for helpfulness in

every country church and Sunday-school,

and help from one who has had some

training is always greatly appreciated.

\Vhy, the country woman doesn’t even

have to get along without: a Whist club!

Every alternate week our local paper

prints an account of the meeting of one

of the two different card clubs held with—

in three miles of us, and i know one

farmer’s wife who often attends both. For

the past two winters my husband and I

have driven in to the nearest town to

attend the concert and lecture course,

and we have always seen many of our

neighbors there, also. 01' course, it re-

quires a little more effort to drive in than

it does to step on a car and ride a half

dozen blocks or more to the hall. but we

have felt well repaid.



Now why is it that some will set forth

all country life in such dismal colors when

we have all these privileges, and fresh

air, green grass, the birds, the flowers.

the trees. and the sunshine thrown in?

Wouldn’t such people be unhappy wher-





ever they were placed? Wouldn’t the

farmer who was so improvident that his

wife was obliged to dress always in cali-

co, be equally unfortunate had fate cast

his lot in the city? The majority of our

farmers' wives dress well, and, although

perhaps not so fashionably, yet in equally

as good taste as the average woman from

town.



The life of the country woman is a

busy one, but what matters that, if she

be happy? If her life be well occupied,

it does not follow that she is necessarily

a drudge. Many farmers now sell the

milk or cream produced 011 the farm. and

realize as great a profit as when it was

made into butter. and the housewife is

saved much of the hard work that once

fell to her share. The modern methods of

doing work make it much easier than

formerly. I have in mind a farm home

almost adjoining ours, where the farmer

keeps 18 or 20 cows, but he attends to

the butter- making himself. The separat-

ing and the churning is done by means

of a gasoline engine, and the packing of1

the product into jars is done by the man.

I believe his wife does tie the paper over

the jars before they are carried in their

automobile to the market.



Now just a word about the reading on;

the farm. It is all nonsense to say that}

a farmers wife has to put up with “the

cheap magazine or the newspaper, and

be thankful for that." To be sure, sue

can’t run into a library every afternoon:

for the latest novel, but the daily mail

can and does bring to her door just as

many and as good periodicals as her‘

taste and purse may dictate. We take at

present seven different papers and maga- ‘

zines, and spend many of our evenings

reading aloud together. Besides this cur;

rent literature, we have found time to

read several good plays, novels, and

poems during the winter months. Occa-

sionally a neighbor from across the way

comes in during the afternoon, and one

of us often reads aloud while the other

sews. Vt'e exchange magazines with each"

other, and save the copies when we are?

through with them. for another nelghborl

who has none of her own.





 





When we reach the truth of the mat-

ter, the vital question is not “city or

country?" ,To a sensible college-bred-





woman it doesn't depend so much where

her home is. as it does what it is. If theI

man she chooses is kind. thoughtful, cap-

able, and congenial, and if she brings to

the home similar qualifications, that

home is bound to be a happy one, be the

man farmer. doctor, lawyer, chief. The

fact that agriculture is raising its stan-

dards and that many of those who enter

its ranks today are men of culture and;

education, has bridged the distance be-

tween the college wr1man and the farmer

and caused her to find in him “the sturdy

counterpoise which makes her woman's

life complete." Get out your copy of

\Vhlttier. girls, and read his poem.’

“Among the Hills." That is my concep-

tion of what a country home should be,

and I am happy in my effort to attain

that ideal.——Katherine.



The College Girl Need: the Farmer.



Editor Household Depart1nent.#'l‘hc

lady who wrote the article, “College Girls

“'ould be Miserable on Farms,” in the

February 18 issue of the Michigan Farm-t

er, evidently has some very decided opin-

ions. I have some, too

Will r-cspert mine as I do hers.



Nor are these opinions formed f1 om any i

superfluous thought 01 reading. Theyi

are based entirely upon experience. I

am a college graduate with a B. A. de-

gree, not much, but it means four years

spent in the halls of one of the best col-

leges of the land. I am also a farmer's

daughter and hope to be a farmer‘s wife.

I have had experience on both sides of

the question.



I have a teacher’s certificate rolled up

and stored in my desk. \Vhy am I not

using it? Because I am more happy on

the farm. It is my privilege to stay here,

if you please. It isn‘t from lack of am-

bition, either, for I am the only daughter

on a farm of 200 acres of land. Mamma

and I do all of the house-work, besides

[our own sewing. We do not have steady

help. although I have known what it

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vacuum cleaners furnish all extra help

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Women are sociable creatures. A farm-

er’s wife can find time for various clubs,

secret societies and churches, for I have

proved it by experience. You ask, “Where

is there a more isolated life for a. college

girl than on a farm?” Teaching school

in some little town of from 400 to 800 in-

habitants, among strangers,’ then going

on to some other town And that is

where the majority of college girls go.



She will not “have to be satisfied with

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scores of others are cheap. Our library

consists of only about 150 volumes of

standard works, but it’s more than in

many and many a city home.



In college I learned to be satisfied with

less clothes than ever on the farm. What

I know about economy in dress I learned

in college and seem to be rapidly forget-

ting in one year on the farm.



I do not consider that I am sacrificing

myself nor am I unhappy. I'nhappy only

when anything is said about selling the

farm. 1 hold it a privilege that I have

been allowed to come back to the farm

after a college course, for I appreciate

its beauty. and usefulness now much

more than ever before those four years.

One could fly “'ordsworth and

not feel an to at“ "It: to the farm. I

feel that the ' reeds the farm

and the farmer the farmer

needs the college . .> good com-

bination, anyway. .'«.5 Z::» is I have the

privilege I shall stay (I: 2316 :'.‘-.:':~.1.—L. F.

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the arm to be bent without inconvenience.



For practical purposes a one-piece suit

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a two-piece garment has more points in

its favor. The single piece must be

Washed and ironed as a whole, whereas

one part almost always needs to go to

the wash before the other. It is, too,

heavier to handle in the tub and lcsslcon-

venicnt to iron.



The popular shirt waist and skirt, but-

toned or hooked together at the waist,

makes an ideal work dross. .\ pattern

may be chosen from among those de-

scribed in thc Michigan Farmcr. (11' so—

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belt with a pcplum which combines nicely

with any skirt pattern. The peplum part

may be worn outside or in as desired,

but both waist and skirt should be alike.

A house dress such as sugested should

be made short of skirt. Fashion sanc-

tions ankle length even for street gowns

now and the skirt one wears about the

housework nccd not be longer. Rufiies

on the bottom mean only so much more

labor in ironing and a. plain hem is pre—

ferable. I’laits or tucks also stand for

additional time at the ironing table, and

may be dispensed with. A good seven-

gorc skirt which fits ncatly about the hips

and is not too full at the hem, is about

the best style.



'I‘hrec-quarter length sleeves of bishop

style are so much more convenient and

comfortable than longer ones that. they

need no recommendation to those who

have worn them. .\ Dutch neck for young

women and a rolling collar for older ones

will provide an cXcollcnt finish and one

Which is comfortable in warm weather.



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and wash well. Many of the patterns in





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white print washes admirably, equally

as well as the indigo and the material is

much cooler in summer than gingham or

percale.



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soa'p. Tepid water and a weak suds does

not injure even the most delicate colors

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AN ARTISTIC ROOM DEMANDS A

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covering is to have it a solid, neutral col-

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tracted by the rug from the rest of the

furnishings, the pictures, furniture and

hangings, which are really what we want

to display. The rugs and carpets cov-

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ter with a band border are now acknowl-

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APPETIZERS OR CANAPES.

No. 37. \





BY MRS. ALTA L. LITTELL.





While work is the best appetizer known

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MARCH 11', 1911.





HONEST CON F ESSION





A Doctor’ 3 Talk on Food.





There are no fairer set of men on earth

than the} doctors, and when they find they

have been in error they are usually apt

to make honest and manly admission of

the fact.



A case in point is that of a practitioner,

one of the good old school who lives in

Texas. His plain, unvarnished tale needs

no dressing up:



“I had always had an intense prejudice,

which I can now see was unwarrantable

and unreasonable, against all muchly ad-

vertised foods. Hence, I never read a

line of the many -‘ads’ of Grape—Nuts, nor

tested the food till last winter.



“While in Corpus Christi for my health,

and visiting my youngest son, who has

four of the ruddiest, healthiest little bOyS





this section of the globe at least, is raw I ever saw, I ate my first dish of Grape-





oysters. These may be served on the

half shell, with a quarter section of lem-

on, salt and a dash of cayenne. Or an

oyster cocktail may be served. This con-





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iagdad XVilton. Of these the first men-

tioned is generally conceded to be best,

some of its devotees claiming that it will

last practically a lifetime. The rugs

come in all sizes from 18x36 inches to 11

feet three inches by 15 feet. They may

also be made especially in any size re-

quired.



The Axminsters come mostly in the

plain centers with a band border. They

may be bought in any color and any size,

stock sizes running in from 36x63 inches

to 12x15 feet and in price from $10 to

$125. If you have one made to order you

pay from $5.75 to $25 a yard for the

carpet.



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the same color, blue,. red, green and

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These are thin slices of bread, either

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half wide, and may be toasted. Spread

them with butter, either plain or mixed

with a little pounded cress, mint or per-





haps olives, to give it a flavor and color. -





Vt'hen the bread is neatly spread, cover

with a paste. of meat or fish.



A fine canape is made from ham which

has been chopped and pounded into a.

paste and mixed with a salad dressing.

Chicken could be used, or any sort of'

fish you may have. Whatever the cover-

ing is, it should be worked into a paste

and given a piquant flavor by the addi-

tion of mustard, cayenne, paprika, lemon

juice, parsley, or whatever you may have

at hand.



A single canape should be placed on the

service plate, or plate which is before the

guest when he is seated.





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MARCH 11, 1911.





THE COUNTRY GIRL'S CHANCES IN

TOWN.-—No. 4. ‘

BI HILDA RICHMOND.

In Which Nursing is Considered.



“'hatever may be said about girls find-

ing plenty of work right at home in many

lines of activity, learning to be a trained

nurse requires life in a hospital, and few

of the hospitals in the small cities have

training schools for nurses. The larger

the hospital the better the school, as a.

general rule, though nurses with diplomas

are in such demand that a graduate from

any good hospital training school is sure

to be employed as many weeks in the

year as she can stand the work. The

world is just beginning to know that

often it is more important to have a

trained nurse than a doctor, and it is

hardly likely the profession will be over-

crowded for some time to come. \K'hat-

ever objection there may be to girls from

the country coming to the city to find

work, the hospital furnishes the work and

the home, too, since in all training schools

the hours on? are few, the board good and

the girls in direct care of the head nurse

or manager.



Country girls are much better fitted in

many ways for nurses than town ones,

and therefore have much better chances

to get into the training schools and ulti-'

mately succeed. There are few country

girls who do not know how to wash and

scrub and clean and do hard work, and

hard work developes muscles that are

trained for duty and nerves that are

steady in emergencies. I know there are

many girls who wonder why a knowledge

of washing and scrubbing would be worth

anything in a hospital, but one or two

days in a training school will answer that

question. The nurses must wash out

bedding and garments when patients

have infectious diseases, and they must

scrub and scour everything scrupulously

clean about their domain in caring for

patients in private homes if there is no

one else to do it. The strong, healthy,

sensible country girl has ten chances for

success to her city sister’s one, unless the

city girl is very healthy and has been

carefully reared.



The getting in is very simple. 0!

course, the prospective nurse must have

a common school education and have

good health, or she is told politely and

firmly that she will not do. The educa-

tion might be acquired at a night school

before making the trial, but the health

must be as nearly perfect as possible.

’l‘he popular idea among young girls that

nursing is a very easy, interesting occu-

pation consisting mainly of bathing “fev-

cred brows” and turning pillows, sends

many probationers home the first week,

but the sensible, well informed young

women go into the work with the full

knowledge that it is confining, extremely

hard and yet very pleasant. ”An enthu-

siastic probationer who told the head

nurse she was willing to do anything, left

the third day when told to wash some

sheets in carbolized water. She informed

the nurse in charge of the floor that she

was not used to domestic service and left

in disgust. Her “anything" meant very





'little, as the head nurse soon discovered.





And after she has served her time with-

out pay, with a mere sum sufficient for

simple needs, what are the chances for

the country girl? More than she will be

able to take advantage of. The bright,

cheery, healthy nurse who received her

training in hard work in her country

home will be able to work many weeks in

the year, though not the Whole year by

any means, and will earn from fifteen to

twenty-five dollars per week according

to her rates. If she cares to. she may

find plenty of “cases” near home. and

thereby enjoy her home and her chosen

work at the same time. Some people

discourage girls who want to be trained

nurses by telling them they are throwing

away two or three of the best years of

their lives in the training school, but

Where is another institution that will fit

girls {or a profession on such terms”

Surely no profession open to women offers

such opportunities to young, ambitious

girls who have no money for college and

who want to be independent. The young

girl in the country who is determined to

leave the farm can do nothing better

than to enter a thorough hospital training

school, and fit herself to relieve suffering

humanity.



Contrary to most other occupations, the

less the girl knows. or thinks she knows,

about taking care of sick people. the bet-

ter chance she has in any training school.





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nurse. She may think all she pleases,

about the course of [treatment and won-’

der, why they do not try the methods to

which she has been accustomed, but that,

is as far as she is allowed to go. Unless;

she can obey orders, she will fail from}





the beginning, so for that reason she will; 5





do well to keep her opinions to herself,

and be ready to obey every regulation and

rule. without question and commenti

Later on she will see the reason for all‘

the seemingly foolish ideas, and thank;

her stars that she kept her lips closed.‘

The healthy, sensible, teachable girl from

the country has ever made the ideal

nurse, and there are plenty of opportu-

nities left for other girls from thefarms





SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.



When making pie dough, make enough

for several pies. After making one pie.

wrap the dough that is left in waxed

paper, and put in a cool place. Thus it

is easy to make a fresh pie occasioally.—~

Mrs. J. J. ()‘C.



In heating baby's milk for the bottle,

place a piece of paper under one of the

covers to the range, light, and quickly

place a pie tin containing milk over the

blaze. Baby’s milk will be ready in a

“jifi’y.”——Mrs. G. P. C.



Try putting a little cooked starch in

the rinsing water for your napkins and

table cloths, also the fine towels. It gives

just stiffness enough to make the articles,

especially if of old linen, seem like new.

—Mrs. J. J. K.



When popping corn use half butter and

half lard. “'hen butter is used alone, it

makes the popcorn much darken—G!





 





 





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Anyone wishing to clean a paint pail to‘

use, can do it easily with sawdust, before'

the paint is dried on.~—Mrs. 'F. A. B. i



If a lead waste pipe or cist‘ern pipe‘

Spring a leak, mend with putty. It willi

last as long as solder and you can do it

yourself—~Mrs. l“. A. B.



Scald a broiler, pick rapidly, thrust

into warm water and scrape with a dull

knife, and nearly all the pin feathers will

come out very readily—Mrs. P. C. L.



To save buys' stockings. Vthn you

see them begin to wear out, cut them off

just above the foot and below the shoe

top, turn back to front and sew on foot

again, overcast and darn. You wouldn’t,

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These patterns may be secured from the‘

Michigan Farmer. In ordering be sure to;

give number and size. i



No. 4824—Chiidren's Coat—Four sizes,’

1/2 to 5 years. For 3 years it requires 3

yards, 27 inches wide, with cape: 27.!

yards 27 inches wide without cape. Price

15 cents.



No. 2025—Ladies’ Corset Coven—Seven,

sizes, 32 to 44 inches bust measure. For

36 bust it requires 7/45 yard, 36 inches wide,

with 31/, yards edging. Price 10 cents.





 





 





 





 





No. 4625—Girls’ Semi-Princess Dress.—‘

Four sizes, 6 to 12 years. For 8 years it

requires 554 yards, 34 inches wide. Price

13 cents.



No, 4725—Girls' “Middy” Dress.~——FiV€‘

sizes, 6 to 14 years. For 8 years it re—

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yards of braid. Price 15 cents.



Nu. 2638~L36ica’ Dart-Fitted Open

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Frankfort, Mich, Feb. 14, 1911.



Michigan State Telephone Co.,

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Gentlemen:—~\Vc are using your

telephone service on the roadway

plan, and are very well satisfied

with it. We got good service over

it and our experience with it con-

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for farming communities wishing

telephone service. It seems to us

the cheapest and best plan that

people living in rural districts can

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telephone service at all.



Our business relations with the

Michigan State Telephone Co. have

always been agreeable and pleas-

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to refer farmers or rural residents

to us, we assure you we will gladly

tell them of our satisfaction with

the roadway plan of the Michigan

State Telephone Company.



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March 8, 1911.

Grains and Seeds.





Wheat—With action on the Canadian

trade pact delayed by failure of the 61st

congress to ratify it, the price of wheat

immediately took a stronger position and

the market has held firm at slightly ad-

vanced figures since the adjournment if

our federal legislature. And this in spite

of the rains and snows which~have sup-

plied the needed moisture in the south-

west and removed all cause for drought

claims by the bulls. Dealers are anx-

iously waiting for the government report

on the amount of wheat estimated to be

in farmers’ hands, which experts declare

is small compared with other years. Pri-

mary receipts have shrunk during the

past week. The world‘s visible sup ly is

placed at 183,046,000 bushels, agains -145,-

678,000 bushels a year ago. On Tuesday

Argentine reported an advance in prices

and Australia was sending out smaller of-

ferings. The price for No. 2 red wheat

one year ago was $1.17 per bu. Quota-

tions for the week are:





 





No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. May, July.

Thursday ...... 90 .881/2 .9212 .90

Friday ........ 90 .881/2 .9234r .90

Saturday ...... 91 .88 .9339, .91

Mon' ....... 90% .871/2 .9314 .901,é

Tues ‘ .871/2 .927}; .90

\Ye‘ineskiégi .871/2 .93 .90





Corm—l‘hve receipts of corn on Monday

r‘ American points aggre-

n for the corresponding

._ and the shipments run

re the deal a iirmer tone

lid: Prices are on a little

'3 week ago. Visible

se of 554,000 bush—

. Le price for No. 2

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No. 3 No. 3

fun. Yellow.

Thursday ..... . 4:2 47

Friday ......... 47

Saturday ......... 47

Monday ......... . , 471/;

Tuesday ........... . . . . 471/2

Wednesday ............... 47543

Oats.——A fractional atlas: .e in prices

is the result of the week's .vity in

oats. Primary receipts are .. ...ng be-

low the offerings of a year ago. The price





then was 4734c for standard. Quotations

for the week are:

Standard No. 3





“'hite.

Thursday ................ 33 32%

Friday ................... 33 321,12

Saturday .......... . ...... 33 32 1/2

Monday .................. 33 32 179

Tuesday .................. 33 32 1/2

Wednesday ............... 33 32%





Beans—An advance of 2c followed the

drop of a week ago and no transactions

are reported at the higher values. The

nominal quotations issued by the local

Board of Trade are:



Cash. May.





Thursday $190 $1.95

Friday ...... 1.90 1.95

Saturday 190 1.95

Monday .................... 1.92 1.97

Tuesday ................... 1.92 1.95

\Vednesday . . . . . ........... 1.92 1.95





Clover Seed.——Prime spot and March

seed have advanced under a good demand

from the country. The deal is active and

the movement liberal. Alsike is steady.

Prices are as follows:





< Prime Spot. Mar. Alsike.

Thursday ........ $9.00 $9.00 $9.25

Friday ........... 9.00 9.00 9. 25

Saturday ......... 9.00 , 9.00 9.25

Monday .......... 9.00 9.00 9.25

Tuesday .......... 9.00 9.00 9.25

\N'ednesday ....... 9,00 9.00 9.25





Rye.—A 2c advance occurred in the rye

market with a brisk demand and small

offerings. Quotation is 870 per bu. for

No. 1 rye.



Timothy Seed—Price has advanced to

$5.35 per bu., with the market active and

firm.



Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.



Noun—Market continues slow with

prices unchanged. Quotations are:





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

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

l‘atent Michigan .................... 5.30

Ordinary Patent ..................... 4.90





Hay and Straw.—All grades of hay are

slightly higher; no change in straw prices.

Quotations on balcd hay in car lots 1’. o

b. Detroit are: No. 1 timothy, $165061»

17; No. 2 timothy, 3315506146; clover, mix-

ed, $15; rye straw, $7617.50; wheat and

oat straw, $6@6.50 per ton.



Feed—Prices arc steady with a week

ago. Carlot prices on track are: Bran,

$27 per ton; coarse middlings, $26; fine

mitlunngs, $28; cracked corn, $22; coarse

corn meal, $22; corn and oat chop, $20

per ton.



Potatoes..—There is no change to the

old potato deal. Last week's prices still

rule. In car lots Michigan potatoes are

selling at 37fi,400 per bu.



Provisions—Family pork, $206,722: mess

pork, $196020; medium clear, $18@20;

smoked hams, 13((1714c; briskets, 11%c;

shoulders, 101/2c: picnic hams, 101/2c; ba-

con, 141/2@151/_.c: pure lard in tierces,

91/;c; kettle rendered lard, 101/20.



Dairy and Poultry Products.



Butter.—Butter values are a fraction

lower than last week. The market is

easy with a brisk demand at the lower

figures. Offerings are large. Extra

creameries are now quoted at 25c; firsts,

22c; dairy, 16c; packing stock at. 131740 lb.



Eggs—The expanding demand for eggs

appears to have overtaken the offerings

the past week and prices regained the

amount lost the previous period. Re-





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receipts, caSe count, cases included, are





_ now quoted at 17c per dozen.





P'oultry.-'—With the exception of lower

values for fowls, the-poultry deal con-

tinues. steady «with a week ago. Quota-

tions are; Dressed—Turkeys, 21@220;

chickens, :4%@15c; fowls, 14%c; ducks,

18@19c; geese, 14@15c per lb‘. Live—

Spring chickens, 15c; fowls, 14c; old roos-

ters, 10@1lc; turkeys, 17@18c; geese, 12@

13c; ducks, 15@16c per 10.





Cheese—Michigan, 17c; Michigan later





15@16c. York state, September, 17@18c;

do. late made, 15@16c; limburger, old,

16@17c; Swiss domestic block, 18@22c;

cream brick, 16@18c.



VeaI.—Market steady. Choice, 10@1lc;

ordinary, 9c ‘per lb.



Rabbits—Steady. Per dozen, $1.

Fruits and Vegetables.

Cranberries—Higher. Quoted at $3.50



Per bu.



Cabbage-Steady. Selling at $1.75 per

bbl. for new.



Onions—Steady. Quoted at 75@80c per

bushel.



Honey.——Choice to fancy comb, 15@17c

per lb.



Apples.—This trade continues firm at

the figures given a week ago except that

Baldwins are going a little higher. The

market is active. Fancy Greenings are

quoted at $5.50@6; Baldwins, $4.50@6;

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

per bbl. Western apples, $2.25@2.50 per

box.





 





OTHER MARKETS.

Grand Rapids.



The potato market is still weaker, the

buying price ranging from 20@25c. Deal-

ers are still looking for better prices a.

little later. Eggs are worth 1560160;

dairy butter, 21c, and creamery 261/2c, the

latter having advanced 1c since last

week. Poultry is steady at 13c for spring

chickens and 120 for fowls. Dressed hogs

are worth 8(r1181,§c. Wheat is bringing 87c.

Rye is 20 higher, and is quoted at 77c.





 





Chicago.



“heat—No. 2 red, 90@91c; May, 90%c;

.iuly, 8874c per bu.



Corn—No. 2, 46@461/20; May, 48%0;

July, 491/2c per bu.



Oats—No. 2 white, 31@31%c; May,

30""..0; July, 301180.



Barley.vMalting grades, 80@960. per

bu; feeding, 65@75c.



Rutter.—~\\'ith l‘llgin showing a slight

advance. and conditions in this market

considerably improved. a feeling of gen-

eral firmness developed early in the

week. Prices very steady at last week‘s

range. Quotations now are: Creameries,

16@26c; dairies, 156121c.



Eggs—This market is steadier than at

this time last week. Business moder-

ately active at last week’s reduced fig—

ures. Quotations are: l’rime firsts, 171/20;

firsts, 161/2c; at mark, cases included, 12

([14c per dozen.



Potatoes—Despite the fact that receipts

since the beginning of the year have run

over 300 cars behind the same period last

year, there is an accumulation of stocks.

Prices show a further reduction with

market rather weak. Choice to fancy are

quoted at 42@430 per bu; fair to good,

38@40c.



Beans—This market continues weak;

last week's lower values rule. Choice

hand-picked pea beans quoted at $1.98@

2.05 per bu; prime, $1.90@1.95; red kid-

neys, $2.75@3.



Hay and Straw.—Hay firmer: the bet-

ter grades are $1 higher. Quotations now

are: Choice timothy, $18.50@19.50; No. 1

timothy, $17@18; No. 2 do. and No. 1

mixed, $156916; No. 3 do. and No. 2 mix-

ed, $9@14; rye straw, $8@8.50; oat straw,

$7@7.50; wheat straw, $6@6.50 per ton.





 





Boston. _



'Wool.—Nobody appears anxious about

the wool market. Occasionally a holder

shoWs a disposition to make short con-

cessions, but generally speaking the deal

is steady and very quiet. A few small

shipments of new wool from Arizona

have made their appearance on the mar-

ket. The leading domestic quotations

are: Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces—De-

laine, washed, 331/2@34c; XX, 31%(3320;

fine unmerchantable, 25@26c; l/zi-blood

combing, 296030c; 3/,,—blood combing, 29c;

l/i—blood combing, 261/2@27c; delaine, un-

washed, 261/2fif27c: fine unwashed, 220.

Michigan, Wisconsin and New York

fleeces—Fine unwashed, 20@210; delaine,

unwashed, 26((9261/zc; 1,é-blood, unwashed,

286i29c. Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri

—3/,’;-blood, 27@271A3c; 1A—blood, 251/;0.





Elgln.



Butter.-—Market firm at 26c per 1b.,

which is 1/_,c above the quotation of last

week. Output for the week, 440,600 lbs..

as compared with 450,400 lbs. for the pre-





 





, vious week.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

March 6, 1911.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today as follows:

Cattle, 130 cars: hogs, 8,000; sheep and

lambs, 20,000; calves, 1,250. ‘



\V'ith 22,000 cattle reported in Chicago,

and 130 cars on our market, while the

number of out-of—town buyers was com-

paratively small on account of the Leni

ten season, we quote our market today

from 10@15c higher.



We quote: Best 1,300 to 1,400-1b. steers

$6.50@6.65; good prime 1,200 to 1,300-lb.

steers, $5.75@6.30; best 1,100 to 1,200-lb.

shipping steers, $5.50@6.20; medium

butcher steers, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs., $5.35@

5.75; .light butcher steers, 347560525; best

fat cows, $4.75@5.25; fair to good do., $4@

4.50; common to medium do., $3.25@3.75;

trimmers, $2.75@3.15; bust fat heifers,

$5.50@5.75; good do., $5.10@5.50; fair to





,good do., 34.250835; stock hatter-s, $14.35





 





@450; best. feeding steers, dehornedf 34.60

@485; medium to good feeding” steers,

$4.25@4.50; stockers, all grades, $3.85@

4.25; ‘best. bulls, $5@5.40; bologna bulls,

$4.25@4.75; stock bulls, fairto good,.$3.75

@425; best milkers and springers, $50@

65; good to best do., $40@30; common to

good do., $25@35.



Common milkers and springers,.and late

springers .hard to .dispose of at satisfac-

tory prices. Late springers in most cases

have to be sold by weight.



With light receipts of hogs today, our



market opened 15@25c higher on all

grades of hogs, closing steady at the

opening, with all selling that got yarded

in time for the market. Prospects look

fair for the near future.

, We quote: Medium and heavy, $7.50@

7.70; mixed and yorkers, $7.75@7.80; light

yorkers and pigs, $7.80@7.85; roughs, $6.60

@070; stags, $5@5.50.



Lamb market opened active today;

most of the choice handy lambs selling at

$6.40M6.50. Heavy lambs, that is, weigh-

ing 100 lbs. and over, selling' mostly at

$5.75@5.85. Look for prices to be a little

easier the balance of the week unless the

runs should continue very light. Sheep

market was active today; most of the

choice ewes selling at $4.25@4.50; weth—

ers, $4.75@5. Look for about steady

prices on sheep the balance of the week.



We quote: Best handy lambs, $6.40@

6.50; heavy lambs, $5.75@5.85; bucks, $3.25

@375; heavy ewes, $4.25@4.50; yearlings,

$5.25@5.65; wethers, $4.75@5; cull sheep,

$3.25@3.75; handy ewes, $4.25@4.50; veals,

choice to extra, $10.50@10.75; fair to good

do., $8@10.25; heavy calves, $5@6.50.





 





Chlcago.

March 6, 1911.



Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ...... 21,000 38,000 16,000

Same day last year..23,992 29,768 9,818

Received last week..45,920 137,136 60,794

Same wcek last year.58,141 110,436 44.206

Richard Manafee, of Iowa, startled the

stock yards this morning when his con-

signment of 27 superfine Angus 1,155-lb.

steers of his own breeding and raising

brought $7.35. These are the best cattle

Seen in a long time, and they went 350

higher than any steers would bring. It

was another triumph for yearling baby

beeves. The cattle supply is falling off

greatly, and steers were up 10@15c today,

following a rise last week of 10@25c.

Hogs closed last; week about 15c lower

than a week ago, with choice light bring-

ing $7.15@7.25 and coarse heavy packing

$6.65@6.90, while choice heavy sold at

$7.05@7.15, the premium on light hogs

and pigs being smaller than heretofore

owing to the falling off in the shipping

demand. Last week’s hog receipts aver-

aged 229 lbs., compared with 232 lbs. three

weeks ago, 211 lbs. a year ago and 203

lbs. two years ago. Today saw a rise of

10c or more early in the morning, sales

ranging at $6.75@7.321,é. with a reported

sale at $7.35, but there was the customary

break. later, packers holding off and buy-

ing at lower figures. Sheep and lambs ad-

vanced 10@25c, following last week’s rise

of 15(125c, the supply being meager.

Lambs went at $5.25@6.40, wethers at $4

((04.90, ewes at $3.25@4.75 and yearlings

at $4.75@5.60. The outlook seems brighter

for sheep, lambs and cattle, and smaller

receipts of hogs are likely to retard the



downward movement in values.

Cattle, as well as other live stock, are

affected by the abstinence from beef,





-mutton and other meats observed by





many people during the Lenten season,

which began on \Vednesday last week.

Fortunately for sellers, last week’s re-

ceipts were within quite moderate bounds,

and in place of the feared decline in

prices, sellers were in a position to make

better terms with buyers than a week

earner, advances taking place on several

days. The character of the general de-

mand has not changed perceptibly, and

buyers are more apt by far to call for

handy-weight steers or heifers that can

be converted into comparatively cheap

small cuts of beef than forthe higher-

priced long-fed steers. Eggs are every-

where exceptionally plentiful and much

cheaper than in former years at this

time, and they are in great measure being

substituted for beef and mutton. Beef

steers have been selling for a week past

largely at $5.60@6.60, with common to

medium grades bringing $5616 and choice

to fancy heavy beeves $6.50@6.95. Good

to prime yearlings brought $6.15@6.75, and

there was a fair export demand for steers

early in the week at $5.75(('\6.30. Butcher

stock was in very good request, cows and

heifers going at $350606, while cutters

sold at $2.90m3.45, canners at $2.35@2.85,

and bulls at 835061560. Calves were

taken at $350709 per 100 lbs., the only

good demand being for the better class of

light-weight Vealers. Milkers and spring-

ers sold about as usual at $30@00 per

head, backward springers being salable

only to packers, dairymen wanting none

except a few forward cows, which were

in moderate supply. Stockers and feeders

were scarce and in good demand at higher

prices, the former going at $4,250,530 and

the latter at $5-106i/5.90. The tendency

is for stockmen to give cattle a short

feed and get them back to market in a

few months.



Hogs show a downward tendency from





‘week to week, despite frequent rallies in





prices, such as the market is accustomed

to. Monday is usually the day for liberal

supplies, and 54,200 hogs showed up on

the opening day last week. This natur—

ally caused a sharp decline in prices, not-

withstanding a large shipping and local

demand, and this brought about such

greatly lessened receipts that some good

advances in quotations followed. Upward

movements were due largely to good buy—

ing of the more desirable consignments

by local speculators and eastern ship-

pers, as the Chicago packers contested

every advance and usually waited until

late in the day and then filling up at





{lower pricesrtna'n r'uc‘osexpaiéi 5"éeriy. .2 The-





 





average quality of the. receipts W38_.-.ex-

tremelsh éhbice,‘ few sows showing. up,’

while light hogs and pigs were as scarce

as ever. The only complaint heard was

the old one that the consignments were

averaging too heavy in weights. Buyers-

gave their preference to light hogs, and

extremely heavy lots were very slow to

advance when others were going higher.



Sheep and lambs were received last

week in such small numbers that in spite

of the poor demand for mutton, some

good advances took place in the choicer

descriptions, the largest ‘inquiry being

from local slaughterers. The demand em-

braced the best wethers and ewes, as well

as choice lambs and yearlings, and at

times heavy sheep sold quite well under-

the influence of buying for export. Breed-

ing ewes were in good demand at $4.25@

4.60, yearlings going highest, and a sale

was made of 222 head or western feeding

yearlings that averaged 85 lbs. at $4.70,

while feeding lambs sold well whenever

any were to be had. Shorn flocks were

marketed in a much more liberal manner

than heretofore. Both sheep and lambs

continue to sell at much lower prices than

in most former years, because of their

great abundance in feeding districts of

the corn belt.



Horses have been arriving in fast in-

creasing numbers and have been much

plentier than a year ago. Demand has

been larger for the better class of horses,

which have brought $10@15 per head

more in recent weeks than at the low

time several weeks ago. but the com-

moner horses were offered in too gen-

erous a manner and sold off last week

largely $106015. lllemished horses are

slow at $75@150. while there is a good

outlet for drafters at $200@300, and driv-

ers are selling moderately, mostly around

$175@225. Farm mares for shipment to

Illinois and lawn farms for breeding pur-

poses are in good demand at $165@215.



F.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





Late reports from Kansas say that

about the same number of cattle are be-

ing fed in that state as a year ago, the

reduced corn crop having- prevented

stockmen from feeding larger numbers.

ln_such states as Missouri, Iowa and Illi-

n01s cattle feeding this winter has been

larger than usual, the rousing big corn

crop raised last year having encouraged

feeding as many cattle as possible. 0k-

lahoma reports a marked falling off in

cattle feeding compared with a year ago,

the corn crop having been somewhat

short, and the oil mills of that new state

are feeding a big share of the cattle.





Reports from Spokane, Wash., state

that dairymen of that section are plan-

ning to vastly increase their operations

and have decided to purchase about 7,500

Holstein, Ayrshire ‘and Jersey cows and

stand ready to pay the highest cash mar-

ket figures for tuberculin tested cows.

They have come to the conclusion that

the best plan is to send commissioners to

Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, In—

diana and Michigan to buy all the cows

of good grade that will pass under the

dairy laws of the state of \Vashington.





Interest in the new spring “crop” is

strong, and it is believed that a great

many pigs will be born, for nearly all

farmers fully realize the great importance

of raising as many hogs as possible. They

know that the country's hog supply has

been running greatly behind and that the

business of raising swine promises larger

and quicker returns than any other

branch of farming and stock raising.

The farmers who are not taking the best

of care of their sows are few in number,

and mighty few sows are showing up in

the markets of the country. But it is

known that most of the old sows were

sent to market some time ago, their own-

ers being tempted to take the unusually

high prices that were offered, and as

gilts are being mainly depended upon for

reproduction purposes, small litters must

be expected. No young sows are seen in

current hog receipts in western markets,

and no considerable offerings of sows are

likely to be seen until next summer and

autumn, after they will have weaned their

pigs and become fattened for the market.





W. A. Drake, who is an authority-3n

the subject, says that about one million

sheep and lambs are being fed in Colo-

rado this season, this being only half the

number fed in some years, and compar—

ing with 1,500,000 and 1,750,000 in several

years past. Most of the feeding is being

carried on in southern Colorado, the Ar-

kansas valley leading off with 600,000

head, while only 150,000 head are being

fed in northern Colorado, the smallest

number in seventeen years, this being

due to a very small crop of alfalfa. M .

Drake usually has sufficient alfalfa on hi3

own farms to handle 15,000 lambs, but

this season the crop was too small to

provide for 1,000 head. Southern Colo-

rado had a wonderful crop of both alfalfa

and peas, which accounts for the large

feeding operations down there. Thus far

shipments of sheep and lambs from south-

ern Colorado have been smaller than us-

ual, the movement to feed lots having

been later than in recent years, and be-

cause of the abundance of choice feed,

owners have 'been in no hurry' to sell.

Besides, there is a disposition to wait

until the flocks fed in the corn states are

out of the way, thereby avoiding glutting'

the markets. However, the time has ar-

rived for selling, and Colorado lambs will

be marketed liberally from now on to the

close of May.



Vl’estern slaughterering of hogs by

packers is now on a larger scale than a

year ago, but much smaller than two

years ago. During the four months of the

winter packing season that ended with

last month approximately 8,525,000 hogs

were packed in the west, 9. decrease of

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MARCH. 11.1911.

THis is THE. FIRST EDITION.





 





In the first edition the Ditroit Live

Stock markets are reports of last week;

all other markets are right up to date.

Thursday's Detroit Live Stock markets

are given in the last edition. The first

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

March 2, 1911.

Cattle.



Receipts, 1,343. Market 10@115c lower

than last week on all grades.



\Ve quote: Best steers and heifers,

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

$5.40@5.60; steers and heifers, 800 tr:-

1,000, $4.75@5.25; steers and heifers that

are fat, 500 to 700, $4.506: 4.85; choice fat

cows, $4.50@4.75; good fat cows, $4.22;

common cows, $3.25@3.75; canners, $2.5

(1 3.25; choice heavy bulls, $4.75@5; fair to

good bolognas, bulls, 254.2%; 4.75; stock

bulls, $4.50; milkers, large, young, medium

age, $40@55; common milkers, $25@3o.



Roe Com. Co. sold Newton B. Co. 1 cow

weighing 1,030 at $4.50, 2 oxen av 1,075

at $4.75; to Kamman B. Co. 16 steers av

915 at $5.25; to Newton B. Co. 1 _bull

weighing 780 at $4, 4 butchers av 70'.) at

$5, 6 do av 666 at $4.75, 1 bull weighing

1,120 at $4.50; to Regan 7 steers av 693

at $4.60; to Goose 9 cows av 920 at $3.25;

to Mich. B. Co. 6 do av 880 at $4.50, 4 do

av 1,215 at $4.50, 6 steers av 891 at $5.25,

5 do av 994 at $5.25, 4 do av 640 at $4.50;

to Heinrich 23 do av 940 at $5.45; to

Thompson Bros. 13 do av 950 at $5.60, 1

cow weighing 810 at $2.75; 1 do weighing

1,100 at $3.75: to Hammond, S. & Co. 11

steers av 900 at $5.25, 1 cow weighing

1,330 at $4.50, 10 steers av 1,177 at $5.75,

1 cow weighing 970 at $3.50, 3 do av 000

at $4, 4 do av 1,050 at $3.50, 1 heifer

weighing 460 at $4, 2 cows av 1,100 at

$4; to Cooke 14 butchers av 930 at $5.25,

1 cow weighing 1,180 at $4; to Goose 1

do weighing 780 at $2.75; to Rattkowsky

1 heifer weighing 320 at $4.50.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Bresnahan 8

steers av 770 at $4.85; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 1 bull weighing 1,000 at $4.50, 4 cows

av 965 at $3.65, 4 steers av 980 at $5.30, 2

do av 735 at $5, 1 bull weighing 1,070 at

$4.75, 1 do weighing 1,270 at $»l.75, 2 do

av 1,500 at $5, 1 do weighing 800 at $4.50,

2 cows av 915 at $4.50, 2 do av 1,015 at



3.75, l steer weighing 710 at $4.25, 4 do

av 1,250 at $5.75, 4 do av 910 at $5.10, 5

cows av 942 at $4.50, 1 do weighing 910

at $3.75; to Regan 3 heifers av 660 at

$4.60, 6 heifers av 675 at $4.60; to Brown

15 steers av 700 at $4.75; to Marx 6 do av

1,041 at $5.65, 2 cows av 1,000 at $3.75; to

Newton B. Co. 1 bull weighing 1,270 at

$4.75, 4 cows av 845 at $3.25, 5 do av

1,100 at $41; to Thompson Bros. 1 bull

weighing 1,470 at $4.75; to Parker, 1V. &

Co. 3 cows av 1,000 at $3.50, 5 butchers

av 886 at $4.50, 3 cows av 826 at $3, 18

steers av 1,055 at $5.50, 8 do av 840 at $4.90,

14 do av 821 at $5: to Roll 5 butchers av

710 at $4.60; to Raltkowsky 5 cows av

906 at $4.25, 2 do av 1,125 at $4.35; to Sul-

Iivan P. Co. 5 cows and steers av 1,190

at $4.75, 1 bull weighing 960 at $4: to

Mich. B. Co. 7 steers av 836 at $5.10, 5

cows av 990 at $4.25, 12 steers av 810 at

$5.25, 3 do av 787 at $5, 17 do av 921 at

$5.40, 1.4 steers av 900 at $5.35, 5 do av

1,004 at $5.50; to Newton B. Co. 12 do av

1,066 at $5.25, 4 butchers av 790 at $4.75:

to Capp 3 do av 793 at $3.25, 3 cows av

950 at $4, 8 do av 892 at $3.40. 1 do weigh-

ing 1,350 at $4, 5 do av 904 at $4.



Haley 8; M. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

4 bulls av 1,037 at $4.60, 1 do weighing

810 at $4.50, 3 cows av 777 at $3.25; to

Lachalt 10 butchers av 850 at $4.75; to

Sullivan P. Co. 13 do av 690 at $4.50, 6

cows av 1,133 at $4.35; to Mich. B. Co. 3

steers av 857 at $5, 3 do av 733 at $4.76.

2 cows av 975 at $3.75, 2 do av 1,015 at $4,

11 butchers 'av 945 at $5, 1 cow weighing

900 at $4, 1 do weighing 1,180 at $4.75.



Brewer sold Newton B. Co. 19 butchers

av 910 at $5.



Spicer & R. Sold Ratkowsky 2 cows av

1,000-at $3.75, 2 steers av 725 at $4.75,

4 cows av 350 at $3.75; to Bresnahan 4

heifers av 663 at $4.40, 1 do weighing 530

at $4.40, 3 do av 457 at $4.25, 9 butchers-

av 580 at $4.25; to Rattkowsky 2 bulls

av 800 at $4.50; to Schllscher 4 do av 905

at $4.75, 1 cow weighing 960 at $3.75: to,

Sullivan P. Co. 15 steers av 908 at $5.25.



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 777. Market steady at last

week’s prices; 25c higher than VVednes-

day. Best, $9639.50; others, $4@.8.75;

milch cows and springers steady.



Calf market closed 500 lower than open-

ing, with $9 the top at close.



Spicer & R. sold Hammond. S. & Co.

9 av 125 at $9, 6 av 150 at $9.25, 5 av 125

at $6.50; to Rattkowsky 6 av 155 at $8;

to Goose 8 av 140 at $8; to Mich. B. Co.

2 av 140 at $8.75.



Downing sold Parker, W. & Co. 2 av

130 at $9.



Belheimer sold Burnstine 9 av 145 at $9. f



Kendall sold same 10 av 119 at $8.75, 2,

av 145 at $7. 7 av 150 at $9. ‘



Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co. 4 av 150

at $8; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 av 155 at $4.50,

8 av 130 at $8.50; to Parker, W. & Co.

5 av 150 at $9; to Sullivan P. Co. 11 av,

130 at $7.25: to Newton B. Co. 4 av 145‘

at $7, 16 av 135 at $9.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. E. Co. 14 av

135 at $9; to Sullivan P. Co. 6 av 145 at

$9: to Goose 15 av .150 at $8; to Thompson

Bros. 2 av 155 at $7.50.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 9

av 140 at $9; to Parker, W. & Co. 3 av

145 at $8.75, 5 av 155 at $8.75, 2 av 150 at

$9.25, 13 av 135 at $9.25, 4 av 150 at $9, 21

av 130 at $8.30; to Nagle P. Co. 11 av 125

at $8.25, 23 av 140 at $9.25; to Swift &

Co. 4 av 180 at $7.50, 4 av 135 at $9.25, 22





 





 





THB‘fMICHIGANt FARMER.‘





av 150 at $9.50, 23 av 155' at $9; to Me-





‘ Guire 4 av 110 at $8, 17 av 145 at 89.





Sheep and. Lambs.



Receipts, 5,767. Market steady at last

Thursday’s prices. ‘



Best lambs, $5.75@5.85; fair to good

lambs, $5.25@5.50; light to common lambs

$4.50@5.25,; fair to good sheep, $3.50@4;

culls and common, $3@3.25; heavy lambs,

100 lbs. up. $5@5.15.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 13

sheep av 75 at $4, 39 lambs av 65 at

$5.35; to Nagle P. Co. 26 do av 115 at

$5.10, 33 do av 90 at $5.25, 114 do av 75 at

$5.75, 211 do av 75 at $5.75, 124 do av 73

at $5.75, 115 ,do av 85 at $5.80, 40 do av

83 at $5.60; to Swift & Co. 98 do av 85 at

$5.60, 88 do av 80 at $5.75, 34 do av 80 at

$5.75; to Sullivan 1’. Co. 109 do av 110 at

$5.15, 14 do av 90 at $5.25, 16 (10 av 85 at

$5.25, 40 do av 70 at $5, 18 do av 70 at $5,

22 do av 90 at $5.25, 17 do av 85 at $5.35;

to Newton B. Co. 184 sheep av 90 at

$3.85, 41 do av 110 at $4, 107 ambs av 80

at $5.75, 102 do av 90 at $5.65; to 'l‘homp-

son Bros. 63 do av 65 at $5.10; to Parker,

\V. & Co. 116 do av 87 at $5.80; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 51 do av 68 at $5.60, 40

do av 50 at $5.30; to Sullivan P. Co. 14

do av 53 at $5.25; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 44

do av 77 at $5.75; to Nagle P. Co. 163 do

av 75 at $5.85.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 51

lamos av 80 at $5.60; to Fitzpatrick Bros.

15 do av 85 at $5.75, 45 sheep av 88 at

$3.75; to Mich. E. Co. 7 do av 120 at $3.50,





84 lambs av 75 at $5.50; to \Vood 47 (10‘





av 110 at $5.10; to Sullivan P. Co. 11 do





av 68 at $5.50.

'l‘aggart sold Newton B. Co. '101 lambs





av 65 at $5.60





\..ckman sold same 38 do av 85 oil





$5.50.





Kendall sold same 31 do av 83 at $5.75.-

Downing sold Mich. B. Co. 18 sheep av!





90 at $4, 31 lambs av 90 at $5.



Long sold same 77 lambs av 60 at $5.40.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 57

lambs av 75 at; $5.40; to Sullivan P. Co.

5 sheep av 120 at $3: to Newton B. Co.

35 lambs av 75 at $5.50.



Hogs.



Receipts, 4,056.

at noon for all grades; nothing sold.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $7.25; pigs, $7.25; light yorkers, $7.25;

heavy, $7.20.





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Packers bidding $7.25:





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

Co. 2,368 av 185 at $7.23, 210 av 150 at $7.3 .‘

Sundry shippers sold same 470 av 190‘





at $7.211.





Spicer & R. sold Parker, \V. & Co. 435.





av 180 at $7.25.



Haley & M... sold same 520 av 170 at

$7.30.



Sundry shippers sold samc 860 av 180

at $7.25.



toe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 275

av 190 at $7.25.





 





- Friday's Market.

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6.50; steers and heifers, 1.000 to 1,200,

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On the door of a village store in south-

ern Ohio, just after the Civil War, a

hand-bill was posted offering a reward of

$1,000 for the arrest of certain persons

who had been committing wholesale

burglary and robbery in the adjoining

county. They had taken advantage of

the lax administration of law during the

war, and had carried on their depreda-

tions with impunity.



After the store had closed on an Octo-

ber night, five young fellows who had all

seen service in the army were roasting

eggs on brown paper on the top of the

stove, and incidentally roasting one an-

other. They were Ben and Dan Brown,

sons of the storekeeper, San Lindsey, a

famous hunter, John Austin, and Jack

Hayes.



“Say, follows,” said Ben, “did you read

that bill on the store door?”



They had all read it carefully.



“\Vhat’s the matter with going after

them, and takin’ in that reward?”



The boys were all attention.



“Gard \Vilson was telling me there are

a. few wild-cats 1er over there among

the hills. Let’s go éver there on a hunt.

\Vhile we‘re huntin’ wild—cats we can

hunt the other varmints. \Vhat d‘ye

say?”



The boys threw up their hats and

wanted to yell. but Ben put a stop to it.



“Now mind." said Ben. "this is a hunt.

Not a word must be said by anybody

about the robbers."



They all went to work with a will get-

ting ready, being careful to announce ev-

erywhere that they were invited over

into the adjoining county to exterminate

the wild—cats. But they were careful

not to give any information as to the

exact locality to which they were going.



In due time they got together their out-

fit, consisting of guns, dogs. pots, pans,

bedding, and grub, and the expedition

started. Toward the evening of a fine

day, they reached their destination, at

great cave among the hills, of which Sam

had knowledge. It was a few rods from

the road, up a ravine, and entirely con-

cealed. They got the wagon up within

a short distance of the mouth of the

cave, took off the bed and carried it into

the cave. The horses were stabled on one

side, while the boys occupied the other.

The. boys gathered dry wood and soon

had a roaring fire. Sam, who said he

was “no slouch of a cook,” was detailed

to get supper. What with the fatigue

from riding all day in a jolting wagon,

the appetizing odor of coffee and ham,

and the charm and novelty of the situa-

tion, they were a contented lot.



Night came, and while the horses

munched they hay the boys lit their pipes

and laughed and joked until a late hour.



When the fire had died down to a mere

heap of glowing coals, they decided to

turn in. The wagon-bed had been filled

with clean straw, and by a proper ad-

justment of legs and arms they were all

enabled to stow themselves into it with

comparative comfort The night was not

cold, and they had plenty of blankets.

They lay awake a long time chatfing one

another.



Suddenly Ben slapped himself, flung the

blankets off, and climbed out of bed.



“\Vhat‘s the matter, Ben?" asked Dan.



“Oh, nothing, much," he replied, care-

lessly. “l guess I’m a little bit nervous,

is about all. Don’t you fellows mind me;

I’ll take a smoke and be all right in a

little while."



Pretty soon there was another slap,

and a yell, and Austin leaped out.



“Now, what’s the matter with you,”

asked Dan.



“Indigestion, I guess.

forgot to put soda in the biscuits.

ers’ never did agree with me.”



Then Jack crawled out with an injured

look on his face. and finally Sam joined

the group about the. fire, with a face as

impassive as an Indian.



“Say," said Dan, “you fellows are get-

ting mighty high-toned—can’t bunk in a

wagon-bed, full of clean straw. I’ve seen

the time when two rails were a luxury.

\Vell, this is comfort. The whole bed

and all the clothes."



The boys winked at one another. Sam

went over, tucked the straw and blankets

about Dan, and wished him pleasant

dreams. He, then went back to the fire

and sat down where he could watch de-

velopments. They didn’t have long to





Sam must have

‘Sink-





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wait, for soon the straw and blankets

flew in every direction and'a frantic fig-

ure rose, with mighty yells, from the

bed.



“Holy Moses,” he shouted, slapping

himself here and there and clawing fran-

tically at his person.



“Now what’s the matter with you?"

asked Ben, severely. “ You act like a

man with the jim—jams."



“Matter? Matter enough. I feel like

I'd swallowed a dose of fish hooks and

they’d broke out on me."



Then the old cave rang with laughter



The truth began to dawn on Dan. He

straightened himself up—he measured

over six feet—and said: “Look here, fel-

lows, that’s a low-down, ornery trick to

play on an orphan.”



The mystery was soon solved. Just

above the wagon-bed was a wasp’s nest

that the boys had overlooked in their

excitement. The heat and smoke had

exasperated the inmates and they very

naturally resented the intrusion. The

straw was full of them, and there could

be no more sleep that night.



They replenished the fire, laughed

heartily at their discomfiture, and, late

as it was, decided to take a coon hunt.



They had several dogs, but old “Drive,"

Sam’s dog, was their mainstay. He was

a splendid specimen of the hound, quite

large, and as courageous as a lion.



After being out an hour or two, blun—

dering along through the underbrush that

scratched their faces and tore their

clothes, they began to wonder, as Ches-

terfield did about fox hunting, if a man

ever did it more than once. Pretty soon

they heard Drive baying in the distance.

llis deep, musical voice stirred them like

the old bugle call. Sam was beside him-

self, his fatigue and disgust all gone in

a moment. He listened eagerly, and the

boys awaited his interpretation.



“lioys, it‘s a wild—cat, as sure as guns."



Drive suddenly quit baying, and the

boys almost held their breath. The mon-

grels, Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart, all

came tearing through the bushes and

grovelled at their feet.



"The cat’s tryin’ to fool him,” said

Sam. “They have a trick of jumpinfi onto

the side of a tree, and then jumpin’ off,

to brcak the scent. lle won‘t fool old

Drive long. Now listen."



Drive. soon found the scent again, and

away they went, in a merry chase, over

hills and through hollows. In the gray

0f the morning they overtook Drive,

standing at the foot of a great oak, pant-

ing and whining. Far up among'the

branches, that looked almost spectral,

they saw the 'form of the cat, his eyes

shining like balls of fire. The other dogs

came up in the meantime, very courage-

ous now. The boys began firing at him

with their shotguns, but this only en-

raged him. Finally, as it became lighter,

Sam brought him down with a rifle shot.



The next night they entered into the

sport with a little more zest, almost for-

getting, in their enthusiasm, the chief

object of the expedition.



Some time after midnight, while they

were huddled together on a narrow ridge

listening for Drive's overture, they heard

a slight rustling among the bushes.





"Hist,” whispered Sam; “That‘s some-

body walking. They’re coming. Be quiet,

on your lives.”



Two men passed them like shadows, in

perfect silence, each carrying a bundle.



“Say, fellows, they’re not out for their

health,” whispered Sam. “Jack, you and

Dan follow them. Don‘t forget how you

used to trail bushwhackers over in West

Virginia.”



The two boys, with their guns ready,

slipped off into the darkness. Fortu-

nately the leaves were damp, making

their fomsteps almost noiseless.



In a little while Drive opened up, and

the others once more became absorbed in

the mad chase. This time they were

doomed to disappointment. It was a

wild-cat, sure enough, but a wary one,

and by doubling and turning it finally

outwitted Drive and succeeded in reach-

ing its den. '



They got to camp shortly after day-

light, to find it cold and silent. When

they began to prepare for breakfast they

learned, to their dismay, that the better

part of their provisions had disappeared.





“Say, boys.” said Ben, as he looked

ruefully at the scanty remains of their

store, “there ain’t going to be any more

foolishness about this. A wild-cat’s a

gentleman compared to a scally-wag

who’d steal from a fellow out here forty

miles from a grocery.”



Jack and Dan got back about nine

o’clock, in a cheerful mood, bringing with

them a little old charcoal burner they





had picked upon on the \way. He was

from North Carolina, and had been in the

Confederate army.



"Well, I guess we’ve got ’em,” said

Dan. “At least we know right where we

can put our hands on ’em.”



“They’ve stole our grub," said Sam,

“and I’m for going right after ’em.”



When Jack and Dan left the boys on

the ridge they followed the two figures,

keeping as far behind as possible, and

they had been led a merry chase, up hill

and down. But they stuck to them like

two shadows until near‘morning, when

they saw them enter a cave above a deep

ravine. The place was almost inaccess-

ible, but they had the key to the situa-

tion and could find the place at their

leisure. In the meantime they were hope-

lessly lost and, but for the North Caro-

linian, would have had some trouble find-

ing their way out.



“I’ll stay with you all, boys,” said the

North Carolinian. “I fit you all durin’

the wah, and I‘m guine to show you all

I’m back in the Union.”



“All right,” said Ben. “If you didn’t

do any more harm in the war than I did,

you’re forgiven long ago.”



“He wasn't nothin’ but one of them

‘coffee coolers,’ ” said Sam.



After a breakfast, such as it was, they

decided to assume the offensive. They

decided it wouldn't do to take the dogs,

and it wasn’t prudent for all to leave the

camp. They might have to go to bed

supperless, also. So Sam and Austin

were left behind.



In an hour or two they reached the foot

of the ravine and went cautiously along

the little creek that traversed it. On the

right was a sheer cliff, up which it was

impossible to climb. Jack and Dan point-

ed out to them a bench along which the

two men had crept, and a fallen limb

that hid the mouth of the cave where

they had entered. By making’ a long

detour they reached this bench and crept

silently along it to the fallen limb. On

coming up to it they discovered a great

fissure in the rock. On one side the rock

seemed to have been pushed back, leaving

a space wide enough for a person to en—

ter. They stood some time, silent. They

had all felt that way before, and there

was no wavering. “North Carolina,”

anxious to show his zeal, slipped as quiet—

ly as a serpent into the opening. In a

short time he came back and held up his

hand.



“They’re in thar, boys.”



“Ready,” said Ben. “This beats Wild-

cat hunting all hollow.”





 





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They went in single file, their guns at‘





a “ready.”

was not direct.

angle that concealed them completely,

within hearing distance of those inside.

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could distinctly hear the low voices of‘

At a sign,





two persons in conversation.

from Ben they entered.





Two men sat by a small table, or box,’





rather, smoking and playing cards.



The boys scarcely breathed,

silence was intense, but the robbers felt,

rather than saw, the intruders and drop-

ped their cards. They rose to their feet

and reached for their pistols, but Ben

was too quick for them and ordered them

to sit down.



“Put up your hands,

said he,

to take ’em down.





if you please,”





they won’t hold shucks."



The boys stood some time, until their

eyes became accustomed to the dim light,

when they saw a queer sight.





nary room, dry and cool,

with all sorts of plunder, dry goods, gro-

ceries, meat, and even eggs.

dent they were in the hiding place of

the famous gang.



“By hokey, boys,"

“here’s our breakfast.”



"All right,” said Ben, “if you’re sure

of it, bring it along. The rest of the

stuff we must turn over to the sheriff."

Then turning to his prisoners, he said:

“We came out here to rid this county

of varmints, and we a'n’t a bit particular

whether they’re two-legged or four-leg-

ged. You will please fall in the proces-

sion and go right along with us. You’ve

got to the end of your string.”



They were marched off to the camp,

sullen and crestfallen. They refused to

answer any questions, or give any ac-

count of themselves. They were both

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The boys mounted “North Carolina" on

one of the horses and sent him to the

county seat. T‘Vhen the sheriff came he

was thunderstruck. He recognized them

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exclaimed Dan,





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“This one might have been a success

if it hadn't been for baby.” Mrs. Mason

spoke hopefully, though it was a dubious

look she cast upon the peculiar looking

object she had just placed on the table.

“He cried so hard just as I got it in the

oven I simply had to take him up, and

then, of course, I forgot it and I didn’t

remember to regulate the heat and it all

puffed up and ran over and then when I

opened the door it dropped down to noth-

ing in the middle. I thought I might

make it stick together after I got it out:

of the tins if I put plenty of icing on it,

but I didn't seem to have any luck with

that either. I guess I boiled the sugar

too long. or I didn't boil it long enough.

Anyway,” desperately. “we've got to eat

it. I have thrown three into the garbage





already this week and eggs are 37 cents





a dozen and going higher."



“Oh, it’s another cake, is it?” queried

Mr. Mason. “That remark about throw-

ing three into the garbage gave me a tip.

\i‘ell, if I’ve got to eat it the quicker I

start the better. Let's get at it and have

the agony over. Thank Heaven, the

steak and potatoes were all right and I

can stand another cup of that coffee."



“You needn’t eat it all tonight," Mrs.

Mason said encouragingly, as she refilled

her husband’s coffee cup. The hand

which held the pot trembled a bit but

her voice was without a quiver. Teary

wives had always been objects of scorn

to this young woman.



“Seems funny, though, you can’t learn

to make cake,” Mr. Mason mumbled as

he munched the soggy mixture which

masqueraded under that honored name.

“Why, I made ’em when I was only ten

years old,” he began, reflectively.



Mrs. Mason groaned inwardly. "Must

I hear that tale again?" she thought.

Then quickly interposed, “Yes, I did,

too, but mother stood right .by to tell

me just what to do."



“Well, doesn’t my mother tell you just

what to do now?” asked Mr. Mason. “I

believe I could eat another piece of that

mixture," he interjected encouragingly.

“That icing makes it go down. It isn’t

so bad as the stuff it separates. I heard

her tell you about the oven the last time

we were there and she showed you a

dandy cake she had just made."



“Yes, and she told me she beat that

cake an hour and your sister beat it an-

other one,” answered Mrs. Mason.

“\Vhere do I get two hours in any one

day to beat cakes? I really did mean to

watch the oven this time, though." she

added, "but I told you, to begin with,

baby was to blame. I had to take him

up.”



“You take him up too much," declared

Mr. Mason, in that wise-as-Solomon tone

all new fathers assume when discussing

the bringing up of babies. “Let him cry

a little; it won't hurt him. If he is warm

and comfortable and well fed he doesn’t

need anything else. Just let him lie and

cry while you work.”



“But John, I can’t stand it!” Little

Mrs. Mason was very near to tears now,

but she winked them back. “It makes

me so nervous to hear him I could scream





and dance or jump out of the window. I





would rather pick him up and let every-

thing go to smash than to stay in the

room with him and hear him cry.”



“Sure you would, and he knows it.

That’s why he cries so much when I’m

not here,” Mr. Mason responded largely.

“He knows better than to try any of those

tricks on me. I’ll bet I could take care

of him and make a cake that anyone need

be proud of." And. having finished his

second cup of coffee and third piece of

cake, Mr. Mason retired behind his pa-

per, while his wife removed the dishes,

the while indulging in a few strictly

feminine thoughts regarding the foibles

of men.



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his wife was finishing her luncheon.



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go out for an airing and I’ll run the es-

tablishment." .



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son. “Do you think I had better leave

him?”



“Sure,” responded John heartily. “Can’t

I warm his milk as well as you can?

I can manage him and the dinner, too.

Just go out and make a day of it and

leave things to me.”



Not without some misgivings did Mrs.

Mason prepare for her outing. She was

not sure John could get along with baby,

but it was seldom she got out without the

little rascal, and the day was bright, and

Mary was young, and her gown was new

and—well, anyway, John couldn’t kill the

baby in one afternoon. so forth she fared.





Ever and anon, amidst the delights of

shopping. thoughts of home would intrude

themselves, however. John really did

not know very much about babies though

he thought he knew a great deal. Suppose

Baby Jack should prove quite unman-

ageable? Pictures of baby screaming

himself hoarse while a distracted father

tried in vain to soothe him, tortured her

for a moment and then she thought

grimly, “Well, I don‘t care just for once.

Baby surely can’t hurt himself and John

can find out just how I have it. He'll

know now why my cakes are a failure.

Imagine any man baking even ‘a loaf of

unleavened bread with' a crying baby to

upset him!”



At 5 o’clock Mrs. Mason opened the

hall door of the apartment house where

they had their tiny flat and wearily

climbed the stairs. Halfway up the

smell of a delicious fresh cake assailed

her nostrils.



“Mrs. Smith has been baking," she

thought, enviously. Mrs. Smith was fam-

ous throughout the building for her

cakes, and Mrs. Mason had more than

once wished for the secret of her neigh-

bor's luck. The smell grew stronger.

however, as she neared her own flat and

left Mrs. Smith’s in the distance.



“Can it be John’s mother is here and

has baked a cake for us," she thought

joyously. “But no. she could never get

any farther than telling me how," the

afterthought trailed along. “It must be

the new woman upstairs.”



She slipped her key into the lock,

turned it and entered her own hall. Fresh,

warm and odorous cake must be some

where in her own apartment. That strong

scent could not permeate from without.

John sat reading his paper, a. look of

utter unconcern masking his feelings.

and in the carriage, actually wide awake

and not crying to be held, Master Jack

played with a rattle or made frantic at-

tempts to catch his toes.



”Has your mother been here?" cried

Mary, interrupting John as he seemed

about to speak.



“Why, no, did you think she was com-

ing?"



“Then who made the cake?

smell cake,” demanded Mary.



“The cake? Oh, to be sure,” indiffer-

ently; “I just tried my luck this after-

noon and it doesn’t seem to have been so

bad. It's on the dining-room table."





Mary pushed open the door hastily and

stopped in silent admiration. Puffed up

where it should be, browned to a turn,

crumbly-looking and odoriferous, there

stood John's masterpiece.



“The proof of the pudding,” said John,

with a flourish, cutting a generous slice

for Mary and a second for himself. “I've

been dying to try it but nobly waited for

you.”



Mary tasted warily, then contentediy,

then, it must be confessed, greedily.





”But who showed youwwhere did you

get a recipe—what did you do with

baby?" she queried between bites.





“Nobody. out of your book, put him in

the cab and gave him my watch," re-

sponded John, ditto. “There wasn't any

cream so I used a. little milk out of each

one of Jack’s bottles, and I couldn’t find

any soda so I used baking powder. That's

what mother puts in cakes, anyway."





Mary snatched the cookbook which lay

open on the table and read, ” ‘One and a

half cups of flour, one cup of sugar. one

teaspoon of soda dissolved in a table-

spoonful of boiling water. Break an egg

in a cup and fill the cup with sour cream.’

And I suppose you didn’t put in any but-

ter, and dissolved your baking powder in

the water?” she demanded.



Then as John nodded assent she gasped

helplessly. “Surely a merciful Providence

.does watch over the innocent. Skimmed

milk and patent baby food, no shortening.

and baking powder dissolved in boiling

water, and this the result.”





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Chapter XVIIl.——The Home-Coming.



Many times during the first week that

Ned Jackson worked with Roy he wished

that he had learned to drive the oxen on

his cousin’s farm when he had had the

chance, for, as that was the lightest part

of the clearing of the land, it was his to

do. He could no more roll and lift the

heavy logs to their places than could a

child, and the necessary tramping in a

circle, in driving the horses around when

the “stump puller” was used, made him

weak and giddy, so the ox—driving of

necessity was his share of the work. But,

although he was awkward the first few

days, he was so eager to learn to drive

them well that soon he felt as if he had

earned a degree in that branch of labor,

at least. ‘



“I've changed my mind about a good





many things," he said one day to Roy

after the oxen had obeyed his voice so

perfectly that the big charred log had

been yanked to its place without a hitch.

“I used to think that any fool could drive

oxen: now I‘ve found, as old .loe Green

said, that it takes a sharp fool to hit both

bar posts at once. .-\n ordinary fool can

only hit one. Gee whiz". I remember the

jawing lien Baker gave me when I tore

down both bar posts, because the con-

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never drove them again. I never thought





then tint: 1"}. come down to being glad





that I had that: 1-3 ‘haw' and ‘goo

around.“

“Y0“ mean ‘1‘. have ‘come up‘ to





them,” observed i1 -_\' "it looks to me

as if you was getting ab as severe a

drubbing into learning: 1» ‘m-rrk as any

guy I ever heard of."



“if :VIerle knew that l dill lit-7. have one

red cent she would help me or: of this

fix,” began Ned, grumblingly.



ltoy stopped suddenly with his cant

hook poised above the big log ho was

about to grapple. “Do you mean to say

you would take money from a girl?” he

demanded scornfully.



“Why not‘.m asked Ned, surlily. “Guess

I need it bad enough."



“\Vell, if you would you are lower down





than I though for," continued Roy, with-

eringly. “Ilere you are earning money

all the time and yet would write to your

sister for some. \Vell, I‘ll be blowed!”



Ned’s face flushed. “You act as if 1

was stealing it," he snapped.



“It is just as mean as if you was. You

told me that she did not earn money;

that is, was not working for mom-y, but

had an allowance and CVcrything she

needed. Yet, if you had a cent you would

write to her a whining card and tell her

a. hard luck story, expecting that she

would fork up a few dollars and send

you. \\'ell, I‘m mighty glad you haven’t

got a cent if that is what you would do

with it, and if I had ten 1 Would not lend

yen one,” he cried hotly.



Ned did not answer. Roy saw things

so differently from what he did, but he

was already viewing life differently since

he had become a companion of this sturdy

outspoken boy who had but. two stami—

ards in life to measure things by; one

was, what was right; the other, what was

wrong, and there was no half-way about

either. llis perspective had but two

points and he was uncompromising in

regard to both of them.



For a few moments ltoy worked away

industriously at his log pile until the

blaze was wrapping the heap in a fiery

mantle, then he said abruptly:



“I’robably I was a little rough, Ned,

but I can’t help thinking a man is pretty

low down if he will go to a Woman for

money. \Vhy, man alive, it is a man‘s

place to support, the Woman, whether it

is his wife, his mother, or his sister—e

not for them to support: him. Suppose

you (lid write such a letter and she sent

the money, out of her love for you and

her kindness of heart, she would despise

you just the same for not earning it

yourself: and even if you was sick she

would have the feeling that you ought to

have saved your money when you had

the chance to earn it: and she would de—

spise you for needing help. Yes, she

would; and whenever I hear of a girl or

woman supporting a man I feel like go-

ing up and kicking the man and telling

the woman she is a fool. No, sir, I

never wanted my mother to do for me

after I was twelve years old and could

begin to earn something all the time I

was out of school. I felt as if it was





my place, and I did earn pretty near ev-

erything we had until she went; and

then it was my money that gave her a

decent show at last, even if I didn’t have

one cent after I had rustled together a

few things and set out on my tramp.

That’s the kind of a hairpin I am, and if

you are low—down enough to let a girl

support you, why, you are no chum of

mine,” he finished, fiercely.



Ned choked an angry flood of excuses

which rose to his lips. The old Spanish

proverb that “He who excuses himself,

accuses himself,” came to his mind, and

he did not care for any more of Roy’s

cast-iron opinions at that moment. But

as he continued his work his conscience

told him that Roy had spoken the truth.

All of his life he had gone to Merle for

money when he was short, which had

been nearly always from the time when,

as little children, they had been given

pocket money. True, he was always

ready to divide with Merle himself when

she had asked it, which had been seldom,

as she had never had the ways and de—

sires of spending money which he pos-

sessed. Probably Merle did despise that

part of his nature, even if she did not

wholly despise him; and with the better

part of his nature awakened again he re—

solved to never appeal to her for aid, no

matter what happened. He would have

a little of Roy’s self-respect and inde-

pcndonce and either sail his own ship or

go down with it.



November was a cold, stormy month,

yct day after day, as Ned worked out

of doors doing the rough, dirty work, he

realized that he was growing stronger,

and as life llowcd more freely through his

veins the dcsire to see his home grew

with each hour and he felt as if he could

not wait until the money was earned so

that he could buy dcccnt clothing and

start for the east. And when he would

pause in his work, resting idly on his

cant hook, or sit at night by the tire with

unsccing eyes, he was suffering the tor-

tures of the Heimweh, and at such times

ltoy would either let him alone or else

break into his melody song, ringing out

the words with such cheer ard faith that.

the mood would pass and Ned would re—

turn to the prosaic duties of the every

day.



But with his desire for home was min-

gled the fear of King. He knew now that

that man would never let him live in the

same town with him, and he doubted’

whether he would be welcome at Searls’

home. Manning, he knew, would takel

him in there, but he had not the slightest

idea where he could find work nor what:

he would do to support himself. Brood-l

ing on such thoughts caused him keen:

misery, and once when they were work-

ing hastily in the bleak lot, trying to get

a certain amount done before a coming

storm, Ned was so down-hearted that

ltoy asked him, wonderingly, what was

troubling him. “You look as if you ex-

pected to be arrested for sheep stealing

as soon as you reach home,” he said,

banteringly.



Ned started. Roy had spoken his exact

thought; he was afraid of arrest, and al-

most before he. realized what he was say-

ing he was confessing the whole account

of King's meanness; the profits he made

as middleman with the farmers; also how

he, Ned, had tried to get ahead of him

in sharp dealing, and what the result had

been. \thn he had finished, the expected

outburst from Roy was not delayed:

“You were a chump!" he said, contemp-

tuously. “As dirty and mean a chump

as ever walked, and a fool in the bar-

gain. I read once that all sharpers and

criminals were idiots in some ways, and

I believe, it, You thought you was like

the \\'()()(l(‘lltl('k that crawled in his hole

and pulled it in after him; that is, youi

thought you did. but you see you didn't.i

\\'ell, all l’ve got to say is, that you must;

do as 'Miss Amidon told you to do——you§

must pay every cent of that money back

to .lohn King (though I agree with you

that he don‘t deserve it), before you ever

stop your foot in that town again. He

has got the drop on you and he will never

let up, so to save your own neck you

must do it. \Vhat a bloomin’ fool you

were not to see the other end of your

little game when you tried it. I should

have thought you would have had more

sense.”



Ned winced at his words. “That is

what I mean to dowpay it all back, but

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to do it. Why, all I‘am earning now.

breaking my back with this hard work,

wouldn't pay it and‘I’ve got to have

clothes. I’m almost barefoot. King can

go to thunder till I have the money,

that’s all. Merle wouldn't stand for it—"



“There you go again, falling back- on

your sister as if you didn't have back-

bone eno‘ugh to hold yourself up. I tell

you, you have got to cut Merle out of

this proposition. and if I hear you quot-

ing her again I’ll dig but and let you

paddle your own ship alone. I’ll stand

by you if you do the square thing. I'll

help you and take your word as a gentle-

man that you will pay me back when

you get a. chance; but you’ve got to send

that moneyon to the old cuss. It's right

and just you should; you don’t have to

answer for his conscience. and once your

sin is off yours, you'll be free. I wouldn't

have the tag of dishonesty on me for all

the money this side of Kingdom Come. It

is worse than a tin can on a dog's tall."





Ned hesitated. His personal needs were

so strong. Clothing he must have or he

could not work. His desire for home was

urging him on to his daily work, thinking

that each day‘s money was bringing him

nearer and nearer to the goal of his de-

sires, but to be obliged to send what lit.-

tle he had to King, go without himself.

and postpone returning home indefinitely,

was a little more than he could stand. “I

won’t do it," he said, gru'flly. “He doesn't

need the money and I do: he is a thief

and has been for years. If he dares pros-

ecute me I can ‘show him up, but I won’t

go hungry and naked for him, or you

either. When I can afford to send him

that money I will, and not till them. No

one could expect me to do anything else,

and I'll be hanged if I will."



“You may be hanged if you don't," re-

marked Roy, good-naturedly. “See here,

Ned; there never will be a time when it

is easy. Right is right and wrong is

wrong, and you can‘t get around it. A

man is either honest or dishonest, and if

you are not honest. why, you are the

other. If you will do the square thing

we will hang together. But you act to

me as if you had a wishbone instead of a

backbone all the time. When we get our

money, after we get what clothes we

must have, we will put away what we

have left towards sending to him. Then

we will find another job. I can get work

anywhere. I’m big and husky. and

what’s more, I know how to Work: and

what I get you will have. too. Come.

that’s fair. I'll help you get enough to—

gether to send to that old skinilint, just

for the sake of going home with you and

have you get me in with your folks. I

have no home-«no place on earth now—

l‘m alone; and I want a home mighty

bad. So you see I‘m sclfish about this,

for I am looking out for Number One.

.\bout all we ever leave in this world is

our tracks," he continued earnestly. “and

it is up to us to keep our feet as clean as

possible. \Ve won't always have mothers

to follow us up and wipe the dirt off our

shoes or scrub up the muddy tracks we've

made. on the clean iloor. \\'e will have

to do that ourselves if we wish to leave

:1 clean path behind us. but most of us

who step in the mud get in so deep that

no amount of scrubbing will take the dirt

out of our tracks. It isn‘t the part of

men to expect the women folks to clean

up after us and forgive us for what we

have done unless we prove ourselves

worthy of forgiveness; so. as l have made

up my mind to go cast I shall stick by

you if you prove you are not a rascal."



“I'm not a rascal.“ blurted Ned.



“llumph! Ask King whether you are

or not" said Roy. stoutly. "Fume. Ned,

I want to settle this thing for good and

all. I'll do my part; will you pony up

with your Shekels till that old wrctch

who is after your pound of flesh gets his

claws off your throat. or won’t you?"



“I suppose I’ll have to.“ said Ned. un-

graciously. “though it hurts like the devil

to go without for the sake of him. Look

at my overalls. Mrs. \Vood has patched

them till they look like the map of the

l'nited States. I can't tell, for the life of

me. what the original color was."



“Same here." agreed Roy. “But who

cares for patches? She is a good old soul

to take such an interest in two tramps

like us. Heigh. ho! I’ll be sorry to go,

for we may not strike as good folks in a

year as they are. Hustle the oxen along.

'l‘hat storm will catch us before night

and the sooner we finish this job the

sooner we’ll get our cash. for

It’s hustle and rustle and bustle and jostle



Till we get another job.



For jobbing and nobbing, no other man

robbing,



Will keep us on the bob,

he improvised as he sang the words lust-





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





ily, pitching into the work as if it was

the biggest joke in the world.



Both were sorry when at last they left

to look for other work. In the nearest

town they bought a supply of garments

and then Roy, with calm assurance oi

finding work, started out hopefully. Al-

though refused several times. at night he

found a month's employment for both of

them in a livery stable, and so, without

losing a day's time, they were at work

earning King’s money again. Little by

little the pile accumulated, for their pay

was not very large, and after they had

started to save money for that object

Ned was as eager as Roy to have the

matter settled, for, as the boy said, “Ned,

with that hanging over his head was no

more independent than was a pig with

his head in a poke, but once free of that

burden he would be able to hold up his

head with anyone."



It was a proud day for both of them

when at last they sent the money. In all

that time Ned had not written to Merle.

He could not bring himself to write that

he was having ill luck and. not suspect-

ing her anxiety, he planned on surprising

her as soon as he could possibly return

home.



He wrote a brief letter to King saying

that as he returned the money he had

refused to pay the year before, he hoped

for an immediate acknowledgment of it,

when he would drop the subject for all

time. He added those words so that

King would have no fears of his telling

the basket story when he returned to

West Winthrop. The acknowledgment

came back immediately bearing the single

word. “Thanks." but it was enough, and

both Ned and Roy executed a war dance

in their little smelly room above the

stable. though they had less than a dol-

lar between them and no more work.



Ned felt a trifle discouraged. for thcv

had both been searching diligently for

more employment. but Roy was as hopc—

ful as ever. “'ith all their belongings

stored in Roy's “turkey." they started

out again looking for work. tramping on

the railroad which ran towards the east.

They reached a large town at night and

while exploring the yards for a box car

in which they could sleep for that night

Roy fell in with a man who was loudly





 





swearing because a couple of men who





were to take a number of cars of cattle.





east had gone on a spree and failed to

show up at the time the cars were to.

start. That was all the e'ncouragementj

Roy needed, so he at once applied and‘

secured the position for himself and Nedl

At midnight they had started east. for;

the cars were billed to Boston. l



Days later, when the January snow was

sparkling on the hillsides and the stone

walls were covered with smooth, beauti-

ful mantles of white which hid their

jagged outlines. the two travelers, having

received their money and indulged in

baths and a general clean-up. turned

their faces towards Bakappleln. for Ned

had now not the slightest fear but that

he would be welcome. He had a clean

conscience. for no one could say that he

had robbed them: and with all desire to

get ahead by sharp dealing gone from his





nature, he was impatient to see his cousin?





and tell him that at last he had learned

to work with his hands and would do

anything honorable whereby he could

earn his way in the world.



They reached \l'inthrop on the late

train at night. It was only a matter of

a dozen miles from there out to Bak-

applein. and when Roy suggested that

they walk out there in the early morning.

so that he could see what the real New

England hillsides were. Ned agreed. They

had tramped so much the past few

months. and as Ned was strong again,

they started early so as to get to the

place for breakfast.



It was over the same road that Ned

had driven with Joe a year before. He





saw no great changes, and as they walked 1





they whistled and sang along the way»

They met no one, for the milk teams had

passed over the road before they reached

the Three Bridges. a mile from Bakap-

plein. They quickened their steps then.

for they were hungry. and as they reach-

ed a place on the road where they could

see the old white farm house of Old Bev-





erly standing in its group of trees. the‘





sun shining on its eastern windows. just

as it peeped through the old. old trees on

the large Eastern Knoll which they called

the Sunset Knoll. Ned pointed out the

place to Roy and told him of Grandfath~

er Beverly’s love for those trees and the

veneratlon in which they had been held

for generations of Beverlys who would

never have them cut down.





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plein, Ned’s heart was too full for words.

The gates were wide open, and there

were many fresh sleigh tracks in the

snow, both entering and returning from

the house. “They must have had a part}

here last night and haven’t got up yet,”

laughed Roy as they saw no signs of any-

one stirring around the house. “Thought

you said they were early risers.”



“They used to be,” returned Ned.

Wouldn’t it be a joke if we got in with-

out their seeing us. It will be a. wonder

if Ben doesn‘t; I’ll bet it is the first time

that anybody ever entered without his

knowledge,” he chaffed as they walked

rapidly up the winding driveway.



“Come,” he said, boyishly, “what do

you say to sneaking in the back way,

going up through the cellar and surpris-

ing Mary. It will be the biggest lark of





sees us pop into the kitchen, and then

they will all'rush out to see what she is

having such a fit over,” he chuckled,

leading the way around the front of the

Ihouse, then along the north side, bending

low so as not to be seen from the win-

dows and coming stealthily around to the

east end just as the first exhaust of the'

gasoline engine broke on the air. ,



Ned hesitated. “They are going to sawi

wood, so our fun is spoiled,” he whis-i

pered, “but come, we will whoop ’em up‘

anyhow,” he added as they darted around

the corner to the wide Open cellar door,

near which the gasoline engine was

standing, already started for work, but





 





It was scarcely a. half dozen seconds

since they had heard the first exhaust,

but one startled glance showed them

what had happened. Someone had filled

the tank too full, it had run over on the

outside and then, in priming, more gas-

oline had run down on the mumer under

Then, without waiting for

someone—and Ned knew

it must have, been young Joeflhad start-

ed the em; inc, and as the exhaust had

come out the “axle, gasoline had caught

fire and was already wrapping the

muffler in a ring of flame, circling the,

pipe and lapping up on the sides of the,





the machine.





 





Not one second did they wait. Ned

grabbed the axe, broke the ice in the rain





-.b:1.rrel and filled an old pail with water;





then, crawling down by the side of the

engine he commenced throwing water on

like a mad-

through the cellar, up the backl

stairs and into the kitchen where he1

seized the pail of water from the sink





'hr-I‘ore Mary's astonished eyes and wasi





back again to the engine, throwing it on1

the last flicker of the blaze just as Ned

crawled out from under the engine, black—

ened, burned and dirty, but content, for.

he, had saved Bakapplein. ‘



it had taken but a few seconds. The

sound of the exhaust had brought them

all there, the men rushing from the barn,.

Mary and Merle from the house, while

.loe shambled out from the cellar,





For a moment they did not recognizei

Ned; then as Bruiser leaped upon himf

with joyous, frantic barks, Merle’s cry ofg

recognition rang out, and she sprang into

his arms, kissing his black, dirty face,

over and over again, while Searls wrung;

his hand for joy. “You don’t know what,

you have saved, Ned,” he said, huskily,

“you have saved my boy who was born





' this morning.”





i To be, continued).





 





THE YEARS.





 





BY 1...\1.1.\ MITCHELL.

The father watched them at their play—





said;



But, deep in my heart of hearts, I dread

'l he passing of days that are so glad,

“ hen my boy shall grow to a man’s es-



tate,

And my daughter

great.

And each of them loved, in a loyal way,

The little lad and the blue-eyed lass,

And each of them watched them, day by





marry with one grown





day,

Proud in their pride and glad in their

play.

But, watching the years so quick to

pass,





One’ s was a. prayer that each grow great,





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Paper read by J. C. McDowell. of the

U. S. Department of Agriculture, before

the State Association of Farmers’ Clubs.





(Continued from last week).



The farmers’ bulletins issued by our

department. and which may be had for

the asking. are full of‘ inforation con—

cerning practical and durable systems of

farming; and the bulletins and other pub-

lications of your own state experiment

statidn here in Lansing include much of

the best that is known in agriculture. My

trip to Lansing on this occasion-will not

have been in vain if I can bring the

farmers of this state a little closer to the

conscientious workers who are toiling

diligently on the farm of the Michigan

State Experiment Station. There is no

way that I know of in which your state

legislature can spend money more wisely

than in being liberal with this institu-

tion, because the station will undoubtedly

return this money to the state a hundred

fold by increasing the productiveness of

Michigan farms. Such increase of pro«

duction is not for the benefit of the farm-

ing class only, but the making of two

blades of grass grow where only one

grew before enriches all the people, and

adds to the wealth and prestige of the

state.



The past century has seen great ad-

vancement in all the arts and sciences,

and the past twenty years have seen a

rapid application of all branches of human

knowledge to farming. All who are in-

terested in agriculture are busy studying

the great book of nature. and especially

that part of it that relates to agriculture.

The book is intensely interesting. and the

part that relates to agriculture is par-

ticularly so, but we are as yet able to

read only a small part of it. \‘Vliile the

great book of nature has always been

open before us. it is rather a difficult

book to translate accurately. “'e are

trying to translate its pages into English,

and we are making some progress, but

sometimes our translations are not cor-

rect. For example, only a few years

ago our western wheat farmers translat-

ed one passage as follows: “Burn your

straw and do not manure your land for

wheat, because. if you do you will dry it

out and thus decrease your yields." Some

farmers had plowed under coarse manure

and had thus broken the capillarity. and,

of course, the soil became dry and un—

productive. The same passage in the

book of nature is now translated to read:

“I'se your straw, and add humus to your

soil because straw is rich in plant food,

and humus adds greatly to the moisturc~

holding capacity of soils." \Yestern farm~

ers have recently discovered that soils

that are rich in decaying organic matter

have a very great moisture-holding ca~

pacity. Two years ago last summer as I

traveled over the central part of North

Dakota making a preliminary agricul-

tural survey of that section for the Uni-

ted States Department of Agriculture. I

gave particular attention to the moisture—

holding capacity of the soils. Early in

July of that year the crops all looked well

and appeared to have plenty of moisture,

but by the middle of the month there

were large areas where the dry weather

and hot winds had taken almost all the

moisture out of the soil. As I drove

along one day during this drouth. I no.-

ticcd that the wheat. corn. potatoes, and

all other crops were withering rapidly

under the scorching heat of the sun and

the hot. drying wind. For miles and

miles it appeared as though there was no

chance for any of the crops to recover.

Imagine my surprise as one day I passed

a well kept farm on which all the crops

were green. and on which even the pas~

tures seemed to have plenty of moisture.



I was so surprised and pleased with

What I saw that I drove in to meet that

farmer and to study his system of farm-

ing that had brought about such results.

I wanted to find out what this farmer was

doing that his neighbors were not doing.

His solution of the problem was very

simple. On a farm of moderate size he

kept over a hundred head of live stock,

and by so doing he was able to keep his

soil rich in humus. He went all over the

farm with me. and we examined the soil

in all the different fields. Everywhere

the soil was full of organic matter, and

everywhere it ~Rivas well supplied with

moisture. On close examination I could

not discover that any of his crops were

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ward learned that he harvested 3. big crop

that fall. .



:’Just before I left. his farm he said to

me: "You know the farmers all over

this western country say that you must

not manure the soil, because if you do

you will dry it out. I am putting into

my soil all the manure I can get hold of

and you notice the results.” I noted the

results on his farm and I have seen sim-

ilar results since. as I have traveled over

North Dakota and other states, but lido

not know that I have ever seen the con-

trast quite so marked as on that hot day

in July in 1908. >



Here was a case in which the farmer

was reading the book of nature carefully,

and he was putting his knowledge into

practice right on his own farm. To the

farmer of the future this great book of

nature will be comparatively clear. and

he will not grope in the dark as we have

done in the past and are still doing to a

large extent.



(Continued next week).





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





Mens’ Day at the Central Farmers’

Club, of Ionia Co., with Mr. and Mrs.'Ed.

Miller, proved a very great success. Nev—

er in the history of the Club was there

a larger or more enthusiastic meeting.

The men donned big gingham aprons and

cooked and served an oyster dinner to

nearly 80 people. After dinner the new

president called the meeting to order and

here, also, the men had full sway. A. S.

Harris presented a paper on “Conserva-

tion of Natural Resources." He thought

the soil the greatest resource for the

farmer and every effort should be made

to conserve its fertility. Said many of the

old countries, Whose soil had been in cul-

tivation before this country was discov-

ered, show a higher state of fertility than

our own. Frank Burch gave a good pa-

per on “Orchards." His work as census

enumerator has enabled him to observe

how fast the old orchards are disappear-

ing and very few new ones are being set.

Thought if farmers did not reset and trim

and spray that in this section, at least,

we would be without this king of fruits.

The ladies gave the gentlemen a rising

vote of thanks for their excellent dinner

and fine program. So well pleased are

they that they are willing to let them try

it again some time.



The Farmer as a Business Man.-~Thc

\\'ashington Center Farmcrs' Club met

at “Shadeland,” the pleasant home of

Mr. and Mrs. (J. J. Campbell, on Feb. ll,

which was a bright winter‘s day. The

jolly crowd gathered to the number of 63

members and visitors. Mr. and Mrs.

Campbell are royal entertainers. The

forenon session was opened with singing

by the Club. followed with reading of

minutes and miscellaneous business. l'n-

der this head the president presented a

proposition for getting binder twine at a

very low rate. A paper was circulated

and a small shipment was subscribed for.

The first question discussed at the after;

noon session was, ”Is the average farmer

as careful in the management of his bus-

iness as those of other occupations?” .l.

Kochenspagcr thought the average farmcr

was not as careful in his business as

those of other occupations. Mr. French

said it was just as necessary for a farmer

to take an inventory of his farm crops,

and tools, as it was for the business man

in his business. Mr. Cammet thought

that the average farmer was neglectful

in caring 'for his machinery. This would

cause a loss in his business. Mr. Crowel

thought that the average farmer was

careless in the management of his busi-

ness. He thought if the business man

was a careless in his business as the av-

erage farmer he would go to the wall in

a very short time.



\Noman’s Won-lg Vs. Man’s Work.—The

next question in order was a debate.

"Resolved, that woman’s work in the

house is 'more mon'otonous than man‘s

work on the farm," led by Mrs. George

Hill and \V. E. Long. Mrs. Hill thought

it very monotonous for a woman to have

to get three meals a day for 365 days in

a year. and Mrs. Long thought it would

be very monotonous for a man to have to

cat these three meals a day for 365 days

in a Year. This question brought out a

lively discussion, as most of the Club

members and visitors took an active part.

The women being a little the best talk-

ers on this subject. the affirmative side

won out. To decide the question it was

necessary to take a vote of the house.

Then the Mouthacomb Orchestra played

several selections. Mrs. O. J. Campbell

read a very interesting letter from one of

the former Club members, who now re-

sides nearMcMinville, Tenn, giving a de-

scription of her home and the country

there. The little folks favored the Club

with some very good recitation,



Help: and Hindrances on the Farm,

was led by C. N. Curren. He said that

tiling was one of the greatest helps and

neglecting the machinery, by not having

it repaired before the season opened. was

a hindrance. Mr. French agreed with

Mr. Curren and Mr. Kochensparger

thought that tiling was the most essential

help on the farm. The question box con—

tained some very good questions? Among

them was the good road law and the re-

c1procity agreement with Canada. Mr.

Kochensparger gave the Club an excellent

talk on the good roads law. Also Messrs.

French. Campbell. Crowel, Cammet and

others gave some good suggestions for

improving the roads. The Club thought

the tariff 'law should be left as it is at

the present time. The other questions

were ably discussed by different members

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A PROMISING FIELD FOR JUVENILE

WORK.



Boys and girls” agricultural clubs and

the Juvenile (,lranges of the Order Of

l'atrons of Husbandry are evidence of a

new order of things. in the agricultural

clubs this interest in farm matters very

often has its beginning in competitive

contests for prizes of one form or an-

other. and sometimes the clubs have been

an outgrowth of such contests, and so it

is that we have in many different states,

clubs for corn growing, potato growing.

fruit culture. live stock study, home cul-

ture, etc.



The first state wide movement of this

kind began about 1898 in New York under

the auspices of the College of Agriculture

of Cornell University as a development

from its nature study lessons. This work

has now gone over the whole state and

has taken a variety of forms. such as corn

growing, potato growing, fruit growing

and garden contests, with special prizes

to girls; for the best work in sewing and

breadmaking. The Cornell Farm Boys

and Girls‘ club now has a membership of

73.004). In Nebraska this club work has

been very thoroughly organized. and

nearly every county is included in the

movement. Early in the fall a local con—

test is held in each school, the prize win-

ning exhibits and the best three essays

being then taken to a township show,

then to a county exhibit and finally to the

slate corn growing and corn cooking con-

test at Linr-oln. This meeting includes a

grand “corn banquet," which gathers

from 2.000 to 3.000 boys and girls from

over tlu- slate.



Similar wuré; in Ohio under the direc—

tion of the agricultural extension depart-

ment of the state university has reached

llritt'llt‘:tllf~' all th(: rural boys and girls in

the St'lltuils ot‘ the state. In Illinois this

Work began under the initiative of certain

county superintendents of schools and the

farmers' institutes. The exhibits of these

young people are frequently the most in-

teresting at our county fairs and state

fairs as well.



’ he work which is being donc by these

boys and girls‘ agricultural clubs is just

the work that the Juvenile Grunges are

doing or should do. and in the Juvenile

Grange even more can be accomplished.

Juvenile Grztugl-s are constituu-ll of boys

and girls under fourteen years of age

whose parents are members of the sub-

ordinate Grange, an"! at Mil-11v meeting

they have their literary progrzuus, all be-

ing under the Sillml‘i'lrllull of a matron

appointed by the subordinate Grange.



it would appear to lic quite practicable

for these .luvcrilc li:'il!‘L‘,(‘% lo l!)('n)“ll(if‘:]te

the work of a corn growing club or oth-

ers of a similar nature into their own

general plan of work, adopting, so far as

circumstances would permit, the rules

and regulations of the boys and girls'

clubs relating to these contests as out-

lined in a bulletin issued by the Depart-

ment of Agriculture within the past year.





KALKASKA POMONA DISCUSSES UP-

TO-DATE TOPICS.



it was the writcr‘s privilege to attend



a meeting of lx'alkaska County Pomona



Grange, in thc city of Kalkusku, Tuesday,





Feb. 2’]. Right of the twelve Granges

were represented at the meeting and,

though the number in attendance was





small, a splcndid program was rendcrcd.

(‘unadlan reciprocity was discussed by

Bro. \V. R. Palmer from a liberal and in.

telligent viewpoint. “The apple growers

in some parts ol‘ the cast. and some of

the men operating greenhouses. might

profit by reciprm-ity with Canada." he

said. “But the ordinary farm crops would

probably bring less money than they do

now." The worthy master said there

were always men coming out from the

city to tell the farmers something about

their business. But in this instance the

farmer had been doing his own thinking

and some pcoplc at \‘l'ashiuglon were be-

ginning to realize that he had reached a

definite conclusion with rcgzirrl to the

matter of reciprocity with Canada.



A splendid discussion upon the value of

farm machinery followed. The Grange

was unanimous in its appreciation of the

value of machinery on the farm. For a

wonder there was not a man there who

even objected to the corn-binder. The

sisters took part in the discussion. urg-

ing the use of machinery to lighten the

work in the house. The washing ma-

chine, the electric flat-iron. or the gas-

oline or denatured alcohol iron, the bread

mixer and the food chopper were all





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named as means of lessening the hard

work in the home, thus giving more time

for enjoyment and helpful study;



The county road system was quite fully

discussed. Kalkaska county is noted for

good roads and the Grange has done its

part in creating public sentiment along

this line. R. D. Bailey, of Gaylord. was

present and spoke in the interest of the

state traveling libraries. Mr. Bailey

makes a good talk and has been instru-

mental in placing many circulating lib-

raries in Granges. clubs, schools and Sun-

day schools throughout the state.



Kalkaska Pomona is to be congratu-

lated upon having so many members who

are able and willing to assist in the pro—

grams. The strength of a Pomona Grange

lies mainly in the lecturer's program. It

is there that discussions are carried on,

opinions exchanged and public sentiment

created. Through the influence of thes-A

meetings, plain ordinary farmers become

leaders of men and better conditions re—

sult. It has been the writer's privilege to

address many Pomona meetings and he

enjoys nothing better, but the effort of

the state speaker is always a less im-

portant factor than a good. strong local

program, and 1 have sometimes feared

that a few of our Pomonas were buying

too large a part of their entertainment

outside and were failing on this account

to develop their local talent.———\V. F.

Taylor.





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





Gun Plain Grange. of Allegan Co., in

obServing lecture hour at the meeting of

Feb. 7, gave special attention to woman‘s

suffrage. The subject was thoroughly

discussed, pro and con. the weight of

argument being ,in favor of woman's

rights. The potato was the subject of

interest at the last meeting of the .month.

Its history. cultivation. uses and com-

mercial value were well brought out ir.

able papers and intelligent discussion.

(,lur Grange is steadily increasing in

membership and shows much activity

along many lines. E. T. \\'.



A Contest for Membership is being con-

ducted by Tipton Grange. of Lenawee Co.

The sides in the contest are captainw‘:

by Miss Lottie Simmons and Miss Luv-x

Harrison. and altogether more than .32"

names have been presented for member-

ship. Forty-three were received a: tim

last meeting and put through the first and

serond degrees. A lunch was served at

the conclusion of the work, and Allan;

lOO enjoyed the pleasant (i('('.'i>‘1ul‘.. The

(lining—room was soon turned into a ball

room and the young folks mum a merry

party until 12 o'clock. New meeting they

hope to entertain the Madison degree

team and have them confer the third und

fourth degrees on [ills splendid class.

This Grange has bought a new piano and

these entertainments are a means to

supply the [)1‘ll't‘ of this most needed ad—

dition to the hall. Timon Grange hall is

non equipped with the best facilities for

both lodge work and pleasurable enter-

tainment.



Sumner Grange Observes Anniversary.

——()n Thursday, Feb. 23, Sumner Grange,

of Gratlot county. observed its tenth an-

niversary and it was the writer‘s privi~

lege to address a large company at their

hall in Sumner village. Some good reci-

tations were rcndcred and the Sumner

Grange Band dist-nursed exrellent music.

The audience listened to some good vocal

selections. This Grange is prospering

and, indeed, it could hardly do otherwise.

being located in one of the livclics:

Grange counties of the state. The worthy

master. Bro. Peter Klees, is a hustler.

and the presence of- so many young peo-

ple in this Grange is largely due to his

efforts—“W. 13‘. T.



Lalngsburg Grange, of Shiawassee Co.

at a recent meeting held with Mr. and

Mrs. Gilbert Austin. gave most of its at-

tention to the proposed reciprocity agree-

ment with Canada. The general opinion

was that it is class legislation and all

against the interests of farming. It was

considered inconsistent that the adminis—

tration should advocate it when there

have been so many cfl‘orts made to de—

Velop and advance agricultural Interests,

such as the commission appointed by

le-President Roosevelt, teaching agri—

culture in the rural schools, etc. The

next regular meeting of this Grange will

be held Thursday afternoon, March )6.

An invitation has been extended to the

members of Victor Grange to be present.





Rome Grange, of Lenawee Co., is al-

ready preparing to entertain Pomona or.

Apiil 6. At its meeting on Feb, 13 a

committee was appointed to assist the

lecturer in prcparing a program for that

occasion. A petition was drawn up by

the legislative committee and adopted by

the Grange favoring the passage of the

tonnage tax bill, also the initiative and

referendum amendment. This was sent

to the senate.



lronton Grange, of Charlevoix Co., had

21?. members present. at its first meeting

in. February. This Grange to steadily

growing. four candidates being put

through the first, and second degrees and

two through the third and fourth degrees

at this meeting.





 





 





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breeders. In fact, this is the most sensational offer ever made to all

owners of live stock of every kind. Every one of the free articles

ofiered you here will make money for you. The time on this very

special oifer is limited. Send for coupon Now.





 





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“ell. High quality Cabinetare the purest and finest, the

best veterinary and poultry preparations on the market. We know that if you

once use the best remedies on your animals you will never again bosatisfied with

substitutes and poor quality brands. The immense business of the Standard Stock



Co. has been .built on the results roduced on animals on hundreds of

thousandsof farms throughout the United States in the last quarter of a centu .

Time has proved the superior quality of Standard goods. We sell on quail

only. The lot of free goods we give you in connection with. this great special intro-





ductory offer are all regular BlZc packages. Every ackage is! enough togive goodsa genu-

ine test and prove to yourself that the quality is absolutely filmed: on the market today.





Only One'Cabine organism.”

to Any one Person free goods to test. We give you the cabinet to





introductory purposes only. We give you these



. keep the free oods in. We give you a particu-



larlv fine cabinet because many persons would 6 to keep the remedies in the



house. Every member of the famil will admire the cabinet. The women folks



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coupon. Send

the coupon or copy it on a letteror a postal, but send it now. You need every

one of the preparations in the free cabinet. The dollar bottle of Standard Colic

Remedy may save the best horse in your place any day. The dollar box of

Standard Hog Worm Powder may save a. good many hogs for you. The gallon

of Standard Stock Di may save all otgour or 1ygour sheep, or perhapsadlseased cow.

The box of Standard nsect Powder or taudar Lice illcr may add a good many dollars to

chicken profits. Every one of the 14. remedies you fillet tree With the cabinet. in connec-



ion with this great introductory Offer. is absolutely the st. You need ever one of these

articles. You need themevcry day. You can get them all free now in connec ion with this

great limited ofi‘er-one time to any one person. Send the coupon now before you lay the





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